"I met this man on the way, and I don't know who he is. ”

The stool glanced at Li Beixiang, and said a little tangled.

An old man with gray hair and relatively clean clothes stepped out of the crowd and pulled the stool aside.

"I said, stool, you don't even know this person, why did you bring him to our village, what if this person is a bad person?"

The old man glanced at Li Beixiang, then leaned over to the stool and whispered.

"Village Chief, this can't be. I don't think he's a bad guy. ”

The stool glanced at Li Beixiang, and didn't think that Li Beixiang was a bad person.

"You kid, can a bad guy still write bad words on the door of his head?" the village chief patted the stool on the head and said earnestly.

"Alright, I said you guys should stop talking. ”

Li Beixiang walked up to the shepherd boy, looked at the village chief and said, "I'm just here to stay overnight, and I'll leave tomorrow morning." Don't worry, I'll give the money. ”

"The village chief, he said he was staying overnight. ”

The stool looked at the village chief and whispered.

"In that case, let him live in your house. ”

The village chief squinted his eyes and looked at it carefully.

Her shiny black hair was tied up in a bun and tied high on the back of her head. There was the confidence and arrogance of a scholar in his eyes, and he was wearing clothes made of unknown materials, and he looked luxurious.

Especially the jade pendant on the waist, it is not ordinary at first glance.

This is a well-known reader.

This is Li Beixiang's first feeling to the village chief.

"Dare to ask if this person is a scholar?"

The village chief clenched his fists and asked respectfully.

In the Huayang Empire, the status of scholars is not ordinarily high.

Scholars cultivate Haoran righteousness, uphold the group training of establishing a heart for heaven and earth, establishing a life for the people, continuing to learn for the saints, and opening peace for all generations. It is the mainstay of the Huayang Empire and the cornerstone of the empire, and even the emperor has to give three points of face to the scholars, let alone others.

For the common people, the reader is the star in the sky, which can be viewed from a distance and cannot be blasphemed.

"Contemptible people are not talented, I have read books for a few years, and I know a few words. ”

Li Bei looked at the old village chief and said secretly: "I didn't expect this old man to have some vision." ”

"Ah, what a reader. ”

When everyone heard Li Beixiang's words, they all closed their mouths in surprise, and they froze there for a while.

"Dare to ask if Mr. is famous?"

The village chief's face was flushed with excitement, and he didn't dare to look up at Li Beixiang directly.

For the people of Erli Village, the scholars only hear people talking, but have not seen them.

Legend has it that the scholar is a star in the sky and a person with a destiny, which ordinary people cannot see.

In the entire Erli Village, some people have lived all their lives and have never seen a scholar.

Now that I suddenly see a living person, can these people not be excited?

"No, I haven't taken the test. ”

Li Bei arched his hand and said casually.

"Well, why didn't Mr. take the test?"

The village chief asked in a low voice.

"Why do I say you talk so much?"

Li Beixiang looked at the village chief with some dissatisfaction, and said in a somewhat cold tone.

"Well, the villain is abrupt, the villain's sin deserves death, and I hope Mr. will atone for his sins. ”

The village chief hurriedly apologized.

"Alright, alright, I don't mean to blame you. ”

Li Beixiang said in a low voice.

"Yo, you're all here, that's just right, I won't run one by one. ”

At this moment, a yin and yang strange voice sounded.

"Who is this man?"

Li Bei turned around and saw a middle-aged man wearing the clothes of a servant leading a group of servants over.

"Your Excellency!"

When the village chief saw the man, his face changed drastically.

The stool also hurriedly retreated, and then led the ox to the village.

The old men who had gathered in front of Li Beixiang also spread their minds and ran towards the village at this time.

For a time, the whole village was full of chickens and dogs.

"Ahem, am I so scared?"

A monkey-cheeked face leaned over and walked up to the village chief.

"Your village is not sensible, what are you doing when you see me running? Paying taxes and paying taxes is a matter of course, don't you know? Could it be that you want to go to jail?"

The middle-aged man with the sharp-beaked monkey cheeks sneered, and then gently slapped the village chief's face.

"Lord Zhao, this ......"

The village chief hurriedly knelt down.

"Alright, I'm not here to clean you up today. Get up. ”

This person's name is Zhao Sanwa, and he is a head of the county government. He is mainly responsible for collecting taxes and paying taxes, and today it is his turn to collect taxes.

"Come on, bang the gong. Let all of them gather for me in a quarter of an hour, or else double the taxes. ”

Zhao Sanwa's eyes narrowed, and she said in a weird way.

"Bell, bell!"

A gong rang out throughout the village.

"Hey, who is this?"

Zhao Sanwa suddenly saw Li Beixiang behind the village chief.

"You are?"

I saw that this person was dressed in extraordinarily luxurious clothes, exuding a noble and elegant temperament, and a warm jade pendant was hanging around his waist.

"Mo Shangren is like jade, and the son is unparalleled in the world!"

A poem immediately appeared in Zhao Sanwa's mind.

This poem was still said by Zhao Sanwa when he was on an errand in front of the county order, and he didn't know the meaning of this poem at that time.

However, when he saw Li Beixiang today, he suddenly understood the meaning of this poem.

The man in front of him perfectly explained the poem.

"Dare to ask Your Excellency, but you are a scholar?"

Zhao Sanwa immediately changed to a flattering expression.

"I've read books for a few years and know a few words. ”

Li Beixiang put his hands behind his back and said indifferently.

"This must be a reader, and he is a very good reader. ”

Zhao Sanwa looked at Li Beixiang and said secretly in her heart.

Only true readers have this kind of temperament, and they have this kind of temperament that is calm and calm, and Mount Tai does not change color in front of him.

"Can you have a reputation?"

"There is no merit. ”

Li Beixiang squinted at Zhao Sanwa.

"If you don't have fame, you can be considered a scholar. ”

Zhao Sanwa said with a smile.

"This person must be pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, I have heard the county order say before, and some scholars like this tone. ”

Zhao Sanwa said in her heart.

There is only one scholar in the entire Huaiyang County, and that is the county order, and the county order is only a halfway monk. Although it has the characteristics and temperament of a scholar, compared with the one in front of him, it is simply the difference between the eyes of the fish and the sun and the moon.

"Can you go to the county office? The county magistrate is eager to read people. ”

Zhao Sanwa hunched her body, like a dog wagging its tail.

Li Beixiang looked at Zhao Sanwa's funny appearance, and frowned slightly.

"Your Excellency, the county government is not far from here. It's an hour's walk away. ”

Zhao Sanwa saw Li Beixiang's hesitation and hurriedly spoke.

"An hour, quite a long way. ”

Li Beixiang looked at the sky and sighed.

"Your Excellency, I can prepare a car for you, soon. ”

When Zhao Sanwa heard this, she was overjoyed. If you can't hear such an obvious meaning, then you haven't lived for so many years in vain.

"It's okay, then I'll go to the county office today to rest. ”

Li Bei stretched his waist, looking drowsy.

"Someone, get me a car. ”

Zhao Sanwa hurriedly shouted at the official behind her.

"My lord, we are all here, where is the car? ”

A thin servant said with a sad face.

"I'll fuck you, which pot won't be opened. ”

Zhao Sanwa directly kicked the officer.

What you said is so obvious, doesn't it prove that our county government is very poor? This noble man in front of him is a serious scholar, and the clothes on his body alone are enough for a few of us to eat for a lifetime. If this is because of your long mouth, so that the nobles do not want to go, is that what you and I can afford?

Zhao Sanwa glared at the man, and greeted the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of the servants in her heart.

"Isn't there an old cow in Erli Village? Go and get that old cow and set up an ox cart. Hurry up, if you can't handle this, then don't wear this dress. ”

Zhao Sanwa leaned into the man's ear and threatened in a low voice.

When the man heard this, he hurried to the village.

If you don't have this clothes, then your family will not have to starve to death?

Not long after, an ox cart was driven out of the village by the officer.

"My lord can't, this is my cow, my family depends on this cow for food, if you drive it away, our family will starve to death. ”

A middle-aged man in tattered clothes, with dull hair and skinny wood, lay on the ground and hugged the servant's calf, crying loudly.

"I'll go to your mother's, dare to stop me, uncle? Without the ox, the family will starve to death? Hehe, without this ox cart, my family will starve to death. I'll fuck you. ”

The official lifted a kick and kicked the middle-aged man on the shoulder, kicking him out directly for a long distance.

How could a middle-aged man who had worked all year round and had not had enough to eat be the opponent of a strong and strong servant?

"Daddy!"

A woman with a sallow complexion and a black towel wrapped around her head and a girl about a year old in her arms ran out.

The girl in her arms was wrapped in a burlap full of holes, and I don't know how many years it had used, but the whole linen was dark gray, and the previous color could not be seen.

The girl looked sallow and malnourished, she looked around and kept crying.

"Daddy!"

A teenager shouted and hurriedly helped the middle-aged man up.

"My lord, I can't. No, this cow is the only one in the whole village, and if it doesn't, the whole village won't be able to farm, and we'll starve to death next year. ”

When the village chief saw it, he hurriedly knelt on the ground, hugged Zhao Sanwa's calf, and cried loudly.

"Okay, okay, you old thing, pulling the scalpers in your village is worthy of you, don't be embarrassed. ”

Zhao Sanwa kicked the village chief's face and said viciously.

"My lord, I can't. ”

The middle-aged man ran to the front of the servant and kept kowtowing.

"Fuck off!"

The servant lifted a kick and kicked the middle-aged man's head fiercely.

"Bang!"

A hole opened on the man's forehead in an instant, and blood flowed out instantly.

"Daddy!"

The stool shouted and went straight towards the man.

"Daddy!"

The woman threw herself on the man, weeping incessantly.

"Alright, alright, isn't it just a cow, are you like this?"

Li Beixiang shook his head and walked towards the servant.

"Don't go like this, you follow me to the county seat, and when I arrive, you are bringing the cow back?"

Li Beixiang looked at the stool that kept crying and said softly.

"This uncle, this cow is my family's life, this life is gone, how can we live. ”

The man saw a young man with an extraordinary temperament coming over, hurriedly lay down in front of the young man, and kept crying.

"I'm also convinced, so let's go with your son. ”

After Li Beixiang finished speaking, he stood there and looked at the man quietly.

"Don't you hear? I don't want your cow, you get me up quickly. ”

The official said angrily.

"What Uncle said is true?"

The man stopped his tears and looked at Li Beixiang in disbelief.

"Is someone like me like a liar?"

Li Beixiang looked at the man and said in a low voice.

"That's fine!"

............

The sun gradually sinks in the west, and in another hour it sets.

An ox cart walked on the bumpy official road, staggering towards the county seat not far away.

"Sir, the county seat is almost here. ”

Zhao Sanwa whispered to Li Beixiang, who was napping on the ox cart.

"What's coming?"

Li Beixiang opened his eyes, stretched his waist, and yawned.

"The county seat is in front, and you can enter the city in a few steps. ”

Zhao Sanwa pointed to the low city wall in front of her.

"Oh, good. ”

Li Beixiang jumped down from the ox cart and looked at the man and the stool driving the cart.

"Go back, you two, bring your cow back. ”

Li Beixiang said and groped around his body.

"That's a little bit of money. ”

Li Beixiang took out about one or two pieces of broken silver from his body and threw it to the man.

"My lord, I can't help it, it's too much. No, villains don't want money, don't want money. ”

The man shook his head like a rattle, hurriedly picked up the silver on the ground, and returned it to Li Beixiang.

"My lord, when have these mud-legged men seen silver, and isn't it a waste of this white silver for them?"

After Zhao Sanwa saw the silver, her eyes instantly brightened.

"Oh, what do you say?"

Li Beixiang looked at Zhao Sanwa playfully.

"My lord, don't do it. Give me the silver, and I'll give them a few copper plates. This copper plate is a lot of money for them. Besides, it's not a good thing for people like them to get rich and get rich. ”

Zhao Sanwa stared at the silver in Li Beixiang's hand, swallowed and salivaed.

"Huh!"

Li Beixiang looked at Zhao Sanwa with a playful face.

"Uh, this ......"

Zhao Sanwa was looked at like this by Li Beixiang, and she was a little embarrassed for a while.

"Alright, it's up to you. ”

Li Beixiang said indifferently.

............

"Sir, the county government has arrived, you wait here, I'll go and report it. ”

Zhao Sanwa took Li Beixiang outside the county yamen.

"This is also a county office?"

Li Beixiang looked at the dilapidated small courtyard in front of him, and shook his head a little speechlessly.

Low walls, dilapidated and painted gates, low and cramped houses, this kind of thing is estimated to be a cowshed and horse pen in Shuodong County, but I didn't expect it to be a county government here, it's really incredible.

"Where's the little minister?"

Half a quarter of an hour later, a middle-aged man wearing a blue-black robe with a blue complement on his chest walked out quickly.

"Dare to ask the adult, but the parents of Huaiyang County?"

Li Beixiang clasped his fists with both hands and said respectfully.

"It's down there!"

Wang Chaoyang carefully looked at the young man in his twenties.

"Handsome, handsome. ”

Wang Chaoyang looked at Li Beixiang and couldn't help but praise.

"Dare to ask who the little minister is, and what is his reputation?"

"Alas, it's hard to put into words. ”

Li Beixiang seemed to be caught in a memory, frowning, and his face was full of sadness.

Wang Chaoyang saw Li Beixiang's appearance, and hurriedly diverted the topic: "Little Xianggong, please come in first." ”

"Sanwa, you go to Wenxianglou in the city to order a table of wine and food, and I will get drunk with Xiaoxianggong tonight. ”

Wang Chaoyang turned his head and whispered to Zhao Sanwa.

"The students don't dare, the old parents invite first. ”

Besides, as a scholar, he also became a monk halfway through, so if he was too excessive, it would not be good if he could see it.

"Haha, the little minister is really modest. ”

Wang Chaoyang laughed, then grabbed Li Beixiang's arm and walked inside.

"How old is the little minister, is he famous?"

Wang Chaoyang pulled Li Beixiang and sat in a pavilion in the courtyard.

"Old parents, dare to ask where this is?"

Li Beixiang did not answer Wang Chaoyang's words, but looked at Wang Chaoyang and asked in a low voice.

"This is Huaiyang County. ”

"Huaiyang County, which country does this belong to?"

Li Beixiang's eyes widened and he looked at Wang Chaoyang.

Huaiyang County? Tianyang Sect doesn't seem to have this place, right? This Huaiyang County can't be another country, right?

"It must be in the Huayang Empire, how could Xiao Xianggong ask such a question?"

Wang Chaoyang looked at Li Beixiang suspiciously.

"Is there such a country on the road as the Huayang Empire? Why have I never heard of it? Could this be that I have crossed again?"

Li Beixiang looked at Wang Chaoyang with a strange expression.

"Well, it's fine. ”

Li Beixiang sneered, and then said: "Under the surname Li Beixiang." ”

"Li Beixiang?!"

Wang Chaoyang held his beard and kept chattering.

"Good name, good name. This name looks ordinary at first glance, but when you read it carefully, it is catchy and has a unique charm, and there is a kind of courage that knows that there are tigers in the mountains and prefers to go to the tiger mountains. ”

Wang Chaoyang patted his thigh and said excitedly.

"Is this so powerful? I think you don't know the meaning of my name, right?"

Li Beixiang rolled his eyes and said with disdain.

"I don't have a reputation yet, but in the past, I had read a few books, so I knew a few words. ”

Li Beixiang said in a low voice.

"Where did you go to school?"

Wang Chaoyang squinted his eyes and stared at Li Beixiang.

"Well, I studied with my father. I went to school at my house, but as for where my home is, it's hard to say. I am the only one who knows the pain. ”

Speaking of this, Li Beixiang squeezed out a few tears, looking like a dead father.

"Dare to ask what happened to the little minister's house?"

Wang Chaoyang looked at Li Beixiang, who was in sadness, and said in a low voice.

"It's gone, it's gone. When I woke up, there was nothing left. I'm the only one left. ”

Li Beixiang suddenly hid his face and cried.

"Dad, I'm sorry. I really can't think of a reason to prevaricate him, so I can only sacrifice you, and please don't blame me. ”