He was caught by the demon of the White Lotus Sect, and was escorted to the bullpen pass of Qiyao Mountain to work as a coolie for a period of time, and when he was about to die of exhaustion and not exhausted, he waited for Wang Shi, and also shouted "Imperial examination in the army, rather have a kind" on the bullpen pass, Li Jinxue, who had returned to his home in Xiaoli Village, Nanshan Township, outside Shizhu City, more than a month ago.

He would have had the opportunity to join the army (join the Ming army) to be paid, and he could even make a great contribution - because many people proved that he was the first to shout the slogan "Imperial Examination in the Army, Rather You Have a Kind" when he closed the bullpen that day, and he also smashed a rogue soldier to death with a hammer.

But the problem is that he fell ill after the battle of Bullpen Pass!

It turned out that his body was about to collapse before the battle of Bullpen Pass, and in that battle, he risked his life to fight again, and almost consumed the remaining vitality, and was injured, the back of his head was smashed out, and blood flowed all over the ground. In the end, although he came back to life, he fell seriously ill, and he was so hot and burned that he was dazed (the wound on the back of his head was inflamed), and he looked like he was about to die.

The Ming army who attacked Niulanguan also knew that he had merit, but when they saw that he was dying, they did not recruit him into the army. Instead, he sent two stone pillars to carry him back to his hometown for burial, and gave him thirty taels of silver as funeral expenses and settling-in expenses, and also gave him a martyr's letter......

But the development of things was unexpected, after Li Jinxue, who had received the funeral expenses and settling-in expenses, was carried back to his hometown, under the careful care of his grandmother Li Fengshi, he actually recovered and did not die!

Of course, it's a good thing to not die, but there is also the suffering of being alive!

I have to eat and drink to live, and I want to go out to seek wealth and wealth, and I want to start a family...... But the problem is that he has no money!

Ten taels of the thirty taels of silver he got from the Ming army were given to the fellow who carried him back, and the ten taels were used to ask Lang Zhong to grab medicine and buy food and drink to replenish his body, and finally ten taels became his shroud and coffin - this is really fatal, his wife has become a coffin and shroud!

What's worse is that he doesn't need this good coffin...... The coffin is a good coffin, it is built by a famous carpenter Zhang in Shizhu City, and the wood used is also good, the space inside is very spacious, and it is comfortable to look at. But no matter how comfortable it is, you can't let a living person sleep in it!

And such a high-end coffin can't be sold! Shizhu's soldiers have all run away, and the rest of the peasants are all poor, it would be good to have a thin-skinned coffin to sleep in when they died, who would spend a few taels of silver to buy such a good coffin? As for the shroud, it can't be sold...... Who would wear this dress for the big living people? So I had to wear it myself.

There's something worse to come!

Li Jinxue originally had a brother named Li Jinshi, who was three years younger than him, and he also studied with his grandfather, but he was not a material for reading, and he was also a man, just an honest farmer. But fate didn't let him go, after Li Jinxue was arrested, he still wanted to rescue his brother, sold all the valuable things in the family for money, and wanted to redeem his brother. As a result, my brother didn't redeem it, but he was arrested and didn't know where he went?

As a result, the Li family didn't even have a person who could do heavy work, and no one went to collect the grain in the family's land!

Seeing that the weather was getting colder and colder, and the food at home was getting less and less, Li Jinxue felt that he had reached the end of his rope again...... Under the rule of the Great Shun Dynasty, he became a sinner and almost died of exhaustion! Now that Da Ming is here, he still hasn't turned over, and he looks like he's starving!

There was no way, he had to ignore his grandmother's dissuasion, struggle to get up from the bed, put on his shroud, and work in the field with a hoe...... Feed him and his grandmother for a while longer.

But this disease comes like a mountain, and the disease goes like a thread!

Li Jinxue, who has not recovered from a serious illness, has no strength at all, and he is staggering on the mountain road, and he really doesn't know how to go to the field?

When he was walking out of breath and dizzy, he faintly heard someone shouting in his ear: "Open the department!" Shizhu County wants to open a department to take people...... Bang Bang ......"

I'm shouting and banging the gong at the same time!

However, Li Jinxue didn't react for a while, he was dizzy, and thought it was a hallucination - maybe he wanted to take the imperial examination too much, in the days when he was recuperating at home, he heard someone shouting for the imperial examination more than once, but when he asked his grandmother, he knew that it was a dream......

But if you think about it carefully, now that Sichuan has just recovered a corner, how can the imperial court have the energy to conduct imperial examinations in Sichuan? If you want to open the imperial examination, you have to recover the whole Sichuan!

He sighed, and when he was about to continue his journey, a familiar shout came from his ear: "Xiucai, is it Xiucai?" ”

Because Li Jinxue was a teacher in Shizhu City, the villagers in Xiaoli Village called him Xiucai.

Li Jinxue turned his head to look hard, and found that it was Li Daniu from the same village, and Li Jinxue was a fellow villager in Chengdu. His family and Li Jinxue moved to Shizhu before and after, and the two were also good friends from childhood to adulthood.

However, this Li Daniu's luck is much better than Li Jinxue, there are many strong laborers in the family, and he is also very strong and able to do farm work, and his father is also the head of Xiaoli Village, which is somewhat oily. So this Li Daniu has already had a lady, and he has three or four children.

Li Daniu, who was short and stocky, carried a gong and a wooden stick in one hand, walked quickly to Li Jinxue, and opened his mouth to ask: "Xiucai, are you well?" ”

Li Jinxue smiled bitterly: "Brother Da Niu, do you look at me like this, do you look like I'm okay?" ”

Li Daniu looked at it for a while, shook his head and said, "It's really not like it, the complexion is not good, the eyes are dull, the walk is staggering, and the clothes are still ...... Why is this dress so weird? ”

Shroud! It is still different from the clothes worn by the living, black robes (blue is expensive here in Sichuan, but it is forbidden for the people to wear blue clothes, so the people can only replace the blue clothes with black clothes, and make longevity clothes for the dead, in order to entrust the good wishes of the family to let them become soldiers in the underworld), the sleeves are long and wide, and there are many longevity patterns embroidered on the face......

Li Jinxue glared at him, and wanted to continue on his way with a hoe.

"Wait," Li Daniu stopped in front of Li Jinxue, "why are you still holding a hoe?" ”

"I'll go to the field!" Li Jinxue couldn't cry or laugh, "I don't have anything to eat at home...... If you don't go to the field, you'll starve to death! ”

Li Daniu waved his hand, "When is it, you still want to eat?" ”

Li was stunned for a moment, what do you mean? Don't let you eat?

"I've taken the exam!" Li Daniu stomped his feet, "I shouted and broke my throat, didn't you hear?" ”

"Don't joke with me, I still have to work in the fields, and I'm waiting for dinner at home!"

Li Da Niu was also in a hurry, put the wooden stick and the gong into his belt, and then went up to dodge Li Zheng's hoe, threw it to the side, and then grabbed one of his arms and went down the mountain.

As he walked, he said, "You show that you have a fever and are confused?" Are you unable to tell whether it is important to eat or to take exams? Your grandmother starved to death without one meal? If not, you can go to my house and eat! Today is the last day of the written examination for the opening of the science and technology in our Shizhu County...... If you are admitted, you will have the opportunity to become an official!

Be an official! Ever since your grandfather was there, I've been thinking every day, now that the opportunity has come, do you still have the time to eat?

Do you know? All the literate men in the county have gone to try their luck, and if I were literate, I would go too! It's a pity that I can't read......."

It turned out that Li Jinxue heard someone shouting "open a department to take a doctor" or something on the sickbed before, it was not an illusion, it was really a science and a doctor! It's just that his grandmother is old and can't hear clearly!

And today is the last day of the written examination of the imperial examination in Shizhu County, and if you don't take the test, you will miss the opportunity!

Li Jinxue was dumbfounded when he heard it, he really opened a bachelor's degree! It's not a dream, it's true, I really have a chance to be an official!

I don't know if it's a happy event in good spirits, Li Jinxue, who was sick and crooked just now, looked like he was going to die, and he was full of energy all of a sudden, and he was no longer sick! didn't need Li Daniu to pull him, he walked like a fly to the Shizhu County under the mountain.