Zeng Gong interrupted Cai Dao's words, this was the first time this old man had done such an rude thing.

"I ......" Cai Dao was speechless when asked by Zeng Gong, but since Zeng Gong said so, he really wanted to ask Cai Ban what he thought! So, he turned his head to Cai Ban and asked, "Little Banzi, tell me, what do you think, tell the truth!" ”

"Childe, I'm ......, I want to give it a try?" Since Cai Dao bluntly asked him to tell the truth, Cai Ban said the truth, and what kind of thoughts did he really have in his heart, Cai Dao really didn't think about this.

"That's good, Xiaobanzi, since Master Zeng is willing to accept you as an apprentice, that's your blessing. Be sure to study hard and don't live up to your grandfather's expectations of you. However, in person, since you have chosen this path, if you know that you are bitter in the future, you will cry and shout to beg me, and I will also let the big bucket hang you and throw you back! Cai Dao said, but twisted his head towards Cai Bucket, "Isn't it, a big bucket?" ”

"Brother, come on! No...... Disobedient, hit you! Cai Bucket, who loved his brother very much in the past, said very resolutely this time, and at the same time made a clenched fist and waved his arms, he himself thought that he was encouraging, Cai Ban seemed to be a threat to Chi Guoguo.

"Hmmm! Brother, brother, I will definitely study hard. Cai Ban agreed with a smile.

This time, Cai Dao came to Zeng Gong, on the one hand, to discuss Cai Ban's problem, and on the other hand, he actually wanted to recommend another child to Zeng Gong to see if the two parties had the opportunity to become masters and apprentices. It's not so much a recommendation, it's better to say that this kid recommends himself, of course, he also has the ability, so Cai Dao will bring him to Zeng Gong.

"Master Zeng, this kid's name is Fang Lingzi, and Poor Dao hopes that you can accept him as an apprentice. He ......"

"Oh! Is this child Fang Zhongyong's grandson? If this is the only reason, the old man advises you to choose another mentor for him! The reason why only the three of them were picked this time was mainly because they were all very smart, and even if they couldn't say that they would never forget, they had a very good memory. After all, the old man is old, and he doesn't have so much time to teach them to read, so he can only solve their doubts. Zeng Gong interrupted Cai Dao's words again and said his reason.

It is true that if it was this time last year, Zeng Gong would definitely choose more beautiful jade among the children to nurture them, but after all, he was already in his sixties, and he had a serious illness before. Even if the recuperation here is good, after all, the time is too short, far from recovering the previous vitality, and it is not enough to spend too long in a day to teach more children.

Of course, among them, there is also Zeng Gong's misunderstanding of Cai Dao, he thinks that Cai Dao will recommend Fang Zhongyong's grandson to him in order to compete with Wang Anshi. In fact, if Cai Dao really wanted to compete with his grandfather, he would not recommend Fang Yanzi to Zeng Gong at all. If, by himself, he personally taught Fang Yanzi, and was admitted to the Jinshi and became a famous person, wouldn't it be more shocking?

Cai Dao was interrupted when he spoke again, to be honest, he was still very angry in his heart, but who let this person be Zeng Gong? He had no choice but to explain to Zeng Gong: "Master Zeng, you may have misunderstood the poor way. Just now, when you took the school exam, you may have learned something about this child's situation. His studies are not as good as they could be. For example, he has not memorized all the surnames and poetry scriptures until now. However, you don't really know the full extent of this child's abilities. This child has now been able to memorize all the national style and filial piety in the Book of Poetry. This is a unique achievement among all children. Even Zheng Guobao and Yuan Zhaodi can't compare to him. ”

"Oh! Is that really the case? But he just behaved a little badly, huh? Zeng Gong thought carefully for a while, and then remembered the performance of this Fang Lingzi just now, to be honest, there was nothing outstanding.

"Master Zeng, he's just a kid. Moreover, this child has been growing up in the countryside, has not seen much of the market, and the psychological quality is not as good as those two children, the first time he came to the big city, a place he is unfamiliar with, it is inevitable that he is a little timid, not to mention, he and you are the same country, you are still the person this child admires the most since childhood. You say, can such a child not be nervous when he sees you?

This kid has a specialty, the reason why he can't memorize the family name is because he can't memorize things by rote when he learns. For example, if you give him a thousand-character text, he may not be able to memorize it for the rest of his life. However, if you give him an article from the annals in the form of a story, he will only have to read it through and forget it. If you don't believe it, you can pick an article with a strong story from the historical records and try his ability?

Moreover, this child is not recommended to you, but he himself wants to be your student, so he asked me to come to me! ”

"Oh! That's exactly what happened! It's the old man who is a little narrow-minded. Cai Dao, here the old man admits his mistake to you. Saying that, Zeng Gong actually got up and made a salute to Cai Dao, Cai Dao naturally couldn't stand Zeng Gong's heavy courtesy, and hurriedly flashed aside.

"But, child, since you have so much courage to learn from the old man, you must give it a try. Cai Dao! Tell him a historical record, well, the one in the Assassin biography! Zeng Gong finished the salute and was not polite, and immediately assigned Cai Dao to come to the other party for testing.

In fact, Zeng Gong did this, and he also had some personal thoughts in it, he still wanted to touch the bottom of Cai Dao's child, and by the way, through this article, I would like to try how Cai Dao, a somewhat reckless child, explained this article.

Cai Dao naturally didn't know that Zeng Gong actually had such a thought, and he was a little resistant to such a task in his heart, mainly because it was too troublesome. He picked out the article from Zeng Gongwu, and instead of reading it from the script, he directly recounted the biography of the Assassins in spoken language against the article. To be honest, Cai Dao really didn't expect that the skill of 'clever tongue' would have such an effect, Cai Dao didn't have any brains, and actually explained the assassin's biography in the way of storytelling.

After speaking, Cai Dao handed the book to Fang Yanzi. The kid took the book and glanced at the entire article, then handed it to Cai Ban beside him. He closed his eyes and went through it in his heart, and then memorized it directly. When he memorized, he was a little stumbling, but Zeng Gong could hear that this was caused by some nervousness in the child's heart, not because of his memory.

After Fang Yanzi finished memorizing, Zeng Gong didn't need to read the book to know that the kid memorized it word for word. However, he was still shocked by Cai Dao's storytelling ability, and he was both amused and a little angry in his heart. The heart said, Cai Dao's child really delayed the Cai family's genius, although Cai Dao is still smart, but he is indeed not suitable for making an inch of progress in the imperial examination.

I didn't see him read a book, but he actually used all the skills of storytellers in the market.

"Dao'er, you read like this, don't talk about this kid. Ask which of these three children didn't memorize this article. Cai Dao didn't think about it, Zeng Gong actually said such a thing, in fact, Zeng Gong complained about Cai Bian and Wang Anshi in his heart, because of some prejudices, he delayed such a good child.

"Master Zeng, you've been a little bit over! It was you who made me read, and when I gave lectures, I was like this. If you don't think you can test the child's real level, you can test it yourself! ”

"Hahaha, no need. The old man admits that he has indeed lost his eyes this time, so I will accept your ......"

"Wait, Master Zeng!" At this moment, someone outside the house suddenly interjected, and as soon as the words fell, I saw three children running into outside Zengshi's room.

After one of the children entered the house, he directly pointed to Cai Dao's nose and asked: "Cai Dao, you are unfair this time, Master Zeng picked three students by himself, and I have nothing to say, but why would you rather recommend this son of a slut than a few of us?" On family history and learning, you and I ask ourselves, our Wang family, Cai family and Cao family are also family scholars, and you are not Cai Dao bad? ”