So what if I traveled through time? I'll continue to roll in another place

On the second day, Zhou Yao organized and packaged Xiao Zheng's suggestions and reported them to Zuo Qiuzhi.

Zuo Qiuzhi thought that it would be best to get some information from Xiao Zheng through Zhou Yao. Now that his opinion had been received, he might as well take it as an alternative. He asked Zhou Yao to collect relevant historical materials and specifically told him to keep it confidential.

The leader opens his mouth and his subordinates run around for him.

Zhou Yao could only complete this task alone.

The Thirteen Classics compiled by Empress Yang were indeed rich in content. The imperial examinations were all based on the Four Books and Five Classics, but few people studied the dynasty's own history and doctrines.

Zhou Yao went to the Dianbu Hall to look for it, but found that even in the Hanlin Academy, only the "Zhao Ji" could be considered a historical book, and the other materials had not been compiled into a book.

Xiao Yueshan complained in his heart, isn't that profound enough? This is the crystallization of the wisdom of many ancient thinkers. Here, Queen Yang is proficient in thirteen Confucian classics. Isn't this enough to make Chu Hehui afraid?

Xiao Zheng suggested that Zhou Yao go to Qiu Zhuo, a historian and editor he knew well, who was also Qiu Shunci's father. Qiu Zhuo had been compiling history since he entered the Hanlin Academy. He was honest and dedicated, and was very knowledgeable in collecting and compiling history books. In addition, Xiao Yueshan and Qiu Shunci were close friends, so it was not strange for him to visit Qiu Zhuo on this basis.

Xiao Yueshan sent someone to the Qiu family in Jincheng Lane to give her a message, asking her to visit her home the next evening.

Although Qiu Zhuo passed the imperial examination in the same year as Xiao Zheng, he did not have the family background of Xiao Zheng. He came from a poor family and had no one to help him. After being appointed as a seventh-rank editor, he was not promoted for many years and his family was relatively poor.

Qiu Shunci's family was very simple. She had an older brother who died before he was ten years old. Her mother had also passed away, leaving only her and her father.

After getting married, Tang Shuyi was not from a wealthy family. Not only did he not buy any property, he also brought his mother and brother and sister-in-law from his hometown to the Qiu family, calling it "fulfilling filial piety."

Tang Shuyi was also a noble son from a poor family. After he passed the imperial examination, he thought he was a popular candidate for the selection of son-in-law by the adults in various families. However, his appearance, ability and family background were not outstanding, so he wasted a lot of time.

The Qiu family had lost their mother and had no one to socialize with. Qiu was honest and dull, and his daughter had grown up with no place to go. In the end, it was Ye Shaojun who acted as a matchmaker and brought the two families together.

What is certain is that although Ye Shaojun is a great scholar, he has no talent as a matchmaker and he simply betrayed the honest Qiu family.

Tang Shuyi was excited the whole night when he saw his wife received the invitation from the Xiao family. He had always wanted to find a way to move up but had no way. Now the Xiao family, a family of scholars, had sent an invitation, and Mr. Zhou, who had just arrived from the Hanlin Academy, was going to visit him, which gave him a long-awaited opportunity.

The next day, as soon as he started his shift, he hurried to the lecture hall to find Zhou Yao, "Sir Zhou, I heard from my wife that you and your wife are going to visit me at my humble home. I am so honored!"

He still had the same loud voice as usual. Zhou Yao was embarrassed where he was. He had completely forgotten that Qiu Zhuo's son-in-law was none other than Mr. Tang. He didn't expect that there would be such a strange person among such a cunning bunch of people.

"Don't worry, I have arranged everything for you. The adults I have called to accompany you are all my good friends. They will definitely make you and your siblings happy."

What? Sister-in-law... "My lady is here to talk privately in the boudoir. I'm afraid it's unsafe to walk alone at night, so I'm accompanying you. Lord Tang, there's no need to worry so much." He said politely in a distant manner.

Looking through the screen at the many eyes outside looking in, Zhou Yao regretted going to Qiu's house with Xiao Yueshan. They could have asked Qiu to come out...

At that time, I just thought that it might be more relaxing to talk at Qiu Zhuo's home, and I might be able to get first-hand information directly, so I suggested going to Qiu Zhuo's home.

In the evening, Zhou Yao and Xiao Yueshan had to go to Qiu's house for a banquet. They had to make up for the trouble they had caused themselves.

Zhou Yao and Xiao Yueshan arrived at Qiu's house with some gifts.

The Qiu residence in Jincheng Lane is a small courtyard with two entrances. Many wisteria leaves hang at the gate, making it look quiet and elegant.

The banquet was set up in the main hall, and Tang Shuyi also invited several colleagues from the Hanlin Academy to join him.

Although the banquet was small, it was divided into male and female guests. The female family members had a separate table in the inner room, which was taken care of by Qiu Shunci.

At the banquet at the Gongshun Marquis's mansion, she was just the wife of a minor official, but at the Qiu family's banquet, she became the wife of a senior official. Qiu Shunci asked her to sit in the guest of honor seat, and the ladies below her all socialized with her enthusiastically.

This change of identity is really hard to adapt to. Xiao Yueshan doesn't like to curry favor with others, nor does he like to be flattered. He usually goes to work and does things out of helplessness. He didn't expect that he would have to suffer now.

Zhou Yao was also treated with courtesy in the outer room. Tang Shuyi even wanted to bypass Qiu's father and sit in the host's seat, but was stopped by Tang Shuyi.

Tang Shuyi was embarrassed and said, "My father-in-law doesn't drink, and I'm afraid he can't accompany Brother Yao well. Let him sit at the bottom table and forget about it after we finish eating."

"You have to be on duty tomorrow, so don't drink today." If Zhou Yao just disagreed with some of Tang Shuyi's practices before, now he really can't stand Tang Shuyi's behavior of trampling on his father-in-law's face in public.

He invited Qiu Zhuo to sit in the middle seat of the host. According to his seniority and official position, he was the host. Qiu Zhuo was flattered and refused repeatedly before he was willing to sit down.

Zhou Yao's face turned cold, and no one at the table dared to persuade him anymore. Cheng Han, a scholar sitting below him, immediately agreed and asked the servant to remove the wine and bring tea instead.

"Wine makes people intoxicated, tea makes people wise. Originally, I was just accompanying my wife to the Qiu residence to have a private chat, and I didn't expect there would be such a grand ceremony. I am really sorry to bother you all." He raised the tea, "Meeting is fate, I will use tea instead of wine to toast you all."

His words were quite disrespectful to Tang Shuyi. Everyone except Tang Shuyi could hear the hidden meaning. Mr. Zhou didn't even know that the Tang family had invited guests! It seemed that they were just trying to curry favor with him.

"The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as water. I, Cheng Han, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, respectfully present myself to Lord Zhou." Cheng Han responded with ease. He changed his previous rather fawning expression and immediately sat up straight.

Zhou Yao also raised his glass and greeted the gentlemen. Seeing that the new Lord Zhou was not difficult to get close to, everyone felt relieved.

However, there was no wine at the table, so the atmosphere was naturally not as lively as Tang Shuyi had expected, which made him feel that he was not having enough fun.

Seeing that everyone was talking happily, Tang Shuyi was unwilling to give up and suggested serving more wine. Zhou Yao said, "I don't want to drink, I'm afraid I can't accompany Master Tang well. How about I go back early after eating, so as not to spoil Master Tang's mood."

Now even Cheng Han and others felt a little uncomfortable. The atmosphere had finally become better, so why bring up drinking again?

Qiu Zhuo hurriedly tried to smooth things over and told his son-in-law not to force it. At this time, Tang Shuyi's elder brother Tang Bozhong stepped out and said, "Who the hell are you? My brother treats you so well, how can you be so ungrateful? If you don't want to drink, get out now!"

Zhou Yao finally found a reason to run away and bowed to Qiu Zhe. "Uncle Qiu, I will invite you to my house for a banquet another day."

Qiu Zhuo didn't know how to start the conversation, but he also knew it was not a good idea to force Zhou Yao to stay, so he returned the greeting and let Zhou Yao call Xiao Yueshan before leaving the Qiu family, leaving the room full of guests looking at each other in bewilderment.