"The gate of the house is full of people who throw papers..."
"The old man is too..."
Li Di and Kou Ji glanced at each other and both showed a wry smile.
Li Di leaned on his side, facing Kou Ji, and said with a smile: "You come to see the old man in the middle of the night, you must have something to say, come in and talk."
Kou Ji jumped off the back of the donkey, tied the rein of the donkey to the pillar outside the tea shed, and entered the tea shed.
There are four tables in the tea shed, two buddies, and a recliner.
The guys put down the grass curtains around the tea shed to resist the cold wind outside.
Li Di lay in the recliner, covered with a blanket, and in front of him was a brazier, a small red clay stove, and tea on the stove.
There is silver frost charcoal in the brazier, so there is not much smoke and dust when it burns, and after putting down the surrounding grass curtains, you can't feel the smoke and fire.
Kou Ji walked into the tea shed, sat in front of Li Di, stared at the silver frost charcoal burning in the brazier, and gave a light "Huh".
Li Di followed Kou Ji's gaze and glanced at the brazier, and said faintly: "I think a small tea shed can't burn the silver frost charcoal?"
Kou Ji smiled and said, "People who have a little savings can't afford to burn this thing.
Li Di said in agreement: "The old man thinks so too..."
Li Di turned his head and said to the guy who was preparing tea, "A Si, did you hear that? The son of the Grand Master's Mansion said, you are a small tea shed that cannot burn silver frost charcoal.
The guy called Ah Si is a man in his mid-century. He looks like an old farmer. The skin on his face is wrinkled, his hands are still slightly cracked, his clothes are clean, he can’t see his eyes when he smiles. .
He smiled and carried a teapot, put it in front of Kou Ji, bowed and said, "I have seen Kou Shilang..."
Kou Ji waved his hand and said, "You don't have to be polite..."
Ah Si nodded, and took a clean tea cup and placed it in front of Kou Ji.
Then he smiled to Li Di: "You are old and can't stand the wind, so you have to burn some charcoal to keep you warm. Besides, you can't come in the tea shed several times a year. Burning a little silver frost charcoal does not count. what."
Li Di sighed, "If the old man stays with you all night, you have to burn the silver frost charcoal overnight, and the profit for a few months will be gone."
A Si grinned, "It doesn't matter..."
Li Di sighed again and said no more.
Kou Ji's eyes lingered on Ah Si and Li Di.
Li Di looked at Ah Si's busy back and explained with a wry smile: "The old man entered Bianjing earlier this year and ran into Ah Si who was about to starve to death. He took him to the tea shed to eat a full meal.
The old man wanted to take him as an entourage, but he disappeared after eating.
The old man thought he was an ungrateful person.
But I didn't expect that within a few months, a tea shed would be added not far outside the old man's house.
The old man has changed his mansion several times over the years, and Ah Si's tea shed has changed several times.
Every time they drove not far from the old man's residence.
The old man asked him several times and asked him why he opened the tea shed not far from the old man's residence.
Do you know what this old boy said? "
Kou Ji slowly shook his head.
Li Di said in a dubious voice: "This old boy actually said that when the old man has no place to stay that day, he can settle down in his tea shed. The dignified second-rank master, even in the palace, there is also a place for the old man to settle down. How can you stay in his tea shed?"
Li Di seemed to be telling a joke.
But Kou Ji didn't smile.
Because he heard deep affection from it.
Li Di said that he would not stay in the tea shed, but he is now in the tea shed.
Kou Ji glanced at Ah Si who was busy, and said with emotion: "He is a loving and righteous person."
Li Di smiled and scolded: "Can love be a meal? The old man has invited him several times to let him go to the house to be a steward so that he can enjoy the good fortune with the old man, but he just doesn't want to.
I have to stay in this broken tea shed, selling tea in the wind and the sun.
There are not many gains in a year.
When the old man settled down in the tea shed, he had to be served delicious and delicious, and the profit for several months had to be included.
What do you think he pictured? "
Kou Ji picked up the tea cup on the table, took a sip, and said seriously: "He has not only love, but also self-esteem."
Li Di scolded again: "Can self-esteem be a meal?"
Kou Ji glanced at the scholars at the gate of Li Mansion and asked: "If a person has no self-esteem, he will be like them. Do you want to see Ah Si become like them?"
Li Di glared at Kou Ji fiercely, "You don't understand these principles as an old man. The old man just can't understand how hard he is, and wants him to live a good life for a few days. But he doesn't listen to how the old man persuades him.
The old man is just so angry that he said that. "
When Ah Si heard this, he turned around and smiled at Li Di happily.
An angry Li Di stared at him again and yelled at him.
A Si held a brazier and placed it at Kou Ji's feet. The brazier was still burning with silver frost charcoal.
Seeing this, Li Di stared, cursing and saying: "He is a young man, he can keep freezing, so why give him some silver frost charcoal. Do you know that if this pot of silver frost charcoal is burnt, you will earn one month's income? It's gone."
A Si smiled brightly and said, "It won't get in the way..."
Li Di stared at Kou Ji when he heard the words.
Kou Ji hurriedly said: "I will give money..."
Li Di snorted coldly and put away the gaze that stared at Kou Ji.
A Si laughed in a low voice: "No need..."
Kou Ji smiled and said, "It doesn't matter... I have money..."
A Si was a little embarrassed, Kou Ji said again: "You have been favored by Grandpa Li, but you have not been favored by me. After drinking your tea and burning your charcoal, you have to pay."
Seeing Ah Si still looking embarrassed, Li Di hummed: "Accept it... It's not the old man who gave you the money, but the money from the guest. Why not take it?"
Ah Si nodded reluctantly.
Kou Ji smiled lightly, took out two silver leaves and put them on the table.
Seeing this, A Si wanted to speak.
Li Di snorted coldly, and he swallowed the words back into his stomach.
Ah Si put away Yin Yezi and turned around to get busy.
Li Di stared at Kou Ji and asked, "Your kid doesn't sleep in the middle of the night, so what do you do in front of the old man's mansion?"
Kou Ji smiled calmly: "I just came over to ask Grandpa Li, what charter is the Qiuwei scientific expedition and what needs to be prepared."
Li Di said with disdain: "The old man thought that your kid was hiding in the gentle village, busy with the girl in Xiangfu, and forgot about business."
Kou Ji gave a dry cough and said nothing.
Li Di glanced at him and said, "Qiuwei scientific research does not require you to do anything. The old man and the prefect of Kaifeng have already done what you should do. The rest is to wait for the day of the scientific examination to come, and you will accompany the old man. Go to the invigilation together and go to the examination paper together.
Kou Ji nodded slowly and asked: "On the way here, I ran into a few scholars..."
Kou Ji said in detail about the scholars he met.
Li Di frowned as he listened.
"A bunch of nonsense, when did the old man accept other people's papers? The old man is even less likely to promise others, who will be picked when scoring the papers."
Kou Ji groaned: "I think what they said has noses and eyes, I'm afraid it's true. If you have confiscated other people's papers, then you can check the people in the house and see if anyone in the house has accepted other people's papers. Roll."
Li Di's face sank, "The old man has returned to the house and will check it carefully."
Kou Ji asked again: "Is the same with the imperial examinations in previous years?"
Li Di gritted his teeth and nodded.
Kou Ji frowned and said: "If the roll is useful, wouldn't the imperial examination become a decoration?"
Li Di said solemnly: "The old man also knows this drawback. The old man is determined to rectify this shortcoming in this Qiuwei scientific examination."
After a pause, Li Di looked at Kou Ji, and said, "Since it's for this purpose, I won't hide one thing from you."
Seeing Li Di's expression a little solemn, Kou Ji asked, "What's the matter?"
Li Di said with a sullen face: "The old man recently discovered in Bianjing that someone reselled the Qiuwei scientific examination questions."
Kou Ji raised his brows, "True or fake?"
Li Di gritted his teeth and said: "True question!"
Kou Ji looked stunned, "Where did they get the real question?"
Kou Ji glanced at Li Di, frowning and said: "This year's autumn examination questions were written by you, my grandfather, and the prince. After the questions were finished, they were sealed in the palace and they were not taken out. It will be taken out only on the day of the scientific examination.
In this case, how can it be possible to vent the problem? "
Li Di stared at Kou Ji and said in a deep voice: "It was the same in previous years, and I also vented questions in previous years."
Kou Ji was taken aback, and said solemnly: "You mean, someone in the palace vented the question?"
Li Di nodded slowly.
Kou Ji said in a puzzled way: "Since I know someone in the palace is venting the question, why not stop it?"
Li Di sighed and said: "Who vented the question, I can't find it out."
Kou Ji frowned and said, "As long as it is a case, there is no reason why it cannot be found out."
Li Di asked, "Who is going to investigate? The eunuch and Gong E in the palace must vent the question. They are both in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is also responsible for investigating their affairs. Do you think those eunuch chiefs who have benefited? Can you find out who you shelter?"
Kou Ji resolutely said: "Change the title!"
Li Di sneered: "Your grandfather tried it, but as soon as the question was changed, it was immediately leaked. For this reason, your grandfather killed 36 eunuchs with a stick, but some people still vented the question afterwards."
Kou Ji gritted his teeth and said, "They all deserve to die."
Li Di sighed, "I don't know if I should die. The old man only knows that the problem of leaking questions is not solved. Once the exam is opened, the old man's life-long reputation will be ruined.
Li Di glanced at Kou Ji and sighed: "Do you think the old man stays here to avoid those who throw papers at the old man's house? No! The old man is worried about the issue."
Kou Ji thought about it, and suggested: "Then ask the question on the spot! If you ask the question on the spot, no one will vent the question, right?"
Li Di smiled bitterly: "The way is a good way."
Li Di looked at Kou Ji and sighed: "I'll tell you, this is the method that the old man and your grandfather must use after discussing it with your grandfather."
Kou Ji questioned: "Have a problem?"
Li Di nodded and said, "The old man prevented the venting of questions in the palace, but who will stop the old man from venting the questions?"
Kou Ji frowned and said, "Grandpa Li, you are upright, and you still don't want to do something like this."
Li Di smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "You believe in the old man, but will those students who fail the exam believe in the old man?"
Before Kou Ji could answer, Li Di sighed: "They only think that the old man will secretly vent questions to the students who are taken by the old man."
"The court will still be afraid of them..."
"The court is not afraid, and the old man is actually not afraid, but he will be afraid if he will be the examiner in the future."
"..."
Kou Ji gritted his teeth, lowered his head to think for a while, raised his head, and said, "Then I will come up with the question."
Hearing this, Li Di first looked at Kou Ji 12, and then asked: "Are you planning to come up with a tricky set of questions to embarrass the students?"
After saying this, Li Di immediately shook his head and said: "There are many talented people in the world, even if your questions are tough, as long as you pass them out, someone will definitely be able to answer them."
Kou Ji smiled coldly, "Then come up with a set of questions that no one can answer."
Li Di stunned: "Have such a question?"
Kou Ji slowly got up and said, "Grandpa Li just wait for the good news."
After handing over, Kou Ji walked out.
Li Di suddenly got up and said loudly: "Don't be fooling around. The purpose of the imperial court is to recruit scholars. For the purpose of selecting officials, if your topic has nothing to do with officialdom, not only the Manchu Civil and Martial Association will impeach you, but also scholars in Shilin. Will scold you.
Your reputation is ruined. "
Kou Ji waved his hand disdainfully, "I will let them die..."
Kou Ji rode on the donkey and walked to Kou Mansion.
Li Di was left standing alone at the door of the tea shed, looking at Kou Ji's back and sighing.
Kou Ji returned to the house and saw the light in the bedroom on.
A figure swayed in front of the lamp, knowing that Xiang Yan was still busy.
He didn't bother Xiang Yan, and plunged into the study.
He stayed in the study for two days.
Two days later.
Kou Ji entered the palace with a stack of papers.
After entering the palace.
In the imperial garden, I found Zhao Zhen who was practicing boxing against the pond.
"Chen Kou Ji, see official house."
Kou Ji arrived not far from Zhao Zhen, stopped, and bowed his hands to salute.
Zhao Zhen put away his fists, took the sweat towel from Chen Lin's hand, wiped his sweat, and trot to Kou Ji.
He looked at Kou Ji up and down and said with a smile: "I heard that a married man will become different, but I don't find anything different in you."
Kou Ji looked at Zhao Zhen and said lightly: "When you get married, you will know."
Zhao Zhen said to Kou Ji earnestly: "The Toffee said that various places are already selecting women, and I will be married at this time next year."
Kou Ji said indifferently: "The minister congratulated the official here in advance."
Zhao Zhen frowned and asked, "You don't seem to be too happy?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "Can the minister be happy?"
Zhao Zhen suspiciously said: "Something?"
Kou Ji gave a fist to Chen Lin in the distance, "The father-in-laws in the palace are great. They frequently leak the subjects of the Qiuwei scientific examination. The evil ministers cannot accompany his wife at the mansion. They are doing the Qiuwei scientific research all day long. 'S topic is busy."
Chen Lin's face went dark when she heard this.
Zhao Zhen said in a daze, "Didn't Taishi kill the eunuchs who vented the question?"