Du Jinning was relieved.

"It doesn't matter if the case is not the case, as long as he doesn't let me pass the test." She said with a relaxed expression.

Although Du Jinning also said similar things, Huang Chengming thought it was just talking. In this way, when you don't do well in the exam, you can have a way out, so as not to be too faceless. At this time, seeing that Du Jinning really didn't take the case to heart, he found out that this kid was really open-minded.

"That said, we're not muddy. If Zhou Dongping can find someone who is better than your article and can be the head of the case, otherwise, we have to make him disgraced. Huang Chengming said proudly, "Before coming, your master repeatedly told me that after you finish the first exam, let me take you to meet someone and come back to seek justice for you." ”

"Oh, who is it?" Du Jinning asked with interest.

"Mr. Qi Yuandao. Mr. Qi is a famous Confucian in the Great Song Dynasty, who has never asked about the world, and only learns by watching. Show him your two articles, and when the time comes, the articles of the head of the government will be posted, if it is obviously inferior to you, Mr. Qi will definitely speak for you. Huang Chengming said, "Even if Zhou Dongping is the prefect, he can't cover the sky with one hand on the boundary of this Gui Province." ”

"Mr. Qi?" Du Jinning has a good memory, she remembers that Qi Bokun once said that after Qi Muyuan was admitted to Xiucai, he would come to Fucheng to worship Mr. Qi as a teacher, and Yuan Xiuzhu also said that he would also recommend her to come over. That Mr. Qi, it should be this Mr. Qi, right?

Before I knew it, the carriage stopped in front of a house.

This house occupies a large area, and the trees inside are lush, so you can tell that this house has been around for a long time. And looking at this very elegant architectural style, you know that Mr. Qi is also from a family.

After Huang Chengming and Du Jinning got out of the car, the little guy stepped forward and handed a post to the gatekeeper of Qi Mansion. It wasn't long before the gatekeeper came and invited them in.

Walking along the corridor through two arches, this is the outer hall of the Qi Mansion. The subordinates led Huang Chengming and Du Jinning to sit down, and an old man with white hair walked in.

Huang Chengming hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "Student Huang Chengming, I have seen the teacher. ”

Du Jinning was surprised, but his actions were not slow, and he followed closely behind Huang Chengming and saluted: "Du Jinning, a junior of the last school, please say hello to Mr. Qi." ”

Mr. Qi sat down in his seat: "Sit, sit, don't be polite." Then he looked at Du Jinning, "Chengming, is this your new disciple?" ”

Huang Chengming sat back in his seat and said with a smile: "The student doesn't have this blessing, this is the disciple of our mountain chief, and he came to participate in the government examination this time." He had just come out of the examination room, and I saw that his essay was okay, so I brought it to you, sir, so that you could give him some advice. ”

"Oh?" Qi Yuandao stroked his beard, "What about the article?" ”

Huang Chengming took out the article written by Du Jinning from his arms and handed it over.

Qi Yuandao didn't say much, and unfolded it to take a look.

After a cup of tea, he raised his head and looked at Du Jinning: "You wrote these two articles?" ”

Du Jinning hurriedly stood up: "In the clumsy pen of the juniors, Mr. smiled." ”

Huang Chengming knew that Qi Yuandao didn't pay much attention to the form of the article, although he didn't ask about the world, he was not old-fashioned, so he said a word for Du Jinning: "Jinning was taught by Guan Shanchang, and the form of the article is not eclectic. It's just that the chief examiner this time is Zhou Zhifu, and Zhou Zhifu advocates entering the examination with eight shares, so Du Jinning wrote two eight-share essays in the examination room. ”

Catering to the preferences of the examiner before the exam is considered a flattering move, and it does not have the style of a literati, which is disliked by many scholars.

Qi Yuandao didn't pay so much attention to it, but asked with some surprise: "How long have you been learning to write Bagu Wen?" ”

"Uh......" Du Jinning thought for a while, "more than a month." ”

Huang Chengming's previous explanation of the intention of the sentence was also here, and at this time he explained with a smile, "This child took the county exam in February, and after the county exam, he said that he wanted to learn the art of making, so he followed Mr. Yuan Xiuzhu to learn the art of making for more than a month. ”

In more than a month, I was able to write Bagu Wen so well; And in the examination room, it took so little time to write such two articles, which is incredible. This kid is very talented.

It's just that Qi Yuandao always feels that these two eight-strand essays are old-fashioned, and it is hard to imagine that they were written by children like Du Jinning who only learned the art of making.

He was noncommittal and said, "I'll come up with a topic, and I'll take a look at it if you write an eight-strand essay." As he spoke, he said, "The gentleman is ill and unworthy of his name." ”

This is a sentence from the Analects of Wei Linggong.

Du Jinning thought for a while, and then said to Qi Yuan: "Please also ask Mr. to give me pen and ink." ”

Qi Yuandao was surprised: "This is it?" With a wave of his hand, the servant took out all the four treasures of the study and put them on the table.

Du Jinning sharpened the ink and wrote.

Qi Yuandao walked behind him and looked at the first sentence she wrote: "There is no name for the posterity, and the saint is worried." He nodded in satisfaction.

Seeing this, Huang Chengming's heart fell to the ground.

Du Jinning was completely unaffected by Qi Yuandao and Huang Chengming behind him, and continued to write: "The name of the husband for a while does not need to be there; The name of the Hereafter cannot be without, and it ......"

Qi Yuandao watched her write sentence by sentence, and when he wrote the last word, he clapped his hands vigorously and said loudly: "Okay." ”

He looked at Du Jinning's gaze at this time, as if he was looking at a rare treasure, and circled around her: "Okay, good." ”

After sighing with emotion, he returned to his position and sat down, asked the two of them to sit down, and asked Du Jinning: "How old is this year, how many years have you been in school?" ”

This time, Du Jinning didn't report his false age again, and said honestly: "I'm twelve years old, and I've been enrolled in school for two years." ”

"Two years?" Qi Yuandao looked at Huang Chengming in disbelief.

"It's been two years, indeed, and I knew this kid when he was not in school. He was self-taught. Huang Chengming mentioned his relationship with the Du family and the situation of the Du family to Qi Yuandao.

After all, "there are no parents in the world", no matter how excessively Du Chensheng and the Niu family treat Du Jinning, saying that the elders are unkind everywhere, such behavior will also be criticized, so Huang Chengming said it very vaguely.

After Qi Yuandao listened, his eyes looked at Du Jinning even brighter, stroked his beard and read a paragraph, and asked Du Jinning: "What's the solution?" ”

Du Jinning knew that Qi Yuandao was going to test his own foundation, so he hurriedly got up and answered.

Huang Chengming saw that the sky outside was getting dark, and after Qi Yuandao took the school examination, he enthusiastically left them for dinner, and he knew that the purpose of today's trip had been achieved. Du Jinning fell into Qi Yuandao's eyes and won his favor. The two articles written by Du Jinning in the examination room will not only not be buried, but also look at Mr. Qi's meaning, as long as they propose to apprentice, nine times out of ten they will agree. <