The Multiverse Starting from White Deer Plain

"Brother Huaiyuan, you are just joking. That is the daughter of an academic politician. How can I reach such a high level? Read"

Bai Gui took a sip of red wine from the goblet. He woke up well and tasted mellow.

The cultural salon of the Wu Mansion is not only held in a venue that combines Chinese and Western styles, but also caters to different guests in terms of food. There are Chinese meals and Western meals. The luxury of the Wu Mansion is revealed everywhere.

Academic Affairs, the full name is Admiral Academic Affairs, commonly known as Xuedai, is in charge of education and scientific examinations in a province. There is no fixed grade, and they are all Jinshi. They must be Jinshi on the second rank. If the minister teaches academic affairs, he is from the second rank. If he is taught by the doctor, he is the fifth rank.

This official was not a local official, but an official appointed by the emperor himself, similar to an imperial envoy.

So the status is respected.

"Since ancient times, there have been people who want to catch a son-in-law, and academics also like heroes. Brother Bai's knowledge and talent are enough..."

Wu Huaiyuan's words are concise and comprehensive, and his meaning is clear.

What he said is true. There is a big gap between scholars and scholars. For example, Baigui, a capital city that is only one step away from achieving the title of scholar, has a bright future and the possibility of studying abroad. Although it is a bit different compared to the daughter of a scholar. Not enough family status.

But family status is not absolute...

Bai Gui smiled and said nothing. Just listen to these words. If you really take it seriously, it is possible, but the process is often unsatisfactory, and the consequences of forcing yourself to climb the family ladder are definitely not good.

However, he also carefully looked at the girl standing next to the piano. She was luxuriously dressed in a blue dress. She was about fourteen or fifteen years old. Her appearance was a bit mediocre. She was not outstanding among the noble girls, but she had a good temperament and must have been full. Raised by reading poetry and books.

While he was talking, the sound of the piano suddenly stopped, and these noble ladies came over.

In the feudal era, women often did not have much free time, so activities such as outings, travels, or poetry gatherings were often used to select husbands. This cultural salon also has such meaning...

In the living room of the Wu Mansion, there were not only the three people sleeping with Bai Gui, but also other young people who had been invited, about twenty people, all of whom were the sons of politicians, businessmen, celebrities, and gentry. They were young and in their prime.

Leaning on the corner counter, drinking and chatting.

Soon, when the academic daughter of a political family came over, her eyes lit up, she said a few words to the girls who were traveling with her, and then walked straight over.

"Brother Huaiyuan, is this your bedmate, the head of the palace this term?"

The academic daughter gave a slight blessing, and then asked with a slightly shy face.

After completing the Chinese etiquette, she stretched out her long-sleeved gloves made of lace gauze to signal for a handshake.

Bai Gui was stunned for a moment, then he realized what he was doing, stopped the salute, and quickly stretched out his hand to give it a virtual shake. Western etiquette must be taught in girls' schools, and they are all wearing suits at the salon, so the handshake is not so strange.

What surprised him a little was that he thought the academic daughter was interested in him, but he didn't expect that after saying hello to him, he started chatting with Wu Huaiyuan, and they seemed to be very familiar with him.

After listening for a while, he understood roughly.

Xuezheng's daughter and Wu Huaiyuan have known each other in the past few years, and Xuezheng's daughter also has a vague impression of Wu Huaiyuan. After all, he can be adopted by Zhou Ying as his adopted son, so his appearance is not bad.

It's a pity that the man is ruthless, but the concubine is interested.

Bai Gui secretly cursed Wu Huaiyuan for being unreasonable and actually trying to get him and the academic daughter to escape from this matter. Fortunately, he didn't take the blame just now, otherwise... this would be embarrassing.

However, this incident was like a ladle of cold water poured on his forehead, which made him sober up a lot.

Seeing that Wu Huaiyuan was chatting with the academic daughter, Bai Gui and Liu Mingda looked at each other and felt that they were a bit of an eyesore here, so they nodded in unison, moved a little away, and came to the side where the piano was placed just now.

During this period, some noble girls showed affection for him, but they were from lower family backgrounds. They were all daughters of wealthy families in provincial cities. He declined them one by one without saying a word.

People are very realistic!

Bai Gui sighed softly in his heart.

He was in a calm mood and did not care about these trivial matters. While talking to Liu Mingda, he talked about some interesting things in history and life, or discussed with each other about the news published in the newspaper, while observing the surroundings.

At first, the boys and girls in the cultural salon were very restrained, but after a while, they began to speak freely. It seemed that he and Liu Mingda were a little lonely.

As for Liu Mingda, the marriage was already engaged at home. She was a young lady from the south, a Jiangnan woman, and she would not consummate the marriage until she returned to China after studying in Japan.

"I think Goethe's poem is very interesting, 'It is a living object, divided into two parts within its own body, or two lives merged together, and we see it as one body.'"

Bai Gui sighed and softly recited Goethe's famous poem "Ginkgo Biloba" with amusement in his eyes.

Liu Mingda couldn't help but laugh out loud. This poem contains biological knowledge, which is the mitosis of botany. It was discovered by Fleming in Germany in 1882. It was taught by Shiwu Zhai of the Normal School a few days ago.

The atmosphere of the cultural salon in the living room now is somewhat consistent with it.

"Brother Bai really doesn't use curse words when he curses!"

Wu Huaiyuan walked over with a look of embarrassment. He happened to hear Bai Gui's song of Goethe's poem and smiled bitterly.

"I'll be the host another day to make amends to Brother Bai."

he apologized.

"Then you have agreed, but you are not allowed to go back on it."

Bai Gui quickly agreed, raised his glass and touched it with Wu Huaiyuan.

However, at this moment, Bai Gui suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure passing by the moon gate through the mosaic glass window of the living room. The man was wearing a Taoist robe, Quanzhen dress, a Hunyuan scarf on his head, and Shifang shoes on his feet. .

"It's Taoist Zhang..."

Thanks to his good memory, Bai Gui could recognize at a glance that the Taoist just now was Taoist Zhang Zhishun, whom he had met before at Bailu Academy.

"He?"

Wu Huaiyuan also looked up and said: "He has been to my mother several times these days, but I don't know what we talked about. Every time I see him come out dejected..."

When Bai Gui heard this, his face showed surprise. Then he thought for a while, then he cupped his hands with a trace of solemnity on his face, "Brother Huaiyuan, please take me to see Daozhang Zhang. He has an old relationship with my husband..."

Taoist Zhang's moral character is obvious to all. He came to the Wu Mansion and left dejectedly. He must have something to ask for. Otherwise, if a Taoist priest repeatedly meets a widow in private, Zhou Ying's reputation will inevitably be affected...

In addition, he has benefited from Mr. Zhu's kindness many times. He cannot pretend not to have seen this kind of thing. This is because he does not know the kindness. Besides, he also wants to meet with Daozhang Zhang to learn something...

"Okay, let me ask..." When Wu Huaiyuan heard this, he had no reason to refuse. Although he didn't know what Bai Gui wanted, it was not difficult to handle. It was not a request. He called A servant came and asked Daozhang Zhang where he was waiting to meet his wife, and then asked the servant to take Bai Gui to the small courtyard where he was waiting.