Wu Shenyu stopped and stopped the servants of the Ji family who were about to come forward to speak. He stood in the yard and listened quietly to the sound of these children's reading with a smile, while his eyes were still on them.

In an instant, Wu Shenyu seemed to have returned to his childhood. He was almost the same as these children now. He sat in the school and read the books of sages, hoping that he would be able to provoke others when he grew up.

Wu Shenyu was unfortunate. He was not a very smart scholar. He made very ordinary progress since childhood. When many of his classmates passed the scholars and even juren, Wu Shenyu was not even a child. It was not until he was nearly thirty that he barely got a scholar. Later, he failed to pass the exam many times and eventually failed the exam.

But at the same time, Wu Shenyu was lucky. Although he failed to be a high school Jinshi like his childhood friend and became an official in the court, he was just a scholar and thought for a long time that he would never be able to enter the officialdom in his life. Who would have thought that the world's turmoil changed suddenly, and the Ming Dynasty, which had been destruction for many years, was rekindled in Jiangnan, which led to a change in Wu Shenyu's fate.

Because he was in Jiangnan, after Zhu Yicheng's Ming army captured Suzhou, Wu Shenyu also became a citizen of the Ming Dynasty from the Qing court. Since Wu Shenyu was a scholar, although he was just a scholar, he was already an "intellectual" in the Ming Dynasty at that time.

The Ming Dynasty needed to consolidate its rule, so it needed to recruit talents. Zhu Yi became the imperial examination here, and at the same time encouraged scholars among the people to do their jobs for the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, Wu Shenyu didn't know what he thought, so he signed up. Later, because of his scholarship, he joined the Ministry of Works and became the deputy envoy of the Military Equipment Department of the Ministry of Works.

This deputy envoy can be said to be the lowest-level official, and he is a sesame official of the ninth rank. However, he is still an official! You should know that as a scholar as Wu Shenyu, he is the most a master in the Qing Dynasty officialdom. As for being an official, he doesn't have to think about it, unless he can pass the imperial examination.

Although Wu Shenyu was not good at studying, he was very serious in doing things. Moreover, what the Ming Dynasty Works Department wanted was people who could do things and do things seriously, especially the Military Equipment Department where he was.

The Military Equipment Department is the department responsible for supervising and manufacturing military equipment, which is similar to the military supervision department in later generations. Although its position is not high, it is very important.

Especially the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to the Ministry of Works and the continuous development and strict requirements of military weapons, Wu Shenyu worked very well in the Military Weapons Department. Over the past few years, due to outstanding work achievements, he was first promoted from deputy envoy to ambassador, and then promoted step by step. Now Wu Shenyu is the head of the Ministry of Works, and in terms of level, he has reached the sixth rank.

This is exactly what the so-called fortune is like. Wu Shenyu didn't even expect that he would become a sixth-rank official. It would be impossible if he had been put before.

Wu Shenyu was extremely grateful for the Ming Dynasty. This time he returned to Suzhou from the capital not only because Shangguan of the Ministry of Works gave him a vacation to visit his relatives in his hometown, but also gave him an important task, which was to meet his classmate and friend Ji Zengyun, who was from the same hometown.

I don’t know how long I stood, but Lang Lang’s reading sound gradually disappeared, and instead a familiar voice was giving lectures to the children.

After some time, with the sound of the lecture, the children stood up and saluted the teacher respectfully, and then came out one after another.

At this time, the old servant of the Ji family who had been accompanying him quickly walked into the hall, and soon Ji Zengjun's figure appeared in front of Wu Shenyu.

Wu Shenyu and Ji Zengyun have not seen each other for more than ten or twenty years. The energetic young man back then has long become a middle-aged man. Ji Zengyun is wearing a Taoist robe and a bun, and looks no different from an ordinary master, but his eyes are still as bright as Wu Shenyu's memory.

"Brother Songyou!" Wu Shenyu smiled and saluted Ji Zengjun.

"Brother Zhizheng!" Seeing his old friend, Ji Zengjun showed joy on his face and saluted the other party solemnly.

After the ceremony, the two of them stood up at the same time, looked at each other and laughed together, then walked quickly towards each other.

"I haven't seen each other for many years, but I didn't expect to see you again."

"Yes, I went to see you off when you entered the Beijing Science Examination. In this blink of an eye, so many years have passed. Time flies so quickly!"

Goodbye to friends in my youth, both of them seemed to have thousands of words in their hearts, but when they were at the mouth, they turned into their own sighs.

The two stood in the yard holding hands, greeting each other, thinking about their longing for a longing until now. After a while, Ji Zengjun remembered to invite Wu Shenyu into the house, and immediately walked into the hall with his hand.

Most of the hall has been transformed into a school, and there is a small hut near the east of the hall, which is Ji Zengyun's study and a place to rest between classes.

Because Wu Shenyu was not an outsider, Ji Zengjun didn't find another place, so he took Wu Shenyu here directly. After he sat down, he poured him a cup of tea and then started chatting eagerly.

This chat was a long time. From the time of separation to now, the two of them had too many things to say. Until it was getting late and the old servant came to find dinner, Ji Zengyun then patted his forehead and said embarrassedly that he had neglected Wu Shenyu and invited him to have a meal together.

The meals at the Ji family are not very rich, they can only be said to be ordinary home-cooked, but because the guests arrived, they added two more dishes and a pot of wine.

Ji Zengyun has few family members, and she has a son in addition to her wives and concubines. As for the mother, she doesn't eat together because she eats vegetarian food all year round.

Ji Zengjun's son Ji Huang was twelve years old this year, and it was during his studies. Ji Zengjun asked his son to meet Wu Shenyu. When he saw Ji Huang's young behavior and polite appearance, he praised him a few words, which made Ji Zengjun extremely happy.

We ate and chatted. After three rounds of drinking, both of them were a little drunk, and they were talking about the past.

Until midnight, Wu Shenyu stayed here and had a good night's sleep. After the rooster crowed the next day, Wu Shenyu got up, washed up and came to the yard to move his body and stretch his muscles.

"Brother Zhizheng, get up so early?"

Just as Wu Shenyu opened a set of fists and closed his posture, Ji Zengyun's voice came from behind. He looked back at Wu Shenyu and smiled and said, "I have been used to it all these years. Where are you? You are not too late."

Ji Zengjun smiled and nodded: "Yes, I'm getting older every year, and I'm not as sleepy as I was when I was a teenager. I'm used to it every day."

The two laughed at the same time, then walked to the side and walked slowly in the yard. After walking for a while, Ji Zengjun suddenly asked, "Brother Zhizheng, are you doing something wrong with me this time?"

"Haha, it seems that I didn't hide it from Brother Song You!" Wu Shenyu didn't hide it, and immediately nodded with a smile and said, "This time I returned home was because of the grace of the court, and let me visit my relatives and see, and the second was because I came to find Brother Song You."

"I, a rural master, can you, the head of the hall, come and find you? Could it be that the court asked you?" Ji Zengjun asked curiously.

Wu Shenyu nodded and immediately told Ji Zengyun that this was true. He came here to represent the court this time. He hoped that Ji Zengyun could take time to the capital as soon as possible and that a big shot would meet him.
Chapter completed!