The place where they gathered was in Chen Xinggui's Nanyuan. Chen Yiyu presided over a poetry meeting in Nanyuan. As a famous person before the Lin Yanchao Mansion Examination, Lin Yanchao, Huang Biyou, Weng Zhengchun and others all came.

Chen Yiyu, Chen Zhenlong, and Chen Xinggui knew that when Lin Yanchao was coming to the mansion, they went out to greet the mansion early.

After Xu Zhenming was dismissed, Chen Zhenlong left Beijing and turned to Susong to promote sweet potatoes in Zhejiang. He knew that Lin Yanchao had only arrived from Zhejiang in the past few days after returning home.

As for Chen Xinggui's business in Suzhou in recent years, he also heard that Lin Yanchao was anxious to return from Suzhou after returning home.

Chen Yiyu still failed to get the exam again and again. However, with the support of Chen Zhenlong and Chen Xinggui, he has never been short of money to spend. Not only does he have such a big garden, he also raises beautiful maids in opera troupes, wears and eats fresh clothes and carts on weekdays, and lives a very comfortable life.

Now the wealth of the Chen family is all about Lin Yanchao. Now that Lin Yanchao is back home, the Chen family naturally helps him arrange the situation before and after. The situation should not be left behind. It must be done...

Lin Yanchao also knew that the Chen family had good intentions, so he did not refuse.

When he arrived in Nanyuan, Lin Yanchao not only met the three Chen family members, but also saw that one of his old friends was Huang Biyou who had made a name for him and Yu Qingzhou back then.

Seeing the other party Lin Yanchao smile, he remembered a lot, such as when he was studying together in the academy, the two competed in the same field during the county examination, and lived in the temple together to have the greatest dream. Later, he studied at his own home, and later they joined the Wenlin Club together, and then they returned home by themselves. At that time, they had no words to talk about, but the friendship between them was still there in the past.

When he saw Huang Biyou's side, these memories suddenly became vivid. But seeing that he was no longer the same as when he was young, his face was a little grayish-yellow, his back was a little hunched, and his forehead was wrinkles.

Huang Biyou's face was a little excited when he saw him. The joy of meeting again after a long time ago flashed across his face, and then he looked at Chen Xinggui, Chen Zhenlong, Chen Yiyu and the others respectfully stood behind Lin Yanchao at this moment.

Huang Biyou held his expression and bent down and bowed, "I have met Master Jun."

Lin Yanchao felt sad, then shook his head and said, "Why are you doing this with me?"

Huang Biyou quickly explained: "In the past, I didn't know the ranks and heights, but now I dare to be like I did before, so I'm too ignorant of the measure."

Chen Xinggui smiled and said, "Hey, Brother Huang, you were not like this at the beginning. The last time the master of the Ministry returned to his hometown, you said that no matter how Zong Hai became prosperous, he was still an old friend of us. It turns out that he would not mind how he thought of it."

Huang Biyou said embarrassedly: "Don't mention it, don't mention it. Aren't you? I heard that you are also doing something for the master of the Ministry."

After hearing Huang Biyou's words, everyone laughed, at least Chen Xinggui still dared to tease him.

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "Xinggui has helped me before, but now he is not helping me anymore. How are you doing recently? Come and sit down and say, we are still as usual, and this is not polite."

Huang Biyou sat down slowly and said, "Reporting to the master of the Ministry, in fact, after I entered school, I thought I had relaxed my studies in order to get married. I went to Zhangtai with this brother Chen and his friends. I spent a lot of money and had no intention of reading books. I failed several provincial examinations."

Lin Yanchao looked at Chen Xinggui and shook his head. Chen Xinggui was born in business, and his path to fame was just an unavailable path for him. But for Huang Biyou, getting fame was the only opportunity to change his class, but he saw that Chen Xinggui was very casual in going to brothels and thought that he could do it, so he learned how to do it. When he went to brothels, you also followed him to brothels.

In the end, he failed the exam, and you didn't, but he still had a way out, but you had already cut off your future.

"Later, I saw Brother Ye and Brother Chen in our Wenlin Club all received the village school, so I went to the club less because of my face. Unexpectedly, after failing the provincial examination, I lived a hard life in the county school and was not appreciated by the great masters and had no chance to be a student. I was not a student of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the

Speaking of this, Huang Biyou became silent.

Lin Yanchao also lamented that the Wenlin Club is like Ye Xianggao, and Chen Yinglong is a minority, and most of them are trapped in a certain place like Huang Bijie.

The origin of a student, a juren, and a jinshi are a huge gap. The system of "everything is inferior, but the study is high" makes the class so obvious that people without fame seem so desperate.

For Huang Biyou and Lin Yanchao, the one who made each other feel the most disparity in their hearts was that everyone was on the same starting line, but more than ten years later, the gap between the two sides was already cloudy.

Faced with this, even Lin Yanchao didn't know how to get along with Huang Biyou. Although youth friendship is very important and friends of poor and humbleness should not be forgotten, Lin Yanchao didn't know how to treat Huang Biyou.

Huang Biyou is not Chen Xinggui. With the increasing disparity in status, he can always adjust his attitude towards himself well, without losing his sincerity and without making people feel snobbish.

Lin Yanchao stood up, and then he had a case for the same case for the court examination, a case for the government examination, and a case for the county examination.

Indeed, they were the same year as their Jinshi and the same year as their Juren. Most of the same cases in Miscellaneous Pass were as unsatisfactory as Huang Biyou.

Looking at the familiar and unfamiliar faces, Lin Yanchao didn't know what to say for a moment. Lin Yanchao later realized that in order to get these people to come, Chen Xinggui was very generous in his actions. As long as he was willing to come, he would have a fee of three taels of silver for carriages. After arriving in Nanyuan, he would have a gift of two taels of silver.

So it’s unknown whether many people come to see themselves because of this.

After they arrived, everyone went to the banquet and each sat in the seat to drink. Lin Yanchao drank several cups, but didn't say much.

There were two people sitting and chatting next to his seat.

A man chanted for a long time: "The wind blows and the clouds fly, and the power is spreading to the sea and return to his hometown. How can a strong man guard the four directions!"

Another smiled and said, "This is when Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, returned to his hometown in Pei County after pacifying Yingbu, and invited the villagers to celebrate the emperors. During the banquet, Liu Bang beat the building and sang a song of wind. What did you think Liu Bang was feeling at that time?"

The other party replied: "I'm afraid it's too cold to the heights."

Another nodded and said, "Although I dare not compare with Liu Bang, I guess his mood is similar. Emperor Gaozu of Han was born in a rampant family, and people often laughed at him as much as Xiang Yu. But reading this song of the wind shows that Liu Bang is a true hero."

The two of them asked and answered each other. Although the voice was not loud, Lin Yanchao was just hearing it. Lin Yanchao knew that they were flattering him and compared him to Liu Bang. However, the current situation was quite similar to Liu Bang when he sang a big wind song in his hometown in Pei County.

Nearly a hundred people sat around the banquet hall, and several classmates in the center sang poems loudly, and the poems were full of fame and glory and return home in glory. Everyone on the side was excited and applauded from time to time.

Lin Yanchao didn't know how true or false this was, but in such praises, people were like being in the warm wind in March, blowing people into drunkenness.

Lin Yanchao glanced at the wine glass in his hand. It was really a drunken person without any alcohol.

While singing a poem, Chen Jichuan walked over and said a few words in Lin Yanchao's ear.

When Lin Yanchao heard this, he immediately left the banquet hall under the name of changing clothes.

Under Chen Xinggui's guidance, Lin Yanchao walked in a hurry. After turning a few corner gates, Lin Yanchao saw an old friend. He immediately called to his back: "Brother Kesheng!"

When the other party heard Lin Yanchao calling his name, he shook his vest and stopped.

"Brother Kesheng, you...you are still here." Lin Yanchao caught up with the other party and said sincerely.

A middle-aged man with gray hair smiled, saluted Lin Yanchao and said with a smile: "Brother Zonghai, don't be fine."

Lin Yanchao sighed as he looked at Weng Zhengchun's gray hair.

"I was really worried when I invited you at Dejulou and didn't go there, for fear that you wouldn't recognize me as a friend."

Weng Zhengchun looked at Lin Yanchao and smiled bitterly, "I dare not take it. With the current status of Master Gong, I have already made it a high point to invite Weng to the banquet."

"Actually, after the last time I pushed it, Weng felt very sorry. After thinking about it, I finally took a look today. Unfortunately, I was delayed too late, otherwise I could have arrived first from my hometown in Hongtang early in the morning."

Lin Yanchao would not ask why the other party didn't hire a car. He heard from his classmates that Weng Zhengchun went to Beijing for exams many times and was not good at managing his family, so he was quite poor.

"Brother Kesheng, thank you. After so many years, I still think about our friendship."

Weng Zhengchun smiled and said, "Actually, I know I'm a little embarrassed today, but I thought I haven't seen you for so many years, so I have to meet you. After the exam that year, I served as a professor of Yanping Prefecture and later transferred to Longxi teaching. I have seen a lot of worldly affairs. Otherwise, I would be a little embarrassed to stand in front of you today."

Weng Zhengchun said this and there was some remembrance: "I still remember when we were in Hongtang, I asked me how many books I could take the county and government exams, but I still felt that you were too proud. I was from a scholarly family, and you were just a commoner at that time. Now I think I really am a short-lived person. Among my classmates, you are the most talented person I have ever met."

Lin Yanchao said: "What else do you say about this? So what if you say I am talented? You were the first in the college entrance examination back then, and I was the second in the second!"

Speaking of the college entrance examination that year, Weng Zhengchun was a little moved and said, "Yes, you still remember."

"I don't know, I remember that I was so impressed when I read your article. I always felt that I would never be able to write such an article in my life."

Weng Zhengchun said happily and sadly: "Yes, I beat you that time. But it was far behind, otherwise I wouldn't have missed it many times, and in the end I almost lost all my wealth."

After hearing Weng Zhengchun's words, Lin Yanchao immediately said, "Brother Kesheng, listen to my words. Since ancient times, those who have overcome others will first defeat themselves."

Weng Zhengchun was a little moved after hearing Lin Yanchao's words.

ps: New Year and new atmosphere, I wish you all a happy new year!.m.
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