Of course, Wu Zheng did not want to study this knowledge when he read the volume of "The Origin of the Surname", but hoped to find out the source of the Sui Xingjia Sui surname, and tried to find the clues of the person who wrote the "Sui Family Motto". Only in this way will it be possible to figure out the origin of the four pages of the book that were nailed to the book, which are full of messy footprints.

The hard work paid off, and sure enough, when I saw the origin of the surname Sui, there was a special record, which recorded the origin of the surname Sui in Xiangyang Town.

To Wu Zheng's surprise, the ancestor of the Sui surname in Xiangyang Town was not surnamed Sui, but the seventh generation in Sui Xing, that is, the generation of Sui Xing's grandfather's great-grandfather, which evolved from the surname Jinling Ling.

One of the descriptions immediately caught Wu Zheng's attention:

"In the sixth year of Jinfeng, the world was in chaos. The surname Jinling Ling has been an official in the court for generations, and it is inevitable that he will have grievances. When the chaos, the government was slack, the national law was abandoned, in order to avoid the enemies to provoke, in order to continue the Ling Miao descendants, the second room of the Ling family in Jinling heard the truth and was public Bingqian, and hid in Xiangyang Town, one hundred and eighty miles northeast of Tongluo City, incognito, married a wife and had children, and was the ancestor of the Sui surname in Xiangyang Town. The ancestor of the Sui surname in Xiangyang Town, Cheng Yi, is very clear, which means that he does not forget his ancestors and does not forget the heart of Jinling Ling's fist. ”

In the sixth year of Jinfeng, Wu Zheng silently calculated, and this year is exactly one hundred and thirty-four years. The so-called "Jinling Ling's surname Erfang heard the Tao and publicly denied Bingqian", that is, the second son surnamed Jinling Ling, whose name was Bingqian. And "Chengyi Gong Ji Zu" is that after Ling Bingqian hid in Xiangyang Town, he changed his name to Sui Jizu, the word Chengyi, that is, the ancestor of the Sui surname in Xiangyang Town, and the grandfather of Sui Xing.

Although there is no more introduction to the origin of the Sui surname in Xiangyang Town, Tongluo City, in "The Origin of the Surname", and there is no mention of who wrote the "Sui Family Motto", Wu Zheng still feels that he has gained a lot.

After all, I know that the surname Sui of Xiangyang Town is derived from the Ling family of Jinling, especially the word "Ling" of the Ling family, and it has a trace of connection with "Lingxiao Nine Styles" and "Lingyun Footwork". Even if it is still uncertain, whether Jinling Ling is the creator of "Lingxiao Nine Styles" and "Lingyun Footwork" still gives Wu Zheng a clue that can be traced.

Wu Zheng always firmly believed that the pages of the book full of messy footprints that were nailed to the "Sui Family Motto" could never be the unintentional mistake of the person who wrote the family motto, on the contrary, it should be intentional.

Buried in the county test paper all day long, and took out an hour to practice "Lingxiao Nine Styles" and "Lingyun Footwork" in the morning and evening, and before I knew it, it was the fifteenth day of the first month. I remember that Sui Xing said at the time that he would return on the sixteenth and calculate the date, and he should enter the city on the evening of the eighteenth, so Wu Zheng put down the book in his hand in the next three days and thoroughly cleaned the small courtyard inside and out.

Before the eighteenth hour of the first month, he rushed to the east gate of Tongluo City to greet Sui Xing and his party.

Sure enough, before sunset, Kankan saw Sui Xing walking in front of him on a mule, and the mule cart behind him, or Uncle Zheng driving.

Wu Zheng hurriedly greeted him, stretched out his hand to take the reins in Sui Xing's hand, and while greeting Sui Xing, he did not forget to say to the mule cart:

"Wu Zheng gave New Year's greetings to the young grandmother and Miss Meng'er. ”

I don't want to, as soon as the words fell, Cuiliu's voice came:

"What about me?"

"Sister Cuiliu has a good New Year. ”

Wu Zheng naturally saw Cuiliu sitting on the wheel in new clothes, and he didn't need to be reminded, and he wouldn't forget to say hello to Cuiliu.

All the way back to the small courtyard, entering the door and seeing that it was clean inside and out, Sui Xing reached out and took out a red envelope from his arms and handed it to Wu Zheng, at this time Luo Yiyi, who got down from the mule cart, handed the dream in his arms to Cuiliu, and also took out a red envelope and handed it to Wu Zheng.

Wu Zheng hurriedly bent down again to salute.

Although Wu Zheng has never kowtowed to the Sui family since he entered the Sui family as a scholar, fortunately, Sui Xing has never cared.

After settling down the family, Cuiliu secretly asked Wu Zheng after dinner:

"Well, you're not hungry here, are you?"

"What's the matter, you bought a lot of food when you left, how can you be hungry?"

Still, Cuiliu could tell something from the rest of the food.

"Why is there so much food left?"

Wu Zheng really can't explain this, one is that he sometimes forgets time when he is immersed in "Lingxiao Nine Styles" and "Lingyun Footwork". In addition, I buried my head in studying the pen papers of the county exams over the years, and I often forgot to eat. In addition, he also disturbed the shopkeeper Duan for a few meals, so he naturally saved the food at home.

Seeing that Wu Zheng didn't answer, Cuiliu asked half-jokingly:

"Did you take all the wages given by the young master to go to the restaurant?"

"No, not a single one of them has moved. ”

Indeed, Wu Zheng really hasn't used a copper coin.

The next day, Sui Xing came to the study in the east room after breakfast, and Wu Zheng deliberately touched the "Sui Family Motto" to the ground when he was cleaning up the bookshelf, and then bent down, seeing that Sui Xing didn't pay attention, he quickly drew the pages with messy footprints, and pretended to be surprised:

"Ah, what is this?"

Sui Xing was naturally attracted by Wu Zheng's surprise, turned his head and glanced at the "Sui Family Motto" in Wu Zheng's hand, stretched out his hand to take it, looked at the page full of footprints, and explained casually:

"This was left by Grandpa Taizu, and no one knows why Grandpa Taizu nailed four pages of paper full of footprints in the family motto. ”

flipped through it casually, handed it to Wu Zheng again, and motioned to put it on the bookshelf again.

At this point, Wu Zheng has understood that it is impossible to find the answer from Sui Xing's family.

"Young master, it's going to be over in less than a month. ”

It seems to be a reminder, but in fact, I want to ask Sui Xing how he is preparing.

"Alas, when I saw the book in front of me, my head was big, and to be honest, I really didn't have a bottom in my heart. can only rely on the scene to play. ”

As soon as he heard this, Wu Zheng knew that Sui Xing would not be able to hit it nine times out of ten.

If you don't accumulate it in normal times, what will you do when the time comes? It is clearly a self-deceptive remark.

I haven't been to Duan's house for three days, and after sending Sui Xing to school the next day, Wu Zheng raised his feet and came to Uncle Duan's bookstore, but the bookstore didn't open.

Worried about whether someone would be looking for trouble again, Wu Zheng hurriedly came to Uncle Duan's house, and when he asked, he found out that Uncle Duan accompanied his wife back to his parents' house, so the bookstore would not open for a few days.

Knowing that Uncle Duan went back to handle his background in school, Wu Zheng was both grateful and had a small expectation.

As for whether he can participate in the county test next month, Wu Zheng doesn't care very much.

If Uncle Duan can do it for himself, it will be good, you can try it, if not, it's fine. Wu Zheng will only turn 14 years old in three months, and the county examination will be held once a year, so there will naturally be opportunities in the future.