Minglun Hall.

From time to time, the laughter of the students came.

Except for a few who are a little older, most of the students are in their teens and twenties.

At this time, he had hairpins and shirts on his head, and he was young and ambitious, and he was high-spirited and heroic.

Everyone talked and laughed for a while, Walrus Qian walked into Minglun Hall, and everyone was busy talking and saluting Xuezheng.

Walrus Qian smiled and said: "You don't need to worry about your own officials, as the saying goes, you must be an official, and you must be the first." When this official entered Pan, he was as young and frivolous as you. ”

The sentient beings couldn't help but smile when they heard this, and the tense atmosphere was also much lighter.

Walrus Qian nodded with satisfaction, and with a slight wave of his hand, a scribe stepped forward on the side and distributed Confucian flowers and red flags and silver to the students, each of whom was six taels or eight yuan, for the purpose of encouraging learning.

Seeing the silver in their hands, everyone couldn't help but smile.

Although the Jiangning family is full of families, not every student is from a family, and this more than six taels of silver is also a considerable amount of money for those who have no money to spare.

After the reward, it is a hairpin feast.

The hairpin banquet after the hospital test is much grander than the banquet after the house test, and the various rules are more cumbersome.

Wei Chen returned to his seat after completing a set of etiquette, and a layer of fine sweat appeared on his forehead.

Under the scrutinizing gaze of the walrus, everyone didn't dare to eat and drink, and the slightest movement of chopsticks was slow.

Seeing that everyone was so restrained, Walrus Qian deliberately livened up the atmosphere, and said with a smile: "Everyone, there is nothing left and right, it is better to make a drinking order, eat food, and not punish wine, what do you think?" ”

Wei Chen was a little surprised when he heard this, this Hai Xuezheng was serious and meticulous when he presided over the college examination, which made people feel awe, but he didn't expect that he was quite easy-going in private.

Since the students had this proposal, the students present naturally echoed it.

Although the drinking order also requires some ingenuity, it is always just a kind of entertainment and pastime among literati, which is much easier than reciting poetry.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Walrus Qian nodded, twisted his beard and smiled: "Four words." The title of this official is [Unclear and unclear, clear and clear, easy and easy, rare and rare]. Well...... let's start with the case. ”

The so-called four words and eight sentences means that the questioner says four long sentences in a row, but only the second half of the sentence, and the answerer has to complete the four and a half sentences.

Walrus Qian looked at Wei Chen, and Wei Chen groaned slightly, and then replied: "The snow is in the sky, and it is not clear; down to the earth, plainly; Snow turns into water, easy and easy; Water turns to snow, which is rare. ”

Everyone even claimed to be kind, and the walrus was also smiling, Wei Chen immediately put a chopstick boiled mutton into a small plate, and winked at Sheng Changbai not far away: "Next, Brother Cheng." ”

Sheng Changbai was pointed out by Wei Chen, slightly stunned.

He only cares about studying scriptures and texts on weekdays, rarely travels with people, and really hasn't had much contact with the "trail" of the wine order.

However, the Sheng family is also a family of poetry and books, and the people who come and go in the family are literati and scholars, Sheng Changbai has been nurtured since childhood, so he will naturally not be stumped.

After pondering for a while, Sheng Changbai read: "The ink is in the inkstone, not clear or white; Write clearly; Ink becomes words, easy and easy; Words turn into ink, which is rare. ”

Walrus Qian glanced at Sheng Changbai appreciatively, and said, "Good." ”

Sheng Changbai bowed slightly, and also took a pair of chopsticks to boiled mutton, and then ordered Chen Jun to take the next one.

Chen Jun pondered for a long time and couldn't think of it, so he had to knock the bowl with chopsticks, and drank a cup of Xuanjiu with a wry smile.

Chen Jun, who was deflated, turned his eyes to Tao Dazhi and said with bad intentions: "Brother Tao, it's your turn, take it." ”

How do you know that Tao Dazhi has already prepared, pointed to the wine jug on the table, and said with a smile: "The wine is in the jug, it is not clear; Pour it into a cup, plainly; I want to eat and drink, easy and easy; Wine wants to eat me, it's rare. ”

After hearing this, everyone laughed crookedly, but they couldn't say that Tao Dazhi took the wrong one, Chen Jun watched Tao Dazhi smugly and winked at himself, and he could only admit that he was unlucky, and turned his head depressedly.

When Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai saw this scene, they couldn't help but look at each other and laugh.

The hairpin banquet came to an end, and Wei Chen and his friends walked out of the Yamen of Tixue Dao together.

It was drizzling outside, and the river was clear, reflecting the moonlight. Wei Chen stood in the middle of the street, letting the rain splash his robe.

Listening to the sound of rain dripping down the eaves, he couldn't help but think of the scene when he left home more than a year ago to study at Sheng Yixue.

Time flies, and the boy who was penniless at that time is now a member of the Fuxue Academy, and a great future awaits him.

At this time, Sheng Changbai walked to Wei Chen's side with an umbrella and called softly: "Virtuous brother." ”

Wei Chen came back to his senses, looked at Sheng Changbai, Chen Jun, and Tao Dazhi beside him, and grinned: "Everyone, right now, we are waiting to either enter the government or the county, and we are about to go our separate ways, so it is better to meet and see who will be on the spring list first, and the Golden Palace will pass on, how about it?" ”

After listening to Wei Chen's words, everyone smiled and applauded.

Sheng Changbai couldn't help but feel a lot of pride in his chest, and hugged his fists and said: "Everyone, just as Brother Wei Xian said, when we meet on the spring list in three years, we will fight Ma Yujie together!" ”

Everyone agreed: "Good! ”

……

Next.

Wei Chen got up early in the morning, and with Sheng Changbai, he bid farewell to Chen Jun who returned to Youyang, and then went out of the city gate, carrying gifts, and came to the small lakeside courtyard where Zhuang Jun lived in seclusion.

Wei Chen stepped forward and knocked on the door, and soon an old servant came out to open the door, it was Fu Bo who was accompanying Zhuang Jun: "It turns out that Gongzi is here, and Mr. is waiting for you inside!" ”

Wei Chen nodded, handed the gift to Fu Bo, and entered the door familiarly.

In the courtyard, Zhuang Jun was sitting on a rattan chair reading a book, and when he saw Wei Chen coming, he put down the scroll at the moment, looked at Wei Chen and asked, "You are here, how did you do in the college exam?" ”

Wei Chen bowed and saluted: "I don't dare to live up to the teacher's expectations, I was lucky to get the head of the case, and the disciple is now a member of the Fuxue Academy." ”

"Hmm."

Hearing that Wei Chen had taken the head of the hospital trial, Zhuang Jun did not have the slightest expression of surprise on his face, as if it was just a matter of course.

"Don't slack off when you enter the house, don't think that you are a member of the school, just underestimate those old talents, they have been studying for many years, and their foundation is far thicker than yours, maybe there are late bloomers."

"Disciple remembers the teacher's teachings."

Wei Chen bowed his head and said yes, then paused, and said, "The disciple is here, in fact, there is something I want to ask the teacher. ”

Zhuang Jun raised his eyelids and said lightly: "What's the matter?" ”

Wei Chen opened his mouth and said: "Although the disciple has not yet reached the crown, he has already entered the school, so I want to ask the teacher to give the disciple words!" ”

Zhuang Jun pinched his beard and said: "The ancients were twenty and crowned, and most of the current scholars are sixteen years old. You have passed the New Year and are twelve, although you have not yet reached the year of the crown, but since you are already a student, you must not socialize with others, and then let people of the same generation call their names, it is indeed inappropriate. ”

Wei Chen said softly: "The student has this intention, so I came to invite the teacher." ”

Zhuang Jun stared at Wei Chen, and said with a smile: "Since you worship Walrus Qian as a teacher, why don't you ask him to give you words, he is from a famous family, and he is a Jiangnan scholar, and he still has some kindness to you, asking him to give you words will also be very beneficial to you in the future." ”

"As for the old man......"

Zhuang Jun shook his head and laughed at himself: "The old man is just a poor scholar, no official or position, an idler in the mountains, and only one old servant by his side, it is really useless to give you the title." ”

Hearing Zhuang Jun's words, Wei Chen could only smile bitterly in his heart.

Teacher, teacher, you are so old, why are you still arrogant?