Then, Du Youwei asked Shen Tingyu again: "Then what is the so-called thing about the virtuous brother coming this time?" Of course he knew that Shen Tingyu couldn't have come to him because he knew that he was confused.

"That's right, now the autumn season is approaching, so I have to leave for Qingyue City, the capital of Qingzhou Prefecture, in advance, and this time I came to say goodbye to Lord Du."

"Oh, I see, in fact, you don't have to deliberately say goodbye to me, but for my brother, I still hope you can be named on the gold list."

"Thank you, Lord Du, for your concern. So I went. ”

Shen Tingyu was about to go home to pack his luggage after coming out of the county office, and when he passed by the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, he thought of Chu Zhilan again, so he thought of saying goodbye to her. Immediately, Shen Tingyu walked into the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

At this time, there was still singing and dancing in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, but he didn't see Chu Zhilan's figure, and after asking the people next to him, Shen Tingyu knew that Chu Zhilan had been in poor health for the past few days, and had been closing the door to thank guests, and since the two made an agreement that day, Chu Zhilan had never played a piano song again.

After hearing this news, Shen Tingyu secretly felt a pity in his heart, he was going to come and be separated from Chu Zhilandao, but now that she was sick, it was inconvenient, and she was about to leave immediately, but at this time, a voice stopped him.

"Shen Gongzi came to find my Zhilan girl?"

Hearing the voice, Shen Tingyu looked back and saw that it was Xiao Yue calling him, so he said, "Exactly, I just heard that Zhilan has been in poor health recently, is it better?" ”

At this time, Xiao Yue lowered her voice and said: "Shen Gongzi, I won't tell you, in fact, my young lady is not sick, but she seems to have been depressed recently, and she has no heart to pick up customers, so she found a reason to prevaricate, so now only Shen Gongzi can persuade her." Maybe my young lady will be happy when she sees you. ”

"Then I'll have to ask Miss Xiaoyue to take me to meet Zhilan."

Then Shen Tingyu went to the backyard under the leadership of Xiao Yue, but saw that Chu Zhilan was sitting in the stone pavilion at this time, holding Suqin in her hand, looking at the sky blankly, not knowing what she was thinking. However, her appearance made Shen Tingyu feel a different kind of beauty.

"Miss, it's Shen Gongzi who is here." Xiao Yue reminded softly.

Hearing Xiao Yue's reminder, Chu Zhilan slowly came back to her senses at this time, and as soon as she raised her head and saw Shen Tingyu, the unhappiness in her heart immediately dissipated a lot. Seeing Chu Zhilan come back to her senses, Xiao Yue quietly left, leaving a private space for the two of them.

"What is Zhilan worried about? Speak up and let me share a story or two for you. Shen Tingyu said softly.

"Tingyu, do you know about General Wu Yaohui's northward journey?"

"I know a little bit about it, I heard that General Wu Yaohui was like a bamboo along the way, and he was shocked, and the saint almost wanted to drive the expedition in person, but was stopped by a group of ministers."

"Then the Great Jin Dynasty took the military general Chen Yuansu as the general of Annam, and attacked the camp while the Wu army was drinking and having fun at night, and defeated the Wu army in one fell swoop, while General Wu Yaohui threw himself into the river and died." Chu Zhilan said.

"Then Zhilan, are you mourning for the victims, or are you mourning for the defeat of the Wu army?" Shen Tingyu asked.

"Wu Jun is the division of my Han people, and those who died in the river are also the heroes of my Han people, Tingyu, you say, who am I mourning for?"

"I didn't expect Zhilan to be a person who has the world in mind."

"Ting Yu's words are serious, and I just sighed for a while."

"Zhilan, you mourn for the death of all the soldiers, but the Xiaoxiang Pavilion is full of singing and dancing, in comparison, the judgment is made." Shen Tingyu couldn't help but sigh.

"It's worth looking back, under the Buddha Shrine, a crow shrine drum."

"Mr. Qu Yuan once said: 'It is good for the people to be good, and it is evil to harm the people, and if you mourn, you will mourn the difficulties of the people's livelihood.'" ”

"Tingyu, you care about the world, I admire, thank you for understanding me." Chu Zhilan said softly.

"Perennial war, the people have heard the war, there are countless fertile fields, but they have become a place of bones, the prosperous scene of the past, now only the ruins and broken walls are left, Zhilan, if the war will continue, then how should the people survive?"

Chu Zhilan listened to Shen Tingyu's persuasion, and did not speak, but just buried her head in stroking the qin, and the sound of the piano was chaotic, not like before.

Shen Tingyu stepped forward, grabbed her shoulders, remained silent, and quietly shared the burden with Chu Zhilan.

After a while, after Chu Zhilan's mood eased slightly, Shen Tingyu spoke: "Zhilan, I'm leaving Qi County, I actually want to say goodbye to you this time." ”

"Well, I know, because you're going to the imperial examination."

"I hope I'll go, Zhilan, you won't be alone."

"It's okay, don't I still have Satsuki with me? You can rest assured to go to the scientific examination, I am here, waiting for you to come back from high school. Chu Zhilan said with a smile, but anyone could see that she was just forcing a smile, which showed that in her heart she really didn't want Shen Tingyu to go.

"Well, then you must wait for me to come back." Shen Tingyu sat with Chu Zhilan for a while, and then reluctantly returned home to pack his things.

After packing up his things, Shen Tingyu took one last look at his room and was about to leave, but when he walked to the door, he saw that his parents were already waiting for him there.

"Tingyu, when you go to the scientific examination, you must take care of yourself, and you don't say much for your father, I just hope that you can go to high school in one fell swoop, so that your father's face will also shine." Shen Wanchuan said.

"Tingyu, it's approaching September, the weather is getting cold, I've sewed a few clothes for my mother for you these days, take them with you when you leave, don't catch a cold." With that, Mrs. Shen handed over a bag of clothes to Shen Tingyu.

Seeing this situation, Shen Tingyu suddenly remembered Meng Jiao's "The Wanderer's Yin", at the moment before leaving, the elderly mother personally handed over the sewn clothes to the wanderer who was about to embark on the journey, and told her that she was afraid that the child would suffer outside. Thinking of this, Shen Tingyu's nose was a little sour, and he said, "Mother, you are weak, why do you still have to do all this needlework." ”

"It's okay, I'm going to take care of myself, it doesn't matter if I don't get in or not, if my mother just wants to see you healthy, I'm already very satisfied." As she spoke, Mrs. Shen was already crying.

Seeing her like this, Shen Wanchuan on the side hurriedly persuaded: "Okay, madam, Tingyu is just going to take a test, why do you want to make it look like you want to part with life and death." Tingyu still has to hurry, let's hurry back to the house. ”

Then Shen Wanchuan supported Mrs. Shen and walked towards the house. Shen Tingyu looked at the backs of his father and mother, and said, "Father, mother, don't worry, I will definitely go to high school." After saying that, he left without looking back.

Shen Wanchuan turned around, looked at Shen Tingyu, smiled at Xiao Yingxue, and went back to the house.