When Su Jin came to Lu Tixue and Bao Zheng to apologize with the dejected Zhao Zhibai, Bao Zheng and Lu Tixue could stuff a big pumpkin with their mouths open, and their eyes were about to fall to the ground and shatter.

Zhao Zhibai sincerely apologized for Shicai's rude behavior, and waited for a long time to hear the reaction of the two adults; Su Jin looked at the two adults who were in a daze and hurriedly coughed and reminded, and the two of them returned to normal, went downhill, relieved, and sent Zhao Zhibai away.

Zhao Zhibai didn't leave twenty steps, and Lu Tixue pulled Su Jin and asked, "Su Xiaoguan, why are you doing this?" In order to mediate this matter, it must have cost him a lot of money to apologize, hey! Why bother. ”

Su Jin smiled dumbly and said: "At what cost, the student reasoned with him and moved him to take the initiative to come." ”

"How is this possible? Zhao Zhibai is old, he is conceited, how can he bow his head and admit his mistakes. ”

Su Jin smiled and said: "Then it depends on who persuades him, I persuade him not only to come to apologize obediently, but also to be grateful to me in my heart." ”

At this moment, Zhao Zhibai, who was about to step out of the hospital, turned around and said loudly: "Su Xiaoguan, thank you." ”

Su Jin laughed, winked at Bao Lu and the others, turned his head to Zhao Zhibai and raised his hand, "No, fate." ”

Lu Tixue looked Su Jin up and down, and said with a thumbs up: "Su Gongzi is really a talent, your promotional methods have made the old man refreshed that day, and later a few new words sung in Luzhou City are said to be from your hands, and today the old man found that you are eloquent, it is really rare, rare." ”

Bao Zheng also echoed: "Su Gongzi is indeed the most unique young talent I have ever seen, so this official has always been interested in him. ”

The three of them sat down while talking, and the little servant also made a cup of tea for Su Jin, Su Jin 'slipped out' and took a sip, his mouth was miserable, and he couldn't help frowning.

Lu Tixue smiled and said, "Master Su, how is this tea?" ”

Su Jin said: "It's miserable. ”

Lu Ti said: "Taste again." ”

Su Jin clicked his mouth like a fish on the shore, and slowly a trace of sweet fragrance entered the tip of his throat and tongue, and after a while, the fragrance was full of aftertaste, and he couldn't help but praise: "Amazing, really magical, I thought it was willow leaves at first, but I didn't expect there to be such a bitter and sweet tea." ”

Bao Zheng smiled and pointed at Su Jin and said, "Liu Yecha, are you joking?" How could the teacher take the willow leaf tea out of the hospital? ”

Lu Tixue's smiling beard pouted, pointed to the dark green tea leaves in the teacup and said: "This is the bitter tea produced in Jianghua in Guangnan, although the climate in Guangnan is mild, but the mountains and mountains in the territory are vertical and horizontal, and the snow on the top of the mountain does not melt all year round. ”

Su Jin smacked his tongue and said: "Lord Lu is really a gentleman, he knows how to enjoy life, such a good tea can entertain the adult, but it is a waste to entertain the students, the students are almost treated as willow leaves, and they really don't know how to taste the peony." ”

Lord Lu looked at Bao Zheng and said, "I didn't expect that Su Gongzi was also very humble. ”

Bao Zheng said: "Young people should be humble, if Su Gongzi can be really humble, it is really his cultivation that is good, but I am afraid that it is fake humble." ”

Su Jin was pierced by Bao Zheng in front of him, his expression was embarrassed, and he said in his heart: "You old bag, I regard you as an idol in vain, but you don't show mercy everywhere; It seems that you can only live in this era, in case one day you are stoned to death by a book and travel to the era where I live, I am afraid that you will be beaten and unable to take care of yourself in less than three days. ”

Lu Tixue was very magnanimous, and said with a smile: "Young people, there is always sharpness, if you are as old as you were back then, it will seem twilight." ”

Bao Zheng nodded and said, "What the teacher taught." ”

Lu Tixue turned to Su Jin and said: "I have a purpose in letting you drink this bitter tea, Master Shicai Bao told me about your situation, I will give you two news here, one is good and the other is bad, which one do you listen to first?" ”

Su Jin arched his hand and said: "First bitter and then sweet, tea is like life; Let's listen to the bad first. ”

Bao Zheng smiled: "You learn so fast, do you realize that tea is like life so quickly?" Don't be slippery, otherwise you will suffer in the future. ”

Su Jin said respectfully: "Remember the teachings of adults, and take adults as an example below, you will not stumble." ”

Bao Zheng said: "You don't want to learn from me, you and I have nothing in common, and I will have time to talk to you in the future." Let's listen to what the teacher said first, it is related to your imperial examination. ”

Su Jin nodded yes, but listened to Lu Tixue: "The bad news is that you won't be able to take the big exam this autumn." ”

Su Jin sighed and said in surprise: "But the quota is full, or are the students not qualified enough to participate in my Huainan West Road exam?" ”

Lu Tixue said: "That's not it, the son is becoming famous in my Luzhou Mansion, and he is recommended by Master Bao, so the qualifications are not a problem, in fact, there are few qualified students in my Luzhou who are better than yours." ”

Su Jin said: "Why is that? ”

Lu Tixue said: "The imperial court has just issued an official document on the suspension of tribute, because the war in the northwest is tight, the imperial court has no time to take care of the scientific examination, so this year's examination has been postponed to August next year, and the palace examination will naturally be postponed to the year after next. ”

Su Jin was a little annoyed, what is this? The imperial examination is related to the fate and future of many students in the world. The war in the northwest has been fought for more than three years, but there is no time to prepare for the scientific expedition this year?

In fact, Su Jin didn't know that the official documents of the imperial court were face-saving, in fact, it was not a matter of flawlessness, but that the imperial court really did not have the funds to hold this year's big exam, some people might think that it would not cost a few dollars, but in fact, the imperial examination of the Song Dynasty, the examination of the children and even the travel expenses were issued, nearly 100,000 lifts in the Song Dynasty, and hundreds of thousands of dollars were needed for the road fee alone, not to mention the setting of the examination room, the carriage and horse expenses of relevant personnel, food and catering, subsidies, As well as the ensuing examinations and the ceremonial reception of the palace examinations, the imperial court will spend at least nearly two million yuan after a imperial examination.

Such a sum of money was put aside in the past few years, and it was simply not a matter of concern, but after more than three years of border warfare, it was a bottomless pit, and more than 100,000 soldiers spent hundreds of thousands of dollars a day on the frontier, which had already emptied the treasury of the Great Song Dynasty; This year's taxes have not been confiscated, and there is really no money to run the imperial examination, and the imperial court wants to save face and suffer the crime, and refuses to say it clearly, so it can only use the pretext of the war in the northwest to postpone the imperial examination to next year.

Few people know about these things in the open, but they can figure it out in secret, otherwise such a big matter as the imperial examination will have a wide impact, and the court will never say that it will be pushed.

Su Jin was annoyed, but he couldn't think about it, how could he control the affairs of the imperial court, but the enthusiasm he had just filled was extinguished, and when he thought of the various tricks of Li Chong's imperial examination, he felt that it was quite difficult, and he had a hint of retreat.

Lu Tixue saw it in his eyes, saw that the glow in Su Jin's eyes dimmed, and he felt his heart clearly, and said with a smile: "Life is like tea, bitter and sweet, easy to say, but difficult to do." ”

Su Jin was ashamed, he was bragging about it just now, and now that the cowhide is self-defeating, he is really ashamed.

"Do you want to hear the good news?" Lu Ti learned.

"Listen, why not." Su Jinqiang's temper came up.

"Hehe, the good news is that the old man wants to recommend you to study at Yingtian Academy and prepare for next year's autumn exam, what do you think?"

Su Jintou shook like a rattle and said, "Don't go!" ”

Lu Tixue and Bao Zheng both looked at him in surprise, as if they had seen a monster, and after a while, Lu Tixue took a breath and said: "Ying Tianfu Academy is a famous and noble institution in my Great Song Dynasty, how many students dream of entering the academy to study, the academy is full of famous teachers, most of them are outstanding figures in our dynasty, in the early years, there are Yang Wei, Qi Tongwen, Cao Cheng, and recently Fan Xiwen, Yan Tongshu, nearly thirty percent of the students are promoted to the office, and the world's talents are rushing, why doesn't Su Gongzi go?" ”

Su Jin rolled his eyes and said, "It's too far, I'm afraid I want to live in the school, it's boring." ”

Bao Zheng and Lu Tixue almost didn't fall down, how can there be students in the world who give up the opportunity to enter Yingtian Academy for this reason, from Luzhou to Yingtianfu is only six or seven days away, how many students from Guangnan, from Qin Feng, from Chengdu Mansion came all the way to Yingtian Academy to study, it will take three or four months on the light road, and it is never too far, this guy is good, a sentence is too far, and it will be pushed clean.

Lu Tixue couldn't wait to spit on Su Xiaoguan's face, and stomped a few more times to relieve his anger.