After walking on the road for two and a half days, a group of people finally arrived at the mansion.

The city wall is much larger than the county town. The three big characters Ganzhou Prefecture are located on the city wall, which has a very charm. There is a row of guards standing under the city gate, and there are also defenders on the city gate. Ordinary people see this

I was already afraid of the situation.

There are four city gates in the palace, and Chu Ci and his team entered the carriage from the east gate. The queues of entering the city were long waiting for the guards to check and pass.

There was a sound of horse hooves suddenly coming from behind. As soon as Chu Ci lifted the curtain, he was forced back by the dust coming towards him. He could only vaguely see a group of young men in gorgeous clothes riding horses and whipping their horses, freely and happily.

The group of people arrived at the city gate. The guards quickly bowed and greeted them, and then ordered their subordinates to open the fence gate on the other side and invite them in.

Watching the group of people leaving, the expressions on the faces of the people waiting to be questioned were already numb. This is the way of the world. If you think it is not fair all day long, then it is not fair. Do you have to live your life?

Now?

When it was Chu Ci and the others' turn, half an hour had passed. After they entered the city, they first found a tavern for dining. The Fucheng was about 150 miles away from the county town, and the accent and taste of eating changed a lot.

Fortunately, everyone can speak official language and will not be unable to communicate.

"It's too spicy, the dishes here are too spicy!" Jiang Huai said, and he stuck out his tongue while speaking, looking at the other three people with a calm face, feeling a little depressed.

It turns out that Chen Zifang was studying in the Fucheng City, and Master Zhou has come many times, but this is the first time Chu Ci has come to the Fucheng City of Ganzhou? Why does it seem that he is not afraid of being hot at all?

Chu Ci is indeed not afraid of spicy food, and he will not get acne after eating spicy food. Do you think he is angry?

Chu Ci's mother is from Sichuan and his father is from Beijing, so Chu Ci's appetite is very mixed, and he can basically eat some of the dishes in the north and south.

After dinner, they set off for Fuxue. Fuxue is located in the north of Fucheng, facing north and south, and the conditions in Rizhao are very good.

When the carriage stopped at the mountain gate in front of the Fuxue School, Jiang Huai couldn't help but observe Chu Ci's expression again, and found that he was not shocked at all. He couldn't help but tell his first time seeing Fuxue School and Chu Ci's performance.

After comparing it, he found that Chu Ci's calm attitude was beyond his comparison.

The prefecture school is indeed much larger than the county school, but it is still not as good as the modern university with thousands of acres. Chu Ci enjoyed the completely different scenery with great interest and regarded himself as a tourist.

"The important place of the imperial school is, and the idle people stop." Two tall gatekeepers walked towards the four people. The students of the imperial school were uniformly dressed. If these people did not wear imperial school clothes, they would definitely not be students of the imperial school.

"Two guys, please take a look. This is a letter written by Qiu Shan, the chief of the noble family, and invited us to come to the imperial school to attend the Eight Colleges' Cultural Association. I am the master of the Yuanshan County School."

The two gatekeepers were also literate. Seeing that the letter contained the signature of President Qiu Shan and the seal of the imperial school, they put them in and called a child to lead the way.

Since the official school wants to hold the "Eighth Court Literary Conference", it naturally has to assume the responsibility of venue and entertainment. They specially built three courtyards to allow teachers and students from other six county schools to move in, and then provide the following days of

Meal.

Yuanshan County and Maoshan County are arranged together every year, and this year is no exception.

As soon as Master Zhou entered the yard, someone immediately greeted him: "Brother Zhou, why did you bring the students here again this year? Why did I hear that it seems that it should be Brother Zhu this year?"

"Oh, Brother Zhu suddenly fell ill. The mountain leader has only asked me to take care of him for another year. Brother Huang, why are you?"

Brother Huang was probably waiting for him to ask this question, and immediately said, "Oh, it's not my unsatisfactory child. He is going to participate in the competition this year. I'm afraid that he will do anything wrong, so I asked Yuan Shan to let him go

I'll take it for another year."

"Oh? The child you said, but he was so memorized like a good story?" Master Zhou asked curiously.

"It's all children's tricks, not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning!" Master Huang waved his hand and pretended not to be proud.

"Brother Huang is too humble, and the reputation that the son never forgets is known to us in Ganzhou Prefecture." Master Zhou said in a compliment.

Chu Ci listened aside and was very envious. What kind of a skill is this? For a student who wants to take the imperial examination, it is simply a golden finger to remember it. Is that from the child's Qidian Channel?

"Brother Zhou has given up the award. By the way, the other two students you have taught this year are somewhat similar to those of you."

"Oh, this was originally a student from the provincial school. His name was Chen Zifang. He was transferred to the county school this year. This person, named Chu Ci, was relatively restrained in the past and the Masters cherished him. Now he is almost at the top of his title.

I won't come out and take a look."

When Master Huang heard Chu Ci, he was stunned for a moment. Before he could speak, a young man about fifteen or sixteen who was standing next to him suddenly shouted: "Are you the virtuous and honest?"

Master Huang suddenly realized that he said why it sounded so familiar. It turned out that this person was Chu Ci who won the honor last time, "Wenquxing" in Yuanshan County, a 14-year-old scholar, Chu Ci!

"The child is ruthless and rude. Yuanshan County School has such a talented person, but he still hides it. Brother Zhou, you are so unkind!"

"It's just that outsiders can respect it. I just hope he won't be too nervous and lose his reputation as a county school." Master Zhou pretended to be worried.

The two masters exchanged greetings for a while before they separated. The students on both sides could not interrupt and could only wait behind.

The distribution of the wing room is one room for each Master and one room for each student. The Master’s room is a stepping bed, while the students’ bed is made of wooden boards.

After the three of them put the things down, they lay on the bed and fell asleep, not caring about the shame of sleeping for a while. They had been hiding in the carriage these days, and their bodies were sore. Even though they stayed in the inn, they had not experienced enough.

After resting, they set off again. Especially this morning, as soon as the Yin hour arrived, they got up and rushed to the road.

When he woke up, it was already late, and Chu Ci was the only one in the room. He got up and opened the window, and saw the sun hanging obliquely on the hillside, which was about to fall, as red as a salted egg yolk.

Chu Ci covered his stomach, and he seemed a little hungry.

Fortunately, Jiang Huai came over and said, "Let's go have a meal. Just now, Master Zhou received the meal tickets for the past few days. I'll take you to see what the canteen in the Mansion School is like."

"Where is Brother Zhongxing?"

"I don't know, but when I woke up, I disappeared. However, Brother Chen was a student of the provincial school. I think there should be many classmates here. I guess he went to see those classmates."

Chu Ci nodded and walked out with Jianghuai. Over there, Master Zhou and several people from Maoshan County School stood together and waited for them to go together.

Chu Ci first accused him, and then followed everyone to the cafeteria of the Fuxue School. He took a casual look and suddenly saw Chen Zifang, who was pale, walking from another road to his residence.

"Brother Zhongzhang, it's time to eat. Let's go and have dinner with us." Chu Ci took a few steps and went over to invite him.

Chen Zifang forced a smile and said, "No need, I have no appetite, you go and sue me and my master."

After saying that, he patted Chu Ci on the shoulder and walked towards the room.

Chu Ci was a little worried. Brother Chen always smiled when he was in the county school. Since he learned that he was going to come to the prefecture school, he has become a little taciturn. In the past, he only occasionally learned about the prefecture school's study status from him.

Chen Zifang has never mentioned it, such as interpersonal communication, and I think it must be because of this.

"Brother Chu, why are you so slow?" Jiang Huai just discovered that Chu Ci had fallen behind, so he came back to find him.

"No, I was suddenly fascinated by the scenery and forgot to leave for a moment. Thank you, Brother Jiang."

"What are you doing so politely? Let's take you to eat the best dish in the Fuxue cafeteria, called "Sauce Goose Palm..."

...

"Brother Zhongzhang, you haven't eaten yet, are you? These are some pastries I brought back from there, so you can use some." Chu Ci put the pastries on the table and asked Chen Zifang to get up and eat them.

Chen Zifang lay on the bed and responded in a muffled voice: "Thank you, Brother Chu. I'm not hungry yet, so let's leave it."

"The old saying goes, food is the most important thing for people. How can you have the energy to study if you don't eat? Brother Chen, you should get up and use it."

"I can't eat..." Chen Zifang was silent for a while, and suddenly had a desire to talk. This matter was difficult to say, but he knew that Brother Chu had a broad mind and would not say it directly even if he looked down on him.

.

"Brother Chu, do you think that if I give birth to a child, is it inferior to others when I give birth to a child?"

"My mother, it turned out to be a fisherman on the Huiji River. Once when he came out to fish, he was spotted by a rich young man. My grandfather gave my mother to him as his concubine for 200 taels."

"How can a wealthy family be so easy to treat? In just two or three months, my mother fell out of favor. If it weren't for being pregnant with me, I'd probably not even have enough food."

"The former wife of Zhengtou had not given birth. Seeing that my mother had a low status, she asked her to give birth to me and prepare to leave her mother for a child. However, before I was over a month old, the wife of Zhengtou was suddenly diagnosed as pregnant.

My mother and I were sent to the villa.”

"We spent nearly ten years in the villa. Although life was a little harder at that time, we were still very happy when we depended on each other. But later, my father became an official and was impeached and was unkind, so my wife had to take us over.

When I went back, I asked my brother and I to study together."

"My younger brother was still very cute when he was a child, but the older he grew, the less he liked me. After we entered the palace together, he was always ashamed to recognize me. Later, when I was slandered, he not only satisfies me but also stopped watching me.

He even put some trouble in the wrong and exposed my identity as a concubine giving birth to a child. Since then, my life has become more and more difficult."

"At the end of last year, my classmates slandered me again and stole other people's things, and they even made trouble with the mountain captain. Although I later cleared my grievances, my father still thought I was embarrassed, so he asked me to go back and no longer be allowed to study.

My mother knelt down and begged for a long time before he agreed to let me transfer to Yuanshan County School.”

"This time I went back to the palace and was seen by my former classmates, so I told my younger brother. He just told me that if I know the truth, I should not participate in the competition. Otherwise, he would tell you that I was a concubine and had a son.

Having stole other people's things, he has always been a bad person. Brother Chu, what should I do? Should I refuse the mountain leader at that time?"

Chu Ci listened silently for a long time, and he heard that Chen Zifang must have cried. He really didn't expect that Chen Zifang, who had always been smiling, would still hide such a tragic past.

This era attaches great importance to family affection. If others say that they have bad character, others may not believe it, but if their relatives say that they are not good, others will definitely believe it. Because everyone believes that no one will risk losing their family face to slander them.

Your own relatives, unless this person is too unbearable.

"Brother Zhongxing, this is not your fault, you don't need to blame yourself. A gentleman establishes the world, and a pure person will be clear, and a turbid person will be turbid. Even if people's words are terrifying, as long as they stick to their original hearts and make their hearts stronger, the other people's

Slanderous words can't hurt you at all."

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