I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 181

After worshiping Kou Yuanxing, Zhan Feiyu, who was about to go back, did not expect to see Kou's mother.

Compared with the day when we met in Nanxuan Mansion, Kou's mother was older and thinner. What remained unchanged was that her body was still straight, but she looked at people with gloomy and mean eyes, as if everyone in the world owed her enemies.

"So it was you!" Mother Kou stared at Zhan Feiyu gloomily, her twisted hatred made her thin old face even more ferocious. If it wasn't for Zhan Feiyu, how could that little beast die?He is not dead, he is still an old lady who is highly sought after by the Kou clan, and in the future will be an old lord who has no worries about food and clothing!
Thinking that after nearly ten years of eating bran and swallowing vegetables, all hope was ruined because of Kou Yuanxing's death, Kou's mother wished she could jump over and strangle Zhan Feiyu, the culprit.

"Madam Kou." In front of Kou Yuanxing's tomb, Zhan Feiyu didn't want to say anything nasty even if Kou's mother came to him unkindly.

Seeing Zhan Feiyu turn around as if nothing happened, Kou's mother felt her head buzzing, and cursed without reason, "You killed my son, and you still have the face to worship at the grave? Don't you?" I deliberately came here to show off that you became the top case in the government examination, and you will have to take the hospital examination and the township examination in the future! You bitch, why didn't you die!"

Amidst the hysterical curses, Mother Kou looked like a crazy female ghost, with her skinny body, distorted eyes, and the tombs all around, it made people shudder.

Zhan Feiyu and Yin Wuyan were fine, but her stepson Kou Hai, who accompanied her, trembled in fright. It was the first time that she found her stepmother so scary.

Hearing the stern curse, Zhan Feiyu looked cold, "Big brother, let's go."

For a selfish person like Kou's mother, she just had an emotional breakdown at the moment. In fact, she really didn't dare to do anything to Zhan Feiyu, otherwise she would not have fled back with the Kou clan in Nanxuan Mansion before. Mrs. Xiao stayed in Nanxuan Mansion to wait for Kou Yuanxing's case to be closed. After all, Kou's mother did not dare to offend Zhan Feiyu or Zhang Zhifu.

Panting heavily, Kou's mother looked at Zhan Feiyu who was leaving. For a moment, she wanted to rush over and push her down the mountain. She had better be smashed into meat, so as to eliminate the hatred in her heart.

But looking at Zhan Feiyu's valuable pearl and cicada-patterned hairpin, Kou's mother could only stand there with a gloomy old face, no matter how much she hated her, she was afraid of death.

"Zhan Tongsheng?" Uncle Kou, who rushed to the graveyard one step later because he was worried, was taken aback. He really didn't expect that it would be Zhan Feiyu who came to worship Kou Yuanxing.

Before, more than 20 members of the Kou clan went to Fucheng for the huge sum of money promised by the mysterious nobleman. In the end, when they saw that the situation was not good, they had to flee back to Kou’s village in desperation. The taels of silver were used to rent a carriage and to stay and eat.

He glanced at Uncle Kou coldly, but Zhan Feiyu didn't even bother to say hello, and just passed him and continued down the mountain.

"Student Zhan, please stay." Uncle Kou hurried after him, nodding and bowing to accompany him with a smile. "Since Zhan Tongsheng is here, please take a rest at home. I have offended you before, so please forgive me."

Zhan Feiyu is already a child, and he must be a scholar after the college examination in August. Uncle Kou doesn't want to flatter, he just doesn't want to make enemies, and the people don't fight with the officials!Zhan Feiyu will flourish in the future, if he remembers hating them, the Kou family, it will be a matter of one word.

"No need!" Coldly rebuffed, Zhan Feiyu kept walking down the mountain.

Uh……

Zhan Feiyu was surprised when he saw a crowd of people at the foot of the mountain from a distance, including men, women and children. People in Koujia Village don't need to work in the fields?Or did they mean that all the villagers came to surround and beat him?
"Patriarch, that's Zhan Feiyu!" A clan member who had been to Nanxuan Mansion recognized Zhan Feiyu and immediately told the patriarch beside him.

Kou Yuanxing's death let everyone in Koujia Village know about Zhan Feiyu, and also know that there are people who are more talented in reading than Kou Yuanxing, and have better luck!To be able to get Zhang Zhifu's attention, even if it is a little girl, the eyes of the people in Koujia Village are red with envy and jealousy.

"We must keep him!" the patriarch said decisively. He had the same idea as Uncle Kou. Since Zhan Feiyu came to pay homage to Kou Yuanxing, there was room for change.

Of course, the patriarch thinks further. Kou’s village is not poor, and every household will send at least one male to study. If the family is rich, it’s like the patriarch’s family. All four grandchildren are sent to private schools. Whoever has talent in the future will continue to read. .

The patriarch worried that if the hatred was not resolved, the scholars in Koujia Village would be tripped up when they met Zhan Feiyu in the future.

After a while, seeing the two elders of the Kou clan who were trembling and almost kneeling, Zhan Feiyu naturally saw the fear and defense in their eyes clearly, so he could only agree, "There is no need to eat, drink a glass of water and rest for a while. I have to hurry back to Shangsi County."

"That's good, Zhan Tongsheng, please come here." The patriarch also understood the interest, and hurriedly agreed, leading the way by himself.

After seeing Zhan Feiyu and his group leave, the women who stayed there looked at each other, "So that little girl is Zhan Feiyu? She's already a child."

"I heard from the head of the family that she is from Jinlin Village, Shangsi County. She has only been studying for two or three years. How do you think her brain has grown? My Dalang should be half as smart as her. I can wake up laughing when I fall asleep."

"Mother, is she also a country girl?" The young girl who spoke was about fifteen or sixteen years old. She lowered her head to look at her rough, callused hands, her washed white clothes, and a hole in the cloth shoes on her feet.

Thinking of Zhan Feiyu who left, that white cheek like a shelled egg, that beautiful skirt, and the pearl hairpin on her head, the young girl who was ashamed of herself suddenly had an idea that she would get married in the future, even if she gave birth to a baby girl. Daughter, she wants to send her to study too!
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Originally, the patriarch planned to bring Zhan Feiyu to his home. After all, the patriarch was the wealthiest person in the village, and he had a set of tea sets for entertaining guests.

But Kou's mother wanted to take him back to her home, saying that Kou Yuanxing still had some books in his study, and Zhan Feiyu just asked Zhan Feiyu to help distribute them to the children in the village who were studying. The patriarch couldn't refuse this request.

Kou Yuanxing's house is a three-room brick house with a courtyard at the front and back, which can only be regarded as medium in the village, and Kou Yuanxing's money in the family has been used up by studying.

Zhan Feiyu is more willing to go to the study than to drink tea and greet Zhan Feiyu, "You are welcome, the patriarch, and you won't delay too much time."

"Then thank you Zhan Tongsheng." The patriarch thanked again gratefully, and finally let go of his hanging heart. Zhan Feiyu's willingness to help shows that she has no grudge against Kou.

Seeing Zhan Feiyu bring Yin Wuyan into the study, Uncle Kou, who was standing in the yard, glanced in the direction of the kitchen, and said in a low voice, "Uncle Wu, why do I feel something is wrong."

Kou's mother gave thirteen acres of fertile land to the clan before, which can be regarded as resolving the hatred between her and the clan, and Kou Hai was adopted, and the two sides are living in peace.

The grandson of Uncle Kou’s family was enlightened last year. He discussed with the patriarch and planned to take out the books in Kou Yuanxing’s study and the articles he wrote, including pens, inks, papers and inkstones. He is dead, so it’s a waste to keep these things. .

But Kou's mother flatly rejected it. Even if Uncle Kou and the others were willing to pay half of the money to buy it, Mother Kou did not agree. Thinking that she had already handed over thirteen acres of fertile land to the clan, Uncle Kou and the others did not dare to force her, but they did not expect Kou's mother suddenly brought up the old story again today.

"Let's see first. No matter what, we can't let her offend Zhan Feiyu." The patriarch sighed. It was indeed greed in the clan to persecute orphans and widowed mothers, but Kou's mother didn't marry into Kou's village willingly. There used to be a childhood sweetheart neighbor, but Kou's mother's parents made an appointment for her early.

Kou's mother wanted to regret the marriage, but the people in Kou's Village would not agree. If they regretted the marriage, would Kou's family still have any face to speak of?After being forced into marriage, Kou's mother treated her parents-in-law and husband-in-law with a cold face, not to mention the clan members, she regarded them as enemies.

After Kou's father passed away unexpectedly, Kou's mother went to the county again and again, and there were a lot of gossips in the village, saying that Kou's mother was going to remarry, and her childhood sweetheart was a businessman who had never been married.

Therefore, the members of the Kou clan also guarded against Kou's mother selling more than 20 acres of land, and when the time came, the young Kou Yuanxing would be thrown away, and the adulterer who ran away with money, belongings and businessmen would leave, so they would force Kou The mother handed over the fertile land. Of course, because of Kou's greed, he was jealous of the 20 acres of fertile land.

In the stove, Kou's mother was sitting on a small stool adding firewood to the stove, under the shadow of the fire, her eyes were gloomy and frightening.

"Mother, there's no need to add firewood, the water is boiling." Kou Hai reminded that both his parents died, and although his grandparents and uncles took care of him, he would not die of starvation, but as he grew older, he would always get married.

Kou Hai is only 14 years old now, and he has no skills and can only work in the fields, so he has not saved any money for his marriage.

The family said that he was asked to adopt Kou's mother to take care of him. In the future, Kou's mother would prepare a dowry for him. Kou Hai agreed without even thinking about it. He has a house, and there will be five acres of fertile land in the future. As long as he is not lazy, he can do it today It's over.

"Hai'er, go find the teapot and cup and wash it." With a hoarse voice, Kou's mother patted the ashes on her legs, looked at Kou Hai who turned to leave, and then took out a small yellow paper bag from her body .

In the study, Zhan Feiyu saw Kou Yuanxing's neatly stacked articles, and the books full of annotations, especially the piles of jute paper placed at the bottom of the cabinet, as if he saw himself again.

"Big brother, speaking of it, Kou Yuanxing is better than me. When I first started my enlightenment, I couldn't even bear to use jute paper worth twenty cents and a knife. I practiced calligraphy on the table with a brush dipped in water." Zhan Feiyu joked laughed.

In her previous life, she was used to writing with fountain pens and gel pens, and she had also practiced brush calligraphy. It was absolutely impossible for her to write in petite-sized characters like the scholars in the Daqing Dynasty.

So when practicing handwriting, Zhan Feiyu dipped it in water to save money, and Kou Yuanxing's family still has more than 20 mu of fertile land, so he could at least use jute paper.

Yin Wuyan is reading Kou Yuanxing's "Poetry Collection". He has bound all his poems into a book, and it can be seen from the poems that he is indeed talented.

"Kou Yuanxing's policy theory is rigorous in structure, but his meaning is empty. Even if he is an official through the imperial examination, he will stay in the Imperial Academy at most. If he is released as an official, he will be at the fifth rank at most." Looking at people from the perspective of articles, Yin Wuyan does not think how long Kou Yuanxing's official career can go. , the temperament is too extreme.

Zhan Feiyu glanced at Yin Wuyan suspiciously, didn't the eldest brother deliberately belittle Kou Yuanxing?

Zhan Feiyu and Zhang Zhifu have read the articles on his government examination. They are definitely excellent works. If it weren't for Zhang Zhifu's pragmatism, maybe someone else would be the head of the government's examination case.

"Love wants to live, and evil wants to die. Kou Yuanxing doesn't even have the basic ability to recognize people. Do you think he can withstand the turmoil in the court?" how?How many top scholars in the Hanlin Academy are still writing books.

Zhan Feiyu thought of Kou Yuanxing being deceived by Wang Linlang and manipulated by Kou's mother, so he could only sigh, "Death is like a lamp going out."

There was a knock on the door of the study, and Kou Hai came in with a tray, bent his body and lowered his head, "The tea is ready."

After all, he has never read a book and never seen the world, so Kou Hai didn't dare to look at Zhan Feiyu, put down his teacup and hurriedly exited the study.

Looking at the two cups of steaming tea on the table, Zhan Feiyu shook his head, "They were afraid of my revenge, how dare they go to Fucheng to sue Zhang Zhifu to force Kou Yuanxing to death. If Kou Yuanxing mother and son were treated kindly in the early years, maybe the Kou family would have died a long time ago. A talent."

It’s not that Zhan Feiyu looked down on the people of Kou’s Village, but thinking of what they did before and after Kou Yuanxing’s death, Zhan Feiyu really looked down on them, greedy, selfish and vicious, but fortunately, the Zhan clan in Jinlin Village is not like that Otherwise, Zhan Feiyu would really become a "lonely man".

"There's medicine in the tea." A cold voice sounded, Yin Wuyan's face changed without any expression change, but a pair of phoenix eyes were icy cold.

Uh...Although he didn't intend to drink tea, Zhan Feiyu didn't expect that people in Koujia Village would dare to prescribe medicine!
Putting down the book in his hand, Zhan Feiyu walked to the table and looked down at the two cups of tea, which were only medium-grade tea leaves with a faint tea fragrance, and the tea water was slightly cloudy, "Is this inferior medicine?"

But all colorless and odorless medicines are very expensive, it is estimated that a small packet costs ten taels of silver, and if it is a secret medicine, it is even more difficult to find!
Zhan Feiyu raised his hand to touch the teacup, and it was still hot, and the tea leaves were floating on the cup, indicating that the tea stains had not yet penetrated into the water, but the tea was slightly turbid in yellowish brown, which was caused by the medicine.

"Big brother, what kind of medicine did you put? Poison?" Zhan Feiyu couldn't help asking, her black eyes blinked. Could it be that she was too kind? She thought that the people in Koujia Village let her rest to repair the relationship. , I never thought that they planned to poison themselves to death!
For Yin Wuyan, who was born in Forbidden Dragon Guard, although he is not as proficient in medical science as Ji Chaoce, he took a look at it, picked up the teacup and smelled it, "Ordinary drugs can be bought in pharmacies for only money. "

The Daqing Dynasty strictly controlled drugs. All drugs sold in clinics and pharmacies had to be registered in the register. Drugs that were harmful to the human body, including poisons, were strictly prohibited from being sold. However, some people could not resist selling them privately for money.

Of course, because of the strict laws, they only dared to sell some less toxic medicines, and those poisons that could kill people, no matter how much money they gave, ordinary doctors would not dare to sell them in private.

(End of this chapter)