The announcement came out that on September [-]th, the Guibang would be posted in front of the governor's yamen.

In fact, Jiang Lingke has no great ambitions in his heart. For other poor children, the imperial examination may be the only way out, and it is also the future of prosperity, but he is different. He is just fulfilling his parents' last wish, not to mention he is still a The woman who pretended to be a substitute was found to be headed off.

When his parents passed away when he was ten years old, he dressed up as a man to the outside world, packed his bags, left the small village where he had lived for ten years, and went to the county town to seek a living.

Father Jiang was educated, and taught him to read and memorize scriptures since he was a child. When he was 14 years old, he was selected as a scholar in the county examination. It was not until six years later that he took part in the provincial examination and waited to be announced. Enough must be enough, he doesn't want to cause trouble and set himself on fire.

His only hope is to be able to teach and educate people, and guide more children to learn the astronomy and geography of the country. Regardless of their status, gender, gender, or age, anyone can learn as long as they want, and he will be a teacher who preaches and teaches. sufficient.

However, God's reward for hard work is not as good as one's birth.

The sons of wealthy and powerful gentry families would be sent to Tianluo No. [-] official school, Tianluo Academy, while there were relatively few students from poor families. It wasn't that they didn't want to study, but that the expensive tuition made too many people discouraged.

One day, Jiang Lingke, who was going to attend as usual, saw a sad scene in the upper courtyard, where two dark and unsightly teenagers sneaked in and hid in the corner of the school, but was discovered by the young servants of the academy, and immediately beat them out with sticks .

Jiang Lingke remained silent without any expression, but just followed out. He knew that this was the academy's regulations, and he had no right to interfere with the rules.

The two hairy boys were lying on the ground, their bodies were dirty, their clothes were torn, their hair was black and messy, but they were not injured at all, presumably the people from the academy didn't put in too much effort.

Jiang Lingke stepped forward to help the two teenagers. They both shrank in fear and looked at him vigilantly. One of the thin boys said with trembling lips, "Who are you?"

Jiang Lingke showed what she thought was the kindest smile, and said, "Don't be afraid, little guy, I'm a teacher in the academy, tell me, do you want to read and write?"

The two teenagers looked at each other, and nodded earnestly and heavily in a panic.

"Where do you live?"

The two shook their heads silently.

"Okay, you can follow me from now on, are you willing?"

The two froze for a moment, then nodded frantically.

Jiang Lingke frowned again, the two children were full of smell...

The slightly fatter boy knelt on the ground and pulled down the other boy, but in a childish voice he clasped his hands solemnly and said, "Master, please accept disciple, Cucumber."

The one next to him also looked good, "Teacher, please accept my disciples, Liu Mang bows down."

Hearing this, Jiang Lingke couldn't help laughing, the name was interesting, she smiled, and said: "Remember, in the first class I gave you, you must first make up your mind to learn a hundred things. And knowing ten, if you want to establish yourself first, learn first, reading is a cyclical and gradual process, don’t be arrogant, you must understand a lifelong truth, that is, there are people outside of people, and there is a sky outside of the sky.”

Cucumber, Liu Mang nodded half-understood.

Jiang Lingke helped the two of them up again, "Follow me."

This time, he personally brought the two of them into the academy, but his identities completely changed. When someone asked, Jiang Lingke said, "My students."

The gratitude of the two of them could not be expressed in words, and they respected Jiang Lingke incomparably.Jiang Lingke naturally didn't know how moved the two of them were, he just wanted to know how long these two guys hadn't showered... He wanted to stuff his nose because of the smell.

He asked someone to send two sets of clothes that fit them, and then he stuffed them into the bathtub and said, "Don't come out without washing!"

It was a pain for the two of them, their skins were all gray and black, Cucumber said to Liu Mang with a frowning face, "Wipe the places that can't be washed, and I'll help you, how about it?"

"Okay." Liu Mang scrubbed his body vigorously, and the color that could not see his skin color slowly revealed his fairness...

It took the two of them a lot of effort to wash themselves clean, and when they saw each other's refreshed appearance, they both laughed at the same time.

After a while, they all fell silent again, and Cucumber said, "Mangzi, someone accepted us as disciples, and we now have our own teacher."

Liu Mang patted his cheek: "I'm not dreaming, am I?"

The two were relatively silent. In the past, in order to learn something, no matter where they went, they always secretly hid in private schools and listened in. But without exception, they were thrown out every time they found out, which strengthened their determination to study. belief.

Cucumber swears that he has never worn such clean and tidy clothes, his hair is so smooth, and his body is so comfortable. Seeing Liu Mang in a daze, he pushed him, "Mangzi, let's go, the teacher is still waiting for us."

When the two of them appeared in Jiang Lingke's eyes again, they couldn't help but brighten their eyes. Years of malnutrition made them look pale and green, but they were much more pleasing to the eye.

"How old are you?"

Cucumber made a bow and replied, "Teacher, the student is fifteen years old."

Jiang Lingke nodded, and looked at Liu Mang in a blink of an eye. He shuddered and hurriedly bowed: "Teacher, the student is thirteen years old."

Jiang Lingke, who was sitting on the chair, looked at the two of them for a while, and said: "The next room is a side room temporarily vacated, you stay here for now, I will take you to the place to eat later, the place of teaching is in my Do you have any questions in my room?"

Cucumber's eyes turned red, and they bowed down together three times, "We two brothers will definitely live up to the teacher's entrustment. The teacher's kindness will never be forgotten. We are willing to follow the teacher for the rest of our lives and study hard."

Jiang Lingke gave up: "Get up."

"I'm also dissatisfied with you. I just came to this academy and I can't teach classes yet, so I can't let you study the Four Classics and Five Books in the classroom, but I can teach it in person. As for other rites, music, riding and archery, you go with other students. Learning is no problem."

Jiang Lingke sipped his tea, expressionless, and said: "Here, you must abide by the rules here. If you break the discipline and make trouble, I can't keep you."

The two bowed in a panic and said yes.

"Where are you from?"

Liu Mang lowered his face and said, "Teacher Hui, Guazi and I have been wandering since we were young. We don't know where we came from, and we are homeless."

Jiang Lingke sighed: "Forget it, from today on, wherever I am is your home."

The two were so grateful that they wanted to bow down, but Jiang Lingke stood up to stop her, "To be my student, I don't want you to be rich and famous. As a teacher, I only hope that you have good conduct, be upright and upright, and don't forget your true heart."

"Students respect the teacher's teachings."

Jiang Lingke sat down again, "What do you want to ask?"

Cucumber scratched his head and said, "Teacher, can I ask a question?"

Jiang Lingke: "Huh?"

Cucumber: "I don't know the teacher's name?"

"...If you don't tell me, I'd forget, my surname is Jiang, and my first name is Lingke."

Jiang Lingke seemed to think of something, "How did you sneak into the academy, and how did you get discovered?"

Liu Mang replied: "Teacher, Guazi and I crawled in through the dog hole in the backyard. We hid in the corner and were dragged out for some reason."

Cucumber said: "Teacher, it's actually because we are too stinky...we can't cover it...so we were caught when we came in."

Jiang Lingke: "..."

After the two settled down, Jiang Lingke taught on the spot in the room during the day in the past few days. The two sat upright and listened intently. Because Jiang Lingke only taught for an hour, the rest would be recited by himself, and he would ask questions if he didn't understand.

In the blink of an eye, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the academies let everyone rest for two days, and the few academies seemed silent. The day before the festival, Jiang Lingke was overwhelmed with boredom, and took the two of them out of the city with cucumbers. He heard that the Baolin Temple was full of incense, which was very effective, and came and went to pious people There was an endless stream, so I decided to go to Baolin Temple.

Coincidentally, there were many people and there were many robbers. Fortunately, Jiang Lingke's carriage was robbed. There were five robbers who came, each with a big knife in their hands, and they blocked the road fiercely.

The bandit in the lead spoke loudly: "All come down!"

Jiang Lingke, who was driving the car, was heartbroken several times, and then calmed down, smiling all over his face, and said to the bandit leader: "Okay, we'll come down now."

Jiang Lingke jumped out of the carriage, and Liu Mang Cucumber also got out of the carriage. Looking at the bandit's outfit, he asked the teacher in a panic, "What should I do?"

Jiang Lingke signaled with her eyes not to be nervous, "Don't make a sound later, I have my own way to deal with it."

The bandit leader suddenly shouted: "It's fucking bad luck! I met so many poor scholars!"

The bandit with pockmarks on his face said: "Never mind him! Boss, kill these few first!"

The bandit leader slapped him on the forehead: "Are you stupid? Can a scholar be killed so casually? Forget about being wanted by the government last time and we ran for our lives!" Pushing the pockmark again, "Go over !"

Holding a big knife, Mazi pointed at Jiang Lingke and said, "Boy, hand over your money! I will let you live."

Jiang Lingke's complexion was not very good, and she carefully pushed away the point of the knife that was very close to her neck, "Brother, I am a scholar. I came here from afar and just took the provincial examination. I have already spent all my money. How can I return it?" Can you honor your elder brother?"

Hearing this, Mazi scolded his mother a few words, and said to the bandit leader: "Boss, you are really wise and powerful. You can tell that the scholar has fame and fame just by guessing it, so you can't kill him."

At this moment, a couple of carriages drove up not far away, and the robbers looked up. Mazi exclaimed, "Boss, look! That carriage looks very rich!"

The bandit leader slapped him and greeted him: "You still need to say it! Think I'm blind!"

Fortunately in the misfortune, the three teachers and students were gorgeously ignored, looking at each other, Cucumber whispered: "Teacher, what should we do?"

"Watch what happens."

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