surnamed Wang

As the second place in the list, Jiang Xiucheng was not as noble as Shen Qianqiu, who was the No. [-] Scholar and won three prizes. In addition, he lived in Ankang Palace, and his background was a mystery. Even if someone wanted to curry favor, he had to weigh his own weight.

No matter how powerful a first-rank official is, compared with only two princes in the entire dynasty, he is still far behind.

What's more, the Eighth Prince has always been moody, and he can do even the most absurd things. God knows whether he will make it difficult for this group of senior officials because of the second place, so no one is willing to touch this bad luck easily.

On the other hand, Shen Dacai, whose life experience is as clean as a piece of white paper, and the only backer in the capital is just a hundred households in the army. Compared with the other two rookies in the first class who rely on big trees, Shen Qianqiu is undoubtedly much easier to handle.

It has only been three days since the list was released, and dozens of people have already been to Shen Qianqiu's residence one after another.Thanks to his cousin, the threshold of Shen Qianhua's small courtyard, which has been left unattended for 800 years, has almost been broken by Beijing's dignitaries in the past few days.

A few of them, he is a small family that is usually difficult to see from a distance, not to mention that each of them came to the door with gifts in person.

At the beginning, the hundred households of the city defense army were still terrified, wishing to lower their heads to the crotch of everyone they saw.

Later, as there were more and more important people, Shen Qianhua gradually became acquainted with her, and she was no longer as anxious as before. Not only was she more accommodating in her dealings with others, but her attitude gradually became neither humble nor overbearing.

His change, on the contrary, is more impressive than his humble appearance before.

While Shen Qianhua reluctantly took out the best Yuqian Longjing tea to entertain the royal family who came here one after another, at the same time, she introduced her cousins ​​to them one by one according to their grades.

For several days in a row, the person involved, Shen Qianqiu, was fine. As her cousin, Shen Qianhua was already so busy that she hit the back of her head with her feet.

However, after being busy for so long, it is not all a little bit of benefit. There is only one champion, even if it is split in half, it is still not enough.

Compared with the fledgling Shen Qianqiu, the comprehensive Shen Qianhua is easier to cultivate, and the two brothers are a family, breaking the bones and connecting the tendons. In the end, no matter how high branches Shen Qianqiu climbs, as the cousin Shen Baihu will be supported.

Therefore, many caring people began to move Shen Qianhua's mind again. The small courtyard of Shen's family, which was originally only patronized by first and second rank officials, suddenly flooded with many fourth and fifth rank officials.

The cousin of Shen's family who had attained enlightenment and ascended to heaven for nearly ten years in official circles became a hot favorite overnight.

Shen Qianqiu looked at his cousin with a smile on his face, walking among the various officials, and couldn't help showing helplessness.

He is a scholar, and spent the first twenty years of his life in books. The only thing he wants to do is to write poems and essays.

But whether it is this group of people or my grandfather, they have spent their entire lives on how to gain control over people's hearts, which really runs counter to the original intention of reading.

At night, Shen Qianhua gently knocked on the door of his cousin's room. This tall and thick man was usually at his home, and the sound of knocking on the door was similar to that of bandits entering the village. He rarely restrained himself like he is now.

The reason, besides Shen Qianqiu's status as the number one scholar, is that the most important thing is that he is the current head of the Shen family.

After the death of Mrs. Shen, the position of the head of the family has been hanging in the air. The elders of the family were still wandering between the two cousins ​​before, but as the news of Shen Qianqiu's Lian Sanyuan spread to Jiangdong, the suspense about the position of the head of the family was gone. Now there is only one difference. A symbolic succession ceremony.

Shen Qianqiu opened the door and looked at the cousin who grew up with him, who was holding a jug of wine in his hand, showing a rare restraint on his face.

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"Qianqiu, what is your plan? To be the son-in-law of the first-rank university scholar in the dynasty. No matter how many people squeeze their heads, they can't ask for it. Why did you refuse?"

At the wine table, the two brothers had nothing to hide, Shen Qianhua directly asked out the doubts in her heart.

Shen Qianqiu shook his head, sighed softly:

"The court is about to change, whether it's a bachelor's degree or the six ministers, I'm afraid it won't be long before there will be a change.

Cousin, I know you want to make a fortune as soon as possible, but listen to my younger brother's advice, just wait and see what happens, and don't agree to anyone's solicitation. "

"Ah? Can't you?"

Shen Qianhua was a rough person, so naturally she couldn't see the treacherous situation in the court.

Shen Qianqiu knew that his cousin was a man, so he patiently explained:
"Grandpa traded his life for the Shen family, but it was an undercurrent of officialdom. Here, the lesser think about how to please others, and the more powerful think about how to strengthen themselves. There are very few people who really serve the country and the people.

This can be seen by everyone involved, including today's emperor. Officials can pretend to be ignorant, but the emperor cannot.

This world belongs to the Wang family, His Majesty will not let these people mess around forever. "

Shen Qianhua was rough but not muddled, and asked in a low voice: "But 'that' revealed it to you?"

Shen Qianqiu nodded, the "that person" in the other party's mouth was naturally Wang Gangquan.

"Don't say that to the outside world."

Shen Qianhua was shocked, she nodded, she didn't bother to drink, she hurriedly said goodbye and left the door, and hurried to the mansion of Sanpin Duanshi that she had promised in the daytime.

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In a small town in the southeast of the dynasty, an old man with a sword on his waist came from a distance on a poor horse in the afterglow of the setting sun.

The old man's surname is Ye Mingjian, a sword fairy who has been famous for a long time in the Jianghu. He left the capital not long ago and came to this remote town to look for his old friend.

In the first half of Ye Jian's life, the scene was boundless. He achieved the realm of sword fairy at the age of nearly fifty, and countless female heroes in the world admired his prestige.But no one knows that a woman was willing to accompany him when he was in the dark.

The woman's surname is Hong, Hong Daimei, the same name as the saber she gave to the old man.

At that time, Ye Jian was in his early twenties. Although he had a sword in his name, he was too poor to afford a sword.

He and his wife live in a small mountain village, where the men farm and the women weave. Life is a little bit hard, but it is passable.

At the age of 23, his wife gave him a long sword with exquisite workmanship. It was originally to make him happy, but unexpectedly gave him the courage to venture into the rivers and lakes.

Since then, the family's fields have been abandoned, and Ye Jian went out to drink every now and then, and he would come back in the middle of the night every now and then, talking about the heroes he had met again.

The wife persuaded her with good words, but nothing worked. Seeing that her belly was getting bigger and bigger, the woman could only secretly wipe her tears when she was alone.

Until one time later, Ye Jian didn't know who he provoked outside, so he ran back in a panic, and it subsided a lot in the next few days. Gone.

Ye Jian has been away for four or five days. When he dragged his tired body back to the hut again, there was no one in the room. He sat quietly in the room for a long time, put the money he had just earned on the table, and walked out of the room. , left this small mountain village.

In the next 30 years, he traveled almost the entire Central Plains, and his reputation grew, but he still couldn't find the woman of that year.

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