Bad Boy Farming

Just when Er Niu was intentionally or unintentionally causing troubles for Meng Meng, Jian Dou and Xiao Niu jumped over the dragon gate and entered the palace.

With the end of the tense and exciting palace test, the next moment is waiting.

Qi Sheng had already bought a house in the capital, and when he saw the two of them, he asked if they were tired, not if they did well in the exam.

Maverick took off his soaked clothes and said, "I'm not tired, I'm just nervous."

"Yes!" Daodou supported the book boy's arm, "Second Uncle Qi, you don't know, I didn't dare to raise my head, and I heard that the emperor proctored the exam, so I don't know what the emperor looks like."

"What can it look like, isn't it just a nose and two eyes." Su Jiu suddenly appeared, Xiao Niu hadn't seen him for ten years and still recognized him at a glance.

"Why are you at my house?"

"I remember that the owner of this house is surnamed Qi, when did it become your home." Su Jiu picked up Maverick's clothes with a fan, curled her lips, "How cowardly!"

The calf has grown up, so he doesn't bother to argue with him, "Second brother Qi, what are you doing, I'm starving to death."

"Mutton noodles made by the cook..."

"Lamb stewed overnight?" asked Sword Bean.

Qi Sheng nodded, and the two young men cheered and ran towards the kitchen, completely ignoring Su Jiu.

"Lord Ninth, look at this..." It may be that Su Jiu impressed Qi Sheng too deeply, even though he knew that he was the emperor's younger brother, he still couldn't respect him, "Do you want to eat a bowl of noodles before leaving?"

"No." Su Jiu shook his head, "I'll check for Brother Huang to see if Er Niu has come."

Qi Sheng said, "He stays with Mengmeng at home."

"Understood." Su Jiu patted him on the shoulder, "I didn't expect Xiao Mengmeng to be so powerful, it was Xie Yuan."

Qi Sheng and You Rongyan smiled, and immediately sent him out.

The emperor was a little disappointed when he heard that Erniu was not in the capital.

Seeing this, the prince asked, "Father, is he the strange man you often talk about?"

"Yes." The emperor has passed the age of forty, and the prince has been taught by him to be more and more like the king of a country. The emperor did not give up the supreme power, but envied Erniu's leisurely life.

"Back then, he was the one who persuaded the emperor not to care about our brothers' private disputes? He also compared us to wolf cubs?"

"You know?" asked the emperor.

The prince was speechless, "Your letter is clearly placed on the table, I can't even pretend to see it, don't you know?"

"Erniu's letter said that if you can't learn how to deal with conflicts between brothers, and you can't make your younger brother bow down to you, let me have a few more sons, what do you think?"

The prince looked at the emperor, and said with the encouragement of the emperor, "At that time, I wished I could kill him."

"now what?"

"I want to catch him and beat me up! I was only 14 years old at the time, and I haven't learned a lot of things yet, yet he tricked you into killing me!"

The emperor asked with a smile, "Do you know how old Zhang Erniu is now?"

"Father, what's the matter with you today?" Is there any need to ask this question, no matter how people who can get along with Father are 50 to [-] years old.

"He's 28 this year."

"Um, huh? How old is it?" The prince suddenly raised his voice, "You, you mean that he was, at that time, four years older than me?"

"Otherwise." The emperor stood up and said earnestly, "Prince, don't underestimate anyone."

The prince heard the emperor yelling, "Change clothes!" He hurriedly asked, "Father is going out?"

"Er Niu didn't come, Maverick came, I went to see him."

"Father is the body of a thousand pieces of gold, whoever you want to see will announce him into the palace."

The emperor turned around, "It's not about high or low to make friends."

"Zhang Xiaoniu is also your friend?" The prince's eyes straightened.

"If you have nothing to do, go with me." The emperor smiled slightly, "I heard that the second child put someone in the Ministry of War, and then you secretly help the fourth child in the Ministry of Punishment?"

"Father, this is the balance technique you taught me." The prince said hastily.

The emperor said, "Did I teach you to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight?"

"You didn't, but your friend said in the letter that the father never wanted to replace me. My position is very stable, saying that I am worrying about nothing. There is no need to compete with my younger brothers for those petty profits. Just prevent them from being the dominant family. good."

"Is this what I let you see?" The emperor cast a sideways glance at him.

The prince took a step back subconsciously, "My son, my son felt that although his words were not pleasant, but some methods were quite practical, so I secretly read his letter to you."

The emperor sighed, "Fortunately, you are still a prince! Aren't you feeling uneasy, go, follow me to meet your inner palace chief."

"My inner palace? The manager?" The prince couldn't believe what he heard, he was just a prince now, what did the emperor think.

The emperor ignored him and knocked on the door of Qi Mansion. The emperor said that he was an old friend of Qi Sheng, and the servants let them in when they saw that his clothes were shining brightly.

Qi Sheng was sucking noodles, when he saw the person coming, he choked.

Maverick was taken aback, "Su, Big Brother Su, why are you here? Did Xiao Jiu tell you? By the way, I remember you like to eat mutton noodles, so I'll ask the servant girl to cook noodles for you." run outside.

Sword Dou quickly patted Qi Sheng on the back, "Second Uncle Qi, why are you so careless. Uncle Su, sit down first."

The prince behind the emperor looked at the situation in front of him, a little confused, "Father, who are these two?"

Qi Sheng, who had just taken a breath after calling out "Father", choked on his own saliva again.What day is it today!First came the prince, then the emperor, followed by a prince, why is Er Niu not here.

Seeing that Qi Sheng was so excited, the emperor smiled and said, "Brother Qi, I haven't seen you for many years, don't come here without any problems."

"I'm fine, I'm fine." Qi Sheng originally regarded the emperor as a man of his elder generation, but now that he knew his identity, he was a little cautious when facing him.

The emperor chuckled, "The sword beans have grown so big."

"Uncle Su, sit down quickly." As he spoke, he moved two chairs.

Xiao Niu put the bowl in front of the emperor, "Brother Su, the lamb hoof bones stewed overnight, try it quickly, it's delicious."

"Uncle Niu, why is there only one bowl?" Jiandou asked.

"Oh, the noodles are not good yet."

Sword Bean shook his head, "No, his." He pointed at the people around the emperor.

Only then did Maverick see, "Huh? Who are you?"

Qi Sheng's eyes darkened, "He is your brother Su's son, your little brother Su! Hurry up and ask the servant girl to serve more bowls of noodles!"

"What are you yelling, I can hear you." Maverick finished speaking and went out.

The emperor smiled and said, "He is still exactly the same as when he was a child."

"I'm making you laugh, the three of them are old but not brainy, otherwise I wouldn't have followed." Qi Sheng poured a glass of water for the two of them as he spoke.

The emperor said, "You sit too, don't be too busy, I think Erniu taught them very well." Looking at Jiandou, "I heard that the top three in this provincial examination were taken by you guys?"

"No, I'm No.5." Sword Dou is now a Gongshi, not only does not feel that he is very good, but he is embarrassed, "I didn't do well in the exam."

"Then how sure are you of this imperial examination? What do you want to do in the future?" the emperor asked.

Since the emperor had given the three children pens, ink, paper and inkstones and books over the years, Daodou and the others have always remembered Su Ba's goodness. Hearing this, they said honestly, "I want to repair books."

"What?" Qi Sheng was startled, "You, say it again!" The emperor was listening.

"My brain is not as fast as Uncle Xiaoniu's, and I am not as smart as Mengmeng. Uncle Erniu said that the court is the darkest, and it takes three steps for a minister to get into a high position. If I can enter the top three That's great, I also like to read, so I think it's the most suitable for me." Daodoou said and raised his head, "Uncle Su, do you think I'm worthless?"

"Does Erniu agree?" the emperor asked.

"Don't mention my second brother!" Maverick snorted.

The emperor was curious, "Did Er Niu beat you again?"

"No!" Brother Su suddenly appeared, Xiao Niu didn't want to talk about the embarrassing things in the past, "According to what the second brother wants, we should go home and farm with him."

"Your family bought land again?" The emperor was even more surprised.

Qi Sheng winked at them secretly, Xiao Niu ignored him at all, and said to himself, "Second brother looks down on us too much, he always feels that once we step into official career, sooner or later we will be tricked by others. There are no bones left. In order to save our lives, we should stay with him in Zhangjia Village for the rest of our lives."

"When did Er Niu say such a thing?" Qi Sheng cut him off.

Sword Bean: "Although the second uncle didn't say it clearly, I can see that he is very worried about our coming to Beijing."

The emperor raised his eyebrows at the crown prince, and the crown prince said, "Zhang Erniu is too worrying."

"That's right. People are sitting at home, and disasters can come from the sky. Drinking cold water might choke to death, Brother Qi, I'm not talking about you." Xiao Niu saw Qi Sheng staring at him, "I mean Er Brother, there is no need to worry that we will be killed by our colleagues someday!"

Qi Sheng covered his eyes, "Brother Su, you guys talk, I'll go outside to digest food."

Seeing that there was still half a bowl of noodles left in his bowl, the prince opened his mouth and said, "I'll walk with you."

As soon as Xiao Niu saw the two of them going out, he pulled up a chair and sat in front of the emperor, "Brother Su, I heard that your family has a lot of connections. Do you know what kind of courtiers the emperor likes?"

"The emperor, of course I like Chunchen."

"You don't need to talk about it." Xiao Niu waved his hand, "I also know that the emperor hopes that all the ministers will be loyal to him."

"That's fine." The emperor said, "As long as you follow in the footsteps of the emperor, sooner or later you will be able to ascend to a high position."

Xiao Niu curled his lips, "Second brother said that pure ministers want to be enemies of everyone except the emperor. I don't want to be pure ministers."

"Then what are you?" Sword Bean asked, "Do you want to be a double-faced person?"

"Don't!" Maverick shook his head resolutely, even more resolutely than before, "If I become a villain, my second brother will definitely not want me." Maverick was very distressed, "Brother Su, don't you just work and don't care about those messy things?" Is it an official position?"

The emperor was taken aback, and reached out to touch his head, "Son, you are 21 years old, not 11 years old, let's not be so naive, okay?"

"I also know that I shouldn't think so." The road ahead is uncertain, and the second brother is not around, Mavericks is a little panicked.

The emperor saw the confusion in his eyes and asked, "Do you know the inner palace?"

"The emperor's private treasury," said Sword Bean.

"Then do you know the Ministry of Households?" the emperor asked again.

Xiao Niu nodded, "The place that is in charge of the world's money."

"Only these two places have endless work every day, and don't have to deal with messy things, but this is also the place that offends people the most."

"I understand." Xiao Niu's voice was a little low, "I was ignorant in the past, and every day I withheld money from the family to prevent my second brother from buying things. Looking back, my second brother is still angry."

"Then if given the chance, where would you like to go?"

Xiao Niu smiled, "Brother Su, I don't know how I did in the exam."

"It's okay to think about it."

Xiao Niu said "hmm", "The second brother said that the emperor is a good emperor. If possible, I will help the emperor manage the money. Let his money generate a lot of money, more than the money in the household department!"

"How dare you think!"

"It doesn't matter if you think about it!" Maverick said, and the three of them burst out laughing.

Hearing the emperor's hearty laughter, the prince said, "I haven't seen father so happy for a long time."

"The emperor manages a lot of things every day, and the people all over the world are counting on him. He can't be like a Maverick who sees the sky and doesn't look serious."

The prince nodded, "By the way, I heard that your nephew was the youngest scholar in the provincial examination last year?"

"Return to Your Highness, yes." Qi Sheng said, "It's all thanks to Er Niu's good teaching."

"Then he will come to Kyoto in three years, right?"

Qi Sheng didn't react immediately, "Er Niu won't stop him."

The prince smiled, "Gu really wants to see Zhang Erniu, if it weren't for him, Gu would still worry about the instability of the crown prince all day long."

"Hehe..." Qi Sheng laughed awkwardly, never daring to say that he had read all the letters written by the emperor to Er Niu, and he wrote many replies.

A few days after the emperor's surprise visit, the ministers who read the papers finally ranked the top ten, and the papers were delivered to the emperor's desk.

The emperor glanced at the crown prince who was reading the memorial for him, "I'm not too young..."

"Father!"

"Let me finish." The emperor raised his hand, "The person selected this time is likely to be your right-hand man in the future. Let's see who can be the champion."

The prince dawdled for a while, and the emperor glared. He hurriedly stood up, "Father, can you tell which one is Zhang Xiaoniu?"

The emperor seemingly casually pulled out a stack, "This."

"Ah?" The ten test papers were all copied by one person, and the emperor could confirm it just by reading the beginning, "My son, my son..."

"Remove it if you want." As soon as his words fell, the prince tore off the piece of paper pasted with his name, "Hey, isn't it Zhang Xiaoniu?!"

"Impossible!" The emperor subconsciously stood up, grabbed the paper, raised his hand and slapped the prince, "Zhang Jin is Zhang Xiaoniu!"

"Why did you choose such a name?" The prince rubbed his head, not daring to say that he thought Xiao Niu was called Zhang Xiaoniu.

"He was too talkative when he was young. Er Niu told him to be cautious in his words and deeds in the future, lest he would not remember, so he named him Zhang Jin." The emperor pointed at the calf's test paper, "It is worthy of being brought up by Er Niu. Child, you don't seem to be a decent person, but you look at how cautious your wording is, and your perverse tone does not make the examiner offend.

I have met so many people in my life, and I can only say that only Zhang Erniu is really smart.If the Mavericks learn [-]% of what he has, you don't have to worry about running out of money one day. "

"Where's Qi Mengmeng?"

"The little guy's name is Qi Yu. I don't know the specifics." He stood up as he spoke, "No.3 is Mavericks. You decide the rest yourself, and you will announce the rank of Jinshi."

"Why not the number one scholar?" Seeing that the emperor was about to leave again, the prince asked hurriedly.

"I want to go! When you figure it out, I will abdicate and give way to the virtuous!" The emperor threw down a pile of memorials and a stack of test papers and floated to the inner hall, intending to squat for a while, so that he could attend the Qionglin Banquet with a radiant face.