Chen Kan could neither believe nor disbelieve in things about ghosts and gods.
Come to visit the Chenghuang Temple to seek peace of mind.
However, peace in the world is the truest thought deep in Chen Kan's heart.
When he came to Ming Dynasty, Chen Kan originally wanted to become a scholar-bureaucrat, make some small money, and then start to retire.
However, the world of Ming Dynasty is like this.
Everyone is fighting, and if you don’t fight, you will die.
If we really dig deeper, it is actually the times that have brought Chen Kan to where he is today.
There was no way, who made Chen Kan, who was accustomed to the convenient life of later generations, come to Ming Dynasty.
In order to allow himself to continue to live a salty life, Chen Kan had no choice but to turn the world into what he imagined.
Zhu Yuelan's expression was much more pious than Chen Kan's. Not only did she close her eyes and bow three times to the statue of the City God, but she also thoughtfully cleared a blank space in the incense bottle and inserted the sandalwood in it. above.
Then he joined his hands and bowed again.
After Zhu Yuelan finished paying her respects, Chen Kan took out a handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe the ashes from her hands, and asked with a smile: "It's just a clay sculpture, why bother?"
Zhu Yuelan shook her head: "The City God's Temple is slandering the City God. Be careful of the Master's censure."
Chen Kan smiled calmly, took Zhu Yuelan's little hand and said, "Let's go, don't keep them waiting."
After exiting the Chenghuang Temple through another gate, the two of them pushed through the crowd and walked forward.
Just as he squeezed into the crowd, he heard a noise coming from the front.
"Where did the little bastard come from? You can't bear it if you bump into our master. Get out of here."
"How dare you speak?"
The noise reached Chen Kan's ears, and his expression changed instantly.
Because one of the voices belongs to Zhu Zhanji.
Chen Kan hurriedly squeezed through the crowd, and sure enough, he saw an open space, and Zhu Zhanji stretched out his little hand to stop Hua Shi.
Hua Shi fell to the ground with a stubborn expression on her face, trying not to let tears flow out.
Opposite the two children were several men dressed as servants, cursing the two of them. Behind the servants was a carriage.
"You are still bold. I think you are the bold ones. Where are your adults? This is Miaoqian Street. How can we allow you to run wild?"
Chen Kan finally squeezed through the crowd. I heard the other party's question.
Chen Kan could guess without thinking that it must have been Zhu Zhanji who ran into the crowd while Fang Xu and Zhang San were not paying attention to holding the flowers.
"Here, I am their elder, what happened?"
Chen Kan took three steps at a time and came to Zhu Zhanji's side. Zhu Yuelan hurriedly pulled up Hua Shi who was sitting on the ground and asked if he was injured.
After Zhu Zhanji saw Chen Kan appear, his eyes kept rolling. He looked so ghostly that Chen Kan wanted to give him a lesson.
When the servant of the other party saw a young man claiming to be an elder, he couldn't help but said arrogantly: "Your child was running around on the street in front of the temple and almost disturbed our master."
As soon as the servant finished speaking, he heard Zhu Zhanji retort: "It was obviously you who scared us by riding horses on Miaoqian Street."
As soon as he heard Xiaopangdun's sophistry, Chen Kan couldn't help but get angry.
There are so many people in Miaoqian Street, and people can't even ride a horse even if they want to. This kid can't even make up an excuse. How amazing is that.
He slapped Zhu Zhanji on the forehead and signaled him not to speak. Chen Kan hurriedly handed over to the carriage and said, "I was not strict in discipline, and my son bumped into you. Please forgive me."
"Uncle, why should you apologize to him?"
Zhu Zhanji was immediately unconvinced.
But Chen Kan didn't want to be embarrassed here, he just wanted to end the matter quickly.
What's more, apologizing won't save you a piece of meat.
Chen Kan glared at him hummingly, then turned to look at the carriage.
A moment later, an old voice came from the carriage: "It doesn't matter, it's just that there are so many people gathered in Miaoqian Street today, it's better to keep an eye on the children if you have them."
"Teachable!"
Hearing what the other party said, Chen Kan handed over to the carriage again, and then he and Chang Ning squeezed into the crowd while pulling a child.
Because Chen Kan had already seen Fang Xu's anxious face.
The man in the carriage, who had never shown up, actually opened the curtain after Chen Kan walked away.
It was a very uncoordinated face. He looked at least forty or fifty years old, but his gray hair and beard made him look like he was seventy or eighty years old.
He stared in Chen Kan's direction with a pondering look in his eyes.
"master."
The servant called him, and the old man looked away: "Let's go and pay homage to the City God."
After bringing the two little kids to join Fang Xu and the others, Chen Kan cursed the little fat man.
Little Fatty also knew that he was in the wrong, but he stubbornly pursed his lips and did not dare to refute.
Hua Shi carefully tugged on Chen Kan's robe and whispered: "Master Hou, I was the one who persuaded His Highness to sneak out of Miaoqian Street."
Zhu Zhanji's eyes instantly lit up when he heard that Hua Shi took the initiative to take over the responsibility.
Then he looked at Chen Kan confidently: "Hua Shi admitted it, why didn't you scold him?"
Hearing this, Chen Kan suddenly had a black line on his face.
Zhu Zhanji also seemed to realize that what he said was inappropriate.
Sayazi immediately prepared to run away.
The next second, Chen Kanpu slapped him on the butt with a slap the size of a fan.
"Ah~"
On the street, Zhu Zhanji's screams sounded like a pig being killed.
After slapping Zhu Zhanji a few times, Chen Kan extended his claws to Hua Shi again.
"You are not allowed to give him a bad look in the future, and you are not allowed to lie."
Hua Shi gave Chen Kan a few firm blows and nodded aggrievedly: "I understand."
But Zhu Zhanji on the side gave him an interesting look.
Chen Kan couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead. He suddenly realized that these two little brats had the potential to be cowardly kings and traitorous ministers.
That's okay. If they were allowed to get along like this again, wouldn't they be in cahoots?
"Okay, in a few days I will send a letter to Your Majesty, asking Your Majesty to put you under my name, and I will teach you to read."
Zhu Zhanji's eyes lit up: "Does that mean we don't have to go back to the palace?"
Chen Kan nodded: "Theoretically yes."
Zhu Zhanji's eyes dimmed instantly: "That's just not possible."
Chen Kan pouted: "I will ask your Majesty to allow you to live in the Marquis Mansion."
With Chen Kan's current status and reputation among scholars, and the blessing of Fang Xiaoru's personal disciple, he proposed to accept Zhu Zhanji as his disciple, and Zhu Di would definitely agree.
I didn't mention it before because Zhu Gaochi was in Beijing.
Although Little Fatty was raised by Zhu Di and Queen Xu, he is Zhu Gaochi's son after all. If Zhu Gaochi doesn't nod, even if Zhu Di agrees, it won't work.
But Zhu Pangpang will arrive in Nanjing in a few days.
When the time comes to mention it to him, with Zhu Pangpang's temper and the friendship between brothers in need, he has no reason to disagree.
Furthermore, Empress Xu threw Xiao Pangdun into Chen Kan's house, not wanting to support her eldest son.
As we all know, Zhu Di has been wavering between being the boss or the second child.
But the complete rift between the eldest and the second oldest started after the death of Queen Xu.
It is not difficult for people to think of the old events of Zhenguan.
Historically, whether it was Li Shimin or Zhu Di, when their queens were alive, the fight for the heir apparent had never been brought to the forefront.
But as soon as their queen died, the princes below quickly started fighting to the death. It is really hard to believe that there is no clue behind this.
As for why a great scholar like Fang Xiaoru was not allowed to teach the emperor and his grandson, it was because of the seniority difference.
The Ming Dynasty pays attention to human relations and orderliness between elders and young ones. Nowadays, the prince has to find a teacher for his grandson before he is established. It is inevitable that people will misunderstand if it is spread out.
To give Zhu Zhanji a little hope, Chen Kan turned to look at Hua Shi and asked: "One of my disciples is a disciple, and both of them are disciples. Are you willing to become my disciple?"
Hua Shi was a little dazed. No matter how young he was, he still knew what it meant to become Chen Kan's disciple.
His face suddenly became solemn, and he was about to kneel down as soon as his knees went weak.
Chen Kan, with quick eyesight and quick hands, grabbed him and scolded: "How can a little child have so many rules? You can go back and ask your mother another day. If your mother agrees, I will ask Yuncheng to take you to live in the house." That’s it.”
Chen Kan had never participated in the imperial examination and had no merit.
The marquis on his head was also obtained by assisting Sheji, so Chen Kan did not have the mentality of a scholar-official.
To accept a disciple, you have to put on airs and hold a ceremony to become a disciple.
Chen Kan didn't like those metaphysical things.
Fang Xiaoru also did not take part in the imperial examination, and no one questioned his status as a scholar leader.
Therefore, it is so simple for Chen Kan to accept a disciple. Just say it and he will be accepted as a disciple.
Hua Shi was still a little at a loss. He remembered that when his mother invited him to have a husband, he was very arrogant. Not only did Hua's family prepare six gifts, he also had to prepare food and accommodation for him.
Zhu Zhanji broke away from Chen Kan's hand, put one hand on Hua Shi's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Hey, junior brother, call senior brother to come and listen."
Hua Shi hesitated: "Your Highness, I am older than you."
"Yes, but my uncle said he would accept me first, and then you, so you have to call me Senior Brother."
After listening to Zhu Zhanji's coherent nonsense, Hua Shi looked at Chen Kan for help.
Then Chen Kan spread his hands very skillfully: "Under my sect, those who are masters are respected. His Royal Highness is currently reading "The Analects of Confucius" and "The Classic of Filial Piety", and has reached the stage of understanding. You are still in the stage of elementary school. When it comes to knowledge, you You can't beat him, and as for boxing and kicking, I guess you can't beat him, so you might as well take a seat."
Hua Shi shouted in confusion: "Elder brother."
"Eh."
Little Fatty responded and suddenly smiled.
After all this tossing, time has unknowingly reached its peak.
Seeing that each guard's hands were already piled with various gadgets and snacks, Chen Kan lost interest in shopping any more.
"Let's go home first. After dinner, we will go out to the lantern festival."
Chen Kan gave the order and a group of people began to return home.
