Chapter 158: Reversing Right and Wrong
Ye Chunqiu looked at Ye Jing with a serious look, sighed and continued, "If I were an examiner, I felt that I could not find anything wrong, but it was difficult to find anything that was lit up in front of me. Dad, you are afraid that you will have to work harder."
Ye Jing didn't know whether to cry or laugh. Having a son from the head of the case is indeed worth celebrating, but after being criticized by him ruthlessly, he suddenly felt that his father had failed.
He had no choice but to laugh dryly, "Think about it for my father, hey, it's hard to think of a good problem. If the problem is solved well, the subsequent acceptance and closing of the stock will be twice the result with half the effort."
This time he really spent all his thoughts. No matter what, he couldn't let his son look down on him, right?
So he continued to think about this question carefully. Ye Chunqiu also reviewed his own homework, and everyone had nothing to do with each other.
The third uncle, who was under the same roof, was in a bad mood for several days and finally calmed down a little.
He called Ye Hong to the side hall. Ye Hong saw his third uncle in the past few days and seemed to have seen a ghost. He heard that his third uncle was summoned, and he came with anxiety and procrastination.
As soon as I saw my third uncle, I fell to the ground and said, "My son is unfilial."
Then he was about to cry again, so as to win forgiveness. However, the third uncle squinted his eyes and his face was gloomy.
He stared at Ye Hong, looking so angry that he was not strong enough, and said coldly: "Beast, why are you crying now? You are about to have a provincial examination, are you still taking the exam? Didn't Mr. Minglu keep saying that you are here? Gambling is nothing, but career is important."
It is always easy to accept that his son did something wrong. He heard that it was Ye Chunqiu's gambling, so his third uncle looked down on him in all kinds of ways. When it fell on his son, his nature would be different. At most, he was just confused for a moment or was instigated. Anyway, his son was wrong, but he would not be unforgivable.
Ye Hong hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, career is important. My son has been studying hard behind closed doors these days and dare not make his father worry. His son must learn from his mistakes and earn a scholar's reputation for his father."
The third uncle knocked the crutch on his hand: "Ju Ren? Are you also stopping at Ju Ren like a father? Dad asked you to be a Jinshi. The most helpless thing in the world is Ju Ren. If you don't go up or down, it's like a thorn in your throat, which shows you that you can't swallow or vomit it out."
Ye Hong dared not say anything.
The third uncle's face eased a little, and his tone was not as excited as before. His eyes closed: "But you are going to be an official. If you have a reputation of being abusing gambling, how can you live? Oh, think about it, a few days ago, the people from the gambling house came to collect debts. Mr. Wenjing met in person. Will Mr. Wenjing go out and say he doesn't know, but how can those people in the gambling house not know? And the Ye Jing and his son are just watching jokes now. It's nothing now, but once you pass the imperial examination, there must be people with good deeds everywhere. Once you have a bad reputation, how can the Grandmaster explain? And after the Jinshi is in the future, what should I do if the Ministry of Personnel chooses officials? With such a bad reputation, you will definitely not be able to enter the Hanlin area. Maybe, even the selection of officials will be demoted to a remote place, and this life will be over. How do you tell you when your father usually goes to you? Alas?"
"Dad" Ye Hong also had a cold war. What his father said makes sense. Once his reputation is damaged, how can he become a juren and a jinshi master in the future? Mr. Minglu said that he will win, and this is definitely a sure win. Should he prepare for the future now?
The third uncle became deeper and his face was full of ferocious expressions, and he said lightly: "I think about it, if I hadn't saved Ye Chunqiu's father, how could they have today as the Ye family in Hexi? Now, it would have been better, but they would have joked. If this matter fails, I have to try my best to make a mistake. The exam will be started in the next two days. When you arrive in the city, you have to think about clearing it. On the one hand, if you want to spread the news, you say that the gambling debts you owe is because of an unfilial nephew, Ye Chunqiu, who is a gambler, you made a bet on his behalf. Oh, and, you can use some money in the gambling shop and ask them for help, and you always have to make them consistent with your opinion. Mr. Wenjing cannot buy it with money, but for the old friendship between the two families, I guess he won't be talking nonsense."
Ye Hong's eyes lit up, yes, three of them became tigers, isn't that the case? He hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, my son knows, and when his son goes to the city, he will definitely get things done."
The third uncle raised his head, leaned on a crutch with both hands, and smiled: "This is not possible. Anyway, those who come from Hexi don't have to care about reputation. If they don't want to pass the exam, what should they do if they want to get a reputation? We are different. We are a family heir of poetry and books, and we must win. This is a major event that concerns the future."
After finally finding a short time, Ye Chunqiu wrote a book and asked Zhang Jin to take a car to pick him up. Although the exam was important, the Five Insect Temple insisted on offering sacrifices. This was really unbearable.
Zhang Jin received the letter and came as promised. He even made an appointment with Chen Rong. The two of them handed over a famous letter. Although the family knew that the old lady and the eldest master didn't like this Ye Chunqiu very much, and the house was noisy now, the old lady just closed the door and sighed. The old lady was also closed. However, two scholars came to the door, so he didn't dare to neglect it. He hurriedly ran to the guest room to find Chunqiu and said, "Young Master, there are two students looking for you outside."
Ye Chunqiu pretended that these two people were not found by himself, and that his father was still by his side. The exam was about to be imminent. If he knew that he wanted to mess around, he would probably have to do it. He pretended to be surprised and said, "Oh, this is going to be an exam. What are they doing? Now it is an extraordinary time. Brother Zhang and Brother Chen usually work hard in their studies, so why did they come to visit each other today?" He secretly glanced at Ye Jing.
Ye Jing pretended to be studying, but he was listening with his ears on his back. These naughty kids wouldn't be fooling around before the exam.
Ye Chunqiu asked and answered: "Oh. I guess they wanted to ask me for in-depth teaching. If you think about it this way, it makes sense. It is still not good to work behind closed doors. You can only ask for help and discuss with each other." He glanced at Ye Jing from the corner of his eyes, and there was no anger on Ye Jing's face.
Ye Chunqiu said with confidence: "Dad, my two classmates are looking for me to review my homework together, I'll go there."
Ye Jing thought it made sense, but Chunqiu believed that Zhang Jin and Chen Rong had met, and were still a hard-working scholar, so he waved his hand and said, "Go, go, come back soon."
Ye Chunqiu was like being pardoned, and he left decisively.
To be continued.
Chapter completed!