Aspirations

Chapter 49 The thorn in the grass since childhood

Cao Shujuan is a young man. He came to Xia Xiang because he made the second emblem according to what Xia Xiang said - Ruo Er.Ruoer and the jade series are similar, with the three circles of gold, silver and copper on the outside, but the huanghuali wood carving in the middle is replaced by black jade. "Full House" was changed to "Unparalleled in the world".

As soon as he entered Xia Xiang's room, Cao Shujun couldn't wait to take out two emblems. He still insisted that Jade Link was much better than Ruoer in terms of name and collocation, and he came up and said, "Xia Langjun, you and I If we join forces, the world will be incomparable. Why don't I work together to open a business firm. I have already thought about the name. It is called Hua Changkai, which corresponds to the good times. Come to think of it, I will produce the finished product, only for the princes and nobles. The jades and accessories I carry are only for the family emblem of the noble family, and the emblem of the firm is only customized for the big firm. Within three years, the good flowers will surely surpass the good times and become the No. [-] firm in Daxia. You and I are half of each other. , regardless of each other, how?"

Xia Xiang took over Ruoer and couldn't put it down. Although Cao Shujun didn't like Ruoer, he did not treat him differently when he made it. The craftsmanship was very exquisite, not inferior to Yulianhuan. You are very beautiful, unparalleled in the world, and even the little lady will like it. Cao Saburo, why did you say this, why do you suddenly want to open a business? You are not going to ask the immortals to ask? I also want to become an official, not in business ."

"You fell off the list." Cao Shujun tried his best to show a look of pity and sorrow, but he really didn't pretend to be different, but it was a bit funny, "I heard from Mr. Jin Jia that Wen Changju took away your fame, You didn't pass the jinshi exam."

"What?" Xia Xiang released his hand, and Ruo'er in his hand almost fell to the ground. He took a step back and sat on the chair, looking like a dementia, "Really failed? How did it fail? My splendid article Unparalleled in the world, it is also a big joke."

"Xia Langjun, Xia Langjun!" Cao Shujun was very frightened, thinking that Xia Xiang had lost his mind due to the big change, he hurriedly stepped forward to grab his ears and pinched his nose, "Pull the ears down, you won't lose your soul, Xia Langjun, come back to your soul."

"Don't be ridiculous, haha, I'm fine." Xia Xiang suddenly pushed Cao Shujuan away and laughed loudly, "It's actually not on the list, it's really not on the list, a good thing, a great thing!"

It's broken, it's really crazy, Cao Shujun's face is pale with fright, and he regrets telling Xia Xiang that he was off the list. Let Jin Jia say how good it is, and what's bad will be counted on Jin Jia's head, not him. It's all his fault that he was in a hurry to let Xia Xiang open a business with him, worried that Jin Jia would take Xia Xiang to study medicine first, what should I do?In a panic, he poured a cup of tea and handed it over: "Xia Langjun, don't be in a hurry, drink your saliva first, there is no way out, not to mention your talent, not being a good person, being a good doctor and a good businessman, you can also be a good doctor and a good businessman. It can be regarded as a way to save the world and bring peace to the people.”

Xia Xiang took the tea and drank it, and continued to laugh: "It's not my ambition to be good and good businessman. Some people won't let me become a scholar, but I want to be named on the golden list. Cao Sanlang, go, come with me."

"Where are you going?" Cao Shujun could no longer describe his feelings in horror, he grabbed Xia Xiang's arm, his voice trembled and his legs trembled, "Xia, Xia Langjun, don't scare me, okay? It's okay to be a jinshi, no fame, and I will convince my sister to marry you."

"Go to Cao's mansion." Xia Xiang pulled Cao Shujun over and walked out, "Let's go now, the sooner the better."

Cao Shujun laughed dumbly: "Why is Xia Langjun in such a hurry, and you are going to the Cao Mansion to propose marriage? It's okay, there is no golden title, and it is good to have a wedding room candle."

The two were about to push the door to go out, when the door rang, Jin Jia pushed the door and entered.

Jin Jia looked happy, and took Xia Xiang's arm as soon as he entered the door: "Mr. Xia Lang, you failed the exam, haha, don't start any business with Cao Sanlang, go to study medicine with me, good looks and good doctors, all of them are from Anbang The way of helping the people is countless times better than profiteers."

"What kind of profiteer, is a good businessman good!" Cao Shujun didn't want to make money, but felt that opening a business would make his craft better and faster to be liked and accepted by more people, and he was very happy. Asking for immortality with one heart, and now he has changed his mind again, and the feeling of being recognized and appreciated is also very good.

Xia Xiang laughed: "It's a good thing to fall off the list. It's a good thing. It's a good thing. It's a good thing to govern the country, a good doctor to save people, and a good business to help the world.

"A businessman is a businessman. A businessman is a businessman. A businessman is a businessman. Aside from buying low and selling high, and driving up prices, businessmen do nothing but harm." Jin Jia grabbed Xia Xiang's hand, and seemed to follow Cao Shujun as soon as he let go of Xia Xiang. Going to do business, "Xia Langjun, don't go into business, don't be a mercenary businessman, ruin your reputation, and go against the teachings of the sages. Confucius said that the way is different, and it is not for each other."

Cao Shujun also grabbed Xia Xiang's arm and sneered: "Returning to the teachings of the sages, Mr. Jin Jia probably doesn't know that the sage Confucius is always safe because he has a business disciple named Zigong, Zigong asked. Said: 'What is the gift?' The Master said: 'Women's tools.' He said: 'What's the tools?' He said: 'Hulian also.' It can be seen that the sage of Confucius also appreciated Duanmu's gift."

"Okay, okay, don't fight." Xia Xiang was afraid of the old man and the young man, withdrew his hands and sat back in his seat, "Cao Sanlang, sit down first, we will go to Cao's house later... What is the matter with Mr. Jinjia looking for me?"

Jin Jia Nianxu smiled: "There are two things, one, you have fallen off the list, you can take the old man as a teacher. Second, the emperor used the medicine bed and medicine chair, why is the condition still not getting better, you said to help the old man think about it. I can tell the old man now what is the reason."

Mr. Jin Jia is really unreasonable. He is very embarrassed to come to disturb others when they are on the list. Fortunately, Xia Xiang is a calm person and can withstand the blow of losing the list. Of course, it is also related to Xia Xiang's anticipation of the failure.Xia Xiang carried his hands on his back, walked a few steps in the room, shook his head and smiled: "Before the official list is released, there is still room for me to turn around. Therefore, Mr. Jin Jia and Cao Sanlang are going to disappoint the two of you. I will not study medicine or do business. Mr. Jin Jia, I have already thought about the reason why the emperor did not improve after using the medicine bed and medicine chair, but I will tell you if you want to help me with one thing. "

With a disappointed look on his face, Cao Shujun shook his head and said to himself, "Jun Xia Lang is really ill, the examiner judged him to be out of the list, and he actually said that he has room to turn around, it's pitiful, it's a pity, it's a pity ."

Jin Jia didn't think so much. He just wanted to know the reason why the emperor's condition did not improve. He quickly said: "Don't talk about one thing, even ten things will make it happen. Quickly, what do you want the old man to help you with?"

"Do you know the fourth prince, King Qing, sir?"

"It's more than just acquaintances. The Fourth Prince's Qing Palace, I can come and go at will. If I want to see the Fourth Prince, I just need to inform... Why, do you want to see Prince Qing?" Jin Jia smiled triumphantly, "It's not difficult to see Prince Qing, This old man can take you to Prince Qing's Mansion right now."

Xia Xiang shook his head and smiled mysteriously: "Mr. Jin Jia, please leave immediately to meet Prince Qing at Prince Qing's mansion. When you see His Royal Highness, you only need to say a word."

"What?"

"Wenchang told the third prince in Xingwangfu that Xia Xiang had fallen off the list."

"That's it?"

"That's it!"

"It's just a trivial matter of sesame and mung beans. I'll come when I go." Jin Jia finished speaking, turned around and left, and suddenly stopped when he reached the door, his eyebrows furrowed, and his face was vigilant, "Xia Langjun, you won't take the opportunity to slip away. , I won't be able to find you again when the old man comes back?"

Xia Xiang was delighted: "How come? I have to wait for Mr. to come back to drink a few glasses and discuss important matters together."

"Okay, okay." Jin Jia immediately beamed with joy, "Let's discuss big things together, let's discuss big things together, haha, I'll go."

As soon as Jin Jia left, Cao Shujun couldn't sit still, so he grabbed Xia Xiang and walked out: "Follow me to Cao Mansion to propose marriage."

"It's easy to say, easy to say." Xia Xiang smiled, as if he was going to propose a marriage, he shouted outside, "Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu."

Xiao Wu appeared in response: "Come on, what are your orders, sir?"

"Go to the Gongyuan quickly, and put a black list at the place where the yellow list will be posted tomorrow. Remember, don't let anyone find out or get caught." Xia Xiang said, pulling out a black piece of paper from the table, adjusting the white ink, Give the pen to Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu smiled and looked embarrassed: "Sir, the matter of posting the black list is easy for me, but writing is too difficult, writing crookedly and ugly like a dog, it is too disrespectful to Mr. ."

"What words to write? I'll write it." Although Cao Shujun didn't know what Xia Xiang wanted to do, he also vaguely guessed that Xia Xiang was doing an earth-shattering event. excited.

"Let Xiao Wu write, no one can recognize his handwriting." Xia Xiang handed the pen to Xiao Wu and smiled slightly, "Words are not afraid of ugly, the uglier the better, write four words - Xia Xiang is off the list."

"Follow your orders!" Since Mr. said the uglier the better, Xiao Wu is full of strength. He doesn't need to write deliberately to be unparalleled. After writing four big characters like a dog scratching a cat, he laughed with satisfaction, "How about you, sir, is it ugly enough?"

Suddenly realizing what was wrong again, he was stunned like a puppet, and the pen in his hand also fell to the ground: "What... what? Mr. fell off the list? How is it possible? How can Mr. …”

Xiao Wu was talking, suddenly burst into tears, fell to the ground with a "plop", hugged Xia Xiang's thigh, weeping bitterly: "Sir, it's all my fault for Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu failed to protect Mr. Good portal, let Cao Sanlang and Mr. Jin Jia always disturb Mr., so that Mr. can't review his homework. Xiao Wu deserves to die, Xiao Wu deserves to die for his sins!"

Cao Shujun rolled his eyes and said unwillingly in a longer tone: "Xiao Wu, it's okay to talk behind your back, it would be too unrighteous to talk about me in person. Besides, Xia Langjun's fall on the list has nothing to do with me, someone took it maliciously. Under his fame. Maybe Xia Langjun's test paper was stolen and changed to the name of his favorite student."

"Who maliciously took the name of Mr.? I'm going to kill him." Xiao Wu stood up, wiped his tears, and was about to go out to kill.

"Xiao Wu, go and post the black list." Xia Xiang patted Xiao Wu on the shoulder, "As long as you post the black list well, it is a great achievement. You don't need to think about the rest, I will solve it by myself."

"Yes, sir." Xiao Wu's tears disappeared in an instant, and he changed his face to a smile, "I'll go to post the black list right away, but I don't understand, sir, why it is necessary to use black paper, how good it is to use red paper, festive."

Cao Shujun laughed angrily: "When will your brain turn around, you will become a martial arts master. The black list is a shady story, and the red list is a happy event. Xia Langjun wants to tell the scholars in the world that this year's big competition has a shady story, Don't you want to post a red list and write two happy words, do you understand?"

"Understood, I understand." Xiao Wu scratched his head and smiled naively, "Why do you want to write a happy word on the red list? Xia Langjun wants to get married?"

Cao Shujun couldn't take it anymore: "Xiao Wu is going to post the list soon, it will be a mistake if it's too late."

"Yes." Xiao Wu's legs were tensed, like a leopard facing a great enemy, he rolled up the black list, pushed open the window, turned over, jumped out, and as soon as he fell to the ground, he turned back and smiled, "By the way, Mrs. Mantuo is back. , live on the third floor of the inn."

"Mantuo?"

"I just saw her." As soon as Xiao Wu finished speaking, he jumped under the big tree with a stride, and walked out of the gate of the inn in a flash.

"If you don't have a door, you have to open the window, Xia Langjun, is Xiao Wu's brain broken?" Cao Shujuan was convinced by Xiao Wu, "If he asks me for immortals, he will definitely succeed. Oops, I forgot about the business, come with me to Cao Mansion."

Xia Xiang didn't stop at the moment, and left the inn with Cao Shujun, went all the way west, and arrived at Cao's mansion after half an hour.

Hearing that Xia Xiang was coming, Cao Shuli and Zuoer were busy to meet each other. Xia Xiang was busy with something, so he had no time to talk to Cao Shuli, and went to see Cao Yongguo together after just a few words of greeting.

Cao Yongguo is in good spirits, not only can he get out of bed and walk, but his complexion is also much better, his face is ruddy, and he speaks with full breath.Seeing Xia Xiang, he first bowed deeply to thank Xia Xiang for his life-saving grace.Xia Xiang was undoubtedly a lucky star for the Cao family. He first rescued Cao Shujun and then Cao Yongguo.

Xia Xiang did not dare to accept the great gift from Cao Yongguo, so he hurriedly paid it back.

Cao Shujun is now convinced of Xia Xiang Xinyue, and he wants to make friends with Xia Xiang. He also wants to do something big together with Xia Xiang.As a son of an aristocratic family, the friends he has met either only seek fame and fame, or enjoy wealth and honor in peace. Like him, he has the heart to seek immortals and asks for immortals and likes tricks and ingenuity. Very few, he has a lack of friends in mountains and rivers. Unfortunately, it was not until he met Xia Xiang that he suddenly realized that there were also strange men with the same broad-minded and lofty aspirations as him.

What surprised him even more was that Xia Xiang came from a scholar. The average scholar only respected Confucianism, and either disdained Taoism or knew nothing about it, and even sneered at strange and obscene skills.Xia Xiang is not the case. He has extraordinary knowledge, but he does not have the arrogance and pedanticness of ordinary scholars. He is open-minded and inclusive, and can be called an all-round genius.

It would be great if Xia Langjun really married his sister, and then joined forces with him to open a good business.The more Cao Shujuan thought about it, the more excited he became. He was not interested in the imperial examinations, so he took Xia Xiang's fall off the list indifferently. Seeing Xia Xiang and his father talking about medical Taoism and Confucianism, he was very impatient and sat down. Cao Shuli, who was sitting with her head upright, winked.

Cao Shuli understood that Cao Shujun had already said about Xia Xiang's failure. She couldn't believe it at first, but only when she learned that Wen Changju deliberately obstructed Xia Xiang's path to becoming a scholar did she know the news was true, and she couldn't help but be in a trance. How did Xia Langjun fall off the list?Wenchang, the minister of rituals, was the second-rank official of the dynasty, why did he have to exclude Xia Xiang, a little scholar?Xia Langjun's talent is outstanding, but he is also not on the list. Even the imperial examinations have lost justice. What else is fair in the world?
Cao Shuli's mind was messy, even when Cao Shujun said that Xia Xiang came to Cao's house to propose a kiss to her father, she didn't care. Misunderstanding Cao Shujun's intention, he got up and said, "Daddy, Xia Langjun failed this year's competition, and he also asked Daddy to take Xia Langjun to live in the mansion, and come back to take the exam in three years."

"What, Xia Langjun has fallen off the list?" Cao Yongguo was shocked, and stood up with a look of surprise, "Xia Langjun, is this true?"

Xia Xiang nodded: "It should be true, Mr. Jin Jia said it himself."

After all, Cao Yongguo was a member of the court, and he immediately thought of the problem: "The list will be released tomorrow, and today Jinjia knows that Xia Langjun has failed the list, and there must be something tricky in it."

Cao Shujun then explained in detail how Jin Jia learned about Xia Xiang's failure.

"Wen Changju has a proud student named Cai Bei. I also know Cai Bei. He has average knowledge and personality, but Wen Changju highly respects Cai Bei and has high expectations." Cao Yongguo has been in the court for many years, deeply Knowing the intricate relationships and balancing techniques on the court, he immediately thought of a way, "This matter is not irreversible, just report it to the Fourth Prince..."

When Cao Shujun heard this, he immediately took a breath. Xia Xiang asked Jin Jia to report to King Qing, but he didn't think so. He didn't want his father to be an official for many years. Second, he couldn't help but look at Xia Xiang again.

"Dad, Xia Langjun has asked Mr. Jin Jia to report to the Fourth Prince. At this time, Jin Jia should already be in the Fourth Prince's palace." Cao Shujun hurriedly explained the matter to Cao Yongguo, offering a treasure with a proud face. Yan's proud color.

"Oh?" Cao Yongguo didn't think much, and answered lightly, his eyes crossed the door and landed on the acacia tree outside the door, and he didn't know what he was thinking. With a look of surprise and disbelief, he was suddenly startled, slammed the table and stood up, "What? Xia Langjun has already let Mr. Jin Jia go to the Fourth Prince's Mansion? Xia Langjun, is it your idea or Mr. Jin Jia's initiative? Propose to report to the Fourth Prince?"

Xia Xiang smiled indifferently: "I'm the one who troubled Mr. Jin Jia for the hard work."

(End of this chapter)