Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

After dinner, I will naturally go to the General Secretary to work.

Su Mu and Mr. Wu had already booked the sedan chair, and they would come to the house to pick them up early every morning.

After a month, it would cost six hundred Wen.And the salaries of the officials in the experience hall are only two or three taels of silver a month, half of which is in kind.Speaking of it, this expenditure is not a small expenditure for poor officials.

However, people have a face, and the governors of the experience hall are unwilling to lose this position.

Wu Shiqi doesn't have much money, but Su Mu can be considered a wealthy family in the capital now.The old gentleman asked his future son-in-law to pay the money honestly and bluntly, without feeling anything wrong.

Today, Joe, when he left the house, he saw Wu Shiqi just coming out.

Su Mu looked intently and was shocked.I saw that Mr. Wu's eyes were full of red silk, and for the first time, several deep wrinkles appeared on his forehead.

The old man actually aged three points overnight.

Su Mu was about to go forward to pay respects, but Wu Shiqi seemed to be hiding from something, jumped onto the sedan chair with agility that he shouldn't have at his age, and disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Su Mu smiled wryly and touched his nose: "Am I that scary? How can a father-in-law be afraid of a son-in-law?"

When we arrived at the experience department, everything was as usual, and it was still ridiculously leisurely, especially at the critical moment when everyone was focused on studying their homework and wanted to show off their skills in the imperial examination field.All government affairs will be held by them until next month.

According to Su Mu's observation, Mr. Wu locked himself in the room all day long, seeing no one, doing nothing, and not knowing what he was doing.

Su Mu was worried, after all, the old man went crazy twice in one day yesterday, so there must be no good or bad.

At noon, he took an opportunity to meet Wu Shiqi.

I saw that Mr. Wu was leaning over his desk and writing hard, his face was full of excitement and excitement, with a slight blush, and there was even a layer of sweat on his forehead.

His hands were covered in ink, and a ball of paper had been thrown all over the floor under his feet, with writing dripping all over it.

For a moment, Su Mu suddenly had an evil idea: the house girl spends electricity, the house man wastes paper, what is this old gentleman doing?

Amitabha, he is my father-in-law, don't think about it, don't think about it.

Suppressing the smile on his face, Su Mu stepped forward lightly.

Wu Shiqi suddenly covered his manuscript with his hands at the speed of light, and because of the excessive force, the sleeve of his official robe fell into the inkstone.

He glanced at Su Mu vigilantly, and said bluntly, "What do you want to do?"

There was a crystal light in his eyes.

Su Mu didn't expect that an old otaku, a frail scholar, would have such fierce eyes.

I was surprised.

At this moment, Su Mu saw clearly what Wu Shiqi had written on the paper, the title turned out to be "Those who want to reunify their families first cultivate their own bodies".

It turned out that he was writing an eight-legged essay, preparing for the test that would start in ten days.

As for the ball of paper on the ground, it must be a manuscript written by him.

Su Mu sighed in his heart: It seems that the old man really thought that the three questions I wrote indiscriminately were true, so he made a good essay on the questions and memorized them by heart.Forget it, it's better to be still than to move, let him be busy with this matter first, it's better than him to think wildly all day long.

Su Mu had no choice but to hand over an official document in his hand: "If you go back to the boss, this is the file transferred by the Lifan Academy."

"Put it there, let's go!" Mr. Wu nodded.

When Su Mu retreated to the door, the old man yelled again: "Close the door, don't bother me if there is nothing important."

After returning to the hall, Su Mu saw Governor Niu and Governor Li gathering together, discussing something mysteriously.And Governor Duan sat beside him with a sneer and a look of disdain.

Seeing Su Mu coming in, Governor Niu and the others suddenly closed their mouths and walked away, looking at Su Mu with a hint of strangeness in their eyes.

Then, there was a long silence in the hall.Su Mu also felt that there was something wrong with the atmosphere, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly, Governor Li smiled slightly and asked in a low voice, "Zi Qiao, what did you say when you went to Mr. Wu's experience just now?"

Su Mu: "I didn't say anything, I just transferred a file, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing."

After a moment of silence, Governor Niu said: "Zi Qiao, Mr. Wu came to the Yamen early in the morning and devoted himself to writing. Judging from the situation, it should be preparing for the upcoming spring. I heard that you and Mr. Wu are closely related. You are both a teacher and a friend. The two of you have written articles, and you will exchange ideas with each other. But I don’t know what topic Master Wu and you are communicating with this time. We are colleagues, and we have nothing to do today. Why don’t you discuss it together? "

Su Mu was startled, and only then did he realize the seriousness of the problem.He couldn't understand the meaning of Governor Niu's words.

Yesterday, in order to get Mr. Wu, who was in a state of madness, to come to the situation as soon as possible, Su Mu took a strong drug, saying that he knew the exam questions that he would take.At that time, everyone was present.

Could it be that they took it as seriously as Wu Shiqi?

Su Mu hurriedly said: "It is true that Su Mu had a discussion with Mr. Wu in the past, but isn't he busy preparing for the exam now? Time is running out, and there is no time to review. How can there be such a leisurely discussion and exchange of ideas."

"Oh, so that's how it is." Niu Zhifu smiled meaningfully, "Zi Qiao and Mr. Wu must have written good articles, and they cherished themselves with their brooms and kept their secrets."

The others also laughed and said, "Zi Qiao, you are really hiding something!"

Su Mu could understand that everyone's smiles seemed far-fetched, and even the two governors secretly paid attention to him.

He was stunned and didn't know how to reply.

On this day, the atmosphere in the entire experience hall seemed abnormal.When everyone saw Su Mu, they all closed their mouths and looked at each other, as if they were talking about something.

But as soon as Su Mu left, everyone started to discuss something intensely, but they didn't want Su Mu to know.

Su Mu felt a bit aggrieved by the day, and felt very uncomfortable all over.

Finally, it was four o'clock in the afternoon Beijing time in the post-world, and he was about to get up and go home.

Governor Niu suddenly stood up and said with a smile: "In spring, when flowers are blooming, we bury our books all day long and prepare for exams. We have really failed the spring. Although it is a bit late now, the official knows that there is a man in the city called "Shuhong "The Pavilion" is very interesting, why don't you go to have a few glasses of wine and clear up your mood."

Governor Li smiled and asked, "But it's a brothel?"

The others laughed too.

Governor Niu said sternly: "No, we are court officials. According to the regulations, we are not allowed to go in and out of the brothel for singing girls. This Shuhong Pavilion is a restaurant, and it is not very well-known. It's just that there is a restaurant on the side of the road in front of the building. There is a clump of peach blossoms, which are blooming brilliantly. The official will go to see it every year, and everyone is tired from studying these days. If we go to get together in the past, Zi Qiao will go too."

Everyone agreed, Su Mu was supposed to refuse, but he couldn't overcome everyone's enthusiasm, so he had to go with them.

There was no good banquet, and Su Mu also felt that something was wrong with today's situation.

Just now Governor Niu obviously wanted to find out the exam questions of this session from his own mouth. The problem is, Su Mu doesn't know at all, so how dare he talk nonsense.

He thought to himself: If you don’t know, you don’t know. Anyway, no matter what everyone says later, just pretend to be confused.

Everyone changed into casual clothes and sat in sedan chairs. After walking for less than half an hour, they arrived at a small alley on the west side. At the corner of the alley, there was a wine board with three big characters "Shuhongge" written on it, which was very well written.

The restaurant does not appear to be high-grade, just a row of bungalows, but the peach blossoms on the roadside at the entrance are blooming brilliantly, coupled with the fact that the place is secluded, it looks very elegant.

Looking at the diners in the restaurant, most of them are scholars in unclothed robes. Obviously, this is a gathering place for scholars in the capital.

Everyone saw the scene here, and they all praised: "It's really good, Governor Niu has found a good place!"