Daming talker

Chapter 397 The boy who left behind

Although the tainted Wang Yusheng is now extremely emotionally unstable, his IQ is still online and he did not rush in and yell.

If he did that, everyone present would know about this "scandal" about him.

He just walked back to Lin Tailai with a sullen face and asked in a low voice: "How can a human being be like this?"

At this time, Lin Tailai only had three other classmates from the Fu School around him, all of whom were old classmates, and Wang Yusheng was not afraid of being heard.

"What's wrong with me?" Lin Tailai asked in confusion.

Wang Yu said through gritted teeth: "Xueshi Huang said that I should thank you for winning the exam!"

Lin Tailai denied it without changing his expression, "I didn't do anything. I have nothing to do with you winning the election."

Wang Yusheng didn't believe Lin Tailai at all, "Stop pretending. Huang Xuesheng said it himself, how can it be false?"

Lin Daguan said with great helplessness: "Let me say it again, I have nothing to do with you winning the election. Why don't you believe me?"

He finally told the truth for once, but others still refused to believe it.

"With your character, you are completely capable of doing such a thing, just to suppress me from now on!" Wang Yusheng has already seen through the truth!

Nowadays, there are more people asking Xueshi Huang to propose a toast. Several other students from the Fu School have not done so yet, so I don’t know what Xueshi Huang will say.

But after listening to a few conversations between Wang Yusheng and Lin Tailai, I gradually understood what was going on——

Previously, although Wang Yusheng was forced by the situation, he had always been convinced by Lin Tailai, but Lin Tailai became more energetic and insisted on convincing Wang Yusheng.

Therefore, in this provincial examination, Lin Tailai deliberately used force secretly to help Wang Yusheng open his joints and forcefully showed favor to Wang Yusheng.

Then Wang Yusheng, who was ridiculed for showing great kindness, would have to be subordinate to others in the future.

As Lin Tailai and Wang Yusheng's common friends, they could only take this matter as a joke at this time.

It would be like hundreds of years from now in a college dormitory where roommates force each other to be dads for fun.

No wonder Lin Tailai pretended to be hurt and heartbroken after being ridiculed by Wang Yusheng just now. It turned out that he was waiting here.

Seeing Wang Yu's reluctance, Lin Tailai sighed deeply, "I'm convinced, you can think whatever you want! How can such a trivial matter be taken seriously?"

Wang Yu scolded: "What do you mean by a trivial matter? You are ruining my chance to live a pure life!"

"No! No!" Other classmates who had had enough of the fun quickly pretended to persuade Wang Yu.

Wang Hao's direct great-grandson, the leader of the younger generation of the Wang family in Dongshan, and the most noble son in the imperial family, seemed to be feeling inferior to them since then.

"Winning the exam is not a bad thing after all. No matter whether the candidate cheated or not, there is actually no difference in the end!"

"Brother Wang, don't worry, we people will not look down on you because of this!"

After hearing the "well-intentioned" advice from others, Wang Yusheng became even more upset and couldn't leave even though he wanted to.

Nowadays, living in Shilin requires attention to the circle, and it is impossible for him to abandon this circle of fellow villagers, classmates and the same year. This is his basic foundation for living in Shilin.

Official Lin did not add insult to injury to Wang Yusheng, but pointed to the chair and said to the classmates:

"There are few people there with Academician Huang, so why don't you hurry up and make a toast? Don't lose your etiquette!"

Among the five people from Suzhou Fuxue who passed the examination this time, Jin Shiheng, Chen Yunjian, and Shen Jue, the three who had not yet had a toast, all went to see Huang Xueshi first.

At the same time, they were also thinking about continuing to "comfort" Wang Yusheng when they came back after the toast.

Not long after, the three people came back from Huang Xueshi's side, but Chen Yunjian and Shen Jue's expressions were very stiff.

They stood silently in front of Lin Tailai and stared at Lin Tailai silently.

Lin Tailai asked "confused": "Why don't you speak?"

What else can Chen Yunjian and Shen Jue say? After watching Wang Yusheng’s fun for a long time, it turns out that I am also having fun!

Jin Shiheng explained to Wang Yusheng: "Huang Xueshi just said that the two of them should also thank Lin Tailai."

Damn it! Wang Yusheng suddenly felt that the weather had cleared up and the rain had stopped, and he could do it again!

In fact, it doesn’t seem to be that uncomfortable. If the thought is clear, it will be clear.

Wang Yusheng was even in the mood to comfort Chen Yunjian and Shen Jue, "Winning the examination is not a bad thing after all. Regardless of whether the examination result was due to cheating, there is actually no difference in the end!"

In the end, Chen and Shen had no choice but to look up to the sky and sigh. What could be done now that things have come to this?

Don’t you want to give up the honor of being elected? You know, the passing rate in the Nanzhili Township Examination is less than 3%. Who can guarantee that he will pass the exam?

Fortunately, if your friends "suffer" with you, then it will be fine.

At this time, Chen Yunjian suddenly remembered something and said slowly: "Among the five of us, there is an outsider."

Hearing these words, most people looked at Jin Shiheng.

Among the four people except Lin Tailai, the only one who Huang Xueshi did not say "should thank Lin Tailai" was Jin Shiheng.

If everyone has fallen, then the only one who has not fallen will become a heretic!

Jin Shiheng's brain was running wildly, and he suddenly turned around and asked, "Lin Tailai! You also helped me, why didn't you tell me?"

Lin Tailai: "???"

Isn’t the inside story of why you won the election because your father became the chief minister? Where does he need Lin Tailai's "help"?

Jin Shiheng said seriously: "You must have secretly helped me open my joints so that I could lift, but you were too embarrassed to say it openly."

"This really doesn't happen." Lin Tailai said sincerely. He didn't want to take the credit from the first assistant.

Jin Shiheng said without any doubt: "This is possible. I will also admit it to others."

When your friends are not clean, you'd better not be so clean either.

The ancients said it well, the world is turbid, why not go with the flow and make waves? Everyone is drunk, why not feed the dregs and sip the wine instead?

We are no longer students, we have become masters of public education, and we can no longer be willful like teenagers.

Just as the students of Suzhou Fu School were preparing themselves mentally to be inferior to others, a catfish suddenly swam over.

"Does Lin Jieyuan have a number?" Zhou Yingqiu came closer at some point and suddenly intervened to ask.

Scholars in this era actually don't like to use names or words to address each other. Most of the time, they use nicknames.

For example, the leader of the alliance, Mr. Wang, is now called the Shanren of Yanzhou, and others call him Wang Yanzhou or the Duke of Yanzhou.

Speaking of Lin Tailai's account, it seems that he has not had an official account so far. The most widely circulated imabu is actually an informal nickname, not an elegant nickname.

Zhou Yingqiu sighed: "If Lin Jieyuan doesn't have a formal title, it would be extremely inconvenient for scholars to call him Lin Jieyuan. Can't he always be called Lin Jieyuan?"

Others didn't understand for a moment what Zhou Yingqiu meant when he suddenly said this. Did he want to give Lin Tailai a nickname?

But the biggest question is, is Zhou Yingqiu worthy? However, Lin Tailai did not blame Zhou Yingqiu for his offense. Instead, he took the initiative and asked, "Then what suggestions do you have?"

Zhou Yingqiu said eloquently: "Lin Jieyuan previously won three yuan in the martial arts department, but unfortunately there is no formal county examination and road test in the martial arts department, and the most he can get is three yuan.

At the same time, you have the three subjects of liberal arts county examination, government examination and road examination. This is also a small three yuan. If you add martial arts, the total is six yuan.

Now that I have passed the Liberal Arts Provincial Examination, the total is seven yuan! "

Lin Tailai: "???"

I'll give you a chance to perform and help you think of a number. Why are you here retelling the glorious history of my imperial examination?

Then I heard Zhou Yingqiu summarizing: "Lin Jieyuan is both civil and military, which is rare in ancient times and today, so he might as well use the number of Yuan as his number.

Now that there is a civil and military Qiyuan, it can be called Qiyuan. If there is another winner in the palace examination next year, I will increase it by eight or nine yuan! "

Lin Tailai sighed: "I personally feel that nine yuan sounds the best. Of course, it depends on your fate. You can't force it."

This is Lin Daguan's sincere words. It's enough if you can get a Jinshi gilding. Ranking is not important.

The students from Suzhou Prefecture looked deeply at Zhou Yingqiu and couldn't help but feel a great sense of crisis.

Of course, not all people of the same age can be so harmonious. For example, Lin Daguan and the Wuxi Gang must hate each other.

When one hundred and thirty-five new imperial examination candidates competed with each other for wine by region or school, some incidents occurred.

Xue Fujiao and Ye Maocai, two of the Eight Gentlemen of Donglin in another time and space, were both successful candidates in this subject.

Lin Daguan drank a little too much and mocked Xue and Ye: "You two will surely be Jinshi next year, right?"

Xue Fujiao responded in disgust: "What do you mean?"

Lin Tailai looked around and said: "In the fourteenth year of Wanli, Gu Xiancheng's younger brother Gu Yuncheng and his disciple An Xifanzhong were Jinshi. Next year it will be the turn of you two and Gao Panlongzhong to be Jinshi!"

Coupled with the money from the eleventh year of Wanli, I am particularly curious as to why all the relatives and friends around Gu Xiancheng were able to pass the Jinshi within six years. Is it so easy to pass the Jinshi? "

"You're drunk!" Xue Fujiao and Ye Maocai didn't want to pay attention to Lin Tailai's provocation and left directly.

Previously, Huang Xueshi reminded Lin Tailai that the Qingliu forces would definitely fight for the fellow examiners of the I-Ching room next year.

Lin Tailai hadn't thought too much at first, but after seeing Xue Fujiao and Ye Maocai, he suddenly recalled a lot of information.

It seems that in history, Zhao Nanxing, one of the future three giants of Donglin, served as a co-examiner in the I-Ching room, and Gao Panlong, Xue Fujiao, Ye Maocai and other backbones of Donglin came from Zhao Nanxing's room.

Therefore, there is a high probability that the person who personally mobilized all his strength to stop him in the Yi Jing room is Zhao Nanxing, one of the future three giants of Donglin?

Finally, the Luming Banquet ended in a somewhat strange atmosphere, and the Yingtianfu Township Examination work in the 16th year of Wanli was completely completed.

The new imperial examiner of Su Song's Second Mansion, who missed his hometown, packed his bags and immediately embarked on the return ship.

In mid-September, Lin Jieyuan returned to Suzhou City.

Five students from Suzhou Fufu School were successful this time, and their results were extremely outstanding. Professor Cui finally felt that there was hope for a promotion and a salary increase.

Originally, Fu Xue wanted to hold a celebration banquet, but Lin Daguan refused. Now he doesn't have much mood or time to waste on it.

Moreover, for him, government education has become a thing of the past, and from now on his identity will be "Master Lin" instead of "Lin Sheng".

Official Lin inspected the main territory. The industrial park on the south bank of the Xujiang River was slightly higher and the floods were not serious. The villas at the foot of Lingyan Mountain in Mudu Town were even fine.

As for the Canglang Pavilion in the city, since the south city is a little spacious and sparsely populated, the flood flow is smooth, so the problem is not big.

Moreover, in order to ensure the absolute safety of Lin Mansion, all the water was diverted to the Changzhou County Government in the north.

The county magistrate, whose name was not even noticed by Lin Daguan, was incompetent and furious, but he dared not speak out in anger.

The only one that suffered a greater disaster was the Lin Family Courtyard in Hengtang Town. The terrain here is already low-lying and surrounded by large rivers, so it became soaked in water.

Even Huang Wuniang, the mistress of the Lin family compound in Hengtang Town, was forced to take Lin Jiuwu and temporarily move to the Lin Mansion in Canglang Pavilion, but was laughed at by Lady Fan for a month.

But Mrs. Fan soon stopped laughing because Huang Wuniang became pregnant again and had already been nicknamed Shuisheng in advance.

After a round of inspection and seeing that there was nothing major going on at home, Lin Tailai was ready to leave for the capital.

The trial will take place in February next year. If you want to reach the capital before the canal freezes at the end of the year, you will have to leave in early October at the latest.

Therefore, Lin Jieyuan, who returned from the provincial examination, could live at home for about half a month.

As a new leader, Lin Tailai didn't even have time to show off for a few moments, and time passed in a flash.

To be honest, for Suzhou people, liberal arts Jieyuan is not as fresh as Wu Jieyuan last time.

When setting off to rush for the exam, you should try to plan as much time as possible on the way to prevent accidents.

For example, Hu Yinglin, who inherited the academic mantle of literary criticism from Wang Laoli and was regarded as a genius, was supposed to take part in the examination next year.

But historically, for some unknown reason, probably because he wanted to make his final appearance like the protagonist, Hu Yinglin did not set out to take the exam until the first month of next year.

As a result, the Yellow River flooded halfway and the canal waterway was cut off. Then the unlucky guy fell seriously ill and was absent from next year's examination. The governor of the river felt that he was really pitiful and found a boat to send him back to his hometown.

You can have fun watching other people's misfortune, and you should also learn from other people's lessons.

For the sake of safety, Lin Daguan decided to use fifty strong "housekeepers" as escorts to go to the capital together.

The risk factor in the capital should not be as high as in Nanjing, and fifty thugs should be enough.

However, with so many people going to the capital, accommodation must be a problem that needs to be seriously solved.

Therefore, before setting off in person, Lin Tailai sent Zhang Wen, the Zuo protector, to go north ten days in advance to purchase a property in the capital.

Nowadays, the house price in the capital is about ten taels per room. For example, the transaction price of a courtyard with more than 30 rooms in three rooms is about 400 taels of silver.

Although the Lin Group has maintained high investment and tight cash flow, Lin Tailai can still afford such a house with a few hundred taels of silver. Besides, for his own safety, it is worth spending more money.

After hearing that Lin Tailai was going to bring fifty strong servants, the local communicative officials all asked to join the team and go to the capital together.

In early October, Lin Tailai and his thugs left Suzhou City again and embarked on a journey to seek higher fame.

The capital is more than two thousand miles apart from the city of Suzhou. This is Lin Tailai's second visit to the capital.

At this time, Mr. Lin is no longer the eighteen-year-old boy he was three years ago.

(Off-topic: The first stage of the book in my mind has finally been completed. Thank you all for your support! Please also continue to support Lin Tailai’s journey!)

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