"Shen Gongzi, can you solve this question?" Tang Mo'er seemed to be smiling, a little proud in her heart, and she had a sense of accomplishment to be able to come up with such a digression; Seeing that even his father praised the talented man who was deflated, the sense of accomplishment was even heavier.

Shen Ao exhaled, eager to find a crack in the ground to get into, frowned, and said, "I'll think about it again." ”

Thinking about this, Mrs. Tang had even made dinner, if it weren't for Tang Mo'er knowing the difficulty of this question, I was afraid that others would still think that Shen Ao wanted to come to eat together!

Mrs. Tang put away the dining table, wiped her greasy hand on the apron twice, and said to Shen Ao: "Shen Ao, I'm going to eat here tonight, I'm afraid that our family's food won't suit your taste." ”

Shen Aoru sat down like an old monk, but he was in a trance for a while, and only hummed. Tang Mo'er said: "Mother, don't worry about this for now, Shen Gongzi is thinking of a way to solve the problem." ”

Mrs. Tang can quite understand, there is a nerdy husband and a nerdy daughter, this kind of thing is also common, so she tiptoed to serve the meal, their family is not big, there is not even a special dining room, all entertainment, meals, and sitting are in this small hall.

After finishing these things, he urged Shen Ao to say: "If there is a question that can't be solved for a while, wait until you have eaten to think about it, it is important to eat first." ”

Shen Ao's eyes suddenly lit up: "There is!" Eyebrows fluttered and said to Tang Mo'er: "The king equalizes the wealth of the world, and he is only born with Taoism." With this sentence to solve the problem, what does the young lady think? ”

Tang Mo'er pondered for a moment and said, "The problem is not detailed enough, how to supplement the topic?" ”

With the problem solved, the rest will be easy to do, Shen Ao shook his head and said: "The husband and wealth cannot be gathered and can be born, and the life has its own avenue, but it can be said in vain that "the outside is the inside and the end"? ”

This sentence made Tang Mo'er's eyes light up with appreciation, and said: "It's well broken, and the topic is also excellent." It means that governing the country should be based on fighting for people, and the way to fight for people is to be virtuous, and the so-called virtue is to treat the people with benevolence, and the people are willing to belong, and with the people, they have everything, land and wealth. It is necessary for people to pay attention to the order of governing the country, first cultivate virtue, and focus on how to cultivate virtue.

In this era, it is not allowed to speak of wealth, and if you say wealth, you fall into the inferior class, and you are not a gentleman; However, this topic is obviously wealth, and it is impossible to deviate from the main purpose of breaking the topic and undertaking the topic, so Shen Ao turned small wealth into big wealth, and private wealth was said to be the treasury, so that the truth of governing the country was derived.

The latter sentence of the outer book and the inner end is to fight for the people; Shen Ao quoted an allusion from "University", and the meaning of the title is: The people will compete for the outside and the inside. When the people contend, they will be scattered. It can be seen that righteousness and profit cannot go hand in hand, and people and wealth cannot go hand in hand. If the outside is the end of the inside, gathering wealth on the top, although the wealth is gathered, but the heart of the world is lost, then the people are all detached from virtue and rebel against it, and those who have not gathered wealth and the people are also gathered. If it is the inner and outer end, the wealth is scattered below, although the wealth is scattered, it has won the heart of the world; If you win the hearts of the people, are you still afraid that you will not have wealth?

Shen Ao solved the problem, he was in a good mood, and said, "I'm hungry, eat, eat." He wasn't polite at all, anyway, Mrs. Tang had already prepared the dishes and chopsticks.

Mrs. Tang said, "Slow down, eat ...... slowly" Although she said so, she smiled with love when she looked at Shen Ao gobbling up.

After eating enough, it was not early, Shen Ao got up to say goodbye, Mrs. Tang would not stay longer, but just taught Tang Mo'er to send him out, after all, there were only two female dependents in this house, and it was not good to stay too late.

Tang Mo'er carried a handmade lantern to send Shen Ao out of the courtyard, the snowflakes in the night were smaller, but the night wind was tight, and he handed over an oil umbrella to Shen Ao, and said, "You don't want to be a hero again, you can use this oil umbrella." ”

Shen Ao took the umbrella, looked at the dark sky, the silver snowflakes fell, and there was a bone-chilling chill in the air, and he smiled: "Miss Tang should also rest earlier, this umbrella will be returned to you later." ”

Tang Mo'er bit her lip: "Your article is very good, it seems that the matter of the art examination, Jingyi is not a problem, sometimes Mo'er is very envious of you, you can do what you want to do." ”

Shen Ao smiled and held up the oil umbrella: "Mo'er thinks that what the student wants to do is only the exam? ”

Tang Mo'er didn't answer, but there was a hint of confusion in her eyes!

Shen Ao laughed and said: "What I want to do most is to marry seven or eight wives, live in the most luxurious house, and have the power to protect my family, other than that, it is estimated that there is nothing in the world that can attract me." In the hands of the world, drunk and lying on the knees of beautiful women, haha...... Miss Tang goodbye. ”

A figure hurrying away, disappearing into the night, the people under the umbrella gradually disappeared, the steps seem to be brisk, but in the brisk, there is a kind of loneliness that is difficult to hide.

Tang Mo'er leaned against the courtyard gate, staring at the dark night in a daze, her deep beautiful eyes flashed slightly, and she became indescribably wise in the night, and whispered to the night when her back disappeared: "Shen Ao, you are lying." ”

…………………………………………………… Back at the house, Deng Long was startled, it turned out that Shen Ao went out in the morning, he slipped away to avoid him, and he couldn't find anyone for a whole day, Deng Long thought something had happened, and when he saw him come back, he sighed.

Day by day, the noise gradually accumulated and fell silent, and this year is about to end.

During this period of time, Shen Ao hung up the free guest card, no longer went to entertain guests, and devoted himself to studying the scriptures and calligraphy and painting, which was not only determined to take the test, but also naturally wanted to strive for the top, and it was not enough to rely on luck alone, and hard work was essential.

Zhou Zheng heard that Shen Ao wanted to take the art exam, so he deliberately found a lot of Jingyi Fan Wenlai, he didn't understand how to write and paint, but there were a lot of Jingyi Fan Wen in his study, and he was originally intended to use it for his children and grandchildren, but his own children and grandchildren were not angry, so he had to cheapen this nephew.

With these model essays, Shen Ao does not desperately memorize like other readers, but to understand the thinking methods of some classic model essays, such as a question, Fan Wen uses this method to solve the problem, whether it is appropriate, where is appropriate, and how to deal with it if he changes himself. What is the structure of the topic, can there be a better way to start the lecture?

He pondered things, meticulous to the extreme, otherwise in the future generations, he would not be the best among the art thieves, behind any success, there are countless hard sweat and meticulous observation, these two points, Shen Ao is not lacking, for him, the study of scriptures, and he learned the skills of art thieves in the past, it is nothing more than the hard work and seriousness of the four words.

When he was tired of studying, he went to the Buddhist hall to talk to his wife, and his wife always talked about going to Lingyin Temple, and Shen Ao also remembered the little novice and the little dragon, so he smiled and said to his wife: "After the New Year, we will go."

Mrs. said: "The art exam is coming, you should rest at home and read a book, so you don't need to accompany my old bones." ”

Shen Ao said with a smile: "It's not okay to blindly study, take the time to relax, walk around, and only then can you cope with the exam with the greatest energy." ”

This sentence was quite effective, and the lady nodded her head: "Okay, you will go with me in a while." ”

After the Lantern Festival, the noise finally returned to the desert, although the joy of the festival has not passed, the firecracker ashes on the street still have remnants, the streets are crowded with people, bidding farewell to the old year, and everyone has begun to run for livelihood again.

The number of scholars in other places has gradually increased, the major inns have long been full, and even the business with the elegant mountain house is also rising, most of the handsome people from all over the country are rushing to the art examination, among which many famous and talented people are high-spirited, and they have to add countless ink paintings and calligraphy in the wine shop, tea shop, and inn.

Early in the morning, the carriages and horses outside the Guogong Mansion were ready, Liu Wen was full of spirits, taught people to prepare a large box of gifts to carry on the car, and went into the inner mansion to ask for instructions, after a while, Mrs. Zhou Ruo and Shen Ao came out and got into the carriage together, the groom raised his whip, and several carriages walked slowly and went out of the city. (About Lingyin Temple, I'm really sorry, I forgot to check the information for a while, and there was such a mistake.) This way in the past, are both strange and familiar landscapes, Lingyin Temple, Shen Ao has been to once, there are some impressions, but spring to winter, the landscape along the way has changed, the distant pine forest was originally lush, but now it is slightly withered, occasionally birds fly by, it is also very rare.

When you arrive at the mountain gate, you will be greeted by a little novice, and go up the mountain along the stone steps, Mrs. is in great interest, and said to Shen Ao: "Later, you will go to incense, ask the Bodhisattva to bless you in high school, and then go to draw a lot to see how the luck is." ”

Shen Ao nodded and said, "Cousin should go too, but I don't know what wish my cousin plans to make." ”

Zhou Ruo was worried all the way, and when he heard Shen Ao speak, he said with a slightly hesitant face: "I haven't thought about it yet." ”

The lady smiled slightly: "You also pray to the Bodhisattva to let your cousin go to high school!" ”

Zhou Ruo held his wife's hand and said coquettishly: "Mother, how can there be a petition that must be said in advance." ”

Madame's smile became even thicker, and she said, "Okay, okay, I won't say it." ”

Halfway through the mountain road, Mrs. was already a little tired, rested for a while at a welcome pavilion on the mountainside, looked at the crowd of people who went up the mountain, and said: "Shen Ao, look at it, there are many students in the temple today, and many of them must also participate in the art examination." ”

Shen Ao nodded, thinking to himself, so many people came to ask the Bodhisattva to bless their high school, the Bodhisattva is very tired! I immediately laughed in my heart, and I couldn't help but be a little cold.

Zhou Ruo said: "Cousin, what are you laughing at." ”

Shen Ao hurriedly put on a straight face and said, "I'm thinking, may the Bodhisattva open his eyes, don't bless these people in high school, just bless me." ”

Zhou Ruo looked at Shen Ao with disdain, and said angrily: "How can there be a person like you." ”

Madame smiled: "Such a mind is unacceptable, sincerity is spiritual, as long as the heart is sincere, the Bodhisattva is willing to bless, you have such an idea, absolutely not." ”

Shen Ao sighed, the three of them continued to go up the mountain, the temple gate to welcome the novice saw the lady, still led the three to the apse, the original front hall is for tourists to visit the Buddha, the apse is the place where the VIP listens to the Buddha and worships the Buddha, the most secluded but, it seems that the lady donates a lot of sesame oil money every year.

Bypass the Daxiong Treasure Palace, a brilliant building in the apse is revealed, the plaque is written with three words of the Tianwang Palace, the temple door is enshrined is a Maitreya statue, and then go inside, it is all kinds of King Kong standing, in the depths of the main hall, the incense is swirling, a big Buddha sits facing the west, indescribable quiet and gentle.

The bell echoed, Shami sent incense, Shen Ao obediently went to worship, and prayed silently to the Buddha: "Please bless the Bodhisattva, bless the second development of this son, the body is great, the longer the more handsome, the wife is like a cloud, the family wealth is thousands, bless me to be a big official, only I deceive people, no one deceives me." Bodhisattva, although my buddy doesn't believe you very much, but this sentence is sincere, if you really have a spirit in the sky, you must not forget this little request made by a layman in the mortal world......"

After some nonsense, he put incense on the altar in an orderly manner, and retreated to his wife's side, who only said that he was asking the Bodhisattva to bless the art examination, so he didn't ask much, and he twisted the Buddha beads in his hand with unspeakable sincerity.

Zhou Ruo also prayed, the three of them went to the door of the temple, an old monk sat still for a long time, like a dream to wake up, when the three approached, Gao Xuan Buddha said: "The three donors are going to draw lots?" ”

The lady said, "Let this nephew smoke first." ”

The old monk asked: "I don't know if the son wants to ask about the future or marriage." ”

In front of his wife, Shen Ao naturally didn't want to ask about marriage, and thought to himself, when he had time, his buddy would secretly ask how many wives he could marry.

Shen Ao looked at the old monk and said: "I'm still very young, and I'm still studying, I don't want to think about such a dirty thing as marriage. ”

Shen Ao's answer provoked Mrs. to nod again and again, every word he said was in Mrs. 's heart, he was still young, he shouldn't ask about marriage, and it was the big reason to ask more about the future.

Zhou Ruo snorted coldly in his heart, and read a sentence silently: "Hypocrisy!" ”

The old monk glanced at Shen Ao, then brought the sign holder for the table, and said, "Please ask the son to draw one." ”

Shen Ao was happy in his heart, he met his peers, saying that in his previous life, he was secretly abducted and deceived, and it was common for him to be accompanied by some masters or something to babble about other people's money, it seems that thousands of years ago, his peers were really a lot, one is more powerful than the other; Stretched out his hand, pulled out a stick, and only looked at it and wrote: "The flowers are hit by the rain when they are blooming, and the moon is clouded when the moon is bright." The message is that the peach and the plum smile at each other, and there is a time when the clouds open and the rain falls. ”

Shen Ao handed it to the old monk and said, "Please ask the senior monk to take a look for the boy." ”

The old monk looked at the sign and said, "This is the sign, son, congratulations." ”

Shen Ao smiled in his heart, buddy is amazing, he got a sign as soon as he drew it, and asked, "I don't know what to do with this sign?" ”

The old monk said: "It's about the ill-fated son of the child, the current situation of the son is like a flower to bloom but hit by heavy rain, the moon is about to shine, but it is covered by clouds and mist, but these ** can not cover the light of the childe, there will be a day, will be able to clear the clouds and see the clouds, the clouds will stop and the rain will live." ”

Madame's eyes lit up and said: "What the senior monk said is that some time ago, Shen Ao did suffer a lot of setbacks, but I don't know when it will be before I can see the clouds and say that the clouds will stop and the rain will live?" ”

The old monk said: "It shouldn't be far away." ”

Shen Ao was speechless, the old guy was full of words like maybe, should be, it was clear that he was fooling, if he didn't pass the exam, he would definitely say that he would have to wait, if it was high school, he must have said that this sign worked very well, anyway, no matter what, he was reasonable.