Although Jia Yucun's verdict on Xue Pan's murder case made Lin Jin aware of the darkness of officialdom, she currently has no ability to change the rules, so she can only make herself work hard to adapt to the rules and master the rules, so as not to be pressed on her head with the rules, or even sanctioned by others. Therefore, Xiucai, who is at the lowest level of the "scholar", must get her hands on it.

So after Wang You got the letter from Aunt Liu Xianglian from the capital, she immediately went to Mama Tao's house, came to the backyard side building, and went straight to the West House where Liu Xianglian lived.

Liu Xianglian, who was practicing calligraphy in the house, saw Lin Jin enter the house, put down the pen in her hand, picked up a stack of words from the bookcase, and handed it to her: "This is the result of my practice in the past few days. ”

Lin Jin flipped through it, except for the top one, the one that had just been written looked at it carefully, and the others were all casually glanced, and then put it on the table, and praised casually: "Yes, keep working hard." ”

Liu Xianglian glanced at the results of her hard work that Lin Jin casually put on the table, and said tentatively: "Can you tell me what do you want me to do for you this time?" So that I have a bottom in my heart, and if I can do it, I will naturally do it; If not, please find someone else. ”

Although Lin Jin had arrangements for Liu Xianglian, she didn't spit directly, but asked rhetorically, "Why do you ask that?" Maybe I don't need you to do anything for me, even if I say I'm not the kind of person who saves people without expecting anything in return, shouldn't I be allowed to show mercy once, make an exception for you, and save you without expecting anything in return? ”

"I don't know if you want to repay you for saving others, but I know that you must repay me." Stretching out her hand and pulling the women's clothes on her body, Liu Xianglian said: "Under normal circumstances, after knowing my real gender, I should be allowed to change back into men's clothes, but you still let me wear women's clothes every day, which shows that you have been thinking about it since that time, and you want me to do things for you, and you are doing more secret, even more amazing things." Therefore, not only did you not let me go out, so that I could not meet outsiders, but you also hid my gender, and these arrangements all show that what you asked me to do is unknown. ”

Lin Jin nodded and smiled: "You are right, I do have other arrangements for you." It's just," looked Liu Xianglian up and down, "I don't know if you are willing to keep the promise you made when I save you back, you will definitely repay me?" After all, there are many people in this world who don't talk much. ”

Liu Xianglian continued: "I am not a person who breaks my word and gets fat, but I want to know what you ask me to do, and I will never do such a thing as doing evil." ”

Laughing, Lin Jin said: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry to disappoint you, what I asked you to do is also one of the violations of discipline." Picking up the words written by Liu Xianglian imitating her handwriting on the table, "You are not a stupid person, since you were rescued and brought here, you have been guarding against copying these handwriting." Come to think of it, you should also be able to see that the original font that you copied was not written by everyone, and the words in it could only be called upright. As for what requires you to copy another person's font, and it is illegal, you shouldn't be surprised, right? ”

Out of caution, although Lin Jin wanted Liu Xianglian to take the imperial examination for her, she did not explain it directly, but asked Liu Xianglian to guess.

Liu Xianglian is a smart person, after hearing her words, she thought about it for a while, suddenly realized, and looked at Lin Jin with a bit of incredulity: "You, you shouldn't want to cheat in the imperial examination, right?" Immediately shook his head like a rattle, "Then you are looking for the wrong person, although I am literate and literate, but the level of writing is limited, and I am not very enlightened in this regard, I have been studying for ten or twenty years, and I am ten together, and I can't even pass the county exam." ”

From Liu Xianglian's attitude, Lin Jin could see that he was not resistant to cheating, and the heart that had been hanging finally let go, and said with a smile: "You can rest assured that for some reason, you need to help others participate in the imperial examination, but the article does not need you to do it, so as long as you are out." ”

Although the "prophet" told Lin Jin that when Liu Xianglian grew up, she was a prodigal child who could not read, was cool and good at playing guns and swords, gambling and drinking, sleeping in flowers and lying in willows, playing the flute and playing the kite, doing everything, and being born in a ruined family. But she thinks that except for Jia Baoyu, a strange person who does not seek progress, as long as it is a normal person, especially a man, when he is young, he should have a heart to make contributions, but after adulthood, some people succeed and some people fail.

It can be seen from the fact that Liu Xianglian's martial arts are outstanding, he should have studied martial arts hard, and his background makes him obviously not go down the road of chivalry when he learns martial arts, so it is natural that he is studying martial arts diligently. But when he became an adult, he did not take the road of "learning literature and martial arts and selling them to the emperor's family", which can be seen from the early death of his parents and the seizure of the family business.

After all, the fact that the clansmen robbed his family of property, and the patriarch did not come forward to administer justice, has already explained a lot. Therefore, in order to prevent him from having the ability to retaliate in the future, the clan naturally wanted to interrupt his "progressive" path. Therefore, he will finally become the appearance of Lin Jin Prophet.

After thinking for a while, Lin Jin said: "Don't worry, except for you going to take the exam, I will arrange all the rest of the things, and you just have to act according to the plan at that time." When this is over, I won't let you be busy in vain, and I'll give you a future. ”

From the time when the family business was seized and she was sold, Liu Xianglian knew that she didn't want to talk about entering the officialdom, and she might not even be able to be a businessman, so when she heard the word "future", she sneered and said: "Future, do I still have a future?" ”

Lin Jin frowned when she heard this, and was about to say something. Without waiting for her to speak, he rushed to the front and said: "Even if you have a good family background and can help me settle the clan, but I participated in the fraud of the imperial examination, and I can't go through the official career, because no one is sure that in the officialdom, I will not meet the same year as when I took the substitute examination?" Who can guarantee that the officer who took the exam did not remember me? Wouldn't it be bad if my substitute exam was discovered? ”

"I've already taken this into account." Lin Jin said disapprerovingly: "I said that I promised you a future, but I didn't say that it was in the realm of Daqin. Can you only see the one-third of an acre in front of you? In fact, this world is very vast, and the outside world is even more exciting than Daqin, so you can go out and have a look. ”

From the time she wanted Liu Xianglian to participate in the imperial examination for her, Lin Jin thought about it. In order to prevent the matter from leaking, and in order to repay Liu Xianglian, she also recruited talents for the Chamber of Commerce, she decided to wait for the end of the substitute examination and send Liu Xianglian to Luzon to stay for a few years. After a few years, Liu Xianglian's baby fat faded and her appearance opened, and at that time, the possibility of being recognized was greatly reduced.

Hearing her words, Liu Xianglian was stunned for a moment, did not object, but asked: "Then when will I go to take the substitute exam, it won't make me wait for several years, right?" ”

Although I don't know what Liu Xianglian will look like when she becomes an adult, Lin Jin feels that for the sake of safety, it is better to finish this thing before he grows up, so as not to have too many dreams at night.

"Don't worry, soon." Lin Jin thought for a moment and said, "If there is no accident, it should be next year." Next year, the triennial college examination will be held, and the county examination, the government examination, and the hospital examination will be taken together. Otherwise, you will have to wait another three years. For such a long time, you can't wait, and I can't wait, and after a long time, there are too many variables. ”

Liu Xianglian got the exact answer and settled down.

Lin Jin thought about it, took out the letter from Aunt Liu Xianglian, who didn't want to use it because she had a good conversation with Liu Xianglian, and handed it to him, "Take a look at this thing, I think you should be familiar with it, right?" ”

Liu Xianglian took the letter with some doubts, looked down, and saw the familiar words on it, and was stunned for a moment, and then thought of something, looked up at her suddenly, spit fire in her eyes, shook the letter in her hand, and asked through gritted teeth: "What do you mean by this?" "Every word is squeezed out between the teeth.

"It's not interesting." Lin Jin looked calm and said lightly: "It's to add insurance to our cooperation." I'm used to 'villain first, then gentleman', after all, what we do is not small, once discovered, although it is not a major crime to rob the family and exterminate the clan, but in the realm of Daqin, there is no future, and it will also affect the family. For no reason, why should I trust a stranger like you who won't even tell me about your background? Therefore, I think it is better to make a guarantee of this trust, so as not to make it difficult for you and me to do something in the middle. ”

Liu Xianglian looked at her fixedly, and said word by word for a while: "I understand what you mean, but how can you make me believe in you, believe in you, I will help you finish your work, and you won't kill me?" After all, I don't know anything about you, and even I'm worse than you, and you're now pinching my life, but I don't know your name, origin, or origin...... Still don't know anything. ”

Lin Jin spread her hands and said helplessly: "I can't prove it to you, I won't kill you." It's really hard for you to believe in my ethics for no reason, but this is also a helpless thing, you can only accept it. Of course, you can also refuse, it's a big deal I'll find someone else, I'll give you time, let you think about it, and then give me an answer. ”