The illusion in front of him disappeared immediately. Chang Jin breathed a little relieved, turned his head to look, bowed and said loudly: "It turns out it's Brother Pu, I haven't seen you for a while."

This person's name is Pu Yukai, whose name is Jianchen. Now he is in his forties and his temples are gradually getting frosted. Pu Yukai's experience is special. He was originally a famous talent in Tongqu County. At the age of 19, he took the Boy Examination and passed the three firsts in the county, prefecture, and was famous for a while. He became a doctoral disciple. However, somehow, he failed many times and had no gains after more than 20 years of examination. Now he is studying at Mingyang Academy and is a classmate with Chang Jin. In the past, because of his poor family, Chang Jin could not help but feel inferior in his heart. When he spoke, he was often bullied in the academy. Pu Yukai failed many times, so he was naturally ridiculed. The two of them were connected to the same fate, so their relationship was not bad.

In fact, there are many scholars who become famous for young people like Pu Yukai who are still scholars until they are old. The Great Yan Dynasty used the imperial examinations to win scholars, which seemed fair, but it also shackles that made many people waste their lives.

"Let's go out to talk." Chang Jin was very grateful to the other party for patting him at a critical moment, and hurriedly pulled Pu Yukai out of the hall.

Standing outside, I suddenly felt the oppression disappear.

"Hasn't Yunsheng been studying at home all the time? Why did he come to the academy today? Did he encounter any confusion when studying?" Pu Yukai asked back.

Yunsheng is the character "大天" by Changjin. He has been in Changjiazhuang for several months and has never called him. Now, I feel that it is a bit new when I hear people mention it.

Although Mingyang Academy was founded by the government, its rules are much more relaxed than those of the government. Students usually come and go freely and do not require them to wait in the academy every day.

"No, I want to ask my master to find a book copying business for me and earn some money to subsidize my family." In the past, Chang Jin would not say anything like this at all. Now he is not shy and speaks out his predicament calmly.

"Oh?" Pu Yukai saw the other party's expression calm, and felt a little surprised. He felt like he had changed his body, with a bit of heroic spirit between his eyebrows and eyes.

After reminiscing about his old love, Chang Jin bid farewell to Pu Yukai and directly found the master who was in charge of copying books. After receiving several books, he turned around and left.

In this world, printing technology is backward, and many books rely on copying and passing on the world. For this reason, the academy has specially set up places for copying books, which is also a benefit for poor students.

Each volume of twenty texts can earn hundreds of texts after copying these books. Chang Jin carefully packaged several books to copy, said goodbye to the Master, and left the academy.

It was still early, so Chang Jin did not return home immediately, but wandered around the streets and alleys.

He once saw a pair of beautiful bracelets at the stall next to him. He originally wanted to buy them for his sister, but unfortunately he was short of money and had to give up.

After eating a few bites of dry food I carried with me at noon, Chang Jin stepped forward to his home when the sun was west.

It is not a single road from Changjiazhuang to the county town, and there are several mountain roads that can be accessed during this period.

In order to get home quickly, he hesitated for a moment and left the official road and walked along the mountain path. Although there are many jackals, tigers and leopards in the surrounding mountains, most of them survive in the deep mountains, and rarely come outside during the day, so it is not dangerous.

Of course, Chang Jin wouldn't dare to do this before. Now, he has been practicing sword for more than a month and has increased his courage a lot.

The weather was clear when I left the city. But I didn't know that the wind and clouds suddenly changed halfway, and dark clouds appeared in the sky and then pressed towards the ground. Seeing that the heavy rain was about to fall, Chang Jin could only hurry to rush to his way, hoping to get home before it rained.

But I knew that the weather was not going as I wished. I had just run forward a few miles and it was already raining lightly in the sky.

Chang Jin was then panicked and stood on a big rock and looked around. The surroundings were hazy and green, and the nearest village was ten miles away, which made him regret it.

If I had known this, I would not have taken any shortcuts.

He came out in a hurry and didn't bring a paper umbrella at all. His clothes were soaked in the drizzle for a moment. Fearing that the rainwater would wet the several books in the package, Chang Jin had to hold them tightly in his arms. Then a little joy appeared on his face, and he vaguely remembered that there seemed to be a temple called the Reclining Buddha Temple in the mountains ahead. He could go there to shelter from the rain and wait until the rain stopped before rushing home.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly turned around and rushed over. The mountain road was muddy and almost fell down several times.

After a stick of incense, Chang Jin was already standing in front of the temple. The temple in front of him was already dilapidated. The front of the mountain gate was completely covered with weeds, and wild beast feces were everywhere.

It seems that the temple has been abandoned for a long time.

If you think about it, you can understand that now that Taoism is revealed, the emperor of the Great Yan Dynasty obeys Taoism and dislikes Shu, and the Shu family naturally becomes declining.

In addition, the temple is located in a remote location, and there are usually not many pilgrims. I don’t know when the temple was no longer inhabited by monks.

It’s better if no one lives in it, and Chang Jin doesn’t want to be polite and seek refuge.

He stepped into the hall and found that it was even more broken. The Buddha statue was covered with dust and spider webs, and among them, the mud-shaped body fell off the throne and turned into a piece of loess.

The ground was originally covered with blue bricks, but now half a human-deep artemisia grew from the cracks of the bricks. Seeing that the artemisia was withered and green, it was obvious that no one had been here for a long time.

Chang Jin carried a sword in his hand and barely cleared out a clear space of one meter in a radius. The scholars were disrespectful to ghosts and gods, and he had no idea to clean the dust and spider webs for the Buddha statue. He just went forward and groped under the Buddha's niche, and found the scythe and incense candle.

In memory, this kind of fire-making tool is a common tool in temples.

In the evening, the heavy rain still showed no sign of stopping. Looking up at the night sky, the mist was deep and the stars and moon were gone.

The road is muddy and I will definitely not be able to get back for a while. In addition, in this kind of weather, it is easy to lose direction when you walk at night. It is better to stay in this temple for a night and wait until the sun is sunny tomorrow morning before rushing home.

The wet clothes stick to the body was particularly uncomfortable, so Chang Jin simply ignited the artemisia weed that had just been removed. This not only allowed the clothes to be dried but also dispelled mosquitoes.

Everything was settled, and he took out the dry food and sat in front of the fire to eat.

After taking a few bites, I suddenly heard a chirping sound from the door.

Chang Jin was shocked when he heard the sound. He thought that some beast had seen the fire light coming, so he immediately pressed the sword. Then he settled down again, and a wet head was exposed from outside the door.

It turned out to be a weasel. The little guy was surprised to see that there was a human in the dilapidated temple and hurriedly retracted his head.

"It's raining outside, you'd better come in and shelter..." Chang Jin saw that it looked a little embarrassed, so he got up and moved a little inside, making a place to make.

Of course he wouldn't think that the weasel knew what he said, just said it subconsciously.

Unexpectedly, something that surprised him happened. The weasel actually ran in squeakingly. When he came to the front, he suddenly stood up halfway, and hugged his front legs tightly and shook them, as if he was bowing to him.

Chang Jin was very surprised. When he saw the weasel approaching the fire, he realized and hurriedly replied to the gift.

What a strange guy...

In this way, a man and a beast sat beside the fire, burning the fire, silently. Chang Jin was about to put the remaining dry food into his mouth, but he found that the little thing secretly glanced at the dry food in his hand.

That gaze was like a child who wanted to ask for candy, but was embarrassed.

"Give it to you" When it came to its gaze, Chang Jin couldn't help but remember the situation when he was drinking egg custard and handed over the remaining dry food.

The little guy didn't refuse, holding the bread in both hands and eating it, and then eating it all in a moment.

After eating, it seemed that it was still not satisfied and kept squeaking at Chang Jin.

"It's really gone." Chang Jin shook the cloth bag in a funny way, and the inside was empty.

"Zhizi" the little guy shouted twice, then suddenly turned around and left.

Just when Chang Jin was surprised, he saw it dragging a fat pheasant into the temple. When he arrived in front of Chang Jin, the little guy raised his front paws and pointed, then turned around and squatted beside the fire.

"For me?" Chang Jin asked in surprise. He found that this little thing was much smarter than he thought and almost elusive.

The weasel seemed to understand what he meant and nodded quickly.

He threw it with peaches and rewarded it with plums. Sometimes beasts know how to be grateful than people. Chang Jin couldn't help but sigh in his heart, then waved his sword, plucked his hair and wrinkled it, and cleaned up the pheasant in two seconds. Then he found a wooden stick and set it on the fire to roast it.

His barbecue skills are good. After half an hour, water vapor sizzled on the chicken skin, and an attractive fragrance filled the hall.

At this time, the weasel could no longer sit still, and could not stop around the fire, and a few traces of saliva flowed out of the corner of his mouth.

"Okay, let's divide half of each." It felt like the roast was almost the same. Chang Jincai carried a sword in his hand and directly divided the pheasant into two halves.

After the meal sharing, Chang Jin found that the heavy rain outside had already stopped, and a hazy moonlight appeared in the night sky.

He felt something for a moment, so he simply picked up the book and read it.

I thought the weasel would leave after eating and drinking, but who knew that the little guy would lie at Chang Jin's feet instead, holding his head up and listening to him reading.

This surprised Chang Jin and couldn't help asking, "Can you understand what I read?"

The weasel lit his head a few times, not knowing whether it was really or false.

Chang Jin quickly fell silent in the book and no longer cared about this little thing. He used to be confused and he couldn't understand the meaning after reading it. Over the past month, Chang Jin found that his mind was really open. He could read a booklet thoroughly and understand it roughly. After reading it three or five times, he could recite it.

This was never imagined before. According to his speculation, it should be the credit of the magic pen in his head.

After reading it several times, today's task was completed. Chang Jin was still not sleepy now, so he took out several books in the package, along with his pen, ink, paper and ink, and copied them in the light of candlelight.
Chapter completed!