Liu Zhengxing came back and also brought a message to the Liu family: I am afraid that this year's township test will not be able to be done, listening to the grapevine, the queen mother has been lingering on the sickbed since the beginning of the year, and she can't even get up from this year's ceremony, I'm afraid that time is running out, the official family has always valued filial piety, in case the queen mother is killed, this year's township test and the meeting test are not necessarily, the imperial court has not opened the department for two years, originally thought that this year will be opened, but I didn't expect such a thing. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Liu Zhengxing told Liu Xiucai the news after he went home, he also studied with Liu Xiucai for a few years when he was a child, but he really didn't have the talent to read, he was afraid when he saw the book, Liu Xiucai didn't force him to read, but there is a third child in the family who is a seedling of reading, and he is already a Xiucai at a young age, and he originally wanted him to give it a try this fall, so the first thing he thought of when he heard such news was to tell Liu Xiucai.

Because of the news brought by Liu Zhengxing, the atmosphere of the Liu family was a little nervous when it was relaxed and comfortable in the morning, not to mention Liu Zhengan and Wu Shixin, even a big-hearted boy like Wu Shihong and Liu Zhengwen felt it. So a breakfast was a little dull, and after eating, Liu Zhengxing helped Liu Xiucai into the study, Liu Jizong followed, Aunt Liu instructed Sister-in-law Liu to follow into the house in a hurry, this time Ah Miao wanted to follow and was also rejected by Aunt Liu, and asked her to take the little fat man who had just been heartbroken by Daddy to play in the yard, but it turned out that Liu Zhengxing had this matter in his heart, and ignored the little fat man who wanted him to hold for a while.

"My son wanted to come back after helping my uncle deliver the goods, but my uncle was worried about the sea after hearing the news in the market, and I thought that our three sons were not going to end up this year, so I followed my uncle to live in the town for one night, thinking about inquiring a little more clearly." Liu Zhengxing helped Liu Xiucai to do a good job, and after he sat down on another stool, he told the news one by one.

"I heard the man say, oh, that person is a buyer in the caravan, and he just came from the capital with the caravan, and the uncle seems to know him, and invited him to drink with him but was refused, only saying that the caravan left early this morning, and it is not good to drink, but he also quietly leaked some news." said that his voice was lowered, "It is rumored in Beijing that the Queen Mother will not live for the first month, the official family and the Queen Mother have always had a good relationship, and the Queen Mother is relying on the Queen Mother's affection to be powerful in Beijing, and the official family is afraid that those people will ask the Queen Mother to provoke the Queen Mother to be angry, and they have been turning a blind eye for so many years, and now the Queen Mother is not good, and the people who are attached to the Queen Mother are afraid that the official family will settle accounts after the autumn, and they are looking for a way around." ”

"I know your uncle and work with the team?" Aunt Liu hung her head and thought about it, and said to herself: "Could it be...... Cuong? He immediately raised his head and said to Liu Xiucai: "Weng Weng, it should be Ah Qiang, I used to always like to follow my eldest brother's buttocks, speaking of which he is a few years older than me, he has not come back since he left the village more than ten years ago, and then he vaguely heard that he had seen him in the caravan, so I think he should be right." If it were him, he would have believed what he said. ”

Liu Zhengxing listened to Aunt Liu's words, nodded and said, "Father, my uncle is called that person Ah Qiang." ”

"Hmm" Liu Xiucai listened to Liu Zhengxing's words, closed his eyes after answering, and asked Liu Zhengxing after a while: "Xingwazi, the person told you that this township test will be canceled?" ”

"Well, the man said that many people are looking for a way, but the official family has endured them for all these years, and the Queen Mother will definitely clean them up after she frees her hands, and this bunch of things, this year's township test may be canceled." As he spoke, he said something he had discovered: "I see that Sun Fugui's family in the town has been repairing houses recently, and recruiting people to do work. ”

"Well, Sun Fugui and the doctor Sun Yanbing are relatives who have not come out of the five suits, Sun Fugui is just right, I heard that the Queen Mother's maiden family Cheng Engong has been impeached many times in the past few years, and the official family has looked at the Queen Mother's face and refuted his admonitions many times, but they have never reprimanded him, so everyone knows that he is in the emperor's heart, Sun Fugui is so prosperous, is the Sun family coming?" Liu Xiucai said softly, thinking carefully, he really couldn't hear it if he wasn't engrossed in listening.

"Ah Gong, will this year's township test really be canceled? I heard San'er say that he plans to give it a try this year. Liu Zhengxing couldn't understand Liu Xiucai's words, but he still really loved his younger brother, otherwise he wouldn't have specially inquired about the news and came back, so when he heard Liu Xiucai say some 'useless' words, he couldn't help but get anxious, and Aunt Liu, who was sitting on the other side, was also a little anxious, leaning forward slightly.

Liu Xiucai heard Liu Zhengxing's question and pointed at him: "You kid, why don't you have any patience when you are a father?" Liu Zhengxing and Aunt Liu were a little dumbfounded, but they thought in their hearts that the old grandfather had a lot of things, so of course he was calm.

Liu Xiucai didn't know Liu Zhengxing's thoughts, but after a pause, he said to Liu Jizong and Aunt Liu: "Don't worry, listen to what Xingwazi said, I think this year's official family will not only open a formal course, but also take more scholars than in previous years." ”

Hearing Liu Xiucai's words, Liu Zhengxing was even more puzzled: "Grandpa, why is this?" I see that what the man said is eyebrow-eyed, but it doesn't look like a blind person, didn't my mother say that what the man said was credible? ”

Liu Xiucai shook his head and said: "He just saw this and didn't look far, you think, after the queen mother leaves, the official family will inevitably free up their hands to clean up the Chengen Gong family, according to the jealous and hateful nature of the official family, it is not easy to endure these many years for the sake of the queen mother, since it is said that the queen mother will not live to the first month, then the official family will definitely be able to clean up the matter before June and July." ”

"This time the imperial court is about to have a big change, the officials are wise, and this department will definitely take more scholars." Liu Xiucai said categorically.

After listening to Liu Xiucai's words, Liu Zhengxing suddenly realized that this was the case.

Liu Xiucai continued: "Looking at the battle of Sun Fugui's family, I estimate that it should be the son-in-law of Lord Sun's family who is coming over, and there is a provision in the imperial court that students need to take the exam in their hometown, and the son-in-law of Lord Sun's family should come to take the exam." ”

"Grandpa, it's only the first month, but the township exam is going to be in September, if the son-in-law of Lord Sun's family really comes to the exam, he can come over in June, why did he come here so early?" After listening to Liu Xiucai's words, Liu Zhengxing was still a little puzzled.

"The official family is making a big move this time, Lord Sun must be very busy, rather than letting his son be influenced in the mansion, it is better to send him over as soon as possible, don't forget, Hangzhou Mansion is only more than a hundred miles away from us, and it only takes two or three days to go back and forth." Liu Xiucai listened to his great-grandson's question, and explained to Liu Zhengxing in detail.

Listening to Liu Xiucai's analysis, Liu Zhengxing suddenly realized, he was not stupid, but he didn't think of it for a while, and now when he heard Liu Xiucai talk about Hangzhou Mansion, he immediately thought that Wansong Academy in Hangzhou Mansion has the reputation of the three major academies, and the son of Lord Sun's family will definitely go to Wansong Academy to study after he comes.

Liu Xiucai sighed again: "Hey, speaking of which, our junior is no worse than others in reading, if I can find someone to recommend it, it would be good for the junior to go to Wansong Academy." ”

Listening to the dialogue between Liu Xiucai and Liu Zhengxing, if Ah Miao is here, he will be shocked, Liu Xiucai is just a showman, even if he relies on Tangshan Temple to be more lively here and relatively well-informed, but just through this little clue brought back by Liu Zhengxing, the whole thing can be strung together, and the guess is not wrong at all It is too amazing, so it is not wrong for people to say that there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, Liu Xiucai has lived for more than 90 years, has experienced a lot, and has a clear and spicy vision of things, Having such an ancestor at home can indeed make people feel a lot more at ease.

"It's good that Xiao San is like this now, I think Master Qu likes him very much, how good it is that the school is close to home." Obviously, Liu Zhengan has been completely convinced by Liu Xiucai's words that this year will open a course, and the number of people who can be admitted will be higher than in the previous years, and he didn't pay much attention to Liu Xiucai's feelings, and while comforting Liu Xiucai, he thought to himself: "Then our three sons will also try it when the time comes, maybe they will be able to pass the exam, and then they will be the masters." But I didn't expect to say this sentence unconsciously.

Liu Xiucai is not so optimistic, "San'er is still too tender, eleven-year-old Xiucai is already terrible, the chance of winning the next exam this year is slim, but it is always good to be able to see and see, it doesn't matter if you go to the township test a few more times, you have to be sure to go again." ”

Liu Zhengxing smiled wryly: "Grandpa, I'm not talking about it." What if our three sons are lucky? ”

Liu Xiucai heard Liu Zhengxing say this, and glared at him: "How can a scholar rely on luck, thirty old Ming Jing, fifty young Jinshi, do you think it's talking?!" Although the township examination is much easier than the general examination, it is not so easy to pass the examination. Then he said in a voice that only he could hear, "It's really so easy to take the township exam, I have already been admitted, why is it that I am just a talent now." ”

Liu Jizong listened to it in a fog, not to mention Aunt Liu, but there is one thing she can understand, that is, there will definitely be a township test this year, and the third child of her family can also give it a try. So he said happily: "Weng Weng said this, we are relieved, and when the second child returns to the town, let him go to my mother's house and tell my eldest brother that the sea is almost thirty this year, and if I can't pass the exam, my sister-in-law is not willing to let him continue to study." ”

Liu Xiucai heard Aunt Liu say this, drank a sentence of "confused, woman's opinion", and said to Aunt Liu gently: "It's okay to let An Wazi say it, but I have to say it quietly, after all, these are still gossip, and I can't do it accurately." ”

Aunt Liu knew that Liu Xiucai was saying that her sister-in-law was confused, but it would be good if the average peasant family could be literate, and it was better not to take the exam if she was almost thirty years old and had not been admitted to the exam, and it was not impossible to be a farmer, besides, the entire Yao family only had the sea and studied bitterly, and it was just that he relied on his father and mother to support his wife and children, and other cousins and sisters did not necessarily laugh at him behind his back, but these words could only turn around in his stomach, saying that he must not be able to say it, So as if he hadn't heard Liu Xiucai's previous words, he responded with a smile: "Weng Weng, I know this, my eldest brother is not a person who chews the root of his tongue everywhere, and I will tell my eldest brother when I tell the second brother to find a place where no one is." ”

After the matter was over, there was a false alarm, listening to Liu Xiucai's analysis, I felt that I must be worrying about Liu Zhengxing, and finally realized that he hadn't hugged his son since he went home, and he didn't seem to care much about his daughter-in-law? "The stone stuck to itself and was pushed away just now?" Liu Zhengan couldn't sit still as soon as he thought about it, stood up with a smile, and said while stepping back: "Grandpa, father, mother, I'll go out first, I haven't seen a stone for two days, it's weird." ”

Liu Xiu knew his thoughts, and scolded with a smile: "Someone will stop you from going." ”

Liu Zhengxing laughed, turned around and went out.

Leaving Liu Jizong to help Liu Xiucai slowly move back to the house, Aunt Liu went to help Liu Zhengan pack up his things, Liu Zhengan is going to leave this morning, pack up some food for him to take on the way, and ask him to go to his uncle's house on the way, and it will be a little tight if he doesn't prepare for the time.