Chapter 88

As the time of autumn approaches. Jiang Yu is more calm and relaxed, not as nervous as at the beginning, his body has been conditioned for so long, and now he is much better, at least he is not the kind of weak scholar who is out of breath after walking two steps, if it is still like before, his eldest brother Jiang Tian probably does not dare to let him take the exam, in case in order to be a lifter, and then toss himself to the point that he will die in a few days, how can he have to compensate for the loss.

Now it's different, Jiang Yu is completely different from the remote countryside in the capital, he visits the same year on weekdays, talks about poetry with three or five knowledgeable scholars, discusses papers, and asks each other for advice.

Xiaoru also began to ask the kitchen to cook some refreshing meals for him, and he must ensure his physical condition before the autumn. Some of the usual medicinal herbs were also prepared, for fear that he would recover before the exam.

But. What makes Jiang Yu, a young talent, the happiest thing, is that he can often follow the old man Gongsun Zhi, listen to him talk about the situation of the imperial examination, the old man even made a list of questions for him, saying that the exam questions are about here, the old man's ability to guess the questions, at least has a grasp of more than six points, has such a good, such complete conditions, and other students are incomparable advantages, so Jiang Yu is gearing up this time, and he is full of confidence that he will definitely be able to win.

Xiaoru's thoughts, although part of it is placed on Jiang Yu's township test, are not particularly attentive, what should be done on weekdays, and life is still leisurely.

Although busy, Xiao Ru still did not forget to take some lake water from the strange cave and try to water her own small medicine field. Moreover, there is also a ginseng that has grown in a circle, and Xiao Ru is stunned and excited, of course, the reason why Xiao Ru can see it is because she uses her heart, and she is facing the medicine garden every day, and she has been sensitive to the growth of these plants since she was a child, and others can't see it, after all, there is not much lake water at that point, but there are a lot of medicinal materials.

With the effect, Xiao Ru was happy at the same time, but also wondered if she could get her hands on that piece of mountain and plant medicinal herbs directly from the cave, after all, it was not easy to take the medicine garden and lake water on the road, and now she had a few small bamboo tubes in her hand. It's better to let Duoduo lead a bunch of monkeys down to get it, and some of them are okay, but if you get too much, the group of monkeys will be dispatched, I'm afraid it will be very noticeable.

This is not difficult, anyway, it already belongs to the category of deep mountains, the mountains and forests in the mountains naturally have a wonderful magic, even the most amazing hunter, even if you walk a few times, it is probably impossible to find the exact location, Xiaoru If there are animals to guide the way, I am afraid that it will not be found, so even if someone inadvertently breaks in, they may not be able to see the cave, even if they see the cave, probably except for people like her who are born with special abilities and keen five senses, they can't detect any difference in the lake, but, I'm afraid it's not easy to find an excuse for occupying that mountain.

Xiaoru thought about it for a long time, but didn't come up with any good ideas, so she simply went directly to the old man the next day, saying that she had fallen in love with a valley that was more suitable for planting medicinal herbs, and she wanted to buy it, so she asked the old man to think of a way.

Gongsun Zhi asked about the approximate location, but he didn't care much about it at all, and agreed directly, anyway, he was enclosing land for himself. It is on the nearby mountain, which has been reported to the emperor, and the place where Xiaoru wants is in the mountain, there is no trace at all, and there is no need to discuss with the original owner, even if it is directly occupied, it is nothing, now it is just the government to go through the motions and issue a land deed, for him, it is just a matter of one sentence, as a result, within two days, even the valley with the mountain, 400 acres, directly allocated to Xiaoru, and even let her out of the money, Gongsun Zhi used the public for personal gain, and gave Xiaoru a piece of the land that the emperor gave him.

It was when Xiaoru took the people from the government to measure the enclosure, she was so tired that several people were out of breath, and said that the mountain road was difficult to walk, and Xiaoru's eyes were not quite right, and even several kindly asked her if she wanted to change it. Someone even took out a rough map and pointed to it - there are several small valleys with beautiful scenery on the side of the mountain, and there is no need to find such a remote one.

Xiao Ru refused with a smile, and several people in the government shook their heads, probably thinking that this young lady Lou had quirks, and that there was a good place with convenient transportation and a large area, so she had to find such a difficult location, no matter how good the environment was, it would take two and a half days to enter the mountain once, and maybe one day she would not be able to find the way. What's good.

Of course, Xiaoru herself has a shortcut, and it doesn't take much time, but she plays a trick and deliberately takes people around in several circles, making those people dizzy and tired.

Looking at the freshly baked in his hand, the chapter is new, and the handwriting is also fresh The title deed, Xiao Ru blinked for a half** - what did she struggle with for half a night, it turned out to be such an easy thing, in ancient times, in the minds of farmers, land was very important, but in the eyes of these big people, it can be circled at will, and after this incident, Xiao Ru once again determined that the old man Gongsun Zhi is not a righteous gentleman, playing with power for personal gain, people's hearts, will not be awkward at all, Lou Yi and Ding Feng, it is also a matter of course, It seems that she has been used to it, but when Mrs. Lou heard it, she said a few words about the more and more favors owed to the old man, and specially explained to Xiaoru and Lou Yi that they should be filial to the old man in the future.

In that valley, Xiaoru doesn't plan to destroy the environment artificially, anyway, there are many caves, and there are many very elaborate ones, just take some furniture, daily necessities, if you need to stay overnight when planting herbs, it is enough. There's no way she's going to stay in this kind of place for a long time anyway.

It is absolutely wonderful to get a piece of land without spending a penny in vain, although it has been in ancient times for so long, but still more or less retains a little bit of modern consciousness Xiaoru girl, proud for several days, seeing people are happy, until the mother-in-law and their sideways eyes are reined.

In the dry climate of autumn, Xiaoru specially boiled rock sugar pear water to moisten her throat, first brought a pot to her mother-in-law, and then held another pot and sent it to Lou Yi to the study.

As soon as I entered the door of the study, I saw a bunch of blue-skinned thread-bound books piled up on the big table, almost burying Lou Yi, and there was a lot of mess on the floor. This...... What the hell is it......"

Pick up a copy and say, "Can you read it?" ”

Lou Yi poked his head out of the 'pile of books', nodded, and said with a smile: "Feel free." ”

took out a copy, and saw that it was written in very neat and neat small characters - Jinan Examinee - Liao Xuewen Poetry Collection...... Xiao Ru touched her head speechlessly, stunned.

Compared with learning literature, their father-in-law obviously prefers to practice martial arts, reading a book on weekdays, writing a word, and having to be forced by the old man, although literary talent is absolutely okay, but it was taught by the old man hand in hand, not his own liking.

In the past few days, he has been nesting in the study without leaving home, Xiaoru still thought that he had some official business, and after making trouble for a long time, he actually looked at these things again: "What is this?" ”

"The candidates' articles ......," Lou Yi groaned, "It's all sent to the old man, I look at a lot here, but compared to Ding Feng's, it's half less...... Hey, who made the old man a leader in the literary world, those so-called talents who are somewhat famous, before the imperial examination, of course they have to visit him......"

Xiaoru just drank a sip of Sydney water, and was choked and coughed, it is not strange that the papers are not surprising, if the candidates want to be promoted, in addition to the hard work, reputation is also very important, often months in advance, they begin to spread their reputation everywhere, but, they are the papers, and the old man Gongsun Zhi will obediently go to see them? It's too inconsistent with that old man's character!

seemed to guess his daughter-in-law's thoughts, Lou Yi smiled: "The old man actually pays special attention to the imperial examination, but if he comes here to get any poems or the like, it won't be pleasing to him, most of the people who know him go into the small policies he wrote, if the opinions are unique, even if he is immature, the old man doesn't mind giving him a long reputation, and Ding Feng and I generally help the old man pick out what can be seen from these messy lines, and then submit it to him for review. It would be great to have three or five people who were valued by the old man and invited to live and chat, but all those that were valued by his old man, although most of them would not make any name for the champion, but the middle jinshi was absolutely no problem, and even had a list of eyes and tanhua were the situations he liked. ”

Xiaoru suddenly cleaned up a place and poured Sydney water for her husband: "Then Xianggong, you just take your time, it's hard." ”

Lou Yi made a bitter face, buried his head, and muttered to himself: "It would be nice if the township test once every three years became once every ten years...... Of course, no one would pay attention to his delusions.

Xiao Ru shook her head and went out on her own.

Don't care what Lou Yi thinks, how to complain, how nervous the students are, the days still pass day after day, and soon it is the day of the township examination, on this day, those who have candidates at home, most of them are mobilized by the whole family, pen, ink, paper and inkstone and the like are very popular, of course, there are even many people secretly selling test questions, however, the imperial court is very strict in monitoring the imperial examination, and the real test questions are impossible to leak. Although it is not of great use, it is more or less worth a little grass test, so that many people rush to buy it.

Beginning on 9 August and continuing until 15 August, the atmosphere in Nanjing, no, it should be said that the atmosphere in all the localities in the country that presided over the township examinations was unprecedentedly tense; after all, this was an important moment that had a bearing on the fate of many people's lives.