In just two quarters of an hour, Chen and Chen Jue came back.
Although both of them knew that Shen Rui and Chen Yan wanted to talk about "serious things", they did not like this feeling of being abandoned. In addition, the two brothers had a good relationship, so they only stayed in the teahouse. These two little brothers I was a little worried.
In the private room, Shen Rui had already asked Dr. Tea to change to a new tea.
His mouth was slightly bitter, and his expression became more and more dull.
Some people are destined to be unable to intersect because of their positions.
Whether for the Shangshu Mansion or for the current complacent Chen Yan and Brother Chen, old things are all hidden pains and should not be taken out again.
Chen Yan just mentioned that Shen Zida knew that he did not mention the "returning to the clan" after the detailed past. It was not because he felt guilty and repentance to the second wife for his ancestors, but because everyone was ashamed of the people, there was a "vicious wife" "It is not a glorious thing to have great grandmother and grandfather with the "bad son".
Before, they were young men from poor families, and they wanted to return to their hometown because the Shen family was a scholarly family. After returning to their hometown, they had the status and the protection of the clan. Now they are scholars who have a great future, but they are sinners who reveal the past, and are easy to be a person. They are certainly not happy to be criticized, but they are still questioned about their bloodlines.
After all, everyone has selfish intentions, and most of the relevant choices are for the sake of benefits and benefits.
Chen followed Chen Jue in and looked at his brother first. Seeing that he looked calm and had no strange expression, he felt relieved. This should be okay? The two brothers' fame should be able to be preserved, right?
Chen Jue sat directly on Shen Rui's head and said with a little excitement: "Second brother, brother of the sixth clan has released a new book..." While saying that, he pushed the book with the ink fragrance in his hand down to Shen Rui.
Shen Rui was a little surprised. Nowadays, scholars publish books are not a trivial matter. They usually send them to relatives and friends for corrections. As for royalties, how can this gentleman talk about money?
Chen Li was the top scholar in the third year of Hongzhi. It is different from ordinary scholars. If you want to publish a new book, it should be considered a big deal and attracts attention from all over the world.
I haven't heard anything like this before, but now I'm buying Shenli's new book directly in the market?
Shen Rui took it and read it. He looked at it. He smiled and said, "How come this is a new book? It's just some of the manuscripts of Shiwen that the sixth clan brothers leaked in their early years, and the others were made up for the numbers..."
Chen Jue said annoyedly: "Will that bookstore be lying? There are many new collections of top scholars in his place, including not only brothers from the Sixth Clan, Mr. Xie, Mr. Wang, Mr. Mao, and several top scholars with familiar names. If you are all included, are they all fake?"
Shen Rui said: "What's so strange about this? This book cannot be said to be fake. There are indeed articles from top scholars in it. Most of them are Juren who went to Beijing to take the exam. Among them, there are Juren who are looking up to the top scholar, so they have to buy two books to learn and ponder. Strangely, next year, the new juren will not arrive in Beijing one after another at the end of the year, so why will this book start selling this year?”
Chen Jue said: "Is it true that the new juren admire the top scholar? Isn't there still a new scholar? New books under the banner of these top scholars, not to mention in the capital, they are very popular even in the local area."
Chen just followed Chen Jue to the bookstore and bought two collections of top scholars, one signed by "Mr. Longshan" and the other "Songxishan people". After hearing Shen Rui's words, he began to stare at the new book in his hand, and arises in his heart. The anger of being fooled. He was among the scholars who admired the top scholar and was fooled like a fool.
Chen Yan's eyes flashed, and he took out a book from it, which was the one signed by "Songxi Mountain People". From the top to bottom from the catalog, he saw that there were several familiar topics in the middle.
When he flipped inside, he looked at the familiar words and Chen Yan smiled bitterly.
He was so quiet that he said in confusion: "Brother, what's wrong? Did the elder brother also be fooled and bought this book
Chen Yan shook his head and said, "If I just bought books, I wouldn't have to make things difficult for me... In March, Mr. Zhou introduced me to a bookseller, and said that someone was looking for someone to write for me. I took on this job and did five in total. The article was published, but the results were all in Shen Zhuangyuan’s collection of articles.”
After hearing this, I couldn't help but be stunned.
He took the new book in his hand and read the article Chen Yan pointed to just now. The article is quiet and seems to be passed down from previous articles, but he can't help but think about it carefully. It really doesn't look like the top scholar's work; but if Chen Yan doesn't mention it, he I didn't realize that this was done by Chen Yan. It was obviously because he wanted to write with others. Chen Yan thought he had obtained a model essay and also concealed his writing style.
Shen Rui and Chen Jue also looked at Chen together.
Such a coincidence? The "fake" of Shen Shu was written by Chen Yan?
Chen Yan obviously thought of this and his eyebrows frowned. Although he was unintentional, if the people of the Shen family in Beijing knew about it, would he believe that he was unintentional?
He is guilty if he is not a thief, and he is talking about his current situation.
He glanced at Chen Jue, and indeed Chen Jue looked at him with suspicion. He sighed in his heart and looked at Shen Rui again, and saw that he was in deep thought, but he looked at him without any disgust and questioning. .
Chen Yan was worried that he was involved in such a muddy water, and he was staring at the book under the banner of Shenli, and Shen Rui thought more about it.
Chen Li and Mao Zhuangsheng are not rookies in the officialdom, but their grades are not high; but Xie Qian and Wang Hua are different.
The business in Beijing is backed by nobles. Those who can play signs and sell books without any restraint by playing a few court officials from the top scorer are definitely not ordinary people.
However, when the intermediary came to Chen Yan, it was a bit confusing. Shen Rui didn't believe it if it was done unintentionally. There was no such coincidence. Several articles written by Chen Yan were all under Shen Li's name.
If you do this on purpose, it will probably be caused by Chen Yan's official career. Judging from his official career, his father, ancestor, and three generations are all the same as the names of the three generations above Chen Li. Those who don't know the inside story will only be considered as These two people are relatives of the clan. Even if they inquired about it, they learned that the Chen Yan brothers had no contact with the Zhuangyuan Mansion, and most of them regarded their clan as not close to each other.
Since this new book is published in a series, the identity of the "gunman" who belongs to other top scholars' names and articles was mostly specially found, either from the same hometown or from a relative. In this way, some of these top scholars really want to pursue "fake books" What happened is that the person who pushed the jar was either a tribe or a neighbor.
It’s not right to worry about it at that time, nor is it not right to worry about it, and most of them can only be laughed at. Otherwise, it would be as if the top scholar was not ignorant of his old feelings and ignored his neighbors and his tribe members, which would easily arouse the resentment of Shilin.
I have to say that the planners of this group of new book really grasped the minds of scholars.
As for Chen Yan, a little shrimp, if it is mixed into such right and wrong, it is really hard to determine the good and bad fortune.
The capital city is not just wealth and glory, but also countless whirlpools.
Chen Jue couldn't help but ask Chen Yan: "How much money does Mr. Chen collect for those five articles?"
Chen Yan's face became more and more bitter: "A piece of silver is four taels of silver, a total of twenty taels of silver."
Chen Jue showed surprise on his face. There were not many. Didn’t the other party make a special trip to Chen Yan to write for him? It was just a coincidence?
Shen Rui was not surprised at this price. Chen Yan was already a juren, and the other party couldn't speak out too much; he gave too much silver, and with Chen Yan's cautious and considerate nature, he would definitely not dare to accept it.
Seeing everyone off topic in a serious manner, Chen Yan looked very ugly, and he also raised his heart and said with concern: "My elder brother was deceived and didn't know. Is this a matter of responsibility?"
He looked at Shen Rui and asked.
Although he still doesn't like Shen Rui, I have to say that when something happens, Shen Rui's calm appearance can really make people feel trustworthy.
Shen Rui nodded and said, "It's a bit too much, but it's not too much, unless it's really a mess to the court."
Just one sentence makes my deep heart lift and let go, let go and lift up.
Chen "Teng" stood up and gritted his teeth at Chen Yan, "The person surnamed Zhou was a good person, but he didn't expect that he would dare to harm his brother like this. Let's settle the score with him now."
Originally, their official ranks were inappropriate. It would be fine if they did not attract attention. If they really wanted to attract attention, they would be revealed and talked about this. Even if they were not for this, the two brothers were in Beijing, and their foundation was shallow and they could not stand it. Officials.
Chen Yan was also anxious and was anxious to go back to find Zhou Xiucai for a few questions, then stood up and said, "Hengyun, Chen Jue, I am confused. I will go back and inquire about this with my younger brother first. I will invite two of you if I have time another day. Have tea.”
Shen Rui stood up and said, "Mr. Chen, please give me a gift."
Although Chen Jue was reluctant, he still stood up with Shen Rui honestly and bowed, "Send Mr. Chen"
Chen Yan hurriedly took Chen Jue, but Chen Jue threw the "fake book" aside and pulled Shen Rui to refuse to leave: "Second brother, tell me quickly, I've just said something to Chen Yan. ?”
Shen Rui chuckled and said, "What can I do? I just ask him what I want from the Shangshu Mansion, so what can I do to exchange it. He has fought against Mi's grudges, and the two families have had their early grudges, so if they don't suppress their brothers here, they will still be the same. It’s generous, and it’s not enough to take advantage of a word if you want to take a word.”
Chen Jue heard this and said with a little excitement: "It should be like this, but Chen Yan is poor enough. He is already a juren. He is still a gunman for others. What can he take out?"
Shen Rui raised his eyebrows and said, "Brother Jue can't guess, I can't guess..."
Chen Jue touched his chin, his eyes rolled around for a while, and said, "No matter what you use, Chen Yan must let him bleed so that he knows that it hurts. He will not dare to lean towards the Shangshu Mansion again in the future. It's not a word. It’s boring to make promises and other things... They can save them from crossing the river and destroying the bridge, which makes it boring..."
Shen Rui nodded and said, "Okay. Maybe there is really something in Chen Yan's hand,..."
Because of the Shen theory of "fake books", Wang Hua and Mao Cheng were all acquaintances. Before Shen Rui and Chen Jue left the teahouse, they sent Changshou and Xiaoliu to buy a few books and came back.
Perhaps there are many people who can see the pros and cons of the article, but there are also some people who really regard "Li Gui" as "Li Kui". At that time, the reputation will be affected by the top scholars.
Although he didn't know that the top scholars had not received any news, Shen Rui knew it immediately, so he naturally wanted to inform him.
However, before sending the book, Shen Rui first mentioned this matter to Chen Cang.
After listening to the "strangeness" of Chen Li's collection of top scholars and Shen Rui's guess, Chen Cang looked at the new book with disgust, picked up the collection of articles signed by Xie Ge Lao, and picked it from behind. An article looked like this, but I was surprised to read it: "This style of writing is indeed different from Xie Xiang, but it is a traditional and central atmosphere. Although it is a bit green, it is really said that it is Xie Xiang's old work in his early years, and most people still I can’t tell you. As long as you don’t give up the exam halfway, you will always be on the top. Such a talent can be as pity as a writer for others.”
Before Shen Cang got the yamen, Shen Rui also read a few collections of articles. As Chen Cang commented, the book of Xie Ge Lao really felt that it was indistinguishable from the true or false. The final reason was that the other three top scholars were the ones who were the other three top scholars. The style of writing is relatively unique, and the articles behind it only imitate the form and spirit but not the same; Xie Qian's articles are more grand and straight, and the difference between the artistic conception behind and the previous one is not very big.
"I really put my mind into it. I am sure that the top scholars will not care about this matter?" Chen Cang thought of this and was a little puzzled: "It's just that even if the nobles act, they should have some taboos; If you really have reached a position where you don’t need to avoid it, how could you care about these money and figure out a set of fake books to make a profit..."
Ming Shifang, Zhou's house.
Chen Yan looked at the teacup in front of him, and his expression was not angry, nor did he look like he was "committing to the door". However, the new book in front of him and his solemn expression showed his dissatisfaction with the matter everywhere.
Zhou Xiucai was happy and did not see the uneasy and guilt that was revealed. Instead, he said cheerfully: "Even if Brother Chen doesn't come today, I will talk to Brother Chen about this matter in a few days. I can't say that I can still defeat Chen Xian. I recommend it to the nobleman’s jar…”