Bishop Zhou said that if she was in trouble, she could go to the temple after dark to find him.

Mei Xiaoren paid attention to whether there were people around him all the way, and slipped into the place where the gentlemen lived like a thief, and successfully found the courtyard where Bishop Zhou lived.

The lights were still on in the room, and Mei Xiaoren stepped forward and knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Bishop Zhou turned his eyes to the door, and was not surprised to see someone coming. He knew that Mei Xiaoren was now in the predicament of having no teacher, and he would definitely come to him for help, and he would not break his promise.

Early in the morning, the back mountain stables.

Mei Xiaoren was awakened by the noise outside, and knew that it was the Manu who had gotten up to work. She hadn't done much work since she arrived, and no one had bothered her, and the Bishop had instructed her to study here. The so-called punishment is just to be shown to others.

Mei Xiaoren rubbed his numb arm, looked at the table full of scripture commentaries, and stretched out with satisfaction. She wrote like this last night until midnight, and then slept on her desk until dawn.

When Chu Yu came, she presented the results of the night with both hands.

After Chu Yu sat down, he began to look through her notes, and the handwriting was full of joy, and there was no omission or ambiguity in the whole text.

Mei Xiaoren stretched out her head and poked out, smiling slightly, "Are these answers correct?" In fact, she already had the answer in her heart, because although her knowledge was not very good, her memory was surprisingly good, and Bishop Zhou explained clearly and carefully, so that she could write it in one go when she came back.

Seeing Chu Yu nodded, she was relieved.

"I've read these books before, and I remember some of them."

She is a county magistrate from the Shu clan, so Chu Yu should be able to conclude that she relied on the imperial examination to become an official, and adding such an explanation can make Chu Yu believe that her knowledge is not weak.

"Remember the scriptures, what about historiography"

"Historiography" Mei Xiaoren was stunned for a moment. She hadn't taken many classes in the academy these days, and she had studied scriptures, and she almost forgot that there was more than just scriptures in the academy.

There is a history of scriptures, and there are swordsmanship and royal horses in martial arts.

However, she had read such things as history books before, and the content had always been recorded according to the year, which was much easier to remember than the scriptures.

She reached out and picked up the annotations on the bottom of the stack of books on the table, and glanced at them a few times.

This book is different from what she read before, if Chu Yu wants to ask now, she can't answer, so she closed the book and looked at the cover, and said with a smile: "This book is quite new, it's a newly compiled history book."

"This is a new history of the country written by the former Prime Minister Gu Zhan seven years ago, and after several years of repeated revisions, it was only last year that it began to be reproduced."

"It turned out to be a book compiled by the Prime Minister, so you have to take a good look at it." Mei Xiaoren held the book and said with a smile.

Chu Yu was silent, as if he wanted to let her go.

Mei Xiaoren took the history book to ask Bishop Zhou at night, who knew that Bishop Zhou took the book in her hand and only glanced at it before putting it on the table, and said lightly: "There is nothing to talk about in this book, you just need to remember the above things, and you can write it during the monthly exam, you don't have to go to your heart." ”

Mei Xiaoren was in a fog. But it can be seen from Bishop Zhou's attitude that he did not agree with the use of this book to teach historiography.

"The books taught in the academy were not chosen by the bishop or the mountain master," Mei Xiaoren was puzzled, "Since the bishop is not satisfied with this book, why did he choose this book?"

"Books from the Mandarin Hall are never picked up."

Mei Xiaoren understood, even if he didn't want it, he had to ask for it.

"Is there anything wrong with this book?"

"There are also true and false merits and demerits in historical book reviews." Bishop Zhou looked at her and asked, "You should have read this book before you came, what do you think?"

Mei Xiaoren did read it once, and he also had a general impression of the above content. History books and this kind of thing usually promote strengths and avoid weaknesses, she didn't know how to avoid some of those, only the part of Yang could be seen, and replied: "Students can see that Daning is becoming more and more prosperous." ”

"This is Your Majesty's luck, it is the work of the courtiers, then do you know whose merit it it recited"

Of course, Mei Xiaoren knew that she was naturally the former prime minister who presided over the compilation of this book, but Bishop Zhou had already said that this book was fake, and she should avoid mentioning the prime minister now, so she only nodded.

"There are some things that you and I can't talk about, just understand it in our hearts." Bishop Zhou picked up the book and handed it back to her, "Take it back and read it for yourself." ”

Mei Xiaoren came out of Jingdaoyuan. Even if Bishop Zhou didn't use history as a basis to tell her any big truths, she was able to conclude Bishop Zhou's position in the court.

She guessed that Bishop Zhou's trapping in the academy should also be related to his position, and the history books she had read before said that if there were traitors in the world who took power, then the court would not tolerate upright people.

In the next two days, Mei Xiaoren relied on his memory to roughly retell the history recorded in the book in front of Chu Yu.

He didn't say anything more to her, probably waiting for her to ask questions. But she had nothing to ask, because she didn't have the heart, because the three-day deadline had come.

Chu Yu seemed to be very satisfied with her performance in the past few days, and said bluntly to her before going back: "With a foundation like yours, it is more than enough to be an official in the state capital, and you don't need to read anything." ”

Mei Xiaoren just smiled, she felt that she couldn't bear it, but it also gave her a reassuring pill, indicating that her knowledge had been recognized by Chu Yu.

He also said: "Since you are only for studying, why do you want a countryman, it is just a false name." ”

She smiled on her lips and sighed: "Naturally, it's not to earn face for the family, after all, my father is not the first minister, I'm here for myself, at least I have to prove that I didn't come in vain." ”

"Where did you hear this?"

"The mountain lord said it."

Chu Yu stood silently in front of the door for a while, nodded slightly to show understanding, and then turned to leave.

In the early morning of the next day, Mei Xiaoren took the initiative to go to Jingqiu Courtyard before Chu Yu came, preparing to meet Wei Shuying, and happened to meet Chu Yu who was about to go out.

When they met in front of the door, Mei Xiaoren's eyes drooped slightly, and he was a little apprehensive.

Chu Yu looked indifferent, and didn't ask her why she came, and when she heard that she wanted to see Wei Shuying, he turned back to the house with her.

Waiting for Mei Xiaoren to explain his intentions, Wei Shuying was taken aback: "You let us go back to Beijing, which means that you don't look for a master."

"Lord Chu was right yesterday, the national scholar is just a false name, so you don't need to value it so much."

Wei Shuying looked at Chu Yu next to him with a shocked face, "What did you say?"

"Isn't it," Chu Yu said lightly.

"Then what do you think, after all, he is your student."

Chu Yu raised his eyes to look at her, and said calmly: "I said yesterday, if you don't want to be famous, his knowledge is enough, whether to learn or not to learn, it is up to him." ”

Wei Shuying was not at ease, and continued to ask: "Brother Mei, have you thought about it, after all, we will not come back if we leave." ”

Mei Xiaoren nodded in affirmativeness.

After all, it was Mei Xiaoren's own decision, and Wei Shuying couldn't insist anymore, so she nodded, "Then it's decided." Then he commanded in a blink of an eye, "Yantai, pass the order, and leave for Beijing tomorrow." ”