Chapter 64 Attending the Banquet

  This is also too stingy, Yan Yunli's forehead was sweating black lines, and he was really helpless against him.

  Yun Wanqing covered her cherry-like mouth and laughed out loud, this bad guy is really bad...

  After a tiring day, he believed that no one would come anymore. However, at this moment, Zhu Ziming thought of Sun Peng, a student who was born poor and was the top student in the academy, and should be well cultivated.

  Mingli Academy is Zhu Ziming's heart and soul, so he naturally wants to make it better and better. The success or failure of the academy depends on the future prospects of its students. If a few of them become top scholars, that would be just fantastic.

  Let this old Confucius, who was once the champion, personally instruct him... Our academy must also cultivate a champion to make a name for itself. Zhu Ziming thought to himself and made up his mind to find Old Confucius and have a good talk with him.

  After a tiring day, it's time to head back. Zhu Ziming stretched his waist: "We've finished all the tasks, let's go back." He glanced at Yun Wanjing and said: "Mr. Yun, is there someone sending you off? If not, I'll send you on your way?"

  "Don't worry, Director. There are a few guards waiting for you outside the academy," Yun Wenyi said with a faint smile: "It's just that you still need this Young Master Yan to escort you for a while."

  Zhu Ziming chuckled: "Miss Yun is really kind-hearted, I was indeed worried that I would bump into a female pervert."

  "Ptui...!" Yun Wenyue lightly spat, "You still think a woman is the same as you, shameless. How could you have such a dirty mind? A woman's chastity is above all else, yet you look down on it so lightly, it's really infuriating."

  Yun Wanjing's face turned red with anger and she said angrily: "I really don't know what's going on in your mind."

  Look at Yun Xiuren suddenly got angry, Zhu Ziming whispered: "Since ancient times, there have been no color wolves, and gentlemen lined up. Occasionally, a few indecent cases arose, and the perpetrators were also female vagrants."

  "Hmph..." Yan Yulie sprayed, covering her stomach but not daring to laugh out loud. This Yun Miss was already angry, and Zhu Brother was pulling the tiger's whiskers, truly... fierce.

  Yun Wenyue is both angry and amused. This person is truly shameless to the extreme, and he even dares to recite this poem out loud, isn't he afraid of being despised to death?

  "Hmph, you'd better read more about etiquette, or else you'll be tied up and taken to the county government office, thrown into a pig cage, and still won't know what's going on." Yun Wanjing said with a wrinkled nose, huffily.

  In ancient times, if one were to recite this poem of "great rebellion and immorality", it would indeed be very likely that they would be dragged into a pig cage. Zhu Zi Ming smiled: "This is a poem I wrote on a boring day, just joking."

  If the young lady of Yunmen made a mistake and told her brother or the master of Yunmen, they might take advantage of it and make trouble for themselves. Zhu Ziming didn't want to be caught off guard.

  However, Yun Cai's sister, although she is the sister of Yun Zonghai, has a warm and gentle temperament, and is kind-hearted. Zhu Zi Ming trusted her and also regarded her as a friend, without associating her with Yun Zonghai who had a poor character.

  "I'm going back to the mansion to rest," Yun Wenyin said softly, also tired from their verbal sparring match.

  Yun Wanjing came to Mingli Shuyuan as a female teacher, and the whole Lingyun City was in an uproar. As the lord of the city, Yun Tianchou couldn't possibly not know about it. However, this precious daughter seemed obedient and listened to reason, but once she made up her mind, even Yun Tianchou found it difficult to change her mind. Anyway, Qing'er would soon be finding a husband and getting married, so let her make a fuss for now.

  However, as the sky was getting late, Yun Wenyu didn't want to be scolded by her father, so she bid farewell to Zhu Ziming and Yan Yilian, and left quickly.

  Just as Zhu Ziming was about to leave, someone suddenly appeared at the door, and it turned out to be Principal Kong.

  Kong Saint saw Zhu Ziming preparing to leave, his eyebrows joyful and suddenly opening, laughing: "Zhu Xiao Ge, it's good that you haven't left."

  "What's wrong?" Zhu Ziming asked.

  "Dean Kong said with embarrassment: 'I have an unreasonable request, I hope you can agree, young man.'"

  Zhu Ziming smiled and said: "Mr. Kong, just say it, if I can do it, I will definitely help."

  Ming Li Shuyuan's current achievements are half due to Kong Li, and Zhu Ziming is somewhat grateful to him. If he encounters any difficulties, he will naturally go all out to help.

  Director Kong stood in front of the door, not entering, and stroked his long beard: "It's still that new Magistrate Ma Zhi, he held a promotion banquet in the government office and invited me to go..."

  Kong Li had already washed his hands in the golden basin, but when he asked about worldly affairs, Zhu Zi Ming said with a strange expression: "If Mr. Kong didn't want to go, he would have declined him and that's it... Could there be another reason?"

  "Ah, it's that mischievous granddaughter of mine," said Dean Kong with a nod. "When I wasn't at the academy, she secretly took down the invitation and left me in an awkward position - not going isn't an option, but going is also not an option... Ah..."

  "Then..." Zhu Ziming ventured: "Mr. Kong's intention is for me to go in your place?"

  Director Kong smiled awkwardly: "With your cleverness, Zhu Xiao, attending a banquet should be an easy task."

  It's easy to talk, Zhu Ziming thought secretly. In the past, for Lin Zhuyun's sake, he had beaten up the son of Magistrate Ma, which made him have some grudges with Magistrate Ma. This banquet would certainly be attended by Ma Youcai as well. If he went, wouldn't it be like a sheep entering a tiger's den?

  After some thought, Zhu Ziming said: "Mr. Kong, if you can agree to one thing I have in mind, then I will agree to this."

  "What's going on?" Kong Li asked.

  Zhu Ziming smiled mysteriously: "I'd like to invite Mr. Kong to be a teacher again and personally teach a student at the academy."

  "This matter, I'm afraid I cannot agree to," Kong Li said with a wave of his hand, speaking in a righteous and proper tone.

  I am the emperor's teacher, if I were to accept another disciple, wouldn't that make it difficult for His Majesty? Absolutely not...

  Zhū Zǐ Míng had already guessed what Kǒng Yuàn Zhǎng would say, and smiled: "I let Mr. teach the first place in this book institute exam, with the talent of a Zhuàng Yuán, and will not humiliate your reputation as Confucius."

  "You're talking about Sun Peng?" Kong Li said absent-mindedly: "He's indeed a talented person, if he puts in more effort, becoming the top scholar in the imperial examination wouldn't be difficult at all."

  Even Liankong saints recognize it, which means Sun Peng is indeed a talented person.

  He thought that the money-loving Zhu Xi had found a wealthy young man who didn't know his ABCs and was charging him a high price to tutor him, but it turned out he was the top scorer in the imperial exam. Kong Li thought to himself, since he'd already received the invitation, not going wasn't an option, and doing business with Zhu Ziming had earned him a student who was a number one scholar - this deal wasn't too shabby after all.

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  PS: It's been a long time since I've seen any rewards, brothers give me some strength, let me taste the joy of rewards again... don't ask for much, one hundred is enough.

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