I'm taking the imperial examinations in Liaozhai

"Father, you..."

"Shut up." Yang Yangwang lowered his voice and scolded. He looked around and found no one else was there. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a serious expression, "What did you call me?"

Chu Yuhua pursed her lips, "Don't worry, Dad, there is no one, I was paying attention just now."

"You can't pay attention. Have you forgotten what I said? I'm not your father. Your father died long ago. I'm your uncle."

"Yes, uncle."

"Yuhua, don't blame uncle for being strict. Uncle is doing it for your own good. There is nothing wrong with being careful. Isn't it just a title, no matter what it is called, this family belongs to both of us."

Chu Yuhua lowered his eyes to cover up the loneliness in his eyes, "Yuhua knows that uncle is doing this for my own good, but..."

It's just that he doesn't want to be other people's son, he just wants to be father's son.He obviously has a father but can't recognize him, so he can only be a young cousin who has no father or mother and lives with his relatives. He feels that he is not as happy as he used to be in the countryside.Is it worth it to deny everything about yourself for the sake of glory and wealth?

Yang Yangwang looked at him and shook his head, "You kid, you're just brainless, isn't it good now. By the way, what did you want to ask me just now?"

"Just now, seeing my uncle's preoccupied appearance, I wanted to ask what happened to my uncle?"

Yang Yangwang just lay out the books, don't worry about anything else. "

"But it's about business?" Chu Yuhua was unwilling to let him go.

Yang Yangwang sighed, and said in a sour tone, "It's really no big deal, just the shopkeeper Feng, and he started bragging about his nephew again. I heard that his nephew was rewarded with 100 taels of silver by the Holy Lord for helping to catch the flower picker, and was also punished by the county. Appreciation from the Grandpa. He is not ashamed to say that he will definitely be among the best in the Niantong Examination. Hmph, as for his nephew, who is drunk every day, he is still among the best. I don’t think he can even pass the first round. He even thought that was his real son."

"The nephew of shopkeeper Feng that uncle said is named Feng Yunlin?"

"Why, Yuhua knows him?"

"Yes, I was a classmate with him when I was studying abroad a few years ago."

"Oh, then what do you think of the Feng family's talents?"

"This man is indeed talented. If it was four years ago, the boy was indeed inferior to him. It's just that it has been four years now, and the Feng family has been making waves every day. Now it is tantamount to wishing to win the top spot. Uncle, don't worry, the boy will definitely be able to pass the test. beat him.”

Yang Yangwang nodded in satisfaction, "Uncle is very happy that you can do this. I'd like to see if old man Feng can still get up when the grades come down. Just study hard, and uncle won't bother you anymore." , Uncle is waiting for the day when you can be named on the gold list."

"Yes, uncle."

Yang Yangwang left Chu Yuhua's study happily, and he did not forget to close the door gently when he left, and told the servants to stay away from the study, to serve carefully, and not to disturb Master Biao's study.

"I really didn't expect you to have such a relationship." A beautiful woman suddenly appeared on the couch behind Chu Yuhua with a lazy look.

Chu Yuhua's body froze like a reflex, and then relaxed again, turning around, "How is Madam's injury?"

Madam Hong shook her head, "It's my fault that I was too impatient. As soon as I felt the aura of the lotus demon, I couldn't wait to chase after it. I didn't expect that instead of killing the lotus demon, I met an enemy, which made my injury worse. Now I want to take care of it. Injury, I'm afraid it will waste some effort."

"Madam, if you need help, if it is within the scope of Yuhua's power, I will definitely not refuse."

Madam Hong raised her hand to support her chin, and smiled, "There is really one thing you can do, I'm afraid you dare not."

"Ma'am, but it doesn't matter."

"The chicken you gave me is really good for my wounds."

"If madam needs it, I will ask my servants to prepare more for you."

Mrs. Red poses

wave.

"Ma'am, don't worry, it's just some live chickens, I can still afford them."

"The flesh and blood essence of those animals is indeed good for my recovery, but that was before. Now that my injuries have worsened, just a few live chickens are nothing more than a drop in the bucket for me now."

"The lady, what do you want?"

"Yang Qi." Mrs. Hong's winking eyes were like silk, and then she opened her red lips, emphasizing, "the Yang Qi of a living person."

Chu Yuhua was shocked and couldn't help taking a step back.

"Pfft, now that I know I'm afraid, I thought you were so courageous." Madam Hong sat up straight, raised her legs, and looked at Chu Yuhua playfully with her chin on the back of her hand.

Chu Yuhua swallowed, "Ma'am, don't make such jokes in the future."

"A joke? I'm not joking. Don't forget, I'm a demon. In your impression, don't demons and ghosts like to suck people's yang energy and eat flesh and blood? What's the matter, this will happen to you changed."

"Because I believe that people are divided into good and bad, and monsters are also divided into good and bad. If you want to kill me, how can I have the opportunity to stand in front of you and speak now." Chu Yuhua said in vain Opening his face, he clenched his fists and said.

"What a naive young man, it's a pity to let you down, I'm just a bad monster."

Chu Yuhua shook his head, as if agreeing or denying, and continued, "Madam needs yang energy, but she doesn't have to kill people. Yang energy is the anger of living people. Without yang energy, people will die. But if everyone only takes a part of Yang Qi, it won't kill people, at most it will be a serious illness. The same effect can be achieved by accumulating a small amount, don't you think?"

"That's true, but why should I bother."

"Madam, killing people is against the harmony of nature. If you let them go, I believe you will bring good luck to yourself."

"Don't you just don't want me to kill people? You have a lot of reasons."

"The lady agrees?"

"Let's talk about this, you don't have to worry about this matter, I will solve it myself. By the way, what about the wine worm I gave you, why didn't you give it to your uncle?"

"It's still here with me, but I didn't find a chance."

"Liar, you often meet, why don't you have a chance. Could it be, you want to eat by yourself?" Mrs. Hong narrowed her eyes slightly, revealing a hint of cunning.

Chu Yuhua smiled, "I really can't hide anything from Madam."

"It's not that you can't hide it from me, but that what you did was too obvious. Aren't you a wine worm begging for your uncle? Why did you change your mind again? I really can't figure it out." Madam Hong wondered, people's hearts are really complicated.

"Could it be that I can't eat this wine worm?"

"That's not true. The wine worm was given to you, so it's up to you to decide where it goes. Even if you gave it to a beggar on the street, I won't care. I'm just surprised, since you care so much about your uncle, oh , No, your dear father, how could you give yourself what you decided to give to your father?"

"I'm just..." Chu Yuhua lowered his eyes, "I just don't want to disappoint him. Uncle's greatest wish is to let me take the imperial examination, become an official, and rise to the top from now on. But my talent for reading is average, although I Trembling every day, forgetting to sleep and eat, study, but the grades are only at the middle level among the classmates..."

"So that's how it is. You want to defeat the Feng family son, get the first place in the children's test, and make your father feel proud?"

"Not only Feng Yunlin, but also others. Ning'an County is a small county with imperial examinations, and the imperial examinations in the entire county are not popular. I am even a middle-level in the county, so how can I compete with others for a place in the provincial examination. This wine Worms are much more useful to me than my uncle, as long as I become an official, my uncle will have a backer, and with me behind him, who else dares to plot against him?"

"That's right, you are very filial. How about I help you?"

"Madam want to help me?" Chu Yuhua was a little puzzled.

"I remember that you can't bring alcohol into the Gongyuan for the imperial examination. Don't forget, if you swallow the wine bug, you have to drink it every day.

A bucket of wine, if you don't drink it... the wine bug can bring good luck, but also bad luck. "

"Also ask Madam to help me!" Chu Yuhua was shocked, there was such a reaction. Fortunately, Madam Hong reminded him, if not, he would not be able to drink alcohol in the examination room, wouldn't it be a catastrophe.

"So, I'll teach you a spell to turn water into wine."

"Thank you, madam." Chu Yuhua bowed his hands, bowed down and saluted respectfully towards Madame Hong.

Madam Hong treated him like this, and he had nothing to repay.Although Madam said that he doesn't need to intervene in her healing, how could he just sit idly by.As long as Mrs. Hong doesn't hurt people's lives, it doesn't matter to spend some money to buy a few people from the prostitute, and...

Chu Yuhua bent over, his eyes looked at the brocade carpet on the ground, and gradually turned dark.

And even if it hurts his life, so what, the life and death of a slave bought by a rich family is not always at the whim of the master.Hmph, it's just a few low lives, even if you die, it's nothing.

Although the bone has not returned, but he did not forget to send a letter to his home to report his safety, so Ji Zihe is not worried about him.Well, it's not that he's not worried, it's just that he's too busy to worry.

The time has come to February, and the county test will be held soon.Today, the Holy Majesty attaches great importance to scientific examinations. As the county magistrate, Ji Zihe has to preside over the county examinations, which is already a lot of work, and it is the first time for him to handle it. Even with the assistance of his subordinate officials, he still feels in a hurry.

The date of the county examination is set on the eighth day of February. The county magistrate of Dachu State still has a relatively high degree of autonomy. For example, the county magistrate decides on the examination questions and the admission personnel, and the number of sessions is also determined by the county magistrate.In some places, there are four exams, in some places, five exams, it all depends on the meaning of the county magistrate.

Because Ning'an County's academic style is not strong, most of the previous county magistrates decided to take the four exams.Generally, the county examination in Ning'an County has to admit the top 50 people. Compared with other counties, the pass rate is frighteningly high.In terms of the actual situation in Ning'an County, there is no need to take so many exams to screen enough people.

But this time, the county magistrate still suggested to Ji Zihe that this year's county test should be divided into five rounds.The imperial examination has been suspended for so many years, and the number of people who came to the county examination this time must be more than before. It is easier to select talents after five examinations.

Ji Zihe didn't directly agree, but he wasn't someone who wouldn't listen to opinions.It is easy to issue papers and difficult to correct them. As the chief examiner, Ji Zihe only needs to decide on the topic of the paper or the admission staff. As for the correction of the papers, other examiners are in charge, and Ji Zihe will check at most.Even if the number of candidates this year is not large, Ji Zihe is not willing to increase the workload of the examiners, it is a waste of time.