Lord Dai gave him a character, and he regarded him more and more as his own student, and asked him about his studies.
Cui Xie's quick knowledge was not enough to ask in front of the censor, so he could only pick up the annotations in the "Biography of Zhu Ziji" taught by Mr. Lin and "The Complete Book of Poetry" sent by Master Liu, and answered dryly. If you ask more deeply, you can only rely on editing.
After asking a few questions, Dai Ren figured out his bottom line, and said, "Your writing is good, but the meaning of the scriptures is mediocre. When you chose "Poetry" as the scripture, it was just for the scientific examination, right? Students have been studying since childhood. "Poetry", in the imperial examination, the second room of "Poetry" and "Ritual" had the most candidates. People thought that "Poetry" was the easiest scripture to learn, but they didn't know that "Poetry" has justice, side meanings, and out-of-context meanings, which is the most difficult. A solid book."
Cui Xie lowered his head and explained two sentences ashamedly: "When the disciple was first learning the scriptures, he didn't understand anything, because the teacher Mr. Lin taught "Poems", so he followed the scriptures with poems. Later, he was really busy. Concerned about the scientific examination, I couldn't get down to read the articles of the ancient Confucianism, so I only read one "Biography" and one "Comprehensive"."
Dai Ren nodded slightly: "I can't blame you for that. In the subject field, only the "Jizhuan" is emphasized, and even Chengzi's biography, if it disagrees with Zhuzi's intention, the examiner will not take it. If you are willing to read the "Daquan", It's been a lot to see."
He glanced at Cui Xie and sighed slightly: "With your age and talent, you shouldn't just study for the imperial examination. Yongping Mansion is desolate, and it is not a place for talented people, so Tongshi can also let you in. When it comes time for the exam, the world's talented people gather in the capital, and you have a half-baked test. You only know how to find the words and phrases from the biography. How can you compare to other people's profound knowledge of classics?"
Cui Xie told him that his forehead was sweating, and he respectfully stood up and replied, "This disciple is young and ignorant, and I asked the teacher to teach me."
This "teacher" called into Dai Ren's heart. He took Cui Xie's hand and said, "Sit down, take good care of a little sanyuan's desk leader, why did he come to me to be punished. I just advise you to study more while you are young, and don't take the imperial examination as your foundation. It's just business."
Cui Xie nodded and sat back again.
Dai Ren looked at him with some pity: "This year is the last year for me to be promoted to Beizhili, and I will be returning to Beijing to stand by after the annual exam, and I will rarely have the opportunity to speak in the future, so I would like to advise you a few words today:
"Confucius said in "Poems" that you know more about the names of birds, beasts, plants and trees, so you must first go through exegesis in order to manage "Poems". You can't find any good gentlemen in Qian'an County, so you hang your school records here and go back to Beijing or However, studying in the south. First study the exegesis knowledge of the Song people, and then intensively read Zheng's "Notes", "Justice" and "Mao Biography"... Although it is the knowledge of predecessors and cannot be swayed on ink rolls, do you only write scientific articles for the rest of your life? It is necessary to understand what the predecessors said, and to corroborate the texts of the examination and debate with each other, in order to have a glimpse of the general idea of the "Poems"."
Cui Xie answered seriously, but he was still a little uncertain about whether he could go to study elsewhere in the future.
From the only impression he had of that Cui Langzhong, he seemed to be a bit controlling and manic. It was because he was ignored and asked no questions in Qian'an that he took the risk to take the children's test. Now that there is an accident in Beijing, he has to go back to the palace to play right, Cui Lang will definitely know that he is a scholar.
So will the Cui family try to control him and forbid him to go out to study again
He couldn't bet on this possibility, he still took the opportunity of entering the palace to hug the emperor's thigh, and it would be best if he could persuade him to allow himself to go out to study. Otherwise, I will wait for Lord Dai to return to Beijing, and shamelessly beg him to accept me as a disciple, and then move to the teacher's house...
He looked at Dai Ren affectionately, as if he had taught Cui Langzhong to lock himself at home, across the fence-like gate of a prison, looking at Teacher Dai who came to visit him and bail him out.
Dai Xuezheng also looked at him lovingly and said, "If you are willing to change the scriptures into "Li", I will really accept you as a disciple."
Or try to hug the emperor's thigh first.
"Zhou Li" has 45,000 words, "Rituals" has 56,000 words, and the Book of Rites is 99,000 words... He Zhi's "Poem" is only 39,000 words, which is not an order of magnitude at all. He has a hard disk cheat and can open a PDF in his mind, but he can't open and copy the scriptures.
Even if Dai Xuezheng managed the "Yi", he gritted his teeth and changed it, but the "Book of Rites" has to learn three rituals, adding up to a hundred thousand words, which is a little less than the "Spring and Autumn" plus "Zuo Zhuan". Back to that point, it's really a headache just thinking about it.
The two of them were looking at each other speechlessly, and suddenly there was a series of hurried knocks on the door outside, which shattered the atmosphere of this school of teachers and students. Dai Ren looked back and asked, "Who is it?"
The person who opened the door was Song Ji, a local experiencer, and he gave him a bow when he entered the door, and said, "Master, someone outside the door claimed to be Cui Xiucai's family, and said that the emperor received an imperial decree, and the emperor wanted him to enter the palace to play it right. So I sent someone to Yongping to pick him up."
Dai Ren said in surprise: "I just took a small three yuan from him, and I actually alarmed the saint?"
Song Shixun shook his head: "The servants of that family don't know anything, they just said that the head of the family, Cui Langzhong, received the imperial decree, saying that the emperor was going to summon the child prodigy, so he ordered them to bring Cui Xie back to Beijing immediately. When they bumped into each other, they followed the road to the Yamen. Your lord, do you want Cui Xie to go back immediately?"
The eyes of the two fell on Cui Xie's face, slightly suspicious. But Cui Xie got someone's advice in advance, and he had a bottom line in his heart.
Dai Ren couldn't help but compliment him again, saying, "You don't dare to talk nonsense with the imperial decree in your family. Go and recognize it. If it's really family members, go back with them."
It's really the Cui family, and he doesn't know any of them.
Cui Xie's difficulties were hard to explain, so he had to say: "I still have an old friend waiting outside the Confucian Temple. He is also fifteen or sixteen years old. He wears a melon skin hat and a red robe. Can the adults find him? I asked him a few words. talk?"
Song experienced, "You're talking about the one called Peng Yan? Isn't he your servant? He's also waiting with the servants of the Cui family, sitting in the hall."
Cui Xie was worried about holding the inkstone, so he sued Xuezheng and wanted to go and see it first. Dai Ren waved his hand and said, "The call of the Holy Spirit is a matter of fact. You can go there with peace of mind. I will tell the school officials in Qian'an County for you and ask them to register your student status for you."
"Then thank you sir."
He went to the hall with Song's experience, and saw Peng Yan sitting with two unfamiliar young men, and the three of them didn't speak much. As soon as he entered, the two of them stood up immediately, squeezed out some flattering smiles and said, "The eldest son is finally here! The emperor, Tianen, asked you to enter the palace, and the master hastily ordered the younger ones to come and pick you up. Jing, I can make you new clothes and socks, and teach you the etiquette of entering the palace."
Peng Yan was also so excited that his eyes turned red: "Brother, Cui Xing said that your reputation as a child prodigy has spread to the palace! The emperor said that you are loyal and talented. If you want to summon you, you are not going to be a high-ranking official. What!"
The emperor wanted to see him, not only to summon the child prodigy, but also to ask about Xu's case of framing officials.
Cui Xie sighed secretly, patted him on the shoulder and said, "I see. This is a great thing. I should have taken you to see it, but your father doesn't know the truth in the county, so I'm afraid you have to worry. Don't follow me. Go to Beijing, go back and send a letter to your father, your father and son will visit the grave for me these few days, and then go to the temple to invite a few virtuous monks, staring at them and recite two thousand volumes of sutras to save the ancestors, it can be regarded as Let the ancestors share the grace of God."
After all, their father and son were servants of the Cui family. After entering Beijing, they would always bow their heads in front of the Cui family. If that Cui Langzhong knew about Ju Anzhai under their name, he would not know what to do.
What's more, it was a big case to frame an official, and the Cui family might not be so innocent. If they were involved here, it would be safer for their father and son to live in the temple than in the mansion under the Cui family's name.
When the two servants from Beijing heard the "ancestor", they thought that Cui Langzhong had not returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors for many years, and the servants who sent him had always been perfunctory. I am afraid that the eldest son would know about it, and his face became a little embarrassed. Although Peng Yan still wanted to go, he was used to being obedient, so he endured the thought of going to Beijing and said, "Then I will go back, and from now on, Brother Lao Xing and Brother Shi will take care of the eldest brother."
The two servants said, "Don't worry, little brother holding inkstone, how dare we not serve the eldest son carefully."
Cui Xie went to say goodbye to Dai Xuezheng and several adults in Fucheng, and went to the inn to pack up.
Because it was the day of the grand ceremony, the rookies went to try the blessing together. The inn was empty, and no one came to ask him why he was in a hurry to leave. He asked Ping Yan to stay, and told the fellow scholars about his return home for him. He slightly packed some clothes, brought some dry food and silver, and got into the car with the two people from the Cui family.
Those two people went out of Yongping Mansion and dared to tell him the truth when they reached the mountain road with no one: "Our wife called Jin Yiwei to arrest him, and the emperor called you to go to the palace after the case was closed."
Cui Xie's heart did not fluctuate, but a look of horror and indignation appeared on his face, grabbing their collars and shaking violently: "What's going on, why is this happening!"
The performance was a little exaggerated, but the two servants had already scared the soul away, and they didn't care about the details, grabbed his arm and whispered to persuade: "Young master, keep your voice down, this can't be heard. Go! You will know the truth when you return to the capital, and now the little ones don't dare to say it!"
Cui Xie glared at them, and said in a hoarse voice: "My mother has worked hard to raise me, and now she is in prison. As a son of man, I should take the punishment with my body. , otherwise I will go directly to knock on the palace gate and avenge the emperor!"
The two servants were so frightened that they quickly stopped him: "Young master, calm down, let's just say it!"
The two of them told Cui Xie what they heard on the day they received the decree, and persuaded Cui Xie: "Master is determined to divorce Xu, she is not part of our family sooner or later, you are a prodigy that the emperor will see, that husband. You say that you are loyal, why are you angry for these ungrateful criminals?"
Cui Xie said generously: "Although my mother is guilty, as a son of man, how can I have the heart to ignore it! Needless to say, I will definitely plead for her!"
The two servants even took out that Cui Langzhong had not been able to go to work for a few days to persuade him to think more about his father and not bring Langzhong's house into this deadly case. However, Cui Xie had done enough of the attitude of a dutiful son, lazy to eat and drink, and sighed every day.
The carriage traveled day and night, and finally entered the Cui Mansion three days later. Everyone from the Cui family greeted them in the courtyard, and even Cui Ju came out. Standing in the courtyard and looking at the eldest son who had not returned for a long time, he was in a trance: This is his son, the righteous man and child prodigy admired by the emperor, and I am afraid it is also him. Hope for the future.
Fortunately, he sent the child out of Beijing early, so he didn't let the evil woman of the Xu family harm him.
He raised his sleeves and sat in the main hall with his father's majestic attitude, waiting for Cui Xie to come out of the main room to pay homage to his grandparents, and walked to the front to pay homage to himself.
At this moment, time seems to have been stretched several times. The chatter and laughter from the outside yard was so disturbing, but the old lady did not allow him to go to the upper room to receive the salute together, so he had to wait in his yard tormented.
I don't know how long it took, and finally there was a sound of "eldest brother" and "eldest son" outside the hospital. He straightened his clothes, sat up straight and looked out of the hall, eagerly waiting for Cui Xie to come in to greet him. Who would have guessed that the group had just walked down the steps, but a reckless and cruel figure rushed in from the door, flushed in front of Cui Xie, smashed his fist at his face, and shouted: "It's all you. This bastard killed my mother!"
Cui Ju jumped up from the chair in shock, and shouted sharply: "Catch that bad boy! Bring me down to kneel in the ancestral hall!"
He couldn't sit still anymore, so he rushed outside to see Cui Xie - he was the one who wanted to enter the palace, and there must be no scars on that face!
In the courtyard, I could only hear the screams of the foster mother and the maids. Usually, these delicate voices are pleasant to the ear, but at this time they bumped into each other in a chaotic manner, and I couldn't hear anything crisp and tender, which made people upset. He scolded them repeatedly, ran to the steps and looked down from the top, only to see the real situation in the courtyard.
It was Cui Heng who rushed over from behind, grabbed Cui Xie's sleeve, and punched him in the face. Cui Xie swung his right arm back with his hand, his face slightly tilted back, avoiding the punch, and his left hand grabbed the flying fist and twisted it down.
Before Cui Ju ran out to stop him, his eldest son twisted the second son's right hand, and turned the hand half a circle and pressed it against his chest, making him unable to move.
Cui Heng's cry echoed sharply in the courtyard, Cui Xie was unmoved, held his left hand instead, and asked coldly in his cry: "My father is your father too, my mother is my father My first wife, what did you call me? My mother is now in prison and I don’t know if you are alive or dead. You son, you don’t want to run for her to atone for her sins.
"Are you afraid that the world won't talk about the mother's immorality and will not educate the son? Are you afraid that there will be not many scandals in the family and that the father's future will not be difficult enough!"
yes!
Cui Xie knows all this in the country, but what about this second son who has been at home all the time? Could it be that the Xu family is evil by nature, so the son born will look like this
Cui Ju had already forgotten what he was thinking when he beat his eldest son to the countryside, and walked down the steps step by step, wanting to reunite with this good son and share his family.
The second son who was caught in the middle was ignorant, showing a cruel and ugly appearance, and screamed: "This is not what you did! You deliberately donated the Cui family's yard to get some books for Qian'an County. Guan, in the end you got the benefit, and my mother called Jin Yiwei to arrest it! It's all your bastard—"
When his left hand hurt, he didn't dare to shout anymore, just stared at Cui Xie with a pair of red eyes that were dripping with blood.
Cui Xie sighed: "Those who know me say I am worried, and those who don't know me say what I want. I donated the yard given to me by my grandmother, what does it have to do with my mother? Your accusation is simply... Well, my mother is indeed guilty, But after all, she is the wife that my father Mingmi is marrying, and my stepmother also gave birth to your second son for my Cui family. something happened to her..."
He raised his eyes and looked at Cui Langzhong, let go of the younger brother's hand, raised his hand and bowed: "I have suffered the pain of losing my mother, how can I bear to let Brother Heng suffer like this, and how can I let him suffer because of his mother? I hate my father for not saving me today, and then I hate the Cui family? I have to submit a letter to my mother first, and ask my father to stay at home for a while, and then I will come back to say goodbye to my father."
He turned around and left, with a dashing appearance, and everyone couldn't stop him. Cui Langzhong ran down the steps to stop him in a hurry. He jumped in the air and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, the servants below helped him, but he was surprised.
But when he raised his head again, only Cui Heng and a group of overwhelmed maids were left in the yard. In a hurry, he rushed out a few steps, waved and shouted: "Stop him! Don't let him hand over any book... Don't let him provoke Jin Yiwei and the emperor!"