Feng Heming

Chapter 213
After Jiang Boyong returned to the Jiang Mansion under Jiang Yuanxi's weird gaze, he walked away in a numb manner, he was really afraid of her.

Jiang Yuanxi looked at the back of the fifth brother fleeing in embarrassment with amused and angry eyes, and turned his head to ask Shao Sihu, "Xiaohu, am I scary?"

Shao Sihu shook his head solemnly, "Wu Niang is the best person in the world."

Jiang Yuanxi nodded approvingly, "It's still Xiaohu, you have blazing eyes, so it must be that Fifth Brother has a ghost in his heart, so he fled in a hurry."

Shao Sihu beside him also nodded seriously.

The behavior of these two people made the corners of Jiang Bojin's mouth twitch, and he silently wiped his sweat for the fifth brother. It was unbearable to meet a Wuniang, plus a Shao Sihu who only obeyed Wuniang
"Fifth lady, the old lady asked you to go to his side." Just at this time, the butler Jiang Fusheng came over and said after saluting to the young ladies.

Jiang Yuanxi followed Jiang Fusheng to see her grandfather, and as soon as she entered the door, her grandfather waved to her, "Wu Niang is back, come and read this article."

Jiang Taifu's face was full of admiration, holding an article in his hand, he couldn't put it down, and when he saw Jiang Yuanxi coming, he handed the article to her.

Jiang Yuanxi accepted the article while smiling, "What article can make grandfather so happy?"

When she looked down at the first line of the article, her brows twitched, and when she finished reading the article, she praised: "This article quotes classics, every word is detailed, and it is written in one go. It makes people read heartily."

She asked calmly: "Grandfather, who wrote this article?"

Jiang Taifu smiled, "It was voted by a man named Meng Guangmao."

Many students will submit papers to Jiuqing, and Jiang Taifu is naturally the one who voted the most. The concierge will collect the papers and hand them over to the housekeeper Jiang Fusheng, who will then read them to Jiang Taifu.

Jiang Yuanxi narrowed his eyes slightly, looked down at the article in his hand again, the corners of his mouth curled up with a cold arc.

"Grandfather, someone who can write such an article must be a person who has read a lot of poetry and books, and has a lot of knowledge. I wonder if he has a letter of recommendation?"

The so-called recommendation letter is the place of household registration of the student. The recommendation is written by the local elders. This is a very important basis for testing the character of the student. reflected in the letter of recommendation.

At that time, the student was going to be an official, and if he submitted an application and was favored, the next step was to read the student's recommendation letter and see the evaluation of the person by the local elders.

The article is good in knowledge, good in moral conduct and character, and then call the students to have a chat, look at the person's conversation, if he is not physically disabled or ugly, he will basically be recommended by the courtiers, and he will enter the road of official career from then on.

Jiang Taifu picked up a letter from the desk and handed it to Jiang Yuanxi, "This person is in his place of residence, and the local elders are full of praise for him, saying that he is filial, respectful, and sincere."

Seeing that his grandfather admired Meng Guangmao very much, Jiang Yuanxi smiled, "Grandfather, since this Meng student is so talented and has a brilliant pen, why don't you invite him to write another article on another day so that we can all read it?" Learn about it?"

Jiang Taifu smiled. He looked at his granddaughter's expression carefully. Wu Niang asked him to find Meng Guangmao to write another article for no reason.

Jiang Yuanxi looked back at her grandfather innocently, Jiang Taifu gave her a fixed look, and then smiled: "In this case, grandfather will let this Meng student come to the house to have a chat."

With Jiang Taifu's status, even if he asked this Meng student to write an article on the spot, he would still think highly of him, so when Meng Guangmao received the post from Jiang's servants, knowing that it was Jiang Taifu who wanted to see him, he looked overjoyed and looked down at himself. For some plain clothes, I went to rummage through the robes I brought from my hometown in my luggage, and I rummaged through these robes, but I couldn't find one that I was satisfied with.

He took out his purse from his bosom, poured out the pieces of silver inside, flipped through it a bit, Meng Guangmao frowned, "There's only five taels of silver left."

The money was saved by the family for him to come to the capital. He hitchhiked with a caravan on the way, rented an inn after arriving in the capital, and went out to socialize with other students. After all the expenses, 30 Two taels of silver, only five taels left.

He looked down at his baggage, his expression changed several times, and finally he gritted his teeth, "You can't be too rude to see Mrs. Jiang. Since Mrs. Jiang wants to see me, he just wants to recommend me. It is said that people rely on clothes, so I still have to buy some clothes." If you put on decent clothes, you will soon become a courtier, step into the road of official career, you will have silver and gold, I have had enough of living in this crappy place."

He looked at the cramped small room in front of him, turned around and walked out with his purse in his hands full of ambition.

"Student Meng Guangmao met the boss."

Meng Guangmao was led to the hall by the housekeeper Jiang Fusheng, and when he saw Taifu Jiang, although he was curious about the little lady standing next to Taifu Jiang, he did not dare to look directly at him too much, and greeted him politely.

Jiang Taifu carefully looked at Meng Guangmao's appearance, and saw that he was thin and the luxurious robes on his body did not bring nobility, but felt a sense of being out of place. Compared with demeanor.

Jiang Taifu had a little idea in his mind, and said softly: "Student Meng, get up."

When Meng Guangmao straightened up, Jiang Taifu didn't intend to introduce Jiang Yuanxi, he got up straight, and brought Meng Guangmao to the side hall, where there were already several masterpieces of calligraphy and painting.

Meng Guangmao glanced at the masterpieces of calligraphy and painting above, and he knew it in his heart. As expected, the next moment Taifu Jiang began to ask him his opinion on these masterpieces of calligraphy and painting.

Meng Guangmao pondered for a while, and racked his brains to make a comment. After a while, his back was already slightly wet.

During this period, he could clearly feel the little lady's gaze sizing him up, which made him a little annoyed and irritable. Several times he almost got stuck because of the little lady's gaze.

After listening to his comments, Jiang Taifu didn't show his face, and took him to the side of the book case, and said with a smile: "I read your article last time, and I only think it is the best among the articles I have read in recent years. I don't know. Can Mencius write another article so that I can read it carefully? An educated man like Mencius is just what the imperial court needs.”

Meng Guangmao's fingers twitched slightly, and his clothes were instantly soaked in cold sweat. Looking at Jiang Taifu's indifferent face, his heart trembled.

"Meng Xuezi is inconvenient?" Jiang Taifu asked.

Meng Guangmao twitched the corner of his mouth, "No inconvenience."

(End of this chapter)