My Husband Comes from the Future

by Usui Takumii

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

21. 201 to 210

Chapter 201 Exam starts

Li Qingzhi went to the provincial capital this time, but did not bring Mrs. Qian with him.

Mrs. Qian's physical condition is very good. She can take good care of her baby at home. There is no need to follow him to the provincial capital.

Of course, we have to go to the capital. It would be better if he was there to watch Mrs. Qian give birth.

Taking out a walnut, Li Qing crushed it with his hands and took out the walnut kernel and gave it to Jin Xiaoye.

Jin Xiaoye didn't eat it, so he gave Li Damao and Li Ermao first.

When Li Qingzhi saw this, he peeled another one off. This time Jin Xiaoye ate half of it and gave the remaining half to Zhao Xiaodou.

"Ah Qing, I want it too." Li Laogen pinched a walnut and looked at Li Qingzhi eagerly.

Li Qingzhi took the walnuts from his hand and helped to crush them.

The walnuts they bought were not the paper-shell walnuts that were easy to peel in later generations. The shell of this walnut was so hard that Li Laogen couldn't squeeze it open with his hands.

Seeing Li Qingzhi pinch the walnuts easily, Li Laogen couldn't help but mutter: "Young people are in good health."

This is not because the young man is in good health, but because he is strong.

Li Qingzhi pinched open another walnut, and then saw Li Damao and Li Ermao holding the walnut kernel, pinching off a little with their nails, and feeding it to the chickens.

Alas, his son is now nicer to chickens than to him.

Li Qingzhi stuffed the walnut kernels into his mouth and refused to give them to them.

While Li Qingzhi and the others were happily on their way, Xu Yuandong was so tired that he hurried back to the capital.

"You...are Mr. Xu?" The concierge of Prince Jin's Mansion was a little surprised to see Xu Yuandong.

Xu Yuandong has always been personable before, but today he is unshaven, his eyes are bloodshot, and his clothes are messy.

The concierge almost didn't dare to recognize him.

"It's me! I have something urgent to see the prince!" Xu Yuandong said.

When King Jin learned about Xu Yuandong's arrival, he was discussing countermeasures with his men.

The King of Jin was determined to win the throne.

He must also get it. If he fails to become emperor, there is a high probability that he will not end well in the future.

Because the stakes were too high, he couldn't calm down. Fortunately, there were some smart counselors around him who could still persuade him.

"Your Majesty, Lu Qingxi has recently set his sights on Prince Yan. We can sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers."

"I think we can unite with Prince Yan and try to get rid of Lu Qingxi first. The emperor loves Lu Qingxi, but he hates Prince Yan. After getting rid of Lu Qingxi, the emperor will definitely choose the prince."

"No, it's not easy for Prince Yan to become so powerful despite his indifference. In my opinion, we should work with Lu Qingxi to deal with him first."

…

While these people were discussing, they learned that Xu Yuandong was back.

King Jin was a little surprised: "Let him in quickly!"

The King of Jin arranged for Xu Yuandong to go to Jiang'an Province to cause trouble for Governor Zhang. Now that Xu Yuandong is back, it must be done!

Xu Yuandong quickly came to King Jin, and King Jin was stunned when he saw Xu Yuandong's appearance: "Yuan Dong, what are you..."

Xu Yuandong, who was in a state of embarrassment, knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "My lord, you must be on guard against Prince Yan!"

King Jin frowned slightly, and the counselors around King Jin also pricked up their ears.

Then they listened to Xu Yuandong cry and talk about his experience.

Xu Yuandong was absolutely right to start targeting Governor Zhang from Gou Tongzhi, but King Yan intervened and caused his mission to fail. Others thought that King Jin was going to assassinate Gou Tongzhi!

This will damage the reputation of King Jin. It was Xu Yuandong who failed in his job.

Everyone shirks their responsibilities, and Xu Yuandong is no exception.

He failed in this mission, and he was afraid that King Jin would blame him, so he blamed all the reasons for the failure on King Yan.

He also said: "Your Majesty, the common people have worked hard to learn the news - the flood relief money in Yuxi Prefecture seven years ago was taken away by Prince Yan's people! Not only that, he also arranged for the prince to We have hired a lot of manpower, and the prince's many troubles before have a lot to do with him!"

King Jin's pupils shrank.

"Your Majesty, Prince Yan is simply a poisonous snake. He has been lurking in the dark and bites you from time to time!" Xu Yuandong said.

King Jin also figured it out at this time: "No wonder Lu Qingxi started targeting him in the past few months. Lu Qingxi must have known something!"

King Jin has had many troubles in the past two years. He had always blamed Lu Qingxi before, but now... he has another person to blame.

If it weren't for Prince Yan, he would definitely not be in such a situation!

For a moment, King Jin couldn't care less about causing trouble with Governor Zhang, and turned towards King Yan with hatred in his heart.

This is also because Governor Zhang is far away in Jiang'an Province, and he can't do anything to Governor Zhang.

It's just that although the King of Jin hated the King of Yan County, he had no way to deal with the King of Yan County for a while, until one of his counselors said: "Your Majesty, if Lu Qingxi can write a book, so can we!"

"Yes! We can write too!" King Jin said.

King Jin was investigating the people around him and looking for someone to write a book, and he suddenly became busy.

As for Prince Yan... after he was targeted by Lu Qingxi, he was targeted by King Jin again. He suffered heavy losses for a while, and Yulong Trading Company even had to close down.

But it was this kind of struggle that brought him to the front of the stage and attracted more and more people's attention. It was inevitable that some people would seek refuge in him...

Nowadays, there are some officials in the court who do not take sides, but most of them have taken refuge with Lu Qingxi, Prince Jin or Prince Yan.

These three parties fought and squeezed each other, making the entire court a mess.

Hexing Mansion, Haizhou County.

Haizhou County is the county seat of Hexing Prefecture near the sea.

There are many people living in Haizhou County, but the people here are not wealthy - the fields here are not as fertile as Chongcheng County.

As for living by the sea...not everyone has the ability to live by the sea. Most of the people here

His surname is still a farmer.

Fang Xiu Niang and a hired aunt were walking on the field path, looking at the surrounding scene while walking.

Finally, she stopped at the door of a dilapidated house.

In that house, there was a man who looked to be in his forties, scolding a woman: "Smelly bitch, look what kind of food you made? It's a waste of my food! I think you should stop eating it!"

This man kept lecturing the woman in front of him.

The woman in front of him looked young, but quite pretty. She was curled up in a ball and crying.

Fang Xiu Niang looked at her in a good mood for a while, then saw the woman raising her head and looking at her.

Her expression remained unchanged until the woman looked away and continued to cry, then she chuckled.

Her mother didn't recognize her, which was good.

Fang Xiu Niang asked people about this family.

"That man's surname is Tian. He's not a good guy. He used to like hitting the woman in front of him."

"Not long after the woman in front of him died, he married this woman. He said that he would take care of his children. But his children are grown up, so why does he need others to take care of him? He just wanted to see how well the family was raised, so he got involved. ."

"His son even had a fight with him because of this! His son is not young anymore, and he is old enough to marry a wife. As a result, he used the family's money to marry such a woman. His son can't even afford a wife now. "

"This woman is also squeamish. She doesn't do this or that."

"She kept talking all day, saying that her son would come to pick her up... Are you thinking too much? After her son left, he never came back."

…

After hearing this, Fang Xiu Niang felt better.

The scolded woman is Fang's mother.

She came here specifically after knowing that Mother Fang was here.

If it were her sister who came here, she might feel distressed if she saw her mother was not doing well, but it would be different for her. She would only feel happy.

According to what people in the village said, her mother came here with Fang Zijian. The two of them ran out of money, so Fang Zijian took her mother to ask people who wanted her mother...

Later, the man named Tian asked for it and gave him five taels of silver. Then Fang Zijian left with the five taels of silver.

Fang Zijian was dead, but her mother was still waiting for Fang Zijian to pick her up.

Fang Xiu Niang chatted with the villagers and told the story of someone who assassinated Gou Tongzhi and was beheaded.

"The person who assassinated Gou Tongzhi was called Fang Zijian. He was not a good person. He relied on his sister to work and study, and he wanted to sell her..." Fang Xiuniang vividly told people about Fang Zijian, and then Just left.

People in this kind of small village will talk about it everywhere after learning about something new happening outside.

She believed that her mother would know the news soon.

provincial capital.

Li Qingzhi and the others have already settled in the Zhu family's house.

There were several servants of the Zhu family guarding the place. After Li Qingzhi arrived, he stayed in the guest room where he had stayed before, and then started the same pre-examination social activities as before.

He has been very busy this year, but he has always been thinking of ways to expand his reputation. As for the way to expand his reputation, it is naturally to publish his articles in "Anjiang Collected Works".

This year, his articles appeared in the "Collected Works of Anjiang" every month. He was already known to almost everyone in the circle of scholars in the provincial capital. Everyone also thinks that he will definitely be able to pass the examination.

However, Li Qingzhi did not dare to take it lightly. During this period, he not only studied hard, but also asked Governor Zhang for some information about the examiners and wondered about the examiners' preferences.

In modern times, if you write well in the college entrance examination, your score will be higher, let alone ancient times.

In this day and age, it is very important to write articles that meet the examiner's preferences.

After Li Qingzhi arrived in the provincial capital, he began to interact with the scholars who came to participate in the provincial examination in order to learn more information.

When he was busy, Jin Xiaoye was also busy.

In the morning, she would take Li Damao and others out to visit various places in the provincial capital. In the afternoon, she would learn to speak Mandarin with a teacher who could speak Mandarin.

Jin Xiaoye can actually understand Mandarin, but she doesn't speak it well.

Next, they will go north to the capital... They must learn this Mandarin.

During this period, Li Qingzhi stopped speaking dialect to them after returning home and exclusively spoke Mandarin.

Li Qing used golden fingers to help Jin Xiaoye, Li Damao and Li Ermao develop their brains. The three of them had particularly good memories and learned Mandarin very quickly.

Li Laogen, Zhao Xiaodou and Zhang Zao learned more slowly.

Zhao Xiaodou was always embarrassed to open his mouth, fearing that he would say something wrong, so he learned very slowly. Zhang Zao had a poor foundation and had difficulty learning.

The worst person is Li Laogen. He is mentally weak and learns very slowly.

"Ah Qing, I don't want to learn anymore." Li Laogen said to Li Qing.

"Dad, if you don't learn, if you accidentally lose yourself after going to the capital, I won't be able to find you." Li Qing insisted: "Don't you want to go to the capital?"

I definitely want to go to Beijing!

Li Laogen doesn't like to learn to speak Mandarin. It's painful every afternoon, but he looks forward to the morning.

Jin Xiaoye took them out in the morning. He really saw a lot of things and ate some things he had never eaten before!

He originally had nothing to say and show off, but now, he has accumulated a lot of things to say and show off to others.

Li Laogen wanted to go to the capital, but he was also afraid that he would not be able to find Li Qingzhi and the others if he accidentally got lost, so he could only continue studying.

But after learning for a while, he said to Li Qing: "Ah Qing, when the time comes, you can tie a rope around me so that I can't lose it."

Li Qingzhi didn't want to lead Li Laogen away with a rope, so he remained unmoved and spoke to Li Laogen only in Mandarin.

As time went by, although Li Laogen didn't speak Mandarin well, he could understand it a little better, which was gratifying.

On July 16th, Li Qingzhi got up very early.

Today is the day when the last volume of "The Travels of Solitude" is on sale. He is going to buy the book!

This is not the first time Li Qingzhi has bought his own book.

He made an appointment with several scholars from Hexing Mansion, including Peng Jingliang, and went to the Shen family study to queue up to buy books.

"I heard that this is the last "Lonely Travels"."

"I don't know how Qingdusan could write such a book."

"I heard that some people went crazy after reading this book. They insisted on saying that there really is such a country in the world, and even wanted to go out to sea to find it."

"Actually, I also think what is written in this book is true. It would be great if such a place really existed!"

…

Peng Jingliang and the others were discussing "The Travels of Qingdu", and their words were full of admiration for Qingdu San people.

There are many scholars in the world who dislike Qingdu Sanren, but "The Travels of Qingdu"...even those who dislike Qingdu Sanren have read it.

The various policies and laws of the world written in the book have been studied by countless people.

Because the characters mentioned in the book are all simplified characters used by people in that place, which makes it easier for people to learn things... Recently, some people have begun to study simplified characters.

By the way, the textile looms that Qingdu San people wrote about in their books have also been made.

Some people think that Lingdu Sanren is too stupid. After he developed such a textile machine, he didn't hide it and use it to make money. He also wrote it in a book for everyone to see...

He is so stupid!

When others were discussing, Li Qingzhi just echoed a few words without saying much.

His character is such that he won't argue with others and get red-faced.

But he thinks people arguing over a book are cute.

Most of these young people have beautiful ideals and hope that the world will get better and better... which is good.

"Brother Li, your "Collection of Children's Interesting Stories" is also very beautiful." Peng Jingliang remembered something, "This book is for children, but I like it very much."

"You are not very old," Peng Jingliang's senior brother laughed, "but this book is really good. My child likes it very much. In order to understand this book, he studied a lot more carefully."

When they were talking about "Collection of Children's Interesting Stories", the examiner of Jiang'an Province's provincial examination was reading this book.

The examiner responsible for presiding over Jiang'an Provincial Township Examination this time is named Ping.

This Master Ping was from the Hanlin Academy. His family background was average, and he could not make much money in the Hanlin Academy, so he lived in poverty.

He was particularly happy to come to Jiang'an Province to preside over the provincial examination.

Before coming, the Ministry of Revenue gave him two thousand taels of silver. After coming to Jiang'an Province, all his expenses were paid by officials of Jiang'an Province, so he did not need to spend any extra money.

Forget it, he printed some of his poems and essays and brought them to Jiang'an Province, and those books were sold at high prices-candidates often passed

The examiner's works are used to gauge the examiner's preferences, so many examiners will sell their own collections of poems or essays before the examination.

In short, Master Ping can make a lot of money on this trip.

He is not greedy, and he does not intend to do things like cheating in the imperial examinations, but he will not let go of places where he can make money.

Mr. Ping loves money, but he is still very concerned about the provincial examination. Before the provincial examination, he got to know the candidates in Jiang'an Province.

Among the many candidates, Li Qingzhi's reputation was one of the best.

Not only did he get Xiao Sanyuan, "Anjiang Collected Works" also published his articles every month, and even his handwriting was sought after.

Master Ping has decided that as long as Li Qingzhi performs normally, Li Qingzhi will be the leader.

Everyone is satisfied with having such a scholar as Jieyuan. If he lets a person with no reputation at all be Jieyuan, even if he does not engage in malpractice for personal gain, he may be regarded as someone who has engaged in malpractice for personal gain.

Lord Ping has already read the articles written by Li Qing. A few days ago, someone gave him a set of "Collection of Children's Interesting Stories" written by Li Qing.

This book monster is very good-looking. Mr. Ping will read it when he has nothing to do recently, and he will take the book with him when he goes to the toilet.

Seeing that there were only a few thin pages left in the book in his hand that had not been read, Master Ping was a little reluctant to give up.

At this moment, someone came in from outside: "Sir, I bought the "Lonely Travels" you wanted."

"Show it to me quickly." Lord Ping said immediately and asked someone to bring "Lonely Travels" over.

He put down the "Collection of Children's Interesting Stories" in his hand and studied Senior Qingdu's book carefully.

He is no longer young and is not as passionate as he was when he was young. Now he is even thinking about making money for his children and grandchildren.

But even so, he still liked this book.

This is an ideal world.

On the other side, Li Qingzhi and the others finally bought the book.

While still on the road, they had already started reading, sighing while reading.

Li Qingzhi read it nonchalantly, after all, he had memorized the book long ago.

But he is really satisfied with Shen Family Trading Company.

This is not only because the Shen Family Trading Company paid him a lot of royalties, but also because the quality of the book published by the Shen Family Trading Company is really good.

In this last book, he wrote about the army and drew several pictures, and the pictures printed in the book were almost exactly the same as those he drew.

After this book came out, scholars in the provincial capital had to discuss it for several days.

Du Yongning, a scholar who admired Qingdu San people to the extreme, even bought a lot of Qingdu San people's books and held a reading club.

He invited Li Qingzhi, and Li Qingzhi went, and then watched helplessly as they chatted, and the topic changed. Many people firmly believed that there really is such a place in the world, otherwise it would be impossible for Lingdu Sanren to write so realistically, Then they wanted to see it.

Li Qingzhi: "..."

Time flies so fast, in the blink of an eye, August has entered. The weather finally cooled down, and Li Qingzhi felt that his life was much more comfortable than before.

The day before the provincial examination, Li Qingzhi did not go out.

He planned to have a good rest at home that day, and get close to Jin Xiaoye, Li Damao, Li Ermao and the others to make himself happy.

"Dad, you will definitely do well in this exam!" Li Damao said as he handed the egg he took out from the chicken coop to Li Qingzhi: "Dad, these are Dabao's eggs to replenish your health."

Seeing this, Li Ermao also quickly presented Erbao's eggs.

Zhao Xiaodou's chicken was also a hen, and he also gave the eggs to Li Qingzhi.

Li Qingzhi, who was filial, happily made a bowl of egg fried rice with three eggs, and then ate it to the three children: "This egg fried rice is so delicious."

Li Damao and Li Ermao: "..." They ate noodles today, which were also delicious, but for some reason, they felt that the egg fried rice made by their father was more delicious!

Li Damao and Li Ermao were so eager to go up and hug their father, and take a bite of egg fried rice.

After dinner, Li Qingzhi chatted with Li Damao and Li Ermao, and then discovered that Li Damao and Li Ermao could speak Mandarin smoothly without an accent.

Jin Xiaoye also speaks very well, but she has an accent.

Others... they can speak a little bit, but the Mandarin they speak is difficult to understand.

But at least I can communicate. If I work hard in the next few months, I won't be unable to communicate with others when I go to the capital.

The provincial examination was very important. Li Qingzhi ate a lot to replenish his energy that day, and went to bed early at night.

Early the next morning, Li Qing left home carrying his examination basket and went to Gongyuan to take the provincial examination.

The conditions for the previous exams were not very good and the environment was quite difficult. As for this provincial exam, if nothing else, the exam environment will be the worst.

There is no other reason, the main reason is that candidates have to spend the night in the examination room, and the environment of Gongyuan...it is not comfortable at all to spend the night there!

Chapter 202 Jie Yuan

There are three rural examinations in total, each lasting three days.

You will enter the examination room on the 8th, 11th, and 14th day of the lunar month, and leave the examination room on the 10th, 13th, and 16th day of the lunar month. For each examination, you will have to stay in the examination room for two nights. You can go home and sleep for a night in between.

The examination booth in Gongyuan is very small and very cramped. For so many days, the candidates have to eat, drink, and defecate in the examination booth. I don't know how uncomfortable it is.

People who are not strong enough may not be able to survive the nine-day exam.

In addition, it is difficult for people with a bad mental state to survive.

Li Xiucai's knowledge was not bad, but he gave up the examination because he could not stabilize his mentality.

As far as Li Qingzhi knows, every year candidates break down and cry when taking the provincial examination.

The entrance time for the rural examination is not as early as the county examination, prefectural examination and college examination, but candidates still have to come to Gongyuan early and queue up for examination.

Li Qing waited in line for a long time before it was his turn to be searched.

The people who were responsible for searching their bodies were petty officials and yamen servants who were transferred from the yamen.

Some of these people are okay, and they act honestly and in accordance with the rules and regulations during the body search, but there are also a few government servants who will be very rude and arrogant in their words when meeting older scholars who are simply dressed. Messing other people's things and soiling the food they bring.

For fear of losing the qualification to participate in the provincial examination if a commotion broke out, the scholars did not dare to get angry and could only endure it, and these people became more and more unscrupulous.

There are always some people who, with a little power in their hands, fully demonstrate the evil of human nature.

Li Qingzhi was unlucky. The person who searched him was such a person. Fortunately, he was young, well-dressed, and although his writing was not the best, it was not bad. The person who searched him was afraid of offending him, so he treated him badly. Quite polite.

But when he turned around, he cursed the old scholar behind Li Qingzhi.

Li Qingzhi likes living people, but such people are really not cute at all.

After entering the venue, Li Qingzhi found his room.

The location of his cell was not very good, and the hut was not far away.

With so many people crowded together, after a few days, the smell of the entire Gongyuan will probably not be very good, but it will definitely get worse the closer you get to the latrine.

This smell will undoubtedly affect the state of the candidates.

Of course, this does not include Li Qingzhi.

Li Qingzhi used his golden finger to adjust his sense of smell so that he could not smell it temporarily.

In fact, even if you can smell it, such a smell is nothing to Li Qingzhi, who has been in the apocalypse for so many years, but you can avoid smelling it, right?

It was a coincidence that not long after Li Qingzhi sat down, he saw Du Yongning sitting opposite him.

The two of them were considered familiar, and Li Qingzhi smiled at each other.

Li Qingzhi remembered that Du Yongning was a bit tidy and couldn't stand the smell of the latrine, but today, Du Yongning was in a pretty good mood and smiled back when he saw Li Qingzhi.

They were not angry because the seats were not good, but around them, some candidates felt as if they were mourning after finding themselves sitting next to the hut.

Li Qingzhi sighed secretly. These people's mentality was not stable. They might not be able to perform to their normal level when they take the exam.

Li Qingzhi saw this situation, and Du Yongning naturally saw it too.

Seeing the mournful faces of the people around him, Du Yongning felt proud.

If he found out that he was in a bad position a year ago, he would definitely feel very uncomfortable, but now...

He has become fearless.

Ever since he saw the description of a biogas digester in a book written by Qingdu Sanren, he had tried... to do it.

His family did not agree, and he used the provincial examination as an excuse, saying that he was worried that he would not be able to stand the smell of Gongyuan during the provincial examination, and wanted to adapt in advance.

Hearing what he said, his family did not stop him, and he vomited again and again while tinkering with the biogas pit, and finally slowly adapted to it.

Of course, he was ashamed to mention this experience to others, so scholars in the provincial capital did not know about it.

In short, he is not afraid of the hut in the examination room at all now.

Doesn't it just stink? What are you afraid of? He even brought a sachet!

The test papers were handed out quickly. After Li Qingzhi saw the papers, he began to "write" the article in his mind.

After "writing", he also considered how to arrange the article on the paper to look the best, and how to write the words clearly and coherently... These were all considered by him.

After finishing all the preparations, he calmed down and started writing word by word seriously.

Each of his words is beautifully written, and they all stay where they should, forming a complete whole...

Li Qingzhi had a pretty good life in the examination room. Although sleeping in the room was not comfortable because of his height, for him, there was no problem even if he didn't sleep.

Time passed in the blink of an eye, and on the third day after entering the examination room, they were released from the examination room.

Li Qingzhi felt like he had a smell on his body! The hut in Gongyuan was fine at first, but then it became more and more terrifying. I don't know how Du Yongning, a young master, managed to survive.

After leaving the examination room, I could see that there were more people waiting outside than there were candidates inside. Some wealthy people had hired sedans and carriages to wait. Of course, there are also some scholars whose families have little money and only have a relative following them, so they have to walk back by themselves.

Jin Xiaoye hired a sedan chair for Li Qing.

"I don't need to sit in a sedan chair." Li Qing insisted.

"They're all hired." Jin Xiaoye pushed the people onto the sedan chair and urged the bearer to go to where they lived.

Li Qingzhi opened the curtain of the sedan and looked back, and found that some people broke down and cried as soon as they left the examination room, and some people fainted after leaving the examination room.

He sighed.

The imperial examination is really not easy.

Comparing the college entrance examination in later generations, the two best schools in the country, Tsinghua University and Peking University, although the number of students they recruit in different provinces is different, generally speaking, including those admitted in advance due to competitions and the like, basically every province can get into the college entrance examination every year. The two universities have more than 100 students in total. In some provinces, there are even 300 to 400 people studying at Tsinghua and Peking University a year.

But the imperial examination...

Jiang'an Province has a prosperous literary style, but only a hundred people can pass the provincial examination every time.

The provincial examination is still held once every three years!

In some remote provinces, only 40 to 50 people can pass the provincial examination every three years.

Because of this, being a successful candidate in this era was already a big deal, and one could go directly to become an official.

Li Qingzhi returned home, took a bath first, and then had a big meal.

After eating, he hugged Jin Xiaoye again and had a good sleep.

The next day, he went to Gongyuan again to line up and prepare to take the second exam.

Three days ago, the scholars lining up here were basically in good condition, but today, many people looked a little lackluster.

"Brother Li, you look so good!" When Du Yongning saw Li Qingzhi, he squeezed over with an envious look on his face.

Seeing his sluggish expression, Li Qingzhi was a little puzzled: "Brother Du, you didn't seem so tired yesterday?"

Du Yongning said: "I didn't sleep well last night."

He was in the Gongyuan before, and although he didn't sleep well, it was okay, but last night at home...

He wanted to get a good sleep so that he could be full of energy for the upcoming exam. However, the more he thought about it, the more he could not sleep, and he tossed and turned all night.

"Brother Du, relax." Li Qingzhi said.

The two said a few words briefly and entered the examination room again.

The content of this test is different from the last time, but other aspects are similar, but... it's more difficult.

When they left the examination room after the second exam, some people were already shaky. Even Du Yongning's face looked ugly, giving people the feeling that he would fall asleep at any time.

Li Qingzhi felt that he didn't have to worry about falling asleep this time.

Among the many candidates, Li Qingzhi was relatively tall and seemed to stand out from the crowd.

Forget it, his mental state seemed to be good, which aroused waves of envy from the people around him.

"Is that Li Qingzhi? He seems to be in good spirits."

"There were rumors before that he was in poor health, but now it seems that he is in good health."

"He must have done well in the exam."

"Looking at his articles in Anjiang Collected Works, you know that he will definitely not fail the provincial examination."

"My husband thinks he can pass the Jieyuan exam." "Our Jieyuan from Jiang'an Province? That's amazing!"

…

Li Qingzhi went home this time and had a good sleep. After sleeping, he went to Gongyuan to take the next exam.

It rained during the third session. Although it was light rain, it still caused a lot of trouble to the candidates, and the candidates' condition became even worse.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, the scholars who took the county examination in Jiang'an Province not only failed to reunite with their families, but also couldn't even appreciate the full moon because of bad weather.

Du Yongning was young, strong and in good health, but he could not bear it. Li Qingzhi even saw him take out a piece of ginseng and start chewing it.

In modern times, ginseng is quite cheap because it can be grown, but it is really expensive in Daqi... Du Yongning relied on his good family background to make a small fortune.

He was the biggest cheater. Because of his cheating skills, the harsh environment in the examination room had little impact on him.

After all three exams were completed, when Li Qingzhi left the examination room, his appearance was no different from usual.

Du Yongning was jealous: "Brother Li, I didn't expect you to be in such good health!"

"My appetite is good and my health is good." Li Qing insisted.

Thinking of Li Qingzhi's amazing appetite... Du Yongning stopped talking.

Du Yongning could still stand in the examination room. As soon as he came out of the examination room and saw his book boy, he fell completely on top of him. Seeing this, his book boy and the servants of the Du family hurriedly carried him into a sedan chair and took him home. .

Li Qingzhi felt that Du Yongning was not so weak. He was probably like this because he was tired for several days and felt aggrieved.

The young master definitely wants someone to take care of him.

Jin Xiaoye still found a sedan for Li Qingzhi. Li Qingzhi returned home in the sedan and saw Chang Zhan and Jin Xiaoshu.

"Why are you here?"

"Mr. Li, today is the day you finish the provincial examination. Let's come and see you." Chang Zhan said.

Jin Xiaoshu grinned: "Brother-in-law, how did you do in the exam?"

"I have used all my strength, and then it depends on the examiner." Li Qingzhi said with a smile.

Chang Zhan and the others set off early this morning and arrived in the morning.

As soon as they arrived in the provincial capital, they heard someone say that many scholars would fall ill during the provincial examination... Both of them were very worried, especially Jin Xiaoshu.

Jin Xiaoshu always felt that Li Qingzhi was weak.

Now that Li Qingzhi was in good health, he felt relieved.

Chang Zhan prepared a sumptuous meal to celebrate Li Qingzhi's completion of the provincial examination. During the meal, Li Qingzhi chatted with Chang Zhan and Jin Xiaoshu.

He and Jin Xiaoye have been in the provincial capital for more than a month. During this time, there were some minor problems in Chongcheng County, but they were resolved in the end.

As for what went wrong...

Over at Jinye Embroidery Workshop, the husband of a married female worker came to the door and said that Jinye Embroidery Workshop had misled his wife. He said that when his wife did not go to Jinye Embroidery Workshop to work, she did all kinds of work at home. But since I came to work at Jinye Embroidery Factory, I have become a master at home and refuse to cook.

The matter was solved quite easily. Fang Jinniang said that if you dislike your wife, you might as well make peace with her... The man didn't want to make peace with her at all, so he walked away in despair.

It is not easy for ordinary people to find a wife these days!

After that, Sister Wang also chatted with the female workers of Jinye Embroidery Workshop, saying that if someone in their family bullies them, they can tell the embroidery workshop that the women's army of their embroidery workshop can come to the door.

In today's Chongcheng County, the female workers at Jinye Embroidery Workshop are very confident.

They earn a lot of money, even more than the men in the family, so naturally no one can look down on them.

Of course, there are a very few who are too soft-tempered or have different ideas. For example, there is a female worker who uses her wages to concubine and bear children for her husband... There is nothing Sister Wang can do about this kind of person.

Juewei Zhai also encountered some problems. Some people rushed ahead of Juewei Zhai and collected chickens and ducks raised by farmers near Chongcheng County, and then drove up the prices of chickens and ducks, hoping to make a fortune from Juewei Zhai.

However, Chang Zhan did not indulge others and would not buy from them. He would rather sell less braised chicken and duck every day.

When making braised food, it's not a big deal to make more pork and various soy products and less chicken and duck.

In the end, those who collected a large number of chickens and ducks and wanted to sell them at a high price couldn't stand it anymore - those chickens and ducks were left on their hands, and they had to eat a lot of food every day!

They couldn't afford to lose the money, so they could only sell the chickens and ducks to Juewei Zhai at normal prices.

The problems at school are more interesting.

When Li Qingzhi left Chongcheng County, he handed over the management of Chongcheng Primary School to Qian Changsheng.

Qian Changsheng loves his work very much. He leaves early and comes home late every day, spending most of his time in school.

In addition... he is kind-hearted and has a very good attitude towards the students in the school. He will also buy some food for the students as rewards.

Then a female student fell in love with him, and her parents even hired a matchmaker to find out more about him.

Chang Zhan said: "Changsheng is worried that something like this will happen again, so he has already planned to grow a beard."

Li Qingzhi felt a little sympathetic to Qian Changsheng, but Jin Xiaoye said at this time: "If he is Changsheng, he should be pretty good-looking even if he has a beard."

Jin Xiaoye met Qian Fugui. Qian Fugui not only had a beard, he was already in his fifties, but he was still very handsome.

Li Qingzhi: "..."

No matter what, without him and Jin Xiaoye, everything in Chongcheng County was fine and there were no problems.

After a year or two, when the first batch of students from Chongcheng Primary School graduates, the glass business and soap business should be on the right track, and they will have a group of people who can use them.

Li Qingzhi ate a lot that day and went to bed early. When he got up the next day, Chang Zhan and Jin Xiaoshu had already returned to Chongcheng County.

But they also said that they would come again when the results of the provincial examination are released.

The results of the provincial examination are usually released in early September.

Some scholars whose families are close to each other will go home after taking the provincial examination and wait for the results to be released. However, some scholars whose families are far away will live in the provincial capital and wait for the results of the provincial examination to be released.

Chongcheng County is not far or near from the provincial capital, but Li Qingzhi did not go back. Instead, he stayed in the provincial capital to wait for the results to be released and teach his family to speak Mandarin.

Jin Xiaoye can already speak, but her accent cannot be changed, but her accent is nothing.

As for the others... After Li Qingzhi asked his family to speak in dialect, these people started to speak a little more.

During this period, Li Qingzhi also secretly met Qian Fugui.

From Qian Fugui, he learned that more and more glass is being fired now. Those craftsmen collected the fired transparent glass and fired it again. They had begun to try to make glass plates, but because the fired glass had Impurities make the glass plate not very transparent.

Now, those craftsmen are looking for ways to improve.

In addition, the craftsmen also deliberately made some green glass. Qian Fugui plans to make it into jewelry, and also plans to use glass to make ornaments such as Bodhisattvas.

These can definitely be sold at high prices, as long as shipments are controlled.

If there are too many glass products on the market, the glass will not be valuable.

In addition to glass, soap has also been made.

With soda ash, it was not difficult to make soap, but lard was needed to make soap. Even if Qian Fugui arranged for people to go to the butcher shop to buy large quantities of fat, the production of soap would not increase.

Fortunately, they don't plan to go down the low-end market. Qian Fugui plans to add expensive spices to this soap and sell it at a high price.

Qian Fugui didn't even plan to sell in Jiang'an Province. He planned to make a batch of goods and ask Li Qingzhi and Jin Xiaoye to take them to the capital and sell them in the capital.

There are many rich people in Jiangnan, but the richest people in Daqi are still in the capital.

Li Qingzhi deeply believed in this.

At this time, the people were really poor, but the rich were very rich.

And this can be seen from the history he has learned before.

When ordinary people could only earn one tael of silver a month, Heshen embezzled more than one billion taels of silver.

There may not be big corrupt officials like He Shen in Da Qi, but there are certainly many corrupt officials. Instead of worrying about the people's money, it is better to make money from them.

In addition to Qian Fugui, Li Qingzhi also went to see Governor Zhang and others.

He was not anxious at all and his mentality was very stable, which was different from other scholars. Some of them did not eat well or sleep well before the results were released, and they lost a lot of weight.

The candidates are eagerly waiting for the results of the provincial examination to be released, and the examination papers are being marked.

Master Ping had seen the papers of Jiang'an Province candidates and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

The knowledge of the scholars in Jiang'an Province is truly outstanding!

There was one paper among them, which all of them thought was perfect.

"I think this person can be the Jieyuan!"

"The position of Jieyuan belongs to this person!"

"Li Qingzhi's articles and words are perfect!"

…

Yes, even though the name was obscured, many examiners present could tell that this was Li Qingzhi's paper.

Li Qingzhi's family was of an ordinary family, and these examiners would not treat him differently because of things other than his knowledge, but at this moment... they could not choose someone else to be Jieyuan without conscience.

Master Ping also felt that Li Qingzhi was the only one to solve the problem.

He previously thought that he could give the position of Jieyuan to Li Qingzhi because Li Qingzhi was famous, but if he saw a better paper, he might also ask someone else to be Jieyuan.

But now, who can write better papers than Li Qingzhi?

There is no doubt that Li Qingzhi is Jieyuan, but how to rank the others has caused some controversy.

On the fourth day of September, the provincial examination results will be released.

There are too many people waiting for the results of the Provincial Examination to be released. In addition, Li Qingzhi is now very well-known, and many people know him...

Instead of moving forward, he asked Zhang Zao to look at the list.

As for himself... he took Jin Xiaoye and the others to eat at a nearby restaurant.

Du Yongning came specifically to see Li Qingzhi and saw Li Qingzhi eating with his wife and children: "Brother Li, it's really nice!" He had been very worried. Why was Li Qingzhi so calm? It really makes people feel uncomfortable just looking at it.

Li Qing insisted: "Just try your best. Why worry all day long? Brother Du, you have lost a lot of weight. Go eat something."

"You won't invite me to eat together?" Du Yongning was a little unhappy.

Li Qingzhi asked him: "Then you want to eat with me?"

Du Yongning looked at Jin Xiaoye, Li Laogen and three children who were sitting at the same table with Li Qingzhi, and left angrily.

After Du Yongning left, Li Laogen, who had been shrinking aside to reduce his presence, breathed a sigh of relief and finally dared to eat again.

He was happy and scared now.

It was undoubtedly exciting for him to come to such a big restaurant to eat, but it was full of people who he felt were superior, and he didn't even dare to say a word.

"Dad, the food here is so delicious!" Li Ermao kept chattering: "Can I take some back for Dabao and Erbao to eat?"

Li Qingzhi was a little jealous of the hens at home: "Of course, but there are some things that are not suitable for the eldest and second treasures. You can go back with a bowl of rice later." Just give such expensive dishes in the restaurant to the chickens Waste, chicken, just eat some rice.

Li Ermao nodded and didn't think there was anything wrong.

There are some things that Dabao and Erbao cannot eat. There is chicken on the table, which Dabao and Erbao must not eat.

As for rice, Dabao and Erbao really like it.

Li Qingzhi's business is quite eye-catching, and many people around him noticed them: "That person is Li Qingzhi."

"Are he his wife and children next to him?"

"He said that "Collection of Children's Stories" was written for his children, and it seems so."

"I don't know how Li Qingzhi did in this provincial examination."

…

As these people were talking, they saw a fourteen-year-old boy walking up the stairs several steps at a time: "Sir, you are Jieyuan!"

This young man is Zhang Zao, a student under Li Qing's charge.

As soon as he said these words, the eyes of everyone in the restaurant fell on Li Qingzhi.

If nothing else happens, Jieyuan from Jiang'an Province will be able to pass the Jinshi examination.

Li Qing is certain that he will become an official in the future.

"Li Jieyuan, congratulations!"

"Li Jieyuan, we have met before, do you still remember me?"

"Li Jieyuan..."

…

There are too many people around.

Li Qingzhi smiled and chatted with these people, while Jin Xiaoye put away the meat and vegetables on the table and handed them to Zhang Zao.

They left this for Zhang Zao, but Zhang Zao probably wouldn't be able to sit here and eat.

Seeing that Jin Xiaoye and the others had packed up, Li Qingzhi said goodbye to everyone present and went out to settle the bill.

As a result, the restaurant owner refused to accept the money no matter what: "Li Jieyuan, the restaurant has treated you to this meal!"

The shopkeeper insisted on a treat, and some other people present also tried to help Li Qingzhi pay.

After winning the exam, the world changed.

No wonder Fan Jin was so excited after winning the exam.

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Li Qingzhi insisted on paying the money, and then took his family back to the Zhu family's house.

After they returned home, there was an endless stream of people who came to congratulate them. Some people copied the list of successful candidates in the provincial examination and gave it to Li Qingzhi.

Li Qingzhi took a look and found that the second place in the provincial examination was a scholar in his thirties. He missed the provincial examination three years ago because of his filial piety, so this time he was able to gain a lot.

The third place is Du Yongning. His ranking is so good, which is somewhat related to his surname Du.

This world is not that fair.

And Peng Jingliang, who has a good relationship with Li Qingzhi and is quite talented in Hexing Mansion, ranked 65th in this provincial examination.

This ranking is not good, but it is not bad either. Peng Jingliang is young and it is his first time to take the provincial examination, so it is already very good to pass it.

You must know that his teacher, Zhou Shanchang of Chongwen Academy, is just a scholar.

Li Qingzhi did not see all the people who came to visit. Those who were completely unknown to him before and now suddenly came to visit, unless they were of unusual status, he did not see them.

After all, there are a lot of weird things in this world. There was a person who didn't even pass the scholar's entrance exam. He suddenly came to him and said that his article was not well written, and then he started to "point out" him.

Li Qingzhi didn't like the articles he wrote specifically for the imperial examination, but he also didn't like being criticized by inexplicable people, especially when this person "pointed" him out, which was full of loopholes.

In addition, there are those who insist on becoming his teacher, those who directly ask for money from him, and those who want to give their daughters to him as concubines... There are really all kinds of people in this world.

Li Qing refused to see some people, but he saw all those who knew him when they came to visit.

He has a good memory and remembers everyone he meets.

He can remember everything, and he can call each visitor by name. He can also remember what these people have said to him before, and he can have a good chat with these people...

This made those who came to visit feel that Li Qingzhi valued them very much.

Li Qingzhi was also in a good mood.

It has been more than two years since he traveled to this world. He is not as excited when meeting people as he was at the beginning, but he still likes to communicate with people and such lively scenes.

Now waves of people come to chat with him, which greatly satisfies his desire to chat.

However, he refused to accept any of the expensive gifts from these people. Some people insisted on giving them, so he asked them to leave a note and said that he would treasure them well.

Nowadays, gift-giving has become a common practice in official circles. He should also give gifts to others in the future, but he does not intend to accept any gifts that he can do without.

Li Qingzhi saw off all the visitors before dinner: "Everyone, I am staying in this house, and there are not many servants around me. I'm afraid I won't be able to entertain everyone."

Li Qingzhi lived in a side courtyard of the Zhu family's house. Those who came to visit knew that he was telling the truth, so they naturally did not feel dissatisfied at all when he left.

After everyone left, Li Qingzhi went to the dining room of the house, and saw two Eight Immortals tables filled with dishes - Chang Zhan and Jin Xiaoshu were here, and Qian Changsheng was also there. After not seeing him for more than a month, Qian Changsheng turned a little darker again, but his beard only grew a short stubble.

Besides... Qian Changsheng doesn't have much beard, so there aren't many in total.

Li Qingzhi thought it would be better for Qian Changsheng not to grow a beard.

"I will be the father of the Juren Master from now on, and I can still go to the capital!" Li Laogen was talking to Qian Changsheng and the others. When he saw Li Qingzhi coming in, he immediately stood up and moved the stool for Li Qingzhi to let Li Qingzhi Take your seat.

Li Qingzhi smiled and sat down, and then heard Li Laogen speak again: "In that restaurant today, after learning that A Qing was Jieyuan, a large group of people gathered around and rushed to pay A Qing's bill. They also call me Mr. Li and treat me respectfully..."

The first part is the truth, the second part is what he made up.

He had been hiding behind Jin Xiaoye, and no one noticed him.

Chang Zhan and the others arrived at noon and spent the entire afternoon making a sumptuous lunch for Li Qingzhi.

Li Qingzhi was quite satisfied with his meal and chatted with Chang Zhan and the others again...

Jin Xiaoye was eating at another table with several children and the young Zhang Zao. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but sigh - Li Qingzhi can really speak!

Being admitted to Jieyuan is a happy thing for Li Qingzhi, and it is also a happy thing for others.

After the results of the provincial examination came out, someone immediately started sending the list of candidates to various places in Jiang'an Province.

This afternoon, Chongcheng County.

A ship docked at the new pier, and immediately someone got off the ship: "Congratulations to Li Zixiao Township, Chongcheng County, for winning the title of Jie Yuan!"

"Congratulations to Li Zixiao Township, Chongcheng County, for winning the Jie Yuan test!"

…

The shouts rang out over and over again, and soon many people knew about it.

When Zhu Qian learned about this, he was overjoyed: "I knew Mr. Li would definitely be able to get Jieyuan!"

Mrs. Zhu also said: "I will prepare gifts right away!"

The two got busy immediately.

In the county government office, Magistrate Wang was very happy when he heard the news: "Okay! Great!"

If Chongcheng County can produce a Jieyuan, his reputation as a county magistrate will be bright!

As for the Golden Leaf Embroidery Workshop...

"Mr. Li is so awesome!"

"I knew that Mr. Li would definitely be able to pass the exam!"

"I said before, Mr. Li will definitely win the first place."

"Our embroidery workshop will definitely get better and better as it opens!"

…

Over at Juewei Zhai, a group of workers were even more excited: "Great! Mr. Li is so smart, he will definitely become a high official in the future, and then he can seek revenge from King Jin!"

"Life is so good now, it's something I never dared to imagine before."

"From now on, we will all be working for the Juren Master! When we go out, others will look at us highly!"

…

As for the students and teachers of Chongcheng Primary School, they are also cheering for this incident.

"Mr. Li has been admitted to the Juren Examination, and we are students of the Juren School!"

"I had dinner with Mr. Li!"

"The textbook we study was written by Mr. Li!"

"We must study hard!"

…

The people in Miaoqian Village were equally happy when they learned about this.

"We have a Juren in Miaoqian Village, Juren!"

"Other villages only have scholars, but our village has scholars!"

"The Li family's ancestral graves are really smoking!"

…

There were not many families with the surname Li in the village in front of the temple. These people were not very good to Li Laogen before, so that after Li Qingzhi became more powerful, they did not get any glory.

Now these people are extremely regretful.

When Jin Xiaoye and Li Laogen were struggling to live with their two children, why didn't they help?

But seeing that Li Laoer, Li Laogen's brother, was not in the spotlight, they felt comfortable.

After Li Qingzhi became more and more capable, Li Laoer's family wanted to repair their relationship with Li Laogen and Li Qingzhi.

But Li Qing treated them no differently than anyone else in the village. As for Li Laogen... Li Laogen liked to show off in front of them, but didn't give them any benefits.

Now that Li Qingzhi has become a civil servant, they still have no choice but to farm the land.

No one would even treat them differently because their surname was Li. After all, everyone knew that Li Qingzhi was not close to them.

As uncomfortable as the Li family was, Uncle Jin's family was also suffering.

Their family didn't get any glory either.

Jin Liushu now makes money by buying goods from Juewizhai and setting up a stall at the dock, but the price he pays for buying goods from Juewizhai is the same as others.

Even if he is not Jin Xiaoye's cousin, he can still purchase goods.

In Uncle Jin's house, the only ones who got any benefits were Jin Sangshu and his wife.

Jin Sangshu joined Jin Xiaoshu's boat company, and his wife became the cook at Chongcheng Primary School.

But Jin Sangshu has a bad relationship with his brother! Moreover, the couple also earn money from their craftsmanship and cannot help the family.

Aunt Jin was extremely uncomfortable: "Jin Xiaoye and the others must have known about Li Qingzhi's abilities a long time ago, and then they deliberately separated from us."

"Mom, you have said this eight hundred times." Jin Liushu said.

"Li Qingzhi passed the exam. If our land can be put in his name, we won't have to pay taxes, but he will definitely not be happy." Aunt Jin muttered.

Jin Liushu said: "Who told you to treat Jin Xiaoye and others badly before?"

"How could I be bad to them?" Aunt Jin was angry.

The Jin family started to quarrel again.

Grandma Jin was very upset when she saw this situation.

She always thought that after dividing the family equally, without her, an experienced old man, to help save money, the lives of her two sons would not be as good as before. But...

Jin Dajiang's family is getting better and better, and her eldest son Jin Dahai's family is also eating and drinking every day.

The old lady felt aggrieved.

Seeing this situation, Jin Moli felt aggrieved.

She originally had a chance to become the first lady, and she might even be the first lady in the future!

Such a good opportunity was thrown away by her!

If after rebirth she had married Li Qingzhi like she did in her previous life and helped Li Qingzhi avoid being arrested, she might have become an official wife by now.

But now...she can only dig food in the ground.

Fucheng.

Gou Tongzhi has also learned that Li Qingzhi was admitted to Jieyuan.

After realizing that his wife would never stab him, Gou Tongzhi spent more time going home. Mainly because he hasn't been busy recently.

At this moment, while eating, he praised Li Qingzhi again and again, and said: "Basically all Jieyuan from Jiang'an Province can pass the Jinshi examination. Li Qingzhi has a bright future!"

When Mrs. Gou heard what her husband said, she felt very uncomfortable.

After Li Qingzhi passes the Jinshi examination, she can also become an official. Jin Xiaoye, whom she once looked down upon, will become an official's wife...

Why!

Wait, even if Li Qingzhi is admitted to Jinshi, it will not be easy for him to be promoted, but his husband is already a fellow intellectual!

From now on, Jin Xiaoye will still have to salute when he sees her!

Thinking of this, Mrs. Gou became happy again.

In the provincial capital, Governor Zhang was also happy for Li Qingzhi.

He has long regarded Li Qingzhi as his junior, and now that his junior is promising, this is a great good thing.

He thought for a while, found paper and pen and wrote a letter to his friends in the capital, asking them to take care of Li Qingzhi in the future. He also asked Butler Li to help pack some things and plan to give them to Li Qingzhi.

On the other side, Qian Fugui, who had been "sick", asked his servants to prepare wine and got drunk.

After getting drunk, he started crying: "Sister, your son is more promising than your man!"

"Sister, I have a baby!"

"Sister, do you blame me?"

…

Qian Fugui and Li Zhao are classmates.

He himself was average in knowledge, but Li Zhao was talented and willing to study, so he deliberately matched his sister with Li Zhao, hoping that he could have a brother-in-law who would be an official in the future.

As a result, his sister was gone.

Qian Fugui often feels guilty when he dreams back at midnight.

Today, although he was happy, he could not help but feel sour in his heart.

This evening, countless people talked about Li Qingzhi.

Most people were convinced by him. Of course, some people said mean things, but these people only talked behind his back. If they really wanted to face Li Qingzhi, they would not dare to do anything.

On the second day of the provincial examination, there was a Lu Ming Banquet for the newly promoted candidates.

The Luming Banquet is hosted by local officials, and new candidates and provincial examination examiners are invited to attend.

On this day, all those who have just won the imperial examination will put on their best clothes and go to the Deer Ming Banquet.

This is their first official appearance, which is very important.

Li Qingzhi went there early and saw the newly promoted officials gathered together, exchanging information and chatting about the preferences of the officials who attended the Luming Banquet.

When Du Yongning saw Li Qingzhi, he told Li Qingzhi the situation of those officials in detail.

"Thank you, Brother Du." Li Qing thanked him.

In fact, Governor Zhang had told him everything Du Yongning said, but he was still very grateful to Du Yongning.

You must know that some people, even if they know the situation of those officials, will not tell others.

There are even people who deliberately tell lies in order to make other officials offend those officials.

Li Qingzhi basically knew all the 100 people who won the exam. He smiled and greeted people and chatted. If someone asked him about the officials, he would tell them everything he could.

And when they were chatting with those officials, those officials were also chatting with them.

Of course, the one they talked about the most was Li Qingzhi.

"I don't know what kind of person Li Zixiao is," Master Ping said, "His paper is so perfect!"

He felt that Li Qingzhi's answer sheet could be collected as a family heirloom.

The writing on the paper is extremely well done, and the handwriting is amazing.

During the provincial examination, Master Ping met Li Qingzhi, but he did not talk to Li Qingzhi, so he did not know Li Qingzhi's situation.

As for other officials... many of them have never met Li Qingzhi before. They were very curious about Li Qingzhi, and when they entered the place where the Deer Ming Banquet was held, they saw a group of people surrounding Li Qingzhi like a man holding the moon in his arms.

Li Qingzhi was talented. They always thought that such a young man would be a little arrogant, and they also felt that other candidates would be a little dissatisfied with Li Qingzhi.

After all, there is no second place in literature and martial arts.

As a result... Li Qingzhi is not arrogant at all, but the other candidates are still very enthusiastic towards Li Qingzhi?

Scholars started from being elected and officially entered the bureaucratic class.

Most of these people who have passed the examination will never be able to pass the examination, but among them, there may be some who will rise to prominence.

The officials who came to attend the Deer Ming Banquet were all smart people. They would not offend anyone for no reason, and their attitude towards the people present was very good.

Li Qingzhi could feel that some of these officials didn't like him, but they didn't show it, so he just pretended that he didn't know.

Li Qingzhi smiled and talked to those officials, and answered fluently no matter what they asked. He also timely allowed other officials to show themselves in front of these officials...

Lord Ping saw this scene and admired Li Qingzhi greatly.

This person is not only good at learning, but also a good person.

If he had Li Qingzhi's ability, he wouldn't still be in the Hanlin Academy at such an old age.

Such people will definitely have a bright future as long as they are not in the wrong team.

But now the court is really a mess!

I don't know who will take power in the end.

If King Jin ascends the throne, neither Lu Qingxi nor Prince Yan will end well. If Prince Yan ascends the throne, he will definitely deal with the other two parties.

Of course, if the child in the palace supported by Lu Qingxi ascends the throne, he will not show mercy to King Jin and King Yan.

Master Ping had a good chat with Li Qingzhi. He secretly reminded Li Qingzhi: "Zixiao, you are still young. You can come to Beijing to take the exam a few years later."

Regarding the current situation in the DPRK... Li Qingzhi went to Beijing to take the exam and might accidentally get involved in a fight.

It would be a pity if Li Qingzhi was trapped inside.

Lord Ping said it very cryptically, but Li Qingzhi understood what Lord Ping meant.

He also understands the situation in the capital, but it is because of this understanding that he rushes to Beijing to take the exam.

Neither King Jin nor King Yan is a good person. For their own selfish desires, they don't take the people seriously at all!

Li Qingzhi felt that no one of these two people could ascend the throne!

Of course Lu Qingxi also has problems. In fact, he doesn't take the common people seriously.

But the children in the palace are still young and can be cultivated.

In short, compared to King Jin and King Yan, he hopes that the child in the palace can ascend the throne.

Li Qingzhi bowed to Master Ping: "Master Ping, thank you for your advice. It's just that I have difficulties. I will go to Beijing in a few days."

Li Qingzhi spoke of his situation sincerely.

Lord Ping felt a little pity, but finally gave his blessing.

After the Luming Banquet, numerous large and small banquets were held in the provincial capital, and Li Qingzhi received dozens of posts at once.

But he didn't go either.

He wrote quickly, so he wrote a letter to everyone he knew and invited him, saying that he wanted to go to Beijing early to take the exam and was in a hurry to return to Chongcheng County to deal with family matters, so he was unable to keep the appointment.

After writing the letter, Li Qingzhi took Jin Xiaoye and the others and left the provincial capital.

"Ah Qing, don't you like attending banquets very much? Why don't you go?" On the way back, Jin Xiaoye asked Li Qingzhi curiously.

Li Qingzhi has always liked places with many people.

While Li Qingzhi watched Li Damao and Li Ermao feeding the chickens, he turned to look at Jin Xiaoye: "Xiaoye, the place some people invited me to is the Flower House."

These banquets are used to build relationships. In order to make friends with the newly promoted candidates, some people will give money and beauty.

Li Qingzhi liked socializing with people, but had no interest in these, so he simply left the provincial capital.

Jin Xiaoye really didn't know this before. After knowing it, he said without hesitation: "You really can't go."

Li Qing held Jin Xiaoye's hand: "Xiaoye, let's pack our things when we get back and prepare to go to Beijing."

Li Qingzhi planned to go to Beijing early. After he told Du Yongning, Du Yongning also planned to do the same.

They will follow the Shen family's fleet to Beijing. Du Yongning will rent a large ship alone, and Li Qingzhi will go with Wu Baichuan.

In fact, it would be more comfortable for him to rent a boat to go to Beijing, but it would be a bit eye-catching and it would be difficult to find reliable sailors. It would be better to take Wu Baichuan's boat.

When the time comes, he will just give Wu Baichuan more money, ask Wu Baichuan to load less goods, and leave space for them.

The Shen family's fleet plans to set off in early October. There is still plenty of time, but they can prepare in advance.

After entering the capital, he planned to do something to avenge the original owner. Of course, he would be careful not to harm Jin Xiaoye and the others.

After Li Qingzhi returned to Chongcheng County, he still couldn't escape various invitations.

Magistrate Wang, Zhu Qian and others all invited him to dinner.

However, if these people invite him to dinner, he can tell them directly if there is anything wrong during the dinner, so Li Qingzhi does not reject these things.

In addition to others inviting him to dinner, he also wanted to hold a banquet and invite some people to dinner.

At the same time, preparations for entering Beijing must also be made.

Li Qingzhi planned to go to Beijing early to take the exam, and some candidates from Jiang'an Province and even other provinces also made such plans.

In distant Yu County, there is a Juren in his early thirties who plans to go to Beijing next year.

This person's surname was Fan, and his given name was Fan Weiyan.

The Fan family is quite famous in Yu County and has produced several scholars and scholars.

Fan Weiyan was talented since childhood and was admitted as a scholar at the age of twenty. He was once the most watched young talent in Yu County.

At that time, Li Zhao, the magistrate of Yu County, was very optimistic about Fan Weiyan and often gave him guidance on his studies. This led to Fan Weiyan meeting Li Zhao's eldest daughter Li Zhu.

Li Zhu was extremely beautiful. After he met her once, he never forgot her and begged his parents to propose marriage.

Li Zhu has reached the age of marriage, but there are not many young people to choose from in Yu County... Li Zhao has actually already taken a fancy to Fan Weiyan.

This marriage was just done.

For a few years, Fan Weiyan married a beautiful wife and had a county magistrate father-in-law, and his life was very comfortable.

However, there was a flood in Yu County, and Li Zhao was charged with embezzling disaster relief money!

Seeing that the entire Li family was being executed, the Fan family panicked, and Fan Weiyan panicked even more.

After the imperial envoy searched their house and found no money, he did not cause any more trouble for them. However, since Li Zhu was at their house, their family would not be implicated.

They plan to drive away Li Zhu and the daughter born to Li Zhu.

No, it's not safe to just drive them away. Li Zhu might still haunt them...

After much thought, they decided to let Li Zhu take her daughter to "commit suicide."

As long as Li Zhu dies, their family will be clean!

Fan Weiyan was a little reluctant to part with his spoiled wife and young daughter, but he thought that having this stain on him might affect his career, so he agreed.

After being married for many years, he is no longer as rare to Li Zhu as he was at the beginning.

Later, his daughter died, but Li Zhu

Gone.

Many years have passed, and Fan Weiyan has already married another wife, but unfortunately he has not been able to pass the imperial examination.

He felt that this had a lot to do with the fact that he was Li Zhao's son-in-law. Those officials must have rejected him because of this!

Fan Weiyan hated the Li family so much that this year, Li Zhao was overturned.

Others did not know what their family did to Li Zhu. They all thought that Li Zhu and her daughter died of illness in the chaos at that time.

That year, many people actually died of illness.

Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, he was Li Zhao's son-in-law and student... He suddenly became a popular figure. Countless people came to visit him. The magistrate of Yu County, the prefect of Yuxi Prefecture, etc. even met him in person.

This time in the provincial examination, he was even on the list!

Finally, he no longer has to be implicated by Li Zhao... Fan Weiyan plans to rush to Beijing to take the exam in one go, and strive to pass the Jinshi exam next year!

Fan Weiyan, who passed the imperial examination, accepted various banquets, brought two concubines to his home, and collected a lot of money...

When he goes to the capital and becomes a Jinshi, he will have a bright future waiting for him!

It's just that his current wife is average-looking, and his father is just a scholar, somewhat unworthy of him...

Chapter 204 Entering Beijing

On September 15th, Li Qingzhi held a banquet in Miaoqian Village.

He had held banquets before when he was admitted as a scholar, and he would definitely hold a banquet now.

Li Qingzhi's previous banquets were very local, and the tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks were all borrowed from neighbors, but this time it was different.

A few days in advance, Zhu Qian arranged for people to renovate the old house of Li Qing's family. On the same day, Zhu Qian even closed his restaurant, loaded the tables and chairs in the restaurant on boats, and sent them all to the temple. village.

The chefs from Zhu Qian Restaurant also came to the village with their accustomed kitchen utensils.

The original mud house of the Li family was paved with bricks on the floor and hung with bamboo mats on the walls. It was decorated elegantly and beautifully. There were several Eight Immortals tables in the middle, where distinguished guests would eat.

Next to the house, a temporary large kitchen was built with bamboo and bamboo curtains. The original vegetable plot of the Li family in front of the house and even the vegetable plot of the Yao family next door were bulldozed. Some Eight Immortals tables sent from the restaurant were also placed here. It is a place for ordinary guests to eat.

Outside on the roadside, a short "long table" was spread with seven or eight door panels and benches.

In Miaoqian Village, when people hold a banquet and there are few guests, they will borrow a table from the villagers for everyone to sit and eat. If there are many people, they will set up a "long table" with door panels and benches, and serve them when relatives arrive. For a bowl of rice, you can pick up the vegetables yourself and eat while squatting or standing.

The Li family has few relatives, so they have always borrowed tables to host banquets. Today, the "long table" was set up to host a flowing banquet.

When the time comes, there will be vegetables in large pottery pots here. No matter whether they are related to the Li family or not, those who come here to congratulate will take a bowl and say a few auspicious words, and then they can queue up to eat the vegetables and take a dip. Li Qing is the leader of Jiang'an Province.

On this day, Li Qingzhi came to Miaoqian Village early in the morning.

He saw Chang Zhan and his two apprentices preparing dishes for a banquet with the two chefs of the Zhu Family Restaurant.

Each of these people showed their talents. After Li Qingzhi saw the prepared menu, he wanted to eat it right away.

In addition, a temporary stove was built with bricks and soil outside. The kitchen helpers and waiters of Zhu's Restaurant were using the stove to cook simple big pot dishes, which would be used to provide running tables later.

Before noon, people coming to have a banquet began to arrive one after another.

People like Magistrate Wang and Zhu Qian could go inside and sit down to eat. Relatives such as Jin's father, Jin's mother, Li Laogen, and Jin Xiaoshu can also eat in the house.

Uncle Jin's family, Mrs. Qian Changsheng, Mrs. Qian and the others, as well as Mrs. Wang's sister, Mrs. Xu, etc., could only eat at the Eight Immortals table outside.

This time, people like Mr. Yao's family, Sister-in-law Jin's family, and Aunt Jin's family next door who are relatively distant relatives were not even invited and could only go to eat at the flowing water banquet.

"As soon as Li Qingzhi became rich, he looked down on us and didn't even invite us!" Yao Zhenfu was indignant.

Mr. Yao glared at him: "Be calm and don't talk nonsense!" Their family had no relationship with the Li family, except that Jin Moli and Jin Xiaoye were cousins.

But this kind of relationship... even if the Jin family is not separated, most of them don't interact with each other, and now the Jin family is still separated!

In fact, it's okay for Li Qing not to invite Uncle Jin's family. According to the custom in the village, a married woman often only interacts with her parents and biological brothers and sisters.

In the past, Li Qing insisted on inviting them because the Li family had few relatives and the two families still had some affection as neighbors, but now that affection has long been exhausted.

"Dad, why are you still talking to them? They even used our land to host the banquet. Why don't you invite us?" Yao Zhenfu said.

Mr. Yao sneered: "It's not like they used our land to hold banquets without paying us!"

Their vegetable plot was indeed bulldozed, but they gave them one tael of silver as compensation!

How can the food ordered on the spot be worth a tael of silver?

At this time, Yao's mother took out a few bowls and distributed them to the family: "Let's go to the flowing water table and line up. I saw them cooking several dishes. Each of us will fill a bowl. After we have filled it, we will go home to eat."

Yao Zhenfu didn't want to go because he felt embarrassed, and he didn't want to congratulate Li Qingzhi.

Mother Yao ignored him, placed the extra bowl next to her, and took her grandchildren, who were also holding bowls, to queue up.

Many villagers from their Miaoqian village were already queuing up, and people from other villages also came to queue up.

Li Qingzhi saw that the queue was a bit long, so he told the people in charge of the running tables and asked them to start dividing the dishes first.

As for the serious banquet, we still have to wait until noon.

The flowing water banquet was bustling, and Li Qingzhi saw Jin Liushu's wife and children queuing up. They could eat at the main banquet, and now they were queuing up because they probably wanted to get more food to take home.

Li Qingzhi took a look and started talking to Magistrate Wang and Zhu Qian who had arrived early. Today's banquet was actually neither paid for nor prepared by him.

He originally planned to take advantage of the mid-month holiday of Chongcheng Elementary School and do something simple in the cafeteria of Chongcheng Elementary School, but everyone around him disagreed.

Zhu Qian and others gave him many gifts, but he confiscated most of them, so these people insisted on helping him organize the banquet.

After thinking about it, Li Qingzhi did not refuse.

If he behaves too coldly and insists on drawing a clear line with these people, these people may become uneasy.

In short, Li Qingzhi didn't spend a penny on this banquet. The money was raised by Zhu Qian and the businessmen from the Chongcheng County Chamber of Commerce.

As for the place to hold the banquet... These days, banquets are held in the hometown, so Zhu Qian decided to hold the banquet in Miaoqian Village.

Everyone who received the invitation came very early, and Wu Baichuan came early.

Li Qingzhi asked him to enter the room and take a seat, and he suddenly became a little excited.

Finding an opportunity, he also told Li Qingzhi about entering the capital: "Li Jieyuan, I have two ships, one of which can be used by you. I don't have any goods to send to the capital this time, and the ship is already empty." On."

"This won't work. My brother is settling the accounts. You have to accept the money." Li Qing insisted. It is impossible for Wu Baichuan to leave an empty ship. If there is really no cargo, he can save a fortune by not following the empty ship to the capital. Big money.

Wu Baichuan hoped that Li Qingzhi would help him when he became rich in the future and was unwilling to accept money, but Li Qingzhi did not agree, and he could only return to his seat with regret.

When Sun Juren was admitted to the Juren Examination, he received an unknown amount of money, but Li Qingzhi was really different.

But even if Li Qingzhi had to pay, he could give Li Qingzhi some more conveniences, such as repacking his ship and putting the best crew members on it.

It was approaching noon, and countless dishes had been distributed at the flowing banquet, while the formal banquet was already full of people.

It's time for the meeting to begin, but no one has come yet.

Li Qingzhi came to the door, looked into the distance, and saw the person he was waiting for - Gou Tongzhi striding towards here with a few guards.

"Master Gou!" Li Qingzhi smiled and stepped forward to welcome Gou Tongzhi to his seat.

He invited a lot of people to the banquet this time, and the most important person among them was Gou Tongzhi.

Fucheng is a bit far away from here, so Gou Tongzhi came a bit late. Now that he is here, the banquet has officially begun.

Various delicacies were served on the table, including those commonly eaten by locals, as well as new dishes specially prepared by Chang Zhan, such as boiled fish.

Spicy and fragrant fish fillets are Li Qingzhi's favorite, but many people are not used to it.

Li Qingzhi sat with Wang County Magistrate Gou Tongzhi, as well as Chongcheng County's chief registrar and governor.

Gou Tongzhi and Magistrate Wang told him some things he needed to pay attention to when going to Beijing to take the exam. They also talked about the scene when they took part in the joint examination and the palace examination together.

Li Qingzhi memorized it carefully while happily

Eat something.

Today's dishes were really rich. There were even several kinds of seafood in them. I don't know how much Zhu Qian and the others spent.

Even Li Qingzhi felt that this banquet was luxurious, let alone others.

Li Laogen was dumbfounded, and Uncle Jin's family were a little afraid to use chopsticks.

Even if they eat, they don't know what they are eating.

Jin Xiaoye has seen the world and is considered calm. She took her two children and sat at a table with Jin's father and mother, Jin Xiaoshu and his wife, and Li Laogen. She comforted the frightened Jin's father and mother while picking up food for them.

Of course, she did not forget Li Laogen, who was as afraid to move as a quail, and pinched Li Laogen a lot.

The banquet was only held at noon. After eating, Magistrate Gou Tongzhi Wang and others left. Li Qingzhi asked the guests to divide the dishes and went home with Jin Xiaoye.

Li Laogen, who was still very scared before, became energetic after Gou Tongzhi and the others left. He did not go back and planned to stay in Miaoqian Village to brag.

After returning from the provincial capital, Li Laogen went crazy. He looked for people to chat with, talked about various things in the provincial capital, and even spoke a few official words from time to time, just to let people know that he was different now.

Li Qingzhi felt helpless.

After the banquet, Li Qingzhi stopped socializing with others and concentrated on preparing for his trip to Beijing.

Wu Baichuan gave a boat to Li Qingzhi and arranged it.

After Li Qingzhi saw the ship, he began to move things onto the ship and arrange cabins for people to live in.

On the first day of October, the Shen family's fleet passed through Chongcheng County, and Wu Baichuan's two ships followed.

It was no secret that Li Qingzhi came to Beijing that day, and many people came to see him off.

Watching the fleet go away, the people gathered at the new dock in Chongcheng County to see them off felt a little lost.

Chang Zhan was in a bad mood. Chang Cui didn't realize anything at first, but when the fleet left, he burst into tears: "Brother Xiaodou, Brother Da Mao, wow..."

"Cui Cui, stop crying, stop crying." Chang Zhan coaxed.

Chang Cui hugged his neck and cried harder.

Qian Changsheng covered his chest and wanted to cry.

His health was almost healed, and it was Li Qingzhi who helped him cure it.

His cousin gave him a miracle that allowed him to regain his life, and he learned a lot from it.

His cousin was both a mentor and a friend to him. Now that his cousin is gone, he doesn't know how long it will take to see him again... He feels really uncomfortable.

Fang Jinniang burst into tears immediately.

Upon seeing this, Jin Xiaoshu quickly comforted her: "Jin Niang, don't cry. My sister and brother-in-law will live well."

Fang Jinniang said "Yeah", but her tears didn't stop.

These people were quite uncomfortable. Those students from Chongcheng Primary School, Li Qingzhi's classmates, businessmen from the Chongcheng County Chamber of Commerce, and those people watching the excitement on the pier were actually very happy.

"This time Li Juren comes to Beijing, I don't know if he can get the top prize!"

"I think it's okay. Li Juren is so good that he comes first every time!"

"It would be great if Li Juren gets the top prize!"

"Li Juren must be the Wenqu star who descended to earth!"

"Speaking of Wenquxing coming to earth...Have you ever been to Miaoqian Village? It is Li Juren's hometown. I heard that many people go to Li Juren's old house to learn about Li Juren's talent."

"I've been there. Li Ju was hosting a banquet that day, and I even went to order a bowl of food!"

"I went too, and I was given a big bowl of soybean stewed with pork. It tasted really good."

…

Li Qingzhi stood at the stern of the big ship, watching the new dock getting farther and farther away from him. When the fleet turned a corner, he would no longer be able to see it.

He started to look at Chongcheng County again, this beautiful county with dense water network, but gradually he could no longer see it...

After he came to this world, he lived in Chongcheng County most of the time and never left Jiang'an Province, and this time, he was leaving.

Don't know when he will come back.

In Daqi, after a person is admitted to Jinshi, he usually returns to his hometown first and then takes office.

But he has a lot to do when he comes to the capital. He has to understand the situation in Daqi and try to avenge the original owner. In addition, he has brought all his family members with him to the capital this time. He does not plan to return to Chongcheng after passing the Jinshi examination. county.

"Brother Li!" shouted, and Li Qingzhi saw Du Yongning waving to him on the next boat.

Speaking of this ship... Daqi's ship is actually very small in modern times.

The canal that connects Jiang'an Province to the capital is actually very narrow.

Therefore, life on the ship at this time is actually not that comfortable, but Du Yongning has just boarded the ship, and he is very interested.

On the small canal, after the two boats ran parallel to each other, they were very close to each other. Du Yongning asked: "Brother Li, how have you been spending this time?"

"Very good." Li Qingzhi laughed and asked about Du Yongning's situation.

Du Yongning said: "Some time ago, I was dragged to eat and drink every day, and I didn't have time to calm down and read a few pages of books."

"Then you should study hard on the way to Beijing." Li Qing insisted.

"That's necessary!" Du Yongning started chatting with Li Qingzhi, and even talked enthusiastically about someone giving him a bicycle.

After "Lonely Travels" was published, he studied it carefully and tried to hatch eggs to make a biogas digester.

But as the provincial examination approached, his family did not allow him to conduct further research, so he failed to own a bicycle.

"This bike is very fun. You can move by just stepping on the wheels. But my bike is tiring after pedaling too much. I went out for a ride that day and my legs were shaking when I came back," Du Yongning gushed, "But this bike The design is so exquisite, I don't know how Qingdusan came up with it! I have also seen the loom he developed, and the weaving speed is extremely fast!"

As the two chatted, they entered a relatively narrow river channel, and there were other boats traveling in the opposite direction... The two boats could not go side by side, so they could only move forward one behind the other.

Du Yongning's boat fell behind. In order to continue chatting with Li Qingzhi, he ran to the bow.

Li Qingzhi admired him a little. Although they were not far away, they had to speak very loudly for the other party to hear.

After talking for a while, his throat felt uncomfortable. Didn't Du Yongning feel it?

Just as he was thinking this, he heard Du Yongning touch his throat and say: "Brother Li, wait a minute, I'm going to drink some water."

Li Qingzhi laughed: "Brother Du, let's wait until the boat stops in the evening to talk!"

The Shen family fleet is not in a hurry when it comes to Beijing this time and will stop to rest at night.

All sailors on the ship need to rest.

Li Qingzhi said goodbye to Du Yongning, and then walked into the cabin.

It's October in the lunar calendar, which is almost November or December in the Gregorian calendar. The weather is already very cold now.

Firstly, he and Du Yongning were young and strong, and secondly, they wore thick and warm clothes so that they could chat outside in the breeze. As for the others... they all stayed in the cabin.

Oh, Li Laogen is also outside. He is wrapped in a big cotton-padded jacket and chatting with a crew member. There is no doubt that he is showing off again.

Li Qingzhi ignored him and entered the cabin, then smelled the smell of brown sugar and ginger soup.

Jin Xiaoye took a small copper stove and was cooking ginger soup, while Li Damao and Li Ermao were sitting next to the stove to keep warm.

You can also light a fire for cooking on the ship, but the stove is specially designed to prevent it from tipping over.

The outermost part is a wooden box. There are four feet under the stove in the middle of the wooden box, which are just against the four corners of the wooden box. The stove is smaller than the wooden box...

The wooden box is large and will not tip over if the ship suddenly shakes. The stove inside will naturally not tip over. At most, the food cooked on it will fall out.

But even if it falls out, it will fall into the wooden box and will not be splashed outside.

Because there is a wooden box outside, you don't have to worry about getting burned when heating, and it is very convenient to use.

Of course, this exquisitely designed stove, with its wooden box printed with flowers and painted on the outside, is for the use of wealthy people on ships. Ordinary people are not so particular about what they use for cooking on ships.

Jin Xiaoye specially arranged a cabin as a place for them to eat and rest. In addition to tables and chairs for eating, there was also a couch in this room. The wooden box was placed on the spacious couch.

Li Damao and the others were sitting next to the wooden box, feeling a little lethargic.

In the past, I was always blown by the wind in an open boat, but it was actually not that easy to get seasick, but this kind of big boat was different.

Li Qingzhi used his golden fingers to help them relieve their symptoms of seasickness. At this time, Jin Xiaoye said: "The ginger soup is ready. Let's all drink some."

Li Damao and Li Ermao said in unison: "I don't want it!"

According to Jin Xiaoye's idea, even if you don't like to drink the cold-repelling ginger soup, you have to drink it, but Li Qingzhi stopped her: "Xiaoye, forget it if they don't like it." Anyway, with him here, they can't get sick.

Li Damao and Li Ermao don't like to drink ginger soup, which makes Zhao Xiaodou puzzled.

If this is pure ginger

Forget about the soup, it really doesn't taste good, but there is sugar in this ginger soup!

Why don't Li Da Mao and Li Er Mao like it?

"Xiaodou, take this pot of ginger soup and drink it with your uncle." Jin Xiaoye shared a pot with Zhao Xiaodou.

Zhao Xiaodou took the ginger soup and went to find Li Laogen.

"Would you like to give some to the crew on the ship?" Li Qing asked.

Jin Xiaoye said: "I have sent them brown sugar and old ginger before. They can cook it themselves, but what they cook is definitely not as sweet as what I cook."

With that said, Jin Xiaoye gave Mrs. Qian a bowl, poured another bowl for herself, and then gave the rest to Li Qingzhi along with the kettle for making ginger soup.

Li Qingzhi first poured out the ginger soup and drank it, then picked up the ginger slices with chopsticks and ate it.

Li Damao and Li Ermao looked at their father with admiration, and Mrs. Qian was also a little shocked.

Most people really don't eat ginger slices!

While Li Qingzhi was eating, he told them about the situation outside. Jin Xiaoye didn't want to waste the charcoal fire used for heating in the wooden box stove, so he placed another small pot on it, filled half the pot of water, and put in some tofu to cook.

She also found a bottle of sauce prepared by Chang Zhan and put some into the bowl of ginger soup she was drinking, ready to eat it with the sauce after the tofu was cooked.

This is obviously a simple version of hot pot, except Jin Xiaoye only prepared a little tofu.

Li Qingzhi saw this and said, "I'll go to the kitchen to get some food."

When he went to the capital this time, Chang Zhan did not follow him, but the two apprentices brought by Chang Zhan did.

Together with Zhang Zao, they were cooking ginger soup for the crew in the ship's simple "kitchen".

Knowing that Li Qingzhi wanted to eat, they immediately dug out some for Li Qingzhi to pick out.

Li Qingzhi took some meat, some fungus and bean sprouts, and then returned to the cabin to eat "hot pot" with Jin Xiaoye and the others.

Mrs. Qian was already pregnant. Li Qingzhi used his golden finger to help her see that she was pregnant with a girl.

Qian Fugui wanted to have a child so much that he would like it even if it was a girl, but being born in this era is not a good thing for girls.

However, this child was born into Qian Fugui's family, so he was lucky. Li Qingzhi tested Qian Fugui, and Qian Fugui had already considered what he would do if he gave birth to a daughter. He planned to raise her as a son and teach her to do business from an early age. I will find a husband for her in the future.

As long as his daughter keeps the money and business in her own hands, and has Qian Changsheng and Li Qingzhi to look after her, her life will not be bad.

This is indeed good. If Qian Fugui can think about it, he probably travels all over the country and sees a lot.

You know, these days, if some people only have daughters, they would rather give their property to other people's sons than to their own daughters.

In the memory of the original owner, no one actually hired anyone in his hometown, but Chongcheng County was different. There were quite a lot of people, which was probably related to the region.

Because of her pregnancy, Mrs. Qian was able to eat quite well. While eating, she sighed: "I don't tell anyone about my pregnancy, but those people can't even tell..."

Her belly was already a little bigger, but no one in Chongcheng County knew she was pregnant, thinking she was just a little fatter.

Li Qingzhi smiled.

Mrs. Qian was only six months pregnant, so she wore more and more clothes when the weather got colder. The clothes she wore at this time were not slim-fitting, so others wouldn't see them as normal.

But if Mrs. Qian doesn't leave, everyone will see it sooner or later.

He was afraid that Mrs. Qian would not be able to give birth to a child if she raised her child too big, so he always asked Mrs. Qian to pay attention to her diet and eat foods that would not make her fat. Mrs. Qian only gained a belly and not much weight on her body.

Next, the child in her belly will enter the ferocious period, and her belly will definitely not be able to hide it.

Speaking of which, it was actually a bit inappropriate for Mrs. Qian to follow them to the capital. The main reason was that the defense of men and women was very serious these days, and it was easy for other people to gossip when they met.

But Li Qingzhi had thought of a way in advance... He asked Jin Xiaoye to accept Mrs. Qian as his godmother.

Mrs. Qian also brought her servants with her, so if they go together, the relationship will not be big.

The simple version of hot pot is quite delicious, and it's still warm after eating it. I ate a lot of Li Damao and Li Ermao.

Of course, the one who ate the most was Li Qingzhi.

The sauce Chang Zhan made was so delicious that he couldn't stop eating it.

Speaking of which... Du Yongning gave him a lot of things. When the ship stopped at night, he could give Du Yongning some sauce.

They went all the way north, and the food they ate on the boat was certainly not as good as on shore. The slightly appetizing sauce was pretty good.

Chapter 205 Liar

If the Shen family fleet is not in a hurry, it will enter Beijing at its own pace. They will dock at a fixed place every night.

That night, the fleet docked near a small town.

Although this is a small town, it is quite prosperous because it is next to the canal.

As soon as their fleet stopped, nearby residents came over in small boats to sell things.

These people sell all kinds of food and all kinds of daily necessities. If the people on the ship want something they don't have, they can buy it for them as long as they give money.

People on board can also take their boats to stay and eat in nearby towns.

Living on a boat is definitely not as comfortable as staying in an inn in the town.

Wu Baichuan was on the next boat and told Li Qingzhi something. He also said that if he wanted to buy something, he could go to him. He wanted to buy from someone he knew well and trusted, otherwise he might be cheated.

"We have brought everything, so we don't need to buy anything for now." Li Qingzhi smiled and chatted with Wu Baichuan.

"Brother Li!" Du Yongning greeted at this time.

The boats were parked close to each other, and Du Yongning's boat was right next to Li Qingzhi's boat.

Li Qingzhi had someone lay a springboard and boarded Du Yongning's boat.

"Brother Li, you are so awesome. You dare to walk on such a narrow springboard." Du Yongning sighed.

Li Qingzhi: "..." The springboard he walked on was already quite wide.

Workers carrying goods on the dock often have to carry hundreds of kilograms of goods back and forth on the narrow springboard.

Li Qing gave Du Yongning two bottles of sauce, one was sweet noodle sauce, and the other was chili sauce. They were both made by Chang Zhan and tasted good.

He also visited the boat Du Yongning was on.

The main function of Wu Baichuan's ship is to load cargo. Although it has been modified and a lot of furniture has been moved on board, it is still not that comfortable to live in. Du Yongning's ship is different.

The boat Du Yongning rented was for wealthy people to live in. It was beautifully decorated and well-arranged.

After briefly chatting with Du Yongning, Li Qingzhi returned to his ship.

The cabins on his ship are very small and a bit stuffy.

Fortunately, it is winter now. If it were summer, living in a hot and stuffy cabin would definitely be very miserable.

The cabin was very small, so they couldn't put a big bed in the cabin. The cabin where Li Qingzhi and Jin Xiaoye lived had only one bed of about 1.3 meters. After placing the bed, there was only a narrow bed left in the cabin. In the narrow aisle, boxes for clothes can only be placed under the bed.

But the two of them were quite warm lying next to each other.

Sleeping on the boat, he was swaying all night. When he woke up the next morning, even Li Qingzhi was a little dizzy.

Forget it, the wind is still relatively strong today...

The two maids next to Mrs. Qian were not feeling well yesterday. Today, their condition is even more serious and they cannot get up.

Mrs. Qian was also feeling a little lethargic and nauseous. Seeing this, Li Qingzhi quickly used his golden finger to treat her.

"I'm much better." Mrs. Qian was a little surprised when she found that she was no longer dizzy.

She was already a little seasick, and she was pregnant this time... She originally thought that this journey would be very uncomfortable.

As a result, Li Qingzhi pressed her acupuncture points and she felt much better.

"Auntie, you are getting used to it now." Li Qing said with a smile.

It was really uncomfortable to travel in ancient times, but they were wealthy people, so it was okay.

If nothing else, at least they had beds to sleep on, and the crew members slept directly on the deck of the ship.

But even so, the crew members were already very happy and satisfied.

They used to follow the fleet to the capital, and they would cook a little for themselves on the way. If they found it troublesome, they would cook it once a day. During the day, they could only eat cold meals while sailing.

But this time things were very different.

The Li Ju people brought two cooks on board. In addition to cooking for the Li Ju people, these two people also cooked for them. They could also eat hot meals and drink hot tea during the day.

That food is very delicious!

Being a crew member is very hard, and you can't handle it without eating meat, so the merchants in the caravan basically give meat to the crew members.

But how can the meat cooked by the crew members be as delicious as the meat cooked by Chang Zhan's apprentice?

In addition... Li Qingzhi also bought a lot of firewood and asked Zhang Zao and the two cooks to stop the fire on the ship. In this way, not only the crew could drink hot water at any time, but Zhang Zao and the others could also be in the kitchen. It will be much more comfortable to warm yourself by the fire.

In short, because Li Qingzhi spent money, the lives of the crew members improved a lot.

The boat sailed like this for several days, getting farther and farther away from Chongcheng County.

Li Qingzhi also felt the difference in the surrounding environment.

There is relatively little land in Chongcheng County. For example, the villagers in Miaoqian Village want to open up wasteland, but there is no place to open up.

The family had little land and many people but no enough food to eat. The only thing they could do was to go to the county town to find work.

But it's different in the north. There's a lot of wasteland here.

In other words... some families with little land can open up wasteland.

Opening up wasteland is tiring, but if there are a lot of men in the family, after planting their own land and then clearing out some wasteland, the family can have more land.

In fact, Yu County is like this. Yu County is a vast area with a lot of sparsely populated land. Probably because of this, people in Yu County like to have sons, and they also like to have more sons, so that the family can have more laborers to work and more land.

Sometimes the environment is different, and the people's lives are completely different.

Farmers in Chongcheng County are worried that they will not have enough land at home if they have more sons, but farmers in Yu County want to have more sons and plant more land.

On this day, their fleet stopped at a dock in a county town, and it stopped relatively early.

After the boat stopped, there were still many people rocking the boat to sell things.

There are also people who don't have boats and are hawking on the pier.

One of them, a teenager in his teens, had dark eyes and looked very smart. He was hawking and talking to people at the same time.

It's not easy to come out to make a living at a young age.

While Li Qingzhi was watching, Wu Baichuan came to him and said, "Li Juren, you can get off the boat and stay at an inn today, eat something delicious, and rest for the night."

It was almost dark when the ship stopped a few days ago, but even so, some merchants in the caravan still disembarked and went to live nearby. Not to mention today, there were many people preparing to disembark.

Li Qingzhi and the others are no exception.

They followed the caravan and went to an inn near the dock to stay and buy some food.

"You can buy pork and other things tomorrow morning. You can't buy good meat now, but you can buy other things now." Wu Baichuan told Li Qingzhi about his experience.

Jin Xiaoye had written down all the things she wanted to buy before. She took out the list, gave Zhang Zao some money, and asked Zhang Zao to take the two cooks to buy it.

There is still a lot of rice and flour on the ship, but we are almost out of vegetables and so on, so we need to buy some.

Some businessmen went to buy salted duck and bacon, but they didn't need to buy this - they brought a lot from home when they set out.

Li Qingzhi and Jin Xiaoye had a lot to worry about, but Du Yongning was different.

The butler at his side will take care of everything.

"This boat ride is okay for a day or two, but it's really uncomfortable after sitting for a long time." Du Yongning complained to Li Qingzhi and found a bathhouse to take a bath.

Li Qingzhi and the others did not plan to go to the bathhouse, but were going to simply wash up at the inn. Before that, they wanted to eat something delicious.

It was already evening at this time, many shops in the county town were closed, but the dock was crowded with people.

Li Qingzhi found that a noodle shop was quite busy, so he brought a whole family in to eat noodles.

Before entering the door, he glanced to the side and saw the teenage boy he had seen on the pier squatting under a nearby tree, carefully looking at everyone around him.

This young man has been scurrying around the dock. Li Qingzhi also saw him chatting with the crew of the Shen family fleet, but he didn't expect to run into him again.

People in Chongcheng County like to eat thin noodles, but the noodles sold in this noodle shop are very thick.

When the lasagna is cooked, pour a tablespoon of soy sauce or sauce on it and it's ready.

The cheapest noodles are only drizzled with soy sauce. If you pay extra, they are drizzled with minced pork sauce. In addition, you can also buy braised pork, braised dried tofu and braised eggs, which can be eaten with noodles.

Li Qingzhi ordered seven bowls of meat sauce noodles, and asked the store to cut some braised pork for him. He also bought some braised dried beans and braised eggs.

The noodles here are very large, so Li Qingzhi picked some from the bowls of the three children before starting to eat.

While he was eating, Wu Baichuan and two other businessmen who were traveling with him came in from outside.

"Mr. Li, are you here to eat noodles too?" Wu Baichuan laughed: "The noodles here are quite delicious, but their braised noodles are not as good as Juewei Zhai."

Li Qingzhi exchanged a few pleasantries with Wu Baichuan and the others, then saw a Taoist priest with gray hair and wearing an old Taoist robe come in from outside.

Many ordinary people these days are hunched over and have bad posture, but this man has a straight body, head held high, and a unique posture.

Forget it, his hair is obviously gray, his face looks very young, in his thirties at most, and his appearance is even more handsome, which makes people subconsciously like him after seeing him.

All of this combined makes this Taoist priest look like he has some immortal demeanor.

Of course, others think so, but Li Qingzhi is different.

He just felt that... this person should be a young man.

After the Taoist priest came in, he walked up to the noodle seller and asked for a bowl of the cheapest soy sauce noodles.

The man in the couple was rolling and cutting noodles, while the woman was responsible for serving noodles. She grabbed a handful of noodles and put them into the pot. She smiled and said to the Taoist priest: "Taoist priest, it's two cents in total."

The Taoist priest gave the woman two cents. The woman took the money, took out the cooked noodles, put them in a bowl, and poured a spoonful of soy sauce on them.

After doing all this, she glanced at the Taoist priest in front of her, put a braised egg into the noodle bowl, and then handed it to the Taoist priest in front of her.

Seeing this, the Taoist priest said: "My blessed god, Madam, is so kind. The person you are waiting for should be back soon."

The woman was stunned and asked, "Really?"

It was a coincidence that as soon as the Taoist priest finished speaking, a young man came in from outside and said to the noodle shop proprietress: "Mom, I'm back."

Such a coincidence? Li Qingzhi was a little surprised, and the woman even exclaimed: "Taoist Priest, you are simply amazing!"

Not only businessmen come here to eat noodles, but also people who make a living on the dock. Many of these people know the boss and his family and know that the boss's son went out with the boat.

Unexpectedly, just as the Taoist priest said that the child would come back, the child actually came back.

This Taoist priest is really capable!

There were about a dozen tables in two rooms inside and outside this shop. Li Qingzhi, Li Laogen, Jin Xiaoye, Mrs. Qian and their three children sat at one table, while Wu Baichuan and the others sat at the next table.

The Taoist priest brought the noodles and sat at Wu Baichuan's table.

The tables in the shop are the Eight Immortals tables. There are so many customers in the shop now that it is normal to share tables.

But when Wu Baichuan saw the Taoist priest sitting down, he couldn't help but ask: "Taoist Priest, how did you know that the boss's son was coming back?"

"The old Taoist knows a little bit about facial expressions." The Taoist priest smiled.

Upon hearing this, Wu Baichuan immediately asked: "Taoist Master, can you help me take a look? Did my trip go smoothly?"

The Taoist leader looked at Wu Baichuan and carefully examined Wu Baichuan's features. After a while, he smiled and said, "If you have a noble person walking with you, everything will be smooth sailing."

When Wu Baichuan heard what the Taoist said, he immediately thought of Li Qingzhi, and he believed in the Taoist even more.

"Taoist Priest, please help me see how my fortune is?"

The Taoist priest said: "First fight the hardships, and then the road will be smooth. If you have noble people to help you, your wealth will get better and better."

Wu Baichuan's early years were indeed not so smooth, but now he listens to the sermon

After Shi said this, he felt more and more capable, so he asked about his children again...

After Li Qingzhi came to this world, he found that most people here were quite superstitious.

This is normal. In this era, how many people can be non-superstitious?

Even Jin Xiaoye doesn't believe it most of the time, but he is still willing to buy some ornaments to attract wealth and put them in the embroidery workshop.

And those who believe this the most are undoubtedly the businessmen.

Doing business these days is really about luck, and they also like to engage in metaphysics.

Just talk about Wu Baichuan. When he is lucky, he can make a lot of money by going to the capital with the Shen family fleet. If he is not lucky...

Once before, when he followed a fleet to Beijing, his cargo accidentally got caught in the rain. In the end, not only did he make no money, he also lost a lot.

Now when he meets a Taoist priest who has real ability, he will naturally talk about the Taoist priest and beg him to see this and that for him.

The Taoist priest asked Wu Baichuan how many children he had and wanted to know which child's condition. After learning that Wu Baichuan was asking about his eldest son, he said: "Your child is smart and can achieve academically, but he is not as good as you." Closeness."

"That's true! That kid doesn't even talk to me!" Wu Baichuan sighed.

Li Qingzhi found it funny when he heard this - Wu Baichuan was away from home for most of the year, so it was strange that his son could be close to him!

The Taoist priest kept smiling, then pinched his fingers and suddenly said: "Your child has a good destiny, but there is one thing that is not good about him. If he is destined to be a mistress, I am afraid that he will have a bad relationship with women and affect his studies."

"Taoist Priest, is there any way to resolve this?" Wu Baichuan asked quickly.

The Taoist priest hesitated for a moment, then took out a coin tied with an old red string: "This is a copper coin that has been used for rituals. It can ward off the evil spirits of peach blossoms."

Wu Baichuan accepted it happily, and then took out an ingot of about two taels of silver and gave it to the Taoist priest.

The man calmly accepted the money and continued eating noodles.

At this time, Li Laogen couldn't help it anymore: "Taoist Priest, tell me, what will happen to me in the future?"

The Taoist priest said: "You are young and poor, but you have met a noble person recently, and you will be able to enjoy your old age in peace."

At this time, many people had gathered around the Taoist priest, begging him to read their fortunes.

The Taoist priest talked to the people around him calmly.

During this period, many people asked the Taoist priest for help in resolving disasters, and one after another, the Taoist priest got some money.

However, people like Wu Baichuan who looked like they were not short of money would accept money. However, he would not accept money from those with ordinary or even tattered clothes no matter what.

This is a true fairy! Li Laogen gathered around him, asking questions from time to time, and even asked about Li Qingzhi's future.

The Taoist priest asked them to take their time and said that he wanted to look at them one by one. After Li Laogen asked several questions, he asked the others to wait, came to Li Qingzhi, looked at Li Qingzhi, and said: "Qingyun goes straight up. Jiuchongtian, who in the world doesn't recognize you... you have such a good face!"

"What does this mean?" Li Laogen asked.

The Taoist priest said: "Your son has a prosperous official career and a bright future."

Li Laogen understood this time.

The Taoist priest saw Li Qingzhi and began to praise Jin Xiaoye again, saying that Jin Xiaoye was a prosperous man.

However, when his eyes fell on Li Damao and Li Ermao, he frowned slightly.

"What's wrong?" Li Laogen asked immediately.

The Taoist priest said: "These two children are very lucky, but they will also encounter some twists and turns because of their strong luck. One should be careful about roadblocks, and the other should be careful about what he says."

It was Li Damao who said he should be careful about roadblocks, and it was Li Ermao who said he should be careful when speaking.

Li Laogen immediately asked the Taoist priest to help resolve the problem, and even Jin Xiaoye spoke up.

It is better to believe that this kind of thing exists than to believe that it does not exist.

The Taoist priest said: "Old Taoist made a good relationship today." He took out a jade pendant and said it could block the road. As for Li Ermao... he asked Li Ermao to be careful in his words and deeds in the future.

The jade pendant he took out was clearly polished white marble, that is, marble, and could be worth several hundred coins at most.

Jin Xiaoye didn't know how to recognize these stones, so he gave them ten taels of silver after careful consideration.

They came out this time without much money.

Li Qingzhi didn't say anything.

But his senses were very keen, and he discovered that this Taoist priest looked calm and relaxed, but in fact he had been carefully observing everyone... He was most likely a liar.

However, although Li Qingzhi saw it, he had no evidence.

The people around him all believed in each other, even Jin Xiaoye was dubious... If he said something at this time, others would probably be unhappy.

Of course, the most important reason why Li Qingzhi didn't expose him in public was that this Taoist priest only took money from rich people.

Ordinary people asked him to read their faces, and he answered them politely, but he did not charge money.

When he answered, it was all at best, and those who asked him were satisfied after asking.

But ten taels of silver is quite a lot... He can find a chance to chat with the Taoist priest later, and get back the silver that Jin Xiaoye gave him.

He is not short of money now. If these ten taels of silver are given to poor people, it will actually be nothing, but if they are given to a liar... Li Qingzhi still won't be happy.

At least nine taels should be returned, and the remaining one tael should be used as money to buy a jade pendant.

Just now, others gave one, two, two, two, and Jin Xiaoye gave the most.

The main reason is that the Taoist priest gave Jin Xiaoye a jade pendant. Jin Xiaoye would not look at these stones...

After finishing the noodles, the Taoist priest took out the one tael of silver he had just obtained and gave it to the shopkeeper, saying that he wanted to buy some braised pork.

The shopkeeper cut two kilograms of meat for him, but refused to charge him no matter what.

The Taoist priest thanked him seriously, said a few nice words, and then left.

In fact, some people wanted to ask him for questions, but he said that he was tired, so they were too embarrassed to ask any more questions.

"Xiaoye, I'm going out for a walk, you guys go back first." Li Qingzhi said to Jin Xiaoye.

The inn they stayed in was right next to it, and this was the county seat. Plus Wu Baichuan and others were there, so it was still very safe.

"Okay." Jin Xiaoye agreed.

Li Qingzhi went out and chased the Taoist priest.

He originally planned to chase the Taoist priest and get the money back, but he found that there were other people following the Taoist priest...

He had not exercised for several days on the boat, and he wanted to take a walk... Li Qingzhi was no longer in a hurry to talk to the Taoist priest, and fell far behind the Taoist priest.

His eyesight and ears are very good. Even if he is far away, he will not be lost. The Taoist priest cannot find him.

The Taoist priest was walking and left the county town. At this time, another person who was following him chased after him and shouted: "Master!"

It was already dark, but Li Qing had a good memory and guessed who the person was based on the voice.

The man who shouted "Master" was the teenage boy who had been running around on the pier.

So before... this Taoist priest asked his apprentice to go to the dock to inquire about information, and then used this information to pretend to be a magic stick?

Quite a smart approach!

This person must have known for a long time whether he was a Juren or a Jieyuan. In that case, it would not be wrong to say that he had a prosperous official career.

Wu Baichuan knew him, and he said that Wu Baichuan would never go wrong if he met a noble person.

As for the rest... this liar should be very good at reading people. Coupled with the information revealed in their words, he can naturally speak to others' hearts.

This Taoist priest can be considered a talent.

It was at this moment that this "talent" was speaking ill of him.

The Taoist priest smiled when he saw his disciple: "Good disciple, master bought meat, and each of us will get half of it."

"Master, how much money have you earned?"

"Not much. That Jie Yuan is very stingy. I gave him a jade pendant, but he only gave me ten taels of silver." The Taoist priest said. Li Qingzhi heard this and said, "Your jade pendant is worth a few hundred taels of silver. Isn't it too little to give you ten taels of silver?" A few hundred taels of silver is not the price of marble, it is purely the craftsmen's wages for polishing it!

As soon as Li Qingzhi finished speaking, he saw the Taoist priest running away. It didn't matter, his apprentice and him ran separately.

Li Qingzhi: "..." This man has a lot of experience in escaping!

Li Qingzhi chased the Taoist priest without even thinking about it.

After he traveled to this world, he began to repair his body. After repairing it, he also strengthened it to a certain extent.

Even though he is very thin now, the strength of various organs in his body is definitely unmatched by ordinary people.

As for running... no modern Olympic 100-meter champion can compare to him.

Li Qingzhi had never had the chance to use force before, not even the chance to run, but today...

He quickly caught the liar.

One of the Taoist priest's hands was grabbed by him, and he couldn't struggle to open it, and his expression suddenly changed.

Li Qingzhi smiled and said, "You defrauded me of my money and you still think I'm stingy?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the person he caught did something he couldn't imagine.

The Taoist priest knelt down to him without hesitation: "Master Juren, I'm sorry, I can't help it. I don't know how to make a living...Sir, you have a lot..."

After saying that, the Taoist priest gave Li Qingzhi the money he had just defrauded: "Master Juren, this money is for you. Please let me go. I have seniors and juniors..."

Li Qingzhi: "..."

Chapter 206 Traveling together

Apart from anything else, this Taoist priest's appearance can really deceive people, making people think that he is a real god with white hair and a childlike face, who is accomplished in Taoism.

As a result, such a person actually knelt down whenever he asked!

Li Qingzhi was a little amused - these people who were bluffing and cheating were quite able to let go of themselves.

One hand of the Taoist priest was held by Li Qingzhi, and the other hand held a few ingots of silver, the same ones he had earned just now.

Li Qingzhi took back the largest piece inside, put it into his arms, and then said: "It's better for you to lie less to others in the future, so as not to be beaten."

The Taoist priest smiled at Li Qingzhi: "Master Juren, I know I was wrong, and I will never lie to others again!"

He said this, but in fact... he couldn't help cursing in his heart right now!

This Taoist priest's surname was Lu, and his name was Lu Mingshan.

His family was poor, and when he was seven years old, his parents sent him to be an apprentice in a dyeing workshop.

The dyeing workshop was not big, it was owned by a family named Zhang, and all the people who dyed cloth in it were from the Zhang family.

The old man of the Zhang family gave birth to four sons, and these four sons started their own families and started careers. Together they gave birth to more than twenty grandchildren...

There are more than thirty people in the Zhang family, and the four brothers are still fighting among themselves. They all want to learn the old man's skills and inherit the dyeing workshop...

They have no shortage of workers, and they will not teach outsiders the craft of dyeing cloth. They recruit apprentices simply because they want to find free workers.

After Lu Mingshan arrived at Zhang's house, he was required to do various chores, including washing, cooking, and taking care of the children. He worked from early to late and had no time to spare. If he didn't do a good job, he would be scolded and reprimanded.

Fortunately, he is quite smart. In the "big dye vat" of the Zhang family, he has learned to observe people's emotions and please several Zhang family members, so his life is not bad.

He was

He was still young and lived one day at a time without thinking about the future. However, when he was twelve years old, a grandchild of the Zhang family got into a fight and stabbed someone to death.

The Zhang family wanted him to take the blame.

Of course he didn't want to, but his parents accepted the Zhang family's money and agreed, urging him to plead guilty.

If he confesses, he will die! He pretended to agree, and then ran away when he found an opportunity.

After escaping, he met a liar, and the liar took him into a gang of liars and worshiped his grandfather.

At that time, they were operating in a city. All the swindlers in this city must listen to Grandpa, otherwise Grandpa will kill people, and the money they defrauded must be handed over to Grandpa in full, and then Grandpa will give them to him depending on the situation. They have little money.

He was young and good-looking, so his grandfather specially trained him and taught him some deceptive tricks so that he could make more money.

Of course, if he didn't learn well, his grandfather would beat him to pieces.

Lu Mingshan followed his grandfather for six years, learned to read, learned many tricks to deceive people, and defrauded a lot of money.

If they couldn't defraud money, they would be taught a lesson by their grandfather. At that time, as long as Lu Mingshan didn't learn how to deceive, he was either defrauding money or on the way to defrauding money.

He defrauded my mother of the money she had spent to raise money for my son's education, and he also defrauded my son of the money he spent to buy a pig for his father's medical treatment.

Having been taught by his grandfather, he also pretended to be everyone's young master and went to other places to defraud thousands of taels of silver back.

Of course, most of those people provided for Grandpa.

Later, my grandfather was killed by his men.

Lu Mingshan was often beaten and scolded by his grandfather, and 90% of the money he defrauded was given to his grandfather. He had no feelings for his grandfather, so he naturally did not want to avenge his grandfather. He took advantage of his grandfather's death and the whole gang was in chaos. ,Ran.

He was homeless, so he started wandering. When he had no money, he would cheat for some money. When he had money, he would spend it. He lived a very comfortable life.

He is good-looking, and his grandfather also specially trained his manners, so that he can always easily gain the trust of others and defraud money.

Once, he went to a rich family's home to swindle money. When he saw the family beating and scolding a skinny child of only four or five years old, he defrauded the child away.

The child's parents were gone, and the family felt that it was not good for the child to kill his relatives. Therefore, after he casually said a few words, the family gave the child to Lu Mingshan as his apprentice.

Then Lu Mingshan continued wandering with his apprentice.

Although Lu Mingshan has gray hair, he is actually only in his thirties.

Just as Li Qingzhi thought, he was a young man with a gray head.

In the past two years, he relied on this to pretend to be a Taoist priest and cheat money everywhere.

He is not greedy. After telling fortunes in one place for a period of time, he will immediately change places, so he has rarely been caught.

Today, the master and apprentice entered this county together.

He asked his apprentice to inquire about the news, and he was actually on the dock before and heard some news.

For example, the son of the couple who opened a noodle shop came back.

Although this man came back, he stayed at the dock for a while because he had to move things.

Lu Mingshan happened to hear him talking to someone, so he had a perfect start.

But even without this person, he could make Wu Baichuan and others believe in him and get money.

Originally, I heard that there was a caravan from Jiang'an Province, and Lu Mingshan wanted to take this opportunity to make a lot of money. As a result, although Wu Baichuan and others came to him for a fortune teller, they didn't give him much money. Forget it, the Juren member of the team actually caught up with him and caught him.

Lu Mingshan was in his prime and in good health. In order to make it easier to walk outside, he also learned some boxing and kicking skills. As a result, this human lifter was extremely powerful. After grabbing him, he couldn't get away!

Is this really a scholar?

Lu Mingshan had no choice but to beg for mercy, but in his heart... he scolded Li Qingzhi until he was bloody.

Li Qingzhi saw his dissatisfaction: "No more lying? Looking at you, I know what you are telling lies."

Lu Mingshan said: "What I say is from the bottom of my heart, and there is absolutely no falsehood! Master Juren, I only lie to people because of the pressure of life. I have no longer wanted to do this job."

The Taoist priest in front of me had a particularly sincere expression, and he didn't say a single lie. It was quite interesting.

Li Qingzhi looked at him and suddenly thought of something...

"Let go of my master!" A voice sounded.

Li Qingzhi had long noticed that the Taoist priest's young apprentice was back. Now he was quick-sighted and pushed the Taoist priest towards the young apprentice. Then he saw the dung fork in the young apprentice's hand hit the Taoist priest.

Lu Mingshan yelled "ouch".

Li Qingzhi couldn't help but laugh.

The young apprentice was stunned, holding up the dung fork and trying to hit Li Qingzhi again, but Li Qingzhi grabbed Lu Mingshan's wrist and pulled... Lu Mingshan's whole body was pressed against the dung fork.

Li Qingzhi let go of Lu Mingshan, grabbed his little apprentice's clothes, and then lifted him up.

After the young apprentice was picked up, he opened his mouth to curse: "You..."

"If you dare to scold me and hit me, I will send your master to the government. He will definitely go to jail for defrauding people of money." Li Qing insisted.

The young apprentice did not dare to struggle.

Li Qingzhi looked at the Taoist priest again: "I'll take you away as a disciple."

Li Qingzhi came to Beijing this time to cause trouble.

He hadn't decided what to do yet, but after meeting the Taoist priest, he suddenly had an idea.

Would it be much easier if he had such a person to help him?

You know, people these days are quite superstitious!

However, when looking for help, he also needs to find someone he can trust.

He took the child away. If the Taoist priest came with him, he could cooperate with him.

If you hadn't come with me...

If the Taoist priest doesn't take care of this child, then he certainly can't let a teenage boy continue to follow him in deception.

Who knows if the Taoist priest will lose this child if he gets into trouble or something?

Li Qing carried the child forward. After a few steps, the Taoist priest followed him and said, "Master Juren, this little disciple of mine is very naughty. He can't do anything he wants... Just give him back to me."

Lu Mingshan also wanted to rob people.

But the scholar in front of him didn't know what was going on. Just now he was able to throw him away by holding his wrist. He clearly realized one thing, that is, he couldn't beat this person.

Fortunately, this Juren seemed to have no intention of doing anything to them, so he could only beg for mercy.

"Master, please leave me alone, run away!" said the young apprentice who was being held up by Li Qing's clothes.

It was winter now, and he was wearing so many clothes that Li Qingzhi grabbed the clothes on his back and lifted him up. He didn't feel uncomfortable. He was only worried that his master would be arrested and sent to the government.

"Master Juren, this little apprentice of mine really doesn't know anything. He's ugly and has some problems with him..." Children are not valuable these days. If Lu Mingshan wants to accept another apprentice, he can do it casually. Can be deceived.

But he has had this little apprentice for five or six years, and he already has feelings...

Lu Mingshan actually raised his young apprentice as a son, so naturally he couldn't just watch Li Qingzhi take him away.

Li Qingzhi walked for a while, stopped and looked at Lu Mingshan: "You seem to value your little apprentice very much, but you lead him everywhere to cheat money and ask him to help you. Have you ever thought about his future? "

Lu Mingshan was stunned: "Wouldn't it be nice to be alive?"

"This kid is quite smart. If you send him to study, he might be able to pass the exam in the future."

Lu Mingshan has never thought about this. He usually just... spends more when he has money, and spends less when he has no money.

It was easy for him to swindle money, and it was easy for him to spend it all.

The two of them, the master and the apprentice, sometimes had plenty of food and fish, but sometimes they didn't have enough to eat.

He actually thought about this and thought about the future.

But he might be beaten to death one day while cheating, or he might get sick and die.

Why does he think so much?

Even his little apprentice... If he hadn't deceived the child, the child might have been beaten to death by his family. It was he who saved the child!

Lu Mingshan felt a little angry in his heart: "Master Juren, people like us are rotten in the mud, they are different from you."

Li Qingzhi sighed: "Taoist Priest, I have no ill intentions towards you."

He wanted to find this person to do something, but it didn't seem right for him to ask someone to help him do something like this?

He wanted the child in his hands not to be deceived and deceived, and others might not appreciate it.

It is indeed bad to deceive and kidnap, but this child has feelings for this Taoist priest and definitely wants to be with this Taoist priest.

And he thought it was a scam, but actually... there are quite a few people who rely on fortune telling these days.

There are even more cases where people are asked to buy magical instruments and donate incense and money when someone encounters some kind of disaster.

This Taoist priest did not deceive the poor, which is considered a good thing.

"Then you return my apprentice to me. Why do you want to rob me?" Lu Mingshan said.

Li Qingzhi put the child down and said to the Taoist priest: "Taoist Master, I think you have some real abilities. It would be best if you find a place to settle down and live a good life with this child."

If this Taoist priest can find a small place to help people read their birth dates and calculate the dates of marriage, he can actually become rich and content, which will be good for the children.

If you are outside and suddenly encounter a robbery, something may happen.

There were too many poor people in Daqi, and Li Qingzhi knew that he could not help. He took out an ingot or a tael of silver from his pocket and gave it to the child: "This is the money for the jade pendant before."

The man said that Li Damao might encounter a road accident, which made him a little unhappy, but after all, he took the jade pendant, so he didn't refuse to give him the money.

After Li Qingzhi finished speaking, he left.

After Li Qingzhi left, the young apprentice named Master Lu Wang by Lu Mingshan gave the money in his hand to Lu Mingshan: "Master, I just hit you, are you okay?"

Master Lu Wang is still young and has little strength.

Although Mingshan was hit, it didn't hurt. It was just a bit nauseating to be hit with a dung fork: "Master is fine."

"Master, this is really strange."

"It's very strange. Come on, let's go to the city and ask about him!" Lu Mingshan said.

Master Lu Wang was puzzled: "Master, aren't we going to run away?"

"He didn't want to do anything to us. There is no need to escape." Lu Mingshan said. When Li Qingzhi returned to the inn, he saw Mrs. Qian's two maids drinking porridge.

They were terribly seasick. After getting off the boat, they went to the inn to lie down for a while. Only then could they eat, but they just wanted to eat some soup and water.

As for Zhang Zao and the two cooks, they returned to the ship after shopping.

Someone needs to be watching on the boat. They have been doing well with the crew recently and they plan to cook some delicious food for the crew.

Li Qingzhi returned to the room and saw Jin Xiaoye washing Li Damao and Li Ermao's face and feet.

"I won't give them two a bath. It's winter anyway. Just take a good bath after we go to the capital." Jin Xiaoye said.

"Yes, that's fine." Li Qing insisted.

After washing the two children and letting them sleep on the small beds in the room, Li Qingzhi and Jin Xiaoye briefly scrubbed their bodies.

There are many people who don't take a shower in this winter, so it's okay to tolerate not taking a shower along the way.

When the two of them were sleeping, the two children were already asleep, and Li Qingzhi told him about chasing the Taoist priest after eating noodles.

After hearing this, Jin Xiaoye was not too angry: "Actually, I also thought that he might be a liar, but I would rather believe him than trust him." If Li Damao really encounters that "road evil" and has an accident, How bad!

"Yes, he speaks quite nicely." Li Qing insisted.

The two talked for a while and then went to bed, and got up early the next day.

When Li Qingzhi and the others packed up and prepared to return to the ship, Zhang had already bought fresh pork with the two cooks.

According to Li Qingzhi's request, they bought a lot.

Li Qingzhi took them on board the boat. As soon as they arrived at the dock, they met Du Yongning, who was in high spirits.

Du Yongning was accompanied by the Taoist priest Li Qingzhi had chased last night.

When Du Yongning saw Li Qingzhi, he said, "Brother Li, I met Taoist Master Lu last night. He is really a master of Taoism!"

Lu Mingshan smiled and nodded to Li Qingzhi, looking like a master.

Li Qingzhi: "..."

Seeing Li Qingzhi's expression, Lu Mingshan's mood suddenly improved.

After he returned to the county town with Division Lu Wang yesterday, he asked people from the Shen family fleet to inquire about Li Qingzhi.

It was also a coincidence that he met Wu Baichuan's crew members who were taking turns to disembark and hang out.

These crew members were all from Chongcheng County, and the people in Chongcheng County liked to brag about Li Qingzhi, so they told Lu Mingshan a lot about Li Qingzhi.

For example, Li Qingzhi came to earth as a literary star, or Li Qingzhi built a school in Chongcheng County.

After Lu Mingshan heard this, his heart moved.

Just in time, he found out that another Juren who had followed the fleet to Beijing had gone to the bathhouse... He was guarding outside the bathhouse. When Du Yongning came out, he met Du Yongning and had a pleasant conversation with Du Yongning.

Finally, Du Yongning invited him to Beijing together.

Lu Mingshan has deceived many people before, but he spent most of his time at the bottom and did not dare to deceive the rich and powerful.

If you really do that, you might die if you're not careful!

Moreover, he has little education, and it is easy to reveal his secrets when dealing with such people.

This time he was able to make Du Yongning believe in him mainly because Du Yongning was not familiar with Taoist classics and could not tell that he was a fake Taoist priest.

Lu Mingshan felt that Li Qingzhi would not expose him.

And when he followed him this time, he actually wanted to see if he could really live a stable life and let his apprentice go to school.

He used to think it was good to wander around, but as he got older, he began to want stability. The most important thing was the apprentice he took in... It would be great if this child could really study.

Li Qingzhi did not expose Lu Mingshan.

After sleeping last night, he had already thought about it.

Today's rich people donate so much incense money to temples...compared to what Lu Mingshan did, it was nothing.

"Daozhang Lu, I didn't expect to see you again!" Li Laogen was extremely pleasantly surprised.

Lu Mingshan chanted "Heavenly Lord of Infinite Blessings" towards Li Laogen.

When he first saw Li Laogen yesterday, he thought Li Laogen was Li Qingzhi, the servant next to Ju Ren. After all, Li Laogen looked like he had endured hardship.

So when Li Laogen asked him at first, he said that Li Laogen had lived a hard life in the past, but after meeting a noble person, he would enjoy his old age.

Later, Li Laogen kept talking to him, and he realized that Li Qingzhi was Li Laogen's son.

It was also through Li Laogen that he got to know Li Qingzhi's family better, and later he was able to put the words in Jin Xiaoye's heart.

Unfortunately, Li Qingzhi didn't believe him and chased him to take the money back.

Li Laogen was very surprised, as were Wu Baichuan and the others. There were even businessmen from the caravan who came to Lu Mingshan and wanted Lu Mingshan to read his fortune.

But the fleet was about to leave... These businessmen could only leave in despair, watching Lu Mingshan board Du Yongning's ship.

In the next few days, the fleet began to sail throughout the day and did not stop to rest until evening.

During this period, Li Qingzhi went to see Du Yongning, but did not talk to Lu Mingshan alone.

Six days passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, the fleet stopped at a pier early again.

The people in the caravan can get off the ship and rest again!

Li Qingzhi and the others disembarked and rested as usual.

This pier is located in the provincial capital and is quite a big place.

Li Qingzhi still has related memories related to this place in his mind.

This place happens to be the provincial capital of the province where Yuxi Prefecture is located, and the original owner once visited here.

When floods occurred that year, this provincial capital was also affected, but it is no longer visible at all.

Li Qingzhi got off the boat and said to Jin Xiaoye: "Xiaoye, there is a very delicious cake here. I will take you to buy it later."

"Okay." Jin Xiaoye said.

The provincial capital is more prosperous than the county town, and there are more places to eat.

Du Yongning said as soon as he got off the boat that he was going to a big restaurant for dinner. Li Qingzhi thought that it was hard for everyone to take the boat a few days ago, so he decided to go to a restaurant for dinner.

They were travel-worn, but they were well dressed. After entering the restaurant, they were warmly received by the waiter.

Li Qing's point

After buying some local specialties and learning that the restaurant sold the cakes he wanted to eat, he also bought some and invited people around him to eat them with him.

Next to them, several scholars were chatting.

One of them was full of resentment: "How could Fan Weiyan have won the election if he didn't have a father-in-law like Li Zhao? He really takes himself seriously!"

"Be careful, that's Li Zhao's son-in-law."

"I admire Mr. Li, but his son-in-law is really not that good and he thinks very highly of himself."

…

These people mentioned Li Zhao and Fan Weiyan, and Li Qingzhi listened seriously.

After listening for a while, he realized that Fan Weiyan had been successful.

Li Qingzhi was a little unhappy when he heard this.

Qian Fugui went to Yu County to look for Li Zhu. At first, the Fan family told him that Li Zhu had died of illness. He did not believe the threats. Only then did the Fan family tell him that Li Zhu had left with his children and no one knew where he had gone.

But the key is that Li Zhu's dowry is still in the Fan family!

When the Fan family drove Li Zhu away, they didn't even give Li Zhu any money!

It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, but since the Fan family and Fan Weiyan can do such things, they are not good people.

I didn't expect that just such a person could be in the spotlight of Li Zhao.

Just as he was thinking this, Li Qingzhi overheard them chatting: "Fan Weiyan actually plans to go to Beijing to take the exam... With his ability, he will never pass the exam."

"That's not necessarily true. He is Li Zhao's son-in-law after all."

"He was very talented when he was young, but I don't know what happened over the years, but he didn't make any progress at all."

…

These people spoke poorly of Fan Weiyan, and Li Qingzhi didn't like the original owner's brother-in-law either.

But when he heard Fan Weiyan's name, he thought of Li Zhu, and he didn't know whether Li Zhu was dead or alive...

Beijing.

Beijing has been quite chaotic recently.

The three forces of King Jin, King Yan, and Lu Qingxi restrained and attacked each other, causing trouble from time to time, and forming a delicate balance.

Besides...the emperor, who had been ill for a long time, finally got better.

But even so, the emperor also knew that he was dying soon.

He used to be very dedicated to being the emperor, but now that he has a short time to live, he has to have other thoughts.

He wanted to visit the palace.

He has not left the palace for many, many years.

On this day, the emperor said to Lu Qingxi: "I often hear you talk about Qingyun Tower. I want to visit it."

The emperor wanted to go to Qingyun Tower for dinner.

With the emperor's body, it was very dangerous to go out, but Lu Qingxi still agreed.

Under the current situation, no one should take action against the emperor.

If something happened to the emperor at this time... it would not be good for anyone.

Lu Qingxi made a lot of preparations and asked the emperor to dress up before leaving the palace with the emperor and a group of guards.

The emperor's body was definitely not able to walk on his own, so Lu Qingxi arranged a sedan for him to sit in. On the way, he also introduced the things around him...

The sedan finally stopped at the entrance of Qingyun Tower.

Chapter 207 Arriving in the Capital

The royal family name of Da Qi is Qi, and the current emperor's name is Qi Jun.

Qi Jun had a handsome appearance and a strong figure when he was young, but since he was poisoned, his health has become worse and worse. Now he is only in his forties, and he is already old.

Along the way, Lu Qingxi kept introducing things around him, but Qi Jun had bad eyesight and couldn't see clearly at all.

But even if he couldn't see the surrounding scene clearly, Qi Jun watched with interest.

When he arrived outside Qingyun Tower, the guards around Qi Jun helped him down from the sedan.

He didn't want to be supported, so after getting off the sedan, he signaled the guards to leave and walked forward.

But before he took a few steps, Lu Qingxi supported him and said, "Sir, be careful, there is a threshold ahead."

Qi Jun carefully moved forward, crossed the threshold, and entered Qingyun Tower.

When Qi Jun was in good health, he had no problem walking, but walking up the stairs was very difficult for him. He couldn't breathe when he walked up the stairs.

However, Lu Qingxi had already made arrangements. Instead of going to the private room on the second floor, they went to the backyard.

There is a courtyard behind Qingyun Tower, which is usually not used to entertain guests, but today it was specially cleaned up.

Lu Qingxi also went to see Chang Duan: "Your Majesty can't eat spicy food, and the taste is too strong..."

The emperor was in poor health and had many dietary taboos. He could not eat many things. In addition, because of his illness, the emperor's food often tasted unpalatable and the taste became heavier and heavier.

Chang Duan wrote down everything Lu Qingxi said before going to cook.

In fact, Lu Qingxi had told him this before, and he had already thought of the menu.

Their Chang family menu included several dishes that could warm and nourish the body, and were very suitable for serving to the emperor.

In addition... Chang Duan took some pickles, cucumbers, pickles and the like from the kitchen jar.

After cutting the pickled cucumber, it can be served directly, cut the pickled lump into thin pieces and use it to stir-fry the shredded pork, and the kimchi can be used to make soup...

The royal chefs in the palace usually would not serve these things to the emperor, but they were quite appetizing.

Chang Duan's staple food is porridge with yam, cabbage and minced meat, plus a few warming dishes and a few pickles.

This is completely different from the Qingyun Banquet he made in the past, but there is no doubt that these dishes of his are very popular with Qi Jun.

Qi Jun has been eating this dish with complicated preparations and precious raw materials for so many years. He is tired of it and has no appetite after seeing it.

Instead, he ate pickles and kimchi to appetize his appetite. He had never eaten these before.

Qi Jun was extremely satisfied with the meal. When he left, he said to Chang Duan: "Shopkeeper Duan, I'll come back next time."

Chang Duan smiled and sent the person out, and then let out a long breath after the person left.

When the emperor came this time, the white dragon fish suit was quiet, but Chang Duan knew the other party's identity from the beginning.

He received the emperor and cooked for him!

Although his ancestor was an imperial chef, this was something he never dared to think about before.

It was very cold in winter, but Chang Duan's clothes were soaked through. He had been very nervous before.

"I didn't expect the emperor to be like that." Feng Da, whose pseudonym was Ma Er, came to Chang Duan.

Chang Duan and Feng Da came to the capital together. After arriving in the capital, Chang Duan opened the Qingyun Tower, and the name "Duan Jin" became known to more and more people. Feng Da has been hiding in the dark, helping to find out. Various news.

But today, when he learned that the emperor was coming, he quietly came over to take a look.

Chang Duan said nothing and looked in the direction where the emperor left.

The emperor was in poor health and he was very close to Eunuch Lu.

But... King Jin and King Yan kept jumping around.

Li Qingzhi did not know that Chang Duan had met the emperor.

As a candidate who came to Beijing to take the exam, he inquired about Fan Weiyan and found out that Fan Weiyan had already arrived in Beijing and had just left yesterday.

They are all Juren, so they should be able to meet in the capital.

Li Qingzhi took care of his family, and they ate together as a family. Du Yongning couldn't eat with his female relatives, so he took Taoist Lu, whom he had just met, to eat elsewhere.

Du Yongning likes Taoist Lu very much. Taoist Lu knows a lot and has been to many places.

He even felt that Lingdu Sanren should be like Taoist Master Lu.

Lu Mingshan also likes Du Yongning very much. This young master Du is very easy to deceive and will say anything.

Of course, after all, he is a judge... Although Lu Mingshan pretended to be superior in front of Du Yongning, he insisted on refusing to accept Du Yongning's money.

As long as the money is confiscated... Even if he is not good at reading, he can say that he is not good at studying or that the other party has changed his destiny due to something, people will not hold him accountable.

Lu Mingshan followed the fleet out of curiosity about Li Qingzhi and also wanted to find a way out for his young apprentice.

He himself has probably been like this for the rest of his life, but he doesn't want his apprentice to continue like this.

Perhaps, he could do something big in the capital and then call it a day and leave the capital?

The fleet rested in the provincial capital and continued northward.

The weather was getting colder and colder, and sometimes when they woke up, the boat was already frozen with the lake water.

Fortunately, it was just one night and the river was not too frozen to prevent the fleet from moving forward.

But the lives of the people in the fleet are indeed becoming increasingly difficult.

Li Qingzhi saw that many crew members had frostbite on their hands and ears.

These crew members have a high income, and they have brought all the warm clothes, but if the cold wind blows too much, they will definitely not be that warm.

Li Qingzhi couldn't do much. He asked the fire on the ship to be turned off so that the crew could warm themselves up by the fire and drink some hot tea in their free time.

As the fleet got closer and closer to the capital, they also encountered snow.

It also snows in Chongcheng County, but it falls very rarely. It finally accumulates in a thin layer, and when the sun comes out the next day, it all melts.

It was different in the north. Their boat was parked for one night, and when they woke up the next day, there was a thick layer of snow on the boat.

The people in the fleet had to clear the snow on the ship before leaving.

Others were clearing the snow, but Li Qingzhi was building a snowman with his three children, and Du Yongning was on the boat next door.

"Blessings are immeasurable to the Heavenly Lord, and auspicious snow heralds a good harvest." Lu Mingshan recited a sentence, looking at the kind-faced and kind-eyed God with compassion.

He is really suitable for deceiving people!

Li Qingzhi wanted the other person to help, but what he wanted to do was actually very dangerous. After thinking about it, he decided not to drag this person into the water.

Revenge for the original owner was indeed important, but he didn't want anyone to get into trouble because of it.

When the fleet arrived in the capital, it was October 19th.

After taking the boat for so long, everyone felt uncomfortable. Now we finally arrived... people's faces were full of joy.

Li Qingzhi also looked at the pier in the capital curiously.

It's just... As Qian Fugui said, this place is actually not much different from the provincial capital of Jiang'an Province, except that it is larger and the style of the houses is a little different.

I don't know what the city is like.

But coming here, they have to be careful.

Li Qing hired a steward to carry the things they brought off the ship.

Wu Baichuan lent them a ship, and Li Qingzhi also brought a lot of goods.

These goods include glass products and soap, as well as embroidery from gold leaf embroidery workshops.

Jin Xiaoye plans to sell these and open a few shops in the capital.

As for what her shop sells... braised food is very good, Juewei Zhai can open to the capital!

It is said that if you become a good official, you will not earn much money, and the expenses in the capital are huge...

Li Qingzhi and the others were not in a hurry. They planned to find an inn near the pier to settle down first, and then go to the city tomorrow to have a look and find a way to rent a yard to stay.

As for their goods, Li Qingzhi asked Wu Baichuan to help look after them.

They came all the way and stayed on the boat for more than half a month. Their faces were somewhat tired and they looked dusty.

Li Qingzhi entered the inn and asked, "Servant, what are the houses here like?"

The waiter said: "Sir, we have three types of upper rooms, ordinary rooms and bunkhouses here. The upper room is the best, the ordinary rooms will be more crowded, and the bunkhouse is the cheapest." The so-called bunkhouse means that several people live in one room. ,

Many people came to the inn and stayed in rooms of their own, and the servants let them stay in Tongbu.

Li Qing said: "Give me four upper rooms."

Mrs. Qian lived with two maids in one room, he, Jin Xiaoye and Li Damao and Li Ermao lived in one room, Li Laogen lived with Zhao Xiaodou in one room, Zhang Zao lived with two cooks in one room, four rooms. Just right.

In fact, it is okay to give Zhang Zao and the others a regular room, but Li Qingzhi does not lack the money.

The main reason is that this inn looks shabby, and I'm afraid the upper rooms are just ordinary and not very good.

"Okay!" The waiter agreed with a smile.

At this moment, someone else came in from outside: "Xiaoer, we want three upper rooms and seven more bunks."

Li Qingzhi looked over and saw Fan Weiyan.

After seven years of not seeing each other, Fan Weiyan had gained weight and was a little greasy, but he still recognized him at a glance.

Li Qingzhi knew that he would definitely meet Fan Weiyan in the capital. After all, they were both candidates for the imperial examination.

He also felt that they might arrive in the capital around the same time.

Although Fan Weiyan set off early, their fleet moved forward faster.

As a result... I really met him.

Fan Weiyan came to the capital with two other people. Behind them, there were seven servants carrying various things.

Like Li Qingzhi, they had just gotten off the ship and found this inn to stay.

"I'm sorry, gentlemen, we no longer have the upper room in the inn," the waiter said.

Their inn is not big, with only about ten upper rooms. People have already occupied them before, and the remaining four rooms are all occupied by Li Qing.

"No more? Didn't he want four rooms?" Fan Weiyan glanced at Li Qingzhi, a little unhappy.

He didn't like taking a boat. He was very tired all the way here. He wanted to rest quickly now and didn't want to go to another inn with a bunch of things.

"The shop only has four rooms left, and this gentleman has already taken them," the waiter said.

Fan Weiyan looked at Li Qingzhi.

Li Qingzhi and his party were well dressed, but they had a family and a bunch of children.

In the team, Li Da Mao, Li Er Mao and Zhao Xiao Dou were still very young, and the two students Zhang Zao and Chang Zhan were not very old either.

Such a group of people does not look like they are coming to Beijing to take the exam, nor do they look like an official coming to Beijing to report on their work.

Fan Weiyan glanced at Jin Xiaoye and Mrs. Qian, and saw that both of them were mediocre in appearance and didn't even dress up. He felt that Li Qingzhi was not a powerful person. "Brother, we are candidates for the exam in Beijing. Can you bear the pain and give us three rooms?" Fan Weiyan looked at Li Qingzhi.

What he said was quite polite, but there was disdain in his eyes.

Li Qing insisted: "No." They only have four rooms in total, and they want him to let three out at one time... This is impossible.

Fan Weiyan didn't expect that after he opened his mouth, the other party would refuse: "We are all Juren..."

In Yu County, Fan Weiyan was respected by everyone even when he was just a scholar.

When he became a scholar, he became even more popular.

Fan Weiyan felt that he was very powerful as a judge, so naturally he looked down on Li Qingzhi.

Li Qing said: "I am also a judge."

Fan Weiyan was stunned for a moment, then said: "You only have one person, so there is no need for four rooms..."

Li Qingzhi ignored him and looked at the waiter: "Please take us there."

The waiter responded and left with Li Qingzhi without taking Fan Weiyan seriously.

This is the capital!

Before every imperial examination, countless candidates would come to the capital, and their inn would often entertain them.

Not only did they entertain a lot of people, but they also entertained a lot of officials. Therefore, he was not afraid of the three people including Fan Weiyan at all.

What's more, Li Qingzhi is also a civil servant.

"You..." Fan Weiyan was a little annoyed when Li Qingzhi ignored him, and he was about to get angry on the spot. Fortunately, two friends around him stopped him: "Brother Fan, don't be angry, we can just change to another inn."

"Brother Fan, this is the capital."

They are also dissatisfied with Li Qingzhi, but now that they don't know Li Qingzhi's background, they will naturally not offend him.

Normally no one dares to pretend to be a Juren. Li Qingzhi said he was a Juren, so that's what he should be.

A person who brings his family to participate in the examination will most likely not be easy.

At least they have money.

Fan Weiyan was stopped, but he didn't make any further fuss and only gave Li Qingzhi an angry look.

Li Qingzhi ignored him and lay down to rest after arriving in the room.

This room is said to be an upper room, but it is actually quite small. It only has a 1.5-meter bed and a few pieces of furniture.

When staying in an inn at this time, you can ask the waiter to get an extra bed, but it will cost extra for two bunk beds... Li Qingzhi asked the waiter to give him an extra bed.

A wooden bed board was placed on three benches. It was an extra bed for Li Damao and Li Ermao to sleep on.

Jin Xiaoye asked: "Ah Qing, those three candidates..."

"Don't worry about them." Li Qing insisted, and then whispered to Jin Xiaoye the origins of the three people.

Li Qingzhi had inquired about Fan Weiyan before, and thus knew the identities of the two people who came to Beijing with Fan Weiyan.

These two people followed Fan Weiyan's lead, so naturally they had no background, so they were offended if they offended him.

It was impossible for him to have a harmonious relationship with Fan Weiyan. "That's good," Jin Xiaoye said, also lowering his voice, "That ex-brother-in-law of yours looks really bad."

Li Qing insisted: "It's not that good...Xiaoye, I'm going to take a nap for a while. You call me when you're eating."

He is in good health and should not be so tired.

But after taking the boat for a long time, Mrs. Qian and Li Damao and Li Ermao felt a little uncomfortable, so he needed to use golden fingers to treat them.

During this period, he also looked at the crew members on the ship and used part of his energy on them.

In the past few days, his energy had almost bottomed out, so Li Qingzhi was naturally a little tired.

But just eat something and get some sleep!

Li Qingzhi fell asleep, and Fan Weiyan and the three of them finally stayed in this inn, but they could only live in ordinary rooms.

They also wanted to change places to live, but the inns near the pier were not very good, and the other two looked dirty.

There were good inns, but they were far away and they didn't want to look for them.

I have passed the examination and yet I can only live in an ordinary room. It is totally unreasonable!

Fan Weiyan had a grudge against Li Qingzhi.

On the other side, Shopkeeper Mu learned from his subordinates that the Shen family fleet had arrived in the capital.

"Go and tell the people in the Shen family's fleet. I will bring someone over tomorrow to see the goods." Shopkeeper Mu said.

She is in charge of Lu Qingxi's business now. She is very busy, so it doesn't matter even if she doesn't go there in person.

But the Shen family had done her a big favor. She must give the Shen family some face, so she should go there tomorrow.

After writing this down, Shopkeeper Mu continued to look at the account book.

Just then, a man in his thirties came in from outside.

Shopkeeper Mu was a little surprised when he saw this man: "Why are you here?"

The man said: "Miss, I got some news."

"What's the news?" Shopkeeper Mu asked.

The man in front of me escaped from Yu County with Shopkeeper Mu.

If it weren't for him, Shopkeeper Mu might not be able to leave Yu County and wouldn't be able to contact Lu Qingxi's people.

After coming to the capital, this man has been helping shopkeeper Mu.

He doesn't like to talk much, but he has some real skills. After coming to the capital, he took over a gang in the capital.

With the help of Shopkeeper Mu, his gang expanded.

Naturally, they don't dare to do anything excessive when they are in the capital. What they do on weekdays are mainly helping people collect debts, sending escorts and other miscellaneous things.

But these people of all religions are well-informed.

The man said: "Miss, you know, I have someone at the pier... Fan Weiyan is here. He is here to take the exam in Beijing."

Shopkeeper Mu froze, and his eyes seemed to be on fire.

Shopkeeper Mu hated the people who killed his parents, siblings, and also hated Fan Weiyan.

Her daughter, her sweet and well-behaved daughter, was strangled to death by the Fan family.

She already had a vague feeling at that time, knowing that the Fan family was going to give up on her, and she wanted to leave the Fan family with her dowry and the accompanying servants.

Although there was a flood in Yu County, the people who had the worst life were the people. The rich could still survive as long as they did not die on the spot in the flood.

She has money and people, so she can take her daughter to join her uncle.

However, Fan's family went too far, and they didn't even intend to let her go!

Also, if they simply divorced their wife, the Fan family would not be able to keep her generous dowry, but if they killed her and her daughter, they would be able to get her dowry as a matter of course.

Her poor daughter was so young at the time!

After arriving in the capital, she was accumulating strength while thinking about revenge. The Fan family was naturally one of her targets for revenge.

It's just that when she first came to the capital, she couldn't establish herself, so naturally she couldn't take revenge on the Fan family, which was far away from the capital.

Later, she finally gained a foothold, but she didn't have many people at her disposal, and Lu Qingxi only regarded her as a useful subordinate, so it was impossible to help her.

After getting the goods from Jinye Embroidery Workshop, she made more and more money and had more talents under her hands. However, things in the capital came one after another, and she did not take care of the Fan family.

Unexpectedly, Fan Weiyan came to the capital.

God is really helping her!

Shopkeeper Mu said: "Find someone to follow him. I want to know all the news about him."

"Yes, Miss." The man in his thirties agreed again. He raised his head and took a deep look at Shopkeeper Mu before leaving.

Li Qingzhi fell asleep for a while and was woken up by Jin Xiaoye.

Li Damao and Li Ermao were hungry, and it was almost time. They were going out for dinner.

"What's delicious in the capital?" Jin Xiaoye asked.

"There are a lot of delicious food in the capital. People from all over Daqi may come to the capital to work as officials and settle down. There are also delicacies from all over Daqi here." Li Qing insisted.

What he said is true, but the food here at the dock is different from that in the city. The food here is generally large and filling, but not exquisite.

There were many of them, so Li Qingzhi found a small restaurant nearby to eat.

This is a steamed bun shop that sells all kinds of steamed buns, as well as noodles and bean curd.

Li Qingzhi ordered a lot of steamed buns and bean curd.

The buns here are big and thick, and the dough on the outside is very chewy.

Li Qingzhi and the others started to eat. While Jin Xiaoye was eating, he told Li Qingzhi his next plan: "Ah Qing, Eunuch Lu's people are coming tomorrow. I plan to go over and take a look. Please don't go there and bring me with you." They went to see the house with a big hair and two hairs."

Most of those who come to Beijing to take the exam will rent a room at the inn instead of renting an entire house.

After all, it is cheaper to rent a room in an inn for a long time, and you can also spend money on meals, which is much more convenient.

But there were so many of them, including women and children, that it was inconvenient to stay in an inn.

Li Qingzhi doesn't plan to rent a large and beautiful house with a large area of land. He plans to rent a small house, which is enough for a family.

They will live like this for now, and when they have money, they can rent a better house or even buy a house.

The prices of houses in Beijing have been rising over the years!

Unless Daqi dies and there are still people entering the capital, there is a high probability that house prices will not fall and you will not suffer any loss when buying a house.

Just buying a house costs a lot of money, and housing prices in Beijing are really expensive.

Li Qingzhi earned a lot from writing books before, but he spent some to build the school and some more to come to the capital. Now he has no money to buy the house he wants.

Li Qingzhi and the others wanted to rent a house, but Du Yongning was different.

If someone from the Du family is an official in the capital, Du Yongning will live there directly.

In fact, Du Yongning had already called a carriage yesterday and had people take him to his relatives.

As for Lu Mingshan, the Taoist priest...he said goodbye to Du Yongning as soon as he got off the boat, and he didn't know where he took his little apprentice.

As for Wu Baichuan and others... these merchants will guard their goods these days.

Chapter 208 Renting a House

The buns sold in the shop that Li Qingzhi and the others entered were quite big, bigger than a strong man's fist, and the dough on the outside was rather chewy...

Jin Xiaoye has a big appetite, but one meal is enough.

Li Laogen had a small appetite, so he shared a bun with Zhao Xiaodou, and so did Li Damao and Li Ermao.

Even Mrs. Qian's two maids only shared one bun to eat.

Mrs. Qian was pregnant with a child, but she ate the whole thing. Although Zhang Zao and the others were not very old, they were half-grown poor men. While eating a steamed bun, they could also drink a large bowl of bean curd.

Only Li Qingzhi...he ate four buns by himself.

Everyone was already used to it, and Mrs. Qian asked: "Azhi, do you have enough? Do you want to buy two more?"

"Auntie, I've had enough." Li Qingzhi smiled at Mrs. Qian.

He and Jin Xiaoye used to call Mrs. Qian "aunt", and Jin Xiaoye still called Mrs. Qian that way after she accepted her as his godmother.

"That's enough. Alas, you are too thin." Doctor Qian said.

Li Qingzhi touched his face helplessly.

He is no longer thin, has a normal body shape, and the appearance he "adjusted" for himself is still very handsome.

He feels that he looks pretty good now, but if he puts on some weight, he won't look good: "Mom, I'm not skinny."

Doctor Qian said: "Your legs are not as thick as mine."

Li Qingzhi: "..." Mrs. Qian's figure was already round, but she gained some weight after becoming pregnant, and her legs were indeed thicker than his.

After Li Qingzhi and the others had eaten, they returned to the inn to rest.

The upper room of this inn is not very luxurious, but it is more spacious than the ordinary room. For example, even if there is an extra bed in their room, it is not crowded. In addition, there is a bathtub in the room, and the waiter can bring water up. Take a bath here.

But Li Qingzhi didn't do that.

He didn't know how many people had used this tub, and it looked dirty... He would rather endure it for two more days than wash it.

Jin Xiaoye had the same idea. After putting the two children to sleep, she simply scrubbed her body as before.

Lying on the bed, Jin Xiaoye talked about how he would go with the caravan to meet Eunuch Lu's men tomorrow: "Ah Qing, they say that the wooden shopkeeper is extremely beautiful, but I don't know if it's true or not."

Jin Xiaoye inquired about the shopkeepers under Lu Qingxi and knew that the leading shopkeeper Mu was a stunning beauty.

She was quite curious about this person.

"It should be true."

"They said she is Lu Qingxi's... do you think it's true?"

"It has little to do with us."

…

The next day, Li Qingzhi got up early in the morning.

Jin Xiaoye didn't dress up when he was on the road, but he had business today.

She found a dress that Fang Jinniang had specially made for her and put it on. After thinking about it, she found a set of jewelry and put it on.

Mrs. Qian gave Jin Xiaoye a lot of jewelry, all of which were very expensive, but Jin Xiaoye didn't wear any of them.

She wore a set of jewelry made of glass.

The green glass is very translucent and is embedded in hairpins, necklaces, and bracelets.

In modern times, glass jewelry is not valuable, but in Daqi... no one has seen glass before!

Jin Xiaoye's set of jewelry naturally makes people feel unusual.

After getting dressed, Jin Xiaoye didn't put on any makeup and only put on some lipstick.

She doesn't know what's going on with her skin now, it's so delicate that she doesn't feel the need to apply powder on her face.

After dressing up, Jin Xiaoye looked at Li Qingzhi: "Aqing, is it okay for me to go out like this?"

"Of course, it's very beautiful." Li Qingzhi smiled, found a good set of clothes, and put them on.

The Buddha relies on his clothes, and the man in gold relies on his clothes. He is going out to rent a house today, so he should dress better.

When Li Qingzhi and the others got up, Fan Weiyan and the other two Juren had also gotten up.

They were too tired from the boat ride. They slept in the room after opening the room yesterday, so they got up a little early today.

The three of them went downstairs and asked the waiter to bring them hot water and food.

There wasn't much food to eat in the inn, just porridge, steamed buns, eggs, etc. The three of them disliked it very much, and asked the servants to buy food elsewhere for them to eat.

The three of them chatted while waiting for the servants to come back from buying food, and they talked about Li Qingzhi.

Fan Weiyan said: "That man wants to go to the house just to show off his wealth. Looking at his clothes, he is just a poor scholar."

The two people following Fan Weiyan didn't think so, but Fan Weiyan said so... and they both agreed.

"The two women next to him, the pregnant one looks very young, and the other is dark and fair. It's really shameful to bring them out." Fan Weiyan commented in a low voice on Jin Xiaoye and Mrs. Qian.

The two people in front of him were a little embarrassed.

Li Qingzhi refused to give the room to them, and they were also dissatisfied with Li Qingzhi, but they really couldn't say bad things about his female family members.

This Fan Weiyan is really...if his father-in-law hadn't been rehabilitated, no one would have paid any attention to him!

Fan Weiyan didn't know what these two people were thinking, and was still venting his dissatisfaction: "The women around that man don't have any jewelry, they must be poor..."

At this moment, Li Qingzhi and Jin Xiaoye came down from upstairs.

Jin Xiaoye's hair was combed by Li Qing. It was styled in a bun that had just become popular in the south and not seen in the north. There were several kinds of jewelry hanging in the hair.

She also wore earrings, necklaces, and bracelets.

The gems inlaid on it are all of the same color, and they look crystal clear. You can tell at a glance that they are worth a lot of money.

Fan Weiyan's voice was stuck in his throat.

But the two people around Fan Weiyan felt like "it's true."

If you can bring your family to the capital, you will definitely not be short of money!

Jin Xiaoye didn't hear what Fan Weiyan said before, but Li Qing, with his sharp ears and eyes, heard everything clearly. He glanced at Fan Weiyan and sat down with Li Damao and Li Ermao, who had also put on new clothes.

As soon as he sat down, Chang Zhan's two apprentices brought the food prepared for Li Qingzhi.

Chang Zhan's two apprentices were selected by Chang Zhan from Chongcheng Primary School. They were both thirteen or fourteen-year-old boys like Zhang Zao.

They have been studying with Chang Zhan for more than half a year. They are not very proficient in cooking, but they have no problem making ordinary home-cooked dishes.

Sometimes the taste of a dish has a lot to do with the seasonings. Chang Zhan prepared various seasonings for them and taught them how to make and use the seasonings...

The dishes they make are naturally fragrant!

The food prepared by the inn is very ordinary, but as long as the guests pay some money, they can borrow the kitchen from the inn. The two people got up early in the morning and worked in the kitchen for half an hour, making a lot of delicious food.

In winter, there were not many ingredients, so they made preserved egg and lean meat porridge, stir-fried pork, steamed cabbage hearts with ham and scrambled eggs with green onions. They also fried a pot of egg and minced meat sauce, and cut and fried the steamed buns.

Eat the fried steamed buns with dipping sauce and serve them with preserved egg and lean meat porridge. It's delicious!

Fan Weiyan and the others did not eat well on the boat, and secretly swallowed their saliva when they saw this table of food. At this time, their servants came back and all they bought were steamed buns and fried dough sticks.

"Why don't you know how to borrow the kitchen to cook us something delicious?" Fan Weiyan complained.

Several servants lowered their heads and admitted their mistake, but they were also a little speechless - they were not cooks!

Jin Xiaoye was anxious to see Wu Baichuan and the others, had a simple meal, said something to Li Qingzhi, and left with Zhang Zao.

Li Qingzhi and Mrs. Qian slowly finished the food on the table.

At this time, the carriage Li Qingzhi asked Wu Baichuan to call had arrived, and Wu Baichuan also found a local who was familiar with the situation in the capital to accompany them.

Li Qingzhi took Li Damao and Li Ermao on the carriage to the city. The others did not follow, and Li Qingzhi planned to pick them up after renting a house.

The dock is outside the capital, and they will definitely live in the city from now on.

The capital of Daqi is very large, but most of the houses in it are short bungalows.

The houses of those rich and powerful must be beautifully decorated, but they can't see them.

The entire capital was divided into areas, and not everyone could enter where the dignitaries lived.

Li Qingzhi planned to rent a house in the capital where ordinary people lived.

Places where the poor gather together are not safe, and places where the rich and powerful live cannot be squeezed in. Places where ordinary people live are the best.

Wu Baichuan asked the man who accompanied Li Qingzhi to take Li Qingzhi to the dental shop to ask, and the dental shop found a dentist in his twenties to take Li Qingzhi to see the house.

"Master Juren, the house in Qingshi Lane is very nice. It's only a few steps away from the busiest street in the capital. There are many honest officials living there..." Yaren kept talking.

After hearing this, Li Qingzhi also had a good impression of Qingshi Lane.

Speaking of which... When he came to the capital this time, Governor Zhang gave him a few letters, asking him to go to them if he needed anything... One of these people lived in Qingshi Lane.

The group of people walked forward and happened to pass by the busiest and busiest street in the capital.

Li Qingzhi knew that Qingyun Tower was on this street, but he didn't see it.

But it was really busy here, with a lot of people coming and going... Li Qingzhi took a few more glances and heard noises coming from afar. Some people were galloping on their horses without paying any attention to the pedestrians on the street.

People on the road gave way, some even fell down, and some were even almost hit, but the horseman didn't care at all and raised his whip to hit the horse's butt.

The rider was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy with acne on his face. He looked quite shabby because of the acne. Behind his horse, he was chasing a group of guards.

These guards did not ride horses, but chased them with their feet. Every one of them ran out of breath.

"That's..." Li Qingzhi looked at the Yaren beside him.

"That is the second young master of the Jin Palace." Ya Ren said, and then continued to talk about the house: "Master Juren, you came early so that there would be a house for you to choose. If you had come a month later, the capital would be crowded with candidates who came to take the examination. , you won't be able to choose…"

Just as he was talking, Li Qingzhi saw another luxurious carriage with four horses slowly approaching.

There were two handsome and well-dressed young men riding horses in front and behind the carriage.

Even the driver of the carriage is a man with an extremely outstanding appearance.

Forget it, the carriage is pink, and the owner inside should be a woman?

"That's the eldest princess." Yaren glanced at her enviously and continued to introduce the house to Li Qingzhi.

Original

Here comes the big princess!

Li Qingzhi knew something about the situation in the capital, and knew that there was no prince in the current emperor, but there were two princesses. These two princesses are both in their mid-twenties and were married seven or eight years ago.

The two men have completely opposite personalities, and their reputations in the capital are also completely different.

The eldest princess was born to the deceased empress. She was very favored by the current emperor. When she reached the age of marriage, the emperor followed the eldest princess's request and pointed the eldest princess to a handsome Jinshi who had not yet been married.

After the eldest princess got married, she got along well with this Jinshi for a while, but not long after, she found two handsome bodyguards for herself. She took them with her at all times and became very close to them.

There is no doubt that the prince consort was cuckolded.

But the eldest prince consort has no background at home, so he can only endure...well, he was not patient at first. It is said that he once made trouble and was beaten by the guards around the eldest princess.

Anyway, in the past few years, the eldest princess has been surrounded by handsome men.

She has a very bad reputation in the capital, but she still goes her own way, and others can't do anything to her.

There are only two daughters in the Holy Emperor today. It is impossible for him to punish his daughter just because she is acting recklessly.

Over the years, the most he could do was to say a few words to his daughter when he saw her, asking her to restrain herself. If the eldest princess didn't listen, he would say nothing and could only silently reward the eldest prince consort.

The eldest princess is like this, but the second princess is the opposite.

The second princess is well-known as a virtuous and virtuous person in the capital.

The mother of the second princess was given to the Holy Emperor by Prince Yan's mother in her early years. The Holy Emperor did not like her from the beginning and she had to resort to tricks to have a child.

The Holy Emperor naturally does not love the second princess as much as he does the eldest princess.

Of course, since he only had two children in total, he was not bad to the second princess. When the second princess reached age, she did not choose her own husband like the eldest princess, so he married the second princess to the Duke of Zhou.

Because of the affairs of the eldest princess, the second prince-in-law was very afraid of the second princess at first, but the second princess was particularly virtuous. She did not live in the princess's mansion, but in the Duke's mansion, so that was okay. She also paid greetings to her elders every day and personally helped her. The elders take care of their illnesses and cook for their husbands with their own hands.

She also took the initiative to take in several concubines for the second consort and personally educated the children of the concubines.

The second princess's reputation in the capital is really good.

Whether it was the eldest princess or the second princess, they had nothing to do with Li Qingzhi. Li Qingzhi looked at them for a few times and then stopped looking.

Little did he know that in the carriage that had just passed by, a plump woman in her twenties saw him through the curtains.

The eldest princess has snow-white skin and good looks. She has a dimple on her left cheek when she smiles.

When she caught a glimpse of Li Qingzhi, she said to the man beside her: "The man on the roadside is quite good-looking."

"Princess, don't you look at other people and don't love me anymore?" said the young man next to the eldest princess.

The eldest princess touched his face: "How could it be? I love you the most."

This person is new here, and her freshness has not worn off yet!

As for the one on the roadside, she didn't actually see it clearly.

After the eldest princess's carriage passed by, Li Qing and his party finally arrived at Qingshi Lane.

Qingshi Lane is just north of that bustling street.

Because it is close to a busy street, it is a bit noisy here. The houses here are not big, and there are many ordinary people living there, as well as some officials with little money.

This place fits Li Qingzhi's requirements very well.

"This house belongs to the Minister of the Ministry of Finance. He lived here for a long time in his early years and bought this house. After being promoted several times, he moved away from here..."

Li Qingzhi entered the house of Wang Shilang and found that the entrance was into a square courtyard with a circle of rooms around it.

It's just a very ordinary, small courtyard house.

This house is naturally not as good as the house he lived in Chongcheng County, but it is enough as his first place to stay in the capital.

Li Qingzhi didn't want to spend too much time looking for a house, so he decided to rent the house for one year at a price of one hundred and twenty taels of silver.

If the rent was only for a few months, since the test would cost nearly twenty taels of silver a month, Li Qingzhi originally planned to stay in the capital for a longer period of time, so he simply rented it for a year.

After paying the deposit and agreeing to pay the full amount tomorrow, Li Qingzhi took the child back.

On the other side, Jin Xiaoye followed Wu Baichuan and the others and met the shopkeeper under Eunuch Lu.

There are many shopkeepers under Eunuch Lu, and the most eye-catching among them is undoubtedly Shopkeeper Mu.

As Jin Xiaoye has grown up, the best-looking man he has ever seen is Qian Changsheng, who does not have a beard and is not that dark. The best-looking woman he has ever seen is Shopkeeper Mu!

Probably because good-looking people always have similarities, she felt that Shopkeeper Mu looked a bit like Qian Changsheng.

Such a wooden shopkeeper gave Jin Xiaoye a sense of intimacy.

Shopkeeper Mu is not in a good mood today.

After learning that Fan Weiyan had come to the capital, she stayed up all night, thinking of her daughter from time to time.

She wished she could find someone to stab Fan Weiyan right away, but that would be too cheap for Fan Weiyan!

Moreover, Fan Weiyan is a civil servant. If something happens in the capital, the Jingzhao Mansion will definitely investigate it thoroughly.

So...take your time, be sure to take your time.

Shopkeeper Mu, who was a little distracted, suddenly felt someone staring at him intently.

She didn't like being stared at, so she frowned and looked over, and then she saw a woman a few years younger than her, with a round face and a slightly darker complexion.

This woman has regular features and a bright smile. She looks elegant and generous, which makes people feel good about her unconsciously.

When she saw Shopkeeper Mu looking over, she immediately smiled back.

Shopkeeper Mu's unhappiness dissipated when he saw her smile.

The woman kept staring at her, but her eyes were clear and bright, not annoying.

"What is this?" Shopkeeper Mu asked Wu Baichuan, who was standing with the woman.

Wu Baichuan said quickly: "Shopkeeper Mu, this is Shopkeeper Jin from Jinye Embroidery Workshop. Her husband is going to Beijing to take the exam, so she came with him."

Shopkeeper Mu had a good impression of Jinye Embroidery Shop. Hearing this, he greeted Jin Xiaoye with a smile: "Shopkeeper Jin, I have long admired your name."

"Shopkeeper Mu, I have admired your name for a long time." Jin Xiaoye laughed again. The beauty was so close to her...she couldn't take her eyes away.

Shopkeeper Mu asked: "Why do you keep looking at me?"

"Shopkeeper Mu is beautiful and fragrant. This is the first time I see such a good-looking person. I can't help but take a few more glances." Jin Xiaoye said seriously.

Shopkeeper Mu laughed.

Many people praised her for her beauty, but most of the men looked at her with covetous eyes, while those women looked at her with fawning and disdain.

It is rare to find someone as sincere as Jin Xiaoye.

Shopkeeper Mu said: "Shopkeeper Jin is really good at talking! You are also very beautiful, and this jewelry is even more unique."

The two chatted like this, and Shopkeeper Mu even looked at the goods Jin Xiaoye brought.

Jin Xiaoye doesn't plan to sell the glass jewelry and soap to others, but she plans to sell all the goods she brought to the Jinye Embroidery Workshop in the capital to Shopkeeper Mu.

Of course Shopkeeper Mu will not refuse. She can make a lot of money by selling these things!

Shopkeeper Mu had something to do and did not stay here for long. After chatting with Jin Xiaoye and Wu Baichuan, he left.

Jin Xiaoye came here to sell the goods from Jinye Embroidery Workshop. Now that the matter has been settled, he left.

The Shen family is very rich, and the Shen family business is a big business, but Jin Xiaoye has a husband named Jieyuan, so the people in the business are very polite to her and specially call her a sedan to take her back.

When Jin Xiaoye went to find the sedan chair, he saw Shopkeeper Mu.

Shopkeeper Mu did not get into the carriage she came in, but got into an inconspicuous sedan.

Although she felt strange, Jin Xiaoye was not too troublesome. After getting on her sedan chair, she asked the bearer to take her back.

As a result... Shopkeeper Mu's sedan was always in front of her.

Jin Xiaoye was a little surprised. On the other side, the man walking next to Shopkeeper Mu's sedan also told him that Jin Xiaoye's sedan was behind him.

"Is she following me?" Shopkeeper Mu frowned slightly.

The man walking next to Shopkeeper Mu's sedan was the strong man brought by Shopkeeper Mu from Yu County. The man said: "It shouldn't be the case. I investigated Fan Weiyan before and found that he had a conflict with a Juren from Jiang'an Province at the inn. This woman is the one who raised people, she probably wants to go back."

"In that case, don't worry about her." Shopkeeper Mu said.

Shopkeeper Mu had a good impression of Jin Xiaoye. Since Jin Xiaoye didn't follow her on purpose, he didn't need to worry about it.

The two sedans walked forward together. Not far from the inn where Jin Xiaoye lived, the sedan in front stopped.

At the same time, a man's voice came from the restaurant next to him: "I told you, I don't know your wife!"

"You say you don't know me even if you don't know me? I saw you and my wife walking affectionately together with my own eyes!" Another voice sounded, and then everyone saw a tall man dragging a slightly fat man. The scholar came out of the restaurant.

The scholar being dragged was Fan Weiyan.

Fan Weiyan felt that he was extremely unlucky!

It was noon now. He came to the restaurant next to the inn to have a meal, but he didn't know what happened. Someone mistakenly recognized the person, thought he was his wife's lover, punched him twice, and dragged him out of the restaurant. !

"You have wronged me! I am a newly elected person in Beijing, and I don't know your wife at all!" Fan Weiyan shouted, and then he was slapped again.

Not far away, Shopkeeper Mu looked at this scene happily, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

She won't kill Fan Weiyan for the time being, but she won't make it easy for him either.

Chapter 209 Settlement

"We have just arrived in Beijing, there is no way we have anything to do with your wife!"

"Stop, we are trying to lift people!"

Fan Weiyan's two friends wanted to stop him, but the man who violently raped Fan Weiyan didn't listen at all: "I saw it with my own eyes, how can it be false?"

After saying that, he slapped Fan Weiyan twice again, causing Fan Weiyan's face to become swollen.

When the people around him saw this, they also pointed at Fan Weiyan.

The man who hit him had a local accent in Beijing, and they felt that no one would take the initiative to cuckold him...Fan Weiyan probably really hooked up with his wife!

As for Fan Weiyan being a Juren... they definitely wouldn't dare to offend Juren, but it would be so interesting to see a Juren joke!

Jin Xiaoye was watching the fun.

Jin Xiaoye knew that Fan Weiyan had just arrived in the capital and would not be able to hook up with that man's wife, but Fan Weiyan was not a good guy, so she felt comfortable watching Fan Weiyan being beaten.

When something happened to the Li family due to the flood in Yu County, it was human nature for Fan Weiyan to divorce his wife for fear of being implicated, and Jin Xiaoye could understand that.

But what does it mean to divorce a wife without letting her take away the dowry?

If Fan Weiyan had any conscience, he should take care of his wife and daughter after divorcing his wife and find a place to settle them, instead of ignoring them and not even knowing their whereabouts.

Shopkeeper Mu turned his eyes and saw Jin Xiaoye watching the fun with excitement and the corners of his mouth raised.

She is becoming more and more fond of the golden shopkeeper of Jinye Embroidery Shop.

Looking away, Shopkeeper Mu looked at Fan Weiyan again.

The man who came to Fan Weiyan and said that Fan Weiyan was having an affair with his wife was a subordinate of Shopkeeper Mu.

It was not easy for her to kill someone randomly, but it was easy for her to teach Fan Weiyan a lesson.

Fan Weiyan had already explained it, but it was of no use... He really had no choice, so he suddenly shouted: "I am Li Zhao's son-in-law, I am the son-in-law of Li Zhao who wrote "Water Control Strategy"!"

After he shouted these words, the people around him were stunned: "Li Zhao? The magistrate who was accidentally killed?"

"He is the son-in-law of Li Zhao in the play?"

"That person must have admitted the wrong person. Li Zhao's son-in-law wouldn't do such a thing, would he?"

…

After Fan Weiyan claimed that he was Li Zhao's son-in-law, passers-by began to speak for him.

Although "Escape" is famous, the people who have read this book are mainly scholars. In some remote provinces, even those scholars may not have read this book.

Ordinary people do not know much about the content of this book. Many people do not know this book or the person "Li Zhao" at all.

But Beijing is different.

Shopkeeper Mu devotes himself to his father

After overturning the verdict, after seeing "Escape from Famine", I immediately asked people to write a play with Li Zhao as the protagonist, and then let the troupe learn it and sang it everywhere in the capital.

Compared with hearing Mr. Shu's miserable escape stories, the common people undoubtedly preferred watching the theater. They were also deeply impressed by Li Zhao and felt that he was a rare and good official.

Now, this good official's son-in-law has been beaten!

Immediately, someone stepped forward to stop him: "Wait a minute, did you admit the wrong person?"

"Isn't it possible for someone to hook up with your wife?"

"Even if what you said is true, it will be bad if something happens. You should report it to the official."

…

Shopkeeper Mu arranged for the people to beat up Fan Weiyan, but they were always paying attention to their surroundings.

He had received news before that Shopkeeper Mu was coming, so he took action just to call Shopkeeper Mu, but now...

Seeing the person who came with him make a "stop" gesture, the person said: "You're lucky!" He squeezed into the crowd and ran away.

Fan Weiyan lay on the ground after being beaten, feeling that he was so unlucky, but there was nothing he could do about it.

It was also at this time that the government officials who had arranged to patrol the dock hurried over...

The accident was caused by a civil servant. These government officials did not dare to delay. They immediately helped Fan Weiyan and planned to send him to the hospital.

Fan Weiyan got up from the ground and looked around with hatred, just in time to see Jin Xiaoye sitting in the sedan and Zhang Zao standing next to the sedan. His eyes were splitting for a moment, and he became more and more angry with Li Qingzhi.

Fan Weiyan left, but the common people still gathered here to chat and talk about Li Zhao's son-in-law.

Shopkeeper Mu lowered the sedan curtain and was so angry that he was shaking all over.

Fan Weiyan, Fan Weiyan...

This man actually had the nerve to tell others that he was Li Zhao's son-in-law!

The bearer of the wooden shopkeeper lifted the sedan and walked forward, while she sat in the sedan, unable to calm down for a long time.

It wasn't until they left the dock area and there was no one around that Shopkeeper Mu said, "Ayi."

The strong man following Shopkeeper Mu lowered his head and came to the side of the sedan: "Miss?"

This strong man's surname is He, and his given name is He Yi. He used to be an ordinary citizen in Yu County.

When Li Zhao first arrived in Yu County, He Yi, who was thirteen or fourteen years old, came to complain, accusing a playboy of persecuting his sister to death.

When Li Zhao learned of the incident, he immediately helped investigate the case and finally brought the perpetrator to justice.

However, he also encountered a lot of trouble because of this - the playboy's family refused to let him go and even blocked the door of Li's family for more than ten days.

At that time, Li Zhu met He Yi.

There was a huge difference in status between the two, and they had no contact with each other after that. It wasn't until the Fan family wanted to kill Li Zhu and Li Zhu desperately escaped that they met again.

He Yi's parents died in the flood. Without any relatives, he protected Li Zhu and found Lu Qingxi's people, all the way to the capital...

"Ayi, you make some trouble for that Fan Weiyan," Li Zhu said with a heavy look, "Don't ask for big trouble. Today, let him be splashed with urine, and tomorrow, let him be smashed with rotten eggs... In short, the more unlucky he is, the more unlucky he will be. good."

"Don't worry, miss, I will definitely take care of things." He Yi said.

Li Zhu stuck his head out of the sedan, looked in the direction of the pier, and said, "Ayi, help me find a fortune teller."

Fan Weiyan killed her daughter, how could she live such a glorious life?

She wanted Fan Weiyan to have bad luck, and then asked a fortune teller to find Fan Weiyan and tell Fan Weiyan that he was like this because he had killed someone and suffered retribution.

"Yes, Miss." He Yi agreed again.

Li Zhu lowered the curtain, sat on the sedan chair and took a deep breath.

She wants to ruin Fan Weiyan's reputation.

Jin Xiaoye didn't know that Fan Weiyan's beating was caused by the "Mu Shopkeeper" whom she liked very much.

After seeing Fan Weiyan's excitement, she returned to the inn.

Since Li Laogen came to the capital, he has been shy and afraid to go out, lest he accidentally get lost.

He wanted to show off to those people sleeping in bunks that he could live in a house, but those people were tall and tall, and he couldn't quite understand what they were saying... He just watched helplessly, not daring to step forward.

But when it was time to eat... Li Laogen was sitting at the table waiting early! He wants to eat delicious food and show it to these people!

When Jin Xiaoye returned to the inn, he saw Li Laogen sitting at the table waiting for dinner.

Seeing Jin Xiaoye, Li Laogen immediately said: "Xiaoye, it's time to eat!"

It's really time to eat. Chang Zhan's two apprentices have already prepared the lunch meal: "Madam, it's cold, so we've made hot noodle soup. You guys can eat the master's and young master's noodles first, and wait until they come back." ."

The reason why they chose to make noodles for lunch today was that they didn't know when Li Qingzhi and Jin Xiaoye would come back.

If you make a table of dishes and rice, you have to wait until everyone is here before eating. The noodles are different. Those who stay in the inn can eat first. For Jin Xiaoye and Li Qingzhi, they can eat whenever they come back.

Jin Xiaoye had been hungry for a long time, so she responded, and soon her noodles were brought out.

The noodles are chicken noodle soup with meatballs, yuba, qianzhang, fungus and cabbage, and of course chicken.

The noodles with rich ingredients are appetizing when you look at them, and they stay warm when you eat them.

Jin Xiaoye and Zhang Zao quickly ate their noodles and even the soup, but Li Laogen was still eating slowly, looking at the people around him proudly while eating.

He had no other ideas, he just wanted to eat it and show it to others!

Look, those who live in ordinary rooms can only eat a steamed bun and a bowl of egg soup, and those who live in Tongbu can only eat a dark whole-grain pancake... He eats white noodles, how good!

He also asked the cook to put more meatballs and a big piece of chicken breast for him!

Jin Xiaoye said in dialect: "Dad, this is the capital, not our Chongcheng County. When I came back today, I encountered someone chasing a Juren and beating him. You have to be careful when you talk to people, don't offend them, if someone beats you I can't help you."

Li Laogen was surprised: "Can a person be beaten?"

"It's nothing to promote people in the capital! There are so many officials here, as well as relatives of the emperor!"

Li Laogen immediately shrank his neck: "I will definitely not talk nonsense."

He originally wanted to show off after finishing the noodles, but now... forget it.

Li Laogen silently speeded up his eating of noodles.

Jin Xiaoye went to Mrs. Qian and told Mrs. Qian about Fan Weiyan's beating.

"You deserve it!" Mrs. Qian was in a very good mood after hearing this.

Jin Xiaoye also felt that the man deserved it, so he covered his mouth and laughed.

It was already mid-afternoon when Li Qingzhi brought Li Damao and Li Ermao back.

The capital is quite far from the dock, and even if you take a horse-drawn carriage, the speed is not very fast.

But when he was in the capital, he bought a few meat pies and shared them with Li Damao, Li Ermao and his companions, so he wasn't hungry at all.

Of course, even if he wasn't hungry, he could still eat three large bowls of noodles.

Chang Zhan's apprentice brought three bowls of noodles, Li Damao and Li Ermao drank some soup and ate some side dishes, and Li Qingzhi ate the rest.

While he was eating, he saw Fan Weiyan coming back with a bruised nose and a swollen face.

After Fan Weiyan went to the medical clinic, he urged the government officials to arrest and beat up his people.

But he didn't know that person, and neither did anyone else at the scene, so the government officer didn't even know where to arrest him!

In other words, his meal was in vain!

Fan Weiyan couldn't suppress the anger in his heart at all, and he even didn't look good when he saw Li Qingzhi.

Even if this man robs his room, this man's wife is still watching him live today!

Fan Weiyan glared at Li Qingzhi fiercely.

Li Qingzhi just pretended not to see it.

Fan Weiyan was too lazy to find a place to stay yesterday, so he stayed in a common room in this inn, but today he was not happy.

Asking his servants to bring their luggage, Fan Weiyan and the others moved to an inn farther away from the pier.

They originally planned to rest this morning and go to the city after lunch, but because Fan Weiyan was beaten, they could not go until tomorrow.

Li Qingzhi returned to the room and learned about Fan Weiyan's beating from Jin Xiaoye. After hearing this, he said, "Someone must have deliberately caused trouble for him."

Fan Weiyan had just arrived in the capital, so it was impossible for him to hook up with the wife of the man who beat him. However, this man identified Fan Weiyan and even beat Fan Weiyan even when he knew that Fan Weiyan was the judge.

This situation is not right. This person seems to be deliberately causing trouble for Fan Weiyan.

As for why he was causing trouble... Although his biological father Li Zhao had been rehabilitated, King Jin had always hated his father and might have taken it out on Fan Weiyan!

Li Qingzhi hated that King Jin relied on his power to bully those who were inferior to King Jin, but this time... he hoped that King Jin would continue his efforts and torment Fan Weiyan more.

After Jin Xiaoye finished talking about Fan Weiyan, he started talking about how beautiful Shopkeeper Mu was.

Li Qing responded with "hmm" and sighed secretly.

He should have discovered a long time ago that Jin Xiaoye is a beauty control!

The next day, Li Qing hired two carriages and took his family to Beijing.

At this time, those ordinary one-horse carriages were actually quite small. In order to reduce the burden on the horse, the carriage carriages were generally very simple and thin.

Of course, the carriage drawn by several horses like the one the eldest princess rides can be as luxurious as you like.

Li Qingzhi carried Li Damao and Li Ermao onto the carriage, and then discovered that today's carriage was the same as yesterday's carriage. The board under the carriage was very thin, and the surroundings of the carriage were also thin.

The carriage is still very small, and it will be very crowded if they have several people in one carriage.

Upon seeing this, Li Qingzhi put down his two children and went out. He said to Jin Xiaoye, "Xiaoye, I'll walk over."

In addition to the carriage, Li Qingzhi also hired a dozen laborers to help him pick things.

The goods they brought from the Gold Leaf Embroidery Shop were left at the dock, but the glass products and soap were carried with them by these laborers.

The carriage would move slowly, and these laborers would follow behind... Since it was moving slowly, Li Qingzhi simply got off the carriage and walked away.

Jin Xiaoye did not stop him and took Li Laogen and the three children in the carriage. In the other carriage, Mrs. Qian and her two maids were sitting.

Mrs. Qian can't walk now, and her two seasick maids are already very weak after sitting on the boat for more than half a month.

The group of people walked forward slowly, and walked for an hour before arriving at the city gate. After that, they walked for almost an hour before they saw the house that Li Qingzhi had chosen yesterday.

The housekeeper of the Vice Minister's Mansion and the Yaren whom Li Qingzhi met yesterday were already waiting there. Li Qingzhi took out the money to pay one year's rent and signed the deed, which meant he had rented the courtyard.

This courtyard house is not the kind of big house with several entrances in total. There is only one courtyard inside, but there are more than a dozen rooms in the east wing and west wing in total, which is enough for them to live in.

Li Qingzhi made some arrangements and planned to live casually today and then slowly decorate the place.

After a busy day, it was a bit troublesome to start cooking by himself, so Li Qingzhi gave Zhang Zao some money and asked him to take two cooks to buy some food. Mrs. Qian's two maids were still a little weak, so they couldn't do manual labor, but they could boil water or something, so Li Qingzhi asked them to boil water.

Zhang Zao and the others bought some steamed buns and meatloaf, and made soup after returning home. After the group ate, they lay down and fell asleep.

Li Qingzhi and the others lived very comfortably. On the other hand, Lu Mingshan, who wanted to go to Beijing to make a lot of money, took his young apprentice with him, but he missed Du Yongning a little.

When they followed Du Yongning to Beijing, they ate delicious food and drank spicy food every day, and their lives were as comfortable as possible.

But when we come to Beijing...

Lu Mingshan had some money on hand, but after he bought some clothes, there was not much money left.

He was someone who couldn't hold any money. After taking his apprentice to have a big meal, he only had one tael of silver left in his hand.

They must find a way to make money, otherwise they will starve!

He was caught by Li Qingzhi that day. After listening to Li Qingzhi's words, Lu Mingshan had many thoughts in his mind. He wanted to send his apprentice to study and let his apprentice take the exam to become a scholar.

It was also because of this that he got on Du Yongning's boat.

But after a few days, his thoughts disappeared, and he began to feel that he was still living a comfortable life. If you don't have money, cheat a little bit, if you have money, spend it... How wonderful!

"Good disciple, let's go get some information and have a big fight tomorrow!" Lu Mingshan touched his disciple's head.

Master Lu Wang nodded repeatedly. He was used to helping his master find out information, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with doing this.

"There are many rich people in the capital, so we will definitely make a lot of money. Then master will go to the restaurant to buy roast chicken for you to eat." "Master, I still want to eat the sesame cakes I saw today!"

"Eat. Master will buy two for you when the time comes. You eat one and throw the other away!"

The master and apprentice made a decision and split up immediately.

Master Lu Wang went to inquire about the news, while Lu Mingshan used old red rope to weave on the copper plate.

When the time comes, he will first say something nice, and then say that other people's sons will encounter peach blossoms and other evil spirits in the future, and then he can "sell" this copper coin that can help people ward off disasters!

At the same time, He Yi found his subordinates and asked them to find a fortune teller: "It doesn't matter whether the fortune teller is there or not. You must look at the fortune teller, and it's best to have a face."

If you want to find a fortune teller who is somewhat famous in the capital... Those who are capable will definitely not be happy, and it is easy to leak information. If you find someone who is incompetent... then others will definitely not believe it.

He Yi's men agreed.

Li Qingzhi got up a little late the next day. He and Jin Xiaoye cleaned the room yesterday. After cleaning, they washed Li Damao and Li Ermao again. After washing the two children, they also took a bath themselves.

The two of them couldn't be affectionate when they were on the road, but now they are not only settled but also clean... having some intimacy in the evening is a must.

It was already late at night when they went to bed.

After getting up and having breakfast, Li Qingzhi asked Zhang Zao and the others to go to the dock to move the remaining things. As for him, he took Jin Xiaoye to go shopping.

They moved the glassware and soap over yesterday, but there were still some things left on Wu Baichuan's boat. They wanted to move them now and save money on buying them.

In Beijing, everything you buy is more expensive than in Chongcheng County.

As for Li Qingzhi, he and Jin Xiaoye were going to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstones, rice, flour, grain and oil, etc., and also planned to take a look at the surrounding environment.

The two bought a lot of food and paid the store to deliver it to the house where they lived. Then they went to a place that sold pens, ink, paper and inkstones.

It was a coincidence that after they finished buying, they saw Fan Weiyan again.

Fan Weiyan and two other people had also entered the capital. Instead of renting a house, they chose a good inn to stay.

At this moment, they also came out to buy things.

Although they brought a lot of things with them when they went out, they were still lacking.

Li Qingzhi saw Fan Weiyan, and Fan Weiyan also saw Li Qingzhi, and his face immediately turned cold.

At this moment, a thin man ran from a distance and bumped into Fan Weiyan.

Immediately afterwards, another tall man caught up: "You brat, how dare you steal my things!"

The person chasing after him took out two eggs and threw them forward. They missed the person he was chasing, but hit Fan Weiyan!

The two eggs just hit Fan Weiyan's face. After the eggshells broke open, the egg liquid inside flowed out.

It's not pleasant to have two eggs smashed in front of you, not to mention that these two eggs are rotten eggs!

An unpleasant smell wafted away, and the people around Fan Weiyan subconsciously stepped back, and Fan Weiyan himself couldn't help but retched.

"Catch them! Catch the person who threw eggs at me!" Fan Weiyan shouted.

The servants around him also hurriedly chased him, but the two people who were chasing and fighting before had no idea where they were going.

Fan Weiyan was furious and wanted to make the two people look good, but the two people who were chasing and beating them were wearing hats. They didn't see the appearance of the two people clearly, and no one around them knew the two people. Even if they went to report the crime, The people from the yamen couldn't catch anyone either.

Fan Weiyan could only endure this, retching and going home to wash up.

Li Qingzhi looked at Jin Xiaoye and said to Jin Xiaoye, "The man who threw the eggs just now was throwing them at Fan Weiyan."

Fan Weiyan had an egg thrown at him. It seemed that Fan Weiyan had suffered a disaster due to bad luck, but Li Qingzhi could see clearly that the person who threw the egg was originally intended to throw it at Fan Weiyan.

That person was deliberately causing trouble for Fan Weiyan!

Fortunately, he had been very careful and didn't let anyone know that he was a solitary person. Otherwise... he might have died in an accident as soon as he came to the capital!

Li Qingzhi took Jin Xiaoye back to Qingshi Lane, not wanting to meet an acquaintance again.

Master Ping, who had won Li Qingzhi in the previous provincial examination, carried a bag of things and entered Qingshi Alley with them.

"Master Ping, do you live here too?" Li Qingzhi asked with a smile.

"Indeed, I live here." Master Ping was a little surprised when he saw Li Qingzhi: "Have you entered Beijing?"

He returned to Beijing after presiding over the provincial examination in Jiang'an Province. Not long after he came back, Li Qingzhi also came.

Li Qingzhi arrived quite early.

"I have never been to the capital before, so I left early and came early." Li Qing insisted.

"It's better to come here earlier. The climate in the capital is very different from that in the south of the Yangtze River. If you come early, you can get used to it." Master Ping said.

The capital is much colder than Jiangnan, and the examination is still in February...

The weather has not warmed up yet in February. Every time I tried it in the past, some southerners couldn't bear the cold and became seriously ill.

There are even those who died of illness.

Li Qingzhi said a few words to Mr. Ping, and after asking Mr. Mingping where he lived, he said that he would definitely visit someday.

Mr. Ping is his examiner for the provincial examination. Even if he doesn't meet him, he should pay him a visit.

Chapter 210 Visit

That afternoon, Zhang Zao and others who went to the dock to move things brought back a bunch of things.

These include various furniture and daily necessities that they moved to Wu Baichuan's boat when they were in Chongcheng County, as well as the three hens raised by Li Damao, Li Ermao and Zhao Xiaodou.

Li Damao and Li Ermao are actually quite good. If Li Qingzhi doesn't let them bring two chickens to Beijing, they will definitely agree.

Not to mention Zhao Xiaodou. Growing up in the countryside, he didn't have much love for chickens. Even if the chickens he hatched were edible, he still thought they were edible, and he wasn't very fond of the hens he raised. care.

But Li Qingzhi still took the three chickens with him.

It's hard for your child to keep a pet, so bring it with you.

Along the way, the three chickens had been kept in a cage, and only moved to the deck to bask in the sun when the sun was nice.

Chickens raised like this are prone to getting sick, but because of Li Qingzhi, the three chickens came to the capital in good health.

It's just that the weather has been cold recently, so they don't like to lay eggs, and they only lay one egg every few days.

After arriving in the capital, he was definitely not allowed to bring chickens with him when staying at an inn. Li Qingzhi continued to keep them on the boat and asked the crew to help take care of them. It was not until now that Zhang Zao brought them over.

"Dabao Ermao!" Li Damao and Li Ermao immediately went to see their precious big hen.

Zhao Xiaodou followed behind, a little confused.

Aren't they just two chickens? Why are Li Damao and Li Ermao so precious?

He only wanted to eat chicken, and the chicken noodle soup he had in the inn was particularly delicious...

Li Qingzhi and the others took two days to clean up the house.

Mrs. Qian and her two maids lived in the east wing, Zhang Zao and the two cooks lived in the west wing, and Li Laogen and Zhao Xiaodou followed Li Qingzhi and lived in the south-facing house.

The house was not big, but it was quite spacious for them to live in.

After settling in his residence, Li Qingzhi will start to show up in the capital, visit others and accept visits from others!

He wrote a calligraphy, bought some common and unmistakable gifts, and went to visit Mr. Ping first.

Lord Ping lived in Qingshi Lane, and Li Qing had a good ear. As soon as he arrived at the door of Lord Ping's house, he heard Lord Ping quarreling with someone.

"You lazy woman, can't you clean up your house? Look at the mess at home." Mr. Ping seemed very angry.

"Okay, okay, I understand. I'll clean it up tomorrow."

"Tomorrow comes tomorrow, there are so many tomorrows! You say tomorrow every time, but you just don't deal with it!"

"You all know that I just won't take care of you, what else do you say?"

"You... why don't you imitate Zhang Shidu's wife? She keeps her home in order!"

"Then why don't you learn from Li Shishuo? I hired several maids for my wife!"

Li Qingzhi: "..." This couple is quite interesting.

Master Ping is a bachelor of the fifth rank in the Hanlin Academy. In Daqi, the salary of officials is not high. The monthly salary of an official of the fifth rank is converted into silver taels, which is about ten taels of silver.

This money is quite a lot for ordinary people, but for officials, it is really very little.

You must know that the rent of the yard that Li Qingzhi just rented was ten taels of silver per month!

Officials only rely on their salaries to live, and it is easy to be stretched. When Governor Zhang was the prefect, his life was not very good. When he became the governor, his salary more than doubled, and the family hired a few more servants, but the servants were still the same. It was forced upon me by others.

Of course, there are many officials these days who have a lot of grays other than salary. When Gou Tongzhi was the magistrate of Chongcheng County, businessmen including Zhu Qian gave him a lot of money.

But the Hanlin Academy is famous for its Qingshui Yamen, so Mr. Ping probably has little opportunity to receive gifts. Not long ago, he went to Jiang'an Province to work as a rural examination examiner, and he got some subsidies.

Li Qingzhi stepped forward and knocked on the door. The concierge answered. At the same time, the quarrelsome people stopped arguing.

Li Qingzhi went in and found that the house where Master Ping lived was about the same size as theirs. There were many pots and jars and sundries piled up in the yard. The house did look a bit messy.

The quarrel between Lord Ping and Mrs. Ping was not loud. He didn't know that Li Qingzhi could hear it. When he saw Li Qingzhi, he smiled and greeted her, as did Mrs. Ping.

Master Ping is not young, and so is Mrs. Ping, but looking at Mrs. Ping's appearance, she must have been good-looking when she was young.

Li Qingzhi didn't know Master Ping very well. They only chatted a few words during the Deer Ming Banquet. This time when he came to visit, he said a few words and left.

As soon as he went out, he heard Mrs. Ping's voice: "This person is nice. He has sent a few gift boxes. You can just give them to Mr. Wang for his birthday tomorrow."

"That's what you're thinking about."

"You have the ability not to worry about it!"

"Ahem, among Li Qingzhi's gifts, this one handwritten by him is the best! Such calligraphy is comparable to everyone else!"

"Can I sell it for money?"

"Vulgar! Vulgar!"

"Old man, give me money, and I'll show you my dignity!"

…

Li Qingzhi: "..."

Some officials live here in Qingshi Lane, but there are also many ordinary people living here.

It was evening now, and there were still people chatting while basking in the sun at the door.

Li Qingzhi hesitated for a moment and walked towards several old women who were gathering together to chat...

Seeing that Li Qingzhi was approachable, these old women immediately asked for information about Li Qingzhi, and Li Qingzhi also took the opportunity to chat with them.

He hadn't chatted with anyone for a long time, and the conversation was quite enjoyable.

Not only that, these old women include the mothers and wives of officials, as well as old ladies from families with some ancestral property in the capital. They know everything and can talk about anything.

By the way, after he appeared, several old men next to him also joined the "group chat". One of them, an old man carrying a bird cage, also had the title of Juren.

When they learned that Li Qingzhi had just visited Mr. Ping, they talked about the affairs of the Ping family: "Sir Ping loves face too much. He obviously has no money, and he made all the noise when marrying his daughter..."

Mr. Ping has no background. Once he entered the Qingshui Yamen of Hanlin Academy, he could not get out. After so many years, his salary was just enough to live on.

After all, renting a house for their family would cost a lot of money in a year!

But he still cares about face. When marrying his son a wife or marrying off his daughter, he always thinks about having a good time, which makes him even poorer.

Speaking of this, it also has something to do with the atmosphere of the capital.

In rural areas, parents will receive betrothal gifts when their daughters get married, but the dowry given to them is very small. Some families who treat their daughters badly will not even give their daughters any dowry at all.

Officials in the capital are different. They will compare the amount of dowry when their daughters get married.

As a result, the amount of dowry prepared far exceeds the betrothal gift given by the man.

When a daughter is married high, supported by the son-in-law's family, or married to each other, the dowry must be generous.

Mr. Ping has two sons and three daughters. He has spent seven to eight thousand taels of silver on the marriage of his children. It is said that he had borrowed money from others in order to collect dowry for his daughter. This year, he went to Jiang'an Province and borrowed the money. Pay back the money.

As for Mrs. Ping... her father is also an official. She was favored since she was a child. She never did much work at home. After marrying Mr. Ping, she didn't like to do things even more.

This is nothing at first, but isn't Mr. Ping poor? Their family hired a total of three servants, an old woman who was responsible for cooking and washing, an old man who was responsible for looking after the door and carrying water, and a third boy who was shared by the two young masters.

The Heike family has a large population, and there are far more housework to do these days than in modern times, so the three of them are quite busy.

After talking about Mr. Ping, these people talked about those people.

"The trial will be held in February next year, and candidates are already coming one after another! The rents of the surrounding houses have increased again."

"Li Juren, if you come to rent a house in the middle of next year, your house will definitely not cost you so much money!"

"Some inns take advantage of the opportunity to bring people to Beijing in order to make a fortune."

"In the next period of time, there will definitely be many young talents emerging."

"Li Juren, in Jiang'an Province, there are a few people who steal the show every year."

"You are Jieyuan from Jiang'an Province. You must be among the people in the limelight this time."

…

As they were talking, someone said: "Speaking of which, there is already a person who has become famous. Did you know?"

"Who is it?" everyone asked.

"That's Li Zhao's son-in-law! He's a notoriously unlucky guy. It's said that he's riddled with bad luck!"

"I've heard of him too..."

These people chatted about Fan Weiyan.

Li Qingzhi also heard what they said and realized that Fan Weiyan had encountered some bad luck in the past two days.

After being beaten and having rotten eggs thrown at him, he was accidentally splashed with urine and accidentally pushed into the river.

Let's just say the rivers in the capital city are not very clean. When he came up after falling into the water, he was covered in mud and smelly.

Fortunately it was winter and the water was very shallow, otherwise he would have been seriously ill.

In short, the people in the capital are saying that he is full of bad luck.

In fact, not many people would talk about a person's bad luck, but after Fan Weiyan came to the capital, he told people everywhere that he was Li Zhao's son-in-law...

Relying on those dramas, the people in the capital knew Li Zhao, and naturally they paid more attention to Li Zhao's son-in-law.

Li Qingzhi became more and more certain that someone was looking for trouble for Fan Weiyan.

But King Jin's methods were so gentle, he really didn't expect it.

Li Qingzhi felt that this was King Jin's move, and others naturally felt the same way. King Jin's men even found King Jin and told King Jin that it was useless to do this, and asked King Jin not to bother anymore.

King Jin: "..." He didn't do anything! He didn't even know that Li Zhao's son-in-law had come to the capital!

How could he, a prince, care about a small official?

But now that he knew it, he really wanted to cause some trouble for Fan Weiyan.

Although the original disaster relief money was taken away by Prince Yan's people, the Qingdu San people who had harmed him twice were so popular with Li Zhao in "Escape from Famine" that he did not like Li Zhao.

King Jin thought so, but his subordinates still persuaded him.

The King of Jin said: "The person targeting that... Li Zhao's son-in-law must be Prince Yan, and he wants to blame me again!" He couldn't even remember Fan Weiyan's name, so he could only refer to him as "Li Zhao's son-in-law".

Prince Yan came to harm him again, he wanted to cause trouble for Prince Yan!

Yanjun Prince's Mansion.

Prince Yan has been having a hard time recently.

He originally wanted to hide in the dark and secretly develop his power, but for some reason, Lu Qingxi has been targeting him since the beginning of this year.

Later, even the King of Jin began to target him.

The behavior of these two people forced him to stand in front of others. His money bag, Yulon Trading Company, was still lost under the targeting of these people!

Prince Yanjun didn't have much property under his control. After Yulong Trading Company was gone, he felt that the money was not enough.

Fortunately, Qian Fugui was already on his way to the capital.

"This money is rich and noble... His sick nephew will not live long, and he will die if he dies. He has been sick for so long! If he were here, the losses of Yulong Trading Company would not be so big!" Prince Yan was a little worried. dissatisfied.

The gentleman from Prince Yan was a little embarrassed. After all, Yulong Trading Company suffered losses after his son took over.

Originally, they had planned to kill Qian Fugui when his son took over Yulong Trading Company completely, but now...

However, Qian Fugui's relief allowed him to continue doing business to make money and help them target Lu Qingxi.

Qian Fugui's family members were killed by Lu Qingxi!

After saying this, Prince Yan's husband began to talk to Prince Yan about the new candidates who had come to the capital, and told Prince Yan to find ways to make friends with capable people.

But forget it about Li Zhao's ill-fated son-in-law.

Firstly, since he had no real ability, he would use Li Zhao's name to cheat, and secondly... Prince Yan was worried that he would get into Fan Weiyan's bad luck.

Many people in the capital knew about Fan Weiyan, but Fan Weiyan was hiding in the inn and no longer wanted to go out.

"Someone must be targeting me on purpose!" Fan Weiyan said to his friends.

Fan Weiyan's two friends seemed embarrassed, but they had already begun to think about staying away from Fan Weiyan.

Regardless of whether Fan Weiyan was unlucky on his own or someone was deliberately targeting him, they were all afraid of getting close to Fan Weiyan and getting into trouble.

They have even planned to find a temple to worship to get rid of their bad luck.

The three of them were talking when the waiter brought them food.

There was a dish that Fan Weiyan liked the most. When he picked it up with his chopsticks, several spiders ran out.

Fan Weiyan was so angry that he immediately went to find trouble with the store.

At the same time, Lu Mingshan, who was cooperating with his apprentice to defraud, was put in a sack and brought to He Yi.

As soon as Lu Mingshan was released, he immediately knelt down in front of He Yi and cried: "Master, I just make a living. I have an elder and a younger one..."

Lu Mingshan's apprentice also kowtowed and cried and begged. The two of them looked indescribably similar.

He Yi took out an ingot of fifty taels of silver and said to Lu Mingshan: "If you help me do something, these fifty taels of silver are yours. If you finish the matter, I will give you another fifty taels." "

Lu Mingshan's eyes immediately lit up.

At this time, Li Qingzhi got the news that Qian Fugui had come to the capital.

Qian Fugui told King Yan that he would come to the capital this time, but he acted very carefully. King Yan didn't know the specific day when he would arrive in the capital, and thought it would take some time before he could enter the capital.

Now that he came to the capital, he immediately found someone to contact Li Qingzhi.

Early the next morning, Li Qingzhi went out and planned to meet Qian Fugui.

"Li Juren, it's so early!" Several old men who were playing chess and chatting in the alley saw Li Qingzhi and greeted him with a smile.

Li Qingzhi also greeted them with a smile.

At this time, one of the old men said: "Mr. Li, do you know something? Yesterday, Li Zhao's son-in-law was unlucky again. He ate a spider out of nowhere while eating, and he just fell asleep after making a scene. Bitten by a poisonous insect again!"

"That's right. I really don't understand why there are still bugs in the middle of winter."

"We are not in the wilderness here, and you won't see poisonous insects in summer."

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Li Qingzhi chatted with these people for a few words before leaving, then went to a nearby liquor store and then into the backyard of someone's house.

Money, wealth and honor are here.

Seeing Li Qingzhi, Qian Fugui said: "Ah Qing, you are finally here."

"Uncle." Li Qingzhi called out when he saw that there were no outsiders around.

The two briefly reminisced about old times and talked about the situation during this period.

Qian Fugui was very happy to learn that Mrs. Qian was fine, but soon became worried again and said to Li Qing: "Azhi, I'm going to see Prince Yan in a few days, but my body... I'm worried He'll see the problem."

People feel refreshed when happy events happen. Qian Fugui was very happy every day during this period and looked a little younger.

He had already begun to think about staying awake for a few days to make himself more haggard before going to see Prince Yan.

Li Qing said: "Uncle, I already have a countermeasure for this matter. I can give you a few injections to make you look older."

"So powerful?" Qian Fugui was surprised.

Li Qing insisted: "This is actually the legendary disguise."

This actually has nothing to do with disguise, it's just that he can use golden fingers to make Qian Fugui look older.

Li Qingzhi asked Qian Fugui to lie down and practiced acupuncture on Qian Fugui's face. He also used his golden fingers to make the bags and dark circles under Qian Fugui's eyes obvious.

This is quite simple. With his "help", Qian Fugui developed a deep bag under one of his eyes, which was still blue and black.

With these bags under his eyes, Qian Fugui seemed to have no energy.

However, although the energy in Li Qingzhi's body was a little more than at the beginning, it was not much more, so... after Qian Fugui took care of one eye, he would have no energy left to use.

"Uncle, I will come back to give you acupuncture tomorrow. After a few injections, you will look old." Li Qing insisted.

"So simple?" Qian Fugui asked.

He didn't feel any discomfort at all from the acupuncture just now...Is this okay?

"It's that simple." Li Qingzhi smiled and left.

After a while, one of Qian Fugui's subordinates came to find Qian Fugui, and he was stunned as soon as he saw Qian Fugui's appearance: "Master, have you not had a good rest? Do you want to take a rest?"

How is this going? The bag under one of their master's eyes was black and swollen...

Is this because I didn't get enough rest or was bitten by an insect?

Qian Fugui didn't know why, so he found a polished bronze mirror and looked at it, only to find that one of his eyes had become very ugly.

His nephew is really a miracle doctor. He didn't feel anything at all and it made him like this.

In the next few days, Li Qingzhi went to see Qian Fugui twice more. He also treated Qian Fugui's other eye and helped Qian Fugui turn part of his white hair into black.

The genes of the Qian family are really good. When wealthy people reach middle age, they not only have no baldness on their heads, but also have fewer gray hairs.

But now, he has a lot of white hair on his forehead.

In this way, wealth and wealth will make you look older.

Qian Fugui was very satisfied with his image, but he was still a little worried: "Azhi, can I still change back?"

"Don't worry, uncle, you can change back." Li Qing insisted.

"That's good." Qian Fugui breathed a sigh of relief.

It would be nice if he could change back. If he couldn't, his children might dislike him for being too old.

Li Qingzhi helped Qian Fugui "disguise" and then went out to find Du Yongning.

He had no reputation at all in the capital, few people knew him, and he had no chance to meet anyone.

During this period, he only contacted a few candidates from Jiang'an Province who came to the capital to take the exam.

Among these candidates, Du Yongning was undoubtedly the most well-informed. When Li Qingzhi went there this time, he told Li Qingzhi that some candidates from the capital planned to go to the outskirts of the capital to appreciate plum blossoms in a few days, and asked Li Qingzhi to go with them.

"The place where you can enjoy plum blossoms is a man's village. He has planted hundreds of acres of plum trees in his village, and they are so beautiful every winter. He feels that this beautiful scenery should be shared with others, so every time during this season, he Open Zhuangzi to the people of the capital." Du Yongning talked about the "Plum Blossom Appreciation Party".

It's almost November now, and the plum blossoms are in bloom.

First, a few people made an appointment to go to plum appreciation, and then more and more people also wanted to go... Someone suggested that we simply hold a "plum appreciation party."

In this way, the people who have arrived in the capital can get to know each other.

Of course, some people must become famous through this "Plum Blossom Appreciation Party".

After hearing this, Li Qingzhi said he would definitely go, and then heard Du Yongning talk about Fan Weiyan.

Li Qingzhi helped Qian Fugui "disguise" only three times, but he didn't go there every day. It took five days in total.

In the past five days, Fan Weiyan encountered several more unfortunate things, and the news of his bad luck has spread throughout the capital.

The news is not so smooth these days, and there is probably someone's handiwork in this...

Everyone knows that Li Zhao's son-in-law doesn't know what's going on. He is getting more unlucky day by day, and there are endless ways to get unlucky... It is said that several dandies in the capital specially find servants to keep an eye on Fan Weiyan, just to know about Fan Weiyan at the first time. What bad luck happened again? Someone was betting on Fan Weiyan's misfortune.

These people are really laid back.

Well, he was also a little curious and wanted to arrange for someone to keep an eye on Fan Weiyan so that he could know about Fan Weiyan's misfortune as soon as possible.

If this were in modern times, he might have someone take a mobile phone to Fan Weiyan's place to live broadcast, so that he could watch Fan Weiyan's jokes immediately.

If his sister knew what Fan Weiyan was going through now, she would be very happy!

This plum appreciation party... Fan Weiyan will probably be unlucky again.

Li Qingzhi is looking forward to the plum blossom appreciation party, and so is Lu Mingshan.

Tomorrow, he will appear at a plum-appreciation banquet with all Juren, and publicly say that a Juren will always be unlucky because he killed his daughter!

He didn't know if Fan Weiyan really killed his own daughter. He only knew that as long as he performed well, he could get one hundred taels of silver.

With so much money, he could definitely spend it for many days! When the time comes, he must take his apprentice to Qingyun Tower for a big meal!

Li Qingzhi didn't know that his sister had arranged for someone to tear off Fan Weiyan's face at the plum blossom banquet.

After he returned home, he met Mrs. Qian.

After Mrs. Qian asked some questions about Qian Fugui, she began to inquire about the "disguise": "Azhi, if you make your uncle old, can you make me younger?"

Li Qingzhi looked at Mrs. Qian's face and said, "Yes."

Mrs. Qian has wrinkles on her face and a little deep bags under her eyes, but these are minor problems and he can definitely help get rid of them.

He has a golden finger!

Speaking of which...if he falls into poverty in the future, he might be able to make a fortune by doing beauties for others.