If it weren't for Zhu Ying's jumping around and causing trouble, Zhang Shou felt that he might really be "detained" by Ge Yong directly in Ge Mansion.
At this moment, after leaving Ge's house, Zhu Ying immediately asked curiously: "Ah Shou, what kind of secret text did you say to Grandpa Ge? Can it really convey very precise information? For example, if I write a three- to five-hundred-word long
The letter may be completely unreadable?”
"Of course, it is easy to write a letter that no one can understand with just a mathematical formula and a thousand-character text." Zhang Shou said and smiled at Zhu Ying, "If you are interested
, you can give it a try later.”
"Forget it." Zhu Ying suddenly made a bitter face, "I get a headache every time I count numbers. Otherwise, why do you think I kept avoiding Cuiyun Room before? I was afraid that those guys would ask me for help and ask me to help them solve the problem.
Question, I had to be forced to death at that time!"
At this point, she said happily: "But I didn't come to see Grandpa Ge in vain. I got something good from him. Grandpa Ge's paintings are very rare. When you give them to grandma later, she will be happy!"
Can the gift of borrowing flowers and offering them to the Buddha really make the well-informed wife of Duke Zhao happy?
Zhang Shou was a little offended by Zhu Ying's confidence. However, thinking of the attitude of the lady when she sent people to Rongshui Village to deliver gifts, he couldn't help but have a hunch that even if he came empty-handed today, they would not show any displeasure.
happy attitude.
Of course, you can’t tell what people think in their hearts.
Glancing at the sun that was already setting towards the west, he couldn't help but say: "I've wasted a lot of time just now. Wouldn't it be disrespectful to go visit your grandmother now? Besides, looking at the time, I have to rush back tonight.
, I’m afraid we need to move faster. Over at Mishi Street, I don’t know if Yang Laoguan and the others will be able to go back today..."
Before Zhang Shou could finish speaking, Zhu Ying interrupted with a smile: "It's rare to come to Beijing, so it's okay to just stay in the capital for one day! Zhu Hong does things very well and will definitely arrange everyone's accommodation."
Zhang Shou couldn't help but feel helpless when he saw Zhu Ying's normal expression. Staying one more night in the capital requires expenses, and horses also need food. There are more than a dozen people in the village. How much does it cost? What if you meet someone else?
An old and cunning guy like Mr. Yang would definitely kill people if he could, but it was different with the Zhu family of Zhao Guogong.
"It's best to spread the word. If all the things they brought are sold out, go back first if you are in a hurry. Living in the capital is not easy. If you don't want to, you don't have to stay one night."
Zhu Ying thought for a while, but she didn't have the arrogance to ask people to live in Zhao Guogong's mansion, or that she, Miss Zhu, was responsible for all the expenses of everyone in Beijing. The Zhu Ying who left Beijing might have done this, but in this small place
The village stayed in peace for more than a month, and she even experienced a small-scale rebellion. She thought that she had grown a lot.
Therefore, she finally nodded, pointed to a guard and ordered someone to go to Mishi Street to deliver the message. But as soon as they left, she was planning to urge Zhang Shou to go to Zhao Guogong's mansion with her, but suddenly she heard only the sound of gongs and drums.
Immediately afterwards, another loud voice shouted something.
"Shuntian Mansion has released the trial list!"
Zhang Shou suddenly smiled: "I have been busy these two days, and I forgot that Qi Liang went to Beijing to take part in the Shuntian Prefecture Examination before, and stayed at Deng Xiaodai's place! By the way, why is it in the afternoon when the results of the Prefecture Examination are released?
Shouldn't this kind of thing, which everyone is most concerned about, be placed early in the morning?"
How could Zhu Ying know this? Considering her background and status, she might occasionally hear news about the triennial examination, but the Shuntian Prefecture Township Examination is forgettable, not to mention the lower-level county examination and government examination.
After taking the test, knowing the names of these exams was already considered the result of studying with Ge Yong for two years.
So, without thinking, she immediately turned to look at the remaining guards behind her. As a result, under the eldest lady's unmistakable questioning gaze, she only got a unified answer that shook her head like a rattle.
Before Miss Zhu could get angry, Zhang Shou smiled and said: "I just asked casually. I heard this shouting, it seems that it is in front, why don't we just go and have a look, and then regardless of Xiao Qi's outcome, we will go to Zhao Guogong's Mansion first."
,how?"
Although subconsciously speaking, Zhu Ying hoped that Zhang Shou would go see her grandmother as soon as possible - or, in other words, let her grandmother take a good look at Zhang Shou, so that she could take the opportunity to arrange a so-called engagement.
By now, if she hadn't realized that there was something fishy about the marriage that she had been engaged to since she was a child, she would be a fool - but she was also very curious about whether Qi Liang, who Zhang Shou had taught for three years, could pass the government examination.
Therefore, after only a brief hesitation, the eldest lady nodded cheerfully and said: "Okay, let's go and take a look at the government test results first!"
Zhang Shou entered the inner city through Chongwen Gate, and then Yang Laoguan and others followed Zhu Hong to Mishi Street near Chaoyang Gate in the East City. He followed Zhu Ying to visit Ge Mansion near Dongzhimen Street, and came out all the way.
To the west is the Shuntian Government Office, so we just happened upon the scene of the examination results being released.
Just as Zhang Shou had doubts before, many of the people who gathered from all directions to look at the list were clamoring about why the time for the trial release of the list was different from previous years. But when the long list came out, no one had the time to do so.
Let’s go and worry about this little problem.
Only then did Zhang Shou realize that he couldn't squeeze through the crowds on the third and third floors, let alone use his eyesight to find Qi Liang among the densely written lists with hundreds of names.
With a headache, he turned around and was about to ask the guards of Duke Zhao's Mansion for help, when he saw Ah Liu dismounting without saying a word and then squeezed straight into the crowd.
Zhang Shou, who was riding on the horse, could not tell how hard Ah Liu was exerting himself. He could only see that every time the crowd pushed and shoved Ah Liu forward two steps naturally, it was not so much that he squeezed in.
It might as well be said that someone squeezed in automatically. In the end, the person suddenly appeared in the first row.
Knowing that Ah Liu would definitely be able to bring back the results, Zhang Shou breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately after, he heard two voices that sounded almost at the same time: "Little Sir!"
Turning his head to the side, he saw Qi Liang and Deng Xiaodai rushing towards him, one behind the other. When they came to him, they first raised their hands and saluted. Then, as if they had just seen Zhu Ying, they hurriedly went to see the eldest lady, Zhang Shou.
Immediately happy.
However, Ah Liu was not here, and it was not very easy for him to dismount quickly. Therefore, Zhang Shou did not dismount, but nodded to the two of them on horseback, and then joked with a smile.
: "Why, first come first served, little Dai, you couldn't help Xiao Qi find out the results in advance?"
"I'm just a white-robed Lingshi, how can I help Xiao Qi find out about this?"
Deng Xiaodai scratched his head, and then lowered his voice and said: "Sir, this time it is the Song Dynasty official recommendation paper. Wang Fuyin personally took charge of the general comment. It has been delayed for several days, and it was not until this evening that the list was released. I have been since
I heard from my uncle that Wang Fuyin specially picked Xiao Qi's paper to read."
Zhu Ying immediately interjected: "Isn't this a good thing? Even if you don't win, everyone can dream of having your papers read by the dignified Fu Yin! Besides, you two are now considered the disciples of Ge!"
Of course Deng Xiaodai knew that Ge Yong had accepted Zhang Shou as his closed disciple. After all, he had been sneaked up to Master Fu Yin and the legendary imperial master beforehand and asked a lot of questions, which almost scared him to death. But just because
In this way, he only felt that his mood was up and down at this moment.
"Mr. Xiao Qi, there won't be anything wrong with Xiao Qi's exam this time, right?"
Zhang Shou had not expected Qi Liang to pass the imperial examination in one fell swoop. Now that Deng Xiaodai revealed this inside information, he felt even more uncertain. At this moment, he suddenly saw that Ah Liuhe had gone to
Just like that, he had already squeezed out of the crowd gently and skillfully. When he came to the crowd, Ah Liu glanced at Qi Liang, and then spoke a sentence with the utmost care.