In the early morning of the next day, Yang Xuezheng rested in the room, but Qiu Tongmian couldn't bear the loneliness, and pulled the housekeeper downstairs to look for food, and by the way, he took a look at the customs and customs of Tianjin in ancient times.

The housekeeper was very tired all the way, and he needed him to coordinate and manage the team of dozens of people.

The two found a stall with more than one person, asked for Tianjin Goubuli buns, and had some food, so they sat down to eat.

A diner dressed as a scholar saw Steward Lin and Qiu Bucket Cotton eating beside him, but saw that Steward Lin was familiar with him, stood up and bowed and said, "But Steward Lin." “

The housekeeper was eating fragrantly, and he never thought that he could meet acquaintances in this place, and when he saw that it was a scholar who greeted him, it turned out to be a former student of the master, so he hurriedly got up and saluted back, "It's a coincidence, it turned out to be Lord Liu."

Qiu Tongmian saw that this scholar was younger than himself, and he was actually an adult, so he asked the housekeeper with his eyes, and the housekeeper introduced, "This is the old master's former student, Lord Liu, who is now an official in the ministry." “

Lord Liu saw that the housekeeper took the initiative to introduce himself to Qiu Tongmian, so he took the initiative to say to himself, "Under Liu Qi, the eight-grade pen paste style of the Ministry of Officials." Seeing that the other party was so polite, Qiu Tongmian quickly got up and said, "Xiao Jin in Xia."

The housekeeper said to Liu Qi, "Xiao Jin is also your teacher's student", Liu Qi was surprised when he heard it, "Oh, Brother Xiao must have gone to Beijing to take the exam?" ”

Qiu Tongmian said, "I came to participate in next year's spring boudoir." ”

After the three got acquainted with each other, they got closer and sat down for breakfast together.

The housekeeper was puzzled, "At the end of this year, the officials should not be idle, why is Lord Liu in Tianjin."

Liu Qi replied, "He Zeng is not busy, I came to Tianjin because Shangguan asked me to pick up a scholar to go to Beijing and prepare for the examination next year", after speaking, he looked at Qiu Tongmian and said, "Where is Brother Xiao?" If you can come to Beijing to participate in the examination, there must be no doubt about your identity, so I want to communicate with this junior.

Qiu Tongmian replied, "Senior brother can call me Xiao Jin, I am a person from Huizhou Mansion, and Kangxi has been a person for ten years." “

Huizhou? Liu Qi was puzzled, the person I answered was also from Huizhou, it stands to reason that Huizhou should be one person, so he said to Qiu Tongmian with his doubts.

Qiu Tongmian listened to the Tao but knew what was going on with Liu, his heart said, grandma's, the road is narrow, the person who picked up should be the second son of Jiafu that Master Xue said, he was recommended by someone, and he has the identity of a prisoner, this Liu Da only knew, and he didn't know if he could tell what he knew, and he saw that he had almost eaten on the table, and his stomach was full, so he said to the housekeeper and Liu Qi, "I know a little bit about this, I see that everyone eats about the same, why don't you go back to the post station together and talk about it in detail?" ”

Liu Qi saw that everyone had finished eating, so he followed, "It's so good, it's just right, I haven't seen my teacher for a long time, and I'll go back to the post station with you."

After saying that, the three of them returned to the post station.

After Liu Qi saw Yang Xuezheng, he exchanged encouragement and talked in the house.

"Teacher, after three years, I am indeed a lot haggard, and I have lost weight."

Yang Xuezheng said with a smile, "I'm not used to eating Jiangnan dishes, and it's normal to lose weight, I look at you, you've grown a lot stronger in three years, and the food you want to come to the capital is with your appetite."

Liu Qishanshan said with a smile, "Where did the teacher say, but my figure was eaten for entertainment, when I was a student before, I used to eat and drink every day." Since you left Beijing Normal School, the students have missed you every day, and I am also very sad for three years, and I don't know what arrangements the teacher will make after returning to Beijing. ”

Yang Xuezheng picked up the teacup and took a sip, and muttered, "I don't know if I'm a teacher, hey." ”

Stood up, walked around the room for a while, and then said, "I don't have anything to say about this, now, the saint has been pro-government, and the prince of Rui is also a lot more low-key, I am a little eight grades, I think he has never remembered who I am, if he can uncover this matter, I can stay in Beijing at that time, and I will trouble you, and make an appointment to meet Jia Shilang for me." ”

Liu Qi said modestly, "Teacher, this is there, the teacher is highly educated, and his qualifications are so rich, as long as Prince Rui can ignore his past suspicions and want to come to the teacher to stay in Beijing, it will be easy, where is Jia Shilang, the student will do it, and the saint is famous today, and he is very enlightened, as long as he tells the reason, it is the official reinstatement, it is also possible."

said that Qiu Tongmian was very depressed when he heard it beside him, and even the teacher asked for that Jia Shilang.

Listening to the meaning of Liu Qi's words, I was afraid that the relationship with Jia Shilang was also unusual, so I was not ready to say anything about myself, and listened to their conversation quietly.

But he didn't think about it, the two of them were almost the same, Liu Qi heard Yang Xuezheng mention his proud disciple, Xiao Tongjin, and remembered the topic of the previous meal, so he asked, "Tongjin said that you know about this before, and you haven't finished talking about it yet, hurry up and tell me what the hell is going on."

Yang Xuezheng also wondered what Xiao Jin knew.

Qiu Tongmian couldn't dodge, so he picked up some unimportant ones and said, "It should be recommended by someone to get the identity of the prisoner, I'm afraid I don't need to take the township test." ”

After Yang Xuezheng heard it, he nodded, it should be right, and said regretfully, who is this person who has the children of the family, and can be recommended by others.

After hearing this, Liu Qi replied, "If it wasn't for Brother Xiao to tell me, but I wouldn't know it, no wonder Jia Shilang asked me to answer, it should be a relative of his Jia family, I'm afraid it's a nephew, this person is also surnamed Jia." ”

Yang Xuezheng laughed when he heard this, "I'm afraid that you, the Shangguan, have become the slave of the prince, and the prisoner is not recommended unless he is full, so it can't be a saint."

Qiu Tongmian listened to their conversation, one head and two big for a while, I didn't think that this would pull out so many cattle, first the squire, and now the prince, thinking about that note, it was painful again, it seems that the teacher's legs are not thick enough, and I don't know how many officials the teacher used to be. Now he is the eighth grade, and he is at the same level as a student, and he is very puzzled.

Liu Qi saw that it was noon, so he invited the two to go to his house in Tianjin for lunch, and without waiting for Qiu Tongmian to speak, Yang Xuezheng refused to say that he would go back to Beijing to catch up with the old days.

After seeing Liu Qi leave, Qiu Tongmian wanted to inform Yang Xuezheng of his affairs, but when he remembered that his teachers were all asking for Jia Shilang, it was estimated that it was useless to say it, so he went back to the room listlessly.

On the official road, the mighty procession of hundreds of people was endless, and a very luxurious carriage at the head suddenly stopped.

A thin scholar got out of it, this person was dressed in brocade clothes, wearing a warm hat, standing on the wheel, looking at the front of someone who seemed to be blocking the road, very puzzled, and said in his heart, this is all at the foot of the Beijing Division, but there are robbers to find trouble, and said to the people around him, "Hurry up and find someone to ask, what is the matter, if you block the road and rob, report my uncle's name, send some money to let him go, remember, don't mess with them, come out in the winter to rob the house, I think I am very hungry, and it is not easy to arrive."

After hearing his young master's words, the subordinate was depressed, and he stubbornly called two strong men to go to negotiate.

I didn't think about it, but when I walked in, I was not a robber, but someone who came to pick up my son-in-law, so I breathed a sigh of relief and hurried back to report.

The person who came was Liu Qi, who had just left the post station, Liu Qi heard that there was a team carrying the flag of Jiafu, passing by the official road, thinking that it should be the person he wanted to pick up, so he rushed non-stop.

Two days later, both teams arrived in the capital at the same time, when entering the door, Qiu Tongmian also saw Jia Ergongzi, Jia Ergongzi heard that Liu Qi said that Xiao Jin was still his fellow villager, so he greeted warmly, Qiu Tongmian didn't expect this child to be so easy to talk, knowing that the other party must not know who he is, otherwise he would definitely not be so polite, so he politely replied.

After the city gate was separated, Qiu Tongmian Capital was helpless, so if Yang Xuezheng asked him to go to his house to live for a while, he didn't shirk it.

Qiu Tongmian's words, under the teaching of Yang Xuezheng, are getting better and better. Although Xuezheng also wondered why Qiu Tongmian's words had regressed so much, but, seeing that the test was imminent, he urged Qiu Tongmian to sleep all day long, and Qiu Tongmian also realized the hanging beam thorn thorn that he said in the books before, and said in his heart, I'm afraid that I didn't work so hard in the college entrance examination.

This writes, that is, many days have passed, I don't know when, the snow began to fall outside the window, this is a long time, I don't know when, the weather outside the window began to clear up, and I don't know when, I heard the sound of firecrackers outside, after the lively New Year, the willow trees in the yard outside the house, began to bud, and I don't know how long, Qiu Tongmian found that the willow branches in front of the window have been full of green leaves, the moon season in the yard, all kinds of flowers and plants, competing to open, the whole house, full of vitality, Qiu Tongmian knows, I'm afraid it's spring.

Inside the house, Qiu Tongmian put down the brush in his hand, put on a horse coat, got up and came to the yard, and saw the teacher sitting on the stone bench drinking tea, so he walked over and said hello, "Teacher, although the weather has become warmer, it is still a little wet and cold, why do you wear so little."

Xuezheng saw that Qiu Tongmian cared about his body, and said with a smile, "The teacher is in a happy mood today, and his body is very hot, so he wears less."

Oh? When I heard that the teacher was happy, I thought it was a good thing, so I asked, "What makes the teacher so happy?"

Xuezheng replied, "Yesterday I visited some former colleagues, and I heard from them that the officials may mind the emperor's reinstatement of our officials, and the saint has no objection."

After hearing this, Qiu Tongmian was also happy for the teacher, and said, "Then I want to congratulate the teacher, it seems that it is appropriate to stay in the capital."

Xuezheng said with a smile after hearing this, "I still want to thank your senior brother Liu Qi, after Jia Shilang heard that Liu Qi said about me, he packed the ticket, saying that he would rest assured that he would suggest to the emperor that it should be eight or nine or ten."

Hearing that the teacher said that it was Jia Shilang who helped him, Qiu Tongmian didn't know what to say, it seems that this is a Ji Ji who came together, remembering that Yang Xuezheng used to be from the Hanlin Academy, and he was born as a Jinshi, I am afraid that Jia Shilang not only suggested that the teacher be reinstated, but was more likely to be recommended as an examiner who would take the exam, thinking of Jia Ergongzi, it seems that the drunkard is not drinking, thinking of it, he looked at Yang Xuezheng, who was still happy.