As spring passed and autumn came, the poetry meeting slowly came to an end, and everything developed slowly over time.
In February, the news came that Yan Fu failed the examination and missed the palace examination. When Li Hao and Yan Jingwen were worried about Yan Fu, thinking that Yan Fu would return to Yangzhou to continue his studies, they heard that Yan Fu had entered Yingtianfu Academy, which was the Nanjing Imperial College that had been approved by this time, and would not return to Yangzhou. Although the two of them were a little disappointed, they were happy that their senior brother could enter this highest university.
There was no surprise in Yan Jingwen's children's examination. He passed the county examination, government examination, and college examination all with high rankings, and then began to prepare to participate in this provincial examination.
As for Li Hao, Master Qin also had a serious talk with him and helped Li Hao plan the imperial examination matters. Said: "Actually, it is not difficult for you to pass the Children's Examination now, but for you, the Provincial Examination and the General Examination are still too much. If you pass the examination reluctantly, a poor ranking will not be helpful to your future. In addition, you are still young at your age. I'm young, but I'm not in a hurry. It doesn't matter if you don't take part in this provincial examination. You can take part in the next provincial examination, so there is no rush in the children's examination. If you take part in a few years, you can make great progress all the way."
Li Hao replied: "Teacher, don't worry, the good thing about me is that I am stable."
After that, Master Qin never accepted any more disciples, and devoted himself to supervising their studies. Li Hao originally thought that he would go all the way to the scientific examination step by step, but he met an unexpected person at home.
It turned out that when Li Hao returned home that day, he saw Mrs. Wei talking to a woman in the hall and called the woman's name Xiaodie. Li Hao didn't pay attention at that time and went directly back to his room in the backyard.
But in the evening, when the family of three gathered together to chat after dinner, what Wei said to Li Jian completely broke Li Hao's mind.
Wei said: "I met Xiaodie today. She swore to me that she was kicked out of the Sheng family because she was framed by someone. Then my sister wanted Minglan, a little girl, to run away by herself because there was no one around her. I went outside to look for a doctor, but my sister died in childbirth. If I don’t believe it, there’s no problem.”
After hearing this, Li Jian asked: "Then what are you going to do?"
Wei said: "I am planning to go to Bianjing to meet Minglan. No matter what, I should let her know the truth of the matter. There must be a precaution. And it will not be easy for her to live in that big courtyard as a child. Our family has become affluent now, so I happened to bring some money with me this time to prepare it for her."
Li Jian said: "Well, our family relied on our eldest sister to support us. Now that we have this ability, we should help this girl Minglan. But Minglan is still young, so she really told the story. Don’t do it well. The same goes for money. It’s not that I don’t want to give it up, but it would be bad if she, a little girl, really holds too much money in her hands.”
Wei said: "Let's wait until I get there to see what's going on with his mother. As for the money, I'll leave it to the old lady when it arrives. The old lady has a good character, so you can rest assured that she will take care of Minglan."
At this time, Wei and Li Jian did not notice the shock on Li Hao's face when they heard what they were saying. Because he was listening to the two people talking and summarized the key words: Sheng family, Minglan, Xiaodie, mother's surname was Wei, and an old lady taking care of Minglan. It turns out that I have not traveled through time in ancient times, but into a costume TV series. This feels like my outlook on life is even more shattered.
At this time, Li Jian said: "How about I go to Bianjing with you, and then I will bring Hao'er with me. Hao'er has never met his cousin."
Wei said: "Why are you going? The door of his Sheng family is so easy to climb. I can see Minglan in the backyard. I'm afraid you two won't be able to see Sheng Hong's good face. We He doesn't look down on this kind of family. When Hao'er's Children wins the exam, we will go there and earn some face for Minglan and let him know that there are people outside Minglan who can help and support her."
After hearing this, Li Hao thought to himself that his mother really knew Sheng Hong. Said: "Yes, I will definitely live up to my mother's high expectations. I will go back and read now."
Then he left and went back to his room, starting to recall the past from the beginning. Come to think of it, I thought this world was so strange. I saw Ouyang Xiu but had never heard of Bao Zheng's name. Fan Wenzhenggong's Qingli New Deal was also included. Han Qi was also in the court, but there was an English duke inexplicably. I thought I had made a mistake at first, but who would have thought that this was A magically revised version of history.
Thinking of this, Li Hao felt that he needed to practice his martial arts. He originally thought about it for a few days but did not implement it, but now it seems that he needs to practice martial arts just for the two changes in the capital.
As a result, Li Hao hadn't even started yet, but Wei acted resolutely, made up his mind, and immediately started arranging the itinerary. With a few servants, he followed the Cheng family's soap-selling fleet and rushed to Bianjing City.
Speaking of soap, the Cheng family's sales have been booming in the past two years. Soap is sold on seventeen of the more prosperous roads in the Song Dynasty, except for the Cheng family's own caravan. At Li Hao's reminder, he started selling as a dealer and developed extremely rapidly. In the past two years, he brought no less than 800,000 taels of income to the Cheng family, which made Wei and Li Jian very happy and added money to the family. There are many field shops.
After Wei left, Li Hao went to find a classmate, Yang Yong, who is now the son of Yangzhou's pacifier. Ever since Li Hao became famous at the Pingshan Hall Poetry Club, he was known to everyone in the academy. Then after Li Hao deliberately made friends, he made many friends. Among them, Yang Yong had a better relationship. Li Hao asked him to find a strong martial arts instructor to teach him.
Although he didn't understand what Li Hao was thinking, Yang Yong would not neglect Li Hao's request. He took the trouble to help Li Hao find a skilled old military instructor to teach Li Hao how to practice spear and stick kung fu and archery.
So Li Hao started studying in the morning and practicing martial arts in the evening.
After two months of waiting, Mrs. Wei came back from Bianjing City. Li Hao and Li Jian went to the pier to pick her up. When they came back, they said: "The old lady of the Sheng family is still very powerful. Minglan has been raised well by her, and now she is also She went to school with her husband, and her appearance became better and better. I didn’t elaborate on the matter, but she seemed to be cautious and intelligent, but it was a pity that her life was not happy in the Sheng family. We couldn’t help her in Yangzhou. Something."
Li Hao thought to himself that the three sisters of the Sheng family were all pretty good-looking. Then he continued: "In that case, in the future, my mother should buy a large dowry for my cousin. It would be a thoughtful gesture to give it to my cousin when she gets married."
Li Jian heard this and agreed: "That's okay. In the past, my aunt took great care of us. Now that Minglan is almost growing up, we might as well give her a backup dowry as a token of our gratitude."
Wei said: "Then let's do it." Then she went back to her room to rest.
But at night, when he saw that Li Hao was not studying, but learning martial arts, he came in with a frown. He asked: "What are you doing? You are a scholar. When you have time, you don't work and study, but spend it on this. I have always been noble in literature and humble in martial arts. Do you still want to be a martial artist?"
Li Hao said: "Mom, I only practice martial arts to strengthen my body. Studying for the imperial examination is hard and laborious. If you don't have a good body, it will be half the result with twice the result. And the teacher also knows this and will not delay his studies. If he really has Of course, the teacher will not agree to this question, so don’t worry.”
Then Li Hao gave Li Jian a hint, and Li Jian hurriedly changed the topic and coaxed Wei away.
In the following days, Li Hao was a must-do in both civil and military affairs. During his break, he could even take his school classmates to play polo, which was a very happy life.
It's a pity that time flies by. A year later, Li Hao sent Yan Jingwen to the provincial examination and won fourth place. Yan Jingwen was about to pack up his gifts and head to Bianjing for reference. Li Hao arranged for them to board the Cheng family caravan ship and go to Bianjing together.
On the day Yan Jingwen left, Li Hao went back to see Master Qin. Qin said to Master Qin: "Jingwen has now reached the point where he can try a level, and you will be next. I don't plan to accept any more disciples in the future. I will wait for two years." It's time for you to go to the examination room and have a good time, and then I will return to my hometown to retire and live my leisurely life."
After hearing this, Li Hao said: "Even if my senior brothers and I pass the imperial examination and become officials in the court, we still have to ask for your guidance."
Master Qin said with a smile: "Live your own life, don't bother me then." After saying that, he left slowly, and Li Hao watched his husband go away.
