Mei Xiaoren was stunned, it seems that Lao Li's previous prediction was correct, Xuanzhou's face, these people are unceremoniously refutated.

But no one in Xuanzhou Mansion has been able to enter Jinshan Academy so far, and if it goes on like this, it will lose Xuanzhou's face and Lao Li's people.

Someone has to break this precedent.

Since she came, there was no reason to run in vain.

Mei Xiaoren bowed his head again: "My lord, I have never thought about bothering the gentlemen, and the homework I have left will be made up for in the next place, and I hope that the adults can give me this opportunity." ”

"Your Excellency the Bishop has spoken, why don't you leave quickly, what are you rubbing?" said someone coldly.

Mei Xiaoren swept the person who spoke with his residual light, and it was still the little official in Tsing Yi just now.

"I'm running around here, and I won't go home just because the adults are late." Mei Xiaoren also said resolutely.

Presumably, these people are accustomed to seeing the children of the poor sect begging in front of them, and there is never a shortage of soft people in their eyes, and their hearts are very hard. She Mei Xiaoren will not follow in the footsteps of those ignorant scholars, and plead to have a degree.

"How do you want to"

Mei Xiaoren raised his eyes, looked squarely at the green-clothed official in front of him, and asked calmly: "I don't know what the requirements of adults to choose students are"

The green-clothed official stretched out his hand to pick up the tea cup, carried the tea lid and frothed it, but did not answer her words.

Or maybe it may be an unsolvable question, and there is no basis for accepting it or not, depending on whether the officials present are willing or not.

But she can't let this problem go unsolved, otherwise she won't even pack up her baggage and leave. She recalled what the senior official had said earlier, picked out four words from it, and said, "Buildable materials"

The green-clothed official took a sip of tea with heavy eyes, and answered casually: "Yes, at least there must be something outstanding." ”

The surrounding officials chimed in: "That's it. ”

The voices came and went, and the sitting ones finished the standing ones. There were a lot of people, and it took a long time for the sound to stop.

It's good for them to admit it. Mei Xiaoren replied and asked, "What kind of manufacturable material is in the hearts of adults?"

The green-clothed official put down the teacup, held his hands lightly, put them on his lap, and said lightly: "Studying in the academy is a chore, you can't have a result overnight, you can bear it."

"I have perseverance," Mei Xiaoren replied decisively and simply.

Although she is impatient and has little patience many times, she has to endure when she has no choice. When the county order is like this, and now studying is the same, if she can't bear a result, her hard-won future will be ruined.

"Do you know how long you're going to hold out?"

"One year."

As soon as her voice fell, there was a sigh around her. Some make fun of it, some mock it, some shake its head and sigh

Mei Xiaoren was in a fog, but a light voice came from his ears: "I can't do it." ”

Her gaze glanced over and landed on the face of the young official in Tsing Yi, and then retracted it before he found it, looking indifferently ahead.

The green-clothed officer also had a smile on his face, and asked, "Do you know what you mean by this?"

"If you want to graduate and leave the college, you must be in the top three in the final exam before the year, but what is more difficult than getting into the top three is to pass the mountain adult." Someone gave her the answer.

Mei Xiaoren frowned slightly when he heard this. What he meant was that if he wanted to leave the academy, he first had to rush to the top three in the academy, but even if he was in the top three, the answer sheet could not satisfy the mountain chief, and she still couldn't go.

Her face was calm, and the silence in her heart was incomparably greater. Lao Li only said that she should come to study and give her a year, but he didn't say that Jinshan Academy still has such rules

I have a few pounds

Two, Mei Xiaoren knows quite well in his heart. Such strict conditions, let alone one year, she may not be able to meet them even after three years and five years.

What is the difference between this and Lao Li directly tearing up her appointment.

But if people don't die to the end, they can't be too pessimistic, the most important thing now is to stay, as long as she can stay here, there is still hope, and it's not too late to wait for the top three or something to wait for her to sit in the school.

Mei Xiaoren replied in a deep voice amid ridicule: "I only need a year." ”

After a year, even if she wants to continue studying, it will be useless, because there are only two endings, either she will finish her job at the end of the year, or she will return to her hometown, and it will be difficult to enter the profession again.

"There has never been a person like you among the students of Professor Benguan."

Mei Xiaoren looked at the green-clothed official and raised the corners of his lips: "Is this an outstanding point?"

The green-clothed official stroked his beard and smiled, "You are really a fearless offspring, no wonder Li Daoyuan will let you gnaw on this hard bone." ”

This big official has the name of Lao Li, which shows that his rank is above Lao Li, at least from the third grade. He may be the biggest official she has seen in her eighteen years.

Mei Xiaoren struck while the iron was hot and gave his hand again: "I hope the adults will give me the next chance." ”

"Just one year"

"Just one year"

The smile on the face of the green-clothed official dissipated, and he was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "The word perseverance, it is easy to say that it is difficult to do, if you really have it, then the official should agree to your admission." ”

"I don't know how the adults want to verify it," Mei Xiaoren asked.

The green-clothed officer looked out the door, and saw only the green mountains and green trees, and immediately thought of an ordinary test in his heart, and it did not require them to spend much effort.

"Before dawn tomorrow, cut hundreds of catties of firewood and send it to the firewood room, and you will pass the test."

Mei Xiaoren was stunned, what kind of verification is this

"Would you like to give it a try"

Mei Xiaoren pondered deeply, she was wondering if it was possible to push off this verification that was more difficult than ascending to the sky.

Those present clearly did not have the patience to wait for her to think. The petty official in Tsing Yi immediately said: "The bishop has spoken, if you don't want to, leave as soon as possible, the mountain road is difficult to walk at night." ”

"I promise" Mei Xiaoren agreed, and he deserved to be helpless. Even though she was 10,000 unwilling in her heart, this was an opportunity to win it.

It was dark, the trees in the forest obscured the sky, and the light was even weaker.

Mei Xiaoren stood in front of a small tree and took a breath.

Thinking of her Mei Xiaoren, she prides herself on being born a talent, holding account books and abacus at home, and official seals and shocking wood in Qiushui County, how did she get here, and what she carried in her hand became a broken axe.

The tree in front of her had the thinnest trunk she could find along the way. Less than four hours before dawn, she picked up her axe and slashed at the trunk. It's a pity that no matter how much she pretends to be a mighty man, she is still a weak little woman in essence, where is the opponent of these trees

After a few axes, she was tired and sweaty, but the tree stood unmoved, the only change was that there was a little skin on the trunk.

Mei Xiaoren looked up at the sky, only to feel that it was not the sky that was dark, but her heart.

The mountains and forests should be silent at night, but tonight there is the sound of cutting down trees

It was pitch black everywhere, the wind rustled through the leaves, and there was a wolf howl or two from time to time in the depths of the forest, and Mei Xiaoren threw himself on cutting down the trees, and had already left all his fears behind.

She has seen the most horrific murder scene, what is she afraid of this little movement.

Mei Xiaoren slashed with an axe, and the axe plunged into the trunk of the tree, but her movements stopped in an instant, just because something slapped her on the shoulder