I have a fortune book

Chapter 31 Divination, the head of the desk (please read more!!)
In a magnificent pavilion, it is quiet and safe, and the surrounding [-] meters are guarded by the Sun family's domestic martial artists.

When Sun Yucheng saw Bu Yuanzi accept the elixir, he knew that the agreement between the two parties had been fulfilled, so he asked for advice impatiently.

"Recently, I want to seek help from a great talent, can the Taoist master teach me?"

Bu Yuanzi felt the abundant aura in the elixir, and quickly hid it in a special jade box, heaving a sigh of relief.

Even if he is broken in the world of mortals and knows the truth of life and death, when his life energy is about to run out, Bu Yuanzi can hardly face the great terror of death.

He has not cultivated into a yin god, and can temporarily leave his withered body.

"Since I have hope to break through, I will have more time to help you in the future, but if you are not in a mood, I will give you a big talent first."

Bu Yuanzi had no worries about longevity in a short period of time, and he was in a broad mind, so he was not stingy about wasting money, and made a divination for Sun Yucheng on the spot.

I saw that Bu Yuanzi's hands were easily counted, his fingers were staggered and flipped, and a row of tortoise shells fell down, presenting hexagrams that Sun Yucheng could not understand.

"How, the Taoist leader has many?"

Bu Yuanzi was in doubt, not because he didn't figure it out, but because it was a little different from his previous judgment.

"In the South Street Market, there is an idler in Yilin, about 30 years old, with a black mole on his neck."

"Thank you, Daoist, so detailed enough, I'll send someone to invite you right away." Sun Yucheng said very excitedly.

Bu Yuanzi nodded, he had no doubts about Sun Yucheng's search for someone, but he still reminded: "I will tell you my son, there are some problems with this person, it seems that there are many lawsuits, and cause and effect are involved..."

An hour later, Sun Yucheng got all the news about the "big talent" and was arranged to live in the mansion temporarily.

"Lin Ren, when he was young, he passed the Tongsheng test, but because of his family's decline, he failed the county test many times. Now the South Street Market writes letters for him, and he is idle. He likes to go to casinos and brothels..."

"Recently there are rumors of him in the streets and alleys of the market, and the reputation is not good..."

"I owed a hundred taels of gambling money, and I visited the widow's house at night, and was chopped up? Even the story of stealing money from the neighbors has been found out. Now that the sufferer has reported the case, who is offended?" Sun Yucheng read the summary The news gave me a headache.

This "big talent" has a bad reputation and is hard to accept, that's all, let's meet first.

After Sun Yucheng thought about it, he felt that character was not a problem, the key was whether he had the ability and whether he could use it.

"Come here, call Mr. Lin to come and have a talk."

Just when the pair of ministers were about to meet and communicate, Zhou Bai also left the South Street Market in a huff.

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"Master, does Lin Ren have a grudge against you?" the old man asked a little depressed.

Just now, he just found a few hooligans to "create a name" for Lin Ren in the market, and to expose all his bad deeds.

It's just that these all cost money, why should they be so targeted.

"Yes, there is enmity. There is no enmity now, and there will be in the future." Zhou Bai looked far away, looking in the direction of the Sun residence.

He and Sun Yucheng are in the same county, and they will definitely face each other in the future.

Although Lin Ren betrayed Sun Yucheng in the end, he did make great contributions to him in the early and mid-term. It can be said that he single-handedly controlled the direction of the Sun's forces.

If Lin Ren's arm could be cut off with such a small trick, it might be difficult for Sun Yucheng to rise smoothly.

Of course, Zhou Bo didn't think that Sun Yucheng would give up because of this reputation, but it would definitely have a lot of influence on Lin Ren.

For example, people like Lin Ren would be rejected internally, or when Sun Yucheng started his foundation, Lin Ren would not be able to step on the bright side at all.

Later, when the two armies confront each other and reach a stalemate, Lin Ren will be a loophole and an opportunity that can be grasped.

In a sense, the battle between Zhou Bai and Sun Yucheng had already quietly kicked off by Zhou Bai.

The Sun family is powerful for the time being, so let's cut their luck and wait for the coming time.

On the third day of March, the county government announced the red list of the county examination. Those who made the list were all scholars.

Even though Bei'an County is located in the northern frontier, and its culture is not prosperous, there are still nearly a thousand previous children's students in the whole county as references.

Fifty out of one thousand, twenty more than the county test, but the difficulty is many times greater.

Not far in front of the list, a group of exam-taking students from Pingcang County huddled together, their faces were full of excitement, but the unconcealable worry was clearly visible.

Because there were too many people crowded in front of the list, the county government even sent out a loud voice to shout the list, so that everyone could hear it, and don't keep crowding here to interfere with the work of the adults in the mansion.

"Quiet, quiet, I will recite the names of all the talented masters below."

"Name, Qian Feng from Pingcang County, congratulations..." Coincidentally, Tongsheng from Pingcang County was the first one to come up.

Immediately behind, the group of children belonging to Pingcang County caused a commotion and congratulated one after another: "Mr. Qian, congratulations on the pilot test. From now on, you will be a scholar of the imperial court!"

"Where is it? It's just the last place. Let's see that you are in front of me." Qian Feng's mouth was modest, but his joy was clearly revealed. Even the noble son of the county could hardly win.

I didn't see that among this batch of candidates, there were so many previous children, many of whom were from rich families.

However, I haven't heard of Pingcang County's registration for a long time, and all the children's faces were gloomy, and some were impatient, trying their best to squeeze in front of the crowd to see the list.

"37, Xitong County... 33, Guangchang County..."

"Young master Zhou, you are the number one in our county, so you won't miss out." The list was over half, and most Pingcang children knew that there was no hope, so they worried about Zhou Bailai.

If they don't win the top spot in a county, then they will lose face as Pingcang children.

"Hmph, Mr. Zhou is a master of both poetry and poetry, and he is just a mere scholar. Don't you think so, Mr. Zhou Bai?" Zhao Liangji was taking his time, and seemed not to worry about himself at all, instead he mocked Zhou Bailai.

Zhou Heyun, who doesn't have much sense of presence, was a little uncomfortable because of the premonition that he failed the ranking, but now he also wants to follow suit.

But he didn't know that they were all of the same family, and Zhou Bai's failure would not do him any good, so his emotions and expressions were very complicated, and he remained silent.

Zhou Bai was not surprised, just cupped his hands and said to the surrounding villagers: "Ping Cang's face is tied to him, how dare Bai not be hit?!"

Zhao Liangji smiled coldly, and didn't say much, but Chen Yun next to him became a little nervous, maybe he missed.

"27, Zhao Liangji from Pingcang County...21, He Qing from Pingcang County..."

"Master Zhao, congratulations."

"Mr. He was born in a non-county hero, and he ranks high. It really adds glory to our Pingcang County."

Zhao Liangji and He Qing readily accepted the congratulations from the Pingcang boys, only Chen Yun was pale, he knew he was in trouble.

Sure enough, as he expected, his name did not appear until the top ten, and his studies did not support him to be in the top ten.

"Sigh, Mr. Chen Yun didn't win, is it difficult for Zhou Bai?"

"It's difficult, only the last few rankings are left."

"It is difficult for the luck of the village to support such a high ranking position."

Waves of more and more enthusiastic commotion resounded in the entire street, and the top ten names were spread out one by one.

"No.5, Lu Pengxing, Yuanmin County; No.4, Qiuliang, Yangyuan County; No.3, Qihua, City of Bei'an County; No.2, Sun Yucheng, City of Bei'an County."

Finally, the reporting officers paused, and said loudly: "No.1 case leader, Zhou Bai of Pingcang County!"

(End of this chapter)