The corner door opened quickly, and Zhang Jingrui walked in swaying and looked at the servants.

"Is my dad at home?"

The servant quickly shook his head with a puzzled look on his face. Today is the day to look at the list. Isn’t the young master going to look at the list?

Why did I come back so soon? I still have this expression on my face. I missed it again, and I instantly felt 120% energetic.

"The master hasn't come back yet."

Zhang Jingrui waved his hand, "Okay, don't talk nonsense, go and invite my father back. You have to wait for a quarter of an hour to come back and break your legs! Find someone to go to the gate of the Gongyuan and find Zhang Huaping. This kid has separated from me, I don't know where it is!"

As soon as he heard the order, several people quickly moved. Zhang Jingrui walked straight back without saying anything.

Anyway, all the servants were so arrogant that they dared not let go. After all, today is such a special day. The two servants who were ordered ran away.

After Zhang Jingrui returned to the room, he changed into brand new clothes, and the cloth hanging on his arms was changed to the same color. When he looked in the mirror, he felt that there was nothing wrong with it, and a shout came from the door.

"Young Master, your son! The master has returned home and asked you to go to the front yard to reply!"

Zhang Jingrui hummed a small song, shook his arms, and walked towards the front hall with great strides. After passing the threshold, Zhang Zhongtang looked up at him, sighed slightly, waved his hand at Zhang Jingrui.

"Come on, come to the father, you have an injury on your hand and you can participate in the palace examination with it. It has made Father proud. Just work hard. After all, you are still young, so you can try another fight in three years."

Zhang Jingrui instantly realized that his father felt that he had failed the exam, and he was a little silenced for a while and didn't know what to say.

But it seemed to be noisy outside, and I don't know what's going on.

"No, father..."

At this moment, the servant who had just sent the message ran in and rushed to Zhang Jumian in panic.

"Master, I'm not doing anything wrong!"

Zhang Jumian frowned and his face was filled with anger. When did the servants at home become so rude?

"What's the matter so trembling, just say it slowly!"

The servant was startled and said quickly:

"The people from the master's office came over and beat drums in front of the door, saying it was a good news!"

Zhang Jumian was stunned, widened his eyes and stood up, and quickly looked at Zhang Jingrui.

"You went to the tribute court early in the morning, but saw the list?"

Zhang Jingrui nodded, his initial excitement was gone. Why did his father not have the attitude of a master at all? I heard that the excitement was a bit too good to hear the good news!

"Look, Master Zhongyuan went with me, and Xue Mingyu. I am the first-class Tanhua. Xue Mingyu is better than me. He is the top scholar!"

Zhang Jumian rushed to Zhang Jingrui excitedly, grabbed his son, tears flowed down his body. After exploring for a long time, he put a word into his hands.

"Okay, OK, OK!"

The servant was anxious, and the gongs and drums in front of the door were still beating.

"Master, the person at the door is still there, how can I reply?"

Zhang Jumian waved his hand quickly and pulled Zhang Jingrui's hand out directly.

Sure enough, the sound of gongs and drums in front of the gate was still ringing, and Zhang Jumian couldn't even close his mouth, so he quickly stepped forward.

"Thank you all!"

The man who looked pretty stopped when he raised his hand and raised his hands and bowed and delivered the good news to Zhang Jumian.

"Congratulations to Zhang Zhongtang, the noble son Zhang Jingrui, the first-class Tanhualang in high school, congratulations!"

Zhang Jumian took the good news and waved his hand at the person who looked like a housekeeper.

"Give me a reward, and be happy together!"

When those people got the money, they all laughed from ear to ear and quickly saluted Zhang Jumian.

"The young men don't bother you much. They also have to go to Zhongyuan's mansion to report the good news and take the lead!"

As he said that, everyone walked out, and the sound of gongs and drums sounded again, and it was indeed walking towards Zhou Heng's mansion. Zhang Jumian looked at the good news left and right with the good news and handed it over to the butler.

"Hurry up and hang the good news in the ancestral hall and show it to all the ancestors of the Zhang family. We should celebrate such happy events."

Zhang Jingrui was not in a hurry, looked around and found his book boy, and waved his hand at him.

"You kid still want to come back?"

Shutong's face collapsed, "Young Master is lost, I must look for it!"

Zhang Jingrui grabbed Shutong and approached him, asking mysteriously:

"Did you see, is Zhu Xiaochang on the list?"

Xiao Shutong grew up with Zhang Jingrui, so he naturally knew very well. The most concerned people in this list of imperial examinations were Gongzi and Xue Mingyu. The second was Zhu Xiaochang, so he nodded quickly.

"The little girl looked carefully from front to back three times, but couldn't find Zhu Xiaochang's name!"

Zhang Jingrui was stunned, widened his eyes, grabbed Shutong's arm and leaned closer.

"Are you sure?"

Shutong nodded, and before he could continue, Zhang Jumian was already urging him.

"Jing Rui, what are you doing? Come and prepare gifts for your father, and then go to Zhongyuan Bo Mansion. Thank you for your teacher."

When Zhang Jingrui heard this, he hurried to his father and said with a smile:

"Did my father agree to recognize Uncle Zhou as his master?"

Zhang Ju glanced at me, but the smile on his face still couldn't be hidden.

"A slut, when did you disagree? By the way, did you change your words today?"

Zhang Jingrui nodded and described the situation in front of the Gongyuan gate. Of course, he did not let Zhu Xiaochang go, and said it vividly.

Zhang Jumian paused, frowned slightly and looked at Zhang Jingrui.

"Zhu Xiaochang? By the way, do you see if he was in high school this time, second or third place?"

Zhang Jingrui raised his chin and waved his hand to Xiao Shutong.

"I just came back urgently. Master asked me to go home and wait for the good news and leave Shutong. He carefully read it from front to back three times, saying that Zhu Xiaochang was not on the list this time."

Zhang Jumian was stunned. This result really surprised him, but after thinking about it, he nodded calmly, waved his hand to Zhang Jingrui, and said while walking towards the hall.

"This time the examiner is Chen Wenyao, the Minister of Rites. In order to avoid suspicion, he has never spoken to him for his father. However, I heard that Chen Wenyao was summoned by His Majesty early that morning, so the topic of Ce Lun was changed by His Majesty."

Zhang Jingrui said oh, smash it, smash it, and the mouth.

"What I said, the original policy theory I prepared was useless, but what I saw and heard in Beishan and Tongzhou came in handy."

Zhang Jumian never dared to ask Zhang Jingrui. After all, if they ask such a factual policy to answer, they may not be able to get the holy heart. Moreover, as his son, he naturally knows what kind of virtue he usually has.

"Okay, there is no need to mention Zhu Xiaochang's failure in the election. Come with me to Mr. Zhou's mansion to thank the teacher."

Zhang Jingrui smiled, followed Zhang Jumian's steps, prepared things, and the two came directly to the Earl's Mansion.

I immediately found that the gate of the Earl's Mansion was still very lively, and many children were yelling around the gate of the Earl's Mansion.

Someone was sending candies, which was a rare thing. Adults kept saying congratulations, and children were laughing happily.

Zhou Heng stood in front of the door and saw Zhang Jumian and the others get out of the car, and quickly greeted him with a smile.

"Why is Zhang Zhongtang coming? Please come inside!"

The two followed Zhou Heng into the main hall, and the servant holding the gifts behind them put down the things and quickly left them. The tea was served. Xue Mingyu also came to the hall after hearing the news. He had seen Li and Zhang Jingrui sit together. Seeing that the two had a good relationship and had a warm conversation, Zhang Jumian was even more moved.

It is a good thing to be able to get closer to the top scholar, especially if you have such a master, you will not lose face.

"I am here today to thank Mr. Zhou for his teachings to the dog son. The father and son personally brought the thank-you gift."

Zhou Heng waved his hand with a smile on his face.

"You are polite to Zhang Zhongtang. These are nothing. You care too much. Jing Rui is a person with his own ability to observe and judge, but he just needs to be calm in adversity."

Zhang Jumian nodded. Not to mention Zhou Heng's words, it was indeed the point. Zhang Jingrui just went too smoothly, but the palace examination three years ago really caused him serious frustration.

"Although I am also known as a scholar, I have only seen Zhou Boye's teaching methods to know what is talent cultivation."

Zhou Heng smiled. His teaching to Zhang Jingrui was more like a refinement in exam-oriented education. It was just a training for the imperial examination, which was different from the real talent training. However, the elderly seemed to be more interested in whether to participate in the imperial examination and the ranking. This is a matter of shining the family.

"Actually, I didn't do anything, just to let him know how to cater to the exam. But the real way to be an official requires him to understand and explore it himself. After all, I am not an official either."

Zhang Jumian waved his hand and sighed and said earnestly:

"Liu Renli's qualifications back then were mediocre. He worked in Qingping County for many years, and his political achievements did not improve much. He can only say that he was correct.

But as far as I know, you helped him deal with the plague, treat the victims, and conduct quarantine and prevention, and control the epidemic to an almost perfect situation. Only dozens of people died. Later, when I arrived in Tongzhou, I even built water conservancy and planting. Now I have to develop education. This step-by-step measure really makes me admire it.

I also know that this is not exactly what he thinks, but Liu Renli's advantages are here. He will definitely stick to what he believes in, and he will be more stubborn and resilient, so I know that you are the one who really helps him get to this point."

Zhou Heng smiled and did not refute. No matter what he said at this time, it was useless, and it was more like showing off. Zhou Heng looked up at Zhang Jumian, patted his legs and said.

"Since Zhang Zhongtang talks about promoting learning, let's talk about the content of promoting learning..."

It became darker, and Zhang Jingrui finished gnawing the last piece of melon and patted his stomach and looked at Xue Mingyu.

"My dad hasn't finished talking yet?"
To be continued...