It's not easy to be a scholar through Liaozhai

Hearing Liu Xiren's strange words, Li Qing shook his head helplessly, "Brother Liu, come and eat, you're not hungry!" Then he nodded to the girl named Lu He, and motioned her to enter the Pearl River Delta. Play the pipa inside the curtain.

"When you say it, it's true." Liu Xiren said with a smile, that's what he said just now, this girl from Luhe is worth a lot, probably if it wasn't for Li Qing's two golden beads, he really wouldn't have seen her face.

"Mother Mei, there's nothing else to do here, go get busy." Li Qing said gently, he didn't mean to look down on these brothel women, on the contrary, Li Qing felt that these women were worthy of his respect.

Seeing that nothing was going on here, Mama Mei quietly retreated out. Not long after, the beautiful sound of the pipa was heard in the room.

"The crunchy rouge of Zuihonglou is a must. You should try it quickly." Liu Xiren smiled and gave Li Qing a bright red long dish with chopsticks. Li Qing tasted it and found that it was winter melon. It was really delicious. Delicate, crisp, with a hint of sweetness but not greasy.

"That's right, it seems that Brother Liu really comes here often!" Li Qing joked with a smile, but Li Qing also thought it was normal, after all, the children of the aristocratic family didn't do anything outrageous when they were young.

Liu Xiren smiled embarrassingly, "Actually, I don't come here very often. If it weren't for you as a shield this time, I wouldn't dare to come here." His father beat him several times because of his old love to come to the drunk red building, you know Their family is a single family of three generations, and his father has never spanked him since he was a child. His father has reprimanded him several times for coming to this drunk red building, and last time he slapped his ass with his hands.

Liu Xiren's memory is really fresh!

Li Qing smiled and said: "So that's it. I said, why would you think of dragging me to learn more? It turns out that you wanted to come!" Li Qing didn't really care, and it wasn't a big deal.

"Miss Luhe, can you please play a more cheerful piece?" Li Qing heard the sound of the pipa getting sadder and frowned. This instrument can express people's mood. Hearing the sadness, it shows that Lu He is indeed a very good musician, reaching the point of expressing his feelings with his voice, but they came here for entertainment, not for suffering.

"It's okay, this girl from Luhe plays the pipa very well, doesn't she?" Liu Xiren said with a smile, he felt better after eating and drinking, and he really thought the piece was very pleasant .

Li Qing shook his head helplessly, this is really playing the piano to Niu, Lu He played the melody so sad and lingering, but it turned out to be very pleasant to Liu Xiren's mouth, it's really...

"Forget it, you're full, let's go home now." Li Qing looked at the sky, it was almost noon, and it was almost time to go home, lest Uncle Li and the others worry too much.

"Hey, let's go back now, I want to play a little longer!" Liu Xiren said unwillingly.

"Brother Liu, if you don't want your father to be here..., it's better to write it back." Li Qing smiled, but he didn't say anything.

Liu Xiren nodded, "Okay, then let's go back." Anyway, there is nothing interesting in this drunk red building during the day, it is not lively at all.

Li Qing smiled, and was about to get the gold beads from his purse but was stopped by Liu Xiren. He looked at Liu Xiren with some doubts, but saw Liu Xiren took out two 50 taels of silver bills from his sleeve and put them in the box. table, and then pulled Li Qing away.

Parted with Liu Xiren at the gate of Zuihonglou, the two of them went one to the east of the city and the other to the west of the city. They didn't go along the way, but they made an appointment to go out to drink together after the Qionglin banquet.

It was already afternoon when Li Qing arrived home, he accidentally lost his way just now, and finally paid for a sedan chair to take him home.Li Qing never knew that he would still get lost, but it's not surprising, after all, he has hardly visited the capital, at most, he is a little familiar with the Dongcheng District where he lives, and has never been to other places at all. Not to mention Beicheng District where Zuihonglou is located.

Although Li Qing's spiritual sense can cover the entire capital, Li Qing obviously won't do that. After all, the current sage is clean and upright, with strong dragon energy. Doing so will definitely cause the dragon energy to bite back. will do that.

After getting out of the sedan chair, Li Qing felt a little uncomfortable. The sedan chair was very narrow and shook violently.

"Young master, you are back." Li Qing got off the sedan chair, and the doorman greeted him, "Young master, quickly enter the house, someone from my hometown is here."

Hearing this, Li Qing frowned slightly, then loosened it again, and entered the room with a smile. In the living room, Uncle Li was talking to an ordinary-looking servant, when he saw Li Qing enter, he rushed to greet him.

"Master, the master sent someone to send a letter. It seems to be about your marriage." Uncle Li said hesitantly, but he was not sure about the master's attitude.

Li Qing nodded, "I see, where is the letter?" Li Qing walked into the living room and sat directly on the head seat, the servant in the living room quickly took the letter from his arms and handed it to Li Qing.

"You are here to deliver the letter. Are my father, mother and the old lady all right?" Li Qing asked with a smile instead of rushing to read the letter.

"Returning to the young master, the master and wife are still in good health, but the old lady is always worried about you, so she feels a little unwell, but it's not a serious problem." The man had a smile on his face, but he replied very respectfully.

Li Qing nodded, "I see, you are resting here for two days now, and you will go back with me when the results of the palace exam come back." Li Qing and his students usually give you about half a month's vacation after the exam , Let them go home to visit relatives.After all, it is very difficult to leave the office after becoming an official.

"Thank you, young master, the little one will go down first." The servant said with a smile, then bowed and left.

Li Qing held the letter and didn't know what he was thinking, but just for a while, he turned and opened the letter with a smile. On it was his father's handwriting. The general content was that he and his mother are doing well at home. Don't be burdened, even if you fail the exam, there will be a next time, and tell Li Qing, don't worry about Li Shangshu stumbling him, his father and Li Shangshu are best friends.Li Shangshu had already written to him about the resignation, and he wrote a letter explaining what Li Qing had told him at the beginning, so there should be no problem with the resignation.He also asked Li Qing not to forget to visit Li's house after the exam.

Li Qing put the letter paper back into the envelope, thought for a while, "Uncle Li, go prepare some gifts, the value is higher." Li Qing said, and then went back to the room directly.

Uncle Li scratched his head a little. How expensive is this gift with a higher value?And who is this for?Uncle Li stood in the living room and scratched his head, but he still went to report to Zhan Baoge in the capital, asking them to keep the best treasures in the store.

When Li Qing returned to the house, he concentrated on his cultivation and ignored the outside chores. After all, the palace exam was over, and the matter was considered to be over, so naturally he should concentrate on cultivation.

Early in the morning of the second day, Li Qing got up and practiced a set of sword skills in the garden. When he stopped, he realized that spring had come before he knew it, and some tender green grasses appeared in the flower beds of the garden. , the weather has become much warmer, as if overnight from the gray winter to the colorful spring.

"Master, Uncle Li said that the time is almost up, you should go to the gate of the palace to gather." Anping said.

Li Qing nodded, handed the wooden sword in his hand to Anping, and after returning to his room to take care of himself, he got into the carriage and went to the gate of the palace. When he arrived, there were already 40 to [-] people there. Now that they know their specific rankings, this is probably the last time most of them entered the palace through this place. If their official rank is less than the fourth rank, they probably won't be eligible to enter through this main entrance.

As soon as Li Qing stood still at the gate of the palace, he saw Liu Xiren walking towards him with a smile, and was about to meet him with a smile, but was bumped into by someone. Although Li Qing's body looked thin, it was actually full of muscles and strong Quite right, that person bumped Li Qing on purpose and wanted Li Qing to make a fool of himself, but nothing happened to Li Qing who was bumped, but he fell to the ground and lost face.

"You, you bumped into me on purpose!" The villain shouted first, complaining first.

Li Qing shook his head, "Brother, it was you who had evil thoughts first, so you can't blame me."

"What's going on? Hey, Qian Yunzhi, it turned out to be you, why did Pengci bump into the gate of the palace!" Liu Xiren saw Li Qing being hit by someone just now, so he hurried a few steps and came here. The surrounding new scholars also gathered around, and it is human nature to love to watch the excitement.

That Qian Yunzhi wanted to make a fuss at first, but Liu Xiren is also a well-known dandy in Beijing. Although he came from the Marquis, he is only an uncle. Liu Xiren is indeed the only son of the court servant. He really can't be provoked, just shake him The sleeves left, and the people around saw that there was no excitement to watch, so they dispersed in twos and threes and continued to chat.

"This person is a bit strange." Li Qing said with a frown, this person has some monster aura, but he is neither a monster nor a half-demon, but the monster aura is very close to this person, it is really strange.

"Hey, don't talk to him, he probably wants to trouble you, you forgot, he is the one sitting diagonally across from you, and he failed the exam." Liu Xiren said indifferently, logically saying such things he would It shouldn't have been said, the two met for the second time, and the exchange was a little shallow, but Liu Xiren felt very kind to Li Qing, as if the two had known each other for a long time.

Li Qing smiled, "Really, but how did you know about this?"

"How else would he know? He went home and complained, but his aunt told him about it." Liu Xiren said with a smile.

Li Qing nodded and didn't ask any more questions. Since ancient times, few aunts and concubines got along well.