Hearing this, Li Jinglan felt relaxed all over.

It's like eating a bowl of ice milk skin in the hot summer.

Just as I was about to continue questioning, I suddenly heard firecrackers outside the door.

Li Jinglan didn't bother to talk to Zhao Zhengyi's family and walked quickly out of the yard.

Seeing Li Jinglan coming out, the head of the yamen runners who had just returned from escorting the candidates to Beijing for the exam smiled and bowed:

"Congratulations, Madam. Case No. 1 Lu's paper was circled and kept on the case list, and he won the first place."

Several yamen runners saluted together and said, "Congratulations to Mr. Lu for winning the top three prizes."

Little Three Yuan?

Lu Bozhou was unexpectedly chosen as the first suspect again.

Li Jinglan couldn't help but curl up her lips: "Zhao Zhengyi's family, hurry up and go to Deyue Tower in the county to order a few tables of wine and food to invite the brothers to have a drink."

The head of the yamen runners knew that no one was at the Lu family, so he didn't even enter the courtyard.

He smiled and waved his hand: "Don't bother, we have to go back to the county to deliver a letter to Teacher Wang after announcing the good news to the lady and delivering the letter."

That means Wang Yongqing also won. Li Jinglan asked, "I wonder what place did brother Yongqing win?"

"Congratulations," the head of the yamen runners said, and cupped his hands again, "I would also like to congratulate the eldest lady here. The second master of the Wang family won the sixth place."

He handed a large envelope containing several letters to Li Jinglan, "This is a letter from your family."

Li Jinglan took the letter and made a gesture of reward towards Zhao Zhengyi's family.

Zhao Zhengyi's family took out three taels of silver from his purse and said, "Thank you for your hard work, brothers. Take this little silver to drink tea and wine."

After receiving the silver, the leader of the yamen runners led the runners back to the county.

They were very excited along the way: "Our Nanli County has gained honor again this time."

Lu Guanyu snorted, very dissatisfied: "The scholar didn't even know to go home and announce the good news? Did he forget that he still has a home in Nanli County?"

Li Jinglan scratched Lu Guanyu's nose and said, "Silly girl, your brother still has to take the provincial examination."

This year and next year are the years for examinations.

There will be another provincial examination in August and a metropolitan examination next year.

The Tongsheng examination is held twice in three years.

Both the provincial and metropolitan examinations are held every three years.

If you don’t take the exam consecutively this year, you will have to wait until two years later.

Lu Guanyu understood.

The little mouth that had just drooped down finally turned up, "Should we have a drink?"

"No drinking." Li Jinglan shook her head.

There are many reasons why a scholar fails to pass the imperial examination.

The most famous one is Pu Songling, who took part in the county, prefectural and imperial examinations at the age of 19 and won the top three places.

For a time, he was the most popular and proud young man.

As a result, he was still taking the imperial examination at the age of 70.

I usually make a living by teaching and writing novels.

and so.

Can't be publicized.

It is easy to be slapped in the face if you are flamboyant.

Return to the main courtyard.

Li Jinglan opened the letter.

Lu Bozhou's neat handwriting came into view.

"My dear, I love your words. Seeing your words is like meeting you in person."

"I have been away from home for more than a month, and I miss my dearest. Thinking of your teachings, I recite the scriptures every day without stopping... I am now taking the first place in the exam to repay your kindness. The provincial examination is approaching, and I cannot go home soon. I hope you will forgive me. ... The fish are not good, thank you for your worry."

"I am studying in Beijing, and I miss you so much. I hope your message will comfort me."

"I look forward to your request, and I hope you will grant my approval."

"August is getting colder, so I'm sending you a few more autumn clothes with this letter. You should also put on more clothes in the morning and evening to avoid getting caught in the cold."

"Remember this earnestly, never forget it."

You’re afraid that I won’t write to you, so you use having no clothes to wear as an excuse.

The corners of Li Jinglan's lips couldn't help but curl up.

Lu Guanyu stood on tiptoe and read for a long time, but could only understand a few words.

I couldn't help but complain: "Sister-in-law, did you write about me in the letter?"

Li Jinglan pointed at Yu'er and said, "This sentence is about you."

Lu Guanyu counted carefully several times, and there were only a few words when he turned it over and over again.

Taking a deep breath, he said, "Just a few words? Does he treat me as his sister?"

"The words are short but the feelings are deep." Li Jinglan comforted her.

"It's obvious that he doesn't have me in his heart." Lu Guanyu accepted the reality and said, "I'm going to work."

Li Jinglan called her and pulled out a letter with Lu Guanyu's name on it: "This is written to you by Zhongyu."

"Wow, my second brother is still the best. I should flatter him more in the future." Lu Guanyu opened the letter happily.

He laughed so hard that he couldn't help laughing, "Second brother is so funny."

Li Jinglan leaned over and saw that there were not many words on Lu Zhongyu's letter.

Most of them are paintings.

Probably because he was afraid that Lu Guanyu wouldn't understand, he used pictures instead of words.

Li Jinglan asked Lu Guanyu: "Can you understand it?"

"Of course, the first thing to do is eat and sleep. Just like a pig, all he does is eat and sleep...." Lu Guanyu snorted, but laughed happily.

The words interspersed in the painting are the words that Lu Guanyu is currently learning.

Lu Zhongyu is really careful.

Li Jinglan did not disturb Lu Guanyu from reading the letter. She picked up Lu An's letter and read it carefully.

Lu An's letter was written in great detail, covering every detail.

I saw the name Zhou Jin appear on the letter.

Li Jinglan was stunned for a moment.

This is because Zhou Jin is one of Lu Bozhou's mortal enemies.

During this college entrance examination, Zhou Jin wrote an excellent essay, so he asked Yin Zhihai to interview him on poetry and songs.

Yin Zhihai picked Zhou Jin with a low score.

Wiping the last scholar.

During the palace examination, the emperor suddenly felt like inspecting the examination room.

As soon as he walked to Zhou Jin, Zhou Jin farted several loudly.

The emperor was so intimidated that he almost selected Zhou Jin as the third-class Jinshi, but several examiners argued for him and guaranteed Zhou Jin the second-class position.

After passing the imperial examination, he was appointed as the county magistrate of Tongguan County, Shaanxi Province.

While on a secret visit, he was forcibly dragged into the coal mine by the coal mine owner to dig coal.

Fortunately, Zhou Jin's servant was alert and did not rush to rescue people, but ran back to the county government office to seek help.

When the county magistrate assembled his troops to rescue the people, Zhou Jin had already been digging coal in the coal mine for seven days.

When he was pulled out of the coal mine, it was so shocking that everyone who heard about it cried.

Later, he was promoted all the way back to Beijing to be an imperial censor.

After becoming the censor, he focused on Lu Bozhou and criticized him from head to toe.

The emperor thought Zhou Jin was upright and fair, so he promoted him to the position of Prince's Groom in the Zhanshi Palace.

Ever since Zhou Jin became a horse groom, it was considered a luxury for Lu Bozhou to have one more dish at a meal.

Yin Zhihai is Lu Bozhou's calamity.

Zhou Jin was Lu Bozhou's disaster.

The posthumous title "Yang" was given by Zhou Jin.

At that time, Zhou Jin had retired and was recuperating at home.

In order to give Lu Bozhou the posthumous title of "Yang", he dragged his old and sick body to debate with the heroes.

No matter what anyone says, he must be given the posthumous title of "Yang".

These two people talked for a whole day and night but didn't fight?

What a bad fate!

The envelope also contained a letter from Lu An to his brother Lu Ping.

Li Jinglan handed it to Zhao Zhengyi's house: "Find someone to deliver it to Lu Ping!"

"Then I'll go to my parents' home and Teacher Wang's home to announce the good news. I'll tell my parents' home that since there's no man at home, there won't be a banquet to celebrate, and they don't need to send anyone over. I'll go back to my parents' home when I have the chance, and they can just have a meal together."

Teacher Wang’s family probably wouldn’t hold a banquet to celebrate.

The provincial examination is coming soon.

The closer it is to the exam, the more cautious you have to be.

After giving the instructions, Li Jinglan rubbed his forehead in a daze.

She changed Lu Bozhou's life.

It is also indirectly changing the lives of many people.

Wang Jiaoyu, Li Fengxian, Xia Jifang, Ping An brothers, Zhou Jin...

I wonder how many more people will be changed in the future.

The further time goes by, the less useful her identity as a prophet becomes.

Just like Zhou Jin.

If he and Lu Bozhou became close friends, would he still target Lu Bozhou and scold him in the future?

Next.

Li Jinglan ordered everyone in the house to stay indoors.

When the patriarch of the Lu clan heard that Lu Bozhou had won the first place again, he thought that Li Jinglan would set up a few tables of wine.

He planned to take advantage of the drinking opportunity to let the clan leader's wife get close to Li Jinglan.

As a result, Li Jinglan closed the door and refused to open it no matter who knocked.

Normally, only a small corner door is opened to allow people to enter and exit for shopping and work.

"Why is it that this scholar is acting like a thief and doesn't even dare to set up a banquet?"

The patriarch of the Lu clan was really puzzled.

"If there was a scholar in my family, I would have to set up buffets for several days in a row." The clan leader's wife said this when she ran to see Lu Zhang.

Mrs. Lu Zhang is ill.

The face is sallow.

When he heard that Lu Bozhou had been chosen as the first in the case again, he was so angry that he almost jumped out of the bed.

"I'm so sick, and he has the nerve to take the imperial examination? I should go to the government and report him for being unfilial."

Hearing this, the clan leader's wife almost laughed out loud, "They are a worthless family. I support you in suing them."

The clan leader's wife already knew that Lu Zhang gave Li Jinglan one thousand taels in order to get Lu Xuande out of prison.

Seeing others suffer losses at the hands of Li Jinglan makes him happier than making a thousand taels of silver himself.

Li Jinglan only cheated her out of a few tables of banquet dishes, but cheated Lu Zhang out of a thousand taels.

prove!

Li Jinglan, she can’t cheat me!

The clan leader's wife was still a little proud.

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