Xia Jingyun made a bet and walked back to Feng Xiuyun, "My lord, I have already bet, according to what Fang Cai said, if you lose, it will be mine, I will make up the money to pay you back, and if you win, we will split it in half." ”

Feng Xiuyun smiled slightly, "No, this money is given to you by me, and you don't have to pay it back." ”

Xia Jingyun didn't say much, bury a hook here, and when he really wins in the future, won't there be a reason to send money to the other party openly, maybe the matter of rehabilitation will be settled.

Although she is only a female official in the palace, she is a palace person after all, and it is not a simple matter to take care of the local county order.

With those five hundred taels of foundation, he will also have the courage to ask the other party to do things at that time.

Xia Jingyun said goodbye and left, looking at his back, Feng Xiuyun sighed slightly.

She didn't have much money, relying on the palace and rewards, she had accumulated some family funds, and it cost a lot to collect half of the calligraphy brought out this time, and there were only a few dozen taels left in her hand, and this time it cost ten taels.

That's it, just think of it as the money to buy that deck of words, and I still make it.

As for Xia Jingyun's ability to buy it, she didn't think about it at all.

Not to mention that the odds set by the casino are all exquisite, where can people win so easily with a small Bo, in fact, just looking at the names of these participants, it is difficult for people to have the idea that Wen Kui will be sidelined.

She has only been here for less than a month, and she has heard a lot of names on that sign, Zeng Jimin, the first genius in Jiang'an County, Lin Feibai, the great-grandson of Mingquan Confucian, and Zheng Tianyu, who is the leader, are almost calloused.

What is the son of Taishou, the dragon and phoenix among the people, the best literary peers, the first son of Surabaya Prefecture and the like, there are such people to participate, from real talent and real learning, to the background face, this Wenkui is his, and he can't escape.

Thinking of this, Feng Xiuyun wanted to bet the little money he had left on Zheng Tianyu.

After a moment's hesitation, forget it.

inexplicably, it feels like betraying Xia Jingyun in private.

......

After successfully registering and returning home, Xia Jingyun went into the house and began to sort out all the memories of literature in his mind.

This is not only related to the future life of this big family, related to the rehabilitation of the crime, but also related to whether he can take that crucial step in this restarting life.

He wants to combine his own accumulation with the scriptures of this world and summarize what belongs to him.

This time I went in, it was most of the day.

Fortunately, no one here came to urge him to work, and when everyone heard Xia Ning Zhenyi say that he was going to attend the literary meeting, they were stunned at first, and then they were helpless and distressed.

If it weren't for the fact that their Xia family was targeted by wicked people and became sinners, now it would be time for him to prepare for the autumn festival with peace of mind!

"This kid, as we are now, there are adults who are willing to help us, we want some money or something to do, what kind of cultural meeting are we going to attend!"

Aunt Xia Zhang's main heart is straightforward, and she is not paying attention, and she speaks out in her heart.

Xia Ningzhen immediately came out to uphold justice and gave her mother a critical blow, "Mother, how can you say that!" That's the second brother's own ability, the second brother has rescued us from the laborers, and we now have food and clothing given by the second brother, what's wrong with people going to participate in a literary meeting? How can you be so ungrateful! ”

Xia Zhang's ears were red when he landed.

"Go, go, go! You dead girl, be angry with me! ”

She stroked her chest and glared at her daughter, who had grown a backbone for some reason, "Go and kill chickens with your brother!" Don't get in the way here! ”

Xia Jingyun's mother, Xia Li, sat on the side picking vegetables, silent.

Xia Zhang hurriedly went over and explained, "Brother and sister, I didn't mean that, don't listen to that dead girl's nonsense." ”

Xia Li reluctantly pulled the corners of his mouth, "Sister-in-law, our family doesn't talk to each other, it's okay." ”

She let out a long breath, her eyes slightly red, "It's nothing else, I just look at that kid so serious and diligent, and I feel uncomfortable." You said that our Xia family has always been honest, why did we have to suffer such a hardship! ”

Xia Zhang got up and sat next to her, holding her hand, "Brother and sister, I think that Gao Yang's kid is just idle, and he is interested in this literary society, isn't he still thinking about the imperial examination, don't think too much about yourself." Although Gao Yang has become a lot better now, his knowledge and literary talent are still like that, and going to the literary club is to make up the numbers, can he really compare to those reading seeds? ”

Xia Li glanced at his sister-in-law resentfully, and she was about to cry.

In the evening, Xia Jingyun basically made a rough idea, and his mother Xia Li came in with a bowl of chicken soup with chicken legs, watching him study hard and writing hard, wiped his tears and went out.

made Xia Jingyun stunned.

......

At night, in another side room, two brothers were sleeping on their feet.

In the dark, Xia Hengzhi suddenly spoke, "Big brother, I will raise it for a few more days, I plan to go around the city and see if I can hire a Xixi in which house." ”

Xia Mingxiong was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted, and mumbled, "Well, this matter is reasonable." After a few more days, I will go out to see if I can find a job as a caretaker. With such a big family, you can't put the burden on juniors and women. ”

After speaking, the two of them were silent at the same time.

Both of them are in their early forties, no longer young and strong, and it is not as easy as they say to find a job that can support their family.

After a while, Xia Mingxiong said softly: "Gao Yang really wants to go to that cultural meeting?" ”

Xia Hengzhi hummed in a low voice, "Let him go, stay at home and have nothing to do, he has been cold for more than ten years, and he can't participate in the imperial examination. ”

Xia Mingxiong thought for a while, "Yes, he was taught by you, and he didn't go out to seek a famous teacher, and when he participated in the literary meeting, he knew that a few catties and a few taels had just extinguished that thought, which is not necessarily a bad thing." ”

"Big brother."

"Huh?"

"Hurry up and go to bed early."

......

The next day, Xia Jingyun got up early in the morning, got up and washed up slowly, had breakfast, walked out of the door, and went all the way to the Wenhui venue next to the county office.

Along the way, the voices of those selling along the street are endless, as if there is augmented reality technology in the live broadcast room, and people are enthusiastic to watch.

The most insistent thrift is really no money, Xia Jingyun didn't have any other thoughts at all, and went straight through the chaos and came to the destination.

Yesterday it was a mess, but now it has been set up and cleaned up, and a group of soldiers with swords in hand enclosed an open space to separate the crowd of onlookers.

A high platform is set up at one end, and the red silk is paved on the ground, showing festivity and dignity.

There are a few desks and chairs on the platform, which are supposed to be for those famous Confucians to sit on, to preside over the literary meeting, and to judge the merits.

On both sides of the venue are viewing platforms, each with several rows of chairs, which should be reserved for the magnates who watch the ceremony.

In the middle of the venue, there are four large desks, and in front of each desk, there is a chair, as if leading to the high platform, and you need to pass these four levels.

I don't know what this is for, but I'm sure this is the core place of the cultural society.

At the other end of the high platform, there are rows of benches, needless to say, this is for these scholars and students who participated in the literary meeting, because there were already many scholars standing in twos and threes.

Xia Jingyun handed over the registration voucher and was successfully put in.

When the people inside saw a fresh face, someone who knew him took the initiative to talk, "Brother Tai, Xu Dapeng in Xiajiang'an County, the word Boyi, this is polite." ”

Xia Jingyun was still a little unfamiliar with this kind of greeting, and hesitated for a moment, "Xia Jingyun of Wanfu County, the word Gaoyang, has seen Brother Xu." ”

This name is also unfamiliar, so Xu Dapeng asked: "Which Confucian brother Gao Yang is studying under now?" ”

Xia Jingyun smiled, "I came to see the world, and I can't compare to your talents." ”

Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling person, the other party already admitted that he was insufficient, and Xu Dapeng said politely: "Wherever and where, it is all a grand event!" ”

"Brother Boyi is humble." Xia Jingyun smiled and asked, "May I ask Brother Boyi, what are the activities of this literary meeting?" ”

The corners of Xu Dapeng's mouth twitched after hearing this, you really came to see the world, I don't know.

"Usually the Wenhui is a drinking order, or play a game of pitching pots, canopy, Shuanglu and the like, but this time it is to participate in the grand event, for the concubine Niangniang, the Wenhui will naturally not have a drinking and fun, see how many of the four cases? They are anagrams, couplets, arithmetic, and poetry. The first three levels are all elegant, and in the end, the winner must be determined by poetry. ”

"Thank you, brother, for your doubts."

"This is something that everyone knows, it's nothing, you will follow me honestly for a while, don't be embarrassed."

Seeing that Xia Jingyun didn't even understand the most basic things, Xu Dapeng's tone became a lot more casual.

As he was talking, there was a sudden commotion around him, and many people stood up.

Xia Jingyun turned his head to look, only to see an ordinary-looking young scholar walk in, and at least a third of the scholars who had already come in greeted him and saluted respectfully, "Brother Zize!" ”

Xu Dapeng's face also changed, "Oh, I'm patronizing and chatting with you." ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly walked up to greet him, "Xu Boyi has seen Brother Zize!" ”

The young scholar gently returned the salute, then calmly sat down in the first row.

Xia Jingyun whispered: "Brother Boyi, who is this?" ”