Beloved wife

The county examination in Donggu County was presided over by County Magistrate Zhu. On the [-]th day of the first month, the county government issued a notice, setting the examination time on February [-]th. After that, students who were going to take the exam had to go to the county government office to sign up.

Yan Jing had already made preparations and understood the process. The next day, he took Wei Lingxiu and the three students who were with them as guarantors to the county government to register.

After signing up, he took Wei Lingxiu directly to the Wei Family Bookstore.

Although they have books at home, there are not many. If you want to learn, it is better to go to Weijia Bookstore.

More importantly, shopkeeper Wei tried his best to invite them, and was even willing to provide them with food and lodging.

As for why shopkeeper Wei did this, of course it was because of the big characters he wrote!

The Wei family's bookstores are not only in Donggu County, but also in Fucheng and other counties. If you can hang a few calligraphy works by famous masters in such a bookstore, it will attract many scholars to stop!

Although Yan Jing is not a famous artist, his handwriting is not inferior to the famous ones at all!

Years ago, shopkeeper Wei sent a piece of calligraphy written by Yan Jingze to our family, but he was personally received by the head of the family, and asked him to try to get a few more pieces of calligraphy...

Yan Jing is no longer willing to be given some money by others, so he writes for others. The shopkeeper Wei came to him and asked him to live in the backyard of the bookstore, with daily food and lodging, and let him read the books in the bookstore. .

Yan Jing readily agreed.

His impression of Shopkeeper Wei is pretty good.

The original owner is indeed a gangster. Wei Lingxiu had a bad reputation when he first came out of Wei's house. The shopkeeper Wei was willing to accept the books they copied, and he didn't guard against him when he was left to copy books in the bookstore. It can be said that he was very friendly. .

Yan Jing happily wrote a few large characters to Shopkeeper Wei, and not long after, Shopkeeper Wei brought some annotations to books for him to read.

These days, the circulation is inconvenient, and it is difficult to publish books. Some literati annotated a certain book. If they had not had great confidence in themselves, they would not have published it.

Even a poor scholar like Zhao Xiucai couldn't see or buy the notes that shopkeeper Wei brought out.

Yan Jing was very grateful to Shopkeeper Wei, he read them all, took the essence, and wrote a copy for Wei Lingxiu to read.

In addition, of course, Wei Lingxiu must be urged to endorse.

After the two signed up, they hugged Buddha's feet temporarily for a month, and they didn't even go out these days. Only when Li Xiucai and others came to find him, did they discuss knowledge with Li Xiucai and the others.

In the beginning, Yan Jingze's knowledge was far inferior to that of Li Xiucai and others. Li Xiucai wanted to make friends with him, so he took the initiative to come to the door to answer his doubts, but after half a month, Yan Jingze was able to help Li Xiucai Answer some questions.

He has a photographic memory, strong comprehension ability, and the growth of knowledge is amazing.

But facing a person like him...

The Li family where Li Xiucai lived, and the Wei family where the treasurer Wei lived, both sent him some things such as the government examination questions from previous years, and the answer sheets silently written by their family's scholar afterwards.

People from ordinary families can't touch these things at all, and only big families that have produced many scholars can have them. If Yan Jing didn't have the talent he has now, and got the attention of the Wei family and the Li family, he would definitely not have the opportunity to see these things. thing.

It was Wei Lingxiu, who had never seen anything like this before—his father had never shown him this.

While Yan Jingze and Wei Lingxiu were immersed in their studies, rumors spread that Wei Lingxiu and Yan Jingze were going to take the county examination.

Most people in Donggu County don't believe it.

It's normal for Wei Lingxiu to take the county exam, but Yan Jing... Yan changed his name so much that they couldn't call it anymore!As far as this guy is concerned, they watched him grow up. When he was very young, he robbed other people's children of food. When he grew up, he did a lot of messy things. How many people in Donggu County are afraid of him? he?

Just such a person wants to take part in the imperial examination?

"Aren't you joking? If Yan Da can take the imperial examination, so can I!"

"I heard that Yan Da is very smart..."

"Anyway, I don't believe it. If Yan Da has this ability, my son can be admitted to the first prize!"

……

Ordinary people think so, and the Wei family think so even more.

The old lady Wei gritted her teeth with hatred.

Wei Lingxiu's mother didn't take her seriously back then, and later Wei Lingxiu's uncle even scolded her face to face. She didn't have any affection for this grandson.

This grandson is not like her son but only her daughter-in-law, and her daughter-in-law has a bad reputation... Who knows if this is her son's seed!

"He must have been unwilling to spread so many rumors, and wants to come back!" Old Mrs. Wei said.

Because many people have said recently that Mrs. Wei's handwriting of Wei Lingxiu's expulsion from Wei's house is that Mrs. Wei's life is very difficult these days, but she can't speak like Mrs. Wei in front of others...

Mrs. Wei said: "Mother, don't be angry..."

"Can I not be angry? He actually wants to take part in the county test... Is he trying to disgrace my Wei family?" Old lady Wei said, "I heard that he is going to take that Yanda with him? No way! Find someone to stop them!"

Mrs. Wei quickly agreed.She knew very well in her heart that Wei Lingxiu was not really ignorant, if not, she would not have wanted to spend money to find Yan Da to bring Wei Lingxiu down.

This Wei Lingxiu is going to take the county examination, what should he do if he is lucky?

Early in the morning on the day of the county examination, all the candidates arrived at the examination center.

Yan Jing and Wei Lingxiu came together. Among the candidates, Yan Jing stood out from the crowd and saw a piece of the top of his head.

The three students who signed mutual insurance policies with Yan Jingze and Wei Lingxiu saw Yan Jingze at a glance, and quickly squeezed over: "Mr. Yan, are you here?"

"Mr. Yan, have you eaten yet?"

"Mr. Yan..."

……

After these three people were taken to the county magistrate by Yan Jingze and "experienced" by Li Xiucai, they were respectful to Yan Jingze.

But the people around were dumbfounded.

"Yan Da really came for the exam?"

"Why can you take the exam even if you speak big?"

"We actually want to have an examination room with Yanda?"

……

Scholars are all proud and arrogant. Although Yan Jing has been quiet recently and hasn't made a fuss, everyone still remembers what the original owner did before!

"Mr. Yan has great talent." A student next to Yan Jingze spoke for Yan Jingze.

When the people around heard his words, they thought he was crazy: "Are you crazy? How dare you say such nonsense!"

"Can he still have great talent?"

"He is here, it is an insult to the sages!"

……

While talking, suddenly a group of people dressed as servants came and said to Wei Lingxiu, "Master, the old lady wants you to go home!"

Those people said that they were going to arrest Wei Lingxiu.

The words and words of the people around him are completely indifferent.

These scholars all pay attention to face. Even if they look down on him, they can at most say something like "disgraceful to the gentleman" or "disgraceful to the sage". What does it matter if they are said a few words?

When he finally got good grades in the exam, he slapped the faces of these people.

But now someone wants to arrest Wei Lingxiu... He can't bear this!

Yan Jing stretched out his hand, grabbed a servant who was approaching, and threw it to the side where no one was around!

All the people gathered here today are scholars, and the members of the Wei family dare not come here with weapons—what if they accidentally hurt someone?

So they wanted to capture Wei Lingxiu with their bare hands.

It's so beautiful!

Although Yan Jing is obsessed with reading these days, he has not neglected his body.

For example, living in a bookstore this month, before going to bed every night, he would practice his strength with the stone used to cover the manhole in the store.

There's no way, if he doesn't use up his energy... the person he likes is lying next to him, he's afraid he won't be able to hold back!

He even called Shangwei Lingxiu to exercise together.

The county exam is okay, there are four exams in total, each exam is entered in the morning and left in the evening, the subsequent exams are not so comfortable, and the township exam has to stay in the exam room for nine days... I can't stand it without a healthy body live!

In addition, these days, Boss Wei prepared all kinds of delicious chicken, duck, fish and meat for them every day... Yan Jing felt that his strength not only did not decrease, but increased.

It's really too easy to deal with a few servants!

One by one, most of the servants who came were thrown aside by Yan Jingze, fell to the ground and screamed again and again.

As for the remaining small part... Those servants threw it away without waiting for Yanjing, and ran away by themselves.

Wei Lingxiu, who was still a little scared at first, said, "..." He said brother is really amazing!

The students around who still had a lot of opinions on Yan Jingze saw this scene and backed away one after another, wishing to slap their former self.

This man is so powerful, they dare to accuse him!

It's just that I don't want to die!

They lowered their heads and walked away one by one, fearing that Yan Jingze would pay attention to them, and then be thrown out...that was really polite.

At this time, the government servants who maintained order came over.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way! What happened here?" the leader of the yamen said.

"Master, they want to beat me!" Yan Jing said.

"It's so courageous to do something to the students who came to take the exam!" Those yamen servants rushed up and tied up the servants—this is all extra money!If no one comes to pay the ransom, they won't release him!

As for Yanjing...

"Yan Da, take the exam well." These yamen servants looked at Yan Da and said one after another. They used to deal with Yan Da a lot, and the two sides had a good relationship. That's why they were willing to help Yan Da speak in front of the county magistrate. They also hoped that Yan Da could do well in the exam.

"I will try my best!" Yan Jing said.

These yamen servants just took those servants away.

At this time, Yan Jing was surrounded by no one except Wei Lingxiu and the three students.It is foreseeable that they will be very clean in the next few exams.

"Brother Yan, are you okay?" Wei Lingxiu asked, looking at Yan Jingze's hand.

"Mr. Yan, those people misunderstood you, don't be sad!" The three students also comforted Yan Jingze.

Yan Jingze was misunderstood in the past because he was too strong and able to fight, right?How unlucky it is for a good scholar to be called a thug!

People who knew these three students and happened to be standing not far away, and heard their words: "..." Are these three people crazy?

No matter what, Yan Jing entered the examination room well.

Shopkeeper Wei is a person who handles affairs properly. Not only did he prepare all the things Yan Jingze and Wei Lingxiu needed to take the exam, he also found two sedan chairs, and when Yan Jingze and Wei Lingxiu finished the exam, he took them back home bookstore.

Most people would be so tired that they just want to lie down after an exam. At this time, it is very comfortable to have a sedan chair, but Yan Jing is not tired at all during the exam, but the sedan chair makes him uncomfortable.

In this way, I took the exam for four days in a row.

In the past four days, shopkeeper Wei didn't ask Yan Jingze how he was doing in the exam. He didn't ask until Yan Jingze had finished all the exams.

Yan Jing said: "It's too simple!"

Even Wei Lingxiu thought...it was too simple.

That is to say, after finishing the county examination, one has to pass the government examination to become a Tongsheng, and one has to pass the college examination to become a scholar.

This county test is just the first hurdle, it's really easy.

And basically as long as the handwriting is clear, the article can be passed smoothly!

Of course, in a county like Donggu County with a prosperous literary style, the county examination is correspondingly more difficult, but it is not so difficult.

But it's simple, it's for Yan Jingze, who has a photographic memory, and Wei Lingxiu, who studied in the Li family since he was a child...

On the day when the results came out, the students who took the exam gathered together again, and many students found it difficult: "I silently showed the article I made to the teacher, and my teacher said that it didn't make sense."

"I had memorized everything that was supposed to be memorized by heart, but unfortunately I was anxious during the exam and forgot."

"When I copied it, I changed a few places..."

……

These people sighed and began to speculate who would be the first case.

Of course, when talking about it, everyone will also mention Yan Jingze: "The words are too big, and most of them handed in a blank paper!"

Just as I was talking, the result came out.

The county case is... Yan Jingze?

Who is Yan Jing?

Everyone was wondering, and someone said: "That Yan Da, isn't it called Yan Jingze?"

Everyone: "..."