On the twentieth day of the first month, several guards came to Jijiazhuang again, and a decree from the Taining Holy Lord came, which was an oracle and a very interesting sentence.

"Boy, listen, if you want to marry the county lord, you have to come to the capital obediently to participate in the examination, don't pretend to be a ghost!"

As soon as this edict was finished, the family members who followed Yuan Rui to receive the decree almost laughed out loud.

Yuan Rui, who was kneeling in the middle, was even more helpless, looking at the few guards who couldn't help but laugh out loud, he couldn't help but laugh, what is this!

Where is there a saint who cares about the small lifting person will try, and also decrees that he must participate, in order to ensure that this person participates, he also threatens him with a little daughter-in-law.

It's true that the saint is interesting, but then again, I like this little scholar too much.

In the evening, Xiaohe came to Yuan Rui's room with a smile and a book, although the county lord was gone, Yuan Rui's treatment had not been improved, and he still lived in his study.

"Young master, the county lord told me when he left, let me prepare all the books for you, you still have to take the exam."

Before he could finish speaking, he couldn't stop laughing.

"Dead girl, I hurt you in vain, why do you want to listen to her, do you think I can see it now!"

"Young master, the county lord told me that you are talented, and it is not a matter for you to try at all, compared with those nerds who read dead books, you are better than them in every aspect."

"Alas, where is the young master so good as you say, you say, for such a long time, I have read a few books seriously, and I have been doing studies for a few days? The things I have done seem to be very beneficial, beneficial to the country and the people, but as Wei Guogong said, they are all small paths, and they may be able to change some things in some aspects, but they will not hinder the overall situation in the short term. ”

"You dead girl, still laughing, don't you want to be lazy, you will be in the study in the future, and accompany the young master to read every day."

"Young master, I don't need your orders, the county lord told me when he left, I'm afraid you'll be lazy, let me look at you."

Xiaohe kept snickering there, with a happy smile on her face, and Yuan Rui looked at her helplessly.

The following days can be said to be extremely boring, looking at those books, Yuan Rui is bored to death.

In his two lives, he had read these books many times, and he didn't dare to say that he had memorized them backwards, but he still remembered some basic knowledge.

In addition, he has his own research and analysis of history, and he is also familiar with many policy theories, so it would be good if he took these tests.

But there is one point, many of the current exams also have strict formatting requirements, and there are templates for the number of words, structure and landing point of the article, and the requirements cannot be wrong.

Of course, such strict requirements are only one of them, and there is also a very important part of the current examination, which is poetry.

For Yuan Rui, if he doesn't work as a copyist, he can't even tell the difference between ordinary and ordinary people, and what else to talk about composing poetry.

It's no wonder that Yuan Rui didn't want to take this road, it won't work, if you want to lift people, it's all mixed up.

It's not that he was familiar with those teachers, it's not that he was a little famous at that time, and he really had a horizontal line like everyone else, and it is estimated that he has no play at all.

This time it's different, it's facing the students of the entire Great Xia, and it can be said that they are all elites from various states.

There is almost nothing opportunistic in this, what is fought is strength, down-to-earth knowledge, and talent.

Thinking about those exquisite poems, thinking about those famous poets in the world, Yuan Rui really doesn't know what he can fight with them.

There is only one thing that is good, that is, Xiaohe is indeed very conscientious, and is by his side almost all the time, without a little impatience or a little bored look, just quietly accompanying him on the side.

On February 16 of the first year of Taining, Yuan Rui took the mountains and small rivers, prepared a big car, loaded with books and some daily necessities, and more than ten guards guarded it, and began the road to Beijing.

Yuan Rui originally wanted to delay a little longer before going to the capital, and it was best to set off in early March, anyway, the time was in time, and the test was scheduled for March 26, mainly for the convenience of candidates from other places.

But no, when the Holy Lord sent someone, he probably thought that these guards who passed the decree also had a task to watch Yuan Rui set off, and they also happened to be guards.

These guards are not good at stubble, and they know that they have to get this master to the capital this time, so they hang around Yuan Rui every day, looking at a group of guards who are playing Laipi, and he has no temper.

The road is still quite stable, and with these tall and mighty guards around them, some small thieves don't dare to come out to harm even if they see it, for fear of encountering hard ideas and prick their hands.

In this way, I walked slowly and leisurely for five days before I arrived in the capital.

Along the way, those guards were in a hurry, and if they were alone, it was estimated that it would only take three days, and they would suffer a lot with Yuan Rui's procrastination.

The county lord originally wanted him to live in the Guogong Mansion, but he didn't agree, and now this relationship, how can it be counted, at this time, others heard about it, and said something behind his back, he could listen to it.

As before, Yuan Rui and the three of them lived in Xiaohe's big mansion, and everything was ready-made. Several guards were very conscientious, and waited until Yuan Rui and them were settled, and then took the reward and went back to restore their lives.

Early the next morning, Yuan Rui took Xiaohe and went to Master Meng's mansion with the gifts prepared in advance.

There is no way to avoid this matter, for this matter, when Yuan Rui was still recuperating from his injuries, the county lord came back to talk about it, and also made some things at that time very clear.

But this time it was different, Yuan Rui didn't know how to open his mouth to make Mr. Meng and his wife understand their thoughts, whether he was a little too selfish now, and he didn't consider their thoughts.

After a while, he came to the door of Master Meng's mansion, and Yuan Rui personally stepped forward and knocked on the door.

When the servant took Yuan Rui to the hall, he saw Master Meng sitting on a chair, although he already had expectations in his heart, he was still taken aback.

Sitting there, Mr. Meng's face was haggard, his body was emaciated, and the clothes he wore looked empty.

Yuan Rui hurriedly stepped forward and gave a big gift, "The student has seen the teacher, and he has given the teacher a salute." ”

Yuan Rui came according to the most normal etiquette, after all, during the township examination, the examiner of Mr. Meng, strictly speaking, was his teacher, and he also had a mind to determine his identity before he could go further.

"Yuan Zhongshu, please sit down, the old man is not in good health, so he won't get up."

"I don't dare to be called like this by the master, the teacher can call me Mingcheng."

"If you talk about Ruohan, there is no need, the county lord has already made it very clear."

"Teacher, it's my fault, if it weren't for Sister Ruohan's rescue of me, I wouldn't have suffered misfortune."

"Teacher, in addition to apologizing to you and your wife this time, I still have something to discuss with the teacher."

"It doesn't have to be like this, when the county lord came last time, I said that when it is convenient in the future, I will move the little girl's coffin out, here, thank Yuan Zhongshu for arranging the little girl's funeral."

Mr. Meng didn't say that when he got the news of his daughter's death, the old couple was stupid at that time.

Mrs. Lin fell ill the next day, and finally recovered a little, and Mr. Meng then fell ill again, and the two of them did not get a little angry until the first month passed.

"Master, I came here this time, and I wanted to tell the teacher something cheekily, but I don't know how to open my mouth."

Yuan Rui was hesitant, and he was really embarrassed to explain his intentions in the future.

"Needless to say, needless to say, you go back first, go back!" Mr. Meng's tears flowed down all of a sudden.

"Teacher, take care, then I'll go back first, and I'll come to see you next time." Yuan Rui also felt a little sentimental.

Yuan Rui left the gift and said goodbye with Xiaohe with tears on his face.

"Young master, Master Meng is so pitiful, he has lost weight like that, how sad he must be."

"Xiaohe, I have always dared not come, I just didn't dare to face them, not only did I not protect Ruohan, she was killed by bandits in order to save me, I owe them a life, I don't say it now, I have to ask them again, no face!"

"Talking about this now, I am thinking about whether I can give them more opportunities to provide for their old age in the future and fulfill their filial piety for Ruohan."

"Young master, you said, if I replace Sister Ruohan, will I provide for them in the future."

"You girl, you have a good heart, but you have no relatives and no reason, how can they promise you, I want to leave Sister Ruohan in the Yuan family, just to set the identities of both parties, there is a relationship, no matter what you do, it should be."

"Young master, I am very familiar with Sister Ruohan and Sister Ziyi, Sister Ruohan is gone, I will treat it as their daughter, and it will be good to be filial by their side," the very simple Xiaohe had the most simple and direct idea.

Hearing Xiaohe say this, Yuan Rui thought about it for a while, not to mention, this suggestion is really good.

Since I came out, I still have to go to the Wei State Mansion, which is also a due gift.

Wei Guogong was very happy to see Yuan Rui, what he said during the New Year was useful, this kid was enlightened, and he came to the capital and began to improve. But where did he think that Yuan Rui didn't want to come at all, it was the Holy Lord who forced him to come.

"Boy, I arrived yesterday, why did you only come today, this is dissatisfied with my old fellow!"

I don't know why, Wei Guogong just doesn't like this kid, even if he is born in Qingwei.

"Old man, what's wrong, is it not good to drink the wine in the capital, I brought two jars this time, or I will give you a jar."

Yuan Rui can't help it, this old man wants to coax, it's not cost-effective to do it against him.

"Okay, okay, where is it, hurry up and bring it," the old man immediately forgot about his dissatisfaction as soon as he heard the wine.

"What kind of wine, you know how to drink, is your injury healed!" There was a very dissatisfied question from outside the door.

"I knew it was you, it might be no good when it came, what about the wine, give it to me."

The county lord who entered the door looked at Yuan Rui with a gloomy face, this guy, let him not come, he will make trouble for himself as soon as he comes.

"Where did I get the wine, that is, if you don't believe it, it's all empty-handed."

Yuan Rui hurriedly gave the old man a look, and smiled at the county lord.

"Xiaohe, did you bring wine, you won't lie," the county lord asked Xiaohe with a turning face.

"Sister County Lord, I really didn't bring it, we went to the Bachelor's Mansion, where to bring wine, the wine is ....." Xiaohe really won't lie, and he was about to tell the truth.

"County Lord, yes, you know that the wine at home has been drunk for the New Year, and it has just been made a little."

Yuan Lan was afraid that Xiaohe would tell the story straight, so she did bring two jars that had just been finished this time, but they were still in the house and didn't bring them.

The old man didn't dare to say anything since the county lord came in, his daughter was too powerful, and after she was injured, she couldn't do a lot of things, not to mention wine, even the big fish and meat were a lot less.

Looking at Yuan Rui's eyes, he suddenly felt that this kid was not so hateful, if he could marry this girl earlier, it would be a good thing!

"Come, tell you something," he said, turning to his father.

"Your injury is not completely healed now, just because you eat and drink indiscriminately, and at such an age, it is not worry-free."

Wei Guogong lay on the chair, closed his eyes and recuperated, pretending not to hear, and Xiaohe covered his mouth and smiled while watching.