Poor Family 1

  Chapter 248 Goodbye Yi An

Before dawn, Li Yanqing woke up. He put his hands under his head and stared at the dark roof. What happened last night seemed like a dream, but the lingering fragrance on his lips told him that it was not a dream. Indeed, he actually won the heart of a generation of famous courtesan Li Shishi.

Although Li Shishi's fairy-like face and passionate tenderness melted his heart, deep in his heart, there was another beautiful figure hidden. Li Yanqing sighed softly, he knew that was Impossible, the same surname is not married, even if others don't care, but her father and brother will never agree.

  At this time, there was a movement from the next door. It was the magpie getting up. The magpie followed him and developed the habit of getting up at five o'clock. Li Yanqing simply turned over, stretched his body, and walked out of the room quickly.

   "Morning, little official!"

  The magpie was fetching water by the well, Li Yanqing stepped forward and pulled up the bucket, and said with a smile, "Don't get up so early in the future, sleep more."

   "I can't help it. I've developed this habit. At this time, I can't fall asleep anyway, so I have to wake up."

Magpie poured the water from the bucket into the copper basin, washed a towel, and handed it to Li Yanqing. Li Yanqing took the towel and washed his face. The cold well water immediately refreshed him, "Magpie, I will remind you later." I drink less and always get a headache in the middle of the night."

   "You won't listen to me, so I don't bother to say it."

   Magpie asked him to sit down and combed his hair carefully. She remembered something again and said, "Fatty Zheng came to you last night."

   "Oh! What did he say?"

   "He came to say goodbye to you"

   "Farewell?" Li Yanqing was startled, and quickly asked, "What does he mean?"

   "Don't move!"

  The magpie tapped his head with the comb, "You messed it up again after combing it."

After a pause, the magpie continued: "He said that he would take a year off from school and go back to Xiangzhou to prepare for the imperial examination. Of course, he didn't do it voluntarily. He was forced to go back to his hometown by his sister, who said that he was causing trouble in the capital all day. From what he said, it seemed that it was because There are fights in the building."

  Li Yanqing suddenly realized that Fatty Zheng should have a role in the building that night, but he actually forgot about him, but he knew Wang Gui.

   "What else did he say, about the fight?" Li Yanqing asked hastily again.

   "He didn't say that, he just asked you to review carefully. He said that Song Dynasty is still dominated by civil servants. If you can't pass the exam, you will have no future. I think he seems to be sensible all of a sudden."

  After combing her hair, Li Yanqing stood up and said with a smile, "From today onwards, I will study hard too!"

   "That's right, there is Yan Ruyu in the book, if a small official is admitted to Jinshi, Cai Xianggong might marry his daughter to you."

  Li Yanqing laughed, "I don't dare to take his daughter, she's too old, and her granddaughter is almost the same!"

  Li Yanqing ran out of the yard, and soon disappeared into the thick black night mist. The magpie's face was red, but she didn't know where she was thinking?

   In the morning, Li Yanqing went to listen to the new teachings of the Three Classics. Although he felt that he had almost mastered it, the great Confucian scholars in the capital might have a deeper insight.

  One class lasted half a day, and Li Yanqing yawned endlessly after listening to the long and boring explanations. He felt that the so-called great Confucian scholars in the capital were not even as good as Master Yao.

In fact, the content of the provincial test and the Fajie test are exactly the same, but the amount of questions in the provincial test is much larger. The new meaning of the Three Classics is also a test posting of the scriptures. It is not a deep understanding, but a familiarity with the scriptures. There is no time at all If you are asked to draft, it must be completed directly on the main paper in one go, and there must be no revisions. If there are any revisions, the paper will be dirty, and you will not even pass the first pass.

This kind of strict regulation is also to force scholars to copy the new meanings of the Three Classics over and over again. It takes at least half a year to copy the books. Many scholars spend a lot of time on copying books. It is normal to spend a lot of time on ten or eight years. Li Yanqing thought about money, time and energy for a long time. He felt that he could not take a shortcut, and he would never be admitted to Jinshi without copying it twice.

  At noon, he ate some pastries in the teahouse, then left Taixue and went to Yuelai Inn. Today he has another matter. He wants to send a copybook to Li Qingzhao, which he promised Zhao Mingcheng last night.

  There are three Yuelai Inns in Bianjing. Zhao Mingcheng and his wife live near Liangmen, which is diagonally opposite to Zhou Xiwasi. Li Yanqing is anxious to come here today because they will leave Beijing tomorrow.

  Li Yanqing walked into the inn and went all the way to the backyard. There were several small yards in the backyard. He knocked on one of the doors. After a while, the door opened a crack, and a little maid raised her head and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

   "Is your master at home? I have an appointment with him."

   "He's gone out and won't be back until evening."

  Li Yanqing was stunned, a little disappointed in his heart, they were not at home, Li Yanqing was about to take out the copybook, at this moment, Li Qingzhao's soft voice came from the yard, "Xiao He, who is outside?"

  Li Yanqing was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, it's me, I'm Yanqing!"

   "So it's Li Shaojun!"

  Li Qingzhao stepped forward and opened the door, and said with a smile: "Mingcheng said you might come at noon, let me wait for you, and you did come, please come in quickly!"

  Li Yanqing walked into the courtyard and asked with a smile, "Is Brother Defu not there?"

  “An old colleague of his father is sick. He is going to visit, and he will go out to drink with some friends in the evening, and he may not be able to return until very late.”

Li Qingzhao invited Li Yanqing to sit down in the living room, and asked the maid to order tea. Li Yanqing took out the copybook from his bosom and handed it to Li Qingzhao, "There are two copies of the copybook, one is the daily writings of the emperor, and the other is the Nanhua Sutra. I brought my daily essays, if my sister-in-law likes the Nanhua Sutra, I will change it when I go back."

   "I don't care, everything is fine!"

  Li Qingzhao opened the essay, and she flipped through a few pages. Zhao Ji's calligraphy is beautiful and refined, and it has its own style. Li Qingzhao really likes it, and a smile spread across his face, "Then it's settled, I'll borrow it for a year."

  Li Yanqing shook his head, "The borrowing is just an excuse for outsiders. In fact, I gave it to my sister-in-law, so you don't need to pay me back."

"this"

  Li Qingzhao thought for a while, "Okay! I will also give Shaojun a collection of poems, just wait a moment."

  Li Qingzhao got up and went back to the house. Not long after, she brought a book of her own poems and handed it to Li Yanqing with a smile, "It can't be compared with the gift you gave, but it is also my heart."

Li Qingzhao was famous for her poem "Like a Dream" in the past, and her poetry collection can be seen in the bookstore, but it was printed by engraving, but the poetry collection that Li Qingzhao gave to Li Yanqing now is a collection of poems written by her. Li Yanqing After turning over a few pages, I found that many of the poems were unknown to later generations. Of course, she wrote many works, but only a few of them have been handed down to the world.

   "Thank you sister-in-law for your kindness!"

At this time, the servant girl brought two cups of tea. Li Qingzhao took a sip of the tea and said with a slight smile, "Speaking of which, I should thank you very much. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be able to drink such good wine, Li Shaojun, master." Teacher has deep affection for you!"

  Li Yanqing blushed and didn't know how to answer, so he could only smile awkwardly. Originally, he wanted to use this opportunity to ask about Jiuzhen's situation, but in this situation, he couldn't ask.

Li Qingzhao looked at Li Yanqing and said: "Although Shishi is unfortunately in Lefang, it's not her fault. She can get out of the mud without being stained, which shows that she has a noble character. I know two strange women, both of whom are unfortunate. They are from Jiaofang, but they are more ambitious than men, and they are more concerned about the country and the people, which makes men feel ashamed."

   "One is Shishi, who is the other?"

   "The other is Liang Hongyu from Xijing Jiaofang. I guess you haven't heard of it."

"ah!"

  Li Yanqing let out a low cry and nodded, "I know her!"

  Liang Hongyu later married Han Shizhong and became an anti-golden heroine. What about Shishi? Can he change her fate?

  At this time, Li Qingzhao took up a pen and wrote a poem, and handed it to Li Yanqing with a smile, "This is your poem, I like it very much!"

  Li Yanqing's face turned red, 'He was a hero in life, and he was a hero in death. He still misses Xiang Yu and refuses to cross Jiangdong. ’ It really made him a little ashamed.

Li Qingzhao sighed and said: "Sometimes I have had similar thoughts, but I don't have this kind of emotion, and I can't write such strong and desolate poems. Master likes it very much. Li Shaojun, I have a heartfelt request. , can you leave me a picture too?"

   "Yanqing is ashamed!" Li Yanqing murmured.

   "I think he won't write for me!" Li Qingzhao looked at him with a half-smile.

  At this time Li Yanqing had returned to normal, he scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "My sister-in-law has orders, how can my younger brother not obey, I wonder what my sister-in-law wants Yanqing to write?"

   "That's right, I still like bold men!"

  Li Qingzhao smiled sweetly, she thought for a while and said: "My study is called Guilaitang, Yanqing will write a couplet for me!"

  Li Yanqing felt relieved, and said with a smile: "I have been good at writing couplets since I was a child!"

  Li Qingzhao pursed his lips and smiled, "I know, that's why I asked you to write couplets."

  Li Yanqing thought of Jiuzhen, it must be Jiuzhen told her, Li Yanqing suddenly felt a little sad, he spread the paper, thought for a moment, then wrote a couplet:

  The sound of wind and rain, the sound of reading, the sound is pleasant;

  Family affairs, state affairs, world affairs, and care about everything.

   "What a family matter, the country's affairs, and the world's affairs!"

  Li Qingzhao was full of praise: "The calligraphy is good, and the couplets are even better. Thank you Yanqing for the couplets. I will definitely paper them up and hang them on the wall."

   "It's a blessing for Yanqing to be praised by Lay Yi'an. It's getting late, and I'm leaving!"

  Li Yanqing got up to say goodbye, and Li Qingzhao kept sending him out of the gate. At this moment, she hesitated for a moment, and then slowly said to Li Yanqing: "I have a few words, which I will give to Yanqing when I leave!"

   "Please teach my sister-in-law!"

Li Qingzhao stared at Li Yanqing, "I can't talk about teaching, but what I said from my heart is that a man should act rashly in the world, and three wives and four concubines are all right. As long as they contribute to the world and are worthy of the country, why should we care about anything?" Constrained by etiquette, as long as they are not from the same ancestor, what does it matter if they have the same surname? As long as they agree with each other sincerely, what about the teaching workshop? Finally, I wish Yanqing Jinbang High School a prosperous future!"

  Li Qingzhao's impassioned words made Li Yanqing stunned for a moment

   After a long time, Li Yanqing saluted deeply, turned around and walked away quickly. Li Qingzhao watched his back as he walked away, and couldn't help but sighed. Did he really understand that the same surname he mentioned didn't mean Shishi?

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