Chapter 3: Registration Office

After going down the stairs, Li Xianyuan saw Xiao Er and a beggar arguing in front of the door in the aisle ahead. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info He paused slightly, and then walked straight without stopping.

The beggar and Xiao Er were entangled, and they didn't notice that Li Xianyuan walked through the aisle.

Descending from the stairs to the first floor, the little er who had led the donkey into the guest room greeted him and asked Li Xianyuan what he wanted to eat, but Li Xianyuan replied that he didn't need it.

Xiao Er didn't let him go, rubbed his palms and laughed: "Look at the little brother dressed as a scholar, but he came to take the exam?"

"That's right. ”

"This examination room is in front of the county yayuan, out of the inn to the east, why don't you go over and have a look." The villain thinks that with the qualifications of the little brother, it must be easy to get a child. ”

No matter how stupid you are, you can see what Xiao Er means. Li Xianyuan reached into his sleeve and groped for a while, and under Xiao Er's expectant gaze, he took out two coins and handed them over.

He only has more than 20 copper plates on his body, but Li Xianyuan doesn't have to be stingy for a few pennies.

After receiving the money, Xiao Er was immediately very happy, threw the white handkerchief on his shoulder, and nodded: "Thank you, guest officer, remember to call us if you have any needs, go and get busy first." ”

Say goodbye to Xiao Er and lift the curtain and walk out of the inn, the aroma of wine and meat is blocked in the curtain, the bright sun pours on the green bricks on the street, and passers-by are unaware, it is too prosperous compared to the countryside.

Li Xianyuan first went to the backyard of the inn to look at Xiaoqing, it was eating hay in the stable, and when he saw Li Xianyuan coming, he picked up the hay and snorted, so Li Xianyuan had no choice but to pick up the hay and feed it to it.

At this time, on the second floor of the inn, the two guests sitting by the window poured wine and ate food to each other, and talked about something in a low voice from time to time.

"There is no hope...... By the way, have you heard, the Li family is recruiting his second lady to marry. ”

"This matter spread all over Wuhou County a few days ago. Find a man for a dead man...... Hey, it's hard to guess what rich people think. What, there's new news again?"

"It would be nice to have new news. Seeing that Miss Li Er's first seven years are coming, it will be unlucky if she is not buried, and this door-to-door son-in-law has not been seen for a long time. ”

"I can't complain about others if my vision is too high. Recently, the children's exam, the young talents from the surrounding areas have come, and even the sons of the county have gone, and there are still dozens of people left after the crooked melons and cracked dates were kicked out. I heard that in the end, the old lady of the Li family chose Xiao Gongzi from the next county. But who would have thought that this Xiao Gongzi passed the level of the old lady of the Li family, and he couldn't pass the level of Miss Li Er, who became a dead ghost. ”

"What's going on, tell me about it. ”

"It's lonely and unheard, the Xiao family is a big silk family, and this Xiao Gongzi was admitted to the Tongsheng at a young age, and I heard that he plans to take the Xiucai exam next year. It can be said that the future is promising. Looks good and handsome. It's just that Miss Li Er can't look down on such a character. ”

"Isn't she dead? ”

"Who says it's not. After worshipping the church, Xiao Gongzi was sent to the boudoir. As a result, he was frightened out before he was a child, his face was pale, and he fled home overnight, and he was scared to pee his pants when he heard it......"

"Hahaha, the relationship is still haunted?"

"Who knows, I heard that the ancestor of the Pure Yang Sect, the head of the Eight Immortals, Lu Dongbin and Han Xiangzi, drank wine in Xinjing two days ago, although we only saw the land prince when we were children, but the rumors are true. Since immortals can go down to earth to drink, it is reasonable for a ghost to want to find a husband hehehehe......"

"And then, then?" a voice interjected in the diagonal ground.

It took a lot of effort to find the little beggar in the thirteenth room of the human character to eat the closed door, and when he went downstairs to look for Li Xianyuan, he happened to hear the words "Pure Yang School", and involuntarily came over to eavesdrop.

The two guests saw that it was a little beggar in rags, so they bombarded impatiently: "Where is the little beggar, go and go." ”

Another guest took a peanut and threw it into his mouth, stepped on the bench and poured wine into the bowl, opening his mouth full of wine: "Go on, where are you talking?" ”

"Later, Mrs. Li retired and secondly, she chose several sons one after another, and the results were all the same, and the timid ones were scared to pee their pants. I heard that after Xiao Gongzi ran back, the Xiao family refused to give up, and invited Mingxiu to come to the ghost, and was later persuaded by the Taoist priest of Lao Junguan, saying that it was harmful to yin morality. The Xiao family gave up. The man paused, and continued.

"So...... We Li family can't look down on it. The Li family took a fancy to it, either being scared away or unwilling to come. Over time, no one dared to go to the Li family to be a son-in-law, and even the business fell a little bit. Eh, you say, this Li family girl doesn't show her face much on weekdays, and she rarely hears of it. Why is it so tormented to die?"

"yes......"

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Wuhou County is located in the center of the city, can live near the county government are all famous and wealthy businessmen, except for the errands and out to play on the sedan chair Miss Gongzi, here than the inn of the hustle and bustle of the area, a little less clean.

Li Xianyuan lives in the mountains all the year round, there are no broken temples, few people and animals, and he is used to being lonely and lonely. It's more comfortable to walk here.

Turn into a street, and according to Xiao Er, there is the examination room not far ahead.

Walking into this street, Li Xianyuan's pace slowed down slightly, and there was a bit of surprise in his eyes.

Now the season is obviously full of spring, but at this time, it gives people a kind of autumn wind.

A breeze blew, and a few fallen leaves mixed with paper floated in front of him, Li Xianyuan reached out and grabbed a piece of paper, unfolded it, and saw that the round and white hollow thin piece of paper was full of ominousness at first glance.

Paper money for the dead.

Frowning slightly, he dropped the paper money casually, Li Xianyuan looked up, and saw a team at the end of the street coming, accompanied by the harsh sound of suona that was blown by the wind and changed its tone.

Li Xianyuan tilted his head slightly, not knowing if it was a coincidence or something. A cloud blocks out the sun, casting a large shadow. It's a bit chilly under the breeze.

He looked back and saw no one else on the street. Only yourself and the oncoming team.

"Hell in broad daylight. With a mutter, Li Xianyuan stared at the approaching team.

There were more than a dozen people in the team, arranged in two columns. These dozen people were wrapped in white silk and draped in linen, blowing away suona as they walked, and throwing paper money into the sky. In the middle of the team, several men carried a small and delicate black wooden coffin, and greeted them.

What is very strange is that there is a young girl sitting on the black coffin.

The girl was about fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed in a dark-striped satin robe, and sat with her feet crossed. A smooth calf stretched out from the satin robe, and the white and tender little feet swayed with the coffin. The girl's face was extremely pale, but her lips were smeared with rouge, which was bright and dripping.

This procession is strange and abnormal, obviously playing joy, but carrying the coffin of a famous girl, and the team is also dressed in white linen. Happy events are not like happy events, and white things are not like white things.

Li Xianyuan retreated to the side of the road, looking at the girl in the coffin with a little curiosity in his eyes. The girl was also looking at him, and her long, narrow and dark eyes were bottomless.

The paper money was flying, and in the eyes of each other, the two parties staggered and passed by. The team gradually moved away, leaving only a piece of paper money.

"Is it a ghost or something happened in Wuhou County recently, or is this the norm in this world, isn't it surprising?" Li Xianyuan, who had lived in the mountains for a long time and rarely communicated with the outside world, was puzzled and couldn't figure out the reason. Shaking his head slightly, he brushed away the paper money that fell on his shoulder, turned around and walked away.

Admission to the child is a top priority, and other trivial matters are not considered for the time being.

I thought that the examination room would be difficult to find, but I didn't expect to go far, and I saw a high-gate mansion, with a mighty stone lion standing in front of the door, and a heavy vermilion lacquer door open. There was a table in front of the door, on which were written the words "registration office", and a family member behind the table was dozing off on the table. There is a gilded signboard on the street, with two big characters of vigor and simplicity.

[Examination Room]

For fear that others will not know the general, the signboard stands in the middle of the street, which is very conspicuous. This exam room is a little different from what I imagined, more like a mansion.

Li Xianyuan did not doubt that he had him, and after a little hesitation, he stepped up the steps and tapped on the table to wake up the napping family.

The family was awakened, rubbing his eyes and standing up in panic. Seeing that the person who came looked unfamiliar, he breathed a few sighs of relief and asked, "Who is this son looking for?" ”

Li Xianyuan said: "Two questions. Can I register today? ”

Jia Ding was stunned for a moment, looked up and down with a very strange gaze, and immediately changed to a smiling face full of warm welcome: "Are you here to sign up? ”

This Ding definitely misrecognized something. Li Xianyuan thought. He was too polite to himself.

He couldn't help but look down at the white-washed linen robe, and touched his face again, a little clear. probably made his face mistake the family for which son.

Li Xianyuan followed the family into the mansion. Not long after, the gate of a house across the street suddenly opened, and a young man hurried out. There was a rush behind the door.

"Tomorrow is the registration date, why don't you hurry up and send the sign to the county office!"

"I'm going to go, I'm going to be here, if it hadn't been for the butler calling me, I'd have already delivered it here. The young man answered, ran to the signboard, picked it up and ran away.

A breeze blows, and paper money flutters on the ground.