Encounter with the Four Great Talents

Chapter 12

Under the sky-blue oil umbrella, the young man's eyes were drooping, his already pale face became more and more haggard because of the blue sunlight shining through the umbrella.But when he came out from under the umbrella and raised his head, he revealed a fair-skinned face with standard facial features.

Zhu Yunming's eyes narrowed slightly, the young man in front of him was not beautiful, compared to Tang Yin, he could only be regarded as handsome.But he has a bearing that is different from ordinary people, with an expression that seems to be a smile but not a smile. When the clear but deep eyes turn around, they are as dark as the sky in the middle of the night.

Given time, this kid will definitely be so outstanding that people can't take their eyes off it.

Zhu Yunming likes beauties, but not children, so he is not interested in Tang Shen.But he knew how powerful Tang Shen was, so he stood up very politely and said, "This is Mr. Tang Er, right? I've admired him for a long time!"

Tang Shen smiled and politely accompanied him patiently: "Young Master Zhu, please be polite. You and my elder brother are close friends, but I have never paid a visit. It was my fault. Please don't take offense, Young Master Zhu." He bowed his hands and saluted.

How could Zhu Yunming dare to accept his gift, he quickly stretched out his hand to help him up: "Second Young Master, since you know that your eldest brother and I are close friends, you don't need to be so polite."

The two talked back and forth for a while, and Tang Yin smiled and said a few words in the middle, and they were called brothers.

Zhu Yunming and Tang Shen talked about his body for a while, then they talked about the rural examination, and then they talked about the interpersonal communication for a while, and finally they talked about the general examination.

To be honest, Tang Shen was exhausted because of him after traveling such a long distance.

Tang Yin has always been a person who doesn't know how to make decisions for himself, so he only looked at Tang Shen.Zhu Yunming also knew Tang Yin's temperament, and knew that since this matter was brought up in front of Tang Shen, Tang Shen would have to make the decision, so he also looked at Tang Shen with his eyes.

Tang Shen was well-bred, and under the gaze of his two beautiful eyes, he could still hold tea leisurely, stroke the tea leaves with the lid of the cup, and pretended not to hear with his head down.

Zhu Yunming immediately knew from his silence that Tang Shen disagreed.

The three of them fell silent immediately, Tang Yin looked at Zhu Yunming with some embarrassment, lowered his head and did not dare to speak more.

Tang Shen saw that the atmosphere had been silent for a while, and it would be embarrassing if it sank any further. Finally, he said mercifully, "What brother Zhu said to my elder brother just now is not unreasonable. But I'm not afraid to say it and let Mr. Zhu I know, with my elder brother's temperament, it's okay if he can pass the exam, but if he can't pass the exam, he will definitely go to the dead end. Moreover, even if he passes the exam, no matter how good his ranking is, he can't be a seventh-rank junior official at most. You have to work hard and take care of yourself. It sounds good that you are an official, but in fact, anyone can give you small shoes to wear, and it is not as comfortable as being a lord at home."

When he said this, Zhu Yunming was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Tang Yin, his face was really bright, obviously he was persuaded.

"Our Tang family got off the business registration by the grace of the sage, and our two brothers have become Juren again, and we already have a small status in Wu County. If we come out again, it will be a bit too conspicuous. We are not a family with a foundation, and we are too ostentatious. There is no benefit either. Life is good now, and it is unnecessary to take a few more steps and take some risks. I say this, I must hope that my elder brother can understand. If this is the case, what is so attractive about this attempt? ?”

Zhu Yunming raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Your brother is right, but I think what you said is too biased. Although after passing the general examination, it is generally necessary to start from an official position below the seventh rank, but in the case of Tang Brother's talent, can you still fail at the seventh rank? Wouldn't it be glorious to become an important member of one party and an important minister of the court? Besides, the emperor has rewarded the Tang family, so you should serve the court even more."

Tang Shen sneered secretly in his heart, rewarded him with a silver bowl and let people go through life and death for him, indeed the emperor is a good job.But it's fine if the emperor said this, so what's the matter if you stand up and say these things?Just for those flamboyant things?

How is Tang Yin's temperament? Zhu Yunming understands it very well. He will say these words. To put it bluntly, it is a matter of killing two birds with one stone. The first is that if Tang Yin gets good results in the general examination, the Tang family will be happy. The second is that he himself is likely to get it. Tang Yin.

But in Tang Shen's view, there was a huge problem with his thinking.That is, if Tang Yin went to the capital, it might mean trouble.Tang Yin was involved in the case of leaking test questions back then. He did well in the exam, but he was sent to jail and got [-] boards. His fame and status that originally belonged to him were gone.However, if Jin Yiwei were to investigate the case, it was considered good that he survived.It proved that he was just a small person who was implicated, so he escaped a catastrophe.

Although this period in history should have happened when Tang Yin was in his thirties.But no one knows if he will still encounter similar problems when he enters Beijing this time.This was also the main reason why Tang Shen didn't want him to take part in the examination.But in fact, if Zhu Yunming just invited Tang Yin to visit the capital after the test, Tang Shen would not refuse.But if you take part in the general examination, you will violate Tang Shen's taboo.

So, Tang Shen shook his head: "Young Master Zhu, where is the champion two years ago, do you remember?"

Zhu Yunming keenly noticed that he had changed his address from Brother Zhu to Young Master Zhu, and then he was taken aback by his question.He really didn't have much memory of the champion, so he looked up and tried to remember.

"Do you still remember the champion five years ago?"

"What about eight years ago?"

"Master Zhu, you don't even remember, do you?"

"There will be one champion in three years. And the position that can get ahead may not necessarily be changed in 30 years."

"If you want to change it, Mr. Zhu must know what you need to use to change it."

"Our Tang family can't afford those things, Mr. Zhu."

They broke up unhappy that day, and Zhu Yunming didn't stay for dinner, and left early.Of course, Tang Shen generously packed two boxes of snacks for him to take back.

Tang Shen stood at the door with his hands behind his back and watched Zhu Yunming's sedan chair go away, then turned around to look at the worried Tang Yin, and smiled: "Brother, I don't want to care about your affairs with him. However, if you want to go to the capital, I don't care." No, but only after February."

Tang Yin took a step closer and asked suspiciously, "Shen'er, why did you prevent me from going to Beijing for the test?"

Tang Shen glanced at him, turned his head and motioned Yonglu to prepare things, and said casually, "Brother, your temperament is not suitable for being an official, it's as simple as that."

Tang Yin frowned, looking at Tang Shen with disapproval in his eyes.Tang Shen looked back and saw it, and he wasn't angry, but raised his chin unconsciously, letting his gaze meet Tang Yin's eyes at a level or even overlooking, and smiled softly: "Brother, the most suitable character for you is Read books at home, draw pictures, listen to music and compose poems, as for those intrigues in the officialdom, you can’t handle it. So, don’t ask for trouble.”

Tang Yin really wanted to be angry, but he couldn't find any reason, so he flung his sleeves and went back to the room.

Yong Lu looked at Tang Shen worriedly, Tang Shen waved his hand: "Come on, let's go to the street."

Tang Shen was in a good mood today, and he was almost recovering from his illness, so he really couldn't lie down anymore.Taking advantage of Zhu Yunming's arrival, he quickly climbed out of the bed to loosen his muscles and bones.Once he got out of bed, he would not be willing to lie back easily, so as soon as Zhu Yunming left, he had to go out for a stroll.

Which of the people in this room can be his master, Yong Lu stopped a few words, and seeing that he was really in good spirits, he had no choice but to agree, thinking that he would bring a stone with him, and if the second master felt uncomfortable, he would send it back immediately alright.

So just now Yonglu was looking for Shitou and asked Shitou to come, and the two of them went out with Tang Shen.

Since Tang Shen came to Suzhou, he had never been out for a walk, and he was even worse than those daughters who never walked out of the door.Now that he finally passed the exam, he has since broken away from those things about the Four Books and Five Classics, and he can finally fall in love with wherever he is.At this time, he always felt that he had passed the college entrance examination, and he wanted to burn all those textbooks.But he didn't dare, so he vented his anger by going shopping.

Although the current Suzhou is quaint, there is nothing remarkable about it. It is just some landscapes, trees, flowers and plants.Tang Shen had to admit that he was an ordinary person without a spiritual orifice. Those mountains, rivers, flowers, and trees were no different in his eyes. What was remarkable was that the trees grew taller, the water clearer, and the environment more natural. Then what?Then there is nothing to see.

The corners of his mouth twitched twice, Tang Shen had an essential understanding of his vulgarity, so he decided to do what an ordinary person enjoys most when traveling, and that is to go out to eat and drink.

Regardless of whether he could eat or not, Tang Shen found the Wangyue Tower on the first floor of Suzhou, and then called Xiao Er, who ordered a large table full of food. The feeling of filling up.

Yong Lu's face turned blue from fright at first, but what if his second master had just recovered from his illness and suddenly ate so much that he couldn't digest it and hurt his stomach?But watching him pick and choose among the dishes, he felt relieved after he couldn't eat two or three chopsticks for each dish.

But Tang Shen was very dissatisfied, why the so-called No. [-] Floor in Suzhou did not cook as well as his own cook?It's a pity that he still sells it at such a ridiculously expensive price.

Tang Shen had a tricky mouth, and it was to a degree that no one else except the Tang family could imagine.Because he is in charge of his own kitchen, he can make whatever he wants to eat, so he is a picky eater. To be honest, it is not easy to serve him well.The dishes of Wangyuelou are actually really good, but the master didn't like eating, so he lost interest after moving his chopsticks a few times.Then, these dishes were eaten by Yong Lu and Shi Shi who were sitting at the same table.

After he tasted every dish, his stomach was full.He hiccupped and took a bowl of soup to drink slowly. Yonglu and Shitou at the same table were still working hard, but it seemed that the results were mediocre, and the table was still full of dishes.

Just when the atmosphere was so harmonious, Tang Shen heard the sound of drooling.

Tang Shen looked back curiously, and saw a chunky young man in an old gray robe, sitting at a table in the corner, holding a bowl of green vegetable noodles, but staring at the food on the table. Food, mouth watering.

Tang Shen couldn't help but burst out laughing, stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of braised pork, picked it up slowly, lifted it high, and slowly put it back into his bowl.Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the young man's eyes fixed on the meat, his gaze slowly raised, then slowly fell, and then fixed on the bowl with the meat in it, it felt like he used to take pets Biscuits are like teasing their own domestic dogs.

Tang Shen couldn't bear it any longer. He lay down on the table and laughed wildly, not daring to laugh loudly, just biting his fingers and laughing until his whole body trembled.Yong Lu was eating desperately, he didn't pay attention, seeing him so frightened, he thought he had a stomachache, shouting that he was about to send him to the hospital, so Xiao Er ran over in fright.

Tang Shen quickly noticed the commotion he had caused, and quickly raised his head to stop Yong Lu's excitement, saying that he was fine.Then he said something in a low voice to the Xiao Er who was leaning over. The Xiao Er looked at Tang Shen who was laughing and crying strangely. Although he couldn't understand it in his heart, he still passed away immediately for the sake of the reward.

So, the little girl came to the table in the corner and said something to the fat scholar. The scholar widened his eyes and pointed to his nose in disbelief.Seeing that Xiao Er nodded affirmatively, she immediately stood up, straightened her clothes, pulled the thread on her neckline a few times, smoothed the creases on her clothes with her fat and short fingers, and then walked away carefully come over.

Tang Shen tilted his head and looked at him. He was not tall. He was about 13 meters tall when he was 1.5 years old, and he was only 1.6 meters tall, but he looked about [-] or [-] years old.The scholar's robe on his body is very old, and it doesn't fit well, it's a bit too short. If you look closely, you can see that the corner of the garment has been patched, but it's not easy to see because it's patched carefully.

It's not good-looking, but it's not ugly. It has very ordinary facial features. Because the face is more fleshy, it looks a little naive.When he walked over, his posture was very stiff. It seemed that he was a little nervous, or excited?

Tang Shen stood up and began to greet him politely. It was nothing more than some occasional conversations about getting together and being bored by sitting alone, and then leaving this person to eat at the same table with him.

This person is not very polite, maybe he is very hungry.When talking with Tang Shen, he was still staring at the dishes. Not to mention Tang Shen, even Yonglu and Shitou thought he was a little funny.Knowing that this man was really hungry, Tang Shen asked him to sit down without much nonsense, asked Xiao Er to add a pair of chopsticks, handed them to him, made a gesture of invitation, and looked at the soup bowl while drinking. .

This person really hasn't eaten for three days and three nights. At first, he just picked up some food in front of him and ate some. Seeing that Tang Shen didn't say anything but smiled, he stretched a little further, seeing that Tang Shen still didn't care. Yes, I put the chopsticks on the braised pork that I have been coveting for a long time!I took the biggest piece and brought it to my mouth, bit down hard, and couldn't control my mouth anymore.

Tang Shen was already full, and Yonglu and Shitou were also full, but there were still more than half of the dishes left on the table.There are at least a dozen plates for these dishes. This era is not like modern times where there are only one or two chopsticks on a plate, so it is still very affordable here.So there are really a lot of these ten plates!Ordinary people can't finish eating even if they are full.

And after he sat down, the dishes on the table were reduced by half in the blink of an eye, and in the blink of an eye, some of them had bottomed out.

When the man was full, he sighed contentedly, and even drank the fish soup in the soup bowl on the table.

Tang Shen's eyes widened, staring at the other's round stomach, thinking about how big this person's stomach really is, if these things are compressed and compressed, the stomach will not be able to hold it.

The author has something to say: Well, don’t get excited, I don’t know how to CP for all people, really.

As for the protagonist CP, oh hehehehe, the Buddha said, don’t say it, don’t say it...