"You don't want to look down on people! I'm not a beggar! ”

"Yo, dare to be hard-mouthed? Guys, knock him out the door! ”

Among the sounds of the quarrel, there was a voice that made Shen Tingyu feel particularly familiar, so he simply decided to open the door and go out to find out, and walked downstairs, seeing that the shopkeeper was about to make a move, Shen Tingyu hurriedly stopped: "Stop!" ”

At this time, the shopkeeper saw Shen Tingyu walking downstairs, his face gradually showed a servile face, and hurriedly said: "I'm really sorry for disturbing your study, I'll drive this beggar away." ”

"It's right to say I'm sorry, this is my friend, I asked him to come here to look for me, but I forgot to say hello to you." Shen Tingyu said.

The shopkeeper said suspiciously: "Your friend? ”

He looked the ragged man in front of the door up and down disdainfully, and then showed a smile and said, "The little one is blind, and he almost hit the star monarch in the sky, please come inside." ”

The shopkeeper knew in his heart that these people who came to take the exam were all talented masters, and maybe they would become official masters in the future, and they would never be offended. At this time, Shen Tingyu handed the shopkeeper a few small pieces of silver, and asked him to prepare some wine and food for the 'beggar', and the shopkeeper hurriedly agreed and left.

It was only after the shopkeeper left that Shen Tingyu began to look at this person carefully, but this person seemed to be deliberately avoiding his gaze, and his unkempt hair hung low, covering his face.

"You are?"

At this time, the man's head was lowered, but he slowly raised it, looked directly at Shen Tingyu, and said, "It's been a long time." ”

This person is Zhang Zhihong, Shen Tingyu couldn't believe it, and said, "Brother Zhang, you ...... How did you end up in such a field? ”

"Alas...... It's hard to put into words! ”

Shen Tingyu invited him to the guest room, and at this time, the shopkeeper sent wine and food, Zhang Zhihong picked up a glass of wine, drank it all, and said with emotion: "It's really impermanent, I was still complaining about Brother Shen's situation before, but now I have fallen into ......" Zhang Zhihong's alcohol consumption is not very high, but the wine in front of him seems to be a little lighter for him.

"I once wanted to visit you and Uncle Zhang, but then I heard that you had gone back to your hometown. First, the journey is far away, and secondly, the autumn period is approaching, so I have never gone to thank you and Uncle Zhang for saving my father. ”

"Hehe, in fact, you don't need to thank you, the reason why my father agreed to help you in the first place was just because he wanted to use your Shen family's money to pave the way for his own future."

"But no matter what, my uncle still helped me a lot, and besides, it was Uncle Zhang who I harmed......" Shen Tingyu paused and continued: "I wonder if Uncle Zhang is still healthy now?" ”

However, at this time, Zhang Zhihong slowly put down the wine glass that had reached his mouth, and said: "My father has been depressed since he was demoted, and his body is injured, so he has ...... Already...... He is no longer alive. ”

Zhang Zhihong's eyes flashed with tears, and he picked up the wine jug and poured it into his mouth. Shen Tingyu suddenly felt as if his whole body strength had been drained, and with a snap, the chopsticks in his hand fell to the ground.

"It's me who I'm sorry Uncle Zhang!" Shen Tingyu said with tears in his eyes.

"When my father left, he was always haunted by the fact that he helped you save his father, and used the money you saved to save his father to ask for his own future. Now that his old man has left, I hope Brother Shen can forgive him. ”

"Brother Zhang is serious, I have never blamed him for the old man, I only have a strong sense of guilt in my heart."

"After my father and I returned to our hometown, it was not easy to live, and then my father died of illness, so I used the remaining silver taels from the family to do the funeral. Originally, I was supposed to be filial piety for my father, but when my father left, he repeatedly told me not to delay the exam, and he said that he would sit under Jiuquan and wait for the news of my high school. ”

"Ugh." Zhang Zhihong sighed and continued: "The people in the township saw that I was pitiful, so they subsidized me with some silver taels for me to take the exam. Along the way, I was frugal, but after arriving in Qingyue City, there was not much silver left on my body, so there was the scene just now. ”

"In that case, if Brother Zhang doesn't give up, how about eating and living with me during the exam?"

"That's not necessary, it's just that I'm afraid I'm going to bother Brother Shen all night tonight, and tomorrow morning, I'll go and find a place to live by myself."

"Brother Zhang, listen to what the little brother said, eating and living together can not only save you and my expenses, but also make it more convenient for the little brother to ask Brother Zhang for advice, isn't it?"

Zhang Zhihong thought about it again and again and said: "That's fine, but this expense should still be calculated as it should be, and he will definitely pay it back in the future." ”

After getting together, after some conversation, Shen Tingyu knew that although Zhang Zhihong's talent was due to his own talent and intelligence, it was more because this person was extremely diligent, sometimes even studying hard all night, and it was the same today, Shen Tingyu persuaded him several times to no avail, so he went with him.

......

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is September 13th, which is the time for the autumn exam, in the morning, Shen Tingyu and Zhang Zhihong got up early and ran to the examination room. Outside the examination room, there was a lot of people, young and old.

While! While! While! A gong sounded. At this time, I saw an official errand walk out of the examination room, striking a gong to silence everyone.

"Silence! As usual, the autumn exam is still divided into three sessions, with the first one today, the second one on the 15th, and the last one on the 17th. The 14th and 16th are rests. I won't say much about the rules, so let's invite the candidates to enter now, and the idlers will leave as soon as possible! The official shouted.

Shen Tingyu glanced at Zhang Zhihong next to him and said, "Brother Zhang, please take care, I'll go first." After speaking, he took a step, and Zhang Zhihong also followed him into the examination room.

After a while, all the candidates had already entered the examination room, and then the official shouted again: "Seal the examination room!" ”

Several officers and soldiers ran over, closed the door of the examination room, and affixed seals.

After Shen Tingyu entered the examination room, he casually found a seat and sat down, only to see that more than a dozen blank sheets of paper had already been laid on the long table, and there was also a piece of paper full of words, which should be the exam questions of the first exam.

At this time, the invigilator standing in front of the examination room spoke: "Now please ask all candidates to study the ink, and the first exam of the general examination will start immediately." ”

A quarter of an hour later, the invigilator announced the start of the exam, and the first exam of the Autumn Hurricane Exam was usually a post-scripture exam. Sure enough, when Shen Tingyu looked at the white paper full of exam questions, the four words of the Tijing exam were written directly above the white paper.

Then, Shen Tingyu read: write four books and three ways silently, each with at least 200 words. The first way: dictate the fourteenth chapter of the University; The second way: silently write the Analects of Liren; The third way: silently write "Mencius • Gaozi I". The time limit is two hours.

ps: Today's two watches, thank you for your support! Shengge will continue to work hard!