That's it, from then on, after Wu Zhi got up early every day, he washed up first, and then began to meditate, breathe and recuperate for an hour, and then boxed and practiced martial arts for more than half an hour, wiped his sweat and changed into clean clothes, and then went to the small study to read and brush up on the questions until noon, after eating some food (he asked Feng Niang to cook a meal at noon according to modern eating habits, they used to eat snacks at noon, he was not used to it), rest for an hour, and continue to read for two and a half hours after the hour (two o'clock in the afternoon), At six o'clock in the afternoon (half past four in the afternoon), I played football in the courtyard and practiced Keju, had dinner, took a cold shower, and then went to the small study to read for more than two hours, and then turned off the lights and returned to the bedroom, climbed on the couch, and rested and slept peacefully.

Sometimes he also goes out or takes a walk in the courtyard, and he still wants to get up in the morning to run, but he thinks it's a bit shocking, so he thinks about it and forgets it.

Wu Xiu, Feng Niang and Xiao'e were surprised when they first saw him arrange his work and rest like this, but later they saw a lot, and they were not surprised, they were all accustomed to it, and they supported him wholeheartedly in life, and they were all happy to see him work so hard.

In June, the sun is blazing, the summer cicadas are singing, and the weather is starting to get hot.

Meditating every day, breathing and recuperating, Wu Zhi felt that this internal martial arts method was very magical, and every time he practiced it, he felt very refreshed. And Zhou Tong's boxing skills taught to Wu Zhi are also very good, wide open and closed, airtight when defending, but fast as lightning when attacking, both offensive and defensive, and the momentum is like a rainbow. Insisting on meditating and practicing boxing like this, Wu Zhi's strength is also growing day by day, and he often feels as if he has inexhaustible strength, and his body has become stronger.

Before his rebirth, Wu Zhi worked at the taekwondo club in school, and he also learned taekwondo in his spare time, and his physical fitness was good, but taekwondo was not as powerful as this set of boxing skills.

Who is this Zhou Tong? How can there be such a magical internal strength and boxing technique? I knew how good it would have been to worship him as a teacher back then, but I missed it!

"Zhou Tong? How does the name feel familiar? Could it be Master Yue Fei's Zhou Tong? It can't be such a coincidence, right? I couldn't figure it out, Wu Zhi could only shake his head and sigh. It can only be left for later, and if there is a fate to meet again, it is not too late to ask. So when he thinks about it occasionally, he doesn't take it to heart, as long as he remembers his Zhou Tong's goodness on weekdays.

Time flies, summer goes to autumn, cold comes and summer, more than a year passes quietly in Wuzhi study, meditation, boxing, and playing juju, and in a blink of an eye comes to the beginning of August of the third year of Shaosheng, which is a good season for the fragrance of osmanthus flowers.

For more than a year, Wu Zhi has grown a little taller again. After more than a year of training, he has also become a little stronger, his face, which was still slightly green before, has revealed a little bit of edges and corners, a little more momentum on his body, more self-confidence, sunny and handsome, and heroic.

Xiao'e has also grown taller, almost to his shoulders, her face is a little less immature, more girlish charm, and more calm, no longer like before when she saw Wu Zhi, she wanted to pester him to play, and she was a little more shy. But Wu Zhi still spoils her just the same, and finds time to play with her from time to time, while also relaxing himself.

During this period, Jin Lian came several times to see Wu Zhi, as well as Wu Xiu, Feng Niang and Xiao'e, and by the way, she sent some things such as daily necessities and pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. Pan's family has a big business, and it doesn't hurt to send something, so Wu Zhi accepts it calmly.

Every time Wu Zhi saw her, he was in a very happy mood, chatting with her, walking around the village with her, after all, he was a childhood sweetheart, Jin Lian was not much shy in front of Wu Zhi, and the two got along very naturally.

Naturally, Wu Xiu, Feng Niang and Xiao'e also have a lot of smiling faces, and people are in good spirits when they are happy.

On the 10th day of the eighth month of the third year of Shaosheng, Wu Zhi decided to leave for Enzhou to prepare for the examination on August 15.

The reason why he had to set off in advance was that he had his own little Jiujiu: first he went to the Golden Village to visit Pan Laoyuanwai's family, and thanked them for their care and care for him and Uncle Wu's family over the years; Then rush to Enzhou to visit the parent official of Enzhou, that is, Pan Zhizhou, Jin Lian's father, which should not be difficult for him; The second is to familiarize yourself with and adapt to Enzhou in advance, and be familiar with the environment and atmosphere of the exam, so as to meet the exam in the best condition.

After bathing and burning incense, worshiping the ancestors, packing up the luggage and the utensils and books for the exam, Wu Zhi took Xiao'e and sat on the ox cart driven by Wu Xiu. Wu Xiu first had to take them to Jinjinzhuang, go to Pan's house to visit Pan's family, and then take them to Enzhou.

Enzhou, belonging to Hebei East Road, has jurisdiction over Qinghe, Wucheng and Liting counties, and the state government is in the county seat of Qinghe County, the road is not far, and it takes only two hours to go back and forth. The examination was carried out in Enzhou, so they were not in a hurry to rush to Enzhou, and planned to go to Jinjinzhuang first.

Golden Village, located in the north of the village of Samurai, needs to walk north, the distance is about five or six miles. Along the way, the birds sang and the flowers were fragrant, accompanied by greenery, and in less than half an hour by the ox cart, they arrived at the Golden Village.

Golden Village, surrounded by mountains on three sides, broad vision, the houses in the village are built on a relatively high gentle slope, scattered, the terrain is higher and not afraid of floods, under the gentle slope is a large piece of green farmland, the land is fertile, a small river in front of the village passes around the village, the forest is luxuriant, lush, Zhuangzi is bigger than the village of Wujia, and there are more people. The largest courtyard is Pan Dayuan's house, which covers an area of several acres, with many houses and a group of slaves.

Pan has two sons and a daughter, the eldest son Pan Weimin, the word Zijian, Yuanfeng five years (1082 AD) Renshu Kejinshi, now Renzhou Zhizhou, more than forty years old, Jin Lian is his youngest daughter, there are two brothers, the eldest brother Pan Wei, the second brother Pan Jie, is studying in the county to be examined. The second son of the old man, Pan Weijun, the word Ziyin, is in his forties, shows his identity, does business, runs a dyeing workshop in Enzhou, has a son and a daughter, his son Pan Yang, is also studying in the county to be examined, and his daughter Pan Jinliu is still young. Pan Minjun, the daughter of the old member, Chinese New Year's Eve, married to the family of Li Yuanwai in the old city of Linxian County.

Slowly walking to the front of Pan's house, the Zhu door was closed, and the two gilded characters of "Pan's house" on the lintel were shining. Wu Zhi got out of the car and stepped forward, buckled the door knocker, and after a while, a small door opened with a babbling sound, and a little brother came out, he hurriedly reported his name, and the little brother looked at him, signaled to wait a while, turned around and walked in, and went in to report. After a while, the side door opened, Jin Lian led the little maid from last time to hurry over, surprised inexplicably, gave a salute, and then led Wu Zhi and his party into the side door and drove straight to the guest hall. Naturally, the ox cart was taken away by a subordinate to help take care of it.

Walking into the guest hall, I saw an old man sitting in the middle of the front of me, who was Mr. Pan. I saw that he was sixty miles away, wearing a brocade robe, with gray hair but strong spirits, stroking his white beard, and when he saw Wu Zhi and his party of three people coming in, he smiled heartily.

On the seat next to her, there was also a sixty-year-old woman with kind eyebrows and kind eyes and a brocade shirt and skirt, it was Jin Lian's grandmother Qin Shi, she watched Wu Zhi and his party walk in, smiling and bowing her head.

A beautiful woman with still charm standing at the bottom, holding a little girl about eight or nine years old in her hand, was smiling as they came in, nodding her head. This is Jin Lian's aunt, Pan Yang's mother Yang, and the little girl is Yang's youngest daughter and Jin Lian's cousin.

As for Jin Lian's parents, second uncle, two older brothers and cousins, the six of them were not in the old mansion, so Wu Zhi didn't see them either.

Everyone met each other one by one, saluted, and said something considerate, and Old Man Pan left Wu Zhi and his party to have lunch before letting them leave.

Although Wu Zhi doesn't seem to be very old, he is a human being in two lives, so he naturally advances and retreats in an orderly manner, and talks freely, plus he is handsome and talented, and he is deeply liked by Pan Laoyuanwai and Qin's family, and both of them are very satisfied.

When Wu Zhi and his entourage were leaving, the old man also specially instructed the housekeeper to take one hundred taels of silver and give it to Wu Zhi as a coil for the exam. Wu Zhi saw that it was difficult to resist, so he had to accept it. Wu Xiu's heart was happy, and he no longer pushed back when he saw this.

After bidding farewell to Mr. Pan's family, it was already time (around 1 p.m.), Wu Zhi was in a good mood, took the bullwhip, and personally drove the ox cart to the county seat of Qinghe County.

He understands Old Man Pan's thoughts, and it is estimated that he has regarded him as his grandson-in-law, and Wu Zhi understands it in his heart and is very happy. Wu Xiu is also a human spirit, so he can naturally see it, so the two of them did not refuse the kindness of Mr. Pan, and they just thought that the old man was investing.

One hundred taels of broken silver, which was equivalent to more than 100 yuan at that time, could be exchanged for more than 100,000 yuan, and if it was converted into money, it would weigh more than 600 catties, and obviously it could not be taken, so Pan Lao Yuanwai was exchanged for broken silver! This is the largest sum of money that Wu Zhi has ever seen since he was reborn, it can be said that it is a charcoal in the snow, and it has helped a lot, and he is worried that he has no silver!

One hundred taels of silver, which was almost equivalent to more than twice the annual income of an ordinary person at that time! And at that time, the annual salary of ordinary officials in the imperial court was only a few hundred yuan!

Looking at a small box full of broken silver, Wu Xiu was smiling, and Wu Zhi was also happy. After receiving the old man's love, he will definitely pay it back in the future, of course, he has already thought about how to pay it back: just be the grandson-in-law of the old man! He was secretly proud that his little abacus had played the horn.

Jinjinzhuang is only eight or nine miles away from Qinghe County, the seat of Enzhou Governance, and it is almost there, because with luggage, Wu Zhi and his party did not dare to visit Pan Zhizhou rashly, so they had to find an inn close to Enzhou Mansion to settle down.

Wu Xiu wanted to rush back to Wujia's village, leaving Fengniang alone at home, they were not very relieved, so after seeing Wu Zhi find the inn and settle down, Wu Xiu went back first with seventy taels of silver, and after the exam, he came to pick up Wu Zhi and Xiao'e.

Xiao'e didn't leave, she wanted to stay and take care of Wu Zhi's daily life.

Although Wu Zhi felt that he could take care of himself, seeing her reluctant appearance, he didn't want to offend her kindness, so he had to let her stay. One hundred taels of broken silver Wuzhi only left thirty taels, which he felt was more than enough for the past few days.

It's easy to get things done with a lot of money. Wu Zhi spent a little more money to open a big house, and asked the store to put an extra bed in the room, spending an extra fifty wen, a total of two hundred wen per room and one night, a full profiteer! The inn is called "Victory Inn", he saw the name of the store at that time, and felt that the meaning was good, so he decided to stay, but the store's heart was a little darker.

He didn't care about the shopkeeper's obscene and strange gaze, and took Xiao'e to live directly.

The fourteen-year-old girl is still a child in his eyes, for safety reasons, he doesn't worry about her sleeping in a room alone, although this is a bit inappropriate, but he can't take care of it, and Xiao'e doesn't want to leave his sight, and she also wants to stay with him, she feels a sense of security with Brother Da Lang. Besides, if you open an extra room, you will have to spend an extra hundred dollars a day, and you can't afford it!

In fact, at that time, the degree of social openness of the Song Dynasty was beyond people's imagination. Women can show their heads, choose a mate, have a private lover, elope, remarry, and even drink and sleep, not as strict as in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Women in the Song Dynasty had great freedom and rights, and their status was not so low, and there were many "fear of guilt" among men in the Song Dynasty. The story of the roar of the lion in Hedong, which was well-known to everyone in later generations, came from the Song Dynasty. And "destroying people's desires and preserving heavenly principles" was a matter after the Ming Dynasty.

What exists is reasonable, since the world is not surprised, and if he doesn't delve into these things, even if it's a little inappropriate, he doesn't care, but the way the store looked at him at that time made him feel uncomfortable! Who is this? I want to be crooked! He was a very pure young man.

Nothing to say all night, got up the next day, washed up, Wu Zhi took Xiao'e to the wonton shop outside for breakfast, he bought two wontons and two eggs, spent fifty yuan, one per person, Xiao'e wanted to give him his eggs, but he stopped him, and it tasted good, and the chaos tasted good. It is estimated that due to insufficient nutrition, Xiao'e still looks a little thin.

After eating breakfast, I returned to the Victory Inn and saw that the store was resentful. In fact, the victory inn also provides meals, but Wu Zhi feels that the heart of the store is too dark, and the big house that can be lived in for 100 yuan on weekdays now costs 200 yuan, Wu Zhi is a little unhappy, so he simply goes out to eat, this profiteer can't get used to it.

Back in the room, Wu Zhi groaned for a while, picked up a worship post (called the door in the Tang and Song dynasties), at that time, the reader would have a worship post wherever he went, and wrote down: "The nephew entered Qinghe County Wuzhi to worship", he planned to visit Lord Zhizhou today, the future father-in-law.

With a prayer post in his arms, with Xiao'e, Wu Zhi went straight to the Zhizhou Mansion. The Zhizhou Mansion is not far away, just near the Fuxue.

When I arrived at the yamen, I saw two gray-clothed officials standing guard in front of the yamen, and when they saw Wu Zhi and the two approaching, they scolded impatiently and wanted to drive them away. Seeing this, Wu Zhi stopped, stepped forward alone, took out a prayer note and a small piece of broken silver and handed it to the official on the left, and explained to him with a smile: "This brother, please inform Lord Zhizhou, just say that Xiaosheng Wuzhi came to visit!" ”

The little brother glanced at Wu Zhi, took the post, and wanted to shirk it with a calm face, but his palm touched the broken silver under the post, and quietly checked it, and when it was estimated that it was worth a hundred dollars, he suddenly nodded with a smile, and after signaling to the official opposite, he went straight to the yamen to wear it, and after a while, he hurriedly ran out again, bowed to Wu Zhi and said, "Son, please!" "The attitude is obviously a lot more respectful.

The little brother of the official led the way in front of the head, Wu Zhi and Xiao'e followed him to the lobby of the palace, and the little brother signaled to retreat. Turning the front hall and entering the back hall, I saw a vermilion table of eight immortals standing in the center of the hall, and two people were sitting on the left side, drinking tea and talking. Among these two people, one is Pan Weimin, the lord of Zhizhou, dressed in scarlet clothes; There is also an official in a green official uniform with a curved collar and large sleeves, nearly forty years old, with a white face and beard, and a slightly thin appearance.

"It turned out to be Da Lang and Xiao E!" Pan Zhizhou stood up and greeted Wu Zhi with a smile.

Wu Zhi and Xiao'e hurriedly stepped forward, and Wu Zhi made a salute first: "The two adults are above, and Wu Zhi is disturbed at the end!" Because of the presence of others, he didn't dare to take the liberty of calling Pan Weimin his uncle.

But Xiao'e didn't have any scruples, and after giving a blessing, she said in a coquettish voice: "Xiao'e has seen two uncles!" Uncle is lucky! With that, he stuck out his tongue at Wu Zhi. This girl! The guts are fat.

"Good! Xiao'e has grown taller again! How are your parents? Pan Weimin laughed, then touched Xiao'e's head affectionately, chatted with her for a few words, and then said to Wu Zhi with a smile: "Da Lang is outside, just call me uncle, don't call me an adult!" ”

"Hello uncle!" Wu Zhi happened to hit the snake and greeted him respectfully. Pan Weimin responded happily.

The middle-aged official next to him watched them greet and reminisce, did not speak, just watched with a calm face, he was a little curious about their relationship.

"Come, I'll introduce you", Pan Weimin pulled Wu Zhi over, solemnly pointed to the middle-aged official and introduced him: "This is Lord Zhou Yumin!" ”

"I've seen Lord Tongju! The last entry Wuzhi is polite! When Wu Zhi heard the introduction, his heart moved, and he hurriedly bowed respectfully to Zhou Tongju and greeted him.

Obediently, I didn't expect to meet the examiner here today!

Zhizhou Tong's surname is Zhou Mingtong, the word is Yu Min, his ancestral home is Kaifeng Mansion, and he is two years younger than Pan Weimin.

At that time, the state government of the Song Dynasty released the test, and the chief examiner was not the governor or the prefect, but the state or the government general judgment, if the general judgment did not understand the scriptures, it was served by the next level official, and the general judgment was specially used by the imperial court to monitor the governor and the prefect.

Zhou Tong smiled slightly, nodded his head, and deserved it. He saw that since Wu Zhi entered the door, although he was not very old, he had always been calm and moderate, not in a hurry, nor humble or arrogant, and he was also quite polite, and he had a good impression in his eyes, and he was also a little curious: Which son-in-law has such a good bearing?

"Who is this little friend?" Zhou Tong wanted to know more about him, pointed at Wu Zhi, and asked Pan Weimin.

"Oh, Da Lang is my friend's son, surnamed Wu Mingzhi. Our two families are old friends. Pan Weimin's tone was relaxed, and he introduced him with a smile.

The guests and hosts blended together, and they talked and laughed. In front of the two parents, Wu Zhi doesn't have so many restraints, anyway, he is a junior, he listens a lot and talks little, but he can also pick up the topics they say, deal with them decently, and talk freely.

Seeing Wu Zhi's performance like this, not only Pan Weimin was secretly surprised, but even Zhou Tong couldn't help but be impressed when he learned that he was only eighteen years old now.

In front of Zhou Tong, the chief examiner, Wu Zhi only explained that he was here to participate in the exam, and he came in advance to prepare for the exam, and also to come to visit Lord Zhizhou, mainly to see him and reminisce about the past, and he didn't dare to say anything else. Originally, he also wanted to ask Pan Weimin about the questions and details of the test solution, after all, he had experienced the scientific examination and succeeded, but after thinking about it, he didn't ask. At that time, the imperial court stipulated that students were not allowed to meet with the examiner before the big exam, in order to avoid someone cheating. So although he felt a little regretful, he didn't open his mouth.

While he was talking, a middle-aged woman in a plain dress walked in from outside, her hair was coiled up, and she was crossed with a silver hairpin, tall and beautiful, this was Jin Lian's mother, Tang. She heard that Wu Zhi had come to visit her husband Pan Weimin, so she hurriedly rushed over from the back house.

Seeing Jin Lian's mother come in, Wu Zhi hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "I've seen Auntie, Auntie is good!" ”

"Hello aunt!" Seeing this, Xiao'e also hurriedly greeted Tang.

"The little girl hasn't been here for a long time!" Tang first rubbed Xiao'e's face affectionately and said with a smile. Then happily pulled Wu Zhi forward, looked up and down, and then said with a smile: "This kid has grown tall and handsome again!" Hearing this, Pan Weimin and Zhou Tong both laughed.

Wu Zhi blushed when he heard this, and he was a little embarrassed.

Tang pulled Wu Zhi and said some more thoughtful words, then said goodbye and returned to the back house.

Zhou Tong finally saw the way out this time, this Tang clan to Wu Zhi, the standard is the eyes of the mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law! He immediately put away his contempt and dealt with it carefully.