In front of the small courtyard of the three-story attic, a tall stone monument stands.
On the stone tablet, there is a statue of a master with the sky on his back and the night under his feet.
He stood on a raging river, stretched out his arms, and pointed into the distance.
Under the tall stone monument, a lean middle-aged man looked at Zhang Xiao with interest, smiled and shook his head.
"Although you have a merit badge, the order of admission examinations cannot be messed up."
Hearing this, Zhang Xiao nodded slightly and said respectfully: "Everything depends on the teacher's decision."
"good."
The lean instructor took out a small piece of yellowed paper, took out a short pen, wrote a word steadily on the paper and asked: "What word is this?"
"I!"
"What about this?"
"open."
"Hey, okay, what about these words?"
"Xiao, here, standing...",
"Okay, okay." The lean instructor raised his eyes and glanced at Zhang Xiao in surprise, and said with a smile.
"I didn't expect you actually know so many words. You don't look like what they call a servant at all."
"Haha, I was lucky. Please tell me, teacher, did I pass the test?"
Zhang Xiao felt relieved, and a touch of joy appeared on his thin and yellow cheeks.
"If you're not busy, it's not over yet."
A hint of joking and laughter appeared on the instructor's lean face, and he smiled again and said slowly.
"If you want to pass the test, you must say every word you just said, word for word, and you must say it sincerely."
"this·······."
Zhang Xiao was stunned when he heard this and looked at his mentor with a look of disbelief on his face.
How many words were there in total just now? It was so sudden, so I’m afraid not many people can remember it...
"Haha, Zhang Xiao, have you forgotten everything?"
The instructor looked at Zhang Xiao amusedly, with a proud look on his face, and looked at Zhang Xiao leisurely, shaking his head and saying.
"If you forget, this instructor can remind you. However, it will cost you a thousand coppers per word."
"One thousand copper coins, you were worth a thousand gold coins at that time?"
Suddenly, at this moment, a fat black man appeared from beside the tutor's table and looked at the tutor with contempt.
"You, why did you disobey the rules and come here early?"
The instructor was furious and glared at the fat man. He raised his arms high and was about to slap him down, but the fat man smiled.
"Li Gui, you, a handyman assistant, are so blatantly amassing money, aren't you afraid that the dean will know about it?"
"You, you know me? Whose family do you belong to?"
The lean instructor's gestures froze, he was a little unsure of the identity of the fat black man, and he hesitated.
"Hey, the Zhao family in Zhenglan County, do you know about the mentor?"
"Hey, it turns out that you are the son of the Zhao family. You are disrespectful and disrespectful."
Li Gui was startled when he heard this, and his face that was about to get angry was filled with a smile.
"Hey, it's easy to talk, easy to talk. What about me and this brother Zhang Xiao now?"
"But······."
Li Gui looked at Zhang Xiao. The candidate who had finally obtained the order to promote talents must be willing to spend some money on this first step.
"Haha." Zhang Xiao smiled slightly and looked at the two of them.
"Thank you, Brother Zhao, for taking care of me."
"Teacher Li, you have also heard that I am a servant. Where can I get the money from a servant?"
Zhang Xiao looked at the two of them with a smile, taking in Li Guida's disappointment and the shrewdness in Fatty Zhao Hei's eyes, he chuckled.
"However, I also remember the words I just read."
"You remember? How is that possible?"
Li Gui looked at Zhang Xiao in silence upon hearing this, while Fatty Zhao looked at Zhang Xiao with bright eyes and asked curiously.
"Really? Brother Zhang, I bet you can't recite it. I'll bet a thousand copper coins. If you can recite it, I'll pay you five thousand copper coins."
"Hiss? Five thousand Wen?"
Zhang Xiao and Li Gui both looked at Fatty Zhao Hei in disbelief. Their hearts were shocked. Is the Zhao family in Zhenglan County so rich?
"Haha, no need. I usually don't like gambling."
Zhang Xiao waved his hand and looked at Fatty Hei with some gratitude.
This fat black man seemed to be giving away money to himself on purpose. I don’t know what he had in mind.
However, although I am relatively poor, I am not...
"I am Zhang Xiao, and I swear here. Between heaven and earth, I can only repay the Ming Zun. Under the black and yellow universe, I can only listen to the teachings of Confucianism. His words are like the red sun rising, shining on the heavens thousands of miles away. Even if it is a dragon or a Kun, this ambition
It should also last forever. Heaven is moving in good health, and your virtuous prince should be like..."
"That's enough, that's enough. I admit that you can memorize it. You passed the first level."
Li Gui looked at Zhang Xiao in surprise. He didn't expect that this kid could really memorize it word for word.
"Candidate Zhang Xiao has a photographic memory and passed the first test together with Mr. Zhao..."
Li Gui's loud voice sounded in front of the third-floor attic, making the dark crowd of candidates behind them suddenly feel more confident.
"Look, even that swarthy fat man can pass. We will definitely pass."
"That's right, the guy who looks like a yellowed chicken has also passed. I guess it's not too difficult."
The loud discussions made Zhang Xiao and Fat Man's mouth twitch.
What does it mean that we passed it? It means there is no difficulty.
"Hehe, don't worry you two, I will make it more difficult for them later."
The graceful Li Gui looked at Fatty Zhao and Zhang Xiao in a flattering manner, smiled strangely, slowly and cautiously stretched out his palm, and said to Zhang Xiao.
"Brother Zhang, you won five thousand coins, didn't you..."
"I don't want it..."
"Since Brother Zhang doesn't want it, then it will all be given to you, Li Gui."
"Wow, really?"
Just when Zhang Xiao relaxed physically and mentally and became relaxed, Li Gui was happy because he got Fatty Zhao's five thousand copper coins. At the same time, a figure in a red brocade robe appeared high on the attic.
"Chu Liuyuan!"
The ancient giant beast embroidered with golden silk threads swayed, and the young man in red brocade robe looked at the middle-aged scholar in the attic.
"Master Tang?" His small eyes narrowed into a tiny slit.
The middle-aged scholar, standing in front of the railing of the attic, turned to look at the young man in brocade robes, waiting for the young man's next words.
"My grandpa admires you very much."
The young man raised his right cheek, which was slightly red and swollen, and looked at the cyan figure under the attic, and then slowly continued.
"Grandpa said that you have made great contributions to teaching many outstanding talents in the county court, the county court, the empire, and even Confucianism."
"oh?"
Chu Liuyuan, a middle-aged Confucian scholar, heard this. His fat body trembled and he looked at the young man in surprise. His fat face was full of smiles.
The small eyes emitted an unusual light, and they looked steadily at the young man in red robe, respectfully, and asked in a low voice.
"Then Master Tang Shan, what do you need me, Lao Chu, to do?"
"What to do? Hehe."
Tang Shanyou looked at Chu Liuyuan with disdain, waved his hand and shook his head.
"You are just the dean of the county court. What earth-shattering things can you do for our Tang family?"
"That······?"
Chu Liuyuan, the fat dean, looked at the domineering young man in front of him, feeling a little confused.
"The next stage of the county court is the martial arts test. I want to kill him myself."
A ruthless expression, like cannibalism, appears on the somewhat immature face.
Tang Shan's finger, filled with boundless hatred, pointed steadily at the cyan figure under the attic.