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Aunt Zhang wanted to find a place on the mountain to bury Sister Zhang, but before she could be buried, a matchmaker came to her house. It turned out that she was a silly relative. A family found that a young girl died in Zhaocai Village, so they looked for her. The matchmaker came to the house and said she wanted to give Sister Zhang to the old bachelor in their family who had been dead for several years.

An old bachelor died before getting married. According to local customs, no matter men or women, as long as they die before getting married, they cannot be buried in the ancestral grave.

Therefore, the old bachelor has never been buried in the ancestral grave. Recently, he has frequently asked his family to dream about him, saying that he is lonely and cold alone, so his family came to arrange marriage for him.

The matchmaker also said the same thing, "I don't dislike Sister Zhang's body being damaged during her lifetime, and no one can look down on her except their family. This time, Aunt Zhang no longer had the strength to copy a stick and hit the matchmaker out." I fainted straight.

The matchmaker was beaten out by Feng Jingchun.

Sister Zhang's body was buried quietly on the mountain in the middle of the night. She was worried that she would be stolen after her death, so she didn't even dare to stand up the tombstone. She only used two stones as markings. Wuba helped Aunt Zhang to bury Sister Zhang, and the five of them came back. Afterwards, I was in a heavy mood.

This is the first time they face the death of people around them, and the first time they feel incompetent and helpless.

The Five Dominions were silent for many days, and they were inactive in everything they did. Even the meeting at Grandma Fu's house was cancelled because Feng Jingchun wanted to accompany Aunt Zhang, and she was worried that Aunt Zhang would take advantage of her absence to find a briefing.

Even so, some people still talked bad things about Sister Zhang behind their backs, saying that she had ruined her body before getting married, and smeared Zhaocai Village.

Sister Zhang is a child picked up by Aunt Zhang from outside. Therefore, whenever someone talks about Sister Zhang, the aunts surnamed Zhang will reiterate: "That is a beast picked up from outside. Our old Zhang family does not have this kind of thing. A bad guy who is unfamiliar."

There is no crime of cursing people behind the law, otherwise He Xiaojiu would have sent them to the yamen.

She took Sanya to sit on the big stone halfway up the mountain, and Zhaocai Village was completely visible.

He Xiaojiu thought no wonder the Emperor's mother often said that the most difficult thing in the world is the human heart, and no wonder the Emperor's mother said that she should not be blinded by a single leaf. She should go out and see with her own eyes. The Emperor's mother also said that what you can see easily is all about others. What you see and what you can easily hear are all what others want you to hear.

He Xiaojiu turned around and said to Sanya, "Sanya, I walked out of the capital and saw a lot of things that I couldn't see or hear in the capital, and I couldn't see or hear in the memorials, but I just got a little bit of it. I'm not happy either, on the contrary, I'm very sad."

Sanya looked confused. She didn't understand what the memorial He Xiaojiu said was. She could only follow her heart and persuade her: "Don't be sad. You are still a child. You are only eight years old."

He Xiaojiu let out a sigh that was inconsistent with his age: "Thank you, I experienced the darkness of this world at the age of eight."

In the years that followed, no matter whether she was He Xiaojiu or He Jiayu, no matter whether she was the crown prince or the emperor, she would always remember the sufferings she had heard in the world and faced with those When she praises merits, she will always follow the emperor's tone and say a long way to go.

The depression of the Five Hegemons lasted for a month, and in the third month when they arrived at Zhaocai Village, good news finally came.

The articles of the Lu sisters passed the audition, and the yamen sent a big red news and sent someone to send them to the capital to take the written test.

The only two of them were selected in the county. This is a major event in the county. The county magistrate and the county school members all came. The county magistrate announced in public that he would exempt the taxes and service of the old Lu family from this year. If one of the Lu sisters could enter before entering Ten people will be exempted from taxes for three years. If both of them are included in the top ten, they will be exempted from six years!

In addition, the county also sent two sets of pens, ink, paper and inkstones, together with forty taels of silver, and asked the parents of the Lu family to make new clothes for each of the two children to wear in Beijing.

The whole Zhaocai Village was in full swing. When they heard the tax exemption, the villagers were shocked and they hated the county magistrate why the county magistrate was not his own home. When they saw the county magistrate personally put forty taels of white flowers. When the money was handed over to Uncle Lu, everyone became even more sour.

Is this the old Lu family who is laughed at by everyone?

The old Lu family had no money to marry his son, but they ate vegetables to support their daughter in school. I don’t know how many people laughed at them and poked their backbone.

But now, the old Lu family doesn’t have to pay taxes and work hard like them, and there are officials who give them money. Is God blind? How good is this good thing about exempting taxes and service in your own home?

But the villagers quickly found a balance. What's so great about it? Are they two people who lose money? It's just forty taels of silver, which is not as good as my eldest grandson.

But in the face slap, you either don’t hit it or you just hit it one after another.

As soon as the people in the county government left, a few large households in the county came to this small Zhaocai Village.

The richest man in the county and the Sun family of the imperial merchants also sent 100 taels of silver;

The Wu family, who has been **** for generations, sent a few books and another post. The villagers don’t know what the purpose of this post is. It is Feng Moqiu who told them that if they brought this post, the Lu sisters could go to the most famous tree man in the capital. Studying in academy.

The villagers were shocked. Can the two girls from the Lu family make money for their families? There are forty taels in front, but now it is one hundred taels, and can you still study in the capital?

Although not many people in the village are literate, they also know that being able to study in the capital is a matter of smoke from the ancestral tomb. How good would it be if such a good thing could be given to their own family.

So something funny happened. The thick-skinned person really came to the Lu family and asked Uncle Lu to give up the opportunity to study in the capital to his own family. He also pulled his son to kneel down on the spot, wanting to be his godson for Uncle Lu, and even Even the matchmaker was dispatched, and some wealthy families in the county and town fell in love with the Lu sisters.

Uncle Lu's family drove away and wanted to be his godson. They also politely declined the proposal for marriage and closed the door and prepared luggage for their two daughters.

Zhaocai Village could no longer recover from peace. The two daughters of the Lu family shocked everyone, especially the matchmaker who came to propose marriage told them that the family who loved the Lu family had an official position and that little one The young master's father and uncle are both officials. They don't dislike the Lu family's poverty, but they just like the talent of the girl in the Lu family.

Even Li Zheng sighed. He was wrong and underestimated the Lu family before.

Three days later, the Lu sisters were accompanied by people from the county school to the capital. On the day they left the village, the whole village went to see her off at the entrance of the village, and even the people from nearby villages came.

In the next half month, the girl from the Lu family was the object of discussion among the villagers after dinner. Some people said that Uncle Lu was crazy, so why didn’t he go to Beijing with his daughter? Why did he feel at ease to let outsiders take away two pornographic daughters? Aren’t you afraid of being damaged like Sister Zhang and doing something unfair?

He Xiaojiu happened to hear it. Just as he was about to point at the man's nose and curse, he heard a woman spitting, "You know what's the matter! Only you, who have shallow eyes, think like this, you haven't heard of it. Are all the magistrates of the next county women? In my opinion, the two girls from the Lu family are afraid that they will be officials in the future. You haven't seen how much the county attaches importance to them, so the county magistrate still said what they are "

He Xiaojiu quickly added: "It's not as good as a man."

The woman smiled and said, "Yes, yes, that's what she said. She is worthy of being a child from the capital. She knows so much."

So from then on, the villagers began to talk about the Lu family's official career. Amid the crowd, the Lu family came back from the capital.

When they left the village, they were riding a carriage hired by the county school, and when they came back, they had two carriages, one of which was taken by them, and the other was riding an official from the Imperial College and the county school.

But the carriage put them down at the entrance of the village and headed straight to the county town.

I heard that the girl from the Lu family was back, and everyone who had not gone down to the fields in the village came to the Lu family to watch the fun.

The dilapidated courtyard wall of the Lu family was surrounded by people. After a while, the inside was coming out of the Lu family. Everyone hurriedly surrounded him, talking nonsense: "What's wrong, the girl from the Lu family didn't pass the exam, someone else was allowed to do so. Sent back? ”

"I just said that it's useless to read any book that girls read. I'm sure I'll make it."

"Can it be that the girls from the Lu family did something embarrassing that made the high officials in the capital unhappy and refused to let them go to the school in the capital?"

Li Zheng was already filled with joy, but now he was so angry that he wanted to curse.

"What are you talking nonsense? This is how blessings are made to curse you. Let me tell you, the girl from the Lu family is very good. One of them has been ranked third and the other has been ranked seventh. Now she is going to study in the Imperial College. The next time I came back, I came to go through the procedures.”

The villagers don’t know where the Imperial College is, and they can’t explain it clearly. They only know that it is an amazing school that is compatible with the sky. But the Five Hegemons knew that Feng Moqiu would also go to the junior class of the Imperial College next year.

In addition to the prison students, the children of nobles or officials above the fourth rank were also able to study in the Imperial College after the age of eight. In the Dacheng Dynasty, all these old rules were changed.

There are only two ways to get the Imperial College entrance examination and the major competition.

How noble is Xiaojiu? She also needs to take the exam if she wants to enter the Imperial College.

Feng Moqiu has been admitted to the Imperial College this year, but He Xiaojiu, Dong Jinbao and Feng Jingchun have not been admitted. As for Lu Wen, he is not even qualified to take the exam. He is not old enough and can only take the exam after he is eight years old.

So Feng Moqiu decided to postpone enrollment. He could not be the only one among the five hegemons in the Imperial College, and someone should be with him even if he causes trouble.

As for Lu Xiaomai and Lu Xiaodao, there is no need to ask, they were recommended for this essay competition.

The top ten in this kind of competition have always been qualified for the lead. They are third and seventh, and there is no suspense about the lead.

"What are the benefits of going to Imperial College to study? Can you make money?" someone asked.

He Xiaojiu's tone was faint: "You can meet the emperor and play with the princess."

"What?"

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

He Xiaojiu heard a breath of breath, and she continued, "The students of the Imperial College have the opportunity to meet the emperor, and can also follow the princess, play with her, and guide her homework."

Okay, the sucking sound is even louder. My God, this girl from the Lu family will be able to see the emperor in the future and be a teacher for the princess.

He Xiaojiu: It’s either a teacher, or a guide to my homework.

The emperor's mother firmly believed that it was easier for her peers to communicate, so she would select teenage men and women in her teenage years old from the Imperial College to guide her homework and would accompany her to attend some occasions.

However, the villagers still agreed that the Lu sisters would be teachers for the princess in the future.

He Xiaojiu: It’s up to you to think, the princess is too lazy to explain.

When the Lu sisters left the village again, Wuba discovered that the wind direction in the village had changed.

When talking about the Lu family, the villagers gradually turned from sourness to envy. One day soon after, Li was back from outside with his younger son and eldest granddaughter. When someone asked him where he was, Li was proud: "Take him with him." Guozong and Dani went to the town school to register. The gentleman in the school praised them for their intelligence and said that they were both good students of study. The gentleman also changed Dani's name to Fu Wenjin. Listen to it, How nice this name sounds, it sounds like a promising one."

Someone said, "How great can a girl have to be, and how good can she be compared to a boy?"

Li Zheng was frightened: "Nonsense, the emperor today is a woman. Which man in this world can compare to her?"

Who dares to refute the emperor if he brings it out?

Lizheng is the example of the whole village. Not long after, another family in the Fu family sent his daughter who was working in the field to the school, and changed it back to the one who only knows how to fight in the school, and has not been studying for a few years. I know my son who has a few words.

It was the day to leave Zhaocai Village in a blink of an eye. Feng Jingchun insisted on taking away Aunt Zhang, who was still immersed in sadness. The Zhang family also wanted to get rid of this burden. Feng Jingchun wanted to take the person away. They had no objection, but they wanted Aunt Zhang. Give her house out.

Feng Jingchun agreed for Aunt Zhang. It would be better if there was no house, but there were fewer things I missed. When I came back to visit Sister Zhang’s grave and went straight to the mountain, and there was no need to enter the village.

He Xiaojiu wanted to take Sanya away, but encountered trouble.

The old Zhong family refused to let go, and finally the lion spoke out loudly and offered a price of fifty taels!

Everyone in the village said that Mrs. Zhong was crazy about money, fifty taels. Her Erya only offered a bride price of twenty taels, but she has not been able to get married yet. A Sanya, who has lost a few days, actually offered a 50% discount. Two, who would buy it?

However, some people also say that Mrs. Zhong saw that this little girl named Dajiu had money at home, so she said it was fifty taels at the beginning.

He Xiaojiu didn't want to spoil her. She was priced at a price of ten taels. Old Mrs. Zhong refused to agree. He Xiaojiu turned around and left. Old Mrs. Zhong was anxious and said, "Twenty taels, twenty taels, you can take her away."

He Xiaojiu stopped and said coldly: "Twenty taels, sign the letter of the relative!"

Old Mrs. Zhong is not stupid. He knows that if he just sold Sanya, the capital would not be far away. As long as he knows where He Xiaojiu's family lives, he can still find Sanya to ask for money. Those who sell their daughters as maids do this. The word "filial piety" is more important than the sky. Even if he has already sold himself as a slave, Sanya is still the daughter of the Zhong family.

But it will be different if you sign a letter to break the marriage. Don’t think about taking the silver from Sanya again in the future.

Old Mrs. Zhong didn't want to sign, and wanted to mess around. He Xiaojiu turned around and left. Old Mrs. Zhong gritted his teeth and said, "I signed it, I agreed, twenty taels!"

He Xiaojiu glanced at Zong Qin who came to pick them up. Zong Qin took out two white silver ingots. Old Woman Zhong's eyes shone in her eyes. Without saying a word, she signed and stamped the letter on the Duan's letter.

He Xiaojiu took Sanya back to the capital. The first thing she did when she returned to the palace was to hug the emperor's mother's waist tightly: "Mom, I miss you."

The following year, Huangzhuangli's trial planting of new rice seeds was initially successful. He Xiaojiu recommended Zhaocai Village, Zhaocai Village and more than a dozen other villages, and became the beneficiaries of the first batch of high-yield new rice seeds.

After Aunt Zhang arrived in the capital, she did not live in Feng’s house, but went to Shantang. At first, she could only do some cleaning work. Maybe the children’s laughter healed her, and she finally came out of her sadness and took care of Shantang. The children in the hall later adopted a girl.

As for Sanya, He Xiaojiu did not let her stay in the palace as a palace maid, but sent her to the girls' school. Sanya was half-working and half-studying in the girls' school. She was not the seed of reading like the Lu sisters. , but she is skillful and able to endure hardships, and her future is bright.

The story of the Five Hegemons in the Capital continues. He Xiaojiu took her friends to many places again, and they didn't separate until they were fifteen years old.

He Xiaojiu changed his name to become the county magistrate, Feng Moqiu continued to study in the Imperial College, Feng Jingchun also changed his name and went to the military camp, while Dong Jinbao went to Zhenjiang Shipyard. As for Lu Wen, after He Xiaojiu became the county magistrate, he He ran away from home. Just as the Wu'an Marquis Mansion was looking for people everywhere, he had already quietly come to the county where He Xiaojiu was and worked as a yamen runner.

Three years later, He Xiaojiu returned to the capital and took turns to work in the Six Ministry. In another three years, war broke out on the southwest border. He Xiaojiu went to war with his father and made great achievements.

Four years later, the founding emperor of Dacheng, He Ran abdicated and became the Supreme Emperor. The 25-year-old princess He Jiayu ascended the throne and changed her yr name to Sheng'an.

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