Chapter 039 The road is difficult

There were eight people at the same table with Sui Wenchang, a master of Tixue. In addition to the eight people who accompanied him, except for the shopkeeper of the Yuzhou Association who was the last seat, the rest were the few people who were most likely to be on the list this time in Yuzhou Province.

Sui Wenchang first gave a glass of wine to the shopkeepers of the Yuzhou Guild Hall, thanking the Yuzhou Guild Hall for its strong support for the students of the province and providing them with free food and accommodation. This is the meaning of the question, and the same is true for the year. However, the shopkeepers of the Yuzhou Guild Hall still showed an excited expression and told the Master Tixue with a passionate voice that this is what the Yuzhou Guild Hall should do. Every time the ceremony is held in the future, the Yuzhou Guild Hall will be willing to provide the same service.

During this meeting, the protagonist was not the shopkeeper of the Yuzhou Guild Hall. After tribute to him a glass of wine, Sui Wenchang turned his eyes to the juren at the same table. He looked at Xiao Weifeng, who was sitting on his left hand, and smiled gently, "If I guess correctly, you should be Xiao Weifeng, a young prodigy who is famous in our Yuzhou?"

Xiao Weifeng dared to yell at Xu Shisen that he was no longer a child prodigy, but in front of Sui Wenchang, he did not dare to show any rebelliousness, "The adults have such good eyesight, and the student is Xiao Weifeng."

Sui Wenchang smiled and said, "I have read your articles. They are generally good. They are very energetic and have new ideas. If they can be slightly rounder, it would be even better."

"Student, thank you for your teachings from Master Tixue. You must correct it." Xiao Wei said it well, but in fact he had no plans. He was too confident in his literary talent and couldn't listen to other people's opinions at all. Moreover, even if he wanted to change, tomorrow would be the ritual examination. Time was so tight that it was too late.

"Okay, I look forward to seeing your name on the gold list." Sui Wenchang was quite satisfied with Xiao Weifeng's attitude. He turned his head and showed his people-friendly style to another juren sitting on his right hand. This juren is in his thirties. The juren who passed six years ago, like Xiao Weifeng, is his second time this year to attack the imperial court.

Sui Wenchang asked in turn, and finally asked Qin Zhichu, "You are..."

Qin Zhichu quickly introduced himself: "Sir, a student from Henan Northern Palace, Qin Zhichu, whose courtesy name is Xiyuan."

Sui Wenchang said Oh, revealing a sudden expression, "I know. The youngest juren in Henan Prefecture in decades, you, Yubei Prefecture, became famous last year because of you. Haha, everyone here is the backbone of scholars in our Yuzhou Province. I am old, and I will rely on you for tomorrow in Yuzhou. Come on, I borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and I wish you a glass of wine tomorrow. I wish you all the thoughts of writing and writing as if you were helping God, and write good articles with flowers, and everyone was named on the list of gold."

Sui Wenchang came this time to show his importance to the participation of the juren of the province in the ritual examination, and he could not affect the final result of the ritual examination.

Considering that the juren will attend the ceremony tomorrow, Sui Wenchang didn't stay for long. After drinking for three rounds, he got up and left.

As the leader of the Yuzhou League, Xu Shisen sent off the Lord Tixue and asked everyone to have a good rest and never miss the tomorrow's ceremony. You should know that one delay will take three years, and life is short, how many more three years can be wasted?

Qin Zhichu returned to his room and first organized the examination box with Li Yuling. At this time, it was still early, so he planned to read the book again. As the saying goes, it would be too easy to sharpen the gun in the face of battle. But when he took out the book, he couldn't read it anyway.

At this moment, Guan Zhiwen came to the door with a wine jar and a few plates of side dishes for wine. Seeing Qin Zhichu’s restless look, he smiled and said, “I knew that Brother Qin, you are like me, you can’t read books and can’t sleep. Brother Qin, it’s still early, so why not drink a drink for us?”

"It's still Brother Guan who knows me." Qin Zhichu threw the book away, "Let's have a good drink to relieve this unbearable time."

Li Yuling quickly brought a table, put the wine and food brought by Guan Zhiwen, poured wine for Qin Zhichu, and then stood aside obediently.

Guan Zhiwen picked up the wine glass and drank it all. He slapped the drunk wine glass on the table, "Brother Qin, I'm going to tell you, I have no idea. You said I'm in my fifties and I'm the same year as you. I spent so much time and effort to get into the ranks of the ranks. But this is not over. I have to compete with more than 4,000 juren from all over the country to become tribute and become a Jinshi. It's really difficult to move forward step by step. I feel that I can't hold on."

The imperial examination is indeed a very tiring thing. Guan Zhiwen is pretty good. At least he passed the imperial examination last year. According to the rules of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he has the qualification to be an official. This is much better than the thousands of down-and-out scholars.

Qin Zhichu knew that Guan Zhiwen was tired and could not resolve these things. The most important thing was to rely on self-regulation. "Brother Guan, it really doesn't work. Look for a way to find a seventh-rank county magistrate."

Guan Zhiwen sighed, "This matter is lightweight, but it is not so easy to do. The way? Where is the way? Besides, even if you find the way, what? Don't you have to spend money to give gifts? You also know my situation. Because I have been taking the imperial examination, I have spent all my money. This time I went to Beijing to get all the money. After I went back, I don't know how to pay it back. Looking for a way to seek an official? Where do I have that money?"

Guan Zhiwen was blaming the door when someone knocked outside the door, "Brother Qin, can I come in?" It was a woman's voice.

Qin Zhichu was moved in his heart and remembered the only female juren who had stayed in the Yuzhou Guild Hall. He quickly stood up and went to open the door in person. When he saw that there were indeed three people standing outside the door. All the female juren were coming.

"Brother Qin, when we think that tomorrow will be a ritual exam, we three are unsure. We came to ask you for help from Brother Qin, and please don't refuse us." said the older female juren.

"Please come in quickly." Qin Zhichu made way, "What do you have to say in it?"

The three female juren first bowed to Qin Zhichu, and then they entered the room together. Guan Zhiwen stood up and signaled to them. The three female whispered to Guan Zhiwen again.

The three female juren did not need Qin Zhichu to arrange it, and sat consciously at Guan Zhiwen's lower head. Looking at the three women's appearance, Qin Zhichu didn't know how to speak for a while.

Guan Zhiwen and these three female juren felt that they were in the same sympathy. He felt that it was impossible to move forward on the road to the imperial examination. As women, the three female juren felt that the road to the imperial examination was difficult. Before the Spring Festival, they lived in the Yuzhou Guild Hall. After a few months, they had been unable to integrate into male juren for such a long time. Most male juren regarded them as beasts and were unwilling to communicate with them in any form.

They also tried to take the initiative to visit Xiao Weifeng, but were criticized by the prodigy who was not yet frivolous as "frivolous". Apart from that, they refused to say a word of extravagance to them.
Chapter completed!