Uncle Guo

As soon as Lin Mingcheng opened the door, the clerk at the inn brought him breakfast, not on a tray, but bought from a shop outside that specializes in breakfast, and each portion was placed in a food box. , without duplicates.After laying it out on the table, the clerk put away the food box and took out a letter from his sleeve.

"Mr. Lin, this is the letter that the third master entrusted someone to bring over early in the morning."

Lin Mingcheng thanked him and gave him some silver rewards, and the clerk left happily.

He saw that the paste on the seal hadn't dried yet, so he thought it was just put in the envelope in the morning, and when he tore open the envelope, the ink inside was completely dry, showing that the letter was written last night.

Before he had time to wash up, Lin Mingcheng couldn't wait to open today's love letter, and couldn't help laughing while reading it, his face was full of joy, and he would smile and shake his head when he saw something interesting, or "puchi" laugh out loud.

After reading it once, he read it a second time, and then put it in the box. While washing up, he was thinking about how to reply to the letter. It must be humorous and interesting, and he can do the same when he reads the letter Can't help laughing.

After washing in a hurry, he ate a little, then sat in front of the desk and began to reply. The window was facing a quiet courtyard, and a clump of purple bamboo was green and lush even in the cold winter months. The side escaping slanted out, exuding a delicate fragrance.The sun shone warmly in, Lin Mingcheng couldn't help but close his eyes, raised his face to enjoy the quiet morning light.

The letter was full of thousands of words, and it was written in one go. After writing it, I couldn't help but read it several times. I felt that the rhetoric was a little gorgeous and not meaningful enough.

No matter, he has to revise the class.

After reading a few lines in the book, there was a sudden movement outside, and Lin Mingcheng could hear his footsteps without turning his head.

He smiled and waited for the slap on his shoulders. Even though he was fully prepared, he still couldn't help being shaken. It wasn't frightening, but rather a relief.

As a result, Liang Xuanchen hugged him, pressed against his back hard, and put his head on Lin Mingcheng's shoulder.

"Lin Xiucai worked so hard, if you don't win the first prize, you will be sorry for the ten years of hard work!"

Lin Mingcheng smiled and gave him a blank look: "Don't make fun of me, I know I'm not the top pick, and if I can win a prize, I will be Amitabha."

"Mr. Lin is self-effacing. Which scholar dares to say that he must be the top student in high school when he goes to Beijing for the exam?"

"You interrupted my reading when you came so early in the morning, not to mention the number one scholar, I'm afraid I won't even be able to pass the exam."

Liang Xuanchen squeezed his head towards him, picked up a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake from the plate next to the desk and ate it, "I can't pass the exam, at worst, wait another three years, anyway, the third master still has some food money."

"Shut up, it's all your fault if you don't pass the exam!" The two quarreled for a while, and Lin Mingcheng told him to get out of here and not to disturb his reading.

Liang Xuanchen took another book from the shelf, "Can't we read it together? I will take the exam with you this year, and maybe this time I will be the number one." , simply sat on Lin Mingcheng's lap.

Lin Mingcheng almost wanted to kowtow to him: "Master Juren, please do me a favor, let me be quiet for a while."

"Okay, okay, don't disturb you, I'll come to see you, how many people are meeting for dinner tonight, do you want to come with me?"

"Why did I come together? I don't know each other."

"So I want to give you an introduction. It's a few academicians from the Imperial Academy, as well as Mr. Tang Yixin, the censor. He is now the guest of His Royal Highness King Yan, and he will definitely join the cabinet in the future."

Lin Mingcheng was startled, knowing that he had to go to this meal. "It's all about selling your third master's face, seeing so many people at once, whose teacher should I worship?"

"What apprenticeship, aren't you all disciples of the Son of Heaven in the future?" Liang Xuanchen said, "I'll bring you to meet King Yan someday, but he's busy attacking the city recently, so I'm afraid he doesn't have the time to pay attention to us. "

"Prince Yan!" Lin Mingcheng was excited. That was King Yan, who is likely to be the emperor in the future. "Concubine Yan is your younger sister, so you are familiar with King Yan, right?"

Liang Xuanchen laughed, "It's okay."

"What is he like?"

Before Liang Xuanchen's eyes, the young prince looked weak and full of sorrow, "He is of medium height, about the height of my sixth sister, but he is not short. Princess Yan is too tall. King Yan looks handsome, but his body is a little thinner. "

Lin Mingcheng laughed: "I was asking you about his temper and what books he likes to read, but I didn't ask you about his appearance."

Liang Xuanchen felt that he had caught his way, and made a gesture to pinch him to death.The two of them are arguing like this, so they can't read the book anyway. Lin Mingcheng raised his hand to caress his eyebrows, and felt that the encounters these days were just like a dream.From time to time, he remembered the appearance of Liang Xuanchen when he first saw him that night. He was wearing a kirin brocade official uniform and rode a horse across the dry road, and his cart of books was pulled into the lotus pond by a stupid donkey. When the donkey was at a loss, Liang Xuanchen stopped the horse.He stood on the road for a while with the mood of watching the excitement, and then shouted, "Hey, my son, do you want to help me?"

The guard next to him asked, "Third Lord, do you know him?"

Liang Xuanchen shook his head, compared to the domineering Grand Master of the Forbidden Army, he seemed too polite, and compared to the Confucian General, his smile was a bit gangster.

Lin Mingcheng stood there in a state of embarrassment, so he had no choice but to bow: "I can't ask for it, thank you brother."

As a result, with a wave of Liang Xuanchen's hand, his guards jumped off the horse together, and with three strokes, five times and two divisions, not only the cart was picked up, but even the stupid donkey was pulled up from the mud.

"What can I do with so many books..." Lin Mingcheng was very worried. He was poor since he was a child, and his mother said that the journey to Beijing was long, so he asked him to start half a year earlier so as not to miss the scientific examination.It turned out that it was too early, the capital fell, the emperor was gone, and just as he was about to go home, a cart full of books was destroyed.The house is desolate, how can he have any spare money to buy paper to copy books?

"No, I have to pick it up, wash it in the water, and dry it in the sun. It should still be readable."

Liang Xuanchen said: "If the pages of the book get wet, they will easily stick together and cannot be torn apart."

"I'm just in a hurry."

Liang Xuanchen said: "I don't want it anymore. If you don't dislike it, I still have some books, which you can borrow."

Lin Mingcheng saw that he was clearly dressed as a military general, and it looked like he still had a lot of books at home.

"There are all the Four Books and Five Classics, but you have to list some obscure books for me. I will ask my relatives and friends if they have them."

Lin Mingcheng almost met a great savior, and was so excited that he almost knelt down.Liang Xuanchen quickly supported him, "No way, no way, the man has gold under his knees."

Lin Mingcheng said conveniently: "It's common for grassroots people to kneel and kowtow when they meet officials and masters, so that's why!"

Liang Xuanchen still shook his head, "You are a scholar, and a scholar is not an ordinary grassroots. In the future, you will be named on the gold list, and you will be a general, and maybe I will kowtow to you."

Lin Mingcheng looked up at his handsome face, thinking that there are still such people in this world who are warm-hearted and open-minded.

Only later did he know that Liang Xuanchen had won the Juren many years ago, so he was considered to be his senior.However, he is still so young, and if he counts his fingers, he won the exam in his early twenties. For many scholars who have studied all their lives but have not even been admitted as a scholar, Liang Xuanchen is simply a genius.

Only later did he know that his surname was Liang, and that Liang Yuncheng, the Duke of Zhenbei, was his father.As a noble son of a wealthy family, he has no pretensions at all. Lin Mingcheng was simply flattered to make friends with a poor family like him.

He settled Lin Mingcheng in Yangzhou, saw that his cotton coat was torn and covered with patches, and when he turned around, he prepared winter clothes inside and out, including a mink fur cloak.Lin Mingcheng didn't even know how much this dress was worth, he only knew that it was very expensive, so expensive that he couldn't bear to wear it.

When Lin Mingcheng was feeling uneasy, Liang Xuanchen said that since ancient times, heroes often donate their money, and as long as Lin Mingcheng becomes prosperous in the future, he will also know how to help those heroes who are in trouble.

In other words, Liang Xuanchen regards himself as a hero, so what can he do.

It's just that he read a lot of books, and he boasted himself to the sky. In fact, from the letters he wrote, it can be seen that this person's literary talents are by no means inferior to his own.

Jinling had been occupied for many days, sometimes the two talked about the situation and the art of war, and he also praised himself for being well-read in poetry and books, and even dabbled in the art of war.

That day he took him to ride a horse, and it was the first time in his life that he climbed a tall horse, and he felt that he would be thrown off immediately and trampled to death by the horse.However, Liang Xuanchen's horse is very spiritual. He will kneel and squat down to let Liang Xuanchen, who pretends to be injured, get on the horse, and he will follow many commands to run or stop.

The two rode horses for half a day, and went hand in hand to visit the bank of Xuanwu Lake at the foot of Jinling City. The guards on the tower looked like they were facing a formidable enemy, but he strolled leisurely without fear.

He would also talk about Gu Changfeng with him, his words were a little lonely, and he laughed at himself from time to time.

"I thought he would come to me to beg for mercy, and beg me to change my mind, even once. It seems that I am being sentimental and deceiving myself. He doesn't have me in his heart at all."

Lin Mingcheng felt that Gu Changfeng was really hateful, if he didn't have this person in his heart, why bother to greet him but refuse, he came to tease him several times, and after teasing him, why would he only care about his old lover anytime and anywhere, but ignore the embarrassment of the person in front of him.What's more, the old lover has long been married to another woman, and it is difficult to continue the relationship.

However, Liang Xuanchen did not allow him to speak ill of Gu Changfeng, he only said that he was as bright as a bright moon, as Mu Qingfeng as his son, he could only look up to him.

He drank too much, and he didn't go crazy with alcohol, he just lowered his head and fell into a deep sleep.

Lin Mingcheng's capacity for drinking is actually not good, it's just that Liang Xuanchen drank one gulp after another while talking and laughing, but he just heard him say that he didn't drink a couple of sips, and he fell asleep when he tilted his head by the stove for cooking wine.

With the help of two servants, Dikong and Shuikong, Lin Mingcheng got Liang Xuanchen into bed.Seeing that he smelled of alcohol, the two servants were afraid that they would have to take care of the drunk in the middle of the night, so they ran away in a hurry.Being so tired and lazy, it can be seen how much Liang Xuanchen used to them.

Lin Mingcheng was afraid that he would suffocate if he vomited the wine and got stuck in his throat. A distant relative in the family died like this, so he adjusted his posture and made him sleep on his side facing him.After looking face to face like this for a long time, he couldn't help leaning forward and kissing him.

Liang Xuanchen frowned and struggled, but finally did not escape the dream. In the dream, he was in unbearable pain, and shouted: "Bohan..."