Before returning to Hangzhou, Shen Mo had already written to Hu Zongxian, explaining the situation to him, saying that now that there are too many people, it is not suitable for him to live in your villa anymore.

Hu Zongxian received the letter and scolded with a smile: "This Shen Cunyan obviously wants to rely on it and not leave. "Of course, this is a joke, Hu Zongxian is still very happy that Shen Mo can gather these junyans, not to mention that among these people, there are Xu Wei, Zhu Dashou and others who he has long wanted to recruit, so he immediately replied: 'Don't move, anyway, the environment is good there, there are many rooms, and it is just the right time for the composition meeting. I can go by at my leisure and wash off the cheesy. He also ordered that the allowance for Shen Mo be raised to five hundred deni a month for the support of the priests.

At least at this stage, Hu Zongxian still regards Shen Mo as his person.

As soon as the passenger ship arrived in Hangzhou City, there were five carriages and more than 100 soldiers from the governor's yamen waiting at the wharf, and a thousand households leading the team led everyone to salute Shen Mo and said: "My lord, Hu Quan, a thousand households under Hu Zhongcheng, the last general, is ordered to obey the dispatch of the lord. ”

This made the silence ...... The old man had face, and said with a smile: "Come on, Hu Zhongcheng is too polite." After laughing, he felt that he was too bureaucratic, so he smiled and said, "Just leave two cars, and go back to the rest, don't work for the people." ”

Hu Quan said loudly: "Before coming, Hu Zhongcheng explained, saying that the adults and the ministers are all great talents, so it is better to put on a show, so as to promote the court's benevolence to scholars, so that Hangzhou people can have a few more scholars." ”

After saying this, everyone couldn't excuse themselves, so they got in the car and went to Xixi.

Xu Wei and Shen Mo were in a carriage, and after closing the door, Shen Mo asked him in a low voice: "How is it, Fang just felt shocked?" ”

"Special bureaucrats." Xu Wei rolled his eyes and said, "Why bother? For 200 dollars, we can hire a big carriage to pull us all over. ”

Shen Mo originally wanted to educate him to study hard so that he could set up music in the future, but Xu Wei was not envious at all. Shen Mo had no choice but to laugh dryly: "It's all false to say anything else, you must stop writing like you did during the scientific examination." ”

"Isn't that nice?" Xu Wei said with a smile: "Second, I haven't taken a good ranking for many years." ”

"Master Tixue has talked to me alone, and when he talked about your article, he said that he had to read it three times before he tasted it, why do you think you are bothered?" Silent and solemn said: "If it weren't for your Xu Wei's great name, would he have the patience to read it again, he would have judged you to be unqualified a long time ago." He sighed and said: "When it comes to the township exam, the name of the test paper is blurred, and it is transcribed by someone, who knows who you are?" Who has the patience to read a paper that they can't understand three times? ”

Xu Wei said thoughtfully: "No wonder I can't get in, it turns out that my level is too high." ”

Silent and depressed, he was about to hit the wall, so he closed his eyes and ignored him.

But I heard Xu Wei say, "Okay, I know." Said very emotionally: "I know you are for my good, in fact, you don't have to worry, I have had enough of this triennial torture and don't want to do it again." ”

"Then prepare well." Shen Mo opened his eyes at this time, and said angrily: "Lower the level to a level that others can understand at once." ”

"Got it." Xu Wei laughed and said, "I'll listen to you all this time." ”

When they arrived at the villa in Xixi, Shen Mo arranged for the six of them to stay, and he took a lot of local products and walked to the plum villa. Everyone thought that he was going to do some favors, but they didn't expect that he was going to honor his old father-in-law.

Old Master Yin was very happy to see that he still knew how to bring things for himself; When he heard that Shen Mo had taken the case exam again, he was even more happy, and pulled him to eat and chat, and there was no mustard at all. Even when Miss Yin came back halfway, he simply didn't let his daughter avoid it, and the three of them ate at the same table for the first time, but it made a pair of little lovers really happy.

But the preferential treatment only stops there, under the watchful eye of Master Yin, the two did not find a chance to be alone, so they had to secretly flirt with each other to relieve the pain of lovesickness. Later, the date of the tryst was agreed in code, and the silence was the end.

By the time he returned to his lodgings, it was already the middle of the moon. In the courtyard, I heard a lively hall in the hall, but the six newcomers were very excited, sitting in a circle, drinking tea and eating fruits, talking, and bursting into laughter from time to time.

Shen Mo entered, everyone got up to greet each other, he waved his hand, and said with a smile as he sat down: "What are you talking about, so happy?" ”

Sun Ling wiped away his tears and said with a smile: "Just a few brothers are talking about their experience of failing in the township test. Wu Dui also smiled: "It's really interesting and tight, and it deserves to be tight." "He's been down the list too, so it's not an exaggeration to say that.

He smiled silently: "I've heard the allusions that are too long and too short for Brother Wen, I don't know who else has interesting stories to hear?" ”

Wu Dui said with a smile: "Let's talk about mine first, in that year's scientific examination, there was a topic called "Cutting Properly and Not Eating", this big topic is about the Master's diet, but it is much more lively than the rest of the big truths, which makes people feel happy to write and forget about ......it."

Sun Ling took over the conversation and said with a smile: "Brother Junze finished writing the article, and suddenly added a few more sentences: 'Wow! It was too late to be born, and it was not possible to eat the flesh of the broken horns left by Confucius at the same time, wouldn't it be a pity? Meaning, it's a pity that I was born late, and if I could be with Confucius in the same era, I would be able to eat the meat that his old man cut crookedly, or couldn't cut.

Shen Mo was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said: "I didn't expect that Brother Junze was a serious person, but he was still a cold-faced smiler." Wu Dui said with frustration: "It's also to blame me for being young and frivolous, but for this laugh, I delayed for three years." "Wu Dui Zi Junze.

Zhu Dashou, who had been listening with a smile on the side, said: "Brother Junze, there are some things that I can't say. I'm not frivolous, haven't I been delayed for three years? ”

The big scarves said Duanfu, and asked with a silent smile, "Why is Brother Duanfu?" ”

Zhu Dashou smiled and said: "It's all my fault, at that time, I just wanted to write a good essay and give full play to what I learned in my belly, so I used a lot of dictionaries in the answers, and then it was bad." Said with a wry smile and said: "I used a word called 'Yan Ku Kong Zhuo', but the examiner didn't know the source, so he criticized it as 'apocryphal', saying that I made it up myself, so I didn't take it." ”

"And then?"

"Later, when I got the paper, I explained the source to the examiner, and the examiner went back to check and found that it was not made up, and expressed a very sincere apology to me, but the laurel list has been announced, and there is no reason to change it, so I have to wait for another three years." Saying that, he winked and smiled: "Brother Shen, you must know the origin of these four words?" ”

"Brother Duanfu is taking the school entrance examination." Shen Mo laughed and said: "Is it a sentence in Yang Xiong's "Fa Yan", 'Yan Kukong's Zhuozhi is also excellent'?" ”

Zhu Dashou nodded and smiled: "Sure enough, there is no vanity under the fame, and the ancients will not deceive me." ”

Everyone laughed, and Tao Yuchen commented: "If you talk about talent, Brother Wen is the first; If you talk about erudition, Brother Duanfu is the first in the number, but if it is a competition exam, you can't compare to Brother Humble Yan. ”

"Although Yu Chen's words are exaggerated," Shen Mo laughed and said, "But I do study the exam the most deeply, and I have some experience, do you want to listen to it?" "If you want to win the trust of others, you can only be honest; If you want to win the respect of others, you must also be generous; If you want to win the favor of others, you must also be able to bring success to others.

For these test preparers, there is nothing more important, more precious, and more useful than exam experience. Therefore, as soon as Shen Mo said this, he immediately received the most eager response, and took over the leadership of this small group without a trace.

"It's not too early, let's go back to sleep first." Shen Mo got up and said with a smile: "Let's start the official preparation tomorrow." The conversation ended and they went back to their rooms to rest.

If you want to be the leader of a group, you must get used to giving orders; When you're used to being commanded, congratulations...... was led.

From the next day, this beautiful courtyard has become a school for seven handsome people, who will take turns in the morning to tell about the examination experience, or to comment on the previous person's practice; In the afternoon, they will either go out together to participate in the local literary meeting in Hangzhou, listen to the lectures of the famous teachers in the school, or when there is no literary meeting, Shen Mo or Zhu Dashou, these two recognized masters, will come up with the topic, everyone will compose, and then comment in the evening.

Although the schedule is full, it is a very happy thing for a group of young people to get together, so no one finds it boring. On the contrary, because they are all masters, they compete with each other, and no one wants to be pulled too far by others, but they are full of enthusiasm and feel that they have made great progress.

Since June, the seven people have won the championship in the Wenhui one after another, and even won the top seven in one fell swoop, which is not news...... The fame was great, and many scholars, especially those who were about to take the township test, asked them for advice. In addition, there are celebrities such as Xu Wei and Shen Mo among the 'Seven Sons', and many people have become fans of the Seven Sons of Shaoxing.

For a time, the seven people seemed to have the potential to become the cutting-edge banner of the southeast Shilin.

(To be continued)