Fenghou

Chapter 629
The three of them looked sideways together, and saw a man in his mid-twenties, wearing a white silk shirt, holding a folding fan in his hand, with fair skin, of medium build, with a small nose and small eyes, very ordinary-looking The kind of person who is thrown into the crowd and disappears, really has no characteristics.

The man's bragging made everyone around him ridicule, and the man suddenly became anxious, "I'm telling the truth! My uncle's surname is Yu, and my two cousins ​​are Chen Qing's twin concubines. They are rare couples. Could it be that he Not my brother-in-law?"

Still no one around believed him, and someone said with a strange smile: "My surname is Chen, and Chen Qing is still my cousin!"

Everyone laughed again.

"Don't make any noise!" The order-maintaining official walked over and shouted, and everyone fell silent. The man could only shut his mouth angrily, not daring to brag anymore.

Zhong Huan lowered his voice and said, "This person may be telling the truth, not bragging!"

Chao Qing and Su Ce looked at each other, and Chao Qing asked, "How does the old man know?"

"My father heard from Li Jiong, governor of Chengdu, that Fushi Chen Xuan has a pair of women by his side who will be his concubines in the future."

Chao Qing frowned, "Even if it's true, this person is too shallow! How can he publicly announce that he is the brother-in-law of the Xuanfu envoy, and call him by his first name, without the least respect, and say that the exam is Going through the motions, isn't this publicly discrediting the Xuanfu envoy?"

Su Ce sneered and said, "The forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds, it's normal!"

Not long after, they lined up at the gate. Registration is very simple. Each person fills in a registration form. Most of the registration forms are filled out. Almost every inn has a blank form, and the shopkeeper will send it to every taxi. hands.

Then draw a test coupon on the spot, with the seat number on it, and hand the test coupon to the registration examiner. The examiner will register the name and place of origin on the test coupon on the spot, and then fill in the test coupon number on the application form, and finally notify the test room time, the registration is over.

The three of them walked out of the gate and Chao Qing smiled and said, "Go and have a drink, I'll treat you!"

"What's your treat? It's your turn to pay for it!" The three talked and laughed, and walked directly to the East Street.

The bragging man just now also signed up, and suddenly someone from behind gave him a heavy slap, "Brother Lin Xian, long time no see!"

When the man turned his head, he saw a strange face behind him. He seemed to have never seen it before, but the other person knew that his surname was Lin.

"I read too much recently, my mind is almost muddled, sir."

"You forgot, we were still drinking together a month ago. My surname is Li. Everyone calls me Li Toutuo. Brother Jianqing still laughed at me for practicing with my hair."

The man still has no memory at all, he probably forgot what happened a month ago!The other party actually knew that his name was Lin Jianqing, so he should have known him.

He laughed dryly, "So it's Brother Li, are you here to sign up today?"

"Yeah! Just finished the registration, long time no see, let's go have a drink, my treat!"

Hearing that the other party invited him to drink, Lin Jianqing immediately smiled, "Then I will be disrespectful!"

Lin Jianqing is the cousin of the Yu sisters. Although he is a scholar, he is greedy for money, lustful and drinker. He, now he has almost no friends around him.

Suddenly met someone who knew him and offered to buy him a drink. Lin Jianqing couldn't be in a bad mood. When he was in a good mood, he naturally drank a few more drinks. He said a lot of things that should be said and shouldn't be said.

"Toutuo, I'm really not bragging. My two cousins ​​are so beautiful, especially the younger cousin. She is the reincarnation of a vixen. That figure, tsk tsk! Any man would drool when he saw it."

Sitting across from him, Li Toutuo filled another glass of wine for him, and said with a smile, "Why don't you keep such a good cousin for yourself?"

"Hey! Originally, there was a woman who would be me. The two families agreed back then, but they were too famous in their hometown. In order to climb up, the county magistrate forcibly selected them as beautiful girls. Both of their parents died. There is nothing my father can do if he refuses to agree, but for some reason, it fell into Chen Qing's hands, and in the end he has nothing to do with me."

"It's not necessarily true! When the city of Bianliang was destroyed, those aristocratic women who used to be aloof did not go to Jiaofang or brothels. There are many. If Chen Qing is unlucky, his wives and concubines will definitely be sent back to their natal homes. Your chances are not good. Here we come."

Lin Jianqing's eyes lit up, Yu Ying and Yu Lian were sent back to her natal family, isn't that just going back to her own home?You have double the fortune!

"Do you think there is any way to make Chen Qing unlucky?" Lin Jianqing couldn't help but asked again.

Li Toutuo chuckled, "We're just joking around at the wine table, so we can't take it seriously. If his spies overhear it, we'll all lose our heads."

Lin Jianqing expressed disappointment on his face, and heaved a long sigh, "You are right, he is the king of Sichuan and Shaanxi, how can his woman be missed by a small person like me?

"My dear brother, since he is your brother-in-law, then you should use this relationship to do everything possible to climb up. As long as you have power and money in your hands, are you afraid that you won't find a good woman? Let alone, Tang Sisi, the flower leader of Baihualou, you You should have seen it! If you are the Zhizhou, taking her as a concubine is as easy as pie."

Lin Jianqing had indeed seen Tang Sisi in Baihualou. It is said that the body gold in one night would cost [-] guan, which was not something he dared to think about. types.

He still likes his cousin Yu Lian. He has visited all the brothels in Jingzhao, and he has seen countless flowers, but Yu Lian's figure really shocked him. No woman can compare with her. Yu Ying is similar. How could he It was also unexpected that the two skinny little yellow-haired girls who hadn't seen each other in just six or seven years back then turned into angels.

Regrets in his heart were regrets, but he also knew that Li Toutuo was right, he had a relationship with Chen Qing, and it would be a pity if he didn't make good use of it.

"But what should I do?"

Li Toutuo smiled and said: "My dear brother also knows that my family is rich in Chengdu, rich but has no status. My father forced me to take the imperial examination. I know I will definitely not pass the exam. I am thirty years old and I am not suitable for studying. But I admire Lu Buwei the most, he invested in a foreigner and became the prime minister of Qin, if I invest in a good brother, what kind of gains will I have?"

Lin Jianqing was overjoyed, someone is willing to spend money on him, it's like pie in the sky!

He quickly clasped his fists and said: "If I am prosperous, I will definitely report it carefully, and at least I will recommend my brother to be an official. I can't guarantee how big an official I will be, but the county magistrate is fine. Maybe in the future we will advance and retreat together, and we can all hold high power. "

Li Toutuo nodded, "In this case, you have to listen to my every step of the arrangement. First of all, you must have a good image, be modest and studious, self-disciplined and decent, considerate of orphans and children, and not make friends with friends. I will arrange them one by one. You just follow I will teach you how to do it, and then I will spend a lot of money to get you admitted to the imperial examination. You are handsome, talented, and Chen Qing's brother-in-law. Of course he will use you again. You listen to my arrangement. It won't take you two years. As for women, you don’t have to worry, I won’t let you become a monk, I will let you enjoy what you should enjoy.”

Lin Jianqing rubbed his hands in joy, "Then what should I do now?"

Li Toutuo said indifferently: "You go home now and change your clothes immediately. You should wear blue cloth clothes and half-worn flat scarves, and then stay at home and don't come out. If you come here at this time tomorrow, I will give you A few poems and essays, you go back and memorize them."

Li Toutuo took out another ingot of silver, about fifty taels, and pushed it to Lin Jianqing, "If you have any debts outside, go and pay it off."

Lin Jianqing blushed, he really owed a lot of debt outside.

On the second floor of the same restaurant by the window, the three of Chao Qing were also drinking and chatting. Chao Qing held the wine glass and said with a smile: "Guess what the countermeasures for this imperial examination will be?"

Zhong Huan hesitated and said, "I guess it has something to do with the recent situation, could it be Xixia?"

Both Chao Qing and Su Ce laughed. As expected of the children of the Zhong family, they always wanted to destroy Xixia.

"What are you laughing at, isn't it possible?" Zhong Huan stared dissatisfiedly.

Su Ce smiled and said, "Old man, think about it, if you take the Western Xia exam, how many of these scholars can do the questions? They must all hand in blank papers."

Chong Huan was right when he thought about it. Apart from himself, I am afraid that there is no second person who knows about Xixia, and he really doesn't know how to test Xixia, so he just laughed dryly and stopped talking.

"What does Xiao Su think will be tested?" Chao Qing asked again.

"I think it's the strategy of Sichuan and Shaanxi. I heard that the Xuanfu envoy attached great importance to the business of Bashu. The tea horse market in the north of Chengdu was initiated by him. The business is booming. For the Western Army, the military expenditure is a big one, so how to increase the financial resources? , must be the most concerned about the envoy, and it is definitely right to consider the topic in this regard."

Chao Qing gave a thumbs up and praised: "Sure enough, he understands!"

"Look, that person is here too!"

Chong Huan pouted towards the elegant room, Chao Qing and Su Ce looked together, and saw two people walking out of an elegant room, the one in front was the man who boasted that he was the brother-in-law of Xuan Fu envoy when he was queuing in the morning, and the one behind was A tall, thin man, about thirty years old, with dark skin, put his shoulders on the shoulders of the person in front of him, and whispered something to him, and the two looked very close.

"The man behind is a Lianjiazi!"

Zhong Huan said coldly: "Look at his hands. He has spent at least ten years in archery."

"You can see that?"

"You are all pure literati, of course you can't tell, but I know, I have practiced for ten years, so I can tell at a glance."

Chao Qing waved his hand, "Hey! Who cares, it has nothing to do with us, let's continue to guess what the title of the poem will be?"

Su Ce was also not interested, but Zhong Huan stared at the tall and thin man walking down the stairs. He felt that there was a murderous aura in this man.

(End of this chapter)