For a long time, Li Kui has given Li Yun no more than a few impressions, exploding Li, the big demon king, and the thief......

Anyway, Li Kui is afraid that he has never done anything good in his life.

If you look at Li Kui's past, this impression is basically correct.

But this time Li Kui finally got it right. This guy actually helped him weigh the skills of the understanding brothers by mistake. Can a martial artist who can use a hollow hammer still be considered a pure martial artist?

In Li Yun's eyes, whether it is Xie Qian or Xie Wan, he has changed from an opponent with a little strength to an unpopular character.

But even if he is an unpopular character, Li Yun can feel the respect of the Xie brothers for him, most of which comes from the name of the Sumen disciples. But due to the collapse of other people's designs, these respects are getting thinner and thinner, and there is even an idea of wanting to be on an equal footing with him.

What made Li Yun unwilling was that these two boys actually respected Li Kui more and more.

First, Li Kui's skills are overwhelming, although it is a small place like Yizhou, but being able to obtain the identity of Xie Yuan has already shown that Li Kui has the strength they need to look up to. The Great Song Dynasty is an era of admiring the strong, of course, the strongest strongman of the era is not the unparalleled generals in the world, but the brilliant Wenchen. Li Kui meets the conditions for the admiration of all small local buns.

Secondly, Li Kui's name - Tiger Hero.

The combination of these two advantages gives people a high-end feeling of all-round talent in civil and military affairs.

If they don't kneel Li Kui, is it possible that they have other choices?

Li Yun saw it in his eyes and was angry in his heart, he was not the kind of open-minded gentleman. Besides, these two guys are still spending Li Yun's money, but they want to take refuge in Li Kui. This is simply a traitor's behavior inside and out, and he must ruthlessly treat the Xie brothers.

"Don't be stunned, you two, go up together!"

If it weren't for Li Kui to weigh out the quality of Xie Wan, Li Yun would not dare to be so arrogant. Since he followed Li Kui to break through, he has really encountered a lot of good players on the rivers and lakes. Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun brothers, Li Jun, Li Li brothers, Mu Hong, Mu Chun brothers; There is also Shi Wengong, who is alone, Li Quan of Baizhang Village, and then Pang Wanchun, who met on the road.

As for the others, Li Yun couldn't look down on them either.

Among these people, he is also a strong opponent who can bully Mu Chun and Li Li, and he needs to fight alone for a long time, and it takes fifty or sixty rounds to distinguish the winner from the loser.

Pang Wanchun doesn't seem to be very good at kung fu, but the problem is that this guy's superb archery skills make people have an unbelievable illusion. Li Yun even thought that he was facing Pang Wanchun, and before he got close to Pang Wanchun, he had already been shot into a sieve.

As for the others, he can't beat them.

So much so that even Li Yun began to wonder if the family wind splitting knife method was a big road commodity on the rivers and lakes, and after ten years of hard work, he couldn't even get out of Yishui County, let alone walk the rivers and lakes.

Finally had the opportunity to be arrogant, how could Li Yun let it go easily, and said loudly to the Xie brothers: "Let's go together, you guys have a good look at your brothers' methods." ”

Out of the dignity of a martial artist, or because he felt that Li Yun was crazy, Xie Qian hesitated for a long time before he kindly said: "Brother Yun, you are too thin to look good, so don't be strong." Don't look at the Pu knife in your hand, it seems to be quite heavy, but many things can't be seen on the surface. ”

Li Yun almost rolled his eyes angrily, he was still looked down upon. His figure is not tall and mighty, at least he can't compare to the burly Xie brothers, and compared with Li Kui, he has no momentum at all. But what can he do? The appearance was given by his parents, and he couldn't refuse. Besides, he is not a strength-type martial artist, relying on his tendons to increase his momentum. Finally suppressed the irritability in his heart, raised his knife and pointed at the Xie brothers, and shouted loudly: "Gambling fight, if the master loses, you can deal with it." But if you lose, you must honor me as your brother. ”

"You're younger than us, aren't you?"

"The first is the best!"

……

There was a crackling sound of weapons colliding in the martial arts arena, as well as Li Yun's arrogant shout: "Didn't you eat?" ”

"Weak pretending to be a girl, with weak legs?"

Not to mention Li Yun.

Li Kui followed Steward Liu out of the backyard, walked through the corridor, and came to the front hall. Fan Shuangqing was holding his waist nervously, his eyes glowing green excitedly.

"Let's go! What's going on? Sick? ”

Li Kui reached out and touched Shuangqing's forehead, but he didn't feel the fever. On the contrary, Shuangqing is like a blooming flower, and the one who laughs is called brilliant.

"Second brother, can I come to you tomorrow?" Shuangqing didn't pay attention to Li Kui's reaction at all, but flattered.

Shuangqing looking for him?

Just Shuangqing's young and old character, if there is no benefit, can you rush to come? Li Kui didn't have to think about it, he pondered the taste, and lowered his face to deceive him: "Shuangqing, you kid took Steward Liu's money, right?" ”

On the contrary, it was Steward Liu who laughed on the side and said, "It should be, it should be." Fan Xiang's juniors can come to the house, if it weren't for the inconvenience of the little old and second-hand students, I really want to give a few more. ”

For the Liu family, the Liu family did not develop before. It is unthinkable for civil officials above the seventh grade to send people from their homes to their homes. Liu Baosheng is not the commander of the Huaiyang Army, he is just a Du Yuhou, and he is only the third-in-command in the Huaiyang Army, and there are commanders and deputy commanders above him, and it is not his turn to call the shots in the affairs of the Huaiyang Army. Civil officials and military attaches do not interact with each other in the first place, first, because the civilian class is born with a sense of superiority and despises the military attache class; And it is the heart of the emperor taboo.

Suddenly, someone from the prime minister's juniors knocked on the door of the Liu family, which made Steward Liu frightened and a little flattered.

Not to mention Linyi Liufu, even if it is the capital Liufu.

Liu Baosheng is still trembling in the face of the big men in the capital, he is a relative, and if the civil officials don't trouble him, he will already burn high incense. How dare you expect a visit from the Prime Minister's door?

"How much was given?"

Li Kui dragged Shuangqing out, and when he heard Li Kui's words, he thought that Li Kui and Fan Chunren had the same temperament and wanted to meet and divide half, and Shuangqing was about to cry out if he was aggrieved: "There are two taels of silver." ”

Although silver was not the mainstream currency of the Great Song Dynasty. But like gold, it is hard currency, which has more face than Jiaozi and is more convenient than copper coins. Shuangqing is so big, his private money has never exceeded 100 yuan. Suddenly, there were two taels of silver, and suddenly there was a feeling that a poor person was getting rich. Where did he think that he just ran errands to let the porter report, and he didn't pay for the porter to run errands, and there was a surprise of receiving money unexpectedly.

Shuangqing even had the illusion that he must have been favored by God.

Li Kui was just messing with him, and more asked Fan Chunren why he was looking for him.

Xie Yuan he got it, and Fan Chunren at this time didn't seem to be so important to him. Although Lao Fan is a good man, he is not a good man at the same time.

"I don't know." Shuangqing was shocked for a while, and after knowing that Li Kui was not interested in his private money, his face finally looked much better. In the face of this flying windfall, Shuangqing is converted into more than 100 skewers of sugar gourds and barbecue in the capital, which can be eaten for half a year...... When you think about it, it's too beautiful to be in your heart. Repay the favor, say whatever you want to help Li Kui: "But Li Kui, you can be careful, my uncle suddenly received a letter from your uncle in the capital, and he hesitated for a long time. That's why the kid came to you. ”

"My uncle?"

Li Kui suddenly turned out to be Su Zhe. But what puzzled him was that he didn't have much contact with Su Zhe.

I don't write letters on weekdays, let alone meet each other. Especially his uncle and ancestor are still childlike, even if they can play with children, but their uncle Su Zhe, Li Kui really doesn't know what to say about his old man.

He didn't believe that Su Zhe wrote a letter to his brother, and he couldn't guess who the person who opened the letter was?

Su Guo, Gao Yu, and Li Kui.

But what about Li Kui?

I often see Su Zhe giving his brother eye medicine, and he doesn't like Li Kui and Li Yun, the 'Diao Min' of Yishui County. Perhaps in the eyes of his old man, it was already a mistake for a martial artist to devote himself to Sumen. Especially Su Shi still kept Li Kui and Li Yun, which made this uncle who was far away in the capital think that they were villains, otherwise how could his brother Su Shi be deceived by two martial artists and put them by his side?

I have to say that Li Kui's impression of Su Zhe is not very good.

The main reason is that this is too serious, although it is suspected that most of the letters from Li Kui and others with bad intentions were written during the Yingzhou period.

But the wound that stabbed Li Kui's heart was not so easy to heal. It's obvious that you look down on him!

Later, I realized that Su Zhe was not worried about Li Kui, but worried about his own brother Su Shi. This brother protector is too careful. The misunderstanding was solved, but for Li Kui, he was afraid that he would not be close to Su Zhe in his life.

Shuangqing didn't care that Li Kui's thoughts had flown out of the capital thousands of miles away, and said to himself: "By the way, on the day of the exam, my uncle wrote a recital for the imperial court, and even sent the strategy written by the second brother to Bianliang for the exam. Before, Yan Ming also said to my uncle that he would send your strategy to the capital. ”

He didn't want to think about it, was the matter in the temple a matter that he should be in charge of by a small six-rank judge? The uncle of the old family had already made a decision in his heart, and sent the second brother's strategy to the capital and directly invested in Shangshu Province. The official family can see it, second brother, you are going to be famous, and it is not impossible to be famous in the world. "It is said that the prime minister's seven-rank officials, as far as Shuangqing's tone of contempt for Yan Ming is concerned, I'm afraid that the seven-grade is not enough.

After Shuangqing got a windfall, he became more and more flattering to Li Kui.

Li Kui came back to his senses at this time, and didn't understand what Shuangqing said to him, but when he heard that Fan Chunren sent the strategy he wrote to the capital, he asked stupidly: "Shuangqing, what did you just say?" My strategy article was sent to the capital, why? ”

"Second brother, you still seem to be a little unhappy when you hear your tone? You're just going to have fun, aren't you? Shuangqing felt that Li Kui's reaction was a little wrong. How did he know that Li Kui's strategy looked brilliant, but when it came to implementation, it was hellish, and the possibility of completion was almost minimal.

Shuangqing smiled: "Second brother, aren't you happy and stupid?" ”

"Are the ghosts happy?" Li Kui cursed in his heart. On the surface, this is Fan Chunren's heart to promote the juniors, but it will take time to promote! Now that reformers and conservatives are fighting in the temple, who would dare to jump out of the limelight? Aren't you afraid of settling accounts after the fall?

He just wants to pass the exam safely, and then go to Bianliang to participate in the provincial and palace exams, and finally go home with a reputation. No one paid attention to him, and no one cared about him. Let him ponder his small industry in peace, maybe one day Da Song will be shocked into a cold sweat. But before that, he didn't have the idea of being targeted by the court bigwigs.

At the beginning, it was a complete accident when I met Zhangdun. He was there to save people, how did he know that when he jumped off the roof, the officials of the entire Yizhou saw him?

Now he wants to keep a low profile, but he finds that Fan Chunren doesn't give him a low profile at all. Thinking with his feet, if he hadn't pondered some conspiracy, he would have gone to great lengths to send a strategy article to Bianliang. He also sealed the Zhou chapter to the emperor. Isn't this roasting him on the fire?

This is not to help him at all, but to harm him.

The reformers and the conservatives fought to the death, and suddenly they were still in the middle, and they didn't know how to die!

Thinking of this, Li Kui felt that he had to save himself. Fan Chunren is a good old man, but the good old man is ruthless, and he doesn't even care about his own life, does he care about his life?

Came to the state office.

Yan Ming, who was sentenced to go out of the yamen to do business, was obviously stunned for a moment when he saw Li Kui, and then smiled and encouraged Li Kui with a not very accustomed smile: "Renjie, this official always thought that you had a chance to shine, but I didn't expect this day to come so quickly." Young people, simply unlimited, should forge ahead, do not disappoint our high expectations. ”

Li Kui laughed and haha: "Lord Yan said that he was joking, the kid is just a country man, where is the great future?" ”

But my heart is greasy. The six-grade pusher also wants to come to him to climb favors, and he also wants Li Kui to remember his kindness and dream! He didn't even want to deal with Vice Minister Fan Chunren. Before, he despised Fan Shuangqing and looked down on Yan Ming, but now when it comes to him, it is completely different. He felt that Yan Ming looked like a traitor when he smiled, and he didn't look like a good person at all.

After endless praise and encouragement, Li Kui finally met Fan Chunren.

At this moment, Li Kui's feelings for Fan Chunren are very complicated. He felt that he should hate him, but at the same time, he hoped that Fan Chunren was just kind. There are not many good people in the Great Song Dynasty, if even loyal people like Fan Chunren have become bad, is there still a little place in this world that makes him feel warm?

Fan Chunren hesitated, slowly handed an open letterhead from the bookcase to Li Kui, and said, "Renjie, this is a letter written by Ziyou to the old man, but ...... You should also take a look. ”

Uncle Su Zhe's words are from Li Kui, and he took it respectfully with both hands.

But when he picked up the letter nervously, his heart became more and more bottomless.

He didn't expect that the article he wrote indiscriminately in the exam would be taken to the court to study. This is as absurd as a joke, can't the Manchu civil and military forces see that there is something wrong with this strategy?

It's a pity that Li Kui's strategy is a completely new field for the civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty.

Cooperation, mutual assistance, and common prosperity.

Since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, there has never been such an idea, but the idea is very high-end.

The civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty felt that this was a smooth road, which would not let the vested interests lose money, and at the same time allowed the people who were already dying to live a good life, and the merit was immeasurable.

Isn't it for the sake of this goal to change the law, to change the law?

It's just that Fan Zhongyan's changes or Wang Anshi's changes are all taken from this basket and put them in another basket. In essence, this is a change of law, and it is also a robbery of the rich to help the poor. The poor get the benefits, but let the big families bleed, how can they get the support of the majority of the court.

But the emperor's support is the most helpless part.

To put it bluntly, it's a trick of changing the left hand for the right hand, which is not clever. It can be said that their changes are destined to be subject to constant resistance and many dangers.

If there's a better way, why not?

This is the first time that Zhang Dian has found that Li Kui, this kid, seems to have never entered the stream and entered a useful height.

Fan Chunren sat quietly, waiting for Li Kui's reaction after reading the letter. When Li Kui calmly put down the letter, the main thing was that he couldn't tell whether it was black or white on his face, in short, calm and dignified. Only then did Fan Chunren speak: "Renjie, you should also know that if this thing is done, it will be the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty for all generations." If the court decides, it will inevitably take action within a year. When the time comes, you will be a man of the storm. ”

Li Kui's head hurts a little, can he say that his strategy is nonsense?

At this time, it must be too late.

"The kid can't afford such a big responsibility, so please ask Prime Minister Fan to ask for another master." Li Kui felt that his hands were starting to tremble, Lao Fan, you are too tricky.

Wouldn't it be better if everyone finished the trial with peace and quiet?

Besides, Li Kui felt that Fan Chunren was lying to him.

"Renjie, the solution is what you came up with, do you dare to say that you don't have any ideas?" Speaking of excitement, Fan Chunren suddenly walked out from behind the bookcase, stood in front of Li Kui, and said earnestly: "Renjie, this is an opportunity, how many opportunities can you fight in life?" If you don't seize it this time, it will be difficult to get such opportunities in the future. ”

"It can't be an opportunity, it can only be a pit......"

"What did you say?" Fan Chunren raised his eyebrows and asked.

Li Kui said: "The kid is young and unstable, wouldn't it be better to send an old and serious official to go?" ”

"Confused!" Fan Chunren suddenly shouted angrily: "You kid is so smart, how can you not understand the benefits?" Besides, how could the imperial court send you to preside over the local government? Your role is to supplement and refine this Dharma, and nothing else has anything to do with you. ”

"What's the benefit?" Li Kui didn't see it at all.

Fan Chunren said: "Li Qingchen, a bachelor of Hanlin, will be the chief examiner of the provincial examination next spring. Your article is really average, especially descent. The strategy is not bad, but he is called a great Confucian in the literary world by Ouyang Yongshu on the same level as your ancestor, do you think that in his hands, your chances of passing the provincial examination are geometric? But if you really take this opportunity, the old man dares to guarantee that he will definitely pay tribute to your examination papers, as long as you pass the provincial examination, and Zhang Zihou will preside over the palace examination, he will use you, and he will not be stingy with a jinshi quota. He can't be the master of the first class, and he can't be the master of the second class? ”

"And, you should know, the reformers are a bit more radical. But it's really nice to give it to the official. As long as you win the Jinshi, you will be able to get the position of the six-rank general judgment within a year. My Great Song Dynasty civil official promotion has its own law and discipline, this is already the treatment of the champion, what else do you have to hesitate about? ”

As if Li Kui was going to miss the best opportunity in his life, Fan Chunren, as an elder, was heartbroken. But Li Kui ...... It is false to say that he is not impressed, but he understands a truth, the greater the benefit of falling from the sky, the greater the risk.

Li Kui, who is not afraid of heaven and earth, has a dry throat and eyes at this time, and he was not so nervous when he held down the tiger's head. Besides, although Fan Chunren said that the earth was full of flowers, Li Kui always felt that it was a bait, very fragrant, and it would be ugly to die if swallowed.

He felt the need to save himself, and he didn't need anyone else, just Liu Qingqian's sister, right?

She's a good excuse.

Li Kui said with a straight face: "Uncle Fan, you also know my difficulties. I am very close to the Liu family, and the Liu family is now a relative, and I will ...... in the future."

"Isn't it a woman? Hug the old man's body. Fan Chunren said that his face is very useful, and the big thing can also be calmed down for Li Kui.

Where did Li Kui mean this, he just wanted to use the sensitive identity of the Liu family to dispel Fan Chunren's thoughts, and said with a solemn face: "I don't want to regret the marriage?" ”

"It's all ......" Fan Chunren suddenly laughed, a little disrespectful for the old man and said: "The old man understands that it is understandable that young people love beauty. I heard that the little daughter of the Liu family has a role like a hibiscus in the water, you kid is blessed. Besides, the Liu family is just a relative, not the son of the Liu family, so it is not in the way. It will not delay you as an official. ”

Fan Chunren blocked Li Kui's retreat little by little.

In the end, Li Kui was helpless and asked: "You just said that you will be promoted to an official in one year?" ”

"That's right, if Zhang Zihou really values you. The provincial test hall has its own people from the Fa Changing Sect to help you, and when the time comes, your kid will be blessed with great fortune, and you can't stop it. Let me tell you, the six grades are judged, and it is still lacking, and the champions will envy your luck. Fan Chunren praised vigorously, and he also felt strange when he said it, it seemed that Li Kui's resistance was a bit incredible.

Li Kui pondered in his heart for a while, and made a judgment that since he wanted to realize the economy of small farms, he had to send a person with status to preside over the government affairs of the pilot prefectures and counties.

Who is this person?

Li Kui suddenly asked, "Who is Zhizhou?" ”

After Fan Chunren was slightly stunned, he immediately broke it and crumpled it to help Li Kui analyze: "This person must be capable." There are many capable people among the reformers, but there are few people who can preside over local government affairs. The Cai brothers are good hands, but Cai Bian can't be, his status is too high, and he will be promoted to deputy minister soon. And Zhang Zihou couldn't let him leave the temple; The second is Zeng Bu, who has the ability, but he is arrogant and difficult to get along with, and he is not a suitable candidate; Although Li Qingchen is noble, he is good at flattery and lacks ability...... The old man and your uncle guessed that this person would most likely fall on Cai Yuanchang. ”

"Cai Yuanchang?" Li Kui felt that this person was a little familiar, and suddenly exclaimed: "Is it Cai Jing?" ”

Before Fan Chunren could react, Li Kui figured out that Cai Jing was probably the master with the most poisonous ideas and the most means among the Fa-changing factions. got him out of the court, most likely for the sake of fighting in the court.

And he turned out to be a pair.

It's like a pawn in chess.

It stands to reason that Li Kui should be happy, and he is also a big man like Cai Jing. But can he be happy? Consumed Cai Jing to death, isn't he also consumed to death? Thinking of this, Li Kui suddenly said angrily: "You always want the kid to go to Cai Jing!" ”