Chapter 35 Ye Sheng

Huaiyang Yesheng, whose name is unknown. The words of the article were the best at that time. Unfortunately, the luck was not good. I participated in the imperial examination many times and failed many times.

At that time, Guandong Ding Chenghe was ordered to come to Huaiyang County to take office. Occasionally, he saw Ye Sheng's article. He thought it was unusual. With great joy, he called Ye Sheng to the house to talk about it, and he was very happy. He immediately kept Ye Sheng and ordered him to study hard and secretly pay for Ye Sheng's wife and child.

Soon it was the time for the scientific examination. Ding Chenghe strongly recommended Ye Sheng in front of the academic envoy. With this relationship, Ye Sheng did have real talent and practice. At the end of the college examination, he easily won the first place.

Ding Chenghe has high expectations for Ye Sheng. Soon after the township examination, he will come to read Ye Sheng's manuscript carefully, sigh and shout loudly. Unexpectedly, he played tricks on people, but on the day of the release of the list, he returned.

Ye Sheng was unhappy, felt ashamed of his confidant, stood up, and was as dull as a puppet. When Ding Chenghe heard this and comforted him, Ye Sheng couldn't help but be grateful. The two agreed that when Ding Chenghe's three-year term expired, he would take Ye Sheng north to Kyoto.

Ye Sheng was naturally moved. He said goodbye and returned home. He only focused on studying hard. Unexpectedly, he accumulated hard and became a disease. On the contrary, he got a serious illness. He asked for medical medicine and took hundreds of prescriptions, but he didn't get any difference at all.

Later, Ding Chenghe was dismissed from his official position because he bluntly offended his boss. When he left, he sent a letter to Ye Sheng, which roughly meant: "Brother Yu is about to return east in a few days. The reason why he refused to leave is to wait for a step. If the virtuous brother comes to the morning, the stupid brother will be out.

Ye Sheng received the letter and cried with joy. He sent someone to reply, "Thank you for your kindness, but it's a pity that I'm sick. Please go first." Ding Chenghe refused to leave alone, but waited patiently.

A few days later, Ye Sheng suddenly came to visit, and Ding Chenghe was overjoyed to welcome him into the house. Ye Sheng said, "I'm really sorry that my eldest brother stayed in bed because I was sick in bed. Now that I'm well, let's go together. So he tidyed up his bags and returned to his hometown.

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In his hometown, Ding Chenghe ordered his son to worship Ye Sheng as a teacher and asked for teaching questions day and night. Mr. Ding's name is Zaichang. He is sixteen years old. He is talented and intelligent. He can read and read. He will never forget it two or three times. After a year, he can write a pen. In addition, his father worked in the county government, and soon entered the county school and became a scholar.

Ye Shenghuai didn't meet him, so he put all his thoughts on Mr. Ding, devoted himself to what he had learned in his life, and carefully imparted knowledge. He also copied the articles he had prepared when he participated in the imperial examination one by one, and ordered the prince to remember them carefully. As a result, there were seven test questions in the township test site, all of which were expected by Ye Sheng. Mr. Ding easily won the second place.

On this day, Ding Chenghe said to Ye Sheng, "Sir, just add **, which makes the dog famous. On the contrary, I am depressed. What do you plan to do in the future?

Ye Sheng said, "If you try again and again, it's fate. Although I have fallen for half my life, I can use your article to raise my eyebrows and exhale, so that the world will know that I am not a useless scholar, and my wish is enough. And I'm lucky to make friends with my eldest brother, who is a confidant. What else can I ask for? Do you have to wear an official robe and seek fame to achieve success?

Ding Chenghe said, "But the virtuous brother has been studying hard for decades, how can he be successful? The annual exam is coming soon. You should go home as soon as possible. Don't delay the exam period.

Ye Sheng shook his head and said, "I'm already frustrated. Let's talk about this later."

Ding Chenghe sighed, stopped talking, and secretly told his son, "When you go to Beijing to participate in the examination, go to the Guozi Prison to donate some money and donate a supervisor for the teacher." In this way, he can stay with you to study in the national prison.

Soon, Mr. Ding will take the entrance examination and become an official in Beijing. He will take Ye Sheng to take office together. A year has passed in a blink of an eye.

In this year, Ye Sheng stayed in the National Prison every day and studied hard. After that, he took the Shuntianfu Township Examination and finally got the entrance examination. I happened to meet Mr. Ding who put Nanhe as a magistrate and said to the teacher, "I'm going to take office here. The government office is not far from Huaiyang. The gentleman became famous, and he just returned to his hometown on the way."

Ye Sheng happily agreed to choose an auspicious day and ride back to his hometown. Seeing that the door of the house was depressed, I couldn't help but feel sad. I pushed the door and entered the courtyard. It happened that my wife went out with a dustpan in her hand. As soon as she saw her husband, she was so scared that the dustpan fell off and ran away.

Ye Sheng caught up and asked, "Now that I'm noble, I haven't come home for three or four years, so I don't recognize me?"

The wife said, "You have been dead for several years. What do you mean by noble? Because the family is poor and the child is young, your coffin has been parked in the hall and has not been buried for a long time. Since you have become a ghost, don't come out to scare people. At most, I swear that I will let you be grounded tomorrow.

When Ye Sheng heard the words, he was sad and inexplicable. He walked into the hall to check. When he saw the coffin, he shouted and extinguished to the ground. His soul went to the hell to report, leaving only clothes, shoes and socks left in the ground.

After Ye Sheng's death, Mr. Ding was righteous. He took the initiative to take care of the teacher's wife and children, and asked his husband to teach children. A few years later, Ye Sheng's son grew up, participated in the imperial examination, and won the scholar.