Encounter with the Four Great Talents

When Tang Shen got out of the car, Tang Yin came up to greet him: "Shen'er."

Tang Shen was very hot and didn't want to talk, so he nodded and signaled Tang Yin to follow him.Xiaoer led the way and led the group to the small courtyard they had reserved.

After drinking water and changing clothes, Tang Shen regained the energy to speak.Holding the tea, she said, "Mother has been worried about you, and urged me to come here two months ago."

"Me? I'm fine." Tang Yin was very innocent, he didn't do anything.

Tang Shen glanced at him and drank his tea. Tang Yin was a little panicked, and lowered his head to think if he really did something wrong.

"How is your reading, big brother?"

"Ah, mother is worried about this. I study with my friends every day, and I benefit a lot. Threesomes must have my teacher, and the ancients never deceive me." Tang Yin is very proud, his poetry ability has been enhanced There are many.

Tang Shen knew what he meant, and said flatly: "The township examination lasts nine days. The examination content includes the Four Books and Five Classics, policy questions and poems. My elder brother's ability in poetry and prose is already outstanding, so I'm not worried. But Ce Wen has always been It’s a weak point, how much improvement can be made?”

Tang Yin froze for a moment, then lowered his head embarrassedly.Tang Shen snorted and stopped talking, Tang Yin immediately said: "I know, I know, I will study hard in the rest of my time."

"Brother, don't forget, we have an agreement." Tang Shen raised his head and stared into his eyes, the dark eyes were cold and bright, and Tang Yin was completely frozen.

Tang Yin's head, which was a little dizzy from being praised for a while, finally calmed down, and he lowered his head and said softly: "I know."

"That's good." Seeing that he had come to his senses, Tang Shen took out a brochure and handed it to him, seeing that he had come to his senses. Some of the questions and well-known answer sheets in the provincial examinations were written by celebrities who are good at writing essays, so you can read them."

"Okay, Shen'er has seen it?"

"Well, I've finished reading it a long time ago." Tang Shen has an excellent memory, and usually he can remember it after reading it once, so he said that he had read it, and Tang Yin didn't say anything else, and took it and handed it to Gao Fu for safekeeping.Ask: "Have you stayed in the hotel for a while?"

"No, it will take at least two months from now until the results are released. It's not convenient to stay in a hotel." Tang Shen was a little tired, squinted his eyes and yawned and said, "Yonglu is looking for a place to live. Brother, do you want to stay?" live together?"

"Since you're here, you naturally want to live together." Especially since you brought the cook with you.

Tang Shen nodded: "Since that's the case, brother, let's pack up your things. Yonglu is smart, and it will probably be settled in two days. You have moved out of the house, and you may be able to move out in two days."

"Okay, I'll go back and pack up."

Yonglu has been with Tang Shen for so many years, and he has a good brain. He arrived in the morning and found the house in the afternoon.Anyway, the second master said that as long as the house is good, the price is easy to negotiate.So he quickly found one and asked the price, which was not outrageous.After discussing with each other, the next day, we settled on this isolated courtyard at a price that was slightly higher but within the acceptable range.

If you want to say who is the happiest person after moving here, it must be Tang Yin's master and servant.

During this period of time, Tang Yin's life was not very good.Neither of the two servants knew how to cook, so basically the landlord cooked food at home to make do with it.It's just that they are just ordinary people, so they don't pay attention to the color and smell, it's good if they can cook better, the two servants don't think it's a big deal, but Tang Yin doesn't taste right, so he likes to go out to eat from time to time, to improve himself.But although the food sold outside tastes good, it's not good to eat too much of the big fish and meat. Tang Yin has gained a lot of weight.

Then they didn't bring the girls, so Gao Fu and Shitou could only do the cleaning.Although the room was cleaned reasonably well, there was no way to do the laundry, so I had to pay the landlord to do it for me.It's just that the landlord's aunt doesn't wash very cleanly, and the clothes are often creased when they are brought back, and even one of the inner clothes is stained.Most of the common people's clothes are made of coarse cloth, so naturally there will be no folds or the like, but Tang Yin's clothes are not of good material, and they even have to be scented.Tang Yin couldn't take it anymore, the clothes were damaged and discolored, and he didn't wear them anymore, they were all new ones.

Tang Yin will take the initiative to pay the bills at friends' gatherings.Tang Yin himself didn't have any concept of money, and thought that there wasn't much anyway, so he paid the money very readily. Although it felt very good to his friends, Gao Fu, who was in charge of the account management, had a difficult time.

The uncle is so extravagant, most of the 100 taels of silver went away in a blink of an eye, there are still several months to go, how can there be enough.After mentioning all the difficulties to Tang Yin, Tang Yin suddenly thought that he should have accepted Tang Shen's 200 taels of silver.

Fortunately, Gao Fu also said that he had an extra 50 taels from the second master, Tang Yin finally realized that he should save some money, so he lasted until Tang Shen went to Suzhou.

When Tang Shen knew the whole story from Gao Fu, he laughed so hard that he rewarded him with 20 taels of silver, and turned to look at Tang Yin: "Brother, you'd better live with me, at least you can save some money."

Tang Yin blushed, coughed and went back to his room to read in a serious manner. Tang Shen told Yonglu: "For a while, you are in charge of the yard. Anyone who comes to visit is blocked, and the reason is just made up."

Yong Lu responded with a smile, and Tang Shen said to Xingniang: "Talk to Mammy and ask her to do some light exercises for elder brother to recuperate his body. I think he has gained a lot of puffiness."

"Yes, Second Master."

After finishing the order, Tang Shen went back to read.Although he is still young, he doesn't want to take the exam for the second time. If he can pass this time, it will be great, and he can go home and stay.Thinking about it here, he suddenly paused, he didn't seem to be such a nerd in his previous life... Uh, forget it, let's be a nerd, what a promising career.

Tang Yin read the book for a few days, and suddenly came to his senses and found that he had been much more relaxed for a while, and it seemed that he didn't have any friends to look for.Couldn't help but went out to ask, Gao Fu sized it up, and seeing that his uncle had returned to his usual handsome appearance, he said: "Second Master said, it's better for you to study at ease recently, so I won't receive guests for the time being .”

Tang Yin was stunned for a moment, and asked in surprise: "Could it be that the guests have blocked them all?"

"Yes." Gao Fu nodded, "Second Lord always likes to be quiet, and Second Master said that since uncle is also concentrating on studying, he should not let idlers disturb him, so all the guests coming and going these days have been rejected."

Tang Yin was bored for a moment, not knowing how to explain that he didn't feel that having guests was a disturbance.But thinking about my younger brother's temperament, I also know that it's useless to say it.After thinking for a while, he said, "Where is the second master?"

"The second master is studying in the room." Gao Fu felt that the second master was more likely to pass the exam than his own uncle. Zhongju is really blind.On the contrary, the uncle, after arriving in Suzhou, he relaxed a lot.But Gao Fu knew that his uncle was smart, and he didn't know if he could say this, so he didn't say it at all, since he was just a servant anyway.

Tang Yin looked up at the sky, the weather today is very good, neither hot nor cold, and the sun is not strong.Thinking of today's poetry meeting, Tang Yin couldn't help but feel a little excited. It is said that there will be the same few well-known talents who are very likely to be selected today. learn it.

So, Tang Yin took out a fan and spread it out: "Gao Fu, get ready and go out with me."

Tang Shen did not stop Tang Yin's order to go out, so Yong Lu immediately let him go when he saw that he was about to go out, but as soon as he left, he immediately asked Shi Shi to follow him and went to find Tang Shen by himself.

Tang Shen was reading a book in his room. Although he was a little tired of reading, he decided to read it a few more times in order not to participate in the second time.At the same time, he found that after reading this book a lot, his other skills did not improve, but his ability to calm down and calm down improved dramatically.

So, when he was concentrating on studying, Yonglu's interruption didn't make him very angry.Hearing about Tang Yin, he smiled and said: "Brother has never been a person who can be idle, and it's not a day or two since he likes to go out for a walk. Can we manage the first day of junior high school and the fifteenth day? He can go if he likes." , as long as you don’t overplay it. You let Gao Fu pay attention, as long as you don’t overdo it, we don’t care too much. As the saying goes, if you plant melons, you will reap beans. Whatever effort he puts in today, tomorrow will naturally have a corresponding harvest .Anyway, I can’t pass the exam, so there’s a second time to be amazing.”

Although the second master spoke calmly, Yonglu felt that the words were cold, shrank his cold neck and responded respectfully, and retreated first when he saw that he had no other orders.I decided to tell Gao Fu when I met him, let him pay more attention to the uncle, and let the uncle control it.In order not to really annoy the second master, everyone has no good fruit to eat.

When Tang Yin arrived at the meeting point that had been agreed upon at that time, he immediately attracted the attention of many people, and many people he knew came up to greet him: "Brother Tang, you can be regarded as showing up."

"Yes, when I visit these days, a manager I don't know always says that you are studying."

"Brother Tang, although reading is important, wouldn't it make you a nerd if you study behind closed doors?"

Tang Yin apologized one by one in embarrassment, and didn't say much, just said that he got a good book recently, so he studied hard behind closed doors for a few days.Everyone was in a good mood and didn't say anything, just laughed and made trouble.

Tang Yin was welcomed into the grass pavilion, and saw that many students had come here, some were commenting on the poems hanging on the rope, some were watching something around the table, it was quite lively.

Tang Yin quickly joined in. After reading a few poems, his enthusiasm was high and he wrote a poem. The words are beautiful and the sentences are moving, and everyone applauds unanimously.Tang Yin worked harder and composed two more songs, which won applause from all the halls.

Just when everyone was flattering, a sedan chair stopped over, and several students greeted the two schoolboys accompanying the sedan chair immediately, Tang Yin was a little curious, and heard someone beside him say: "It's Mr. Zhu! "

Tang Yin was also excited when he heard this. He knew that Mr. Zhu was originally from Wu County, but he had already moved to live in Suzhou.When I went to Changzhou two years ago, the posters I bought were written by Mr. Zhu.I just heard that he went to the capital recently, so I haven't had the chance to meet him.He is also one of the most popular candidates to win Xie Yuan among the scholars in this session. Tang Yin heard that he is very talented, and now he has the opportunity to meet him and feels that this poetry meeting is very worthwhile.

The sedan chair stopped outside the grass pavilion, and two bookboys who were more handsome than women opened the curtain, and the other reached out to lead out a young gentleman.He was about the same age as Tang Yin, dressed in a crescent white silk gown, with a half-smile and peach blossoms in the corners of his eyes, which made people mesmerized.

If Tang Yin is handsome and Tang Shen is elegant, then this one, to describe him, has only two words, which is monstrous.

It is a kind of evil spirit that makes women go crazy and men can't help but swallow their saliva.Not the most beautiful, but there is always an intoxicating atmosphere in every move.If Tang Shen were to describe it, it would be that the hormones in his body were too high.

Tang Yin was stunned almost with just one glance, he never knew that a man could be... so charming.

His gaze was too straightforward, Zhu Yunming noticed it at a glance, raised his eyebrows slightly at him, and raised the corners of his mouth appropriately, revealing a provocative, seductive, and disdainful smile.

That disdain made Tang Yin wake up immediately from the distraction just now, feeling ashamed of his performance, lowered his head, and cleaned up the paper and pen he had just used.

Then, the light in front of him was blocked, and it was quite dark in front of his eyes. Tang Yin raised his head subconsciously, and saw that handsome and alluring face not far away from him, Tang Yin took half a step back in fright, and only then noticed his face. Focus on the poem you just wrote.I couldn't help being a little nervous, not knowing how he would evaluate it.

To Tang Yin's surprise, Zhu Yunming's evaluation was very pertinent, he revealed the advantages and disadvantages of the poem at a glance, and even made a good evaluation of Tang Yin's words, which immediately raised Tang Yin's impression of him a lot.

Zhu Yunming is very talkative, not as unapproachable as he looks, he speaks funny and treats people kindly.Moreover, he is rich in knowledge and has extraordinary insights. He has obviously been taught by famous experts, and he can learn a lot just by chatting with him, which is respectable.He seemed to have a good impression of Tang Yin, and he often took Tang Yin to chat and discuss together. The two had surprisingly consistent ideas, and soon became confidants.They chatted until the end of the poetry meeting before they parted. They also made an appointment that Zhu Yunming would hold a poetry meeting next time and invite Tang Yin to meet again.