After getting off the boat, walk out of the old courtyard of Jinling, and then cross the Zhenhuai Bridge, there are more high-rise mansions on both sides of the official street, and this area belongs to the residential area of the heroes and nobles of Nanjing City in the Ming Dynasty.

"It's worthy of the Zhumen Honor, ......"

Shen Yichen stood in front of the Chengguo Mansion, looking at the three red beast-headed gates, as well as the golden five characters on the beam, "Becoming the Mansion", and couldn't help but sigh.

Let's not talk about the majesty of the wealthy and powerful, just the area of the door panel is almost worth the small courtyard of their own house, no wonder the ancient literati took the feudal marquis worship as their lifelong pursuit, only by being there in person, can you feel that this kind of Houmen "forced style" is indeed different!

After looking at it for a while, Shen Yichen did not enter the Chengguo Mansion from here, but walked to the corner gate on the side.

The reason is simple, that is, unworthy!

The main entrance of the ancient mansion is generally only opened when the guests come, and those who can enter through the main gate at the level of Chengguo Gong, in addition to the emperor's relatives and relatives, it is estimated that there are only the same princes and ministers left......

In addition to the guards at the corner gate, there were several porters chatting, they just glanced at Shen Yichen very casually, and did not greet or salute or other expressions, which seemed a little contemptuous.

As the saying goes, there are seven officials in front of the prime minister's door, and these porters usually come into contact with high-ranking officials and nobles, and most of them lick their faces and beg them to report their affairs, and they have long been above the top.

As long as Shen Yichen, an illegitimate son, does not enter the genealogy of Chengguo Gong for one day, then he is not a "master", and naturally there is no need to please or respect.

And according to Shen Yichen's performance in the past, it is estimated that he has no hope of entering the genealogy of his grandfather in this life, and if he can't pass the Tongsheng exam in two years, I'm afraid he will have to be driven out of the family school directly.

Shen Yichen naturally doesn't have any feelings about the contempt of these concierges, after all, it is Shen Yichen that you despise, what does it have to do with me "Zhang Ning"?

After entering the Guogong Mansion, Shen Yichen relied on his memory and walked towards the west side courtyard where the family school was located.

Most of the wealthy families of the Ming Dynasty would set up their own libraries at home for their own children to study. However, some large families or famous scholars will also accept the children of relatives and friends, and even the children of their cronies and subordinates to study together, which is called "attached school".

Shen Yichen did not enter the genealogy of Chengguo Gong, so he was not a child of the clan, so he could only attend classes at home in the name of "attached school". And the classmates are not the children of Cheng Guogong's relatives and friends, but the children of his cronies and subordinates in the outer courtyard.

This is why, the porter didn't take Shen Yichen in his eyes at all before, because this arrangement means that even if Chengguo Gong allowed Shen Yichen to "study" in the mansion, he didn't really treat him as his own son, it was more like a gift and charity.

As soon as Shen Yichen approached the lecture hall of the home school, he heard the sound of reading loudly, and he felt a chill in his heart in an instant.

"It's over, early school has started, and I'm late again!"

Immediately, there were all kinds of pictures of being punished with cheat sheets in my mind, and it seems that this "Shen Yichen" was also an old fritter who was often late, and he had a lot of experience of being punished.

But it's all here, it's impossible for me to "go home", right? Moreover, there is no such thing as nine-year compulsory education in this era, and if skipping school provokes the anger of the master, it is really possible to roll the calf and go home without coming back.

Therefore, Shen Yichen could only push the door and enter, pulling his head low and shouting in accordance with the method and tone of recognition in his memory.

"Sir."

Lang Lang's reading stopped abruptly, and a middle-aged scribe in a green shirt on the podium found that it was Shen Yichen standing at the door, and a trace of anger immediately appeared on his face, he was Shen Yichen's tutor Li Tingxiu, who was raised in the fifth year of Xuande (1430).

"The ancients learned to be diligent, and there were thousands of books, but you couldn't even learn early on time!"

Li Tingxiu is a typical traditional literati, who adheres to the way of teachers and students in a rigid profession, and has extremely strict requirements for learning.

The most intolerable thing he can't tolerate is that students are lazy and late, after all, poor grades also have the factor of talent and understanding, and it is impossible for everyone to achieve the title of the gold list. But being late and lazy is a matter of attitude, and you must not indulge!

"The student knows it's wrong."

Shen Yichen didn't find any excuses, he had to admit his mistakes, and he understood the truth that he had to stand up when he was beaten.

And there's really no way to explain it.,It's impossible to say that it's because on the way to school.,Saved a woman in a green building who was going to jump into the river, right?

Let's not talk about whether Li Tingxiu believes it or not, according to his traditional old master's character in his memory, he learned that he was involved with the woman in the Qinglou, or further misunderstood that he was late for visiting the kiln, and the consequences would not only be solved by being punished with a board and a cheat sheet, so this late pot could only grit his teeth and carry it!

In the face of Shen Yichen's frank admission of mistakes, Li Tingxiu was a little surprised, because this kid usually makes all kinds of excuses when he is late, not because of abdominal pain and brain fever, but because of a sudden accident on the road. Under normal circumstances, Li Tingxiu didn't have time to listen to Shen Yichen's explanation, so he directly hit the palm of his hand with a ring ruler, and then punished him for copying textbooks, which has almost become a fixed pattern.

Therefore, Shen Yichen's abnormal performance caused Li Tingxiu not to be directly punished, but asked: "Why are you late?" ”

Hearing Li Tingxiu's question, Shen Yichen was stunned, he just didn't know how to explain, so he admitted his mistake calmly.

As a result, I didn't expect this gentleman to play cards according to the routine, and he used to make excuses and didn't listen, and now he doesn't look for it and asks, is this the legendary rebellious psychology?

In that case, don't blame me for being foolish......

"Sir, the students were too late to study and revise last night, so the morning was delayed."

Shen Yichen held back such a crepe sentence, in fact, he wanted to express it in a more popular way, that is, he overslept.

Hearing Shen Yichen say this, the expression on Li Tingxiu's face instantly turned blue, it seems that he still overestimated this kid's virtue, in the past, it was just fake to make excuses, but now the excuses used are outrageous!

Too late to study? After teaching him for a few years, I didn't find out that Shen Yichen was a person who would review his homework at night!

"Establish morality before learning, and then give you another chance to confess."

If you admit it, you have to ask, and if you say it and don't believe it, isn't this a toss-up?

Shen Yichen didn't expect that he would be late in the morning, and it was such a tangled thing in ancient times, but the words had already been spoken, so he could only carry it to the end.

"Sir, didn't you just say that you wanted ten thousand books, so I read them at night."

When Shen Yichen said this, the expressions of his classmates in the lecture hall became very exciting, this guy actually dared to open his eyes and say nonsense, it was simply an insult to the master's IQ, did he want to be kicked out of the family school?