Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 332 The Beauty of Adulthood
Feng Jing still had important business to do in the afternoon, so he couldn't spend more time with Su's father and son. As soon as Fan Ning and the Su family hit it off, he asked Fan Ning to entertain Su's father and son for him, and then he left and went back to the court.

Seeing Feng Jing leave, Su Xun showed a hint of disappointment in his eyes. He originally wanted to get to know Xiangguo Fu Bi through Feng Jing, but now that Feng Jing is gone, it is probably useless to know Fu Bi.

Su Shi understood his father's thoughts, took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Father, let's go to Jiangning early tomorrow morning according to the original plan!"

After Su Xun met his old friend, he originally planned to go to Jiangnan early tomorrow morning. Unexpectedly, he heard that the father-in-law of Feng Jing he knew was Xiangguo Fubi. Let me recommend Fu Xianggong.

In the Song Dynasty, learning was important, but connections were equally important. Connections meant fame and connections. Otherwise, even if you were admitted to Jinshi, you would have to be an alternate official if you didn’t have connections. Like Su Shi, without Ouyang Xiu's connections, how could he have the chance to become famous in the capital.

Su Xun knew this very well, so he found Feng Jing according to the address Feng Jing gave him before, Feng Jing invited their father and son to lunch, and brought them here for tea. Originally, he wanted to mention the recommendation in the afternoon, but unexpectedly Feng Jing had something to leave, which really made Su Xun feel deeply disappointed.

Su Xun understood what his son meant, so he nodded, "Then leave Beijing according to the original plan!"

Su Zhe didn't say a word, just lowered his head to eat tea, and he was really disappointed.

What kind of wink did Fan Ning have? He saw the disappointment in the eyes of the father and son, and asked with a smile, "Uncle still has something else to do?"

Su Xun smiled wryly and said, "I wanted to ask Officer Feng to introduce Mr. Fu, but now that I think about it, I'm too embarrassed to bother him. After all, I'm Mr. Fu, how can I have so much time to meet ordinary people?"

Fan Ning immediately understood that Feng Jing's departure cut off the hope of the father and son.

Fan Ning admired Su Dongpo the most in his previous life, and he also wanted to find an opportunity to make friends with Su Shi.

He thought for a while and smiled: "It happens that I'm going to visit an uncle in the afternoon, why don't we go together?"

"I don't know who Fan Xiandi is going to visit?" Su Shi asked curiously.

Fan Ning smiled faintly, "Ouyang Xiu!"

When he came to Ouyang Xiu's mansion, Su Shi kept arranging his clothes and headgear. He seemed a little nervous. He didn't care much if he saw Fu Bi. After all, Fu Bi only represented power, but Ouyang Xiu was different. That was the literary world of the Song Dynasty. The leader is the morning star and guiding light that these literati admire very much. How could Su Shi not be excited and nervous.

Fan Ning saw Su Shi's nervousness, so he smiled and said, "Brother Zizhan, don't get too excited. In fact, I haven't seen Ouyang Shibo for several years. I don't know if he is at home now?"

Su Xun didn't follow, he went back to the inn first, and only asked his two sons to follow Fan Ning to see Ouyang Xiu, Su Xun was more understanding of the world, and as he was getting older, visiting Ouyang Xiu would be difficult for him, unlike young people, he could Participate with the gift of juniors, and it is not good if too many people go.

Fan Ning came to the gate of Ouyang Mansion, the gate was ajar, Fan Ning yelled, and immediately a man who looked like a housekeeper came out from inside, he looked at Fan Ning, it seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember, The two young men behind must have never seen each other.

"What's the matter, sir?"

Fan Ning said with a smile: "I am the nephew of Ouyang Daguan, is he at home?"

"My master is at home, what is the name of the official?"

"Under Fanning!"

"Oh--"

The butler suddenly realized that he looked a little familiar. It turned out to be Fan Ning, who was No. 1 in the boy's trial.

This butler has only been here for a few years, and he doesn't know the relationship between Fan Ning and the master, so he dare not invite Fan Ning to the living room rashly. If the master refuses to see him, it will be embarrassing.

He hurriedly said: "Please come in and wait for a while, I will report to the master."

He went in and waited at the door, Fan Ning shook his head with a smile, "I'll just wait here, there's no need to go in!"

The housekeeper saw that he refused to come in and wait, and he didn't force it, so he hurried to inform the master.

Fan Ning turned back to the Su family brothers and smiled, "I haven't been here for several years, I'm just as nervous as you!"

Su Shi understood that Fan Ning was explaining to himself why the housekeeper didn't know him, and he smiled slightly, "Thank you, my dear brother, for letting us meet Mr. Ouyang."

Su Zhe was a little dull. He thought Fan Ning didn't have a high status in Ouyang Xiu's eyes, so the housekeeper didn't dare to invite him in to sit first. However, Su Zhe was not reckless. He didn't say a word behind his brother.

After a while, hurried footsteps sounded, the door opened, and Ouyang Xiu's hearty laughter came, "Nephew, I thought you had already forgotten me!"

"My little nephew dares to forget Shibo, my little nephew just finished his business this morning, and will come to visit Shibo in the afternoon."

"That's pretty much it!"

Fan Ning handed a packaged piece of ambergris to Ouyang Xiu, and said with a smile, "This is a spice produced in Kunzhou. I brought back two catties. The other half was given to my grandfather, and the other half was given to my uncle."

Ouyang Xiu took it and sniffed it, and said pleasantly, "Abergris?"

Fan Ning nodded with a smile, "I hope Uncle Shi likes it!"

"Good boy, Ambergris is only a catty. You, the governor of Kunzhou, have done a lot!"

"I made Shibo laugh. I exchanged a dagger from the Kun people, and it happened the year before last."

"You boy, you are promising!"

Ouyang Xiu has always been bitter about not accepting Fan Ning under his own family. He also didn't expect that this kid ran too fast. He was only 19 years old and he was appointed as a fifth-rank official. This is the posture of becoming a prime minister in the future!
He looked at the Su brothers behind Fan Ning again, and asked with a smile, "Who are these two?"

"They are my good friends, all of them are very talented, so I brought them here for Shibo to see."

The Su brothers quickly stepped forward and bowed in salute, "Meishan Beimo learns from Su Shi, and Su Zhe sees Mr. Ouyang!"

Ouyang Xiu had never heard of Su Shi and Su Zhe, but since he was Fan Ning's friend, Fan Ning, who had never recommended anyone to him, spoke highly of him, and Ouyang Xiu was somewhat interested.

"Let's go inside and talk!"

Ouyang Xiu enthusiastically invited Fan Ning into the room, and everyone came to the living room in the atrium. The moment Fan Ning entered the living room, he suddenly saw a skirt passing by the side door of the atrium. Fan Ning was slightly startled, and suddenly thought of Ouyang Qian , the last time I saw her was six years ago, and I just came to the capital to take part in the next year's imperial examination.

The reason why Fan Ning did not have a deep friendship with Ouyang Qian was because Ouyang Qian was three years older than him, and it would be fine for him to hang out for five or six years, but Ouyang Qian couldn't wait that long, let alone the person he believed in It's Zhu Pei. In the Song Dynasty, there was no saying of marrying two wives, or they were concubines. Would Ouyang Xiu allow his daughter to be someone else's concubine?So don't even think about it.

Since that time, Fan Ning never went to look for Ouyang Qian, nor did Ouyang Qian come to him, so they ended up here. Six years later, Ouyang Qian should have married a woman early.

"Nephew, please come in!"

Ouyang Xiu urged him inside, Fan Ning stopped thinking and walked into the living room quickly.

Although Fan Ning is already a senior official of the fifth rank, he is a junior after all. He cannot sit with Ouyang Xiu, but sits at the bottom. The Su brothers sit below Fan Ning. The seat next to Ouyang Xiu is empty. The maid came in and served them tea.

Ouyang Xiu ignored the Su family brothers first, and asked Fan Ning with a smile: "When the court went to court today, Mr. Wen Xianggong proposed to increase the disaster relief expenditure. The reason was that Kunzhou escorted millions of taels of silver. Everyone is curious, is Kunzhou rich in silver mines? ?”

The fact that the Song Dynasty sold soldiers to Japan to earn a large amount of money is still a secret, and only a few important officials know about it. Although Gao Ruona also knows about it, he has been a minister of the country. He knows that if it is publicized everywhere, The slap was not Fan Ning's face, but the reputation of the emperor. Once the emperor knew that he did it, he might not be able to bear it and walk around. Therefore, Gao Ruona remained silent on this matter.

Therefore, everyone thought that the silver that Fan Ning escorted back was produced in Kunzhou.

Fan Ning nodded with a smile, "Generally, where the volcano is active, the gold and silver production is very large. There are volcanoes near Kunzhou, so there are indeed more gold and silver mines."

"It seems that Kunzhou is really a treasure land. It not only produces horses, but also produces gold and silver. It is really a blessing for my Song Dynasty!"

The small talk is back to the small talk, Fan Ning clearly felt the anxiety of the two great talents next to him, so he brought the topic back, turned to Su Shi and said with a smile: "Brother Su, why don't you ask Senior Ouyang to give you some advice on poetry?"

Today, because he wanted to ask Feng Jing to introduce Fu Xianggong, Su Shi brought some of his works with him. After hearing Fan Ning's reminder, he quickly took out a volume of poems and essays, and presented them to Ouyang Xiu respectfully.

"I implore Senior Ouyang to give me some pointers!"

(End of this chapter)