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"I don't know where the gentleman is from?"

"Under the Jinhua family."

"Oh... I would like to ask, do you have a reputation, sir?"

In ancient times, it was not easy to be a teacher if you wanted to. For example, a private school teacher must at least have a reputation as a scholar.

If you do not have fame, generally no one will invite you.

After all, you can't even pass the exam as a scholar. Wouldn't it be a mistake to teach?

"Ashamed, I'm just a scholar..."

"Oh, a scholar..."

Master Li and his wife couldn't help but looked at each other with disappointment in their eyes.

Originally, when they first saw Gu Ming, they thought it was pretty good, but if they only had the fame of a scholar, they might not invite him.

After all, Gu Dexiang is a juren, and one of his children has a juren as a husband, and he will have face if he speaks out.

How did they know that Gu Ming was actually the No. [-] man in the third round?

But, that's another world.

In this world, Gu Ming actually has no fame.You can't tell Master Li and his wife that I am the number one scholar in another world, right?

"Why, is it possible that Mr. Li judges his talent based on his fame?"

"This...although it's not always true, it's still a measure.

To tell you the truth, we have already invited a Juren to be our family's husband, so..."

Gu Ming smiled: "Since that's the case, why don't Master Li invite that Juren to the mansion, and I would like to have a face-to-face discussion with him."

"what?"

Hearing this, Master Li and his wife couldn't help but look at each other.

"If I lose, I will be convinced."

"That's it... well, Ah Fu, you go and ask Mr. Gu to come over now."

"Yes, sir."

The servants hurried out of the inner courtyard.

After about one stick of incense, the servants led a man in a Confucian shirt into the courtyard.

"I've met Master Li and Mrs. Li."

Gu Dexiang stepped forward to salute, then glanced at Gu Ming.

When I wanted to come on the road, I had already heard the reason from the servants.

"Hehe, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Gu, and this is Mr. Gu from Jinhua."

"Long time, long time!"

The two exchanged a routine of courtesy.

Then, Master Li explained the reason: "Mr. Gu, I originally wanted to hire you to teach dogs at home, but this Mr. Gu is also willing to give it a try. Look..."

Master Li didn't say anything like comparison, he thought Gu Dexiang should be able to understand.

Sure enough, Gu Dexiang immediately felt embarrassed, glanced coldly at Gu Ming, and said in a proud tone: "I'm not talented, I'm a former imperial examination candidate, I don't know what the name of this brother is?"

This guy first raised his fame, obviously trying to suppress his momentum, but also belittled.

Gu Ming smiled and said: "I'm not talented, I'm just a little scholar."

"Since you are a young scholar, how can you come to Li's residence to apply for a job?"

"Oh? If you say so, your Excellency will be born as a Juren?"

Gu Dexiang sneered: "Don't use such words to provoke me, at least before I take the exam, I only know how to study hard, not to catch fame..."

"How can teaching and educating people be regarded as a matter of gaining fame? I'm afraid you may have misunderstood the term sir?"

"Smart words! You don't know if you come here, and you say you are a scholar. From the perspective of others, you can't say whether you are really a scholar."

"Hehe, fame is not the only criterion for judging talent and learning. Most of the sages in ancient and modern times are those who hide in the mountains and fields. They are indifferent to fame and fortune and are happy in mountains and rivers..."

The two of you came and went, citing scriptures and starting to debate.

Master Li and Mrs. Li listened quietly.

At the beginning, Gu Dexiang was able to handle it with ease, but as the topic deepened, it seemed a little stretched.

On the contrary, Gu Ming was eloquent, citing many Confucian sages, as well as some Buddhist, Taoist, and even allusions or quotations from other schools of thought.

This time, Gu Dexiang stuttered even more, unable to keep up with the rhythm at all.

"A gentleman has three joys, but the king is not with him. Parents are present, brothers have no reason, one joy; looking up to the sky, bowing not to be ashamed of others, two joys; winning the world's talents and educating them, three joys.

The reason why I came to the Li Mansion to apply for the job was not for fame or profit, but because I saw that Mr. Xiuyuan was talented and intelligent, and I suddenly loved talents..."

This time, Gu Dexiang found an excuse, and couldn't help humming: "It's nice to say, if you don't seek fame or profit, then you mean that you don't even want wages?"

This is clearly a run on.

But how did he know that Gu Ming was short of money?Rare money?

In his carry-on bag, he didn't say that there was a mountain of money, but Gu Ming was too lazy to count and count how much money there was.

No matter how generous Mr. Li is, it would only cost a few hundred taels of silver to survive a year. To Gu Ming, what is a few hundred taels of silver?

However, he can't say in person that he doesn't want wages, which will make Mr. Li suspicious.

After all, this is also human nature.

You don't want to do it for free, but it will make people think that you have ulterior motives.

Therefore, Gu Ming couldn't help but smiled, and said to Mr. Li: "This matter is entirely up to Mr. Li. No matter how much you give, even if it's just food and lodging, I don't care, and I will do my best. Teach Mr. Li to read."

Hearing this, Mr. Li couldn't help laughing and said: "How can there be any reason for not paying wages? If it is spread out, others will think that I, Mr. Li, are mean.

How about Mr. Gu, how about delaying this matter for two days? "

Hearing this, Gu Dexiang knew in his heart that this matter might become a scandal.

However, Master Li did not refuse in person, which means that he is still thinking about it, and there is still a turning point, and the effect of entanglement will be counterproductive.

So he got up and bowed, "Since that's the case, Yu will take his leave first."

"Okay, I'll see you off."

After sending Gu Dexiang away, Master Li came back and chatted with Gu Ming.

Gu Ming knew that Master Li and Mrs. Li had always worshiped the Buddha, so he fell in love with them and talked about Zen with them.

In this way, when Master Li and Mrs. Li heard that Gu Ming was so knowledgeable and talented, they decided that he was the best candidate.

That night, he kept it, saying that he would go back to Gu Dexiang the next day, and decided to let Gu Ming stay to teach his own children.

In this way, Gu Ming stayed in Li's residence and officially became Li Xiuyuan's teacher.

However, he stayed and ruined Gu Dexiang's good deed.

The purpose of his coming to Li's residence was not to make money, but to take advantage of the Li family's influence to step into an official career.

Now, that hope has been dashed.

This guy was naturally very angry, and at the same time felt a great loss of face.

So, they began to spread some rumors to slander Gu Ming, and at the same time, they also invited some scholars in the city to pretend to invite Gu Ming to the party, but in fact they wanted to take this opportunity to make trouble.

After receiving the invitation card, Gu Ming didn't want to pay attention to it at first.

But after thinking about it again, if they don't go, those guys will definitely not give up, so it's better to slap them hard in the face, so that the other party doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth.

So, I went to the party as promised.

As soon as he arrived, Gu Dexiang started to attack, saying that he should be right.

This is also what Gu Dexiang thinks he is good at. He thinks that in Tiantai County, no one is his opponent when it comes to pairing.

At the same time, I also want to take this opportunity to sarcastically satirize Gu Ming to vent my anger.

Gu Ming naturally guessed the other party's mind, and smiled to make the other party right.

Gu Dexiang rolled his eyes, looked at Gu Ming and said mockingly: "In one township and two miles, there are three masters who don't know the four books, five classics and six meanings, yet they dare to teach seven masters, very bold!"

This is obviously a mockery of Gu Ming, who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth, and even competed with him for his job and went to Li's residence to teach.

Gu Ming took a deep breath, and said to him: "Nine poor people out of ten, they can collect eight taels of seven cents, six cents, five cents and four cents, and yet they are half-hearted, first-class dirty."

"Uh... so neat!"

Gu Dexiang couldn't help being stunned, and subconsciously murmured.

A group of other scholars couldn't help saying hello.

Although they and Gu Dexiang were in the same group, they couldn't help themselves when they heard that Gu Ming matched up so quickly and so neatly.

Seeing that Gu Ming was not troubled, Gu Dexiang rolled his eyes, and continued to say: "In the picture, the dragon does not sing, the tiger does not roar, and the little book boy is ridiculous."

This pair was even more vicious, and actually belittled Gu Ming as a book boy.

In fact, at first Gu Dexiang wanted to say that the little scholar was ridiculous.

But in this way, it is bound to offend many people present.After all, most of the scholars present are scholars.

Gu Ming smiled indifferently, and then said to him: "On the chessboard, there are no wheels for carts and no reins for horses. Be careful, Mister Scream."

"Okay, that's right!"

A group of scholars could not help clapping their hands and applauding.

Now, Gu Dexiang couldn't help sweating from the tip of his nose, and patted his forehead with his hand, thinking about the next pair.

At this time, a few girls in the courtyard came over laughing and laughing.

After all, this is a happy moon place, and there are many girls...

So, when Gu Dexiang was inspired, he started to match again: "Yingying, Yanyan, Cui, Cui, Honghong are in harmony everywhere."

Gu Ming took a breath, as if he was smelling the fragrance of rouge.

"Rain, rain, wind, wind, flowers, leaves, flowers and leaves year after year."

Gu Dexiang: "Ten mouths of mind, think of the king, think of the country, think of the community."

Gu Ming: "Eight eyes share the view, enjoy the flowers, the moon, and the winter fragrance."

Dongxiang is the number one brand in Yixianglou, so Gu Ming's pairing can be regarded as suitable for the occasion.

"Wonderful, wonderful!"

Everyone applauded again.

At this time, Gu Ming didn't wait for the other party to make a mistake, he smiled and said: "Come here and not indecent, I also want to make a fool of myself, I don't know what Mr. Gu will do?"

"Hmph, afraid you won't succeed?"

Gu Dexiang said with a conceited face.

Chapter 15

Mo Ziming smiled and listened carefully: "Nantongzhou, Beitongzhou, north-south Tongzhou connects north and south."

As soon as this couplet came out, Gu Dexiang couldn't help being stunned on the spot.

Because this pair is not right.

Tongzhou is obviously a place name, and north and south are directions.

After a while, how could he think of a suitable couple for the occasion?

As a result, cold sweat broke out on his head, and he paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, like ants on a hot nest.

A group of other scholars are also thinking hard...

It's a pity that even if they rack their brains, they still can't come up with a wonderful second line.

Some people reluctantly thought of it, but it seems that it does not correspond to the scene of the Shanglian, so they are embarrassed to say it.