Chapter 26: Newcomer Challenge
The new month has begun, and the outside of the grass house is full of spring, and the temperature is much higher than when Qin Mo first moved over.
Crash!
The door was pushed open from the outside, Qin Mo, who was in a state of deep sleep, opened his eyes, no need to guess who it was, except for Gu Meng, no one would visit early in the morning, let alone be so barbaric, he didn't even knock on the door, just broke in.
Looking at him with sleepy eyes, Gu Meng asked in a deep voice, "Are you awake?"
"Wake up, what's the matter?" he said, stretching.
"Do you have any money?" Gu Meng said solemnly, and then added, "Borrow some emergency first." ”
Qin Mo opened his eyes completely, stared at the handsome old face in front of him for a few seconds, and said, "You made the Qinglou girl's belly bigger?"
Gu Meng's eyes widened, and he blew his beard and glared: "Of course not, Dr. Ben is a teacher, how can he do such a depraved thing? Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and give me a few dozen taels first." ”
Qin Mo yawned heavily, returned from his awake state to the appearance of not waking up, and asked, "What did you just say?"
"Is there any money?"
"No, I'm talking about the previous sentence. ”
Gu Meng blinked, not knowing what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, but he still thought about it carefully and said, "Are you awake?"
"No!" Qin Mo burrowed back into the quilt and covered his head with the quilt.
Gu Meng gritted his teeth angrily and shouted, "Little rabbit, are you playing with me?"
Qin Mo re-exposed his head and said seriously: "Please, you have thought about it before you make money, if I have money, can I live in this place?"
Gu Meng looked suspicious and said: "Didn't you sell a poem before, it has spread in the county, a full two hundred taels of silver, and you are really black enough, and you will ask for two hundred taels when you open your mouth! Don't be so stingy, no matter what, you earned money in my name, I didn't ask you for dividends, I just borrowed from you, and I will pay you back." ”
Qin Mo shook his head: "It's not that I'm stingy, but it's spent! More than ninety percent fell into the pocket of the boss of Wenbaozhai, and the rest was used to buy all kinds of daily necessities...... Why don't you make another poem?"
After listening to his explanation, Gu Meng hung his head and said: "I really found the wrong person to borrow money, the day after tomorrow is the Shangsi Festival, as usual, our calligraphy branch is going to hold a Qushui Liuzhen Conference, this year it is my turn to preside over this matter, what can I do if I don't have money?"
Qushui Liuzhen, a very old literati activity, is highly regarded by calligraphers and scribes because of the "Orchid Pavilion Preface", which is known as the first book in the world, and is held every year.
This year is different from previous years, in order to enhance the status of the calligraphy branch, He Chang sincerely invited Xu Hao to participate.
Yesterday, Xu Hao ate Qin Mo's whole fish banquet and drank the wine that He Chang had treasured for 12 years.
The county magistrate is not a big official, but he is also a parent in the county, and he wants to be present at the scene, and the specifications of the conference will naturally be raised by a grade compared with previous years.
Because the other three branches did not participate, the expenses were borne by the branch of calligraphy, and there was a fixed amount of special funds every year, but due to the rising prices year after year, this money was not enough at all, and the extra part was paid by the organizers, and this habit has been formed for a long time.
Unable to borrow money from Qin Mo, Gu Meng went to He Chang to solve the problem.
After more than half an hour, Qin Mo came to the school.
As soon as he sat down, he accidentally saw the four treasures of the study on Xu Chengzhi's desk, and he couldn't help frowning.
Xu Chengzhi was expelled from the academy, and he had already rolled up the bed and got out yesterday, so there was no reason to leave the four treasures of the study room here.
And it is not difficult to see that every one of those things on the table is a fine product, which is more than one grade higher than the things used by Xu Chengzhi.
Who is such a tyrant?
A few people next to him were talking in a low voice: "Have you heard, I just transferred a child from Nanjing Fuwen and Dao College." ”
"Transferred from the prefectural academy to the county academy, crazy, right?"
Qin Mo also felt strange, the conditions of the government college were much better than those of the county college, and it was not reasonable for a person to go to a high place and flow to a low place.
"You don't know, the other party's purpose is very simple, it is to compete with us for the quota of the new child to enter the Holy Tower Enlightenment. ”
The children suddenly realized that according to the regulations, on March 15 every year, the top children in the academy have a chance to enter the Holy Tower, and the number of places is different according to the level of the academy.
For example, Xiayi County belongs to Chi County, and there are five places to enter the Holy Pagoda every year, but only one place is generated among the new children, and the remaining four are selected from the old children who have passed the government examination.
The status of Nanjing Mansion in the Great Song Dynasty is second only to Tokyo Bianliang, and the number of places is naturally much more than that of Xiayi County, but it is also a situation where there are more monks and less porridge, and the competition is very fierce, and the big family will use various ways to obtain places for the children of the clan.
But after all, the number of places is limited, and some people are destined to not be able to get it, so they will fight the idea of the county Wendao College below and compete with the children in the county school as transfer students.
This kind of thing is not uncommon, it happens almost every year, and the children who transfer from the prefecture or other county schools are generally quite strong, and they can enter the holy tower when they get a place, and then find an opportunity to return to their original school after completing the experience.
For this kind of open robbery, the students in the following counties are very dissatisfied, because the official and the hospital do not prohibit it, and in most cases, everyone is just complaining, and the place is robbed and can only blame themselves for not being as good as the transfer students.
A moment later, a young man dressed in a brocade scribe's costume walked into the school, his hair was combed neatly, he was wearing a blue and silver Dongpo scarf, the corners of his mouth rose in a larger arc, and he wanted to turn his nostrils to the sky, looking like no one in his eyes, and walked straight to his seat.
"Humph!"
Facing everyone's eyes, he snorted very disdainfully, then sat down, reached out and picked up the long song spring and autumn pen on the table and turned it around his fingertips.
The children are a little dwarfed, because the brushes of the entire children's class are not as expensive as this one.
After a while, Gu Meng walked in with a book in his hand, and first swept his gaze to every corner of the school, which was his habitual action, and he had to come again before each class.
The transfer student hurriedly put away his arrogant expression and changed it to a fake and modest expression, it seemed that he was very aware of Gu Meng's status in the county school and calligraphy world.
Gu Meng opened his mouth and said: "Today, there is one less student in the children's class, and everyone must already know what is going on, so Dr. Ben will not say much. At the same time, there is also one more academy in the class, I believe everyone has also seen it, so please introduce him himself. ”
The young man in brocade stood up, first bowed his hand to Gu Meng, and then said in an unhurried tone: "My name is Zhang Wenqi, I am a new child of Nanjing Mansion Wendao College, from the Zhang family of Nanjing Prefecture, the ancestor Zhang Quhua is the second champion of the Great Song Dynasty, the calligraphy of the void saint, the official worship of Hebei transfer envoy; ”
It turned out to be a child of a wealthy family, no wonder he was so arrogant, and the children looked at him with envy.
There is only one exception, and that is Qin Mo.
In the Great Song Dynasty, the family was divided into two categories and four classes, and the family generally refers to a family and its descendants, according to the number and rank of the current scribes of the family, it is divided into four levels: large households, famous families, wealthy families and families.
The clan is one level larger than the family in terms of number and other aspects, and is divided into four levels: the big clan, the wang clan, the wealthy clan and the noble.
The previous Xu Chengzhi was born in the Xu family in Xiayi County, and the Xu family was a famous family before, but there has been no one with a bachelor's degree or above for many years, and it has become a large family.
There is no name in Xiayi County, and the big families are already very good existences, let alone the wealthy families.
Qin Mo looks down on the guy who relies on the shadow of his ancestors, in addition to blood, no matter how powerful the ancestors are, does it have a dime to do with you descendants?
There is another person pouting, it is Gu Meng.
Gu Meng also doesn't like this kind of gate valve disciple very much, whether he has the strength is another matter, he is always proud of the achievements of his ancestors, as his arrogant capital.
Although he chose to bow his head to the powerful back then, it did not prevent him from feeling disgusted.
Zhang Wenqi thought that Gu Meng would praise the Zhang family a few words, and even thought of a modest rhetoric, but Gu Meng didn't accept it at all, and directly began to teach today's coursework.
Time passed quickly, and when it was close to noon, the school was over, and Gu Meng left the school with his books in his hands.
Qin Mo, like everyone else, began to clean up the stationery on the table.
Suddenly, a figure appeared beside him, blocking the window not far away, and the light dimmed.
He raised his head, it was Zhang Wenqi, a transfer student.
"You are Qin Mo, this year's double-top boy?" Zhang Wenqi's tone had a strong sense of disdain.
Qin Mo frowned slightly and said, "I'm Qin Mo." ”
Zhang Wenqi smiled contemptuously, his face was full of arrogance, and he hummed: "It is said that you are the most powerful person in the children's class, do you dare to compete with me, if you lose, the most powerful title will belong to me." ”
Qin Mo lowered his head and concentrated on packing up the stationery.
Zhang Wenqi thought he was afraid, the corners of his mouth involuntarily rose, and his tone turned to ridicule: "Don't dare? It's better to be famous than to meet, everyone is saying that Xiayi County has a double-class boy, which is rare to see in a hundred years, but in my opinion, it's just Erer! But it's not strange to think about it, in a small place like Xiayi County, there has never been any talent, it's just a lame general." ”
These words were extremely excessive, and all the children around them expressed disbelief, and some clenched their fists, but because they were afraid of Zhang Wenqi's family identity, they dared not speak out.
Qin Mo packed up his stationery, raised his head and glanced at the other party, and said, "Who do you think you are?" Are the descendants of the champion amazing, since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, there have been no less than 100 champions, and there are countless of their descendants, you are just one of them, and it is the kind that is not well known, and it is not too late for you to be arrogant when you win the champion." Delusional to challenge me, don't see if I'm qualified enough, good dogs don't get in the way, get out of the way!"
After saying that, he stood up, exuding a powerful momentum all over his body.
Zhang Wenqi was directly stunned, let alone in a small county in Xiayi, even in Nanjing City, no one dared to talk to him like this.
Facing the powerful momentum released by Qin Mo, he involuntarily took two steps back and made a way.
Qin Mo walked away, and the children showed excitement on their faces, which was really relieved!
After a long while, Zhang Wenqi came back to his senses, and noticed that everyone was looking at him with mocking eyes, he blushed, clenched his fists and was extremely resentful, and said to himself: "Qin Mo, you wait for me, Young Master Ben must defeat you." ”
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