Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 90 It's so difficult to become a disciple
There was a dispute at the butcher's shop. The owner said he had given the other party change, but the customer kept saying he hadn't given the change.

Both sides quarreled until their faces turned red.

"Master, there is a quarrel in the market blocking the road. Do you want me to drive them away?"

A carriage stopped behind the noisy crowd, its way blocked by the crowded people on Zhengyang Street.

Ning Tongpan was about to go to the government office to take up his post, but he was not in a hurry. He pressed his hand and said, "Let's wait until they leave. I'll take a nap in the sedan chair for a while."

Ning Cheng closed his eyes. Ever since Lin Qi, the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture, was demoted and exiled, the position of Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture has been vacant.

There was no way he wouldn't want to go further.

This was a fifth-rank official, which meant he had one foot into the ranks of the rich and powerful. However, this final step was too difficult. He had no connections in official circles, and the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture had an average relationship with him, so he might not push him up.

He didn't know anyone in the Ministry of Personnel, let alone court officials who would speak for him.

In this officialdom, one step forward is like a chasm. If he doesn't have someone above him, his life may be over. The only thing he can do now is to smooth the relationship with Zhang Xian, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, and see if Zhang Xian can help him move up.

But this is too difficult, there are not many things that can satisfy Lord Zhang's interests.

Just as Ning Cheng closed his eyes and thought, a familiar voice came from outside.

Ning Cheng lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and saw Chen Ce's tall figure in the crowd from afar.

He frowned and asked his attendants, "Who is the old man next to Chen Ce?"

Ning Cheng had been an official for such a long time after all, and the aura of the old man made him keenly aware that the other party might also be an official.

He shook his head left and right to indicate that he didn't know, so Ning Cheng said, "Check it out, and come back quickly."

"Here."

Chen Ce came to the butcher's stall and casually asked the customer what he had done today, what he bought and other irrelevant questions.

After the other party finished answering, Chen Ce asked him what he did and what he bought yesterday.

The customer was unhappy and asked Chen Ce, "Who are you? An official from the government? Why are you asking so many questions?"

Chen Ce said, "You haven't come into contact with meat stalls or anything like that in the past two days, so there shouldn't be any oil or meat on your copper coins, right?"

"The butcher has copper coins on his body that are stained with grease and dirt. Do you have change? Bring a basin of clean water over here and put your copper coins in it. If there is grease and dirt on it, doesn't that prove that the butcher has changed your money?"

"Why all this arguing?"

The butcher quickly said, "Yes, yes! What the young man said is absolutely right!"

When the coin was placed in clean water, the customer shyly apologized to the butcher, saying that he had made a mistake, and the crowded crowd then dispersed.

The butcher shop owner was very grateful to Chen Ce and cut some fat meat to thank Chen Ce. After all, Chen Ce proved his innocence and saved him the time of going to the government office.

Wang Yue smiled and said to Chen Ce: "Life is full of learning, why didn't I think of this?"

Chen Ce said: "Then you still want to be my teacher?"

Wang Yue was choked and speechless for a moment.

The crowd dispersed, and Ning Cheng let down the curtain of the sedan chair. The sedan chair continued to move towards the road of Shuntian Prefecture. Ning Cheng sat in the sedan chair and sighed softly.

If my son-in-law were a normal person, he would be really outstanding.

But he is a father, how could he bear to see his daughter become a widow in the future?

But he had to admit that Chen Ce was really excellent.

"Master, we have found out. Yes, it is General Wang Yue, the Grand Tutor of the Northwest Crown Prince."

When Ning Cheng heard this, he couldn't help but gasp. Wang Yue? !
How could he actually stay with such a powerful official?
This really overturned Ning Cheng's cognition. He knew that Chen Ce was excellent, but this was too exaggerated.

Have you ever seen an ordinary person chatting and laughing with a powerful official of the second rank?
I wonder what he would feel if he knew that Chen Ce and the prince were the same.

However, when it comes to Wang Yue, Ning Cheng's brows are deeply furrowed.

He would talk to this kid when he had time. Although they were no longer father-in-law and son-in-law, he didn't want anything to happen to Chen Ce.

Can you get involved with Wang Yue? Ning Cheng didn't know about the struggle in the court, and it didn't affect a small official like him in the capital. But even so, he knew that the struggle between Wang Yue and the top civil servants was already in deep water.

The cruelty of political struggle is not something Chen Ce can get involved in, and the bloody consequences are not something he can bear!

To put it bluntly, this is not his circle!

……

A young man was standing in Wang Yue's mansion, carrying bacon and other gifts in his hands.

He has been here for several days in a row, but still hasn't seen Wang Yue.

"Master Wang, it's not that our master doesn't want to see you, he's really not here."

Why bother? Your father is the Right Instructor of the Right Spring Office of the Chancellery, and the daily lecturer of the Emperor's Imperial Lectures. You are a Juren in the fifth year of Hongzhi. Why do you always come to worship our master as your teacher?

Ever since Wang Shouren learned that Wang Yue had returned from the northwest, he rushed back to Peking as soon as possible from Xuan Da, and then went to Wang Yue's residence for several days to look for Wang Yue, wanting to take Wang Yue as his disciple.

But after searching for such a long time, Wang Yue was nowhere to be seen almost every day, and the servants in the mansion always said that Wang Yue was out.

Wang Shouren felt that Wang Yue was deliberately avoiding him.

Wang Shouren didn't say anything either. He would stand in front of the palace for a while before leaving.

"Mr. Wang, are you really not here?"

Wang Shouren finally spoke, and said disappointedly: "Or don't you want to see me at all?"

"I really hope to become Mr. Wang's disciple. Please let me know."

The servants of the palace said, "My Lord, we dare not lie. The master is really not here!"

Wang Shouren said, "I see."

After saying this, he left the palace in a daze. Wang Shouren usually didn't talk much, because he thought a lot, and to outsiders he looked like a real nerd.

but not.

He just has a rich inner world, so he doesn't like to say boring things. He is thinking most of the time and rarely talks to his wife and father.

In front of outsiders, Wang Shouren is a weirdo, a weirdo who is not good at speaking.

But he was able to say, 'You are ashamed of not passing the exam, but I am ashamed of being upset about not passing the exam'. You might say he is not good at speaking, but his words are always so to the point!

"Master Wang, there are so many talented people in the Ming Dynasty. Why don't you find someone else to be your master?" The servant reminded kindly.

Ever since the master was hurt by two traitors, he no longer accepted disciples. They didn't want Wang Shouren to waste his efforts.

Wang Shouren sneered and said calmly: "They are proud to accept me as their apprentice, but I am ashamed to worship them as my master."

This sentence left the palace servants speechless.

Well, what else can I say? I wish you success in becoming a disciple.

But it is highly unlikely that our master will accept a disciple. No one will be accepted. So give up on this idea!
(End of this chapter)