"Brother Yun."
"What are you doing here?"
When the servants heard Wu Song asking about the child, they no longer stopped him. The young man hurriedly ran to Wu Song's side."
"I saw that everyone was hugging Wu Jieyuan just now, so I followed them. Wu Jieyuan, I'm willing to follow you.”
Looking at this unkempt youth, Wu Song hurriedly asked,"
"Didn't you reject me the last time I asked you to follow me?”
"Hey, I didn't know you last time. I thought you were a human trafficker who cheated people! This time, it was different. If you understood the essence, others wouldn't even have time to curry favor with you!”
Hearing the youth say this, Wu Song immediately sighed,""Sigh, it's just as Su Qin said!”
Back then, Su Qin's family made a living by farming. In his early years, he went to Qi State to study and became Guigu 'zi's disciple. After learning, he went out to travel for many years, but he was poor and came back in a sorry state.
His parents laughed at him in private,"He doesn't care about production and only cares about words. He's not only useless now, he can't even find a job!"
His wife was sitting on the spinning wheel and weaving without looking at him.
He was so hungry that he could not bear it. He could only be thick-skinned and ask his sister-in-law for a bowl of rice. However, his sister-in-law did not have a good expression on her face. She said sternly,"Eat? We don't even have firewood to cook!" Su Qin was almost in tears after being refuted.
He returned to his room and sighed."When a person is poor, his wife doesn't think of him as a husband, his sister-in-law doesn't think of him as a brother-in-law, and his parents don't think of him as a son!”
Therefore, he studied even harder. At night, when he was sleepy from reading, he would stab his thigh with an awl to prevent himself from falling asleep. Blood flowed all the way to his ankles.
Just like that, he studied day and night. In the end, Su Qin had made a fortune. He persuaded the six countries of Shandong to unite and form a 'vertical alliance' to resist the Qin State together, so that the Qin State would not dare to take a single step out of Hangu Pass.
When he wore the seal of the six countries and returned to Zhao from Chu, the honor guard was several miles long. The cavalry and infantry held spears and shields and surrounded Su Qin's chariot. In front of the chariot and behind the chariot, flags covered the sky. The emissaries sent by the vassals were sent off as if they were a monarch on a tour.
When Su Qin's carriage passed by Luoyang, his sister-in-law, younger brother, wife, and parents were so frightened that they lay on the ground and did not dare to raise their heads when they saw his dignified appearance. Their previous snobbish looks were now gone without a trace!
Su Qin asked his sister-in-law," Why did you treat me so well in the past? Why are you so attentive now?”
His sister-in-law said,"You were a vagrant who was down and out, but now you are the person who holds the seal of the six countries."”
After hearing this, Su Qin said emotionally,""The same person, when he becomes rich, his relatives will respect him. When you were poor, even relatives would ignore you, let alone ordinary friends.”
The child was honest, but he poured out this side vividly!
"Wu Jie Yuan, don't look down on me because I'm small, but I'm smart.”He was afraid that Wu Song wouldn't accept his little ghost, so he promoted himself as if he was selling pears.
"Golden Lotus, what do you think?" Wu Song pushed the question to Pan Jinlian because he wanted her to experience the feeling of being a matriarch.
"This…"
"This must be the matriarch! How beautiful! I don't think there's anyone more beautiful than Mistress in this Yang Valley. No, there was no one in the Ji Nan Prefecture that could compare to the matriarch.”
"Hehe, you little rascal." Golden Lotus shyly lifted her sleeve to the crescent moon's mouth.
"Then you can stay!" Wu Song said.
"Thank you, Master. Thank you, Mistress." The young man bowed happily.
Wu Song smiled as he stepped forward and patted the youth's shoulder.""Brother Yun, you don't have to call me brother Yun anymore. If you call me by this name, people who don't know will really think that you're my brother!”
"Then what do you think Brother Yun should be called?”The young man scratched his head.
"Heifu."
"Dark skin?"
"En, right. Go back and pack up first. You can move to my residence in two days.”
Wu Song gave the address of Hua Zixu's old house to Hei Fu. Hei Fu bowed to the three of them and left with his basket.
"Brother Zixu, what do you think we should give?”
"I think we can just give it according to Brother Wu's financial level. Liang Yinxiang has no children and has countless wealth in his family. Let's follow the conventional etiquette!”
Wu Song nodded and felt that it made sense. However, he muttered in his heart, It's a pity that I don't have the Aweto!”
"I'll get the servants to prepare. We'll go in a while. It's not good to be late.”
It was an unwritten etiquette to visit the chief examiner after the examination, and it was also a kind of interview.
If you can leave a good impression on this eunuch, not only will he help you, but he will also speak well of you in front of the emperor and recommend you to him.
Because of his father's wishes, Hua Zixu was very good at giving gifts. Therefore, Wu Song was relieved to leave this matter to him.
By the time the two of them arrived at the yamen, there were already a few candidates carrying things to visit Liang Shicheng. Liang Shicheng did not see these people.
That's right, although he, Liang Shicheng, was a eunuch, he was also a hidden figure who could cover the sky with one hand! How could he personally receive a mere High Scholar?
If one wanted to receive Liang Shicheng personally, one had to be a scholar at the very least.
After Hua Zixu reported the matter to the bailiff on behalf of Wu Song, he received a notice from the hidden minister.
The other High Scholars outside the door all watched helplessly as Wu Song entered, their eyes filled with envy.
Although they were not convinced, they did not dare to talk about the hidden minister behind his back. After all, this hidden image was a 'ruffian'!
When Wu Song saw this eunuch, he immediately knelt down."Student Wu Song greets Minister En."
Liang Shicheng looked at the burly and handsome Wu Song and instantly had a good impression of him.
He picked up a cup of tea and asked like a teacher testing a student,
"Your writing is outstanding, but I wonder how your brain is.
Do you know why I didn't see the other candidates but you?”
The reason why Liang Shicheng didn't want to meet those High Scholars was not only because: In his eyes, a High Scholar was not qualified. He was waiting for Wu Song.
A person who could capture and tame tigers and had such a writing style shocked him. After all, whether it was Wu Song's writing or martial arts, they were all unique. However, he, Wu Song, was good at both.
Therefore, there had never been a single High Scholar who had interested him so much. It was only him, Wu Song.
But when Wu Song heard this question, he immediately thought," Wasn't it because he was number one?
Suddenly, he remembered that he was the Top Scorer handpicked by this thief!
Yes, that was the reason.
"Replying to Your Grace, I am Jie Yuan, who was hand-picked by Your Grace.”
"Yes, please get up quickly. Come, come, sit down and talk.”Wu Song's reply made him quite satisfied. This eunuch actually went forward to help Wu Song up.
"Are you confident in this year's Imperial Court exams?”Once he sat down, Liang Yinxiang asked Wu Song.
"Yes." Wu Xingzhe answered decisively.
Wu Song knew that this was not the time to shirk responsibility. This eunuch was not like those literary giants!
If you shirk responsibility in front of him, he will definitely think that you're incompetent!
Only those great writers would understand the meaning of 'modesty'.
"Alright, then I'll wait for you at Kaifeng Prefecture.”
After the two of them talked for a while, just as they were about to leave, Wu Song stood up and said subtly,
" En Xiang, the tiger that I captured was too fierce, so I asked someone to prepare his things. I don't know En Xiang." The Monkey stopped talking.
Eunuchs were very interested in all kinds of nourishing things like tiger penises.
"Oh, this old man has long heard of this tiger, and I can see its majestic aura.”Liang Yinxiang habitually stroked his beardless chin.
"Then I'll take my leave for now."
Wu Song knew that he had agreed to accept the tiger's item.
The hidden thief accepted all the gifts he gave. In addition, the hidden thief also returned some of Wu Song's items. This way, Wu Song was able to earn more.
The martial artist knew that if he wanted to do well in the weak Song officialdom, which valued literature over martial arts, he had to become a Jinshi. Otherwise, he would not be able to become an official.
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