Four hundred and eighth chapter autumn wind (four) 150
In the afternoon, the rain gradually stopped.
Jiuru is in the middle, Liu Ya and Chunyan are relieved. These days, the atmosphere in the mansion is a little wrong, everyone is careful and tied their faces tightly. Even the two maids feel that
arrive.
"Actually, master, my wife is also worried about my second brother's exam?" Liu Ya whispered in a low voice.
I am not afraid of ten thousand, but I am afraid that if the young master fails the exam, will the master and the wife be disappointed? The young master looks at peace, but he is very strong in his bones, otherwise he would not have worked hard like this.
Although the young master has a connection with the Shangshu Mansion, the heirs are not their own children after all, and they can be more confident with fame and fame.
After counting the Manchu Mansion, only Liu Ya and Changshou who served Shen Rui since Songjiang. Compared with Chunyan and other servants of the Shangshu Mansion, Liu Ya naturally thought more.
"It's strange if you don't worry. I heard that the provincial examination is the most difficult among all kinds of exams, and this is the first time my second brother ends up." Chunyan also said worriedly.
She didn't think if Shen Rui failed the master's exam, would his wife be disappointed. Instead, she thought that her young master worked too hard in school. Over the past few years, others felt tired after seeing it. After passing the exam early, she could breathe a sigh of relief.
Otherwise, if you study for another three years, your health may be damaged.
Shen Rui came out of the study room, rubbed his wrists, and said, "Master, are you back?"
"Shen Chu is back." Liu Ya replied casually.
When Shen Rui heard this, he was stunned.
Although Shen Cang has been appointed as the Minister of State, he is always careful in official affairs and rarely returns home early.
Shen Rui felt a heavy heart in his heart and said, "Get the straw raincoat, I'll go to the main room."
Liu Ya responded, took out the straw raincoat and wooden clogs, served Shen Rui to change it, and took another oil paper umbrella.
"Dada", Shen Rui held an umbrella and went to the main courtyard.
When I went to the room, not only Shen Cang and his wife were there, but also the third master.
Seeing Shen Cang's face as golden paper and coughing sounds continued, the third master almost burst into tears: "Brother, you are afraid of the cold when you cough. Now it's like this, why bother going out early and returning late every day? Or take a leave for a while
Rest"
Shen Cang was sweating on his forehead, unable to hide his fatigue, and looked at Xu.
Xu hesitated for a moment, got up and went to the inner room to get a pill.
Shen Cang swallowed the pill with tea, closed his eyes and calmed down for a while, and finally had blood on his face.
"I'll take a leave in a few days, and I want to have a good rest," said Shen Cang.
The third master hesitated and said, "Brother is so tough, but for fear of delaying Brother Rui'er's fate? But is it really good to hide it like this? Brother Rui is a good boy with a cold face. If he knows, how should he deal with it?
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Shen Cang waved his hand and said, "This is the root of old age and illness. Every year, what can I hide it? You are also a person who is born after the Chinese New Year, don't make a fuss."
Seeing her husband talking and panting, Xu said, "Second brother, stop persuading me, the master has an idea... But in the past few days, when Brother Rui'er finishes the exam, even if the master doesn't want to take leave, I won't allow it here..."
Shen Cang nodded to his wife, and the third master was in a particularly complicated mood.
He is now a father, and of course he also has the desire to "hope his son to become a dragon", but he doesn't understand how stubborn his elder brother and sister-in-law are so stubborn. So what if he tells Shen Rui? Shen Rui is only sixteen years old and has delayed his subject, waiting.
The next subject is. The next subject, three years later... and I can't wait in three years?
The third master's heart then raised and looked up at Xu: "Sister-in-law, what pill did the eldest brother take just now?"
"Rongfei Wan." Xu Shidao.
The third master breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It turns out that it is this. It seems that the effect is pretty good. The elder brother really coughed a few times after taking it."
"Yes." Xu lowered his eyes, covering the water waves in his eyes.
Shen Rui stood outside the door of the main room and shivered.
He tiptoed out, because it was still raining outside, and everyone was in the room, but no one saw it in the main courtyard.
When they turned back to Jiuruju, Liuya and Chunyan heard the movement and went to the corridor to greet each other.
"The second brother didn't go to the room, so I'll go back so soon?" Liu Ya asked casually.
"Well. I remember that an article has not been finished yet, so I will go there later when I supper." Shen Rui said casually.
After saying that, he changed into a straw raincoat and wooden clogs and went to the study room of the east wing.
Seeing this, Liu Ya and Chunyan did not dare to disturb each other, so they went to the study room and left.
Shen Rui stood in front of the window and stood for a while before returning to the desk, leaned over and opened the drawer, and took out a collection of Shiwen that was one inch tall.
The authors of these collections are all the same, namely Yang Lian, the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple in Nanjing, and the chief examiner of the Shuntian Prefecture Township Examination this year.
The lastest test site for the Shuntian Prefecture Township Examination is only available at the end of July.
There were many popular candidates in Beijing before, but Yang Lian was so angry that he came out. It was because of this that although Yang Lian was from Zhili, he is now an official in Nanjing. The reason why he did not serve in Nanjing was that he returned.
I went to the capital to visit my relatives.
Many people were caught off guard, but Shen Rui received Yang Lian's collection of essays in early July. The articles over the past month have been adjusted according to the direction. At the same time, the collection of essays was also sent with a book "The Doctrine of the Mean".
Although Shen Rui didn't know how Liu Zhong inferred it, he believed that he would not be aimless and focused his preview on "The Doctrine of the Mean". "The Doctrine of the Mean" has more than 3,000 words, and he can draw sentences for the topic of the time text, which is almost the same as Shen Rui.
All solved the questions.
If these preparations were all hard work, how could it be another kind of cheating?
Shen Rui felt transparent, but he was not pretentious, and he was still preparing in an orderly manner.
Although it is said that the provincial examination is the most difficult, taking the exam in Beizhili has already gained benefits; with such "preparation", if nothing unexpected happens, a juren should be stable.
Shen Rui thought so. Although he worked harder this month, his grasp became greater and greater, but now he is in a daze.
He has been preparing for the exam in the past few months, and his days in the room are limited, so he has not had much contact with Shen Cang; but when he thinks about it carefully, there are not no clues to follow...
The room became dark and Chunyan came in and lighted the lights.
Shen Rui raised his head, looked at Chunyan and said, "I remember your father is Changsui next to the master? He was waiting for the master to go out?"
"Yes. It was the second butler who followed the master to listen to it. A few years ago, the master left the second butler to assist in the family, and then picked up the maid's father..." Chunyan replied crisply.
"You'll go home later and ask your father, how are you doing in the past few months? Tell him, if you dare to make up lies and coax me, you'll think about the consequences yourself." Shen Rui was completely unhappy and his face was as cold as ice.
Chunyan's heart trembled and she hurriedly said, "I must not dare to do it."
"If you don't dare, be careful. If someone sees me, find a way to do it yourself." Shen Rui said.
"Yes." Chunyan responded in a low voice.
I heard something happening in the yard. After a while, Liu Ya came in with a straw raincoat and clogs, and said, "Second brother, my wife, I'm here to invite someone..."
Hongyun was waiting outside with Zhang umbrella, Shen Rui changed into a straw raincoat and came out of the study.
In the hazy twilight, Shen Rui couldn't help but look at the red clouds.
Hongyun has a round face and loves to laugh. She is a maid with a likable personality. Now she is a little more steady. Although it is not abrupt, if you pay attention, you will find that it is different from Suri.
When Hongyun saw Shen Rui coming out, she wanted to go forward to hold the umbrella. Shen Rui shook his hand and said, "I'll do it myself." While speaking, he took an umbrella from Liu Ya's hand, opened it, and went to the main courtyard.
Seeing this, Hongyun quickly followed.
Shen Rui walked slowly and Hongyun was three steps away from him.
After leaving Jiuruju, Shen Rui asked casually: "How is the master's illness?"
"Reply to the second brother, my master's illness..." Hongyun said casually, and in the middle of his speech, he reacted, changed his face, and said with a forced smile: "My master just had a cough, where is the disease?"
Shen Rui had stopped, turned around, and looked straight at Hongyun.
Outside the umbrella, the rain is getting heavier, and the autumn wind is blowing, making the oil-paper umbrella "rustle".
Hongyun stood there, but sweat was oozing from her forehead, her lips were trembling, and she couldn't speak.
Where can I ask about this reaction?
Shen Rui's eyes were dark, and his heart was as unbearable as a fire burning.
Although Shen Cang had been in poor health for a long time, Shen Rui still couldn't accept it when things came to an end.
Hongyun could not stand firmly, and kneeled down with a soft knee, and cried and said, "Second brother, the wife said, if anyone dares to tell the second brother that he is distracted, it will be severely punished. Please spare your maid.
This is...
Even if he respects his wife in his heart, Hongyun will not regard Xu as a good old man without temper. Besides, not only Xu, there is also a master behind him. If he knew that the news was revealed from him, the young master would be distracted from the exam.
It’s light to get out after a beat.
Thinking of this consequence, how can Hongyun not be afraid?
"Get up and tell me carefully, I took it as if I didn't hear anything." Shen Rui said softly.
Hongyun weighed the pros and cons in his heart, struggled for a while, and was frightened and whispered to the scene of Shen Cang over the past few months: "I fainted once before the Dragon Boat Festival, and I started coughing after the Zhongyuan Festival, and I still saw blood.
All these ten months have been using ginseng to support me... The wife asked the master to take illness, but the master didn't want his second brother to be distracted and would have to wait until the second brother finished the exam before he was willing to..." At the end of his speech, he was already full of worry.
Shen Rui's expression remained silent all the way, and was about to arrive at the main courtyard. Fang said, "Remember, you said nothing, and I didn't hear anything..."
Hongyun bit her lip, wondering whether she should breathe a sigh of relief or be disappointed, she whispered: "Yes..."
In the main room, Shen’s family is there.
Shen Cang and the third master brother were having tea, and Xu, the third wife, and Yu Jie were coaxing the fourth brother to talk.
The fourth brother was so silly that he was memorizing the "Three Character Classic" for everyone. While memorizing it, he looked at Xu, hoping to write "Oh my uncle, praise me, praise me quickly" on his forehead.
Xu gently stroked the fourth brother's head, but there was no stingy praise: "Our fourth brother is so smart and memorized well..."
The fourth brother blushed and showed a little shyness. He took Xu's hand and said, "Dad is smart, he is good at writing, and my aunt praises her, just like her mother..."
After hearing these naive words, everyone looked at the third master and the third wife.
The third wife was ashamed, glared at her son, and whispered: "What are you talking about?"
The third master did not think it was offensive, but instead was a little excited and nodded, "Good son, I still remember my father even if I received a praise. I am so filial..."
The fourth brother had already pounced on Xu's arms, sniffed Xu's clothes, and said happily: "I'm so fragrant..."