It's not easy to be a scholar through Liaozhai

Because Li Qing's first name is Jieyuan, and his home is not too far from the county government office, the official messenger who reported the letter came the fastest. He went all the way, and when he arrived at the door of Li Qing's house, he was greeted directly by the servants waiting at the door. lobby.

"Congratulations to Li Jieyuan." The officer who announced the good news smiled all over his face. After all, it is a beautiful mission to come to Master Xie Yuan's family to congratulate him. What's more, Xie Yuan is the only son of their county magistrate's family. This red seal is absolutely indispensable.

Li Qing had a smile on his face, "Thank you, Shi Yan," Li Qing glanced at him, and Shi Yan gave the red seal that he had prepared long ago to the leading officer, "You probably have some errands to do today, I won’t stay any longer, and I’ll host a banquet for you when I’m free.” Li Qing said very politely, but it’s not a lie, three days later it will be his grandma’s [-]th birthday party, and now he is added In Zhongju, his mother will definitely throw a big banquet. These officials who came to announce the good news to him can be regarded as his father's subordinates, and they should come to have a birthday banquet.

"Then don't bother me too much. Our brothers are still in a hurry to announce the good news to the other masters. You stay here. By the way, you are ready to prepare, and you will attend the Luming Banquet in a while." The officer who announced the good news Said politely, with a satisfied smile on his face, just now he touched the red seal, the inside was so thin, at least it was a silver ticket of ten taels of silver, even if there was no reward for the red seal after coming out, Feng, it's all worth it.

Li Qing politely sent the messenger away. In fact, his father was supposed to come out at this time, but his father was urged by his grandma to go to offer incense, and grandma and mother were both women and children, so Li Qing had to come out.But now that Li Qing has passed the exam, he can already be regarded as an adult.There is no problem dealing with these things.

"Grandma, mother, the person who announced the good news has left." Li Qing entered the room and said gently, the old lady was very happy today, but fortunately her body is still strong, but anyone who is in poor health will give some advice.

"Okay, go get ready, and don't forget to bring your inkstone with you when you go out, so as not to encounter anything." Grandma Li reminded, and then sent Li Qing back to change clothes, how can she wear them on such a festive day? so pure.

Li Qing nodded helplessly, and then went back to the yard to tell Mudan a few words, and then went out with Shi Yan, and arrived in front of the county government office, there were already many successful candidates there, Li Qing was originally from the county Yes, he is also famous, and now he is well-known, so many people will naturally gather around him to build relationships with him. In fact, there is no special utilitarian idea, but we will be classmates in the future, and there is no harm in getting acquainted with him.

Li Qing naturally thought the same way, so he didn't have a cold face, he smiled and chatted with the people around him, no one was ignored or offended.But in fact, he didn't like it in his heart. He didn't like this kind of party very much from the beginning, but they were all people on the scene, so they were just passable in face.

This time the county has admitted a total of 82 candidates, which is not a bad result. It is already the best in the past ten years. In addition, there is some drought in their county this year, so there is such good news. The magistrate of the county The mood is still very good.

Li Qing had met this county magistrate when he visited with his father before, and Li Qing was indeed ranked the highest, so he was dragged by the county magistrate for a long-winded meal, and finally had the Luming Banquet, Only then did he let him go back.

In addition to the county government office, Li Qing said goodbye to the several candidates who were walking along the way, and then got into the carriage that had parked at the gate of the county government office long ago. He took a deep breath, and felt comfortable when he came out of the space and drank the water from the spiritual spring. A little bit, he probably attracted people's attention. He was poured several glasses of wine at the banquet, but he couldn't use his spiritual power to force the wine out, which made him feel a little dizzy now. Fortunately, his divine sense The cultivation base is not bad, so he didn't lose his composure.In fact, there was no gaffe there, Li Qing was gentle, decent and generous throughout the night, and his etiquette was impeccable, but he was disappointed for a long time watching those who poured him alcohol and tried to make him lose his manners.

When Li Qing got out of the car, Shi Yan wanted to come over and give him a hand. After all, when Li Qing came out just now, although his appearance didn't change at all, the smell of alcohol on his body was enough to suffocate people to death. It's completely okay.

"Shi Yan, I'll make some preparations in the next few days." Li Qing said softly, he didn't plan to stay here for too long, he will go to Beijing directly after grandma's [-]th birthday is over in two days, now it's September, will Try it in March next year. If you walk slowly on the road, it will take about a month and a half to go to Lucheng. After you settle down, you will almost enter the final sprint stage. Although he is confident about the test, he also knows clearly Try as much as possible, although he has a photographic memory, he doesn't have too many ancient books in his family, and the amount of reading is actually not much. He is sure to pass the provincial examination, but it is not so safe when it comes to the examination. He heard that there are Anshan Academy, the teachers in it are all great Confucians, and there are many collections in the library. The enrollment time is in the middle of October. If there is nothing wrong with the time, he will probably be able to go in and study for half a year, and he will try it at that time Time can also be more certain.

Under normal circumstances, you will not be allowed to resign immediately after being admitted as a Jinshi, otherwise the emperor will definitely feel that you look down on him, so Li Qing plans to work hard on the exam, if he can enter the top three, he can enter the Imperial Academy, You can see the imperial collection of books from time to time. Li Qing's idea is to spend two years there first, read all the books in it, and immediately resign and go home. Anyway, he has no desire to be an official.

Of course, when he came to Beijing this time, he pushed back the marriage that his father had engaged at the beginning. No matter what, it was absolutely impossible for him to marry a woman. Since he didn't like her, he would never delay her.

Of course, this is because he is not honest in his work after all, and he will give the family some compensation at that time, whether it is gold, silver or treasures, it must always satisfy the Li family.

The next morning, Li Qing got up early again. After the morning exercise, he obediently went to say hello, and then went back to his yard. To be honest, since he crossed over, he has never looked at his body carefully. This yard, in fact, although this yard is not as spacious as Zhulin Xiaozhu, it is actually not bad. There is a small pond in the middle of the yard, which looks a bit interesting.

"I said, when are we going to leave?" Mudan said with a heavy face, a very unhappy look.

"What's the matter? Someone made things difficult for you." Li Qing asked strangely. Logically speaking, there should be nothing wrong with coming to his yard to act wildly. After all, the group of servants whom Li Qing handed over last time did not end well. , all were sent to clean the yard and do rough work.

"Not really, it's just that there are too many people here, and I'm not used to it." What Mudan didn't say was that several girls came to see him yesterday, as if they were watching a monkey show, and they even pointed and pointed, which made him very uncomfortable.