I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 351 Late Night Visit
Late at night, inn.

Zhan Feiyu was surprised for a moment, then put down his pen, stood up and walked towards the door, "I don't know if it's Mr. Zhang who came, please forgive me for being too far away."

"It's really presumptuous for me to visit late at night. Miss Zhan doesn't need to be polite." Prefect Zhang didn't even wear an official uniform, and he was accompanied by only one entourage, presumably to avoid people's eyes and ears.

Turning to welcome the person in, Zhan Feiyu greeted Zhang Zhifu to take a seat.

He Nuan also immediately brought up the tea, and then retreated to stand in the corner.

The faint scent of ink lingered in his nose, and Zhang Zhifu glanced at the desk by the window. It was almost midnight, and Zhan Feiyu was still studying hard. It is earned by hard work.

It is indeed not suitable to drink tea in the middle of the night, and Zhang Zhifu is also well aware of Zhan Feiyu's character, so he threw away the greetings and explained the purpose of coming straight to the point.

After Zhang Zhifu finished speaking, he picked up the teacup and drank it slowly, giving Zhan Feiyu time to think.

After half an hour.

"Your Excellency, I am serious. Although I have a reputation as a scholar now, even if I take the provincial and general examinations in the future, I will only seek a foundation to live and live. Food, ladles, and shabby rooms are all fine." Zhan Feiyu refused without thinking.

But she really didn't expect Zhang Zhifu to be so determined to make the Zhang family her supporters. Unfortunately, different ways do not conspire with each other, and Zhan Feiyu has no such ambition.

In fact, if it wasn't for his roots, Zhan Feiyu would have wanted to practice martial arts. In the future, he would travel around the Daqing Dynasty like Mr. Qiu, and his life would not be in vain.

"Yan Yuan is happy, even though he eats in the alleys, he will not change his pleasure." Putting down the teacup, Zhang Zhifu also knew that it was impossible to get Zhan Feiyu to agree with a few words, and continued to lobby with a solemn expression: "I don't know what Miss Zhan's way is?"

Yan Yuan is content with poverty, but in Zhang Zhifu's opinion, if Zhan Feiyu really doesn't have any ambitions, how can she study so hard?
The book has its own golden house and thousands of bells. In the final analysis, Zhan Feiyu just sees it more thoroughly than his peers, and such a person has lofty ambitions, so how can he be willing to live in a shabby room.

Looking at Zhang Zhifu, who thought he knew him well, Zhan Feiyu couldn't help laughing, and said: "Confucius is so poor between Chen and Cai, he doesn't pour the soup, and he doesn't taste grains for seven days. When he sleeps in the daytime, Yan Hui asks for rice, and he gets it." Burn it, how familiar it is."

"Confucius saw Yan Hui snatching it from the retort and eating it. He chose a place, cooked it, and ate it in front of Confucius. Confucius pretended not to see him. Confucius said: "Today, I dreamed of the former king, and then gave it to him after eating clean food. "

Zhang Zhifu is now at the age when he is about to become an official. He has been an official for many years, but he still knows how to read in his spare time. Every month he uses family letters to test the homework of Zhang's juniors, so when Zhan Feiyu opened his mouth, Zhang Zhifu knew what she said The most famous is "Lu Shi Chun Qiu".

This allusion originally said: Confucius traveled between Chen Guo and Cai Guo, and he couldn't even drink wild vegetable soup, and he couldn't eat rice for seven days.Sleeping during the day to conserve energy, his disciple Yan Hui went out to beg for rice, and after begging for rice, he cooked the rice. When the rice was almost cooked, Confucius saw Yan Hui eating the rice in the pot with his hands.

After a while, the rice was ready, and Yan Hui invited Confucius to eat, but Confucius pretended not to see it (Yan Hui grabbed the rice to eat).Confucius got up and said, "I dreamed of my father just now. This pot of rice has not been touched. We will first bring it to our ancestors and then we will eat it."

Yan Hui replied: "No, the carbon ash floated into the pot when the rice was cooked just now. If you catch it and throw it away, it would be a waste of food, so I grabbed it and ate it."

Confucius sighed: "It is said that seeing is believing, but seeing is not necessarily true; everyone says to follow one's heart, but the heart often deceives oneself. Disciples, remember that it is not easy to understand a person."

Therefore, it is not difficult to understand the truth of a matter, but Confucius believed that it is difficult to understand the essence of human nature.

Zhang Zhifu understood what Zhan Feiyu meant by this allusion, but he didn't know Zhan Feiyu himself, so how could he say that she had ambitions?How can it be concluded that she is not a scholar who lives in peace and contentment.

Raising his eyes, Zhang Zhifu looked at the calm and composed little girl calmly. Under the light of the candle, the little girl's face was like white jade, her eyebrows and eyes were exquisite. Who can believe that she was born in the countryside with her demeanor.

Zhang Zhifu has met many juniors in recent years, and he even had the honor to meet the eldest prince before, but in truth, the Zhan Feiyu in front of him is not at all inferior to a prince and grandson. calm and elegant.

But the better Zhan Feiyu gave people's impression, the more Zhang Zhifu believed that she had deep gaps and ambitions.

"Miss Zhan, although the old man is far away in Longyou Road, I have also heard some gossip. These years, Master Gu has been a very respectable official, but he has little contact with the Gu family. Several princes in the palace have also criticized Master Gu."

"At this age, I still have to plan for the younger generation of the Zhang family. I think the same is true for Gu Xueshi. Once Gu Xueshi retires in the future, can the girl think about the long-term?"

Zhang Zhifu's words were considered overstepping, after all he was talking about the princes in the palace, of course, this was Zhang Zhifu's sincerity.

As the magistrate of Suzhou, he can be regarded as Zhan Feiyu's grandfather in his age, but he came to visit the inn late at night. This is the sincerity of Zhang Zhifu. The fish was indifferent.

It can be said that Zhan Feiyu has no ambitions. Compared with Yan Hui, Zhang Zhifu doesn't believe it at all. Zhan Feiyu refuses to agree. Maybe he doesn't like the Zhang family, or he has other plans.

"Master Zhang, if you are worried about the Yang family of the General's Mansion, then there is no need. Old General Yang will not take revenge on the Zhang family for what happened back then." I understand.

"Of course, it's impossible for the Zhang family to cling to the General's Mansion through their in-laws and seek greater development." Zhan Feiyu looked at the prefect Zhang, whose face darkened and his eyes were filled with displeasure, but his heart was filled with anxiety. Clearly.

Zhang Zhifu said that he wanted the Zhang family to serve him, so he didn't want to use this to get in touch with the general's mansion or Gu Xueshi.

As Zhang Zhifu himself said, the teacher is now under one person and over ten thousand in the court, but when he retires in the future, his situation will become difficult.

After all, there is no family as a backer, and those political enemies of the teacher will attack together if they want to. I am a girl, even if I have married and have children, it is not a matter of whether the husband's family is willing to offend these courtiers and protect me.

What about the Zhang family?Zhan Feiyu smiled, the Zhang family is really willing to obey the orders of a little girl of their own?
Now it is a last resort, but ten years or twenty years later, when I am weak, the Zhang family will definitely show its fangs, and maybe even bite back. Cooperating with the Zhang family is no less than seeking skin with a tiger.

The so-called non-speculative words are too much!Zhang Zhifu was silent for a long while, and when he saw Tong Zhan Feiyu got up and said goodbye.

"Master Zhang, go slowly." At the door, watching Zhifu Zhang stride away, Zhan Feiyu shrugged his shoulders and complained bitterly, "It's been delayed for half an hour, and I have to stay up late tonight."

Looking at the childish Zhan Feiyu, He Nuan couldn't help laughing, and closed the door, "Miss is right in not agreeing, the current situation of the Zhang family is like a beast, in a dilemma, that's why Zhang Zhifu condescends." Come find Miss."

In fact, Zhang Zhifu was able to achieve this step, which is indeed very comparable to others. After all, he is also a fourth-rank official of the imperial court, the prefect of Suzhou, and he can be regarded as a unique figure in Longyou Dao.

But for the sake of the Zhang family, he put down his wealth and came to find a little girl, Zhan Feiyu, but the lower Zhang Zhifu's posture was, the more dangerous he was.

"What Zhang Zhifu thinks is not to destroy but not to build. The General's Mansion has been revived. Even if he does not retaliate against the Zhang family, it is impossible to let the Zhang family go further. Yang Xu is only so old now, and with Yang Xu's pressure, the Zhang family will not be able to stand out for at least 50 years. , if you sail against the current, you will retreat, let alone 50 years, even if it takes five years, the Zhang family may be replaced by other families."

Zhan Feiyu added water to the inkstone and began to grind it, which was delayed for half an hour, so he had to make up for it.

"Then about Qian Shipeng, will Prefect Zhang take the opportunity to act?" He Nuan asked worriedly, Qian Shipeng has already written a complaint, and it is estimated that he will go to court tomorrow.

Prefect Zhang came back in a defeat today, so there is no guarantee that he will make use of the problem. After all, the prefect of Suzhou is still covered by Zhang Zhifu.

Zhan Feiyu frowned after grinding his hand, "I didn't think carefully about this matter."

At that time, in order to test Qian Shipeng, Zhan Feiyu signaled He Nuan to do it, but now it is tantamount to talking about it. After all, Qian Shipeng had already been restrained by Hu Butou at that time, and He Nuan suddenly shot and hurt Qian Shipeng , although it was just a knife on the wrist, but if Zhang Zhifu insisted on it, it would indeed be a troublesome matter.

(End of this chapter)