On August 23, the 11th year of Ming orthodoxy, the men of the Li clan in Nanzhuang, Shenzhou, were exiled to Yongchangwei, Yunnan, and all the female dependents were assigned to the Jiaofang Division as slaves and maids.

Exile is a unique political phenomenon in traditional Chinese society, and the rulers claim to be a kind of benevolent punishment, the so-called 'unbearable torture and killing, exile far away', in order to promote the benevolence and prudence advocated by Confucianism.

As for the Department of Education, it is a government-run brothel, which belongs to the Ministry of Rites, in addition to recruiting some women, most of them are happy women, and there are also many criminal officials and family members who have been sentenced to be filled into the Department of Education.

Lu Xun quoted "Yizhou Historical Materials: Records of Nanjing Law Division" in "After Illness": "Tie Xuan's wife Yang is Chinese New Year's Eve five, and he is sent to the teaching workshop division, and Mao Dafang's wife Zhang is fifty-six years old and sent to the teaching workshop division." Tie Xuan and Mao Dafang both opposed the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di's 'appeasement', so Zhu Di later executed the two and their heirs, and their wives did not join the teaching department, in order to humiliate the two.

The officers and soldiers who came from the capital to raid the house escorted the Li clan through the streets and alleys in the state city, attracting many onlookers who watched the excitement.

Zhao Yan borrowed a carriage from Wang Ye and drove Li Yun to the street to see Li Yingqiu off.

Zhao Yan didn't let Li Yun show up, Li Yun could only watch through the car window at his father and brother wearing shackles, being pushed forward by the accompanying officers and soldiers, she cried for a while, the crying in the carriage was intermittent, but there was no sign of stopping.

Zhao Yan sat at the front of the car and looked at the down-and-out Li clansmen, his face was indifferent, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart.

The crowd gradually dispersed, Zhao Yan said to the coachman to go home, and then dodged into the carriage.

Li Yun's eyes were swollen like peaches, still sitting in the carriage and sobbing quietly, Zhao Yan sighed in his heart and comforted her: "The world is impermanent, today's parting is for his goodbye, the Li family has been affected so far, sooner or later the truth will be revealed, instead of crying here, it is better to imagine the scene of reuniting with his family in the future." According to my estimate, in about a year or two, at most three or four years, your loved ones will be wronged. Three or four years will pass in the blink of an eye, you are thirteen years old this year, you should learn to be sensible, don't you want to impress your loved ones when the time comes? ”

Li Yun's handkerchief was already soaked, she wiped a handful of tears with her sleeve, stared at Zhao Yan with two peach-like eyes, and sobbed: "You...... What you said is true, can I really see my father and mother again? I know you're a showman, I don't read much, don't lie to me. ”

Zhao Yan was speechless for a moment, then handed his sweat towel to Li Yun, and said in his mouth: "Naturally it's true, why should I lie to you?" ”

Li Yun took Zhao Yan's sweat towel and blew his nose fiercely, and the crying had quietly stopped.

"My father said that people who read books are the best at deceiving people, such as Chen Shimei and Qin Xianglian, the better they read, the more they will deceive people. My mother said unless you ...... You will marry me, otherwise you must not believe your nonsense, and you are not allowed to touch me. ”

Zhao Yan looked at Li Yun, who suddenly became a little shy, and couldn't help but move his eyes to her ordinary little breasts, and secretly said in his heart I am full to touch you, I don't have a 'pedophile'.

Li Yun was not deeply involved in the world, and her sad mood was easily soothed by Zhao Yan, she saw Zhao Yan's eyes, and suddenly threw the sweat towel in her hand on Zhao Yan's face, and shouted: "Dengzi, big pervert, what do you see?" Look at this girl again and gouge out your eyeballs. ”

Zhao Yan took the sweat towel off his face, his face was gloomy, he was about to speak, suddenly felt that something seemed to be on his face, touched it with his hand, and almost didn't spit it out.

"Little liar, the good things you did, you wait, and you will serve the family law when you go back."

Li Yun suddenly thought that her current identity was Zhao Yan's child daughter-in-law, and she still knew a little about the so-called 'marrying and obeying her husband', and at this time, seeing Zhao Yan's face full of 'hideous', Li Yun's momentum suddenly leaked.

"People have names, not little liars." Li Yunne said.

Zhao Yan wiped the things on his face with his sleeves, and snorted when he heard the words, but he didn't want to pay attention to Li Yun, the little girl.

Seeing that Zhao Yan ignored her, Li Yun couldn't help but ask carelessly, "That...... What is your family's family law? It shouldn't be a board, I'm most afraid of pain. ”

"It's not a board." Zhao Yan said lightly, then turned his head to look out the car window and stopped talking to Li Yun.

When Li Yun heard that it wasn't a board, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "What is that?" ”

After a while, he didn't get a response from Zhao Yan, Li Yun couldn't help but suffer again, not a board, but a palm? Isn't that more painful? No, this girl has to find a way.

Back in the small courtyard of the Zhao family, Zhao Xin gave himself a rare day off, and was sitting in the yard watering the flowers and plants at the moment.

Zhao Yan and Li Yun pushed the door in, Zhao Xin turned his head and smiled: "Are you back?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Xin suddenly realized that Li Yun was going to see off his father and brother, which was a sad thing, so he immediately hid the smile on his face.

When Li Yun saw Zhao Xin, his eyes suddenly lit up, although his eyes were swollen like peaches, he still squeezed out a flattering smile, and said in a snort: "Ah Weng, you are watering the flowers, I'll help you." ”

Zhao Xinhu glanced at Zhao Yan suspiciously, although he didn't know why Li Yun suddenly showed such enthusiasm, he still refused: "No need, you are the lady of Li Yuanwai's family, how can you water the flowers when you come to my house?" I'll do it myself. ”

The corners of Zhao Yan's mouth twitched, and then he said: "Dad, she has nothing to do with the Li family in the future, just our family's adopted daughter-in-law, don't talk nonsense to anyone, otherwise you may cause trouble for our family, and since she is our family's adopted daughter-in-law, most of the housework must be handled by her." ”

Zhao Xin nodded and said, "I naturally know, but it's just for outsiders, Li ...... Yun'er came out of a big family in the end, since she was a child* Ten fingers do not touch the spring water, anyway, there are some things I am used to, so don't bother her anymore. ”

Zhao Yan saw that he couldn't move Zhao Xin, so he had to shake his head helplessly, Li Yun next to him still remembered the 'family law' that Zhao Yan said, at this time, seeing that their father and son did not mention it, she secretly felt a little happy in her heart, she thought that the father and son did not pay attention to her, so she tiptoed towards the main room.

"Didn't you hear what I just said?" Zhao Yan's voice suddenly sounded in Li Yun's ears, Li Yun was stunned, and Zhao Yan continued: "I know that you don't know how to do housework, and you haven't even been in contact with washing rice and vegetables, but in the future, since your identity is the adoptive daughter-in-law of the Zhao family, then you have to learn some things from scratch, at least in front of outsiders, you must be worthy of your identity, so as to better protect yourself." ”

Li Yun turned around cautiously, looked at Zhao Yan's face and asked, "If I learn to do housework, will you still hit someone's palm?" ”

Zhao Yan was stunned, when did he say that he was going to hit her palm? After thinking about it, Zhao Yan suddenly laughed in his heart, but said quietly on his face: "Naturally not, but if you are disobedient, then it may be fine." ”

Li Yun heard that the stone in his heart fell to the ground, and then said happily: "Isn't it just doing housework, I've seen others do it, it's very simple, leave the housework to me in the future." ”

Li Yingqiu left Li Yun a three-acre mansion through Wang Ye, which is located in the northwest corner of the state city, close to the old state town, and the name of Zhao Xin has been changed to the house deed and land deed.

Before moving, because there were only two bedrooms in the house, after discussion, Zhao Yan had to reluctantly move the bedding to the cheap father's room, and his own room was left to Li Yun.

The township test is held once every three years, in August of the four years of Zi, Mao, Wu and You, this year is the year of Bingyin, and next year is the year of Ding Mao, so the next township test is held in August of the twelfth year of orthodoxy, and there is less than a year to go.

Those who participate in the township examination must be Xiucai identity, but Xiucai must first pass the scientific examination held by the provincial academic and political circuit before participating in the township examination, and those with good grades can be selected to participate in the township examination, and after the township examination is passed, it is called lifting, and the lifting person is actually an alternate official, qualified to be an official, so there are many people who participate in the township examination every year, but the number of admissions to the township examination in each province, except for the unlimited number of individual years, the rest of the years will limit the number of people.

According to the number of people admitted to the township examination in the last province, 100 people were admitted to the north and south Zhili respectively, followed by 65 people in Jiangxi, 60 people in Zhejiang and Fujian, and then Huguang, Guangdong, Henan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong, Guangxi and other provinces reduced the number of admissions in turn, and the worst was Yunnan and Guizhou, the two provinces together only admitted 20 people, which is one-fifth of the number of people admitted to the north and south Zhili.

The sentence of thousands of troops crossing the single-plank bridge is not a lie, compared to others, Zhao Yan's foundation is really a little thin, so if he wants to increase the success rate of the township examination on the list, in less than a year, Zhao Yan can only be diligent to the end, but before that, Zhao Yan has to go to the state school to go through the attached school procedures, which is a necessary procedure if you want to participate in the township examination.

Zhao Yan heard that Li Yin Li Fuzi occupied a place of students in the state school all the year round, that is, the commonly known school bully, until recently confirmed by Li Fuzi himself, in order to make way for students who are interested in participating in the imperial examination, Li Fuzi has been separated from the state school, although he can no longer enjoy the subsidy of the imperial court every month, but the students who replace Li Fuzi's quota can not help but say, looking at Li Fuzi's ruddy face, presumably the benefits must be good.

Zhao Yan was recommended by Li Fuzi, and there was a letter written by Han to Li Yan in Zhizhou, and Yan Xuezheng in the state school admired him more, so the matter of studying in the state school was done very smoothly.