Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 67 I Don’t Accept Disciples Anymore

Xu Jing was the first to react and clapped his hands, saying, "Mr. Chen, it is an honor for Bo Hu to have you as his teacher."

"Bo Hu almost got into trouble just now, luckily you helped him!"

"Xu is ashamed, and I know that I am dull, so I would like to ask you to give me some pointers in the future."

After Xu Jing finished speaking, Tang Yin and the others were a little stunned. From what Xu Jing said, it seemed that he also wanted to take Chen Ce as his master!
Wang Wubi was somewhat surprised that the two scholars were so willing to become Chen Ce's disciples... He even told Chen Ce that he could come to him if he needed help in the future.

It’s hard to say who will help whom from now on.

He really got it wrong.

Tang Yin smiled and said, "Okay! But let me make it clear first, Brother Xu, if you want to join the sect, you will be my junior brother."

Xu Jing's family is rich, and if he becomes Chen Ce's disciple in the future, Chen Ce won't have to live a poor life in Huaihua Hutong anymore.

Wen Zhengming and Zhu Zhishan both smiled. Such a deed that was passed down through the air would, if recorded in unofficial history in the future, constitute a good reputation.

Everyone seemed to be certain that Chen Ce would accept Xu Jing as his disciple.

But Chen Ce's words left several people at the scene dumbfounded.

He refused.

Chen Ce shook his head and said, "I didn't intend to accept Bo Hu as my apprentice at that time. I just shared the art of painting with him."

Xu Jing hurriedly said, "You can also share the art of poetry and song with your students."

Chen Ce still shook his head. He looked at Xu Jing deeply and said meaningfully, "You found the wrong person. That person should not be me. I can't help you with anything."

Xu Jing was stunned for a moment. He looked up suddenly and stared at Chen Ce, but he did not see any difference in Chen Ce's eyes or expression.

But what Chen Ce said just now scared him.

Chen Ce bowed to Wang Wubi and said, "Master Wang, thank you for your hospitality today. It's getting late, I should go back."

Tang Yin hurriedly said, "Teacher, I'll take you there."

Xu Jing said: "I'll go get a carriage."

Chen Ce pressed his hand and said to the two of them, "You guys continue chatting, don't worry about me, I can go out for a walk by myself."

Having said that, Tang Yin and Xu Jing naturally would not continue to send Chen Ce away.

Chen Ce left the central hall and looked back at Xu Jing who was talking to Tang Yin.

When he left the palace, a cold wind blew towards him, making him shiver. Chen Ce wrapped his clothes tighter and rented a mule cart to go back.

Sitting on the mule cart, Chen Ce was in a daze.

Before coming here, he was wondering why Xu Jing kept inviting him to the gathering here.

There is no reason.

Now he understood that if Chen Ce was not mistaken, all that Xu Jing did was for the ultimate goal, to make him his disciple.

Perhaps, the so-called four talented men in the capital were all found by Xu Jing, but Chen Ce was not sure.

Chen Ce didn't dare to accept such a student because he was too scheming and calculating.

Chen Ce also didn't understand why Xu Jing went to so much trouble to become his disciple.

……

It was going to snow in the evening, and it got even colder in the evening. The lights were on in the city, and the streets were crowded with people.

There was another person sitting next to Xu Jing in his spacious carriage. Upon closer inspection, it was Li Gui, one of the four talented men in the capital.

"Brother Xu, I don't understand why you insist on asking me to provoke Tang Yin?"

"I am not even as good as someone who failed the exam, why should I humiliate myself?" Xu Jing took a deep breath and said, "Bai Xiang, it's normal that you are not as good as him. Not only you, but also Tang Yin is not as good as him."

"what?"

"He is not even a scholar..."

Xu Jing interrupted him and said, "He just doesn't want to take the exam. Do you think that with his intelligence, he can enter the examination hall and pass the imperial examination in three years? I think it is not impossible for him to pass the first place in the imperial examination."

Li Gui looked at Xu Jing in astonishment. He really didn't expect that the sickly boy could be so powerful.

"Then what are you doing?"

Xu Jing smiled with relief and said, "Let's give it a try and see if I can become his disciple."

what?
Li Gui was even more shocked. You are willing to do all this, even sacrifice the reputation of the Four Talents of Wuzhong and even your own reputation, just to become his disciple?
What if he doesn't answer today? You and the four talented people in Wuzhong, including Wang Wubi, will all be discredited.

What is this? Joining the game with your own body?

That's a bit too cruel.

Just to become his disciple? Why? Li Gui couldn't figure it out.

Xu Jing said meaningfully: "Bai Xiang, you don't know how powerful he is. You have only seen the tip of the iceberg."

"His real strength is not his knowledge. These inferior things are nothing to him. He didn't make things difficult for you. He didn't want to cause trouble."

He? Didn't make things difficult for me?

Li Gui couldn't keep up with Xu Jing's thinking. Isn't this a bit exaggerated? After all, I am also a juren. How can I be so unbearable in his eyes?

These days Xu Jing has actually been thinking about how Lin Mianzhi died.

Finally he figured it out. Perhaps Chen Ce had been planning since the day Lin Mianzhi and Chen Ce fell out. He only saw the result, Tang Yin also only saw the result, and many people saw the result.

But no one would think about why this result happened.

Xu Jing thought it through, so he felt that Chen Ce was really an amazing person. If he was lucky enough to become his disciple, and if he was lucky enough to pass the imperial examination and become an official in the future, with this teacher helping to guide him behind the scenes, he would at least be able to rise to a high position, even if he didn't have a successful career.

Isn't this more worthwhile than making friends with a hundred Lin Mianzhis?

Unfortunately, Chen Ce did not accept him as his disciple.

He was not sure whether Chen Ce had figured out the trap he had set. Although he thought it was complicated and perfect enough, Chen Ce's last words to him still made him shudder.

'You've got the wrong person. I can't help you.'

Everyone else thought it was an insignificant remark, but Xu Jing didn't think so. He couldn't figure out Chen Ce's psychology.

In short, he really envied Tang Yin. He became Chen Ce's student without knowing it. How lucky he was!

"Am I being a little mean?"

Xu Jing asked Li Gui who was standing beside him with a smile.

Li Gui didn't know how to evaluate Xu Jing, so he could only shake his head awkwardly and said, "I'm here, thank you Brother Xu for the 100 taels reward."

"You're welcome."

Xu Jing watched him get off the carriage, sighed softly, and then laughed at himself, "It's so difficult for a juren to find a teacher. I, as a juren, have failed!"
Xu Jing did not continue to live in the mansion. He lived in the mansion to make connections. He had his own private garden in Shuntian Prefecture.

After returning to the mansion, Xu Jing seemed to remember something, patted his head, and said to his attendants: "How much does it cost to hire a mule cart from Daxing County to Huaihua Hutong?"

The servants estimated and said, "It will probably cost about fifteen coins."

Xu Jing hummed and said, "Go and give Young Master Chen eighteen coins. Don't give more or less. Give him as much as he wants."

"Then apologize to him for me, saying that I didn't make good arrangements and that I will pay for his travel expenses. He should not refuse."

(End of this chapter)