Gao Qingyun turned around in confusion.
Although he couldn't see, the action of turning his head was subconscious.
"What Gao Gong pen?"
Where he couldn't see, the three little girls quickly stood up and bowed to Zhu Youjian.
Zhu Youjian first waved his hand, telling them not to be so polite, lest Gao Qingyun hear anything.
Then he explained to Gao Qingyun:
"Haha, it's the pencil you told me about the other day."
"After I went out, I found some craftsmen and improved upon the method you described, using graphite to make the pen core."
"This pen is indeed much more useful."
"After I promoted it, those scholars were very satisfied."
Gao Qingyun shook his head.
"A pencil is a pencil, why call it a 'high-level pencil'?"
"If this gets out, people will laugh at me, making me seem like I'm vain and trying to claim other people's achievements as my own."
Zhu Youjian quickly waved his hand.
“Master Gao, you are certainly not that kind of person. It’s just that I think that calling him Pencil directly might not make sense to many people.”
That's why it was named that.
Now Gao Qingyun could understand.
"What you say makes sense."
"But you just said that there are scholars in your village?"
He immediately became interested.
"Could you call them over and let them talk to me?"
Now it was Zhu Youjian's turn to be helpless.
He regretted it in his heart: "Oh no, I said the wrong thing in my excitement."
"I cannot allow Master Gao to meet those scholars."
"Otherwise, I can't be sure what the scholars will say or how Master Gao will react."
After hesitating for a moment, Zhu Youjian suddenly gritted his teeth and said:
“Master Gao, those people aren’t really proper scholars either.”
"The books they read... are all junk."
Gao Qingyun was taken aback at first, then a strange expression appeared on his face.
"Oh, I see. I understand."
He chuckled to himself, "Don't let Dahe Village's remoteness fool you; there are actually people who enjoy watching this stuff!"
"But that makes sense, Sese is the primary productive force."
After figuring all this out, Gao Qingyun stopped mentioning the matter of meeting with the scholars.
Otherwise, what would Gao Qingyun say to these people?
He's Teacher Gao, not Principal Gao, and there's no teacher with the surname Bai at the school...
"Cough cough cough."
Gao Qingyun coughed a few times, dismissing the thought.
Seeing him like this, Zhu Youjian naturally had no idea what he was thinking.
So he asked with concern, "Master Gao, why did you suddenly start coughing?"
"Could it be that he/she is sick?"
He hurriedly turned around, about to call the imperial physician over.
However, Gao Qingyun stopped him.
"Ahem, no need for that, I'm not sick."
"Besides, even if you get sick, it's not a big deal."
He took out the antibiotics he had just exchanged.
"I already have the medicine."
Zhu Youjian turned around in confusion, glanced at the medicine bottle, and his brows furrowed instantly.
"Master Gao, where did you get this medicine from?"
"I don't remember this being in your package."
Zhu Youjian didn't recognize the leather bag, so he simply called it a package.
However, Gao Qingyun didn't pay attention to these details.
He casually remarked, "Oh, this thing was in the corner of my bag, so it's normal that you didn't see it."
Zhu Youjian nodded first, then made an excuse to leave.
After he came out, he called out to Wang Chengen.
"Have you seen a bottle like that in Master Gao's package?"
Although to people of later generations, ordinary medicine bottles are nothing special.
It's easy to glance at it and then immediately overlook it.
But even an emperor like Zhu Youjian in the Ming Dynasty had never seen such exquisite objects.
Once you've seen it once, you'll never miss it.
As expected, Wang Chengen nodded.
"Your Majesty, we thoroughly searched Master Gao's package from top to bottom."
"And everything was registered."
"Look, this doesn't mention any bottle at all."
As he spoke, he actually took out a booklet.
Zhu Youjian glanced at it casually and nodded slightly.
As expected, the booklet made no mention of the medicine bottle.
He frowned: "If that's the case, where did this medicine bottle come from?"
"That bottle is so exquisite, it couldn't have been given to Master Gao by someone else."
Soon, a glint of light flashed in his eyes.
"Could it be that Master Gao's background is not as simple as it seems?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Chengen looked up in confusion.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean by that?"
Although Zhu Youjian was not confident, he still said:
"At first, I thought that Master Gao was simply from a later era."
"But if that's the case, how did something suddenly appear beside Master Gao?"
"Yes, yes! Perhaps Master Gao was sent by a celestial being to help me defy fate."
"So Master Gao was protected by the gods, and the gods took care of him, which is why they conjured medicine out of thin air for him!"
These words may seem somewhat superstitious and fantastical.
However, to Wang Chengen, it sounded perfectly reasonable.
"Your Majesty is right!"
“Our Master Gao could not have suddenly appeared in our Ming Dynasty palace. There must be a reason for it.”
His respect for Gao Qingyun grew even stronger.
At this moment, Zhu Youjian waved his hand excitedly.
"With Master Gao's help, it seems that our Great Ming Dynasty will not only be able to overcome the life-or-death crisis seventeen years from now, but also be able to revive itself."
"Our Great Ming Dynasty is invincible under heaven!"
Although this statement was a huge flag, Zhu Youjian's thinking wasn't entirely wrong.
He returned to the main hall laughing, and as soon as he entered, he saw Wei Zhongxian kneeling on the ground.
Wei Zhongxian raised his head and asked with a smile, "Your Majesty, you seem so happy. What good thing has happened?"
"Could it be that the young girls that this old servant sent over a few days ago meet Your Majesty's expectations?"
"Don't worry, this old servant has sent people south again these past few days..."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Youjian quickly waved his hand.
"Wei Zhongxian, don't do anything reckless."
"I have released you, but many ministers in the court are already objecting."
"If you stir up trouble again, you'll make those ministers wary."
"If they collude and prevent me from wiping them out in one fell swoop, then you will be guilty of a grave offense, do you understand?!"
Upon hearing this, Wei Zhongxian kowtowed several more times.
"Oh dear, if it weren't for Your Majesty's reminder, this old servant would have almost made a grave mistake."
"Damn it! This old servant deserves to die!"
However, after kowtowing, he had a forced smile on his face.
"Your Majesty, please don't worry too much."
"This old servant has heard that the Gao Gong brush that you have been promoting these past few days has been unanimously praised by all the literati in the capital."
"It is said that Cangjie invented characters in the past, and today it is you, the emperor, who invented the writing brush."
"The praise from some scholars will prevent high-ranking officials in the court from speaking ill of you in a short time."
At this point, a glint of shrewdness appeared in Wei Zhongxian's eyes, and he asked, seemingly casually:
"But this old servant is curious, why is this pen called the Gao Gong Pen?"
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