The reason why Du Ruo was able to convince Liu to let Du Zhier go to Zheng was because he had just recovered from a serious illness. Liu did not dare to stimulate him. In addition, Du Ruo said that he only realized the pain of separation of flesh and blood after he died.

After a little remark, Liu agreed effortlessly.

When he returned to the East Courtyard, Du Ruo ate something and then carefully examined his current situation.

Fortunately, the identity of the time traveling is the son of an official, so he doesn’t have to worry about his livelihood. After dealing with the Zheng family, he doesn’t have to worry about his future personal safety. Now it is the prosperous era of Renzong, and external conditions are also excellent among time travelers.

Next, he just needs to study hard, take the imperial examination in the future, and pass the Jinshi exam, and then he can hold a beautiful woman and achieve something in this Song Dynasty.

In fact, with Du Ruo's time traveler's knowledge reserve and current wealth background, if you want to achieve your career, you may not have to go to the imperial examinations, but the reason why you have to take the imperial examinations is not only to get the thousand-year dragon and tiger list.

It was also because Zhao Kuangyin of the Northern Song Dynasty established the ancestral teaching of not killing scholars in the Taimiao, and after being admitted to the Jinshi and becoming a scholar, he had the gold medal of avoiding death.

In the history of the Northern Song Dynasty, there were royal relatives who committed serious crimes and were killed after their merits, but before Huizong, no scholars were killed for crimes. The scholars and officials committed heinous crimes and were exiled at most.

Therefore, in Du Ruo's view, it is not important to be an official or not. The key is this identity that is exempted from death.

After all, it is a layer of guarantee, and he has many favorable conditions, so why not do it?

"read!"

So Du Ruo immediately became diligent and started with the "Five Classics Collection" according to the memory in his mind.

It is now the second year of Zhihe (1055). Fan Zhongyan and others' new Qingli policy had long failed. Many of the reform measures were abolished, but the reform of the school system was retained.

There are free official school academies in various prefectures and prefectures in the Song Dynasty. If students want to participate in the imperial examination, they must study in the official school for three years. The unified examination-oriented textbooks are taught in the official school.

Students usually study at the age of thirteen or fourteen after laying a solid foundation. Du Ruo also dropped out of the Meizhou Guanxue Academy last year.

But he was late and skipped classes all day in the academy and was idle all day long. He was exposed to his studies and was also during this period that his reputation was promoted by his classmates.

Although Du Ruo didn't learn anything in the academy, Du Ruo still kept the textbooks and test-taking guidelines issued by the academy in a confused way. So what Du Ruo wants to do now is to follow the test-taking guidelines and remember all the textbooks of the academy thoroughly.

He had the ability to remember all the time, and had some classical Chinese skills in his previous life, which was not difficult for him. When he opened the first chapter of "The Collection of Five Classics Notes", he did not find it obscure and difficult to understand when he read it. It took him half an hour to read it.

After closing the book again, closing his eyes and reciting it silently, Du Ruo was surprised to find that he could actually recite it. He could recite it smoothly just by reading it again!

"Damn, this is just about not forgetting talent when you see it. It's so awesome!"

Du Ruo, who was just an ordinary person in his previous life, was filled with emotion. If he had such ability in his previous life, he would dare to regard Tsinghua University and Peking University as dirt!

"Young Master, what does it mean?"

It was already dark outside, and the book boy Du Qing entered Du Ruo Reading's study room with his hands on the lamp. He was not tall, had a very white face, had very thin skin, clear eyes, and a feminine voice.

In addition to his funny horoscope, his eyebrows are completely the appearance of a young and handsome man in later generations.

"It's a catchphrase, it means awesome."

Du Ruo replied casually, Du Qing nodded and silently wrote down the new word. Seeing that he wanted to ask questions, Du Ruo quickly interrupted him: "Why are you here? Haven't I told Tan'er to serve me in school?"

The maid Tan'er looks natural and pure, and Du Ruo wants to communicate more with her.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he said that Du Qing's eight-character eyebrows frowned, and the corners of his mouth were also turned down, and he looked aggrieved and crying: "Young Master, I have always served you in your studies! I am the boy of the book..."

"Go to you, you didn't mean to serve me and read books before. It was clearly reading villain books with me! What I'm reading now is not reading villain books."

The form of villain books in the Song Dynasty was similar to that in later generations in the 1980s and 1990s. Bookshops collected folk legends, engraved and printed them as story books. Among scholars, they disdained these books that had nothing to do with the imperial examination and had very low content. They were the favorites of playboys or civilians who passed their time.

"Young Master, are you suspicious that I am the same as Ma San?"

Since Du Ruo punished Ma San, Du Qing has become nervous because when Du Ruo was idle before, he was very happy and helped catch crickets and find things.

"Are you the same as Ma San?"

Du Ruo looked at him with a smile.

Du Qing was anxious: "Of course it's different, I...I..."

He was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and could not speak, but Du Ruo smiled and shook his head. He knew that Du Qing, who was younger than him, had no bad intentions. He had a child's playing character before, and he was just like Yuan Du Ruo and was just as misled by Ma Sankai.

"Okay, I don't doubt you. I don't know what you think?"

Du Ruo couldn't help laughing and waved his hand at him. Du Qing, who was almost crying, immediately breathed a sigh of relief and smiled angryly. Du Ruo felt chills and said, "Call Tan'er quickly."

Unexpectedly, Du Qing muttered, "I am the book boy, and Tan'er is not. Do she know how many times should I add water to grinding ink? She knows..."

Du Ruozhu smiled bitterly: "I didn't say I wouldn't let you be a book boy. I'm called Tan'er because... I'm hungry."

Du Qing was overjoyed and immediately ran to ask Tan'er to serve food.

"Why is this kid like a sissy..."

Du Ruo shook his head, and when he thought of Du Qing's life experience, he shrugged again.

———

The ancients did not stay up late, so they got up very early, but Du Ruocha was the opposite. He stayed up late last night and studied a lot, but he couldn't get up in the morning.

Especially when the spring is cold, it is most comfortable to sleep until the sun is warmer and then wake up.

Du Ruo never believed in the dogma that only hard work when he started dancing. In his opinion, as long as he left enough time for reading, it would be okay even if he got up late.

Du Shouyi and Liu came to Du Ruo early in the morning to ask about his physical condition, and they were also worried that Du Ruo's illness would go back and forth.

Seeing that Du Ruo was sleeping soundly, he learned from Du Qing that Du Ruo was studying hard last night, so the couple smiled with relief and asked Du Qing to tell Du Ruo that there was no need to greet him in the morning during this period.

"Yes, I have to ask you."

After Du Ruo got up, he stretched his body. The wealthy families had many rules. Even if Du Ruo was a playboy, he would go to the main house every morning to ask Du Shouyi and his wife for safety.

Du Ruo was a little reluctant, but he didn't know how to shirk it. Fortunately, he didn't have to go there in the past few days, so let's take a step first.

"The master has been very busy recently. The rich families in the city have been stolen one after another, but the thieves can't catch them. The people of Meizhou all say that the thief has the technique of flying and escaping the earth. If you pinch a talisman on the spot, you can disappear!"

While having breakfast (lunch), Du Qing talked about the recent major events in Meizhou City. Du Ruo was frowning on the side. He was not frowning because his father Du Shouyi could not catch the thief. He didn't care about this at all. He frowned just because the food was not tasty, and the noodles were fine, which was similar to what he ate in later generations. The key was that the dishes on the table were too light.

This is Sichuan. Even if there are no peppers in this era, they shouldn’t be so savory.

So, he complained to Tan'er beside him, and Tan'er immediately took someone to change the dishes, changed to a few other dishes, and brought a plate of salted beans.

Although Tan'er was in her teenage years, her close maids were all first-class maids. There were many low-class maids in light gray clothes at home. These maids were specialized in doing rough work. Of course, they looked mostly crooked and had their heads down, and they had no sense of existence.

“Isn’t there any cooking?”

Du Ruo threw down the chopsticks angrily, which made Tan'er nervous. He found that he had a little more temper after traveling through time. Seeing Tan'er nervous, he immediately changed into a warm color: "Is there any fried garlic sprouts? Fried eggs are fine."

Tan'er looked puzzled: "Young master wants to eat garlic sprouted meat, right? I'll ask someone to make it."

"Not stew, but fried."

"Young Master, I'm sorry, Nunu doesn't know what cooking is."

Du Ruo was stunned and immediately remembered that this era had not yet been stir-fried, or that stir-fried dishes had not yet been popular. Like the Qin and Han dishes, they were mainly steamed, cooked, and roasted, and did not stir-fried with oil.

"Okay, it's okay, don't change the dishes."

Du Ruo reluctantly ate the food in front of him, thinking that the kitchen could not cook, so he would teach them personally in the future. This is not a difficult task.

"Tan'er, in the future, I must have a kebab of mutton every meal, and add enough spices." After eating, Du Ruo reminded.

"Nu Nu remembers it."

Just after eating it, the front yard gate came to report: "Young master, the second son of the Su family is asking for a meeting!"

"Oh, my second brother is here, please!"

Du Ruo immediately went to the living room of the East Courtyard. At first, he didn't think much, thinking that it was Su Zhe who came to visit, but immediately, he remembered that Su Laoquan's eldest son died, so the second son of the Su family was Su Shi!

"Damn!"

Du Ruo became excited in an instant and his breathing became heavy.

"Take out my best outfit!"

I was about to meet Su Shi, a super idol in the history of Chinese literature. How could Du Ruo not be excited? He just regretted that he didn't have a mobile phone and couldn't take a photo with Su Shi and posted it on WeChat Moments.

If he has a cell phone, he can hug Su Shi, raise his cell phone to take a selfie photo, then add a filter and post it on WeChat Moments, with the caption: Brother Su comes to me to discuss poetry again, hey, annoy!

"Oh yes, he must have come because of those two poems!"

Thinking of this, Du Ruo became alert. His two poems were plagiarism, and it was okay to show them in public, but if others took the exam in private, they would definitely reveal themselves.

What's more, this person is Su Shi, the best literary talent!

"You have to find a way to cover it up."

With excitement and nervousness, Du Ruo changed his outfit and looked outstanding, and came to the living room. Su Shi had already arrived.

Su Shi was walking back and forth in the living room. At the age of nineteen, he was tall and tall, wearing a white Confucian robe, with a handsome and clean face, a bridge of his nose like a dam, his eyebrows like a flowing cloud, and a gentle curve of his mouth. He was extremely elegant and graceful.

"I also act like a stunning vulgar eyes. The romantic cultural relics belong to Su Xian!"

When I glanced at Su Shi's image in the side, Du Ruo couldn't help but think of this poem, which was really appropriate.

"Brother Su."

Du Ruo and Su Shi knew each other when they were young, so they bowed after entering the living room as a child.

Su Shi smiled and his voice was clear: "Du Ruo, I was in Zhongyan Academy that Japanese fight, and I was so sorry that I could not witness you making such amazing words with my own eyes, so I came to visit you today. Haha."

Du Ruo knew that "hehe" was not a mockery of Brother Su, but his catchphrase since childhood. He always liked to smile at others gently.

"It's nothing, it's just a moment of feeling. If you teach me how to do it, I'm afraid I can't do it."
To be continued...