The moonlight is excellent, Zhang Yuan, Zhang Dai, and Zhang Cao brothers stood on the stone arch bridge to look at the water of the Mash River under the bridge, the river water is clear and shallow, the fine waves are sparkling, and the moonlight seems to have countless small silverfish swimming, which makes people want to cast a net - Zhang Cao was also infected by the beautiful moonlight, sighed deeply, and said: "Good moon, it really makes people feel excited, I think of the joy of fish and water-" Hand patted the bridge railing, and sang in his duck voice: "Xiaosheng went to the bedroom, untied and undressed with his sister, and turned the phoenix, the joy of harmonizing fish and water, Wish to fly together-"

Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan both laughed, and Zhang Dai said: "It's such a good night and a bright moon, but the third brother is thinking about the things between the beds, and his horizons should be broadened." ”

Zhang Cao said: "The eldest brother and the younger brother are both engaged, only I am alone, alas, those who know me say that I am worried, and those who do not know me say what I want, isn't this bitter!" ”

Zhang Dai smiled: "Don't pretend to be poor here, if you are still depressed, then everyone in the world will be sad to death, don't think I don't know, isn't the third uncle and aunt ready to be engaged to the Qi girl for you, is it Qi Huzi's cousin and Qi Yiyuan's sister?" ”

Zhang Cao touched his chin and said with a smile: "Big brother knows, don't I feel ashamed of meson, so I am embarrassed to say it." ”

Zhang Dai was surprised: "What does this have to do with meson?" ”

Zhang Cao said: "Qi Huzi wants to marry Shang Zhou Zuo's daughter, and Jie Zi wants to marry Shang Zhou Zuo's sister, don't you say this messes up the generations!" ”

Zhang Dai laughed and said continuously: "The third brother is really depressed, he is a generation shorter out of thin air, hahaha." ”

Zhang Cao pushed Zhang Yuan with his shoulder: "Jiezi, you said it yourself, how to compensate me?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "This can't be compensated-"

Zhang Cao said: "Then I'll persuade Qi Huzi not to marry the daughter of Shang Zhou Zuo, anyway, he is still young, where do you know anything about the relationship between men and women." ”

Zhang Yuan hurriedly said: "I can't help this, I'll find a way to compensate you." ”

Zhang Cao asked: "What to compensate me, the hundred volumes of "Golden Vase Plum"? ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "As long as the third brother pays attention to the bookstore, the hundred-volume "Golden Vase Plum" will be found soon." ”

Zhang Cao asked: "Since it's not "Golden Vase Plum", then what are you going to give me?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Although the third brother's telescope is said to be a foreign thing from Taixi, but my skilled craftsmen in the Ming Kingdom are not unable to make it with a little study, Hangzhou and Suzhou have craftsmen who can make glasses, and they originally learned from Taixi, and the third brother went to find a few craftsmen who are good at making glasses, and I will teach them the truth of making telescopes, and I will be able to make telescopes that can see farther and see more clearly." ”

Zhang Cao said happily: "Is there a telescope that can go farther?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Of course. Through the observation at the top of Longshan that night, Zhang Yuan estimated that Zhang Cao's telescope has about ten to twelve times the zoom ability, and if it is carefully improved, it should not be difficult to reach fourteen to eighteen times, as long as the method is right, it is only a matter of time before the telescope of the Ming Dynasty is made.

Zhang Cao said: "Okay, I'll go to Hangzhou in a few days, and when you come back from Songjiang, I should also invite the glasses craftsman." ”

Zhang Dai said with a smile: "It's good for the third brother to do this, save enough food, and finally think of the joy of fish and water when he has nothing to do." ”

The three brothers laughed, gossiped for a while, and saw that the moon had risen in the middle of the sky, Zhang Yuan said good night to the two brothers, walked across the stone arch bridge alone, and knocked on the small door of the back garden. It's really beautiful, not to mention that it was under the moon, and the moment he opened the door, Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment - Mu Zhenzhen chuckled and said, "The maid guessed that the young master would come back from the back door, sure enough." ”

Zhang Yuan entered the door, covered it with his backhand, tied it to the door, and asked, "Why is Zhenzhen here today, your father is out on an errand again?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen followed Zhang Yuan's steps slowly, and saw the young master's shadow stacked on her shadow, so he quickly staggered half a step, the shadow separated, and replied: "Daddy didn't go out to listen to the errand today, but he will go out the day after tomorrow, and it is said that he is going to Shengxian County, so the little maid rushed to ask the young master when he went to Songjiang, and the little maid was afraid that the father would not come back when he arrived and delayed the young master's affairs." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I will go to ask the county to temporarily exempt your father from two months of forced labor, you tell your father, don't go to Shengxian County, wait at home to go to Songjiang with me, and leave in about five days." ”

Mu Zhen was really happy and said, "Thank you, young master." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Thank you, your father and daughter going to Songjiang with me are also tantamount to listening to errands." ”

Mu Zhen said sincerely: "The young master has a good heart, and he will definitely not call my father like those people in the county government who treat my father as a cow and horse——"

I only heard Zhang Yuan say again: "I don't have a fame yet, when I have a fame, your father and daughter will live in my house, and your father's conscription will be exempted from the service in silver, and I will pay for it." ”

Mu Zhen is really happy, the last time he recognized that the main family was just a name, and if he could really cast under Zhang Yuan's family and avoid the pain of endless servitude, it would be as happy as a fairy, the most important thing is that Zhang Yuan's mother and son were very good - Mu Zhenzhen cried with joy, and was about to kneel down and kowtow, Zhang Yuan's eyes were quick, he grabbed it, and said with a smile: "I knew that you were going to play the kowtow worm again, I just made an empty promise, what are you kowtowing, this mud is so dirty, you are wearing new clothes." After that, he easily opened Mu Zhenzhen's arm, and he could feel the smooth and tender skin of this fallen girl through her clothes, and thought: "Mu Zhenzhen is practicing martial arts again, and she is running around and enduring hardships, why is she still looking like fine skin and tender meat, well, her palms are very rough." ”

Mu Zhen bit his lip embarrassedly, and said softly: "The young master has always been a good talker, and the young master will definitely be able to pass the exam." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "Well, you must work hard to pass the exam." ”

The two of them walked to the entrance of the hall, and then saw the little girl Rabbit Pavilion standing in the moonlight shadow, and the Rabbit Pavilion also heard the knock on the door in the back garden before coming over, but saw that the young master and Sister Zhenzhen were talking and laughing, pulling and pulling, Rabbit Pavilion didn't speak, Rabbit Pavilion just thought: "Sister Zhenzhen likes the young master, and she is still called the young master when she talks in her dreams that night, humming and chirping, and her voice is so delicate-"

Usually Rabbit Pavilion slept very dead, but she heard it that night, and she didn't say it to Mu Zhenzhen, nor did anyone else.

…… The next day after the case was released, all the Confucian children who had entered the school gathered at the school office, listened to the Hou County Decree and Sun Jiao's instructions, and asked all Confucian children to study diligently to prepare for the upcoming government examination, and at the same time announced the date of the government examination, the government examination date of Shanyin County and Huiji County is scheduled for the ninth day of April, and the Sanyin School Department will send the 408 Confucian children who have passed the county examination to the prefect's yamen before the end of February, together with the Confucian children who have passed the county examination in previous years but have not obtained the qualifications for children, and there are about 1,600 people, and the application period is from March 20 to the end of March. After the relevant matters were explained, the Confucian children were disbanded, the head of the county examination and the two to five Confucian children stayed, the county lord gave a banquet to show praise, after the luncheon, the other five Confucian children returned home, Hou Zhihan left Zhang Yuan alone to drink tea and talk - only Zhang Yuan was alone, Hou Zhihan was a lot more casual, stretched his waist and smiled: "In just a few words, I want to review thousands of eight-strand articles, I am really dizzy, and I haven't come back to my senses after resting for a day." ”

Zhang Yuan bowed and said: "The teacher is hard, and the students are admired." After passing the county exam, he is Hou Zhihan's protégé, and in the future, he privately called the teacher not the county respect, which is obviously closer.

Hou Zhihan said: "I wanted to put you second, but after thinking about it, I didn't want to go, and I couldn't wronged you because of avoiding suspicion." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Students will live up to the teacher's cultivation." ”

Hou Zhihan was quite satisfied with Zhang Yuan's answer and asked, "Have you met Teacher Wang?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Students will go later." ”

Hou Zhihan said with a smile: "You and I are from the same disciple of Teacher Wang, and now you have the name of a teacher and student, it's funny to think about it, okay, you should go, you must guard against arrogance and rashness, and prepare for the government exam." ”

Zhang Yuan got up and told Hou Zhihan that he was going to Songjiang recently, and Hou Zhihan was also worried like Zhang Rulin, listened to Zhang Yuan's explanation, nodded and said: "I must leave to rush back on the tenth day of the first month of March, otherwise I will delay the registration." So he asked Zhang Yuan to find the officials in the official's room to open the way.

Zhang Yuan asked Hou County to temporarily exempt Mu Jingyan from his errand for two months, and he asked Mu Jingyan to escort him to Songjiang, Hou Zhihan smiled and said: "Is it that yellow beard, he still has martial arts?" I don't know—well, you can just talk to He Dianshi in the engineering department. ”

Zhang Yuan went to the engineering room behind the hall to find He Dianshi and explain his intentions, He Dianshi knew that this Zhang Yuan Zhang was now a celebrity in front of the county honor, how could he make it difficult, and said with a smile: "The yellow-bearded Mu Jingyan has two strengths, Zhang Gongzi wants to use him, I will order it to go down, and I will not recruit him to listen to the errand until mid-April." ”

Zhang Yuan thanked He Dianshi, and went to the official's room to open the road, and the official asked how many people were together, where they went, and how many days they stayed, and soon opened the road.

Zhang Yuan took Lu Yin home first, and handed Lu Yin to Lu Dayou to collect, just when Mu Jingyan and Mu Zhenzhen's father and daughter came, Zhang Yuan told Mu Jingyan that he had just informed He Dianshi, Mu Jingyan was happy, and when he saw that Zhang Yuan was going to Huiji, he said: "The villain will accompany the young master." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "It's okay." He took Wuling and Mu Jingyan to walk to Huiji, first went to Wang Siren's teacher's house, but Wang Siren was not there, the old man said that the master went to Xiaoshan Aunt Chen's house, and he went before, but he didn't know how to come back, Zhang Yuan went to the front yard study to leave a book for Teacher Wang--was writing, Wang Yingzi came, stared wide-eyed and smiled and arched his hand: "Zhang is the head of the case, and you are courteous." "Wang Yingzi combs her bun and wears narrow sleeves, she is dressed as an unmarried girl, but she is a man's gift.

Zhang Yuan got up and returned the salute and said with a smile: "Senior Sister Yingzi made fun of me." ”

"Senior sister." Wang Yingzi was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Yes, then I will call you Senior Brother Jie Zi in the future." ”

(To be continued)