The old squire Lu Huai heard Zeng Yu's intention to understand, frowned and said: "Brother Zeng, you participated in the Guangxin Mansion Examination in the first half of this month, no more than the candidates who did not arrive for some reason, there is no reason to apply for the make-up examination, and even if you do not arrive for some reason, you will rarely agree to the make-up examination, because this case cannot be opened often, otherwise it will be criticized." ”

Of course, Zeng Yu knew the difficulty of applying for the re-examination, and said: "Unfortunate in his later life, his family is restless, his brothers are not close, and he has to take his widowed mother and young sister to wander to make a living. ”

Lu Huai smiled and said, "Why did Brother Zeng Shi expect that he would be able to take the make-up exam in Chinese? ”

Zeng Yu is not inferior or arrogant, and said: "The late student reads hard, and at the age of eight he has been able to do eight shares, and he admires the ancient words, the subset of the scriptures and history, the poetry and songs, and has a lot of knowledge. ”

Lu Huai pondered for a moment and said: "Okay, I'll make a question, you write on the spot, if you are really talented, the old man will submit a book for you Huang Tixue, of course, Huang Tixue is willing to agree to your make-up examination for the time being, you pass the old man first, the old man can't easily make a recommendation." ”

Zeng Yu said angrily: "Just ask Mr. Lu to propose." ”

Lu Huai twisted his white beard and said: "The old man does not come out of the four book questions, nor the five scripture questions, the old man wants you to write a 'rebuilding Yongfeng County Record', this is Sizhi County to the old man to do, to set up a stone monument to commemorate, if you do well, even if Huang Tixue refuses to let you take the make-up exam, the old man will also recommend you to the county room to do a paperwork, filial piety to the mother, raising the young sister should not be difficult, how?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "Thank you, Mr. Lao, I know about the county seat in my later life, but I don't know the details, I don't know if the old gentleman can have the relevant explanatory text for the rebuilding of the county, and I have to understand it before I can compose." ”

Lu Huai nodded and said, "Yes, you come to the study with the old man." ”

Zeng Yu followed Lu Huai to the study, Lu Huai took some text materials sent by Zhixian Sizheng for Zeng Yu to read, and said: "The paper and pen are here, you slowly conceive, the old man will go to see Xiao Sun first." ”

Lu Huai came to the wing room on the right side of the patio, and saw that the eldest grandson Lu Deqing had fallen asleep, breathing steadily, no longer tossing and turning and moaning in pain, Lu Huai was relieved, and learned from the steward that the scholar brought by Zeng Yu was still waiting in the foyer, so he walked back to the study and said to Zeng Yu: "Brother Zeng, let your little servant go back to report the news first, so as not to worry about your mother, and this monument will not be good for a while." ”

Zeng Yu was grinding ink and said: "No need, lest the boy run around late at night, and he has an idea in his later life. After that, he began to write and compose.

Lu Huai stood on the desk with his hands and watched Zeng Yu write, only to see Zeng Yu write:

"Jiajing has not yet summer, the two Guangzhou, Fujian and Zhejiang robbed up, extended to the southeast, robbed the treasury, imprisoned the prison, killed the officials, and the people were slashed. The governor of the imperial Shi Baiquan Hu Gong, is the trial of the mountains and rivers choked, the old city can be defended, and the city is sparsely invited. There are three counties on the right side of the river, and nineteen are those who are cities. According to Yongfeng Lixinzhou, go to the city for fifty miles, from Xianxia to the east, when Zhejiang West Household; From Panting to the south, it is the north gate of Fujian; Ten thousand mountains are towering, the original is like a long snake, the ridge is like a moat, and there is a husband who is in danger of not pulling out. Therefore, although the place is the rush of the two provinces, the officials and nobles cannot help it, the boats, vehicles and soldiers cannot enter, and the southeast of the letter is also ...... a desperate situation."

Seeing Zeng Yu's clean and healthy small letters, Lu Huai nodded secretly, this good character is good, and the beginning of the essay is also written clearly and clearly, with the style of Zeng Gong, the eight masters of Tang and Song ancient literature.

Zeng Yu put down his pen very quickly, as if he was constructing, and wrote hundreds of words:

"——The husband of the three passes, the throat of southeast Fujian and Zhejiang. The situation in the southeast of Fang is like a miasma, and he will not be cured at the throat, and he will say that I will maintain my health with peace and tranquility, how can it be a good way! Those who know it are called Hu Gongcheng Yongfeng, and the Spring and Autumn City Tiger Prison, its righteousness is also the same. At the beginning, under the abundance of Gongcheng, Yin Si Junzheng was ordered to gather the people in the court to proclaim the public virtue. Fengmin's fathers and elders are cheering and crying, and they are willing to do their best. He ordered Yin Naizheng to worry about the day, and gave apprenticeship, distributed money, grain, and cut down bricks and stones, so that it would start in August of this year and be completed in August next year. The perimeter of the city is nine hundred and forty-seven feet, and the toe is one foot wide and eight feet, and the pheasant saucer is six feet. For the door four, don't be the small door two. The city is surrounded by horse roads, and the outside is dug into the pond, which is longer than the city, etc., and costs about 18,000 taels of silver——"

These are all information related to the construction of the city provided by Zhixian Sizheng, and it is rare that Zeng Yu can summarize it clearly after reading it in a short time, Lu Huai said secretly: "This son is not a dead book, he has a talent for hard work." ”

I saw Zeng Yubi keep writing: "...... However, in the past, there is the solidity of the city and the pond, the obstruction of the mountains, forests, rivers and rivers outside, the repair of its Shiwu, the preparation of its equipment, the covetousness of selfishness, and the elimination of madness and paradox, this is the southeast mountain customs, the work of peace, and the benefits of the people of Dufeng for a hundred years have been——"

Writing this, Zeng Yu turned his head and asked Lu Huai: "Mr. Lu, what official position has Governor Hu promoted?" ”

Lu Huai said: "He has been promoted to the right attendant of the military department." ”

Zeng Yu wrote again: "Hu Gong Diyang people, the name Song, the word Rumao, the number Baiquan, with the success of Pingkou, the special Jane Enzhao, and the Jin Zhi military department waiter Langyun." He put down his pen and said respectfully: "Mr. Lu, this article has been drafted in the late life, please correct it." ”

When Zeng Yu composed, Lu Huai stood on the side and read it all, a nearly 1,000-word "Rebuilding Yongfeng County Record" Zeng Yu didn't take half an hour to write, there were almost no typos and alterations, for the text narrative is clear, clear and elegant, just for this article, Lu Huai asked himself that he couldn't write better than Zeng Yu, and Zeng Yu was still written in such a short time in a hurry, such a quick is amazing.

Lu Huai said with a smile: "Great, the old man handed over this article to Sizhi County, and he was worried that the old man was exhausted and difficult to blame. ”

Zeng Yu hurriedly said: "The old gentleman is too humble, and he is ashamed of his late life. ”

Lu Huai hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Zeng will rest in the cold house tonight, and the old man will get up early tomorrow to write a letter to Huang Tixue, and you can bring it to present it in person." ”

Zeng Yu thanked him deeply, and said: "Jiaci and Xiaomei are still on the South Gate boat, so they will return to the boat first in the evening, and come to the old man's house tomorrow morning to get the letter." ”

Lu Huai said: "That's okay, you can pick it up tomorrow on the first day." ”

Zeng Yu was accompanied by the steward of the Lu Mansion to the foyer, and saw Xiao Xi Sixi sitting there napping, so he called Sixi, said goodbye to the steward of the Lu Mansion, and went to the south gate port, just out of the foothills and walked to the bank of Fengxi, he saw two lanterns and two healthy servants carrying baskets coming over-

Zeng Yu pulled Sixi to the side of the road, and the group hurriedly walked by, and the manservant who was carrying the lantern in front said to the middle-aged man sitting in the basket: "Doctor Zhang, when I arrived, I don't know how my little boy is now, alas, it's really urgent!" ”

The middle-aged man in the basket is Zhang Jingyang, a famous doctor in Yongfeng, Lu Hanlin's grandson is seriously ill, of course he has to come overnight, and said: "It's no big deal, I can take a dose of medicine, and Xiao Lu Gongzi can be cured." ”

The footsteps were mixed, and the group ran to the Lu Mansion in the West Mountain, and the mountains and forests returned to silence.

Zeng Yu said to himself: "Doctor Zhang, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I caused you to run empty." ”

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