Mei Xiaoren sent off Wei Shuying, and when he returned to the academy, he ushered in a thunderbolt on a sunny day.

It's a monthly exam again

This monthly test was a few days earlier, even if she was punished, she couldn't escape, and after noon, she obediently sat in the Shangxue Palace, just like last time, and couldn't get down with the pen for a long time.

Mei Xiaoren looked up from time to time at the few big words posted in front of him: Those who can defeat strong enemies will win first.

Everyone else is working hard to write, and her heart is like a blank piece of paper.

The purpose of this bias theory is to make them understand that only by defeating themselves can they defeat strong enemies, and then find out their weaknesses and break them one by one.

It's not that Mei Xiaoren doesn't know how to put pen to paper, but she feels that such a topic is a little meaningless.

Words like this are extremely common in books, and everyone here knows it, but there are a few people who really do it, and how can they have weaknesses.

She thought that the academy should teach them the way of being an official, but now it seems that the academy aims to teach them to be a person, just like what the mountain elder said that night: Reading lies in reasoning, and reasoning will be a man, and as for being an official, you must be attentive

This means that the academy does not teach people how to be officials, but relies on their own hearts to understand.

No wonder Chu Yu said that "Guoshi" is just a false name, because Guoshi should be a person who can plan the world, and only rely on the words and sentences in the book to be familiar with the words and sentences in the book and then get the first place in the exam, he will be a man, but he may not be able to be an official who is beneficial to the world, not what a false name is.

Mei Xiaoren sprang into his heart and finished writing the strategy, and like last time, there was no quotation from the scriptures throughout the text.

One day later, her answer sheet reached Bishop Zhou, and she was also called by Bishop Zhou to the Worship Academy.

Mei Xiaoren stood in front of Bishop Zhou's desk with heavy eyes, not saying a word. She knew that her answer had disappointed Bishop Zhou, and that he had spent several nights answering her questions.

Bishop Zhou looked at her, then looked at the answer sheet in his hand, took a deep breath and said slowly: "You should consider the proposal of being a teacher. ”

Mei Xiaoren looked up and saw helplessness in Bishop Zhou's eyes. The proposal he was referring to was to let her study at the academy for a few more years. It shows that her current knowledge is far from completion.

She was curious: "Lord Bishop, I don't know what kind of answer the mountain master wants."

"I don't know as a teacher, it's only been six years since I came to the academy as a teacher, and the academy hasn't produced a single national scholar in the past six years."

Mei Xiaoren asked: "What about seven years ago, such as the answer sheet of the Guardian University?"

"No one has seen anyone except the mountain man."

Bishop Zhou put down the answer sheet in his hand, leaned on the desk and sighed: "Over the years, there has been no shortage of knowledgeable people in the academy, such as Wen Bin and Wu Xian, they were born in the scholar clan and have had famous teachers and professors since childhood, but they have not been able to satisfy the mountain elders for several years in the academy. Bishop Zhou looked at her as he spoke, and continued, "Even they can't do it, how can you finish at the end of the year?"

"But students want to try"

"It's not that you want to try it or not, but the outcome is decided, even if the teacher teaches you sleeplessly, how can you compare to your classmates who have read books for decades for a few months?"

Mei Xiaoren didn't know how to answer, what Bishop Zhou said was true, but she couldn't just give up now.

"Why didn't you ask him what he had answered when he was here?"

"Scholar Wei said that it is enough to satisfy the mountain man." Mei Xiaoren frowned slightly.

"It's not easy to make Elder Shan satisfied" Bishop Zhou became more and more helpless, his expression became serious, and he turned to the side, "Since the teacher took charge of the academy, the academy has not produced a national scholar

It's really hard. ”

"Then there are no other scholars other than the scholars of the guards" Mei Xiaoren was puzzled, "Why didn't the bishop inquire about other scholars?"

"Of course there are, seven years ago, there were three national scholars, and the Wei scholar ranked second, but the one who won the first place as a teacher can't afford to provoke, how dare you ask as for the third" Bishop Zhou paused and sighed, "That's also a person who is not easy to find." ”

The first dare not provoke, and the third is difficult to find, if you have to find one

She hurriedly said, "The third one is just hard to find, why doesn't the Bishop try to find it?"

"It's a girl's house, she came to the academy to study in disguise as a man, and after she went back, she was a deep girl, how to find it"

Mei Xiaoren was really surprised: "There is still this" She thought that she was the first person in Daning to disguise herself as a man and come here to study, but she didn't expect that she had a senior sister who had already done this, and she also won the third place.

Since the senior sister can, then she can naturally do it too, and Mei Xiaoren suddenly had confidence again.

"Wei Guogong Ji Heng is a virtuous minister praised by the world, and his daughter is naturally not ordinary, Miss Ji doesn't believe that any woman is virtuous if she is not talented, and she does not hesitate to risk her reputation to come here to study with a group of men, she is really a talented woman."

Wei Guogong's daughter, this family is more powerful than a scholar and a scholar

Mei Xiaoren's heart was half cold. It turned out that she was still different from that senior sister.

"That's it, that's what the teacher wants to tell you, with your skills, it's hard to finish at the end of the year, you should still stay in the academy and study for a few more years, as the teacher will take more care of you, if you are fast, you will be able to see results in three or five years, and then you can compete with Wen Gongzi and them."

Mei Xiaoren knew that if she refused again, she would seem inadequate in the eyes of Bishop Zhou, and now that her master was gone, if she made Bishop Zhou angry and gave up on her, she would really be finished.

But she couldn't say yes in one go, which was no different from deception, so she just thought about it again.

Mei Xiaoren returned to the stable, and there were still books on the table that she had read these days. She picked up a book at random and flipped through it, and there were still sketches left by Chu Yu for her in some places, but there were not many.

Chu Yu never told her which places in these books should be recorded, and which places would be used in the strategy and discussion, and he was very different from the masters in their lectures. I don't know if he doesn't know how to teach, or if he doesn't think it's important.

There was a knock on the door.

Mei Xiaoren put down the book and went to open the door, and saw that it was Uncle Wu.

Uncle Wu stood in front of the door with some embarrassment, and only spoke after a long time: "Mei Gongzi, the scholars and horses just left yesterday, the stables are very messy everywhere, the big guys are busy cleaning, and there are not enough people to feed the horses, if Mei Gongzi is free, can you help feed the horses?"

Mei Xiaoren nodded. These days when she came to the stable, Uncle Wu took good care of her, neither told her to work, nor let people disturb her, since Uncle Wu opened her mouth, of course she could help.

Uncle Wu took her to the stable, and specially explained to her that Wen Bin's horses could not be fed with grass, but should use good concentrate, that is, grains such as rice and sorghum.

She listened, and she did. As she sprinkled the trough with the material, she looked at the horse, which was only taller than the others, and so precious that she ate only grain and no hay

There are three, six, nine and other students in the academy, and even the horses of the academy are treated differently.

Mei Xiaoren shook his head, also helpless.

She fed most of the horses by herself, and when she returned to her lodgings, she was exhausted and rested early as soon as it was dark.

The next day, she was awakened by a jumble of shouting.

"Oh no, something happened to Gongzi Wen's horse"