fake gentry

into the night.

Xie Hong had just taken a bath when Ge Hong arrived that very night with his servants carrying torches.

He couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Where has Mr. Zhichuan come from?"

Ge Hong said, "I just came from Xi Gong's place. I have good news. Feng Zhi will reward me with three bowls of ice cream and prepare some good food for my servants."

Xie Hong quickly arranged for Li Shi and two maids to make preparations, and asked with a smile, "Has Luo Shi managed to escape?"

Ge Hong turned and sat down, exclaiming in surprise, "Feng Zhi actually guessed it? Let's guess again."

Xie Hong laughed, "When the cunning rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked; someone has to take the blame for everything. Who else could it be but the Zhang family?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Ge Hong's eyes: "Then guess what Zhang Shi will do?"

Xie Hong said: "Remove the membership."

Ge Hong sighed, "Feng Zhi is truly a divine being. As you said, the Zhang family took all the blame. The cause was that Zhang De coveted your rock honey and falsely accused you of murdering aristocratic families and being a spy from Zhao. Zhang Xun, the head of the Zhang family, was an accomplice. Zhang De has already committed suicide, and Zhang Xun was imprisoned. After reporting to the court, the Zhang family was stripped of their aristocratic status and reduced to a poor family."

Xie Hong couldn't help but feel excited.

He hadn't expected Xie Kun and Zhou Guang to resolve the matter so quickly.

Little did he know that his performance today had not only caused a sensation, but had also won the favor of countless social classes.

Xie Hong is only sixteen years old.

Since the Han Dynasty, while the number of talented young men from aristocratic families may not be countless, they have certainly produced a great many.

But at the age of sixteen, he dared to rearrange Confucian classics, put forward the concept of the Four Books and Five Classics, and was well-versed in each classic. He could also summarize each classic in a single sentence. He also reinterpreted the Great Learning with the concept of inner sage and outer king, and then used the concept of "using things without being used by things" to sublimate the idea of ​​each thing according to its own nature.

Xie Hong is absolutely unprecedented and unparalleled.

Any one of these viewpoints would inevitably lead to countless scholars debating it for a decade.

Xie Hong was both admired and hated by countless scholars.

How dare a mere child rearrange a classic? Doesn't that make me look incompetent?

But the scholars who attended the gathering today will surely admire Xie Hong immensely, because they personally experienced Xie Hong's prowess in single-handedly fighting three warriors.

Therefore, as long as she could win Xie Hong's favor, she would naturally use every means to quickly wash away the stains on his body.

Zhou Guang, Tao Mao, Zhai Tang, Gu He, and Zhu Faqian all hated Luo Shao to death, especially Xie Kun, who was so angry he wanted to kill him.

Despite being the prodigy of the Xie clan, Luo Shao had unfairly elevated him, forcing him to watch helplessly as Xie Hong harbored resentment towards him. Xie Hong even went so far as to say that if the Xie clan wouldn't tolerate him, he would change his surname to Huan.

How could he not know about the past of the Longkang Huan family?

The Xie family of Chen Commandery owes its current status entirely to Huan Fan's recruitment of them, and it is entirely plausible that the grandfather sacrificed one of his sons to continue the Huan family line.

The current Longkang Huan clan can only be considered distant relatives of Huan Fan, since Huan Fan's entire clan was exterminated.

If Huan Yi, a fellow member of the Eight Outstanding Scholars of Jiangzuo, were to find out, he would probably make a big show of it and find Xie Hong, forcing him to rejoin the Huan clan, and then bring him before him to show off and mock him.

At that time, Xie Youyu will become a laughing stock.

Therefore, Xie Kun was furious and did not hesitate to strike. He dared to speak frankly to Wang Dun, let alone a mere Luo Shi.

Unfortunately, Luo Shao was too cunning and managed to get away with it, leaving Zhang to take the blame for everything.

The Zhang family was aware of the implications. If they killed the Luo family, both the Zhang and Luo families would be stripped of their scholar status. However, if the Luo family escaped, the Zhang family could retain their family business even if they became poor. Moreover, with leverage over the Luo family, they could control them and, with the Luo family's protection, still retain their land, tenants, and wealth.

Even if they weren't members of the aristocratic class, they were still powerful local figures.

Zhang De naturally had to die; whether it was suicide or forced suicide was irrelevant.

Ge Hong recounted the interrogation process conducted by Xie Kun and Zhou Guang after Xie Hong left, and only then did Xie Hong learn the whole story.

It turns out that Luo Shao wanted to ruin his own reputation to implicate Xie Kun, forcing him to resign as prefect so that he could become prefect himself.

Xie Kun kicked Luo Shao on the spot, causing him to vomit blood, and dismissed him from his position as prefectural magistrate.

Ge Hong looked at Xie Hong and laughed, "The Luo family is so short-sighted that they actually think Xie Youyu is easy to bully. Have they not heard of throwing a shuttle and breaking a tooth?"

Xie Hong was taken aback, then burst into laughter.

Young Xie Kun, attracted by the beauty of his neighbor Gao's daughter, made advances towards her. She grabbed a shuttle and smashed it against him, knocking out two of his teeth. Some mocked him for his recklessness, saying, "So what if I lost my teeth? It won't affect my singing at all!"

This guy is no pushover.

"Fengzhi, Xie Youyu is filled with regret right now. He'll probably come looking for you tomorrow. Will you refuse to see him?"

Xie Hong smiled and said, "How could that be? After all, he is still an elder of the Xie family. I have no need to quarrel with my clan elder. The Xie family of Chenjun is my family and lineage. I naturally know what is important and what is urgent. But you, Lord Youyu, should not try to influence me."

Ge Hong couldn't help but marvel at this inwardly.

Fengzhi is sometimes too composed, and sometimes too unconventional.

He's only sixteen years old. I really don't know who raised him.

"Fengzhi, you should make friends with more young scholars, such as Lu Na and Lu Shi of the Lu family. They will be of great help to you. Lu Shi may seem arrogant, but he is not a bad person. He is like his father. Lu Shiyao is very proud, but if he accepts you, he will treat you like a brother."

Xie Hong replied, "Thank you, Mr. Zhichuan, I understand."

Ah Ling brought over the ice cream, and Ge Hong was overjoyed. He took it and started eating without any manners, scolding her as he ate, "Feng Zhi is so stingy! You really won't tell me how to make ice cream? I promise I won't tell anyone. I'm afraid I won't be able to eat such delicious food again after I leave."

Xie Hong smiled and said, "Mr. Zhichuan, rest assured, I will present you with the ice-making technique in three years."

Ge Hong chuckled, but still nodded and said, "Alright, then I will be your neighbor for three years."

Xie Xin let out a soft "Ah," and silently calculated something in her head.

About three years later, Ge Hong requested to be appointed as the magistrate of Goulou. When he passed through Guangzhou on his way to take up his post, the governor Deng Yue offered to provide him with raw materials for alchemy in Luofu Mountain. Therefore, Ge Hong decided to abandon his post and go into seclusion in Luofu Mountain for the second time. He then married Bao Gu and lived there until his death.

Xie Hong had no intention of letting Ge Hong remain a bachelor for life. Moreover, his "Emergency Prescriptions for Elbows" was not yet a book; it was something he had collected and selected during his travels. He absolutely could not let this book disappear because of himself.

Ge Hong ate three bowls of ice cream and then wanted to take a bath. He told Xie Hong not to worry about him and that he wanted to sleep in the next day.

Xie Hong instructed Li to serve him. The bathroom was already usable. That evening, Xie Hong tried the sauna, and the effect was surprisingly good. Tonight, he would let Ge Xianweng experience the sauna and steaming that only existed in the Tang Dynasty more than 300 years later.

That night, Xie Hong spread out hemp paper under the candlelight and wrote a letter.

This was written for Xi Jian.

In the letter, he revealed Liu Chong's identity as the son of General Dai Yuan, who had suffered family misfortune at a young age and fled to Jiangzhou. Now he had sought refuge under Xi Gong and hoped that Xi Gong would take him in and employ him. To maximize the value of the letter, he even pretended to be a charlatan and had a third eye in the letter, which would come true in the future. Xi Gong would also give Liu Chong an important position in order to win him over.

After he finished writing, he sealed the letter and then wrote four words on another piece of paper.

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