"I thought Liuzhou City was full of ignorant and stubborn people, but I didn't expect that today I met a talented person." The young man in white suddenly had a smile on his face. He changed his cold look just now and smiled towards the two pragmatic people.
He came over and said, "I wonder what I call this brother?"
Gao pragmatic still remembered the word "Cen family" just now, and he wanted to look at it from a distance, but someone came to the door, so he had to stand up and cup his hands and said: "Brother, you're welcome, the young man's surname is Zhang, his name is true, and his name is true."
The young man in white heard this and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, is it possible that you believe in Buddhism?"
Gao Pragmatic was slightly startled, and suddenly understood the meaning of his words, and said with a smile: "Brother is knowledgeable, but my father has never told me the origin of this name, so I don't dare to lie."
It turns out that Mr. Baiyi misunderstood the name and the word Gao Pragmatic fabricated and thought it came from the "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra": "Buddhas of the three generations, based on Prajnaparamita, obtained Ayutarasamyaksambodhi. Therefore, we know Prajnaparamita."
, it is a great divine mantra, a great bright mantra, a supreme mantra, a mantra without equal. It can eliminate all suffering and is true and true."
The young master in white is naturally the young master Cen Qi who just left Longtan Town. Hearing Gao Pingshi praise his erudition, he must have understood what he meant. He couldn't help but glance at Gao again and thought to himself: This man speaks
He has a northern accent, so he must not be from Guangxi, but I don't know why he came to Guangxi. Judging from his appearance, he seems to be a student, so I might as well test him to see if he has any talent or knowledge. If he has some talent, that's fine.
I'm trying to win over one or two. Anyway, my family still has two filial piety quotas on hand. If he is a useful person, I can grant him one, and he will definitely be able to work for me.
There were many chieftains in Guangxi at this time, but the academic style was not strong. In order to appease and win over, the imperial court secretly gave one or two quotas to each major chieftain. This was a common thing. The Cen family was the largest chieftain in Guangxi, so it was not unusual to have two quotas. As for the
In the eyes of Mr. Cen Qi, whether Gao Jingshi is originally from Guangxi is a trivial issue. He has many ways to solve it, so it is really not worth mentioning.
"Brother, I feel comfortable listening to the rain by the window, but in this lobby, it is inevitable that there will be too many people talking, which will only disturb the elegant mood." Master Cen Qi said with a smile: "Why don't you go downstairs to the private room upstairs to enjoy the cool breeze?
Let's have a nice chat with some clear songs and wine, what do you think, brother?"
Gao Pingshi secretly sighed: I just want to hide from the rain and have a meal, and this guy relies on me. Anyway, at least he doesn't look annoying. Let's see if we can get some information about the relationship between Guangxi toasts from him.
The secret information may be somewhat helpful to me during my one-year tour of Guangxi.
"Since my brother is so kind to me, how dare I refuse? I wonder if my brother can tell me his name?"
Mr. Cen Qi smiled and said, "I dare not say that I am respectful. My surname is Cen and my given name is Ling. I don't have a name yet. Because my family is a Qi, I am often called Cen Qi."
Gao pragmatically said: He is indeed from the Cen family, but I don't know which branch of the Cen family he is from.
There was a look of surprise on his face: "Although I have only been in Guangxi for half a month, I have also heard the saying that 'Thinking of Tian Yang and Cen Huang of Guangdong and Guangxi'. Could it be that Mr. Cen is the Cen family of Guangxi? It's really disrespectful."
Master Cen Qi smiled and said: "It's just the shadow of our ancestors, not worth mentioning. Come, Master Zhang invites you."
"I don't dare. Master Cen Qi invites you."
This Cen Qi Gongzi ignored Cao Ke from beginning to end. Cao Ke didn't know whether to follow him or not, and he couldn't help but hesitate.
Fortunately, Gao Pragmatic did not forget his presence. He turned around and said, "Just wait for me here and pay for the groceries."
As soon as Cao Ke agreed, Master Cen Qi said with a smile: "Since I am destined to Master Zhang, I still have to treat you to a meal. Cen Zhuang, go and tell the shopkeeper that this table will be charged to my account."
Behind him, a twenty-six or seven-year-old young man immediately stepped forward to take orders and go talk to the store owner.
Master Cen Qi invited him again, and Gao pragmatic had no choice but to follow him upstairs.
The two sat down in the private room upstairs. Master Cen Qi did not order anyone to close the door, but two of his subordinates stood at the door like door gods.
"Master Zhang's accent sounds like he's from the north, but I don't know how he came to this remote place in Guangxi?"
Gao pragmatically presented a story he had made up before, saying that his family was originally quite prosperous, but he did not want to be unlucky. His hometown had been hit by disasters for many years, and seeing that all his ancestral property was about to be lost, he simply handed it over to relatives from the sidelines to take care of it.
, I went south to Guangxi to join an uncle. That uncle was the same age as my father in the past. Now he is an official in Guangxi. He took good care of me when he was a child, so he must be able to come and do something.
Cen Qi Gongzi asked who that person was. Unexpectedly, Gao Pragmatic looked sad and said that the person saw that his family was in decline and didn't want to pay attention to him at all. He had to think of a way to see if he could get a tutor somewhere.
While making a living, he continues to study hard, and he must win the prize of filial piety and integrity in order to restore his family business and family status.
Young Master Cen felt angry when he heard this, and said displeasedly: "This man deserves to be called uncle by Brother Zhang, but he is so snobbish, which is really despicable. Young Master Zhang, please tell me his name and official position."
Listen, within a month, I will make him look good."
Gao Pinggong said sincerely: Guangxi's Cen family is really powerful. This Cen Qi didn't even know who I was referring to, yet he dared to boast about Haikou and said he wanted to make people look good. This shows that he usually doesn't take Guangxi officials seriously at all.
In fact, this is a bit unfair. Although the Cen family has deep roots, it does not regard the entire Guangxi officialdom as nothing. However, since the uncle mentioned in Gao Wushi's words is so snobbish, he is obviously not a big shot.
Otherwise, how could he be so shameless? Since he is not a big shot, Master Cen Qi will naturally not take it seriously.
But Gao Pragmatic naturally couldn't name a character who met the requirements, so he had to say: "Although he is ruthless, I can't be unrighteous, so I won't mention this name. Since a man is underestimated, he might as well devote himself to learning from others."
, if he succeeds in taking the exam in the future, his face will naturally be disgraced."
Cen Qi Gongzi praised: "Well, since Brother Zhang has this ambition, Cen will have nothing to do." He took a look at the food and wine that had just been served, poured the wine for Gao Yongshi himself, then raised his glass and said: "Here's to you.
Chi.”
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Gao Pragmatic didn't even dare to say it, but he still took the initiative to raise his glass and drank it all. Mr. Cen Qi also picked up the wine glass and drank the wine in the small wine glass.
He drank it all in one gulp, but although he behaved handsomely and boldly, he didn't seem to be a good drinker. After one drink, his face turned slightly red. Fortunately, this man was handsome, so it added a bit of charm.
Gao Qingshi was amused. Since you have a limited capacity to drink, why bother pretending to be so arrogant? I am just a warrior in the alcohol test. In terms of drinking capacity, I can knock down ten of you!
However, Gao Qingshi's wine was very good, and the other party was not good at drinking, so he tried not to take the initiative to toast, and the two of them casually talked about some academic matters.
Although the highly pragmatic and dignified Sixth No. 1 Scholar was blessed with the reputation of being very good at taking exams and could not be said to be truly unparalleled, in front of this chieftain who didn’t even need to take exams, how could his talents and knowledge be average? After talking casually for a while,
This made Master Cen Qi extremely shocked and said in surprise: "People say that the literary style in the south of the Yangtze River is at its peak, but they didn't expect that the talents in the north are so great. Cen Qi has lived in the wilderness for a long time, and only today did he know that the literary style of the Central Plains was prosperous. In my opinion, Brother Zhang, you
If it were to be held in the Guangxi Provincial Examination, this mere candidate would definitely be a sure winner!"
Gao Pingshi secretly laughed in his heart: If I take the Guangxi Provincial Examination and say that I am sure of being elected, I am afraid that I am also sure of being elected.
But after thinking about it and talking about it, he was still very humble and polite.
Mr. Cen Qi was more drunk at this time, his cheeks were flushed, but his eyes were still clear. He waved his hands and said: "This is the year of the National Examination. There will be no provincial examination, and there won't be one next year. Since Brother Zhang's family has suffered a disaster,
There is nowhere to go in Guangxi..."
He said with a sincere face: "If Brother Zhang doesn't give up, it's better to follow Cen to Western Guangxi. Although the official position in Cen's family is not high, he still has some respect in Western Guangxi, and he will definitely not be underestimated by others..."
When Master Cen Qi's words came to this point, Gao Pingshi felt a little embarrassed and didn't know how to refuse, but he heard a sweet laugh from outside the door, as sweet as an oriole in the empty valley: "It's been a while since we last seen, Master Qi is going to Si
Is the city poaching people?"
Gao pragmatic turned around and saw a girl wearing a white emerald green jacket standing at the door. Her eyebrows were like distant mountains, her eyes were like stars, her figure was graceful, and her skin was like jade. She was really a rare sight.
This beauty, especially her pitiful, gentle and submissive look, makes people want to protect her.
Gao Qingshi has naturally seen "countless" beauties, but there seem to be very few girls who are as charming as this without showing any pretense. Rather, it seems that this kind of charm is natural, and he can't help but be secretly surprised.
Young Master Cen Qi saw that Gao Jingshi was slightly absent-minded and could not help but frown slightly. However, when he looked again, he found that Gao Jingshi quickly returned to his calm and composed appearance, and there was only admiration in his eyes, and there was no lewdness at all. Only then did he look happy.
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When the girl in the white dress saw that the two of them were just looking at each other, she couldn't help but said coquettishly: "Seventh Young Master, the slave family has been chasing you all the way. Are you so cruel that you don't plan to invite the slave family to come in and sit down?"
Gao Pangshi was shocked when he heard this, and thought to himself: With this tone...could this girl be chasing after Mr. Cen Qi?
He subconsciously looked at Master Cen Qi, and saw that his face was flushed, and he looked even more handsome. He couldn't help but suddenly thought: Yes, this Master Cen Qi is so handsome. Judging from his facial features alone, I'm afraid
Many women are not as good as him. Isn't it normal for that girl to have a crush on him? Since ancient times, men have loved beauties, and beauties have also loved handsome men. It's just that Mr. Cen Qi... is so handsome that he is a little too refined.
I don’t know how beautiful his mother was back then.
At this time, Master Cen Qi smiled faintly and said, "Miss Huang, hasn't Cen already given up what you want? Why are you still refusing to let it go?"
This girl was naturally the Huang Zhiding Huang girl from before. When she saw that Mr. Cen Qi still refused to invite her in, she was not annoyed at all. She chuckled and walked in. The two Cen family servants at the door hesitated.
He didn't know whether he should stop him or not, but he saw Miss Huang glance at him and the two of them. Their hearts trembled and they thought to themselves: There is no way that such a delicate girl and the eldest daughter of the Huang family could harm my family in broad daylight.
Seventh Young Master, there shouldn’t be any need to stop him, right?
After a moment's hesitation, Huang Zhiting walked in with a sweet smile. Young Master Cen suddenly looked a little embarrassed when he saw that the two servants at the door did not stop him.
Huang Zhiting didn't show any concern at all. She glanced at Mr. Cen Qi and Gao Pingshi, who were sitting across the table. She raised her skirt slightly and sat down at the side of the table. She suddenly showed a smile and said to Gao Pingshi: "
In the past few years, the slave family has rarely heard Mr. Cen Qi praise his talent and knowledge. Mr. Zhang... the slave family also wants to ask you to teach you, so as not to be always said to be a wild girl from a barbaric land. What do you think?"