Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 620
"It was said that this Liuzhou city is full of ignorant and stubborn stones who are tired of looking at it, but I didn't expect to meet a talented and beautiful jade today." The white-clothed boy suddenly smiled, changed his cold appearance just now, and smiled towards the two high-spirited people. Walked over: "I don't know what to call this brother?"

Gao Wushi still remembered the word "Cen's family" just now, and wanted to look far away, but he came to the door, so he got up and cupped his hands and said, "You are welcome, brother, Xiaosheng's surname is Zhang, his name is true, and his words are true."

The young man in white laughed and said, "Does your father believe in Buddhism?"

Gao Wushi was startled for a moment, suddenly understood the meaning of his words, and said with a smile, "Brother is knowledgeable, but my father never mentioned the origin of this name, Xiaosheng dare not speak nonsense."

It turned out that the young man in white misunderstood the name and characters fabricated by Gao Yushi, thinking that it came from the "Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra": "All the Buddhas of the three generations, according to Prajna Paramita, have attained Ayutara-samyak-sambodhi. Therefore, I know Prajna Paramita , It is the Great God Mantra, the Great Bright Mantra, the Supreme Mantra, and the No Equal Mantra. It can eliminate all suffering, and it is true and true.”

The young man in white is naturally the young master Cen Qi who just left Longtan Town. When he heard Gao Yushi praising himself for his knowledge, he must have understood what he meant. It's a northern tone, presumably he is not from Guangxi, but I don't know why he came to Guangxi?Judging by his appearance, he seems to be a student, so I might as well test it out and see if he is really talented.If you have some talent and learning, you can find a way to win one or two. Anyway, my family still has two filial piety quotas on hand. If someone is useful, I can allow him one, and he will definitely work for me.

There are many chieftains in Guangxi at this time, and the style of study is not strong. In order to appease and win over, the imperial court secretly gave the major chieftains one or two quotas, which is a common occurrence.The Cen family is the number one chieftain in Guangxi, so it is not uncommon to have two places. As for Gao Yushi's native place in Guangxi, this is a small problem in the eyes of Cen Qigong. He has many ways to solve it, so it is really not worth mentioning.

"Brother is at ease listening to the rain by the window, but in this hall, it is unavoidable that there will be too many people talking, disturbing the elegance." Young Master Cen Qi said with a smile: "It's better to follow me upstairs to the private room, where the cool breeze will blow your food. Qingge and wine, let's have a good chat, what do you think, brother?"

Gao Wushi sighed inwardly: I just hide from the rain and have a meal, and this guy is still relying on me.Forget it, at least this person is not annoying to look at, and let's see if I can find out some secrets about the Guangxi chieftains from him, maybe it will help me a little bit during my one-year tour in Guangxi.

"Since Xiongtai loves you, how dare Zhang refuse? I don't know if you can tell me your name?"

Young Master Cen Qi smiled and said: "I dare not say that I am honored to be called great. My surname is Cen, and my name is Ling. There is no character yet. Because my family is good at Qi, I am often called Cen Qi."

Gao Wu said sincerely: "As expected, he is from the Cen family. I don't know which branch of the Cen family it is."

On the face, he looked surprised: "Although Xiaosheng has only been in Guangxi for half a month, he has also heard the saying of 'Si broadcasting Tian Yang, Guangdong and Guangxi Cen Huang'. Could it be that Mr. Seventh Cen is this Guangxi Cen family? I am really disrespectful."

Young Master Cen Qi said with a smile: "It's just the shadow of our ancestors, it's not worth mentioning. Come, Young Master Zhang please."

"Don't dare, Mr. Seventh Cen, please."

The Seventh Young Master Cen ignored Cao Ke from the beginning to the end. For a moment, Cao Ke didn't know whether to follow or not to follow, so he couldn't help hesitating.

Fortunately, Gao Wushi did not forget his existence, and turned his head and confessed: "You wait for me here, and I will pay for the food by the way."

Just as Cao Ke came down, Young Master Cen Qi said with a smile: "Since I have a relationship with Mr. Zhang, I still want to invite you for a mere meal. Cen Zhuang, go and tell the shopkeeper that this table will be counted on my account."

Behind him, a 26-year-old young man immediately stepped forward to take orders and went to talk to the store owner.

Young Master Cen Qi invited him again, so Gao Wushi had no choice but to follow him upstairs.

The two of them sat down in the private room upstairs, Young Master Cen Qi also ordered people to close the door, and two of his subordinates stood at the door like door gods.

"From Mr. Zhang's accent, he seems to be from the north, but I don't know how he came to this remote place in Guangxi?"

Gao Wushi presented the speech he had made up earlier, saying that his family was originally well-off, and he didn't want to be unlucky. His hometown was hit by disasters year after year, and seeing that his ancestral property was about to be wiped out, he simply handed it over to his relatives in the side branch to take care of it. , I went south to Guangxi to vote for a uncle.That uncle was the same year as his father in the past, and now he is an official in Guangxi, and he took good care of himself when he was a child, so he must be able to come and do something.

Young Master Cen Qi asked who that person was.Unexpectedly, Gao Yushi sighed, saying that the man saw that his family was in decline, and he didn't want to talk to him at all, so he had to figure out a way for himself, see if he could get a teaching job somewhere, and continue to study while making ends meet. Only by winning Xiaolian can the family business be restored.

Mr. Cen Qi was angry when he heard it, and said displeasedly: "This person is so lucky that he has called him uncle. He is so snobbish. It is really disgusting. Mr. Zhang, tell me the name of that person and his official position." Listen, within a month, I'll make him look good."

Gao Wu said sincerely: "The Cen family in Guangxi is really powerful. This Cen Qi doesn't even know who I'm referring to, so he dared to boast first in Haikou that he wanted to make people look good. It can be seen that he doesn't pay much attention to officials from Guangxi at ordinary times."

In fact, this is a bit wronged. Although the Cen family has a big tree and deep roots, it is not enough to treat the entire Guangxi officialdom as nothing, but since the uncle cast in the high-level pragmatic words is so snobbish, it is obvious that he is not a big shot. Otherwise, how could you be so shameless?Since he is not a big shot, Mr. Seventh Cen will naturally not take it seriously.

But Gao Wushi naturally couldn't name a person who met the requirements, so he had to say: "Although he is ruthless, I can't be ungrateful, so I won't mention this name. Manly man, since you are underestimated, why don't you devote yourself to learning?" , in the future, if he succeeds in the examination, it will naturally make him lose face."

Young Master Cen Qi praised: "Okay, since Brother Zhang has this ambition, Cen will be fine." He glanced at the food and wine that had just been served, poured the wine for Gao Yushi himself, then raised his glass and said, "I respect you." Zhi."

Gao Wushi didn't dare to talk, but still took the initiative to raise his glass and drank it down.Young Master Cen Qi also picked up the wine glass and drank the wine in the small wine glass in one gulp, but although he behaved unrestrained and heroic, he didn't seem to be able to drink well, his face turned slightly red after drinking a glass.Fortunately, this person is handsome, so it adds a bit of charm.

Gao Wushi was amused, since you have a limited capacity for alcohol, why bother to pretend to be so arrogant, I am a fighter who is tested by alcohol, I can knock down ten of you in terms of capacity for alcohol!

But Gao Yushi tasted very good wine, since the other party was not good at drinking, he tried not to propose a toast, and the two of them chatted casually about some academic matters.

Gao Wushi's dignified six-scholar number one scholar, although he has the honor of being particularly good at the exam, he dare not say that he is truly unparalleled in the world, but in front of this chieftain who does not need to take the exam at all, is his talent and learning so mediocre?After talking casually for a while, Mr. Cen Qi was shocked and said: "People say that the literary style in the south of the Yangtze River is at its peak, but it is unexpected that the talented people in the north are so good. Cen Qi has lived in the wilderness for a long time, and today he knows the literary style of the Central Plains is Sheng Ruosi. Yi I think, Brother Zhang, if you take the provincial examination in Guangxi, you will be sure to win in this area!"

Gao Wushi secretly smiled: If I were to take the provincial examination in Guangxi and talk about how to get a job, I am afraid that Xie Yuan would also be a sure thing.

But after thinking about it and talking about it, he was still very humble and polite.

Mr. Cen Qi was more drunk at this time, his cheeks were flushed, but his eyes were still clear, he waved his hands and said: "This year is the year of the general examination, there will be no rural examination, and there will be no next year. Since Brother Zhang's family suffered a disaster, There is nowhere to go in Guangxi..."

He said sincerely, "If Brother Zhang doesn't give up, why not go to Guixi with Cen, although Cen's family is not a high-ranking official, they finally have some face in Guangxi, so no one will underestimate Brother Zhang..."

At this point in the words of Young Master Cen Qi, Gao Wushi was feeling a bit embarrassed and didn't know how to refuse, but he heard a coquettish smile from outside the door, which was as pleasant as an oriole in the empty valley: "It's been a long time since I last saw you, and the seventh young master is going to Si Is the city poaching people?"

Gao Wushi turned his head and looked, and saw a girl in a white dotted emerald skirt standing at the door, her eyebrows were like distant mountains, her eyes were like lacquered stars, her figure was graceful, her skin was like jade, she was really a rare sight Such a beautiful woman, especially her pitiful, gentle and submissive expression, it makes people want to care for her.

Naturally, Gao Yushi has seen "countless" beauties, but it seems that there are not many girls like this who are both charming and unaffected. It seems that this kind of charming is natural, so he can't help but secretly surprised.

Young Master Cen Qi saw that Gao Yushi was a little absent-minded, so he couldn't help frowning slightly, but when he looked again, he found that Gao Yushi quickly returned to his calm and composed appearance, and there was only appreciation in his eyes, and there was no lust. .

Seeing that the two of them were just watching, the girl in the white skirt couldn't help but coquettishly said: "Seventh Young Master, the slave family has been following your whereabouts, are you so cruel, don't you intend to invite the slave family to come in and sit?"

Gao Wushi was surprised when he heard it, and thought to himself: This tone... Could it be that this girl is chasing after this young master Cen Qi?

He subconsciously looked at Young Master Cen Qi, and saw that after his face was flushed, he was even more handsome. Many women are not as good as him. Isn't it normal for that girl to have a good impression of him?Since ancient times, men love beautiful women, and beautiful women also love handsome men.It's just that Mr. Cen Qi...is too handsome for his handsomeness, and he doesn't know how beautiful his mother was back then.

At this moment, Mr. Seventh Cen smiled lightly, and said, "Miss Huang, what you want, Mr. Cen has already let you go, why don't you let it go?"

This girl is naturally the former Huang Zhiting Huang girl. She saw that Mr. Cen Qi still refused to invite her in, but she was not annoyed, and walked in with a chuckle.The two servants of the Cen family at the door hesitated, not knowing whether they should stop them, but they saw Miss Huang glance at them, their hearts were shaken, and they thought to themselves: Such a delicate girl belongs to the Huang family again. Miss, it's impossible to hurt my seventh son in broad daylight, shouldn't you stop him?

After a moment's hesitation, Huang Zhiting had already walked in with a smile. Young Master Cen Qi saw that the two servants at the door didn't even stop him, and his expression suddenly became a little ugly.

Huang Zhiting didn't look out at all, she glanced at Young Master Cen Qi and Gao Yushi who were sitting across the table, lifted her skirt slightly, and sat down at the side of the table, suddenly with a smile on her face, she said to Gao Yushi: " In the past few years, the slave family has rarely heard Mr. Cen Qi praise his talents, Mr. Zhang... the slave family also wants to ask you to teach me, so as not to be called a wild girl in a barren land, how about you?"

(End of this chapter)