After reading the article, Meng Beiliu had a new understanding of Chen Youniao, and felt that this halfway student was a rare material to be made, so letting him stay was equivalent to opening a small stove for Chen Youniao, and carefully explaining various precautions about the imperial examination.

This is all a valuable experience. Chen Youniao listened very carefully and remembered them one by one.

Official writing is actually a very routine style, as long as you understand the format and genre, you can draw inferences from one case and write it freely. Compared with the style itself, the views expressed in it are more important, whether they are in line with the ideas of today's government and politics, whether they are written in the heart of the examiner, and whether they understand the thoughts of the superiors......

These are the keys to the title of the gold list.

If it is not timely and contrarian, even if it is written like flowers, it is useless.

Meng Beiliu has lived most of his life, and he has already seen through the trick, although he himself despises the filthiness of officialdom, but for the students who aspire to the imperial examination, he can't instill cynical things, if the students are taught to the extreme, how can they pass the exam?

This talk was endless, and when it came to dusk, Meng Beiliu looked tired and said slowly: "The ancients said: words are like their people, and poetry is characterful." I can see that you have a pure heart, which is very rare. This world has changed, looking at the prosperous world, but the wind and clouds are surging, and I don't know what will happen in the future, but you have to remember that the reason why people are human beings should have a bottom line of benevolence and righteousness, otherwise, what is the difference between them and beasts?"

Chen Youniao bowed down and said, "Thank you for the teacher's teaching." ”

Meng Beiliu smiled: "I am not a pedantic old pedant, let alone preaching to you and telling you big truths. People's encounters are uncertain, they may encounter hardships and hardships, or they may once gain power and rise to the top. As soon as you go up and down, there will be many changes, and people's hearts will change...... Okay, the last words are all the nagging of the old man, it's not early, you go back. In the next few days, you don't have to go to class, digest slowly, walk more, and see more. ”

"Okay. ”

Chen Youniao left the different grass halls, and it was already dark outside, and there were lights lit. As he walked, he thought about things:

Worshipping Meng Beiliu as a teacher has gained a lot, which is equivalent to embarking on a shortcut to study. As long as you get a recommendation, you will be famous, and a new door will be opened.

Crossing over and coming to this wide world full of mystery and unknown, you have to take it step by step, so that you can live well.

Back at the house, Uncle Wang hurriedly began to stir-fry, and the meal was as rich as usual. After eating, Uncle Wang asked in a low voice, "Young Master, shouldn't we make some preparations?"

"What preparation?"

"Find a house, this place will be taken back by the clan, if you don't find a good place in advance, it will be troublesome. ”

Uncle Wang frowned, he already had feelings for this house, planted vegetables, raised chickens and ducks, etc., but the chickens and ducks didn't have time to grow up, and people were about to be kicked out. It's hard to rent a house outside and have such a comfortable environment again.

Chen Youniao asked, "Have you told Wangcai about this?"

Uncle Wang nodded: "I mentioned it, but this kid can behave and show loyalty." If he has two hearts, I will sell him immediately for money. Hey, this guy eats a lot and sells food rations. ”

When Chen Youniao heard this, he laughed dumbly. At the beginning, Wangcai signed a deed of sale, and the deed was registered in the yamen and protected by the law. In a sense, selling oneself into slavery is the same as goods, which can be resold. However, Wangcai's condition can't be sold at a high price. He eats and sleeps well here, where can he go to find such a good master's house? Even if Chen Youniao may be expelled from the Chen family's lineage, Wangcai will not give birth to two hearts, he is not stupid, the more time like this, the more loyal he must be, in order to get the opportunity to perform.

Uncle Wang said: "In the past two days, I have walked around the neighborhood a few times, and the house is there, but it is not very satisfactory, and the good price is too expensive. ”

Chen Youniao said: "It's okay, you can take a look." ”

There was no need to go to class the next day, Chen Youniao originally planned to stay in the house to study, but Song Tianfu came, looking anxious: "Brother Chen, something happened to my family." ”

Chen Youniao was stunned: "What's the matter?"

Song Tianfu sighed and spoke.

It turned out that an incident happened to the Song family in a manor outside the county town, which made people panic.

But where the big family, the house shop is only a part of the industry, the manor field, is the main wealth base, how many acres of land owned, is an important criterion to measure a family's heritage, even if the business-based family, as long as there is surplus money, there is an opportunity, the first choice is to buy land.

However, the laws of the Dayin Dynasty have a set of controls over land and fields, and in many cases, it is not possible to buy land with money, but also to have fame and status. If they match each other, they will be considered to be overstepping the norm and are sinful. It is a large family, and they all hope to train scholars, gain fame, and become officials in the court. With authority comes land.

The Song family is a merchant family, no one has been an official for three generations, and the land owned is not much, only more than 1,000 acres, and the quality of the land is not good, distributed a little farther away from the city. And a manor was built there for easy care.

Thousands of acres of land, some of which are grown by themselves, and some of which are rented to tenants.

Just the night before, a flock of sheep raised in the manor suddenly died in a horrible state, and last night, a prime-aged ploughing ox weighing hundreds of catties died violently, which shocked the people of the manor......

If the death of a flock of sheep is not a big loss, but the death of a cow is a much more serious problem. In the ancient world, where productivity was low, the value of cattle was extraordinary, much more noble than the average person. In Yamen, ploughing cattle are registered, and if someone's cattle suddenly disappear, it is more serious than the disappearance of the population. As for slaughtering cattle to eat, that is a great sin. Only cows that are too old and sick to go to the fields, or who die unexpectedly, can be killed for meat.

Chen Youniao listened and asked, "Could it be that a fierce beast sneaked into the manor and ate the cattle and sheep?"

The Song family's manor is located in a remote area, and you can see the reckless mountains when you look up.

Song Tianfu's face was full of worry: "When I first heard about the rumors, I thought it was a scourge of wild beasts, but after listening to the housekeeper tell me the details, I found that things were not so simple." ”

"Oh, what's going on?"

"Whether it is a flock of sheep or a ploughing cow, they are all in a terrible state, and their flesh and blood are eaten clean, and only their fur and bones remain. ”

Speaking of this, Song Tianfu's voice trembled a little.

Chen Youniao raised his eyebrows, and suddenly thought of something bad.

Song Tianfu said: "I came to you today, just to invite you to take a look, after all, you are a person from Laoshan and have experience in this area." ”

Chen Youniao pondered for a moment: "Okay, I'll go with you." ”

After packing up a little, he brought a wooden box containing the materials for drawing talismans, thinking that there would be someone by his side, so he asked Wangcai to follow, and then got into a carriage and left the city.