After reading this letter, Xu Guangqi was speechless for a long time, looking at the flames dancing on the candle, and his heart was full of emotion.

When the sky was bright, Li Zhizao, who had also slept for a whole day and a half, ran to Xu Guangqi excitedly.

He felt that he had done well in the exam and performed very well, and he couldn't help but share his happiness with his friends, but when he came to the outside of Xu Guangqi's hut, he was surprised to find a simple carriage parked in front of his friend's hut.

"Zixian, what are you going to do here?"

Li Zhizao looked at Xu Guangqi in surprise.

Xu Guangqi said with a smile: "It's nothing, just leave." ”

"Leave?" Li Zhizao was shocked: "What's going on?" The exam has not yet been released, and there will be a palace exam after that, what are you doing when you leave? ”

"The matter has come to this, it will definitely be the end of the list, and staying is nothing more than a waste of entanglement, it is better to leave as soon as possible, so as not to waste time here."

Seeing Xu Guangqi say this, Li Zhizao was incomprehensible, and he reached out and grabbed Xu Guangqi.

"Zixian, the exam has not yet been released, unless you hand in a blank paper, you may still be able to pass the exam, you must know, if you leave now, in case you pass the exam, how can you participate in the palace exam?"

Xu Guangqi shook his head.

"I know best, Zhenzhi, I will definitely fail this time, there is no need to waste a month of time, let's leave as soon as possible!"

Li Zhizao really couldn't understand why Xu Guangqi was so sure that he would definitely fall off the list, but he didn't know what to say to comfort Xu Guangqi.

"Are you going back to your hometown?"

That's all he can ask.

"No, I'm going to Shanxi."

Li Zhizao's eyes widened suddenly: "Shanxi? You're crazy first! There's a war going on there! Now that there is chaos, aren't you a powerless person going there to die? I won't allow you to pass! Besides, what are you going to do there?! ”

Xu Guangqi looked at Li Zhizao's flustered face and said, "I'm going to go to someone." ”

"Running to someone?"

Li Zhizao felt that his brain was a little insufficient.

"Well, I'm going to go to Xiao Zhennan."

"Huh?!"

Li Zhizao exclaimed: "Did I hear me right?" ”

"You heard me right, I said that I am going to go to Xiao Zhennan, I will finish this battle with him, and then, I may go to Burma! Anyway, I don't want to stay here any longer, and I will always follow Xiao Zhennan until the next test starts. ”

As he spoke, Xu Guangqi patted Li Zhizao on the shoulder: "Zhenzhi, your literary talent is far above me, this time you should be able to successfully pass the test, I can only congratulate you in advance, if there is a fate, you and I will definitely meet again." ”

After speaking, Xu Guangqi was about to leave, Li Zhizao was stunned, then shocked, and immediately stopped Xu Guangqi.

"Zixian, I don't care what is going on with you, it doesn't matter if you fail once, you will make a comeback after three years, but you go to Shanxi to join Xiao Zhennan, don't you know how dangerous it is? You're lifting! Don't take risks yourself! One failure is not a big deal, how can you be so self-defeating? ”

This time, Xu Guangqi was stunned.

"Self-defeating? I? ”

Xu Guangqi couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Zhenzhi, how many failures have I experienced before the examination, why should I give up on myself?" This is what I want to do, I think, I have to go to Shanxi, to find Xiao Zhennan, he is not an ordinary general, I have some doubts since I read school, maybe Xiao Zhennan can help me solve my doubts. ”

"Puzzled? Xiao Zhennan? ”

Li Zhizao shook his head and forcibly calmed himself down: "He is a military general, he doesn't study, you are a lifter, why do you need Xiao Zhennan to solve the doubts you get from reading?" Zixian, you still say that you didn't give up on yourself? ”

Xu Guangqi smiled helplessly, then sighed, put down his bag, and took out a letter from it.

"Let's take a look, and after you take a look, you'll know that this was brought to me by the Nantuo people in Xiao Town in the winter last year."

"Last year?"

Xu Guangqi nodded: "I had a very good relationship with Ye Mengxiong Gong, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, in Nanjing, and Ye Gong had an old relationship with Xiao Zhennan, and I learned that Xiao Zhennan was worried about the talents who governed Myanmar, so Ye Gong recommended me for Xiao Zhennan, and in the winter of last year, the people sent by Xiao Zhennan found me and brought me this letter, as well as this." ”

Xu Guangqi took out a box from the package, and a gun was taken out of the box.

"Is this a firebolt?"

"This is no ordinary firecracker."

Xu Guangqi pointed to the firing device: "This is called the flintlock firecracker, which is not ignited with a fire rope, but with this flint and this fire sickle to collide, rub the spark and ignite the gunpowder in this fire door, so as to ignite the gun, this is Xiao Zhennan in Myanmar by imitating the new firearm of the Francoman, and the same is true of the Hongyi cannon you mentioned before." ”

Li Zhizao looked at this exquisitely crafted musket in surprise, then shook his head violently and asked, "One shot of fire made you decide to abandon your fame and follow Xiao Zhennan?" Zixian, even if you like firearms, you won't get to this point, right? ”

"What does it mean to abandon fame?"

Xu Guangqi was a little funny: "Aren't I still lifting people?" As long as there is an exam, as long as I am not dead, I can continue to take the exam, how can it be called abandoning fame? As for the reason, it's in this letter. ”

Li Zhizao looked at the letter in his hand in disbelief, then opened the envelope, took out the letter inside and began to read.

After a long time, Li Zhizao raised his head with a little confusion in his eyes.

"He's really a general?"

"It's like a fake."

Xu Guangqi laughed, then took back the letter from Li Zhizao's hand, packed it, and put it in his bag.

"What am I studying for? Is it just to be an official, just to live a rich life, or even to oppress the people in the township? It is undeniable that it is precisely because my family is poor and I am not good at making a living that I embarked on the road of the imperial examination, and there is no other way to live.

So I'm ashamed, I'm surprised, a military general can see this kind of thing, but I am in the game and don't know it, I almost forgot the original intention of the reader, and I don't know when it started, reading has become a means of accumulating money, and fame has become a reliance on accumulating wealth, Zhenzhi, do you think this is right? ”

Li Zhizao looked at Xu Guangqi in confusion, and then shook his head.

"Well, I also think this is wrong, so, I want to understand what is the right way to do it, there are not many people I can ask, and right now, I can only ask Xiao Zhennan, it just so happens that he is using it, Zhenzhi, we will definitely meet again."

With that, Xu Guangqi carried his bags and packages on his back and boarded the dilapidated carriage in front of the door.