Xu He heard from Xu Dai that Xu Song was ill, so he naturally wanted to visit him.
After buying some snacks and fresh fruits from the street, Xu He headed towards Fenghuang Dun in the east of the city.
When he arrived at the Xu Family Courtyard, after being informed, his servants led him towards the backyard.
When he entered Xu Song's bedroom, he found that the whole bedroom was dark.
The room smelled of medicine.
A girl beside the hospital bed was giving him medicine.
Seeing Xu He, he waved his hand and signaled Xu He to wait.
Xu He stood by the bed, looking at the backbone of this generation of the Xu family, thinking of the legend about this uncle, with mixed feelings in his heart.
Xu Song's father, Xu Fan, was dismissed and returned to his hometown because the eunuch Liu Li was in power and causing trouble for the government, so he complained to the late emperor by impeaching him.
After returning to his hometown, he was not recalled to the imperial court until the late emperor, and was sent to study politics in Jiangxi.
Xu Fan had two sons, the eldest son Xu Song and the second son Xu Dai.
Logically speaking, Xu Fan was successful in reading and became a Jinshi. His reading genes should be pretty good.
But it is a pity that the eldest son and the second son have not liked studying since they were young. They are famous in Hailing City as cockfighting and horse racing, and they are complete playboys.
After Xu Fan was sent to Jiangxi to study politics, Xu Song was now in his twenties. Since his father was away, he also took charge of the affairs of the Xu family.
Seeing that his living environment was cramped, he came up with the idea of knocking down his ancestral home and rebuilding it.
Later, he found the then magistrate of Hailing County and bought a large piece of land in the east of the city.
Just as he was recruiting craftsmen to lay the foundation, Xu Fan rushed back from Jiangxi after hearing the news.
As soon as he entered the house, he angrily scolded his son. He didn't think about studying and making progress every day, and he knew that messing around with the house and fields would lead to no future.
When Xu Song saw that his father had come home from his post to teach him a lesson for this matter, he felt extremely ashamed.
After thinking for a night, he admitted his mistake to Xu Fan, saying that his dissolute life for more than 20 years had brought disgrace to his family.
From now on, we will definitely change our past mistakes.
Moreover, he told Xu Fan that since the land had been purchased, there was no reason to return it. He might as well build an ancestral hall for the Xu family on the newly purchased land. In the future, all the Xu family members would be more united because of this ancestral hall.
Xu Fan was very impressed when he heard this, so he gave all his savings to his son.
Sure enough, the Xu family's ancestral hall was built soon after, and the Xu clan members all praised Xu Song for his promising achievements at a young age and for being considerate of his clan members.
At this time, Xu Song used the money left over from building the ancestral hall to build a stone bridge across the Cao River to facilitate pedestrians. As a result, his reputation in Hailing County gradually improved, and the people all spoke well of the eldest son of the Xu family.
After finishing all this, Xu Song did not go out for three years and only studied the scriptures at home. Finally, a few years later, in the first year of Emperor Zheng's accession to the throne, he passed the Jinshi examination.
The story of Xu Fan teaching his son is also known all over the world as the father and son became Jinshi.
At this time, the legendary protagonist was lying on the bed dying, and he was more than a little thinner than when he first met in Kong Huaitang.
Especially those wise eyes have begun to become cloudy, and there is no trace of the heroic spirit of Ren when he was young.
After finally finishing the medicine, Xu Song seemed to have exhausted all his strength and rested on the pillow with his eyes closed.
Just when Xu He thought he was asleep, Xu Song spoke.
"If it hadn't been for the doctor from Rugao this time, I might have left. Fortunately, I have you!"
Xu He knew he was talking about Hou Desheng.
When it comes to this, Hou Desheng really has two brushes. His aunt also took some medicine to pull her back from the Lord of Hell.
I heard from my mother that my aunt can now drink some thin porridge.
Now Uncle Song has also invited him. Judging from the situation, it seems that it is also a "lucky to have him" situation.
"I will thank Doctor Hou later!" Xu He thought to himself.
"I called you here this time because I have a few things to tell you!" Xu Song said slowly.
Xu He bowed and brought the water and fed him two mouthfuls.
Xu Song nodded: "I heard that you were also the head of the case in the imperial examination?"
Xu He didn't expect that he didn't ask about the imperial envoy. He was a little surprised, but he still replied: "I'm lucky enough to be chosen by the new Yangzhou Magistrate Master Peng!"
Xu Song glanced at Xu He with relief: "The country has not yet had a small, medium or small three-yuan person. Can you earn this honor for our Xu family?"
The so-called Xiao Sanyuan refers to the three stages of the boy examination... County examination, prefecture examination, and Tao examination all ranked first.
To be honest, this is really difficult. Xu He doesn't know the preferences of the great master. If someone doesn't like Xu He's writing style, then everything is in vain.
Seeing that Xu He was silent and silent, Xu Song smiled and said: "Okay, if you promise me with your chest beat, then I will still think about it!"
Xu He said: "Uncle, no matter what, I will work hard!"
Xu Song nodded and said: "The day before yesterday, I received a letter from a friend from the DPRK and China, saying that he recently proposed to inspect the prefectural and county official studies and social studies. If you come to my Xujia Village to study, you must come!"
Xu He's heart moved when he heard this.
This is the opportunity created by the uncle for himself to show his face in front of the Grand Master in advance.
Thinking of this, Xu He said gratefully: "My uncle is not in good health, and he is still thinking about me on the bed. I..."
Seeing that he was moved, Xu Song smiled slightly: "Do you know why I treat you like this?"
Xu He was also puzzled. There were so many people in the clan, and even the scholar had never heard of Xu Song taking care of him again and again.
Xu Song looked at him deeply, and then said: "That day in Kong Huai Hall, your second uncle was not very friendly to you. Is he resentful in his heart?"
Xu He didn't want to deceive the old man on the bed, so he had to hang his head and say nothing.
Unexpectedly, Xu Song didn't take it seriously and said with a smile: "I remember the origin of the name you gave me at Kong Huai Hall."
He seemed to be lost in memories, and after a while he said: "Your unruly energy reminds me of my childhood."
"Everyone thought that I was uneducated and idle all day long, and that I was a complete loser. But at that time, my father, your great grandfather, asked me what the origin of the title of the Hailing Xu family [Kong Huai] was!"
"Although I don't study, I still went to school since I was a child, so I said the meaning of the word Kong Huai!"
"After your uncle heard this, he was unhappy when he saw that I was blocked from rebuilding the big house, so he said to me [the power of death, brother Kong Huai]! You don't study, you only know how to enjoy, how can you protect your tribe? The tribe is dying as a guest, How can you collect his bones and return to his hometown?"
"I was greatly shocked when I heard this and have worked hard since then!"
When Xu He heard this, he realized that there was this detail in the legend.
Xu Song smiled: "You were just as unruly as I was back then! When I saw you that day, it reminded me of that night more than thirty years ago!"
After hearing this, Xu He was shocked in his heart. The uncle in front of him said that you resemble me so much in the past was actually not his intention. In Xu He's view, this might be a disgrace, and he wanted to make himself a good person in the future. Achievement means protecting the people.
Can……
But he is just a penniless boy!
Isn't it a little early to say this now?
