Zhao Jian didn't know that he had been deceived until now, but because he answered the test paper well, even if he knew that he had been deceived, he didn't care, he bought the exam questions for his own gain, and now that he has earned, that's fine, he doesn't care about other things.

Leaving the Taoist Academy, he rushed to Liyang County, Liyang County is very close to Chang'an, the road is full of straight official roads, Zhao Jian walked very fast, after noon, ask pedestrians, and know that Liyang is in front, but from the time estimate, after he went to his relatives' house, and then think about returning on the same day, it is definitely impossible.

After walking for about an hour, Liyang County was in front, Zhao Jian walked sweating profusely, entered the city gate, and found a relative's house according to what his parents said.

This relative is naturally surnamed Zhao, the owner's name is Zhao Tiegen, in his fifties, he was a businessman when he was young, of course, the family still makes a living as a businessman, Zhao Tiegen has two sons, both of whom are businessmen, and several grandchildren also have their own business, and the Zhao family is now only Zhao Tiegen alone at home.

If it is sorted from the genealogy, then Zhao Jian should call Zhao Tiegen Shibo, because he has not yet produced five suits, so he is still a relatively close relative.

Zhao Jian arrived at Zhao Tiegen's house, and saw that Zhao's house was a very decent house, although it was not very big, but the door wall was neat, and some flowers and plants were planted outside the wall, and the whole house was well maintained, so it was conceivable that Zhao Tiegen should be a very good person.

Zhao Jian went up the steps and knocked on the door and shouted: "Tenth uncle, tenth uncle, I am Zhao Jian, Zhao Jian from Zhengzhou, is Tenth Uncle at home?" ”

It was only a moment before a little guy came to open the door, looked out, and asked, "Lang Jun is from Zhengzhou?" ”

Zhao Jian smiled: "Yes, exactly, my name is Zhao Jian, I saw me when I was a child, you went in to report, and said that I went to Beijing to take the exam, and passed the Ministry of Rites exam, and I came to visit the tenth uncle today." ”

The little guy hurriedly opened the door and invited Zhao Jian to come in, he ran to the backyard, and after a while, an old man in his fifties and a satin robe strode out of the backyard, this person is Zhao Tiegen, Zhao Tiegen has gray hair, but his spirit is very good, and he still holds two copper balls in his hands, constantly turning around in the palm of his hand.

Zhao Jian stepped forward and said: "Uncle Shi, do you remember the little nephew, the little nephew is Zhao Jian from Zhengzhou!" ”

Zhao Tiegen looked Zhao Jian up and down, and said with a smile: "Remember, my eldest nephew, can I remember, when I was a child, I still looked vaguely a little, not bad, come on, let's go into the house and talk." ”

After entering the house, Zhao Jian first talked about the life of the Zhao family in Zhengzhou over the years, and Zhao Tiegen also said something about his family, and then Zhao Jian said that he came to participate in the scientific examination this time, and he did quite well in the Ministry of Rites exam that ended yesterday, and he could also participate in the re-examination of the Ministry of Officials, which is no problem.

Zhao Tiegen was really surprised and delighted when he heard this, he said: "Our Zhao family has never been an official, if the eldest nephew can be a jinshi and become an official, then our Zhao family will really be able to stand up and be a man in the future, and we will no longer be afraid of being bullied by others!" ”

As a merchant family, Zhao Tiegen deeply felt that there was no difficulty in being an official in his family, Shinong Industry and Commerce, businessmen ranked last, but the Zhao family was still rich, but because he had no status, he was always blackmailed and blackmailed by officials, and only he knew the troubles in his own heart.

But if Zhao Jianneng can become an official, then the situation will change, and Zhao Tiegen can say that their Zhao family also has officials, if there are still officials to blackmail, then mentioning Zhao Jian's name may be easy to use, and it is very likely that there will be great convenience for the Zhao family to do business in the future.

These are all real benefits, so Zhao Tiegen listened to Zhao Jian's words, and he was even more excited than Zhao Jian himself!

Zhao Tiegen said: "Eldest nephew, if you pass the Jinshi examination, then you have to stay in Chang'an City for a while, you have enough money on you, and you have become an official family, so you can't be too shabby!" ”

Zhao Jian was also not polite, so he said: "Uncle Shi, I can't hide it, the little nephew came in a hurry this time, just to borrow money from Uncle Shi for emergency." Originally, the money I brought was enough, but because I had to go through the relationship to enter Beijing, I had to know more people, so I spent a lot, probably more than 300 yuan, of which 100 yuan was borrowed from classmates, and I had to return it as soon as possible......"

Of course, he won't talk about buying exam questions, except for this, he said about this period of time.

Zhao Tiegen said: "The matter of scientific research, that is a big deal, what is it to spend more money, it should be spent." I'll give you 500 yuan for your expenses during this time, if it's not enough, when your eldest brother and second brother come back, I'll let them send it to you again, you are now living in the Taoist Temple, it is a temple, not suitable for long-term living, you go into the city to rent a small courtyard, and it will be convenient for us to go to Chang'an to find you in the future. ”

Zhao Jian nodded in agreement, and he said: "There is a banquet in the morning of the day after tomorrow, which will be held in Qujiangchi, and many scholars are waiting for me to give him a lecture and explain how to calmly answer the answer sheet in the examination room, so that they can pass the exam next time. ”

Zhao Tiegen nodded again and again after hearing this, of course he has to help with this favor, maybe another classmate will be admitted in the future, then he has received Zhao Jian's help, and of course he will return Zhao Jian's favor in the future, which is a very useful relationship.

Zhao Tiegen immediately asked someone to prepare gold bars worth 500 yuan for Zhao Jian, in order to make it convenient for Zhao Jian, he also prepared some gold leaves with the mark of the Zhao family's business name, each gold leaf is not sinking, it is easier to exchange, and it is also a face-saving thing, which is in line with the identity of a new jinshi like Zhao Jian.

After that, Zhao Tiegen left Zhao Jian to eat, for Zhao Tiegen, Zhao Jian is about to be the son and nephew of Zhao Jiaguangzong, and he must be entertained.

The next day, Zhao Jianqi got up late, and after getting up, Zhao Tiegen put on a banquet again, saying that he was going to give Zhao Jianyang a line, so the two of them ate and drank nonsense, and talked about life while eating and drinking, and the more they talked and drank, the more they drank.

Although Zhao Tiegen is usually in good health, but in the end, he is old, he has drunk more, and he is not strong enough to drink, so he went back to the house to sleep first, Zhao Jian also felt uncomfortable, but when he went to the thatched house and vomited, he felt better.

Looking at the sky, it was just noon, and the time came up in time, Zhao Jian decided to return to the Taoist Academy immediately, and he would attend the banquet in Qujiangchi tomorrow, he still had to be in the limelight, this is the first time in his life that he has been in the limelight, and he must not be late.

Carrying the heavy burden of gold on his back, Zhao Jian told the housekeeper that when Zhao Tiegen woke up, he told him that he had returned to Chang'an, and the housekeeper wanted to arrange a carriage and horse for him, Zhao Jian said no, it was good to walk after drinking, and he could emit alcohol, so as not to accumulate wine in the body and hurt the body, so the housekeeper had to give up and send Zhao Jian out of the door.

Zhao Jian walked out of Liyang County, and walked for only two quarters of an hour, in fact, it was not far from the county seat, he couldn't walk a little, he still drank too much, what was the smell of alcohol, it was all lip service, if he really drank too much, then he didn't want anything else except sleeping!

Seeing a small forest on the side of the road, Zhao Jian walked in, lay down under a big tree, pillow with the burden of gold, and fell asleep. This night, I slept until it was getting late, and Zhao Jian woke up at dusk.

As soon as he saw that it was not early, Zhao Jian got up, put the burden of gold on his back again, and thought, "Shall I go back to Shibo and ask him to prepare a carriage for me and send me back?" Oh, if I say that I slept in the woods for an afternoon, it would be a bit of a loss of face, and the new jinshi said that no one needed to send it, but he went out of the city and slept for a while, and he had to go back to be sent. ”

Zhao Jian looked at the avenue, anyway, the avenue is flat, and he is not afraid of breaking his feet when walking at night, so let's walk back directly, I can still rush back to the Daoist Academy tonight, and I won't delay the banquet tomorrow morning.

After making up his mind, Zhao Jian continued to move forward along the avenue, but after walking a few miles, it was all dark, and there were no more pedestrians on the avenue.

Looking around, Zhao Jian found that there seemed to be a village and town not far away, the Gyeonggi area was densely populated, and there were still many villages and towns, so he wanted to go to the villages and towns to have a look, first fill his stomach and then say, if the village and town can hire a carriage, then hire one, and save himself the hard work of walking.

I was about to leave the avenue and go to the village and town, when suddenly two black shadows came out of the roadside, and when they arrived in front of Zhao Jian, there was a fight, Zhao Jian was knocked to the ground, the two black shadows snatched the burden, and turned over Zhao Jian's clothes, and then escaped!

Zhao Jian lay down on the side of the avenue, he never thought that he would encounter this kind of thing, he was about to become a new jinshi, glorious ancestors, and a bright future, but how could he encounter such a thing as robbery at this juncture, this shouldn't be, why is it himself who is unlucky?

Luck can be yourself, but unlucky is also yourself, this Zhao Jian can't accept it, with this unacceptable idea, Zhao Jian closed his eyes forever and died of injuries!

Because Zhao Jian's body was on the side of the avenue, so the next day a pedestrian passed by, and found it at once, and the pedestrian found that Zhao Jian was dead, and immediately reported it to the local governor.

When the Liyang County Commander heard about the murder case, his head was buzzing, and he went out of the city to see it in person, and after seeing the scene, he brought Zhao Jian's body back to the county office, and no one in the county government recognized Zhao Jian, so the county order had to let people carry Zhao Jian's body out and let the people recognize the body.

Soon after, a messenger came to report, saying that some people had seen this person, but they didn't know the name, saying that they saw the housekeeper of Zhao Tiegen's family yesterday and personally sent this young man out of the gate, and he might be a guest of the Zhao family.

When the errand came to the door, Zhao Tiegen thought that he was here to blackmail again, and thought to himself: "When my Zhao family comes out of Jinshi, and there are also people who are officials, see if you little officials dare to be arrogant in my house again!" ”

The officer said: "There was a murder case in the county today, a young man was killed, someone saw this young man go out from the gate of your house yesterday, and your housekeeper also sent him out of the gate, maybe it is a guest of your family, who in your family went to the Yamen, identify the body, is it a guest of your house!" ”

Zhao Tiegen was taken aback when he heard this, his family did have a guest yesterday, and the guest was Zhao Jian, the most promising son and nephew of their old Zhao family died? Do you want him to identify the body?

Zhao Tiegen almost fainted, he shouted: "Hurry up, go and see, is that person in his twenties, wearing a Confucian shirt, and carrying a big burden on his body?" ”

The messenger nodded: "That's right, as you said, the clothes and age are right, but you don't carry a burden!" ”

Zhao Tiegen was so anxious that he thought: "Oops, could it be that he was killed for money?" Oh, he brought so much money on the road, it's not too dangerous to go alone, if I had known this, how could I have let him take this risk, I just sent someone to take him home! ”