It is said that when Cai Yuanlang was fifteen years old, because of a quarrel with his sister, on the surface, he was kicked out of home by his father-in-law Cai Bingren

In fact, Cai Bingren still rented him a house to live in on the outskirts of the city, and before leaving, Cai Bingren repeatedly asked Cai Yuanlang to practice martial arts and study with peace of mind

It was also when Cai Yuanlang was fifteen years old, in order to allow Cai Yuanlang to support himself while studying, Cai Bingren relied on the power in his hands to find a job as a clerk in Taiyuan Mansion, so that Cai Yuanlang could study and practice martial arts at the same time, and be able to take care of himself

At first, Cai Yuenlong didn't understand why his father-in-law kicked him out of his home, and he didn't know why his father-in-law beat him without listening to his own discrimination

For the first few days, he tossed and turned and had trouble sleeping

Later, when he saw that his father-in-law had found a job for himself in the government, he said that he was not good, that he had wrongly blamed his father-in-law, his sister, and several mothers

The days passed like that day by day, until, one day, he returned to Cai's Mansion and reunited with his family during the banquet

It turned out that the eldest sister, eldest brother-in-law, second sister, and second brother-in-law rarely went home, just in time for Cai Yuanlang to go home for dinner

It turned out that after Cai Yuanlang worked as a scribe in the government office, he only had more than ten coppers and half a tael every month, and Cai Yuanlang had to take care of himself, and he was often reluctant to buy a little meat for several days, so he went home every three or five times to improve his food

Coincidentally, when I got home today, I saw a few sisters, and my brother-in-law went home to visit the door

Seeing his father-in-law, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, rare family reunion, Cai Yuanlang opened his mouth to beg for meat, and said that he had to rely on himself to live in rent, the salary was limited, and he was reluctant to buy good meat and vegetables

It made the family laugh more than once

In fact, since the old man has become higher and higher, there have been more and more servants in the family

The food at home has actually been good, and Cai Yuanlang has been going home to eat when he is fine

The housewife, partial to the house, is more and more self-esteeming, that is, as the laity often say, more and more hypocritical, that is, Cai Xi and Cai Yuanchen, who were brought up by Cai Yuanlang himself, are also despising themselves more and more

Cai Yuanlang has been bitter from snacks, and when he sees his eyes, he is like a mirror in his heart, but he is living freely, he is open, as long as his father-in-law does not speak, none of you will take me

Even if they know that they are just a living treasure in their minds, even if they work hard, they are just a joy in their eyes, and in their hearts, no one takes him seriously

He's still the same big grin, hanging

During the banquet, Cai Yuanlang hadn't seen meat for several days, and when he saw the meat and vegetables on the table, he shouted, "Wow, I finally saw the meat" and pulled it into the bowl first

The angry second sister opened her mouth and scolded him, saying, Yuen Long, you are not ashamed to eat

Cai Yuanlang pulled a few pieces of lean meat into his bowl, why am I not ashamed?

The second sister said, you eat like a beggar, you haven't seen anything to eat for several years, and you are still anxious to eat

Cai Yuanlang has a mouthful of meat that is stuck in his throat, he hates others the most in his life that he is a flower beggar, and deliberately knocks the bowl with chopsticks, "The salary of the clerk in the government is too small, only a dozen dollars a month, and he is reluctant to buy meat when he lives outside, I am hungry when I see meat, I am like this, you can manage it?" ”

The second sister was ridiculed and was about to ridicule each other

I saw the eldest brother-in-law put vegetables in Cai Yuanlang's bowl, and said in his mouth, "His second sister, don't be angry, our Yuen Long was a starving ghost in his last life, and he has never seen meat, he has been born right in this life, just give him a few more pieces of meat to send him."

made the second sister and the whole family laugh

The eldest sister was afraid that Cai Yuanlang would not be able to get off the stage, so she also gave Cai Yuanlang a dish, "Oh, look at the third child of our family, I can make money, I will talk about it when I meet people."

Cai Yuanlang's face was flushed, embarrassed, for a long time, he pretended to drop the chopsticks in his hand and said, "Why, such a big family, I have such a pair of chopsticks, and I have such a mouth."

The crowd was even more happy

Cai Yuenlong continued, you laugh, you laugh, you laugh again, I will never come back to eat from now on, from now on, you tell me to come back, I will not come back

The eldest aunt and the second aunt also smiled and leaned back, deliberately holding their children Cai Xi and Cai Yuanchen high, holding the milk in their arms, and carefully wrapping the fish bones and feeding them in their mouths

Cai Bingren also couldn't stop laughing, but didn't say anything, and also chattered a piece of fat and lean meat for Cai Yuanlang to put meat in the bowl

It is said that in the fourth year of the Taiping Rejuvenation of the Kingdom, the Northern Song Dynasty recovered the Northern Han Dynasty, and the alarm was lifted in most of the frontline areas in Shandong

Cai Bingren's mood is getting better day by day

The eldest brother-in-law Wang Lun was stained with the light of his father-in-law and father-in-law and became the county magistrate of Heshuo County, Qingzhou Prefecture, Shandong, and the second brother-in-law He Fangzhuo was also promoted from Sanhe County, Qingzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province to the county magistrate

None of them are better than Cai Yuanlang, and they don't mention their official position in front of their father-in-law, Lao Taishan, and the whole family is together, just chattering

His eldest brother-in-law Zhang Cai did speak a little too much, and Cai Bingren was afraid that the child would be angry, so he gave Yuen Long a bowl of vegetables

Cai Yuanlang has always been a bastard, grinning character, appearing in front of everyone, and everyone is just a joke at the banquet

But Cai Bingren knew in his heart that Cai Yuanlang was a child with a heavy heart, and on the surface he didn't care, but in fact, he hated everyone

It's just that Cai Yuanlang is just an adopted child by himself, and he just thought about it when he was in trouble, or thought that he had a thought that he could leave behind, and he didn't give this child any high hopes, but he just felt that he had a fate with this child, and he was reluctant to let this child be sad

whispered a few words of comfort, and then said to the other children, you sisters and brothers-in-law, you don't talk like this, what do you make our family angry?

The crowd was even happier

After the meal, everyone sat together, Cai Bingren called Cai Yuanlang to him, and said softly, Son, it's about to be the annual court Enke, what do you think about this court Enke

Cai Yuanlang kowtowed and said, I don't have any thoughts about the literary examination in this scientific examination of the imperial court, but I am quite interested in the martial arts examination, and I want to participate in the martial arts

Cai Bingren said, a good boy has ambition, I didn't take you in vain, but before participating in the imperial court scientific examination, my father-in-law I want to tell you that you should go to your hometown in Hebei once and go to the grave of your father Song Yingjie

Cai Yuanlang knelt down and kowtowed to Cai Bingren, nodding yes

Cai Bingren seemed to remember something again and continued to ask, "Son, how long have you not been back to your hometown in the Daimyo's Mansion?"

Cai Yuanlang replied that since he followed his master, he has not returned to his hometown Hebei for four years, and he has not burned incense and kowtowed to his father's grave for four years

Cai Bingren nodded yes

The next day, Cai Yuanlang went to Qingzhou Mansion to ask for leave, explaining that he was going to take the college entrance examination, and then packed his bags, left Qingzhou Mansion in Shandong Province, and went to Songjia Village, Cheng'an County, Daming Prefecture, Hebei Province

Shandong Qingzhou Mansion is about three days away from Hebei Daimyo's Mansion, because he wants to enter Beijing to catch the exam, he just borrowed the Daimyo's Mansion, he hired a fast horse, and set off overnight to rush to the Daimyo's hometown

Speaking of Cai Yuanlang, in less than a day, he arrived in Cheng'an County, the Daimyo Mansion, and when the day was already unitary, he found an inn and asked for a room

I slept for a while, bought yellow paper, soju, and fruit the next day, went to my father's grave, and cried for a long time

After going to the grave, he rode a fast horse from his hometown in Cheng'an County, the famous prefecture, to Bianliang, the capital city, to participate in the annual imperial examination

The time has come to the fourth year of the Taiping rejuvenation of the Northern Song Dynasty, summer and August, and it is the imperial examination of this year

This year, the imperial examination should be both civil and military, and there are 118 places for the champion, Bangyan, Tanhua, three, first-class, second-class, and third-class jinshi

There are champions, lists, and tanhuas in the martial arts test, with a total of 76 places

The Wenju should be carried out from all over the country by the village test, the township test, the provincial test and other links, and finally to the palace test

And martial arts is not so necessary, there are so many subjects that can be examined

There are horse shooting, foot shooting, flat shooting, carbines, weights, wrestling, competitions, etc., if there is no strength, that is, the modern people say that the hard bow can not be pulled, the arrow can not be shot, and the later subjects do not need to be compared

Therefore, compared with the literary test, martial arts is more simple and direct, and ordinary people can't get through this part of physical strength

The physical strength is not passable, not to mention the later literary exams

This is also one of the reasons why Cai Yuen Long is reluctant to take the written test and participate in the martial arts

In the fourth year of the Taiping Rejuvenation of the country, the imperial court, as in previous years, held the imperial examination and let the world raise children to participate in the college entrance examination

Since Song Taizu Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne, for the annual college entrance examination, in fact, he still values martial arts and light literature in his heart

In fact, since ancient times, which founder of the country, the emperor immediately, is not a martial arts light scholar? Which one doesn't want to use force to conquer the world and pacify the world?

It's just that his brother Zhao Kuangyin was too absolute in releasing military power with a glass of wine at the beginning of the founding of the country, which hurt the boss and a group of people, and many generals and the court are not of the same mind

Enough of how Emperor Zhao Kuangyin scolded the orphans and widows of Hou Zhou back then, every time Zhao Kuangyin became the emperor, many generals also said, it's not the same thing! And then I didn't have to worry about it during the Northern Han Dynasty

This made the Taizu period and the Taizong period continue to fight for many years and make a lot of jokes

But fortunately, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty was not easy to fool, and Zhao Kuangyin himself wrote the words "convincing people with virtue" to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and "swaggered and cheated" inside and outside the court

This forced Zhao Guangyi to rush to open a military campaign before he recovered the Northern Han Dynasty, and wanted to promote some grassroots officers from the people

This year's martial arts, Cai Yuanlang was actually 16 years old, and when he was taken in by Cai Bingren, he was a few years younger, and the purpose was to cheat his food

He has eaten an astonishing amount of food since he was a child, and under the extremely correct leadership of Cai Bingren, he has infinite strength at the age of fifteen, and he is full of gada meat

In terms of physical strength, horse shooting, foot shooting, flat shooting, horse shooting, weight-bearing, wrestling, and the competition won the first place

When it was the turn of the written test on the art of war, Cai Yuanlang changed his usual appearance and filled in the answers carefully

It is said that during the Song Taizong period, the written examination of martial arts was tested separately Sun Tzu, Sun Bin, Jiang Taigong, Long, Tiger and Leopard Tao, as well as some simple and commonly used military techniques, as well as several simple combat cases

But fortunately, Cai Yuanlang still vaguely remembers that many fill-in-the-blank questions are erased and gone, gone and erased (but how much he still answered)

After the martial arts, the officials of the military department discussed, originally, Cai Yuanlang only got a first-class seventh in the written test, in fact, in the first round of physical strength in the martial arts, there were many people who couldn't pass

How did he come to be the seventh in the first class?

In other words, Zhao Guangyi repeatedly reaffirmed to the scientific examination officials of the Criminal Department in this martial arts examination, we must be eclectic in this imperial examination, and we must break the era of official bastards monopolizing military generals, at that time, what did military generals do? It's your turn to be Zhao Guangyi, and you have to be angry

So, some people took a fancy to his skills, and when they saw his physical strength, they knew that he was from a local official, and he was regarded as a second-generation official with good roots, and he was given a first-class seventh in the written examination in the martial arts examination

It was the turn of the group of examiners in the martial arts test, because the emperor had something to say first, but fortunately, he was far away from the group of well-fed pickle generals, and there was only a local official father who had nothing to do with anyone

Only then did he sign a joint signature, and among the general martial arts examinations, he was promoted to the first place in the four-year martial arts of Taiping Xingguo, and the first champion of martial arts