The flowers bloom at two ends, one on each side.
This morning, it was bright and clear, and Master Zhou, who had been planning hard for a long time, got up early.
He held Master Zhu's letter in his arms.
Lying on the lounge chair, looking at the white fish belly in the east.
Candles were lit in the main room.
Zhou Dagu said: "Of course, there is no need to get up so early in the future. We are not short of money now. Just let Wang An go out to buy some food in the morning. He has a good relationship with the aunt who sells steamed buns, so he can get one or two more!"
"It's not Ranran!" Bai Huahong stood behind him.
Zhou Dagu raised his head and was a little surprised: "You got up so early? Do you have morning work today?"
"You're laughing at me, aren't you? Didn't you guess earlier that I didn't work at all?" Bai Huahong sat on the chair opposite: "Zhou Dagu, have you always known who I am?"
"I don't know, I just guessed a little bit!"
"I……"
Zhou Dagu covered his ears: "Don't tell me, I don't want to hear your identity!"
"I am an innocent scholar. If I hear something I shouldn't hear, it will be very difficult for me to do anything!"
Bai Huahong looked at him: "You are really weird!"
"It's even weirder that you don't sleep so early in the morning!"
"What about you! It's a day off in school today, why don't you sleep?"
"I have my own things to do!"
"Then do it!"
"But, this thing makes me very distressed! If I do it, some people will definitely be hurt. They are poor people. If I hadn't appeared, they would have been able to live like this forever!"
"Suffer?"
"Well! I'm going to detonate this unfairness, for me and for them! Of course, it's mostly because of myself. You know me well. I'm a selfish person most of the time!"
Zhou Dagu looked towards the main room: "I should be a completely selfish person, but I don't know why I am like this!"
He closed his eyes, and many people appeared in his mind, including Zhou Wu, Uncle Wang, Xu Dian, Wang An, and Zhou Youran.
He wondered in his heart, when did he start to look like the scholar Zhou Dagu from the profiteer Zhou Dagu?
He opened his eyes and saw white flowers and red flowers.
She said: "Go! Zhou Dagu, do everything you should do!"
"I trust you!"
Zhou Dagu stood up, the sun's light shone on the fallen leaves in the morning, and the leaves became brighter: "What if it's wrong!"
"I believe you, right or wrong!"
"Why?"
"Because you are Zhou Dagu!"
This reason is surprisingly similar to what he said last night.
The two smiled similarly.
Zhou Dagu stood up and opened the door, and saw the veteran carrying vegetables in the distance: "Good morning, old man!"
"Go back early today! There will be chaos in the city!"
"Morning, Zhou Mingzhou!"
Zhou Dagu left Duojia Alley and walked on the busy middle street.
He walked through the crowd, across the border between night and light.
He stood at the door of the building in the middle of Qingxue Mansion.
"Bang!" Zhou Dagu knocked on the door.
The concierge opened the door: "Who is it?"
"The disciple of an old friend, Zhou Dagu of Cai County, came to ask for an audience with Duzhou Mu!"
The concierge took the letter from Zhou Dagu: "Zhou Mingzhou, please come in quickly!"
"You won't go in and report?" Zhou Dagu was surprised. When did his name become so famous?
"No, Zhou Mu said, you will come back sooner or later to see me. If you come, you don't need to announce, just come in directly!"
Zhou Dagu chuckled and shook his head. He thought everything was his plan, but he didn't expect that the chess player had already seen the movement of his chess piece.
He followed the porter, passed through two small doors, and entered the inner hall.
The porter stopped and said, "Further ahead is the inner hall. It is not convenient for little people to enter. Master Zhou Mu said that you are one of your own. As long as you come, you can come and go freely!"
"The state pastor should be in the dining hall right now, eating!"
Zhou Dagu was slightly stunned. Mr. Zhou Mu valued him so much. What was he planning?
It is the antagonistic relationship between myself and the left prime minister.
However, if the left prime minister is implicated, his chess piece is too insignificant!
He couldn't think clearly.
Walk from the main door to the inner hall door.
Now that he has arrived, there is no way out!
Zhou Dagu walked into the inner hall and saw a group of maids delivering food to a room.
Duzhoumu is the largest official in a state. The name Zhoumu means pastoring on behalf of heaven.
This is not Du Zhoumu's deliberate pomp, but the necessary etiquette for his official position. If Shangguan doesn't do this, it will be difficult for the officials in the entire Qingxue Mansion officialdom!
Zhou Dagu strode forward, followed by the maid.
He saw a door, and sitting at the door was a middle-aged man with a long beard and a white face, eyes that were full of embarrassment, high cheeks, a thin face, and wearing a loose green shirt.
Zhou Dagu was stunned. This was his first time meeting Du Zhoumu.
According to the inner impression of such a high official, he should be a quiet and unsmiling person, but now he looks like an old man eating in front of his home.
The steward standing nearby noticed him and was about to ask.
Zhou Dagu spoke first: "I've seen it before, Du..."
"Da Gu is here! Come in and sit down!" Du Zhoumu raised his eyes from the book. In fact, he already knew from the moment Zhou Da Gu came in.
This is the state pastoral residence, not some farmhouse, and not everyone is eligible to enter.
Du Zhoumu's friendly look made Zhou Dagu a little uneasy.
The suspicion in his heart emerged again. This was his bad habit. The more peaceful he was, the more vigilant he became.
Zhou Dagu paid his respects. He originally wanted to call him Du Zhoumu.
But Zhou Mu's words, both inside and outside, meant that he was regarded as a junior. If he still met outside, it would be a bit ungrateful: "I have met Master Du!"
"Oh! That's what it should be called!"
Du Zhoumu pushed the book aside: "In the entire Xiangzhou, outside the Zhoumu's Mansion, I only have your master as a relative. Unfortunately, he is too stubborn and doesn't like to have much contact with me, for fear of taking advantage of me!"
"I thought he would live alone in this small Cai County for the rest of his life, but I didn't expect that he would accept you as his disciple!"
Master Zhu taught in a private school, and the students in the private school only called him Master. Only Zhou Dagu was allowed to be called his mentor.
Du Zhoumu took him a sweet potato from the plate: "I don't like to eat anything else in the morning, I just like to eat some of this!"
"Sit down. Come to Qingxue Mansion. You have never had the chance to come to my house to meet me, but I am always paying attention to you! Let's have a good chat!"
Zhou Dagu nodded. When the uncle spoke, he really felt the aura of Yizhou State Priest. The feeling of a superior encouraging a subordinate made his thoughts stagnant.
He took out the letter from his arms: "This is what Master asked me to bring to you!"
Du Zhoumu took the sweet potato with water on his hands. He took the letter from Zhou Dagu, wiped his hands with it, and threw it on the ground: "I know what he meant, didn't he just say something to let me take care of you more?" ,I understand!"
"The day after you arrived, he sent me another letter to explain!"
"I've long been tired of him nagging me!"
Du Zhoumu raised his head and looked at Zhou Dagu: "I want to hear what you have to say!"
"You, Zhou Mingzhou, have been in Qingxue Mansion for so many days, and now you have just come to my house. Don't you have anything you want to say to me?"
Zhou Dagu understood what he meant, nodded and said: "Uncle Du, you must know that I am here now, and I want to ask you to do me a favor!"
"As a price, I will give you a fellow scholar and an empty seat as a Sima!"
"What do you think of this deal?"
Du Zhoumu became interested: "How can a scholar decide the position of Sima, a fellow intellectual?"
"Yang Tongzi was the top three Jinshi that year!"
"Tell me about it!"
