"What kind of broken carriage is this?" Li Sanjian was sitting in the carriage, his whole body seemed to be shaken to pieces, and the carriage was shaking so hard that it made Li Sanjian drowsy.

Li Sanjian hired a carriage when he returned to Lingshan County. Generally speaking, carriages are faster than ox carts, donkey carts and other vehicles, so the price is much more expensive. However, Li Sanjian was lucky. The owner of the carriage was a Qinzhou businessman and he happened to be returning to Qinzhou.

, so he picked up Li Sanjian, Shankui, along the way, and only paid Li Sanjian a small amount of travel expenses.

"Haha, all carriages are like this, you just get used to it. Is the young man from Qinzhou?" The owner of the carriage is a man surnamed Zhou in his thirties. He has a dark face and a short stature. At first glance, he looks like a farmer.

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Lingnan has long sunshine hours, and the local natives have relatively dark skin. People with fair skin like Li Sanjian are almost alien.

At this time, Li Sanjian was completely dressed as a scholar, and at the same time he had a face as good as a crown jewel, a handsome appearance, and a tall figure. Therefore, the man surnamed Zhou had a double affection for Li Sanjian and took good care of Li Sanjian along the way.

Li Sanjian shook his head when he heard this and said: "No, I am from Danzhou."

"A Danzhou person? Are you from Li? Why is Xiaolangjun going to Lingshan County?" asked the man surnamed Zhou.

Danzhou in Qiongtai is a place where Han and Li ethnic groups live together, among which Li people are the main ones, so Han people with the surname Zhou have this question.

Li Sanjian glanced at the man named Zhou and saw that he looked surprised. Isn't he from Li? As for that? Li Sanjian was secretly angry.

However, Li Sanjian did not show any anger on his face, and just replied calmly: "I am a Li person, and I am a native Li person. I went to Lingshan County just to study."

The ethnic group is inherited from the father. Although Li Sanjian's mother is a Li, Li Sanjian should be a Han. Li Sanjian's official form also states that he is a Han, but Li Sanjian insists on calling himself a Li at this time. Li Sanjian does not feel that there is anything wrong with being a Li.

Shame.

"Oh, that's it." After saying this, the man surnamed Zhou looked at Li Sanjian a few more times. He didn't look like he was from Li. There are scholars in Li. The man surnamed Zhou secretly muttered in his heart.

In the eyes of the world, Yi Di people generally have their faces painted or tattooed, wear animal skins, and brandish large blades...

"We're almost there." The man surnamed Zhou then said, "Huh? Why are there so many people in front?"

Upon hearing this, Li Sanjian looked out from the hood of the car that was leaking air everywhere, and saw hundreds of people gathered near the gate of Lingshan County, including some wearing official robes.

As the carriage approached the city gate, Li Sanjian finally saw clearly. It turned out that Huang Huan, an academic officer of Lingshan County, and others were standing at the city gate with students from Lingshan County. They seemed to be waiting for someone. Among them were some Li Sanjian and others.

Unknown officials.

Who are they waiting for? Is there someone from the imperial court coming to inspect? Li Sanjian secretly wondered.

Li Sanjian quickly stopped the carriage, jumped out of the carriage, and walked quickly towards Huang Huan and others. When he walked in front of him, he bowed his hands and saluted: "Li, a student from Lingshan County..."

Before Li Sanjian finished speaking, suddenly the crowd was blaring drums and trumpets, and the gongs and drums were noisy. At the same time, many firecrackers were set off, crackling and popping, making it very lively.

Li Sanjian was immediately startled and had no idea what was happening.

"Haha, our Li Jieyuan is back, why don't you salute him?" Huang Huan laughed when he saw Li Sanjian.

"We pay our respects to Li Sheng and Li Jieyuan."

All the sentient beings then saluted in unison.

"Professor Huang...what are you...?" Li Sanjian was even more shocked, so he asked again and again.

How did they know I was back today? Li Sanjian was puzzled.

"You." Huang Huan smiled and said, "You have won face for the county school. I will go out of the city today to meet Jieyuan from Guangnan West Road."

Li Sanjian ignored Huang Huandao's dissuasion and insisted on participating in the tribute examination. Huang Huan estimated that Li Sanjian would be fine if he passed the examination, but he never expected that Li Sanjian won the first prize in one fell swoop. This made Huang Huan and other academic officials extremely surprised and at the same time extremely happy.

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"Come, Hanren, this is Magistrate Zhang of Lingshan County." Huang Huan then said to Li Sanjian.

"Li Hanren is indeed very talented and knowledgeable. I have heard about it for a long time." Magistrate Zhang said to Li Sanjian with a smile.

Zhang County Magistrate was also a Jinshi. After failing in the provincial examination, he came to Lingnan through the recommendation of imperial officials. He first served as the administrator of Lingshan County and later moved to the county magistrate.

Li Sanjian's victory in the examination will greatly increase Magistrate Zhang's administrative performance. If Li Sanjian is named on the gold medal list in the future, Magistrate Zhang may be promoted to county magistrate.

You must know that the county magistrate and the county magistrate in the Song Dynasty are different. Although they are both the head of the same county, the magistrate's rank is higher than that of the county magistrate, and his salary is much higher.

Therefore, Zhang Zhixian was like "mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law". The more she looked at him, the happier she became, and she beamed with joy. She repeatedly ordered her subordinates to arrange banquets to welcome Li Sanjian.

"Your Majesty is so complimentary, but my disciple Li Sanjian doesn't dare to take it seriously." Li Sanjian was so frightened that he quickly thanked him.

Isn't it just a "high school entrance examination"? As for that? Li Sanjian secretly wondered, Li Sanjian knew about Song Chongxue, but he didn't expect that it would reach such a stage? Just like a hero... If he didn't do well in the exam this time, what would these people do?

Wouldn't they swarm him and beat him to death? Li Sanjian suddenly thought of it.

"Brother, brother..." At this moment, Xiao Dou Ya and Fu Erniang came over. Xiao Dou Ya rushed forward, hugged Li Sanjian's thigh, and rubbed his little face against Li Sanjian's belly, extremely affectionate.

One year has passed, and the little bean sprouts have grown a lot taller, becoming more and more cute and cute, just like a porcelain doll. However, no matter how fast the little bean sprouts grow, they are not as fast as Li Sanjian.

Li Sanjian, who is almost sixteen years old, is almost as tall as an adult and has also grown a lot stronger.

"Mom, why are you here?" Li Sanjian picked up the little bean sprouts and looked at Fu Erniang and asked in surprise.

"Yes...yes..." Fu Erniang felt a little timid when she saw so many people, including many people from the government.

"I invited you here." Magistrate Zhang said with a smile, twirling his beard.

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"The students are about to go to the capital. I wonder what Professor Huang has to teach him?" After the banquet to thank his teacher, Huang Huan left Li Sanjian alone.

Huang Huan opened his mouth to say something, but no words came out for a while.

"The capital is a place where dragons and tigers leap, and it is also a place where fish and dragons are mixed. You must be careful when you go here." Huang Huan said after pondering for a long time.

Huang Huan said nothing about the provincial examination.

Huang Huan originally wanted to tell Li Sanjian about the tribute examination of the Ministry of Rites, how to cope with the provincial examination, that is, what kind of articles should be written in order to pass the imperial examination.

In fact, the method is very simple, that is, the article should cater to, or even flatter, the audience. Write a wonderful article that can cater to the high-ranking officials of the court, and even win the favor of the emperor.

With the emperor's favor, the chance of success is of course much greater.

Isn't this the case for the vast majority of people who have passed the imperial examinations in the past?

To welcome or flatter someone, it is impossible not to understand the situation in the court, and it is absolutely impossible not to know the preferences of the emperor and senior officials. Huang Huan originally wanted to tell Li Sanjian the situation in the court, but he

First, Huang Huan was only an academic official and had never entered the imperial court. Moreover, Lingnan was far away from Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo, so Huang Huan heard about it through hearsay and had little knowledge of it.

The second and most important thing is that Huang Huan does not want Li Sanjian to become such a person, a flattering person who only knows how to flatter others.

"Professor Huang, please rest assured, Hanren has his own plans." Li Sanjian replied respectfully.

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"Jian'er, Jian'er..." After Li Sanjian returned to the hut, Fu Erniang looked at Li Sanjian with joy, who seemed to have grown taller, and shed tears of joy.

Two years ago, the 13-year-old Li Sanjian was still a stupid boy. He was ridiculed and looked down upon by others. At that time, Fu Erniang was the only one left with Li Sanjian, and his life was extremely miserable. At this time, Li Sanjian suddenly had a kite.

A big turn, plus a 360-degree somersault, turned a demented person into an extremely smart person. At the same time, he actually won the enlightenment test on Guangnan West Road. How could this not make Fu Erniang's heart beat fast with joy?

Out...

"Jian'er, Jian'er..." Fu Erniang gently stroked Li Sanjian's messy hair at the temples. She couldn't believe that the current Li Sanjian was the same person as the former Li Sanjian.

"Mother...what are you...?" Li Sanjian said softly.

"Mother is fine, mother is so happy." Fu Erniang sobbed: "Come on, Jian'er, kneel down."

What? Kneel down again? What does mother want to do again? Did he do something wrong again? Li Sanjian looked at Fu Erniang in astonishment, mother kissed her... She wouldn't do a "mother-in-law tattoo", would she?

Li Sanjian knew that people in this world like tattoos or words, but Li Sanjian didn't like this. Wouldn't tattooing hurt? Li Sanjian thought to himself.

"What are you doing? Come here and kneel down." Fu Erniang looked at Li Sanjian lovingly and said.

Li Sanjian had no choice but to kneel straight in the hall and stared blankly at Fu Erniang.

Fu Erniang then suddenly took out the spiritual tablet of Li Sanjian's father Li Qing from the package, placed it on the table, and then lit three sticks of incense in an old incense burner.

"Yu Ming...Yu Ming..." Fu Erniang cried while worshiping: "Your son has a future. He passed the examination to understand Yuan and brought glory to the Li family..."

"Mother..." Li Sanjian understood what was going on when he saw this, so he knelt on the ground and worshiped: "Daddy, my dear, please pay homage to daddy."

"Jian'er..." Fu Erniang then said with tears: "Your father was also a senior high school student at that time. Unfortunately, he was exiled to Lingnan with his father before he could take the provincial examination. Your father is still alive in heaven.

, I must feel extremely gratified to see you like this."

"Mom...my father...?" Li Sanjian then asked.

Li Sanjian never knew why his father Li Qing was sent to Lingnan, and he never knew about Li Qing.

"You are still young. When you grow up, mother will tell you." Fu Erniang then said.
Chapter completed!