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Chapter 31 - List

Release September has arrived in a blink of an eye, and the list will be released on the eighth day of September.

In an inn in Nanyang Mansion, many students gathered in the lobby early before the time came, waiting for officials to report the news. Some people anxiously looked back and forth several times, some nervously picked up the tea on the table and drank one cup after another. The waiter waiting in the lobby kept adding tea and water for everyone.

The innkeeper is used to seeing this kind of scene. Every three years when the rankings are released in autumn, these students all look like this. The shopkeeper also hopes that his inn will have two successful candidates, so that he won't have to worry about business next year.

"I don't know if I can win this time."

"Whether I can win or not, the result has been decided. We will find out when the results are released."

"I think Brother Zhang is confident. It seems that he is sure that he can go to high school."

"Of course I will You hope you can go to high school. Don't you hope you can go to high school? "

You have studied hard for ten years just to get a spot on today's gold list. Can these students who have been studying for more than ten years not be nervous? Everyone was eagerly waiting for the official messenger to report the news.

The number of people intercepted every autumn is not fixed, but is determined based on the number of people who participated in the scientific examination that year. Based on previous years, there are only about seven or eight people out of a hundred people. This year, more than a thousand people in Nanyang Prefecture took the scientific examination, and only about a hundred people will pass.

In Qiu Wei, the results were announced by official messengers, who rode on horseback and shouted all the way, telling everyone where Mr. So-and-so got in high school. After ten years of hard work, no one asked him about it, but he became famous all over the world in one fell swoop. The imperial court used this method to encourage students all over the world to study. After he became famous in one fell swoop, everyone in the world would know about it. That's what it meant.

After winning the election, all the land under one's name does not need to be taxed, and all personal taxes and corvees can be exempted.

Juren is equivalent to half an official position. If you don't continue to take the exam, you are still qualified to be an official. If there are vacancies in the local area, you can fill them. Usually you go to the local area to serve as a school administrator, county magistrate, chief clerk, etc. If you are a small official, if you are lucky, you can serve as a county magistrate in a small place. If you climb up the ladder, your official position can be promoted to a higher level. The latter depends on your personal luck and whether your background is strong enough.

After becoming a juren, there are many benefits. For example, you don't have to kneel when you meet local officials such as the county magistrate; you don't have to go to court in person to file a small lawsuit; you can just send a servant to respond; When it comes to criminal lawsuits, or even murder cases, there is no need to be punished. Only after the criminal is removed from his position, the officials who are investigating the case can use punishment on the prisoner.

Therefore, in this era, juren are in a special position, like officials but not officials. They are no longer ordinary people, but have become a "privileged class". This is why people who study desperately want to pass the examination. Once successful, it will not only bring great benefits to the individual, but also change the whole family.

On the day when the results are released, compared with others, Li Wen Not in a hurry at all.

I woke up early in the morning and practiced martial arts as usual, then I went back to take a shower, changed into clean clothes, and then walked out of the house slowly after having breakfast.

"Hey, why aren't you in a hurry to kiss the young master? Let's go outside and have a look. Maybe everyone has come to report the news.

" Seeing their young master's leisurely look, Li Tong, the slave, was even more anxious than the master.

"What's the rush? I'm not in a hurry." Li Wen smiled slightly, but he wasn't worried at all. Li Tong followed their young master. Although he knew that his young master would pass the exam, he couldn't take it seriously. He had coins in his pocket, and he just waited for his young master to pass the exam. Spread outside.

"Master, can we not be in a hurry? Didn't we say that the results will be released today? Let's go faster and wait outside. Maybe someone is coming." Li Tong was anxious. He saw what their young master was doing today. Everything is so slow, I really want to give their young master a hand.

"It's still early. We won't be here so soon. Let's go to the teacher first." Li Wen came over to Dean Fu's courtyard, intending to chat with Dean Fu, drink tea, and wait. It's better to wait for someone to report the news than to sit in the courtyard and wait, right?

What if he doesn't come? Wouldn't the wait be in vain? Li Wen was still in the mood to joke with himself.

The announcement of the results has not yet begun. Reports are reported from the back to the front. They will wait for the official to deliver the message to them. It may be noon, and maybe they will have lunch before the messenger comes.

"The student has met the teacher." Li Wen went to Dean Fu's place. Fu Yihan seemed to have expected that his disciple would come to him. There was a game of chess on the table and a pot of good tea, and he said, "Sit down and play a game of chess with me

." Yes. "Li Wen walked over, sat down on the opposite side, and said shamelessly to Dean Fu, "Teacher, please be merciful. "In fact, he has played chess with Dean Fu for so many years, and he has never lost to

Dean Fu once. Just talking about it makes me burst into tears. Why would he come here to play chess with Dean Fu!

If he had known he was here I was reading a book in my own courtyard, so I came over to play chess with Dean Fu. This was simply a one-sided abuse!

"Ha! "Fu Yihan glanced at the disciple opposite and laughed, "Boy, show your special skills. If you want to defeat me, I will promise you a condition that is within my ability, no matter what you ask for. "

Since everything is within the scope of ability, why should you ignore him? Dean Fu, do you know that your words are inconsistent? Li Wen muttered to Dean Fu in his heart, and after obediently clearing the chessboard, he started to play with Dean Fu.

The possibility that he can beat Dean Fu is not high, but he can still give it a try, right? Shen

Zijing and Su Yuan, who were in the alley of South Street, both got up early and were waiting for the official report. Walking around the room anxiously, he couldn't even sit down on the stool. Su Yuan sat there drinking tea, looking at Shen Zijing walking around, his eyes were almost dazzled by this man. Su Yuan was a little helpless. He said, "Zijing, would you like to sit down and have a cup of tea?

"You've been walking for so long. Are you tired? Why don't you sit down and take a rest. " "

Hearing this, Shen Zijing had no choice but to sit down. After drinking a cup of tea, he couldn't sit still and stood up and walked around the room.

Su Yuan sat there, holding his forehead with one hand and looking at this person.

"Da da ..." The sound of horse hooves came closer and closer.

"Coming, coming..."

The students waiting in the inn became energetic and stood up one after another. Everyone crowded to the door to take a look. The official on horseback came from the inn Passing by the door, many students sighed in disappointment, "Why did you just pass by?" "

Either they are from here, or candidates from other places have passed.

" Congratulations to Mr. Jin Moxie, who ranked 98th in the provincial examination in the 26th year of Emperor Zhaozong's high school... "The official on horseback stopped at the restaurant opposite. The students over there Everyone was excited for a moment.

"Our master is in high school... Our master is in high school..."

"Hahaha."

The shopkeeper of the restaurant lit a firecracker, and the shopkeeper of the inn opposite had a crackling sound. I gritted my teeth at this, it's okay, this is just the beginning, they will definitely be here soon.

The officer on horseback passed by the door again and again, without stopping.

"Da da da..."

"He Zhanggui." Mr. Zhang's high school ranked 82nd in the provincial examination in the 26th year of Emperor Zhaozong's reign..."

"It's time to release the results!" Shen Zijing and Su Yuan who were in the house also heard the news outside. They walked out of the house, had someone open the courtyard door, and stood waiting at the door. Seeing Shen Zijing's nervous look, Su Yuan grabbed his hand and said, "Don't be nervous, your name will be there."

There are many students who come to Nanyang for scientific examinations living here in Nanjie. The gates of the courtyard were opened, waiting to see if the official would come to them.

"Da da da..."

"Listen, the sound is coming from us."

The official on horseback came to South Street and shouted loudly, "He Zengjun, the 70th grader of the provincial examination in the 26th year of Emperor Zhaozong's high school, Eight..."

"It's our master, it's our master..."

"Our master is in high school, our master is in high school..."

"You are Master Zeng, right? Congratulations to Master Zeng." "The official is next door. He stopped in front of a courtyard, and the official immediately came down to congratulate the master who passed the exam. Mr. Zeng, who was successful in the examination, already had white hair. He just passed the examination. When he knew that he had won, he burst into tears and said, "Yes, I am."

The servant next to him gave the official who reported the news a big seal. Red envelopes, throw copper coins at the door.

People nearby rushed to pick it up. A few copper coins are not much, but it can also increase luck, right?

Shen Zijing, who was waiting at the door, looked disappointed. Su Yuan comforted him and said, "Don't worry, there are only more than seventy people now, and there are so many names in front of you. Maybe your name is in the front. Just in case." We really didn't pass. We are still so young. We can just gain experience this time. The worst we can do is come back three years later. "

Very few people can pass the exam in one go. Many people often take the exam three or two times before taking it again. " Even if you can pass the exam three or two times, you are lucky. Some people even failed to pass the exam more than a dozen times. From green hair to white hair,

before they set out to take the exam, their teacher taught them. After talking about it, it is very likely that the two of them will win the exam this time, but there may be surprises in everything. Even if they fail the exam this year, they will definitely pass the exam three years later. Naturally, they all hope that they can pass the exam in one try instead of coming back three years later.

"I know." Shen Zijing clenched his fist and said.

They waited at the door for a while, and the sound of horse hooves came towards them again. Shen Zijing felt his heart beating loudly. The official on horseback was getting closer and closer to them, and the official who reported the news shouted, "Congratulations to

Mr. Shen Zi, who ranked 64th in the provincial examination in the 26th year of Emperor Zhaozong's reign..." "Congratulations to Mr. Shen, who ranked 64th in the provincial examination in the 26th year of Zhaozong's reign in Master Shen's high school..." Sixty-fourth..."

Chapter 32 Passed the Examination

"Master Shen? It's our young master, here, here..." the steward of the Shen family shouted.

The servants who followed were all happy, "Our young master has been hit, he has been hit, hahaha..."

"Zijing, you have been hit!" Su Yuan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the news from the official.

"Haha, I won, I won!" Shen Zijing hugged Su Yuan and laughed. He knew that he would definitely pass the exam! When Su Yuan saw Shen Zijing smiling, he smiled and rolled his eyes. He was even happier than if he had won the prize.

"Congratulations to Master Shen for high school^" The officer who reported the news got off his horse, said a few auspicious words to the successful master, took the money and left.

The boy threw copper coins at the door, and many people came to pick up coins from them.

"Congratulations to Mr. Shen, congratulations to Mr. Shen..." People nearby who didn't know each other came over to congratulate him, hoping to share the joy.

"Thank you, thank you." Shen Zijing said to those who came to congratulate him.

Others saw that Shen Zijing was young and handsome. He must have a bright future if he passed the exam at such a young age. Those who had daughters or younger sisters in the family who were not married all asked whether Shen Zijing was married. It doesn't matter if they get married, or their girl can just be a house filler.

Shen Zi thanked these people for their kindness, but he was insensitive to it, and he understood the kindness.

"Master, I'm going to write a letter and have it sent back to tell our master and his wife that the master has passed the exam." The manager wiped away his tears and was happy.

"Don't worry, we'll write it together and send it back when A Yuan's is out." When Shen Zijing knew that he had won the lottery, he didn't forget the boy who came with him, and then he remembered that he had ignored the boy's feelings today. Shen Zijing smiled at the young man more and more flatteringly, "A Yuan, I believe you will definitely win."

Su Yuan smiled and hummed. He didn't care too much about whether he was hit or not. Once he knew that Shen Zijing was hit, he would be relieved. But if

possible

, Su Yuan naturally hopes that he and Shen Zijing can advance and retreat together. He doesn't want Shen Zijing to pass the exam, but he himself fails. This is the only reason. Su Yuan hopes that he can pass the exam. .

On this day, everyone in Nanyang Mansion was nervous, and all the students were nervously waiting for the news of the results. The students who had already learned that they had won the exam were laughing happily, and the rankings reported by the officials were getting higher and higher. The student who stood in front of me felt sad knowing that he probably had no chance of passing the examination this time.

"Brother Zhang, you will definitely win the first place in the provincial examination this time.

"Yes, Brother Zhang, the first place belongs to you, and you can't escape. " "

Chang Yu has a long-standing reputation and is one of the popular figures in this provincial examination. Many people are saying that Chang Yu must have won the first place in this provincial examination. As the rankings reported by official officials are getting higher and higher, some people have begun to congratulate Chang Yu. .

Hearing other people's compliments, Chang Yu smiled and did not refute. He looked confident that he would win the first place in the provincial examination.

"Da da da..."

'' Turn...,

this. The official who reported the news finally stopped in front of the inn. The innkeeper asked people to set off firecrackers. Finally, one of the candidates from their inn was selected. The ranking was so close. Just in case their inn didn't produce a candidate this year, he would be next. No one dared to stay at their inn for a year.

Shen Zijing and Su Yuan waited at the door.

After a while, they heard the sound of horse hooves approaching them again, and the official Chao Gao on the horse came towards them. He shouted, "Congratulations to Mr. Su Yuan, Mr. Su, for ranking 38th in the provincial examination in the 26th year of Emperor Zhaozong's high school..."

"It's our young master, young master, it's you who won..."

"Hahaha, it's our young master who won..."

Su Yuan He nodded, smiled slightly, and asked someone to give the messenger money as a gift. The waiter scattered several handfuls of copper coins at the door. Everyone came to grab them one after another.

The official came to the same yard twice and came to the same house. Both students passed the exam together, which was a rare thing. People nearby came over to congratulate them again. Su Yuan was not good at dealing with people, so Shen Zijing said a few words of thanks to everyone. Su Yuan went back together and had the door of the yard closed.

The two masters and apprentices in the room were still playing chess. The next half of the day was almost passing by

, and Li Wen was playing slower . The chess pieces fell slower, and he made each move after careful consideration. Fu Yihan smiled slightly and blocked Li Wen's retreat.

"Teacher, the student still lost this game. "Li Wen put down the chess piece in his hand, knowing that he had made the wrong move just now. Being able to persist under Dean Fu for so long is still a bit of progress, at least he did not lose

so ugly.

In this world, chess can be played Not many people have played Fu Yihan. It's not that Li Wen didn't play well, but that Fu Yihan has never encountered an opponent on the chessboard.

Fu Yihan looked at the black and white chess pieces on the chessboard and said to his disciple, "The officialdom is like this chessboard. Every time you take a step, you have to consider what will happen next. In this game of chess, you can take so many steps under my hands, which is already a great improvement. If you go out, you won't be able to find many opponents who can beat you. I believe that at your age, if you study chess for a few more years, I may not be able to beat you so easily on this chessboard. "

"But the officialdom is more complicated than this chessboard, so if you become an official in the future, you will have more issues to consider, and it will not be as simple as this chessboard. In chess, if you lose a game, you can always try again, but in many things in officialdom, once you lose, you have no chance to start over, so you must be careful in every step. "

The chessboard is like life. Through a small chessboard, Fu Yihan is also teaching his disciples how to think about life and how to behave. Many things in the officialdom are much more complicated than the black and white chess pieces on this small chessboard. If you make a wrong move, He has lost everything and has no chance to make a comeback.

At this point, Fu Yihan knows that his disciple is one step closer to entering the officialdom.

"Yes, disciple, remember the teacher's words. Famous teachers produce great disciples because the teacher teaches well. How can a disciple be a match for the teacher? If the disciple continues to study for ten years, he may not even be able to equal the teacher. "Li Wen had a smile on his face. He didn't think that he could defeat Dean Fu on the chessboard. There should be no more than three people in the world who could defeat Dean Fu. In

his previous life, Li Wen learned from Professor Li . Playing chess was just a hobby, and I occasionally cheated to beat Professor Li. Naturally, I didn't play chess as hard as I did now. Li Wen still remembered the time when he first played chess with Dean Fu, under the guidance of Dean Fu. He couldn't even walk three steps, and was disliked by Dean Fu. He threw two books at him and asked him to study on his own. He went to the academy to practice with his classmates and then played with him when he came back.

However, Li Wen was not there at the beginning. Dean Fu has gone through a few steps. With the hard work in the past few years, he has made some progress in chess skills. At least he has been able to survive under Dean Fu for longer and longer, and let himself die. Don't be so ugly, it will save some face for yourself, right?

But what face does he have in front of Dean Fu? Face and everything are just a cloud, right?

"I can beat you on the chessboard, but maybe I can be better than you as an official. Ah Wen, you are the only disciple I have accepted so far, and probably the last one. Since you are my disciple, I hope If you are better than your master, no matter what you do in the future, you can do better than me as a teacher. "Fu Yihan knows that he is not good at being an official. He will not be able to do it in the officialdom, otherwise he will do better. I wouldn't have resigned and come back.

Fu Yihan hoped that the disciple he taught himself would be better than his teacher. This is what a teacher should be proud of.

"Yes, if the students do not do well, they will not dare to say that they are your disciples outside." In fact, Li Wen really has no idea about being an official now. He just knows that if he can pass the exam, he might become a real official. You can make a fortune out of a civil servant.

It's just that the civil servants in this world are much better than the civil servants in their original world.

"Haha, let's go out. The official who will report the news should be here soon." Fu Yihan waved his hand and said.

"Yes." Li Wen bowed and went out.

Seeing that their young master was playing chess with Dean Fu in the room, Li Tong outside the door had already run several times to see if any official officials were coming. At this moment, he happened to be running towards the yard, and saw their young master finally pushing the door open and coming out. Li Tong ran over and shouted, "Master!"

"Looking at you running out of breath, is the messenger here?" "As soon as Li Wen came out, he asked with a smile in his eyes.

"No, not yet." It's so late now, why hasn't anyone come yet? The book boy was so

anxious .

Even the housekeeper had prepared firecrackers at the door, just waiting for the official who reported the news to arrive.

"Come on, let's go out and take a look." Li Wen was in a good mood.

The book boy followed their young master out in a hurry. Their young master finally paid attention to the release of the results. Li Tong felt extremely anxious and nervous, and muttered, "It's already so late, why haven't anyone come to report the news?"

Could it be that their young master failed the exam this time?

Bah, bah, bah, if you said something unlucky, Li Tong reached out and hit himself several times.

"Da da da..."

They just walked out of the door. From a distance, they saw an official on horseback coming towards them. The official on horseback shouted, "Congratulations to Mr. Li Wen, who ranked first in the provincial examination in the 26th year of Emperor Zhaozong's high school." Name..."

"Congratulations to Mr. Li for ranking first in the provincial examination in the 26th year of Emperor Zhaozong's high school..."

"Ah ah ah..." Li Tong suddenly screamed like crazy, and suddenly burst out laughing again, "Haha Haha

, "It's our young master, it's our young master..." Li Tong waved to the official and shouted, "It's our young master who won, he won... Hahaha, young master, you won, first place, haha , is the first place...",

Chapter 33 It seems that he made the right bet

. The official rode towards them on horseback. He stopped the horse and asked uncertainly, "Which one is Mr. Li?"

"I am." Li Wen touched his nose and said.

Without a beard on his chin, he really doesn't look like a gentleman like this.

"Congratulations to Mr. Li, congratulations to Mr. Li." The official who reported the news did not expect that Jie Yuan, who seemed to be fifteen or sixteen years old, had passed this year's provincial examination. After a pause, the official said hurriedly, "Congratulations to Mr. Li from high school. First place in the provincial examination.

"Thank you for your hard work, sir. With these few taels of silver, I'll treat you to a drink." The steward sealed the messenger a big red envelope.

The official took the money, said a few good words, got on his horse and left. He had to go back to the Yamen to resume his duties.

The few families living nearby are all wealthy, and they usually keep a low profile and seldom interact with each other. They saw the official coming this way and heard the official's shout, and then they knew that they had a candidate who came first in the provincial examination. This was a great joy.

The smart master quickly asked his servants to prepare generous gifts and prepare to go over to congratulate him.

"Hahaha... Young Master, our young master has won..." Li Tong took out a bag of copper coins and scattered them outside in large quantities. Their young master has won. He won, and he still ranked first, hahaha... ...

"Hahaha..."

Even these gentlemen's families are not short of money, but this is a lucky money, so these gentlemen still let their servants pick it up to feel happy, maybe Their family can also produce a candidate.

This child was going crazy with joy. When Li Wen saw the crazy little slave shaking his head, a smile appeared on his lips.

Before receiving the official report, even though he knew in his heart that he would definitely pass the scientific examination this time, it was only after receiving the news that he was truly sure that he had passed and still won the first place in the provincial examination

. People can guarantee that they will be ranked first in every exam, but Li Wen can't. The only thing he can do is to review before each exam, and then answer as well as possible during each exam. examination paper. After doing all the previous things, the exam still depends on his luck. It seems that this time the article he wrote caught the eye of the examiner, so that he can get the first place. It seems that he The bet was right.

''Light up the firecrackers. ',

"Young master, please cover your ears, it's time to set off the firecrackers..."

The housekeeper asked people to carry out the prepared firecrackers and light them. The crackling sound of firecrackers sounded, telling the nearby people that a person had passed away in their house.

A certain Mr. Huang who came here congratulated, "Congratulations to Mr. Li. He won the first place in the provincial examination at a young age. Mr. Li has a bright future."

"Yes, yes, young people produce talents."

"I dare not not . Dare you, thank you very much," Li Wen said with his hands in hand.

"That kid won the Jieyuan exam in the provincial examination." The man came into the room and said.

"I knew it." Fu Yihan, who was in the room, heard the noise outside and knew that his disciple had won the first place in the provincial examination. Fu Yihan was not surprised at all. This is a disciple whom he personally taught. It is not an exaggeration to win the first place in the palace examination, let alone a mere Jieyuan in the provincial examination, it should be.

After standing outside for a while, Li Wen said hello to the gentlemen who came to congratulate him, and left the rest of the matter to the butler, who he knew would take care of it.

Li Wen went inside and went to the teacher to report the good news. When he saw the disciple coming, Dean Fu was already waiting in the room. Fu Yihan said a few words of encouragement and reminded the disciple not to be arrogant and complacent just because he got such a mere Jieyuan.

"Yes, students should remember the teacher's teachings." Li Wen knew in his heart that reaching this point could only mean that he was one step closer to his goal. There is still a long way to go, and he has just taken the first step in his official career.

Even if he really gets ranked first in the palace examination in the future, he should not be proud. Only by studying with an open mind can he go further in the future.

"Go, go and send a letter to your family, and let your parents know the good news." Fu Yihan knew that there would be a apprenticeship banquet and many other things after the results were released, so he gave his disciples a few days off and said, "What are you doing here?" I spend most of my time studying at home, so let's take advantage of these days to go out and make some friends."

After a bow, Li Wen came out of the teacher's room.

Returning to his own yard, Li Wen went into the study. The boy sharpened the ink on the side. Li Wen took the pen in his hand and thought for a while before writing. At the beginning of the letter, he greeted his parents and grandmother at home, and also There are brothers.

His grandmother had been very fond of his grandson since he was a child. In the past few years, he went out to study. Every time he went back, Li Wen found that the old lady was getting older every year. After this provincial examination, he will go to Beijing to take part in the joint examination next year. He doesn't know when he will go home to visit the old man next time. I guess the old man at home misses his grandson very much. I

used to read poems and look at the poets in the poems. He wrote about missing his hometown and missing his relatives. At that time, he didn't quite understand it, but now he has realized what missing is. The transportation in this world is so inconvenient. If there were planes, high-speed trains and cars, it would only take a day to go there and back, and the journey would not be that hard. But here, many times, even if you miss your family, it is difficult to go back to visit them.

This time he won the exam, and he lived up to the high expectations of his parents and clan members. Li Wen wrote the news in a letter, which also contained some words of advice.

After writing the last word, Li Wen put the pen away. When the ink was dry, he folded it up, put it in an envelope, sealed it, handed it to the bookboy beside him, and said, "Go find someone to deliver the letter." "Go out and have someone take you back to Qingping."

"We'll prepare the carriage later and we'll go to the city."

"Yes, Master. I'll go find someone to deliver it." Li Tong took the letter from the Master and said happily. I happily went to find someone to deliver the letter.

After the officials finished reporting, the list was posted at the gate of Gongyuan, and everyone could go there to see it. At this time, many students gathered outside the Gongyuan to look at the rankings. At this time, those who won the exam already knew that they had won. Those who did not win came here with the idea of ​​luck, maybe their names were on the list.

At this moment, many students gathered under the list to see who's names were on the list.

"The first place is Li Wen, who is Li Wen?"

Among the top three, two of them are talented people with high reputation among the students this time. As for number one on this list, Li asked? Li asked who he was? Someone asked.

This time, Changyu fell to second place in the provincial examination, which made Zhang Dacai, who was determined to win first place, very happy.

Zhang Yu stood with everyone in front of the Gongyuan and looked at the posted list, and saw a completely unfamiliar name on it. He was also about to ask who Li Wen was when he heard someone asking, and Chang Yu stood quietly behind and listened.

"Brother Zhang, who do you think this Li Wen is?" asked the student who came with him.

"Jie Yuan turned out to be taken away by an unknown boy."

Among them were students who were studying at Nanyang Anlu Academy. One student snorted and said, "You haven't stopped, so it doesn't represent the other party." It's a little-known person, but you are ignorant."

"Oh, you are saying that we are ignorant. Please tell us who this Li Wen is, so that we all know who this Li Wen is." Someone said unconvinced.

"Ha!" The student chuckled, looking down on the other student.

Students who also studied at Nanyang Anlu Academy all know that Li Wen is such an outstanding person, but Li Wen is usually very low-key, and unlike other students, he does not like to make friends everywhere, recite poems and write poems, and use this method to expand his reputation. reputation. But in every academy exam, the name Li Wen never fell out of the top three, and even ranked first in many cases.

Therefore, even among students studying in the same academy, many people have only heard of Li Wen's name and do not know Li Wen personally. Therefore, Li Wen is a legendary figure in Nanyang Anlu Academy.

Just like this time after the provincial examination, most of the candidates went out to make friends everywhere. They went to a party here today and a party tomorrow. They wrote a poem here and painted a picture there. , constantly expanding his reputation, letting more people know about him and compliment him, and in this way, more people will know about his talent and learning.

After Li Wen took the provincial examination, except for two outings with old friends, everyone hid in the house and continued studying. Naturally, not many people who came to Nanyang Mansion to take the scientific examination knew Li Wen. People. On the contrary, several talented people who often travel around are known to everyone.

"Haha, we, the Great Talent Li, are not like some people who wish that everyone in the world knew about him." The more powerful a person is, the more low-key they act. This is their Great Talent Li.

This student from Nanyang Anlu Academy told everyone who this Li Wen is. To put it bluntly, he is the top student among the top students at Anlu Academy. He is also a very low-key top student, unlike you who have no talent in learning. People who show off everywhere are naturally different, "So, it's not surprising that Li, the great talent, won the first place in the provincial examination. He deserves it!"

Nanyang Anlu Academy produces several candidates every year. This year It was no exception. The first place Jie Yuan also came from Anlu Academy, which made the students of Anlu Academy very proud.

"Oh, it turns out there is such a character that we don't know about." After listening to the words of this student from Anlu Academy, everyone suddenly realized.

"If there is a chance, we must get to know this great talent Li."

It turns out there is such a person that they don't know.

"Brother Zhang, who knows if this great scholar Li is really talented and knowledgeable? Otherwise, why would he hide his head and dare not come out to meet people?" The students with Zhang Yu said unkindly. In their hearts, they all thought that Zhang Yu was the one. The student who is most likely to win first place this time.

Although Chang Yu snorted in his heart, and although he agreed with what the other party said, he was smart enough not to accept the words. He just said, "We will see each other at the banquet in three days." He

was still preparing at home . When Li Wen went out, he didn't know that he was completely famous in Nanyang Mansion this time. Many people outside were waiting to see his true face in Lushan.

Chapter 34: People are afraid of being famous.

At this moment, Shen Zijing also took Su Yuan out to look at the results. They all knew that they had won the exam, so they wrote letters and asked people to send them back home. They also wanted to keep a few more people in Nanyang. Will go back in the future.

"I knew that Awen must have won the first place." Shen Zijing laughed when he saw the first name.

This time they all hit the mark, and it was impossible for Li Wen to miss. Shen Zijing had already guessed that Li Wen would definitely not fall out of the top three with his results, so when he saw Li Wen get the first place, Shen Zijing was not surprised at all, and he was even more happy for his friend.

Seeing that people around him noticed them, Su Yuan pulled Shen Zijing.

"Let's go, Ah Wen will come find us later." Shen Zijing lowered his head and said to Su Yuan, said hello to the students who came to talk to them, and took Su Yuan outside.

Su Yuan and Shen Zijing turned around and left together.

In the afternoon that day, Li Wen rode a carriage into the city. When he arrived at the small courtyard where Shen Zijing and Su Yuan lived, the three of them all learned that the other had been hit, and everyone congratulated each other.

The three of them looked at each other and laughed.

"Between you and me, there is no need to say these polite words." Shen Zijing looked at Li Wen with a smile on his face and said.

"Haha, I brought you good things today." Li Wen asked someone to unload the things on the carriage.

There were a lot of people outside at this time, and they didn't go out to eat. It would be best to open a small stove at home. Li Wen specially brought a special small stove and a large plate from home, as well as chili peppers and spices for brushing the pot, as well as mutton and vegetables. They were all ready, and he had people cut and wash the meat. Put the dishes on the table.

Light the charcoal on the stove, and as soon as the thick soup in the pot boils, the smell is fragrant and rich. The three brothers sit down around the small stove.

When they went back to their hometown for a party during the Chinese New Year, Li Wen cleaned the pots for Shen Zijing and Su Yuan to eat, so both Shen Zijing and Su Yuan knew about this.

"Ah Wen, you are so considerate." Shen Zijing fell in love with this thing since he had it for the first time. Seeing what Li Wen had put on the table, he chuckled and said, "It's better than eating any food and wine in a restaurant outside. We can also hide in peace."

"Ah Wen, you don't know how many people outside want to see you. " Shen Zijing joked.

"Haha..." Li Wen chuckled. Even before he went out for a walk, Li Wen knew that this time he won the first place in the provincial examination. There were many people outside who wanted to know him.

People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. It's better not to go to crowded places at the moment. There are everyone out there these days. It's better to meet someone who is normal. If you encounter jealousy, he will learn to be better than him. Why don't you come here? Is he in trouble? After taking so many scientific examinations, Li Wen already knew the people and things outside.

There are not that many people going back and forth, but if you meet a few good ones and make friends, you can treat them as friends.

Li Wen raised his eyebrows and said to Shen Zijing, "How about we go to a restaurant to eat?"

"No, you can't eat such good food outside." Shen Zijing was not stupid. They had just returned from a walk outside. I don't know how many people are talking about Li Wen outside. They were going outside now without being surrounded by everyone and looking like monkeys.

You must know that the three of them are together, so he can't leave Li Wen alone.

Today, Li Wen came prepared and had prepared a lot of things. There is everything to eat at Zhuangzi. The mutton is still the lamb that was killed today. The meat is best used to wash the pots. "Everyone, get started. Don't just sit and watch."

"Haha, we are not polite."

"Eat it first while it's hot." "

It's so delicious." Shen Zijing salivated when he smelled it. He sat down and grabbed the chopsticks to pick up the meat and put it into Su Yuan's bowl. After putting down the chopsticks, he picked up a piece and put it in his mouth.

This tastes spicy, and when you eat it, you feel a rush of heat in your body, which is soothing and refreshing.

Su Yuan ate the meat in the bowl and put some meatballs into the pot to cook. He knew that Zijing liked to eat these things.

It's not hot to eat around the pot in this weather, so I left the door open.

"We are going out, and it is still a matter of whether we can have a peaceful meal. Ah Wen, you are smart enough to think of this." After his stomach was half full, Shen Zijing was in the mood to talk.

"Haha, if you can hide for a while, let's talk about it if you can't hide." Li Wen said with a smile. He could only hide for today. He will go to become a disciple later, and there may be invitations from some classmates. I can't put it down. I have to go and get together with everyone, otherwise I don't know when the next time we will meet again.

Let's have a meal with an old friend today. After this scientific examination is over, Shen Zijing and Su Yuan will definitely go back soon. After the next year, he will also go to Beijing to take the examination, and there are many things to do.

"You don't know. I thought I was finished this time. I didn't expect that I could still win." Shen Zijing said about this scientific examination. To this day, he is unwilling to recall the three days and two days spent sitting next to the stinking number. night.

Later, he held his breath and finished all the papers.

Shen Zijing was somewhat confident about the papers he answered. If he had more time, he might be able to do better. But now that the exam is over, he doesn't want to go through it again. This ranking is already very good for him.

"Puch... don't think about it, I've already passed the exam. This time, your luck is really not that good..." Jingran chose a seat next to the bad number.

Li Wen could imagine the feeling. It must be uncomfortable. He wouldn't even go to the toilet if he couldn't hold it in any longer. It was even said that Shen Zijing sat in that position for three whole days. It was really...

"Have a drink, have a drink, and let's not talk about the past. Besides, we have all won now. No matter how hard it is, it is worth it." Li Wen Today, he prepared fruit wine. He picked up the wine and clinked glasses with Shen Zijing, and then he talked about next spring.

"I won't go in the spring of next year. I know how much I have. Even if I get in by luck, I will still be ranked behind. I might as well go back and work hard for another three years, and then end up in three years. It's more likely," Shen Zijing said, he still knew what his level was.

However, Shen Zijing encouraged and supported Li Wen, "Awen, you are different. You must go. We all support you. We are waiting for you to come back with an A-level exam."

"Haha, you can't talk too much now, It would be embarrassing if I couldn't even get in. "The world is big, there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the sky. You can't talk too much, and you have to leave some room for yourself," Li Wen said modestly.

Su Yuan's thoughts were similar to Shen Zijing's, but one of the important reasons was that Shen Zijing postponed the decision for three years. He wanted to be with Shen Zijing.

"Ah Wen, if I hadn't met you in the academy that year, I wouldn't have studied so seriously, and I might not be here today." Shen Zijing leaned against Li Wen and said, remembering some things from the past. The child is smart and is loved lawlessly by his parents and elders.

After meeting Li Wen, I realized that there were people who were better at reading and smarter than him.

"Haha... I don't dare. This is my credit and the result of your own efforts. Zijing, you are smart. If you can calm down and concentrate on studying, you may not be worse than me." Li Wen was accounting for With the combined advantages of two lifetimes, and the education he received from later generations, his views and vision on many things are broader than those of Shen Zijing and others

. This is a limitation of the era, which cannot be overcome by people of this era.

However, Li Wen has really studied hard these years, and he has Dean Fu personally guiding him, so he has not retreated in his studies over the years, but has made continuous progress. The fact that he was able to win the title of Jieyuan in the provincial examination today was the result of his own hard work and was not something he picked up in vain.

"A Yuan, you are a person who works wholeheartedly and concentrates on your work. I believe that you and Zijing will do better in the future." Li Wen looked at Su Yuan. He knew that Su Yuan was no worse than Shen Zijing, but Su Yuan was used to it. Standing behind Shen Zijing, it was easy for people to ignore him.

There are some things that it's hard for an outsider to say anything about, and no one knows what will happen in the future.

The few friends they studied with when they were young, whether it was Shen Zijing or Su Yuan, including Lu Zhishu, were all very outstanding people. Li Wen knew that he was very lucky to have met these friends.

"Thank you, I appreciate your kind words." Su Yuan drank two glasses of fruit wine, his face was red, and he was already a little tipsy. He picked up the wine and had a drink with Li Wen.

This is not the first time the three of them have gotten together to drink. These are fruit wines made by Li Wen. The alcohol content is very low and the sweet taste is delicious. People can get drunk even after drinking too much. After Su Yuan drank a few drinks, he was already leaning against Shen Zijing in a daze.

By the time the three people behind him were paralyzed, Li Wen walked back holding on to the wall. , eating too much is not good at all. The book boy waiting by the carriage reached out to help his young master, and gave their young master a reproachful look in his eyes for letting you eat so much!

"I'm going back. See you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow." Shen Zijing sent his friend out the door and watched the carriage leave before he turned and went back to the house.

In the next two days, Li Wen went out early in the morning and asked Visit gentlemen with gifts.

This world pays attention to "respecting teachers and respecting morality". Teachers are in a very high position. Now that the results of the provincial examination are released, students who pass the examination must go back to visit their teachers. Otherwise, they will be regarded as disrespectful and do not take the teacher seriously. Yes, it's bad for your reputation. Therefore, Li Wen paid great attention to these etiquette matters.

He could avoid going to parties outside or making friends outside, but now after the results of the provincial examination were released, he came to visit and thank these gentlemen who had taught him.

"Student has met Mr. Li." Li Wen performed a standard student salute in front of Mr.

"Take a seat." The gentleman saw Li Wen's arrival with a smile on his face. The gentlemen in the academy all knew about the results of this year's scientific examination, and naturally knew that the first place came from their Anlu Academy.

The gentlemen who have taught Li Wen in the academy all know that this student is an extraordinary disciple. They are not surprised that this disciple can win the rank of Jieyuan. When the disciples came to visit him, the gentlemen always gave him words of encouragement, asking him to study hard in the future and strive to make further progress.

When Li asked his husband, he would ask if he planned to participate in next year's Spring Festival. Li Wen did not hide it, he had such a plan.

After hearing this, the teacher nodded and said, "With your current results, you won the first place in the provincial examination this time, and you will definitely shine in next year's examination. I am waiting for your good news as a teacher." "

The students must live up to the teacher's expectations." Li Wen saluted his husband and listened to a few words of encouragement from his husband before leaving.

Originally, there would be fewer students coming to visit the teacher at this time. Li Wen specially chose this time to come, but unexpectedly he met some classmates and friends who also came to visit the teacher.

Being caught on the spot by his classmates, Li Wen knew that he would not be able to escape.

Zhang Xuan came here specifically to wait and see. He was sure that Li Wen, the boy, would come early and take advantage of this time to come over. The two of them bumped into each other.

"Finally I caught you, let's see where you go this time!" This time Zhang Xuan also passed the exam. Although he was in a certain position, he finally passed and he also had an explanation for his family. .

Originally, Zhang Xuan was not a person who loved reading. If his parents hadn't forced him to do so, he would have stopped reading. Fortunately, winning the imperial examination this time can be regarded as an explanation to his family, and his family will not force him to continue taking the exam.

"Haha, where can I run?" Li Wen felt a little guilty.

Zhang Xuan snorted. How many years have he been classmates with this kid Li Wen? He still doesn't know who Li Wen is? This kid would hide wherever there were few people. If you wanted him to go to a crowded place, you would have to tie him up with a rope. They usually study in the academy and meet every day. Zhang Xuan knew that Li Wen was a foreigner, but when he wanted to find him now, Zhang Xuan realized that he had nowhere to find Li Wen.

Speaking of this, Zhang Xuan asked Li Wen, "Where do you live?"

Li Wen touched his nose and said he was staying with an uncle, and asked Zhang Xuan to go to the shop if he wanted to find him. Leave him a message. Zhang Xuan glared at Li Wen and said, "I'll send someone to deliver it."

He delivered it twice! The man didn't respond at all, and Zhang Xuan got angry when he said this.

"Haha, really?" There have been too many people looking for him recently, and Li Wen didn't even have time to hide, so he really didn't know that Zhang Xuan had someone send a letter to the shop. "The book boy around me has been busy recently. Go get it back for me

. He is putting the blame on the little book boy.

"..." Li Tong, Master, are you really okay with this?

"Go up, I have a party with Xu Yi and the others today ." , you can't run away. "Zhang Xuan pushed Li Wen onto his own carriage and followed him into the carriage. At this moment, Li Wen couldn't run away even if he wanted to.

Later, he was caught and went to two parties, some of which were at Some classmates and friends I knew from studying in Nanyang, as well as some who I didn't know, came to get to know him when they heard his name. Some of them encountered difficulties. Li Wen always had a smile on his face. Before he could fight back, his classmates and friends stood up for him

and wanted to cause trouble for him. They didn't even look at who was here!

Later, Li Wen discovered that even if he was going to a party, he was still a student at Anlu Academy. In many places, if someone comes to trouble him, the firecrackers nearby will kill half of them for him before he can fire.

Haha! If you want to cause trouble for him, you don't even look at the scene.

Chapter 35: The Deer Ming Banquet

On the third day after the results of the provincial examination were released, the Deer Ming Banquet was held, and the "Deer Ming" chapter in the Book of Songs was sung, which was called the "Deer Ming Banquet". The Luming Banquet was hosted by Mr. Futai, and the new imperial examination candidates who passed the provincial examination were invited to attend together with the officials from inside and outside.

On this day, all the successful candidates came together to participate. Being able to attend the Deer Ming Banquet was an honor for these students, and it was a matter of honor. Many people came early and took the opportunity to make some friends.

"Ah Wen, here." Zhang Xuan, who had arrived early, called out when he saw Li Wen coming in.

When Li asked, he heard someone calling him. He walked over to Zhang Xuan and said hello to everyone. When Li Wen came over, Zhang Xuan introduced to the people around him, "This is the Jie Yuan Li Wen you asked about. Now,

this man is standing here. He is not a figure with three heads and six arms. He is two people like us." One eye and one nose.

"It turns out that Brother Zhang knows Xie Yuan and didn't introduce us to each other earlier. "

Haha, we all finally met Jie Yuanlang today. I didn't expect that Jie Yuan was still so young. I'm so happy to meet you.

" "You're welcome, you're welcome."

Many students outside have said this in recent days . They were discussing who Li Wen was, who came first in the provincial examination. It was only today that they met Li Wen in person. They did not expect that Li Wen was a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old. Before that, he had won three consecutive primary and secondary schools. I heard that he was admitted as a scholar at the age of less than ten years old.

Master Futai is hosting the banquet today, and these scholars also have the opportunity to meet Master Futai. Everyone strives to show their face in front of Master Futai.

"Student Li Wen has met Lord Futai." Li Wen bowed his hands to Lord Futai.

"Okay." Mr. Futai is over sixty years old, with a smile on his face, smiling at the students who arrived today. Seeing Jieyuan who came first in this year's provincial examination, Mr. Futai nodded and said with a smile, "Young people are born with talents. I didn't expect that our Xieyuan in this year's provincial examination was a young man."

"The student just got the first place by luck." Li Wen relied on his young age and good looks to behave well in front of Mr. Futai.

"Haha, good." Mr. Futai is obviously very satisfied with this year's Jieyuan. He has won the first place in the provincial examination at this age. He has a bright future in the future. Master Futai asked Jie Yuan what books he was reading on weekdays. Li asked and asked a few questions. The two of them answered questions and Master Futai nodded with satisfaction.

Young Jie Yuan and Mr. Futai stood together like a grandfather and grandson. Mr. Futai's grandsons were both older than the young man in front of him, so the governor looked at Jie Yuanlang with a smile, as if he saw It's like his grandson is acting like a spoiled child in front of him.

Haha, you call it a fluke to get first place in the exam? What do we call these?

The people who heard Li Wen and Master Futai talking were all complaining about Li Wen in their hearts. Compared with Li Wen, it is simply not giving people like them a way to survive! Sure enough, there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the world. Comparing people to others will make people angry to death.

It was not until today that Zhang Yu, who was second in the provincial examination, saw Jie Yuan Li Wen who was on top of him. He saw that the other person was a young man with an immature face. This made Zhang Yu, who had always been arrogant and arrogant, very unconvinced. It was this kid who overpowered him and made him fall to second place, otherwise the top spot would have been his!

Originally, Changyu was determined to win the position of Jieyuan, but he didn't expect that Cheng Yaojin would appear halfway.

"I'm Changyu. I've heard Brother Li's name for a long time, but I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to meet Brother Li today." Changyu is a well-known talent outside of China. He himself is handsome and elegant. Even if he hates the other party so much at this moment, Chang Yu still has to maintain his magnanimous and talented demeanor.

"Brother Zhang, it's a pleasure to meet you." Li Wen didn't see the jealousy towards him in the other person's eyes, and asked you to pretend! As if no one knows how to pretend.

The third place in the provincial examination was a candidate named Ma, who was already in his early thirties, much older than the top two. But among the nearly 100 candidates, Ma Zhiyuan is actually not that old.

Chang Yu is only in his early twenties this year, and he is already considered young among those who have won the national examination. However, there is another Jie Yuan in front of him who is not as old as the weak crown. Under the background of Jie Yuan, Chang Yu, an Asian Yuan is nothing. So it's no wonder that Li Wen was a thorn in Zhang Yu's heart. The other person was younger than him and more knowledgeable than him. This made Chang Yu, who was born in a wealthy family and had never encountered setbacks, feel very angry and unwilling. .

"Haha, I'm older than you. If you don't mind, how about you call me Brother Ma, and I'll call you Brother Li?" Ma Zhiyuan is an older man with certain experience and experience. He and the people around him The students all get along well with each other, and their tone of voice and attitude are very pleasant and make people feel very comfortable.

Therefore, Li Wen's first impression of this person was also good, at least better than the previous one Chang Yu who seemed obviously narrow-minded, so Li Wen was also willing to associate with such a person, "Haha, of course it is possible."

Seeing Ma Zhiyuan While Li Wen was talking, someone who was familiar with Ma Zhiyuan came over and looked for an opportunity to get to know Li Wen, the great talent who had won the first place in the exam. In the past few days, everyone has heard a lot about the deeds of this great talent Li, but this is the first time they met, "We have heard Brother Li's name for so long, and today we are finally lucky enough to meet Brother Li."

"Nice to meet you. "Li Wen touched his wife and smiled. I am a legend. Don't you know?

The deer singing banquet is about to begin. Everyone sat back in their respective seats. Li Wen's seat was next to Mr. Futai. His move On one side is Ma Zhiyuan. Zhang Yu is sitting on the other side of Mr. Futai. They are not sitting together.

Before the banquet, the song "Deer Ming" is played, and then an old man recites the song "Yo Yo Deer". Ming, eat wild apples. "Yo yo, the sound of deer, the worship of food in the wild..."

"Deer Ming" is a song from "The Book of Songs Xiaoya". Its meaning is that when the deer discovers delicious food, he does not forget to call his companions and makes the sound of "Yo yo". Therefore, the ancients Thinking that this was a virtue, the emperor hosted a banquet for the ministers to show the emperor's politeness and virtuousness. Therefore, it followed the example. Later, local officials hosted banquets for their colleagues, local magistrates or local gentry, thus the origin of the "Deer Ming Banquet" .

The melodious sound touched people's hearts.

After the song "Lu Ming" ended, the Lu Ming Banquet officially began. Today's Lu Ming Banquet was held at a famous restaurant in Nanyang Mansion, and the dishes served were naturally good

. He just made up his mind to have a meal today and then left. He took his chopsticks to whatever dish he liked. After tasting a piece, it tasted pretty good. Now everyone is here to participate in the Deer Ming Banquet. They didn't come here just for a meal, so Jie Yuan, who was sitting next to Mr. Futai, was eating like crazy from the beginning, which was very eye-catching.

Mr. Futai saw that little Jie Yuan was young and missed his grandson. At this age, my son is also the most gluttonous, so he still persuaded little Xie Yuan to eat more with a smile on his face. A

half-year-old boy eats the poor, which means that at Xie Yuanlang's age, no matter how much he eats, his stomach will be full. They were all not full. Ma Zhiyuan saw that Li Wen couldn't pick up the dishes farther away. His hands were long enough and he helped Li Wen pick up the dishes into his bowl and said, "Eat slowly, there are still many, no." in a hurry.

"Thank you, Brother Ma. " "After a while, Li Wen changed his name to Brother Ma.

"You're welcome, you're welcome. If you want to eat something that can't be picked, just ask me to pick it for you. "Ma Zhiyuan got married late, and his son was only five or six years old. If he had gotten married a few years earlier, his son might be as old as a teenager.

A poor boy from the countryside is worthy of sitting at the deer-crowing banquet, which has brought disgrace to the scholars! Zhang Yu cursed in his heart when he saw Li Wen working hard.

The status of a scholar and a scholar are very different. There are poor scholars, but I have never heard of poor scholars. No matter how bad a scholar is, he is still a scholar, and he can become an official in some place. No matter how young an official is, he is still an official. If his family has connections and money, he may be able to become the county magistrate of a small place through trust. This is not impossible.

Among the nearly a hundred candidates here, there will definitely be those who will take the exam. If they can pass the exam, they will be Jinshi. In this era where the official rank is overwhelming, even Jinshi and Juren are in different classes.

Everyone who came to participate in the Deer Ming Banquet today may take a different path in the future. If you can get to know a few more people today, it will be good. Maybe you can pave the way for yourself in the future, so there are many people today. Most of the students come here with the intention of making more friends. The students in the same room were all having a good time, chatting and laughing, and it was completely invisible that many of them were meeting for the first time today.

Li Wen sat there happily eating his meal, and it was really great to have someone help pick up the food, but soon his beautiful idea would be broken.

"Sir, today is the deer-crowing banquet. How can we miss out on composing poems? Are you right, sir?" Chang Yu suggested.

"Yes, how can there be no poems at the Deer Ming Banquet today? No, no, no." Someone agreed.

Lord Futai smiled and nodded, agreeing to the proposal.

Zhang Yu's eyes fell on Li Wen, and he suggested to Lord Futai, "Sir, why don't we start with Jieyuan first."

"..." Oh my god! He just wants to have a good meal, isn't this even possible? Compose poetry? What kind of poetry can he write? He can't write poetry at all! Li Wen's mouth was still stuffed, and when someone called his name, he almost choked on the food in his mouth.

"Eat slowly. Come, drink some tea quickly, be careful not to choke." Ma Zhiyuan noticed that Li Wen was choked by the food, and hurriedly gave him the tea next to him. Li Wen grabbed it and drank it in a slurping manner before choking on the food in his throat. He said "thank you" to Ma Zhiyuan, and then looked at Zhang Yu who suggested that he write a poem, wishing he could poke a hole in this man's body. come out.

"Brother Li can pass the Jieyuan exam, so his knowledge must be the best. It must not be difficult to compose a poem. Brother Li, are you right?" Chang Yu said with a smile on his face. If you can't compose it, you must be knowledgeable. Not good anymore.

Chang Yu looked around at the students present and said, "Gentlemen love chrysanthemums. Why don't we write

a poem with the theme 'Chrysanthemum' today?"

Many people agreed one after another.

"How's it going, Jieyuan, do you think it's okay?" Chang Yu asked Li Wen.

00You XX, Li Wen greeted Chang Yu several times in his heart, and said with a troubled face, "Sir, I often think my poems are not good. Otherwise, I won't write this poem today, so as not to..." Tu Fuyuan Long face.

It is true that Dean Fu disliked his poems very much. Every time he asked him to compose a poem, he would wait for him to hold it in for half a while before he composed a poem for Dean Fu. After reading it, Dean Fu waved him away. Over time, Dean Fu also realized that his disciple was good at writing articles, but he was really good at writing poems.

Li Wen felt hehehe in his heart.

"Oh, so Jie Yuan can't compose poetry?" Chang Yu said "Jie Yuan" with a sarcastic meaning. You, a Jie Yuan, can't even write poetry. What's wrong with this Jie Yuan who passed the exam? A problem?

It seems that today the other party has to ask him to compose a poem. Not just one poem, but he has memorized three hundred Tang poems since he was a child!

But he didn't write it himself, it was called stealing a poem.

There are quite a few poems with chrysanthemum as the theme! Seeing the aggressive look of the other party, I have no intention of letting him go today. It seems that if I don't write a poem today, there will be no end. Li Wen said calmly, "Since Brother Zhang will definitely ask me to compose a poem, then I will compose one. If it's not good, please, sir, and everyone here, please don't say bad things." "

Okay, okay." Don't look at the smiling face of Mr. Futai from beginning to end. He has eaten more salt than these students have eaten in a short period of time. , Master Futai can be regarded as knowing the character and temperament of the students around him.

As for this young man who won the position of understanding Yuan at a young age, he really doesn't look like a kid who can be easily manipulated.

"Brother Li, have you thought about it, can you write this poem within the time limit of a cup of tea?" Chang Yu was obviously a little more aggressive. Ma Zhiyuan, who was sitting opposite, looked at Chang Yu with a flash of displeasure in his eyes. Ma Zhiyuan saw that Chang Yu had been causing trouble for Li Wen several times today.

"I don't need a cup of tea. Let me think about it... Well, I have it!" Li Wen recalled it in his mind and

pretended to blurt it out, "Autumn bushes surround the house like Tao's house, everywhere. The edge of the fence is getting more and more sloping. It's not that chrysanthemums are preferred among flowers. There will be no flowers when the flowers are in full bloom. "

Propriating a poem by Yuan Zhen, a poet from the Tang Dynasty, Li Wen put his hands together and said sorry to a certain poet,

"Okay, okay. Poetry!"

Someone in the crowd shouted loudly, and everyone responded one after another, saying that this poem was good.

"It's not a favorite sentence among flowers. If the flowers are in full bloom, there will be no flowers!"

"What a poem!"

Even Mr. Futai recited the poem slowly when he heard it, and said "Okay." It was indeed a good poem.

Li Wen breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He wondered if their era was different from the original era. In this era, there has never been a great poet like the Tang Dynasty in history, let alone such a poem. , otherwise it would be hard for him to get away with it so easily.

"Okay, it's indeed a good thing." After listening to Li Wen's poem, Ma Zhiyuan, who was sitting opposite, said to Zhang Yu, "Brother Zhang, since Brother Li just composed a poem, let's go to Brother Zhang now. Brother Zhang just proposed to compose a poem with the theme of "Chrysanthemum". Brother Zhang already has an idea in mind. Let us all listen to what good poems Brother Zhang has written. "

Ma Zhiyuan has long disliked Chang Yu. It was not that he had never met Chang Yu on the same occasion before, but Chang Yu's character really made him dislike him. He was aggressive towards Li Wen just now, now let him feel what it feels like to be forced by others.

Zhang Yu's face was slapped loudly. Before he could recover, he heard Ma Zhiyuan's words. Zhang Yu paused and said, "Yes, it's a bit interesting."

After a cup of tea, Zhang Yu made a speech Chang Yuneng won the second place in the provincial examination for his poem about chrysanthemums. His talents and learning were very good, so it was not difficult for him to write a poem. But with Li Wen's poem about chrysanthemums in front of it, the poem he composed would be much inferior.

"Okay, a good poem..."

"Yeah, as expected of Brother Zhang, he can compose such a good poem casually."

There are still some students who have a good relationship with Chang Yu who are saying that Chang Yu's poem is good.

Ma Zhiyuan composed a poem, which sounded much better than Chang Yu's.

Many students followed him in composing poems, hoping to stand out at today's Luming Banquet and let

Master remember him as such a prominent figure.

Li Wen sat next to Mr. Futai. Mr. Futai paid special attention to Li Wen and asked a lot of questions.

As soon as the deer singing banquet started, Mr. Futai left the banquet first, and the rest of the time was for students to communicate with each other. After seeing Master Futai leave, everyone walked over to Li Wen and Ma Zhiyuan, surrounded the two people, and everyone praised Li Wen's poem about chrysanthemums.

"Brother Li, that poem you just composed is really good."

"Brother Li, I'd like to toast you."

"Sorry, sorry, I don't know how to drink." Li Wen didn't know how to drink, but he was fine with a little drink. Okay, drinking with so many people, he just waits to be carried out after a while! On the other hand, Ma Zhiyuan next to him was a brotherly man and helped him hold back a lot of wine.

When I saw that Ma Zhiyuan was practicing, he drank without changing his expression.

However, Ma Zhiyuan doesn't drink everyone's wine. Seeing that he keeps drinking, there is not much wine in the cup.

Instead, many people gathered around Li Wen, and there were not as many people around Changyu as before. Chang Yu's eyes turned red when he saw it, and he hated Li Wen even more. Chang Yu's smiles were a bit forced when talking to the people next to him.

After finally escaping from a group of people, Li Wen found Shen Zijing and Su Yuan and introduced them to Zhang Xuan and the others. Unexpectedly, Shen Zijing and Zhang Xuan unexpectedly got along well with each other. The two of them seemed to regret meeting each other late.

After the Luming Banquet, Li Wen actually made a few good friends. The one named Ma's brother is one of them. Shen Zijing and Zhang Xuan also met several friends at the banquet and introduced them to him, and everyone got to know each other again.

The banquet was over and they were about to leave. Everyone agreed to come out to get together another day. Li Wen did not refuse and said "Okay."

"Master, here."

After leaving the restaurant, Li Wen looked at Arrived at the bookboy waiting at the door.

After saying goodbye to the friends who were traveling with him, Li Wen saw that Shen Zijing and Zhang Xuan also had carriages at home to take them back. Li Wen got on the carriage that came to pick him up and went back.

Chapter 36 Meeting

Lu Ming Again After the banquet, Li Wen met a lot of friends at the banquet, and some of them were quite easy to talk to. At this time, everyone is ready to go back. Taking advantage of the last little time, everyone can get together again. Otherwise, if we leave now, we don't know when the next time we will meet again.

In the next few days, Li Wen will also go out to attend some gatherings with some classmates and friends he met while studying in Nanyang, and to say goodbye to some friends who are leaving, so there are also many large and small gatherings at this time. The party he was going to attend.

Studying is not something you have to do behind closed doors every day. Occasionally when he is in a good mood, Li Wen also likes to go outside for a walk, make friends, and just relax after studying. Naturally,

Dean Fu approved the fact that he would not miss reading every day , otherwise Li Wen would not dare to go out and wander around.

Since that day when Li Wen composed the chrysanthemum poem at the Deer Ming Banquet, Li Wen's name has spread completely, and students have all praised his poem.

Li Wen felt slightly guilty about this.

Nanyang Mansion was very lively at this time, with various stalls on the streets selling everything. Today, at the invitation of a friend, Li Wen took Shu Tong out. It was still early, so he took Li Tong for a walk on the street, thinking about seeing what suitable gifts he could buy for Zijing. Help him take it back to his parents and younger brother.

There is not much time left until spring next February. A trip back and forth to home will take at least half a month. There is nothing important to do when I go back home. I just have to rush back to see what I have to do, so Li Wen doesn't want to go back. Planning to go back. After I take the exam in Beijing next year, I may still have time to go home and visit my relatives. We'll see what happens then.

It always felt like he was getting further and further away from home and his parents and brothers over the years. Li Wen felt very sad about this.

"Go and buy some steamed buns." I'm a poor boy. I just ate not long ago, and now I'm hungry again. Seeing Li Tong staring at the bun seller, Li Wen knew that he was hungry. He happened to be hungry too, so he paid Li Tong to buy more buns.

Both the master and the servant have amazing appetites now.

"Yes, Master, I'll go right away." Li Tong took the money from the Master and happily ran to buy food.

Li Wen shook his head. It's not good to just focus on eating when you go to a party, otherwise you will always be gossiped about by others. It is better to fill your stomach half full before going. He has done this the past few times he went to parties. of.

The young man standing on the street did not know that he was being targeted by the people in the restaurant.

Sitting upstairs were His Highness the Crown Prince and his companion, who had returned from Pingzhou to complete the disaster relief mission. The Pingzhou disaster relief matter was handled under the auspices of Yang Shaomu. The people's affairs were dealt with. Several corrupt officials were also arrested and sent back to Beijing with the accompanying guards for processing.

On the surface, their disaster relief trip was handled perfectly. Only Yang Shaomu knew that the corrupt officials they caught this time were just a few small fish and shrimps, and the bigger mastermind was behind them. It's just that the prince's current ability is not enough to shake those behind him. This makes Yang Shaomu feel helpless, but there is nothing he can do.

Unless he sits in that position one day, he can slowly deal with these people step by step.

If Dacheng continues like this, it will be in danger!

On the way through Nanyang Mansion, Yang Shaomu quietly entered Nanyang Mansion with his companion and a few personal followers. Last time he came and left in a hurry. This time Yang Shaomu wanted to come and see his teacher. The place to come down.

They separated from the main force and escaped the assassins' assassinations. Yang Shaomu didn't know how many assassinations they encountered along the way. If it weren't for his companion by his side, Yang Shaomu really doesn't know if he would have been able to return to the capital with his life. I'm afraid there was a lot of work from his brothers. It seemed that they didn't want him, the prince, to be safe. Go back to the capital.

Being in the royal family, family ties are already weak. What can't brothers do for that position? Yang Shaomu would not be so naive as to think that the Tian family could still have any kind of brotherly love.

"Ayi, look at the young man below, is he the young man we met at Mr.'s place that day?" At this moment, Yang Shaomu and Zhao Xiangyi were sitting upstairs drinking tea when they saw the young man standing on the street. , recognized the young man he met at his husband's place that day.

Zhao Xiangyi saw His Highness the Crown Prince's interest in the young man.

Zhao Xiangyi stood by the window, and he naturally saw the young man below, casually throwing the peanut in his hand at him.

"Master, here are the buns for you." The book boy went to buy some buns and brought them over.

Li Wen took the four buns and gave the remaining four to the children. His head seemed to have been touched by something,

but Li Wen didn't care.

Seeing that the other party ignored him, Zhao Xiangyi threw the peanut in his hand again, this time with a little more force, hitting the young man's forehead.

Li Wen didn't take it seriously when he was hit by something for the first time, but he was hit on the forehead again. "...Which bastard threw something at him!" Li Wen looked down and saw a peanut on the ground. It hurt so much!

Who is it! It's intentional!

Li Wen grabbed the bun with one hand and covered his forehead with the other. He raised his head and looked around, and saw a man in black standing by the window of the restaurant opposite. The man looked familiar. The most important thing was that he still had a hand in his hand. A tool for committing crimes, you can't rely on it even if you want!

snort!

When Zhao Xiangyi saw the young boy holding his hands and bulging with anger, he thought it was very cute. He put away the peanuts in his hands and pointed his fingers at the other person.

Simple asshole! If you ask me to go over, I will go over, but I can't go away!

Just when Li Wen was about to lift his feet and walk away, he looked up and saw that the other person had taken out the peanuts in his hand again. If he continued to walk forward and didn't go up, the person would throw something at him again. A black line flashed across his forehead. Li Wen stuffed the bun into the book boy's arms and said, "Hold it for me!"

With a turn of his feet, Li Wen walked towards the restaurant opposite, knowing that this time he didn't care whether he wanted to or not. If he goes up, the other party will have a way to let him go up.

Seeing people coming towards them, Zhao Xiangyi went out and gave instructions to let the young man in later.

"Hey, young master, where are you going?" They were not going to a restaurant, Li Tong asked, grabbing the bun in his hand and chasing after their young master.

"Don't ask, just follow." Li Wen said angrily.

"Young master, please come in. How many young masters are there?" the boy asked him as soon as he entered.

"I'm looking for someone." Li Wen walked around the waiter, saw the stairs, walked towards the stairs, and went up to the second floor. I glanced around and saw a wing with two guards standing at the door. This was it.

The two guards looked at him and let him in.

Li Tong wanted to follow their young master in, but was stopped.

"Wait for me outside." Li Wen saw Li Tong being blocked outside and turned around to give instructions.

"Oh." The book boy could only stand behind and watch eagerly as their young master entered.

The guard at the door closed the door, blocking the view of outsiders. Li Tong had no choice but to stand at the door, eating the buns in his hand and waiting for their young master. He thought that the buns would not taste good if they were cold, and hoped that their young master would come out quickly.

As soon as he entered the door, Li Wen saw the man in black standing there. He glanced at him angrily. It was the man who had just thrown something at him! Zhao Xiangyi looked at the young man in front of him, and saw that the young man glared at him without any pain, and he didn't care. It would be nice if he could invite someone over.

The man in white sitting there was looking at him with a smile on his face.

"Hello, I'm Li Wen." Since everyone was here, Li Wen didn't want to be rude and gave the other party a student's salute. No matter what, this person was acquainted with his teacher, but he didn't seem to be very popular with Dean Fu.

"I apologize to you for A Yi's behavior just now. He didn't mean any harm. It's just that we happened to see you on the street today and wanted to invite you to come up and have a cup of tea with us." Yang Shaomu looked at The young man in front of him had red lips and white teeth. When he met this young man for the first time, he knew that this young man looked good.

At this time, the person standing in front of him looked more and more beautiful.

When they came to Nanyang Mansion this time, they happened to coincide with the announcement of the results of the provincial examination. Yang Shaomu did not expect that the young man in front of him, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, got the Jie Yuan in the provincial examination. This made His Highness the Crown Prince look at the young man in front of him in a different light. He is worthy of being a student taught by his teacher himself.

Yang Shaomu didn't specifically ask anyone to find the young man. He just happened to meet him here and invited him to come up and have a cup of tea. Yang Shaomu was actually a little curious in his heart about what kind of person could make Mr. Fu take back his students.

"Sit down, you don't have to stand." Yang Shaomu felt a little happy when he saw the young man. He hadn't met someone who made him happy for a long time. This young man is the teacher's disciple, so he should be called Senior Brother.

Li Wen took a look and sat down in the vacant seat. Tea had been poured for him in front of him. It was still steaming. It seemed that it had just been poured.

There are a lot of snacks on the table, which look good.

"You can just call me Zixuan. This is my good friend Zhao Xiangyi." Yang Shaomu glanced at Zhao Xiangyi and smiled at the young man and said, "The last time I met you at Mr. Fu's place, I didn't know your name. I left in a hurry. I didn't expect to see you on the street this time. It seems that it is fate between you and me."

"We happened to be in Nanyang Mansion this time, but we didn't expect to happen to meet the provincial examination. I heard that the candidate for this year's provincial examination is a young man named Li Mingwen. It must be you. Since ancient times, talented young people have been born. I can't believe it without seeing it with my own eyes."

Li Wen pursed his lips and smiled at the other party. He was treated like this . I'm so embarrassed to praise you.

But with people he didn't know, Li Wen couldn't find anything to talk about, so he first wanted to see what the other person wanted to do by inviting him over.

Chapter 37 Farewell

"Try this tea and see if you like it." Yang Shaomu picked up the tea in front of him and

took a sip, signaling the young man to drink tea. Li Wen picked up the tea, smelled it, lowered his head and took a sip. The taste is mellow in the mouth.

After one sip, he tasted the top-quality Wuyi Mountain Dahongpao. The tea trees of this kind of tea grow on the cliffs of Wuyi Mountain. It is extremely difficult to pick. It is carefully processed and produced in very small quantities every year. It is a tribute tea. . Before this, Li Wen had only tasted this kind of tea from Dean Fu, who told him about this tea.

In the past few years, he had been drinking tea with Dean Fu. At first, he was bored with any good tea. After being beaten by Dean Fu several times, he slowly learned the way those literati drank tea.

Tasting tea, tasting tea, it is true that good tea must be tasted slowly to taste it.

Li Wen sipped the tea sip by sip, maintaining the mentality that the enemy would not move, and neither would I. The purpose of the other party's visit to him was unclear. Did you come here because of his name? Come and have a cup of tea with him, it doesn't look like him.

"Do you remember the first time we met, at Mr. Fu's place, who were you and Mr. Fu?" Yang Shaomu didn't know the relationship between the young man and Mr. Fu, he just pretended not to know. The man expressed his doubts in a pleasant way, without making people feel offended by his questions.

Li Wen raised his eyes and looked at the man who smiled at him, thinking that this man had a very nice smile.

Everyone likes beautiful things, and Li Wen is no exception. If the man in front of him was placed in the modern entertainment industry, he could properly assume the image of all the rich second-generation son-in-laws in idol dramas. He would definitely be the one. A popular character!

Seeing the young man staring at his face, the smile in Yang Shaomu's eyes deepened. There had never been anyone so bold as the young man in front of him, staring straight at his face. Normally, if someone looked at the face of His Highness the Crown Prince so rudely, he would be charged with being disrespectful to His Highness the Crown Prince.

The boy's eyes were clear in black and white. Yang Shaomu had never seen such a pair of beautiful and clean eyes.

"Ah, oh, Mr. Fu is my teacher." Li Wen was stunned for a moment before he realized what he was doing. He lowered his head and touched his nose and said.

"Oh, that's it. Speaking of which, Mr. Fu also gave me some guidance on my homework back then. After all, we are still from the same school. Isn't it time for you to call me Senior Brother?" Yang Shaomu joked. road.

Li Wen raised his head and blinked at the other person. Dean Fu didn't tell him that he had accepted other disciples before him. Should he call him Senior Brother or Senior Brother? Moreover, even if the opponent's overbearing aura has been restrained, he cannot hide it no matter how he looks at it.

I think back then, Dean Fu was an official in the capital, and he was still a high-ranking official. Who could Dean Fu personally teach? They are nothing more than the descendants of princes, generals and ministers, the sons of high officials in the court, Li Wen thought about it in his heart, and it was a bit sad!

Since Dean Fu didn't want to mention this person to him that day, he probably didn't want to have anything to do with those people in the capital, including the young master in front of him.

But he is going to Beijing to take the exam soon. Who knows if he does well in the exam, he will stay in the capital as an official. So it is impossible for him to distance himself from these people in the future, right?

Without knowing the identity of the other party, Li Wen did not dare to have any rash relationships. If Dean Fu found out, he would probably be expelled from the school even if he was not beaten to death. Thinking about it this way, Senior Brother should not shout randomly this time.

"Haha..." Li Wen laughed dryly and quickly drank a cup of tea to calm down his shock. He grabbed another piece of pastry and stuffed it into his mouth. The pastry in his mouth was soft and fragrant. It was really good. Li Wen took a sip of the pastry and drank it again. A sip of tea.

"I wonder if Mr. Fu is in good health these years?" Yang Shaomu's concern for Mr. Fu was genuine. He invited the young man here because he wanted to ask the young man how Mr. Fu has been living in Nanyang Mansion these past years.

"Yeah, that's good." Li Wen nodded without stopping, taking a sip of tea and a mouthful of delicious snacks. His two bulging eyes looked at the man talking to him from time to time. He would answer whatever the other person asked. Hmm.

He couldn't stop eating for a while, mainly because he was hungry now. He had obviously just eaten before going out, so he was hungry again!

Li Wen thought of the steamed buns he had asked the book boy to buy just now. He thought they would not taste good if they were cold, and he felt a little upset...

It didn't matter, it would be the same if he went out after eating here.

Zhao Xiangyi, who was sitting aside, looked at the young man who looked like a little rabbit in front of His Highness, with a smile flashing in his eyes. Unexpectedly, this young man was quite interesting. Seeing that the tea in the young man's cup was gone, Zhao Xiangyi reached over and helped the young man pour a cup of tea.

Li Wen raised his head and gave the man in black a smile. He smiled quite well, as if he had forgotten that this man had bullied him just now.

"You got such a good rank in the provincial examination this time, you must be going to take the scientific examination next spring, right?"

Yang Shaomu didn't mind whether the boy called him senior brother or not, he just wanted to tease the boy.

The young man looks to be fifteen or sixteen years old at most. He can win the rank of Jieyuan in the provincial examination, so his knowledge must be good. After this time's provincial examination, the Spring Examination will be held in February next year. Yang Shaomu guessed that the boy will go to Beijing to participate in next year's Spring Examination.

"Yeah." Li Wen nodded. After swallowing the food in his mouth, he picked up the tea and took a sip. He smiled reservedly and said, "Go, go, go see what the capital is like." Okay. I don't know if he can pass the exam."

If he can't pass the exam, the next candidates will not have to take the exam.

Yang Shaomu chuckled, not believing that the disciples taught by Mr. Fu could not even pass the examination. He smiled and said, "If you go, you will definitely be able to pass."

You still have to be humble, Li Wen didn't dare He said he would definitely be able to get on.

After spending such a short time with the young man, Yang Shaomu had a good impression of the young man. It would be a great thing if he could win the young man to his side in the future.

Knowing that the young man would definitely take the exam in Beijing in a few months, Yang Shaomu took off a jade pendant from his waist and handed it to the young man. He said to the young man, "Take this jade pendant. When you go to Beijing in the future, if you meet me in Beijing, Whatever the matter, you can take this jade pendant to the shopkeeper at Yun Silk Cloth Shop on East Street. If you hand this jade pendant to him, he will naturally know what to do."

"No, no, this thing is too heavy a responsibility. "Li Wen glanced at the jade pendant in front of him. Regardless of whether he would accept the other party's kindness, this jade pendant didn't look cheap. This young master picked it off casually and gave it to him. From this, it can be seen that the other party is really not short of money? He is really rich? He is a rich young master.

My mother-in-law taught me when I was a child not to just take things given by others. He is also a principled person!

Zhao Xiangyi did not expect that His Highness the Crown Prince would take off the jade pendant and give it to the young man he had only met twice. However, considering that the young man was Mr. Fu's disciple, it seemed that it was worth giving away this jade pendant.

Yang Shaomu glanced at his companion, Zhao Xiangyi put the jade pendant into the boy's hand, and said in a cold voice, "Take what is given to you."

Li Wen didn't want to take the jade pendant, but it was obvious that the other man Don't give him a chance to refuse at all. The dark-faced man on the side put the jade pendant into his hand, so Li Wen had no choice but to catch it and said "thank you."

As for whether he will find the other party when he arrives in the capital, that is another matter.

If there is no hassle on the road, the quality of this jade pendant seems to be quite good. It should be quite valuable, and maybe it can be used as a few coins for travel expenses.

"You were down there just now. Did you plan to go somewhere, so we won't delay your business." The smile on Yang Shaomu's face made people feel like spring breeze. He just saw the young man walking on the street. He must be going somewhere. If the place is gone, they won't be able to keep the young man here any longer.

"I happen to have something to do, so I'll take my leave first." Li Wen stood up and said goodbye to the other party.

After the young man left, His Royal Highness the Prince and General Zhao who were sitting by the window saw the young man leaving the restaurant with the boy.

Yang Shaomu remembered that the young man had drunk several cups of tea at his place just now and had not eaten the snacks well, but he did not say much to him. His Highness the Crown Prince couldn't help but smile and said, "This young man looks like a dog." The little rabbit is actually a little fox, very sleek. "

Your Highness, you mean that Master Fu can teach a little rabbit?" Zhao Xiangyi, who was accompanying the prince at that time, was often slapped by Fu Yihan with a ruler. The palm of the hand, that of Master Fu, is filled with sesame seeds and is black.

Zhao Xiangyi didn't believe that someone like Fu Yihan could teach a little rabbit.

"Haha, you are right." Yang Shaomu couldn't help but smile, and in his heart he began to look forward to meeting the boy again. Before that time, what would happen if the young man knew his true identity? Yang Shaomu thought a little evil in his heart.

After staying in Nanyang for a day, Yang Shaomu quietly left Nanyang Mansion with his companion and several guards.

After returning from the party that day, Li Wen didn't mention to Dean Fu that he met the two people outside last time. After the results

of the Shuimumu

Township Examination were released, many people began to leave Nanyang Mansion one after another. They were naturally happy that they had passed the exam. As for the candidates who had not passed the exam, they left sadly and planned to come back to take the exam three years later.

There have been many gatherings and farewells in the past few days. Li Wen went to see off some classmates and friends. He wanted to stay here in Nanyang Mansion and continue to prepare for next year's Spring Examination, so he would not go back to his hometown.

Within two days, Shen Zijing and Su Yuan also packed their things and prepared to set off back to Qingping Town.

Li Wen wrote a letter home and prepared a gift for his grandma and grandma's brother. He asked Shen Zijing to take it back for him and asked him to send someone to deliver the gift to Li's cake shop. The shopkeeper here will arrange for someone to send it to his home.

On the day Shen Zijing and Su Yuan returned, Li Wen came to the pier to see off his friends.

"The next time we meet, it will be when you are named on the gold medal list. Ah Wen, we are waiting for your good news." Shen Zijing reached out and put his arm around his friend's shoulders. He went back this time with the intention of concentrating on studying for another three years. Wait until three years later to take the exam. Maybe you will still have a chance to pass the exam at that time.

Su Yuan followed Shen Zijing and went back with him. He also planned to take the exam with Shen Zijing three years later.

"Haha, I will try my best." As soon as the friends left, I didn't know when they would meet again. Seeing that Shen Zijing and Su Yuan were about to go back, Li Wen felt reluctant to leave his friend. These words were to encourage himself and also to tell his friend, "The moon waxes and wanes, people gather and leave, no matter what, we will always We'll meet again. I'll write to you when I get to Jingzhong."

"Okay, let's go." Shen Zijing glanced behind him as the people over there were waiting for them to get on the boat. "Bon voyage."

"I wish you a speedy high school. We are waiting for your good news."

"Okay."

Li Wen, who was standing below, watched Shen Zijing and Su Yuan get on the boat. Shen Zijing stood on the bow and waved to Li Wen. The big ship set sail and left slowly. Until the big ship went further and further and disappeared into the horizon, Li Wen still stood there and did not leave.

The book boy advised, "Master, let's go back."

"Well, let's go back." Li Wen sighed and said.

Chapter 38 Good News

Qingping Town?

A native of Lijia Village. Sun Yi in Lijia Village was working in the workshop while thinking about her child studying in Nanyang. I wonder how the child did in the scientific examination this time. Sun Yi's heart was I miss my children very much. The child left after a year, and now it's almost a year.

There is a strong fragrance of flowers in the small workshop, and spices are being boiled in the stove. These boiled spices go through a series of processes. After processing, they will be made into various things, and then go out of the workshop and go through the merchants. Sold by hand everywhere.

Since the refugees came to their side, there are good people among them, but there are also bad people. A lot of things have happened in other villages recently. Fortunately, their village, Lijia Village, has built a protective wall. Strangers from outside cannot enter their village at will. Businessmen and vendors who want to enter the village must register at the entrance of the village before they can be released. .

Even so, generally unfamiliar faces are not allowed to come in at will, unless they are brought in by an acquaintance.

"Sister Yi, are you thinking about your three treasures again?" I saw Sun Yi distracted and working next to her. the woman asked. Another woman said again, "Your family's three treasures will definitely be able to pass the exam this time."

Everyone in the village was talking about this matter. They didn't know if Sanbao could pass the exam this time. When they come back, their Lijia Village There has never been a successful candidate.

Sun Yi raised her head and glanced at everyone, with a bitter smile on her face, and said, "Sanbao left home at a young age to study abroad. As a mother-in-law, I can't take care of him personally. The child is alone outside and doesn't know how to live. How can this mother-in-law not think about it?

"I haven't received the letter from Sanbao yet, so I don't know whether Sanbao has passed the exam this time. " Sun Yi didn't dare to speak too loudly. Although she was sure that her child would definitely pass the exam, she still had to leave some room for words.

"That's true. Sanbao studied alone at a young age. Thank you for your hard work, kid. "Their children are reluctant to send them to study so far away. Many of the women here are mothers. Naturally, they know that their children are not around and miss them.

Poor parents in the world!

Listen ! After hearing Sun Yi's words, everyone understood in their hearts that several women comforted her.

In several workshops in Lijia Village, everyone was busy working. After several years, the operations of several workshops have stopped. It is obviously more organized. The environment in the workshop is clean and well-managed. Everyone performs their duties and is busy with the work at hand.

After a few cases of people stealing prescriptions in the past, the shop was stolen . Fangzi's people were kicked out, and the management in the workshop became even stricter. Workers were prohibited from communicating privately in the workshop. If any problems were discovered, they would be kicked out of the workshop without mercy.

It was a busy day and the time was very busy. It passed quickly.

The sun gradually set in the west, and when the sun was about to set, work in several workshops ended. Workers who had worked there all day went home from work.

Nowadays, wages in the workshops are calculated on a monthly basis. It is not calculated on a daily basis. No additional wages will be deducted for each person's two-day break per month. If someone takes time off for family matters, wages will be deducted on a daily basis. If each person does well every month, there will be a corresponding bonus

. At the end of the year, every household in the village still has a dividend. As for the amount of the dividend, it is calculated according to the age of the person who works in the workshop. The longer he works in the workshop, the more dividends he can get; on the contrary, if he works in the workshop, he will get more dividends. If the working time is short, the dividends received will be less.

In recent years, the profits of the workshop have been good, and the dividends have been increasing year by year. For some people who do well, the dividends they receive in one year are more than their wages in half a year. More.

The wages paid by the workshop are kept confidential, and the amount of wages received by each person will not be disclosed to the public. However, it does not restrict everyone's private communication, but no one is stupid. How much money is paid. You won't tell anyone about it, and even if others ask, you won't tell others how much you have taken. If you want to make others jealous, will you still come to borrow the money? Should you

borrow it or not? It was the most relaxed time for the workers in the workshop. After

everyone said goodbye, Sun Yi went back home. As soon as she returned home, she heard a sound outside and knew that the man from the family had returned. The man who came back last didn't even have time to drink a glass of water, so he took out the letter in his arms and gave it to his wife, saying, "Aniang, Xiaoyi, there is a letter from Sanbao. "

"Sambo sent someone to send a letter back. "

Quickly, open it and take a look. What is written? When Mrs. Li heard that her grandson had returned with a letter, she asked her daughter-in-law to open it and take a look. Sun Yi took the letter and opened it to read to everyone. When she saw the following content, Sun Yi couldn't help but

cover her mouth and cry.

Their family passed the Three Treasures... Passed the exam...

When he heard the letter from his elder brother, Li Haopeng pricked up his ears and ran over, sitting there honestly and listening to his grandma reading the letter. Seeing her crying, the boy hugged her waist anxiously and asked her, "Mom, why are you crying? Did my brother fail the exam?"

"Here, what's going on? "The old lady asked anxiously.

Even the man on the side was anxious and asked, "What did Sanbao write? Did something happen to Sanbao?" Could it be that their Sanbao didn't pass the exam this time? Even if he didn't pass the exam this time, there's no need to cry. Their Sanbao is still young. At worst, he will just take the exam again next year. Why are you crying?

"Bah, you kid, how could your brother fail the exam? Yes, it's the Three Treasures. He passed the exam, but he still ranked first in the exam." Sun Yi said while wiping away tears.

When Mrs. Li heard the news, she was so surprised that she didn't know how to react, "Really, really?"

"Yes, it's true, it's written in Sanbao's letter that Sanbao got the top spot in the provincial examination." She was so happy. I couldn't help but shed tears. Sun Yi wiped her tears, but she couldn't control the tears falling down no matter what.

"Then why are you crying? Stop crying. You are the mother of two children. Be careful if Xiaopeng sees and laughs at you." Seeing his wife's tears falling one by one, the man Li Shangu said again He felt very sorry for his wife and was busy wiping her tears.

Knowing that his son passed the exam this time, not only did he pass the exam, but he also came first in the exam. He really deserves to be his son. The father is very proud of this.

"Hahaha... My brother passed the exam, and he still got the first place in the exam... My brother is so awesome!" Li Haopeng has regarded his brother as a role model since he was a child. Even the gentlemen in the academy praised his brother. For this reason, Li Haopeng So proud.

His brother passed the exam, and he is the younger brother, haha...

When he goes to the academy, he must tell his husband and his classmates and friends, let them envy him for having such a powerful brother.

In other words, the second son of the Li family has been heartless since he was a child, and under the deliberate guidance of his family, Li Haopeng is not jealous of his brother because he is so powerful. Instead, he feels that his brother is so powerful, and his younger brother should follow his example. , learn from your brother, and strive to be as good as your brother.

Therefore, the boys of the Li family have been crying since they were young and carrying small schoolbags to study. They must be as inspiring as their elder brothers.

"God bless, God bless, I have passed the exam and my ancestors will be happy if they know this." Mrs. Li thought of her short-lived man. If her man could live to this day, they would be able to watch it together. Seeing that her grandson was so promising, Mrs. Li Wang wiped her tears and said, "Okay, okay, our Sanbao is a promising person. We will tell the village chief and the people in the clan the good news tomorrow."

Her sweet grandson passed the exam to see who would dare to look down on her family again in the future. Thinking of those years when she was a widow and raised several children, and there was no man in the family, how much their mothers had suffered. Thinking of those past events, Mrs. Li wiped away her tears again.

"Auntie, please stop crying. It's a happy event for the Three Treasures to be successful. Why are you all so busy shedding tears?" Li Shangu finally coaxed his wife, and saw her shedding tears again. The busy thing is to comfort my mother again.

"I cry because I think of your father. How wonderful it would be if your father were still alive today." Mrs. Li sighed and said.

"Tomorrow we will go up to the mountain, burn incense for my father, and tell him about the Three Treasures' success. Mother, please stop crying." Li Gushan, a rough man, hates seeing women cry the most. One is his wife, the other It was his mother, and every teardrop seemed to fall into his heart, which was very burning.

"Okay." Mrs. Li wiped her tears. Their grandson won the election, and they should all be happy.

"Congratulations to the old lady, congratulations to the master and his wife."

Li Tian and his wife, who were serving at the Li family, knew that their eldest son had passed the examination and were both happy for the master's family. Du Qiulan said with a smile, "Our eldest young master is a literary star. I knew that the eldest young master would definitely pass the exam."

Among them, only the younger Li Haopeng didn't know why his brother won the exam. Grandma and I both cried. My brother won the election, shouldn't he be happy?

That night, except for the heartless boy Li Haopeng, all the adults in the family were too happy to sleep.

Early the next morning, Li Gushan went to the village chief's house and told the village chief the good news. As soon as the village chief heard the news, he was so happy that he didn't know what to do. He laughed and said, "Okay, okay, the three treasures have been won, won, hahaha... Our Lijia Village has a master of the exam."

" This must be told to our Li clan and the whole village."

Li Shangu said, "I have some things to say to you. I will tell you when everyone comes. "

Okay, I'll ask someone to invite the clan elders first." The village chief was so panicked that he didn't know what to do first. It was his father who reminded him, and the village chief laughed and said, "Yes, please invite people first and invite everyone to discuss this matter."

The seventh uncle is now in his seventies, and he did not expect to see them Li in his lifetime. If there is a master in the family village, even if he is asked to die now, he will die in peace! The old man thought in his heart.

The old man squinted his eyes and thought of the kid who pulled his beard at his sixtieth birthday party. Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, that naughty kid became a scholar, and now he passed the exam and became a master of the exam.

These days are not so fast...

Chapter 39 At midnight,

the village chief went to invite the elders of the clan, and the officials from the Yamen came to their Lijia Village with drums and gongs to announce the good news.

"Orbit - kuang - kuang -,'

"Congratulations to Mr. Li, the master of the high school examination... Congratulations to Mr. Li, the first person in the provincial examination in high school..."

When the people in the village saw the official coming to their village, they thought it was... What's going on? After listening carefully, Li asked Mr. Li whether he passed the exam in high school.

"It's Sanbao. Mr. Sanbao passed the exam!" "Someone shouted, one by one, and soon everyone in the village knew the news that Li Sanbao had won the exam. Suddenly the whole village was excited. A master of the exam was born in their village. "

Hurry up. Go and ask the village chief..."

"I passed the Three Treasures Examination and won the Juren Examination. Master, hurry up, go tell the Gu family that the official from the Yamen is here to report the news.

The men in the village ran to the village chief's house, and happened to see Li Shanguyue here. He told them, "The officials from the Yamen came to tell them the good news. The Three Treasures have won the title of Juren Master."

"Come on, let's go and see together." I heard that the Yamen When the official messenger came to report the arrival, the village chief and Li Gugu hurriedly went out. When they came out, they happened to run into a crowd of people rushing towards them, and a group of people rushed towards the entrance of the village.

The village chief and Li Shangu led the villagers and officials who came to announce the good news to meet him.

The official who announced the good news smiled and asked, "Who is Mr. Li Wen's family member? Mr. Li won the first place in the provincial examination. We and others have come to your Lijia Village to announce the good news."

"Yes." "I am Li Wen's father." Li Shangu took a step forward and stood up.

"Congratulations to Mr. Li, congratulations to Mr. Li. Your son has won the first place in the provincial examination. In the future, your son will be the master of Juren. Congratulations..." The attitude of the officials who came to announce the good news was also polite. The person in front of me is the master of Juren. He is my biological father.

Unexpectedly, only a few years have passed, and the young master who was admitted to the scholar examination before he was ten years old has now taken a step further and won the imperial examination again. He has won the first place in succession. This is really a promising future. Infinite. Maybe the next time they come, even this little scholar might be the top pick in high school. They have never had a top pick in this place like Qingping.

The officials who work in the yamen all know that Lijiacun is a place like this. Ever since a scholar came out of Lijiacun, the entire Lijiacun has become the richest village in the last ten miles and eight townships. Nowadays, even three-year-old children on the street know about the soap made by Lijiacun.

Even their county magistrate didn't have any idea about Lijiacun's soap recipe for a place like Lijiacun, and it wasn't the face of that young scholar.

Look, in just a short time, a young scholar has become a master of the nation.

He has become a master of the people's education, but he is only half an official, which is completely different. There are not many masters of the people's education in the whole Qingping Town. This year, Qingping Town has produced several successful candidates, which has never happened before.

"Thank you, thank you..."

"Thank you for your hard work, these officials have made a trip. With these few dollars, I will treat these officials to a drink." Li Shangu took out a few taels of silver from his arms and handed it to the official who delivered the letter. hands.

The official weighed the silver taels in his hand, but there were several taels of silver, and such a trip would be enough for them to earn half a year's wages. I didn't expect such a generous reward for a trip. If this kind of good thing can happen often, it would be perfect.

"Thank you for your hard work, officials. Why don't you stay and have a glass of wine before leaving?" Village Chief He said to several officials,

"You're welcome, you're welcome. We have to go back to the Yamen to resume our duties." The leading official said a few good words and led the few people behind him back to the Yamen.

After the officials left, everyone went to Li Shangu's home.

Sun Yi and Li Wang, who were waiting at home, heard the noise outside and saw the man at home coming back. They asked what happened. The man said that it was only after they learned that someone from the Yamen came to their village to announce the good news. Seeing so many people coming to their home, Sun Yi hurriedly entertained the village chief and clan elders to sit down, and the servants at home poured tea.

"Our Lijia Village has not had a Juren master in a hundred years. Sanbao passed the exam this time, which can be said to be a big event for our Lijia Village." The village chief said.

The patriarch of the Li family followed and said, "This is also a major event for our Li family. This is the first person to be elected by our Li family. We must tell the elders and other clans to know."

"Yes." "Everyone present here responded one after another.

It is an indispensable thing to inform the ancestors when opening the ancestral hall. The village chief asked, "I don't know when Sanbao will return. Did Sanbao say it in the letter?

" , I am preparing to continue taking part in the scientific examination next year, so Sanbao may not be able to come back within this year, so we will do what needs to be done in our clan first, and we don't have to wait until Sanbao comes back. "This is also what Li Shangu said. What I want to tell everyone is that this time the Three Treasures won the title of Juren, and the person failed to come back in person to kowtow to his ancestors. Li Gugu, the father, also made this matter clear to the elders of the clan on behalf of his son, so as to avoid misunderstandings among the clansmen.

When everyone here heard that Sanbao would take part in the scientific examination next year, they all said, "Yes, yes, this scientific examination is important. If you can't come back, you won't come back."

"We can all understand."

"You let Sanbao study hard. , Don't worry about these things in the clan, we can do these things well. "

"Since Sanbao can't come back, let's do everything we need to do first," the patriarch of the Li family decided, "We will open the ancestral hall today. Tell our ancestors of the Li family this good news. When Sanbao comes back next time, we will hold an ancestral hall and let Sanbao tell the ancestors in person

.

After a hundred years, I can bring my old bones underground and I can have a face to meet my ancestors." Several elders in the clan wiped their tears with joy. Such great news must be told as soon as possible. My ancestors and ancestors, let my ancestors and ancestors also be happy and happy.

"The ancestral hall is about to be opened, and the wedding banquet also needs to be held."

"Yes, yes, it has to be held, it has to be held, and we have to hold a flowing banquet for three days and three nights."

"Place it!" Li Gugu did not object to having a banquet. , now that their family has earned a little money, they can still spend money on the wine for the banquet.

Thinking of some of the things his son mentioned in the letter, while everyone was here, Li Shangu mentioned to the village chief, clan chief, and clan elders, "Sambo mentioned in the letter that our Lijia Village is different now. Well, it would be best for us to formulate village rules and clan rules, and engrave them on stone slabs in front of the ancestral hall to restrain the people in the village and the clan. Our Lijia Village is now living a good life. We can't make everyone suffer because of one person."

"Yes, if you don't talk about this, our Li family will have to establish a clan rule." The patriarch was the first to stand up and said, "We Li. It's not easy for the Li family to have a civil servant. Who dares to do some criminal things in the name of Sanbao? It will hinder Sanbao and discredit our Li family. Don't say that your family won't spare that person. No one in our Li family will go around that person who does bad things in the name of the Three Treasures.

"The village rules of our Li family village must also be set. "The village chief said that their Lijia Village is different from before, but there are always some people in the village who are holding them back. What if they do something that will hold back Sanbao and the whole village? , he, the village chief, was the first one not to spare him.

"Yes, yes, this rule must be established." Everyone agreed one after another and agreed that a rule should be established.

They can live a good life now, not all because of Sambo. If anyone dares to hinder Sambo, the whole village will drag that person out and beat him to death.

"We, the people of Lijia Village, must be tied to a rope. As long as this rope continues, our Lijia Village will not be separated!" Their Lijia Village does not belong to one person, but to the entire Lijia Village. No one dares to do anything they want. Anyone who is a drag on their village will be kicked out!

Everyone discussed in the room for a long time. Formulating village rules and clan rules is not something that can be completed in a short while. Let's put this matter aside for now. The most important thing for now is to open an ancestral hall and offer incense to our ancestors. Inform the ancestors of this good thing.

When his son passed the examination, Li Gushan waved his hand and the workshop was closed for three days.

Pigs and sheep were being slaughtered in Lijia Village. Men and women from every household came to help, and even three-year-old children came to join in the fun. For a while, the whole Lijia Village was as happy as if it was a Chinese New Year.

"Open the ancestral hall"

The heavy door opened with a heavy creaking sound. Inside the ancestral hall were the memorial tablets of the Li clan.

The patriarch of the Li family opened the gate of the ancestral hall with everyone in the clan. Li Gushan stood behind the village chief, flanked by his mother, wife, and youngest son. Li Haopeng followed his mother. The little face looked serious.

Behind them are everyone from the Li family.

Li Laoer followed behind with Li Dahua, his beloved wife who had just entered the house, and his unmarried little daughters. His nephew won the election, and Li Laoer was also happy for his eldest brother's family.

"My ancestors and clans..." The head of the Li family read a long poem, telling the ancestors that

a master of the people's education was born in Lijia Village, so that the ancestors and clans would know better and bless Li Wenxia. Master who can get Jinshi in one go will bless their Lijia Village to produce talents from generation to generation.

After reciting the inscription, the clan elder led everyone in the clan to offer incense to the ancestors.

For the elders of the Li family, Li Wen now seems to have become the hope of their entire family.

Later, in Lijia Village, a running feast was held for three days and three nights. During these days, no fires were fired in the homes of the whole village, and the whole family went to the banquet. Li Mao, the head of Lijia Village, even invited village chiefs and villagers from nearby villages to come over for dinner and show off in front of people from other villages.

The nearby landowners and gentry came over with generous gifts. As the village chief, Li Mao invited people in for a meal, but the generous gifts were returned to everyone.

In Lijia Village, there was a master who held the ceremony for three days and three nights, which was enough to make people in Lijia Village and nearby villages talk about it for three years.

After that, the matchmakers in Lijiacun who had been doing matchmaking every now and then went to Lijiacun even more frequently.

Chapter 40: The Future of Lijia Village

Two days later, Li Wen's second letter to his family was also delivered.

At this time, the village chief and Li Zheng, the clan chief and the clan elders were discussing the customization of village rules and clan rules. Li Wen's letter was sent back in time, and one of the letters was written back to the village chief and clan elders. The clan leader and theirs. Li Shangu showed his son's letter to the village to everyone and mentioned that his son mentioned something about their Lijia Village in the letter.

"Tell me quickly what Sanbao said in the letter."

Everyone was waiting for Li Shangu to speak and wanted to hear what Sanbao said in the letter.

"The first thing Sanbao mentioned in the letter was to ask our family to pay for one hundred acres of land and put it in his name. Not more, just one hundred acres is enough" Li Shangu mentioned. The first thing the son said in the letter was, "In the future, our family will not get a cent from the harvest of this hundred acres of land. Instead, it will be put into the school in the village for the children of all the families in the village to study." "Yong."

Now that my son has passed the exam, the land under the name of Mr. Juren does not need to pay grain tax, and all the harvest of the 100 acres of land belongs to them.

Now that their family has some money, they can still afford to buy a hundred acres of land.

After knowing that his son had passed the Juren exam and that he would definitely go to the capital to take the exam, Li Shangu's father sent someone to send a thousand taels of silver notes to his son. A poor family is on the road to prosperity. After giving this money to their son, it doesn't matter if their family is in a tight situation. When the son goes out, he should prepare more money and spend what he needs on the road, so as not to encounter anything and not have any money in his hand. , it is also difficult to do things.

Their bakery and several workshops are making money every month. The business at the end of the year is good, and they can make some money for the family to celebrate the New Year.

"No, no, we have to open a school in our village, but your family can't afford this money." The village chief was the first to disagree. They had already discussed building a village middle school, and their Lijia Village has not yet had one. For a school, if the children in the village want to study, they have to go to the town and it will cost more. There are really not many families who are willing to send their children to study.

If there was a school in their village, then many people would be willing to send their children to study.

"Yes, our village is running a school. Why should your family pay this money? It's impossible."

"Now that Sanbao has to study and take exams, there will be a lot of money to spend in the future. We can't help, but we can't pay you back." Family money."

Everyone disagreed.

Hearing what was being said, the man Li Shangu stood there a little helpless. Do you want to continue talking? Before he could finish his words, Li Shangu raised his voice and said, "Everyone, listen to what I have to say. There is a reason why Sanbao said this."

The patriarch said, "Everyone, be quiet and listen to what Sanbao has to say. ."

Everyone stopped the discussion and became quiet.

Li Shangucai continued, "Sanbao proposed in the letter that in the future, all children over five and under twelve years old in our village, regardless of boys or girls, must be sent to the village school to study without having to pay any fees. The money for the repairs comes from the school. "So the harvest of this hundred acres of land belongs to the school. It is actually used for this purpose.

When it comes to girls going to study, there are naturally some people here who disagree. How can girls. Going to study? Some people objected, "No, no, no."

When Li Wen wrote in the letter about sending girls to study, he thought that everyone would definitely object, so he also explained in the letter the many benefits of girls studying. Li Shangu explained to everyone the reasons mentioned by his son in the letter one by one, and also said, "Sambo said in the letter that if there are outstanding women in the village in the future, they can give priority to work in the workshop."

Since the establishment of Lijia Village, After the workshop, not only the men in the village can work, but also many women work in it. Some women can even earn more than the men at home in a month.

In the past, who would have dared to let women go out to work and make money? Women's skills are no worse than men. If a husband and wife can enter the workshop together, their monthly income can be doubled, and the family's annual income will soon be twice that of other families. If more children could go in together, wouldn't it mean more money?

After listening to these words, some old men who initially disagreed with the girl going to school remained silent in the end, which was equivalent to acquiescence. If a girl goes to school, she can be given priority to work in the workshop, which is definitely a good thing.

"Gu Gu, please continue." When the village chief, Li Zheng and the clan leader heard this, they all looked thoughtful. The village chief asked, "What else did Sanbao say in the letter?"

Li Gu Gu continued, "Every boy in the village must learn martial arts while studying at the age of five.

Regardless of whether he studies literature or martial arts, as long as he is a good seedling, our village will cultivate it carefully. However, this training is also conditional. It does not have to be supported forever.

If the child is a good scholar and the family does not have money for the child to study, the school will pay to send the child to an academy in the town after the child reaches the age of twelve. , continue to educate this child until he reaches the

age of adulthood. If the person who is enrolled in the school has a future, the money will be returned to the school to continue to educate the next generation of people. It almost means becoming an adult at the age of eighteen. Li Wen considered that you are an adult at the age of eighteen, and you can do whatever you want, but if you have the ability, it is impossible for their village to continue to support you in studying, in case you have to take the exam until you are sixty years old. Well, doesn't it mean that the village will support you for the rest of your life?

Therefore, in response to this issue of continued cultivation, Li Wen made detailed requirements in his letter. Only those children in the village who meet the requirements will continue to be paid by the village to study until they are eighteen years old. Of course, this money is not free. It is equivalent to a modern loan for studying. You have to borrow and repay, and it is not difficult to borrow again. The returned money can also be used to train the next generation, which is actually a good thing.

The letter also mentioned that after the school was built, the subjects offered in the school were not limited to reading and literacy. Reading and literacy is only a foundation. There will also be other arithmetic and carpentry. Girls will learn martial arts and girls will learn needlework and embroidery. No restrictions.

The simplest purpose of establishing a school is to enable the children in the village to read and learn a few words, and most importantly, to learn a craft.

Looking at further interests, the reason why Li Wen mentioned the establishment of a school was because he hoped that their village would pay attention to education. Only by continuously cultivating talents can their Lijia Village prosper in the times. Otherwise, it would be very easy for his generation to be defeated and there would be no more capable people left in the future. Lijia Village would only be worse than the last generation and would soon decline.

The matter of sending this letter home was something that Li Wen had gone through many times. I wrote this after thinking about it, hoping that the villagers in Lijia Village can pay attention to their children's reading and education. If all the descendants in their village are capable of literature and martial arts, and all of them are capable, their village will It will be a different look.

It is better to teach a person to fish than to teach him to fish, that is the truth.

He has helped build the previous workshops in the village, and now the life of the villagers in Lijia Village has become better. As long as they are hardworking and willing to work, the whole family can have enough to eat. Now that my stomach is full, I have to consider a development issue for the village in the future. There must be a lot of jealous people in the several workshops in their village, and they are guilty of it. As long as their Lijia Village continues to grow, no one will dare to target them.

Li Wen sorted out these questions about Lijiacun and wrote a ten-page document, which he asked his friend to send back when he returned. He listed some relevant things in it in detail, hoping to help Lijia Village.

After Li Shangu finished talking about the things mentioned in the letter, the village chief, the clan leader and the elders present all looked thoughtful, and then Everyone whispered among themselves.

"Village chief, you should also take a look." Li Gushan gave the letter to the village chief. Village chief Li Mao had learned a few words when he was young. He took the letter with trembling hands, looked at each word on it, and took a deep breath. After taking a breath, he made up his mind and said, "We must open a school in Lijia Village!"

"This school has been established!"

"Yes, yes, the school must be established."

The matter of opening a school in the village, Everyone agrees that if this school is to be established, it must be established as soon as possible.

On this day, everyone kept talking until dark, and the village rules of Lijia Village and the clan rules of the Li family were formulated one by one. There is also the issue of establishing a school that Sanbao mentioned in his letter. This school must be established, and it must be successfully established.

It wasn't until late at night that the children and grandchildren of several families went to the village chief's house to pick up their old fathers and take them home.

"Back."

"Well, let's go in."

Li Shangu returned home very late, and his wife at home was still waiting for him to return.

This night, none of the old people who participated in tonight's discussion about the future of Lijiacun could sleep.

Early the next morning, gongs and drums were sounded in Lijiacun, and the village chief and Li Zheng, as well as the Li clan chief and The clan elders all appeared in front of the ancestral hall. After summoning the villagers, the village chief talked about the fact that their Li family village wanted to formulate village rules, and the clan leader also stood up and said that the Li family wanted to formulate clan rules. .

After several days of discussion, they tentatively formulated these rules last night.

The village chief began to announce the village rules, and then the clan leader announced the clan rules.

"From now on, anyone who violates the village and clan rules will be dealt with according to the village rules and clan rules. Those who are serious will not be treated lightly and will be driven out of Lijia Village." Anyone who touches the interests of the whole village will be raped. All the criminals were driven out of the village and left to fend for themselves outside.

People who are driven out of the village will not be able to return to the original village. Without the protection of the villagers, it is difficult to survive alone. Even the memorial tablets cannot be returned to the clan after death, which means that they will become lonely souls after death. ghost. In this world, being driven out by the tribe is the greatest punishment for a tribe.

When the villagers heard these rules, naturally some people agreed with them, and a few people objected. The reason why the few families objected was because they usually did nothing good.

So naturally these objections were ignored by everyone.

"After hiring craftsmen, these rules will be engraved on the stone slabs and erected in front of the ancestral hall to alert the villagers of our Lijia Village. Anyone who dares to violate them will be dealt with according to the village and clan rules. "The village chief glanced at the few people standing by, and those families immediately became honest.

After reading out the village rules and clan rules, the village chief mentioned that a school would be established in their Lijia Village. The money for the school would be raised by the entire village. This was the conclusion they all reached after deliberation. The village chief continued, "In the future, in our Lijia Village, regardless of whether they are boys or girls, all children over the age of five and under twelve will be sent to school to study. 3"

This is another important issue for the entire Lijia Village. The question is, it's okay to send boys to study, but who would be willing to send girls to study? Isn't this a waste of money? So naturally some people are opposed to it.

Li Shangu stood up and said, "Now that Sanbao has passed the exam, our family will buy a hundred acres of land and put it in Sanbao's name. In the future, our family will not get a cent from the harvest of this hundred acres of land, and everything will go to the family." The entrance hall is used for the children in the village to study.

Ten percent of the profits from our village's workshops will be invested in the construction of the village every year," said

a villager in Lijia Village . Everyone was stunned by this good news.

The village chief explained this matter clearly to everyone, "So this is equivalent to the fact that in the future, children in our Lijia Village will not have to pay any tuition fees to go to school. The monthly payment for the teacher will be deducted from the income of the school."

As for the workshop's annual contribution The 10% of the proceeds will be used to build a charity in their village.

Sun Yi supported her mother-in-law and stood in the crowd. Looking at the man standing above, Sun Yi lowered her head and whispered a few words to her mother-in-law.

Mrs. Li nodded her head and said "Okay" twice.

On this day, until the village chief Li Zheng and the clan elders announced major events one after another, the villagers in Lijia Village were still unwilling to go away. Everyone was still standing together talking about these things.

For the entire Lijia Village, from this day on, their Lijia Village will move towards a different future.