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Chapter 10 The Two Next Door
Zhang Wei?

Song Shen searched his mind carefully, but had no impression of this person.

There were indeed many celebrities in the early Ming Dynasty, including a large group of Huaixi founding fathers and many future bigwigs who would shine during the Yongle period. Song Shen's brain was useful, but it would be a bit difficult for him to memorize the history of the Ming Dynasty.

So he could only remember some of the more powerful characters, or those guys who were extremely unlucky - well, yes, such as his own identity.

However, since he can call Song Lian "teacher", it means that Zhang Wei is most likely one of Mr. Song's disciples and former officials, and he should be an official now, otherwise he would not be able to mix with this group of people from the Zhejiang East Group.

Facing Zhang Wei's whispered question for his opinion, Song Shen smiled and nodded:

"Okay, thank you Brother Zhang for your help."

Not long after, Zhang Wei supported Song Shen and walked out of the room and came to a private room next door.

It’s indeed next door, just a few steps away.

After arriving at the new room, as soon as the door closed, Song Shen felt that his whole world became quiet.

Whether it was the party room or the hall, it was so noisy!
After Zhang Wei helped him sit down, he said:

"Ziwei, I'll ask the waiter to bring you some snacks. Please sit here for a while. By the way, I was afraid that you would be bored staying here alone. Someone just happened to find me. After a while, everyone will be together. They want to go to the next door to ask someone to do something. I arranged for them to stay here too. They can also chat with you to relieve their boredom."

"If you don't like it, I'll let them move to another room, how about that?"

Song Shen was slightly stunned and thought that this Zhang Wei had probably been in the officialdom for some time.

The voice sounded about the same age as mine, but he was very efficient in his work. Not only did he anticipate that a blind man like me would not be used to a noisy environment, he prepared the room and even prepared someone to chat with, so that the room could be used anyway.

Besides, those who wanted to relieve their boredom were supposed to go to the group of officials next door to do some work, and his identity as the grandson of Song Lian was also very impressive.

Both sides are satisfied and no one is offended...

After a moment, Song Shen came back to his senses, nodded and smiled at Zhang Wei who was in an unknown direction:
"Brother Zhang is really thoughtful. I'm also worried that I'll have nothing to do here, so it would be great to have someone to chat with and relieve my boredom. You can go and do your own thing. Although I can't see, I've gotten used to it these days, and you can take care of yourself."

He didn't care about Zhang Wei's plan to use this chicken feather of his as a token of authority.

Since he has traveled through time and space and become the eldest grandson of Song Lian, he has imperial physicians to treat his injuries, the emperor to send him gifts of comfort, people to serve him, and he has no shortage of money to spend. So he has to accept the other problems that come with this identity.

Socializing is not difficult.

He wasn't a socially anxious person in his previous life.

Zhang Wei gave a few more instructions and then left and returned to the room where the party was held.

After he left, Song Shen randomly picked a direction and asked:
"I am blind, so I don't know how many people are in this room. What are their names?"

A deep and rich male voice came from the side and back:

"Little brother, we are here."

Song Shen was stunned for a moment, then calmly turned around and said with a smile:
"I'm sorry, I'm blind and can't see where you are."

The two people sitting opposite him looked at each other and exchanged glances.

They were none other than Zhu Yuanzhang and his son Zhu Biao.

Looking at Song Shen's eyes that were obviously out of focus, Zhu Biao waved at him tentatively, but the other party did not respond.

He frowned and shook his head at Zhu Yuanzhang, meaning that Song Shen really couldn't see.

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression also became subtle. In that space with strange power, Song Shen could be said to be in accordance with his words. Not only was his vision normal, but even when he told everyone not to speak, he really couldn't utter a single word.

But now, seeing him in person, there is nothing unusual about this kid's behavior, he is no different from an ordinary blind man.

This is really weird...

The two of them were thinking quickly. After a moment of silence, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said:
"My name is Chen Guorui, and next to me is my son, Chen Biao."

Song Shen always felt that the names of these two people, as well as the voice of Chen Guorui in front of him, were very familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he had heard them.

After hesitating for a while, Song Shen thought and asked:
"Have we met somewhere?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and quickly said the words he had prepared:

"To be honest, my son is a student at the Imperial Academy. As for me, I used to be an ordinary businessman. Now, for the sake of my son's future, I have gradually handed over the family business to my clansmen."

"Well, I heard that there was a gathering of great scholars at Wangyue Tower, so I used a lot of connections to find this opportunity. I want to try to let my child make more friends with great scholars. If he is lucky, it may be beneficial to his future."

"Just now I heard from Censor Zhang that you, my little brother, also came from next door. I guess you are from a scholarly family. Maybe I have visited your home before?"

Song Shen always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what it was for a while.

He scratched his head.

If Chen Guorui has been working hard for his son's future recently and wants to find an official position for Chen Biao, then it is not impossible that he has come to the Song family through connections. After all, they have found Zhang Wei, a disciple of Song Lian, so his connections may be quite wide.

However, when Zhang Wei was mentioned just now, was Chen Guorui calling him Censor Zhang?
Song Shen asked curiously:
"Oh, so Brother Zhang Wei is the Imperial Censor in the court?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was even more confused than him:
"Since Censor Zhang personally sent you here, you two should be very familiar with each other. How come you don't know?"

Song Shen quickly explained:

"I fell on my head a few days ago. Not only did my eyes get damaged for no apparent reason, but I also completely forgot everything that happened in my past. I only heard about many things from my grandfather later. This is the first time I've seen Brother Zhang since I got hurt. I'm really embarrassed."

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao looked at each other again.

Well, not only is he blind, but it is also certain that he has lost his memory.

Could it be that everything this guy said in that strange space was true?
But now there is no time to think about anything else, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately took over and said:

"It's all right, it's all right. Everyone has ups and downs. Censor Zhang is young and promising. He became a Hanlin editor in the sixth year of Hongwu. His Majesty appointed dozens of them, all of whom took the great scholar Song Longmen as their teacher. In the ninth year of Hongwu, he was promoted to Supervisory Censor. It has only been three years, and he is not even thirty years old yet!"

Song Shen listened to the other party introducing Zhang Wei. Although he didn't show it on his face, he was secretly shocked in his heart.

He had thought that Zhang Wei was very experienced in his work before, but now it seems to be true. With such low emotional intelligence, how could he have climbed to the position of Censor in just three years?
If you do the math, Zhang Wei became Song Lian's disciple four years ago. Not only did he become an imperial censor this year, but he also seemed to have made a name for himself among the literati in eastern Zhejiang, and he could even bring people to recommend him...tsk tsk tsk!

Zhu Yuanzhang on the other side briefly introduced Zhang Wei's identity, then changed the subject and asked tentatively:

"Oh, by the way, little brother, since you are also from a noble family, it is not convenient for me to ask about the affairs of those great scholars next door. I would like to ask for your opinion."

"In fact, I have other ways to get close to the current Prime Minister... Which one do you think is more suitable?"

The current prime minister?

Song Shen almost had a conditioned reflex when he heard this word, and subconsciously shook his head:

"You are looking for death!"

(End of this chapter)