After the four of them finished their exams, they met at the gate of the monastery. Seeing the beautiful scenery on the mountain, Su Shi proposed to have some fun.*.* Su Che, however, was worried about not knowing when the results would be released, so he said it was better not to run around, lest he delay his business.
"It doesn't matter. What's there to worry about if it's a little late?" Su Shi said nonchalantly.
After getting in touch with him in the past few days, Chen Ke discovered that Su Shi actually had little interest in starting a career. He was forced to do it reluctantly because of the ardent hope of his strict father and loving mother... Otherwise, the incident of deserting his family would not have happened.
"It's better not to do it. I'm sure you'll get tired of playing here in the future." Chen Ke agreed with Su Che and said, "Let's go to Pingshang and find a cool place to eat snacks while waiting."
"That's right." Su Shi had a very good temper, so he smiled and said, "I won't be able to shirk it in the future."
"Hey, you think I don't like to play?"
The four of them returned to Lecture Ping, chatting and laughing, and quickly occupied a shade tree. They took out the oilcloth from the book box and spread it on the ground. Then they opened their respective food boxes and saw two kinds of steamed food in Chen Ke's box.
The sweet-scented osmanthus cakes are also pine pulp and goose oil rolls. The Wulang box contains roast goose, pickled fish, and boiled eggs. The Su Shi brothers' box is much simpler, with yellow rice cakes, green dumplings and other common foods.
"Sister Su is really strict with herself and lenient with others." Lunch was prepared by Su Baniang. Seeing the obvious difference, Chen Ke smiled and said, "Go back and tell her that we all eat together."
"My eighth sister may not have thought of it." Su Shi chuckled and said, "A woman's heart is as deep as the bottom of her heart. Don't be too moved."
"Have you ever said that about your sister?" Chen Ke said helplessly.
"I'm kindly reminding you." Su Shi picked up a goose fat roll and ate half of it in one bite: "Let's get started!"
"Slow down, leave one for me..." The four teenagers started grabbing each other happily, and naturally there was nothing appetizing about it.
"Haha, look at them, they look like dogs fighting for food..." A harsh voice sounded, interrupting the teenagers' happy time.
The teenagers turned around and glared angrily, and saw three young men in brocade clothes passing by surrounded by a group of book boys and servants. The words just spoken were thrown by one of them.
"Stop!" Chen Ke suddenly stood up and said: "Who is the dog talking about?!"
Wulang also stood up and stood beside Chen Ke with a dark face.
"Why, it's you I'm talking about!" Seeing someone provoking him, several teenagers turned around, and the older one narrowed his eyes and said, "You're not convinced!"
"It turns out that the dog is really barking." Chen Ke laughed and said, "Good dog, good dog!"
"Are you feeling itchy, kid?" A servant with big muscles and a round waist rolled up his sleeves and showed off his colorful tattoos: "Grandpa will tear your beak to pieces!"
"Tear your ass off!" Chen Ke sneered and tucked the hem of his clothes into his belt. Wulang also rolled up his sleeves. One look at the two brothers, and they were the ones who often fought.
"Stay here, stay here," Su Shi stood between the two sides and said to Xini, "The flood has washed away the Dragon King Temple. They are all members of my family." He said to Chen Ke, "These are my cousins from the Cheng family." Then he said to Cheng Ke.
The brothers said: "This is a family friend of ours..."
"It turns out it's He Zhong." Cheng Zhiyuan said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to hang out with these dogs. For your sake, forget it..." Before he finished speaking, a piece of meat with a thread on it came out.
The white bones flew over and hit him on the cheek.
Cheng Zhiyuan looked up in shock and saw Chen Ke shaking his head: "Sure enough, he was born without practicing for three days. He was originally going to slap the dog in the mouth."
"What are you doing standing there in a daze!" Seeing his second brother being humiliated, Cheng Zhixiang was so angry that he bared his teeth and claws and said, "Just clean up the mess!"
A group of followers rushed forward, and Su Shi brothers quickly stopped him with all their strength.
"What do you want to do!" Two angry voices sounded at the same time. It was the eldest man and Erlang of the Chen family, who appeared in the field with Shiro, whom they had not seen for a long time. The two older brothers blocked the younger brothers behind them and glared at them:
"What kind of place is this? You dare to hit people!" "Believe it or not, I will report it to the deacon immediately and expel you from the mountain gate!"
"..." The Cheng brothers were stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly and said, "Just fight, and see how he drives me out!"
"Please give me circumstantial evidence, they were the ones who made the first move!" Chen Dalang raised his fists towards the crowd watching the excitement and said loudly: "We brothers had no choice but to fight back!"
"Brothers fighting tigers, father and son go into battle. We five brothers cannot embarrass the old Chen family!" Chen Erlang also changed his usual meek image and became excited. None of the children Chen Xiliang taught was a softie.
"There are too many of them, count me among them!" A thin young man appeared next to the Chen brothers at some point: "I, Song Duanping, had better fight against injustice!"
"Stop it!" Then, a stern scolding sounded, and a handsome young man appeared on the scene.
"Brother..." The Cheng family brothers immediately lost their arrogance, because it was the eldest son of the Cheng family who came.
"In the important place of the academy, the crowd is making noise, and the Cheng family has lost all face!" Cheng Zhicai said with a sullen face: "If you want to go out, fight! Don't be embarrassed here!" He waved his hand and said: "Step aside.
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"I know..." The three brothers had no choice but to leave with their servants.
Seeing that there was no excitement to see, everyone dispersed.
Cheng Zhicai clasped his fists towards the Cheng brothers and said apologetically: "My little brother has been arrogant and spoiled since childhood. I'm really sorry."
"Both of my family also have bad tempers." He stretched out his hand to avoid hitting the smiling person. Chen Dalang returned the favor with a polite smile and said, "There are many ways to offend him!"
The two exchanged a few words to end the conflict. Cheng Zhicai turned to Su Shi and Su Zhe and said, "He Zhong, Tong Shu, we brothers haven't been together for a long time. We set up a banquet over there and went over to drink and quarrel."
Su Shi would not refuse anyone. He looked at Su Che in embarrassment and heard Su Che shake his head and said, "We've already eaten here. The days are long. Let's do it next time."
"..." Cheng Zhicai thought he would pull the two of them away easily, but Su Zhe didn't expect him to give him any face. A trace of anger flashed across Jun's face, and then he smiled gently and said, "In that case, let's do it next time."
He bowed his hands and said goodbye.
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"Thank you so much for your help, brother, may I ask Gao's name!" The Chen family brothers thanked the generous helper.
"I've told you once, my name is Song Duanping." The thin young man chuckled.
"Oh, are you the elder brother of Uncle Song's family?" Chen Ke said suddenly, and he suddenly remembered that Song Fu had mentioned this name.
"It's Brother Yu," the young man looked at Chen Ke with a smile and said, "You are Brother Chen San, right? My father talks about you all day long!"
"It turns out we are a family!" Chen Ke said happily: "I will introduce them to you!"
Everyone spoke to each other and bowed. When young people are together, they always have endless topics to talk about, and they quickly become one with each other.
However, there was some embarrassment among the Chen brothers.
"Sanlang, we are brothers who grew up together." Knowing that Chen Ke had a bad temper, Erlang persuaded him: "Dalang and Silang have never been sorry to us."
"..." Chen Ke looked at his two uncles and brothers with an expressionless face. They were so frightened by the sight, that he bared his teeth and smiled and said: "I don't have any grudges to bear. If Shiro hadn't sent medicine and food, what would we have done?
Several of them might have died of illness or starvation long ago."
"If eldest brother hadn't asked me to go find daddy, you wouldn't have suffered much more." Erlang spoke to Dalang again: "You also saw that he was beaten by uncle because of us."
"Don't talk about the past anymore." Dalang had the temperament of a big brother and waved his hand: "There is no one closer than brothers in this world? Nothing can shake our feelings!"
"That's what the elder brother said." The brothers nodded together.
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A group of people were chatting and laughing. Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was late. Deacon Yuan came out with three middle-aged Confucian scholars and said: "These three are the directors of the three halls of Ren, Yi, and Li.
The three of them will do a roll call later, and those who have been called will assemble in front of them!"
Each of the three church directors held a list of names and began to roll the names loudly. The person whose name was called finally let go of his anxious heart, ran over and stood still in front of his own church director. The one who was not called could only
Getting more and more nervous...
There were about 60 people in each of the three schools, and the list of 180 people was quickly read out. Something that made Chen Ke unbelievable happened... Among their three brothers, and Su Shi's two brothers, only Wu Lang was arrested.
He, Shiro, Su Shi and Su Zhe were all admitted to Yitang.
On the contrary, all the four young men of the Cheng family, except the eldest Cheng Zhicai, were on the list.
"Did we all lose the election?" The Su brothers asked sadly, "How will we explain it when we go back?"
Shiro also lowered his head, too frustrated to speak.
"Not necessarily." Only Chen Ke remained calm: "I think there should be other ways." Are you kidding me, how many dark exams would it take for Su Shi to fail?
At first, everyone just thought he was trying to comfort him, but the next moment, Deacon Yuan confirmed his guess: "The candidates whose names are read below, follow me to the middle temple."
"Su Shi, Chen Ke, Cheng Zhicai...Su Che, Chen Wu...Song Duanping..." Including these six, a total of twenty people suddenly went from hell to heaven, standing out in the eyes of everyone's admiration.
Without asking any more questions, Deacon Yuan asked them to follow him, leaving the lecture platform and walking along the stone staircase path to the Central Temple. There was a small stream flowing in the mountain stream next to the path. People walking on the stone stairs could only hear the sound of "ding".
The sound of water ding-ding-dong, but the stream covered by the thick forest is not visible, which makes people suddenly feel the beauty of the mountains and rivers.
Although the sun was shaded and the scenery was beautiful, the students were still so tired after climbing all the way to the middle temple that they could not straighten their backs. Chen Ke, who persisted in exercising, could still look as normal, but compared to Song Duanping, who was calm and relaxed, he was worse
A cut.
After these students had taken a breath, Deacon Yuan reminded them to tidy up their clothes, and those with smelly feet had better wash their feet first to avoid being embarrassed when they go in and take off their shoes later.
