Encounter with the Four Great Talents

Tang Shen didn't want to give him an emotional education class, so he changed the subject: "I heard you didn't take the test? Why?"

Zhu Yunming laughed: "After hearing what you said last time, I also felt a little disheartened, so I didn't go."

"I said that to my eldest brother. The Tang family has no status, no status, no property, no connections, and my eldest brother has a temperament that does not fight or grab wind and snow. He will never stand out in the officialdom. If that is the case, why risk yourself? But you different."

"Actually, as long as I can still enjoy the glory and wealth, I prefer the noble life of idle clouds and wild cranes, like you, to being an official."

Tang Shen looked at him mockingly: "Being an official means you can no longer play around like now, looking for flowers and asking willows, right?"

Zhu Yunming waved his fan more and more suavely, and blinked ambiguously: "The one who knows me is Brother Shen!"

Shocked by his shameless admission, he quickly changed the subject: "Is it because of this that you didn't participate in the test?"

"Hmm..." Zhu Yunming put away his fan and pressed it against his chin, thought about it seriously and said, "It's also because of my grandfather."

"what happened?"

"Your Majesty is about to take the throne."

"Huh? What's the matter?"

"The new emperor has a gap with his grandfather."

Tang Shen rolled his eyes, there was nothing wrong with it, he was on the wrong team.But in this way, it is indeed understandable, because they are on the wrong team and the new emperor takes the throne, these courtiers will definitely be cleared.Even if Zhu Yunming himself did not take a stand, he could not escape the fate of being implicated.He nodded and said, "It's not wrong to do so."

"Furthermore, according to my grandfather's opinion, within three generations, it would be better if no one becomes a high-ranking official."

"Three generations? Why?"

"Although the new emperor is loved and loved, in fact there are some..." He leaned closer to Tang Shen's ear and whispered, "You will get revenge."

Tang Shen nodded. With such a vengeful emperor as his enemy, he couldn't afford to provoke him and hide from him.

Zhu Yunming made a heroic look and sighed: "With my talent, if I enter the officialdom, I will naturally be able to get a high position and rich salary. This request from my grandfather is really difficult. But since it is the order of the elders in the family, I have to Give up and try."

Tang Shen gave him a hard look. I've seen shameless people before, but I've never seen such shameless people!Suddenly, I really wanted to throw the cup in my hand to wake him up, but I thought that this person was kind to me after all, so I endured it.

No longer curious about Zhu Yunming, I asked the other one: "Then what happened to Xu Zhenqing?"

"I just told him these words, and he turned around and picked up another person. In the end, it can be regarded as a waste of money and money."

The corners of Tang Shen's mouth twitched even more seriously. It seems that this Xu Zhenqing is doing anything for the sake of superiority?It's just, Mr. Xu, you are a man anyway, can you do something like a man?

"But what does this have to do with him failing the exam?"

"It doesn't matter. He failed the exam because he was unwell and didn't finish the exam."

Oh, is it still because of the body?Tang Shen thinks about it too. The news that Wen Zhengming got probably has been spread through countless layers, and what he got may be exaggerated.However, he didn't doubt Zhu Yunming's words, he just believed that Zhu Yunming would not lie to him.

Zhu Yunming continued: "In this session of the Suzhou government, there is only one person who won the Jinshi examination, but the ranking is also average."

"There is always a time when Feng Shui takes turns." Tang Shen is not the prefect of Suzhou, so he doesn't care how many people he has won and what has anything to do with him.He yawned and said, "Excuse me, Brother Zhu, how about helping me back to bed to rest?"

After all, Tang Shen's feet were not in good condition, and there was a distance between the bedroom and this place. With Tang Shen's physical strength and ability, he might fall halfway through jumping over.So if he wanders around in this front hall, he can jump around and make ends meet.But if he wanted to go back to his bedroom to sleep, he had to get help.Yonglu was sent out to buy things by him, so he could only ask this one at this time.

But when Zhu Yunming made a move, he regretted it.

Holding his neck tightly with his hands, Tang Shen felt the veins on his temples throbbing wildly: "Brother Zhu, I just asked you to help (reread this word) me over, no trouble for you to carry (reread) me over! "

Zhu Yunming raised his eyebrows: "That's so troublesome, you're not heavy anyway."

Tang Shen stared at him, but said nothing.Although I don't like being hugged by another man's princess, it is much easier than jumping back.Anyway, just a few steps, bear with it.

In fact, most people, especially men, don't like being hugged by princesses.It's not that it's uncomfortable, it's that it feels insecure.When all the balance and safety are completely entrusted to the two arms of another man, I always worry that the arms below me are not strong enough.So, holding each other's neck is a good way to find a sense of security.Of course, the same applies to women.

Therefore, it was the first time in Tang Shen's life that he hugged someone other than his mother.Then he discovered to his surprise that Zhu Yunming was actually taller than his elder brother, his shoulders were much wider, and he was even stronger than his elder brother's body. No wonder he was able to hug him so easily.

His sight glides across the entire room as he walks. Even though there are not many decorations, there are still memories of the two of them getting along everywhere in this room.Suddenly, I realized that I have been here for a few days, but I have been taking care of him all the time.As long as I am awake and bored, I can often see him.And if he wants to rest or stay quietly for a while, he will automatically and spontaneously disappear.This person is actually a very nice person, so gentle and considerate, no wonder the elder brother likes him.

Zhu Yunming bent down and carefully placed him on the bed. Tang Shen sat hugging the quilt and suddenly asked, "If big brother, I mean, if he comes to you, would you still want to be with him?"

Zhu Yunming was stunned for a moment, then sat on the edge of the bed and propped his chin up for a while and said, "I don't know, after all we've been separated for such a long time. If I still like him, I should be willing."

Tang Shen glared at him again, turned over and fell back on the bed to sleep, Zhu Yunming smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Hey, why are you angry?"

"I'm mad that I made a friend with no morals!"

Hearing Zhu Yunming's laughing voice, Tang Shen couldn't help kicking him with his uninjured foot: "Hey, are you really just here for fun when you come to Changzhou this time?"

"Yes."

"What about after that? After playing."

"It's my father's [-]th birthday in a few days, and I'm going back to Suzhou. After that, I should stay in Suzhou."

"Huh?" Tang Shen couldn't help but sat up again, looking at him curiously: "You want to stay in Suzhou?"

"Well, although there are a few brothers in my family, I am a legitimate son after all, and I will inherit the family business. I have been staying in the capital for these years, and now that I am back, I naturally have to learn to take over." Seeing him, Zhu Yunming seemed to want to Continuing to chat, she sat on the edge of the bed leaning on the bedpost, as if planning to have a long talk.

Tang Shen recalled that Zhu's family was considered to be in a very good family among the four great talents.Although he was depressed in his later years, his financial resources have always been good.He often helped Tang Yin with money, and even paid for Tang Yin's burial after his death. It seemed that Zhu's family really had a great career. "I thought you'd keep going out for a few more years."

"Let my brothers settle down first."

Sure enough, every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite.

Seeing that Tang Shen was so sleepy that he began to rub his eyes, Zhu Yunming stood up and said, "Okay, when can we not say these words, go to sleep."

Tang Shen nodded and lay down. After a few days of rest, he was still not in good spirits, and would sleep for a while after two or three hours of waking up.He closed his eyes and was about to fall asleep, but suddenly opened them and reached out to grab his clothes corner: "Where's Xu Zhenqing?" It seems that he is quite dissatisfied with this Mr. Xu when he is called by his first and last name.

Zhu Yunming had no choice but to turn around and spread his hands and said, "I don't know, it seems to be staying in the capital, and we haven't met again."

Only then did Tang Shen let him go, thinking about how troublesome he was, what did that person have to do with him, why did he ask so many questions.He pulled the quilt under his neck, closed his eyes, and fell asleep in no time.

Seeing that he was asleep, Zhu Yunming quietly left the room and closed the door.As soon as he turned around, he saw Yong Lu walking in with a lot of things in big bags and small bags, and asked strangely: "What did your master ask you to buy?"

Panting for breath, Yong Lu put down his things, rushed to the table and poured himself four or five glasses of water, and then said, "It's not your fault!"

Zhu Yunming looked innocent, what's the matter with him?

Yonglu continued: "Didn't you read a book to our grandfather before? What is it called "Mechanism" or something? He was fascinated. Order me to go to the streets and alleys today to find him the same type of book , I also need to buy paper, ruler, thread, and ink. You see, you even made a list for me, asking me to buy everything.” He took a crumpled piece of paper out of his arms.

""Mechanism"? Oh, I remembered." The book was very interesting, and it was a good way to pass the time.So he saw that Tang Shen was bored, and Tang Yin's poetry collection, which was the only thing he used for entertainment, was taken away by himself, so he showed him the book.Didn't expect him to forget about it, and want to do it himself?Smiling, he took the paper and looked at it. Sure enough, it was something that would be used in the design of some organs.

"It's rare for our grandfather to like to do one thing, even if he has to risk his life to buy it back for him." Yonglu said while tidying up. There are a lot of things, not big, and the bits and pieces are hard to put together. "Master Zhu, if you want me to say that our master is really a strange person. He is obviously a scholar, but he doesn't like reciting poems and painting. At most, he just reads books. Since childhood, I have never seen him really like anything. It is rare that after reading that book Excitedly told me that I want to try it, I have to be satisfied no matter what.”

"It's not bad to like to read books."

"Master Zhu, you like to read books, but you don't just read books all day long, do you? You will get bored after reading books for a long time. You read books, and you also go out for walks, listen to operas and see scenery, our master is true He only reads books. He doesn’t say it himself, but I think he’s actually not interested in other things and can only read books, how uncomfortable is that?” After setting things up, Yonglu took the paper and checked again to make sure he didn’t buy anything wrong , and then nodded. "Our grandfather is asleep?"

"Well, I'm asleep."

"Okay, then I'll go eat something first, but I'm starving to death. What would Master Zhu want to eat? Can I get you something to eat?"

"No need, go buy the dumplings. Go and eat by yourself."

"Okay, I'll go to the back kitchen to get some food first, if you have any orders, let me know."

Seeing that he was gone, Zhu Yunming walked to the table and looked at the pile of things. There were several books piled up on one side, with paper and pen tools in the middle, and some thick ink cartridges beside them.I reached out and took a book to read. The content is not all about organs, but there are some related ones.It's just that if you want to learn mechanism skills, the most important thing is the blueprint, which is not easy to do.

Just thinking about whether to help, I heard a light knock on the door, and looked up at the closed door strangely.The sound didn't seem to be coming from this room, but apart from Tang Shen's room, only the room opposite him had guests.So, are you here to find yourself?

Thinking of this, Zhu Yunming stood up and opened the door, and saw that outside his room door, a woman in a cloak was raising her hand and knocking gently on the door of her room.

"what can I do for you?"

The woman was startled, and immediately turned her head, Zhu Yunming saw that this was the girl Fang Fei from Mingyue Building.

Fang Fei is wearing very clean clothes today, a very decent blue dress, covered with a deep purple cloak, and only two small bead flowers are pressed on her head, without extra jewelry or makeup, she looks delicate and immature .Seeing that it was Zhu Yunming, he immediately bowed his legs and bowed: "Young Master Zhu."

Seeing her, Zhu Yunming guessed her intention, nodded and said, "Miss Fang Fei came to me because of Mr. Tang's business?"

"This... yes."

Zhu Yunming thought for a while, then came out of Tang Shen's room, opened the door of his own room and invited her in.

The author has something to say: I don't intend to whitewash Zhu Yunming, he is a good person, but no matter how good he is, it can't change the fact that he is a romantic and talented man.A person always has shortcomings and strengths, write them out for everyone to judge, and hope that this can make this character more vivid.Well, nothing else.