I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 535 Situation

Qiu Bingde was always calm, but at this moment he was shocked by Mr. Qiu's words. No matter how talented Zhan Feiyu was in reading, he was only a ten-year-old girl after all.

Although no matter where the hero came from, Zhan Feiyu was born in a rural farmhouse after all, and it took him two years to study for enlightenment. The teacher Gu Xueshi is far away in the capital, and at most he communicates with letters. Such a little girl asked her to talk about the situation in Qianzhong Road , Qiu Bingde felt a little overwhelmed.

Picking up the cup he had just put down, Zhan Feiyu lowered his head and drank a couple of sips, then narrowed his eyes in instant satisfaction, with smiles on his brows and eyes, looking childish.

Master Qiu asked his servants to prepare Zhan Feiyu the sour plum soup that little girls love to drink. It was also chilled, and it seemed to smell sour and sweet when it was steaming white.

Zhan Feiyu is only three years older than Bo'er. Bo'er was enlightened at the age of five, and now he only started to read "Four Books". The difference is only two years. Read it once, you can recite it.

"My lord, forgive my humble opinion." Zhan Feiyu sat upright, and she dared to answer if Master Qiu dared to ask, and there was a bit of soft childishness in her crisp voice, "Xiang Zhuang danced the sword, The intention is for Peigong. I don’t know where the lord is referring?”

Mr. Qiu also laughed when he heard the words. Although he had a refined and literati temperament, his eyes were shining brightly. "Tell me, what can I mean by this old man?"

Zhan Feiyu glanced at Qiu Bingde, who was sitting upright, "If my lord plans to return to Beijing, I can take advantage of the opportunity to make a move. If my lord is planning for the eldest son, I don't need to fight for the day."

Mr. Qiu is the chief envoy of Qianzhong Road, a second-rank official of the imperial court, and a border official who has won the trust of the Holy One, but Mr. Qiu wants to go to the capital, but given the current situation in the capital, it is estimated that not many officials in the court will welcome Mr. Qiu return.

One reason is that once they return to Beijing, they must be promoted, at worst they must be six ministers, but as the saying goes, one carrot is one hole, and if Mr. Qiu occupies a hole, he will crowd out the positions of other officials.

Secondly, the situation in the capital depends on the palace. As the princes grow older, their ambitions also grow vigorously.

The Holy Majesty has never established a heir. An old fox like Lord Qiu will definitely not stand in line before the situation is unclear. Only the Holy Majesty is loyal. This is not good news for the princes. The greater the power in the hands of the Holy Majesty, the princes can control it. less powerful.

Master Qiu stroked his beard and smiled. He didn't answer Zhan Feiyu's words, but suddenly asked his eldest son: "Bingde, what do you think? Where should the Qiu family's next move be?"

Qiu Bingde was still marveling at Zhan Feiyu's sophistication and wisdom just now, but he never thought that the topic would turn to himself.

Zhan Feiyu was immediately happy, a dead fellow daoist will not die a poor daoist!Happiness should be built on the pain of others, holding a cup in both hands and drinking sour plum soup slowly.

Zhan Feiyu dared to speak, Qiu Bingde thought for a while and then replied seriously: "At the beginning of the year, the matter of the third house subsided, the Qiu family suffered a lot of damage, and the situation in the palace is unclear, so it is better to be quiet than to move at this time."

The third family of the Qiu family colluded with the barbarians. Master Qiu righteously exterminated the relatives after hearing the news, and quickly dealt with the third family. He also gave the holy apology, so this matter did not hurt the Qiu family.

On the contrary, Mr. Qiu took over the third family who had two hearts in one fell swoop. After removing the carrion, the Qiu family will work together to seek greater development in the future.

What Qiu Bingde was most worried about was standing in line rashly. Although he could gain a lot of success, once he failed and the new king ascended the throne, one can imagine what would happen to the Qiu family.

Instead of taking risks like this, it is better to lie dormant. The Qiu family's influence in Qianzhong Road is deeply rooted. No matter which prince ascends the throne in the future, he will not make things difficult for the Qiu family, nor dare to make things difficult.

What's more, Qiu Bingde only saw the secret report sent back by the Qiu family's spies in the capital five days ago, that the holy dragon is in good health, and he might reign for ten or twenty years.

Mr. Qiu was not surprised by the eldest son's conservative answer. Bingde had been calm since he was a child, and lacked the determination of a young man, and his every move would be hindered if he wanted to support the Qiu family in the future.

Master Qiu took a white-glazed three-line bamboo-joint pot and poured Zhan Feiyu a cup of sour plum soup, "What do Miss Zhan think?"

It is definitely not wrong to say that it is wrong, Zhan Feiyu took the cup and thanked Master Qiu, and then said: "I met a scholar during my study tour."

"Oh, I don't know what the scholar said?" Mr. Qiu became interested. Although he said that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles, he is not as big-hearted as Gu Xueshi, and let a half-sized girl travel all the way on Jiangnan Road. After leaving the Longyou Road, and now turning to the Qianzhong Road, not to mention the wind, food and dew, but the danger Zhan Feiyu encountered several times along the way.

There was a gentle breeze in the courtyard, and Zhan Feiyu's small voice sounded loudly, "Old people often think about the past, young people often think about the future. Only thinking about the past creates nostalgia; only thinking about the future creates hope. Only nostalgia, So conservative; only hope, so aggressive. Only conservative, so forever old; only aggressive, so daily new.”

Qiu Bingde is conservative, he thinks that the Qiu family should be stable in the future, but Zhan Feiyu's words are completely opposite, he is determined to make progress.

"Zhan Feiyu, you are deliberately confusing the public!" Suddenly, a voice of dissatisfaction sounded from outside the wall on the left, only to see the third young master Qiu who had left before returning.

Qiu Huaixin jumped over the fence and stood firmly in the courtyard, staring at Zhan Feiyu with his raised Danfeng eyes mockingly and mockingly.

"Huaixin!" Qiu Bingde got up, and looked at the perverse and unruly Qiu Huaixin with warning eyes, "Come here soon."

"Children are not good enough." Lord Qiu was used to the third son's lack of tune, and said with a warm smile: "In the past, Yan Yuan and Ji Lu waited.Today we follow the example of the sages, expressing our own ambitions and expressing our own opinions. "

Walking over in three or two steps, Qiu Huaixin washed his hands under the servant girl's service, and then sat down at the table, but poured a glass of iced sour plum soup and drank it down, and then said: "I heard that Miss Zhan and General Yang's only son Yang Jiaohao, last year even risked his life to go to Aozikou to rescue him."

After Zhan Feiyu's identity was exposed, basically all the families in Qianzhong Mansion had inquired about her affairs in Longyou Dao. Naturally, they all knew about her relationship with the Yang family of the General's Mansion. There were even rumors that Gu Xueshi and Yang's The old general intends to marry Qin and Jin, and the two families merge into one family.

It’s just that this rumor disappeared for some reason as soon as it surfaced, and no one talked about it anymore. Someone once said in private that because the general’s mansion holds the military power, and Gu Xueshi is the head of all the officials in the court, the Holy Majesty will never allow Zhan Feiyu Married to Yang Xu, so no one dared to mention this rumor.

Qiu Huaixin's eyes were full of attacking sharpness, "Miss Zhan tried to persuade my elder brother to give up the way of defense, and then let our Qiu family form an alliance with the General's Mansion?"

If it wasn't for Master Qiu being here, and Qiu Huaixin's unruly temper, he was a son of a family after all, so he wouldn't lose his sense of propriety, so he was hostile to Zhan Feiyu, but he still restrained his words.

Qiu Bingde didn't stop what Qiu Huaixin said, and after Zhan Feiyu spoke, he also thought of this.

Gu Xueshi is a lonely minister, and he broke up with the Gu family in the early years, so the power in Gu Xueshi's hands only comes from the Holy One. Once the Holy Master suspects or even gives up, Gu Xueshi will definitely be embarrassed on all sides.

Zhan Feiyu is Gu Xueshi's only disciple. It's not surprising that she befriends the General's Mansion, which holds military power. It's normal to want to win over the Qiu family to form an alliance. The background of the century-old family is here, there is no need to make a contribution to the dragon, the risk is too great.

Being accused, Zhan Feiyu didn't change his face, and still listened carefully, his heart was far better than that of his peers.

"Do you want to argue?" Master Qiu asked with a smile.

"My lord, you are not kind!" Zhan Feiyu replied, Master Qiu could discuss the situation with his three sons in private, but he dragged himself into the water, which was obviously using himself as a sharpening stone.

Seeing Lord Qiu's attitude towards Zhan Feiyu, Qiu Huaixin sullenly said, "Father!"

Mr. Qiu is not a strict and solemn character, but after all, he is a political envoy and he is busy with official duties. In addition, Qiu Huaixin has such an unruly temperament, so Mr. Li Qiu rarely has time to talk to his youngest son on weekdays, let alone involve to business.

But today he received Zhan Feiyu a little girl so solemnly, Qiu Huai believes that at least half of this hostility is jealousy.

It's a pity that Lord Qiu ignored the clamoring young son, and Zhan Feiyu didn't have the habit of putting his face on someone's cold ass, "My lord, if the people behind Li Li are involved with the barbarians, it's better sooner rather than later, but if it's internal friction, then it doesn't matter." gone."

Wherever there are people, there will be struggles. If the old man is just a certain force and is fighting for power, even if all the old man's people are wiped out, there will be a second or third old man in the future.

But if barbarians are involved in this, the nature will be different. If we don't find out as soon as possible, we will definitely become troubled.

(End of this chapter)