The second son looked at Yuan Rui, who had been depressed at home for two days, and didn't know how to persuade him. In fact, he didn't know why, he came back from the Xu family's courtyard like this.

It seems that the other courtyard hasn't heard anything special happening, so maybe you really have thoughts about Miss Xu?

The second son is not easy to ask directly, and there is no good way, indeed, where does a straight man like him know how to comfort people, he didn't even figure out what was going on, he didn't even know where to say it.

However, he also has his own countermeasures, and he directly took a post, if it was really for Miss Xu, it would be much easier.

"It doesn't make sense, why do you look for any post, strange, I remember, you don't seem to know anyone in Yangzhou."

"Where did you get so much yin and yang weirdness," Yuan Rui was also not angry, took the post, glanced at it, and threw it aside.

"Don't go, you don't have to count me in the future for such a thing, a bunch of nerds, waste time, what to get together!"

"You don't know, this is not a simple spring outing, I heard that this time it was hosted by the University of Academic Affairs, not only invited a lot of students from this college examination, but also invited many local literary masters to participate."

"If candidates have some academic questions, they can directly find these teachers, and there is also a saying that this is also for the college examination to be assessed in advance, so as not to miss the admission at that time."

The second son still said a little mysteriously, it seems that the preparation work is good, and he inquired about the news in advance.

Yuan Rui heard the second son say this, and took the post over and looked at it carefully, but there was nothing special, but it was Yangzhou College, Yuan Rui didn't care about it at first, and now he found out that the second son should be right.

Looking at the date again, it is the fifth day of the fifth month of May, the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, looking at the date picked, it is calculated that many students can not be at home, and this day is specially chosen.

In fact, there is also a gossip news, the second son did not say, many people in Yangzhou also want to take this opportunity to pick a son-in-law, it is said that there will be a lot of ladies will bring school-age girls at the edge of the venue, just waiting for the right scholar to appear.

Of course, this is also a common practice, every time the college examination, the township examination, and the general examination are the same, especially the college examination, most of the students who enter the school have not yet married a family, unlike the examination, there are almost no unmarried men.

Participating in the college examination, he is already a squire in the countryside, at least he has no worries about food and clothing, and the local big families also know that if it is a little higher, maybe the competition of his own family will not be so big, so he should start as soon as possible.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, under the strong suggestion of the second son, Yuan Rui still dressed up and presented it completely in the best state of the scholar, otherwise, according to his own habits, it was a simple how to be comfortable.

Not to mention that people are dressed in horses and saddles, waiting for the maid to dress up Yuan Rui, even the second son sighed, he is still young.

Although he is also very young, he got married early, the rivers and lakes are dangerous, and many vicissitudes are written on his face, and he has lost that innocence.

The two of them didn't bring any of them, and rode directly to the meeting point. The venue of this gathering, Yangzhou College deliberately chose a garden in the east of Yangzhou City, that is, the Slender West Lake in the future.

This is comparable to the scenery of Hangzhou's West Lake, although it is not as wide as the West Lake, but at this time, it is still very exquisite.

There is a faint mist on the surface of the lake, which is refreshing and pleasant at a glance, and also casts a thin veil on the trees by the lake, which makes the participants sigh at the gift of nature.

The two came just in time, neither early nor late, many students have come, but the heavyweight guests have not yet arrived.

The second son originally thought that he couldn't come, but he was actually very unaccustomed to this kind of occasion, and he was able to dance with a gun and a knife and make ink with these dancing texts.

So when I arrived at the place, I saw that Yuan Rui had a smooth meeting with a few classmates, so I didn't say hello to Yuan Rui, and walked slowly along the path by the lake, saying that I would come back to find him at the end of the day.

Yuan Rui also knew that the second son was uncomfortable on this occasion, and he couldn't choose, these people were his contacts, colleagues or resources in the countryside or officialdom in the future, and they couldn't avoid vulgarity, and people couldn't just live in the air.

Although he is an otaku, he has stored so much knowledge that he will not be alienated from other students at all, and he can quickly integrate into the circle, not only chatting with familiar students.

Even if he has just been introduced, he can have his own thoughts and insights on what genres, poetry, history, and even economics, which also makes the students around him sigh very much.

After chatting for a while, many guests arrived together, and Yuan Rui guessed in his heart that these bigwigs should have agreed on a place to meet, and then attend together.

The first is Yangzhou Xuezheng Zhang Qian, behind him is Yangzhou He Governor's Mansion, Yangzhou College Chief Fu Ming, and several local celebrities in Yangzhou are also close behind, and Cao Yuan, the inspector, did not attend in order to avoid suspicion.

Yuan Rui somehow, he always felt as if this group of people was dominated by a middle-aged man in a green shirt in the middle, and none of the several classmates around him knew who it was.

Of course, the other adults were also told to him by his classmates, but in fact, he didn't know any of them. Yuan Rui is very intuitive, he feels that today's collection may not be very simple, at least not as simple as the second son said.

Next, there seems to be nothing special, first introduced the identities of several bigwigs, and then Xuezheng and the mountain chief both encouraged the students, hoping that the students would work hard, strive for the title of the gold list, and seek benefits for the people in their hometown.

Yuan Rui paid special attention to the fact that when the middle-aged man was introduced, he only said that it was Meng Fuzi from Gaoyou, Yangzhou, and Yuan Rui couldn't help but be a little strange.

Next is the old routine, several college chairs began to come up with questions, and selected some articles for a few bigwigs to explain, this part of Yuan Rui listened very attentively, and his weaknesses are also here.

Listening to the analysis and guidance of these celebrities, Yuan Rui has gained something, and his academic reputation is really not fake, and many articles are very important once they are broken.

In the end, it is the most direct poetry, in fact, there are too many poems in the Dragon Boat Festival, and it is difficult to win by surprise.

Yuan Rui doesn't have any intention to be a copyist, and he is not good at it, if he can take the exam, it's good if he wins, forget the rest, he is really not the kind of person who can win a position with poetry.

Seeing that all the students began to gather together in twos and threes to study the poems, Yuan Rui suddenly felt a little bored, thinking that this time is still long, or he should go around to take a look, and it will be over soon, find the second son, and the two of them will go back together.

Yuan Rui followed the path that the second son walked, looking at the scenery as he walked.

The weeping willows and green leaves on the side of the road have fully grown, a small bridge is just across the road he is going to walk, and at his feet is a small stream connecting the lake, and a poem suddenly popped up in his head, which is the origin of the name of Slender West Lake.

The weeping poplars continue to pick up the remnants, and the wild goose teeth and red bridges are drawn

It is also a pot of gold, and Gu Ying is called Slender West Lake

Yuan Rui thought about it while reciting this poem, the voice was not big or small, according to normal speaking, people who were not close to him could not hear it at all.

Where did he think that he went on the bridge from one side, and just arrived in the middle of the bridge after reading the test, and this bridge was deliberately made into a very prominent arch bridge in order to create a landscape.

It happened that two people came up from the other side of the bridge, it was Miss Meng and the maid Ziyi.

There was no surprise when the two people on the opposite side arrived, and they heard the sound at the beginning, but Yuan Rui jumped down, and just saw the two of them coming up, he was immersed in his own thinking, one stumbled, and almost fell.

Ziyi first sighed, and even said, be careful, be careful. The railing on the bridge is only a ruler high, which is an embellishment, and if you fall down, you don't even have a stop.

Yuan Rui stood still, and then he saw that it was the two girls, because they both wanted to look at the scenery of the lake, so they both walked on this side of the lake, and it was inevitable that they would run into it directly.

Yuan Rui stood tall and hurriedly bent down and bowed.

"Two girls, I'm sorry, I'm distracted here, disturbing the girls, here to make amends to the two girls."

After the salute, he turned sideways again, and then raised his head.

"It's okay, it's none of Childe's business, it's ours or not, we should go the other way."

When Yuan Rui raised his head, he happened to see a girl responding and saluting at the same time.

"It's all this maid who is formless, making a fuss and making the son frightened."

Miss Meng was still relatively straightforward, looking at Yuan Rui's stunned expression, she hurriedly said again.

Yuan Rui was stunned, yes, stunned!!

Just now, he didn't look carefully, but now when he looks at it seriously, the whole person is not good.

Who's this! Who is it! Where am I!

Here, Miss Meng looked at Yuan Rui's stunned expression, and didn't say much, and pulled Ziyi away, for fear that Ziyi would cause some trouble again. Ziyi was still a little unconvinced, and kept muttering in her mouth, nerd, really nerd.

After a while, Yuan Rui finally came back to his senses, and quickly turned his face to look, where there was still a little figure.

waited until the second son came back, Yuan Rui didn't come back to his senses completely, so that the second son didn't know what happened to him, and no one knew after asking around, and in the end, Yuan Rui didn't know how he went back to his residence.

Back in the room, Yuan Rui calmed down, looking at the second son's puzzled look, Yuan Rui knew that he couldn't say it, and everyone believed it when he said it, so he could only explain it from another angle.

"Don't worry, it's not something else, it's really what you said, I met a girl, and I can't say anything else, you have to help me ask, it's best to help me find this person, Yangzhou is so small, it should be easy for you."

Yuan Rui knew that it was useless to say it now, so it was better to do it directly.

"Ah, this ......, this thing," the second son breathed a sigh of relief, a good thing, it turned out to be a girl, it was simple.

The people who went to the scene today are the daughters of big families, it is easy to inquire, according to the family background of the Yuan family and Yuan Rui's talents, it should be easy to do, as long as it is not the kind of marriage.

The second son glanced at Yuan Rui, and without saying a word, he went out directly to do errands, and didn't even say a word of ridicule.