"Tingyu, now that your home has been seized by the government, it is not easy to live back again, so it's better to do this, I have helped you find a house in the past few days, although it can't be compared with your previous house, but it won't be much worse."

Shen Tingyu naturally understood in his heart that Han Yuanjiang was going to drive them away, and it was never a way to send people under the fence, but he was just shy. So he replied: "Uncle Han, please give the little nephew some more time, and when the little nephew finds a suitable place, he will not bother again." ”

"I understand that now you are destitute, so let me give you a hundred taels of silver, which is enough for you to buy a land."

Shen Tingyu naturally understood that this one hundred taels of silver was Han Yuanjiang's repatriation fee, but he would never be able to accept these silver taels, so he refused: "Uncle Han's kindness is appreciated by the little nephew, and the little nephew will leave with my parents." ”

"Tingyu, you better accept it, lest people outside spread the word that I fell into the well and was not kind." Han Yuanjiang said.

"Oh, justice in the world is at ease in people's hearts, why should Shibo be afraid of these rumors."

"Now that we've said that, let's be open and honest today. I hope you can understand that it is absolutely impossible for you and Ling Er to have any contact in the future. ”

"Is this what Ling Er meant?"

"I'm her father, and I'm in charge of this."

"Then forgive the little nephew for being rude, there were many people on the street that day as evidence, and Ling Er and I promised each other for life, this is already an ironclad fact, could it be that Uncle Han wants to stop it?" Shen Tingyu said.

"In ancient times, the marriage was all based on the words of the matchmaker who were ordered by their parents, how could it be decided by believing it?" Han Yuanjiang still insisted.

At this moment, a voice came.

"What are you talking about, can you let Yu listen to it?" Shen Tingyu and Han Yuanjiang looked towards the door and found that Master Yu was walking in from outside.

"Master Han, this official came uninvited today, please don't be surprised." Yu Tong said.

Seeing that the person who came was Lord Yu, Han Yuanjiang hurriedly changed his face with a smile and said, "Where is it, Lord Yu can come to the Humble House with a face, it is an honor to be here." ”

"Oh? That's good. Master Han, I heard something from you outside the door just now, I wonder if Master Han is willing to listen to the advice of this official?"

"Please also make it clear to you."

"Now you don't want to marry the Shen family anymore, it's just because they are poor now. Pity the hearts of parents all over the world, which parents don't want their children to live better, but like this? Yu Tong said

"Yes, Lord Yu." Saying that, Han Yuanjiang also pretended to wipe his tears with his sleeve.

Yu Tong thought for a while and said: "I think it's not like this, there will be an autumn exam in September this year, followed by next year's spring exam and palace exam." At that time, Shen Tingyu can go to take the exam, if he can be named on the gold list, the top student in high school, how about you match Han Ling Xu with him?"

"This ...... Adults, if you are in high school, then you are naturally happy to be in the next place, but if you don't win, won't it delay the little girl?" Han Yuanjiang looked embarrassed.

"If it really delays Han Ling, then I can be the matchmaker and let her marry into a high-ranking official in Beijing? Besides, Master Han, Han Ling is fierce by nature, if you push her, I'm afraid things will get worse and worse. ”

After thinking about it, Han Yuanjiang thought about it and said, "Okay, then let's rely on the words of the adults." ”

Han Yuanjiang knew that Lord Yu was helping Shen Tingyu speak, and it was not easy to get an inch. After everyone left, Yu Tong chatted with Shen Tingyu in private.

"Yu was lucky enough to get the grace of the saint and was promoted to the envoy of Yun and Pingzhou, and he is going to take up his post today, so he specially came to say goodbye to you." Yu Tong said.

"The saint is wise, corruption is rampant in the Yunping area, if there is an adult who goes, he will definitely be able to eliminate corruption and revive the clean style." Shen Tingyu said.

"Alas, I'm afraid it's difficult, Yu also hopes that you can study hard and enter the career early. When the time comes, you and I will join forces, and we will definitely be able to help the Holy Lord revive the dynasty. Yu Tong sighed and said.

"Adults are in love, but I'm afraid that I have more than enough heart and not enough power."

"Really? Some time ago, I happened to have nothing to do, so I checked the roster of candidates in recent years and found that in the fifth year of Taiping, there was a candidate named Shen Yu, whose name was very similar to yours. Intrigued, I investigated the person. Coincidentally, this person is actually a fellow villager with you. But when I looked closely, I found that there was no such person. I wonder if a careless student wrote the wrong name, can the virtuous brother recognize this person?"

Hearing this, Shen Tingyu was slightly embarrassed and said, "Don't hide it, this person is down." It was only because he had no intention of taking the imperial examination at the beginning, and his father insisted on going down to take the exam, so he had this pseudonym to take the exam. ”

"I have long guessed that it was you, I heard the examiner who evaluated the paper that year said that you are very good at writing and could have been rated as the first place, but the text did not shy away from the name of the saint, and the word "wu" of 'Ruowu' was hidden on the head, and the examiner felt that you were disrespectful to the saint, but the examiner was still a talent, and he reluctantly gave you a show." Yu Tong said.

"I didn't have a career at the beginning, so it didn't matter. Now that I think about it, for those Confucian scholars who have studied hard for decades, it is a pity that they fell off the list because of this evasion. ”

"That's right, now I have already said hello to the people in the Department of Academic Administration, and asked them to correct your identity as a Xiucai, and you can participate in the scientific examination as a Xiucai this fall."

"Lord Yu, I have a little experience of the open and secret battles in this officialdom now, and I have long felt physically and mentally exhausted, and I am afraid that this officialdom is not suitable for the next." Shen Tingyu said.

Yu Tong glanced at him, and said with hatred: "Shen Tingyu, it seems that walking from the Hades Palace didn't let you learn much." For one, if you had the power in your hands, your parents wouldn't have gone through these hardships. Second, if it is decided today, many stubborn diseases left over from the previous dynasty have not gone, and many officials have taken the opportunity to prey on the people, even if it is not easy to build a dynasty without thinking about Dajin, they should also think about the dire situation of the people in the world. Fan Xiwen once said: 'The worries of the world are worried, and the joys of the world are happy.' 'How can you go to a corner of peace and covet comfort?'

"What Master Yu taught me is that when I settle down with my parents, I will definitely concentrate on taking the exam and gaining fame." Listening to Yu Tong's words, Shen Tingyu felt ashamed and said.

Yu Tong encouraged Shen Tingyu a few more words and said goodbye to him. A few days after he left, the new county magistrate handed over the fifty taels of silver that the lord gave to Shen Tingyu, saying that Lord Yu was afraid that he would not accept it, so after leaving for a few days, he instructed the new county magistrate to hand it over to him.

Shen Tingyu knew that Lord Yu's intentions were good, so he didn't refuse, after using the money to buy a house, Shen Tingyu took his parents to a somewhat humble new home, and after settling down, he began to study hard to prepare for the autumn exam held in September this year.