Zeng Yu returned to the inn in the evening, Xiao Xi Sixi had been waiting anxiously, there were more than 100 taels of silver in the guest room for him to guard, it was really and peeing to run to come, the poor child had never seen so much silver, as if he was facing the enemy, he guarded very tightly, and heard the shopkeeper who came back from watching the excitement before saying that he saw Zeng Gongzi wearing a Xiucai scarf and riding a hairpin to parade through the street, Sixi was very annoyed that he could not witness the young master's majestic appearance, and then saw that the young master was back, and he was really wearing a square scarf on his head, wearing a fine grid shirt, and a soap silk soft towel around his waist, The soap edge is neat, the big sleeves are fluttering, and the clothes of those talents commonly seen in Yongfeng in his hometown are the same, this little Xi Yu cried happily-

The owner of the shop came to say hello to Zeng Yu, Zeng Yu was also polite, and asked Sixi to go to the banquet with him, he was going to leave Yichun tomorrow, and Jing Yi and a few friends wanted to go for him.

Sixi put more than 100 taels of silver into a blanket and tied it around his waist, followed Zeng Yu to a nearby restaurant for a big meal, and left his hometown of Shitian for almost two months.

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Early in the morning of June 13, Zeng Yu's master and servant were freshened up, Zeng Yu still wore a square scarf and a shirt, he wanted to see off Huang Tixue together with the new students in Yuanzhou, Huang Tixue's schedule was very tight, although his health was not good, he still couldn't delay more, and he had to rush to Linjiang Mansion to preside over the hospital examination with illness.

Jing Yi, Liu Xingzhi and others went to the inn to meet Zeng Yu first, and only after hearing the sound of shouting at the north gate did they get up and rushed to the Zhuangyuanzhou Wharf to send off the grandmaster.

Zeng Yu stepped forward to kneel down to say goodbye to his teacher, and implored his teacher to take care of his body.

Huang Tixue sighed with a smile: "If you want to eliminate the evils for Shengming, you are willing to decay and cherish the old years, and live in the official to work hard." He also advised: "Zeng Sheng, your writing is ready, next year's township test old man will be waiting for you in Nanchang, in the next few days, you still have to keep improving, concentrate on grinding, don't be young and frivolous, and refuse to concentrate on studying when you go to school." ”

Of course, Zeng Yu said that he would like to follow the teachings of his teacher, and saw that the official ship of the School Department went north along Yuan Shui, and Huang Tixue wanted to go to Linjiang Mansion first, and then press Linji'an, Nan'an, Ganzhou, and Jianchang Mansion, and returned to the provincial capital Nanchang It was about September in the golden autumn, Zeng Yu was quite worried about Huang Tixue's body, and he had previously entrusted the reading affairs to Ling Fengqu and other staff, and now there was this fraud case, and Huang Tixue had to do many things himself-

Sent away the grandmaster, all the beings dispersed, Zeng Yu returned to the inn to settle the house money to the store, changed into a scarf and shirt, put on the original Qingjin, carried the book, and went on the road with Sixi, Jing Yi had found a cargo ship transporting lacquerware on behalf of Zeng Yu, and took Zeng Yu's master and servant to divide the Yi without collecting a penny, which of course was to see the face of Jing Yi, a freshly baked student-

Zeng Yu's master and servant got on the cargo ship, Jing Yi stood on the shore and waved goodbye, and said loudly: "Brother Jiu Li, next year, when the fragrance of Guizi is fragrant, we will meet in the provincial capital, meet again for a glass of wine, and discuss each other in detail." ”

Zeng Yu said: "It must be, if my brother can't go to Nanchang to take the test, I will also ask my classmates and friends to bring letters to Brother Yuan." ”

Jing Yi said: "What kind of letter to bring, come by yourself, the township test is once every three years, is there anything more important than this." ”

Zeng Yu smiled: "There are so many things that are more important than the imperial examination-"

Jing Yi also smiled and said: "Yes, the virtuous brother is not married yet, this is very important, the virtuous brother returned to his hometown this time, married his wife early, and then concentrated on the imperial examination." ”

Zeng Yu agreed with a smile, only to hear Jing Yi say again: "If it weren't for the long distance and the inconvenience of the transmission of messages, the foolish brother would really want to go to Yongfeng to drink your happy wine." ”

The two parted ways.

The cargo ship full of Yichun lacquerware went down the river, and Zeng Yu at the stern looked at Jing Yi standing on the pier, his heart was warm, and he walked through a place to make some friends instead of leaving a group of enemies, so that the road would be wider and wider.

At the end of the afternoon of the same day, the cargo ship loaded with lacquerware was temporarily moored at the Dongmen Wharf of Fenyi County, and after the master and servant of Zeng Yu carried their luggage ashore, the cargo ship continued to sail offshore, and the destination of the cargo ship was Nanchang.

A round of red sun from the west of the mountain top is still a pole high, the heat is still fierce, the green dragon lying wave like the Wannian Bridge spans both sides of the Yuan water, not far away from the trees of the Gang Ridge are verdant, it is said that Yan Song had a summer study on the ridge when he was a teenager, the scenery of the mountains and rivers is no different from half a month ago, but Zeng Yu's mood is very different, this round trip of more than 2,000 miles of hard work is not in vain, a scholar is very critical to whether to go to school or not, like his family background, if he can't go to school, then it is likely to sink to the bottom of the society, worry about firewood, rice, oil and salt all day long, Life is less interesting -

Sixi suddenly sighed and said: "Alas, it would be great if you could go back to your hometown directly, but you have to delay here - young master, do you really want to read to that Yan Gongzi?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "Deal with it first, even if you are a companion, it is not now, you have to wait until I return to my hometown to settle my mother and Niuniu." ”

Sixi said: "Didn't Doctor Xue say that many people are rushing to be Yanfu's companions, and the young master will give this companion to those people." "Sixi is in a hurry to return to Guangxin Mansion, the young master is now a showman, look at how Jiang Yuanrui and Xie Zidan are still alive, and there are nearly one hundred and forty taels of silver in their pockets, the young master has both fame and fortune.

Zeng Yu said: "I can't help it, Yan Shilang has the final say." ”

Sixi looked at Zeng Yu's face and asked, "The young master always has a clever plan to deal with it, doesn't he?" ”

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "There is no clever plan, it is nothing more than to take one step at a time, be cautious, and don't take the wrong path." ”

The master and servant carried heavy luggage from the east gate of Fenyi County into the north gate, at this time the sun had set not far away outside the Xigang, bamboo trees, pavilions scattered Yan Shifan villa "Jichang Garden" in sight, Sixi asked: "Young master, are we going to the garden over there or to Jieqiao Village?" ”

The strange and wonderful figure of the female nun Lu Miao thinking about the bald head flashed in her heart, Zeng Yu hesitated for a moment, and said: "Let's go to the garden first, there are more than twenty miles to Jieqiao Village, I don't know if Father Lu is still in the garden?" ”

There is a section of the slope road up the mountain to go to the "Jichang Garden", the road is more than five feet wide, only allowing a carriage to pass by, the master and servant walk on this uphill road, but there is a carriage coming behind, the coachman shouted "let one let let one let one let", but the weeds and rocks on both sides of the road are not easy to avoid, Zeng Yu master and servant two only speed up the pace to rush to the "Jichang Garden", two carriages also stopped at the gate of the garden, a person who looks like a steward jumped out of the car, there is a disgusted look at the two Zeng Yu master and servant, Zeng Yu bowed his waist and carried a heavy book, Sweaty, the image is naturally not very handsome and chic, as if he is a coolie-

"Why don't you give way?" The man in charge asked coldly.

Zeng Yu twisted his neck, and backhanded the back rope with a book on his shoulder to both sides, the back rope was very uncomfortable, and he was about to answer, but the steward thought that Zeng Yu was deliberately ignoring him, and he was annoyed and shouted: "What are you, so rude!" ”

Zeng Yu listened to the accent of this steward who didn't seem to be from Jiangxi, and thought: "What is the origin of this steward, the tone is so impulsive, I don't think the stewards around Yan Shifan are so arrogant and domineering." "Look at the carriage behind me, there should be someone in the carriage, but I didn't get out of it.

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