"Excuse me, how can you be considered to know geometry?"

Hearing that question, Eryang stopped playing and turned around with a serious expression.

The person asking the question was a young student with a blue ribbon tied around his waist.

The eldest brother already knew the hidden conditions of the master's acceptance of the disciple, so he looked down upon the master and said, "At least you can solve five questions independently."

But the student breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I understand it at least."

"Oh, how many can you calculate?" The eldest brother immediately changed his gaze to level. The eldest brother from the science department must respect science.

"I got the book Geometry from Dr. Li last year, and I spent all my free time solving problems." The student said weakly, "I have only solved less than half of it..."

"Puff..." The eldest and second brothers burst out at the same time.

"What, what? You have solved half of it?!" Hua Shuyang's eyes widened. He was a genius mathematician who later produced Hua Hengfang and Hua Luogeng, but he had only solved thirty-one propositions independently.

The eldest brother had seventeen victories; the third brother had twenty; the fourth brother was not so good, with only ten; and the fifth brother had as many as twenty-three.

Don’t think that I am from Shandong and look simple-minded. I am never as scared as people from Jiangsu and Zhejiang when doing questions.

"To be precise, it's thirty." The student held up three fingers and asked unconfidently, "Am I too bad?"

"Not bad..." The eldest senior brother held his face tight, glanced at Hua Shuyang and said, "My junior brother has solved much more than you."

"Haha, it's just average..." Hua Shuyang's mouth twitched.

Is one too many? Is it too many? Not too many.

~~

After having the student complete a geometry paper to prove that he was not bragging, Hua Shuyang took him into the inner room.

The student went out early in the morning, and it was already past noon when he saw Zhao Hao in person. He thought to himself, this is really not easy.

As soon as he entered the room, he knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "I am Zhang Jian, a tribute student from the Imperial College. I am here to greet you, sir."

"Get up." Zhao Hao sat cross-legged on the kang, looking at the test paper he had answered. It was concise and correct, and he was indeed a rare scientific talent.

"What a pity, he is a student of the Imperial College. It will affect our school's admission rate to Tsinghua and Peking University..." Young Master Zhao thought, glancing at Yu Shensi who was standing beside him.

The fifth junior brother was very thoughtful and understood immediately that the master was disgusted with him for being a drag again.

His eyes immediately turned red and he wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Alas, one misstep can lead to eternal regret, and when I look back I have already lived for a hundred years...

~~

Fortunately, Zhang Jian didn't realize the disgust in Zhao Hao's glance.

Otherwise, with his insecure personality, he would have just run away.

After pondering for a while, Zhao Haofang slowly asked, "You are a student of the Imperial Academy, so you should focus on your studies. Aren't you afraid of going astray in studying science?"

"Sir, you may not know that I have a problem that makes me faint in a small space." Then Zhang Jian smiled bitterly and said:

"During the autumn examination in Shaanxi last time, a student couldn't breathe as soon as he sat in the small cell and finally fainted. When he woke up, he had been carried out."

"Uh..." Wu Yang thought to himself after hearing that, the world is really full of wonders.

A few of them looked at the fifth junior brother and thought to themselves, this guy is even more miserable than you, he will never be able to pass the imperial examination in his lifetime...

Yu Shensi looked at Zhang Jian with sympathy, hoping that he could also be accepted as a disciple by his master, so that... he would not be the worst one in the future.

It can be seen that the simple Shandong people will become impure after staying with Jiangsu and Zhejiang people for a long time...

When Zhao Hao heard this, he couldn't help but feel moved, thinking to himself, could it be that this person has 'claustrophobia'?

He then asked Zhang Jian, "Is this a problem you acquired when you were a child?"

Zhang Jian's eyes widened when he heard this. He looked at Zhao Hao in shock for a long while before he asked in shock, "Is this also science?"

"Yes, medicine is also a field of science." Zhao Hao nodded, thinking to himself that it was a pity that I didn't know how to do it...

Zhang Jian nodded excitedly, as if he had seen a miracle doctor. He looked at Zhao Hao with hope and asked, "Can you cure this disease, sir?"

"Tell me what you want to hear first." Zhao Hao said without comment. He thought to himself, of course I can't cure...

"Yes. It started when I was five years old. I was kidnapped by human traffickers and put in a box for a day and a night. Although I managed to escape later, whenever I enter a place like this, I will be terrified, anxious, and my breathing will become rapid, my heart rate will speed up, my face will turn red and I will sweat until I faint..."

"I didn't take it seriously at first, because I wouldn't get sick as long as I didn't go to a closed place. During the boy's exam, because it was an open-air exam, I passed the exam smoothly. It wasn't until three years ago when I went to the provincial capital to take part in the autumn exam that I suddenly got sick." Thinking of the bitterness, Zhang Jian's eyes reddened and he choked up:

"In the past few years, I have sought medical advice in my hometown, but my condition has not improved. The Supervisor of Education felt sorry for me and sent me to the Imperial Academy, where I can study while visiting famous doctors in the capital, but unfortunately my condition has not improved."

"Last year in the autumn examination, I mustered up my courage and entered the Shuntian Imperial Examination Hall again with a lucky hope... but was carried out again..." Zhang Jian finally couldn't hold back his tears and said:

"Wow, it's so hard for me..."

"Wow..." Hearing Zhang Jiansheng's sad experience, Yu Shensi started crying and reflected to his master:

"Compared to him, the students really don't know how to appreciate their blessings. It's really damn shameful..."

"I'm glad you know." Zhao Hao rolled his eyes at him and thought, why are you crying? Your crying makes me so sad. I would feel embarrassed if I didn't accept him.

But if we accept this loser who is destined to fail the imperial examination, our school's 100% admission rate to Tsinghua and Peking University will definitely be lost...

While hesitating, Zhao Hao heard someone crying again.

He was about to yell, "My father is still alive. Why are you crying?"

Who knew when I looked up, it turned out to be Mr. Zhao who had returned at some point.

Zhao Shouzheng had a very low opinion of others and could not bear to see others suffer. He walked to the kang, took Zhang Jian's hand, and said to Zhao Hao:

"Son, as a father, I shouldn't interfere in your family's affairs. But this child is so pitiful. He can't take the imperial examination, and you don't accept him. Isn't it a waste of such a talent?"

"Well, okay..." Master Zhao had spoken, what could Zhao Hao do? He wanted his students to listen to him, so he had to set an example himself and listen to his father. This is called "leading by example".

"Thank you, Grandmaster, for your intercession. Thank you, Master, for taking me in." Zhang Jian kowtowed repeatedly, and Zhao Hao felt so distressed by his pitiful look.

"Forget it, forget it. Quickly give the letter of apprenticeship to the master." The eldest senior brother hurriedly supported him, took the letter from Zhang Jian, and presented it to Zhao Hao.

Zhao Hao took it and read it, reciting the following sentence: "Zhang Jian, a native of Jingyang, Shaanxi, took the boy's exam at the age of seventeen and was ranked first in Ganzhou Wei School. From the age of eighteen, he taught in the office of Dai Zhongcheng. After that, he studied the Book of Changes in depth and published the book The Brief Introduction to the Book of Changes..."

The letters of apprenticeship from other disciples only had a few words such as name, hometown, and academic qualifications. However, Zhang Jian's letter was filled with densely written information, even to the point of recording the time when he helped an old lady cross the street as a child.

This is of course also a manifestation of lack of confidence.

But thanks to such a detailed description, Zhao Hao gradually associated his name with a great man. And this great man also had an extremely great nephew.

In order to verify his guess, he asked abruptly:

"Jian, do you have a nephew?"

"Ah? Master, why are you asking this?" Zhang Jian was dumbfounded, not knowing how to answer.

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