"I Didn't Visit the Master......"

Xu Chong stopped, his heart sinking slightly.

Zhang Shunyi was relieved and returned, and it stands to reason that he had to visit Wang Hezhi, the teacher of the profession, no matter what.

This is an unavoidable rule set by the human ethics of the Heavenly Monarch and the Prince.

But he didn't......

There is no doubt that this is the impact of Zhang Youde's death.

"Shunyi."

Xu Chong looked at Zhang Shunyi very seriously, "You shouldn't suspect the master because of a few vague words." ”

"I know."

Zhang Shunyi sighed and took a step forward, "The master is as kind to me as a mountain, without him, I will only honestly wait to inherit the bookstore and be a shopkeeper for the rest of my life." ”

"But I can't control my suspicions."

"I am more and more convinced that my father's death was the work of my master."

Obviously, Zhang Shunyi's dress is much more luxurious than before, but Xu Chong only sees helplessness, depression, and contradiction from his back.

"Heaven and earth are always in front of the teacher."

Zhang Shunyi said to himself, "I sometimes think, if my father really committed any crime, why didn't he use the law to punish him unjustly? ”

"And if the father did not commit a crime, but only violated the interests of the master, then why didn't the master just kill the father?"

"Why should he die on trumped-up charges, and in the end he was not even allowed to leave his name on a stone monument."

Xu Chong was silent and walked slowly behind.

He really wanted to tell Zhang Shunyi that Zhang Youde was not killed by the master, and the master had nothing to do with this matter from beginning to end.

It's a pity he can't.

Zhang Youde died at the hands of the water ghost, that's right.

But the real reason for Zhang Youde's death is that he worships himself!

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if he can hide his existence with a thick face and push the matter on the head of the water ghost, Zhang Shunyi will most likely not be able to threaten the water ghost.

But how can you know the truth, and why do you say that this is the truth?

Unless you confide in everything, this simply can't be explained.

Therefore, Xu Chong could only be silent.

"There is a little brother Xu can rest assured."

Seeing that Xu Chong didn't speak, Zhang Shunyi opened his mouth and added, "I don't do anything to the master, after all, these are just conjectures, and I don't have any evidence." ”

"I just can't face him the way I used to."

"It's better not to see each other than to see each other."

All right......

It seems that this is the only way to do it at the moment.

Xu Chong sighed faintly and changed the subject: "If I'm not mistaken, are you going to participate in the spring exam?" It's better to move into Xu's house, where the place is big, and someone can do chores and let you study with peace of mind. ”

"No need."

Zhang Shunyi rejected Xu Chong's proposal without thinking about it, "I'm just coming back to see Brother Xu, and I'm going to leave for the capital today." ”

"Leaving today?"

Xu Chong was stunned for a moment, and stepped forward side by side with Zhang Shunyi, "So urgent? Haven't you been here? ”

The township examination in Daqing was held in various prefectures, and the general examination was held in the capital, and the provincial-level yamen did not act as the agent for the imperial examination.

And the distance from Canglong to the capital, leaving two months of travel time is completely enough, and it is too late to leave after the New Year.

"Nope."

Zhang Shunyi shook his head, "I am valued by the master, and I have been indirectly urging me to enter Beijing in a few months, and it is already extremely rude and disrespectful to leave now." ”

"I see......"

Xu Chong nodded slowly.

It seems that the road to the imperial examination that he gave up, Zhang Shunyi is getting smoother and smoother.

In Daqing, only the chief examiner of the township examination and the general examination will be called the seat teacher by the candidates.

And the chief examiner of the township examination must be from the Hanlin Academy.

Although the grade may not be high, they are definitely real upstarts in the imperial court, and they are expected to enter the cabinet in the future.

can be valued by this kind of existence, Zhang Shunyi can be said to have a smooth road in the future.

Neither of them spoke again.

It wasn't until he walked to the door of a bookstore that Zhang Shunyi stopped.

This bookstore was rebuilt on the site of the former Youde bookstore, and the plaque reads 'Zhiyuan Bookstore'.

At this time, there were many readers in long shirts in the bookstore who were picking out books.

"It's doing well, and it seems that I was right to give him the title deed."

Zhang Shunyi nodded, and said with some emotion: "It's just that I didn't expect that although the signboard has been changed, the bookstore has still been built in its original state." ”

"Maybe everyone is used to it."

Xu Chong was noncommittal.

"Brother Xu, do you remember how we met?"

Zhang Shunyi suddenly laughed.

"Yes."

Xu Chong nodded, in the memory of the original body.

"Thirteen years ago, Youde Bookstore had just opened."

Zhang Shunyi recalled and said, "At that time, Ling Zun had not yet made a fortune, and Brother Xu had no money to buy books, so he could only stand at the door and watch, sometimes it was a whole day. ”

"yes."

Xu Chong also laughed, "At that time, I thought, how can there be so many books in this house, it's too enviable." ”

"I'm afraid it's not just envy, right?"

Zhang Shunyi looked at Xu Chong teasingly, "I remember that Brother Xu didn't have many days after watching it, and he dared to sneak into the bookstore to read while his father was taking a nap." ”

"Uh......"

Xu Chong touched his nose, "I didn't expect there to be a you in there." ”

"I didn't expect that when you came up, you covered my mouth, begged me to help you hide it, and said that you would repay me in the future."

Zhang Shunyi squinted at Xu Chong and smiled evilly.

"Ahem......

Xu Chong coughed twice.

Although this is the original body's troubles, he is inevitably a little embarrassed to be said in person.

"The days when I read books with Brother Xu are probably the most lively."

"It's a pity that it didn't take long for Ling Zun to make a career next year, and Brother Xu no longer had to sneak into the bookstore."

Speaking of this, Zhang Shunyi's voice suddenly deepened: "Ling Zun's hair is the same as his father's, it is so sudden...... It was probably since that year that my father began to change. ”

Xu Chong's smile slowly converged and he was silent.

Zhang Youde was born in poverty, and being able to suddenly set up a bookstore has a lot to do with being Zhou Ze's martial slave.

became a martial slave, memories appear from time to time, it would be good not to be crazy, and it is not uncommon for his heart to change.

"In fact, no matter who killed my father, I don't have much hatred for him killing his father itself."

"Because I know that my father at that time was really abnormal, and it is even very likely that he has committed some crimes."

"What I hate is that man who made my father lose his heart."

Zhang Shunyi turned his back, and his tone couldn't hear any hatred at all, only endless sighs, "If a person loses his heart, is it still himself?" ”

"In my opinion."

"The father who doesn't have the habit of taking a nap, but has been pretending to be taking a nap......"

"I was killed more than a dozen years ago."

After speaking, Zhang Shunyi waved his hand into the distance.

A sumptuous carriage approached slowly, and finally stopped in front of the two of them.

"Brother Xu, cherish."

Zhang Shunyi bowed to Xu Chong and boarded the carriage.

Xu Chong just stood in place, stunned as the carriage began to turn, supporting Xie Yuanlang to gradually move away.