The royal family of the Great Song Dynasty originally had a hobby of Keju, and the court painter Su Hanchen once painted "Taizu Keju Picture", which was in the court. The characters in the picture include Taizu, Taizong, and several important ministers.

It can be seen that the royal family is not taboo about Keju, and does not think that it is a juggling that can make the emperor's plaything discouraged.

Even Empress Dowager Xiang, who didn't like Zhao Xu, heard that Zhao Xu had reorganized the Keju Society in the palace, and she didn't say a word to persuade the emperor to be diligent in government.

After all, the ancestors all play, and the children and grandchildren play, which cannot be regarded as a mediocre performance.

Gao Yu was originally worried that Li Kui's suggestion was not very reliable. Before, the backbone of Sumen has always been Su Shi. At least for Gao Yu, but Su Shi is the backbone, and even Gao Yu can beat the drum in his heart. Lao Su is definitely an impulsive player, and when his head is hot, he will do things that make people cry and laugh.

After coming to the capital, Gao Yu's backbone became Li Kui.

I have to say that Li Kui's sometimes suggestions are confusing, but they are surprisingly down-to-earth.

Gao Yu appeared in the palace and used his superb ball skills to suppress the Keju members who were waiting for the emperor to play, and then almost copied Li Kui's suggestion to change the rules of Keju to the current non-existent. He was also worried that the emperor would not like it, but when the emperor was gone, he had a lot of fun.

The otaku emperor who is in the waves has a kind of flying air that lets himself go.

Three days, after a period of remission of body aches, Zhao Xu was completely captured by the miraculous effect of kicking. He noticed that after Kemari, the amount of food increased, and he was full of energy, and his body seemed to become lighter. is different from ordinary people, after the emperor exercises, some people pinch their legs, some people pinch their arms, and the feeling of soreness goes quickly. Coupled with the obvious effect, Gao Yu naturally became a meritorious man.

As soon as the emperor was happy, Gao Yu became an official.

Although it is just a small command of the temple front division who does not enter the stream, it is also a great event. After leaving the palace, Gao Yu kept giving Li Kui the good news: "Renjie, if you really expect things to be like a god, Your Majesty is looking good now." The previous languishing color was swept away. Moreover, His Majesty praised Renjie's revised Keju rules, and if His Majesty was really asked to learn according to the original rules, I am afraid that he would have been tired of it a long time ago. ”

It seems that Emperor Zhao Xu does not have the talent of his younger brother Duanwang Zhao Ji.

"If you like it, it's fine." Li Kui glanced at Gao Yu and put on official uniforms and official boots, and said with a smile: "Become an official?" ”

"Thanks to Renjie, my brother is now the commander of the forbidden army." Gao Yu was complacent. He never thought that it would be so easy to be an official, as long as he made the emperor happy, with a casual word, the military attache of the seven grades would be in hand.

Li Kui asked casually: "Do you still participate in the imperial examination?" ”

"We want to too! But can you get in? Gao Yu's unconfident self-questioning obviously showed his thoughts. He has already obtained the official position he wants, and he has no heart to continue to participate in the provincial examination.

Most of them will go to the Ministry of Rites in a few days to remove the qualification of this department.

Everyone has their own ambitions, and for Gao Yu, maybe this is already the best result. And to participate in the provincial examination, he will inevitably leave the emperor for a long time, prepare for the exam, the exam date, he does not dare to leave the emperor for a moment now, what if there is an impure guy around him who wants to take his place?

Don't think about it, the accompaniment of playing football in the palace, basically everyone has this kind of thought. If the emperor was really deceived by other people, he regretted not even regretting it. Fortunately, he still has an advantage among the crowd, he is literate, and he has a commendable calligraphy, although his literary style is average, and there is no way to compare with the scholars who are off the field, but he is not a star and a half stronger than his peers who play football in Keju.

He finally understood what Li Kui once said, the key to comparing people with others is how to compare. Comparing one's own shortcomings with others' strengths is bound to bring humiliation upon oneself. But by comparing your own strengths with your weaknesses, you can show your means in an instant.

Gao Yu used his limited knowledge to compare with too many students and scholars in the provincial examination, and he may not even have a chance to take the lead. But compared with the members of the Keju Society, he is blind one by one, and many people can't even write their own names, and they dare to argue with his master?

This is the same as his qualification for the Kaifeng Provincial Examination. Gao Yu failed in the literary examination in the Kaifeng Prefecture Liberation Examination, but with the unpopular stick methods in the army, he defeated countless competitors and obtained the qualification for the provincial examination. His martial arts are also a handful of outstanding among scholars. It's just that there is no way to compare with perverts like Li Kui and Li Yun, these two guys started killing people before they were minors, and they are definitely the killers hidden among the readers.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year was coming, Li Kui invited Huang Tingjian to his home, but the old man refused, and he wanted to go to Songshan with his friends.

And Li Kui and Li Yun can't continue to live in the Huang family, after all, they should always live in their own mansion for a while during the Chinese New Year. The year of the Great Song Dynasty began on New Year's Day and continued to the Shangyuan, that is, the Lantern Festival.

During these days, there will be endless temple fairs in all parts of the Great Song Dynasty, relatives who can't finish walking, and Guan Pu who can't play. Even poor families have to buy new clothes and eat food that they are reluctant to eat on weekdays.

On this day, Li Kui was surprised to receive an invitation from the Taishi Mansion.

Originally, Li Kui wanted to visit after the New Year, but he was invited before the New Year, which made him a little surprised.

This period is the busiest time, worshipping ancestors, sending gods and the like.

Liu Baosheng invited him at this point in time, which was a bit abnormal.

The people of the Great Song Dynasty did not have the habit of visiting relatives before the year, and during this period, even if it was a mansion that was constantly entertaining on weekdays, it was time to stop for a while. Of course, after New Year's Day, it will be the scene of singing every night.

It's just that Liu Baosheng invited, and if Li Kui didn't have a full reason, he naturally couldn't refuse. He is a person with clear grievances, and in the Liu family, Liu Baosheng treats him well.

Speaking of which, the sons-in-law of the Liu family are all good friends with him.

Qin Wenguang, the eldest son-in-law of the Liu family, was determined to be civil, followed Su Shi, and did not even return home. With his wife and children, he embarked on the road of chasing Wenzong. Zhang Luo, who was in front of the saddle and behind the horse, seemed to treat himself as the Su family, and even Su Shi was embarrassed to drive away, so he could only turn a blind eye and go with the flow.

The second son-in-law, Cheng Zhijie, although his martial arts are acceptable, and he is a mess with the troops, he didn't say anything to Li Kui. When Li Kui came to Beijing, he wrote a letter asking Cheng Zhijie to ask his personal guard Pang Wanchun to come to help. And Cheng Zhijie not only sent Pang Wanchun out, but also personally ordered 500 officers and soldiers with him to help.

It's a pity that in the end, he ended up with a fiasco, didn't help without saying anything, and made himself a laughing stock.

Not to mention the third son-in-law, Han Dahu is not good at being an official, but he is a warm-hearted person, basically as long as Li Kui is in need, he will respond to his needs.

Moreover, the Li family and the Liu family do business in partnership, and the Liu family collects money according to the regulations, and has never eaten too much and occupied more, relying on the identity of relatives to swallow the business.

After preparing the gifts, Li Kui took Ruan Xiaoer and went to Liu's mansion.

This time the entrance to the mansion went extremely smoothly, and the porter saw Li Kui running out from afar to greet Li Kui: "Young Master Li, you are in the house first, and the master is waiting for you?" ”

Enter the Flower Hall.

Li Kui found out that the master, the three sons-in-law of the Liu family, had no one else, and this was obviously a family banquet.

Qin Wenguang, Cheng Zhijie, and even Han Dahu, who has been in his hometown of Yizhou, came, but the female dependents did not appear.

"Virtuous nephew, you can be regarded as coming to the house. The previous unhappiness was mostly a misunderstanding of the subordinates' lack of eyesight, and I asked the virtuous nephew not to take it to heart. Liu Baosheng's current bearing finally has the graceful appearance of being a master of the dynasty. What is especially rare is that Liu Baosheng still received Li Kui as warmly as in Yizhou. Obviously, he wanted to tell Li Kui that he had not changed and had always treated Li Kui as a member of his family.

"Brother drink tea!"

Liu Qingqian held the tea tray and sent fragrant tea, and Li Kui took it, a little confused.

Li Kui opened his big mouth and poured the tea bowl smaller than his mouth into his mouth, but Liu Qingqian covered his face with a tea tray and left. Left a pretty back.

This kind of scene seems to be a bit familiar, but he can't say it, but Liu Baosheng enthusiastically asks about Li Kui's current situation.

Li Kui's recent situation, can he not know about it?

My daughter goes to deliver food every day, and the wind and snow are unhindered.

Before, Cheng Zhijie should have told Liu Baosheng that he had killed all sides in Liangshanbo on the edge of Yuncheng County.

Li Kui tilted his head and thought about it, so he could only confess: "Recently, the kid has been busy preparing for the exam, eating and living in his uncle's house, so Uncle Liu has bothered, and he may not have time until after the provincial exam." ”

"Are you sure?" Speaking of the imperial examination, Liu Baosheng suddenly came to his senses.

A character like Li Kui is definitely a waste of being a martial artist. has scheming, means, and is backed by a decent family now, and the influence of the Li family in Yizhou is now thunderous on Jingdong East Road. The family's financial resources are also first-class wealthy families, and the only thing lacking is the family heritage, but if you count the Shence Army, it is reasonable. At least in the words of the third uncle, the main generals of the Shence Army are all from the Tang Dynasty, and their family used to be wide. With these, Li Kui will become the hottest son-in-law candidate in the Great Song Dynasty.

Even if Li Kui is a lively person, in the face of the imperial examination, mainly after seeing Fan Chong's talent, he is also a little lacking in confidence.

If the competitors were all guys like Fan Chong, he would be dead.

A few teachers and uncles couldn't help, and there was no hope at all.

If he had been in Yizhou according to his temperament, he would have long used the word "Scoop Search" to describe his self-confidence. But now, he pondered for a while, and he didn't dare to say enough, so he said, "Five-five." ”

"It's not easy to do this, I've heard from my brother that Li Qingchen is a perverse person, but he is brilliant, and his main exam is bound to be much more difficult than others." Qin Wenguang helped Li Kui speak. He now also considers himself a disciple of Su Men, of course, he is definitely not willing to be a grandchild of Su Shi, and he is satisfied to be a disciple.

And Li Kui ......

It's a mess of generations.

Cheng Zhijie had a headache when he listened to reading, and when the wine and food were delivered, he waved his hand to let the dancing girl in the house end, and squeezed his eyebrows at Li Kui and said: "Brother Li Kui, you and my brother have finally gathered together and drank this cup to the full!" ”

Li Kui looked at the wine bowl, which was not much smaller than the ordinary sea bowl, and was speechless for a while.

I wondered in my heart, wouldn't it be Liu Baosheng who wanted to get him drunk and use such a clumsy trick to make him promise!

Can be drunk after ...... Lao Li's wine is not very good.

He beat up all the people in the Taishi Mansion, but Cheng Zhijie warmly invited him, and he refuted his face, which is not easy to say. Just in the middle of the stalemate, Han Dahu also raised his glass to invite, Li Kui asked Liu Baosheng with a bitter face: "Uncle Liu, if you have something to say, the kid drinks averagely, I'm afraid that after drinking, he will make a mistake." ”

"The virtuous nephew laughed, the virtuous nephew is a martial arts practitioner, how can he not drink?"

"Yes! Virtuous brother, my brother raised a glass and waited for the virtuous brother to reconcile, wouldn't it be that the virtuous brother looked down on his brother? ”

Cheng Zhijie was helping, and Li Kui was helpless, so he could only remind these people of the past. Of course, this past is a bit unbearable, but several people have experienced it, but it has been a long time and I don't remember.

"Uncle Liu, do you remember the gathering of my clan in Brother Han's mansion for more than two years?" Li Kui asked.

How could Liu Baosheng forget that at that time, the Liu family gathered the strength of the whole family to raise 30,000 yuan of silver, and was ready to enter Beijing to dredge the relationship between the palace and pave the way for his daughter Liu Qingjing. But I didn't expect to be robbed by the thieves of Niubei Mountain halfway through, which was the most miserable period when Liujiashan was exhausted. If it weren't for Li Kui's appearance, if it weren't for the Li clan in Baizhang Village, not only would he not have returned 30,000 yuan of silver, but he would have lost a lot of money with his subordinate soldiers.

But he didn't understand what Li Kui meant by this.

Li Kui had no choice but to continue to explain: "Somehow, my Li clan is easy to drink high, and if you drink high, you will make trouble. I remember that at that time, my fifth uncle demolished Brother Han's firewood room. ”

At this moment, the Liu family finally remembered, and Liu Baosheng was even more frightened with cold sweat on his forehead, and said: "The virtuous nephew is right, drinking is wrong." Drink and make a mistake! However, the Liu family now also has a difficult thing to do, which requires the cooperation of the virtuous nephew. ”

"Uncle Liu, please continue, as long as the little nephew can do it, he must not refuse." Li Kui said briskly.

Liu Baosheng was overjoyed and said: "In this way, the old man is also relieved." Let's ask, has the virtuous nephew ever been married? ”

"Matching?" Li Kui was stunned, shook his head and said, "No." ”

"What does the virtuous nephew think of the little girl?" Liu Baosheng asked.

Li Kui was dumbfounded, he was forced to marry, right?