Li Cheng was planning to write some novels for practice, so he went to the book store and bought many popular books recently, planning to study them. On the other hand, the matter of the watermelon field was also thought about and not left behind.
At this time, he was really glad that he invested in the most economically developed capital city.
If it is a remote area, in a poor small village, the trouble is even more difficult, and it is even more difficult to do anything.
At least in the capital, there are things that are not available in other places, and people from other places come to the capital first.
After listening to books and eating tea a few times in the teahouse, and looking up some information, Li Cheng asked Yuan Bao to go out to inquire about the situation in the Western Regions, or find a local merchant who travels between the two places all the year round. The kind of guy who does business.
Yuan Bao went there when he got the word. He was quite familiar with the capital. Before he was sold, he was doing part-time jobs for people everywhere. People are not difficult.
On this day, Li Chengze also cleaned up himself, not forgetting that he had accepted the appointment of that Su Ziyan, so he went to the appointment.
It was afternoon.
On the way there, Li Chengze looked through his memory again, and found that when Yuan was in school, at the very beginning, he had no friendship with those Su Ziyans, and the relationship was just average.
Su Ziyan's family situation is much better than Li Chengze's. I heard that his father was a fellow Jinshi himself, and now he is exiled to serve as a parent official in Ludi, and his mother is also the daughter of a small official.
Because Lin Juren and Su Ziyan's father, who opened the private school, were candidates in the same subject, they had some friendship, so Su's father sent Su Ziyan to study with Lin Juren.
Su Ziyan never paid much attention to those students who were born in poor families, and he looked down on those people in his heart.
Li Chengze was naturally one of them that he didn't like, but because of his face and reputation, he didn't show it too stupidly, so others thought that he had a cold personality, so he didn't communicate much with others.
The change of things happened almost two months before the cultural meeting was held in the Mingdehou Mansion.
At that time, Su Ziyan suddenly started to get close to Li Chengze intentionally or unintentionally, and later even asked Li Chengze when he and his own friends went out for a drink.
Li Cheng knew that the people Su Ziyan made friends with were of good status, at least those people didn't pay attention to him in the past.
With Su Ziyan's introduction, he can make more good friends, Li Cheng is very happy, and since then he has been in frequent contact with Su Ziyan.
Even the banquet of Ming Dehou was deliberately revealed by Su Ziyan himself in front of Li Chengze, saying that he got an invitation card from the Hou Mansion from his cousin, and he took the initiative to let Li Chengze take advantage of it.
Needless to say about the later things, the daughter of Mingde Hou's mansion accidentally fell into the water and was rescued by Li Chengze. Among them, Su Ziyan was always there, and he even gave some words of guidance intentionally or unintentionally.
No matter how you look at it, this person does not seem innocent.
Li Cheng is clear in his heart.
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The place for Su Ziyan's banquet was set at Fanlou, the largest one in the east of the city.
He reserved a large room on the third floor.
When Li Chengze arrived, there were already four or five people inside.
Laughter and laughter kept coming.
In the room, there are three small tables on the left and right sides, with various wine and dishes on them.
From memory, Li Cheng was familiar with those people.
The four of them, including Su Ziyan, were served by one or two girls with open shoulders and tight waists.
There are even some people who have already given each other wine with the girls, or have half untied their clothes, stretched their hands into their soft waists, and let the girls fall on top of them, panting endlessly, their eyes blurred. .
In front, there is a woman holding a lute, who is babbling and singing while stroking the strings.
What an extravagant picture.
Li Chengze stepped in, and Su Ziyan found him. The other party immediately narrowed his eyes, looked like he was smelling of alcohol, put one hand on the floor, and pushed the person next to him away.
He said loudly: "Brother Li is here, come and sit quickly, but I have been waiting for you for a long time!"
There was only one seat next to Su Ziyan left in the room, so Li Chengze didn't say anything, walked over calmly, lifted up his robe, and knelt down.
The waitress next to him was very winking. Seeing Li Chengze, she twisted her waist from left to right, and stepped forward slowly. One of them poured wine, and the other stuck to his body.
But it was torn apart expressionlessly by Li Cheng.
He said neither in a hurry nor in a hurry: "There is no need to wait, they are all far away."
Seeing this scene, Su Ziyan's eyes flickered slightly, and then he burst out laughing again: "Brother Li is very handsome, and he passed the exam at a young age, no wonder these girls are attracted to him as soon as they see him."
Li Cheng just smiled lightly when he heard the words, but said: "Brother Su's ridiculous praise, I'm ashamed to take it seriously, Brother Su is really talented, I can't compare with it."
Both Su Ziyan and Li Chengze took this year's exam, and Su Ziyan's grades were much better than Li Chengze's, ranking among the top ten on the list. Li Chengze said this casually.
However, when Su Ziyan talked about being admitted as a scholar just now, something flashed through Li Chengze's mind.
But now is not a good time to think back, and Li Cheng's expression remained calm.
Su Ziyan was probably a talkative person, he kept talking and didn't neglect anyone.
He could only hear him say again: "Since the spring of this year, some areas of the two lakes have not had a single drop of rain. The climate is severely drought and there is no grain harvest. In the past few months, the drought has not eased but has become more serious. By the end of June, the Holy One sent The officials went to the local area to provide disaster relief, but in the end when the news came, tens of thousands of people starved to death. A small group of rioters in Bashu took advantage of the situation and revolted. Although they were quickly suppressed, they were still furious when they heard that the sage was still angry. A lot of people were dealt with, and because of this, this year's rural examination was postponed to late October, hey, in previous years it was all in late August."
The person on the opposite side nodded after hearing this, "Who says no, but fortunately it has not been cancelled, otherwise many people will suffer." This is not an exaggeration at all. Juren, who has worked hard for three years, might not be able to cry.
At this time, Su Ziyan turned his head and asked Li Chengze: "Brother Li, can you take part in this year's provincial examination? Brother Yi is a talented person, he must have gone back." After speaking, he laughed a few more times.
Li Cheng didn't answer directly, but said again and again: "I'm really ashamed, Brother Su is a really learned man."
After finishing speaking, he pulled several other people to brag about Su Ziyan.
The so-called literary club played until the evening, and those few people had to stay overnight, implying that the evening activities would be more interesting.
Li Cheng didn't want to mess around here, so he made an excuse and left.
It wasn't until I came out and blew the cold wind that I felt the smell of powder in my nose dissipated, and I felt much more comfortable.
After going back to take a shower, Yuan Bao dutifully wiped his master's hair with a dry handkerchief.
Li Cheng forced his eyes to think about something, and suddenly his mind flashed, and he finally remembered what he hadn't thought of in Fanlou in the afternoon!
It was a matter of the original body being selected as a scholar, but in fact it was not that simple!
For a period of time, Su Ziyan asked the original body to discuss homework with him every day. Suddenly, one day, he took out a stack of densely written paper to Li Chengze, and then secretly told him that this was paid for by his family. The title can be used to see.
Su Ziyan's mysterious and solemn appearance really attracted Yuan Shen's thoughts.
After Su Ziyan left, Li Cheng looked at the questions one by one.
Then he kept it all in his heart, thinking that he would not suffer a loss no matter whether he won the bet or not in the end.
Fortunately, he was not so stupid. Although the answers to the questions given by Su Ziyan were all written, the original body did not intend to use other people's questions. Except for the questions with fixed answers, other poems or poems or poems or fuss, or you need to understand and answer them yourself. Yuanshen spent a lot of effort, read many books, and did it patiently.
No idea, but most of the last questions were passed!
Li Cheng was surprised and pleasantly surprised!
So in the end, without any surprise, the original body also got a talent.
After Li Cheng remembered all these things, he really let out a long sigh.
He also frowned and thought, this Su Ziyan is more complicated than he imagined.
Moreover, what purpose does he have for approaching the original body