Starting from a thatched cottage, the farmer embarked on the road to wealth through imperial examina

The Fang siblings who had survived the disaster were about to kowtow to Lu Tingfeng. Lu Tingfeng leaped down from the boulder where he had been standing before, and picked up the Fang siblings who were about to kowtow as if they were chickens.

"It's getting late, let's hurry up."

After just a simple greeting from Lu Tingfeng, he accompanied Fang Xiaotong and his sister to the village where the Fang family lived.

The next day, Mr. Cai planned to take Liang Jingcheng and his fellow disciples to meet friends.

Baiheliang Academy is located in the north of Yuzhou Prefecture, covering an area of dozens of acres. It is the largest private school in Yuzhou Prefecture and the second largest school after Yuzhou Prefecture School.

Li Shen, the principal of Baiheliang Academy, knew Mr. Cai when he was young and is now a man over 70 years old.

At Mr. Cai's age now, he only has a few of his old acquaintances from his youth, but Li Shen from Yuzhou Prefecture is one of the few people he gets along well with.

Li Shen was very talented when he was young, but he was frustrated in his official career. In his early years, Mr. Cai wrote a letter to invite Li Shen to teach at the Imperial College, but Li Shen politely declined.

Later, it was learned that Li Shen, with the support of his family, returned to Yuzhou Prefecture and opened a private school. Later, under Li Shen's management, the private school became more and more famous, and Mr. Cai was also happy for Li Shen.

Now, these two old men have not met for nearly twenty years. Now that Mr. Cai has come to Yuzhou Prefecture, there is naturally no reason not to pay a visit.

The teachers and students took some gifts and drove towards the north of the city in a carriage.

Arriving at the gate of Baiheliang Academy, Liang Jingcheng handed the gatekeeper a personal visiting card from Mr. Cai.

Soon, an old man with white hair and beard was seen leading a group of people out of the mountain gate.

"Is it really Brother Huaiyuan?"

The old man with white hair and beard in front looked in the direction of Mr. Cai and asked excitedly.

"Zhongda, it's me. I'm old now. I almost couldn't recognize you. Hahaha..."

Mr. Cai laughed and walked towards the other party.

"My old brother, it's really you. I haven't seen you for many years. For a moment I didn't dare to recognize you. Come on, it's cold outside the mountain gate. Come into the academy and warm up."

When Li Shen saw that it was really Cai Zhengqing, he hurried forward and took the other's arm. The old friends were particularly cordial when meeting each other.

The two old men walked towards the gate of the academy with smiles on their faces. Ye Changyan and others followed behind them, and the people who came to greet them from the academy also followed them into the gate.

When we arrived at the main hall of the academy, someone quickly brought in a few charcoal basins, and the temperature in the hall quickly rose.

"Come, come, let me introduce you to this old friend, the former Imperial College Priest, the contemporary great scholar Mr. Cai Zhengqing."

The group of academy staff who followed Li Shen out to greet the arrival did not understand why the dean had to mobilize so many people and asked all the teachers who had no classes to go out to greet the arrival. They did not expect that a giant Buddha had actually arrived.

When the teachers in the academy heard that the visitor was Cai Zhengqing, they all bowed respectfully to him.

Then Li Shen introduced several important figures of the academy to Mr. Cai. These people were very excited, and Mr. Cai encouraged them one by one.

After chatting in the hall, everyone felt warmer and Mr. Cai had an idea.

"Zhongda, I heard in Shengjing that the Baiheliang Academy in Yuzhou Prefecture is doing very well. Last year, a second-class Jinshi was from your Baiheliang Academy, right?"

Li Shen just smiled warmly and nodded slightly.

"That child has a good character and has been very diligent since he was young. His current fortune is the result of his hard work."

"Zhongda, you are too modest. Although this child is talented, it is also inseparable from the painstaking training of your academy. I would like to visit your Baiheliang Academy to see how the classroom is different from other academies."

The senior staff of Baiheliang Academy were very happy to hear Mr. Cai’s proposal, and Li Shen also readily agreed.

Accompanied by Li Shen and several senior executives of Baiheliang Academy, Teacher Cai and several students followed to visit the classroom.

"Mr. Cai, this is the lower grade teaching class of my academy..."

When they walked to the window of a classroom, they saw nearly twenty young children sitting inside. A teacher came forward to explain and introduce things to Mr. Cai.

Mr. Cai smiled and nodded, and the group continued to move forward, passing two lower grade classes before arriving at the middle grade class.

"Mr. Cai, this middle-grade teaching class is mainly for preparing for the Tongsheng Examination. There are four such classes in the academy."

When Mr. Cai saw that the younger ones were about the same age as Wulang, and the older ones were roughly the same age as Ye Changyan, he nodded and praised them.

"There are four preparatory classes for the Tongsheng exam alone. This is indeed a large scale. It seems that your class is well run!"

Everyone was delighted when they heard this, and they continued walking forward and arrived at the senior class, which was mainly a class to prepare for the examinations to become a scholar or even a juren.

When Mr. Cai and his party arrived at the window of a senior class, they stopped and heard a middle-aged man explaining a policy paper in the classroom.

"This gentleman's speech is quite profound."

The teacher in the classroom saw a group of senior officials of the academy whispering with a few strangers outside the window of his classroom. But seeing that everyone was smiling, he thought that what he explained was recognized by everyone, and he felt quite pleased.

Just then, the bell for the end of get out of class rang. As the teacher in the classroom announced the end of get out of class, a student ran out of the classroom and happened to pass between Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng who were standing at the door.

Just as the man got through, he suddenly lost his balance and fell directly to the ground, landing in the mud.

Ye Changyan hurried forward to support the other person, and found that the other person looked familiar, and both of them blurted out their names at once.

"Mr. Tang?"

"Ye Changyan!"

At this time, the teacher in the classroom also came out and saw his beloved disciple fell to the ground. He heard him calling the strange young man in front of him. It seemed that the two of them knew each other, but he felt that the young man in front of him looked familiar, and the name "Ye Changyan" seemed to have been heard somewhere.

The gentleman didn't have time to think about it and spoke to his beloved disciple.

"Tang Rui, why are you so irritable?"

"Teacher, I have to go to the bathroom. I was a little anxious after class. I never thought that someone would be so blind as to stand at the door."

When Li Shen and the others in the academy heard that Tang Rui had rushed out recklessly and even complained that others were blind and blocked his way, they all looked unhappy for a moment.

"If you're in a hurry, why don't you go? Why are you still standing here?"

Tang Rui then got up, glared at Ye Changyan, and then ran quickly towards the toilet.

When Li Shen saw Tang Rui running away, his expression improved and he began to introduce him.

"This is Mr. Cai Zhengqing and his students from Shengjing, and this is Mr. Wen Rangjian, the senior lecturer of my academy."

When Mr. Cai and his companions heard this, they were all a little surprised. This person was Mr. Wen Rangjian, whom the old man of the Ye family had brought Ye Changyan to become his disciple?

Ye Changyan also quickly searched through the original owner's memory in his mind, and sure enough, this person was Wen Rangjian who had rejected him at the beginning.

At this moment, Mr. Cai stared at Wen Rangjian and asked a question.

"Are you Wen Rangjian?"