first minister

Chapter 188 Mountain Climbing, Getting Started, Meet the Adults

"Master, Xia Jingyun went to Tushan."

"Oh?"

The man fiddled with the sword slowly, raised his eyebrows slightly, and kept moving his hands with a cold look, "This Mr. Xia is really warm-hearted, he dares to meddle in anything!"

The man agreed with a smile, "Yeah, those small fights in the past are nothing more than that. What kind of people are the three masters of Tushan, I'm afraid he'll have a bad nose."

The man shook his head, a set of swordsmanship just stopped, a sword stabbed out, and stopped in front of the man, "Although I am not optimistic about the result of his trip, I think it is still necessary to maintain a basic respect for a person who has repeatedly performed miracles, otherwise, once others succeed, won't your face hurt?"

The man hastily bowed, "My lord taught me well."

"How is Shi Dingzhong's affairs going?"

"Everything is ready, just wait for the right time to launch."

"It's just these two days, don't delay, find an opportunity, the show that has been prepared for so long, it's time for the opening."

"Yes."
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"Your Majesty, Lord Xuanhu is here."

"Ah."

In a side hall of the Wanbao Building that has not yet been fully completed, Emperor Chongning looked at the achievements of his half-life with his hands behind his back, full of pride and a sense of accomplishment.

"Your Majesty, since yesterday, there have been rumors in Beijing that the failure of the Concubine De to ask for a teacher for the King of Jiaodong County is mostly contemptuous and humiliating. After investigation, it was found that it was done by the British government."

Emperor Chongning still hummed, and Xuanhu, who was dressed in black, did not intend to use this to harm anyone, but just reported some relatively important situations normally.

"Xia Jingyun left Beijing today and went to Tushan."

Emperor Chongning let out a little surprise, and turned to look at the head of the Black Ice Terrace behind him, "Does he want to handle this by himself?"

Xuanhu said calmly: "It looks like it."

"This kid really thinks of himself as a character."

Emperor Chongning smiled, if it weren't for the fact that the three heroes of Tushan were too difficult to invite, and the bargaining chips for Defei's family would be too heavy after being invited, how could he break his promise and not help Defei arrange it himself.

He even felt that some tricky situations, this kid is really courageous!
Suddenly, he thought of himself decades ago. He seemed to be just like Xia Jingyun. He was not afraid of the sky and the earth. He always felt that he could do everything in the world.

"It's nice to be young!"

He looked up at the magnificent side hall again, and stopped talking.
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At the foot of Tushan, Xia Jingyun stared for a while, jumped off the carriage, tidied up his clothes, and walked towards Tushan.

Although the Three Heroes of Tushan are well-known, but as celebrities, it is naturally impossible for them to do such a domineering act of sealing off the mountains and forests to cause criticism, and ordinary mountain climbing is still fine.

Xia Jingyun was thinking about the hobbies of those so-called celebrities while walking.

There is a saying that there are forty pleasures in life, and they are all about burning incense, planting flowers, marauding the moon, enjoying snow, watching birds, and watching fish.

Xia Jingyun felt that the hobbies unique to this kind of celebrity can be summed up in four points:

Find monks to talk about Zen, find girls to talk about elegance, interview Taoists for alchemy, and meet kings and grandchildren to pretend to be coercive.

If you can do one of them well in your spare time, and then you are praised and spread by others, you can be considered a famous celebrity.

If you have done all the four items, and there are appropriate publicity methods to help you spread the word, you must be the best in the world.

While thinking this way, he slowly came to the small courtyard outside those few farm houses, and was stopped by a middle-aged man who came out of a thatched hut by the roadside as expected.

"Private house, no distinguished guests."

Xia Jingyun bowed his hands respectfully, "I am a student who entered Beijing to take the exam. I admire the reputation of the three gentlemen. I came to visit and ask for advice. Please pass it on for me."

After speaking, he took out the name card from his pocket and handed it over.

The middle-aged man didn't reach out to pick it up, but politely pushed the name card back and said apologetically, "Sorry, gentlemen, I don't see you."

"Why don't you see?"

With Xia Jingyun's words, the middle-aged man frowned, and his tone became unfriendly, "It's the freedom of gentlemen to see or not to see guests, do I need to explain to you?"

Xia Jingyun snorted, "As a great Confucian, I have learned a whole body of moral knowledge, but I want to cherish my broom and put it on the shelf. I don't want to support the younger generation and pass on the literature. Such actions are worthy of the help they received when they were young when they were studying decades ago, and the teachings of their mentor when they were ignorant and ignorant? Such a great Confucianism, what kind of great Confucianism!"

When a big hat was buttoned down, the middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, and then he became angry, "Just because you are worthy, you can talk about the inheritance of the literary world?"

Xia Jingyun snorted coldly, "Whether I'm worthy or not, I'll know after I meet you! But you, I don't think you're a humble person, but you despise my namelessness? Is this the style of great Confucianism? Is this the so-called disciple taught by the world's teachers?"

The middle-aged man couldn't resist these words, he hesitated for a moment, took the name card in Xia Jingyun's hand, and said politely: "Please wait a moment."

After speaking, he quickly walked towards the direction of Tianshe.

Not long after, the middle-aged man came back again, his waist straightened again, and he looked at Xia Jingyun again, "Sir, I said that I live here in seclusion for the purpose of learning. Since Mr. Xia is a state Jie Yuan, there are famous people in Beijing who can be good teachers. You don't have to look far away. Please come back."

"Recluse? Thanks to them, they can say it!"

Xia Jingyun snorted coldly, spat directly, with a look of disdain.

The middle-aged man's complexion changed, and he shouted angrily, "How dare you insult Mr. Qingming!"

Xia Jingyun was happy and fearless, "Since they dare to do it, why don't I dare to say it?"

With his hands on his back, his head held high, he stared proudly at several farms not far away, "If they really live in seclusion in famous mountains and rivers, and the dragons see their heads but don't see their tails, don't care about world affairs, and plow books to preach, I will be convinced, but here, in this place that is only more than [-] miles away from the capital, what a fart you are living in seclusion!"

"It's nothing more than looking forward to self-respect, wanting to be respected by the princes in Beijing, and then taking a huge shortcut!"

Xia Jingyun, who knew the Zhongnan shortcut for a long time, snorted, "I have learned a lot of skills and knowledge, but I only know how to get into the eyes of power, money, fame and fortune. The words of sages and the teachings of great sages have been completely forgotten by them!"

These words were so important, the middle-aged man couldn't hold back, swallowed his saliva, "Don't be impatient, Your Excellency, I will go in and pass it on."

After a while, the middle-aged man came out, looked at Xia Jingyun, and respectfully stretched out his hand, "My lord, please come in."

Chen Fugui behind him let out a low hey, and Xia Jingyun calmly walked in behind him.

What I saw along the way was indeed elegant and peaceful. The dirt path was also filled with pieces of bluestone slabs, which looked quite elegant and clean. Although the farmhouses were not luxurious, they were kept clean and tidy. Some disciples were scattered all over the place, doing some farm work. When they saw the two of them coming, they glanced sideways and started working seriously again.

Xia Jingyun followed the middle-aged man to a farmhouse in the center, "Master Xia, the gentlemen are in the house, please come in."

Xia Jingyun saluted and thanked, and walked in. There were three old people sitting in the room, each sitting on a chair, looking at him calmly.

There was a young man standing beside him, who looked at Xia Jingyun with a rather unkind expression.

Xia Jingyun waved his sleeves and bowed, bowing to the ground, "Xia Jingyun, a graduate student in Sishui Prefecture, whose name is Gaoyang, has met Mr. Linxi, Mr. Wanlin, and Mr. Kongbi."

"Xia Gaoyang, why are you arrogant and then respectful?"

Xia Jingyun straightened up and said respectfully: "Students are usually respectful and respectful people. The harsh words outside the thatched cottage before were really helpless. What the three gentlemen have done in the past deserves the admiration of the students, so the former is arrogant and the latter is respectful, which made the gentleman laugh."

"It's honest."

"It's okay, let's sit down and talk."

Xia Jingyun bowed his body, and just as his butt touched the chair, he heard the three of them speak again.

"Do you really think that the three of us met you because we were forced to have no choice by what you said?"

"Or, do you really think that what you said hit the dirty mind in the hearts of the three of us?"

"Which side are you here for?"

The three of them spoke one sentence, sweating finely on Xia Jingyun's forehead effortlessly.

　The next chapter comes later.Catch up with the progress, adjust the update, and try to restore the normal update time tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)