Second brother, those two people just now seem to be scholars from Mengshan Academy. ”

Li Yun dismounted and threw the reins to the guards who ran out of the mansion. Turning his head to Li Kui, he said.

"Mengshan Academy?"

Li Kui was puzzled.

Li Yun said eagerly: "Second brother, why don't you understand, they want to compete with us for the places of those two martial arts." We don't care, but they do! ”

Not to mention Li Kui, the martial arts quota is not attractive to Li Yun.

After all, Wu Jinshi is not as good as Wen Jinshi, and scholars don't regard this fame as a Jinshi at all. Even if Li Yun was hopeless in the imperial examination, he did not have much interest in martial arts. Because, even if you pass the martial arts, you can only participate in the martial arts examination, not the provincial examination. I'm not a reader anymore.

This is undoubtedly humiliating for readers.

In addition, the martial arts can only be a military attaché, the grade is very attractive, and the court is also generous, and he is a captain of the seventh grade as soon as he makes a move. But the problem is that people who read martial arts are ashamed. Unless you get into the Jinshi, and then you start martial arts, it's not nothing, the reason, the promotion is fast.

Li Kui unintentionally asked, "Do you want to participate in martial arts?" ”

It doesn't matter if this question is asked, Li Yun seemed to have been stepped on by his tail, and suddenly jumped up and said with his teeth and claws: "Second brother, Hugh looks down on people." ”

Li Yun is also a person who wants to save face, where can he stand Li Kui's burial.

"Li Gongzi, the meal is ready, do you want to eat?"

The old housekeeper is rarely lively in the old house, and he is enthusiastic about preparing food every day. Seeing his argument, he didn't care, but kindly reminded: "Do the two sons have plans to visit friends and entertain guests, so it's good to prepare?" ”

Since they came to Linyi, they have not had any contact with the scholars from all over the country who are rushing to take the exam, because they have not lived in a guest house, and they have not participated in the cultural meeting. The place where he lived was the Liu family's mansion in Linyi. Since Liu Baosheng moved to the capital, Linyi's mansion and other courtyards have become much deserted. Only a few guards and old housekeepers live here to look after the house.

Before Li Kui participated in the county examination, the old housekeeper sent someone to tell Li Kui that Master Liu had instructed Li Kui to live at home, which was better than the convenience of the inn.

Being able to live in Liu Baosheng's Linyi Mansion is naturally much more comfortable than being in an inn.

Liu Baosheng's father is a daughter, but before that, he was also the capital of the Huaiyang Army, and the general of Ningyuan. In Linyi, he is also a big man with a head and a face.

The mansion of the Liu family is naturally quite luxurious, not comparable to the mansions of the powerful people in the capital and Yingtianfu, but on the ground in Linyi, it is also a large mansion.

After the Liu family moved out, the house was a little deserted.

After Li Kui and Li Yun moved in, they also felt quite lonely. Fortunately, this environment is the most suitable for reading, and the two of them are quite satisfied, which is better than the noise of the inn.

As for visiting friends?

Li Yun looked at Li Kui blankly, do they have friends?

To be exact, a friend who is a reader.

It's very disappointing, no, not a single one.

The two of them passed a county exam in their hometown and offended all the scholars in their hometown. Even those who had the heart to associate with them did not dare to approach them because of the anger of the masses. So, even if the two are not alone, they are not much different.

This is not a glorious thing, Li Kui pondered and summed it up in one sentence: "Old housekeeper, our brother has been studying abroad, but there are few people close to him in his hometown, so there are no familiar friends in the test." ”

The implication is that there are no friends in the exam, and their friends will naturally meet when they go to the capital to take the provincial exam.

The old housekeeper understood and said with a smile: "I heard the master say that Li Gongzi has a rich and noble life with great luck, and he wants to come to a higher place, and it is indispensable for friends to meet in the capital next year, so there is one more good story." ”

Listen, this is the person who understands!

But no matter how comfortable they are, they can't hide the fact that they are isolated.

During the meal, Li Yun pondered: "Why don't we go to Fan Xianggong?" ”

"That's not good, is it?" Li Kui was worried at first.

Fan Chunren presided over the Yizhou test for Zhang Dan, and I have to say that the family style of the Fan family is indeed good. The family is full of gentlemen, although Fan Chunren and the reformers are not in harmony with the reformers, it is strange to say that Fan Chunren still has a lot of face among the reformers. Even if Zhang Dian faced Fan Chunren, he was courteous.

Since he is a gentleman, Li Kui feels that Fan Chunren will not care whether it will be unfair for the examiner and the candidate to meet. Then he nodded and said, "Count it out, it's also an elder, it's good to go and see it." ”

Yizhou Mansion.

Fan Shuangqing stood on the high platform at the entrance of the yamen, bothered his waist, yawned and walked out of the yamen. I finally got two coppers from the old man in my pocket, and I don't know what I can buy with this money?

Sugar gourd.

It's worth ten cents, and the children are not bullied, and they can't afford it!

Damn, the sweet cake actually asks for five texts and robs money!

"If you follow your uncle, you will lose blood mold, and it doesn't matter if you don't pay your salary, you don't even have pocket money." Fan Shuangqing muttered to himself angrily. But he also knew that although his uncle's stinginess was famous, it was also understandable.

Since Fan Zhongyan's old Fan family, this room is famous for picking the door.

Among the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, who is the most picky?

Lao Fan, Fan Zhongyan.

Ask: The family of the official eunuch in the Great Song Dynasty is the most picky?

Fan family in Wu County, Suzhou.

Fan Zhongyan slammed the door, to what extent did this slam the door? Spending more than 100 yuan a day, I can't sleep in distress. If you can't calculate the accounts clearly at night, you can not sleep all night, you have to calculate it clearly. In Fan Zhongyan's dictionary, there is no word lost, and losing money is even more rebellious. But his old man's annual income is more than 3,000 yuan, and he has cut out the thrift in his bones, which is incomprehensible.

One of Fan Xiang's two hobbies is to save money, which has reached the point where the whole country knows it; Another is that he likes fortune telling, and he believes everything the master says.

When Fan Zhongyan was the most picky, his son had no clothes to wear, so he pondered touching one of them from the salute of visiting others...... Picking the door to this realm is very rare throughout the ages. As Fan Zhongyan's most outstanding son, Fan Chunren is also picky, he doesn't like feng shui or anything like that, but likes to eat. Eat and drink among friends all day, but never spend money.

As for the slaves around him, don't think about it, the Fan family is reluctant to invite slaves at all, and the people who help in the family are either sons and grandsons, or relatives in the clan, who have no wages and only take care of food. When Fan Zhongyan was an official, the errand runner by his side was the eldest son first, and then the second son Fan Chunren until he died of illness on the way to his appointment. Fan Chunren is only a talent, and that's why.

But even if he was such a pickyman, Fan Zhongyan donated the money he had saved in his life, including the emperor's reward, bought more than 1,000 acres of land in Wu County, and founded the largest Fan Yizhuang and Fan Yixue in Wu County. Not only that, but he also donated his favorite manor for retirement as the site of the school.

Although Fan Chunren is the prime minister, he is really reluctant to spend money.

And his income over the years has basically been donated to Yixue.

Such a person, even if he feels that he can't afford to provoke him, eats chaff at home, but he is bullied by the good old man in the world, and his conscience will be disturbed. Besides, Fan Chunren's reputation is too good, if he really attacks him, the opponents will definitely be very fierce.

This is the charm of personality, but the juniors around Fan Chunren will suffer.

Fan Chunren can be cheeky and eat and drink everywhere, but they, the juniors who follow the class and run errands, can't mix if they want to!

Fan Shuangqing stared at the food on the street, swallowed his saliva, and there was nothing else he could do. Although the old Fan family picks up, the behavior of being a traitor has not disappeared. Children and grandchildren will not go to petty theft, just a penny is a hero, it is really pitiful.

"Second brother, that's Shuangqing, right?"

"Look at the back image, but what does Old Man Fan say is also the prime minister, doesn't it matter if the doorman wears patched clothes?"

Li Yun felt that the Shuangqing in front of him might be fake, and wanted to beckon, but he stopped in a daze. But Shuangqing's eyes were sharp, and he saw Li Kui and Li Yun at a glance. These two people have a supreme position in his young heart, atmospheric, bold, never blink an eye when spending money, and they are two moving living ingots.

"Second brother, Brother Yun, it's me, Shuangqing!"

Fan Shuangqing quickly ran to Li Kui, smiling flatteringly, staring at Li Kui's money bag with pitiful little eyes, waiting for Li Kui to open his mouth to invite him.

The Fan family has rules that they can't ask people to eat, this is not a food invitation, but begging, which is disdainful of a gentleman.

As for the guests and friends who are too enthusiastic, if you have to treat them, you will say otherwise.

Li Yun stared at Shuangqing for a while, and said with a smile: "You won't wear this dress for two years!" ”

He recognized that when he was in Yingzhou, this dress was half-new, and it should not have been worn for long. The fabric of this era was very undurable, and if it was washed frequently, it would rot in a year or two. As soon as Li Yun opened his mouth, he talked about Fan Shuangqing's sore spot, and said distressedly: "It's been four years, and my lord has recently broken his fortune, and even the clothes issued by the imperial court have been sold as money. ”

After speaking, Shuangqing cried his face, rubbed his eyes, and wanted to cry without tears.

"Did Fan Xianggong donate money again?"

Li Kui was quite surprised, the Fan family does not do business, and their income depends on land and wealth, and there is not much land. The number of people who can only be fed. However, I heard that there are hundreds of students studying in Fan's Yixue. It is difficult for an ordinary family to support a scholar, and the loss is that Fan Chunren is the prime minister, and his income is really not low, so he can barely support it.

Fan Shuangqing sighed like a little master: "This is a bottomless pit!" Even if my father is broken, he can't fill this famine. ”

"Aren't you Fan Xiang's grandfather? Why is it still called Master Fan Xiang? ”

As Li Yun spoke, he held a lot of food on the street. There's even a pack of preserved fruits that aren't cheap. Shuangqing's eyes lit up, but he was reluctant to eat, so he invited the two of them to the yamen with snacks. While leading the way, he also explained: "Probably the old man thinks that etiquette cannot be abolished, and he can naturally be commensurate with his grandfather at home, but outside, it is not polite." ”

"In that case, Fan Xiang should give you a salary." Li Kui said with a smile, he also knew that extinction was impossible.

In Fan Chunren's study, the tea room sent a tea bowl, Li Kui looked down and saw that it was boiled water.

On the contrary, Fan Chunren was very enthusiastic and said to the two of them: "The two little friends are visiting, and the old man is indispensable to be the host, and the old man is left to have a banquet for the two today." ”

Fan Chunren Xu thought of eating and drinking in Yingzhou back then, maybe his conscience found out, and he shouted that he wanted to break the bank and entertain him. was so scared that Shuangqing was on the side, and he thought that his master was confused?

"Sir!"

"Tell the kitchen, add vegetables. Cook a rabbit. ”

"Master, the rabbit was the air-dried meat you found on the roof when you went to inspect the kitchen, it's not ours yet, I don't know how long it has been placed, isn't it used to entertain guests?"

Li Kui was a little worried about his stomach. Even if he has a stomach like a bunker, I am afraid that in the face of Fan Chunren's treat, he will have to think twice.

It's just a matter of generosity to others, even the food has always been unclear, and he dares to use it to entertain guests, Rao is Li Kui's heart to ask for people, and he doesn't dare to sit down and be used as a test by the master.

Seeing that his clan grandson had pierced himself, Fan Chunren was not annoyed, but smiled and said: "You kid, eat inside and out, there is a way to divide half of the meeting, bring it!" ”

Fan Shuangqing countered: "Master, you even have to cheat on children's things? ”

"I don't know how to tease."

Fan Chunren waved his hand and asked Shuangqing to stand at the door, this is the yamen of Yizhou, not his mansion in Bianliang. Inside and out, all he can believe is the person around him.

When Fan Chunren, Li Kui and Li Yun were left in the study, Fan Chunren suddenly winked at Li Kui, quite a bit of an old naughty boy, but when he opened his mouth, Li Kui and Li Yun were shocked. I saw Fan Chunren say to Li Kui with a kind face: "The old man will take care of you, relax and solve the test, the old man can still be the master." ”

Li Kui was nothing, but Li Yun took two breaths in shock. He has given up on solving the test, and he knows that with his true talent and real learning, I am afraid that he will not be able to solve the test in this life. But when Fan Chunren said this, didn't he say that the day when he Li Yun was prosperous was coming?

Thinking of this, Li Yunmei smiled at Fan Chunren and said, "Uncle, it's still you who are righteous." ”

Fan Chunren said with a shy face: "That's." As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from the bookcase, handed it to Li Kui, and said, "Go back and do more of these exam questions, and get twice the result with half the effort." ”

With all the words said, Li Yun hurriedly stood up and stretched out his hand to answer the exam questions. Fan Chunren is the chief examiner, and when he said that he wanted to take care of the two of them, he naturally wouldn't talk nonsense!

The exam questions that came up with were naturally the exam questions for the Yizhou test this time.

But Li Kui stretched out his hand to stop Li Yun, and the anxious Li Yun almost turned his face with Li Kui: "Second brother, what are you doing to stop me?" ”

"Not in order." Li Kui said in a deep voice, but his eyes were staring at Fan Chunren, and reason told him that Fan Chunren would never do anything to leak the exam questions.

Fan Chunren was looked at by Li Kui's gaze, and sneered: "Although the exam questions are fake, it is also helpful to do more." ”

After speaking, he nodded vigorously, as if to prove his words.

Hearing this, Li Yun almost jumped up angrily, pointed at Fan Chunren and shouted, "Uncle, you are too unreliable!" ”

"Although the exam questions are fake, the old man can ensure that you pass the exam and are real." Fan Chunren patted his chest and said that he was also a disciplined person.

Li Yun looked at Li Kui, and then at Fan Chunren, who should he believe, he felt that it was so difficult!