Behind the more than 100 monks' houses in the east of Tianning Temple is one of the most famous gardens in Yangzhou.

Exotic flowers and plants presented by pilgrims from all over the world are planted here, and they are taken care of by special people on weekdays.

In the garden, the verandah twists and turns, connecting to a large house, which is where the Yangzhou monk Zhengji office.

That is to say, the presiding monk of Tianning Temple and the monk of Yangzhou is really a great monk who works in this room on weekdays.

When Xu He and Wu Decao came to the verandah, there were indeed scholars in the verandah who were gathering in groups to enjoy the flowers.

Not far away, a dozen or so people were discussing something around an old man dressed as a person.

As soon as Wu Decao entered the verandah, he lost his bravery in front of the mountain gate hall just now, and became cringe.

When Xu He saw him like this, he was confused.

But in the next second, someone discovered them, to be precise, Wu Decao.

"Yo! Isn't this Brother Wu! You were also invited to the conference? The person who spoke was holding a jade bamboo folding fan, and his face was playful when he saw Wu Decao.

Wu Decao heard the words and said twice: "Brother Zhou! Yes - yes! ”

The scholar surnamed Zhou walked over to Wu Decao with three friends around him, surrounded him in the middle and said loudly: "Let me introduce to you, this is the tail of the crane in the official school of this mansion, Wu Decao Brother Wu!" ”

Peers should be called the table when they meet, but the scholar surnamed Zhou does not, and his voice is mocking and loud, which immediately attracts the attention of everyone in the verandah.

Even the attention of the lifting man and the dozen or so people around him was attracted.

Wu Decao was so embarrassed that he didn't know where to put it, he seemed to be very jealous of this scholar surnamed Zhou, and hurriedly explained: "Brother Liangzuo, I, I also happened to be at the meeting, and I just want to learn to compose poetry!" ”

Zhou Liangzuo smiled, didn't pay attention to him, but turned his head to everyone: "This Brother Wu never reads books in Fuxue on weekdays, and his articles are a mess, the amazing thing is that he can always be ranked last in the life!" Do you think this Brother Wu is powerful? ”

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the talents present who looked at Wu Decao changed.

If you weren't a reader, you might not be able to understand why these people would have such an attitude towards Wu Decao.

This matter starts with the management assessment of the students in the Great Wei Dynasty.

In Xu He's later novels, it seems that if he was admitted to Xiucai, then everything will be fine and respected.

Actually, no, Xiucai is also divided into three, six, nine and so on.

As mentioned above, the first class is naturally a hypogeneatic, the second class is hyperplasia, and the third class is epiphytic.

After the examination, Xiucai entered the official school, and there are various exams every year, that is, the [scientific examination].

Many people confuse the subject examination with the road test, but in fact, the subject test is an internal examination for students, while the road test is an examination for the selection of students.

The subject examination is twice in three years, and the examination time is almost the same as that of the road examination.

After the Grand Master came to each prefecture to organize the Dao Examination, he would immediately conduct the scientific examination, and through the results, he would decide who was a student, who was an epiphysiologist, and who was an epiphyte.

The state gives six buckets to one stone per month, exempting the family from two dings, and those with excellent grades can also become tribute students to go to the north and south prisons to sit in prison, mix for a few years, if you don't want to take the exam, you can also have a way to become an official.

The quota for the additional students is the same as that for the students, but there is no allowance for the children, only the exemption from the servitude, and there is no qualification to become a prisoner.

So every year, some people squeeze their heads and want to become a.

It's unfortunate that Zhou Liangzuo who met today is the first place in hyperplasia, and his test results are better than Wu Decao's every time, and he could have become a student, but Wu Decao is dedicated to doing dirty things for the teacher and the prefect.

No matter how bad his grades are, he can always overpower Liangzuo this week and become a student.

This naturally caused Zhou Liangzuo's dissatisfaction.

Zhou Liangzuo's name is Zhou Fu, his father is the head of Yangzhou's silk industry, and in the past, he was taboo with the prefect's son and teaching, and he didn't dare to do anything to Wu De.

But now that the prefect has fallen, the teachings have followed, and when he sees Wu Decao again, he immediately stands up.

As for Wu Decao, he was also speechless, he was disgusted with helping Zhou Tianxiong and the teacher do dirty work, but he also enjoyed the benefits of doing dirty work, so when he saw Zhou Fu on weekdays, he always had a weaker momentum.

Wu Decao was obviously very famous among the scholars, and as soon as Zhou Fu's voice fell, the people around him suddenly shot disdainful glances at him.

"Just by virtue of you, you are also worthy of becoming a student, and you don't have to ruin the reputation of our school!" The other gentleman did not look good.

"I heard that this Wu Decao's family is poor, and it is not a production, I guess I got the news from somewhere today, and I came from the rice!"

"It's a shame for my generation of scholars!"

Seeing that there was a lot of commotion here, a person from a distance walked towards Xu He and them with a dozen or so students.

Zhou Fuyi bowed when he saw the person and said, "Senior Ma!" ”

The dozen or so students behind the surnamed Ma immediately shouted at Xu He and Wu Decao: "This senior Ma is the west seat of the old Shoufu family in Songjiang, and the two of you are still not polite?" ”

What Songjiang old Shoufu, Xu He didn't know, but he really couldn't accept everyone's attitude.

Just now, Zhou Fu and others were still targeting Wu Decao, although he walked with Wu Decao, but it was none of his business, he could watch coldly, but these people who had just come, especially the person surnamed Ma, had been looking at the two of them coldly, his eyes were like garbage, he really couldn't bear it.

Seeing that the two of them didn't speak, Zhou Fu suddenly became energetic: "Senior Ma, today is the literary meeting held by Shen Gongzi, you can't let two unrelated people wait for Gongzi's mood, and drive them out!" ”

The surname Ma Wenyan waved his hand, did not speak, and looked at Xu He and the others.

Wu Decao faced the contempt of so many classmates, he was lame and obscene; But Xu He held his head high, and there was a look of displeasure between his eyebrows.

Ma Juren frowned slightly, turned his head and asked the person behind him: "That young man is also a student of your school?" Why don't you wear a Lan shirt? ”

The people behind shook their heads again and again: "I don't know where the wild child came from, I haven't seen it!" ”

When Ma Juren heard this, his face was even more arrogant: "What's the matter with the family at the door?" A person who isn't even a living member, how did they put it in? ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Xu He: "In this literary meeting, the participants are all famous, look at your dress and have also read books, go back and take the fame test and come back!" Besides, I'm waiting to compose poetry, can you understand it? ”

said that it was like chasing flies, and waved his hand at Xu He.

Wu Decao heard this, and just wanted to say a few words, he was stopped by Xu He.

The corners of Xu He's mouth twitched slightly, looking at this arrogant maniac: "What? Bai Juyi's poems can be understood by the old woman, your poems, I can't understand them as soon as I read the book for two years? ”

"You!" thought that a few words would make this young man retreat, but who would have thought that Xu He would use Bai Juyi's allusion to mock them.

Ma Juren sneered: "What a sharp-toothed boy!" Since you are so crazy, let Master Ben test your knowledge! ”

After speaking, he stretched out a finger and said, "I'll make a couplet, if you can make it, you can stay today!" ”

Xu He smiled disdainfully: "Whether you stay or not depends on my mood, to your lianzi is to let you know that there is a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the world!" ”

"Arrogance!"

"Senior Ma, that's a famous talent in our Nanzhili!"

"Little boy, the frog at the bottom of the well, the senior horse has a problem, let him know what to do!"

Ma Juren laughed angrily: "Hehe, okay, listen, my upper link is-[The two apes are broken in the mountains and forests, and the little monkey dares to see (sentence)]!" ”