After eating the roast beef, Wang Fu patted his bulging belly and suddenly quipped: "Liuxian, the imperial court has a provision prohibiting the private slaughter of cultivated cattle, aren't you afraid that this beef has an unknown origin and will be illegal to eat with me?" ”

Indeed, the imperial court had an explicit decree prohibiting the slaughter of ploughing cattle. However, the people of Yujiang regard beef as the best delicacy, but all large and small banquets have beef on the plate.

When the emperor of the dynasty was named Anping, now it is the thirty-ninth year of Anping, when Emperor Anping just succeeded to the throne, he had set off a prison in this province for the act of killing cattle, and the result was that because there were too many people arrested, he was widely implicated. The emperor almost couldn't get off the stage, and then an official played a game, explained the reason, and asked the court to release him without asking about the guilt, and Emperor Anping got off the donkey and agreed.

As a result, beef even appeared in a grand manner at the banquets of the provincial officials.

These news are known to scholars with a little status.

Wang Fu knew that Qin Chuan was born in the countryside and his family was poor, so he wanted to tease him to see if Qin Chuan could still be as calm as ever.

"I remember that there was a poet in this dynasty: 'The Chinese kitchen runs a rich meal, cooks sheep and slaughters fat cows'. In the previous generation, there was also a poet who said, "Cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle for pleasure will require three hundred cups." It is not in accordance with the law to want to slaughter a cow, but it is in line with love. Etiquette is nothing more than human affection, and if you eat beef, you will be fine. And the royal brother has eaten it, but the younger brother doesn't eat it, isn't it not righteous enough. Qin Chuan chuckled softly.

"Haha, Liuxian has read so many poems, I haven't heard a single sentence. But these two verses sound good, and you will need to drink 300 cups at a good time, but tomorrow you will try it in the hospital, so I won't advise you to drink. ”

The scholars of the imperial examination, before the Zhongjin scholars, most of them are buried in the four books and five classics, especially those who plough and read and pass on the books, especially pay attention to this, for fear that the children and nephews in the family will be distracted by other things and delay the imperial examination, which is the first major event in life.

It is a pastime for cultivating sentiment after poems and songs, ancient articles, or gold list titles; Or maybe he was disheartened on the way to the imperial examination, which was used to pass his life and comfort his frustration.

Qin Chuan was able to say the verses of the ancients, and Wang Fu was both unexpected and reasonable. Because Qin Chuan was born in the countryside, there must be no one at home to guide him in these details.

But Qin Chuan is not inferior to poverty, and getting along with him is even more commendable.

In addition to Wang Fu's failure to study, his popularity is quite skilled.

I feel more and more that the head of the county test and the government test will definitely go further in the future on the road to fame and wealth.

The old man said that friends with potential must give enough respect and help before others become rich. There is a way that is easy to add to the cake, but it is difficult to send charcoal in the snow.

He called the butler and whispered a few words.

After a while, the housekeeper took a book, which was made of rosewood, with exquisite workmanship, deep color, and its own fragrance, and when traveling in the wild, it would not be bitten by many mosquitoes on its back. Moreover, there is a hidden bracket inside, with poles and cloth curtains to shade the sun and rain, which is multi-functional.

There is also a set of new clothes and baby swaddling clothes. Even the inkstone is brand new. There was also a silver tael among them. The housekeeper explained that it was the wolf skin that was sold yesterday, and Qin Chuan deserved thirty percent of the silver taels, along with it.

It can be seen that Wang Fu is thoughtful, with such a good book on his back, if he is dressed plainly, it will inevitably be nondescript, giving people jokes, and carefully preparing swaddling clothes for Ying Ning, his intentions are really deep enough.

"Liuxian, this is my gift to you, whether you pass the exam or not, it is for my brother's heart, don't shirk."

Qin Chuan: "Brother Wang's gift, the younger brother really likes it." However, the book I brought was borrowed by Brother Zheng, a villager, so that I could take the college examination conveniently. I'm going to go out to look for them later, and if I change my books, it won't hurt my friends' hearts. Brother Wang regards me as a friend, so naturally he doesn't want my younger brother to do this. So I accepted the book, but after my hospital test, I will return the book to Brother Zheng, how about picking it up again? ”

Wang Fu clapped his hands and sighed, "Staying in the Immortals really has the style of the ancients, and I promise you for my brother." ”

Then the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Qin Chuan took the silver taels he deserved, and then asked the housekeeper Zheng Tu and his wife where they were staying, and then fed Ying Ning another meal, and said goodbye to Ying Ning in the old book.

Who knows, as soon as they left the gate of Wang's house, Zheng Tu and his wife appeared with two apprentices, surrounded by a wooden donkey cart selling meat.

Qin Chuan said with a smile: "Brother Zheng, I was about to look for you, but I didn't expect you to come here and wait for me earlier." ”

Zheng Tu smiled at the Zheng family: "Hun family, I said that although Brother Chuan stayed in the royal mansion, he would definitely come out to look for us today." ”

Qin Chuan smiled slightly: "Although the royal mansion is good, it is not a place for me to stay for a long time. If Brother Zheng finishes selling meat today, please help me find a secluded house not far from the Fuxue Palace tomorrow, and after my hospital is finished, I will rent it. For a long time to come, I was going to live in the city. I'm bothered. ”

He can't afford to buy a house now, but with the money in his hand, he can still rent a solitary and secluded house in the city. In Lingzhou City, the rent of houses that are not facing the street is generally not expensive.

Of course, Qin Chuan already had a way to make money in his heart, and he only waited for the hospital to try it, and then he started to do it.

Zheng Tu wants to sell meat in the city for a long time, so he naturally has the intention of renting a house, of course, his goal is to open a butcher shop, preferably on the street.

As for helping Qin Chuan find a house, it is naturally convenient to do the two things together.

What's more, Qin Chuan and Wang Fu get along very happily, and they can stay overnight, just open their mouths, and Wang Fu can do things for Qin Chuan under his casual orders.

Qin Chuan did not look for the prince of the Wang family, but for him, which shows that Qin Chuan is by no means a person who forgets wealth and wealth.

Zheng Tu patted his chest and said: "I'll go to do this for you early in the morning tomorrow, you just have to go to the exam during the day, and my family will take care of it." ”

Qin Chuan naturally thanked him.

It's the beginning of August, and the night is breezy and not too cold.

Qin Chuan, Zheng Tu and others spent the night in an open space near the vegetable market, even if it was an open space, they had to pay money. Of course, on the third and fourth watches, there are vegetable sellers and butchers who begin to prepare at the stalls.

Qin Chuan meditated cross-legged for one night, easily dealing with the past.

When it gets a little light, we set off.

Today is the college exam, and there is no shortage of candidates going to the examination room. Outside the examination room, one or two hundred people had already gathered.

Because Qin Chuan is dressed plainly, he is particularly eye-catching among the freshly clothed children.

Some people also recognized him as the head of the county test and the government test, saying that Qin Chuan's background was very poor and he came from a small village in the countryside.

There are also people who shake out the fact that Qin Chuan got the head of the case and blamed the Huang family.

So they were estranged and no one cared.

The tolerance of the guard in the examination room next to him couldn't help but sigh,

"Today's young people are too snobbish, so everyone is a child of reference, and they don't talk about hypocritical politeness at all, and they don't even bother to be perfunctory."

Soon it was time to enter, surrounded by a group of servants, Wang Fu appeared.

When he saw Qin Chuan, he laughed, "Liuxian, let's go into the examination room together." ”

Whoever entered the examination room first and who came last, originally had to shout their names and enter them one by one. However, Wang Fu directly gave the registered official a silver ingot, and the two of them were called by name first, and entered the examination room before the others.

But in the examination room, someone arrived before the two.

Wang Fu recognized the other party and knew that the other party was Huang Meng of the Huang family, and said in a low voice: "Liuxian, don't pay attention to this person." Let's find a location first. ”

Qin Chuan keenly felt that Huang Meng glanced at him, and his gaze was slightly unkind.

He asked himself if he had nothing to do with the other party, but he searched for his memories and found that before he woke up, he had met this person in both the county test and the government test.

Qin Chuan knew in his heart, after seeing the fact that someone from the academy came to this premise, he was afraid that it would be inseparable from this person.

It must be the trouble of the head of the case, he thought.

But this time in the hospital test, it is impossible for him to release water. Otherwise, the article will not convince the public, and it will be slapped in the face of the county order and the prefect in front.

The same is to offend people.

As an immortal, he doesn't want to cause trouble, but he is not afraid of it either.

After all, the soldiers will come to block it, and the water will cover it.

When the candidates arrive, the exam questions will be announced, and the exam will officially begin.

The difficulty of the examination questions in this college examination is really not small, but it is two current texts, which belong to the truncated questions in the scientific examination, and the angle of the questions is very tricky and strange.

As soon as the exam questions were announced, many candidates immediately wailed.

However, Wang Fu did not sigh, which was a bit unexpected by Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan didn't pay too much attention, anyway, if Wang Fu couldn't pass the exam, he would still be the eldest young master of the Wang family, and he would spend money to donate a prison student in the future, and he could directly participate in the township test.

He began to solve the problem intently.

For several lifetimes, he has been familiar with the classics, and the accumulation in this life is not small, with his detached thinking, he is also handy in making eight-strand articles.

Before noon, Qin Chuan had already successfully finished answering the paper.

Since he finished answering and stayed in the examination room, it was just to kill time, so it was better to go out early to breathe and wait for Wang Fu to come out.

Because the college examination was vague, the student obviously didn't know Qin Chuan, and when he saw the font on Qin Chuan's scroll, his eyes lit up, and he was immediately attracted by the articles in the scroll.

Qin Chuan handed in the papers and left, only to notice that the student officer reacted a little strangely, and after a little thought in his heart, he understood:

I think that my font is not much different from before awakening, but it is more neat and powerful, and if you have seen the papers of his county test and government test, most of them can recognize it.

As soon as Qin Chuan handed in the papers, Huang Meng followed and handed in the papers, and he was not in a hurry to leave.

Tixue looked at Huang Meng's paper again, and asked Huang Meng softly: "Huang Meng, the person who handed in the paper just now is Qin Chuan." ”

"How do you know?"

Tixue smiled slightly: "The child of Lingzhou Mansion, the article is better than yours, and it can only be him." However, for the sake of the Huang family's face, you will be the head of the case in this court exam. It's just that his article, I really can't be degraded, and I can't avoid being ashamed if I am listed below the first class. ”

Huang Meng's expression was gloomy, "My lord, please let me take a look at his test papers." ”

Tixue then showed Huang Meng Qin Chuan's scroll, Huang Meng is known as a prodigy, when he saw the scroll, he looked pale after a while,

"My lord, you can give him the head of the case."