"From ancient times to the present, countless people have competed for each other, and the winners are all those who have won the great trend, and those who can control the general trend are invincible if they force each other with the momentum. (This book is reproduced from the Pick-up Literature Network)"

This is a sentence specially added by Niu Yuxian in the secret letter sent by Tian Maolin a year ago, after Xiao Mo won the first place in the county test of Changzi County.

In the past year, Xiao Mo and Songshan Academy have been in constant correspondence, mostly because of many questions that Xiao Mo encountered when writing "The New Interpretation of the Mean", which even Xiao Shenyan could not answer, and then Niu Yuxian personally replied to answer them. Niu Yuxian seems to have known that Xiao Mo is writing "The New Interpretation of the Mean", and attaches great importance to it, and when he answered questions for Xiao Mo in this year, he was quite detailed, and he analyzed Xiao Mo's doubts in the most simple and easy-to-understand language.

In some ways, compared to Liu Zongsheng, who is the self-proclaimed teacher of Xiao Mo, Niu Yuxian is more like Xiao Mo's teacher.

However, among Niu Yuxian's countless words, Xiao Mo has never understood the meaning of this sentence.

But after this twist and turn, Xiao Mo felt that he had understood what Niu Yuxian wanted to express.

"If you force each other, you will not be able to go unfavorable."

Xiao Mo muttered to himself.

In the past two days, the reason why Xiao Mo locked himself in the study was to design this sentence into a detailed and feasible plan.

"Building momentum" is something that later generations know very well, and it will be ubiquitous for hundreds of years.

Xiao Mo felt that maybe in this time and space, he could use it.

As usual, when Xiao Mo was thinking, he was accustomed to practicing calligraphy as a means to calm his mind.

In the two days, under Xiao Mo's feet, the paper covered with handwriting accumulated several inches thick.

Finally, Xiao Mo put down the short hair in his hand, as if all the plans had been conceived, and then turned to look at Deng Shangquan.

At the same time, Deng Shangquan had already offered a cup of tea mixed with some refreshing and health-relieving medicines, in the past two days, Xiao Mo had only slept for five or six hours, if it weren't for Deng Shangquan's meticulous care, like Xiao Mo's exhaustive thoughts, it would have been a serious illness.

Silently drank the tea in his hand, handed the teacup back to Deng Shangquan, and then Xiao Mo finally spoke.

"Three questions."

Deng Shangquan's expression did not move, and he still replied respectfully: "Young master, may I ask." ”

Xiao Mo stared at Deng Shangquan tightly and asked slowly: "First question, if I fail the state exam this time, will Songshan Academy give up on me?" ”

Deng Shangquan shook his head with a smile and replied: "No, young master, your potential is much greater than Mr. Yuxian imagined, just one failure, Mr. Yuxian will not be able to give you up, not only that, in this year, Mr. Yuxian has valued you even more." What's more, the young master has already thought of a countermeasure, and you haven't failed yet, have you? ”

Xiao Mo nodded, knowing that he must have written "The New Interpretation of the Mean" by Deng Shangquan and told Niu Yuxian.

"The second question, this time I fell off the list, who did it?"

"It was Prime Minister Zhang Qian's hands and feet, and this time the two main examiners and eight deputy examiners who presided over the Yunzhou State Examination, especially Zuo Lingfu and Yue Shang, were all Zhang Qian's cronies. According to Mr. Yuxian's guess, Young Master, your identity has been discovered by Zhang Qianjue, and at the same time, he has also realized the value of Young Master, and he is jealous, so he has to do everything possible to prevent Young Master from entering the officialdom. However, Zhang Qian didn't feel the relationship between Young Master and Songshan Academy, this is a blessing in misfortune, otherwise, Zhang Qian would not have sent Zuo Lingfu and Yue Shang, but Qin Jun. ”

"Who is Qin Jun?"

Xiao Mo frowned and asked.

"The Prime Minister's Mansion has a group of dead soldiers who specialize in assassination, and Qin Jun is the leader of those dead soldiers. However, these people do not dare to attack those who are famous, and the influence is too great. ”

Xiao Mo's expression froze slightly, and then quickly returned to normal, and asked again: "The third question, this time my state tried to fail the list, did you and the people from Songshan Academy already know?" Why didn't you tell me in advance? ”

Deng Shangquan said calmly: "Yes, this time the chief and deputy examiners of Yunzhou are all Zhang Qian's disciples, and before the list of examiners in each state was announced, Zuo Lingfu and Yue Shang seemed to have known that they would be sent abroad as the chief examiner, and they prepared well in advance, and even prepared the thick clothes used in the north, which made us suspicious." But at that time, we weren't sure, and we didn't want to disturb your mood, young master, so that we went berserk in this state exam, so we hid it. ”

Hearing Deng Shangquan say this, Xiao Mo nodded, looking satisfied and helpless, and didn't know what he was thinking, but then he picked up a secret letter from his hand, handed it to Deng Shangquan, and said slowly: "You pass this letter to Mr. Yuxian, and ask him to fully cooperate with my next plan." ”

Deng Shangquan's eyes flashed with a hint of brilliance, and he bowed down and replied, "Yes." ”

After doing this, Xiao Mo walked towards the outside of the room, and Deng Shangquan hurriedly followed by his side.

After leaving the room, Xiao Mo walked towards the living room and asked Deng Shangquan, "Then Wu Gou's family is in Deyang City?" ”

"Yes, he is still in Deyang City, and the head office of the 'Chongwen Bookstore' is also here."

"When you go to deliver the letter later, invite him by the way, and I have something to explain to him."

"Yes."

While talking, the two had already come to the living room, but they saw Xiao Shenyan, Zhu Ruide, Liu Zongsheng, Wang Jirui, Xiao Huan, Fan Guan, and several deputy examiners of the eldest son county examination a year ago, all gathered there at this moment, frowning and discussing something, and after seeing Xiao Mo appear, they were all stunned.

"Mo'er, are you okay?"

Xiao Shenyan hurriedly stood up and asked nervously.

"Xiao Mo, it's just a failure in the imperial examination, it's good to start again, don't be too annoyed, there will be opportunities in the future."

Liu Zongsheng's expression was a little strange, but he also comforted.

Liu Zongsheng's mood at the moment is complicated.

The reason why he intersected with Xiao Mo back then was only because he felt that Xiao Mo had a bright future, and it would be of great benefit to him in the future to have an early relationship, but now it is almost certain that Xiao Mo has offended a certain powerful person in the court, and since then there is no way to take the imperial examination, it can be said that there is no future, and under the change of shape, he is a little unsure of how to get along with Xiao Mo.

But at the same time, after a year of getting along, he seems to really have a little teacher-student affection for Xiao Mo, otherwise it would be impossible for him to come from Shanxian immediately after learning that Xiao Mo was off the list, and he always felt that Xiao Mo's talent could not be buried forever, all kinds of feelings were tangled together, so that his eyes looking at Xiao Mo at the moment were full of complexity.

On the other side, although Zhu Ruide, Xiao Huan, Fan Guan and others did not speak, their eyes looking at Xiao Mo were full of concern.

For everyone's concern, Xiao Mo was moved in his heart, bowed deeply to everyone, and said: "The younger generation is already fine, and the teachers and seniors are worried." ”

Seeing that Xiao Mo's expression was calm and calm at the moment, and it seemed that he had really recovered from the blow, everyone finally settled down.

After everyone pulled Xiao Mo to their side, and Wen Yan was relieved, Zhu Ruide glanced at Xiao Shenyan, and asked Xiao Mo hesitantly: "Mo'er, this time you fell off the list, it is by no means normal, I don't know what powerful people you have offended before?" ”

Xiao Mo shook his head with a smile and said, "Please forgive me, there are some things that cannot be explained now, but the student guarantees that when the next state exam is taken, the cause and effect of the things before and after, the student will definitely explain it to the teacher in detail." ”

Zhu Ruide glanced at Xiao Mo deeply, wanted to say something, hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed, nodded, and didn't ask again.

But Xiao Mo stood up again at this time, bowed to everyone again, and said earnestly: "Students have something to ask for here, and I want to ask all the teachers and seniors to help." ”

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P: The Chinese New Year's Eve has passed, the first Valentine's Day has passed, these two days of troubles are much more than the bugs imagined, and there is not even time to revise the manuscript, but now it has passed, there is nothing else, concentrate on code words, tomorrow there will be more updates, everyone must vote more Oh, these two days are recommended to say very little.