At the edge of the cloud pool, the wind is clear and light. Fan Yanzhong wears a bamboo hat on his head, holds a fishing rod, and his eyes are slightly closed, like a master. Jiang Anyi and Fan Shiben were on the left and on the right, one holding a pen and the other holding an inkstone, waiting for the old man to have a flash of inspiration and speak the truth.

"Yunshuitan Words" has been almost compiled, these days the old man Fan is searching his intestines and scraping his stomach to summarize his warning words, no, say a sentence "Anyone who reads the text is not in a hurry." There are doubts, and gradually think about it. Hurry forward, cover up, take a step back, and you can see it. ”

Fan Shiben carefully memorized this sentence on the paper, Jiang Anyi nodded again and again, and said: "Master Fan's words are really wise words, not that he can't say these words if he reads the book thoroughly." I usually study, I am in a hurry, I often feel stagnant, if it were not for the guidance of Master Fan, I am afraid that I would have fallen into a predicament. ”

"Anyi, you are still too young, although you have read a lot of books, but you don't seek to understand, and your foundation is not solid." Fan Yanzhong sighed: "According to my meaning, you will have to study hard for at least three years, and then you will try again, and it is estimated that it will be about the same." The scriptures of the teacher's book were originally solid, and after the middle school, I studied hard for three years, although the poems and texts are not as good as you, but the chance of passing the test this time is much greater than yours. ”

Fan Shi said well, the teacher's article is insightful, beautiful, beautiful, pleasing to read, although he has made great progress, but the article is still rough, these take time to practice.

"However, Anyi, you also have your strengths." Fan Yanzhong saw that Jiang Anyi was depressed, and his words changed to comfort: "Not to mention that your poems are like God's gifts, and the old man can't beat it." Just talking about the article, the teacher's article is decent, but your article is often new, deafening, thought-provoking, if you can concentrate on learning for a period of time, the achievement should be far above the teacher's book, and you will be able to outshine the blue in the future than the old man. ”

Unexpectedly, Master Fan's expectations for himself were so high, Jiang Anyi lowered his head slightly, hid the wetness in his eyes, and said: "Anyi doesn't dare to forget Mr. 's teachings, in this life, he must study diligently and follow in the footsteps of Mr. to be a man and do things." ”

Fan Yanzhong sighed and said, "You don't have to learn from me, I don't know how to be flexible, so I was forced to resign when I was old." Anyi you are shrewd, good at scheming, this is both your strength and your shortcoming, I hope you keep in mind the purpose of helping the people at the time, and you must not use deceit to mislead the country and oppress the good. If that's the case, I won't be able to live in peace even under the Nine Springs. ”

Fan Yanzhong's words were very heavy, Jiang Anyi immediately knelt down, swore to the sky, and said: "The emperor is above, the thick earth is below, I, Jiang Anyi, swear here, I will protect the family and the people and the country all my life, and I will never dare to bully others and seek personal gains. ”

"That's it." Fan Yanzhong asked Shi Ben to help Jiang Anyi up, and said: "In your oath, the family comes before the people, and the people come before the country, if there is a conflict one day, how should you deal with it?" ”

"If a family member violates the law and discipline, it should be punished by national law, but if it is harmful to the will of the people with force, or it is not conducive to my family, Anyi will resist it." Jiang Anyi is categorical.

Fan Yanzhong was silent for a long time, and sighed: "The people are ten thousand families, the people are important, the community is secondary, and the king is light, Yasheng said this eight hundred years ago, and to this day, there are still people who think that it is against the way of the ministers, you just remember these words in your heart, and you don't need to declare them." Anyi, if one day the Fan family encounters a disaster, I hope you can treat it as a family member and do your best to help. ”

"No."

Fan Yanzhong got up a little excitedly, threw away the fishing rod and got up, took his two grandchildren by the hand, and sang "Looking back at the bleak place, returning, there is no wind and rain and no sunshine", and returned home in the slanting sun.

When Tang Wenzhong's convoy was still three hundred miles away from Jingshi, Xiao Xizi's illness was finally cured, and he struggled to serve by Tang Wenzhong's side. Another little eunuch, Xiao Fuzi, trembled when he saw Xiao Xizi as if he had seen a ghost. Kiko wears her black hair to cover her gray face, and her eyes shine through the gaps in her hair, like a poisonous snake staring at you for a chance to get down.

It was not early, the convoy stopped at the post house, Xiao Xizi trotted to Tang Wenzhong's car, carefully lifted the curtain, and said respectfully: "Master, the post house has arrived, your old man should come down and rest his legs." ”

"Hmm", snorted in the car, stuck one leg out, stepped on the back of Kiko who was kneeling on the ground, and got out of the carriage. When Tang Wenzhong stood firm, Xiao Xizi knelt on the ground and flattened the folded placket for Tang Wenzhong. Tang Wenzhong nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Xiao Xizi, you can serve people, you are born to be a father-in-law's material, when you arrive in the capital, our family will train you well, and don't forget our family when your kid is out." ”

"Master, I'll go anywhere, and I'll serve by the master's side." Xiao Xizi sneered.

On the second watch, Xiao Xizi dragged his tired body back to his residence, and on the other bed, Xiao Fuzi shrank in the quilt and shivered. Xiao Xizi glanced contemptuously, came to the table and poured a glass of water, sat down slowly, and drank the water slowly, the urine in her lower body came well, and her pants were already wet.

Xiao Xizi's hatred is monstrous, Yuan Tianjiao Guo Jingshan, Jiang Anyi Qin Haiming, if it weren't for you and I Zhang Bojin, how could I fall to such a point, you wait for me, one day I will repay you double. Xiao Xizi raised his face viciously, and it was Zhang Bojin in the candlelight.

Before dawn the next day, Zhang Bojin's current little Xizi got up and came to Tang Wenzhong's door to wait, heard the voice coming from the house, and immediately asked loudly: "Master, did your old man get up, I slept well last night, and I can come in and serve your old man now." ”

Tang Wenzhong sat quietly on the eaves of the bed, waiting for Xiao Xizi to carefully wipe his face with a hot towel, and then beckoned someone to bring tea and snacks, and waited busily. At this time, Xiao Fuzi walked in with a cower and called "master".

"Why did you get up so late and still have our family to serve you?" Tang Wenzhong glared at Xiao Fuzi unhappily.

Seeing that Xiao Xizi was not in the house at this moment, Xiao Fuzi "pounced" and knelt down, crying: "Master save me, that little Xizi always looks at me and laughs maliciously, he wants to kill me." ”

"Coward, what are you afraid of, there is a master, no one dares to do anything to you, get up." Tang Wenzhong shouted. Xiao Fuzi stood up with sobs and looked like a frightened bird.

Tang Wenzhong hated that iron could not become steel, and scolded: "What are you crying about, I'm not dead yet." ”

When Xiaofuzi calmed down, Tang Wenzhong lowered his voice and said: "That kid is vicious, how can our family not know, it's just that that kid will serve people, and our family will still need him in the future." Don't worry, our family will protect you, you live with him, watch him for our family, tell our family if there is any trouble, don't be afraid, our family will be the master for you. ”

Xiaofuzi took the reassuring pill and stopped crying immediately. Outside the door, Xiao Xizi listened to it sincerely, gritted her teeth and twisted her face and quietly retreated, and then walked towards the house with heavy steps.

Back at his residence, Jiang Anyi thought carefully about Master Fan's words, it seems that it will be difficult to try next year, and Master Yu has also warned himself to accumulate steadily, his heart is too hasty, and he has not accumulated enough. Whether to listen to Master Fan's words, study hard in Jinshui Village for three years and then go to the examination, Jiang Anyi is undecided.

In the end, self-motivation prevailed, Jiang An said in his heart, this time he went to Beijing to explore the direction of the wind, and even if he didn't hit, he would prepare for the next time. After making up his mind, Jiang Anyi began to think about the examination, and nearly 10,000 people gathered in the capital to compete for more than 200 places, which is as difficult as you can imagine. Most of these people are well-educated people, some are world-famous celebrities, some are carefully cultivated talents by the family, and there are countless children of high-ranking officials and nobles.

Jiang Anyi got up anxiously and pushed the door to the courtyard. In the dead of night, the sound of insects sang unhurriedly, a few dogs barked in the distance, the moonlight frost was as cold as water, and it was indescribably quiet and peaceful.

His heart gradually calmed down, Jiang Anyi paced unhurriedly in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, he just received a letter from the mountain chief two days ago, telling him that there were a total of nineteen people in the academy this year, including him, his friend Lin Yizhen won the seventh in Chuzhou, Liu Yushan High School Renzhou was third, and the other three in Zechang's four shows also won the lift, of course, Jiang Anyi was the only one who became Xie Yuanlang.

While being happy for his friends, Jiang Anyi remembered what Liu Yushan said about raising hope, every time there are twenty people in the township test Zechang Academy, in addition to real talents, the chief examiners of various states also favor the candidates of Zechang Academy, lest they fall into the reputation of not knowing talents.

Lin Yizhen was at the birthday banquet of the palace, and the prince of Anyang gave him wish, as long as the examiner did not intend to go against the prince, Lin Yizhen must win. Liu Yushan knows the importance of raising hope, and organizes the Scholar Club in the academy, as one of the four shows of Zechang, he has also been praised by the prince, and his reputation is widely spread in Renzhou Shilin, and the third in high school is reasonable.

He is famous for being a word fairy, and he also has a small reputation. When he returned to worship the master, Ma Jingxuan bluntly said that it was because of the song "Spring Rain" that he took the middle and solved the yuan, thinking that Ma Jingxuan took the thank you gift, his expression was light, probably thinking that twenty taels of gold was silver, and after he returned to his residence, Ma Jingxuan sent a letter to encourage him, and invited himself to Beijing to talk about the house.

The name of the word immortal should be of some help after arriving in Beijing, and he will definitely become famous if he writes a few more good poems, but there have been people who have been famous in the capital with poetry before, but in the end it ended gloomily, and it has little effect just to move the public secretary through poetry.

Those children of the family and the children of the eunuchs have someone behind them to help, and there are also a lot of celebrities and gentlemen who are willing to brag about it, where can they find help? In the capital, I only know Master Yu, and with Master Yu's personality, I will never make a name for myself, as for Master Horse, it may be possible to give enough silver, so you might as well give it a try.

Also, "Yunshuitan Words" is almost to be compiled, the book is recorded in the form of a question and answer dialogue, Fan Zi is of course Mr. Fan, and there are two characters in it, one is the teacher and the other is Anyi, Fan Shi is one of the few great Confucians in the world, and the two people who ask and answer him, one is his son and the other is his nephew, if this book can be released in the world two months before the exam, then the teacher and An Yi in the book will naturally rise with the fame of the book, what is the name of raising hope, this is the great prestige.

With Master Fan's experience, if he can reveal who is likely to serve as the chief examiner of the examination, find out the intention of the examiner and the emperor, and achieve a target, he will be able to get twice the result with half the effort. As Master Fan said, his foundation is still thin, and it will take a long time to fully consolidate the foundation, if it is only for a certain aspect, it is not that there is no way, but how to move that stubborn old man.

Jiang Anyi looked up at the moon and sighed.