Chapter 27 4. Official hats can also be sold by the catty (2)

Wang Qixiang opened his eyes, saw Boss Li standing beside him, and looked out the window again. It was already dawn, and he realized that he had just had a dream. "Mr. Wang, what's the matter with you?" Boss Li asked again when Wang Qixiang opened his eyes. "Nothing! Nothing!" Wang Qixiang lowered his head in embarrassment and said, "It was just a dream." "Mr. Wang, get up quickly, they are here!" Boss Li said again. "Who's here?" Wang Qixiang asked, blinking his sleepy eyes. "Who else can you send the letter of appointment, get up quickly." Boss Li urged.

"What? The commissioner is here?" Wang Qixiang got up from the bed and said while getting dressed, "Oh, why didn't you say it earlier!" After Wang Qixiang got dressed as quickly as possible, he hurried out of his room, and Boss Li hurried out of the room after him. "This is Mr. Wang Qixiang Wang." Boss Li hurriedly introduced when he saw the eunuch Chuanyu. The preaching eunuch was already getting impatient waiting in the inn, and when he saw Wang Qixiang, he said loudly: "Wang Qixiang, an alternate Taoist priest from Hunan, accepts the order!"

"Yes, the minister is here!" An Qixiang asked Boss Li to set up the incense table, and knelt down and said. "According to the decree of the Empress Dowager Cixi, Wang Qixiang, an alternate Taoist, is appointed as the governor of Hunan. This is my honor." "I obey the order, thank you Lafayette!" Wang Qixiang kowtowed three more times. After passing the decree to the eunuch, he did not go back to the palace directly, but came to Wang Qixiang's room.Wang Qixiang knew that there must be some instructions, so he quickly followed in and waited quietly. "The silver will be sent to Baiyun temple tomorrow morning." The eunuch said suddenly.

"Yes, I will definitely do it." Wang Qixiang said hastily, and took out another hundred taels of silver and handed it to the envoy eunuch.The eunuch ordered the eunuch to take it and put it in his pocket, and left without looking back without saying anything. In the early morning of the next day, Wang Qixiang got up early, packed 400,000 taels of silver into twenty wooden boxes, hired ten people to pull ten carts, packed the silver, and quietly set off to Baiyun Temple.Wang Qixiang has already been to Baiyun Temple once, so this time it can be said that he is familiar with the road, and he came to the archway in a short while.Passing through the archway is the Baiyun Temple.Wang Qixiang took the name card and asked the little Taoist priest guarding the gate to declare.Not long after, the little Taoist came out and said, "The Lord of the Temple will be here soon!"

"Morning, Mr. Wang!" After a while, an old Taoist priest led two Taoist boys out of the gate, and saw Wang Qixiang clasped his hands together. "Good morning, temple master!" Wang Qixiang guessed that this old Taoist priest was Gao Yunxi, the master of Baiyun Temple, and hurriedly said, "Yinzi—" "Hush!" The old Taoist stopped him, pointing to a place to go: "Pull it in first and unload it there." Wang Qixiang ordered people to pull the money into the temple, unloaded it, and sent the hired people away.The old Taoist priest sent two young Taoist priests to guard him, and said to Wang Qixiang:

"Mr. Wang please!" Wang Qixiang followed the old Taoist priest through the courtyard and came to a hall, which was the residence of the old Taoist priest.After the two went in to divide the guests and hosts, the Taoist boy offered tea, and then the old Taoist gave him a wink, and the Taoist boy hurriedly withdrew. "I am the manager of Chengmeng, Mr. Li, for the cultivation. I am very grateful. Regarding the silver, I hope the master will give it a lot of consideration." After Wang Qixiang finished speaking, he took out another bag of silver and handed it to the old Taoist priest.

"Mr. Wang, don't worry, this matter is left to the poor Daoist. Even if Mr. Wang takes up his post, I guarantee that there will be no mistakes." The old Taoist said, taking the money unceremoniously. "Then I would like to thank the temple master. When I need the temple master again in the future, I hope the temple master will not hesitate to teach me." Wang Qixiang said. "Mr. Wang is too modest." The old Taoist said, "But such a small matter, I can still help you." "Then I won't bother you anymore, goodbye!" Wang Qixiang said and walked out of the hall.

"Forgive me not far away!" The old Taoist sent Wang Qixiang out of the hall, clasping his hands again. Li Lianying didn't want all the 400,000 taels of silver, he actually only wanted 350,000 taels, and 30,000 taels were given to Gao Yunxi, the master of Baiyun Temple. Li Guihe and Boss Li each got 10,000 taels each. Wang Qixiang bought such a large post of governor through the hands of Li Lianying, but he didn't even see Li Lianying until the day before he took office. After Wang Qixiang became the governor of Hunan Province, he learned the lesson from the last time at the River Works Daotai. This time he became an official much more shrewdly than last time.His official creed is to change the previous "only in and out" into the current "in and out".This not only did not reduce his silver, but increased it, which made his official position more stable.

Once, when Wang Qixiang returned home to visit relatives, he overheard that his good friend Cao Ruinian had been staying at home since he lost his position as Qipin County Magistrate last time. Thinking of the guarantee he had made to him before, he felt very sorry. "If it weren't for the idea he gave me before, where would I be today?" Wang Qixiang thought, "I should help my friend!" A few days later, Wang Qixiang really brought some gifts and went to see Cao Ruinian in person. Cao Ruinian came out and saw that it was Wang Qixiang. He was surprised and delighted, and said, "Master Wang came to the humble house in person. Cao is really lucky! Please come in, please come in!"

"Why is Mr. Wang not Mr. Wang, we are still good friends now!" Wang Qixiang pretended to be dissatisfied and said, "It's fine if we still call each other brothers." "Hey, don't dare, dare not." Cao Ruinian said hastily, "It's not what it used to be!" "Why don't you dare. Hey, man, since I came back from the capital, why didn't you even go to my place once? You used to go quite often when I was at home." "Then how dare I, Mr. Wang. You are the governor in charge of a province, and you have great power, and I, a grassroots, are of no use to you."

"Hey, you can call me Mr. Wang. If you have to call me Mr. Wang, I feel really awkward after hearing that. Brother, I think you still can't change your temper. It's absolutely impossible to be an official. I have I deeply understand that officials and officials protect each other, not only officials of the same level also protect each other; high officials can protect small officials, and sometimes small officials can also protect high officials. Don't say that I may be useful to you in the future, say that it is Li The chief executive may need you in the future. Therefore, when you are an official, you must not only have a good relationship with your superiors, but also have a good relationship with your peers and subordinates. This is the way to be an official." Wang Qixiang now talks about The theory of being an official is really sound, and it is indeed not what it used to be. "Really?" Cao Ruinian was stunned. He had never heard the truth of being an official before.No wonder I lost my job.Not only did I fail to establish a good relationship with my subordinates and peers, but I even offended my immediate superior. How can I not lose my official position?Wang Qixiang can say these words to himself, it seems that he still treats himself as a friend.Thinking of this, he said, "I don't know if Mr. Wang has any idle jobs, can you arrange one for me?" "I came here precisely for this matter," Wang Qixiang said, "I have been paying attention to this matter for you since I heard that you are still unemployed at home." "Thank you so much, Mr. Wang." Cao Ruinian didn't expect Wang Qixiang to say such words, and he was really flattered. "I don't have any idle jobs there, and if I have idle jobs, there is not much profit," Wang Qixiang said, "but I can move to other places for you." "Then I will wait for the good news from Mr. Wang." After Cao Ruinian finished speaking, he ordered someone to take out five hundred taels of silver and put it in front of Wang Qixiang. "Hey, man, that's too polite. If I came here just for money, I wouldn't come to you. You are poor enough now, so you can keep the money for yourself." Wang Qixiang Resolutely do not accept, really a little loyalty to friends. "Then please accept Mr. Wang's next obeisance!" Cao Ruinian said as he was about to kneel down. "Hey, man, what are you doing?" Wang Qixiang hurriedly supported him, "I'm just doing a little bit for my friend." Later, Wang Qixiang went through many ways and used various relationships, and he really found a position in Tongzhou Prefecture for Cao Ruinian.While Cao Ruinian was overjoyed, he couldn't forget Wang Qixiang's kindness. Cao Ruinian is serving as an official for the second time, so he will have some emotions.He never forgets what Wang Qixiang told him, he has a good relationship with all kinds of people, he is respectful to his superiors, and he is generous; Up and down a voice of praise. Later, Cao Ruinian collected 10,000 taels of silver and delivered it to Wang Qixiang's mansion in person. Naturally, Wang Qixiang accepted it without hesitation this time. In a blink of an eye, it's the season for children to take the talent test again.The chief examiner in the Tongzhou area searched and searched but couldn't find a suitable candidate.In the end, because Cao Ruinian was very popular, everyone publicly recommended Cao Ruinian to be the chief examiner in the Tongzhou area. After Cao Ruinian became the chief examiner, he naturally wanted to see where the students were coming to take the exam.He suddenly saw a very familiar county name: Dacheng County, but no matter how hard he thought about it for a while, he couldn't figure out why he was so familiar with this county name.Cao Ruinian finally thought and thought, and suddenly remembered: "Isn't this the hometown of Li Lianying, the chief eunuch of the dynasty?" Thinking of this, Cao Ruinian was quite surprised.Fortunately, I knew it a little earlier. If I was late, wouldn't there be big troubles?If a relative of Li Lianying went to take the exam, and he was not admitted as the chief examiner, would it be the second time in this life that he would lose his official position?Cao Ruinian thought to himself: "I have to go to Chief Manager Li and ask him if there is anyone who needs to be taken care of. I will also take this opportunity to get close to the chief manager. Maybe I can use the influence of the chief manager in the future." It's gaining momentum!" Cao Ruinian made up his mind, so he asked the magistrate for ten days' leave, took Sichuan money and salary, and embarked on the journey to the capital.After arriving in the capital, before he had time to stay in the inn, he first inquired about Li Lianying's residence, and went directly to ask for an interview. "I am the judge of Tongzhou Prefecture and the chief examiner of Tongzhou District. If you have something to do, please see the Chief Supervisor. I beg you to report to Chief Executive Li." Cao Ruinian came to the gate of Li's mansion and said humbly to the gatekeeper. "Our master is not at the mansion today, you can come back another day!" The gatekeeper saw that it was just a small pass, so he said coldly, very arrogant. "Then when will your master come back?" Cao Ruinian didn't care about this, and continued to talk to the doorkeeper, and at the same time took out five taels of silver from his pocket and handed it to the servant. The servant took the silver, immediately changed into a smiling face, and said friendlyly: "It's not certain, our master usually doesn't come back to the mansion on a regular basis. Otherwise, you can just watch it here, maybe it will happen at any time." Can hit him." Unexpectedly, Cao Ruinian took what the servant said as a joke, but it was serious.He really stood beside the gate of Li Mansion, quietly waiting for Li Lianying to come back. The sun was about to set, and there was still no sign of Li Lianying, but Cao Ruinian still stood there and waited quietly.The servant watched from the sidelines and felt a little sorry, so he said to him: "Sir, you should go back first, our master may not be able to come back today." "If I can't come back, what should I do?" Cao Ruinian said dejectedly, "I don't know when he will come back from now on, hey, big brother, can you let me know when Director Li will come back?" ?" "Then who knows where you live?" said the servant, who just wanted to send him away now. "Then—" Cao Ruinian thought for a moment: That's right, I don't even have a place to live now, so how can I ask others to notify me?Or find an inn to stay tonight, and tell him the name and room number of the inn tomorrow, "Then can I give you the address tomorrow? When Manager Li comes back, you can inform me at that address. This Brother, please, how are you doing?" Seeing that Cao Ruinian could not be sent away, the servant suddenly said seriously: "Sir, I think you should stop thinking too much. To tell you the truth, even after our master comes back, he will not meet you, because your The official hat is still too small, let's wait until it gets bigger." "You mean he doesn't want to meet me because he thinks I'm an inferior official?" Cao Ruinian still didn't give up. "Hey, that's right." After the servant finished speaking, he looked away and ignored Cao Ruinian. Cao Ruinian had no other choice but to walk away resentfully.After walking a few steps, I suddenly thought: I took ten days off and came all the way here, so I left like this?Could it be that Li Lianying really won't meet me?I'll have to try it anyway.It seems that even if Li Lianying comes back, the servant will not notify me, so I have to figure out a way by myself.But how can I know that Li Lianying is back?Cao Ruinian looked around aimlessly, and suddenly felt excited, "Okay, here it is!" Cao Ruinian blurted out. It turned out that Cao Ruinian saw a family on the opposite side, and the window of one of the houses was facing the gate of Li's residence. "If I lived in that room and looked at the gate of Li's mansion every day, I wouldn't be afraid to see Li Lianying come back." Cao Ruinian thought secretly. Cao Ruinian strode towards the family.The door was tightly closed, Cao Ruinian knocked lightly twice, and after a while, the door opened with a "squeak", and an old lady came out. Seeing that it was a strange guest officer, she asked : "Excuse me sir, what's your business?" "Sorry, ma'am, to bother you," Cao Ruinian said politely, "Is there any room for rent here?" "I'm sorry, sir, this is not an inn, and we don't rent rooms." After the old lady finished speaking, she wanted to close the door. "Slow down!" Cao Ruinian hurriedly stopped her, "I only need one room, but I can still pay a high price." After hearing this, the old lady felt a little moved, and said, "Come and see first, which one do you want to rent?" "It's the one with the window facing the street." Cao Ruinian said hastily. "No!" said the old lady firmly, "any other room will do, but this one will not do." "Then... why is that?" Cao Ruinian asked hastily. "That's my daughter's bedroom!" After the old lady finished speaking, she gave Cao Ruinian a hard look. Cao Ruinian was disappointed, but he still didn't give up, and used his trump card again: "I beg you old man, old lady, just rent that room to me. I can ask for a higher price." Cao Ruinian said the last sentence That's a lot to say. "If the price is higher, can you afford it?" The old lady still said unhappily. I just want to send him away, ten taels of silver per night, stay if you want to stay, and leave if you don't want to. " The old lady thought to herself: such a high price, it is estimated that he will be scared away when he hears about it. "Ten taels is ten taels, I'm willing to pay!" Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Cao Ruinian replied straightforwardly, and thanked repeatedly, "Thank you, thank you old man." But now the old lady was in a difficult situation. She thought that the price would scare him away, but instead of scaring him away, he was quite happy.What can we do now?After all, it is my daughter's bedroom!But now that the words have been spoken, I am embarrassed to go back on my word.But then I thought about it again, ten taels of silver every night, where can I find such a good thing?A few nights is dozens of taels of silver.It is necessary for the daughter to accommodate herself for a few nights first. "How many nights do you want to stay?" asked the old lady. Cao Ruinian thought, he had asked for ten days off, and he had already left for one day, and he had to go another day when he left, so he could only wait for Li Lianying here for eight days, so he said, "I will stay here for eight nights, but even if If you stay for less than eight days, I will still pay you the price of eight days." Cao Ruinian thought that if he had met Li Lianying a few days earlier, he would not have to stay any longer. "Okay!" the old lady said happily. Cao Ruinian has lived here since then, except for eating and sleeping time, he just sat there blankly and looked at the gate of Li's mansion through the window for seven days. He didn't even see a eunuch enter or leave the gate . "Looks like it's really lost!" Cao Ruinian thought sadly, "I've spent my money and energy, and my mouth is almost worn out. But in the end, it's still nothing. Tomorrow won't wait." Now, let’s go for a walk. I’ve been here for a few days, I’m only doing this work, I don’t even have a chance to see the scenery of the capital. This God is too ruthless, he can only abuse others, alas!” On the eighth day, Cao Ruinian got up early, didn't even eat breakfast, and wandered aimlessly in the street.In this way, I wandered until the sun was westward, and then slowly walked back. There is always a way out.Cao Ruinian was walking forward with his head bowed, when he suddenly heard the ringing of a horse bell.Cao Ruinian looked up, and found that he had reached the gate of Li Mansion, and a car stopped just in front of the gate.I saw a person getting out of the car, wearing a nickel blue top and flower feathers, and an official peacock robe. He was about forty years old, with a medium build, fair skin, and a bare chin without even a beard.Cao Ruinian thought, could this be Director Li?If I hadn't come back a little earlier, I would have almost missed it. Not only would all my efforts be in vain, but I might also offend Li Lianying's relatives, if Li Lianying's relatives took the exam but were not admitted.From this point of view, God still has eyes, and he didn't let himself miss this opportunity and make his efforts come to naught. Cao Ruinian hurried back to his residence, put on clean clothes, took ten thousand taels of banknotes, and went to Li's mansion to ask to see Li Lianying.The guard at the gate was the same as last time. "Excuse me, elder brother, did Manager Li come back to the house just now?" Cao Ruinian asked politely when he saw the servant. "So what?" The servant had an arrogant expression on his face, but he was muttering in his heart; why is this guy so well-informed, we haven't seen him for a few days, and our master didn't come back to the house; After entering the door, he followed behind. "Then please elder brother report to Director Li, I have something to ask to see." "I told you a long time ago that our master will not receive you." "Brother, please be merciful, and let me know on my behalf. I really need to see him for something important." Cao Ruinian pleaded, taking out ten taels of silver and quietly handing it to the servant. "Okay, okay, I'll go in and make an announcement. If our master doesn't see you, he won't let me go!" The servant said as he took the money. "Naturally, brother." "Hey, what's your name?" "Cao Ruinian, the judge of Tongzhou Prefecture and chief examiner of Tongzhou University Examination." Cao Ruinian said word by word, "Candidates from Dacheng County also have to take the exam in Tongzhou." Seeing Li Lianying, the servant said, "My lord, there is someone outside asking to see you." "Who?" Li Lianying asked. "Tongzhou State Judgment—." "No see!" Li Lianying just heard these four words, thought there was nothing to say, and then reprimanded, "Such a little guy came to report." "He is also the chief examiner of the Tongzhou Academy Examination," Jia Ding continued to report, "He also said that candidates from Dacheng County will take the exam in Tongzhou." "Really?" Li Lianying suddenly became interested and said, "Then let him in!" "Yes, sir!" The servant went to the gate and said to Cao Ruinian who was waiting anxiously, "It's your good time, the master agreed to meet you. I was reprimanded for notifying you." Cao Ruinian was overjoyed when he heard that, and quickly said, "Thank you so much, brother." Cao Ruinian followed his servants to the living room, and when he saw Li Lianying, he hurried forward to salute: "Cao Ruinian is sentenced in Tongzhou Prefecture, and I'm here to pay my respects to the Chief Manager." After speaking, he took out a 10,000 taels of silver note from his pocket and handed it over.Li Lianying took it over and looked at it, then handed it to the waiter beside her. "Sit down!" Li Lianying just leaned slightly on the chair and said, "I heard that you are still the chief examiner of the Tongzhou District Court Examination, isn't it?" "The lowly position is the chief examiner of the Tongzhou District Academy Examination." Cao Ruinian did not dare to sit down, but stood up and said, "Because the candidates from the supervisor's hometown also have to take the exam in Tongzhou District, I may not take good care of you. Come and ask your lord for instructions." "My family has a nephew who is going to Tongzhou to take the exam. You just need to take care of him." Li Lianying said after thinking for a while. "Easy to handle, easy to handle. Please tell the master the name of the young master, and the humble officer will definitely do it." Cao Ruinian was flattered, and quickly bowed and said. "Bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone!" Li Lianying shouted to the waiter. The waiter brought pens, ink, paper and inkstones and handed them to Li Lianying.Li Lianying wrote "Li Fuchun" on the paper and handed it to Cao Ruinian. Cao Ruinian took it over like a baby, put it in his arms, and said, "I don't know what instructions the general manager has." "It's nothing!" Li Lianying said, and shouted to the waiter, "bring tea to the guests." Cao Ruinian knew that Li Lianying had issued an order to expel the guest, so he quickly said, "Let's leave my humble post!" After Cao Ruinian came out of Li's Mansion, he was full of resentment: I ran all the way here and waited for you for so many days.I didn’t even eat food today, so I hurried over when I saw you, and after talking for so long, my stomach growled so hungry, and it’s too much for you to serve tea to see off guests without even letting me eat. Be arrogant.Alas, what is the law?After all, they are powerful and powerful, and I am here to beg them.forget it!It is already very good that Li Lianying can meet her today.Cao Ruinian, Cao Ruinian, what else can you not be satisfied with? But it is said that there is a family named Li Dacheng in Dacheng County. The head of the household is Li Quande, and they have raised three sons.Both the eldest son and the second son are very smart, but the third son is dull by nature and has a slow mind.Li Quande hired an excellent teacher for his three sons since he was a child, in order to get his sons to be named on the gold list in the future. Sure enough, this gentleman lived up to expectations and devoted himself to teaching the three students.The eldest son and the second son have made rapid progress in their studies. In less than a few years, they have not only mastered the Four Books and Five Classics, but also practiced calligraphy very well.But this third son, Li Tianrui, has learned nothing but a few words in the past few years. "Tianfu and Tianxiang can learn and remember very quickly, but Tianrui can't teach him no matter how hard he teaches." My husband once met Li Quande and complained. "It doesn't matter, as long as you try your best to teach them." Li Quande also knew that the third son was slow to respond, and the responsibility for his poor learning was not on the husband, so he didn't say anything. In a blink of an eye, it was the night of August 15th of this year.Li Quande invited several relatives and friends to eat together at home.During the dinner, in order to show off the studies of his sons in front of everyone, Li Quande said: "The dogs have been studying for a long time. How about I suggest that the three of them write a poem each?" "Okay, okay!" Everyone echoed. "Listen!" Li Quande said to his three sons, "Each of you write a poem, and the last three characters of each sentence in the poem are round and round, half less, noisy, quiet, what do you say?" ?" "Okay!" Tianfu and Tianxiang both replied cheerfully. "I agree too!" Seeing that his two elder brothers agreed, and seeing so many relatives and friends in front of him, it was hard to break his father's order, Tianrui had no choice but to agree. "Then Tianfu will come first!" Li Quande said to his eldest son. "Then I'll go first!" Tianfu cleared his throat, looked at the round bright moon in the sky, and said calmly: Fifteen moons are round and round, and twenty-four and five are less than half. The stars in the sky are noisy, but the sun is quiet when it comes out. "Good! Good!" All the guests and friends praised in unison and gave warm applause. Seeing that his brother had finished speaking and did not wait for his father's order, Tianxiang continued, "I will be the next one!" Tianxiang stared at the mooncake in his hand for a while, and said calmly: The moon cake in my hand was round and round, and I took a bite out of half of it. The sesame seeds on the cake are noisy, but the stomach is quiet after eating. "Okay, something new!" Tianxiang's poem also won warm applause from everyone. "Tianrui, it's your turn!" Li Quande looked at his third son and said majestically. Tianrui lowered his head, because he hadn't figured out how to do it yet. All the guests were silent, watching whether Li Tianrui could do it and how Li Quande would end up. "Tianrui!" Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Li Quande felt that he had lost face, so he shouted loudly, "Do it!" Li Tianrui raised his head abruptly, saw his father's majestic gaze, and then looked at his mother sitting beside him, with an expectant look on his face.Unexpectedly, Li Tianrui was inspired by this sight.Four lines of poetry immediately blurted out: The father and mother are round and round, and half of them are missing after death. The family cried loudly and were buried quietly in the tomb. The guests burst into laughter. "You bastard!" Li Quande slapped the table angrily and cursed, "I didn't expect you to be so stupid. After studying for so many years, you still don't know shit." Li Tianrui sat there, too scared to even lift his head. Li Quande originally wanted to show off in front of the guests and friends, but unexpectedly he made such a big scandal. The third son wrote poems, which became a joke in the countryside for a while. When the college took the exam this year, Li Quande called his three sons over and said to them: "You have not been studying for a long time, so let's take the exam this year." The eldest son and the second son have long been eager to try. This time, when their father told them to take the exam, they replied: "I will obey my father's order." But these three sons thought that they would definitely not be able to do it, and they were unwilling to take the exam. "Tianrui, you can go. Dad will pay you the travel expenses. It doesn't matter if you pass the exam or not. You can play for a while. After all, you have studied for a few years. Maybe you can really pass the exam. "Li Quande was eager to see his son Jackie Chan, and urged his third son to give it a try. "Okay, I'll try it once, but I can't pass the exam, so don't be offended by my father." Under Li Quande's persuasion, Li Tianrui finally agreed to try it once. Half a month later, the three sons came back from Tongzhou to take the exam.Li Quande hurriedly asked the three sons how they did in the exam. Tianfu and Tianxiang both said that they did well in the exam, and that there would be no problem in recruiting scholars, but the third son didn't say a word. "Tianrui, how did you do in the exam?" Li Quande asked his third son. "I didn't even understand a single topic, and I only wrote a few words in total." The third son said listlessly. Li Quande knew that what he said was true, and also knew that his third son had little hope of being admitted, so he didn't bother him too much. After a few days, the yellow list was posted.Both the eldest son and the second son rushed to see if they had passed the exam, but the third son remained indifferent, as if nothing had happened. "Third brother, you also passed the exam, all three of us passed the exam!" Tianfu and Tianxiang shouted excitedly to Tianrui as soon as they got home. "You all know that I failed the exam, but you still make fun of me." Tianrui gave the eldest brother and the second brother a dissatisfied look. "Are you kidding? Tell you a good news, and say that someone coaxed you. If you don't believe me, go and see for yourself." The eldest brother and the second brother also said dissatisfied. Although Tianrui didn't believe the words of the eldest brother and the second brother, he couldn't help but secretly went to have a look. "Hey, that's strange! Am I really going to pass the exam?" Tianrui saw that his elder brother and second brother had taken the top few exams. Although he was a little behind, he passed the exam after all. The three brothers are scholars in the same school, neighbors, relatives and friends must come to congratulate.Li Quande finally regained some of the face he lost during the Mid-Autumn Festival last time.With a red face, he told everyone that all three sons were on the list this time, all relying on their own intelligence. As soon as he said this, everyone discussed in a low voice. "It's nothing to say that Tianfu and Tianxiang can pass the exam. Tianrui can also pass the exam, probably because of a ghost." "It must have been the paper that the chief examiner read while drunk. He is considered lucky to have encountered it." "This is the blessing to the soul, and it hits the right way." In short, there is everything to say below.But no matter what, Tianrui was a scholar after all. What is going on here? It turned out that after Cao Ruinian came back from the capital that time, he was very complacent, thinking that he was the greatest glory.But when it came time to admit candidates, Cao Ruinian lost the note that Li Lianying gave him with the name of Li Lianying's nephew on it.Originally, a person's name was easy to remember, but Cao Ruinian was so happy that day that he didn't even look at the name of Li Lianying's nephew.After I came back, I only took a look at it, and then carefully hid it in a certain place, but I couldn't remember which place I hid it in.I searched everywhere in my home and government office, but I couldn't find it.I carefully recalled the name that I had glanced at for a long time, but "Li" came and went, but I didn't make any clues. "This is a serious disaster, what should I do?" Cao Ruinian was trembling with fear, fidgeting uneasy, and said to himself, "It is absolutely impossible to go to Li's mansion to ask again, because I lost the handwriting of the chief manager. The note I wrote to you is a big disrespect in itself, and if the chief executive knows about it, it will bring disaster; if you don’t ask, maybe the chief nephew and young master can’t be elected, and he also disobeyed orders, which is very likely to be punished danger." The more Cao Ruinian thought about it, the more frightened he became, and the more frightened he became, the more he couldn't think of any solution. He only wanted tea and didn't want to use it, and he didn't want to eat rice. Seeing Cao Ruinian's listlessness, the deputy chief examiner and other examiners were very puzzled, and asked, "Master chief examiner, you have such a sad face, have you encountered any trouble?" "Oh," said Cao Rui with a long sigh, "a young nephew of Director Li also came to take the exam, and sent a note, asking me to take care of it. But I accidentally lost the note, and I can't remember him. What is the name of my nephew and young master?" Cao Ruinian didn't dare to say that he had asked for it, so he lied. "What, Mr. Li's nephew is also coming to take the exam?" The deputy chief examiner and other examiners were surprised when they heard this, and said in a hurry, "Then if he doesn't get admitted, we will all be punished." !" "That's right, who doesn't know that Chief Executive Li is covering the sky with one hand in the court. If his nephew is not admitted, he will definitely take revenge on us. We big officials, how can we stand his revenge? " "We've got to figure out a way! You're going to be punished for talking about it." "Yes, let's discuss it together and find a way, so we can't just watch ourselves suffer." "Since he is Chief Li's nephew, he must be living in Dacheng County?" "Then his surname must be Li." "Hey, we have! Why don't we admit all the candidates with the surname Li in Dacheng County, then Li Lianying's nephew will definitely be in it, do you guys agree?" Cao Ruinian said. "Then how can it work? The surname Li is the most common surname in Dacheng County, so how many candidates with the surname Li?" The assistant examiner disagreed with this method. But most of the other examiners agreed with this approach, because no one wanted to be convicted.One of them said: "Master Deputy Chief Examiner, since you disagree with this method, please come up with a better method." The deputy chief examiner thought and thought, but couldn't come up with any good solution, and finally had to say: "Since everyone agrees with this method, let's do it according to this method." After discussing the method, when marking the papers, these examiners really admitted all the candidates surnamed Li in Dacheng County.That's why Li Tianrui was able to become a scholar without knowing shit. As the saying goes, if you want to be unknown to others, you must do nothing yourself.Later, this incident was gradually spread, and finally even reached Li Lianying's ears.As a result, instead of blaming Cao Ruinian, Li Lianying praised him for his ability to handle affairs.Li Lianying also laughed at herself and said: "There is nothing wrong with spreading this matter to my hometown. It is because I have done a great thing for the people in my hometown."