Chapter 139 A Thorn
Is it because the standby time is too long and the CPU needs to rest, or is it because the storage is too large and needs to be loaded?
No matter what the reason is, Song Jingyun's daze time is limited and quite fixed. When the time comes, he will come back to his senses, chat with Jiang Mixia with a smile, and then go to sleep as usual.
In a blink of an eye, the day of the county examination arrived.
The county examination is held in the examination hall in the county town. There will be four examinations, and today is the first one.
Jiang Mixia and Jiang Youcheng sent Song Jingyun to the examination room early and met up with Meng Ziting and others.
It was still dark in the morning. Mencius listened to the head count and confirmed that all eight students taking the exam were present. He breathed a sigh of relief and then explained to them what they should pay attention to during the exam.
As for answering the questions, since it had been mentioned many times before, and the answers would test one's academic foundation, there was no point in cramming at the last minute, so Mencius did not say much. He only talked about the requirement for the number of words in each line when answering the questions, and that words should not be written outside the sealing line... and other such subtle rules.
In addition, it is to confirm again that several people have brought enough drinking water, food, writing materials, etc.
After checking all these things, Mencius felt relieved. "This is the first test. You guys study hard and have a good foundation. As long as you don't get nervous during the test, there should be no problem..."
"Hey, who is this? He speaks so arrogantly."
Tian Zhixing, who was a little older and had a long beard and was also a teacher, sneered at the side, "He is just a student who was taught by a math teacher in a remote town. I don't think he is very good at reading this book. You still think you can pass the exam? It's a joke."
Such blatant sarcasm made Song Jingyun and others change their expressions.
Mengzi listened to and watched Tian Zhixing, who was as annoying as before, and his anger rose. "I don't know if I have a bad temper, but I think it's much better than some people's foul mouth."
Tian Zhixing was naturally unhappy about being retorted, but thinking that Meng Ziting was just an ordinary and shabby teacher in a small academy, he felt happy and said faintly, "It's not as bad as your reputation."
When Mencius heard this, he was so angry that he gritted his teeth.
Tian Zhixing said that he had a bad reputation, and it was true.
Moreover, the news spread so widely that Mencius could no longer continue his studies in the county school and had to return home.
That was seven years ago, when Mencius was listening to the scholar who had just passed the examination.
Meng Ziting had excellent academic performance and was the best in both the annual examinations. He became a free student in the county school. In addition to studying in the county school for free, he also received meal expenses from the county school every month, which made people envy and admire him.
But, it's also enviable.
Not long after he started studying at the county school, someone reported that Mencius had heard about money and was tempted, so he stole twenty taels of silver from him.
Later, when the headmaster of the county school was investigating the matter, he found the twenty taels of silver from Meng Ziting's pillow. At that time, some people said that they saw Meng Ziting sneak into the room of the student who lost the silver, and he left in a furtive manner with something in his hand.
The person who served as a witness was Tian Zhixing.
Faced with the presence of witnesses and evidence, even if the headmaster determined that Meng Ziting was a man of good character, he could not be biased in the slightest. However, considering Meng Ziting's future, he did not report the matter to the authorities and only handled it privately.
The twenty taels of silver must be returned to the owner, and an additional ten taels of silver must be paid as compensation.
After hearing this, Mencius had no choice but to go home and sell a piece of land at home to settle the matter completely. The matter was then put to rest.
But the calm was only on the surface.
The entire county town was not big to begin with, and there were even fewer scholars. Moreover, the scholars in the county town often gathered together to discuss academic matters, so the news naturally spread faster.
Almost all the scholars in the entire county knew that Meng Ziting had stolen other people's money and was a dishonest person.
The way people looked at Mencius changed, and they started to gossip more.
"Tsk, seeing that he has excellent grades, I didn't expect his character to be so bad."
"You can know a person's face but not his heart; a person who has read a lot of books may not necessarily have good character."
"Is this kind of person worthy of being a scholar? He really brings disgrace and loss of the integrity of scholars!"
"Don't let this kind of person pass the imperial examination, otherwise I really don't know what kind of rogue things he will do..."
Mencius Ting was isolated, and some people even pointed at his nose and cursed him when they met him.
Even though he was mentally strong and believed that he was innocent, this situation still had a serious impact on him. He couldn't eat well, couldn't sleep, and became more and more distracted when studying.
After failing several consecutive monthly examinations in the county school, Mencius had to leave the county school and go home to study in order to concentrate on his studies.
In order to reduce the burden on his family, he started working as a teacher.
Zhang Wenbin left the county school with him at that time, and later discussed with him to establish the current Hongle Academy.
This incident has always been a thorn in Mencius' heart.
Even if a thorn has been there for a long enough time and appears to have no scar on the outside, it is actually full of festering inside.
Especially since the culprit who caused this thorn was standing right in front of him.
Meng Ziting clenched his fist and wanted to hit Tian Zhixing in the face, making that hateful-looking man disappear in front of him.
But if he really took action and caused a commotion outside the examination room, it might implicate the students who were taking the exam today.
Tian Zhixing came to provoke him on purpose at this time, perhaps hoping that he would lose his patience and fall into his trap.
He has to endure it now!
Mencius snorted coldly and ignored Tian Zhixing.
"After telling the truth, some people are speechless." Tian Zhixing was so successful that he raised his chin high and smacked his lips. "But it's true. The evidence is irrefutable. I can't deny it even if I want to. I'll be a thief all my life!"
When Mengzi heard this, his face had turned purple with anger. He clenched his teeth, but tried his best to calm himself.
Song Jingyun listened for a long time, scratched his head, and pulled Lu Yuming beside him and said, "Do you know why the teacher doesn't want to reply?"
Lu Yuming didn't expect that Song Jingyun, who usually followed the rules and didn't like to talk, would suddenly comment on the Master's affairs today, and even said it so loudly. He was stunned at first, then shook his head, "I don't know."
"Because this dog bit a person, the person can't bite back, otherwise he would be no different from a dog." Song Jingyun chuckled.
Lu Yuming and other students were stunned at first, and then burst into laughter.
Even Mencius laughed when he heard it. "Yes, that's the truth. There's no point in biting a dog back."
"you……"
I’m in a serious writer’s block, so I sorted out the outline and wanted to be lazy and update 2,000 words today, but... reason finally took over!
(End of this chapter)
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