Speaking of this, Yan Yongzhang's tone became jealous unconsciously: "He was admitted to the Juren Examination all of a sudden and also passed the Imperial Examination. At first, he could have stayed in the Hanlin Academy directly, but for some unknown reason, he came to the Northwest to work. He became a ninth-grade county magistrate and rose up step by step!"
"He refused to stay in the Hanlin Academy?" Wen Qingzhu felt that this might have something to do with Bai Dong's teacher, "Do you remember anything special about Bai Dong's promotion path?"
Yan Yongzhang thought carefully.
As a top student, Bai Dong is completely different from someone with a relationship like him, but Bai Dong has always been much luckier than him.
The road to promotion was extremely smooth, until Tang Xiao died last time. According to the original plan, Bai Dong was supposed to go to Yunzhou to be the prefect.
It happened that during this period, Bai Dong took sick leave and left Linzhou.
"I remembered! At that time, the unofficial candidate for Yunzhou magistrate was Baidong, but he took leave and left Linzhou at that time. He seemed to have gone to a place where he said he was looking for medicine for his wife. I don't know the place clearly, but I vaguely remember it. There seems to be some kind of Medicine God Valley.”
As soon as Yan Yongzhang finished speaking, Wen Qingzhu felt something was wrong. How could it be related to Yaoshen Valley
But the other end of Linzhou is indeed not far from the Medicine God Valley.
Suddenly, Wen Qingzhu remembered that there was someone here who had stayed in Yaoshen Valley for a long time.
She ran to Wen Mingliang's room, and he was getting ready: "Why is the seventh sister here?"
Without any nonsense, Wen Qingzhu went straight to the point: "You were in Yaoshen Valley before. Were there any guests there? Did the owner of the valley take special care of them?"
If it is someone who has a grudge against the teacher, with the teacher’s temperament, he is definitely on the same level as him.
Wen Qingzhu has lived two lives, but he has never heard of anyone who is as famous as his teacher!
"A guest with special care?" Wen Mingliang thought carefully and suddenly nodded, "Yes, yes! It's Mr. Ding! I heard from the owner of the valley that he is also a great scholar, but I have never heard of anyone named Ding. Great Confucian."
"Mr. Ding?" Not to mention Wen Mingliang, Wen Qingzhu himself didn't know.
Seeing Wen Qingzhu's anxious look, Wen Mingliang tried hard to recall things about Mr. Ding.
He clasped his hands and sighed: "It's Mr. Ding Huan! I remembered it! That Mr. Ding is Mr. Ding Huan's nephew! That means Mr. Ding Huan is the uncle of Mr. Ding!"
Ding Huan
Isn't this person the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs who retired from old age and returned to his hometown
Before, Jiang Yuanhan seemed to want to keep Ding Huan, but Ding Huan's old father died of illness, and he was approaching his seventies, and his body really couldn't hold on any longer.
As a last resort, they could only let Ding Huan go and think about it.
If you think about it carefully, isn't Ding Huan from Yunzhou
Wen Qingzhu immediately went to catch Yan Yongzhang and asked about the Ding family again.
"Have you ever heard of any great scholars in the Ding family?" Yan Yongzhang was not sure.
Looking at his expression, Wen Qingzhu was very suspicious. He, a parallel importer who relied on bribes to get to the top, might not be able to compare with people like Bai Dong.
When he was anxious, Lu Chuan hurried in.
"There's news from Brother Fu! He said that the teacher is fine! It's just that he encountered the Huns' stronghold and had a fierce battle, which delayed the time. He said that he would be back in about an hour."
After receiving the news about Fu Lie and his teacher, Wen Qingzhu breathed a long sigh of relief.
Yan Yongzhang, who failed to satisfy Wen Qingzhu, was very worried and racked his brains thinking about things about the Ding family.
As he was thinking about it, he suddenly remembered something important.
When Ding Huan came back for the funeral, Lu Chuan was here!
"Sir! I remember! When the old man of the Ding family held a funeral, General Lu was there!"
Wen Qingzhu looked up at Lu Chuan and saw him asking with confusion: "Is there any problem with the Ding family?"
Looking at Lu Chuan, Wen Qingzhu's eyes were filled with joy, and he couldn't help but grab his arm: "Do the Ding family have a good relationship with your family? How are you going to go back to the Ding family for God's funeral?"
"That's because the old man of the Ding family is my teacher's grandfather!" Lu Chuan said matter-of-factly.
Wen Qingzhu caught one of the questions: "Wait a minute! You said your teacher is also from the Ding family? What is his name? Besides your disciple, are there any other disciples?"
"I'm not a disciple, I'm just one of his students. He's so powerful, I don't dare claim to be his disciple! I don't have the face!"
Lu Chuan shook his head quickly, seeming to have great respect for Mr. Ding.
Seeing his expression, Wen Qingzhu became more and more certain that Baidong's teacher was that Mr. Ding!
"His name is Ding Yinzhi. He is the biological son of Mr. Ding, that is, the biological brother of Lord Ding Xu. Lord Ding Xu and Ding have been in the Ministry of Personnel for more than thirty years and the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel for almost twenty years. This You should know, right?"
"I know, tell me about this Ding Yinzhi, why is he so powerful? Do you know Mr. Ji?" Wen Qingzhu was extremely anxious now.
Although Fu Lie sent back a message saying that everything was fine, she still remembered the time when the teacher had an accident.
Lu Chuan looked very respectful and said: "He is very powerful. My father said that he is the one below Mr. Ji. The Ji family is a wealthy family in the capital, but the Ding family is a unique scholarly family here in Yunzhou. You should be in the book Have you read the allusion about Yunshan Wuyin? This story is about Ding Yin’s father, Mr. Ding.”
"I know this, but there aren't many things about him. Why does it feel like someone has deliberately concealed it?" Wen Qingzhu can be considered a person who has read all kinds of books.
Of course she knew the allusion to Yunshan Kirigakure, but strangely, she didn't point out who this Mr. Ding was.
Generally, records will have many relevant annotations.
Moreover, this allusion is so famous. According to Lu Chuan, Mr. Ding is also very powerful, but why is his presence so weak
"That's because Mr. Ding was the most persistent opponent of Emperor Shunde. He wrote many propaganda articles to criticize Emperor Shunde, so after Emperor Shunde ascended the throne, he was the first person to get rid of.
Later, his younger brother, Lord Ding Xu, did not want to be an official, but Emperor Shunde forced him to stay. He always trusted Lord Ding Xu and listened to Lord Ding's opinions.
But you also know that Mr. Ding is very prudent in doing things, but he never expresses opinions casually. He is different from Mr. Ding Huan. Mr. Ding Huan is an ordinary person who took the exam three times before passing the exam.
Later, when Emperor Shunde came to the throne, he got rid of Mr. Ding and directly appointed Ding Xu, who had not received the imperial examination results, as the doctor of the Ministry of official affairs. Later, Lord Ding Xu was naturally admitted to the civil service examination.
No one knows what is going on here. My dad may know, but he won’t tell me. The Ding family suddenly fell into decline because of what happened to Mr. Ding.
Mr. Ding’s son, my teacher, never took the scientific examination. He was obsessed with learning and inherited Mr. Ding’s achievements. By the way, Mr. Ji is my teacher’s junior brother. "
As soon as Lu Chuan finished speaking, Wen Qingzhu was startled.
"Why are you junior brother? How good is their relationship?"
This is what Wen Qingzhu is most worried about.
When mentioning this matter, Lu Chuan was actually very confused: "My father invited Mr. Ding to come over and he only taught me for half a year before he left. But my father told me not to mention Mr. Ji in front of Mr. Ding. After all, that was During that time, Mr. Ji traveled around the world and occasionally settled in Dingyuan."
"Then do you know where your teacher lives?" Wen Qingzhu always felt something was wrong. Zhao'er said before that the teacher would die in Yongheguan, which made her feel uneasy.
Originally, she didn't have much hope, but Lu Chuan replied: "I know! It's just a bit far."
Two hours later, the sky began to darken.
The panting Lu Chuan looked at Wen Qingzhu who was silent in front of him and almost cried.
Why should he promise her to come to the teacher's side!
This was the fastest, but also the steepest and most rugged road that his father took him to take to show his sincerity.
Weeds and dead branches were crisscrossed in front of him. Wen Qingzhu, holding a cane in one hand and wearing a thick glove on the other, pushed aside the obstacles in front of him, and walked up with one foot deep and one shallow.
No matter what, she had to see with her own eyes that the teacher was okay.
While walking, Wen Qingzhu's feet slipped and her body fell backwards. Fortunately, Beidou helped her in time.
Her heart was beating fast, and she gasped for air.
After standing firm, Beidou gestured to her: Do you want me to carry you
Wen Qingzhu looked back at Lu Chuan, who was laughing behind him, and shook his head firmly: "It's not necessary for the time being. It's very dangerous here at night. Just pay attention to other dangers."
After resting for a while, Lu Chuan finally caught up, and his breath was filled with white mist.
His face turned red: "Sister! You look so weak, how can you be so awesome! I was scared for two hours and you didn't even breathe!"
Wen Qingzhu, who had no strength at all, her feet were trembling now.
After a moment of silence, she said to Lu Chuan in a trembling voice: "It's not that I'm not tired, I just don't want to show it."
As he got closer, Lu Chuan discovered that Wen Qingzhu's face was also red, and his hand holding the tree trunk was still shaking.
Finally, he was no longer a loser. Lu Chuan sat down on the ground and said, "Sister! The teacher lives far away. I also practiced in the military camp back then, and I was gone for a day and a night! Now I am no longer the Lu Chuan I used to be. But there are at least six hours! What’s more, it’s still deep winter, if it snows heavily—"
Before he finished speaking, Lu Chuan noticed snowflakes falling in front of him.
He wanted to slap himself in the mouth: "I have such a crow's mouth!"
Wen Qingzhu also frowned. It was not a good thing to encounter snow when going up the mountain.
Looking at the top, Lu Chuan persuaded seriously: "How about we take the main road. This road is really not allowed! I heard before that there were people who went up the mountain to find the teacher, and something happened on this road!"
"Why do you all take this path?" Wen Qingzhu discovered a problem.
Their road was not taken by humans at all. There were not even any animal footprints along the way.
If it weren't for the vines and thorns all over the road, as well as all kinds of tough trees on the road, it would be impossible for people to walk up with the slope and uneven slopes in front of them.
Lu Chuan raised his head and looked at the road ahead: "This is because there are few educated people here in the northwest, and there is only one great scholar like Mr. Dingding. The south of the Yangtze River is rich, and there are still a few great scholars, and There are countless people with good knowledge, but in the northwest, there is only Mr. Ding.”
There is so much sadness hidden in the last sentence.
Lu Chuan looked away, looked into Wen Qingzhu's eyes and said, "Did you know? After the world is at peace, there will be requirements for joining the army in places like the northwest. After all, it is not a time of war, so there are only so many soldiers needed.
The remaining people can only take the imperial examination route, but without good teachers and good resources, the imperial examination route is worse than joining the army. "
"So after Mr. Ding's incident came out, not only did the capital not mention it, but the northwest side also kept it secret?" Wen Qingzhu sat down.
After taking out the water, Lu Chuan took a sip, wiped his mouth and continued: "It's not because Emperor Shunde sent the Zhao Qing brothers here. Our Lu family originally wanted to help the Ding family, but later we couldn't take care of ourselves!
Over the years, if the Ding family did not have Ding Huan in the official department, the teacher would not be able to study with peace of mind. Before, the teacher still lived in Yunzhou City. "