It turned out that this down-and-out scholar Yuan Hongye and Yuan Shize, who were a few years older than Zhao Li, were also the children of the scholarly family and the family of the eunuchs, and his father was an official in the Qingzhou Mansion, but last year he was exempted from official accountability because he was implicated in a major case, and even several family members were imprisoned.

Originally, Yuan Hongye was not good, but under the help of all his family property, he finally saved his life, the only seedling of the Yuan family, and walked out of prison.

But the Yuan family fell into the middle, became impoverished, the family was ruined, Yuan Hongye also went from Qingzhou Mansion to Deyang County to join his classmates and friends, only to find that his friends had gone out, and he didn't know when he would come back.

Yuan Hongye lived in Deyang County, waiting for his classmates and friends to return - but this was more than half a month, and the few silver coins that were left were all used up, and everything that could be pawned was pawned, and today he had no choice but to pawn books, but he was kicked out by the pawnshop.

"I see. ”

Zhao Li nodded, reached out and took out a small ingot of silver directly from his arms, put it on the table, and pushed it in front of the other party.

Yuan Hongye stood up suddenly, waved his hand again and again, and said: "No merit, I have already eaten a white meal from my brother's platform, how can I take money again!"

Zhao Li sighed slightly, and then said: "That's not as good as this, the pawnshop doesn't accept these books from Brother Shize, but I'm interested, let me choose three of them, and treat them as books."

Yuan Hongye looked at the ingot of silver on the table, afraid that it weighed at least two or three taels, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I can't get this stack of books just to be able to exchange a few dollars of silver in the pawnshop, Brother Zilong is a few taels, and only three of them are needed, which really tortures me." ”

"There is an old saying - the weeds of the other are the weeds of mine. The pawnshops are all secular people, and I just think that these books are worthless, but in my eyes, they are rare treasures, and I hope that Brother Yuan will complete them. ”

Zhao Li said with a faint smile.

The purchasing power of silver in this world is not as exaggerated as the real ancient times on the earth, but it is also quite valuable, and when converted, one or two pieces of silver are equivalent to more than 1,000 yuan.

Zhao Li's shot was two or three thousand yuan, and buying three books that were neither unique nor ancient books really made people feel a little unreal.

Yuan Hongye couldn't help but be moved when he heard Zhao Li's words—he just thought that Zhao Li said such things purely to help him.

"That's it, it's up to Brother Zilong to decide, any of these books, you can choose a few of them!"

Yuan Hongye no longer insisted, nodded gratefully, and accepted Zhao Li's silver.

Zhao Li was not polite, and hugged the stack of books on the side of the table in front of him, as if he had carefully selected, and flipped through them one by one.

"History of Lin", "Southern Classic", "Biography of the Courtier".

These are the three books that Zhao Li finally held in his hand - that is, the three books that have the desire to sense the free attribute point.

Among them, the one that attracted him the most was the "History of Lin" that was first discovered, and as for the other two books, although there were also them, they were not too strong, and they were far away, and they couldn't even be felt.

"That's all for these three. ”

Zhao Li put the other books back aside.

"Listen to me. ”

Yuan Hongye nodded, and at the same time looked in front of Zhao Li, to see which three books he had took.

Seeing this, Yuan Hongye was also stunned.

"Brother Shize, but what's wrong with the three books I picked?"

Zhao Li raised his eyebrows and asked the other party.

"Nope. Yuan Hongye sighed slightly and said: "It's just that this "History of Lin" is a book that my grandfather loved when he was alive, and this "Southern Classic" is the book that my father studied the most, as for the "Biography of the Courtier"... But it's the one I've read the most. ”

"Wouldn't I be a favorite?"

Zhao Li frowned, and he was about to put the three books back.

"It's okay, it's okay, after I am a criminal official, there is no merit to talk about reading books in the future, these books are like floating clouds with me, if the pawnshop is willing to accept them, they will be destroyed long ago. ”

Yuan Hongye hurriedly said.

According to the decree of the Great Chong Dynasty, the descendants of criminals and convicts are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination, nor are they allowed to have meritorious fame and positions, from the day Yuan Hongye's father was imprisoned, Yuan Hongye, as a scholar, the most desired career path has been blocked.

Zhao Li was waiting for Yuan Hongye's words, and took the book back again.

Then Zhao Li opened the "History of Lin", only to see that the pages of this book were already yellowed a little, obviously a real "old book", and the pages between the lines and the gaps on the sides were densely filled with small seals.

Zhao Li looked closely, only to see that these small seals were all annotations and interpretations of the original text of the "History of Lin", and even objections and errors to the original text, obviously, the real original owner of this book, that is, Yuan Hongye's grandfather, was a very serious and research-minded person, and the academic level, at least the study of the previous dynasty, must also be quite thorough.

At the same time, Zhao Li could feel that the words in this book were full of a strange charm, and the sense of longing for the free attribute point was hundreds of times higher in his heart, Zhao Li swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva in a row, closed the book, looked at Yuan Hongye and asked, "Dare to ask, who is Grandfather Ling Zun?"

Yuan Hongye, whose face was sallow, showed a look of pride on his face, and said: "Under my grandfather's name, Yuan Zhengcheng, was an official to the Tai Academy to sacrifice wine. ”

"I didn't expect Brother Shi Ze to be the queen of Yuan Gong!"

Zhao Li's face also suddenly became serious, and he bowed his hand to Yuan Hongye.

Yuan Hongye's grandfather Yuan Zhengcheng's name is also impressive in the memory of Zhao Anchun, the original owner of this body, who was an out-and-out scholar of Tai Academy's sacrificial wine - maybe not a great Confucian, but at least he has a deep historical study of the "Lin" of the previous dynasty, which can be said to be unparalleled.

"Well, but what kind of face do I have to mention my grandfather's name..." Yuan Hongye's face immediately darkened, and he muttered to himself.

"Brother Shi Ze, where is it, come, I will toast you next!"

Zhao Li also successfully figured out the special features of these books containing "free attribute points", picked up the wine glass, and toasted to Yuan Hongye.

The two of them began to eat and drink again after pushing cups and changing lamps.

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It wasn't until it was getting late that Zhao Li ended the banquet with Yuan Hongye, and the two left separately.

Zhao Li walked towards the Fang Mansion with the three books in his arms, intending to take advantage of tonight to absorb the free attribute points in them.

Smoothly returned to Fang Fuzhong's room - as for the eldest brother, Zhao Li is too lazy to care, as long as he is not in bed, he must be at home now, and he will definitely come back early tomorrow morning if he is late.

And in terms of the physique and nutrition of Fang Boxue's eldest brother, he will not die suddenly like Zhao Anchun...