Except for Zeng Yu, Zheng Shi and the others were all drunk, and two of them vomited on the ground and were carried back to the room by their respective servants to rest.

After the banquet was dispersed, Zeng Yu went back to the guest room to wash up, and as usual, he planned to write an eight-strand essay by himself, but before he finished the article, he saw Wu Chunze leaning against the wall and squirting wine in, and said with a big tongue: "Brother Zeng Xian, I forgot one thing, Lingtang still has a package for me to bring to you." He turned his head and asked the servant who followed him to present the package, and then sat down and chatted with Zeng Yutian, the south, the north, and the earth.

Although Wu Chunze can't be said to be a person who doesn't smile on weekdays, he is not talkative, but he didn't expect that after being half drunk, he would talk endlessly, and he especially liked to talk about the karma story of fairies and ghosts.

Zeng Yu made Wu Chunze a cup of sobering tea and listened with a smile.

At this time, Zheng Shi came in slowly, Laifu followed behind, holding a bookcase in his hand, Zeng Yu saw this exquisite beech wood bookcase, and knew that Zhang Guangwei sent it, could it be another Taoist scripture?

"Jiu Li, this is what Yuxuan Dao asked me to bring you, it should be a private gift from Ling Zheng, tsk, you are so affectionate before you pass the door, which makes people envious."

Zheng Shi said with a smile, sat on Zeng Yu's bed, and urged Zeng Yu to quickly open the box so that he could also feast his eyes.

Zeng Yu saw that the bookcase was still covered with a seal of yellow mounted paper, and there were talismans painted on the seal, and he couldn't help laughing, Zhang Guangwei was really troublesome-

Wu Chunze was short-sighted, leaned closer to look at the talisman on the bookcase, and said solemnly: "This is the five thunder talismans, warding off evil spirits and removing filth, ghosts and things are not close, this talisman can only be revealed by Zeng Xiandi, and others will be hit by five thunders when they reveal it." Pulling Zheng Shi's sleeve: "Brother Zheng, let's retire and let Brother Zeng Xian unveil the talisman to receive the gifts." ”

After Zheng Shi and Wu Chunze went back to the room, the scholar Sixi approached and carefully looked at the bookcase with the talisman drawn, which was very strange, Zeng Yu smiled and said: "Sixi, uncover this talisman for me, I want to see what is in the box." ”

Hearing this, Sixi hurriedly took two steps back, and shook his head like a rattle: "If I don't expose it, I won't reveal it, the Lei Guild will beat me." ”

Zeng Yu couldn't laugh, he took off the yellow paper talisman by himself, and burned it to ashes on the oil lamp with his hand.

Sixi watched intently on the side, and sighed: "The talisman fruit posted by the little fairy girl can really only be revealed by the young master!" ”

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "You can also expose it, anyone can reveal it, the little fairy girl bluffs." ”

Sixi just didn't believe it, and was full of awe of the mysterious talisman.

Zeng Yu pulled open the wooden box, only to see that there were two ingots of silver in the white cancan, about twenty taels, and a piece of gold ornaments with auspicious cloud patterns, in the shape of a mussel shell, folded with three talismans, and then there were more than ten volumes of Taoist scriptures, the first volume of Taoist scriptures was sandwiched with a letter, which was written by Zhang Guangwei.

In the letter, Zhang Guangwei called "Zeng Daoyou Huijian", which made Zeng Yu very funny, Zhang Guangwei explained in detail in the letter the role of the three talismans in the auspicious cloud gold ornaments, the three talismans are "Wenchang Fu", "Bright Fu" and "Smart Enlightenment Fu", with the protection of these three talismans, Zeng Yu is difficult to lift people if he wants to-

Zeng Yu shook his head and smiled, and said in his heart: "If this is the case, then I am very sorry for the students who study hard in the cold window, everyone went to the Dashang Qing Palace to ask for talismans." Although he thought so in his heart, he was moved by Zhang Guangwei's kindness, and at the same time it was a little strange, why did Zhang Guangwei change his sex and ask him to seek fame?

Continue to read the letter, only to understand that this is Zhang Guangwei's mother for him, it seems that Zhang Guangwei's elders want him to be promoted, Longhushan Zhang's daughter married a Xiucai is a little cold, right?

Fortunately, Zhang Guangwei still advised Zeng Yu not to be obsessed with worldly fame and fortune, and the Taoist scriptures have to be recited every day, and what about it, don't be too frugal when you go out, if you have any difficulties, you can ask the abbot of Nanchang Wanshou Palace, Master Zhiting, for help, at the end of the letter, Zhang Guangwei complained that Zeng Yu passed through Yingtan when he went to Fenyi in March, but he didn't go to Longhu Mountain to visit her-

It was the few complaining words at the end of the letter that pulled the little fairy girl floating in the clouds back to the ground, the rainy night on the top of the elephant trunk cliff, the warmth of the charcoal, and the cute appearance of sleepy and hungry sleeping beside him, the men and women in this world fell in love at first sight, and they fell in love for a long time, Zeng Yu felt that he liked the little fairy girl who was dedicated to cultivation more and more.

Zeng Yu put away the letter, handed over the silver to Sixi for safekeeping, and opened the package brought by his mother to Wu Chunze, there were ten taels of silver and two sets of autumn shirts in the package, there was no letter, it should be that my sister Ruolan was not here in Zeng's house, my mother knew some words but couldn't write, only asked Wu Chunze to bring a message to him to pay attention to the cold and warmth, don't stay up late, and go home early whether the exam is or not-

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The next day, the weather was clear, Zeng Yu hired a boat to invite friends to enjoy the scenery and drink on the East Lake, there was still half a month before the township examination, the topic of the talents was of course three sentences without leaving the exam, on the boat to the provincial capital, they knew that the chief examiner of the township examination was Tao Dalin, edited by Hanlin, Tao Dalin's Cheng Wen collection is now a book; According to the practice, the deputy chief examiner is served by Huang Guoqing, the provincial scholar, and there are more than a dozen five-economic officials, according to the custom, these housing officials are served by the county magistrate who was born in the province's A science and technology, and if there are not enough, they will be filled by the officials of each government; There are also graders below the house officials, and most of them are current instructors under the age of 50 and over 30, who are proficient in literature and honest in their lives.

For the candidates, the examiner who has the final decision is of course important, but the room officials and marking officers of each room are the first pass they have to pass, and there is no marking officer and room officer to recommend the test papers, there is no chance of winning at all, so the candidates are also very concerned about the candidates for the room officials and marking officers. At the beginning of the year, it was sold in various bookstores, and the price was not cheap, at that time, Wu Chunze bought such a book of imperial examination secrets to figure out with Zeng Yu, Jiangxi Province has a total of 72 counties in one state, and these counties plus nearly 200 officials and instructors from various prefectures, Zeng Yu was reluctant to spend time thinking about those, but Wu Chunze was full of interest, Zeng Yu Xi "Zhou Yi", Wu Chunze Xi "Book of Songs", Wu Chunze not only summarized his own "Book of Songs" five room officials are roughly which ten people, but also for Zeng Yu also summed up the "Yi" five room room officials approximate candidates-

Zeng Yu saw that everyone was very enthusiastic about discussing the room officials and marking officials, so he said: "Everyone, don't figure out the style preferences of the room officials and marking officials of the Five Classics, it is a waste of time, we only think about Tao Hanlin and Huang Tixue's eight styles of writing thoroughly, it is necessary to know that after each examination question is selected, the two examiners will prepare Cheng Wen, and list the criteria for taking the papers, and each room official must read the papers according to the examiner's Cheng Wen and admission standards, the style preferences of the house officials are secondary, and I don't know who the house official is before the exam, and the random speculation is messed up. What's more, the style preferences of the officials listed in this so-called imperial examination secret book are not necessarily accurate. ”

Zheng Shi and everyone nodded yes, Zheng Shi said: "My generation only travels to the lake to enjoy the scenery today, not to mention the exam, and we must work hard from tomorrow." ”

The cruise ship walked slowly around the East Lake, Zeng Yu and his friends drank or drank tea, said some allusions, and only told Zheng Shi alone about the mysterious white-robed guest in the White Horse Temple the day before yesterday and a conversation with him, Zheng Shi was so surprised, and the intention of the white-robed guest to see Zeng Yu was also incomprehensible, Zeng Yu said: "No matter how much, I only do my seven articles." ”

When the cruise ship approached Baihuazhou, it suddenly heard someone shouting on the Wanliu Embankment on the right bank: "Zeng Jiuli Gongzi of Guangxin Mansion is on this boat?" ”

Rifle on the ship immediately replied in a rough voice: "On the ship, on the ship." He turned around and smiled at Zeng Yuhan: "Young Master Zeng, someone is looking for you." ”

Zeng Yu walked to the side of the boat and stared at the lake embankment, only to see two Taoists, an old man and a young man, standing under the high willows on the shore. ”

The old Taoist put up a canopy and looked at the boat, and said: "Poor Dao Zhiting, living in Wanshou Palace, I have something to say to Zeng Gongzi." ”

Zhang Guangwei said in the letter that if Zeng Yu had any difficulties, he could ask Master Zhiting, the abbot of Wanshou Palace, for help, of course, this was just the care of the Heavenly Master's Mansion for his family, and Zeng Yu did not plan to visit Master Zhiting in Wanshou Palace, but this Zhiting Taoist found here-

Zheng Shi smiled and said to Wu Chunze: "It is the mother's family of Jiu Li's wife." ”

A Xiucai surnamed Meng in Guixi was also good at talking, and said: "There are thousands of sects in the world, and Brother Zeng Xian will not be bullied wherever he goes." ”

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "If I fail in the township test this time, I will be a Taoist priest." He instructed the boatmen to bring the ship to shore.

The head of Zhiting Dao, who was about fifty years old, saw a young and handsome Xiucai jumping on the lake embankment and walking towards him, and hurriedly greeted him: "Immeasurable Tianzun, the poor road is polite, the poor road got the handwritten letter of the abbot of the Qing Palace the day before yesterday, and knew that Zeng Gongzi was in the provincial capital to take the township test, so he asked people to inquire about Zeng Gongzi's whereabouts, and finally found it." ”

Zeng Yu said politely: "Xiaosheng only received Miss Zhang's token yesterday, and he was about to visit the Taoist chief, and he didn't want the Taoist to find him. ”

Zhiting Daoist looked at the cruise ship and said with a smile: "Don't disturb your ministers' pleasures, Poor Dao has nothing else to do today, just get to know Zeng Gongzi, and it really deserves its reputation." As he spoke, he shook the dust at the little Taoist priest beside him, and the little Taoist priest took a gift box and presented it to Zeng Yu.

Daoist Zhiting said with a smile: "A little courtesy, talk about respect." ”

The gift box held by the little Taoist priest gives people a heavy feeling, obviously not a thin ceremony, Taoist priests and monks are supported by the ten parties, how to receive the money of these people, sin and sin, Zeng Yu waved his hand again and again: "Dao Chief, this must not be done, there is a certain number of fame and fortune, and it is not a blessing to receive gifts for no reason." He also said: "After Xiaosheng finishes the exam, he will come to Wanshou Palace to meet the Taoist." ”

Seeing that Zeng Yu resolutely refused to accept it, the Daoist of Zhiting had no choice but to give up, so he had a conversation with Zeng Yu under the shade of the willows and left.

Zeng Yu returned to the boat, Zheng Shi and a few people joked about Zeng Yu, the boatman untied the cable and sailed, only a few feet offshore, and heard someone on the willow embankment shouting: "Zeng Gongzi of Yongfeng County, Guangxin Mansion can be on this boat?" ”