Xiuzhu really carried out her promise to ignore Wu Shigong, and then no matter how Wu Shigong teased her, she pouted and didn't say a word, which made Wu Shigong a little bored. When Wu Shigong was wondering whether to apologize cheekily, a house slave came to the door, saying that a scholar named Sun Chengxiu came to visit him. I thought: I can ease the mood of embroidered bamboo. So, Wu Shigong hurriedly asked the house slave to welcome Sun Chengxiu in, and he also went to the door to greet him.

Sun Chengxiu is Wu Shigong's only friend in Guozijian, and he is Wu Shigong's only friend in the course of his seventeen years of life. As mentioned earlier, Wu Shigong in this life is a very introverted person, and even a little autistic in personality, so he basically has no friends, but when Guozijian was studying, he somehow looked at Sun Chengxiu and became a very close friend.

At that time, Wu Shigong was actively xiangshang, trying hard to get closer to those outstanding classmates who were hoping to be able to pass the examination. However, due to his introversion, no one paid attention to him, only Sun Chengxiu would patiently communicate with him and patiently answer Wu Shigong's academic questions. In addition, Wu Shigong also learned that Sun Chengxiu once stepped into the door of lifting people with one foot (the reason why Weishenme said this will be introduced below), which is also the reason why Wu Shigong admires him very much. Moreover, Wu Shigong is just introverted, not stupid, Sun Chengxiu is really good to himself, of course Wu Shigong can feel it. Therefore, Wu Shigong, who grew up in an indifferent environment, is very grateful to Sun Chengxiu, and has a feeling of being a teacher and a friend.

Sun Chengxiu, the word Yaozhi, he is a native of the Daimyo Mansion of Beizhili, he has been known as a prodigy in his hometown since he was a child, he was admitted to Xiucai at the age of fifteen, and at the age of sixteen, he participated in the township examination to take the exam, which can be described as a young man's ambition. But that was the end of his good fortune. At that time, Sun Chengxiu was indeed admitted to the lifting of people, but was blocked by the examiner and fell off the list. The reason for the failure is very ridiculous, not because the examiner has a grudge against Sun Chengxiu, but because the examiner sees him too young and wants to sharpen him.

Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant in the Wanli period, was also used by the examiner for the same reason when he was young, but Zuihou Zhang Juzheng lived in the temple and became a generation of celebrities. This story when he was a child has also been sublimated into a teacher-student story. And the examiner who obstructed Sun Chengxiu probably also wanted to interpret the same teacher-student story, and come in pairs. But no one thought that Sun Chengxiu's bad luck began. Next, Sun Chengxiu's parents died of illness one after another, Sun Chengxiu was helpless and worried, and Sun Chengxiu missed the next three township exams and spent 12 years. And the examiner had already gone home because he was too old, and later died of illness, but he was left with Sun Chengxiu.

In the twelfth year, Sun Chengxiu confidently finally participated in the township test, but the result was sad and he failed. Keep up the good work, the fifteenth, continue to take the exam, and continue to mourn. At this time, Sun Chengxiu was over thirty years old, and because of Ding Wei and studying scientific research, Sun Chengxiu had never started a family. Originally, Sun Chengxiu still wanted to continue to work hard, but at this time, there was a problem in Sun Chengxiu's family. His grandfather is dead.

Sun Chengxiu's family is also a family of cultivators in the local area, and of course it is a big landlord family. His grandfather was the patriarch. And Sun Chengxiu's father is the second room in the family. Grandpa's death, the position of the patriarch naturally fell into the hands of the big house, Sun Chengxiu's uncle. In the big house before, Sun Chengxiu had a cousin who was also very competitive, and he was admitted to the examination and made up for an official. If grandpa is here, with grandpa's favor, it is of course no problem for the family to continue to support Sun Chengxiu's study. But when the grandfather was gone, the family asked Sun Chengxiu to give up the scientific expedition to participate in the management of family affairs, anyway, someone in the family had already become an official. But Sun Chengxiu has been studying with his cousin since he was a child, and he can be said to know the roots, and his cousin's reading level is far inferior to him, how can Sun Chengxiu swallow this breath? His decision on the family was a hundred unwilling.

At this time, one of Sun Chengxiu's classmates returned to his hometown to visit relatives. That person was admitted to the Jinshi and became a powerful Beijing official. learned about Sun Chengxiu's situation, and his classmate gave Sun Chengxiu an idea. He asked Sun Chengxiu to find a way to go to Guozijian to study, and stay in the capital to participate in the scientific expedition of Shuntianfu. You must know that there are more places for admission to the scientific examination in Shuntianfu, and it is easy to go to high school. In modern times, this practice has a special term, called "college entrance examination immigration". And the classmate said to Sun Chengxiu that even if he didn't get famous, as long as Sun Chengxiu was out of the country, he would have the opportunity to make up for a miscellaneous official. This is also a way out.

Listening to the advice of this classmate, Sun Chengxiu was suddenly moved. Looking at the scenery of his classmate and his cousin as officials, he was even more envious, and secretly decided in his heart that even if Zuihou was just a miscellaneous official in the country, it was better than being a poor show without an official. So Sun Chengxiu asked his uncle to go to Guozijian to study. His uncle was also kind, spent money up and down, and relied on the help of his classmate, Sun Chengxiu successfully entered the Guozijian. Before going to the capital, Sun Chengxiu and his uncle split up their family and brought all the land and house in his house to the capital, which was equivalent to more than 1,600 taels of silver.

At that time, there were basically three types of people studying in Guozijian. The first is the older talent, who basically has no ability to go further in the examination, so he wants to make up for the official after graduation; the second type is the children of the emperor's relatives and noble families, who are mixed with the country's eunuchs and get a prison qualification; The third type is the children of Beijing officials and outstanding talents from all over the world, who come to study to improve their own level, and continue to participate in scientific examinations after dropping out.

Sun Chengxiu, of course, classifies himself as a third type of person. However, after studying in Guozi for a period of time, Sun Chengxiu found that his level was above average. Especially those children of official eunuchs, the level is far higher than Sun Chengxiu. In the Ming Dynasty, the reading level of the south, especially the scholars of Zhejiang and Nanzhili, was outstanding, and the children of those officials and eunuchs were basically southerners. With this discovery, Sun Chengxiu's fragile heart was a little broken.

We know that Sun Chengxiu used to be known as a prodigy in his hometown, and he was still complacent at that time, but when he arrived in Zuihou, he was over thirty years old and had not yet been examined, and even had the idea of being a miscellaneous official. At this time, Wu Shigong asked him for advice with great admiration, and they crossed the age gap and became friends with the same disease.

But the day after the Dragon Boat Festival, Sun Chengxiu was studying in Guozijian, and suddenly bad news came, and there was a big explosion in Wang Gong's factory. In the capital, in order to save expenses, Sun Chengxiu lived in a fellow villager's house near Wang Gongchang, and people at that time did not have the habit of depositing money in the bank, so Sun Chengxiu hid the remaining more than 1,200 taels of silver after spending all these years in his fellow villager's house. The explosion razed his fellow villagers to the ground, and his fellow villagers were all killed, and of course Sun Chengxiu's silver was gone. At this time, Sun Chengxiu was poor and white except for a few taels of silver around him. You must know that the silver hidden in the country's house was used by Sun Chengxiu to prepare for his country's supervision, and if he failed to pass the exam, he spent the silver to choose miscellaneous officials. At this moment, Sun Chengxiu's hopes of being an official were cut off.

In addition, without living expenses, it has become a question whether Sun Chengxiu can continue his studies in Guozijian now. These days, he has spent almost all the taels of silver he has spent. Today, he came to visit Wu Shigong, on the one hand, because he knew about Wu Shigong's injury, and he really cared about the body of Wu Shigong's friend; Another purpose is to borrow some travel expenses from Wu Shigong to return to his hometown. Because in the capital, there are not many people he is familiar with, and he doesn't want to beg his classmates who are Beijing officials to maintain his dignity. But now, he is also completely discouraged about his future.

So, in front of Wu Shigong, who was full of joy and went out to greet his friends, was Sun Chengxiu's gray face. Sun Chengxiu's whole person seemed to have lost his life and floated over like a ghost. This surprised Wu Shigong, restrained his smile, and exclaimed, "Brother Yao, what's the matter?" How did you become like this? ”