Before the Royal Examination.
In the streets and alleys of Bianjing, various government offices tried out two people to get into the third class in Reyi Pavilion.
The collected works of Su Shi and Su Che were copied by many people, and paper was expensive in Luoyang for a while.
As for Zhang Yue's previously sold collection of essays, people immediately picked them up and read them again.
As the saying goes, a person's name is like a tree's shadow. Because of his passing into the third class of the pavilion examination, Zhang Yuejin's volume had been criticized overwhelmingly and was even ridiculed by scholar-officials as a money-making work.
It stopped all of a sudden.
So the bookseller who bought Zhang Yue's books immediately printed the remaining engravings again.
Because the engraving has been printed twice, it has been eroded by ink and is in disarray. Many words are not clear after printing, but even so, it cannot stop people who are enthusiastic about buying.
In addition to the huge increase in sales, all kinds of heated discussions have dropped again. Everyone started talking about the extraordinary features of the volume again, and the number of words of praise increased day by day.
There are also many fans who bring their own dry food on the market to praise it. For example, there are many words of conscientious work, painstaking efforts, and guts. All the previous criticisms were immediately suppressed.
When the curses were overwhelming before, Zhang Yue hid in Taiping Xingguo Temple and didn't hear anything about it, but now it's getting rave reviews and the voices are reaching his ears, but he can't stop them.
An old house in a deep alley was in disrepair and could not stop the autumn wind blowing in through the cracks.
Guo Lin, who was immersed in studying, tightened his clothes and bent down at his desk to continue studying. As the saying goes, he was a Jinshi at fifty years old and Ming Jing at thirty years old. Now in his twenties, he is already quite old for Ming Jing Ke.
In order to take the exam, I had to pick up many of the scriptures and commentaries I had read and recite them again.
But no matter how well I memorize it, there are always some omissions in the exam room. This is the tragedy of Ming Jing Ke candidates. For example, the technical level of Jin Shi Ke articles can always be improved with hard work.
Ke Ming Jing Ke may become worse with each passing year as his memory declines.
However, Guo Lin was already accustomed to hard work. At this time, he heard a vendor outside the house selling books that should be made. He put on his clothes and walked out. When he saw Zhang Yue's volume, he took out the last few coins from his bag to buy it without hesitation, and then took it back to the house to read.
Guo Lin read for a while and heard a knock on the door outside.
He stood up and opened the door and was startled when he saw Zhang Yue standing in front of the door with two bottles of wine and a smile on his face.
"Junior brother... no, Duke Zhuangyuan..."
Zhang Yue said in a pretentious manner: "If you call me that, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Guo Lin laughed out loud and said, "Okay, junior brother."
Zhang Yue walked into Guo Lin's house, immediately put the wine aside, and took out two kilograms of braised beef wrapped in oil paper from his pocket and placed it on the table.
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "No serious restaurants in Bianjing sell beef, so I still found some from a goose shop in a remote alley. This is no better than when we were in Wuxi, where we could buy beef everywhere. Senior brother, you must have a drink with me today."
Hearing this, Guo Lin smiled and said, "Okay, I'll warm the wine for you."
Zhang Yue watched Guo Lin busy and couldn't help but sigh: "You think it's ridiculous or not? There is everything in Bianjing, but there is no beef. When we were studying, there was nothing in the countryside, but it is not difficult to find beef."
Guo Lin was busy while listening to Zhang Yue's words.
Zhang Yue kept talking nonstop and walked back and forth in the room. He also saw a book buried in the pile of books, which was his own book.
There is a line of small characters next to the scroll. I am very happy that my junior brother's article has been published again. I also encourage you.
Zhang Yue couldn't help but pause when he saw the words in his mouth. He turned around and wiped his eyes. He was worried that Guo Lin would find him and continued talking.
Zhang Yue and Guo Lin drank and talked for half a day, and finally dispersed drunkenly. Zhang Yue walked to the street. Although he was named Gai Jinghua, he felt lonely.
At this time, I saw a mule cart parked on the side of the road.
The people above were surprised and said: "Isn't this Duzhi?"
Zhang Yue looked at the two brothers Su Shi and Su Zhe. There were several other people in the car who were Lin Xi, and there were two others whom Zhang Yue didn't recognize. The person who just greeted him was Lin Xi.
Su Shi immediately laughed and said: "Since we are going to watch a show in Wase together, we might as well go together."
Zhang Yue looked at the two unknown people in the car and hesitated slightly. Su Che smiled and said, "I will introduce you to you. This person's surname is Wang, Fen, Yanzu, and Gu, Lin, Zidun."
Zhang Yue had heard of the two of them and knew that they were the same age as Su Shi, Su Che and Lin Xi.
However, Zhang Yue doubted that it was not the two of them. He had heard Ouyang Xiu say that Su Shi had a dispute with him over the third rank. Just in case... He still remembered that there was an imperial examination in the Qing Dynasty. Two good friends were competing for the top spot. One of them deliberately invited him to the imperial examination the night before. The other party went to sleep at home and then set off firecrackers, causing the other party to have to drink ginseng soup to force himself to take the mental exam the next day.
Zhang Yue thought to himself, how could he judge the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain?
Are the two brothers Su Shi and Su Che the ones who did such despicable things?
Zhang Yue immediately smiled and said, "If that's the case, I'm sorry."
After saying that, Zhang Yue also got on the bus.
The mule driving the car was also very powerful, dragging six people along the streets of Bianjing. Zhang Yue quickly became familiar with everyone. As for Wang Fen and Gu Linzhi, Zhang Yue was the number one scholar and the third-ranked scholar in the pavilion examination. He had a bright future and had a desire to be friends.
Everyone arrived at the Wase and ordered tea and fruit, while watching the show and chatting.
Su Shi has a humorous and absurd temperament, while Su Che is taciturn. When we first met, I felt that Su Shi's bright and generous nature was very close to my heart. But if you think so, others must also think so. Historically, Su Shi was one of those people who had too many friends, so he may not remember you that much. But Su Zhe is different. After you have been with him for a long time, once people recognize you, they will take you into their heart.
It was a moonlit night, and gongs and drums were beating constantly on the stage.
The play was so exciting that Su Shi could not help but be so happy that he took the lead in cheering. Many people who knew Su Shi came forward to greet him. Zhang Yue turned away and talked to Su Che, Gu Lin, Wang Fen and Lin Xi.
The breeze was blowing slowly, and for some reason, such a bustling and noisy place fit Zhang Yue's somewhat lonely mood.
Everyone dispersed that night. Su Shi and Su Che first sent off two friends, and finally sent Zhang Yue to his house in a mule cart.
On the occasion of parting, brothers Su Shi and Su Che all got off the mule cart and bid farewell to Zhang Yue.
After bidding farewell to Zhang Yue and getting into the car, Su Che said to Su Shi: "Zhang Du is a true and honest gentleman, and a friend worth making."
Su Shi said happily: "Yes."
After saying that, Ersu drove away.
Three days before the imperial examination, Zhang Yue stayed at home and refused all visitors. He gets up early every day to write a policy question, writes another policy question in the afternoon, and writes another policy question before going to bed.
After three days of this, Zhang Yue felt that he had adjusted his overall condition to the best.
On August 25, Su Shi, Su Che, and Zhang Yue all went to Chongzheng Hall to take the imperial examination.
And this imperial examination also left many good stories in the imperial examinations of later generations.
