Chapter 109 I owe that number one scholar a favor

A farmhouse in Baihe County.

Xu Ming stood outside the fence.

In the courtyard, a woman was spreading bran.

The chickens in the pen kept pecking.

These chickens look well-fed, and they must have been there for a year or two.

Two children, no more than six or seven years old, were playing in the mud in the yard with their butts sticking out.

When one of the girls with ponytails saw Xu Ming, her eyes suddenly lit up and she ran towards him with her arms outstretched: "Brother Xu~Brother Xu~~~"

When the little boy saw Xu Ming, he ran over happily and said, "Brother Xu, why are you here?"

The two children opened the fence and happily jumped in front of Xu Ming. Xu Ming rubbed their heads and said, "Of course I came to see you."

Prime Minister Fang’s grandson was named Fang Wan and his granddaughter was named Fang Qianqian.

The naming is extremely arbitrary. Xu Ming even thinks that if Prime Minister Fang has a third grandchild, he will name him Fang Bai.

Because when they were traveling before, Xu Ming often took the brother and sister to play together, such as hunting game, so Fang Wan and Fang Qianqian both like Xu Ming as their big brother.

"I have met the number one scholar."

Mrs. Fang put down the basin of bran, walked forward and bowed to Xu Ming.

"Junior greets Madam Fang." Xu Ming bowed.

Although Mrs. Fang is in her fifties or sixties, she looks only in her thirties.

Although Mrs. Fang's appearance was not stunningly beautiful and could only be considered above average, the years of experience had given this Mrs. Fang a lingering charm.

At the beginning, Xu Ming thought that Mrs. Fang was Prime Minister Fang’s concubine, but unexpectedly, she was actually his legal wife, and Prime Minister Fang only had this one legal wife.

Mrs. Fang smiled and said, "Is the champion here to see our old man?"

Xu Ming nodded: "There are some things I want to ask Mr. Fang."

Madam Fang: "My old man has gone to farm. If the champion is in a hurry, you can ask Qianqian to take him there."

"That's troublesome." Xu Ming did not refuse.

"Brother Xu, here, here." Fang Qianqian wiped the mud off her skirt with her hands, then happily took Xu Ming's hand and walked towards the field.

A quarter of an hour later, in the fields, Xu Ming saw an old man wearing a straw hat, with his sleeves and trouser legs rolled up, planting rice seedlings in the rice field.

There were also many people busy with farm work around.

Perhaps they could not have imagined that there was a prime minister of the Wu State by their side.

Xu Ming took off his shoes, rolled up his trouser legs, rolled up his sleeves, picked up a handful of seedlings, and went to the fields.

Fang Qianqian also wanted to go downstairs to play, but she remembered that she did not plant the rice seedlings properly yesterday and was scolded by her grandfather. She found a shady place to squat down, observing the ants and looking for any little frogs.

Fang Ling saw Xu Ming going to the fields to help him plant rice, and he seemed very skilled. He didn't say anything, but just continued doing farm work.

Half an hour later, Fang Ling took Xu Ming to sit on the side of the road to rest. Fang Ling took a sip of water and handed the water gourd to Xu Ming.

"Thank you." Xu Ming raised his head and took a big sip.

"I didn't expect that the top scholar could do farm work." Fang Ling said with a smile.

A young man born into a noble family probably had never even seen a rice seedling, but he could do farm work. This was something Fang Ling had not expected.

"During the years before that in Xuefutu, I helped an old farmer in the village during a mission." Xu Ming replied.

In fact, Xu Ming’s ability to do farm work came from his experience in his previous life.

"On the contrary, it is the younger generation who did not expect that the old gentleman would still work in the fields at such an old age." Xu Ming looked at Fang Ling.

"What's unexpected?" Fang Ling took a sip of water. "I used to farm while studying. Now that I'm back, I naturally have to grow some food for myself."

Fang Ling wiped his mouth and said, "Tell me, what's the matter that brought you to me? I don't know how to deal with the four powerful families in Baihe County?"

"Yes." Xu Ming nodded, "These days, Third Brother has found a breakthrough, but..."

"But this breakthrough seems to be a dead end?" Fang Ling continued.

"We found out that the scholar who had his leg broken before was actually the current Yu Tanhua."

Xu Ming explained the situation to Fang Ling.

"I was wondering why Yu Tanhua didn't tell His Majesty about this. Was it because Yu Tanhua cared about his reputation, or was it because the Li family had something on Yu Tanhua?

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

I heard that Mr. Fang had some exchanges with Yu Tanhua before?"

Fang Ling looked at Tian Ye and said, "I have talked to the three of you. After all, if nothing unexpected happens, you will be the future trendsetters of the Wu Kingdom. I need to see what kind of personalities and what kind of people you are."

Xu Ming: "So in Mr. Fang's opinion, what kind of person is Yu Tanhua?"

Fang Ling smiled and said, "After talking with you, I found that you are a person who disrespects the monarch. For most people, the monarch is the supreme being, but you are different. You look down on the monarch.

After talking with Xu Pangda, he was a patchworker. The future court would be turned upside down by Xiao Mochen and others. Even if it was not a mess, it would be a mess. Xu Pangda could finish it off well.

As for Yu Ping'an, he is a madman. He gives me the feeling that nothing he does in the future will be excessive. He doesn't care about his own reputation. I feel that he is willing to destroy himself for whatever he wants to do.

This kind of person with this kind of personality will endure, but he will never suffer any loss. Even if he dies, he will bite off a piece of flesh from the other person.

But there was someone who locked him up.

And this person is his only weakness.

If what you said is true, Yu Ping'an is the scholar whose leg was broken.

So, the reason why the Li family is still alive is probably because of the girl next to Yu Pingan."

In a courtyard near Wudu Hanlin Academy, Yu Ping'an, who was on leave today, was sitting in the courtyard and giving a lesson to a little girl.

At the beginning, the little girl listened to the class very seriously, but as time went by, the little girl listened to the class as if it was a lullaby.

The little girl dozed off as she listened, like a chick pecking at rice.

The little girl nodded her head, and finally couldn't help but fell asleep on the table.

"This little girl." Yu Ping'an smiled, gently picked up the little girl and put her back on the bed in her room.

Even when she was picked up, the little girl did not wake up.

Looking at the little girl sleeping on the bed, Yu Pingan tucked her hair behind her ears:

"Don't worry, you will live well. It's your brother Yu who will owe that number one scholar another favor."

(End of this chapter)