The carriage moved along the bumpy dirt road.

Zhang Mu leaned against the window of the carriage with a little tiredness.

Every bump will affect Zhang Mu's wounds, making Zhang Mu's face even paler.

This kind of whipping is not the first time, nor is it the most ruthless beating, I remember that in the autumn of last year, because Zhang Mu did not recite the "Thousand Character Text", Aunt Zhou almost beat him to death.

Fortunately, Zhang Chi appeared later, afraid that the patriarch would be suspicious, so he let him live, and later after the patriarch knew, he reprimanded a few words, and it was over.

Since ancient times, they have been filial sons under the stick, and this is especially true in a big family with strict rules like the Zhang family.

It's not that Zhang Mu didn't think about getting rid of Aunt Zhou, but he knew in his heart that things were far from being as easy as he imagined.

First of all, he did it himself, and he was not sure enough, and secondly, with the help of others, the patriarch would not believe the words of a child who was only twelve or thirteen years old, and secondly, there was a Zhang Chi in the middle.

For Zhang Chi, Zhang Mu thought at first that he could rely on him, and he wanted to use him to get Aunt Zhou, but now that he thinks about it, thanks to his years of caution.

It was because of the cautious habits he had developed after many years of mixing in officialdom that he later accidentally discovered that Zhang Chi had an affair with Aunt Zhou, and he was very wary of Zhang Chi from then on.

In Zhang Mu's opinion, Zhang Chi is a powerful corner of the city, and Aunt Zhou is just a chess piece in Zhang Chi's hands, which can be seen from the fact that after Zhang Mu's father died, he was favored by the patriarch.

With him helping Aunt Zhou's slut, it is easy to get rid of Aunt Zhou, but it is difficult to deal with Zhang Chi.

As for Aunt Zhou's affair with Zhang Chi, it has become an undisclosed secret in the mansion, and almost everyone knows it.

The little thing between men and women, if it is hidden from outsiders, may be okay, but Zhang Mu is in the mansion every day, so naturally he can't escape his eyes.

Moreover, Zhang Chi's peeping at the Zhang family's property is already a matter of obvious revelation, just like yesterday, he entered the middle hall and became the main seat, without any concealment, and already regarded Zhang Mu's house as his own mansion.

These little things can be seen, let alone other things.

Outside the car window, the rain was pouring down, and the road where the carriage ran over left two muddy traces.

The clammy and cold air poured into the car window, Zhang Mu slowly closed his eyes and began to plan the details of revenge.

It is almost February, the county examination is imminent, according to the rules of the Zhang family, those who are over 12 and have studied in the Zhang family sect for more than three years will have to participate.

The Zhang family is a family of poetry and books, and they attach great importance to their careers.

For these children, it doesn't matter if they pass or not, the purpose is to let them see the world.

Zhang Mu knew that he was eligible, but he knew that Aunt Zhou and Zhang Chi would not give him any chance, no matter whether Zhang Mu was a fool or not.

Judging from yesterday's divorce turmoil, Zhang Chi undoubtedly wants to cut off any way for Zhang Mu to survive and leave Zhang Mu alone.

If he does not withdraw from the marriage, Zhang Mu will have one more daughter-in-law and one more father-in-law, and this week's aunt and Zhang Chi will not allow it.

Zhang Mu could only prepare for it himself.

Naturally, you need to register to participate in the county examination, because there has been fraud in the imperial examinations in previous dynasties, and in the Ming Dynasty, it is even more strictly guarded.

Registration requires three steps: confession, mutual agreement, and affidavit.

The so-called pro-confession is a personal resume, which requires filling in the name, age, place of origin, and physique, and at the same time filling in the history of the death of the great-grandparents, grandparents, and three generations of parents, and the adoptive person must write the three generations of his biological parents.

The Zhang family has a prominent position in the local area, and this is not a big problem.

The second is mutual knotting, which requires candidates to take five people who take the same test, write a five-child mutual knot insurance policy, and five cheaters sit together.

And the third affidavit asks the county to have a guarantee, which is called "guarantee". Ensure that he does not impersonate, does not hide his funeral, does not take a stand-in, does not have a false name, ensures that his net worth is innocent, he is not the descendant of a prostitute, and he has not committed a crime. After completing the above, you will be admitted to the examination, and the roster will be stored in the county office.

Under normal circumstances, these trivial things are handled by the patriarchs of each house, but Zhang Mu knows that Zhang Chi will not do it for him.

Right now, there is a need to deal with the two things of mutual knots and knots, and now rì is an opportunity.

A moment later, the carriage stopped outside the ancestral hall of the Zhang family, and Zhang Mu regained his stupid expression, and under the drag of the pine pattern, he headed towards Zongxue.

Zongxue is a private school run by the Zhang family, in fact, according to Zhang Mu's conditions, Mr. Xixi should be invited to teach alone in the house.

It is estimated that Aunt Zhou was afraid of inviting someone to get in the way at home, and Zhang Mu was stupid and other reasons, so Zhang Mu went to Zongxue.

The eldest son of the Zhang family must go to school, this is a family rule, and Aunt Zhou and Zhang Chi naturally have to obey.

Fortunately, there is this family rule, which gives Zhang Mu a way out.

Zhangjiazong ancestral hall gray wall gray tile, solemn and solemn, the wall everywhere, the old traces are mottled, at a glance is the long history, full of vicissitudes.

The ancestors of the Zhang family originated from the Three Kingdoms and flourished in the Wei and Jin dynasties.

After the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties, it had declined, but after the Ming Dynasty, it gradually regained its vitality.

In the end, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the Zhang family is prosperous at this time and has a very high prestige in the local area.

It is worth mentioning that in ancient times, ordinary people were not allowed to build temples privately, until Ming Shizong adopted the suggestion of the scholar Xia Yan and officially allowed the people to build temples and worship their ancestors.

So this place simply became the place of the sect.

"Look, Zhang is here." Several children from the same sect at the door shouted one after another, and ran into the sect with a smoke.

In the sect, most of them are children from the same sect with ordinary family backgrounds, and they are the same age as Zhang Mu, and they receive enlightenment education here.

At first, when Zhang Mu arrived here, it was inevitable that he would not bully.

However, Zhang Mu is not a person who can be bullied, for this group of bear children, fists are the last word, after a few fights, they beat the farts of several bear children here, and they naturally did not dare to do anything to Zhang Mu.

In addition, Zhang Mu has always pretended to be stupid, and Mr. rarely blames, so they are naturally even more arrogant, and now, they don't dare to provoke Zhang Mu at all.

Songwen dragged Zhang Mu to the ancestral hall with an oil-paper umbrella, and then breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Young master, don't make trouble inside, otherwise the small ass will bloom again." ”

"Big head, big head, don't worry about raining, others have umbrellas, I have big heads." Zhang Mu's eyes wandered, carrying a basket containing pen, ink, paper, inkstone books, and walked into the sect in a leisurely manner.

Entering the school, there was a commotion inside, all of them were teenagers, and the older ones were only fifteen or sixteen, and it was time to play.

Zhang Mu walked straight to the back of the school, on the table that belonged to him, and just put the things away, and suddenly the whole school was silent.

At this time, a middle-aged man in his forties, thin and thin, wearing a gray cotton collared narrow-sleeved robe, and an old man's scarf walked in at the door.

This person is the gentleman of Zongxue - Wang Hongtai.

Wang Hongtai's thin cheeks, with a few strands of flowing beard, a serious face, a ring ruler in one hand, and a "University" in the other hand looked around, and said lightly: "The year has passed, and you have to take care of your admission when you enter the school, and I will ask you one by one about the homework assigned to you in a while." Whoever does not finish, carefully your palms. ”

After speaking, everyone in the group of bear children below lowered their heads and hurriedly turned the book.

And Zhang Mu ignored all this, simply crawled on the table and fell asleep, his back hurt fiercely last night, and when he knelt down at his father's tablet first, after returning to the room, he read the book that he had memorized in the middle of the night, and he couldn't hold it anymore.

In my sleep, I faintly heard the sound of clapping palms and the wailing of bear children.

"Young master, it's time to eat."

I don't know how long it took, he was woken up by Songwen, Zhang Mu rubbed his eyes, and just about to stretch his waist, he pulled his back, and suddenly the back was hot and sharp, which made Zhang Mu sober up at the moment.

Songwen watched Zhang Mu wake up, threw down the food box and went out to play.

Zhang Mu looked out the window, it was already noon, and there were only a few people in the school.

When I opened the food box, there was only a small half bowl of rice and a few greasy empty plates.

Although Aunt Zhou wanted Zhang Mu to die, she still wanted face to go to school outside, and she prepared four dishes and one soup every time.

It's just that these subordinates think that Zhang Mu is a fool, and they don't take Zhang Mu in their eyes for a long time, and it is already a common thing to steal Zhang Mu's lunch.

"Sure enough, there's only white rice left?" At this time, a delicate voice suddenly said on one side.

As soon as Zhang Mu turned around, he saw a little Lori of the same age as Zhang Mu, she combed her double sideburns, her bangs were slightly naturally curled, she was covered with red sè floral armor on the outside, and she was wearing a red sè cotton jacket inside, frowning, and crawling on the window with a sullen face.

This little Lori has fair skin like jade, it seems to be broken by blowing, cute ears like ingots, a small nose bridge is slightly curved, and she has a strong foreign style, especially her long eyelashes, deep sunken eye sockets, and a pair of shining blue eyes like a vast and bright starry sky.

It is said that this little beauty is Wang Hongtai's baby daughter, and her nickname is Qiao'er.

Wang Hongtai was born in Quanzhou, a family of poets and scholars at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, which was one of the largest trading ports in the world and home to a large number of Persian merchants.

At that time, Wang Hongtai's family was defeated, and as a fourth-class southerner, he could only work as a handyman, so he worked as a bookkeeper in a trading house, thus making Qiao'er's mother stronger.

After the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu hated the Mongolian people and the Musè people, and slaughtered Quanzhou City.

It's just that there is only such a daughter in the family, and Wang Hongtai and his wife have a deep relationship, and they have no intention of taking a concubine, so they regard this Qiao'er as a pearl in the palm of their hands.

The reason why Wang Hongtai appeared here as a gentleman was that Zhang Mu's father single-handedly facilitated, earlier Wang Hongtai was down, and the cost of Zongxue was not low, and after he became famous, he loved children very much, so he continued to teach and educate people here.

Most of the descendants of the Zhang family have been enlightened by him over the years, so he also has some prestige in the clan.

What's more, Wang Hongtai used to be the head of the hospital examination case, and he was qualified to be a child, and the patriarch saw him as highly respected and famous, and he became a companion with children, enjoying himself, and the patriarch was naturally more happy and relieved that he was here.

At this moment, Zhang Mu wiped his nose and smiled at Qiao'er innocently.

"Don't be stunned, my mother called you to eat. Hurry up. As soon as the words fell, Qiao'er left in a puff of smoke.

Zhang Mu took a deep breath, success or failure depends on today! got up and walked towards the gate of the sect.

_______________________________________________

Today's first update! Come to the ticket!

;