Chapter 70: The King and the Father Are Not at Fault

In the Mei Mansion, light shone in through the lotus patterns on the windows.

Mei Juncang thought about it carefully. Although he didn't understand some of the key points, he suddenly realized that this was the way to save his father!
Mei Juncang straightened his clothes, bowed earnestly to Zhou Tieyi who was sitting in the hall, and kowtowed three times.

Zhou Tieyi smiled and nodded, he looked at the luck above Mei Juncang's head.

There was no longer any red color, but a pure golden color. Not only that, green air was continuously falling from all directions, and there was an image of a Confucian Qilin, coming with its son and carrying the Four Books.

The blessings of a gentleman will benefit three generations.

This is no joke.

If Mei Qingchen were really made to kneel and die in front of the Zhengwu Gate, in this world, except for the emperor, everyone from the hundreds of schools of thought would give Mei Juncang some leeway when they see him!
This apprentice is worth it!
Zhou Tieyi stood up, picked up the bamboo pole, and said with a smile, "You should focus on writing your article. I will go to the palace to fish for dragon fish in the next few days. I will come back to teach you knowledge in a few days."

Mei Juncang nodded quickly. Now he was extremely impressed by Zhou Tieyi's talent.

The image of Zhou Tieyi in Mei Juncang's mind has turned 180 degrees, which is almost equivalent to reshaping Mei Juncang's three views. Now, whoever scolds Zhou Tieyi is going against Mei Juncang's three views!

Zhou Tieyi smiled and waited for Mei Juncang to send him to the door.

It's not quite ready yet.

However, if there are other people helping you add firewood, you don't have to add fuel to the fire yourself. You just have to wait for help.

After politely seeing Zhou Tieyi off, Mei Juncang knew that such a confidential matter should be known by as few people as possible and should be done as quickly as possible, so he went to the study room without discussing it with his mother again.

After grinding the ink, pick up the pen and start writing.

I don’t know if it was a sudden enlightenment in my heart, or if it was true emotion.

A lengthy, magnificent and beautiful essay can be easily written.

Mei Juncang read it twice and felt that it was better than all the articles he had written before. This was the blessing from the ancestors of the Mei family, and it was fate that encouraged him to save his father!
He thought about what Zhou Tieyi said and signed his name.

"On the Infallibility of Kings and Fathers".

There is no son in this world who brings shame to his father, and naturally there is no minister who brings humiliation to his monarch!
After finishing the article, Mei Juncang waited for the ink to dry, then looked up and suddenly realized that it was already late.

But his father had already been kneeling for two days, and he couldn't be late in saving his father.

He carefully folded the article and put it in his sleeve, then he took a servant and his father's former personal belongings and rushed out at night.

He will go to the morning court tomorrow to rescue his father!
Mei Juncang first came to Zhu's house, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Education.

Zhu Qingyi, the representative of the Confucian school of self-cultivation, advocates self-restraint.

He was an honest official, and was known as the "Twin Greens" of Confucianism together with his father. They were also known as Plum Blossom and Bamboo Friend, and were praised by Confucian disciples all over the world.

Originally, at this point, the gatekeepers would not let anyone in without an advance visitor invitation, but when they saw it was Mei Juncang, they immediately went in to inform him.

After a while, Zhu Qingyi's son Zhu Sanwen came out to receive them.

Mei Juncang had always liked to go to literary gatherings with Zhu Sanwen, and the two were familiar with each other, but now was not the time to reminisce about the past, so Mei Juncang hurriedly asked, "Where is Uncle Zhu? I have something important to ask of you."

Zhu Sanwen saw that Mei Juncang looked anxious, so he quickly led him in.

After entering the hall, Mei Juncang bowed to Zhu Qingyi.

Zhu Qingyi sighed, then smiled, "Don't worry about your father's affairs, study hard, that's the right way."

Mei Juncang was not interested in these polite words at all. He quickly took out the article from his sleeve and handed it to Zhu Qingyi, "Uncle Zhu, please help me take a look at this article."

Zhu Qingyi looked a little confused. She picked up the article and read it carefully.

Then he read it twice more.

After that, he read it again. Mei Juncang stood beside him, like an ant on a hot pot, but now was not the time to urge him, so he could only wait for Zhu Qingyi to finish reading.

Zhu Qingyi put down the article and sighed.

The article is naturally a good one.

He had also read Mei Juncang's previous articles, and none of them were as good as this one.

Moreover, the logic and style of the writing are obviously from the hand of Mei Juncang, without any other ghostwriter.

If it were under normal circumstances, given the friendship between the two families, Zhu Qingyi would sigh that she was inferior to him and it would not be an exaggeration to personally promote his name.

But not today.

"You sent me this article, not just for me to read it, right?"

Mei Juncang didn't care about anything else and knelt on the ground, "Uncle Zhu, please consider our past friendship and write it down for tomorrow's court meeting. My Mei family will never forget your kindness!"

Zhu Qingyi folded the article carefully and said, "Take it back."

Mei Juncang did not take it, but looked at the servant, who took out a piece of green jade from the brocade box.

This green jade itself is not precious, but Mei Qingchen has been playing with it for thirty years, and now its magical properties are apparent. It is not much weaker than a third-grade Taoist elixir.

Mei Juncang handed over the jade and said, "Uncle Zhu, you know that my father is honest and incorruptible. There is nothing valuable in our home, but this jade is worth playing with."

Zhu Qingyi scolded, "What do you mean!"

Mei Juncang gritted his teeth and said nothing, kneeling on the ground and kowtowed.

Zhu Qingyi handed the article to his son, picked up the tea and said, "Come here, show the guest away."

Hearing the master's shout, two warriors came to the door, grabbed Mei Juncang's arm and escorted him out of the Zhu Mansion.

Zhu Sanwen hurriedly chased after him, wanting to apologize to Mei Juncang and wait until his father had calmed down.

However, when he caught up with Mei Juncang at the door, he saw wolf-like eyes staring at him in the night.

Mei Juncang snatched his article and tore off his sleeves, "I, the Mei family, accept the consequences of today's incident!"

After saying that, he threw his sleeves to the ground and strode away.

When Zhu Sanwen realized something was wrong, he quickly ran back and told his father what had happened.

Zhu Qingyi ordered the servants to find out who the Mei family had met today.

After three cups of tea, the servant came back to report, "It seems that we met the second son of the Zhou family."

"What is it like!"

Zhu Qingyi's three corpse gods jumped up and down without any self-control, and he threw the teacup in his hand to the ground.

With a snap, the teacup shattered and the tea spilled everywhere.

Zhu Sanwen was shocked. When his father came back yesterday and hit him with the teaching stick, he was not so angry!
The servant answered stiffly, "Neighbors said they saw a handsome Taoist priest, but the Taoist priest's attire was different from the Zhou family's second son's usual attire, so the people around didn't pay much attention to it. We wanted to go into the Mei Mansion to ask, but the Mei Mansion was closed to visitors."

Zhu Qingyi's expression suddenly changed, "Not good!"

He said to the servant, "Hurry up and inform the other families that if Mei Juncang comes to visit, don't let him into the house and say you are going to rest."

The servant asked quickly, "Which families?"

In a hurry, Zhu Qingyi said directly, "Everyone who has a relationship with Mei Qingchen should be notified!"

(End of this chapter)