Sure enough, within a few days, the palace sent someone to escort Li Hao into the palace. In the afternoon, in the splendid palace, the saint was sitting majestically on the dragon chair, and Wang Yong was already kneeling in front of the hall at this time.

"Prisoner Li Hao has arrived—" At this time, His Majesty was reprimanding Wang Yong, and the father-in-law next to him stepped forward and said.

"Pass him in." His Majesty was angry, and Li Hao came in just in time, which was really not suitable.

Li Hao was in prison for a few days, and the examiner didn't deduct him from food and clothing, so his complexion did not change, Li Hao knew that he was coming today, and he deliberately combed his hair.

His Majesty saw that this person was extraordinary, and there was an indescribable bearing in the scholar's delicate temperament, and at first he didn't look particularly disgusted, but quite special.

Naturally, his anger did not transfer to him. Li Hao also behaved very well, respectfully saluted first, and then waited for His Majesty to open his mouth to ask.

“…… Do you know the consequences of cheating in the exam room? The saint asked, playing with a green ring on his hand.

"Back to Your Majesty, the grass people know." Li Hao said.

"If you know, why do you still commit it?" His Majesty said, slumping the two papers on the table.

Li Hao said very decisively: "The grass people did not cheat. ”

"Then tell me, why are the contents of these two answers exactly the same? Could it be that the two of you have the same heart, so there is no word difference? His Majesty asked.

"The grass people were the first to hand in the papers, and they left the examination room after handing in the papers, which is something that the examiners present can testify." Li Hao said.

Examiner Zhou saluted and responded: "The junior official did watch Li Hao hand in the paper first and leave." ”

"But the grass people don't understand one thing." Li Hao said: "Why is the person who collects the exam paper and the examiner not the same person. ”

His Majesty replied, "How can it not be alone? ”

"When the grass people paid the money at that time, there was indeed a person who was dressed the same as Examiner Zhou, and took the answer sheet that was placed again. It's just that the grass people were in a hurry at that time and didn't think of this. ”

"Oh, if that's the case, it's a little suspicious." His Majesty said, looked at Examiner Zhou next to him and asked, "Do you know?" ”

Examiner Zhou was a little panicked, immediately knelt on the ground, and said, "The lower official didn't dare to hide anything, and the lower official went to ...... for a while Went to the toilet so ......"

"Huh!" His Majesty smiled, turned to look at Wang Yong on the side, and asked, "Wang Yong, do you have anything you want to prove for yourself?" ”

"I ...... I, Your Majesty, were copied by him in my answers, but he handed them in before me. Wang Yong blurted out the words all of a sudden, which amused Li Hao.

"Forgive the grass people for being unreasonable, this prince, you are so interesting, if the grass people copied your exam paper and handed it in before you, then why can my following content be exactly the same as yours?"

Li Haoyou asked: "Dare to ask Wang Gongzi, but after Li, that is, the second to hand in the examination papers?" I'm afraid not. ”

Then, Li Hao asked the saint for two answer sheets, although the content is no different, but the handwriting can be described as worlds apart, the words on the left are like a dragon, and the right is a dragon flying and phoenix dancing.

"The exam paper on the left is the grass people's, and the one on the right is your son, it's not the grass people's self-satisfaction, it's just the handwriting of the prince Wang, I'm afraid ordinary people can't easily recognize it."

He pointed to a few scribbled words in the article and said: "There are still a lot of typos in this, I don't know if Wang Gongzi is tired of writing, or he didn't understand what Li wrote, and then wrote it like this?" ”

"I, I'm naturally tired of writing......," Wang Yong muttered.

His Majesty laughed angrily and asked, "Wang Yong, didn't you insist that you gave the money before, and Li Hao gave you the answer?" What's the matter, now it's someone copying you again? ”

"Well......" Wang Yong realized his problem.

"Come on, drag this person down to me, punish him severely according to the order of my dynasty, and punish his nine clans!" His Majesty gave an order, and Wang Yong was directly stupid.

However, Li Hao next to him still had a calm expression on his face, but he still had some scruples in his heart. At this time, the saint began to comfort Li Hao with a few words.

Li Hao saluted and said: "My mother is seriously ill, but she has taught her son since he was a child that people can't be poor, so the grass people have been studying diligently, and the cold window has only waited for the title of this gold list for ten years, to repay the mother's teachings, and never dared to have any thoughts. ”

These words made the emperor very happy, and he also had a deep impression of Li Hao, so Li Haozhen won the first place in this exam.

He finally got his wish and became the champion in red, and happily rushed to his hometown, running around all night, tirelessly.

"Who is it, such a big row ......?"

"Don't you know, it seems to talk about a poor boy who handed over Li Hao, who was admitted to the champion and came back."

"It turned out to be the champion Lang, this can give us a long face here......"

Li Hao listened to these compliments, and his heart was happy, and Ma Erye held his head high, as if he was also stained with light.

Finally, when he saw the thatched hut that accompanied him from birth to adulthood, he was so excited that he couldn't wait to get off the horse and knock on the door.

For a long time, no one answered. Li Hao's smile narrowed a little, he slowly pushed the door in, it was already empty, the table, chairs, candles, and windows were all dust and spider silk, as if no one had lived in it for a long time.

Li Hao was a little panicked, he hurriedly jumped out of the house, and looked around for a long time, but he didn't see his mother, until the group of eldest sisters who watched the excitement told the truth.

Her mother, not long after he went to catch the exam, died, but there was no one around to take care of her, and it took ten days before someone found her body rotting in the house......

Li Hao endured his grief and came to the bed where his mother had slept before, and there were countless letters written by his mother hidden under the pillow. It's full of mother's words about missing herself......

An eight-foot man, suddenly cried into tears, his last relative in this world is gone, not even the last face, the son wants to raise but the parent is not there, I'm afraid it's one of the saddest things......

He cried there for three whole days, and in the end, it was the constant persuasion of the surrounding villagers that cheered him up.

The first thing he did to cheer up was to go to the pharmacy in the city, where there were his grateful benefactors, and there were Ling'er who he thought about day and night.

"What are you looking for?" The vendor on the side looked at the man in front of him, who had already walked back and forth several times, and couldn't help but ask.

Li Hao wiped the sweat from his face and asked, "May I ask where is the pharmacy here, why can't I find it?" ”

The vendor said, "You must be new here, this pharmacy was closed some time ago." ”

"Why is it closed, can't it be done?" Li Hao asked.

The vendor waved his hand and said with a smile: "Naturally not, it is the girl in the pharmacy and the shopkeeper who have achieved positive results, don't you know, the old man in the pharmacy is actually a peerless beautiful man......"

"Hey, handsome men and beautiful women, it's really a pair made in heaven...... They have long since gone back to live now, and who will come to take care of the shop, so it will naturally be closed. ”

"That's ......" Li Hao stood there for a few seconds before leaving.

He had no more thoughts of being here, and left the next day.