Thought

"The test is coming soon. It's rare that Mr. Xie is still in the mood to come to my Zhenyuanhou Mansion." Xue Yi made a pun, lazily lifting the sapphire teapot on the table, and the slender stream of water slowly poured into the sapphire teacup opposite Xue Yi.

The bright yellow tea is pleasing to the eye against the blue wall of the cup, and a wisp of fragrance wafts out.

The young man came stepping on the slate, and the fallen leaves of a quaint tree in the courtyard slowly fell in autumn, circling around the young man leisurely and eagerly, and finally landed on the young man's shoulder, swept away by the young man's smile fall.

"On the outskirts of Beijing, long time no see." Xie An's hearty smile covered his face, which looked extremely bright in the autumn sun, and people couldn't help looking away, feeling a little bit of goodwill.

"Student Xie An met Zhenyuan Hou." Xie An bowed respectfully.

Xue Yi slightly raised the sapphire teapot, the water stopped abruptly, and the sapphire teacup was half full.

Noticing this, the smile on the corner of Xie An's mouth remained unchanged, but there was more smile in his eyes and less anxiety.Sure enough, I heard Xue Yi say, "Sit."

Xie An expressed his thanks generously, "Thank you, Lord Marquis." He was respectful but not obsequious.

"If you have nothing to do, go to the Three Treasures Hall." Xue Yi put down his teacup and took a sip, then changed his voice, "But as the old saying goes, it's hard for an upright official to break up housework."

Xie An understood Xue Yi's meaning, "What Hou Ye said is that my father is willing to serve you."

Xue Yi turned his eyes around Xie An, and suddenly became interested, "Your Linjiang Xie family can be regarded as a family that has inherited two dynasties. It is not easy to pass on so far. How did you find me who has a shallow foundation?"

Xue Yi's words were tactful, how could you, a family with a long history, find a man from Zhenyuan Hou who was born with mud legs.The Zhenyuanhou Mansion sounds nice, but it can't hide the fact that the first Zhenyuanhou was a farmer in the countryside. After the founding of the country, Dayan passed on for three generations. In the eyes of some scholarly families and powerful families, he is just a warrior.

Isn't it funny, the great general who defended the country of Yan is looked down upon in private.

But it was only in private, a hint of sarcasm hung in Xue Yi's eyes.

"Master Hou is humble." Xie An's face did not show pride, but a bit of bitterness. "Counting up several generations, more than ten generations, who is not the same digging food?"

Xue Yi was noncommittal. Discrimination and inequality between people will always exist, and it cannot be eliminated with a few words.It can't be completely solved in the modern age after a thousand years, let alone the country under the dynastic system a thousand years ago.

Xie An was not surprised by Xue Yi's reaction, he just picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip, "Your Majesty, the nobles of the family, there are so many overlords in one side, no one can stay forever."

Speaking of Xie An, his smile was sunny, warm and comfortable, but the words he said were icy cold and chilling, "Time is kind, forgiving people to grow wantonly. At the same time, it is cruel, harvesting human lives without mercy."

"The stars are replaced, everything is renewed." Xie An's smiling eyes showed the unique calmness of the wise, "The long river of time has buried too many bones."

"The Xie family has reached such a turning point." Xie An looked at Xue Yi, "Master Hou, do you have confidence?"

Xue Yi smiled, "No."

"As you said, time is tolerant and cruel. I may be the fish that slipped through the river of time, but ah, who knows where time will take me, the fish that slipped through the net?"

Doubt flashed in Xie An's eyes. To be honest, he didn't understand Xue Yi's meaning. A fish that slipped through the net?

"Accidents are never lacking in this world." Xue Yi didn't explain, some things he couldn't just explain, "Who knows what the accident is?"

Xie An blinked slowly, his thin lips parted slightly, "It may also be a surprise."

Xue Yi laughed out loud, "You are right, then let's talk about why you chose me!"

Regarding Xue Yi's jumping thinking, Xie An seemed to be unable to react for a while, and hesitated for a moment, "There is a student's father in the palace."

Xue Yi gave a "tsk" sound, and sure enough, the centipede did not budge, "So what do you think? I..." Xue Yi paused, and looked at Xie An meaningfully, "Is it true? Or is it fake? "

"The students are gambling." Xie An met Xue Yi's gaze, "If it's true, it's safe enough to follow you. If it's false, with Master Hou's ability to hide from the world, it will be the day when the Xie family, where my subordinates are located, will recover."

Xue Yi smiled lazily, "Then congratulations, you're safe."

Xie An lowered his head slowly, "This subordinate understands."

"Master Hou must have seen the student's brother's name." Xie An's eyes fell on the white paper that Xue Yi carelessly placed on the table, "Xie Feng."

"Thanks to the student's elder brother, I was lucky enough to meet you, Lord Hou, in Qingzhou." Xie An smiled, a gleam flashed in his eyes, "He boarded the third prince's boat and wanted to tie up the entire Xie family. Died on the big ship of the Third Prince."

Xue Yi nodded, "It's a broken ship with three thousand nails, not to mention a big ship sailing. Then, you are also the ones who offended the powerful?"

"My father is not willing to participate in the matter of seizing the heir, but..." Xie An bluntly said, "That's why we made such a bad plan."

Xue Yi glanced at Xie An, his eyes couldn't tell what it meant, "Since this is the case, I clearly have a grudge, but I still listened to his words and entered Qingzhou alone..."

"He gave in to his father." Xie An calmly faced Xue Yi's gaze, "I can't write two words of thanks in one stroke. After the incident in Qingzhou, my father and I learned that nearly half of the family fell to Xie Feng." .”

"The Xie family has fallen, and they can't wait."

Xue Yi nodded, "That's all you want to say?" He tapped twice on Xie Feng's name on the white paper.

"Yanhuai, Chenghua was born at the second place in the 12th year of the ranking, and has been in the Imperial Academy for two years. He is one of the deputy examiners of the imperial examination." Xie An didn't talk too much, and pointed to a name on the white paper, "I often have disputes with the third prince. , everyone knows that the two are at odds."

"Oh?" Xue Yi said with great interest, "Actually, you are secretly working together?"

"Yan Huai's hostility towards the third prince does not seem to be fake." Xie An shook his head, "This person really hates the third prince, but he is willing to do things for the third prince in private. clean."

"You mean, try to find a way to pry the corner of the wall?" Xue Yi stroked his chin, thinking about the possibility of success, "You can think about it."

Xie An seriously followed Xue Yi's thoughts, "It's unlikely, at least we haven't found out why the third prince restrained Yan Huai."

Xue Yi shook his head, "No one would be willing to be constrained by others for the rest of their lives." There are only hoes that don't work hard, let alone such forced corners.

"What is Hou Ye planning to do?", Xie An was clever, and he understood everything, but it was inconvenient to ask more questions.

Xue Yi blinked, "I'm such a wasteful person, this kind of big event can't happen to me. What you and I can see, other people can also see. You think you are the oriole in the back, Little do they know that you are just a praying mantis catching cicadas."

"Just wait and see."

Xie An said silently, "I'm afraid I won't be able to make it in time." Xie Feng was afraid that he would not let him go.

"Don't worry, I will pull you all out." Xue Yi waved his hand casually, "His third prince can intervene, and naturally other people can also intervene."

"Don't forget, I also have people who will participate in the test."

Xie An thought about it and decided to listen to Xue Yi.

On the other side, those who participated in the test had just entered Beijing.Kyoto is very lively with the exam coming soon, and the cold autumn wind can't stop the fiery hearts of the students.

"Master Mu, Master Hou has already prepared a room for you in Zhenyuan Hou's Mansion." The servant who took care of Mu Nian and saluted said in a low voice at the window of the carriage.

In the carriage, Mu Nian nodded slightly, but rejected the young man's proposal to go to Zhenyuanhou's Mansion, "Go to the Zhuangyuan Building, someone has already prepared a welcome banquet."

The servant hesitated slightly, "But Lord Hou is ready, if you don't see the young master, you..."

"Needless to say." Mu Nian stopped the boy from hesitating to speak, "I will have an exam soon. It is better to communicate with students from all over the world than to work behind closed doors. If there is anything I will do it myself."

After Mu Nian said so, the boy had no choice but to give up his persuasion, and told the driver to go to Zhuangyuan Building instead.

As soon as I arrived at the Zhuangyuan Building, I heard noisy movements.

"Obviously not many people go in. You have such a big building, can you only accommodate a few people?" The burly book boy with two buns combed the skirt of Xiaoer's clothes and yelled, "I think you are clearly Look down on our son, the appearance of a villain gaining power."

"Why, he can go in, but my son can't." The burly book boy pointed at Mu Nian who passed by, and asked aggressively.

"This is all reserved, and there are indeed no rooms." Xiaoer explained with a bitter face and fear.

Mu Nian didn't care too much, skipping over the bookboys who were arguing with Xiaoer, Shi Shi ran into the Zhuangyuan Building.As soon as I entered the Zhuangyuan Building, I saw several handwritings on the wall, all of which were left by living in the Zhuangyuan Building.

The No. [-] Building was not called the No. [-] Building, but it was very lucky. The No. [-] Scholar came from the No. [-] Building for two consecutive times, and there were also several No. [-] picks intermittently after that, the second place.The name of the Zhuangyuan building was derived from this, and as time passed, no one knew what the original name of the Zhuangyuan building was.

Mu Nian put aside the noise behind him, and slowly went upstairs under the leadership of the waiter.

In fact, it is not difficult to imagine that the two successive championships may be a coincidence, followed by scholars who come here admiringly. There are always some people with real talents and real learning. It is understandable that the Zhuangyuan Building has been prosperous for a long time.

The waiter in the shop talked to the handwriting on the wall, with pride on his face, and brought together the celebrities from the Zhuangyuan Building, "This young man looks at him, I am afraid he is from another place! But I must have heard of our Zhuangyuan Building. reputation."

"That's not bragging, you live in our No. [-] Scholar building, as long as you have real talents and learning, you must be on the list." The child said, spitting stars flying around, and didn't stop until he was in front of a door. With the white scarf on his shoulders, he stretched out his hand to signal, "Master, we are here, please."

Mu Nian nodded slightly to Xiao Er, "Thank you." After speaking, he opened the door and walked in.

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