"In this provincial examination, we met a few people with good literary talents."
Gu Chengyu thought of Min Feng, and he felt that Min Feng was a powerful opponent. Min Feng was full of scheming, talent, and knowledge, and he was probably thinking of competing with him.
As for Fu Yanshan, he was a man obsessed with learning. He certainly had some knowledge, but he had read too much and became a bit bookish.
"When I went to the capital for the examination, I also met people with outstanding knowledge. At that time, I realized that there is a talent outside the world. Chengyu! The worst thing is to rely on one's talents and be arrogant."
Gu Chengyu knew that the teacher thought he had the top talent back then, but ended up being the second best. After all these years, the teacher still feels bad about it!
"Students should wake up! They should guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and work harder and forge ahead."
"Yeah!" Liang Zhirui nodded and touched his goatee.
"You haven't caught up yet. Twelve years ago, the general examination was held after the next year of the provincial examination. But these years, the Holy Dragon Body has been in poor condition, so it was changed to once every three years. Otherwise, you can also participate in the general examination next year."
Liang Zhirui was satisfied with the disciple in front of him. The eleven-year-old Juren had not appeared in the Dayan Dynasty. If he could take part in the examination earlier, the twelve-year-old Jinshi would really be a sensation in the world.
However, three years later, Gu Chengyu was only fourteen years old. If he passed the Jinshi examination, it would be great.
Gu Chengyu didn't feel very sorry for this matter. He felt that his current knowledge was still very shallow. If he studied for a few more years, he would be more confident.
"It's also good to study for two more years. Don't you often say that there is no end to learning? If you study for two more years, you will be more confident in spring."
"If you think so, that's the best thing! I don't know when the Holy Emperor will recover."
Although Liang Zhirui is no longer a court official, he still cares about the Holy Dragon Body. Liang Zhirui became an official five years ago. In fact, he has not reached the age to retire and return to his hometown, but he has to do so.
He was not without regrets in his heart. Nowadays, traitors are in power in the court. Because of his dragon body, the Holy One has been deceived by traitors, and he doesn't know how long it will take for the world to be restored to a clean state.
"Oh! It's a coincidence that you and my granddaughter met, how did you meet?" Liang Zhirui thought of his granddaughter who came back together, and felt excited in his heart.
He has not seen her since he came to Jingyuan Mansion four years ago. The child is also in trouble. Her mother died early and her father remarried. How can life be easy if she is held in the hands of her stepmother?
A few years ago, he was still the chief minister, so those people naturally didn't dare to do anything. They just instigated her to prevent her from getting closer to her maternal grandfather's family.
After he became an official, those people no longer had any scruples. Wasn't his granddaughter still being manipulated at will?
He also thought about taking his granddaughter and raising her for a few years. However, the town government was unwilling to let her go. Besides, when his granddaughter was young, she was taught not to be close to her maternal family, so they couldn't do it.
His good son-in-law said that Xian'er was a girl from the Duke's palace, so how could she live in her grandfather's house? At that time, he was so angry that he walked away on the spot.
After returning home, he was scolded by his old wife. It was also his fault. He was no longer the chief minister, and he had a son-in-law who was just a general judge.
He has no heirs and no successors, so why should the Duke's government take him seriously? Although he has three disciples, he has not yet reached a high position!
Thinking of his eldest daughter who died young, Liang Zhirui's eyes became moist. The saddest thing in the world is that a white-haired person gives a black-haired person a gift.
How much effort did he and his old wife put into their eldest daughter? The past cannot be recalled, so he calmed down and put the matter aside for the time being.
However, what surprised him was that in the past two months, Xian'er actually wrote a letter saying that he missed his grandfather's home and made the old lady happy with him. As people get older, they are inevitably afraid of being lonely. There are young people in the family, and they seem to have a lot of life.
He was more angry. Therefore, he often asked Gu Chengyu to stay in his house.
Although Gu Chengyu asked the escort to deliver the letter, he was afraid that his family and teachers would be worried, so he did not mention the dangerous things on the ship.
Now that they had arrived in Fucheng safely, there was no harm in talking about what happened on the ship. Most importantly, he wanted to ask Mr. Hu on the ship. Maybe the teacher knew him.
"It's a coincidence that we were on the same boat. We didn't know each other at first. Who would have thought that when the boat was halfway across the river, a pirate ship came and we met the river bandits."
Before Gu Chengyu could finish speaking, Liang Zhirui screamed. It was not that he wanted to lose his composure, but that no one would be so calm when this happened.
He took a look at Gu Chengyu and saw that he was in good health and energetic. He thought of Xian'er again, so he asked: "Why are there Jiang bandits? Is Xian'er okay? How did you escape?"
There are few river bandits in the Jingyuan River who rob passing ships, and they only want to rob merchant ships carrying a lot of goods. Either the bandits don't take action, and once they do, there are very few survivors. The bandits in Yijiang are even more rampant than here.
many.
"The students don't know why those people came to our boat. Miss Yao is fine. As for the Jiang bandits, the students and many people on the boat worked together to kill the Jiang bandits. The remaining five have been handed over to the police.
Government."
"What? Did you kill the Jiang bandit?" Liang Zhirui glanced at Gu Chengyu suspiciously. He knew that Gu Chengyu had been practicing martial arts, but he thought those were just moves to strengthen his body.
Of course people need a good body, otherwise how can they persist through the exam? Many students in the examination room fainted, especially Qiu Wei. Therefore, he also agreed with Gu Chengyu's martial arts practice. However, he never watched it
Pass.
In his heart, scholars have always had a higher status than warriors, so he didn't pay attention. But he didn't expect that Gu Chengyu was so capable and could defeat Jiang bandits? He couldn't believe it.
"Are there experts on board to help?"
"There are two skilled people. One is from your family, and the other is a follower of Mr. Hu. I also want to ask you, do you know Mr. Hu? He said he is a businessman.
But the students don't look like it, they look like officials."
"Oh? What do you say?" Liang Zhirui thought that it was the help of experts on the ship that saved Gu Chengyu and the others. Therefore, he did not dwell on the issue of martial arts. Instead, he was very interested in what Gu Chengyu said about Mr. Hu.
"The man said that he was going to Fengding Mansion. He also said that he had done a big business and offended someone. He wanted the students to protect him, but the students did not agree. I saw that there were calluses on his hands left by someone writing, and he acted like a
Literati. Besides, no one doing business can bring only one entourage. His entourage is very arrogant!"
"Please protect me? Are you very capable?" Liang Zhirui and Gu Chengyu have a good relationship. They are both teachers and friends. They can't exchange a few words without being serious.
Gu Chengyu rolled his eyes, "I'm very capable."
He knew that the teacher would not believe him. Every time he said he wanted to practice swordsmanship, he would laugh at him mercilessly.11