Compared with the two, Ye Mengding is far inferior to Wu Qian, regardless of age and official position.

Although Ye Mengding has been smart since childhood and is also a Jinshi of the First Class, he is not only a little bit inferior to his background. You should know that Wu Qian is the top scorer in the First Class in Jiading for ten years. This is enough to kill 99% of the Jinshi. Qionglin was given a banquet and a street to praise officials, and he can directly make up for the vacancies. This is the highest treatment that all students dream of, but unfortunately they can get only a few.

Just when Ye Mengding was full of doubts, a middle-aged scholar came upstairs with a gray cloth short robe and a young scholar wearing a cross-collared gown.

"Old Wu, Mr. Xijian, Zhao Dalang and Senior Brother Chen are here!" Standing outside the attic gate, the middle-aged scholar bowed respectfully.

"Well, you go first, let Qing'er take the little dragon group sent from Fujian a few days ago and ask for another pot of spring water!" Wu Qian nodded slightly and ordered.

"Yes, I'll leave!" The middle-aged scholar was stunned for a moment and saluted again. Before turning around and leaving, he couldn't help but look at Zhao Qi and Chen Ji.

Ye Mengding also looked stunned for a moment, and withdrew his gaze from Zhao Qi and Chen Ji and said to Wu Qian with a smile: "Duke Chongguo is so partial and invites me to have tea. He doesn't even take out the Longtuan tribute tea hidden at home!"

"Haha, don't be angry in Xijian. The income from Xincha is just a few cakes. Brother Ziyuan secretly worked hard to get someone to send it. On weekdays, I am reluctant to drink it, but I just took it out and smelled it and put it back, for fear that I will never drink it again in my life after drinking it!" Wu Qian laughed and explained.

"It turned out that Jiang Ziyuan helped you. Is this what he, the Fujian Transporter, considered using his power for personal gain? Even though I knew that Ding You was at home, I would not give you a bun. Humph, next time I waited for Ye to return to Beijing and resume his post, I must study his book in front of the official!" Ye Mengding hummed with an unhappy face.

"Haha, I really shouldn't have taken it out to make you jealous. You will threaten him next time you see it. He can't hear you say it now."

After Wu Qian smiled and said with a smile, he looked at Zhao Qi and Chen Ji with a smile, "You two don't need to be reserved, come in and sit down first!"

"Thank you, Duke Chongguo!" Zhao Qi and Chen Ji quickly saluted and walked into the attic, bowed and thanked each other again before sitting down on the stone bench.

The guest and host sat down. Wu Qian personally brewed a cup of tea for the two of them and pointed at Ye Mengding with a smile and said, "The two may not know each other yet. This one is Ye Mengding from Yinzhou. When you come to Yin County again in the future, remember to visit him!"

Zhao Qi and Chen Ji's butt had just fallen quickly stood up again, and respectfully bowed to Ye Mengding: "Greetings to Mr. Xijian."

"Hey, you two actually know my name!" Ye Mengding was surprised.

"Mr. Xijian is a famous scholar in Qingyuan Prefecture. He is praised by the world. When the students heard his mentor, they were admired and wanted to pay homage to the teacher. If you meet him today, you will be able to comfort your whole life!" Chen Ji bowed respectfully.

"I wonder who you are studying under?" Ye Mengding nodded slightly and asked again.

As a person with a child prodigy, he has a little bit of arrogance in his heart.

Ye Mengding was very restrained in front of Wu Qian, but when faced with an ordinary Guangzhou scholar, his inner arrogance became public again. Although many famous scholars emerged in the world, among the people of his contemporaries, he thought that few of them could compare with him.

"Students follow Mr. Hua Dian!" Chen Ji replied.

"Mr. Huadian?" Ye Mengding was a little confused. He grabbed his white beard and scraped his mind without even thinking about it. He never remembered such a famous person. Perhaps, the mentor of this scholar was just an unknown local figure.

Seeing Ye Mengding's disapproval expression, Wu Qian calmed down and said, "Did Xijian not know about Zhao Huadian?"

"Zhao Huadian..." After Wu Qian's reminder, Ye Mengding's expression became a little more serious, but he still didn't remember that there was such a person he had heard of.

"It seems that I don't know Xijian, but it doesn't matter. Mr. Huadian is from the King of Wei, with his surname Zhao and his name is Shiqing. When I was the left prime minister, he wrote a letter and asked someone to send it, talking about many good strategies for governing the country. Unfortunately, I lacked ability and was expelled from the court in less than a year. It was also a waste of Mr. Huadian's efforts. I am really ashamed!" Wu Qian sighed and explained.

Ye Mengding frowned and thought for a while, then slowly smiled on his face, "Fortunately, Duke Chong reminded me, otherwise Mengding would be ugly. Someone once mentioned this Zhao Shiqing at the Qionglin Banquet in Lin'an three years ago, but there were too many people at that time, so they didn't remember it very deeply!"

"My teacher is a seclusion in Guangzhou like a wild crane. He writes books and teaches without caring about the world. He is not a famous scholar. It is reasonable for Mr. Xijian to not know it, so there is no need to worry about it!" Chen Ji said respectfully.

"Well, who said Mr. Hua Dian is not a famous scholar? Lingnan has been hiding dragons and tigers since ancient times. I am just ignorant. Three years ago, I was still in the imperial examination. At that time, the palace examination was released. Wang Bohou of Yin County was the examiner. He knew that the official had already submitted the rankings. The emperor wanted to be promoted and demoted, but Wang Bohou refused. Later, Wen Tianxiang of Luling was the top scholar in the first place, which caused a sensation in the capital. After the election, the Imperial College and many colleagues from the Ministry of Rites went to Qionglin Banquet to celebrate, and all congratulated the top scholar during the banquet. Wen Tianxiang once mentioned Zhao Shiqing's name, but the banquet was too messy at that time, and I could only hear three words in a vague way!" Ye Mengding shook his head with some regret.

"That's right. Wen Tianxiang did meet his mentor, and the students were there at that time!" Chen Ji nodded quickly.

"It is said that Xijian has never forgotten it since childhood. I finally believed it. There were hundreds or thousands of people at the Qionglin banquet, bustling with their mouths and ears. Xijian can remember only one sentence, but it is indeed a very memorable memory. If it were such a small thing three years ago, I would probably not even remember a word!" Wu Qian stroked his snow-white beard and said with a smile.

"Duke Chongguo has been awarded too much, but everyone is just loving it. It has been more than thirty years since the two honors of the Imperial Academy. Mengding has been wasting half of his life, but he still has nothing to accomplish. He heard that Duke Chongguo wanted to retire, which made us later students at a loss. The matter of the central government is getting farther and farther away from us. I am afraid that there will never be a chance to serve the official family again. Everything in the world is like flowing water. It is really sad and lamentable!" Ye Mengding lowered his head to drink tea with a lonely face.

"The court...ah..." Wu Qian's face was also very strange. His hand that twisted his beard and stopped to look at the bright sunshine outside the pavilion and was a little dazed.

The pavilion fell into silence for a moment.

When the two big bosses spoke, Zhao Qi and Chen Ji couldn't even get in touch, so they could only drink tea and listen silently.

As for these two sighs, Zhao Qi also heard the depression and helplessness in the hearts of these two contemporary celebrities who had been prime ministers.
Chapter completed!