Early the next morning, the old man went to the county with the bolt to sell the game, leaving only a fawn and the ewe. The fawn was specially used to give Zhang Jiuxin as an apprenticeship gift to the master.

In the afternoon, the old man and the bolt went back to the new house.

"Brother Bolt, did Grandpa really say that?" Zhang Jiuxin weighed the purse handed over by the bolt, a little incredulous.

"Naturally, grandpa said that I shot this prey, and I can spend the money as I want." The plug changed like a trick and handed Zhang Jiuxin a string of sugar gourds, and said confidently:

"Xiao Jiu, you see that my grandfather and I earned ten taels of silver last time we went to the mountain, and in the future, you can go to school and study with peace of mind, and make money, even if you leave it to me."

"Good!"

Zhang Jiuxin felt that the plug was really happy, and at the same time, she was also a little moved in her heart and handed over all the money to herself without leaving a penny:

"Brother Bolt, then Xiao Jiu will rely on you to raise a white and chubby little piglet in the future."

"Hahaha"

Zhang Jiuxin and the two laughed, and Zhang Jiuxin went to his study to read with Wu.

A few days ago, she made tofu with Wu during the day, and followed Wu to read the Four Books and Five Classics at night, and now she has finished reading the four books of "University", "The Mean", "Analects" and "Mencius".

In the study, the old man was also sitting at the desk, Wu was holding the "University", and said to Zhang Jiuxin in front of the two people standing in the house:

"Xiao Jiu, you start memorizing from the first article."

"Yes"

Zhang Jiuxin cleared his throat, closed his eyes, shook his head and recited "University" well, and finished reciting it in a tone and frustration.

"Goo-dong"

The old man couldn't help swallowing, flipped through a few pages of "University", looked at Zhang Jiuxin again, and said in disbelief:

"Xiao Jiu, fruit.. Can you really remember it? ”

When Wu taught Zhang Jiuxin the four books a few days ago, he suddenly discovered that Zhang Jiuxin had the ability to recite with his eyes.

At first, Wu thought it was a coincidence, but after Zhang Jiuxin recited "University", "The Mean", "Analects" and "Mencius" word for word from beginning to end, he had to believe it.

"Old man, I also think it's incredible, but you also know, Xiao Jiu used to be weak, and she barely finished reading the enlightenment books with her sick body, but I didn't teach her these four books at all!"

"Good!"

The old man suddenly slapped the table, stood up excitedly, and circled around Zhang Jiuxin, his eyes flashing with excitement:

"Xiao Jiu, you can memorize the rest of "The Mean", "Analects" and "Mencius" for me."

"Yes, Grandpa."

Zhang Jiuxin started from the first part of "The Mean", and after a while, the bolt guarding outside listened to Zhang Jiuxin's loud reading, and after a pause, he fell asleep unconsciously.

After Zhang Jiuxin finished reciting all the four books, the old man stared at Zhang Jiuxin before he moved away, and he quickly pulled the "Collection of Explanations of the Spring and Autumn Classics" from the bookshelf.

The "Spring and Autumn Classics" has a total of 30 volumes, the "Spring and Autumn" is one of the Five Classics, the "Zuo Chuan" is the explanation of the "Spring and Autumn Period", and the "Spring and Autumn Classics" pre-edited by Du of the Western Jin Dynasty also brings together the predecessors' annotations on the "Spring and Autumn" and "Zuo Chuan".

"Dad, this daughter-in-law just finished interpreting it to Xiao Jiu last night."

After listening to Wu's explanation, the old man instantly turned to a page casually and asked Zhang Jiuxin:

"In the fourth year of Duke Wen, what did you remember in the biography?"

Zhang Jiuxin recited: "In the spring of the fourth year, the public has been promoted to Jin. Xia, the rebel Jiang Yuqi. Di invaded Qi. The people of Qiuchu destroyed the river. The Marquis of Jin invaded Qin. Wei Hou asked Ning Yu to hire. There is a month in the tenth month of winter, Mrs. Feng's sage. ”

This is the "Spring and Autumn" record of the fourth year of Lu Wengong's reign of the major events, after reciting the scriptures, Zhang Jiuxin will "Zuo Chuan" to the explanation of the year's major events recited aloud.

"Good!"

"Good!!"

"Good !!"

When the old man finished Zhang Jiuxin's recitation, he couldn't hide the joy on his face, and couldn't help laughing loudly:

"Heaven will not kill me, heaven will not kill me! My old Zhang family also has a reading wizard, okay, very good!! The time has finally come for me Zhang Shigui to raise his eyebrows! ”

In the end, the old man's eyes moistened, and the Wu family consciously retreated, leaving only Zhang Jiuxin and the old man in the study.

"Come, Xiao Jiu, sit!"

The old man saw that Zhang Jiuxin was not complacent because he could read and recite, but he had always been very calm and calm, and the satisfaction and appreciation on his face were a little more:

"Xiao Jiu, I used to see you lying on the hospital bed all day long, and I didn't tell you some things, but now I see that you are mainly willing to spend effort in the future, and there is a champion Lang to mention it, the title of the gold list is only a matter of time, and grandpa will tell you about the origin of our old Zhang family."

Next, after listening to the old man's words, Zhang Jiuxin understood why the old man who advocated martial arts attached so much importance to the ability of his children and grandchildren to study the imperial examination.

It turned out that the old man was born in the Zhang clan in Shangjing.

The old man's mother is an outer room, and when he was eight years old, he was taken back to Zhang's Mansion to raise, and he was ridiculed and looked down upon by his brothers and sisters in the mansion since he was a child.

When he was eighteen years old, his biological mother died suddenly, but he found out that his mother-in-law had secretly drugged him.

When the old man wanted to report it to his father, he was drugged by his grandmother and his grandmother's brother Zhang Shilian, and during his grandmother's funeral, he forced his mother's personal maid to hang herself in front of the ancestral hall of the Zhang family.

This incident caused the anger of the Zhang family, and the old man Chongwu, the imperial examination was hopeless, and his father had no expectations for him.

The old man was at a loss for words, and finally had to run away from home.

"At that time, I swore in front of your great-grandmother's spirit card that I would definitely return to the Zhang family in the future, and let the person who harmed her be punished as he deserved!"

The old man's eyes were slightly red, and his hands were clenched into fists:

"After all these years, I didn't think about it, your father and your second uncle are not successful, although your sixth brother looks okay, but his qualifications are limited, and he will be a famous person when he is in the sky, and for those people in this family, he is not even worthy of carrying shoes."

"Little Jiu!"

The old man's eyes became scarlet, and he suddenly grabbed Zhang Jiuxin's shoulders and said excitedly:

"Xiao Jiu, it's you, it's you who let grandpa see hope, grandpa originally planned to hide these words in his stomach, so that you can live this life as ordinary people for the rest of your life, but God opened his eyes, he sent you to grandpa."

The old man swallowed his saliva, stared at Zhang Jiuxin and said:

"So, Xiao Jiu, you not only want the title of the gold list, but also enter the top three, let those people in my family take a look, my Zhang Shigui's descendants are not bad seeds, and when you become famous, expose the crimes committed by those people back then, and let them be punished as they deserve!"

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