Woniu Village
"Congratulations to Mr. Pei Ziyun of Jiangping County. He is now the academic master of Dong'an Prefecture. He is the tenth scholar in the Dong'an Prefecture examination. He is a student of Jiangping County. He will surely receive good news frequently in the future..."
A county official came over to inform Pei Ziyun that he was selected as the tenth scholar and was a student in Jiangping County. Everyone in the village was happy. It was estimated that it was just these few days. The village felt that Pei Ziyun was young and a transplanted person. I was looking forward to it, but who knew I got it.
Even if his surname is not Zhang, he is still a scholar in the village, which naturally has many benefits. He has been busy these days. I saw the village chief arranging for people to prepare some dried fruits and sweets. In the kitchen, there was a big fat pig tied up and put away. On the side, there are chickens, ducks, geese, etc. that are squawking and have been closed long ago.
In this era, there were no refrigerators, so the meat was easy to spoil, so we simply didn’t kill it and just waited for the scholar to come back before killing it. However, the live poultry was prepared in advance.
At this moment, the Pei family has an aunt from the village who has come to help with things and says: "Mr. Pei has won the title of scholar, and you will be blessed in the future."
My sister-in-law did all the work, but Pei Qian seemed like an outsider and couldn't help.
In other words, Pei Ziyun was thinking about his mother and Ye Su'er, and went home the next day. He was accompanied by an ox cart with Cao San and Pei Ziyun sitting on it. There were luggage in it, followed by four archers.
The journey was naturally uneventful, but when we were still far away from the village, we saw someone watching from a distance on the road.
"Stop!" Cao San felt something was wrong, so he ordered, stepped forward and jumped down. With a "swish" sound, he immediately pulled out the knife and looked around.
The four archers at the back, even though they were archers, all carried swords, immediately lined up and drew their swords, with sharp expressions, like frightened tigers.
Seeing someone on the opposite side, he came closer. Pei Ziyun saw that he was from the village and said quickly: "Captain Cao, he is from our village. It seems that he is welcoming us."
As soon as he said this, Cao San looked at it carefully and then slowly took back the knife. The four people behind him did the same.
"It's not long since the founding of the country, even the archers are so elite." Pei Ziyun took one look at it and couldn't help but secretly praise him. When the villagers got closer, they couldn't help but be overjoyed to see that Guo was Pei Ziyun, and shouted: "Er Tiao, go back and report the news. My husband has come back, so just kill the pig and kill the ****, I'll go right away!" Ertiao was a young man, he glanced at Pei Ziyun enviously and ran straight back.
The oxcart drove slowly and returned to the village. The village chief, village elders, and villagers all came out to greet the scholar outside the mud wall. As soon as they saw the scholar coming back, they shouted: "Set off firecrackers!"
The sound of firecrackers immediately sounded continuously. Many children were hiding in their mother's arms, sticking out their heads and looking with wide eyes. Some older children were trying their best to squeeze forward, only to be pulled by their parents at home. Pull him back by his ears.
There was a commotion, and the elder of the clan was seen holding Pei Ziyun's hand and praising him, saying that when Pei Ziyun and his mother came to the village, they saw a difference, so they gave a discount to let the two live in the village.
The noise outside was about to go home, but in the village, following the village chief's order, livestock were slaughtered in the reed sheds set up. Only one fat pig was seen. At this moment, he seemed to feel that he was at his last moment, struggling and wailing at the end. , the aunts started to get busy, making chicken, duck, and fish.
After a while, they were slaughtering fish, killing chickens, cooking meat, and frying balls. The stove shed was filled with white mist, and the meat was filled with the fragrance of coriander and coriander. Someone asked the village chief: "Uncle, how much is it worth to have so many livestock just for this scholar?" What?"
"Asshole, this boy from the Pei family is only fifteen years old. He might win the imperial examination in the future. How can he be offended?"
"And even if you are a scholar, we can get a lot of benefits."
"What's the benefit? The tax exemption is given to our own people. Although the Pei family is an outsider, there have been several families named Pei who have moved here in recent years - how can we give it to the Zhang family!"
"You are stupid and you still don't believe it. The tax collectors sent by the county deceived us because we have no scholars. It is common to add taxes at will. Now that we have scholars in the village, we can exempt a lot from this alone."
"If there are benefits to doing corvee work, fighting for water, and complaining, you are the only one who feels sorry for this little money!"
"And look, the scholar returned to his hometown and brought the county patrol with him!" the village chief scolded, and when he saw someone coming in, he waved hurriedly: "Come here, where are they?"
"almost home."
As they were talking, music was playing loudly. Of course there was no formal orchestra in the countryside, it was just playing drums. As for the Pei family, Pei Qian's family had been informed a long time ago that Mr. Pei Xiucai had come back, so he came out to welcome him. At first glance, he was like Seeing it was his son.
His son was wearing a green shirt, but he was a little thin and distressed, and tears immediately fell down.
When Pei Ziyun saw his mother, he recalled what his mother had said about her family background before setting off. He knew that her mother expected him to become a scholar and shine on the family line, so he quickly took out a document from his pocket.
"Mom, look!"
Pei Qian took it with trembling hands. She was literate. When she opened it, she saw that it was a document conferring a meritorious title. It was also stamped with the seals of the prefect and the academic administration. The copy was also stamped with the seal of the county magistrate. Pei Qian's face With a smile on his face, his eyes turned red: "My son, my son... I have been waiting for your mother for more than ten years, and finally today is the day."
"Come back to your room with me and pay homage to your ancestors!" Mrs. Pei Qian said, and rushed into the back room. There were still people who wanted to follow, but someone pulled them away: "Why are you going to pay homage to your ancestors?"
Pei Ziyun followed in and saw Pei Qian kneeling on a spiritual tablet wrapped in cloth and sobbing. He said to the spiritual tablet, "Ms. sir, have you seen it? My son has finally made a difference."
She burst into tears, as if she wanted to vent all the bitterness and suffering over the years.
Pei Ziyun watched his usually stubborn mother cry bitterly, with mixed feelings in his heart. The original owner didn't win the scholarship until her death, and only won the scholarship a year after her death. How regretful is this
At this time, Mrs. Pei Qian held back her tears. She stepped forward and opened up the layers of wrapping cloth, revealing a spiritual tablet inside, which read "Pei Yuan Shen's Spiritual Position", and she couldn't help crying again.
"My son, your father was killed by a thief and falsely accused of being a thief. Your mother was incompetent and had no way to obtain the body for burial. She had no choice but to carry the soul and run away all the way here."
"I met a Taoist on the road, who knew about this, and said: Madam, your husband was an official, and he died with meritorious service in the land. However, he was slandered and fell into the underworld. This spiritual tablet has been erected and has been effective. I don't want to see a hero suffer injustice. , I can't do anything about human affairs, but I can help with the funeral. I give my wife a talisman and wrap it with a spiritual tablet. You can worship her on festivals, but you can't see her casually."
"In the future, when the young man becomes a scholar and has the protection of the new dynasty, he can open the public worship, otherwise your late husband will be in trouble."
"I was still skeptical when I heard it, but it was miraculous that night. Your father fell into a dream and didn't talk about the past for all these years, let alone the matter of the spiritual throne. Now I can finally take it out."
Speaking of this, Mrs. Pei Qian couldn't help crying when she thought of the past: "Ms. sir, you haven't seen the light of day for fifteen years, and today you can finally see your child."
"My son, why don't you kowtow to your father?"
In my memory, Pei Ziyun used to worship his ancestors every year, and he only saluted the spiritual tablets wrapped in cloth. When he was a child, he wanted to untie them and read them, and was beaten by his mother. Then he obediently stepped forward and knelt before them.
The moment he knelt down, Pei Ziyun's eyes flashed, as if there was a light white air falling on the spirit tablet, but in a blink of an eye, the strange appearance disappeared. After he knelt down, a small white plum appeared in front of Pei Ziyun's eyes, and it quickly enlarged into a translucent information frame. , floating in the field of vision with a faint sense of light, and the task appeared.
"Task 2: The examination of the scholar is completed, please withdraw it!"
"It's just to appease his family. In fact, the scholar has won the prize a long time ago, and he has to wait until now to receive it." Pei Ziyun thought like this, and immediately received it without taking a closer look.
"Buzz!" On his forehead, the originally virtual petals suddenly turned into reality, but Pei Ziyun covered his forehead with his hands, and after a few minutes, the plum blossom petals disappeared.
"Fortunately, this plum blossom can be hidden, otherwise it will attract people's attention." When a piece of information came, Pei Ziyun immediately understood, and thought: "The first plum blossom petal can absorb ideas without supernatural power, and turn from virtual to virtual." Really, that means you can even learn from the articles about promoting people to Jinshi.”
"It turns out that I was originally weak and could only absorb Juren-level Wensi. Fortunately, I couldn't find a better Wensi to absorb, so I didn't notice it."
"The next step is to solve the problem of spiritual roots."
"As for the white energy just now, it's probably not dazzling, it's my luck, it should be my newly acquired luck as a scholar. I don't know if consuming it like this will bring bad results, but I inherited this body, not to mention consuming it. A little, even more is not a big deal.”
After bowing to his ancestors, when he came out, several women comforted him. One woman said, "Your son has become a scholar. This is a happy event. You should be happy."
After being comforted by everyone, Pei Qian held back her tears and said with a smile: "That's right, I won't cry, I won't cry, I'm happy, happy."
She patted her head and smiled: "Look at me forgetting things, come on, I'll give you some lucky money!"
Everyone laughed. Mrs. Pei Qian came out of the house and calmed down. She took out the exchanged copper coins and handed out the wedding coins one by one. The children all went up and continued with a smile. Although it was only one or two coins, it was auspicious money. Come on. The child's parents treasured it carefully: "This is husband-in-law's wedding money, maybe it will bring some cultural blessings!"
There was such a noise, and there were villagers asking for it, saying that the banquet was ready.
"Captain Cao, everyone, please come with us."
Captain Cao and a few archers were actually a little unhappy when they went to inspect this remote area, but at this time they were having a good time, and they smiled a little, so they went along.
I saw people coming and going in the village, celebrating the New Year. Pei Ziyun was invited to sit down, and Pei Qian was also beside him. At this time, Pei Ziyun stood up and said, "Captain Cao and everyone, please take your seats."
The villagers couldn't help but wonder, and Pei Ziyun said loudly: "Today, I went to see the inspector and told him about the black bandit. The inspector was furious and sent Captain Cao and his brothers to defend the village and establish a We patrolled the area and organized the people to be brave, and from then on the village was taken care of by the government.”
"So, how can you not invite me to the table?"
The village chief was pouring a glass of wine. When he heard these words, his hand shook and the wine spilled out. He suddenly woke up and said quickly: "It's absolutely true, it's extremely true!"
The smiles became more enthusiastic.
(End of chapter)