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Chapter 461 Journey

"Oh? Is that so?"

Thinking that Liu Man's father was admitted to Jinshi at the same time as Chen Tingjing, but he never served as an official in his life. This is not common in the Manchu Qing court. Li Zhixing is already considered a different kind of person, but who knows that he will meet another typical underappreciated talent here.

There must be a reason behind it, the Liu family should also have a story, but Xue Hong is not worried about it now, but he is very fortunate that someone like Liu Man can be Prince Yong's subordinate.

In fact, Chen Tingjing's family was not involved in the dispute between the nine sons.Chen Tingjing is a veteran minister who has experienced two dynasties. If he doesn't even know how to protect himself, he will be too sorry for spending so many days in the court.

It's just that Chen Tingjing has passed away, but their sons have forgotten his entrustment. Under Prince Yong's efforts to fight and their own repeated weighing, they have joined Prince Yong's camp not long ago.Liu Man said that he was going to find the Chen family. Didn't this mean that he was going to be Prince Yong's confidant?

This is great. Xue Hong was originally afraid that the person Liu Man was looking for might be in the eighth prince's camp.After all, although the eighth prince is not as favored as before, the foundation he laid in the past is still there. There are many officials who are loyal to him, and the probability of being selected by Liu Man is also higher.

However, since it was the Chen family, Xue Hong didn't need to bother, he just waited for Liu Man to finish the matter in hand, and then the capital would join him as a minister.

Xue Hong kept lowering his head and smiling, which made Liu Man smile a little confused: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the Chen family?"

Xue Hong said hurriedly: "No, no! The Chen family is very good. Two of Mr. Chen Tingjing's three sons have been admitted to the Jinshi. Although Mr. Chen is no longer here, the Chen family still has a future. If the owner of the village wants As an official, you can naturally go to their family."

Liu Man nodded, and wondered again: "Why do you hear Ji Lan's tone, you seem to be very familiar with the family affairs of officials in Beijing?"

Only when Xue Hong has reached this point can she let go of all her defenses. Since this Liu Man is one of her own, there is no need to hide it anymore.He smiled and said: "To tell the truth from the owner, I am the son of the Xue family, the imperial merchant of Jingzhong. The Xue family caravan was only managed by my brother Xue Pan in the past two years. As the head of the Ministry, as an official in the court, he naturally knows some of the court's movements."

As soon as these words came out, it was time for Liu Man to be surprised.

"The Imperial Merchant Xue's family? Caravan? You... You are the second son of the Imperial Merchant Xue's family? The one who was admitted as a scholar at the age of eight, is that you?"

Xue Hong was taken aback for a moment, then touched her nose with a slightly embarrassing expression.How many times does this meme have to be brought up?I didn't think there was anything in the past, but I was a little uncomfortable after being mentioned a lot.That was achieved by relying on the cultural foundation cultivated in the previous life and cheating on the space inscription mirror.

Not to mention the scholar, he just passed the Juren exam. Although he did put in a lot of effort and suffered a lot for this exam, if he didn't have the inscription mirror, he would have passed the Juren exam. I'm afraid it's also very difficult.

Now that the matter of being admitted as a scholar at the age of eight was brought up again, Xue Hong couldn't tell the truth, so she could only reply awkwardly: "It's the junior."

Xue Hong felt a little embarrassed after listening to Liu Man's words about a promising young man with a bright future again.

"I don't know how long it will take for Ji Lan to come out to practice this time?"

Xue Hong smiled: "Actually, my family naturally hopes that I will go back soon, but I feel that I haven't played enough, and I want to hang around for a few more months before going back."

Isn't it?It was originally planned to come out for half a year, but only half of the time has passed. Wouldn't it be a loss to go back now?

Liu Man also smiled: "Since that's the case, you might as well stay in my villa. I still have some trivial matters in my hands. I plan to go to Beijing after I finish. You can come with me and experience the so-called Jianghu, secondly, my people will take care of your daily life, and your daily activities will be cheaper. Your so-called experience this time is just to broaden your horizons, not to really enter the world, why do you want to make yourself suffer so much? ?”

In fact, in the past three months, although Xue Hong lived freely, she also had a good time.It's like going out for a trip and taking the most special and comfortable trip.With Xuanhong's water escape, he can save a lot of time and avoid the exhaustion of traveling.With a portable space, it is like bringing a five-star hotel with you, no, it should be said to be a hotel like a paradise. When you are tired, you can rest if you want to rest, and you can continue on the road after rest.

This way of traveling was very enjoyable at the beginning, and Xue Hong simply enjoyed it and never thought of leaving.But after a long time, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

I can't say why, but I just feel that everything is wrong.

Traveling, there is a very popular saying, which is to go to a place where others are tired of living from a place where one is tired of living.This sounds rough, but it's true.It’s just that during the journey, there is no exhaustion, hunger and thirst, or even the embarrassment of getting up and looking for the toilet everywhere. It’s just a comfortable place to go from one familiar place to another unfamiliar place. .Not to mention that the process is so fast that people can accept it in the house, even the same beautiful scenery in my heart is not as precious and comfortable as quietly appreciating it after a lot of fatigue.

It's just that although Xue Hong had already realized what was wrong, she still didn't ride the carriage bumping all the way, risking her own bones to shatter to satisfy the pursuit of the journey in her heart.After all, he still despises the means of transportation in this era. Apart from taking a boat to make him feel more comfortable, Xue Hong expressed that he finds it difficult to accept any other means of transportation.

"Thank you for the kindness of the owner. I really want to see the world more with the owner, but I can only stay here for two months at most. After that, I have things to do, so I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany the owner. The Lord went to Beijing together."

Two months should be enough to see the so-called "jianghu affairs" around Liu Man, right?
Liu Man seemed to know that Xue Hong would reject him. He was not surprised by this answer at all. He just smiled and said, "If you are willing to stay here, you are doing Jingbi Villa face. Let's play with me for two months first. You can choose where you want to go afterwards. If that's the case, let's stop drinking right now, you go to rest early, and tomorrow I'll make an appointment with some close friends from the rivers and lakes to bring you to meet."

(End of this chapter)