time flies.
The annual examination is coming soon. According to the plan, the great master will dismount from Yangzhou today and come to Yangzhou to study.
All the scholars in the city had collected their thoughts and did not dare to mess around outside.
Because it is a yearly exam, it is not as formal as the Taoist exam.
Although Peng Ruyu, the prefect of Yangzhou, did not come forward, he still entrusted the general magistrate Li Zhijie to welcome Wang Liangchen's arrival.
Li Zhijie and Wang Liangchen originally knew each other when they were in Beijing.
When the two met, it was natural for them to exchange pleasantries.
Just when Li Zhijie invited him to stay temporarily in Guanyi and attend Magistrate Peng's welcome dinner in the evening, Wang Liangchen pulled him and said he was going to his Tongpan Yamen to talk about past events in Beijing.
To be honest, Li Zhijie and Wang Liangchen were quite different in age, and their statuses were also very different.
When he was in Beijing, Wang Liangchen was a lecturer at the Hanlin Academy, while he was just a junior official who had just passed the Jinshi examination and was about to go out to work after observing politics.
If it weren't for his literary reputation in Shilin, the two of them had met several times at several literary gatherings organized by big bosses. Beijing is so big, it would have been impossible for the two of them to know each other.
So, casual acquaintances, what’s there to talk about?
Tongsuan Yamen is not actually called Yamen. Yamen respects Tongsuan, so the place where Tongsuan works is called Yamen. In fact, the correct term is Tongsuan Office.
Every time Xu He went to Li Zhijie's back office, it was where Li Zhijie worked and lived in Yangzhou City. The real public prosecutor's office was actually outside Yangzhou City.
When Wang Liangchen asked to sit in Li Zhijie's Yamen, he certainly didn't mean at home.
So the two of them took their servants and rode to the General Adjudication Office in the south of Yangzhou City.
After sitting down in the second hall, sure enough, the two of them chatted about their experiences over the years, with a lot of sighs and sighs.
But soon the topic turned to Xu He.
"Shenxing, I heard that you have accepted a student, Xu He, the nephew of Mr. Xu Ge?" Wang Liangchen asked.
As soon as Xu He was mentioned, Li Zhijie knew the purpose of the other party's visit.
Sure enough, after getting a positive answer, Wang Liangchen said to Li Zhijie: "Be careful, I want to ask you a favor!"
Li Zhijie quickly stood up and cupped his hands: "Grand Master's words are serious, please tell me!"
Wang Liangchen told the story that Xu He was spotted by his sister in Songjiang and was planning to find him as his son-in-law.
Of course, the conflict between Shen Wan and Xu He in Hailing that day was also mentioned.
Should he say it or not, Wang Shen still understands his younger brother.
He was indeed a very honest person. After returning from Hailing City, not only was he not angry with Xu He, but he persuaded his sister and nephew not to get involved with the Xu family. It was better to do less than to do more.
However, his nephew was too capable and his sister was not very mean-spirited. After this incident happened, both of them wanted to take revenge.
Wang Liangchen originally had a love for Xu He's talents. He was well aware of the Shen family's methods, so he couldn't even sleep well these days, thinking about how to solve this matter.
Later, after asking around, I learned that Li Zhijie, the general magistrate of Yangzhou Prefecture, was Xu He's teacher. He had an old relationship with Li Shenxing, so he came to his yamen today to discuss the matter.
In fact, Li Zhijie already knew about this matter. How could his student not tell him about such a big event?
But Wang Liangchen's visit put him in a difficult position.
To be honest, he didn't have a very good impression of the Shen family. They were domineering and unkind, and the party members were against each other. Especially Shen Han, who had been crazy about returning to the cabinet in recent years. He had stirred up troubles in the court. He was involved in many things.
Li Zhijie would not let his students get involved in such a family.
So after Wang Liangchen solemnly raised the matter, in order not to refute the great master's face, he only verbally stated that he would persuade Xu He, but privately he did not take the matter to heart at all.
Wang Liangchen thought that Li Zhijie was really willing to help. As the great master of Nanzhili, he thanked Li Zhijie for his kindness and then left.
When Li Zhijie sent him out, Wang Liangchen said: "Be careful, Mr. Beiming has been wandering around Jinling recently and drinking all day long. I'm afraid he won't be able to bear it. You guys are familiar with it, so you'd better find an opportunity to persuade him!"
Li Zhijie was shocked when he heard this. Ever since Lu Yun committed suicide and Xie Kun heard the news in Shandong, he disappeared after delivering the official ship carrying food and wages. These days, Li Zhijie and his friends have gone crazy.
However, in this era, communication is all based on letters. How can I find Xie Kun?
Unexpectedly, Xie Kun came to Jinling!
Li Zhijie quickly bowed to Wang Liangchen and said, "Thank you, Grand Master, for informing me of this matter. I will go to Jinling to pick up the fish in the next two days!"
Wang Liangchen smiled, got on his horse and went back to the city.
Li Zhijie didn't want to go with Wang Liangchen because he was afraid that he would stare at Xu He again, so he waited for him to leave for a while before riding back to the city.
When he arrived at Houya, he wrote a note and fished out Xu He, who had been concentrating on studying hard in government these days.
After meeting, Li Zhijie told Xu He about Wang Liangchen.
Xu He was a little confused when he heard this: "Teacher, is this Wang Liangchen here to blackmail me? If I don't agree, the annual exam will be punished?"
Li Zhijie looked solemn and said: "What are you talking about? Wang Rulin is an upright gentleman and would never do such a despicable thing. Besides, when the time comes, I will be the same examiner for the annual examination. Even if Wang Liangchen is shameless, I will help him." You have to fight for it!"
Having a backer is a blessing. Xu He was moved and said: "Thank you, Teacher!"
Li Zhijie sighed and said, "Wang Liangchen just told you the news about your uncle! He is now in Jinling!"
"What?" Xu He also went crazy looking for Xie Kun in the past six months.
Why did Xu Song hold the title of Minister of the Ministry of War when he entered the cabinet?
It was because the Japanese rebellion was intensifying that the imperial court needed him to serve as military counselor.
But Xu Song is a pragmatic person and will not talk nonsense about situations he does not understand, so he is in urgent need of help from someone who has dealt with Japanese pirates in Zhejiang.
And Xie Kun is the best candidate among them.
However, Xie Kun seemed to have disappeared since Lu Yun's death. Except for living in his hometown in Dengzhou, Shandong for a period of time, he seemed to have disappeared. He couldn't be found no matter how hard he looked for him. Unexpectedly, he ended up in Jinling!
"Teacher, I'm going to pick up my uncle!" Xu He said without hesitation.
Li Zhijie shook his head: "Nonsense, you are going to take the annual exam tomorrow, how can you leave Yangzhou? Let's do this, I will send someone to Jinling to invite him!"
After saying that, he remembered what he hadn't explained and said to Xu He: "You go to the New Year's exam first. After the exam, you don't have to wait for your results in the government school. You can live with me directly. Your master cares most about you, his half-disciple. Wait. He's here, stay with him well, don't worry about things at the government school, I'll ask for leave for you, since I'm in Yangzhou anyway, everything is fine!"
"Is this... really good? I just took a long leave and asked again. Is Gaobi really okay?" Xu He thought to himself.
But why does he feel like he doesn’t have to be locked up? It feels so good!
"Thanks to the modern brothers Ninety-seven, looking for the reminder of the brothers from the past!
Four updates for two consecutive days made me feel like my body was being hollowed out!
Ha ha!
Oh, by the way, I forgot one thing!
Kneel down! "
