The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 9
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Xie Shen said this to prevent Wu Youfu from becoming suspicious.In fact, in his opinion, the possibility of Sun Gui retaliating against him is too low.After going through this catastrophe, Sun Gui must know that Xie Shen is not a soft persimmon to be manipulated by others.Secondly, Sun Gui was seriously injured, even if he really wanted to take revenge, he still had to heal his injuries.

"What do you want me to do?"

"Please ask the county to accept students as apprentices."

Xie Shen cupped his hands at Wu Youfu, and said in a deep voice.

Now Wu Youfu was completely confused.

Accepting Xie Shen as his apprentice can certainly dispel Sun Gui's thoughts of revenge, but why should he accept Xie Shen as his apprentice? Is it just for that inexplicable affection?
Seeing Magistrate Wu's face was cloudy and uncertain, Xie Shen felt bad.

In fact, he was too impatient.As a child from a poor family, it is a luxury to study hard.If there is no backer, there will be more and more things like today where Sun Gui and his slaves bully him.What's more, the most terrible thing will happen in the imperial examinations. The children of poor families have no backing, they are duckweeds and weeds, no matter how talented they are, they can't stand out from the crowd.

Without fame and fame, all his plans would not be able to be carried out, so he was so anxious to beg Wu county magistrate to accept him as an apprentice.

But he ignored that County Magistrate Wu and him were just acquainted once, even if he had a good impression of him, it was a superficial affection, far from being a disciple.

Just when Xie Shen was thinking about how to respond flexibly, Wu Youfu laughed loudly and said: "You are a virtuous student, that's all, I will ask a question, if you can answer it, I will make an exception and accept you as a disciple."

Wu Youfu's reaction was completely beyond Xie Shen's expectations.

He was stunned for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "Please ask the county magistrate to give me the title."

Wu Youfu twirled his beard and thought for a while, then waved his hands and said: "Drive a flat boat, row two oars, set up three tents, take advantage of the wind from all directions, and smile before you reach the south of the Yangtze River."

Xie Shen nodded, looking at the pair seems simple, but what he is investigating is the most basic foundation of Tongsheng.Moreover, he is only 12 years old now, so it seems inappropriate for Wu Youfu to take other exams.

But why is this pair so familiar? Uh, isn’t the first part of this couplet taken from a couplet that Huang Tingjian was asked by a boatman when he was a student in Suzhou and Hangzhou when he was young.This is absolutely eternal, and the second half is from Huang Tingjian's famous "Two Poems of Climbing Yueyang Tower and Wangjun Mountain in the Rain".County Magistrate Wu was really lazy to intercept this pair directly.

If it were an ordinary student of this age, he would definitely not be able to answer the appropriate second line.But Xie Shen has studied all kinds of eternal absolutes, he pondered for a moment and replied: "Looking at the students of He County, reading thousands of books, traveling hundreds of miles, helping people from ten directions, it is rare to meet again in Mobei."

This pair cannot be called absolute, but it is indeed the best second line that Xie Shen can think of temporarily.

Wu Youfu twirled his beard, and said with a loud smile, "Xiansheng's pairing is clever. I never thought that Xiansheng would have such a great talent at such a young age. You don't have to study with Old Master Liu. I will write a book and send it to the county. From now on, you should learn from Confucius’ teachings.”

Xie Shenzhi D County School has one instructor and three instructors.This Confucian teaching should be the top leader of the county school.

However, all the students of the county school have the reputation of being a scholar. He is just a young student who has not yet taken the county examination. Can he really enter the county school with just a word from the county magistrate Wu?

"The Sanwei Academy founded by Confucius is in the south of the city. I will send someone to take you there to study."

It was only then that Xie Shen realized that County Magistrate Wu was not trying to make an exception for him to enter the county school as an appendage, but just to sell a favor and allow Xie Shen to follow Kong Jiaoyu to study in a private training class—academy.

In this way, County Magistrate Wu will not only not take any risks, but will also win the reputation of cherishing talents. High, it is too high.

Xie Shen couldn't help feeling that County Magistrate Wu was a fine person, and now that he had already said so much, Xie Shen couldn't say anything, so he could only respond with gratitude.

"Thank you county magistrate." Xie Shen cupped his hands at County Magistrate Wu to express his thanks, but his face showed a sad expression.

No matter who the County Magistrate Wu is, the subtle expression on Xie Shen's face was caught by him.

County Magistrate Wu's face sank, he coughed lightly and said, "Why is Xiansheng so sad?"

Xie Shen cupped his hands, and said with a coy smile, "It's just that no matter how hard the students work, they can't compare to those from famous families."

"Why did you say that!" County Magistrate Wu asked with a stern face and raised eyebrows.

"Reporting to the county lord, this matter has to start with the quizzes given by Mr. Liu a few days ago to all the students."

Xie Shen talked about how Old Master Liu took the exams for the students in the school, and how his attitude changed sharply after he learned that he was not from a famous family, and then mentioned Sun Ruoxu's article as the first name. Sun Ruoxu's upturned nostrils and Mr. Liu's snobby eyes are vividly depicted.The most important thing is that Xie Shen recited the articles he wrote at that time to Magistrate Wu.

This is of course Xie Shen's scheme, in fact it is a series of schemes.Xie Shen saw that County Magistrate Wu praised him quite a lot, so he wanted to strike while the iron was hot, and completely make Sun Ruoxu bad.

Xie Shen is a person with clear grievances and grievances, and if Sun Ruoxu had a better attitude, he would not care about it.However, Sun Ruoxu is a person whose eyes are higher than the top, and even sent evil slaves to the house to provoke troubles for a little matter, how can Xie Shen bear it!
Sun Gui had just been taught a lesson by the hand of County Magistrate Wu, but it was far from enough.If you don't kill a snake, you will be harmed by it. If you can't preemptively pinch Sun Ruoxu's seven inches, this young master will definitely retaliate even more fiercely.

Looking at it from another angle, now that he has managed to win the appreciation of County Magistrate Wu, he has been so angry with Sun Ruoxu, if he doesn't use the power of County Magistrate Wu to slap Sun Ruoxu in the face, wouldn't it be Too frustrated?
After hearing this, County Magistrate Wu was a little bit overwhelmed.He himself came from a poor family, and it can be said that he has suffered a lot along the way to be able to become a Jinshi and be released as a county magistrate.County Magistrate Wu saw his shadow in Xie Shen.The same humble family background, the same outstanding talent, and the same indifference and contempt from the children of the famous family.

The most important thing is that Magistrate Wu is a person who cherishes talents, and he really appreciates the subtlety of Xie Shen's writing.

It is a miracle that such an article comes from a 12-year-old boy, but Old Master Liu actually gave Sun Ruoxu the title that should have belonged to Xie Shen in order to please the Zhuhu Sun family.If this matter gets out, he, the county magistrate, will lose face, and the common people will only say that Wu Youfu can't recognize talents, so that such a bright pearl will be dusted.
Moreover, combining Sun Gui's bullying to force Xie's family to pay the rent with Xie Shen's little friction with Sun Ruoxu, County Magistrate Wu instinctively determined that this matter was ordered by Sun Ruoxu.

(End of this chapter)