Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

"Speaking of this Su Ziqiao, I have never heard of it before, and I don't know who it is?"

In a teahouse in the most prosperous area in the south of Beijing, Su Mu sat there helplessly, listening to a group of scholars talking about him.

"Xiaosheng has heard of it. This person gained some fame in Baoding with a seven-word poem. This poem is not bad. I still remember that he was really shocked at the time." Speaking of foaming everywhere, the scholar said Lang Sheng read out the song "One Night Dongfeng Renren Thousands of Miles" written by Su Mu before.

All the scholars gave a loud praise at the same time: "It's really good, not bad, not bad, but I don't know who made it?"

The scholar chuckled and asked, "I guess you want to ask."

Everyone roared with laughter: "How could such a good poem be written by an idiot like Su Mu? Besides, he has a bad record of plagiarism, so he copied it naturally."

"From Xiaosheng's point of view, Su Mu has already gained a certain reputation by plagiarizing this seven-character poem. Mr. Shao helped to write the questions and won the fame of a scholar. With both fame and merit, he should stay in the country honestly. These two items may not be able to spend a lifetime of food and clothing. However, people are not very popular. Not to mention taking part in the provincial examination, they also have to challenge the great talent Long Mingqing. This is a shame. It's a pity, a pity, his reputation has been ruined. You will definitely not pass the country test. How will you survive in this world in the future?"

Everyone nodded at the same time.

Su Mu was furious when he heard this, and he clenched his hands tightly, his knuckles turned white from the force.

He also knew that his reputation was ruined by Long Zai, but he didn't want to become so infamous.It seemed that this matter had to be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise if this rumor spread, he would definitely be in big trouble in the future.

Even if I become an official in the future, the Ministry of Officials still needs to have an inspection procedure when granting real positions.When choosing a scholar in the Ming Dynasty, the most important thing is virtue. If there is a lack of virtue, no matter how good the exam is, it is not within the scope of consideration.

This is the second day after Su Mu returned to Beijing. Yesterday, because of his modesty, he said that he did not do well in the provincial examination.As a result, Wu Juren ignored him, and no longer mentioned the marriage between the two families.

This old man is too powerful.

However, Su Mu can also understand.After all, the Wu family was in such a poor state. The old Juren was seriously ill and could no longer support the family. As for Wu's second son, he was even more unreliable.

For the happiness of his daughter, Lao Juren naturally wanted to find a son-in-law with a reputation as a Juren.

Su Mu didn't have an affair with Ms. Wu, so she didn't care about marriage at all.It's just that the old Juren's doing this still made him very unhappy.

There are still many snobbish people in this world, such as Mu Sheng and the others.

Su Mu didn't think too much about the exhausted journey all the way, and went to sleep early to recuperate his spirit.

In the middle of the night, there was a lot of commotion outside, and the sound was that Long Zai and his party had returned.

After Long returned to Beijing, he stayed in his old house, and the shopkeeper of the inn automatically became a servant, and another large courtyard became his residence.

Su Mu didn't bother to take care of it, mainly because he didn't want to see this villain.

On the second day, Su Mu got up early as usual, but didn't go out for a run.It has been a month since the township examination, and the body and spirit have not recovered yet, so let's rest for a few days.

This time when I returned to Baoding, I heard that Hu Shun's family had moved to Beijing. For some reason, Su Mu suddenly missed Hu Ying.In addition, Hu Shun did not send this month's salary as early as before, which made him a little worried.

It's not that Su Mu wanted the 100 taels of silver, he didn't intend to take money from the Hu family.Hu Shun, the dead star, can't deal with him if he can't deal with them. If he gets involved, you will be in trouble that you can't get rid of.

But after waking up, Su Mu still decided to go and have a look.One is to see what happened to the Hu family, and the other is to refund the money by the way.

Wrapped 100 taels of silver and ten taels of gold, put them on his back, and said to Xiaodie, Su Mu walked out of the small courtyard.

The courtyard where Long lives is still quiet, and the people inside are probably still sleeping.

According to Xiaodie, Mr. Long's birdman didn't come home until midnight every day, and he didn't get up until the afternoon, and went out as soon as he got up.

Su Mu will stay here for another half a month. Given Long Zai's bad living habits, he probably won't have many chances to meet him face to face.

There is still a distance between where Su Mu lives and Hu Shun's guard, and it takes less than half an hour to walk there.After staying in the examination room for nine days, and riding in a carriage for more than ten days, Su Mu's physical fitness has declined severely, and his mouth and tongue are dry after walking this distance, and his calf feels weak.

Sighing, he saw a tea shop on the side of the road, which was very elegant and filled with many scholars, probably a meeting place for scholars in the capital.

Su Mu had a good first impression of this teahouse, so he went in and asked for a bowl of tea to rest his feet, just in time to hear some scholars talking about himself.

After drinking this sip of tea, it immediately hit his heart, making him burn with anger.

Just as he was about to throw down two copper coins and leave, the words suddenly uttered by a scholar made Su Mu stop in his tracks.

"Speaking of Long Mingqing, the recent limelight is really the same."

"How to say."

"After Long Mingqing returned to Beijing after participating in the provincial examination, a bookseller immediately came to his door and offered a large price to buy the papers of other local examinations, saying that he wanted to engrave them into a book."

"Oh, I haven't won yet, so I begged to come to the door. How much is an article?"

Su Mu was already familiar with the publishing industry, so he paid attention immediately.Generally speaking, for a good stereotyped essay, the manuscript fee is only a few tens of pennies, and no matter how good it is, it is only a few bucks.

"One tael of silver."

"Si!" Everyone gasped, "A lot!"

"The famous Dragon Zai is worth the price. However, they don't sell it at all, but give it away for free. It is said that it is a model essay. Please have a look in the scholarly community." The scholar said: "Although you say so , In fact, it is for everyone to use as a model essay."

"Then, how did Mr. Long's papers go?"

"One word is good, it's really good!" The scholar probably wanted to use something to praise Long Zai's article, but after thinking about it, he could only say such a simple sentence, which was really beyond description.

"In this case, I'd like to buy it to observe and observe."

"I have to wait for a while to buy a book, and Xiaosheng just happened to see it at a literati collection." The scholar was a little proud and touched his chin.

"It's a pity." Everyone looked disappointed.

"Everyone, don't be depressed. In fact, although Long Mingqing's articles are good, they may not be the best in the world. His longest is the lyrics. Now, we are just lucky."

"How to say?" All the scholars came to their spirits at the same time: "Why, Long Mingqing has a new work?"

"That's natural, not only there are, but also continuously."

"Say it quickly, say it quickly." Everyone kept urging.