Watching the sedan chair go east, Zhang Ruoxi asked Zhang Yuan: "Strange, who is this woman, why does she call you senior brother?" ”

Zhang Ruoxi was straightforward, she must ask about her younger brother clearly, and thought to herself: "Only monks are called senior brothers, Pan Qiaoyun, the wife of Yang Xiong in "Loyal Water Margin", called Pei Ruhai a senior brother, Pei Ruhai is a monk, and he has a love affair with Pan-"

Zhang Yuan was about to speak, Zhang Ruoxi suddenly woke up and said, "I know who she is!" He said softly: "It's your teacher Wang's daughter, isn't it?" ”

Zhang Yuanqi said: "How does my sister know? ”

Zhang Ruoxi didn't answer, but said, "I'll ask you when I go back." ”

At this time, I saw a man with a trivial hand running over and shouting: "Zhang Gongzi? ”

Zhang Yuan replied casually: "What's the matter?" ”

The man shouted: "Zhang Gongzi is here, Zhang Gongzi is here!" After screaming twice, he puffed out his cheeks and blew a sharp suona.

With the sound of suona, a group of drummers suddenly gathered and blew around Zhang Yuan, so lively.

Zhang Yuan recognized it, this is the last county test twice to his house to ask for money of the drummer team, can't help but look up and roll his eyes, very helpless, this time he waited until the second card came out, this class of drummers did not let him go, arched his hand and said: "Everyone, everyone, it's not too late to report the good news when the list is released, how can there be good news after the exam." ”

The suona smiled and said: "Zhang Gongzi, you are a must, so the villains have to rush to report the good news and have a happy and lively picture." And he puffed out his cheeks and began to play.

Lu Chun, Lu Jie is very excited, one left and one right holding Uncle Jiezi's hand, surrounded by drummers to the east Zhang Zhaidi, Lu Jie is four years old, I don't understand anything, I only know that I am happy, Lu Chun is two years older, I know more, and asked loudly: "Uncle Jiezi, are you going to get married?" ”

Zhang Yuan laughed and said, "Uncle is about to get married." The heart said: "The night of the candles in the cave room, and the title of the gold list, are all the times when life is proud, but it is still early." ”

A group of drummers arrived at Zhang Yuan's house, they were familiar with the way, and they played hard for a while, and Zhang's mother Lu sealed three coins of silver and sent them away.

Zhang Yuan sat in the front hall drinking tea, and Shang Zhoude's steward stepped forward and said, "Zhang Gongzi, my eldest lady asked the villain to ask if Zhang Gongzi's mansion test went well?" "During the last county exam, this steward also came to ask on the order of Shang Zhoude, and this time it was on the order of Miss Shang.

Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "It's going well, Fuzun has read the exam papers, and he should be able to pass." ”

The Shang steward said happily: "The villain will go back and report the good news to the eldest lady." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Wait a minute, I'll write a text message." I hurriedly wrote a letter to Shang Ran in the study room of the West Building, talking about the exam, and said that I would go to the Shang Mansion to see her in the next two days, and took the letter out and handed it to the Shang steward, and rewarded the steward with a penny of silver.

As soon as the Shang steward left, Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao brothers came, and Zhang Cao said: "Jiezi, my eldest brother and I went outside the examination shed in the afternoon, and we didn't see you come out, so we moved to another place - what, the Shaoxing prefect made things difficult for you?" ”

Zhang Yuan hurriedly said: "How can this be, Governor Xu has rewarded me a lot." ”

Zhang Dai said with a smile: "The house test is a must, Jie Zi will go with me to see the eldest father, the eldest father said, let you go to see him when you leave the examination room." ”

Zhang Yuan, Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao came to the West Zhangbei Courtyard to meet the ancestor Zhang Rulin, Zhang Rulin asked Zhang Yuan to recite the two crafts of the palace test to him on the spot, listened to the two crafts recited by Zhang Yuan, and asked what the prefect of Xu said when he read the papers, Zhang Rulin smiled after listening: "This 'Zhao Mengzhi's place' is good for the prefect of Xu, it varies from person to person, and knows how to be flexible, Zhang Yuan, you are very good, very good, this is what the prefect taught you?" Well, if you have a good teacher, you must also be able to understand and act on your own, this is the unity of knowledge and action. ”

Zhang Rulin was very happy, leaving Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao to have dinner in the north courtyard, when Zhang Yuan returned to the inner courtyard from the small gate of the back garden, it was already the end of the hour, but he saw his sister Zhang Ruoxi sitting in the study of the west building to teach Mu Zhenzhen to write, so he smiled and said: "Sister is rarely free, have you slept with Chun and Jie." ”

Mu Zhenzhen hurriedly got up and asked, "Young Master, do you want to drink tea?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "No, I drank tea at the ancestor of the clan, you really go out first, I have something to say to my sister." ”

Mu Zhenzhen agreed and exited the study.

Zhang Yuan smiled slightly and sat down in front of his sister Zhang Ruoxi, and said, "Does my sister have something to ask me, may I ask." "I guess my sister guessed Wang Yingzi's identity after hearing her mother say that Hou County Ling had proposed marriage.

Zhang Ruoxi didn't speak for a while, stared at his younger brother for a while, and then asked, "What's the matter with you and that Miss Wang?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Senior Sister Wang also likes men's clothing travel like your sister back then, and when you meet it, you will say a few words, that's it." ”

Zhang Ruoxi asked, "This Miss Wang doesn't blame you?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Teacher Wang asked the county order to say that he was pro, but the younger sister of Yingzi didn't know. ”

Zhang Ruoxi asked again: "Then Miss Yingzi won't know that you are engaged to Miss Shang, right?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Of course I know." ”

Zhang Ruoxi glared and said, "Now that I know, why do I still talk to you, you are now a married man." ”

Zhang Yuan said "uh", my sister printed the label of a married man on his head, it's right to think about it, of course a married man is a married man, but is it so serious to say a word, after all, he is the soul of two lives, although he learns to be a late Ming person, but some concepts are still not very appropriate, but they are not usually revealed - Zhang Ruoxi said: "What if that Miss Yingzi likes you?" By the way, let me ask you first, do you also like Miss Wang, who is a brother and sister of Miss Yingzi? ”

Zhang Yuan said with a bitter face: "Sister, you asked too sharply, let me answer." ”

Zhang Ruoxi laughed and said, "Tell the truth to my sister, my sister can help you plan." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I told my sister, I like Miss Shang, I like it at first sight, I can marry her as a wife, I am satisfied, this infant sister, when Mr. Wang learns eight shares, she often reads for me, my Xiaokai can grow, but also thanks to the guidance of the infant sister, the infant sister is very talented, if it is not for the daughter's body, with her art level, I dare not say that in the lift, in the jinshi, it is not difficult to make up for the student. ”

Hearing Zhang Yuan say this, Zhang Ruoxi's eyes were leisurely and thoughtful, she was literate when she was a girl, and sometimes she would think about how good it would be if she was a man - Zhang Ruoxi looked at her younger brother and said: "So you also like this Miss Yingzi, maybe not as much as Miss Shang, but you definitely like it, right?" ”

The feeling of the infant sister is very subtle, Zhang Yuan himself can't say clearly, listening to what his sister said, he also nodded, that's right, the infant sister is smart, hearty, and as witty as Teacher Wang, and she is in a happy mood with her, which is nothing to deny and hide, this is the heart.

Zhang Ruoxi said faintly: "I don't know what Miss Yingzi thinks, the girl in the boudoir, it is rare to come into contact with young men, and my younger brother is so handsome-" Speaking of this, she first "fluttered" and laughed out loud.

Zhang Yuan smiled: "Thank you sister for the compliment." ”

Zhang Ruoxi said: "So Miss Yingzi must be tempted, if Miss Yingzi is from a small family, then you will accept her as a concubine-"

Zhang Yuan interrupted: "Sister, I remember that you seem to be resolutely opposed to your brother-in-law's concubine. ”

Zhang Ruoxi said: "That's for your brother-in-law, of course I don't let him take a concubine, I gave birth to two sons for him, why should he take a concubine!" Zhang Ruoxi is right.

Zhang Yuan shook his head and thought: "This woman's mind is really incomprehensible, taking my sister as an example, she refuses to accept a concubine from her brother-in-law, but she approves of me taking a concubine, double standards, people are so strange, people are so real." Said: "Sister, don't guess randomly, this is also disrespectful to other people's infant sisters, I and my infant sister are like classmates and friends, that kind of like is actually appreciation, tempering knowledge, and cherishing each other." ”

Zhang Ruoxi glanced at her younger brother: "You have taught me a lesson, men and women are friends, unheard of in ancient times, you say, which book has recorded this kind of thing?" ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Why do you have to do the things recorded in the book-ah, I'm so sleepy, and the exam is really hard today." ”

Zhang Ruoxi sneered and said, "Okay, don't talk about it, I know that you have a lot of thoughts and ideas now, and you are no longer Zhang Yuan when you were a child." Get up and go out, and call Mu Zhenzhen to come in and pack up the pen and ink.

After washing, Zhang Yuan went to bed, but he couldn't sleep for a long time, kept looking for his original thought, looking for it but confused, then sat up, saw the moonlight penetrating through the willow leaf lattice window lattice, and the neatly arranged light spots moved slowly on the ground, Zhang Yuan stretched out his feet to stop a light spot, the light spot was imprinted on the instep of his foot, and said in his heart: "There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, just like I want to save the country, in fact, now my heart is also bottomless, I know how far I can go on this road, how can I go now?" Again, the same sentence - rabbit, we'll see. ”

…… The next morning, Zhang Yuan went to Huiji to meet the teacher Wang Siren, Wang Siren asked him to recite the eight-strand text of "Zhao Mengzhi" to him, Zhang Yuan recited "Zhao Mengzhi", and to recite "The Gentleman Yu Yuyi", Wang Siren waved his hand and said: "This article does not need to be recited, I have already read it." ”

Zhang Yuan is not embarrassed.

Wang Siren didn't mention the matter of the eight-strand article again, and said: "Zhang Yuan, in my opinion, you are the first person in this government trial, according to it, no matter how good the eight-strand essay is, I don't dare to say that I must be the first in the case, last time Hou County Order almost didn't give you the county test head, so why do I dare to say that you are the first person in the government test?" This is because you and Xu Zhifu are unhappy because of Yao Fu's affairs, now Yao Fu's matter has been decided, since Xu Zhifu can't depose you, then for the sake of elegance, and in order to show favor to Su Weng, he will definitely promote you as the head of the case, you will also be his protégé in the future, sell favors thoroughly, this is Xu Shijin's personality, of course, the most important thing is that your two crafts are indeed impeccable, especially the first one, you vote for him, he must also know that you are deliberately so, which makes him happy, so you are the head of the government test. ”

(To be continued)