Second brother, you took the first exam again, and the number of places in this exam will be completed! ”

Li Yun chased after Li Yun and shouted, as if he was afraid that the pedestrians on the road would not know. But Li Kui shook the fan in his hand, swaggering and not looking like he was going to stop.

It's almost winter, isn't Li Kui afraid of catching a cold if he's so scared?

Don't think about it, Li Kui's body is like a small stove in his stomach, everyone in Yishui County has a cold, and he may not get sick.

Li Yun chased two steps, and seeing that Li Kui didn't mean to talk, he couldn't help it anymore, and asked Li Kui: "Second brother, why don't you ask me how I did in the exam?" ”

Do you still need to ask?

Li Kui turned around and muttered, "Am I blind?" ”

Li Yun's name was behind him, and when he saw his name, he naturally saw Li Yun's ranking. On the contrary, Li Yunxu chattered: "Second brother, you are stable in this test, and I am a little ...... hanging."

This guy has said so much, just to say that he has taken the second place in the county and beg for praise. It's a pity that Li Kui didn't plan to make Li Yun proud at all. Don't you know your own business?

They guessed the exam questions, and not by themselves, but ...... Hey. Besides, even if they have this heart, they don't have the ability.

"You're not a little hanging, you're quite hanging." Li Kui didn't give Li Yun face at all. Although the solution is to take ten people in one state, there are four counties in Yizhou, each county is divided into two places, and there are two rich places. plus Linyi, the state office, just divided all the places. But it's not that simple.

The Great Song has 287 prefectures and 1,135 counties. It has a population of nearly 10,000. There are 20 prefecture-level administrative regions, and there will be more counties under their jurisdiction. For example, Kaifeng Prefecture has 17 counties under its jurisdiction. It is the turn of the ordinary state, which has a much smaller area under its jurisdiction. In an ordinary state, it is generally within the boundaries of three or four counties.

Yizhou can govern five counties, and in terms of administrative area, it is already a rare state in the Great Song Dynasty. Unfortunately, although Yizhou has a large jurisdiction, it is located in the Yimeng Mountains and has a small population. In addition, the literary style is not prosperous, and it is impossible to become one of the areas taken care of by the imperial court. Besides, the number of places in the states of the Great Song Dynasty is the same, ten. It doesn't matter how many people there are, and how many counties are included in the state area.

If it is the first place in the county exam, even if it cannot enter the top ten when participating in the exam, as long as the score is not too bad, the governor will consider it as appropriate. At least one county should be allocated a quota. It's not fraud, it's about giving hope to the localities. At the same time, it is also a face for the following county orders. Unless it is really incomprehensible, inconsistent, and cannot be promoted.

Li Yun once again felt a strong sense of malice.

He knows his own affairs, and the reason why he and Li Kui are successful is not because of real talent and learning, but because of guessing questions.

The success of guessing the exam questions allowed them to be like a fish in water in the county exam. Otherwise, the ranking of these two brothers is very difficult to say. Li Kui is a little better, no matter how he recruits the county test, he can pass. But Li Yun is really hanging.

Li Kui waved his hand and said to Li Yun without waiting to see him: "Go back to your own home, find your own mother." Don't always follow me, your dad would be crazy if he knew that you won the second place in the county exam. ”

"By the way, from tomorrow onwards, I will go to the county government to study."

"Why?"

"Believe it or not, I'll ask my teacher to give you a separate retest and brush you down?"

Li Kui didn't care about Li Yun's reaction at all, and directly pinched Li Yun's sore feet. And Li Yun trembled angrily, he finally escaped from Yangzhou's 'demon cave', could it be that he returned to his hometown Yishui County, and fell into another 'Jedi' again?

As for the revolt, there is non-existent.

Li Yun left angrily, and when he returned home, he hadn't actually arrived home yet, just outside a few alleys near his house, he saw a crowd of people. In addition, the alley is also small, and there is no place to put your feet.

Thinking with his feet, Li Yun could guess that this must be a banquet held at home because he stood out in the county test, ranked second.

Actually, there was already one a few days ago.

After the first test in his county, my father feasted the guests, but the scale of that time was far less than today's.

The scene was quite lively, with gongs and drums noisy, firecrackers ringing in unison, red flags waving, and crowds of people...... Lao Li's family has recruited all the ringers that can be recruited. Thanks to the fact that there is no pomp and circumstance of the earthen cannon celebration in this era, otherwise it may also invite the ecstatic father and grandfather. Even Li Yun, who has no concept of money, is a little trembling when he sees this scene, how much does it cost?

Soon, two people were squeezed out of the alley, and it was not festive to change red and green.

It was Li Qing and his old man Li Lide who came, and they greeted Li Yundao from afar: "Yun'er, why don't you enter the house when you get home?" ”

"Good grandson, tell me, how many people have been tested in the county this time?"

"Second!"

Watching his own grandfather swallow the bull-like brawl of martial arts, he was afraid that others would not know, and the shouting was shocking. How can a grandfather ask about his grandson's grades, but just ask about his grandson's grades, and I can't wait to let the old and young masters in the county know that his grandson Li Lide is second in the county exam. It's a pity that the neighbors around are all eyeless foodies, waiting for the wine and meat to be served, without taking into account the fact that the host needs to be touted in order to eat and drink well.

Angry, Li Lide spat angrily, sticky on the earthen wall, and said angrily: "A group of fools! ”

Seeing his grandson in a blink of an eye, Li Lide's mood suddenly improved, and he pulled Li Yun and asked: "This time the county test is second, and the test solution is not a problem, your father is thinking about preparing the provincial test for you, just miss a good horse, spend a little more money, there will always be." By the way, good grandson, in the future, I am afraid that there will be less going home, right? ”

Alas.

Li Yun is very generous.

He found that his father and grandfather's expectations of him were a little too high, so that he didn't dare to talk nonsense. Fortunately, when people are old, they talk a lot, and Li Lide did not find that he was chattering in a situation where Li Yun had nothing to say.

"Good grandson, don't be discouraged in the second exam, this time it's bad luck, and people are competing for the first. By the way, what rank did Li Kui from Baizhang Village take? ”

"Top of the list!"

"The top of the list is not bad, at least it is better than the second ......" Li Lide was stunned, and he reacted at this time, the first place means the first, and the first seems to be better than the second. This is not the key point, the key is, can he still be arrogant in front of the third uncle?

can't become the most arrogant old man in Yishui County, why spend so much money to give these eyeless foodies around him good food and drink?

Suddenly, the old man was very disappointed, and said to his son Li Qing: "This money is not worth it." ”

Only he knows whether it is worth it or not, and Li Qing can only smile bitterly. Who would have thought that among the Li clan in Yishui County, they would fight with each other because of their studies, which is as unreal as a dream.

Not to mention Li Yun and Li Kui.

Both families now have quite a lot of industries, especially the Li family in Baizhang Village, who has accumulated millions of family fortunes in the past two years. It's just that outsiders don't know. In the event of a happy event, it is inevitable to entertain guests, plus flowing water banquets and the like, which is quite lively.

But there was one person who fell into deep incomprehension.

After completing the county test in Yishui County, Zhou Yuan, the county commander, became more and more confused. Li Yun and Li Kui, can it take two years to be worth more than ten years of hard work?

Li Yun didn't say anything, Zhou Yuan couldn't see that Li Yun had the possibility of becoming a reading seed at all.

As for Li Kui, it's not so much better than himself, right?

No matter how I say it, I am also a two-list jinshi, the most elite reader of the Great Song Dynasty.

Could it be that studying in front of the teacher can really make such leaps and bounds?

Fortunately, as long as it takes one day, after Li Kui comes to the county office tomorrow, the answer will be revealed. Before, because of avoiding suspicion, Li Kui almost never ran to the county government before the county test.

Following.

Zhou Yuan sat in the back office and instructed Xu Bo that when Li Kui and Li Yun came, they would go outside the door to stop people, and no one would be seen today.

On the third pole of the day, Li Kui and Li Yun came together, Zhou Yuan was in the study, looking at his disciple Li Kui for a while, and looking at Li Yun, the disciple of the junior brother.

After raising for a long time, he said: "I have read all your articles, yes, the writing is brilliant, and it is not a few years of hard work that cannot reach this level, which means that you are still studying very hard in front of the teacher." But ......"

During the Zhou Yuan period, Ai Ai was for a while, but he couldn't say that Li Kui and Li Yun, the two living treasures, were about to catch up with him as a jinshi at the level of the article, and he suspected that Li Kui and Li Yun had cheated.

Li Yun's eyes dodged and he didn't dare to look at his uncle Zhou Yuan, but Li Kui said to Zhou Yuan generously: "Teacher, the disciple's test papers are better, mainly due to the merits of several masters. ”

"What?" Zhou Yuan looked at Li Kui in surprise, but then shook his head and said, "Impossible, the exam questions are from me, how can you know in advance?" ”

Li Kui didn't speak, mainly because he was afraid of hitting Zhou Yuan when he said it, but Li Yun gave Li Kui a look, afraid that Li Kui would say that he would confide in him, in case Uncle Zhou Yuan deprived them of the first and second grades unkindly, what would this do?

The two of them invited almost half of the people in Yishui County.

If it was empty and happy in the end, Li Yun didn't care, he didn't feel that he was an official, what could he do. It's just that his father Li Qing and grandfather Li Lide can't bear this blow!

As for why Zhou Yuan is so unkind in Li Yun's impression?

When my father was a head catcher in the county government of Yishui County, this uncle didn't beat his own father's board at the beginning, if he wasn't a foolish official, could he do such a tasteless thing?

The atmosphere was suddenly a little solemn, even if Zhou Yuan was good-tempered, he couldn't help but get angry, and roared: "Say, I am your teacher or your uncle." Zhou Yuan pointed to Li Kui and Li Yun as he spoke, and continued: "The county exam is over, and I won't deprive you of your results, so what's the reason to worry about?" ”

Li Kui also knew that Zhou Yuan would not do anything to backtrack, besides, who would uncover the matter of closing the coffin? Or slap yourself in the face. Therefore, it is already a sure thing that he and Li Yun successfully passed the county test.

Thinking of this, Li Kui immediately put his mind at ease and said: "Teacher, in fact, Uncle Chao and Uncle Li and others are together, guess some questions that you may come up with, let us do some in advance." ”

"Chao Buzhi and Li Di?" Zhou Yuan's face changed, and his heart was worried, these two people seemed to be so talented and learned better than themselves, especially since they both admired Liu Zongyuan's literary style as much as themselves, and it was not surprising that they had a similar literary style to themselves. But the question is, how did they guess the topic of the thesis?

I won't talk about the question, because of the relationship between the county exam, it will definitely not be too rigorous, and it is not surprising to be guessed.

But it's different, how could the exam questions he came up with after looking for a long time be leaked? Zhou Yuan was puzzled, and said in a low voice: "Chao and Li Erwei are senior brothers' sharp writing, and their rhetorical skills are very deep, when they were in the capital, they often chanted poems for the teacher and the two senior brothers, although the three of us are friends, and we have the ability to learn from others, but we can't guess the topic for the teacher, right?" However, if there are many guesses, it is possible. By the way, how many questions did you guess? ”

"Three questions."

Li Yun blinked his eyes, not understanding why he said that writing the same topic and three questions would make Zhou Yuan resentful as if he was killing his father and enemy.

"Nonsense, how is that possible?"

Zhou Yuan suddenly broke out, he could admit that Chao Buzhi and Li Di were stronger than him, but he definitely couldn't admit that they were so strong that they could be crushed casually. It's not a guess at all, it's bullying. Besides, Zhou Yuan didn't believe that he could still let Chao Buzhi and Li Di be bullied?

But Li Kui and Li Yun are both real people, and they have one thing to say: "Really, just three questions." ”

Li Yun repeated, as if to convince Zhou Yuan that he was not lying.

However, Li Kui said: "Uncle Chao and Uncle Li are responsible for revising the strategy we have written, so that we can read the article more smoothly. Guess the question is someone else. ”

"Who!"

Zhou Yuan was really angry, he made up his mind, except for the teacher Su Shi, he would not let go of anyone, and he was not done with these unscrupulous teachers and brothers. Otherwise, I really thought that I could rub it casually.

Li Kui pondered for a while, knowing that if he didn't tell the truth, his teacher Zhou Yuan might not be able to let go of the mustard in his heart. But when you tell the truth, do you think you can really stop your heart? What about dreaming?

Li Kui probed his brain and asked with some nervousness: "Teacher, do you really want to know?" ”

"Nonsense." Zhou Yuanxin said that he had been pondering for four or five days, but he hadn't figured out the taste, could he let them pass the test so casually?

Absolutely not, not only no, but also to write a harshly worded letter angrily denouncing the unscrupulous behavior of the allies and brothers.

Zhou Yuan, who was standing on the moral high ground, clenched his fists hard, and said in his heart: "I have to give you a good look!" ”

Since he had asked to be a teacher, Li Kui felt that it was nothing to satisfy Zhou Yuan's thoughts, so he began to speak: "At first, Shizu was worried that we wouldn't even be able to pass the county exam, mainly because Li Yun and Gao Yu ......."

"Second brother, that's not the point." Li Yun blushed on the side and interjected.

Li Kui said: "So Uncle Chao and Uncle Li volunteered to help. Guess the question of the ancestor, the uncle and the ancestor ......"

Zhou Yuan gasped, Su Shi and Su Zhe, the two giants in the literary world, have all come down, just for a county test, are you there? Feeling that the number of people was enough to crush him, Zhou Yuan begged a little and said, "Almost, right?" ”

"What else?" Li Kui raised his fingers and began to count: "There are also Master Huang Tingjian, Master Qin Guan, and Master Zhang Lei, who are officials in the Jixian Palace, and they have this convenience, so they start to choose topics from the Five Classics. Other helpers include Li Gefei, Liao Zheng, Li Dian and Dong Rong, who also contributed a lot......"

"Heli limited the examination questions of the Great Sutra to 100 questions, and 3 questions each of the Treatise and Strategy. Unexpectedly, out of the 20 questions in the Great Sutra, I won 15 questions. The teachers and uncles of the "Analects" and "Mencius" did not choose the topic, and we all took the test ourselves, and the result was successful. In fact, the disciple didn't want to make his uncle and uncle so tired, and the disciple just sent 50 yuan a month to the uncles and uncles who were struggling to make ends meet. However, the teachers and uncles were too enthusiastic, and the disciples were not easy to refuse. Speaking of this, Li Kui was also a little embarrassed. Glancing up at Zhou Yuan, the anger in the teacher's eyes seemed to have the viciousness that strangled him. But Li Kui doesn't care at all, let Zhou Yuan pinch him, can he strangle him with the strength of a little chicken?

Zhou Yuan's chest was like a thousand catties of huge stones, and he couldn't shake it in one breath, and he wanted to roll his eyes.

The two great masters of Sumen, the six gentlemen, the four bachelors, and the last four bachelors all went into battle...... Zhou Yuan found himself in despair after being kicked to the ground by a group of fellow disciples, and rubbed it on the ground.

It's just a county exam, as for it?

It's too much of a bully!

Zhou Yuan was trembling with fright, and his heart was full of despair.