Chapter 207 Chapter 207

Jiao was even more excited as if a big pie fell from the sky and hit her on the head, and said to everyone: "Let me just say, that bastard Li Tianbao was a useless thing when he was young, how could he suddenly take the exam?" If he wins the first case, he must have cheated in some shady way, no! The government will strictly arrest him, and this kid will show his true colors."

He also said, "My family is still honest in Fengqiu. I study honestly, take exams honestly, behave honestly, and never do those crooked things."

It just so happened that when Li Xinru went back to her natal home, when she passed by, she heard her beaming and talking ill of Li Fengjun to a group of women, spit flying all over her mouth, and she immediately became angry.

"Some people are afraid that the world will not be chaotic. They hate others, laugh at others, and love to gossip behind people's backs. They are not afraid..."

Immediately, Jiao interrupted her with a strangely shrill voice: "Hey, who am I? Don't you think I'm a girl?"

As she said that, she suddenly laughed, "No matter how good a relative's home is, there must be a limit. How can you run to your mother's house every day? Why, your family's Pan'er can't get married. I want to find your sister-in-law and younger siblings to tell Pan'er about marriage." ?”

"you……"

"Don't worry, I'm also your sister-in-law. Let me tell you, there is a lame Zhang in Zhangjiacun, right? His family has fertile land..."

Li Xinru was so angry that she couldn't speak, just happened to see a woman with a laundry basket in her hand, ready to go to the river to wash clothes, she picked up the mallet in the basket and wanted to hit Jiao Shi.

Not only did Jiao not run away, but he showed his face: "Hit it, if you have the ability, hit it. I want to see how brave you are. If you kill me, you will have to pay for your life!"

Li Xinru hesitated for a moment.

At this time, someone suddenly snatched the mallet from her hand: "Sister dare not hit you, old lady dares to hit you, I will kill you, a bastard with no virtue!"

With her stomach straight, Xu hit Jiao's head with a mallet. Jiao's expression changed and he ran away in fright.

Her leg injury was still not fully healed, and she ran back to her yard and accidentally tripped over the threshold, and planted a dog to eat shit.

"Haha, Xinru, look at her!"

Xu laughed loudly with a mallet.

The women next to her couldn't help covering their mouths and laughing.

Li Xinru let out a chuckle: "Osmanthus fragrans is the best, but you are pregnant now, so you have to be more careful."

Mrs. Xu patted her belly lightly: "My child has a solid skin."

Inside the house, Li Fengqiu heard Jiao's cries of pain, so he hurried out to look, and helped Jiao into the room.

Mrs. Jiao scolded Mrs. Xu and Aunt Li severely at first, and then laughed again: "I knew that Qiu'er was the most stable and talented. What is Li Tianbao? He can't even lift your shoes for Qiu'er." Not worthy."

When Li Fengqiu learned that Li Fengjun's name was lost to Sun Shan, although he felt a lot more balanced, he still couldn't bear Jiao's nagging in his ear.

"Mother, it's good that you know it in your heart, don't talk nonsense outside in the future, so as not to..."

"What's the matter with me, am I not telling the truth?"

Li Fengqiu's words were interrupted, and he became even angrier: "Whether it's the truth or not, mother still has to control her own mouth. Misfortune comes out of your mouth. If you speak too much, you will lose."

Mrs. Jiao was still about to say something, but Boss Li walked in: "Qiu'er is right, misfortune comes from the mouth, too many words will make mistakes, you old woman has been making trouble all day long."

Jiao rolled her eyes: "I'm talking to Qiu'er, what's the matter with your old coffin, why don't you take care of Fuquan, why come in here? What a waste, you don't even look at a child..."

Boss Li's face turned red immediately, and he suddenly turned around and ran to the kitchen to get a kitchen knife, and Jiao's howl of killing pigs sounded again.

"Murder—"

Li Fengqiu was so irritable that he didn't want to care about his parents anymore.

When passing by Li Fengchun's room, he heard that Li Fengchun was also crying for some reason, and his face became more and more gloomy.

Back in the house, I picked up the book and wanted to read it, but I really couldn't read it, and finally ran to the small woods behind the village to hide quietly with a book in my hand.

He is the only boy among the younger generation in the village. The villagers know few words, and the villagers heard that he was excellent in character and learning in the Mingde Academy, so even if his mother is not good at it, he can still be respected by the villagers. .

Especially for someone like him who was born a child in his teens, the younger he was, the more he was respected, because being young meant great possibilities and a bright future.

When walking on the road, whenever he met a villager, the villager would greet him warmly.

Originally, many villagers still thought that if Li Fengjun was the top case in the county, he would definitely be a scholar, or even a candidate, and then they could ask to come to the farm, but Li Fengjun was an incomprehensible person.

Just like fireworks, it is extremely gorgeous when it is set off, and it disappears after two bangs.

So, everyone put their hopes on Li Fengqiu again.

He naturally became the hope of the whole village again.

Li Fengqiu could feel that the villagers' attitude towards him became more enthusiastic. He was not ashamed of these villagers' shallow knowledge and following others, but also felt proud.

In a few months, the college examination will be held. This time, he must pass the examination of scholar.

Because of the cheating in the examination room and the student parade incident, Li Fengjun never returned to Taohuadu, which made everyone believe in Li Chunkui's words that Li Fengjun's failure was a certainty.

He was ashamed to return to the village.

Although Mrs. Feng and Mrs. Li were a little disappointed, after all, their son is still young, so it doesn't matter if he doesn't pass the government exam.

And after the exam, Li Fengjun and Wang Luohua came back.

When the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked heart-to-heart, Wang Luohua told Feng Shi about the dream she had, and Feng Shi always felt that Wang Luohua's dream might have something to come true.

She had been mentally prepared for a long time, and when she heard the news that Li Fengjun had failed the ranking, she didn't have such a big gap in her heart.

However, there are many rumors in the village, saying that climbing a high place will lead to a heavy fall, and the feeling of falling into the mud from the ground is not good, right?
things like that.

She has long been used to others pointing at her behind her back, how she should live her life.

Two days later, Aunt Li came again just before evening. This time, she brought a shocking news.

There was a serious case of favoritism and fraud in the government examination, and the students carried the statue of the God of Wealth in demonstrations.

When Feng heard this, he became anxious.

She knew that her son would cause trouble if nothing happened, so she wouldn't be the one who took the lead in this demonstration, right?

Shoot the first bird, and the people will not fight with the officials.

They are just ordinary people, how can they fight against the government.

It doesn't matter if you fail the government test, but nothing should happen.

She panicked.

After thinking about it, with the flowers here, Tianbao should not be able to make any waves, so his heart settled down slightly.

In the end, he was still worried, so he hurriedly urged Old Man Li to go to Fucheng to see the situation. Old Man Li also murmured in his heart. He packed up early the next morning and prepared to go to Fucheng with Li Fengxia.

Li Laosan and Li Laosi were also worried about their nephew, and they discussed it, because Li Laosi's brother-in-law opened a six-store shop in Fucheng, so they decided to let Li Laosi accompany him, so that he could inquire about it with his brother-in-law information.

The three big men in the family hurried to Fucheng, but He Lanhong and Wen Zhinian had already rushed over before them.

Wen Zhinian is a straightforward person, he rushed to the government office directly to find the prefect Gu Debai to argue, Gu Debai was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, how could he dare to see Wen Zhinian.

Although he didn't know Wen Zhinian, he knew that he was a third-rank official in the imperial court.

Although it is destitute now, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

At this critical juncture, if you can avoid causing trouble as much as possible, you can only tell him: "You go and tell him that the mansion is not here."

Wen Zhinian couldn't believe it, so he just beat the drum of complaining.

This made Gu Debai so angry that he immediately slapped the table hard and ordered people to arrest Wen Zhinian.

The master beside him hurriedly dissuaded him: "My lord, calm down, this Wen Zhinian cannot be caught."

Gu Debai rolled his eyes: "He is just a mere teacher, why can't I catch him?"

"He Lanhong, the director of the curator, also came with him. Although this He Lanhong also resigned from office and returned to his hometown and became a teacher, the Chang'en Bo Mansion is still standing in the capital."

The master showed a distressed expression, "If the matter comes to the Holy Majesty, it will be difficult to handle."

Gu Debai immediately had one head and two big ones: "If Wen Zhinian can't be caught, then the candidate who took the lead in making trouble will be arrested."

The master's face became even more bitter: "My lord, that candidate can't be caught either."

Gu Debai said angrily: "Why can't you catch it?"

"The examinee is the county's chief case."

Gu Debai was exasperated: "The county case is the first one to count as fart."

"One county chief is nothing, but the county chiefs of five counties are nothing."

"What, five counties?"

The master's worried eyebrows and eyes were connected together: "If your lord judged the paper..."

There are seven counties under Kaizhou Prefecture, and five of the seven counties failed to win the case.

Originally, everyone came from different counties and didn't know each other. After reading the rankings, they should go home honestly.

It is not uncommon to fail the first exam. It is possible that the performance is abnormal, or the performance in the county examination is extraordinary. I am not so talented.

Moreover, it is up to the magistrates of the counties whether they can win the county test or not, and who will be the one to do the crime.

Everyone has different preferences, and the way of judging papers is naturally different.

The same article is judged by different examiners, and the results are likely to be completely different.

I don't know who is so cunning to unite the heads of the five counties in one place.

It is justifiable to miss the first case in one county, but it is unjustifiable to miss five counties.

This commotion is like a spark, enough to start a prairie fire, and the magistrate can't cover it even if he wants to.

A discerning person can see the inside story.

Gu Debai immediately interrupted irritably: "What's the use of being an afterthought now, hurry up and find a way for this government to solve this matter..."

Without saying a word, the steward hurriedly came to report: "It's not good, my lord, the governor... the governor is here."

"What, what is the Governor here to do?"

"The little guy doesn't know."

Gu Debai was so frightened that his legs went limp, and after several struggles he managed to get up, straightened his official hat and uniform and was about to meet the governor, when officers and soldiers rushed in.

Although it was only a few days before the release date, Wen Zhinian had been the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and he had already collected enough evidence.

Soon, the cheating case of the Kaizhou prefectural examination reached the ears of the emperor. Longyan was furious and ordered Yao Wenzheng to investigate thoroughly, and ordered the prefectural examination to be retaken. Parents and family members were all exiled to the bitter cold in the northwest.

The examiner Gu Debai was sentenced to beheaded.

This kind of punishment can be said to be severe, but Wen Zhinian felt that it was not over at all.

Although Gu Debai was sentenced to beheaded, Liu Zhushi, who bribed him with a lot of money, was at large. It seemed that a pair of invisible hands were hidden behind this.

……

Half a month later, the government exam was retaken.

The examination shed was still in place, and the imperial court temporarily appointed officials to preside over the reexamination.

This time, no one dared to spend money to take shortcuts, and those who wanted to sneak a cheat sheet all calmed down.

Finally, I passed the government examination for another three days, because too much time was delayed before and after the demonstrations.

According to the usual practice, the release of the case will be about ten days later, which happens to be a ten-day holiday, and He Lanhong and Wen Zhinian are still waiting here. Everyone is going to go back to Mingde Academy with the two gentlemen.

As soon as Li Fengjun and others left the inn, three or four people in literati shirts came up and bowed their hands to salute.

One of the scholars named Bai Yeqing stepped forward with a smile and said, "Thanks to brother Li's upright words and strategizing for this case of government examination favoritism and fraud, otherwise, I will have to wait until next year, when the examiner will still be corrupt and perverted." Lu Beetle, I don't know how many years we will have to wait, thank you Brother Li."

Li Fengjun smiled and said: "Brother Bai, you are being polite. It is not the work of Li Fengjun alone that everyone can watch the clouds and see the moon. It is the result of everyone's hard work."

Another one named Xiang Yang said with a smile: "Brother Li is too modest. If it wasn't for Brother Li, I would have gone home long ago. How can I watch the moonlight when the clouds open? Wait for the retest. I don't know Brother Li..."

He smiled and looked at Wen Qin, Pan Ye, and Zhao Bajin, "Brother Wen, Brother Pan, and Brother Zhao are free, I will be the host today, and I will entertain you all."

Li Fengjun smiled and said: "Thank you Brother Xiang for your kindness, but Mr. is still waiting for us to go back together, so he will leave first."

The man smiled and said: "Alright, see you at the Lu Ming Banquet in the future, and then I will have a good drink with you all."

Li Fengjun smiled and nodded.

Zhao Bajin and Pan Ye slandered: "Hey, this person is more confident than Tianbao. The government test results haven't come out yet, so I thought I'd see you at Lu Mingyan."

Wen Qin just smiled and didn't speak.

He didn't like to talk too much.

After the farewell, everyone sat in two carriages.

Li Fengjun, Wen Qin, Pan Ye, Zhao Bajin, and Pan Youxue squeezed into a carriage.

The other three classmates thought that Li Fengjun and others were noisy, so they offered to ride in the same carriage with He Lanhong and Wen Zhinian.

As a result, there was constant laughter in the carriage, answering questions and making fun of each other, and even Pan Youxu was infected and talked more.

Only Wen Qin didn't talk much as usual, it wasn't that he had nothing to say, but that the government examination had just ended and the rankings had not yet been released, so he was very disturbed.

However, he didn't say a word, and occasionally interjected a few words, which were not very pleasant.

For example, Li Fengjun said happily: "I saw that yamen servant was viciously trying to beat someone with a fire stick. I kicked him from the back to the bottom of his knee. His legs went limp, and he fell into a dog eating shit, hahaha... "

Wen Qin immediately said: "The master said: 'The restraint has been restored to benevolence...'"

"Go to your son."

"...uh." Wen Qin was very persistent, but he stopped talking, saying, "Don't see anything wrong with it, don't listen to anything wrong with it, don't speak anything wrong with it, don't move anything wrong with it, and a gentleman don't speak obscenities..."

Li Fengjun was so angry that he wanted to beat him up.

(End of this chapter)

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