The mountain road was rough, and the night was falling, and the ox cart could not go any further halfway through. Everyone got out of the car, and there were already steps waiting on the left side of the road, more than 20 slaves carried wind lanterns, illuminating the surroundings as if it were day, with respectful expressions, bending to welcome guests.

Xu You's body was weak and unbearable to walk for a long time, so he stepped forward with Zuo Yan's support. It was the first time he had come into contact with this kind of thing, and once in his previous life, he went up to Mount Emei and met two porters who carried a sliding rod, with a thin body, old wrinkles, and a half-eager look and tone, which made him unbearable, just took out the money, but did not sit on it. However, the men I met this time were all strong men, and the abdominal muscles were hard and bulletproof, but there was not so much mental activity.

These strong men are clearly professionally trained, and from getting up to walking, they are almost motionless above the waist, maintaining an absolute balance of steps. Baihua was still so cheerful, bouncing and following by his side, Xu You looked at her sideways and said with a smile: "You are a little lady, can you walk the mountain road?" Why don't you go to the sitting? ”

Baihua grinned, tilted his head and said, "This is for your guests, what is the identity of our slaves?" Don't dare to trespass. ”

"I see that Madame treats you very well, and she will never be so harsh, right?"

"Madame is also grateful for our kindness is to pour out the water of Qiantang Lake, but the more so, the more we must abide by our duties, when we should be naughty and naughty, we will naturally not see the outside, but when we should abide by the rules, we must also be more obedient than others."

Xu You didn't expect a girl like Baihua to say such a big grin, squinted his eyes at the twilight haze in the distance, and chuckled: "You know the etiquette......"

After walking for more than an hour, turning the winding path, the eyes suddenly opened up, revealing exquisite green walls and red bricks from the trees and grass that shaded the sky, and a narrow stone moon gate connected the different worlds inside and outside the wall.

"Lang Jun, this is Ming Yuju!"

Xu You took a step, looked at the surrounding scenery, and said with a smile: "Thin bamboo and vines hang obliquely, and flowers and plants grow indiscriminately. The forest is high and windy, and the moss is silent. A great place for your lord! ”

"That's it!" Baihua said proudly: "The feng shui here is good, even those nobles in Wu County also want to live here, I don't know how high the price is, my lord just doesn't let go, hehe!" ”

Xu You shook his head and smiled, Guo Mian is rich and has three Wus, and the most important thing is probably Ah Duwu, where will he be willing to give up such a piece of feng shui treasure.

Entering the Ming Yuju, he has his own hundred paintings to arrange his residence, and Xu You lives in an independent courtyard, with three entrances inside and outside. His master bedroom is the side bedroom of the autumn equinox, and the side room next to it is placed with frost, and then to the left of the courtyard is He Wei, and the right is the left Yan, and there are more than a dozen people such as slaves and maids who serve to live outside, and they are not allowed to greet or enter.

There was nothing to say that night, and the next morning, after breakfast, Xu Youwan refused Baihua's invitation to him to see the waterfall, and instructed her to find the twenty people who were literate and hyphenated and had a convenient tongue.

Heaven and earth are yellow, and the universe is desolate.

The sun and the moon are shining, and the sun and moon are shining.

The cold comes and the summer comes, and the autumn harvest is hidden in winter.

Leap more than the age of adulthood, the law Lu tunes the yang.

The clouds cause rain, and the dew turns into frost.

Jin Sheng Lishui, jade out of Kungang.

The sword number is huge, and the pearl is called luminous.

Fruit Zhen Li Ji, vegetable heavy mustard ginger.

The sea is salty, and the scales are submerged.

…… While writing, I paid attention to the demeanor of the people, and saw that the third person standing on the left side of the first row looked at the nib of the pen without blinking, his mouth opened slightly, revealing an unbelievable expression, he smiled slightly in his heart, put down the brush, pointed at him and said, "Come, read these words!" ”

The third person on the left hurriedly collected his chest and abdomen, lowered his head and moved, walked to the desk, and read in a low voice: "Heaven and earth are yellow, and the universe is desolate ......."

"Louder!"

He was a little nervous, and there were beads of sweat flowing from his forehead, but he still cleared his throat and said loudly: "Heaven and earth are yellow, and the universe is desolate." The sun and the moon are shining, and the Chensu column is ......"

This person's voice is high and loud, his words are clear, and he is slightly suppressed.

Xu You nodded and said, "What's your name?" ”

"The villain's surname is Zhou, Zhou Qiqiao, and the villagers call me Brother Qiao."

"Brother Qiao...... Listening to your name, you should be a smart person, what books have you read? "I have read "Erya" and "Mao's Poems", and now I am reading "The Legend of the Ram" roughly."

Xu You was taken aback, this person looked thirty years old, his appearance was average, his palms were black and rough, and his cheeks were yellow and gray with malnutrition, he should also be from a poor family, and he didn't know how much effort and financial and material resources he had to make to read "The Legend of the Ram", which was impressive.

"Well, stand down!"

Zhou Qiqiao thought that it was appropriate to deal with it, especially his knowledge was also outstanding among these twenty people, and he would definitely be praised by nobles. But Xu You remained silent, and said lightly, "Stand down", which made him full of joy and suddenly frustrated, and he didn't know whether to be happy or sad for a while.

Next, Xu You ordered a few more people to come out and read the dozens of words extracted from the "Thousand Character Text", some people knew all of them, some people knew most of them, and there were two who only recognized more than ten of them. In this way, it still relied on Zhan's huge network of connections, and painstakingly searched, although the time was a little tight, and he didn't want to be a real reader, but he also took a peek at the leopard, which shows how low the literacy rate was at that time.

The two people with the least literacy were eliminated, and the hundred paintings were taken out to be resettled, and it was impossible for them to leave this place before the event. But living here to eat, drink, and not have to do anything is actually a beautiful thing.

Divide the remaining eighteen people into three teams, and Zhou Qiqiao and the other two most clever people are divided into three groups of team leaders. Gave them a pen and paper and a desk, all of them sat cross-legged, Xu You shuttled back and forth a few steps, stood in front of the hall, and looked at it, the huge hall was a little like a palace test on the Jinluan Palace for a while.

He smiled, what do you think, don't say that there is no imperial examination in this dynasty, but there is, who are the people sitting in the palace examination, and who are the people sitting here?

It's not the same!

"I dictate, wait for notes, write down as much as I hear, and I don't need to write properly, as long as I can see clearly. Do you understand? ”

"No!" The crowd replied in unison.

Zhou Qiqiao clenched the pen, his palms were secretly sweating, he was a person who had read books, just looking at Xu You's temperament and these current actions, he would definitely be doing something amazing.

His heart was beating violently!

"Speaking of the scenery of the West Lake, the mountains and rivers are distinct. During the Yongguang period of the Han Dynasty, the mountains and rivers flowed into the West Gate. Suddenly, a deer appeared in the water, and it was snow-white. After the water receded, its deer followed it to Tianyun Mountain, and did not know where to go. The people in Qiantang City thought it was manifest. Therefore, a view was established in Tianyun Mountain, which was called Bailu View. At that time, there was a person, whose legal name was Suizhen, who traveled here, played with its mountain scenery, and said: "There is a small peak in front of Kunlun Mountain, and it suddenly disappeared, and it turned out to fly here." At the time, no one believed it. The Taoist said: "I remember the front peak ridge of Kunlun Mountain, called Tongtian Ridge." There is a white ape in this cave, and it is a test to see me exhale. "Sure enough, the white ape came out......"