Shen Yi has been unhappy with Xie Qin for a long time, but he has never found any suitable reason to say bad things about him in front of Lu Anshi.
At this time, Shen Yi was finally able to properly accuse Mr. Lu on the grounds of caring about Mr. Lu's health.
After sending Lu Anshi all the way home to his bedroom, Shen Yi stood up and left. Before leaving, he happened to see Miss Lu who had just settled down with his father and walked out of Master Lu's room.
Shen Yi coughed and walked forward.
Miss Lu was obviously still a little unhappy because of what happened two days ago. When she saw Shen Yi walking towards her, she quickly took two steps back, her eyes full of vigilance.
"What...what are you going to do?"
"Nothing to do."
Shen Yi smiled and said: "I just want to tell my junior sister a few words. The chief has been busy in the government office for many days and is very tired now. No matter who comes this afternoon, my junior sister will stop him and let the chief Have a good rest."
"Of course I know this."
Miss Lu rolled her eyes at Shen Yi and said angrily: "I need you to teach me..."
Shen Yi nodded, cupped his hands to Miss Lu, and said, "In this case, the mountain chief will leave it to my junior sister. I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave first."
After saying that, Shen Yi turned around and left.
Miss Lu stood at the door, looked at Shen Yi who turned around, and asked, "After you finish the government examination, are you going to the capital?"
Shen Yi turned around and corrected with a smile: "It's not Jingcheng, it's Jiankang. If the mountain chief hears you say the word Jingcheng, he will be unhappy."
"For so many years, everyone has called Jiankang Jingcheng, but he is the only one who is still so stubborn..."
Miss Lu glanced at Shen Yi and asked, "I want to ask you something."
Shen Yi nodded.
"If you pass the government examination, you will definitely go to the capital examination center to take the examination."
Shen Qilang paused and continued: "If you are lucky enough to pass the college examination and get the title of scholar, you will have to stay in the capital for one more year to prepare for the provincial examination next autumn."
Miss Lu looked at Shen Yi and hummed: "After a scholar, he has to go back to the academy to study for a few more years and then take the provincial examination. You are arrogant."
"It's not arrogance."
Shen Yi said with a smile: "Take the exam a year earlier and gain experience a year earlier. There is no harm in it anyway, right?"
With that said, Shen Yi bowed his hands to Miss Lu, turned around and left.
Miss Lu stood at Master Lu's door, looking at Shen Yi's retreating figure, somewhat lost in thought.
"Miss, what are you thinking about?"
Only then did Miss Lu come back to her senses, a little flustered: "I didn't... didn't think about anything."
Lian'er followed her gaze and saw the back of Shen Yi who had walked away. The little maid was very angry and said: "It's this guy again. Last time in the master's study, he teased the young lady. Wait. After the master wakes up, I must accuse him in front of the master!"
Xiao Lian'er was furious: "Let me drive him out of the academy!"
Miss Lu turned her head, looked at her maid, and shook her head gently: "Then the books he has read for so many years have been in vain?"
"It's an insult to gentlemen. Isn't the book a waste of time? Let him read it in vain!"
Miss Lu shook her head slightly: "It was just a joke, I didn't even take it seriously, why did you take it seriously?"
She stretched out her hand to pull Lian'er's sleeve and said softly: "Okay, let Uncle Li go buy some food and come back. We will go to the kitchen to make some soup for dad in a while. He has been very busy these days, so let's help him recuperate."
With that said, Miss Lu took Lian'er to work.
Shen Yi, on the other hand, returned to his school with excitement.
At this moment, Shen Heng was not in the school, probably going to school to study. Shen Yi was alone in the school, but he had no intention of reading at all. After thinking about it, he sat in front of the desk and wrote to the capital. Dad wrote a letter.
Of course, the letter cannot state that he has passed the government examination.
Because there are no cases yet in the government examination.
Even if Shen Yi now knows clearly that he has passed the government examination, he cannot write clearly about this in any letter, otherwise if someone with an intention catches the situation and insists on suing Shen Yi, don't say anything about Shen Yi then. Even Master Lu and Chen Fuzun may be implicated.
Therefore, Shen Yi could only write in his letter that no matter whether the government failed or not, he would go to Jiankang to visit his father.
This statement shows that he will go to the capital no matter what.
After finishing writing the letter, it was noon. Shen Heng came back from school and saw Shen Yi who was loading envelopes in the school building. He stretched his neck and looked at the address on the envelope, then turned to look at his brother and asked in a low voice : "Brother, did you pass the imperial examination?"
Shen Yi put the letter in the envelope and rolled his eyes at Shen Heng.
"Do not say silly things."
Although he said this, the smile on the corner of Shen Yi's mouth could not be concealed.
Shen Heng already understood in his heart, and he rolled his eyes at Shen Yi.
"If I win, I win. It's nothing special. Next year I will also pass the county examination and the government examination. I will also take the scholar and judicial examination..."
"As long as you have this ambition."
After Shen Yi packed up the letter, he began to look for clothes on his bed, then arranged the clothes and put them in the bag.
Shen Heng's eyes widened.
"Brother, are you leaving now?"
Shen Yi glanced at Shen Heng angrily and said, "The government examination has not yet happened, and the examination tickets have not been issued. Where can I go?"
An examination ticket is something similar to an admission ticket, which is used to prove the identity of the examinee.
After the candidate passes the exam, the corresponding yamen will issue an exam ticket to the candidate, and then the corresponding information will be listed in the school book. When it is time to register, you must first show the exam ticket, and then verify your identity before you can enter the exam room. take an exam.
Shen Heng looked at Shen Yi's baggage and asked, "Brother, what are you doing?"
"I'm going to Jiangdu to make some preparations for going to the capital. I'm not allowed to be in the academy during this period."
He glanced at Shen Heng and said, "After I am gone from Jiangdu, you should study in the academy and don't run around. If something happens, go to the city to find your third brother."
Speaking of this, Shen Yi suddenly remembered something. He rummaged through his baggage for a moment, then dug out two fifteen-tael silver ingots, placed them in front of Shen Heng, and said, "This money will be used for your daily needs." , save the flowers, if you don’t have enough, go and borrow it from the third brother, I will return it to him when I come back."
Shen Heng looked at the two large silver ingots in front of him and swallowed.
He grew up with Shen Yi. In the past, his brother Shen Ling was in charge of money. In the past two years, Shen Yi has been in charge of money. However, little Shen Heng has never seen any big money. He usually only has copper coins in his hands, one or two yuan at most. Broken silver, where have you seen such a big silver ingot?
However, after being lost for a moment, he still shook his head and said: "Brother, as the old saying goes, a poor family has a rich life. Since you are going to travel far, you can just take the money with you and spend it."
Without saying a word, Shen Yi collected the two silver ingots and put them into his arms.
He glanced at his brother.
"That's all. Looking at you, you haven't spent a lot of money. Don't cower when you go to the bank to exchange money with your silver ingots, and be stared at by the green men in the city."
"Anyway, I'm leaving after the New Year. There's still more than a month left. I'll be in the city these days to help you exchange these thirty taels of silver into copper coins and broken silver. I'll come back and give it to you before I leave."
After saying this, Shen Yi picked up the baggage, reached out and patted Shen Heng on the shoulder, and his tone became a little complicated.
"Study well and don't cause trouble."
Shen Heng had tears in his eyes and nodded heavily.