The Bookish Scholar of the Red Mansion

In April, the fifth year of Wenhe's reign, the weather was sunny and the clouds were bright and sunny.

With such a beautiful spring scene, no matter what kind of poem you recite, it will make people feel drunk in the spring breeze. On Baobao Lake, spring tourists stopped to chat with each other. Amidst the roar of the wind and laughter, a pair of swallows took off their wings and flew across the water and sky, disappearing among the red bridges and green willows.

In recent years, Leyi Academy, which was officially promoted to Yangzhou official school, has more than doubled in size compared to when it was first built. The courtyard wall that occupies half of the street looks much more luxurious than before just by looking at it.

What has changed is not only the appearance of the academy, but also the number of students compared to less than a hundred before. Now there are one hundred and thirty children in the academy alone.

With so many students gathered here, it would be impossible to teach them with just a few teachers. The mountain chief has recently been looking for famous teachers everywhere, but unfortunately there are not many people he can like.

Moreover, Leyi is not the only academy in Yangzhou City today. Since Yangzhou Prefecture could hold the provincial examination, countless scholars who went south to Jinling to study have returned to their hometown.

With so many people, Leyi Academy naturally cannot recruit them. Private academies such as Anding and Meihua were formed in response to the situation.

With so many colleges in this academy, it is inevitable for students to start comparing themselves to each other. Although we can't say that no one agrees with the other, we can't avoid secretly comparing each other's articles in private.

About a year ago, Chen Heng saw this happening frequently. Together with several friends from the dormitory, they founded Jing'an Literary Society.

The original intention of Jing'an Literary Society was to collect articles from classmates, compile them into volumes, and then submit them to the library for printing. Some of them are used for students in the college to read and study, and some are sent to other colleges to facilitate everyone's reference and exchange.

As soon as Jing'an Literary Society was established, the bookbox placed at the door of the classroom was filled with enthusiastic students.

Every time I go back to the house to sift through piles of articles, it greatly affects everyone’s time arrangement. Chen Heng later had to announce that except for the students in Class A and Class B, he would not read any opinions submitted by others.

The Jing'an Literary Club has four members, Chen Heng, Xue Biao, Qian Dayou, and Jiang Yuanbai. Among them, Xue Biao contributes the most money and efforts, and everyone unanimously elected him to become the president.

There are two other members hiding in the dark: Daiyu and Baoqin. In order to avoid publicity, these two people only presented themselves under the pseudonyms of Xiaoxiangzi and Yanxiake.

The task of the two of them is also simple. Whenever other schools send articles, one of them will be sent to comment based on the quality of the article.

Over time, even people from Anding and Meihua Academy have heard of their reputation. I know that there are two unsuccessful scholars in Leyi Academy. One likes to hit the point with his words without mercy, and the other is good at speaking softly and does not tell the mistakes until the end.

Today is the day for Jing'an Literary Society to select articles. The four of them gathered in front of the case, all with headaches on their faces. They were unlucky today and encountered Cui Youdao and Du Yunjing delivering at the same time.

The two of them passed the scholar examination two years ago and have already jumped out of the stage of being a child. Logically speaking, they shouldn't be interested in the petty quarrels between children. I don't know why they bumped into each other today, and I don't know if they were picked up in the dark again.

There were no outsiders at the moment, so Qian Dayou could not help but speak more bluntly. He pointed to Du Yunjing's article and said: If you ask me, Du Datou's policy should be put first. Since it is a policy, it should mainly focus on whipping up current affairs. His The perspective of the argument is obviously superior.”

Jiang Yuanbai shook his head. He also had his own considerations. Everyone has their own opinions on the pros and cons of the arguments. But this first article is ultimately meant to be read by people from other academies. I think it is better to give Brother Cui's The article is placed in the front, and his writing style is something that others will not dare to underestimate once they see it.”

Neither of them could convince the other, so they both turned to look at Chen Heng who was drinking tea. Among the four of them, Chen Heng was the most talented and learned. There was no reason for him to just be a casual spectator.

Brother Heng, what do you think? the two said in unison.

I agree with Brother Jiang. Chen Heng's idea is similar to Jiang Yuanbai's. After all, Jing'an Collection is to be taken out for others to communicate and appreciate. Cui Youdao's writing style can refresh people's mind after reading it.

However, it would be a pity for Du Yunjing's article to be placed second. Chen Heng thought of a way and pushed Xue Biao, who was on the cover of the album, If you draw two identical pictures, we will paste them at the beginning and the end to make people distinguish I don’t know which side is the positive side.”

What does Brother Heng mean? Qian Dayou's eyes lit up.

Chen Heng smiled slyly, pointed to the two articles and said: Since it's hard to tell Yu Liang apart, let them rule the roost one by one. As classmates, we can't comment on their good or bad qualities, so we should let others take charge. Become a villain.

You are the only one with the most clever ideas. Xue Biao added a layer of workload for no reason and could not help complaining to Chen Heng.

You are the president. Chen Heng smiled and patted his shoulder.

After agreeing on the two most important articles, the rest will become much easier. Qian Dayou and Jiang Yuanbai are both veterans. You can tell whether the content of many articles is good or bad just by looking at them as soon as you get them.

Chen Heng was on the sidelines, carefully reading the articles selected by the two of them. Just to be on the safe side and avoid someone hiding some shocking words in the article.

While the four of them were busy, there was a sudden knock on the door outside their dormitory. Before they could answer, someone had already entered without warning.

Brother Xue, I knew you were here.

The visitor was holding a gift in his hand, and he was very affectionate as soon as he opened his mouth.

Chen Heng, Jiang Yuanbai and others looked at each other and smiled, stood up and moved to the side in tacit agreement.

Brother Mei. Xue Biao smiled in a very reserved manner.

The visitor's name is Mei Shengjia, the youngest son of Mei Xuezheng, who entered the school in the second year of Wenhe. Because he entered school late, even though he was the same age as Chen Heng and others, he was still in a different room.

Originally, everyone was in peace with each other. Apart from meeting a few times in school, there was no friendship in private.

But for some reason, one day when Mei Shengjia went to the back hall of the academy to find Mrs. Mei, she happened to bump into Xue Baoqin who was coming to class. Mei Shengjia was shocked on the spot. When he saw Mrs. Mei, he asked Xue Baoqin's identity.

After knowing that Bao Qin was Xue Biao's sister, he became very warm when he saw Xue Biao. He called her like a big brother and called her more affectionate than anyone else.

Since his father had already become the Xuezheng of Yangzhou Prefecture, Xue Biao could not treat him too badly. In addition, because of his low self-cultivation, he could only treat Mei Shengjia politely.

But Mei Shengjia mistakenly thought that she was liked by Xue Biao, and she was even more proactive in everything she said and did.

Why is Brother Xue so friendly? Just call me Jiadi. Mei Shengjia sat beside Xue Biao enthusiastically and placed the gift on the table generously. This is my brother passing by Guiren. The snacks I bought at the store smelled strange, so I wanted to buy them for my brother and sister Baoqin to try.

Xue Biao couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, and held his forehead with a headache, Brother Mei, my sister doesn't like eating cakes.

Ah, is that so? Mei Shengjia's face fell, and she blamed herself, I blame my carelessness. I wonder if brother can tell me what sister Baoqin likes to eat. As a brother, I can go out on weekdays. Be careful.

It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, Brother Laomei is worried. Xue Biao frowned slightly, and he couldn't stand the other party calling his sister by her first name.

It should be, it should be. Mei Shengjia waved her hands repeatedly, with a look of enthusiasm on her face, Dad often told me that Brother Xue is a first-class person and knowledgeable person, so let me get closer to you more.

Xue Biao couldn't resist the other party's enthusiasm, so he quietly cast his gaze at the three people who were holding back their laughter in the distance.

Are you going to watch it like this?

I know, I know.

It was Chen Heng who understood Xue Biao's eyes, smiled and pulled Qian Dayou along, walked behind Mei Shengjia together, and patted the other party's shoulder gently.

Two classmates, what's the matter? Mei Shengjia turned around in confusion. It's not that he didn't remember the names of Chen Heng and others, but he didn't have any friendship on weekdays, and it was hard to call them brothers. What's more, they are just two ordinary boys, and they cannot be offended by Master Mei's humiliation.

But his words about classmates really made Jiang Yuanbai laugh in the distance. This is to directly label them as ‘Xue Biao and other classmates’.

Chen Heng's face darkened. Although he and Mei Shengjia were the same age, they were more than half a head taller than the other. Standing next to him was an eighteen-year-old Qian Dayou, who looked very intimidating.

This classmate, you are disturbing the work of our literary club. Chen Heng was not polite and cupped his hands in a gesture of invitation.

Is there anything I can do to help? Mei Shengjia blinked and left reluctantly.

Brother Su Zhao from our house will be back soon.

Evil men will be punished by evil men. As soon as Chen Heng announced Xin Suzhao's name, Mei Shengjia's face changed drastically. He said Brother Xue, if you are free another day, I will invite you to the restaurant, he picked up his robe and stood up in a hurry.

He often came to Xue Biao's house for a period of time before, but he would never leave. As time went by, it happened that Xin Suzhao was in a bad mood.

Hearing this chattering and nonsense person, Xin Suzhao could not hold back his violent temper and directly picked up Mei Shengjia with one hand and threw him out of the house.

Don't tell me, after this incident, Mei Shengjia couldn't help but lower her head and take a detour whenever she met Xin Suzhao.

After the uninvited guests hurriedly said goodbye, the three bad friends came forward and started laughing and joking around the person involved. The sentence Brother Xue on the left and the sentence We are your classmates and so on on the right are enough to eliminate people.

Xue Biao was not so polite to them. He waved them away and said angrily: If you shut up now, I will take you out for a nice meal tonight.

Brother Xue is very righteous.

Brother Tadashi has the virtues of Mengchang.

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