Speaking of the make-up examination, Zeng Yu told Zheng Shi about his encounter with Yan Shifan and being hired as a companion of Yan Mansion, Zheng Shi was dumbfounded, and said with a smile for a while: "Brother Jiu Li, you have a lot of adventures on this trip, you actually climbed Yan Shifan, you are going to fly Huang Tengda, virtuous brother, Gou Fugui, don't forget, ask for help, hahaha." ”

Zeng Yu shook his head again and again: "Don't make fun of the three idiot brothers, Yan Song has a bad reputation in Shilin, Mencius said." Gentleman's Ze V and beheaded', that Yan Song only knew that he welcomed the emperor, Yan Shifan was even more arrogant and lascivious, so immoral and unacted, and more political enemies, how could there be no reason to be undefeated, I couldn't get out, I didn't see Yan Shifan when I came back this time, I only saw Yan Shifan's cousin Yan Shifang, euphemistically, saying that the home is in Guangxin Mansion, and it is inconvenient to read it with Fenyi, Yan Shifang seems to be a loyal person, but I can't be the master, if Yan Shifan wants me to go, then I can't do it, anyway, I won't go myself, I just hope that Yan Shi will not send someone to summon me。 ”

Zheng Shi nodded and said: "Brother Xian is wise, how many people sharpen their brains and want to drill into the door of Yan's father and son, but they don't know the truth on which fortune and misfortune depend, but you are vigilant, do not involve right and wrong, and do not cling to the powerful, even if you are a companion, it doesn't hurt to be a companion, Yan Shifan can not afford to offend, after all, this is in the Fenyi, not in the capital, and there will not be many conflicts of interest in officialdom, and there is a rich collection of calligraphy and painting antiques in Yan's house, and it is rumored that "Qingming Riverside Map" is also in Yan Shifan's hands. ”

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "Then I recommend the third idiot brother to read to Yan Gongzi?" ”

Zheng Shi said: "It's useless for you to recommend, Yan Shifan only likes you." When he said this, he smiled quite secretly, and then he smiled and became serious, and said, "You can be cautious yourself, and you can go anywhere." ”

Zeng Yu said: "Don't tell outsiders about this, otherwise the people of Guixi will know that I will read it to Yan Fenyi's grandson, which will provoke hatred, and maybe I will use bricks to smash your window." ”

Zheng Shi laughed.

After drinking and eating, drinking tea and talking, Yingtanfang is less and remote, and can not find someone who can play Go, Zheng Shi has to go to Guixi County or Longhu Mountain to find a Taoist priest to play, now there is Zeng Yu, Zheng Shi is unwilling to let go, which care about Zeng Yu is tired, he has to kill a game to say, but Zeng Yuqi is high, Zheng Shi is controlled everywhere, he is defeated in the middle game, and he has to play if he is not convinced, Zeng Yu said: "Brother three idiots, let's play again tomorrow, my brother has not said something to Jiaci." ”

Zheng Shi gave up and asked, "When will the virtuous brother return to Yongfeng County Journal?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "Let's leave again at the beginning of next month, I am too anxious to go back, if Huang Tixue's official document has not been sent to Yongfeng, then I will not become a swagger and deceitful person wearing a square scarf and a shirt, Jiang Yuanrui and Xie Zidan will accuse me of beating them again, and at that time, the two crimes will be punished together, wouldn't it be miserable." ”

Zheng Shi said with a smile: "That's right, don't worry, then you just go back to Yongfeng after seven and a half months here, the Zhongyuan Diguan Festival in the Qing Palace on Longhu Mountain is a grand event, and I will accompany you to play." ”

Zeng Yu said: "I can't wait for half of July, I have to leave at the beginning of July, my mother and Niuniu will have to bother in the house of the three idiot brothers for a few more days, and when I return to my hometown and settle down, I will come to pick them up." ”

Zheng Shi said: "You and my brother, what are you talking about, Jiu Li, you still don't know what to do, my mother and Ling Tang have been recognized as sisters, and I now call Ling Tang Aunt Zhou, just now you went to visit my mother, I forgot to tell you about this - there is only one problem, Qian Qian refuses to call Niu Niu an aunt, Ha Lu Ha." ”

Zeng Yu was very happy, his mother Zhou's ancestral place should be in the area from Jiaxing to Hangzhou, forty-five years ago, Zeng Yu's grandfather went to Nanjing for the Wei Duke Xu Li Xiangyin house, and on the way back passed through a small town south of Jiaxing, and saw a four- or five-year-old girl being dragged by a middle-aged woman by the canal to sell, it was already the winter moon, the weather was cold, the little shoes on the little girl's feet were tattered, revealing dirty toes, and the clothes on her body were thin, and her face was blue from the cold, and she was still hanging with snot-

The woman said that the family was poor, there were many girls, and she couldn't afford to raise them, so she pulled them out and sold them, otherwise she would starve to death at home, as long as one or two silver, Zeng Yu's grandfather saw that the little girl looked delicate, and the poor one saw it, so he bought it for one or two silver, and took the boat and went south, the little girl didn't say anything at first, Zeng Yu's grandfather almost thought it was mute, and was a little regretful, the little girl ate some food and saw that Zeng Yu's grandfather was kind, and slowly spoke, saying that the woman was not her mother, saying that her name was Zhou Zhou, and that the woman beat her......

The little girl was young and couldn't speak the Suzhou and Hangzhou dialects, Zeng Yu's grandfather couldn't understand it, but one thing was very clear, that is, the little girl was abducted and trafficked, but the boat had sailed for dozens of miles, and it was impossible to go back to find the woman who abducted and sold the girl, and the little girl could not be left behind in the cold weather, so she had to take it back to Yongfeng Ishida, and later became Zeng Yu's father's concubine-

Zeng Yuxin said: "My mother's background is pitiful, and she has no relatives to move around, so it is right to comfort her by recognizing the mother of the third idiot brother as her sister." Then he and Zheng Shi entered the inner courtyard and then visited Zheng's mother Lu as a nephew.

At night, Zeng Yu told his mother Zhou in the room about the journey, and the troubles were all understated, only saying that Xie Lao Poet helped him, Huang Tixue appreciated him, and took out one hundred and twenty taels of silver to ask his mother Zhou to put it away, Zhou was shocked: "Where did the fish get all this so much silver?" ”

Zeng Yu said about Yichun Taidouwen, and Zeng's mother Zhou frowned and said, "Yu'er, aren't you gambling!" ”

Zeng Yu was embarrassed, so he had to explain: "Mother, this Wendou is not the same as gambling, can it be regarded as gambling, and the master of the school also knows about it, and laughs at it, in fact, if the son does not win some fame in this Wendou, I am afraid that it will be difficult to go to school, because some people are not convinced." As he spoke, he took out the scarf and shirt given by the grandmaster and put it on for his mother to see.

Niuniu on the side said happily: "My brother is also a talented man now, isn't he, the same as his humble father?" ”

Zeng Yu nodded and said, "Yes, my brother is also a talent, and our family will have a good life in the future." ”

Great-mother Zhou was overjoyed, so she asked when she would return to her hometown?

Zeng Yu said: "Mother is not used to living here? ”

Great-mother Zhou smiled: "No matter how good it is, it's someone else's home, it's good to move around from time to time as a relative, but it's not good to live for a long time, you are now a student and can start a family, my mother is really happy." ”

Zeng Yu said: "I just told the three idiot brothers, mother and Niuniu will live here for a month, I will go back in early July, go to the county to learn to worship the instructor, obtain the certificate of exemption from military service and tax exemption, buy a house in Yongfeng County and arrange it, and then come to pick up my mother and Niuniu to go back." ”

Great-mother Zhou said: "Mother and Niuniu will go back with you, so that you don't run back and forth - okay Niuniu, let's go back with your brother?" ”

Niuniu said happily: "Great, great, mother, Niuniu and brother, let's go back together." ”

Zeng Yu nodded and said: "That's okay, I'll write a letter and send it to Lu Hanlin first, and ask Lu Hanlin to ask the Confucian teachings in this county on my behalf to see if the documents that Huang Tixue allowed me to study have been delivered, and I can only go back after they are delivered, otherwise I am afraid of lawsuits." ”

Niuniu asked smartly: "Is it because my brother beat those two people last time?" ”

Zeng Yu smiled: "It's okay now, that guy surnamed Jiang is in big trouble himself." ”

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The next day, Zeng Yu wrote a letter to Lu Hanlin, in which he wrote about the twists and turns of the make-up examination, thanked Lu Hanlin for his recommendation, and asked Lu Hanlin to help him ask about going to school-

After the letter was written, there was no competent person to send it, Xiao Xi Sixi was difficult to take this position, although Sixi was so clever, after all, he was still young, and he didn't worry about letting him go, Zeng Yu and Zheng Shi discussed, Zheng Shi asked Laifu and Sixi to go to Yongfeng together, and set off tomorrow, and rushed back as soon as possible after getting Lu Hanlin's reply, don't argue with people on the way, don't be greedy for cheap-

On the afternoon of June 27, Laifu and Sixi boarded the boat from the small wharf of Longtoushan, which was a cargo ship to Shangrao County that Zheng Shi contacted.

After sending away Laifu and Sixi, Zeng Yu followed Zheng Shi back to the house, but saw a Taoist priest with a yellow crown and a green robe standing on the porch steps of the foyer with a teacup and sipping, smiling and watching Zheng Shi come over-

Zheng Shi smiled in surprise: "Master Yuxuan, why do you have time to come?" Ha Luha, just in time, I will introduce you to a good friend, no, no, it is my cousin, Yongfeng County student Zeng Yu Zeng Jiu Li, I have talked to you before - Jiu Li, this is the Yu Xuan Master of the Qing Palace on Longhu Mountain, can chant a few limerick poems, calligraphy is also good at hand, chess can also play, just not fine, not my opponent, you wait to try with him. ”

The Taoist priest with the Taoist name Yu Xuan shook his head and smiled: "Three idiot brothers, as soon as they meet, they make fun of Xiaodao like this, and they deceive people too much." Footsteps quickly entered the hall to put down the teacup, came over and said to Zeng Yuji: "Emperor Wenchang is blessed, Zeng Xiucai is prosperous." ”

Zeng Yu returned the salute and said, "Hello, Master." ”

Taoist Yu Xuan is in his thirties, medium in stature, not fat or thin, and a little handsome, smiling and knowing his fate, he said: "Zeng Xiucai, Xiaodao has been famous for you for a long time, and the three idiot brothers have praised you for your poetry, calligraphy and painting in front of Xiaodao several times——"

Zheng Shi said: "Go is also good, you can't play him as a Taoist, if you are not convinced, you will compete now." ”

Zheng Shi obviously had a very good relationship with this Taoist priest Yu Xuan, and he spoke very casually.

Yu Xuandao waved his hand and said: "I can't play chess today, Xiaodao is doing merit and Dharma in a certain family in Bailu Village, and I will take the time to come and see the three idiot brothers, and I will go back soon." ”

Zheng Shi said: "If you come, you will be safe, what is in a hurry, come and come, play chess." ”

Yu Xuandao said: "No, no, no, wait for the Dharma of the path, and take the filial son to hell to save his mother - just say a few words, and I'm going to leave soon." ”

Zheng Shi said with a smile: "Daoist, you still go to hell, it's interesting and interesting - Jiu Li, why don't we go to see a lively scene together, this Taoist priest is very good at sword dancing and singing, and look at how he carries a sword and sings a song to hell to save the suffering, Bailu Village is not far away, and it is only five or six miles away." ”

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