Seeing Shi Guangzhu swaggering into the county government office, the crowd suddenly burst into curses.

"Asshole."

"Not a son of man."

But no matter how dissatisfied the people present were, Shi Guangzhu was right.

He came to take his sister and nephew back to his parents' home. No one could stop him, and there was even no reason to stop him.

Then countless pairs of eyes looked at the Yang family.

Now that things have reached this point, there is no way we can continue the lawsuit today.

In the end, the Yang family could only return to the capital in despair and report to their families what happened here.

Seeing that the excitement was no longer interesting, the others quickly dispersed.

However, along with this poem, Shi Zhongkui's name will soon be spread throughout Daxing, the capital and the scholars of Dazhou.

Even the Supreme Emperor who was in the Longshou Palace and Emperor Jinglong in the Qinzheng Palace also learned about this from Dai Quan and Xia Shouzhong respectively.

The Supreme Emperor thought of the pair of sons-in-law, Duke Xiu and Yu Honggao, and also thought that Shi Zhongkui was Yu Honggao's apprentice.

He suddenly laughed and asked Dai Quan, "Is this Shi Boqian really a genius, or has he become his teacher's gunman?"

Dai Quan, whose hair was a little gray, said with a smile, "I heard from the people below that Master Yu's son a few days ago didn't believe in Shi Boqian's ability, so he wanted to test him.

Unexpectedly, Shi Boqian not only answered every question, but also made Master Yu's young master admire him.

In the end, Shi Boqian relied on memorizing "Zuo Zhuan" and "Zhou Rites" word for word, and won the Yu family's copybook from the hands of the master's son.

Even the copy of Chang'an Forest of Steles collected by Pang Shitong of Mount Tai was lost to Shi Boqian."

Upon hearing Pang Shitong, the Supreme Emperor's face darkened slightly.

He was this stubborn old man back then, and he joined several honorary titles in a row.

In the end, Shi Huaiyong, who repaired the Duke's Mansion, and several other nobles in charge of the army were forced to resign and go home to work as rice bugs.

Not to mention, if Pang Shitong was really dedicated to serving the country, the Emperor could only hold his nose and admit it.

But the old guy then wisely protected himself and resigned from his job and returned to his hometown to teach and educate people after his mother passed away.

Afterwards, many people realized that Pang Shitong might have known in advance that his mother was dying.

Taking advantage of the fact that Ding You's observance of filial piety was a foregone conclusion, he also pulled some people off their horses before leaving.

A few years later, Prince Yitada mutinied again. Then the Supreme Emperor fell seriously ill and passed the throne to the current emperor.

As a result, the Emperor's illness recovered again.

No one in the imperial court cared about a famous Confucian scholar who resigned from office for several years and stayed in the countryside.

Thinking of this, the Supreme Emperor immediately waved his hand to Dai Quan without interest.

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In the Qinzheng Hall on the other side, the current emperor also asked Xia Shouzhong similar questions.

Xia Shouzhong's answer was basically no different from Dai Quan's.

But the two emperors had completely different thoughts.

"Since Shi Boqian likes copybooks, you can go to the warehouse and pick a few to give to him, but it's not that easy to get my reward."

At this point, the emperor himself laughed.

Since it was a reward, there was no saying it was easy. Xia Shouzhong thought about it and knew that the emperor wanted to test Shi Boqian.

Sure enough, after the emperor thought for a while, he continued, "Since things started from farmland, Shi Boqian was so smart.

You send someone to contact Shi Boqian and find out his views on farming, canal dredging and water transportation."

After saying that, the emperor felt that the topic was too big for the court to solve. How could a scholar who was not a scholar have any solution?

"Forget it, I won't give you the copybook. You can choose any of the three questions and try him. If he is really smart, you can take care of him more in the future.

If you can’t answer, then,,,.”

The emperor did not finish what he said after that.

But Xia Shouzhong understood what the emperor meant.

If someone is talented, protect him and watch him grow. Otherwise, the consequences will not be as serious as usual.

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Xia Shouzhong walked out of the hall, but he was hesitant about how to contact Shi Zhongkui.

It would definitely not work to come directly to Shi Zhongkui's house. If Shi Zhongkui knew that the emperor was testing him, if he became arrogant because of this, Shi Zhongkui would be unlucky and he would not be able to complete the emperor's task perfectly.

In the same way, it is even more difficult to find Yu Honggao.

The one named Yu is definitely more difficult to deal with than Shi Zhongkui.

After hesitating for a long time, he suddenly saw his godson walking in and reported that Shi Zhongkui, Jia Lian and others, together with Shi Guangzhu of the Duke of Tui State, were waiting for his sister and nephew's family, who had just entered the capital.

Xia Shouzhong felt happy. Shi Zhongkui returned to the capital. It was better to get in touch with Yu Honggao than to continue hiding with him.

Moreover, to his surprise and surprise, Jia Lian actually got involved with Shi Zhongkui.

It wasn't that Xia Shouzhong liked Jia Lian, nor was he treating the Jia family differently because of Yuan Chun.

At this time, Yuanchun was still working as a female official for the old concubine of Longshou Palace, and there were still one or two years before she could become a concubine.

When Qin Keqing, the wife of Jia Rong of Ningguo Mansion, died of illness last year, the current patriarch of the Jia family was also the inheritor of Ningguo Mansion. Jia Zhen, a powerful general of the third rank, approached Dai Quan, the eunuch of the Dragon Head Palace Supreme Emperor, for the sake of face.

Hua Yinzi bought the official position of the fifth-grade Longxiang imperial guard for Jia Rong, so that Qin Keqing could be buried as Gaoming's wife.

Xia Shouzhong didn't know about this at first, but Dai Quan Lao Yinbi sold the official position of the fifth-grade Longxiang imperial guard to another family.

Although Jia Rong holds the position of Longxiang Imperial Guard, he has no official position, so he can only fill in the status later and continue to stay at home.

This kind of official position in name only is a way to deceive people, but Jia Zhen and his son can only be mute and unable to express their sufferings.

But if the great eunuchs of the inner court pay a little attention, they can make a guess from the fact that there is actually a successor for the official position of the fifth-grade Longxiang Imperial Guard, and he is also the heir to the Ningguo Mansion.

Who is a eunuch?

That's someone who only cares about making money.

In the future, after Yuanchun was granted the title of concubine, Dai Quan, Xia Shouzhong and an eunuch named Zhou would go to Jia's house to enjoy the autumn breeze every two days a year after Concubine Yuan's wedding.

This incident reflects that Jia Yuanchun's life in the palace was not easy, let alone being favored.

At the same time, it also shows that eunuchs are accustomed to flattering the superior and suppressing the inferior, and they are greedy by nature.

Dai Quan is the most ruthless, demanding thousands of taels at every turn.

Xia Shouzhong was no better. He even wanted to buy a house and asked the Jia family to borrow 200 taels of silver.

This made Wang Xifeng laugh at Xia Shouzhong for demanding money, even two hundred taels of silver was enough.

Therefore, thinking that Dai Quan could get money from Ningguo Mansion, Xia Shouzhong secretly resented it, but at the same time, he didn't feel that he was really any worse than Dai Quan.

After ordering people to find out what the relationship between Jia Lian and Shi Zhongkui was, Xia Shouzhong sat on the chair, thinking about how much the price would be this time.

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Time goes back to that morning.

In the backyard of Daxing County Yameni, three people, Yu Honggao, Yu Tongfu and Shi Zhongkui, were in the study listening to the news coming back from their servants.

When he heard that everyone in the Yang family had left, he immediately felt relieved and laughed.

"Bo Qian deserves the first credit."

Shi Zhongkui stood up with a smile, saluted and said modestly, "It's all thanks to the teacher's teachings that this disciple is where he is today."

Yu Tongfu hadn't heard it yet, but Yu Honggao knew as soon as he heard it that Shi Zhongkui meant that he only dared to show his talent with the protection of his sect and a county magistrate.
Chapter completed!