Chapter 83:

Zhu’s family has no land, and the seriously ill grandmother Zhu is at home, plus the need for pen, ink, paper and inkstone to study, the usual expenses of Zhu’s family are not small. Fortunately, now with the subsidy provided by Wang An, he is also copying books for his study on weekdays, and he has paid off his debts, and life is much better than before.
But fifty taels is a lot of money, and Zhu Hanshan's life is better than before, and I can't help being surprised by it.
He didn't respond immediately, but instead asked: "Fifty taels?"
"Why? Do you think it's not enough?" The classmate who came to the door hesitated for a while, gritted his teeth, and said: "Then if you write a good article, I'll give you another ten taels of silver, how about?"
"Sixty taels?"
The classmate's complexion changed greatly: "Is this not enough?"
Zhu Hanshan closed the book and asked him: "It's just that I don't know, what kind of article are you talking about?"
"Yes...Yes...I will give you a topic, you just write it, but you have to make sure that you can't tell this matter to anyone, and you can't let anyone see this article, and wait until the matter is done... ...No, you give me the article, and I will give you the sixty taels of silver."
Zhu Hanshan asked again: "Then what are you going to do with this article?"
The classmate paused, his eyes rolled around, and then he said, "It's my dad, and my dad suddenly thought of taking the exam for me, so he assigned me a topic and asked me to write an article, saying that he should not write it. Satisfied, I will deduct my monthly bill from now on. Look, what is my level and where can I make a good article? Zhu Hanshan, you are the smartest person in our Qingshan Academy, and you are always praised by gentlemen. The article is also the best. You see, if you write an article for me, you can earn sixty taels of silver, and I won't be punished by my father. The best of both worlds, don't you?"
Zhu Hanshan frowned, but still did not respond.
Upon seeing this, the classmate was afraid that he would refuse, and repeated begging and begging, with a pitiful attitude, and resorted to various methods. Zhu Hanshan pondered for a long time before he said: "Then what article do you want to write? I will look at the topic first before I can promise you."
The classmate was overjoyed and quickly took out a note from his arms, and carefully handed it over to his hand.
"Look, the subject is this..."
Zhu Hanshan took the note. There was only one line on it. He glanced at it and said immediately: "I can't write it."
The classmate's expression instantly solidified on his face. He was stunned for a moment, before finally reacting, and suddenly angrily said: "You are playing me?!"
"I really can't write it." Zhu Hanshan said calmly: "The topic is too difficult."
"I'll give you sixty taels, you can't write it?!"
Zhu Hanshan didn't respond, but he muttered: "This topic is very familiar, I seem to have seen it somewhere..."
His classmate changed his face immediately.
Where did this topic come from? Of course he bought it from someone else, just the title, but he didn't know how to write the article inside, so he came to Zhu Hanshan specially. Buying these topics, but it cost him a lot of money. How can Zhu Hanshan be so poor?
Could someone have found Zhu Hanshan faster than him? ! Hearing what Zhu Hanshan meant, it seemed that he did not accept it?
Wait... Zhu Hanshan has always been difficult to get along with, what if he can't see it and stabbed this matter out? ! He also saw that Zhu Hanshan seemed to be more talkative recently than before, so he thought about looking for Zhu Hanshan, and almost forgot what he was like.
The classmate didn't dare to think deeply, and was afraid that this matter would be discovered, he immediately pulled out other topics in a panic, and diverted his attention away, just as if the matter had never happened before, and hurried away.
When he walked far away, Zhu Hanshan lowered his eyelids, and repeated the question twice in his mind and wrote it down.
After a series of coincidences, he always felt that the matter must be unusual, but he couldn't find the clue for a while, he just wrote down the clues, and waited to think about it later.
Before he could think of something, another man came up to the door mysteriously and asked him: "I'll give you thirty taels, can you write an article for me?"
Zhu Hanshan: "..."
When Zhu Hanshan had an idea, he scammed the problem he had brought, and made an excuse to prevent this person from looking for him again, so he ran away.
When the college was over and everyone was gone, he left the college and hurried to a certain direction.
...
Ning Nuan just stepped out of Ning Mansion and saw Ning Shuo riding a claret horse walking by the door. Seeing her, Ning Shuo pulled the reins and stopped.
He was sitting on the horse with his back straight and aura, Ning Nuan had to raise his head to see his face.
"Sister Nuan, where are you going?" Ning Shuo asked her immediately.
Ning Nuan frowned, and the emotions flashed in her eyes. When she raised her head, she said as usual: "Is this cousin this horse newly bought?"
"I was right. I saw it in East Street. I saw it at a glance, so I bought it." Ning Shuo smiled and said, "Fortunately, I learned how to ride a horse when I was in Jiangzhou, otherwise neither Know how to bring it back."
Ning Nuan's gaze circled around, and then asked: "My cousin is out, why is there no one with him?"
"I thought he was noisy, so I let him stay at home."
Ning Nuan opened her mouth, still wanting to say something, when she heard a surprised "brother" next to her, she turned her head and saw that Ning Qing was walking towards this side quickly, her face was full of surprises, she saw Ning Nuan gave Ning Nuan a look, and her face was stagnant. When she turned to look at Ning Shuo again, her face was full of joy. She wandered around Ning Shuo's horse curiously, and Ning Nuan suddenly closed her mouth.
Ning Qing asked cheerfully, "Brother, where did you come from?"
"Just bought it."
"This horse looks really good. I've been waiting for you for the first day at home. I'm just waiting for you to come back. Let's go back quickly and let my mother take a look at this horse."
Ning Shuo responded.
Ning Qing was in a very good mood, and when she looked at Ning Nuan, her face was a little more proud. Her brother is brilliant, but Ning Nuan is the most promising person in the Ning family, but Ning Nuan is different. The man in Ning Lang can't support the wall with mud, and can't even match her brother's toes. How proud of Ren Ningnuan, but what's the use of her being great alone, it would be nice if Ning Lang didn't cause trouble. Isn't she unreliable in the future?
But she is different. When her brother is admitted to the champion, she will be the sister of the champion, and she is very beautiful.
Ning Qing raised her head and snorted proudly. She glanced at Ning Nuan, and hurriedly urged Ning Shuo to go home. Ning Shuo nodded repeatedly without retorting it.
The two walked to another Ning's house. The sound of horses' hooves sounded. Ning Nuan suddenly thought of something and asked: "Cousin, how much did you spend on this horse?"
Both of them stopped at once and looked at her.
Ning Nuan said: "This horse is worth a lot of money, right? My brother had also fancyed a horse before, and it is not as good as the horse under his cousin. It actually costs a few hundred taels. Just the spirit, I'm afraid it will cost thousands of taels?"
Ning Shuo was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Big brother doesn't understand the market, I'm afraid he was deceived by a horse dealer. My horse doesn't have a thousand taels, but it cost five hundred taels."
Ning Qing stood aside, even more proud.
Ning Nuan frowned and looked worried: "My cousin has to be cautious. Now your family is not as good as before. Ning Qing has to hesitate to buy a set of tens of taels of jewelry. I bought a lot of jewelry for Ning Qing."
The two were taken aback.
Ning Shuo quickly reacted and nodded first: "Sister Nuan said that I was negligent, so I bought a few more sets of jewelry for Qing'er to compensate her well."
Ning Qing became proud again, raised her chin and snorted at Ning Nuan before happily following Ning Shuo's direction home.
Seeing them walking away, Ning Nuan turned his head and asked, "When did Ning Shuo start a living?"
Xiangtao thought for a while, and said, "No, miss, the servant girl has never heard of it. After Young Master Tang came back, he would either study at home or go out to study with a friend. The servant girl has never heard of anything else."
Ning Nuan smiled unclearly; "My second uncle and aunt have a lot of money in his hands."
But no matter how much silver he had, he wouldn't be so willing to let Ning Shuo make five hundred taels of silver in a casual shot. She could see clearly just now, and Ning Qing's face was also surprised, and she was unclear about the fit.
Where did Ning Shuo's silver come from?
"Miss?" Xiangtao urged: "The lady urges her to go out. If she just stands at the door and goes back, she will definitely be angry."
Ning Nuan replied helplessly, raising his foot and walking forward.
...
Zhu Hanshan ran all the way to the gate of Wangan's Mansion and stopped panting. He calmed down for a while before stepping forward and said to the guard at the gate of the palace: "Brother Laobo, please inform me that in Xia Zhu Hanshan, it is a student previously sponsored by An Wang."
As he said, he drew his hand into his arms, but he drew it empty. Zhu Hanshan was embarrassed, remembering that the purse was accidentally forgotten in the college.
Fortunately, the royal guard is not a person who upholds highs and lows. Hearing his self-report of his home, he soon went in and said to Wang Quan. After a while, Wang Quan walked out and said enthusiastically: "My Lord Zhu, you Why are you here? Come in, our lord is waiting for you."
Zhu Hanshan quickly followed him in.
Chu Fei was painting in the study, and when he saw him coming, he curiously said, "What brings you here?"
Zhu Hanshan paid a respectful salute before hesitated and said: "The Caomin doesn't know if he should come, but the Caomin has noticed something. After thinking about it, he can only tell the prince, otherwise he will sit up anyway. Difficult..."
Chu Fei replied casually: "This king told you earlier. If there is any trouble, just come and talk to this king. But this king is very strange. Ning Lang is not in the capital, but he also asked the Ning family to protect him. For you, if you don't go to the Ning family for something, you come to see this king?"
"This matter...this matter may be of great importance..." Zhu Hanshan hesitated. He didn't know whether his guess was right or wrong. If he accidentally injured the Ning family, he would have no face to face Ning Lang. After thinking about it, he had no choice but to look for an even more powerful King An.
An Wang helped him once before, and he thought that An Wang was also easy to talk.
Chu Fei raised his eyelids and glanced at him before saying, "Let's talk about it."
Zhu Hanshan gritted his teeth and told about the fact that he was asked to write an article.
"Make an article?" Chu Fei stopped writing.
Zhu Hanshan took out a piece of paper from his arms and asked Wang Quan to transfer it to him.
Chu Fei unfolded, with three topics written on it.
One was caught by Zhu Hanshan inadvertently, and the other two were brought by the two who were coming to invite him to write an article today.
"What is this?" Chu Fei was surprised: "Did you come to test the school master with a question?"
"Not so." Zhu Hanshan said hurriedly: "It seems that many students in the academy have received a set of questions recently. It's just that Caomin hasn't heard of any exams in the academy recently. It seems to be..." He glanced at Wang An, but didn't say the rest.
What's the most recent is Qiu Wei.
Chu Fei looked down at the subject, folded the paper, and put it in his arms: "This king already knows about this, and this king will solve it. You only need to warm up the book with peace of mind. Don't be distracted by this matter and wait for future examinations. Ning Lang will be happy if he wins the champion."
Zhu Hanshan breathed a sigh of relief, and when he mentioned his friend, his face also showed a relaxed look.
He made a bow at Chu Fei and then left.
Wang Quan came back after sending the people out of the palace. He closed the door and said nervously, "Master, this..."
"This king knows it in his heart." Chu Fei interrupted him: "But it's only Qiuwei, those people are too anxious."
After the autumn season, there is also the spring season, and after the spring season, there is also a palace exam, and the questions are vented to a group of empty-headed people, and when they come to the emperor in the future, they will still be exposed.
Chu Fei passed a few people in his heart, and couldn't help but shook his head.
This is how short of silver it is that he is anxious to such an extent that he can't even wait for a fall, and he has caught such a handle.
If he didn't make good use of it, wouldn't it be a waste of Zhu Hanshan sending the news to his door?
Zhu Hanshan was a helper he finally grabbed. He couldn't waste Zhu Hanshan's heart. Although he had caught this big fish a long time ago, he should make Zhu Hanshan happy, right?
Chu Fei was happy in his heart, and said: "Go and send a few more fishes to Zhu Hanshan. I just said that the king sees him studying too hard, so he can fill his mind."
Wang Quan: "..."