I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 182 Calculation Failed
"Xiao Hai, what do you think of Zhan Feiyu?" In the main room, Mother Kou said in a low voice, and cast a gloomy and treacherous look in the direction of the study.

Kou Hai stared blankly at Mother Kou, not understanding what she meant.

"You are 14 years old, and you have reached the age of engagement." Mother Kou glanced at the stunned Kou Hai with disdain. She can't even look down on him.

He only hated Zhan Feiyu for killing that little bastard Kou Yuanxing, making himself unable to be an old lady, and unable to live a life of being served by servants.

Knowing what it meant, Kou Hai blushed all of a sudden, shook his head in panic and refused, and lowered his head when delivering tea, but when Zhan Feiyu followed the patriarch into the courtyard, Kou Hai saw clearly.

The dazzling white skin is completely different from the dark and thin girls in the village, not to mention the noble temperament. At first glance, she looks like a spoiled lady from a rich family. The jewelry on her head and the dress on her body make Kou Hai feel like she is I am ashamed of my appearance, and I dare not think anything wrong.

"Mother, I'm not good enough for Ms. Zhan." Kou Hai hurriedly refused. Who wouldn't like such a cute little girl like Yuxue, not to mention that Ms. Zhan was well-read in poetry and books, and she was the head of the government examination.

But just because the gap is too big, one is like a shining star in the sky, and the other is a mud leg facing Huang Tian and his back to the sky, so Kou Hai is not tempted at all, he knows he is not worthy, even if cousin Yuan Xing is not dead, probably They are not good enough for Miss Zhan.

It really is mud that cannot support the wall!Kou's mother continued with a gloomy face, suppressing her impatience: "Yuan Xing died because of her. She just married her to you and didn't let Zhan Feiyu pay for his life. She should be thankful!"

"Mother, I can't." There was such a momentary heartbeat, but Kou Hai still refused after returning to reason. He is a mud-legged person who can only rely on his mother to fill his stomach. Miss Zhan's identity should not stay in Koujia Village.

Kou Hai just wanted to find a hardworking and honest girl in the village. In the future, the two of them supported each other to live their lives without education, so Kou Hai didn't know the word Qi Dafei, but he still understood the reason.

"Shut up!" The strong and domineering mother Kou snarled, and worried that Zhan Feiyu in the study would be surprised, so she could only lower her voice, "You are my son, you can do whatever I tell you to do! You can do anything else! Do not care!"

Kou Yuanxing has a lot of books, and it took at least half an hour to sort them all out.

After hearing that there was no sound in the study, Kou's mother hurried back to the main room, looked at Kou Hai who was sitting on the stool in distress, "Go into the study now and take him back to the study, I'll call the patriarch and the others over to be a witness!"

Not giving Kou Hai a chance to refuse at all, Kou's mother walked out of the courtyard quickly, with distorted complacency on her skinny and dry face, and even a little impatient.

Kou Hai in the yard was dumbfounded, he didn't dare to stop Kou's mother, but he didn't want to do what she said, his dark face was troubled, after a long silence, Kou Hai gritted his teeth and went outside.

In the study, watching Kou Hai leave through the window, Zhan Feiyu patted Yin Wuyan's arm, "Brother, don't be angry, not everyone is as selfish and vicious as Madam Kou."

Just now, if Kou Hai really dared to go into the study according to Kou's mother's words and belittle Zhan Feiyu, with Yin Wuyan's temperament, even if he didn't kill him on the spot, he would not be far from death. Fortunately, Kou Hai has a simple heart.

The relationship between Aunt Hua next door and Kou's mother is not good. Given Kou's mother's mean and domineering temperament, and her gloomy talk all day long, there are not many women in Kou's village who are friendly with her.

"You said Zhan Tongsheng fainted just now? Did he suffer from heatstroke?" Following Kou Hai into the yard, Aunt Hua continued: "Scholars are weak in body and bones, so I guess they went to worship on the mountain before. The tiredness of going up and down the mountain Here, Xiao Hai, go pour a glass of water and add some salt, I'll just watch..."

The door of the study was pushed open, and Aunt Hua looked at Zhan Feiyu standing by the window in surprise, with red lips and white teeth, "Are you all right?"

"Miss Zhan?" Kou Hai, who was following Aunt Hua, turned pale, and opened his mouth to meet Zhan Feiyu's clear eyes. Kou Hai suddenly understood that Miss Zhan didn't drink tea at all, and maybe he heard him Talk to mother.

On the other side, Uncle Kou and several clan elders were sitting in the main room of the patriarch's house.

"This time Zhan Tongsheng doesn't care about it, Dalin, you all have to be down-to-earth in the future, we are all farmers, and ill-gotten gains are nothing!" The patriarch said earnestly.

Knowing that Uncle Kou and the others dared to sue Zhang Zhifu, the patriarch almost expelled Uncle Kou from the Kou clan. They didn’t even want their heads for the money. They are the prefects of the fourth rank, officials ordered by the court. , They even dare to make a false accusation.

"Eat a ditch and gain wisdom, Uncle Wu, I will remember it all." Uncle Kou nodded honestly. The money is good, but it is not his own. If you want it, you can't get it. You still have to serve the people in the field honestly. Crop, and then let a few grandsons go to study, maybe in the future they will also be able to produce a scholar.

The clan elder with gray hair and beard said, "Zhan Tongsheng doesn't care about her generosity. We still have to show the sincerity of the apology. Maybe Zhan Tongsheng can help the children of the clan to study in the future."

"Yes, it's not surprising that there are many people." Another clan elder agreed, and glared at Uncle Kou who admitted his mistake, "It doesn't need to be expensive, let's get together, dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots, my family There is also a ham, which is more affectionate than courtesy."

"Yuan Xingniang is here?" In the courtyard, Fifth Aunt looked at Kou's mother who came to the door in surprise. This was the first time that Kou's mother came to the door after falling out because of the fertile land.

Ignoring the fifth aunt who said hello, Mother Kou approached the main room, glanced at Uncle Kou and the others, and said with a gloomy face, "I plan to let Xiao Hai marry Zhan Feiyu."

Cough cough... The patriarch spit out a sip of tea, and stared at Kou's mother standing at the door in a daze, what kind of bullshit is this!

Uncle Kou also looked terrified of seeing a ghost, and he was stunned for a long time before he recovered his voice, "What nonsense are you talking about? Zhan Feiyu is a child, how could she marry Xiaohai!"

Both father and mother died, and he had no constant wealth. Not to mention Zhan Feiyu's status, even girls with better conditions in the village were unwilling to marry Kou Hai.

"I put medicine in the tea, and Zhan Feiyu has fainted now. I asked Kou Hai to carry him back to the room. She will marry if she doesn't want to marry!" Kou's mother raised her head, and the corners of her withered mouth slowly curled up. Get up, with a sinister and vicious smile, "Now you just happened to be witnesses in the past, and you are not afraid of Zhan Feiyu's denial!"

"Niu Damei, are you crazy?" The patriarch stood up and glared at Kou's mother, who was gloomy. His voice became unsteady under the rage, "Do you know what you are doing? Zhan Feiyu is not those girls in the village." , that's the head of the Nanxuan Mansion's trial case, the future scholar! You use such low-handed means to plot against her, do you think that everyone in Koujia Village will die a bad life!"

Several older clan elders were so angry that they were speechless. They were just talking about giving Zhan Feiyu some mushrooms and wild animals. Who would have thought Kou’s mother would pierce the sky without saying a word? up.

Looking contemptuously at the overly frightened patriarch and the others, Mother Kou sneered and said, "I've done everything, it's too late for you to say anything now! It's better to marry Zhan Feiyu to Kou Hai, and she will be admitted as a scholar in the future." , that is also the glory of our Kou Family Village!"

So what if Zhan Feiyu is talented in reading?You don't have to marry obediently!
When Kou's mother thought that Zhan Feiyu was her daughter-in-law, and that she could use filial piety to force Zhan Feiyu to be filial to herself, Kou's mother's expression became more crazy, and the days of prosperity and wealth seemed to be back again, "Okay, I The words have been said, you can come or not!"

Looking at Kou's mother who turned around and left, the patriarch was so angry that he wanted to cut her alive!
"This stupid woman! She thought that Zhan Tongsheng would give in if she did this? That's Tongsheng, a junior valued by Zhang Zhifu! If the government finds out, he will be beheaded!" The patriarch roared hysterically, but Kou's mother heard that did not hear it,
Everything is inferior, only reading is high!Kou's mother can firmly hold more than 20 acres of fertile land in her hands. Isn't it because Kou Yuanxing has a talent for reading that the patriarch suppressed the greedy clansmen.

At that time, Kou Yuanxing was only talented, and Zhan Feiyu was the actual head of the government examination case. The patriarch knew very well that the head of the government examination case was basically an unofficial scholar.

Thinking of Kou's mother's scheming Zhan Feiyu, the clan elder felt a pain in his chest and couldn't breathe. This stupid woman really killed Kou's village!
"Hurry up, let's all go there! We must not let this happen!" Uncle Kou hurriedly said, Zhan Feiyu is still young, and Kou Hai is only half a child, and it will not really matter if the two of them are in the same room. At least it won't lead to a catastrophe if you cover it up.

The fifth aunt and her eldest daughter-in-law were also called by the patriarch to go together. Zhan Feiyu is a girl's family.

Hearing the hurried footsteps behind her, Kou's mother looked back and smiled triumphantly. This is not all over, that's right, Zhan Feiyu is a child born, and the future scholar, if this is married to Kou Hai, it will be such an honor. It's still from Koujiazhuang Village.

Just when Kou's mother was about to enter the yard, the patriarch and the others finally caught up, panting and shouted to the eldest daughter-in-law, "Master, hurry up!"

The fifth aunt and the eldest daughter-in-law knew the seriousness of the matter, so they hurried forward and caught Kou's mother.

"What are you going to do..." Before he could finish speaking, his mouth was covered by the fifth aunt.

Although the fifth aunt is the same age as the patriarch, she is 60 years old this year, but the women of the farm family have a lot of strength to do farm work. She and the eldest daughter-in-law worked together to pin down the skinny mother Kou so that she couldn't move.

"Wuuu..." Kou's mother widened her eyes in shock, and finally realized that the patriarch and the others were not here to be witnesses, but to stop her.

With this realization, Kou's mother struggled violently, seeing the patriarch and the others pass her into the courtyard and call Kou Hai's name, Kou's mother struggled like crazy.

"Ah!" Aunt Kou was bitten by Kou's hand without noticing, and hissed in pain, but when she let go, Kou's mother stretched her neck, and shouted in a sharp voice, "Come on! Come on! Come on! My little Hai fainted in the room... help..."

Because Zhan Feiyu came to pay homage to Kou Yuanxing, everyone in Koujia Village paid attention to the movement here. When Kou's mother shouted, the neighbors on the left and right naturally heard it, especially many villagers sat in the homes of acquaintances in order to join in the fun. , More than 20 people will rush out at once.

"Niu Damei, shut up!" Fifth Aunt didn't even care about the bloody right hand that was bitten, and raised her hand to cover her mouth again.

"What's the matter?" The villagers who rushed over looked at the scene in front of them in astonishment.

A few villagers with other surnames slipped into the yard, and when they saw someone entering, other villagers also followed, and the scene was completely chaotic.

The patriarch saw that Kou Hai hadn't come out of the bedroom with the closed door after he had yelled a few times, and was trembling with anger. If Uncle Kou hadn't supported him, he might have fallen to the ground.

"Patriarch, who are you?" Standing in the yard, the woman who had something to do asked.

And a fat aunt who had conflicts with the Kou family took the opportunity to bump into the eldest daughter-in-law of the patriarch's family, "Oh, who tripped my old lady, Xiuzhen, help me!"

Seeing that the eldest daughter-in-law was staggered by the fat aunt, Kou's mother pushed the fifth aunt away, and ran directly to the bedroom with the closed door, banging the wooden door with both hands, "Ah Hai, why are you so angry?" What's going on? Didn't it mean to let Miss Zhan take a break, why are you in the room with the door closed during the day! "

The villagers in the yard were all stunned when they heard it. If this was the younger generation and the girl in the village, it would be a play of "catching rape"!
But one of them is Kou Hai, who is half a child, and the other is Zhan Tongsheng, the head of the government's trial case, who said that she and Kou Hai had an "adultery affair".

Even the fat aunt who played tricks at the beginning shrunk into the crowd. The people in Koujia Village knew Zhan Feiyu because of Kou Yuanxing's death before.

Today, many villagers have seen Zhan Feiyu. Not only is he beautiful, but his clothes are also gorgeous. I heard that the hairpin on his head is worth dozens of taels of silver. It's pink.

Zhan Tongsheng, who is of high status, would probably only marry the princes of those aristocratic families in Fucheng. No matter how much Kou's mother shouted, the fat aunt would not dare to go along with it blindly, or she would be sent to jail.

Whether it's the patriarch or Uncle Kou, they all wished they could strangle Kou's mother to death. Now that the matter has come to an end, they only hope that Zhan Feiyu won't take his anger out on Kou's village.

"Zhan Feiyu, even if you are a child, you are still a girl. Now you are from my family Kou Hai!" Tired of shouting, Kou's mother leaned against the door for a few breaths, and threatened sharply: "If you don't marry Give it to my family Kou Hai, this matter is over today, we are all one family! But if you don’t admit it, don’t blame me, an old woman, for going to the government office to beat the drums to complain, I will ask Zhang Zhifu, and ask the scholars of Nanxuan Mansion , how can a shameless and lowly girl be the head of the case!"

With a creak, the bedroom door opened from the inside, and all the people in the yard looked towards the slowly opening door.

Kou Hai came out from the inside, looked at Kou's mother with a ferocious face and said in a low voice, "Mother, what are you shouting about? I have a bit of heat stroke and fell asleep just now."

"Where's that bitch Zhan Feiyu?" Kou's mother pulled Kou Hai who was blocking the door away, and was about to go in to find someone for the crime of being caught in bed, but the door of the east study room creaked and pushed open.

When everyone looked back, they saw Aunt Hua coming out of the study room first, holding two books in her hand, and thanking Zhan Feiyu with gratitude, "Thank you for the birth of Zhan Tong, my little son said a few days ago that he would Go buy these two books."

Zhan Feiyu didn't seem to notice the dark group of people in the yard, and replied with a smile, "You're welcome, Auntie, this is Kou Yuanxing's book, and now that he's gone, giving this book to others can be regarded as making the best use of it."

Yin Wuyan still stood by Zhan Feiyu's side, his cold phoenix eyes looked at Kou's mother, who was looking pale like a dead person.

Zhan Feiyu opened the door of the study room completely, and said to the shocked patriarch: "I have sorted these books into categories, and put the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table. Patriarch Kou, if the villagers remember their kindness, they will come back every time. During the holidays, I will burn a few more pieces of paper money for Kou Yuanxing."

Suddenly came to his senses, the patriarch nodded straightly, "Okay, thank you Zhan Tongsheng, don't worry, Yuan Xing is from our Kou family, we all remember him well, wait a few years for Xiao Hai to get married, and wait for him to have a son , pick one to adopt under Yuan Xing's name."

Kou Yuanxing died early, and the ancients believed in the theory of ghosts and gods. If he has no descendants to worship him, he is a lonely ghost!Now the patriarch and the others remember Kou Yuanxing well, but it will be ten or twenty years later, so it is the best way to adopt a child.

When Kou Hai heard this, he nodded quickly, "I promise."

"Impossible! Didn't you drink tea?" Mother Kou yelled hysterically, how crazy and proud she was when she plotted against Zhan Feiyu before, now Mother Kou is so scared, but it's too late to regret.

Zhan Feiyu looked at Kou's mother indifferently, and said word by word: "Why do you think Kou Yuanxing committed suicide by bumping into a wall?"

As soon as these words came out, not only Kou's mother stopped going crazy, but the patriarch and the villagers all fell silent. They didn't know about Kou Yuanxing's death until now, and no one dared to go to Fucheng to inquire.

"Prefect Zhang canceled Kou Yuanxing's ranking in the government examination, but it was only a small punishment. He can continue to take the imperial examination next year." Zhan Feiyu also said this to the people of Koujia Village, at least the prefect cannot let Zhang Zhifu carry it on his back Kill Kou Yuanxing's notoriety.

"Master Xiao also knows about this matter, but before Zhang Zhifu released Kou Yuanxing from prison, someone sneaked into the prison and forced Kou Yuanxing with your life to write a blood letter to frame Zhang Zhifu, so that he had to hit the wall and commit suicide! He died to protect your mother!"

No one spoke, and everyone looked at Kou's mother in unison. After Kou Yuanxing was buried, Kou's mother didn't even go to the tomb to take a look. The tomb was so simple. Everyone in the village knew that the truth of Kou Yuanxing's death was to protect Kou mother.

"You're talking nonsense! You're talking nonsense!" Mother Kou shook her head, unwilling to accept the truth! "It's that little bastard who is useless! It's because he failed the imperial examination, he didn't have the face to face others, that's why he hit the wall and committed suicide! His death has nothing to do with me!"

Kou's mother yelled frantically, grabbed her hair with both hands, and yelled at Kou Yuanxing's study, "Yuanxing, why don't you study? Why don't you hurry up and study!"

"Yuan Xing, I want the government to try."

"Yuan Xing, I'm mother. Mother cooked eggs for you. I'll send them to the study for you to eat."

The patriarch and the others were stunned for a moment, looking at Kou's mother who was talking to the study, they were all dumbfounded, and then realized that Kou's mother was crazy?

(End of this chapter)