Ye Xiaotian is very self-aware, he knows some poems and songs, he can also write stereotyped essays, and occasionally he can insert a few sentences when talking about advanced knowledge, but if he really wants to take the imperial examination, he must study the Four Books and Five Classics systematically and thoroughly. , his skill is far from enough.
But the magistrate who pretended to be elegant had neither self-knowledge nor human-knowledge. He saw Ye Xiaotian pleasing to the eye, and felt that Ye Xiaotian was a talent worthy of cultivation, so he enthusiastically asked Ye Xiaotian to go to Shuixi to participate in the tribute examination and win the prize for Tongren. A lifter comes back.
Ye Xiaotian wanted to refuse at that time, but was stopped by Li Xundao who quietly pulled the corner of his clothes. After leaving the magistrate's office, Li Xundao solemnly warned him: "Our magistrate, as long as you smooth your hair, you can do whatever you want. If you go against his will, you will be unlucky. If he asks you to take the exam, you just go. If you fail the exam, he won’t be angry, but if you don’t go, you must offend him. Scholar, if you offend the master of the government, how can you develop here?"
Ye Xiaotian was helpless after hearing this, so he had to decide to go to Shuixi for a walk, he didn't have to count on being recruited at all, and no one would reveal the exam questions in advance, so he would catch the knife for him in advance, he just had to deal with it. Thinking about it this way, Ye Xiaotian felt no pressure.
After a few days, Ye Xiaotian went to the magistrate's yamen to get the guide certificate for participating in the tribute examination, and then accepted some "humming teachings" from the magistrate's master, packed his bags and headed straight to Shuixi.
Few people on the surface of Shuixi knew about Ye Xiaotian. He was promoted to Venerable in the Gu God Sect, and most of the people sent by the major tribes in Miaojiang did not see Ye Xiaotian himself. They just gave gifts and were received by a certain elder.
Even people who have met Ye Xiaotian, it is impossible to inquire about Ye Xiaotian's past, let alone draw Ye Xiaotian's appearance after going back, so that people in the tribe can remember clearly, at most, they can say a few words to the chief of the tribe. Words such as "very young, with light eyebrows and beautiful eyes" are enough.
Moreover, most of the real aristocratic families on the surface of Shuixi are Yi people. They don't believe in any Gu gods, and they don't care about the inheritance of Gu gods. However, as far as the Gu God Sect is concerned, this is also in line with their travel requirements. If they hug each other everywhere and show the identity of the Venerable Lord everywhere, then why travel? This is against the canon.
Guiyang Mansion is more than ten times more lively than Tongren. As soon as Ye Xiaotian and his party entered the city, they saw the bustle everywhere, the bustling market and the crowds. It was still early for the tribute test, and they were not in a hurry, they just walked and watched among the crowd, looking around to see the scenery.
It’s just that there is such a tall and rare giant ape in their group, and there is also a cute Pixiu accompanying them, so many people will inevitably look at them and point, especially many children following them, which has become a scene in Guiyang .
At the intersection ahead, there is a grass-stage troupe performing all kinds of juggling, including martial arts and qigong. Wearing a red belt and shirtless, the class leader clasped his fists and said loudly to the crowd: "Fellow folks, our brothers have just arrived in your land and have no other skills. Selling two handfuls of strength is for everyone's enjoyment. If you have money, give it a try." The money market, those who have no money will hold the individual market, and the next show for everyone is-cooking copper coins in a frying pan. This is a good luck... "
As soon as he said this, he saw a giant ape appearing above the crowd. The giant ape was nearly twice as tall as an ordinary person, so it naturally stood out from the crowd. Immediately afterwards, Ye Xiaotian and a group of people came over, seeing a juggler, children like it, Yaoyao squeezed forward excitedly, but couldn't squeeze through, so he patted the giant ape's thigh to make it bend down, and hugged himself to its shoulder superior.
As soon as they arrived, many people who were watching the juggling turned their heads to look, pointing and whispering. Seeing this posture, the troupe leader immediately felt a sense of crisis. He thought it was another juggling troupe arriving in Guiyang. Isn't this trying to compete with him for business
An oil pan was set up, and firewood was lit underneath. The leader looked at Ye Xiaotian and his party from the corner of his eyes, estimating the opponent's strength, while absent-mindedly picked up a bucket of oil and poured it into the pan. After a while, the oil boiled.
The leader walked around with his fists in his arms, yelled vigorously for a while, pretended to be lucky, made some gestures, shouted, and put his hand into the oil pan, and the people who looked around turned their attention away from the giant ape. Moved away, staring at him nervously.
Seeing him reaching out to the boiling oil pan, Yaoyao screamed in fright and quickly covered his eyes.
"Ah! I'm scalded to death..."
As soon as the leader's fingertips poked into the oil pan, he jumped five feet high, jumping up and down the field like a big horse monkey. The audience on the sidelines were dumbfounded, and saw that the leader's five fingers were red and scalded by oil. It was rotten, and there was an uproar from the crowd all around.
The class leader's wife hurried forward to help him apply medicine and bandages, and some people from the team beat the gong and wandered around the field, saying that the class leader ate too many sweet potatoes yesterday, and just now accidentally vented his true energy, so qigong didn't protect him. Also, please forgive me.
Some of the onlookers saw that the leader of the group was so pitiful, they were moved with compassion, and threw some copper coins, which clanged and fell on the man's gong. While helping her husband bandage, the class leader's mother-in-law asked in a low voice, "What did you do? Why did you burn your hands?"
The leader broke out in a cold sweat from the pain, and replied in a low voice: "Then there is another juggling troupe, with a giant ape and a Pixiu, they must have some unique skills, I was wondering if they would steal us The business was sloppy for a while, and I forgot to pour vinegar into the pot."
The mother-in-law said distressedly: "Look at your hands are hot, let's take it away today."
The class leader said: "No, no one can steal our business, I still have a trick."
The class leader pushed the wife away, held up the tightly wrapped "bear's paw" and yelled loudly: "I'm sorry everyone, all the folks and elders are so supportive, I will be happy for the next moment, and I didn't hold my dantian breath. If you let go, the qigong will dissipate, and everyone will laugh at it. It doesn’t matter, I still have a unique skill, so let me open your eyes, come on, lift it up. Folks and elders, you have a good look. Next, I will perform for you A unique skill handed down in the family: the boulder smashes the chest."
Yaoyao heard it, and said to Ye Xiaotian in fear: "Brother Xiaotian, let's go."
Ye Xiaotian watched it with gusto, and said, "What's the hurry, I'll leave after watching this."
Yaoyao said: "Everyone is risking their lives, it's too scary, Yaoyao dare not look at it."
Ye Xiaotian wondered: "What's the matter, isn't it just a broken chest... eh?"
Ye Xiaotian suddenly understood, the leader of Ganqing was in so much pain that he turned his words the other way around, Ye Xiaotian couldn't help laughing, and said: "Not bad, not bad, I dare to see a big stone on the chest, it's really scary to see a big stone on the chest, let's Let's go now."
Ye Xiaotian raised his hand and threw a string of copper coins, and left with Hua Yunfei, Mao Wenzhi and others. The big man was sitting on his shoulders and swaggered through the market, attracting attention. The leader of the class could see it clearly, so he couldn't help but secretly sneered: "I want to talk to you." I'm trying my best not to scare you to death! I'm here, this land is mine, you, go where it's cool!"
"Let's give way, let's give way, mention the criminal company's work!"
The two yamen guards raised their whips and shouted to try to disperse the pedestrians on the street, but the effect was limited, so they had to slow down and ride their horses slowly forward from the crowd. When they saw the giant ape, the two yamans The difference can't help but reveal the wonder of surprise.
The two sides just passed by each other like this, Ye Xiaotian didn't know that this was the tolerance sent by the Criminal Division to Tongren to bring him to Shuixi for interrogation, and the two guards didn't know that the person walking in front of the giant ape was that they were going to Tongren arrested criminals.
After Li Qiuchi's preparations were complete, he had already handed over the complaint to the chief secretary's office. The chief secretary's office also had its own criminal and prison department. Civil affairs cases were managed by the chief secretary, while criminal cases were assigned to the criminal department. Moreover, the chief secretary has the right to consult the public, so the chief secretary sent a letter of advice to the criminal punishment department.
Seeing this incident, the chief secretary was alarmed, and the criminal commissioner couldn't continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb, so he sent two people to Shuixi to mention Ye Xiaotian to Shuixi to try the case.
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In the west of the water, beside Hongfeng Lake, the sun sets and the sky is full of colorful clouds.
A large net was stretched out on the grass, and an old woman in Yi costume was sitting under the net, twisting the net wires to mend the holes in the net. She is already very old, and her face is full of wrinkles, but she is not deaf and blind, and she can actually mend fishing nets, which shows that she has a strong body.
Not far away, a pretty little Yi girl ran over with a smile, squatted in front of the old woman, put her hand on the old woman's lap, held her hand, and cried sweetly: "Old ancestor, I'll go I looked for you in your room, but I didn't see you, so I guessed that you came here."
When the old woman saw her well-behaved and lovely granddaughter, her wrinkled face burst into laughter: "You are the only one who is smart! Hehe, where did you go crazy today, and you came back so late."
The girl wrinkled her nose, and there were cute and playful lines on the nostrils: "I didn't go out crazy, I just went shopping around the island."
The girl's lively eyes rolled slightly, and her voice became sweeter, a little cloying: "Old ancestor, I want to go to Shuixi, okay?"
The old woman had already picked up the shuttle and re-weaved the net. Hearing what the granddaughter said, a clear smile appeared in the old man's eyes: "I know you are not so attentive, you stinky girl, didn't you just go to the water not long ago?" West, why are you going again?"
The girl giggled: "Isn't this sister Miaowen asking me out? It's hard to turn down such kindness. It would be embarrassing if I don't go."
Girls are born very sweet. There is a kind of appearance that men like when they meet women, and it is probably her appearance. It is a kind of seductive magic. As long as you get close to her within a certain distance, you will be attracted by her. attracted by the magic.
Such a girl who was often honored as "the disaster of the city" in ancient times is naturally the famous "Rouge Tiger" - Miss Xia Yingying of the Xia family.
The old woman sighed and said, "You, you are a grown man, you know you are crazy all day long. Go, go, if you are not allowed to go, I don't know how troublesome you are."