The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

"I've met Auntie." Fang greeted with a polite greeting.

"We are all members of our family, so you don't need to be so polite. Sit down quickly." The second lady smiled and motioned for Fang Yun to sit down, and she sat down on a superior chair.

The eldest lady did not sit in the upper position, but walked over with a smile, went directly to Yang Yuhuan, took Yang Yuhuan's hand and said with a smile: "What a Jiangzhou Xishi, I think you are more beautiful than Xishi, you can be Xiaoyun's wife." It’s really a big deal for him. He didn’t prepare anything for the first time, so he just gave you this bracelet.”

With that said, the eldest lady took off the bracelet on her hand and put it on Yang Yuhuan directly.

Yang Yuhuan blushed and said, "I can't do it, it's too expensive." She said she wanted to take her hand away because her hands were rough and she was afraid of being laughed at.

The eldest lady seemed not to be aware of it, and said: "It is only natural for my aunt to give things to my niece-in-law. You have to accept it even if you don't want to accept it."

Fang Yun declined politely: "Auntie, your bracelet is too expensive."

"Expensive? If it goes with a jade ring, I still think it's not good enough. When I go to Yuhai City to carefully select, I will definitely choose a better one, otherwise it will be a pity for you, a beauty. Come, sit together." The eldest lady stretched out her hand to help Yang Yuhuan Fixing her hair, she seems to like her very much.

The eldest lady and Fang Yun sat in the lower seat together, while the second lady sat in the main seat.

Yang Yuhuan couldn't tell, but Fang Yun and Liang Yuan looked at each other and realized that there was something wrong between the two ladies.

Just as Fang Yun was about to speak, the second lady said first: "What my sister-in-law said is true. But our Fang Mansion supports a large family, so we can't just spend the money. My eldest brother values ​​Fang Yun, and I value Fang Yun, but in one room 10% of the bookstore’s shares cost one thousand taels, isn’t it too much? With this one thousand taels of silver…”

"Brother and sister." The eldest lady interrupted the second lady and turned to look at the second lady, "Ying Li must have woken up from his nap. He is going to cry again if you, the mother, are not here. The master has already decided on the bookstore. We women will do as we say. Yuye, go find the housekeeper and ask him to go to the Yamen with Xiaoyun to handle the paperwork for the bookstore."

"Yes, madam." A maid left immediately.

The second lady smiled and said: "You can't say that. The Fang family's money didn't come from the strong wind. One thousand taels of silver is enough for us to open a new bookstore. We can't get it together by just exchanging one share. But Fang Yun is one of our own family after all. The elder brother said again, I am not a greedy person, just exchange for three shares."

Fang Yun was disgusted in his heart. He had already guessed that this should be a fight between the two families of the Fang family, but he actually got burned. If this was the case, there was no need to pay for it, and there was no need to study teaching in the Fang family. He really couldn't sell a few poems. Exchange money to open a bookstore.

Fang Yun immediately stood up and said: "Since the Second Madam said so, Fang Yun will not disturb you. Today I will write a letter to my uncle, saying that I will cancel the cooperation with the Fang family. Farewell."

Yang Yuhuan and Liang Yuan immediately stood up in panic.

The second lady immediately said: "This is of your own free will, but don't say in front of your elder brother that I forced you. Don't admit to things I haven't done."

"Shut up!" The eldest lady suddenly shouted at the second lady, and then she stepped in front of Fang Yun and said with a smile, "My brothers and sisters are just crazy people. Don't be surprised. I am in charge of this family," she said It doesn’t count! Go, my uncle will accompany you to the Yamen to settle this matter. Your uncle and I are very optimistic about you, so don’t think too much about it.”

Fang Yun's anger subsided a little when he saw the eldest lady's attitude. When he thought about it carefully, it was obvious that the second lady was deliberately trying to make trouble for the eldest lady. It was a criticism, and it seemed that she wanted to damage the relationship between Fang Shouye and him. At first, the eldest lady didn't want to care too much, but his attitude was so determined that he had to fall out with the second lady.

If he was so angry and left, it would be equivalent to complying with the second lady's wishes.

Fang Yun smiled and said: "Auntie, you are too worried. My nephew is very smart and knows who treats me. How about this? Since the second lady doesn't like to use the Fang family's money, she might as well marry me in my uncle's own name. I can give you at least one thousand taels of dividends within three months!”

"Don't be afraid of getting out of the way!" The second lady muttered in a low voice, but she didn't dare to embarrass Fang Yun any more.

The eldest lady smiled and said: "After all, I am a fifth-grade general. It is not appropriate to invest in his name. Let's do this. If you invest in my name, the one thousand taels will be regarded as my private money. As for the dividends, we will talk about it after the year. No rush.”

"That's fine." Fang Yun said.

At this time, the maid came in with Butler Fang.

Butler Fang is a very ordinary little old man, dressed in black robes, serious and respectful.

"First Madam, Second Madam." Butler Fang nodded politely.

The eldest lady smiled and said: "I originally wanted you to go to the Yamen to sign a document on behalf of the Fang family, but now I will go in person so I won't bother you."

Fang Yun heard the word "you" and realized that the butler's status in the Fang family was not low.

Butler Fang glanced at Fang Yun and others and said, "I often do this kind of thing, so just let me go with you."

"Yes, with you here we can save a lot of trouble."

Afterwards, the group of people walked out, and the second lady cursed in a low voice: "I'll pay you to death."

No one pretended to have heard it.

The group first rented a house and then went to the Yamen to go through the relevant procedures.

The civil servants of the government office rarely saw the famous ladies coming in person, so they kept "Sanwei Bookstore" in mind and must not offend this bookstore in the future.

While Fang Yun was going through the bookstore procedures, the clerks at the Holy Academy on Guofeng Mountain were also busy.

Scholars are no small figures anywhere, and they will not offend even noble families. However, in the Holy Court, they have the lowest status. However, because they are nourished by the talents of the Holy Court, they are more likely to be promoted than ordinary scholars. The road ahead is longer, and the Holy Academy lineage has great influence in all countries.

The two scholar clerks hugged two book boxes and hurried to the "Review Hall" of the monthly "Holy Way".

"Hurry up, hurry up, the county examination has just passed. Every state has poems recommended by the bachelor's degree for the county examination. These have already passed.

The ‘Holy Choice’ cannot be delayed any longer. " said the older clerk.

"Yes." The young clerk ran away with his head down.

The two clerks ran to the review hall, straightened their clothes, and pushed the door open.

The review hall is very spacious, and the entire large room is filled with soft white light.

There is a long table two feet long in the east, north and west. Behind each table is a Confucian scholar wearing a university uniform, an old man and a middle-aged man, and one of them actually He is a young man in his twenties.

There were many pieces of paper floating in the air in the review hall. When the academician thought about it, the paper would fly away or fly in front of him.

"You have so much talent, so much nonsense!" The old bachelor snorted, and several pieces of paper immediately rolled up into a ball and flew into the wastebasket.

"This poem is good. It can be selected. Please take a look."

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, a piece of paper flew in front of the old man. The old man looked down and said, "Yes." After that, the paper flew in front of the young man.

The young man raised his head and said, "Alternate." The page was left idle.

The other two continued the review.

The middle-aged man looked at the door and asked with a pleasant expression: "But what about the poetry examinations in various counties?"

"Yes. A total of more than 2,000 poems were recommended by the ninety states. After the selection, only sixty-seven were left, the lowest being out of the county." The clerk said.

The elderly bachelor muttered dissatisfiedly: "Where has any qualified poetry and prose been produced in the county examination and government examination in the past few years? The last of the four great talents of this generation was also a Jinshi five years ago. He is really worse than a crab. In the county examination and government examination It makes no sense to choose poems from "The Holy Way"! I won't read it. You two have decided, and I agree."

The middle-aged bachelor waved, and the papers in the two clerks' book boxes immediately flew over one after another, making a clattering sound, forming a long bridge of white paper in the air, and finally fell neatly on his desk.

After the two clerks left, the middle-aged bachelor ignored the stack of county examination poems and continued to select other articles.

After half an hour, the middle-aged scholar read the county examination poems page by page.

One page, two pages, three pages...

When he saw the twenty-sixth poem, the middle-aged scholar's expression changed. He couldn't help but read it a second time and recited it. It was the poem "Spring Dawn".

The other two bachelors didn't respond at first, but after reading the last chapter of "You Know How Many Flowers Fall", the two bachelors, one old and one young, looked up at the middle-aged bachelor.

"Who made it? It's a talent from Mingzhou. It's rare and refreshing but also memorable. It can be included in the "Holy Way" next month." said the elderly university scholar.

The young bachelor nodded and said, "Yes."

The two of them thought that the middle-aged bachelor would make a judgment, but he continued to read the frontier poem "The End of the Year".

"Okay, a righteous tone. Two poems for one person? This poem also has a talent from Mingzhou. Who is it?" The old scholar spoke frankly.

"Do you still remember the only double-A boy this year?"

The young bachelor, who had been calm all this time, widened his eyes slightly and couldn't believe that a child could write such a good poem.

"I have heard that the juniors are not convinced and are asking about that person, but I don't pay much attention to it. Is this all the work of that boy?" The old bachelor reached out and grabbed the page, which had "Spring Dawn" written on it. and "The End of the Year."

The middle-aged bachelor looked at the next page and said: "It turns out that "Spring Dawn" was written in the examination room. "Sui Duo" was only half a poem in the examination room, and was later completed at the Children's Literature Conference. However, there is one more thing that makes People are surprised that he was dissatisfied with the defeat of Jingguo last year and actually said at the Tongsheng Wenmei: Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. "

"Okay! Okay! With just this sentence, you can leave your name in the annals of history! Is it called Fang Yun? I remember, if we can meet, we must hold a candle and talk at night, great talent, great talent! This person must be a late bloomer, right?"

The middle-aged bachelor said: "Sixteen years old."

The old bachelor was stunned, and the young bachelor's eyes suddenly became extremely sharp.

"Then these two poems and the responsibility of every man for the rise and fall of the world are included in the next month's "Holy Way"?"

"Natural." said the old university scholar.

The young scholar said: "The poem "The End of the Year" is not a first-class poem in the county examination. I'm afraid it won't be good if it is submitted next month. What's more, he is so young. It would be too shocking to have two poems in one sentence of "The Holy Way" at the same time in one month. "Since there are so many poems to choose from this month, it would be better to postpone "Sui Duo" for one month."