A tall messenger dressed in a pale cyan plate-collared shirt, a flat-topped scarf, a white shirt, and a tin badge strode from the direction of the barnyard.

Seeing the visitors, the onlookers of Miaohe Village were silent one by one.

Zhang Jiuxin saw that the bolt's face also turned pale, and he wondered: "Brother bolt, who is here?" Why is everyone so afraid of him? ”

The bolt whispered: "It's Liu Biqiang, an errand officer in Shanyin County, who is famous for Liu Papi in ten miles and eight townships." ”

The arrival of Liu Papi made the old village chief in the second hall feel that things were not good, and he gave his youngest son a look beside him, and Uncle Zhang immediately reacted and greeted him:

"Liu Bantou, you are coming today, why don't you say hello in advance, we have to make some preparations."

"It's okay."

Liu Papi stood under the stone stairs under the ancestral hall, waved his hand and said: "I came from your west, and before I arrived at the eight-arch stone bridge, I heard you shouting and killing here, so I came over to take a look." ”

Uncle Zhang told the story in a few words.

Liu Papi frowned: "You guys, after all, you are not a county government, and there are some rules and regulations in handling affairs." ”

"Since you want to try the Du family, then you should pull the blind mother-in-law out separately and try it again, if the confession of the two is wrong, and then let the two confront each other on the spot, how can you be punished without saying a word!"

Uncle Zhang's face twitched, knowing why Liu Papi came, but he could only smile and say: "What Liu Bantou said is very true, please ask the adults for more guidance." ”

After finishing speaking, he turned around and asked people to escort Du Shi back to the hut and escort the blind mother-in-law out. Unexpectedly, not long after the law enforcers entered, they ran out in a panic:

"Village...... The village chief, the blind mother-in-law....... It's gone! ”

"What's going on?!" The old village chief suddenly stood up from his chair.

The blind mother-in-law is gone?!

Zhang Jiuxin was shocked, she came to interrogate last night, but she disappeared. Was the blind mother-in-law rescued, or was she killed and destroyed? Who was the one who saved her, or who would be the one who killed him?

.......

The appearance of Liu Papi.

The disappearance of the blind mother-in-law made this public trial finally end with insufficient evidence, and Du Shi was released on the spot.

The villagers were afraid of being targeted by Liu Papi, and they didn't have the mood to watch the excitement, so they suddenly dispersed cleanly.

Du Butcher carried Du Shi on his back, flattered Liu Papi all the way and left, and when he passed by Zhang Jiuxin's side, Du Shi spat on Zhang Jiuxin resentfully:

"Short-lived ghost, wait, the days are still long!"

Zhang Jiuxin laughed at herself and dodged away, she thought that this opening of the ancestral hall was a warning to the second room, so that the people in the second room would not dare to provoke them easily in the future, but Du's reaction told her a truth:

"Even if the wicked live again, they will never be good."

Zhang Jiuxin beckoned the bolt to leave, but was left behind by the old village chief.

"Xiao Jiu, sit!"

"Yes"

In the second hall of the ancestral hall, Zhang Jiuxin sat on the Nanguan hat chair opposite the old village chief. The arrival of Liu Papi seems to have caused the old village chief to suffer a heavy blow, and the whole person has languished a lot:

"Xiao Jiu, our Miaohe Zhang family in Yinshan County can be traced back to the collateral relatives of the seventh room of the Zhang family, and Kang Zheng moved his family to Miaohe Village in the twenty-first year to develop."

"Zhang Yuanpei, the ancestor of Xizhang in Miaohe, is a second-class jinshi in Xinweike in the fifth year of Wanli, and our ancestor of Dongzhang is just a student to the old, and Xizhang and Dongzhang have started to distance themselves from that generation. Now there is also a 28-year-old person in Jiazheng, Zhang Wenqing, who is alive in the next county, and he is in front of the county in the next county. And we ......"

The old village chief sighed: "Our Dongzhang uncle took the exam for a show in the twenty-first year of Jiazheng, but unfortunately he was short-lived. ”

Speaking of this, the old village chief's eyes were moist, because the Xiucai who died early was his eldest son.

"You have also seen the situation today, just because no one in our Dongzhang has achieved scientific research fame, even a small handyman in a county town dares to dictate the affairs of our clan, the old man is really ...... Shame on our ancestors! ”

The old village chief said, sad from the heart, and bowed deeply to the ancestral tablet, Zhang Jiuxin also quickly got up from the seat and bowed down.

"Xiao Jiu!"

The old village chief got up and held Zhang Jiuxin's hands tightly: "You are the person who was criticized by Master Shi Mingxin and Sai Shenxian as the life of the rich and noble department, and it is the opportunity for the rise of our Miaohe Village!" ”

"Whether we can get ahead in Dongzhang one day and catch up with Xizhang depends on you, you are the hope of our whole village."

The sincere expectation of the old village chief made Zhang Jiuxin cry and laugh a little, but he had an idea and said: "Grandpa the village chief, Xiao Jiu is afraid!" ”

"When it comes to the imperial examination, our sixth brother is very powerful, you know, a family like ours is already bankrupt for a scholar, even if my grandfather has a heart, he can't continue to provide for me and my sixth brother."

Before, she did not hesitate to risk her life, and hired Sai Banxian to give her a lot of money to approve her for the life of the rich and noble imperial examination, just so that her family could let her go to school and take the road of the imperial examination.

However, his sixth elder brother was enlightened at the age of four, and at the age of eight, he read through the "Book of Filial Piety", "University", and "The Mean".

Now he is only fourteen years old, and he has already completed the four books of "University", "The Mean", "Analects", "Mencius", and "The Book of Songs", "Shangshu", "Zhou Yi", and "Book of Rites" in the Five Classics.

Wait until next year to finish the last "Left Biography", and the year after tomorrow you can go down to try to test Xiucai.

So in the eyes of the Zhang family, even if he was criticized for the fortune and noble examination, he was incomparable with the sixth brother just after reading the "Three Character Classic".

In the choice of only one person who can invest in reading, he will choose his sixth brother without hesitation.

So he Zhang Jiuxin wants to go to school and take the imperial examination, which is difficult, difficult to go to the sky!

The old village chief also thought of this, and frowned, but today's blow made him grit his teeth and said: "Xiao Jiu, you don't have to worry about the others, you just need to study wholeheartedly, and I will convince your grandfather of the rest." ”

Obviously, the old village chief chose to believe in the prophecy of Master Mingxin and Sai Banxian.

......

"Xiao Jiu, what did the old village chief tell you? Why did you come out of the ancestral hall and smile all the way. ”

"Brother Bolt, do you approve of me going to school?"

"Of course I agree, Xiao Jiu, you don't have to worry, if the family doesn't agree, it's a big deal....... It's a big deal, I'll go up the mountain to chop firewood and sell it for you to read. ”

"Well, I knew that Brother Bolt was the best for me."

Zhang Jiuxin looked up at the catalpa tree in front of his yard, presumably it won't be long before this tree was going to be cut down and made into Sanya's wedding furniture.

The daughter was born in a peasant family, humble as grass mustard, even if she is as strong as her eldest sister, she has to be tortured by her mother-in-law day and night.

Fortunately, she is a fake man dressed as a man, and she doesn't want to look at her parents like the eldest sister and Sanya for the rest of her life, and her in-laws live with a face.

Although the imperial examination was full of difficulties and dangers, she had to fight a broad road for herself.

......

"These two rabbits, one is used to make fungus yuba rabbit broth, and the other is used to braised it."

As soon as Zhang Jiuxin stepped into the courtyard, he heard Qian's voice from the kitchen, and his eyes lit up: "There are rabbits, which means that grandpa is back." ”