Chapter 2351 Are you here to recruit them?
Shu Yu frowned and turned to look at him.
The latter shook his head. "I'm fine. It seems they want to talk to me alone."
Chengwu laughed and said, "As expected of Scholar Meng."
Shu Yu and the others could only frown as they were pushed toward the backyard.
Meng Yunzheng was led into the front hall, where a person was standing with his back to him.
Although he couldn't see the man's face clearly, Meng Yunzheng noticed a string of beads on his wrist as soon as he entered the room.
He thought he knew who it was.
Sure enough, the other person turned around after hearing footsteps, looked at him and smiled, "Young Master Meng, I've long admired your name. I heard you recently became the top scholar in the imperial examination, congratulations!"
Meng Yunzheng looked him up and down for a long time, "What is your relationship with Rong Dun, who killed the entire Song family back then?"
He had wanted to ask this question for a long time. Although the massacre of the Song family was ordered by Gong Qiu, and the murderer was already dead, he had never seen the same bead on anyone else. Only this person in front of him was wearing the exact same string of beads.
The man narrowed his eyes, his expression twisting for a moment before he smiled again. "That's my brother."
Meng Yunzheng suddenly realized, "They're brothers! No wonder they're wearing the same beads."
However, Rong Dun, the older brother, had been Gong Qiu's trusted subordinate in his early years, while the man in front of him was just a minor manager in an insignificant black market in Jiangyuan County a few years ago.
The two brothers' abilities... are quite different.
Seeing that Meng Yunzheng remained silent, the man didn't continue. He was unaware that the beaded bracelet on his wrist had revealed his identity; he only assumed that Meng Yunzheng had seen Rong Dun near Gong Qiu before, and that he and his brother looked somewhat alike, which was why he had inquired about their relationship.
His elder brother had been dead for many years, and the man quickly calmed down. He gave Chengwu a wink, and the latter brought over a chair.
Meng Yunzheng sat opposite the man. "What do you want to tell me? Where is Lord Cheng? Am I not worthy of being seen by him in person?"
“Young Master Meng is too kind. Your status is obvious to everyone. After all, you are our master’s own brother.”
Meng Yunzheng's expression darkened. "Don't talk nonsense. My surname is Meng, and I have nothing to do with your master."
The man simply smiled. "Facts are facts, why should Young Master Meng deny them? I really can't understand why Young Master Meng, with your talent and blood relation to our master, would choose to oppose him. Our master cherishes talent, and with Young Master Meng's status and abilities, as long as you work for him, your future is limitless. Not to mention high-ranking official positions and generous salaries, even being granted the title of prince would be within your reach."
Meng Yunzheng found it amusing, "So you've come here to offer amnesty?"
“Young Master Meng is joking. I am merely stating the facts. Young Master Meng is accomplished in both literature and martial arts, achieving the highest rank in the imperial examinations. What a glorious achievement! Our master cherishes talent and hopes that Young Master Meng can see the error of his ways.”
Meng Yunzheng leaned back in his chair. "I know whether I have talent or not, but I'm not interested in the high-ranking official positions and royal relatives you're talking about. If I wanted to enter the imperial court, I could have been appointed as an official when I passed the imperial examination. Why would I need to open an academy and become its headmaster?"
The man remained silent, something they couldn't understand or comprehend.
Years of hard study are all for the purpose of becoming an official one day. Whether it is for fame and fortune or out of a genuine passion to speak out for the people, this is the original intention of studying.
Just like them, aren't they working so hard just to secure a future?
(End of this chapter)
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