After Zhang Guangwei left, Zeng Yu continued to stay at Huang Laohan's house to drink tea, seeing that Huang Laohan's family of three looked a little weird, they must have heard Zhang Guangwei's words that he would not marry, in order not to let Huang Laohan's family guess wildly, Zeng Yu briefly said about Zhang Guangwei, but Huang Laohan said: "Zeng Xianggong, you will go to the top exam next year, wouldn't it be good to come back and marry Miss Zhang, Zeng Xianggong's talent is stable, the people of Shangqing say so, the couplet of the Heavenly Master's Mansion is really praised by everyone." ”

Zeng Yu couldn't cry or laugh, not to mention marrying Zhang Guangwei, just talking about the top prize is delusional, Huang Tixue and Lu Hanlin both said that his eight strands of literature and study are more than enough, but if you want to stand out in the township test, you still have to sharpen, the quota of the Jiangxi township test in Jiajing is ninety-five, and the entire Jiangxi Province only takes ninety-five people in three years, which is much more difficult than the later generations to take Tsinghua University and Peking University, Lu Hanlin said that Yongfeng County has no new recruits in the last two subjects, this is only the township test, and it will be more difficult, not to mention the champion who only comes out in three years-

Zeng Yu has self-knowledge, his eight strands of literature can not be compared with those famous masters, Gui Youguang is famous, wrote "Xiang Zhixuan Zhi", "Hanhua Funeral Chronicles", there are Ming generation of ancient scholars, at the age of 20 to the Suzhou Mansion Examination Case first supplement, can be described as high-spirited, but at the age of thirty-five before the lift, to the present fifty years old has not been in the jinshi, this is the last time in Fuzhou he heard Mr. Xie Zhen talk about, the road to the imperial examination is difficult for outsiders to imagine, so Huang Laohan opened his mouth and asked Zeng Yu to come back to marry Zhang Guangwei, It seems that the champion can be captured

Let's talk about marrying Zhang Guangwei, where will the Dazhenfu look down on him as a poor showman, the marriage of the Dazhenfu is all high-ranking officials and nobles, Zhang Yongxu is married to the daughter of Xu Yande, the Duke of Dingguo, and although Zhang Guangwei has a noble status and beautiful appearance, Zeng Yu has no heartfelt feelings for her, maybe because Zhang Guangwei is still young, but the bald Lu Miao wanted to make him moved, but Zeng Yu also restrained his emotions, at this time, I couldn't help but be a little funny and surprised, Why are these women he met more or less involved with the Fenyi Yan clan, which also shows that the Fenyi Yan clan is powerful-

"Uncle Huang laughed, what Miss Zhang said was angry, she wanted to cultivate and become an immortal, so she refused to marry."

After chatting with Huang Laohan for a while, a cup of tea bottomed out, Zeng Yu got up and said goodbye, Huang Laohan regretted that Zeng Yu could not participate in Yu Xuan and regretted the wedding, and decisively made up for this regret when he sent Zeng Yu out, and said goodbye to Zeng Yu with a loud voice, which attracted the neighbors to come around, Zeng Yu's reputation in Shangqing Town was far better than that in his hometown Yongfeng, a pair of couplets in the Heavenly Master's Mansion made him a household name, Zeng Yu left the tofu shop and walked away, a group of neighbors also gathered around Huang Laohan to listen to the story, Huang Laohan knew the way of proportion, did not mention Zhang Guangwei's matter, After experiencing the incident of Guanyin Nunnery, Huang Laohan's family is relatively strict, saying what should be said, and never mentioning what should not be said-

Tomorrow on the road, there is still half a day to kill, the real people are inconvenient to enter and exit, Zeng Yu is still ready to go to the Da Shangqing Palace to see, to the east of Shangqing Town, see that there are selling fishing rods, temporary interest, find out the three pennies to buy fishing rods and bait, to go to the Luxi River fishing, with a fishing rod and a small tile bowl bait just out of the town, suddenly heard someone behind him calling: "Zeng Xiucai, where to go?" Turning his head, he saw that it was the old Dao Yuangang who came with a little Dao Tong walking briskly

Zeng Yu said: "Old Master, I am bored in my later life, and I want to go fishing by the stream." ”

Lao Dao Yuangang said: "Zeng Xiucai has Yaxing." He asked, "Have you ever seen nature?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "I just saw Miss Guangwei hurriedly go to the Dashang Qing Palace. ”

Lao Dao Yuangang said "um" and said: "Zeng Xiucai wants to fish, Lao Dao can show you where to go, you go down from the small fork in front, walk east along the river bank, and see a large area of bantam cockscomb is an excellent fishing place." ”

Zeng Yuxi said: "Thank you for the old mage's advice." "Follow the old Dao Yuangang walked for a while, broke up at the fork of a small road that stretched obliquely to the bank of the stream, and walked alone in the barren hazel grass, about half a mile away, and sure enough, I saw a short-legged cockscomb flower that bloomed just right, according to Su Zhe, this kind of short-legged cockscomb flower is the backyard flower written by Chen Houzhu, this herbaceous flower is not more than half a foot high, the petals are like the cock's cock's crown, there are three flower colors: light white, golden yellow and red, the big red bantam cockscomb is mixed with light white flowers, it really seems that there is a big rooster hiding in the grass and trees to expose the crown top-

This is a good place, shallow stream, Lei Lei's shore stone across the bank opposite, the autumn sun in the afternoon obliquely shining, reflecting this large piece of cockscomb is even more gorgeous, Zeng Yu admired the legendary backyard flowers for a while, walked to the stream and sprinkled a handful of bait down, this kind of bait is to catch the crickets, cockroaches smashed and mixed with flour, the fish's favorite food, sprinkled down, a moment of work to see the fish in the stream gathered over, the fish head floats and sinks, ripples swing in a circle -

Zeng Yu hung down the bait hook, the fish made of goose feather tube floated on the water surface and sank and resurged, the fishing rod in his hand felt the pull, a fishing rod, a small herring was lifted out of the water, the water splashed in the sun, this Luxi small herring meat is spiny and less, the last time Zeng Yu ate in Huang Laohan's house, it was very delicious, there was no such Shangqing specialty in the two feasts of Dazhenfu, blindly pursuing precious and rare mountain and sea delicacies.

There are many fish here and it is silly and easy to fish, not half an hour, I caught more than a dozen small herring in Luxi, five inches long, three inches small, folded two thin willow branches and strung them together, this is the fish through——

The fish drift is shaking again, and there are fish on the hook, Zeng Yu is about to lift the rod, he can hear the sound of footsteps on the road, when he turns his head to look, he sees that Zhang Guangwei and the old Dao Yuangang have walked down, the path by the stream is not easy to walk, the old Dao Yuangang is on a bamboo cane, Zhang Guangwei walks in front, and from time to time he holds her brother -

"Why is the old mage here?" Zeng Yu put down the fishing rod and greeted him.

Zhang Guangwei was obviously taken aback when he saw Zeng Yu, regardless of Senior Brother Yuangang, he ran down first, lowered his voice and said to Zeng Yu very quickly: "As soon as I told my senior brother, Senior Brother knew that it was not my knowledge, and asked if you taught me, I flatly denied it, and Senior Brother asked me to come here with him, I don't know if you are here, I really didn't confess you, really-"

Zhang Guangwei was a little anxious, and there was crying in his voice.

Zeng Yu comforted: "Don't worry, don't worry, your senior brother is here to help you." Walking past Zhang Guangwei, he took the old Dao Yuangang and went down to the stream where he was fishing.

Lao Dao Yuangang looked at the two strings of small herring fish that Zeng Yu caught, and said with a smile: "Zeng Xiucai's fishing skills are superb, so I caught so many fish in such a while, and give them to Lao Dao for dinner." ”

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "Could it be that the mage cooks by himself, that's great, Xiaosheng has to be cheeky to rub a meal with the old mage." ”

Zhang Guangwei on the side relaxed a little in his heart, and said: "Zeng Xiucai, the side dishes cooked by my senior brother are a must, and the most ordinary home-cooked side dishes are delicious in my senior brother's hands - senior brother, I also want to have dinner here with you." ”

Lao Dao Yuangang said: "Wait a minute, Lao Dao wants to say a few words to Zeng Xiucai - naturally, you are fishing here and waiting." ”

Zeng Yu followed the old Dao Yuangang through the short-legged cockscomb flower, six or seven zhang away from Zhang Guangwei, facing Luxi, looking at the flowing water with floating light and gold, the old Dao Yuangang said: "Zeng Xiucai is superb, and the old Dao admires."

Zeng Yu knew what this old Taoist priest was referring to, and bowed down and said, "Please forgive the old master for the hardships of his later life."

Lao Dao Yuangang hit a bush of short-legged cockscomb with a bamboo cane, and said: "Zeng Xiucai don't have to worry, Lao Dao respects you very much, and does not hide Zeng Xiucai, that Yan Shilang came to the Qing Palace the day before yesterday to ask Lao Dao about the future, and he needs to be a trigram, Shen Jin's descendants hold the world, and the noon cremation is the image of his own and his descendants, and he is even more fierce in the year of the ugly, but the old Taoist knows Yan Shifan's intentions, obviously not to listen to the advice, so he will explain the hexagram indiscriminately, coaxing him to be happy, the old Tao generally does not tell fortunes for high-ranking officials and dignitaries, Yan Shilang's divination and hexagram murder are not even known to the heirs, and Zeng Xiu is the first to hear about it——"

Zeng Yu was stunned, this old way can really calculate Yan Shifan's fate with hexagrams?

I only listened to the old Taoist Yuangang and said: "Zeng Xiucai said well, the righteous and clear things do not need to be pushed by numbers, the old Tao has one in eighty this year, and there are many people, how can Yan Shilang do this to keep rich and noble for a long time, the old Tao said one thing, it can be known that Yan Shilang will be punished by God, Yan Shilang came to Longhu Mountain to ask hexagrams, but he deliberately went to the tomb of Xia Ge Lao, of course, it is not a memorial, seeing that the stone man and stone horse in front of the old tomb of Xia Ge are quite magnificent, this Yan Shifan actually ordered Guixi County to smash all those stone men and stone horses, saying that Xia Yan is a criminal minister, and should not enjoy such a tomb system, alas, Why bother.

Since the old Taoist priest was so confident, Zeng Yu was also bold and blunt, and said: "Xiaosheng is also forced to be helpless, and he will go to accompany him for a few months first, and he will resign if he finds an opportunity." ”

Lao Dao Yuan Gang said: "There are variables in people's luck, so Lao Dao does not dare to conclude that the Yan family will be defeated based on the hexagram, and today Zeng Xiucai has to remind him that Lao Dao has made up his mind, and he must discourage the marriage between the heirs and the Yan family."

Zeng Yu said: "Of course, Zhang Dazhen's intention to use marriage to promote Zhengyi Avenue is good, but he didn't find the right opportunity. Suddenly, the conversation changed and asked: "Old Master, Xiaosheng heard that Tao Zhenren, who was favored by the emperor, once said, 'If the two dragons don't meet, I don't know if there is such a thing?' ”

It's only a few hundred words more than yesterday, I'm ashamed, tomorrow will be a few hundred words more, and slowly adjust the state a little more.