Chapter 52: Retreat in the face of difficulties
"Of course, Young Master Ben is true to his word!" How did Wang Kuian know that he had chosen a wine basket, so he said to Li Hongyi with a proud face.
At this time, Wang Kui, who was standing next to Wang Kuian, raised his brows and frowned slightly, and his eyes fell on Li Hongyu, who was sitting there with his head down, secretly guessing Li Hongyu's identity.
Judging from the seating at the scene, the young man in front of him, who is not very old and seems a little wooden, has an average status among the candidates in Baihe Town.
But he didn't understand why this young man didn't stand up with everyone, wouldn't this seem a bit arrogant and rude, could it be caused by his wooden character?
At the same time, Wang Kuiju also noticed Zhao Xin sitting next to Li Hongyu, this handsome young man who made women jealous not only did not stand up but also opened his mouth to bargain with Wang Kuian, it seems that his identity must not be simple.
"Could it be?" Suddenly, Wang Kuiju, who was staring at Li Hongyu, remembered something, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he vaguely guessed Li Hongyu's identity.
"Since you have already chosen, then it is the turn of Young Master Ben." Wang Kuiju was just about to open his mouth to remind Wang Kuian, Li Hongyi had already stretched out his hand to point at Wang Kuian, and said loudly, "Young Master Ben will choose you to fight for wine!" ”
"Second son Li, dare to ask if this son is the third young master of the Li family?" Wang Kuian'an couldn't help but show a sneer at the corner of his mouth when he heard this, he was very confident in his drinking, so he was about to open his mouth to answer, but Wang Kuiju, who was standing beside him, had already taken the lead in speaking, glanced at Li Hongyu and asked Li Hongyu quietly.
"The third young master of the Li family?" Wang Kuian was stunned for a moment, a look of surprise flashed on his face, and he looked at Li Hongyu in surprise.
Because of Li Hongyu's introverted personality, he doesn't like to show his head outside, not to mention Wang Kuian, even the shopkeeper of the Li family's store doesn't know him.
As far as Wang Kuian knows, the relationship between Li Hongyi and Li Hongyu is not good, although Li Hongyu and Qin Yue are engaged, but the relationship between the two sides is difficult to ease for a while, so how can they appear here?
If the other party is really Li Hongyu, then the situation will be bad, Li Hongyu's feat of fighting with people in the Chunfeng Pavilion of Xiangyang City has spread to the circle of those gentlemen in Jiangkou County, Wang Kuian is self-aware, although he can also drink some wine, but in front of Li Hongyu, it is undoubtedly a hatchet.
"Exactly!" A smile flashed at the corner of Li Hongyi's mouth, and he nodded at Wang Kuiju, Wang Kuian's scheming is far inferior to Wang Kuiju, if it was Wang Kuiju just now, he would definitely not rashly decide to choose Li Hongyu under his own questioning.
Hearing this, Wang Kuian's face suddenly became a little ugly, needless to say that he had lost this competition, even the amount of alcohol he brought to fight was not Li Hongyu's opponent.
"Second brother, it's rare for the second son and the third son of the Li family to get together here today, in my opinion, we are still the beauty of adults, don't interrupt the brotherhood of others, in order to show our Ming brothers, friends and brothers, a group of harmony!"
Wang Kuiju smiled when he heard this, and said to Wang Kui'an in an orderly and deep voice, especially in the pronunciation of "brother and friend brother gong" and "a group of harmony", obviously referring to Li Hongyi's usual bullying of Li Hongyu.
"The third brother is reasonable, but the second brother is worried that some families will turn their brothers against each other in order to fight for power and profit, where are there any brothers, friends and brothers."
Seeing that Wang Kuiju had found him a step, Wang Kui'an glanced at Li Hongyi sarcastically, and then stretched out his hand to greet the people who followed him, "Let's not disturb other people's brothers to catch up, let's go, let's change places, Young Master Ben is happy today, everyone can order whatever they want." ”
Saying that, Wang Kuian turned around and left, he didn't want to fight with Li Hongyu, he knew that it was a failed gamble, and he was not interested in participating.
Under the leadership of Wang Kuian, the crowd of people who came in followed him like a tide, and they naturally knew that Li Hongyu could drink, so they would not be bored with Li Hongyu.
Before leaving, Wang Kuiju couldn't help but glance at Zhao Xin, not knowing who this incredibly handsome young man was, who could be on an equal footing with Li Hongyu and Li Hongyi.
"Lost dog!" Seeing that Wang Kuian slipped away after saying a cool word, Li Hongyi sneered, and four words slowly burst out of his mouth.
Li Hongyu still sat there with his head down, looking as if he was indifferent to the things around him, but in fact, he was secretly attentive to Wang Kuiju, from the scene of relieving Wang Kuian'an just now, it can be seen that this person is quite a city, I am afraid that Li Hongyi may not be his opponent if it comes to the competition.
Wang Kuiju was born in poverty, he has experienced the cold of the world and the cold and warm of the world since he was a child, and has experienced many hardships that Li Hongyi has not experienced, which is not comparable to Li Hongyi, who has always been smooth sailing.
"Young Master Yi, it's just a group of clowns who don't know how to jump the beam, why bother with them, the head of this county test must be Young Master Yi." At this time, a young man present smiled and complimented.
"Yes, the head of the case this time is none other than Young Master Yi!" Hearing this, everyone at the scene patted Li Hongyi's sycophants, anyway, the candidates for the head of this county examination have locked up Li Hongyi and Wang Kuiju, and their sycophants are not untargeted.
"Case-head?" Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin's brows furrowed unobtrusively at the same time, and no one would have thought that the two would be potential strong contenders for the head of the case.
Since the main stage of the county examination has been completed, and the second one will start two days later, the lunch dinner is staggered, talking and laughing, and the atmosphere is very lively.
Li Hongyu didn't care about others, he buried his head there and pulled the food into his mouth, if someone toasted, he would not refuse, in fact, he didn't want to do this, but his previous personality made it impossible for him to refuse those people's toasts.
Many people at the wine table were interested in Li Hongyu's amount of alcohol, so they tacitly started a wheel war, toasting Li Hongyu one after another, wanting to see how much he could drink.
In the face of everyone's wheel battle, Zhao Xin and Liu Dongfu, who were sitting next to Li Hongyu, were a little unsightly, so they secretly helped Li Hongyu block a lot of wine.
Although Liu Dongfu used to make fun of Li Hongyu from time to time, it was involuntarily, his nature was not bad, and now that Li Hongyu was engaged to Qin Yue, there was no need for him to continue to target Li Hongyu, thinking that those people bullied Li Hongyu, an honest man, was really a bit excessive.
Li Hongyu naturally saw this scene in front of him, to be honest, Zhao Xin helped him block the wine, he could think of it, from Zhao Xin just arrived at Baihe Academy, he knew that Zhao Xin was a kind-hearted and very sympathetic person, but Liu Dongfu was a little unexpected to him, it seems that this guy really has a lot of scheming, at least he is very tactful in dealing with people, and knows how to protect himself and seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
At the end of the drinking party, many people, including Li Hongyi, were drunk.
Of course, Li Hongyu's drunkenness was faked, and since he had the lesson of the Chunfeng Pavilion last time, he secretly decided not to get drunk again, lest he poke out some big basket when the time comes.
Not only Li Hongyu, but Zhao Xin is also pretending to be drunk, her amount of alcohol is comparable to the "little white face" who fights with Li Hongyu, which is better than the current Li Hongyu, but because she is a woman, it is impossible to get drunk so as not to show her flaws.
Liu Dongfu was out-and-out drunk, he was poured a lot of wine, lying on the wine table and falling asleep, far inferior to Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin in terms of alcohol.
Li Hongyu was carried back to the residence of the other courtyard by a subordinate, and after the subordinate left, he sat up on the bed and fell asleep, moved his neck for a while, got out of bed, walked to the table, poured a cup of hot water, and drank it.
"Young master, how did you do in the exam today?" After Rou'er closed the door, she took a hot towel for Li Hongyu and asked with a smile.
"Passed the test smoothly, but I don't know if I can be in the first circle when the case occurs." Li Hongyu took the towel and wiped his face before replying with a relaxed expression.
Because he didn't want to be too public, Li Hongyu naturally retracted his strength when he took the exam, and his goal was the last game, and there was no need to exert his strength in the first three games.
However, Li Hongyu can't be too bad in the first three games, otherwise the sudden victory in the last game will be too abrupt and easy to attract criticism, so his goal in the first game is to enter the first round of the list when the list is released, that is, the top 50, and gradually improve the ranking, so that it will not attract suspicion.
"The young master will definitely get what he wants."
Rou'er saw Li Hongyu's calm and relaxed appearance, knowing that Li Hongyu could pass the county test, so she smiled and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
In her opinion, Li Hongyu's confidence is a good sign, you must know that some people have failed to pass the county exam for a lifetime, so they will not be able to pass the government exam later.
Things are just as Rou'er expected, two days later, in the list of the county test main field, Li Hongyu's test number appeared in the list of fifty people in the first circle of the list, ranking thirty-fifth, which is a very good result.
The first place on the list is Li Hongyi, Wang Kuiju is fifth, Zhao Xin is twenty-seventh, and there are more than 20 candidates from Baihe Town who have entered the first circle, while there are only a dozen candidates from the county seat, so this competition can be described as a complete victory for the candidates in Baihe Town.
The scene of the list is naturally sad and joyful, all the candidates who appear on the list are ecstatic, some cry with joy on the spot, and those candidates who fall off the list naturally look gloomy, and many people can't help but cry, which means that they have to wait for three years before they have the opportunity to take the exam again.
Li Hongyu didn't go to the county school to check the list, he knew that he would definitely win, in fact, people like Li Hongyi and Wang Kuiju who were aiming for the fourth exam would not go to the list, it would be a pure waste of time to concentrate on preparing for the next exam.
Liu Dongfu's exam number is also on the list, but he is relatively low, but he is already very satisfied, after all, he is going to take over the family business in the future, and he has no interest in taking the imperial examination, and his biggest goal in life is to gain the fame of Xiucai.
Therefore, he was very happy to pass the county exam for the first time, and hurriedly asked his subordinates to rush back to report the good news to his family, while he himself stayed in the county town and waited for the results of the fourth exam to come out, wanting to see if Li Hongyi could win the first place.
In order to celebrate being on the list, Liu Dongfu not only held a banquet in the restaurant but also crackled a lot of firecrackers to celebrate, and almost wore a red horse to ride a big horse to parade through the streets, making the momentum very big, people who don't know still think that he won the lift, anyway, he has money and doesn't care at all, I wish people all over the world knew that he passed the county test.
Li Hongyu smiled slightly after learning about this, and then read the book intently, he knew that the next three exams were the key, which would determine the final ranking of the county exam, and it was the best time to become famous.