Yongfeng Zhixian Sizheng saw the famous thorn presented by Menzi, and the payment was made by Zeng Yu, a protégé under his rule, so he smiled and said to Lu Huai, who was sitting on the side: "Shi Weng, Zeng Yu has arrived, and he is still talking about him." ”

Lu Hanlin took the name sticker and looked at it, nodded and said: "Since he is called a student, that is to go to school, presumably Huang Tixue arranged for him to study in Fuxue, and blamed Confucianism in this county for not getting a note." ”

Sizhi County asked Master Yang to welcome Zeng Yu in on his behalf, and said to Lu Hanlin: "The note from the government and the household department about Zeng Yu's exemption from military service has arrived early, in addition to Zeng Yu's own exemption from forced labor, you can also exempt the Zeng family from two ding's errands, I don't know who Zeng Yu wants to exempt from military service?" ”

The burden of conscription in the Ming Dynasty was heavy, and each strong man always had to bear more than 20 days of errand every year, such as building roads and embankments, etc., which did not include the time delayed on the road.

Lu Hanlin said: "Zeng Yu only has two brothers, and his brother is a doctor in the county's nursing home. ”

After waiting for a moment, Master Yang led Zeng Yu in, Zeng Yu visited Sizhi County with an apprenticeship, called "teacher", this is the rule, and saluted Lu Hanlin, Sizhi County saw that Zeng Yu was young, asked Zhicai to be twenty years old, and exclaimed: "Young Junyan, the future is immeasurable, Shi Weng Bole also, a letter of recommendation, so that Zeng Sheng has less three years of suffering." ”

Lu Huai said with a smile: "How dare the old man take credit, this is his own make-up examination, and it is really difficult for him." Because he asked about Zeng Yu's experience in Fuxue, he learned that Jiang Yuanrui was scolded by Governor Lin's cane, and shook his head and said disdainfully: "This kind of Sven scum is ugly." ”

Si Zhixian said: "I have also heard about that case, and I have ordered the household warden to recalculate the forced labor that Jiang Yuanrui should bear, and all those who were previously exempted will be recovered." He also asked Zeng Yu which two dings he wanted to be exempted from, and Zeng Yu reported the name of his eldest brother Zeng Qian.

After talking for a long time, it was already the end of the Shen period, Sizhi County stayed Lu Hanlin and Zeng Yu to eat in the house, and let people go to the county to learn to invite Sun Jiaoyu to a banquet together, during the banquet, Sizhi County and Sun Jiaoyu respectively asked Zeng Yu some knowledge of the epic endowment, Zeng Yu replied like a stream, Sizhi County said happily: "It is worthy of being a person who appreciates Shi Weng, not only Shi Wenjia, but also through the epic endowment, and the future life is terrifying, and the autumn and spring of the next year are expected to be successful." ”

Sizhi County instructed to go down and reward Zeng Shengren with six taels of anointing fire silver, a horse of fine arrowroot, a horse of large velvet cocoon silk, and a high-grade lead mountain with four pieces of paper and five knives——

After the meal, drinking tea and chatting for a while, seeing that the sky was dark, Sun Jiaoyu resigned first, and Lu Hanlin invited Zeng Yu to Xishan to rest the night.

Zeng Yu thanked Sizhi County, received the reward of money and paper, and let Xiao Xi Sixi hold it, Lu Hanlin took a sedan chair, Zeng Yu walked, a servant of Lu Mansion and Sixi followed, went out of the county gate, and walked past the Shenming Pavilion, but saw Xie Mantang and Xie Zidan waiting by the pavilion with lanterns-

Previously, Xie Mantang was reprimanded by Master Yang, and did not dare to disobey the order, so he took the servant who beat Zeng Yu to play the board, did not dare to show favoritism, and beat the twenty boards solidly, and did not dare to release people for a while

Remembering that Zeng Yu said that he would let Xie Mantang, the warden of the criminal department, not succeed, the more Xie Mantang thought about it, the more panicked he became, and scolded his younger brother Xie Zidan, Xie Zidan swollen half of his face and said aggrievedly: "I don't know how he became a showman, he beat me first-"

Xie Mantang sighed, and asked Xie Zidan to wait in front of the yamen with him, waiting for Zeng Yu to come out and apologize with kind words, and the Xie servant who had been hit by twenty boards also asked people to wait on the side, waiting for more than an hour, it was dark, and finally saw Zeng Yu come out, Xie Mantang hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Brother Jiu Lixian, I have offended a lot before, and I have severely punished Zidan and the evil servant who does not know the number of etiquette——"

Zeng Yu waved his hand and said, "That's it, I don't care anymore." "Stride beside Lu Hanlin's sedan chair.

Although Zeng Yu said that he didn't care, Xie Mantang could rest assured, took the lantern from the servant's hand and said: "Brother Jiu Lixian, you have no other relatives in the county, so go to the cold house to rest the night, our in-laws, don't give birth." ”

Zeng Yu smiled and thought: "It's just a showman, is it worth being so condescending, in the past, the threshold of your Xie family was very high." He declined: "Thank you, I'll go to Xishan Lu Hanlin Mansion to rest the night."

Xie Mantang was stunned for a moment, stopped, Lu Hanlin is the number one squire in this county, not only Yongfeng County, but also Guangxin Mansion has to consult Lu Hanlin's opinion if there are any major official affairs to be implemented, Xie Mantang knows that the county has invited Lu Hanlin to discuss the construction of water conservancy this winter, and it is Lu Hanlin who is sitting in this small sedan chair, and he knows the Lu servant who is following the sedan chair, Zeng Yu actually has such a friendship with Lu Hanlin

Xie Mantang felt very lost, he has been a warden for many years, the successive county officials have invited him to dinner, and the warden is only half a grade higher than the messenger, all of them are for the county to call, the officials are officials, the officials are officials, they can't be compared at all, such as Lu Hanlin, such as Lu Hanlin, he can't get acquainted, Xie Mantang realized the huge gap between himself and Zeng Yu, and his heart was uneven, lost, worried, doubtful, and frightened......

Zeng Yu naturally didn't know that there was still so much sentimentality in Xie Mantang, he followed Lu Hanlin to the Lu Mansion in Xishan, Lu Hanlin called his grandson out to thank Zeng Yu for his virtue of saving that day, and then went to the study to make tea and chat, Lu Hanlin asked Zeng Yu about his future plans, Zeng Yu said that he was going to settle down in Shangrao, and he was looking for a nearby museum to teach and support his mother-

Sitting in the hall as a teacher or going to the gentry's house to do a west seat is Zeng Yu's real plan, teaching and educating people, it is very challenging, but it is not a challenging problem to read to Yan Shifan's son, but it is extremely risky, but think about it easily, even if Yan Song and Yan Shifan's father and son are convicted, they are not all copied, it seems that only Yan Shifan was killed, so there is no need to worry too much, of course, it is better not to go to Fenyi, it is most convenient to find a rich child near Shangrao to teach, now, his reputation is also there, it should not be difficult to find a museum-

Lao Hanlin Lu Huai said: "It's next year's autumn in a blink of an eye, you still have to concentrate on reading and writing, it's not good for you to study, your Bagu literature is more than enough, but if you want to be successful, it's hard to say that you are sure, and you have to sharpen it——"

Zeng Yuwei said yes.

Lu Huai said again: "If you are poor at home, the old man can subsidize you with some money and food every month." ”

Zeng Yu said gratefully: "Thank you, old man, the student still has money to live, because of that couplet, Zhang Dazhen gave sixty taels of silver, and Huang Tixue said that at the end of the year, he will come to Guangxin Mansion to preside over the annual examination, if the student can be in the first class, the student will be allowed to eat, and the student must work hard to be in the first class." ”

Lu Huai said with a smile: "Zhang Dazhen's rich resources are rich, well, you can eat the best, don't go to the museum to find an errand before the township test next year, why don't you live a poor life, if you don't hit the autumn, then the old man will find a good hall for you." ”

Lu Hanlin really has nothing to say about Zeng Yu's love and reward for the descendants of his fellow villagers, Zeng Yu is grateful.

Early the next morning, Zeng Yu bid farewell to Lu Hanlin, and was ready to go to the county Confucianism to see Sun Jiaoyu and rushed back to Shangrao, today is July 19, and his mother is afraid that he is waiting a little anxiously, he originally said that he will go back in three or four days.

Sixi carried a large package, although the package was large, most of the clothes were not very heavy, but it was heavier with the two pieces of cloth and five knife paper given by Sizhi County yesterday, but Sixi was happy, and he was also excited about carrying a heavy package of forty or fifty pounds, and this little Xi was strong -

Out of the foothills of the West Mountain to the bank of Fengxi, the red sun is early, the autumn water is clear, the master and servant duo went to the south gate port to hire a small boat to go to Shangrao, Zeng Yu said: "Sixi you are waiting on the boat, I will go to the county Confucianism to meet Sun Jiaoyu, the etiquette is just a scene, and I will come back soon." Then he said to the boatman: "I am tired of waiting for half an hour." ”

Seeing that it was a talented minister, the boat family said repeatedly: "Wait, wait, please wait." ”

Zeng Yu entered from the south gate, bought a bundle of laziness, walked a mile to the county Confucianism, met with Sun Jiaoyu, Sun Jiaoyu praised a few words, Confucianism has nothing else, that is, the four treasures of the study, the instructor also has the right to dispose of it, so Zeng Yu left the county school and got a few knives on the good lead mountain paper, this Zeng Yu is not too much, practice calligraphy, painting is very paper-intensive, before buying more paper to recruit sister-in-law Xie Shi's white eyes, can only buy some cheap raw edge paper, parchment paper, this kind of good even four paper can not afford to buy, now you can happily splash ink -

Walked back to the port outside the south gate, but saw a group of people standing on the shore of the small boat he hired, and when he got closer, Xie Mantang and Xie Zidan were all there, and there was a white-haired old man, who was his eldest brother Zeng Qian's father-in-law, Xie Yuanwai, the old shopkeeper of the largest crude medicine shop in the county-

These people of the Xie family saw Zeng Yu coming, and they all hugged him to make a move, Xie Yuan said: "Nephew Lixian, since you have arrived in the county, how can you live elsewhere, today the old man is here to invite the nephew of Lixian to our house as a guest, the nephew must not refuse, give the old man a little face." ”

Zeng Yu had a vague impression of the eldest brother Zeng Qian's father-in-law, who had only met once when his father died when Xie Yuanwai came to Ishida for a funeral, how could Xie Yuanwai pay attention to him at that time, but today he rushed to the port to invite him to be a guest, and there is really a world of difference between China and not Xiucai——

"Daddy Xie, the junior originally promised Jiaci that he would rush back yesterday, but he didn't dare to delay any longer, Daddy Xie was kind to the junior." Zeng Yu politely refused.

Zeng Yu's words were not angry, but Xie and his son were not at ease, Zeng Yu had to show goodwill, they always had worries, Xie Mantang asked the servant who was waiting in the house last night, Si County Zun attached great importance to this new Zeng Xiucai, and rewarded him, Lu Hanlin regarded Zeng Yu as a little friend, Xie Mantang also learned a secret: Si County asked Lu Hanlin to write the inscription of Xiuxian County, Lu Hanlin actually asked Zeng Yu to write it, which shows the appreciation of Zeng Yu's talent -

Xie Yuanwai and Xie Mantang tried their best to invite Zeng Yu to be a guest, Zeng Yu didn't want to go at all, he was so entangled that he couldn't do it, and said bluntly: "Daddy Xie, I have a little trouble with Xie Zidan, I beat him, it's not that I don't show mercy, it's really Xie Zidan's verbal insult and family kindness, I can't bear it, I'm a frank person, I will fight if I fight, as long as he doesn't hold grudges, I won't care anymore, how can I say that everyone is still in-law, there is no need to make it impossible to see each other, right, Daddy Xie?" ”

Xie Yuan claimed that it was, and scolded Xie Zidan in front of Zeng Yu, but Xie Zidan lowered his head and said nothing.

Since Zeng Yu was in a hurry and couldn't go to Xie's house as a guest, Xie Yuanwai ordered the servant to carry up the two large gift boxes, regardless of Zeng Yu's resignation, and carried them to the boat

Make up for yesterday's shift, and there is another shift in the early morning.