marquis of jingan

Chapter 1043 We Are Alike

The 29th of the twelfth lunar month.

There is only one day left until New Year's Eve.

This morning, Concubine Hui took the eldest son of the emperor out of the palace together, and went back to her natal family to visit her relatives.

Her "grandfather" Lu Zheng had been promoted from Dali Temple Minister to Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. Although the grandfather and grandson were not very familiar with each other, they still had to go through the process that should be followed, and borrowed the momentum that should be borrowed.

After staying in Lu Shangshu's residence for a whole morning, in the afternoon, Concubine Hui changed her clothes and went to Dayifang to visit another grandfather.

At this moment, there were no students in the Dayifang private school, only the old man was there, and the concubine Hui went in to see him for a while, and then sent someone to Jiang Dubo's mansion to inform Shen Yi.

At this time, Shen Yi was still taking a nap. After receiving Jiang Sheng's report, he hesitated for a moment, changed into plain clothes, and left the house on foot.

At this moment, after several days of heavy snowfall, it finally stopped.

Because of the cold weather, the snow on the road that was too late to clear up was re-frozen after a little thawing, and it would make a creaking sound when you stepped on it.

Master Shen walked on the street, wandered around for a few times, and then arrived at Dayifang. After knocking on the door of the private school, a young man who looked about sixteen or seventeen soon opened the door.

The young man's face is pale and beardless, although he looks very normal, with Adam's apple and the like, but Master Shen can still tell at a glance that this is a little eunuch.

After all, he has been in contact with eunuchs a lot over the years, and he can almost see the characteristics of eunuchs at a glance.

Subconsciously bent over slightly, the word "Caution" was everywhere on his body.

After the young man looked up at Shen Yi, he lowered his head and asked, "Is it Shen Yi, Master Shen?"

Shen Yi looked behind him, but did not see Concubine Hui. After slightly frowning, he said, "I am Shen Yi."

The young man lowered his head and said: "My wife is waiting for Master Shen in the private room of the restaurant across the street."

Shen Yi glanced at him, ignored him, but strode into the private school, and said, "I came today to visit Master Gu, not to see some empress."

"Where is your mother, I don't want to know."

Shen Yi's attitude is very simple, he will not, and it is impossible to meet the concubine alone in private.

After all, at this time, without all kinds of advanced equipment, he could only speak with one mouth. If Shen Yi really had a private meeting with Concubine Hui, he would not be able to explain clearly.

Even if this kind of meeting might be the emperor's acquiescence, or even the emperor's idea, it is impossible for Shen Yi to meet.

He strode into the private school.

The attitude is simple and clear.

If Gu Hengbo really wants to see him, let her return to the private school.

After Shen Yi entered the private school, he found Old Man Gu who was busy writing something.Shen Yi walked over, moved a chair by himself, sat next to the old man, looked at him curiously, and asked, "What is Master Gu writing?"

The old man looked up at Shen Yi, then turned his eyes to the paper again, and said, "This morning, Zhao Zhi came to look for me."

Shen Yi thought for a while, then said with a smile: "Could it be that you are asking Mr. to go out of the mountain and teach at the Jiankang Ganquan Academy that will be built soon?"

Old man Gu nodded silently. He kept his hands on and said while writing: "Zhao Zhi said that Jiankang's Ganquan Academy will be established after the spring. Let me go there and teach postgraduate students to study."

"He spoke very loudly, saying that he could restore the old man's fame back then."

Speaking of this, the corner of the old man's mouth twitched, and the brush in his hand stopped, with a complicated look on his face: "The fame, for me more than 30 years ago, may still be useful. Now, the loess has been buried up to the neck, and I still need the fame to do it." very?"

Shen Yi was thoughtful: "Master Gu refused?"

"Refused."

The old man sighed and said, "I don't want to think about anything else for the rest of my life. It's a good deed to enlighten a few more children here."

"However, Zhao Zhi is quite a kind person, and he has helped the old man a lot these years. Although the old man is not going to teach in his business, he can't be ungrateful."

"The old man is going to spend some time to sort out the experience of the exam and the method of reading, write it into a booklet, and give it to Zhao Zhi, so that he can teach the students according to the method."

Hearing what he said, Shen Yi couldn't help but said in a dumb voice: "Master Gu, that's Jiangdu Ganquan Academy, a branch in Jiankang, it's a serious academy, it's not a business."

"It's a business."

Old man Gu curled his lips and said: "You people from Ganquan Academy put all your heart and soul into running a school in Jiankang. In the future, you will train Jinshi, and you will be under the disciples of you. I will build your reputation in the court for you. When these people become big Officer, come back to strengthen the academy again."

"What is this if it's not a business?"

Shen Yi was left speechless by what he said, and after a while, he shook his head helplessly and said: "Mr. Gu's words are too harsh. My father-in-law is an honest man. He devotes himself to studying and has no intention of fame and fortune. What he wants is nothing more than to make the academy stronger." .”

"Lu Jizhong, the old man knows."

Old man Gu continued to bury his head in writing, and said in a muffled voice: "He is still a serious scholar, but Lu Jizhong is so open-minded, maybe it's because he has no son and has lost his incense."

Master Shen frowned slightly: "Master Gu, criticizing others with speculation behind their backs is not what a gentleman would do."

Old man Gu didn't like this, and replied without thinking: "When did the old man say that he is a gentleman?"

Shen Yi shook his head, and was about to speak, when the little eunuch who was talking to him just now stood at the door again, bowed his head to Shen Yi and said, "Master Shen, Your Majesty is waiting for you in the main hall of the front yard."

Hearing this, Shen Yi stood up, looked at Old Man Gu who was seriously sorting out his experience, and sighed slightly in his heart.

Why didn't he understand that the little old man who had been in trouble for more than 30 years suddenly started to work hard and started writing a book.

Of course it wasn't, or it wasn't all because of Uncle Zhao's face.

I'm afraid it's more because of Shen Yi, because of that Concubine Hui.

It's just that old man Gu has a thin skin, so he's too embarrassed to say it directly.

"Master Gu, write it first, I'll go ahead and have a look."

The brush in the old man's hand trembled, but he didn't speak.

Shen Yi walked out with his hands behind his back, and it didn't take long before he came to the main hall.

Mr. Gu's private school is actually a rented private house, with a front yard and a backyard, but neither the front yard nor the backyard is particularly large, especially in the main hall, where there can't be a few chairs, which seems petty.

Shen Yi walked to the entrance of the main hall, but didn't go in. He just glanced at the woman sitting in the main hall, lowered his head slightly and cupped his hands and said, "Shen Yi has seen your mother."

Concubine Hui in the main hall looked at Shen Yi who was standing at the door not going to come in, and sighed quietly: "It's really not easy to meet Lord Shen."

Shen Yi said calmly: "It couldn't be easier to see the minister, as long as His Majesty gives an oral order, the minister will be there at any time."

Concubine Hui sighed slightly, then looked up at Shen Yi, and spoke softly.

"In the future, Jiankang's Ganquan Academy will be completed, and the eldest son of the emperor will study in this academy."

"As for the future, whether you want to accept him as a student or not depends on Sir Shen himself."

Shen Yi's eyelids twitched.

He didn't know if this was what Gu Hengbo himself meant, or what the emperor meant.

But after thinking about it for a while, he still raised his head to look at Concubine Hui, and said slowly: "For the sake of old acquaintance, I remind you."

Gu Hengbo slightly raised his eyebrows.

"My lord, please tell me."

Shen Yi said softly: "The Sun family has already had two generations of empresses, and the current empress is very young, and she is already pregnant."

"At this time, it's best for the empress to be more peaceful, not to fight is the best fight."

"At this time, if you are too competitive, I'm afraid you will bring your own disaster."

Gu Hengbo picked up the tea on the table, took a sip, and put it back to the original place: "I have been in the world for a few years, and I know the truth of what Lord Shen said, but Lord Shen didn't go After passing the harem, I don’t know some truths about the harem.”

Shen Yi was thoughtful: "Your Majesty, enlighten me."

"I'm a weak woman. Although I entered the palace under the name of the Lu family, my foundation is shallow. How does Lord Shen know that I don't want to keep my own place?"

Hearing her words, Shen Yi's heart skipped a beat.

Some doubts that he couldn't figure out before suddenly became clear in an instant.

Yes!

Gu Hengbo is by no means an idiot, she hardly has any foundation in the court, and after entering the palace, she should have kept her own law and be cautious.

How dare you suddenly start a ring fight with the queen?

She doesn't have the courage.

So behind this... most likely someone instigated it, or simply instructed it.

Who this person is is self-evident.

A thought exploded in Shen Yi's mind.

It seems that His Majesty the emperor is not only doing balance in the outer court, but also doing this in the harem...!

In the final analysis, it is still the follow-up of two generations of empresses, with luxuriant roots and leaves, which makes the emperor feel uncomfortable!

Gu Hengbo looked at Shen Yi, and said softly: "Master Shen, no matter what the cause is, the matter has come to this point, it is a very good opportunity for you and me."

Concubine Hui looked at Shen Yi with a soft voice.

"Rather, the two of us are very similar."

"To this day, whether it's me in the palace or you on the battlefield..."

"There is no way out."