I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 75
"It's so good for a dog, and I haven't come to visit since my parents were sick." Xiao Yaoshi, who was watching the excitement, said strangely against the yin and yang on the door frame.

Mrs. Zhan was reluctant to go to the medical center and couldn't get any money from Zhan Feiyu, but if she and Mrs. Li came to visit the doctor, they would always have to bring something, whether it's pastries, eggs or fish, they could always get a little cheaper.

Looking at Zhan Feiyu in a brand-new cotton-padded coat, Ma Shi, who was also distressed for silver, said loudly, "It's so cold, someone must have killed him and burned it into a dog-meat pot." It's just a dog, it's like losing a person.

Zhan Feiyu raised his head abruptly, his red eyes angrily staring at Xiao Yao and Ma who were talking sarcastically. For the first time, he hated the people in the old house.

"Okay, if you don't help to find it, just close the door and go home and go to sleep!" The fat aunt scolded her blindly.A dog has been in love for several years. Xiaoyu used to call them auntie, but they don't look like elders.

Boss Zhan walked over quickly with a torch in his hand, "Xiaoyu, you and your mother go home first, father...I'll go to the mountain to find you."

"It's too dangerous to go up the mountain at night." Second Zhan, who was standing on the side, said in disapproval, thought for a moment and then said, "After all, Rhubarb is a dog, eldest brother can't take risks for a beast, if he falls or touches To the boar..."

Jinlin Village faces mountains on both sides, and the front mountain is not dangerous. The villagers often go to chop wood, while the women dig wild vegetables and look for mushrooms.

There are lush forests in the back mountain, and occasionally there is a miasma. There are few people walking around, the road conditions are dangerous, and there are wild boars. The villagers have also heard wolf howls. The mountains are too dangerous.

"Boss, I'll accompany you to the mountains tomorrow." The talking man patted Boss Zhan on the shoulder. Although he didn't like the second son of Zhan, he was right. Humans are more expensive than animals.

"Yeah, I can't find it now." The person next to him persuaded him, then looked at Zhan Feiyu and said, "Xiaoyu, don't be sad. Tomorrow, the uncles will go up the mountain to find Da Huang, and they can't go at night. Take care of your life."

"I'm still a prodigy, my own father is not as good as a dog, this book is worth reading!" Little Yao Shi did not miss any opportunity to smear Zhan Feiyu, and pouted, looking at Zhan who was planning to go up the mountain with disdain. boss.

Big brother is really stupid, Li Shi and Xiaoyu obviously don't want to see him, and they stick to their cold buttocks with warm faces. They would rather build a fence for Li's family than bring a few bundles of firewood to the family!It's getting colder and colder this day. When the snow falls, don't cook at home?Don't make a brazier fire?

The surrounding villagers felt that Xiao Yao's words were harsh, but they were right.

Although Xiaoyu is adopted, Boss Zhan is also the biological father who gave birth to him and raised him, so he asked his father to go to the mountains at night for a dog. This is no longer naughty and willful, but has no conscience!
"I won't look for it at night, our mothers will cause trouble for everyone." Li shi hurriedly said, not to let Xiao Yao smash Xiao Yu's reputation, and she is really grateful to the villagers who braved the cold wind to find rhubarb in the middle of the night.

The fat aunt also helped: "No matter how smart Xiaoyu is, he is still a child. How can I think so much when I feel uncomfortable."

"Thank you, uncle and aunt." Zhan Feiyu's voice was choked, and his eyes were red.

The villagers who had thought her wayward just now couldn't help but soften their hearts, too, but she was just a seven-year-old girl.

Mr. Li thanked him again and again, and took Zhan Feiyu to the house. Boss Zhan hurriedly held up a fire to light up the two of them.

When he got home, Zhan Feiyu couldn't calm down to read, and he lay down in Hai Shi for the first time after entering school, "Mother, go back to your room and sleep."

"You really don't want your mother to accompany you?" Li wanted to stay, worried that Zhan Feiyu would sneak out in the middle of the night.

But she also knew that Zhan Feiyu liked to sleep alone. She slept alone at the age of three. If Li was with her, she would not be able to sleep.

"Mother, I won't go out." Zhan Feiyu actually knew that going to the mountain would be fruitless, and Da Huangruo had come back alive long ago.

After touching Zhan Feiyu's head and covering her with the quilt, Mrs Li left.

After a while, the sound of the table being pushed came from the main room.

Zhan Feiyu was stunned for a moment. Did my mother press the table against the door?When I was going out in the middle of the night, my mother would definitely be able to hear the sound.

……

In the early morning, it was still dark outside the window, and Zhan Feiyu suddenly sat up from the bed.

Last night, she couldn't fall asleep, so she recited the four books silently in turn, and she didn't know when she fell asleep. She would wake up, her eyes were dry and uncomfortable, and her head was dizzy and painful.

"Xiaoyu, are you awake?" Mrs. Li in the opposite bedroom also woke up at the same time, raised her voice and asked, picked up her clothes and put them on.

Two quarters of an hour later, Mrs. Li and Zhan Feiyu had breakfast, and Tian Wei Liang planned to go to the mountain to find rhubarb. The chill of the morning made people shiver twice, but they were also awake.

"Don't worry, Mother will accompany you to the mountain to find..." As soon as Mrs. Li opened the courtyard door, she saw Boss Zhan who was rubbing his hands in the freezing cold outside.

"Xiaoyu, you are up too." Mr. Zhan stayed here before dawn. He was blown by the cold wind for half an hour, and his lips were frozen blue.

Zhan Feiyu looked at this not-so-tall man with complicated eyes. He always loved himself very much, but it was a pity that he was more filial to his grandfather and grandmother, so after a conflict, Zhan Feiyu finally gave up Zhan boss.

But at this moment, looking at his cautious appearance, Zhan Feiyu turned his head away in discomfort.

Li's heart is sour, as long as he is not so filial and filial, this family will not be scattered!
Suppressing his emotions, Mrs. Li said expressionlessly: "There is hot water in the kitchen, you go and warm it up first."

Hearing the words of concern, Boss Zhan was stunned for a moment, thinking that he lived alone in a wooden house during this time, and no one spoke to the cold pot and stove. Boss Zhan only felt a heat flow directly into his eyes.

Seeing that Boss Zhan didn't move, Li said again, "Go, Xiaoyu and I will wait for you to go up the mountain together."

"Okay." Boss Zhan's dark face showed a smile, and he walked quickly to the kitchen after entering the yard.

After a while, the three of them walked up the mountain, shouting Da Huang's name.

Qianshan searched again and couldn't find it. Boss Zhan and Mrs. Li looked at Zhan Feiyu, who was silent, worried. They were used to Xiaoyu's smiling and well-behaved appearance. She made people feel distressed and worried.

"Mother, I'm fine, let's go back." Zhan Feiyu looked up at the rising sun, the golden light was dazzling, two lines of tears flowed down the corners of her eyes, she knew that Rhubarb would never come back.

……

Don't be greedy, children, Laba is the new year.

Rhubarb never came back. Zhan Feiyu still got up before dawn every day to read, and only went to bed in the middle of the month. He didn't mention Rhubarb anymore, and even rejected Li's suggestion to raise a dog again.

"Mother, you can go back." Zhan Feiyu got on the ox cart, and put the basket handed over by Mrs. Li on his leg. Inside was the Laba porridge cooked by Mrs. Li early in the morning. The shopkeeper, send one copy to Dr. Ji at Leshan Residence.

An hour later, Zhan Feiyu, who had delivered the porridge, asked for a bowl of wontons at the wonton stand, and only ate two bites. Ma Chau came soon.

"Zhan Xiaomengtong." Ma Zhoukuai sat down on the bench with a golden knife across the horse, and said in a loud voice, "Sister Feng, cook another bowl of wontons."

"I want to ask Ma Chau to help me with something." Zhan Feiyu explained his intention straight to the point.

She was only seven years old, but Ma Zhoukuai did not regard her as a child, his eyes flickered, "I don't know what it is? As long as Ma can help, it must be defined."

"There are two idlers in the village. They do a lot of stealing chickens and dogs on weekdays. The big yellow dog I raised disappeared a few days ago, and I asked Ma Chau to help me." Zhan Feiyu's voice was childish, but a His eyes were cold, as if the hoarfrost of the nine cold days and the chill of Bing Lingling were biting to the bone.

Ma Zhukuai has been to Zhan's house, and naturally he knows that Zhan's family has a dog. As the saying goes, they beat the dog to see the owner. These two scoundrels are really stupid!
"It's up to me." Ma Zhaokuai agreed neatly and neatly. As for Zhan Feiyu's plan to marry his nephew, it was dismissed after the Winter Solstice Cultural Conference.

No matter how far this little girl can go in the future, she is not worthy of his nephew, Qi Dafei!
"Thank you, as long as I don't commit a crime in the future, I owe Ma Chau Kuai a favor." Zhan Feiyu made a promise.

"It's easy to say." Ma Zhaokuai was overjoyed, but he couldn't help but sighed that Zhan Feiyu's sophistication was smooth, how could this look like a child from a farm family, I'm afraid that the daughters who are pampered by those aristocratic families are just like that.

……

After Laba, it became colder and colder, and the brazier was lit in the house, but the hand holding the pen was still red from the cold.

Zhan Feiyu rubbed her hands. After learning art and literature, she stopped taking classes with Shan Wazi and the others, and was left alone in Master Lin's study.

"Not by the rules." Looking at the art and craft topics arranged by Master Lin, Zhan Feiyu's brows wrinkled so much that he could catch the mosquitoes to death.

Early death, early super life!After researching the ink well, Zhan Feiyu began to write and break the question, "It's not good to follow the rules, but to keep it clear and clever."

After breaking the question, it is the acceptance of the question. After thinking about it for a long time, the pen continued to write, "The husband's rule is also a distance, and it must be followed. It must be followed and not followed.

When Master Lin finished the lecture and returned to the study, Zhan Feiyu just put down his pen.

"It's written?" Master Lin walked over quickly, inexplicably looking forward to it.

A few days ago, he was teaching Zhan Feiyu how to write an art essay, but no matter how much he said, it would not be as effective as picking up a pen to write an art essay.

After taking the article handed over by Zhan Feiyu, Master Lin was overjoyed when he saw the two sentences that broke the question, "It's good!"

Master Lin excitedly looked at the smiling and well-behaved Zhan Feiyu, even if he wrote it himself, it was nothing more than breaking the topic, "The rules of the husband are also, the distance is also, and those who can't do it..."

These two sentences on the subject made Lin Fuzi almost speechless with excitement. No matter which examiner sees such a wonderful art and craftsmanship, he will appreciate it. Passing the township examination will definitely not be a problem!

Looking at Zhan Feiyu, who was still young with bulging cheeks and still looking young, Master Lin couldn't imagine that she would take the county exam in the next year, then the government exam and the academy exam, and she could get the title of scholar at the age of nine. This is definitely the youngest scholar in the Daqing Dynasty. !
Looking at the happy, speechless Master Lin, Zhan Feiyu bit his head and reminded: "Master, look down."

"Okay!" Master Lin responded, just waiting to read the more exciting content after the title, but after a closer look, the expression of ecstasy and excitement stiffened, and then he looked down...

After a while, Master Lin read the whole article from the beginning to the text again. The style of the pavilion is exactly the character of Xiaoyu, so this art article is indeed written by Xiaoyu and completed by one person.

"Breaking the question and accepting the question is amazing, but the content after the speech is indescribable." Master Lin suppressed his tumultuous emotions, looking at Zhan Feiyu with wide eyes and an innocent expression, he still couldn't hold back his scolding: "It's a compliment to say that it is a dog's tail. is you."

After reading the beginning, Mr. Lin had a feeling of building a high-rise building, but after that, it was just - shit!
An hour later, Zhan Feiyu, the scolded dog-blood sprayer, began to pack up and glanced at the topic of the art article that he was going to write last night. "Use it, you can hide it, but I have a husband with you!"

Selected from "The Analects of Confucius, Chapter 7, Shuer Pian", just write it, just hope the Master will not be angry tomorrow morning.

Zhan Feiyu is really good at breaking and accepting topics. She is familiar with four books and has written many papers in her previous life. Coupled with the modern vision of seeing things and things, it is not difficult to write a wonderful opening chapter, but I don’t expect it later. , It is estimated that it is the level of Zhan Dalang, and participating in the imperial examinations guarantees that he will be named Sunshan.

It was still light when Zhan Feiyu returned to the village, mainly because Master Lin was so angry that he let her go home ahead of time.

"Master messenger, you can't take Fu'er away, this is my life..." Widow Liu, who was sitting on the ground, cried, her hair was messed up, her face was full of tears, and she turned to the man in soap in panic. Ma Zhukuai and Zhao Zhukuai begged.

"Two messengers, the young ones have been at home for the past few days... I haven't even left the house..." Knowing that the arrest was coming to arrest him, Liu Fu's legs trembled in fright, and he couldn't say anything.

"What my son said is true, sir, I kowtow to you." Widow Liu fell to her knees with a plop, and slammed her forehead down heavily, hitting a small stone on the ground, and it was bruised after a while. Blood.

Ma Zhaokuai still has a business-like attitude. He has seen many such scenes in the yamen over the years. "We are investigating a case of malicious injury three months ago. A businessman was broken by someone."

Liu Fu's face turned pale, and he shook his head in a panic, "I didn't steal the money, I just..."

"How do you know you've been robbed of money?" Ma Zhaokuai snorted coldly, his sharp eyes looking at Liu Fu who was shivering like a knife.

The villagers gathered in the yard looked at each other, "Liu Fu dares to hurt people? I thought he was just stealing."

"The village should have driven this scum out of the village a long time ago. The old hen that laid eggs in my family must have been stolen by him!" Some villagers who had been stolen said viciously, their family members were reluctant to eat even an egg, but Liu Fu But the old hens in her family were all harmed.

There is also a soft-hearted voice: "Widow Liu only has one son. If Liu Fu goes to prison, Widow Liu probably won't be able to live."

Village Zheng and a few clan elders hurried over.

After hearing the report from the people in the village, the village Zheng wanted to beat Liu Fu hard, and it was nothing more than a petty theft. He also provokes the arrest to come to the door. What kind of big thing did Liu Fu do?

"Ma Chau Kuai." The villager smiled and cupped his hands, but fortunately it was an acquaintance who had dealt with each other, "It's a cold day to trouble the two officials to go, it's my village who didn't take care of the people in the village, so I give them to the two of you. The official has caused trouble."

"Village Zheng's words are serious, it's just the responsibility." Ma Zhaokuai greeted with a smile, glanced at Zhan Feiyu outside the crowd, and continued: "There are one or two rogue idlers in any village, how can it be said that it is the fault of the village Zheng. ."

Youzu said tentatively: "It's cold outside, why don't you go in and have a cup of hot tea?"

"Don't bother, I..." Ma Zhaokuai deliberately said halfway through his refusal, and then walked towards Zhan Feiyu with a more friendly attitude, "Zhan Xiaomengtong just quit school at this time? ."

"Ma Chau Kuai, Zhao Cha Kuai." Zhan Feiyu greeted with a smile, "Master stayed with me for half an hour, so it's too late to come back."

The village Zheng and several elders all had smiles on their faces. Ma Zhaokuai was so polite to Xiaoyu, and they also felt that their faces were bright. Why did the village provide Xiaoyu with reading? This benefit is not obvious.

"Xiaoyu, Aunt Liu kowtowed to you, you save my rich!" Widow Liu looked at Zhan Feiyu pleadingly as if she had caught a life-saving straw.

Fortunately, she was about to kowtow, but was stopped by an elder daughter-in-law.

They are all from the same village, and they are related to each other. Widow Liu is also an elder. What is the matter with her kowtow to Xiaoyu?Speaking of the yamen, how could Xiaoyu, a child, intervene.

"Sister Liu, don't be ridiculous! If Liu Fu commits a crime, the two officials will naturally enforce the law impartially, so you can't be fooled!"

"My son..." Widow Liu choked, as if she had lost hope, and wept bitterly.

Many villagers felt sour when they saw it, but when they thought of her indulgence towards Liu Fu, they just said that poor people must have something to hate.

Zhan Feiyu knew that Ma Zhaikuai was making a face for herself, and she also accepted this sentiment, "Ma Zhaikuai, it stands to reason that I shouldn't speak, but Aunt Liu is also a pitiful person, and she also asked Ma Zhaikuai to raise her hand and enter the house. How about the details?"

Muzheng and several clan elders were stunned for a moment, but they didn't expect Zhan Feiyu to intercede. This child has a good heart.

No one expected that Ma Zhaokuai would give Zhan Feiyu face like this, instead of arresting Liu Fu immediately, a few people went into the house to talk.

In the yard, looking at Widow Liu, who was sobbing, the old daughter-in-law of the clan couldn't help but say: "What's the use of crying now, let you take care of Liu Fu, you don't listen, something happened!"

The fat aunt stretched her head to look inside the room, and said in a low voice, "I didn't expect Xiaoyu to have such a big face."

When Ma Zhukuai and Zhao Zhaokuai entered the village, the villagers were so frightened that even the village chief and the clan elders did not dare to offend the yamen officials, they were all offered by their ancestors.

No one was really drinking tea in the room, Zhan Feiyu and Ma Zhaokuai exchanged a few words, and then they talked about Liu Fu.

In fact, Liu Fu really didn't have the guts. He just saw that the businessman was beaten by a few local ruffians, and he was also robbed of his baggage and purse. Looking at the businessman lying on the ground who didn't know his personnel, Liu Fu wanted to pick up a leak, maybe he would return A few pieces of silver can be touched.

Who knew that the silver was not stolen, the merchant suddenly woke up, and Liu Fu was so frightened that he picked up the stone on the ground and smashed it.

Seeing the bloody businessman, Liu Fu thought he was beaten to death by himself. He was so frightened that he wet his pants.

Ma Zhoukuai looked at Liu Fu who was on his knees tremblingly. He didn't ask about the merchant's case, but slapped the table and shouted angrily, "Liu Fu, half a month ago, the North and South grocery store was stolen, and the shopkeeper saw it. The thief is you!"

"It wasn't me, I didn't steal it!" Liu Fu shook his head like a rattle, how could he have the guts to go to a shop to steal money.

"The shopkeeper or the clerk in the store said that it was you!" Ma Zhaokuai's face was serious, his face was dignified, and his eyes were sharp, "Think about it carefully, I really didn't go to the county half a month ago, and I didn't go to the north and south groceries. shop?"

Liu Fu thought about it and immediately said, "Master, it's really not me, I was in the village half a month ago, I only got up at noon, and then I killed the big yellow dog with Zhou Tian and Zhan Dalang, and then I roasted dog meat on the mountain, ate it twice at noon and at night, then went home after dark and never went out again.”

Although he knew the result earlier, Zhan Feiyu still felt heavy and uncomfortable when he heard Liu Fu's words, the unspeakable sourness and sadness, her rhubarb would never come back.

"What did you say? Did you kill Rhubarb?" Muzheng became ruthless, and his voice suddenly increased a bit.

The rhubarb was lost before, and everyone in the village helped to find it. The village Zheng also knew about this, and also explained that if the villagers went out to visit relatives, they would also help to ask if they had seen rhubarb. Who would have thought that it was Liu Fu and the others. Three were killed.

For a while, the village chief and several elders looked at Zhan Feiyu worriedly, the little girl was kind, and the dog Da Huang almost grew up with her.

How many times, when Zhan Feiyu went to the field to deliver water to Boss Zhan, Rhubarb followed her with his tail wagging, and one person and one dog were almost inseparable.

Zhan Feiyu went to a private school to study, and Rhubarb went to the intersection every day to wait at the time. The villagers met Dao Dahuang and had spirituality.

In the end, Liu Fu was taken away by Ma Cao quickly, but with Zhan Feiyu's "face", as long as he went to the yamen and made things clear, he could put it back.

The story of Rhubarb's murder has also spread throughout the village. It's not surprising that Liu Fu and Zhou Tian would do this. The villagers are really scoundrels.

But Zhan Dalang, a scholar, can do such a thing, which is really unexpected.

Rhubarb was raised by a small fish, but he was also raised in Zhan's house for seven years. How could he develop a relationship? This meat Zhan Dalang can eat, and he won't have nightmares in the middle of the night?
(End of this chapter)