My Husband Comes from the Future

by Usui Takumii

not mine, shangai fantasy. After chapter 94 is MTL. Also at ao3.

16. 151 to 160

Chapter 151 Provincial Capital

The time for Jiang'an Province's college examination is set on August 20.

Candidates should register earlier... Li Qingzhi returned to Chongcheng County on the first day of August and planned to go to the provincial capital the next day.

Li Qingzhi and Zhu Xunmiao took the Zhu family's boat back to Chongcheng County. They also made an appointment to take the Zhu family's boat to the provincial capital tomorrow. They will go together then, including Xu Qifei, Li Xiucai, and several other Chongcheng County officials. Scholars in cities and counties.

It was noon when Li Qingzhi arrived home, and Jin Xiaoye and the others were having dinner.

"Dad, you are finally back! Why did you come back today!" Li Damao and Li Ermao were very happy to see Li Qingzhi. They put down their chopsticks and rushed towards Li Qingzhi.

Li Qingzhi used to go home every five days. He was supposed to come back at the end of July, but because he was about to take the college examination, he did not come back.

"Da Mao Er Mao, Dad misses you so much! Dad was busy studying, so he came back late..." Li Qingzhi was intimate with Li Damao and Li Er Mao for a while, then took out the steamed buns he bought on the way and ate with Jin Xiaoye and the others.

While eating, he told him that he was going to the provincial capital to take the college examination tomorrow.

Jin Xiaoye asked: "Do you want Xiaoshu to accompany you?"

Jin Xiaoye was very concerned about Li Qingzhi's participation in the college examination. He inquired about some relevant information, and then found that most of the scholars who went to take the college examination were accompanied by someone.

Some are accompanied by family members, while others hire a bookboy.

Even Xu Qifei had his nephew accompany him to the provincial capital.

Li Qing insisted: "No, I can go alone. Xiaoshu is also very busy." He went with Zhu Xunmiao. Zhu Xunmiao will definitely bring someone with him. If he needs it, he can just use it as a servant of the Zhu family.

Jin Xiaoshu has been busy with the shipping company during this time. Wouldn't following him to the provincial capital delay things?

Seeing Li Qingzhi's insistence, Jin Xiaoye said nothing more.

Instead, Li Qingzhi asked: "Xiaoye, do you want to go to the provincial capital? Do you want to go with me?"

"I want to go to the provincial capital, but I don't have time recently... Ah Qing, if I go with you, will it affect your studies?" Jin Xiaoye asked.

"It won't affect me. When I want to study, no one can affect me. And when I go to the provincial capital, I probably won't study anymore."

Jin Xiaoye was thoughtful.

That night, Li Qingzhi and Jin Xiaoye had a warm relationship. Early the next morning, he got up and started packing the things he wanted to bring.

For more than a month, he wrote several letters to Governor Zhang, and wrote several policy papers for Governor Zhang to read, and then made revisions under the guidance of Governor Zhang.

He wrote these policy essays in a smooth and steady manner, which is the kind that the examiners like most, and he can't find any faults. Governor Zhang bluntly stated in the letter that with his level of policy making, there would be no problem at all in taking part in the provincial examination.

After the July issue of Anjiang Collected Works came out, Governor Zhang took the time to help him send these policy papers to Chief Fang Shan.

According to Governor Zhang... there should be articles by him in the "Collected Works of Anjiang" in the next few months.

Li Qingzhi was very satisfied with this.

But he actually didn't like those policies.

That was what he prepared for the imperial examination, not what he really wanted to write. As for what he really wanted to write... Li Qingzhi looked at the pile of manuscripts in his hand.

It was an article written by him with his left hand, and his signatures were all written by Lingdu Sanren.

A few months ago, in order to help Governor Zhang, Li Qingzhi crazily wrote the "Redress of Injustice" of more than 100,000 words with his left hand.

After finishing writing, he found that he had also perfected the handwriting on his left hand.

The calligraphy on his right hand is in regular regular script, which is very beautiful, but the calligraphy on his left hand is in wild cursive script, which looks extremely grand.

The two words are so different that no one would think they were written by the same person.

Li Qingzhi's previous policy comments to Governor Zhang were very particular in wording and sentences, and they could all be used as model essays for imperial examinations, but he wrote these with his left hand...

He didn't follow any rules and wrote whatever he wanted, finishing it in one go, and then criticized all the problems that existed in Daqi.

For example, the top article criticizes the powerful for enclosing land, or occupying too much land.

This article, he wrote a bit too much.

In fact, Li Qingzhi had written these articles long ago, but he did not send them to Governor Zhang.

He was afraid of being seen accidentally on the road, and afraid of scaring Governor Zhang.

He planned to meet with Governor Zhang and then decide whether to give these articles to Governor Zhang.

Li Qingzhi put these articles away, had breakfast at home, and sent his three children to school before heading to Zhu's house.

Chongcheng County is not far from the provincial capital. If you take a boat, you can usually get there in five or six hours.

Zhu Qian arranged a large ship so that they could depart in the morning and arrive in the afternoon.

When Li Qingzhi arrived at Zhu's house, he learned from Zhu Xunmiao that Zhu Qian planned to go to the provincial capital with them and take a look at his house and shop in the provincial capital.

Li Qingzhi was a little envious.

He felt that his business was doing well, but compared with Zhu Qian, it was nothing.

"Good nephew!" When Zhu Qian saw Li Qingzhi, he immediately greeted with a smile: "Good nephew, I heard that your article was published in Anjiang Collected Works. Congratulations!"

A month ago, Zhu Qian had no idea what "Anjiang Collected Works" was, until Li Qingzhi's article appeared on it.

After Zhu Qian said this, other people present also spoke to congratulate Li Qingzhi.

At the beginning of this year, when Li Qingzhi took the county examination, many people in Chongcheng County questioned him, but now...

Li Qingzhi is now recognized as the most knowledgeable person among the younger generation in Chongcheng County!

They had all heard that all the candidates in Fucheng were praising Li Qingzhi!

Li Qingzhi exchanged pleasantries with others, and then was pulled by Zhu Qian to talk.

Li Qingzhi hasn't seen Zhu Qian for half a month.

Half a month ago, Gou Tongzhi went to Fucheng to take up his post, and Zhu Qian followed him. The two of them have been very busy since then.

At this moment, Zhu Qian told Li Qingzhi something that everyone knew.

He Xing Mansion originally had an acquaintance, and that person was from the King of Jin, and he had always been at odds with Governor Zhang.

After Governor Zhang killed Magistrate Yan, he immediately reported the news to King Jin, and then he often spoke ill of Governor Zhang in front of King Jin.

He wanted to unseat Governor Zhang and then become the prefect of Hexing Prefecture himself, but unfortunately he failed in the end.

Forget it, after King Jin suffered a big loss, he turned his anger on him!

The King of Jin blamed him for not discovering the book "Record of Injustice" in time, and also blamed him for not knowing anything about Governor Zhang and Lu Qingxi being in the same group...

This man once complained about how innocent Magistrate Yan was, but Lu Qingxi naturally insisted on it afterwards. King Jin refused to help him because he was resentful... He was demoted and returned to the capital to become a sixth-rank official.

Because this person left, Magistrate Gou could become Magistrate Gou Tongzhi, and he was not only Tongzhi, but also temporarily acted as magistrate.

Gou Tongzhi was so busy during this period that he had no time to sleep.

"No wonder Gou Ying never came to Chongwen Academy to study." Li Qing insisted.

After he recommended a gentleman from Chongwen Academy to Gou Tongzhi, he kept waiting for Gou Ying to come to the academy to study, but Gou Ying never came.

"Master Tongzhi is too busy. His wife is pregnant with a child again, so he can no longer take care of Master Gou." Zhu Qian said.

Magistrate Gou's wife is pregnant? Li Qingzhi was a little surprised, but after the surprise, he felt normal.

Although Gou Ying is not young, Mrs. Gou is only in her early thirties. In modern times, she is not even considered an older mother, so it is not surprising at all to be pregnant.

While everyone was chatting, the boat kept moving forward.

At noon, they had something to eat on the boat.

The food was prepared by Zhu Qian before going out, including steamed buns and rice balls, as well as braised meat from Juewei Zhai.

Of course, there are also many kinds of snacks, including melon seeds and peanuts.

The servants of the Zhu family also made tea for everyone to drink.

"It's not very convenient on the boat. Let's just eat whatever we want." Zhu Qian said.

Zhu Qian was definitely being humble when he said this. The steamed buns he prepared were all meat buns, and they were heated in a steamer. The steaming steam was very fragrant.

The rice balls he prepared are also delicious. They are made of glutinous rice cooked with soy sauce and lard. They smell fragrant. They are also filled with deep-fried fried dough sticks, peanuts and pickled mustard. When you take a bite, it is a mixture of sugar and oil. The satisfaction it brings.

He even bought some of Jueweizhai's braised food, so he could eat whatever he wanted.

Li Qingzhi has been eating Jueweizhai's braised meat a lot during this period, but he still likes it very much.

Others also praised Juewizhai's braised food.

Zhu Qian prepared a lot of food, so Li Qingzhi ate more.

He ate a little, but still didn't finish it... Zhu Qian finally gave the remaining steamed buns and rice balls to the people who helped row the boat, letting them keep it for dinner.

The group arrived at the provincial capital in the afternoon.

Zhu Qian did have business in the provincial capital and bought a house. Li Qingzhi moved into Zhu Qian's house just like when he took the imperial examination.

Xu Qifei and Li Xiucai also moved in. The others had a normal relationship with Zhu Xunmiao and Zhu Qian. Zhu Qian did not invite them to stay, but booked an inn for them... Everyone settled in on the same day.

Early the next morning, they went to the Yamen to register and fill in all kinds of information.

After a busy day of registration, it was not until the third day that Li Qingzhi went to Governor Zhang's residence to visit him.

"I have been waiting for you to come to the provincial capital, but I didn't expect you to come now." Governor Zhang saw Li Qingzhi and said with a smile.

Li Qingzhi noticed that Governor Zhang looked very energetic and in very good condition.

Governor Zhang should be doing well during this period.

This is how people are, if they have goals, their spirits will be good.

"I have been studying at Chongwen Academy, so I came a little late." Li Qingzhi chatted with Governor Zhang.

While talking, Governor Zhang mentioned the policy papers written by Li Qingzhi: "I showed all the policy papers you wrote to Chief Fang Shan. Chief Fang Shan thought that you wrote very well, but you have some craftsmanship... What do you think? There are so many, how come the written policy is so... so stable?"

Governor Zhang actually admires those young people who are full of energy and dare to say anything.

This was the feeling Li Qingzhi gave him, but the article written by Li Qingzhi was completely opposite.

Li Qing insisted: "Sir, when I wrote those policies, I really wanted to be stable."

"There is nothing wrong with seeking stability when taking part in the college examination, provincial examination or even the general examination, but you don't have to do this on weekdays." Governor Zhang said.

Li Qingzhi smiled: "Sir, the articles I wrote are not all like that..."

Governor Zhang realized something: "Do you have other articles? Show them to me."

That's all... Li Qingzhi took out an article signed "Qingdu Sanren" and gave it to Governor Zhang.

"This word is so free and easy, it's different!" Governor Zhang was a little surprised when he saw the words on the article Li Qingzhi took out: "Did you write this?"

"Sir, these are the words on my left hand." Li Qing insisted.

Governor Zhang said: "I have seen your handwriting on your left hand. It was not so good before..."

"When I was writing "Redress of Injustice," I practiced."

Governor Zhang: "..." "Record of Injustice" is indeed not short, but to write such a book and practice such a unique style of calligraphy... Li Qingzhi is too awesome!

Li Qing's right-hand calligraphy is very good, and in his opinion, this left-hand calligraphy is not inferior to Li Qing's right-hand calligraphy.

It's just that the style is a bit unique. Some people may not like it, but those like him will definitely like it very, very much.

It's just that people say words are like people, but this word is nothing like Li Qingzhi. This word gives people a really "crazy" feeling.

After reading the words, Governor Zhang started reading the article, and then he found... the article was even crazier.

The article Li Qingzhi gave him this time was completely different from the article Li Qingzhi gave him before. He even felt that it was not written by one person!

But this was written by just one person! There was something in it that Li Qingzhi had talked to him about before.

After finishing one article, Governor Zhang immediately started reading the second one.

He looked at it very seriously and didn't speak. Li Qingzhi didn't speak either, sitting beside him and waiting quietly.

After a long time, Governor Zhang said: "Your article... is great."

The words in Li Qingzhi's previous articles were carefully crafted, as if they were pieces of exquisite porcelain.

But these articles... This is a sword, an axe, a sharp blade that can cut through everything!

Governor Zhang's heart beat faster when he saw it. After reading it, he couldn't calm down for a long time.

These articles amazed him so much!

However, if people knew that Li Qing had written such an article, his path to the imperial examination would definitely not go smoothly.

Most officials don't like this kind of prick.

"It's good to use the name of Qingdu Sanren," Governor Zhang stood up, "Zixiao, please go back. I will take this article to Chief Fang Shan tomorrow. Today... I want to read it a few more times."

Governor Zhang is not in the mood to talk to Li Qingzhi now. He just wants to study the article written by Li Qingzhi.

"Sir, I'll take my leave first." Li Qingzhi bowed to Governor Zhang and left Governor Zhang's residence.

Governor Zhang read the article again, then took a pen and paper and started copying.

Li Qingzhi wrote five articles in total, which add up to a lot of words.

Realizing that he couldn't finish copying in a short while, Governor Zhang simply called one of his confidants to copy with him.

Governor Zhang's master is from Linhu County.

When Governor Zhang went on a killing spree in Linhu County, he took the initiative to find Governor Zhang and wanted to serve him. Governor Zhang thought he would die at the time, so he naturally did not agree. However, this man did not leave, but stayed at Governor Zhang's residence. I rented a house nearby and came to see him every day.

Forget it, he still wrote a letter to Governor Zhang every day, showing his loyalty eloquently. At that time, someone in Hexing Mansion said bad things about Governor Zhang, and he, a scholar, even went to have a fight with him.

Governor Zhang admired him very much, and because he had real talent and hard work, he kept him by his side.

"Sir, you really know Qingdu Sanren!" Governor Zhang's confidant was excited when he saw the article Governor Zhang gave him.

He lived in Linhu County, and his family was oppressed by the Lou family. Even his father was angry to death because his business was robbed by the Lou family.

Because of this, he especially admired Lingdu Sanren, who exposed the Lou family's crimes, and read "Redress of Injustice" several times.

However, although he admired Qingdu Sanren, he never asked Governor Zhang about Qingdu Sanren's true identity.

He knew that the King of Jin hated the Qingdu San people. If the King of Jin knew who the Qingdu San people were, the Qingdu San people would be in danger.

"His handwriting is so good!" the man said again, and read the article again, and became more and more excited as he read: "This article..." He didn't know how to praise this article!

"Hurry up and copy this article for me!" Governor Zhang said.

This person immediately helped copy it.

After he finished copying...the next day, Governor Zhang made an appointment with Chief Fang Shan.

Every time he met Chief Fang Shan, he would make an appointment outside the city, avoiding the eyes of the people around him, and this time was no exception.

"What do you want from me? Are you going to give me another article?" Fang Shanchang hurried over, sat down opposite Governor Zhang, picked up the teapot on the table and poured himself a cup of tea.

After taking a sip, Fang Shanchang was speechless: "What kind of tea are you talking about?" He opened the teapot and took a look, and found that there were many tea stems in it. He was speechless for a moment.

This kind of tea is usually drunk by poor people.

The tea he drinks on weekdays is not top-notch, but he won't drink such bad tea either.

"As long as it quenches your thirst," Governor Zhang said, "I have an article for you."

"Li Zixiao writes articles really fast... He has done a lot of research on the imperial examination, so he will go very smoothly," Fang Shan said. "It's just that Anjiang Collected Works only publishes one article a month. It's an article by one person. No more than one article can be published in a book. If you give me so many articles, I will publish them until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse."

Chief Fang Shan did not like Li Qingzhi very much. He feels that real scholars should not study how to make the eight-part essay more perfect.

But he also knew that this was inevitable... In fact, he had compiled Li Qingzhi's articles and planned to let the students of Anjiang Academy learn to write them.

"The article I brought this time was not written by Li Zixiao," Governor Zhang said. "His article is infinitely better than Li Zixiao's!"

"Is there still this matter? Please take out the article and show it to me." Fang Shan became interested.

Governor Zhang did not waste any time and took out the article Li Qingzhi gave him yesterday. What he took out was the original manuscript written by Li Qingzhi, so the first thing Chief Fang noticed was Li Qingzhi's handwriting.

"This person's calligraphy is a bit crazy... Qingdu Sanren? Is it his article?" Fang Shanchang looked at it immediately after being surprised.

And seeing this... Fang Shanchang couldn't sit still: "This article is simply shocking! Compared with this, what is the article written by Li Zixiao?"

Governor Zhang was a little amused when he heard what Chief Fang Shan said. Of course, he didn't laugh. Instead, he echoed: "I've said it before, his articles are far better than Li Zixiao's!"

"The articles of these two people cannot be compared at all! The article written by Li Zixiao is like a domestic sparrow, but the article written by an independent person is like a soaring eagle!" Fang Shan said: "Look at this article, I can see the murderous intent, this lonely person definitely has the world in mind!"

Fang Shanchang praised Lingdu Sanren again and again, but he looked down upon Li Qingzhi.

Governor Zhang asked: "Old Fang, do you dare to let Anjiang Collected Works publish this article?"

"What am I afraid of?" Fang Shan said, "I want to put it in this issue of Anjiang Collected Works!"

Governor Zhang did not expect him to be in such a hurry: "This issue of Anjiang Collected Works has been printed a lot, right? How to put it in?"

"Yes, and there are so many articles, I can't fit them in... I want to print another copy of "An Jiang Collected Works"!" Fang Shan said.

Governor Zhang did not expect Fang Shanchang to value this article so much and even planned to print a book. He was stunned.

Then he saw Fang Shanchang fold the paper in his hand and stuff it

Into the arms.

"Wait! Lao Fang, this manuscript is mine!" Governor Zhang took out the article he copied: "I copied this, you can take it and print it."

Fang Shan said: "This article was asked by Qingdu Sanren to be given to me, right? In that case, how could you not give me the original manuscript?"

"His manuscript is clearly for me!"

Two old men, quite young, got into an argument over several manuscripts.

In the end, both parties took a step back, and Governor Zhang gave Fang Shanchang the original manuscripts of two of the articles.

Fang Shanchang got two-fifths of the manuscript, took away all the copied manuscripts, and returned to Anjiang Academy.

He called all the gentlemen from the academy who were responsible for compiling "Collected Works of Anjiang".

"Shan Zhang, could it be that there is something wrong with the "Collected Works of Anjiang" that will be published this month?" a gentleman asked. Everyone who comes here is related to "Collected Works of Anjiang". There must be something wrong with this book, but I don't know what the problem is.

Fang Shan said: "There is nothing wrong with the "Collected Works of Anjiang" that will be published this month. I want to print another copy."

"Printing another copy?" Everyone was surprised.

"Collected Works of Anjiang" has always been published once a month and has never been reprinted. Why should it be reprinted?

"Come here and take a look at this article." Fang Shanchang took out the original manuscript and copied manuscript of Qingdu Sanren in his hand and showed them to these people.

After seeing it, these people were shocked.

"This Lingdusan person is so brave to write!"

"Aren't you afraid of causing public outrage when he writes this?"

"His handwriting is so free and easy!"

…

Everyone has different opinions, and some are even a little dissatisfied with Qingdu Sanren - he was born in a noble family, and the article "Qingdu Sanren" seems to be pointing at his family and scolding him.

But even so, he had to admit that this article was extremely well written and hit the nail on the head.

He pointed out some of the things that existed in Da Qi that might bring down Da Qi.

In fact, it's not like no one has discovered these problems before, but most people really don't dare to write, and they can't write so well.

"I want to print a book and put these articles in it. Do you have any opinions?" Fang Shan asked.

Everyone looked at each other and had no opinion.

These articles are published separately in "Collected Works of Anjiang". If they are published in five consecutive issues, there may be something unexpected in the middle.

It would be fine if I just printed it out and sent it out.

After that... it has nothing to do with whether Lingdu San people are scolded or praised by others!

It's just... There are only about ten days until August 15th, so it's quite troublesome to reprint a book.

But it's not impossible... One of the gentlemen immediately said he could help with typesetting.

After this person finished speaking, others expressed their willingness to help.

Just... "Shan Zhang, I am willing to help. Can you give me a copy of the manuscript?"

Fang Shanchang's face turned cold: "I can do the typesetting myself, so I don't have to trouble you!"

There were five articles in total, but he only got the original manuscripts of two of them.

Ask him to give out another share... This is impossible!

The gentleman who wanted the original manuscript could only say: "Captain, would you like me to take a look at it more? I really like the characters of Lingdu Sanren!"

This word is really good, far better than Li Zixiao's upright word.

Chapter 152 Rumors

Everyone thought Li Qingzhi's right-hand calligraphy was well written and pleasing to the eye, but it didn't have much of a distinctive character.

After all, every stroke of his strokes was correct and striving for perfection...His handwriting on his right hand was specially practiced for the imperial examination.

His left hand is completely different.

When he writes with his left hand, he always writes as he pleases, and he also strives to write quickly... His left-hand handwriting appears to be flying and dancing.

This kind of calligraphy has no structure and everyone thinks it is ugly at first, but once you practice it to a certain level, the style becomes extremely unique.

"This word looks murderous."

"Looking at this word, I seem to see thousands of horses galloping!"

"This lonely man should be a lonely, arrogant and crazy person who travels around the world."

"I kind of want to meet him. He must be different from ordinary people!"

…

Chief Fang Shan felt the same way.

In this world, there are many people who are striving for fame and fame, but this lonely person is different. Fame, fortune, and fortune are probably just clouds in his eyes.

There is only one copy of "Anjiang Collected Works" a month, plus the things written by independent people, it is easy to offend the taboos of those big people... Fang Shanchang finally decided to put these five articles together and print a book, as A gift from "Collected Works of Anjiang".

This book is called "Collected Works of Qingdu". When the time comes, everyone who buys "Collected Works of Anjiang" will receive a copy of "Collected Works of Qingdu" from Anjiang Academy.

He hopes that Lingdu Sanren's articles can be seen by more people.

After doing this, their academy may not be able to make much money from selling "Collected Works of Anjiang" this month, but Fang Shanchang doesn't care.

The "Collected Works of Anjiang" in August will be released during the Mid-Autumn Festival. In addition, many scholars are gathering in the provincial capital, waiting to take the college examination... They need to print more of this book!

People in Anjiang Academy's book printing workshop were busy trying to print more books.

Li Qingzhi didn't know about these things.

After he gave the article to Governor Zhang, Governor Zhang did not contact him again, so he let the matter go.

After coming to the provincial capital, he had a lot of things to do, such as visiting the two gentlemen from Chongwen Academy and meeting with classmates from Chongwen Academy.

He also plans to go out more and make friends with some literati.

When Li Qingzhi goes out to visit friends, he will take Zhu Xunmiao with him.

Zhu Xunmiao didn't think he could be admitted as a scholar, so he came to take the college exam this time, and his mentality was very good.

He felt that he was just here to run with him, and it was useless to study hard before the exam. He might as well walk around and make more friends.

His father gave him some money specifically to make friends!

Xu Qifei is different. Xu Qifei's family background is average, so he doesn't like to socialize. During this time, he plans to stay at home and read the books lent to him by Zhu Xunmiao.

Chongwen Academy has some exclusive books, which are very suitable for people who want to take the academy examination.

Thanks to the "Collected Works of Anjiang" published last month, Li Qingzhi is well-known in the provincial capital, and he has easily made friends with some people.

Especially those students from Hexing Mansion were even more enthusiastic towards him.

However, not all the students in Hexing Mansion were convinced by him.

The student from Chongwen College who had a conflict with Zhu Xunmiao was very dissatisfied with Li Qingzhi.

This man's name is Meng Ling, and he comes from a scholarly family. Unfortunately, his family has been in decline in recent years, and his family's life has not been very good.

If his family were very wealthy and living a prosperous life, Meng Ling would not go to trouble Zhu Xunmiao.

However, his family's situation was not good, and the only thing he could offer was his "scholarly family background". He habitually belittled those who came from merchant families, and was very dissatisfied with Zhu Xunmiao, who lived a wealthy life. .

He didn't like Zhu Xunmiao, and he also disliked Li Qingzhi.

Zhu Xunmiao is just the son of a businessman. Why does Li Qingzhi value Zhu Xunmiao so much?

However, Li Qingzhi was deeply valued by Chief Zhou Shan, so when he was in Chongwen Academy, he did not express his dissatisfaction with Li Qingzhi until he came to the provincial capital.

After arriving in the provincial capital, he came into contact with some scholars from other cities, and these people also asked him about Li Qingzhi...

Meng Ling couldn't help but said: "The reason why Li Qingzhi's articles were published in Anjiang Collected Works did not depend on his own ability, but mainly on the president of our academy, Zhou Shan."

"How do you say it?" someone asked curiously.

Meng Ling said: "Li Qingzhi's article in Anjiang Collected Works was not originally like this. Chief Zhou Shan must have helped him revise it."

After Li Qingzhi finished writing these two articles and gave them to Zhou Shanchang, Zhou Shanchang had people copy them and show them to the students in the academy.

Meng Ling had read it before. The articles he saw at that time were far less good than the articles published in "Anjiang Collected Works"!

Thinking of this, Meng Ling couldn't help but blame Zhou Shanchang and felt that Zhou Shanchang was partial.

There are so many students in their academy, why did Zhou Shanchang only help Li Qingzhi revise his articles?

If Zhou Shanchang can help him revise his article, he might also be able to get into the "Collected Works of Anjiang"!

The people who chatted with Meng Ling were also a little unhappy when they learned about this.

In fact, it is normal for children like them who have not yet passed the scholar examination to write an article for their husband to read and then revise it under his guidance.

"Anjiang Collected Works" has also published articles written by young people in the past. Those articles were most likely revised under the guidance of their teachers.

But even though they knew this was normal, they still felt uncomfortable.

Li Qingzhi was a child like them, but he became famous because his article was published in Anjiang Collected Works...

Now that they heard that Li Qingzhi's article could be published in Anjiang Collected Works because of the help of Zhou Shanchang of Chongwen Academy, he revised it, and they felt much better.

The news spread quickly, and many scholars in the provincial capital knew about it.

"I'm just saying that a child student would definitely not be able to write an article that would be published in Anjiang Collected Works."

"Amendment advice? Maybe it's a ghostwriter."

"That Mr. Zhou Shanzhang was really kind to Li Zixiao. He was actually willing to give him an article in Anjiang Collected Works."

"Who is Li Zixiao?"

…

Of course, although some people say this, those who have been in contact with Li Qingzhi think it is a rumor.

Knowledge cannot be faked. If you have it, you have it. If you don't have it, you don't have it.

They talked with Li Qingzhi and found that Li Qingzhi's knowledge was indeed superior to theirs.

Don't talk about anything else, but when it comes to Li Qingzhi's handwriting, no one can compare with them.

Even if Chief Zhou had given some advice to Li Qingzhi and asked Li Qingzhi to revise his article, then it must be that Li Qingzhi's article was already very good!

You must know that even Zhou Shanchang himself found it difficult to get into the "Collected Works of Anjiang".

On the tenth day of August, Li Qingzhi did not go out, but stayed at home and read.

He met a lot of people in the past few days, tried hard to express himself, and made some friends.

It was from these friends that he borrowed a few books he had never read, and he planned to take a look today.

He was reading a book when Zhu Xunmiao hurriedly came back from outside: "Brother Li, there are some bad rumors outside!"

"What?" Li Qingzhi asked.

Zhu Xunmiao told the rumors outside: "At first they only said that the article was revised by Zhou Shanchang for you, but later it changed. They said that the article was ghostwritten by Zhou Shanchang... It's too much!"

Zhu Xunmiao couldn't stand anyone falsely accusing Li Qingzhi, but Li Qingzhi himself was very calm: "That's it?"

"Brother Li, aren't you angry?" Zhu Xunmiao asked.

Li Qing insisted: "What's there to be angry about? If you have this time, you might as well think about the upcoming college examination."

Li Qingzhi was not angry, partly because his article had indeed received guidance from Governor Zhang.

On the other hand, it's because...he couldn't write such articles before, but after experiencing Governor Zhang's guidance and targeted training during this period, he can now write such articles endlessly!

That being the case, why should he care about other people's opinions?

He will be able to write more high-quality articles in the future, letting everyone know that it is a rumor that someone writes articles for him.

Eight-legged essay is a very demanding antithesis style, and there are many details. There are regulations on what language and format to use when writing, and you cannot use it at all. Therefore, when you first get started, many people write articles. The level will rise and fall, and the writing is not that good.

But once they get started... one method can be used to master all methods, they will write better and better, and they can pick it up at their fingertips.

But this kind of article has great limitations... In fact, Li Qingzhi doesn't like writing this kind of article, and he doesn't even like the articles he writes.

Let's just say that the articles he published in "Anjiang Collected Works"... were the tools he used to participate in the imperial examination and gain fame. What he wrote was not what he wanted to write at all.

That article is not only flashy, but also not practical at all.

Of course, the words in that article are really beautiful, and you can even read a section of it as a poem.

Seeing that Li Qingzhi was not angry, Zhu Xunmiao became less angry: "Some people are just petty and deliberately say bad things about you..."

"Yes." Li Qingzhi laughed.

Zhu Xunmiao scolded the person who spoke ill of Li Qingzhi for a long time, and then asked Li Qingzhi: "Brother Li, the Mid-Autumn Festival will be here in a few days. How do you plan to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

Li Qingzhi thought for a moment and said, "I went home."

Zhu Xunmiao was stunned: "The exam will start soon after the Mid-Autumn Festival..."

"It's quite late, isn't it?" Li Qingzhi smiled.

He spent so much time alone in his last life, and now he finally has a family... During the Mid-Autumn Festival, he must be with his family.

It's too late... Zhu Xunmiao said: "Brother Li, then I will go back with you?"

"That's no need. Your father is here, what are you going to do?" Li Qingzhi was a little funny.

Zhu Qian has been staying in the provincial capital during this period, visiting businessmen in the provincial capital everywhere, intending to bring business to the provincial capital.

There is no need for Zhu Xunmiao to return to Chongcheng County.

Li Qingzhi planned to return to Chongcheng County, but planned to wait until the Mid-Autumn Festival before going back.

He has met a lot of people recently and has a party to attend tomorrow...

The next day, Li Qingzhi packed up his things and headed to the place where the party was held.

At the same time, in Chongcheng County, Jin Xiaoye was asking people to carry braised meat to the boat.

She plans to go to the provincial capital!

She always wanted to go out for a walk. In the past, she was responsible for many things in Jinye Embroidery Workshop, so she couldn't leave, but it's different now!

She has already trained Sister Wang and Fang Jinniang, so even if she leaves for a few days, it won't matter.

As for Juewei Zhai... Chang Zhan has always managed Juewei Zhai very well.

That being the case... she could go to the provincial capital to see Li Qingzhi.

She had asked Li Qingzhi before, and Li Qingzhi said that they would not disturb his study and exams in the past.

Of course, Jin Xiaoye went to the provincial capital not just to see Li Qingzhi. She also planned to take a stroll in the provincial capital, buy two shops, and then rent them to others for Juewei Zhai.

That person had to give her money to rent her shop, and he also had to give her money to sell Jueweizhai's braised meat from her... She could earn double!

She also wanted to talk to the garment shops in the provincial capital and sell various items made by Jinye Embroidery Workshop to the garment shops in the provincial capital.

What she actually wanted most was to open her own ready-made clothing store, but due to the lack of suitable people to help her look after the store, she could only shelve it.

"Mom, is the provincial capital fun?"

"Mom, will we see dad soon?"

Li Damao and Li Ermao ran around Jin Xiaoye, asking Jin Xiaoye various questions from time to time.

Jin Xiaoye said: "Mom has never been to the provincial capital, so I don't know if the provincial capital is fun or not. As for your dad, when we get to the provincial capital, you can see your dad!"

"Shopkeeper Jin, you have never been to the provincial capital before, don't you feel scared to go this time?" Chang Zhan asked Jin Xiaoye curiously after carrying the braised meat Jin Xiaoye asked for on the boat.

Jin Xiaoye said: "I'm afraid! But I still want to take a look."

Not to mention the provincial capital, she still wants to go to the capital!

Chapter 153 Du Yongning

Jin Xiaoye's trip to the provincial capital this time started from the new dock.

The boat she took was brought back from Linhu County by Chang Zhan. It was much larger than the boat she had rowed before. The people who went to the provincial capital with her included Li Damao and Li Ermao, as well as Jin Xiaoshu and Jin Mulberry.

Li Laogen didn't dare to go to the provincial capital, so she didn't take anyone there and asked Li Laogen to take Zhao Xiaodou back to Miaoqian Village for a few days.

Zhao Xiaodou has not been home for a long time. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, she can go home to reunite with her family.

As for Jin Xiaoshu and Jin Sangshu... they sent her to the provincial capital and stayed there for one night, then sailed back to Chongcheng County tomorrow.

Jin Xiaoshu's boat trip has started, and Jin Sangshu joins the boat trip with Yao Boateng's boat.

This time it took a long time to row a boat to the provincial capital, and the boat was relatively large, so Jin Xiaoshu took Jin Sangshu with him and asked Jin Sangshu to row with him.

They went to the provincial capital to buy a shop and open Juewei Zhai, so they brought a lot of braised food, plus things for Li Qingzhi and Jin Xiaoye's clothes... The boat was full.

"Let's go." Jin Xiaoye greeted immediately when he saw that everything was ready.

Their boat left the dock in Chongcheng County and headed for the provincial capital.

Li Damao and Li Ermao often took boats, but they had never been to the provincial capital. They were very excited now and chatted non-stop.

But after sitting on the boat for a long time, the two of them got a little bored: "Mom, when will we arrive?"

"It will take a long time." Jin Xiaoye said.

"Mom, tell us a story." Li Ermao said coquettishly.

Jin Xiaoye didn't know how to tell stories. She thought for a while, found a pair of Go and gave it to them: "You guys can play backgammon."

Okay... Li Damao and Li Ermao started playing backgammon.

As for Jin Xiaoye, she chatted with Jin Xiaoshu and Jin Mulangshu.

She has been very busy recently and hasn't chatted with anyone for a long time.

Jin Xiaoshu talked about some things about his boating business. As for Jin Mulangshu... Jin Mulangshu didn't talk much before, but since he started boating and came into contact with all kinds of customers, he talked more.

He told Jin Xiaoye a lot about Miaoqian Village.

For example, everyone was very curious when they saw the vegetables grown by Li Qing. Some people dug in and secretly picked some leaves, hoping to take them home to eat.

As a result, this man was not only chased for several miles by Zhao Laosan, but Zhao Laosan also pulled him away

I ordered a lot of their dishes.

"The three kinds of vegetables that Li Qingzhi asked Mr. Zhao were okay to eat, but they were not particularly delicious... The man who picked the vegetable leaves and ate them regrets it to death now." Jin Mulangshu said.

Jin Xiaoye was a little helpless: "That vegetable... is not for eating leaves."

Jin Mulangshu was stunned.

Jin Xiaoye said: "They didn't have diarrhea after eating the vegetable leaves? It seems that the vegetable leaves are not poisonous."

Jin Mulberry: "..." Neither Jin Xiaoye nor Li Qingzhi were sure whether the leaves of that vegetable were poisonous? Fortunately, it is not poisonous, otherwise the person who stole the leaves and ate them would not know what he would be like now.

Jin Sangshu said something else. For example, a family in Miaoqian Village has been setting up a stall at the night market in Xinquan. They have made a lot of money and recently started building a house. Another example is that because they can pay less food tax, people in the village are busy with farming this year. , every household buys meat, so the price of meat is much more expensive this year.

The price of chicken and duck is also expensive because Juewei Zhai has been collecting chicken and duck!

"After paying less grain taxes, every household will have extra grain. Recently, everyone has bought chickens and ducks to raise. There are so many chickens and ducks in the village." Jin Mulangshu said with a smile, "Our family just raises them. Twenty chickens!"

While talking, Jin Sangshu also talked about his younger brother Jin Zaoshu. Although Jin Zaoshu was lazy, because the Jin family was rich, his "market" was still good, and many girls were willing to marry him.

But he insisted on competing with Jin Xiaoshu and wanted to marry a city girl... How could a city girl like him? He is still a bachelor now.

Jin Xiaoye: "..." The golden jujube tree is really a little too ambitious.

Finally, there is Golden Jasmine.

After Jin Moli stopped selling food, she stayed at home every day, and quarreled with Yao Zhenfu and Yao's mother from time to time.

"She's quite strange...she wasn't like this before." Jin Sangshu looked confused.

Jin Moli was very squeamish before she got married and didn't do anything. After she got married, she suddenly became diligent, and now... she's lazy again.

Jin Mulangshu felt strange about Jin Moli, who felt very uncomfortable at the moment.

Li Laogen has returned to the village!

Li Laogen just returned to the village. He even came to the Yao family and had already boasted in front of Mr. Yao for a long time.

Why does he eat Jueweizhai's braised meat every day?

Why did he have dinner with Governor Gou Tongzhi Zhang?

Why does he have more than ten coins of pocket money every day, which he can spend as he pleases...

Li Laogen talked about so many things that came and went.

Jin Moli hated him so much!

In her previous life, if he hadn't lost so much money gambling after Li Qingzhi disappeared, she might not have remarried.

If she hadn't remarried, after Li Qingzhi came back, she might have paid for Li Qingzhi's medical treatment, and then her life would have been better and better...

But now? What a life she was living!

But Jin Xiaoye... At this time in his last life, Jin Xiaoye didn't have a shop in the county town. He cooked braised food at home and took it to the county town to sell it.

She will not rent a shop in the county until the end of this year.

But now? Juewei Zhai has already opened in Fucheng. I heard that Linhu County next door has also opened Juewei Zhai.

And Jin Xiaoshu, at this time in his previous life, Jin Xiaoshu was still doing odd jobs for Jin Xiaoye, but now he has actually started sailing the boat!

Jin Moli rolled her eyes at Li Laogen.

Li Laogen saw this and spoke more energetically.

Other people in the village also gathered at Yao's house and were amazed when they heard Li Laogen talk about how he had dinner with the county magistrate and governor.

At the same time, the provincial capital.

The party Li Qingzhi attended this time was a reading party held by Du Yongning of Yonghe Prefecture, which was held in a restaurant by the lake in the provincial capital.

Du Yongning invited many famous scholars, and the book they read happened to be "Record of Injustice".

After Li Qingzhi arrived, he received a copy of "Redress of Injustice". In addition, some scholars also gave away their collections of poems or essays.

When Li Qingzhi saw those beautifully printed poetry collections, his first feeling was... these scholars are quite rich.

Du Yongning took out a collection of poems and gave it to Li Qingzhi. He also wrote the four words "Gift to Li Zixiao" on the first page of the collection on the spot, wrote the time and place on the back, and stamped it.

Speaking of which, sending poetry collections to people was also one of the ways for literati at this time to become famous.

"Brother Li, do you have a collection of poems?" Du Yongning finished writing and asked Li Qingzhi with a smile.

Li Qing said: "Sorry, I don't write many poems."

Li Qingzhi could feel that Du Yongning didn't like him, and even hated him a little.

This book club was somewhat similar to the banquet held by Hong Hui during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year - he didn't even want to welcome the organizer.

But he just doesn't care.

If you come here, you can not only eat and drink for free, but also get other people's books and poetry collections for free... What should he care about?

"That's such a pity! Brother Li's article is so good, and his poems must be good too." Du Yongning said it was a pity, but felt a little contemptuous in his heart.

Li Qingzhi must have no money, so he didn't print a collection of poems!

He had already inquired and found out that Li Qingzhi was originally an ordinary farmer and his family was extremely poor.

However, his knowledge was indeed good, so much so that he was valued by Zhou Shanchang of Chongwen Academy. Zhou Shanchang also helped him correct his article so that his article could be published in Anjiang Collected Works.

If he had known earlier, he would have found a famous person to help him revise the article!

If he found someone to make his article better, how could Li Qingzhi be able to stand out?

Since ancient times, literati have looked down upon each other, but most people will not say bad things in front of others, but will only praise them endlessly.

Those who gave poetry collections to others heard praise.

Li Qingzhi was even more at home in this kind of situation. He praised everyone around him. Everyone was very happy, and some people regarded him as a confidant.

There is a reason for this. When he praises others, his expression is sincere and his words are meaningful.

This sincerity definitely comes from his heart. When these young scholars faced him, they were somewhat emotional and didn't like him very much, but they didn't say a single rude word from beginning to end... How wonderful!

For example, Du Yongning, although he disliked him, was always very enthusiastic towards him and even asked him to eat more snacks.

Li Qingzhi expressed his sincere thanks.

Du Yongning, who had been scolding Li Qingzhi in his heart, felt embarrassed.

But soon, he put his dissatisfaction behind him. Li Qingzhi asked Shanchang Zhou to help him revise his article. Was he relying on his ability to flatter others?

All because of Li Qingzhi, the path he planned for himself failed, and the money he sent to Anjiang Academy was wasted.

The book club started soon.

Du Yongning said: "I recently saw a strange book and invited everyone to come over. I just want to read and appreciate it with everyone."

Everyone agreed. Those who had read "The Record of Injustice" began to comment on how good the book was. Those who had not read it started to read it on the spot.

In the end, the theme of this book club was sublimated.

Du Yongning said that this book helped him understand the plight of the people. Not long ago, his husband happened to give him a question related to people's livelihood. They can write an article together today and discuss it.

It is very common for several scholars to get together and ask each other's exam questions to write articles together.

There have been cases in the past where someone was lucky enough to bet on the exam questions, so that he and his friends performed exceptionally well in the exam.

Therefore, no one found it strange that Du Yongning said this.

But Li Qingzhi thought of Du Yongning looking at him specifically after he asked the question... Could it be that Du Yongning did this because he wanted to test him?

This question asked by Du Yongning is rare and Li Qingzhi has never written it.

But again, practice makes perfect.

And with his amazing memory, he is far better at practice than others!

"Everyone, we don't need to write a long article, just a few hundred words. Once we finish writing, we can still have time to discuss with each other." Du Yongning said with a smile and asked his servants to distribute paper, pen and ink.

Of course he had a share himself.

Others are still thinking about how to write, but Du Yongning has already started writing.

For the questions he asked, he must have thought about how to write the article in advance!

After writing a paragraph, Du Yongning looked up and saw that Li Qingzhi had also begun writing furiously.

He felt a thump in his heart. Li Qingzhi must have answered similar questions before, right?

But even if Li Qingzhi had written such articles before, it was impossible for Zhou Shanchang to help Li Qingzhi correct all the articles!

As long as the article Li Qingzhi writes this time is not good enough, he can casually ask about the recent rumors and ghostwriting...

Du Yongning thought about it and began to immerse himself in writing articles again.

Du Yongning felt that he must be the first to finish it, after all, he had drafted it before!

However... when he put down his pen, he found that Li Qingzhi had also put down his pen.

Du Yongning: "..."

Only less than half of the time given by Du Yongning to write the article has passed. Everyone else is still thinking hard or immersed in writing, but Li Qingzhi is already eating pastries! feel du yong

Looking at Ning, Li Qingzhi raised his head and smiled at Du Yongning.

He knew that Du Yongning had bad intentions when he asked him to write the article, but now this situation...

Li Qingzhi picked up his article and walked towards Du Yongning.

Du Yongning was a little worried when he saw this, fearing that Li Qing might do something extreme.

In the past, one scholar provoked another scholar. As a result, the provoked person suddenly went crazy, became violent and hurt others...

Just as he was thinking about something inexplicable, Du Yongning saw Li Qingzhi put the article in front of him and made another gesture to read his article. Du Yongning was confident in his carefully crafted article. He gave his article to Li Qingzhi, and then began to read Li Qingzhi's article.

At this sight, Du Yongning was stunned.

This word is too good!

And this article...every word is absolutely perfect!

So...Li Qingzhi, like him, prepared the article in advance?

Who did Li Qingzhi ask to revise and polish it? Why is it so well written?

Wait, this article seems to have been written on the spot... Li Qingzhi wrote about some recent events in it. He even mentioned something about today's book club in the article.

Du Yongning stared at the article in front of him.

Li Qingzhi smiled at him again, took a piece of paper, and praised today's reading meeting in the format of eight-legged essay.

This is written like a long poem.

Du Yongning suddenly felt ridiculous.

He was sure that Li Qingzhi had no real talent and knowledge, and he wanted Li Qingzhi to embarrass himself in front of everyone, but in reality?

He was nothing compared to Li Qingzhi.

And Li Qingzhi's behavior... When Du Yongning met Li Qingzhi's eyes, he realized that Li Qingzhi had seen it all.

Li Qingzhi guessed what he wanted to do, and this article was written for him.

He seems to be a clown.

Du Yongning was very angry and embarrassed. His face turned red and white, and his face looked very ugly.

At this time, someone else finished writing the article.

Because the others were still busy writing, this man also kept silent so as not to disturb others, but he saw Li Qingzhi and Du Yongning gathering together... Out of curiosity, he came over with his article.

This person had also heard rumors that Zhou Shanchang was helping Li Qing write ghostwriting, and he was not angry at all.

But he soon thought about it.

Mainly... he, like Du Yongning, is from Yonghe Mansion.

His knowledge is actually similar to that of Du Yongning, but Du Yongning's family is rich and he is willing to spend money to build Du Yongning's reputation...

Du Yongning was first the county trial chief, and then the government trial chief.

What about him? His government got a second try.

Li Qingzhi didn't have much conflict with him. In fact, he didn't like the flamboyant Du Yongning even more.

He had already seen what Du Yongning wanted to do, and now Du Yongning's expression... This man went to read Li Qingzhi's article.

Li Qingzhi's article is really good!

He had read the July issue of Anjiang Collected Works. The articles Li Qingzhi was writing were as good as the articles he published in Anjiang Collected Works.

Because of Li Qingzhi's handwriting, he even felt that the article he was reading now was better.

Du Yongning's plan is destined to come to nothing!

The man was in a good mood and had a smile on his face.

Du Yongning felt even more embarrassed.

So who said that Zhou Shanchang was the ghostwriter for Li Qing? At Li Qingzhi's level, he doesn't need anyone else to write for him!

As time went on, everyone wrote their articles.

Everyone started chatting and reading other people's articles.

What they mainly read were Li Qingzhi's articles.

"Brother Zixiao's articles are really good, and he deserves to be in the Anjiang Collected Works!"

"There were rumors that Brother Zixiao hired someone to write for him, and that person had sinister intentions!"

"Brother Zixiao, I want to copy this article! Take it back and study it."

"Next time we have a book club, we can read Brother Zixiao's articles!"

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Du Yongning: "..." He spent money to hold a book club because he wanted to expose Li Qingzhi's true face and let people know how good his articles were.

But now... everyone is praising Li Qingzhi, and no one mentions his article at all!

What's even more hateful is that Li Qingzhi keeps eating the snacks he prepared!

"Brother Li has a great appetite." Du Yongning snorted coldly.

Li Qingzhi smiled and said: "My family is poor and I can't eat such delicious snacks on weekdays, so I ate more."

When Du Yongning heard what Li Qingzhi said, it was hard to say anything. He could only hold his breath, and the more he held it in, the more angry he became.

Li Qingzhi felt a little funny inexplicably when he saw Du Yongning looking furious.

The reading meeting started in the morning, during which they had lunch and wrote articles in the afternoon.

It was getting late at this time, and people were saying goodbye one after another, and Li Qingzhi followed them and left.

In this reading meeting, Du Yongning called all the criminal suspects from various prefectures in Jiang'an Province this year, and also called some other famous children. Therefore, when these people left the party, Li Qingzhi's article was The rumor that someone else ghostwrote it is self-defeating.

Of course, there are a few people who don't believe this clarification, but there is nothing to care about the opinions of such people!

You know, the person who is talked about the most in the provincial capital is actually Du Yongning.

Du Yongning is a bit high-profile, and many scholars don't like him.

Let's not talk about anything else, let's just say that he targeted Li Qingzhi this time... everyone was so happy to see him defeated.

Li Qingzhi was in a good mood. He walked back slowly and saw an acquaintance on the road.

Li Qingzhi suspected that he had seen it wrong... He actually saw Jin Xiaoye taking Li Damao and Li Ermao selling braised meat on the roadside!

Well, they are not the ones selling braised meat, but Jin Xiaoshu and Jin Mulberry...

"Xiaoye!" Li Qingzhi shouted in surprise.

"Dad!" Li Damao and Li Ermao cheered and rushed towards Li Qingzhi.

Jin Xiaoye was also very happy: "Ah Qing, what a coincidence!"

"Xiaoye, when did you come to the provincial capital? Why didn't you come to see me?" Li Qingzhi asked.

"We just arrived!" Jin Xiaoye said.

She had just arrived in the provincial capital not long ago.

After finding the Zhu family's residence, she was not in a hurry to visit. She planned to sell some of the braised food she brought and take a look at the market in Fucheng.

Their braised meat is selling very well. Judging from the current situation... the provincial capital can definitely open more Juewei Zhai.

Jin Xiaoye told Li Qingzhi what he thought: "I have made a lot of money recently. I think it is meaningless to just let it go. Why not use it to buy a shop..."

"Xiaoye, you are so smart." Li Qing insisted.

Inflation also existed in ancient times. After all, silver, which could be used as currency, was continuously mined!

Daqi had trade with overseas countries, and a lot of money flowed into Daqi from overseas.

In Daqi, the purchasing power of one tael of silver was far less than that of the previous dynasty.

Under the current situation, Daqi should be stable for many years, so buying a shop is a very right choice.

For shops in provincial capitals, prices will not fall unless they encounter troubled times.

If you encounter troubled times, it would be good if you can save your life. Money and wealth are all external possessions.

"I'm so embarrassed today! That Li Qingzhi is obviously a capable person, and I don't know who is talking nonsense, saying that his inclusion in "Anjiang Collected Works" is all because of Zhou Shanchang..." Du Yongning complained to his servant. non-stop.

His servant had grown up with him and knew his character very well. He said nothing at this time to avoid being offended.

"Li Qingzhi must have seen my plan..."

"Master." The boy suddenly called.

"What are you doing?" Du Yongning was not very happy.

Du Yongning's boy was the same age as Du Yongning. He was actually not too young. He even had a beard. He said in a rough voice: "Master, Li Qingzhi is in front."

Du Yongning looked over and saw Li Qingzhi.

Li Qingzhi was talking to a dark-skinned woman, holding two little black children on her hands.

The woman looked young and showed white teeth when she smiled. She still looked good, but she was wearing gray clothes and had no jewelry on her head. It was obvious that her family was not well off.

Wait, the key is not this, but that Li Qingzhi is very close to this woman...

"Brother Li, what is this?" Du Yongning went to ask.

As far as he knew, Li Qingzhi came to the provincial capital alone and stayed at Zhu Xunmiao's house... Could it be that he had hooked up with this woman in the provincial capital?

Du Yongning was a little excited.

Li Qingzhi smiled and said, "Brother Du, this is my wife."

After introducing Jin Xiaoye, Li Qingzhi introduced the two children, as well as Jin Xiaoshu and Jin Sangshu, who were selling braised food.

Du Yongning was a little disappointed when he heard Li Qingzhi's introduction, but he quickly thought of something else.

Li Qingzhi's wife came to the provincial capital and took her brother to sell braised meat?

Life must not be easy for their family!

Although Li Qingzhi's knowledge is worse than his, Li Qingzhi's family background is far inferior to him!

Du Yongning felt much better. Out of sympathy for Li Qingzhi, he also bought a braised duck and a braised chicken, intending to take them back to be eaten by Li Qingzhi.

After Du Yongning left, Li Qingzhi saw that there was not much braised food left, so he called Jin Xiaoye and the others to follow him to Zhu's house.

Zhu Xunmiao and Zhu Qian all like this braised food. There are many servants in the Zhu family... they can eat the rest.

Li Qingzhi and the others returned to Zhu Qian's house. On the other side, after Du Yongning returned home with chickens and ducks, he pulled off a duck leg and a duck wing from the braised duck, and then pulled off a chicken leg and a chicken wing from the braised chicken, and then He gave the rest to his servant: "You can take it and eat it!"

He has always only eaten chicken legs and wings, and nothing else.

"Li Qingzhi's family situation is so poor that his family is still running a stall in the provincial capital..." Du Yongning took a bite of the duck leg.

His expression was stunned, and then he said to his servant: "Quickly take out the chickens and ducks I gave you, and tear off the remaining chicken legs, duck legs and wings and give them to me!"

This braised duck is so delicious!

Chapter 154 Buying Books

Zhu Qian's house in the provincial capital was a little out of the way, but it was very large. Li Qingzhi lived in two rooms, one of which was used as a bedroom and the other as a study.

When Zhu Qian saw Jin Xiaoye and others coming, he wanted to arrange another room for them, but Li Qingzhi refused: "Xiaoye and his two children live in the same room with me. Xiaoye's brother and younger brother will leave tomorrow and live in the study." Just one night will do."

Zhu Qian was a little worried: "If they live with you, will they disturb your studies?"

Li Qingzhi smiled and said, "No, I haven't been studying much recently."

Li Qingzhi really didn't study much during this period, so Zhu Qian didn't say much and just asked his servants to bring a bed and put it in Li Qingzhi's study.

Li Qingzhi did not refuse.

Jin Xiaoshu and Jin Mulangshu can sleep on this bed tonight, and tomorrow... let Li Damao and Li Ermao sleep.

If two children sleep in his room, it will affect his ability to hold his wife!

"Dad, the provincial capital is so big!"

"Dad, the houses here are so tall."

After dinner, Li Damao and Li Ermao pestered Li Qingzhi to talk. As for Jin Xiaoye, she was packing things nearby.

This time she came to the provincial capital to negotiate business and buy a shop. Jin Xiaoye brought all her money with her. In addition, she also prepared two outfits for herself that could be worn out.

A man in gold depends on his clothes. When she comes out to discuss business with others, she must dress better!

Jinye Embroidery Workshop itself is engaged in the embroidery business... The two clothes Jin Xiaoye asked Fang Jinniang to make for her had a lot of embroidery on them, and they looked very gorgeous.

"This dress is so beautiful." Li Qing insisted.

"As long as it looks good, this dress costs several guan. If it were sold outside, it would cost more than a dozen guan!" Jin Xiaoye said: "If my hands weren't smooth now, I wouldn't dare to touch it!"

In addition to clothes, Jin Xiaoye also brought all his jewelry. You can't wear these two outfits without jewelry!

Thinking of this, Jin Xiaoye asked Li Qingzhi: "Ah Qing, if someone who knows you saw my gray appearance today, would it be bad for you?"

She came to the provincial capital by boat today. She couldn't be dressed particularly well, otherwise she would be robbed on the way if she wasn't careful!

So she wore her own old clothes, and Li Damao and Li Ermao also dressed simply.

Jin Xiaoye didn't think there was anything wrong with her dress, but she was worried that she would lose Li Qingzhi's face and that someone would look at Li Qingzhi strangely.

Speaking of which, she originally wanted to sell braised meat by herself, but she was afraid that someone would gossip about Li Qingzhi after seeing it, so she didn't do so.

When she was in Chongcheng County, there were some boring people who made fun of her for rocking the boat in the past. They seemed to care about her and asked her not to show up in the future so as not to lose Li Qingzhi's face. In fact, they just disliked her. Look down on her.

"What's wrong?" Li Qingzhi laughed: "My Xiaoye is so beautiful! Even if she is dressed in rags, she is still the best-looking."

"Your mouth is so sweet!" Jin Xiaoye said.

"Then do you want to try it later?" Li Qingzhi asked in a low voice.

Jin Xiaoye pinched him: "The child is here!"

Li Damao and Li Ermao didn't hear what Li Qingzhi said in a low voice, and quickly asked: "Father, mother, what did you say?"

Li Qing insisted: "We are explaining where we will take you to play tomorrow."

"Dad, I want to go play in the mountains!" Li Ermao said.

Li Damao followed and said: "Dad, I also want to go to the mountains to play!"

There are no mountains in Chongcheng County, but there are mountains here in the provincial capital.

Li Damao and Li Ermao saw the mountains on their way to the provincial capital and wanted to play in the mountains.

"Okay, dad will take you to climb the mountain tomorrow." Li Qingzhi looked at Jin Xiaoye: "Xiaoye, are you free tomorrow?"

"I'm free!" Jin Xiaoye said. Although she wanted to visit the shops in the provincial capital, she still had one day to spare.

She had never seen mountains before, and God knows how excited she was to see those mountains today!

I don't know what it's like on the mountain either…

Li Qingzhi happened to be free the next day. He originally planned to go out for a walk and "spread" his talent, but thanks to Du Yongning, he didn't have to do this.

In this case...he will take Jin Xiaoye, Li Damao and Li Ermao to climb the mountain.

There are many mountains near the provincial capital. Not far from where they live, there are several quite short mountains, and there is a rather famous temple on the mountain.

Li Qingzhi wanted to take his wife and children for an outing, not an adventure, so naturally he couldn't choose a mountain that few people climbed.

He planned to take Jin Xiaoye and the others to visit the nearby temple on the mountain and burn incense.

Recently, many scholars went to temples to offer incense, and he could follow suit.

The next day, Li Qingzhi took Jin Xiaoye, Li Damao and Li Ermao to "climb the mountain".

Because there is a temple on the mountain, there are steps to go up the mountain. Next to the steps are mountains and forests, and occasionally you can see small animals such as squirrels.

Li Qingzhi liked this vibrant scene very much, and Li Damao and Li Ermao even exclaimed from time to time.

Their family of four stopped and walked, walking very slowly...

At the same time, the article Li Qingzhi wrote at the reading meeting held by Du Yongning yesterday has been seen by more and more people.

At a certain gathering, someone mentioned this article: "Have you read the article Li Qingzhi wrote at Du Yongning's reading meeting yesterday?"

"I haven't seen it, what's wrong?"

"Li Qingzhi's article is very well written! Several government trial leaders, including Du Yongning, are willing to be defeated!"

"so smart?"

"That's how powerful he is! Li Zixiao is a real person."

…

The article Li Qingzhi wrote yesterday was not long, and had already been copied and circulated. These people also read it, and when they saw it... they were all amazed.

"I heard that Li Zixiao's calligraphy is very good. My fellow countryman who went to the reading club yesterday is famous for his calligraphy, but he said that his calligraphy is not as good as Li Qingzhi's."

"If you think about it carefully, it's impossible for Shanchang Zhou to ghostwrite for Li Qing! He brought up Peng Jingliang, and he didn't even ghostwrite for Peng Jingliang, so how can he ghostwrite for Li Qing?"

"Zhang Shanchang of Chongwen Academy may not have this ability...he himself has only a few articles published in Anjiang Collected Works."

"Someone was jealous of Li Qingzhi before, right?"

…

Li Qingzhi's reputation suddenly improved.

On the contrary, it was Du Yongning... While some people praised him, others complained - Du Yongning's wealthy appearance disgusted some people.

Li Qingzhi didn't care about this. He took Jin Xiaoye and burned incense respectfully at the temple on the mountain. Then he bought some food from the vendors outside the temple and shared it with Jin Xiaoye and the others.

As the hospital exams are approaching and the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, there are especially many people coming to offer incense, and there are also more people selling food.

Glutinous rice dumplings, pastries, bean curds... Li Qingzhi bought them all and tasted them, and finally bought a sugar cane.

The root of the sugarcane is the sweetest, but the bite is harder... Li Qingzhi gave it to Jin Xiaoye.

The one in the middle was not only sweet but also chewy. He gave it to Li Damao and Li Ermao.

The long top part was not too sweet, so he took it and gnawed it himself...

Several scholars who had come together to offer incense were talking about Li Qingzhi when they met Li Qingzhi eating sugar cane and were stunned for a moment.

Li Qingzhi greeted them with a smile and called out the names of those who had come into contact with him.

These people had only met Li Qingzhi once, and they were quite surprised that Li Qingzhi could call them by their names. The two parties separated quickly, and then... these people had a higher evaluation of Li Qingzhi.

"Li Qingzhi is still approachable."

"He is knowledgeable and has a good temper."

"Seeing him eating sugar cane makes me want to eat it too."

"His two children look very smart..."

…

After Li Qingzhi accompanied Jin Xiaoye to climb a mountain once, he got busy again - he received several

The invitations were all for him to attend the party.

Even the people who invited him were not just those children.

On August 14th, a provincial capital organizer held a poetry gathering and invited Li Qingzhi.

After Li Qingzhi was framed and he clarified the matter, his reputation in the provincial capital became even louder.

At this time, most scholars in the provincial capital knew of his existence and knew that he was very knowledgeable.

When Li Qingzhi was busy, Jin Xiaoye was not idle either. She hired a well-informed person to help her inquire about the shops, and then began to take Li Damao and Li Ermao to visit shops in the provincial capital.

In the blink of an eye, the Mid-Autumn Festival is here, and on this day, the "Collected Works of Anjiang" in August will be released.

Li Qingzhi gets up very early every day, but Zhu Xunmiao likes to stay in bed, but that day... When Li Qingzhi got up, he found that Zhu Xunmiao was already up and fully dressed.

Seeing Li Qingzhi, Zhu Xunmiao said: "Brother Li, you have to think about it. Let's leave quickly!"

"Where to go?" Li Qingzhi asked.

Zhu Xunmiao said: "Go and buy "Collected Works of Anjiang"! Brother Li, I heard that scholars who come to the provincial capital should buy a copy of "Collected Works of Anjiang". This will make the trip worthwhile! It's a pity that we are late. If A month earlier, if I had bought the "Collected Works of Anjiang" with your articles, it would have been complete." The bookstore that sells the "Collected Works of Anjiang" looks like a check-in spot for Internet celebrities? Li Qingzhi asked: "Is it necessary to go so early?"

"Everyone left early!" Zhu Xunmiao said, "Brother Li, I have prepared food. Let's eat and go."

Zhu Xunmiao handed a basket full of food to Li Qingzhi. Li Qingzhi took a look and nodded in agreement.

Anjiang Academy is located on a mountain, and the bookstore selling "Collected Works of Anjiang" is opened by Anjiang Academy and is located at the foot of the mountain.

So while they went to buy books, they could also visit the surroundings of Anjiang Academy.

"Brother Li, I heard about the news. Some people said that this month's Anjiang Collected Works is a little different. If you don't buy it, you will regret it for the rest of your life." On the way, Zhu Xunmiao kept talking.

Li Qingzhi responded while eating the things in the basket.

People here in Jiang'an Province generally drink porridge in the morning, but porridge is not convenient to carry... Zhu Xunmiao prepared steamed buns and rice dumplings for breakfast.

They walked for half an hour before they reached the place. Li Qingzhi had already eaten all the food in the basket.

This basket is just perfect for holding books.

Li Qingzhi didn't know what was special about this "Anjiang Collected Works", but he really wanted to buy it - Governor Zhang had revealed before that there were still articles by him in this "Anjiang Collected Works".

In the previous issue of "Collected Works of Anjiang", Shanchang Zhou gave him several copies. As a result, many people asked for them, and he only had one copy left. This time he could buy more.

When Li Qingzhi and Zhu Xunmiao arrived at the bookstore, people were already queuing outside the bookstore.

Some of these people knew Li Qingzhi and greeted him with a smile.

Li Qingzhi greeted them and lined up at the back of the queue.

As soon as he lined up, he saw two strong men carrying a sedan over.

After they put the sedan down, Du Yongning got out of the sedan.

Du Yongning was a little unhappy when he saw the long queue and wanted to go to the front to buy a seat. In the blink of an eye, he saw Li Qingzhi at the end of the queue.

He thought for a while and moved to the back of the queue: "Brother Li, long time no see."

"It didn't take long, we just met a few days ago." Li Qingzhi said with a smile.

Du Yongning's smile froze, and he said to Li Qing: "Brother Li, I heard that there are still articles by you in this month's Anjiang Collected Works?"

Although Li Qingzhi had heard about this matter, he was not sure. Unexpectedly, Du Yongning already knew about it: "Is there anything else like this?"

"It seems you don't know." Du Yongning said with a bit of arrogance on his face: "Your article is indeed good, and it can even be included in "Anjiang Collected Works". It's a pity..."

"What's a pity?" Zhu Xunmiao asked immediately.

Du Yongning said: "It's a pity that this month's Anjiang Collected Works is different. I'm afraid Brother Li won't be able to shine!"

In order to have his articles published in Anjiang Collected Works, Du Yongning gave a heavy gift to a gentleman from Anjiang Academy.

It's a pity that his article didn't get published in the end, even because Li Qingzhi sent many articles to Anjiang Academy... His article can't be accepted this year anyway!

The gentleman who received the gift was a little embarrassed, but it was impossible for him to return the gift to Du Yongning... so he revealed some inside information to Du Yongning.

For example, this month's "Anjiang Collected Works" has another article by Li Qingzhi, and for example... this time, in "Anjiang Collected Works", there are articles by Ling Du Sanren.

This gentleman also comforted Du Yongning: "Li Zixiao published two articles in "Anjiang Collected Works". He is indeed very outstanding, but compared with Qingdu Sanren, he is nothing... This time "Anjiang Collected Works" is published From now on, scholars in the provincial capital will definitely pay attention to Lingdu Sanren and not Li Qingzhi!"

The gentleman said it very firmly.

After all, anyone can write Li Qingzhi's articles, but Lingdu Sanren's articles are different!

People who like Qingdu Sanren's articles will definitely like them very much, and those who don't like them will probably curse him. By then, everyone will definitely be talking about him, and no one will care about Li Qingzhi.

Du Yongning was very excited after knowing the inside information and came to Li Qingzhi to show off.

Li Qingzhi is just an ordinary person with no abilities, so he is different.

He even knows the inside information of Anjiang Academy!

"What happened to this month's Anjiang Collected Works?" Zhu Xunmiao asked. The people in front of Zhu Xunmiao also turned their heads and looked at Du Yongning curiously.

In fact, many people know about the fact that there are articles by Lingdusan people in this "Anjiang Collected Works". After all, Fang Shanchang did not block the news.

Some people who are related have even read the articles written by Qingdu Sanren.

Du Yongning said: "This time's Anjiang Collected Works contains articles by Lingdu San people!"

Li Qingzhi is very famous in the provincial capital, but during this period, the most famous person was definitely Lingdu Sanren.

Du Yongning held a reading club before and read articles by Lingdu Sanren.

Everyone was surprised when they heard what Du Yongning said, and the news spread quickly.

Li Qingzhi was also surprised when he heard about this.

Less than half a month after he handed the article to Governor Zhang, the article had already been published in Anjiang Collected Works?

The efficiency of Anjiang Academy is really high. In comparison, they were a bit slow in printing "Record of Injustice" before.

But there is nothing they can do about it... they have no experience.

"I didn't expect that this time there would be articles by Lingdu Sanren in the Anjiang Collected Works!"

"I have read "The Record of Injustice", but I don't know what his article is like."

"You can read it later!"

"According to what Du Yongning said, this time there is another article by Li Qingzhi in the Anjiang Collected Works. Li Qingzhi is really talented and knowledgeable!"

"I will definitely buy a few more copies of "Collected Works of Anjiang" this time!"

…

Everyone was talking excitedly, and at this time, the door of the bookstore finally opened!

"Collected Works of Anjiang" is now on sale! The scholar who was at the front of the queue entered the bookstore and immediately said that he wanted to buy ten copies of "The Collected Works of Anjiang".

The clerk at the bookstore took his money and gave him twenty books.

The scholar was stunned: "Wait a minute, I only buy ten copies."

The waiter laughed and said, "Sir, whoever buys "The Collected Works of Anjiang" this time, we will give away a copy of "The Collected Works of Qingdu"!

Chapter 155 Academic Affairs

The people who came to buy "Collected Works of Anjiang" were all scholars, so there was no situation where a group of people pushed forward desperately to compete for books.

Everyone went in to buy books one after another, very orderly.

On the day when "The Collected Works of Anjiang" is released, the bookstore of Anjiang Academy will open a side room of the bookstore that is usually used as a warehouse to sell this book exclusively. The bookstore that sells all kinds of books will remain open normally.

In the past, after those scholars bought the "Collected Works of Anjiang", they might go to the bookstore to look at it, buy some other books, or go up the mountain in twos and threes to look around the outskirts of Anjiang Academy.

The area where students of An Giang Academy study is not allowed in, but there are many places outside for shopping. In spring, the peach trees near the academy bloom together, making it a special sight in the provincial capital.

But today is different.

Today, those who bought the book did not bother to buy other books or visit Anjiang Academy. They found a random place and began to read the "Collected Works of Qingdu" in their hands.

Anjiang Academy has never bought a farewell book like "Collected Works of Anjiang"... This book is too special.

I bought it before

I was eager to read the books, but there weren't many, and those people left after reading for a while, but today…

Li Qing watched more and more people standing and reading around him...

"Why is everyone in a hurry to read? This time's "Collected Works of Anjiang" is so good?" Zhu Xunmiao was curious.

Du Yongning regretted even more. He shouldn't have queued at the back of the queue just to show off in front of Li Qingzhi.

If he had paid to buy a place in line with the person in front of him, he would have bought the book by now!

"I have always admired Qingdu Sanren, and I really want to read his articles soon." Du Yongning said.

He read Qingdu Sanren's "The Record of Injustice". It was the first time he read such a book. He was deeply shocked by the stories in the book. He cried so much that he was out of breath all night.

Because of this, he remembered the experiences of the people in the book very well, and he felt that he would never forget those people in the book throughout his life.

He even had the urge to go to Linhu County and give those people some money, but because the hospital examination was approaching, he did not go.

"Me too." Zhu Xunmiao said.

When Du Yongning saw that Li Qingzhi was silent, he asked Li Qingzhi: "Brother Li, why are you silent? You don't like "The Record of Injustice"?"

Li Qing insisted: "No, I like it very much. I can recite this book backwards and forwards."

Du Yongning knew that Li Qingzhi had a photographic memory and snorted coldly: "If I had a photographic memory, I would definitely be able to memorize this book backwards!"

"It's a pity you didn't." Zhu Xunmiao said.

Du Yongning: "..."

While a few people were chatting, the team kept moving forward. Seeing that it was almost their turn, Du Yongning suddenly asked: "Li Zixiao, where does the braised chicken and duck sold by your wife come from?"

Du Yongning's voice was very soft, but Li Qingzhi still heard it: "My wife brought it from Chongcheng County after doing it."

Du Yongning: "..."

At this time, it was finally Li Qingzhi and Zhu Xunmiao's turn.

Zhu Xunmiao said: "Give me one hundred copies of Anjiang Collected Works."

The guy asked, "Sir, why did you buy so much?"

Zhu Xunmiao said: "My friend's articles are published on it. I want to buy more and give them away."

In fact, he felt that a hundred copies were missing, but no matter how many copies he had, it would be difficult to take them back.

After hearing what Zhu Xunmiao said, the waiter added, "Sir, I'm afraid you won't be able to carry so many books."

The "Collected Works of Anjiang" is not thick, and the "Collected Works of Qingdu" that comes with the book is even thinner, but after all, the two hundred books in total are not easy to carry.

"It's okay, I hired someone." Zhu Xunmiao said.

Zhu Xunmiao did hire someone. While waiting in line, he learned that this edition of Anjiang Collected Works contained an article by Li Qingzhi, so he paid to hire a porter who was working nearby.

Since Zhu Xunmiao really wanted it... the guy started to get books for Zhu Xunmiao.

After he finally finished counting the books and handed them to Zhu Xunmiao, Li Qingzhi followed and said, "I also want a hundred."

The guy asked, "Why did you buy so many?"

Li Qingzhi pointed at Zhu Xunmiao: "I am his good friend who has articles published in Anjiang Collected Works."

He has met a lot of people recently and collected a lot of books. Li Qingzhi felt that he should also give away some books.

So that's it... The man started counting books for Li Qing again.

At this time, Zhu Xunmiao had already put the books he bought into the porter's basket.

The clerk finally helped Li Qing count the good books, and it was Du Yongning's turn.

Du Yongning asked: "Is "Collected Works of Ling Du" sold separately?"

"Sir, this book is a gift..."

"Okay, I want two hundred copies!" After the college exam, Du Yongning planned to hold another reading group and read "The Collected Works of Solitude" with others, so naturally he had to prepare more of this book!

Previously, he bought two hundred copies of "The Record of Injustice" and gave them away to people everywhere.

And...he will definitely buy more than Li Qingzhi!

"Sir, why do you buy so many..." If they all buy like this, they won't be able to sell enough books! "I came with him." Du Yongning pointed at Li Qingzhi, as if he and I were also good friends.

The guy could only get books for Du Yongning.

Du Yongning didn't need to hire a porter. He came in a sedan and could put the books in the sedan and take him away.

When Du Yongning bought the book, Zhu Xunmiao had already opened "The Collected Works of Qingdu", and when he saw it... he couldn't put it down.

The eight-part essay written by Li Qing was indeed very good, but when he read it, he mainly had a learning mentality. After reading some, he could put it down at any time. But this article was different. Once he opened it, he could not put it down again.

Zhu Xunmiao stood still and refused to leave.

Li Qingzhi: "..."

More and more people are standing nearby reading. It seems that they are all reading "Collected Works of Solitude"?

Just as he was thinking this, Du Yongning also opened the book...

There was one more person standing near the bookstore.

"Great article!" "Qingdu Sanren's words are so sharp!"

"Reading one of his articles is worth ten years of reading!"

"Qingdusan traveled among the people and saw a lot of people's sufferings. The articles he wrote are really unique!"

"This book is worth reading!"

…

The person who opened the "Collected Works of Solitude" was talking, and then continued to read...

Li Qingzhi was very familiar with these articles and didn't want to read them, but he felt that it was better to follow the crowd... He flipped through them and secretly flipped through the "Collected Works of Anjiang" to memorize all the contents above.

A large part of the reason why he writes well in eight-part essays is that he memorizes many articles.

The eight-legged essay has a format, and the more you read it, the easier it will be to write.

Just like the artificial intelligence before the end of the world, if you feed it more paintings, it will be able to draw pictures; if you feed it more articles, it will be able to write some fragments in a similar writing style.

Li Qingzhi is also smarter than artificial intelligence and will not make weird mistakes.

When Li Qingzhi was reading, many officials in the provincial capital received books from Anjiang Academy.

Governor Zhang learned that Anjiang Academy had given him a book and immediately asked someone to bring it.

Then he discovered that there were actually two books.

"Collected Works of Alone"? Fang Shanchang was smart enough to print another book!

Governor Zhang looked through it and thought about sending this book to the capital.

The academic examinations in Daqi are presided over by the academic administration of each province.

The Xuezheng of Jiang'an Province is surnamed Cheng. Cheng Xuezheng is a lean middle-aged man in his forties. He is about the same age as Governor Zhang, but he has black hair and few wrinkles. He looks to be in his thirties at most. He is standing with Governor Zhang. , like two generations.

Cheng Xuezheng has been busy with college examinations during this period.

At this moment, he started chatting with others about the students who took the college entrance examination this time: "I heard that among the children who took the college entrance examination this time, some of them have a photographic memory?"

Others said one after another: "I have also heard that the man's name is Li Zixiao, and he is very knowledgeable."

"His articles have also been published in Anjiang Collected Works."

"Some people said before that his article was ghostwritten by someone else, but now it has been clarified..."

…

Cheng Xuezheng smiled and said: "I have seen his article in Anjiang Collected Works. The article is really good. If he can write such an article during the college examination, he will be the first to take the lead in the college examination. Genus."

After hearing what Cheng Xuezheng said, others also agreed.

It was at this time that someone came to report that the August issue of "Collected Works of Anjiang" had been delivered.

Cheng Xuezheng asked someone to bring the book up. At this time, an official present said: "Master Cheng, I have received news that there is another article by Li Zixiao in this month's Anjiang Collected Works."

"Then I want to take a look." Cheng Xuezheng said.

Cheng Xuezheng was very concerned about the students participating in the college examination. In fact, he had known about Li Qingzhi's existence for a long time.

There were rumors before that Li Qingzhi had hired someone to write for him, and he couldn't help but be disappointed. However, in the past few days, some articles about Li Qingzhi had been circulated. Looking at every word, he felt that they had been slandered before, and he even changed his attitude towards Li Qingzhi because of this. for attention.

The books were delivered quickly, and there were two of them... Cheng Xuezheng was stunned: ""Collected Works of Qingdu"? Articles by Qingdu Sanren who wrote "Record of Injustice"?"

Cheng Xuezheng has also read the book "Redress of Injustice".

He was actually King Jin's man, but he was not tied to King Jin's ship.

He chose King Jin purely because he felt that King Jin would ascend to the throne in the future, and... King Jin had promised something to his family.

But even though he was a member of the King of Jin, he felt that the Lou family and Magistrate Yan had gone too far. After reading "The Record of Redress of Injustice", he even wrote to the King of Jin to advise him not to be too indulgent towards his subordinates.

The Jin King suffered a big loss from the Qingdu San people, but Cheng Xuezheng did not hate the Qingdu San people.

Now that he saw the collected works of Lingdu Sanren as a bonus, he opened it first.

But not long after reading it, Cheng Xuezheng became angry: "It's nonsense! What is written in this article!"

In Cheng Xuezheng's view, this independent article was a bit treasonous!

After reading it, he became very angry and threw the book aside: "What's the intention of Anjiang Academy? To print such a book!"

People around Cheng Xuezheng didn't dare to speak.

Cheng Xuezheng calmed down and opened "Collected Works of Anjiang" again, and happened to find Li Qing's article about holding flowers.

This article is so good!

With the lonely person as a foil, Li Qingzhi, who abides by the rules, becomes even more likable.

Cheng Xuezheng was not the only one who had such an idea. After all, Lingdu Sanren's articles touched the interests of too many people.

But at the same time, there are also many people who praise Qingdu Sanren's articles, and even think that Qingdu Sanren's articles are excellent.

As for Li Qingzhi... How can Li Qingzhi's articles compare with those of Lingdu Sanren?

After Du Yongning read an article by Lingdu Sanren, he felt ashamed.

Various emotions agitated in his heart. When he looked up and saw Li Qingzhi flipping through the book in his hand carelessly, he became angry: "Brother Li doesn't seem to like Lingdu Sanren's articles?"

Is Li Qingzhi unhappy because the Lingdu San people stole the limelight?

However... How can someone like Lingdu Sanren be compared to Li Qingzhi?

"No, I like it very much." Li Qing insisted.

"Then why don't you see Brother Li reading it carefully?" Du Yongning asked.

Li Qing said: "I have memorized these articles, and I was just savoring them carefully."

"How long has it been since? You memorized it already?" Du Yongning didn't believe it.

He has met people who claim to have a photographic memory, and they can only memorize a few hundred words at a time, but each of the articles written by Lingdu Sanren has two to three thousand words.

Li Qing insisted: "Yes, I memorized them all."

"I don't believe it!" Du Yongning said immediately. You must know that he only read one article. Of course, this is because Qingdu Sanren's article is so good, so he read it a bit slowly.

"Then I'll recite it to Brother Du?" Li Qingzhi suggested. He didn't mind showing off his photographic memory at all.

It's easy to get things done if you're famous.

"Okay, I'll read a paragraph, and you can continue to memorize it." Du Yongning began to flip through the book and quickly read a paragraph.

Then, Li Qingzhi memorized it smoothly.

Du Yongning stopped and read another paragraph for Li Qingzhi to recite, but Li Qingzhi still recited it word for word.

He has a plug-in, and this is an article he wrote himself, how could he not be able to recite it!

After trying several times, Li Qingzhi knew how to memorize everything... Du Yongning once again felt that he was too stupid.

He is fine, why should he doubt Li Qingzhi?

After he asked Li Qingzhi to start endorsing, the scholars around him all looked over. Now these people were admiring Li Qingzhi!

He helped Li Qingzhi become famous again!

What's even more annoying is...Li Qingzhi actually has a photographic memory!

Li Qingzhi has such ability, what else can't he do? No wonder his attempt to cause trouble for Li Qingzhi failed!

Du Yongning was filled with jealousy, but everyone around him was marveling: "Brother Li, I have long heard that you have a photographic memory, and today I have seen it! Brother Li, you are really amazing!"

"I haven't even finished reading these articles, but Brother Li has already recited them by heart!"

"Brother Li is like a literary star from heaven who has descended to earth. The first person to take the lead in this court examination must be Brother Li!"

…

They were not convinced by Li Qingzhi before, but now they are convinced.

They couldn't compare to people like Li Qingzhi, and there was no need to compare.

Realizing this, no one is jealous of Li Qingzhi! Instead, they came over one after another, wanting to talk to Li Qingzhi and watch the genius.

Li Qingzhi was also willing to communicate with them... Suddenly, many people gathered around him.

Du Yongning, who was squeezed out of the encirclement, found this situation very annoying. He snorted coldly and left with his bearer and a sedan full of books.

Li Qingzhi liked chatting with people, so he chatted with the people around him for a long time. However, when someone asked him his opinion on Qingdu Sanren's article, he refused to say anything. He only said that although he had memorized it, he did not read it in detail. Experience it, don't dare to lie.

He was dedicated to taking the imperial examination, so he naturally understood the character of Cheng Xuezheng from Jiang'an Province. When he was in Chongwen Academy, he even read a lot of Cheng Xuezheng's articles.

Cheng Xuezheng will definitely not like Lingdu Sanren's articles, so why should he go against Cheng Xuezheng?

Li Qingzhi didn't leave Anjiang Academy until noon and walked home.

On the way, Zhu Xunmiao asked: "Brother Li, I think Qingdu Sanren's article is very good, but I don't know what's so good about it. Do you feel the same way?"

Li Qing said: "Fortunately, he dared to write the article of Lingdu Sanren."

After speaking, he explained these articles to Zhu Xunmiao.

Zhu Xunmiao felt like he was enlightened, and asked Li Qingzhi: "Brother Li, why didn't you tell me before?"

Li Qing insisted: "Have you forgotten what I told you about Cheng Xuezheng's preferences?"

Zhu Xunmiao: "..." He really didn't expect it!

Li Qing insisted: "The most urgent thing is to be admitted as a scholar."

It's a pity that he is already quite famous, but he is still a scholar.

But speaking of it... Qingdu Sanren's articles are really popular. Can he use this vest more in the future?

For example... write down all the things that happened in Yu County five years ago.

The original owner fled from famine all the way and saw so many tragic things. He could definitely write an "Escape from Famine"!

It's really nice to have a vest, but if he does this, he might not get the royalties.

Maybe no one dares to publish his book.

Otherwise...find Governor Zhang?

Li Qingzhi thought about this matter and soon stopped thinking about it.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and he still thought about the Mid-Autumn Festival.

With this in mind, Li Qingzhi looked at Zhu Xunmiao: "Xunmiao, let's go buy some mooncakes?"

"Okay." Zhu Xunmiao agreed.

Modern mooncakes are well packaged and can be stored for a long time, but ancient mooncakes cannot be stored for a long time without antiseptic technology, so mooncake sellers always make and sell them freshly.

They have some wooden molds, first fill them with the dough ingredients, then add the fillings, and finally seal them with the dough ingredients, press them hard, and the moon cake is ready.

After the mooncakes are made, they need to be steamed on the steamer, and they can be eaten when they are steamed.

The types of mooncake fillings at this time were far fewer than in modern times, mainly bean paste fillings and sesame fillings with meat fillings.

Li Qingzhi didn't pick the fillings, as long as they were edible, he bought some of everything and walked back.

And at this time...more and more people have read "Collected Works of Anjiang" and "Collected Works of Qingdu".

Some people don't like solitary people, but some people like them very much.

No matter what... As Du Yongning said, no one is talking about Li Qingzhi this time, everyone is talking about Lingdu Sanren.

Forget it, Li Qingzhi was compared with Ling Du San by some people.

"The articles written by Qingdu Sanren contain real materials, but some articles are different. They look like flowers, but there is nothing inside."

"I used to think Li Zixiao's article was very good, but Qingdu Sanren's article... is simply shocking!"

"The Collected Works of Qingdu is suitable for repeated reading, while Li Zixiao's articles are only suitable for the imperial examination."

…

Li Qingzhi didn't know that he was being compared with himself. When he returned home, he invited Jin Xiaoye and others to eat moon cakes.

Jin Xiaoye couldn't help but ask: "Aren't mooncakes always eaten when admiring the moon?"

Li Qingzhi asked: "Do you like watching the moon?"

Jin Xiaoye shook her head. She had seen the moon a lot since she was a child. She didn't think there was anything strange about the moon, and she wasn't interested in admiring it.

"You don't like admiring the moon anymore, why do you still have to eat mooncakes while admiring the moon?" After Li Qingzhi finished speaking, he divided the cut mooncakes into a quarter for her.

He cut one mooncake of each flavor so that Jin Xiaoye and the others could taste each one without feeling too full.

After all, unlike him, they don't have stomachs like bottomless pits.

Tonight, Li Qingzhi is planning to enjoy the moon and eat another moon cake, but he can eat some now, right?

Li Qingzhi didn't go out in the afternoon and had been playing with Li Damao and Li Ermao. He also told Li Damao and Li Ermao some things about the original owner's childhood.

If there is a chance in the future, he would like to pay homage to the relatives of the original owner.

Speaking of which, the original owner had relatives alive. Although his family members were all dead, their relatives were not implicated.

The original owner's father was an only son, and the original owner's grandparents had long since disappeared. The relatives of the Li family were far from the original owner, but the original owner's maternal grandfather and grandmother loved the original owner very much, and the original owner also had two uncles...

There is also the married eldest sister of the original owner, who may also be alive.

It's a pity that those people are not in Jiang'an Province and cannot be seen for the time being.

Li Qingzhi recalled the parents and relatives of the original owner, and then thought of his own parents and relatives.

His parents had only one child, and they loved him very much.

Unfortunately, when the end came, they all died.

They called him before they died, and their last words were to tell him to live well.

If his parents knew that he was still alive and had a wife and children, they would be very happy.

Thinking like this, Li Qingzhi hugged Jin Xiaoye and kissed him...

This evening, Li Qingzhi and Jin Xiaoye had a good time.

Jin Xiaoye was quite helpless. Others were not close to women before they took the college examination, but Li Qingzhi was not good at it and kept pestering her every day!

She was worried about Li Qingzhi's health!

Doesn't it mean that if you do this too much, a man's body will be hollowed out? Li Qingzhi was not in good health to begin with. If he was hollowed out again...

Wait, is Li Qingzhi's health really bad?

Why does she feel that Li Qingzhi is getting stronger and stronger? The meat on Li Qingzhi's body is extremely hard!

Jin Xiaoye's aesthetics are similar to those of other people in Miaoqian Village, and he likes tall and strong men.

Li Qingzhi is like this now... Anyway, she likes him more and more!

Li Qingzhi had a very happy Mid-Autumn Festival, at least much happier than last year's Mid-Autumn Festival.

He broke his arm that time!

However, in provincial capitals, many people did not enjoy the Mid-Autumn Festival so well.

They have no relatives around them, so they have to miss them.

Another thing is... Qingdu Sanren's articles are very controversial, and some scholars even got into fights because of their different opinions...

These people spent their Mid-Autumn Festival in a medical clinic!

When Li Qingzhi learned about this the next day, he was really dumbfounded.

Also on this day, there were more discussions in the provincial capital about the articles about Lingdu Sanren.

Some of the children who came to take the college examination didn't even bother to take the college exam and kept telling others about this article.

It's also good. After diverting their attention, they are no longer anxious!

The imperial examination is too important for scholars. When Li Qingzhi interacted with other students, he had already discovered that some people were particularly anxious.

People everywhere in the provincial capital were discussing the Lingdu San people, but Li Qingzhi did not go to the discussion. Instead, he stayed at home and read a book.

Most people don't think this is a big deal, but Du Yongning is different. He thinks Li Qingzhi is like this because he is unhappy after being compared with others and doesn't want to go out!

He felt happy again, and then repeatedly told people around him how good Qingdu Sanren's articles were, and that others could not compare to them.

Especially Li Qingzhi, he can't even compare to a single toe!

Chapter 156 College Examination

Considering that more people will buy "Anjiang Collected Works" this month than before, Fang Shanchang specially printed more "Anjiang Collected Works".

But even so, the August issue of "Collected Works of Anjiang" was sold out within two days.

There are two types of printing in Daqi. One is engraving printing. Some books with high demand, such as the Four Books and Five Classics, are basically engraving printing. Many bookshops will store the engravings of these books. When needed, they can be printed at any time. Can be printed.

However, "Collected Works of Anjiang" is published once a month. It is impossible to use woodblock printing. It has always been printed with movable type.

Using movable type printing to print books is much faster than engraving. If the "Collected Works of Seoul" had been printed using engraving, then the engraving would not even be complete.

But there is also a problem with movable type printing - it prints only a few copies. If you want to print again, you have to start from scratch and re-typesetting.

Anjiang Academy has already started printing next month's "Collected Works of Anjiang". It is impossible to reprint this issue of "Collected Works of Anjiang" and "Collected Works of Qingdu". Therefore, those who have not bought the books can only buy them everywhere or borrow them. Come and copy the book.

These books were also sent to various places by people from provincial capitals, such as the capital.

All this has little to do with Li Qingzhi.

Li Qingzhi did not think that a feudal dynasty could be changed with just a few articles.

In his previous life, some emperors had chatted with foreigners, knew the situation in foreign countries, and had seen foreign weapons. They did not want to change, and their countries were still the same...

It is not that easy to change a feudal dynasty.

For now, he should focus on the present, and passing the college entrance examination is more important.

The process of the college examination is similar to that of the county examination and the government examination, that is, the person in charge of the college examination has changed and it has become a provincial academic administration.

There are also many examiners for the college examination. Cheng Xuezheng invited many people to mark the examination papers, including Chief Fang Shan and Chief Zhou Shan.

Early in the morning on August 20th, Li Qingzhi took all his things and lined up outside the examination room.

There are two college examinations in Daqi, each lasting a whole day.

After entering August, the weather was much cooler than in June and July, but it was still a bit hot. The candidates taking the college examination were all wearing single clothes, which made it easier for the people responsible for searching at the door.

Li Qing carried his own test basket, followed the large group into the examination room, found his seat and sat down.

The college examination has begun.

Li Qingzhi took the county and government examinations before. Most of the candidates were young, but the college examination was different.

Li Qingzhi saw a few people with gray hair and wrinkled faces among the candidates who took the college examination with him, who were at least in their fifties.

Taking the exam to be a scholar at such an old age... Li Qingzhi felt that it didn't make much sense.

In fact, for those who are not suitable for this path, it may be better to give up the imperial examination and choose another path.

However, some people have money at home, so it doesn't matter if they take the exam, they just treat it as a visit to the provincial capital.

Looking at Li Qingzhi's appearance now, he is still a bit thin, giving the impression that he is a weak scholar.

But his health is actually very good.

After a day of exams, some people felt sluggish and some had back pain from sitting for a long time, but Li Qingzhi was fine with nothing.

He walked out of the examination room in high spirits, took the food box Jin Xiaoye prepared for him, and took some rice dumplings from it to eat.

Pork belly wrapped in glutinous rice contains meat and carbohydrates. This is one of his favorite foods.

Du Yongning took the exam for a day, and when he walked out of the exam room, he was feeling groggy and nauseous.

The weather is still a bit hot. With so many people crowded in the same examination room all day long, they must go to the latrine. This time they must go to the latrine... there will be a smell.

Du Yongning's family is very rich, and the toilet in his house is filled every time, so naturally he can't stand the disgusting smell.

He kept suppressing his nausea, but as soon as he left the examination room, he saw Li Qingzhi eating.

Du Yongning covered his chest and retched.

Li Qingzhi: "..."

Du Yongning calmed down and then said: "Brother Li, I'm sorry, I'm not feeling well." He vomited in front of others, it didn't seem to be good?

"Brother Du, please go back and rest quickly." Li Qing insisted.

Seeing that Li Qingzhi didn't blame himself, Du Yongning was a little embarrassed, but he was really anxious to go back and rest... Du Yongning got on the sedan chair that came to pick him up.

After entering the sedan, he was well prepared and took out the sachet and put it under his nose to smell it. He then said to his servant who was walking next to the sedan: "The smell in the examination room is too unpleasant. It's worse than before when I attended the government office." It smelled even worse when I tried it, and there were a lot of flies flying around inside, and I don't know what those flies had bitten..."

The more Du Yongning thought about it, the more disgusted he became, and he felt like vomiting again.

But he didn't eat at all at noon and couldn't vomit.

Du Yongning's servant didn't say anything, and Du Yongning said again: "I must take a shower immediately when I get home. I have to wash it three times! I feel like my whole body stinks! That Li Qingzhi is really strange, he doesn't have any There was no reaction and I could still eat..."

Du Yongning's boy said: "There are open pits in the countryside. When summer comes, the smell is very unpleasant. Many people raise pigs and sheep at home, and they need to use manure to fertilize the land..."

This boy was also born in a farming family and knew the situation in the countryside.

The smell of the examination room is nothing compared to the countryside!

When Du Yongning heard this, he retched again.

After vomiting, his mood suddenly improved.

Li Qingzhi's family is not well off. Even if he is admitted as a scholar, he still has to go back to the countryside to smell such an unpleasant smell!

He is different, he is the eldest young master of the Du family!

There will be another exam next, and he has to endure it, but once he passes the examination as a scholar, he will be relaxed!

He planned to visit Linhu County and help the people there, and then go home to study with his teacher.

The college examination is held twice every three years because the provincial examination is held once every three years.

In the year when the provincial examination is held, the college examination is generally not held, but next fall, there will be a provincial examination.

The provincial examination is much more difficult than the college examination. Most scholars will never pass the examination, but Du Yongning has confidence in himself!

He thinks he can pass the exam next year!

As for this college examination... He may not be as good as Li Qingzhi, but he should not be bad.

In the past few days, he had been studying the articles of Qingdu Sanren and gained something. When he answered the test before, he wrote some...

Li Qingzhi successfully completed the first exam and soon started the second one.

The exam took a whole day, and there was still a smell in the exam room... He knew that for a young master like Du Yongning, the environment in the exam room was particularly bad and uncomfortable.

But he thought it was okay.

After all, he has experienced the apocalypse!

This smell is really nothing compared to the smell of corpses in the apocalypse.

And he has a lot of superpowers recently... He adjusted it so that he couldn't smell it.

His golden fingers are really useful!

After returning home from the college entrance examination, the first thing Li Qing did was actually take a shower.

After washing, he started playing with Li Damao and Li Ermao.

After two exams, Li Qingzhi had nothing to do.

That's all. Just wait for the results of the college exam to come out.

According to past experience, it would take seven or eight days.

Li Qingzhi was playing with Li Damao and Li Ermao, and Jin Xiaoye came out after taking a bath and wiping his hair.

"Ah Qing, come with me to buy a shop tomorrow!" Jin Xiaoye said to Li Qing, "I will go back the day after tomorrow and I will go with Mr. Zhu."

Zhu Qian accompanied Zhu Xunmiao to take the college examination and lived in the provincial capital for more than half a month. Now that Zhu Xunmiao has finished the examination, he is going back.

And Jin Xiaoye plans to go with him.

As for whether Li Qingzhi and Zhu Xunmiao can be admitted as scholars...

Jin Xiaoye had confidence in Li Qingzhi and felt that Li Qingzhi would definitely be able to pass the exam, while Zhu Qian felt that Zhu Xunmiao would probably not pass the exam.

Therefore, they are not prepared to wait for results in the provincial capital.

"Okay." Li Qingzhi agreed.

Early the next morning, Jin Xiaoye got up and dressed up.

Jin Xiaoye did not apply duck egg powder to his face, but only applied rouge to his lips.

Li Qingzhi thinks this is enough.

When he slept in the same bed with Jin Xiaoye, he had special powers to help Jin Xiaoye regulate his body.

Originally, Jin Xiaoye's skin was not very good due to prolonged exposure to the sun and hard work, and his face was a bit rough. However, because of his use of supernatural powers, Jin Xiaoye's face is now very smooth and his pores are almost invisible.

Her only problem now is that her skin color is dark, but Li Qingzhi thinks it's good that she looks healthy like this.

He likes healthy people.

With this in mind, Li Qingzhi combed Jin Xiaoye's hair beautifully and put on the jewelry that Jin Xiaoye brought...

The dressed up Jin Xiaoye looks particularly beautiful!

Li Qingzhi kissed her and said to her, "Let's go."

Li Qingzhi also has two pairs of clothes specially made for him by Fang Jinniang.

He usually doesn't wear this kind of clothes, but today Jin Xiaoye was all dressed up... and Li Qingzhi was also dressed up.

Even Li Damao and Li Ermao put on new clothes.

Li Qingzhi also called two sedans and asked people to carry his family of four to buy a shop together.

After finally finishing the college examination, Du Yongning felt like he had come back to life.

He made an appointment with some friends to have tea in a teahouse, and discussed holding a book club to read "The Collected Works of Solitude" together.

They sat by the window on the second floor of the teahouse, with tea and various snacks in front of them.

Du Yongning picked up a crystal shrimp dumpling with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, eating while looking at the scenery outside the window.

He saw two sedans parked in front of the shop opposite. The person getting off one of the sedans... seemed to be Li Qingzhi?

He had met Li Qingzhi several times before. Li Qingzhi's clothes were not bad at that time, but they were ordinary.

But today...the clothes Li Qingzhi is wearing look very luxurious at first glance!

Just when Du Yongning was wondering, he saw a woman coming out of another sedan with two children. The woman had heroic features and looked full of life... Who else could she be if she wasn't Li Qingzhi's wife?

Her dress is also completely different from before!

Du Yongning was stunned, and after talking to a few of his friends, he walked downstairs.

Isn't Li Qingzhi a poor man? Isn't his wife a village woman? Why are they here dressed up?

Du Yongning rushed to the shop opposite and saw Li Qingzhi holding two children, while Li Qingzhi's wife was talking to a person who looked like a shopkeeper, saying that she wanted to buy the shop.

Buy a shop?

Shops in the provincial capital are not cheap. Li Qingzhi wants to buy a shop? !

Du Yongning looked at Jin Xiaoye in disbelief, and saw Jin Xiaoye smile after talking happily, showing his white teeth, which was completely different from the girls he usually saw.

"Brother Li, do you want to buy a shop?" Du Yongning asked Li Qingzhi.

Li Qing insisted: "Yes, my wife has taken a fancy to this shop."

"Are you rich?" Du Yongning asked again.

"I don't have money, but my wife does." Li Qing insisted.

He really didn't have much money, so he gave all the money to Jin Xiaoye.

But he knew where the money was at home and could access it whenever he wanted.

"Where did your wife get the money?" Du Yongning asked, wasn't Li Qingzhi's wife a village woman? Last time we even set up a stall selling braised meat!

"Didn't I say that? My wife has opened several shops, some selling braised meat and some selling embroidery. Even the ladies in the palace like the things made in my wife's embroidery workshop." Du Yongning's point Li Qingzhi saw clearly what he was thinking, so he simply told Jin Xiaoye to be more powerful.

What he said is also true.

Things from Jinye Embroidery Shop are extremely expensive in the capital!

It was a pity that when Wu Baichuan and Jin Xiaoye got the goods, the price they gave them was not high. Even when Wu Baichuan sold the goods to the shopkeeper Mu, the price was not high either.

All the money was earned by that wooden shopkeeper, who also found someone to imitate the things from Jinye Embroidery Workshop!

Wu Baichuan told Li Qingzhi these things. He thought Li Qingzhi was very powerful, and he did not dare to hide anything when facing Li Qingzhi.

Du Yongning was stunned.

Li Qingzhi added: "The braised food you bought before was sold by my wife's Juewei Zhai. She bought this shop just to sell braised food. If you want to eat it, you can buy it in the provincial capital. "

Du Yongning couldn't help but feel extremely angry when he thought that he had been complacent because of Li Qing's poor family situation.

Wait, what did Li Qingzhi tell him before about not having good snacks... Li Qingzhi pretended to be poor in front of him!

This person is really too much!

While Li Qingzhi was talking to Du Yongning, Jin Xiaoye had already bought the shop he was looking for.

She brought a lot of money with her when she came to the provincial capital this time. After she came here, she deposited the money in a bank in the provincial capital. Now she paid with banknotes from the provincial capital, which was convenient and fast.

After buying the shop, he saw Du Yongning and remembered that he had met this man when he first came to the provincial capital. Jin Xiaoye smiled and said hello to Du Yongning, then looked at Li Qingzhi: "Ah Qing, I bought this shop. Just wait until we go to the Yamen... Let's go buy a shop!"

"Okay." Li Qingzhi agreed with a smile.

Du Yongning: "..." Li Qingzhi's purchase of one shop was not enough, he actually wanted to buy another one!

Chapter 157 Little Sanyuan

Li Qingzhi and Jin Xiaoye bought two shops together.

Jin Xiaoye wanted to buy a few more, but the shops were a hot commodity in the provincial capital. People who owned shops would not sell them unless there were special circumstances. If it weren't for Zhu Qian's help, she wouldn't have been able to buy even two. arrive.

Both of these shops are very small. Fortunately, you don't need a big shop to sell braised food. A small shop is enough!

Jin Xiaoye had already talked with the shopkeepers of these two shops, so she and Li Qingzhi spent a day buying the shops and even went to the Yamen to register.

After finishing this matter, Jin Xiaoye breathed a sigh of relief. The next day, she took her two children and returned to Chongcheng County with Zhu Qian.

Li Qingzhi and Zhu Xunmiao were still staying in the provincial capital. While communicating with the literati in the provincial capital, Li Qingzhi tidied up the two shops.

In addition to choosing a shop some time ago, Jin Xiaoye also recruited two young people to help sell braised meat through someone's introduction.

From now on, Juewei Zhai will send a boatload of braised meat to the provincial capital every day, which will be sold by these two young men. Jin Xiaoshu will go to the provincial capital every half month to settle accounts with them and get money.

Jin Xiaoye will sell the braised food to them at a higher price. The freight and the rent of the shop are all included in the braised food. They can sell the braised food at a higher price, and the money they make is theirs.

These two young men were introduced by Zhu Qian's acquaintances in the provincial capital. One of them had been studying for a few years, but stopped studying if he had no talent. The other was originally working as a waiter in a restaurant and did not want to continue to be a waiter. The waiter recommended himself to help look after the shop.

Li Qingzhi met both of them and chatted with them. He found that the former was quite down-to-earth and the latter was a bit slippery, but neither was a bad person and could be trusted.

Anyway, if they don't do business well one day, they can just replace them.

While Li Qingzhi was busy, Cheng Xuezheng and the examiners of the college examination were reading the candidates' papers.

Those papers with poorly written articles and poor handwriting were picked out from the beginning and put aside, and everyone started to read the papers that were pretty good.

Among all the papers, there is one paper that is recognized by almost everyone.

"This article is good."

"With an article like this, you can pass even the provincial examination!"

"This word is really outstanding!"

"I can't even write such words!"

…

After everyone admired it, they asked Master Zhou: "Is this Li Zixiao's paper?"

Zhou Shanchang said to Yourong, "This is his paper!" Although his name was obscured, there was no way he wouldn't recognize Li Qingzhi's handwriting!

And Li Qingzhi's article... is so well written!

Li Qingzhi's progress seems to be too fast in the opinion of Zhou Shanchang. A few months ago, he wrote

There is still some distance between the articles being published in the "Collected Works of Anjiang", but now... all the articles he wrote during the college examination can be published in the "Collected Works of Anjiang"!

"Someone actually said before that you were ghostwriting for him. It's really nonsense." Someone said.

They all know Zhou Shanchang and know his abilities. However, Zhou Shanchang may not be able to write such an article!

And this calligraphy... Zhou Shanchang's calligraphy is pretty good, but it's a little worse than Li Qingzhi's.

Not only is this article well-written, there are no errors or omissions in the entire article. Every word is arranged just right, which is particularly pleasing to the eye.

Such an article must be given to the individual case!

"Indeed, if I could write such an article, I would definitely send it to Chief Fang Shan personally!" Chief Zhou Shan said to Fang Shanchang on the side.

Hearing this, Chief Fang Shan said: "This Li Qingzhi does have real material. There will still be his articles in next month's Anjiang Collected Works."

"This guy is really awesome."

"Next year, he will probably pass the exam."

"It won't be long before he might enter the Hanlin Academy."

…

Everyone talked about Li Qingzhi and went to read other people's articles.

They couldn't find fault with Li Qingzhi's article, but there were more or less problems with other people's articles.

However, they quickly selected some good ones. Chief Fang Shan liked Du Yongning's articles very much.

Du Yongning had sent an article to Anjiang Academy before, but Fang Shan never liked that article.

That was a carefully crafted article, far inferior to the one written by Li Qing.

But there is something in the article written by Du Yongning in this college examination.

Fang Shanchang could even tell that he was influenced by the Qingdu San people.

Fang Shan said: "This Du Yongning can be ranked second."

Someone agreed: "I think so too."

"He is very knowledgeable and writes good articles."

"This time there is only one Li Zixiao, otherwise he would be ranked first."

…

However, some people like Du Yongning's article, while others don't, feeling that Du Yongning's article is not as good as the others.

Everyone debated for a while, but the final ranking had to be decided by Cheng Xuezheng.

Cheng Xuezheng liked Li Qingzhi's article very much and directly clicked it first. But when it was Du Yongning's turn... he frowned slightly and ranked it at eleven.

Fang Shanchang was stunned: "Master Cheng, isn't this position a bit low?"

Cheng Xuezheng sneered: "Chief Fang Shan really likes that lonely person."

Cheng Xuezheng didn't say much, but everyone could see that he didn't like the lonely people.

Upon seeing this, Chief Fang Shan stopped talking, so as not to offend Cheng Xuezheng, who moved Du Yongning's ranking further down.

Li Qingzhi had no idea how Cheng Xuezheng was ranked.

Before the results of the college examination came out, two Juewei Restaurants in the provincial capital opened together, and Jin Xiaoye also came to the provincial capital.

Li Qingzhi got the news and went to find Jin Xiaoye early in the morning.

Jin Xiaoye came with the boat that delivered braised food.

The job of delivering braised meat to the provincial capital was given to two workers from Juewei Zhai.

From now on, they will set off at four or five in the morning every day, and then deliver the braised meat to the provincial capital around ten in the morning.

These two people were the ones who had helped Li Qingzhi deliver a letter to Governor Zhang before. Jin Xiaoye chose them to facilitate Li Qingzhi's contact with Governor Zhang.

"In addition to delivering braised food to two braised food shops, they will also deliver braised food to several restaurants in the provincial capital. Then you can drop by and deliver some to Governor Zhang. If you have something to give to Governor Zhang, just ask them to deliver it together. Jin Xiaoye smiled: "After Governor Zhang left Hexing Mansion and became governor of the provincial capital, he has always been obsessed with Hexing Mansion's braised meat, so he asked us to give it to him... That's what we say to the outside world!"

"Okay." Li Qingzhi smiled.

There is no need for him to completely draw a clear line with Governor Zhang, but it is best not to get too close, and he must cover up his "alone" vest. It would be great if someone can help him pass the message.

Moreover, Governor Zhang lives a frugal life and does not eat well on weekdays. They give him some braised meat every day. When the weather is cold, Chang Zhan can also make something for Governor Zhang... This is also good for Governor Zhang. .

With the sound of gongs and drums, Juewei Zhai in the provincial capital opened.

Jin Xiaoye specially brought some extra marinade and asked two shops to cook it in pots, so that the fragrance would spread far and wide!

"What does this smell like? Why does it smell so good?"

"A new braised food restaurant has opened!"

"Juewei Zhai, I've never heard of this shop."

"Whether you have heard of it or not, I will definitely buy some of such fragrant braised food!"

…

After factoring in the shop rent and freight, the price of braised meat in Juewei Zhai in the provincial capital is much more expensive than in Chongcheng County.

But prices in the provincial capital are inherently more expensive than in Chongcheng County, plus there are more wealthy people in the provincial capital...

Ordinary people in provincial capitals who don't have much money may be reluctant to buy Juewei Zhai's braised meat to eat, but Juewei Zhai's braised meat still has no worries about selling.

Du Yongning was passing by in a sedan. Suddenly he smelled a familiar fragrance and immediately got off the sedan and walked over.

Li Qingzhi said before that he bought the shop to open Juewei Zhai to sell braised meat, and that was indeed the case!

Du Yongning has eaten a lot of good things, but Jueweizhai's braised food is definitely the best braised food he has ever tasted.

Today I saw that in addition to braised chicken and braised duck, Juewei Zhai also had braised pork, braised dried beans, braised chicken, braised pig trotters... Du Yongning swallowed.

"Brother Du?" Li Qingzhi saw Du Yongning and greeted with a smile.

Li Qingzhi does not hate Du Yongning.

Du Yongning disliked him just like Hong Hui, but he had a good nature and was not like Hong Hui who would cheat on people behind their backs.

But he doesn't like Du Yongning either. After all, Du Yongning doesn't like him.

"Brother Li," Du Yongning nodded towards Li Qingzhi, "Brother Li, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

Du Yongning asked the bearer to carry him to a nearby restaurant, asked for a private dining room and ordered a few dishes. Then he said to the waiter: "Waiter, go to Juewei Zhai and buy me all the braised food." Be back in one o'clock!"

The waiter at the shop was stunned, but after Du Yongning threw out a small ingot of silver, he immediately agreed.

Du Yongning was a frequent visitor to their restaurant, so he couldn't offend him.

However, after leaving Du Yongning's box, the waiter specifically spoke to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper heard this and said, "Buy more and give me a taste when the time comes."

The female shopkeeper of Juewei Zhai came to him before and wanted him to order Juewei Zhai's braised food.

He had never heard of Juewei Zhai, and he thought the braised meat made by their restaurant was also delicious, so he rejected the female shopkeeper.

But now the regular customers of their restaurant ask for Juewei Zhai's braised meat... Should he order some from Juewei Zhai and let Juewei Zhai deliver it to him every day?

Not long after, the waiter came back with some braised food. He gave one portion to the shopkeeper and took the other one to Du Yongning.

Du Yongning had been waiting for a long time. When he saw the braised meat being delivered, he hurriedly picked up a piece of braised dried tofu with chopsticks and ate it.

This braised dried tofu is fried and then braised. It is very tasty and delicious!

After Du Yongning finished eating, he said to the waiter: "Give me a bowl of rice quickly!"

This braised food, he thinks, would be delicious if paired with white rice!

While Du Yongning was devouring the rice, the shopkeeper had tasted the braised food and went to Juewei Zhai himself and ordered some braised food from Jin Xiaoye.

Jin Xiaoye was very happy to have an extra business, and said to Jin Xiaoshu who followed him: "Xiaoshu, there are restaurants in Fucheng in Linhu County, you can also go and run around, you can earn a lot more by supplying goods to the restaurants. "

"Sister, I must go for a run." Jin Xiaoshu said immediately. His brain is really not as good as his sister's. His sister came to the provincial capital and not only opened a shop, but also contacted several restaurants. What about him? How many times has he been to Fucheng? It's no use at all.

Jin Xiaoye did not bring Li Damao and Li Ermao to the provincial capital this time. She was thinking about home and stayed at the shop until the afternoon, then hurried back with Jin Xiaoshu and the others.

Li Qingzhi that night, according to

The old "keeping an empty house alone".

Two more days passed in the blink of an eye, and it was the day for the results to be released.

Not all candidates came to the provincial capital very early and waited until the college examination results were released before leaving. Some candidates had gone back long ago.

Food and accommodation in the provincial capital cost money.

Moreover, after passing the examination as a scholar, the provincial capital will notify each county. After the county magistrate gets the news, he will ask the yamen to go to the home of the person who passed the examination to report the good news. You don't have to worry about not getting the news if you pass the examination.

Of course, there are many people like Li Qingzhi who stayed in the provincial capital to wait for the results to be released. For example, Zhu Xunmiao did not think he could pass the exam, but he still stayed.

Xu Qifei also stayed. He originally wanted to leave, but Zhu Xunmiao repeatedly persuaded him to stay, so he stayed. In the past few days, he copied the "Collected Works of Solitude" carefully every day, and sold it for money after he finished copying it.

After coming to the provincial capital, Xu Qifei didn't go out to play much. On the contrary, his nephew played outside all day long.

Xu Qifei came to the provincial capital to take the college entrance examination this time. His eldest brother asked his nephew to come with him and be responsible for taking care of him.

But this young man, who is about the same age as Xu Qifei, can't do the work of taking care of others, so he runs out all day long.

If he hadn't caused trouble and gone somewhere he shouldn't have gone, Zhu Qian would have sent him back to Chongcheng County.

Early in the morning on the day when the college examination results were released, Zhu Xunmiao took Li Qingzhi and Xu Qifei to the government office so that they could see the posted results as soon as possible.

"Brother Li, I know you don't like to be crowded with others. I will help you watch when the time comes!" Zhu Xunmiao insisted on Li Qing.

He didn't think he could pass the exam. After all, Li Xiucai's two young sons failed the exam many times, and he felt that their knowledge was better than his.

But he is very interested in looking at the list!

"Thank you very much." Li Qingzhi said with a smile.

Zhu Xunmiao had always been nervous when he took the government examination before, but this time the college examination was different.

Probably because he felt that he would not pass the exam, Zhu Xunmiao had a particularly good attitude.

For this reason, Li Qingzhi felt that Zhu Xunmiao might be able to pass the examination as a scholar.

Zhu Xunmiao is modern and belongs to the kind of student who is smart but doesn't work hard. Such students sometimes fail in exams suddenly, and sometimes they perform exceptionally well.

The three of them, plus a servant from the Zhu family and Xu Qifei's nephew, came to the government office together.

Li Qingzhi actually doesn't mind squeezing in front of the list, after all, he likes to interact with living people.

But he didn't think it was necessary - rather than crowding around with others, he might as well eat next to him.

Li Qingzhi bought some food and was eating when Zhu Xunmiao shouted: "Hit! Hit! Brother Li, you are the head of the case!"

Zhu Xunmiao shouted as he squeezed out of the crowd and rushed towards Li Qingzhi excitedly: "Brother Li, I'm treating you. Let's go to a restaurant for a good meal!"

Li Qing said: "Thank you very much!"

"Let's go... wait, they are still inside." After Zhu Xunmiao finished speaking, he realized that Xu Qifei and the others were still in the crowd, and his servant was also inside.

At this time, a servant of the Zhu family rushed out: "Master, you've been hit! You've been hit!"

"What? Can I still win?" Zhu Xunmiao was dumbfounded.

"Yes! Master, you are hit!"

"What's your rank?" Zhu Xunmiao asked immediately.

This time the man said: "The last one!"

Zhu Xunmiao: "..." This ranking is a bit low! But it would be great if it hits!

He is a scholar! A scholar under twenty years old!

Zhu Xunmiao was so excited that he squeezed into the crowd again - he wanted to see his name.

Zhu Xunmiao missed, but Xu Qifei didn't.

He came out of the crowd after a while, first congratulated Li Qingzhi, and then sighed: "I really missed."

In fact, Xu Qifei had already prepared for the fact that he would not be admitted as a scholar.

But Zhu Xunmiao passed the exam but he failed... He was a little disappointed after all.

Zhu Xunmiao came out after a long time, then took Li Qingzhi and Xu Qifei to a restaurant and ordered a table of dishes: "I really didn't expect that I could pass the exam..."

Before taking the college examination, Zhu Xunmiao spent most of his time with Li Qingzhi, who gave him his preferences in analyzing the academic process.

According to Li Qingzhi, Cheng Xuezheng likes people who abide by the rules.

Although he felt that he would probably fail the exam, he took the exam very carefully and followed Cheng Xuezheng's preferences.

He answered the paper very seriously, writing every word correctly. He didn't seek to be brilliant, but only sought to make no mistakes.

Apart from anything else, his handwriting this time is much better than before, and his answers... should be considered acceptable?

Zhu Xunmiao was so excited that he even asked for a drink: "We won't go home until we get drunk today!"

Li Qingzhi: "I won't drink anymore. I'm going back to Chongcheng County in the afternoon."

It was still morning, and Li Qingzhi had already planned to go back with Juewizhai's delivery ship to the provincial capital in the afternoon.

"Are you in such a hurry to go back?" Zhu Xunmiao asked.

Li Qing insisted: "How can drinking be more interesting than going back and telling my family that I was the head of the crime?"

Too! Zhu Xunmiao imagined his father's reaction after knowing that he was a scholar. He didn't want to drink at all. He just wanted to go back and show off, and let his father show off to others - their Zhu family had not produced a scholar yet, and he was The first one!

"Brother Li, how are you going back?" Zhu Xunmiao asked.

Li Qing said: "I'll take Juewizhai's boat back."

Zhu Xunmiao originally planned to go back tomorrow, but Zhu Qian had already promised him that a boat would be arranged to pick him up tomorrow.

But if Li Qingzhi is eager to go back... "I'll go back with you on Juewizhai's boat."

Zhu Xunmiao decided to go back. It was impossible for Xu Qifei to stay in the provincial capital, so he made the same choice.

It was still early, so the three of them had dinner together and then went back to pack their things.

Zhu Xunmiao has been very excited, and Li Qingzhi is also very happy.

He got three cases in a row, which means he got a small three yuan. This is definitely something worth celebrating.

On the other side, Du Yongning was in a bad mood.

Du Yongning did not go to the list to read the list. Although most candidates love to be clean, some candidates don't like to take a shower or wash their hair.

Therefore, as long as he squeezes into the crowd, he will inevitably smell a bad smell, which is intolerable to him.

He found a teahouse nearby to drink tea, asked his servant to look at the ranking, and then guessed whether he was second or third.

It should be second. He felt that he performed particularly well this time and wrote far more articles than before!

However... his boy told him that he got eleven.

Du Yongning didn't believe it at all: "Impossible! Did you see it wrong?"

"Master, I can't be wrong," the young man said. He didn't believe it at first, so he looked back and forth several times and even counted.

"No, I want to see it in person!" Du Yongning couldn't bear it and planned to see it in person.

As soon as he passed by, he heard someone talking about Li Qingzhi: "Li Zixiao is indeed the head of the case this time!"

"I guessed it a long time ago!"

"Li Zixiao is really amazing!"

…

Forget it, Du Yongning had sharp ears, and he heard someone talking about him.

"Du Yongning acted like he was sure to get the top spot in the hospital examination, but the result? He wasn't even in the top ten!"

"He is someone who thinks highly of himself but has no real abilities."

"I heard that he went to submit articles to Anjiang Collected Works, but unfortunately he was not selected at all."

…

Du Yongning has been keeping a high profile since he came to the provincial capital.

He held many parties and gave away his collection of poems to people everywhere.

He did spread his reputation, and many people knew about him, but his wealth also made some people dissatisfied with him and talked about him in private.

"What are you talking about?" Du Yongning roared angrily!

Those people only talked about him because he was not around, but they didn't expect him to come... They were stunned for a moment.

They were all scholars, and they also wanted to keep face. They were caught talking about others in private... These people did not dare to argue with Du Yongning, and left with their faces covered in embarrassment.

At this time, Du Yongning was already furious.

He didn't expect others to see him like this!

But even so, Du Yongning still suppressed his anger and looked at the posted list.

Then...he discovered that he was indeed eleven!

Those in front of him were all those he felt were inferior to him. He even told one of them that he should learn from him.

Du Yongning felt extremely embarrassed. He gritted his teeth and ran back to his residence quickly.

Taking a deep breath, Du Yongning said to his servant: "Go and call a boat. I want to leave the provincial capital and go to Linhu County!"

He can't stay in the provincial capital anymore, he wants to leave immediately!

As for where to go... of course it was Linhu County, which he had wanted to visit for a long time!

Now he has no face to go home.

The Du family came to the provincial capital with Du Yongning, not only Du Yongning's servants, but also several other servants.

Now Du Yongning gave an order... These people quickly packed up their things and found a large boat for Du Yongning to take Du Yongning away from the provincial capital and row in the direction of Linhu County.

There are several counties in Hexing Prefecture, and Chongcheng County is the closest county to the provincial capital in Hexing Prefecture.

Going north from the provincial capital and entering the boundary of Hexing Prefecture, the first thing you pass by is Chongcheng County.

Further north in Chongcheng County is the capital city of Hexing Prefecture. If you want to go to Linhu County, then after arriving in Chongcheng County, you have to go northwest.

Du Yongning and the others didn't set off until almost noon. It was possible to reach Linhu County on the same day, but it would definitely be very late when they arrived, and both the boaters and the boaters would be very tired by then.

Du Yongning himself didn't want to take a long boat ride, so he decided to rest for one night in Chongcheng County, and then

Then go to Linhu County.

Li Qingzhi is from Chongcheng County. He has a grudge against Chongcheng County and is dissatisfied with it. However, Li Qingzhi passed the case examination and will definitely meet more people in the provincial capital to show off. He will not be in a hurry to return. Chongcheng County - According to what he observed, Li Qingzhi, like him, worked very hard to promote his reputation.

If there is no Li Qingzhi in Chongcheng County, it is okay for him to settle down.

Du Yongning planned to reluctantly go to Chongcheng County to stay for one night, but he didn't know that Li Qingzhi, who he thought would not return to Chongcheng County so early, had already boarded the boat and was ready to go home.

Juewizhai's boat was filled with the smell of braised meat, which smelled particularly good... Li Qingzhi felt a little hungry.

Chapter 158 New County Magistrate

Li Qingzhi and the others bought some food at the dock in the provincial capital and took it on board.

This is the money paid by Li Qingzhi. Although Zhu Xunmiao likes to rush to pay when he is rich, he cannot always be allowed to pay.

Li Qingzhi put the food on the boat and asked everyone to take it themselves.

But no one else was hungry yet, so he was the only one who took a bun and ate it slowly.

Zhu Xunmiao was still very excited. Seeing Li Qingzhi's calm face, he couldn't help but ask: "Brother Li, you have been admitted as a criminal case officer, why are you so calm?"

Li Qingzhi smiled and said, "I'm just calm on the face, but I'm still very excited in my heart."

In other words, he must be happy when he is admitted to the college and gets three small yuan for the first time, but he can't say he's excited...

His road to the imperial examination has just begun.

The weather has been much cooler these days, and it is not uncomfortable to bask in the sun. Li Qingzhi lay on the boat to bask in the sun, while thinking about what to do next.

There are county schools and government schools in Daqi. People like him who are admitted as scholars can go to the government schools to study, but of course they don't have to go.

Li Qingzhi doesn't plan to go. He plans to build a school by himself after returning to Chongcheng County.

His school accepts both male and female students, but there is no tuition fee, and food and accommodation are included.

He would find someone to teach the students arithmetic, reading, accounting, embroidery and other skills. When they had learned enough, these students could work in Juewei Zhai or Jinye Embroidery Workshop.

This school is positioned as a vocational training school.

Anyone who comes to this school to study will have to work for him for several years in the future. The conditions are quite strict, but Li Qingzhi is not afraid of not being able to recruit students.

These days, there are many people who cannot afford to eat. If there is such a school, they are afraid that they will flock to it.

In addition to building a school, he also plans to write a book under the pseudonym "Qingdu Sanren" about the flood in Yu County five years ago.

Of course, he will not write from the perspective of the original owner. Li Qingzhi plans to write some "oral" experiences of the people of Yu County using the writing method of "Redress of Injustice".

The title of the book is "Escape from Famine". The old people, children, women, men...all the experiences they experienced while escaping from famine, as well as their previous lives in Yu County, can be written down.

The original owner's father, the deceased magistrate of Yu County, can also be mentioned in the book.

Li Qingzhi closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Seeing Li Qingzhi like this, Zhu Xunmiao felt a little sleepy. He covered his face with a piece of clothing and lay down to sleep.

Xu Qifei didn't sleep, so he took out the previous issues of "Anjiang Collected Works" that Zhu Xunmiao had found, and looked at them carefully.

Seeing his uncle like this, Xu Qifei's nephew curled his lips and started to eat the food on the table.

Seeing this, Xu Qifei sighed secretly.

This time he came to the provincial capital to take the college examination. His eldest brother asked his nephew to take care of him and gave his nephew twenty taels of silver.

As a result, his nephew had been eating and drinking at Zhu's house for free. He didn't even know how to buy anything from Zhu's house, and he didn't take care of him at all.

His nephew spent all the money his eldest brother gave him.

If he had known this, he would definitely not have brought his nephew to the provincial capital.

Li Qingzhi pretended to be asleep at first, but then he really fell asleep.

Chongcheng County.

When Li Qingzhi learned about his college entrance examination results, Jin Xiaoye and Wu Baichuan negotiated a deal.

The Shen family's fleet was heading to the capital again, and Wu Baichuan came to buy something from her.

Knowing that the products from his embroidery shop were popular in the capital, Jin Xiaoye raised the price.

She was ready for Wu Baichuan to bargain with her, but Wu Baichuan directly agreed to the price she offered.

Jin Xiaoye even suspected that he had set a low price.

"Shopkeeper Jin, this is the price. It can't be any higher. If it's higher, I'll have to go all the way in vain." Shopkeeper Wu smiled apologetically.

"Then at this price, shopkeeper Wu, don't worry, the quality of the goods I give you this time will be better than before!" Jin Xiaoye said.

In the past, the quality of the things made by Jinye Embroidery Workshop was good, but not that great.

It's different now!

The skills of the female workers she recruited are getting better and better, and now the quality of the things made by Jinye Embroidery Workshop is absolutely first-class.

"What shopkeeper Jin said is definitely correct." Wu Baichuan smiled and asked a few more questions about Li Qingzhi before leaving with satisfaction.

After Wu Baichuan left, Jin Xiaoye asked Sister Wang: "Sister Wang, Jin Niang hasn't come yet?"

Fang Jinniang is pregnant with the child, and Jin Xiaoshu has now opened a shipping company and does not have to deliver goods by herself... Recently, Fang Jinniang came to Jinye Embroidery Shop much later than before.

But no matter how late it was, Fang Jinniang must have already arrived at this time.

"It's not here yet, I'm just wondering!" Sister Wang said.

Jin Xiaoye was a little worried: "I'll go to my parents' shop." Now her parents opened a shop in the county town, and she and Fang Jinniang always went out in the morning.

Jin Xiaoye was walking out when Jin Xiaoshu came with Fang Jinniang and Jin's father and mother. As soon as they came, he said: "Sister, there is something wrong with my sister's family."

"What happened?" Jin Xiaoye was confused.

Although Li Qingzhi often chats with Aunt Jin, Jin Xiaoye's relationship with Aunt Jin is average.

Aunt Jin is a married girl, and Jin Xiaoye is also a married girl. The two families do not treat each other as relatives. In addition, except for Aunt Jin, everyone else in Aunt Jin's family is dull and doesn't like to talk... Jin Xiaoye is not familiar with Aunt Jin's parents-in-law and husband at all.

Among the female workers Jin Xiaoye recruited from Miaoqian Village was Aunt Jin's fifteen-year-old daughter, but she did not give this little girl any preferential treatment.

This is normal. You must know that half of the female workers she recruits are related to her. Jin Maoer and her are the same family.

Jin Xiaoshu said: "Yao Zuming's father went to my sister-in-law's house to steal persimmons. He fell from the persimmon tree and died. His family asked my sister-in-law's family to pay for it."

Jin Xiaoye: "Please tell me carefully."

Jin Xiaoye often heard Aunt Jin complaining about Yao Zuming's family, and knew that Yao Zuming's family often went to Aunt Jin's house to steal things.

But something like stealing a persimmon and throwing him to death... This was something Jin Xiaoye didn't expect.

Jin Xiaoshu explained the whole story carefully.

It starts from last night.

Just as Aunt Jin complained, Yao Zuming's family often came to their house to steal things, mainly vegetables.

These days, the persimmons on the two persimmon trees at Aunt Jin's house are ripe, and Yao Zuming's family naturally can't hold it back... Yao Zuming was not at home last night and went out to gamble. Yao Zuming's father took Yao Zuming's son to go to Aunt Jin. Stealing persimmons from home.

Yao

Zu Ming's son was about the same age as Li Damao and Li Ermao and could not climb a tree, so Yao Zuming's father went to climb a tree.

The old man stole the persimmons and made a lot of noise, which naturally alarmed Aunt Jin's family. Aunt Jin knew that it must be the Yao family who came to steal things again, so she immediately started scolding...

Aunt Jin suddenly made a sound, and Yao Zuming's father was startled. Without paying attention, he fell from the tree.

Persimmon trees are generally not very tall, so it would usually be fine even if they fell, but Yao Zuming's father's feet got caught in a branch and he fell headfirst.

Forget it, there is still a stone pillar under the tree.

Yao Zuming's father's head hit the stone pillar and he died after being beaten for a while.

Aunt Jin was not to blame for this incident, but Yao Zuming's family was not a good person... After Yao Zuming came back, he blocked the door of Aunt Jin's house, saying that Aunt Jin had killed his father, and asked Aunt Jin to pay him forty taels of silver.

Aunt Jin's family conditions are not bad. Her father-in-law and her husband are both hard-working and capable. When a new dock was built, her husband was chosen and he earned several taels of silver after working for several months.

In addition, Aunt Jin's mother-in-law is notoriously stingy, even worse than Grandma Jin, so their family has some savings.

As their neighbor, Yao Zuming knew this situation very well, so he opened his mouth.

Aunt Jin's family definitely didn't want to give it, but Yao Zuming was too fierce and looked like he was going to hit someone. Aunt Jin's husband and father-in-law were timid... Last night, they were asked to take away five taels of silver by Yao Zuming.

If not for the persuasion of his neighbors, Yao Zuming would not have left their house last night!

The whole family shivered all night and hid at Uncle Jin's house early this morning.

When Yao Zuming saw this situation, he took his relatives and his unscrupulous friends and blocked the door of Uncle Jin's house.

After Jin Mulangshu joined Jin Xiaoshu's boat trip, he went out before dawn and was not at home, so he was not blocked. However, Jin Liushu had been selling braised food during this period. He went out late, so he and Jin Zaoshu were blocked at home by the Yao family. .

And there are Jin Xiaoshu and the others...

Jin Xiaoshu and the others have been going out late recently, and when they were going out, they happened to meet someone from the Yao family...

After all, they were relatives, so it was hard for him to just leave without caring about anything... Jin Xiaoshu could only stay and persuade her, but it was of no use. Yao Zuming didn't listen to him at all.

However, because Li Laogen boasted in the village not long ago that he had dinner with Gou Tongzhi and Governor Zhang, Yao Zuming and the others did not dare to do anything to Jin Xiaoshu's family.

Faced with this situation, Jin Xiaoshu didn't do anything. Thinking that if he didn't come to the county seat, his parents wouldn't have time to open a shop, so he took Jin's father and mother to the county seat first.

"Sister, I have to go back and take a look. You can take care of Dian Jinniang." Jin Xiaoshu said to Jin Xiaoye.

He didn't dare to let Fang Jinniang go back, lest Fang Jinniang be frightened, but he was from the Jin family, and Sister Jin was right about this, and he would definitely go back and help her out.

In the countryside, this is how we help each other.

Jin Xiaoye said: "I will go back with you."

According to what Jin Xiaoshu said, Yao Zuming carried his father's body to the door of Jin's house!

This is too much!

And no matter how much she dislikes the stingy Aunt Jin, she is still her sister-in-law!

Jin Xiaoye asked Fang Jinniang and Sister Wang to look at the shop and hurried to Miaoqian Village.

It was still early when Li Qingzhi and the others went out, but when they returned to Chongcheng County, it was already late.

Their boat docked at the old dock in Chongcheng County, and Li Qingzhi planned to buy some food here before going home.

Otherwise... Jin Xiaoye doesn't cook much on weekdays. What if he doesn't have anything to eat when he goes back?

When the boat stopped, Li Qingzhi was the first to get off the boat, and then he saw a familiar person: "Brother Du?"

Li Qingzhi did not expect that he would see Du Yongning in Chongcheng County. Du Yongning also didn't expect that as soon as he got off the boat, he saw Li Qingzhi getting off the boat that had been following his boat.

"Brother Li." Du Yongning's expression was ugly. In this college examination, he ranked eleventh, and Li Qingzhi would definitely make fun of him...

Li Qingzhi didn't look at the list at all, so he naturally didn't know Du Yongning's ranking, but he felt Du Yongning's rejection of him. He was in a hurry to go home and didn't want to say more to Du Yongning: "What a coincidence. Brother Du, I still have something to do, so I'll go do it first."

Du Yongning didn't know that Li Qingzhi was in a hurry to go home. When he saw that Li Qingzhi didn't even have a smile on his face, he thought Li Qingzhi looked down on him and didn't want to talk to him. His face became even more ugly and he couldn't help but said: "Brother Li has passed the exam." First of all, it's really different, you don't even care about anyone."

This is a slap in the face, Du Yongning's attitude is obviously even worse! Li Qingzhi was speechless: "Brother Du, you have a bad face, but you still have the nerve to blame others for ignoring you?"

"You... you obviously look down on me!" Du Yongning said angrily.

Even if he was angry, he would always put on airs, but today... his ranking in the college examination was so low, it made him feel so uncomfortable!

What made him even more uncomfortable was the comments he heard others making about him. He didn't expect others to see him that way!

Does Li Qingzhi also think that he thinks too highly of himself and is not capable?

"When did I look down on you?" Li Qingzhi was helpless.

"Right now! Li Zixiao, there must be something wrong with the ranking in this college examination. I can't possibly be ranked eleventh..."

"Are you ranked eleventh?" Li Qingzhi was a little surprised.

"Are you only eleven?" Zhu Xunmiao was also curious.

Du Yongning realized something was wrong: "Don't you know?"

Li Qing insisted: "I didn't look at the list."

Zhu Xunmiao said: "I went to see it, but when I saw that the first name was Brother Li, I came out and didn't look down."

He wasn't familiar with Du Yongning, and Du Yongning didn't invite him to any reading club before. Of course, he couldn't go out of his way to see Du Yongning's ranking.

Xu Qifei read the entire list, but he had been studying in seclusion some time ago and did not know Du Yongning at all.

Du Yongning and Li Qingzhi looked at each other, feeling that they were all humiliated.

People didn't know his ranking at all and didn't want to make fun of him, but he ended up jumping around here.

It was a coincidence that at this moment, another ship came over, with Zhu Qian still standing on the bow.

Zhu Qian was a little surprised when he saw them: "Nephew Li Xian, Xun Miao, why are you back today?"

Zhu Qian was still thinking about going to the provincial capital to pick someone up tomorrow, but his son came back?

"Dad! I was admitted as a scholar! Brother Li was also admitted as a criminal case officer!" Zhu Xunmiao said excitedly.

Zhu Qian was even more excited: "Have you been admitted as a scholar? God has blessed our Zhu family, and our family actually produced a scholar!"

"Dad, I also think this is God's blessing. If I were even closer, I would not have passed the exam!" Zhu Xunmiao was very proud: "I came in last!"

Zhu Xunmiao didn't feel embarrassed at all to be the last one, and his voice was particularly loud.

"You are so lucky! When I get back, I will give a few more sticks of incense to the Bodhisattva and pay my respects to the ancestors of our Zhu family." Zhu Qian was also excited. He thought it would be fine if he could pass the exam. As for the ranking, it didn't matter!

The father and son were so happy that Du Yongning was dumbfounded.

You must know that he has liked to compete for first place since he was a child...

"Shopkeeper Zhu, congratulations!" At this time, a man in his thirties with a long beard walked onto the bow.

He first congratulated Zhu Qian, then looked at Li Qingzhi: "You are Li Zixiao, congratulations on getting another first in the court examination!"

The man spoke in Mandarin, and as soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Qian introduced Li Qingzhi: "My nephew, this is the new Magistrate Wang from Chongcheng County."

After Magistrate Gou was promoted to Tongzhi, the capital arranged a new magistrate for Chongcheng County.

In addition to Chongcheng County, Linhu County also arranged new county magistrates.

And these two new county magistrates are both from Lu Qingxi.

Lu Qingxi said in public that Governor Zhang was his man, and after promoting Gou Tongzhi, many officials began to defect to him.

Of course, there was another reason why these officials took refuge in Lu Qingxi - the emperor brought a baby born from a clan back to the palace!

The emperor seemed not to let Prince Jin succeed to the throne... Naturally, some people were betting on the baby.

Magistrate Wang has no background and his family is still poor.

He and Gou Tongzhi were actually admitted to the Jinshi together. Gou Tongzhi became the magistrate of Chongcheng County through their connections, but he stayed in the capital and became a minor official, unable to even support his family.

There were many officials in the capital and they had to give gifts from time to time, which made his life even more difficult.

Forget it, he also offended a certain official from the King of Jin's line... He was one of the first to seek refuge with Lu Qingxi, and Lu Qingxi asked him to come to Chongcheng County as the county magistrate.

Magistrate Wang used to be an arrogant and proud man. After all, in his county, there were very few people in the country, let alone a Jinshi like him!

But after passing the Jinshi exam and sitting on the bench for several years in the capital, he saw the reality clearly.

When he saw Gou Tongzhi, he was not jealous at all. Instead, he used the fact that the two of them were Jinshi in the same ranking to make a connection.

After Gou Tongzhi introduced Zhu Qian to him, he had a very good attitude towards Zhu Qian and even came to Chongcheng County with Zhu Qian.

Now seeing Li Qingzhi whom Gou Tongzhi praised again and again, he was even more enthusiastic.

Zhu Qian's boat had stopped, and he and Magistrate Wang got off the boat together.

County Magistrate Wang smiled and looked at Li Qingzhi: "Zixiao, you won Xiao Sanyuan in one fell swoop. This is a great event. I'll be the host. Let's go have a meal together?"

"Thank you Master Wang, but I still have things to do at home..." Li Qingzhi declined politely. Magistrate Wang may not really want to invite him to dinner. He came to Chongcheng County after a long journey and must be tired and want to rest.

"Then let's change the date." Magistrate Wang did not force it.

However, at this moment, people from a nearby Miaoqian village recognized Li Qingzhi and walked towards Li Qingzhi: "Li Qingzhi, you are back? That's great!"

Li Qingzhi asked: "Uncle Li, what's wrong?"

The man surnamed Li said: "Your wife's sister-in-law has been implicated in someone's life. Yao Zuming has been shouting that she killed someone. Go back and take a look!"

Li Qingzhi didn't react for a while - Aunt Jin killed someone? Impossible, right?

Aunt Jin is timid and afraid of getting into trouble, how dare she kill someone!

Before Li Qing could ask, the man said again: "Your wife is about to start a fight with someone."

Li Qingzhi: "...I'll go back right away, Uncle Li, what's going on?" It's possible that Jin Xiaoye got into a fight with someone. When he was in Miaoqian Village, he heard about Jin Xiaoye's "great achievements" .

Li Laogen used to gamble and was beaten by Jin Xiaoye with a door bolt.

Everyone else heard what this man said. Magistrate Wang immediately said: "A life was lost? I'll go and see too!"

In a county town, a murder is a serious matter, and the county magistrate must personally intervene.

Magistrate Wang is going... Zhu Qian said quickly: "Everyone, please take my boat over."

Li Qingzhi had no objection and took the man named Li from Miaoqian Village on board the boat.

Zhu Xunmiao and Xu Qifei also followed.

Du Yongning was embarrassed at first, but after Zhu Xunmiao shouted that he was the last one, he was no longer embarrassed.

When he heard that Li Qingzhi's wife's aunt was involved in a murder case, and that Li Qingzhi's wife beat someone up... he immediately became excited.

He took his servant and followed the boat, and even exchanged a few words with Magistrate Wang. Someone from the Du family was an official in the capital, and Du Yongning was not afraid at all when he saw Magistrate Wang.

When County Magistrate Wang heard Du Yongning say that he was a scholar who had just passed the college entrance examination, he thought he was a good friend of Li Qingzhi, so naturally he would not let Du Yongning follow him.

As for Li Qingzhi, he no longer cares about Du Yongning and is asking Uncle Li various questions.

After Uncle Li got on the boat, he was a little panicked when he saw the expensive furnishings on the boat. Fortunately, he could explain the matter clearly: "Of course your sister-in-law didn't kill anyone. Yao Zuming's father fell to death by himself. There was so much movement last night." It was so big that everyone nearby went to see it."

"He obviously stole something and fell to death, but Yao Zuming said that your sister-in-law and the others deliberately placed a stone pillar under the tree to scare his father, just to kill him."

"There has been a lot of trouble today, and Yao Zuming even called a lot of people."

"Their family is really unreasonable, and they even carried his father to the front door of the Jin family."

…

When Uncle Li was talking, the master specially invited by County Magistrate Wang translated what Uncle Li said to Magistrate Wang, and Magistrate Wang had a rough idea.

As for everyone else present, they all understood the dialect spoken by Uncle Li.

Du Yongning couldn't help but said: "That Yao Zuming is really unreasonable. His father accidentally fell to death when he went to steal something from someone else's house. What does it have to do with that family?"

He felt that Yao Zuming was too much.

But what he was most concerned about was not this: "You said Brother Li's wife was fighting with someone..." If this were true, Li Qingzhi would be so embarrassed! He no longer has to worry about Li Qingzhi laughing at him!

He came to Chongcheng County at the right time.

"Xiaoye...she has a grudge against Yao Zuming, and she even went to Yao's house to make trouble before." Uncle Li didn't know the identity of Magistrate Wang. He was a little nervous when he got on the boat at first, but now he is more relaxed.

"Why?" Du Yongning asked.

"Yao Zuming persuaded her father-in-law to gamble and also wanted their family's land! Yao Zuming is not a good person, and only Xiaoye can control him." Uncle Li said.

Du Yongning looked at Li Qingzhi excitedly, wanting to see Li Qingzhi embarrassed.

However, Li Qingzhi smiled and sighed: "Xiaoye is really amazing."

"Yes, she is the most powerful girl in our Miaoqian Village." Uncle Li said.

Li Qingzhi looked proud.

Du Yongning: "..." Li Qingzhi is actually very proud? Then how could he make fun of Li Qingzhi?

Zhu Qian also said at this time: "Shopkeeper Jin is indeed a hero among women." He has always admired Jin Xiaoye.

Du Yongning: "..." Is there something wrong with these people?

Magistrate Wang also fell silent.

Hearing that someone was killed, he thought he could show off his ability to solve cases, but in the end... it was just this case?

To put it bluntly, this is the unreasonable behavior of a country man.

Chapter 159 Fighting

Temple Village.

Ever since Father Jin and Uncle Jin separated, Uncle Jin's family has lived in a spacious place.

Although Aunt Jin scolded Jin Xiaoshu from time to time, saying that Jin Xiaoshu wanted to separate the family because she didn't want to hand over the money she earned to the public, and that she suffered a loss after the separation, she had to admit that her life after the separation was Much more comfortable.

At least their family can now eat some meat every day, instead of having to eat some on the sly like before.

Aunt Jin didn't like to cook before, but now she is very happy. Every night, she will think about what to eat the next day.

Last night, she had planned to have egg soup at noon today, and in the evening...she asked Jin Liushu to buy some dried tofu and some meat.

Put the dried tofu in a large bowl, slice half a pound of meat and spread it on the dried tofu, then pour some soy sauce and steam it on the steamer. It is a dish that the whole family will love!

The rice mixed with oily soup is enough for the children at home to eat several bowls in one sitting!

However...her house was blocked early this morning. She had no time to cook, so she could only cook some rice and eat it with pickles.

At this moment, there were many people sitting in the hall of the Jin family, including people who were highly respected in the village, such as the village chief, and relatives of the Jin family.

Outside the courtyard gate of the Jin family, Yao Zuming and his relatives and friends were crying: "My dad! Your life is so miserable!"

"Some people are so vicious! They are deliberately trying to harm you!"

"My poor father!"

"Dad, you must talk to your enemy tonight!"

…

In the room, Aunt Jin was so frightened that she was helpless. Aunt Jin's mother-in-law also kept wiping her tears: "We agreed last night that if we give you five taels of silver, the matter will be over."

"We have already given five taels of silver, why does he come again?"

"Five taels of silver, that's five taels of silver..."

…

Last night, Yao Zuming blocked Aunt Jin's house and asked for money.

But at that time, there were only him, his wife, and his mother in the Yao family, and the neighbors were helping Aunt Jin and her family. He had no advantage... Probably because of this, although he clamored for forty taels of silver, he was not well received by the people around him. He Xia, took five taels of silver and left.

Aunt Jin's family were ordinary people, and they couldn't stand seeing someone die in their own yard. In addition, Yao Zuming was too cruel, so they gave Yao Zuming money to get his father away quickly.

Although they were distressed at the time, they comforted themselves that it would be nice if the matter could be settled.

But who would have thought that Yao Zuming, who had stopped making trouble after taking five taels of silver yesterday, would start asking for money again today?

Yesterday he only had forty taels, and today he asked for fifty taels.

When Jin Xiaoye heard the sobbing cries, he couldn't help but said: "I shouldn't have given him money yesterday! You gave him money and he thought you were easy to bully. Why don't you give him more money?"

Her sister-in-law's family really put their cowardice on the map, so much so that no one dared to step on them.

Jin Xiaoye felt that Yao Zuming just thought it was too easy to get five taels of silver, so he asked for it again today.

Those friends of Yao Zuming were probably hired by Yao Zuming with five taels of silver.

"It won't work if I don't give it. He won't take his father away." Aunt Jin's mother-in-law was afraid when she thought about what happened last night.

Aunt Jin was trembling and asked Jin Xiaoye: "Xiaoye, will Old Man Yao come to me in the middle of the night?"

Jin Xiaoye didn't know what to say.

This kind of conversation has happened several times today, and it is useless to talk about it.

Jin Xiaoye came here at noon today.

When she came over, Yao Zuming was not just crying at the gate of the hospital like he is now.

Yao Zuming was particularly vicious at that time, and the entire Yao family stayed in the Jin family yard. Even the body of Yao Zuming's father was placed at the gate of the Jin family.

Yao Zuming also shouted that he would come in and arrest Aunt Jin's family, and that he would move away the Jin family's belongings to pay for it.

How is this possible? If something like this really happens, anyone can be there in the future

They have stepped on the Jin family's head!

The golden willow tree and the golden jujube tree were blocking people from entering at the gate, and Jin Xiaoshu also rushed forward... When Jin Xiaoye saw it, he took a hoe and threatened the Yao family: "If you make trouble again, I will go to the Yamen to find someone to kill you." Lock you all up!"

Jin Xiaoye just used a hoe to drive the Yao family out of the Jin family's yard.

Then those people stayed outside the yard and refused to leave.

In the meantime, the village chief and elders in the village came and asked Yao Zuming to take his father home, saying that this matter had nothing to do with Aunt Jin's family and there was no reason to ask Aunt Jin to pay compensation. But Yao Zuming didn't listen and insisted on asking for money!

He even said that if anyone tried to persuade him again, he would put his father at the door of that person's house and ask his father to find that person at night.

In addition, Yao Zuming had brought many "friends" who looked shady at first glance, and the villagers did not dare to say more because they were afraid of being retaliated by him if they spoke too much.

Anyway, the two sides were at a stalemate.

According to Jin Xiaoye's idea... He had already given the five taels of silver before, and he probably wouldn't come back, but he shouldn't give the money next!

Aunt Jin just scolded someone when she saw someone stealing something! Yao Zuming's father fell down, but it was not necessarily because he was frightened by Aunt Jin.

They were used to stealing things and were not afraid of Aunt Jin at all.

Therefore, Aunt Jin and her family can just do whatever they want to do next, just go home and live their own lives.

She didn't believe that Yao Zuming's family really dared to take action! If they really do this, they will be put in jail!

Jin Xiaoye thought so, and said so at first, but Aunt Jin's family looked like they were about to faint from fright, and they didn't dare to go out, let alone live their lives as usual!

Thinking this, Jin Xiaoye looked at Aunt Jin's family.

The Jin family's conditions were good, and the family her sister-in-law married into was certainly not bad either.

Her uncle's family had some wealth, and he was very strong and tall.

Her sister-in-law's son is even better than his predecessors. He is eighteen years old and taller than his father.

As a result, these two people were huddled in the corner and didn't talk!

These two people surpassed Yao Zuming in terms of stature. If they had been tougher... Yao Zuming's family would not have dared to steal food from his house in the first place!

Jin Xiaoye was speechless when Aunt Jin's son looked at her: "Sister, I want to go to the latrine."

"You can go if you want! What do you say to me?" Jin Xiaoye said, even if he wanted to pee, he shouldn't come to her.

The man who was a head taller than Jin Xiaoye shrank his neck: "Sister, the latrine is outside."

The hut was outside, but in the yard, and Yao Zuming's family had been driven outside the yard by her!

A grown man wouldn't even dare to go into a hut!

Jin Xiaoye almost laughed out of anger and said to Jin Xiaoshu: "Uncle, take your brother to the latrine."

Aunt Jin's son is a few months older than Jin Xiaoshu...

"Xiaoye, what should we do?" Aunt Jin cried and asked. Their family now thinks that Jin Xiaoye is the most powerful, so they want to rely on Jin Xiaoye.

Jin Xiaoye: "..." Facing such a family, what ideas can she have? She has no idea!

After thinking for a while, Jin Xiaoye said, "I'll go outside and take a look."

Jin Xiaoye walked out, and the rest of the Jin family followed.

Of course Aunt Jin's family will not follow, they are afraid!

"Is your money ready?" A friend of Yao Zuming shouted: "Give me the money quickly."

"You ask for fifty taels of silver, you're stealing money!" Jin Xiaoye said.

"Isn't a human life worth fifty taels of silver?"

It's really not worth it. You can't spend so much to buy someone these days, and Yao Zuming's father is already quite old. In fact, this afternoon, I saw that Aunt Jin's family was really scared. The village chief had made the decision and wanted Aunt Jin's family to give another ten taels of silver. Then Yao Zuming took the silver and left.

Aunt Jin's family agreed to this, but Yao Zuming was unwilling and insisted that Aunt Jin give another fifty taels of silver.

Jin Xiaoye said: "This is blackmail! If you don't leave, I will go to the Yamen to sue you!"

Yao Zuming's friend said: "Go ahead! Even if someone comes from the Yamen, we should pay compensation for our deaths!"

"There is no county magistrate in the Yamen now!"

"Jin Xiaoye, your man is not here, what can you accomplish as a woman!"

…

Yao Zuming was a little afraid of Li Qingzhi, after all, Li Qingzhi knew Gou Tongzhi.

But isn't Li Qingzhi not here? Even Gou Tongzhi, whom Li Qingzhi knew, had gone to Fucheng to be an official, not in Chongcheng County.

And he's not asking for money from Jin Xiaoye, he's asking for money from Aunt Jin's family!

Yao Zuming said: "Jin Xiaoye, I don't ask you for money, why do you care so much?"

Jin Xiaoye said: "You are blocking the door of Jin's house, I can't control it anymore?"

Yao Zuming and Jin Xiaoye have an old feud, and what happened today... Jin Liushu and Jin Zaoshu have never experienced anything. They were already scared after being frightened by him in the morning, and Aunt Jin's family is even more useless.

If Jin Xiaoye hadn't come back, he might have gotten the money by now!

Yao Zuming hated Jin Xiaoye very much, and he said rudely: "Jin Xiaoye, does Li Qingzhi know that you are so cruel?"

"Li Qingzhi went to take the scholar examination, right? With you acting like this, he will definitely not want you when he passes the exam!"

"You still have time to mind other people's affairs, so mind yourself first!"

…

The friends Yao Zuming found were a group of gangsters, and he said: "Yes!"

"Jin Xiaoye, if Li Qingzhi doesn't want you anymore, come find me!"

"Jin Xiaoye, I knocked on your door before. Do you still remember me?"

…

These people knew that Li Qingzhi was capable, and they would definitely not dare to do anything to Jin Xiaoye.

But they are used to such things as being mean-mouthed!

A group of people just laughed and laughed.

During the years when Li Qingzhi disappeared, people often teased Jin Xiaoye, but Jin Xiaoye chased them away.

When Li Qingzhi comes back, no one will do this kind of thing.

Jin Xiaoye didn't expect that someone would talk nonsense again today... She turned around and went back to the house.

Yao Zuming and the others only thought that Jin Xiaoye was afraid.

Li Qingzhi is now a scholar, and Jin Xiaoye will definitely not dare to be like before!

otherwise…

Yao Zuming often talks about Jin Xiaoye with his friends.

The discussion went on and on... They felt that Jin Xiaoye would be abandoned by Li Qingzhi sooner or later.

When Li Qingzhi is admitted to be a scholar or a civil servant...how could he want such a fierce Jin Xiaoye!

"Jin Xiaoye, don't run away! Come out if you can!" A friend of Yao Zuming said with a smile.

Jin Xiaoye is not bad looking. He has always been interested in Jin Xiaoye. In the past, he even wanted Jin Xiaoye to be his concubine...

"Yes, you have the ability to come out!" Others also said.

As soon as they finished speaking, Jin Xiaoye came out with a bamboo pole in his hand.

Jin Xiaoshu also came out, holding the door latch of Uncle Jin's house in his hand.

Without saying a word, Jin Xiaoye took the bamboo pole and slapped the thighs of Yao Zuming and his friends.

They are all thick-skinned men, and they won't die after being slapped a few times by her!

And... they definitely wouldn't dare to fight back.

Jin Xiaoshu followed Jin Xiaoye and rushed forward.

These people were teasing his sister, and if he didn't respond... would he still be a man?

Jin Liushu and Jin Zaoshu looked at each other... The Jin family cannot be bullied! The two of them also join the battlefield.

When Li Qingzhi and the others arrived in a hurry, they happened to see Jin Xiaoye rushing out to slap someone.

Immediately afterwards, the two sides started fighting together.

And in the crowd...Jin Xiaoye moves quickly and stands out.

Li Qingzhi couldn't help but laugh.

This was the first time he saw Jin Xiaoye fighting with someone. It was so cool!

Du Yongning was dumbfounded.

Du Yongning comes from a big family. Every girl in the Du family is gentler than the last. If they speak louder on weekdays, their elders will scold them.

Li Qingzhi's wife actually beat someone? !

In fact, Jin Xiaoye was not the only woman who joined the melee. Yao Zuming's daughter-in-law was not easy to mess with either, and she grabbed the golden jujube tree several times.

Jin Zaoshu is Aunt Jin's favorite son. If he is caught, can Aunt Jin endure it? She picked up the broom and rushed forward...

It was the first time Du Yongning saw a woman fighting. After being amazed, he turned to look at Li Qingzhi.

At this moment, Li Qingzhi must have lost all face!

However... Li Qingzhi smiled and seemed not to be embarrassed at all.

Li Qingzhi also saw that the people on Yao Zuming's side did not dare to attack Jin Xiaoye.

But they still have conflicts with other members of the Jin family.

He looked at Zhu Qian: "Uncle Zhu..."

There were several servants of the Zhu family on Zhu Qian's boat, and they all came over. Zhu Qian said to them: "Quickly go up and stop me!"

When Magistrate Wang came to Chongcheng County from Fucheng, Gou Tongzhi found two government officials to see him off. He also said to the two government officials: "Go and stop him."

Magistrate Wang has experienced a lot of things. He has encountered situations in rural areas where fighting is used to deal with some matters. He does not find it strange at all to see this situation.

But we must not let the situation escalate and we must not let them fight too hard.

After the servants of the Zhu family and the two government servants rushed forward, both parties stopped fighting.

They themselves didn't fight very hard, after all, it wasn't a desperate matter.

Everyone on Yao Zuming's side was startled when they saw the yamen servant, and they were even more frightened when they saw Li Qingzhi.

Li Qingzhi knows someone who is an official!

The key is... they just molested Jin Xiaoye!

Yao Zuming's friends were already thinking of escaping secretly.

However, before they could escape, Magistrate Wang said: "I am the newly appointed magistrate. I heard that there was a murder case here? Please bring all relevant persons to the county government office!"

Magistrate Wang already had an overview of the situation on the way here.

He knew that people basically didn't want to go to the county government, so he might as well use the county government to suppress them, so that the matter could be settled quickly.

Li Qingzhi heard this and said: "This is the newly appointed Wang County Magistrate. Yao Zuming, do you think my sister-in-law killed your father? Then follow the magistrate to the county government office to redress your grievances."

Yao Zuming knelt on the ground with a plop, and was so frightened: "No, no, my father fell to death by himself, there is no need to plead grievances."

How dare he go to the Yamen!

After his father had an accident last night, all the neighbors came and they all knew that his father had fallen by himself.

As a fellow villager...if his father was really killed by Aunt Jin's family, why would he need to make trouble? The people in the village have already helped him out!

He just wanted to scare Aunt Jin and the others and ask for money... If Li Qingzhi hadn't been around, he wouldn't have dared to come to the Jin family.

Chapter 160 School

After hearing what Li Qingzhi said, Yao Zuming's friends also felt that their legs were weak. When Yao Zuming knelt down... they all knelt down: "Sir, we don't know anything. We just took Yao Zuming's money to help him. Do something!"

"Sir, this has nothing to do with me."

"We're just here to show off."

…

Yao Zuming was even more panicked than his friends: "Sir, I... I just saw that my father was gone. I was too sad and a little dizzy..."

The folk customs in Miaoqian Village are not tough, and fights are relatively rare on weekdays.

Yao Zuming was just a little gangster who was a bit domineering in the village, and he was afraid of the Yamen.

If he was taken to prison by the government officials, he might be beaten and he might not be able to get out!

Magistrate Wang did not expect these people to behave like this, but he still said: "Now that I have arrived, this matter still needs to be clarified!"

No matter what, the deceased is lying there. The matter must be investigated clearly.

Magistrate Wang called the head of Miaoqian Village to ask about this incident.

The head of Miaoqian Village stayed at Jin's house.

Yao Zuming and the others said they were blocking the door, but in fact they didn't prevent people from coming in and out - their family still lived in Miaoqian Village, so naturally they didn't dare to go too far.

The village chief and several people with some respect in Miaoqian Village came out to pay homage to Magistrate Wang. Naturally, Aunt Jin's family also came out.

Aunt Jin's man and son supported Aunt Jin, who was soft and limp all over, and hid behind Jin Xiaoshu without daring to raise her head.

Aunt Jin's mother-in-law hid behind Grandma Jin, and Aunt Jin's father-in-law hid behind her mother-in-law.

Grandma Jin felt terrible.

When she was young, she was just like Jin Xiaoye, a figure that no one in the village dared to mess with!

But the little girl she gave birth to was like her man, very timid!

She was afraid that her little girl would be bullied, so she found an honest man for her little girl. As a result...

The old saying "To be honest is to be stupid" has some truth to it. This family is hopeless.

Jin Xiaoye also felt bad, but not because of Aunt Jin's family.

Li Qingzhi came back and brought back a county magistrate. This matter in Aunt Jin's family will definitely be solved, and the next thing will have nothing to do with her.

What made Jin Xiaoye feel uncomfortable was that she was seen by County Magistrate Wang, Zhu Qian, and Li Qingzhi's friends as she was beating someone!

Especially Du Yongning, who kept looking at her with shocked eyes!

When Du Yongning looked over again, Jin Xiaoye glared at him fiercely.

Du Yongning was startled and did not dare to look.

Mrs. Li Qingzhi is too fierce!

Magistrate Wang had already started asking about the "case". Li Qingzhi came to Jin Xiaoye and asked Jin Xiaoye: "Xiaoye, are you okay? Does your hand hurt?"

Jin Xiaoye said: "It doesn't hurt... I just hit someone, will it embarrass you?"

Li Qing insisted: "No. Xiaoye, it's good for you to be like this. You won't be bullied."

Jin Xiaoye thought of what Yao Zuming and the others had said before, and pinched Li Qingzhi's hand: "Do you dislike me?"

"How could I dislike you? I like you the most." Li Qingzhi whispered.

The corners of Jin Xiaoye's mouth curled up, and he was in a particularly good mood: "That's the best! If you dare to dislike me, I will take the money to live my happy life, and I won't care about you anymore."

In fact, she also felt that Li Qingzhi would not dislike her.

As for Li Qingzhi not wanting her... Is Li Qingzhi willing to let her go?

Even if he is willing to let her go, he will certainly not be able to let go of Li Damao and Li Ermao!

"I will definitely let you control me for the rest of my life." Li Qingzhi laughed.

As a man, if he wanted to take a concubine in the future, there was nothing Jin Xiaoye could do against him.

But with Jin Xiaoye's character...if he really did this, Jin Xiaoye would definitely be alienated from him and would no longer be sincere to him.

There are many couples in this world who are inseparable but they don't want that kind of life.

He wants someone who is sincere to him, and he wants someone who he can trust completely and relax completely.

Li Qingzhi and Jin Xiaoye stood aside and whispered. No one paid much attention to this scene.

Everyone went to see Magistrate Wang try the case!

But Du Yongning was not very interested in the case, so he just stared at Li Qingzhi.

He was particularly upset when he saw Li Qingzhi standing aside and talking affectionately to his wife.

Why is Li Qingzhi so happy with such a wife?

If his wife were like this...

Du Yongning has not yet gotten married, and his family wants him to be admitted to the Juren Examination, or even to get married after he is admitted to the Jinshi Examination.

That way he could marry a wife who was born into a noble family.

Du Yongning thought the same way, and in his imagination, his wife should be gentle, virtuous, dignified and beautiful.

This Li Qingzhi's wife...he has never seen such a woman!

He couldn't even imagine living with such a woman... He would be beaten, right?

Just as Du Yongning was thinking this, he was glared at by Li Qingzhi again.

Li Qingzhi was very dissatisfied with Du Yongning who had been watching Jin Xiaoye.

It was at this time that Magistrate Wang proposed to see the persimmon tree.

Naturally, everyone wanted to follow him.

In fact, this matter had nothing to do with their family. Li Qingzhi did not push to the front, but talked to Jin Xiaoye from behind: "Xiaoye, I was admitted to the criminal prosecution exam again..."

He talked about what happened in the provincial capital in the past few days, and Jin Xiaoye also talked about what happened in Chongcheng County.

While the two were talking, Aunt Jin suddenly came over, grabbed Li Qingzhi's sleeve and cried, "Aqing, am I going to be okay? I really didn't mean it. I didn't know he would fall..."

"Don't worry, sister-in-law, you'll be fine." Li Qing insisted.

Aunt Jin was still crying: "It was so scary when old man Yao died. Will he come to me at night? Wuwuwu..."

Li Qingzhi could only say: "No way..."

"He stared at me when he was dead. He was difficult to deal with when he was alive. He will definitely be even more difficult to deal with when he is dead..."

Li Qingzhi had already realized that Sister Jin was a bit superstitious after chatting with her before.

Now... Aunt Jin's superstition is a bit serious!

By this time, they had arrived at Aunt Jin's house.

The "crime scene" from last night is still there, and there are still blood stains on the stone under the persimmon tree.

This stone pillar has obviously been placed under the tree for a long time, and it is still a bit smooth. People should often sit on it, but in the future... no one will dare to use this stone pillar as a stool.

It was already getting dark. County Magistrate Wang asked the government officials to move the stone pillar away, and he saw the small insects and soil hiding underneath. The stone pillar had been left here for who knows how long.

No one tampered with the persimmon tree, which is enough to prove that Aunt Jin's family did not intentionally harm anyone, but that the deceased accidentally dropped it.

Everyone in the village said the same thing.

Magistrate Wang lit a candle and handled the case. Whether Old Yao accidentally fell to death or fell to death while stealing something had nothing to do with Aunt Jin's family. Aunt Jin's family did not need to pay compensation. The five taels of silver that the Yao family wanted to leave yesterday , have to return it.

In addition, Yao Zuming led people to make trouble at the Jin family. Not only did they damage some things in the Jin family, but they also delayed the Jin family's work, and they had to pay two taels of silver in compensation.

However, County Magistrate Wang also said that Yao Zuming's father had passed away after all, and he understood his discomfort, so he asked Aunt Jin's family to cut down the persimmon trees and throw away stone pillars to make Yao Zuming's family feel better.

Magistrate Wang did this because during the trial, he found out that Aunt Jin's family was a bit superstitious.

After cutting down the tree and throwing away the stones, he said a few words of relief. Finally, Aunt Jin was no longer afraid.

Except for this matter... Li Qingzhi told him what Aunt Jin had told him before, about Yao Zuming secretly occupying her family's land. Magistrate Wang asked the village chief to re-measure the land and divide it.

Magistrate Wang handled this case fairly and did not favor Aunt Jin because of Li Qingzhi's presence.

Because of this, Yao Zuming did not dare to be dissatisfied at all. He took out seven taels of silver, gave five taels to Aunt Jin, and gave two taels to Aunt Jin, and then returned home in despair.

But the end of this case is just the beginning. After something like this happened, Li Qingzhi felt that the villagers would definitely have a grudge against Yao Zuming's family.

Living in the village, we often rely on the help of fellow villagers. If nothing else, it is said that Yao Zuming's father has passed away... According to custom, neighbors not only have to help with the funeral, but also lend their own tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks. They are for home use.

In the past, even if Yao Zuming had a bad character, everyone would still help him, but now...who is still willing to help?

Yao Zuming's family may have a difficult time in the village.

But this is their own fault and they are too greedy.

Li Qingzhi had already asked and knew that Jin Xiaoye attacked Yao Zuming because Yao Zuming had a dirty mouth.

People like Yao Zuming are really disgusting.

Jin Xiaoye is a person who lives a wanton and enthusiastic life, and dares to take action directly when someone gossips, but what about another girl?

Yao Zuming's nonsense may ruin that girl's life!

Everyone's tolerance is different. Some people have a poor tolerance and may even seek short-sightedness.

County Magistrate Wang was about to leave after handling the matter. Li Qingzhi walked at the end and said to the village chief: "Village Chief, with such a family in our village, Magistrate Wang may think that the atmosphere in our village is not good. Can you Take good care of it."

He planned to cause some trouble for Yao Zuming.

He is now a scholar, and he knows the county magistrate, and even the fellow magistrates and governors... The village chief will definitely take his words to heart and teach Yao Zuming some lessons.

"Don't worry, Li Xiucai, I will take good care of him!" the village chief said immediately.

Li Qingzhi and the others then took Zhu Qian's boat and returned to Chongcheng County.

It was already very late, so they went home separately. Du Yongning was not from Chongcheng County, so he went to the inn.

When Li Qingzhi returned home, he immediately went to hug Li Damao and Li Ermao: "Da Mao Ermao, dad misses you so much!"

Li Damao and Li Ermao also expressed that they missed their father very much.

Li Ermao kissed Li Qingzhi and said, "Dad, you can sleep with us!"

Their dad misses them! Just let their dad sleep with them!

Li Qingzhi refused without thinking: "No, dad will sleep with your mother."

Li Ermao was extremely disappointed: "Dad, don't you miss us very much?"

Li Qingzhi was ruthless: "I miss your mother even more."

Li Ermao: "!" Doesn't their father like them the most?

Li Damao said: "Dad, we also miss our mother. Can we sleep with our mother?"

"No, your mother is mine."

Li Damao: "!" Mother is obviously theirs!

Li Qingzhi had amused the children, then took them to their room and told them stories.

After putting the two children to sleep, Li Qingzhi went to Jin Xiaoye and asked Jin Xiaoye to put him to sleep.

Li Qingzhi went to bed, but many people in Miaoqian Village were not asleep yet.

Aunt Jin's family is timid, and the persimmon tree has not been dug up yet... Aunt Jin shamelessly followed Grandma Jin to the Jin family: "Mom, look, the Yao family lost two taels of silver, and the elder brother's family made a profit. Let's sleep at Big Brother's house for one night."

Aunt Jin couldn't help but said: "Who wants to earn such money!" What an unlucky thing it is today!

However, Grandma Jin's thoughts were different from Aunt Jin's. She glared at Aunt Jin and said, "If you feel unlucky, give me the money!"

Isn't it just that the door is blocked by dead people? Grandma Jin is not afraid of this!

For the sake of the two taels of silver, she stayed with Aunt Jin and her family, and said to Aunt Jin: "The fortune teller said that I have a tough life. I feel worried when I see ghosts. Do you want me to come and stay at your house tomorrow? Here you go. Stay calm?"

Aunt Jin hugged Grandma Jin movedly: "Mom, it's better for you."

Grandma Jin said: "I can't go in vain, you have to cook meat for me, you know?"

Aunt Jin said: "Mom, don't worry, as long as you come to my house, I will take care of it and cook meat for you every day!"

Aunt Jin had been prepared to spend money to eliminate the disaster, but in the end, she didn't need to pay, and she got back the money she had given out before!

Isn't it just to stew some meat for her mother? no problem!

Although her mother-in-law is stingy, she is now in charge of her family!

Aunt Jin's mother-in-law actually doesn't have any objections to the stew.

That old man Yao didn't die immediately after he fell down... In fact, everyone in their family was frightened and afraid.

Aunt Jin's mother-in-law even wanted to sleep with Grandma Jin…

Of course, she thought Jin Xiaoye was more powerful, but Jin Xiaoye would definitely not live in their house.

After settling the affairs at Aunt Jin's house, the Jin family mentioned Li Qingzhi: "Fortunately, Li Qingzhi is back!" "Li Qingzhi is so powerful, he was able to bring the county magistrate back!"

"He also passed the examination as a scholar. People said before that he was not good at learning. But what happened? How long ago did he pass the examination?"

…

After Jin Liushu and the others muttered a few words, Aunt Jin gritted her teeth and said: "Jin Xiaoshu and Jin Xiaoye just knew that they were going to get rich, so they separated from us..."

If there was no separation, their family would still be Jin Xiaoye's natal family, and Jin Xiaoshu would have to hand over the money she earned to the public.

Why are the families separated?

Jin Liushu and the others stopped talking.

In fact, the golden willow tree and the golden mulberry tree want to divide it again, and want to keep the money they earn...

Mr. Yao's family.

In fact, Mr. Yao and Yao Zuming are somewhat related, but Yao Zuming's family is not a good person. They had a quarrel and have stopped communicating with each other for a long time.

After Yao Zuming's father died, Yao Zuming asked relatives to accompany him to Jin's house to block the door, but he did not look for Mr. Yao. Of course, even if he did, Mr. Yao would not go.

Mr. Yao is on the side of the Jin family. After all, the Jin family is Jin Moli's natal family, and Jin Sangshu is also Mr. Yao's apprentice. When County Magistrate Wang came, Mr. Yao and Jin Moli stayed at Jin's house. Yao Zhenfu didn't care about anything, while Mrs. Yao took care of the children at home.

Because of this, they watched the whole process when Magistrate Wang tried the case.

"Li Qingzhi was admitted as a scholar. It's really completely different. Magistrate Wang was very polite to him today..." Mr. Yao told his mother what happened before.

Yao's mother listened very carefully, while Yao Zhenfu looked unhappy.

As for Jin Moli, she was even more uncomfortable.

Jin Xiaoye has now not only opened a braised meat shop in the provincial capital, but also has a scholar husband!

Jin Xiaoye's life was not so good in her last life. At that time, she had a very bad relationship with Yao Zhenfu and would not take Yao Zhenfu back to her parents' home.

But what about today? She saw that Li Qingzhi had been whispering to Jin Xiaoye, and she could just watch the relationship between the two.

She was obviously the one who got a new life, so why was it Jin Xiaoye who was living a better life than in the previous life?

In this life, many things have really changed.

Let's not talk about anything else, let's talk about Yao Zuming's father... This man didn't fall to death in his previous life, he probably died of illness a few years later.

And Aunt Jin's family has been bullied - Aunt Jin's son married a daughter-in-law who also has no temper.

The village chief's house.

A lot of things happened today, but the village chief was very excited and couldn't sleep tossing and turning at night.

With.

"Old man, what are you doing?" the village chief's wife couldn't help but ask.

The village chief said: "I'm so happy! Our village will be different from now on!"

"What's different?"

"In the future, our village may have an official," the village chief said.

Only one year after Li Qingzhi came back, he was admitted as a scholar. He might be able to be admitted as a Juren or a Jinshi in the future.

It would be great if there was an official in their village!

After thinking about it, the village chief added, "Tomorrow, I'll catch a chicken and go to the city to see Li Laogen."

The village chief's wife said: "If you don't have chickens at home, you should go to the town to buy meat or some snacks."

"Why are there no chickens? Don't we have seven at home?" The village chief was puzzled.

The village chief's wife said: "People from Juewei Zhai came to buy chickens today, and we sold them all."

They raise a lot of chickens at home. If they had been released before, they would have been killed and eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

But this year Jueweizhai bought chicken everywhere... and they ate fish during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

"Then I'll buy some snacks." The village chief could only say.

Wait until the next day...

Li Laogen went to the teahouse early in the morning.

He had long stopped talking about having dinner with Gou Tongzhi and Governor Zhang. A few days ago, he had been talking about Juewei Zhai opening in the provincial capital.

But now...

"The new magistrate of our county is named Wang. Do you know that?"

"County Magistrate Wang just came to Chongcheng County yesterday. When he learned that my son had passed the examination as a scholar, he followed my son back to our village!"

"Yes, my son has been admitted as a scholar, and he is still the head of the case!"

"Someone in our village extorted money yesterday and was punished by Magistrate Wang!"

…

When Li Laogen spoke, spittle flew everywhere, and the spittle even fell into the snack in front of him.

Several old men pooled their money to buy these snacks for Li Laogen to eat. They originally planned to eat some, but now they have no idea.

Although they don't particularly care about cleanliness, they don't want to eat other people's saliva.

Speaking of which... Li Laogen is so lucky to have recognized such a promising son!

At first, people in the county thought that Li Qingzhi was Li Laogen's biological son, but as time went by, they all knew that this son was recognized by Li Laogen.

They also wanted such a son, but unfortunately no one came to recognize them.

Li Qingzhi didn't get up as early as Li Laogen. After he got up, he went to the kitchen to help make breakfast.

After eating and drinking, he went to the study and began to write an article.

As for what to write...of course it is to write a rhyming article praising the county magistrate!

Li Qingzhi planned to visit Magistrate Wang later.

Although he has money now, he doesn't have much money. After Jin Xiaoye bought a shop in the provincial capital, the family had even less money.

So when he gives a gift, he gives it with sincerity.

For example, the articles he wrote himself, or... Jueweizhai's braised food.

Li Qing carried a basket of braised meat from Juewizhai and went to see Magistrate Wang with the article he had just written.

On the way, he saw Du Yongning.

Du Yongning was eating in a restaurant, and the table was filled with Jueweizhai braised meat.

It seems that Du Yongning supports his business.

Du Yongning had a dream last night. He dreamed that he married a wife who liked to beat people, and then he was beaten until he ran away with his head in his arms.

He was frightened awake in the middle of the night, took a long time to fall asleep, and then got up late.

He went to a nearby restaurant for breakfast and found out that the restaurant had Jueweizhai's braised meat... so he had to order some!

After eating, Du Yongning wanted to go to Linhu County immediately, but he thought that he had already met Li Qingzhi, and it didn't matter whether it was embarrassing or not... Why not take a stroll in Chongcheng County first? Chongcheng County is quite prosperous, and I heard there is a very lively night market here.

Du Yongning first went to a theater not far away, and then heard someone say that the play sung by people in the theater was adapted from a story written by Li Qing.

Li Qingzhi actually wrote a book? After listening to the play, he was going to buy it and take a look.

Li Qingzhi didn't know about Du Yongning's affairs. He had already arrived at the county government office.

Magistrate Wang lived behind the county government office, which is where Magistrate Gou lived when his wife did not come.

Seeing Li Qingzhi, Magistrate Wang smiled and greeted him.

Li Qingzhi didn't get along with Magistrate Wang much, but he had discovered that Magistrate Wang was very motivated.

This can actually be seen from the fact that Magistrate Wang made a decisive decision and took refuge with Lu Qingxi.

Such a person can still be a good official if he does not go astray. If he goes astray... Magistrate Yan who was executed by Governor Zhang was actually such a person.

Magistrate Yan was also a good official at first, but later he couldn't resist the temptation and could only say that things are impermanent.

Magistrate Wang has not been an official for long, so there are no problems for the time being. What will happen to him in the future depends on his choice.

Li Qingzhi hopes that he can become a good official and he will work hard for this.

Li Qingzhi exchanged pleasantries with County Magistrate Wang, and then gave Magistrate Wang the braised food and articles he had brought.

Magistrate Wang praised Li Qingzhi's writing and articles, and then mentioned Gou Tongzhi.

When Magistrate Wang was in Fucheng, he tried his best to flatter Gou Tongzhi, and Gou Tongzhi told him a lot of things, and asked him to go to Li Qingzhi when he encountered something he couldn't handle.

At this time, Magistrate Wang asked Li Qingzhi some things about Chongcheng County.

Li Qingzhi said everything he could, including his desire to open a school.

"Opening a school? This is great!" County Magistrate Wang was overjoyed.

This is his political achievement!

He does not seek to be promoted several levels in a row like Gou Tongzhi, but he hopes that he can be promoted quickly.

County Magistrate Wang discussed it seriously with Li Qingzhi, and said that if you need his help, just ask him, and he can also think of a solution for land or something.

Magistrate Wang is really active, which is also a good thing. Li Qingzhi said his plan.

The price of land near the new pier has increased a lot, but far away from the pier, the price of land has not increased much.

Li Qingzhi planned to buy a piece of land between the new wharf and the county seat, and build a school as well as a house for his family to live in.

When he first moved to the county town, Li Qingzhi felt that the house behind the shop was already big enough for his family to live in, but now...

There were too many female workers living in the shop, and it was not so convenient for them to live in their home.

He had long wanted to build another house to live in, which would be more spacious.

If it is built together with the school... even if he leaves Chongcheng County in the future, this house will not be abandoned and can be used as a school.

As for where they live now, they can be used as factories, warehouses, and dormitories for female workers.