Zhou Chun and the others were no longer outside the restaurant, and Li Yanqing was not interested in going to eat again, so he bought five meatloaf at a roadside food stall and brought them back to the inn. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the room, Li Yanqing sat at the table and read a book while nibbling on meatloaf.

He calculated the time just now, from the day before yesterday to the present, he always has such and such things every day, and he only has one morning and one evening to read in three days, if it goes on like this, there will be no hope for this imperial examination, it is better to go with Zhang Xian and Qin Liang to see the state school.

Li Yanqing was really a little panicked in his heart, he was not a bamboo in his chest, there was still a lot of content that needed to be sharpened, he still had to memorize "Song Criminal Tong" twice, and there were nearly 400 cases to see through, it would take at least a month just to read the cases, but now there are only twenty-seven days left.

In addition to studying hard, he had no choice, Li Yanqing decided never to go out in the future, and the meal was also solved in the inn.

At this moment, there was a soft knock on the door, "Who is it?" "Li Yanqing is a little big, who is going to bother him at this time?

"It's me!" Zhou Chun's voice came from outside the door.

Li Yanqing hurriedly got up, stepped forward and opened the door, only to see Zhou Chun standing at the door with an apologetic face, carrying a food box in his left hand and several thick notebooks in his right hand.

"It turned out to be Brother Zhou, please come in!"

Zhou Chun walked into the room and asked with concern, "Brother Xian is fine, right?" ”

"What can it be?"

Li Yanqing scratched his head and smiled: "I reasoned with them, they bullied the weak, the matter was big, it was them, the unlucky ones, the readers wanted to be reasonable, they understood, and then I came back." ”

"We went to the restaurant again, you and those students have already left, only to see the bartender sweeping the floor and mending the wall, asking them what happened, none of them will say, all of them are full of fear, we are really worried, come back to see the shopkeeper, only to know that you are fine."

As he spoke, Zhou Chun put the food box on the table, "I guess Brother Xian didn't eat enough, so I brought you some wine and food." ”

At this time, the guy brought a pot of hot tea, and Li Yanqing poured two cups of hot tea and said with a smile: "Let's sit down and talk, roast the fire!" ”

Zhou Chun sat down, he stretched out his hand to rub it on the brazier, took the hot tea handed by Li Yanqing, took a big sip slowly, and waited for the hot tea to warm his heart, and then said to Li Yanqing: "What happened today has also happened before, the contradiction between the students and the local scholars has always been very deep, in the final analysis, it is because the number of admission places in the Liberation Examination is too small and the competition is too fierce.

The local scholars think that the students come back to snatch their interests, while the students think that the admission quota for the examination was originally for the Taixue, and the solution is only for the locality, especially when the list of the examination is released this year, only four local scholars are on the list, and the students and the four major colleges occupy 16 places, and the contradiction is a little intensified. ”

Li Yanqing can always get some news from Zhou Chun that he is interested in, if it was before, he would definitely ask a few more words, but now he is not in this mood, time is too tight, he just hopes that Zhou Chun will sit for a while and go back quickly.

Li Yanqing smiled a little perfunctorily: "It turns out that there is such a saying, no wonder those students have eyes on the top of their heads." ”

But Zhou Chun is not here to popularize any knowledge to Li Yanqing, he is grateful to Li Yanqing for protecting his grandfather's reputation, but he is guilty that he did not stay and fight side by side with Li Yanqing.

He thought about how to compensate Li Yanqing to alleviate his guilt.

"Today, Zhao Yushu insulted my grandfather, I was very angry, but I never had the courage to punch out, or the virtuous brother had the courage to take out this evil breath for me, I am really grateful in my heart......"

Without waiting for Zhou Chun to finish speaking, Li Yanqing waved his hand and said: "Brother Zhou is too polite, in fact, I rarely do it, unless I insult my family or master, today I am still restrained and spared Zhao Yushu, if it weren't for the fear of affecting the imperial examination, he would probably be carried back today." ”

Zhou Chun smiled, and handed the two notebooks in his hand to Li Yanqing, "This is the criminal law case that my grandfather specially sorted out for me, my grandfather has broken down the four hundred cases announced by the imperial court in detail, which law applies, as well as a brief commentary, as well as the difference between the laws of the Tang and Song dynasties, etc., which are very useful for the criminal law exam added this year, there are four notebooks in total, two for the virtuous brother, and two for me, and we will exchange them in a few days." ”

Li Yanqing was overjoyed at once, this was exactly what he needed most, the case in his hand only had content and results, but no basis for judgment.

He also has to check and find the criminal law clauses in each case, which is equivalent to carefully studying each case, which is why he can't finish reading the case in a month, and if there is a ready-made case, he can finish it in five or six days at most, which saves him a lot of valuable time.

Li Yanqing also knew that this kind of precious secret book was generally not easily shown by scholars, not to mention that he had a direct competition with Zhou Chun, and Zhou Chun also gave it to himself for study, probably because of today's punch.

This is called the will of heaven in the dark.

Zhou Chun instructed Li Yanqing two more sentences, then said goodbye and left, Li Yanqing hurriedly looked at the notes left by Zhou Chun, the content was really very detailed, worthy of the handwriting of the first Confucian in Hebei, citing scriptures, and even pointed out the error of the judgment, which surprised Li Yanqing, he quickly took out the pen and paper, began to read and copy, and gradually forgot the passage of time.

........

The brawl that occurred in the restaurant did not ferment due to the silence of both parties, and although the incident once spread among the scholars in a small area, it did not attract the attention of the government.

Soon, with the start of the entrance examination registration for the state school, more young students poured into Anyang County, making Anyang County more lively, and the topic was no longer limited to the imperial examination, and the entrance examination of the state school gradually became the focus of attention in Anyang County.

There is a mansion covering an area of 40 acres in the east of Anyang County, the owner of the mansion is called Zheng Sheng, one of the famous landowners in Anyang, he also has another special identity, is the father-in-law of Zhao Huan, the prince of the Great Song Dynasty, of course, he is not the father of the crown princess, but the father of the prince concubine Zheng, although the status of the daughter is not high, but he is also a rare royal relative in Xiangzhou.

In the outer study, the pot-bellied Zheng Sheng was pacing back and forth with his hands down, he was very fat, the flesh on his face piled up on his chin, making his chin four layers, and his lower body was especially fat, like a hippopotamus in clothes.

Zheng Sheng is also a little anxious these days, his youngest son Zheng Rongtai has also returned from Taixue this year, preparing to participate in the upcoming Liberation Exam, Zheng Rongtai is only studying in the outer house in Taixue, the level is relatively low, far from being compared with Zhao Yushu, the upper house.

How to let his son take the exam, and even the first place Xie Yuan in the exam, has become a problem that Zheng Sheng has been thinking about in the past few months, from the point of view of knowledge, his son will definitely not be able to lift people, find someone to take the exam, but he really can't find a substitute examiner with a similar figure to his son, so only by relying on power to let his son reach the top.

Zheng Sheng also considered letting his son-in-law, that is, His Royal Highness the Prince, come forward, but this idea was strongly opposed by the eldest son, and the prince was only canonized last year, so he cheated in the imperial examination, if this matter spreads, it will not only seriously affect the reputation of the prince, but also the status of his daughter in the East Palace will also be in jeopardy, Zheng Sheng had to give up, and he could only find his own way.

Just when Zheng Sheng was anxious, a maid reported in the hall, "Yanai is back!" ”

As soon as Zheng Sheng turned around, he saw the eldest son walking into the courtyard in a hurry, Zheng Sheng hurriedly waved his hand to let the maids retreat, he stepped forward and asked, "What did Jia Tongju say?" ”

Zheng Sheng's eldest son is called Zheng Rongping, about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, and he is quite wealthy, but slightly thinner than his father, and very shrewd and capable.

Jia Tongju has a very good relationship with the Zheng family, he hopes to take the prince's route so that he can rise to the top, so he has always taken care of the Zheng family, and this time the Zheng family wants to use his power to push his youngest son to the position of Xie Yuan.

Zheng Rongping said with a smile: "Since my father has made a request, how can Jia Tongju not agree, he has promised to let the third brother be promoted, and at the same time, he has also stated that he will try his best to let the third brother win Xie Yuan." ”

"Just trying?"

Zheng Sheng was a little disappointed, the meaning of trying his best and promising was completely different, Zheng Sheng said unhappily: "Why didn't he promise to let Rongtai directly solve the yuan?" ”

Jia Tongju said, the key is that the examiner is difficult to deal with, he can't see the examiner at all now, and he can't hand over the note, Jia Tongju also said that this Ouyang Xun is notoriously upright, this kind of person must not discuss with him things like helping to lift up, otherwise he will directly stab the official family, and the official family will think that it is the prince's instructions, which is very unfavorable to the prince."

"And what did he say?"

Jia Tong said that he could only start from Guo Baisong, the deputy chief examiner, and he proposed two plans, first of all, the third brother's scroll should be good-looking, and he hoped that his father would find a knife catcher in advance.

"Do you want someone to take the test?"

"No, this will be exposed by other students, it's very dangerous, Jia Tong said that he can create conditions for the third brother to contact the invigilator inside, and then the knife catcher will do the questions and then the invigilator will hand it in, because after the examination hall is closed, the examiner will not be able to inspect, and the invigilators are all his subordinates, and things will be easy to do."

Zheng Sheng couldn't help but scold in his heart, obviously there are still many ways, but Jia Qian chose such a strategy, which shows that he doesn't want to take risks, once something happens, he will push it cleanly and pretend that he doesn't know anything.

Zheng Sheng was helpless, and asked again: "Then what is the second plan?" ”

"The second plan is to follow the first plan, let's take out two thousand taels of silver, and he will give it to Liang Zhizhou, Jia Tong said that this matter needs to be silent in Zhizhou."

turned out to be two thousand taels of silver, and Zheng Sheng really began to feel pain.