After wearing the book, he was favored by the villains in line

Unsurprisingly, it was another failure. After the other party learned that she wanted him to teach a group of beggars, he euphemistically expressed that he had a lot of affairs recently and was embarrassed by this important task.

Lou Rongrong came with a gift, and finally left with the gift helplessly.

In fact, most scholars have worked hard for decades in order to break away from their original class and let them teach a group of beggars. Many people will think this is an insult.

Lou Rongrong understood, but in this way, where to find the master became a problem.

She believes that there must be scholars who are willing to come with a lot of money, but this runs counter to her request.

When he was struggling, Lou Rongrong passed the previous pork shop again, and the old man who was greedy for pork just left, and the butcher poohed at his back:

"Every time I just watch it and don't buy it. Pooh, don't watch it if you can't afford it. It will delay my business! You deserve it for failing the exam!"

With a thought, Lou Rongrong stopped and said to the butcher:

"Cut three catties of pork head meat for me, and two catties of lard residue."

The butcher has a business, and his face is full of smiles, and his hands are immediately busy:

"Okay, wait a moment, I'll greet you."

While the butcher was cutting the meat, Lou Rongrong inquired:

"I heard what you said just now, isn't that old man a scholar?"

The butcher has a business and everything is easy to talk about, so he replied with a smile:

"Don't look at him now that he is undisciplined. Back then, he had a good time. If you go back more than ten years, half of Yangzhou City has heard of Liu Ziji's reputation."

Lou Rongrong was surprised:

"Sure?"

The butcher raised the knife and said to her:

"Isn't that right? You also know that if we want to take the provincial examination in Yangzhou City, we must first enter the county school. Many children from rich and noble families can't even pass the entrance examination as a child student in the county school. At this time, we have to talk about it." This is Liu Ziji."

Lou Rongrong's expression of keen interest gave the butcher an inexplicable passion for storytelling:

"As far as Liu Ziji is concerned, he was considered a romantic figure in Yangzhou back then. Unlike those rich and noble families and official Qingliu who could invite famous teachers to teach him since he was a child, his family was poor, his father died early, and his mother was sick. Since he was a child, he couldn't even eat enough, so he could only work for a rich family to make a living."

"It just so happened that the son of the wealthy family was preparing for the county examination. Seeing that he was really pitiful and young, he was given a clean job of cleaning the study. Unexpectedly, after a few months, the son of the rich family did not learn much. Things, but Liu Ziji knows those books and poems by heart, and the two are similar in age, so the family thought about it and sent Liu Ziji to take the county exam instead of this young master."

Lou Rongrong interrupted with some doubts:

"The imperial examination is the most important thing. It stands to reason that the inspection should be very strict. How can it be so easy to replace?"

The butcher said "Hi", spread his hands and said:

"It's been a peaceful few years. More than ten years ago, the Northern Qin army was swaying brightly above Daqing's head, and the whole thing was a mess. Who cares about a small county exam where someone takes the exam? As long as you have money There are enough, and some people are willing to go to the convenience.”

Lou Rongrong didn't expect such a reason, and felt a little emotional for a while.

Just listen to the butcher continue to tell Liu Ziji's story.

After the wealthy family sent Liu Ziji to take the exam, no surprises, Liu Ziji successfully passed the county exam instead of the rich son, not only that, he was also the first in the county exam.

The family was overjoyed, and immediately compensated Liu Ziji a lot of money, and also promised a lot of money in the subsequent government and hospital examinations, letting Liu Ziji take the exams, and finally successfully sent the rich son to the county school.

There is no impenetrable wall in the world, and other rich and noble families soon learned the truth, and they all paid a lot of money to ask Liu Ziji to take the exam on his behalf.

Liu Ziji was like this. By taking the exam for others, he saved enough money for his own study, took care of his mother while studying, and finally got admitted to the county school.

Originally here, at least for Liu Ziji, everyone should be happy, but the bad thing is that although Liu Ziji was admitted as a granary student, at most he can only guarantee his own food and clothing, and there is not enough money to continue to provide medical treatment for his mother, especially for him. The mother's illness was getting worse day by day, and she had to use more expensive medicinal materials to continue her life.

Liu Ziji gritted his teeth, took the risk, and started a more dangerous job - he promised the wealthy family to take the provincial examination instead of their young master.

If the county examination, government examination, and courtyard examination are just warm-ups before the official part of the imperial examination, then the rural examination is the operation of the state machine that truly selects talents. Although the current situation is chaotic, this move still bears great risks. Say once and find out, it's really a matter of losing your head.

Fortunately, there were no accidents in the end. Liu Ziji didn't try his best this time, and kept his ranking in the unremarkable upper middle. Finally, he single-handedly managed to pass the examination of the rich and noble son as a juren.

He earned a lot from it, and was finally able to barely pay for his mother's medicine, but it was not enough. Three years later, he took the exam again for the youngest son of a wealthy family, and successfully passed the exam again.

After two times, Liu Ziji was already familiar with the road, and this time he had finally saved enough for his mother's treatment and his own education expenses. He finally decided not to take the exam for him, but to obtain the honor by himself.

However, this year was the year when Fei Wusu led the Daqing army to defeat Bei Qin and forced Bei Qin to retreat. The country was waiting for prosperity, the economy was recovering, and everyone began to rectify order.

Just when he entered the rural examination room for the third time in his own name, an accident happened without any surprise.

An examiner found that he had met Liu Ziji three times, but this was the first time Liu Ziji's name appeared on the list of the township examination.

It was discovered that Liu Ziji had taken the exams for others for many years, and the whole Yangzhou city knew about Liu Ziji.

According to the law, Liu Ziji's head should have been lost for committing such a big thing, but the examiner at that time was a person who cherished talents. After final consideration, Liu Ziji's family was poor, and he took the exam for the purpose of saving his mother and pure filial piety. , Shang Feng pleaded for mercy, and finally saved Liu Ziji from the death penalty, but since then Liu Ziji can no longer participate in the scientific examination.

When Liu Ziji was imprisoned and waiting to be released, his mother at home was frightened and died of illness because he heard that his son had committed a capital crime. You can't get honors either.

Under the blows of two phases, the once proud genius was finally beaten to pieces, and because of this, he has been decadent to this day.

After the whole story was told, the butcher's mouth was dry and he drank several mouthfuls of clear water from the thick porcelain bowl, and said to Lou Rongrong:

"That's why he's so lazy. Well, you said back then, if the examiner didn't recognize him, wouldn't he be an official now, and he wouldn't even be able to afford half a catty of pork head."

Lou Rongrong smiled but did not answer, but asked curiously:

"You know his contacts so well, but do you know where he lives?"

The butcher looked at the Four Treasures of the Study carried by the guard behind her as a gift, opened his eyes wide and asked:

"You want to ask him to be your wife? This is really..."

Lou Rongrong asked:

"What? But is there something wrong?