Bandit Reborn

On August [-]th, Li Chengkui's family had a double happiness. Li Long and Li Huaixi both became scholars.

Li Huaixi finally grasped the proportions of poetry and prose during the college examination. After the examination papers were reviewed layer by layer, the last ten papers handed over were reviewed by Xuezheng himself. Xuezheng could not see the candidates' names and ages. It is said that he was surprised afterwards .

The happiest thing in the family is Li Huaixi's mother. She is not as reluctant as grandma, nor as worried as Li Chengkui. She is like a stepmother, wishing her son to leave Jin County quickly. Know his mother's mind.

Li Chengkui took his son to thank the teacher again. The husband was not surprised by his ranking, and gave him a piece of paper lightly, "Come and find me after the memorization meeting, no later than next year's New Year's Eve."

Li Huaixi didn't think that the husband only asked him to memorize a piece of paper, and when he opened it, it turned out that there was a full list of books he needed to read in the next year.

The husband chatted with Li Chengkui for a while, and finally called Li Huaixi to him, touched his little head and said, "I know that you are smart and aggressive, but you have to know that haste makes waste. Enke two years later, you can't do it." It's okay to end, if the current emperor doesn't choose Yichen as the number one scholar, then he won't choose you, a young child.

Yuchuan Academy is warm in winter and cool in summer, and has a large collection of books. You don’t have to worry about food and clothing there. These five years can just be used to study and practice calligraphy with peace of mind. According to the current situation, you may be able to give Enke five years from now. However, it is not easy to make a conclusion now, and then I will make a decision after I have considered it for my teacher. "

Li Huaixi understands his husband's love for his disciples, but he doesn't understand why he will have room for discretion after five years. Since the Holy Majesty will not choose a young champion, he will only be 14 years old after five years, compared to Lin Yichen when he was Tanhua. Still two years younger.

After returning from his husband, Li Huaixi rode his pony to look for Lin Yichen. Lin Yichen's big mouth was always open on certain occasions, but he would not be as cryptic as the husband said.

As expected, Lin Yichen did not disappoint him. The two of them lay on the bed after taking a shower. Lin Yichen touched his little hand to take advantage, and answered his question in a low voice, "The current sage is more than 60 this year, and a group of Taoist priests have been recruited to come here. There are two princes and one prince who may ascend the throne after the ascension. The two princes are the current crown prince Zhou Jue and the third prince Zhou Qi. The prince is the Southern Zhennan Wang Zhou Zheng I mentioned earlier. .

Of these three people, the prince controls the courtiers, the third prince controls the 40 troops of the imperial army, and the king of Zhennan is said to have an army of [-]. In a few years, the world will inevitably be in chaos; as for a few years later, these three people No matter who becomes the emperor, it will be beneficial to you. The prince learns from the grand master Sima Yang and advocates reform. The prince belongs to the same road, and the most taboo is moderation.

The gentleman is the smartest, and he must have calculated these things before he told you so, then you can do as you please. In the first three years, you should be a candidate like me, but in the last three years, you will have a real chance to win the number one prize. As soon as you ascend, the new emperor will open Enke, and you will end. At that time, I will ask my grandfather to change me to a Beijing official. The two of us will save the court a lot of money, and just need a mansion. "

"Lin Yichen, why are you more disrespectful than my mother? Now let's consider the matter after the old emperor kicked his legs. Which of the three do you support?" Li Huaixi heard that the ancients were very loyal to the emperor in his previous life, but he found out that in Lin Yichen didn't have such a thing here, which made him very strange.

Lin Yichen curled his lips in the dark, "As a little county magistrate, I support no one, and I support no one. It's useless to support, and people look down on you. You are so disrespectful, and I still call it 'the current saint is flying up'" , to you, it will become an 'old emperor kicking his legs'."

"The meaning is the same, sir, it seems that you have never taught us to be loyal to the emperor?" Li Huaixi thought of such a strange person again.

"That's not in Mr. Gentleman's Creed! The ancestors of Mr.'s family were high officials in the previous dynasty. He took the lead and rebelled. He became the founding elder of this dynasty. Mr. is also unwilling to serve the current emperor. Those who have retired from the third rank will not be loyal to the emperor in their family."

"You said that Mr. was retired from the third rank?" Li Huaixi was very surprised.

"That's right, he didn't do it himself. He was under 30 years old when he retired. He stopped doing it after going to the academy for a few years. The old man is stubborn. Let me tell you, at the beginning..." The two murmured Chatting about my husband's gossip, a little off topic, after a while Li Huaixi brought the topic back, "You haven't talked about yourself yet."

Lin Yichen put his little hands back under the quilt, and asked him in a low voice, "Have you ever heard of a long-lived emperor?"

"I've heard of the thousand-year bastard and the ten-thousand-year tortoise." Li Huaixi replied with a sullen smile.

"Then it's over! Loyalty? That's all for fools. Just shout a few words in front of people. You're a fart in the bed. When my great-grandfather made a fortune, the Great Zhou Dynasty hadn't even started yet. The emperor also said that he was the reincarnation of a real dragon, but my great-grandfather saw him beheaded by the holy ancestor who was born as a bandit, and the color of blood spurted out was no different from others." Lin Yichen lowered his voice even more when he said this, "Our Lin family The caravans in the Zhou Dynasty spread across more than a dozen countries around the Great Zhou Dynasty. Some countries had no emperor at all. I went to such a country with my father when I was a child. They lived well without an emperor. When I came back, I began to feel that our The idea of ​​"loyalty to the emperor" is really ridiculous and pitifully stupid. When my father was still alive, he often told me that people only need to be loyal to their hearts. The common people may not be sure."

Li Huaixi was greatly impressed by Lin Yichen's avant-garde thinking, and he was also relieved. He originally thought that if he met a "rebellious minister and thief", he might be involved in a big fight in the future, just like the time-traveling hero of a certain website.Now it seems that the guy next to him has no ambitions like him, but he is too smart, and those things of the ruling class can't fool him.

Lin Yichen suddenly remembered something, pulled him under the quilt and asked solemnly, "little fox, when will your family hold a banquet for you two brothers? Why haven't you invited me, the magistrate of the county?"

"My mother is pinching her fingers to count the opening day of the official school, please? You are so beautiful!" Li Huaixi poked Lin Yichen's hard chest twice with his fingers. The head catchers practiced martial arts together, and their muscles grew more and more.

"If you don't invite me, please don't invite me. I have prepared all your things for you. Should I send them to you or stay with me?"

"Leave it here for now, I have to take your family's car anyway. Go to sleep, I'm sleepy." Li Huaixi yawned, and Lin Yichen hugged him to his side. The two 'like-minded' fans Fell asleep.

On September [-]th, Li Chengkui set up an altar and incense table at home, and Li Huaixi's mother also took her son and daughter to the temple to fast for three days. Scholar.

Li Huaixi was sitting in the yard eating with his cat on his shoulders. The fat cat hadn't seen him for two months before, and missed him very much. Regardless of his fat body of fifteen pounds, he wanted to squat on Li Huaixi's shoulders, sticking to his face and shaking Li Huaixi felt quite touched at the time, so he followed it. I never thought that the fat cat would develop a habit. As long as Li Huaixi was at home, he would squat like this and stretch out his paws when he drove down. Tooth, Li Huaixi was afraid of losing his appearance, so he could only compromise with his cat. He had a sore back and backache after eating this meal, so he left his seat early with his cat on his shoulders. Even if he became a scholar, he was only nine years old. , You don’t need to entertain these people who came to congratulate you.

There are people everywhere in the house, Li Huaixi does not dislike chaos, he likes crowds, Xiao Li Xiucai carried the cat to the place with the most people, his father was toasting relatives and friends with a bowl, this father could not bend his tongue anymore Li Huaixi was called to show off, and then was called into the house by his mother.

"Hey, look at how handsome our little scholar is! What did I say at the beginning? I said that this kid is promising. Look, he has become a scholar before he is ten years old. In a few years, he will be a scholar." The champion! Don’t forget your third aunt when the time comes!" Li Huaixi’s third aunt, who has a beauty spot, is still charming, holding Li Huaixi’s little hand and rubbing it constantly, as if she has always been close.

The second aunt led a little boy and kept calling him brother. She was very envious when she saw that the two sons of the sister-in-law's family had become scholars. A few days ago, she asked the second uncle to lead the children to apprentice. She turned them away. She knew that Li Huaixi was not close to them, so she taught her son how to talk to her brother several times before coming here, but this child was frightened by Li Huaixi who was wearing gold and silver, and refused to say a word. Said, at the end, it was the second aunt who spoke, "Huaixi, can you tell your husband to accept your younger brother, he is usually very smart."

Li Huaixi rescued his hand from the third aunt, and said with a smile, "Second aunt, our husband has a stubborn temper, and he won't listen to the words of the county magistrate. If he says no, he won't accept it. No one can do anything about it , Moreover, this year's Shuxiu has also increased, ten taels of silver for a year."

"Ah? Ten taels? Isn't that stealing money?! Huh, he's not the only one. The old scholar in our village only asks for two taels of silver a year. Forget it. Our little four is still young, so we can do it at the door of our house." It's gone." The second aunt backed down when she heard that it was ten taels of silver, and the second uncle was a carpenter, so he didn't make much money all year round.

Li Huaixi climbed onto the kang and sat next to his mother, the fat cat jumped down and lay on his lap, the room was filled with the smell of women's body powder, making him feel dizzy and sleepy.

The aunt and aunt leaned against the window sill, sitting on the kang and talking next to each other. The sisters-in-law and sister-in-law are about the same age and usually have a good relationship.The aunt wears the most jewelry among the women. She has become more and more promising in the past two years. The original concubine became pregnant, and she took the initiative to find a new concubine for her man. Li Huaixi suspected that it was taught by her grandmother, but the old The wife refused to admit that now the two concubines are busy fighting for favor every day, and she, as the mistress, has become more and more handsome, and she looks a lot younger.

The 16-year-old cousin Yan Ying didn't come today, she doesn't go out of the house easily now, she is afraid of inviting people to gossip, the 13-year-old Yan Li also didn't come, but unexpectedly brought a gift to Li Huaixi, it was a good inkstone, and There was an inspirational poem engraved on it, and the aunt told Li Huaixi with a smile, "This is engraved by your cousin himself. He doesn't like to talk usually, but he likes you very much. Today I have to follow the shopkeeper's inventory, so I can't come .”

Li Huaixi looked at the inkstone in his hand, but didn't understand what his cousin meant. He and Yan Li only met a few times, and they didn't even speak a few words. Although he has become a scholar now, he may become an official in the future. But he felt that Yan Li was far from being so expensive at this stage. Although this inkstone was not as filial as Lin Yichen's, at least it cost more than a dozen taels.

Li Er, a pig butcher who can't read a single word, unexpectedly raised two talented sons at once. People who came to congratulate him rushed over to toast him. When the people dispersed in the afternoon, Li Long and Li Hu joined forces After getting Li Chengkui off the wine table, he was already so drunk that he could only giggle.

Li Hu can only live at home for three days. He just came back from the south with the big accountant, and he didn't bring anything back, but he opened his eyes. This guy has a very strict mouth. Regarding the business of the Lin family, he doesn't mention a word, and when others ask, he pretends to be stupid.

Li Huaixi cherished the days of staying with his relatives more and more. Lin Yichen came to pick him up and refused to go. Give up his mind, he has seen the martial arts of yamen servants, headhunters, and guards. His previous life's skills are enough to deal with it. The characters in Jin Yong's ancient dragon can't be met just by staying in a shop. He lives back and forth. I went to the store twice, but I didn't even meet my grandson Erniang.

Li Long is Zengsheng. The county school he is going to go to in spring is more than 50 miles away from home. The imperial court only pays him three taels of monthly money every month, but he does not provide basic necessities. Before winter, all the new quilts to be prepared are ready.

Cheng was afraid that his eldest son would be looked down upon by others, so the quilts he prepared were all made of satin, and the inside was filled with new cotton. The stitches were so neat and tight that they looked like they had been measured with a ruler.As for Li Huaixi's stuff, his mother took the effort to embroider his name on every piece of clothing and bedding, and it took less than 10 minutes for each piece.

Li Huaixi took stock of the things he was going to bring when he went out at home. The quilts in the government school were all uniform, so there was no need to prepare them, but Lin Yichen said that the things there were not good, so he also prepared brand new ones for him, and bought all the things he needed It is very complete, and there is no need to bring many of them from Jin County, and all the things in Yu Chuan's house are ready-made.

There is no need to think about things, Li Huaixi only thinks about the book boy. Lin Yichen thinks that Liu Quan is too young to be of much use, so he wants to send him a capable one from Lin Fu.

Hearing the news, Liu Quan was so angry that he wanted to go to the Lin Mansion for a test. He could wash clothes, grind ink, and fold quilts. Liu Quan couldn't think of what else Shutong could do.Li Huaixi, who is the master and has seen other people's servants, doesn't want him to embarrass himself, so he can only suffer a little bit by himself and let him follow. The fat cat is afraid that he won't return for a few months, and stares at him like a smuggling dog every day. He is holding him, and he has a grudge against his mother, so he can only take him with him.

My grandma had completed her merits and was ready to go back years ago, but Li Huaixi refused to let her go. He told her to wait until he was gone. Grandma laughed at him by pointing at his little forehead, "You are so promising, grandma waits for you to leave before leaving." Let's go, let's see what you will do when you arrive at the school, are you afraid of sleeping by yourself?"

"I'll go to bed after reading the scriptures!" Li Huaixi replied shamelessly.

"Hehe, this is promising. If grandma doesn't leave, your mother doesn't want me to leave either. Your family will start making bacon this year tomorrow, and I have to help your sister."

"Hmph, I don't even want traffickers for nothing." A celadon brush washer of Li Huaixi was smashed by his sister this afternoon, and even spilled water all over the floor. Li Huaixi's narrow-mindedness committed another mistake.

"Being more and more promising!" Grandma nodded his little nose and went out to wash his feet and prepare for bed. The grandparent and grandson had been sleeping in the same bed, and grandma was really worried about his grandson's sleep problems.

As soon as the new year came out, the carriage of the Lin family picked up Li Huaixi and Liu Quan first, and then Li Long started school a few days later, and the accountant of the Lin family had to teach Li Hu to read the account books. Li Hu also left home before Qingming. All the boys in the family left the nest. Li Chengkui looked at the empty house and the empty yard. In the kitchen, he whispered, "These guys are promising!".