Chapter 221
"Girl, did you go wrong? Our family doesn't raise cattle, but there is a family surnamed Wu who raises cattle. Do you remember wrongly?" Mrs. Zhao is picking vegetables at the moment, with a cloth scarf wrapped around her head , The blank look does not seem to be lying.
Lin Huiru understood immediately, and then smiled embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, Auntie, maybe I didn't find out. I'm sorry, but you are busy." "It's okay, what's the matter, it's getting dark,
you Be careful on the way back." Zhao said a few more words kindly, which added a gentle impression to Lin Huiru.
After leaving the door of Wu's house, Wu Zhicheng was held there by Zhang Wei's men like a prisoner, but precisely because this was the door of his house, he didn't dare to make a sound at all, only dripping cold sweat.
"Did you hear, when did your family raise cattle? Huh?" Lin Huiru resisted the idea of ââbeating someone. Fortunately, Xu Ziqiao's physique is not bad. Otherwise, if the dosage of a cow goes down, will he die?
" Stop slandering people's innocence here! Even if I bought it, I didn't give it to him!" But the hammer was finalized, and Wu Zhicheng was still stubborn.
Zhang Wei's temper is not so good, "Miss Lin, this grandson is too shady, what are you asking, you can beat him up and report him, and drugging him during the exam is probably enough for him to drink a pot." "Do you have any?
" What evidence!?" Seeing that Wu Zhicheng was still holding his neck, Lin Huiru became patient.
"Then what evidence do you have that you didn't give it to him? Did you give it to someone else? Or did you throw it away? Where did you throw it away? You can't find out. This kind of exam just before the imperial examination framed a classmate and slandered him for cheating. Don't even think about taking the imperial examination in this life." Lin Huiru glanced at him coldly, murderous, didn't Wu Zhicheng want to step down Xu Ziqiao like this, she wanted to see, without the opportunity to take the exam, this grandson still How can you be shady.
Lin Huiru's backlash was brilliant. Wu Zhicheng hesitated for a long time, his mind went blank, "I... I forgot, anyway, I just can't remember it, and you have no evidence!"
"The proof is that Xu Ziqiao didn't finish drinking the water, and he didn't pour it out. It's left in my house, and the doctor will know after smelling it. You are the only one who bought laxatives recently. It's no use trying to escape." Lin Huiru His complexion is gloomy like the bottom of a pot, a man who dares to act boldly, now that the evidence is all posted on his face, he can still make some excuses, this is thick-skinned.
This answer made Wu Zhicheng shudder suddenly. The woman in front of him is too scary, "What if Xu Ziqiao asked someone to buy it a long time ago to frame me!? Do you still want to be tortured?" "I think it's okay, this grandson is too
thief Don't worry, Miss Lin, I have something to do with it. It's okay to beat him up. If he dares to report to the police, I'll beat him up again. Even his family members are together. I want to see what this despicable person can do. Rampant." Zhang Wei spat, although he is a ruffian, he is also a conscience, this kind of stealing and cheating behind the scenes and delaying the future of others makes him despised.
No matter how thick-skinned a person is, he also has a fatal spot. Apart from the imperial examination, he is a family member. Wu Zhicheng is a little desperate, but he still refuses to admit it.
"Forget it. After all, it has nothing to do with his family. It's not good to do so." Lin Huiru shook his head and immediately vetoed it.
"I already have more than half of the evidence, do you still want to deny it?" Lin Huiru frowned and asked.
Seemingly grasping Lin Huiru's kindness, Wu Zhicheng was even more shameless, "You don't have evidence, and you won't be convinced. If you are sure, will you come to me?
" It's not that she's afraid, she wants to convince this kind of scum.
"Let him go, the school will see the outcome, then I will use personal and physical evidence to let him know what ruin is." After Lin Huiru finished speaking, he whispered a few words to Zhang Wei, waved his hand and let him go for the first time. and left.
Wu Zhicheng, who was released, was still in a daze.
But because of what Lin Huiru said, Wu Zhicheng would always pay attention to Xu Ziqiao every day in the following days. When I was in school, my mind was full of how to erase any traces left, and I didn't put my mind on the class at all.
Every time he met Mr. Quick, Wu Zhicheng couldn't concentrate. How could a two-day class compare with losing the right to take the exam?
But Xu Ziqiao didn't move for several days, but seeing his unpredictable expression from time to time , Wu Zhicheng panicked again.
Finally, Wu Zhicheng lost the battle of psychological warfare. Lin Huiru got the news after sleeping at home for two days. Wu Zhicheng always secretly went to various places to contact different people after class.
But no matter how Wu Zhicheng tried to confirm it, others were also watertight. Just when he thought that Lin Huiru and Xu Ziqiao were just scaring him and he was relieved, Lin Huiru quietly visited those who were visited by Wu Zhicheng. .
One is from his friend Wang Pan, the other is a former scholar in the town, and there is another person who claims to be a professional in helping people fight villains, that is, Shen Jingze who helps people beat opponents.
From the rivals in the school to the old lady next door who you can't win in the quarrel, everything is fine.
What Lin Huiru came to ask was how to defeat people with better grades than himself in the school. After Wu Zhicheng's name was reported, Shen Jingxuan did not do a good job of keeping his personal information confidential.
This is what he said in his original words, "Girl, you really found the right person. As long as you pay double the money, I will sell you his handle. I promise to be accurate. If you pay three times, I can still give it to you." You are a witness."
"As a witness, you are not afraid of being arrested?" Lin Huiru raised an eyebrow.
"No way, I'm just a planner, they only arrest those who commit crimes." Shen Jingze narrowed his eyes with a smile, and he has made a lot of money with these little tricks.
"How much?" Lin Huiru asked.
Shen Jingze stretched out five fingers, "No more, no less, five taels of silver." "
Deal." Lin Huiruo threw a five taels of silver over, "Tell me, what did he do?"
Shen Jingze gnawed and gnawed on the silver, and put it away after confirming that it was correct, "Well, the first thing is to give laxatives to the first class in their school, and the second thing... this exam His language theory was copied, or it was written by the poor scholar I found who couldn't do anything. The third thing, he took the initiative to hide the cheat sheet and reported it directly. The handwriting is so small that it is difficult to check. That's enough for him to directly lose his qualification to take the imperial examination."
Chapter 222
"That poor scholar?" Lin Huiru was puzzled.
Shen Jing chose to play with his nails, "He was a scholar in the previous class, and he was ranked first in grades with other people, but he was kicked back because he couldn't speak or do things. Now he lives by copying books or writing articles for students. He I also introduced you, and if you need a witness, I will add a tael of silver."
Lin Huiru, who spent the money, said without hesitation, "Just tomorrow, you take that scholar with me to the school." "
Okay, the boss is refreshing Ah, welcome to come again next time." Shen Jingze smiled and waved his hands, and after sending Lin Huiru out the door, he was happy for the six taels of silver for a long time.
Lin Huiru told Xu Ziqiao everything about today, and she was surprised to learn that someone did so many things to pull her down, and she even felt a little uneasy about what will happen tomorrow.
"Don't worry, that person will never have a chance to stand up. If you don't leave a way to survive, then let him have a taste of this." Lin Huiru said leisurely, and has already planned a big show for tomorrow.
The next day, Lin Huiru went to the private school with Shen Jingze, who came to fulfill the contract. Mr. Liu Zhongzheng was making a speech, but was interrupted by Lin Huiru.
Looking at Lin Huiru, Liu Zhongzheng frowned, "We are in class, this girl should come after class if you have anything to do." "
No, I have to take someone away to see the official." Lin Huiru said firmly, "Does the master allow the morally corrupt student to stay in his school? If I count the crimes of this student in detail, I am afraid that the master will be shocked." Liu Zhongzheng was blown away by Lin Huiru's unruly
attitude Huzi stared, "We are in class now!"
"What that student did is not worthy of class. What he did has violated the rules of taking part in the imperial examination, and he is not worthy of being a human being." Who is she afraid of?
"Okay, if you don't speak clearly today, I will send you to the government for slander!" Liu Zhongzheng let Lin Huiru and Shen Jingzao go in a hurry Come in.
When he saw Lin Huiru, Wu Zhicheng was already very scared. When he saw Shen Jingze and that scholar coming in, his heart was already cold from the head to the bottom of his feet. Now he already knew that today seemed to be the day of his death.
"As an outsider, I won't say much. I'd like to trouble this Mr. Shen and the last scholar to explain." Lin Huiru stepped aside. Discussing who the hell is it? And most people also recognized that Lin Huiru is Xu Ziqiao's wife.
Shen Jingze remained calm, cleared his throat and put on a downcast expression, "I'm sorry to all the students, I actually helped a student to frame and frame others for a moment of money, and even helped this student cheat for money, I have thought about it for a long time and have been condemned by my conscience, so I want to tell you the truth."
Looking at Shen Jingzao's actor-like acting skills, half of Lin Huiru's face turned dark, and he is so comfortable, is he used to it? "
Stop talking nonsense, don't delay our progress in class, you must know that the imperial examination is coming soon." Liu Zhongzheng said, and glanced at the scholar next to him. .
Shen Jingze nodded, "Then I don't want to be fooled anymore. This person is Mr. Wu Zhicheng. In order to drag Xu Ziqiao with better grades than himself into the quagmire, he asked me to spend two taels of silver for advice. It was plagiarized by slanderers, and he himself copied other people's articles for the sake of grades." At
this moment, Wu Zhicheng had no strength to refute, and he sat there with a blank mind, letting all kinds of eyes look at him.
"If you don't believe me, the scholar behind me can also recite the contents of the cheat sheet, and the article he wrote should have been passed through the classroom. I remember all the words very clearly." Shen Jing chose to throw the burden on Xiucai, Xiucai swallowed a mouthful of saliva and began to memorize, while Liu Zhongzheng compared it.
Word for word!
"Wu Zhicheng! Come here!" Liu Zhongzheng was furious. He never imagined that his student would do such a thing.
No wonder he always felt that the style was like one of his former students when he was grading, but now that he saw a scholar, Liu Zhongzheng also remembered it.
Wu Zhicheng has lost his mind and soul at this moment, and he is eager to find a hole in the ground to get in. The evidence is conclusive, so what else can he argue with the gathering of witnesses and evidence?
"Mr. Can the person who has been slandered apologize?" Lin Huiru asked.
Seeing Lin Huiru who was gaining power for herself like this, Xu Ziqiao was shocked in every possible way.
Liu Zhongzheng looked at Xu Ziqiao, then at Lin Huiru, his eyes were a little complicated, "I took this matter too hastily, too hastily, and hereby apologize to you two." After receiving the apology, Xu Ziqiao felt much
better Now, he doesn't expect Wu Zhicheng's apology anymore.
The next moment, Wu Zhicheng opened his mouth and wanted to explain something, but Liu Zhongzheng waved his hand to indicate that he didn't want to listen, "Go away, I am ashamed to teach such a student, don't come again in the future, I will cancel your participation according to the rules The right to take the exam."
"Teacher! Teacher! I know I was wrong, I will correct it, I apologize, I apologize, I also have grades, even if I don't buy my grades, my grades are good, right?" Wu Zhicheng was almost desperate, he gave himself It was obviously hard for him to accept that the paved road had collapsed like this.
Liu Zhongzheng just glanced at him coldly, "This is unfair to Xu Ziqiao. If everything is useful to apologize, there will be no rules. I am ashamed to teach you such a person, and I will not say anything second All over again!"
At this point, Lin Huiru didn't care about Wu Zhicheng's final result anymore, seeing that Shen Jingze and Xiucai had sneaked away, she didn't bother her, and hopped out of the school and returned home.
In the yard, Zhou Maner was teasing Zhaodi, "Come and call sister, this candied date is yours." "
Sister." Zhaodi also didn't see her, and after a sweet cry, she stuffed the candied date into her mouth, and then Calling repeatedly, "Sister, sister..."
"I'm so greedy." Zhou Man'er poked Zhaodi's small forehead, looked up and saw Lin Huiruteng who came back got up and ran over, "Sister Xiaoru, when did you have such a cute girl, I want it too I'm a younger sister, but those concubines didn't live up to expectations, which made me bored to death by myself at home, and I didn't even have anyone to talk to, let alone fight."
Chapter 223 Booming
Lin Huiru was very helpless. After all, people in this age like to have brothers and sisters as companions. "Don't do it. You have another child with you. How come you have the time to come to me, Boss Zhou?" "
You You will make fun of me." Zhou Maner curled her lips, and then went to the room with Lin Huiru, opened the door and saw the furnishings in the room, Zhou Maner clicked her tongue, "Sister Xiaoru, you are finally married to your brother-in-law Come on, someday you must give birth to a little nephew for me, and I will bring it to you, hehe." "
Come on, not being smart will be contagious, and you will be poor. What are you here for?" Lin Hui Ru poured two cups of tea, sat down and asked.
When this topic was brought up, Zhou Man'er immediately lowered her face, "Miss Xiaoru, don't you think you forgot something?"
What did you forget?
Lin Huiru thought about it seriously, her purse is fine, and she owes money It's all paid off, the cards and other things are being made, and the time to pick up the jade is the day after tomorrow...
Seeing Lin Huiru's frown getting tighter and thinking more and more long-term, Zhou Man'er couldn't help sighing deeply He breathed a sigh of relief, "Sister Xiaoru, me, me! Didn't you promise me that you would prepare delicious food for me before you went to the city!?" It was over, and she even ââforgot
about it!
Forget it, forget it, you will come to the city with me tomorrow, and I just want to try some dishes, so I will let you taste the taste and go shopping with you." Lin Huiru said helplessly.
Although Zhou Man'er was very angry, being able to go for a walk in the city also offset this dissatisfaction.
The next day, when Lin Huiru didn't need to rent a carriage, Zhou Maner urged the family's coachman to take Lin Huiru to the county seat.
Zhou Man'er, who has entered into success, is like a wild horse running wild. Looking around, the money in the purse seems to never run out. She bought everything on the street, and Lin Huiru followed behind after suffering. something.
She suddenly understood those men who were unwilling to go shopping with women.
In addition to food, she even visited jewelry and ready-to-wear shops. Lin Huiru was as tired as a dog, but Zhou Maner was happy and kept thinking about where to go next.
"Miss, let's take a break and go eat something, just eat the delicious food I promised you, let's stop and catch our breath." To Zhou Man'er, these words were like pulling his rein, and immediately The whole person calmed down, and went to Jia's mansion with Lin Huiru.
Colleague Jia Fugui did not give Lin Huiru a specific date, but just made an appointment to teach his cook how to cook barbecue just right. After the teaching, Lin Huiru's duties will be over.
As soon as the housekeeper came to report Lin Huiru's arrival, Jia Fugui was so happy that he went to greet him in person, but when he saw Lin Huiru who was still pale with exhaustion, Jia Fugui was slightly taken aback, "Boss Lin, what are you doing?" Are you okay? Do you want to see a doctor?"
"I'm fine, I'm just a little tired. Is everything ready?" Lin Huiru rubbed her sore shoulder and followed Jia Fugui to the previous yard.
"It's all ready, exactly the same as what was prepared that day." Jia Fugui nodded again and again. He had to say that Lin Huiru's cooking was simply a masterpiece, and he still couldn't forget it after eating a barbecue.
When Lin Huiru entered this way, he could see that the preparations were indeed the same as that day, and the meat prepared today was also a mountain.
Suddenly, half of Lin Huiru's face turned black, and her feelings were going to exhaust her to death.
"Everything is ready, and it happens to be noon, so why don't we start?" Jia Fugui rubbed his hands, a little impatient.
Not to mention Jia Fugui, seeing these novel things, even Zhou Man'er couldn't hold back his excitement.
"Okay, but I'm a little tired, ask your people to learn with me." Lin Huiru looked at the mountain of meat in front of him, and this is not a chance for the cook to practice.
As soon as the fire was on, the meat skewers were sizzling, and the aroma immediately overflowed, and Zhou Man'er and Jia Fugui swallowed wildly.
The cook followed Lin Huiru's rhythm slowly and clumsily toasting. Then, under Lin Huiru's teaching, he learned to judge the maturity and taste of the meat, and then followed Lin Huiru's rhythm to brush on the sauce. Sprinkled with cumin and barbecue seasoning, it is served on a platter.
Lin Huiru didn't have that interest in eating barbecue in broad daylight. He rather missed the wild barbecue stalls at the entrance of the university that were only connected to an incandescent lamp and surrounded by strings of small colored lights.
But Jia Fugui and Zhou Man'er were different. The speed of eating meat was indistinguishable for a while, and the cook gradually changed from unfamiliar to proficient, and in the end he was able to control the heat very well.
"You did a good job. I'll give you a raise in the future." Jia Fugui, who was well fed, lay on a chair, patted the sweaty cook, and said in satisfaction.
The cook also felt that the efforts in this meeting were not in vain, and he withdrew after nodding repeatedly. The two well-rounded people had just had a rest when they suddenly heard the housekeeper rushing to inform him, "It's not good, the county magistrate Han is here again, and he was going back to Beijing, but it seems that he smells something. I want to see Boss Lin."
Hearing what the butler said, Lin Huiru suddenly felt a little dumbfounded.
There is no way, people are chasing the taste, how can there be no reason to miss it? In the
front hall, Lin Huiru and Han Zhixian sat facing each other holding tea.
"Miss Lin, in the past few days, I have tasted several times your skewers and mala tang, as well as milk tea and taro balls. No matter what you make, you can't get enough of it. It's a pity that such a good craftsmanship of the girl is buried here. Why don't you come with me to the capital, how about being an imperial chef to honor your ancestors?" When Zhixian Han said, his eyes lit up, if he could send such a treasure to His Majesty, he would be promoted and rich, and his future would be great.
But Lin Huiru will definitely refuse, no matter how good his conditions are.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Han, I just want to be a small businessman. I'm not interested in these things." Lin Huiru politely refused, but she refused firmly.
Han Zhixian was very disappointed, but he couldn't force Lin Huiru, so he could only sigh, "Then I can only bring the things to His Majesty to try something new."
"I advise you not to, it takes less than half a month to get to the capital here, even if you go there quickly, you will probably have a bad stomach." Lin Huiru smiled, "But don't be disappointed, my lord. If the opportunity is feasible, maybe I will come again In a month, I will go to the capital to open a shop, and then you will not have to worry about not being able to satisfy your appetite."
Hearing what she said, Han Zhixian's eyes lit up, "Is what the girl said true?"
"That's natural, the capital is an inch of land Who wants to miss this opportunity if you can do business in a place where every inch of gold is available." Lin Huiru nodded, speaking very sincerely. The main reason is that in the capital city, there are too many stupid people and too much money.
Han Zhixian couldn't help applauding, "Then I'll be waiting for you in the capital, I wish you, girl, you will definitely do something."
Chapter 224 Anonymous Letter
That night, Zhou Man'er took Lin Huiru home in her carriage again. As the weather got warmer and warmer, the days got longer and longer every day.
It was almost time for dinner, and it was not dark yet. Lin Huiru entered the door with her arms folded, but she suddenly noticed something when she entered the door. She stopped and turned her head to look, and couldn't help being surprised one time.
The door of her house is made of wood, and a dagger is deeply embedded in it at the moment, and there is a note in front of the dagger. This way is very similar to those killers in TV dramas. Feel.
The dagger was inserted very deep, and Lin Huiru managed to pull out the dagger by kicking the door at the end. She wrapped the dagger in a handkerchief, sealed it a few times, and then threw it into the trash in her room. Inside the barrel, and then unfold the tattered letter that had been stabbed.
The contents of the letter made her frown.
The above is a simple sentence, but it is extremely terrifying.
'If you take the imperial examination, you don't want to keep any of the five members of your family alive. '
What a bold and threatening letter! Lin Huiru turned the letter over and read it again, but this person seemed to have no courage to leave a signature and only had such a monotonous sentence.
It seems that the purpose of the old man behind this is very simple, and it is to prevent Xu Ziqiao from taking the imperial examination. The matter of Wu Zhicheng two days ago has been resolved, and I heard that he can only go home and take his younger siblings to farm.
But who would dare to threaten Xu Ziqiao at this cusp? It is really courageous to be so overconfident and ignorant of the heights of the sky and the earth.
Lin Huiru didn't know everyone in Xu Ziqiao's school, but she vaguely remembered that Wu Zhicheng also had a close friend named Wang Pan.
Is this a drama about threatening others in order to avenge your brother?
Lin Huiru refolded the paper for the deposit. In her jewelry stand, it was only a few days away from Xu Ziqiao's imperial examination, and it took less than a month to survive. At this critical moment, she didn't want to cause Xu Ziqiao any trouble. With Xu Ziqiao's sensitive heart, I'm afraid she might really do this in desperation.
But now there is only a note here, and there are no other clues at all, but the one who can insert this dagger through the door in one breath must be a man, and it must be a man with great strength.
But what Lin Huiru couldn't figure out was that there were so many dogs in her house, and even Qi Hehua was at home all day, so it was impossible for her to not notice anything when she got home.
If it wasn't for the lack of electricity here, she really wanted to install a surveillance camera at the door of her house to see how many people came to her with nothing to do all day long.
Lin Huiru went to ask Qi Hehua again, "Mother, did you hear any strange movements today, such as a bang or something?" But Qi Hehua was at a loss, Lin
Huiru Ru really couldn't imagine how to describe the sound of a knife being inserted into wood.
"No, I've been working at home all day, if there is any movement, wouldn't Xiao Hei and the others go out and chase people out for half a mile?" Qi Hehua said.
Lin Huiru nodded, then it would be strange to calculate like this.
The gap on the top was indeed as wide as the dagger, just good enough to prove that it wasn't just a random dagger inserted into the gap. Disappointed, she went to several neighbors' homes and asked several times if she had seen anyone behaving strangely come to her home. If the neighbor asked anything, she just said that she had something missing.
But the results obtained were that no one saw any suspicious people appearing, Lin Huiru was puzzled by this, could it be a ghost, right?
Until dinner at night, Lin Huiru also sat there without thinking about food and tea, thinking about how such a thing could be done.
"What's the matter, you seem to be worried today, what's the matter?" Xu Ziqiao kept not asking at the dinner table, for fear that Qi Hehua was worried, but as soon as he returned to the room, Xu Ziqiao approached him with great concern, he really didn't want to Let Lin Huiru, a girl, bear too much.
How could Lin Huiru tell Xu Ziqiao about this? He just shook his head and thumped his shoulders, "It's okay, I'm just tired recently, go to bed early." "Go to bed first,
I'm getting closer to the imperial examination now. The champion, I need to look at some numbers, even if it is not included by the gentleman, but which gentleman can be so accurate in the annual exam?" Xu Ziqiao's eyes revealed firmness, seeing how his posture is. I will not give up until I get the champion this year.
Xu Ziqiao was talented and intelligent, and Lin Huiru was the first to discover this matter. He has an excellent brain, comprehension ability and fast endorsement speed. For subjects that are basically Mandarin in ancient times, he is simply invincible.
"Forget it, I can't fall asleep anyway with the light on, so why don't I read a book with you for a while." Lin Huiru was struggling with something in her mind, so how could she fall asleep.
In this way, the light in the room of the two of them stayed on until late at night. After Xu Ziqiao finished reading the books he needed to review, he went to bed and was about to go to bed when he found Lin Huiru lying on the bed. The book has only turned a few pages.
In desperation, Xu Ziqiao smiled dotingly, and then undressed her with red ears, and hugged her inside the bed, while he also undressed and went to bed and hugged his wife.
When Lin Huiru woke up the next day, she was still a little dazed. She fell asleep after thinking about what happened yesterday, and she has made no progress until now. Think about it while walking.
Before he knew it, two people seemed to follow him.
After getting the jade from Huang Yue, because the jade was broken, it was too many and heavy to hold. When Huang Yue was away, Lin Huiru threw all the jade into the space, and took an empty box out of his own. the door.
Seeing her coming out, the two shadows followed her. They followed all the way, but Lin Huiru didn't notice it either.
In addition, today is still the day when Zhou Man'er is open for business. When Lin Huiru arrived, it seemed that the show was over. There were also many women standing in line in front of the Pao Zhan Gate. The business in this shop seemed to be very prosperous.
Seeing this, Lin Huiru didn't bother, thinking about having a meal with Zhou Man'er at noon as a celebration.
After she went to the shop, the two people who followed her also got the timing right, came in one after the other, found a seat and sat down.
Chapter 225 I saw a ghost
Lin Huiru was tired of eating Malatang, so she chose a few dishes and asked the cook to make a spicy pot. While sitting in the corner eating, the two people kept their eyes on Lin Huiru, and they even talked about something from time to time.
Because Lin Huiru always touches places with many people, the two people couldn't do it for a long time, so they could only follow Lin Huiru in fear for a whole day. ââKnowing
that when Lin Huiru was walking home at night, the two dared to speed up their pace, taking advantage of the lack of people, to stand in front of Lin Huiru, and took out a knife from his arms, "Stop!"
Lin Huiru frowned at the brightly shining knife, but obediently did not move it.
"Girl, I advise you, it's best to obediently hand over the box on your body to us, otherwise you won't be able to eat and walk around, and you won't even want to keep your little life." The leader waved the knife in his hand Threatening Lin Huiru.
Lin Huiru glanced at the box in his hand, and then at the two people. Although the two people in front of them covered their faces, they looked so familiar to him, as if they could be called to help of two workers grinding stones.
With the mentality that more things are worse than less things, Lin Huiru looked at the box, and passed the box over without saying a word, anyway, it was empty now.
Those two people didn't expect things to go so smoothly. Seeing Lin Huiru handing over the box without saying a word, they thought he was frightened and stupid, and exchanged a happy look with each other. After that, the two of them didn't even want the knife. , Holding the box and running away.
Lin Huiru shook her head helplessly. It would be great if all the robbers in the world were so stupid. She detoured to report the case to the village chief before returning home.
This time, Lin Huiru also paid attention to the door of her own house. What shocked Lin Huiru's pupils was that this time the door was also inserted deeply, and a knife was stuck with a piece of paper.
After tidying up the funeral affairs as last time, Lin Huiru got the piece of paper again, quietly went to the room to open it and took a look.
"I've changed my mind. There are still 20 days before the imperial examination. You are only allowed to drop out of school tomorrow, or your whole family will be bloodbathed!"
This is really a big tone.
Lin Huiru didn't think that there could be such a generous person in the school. Have you discussed with her about the bloodbath of her family? After comparison, Lin Huiru found that the
two pieces of paper were still exactly the same this time, proving that they were both It was written by the same person. The poor ancient people were just a little stupid, and they couldn't even forge handwriting.
After putting away this piece of paper, Lin Huiru secretly decided on tomorrow's itinerary. She had to trouble Zhang Wei again. People caught it!
Fortunately, Zhang Wei admired Lin Huiru very much, and he would come to Lin Huiru without saying a word when encountering anything. Of course, making money is the most important. Lin Huiru was relieved to see Zhang Wei ambushing around his house with a few people with guy affairs, so that if that person came, she could be a little bit sure.
Of course Lin Huiru didn't wait at home foolishly. Waiting at home at this time is really not a good countermeasure.
Then I went to the head of the village to confirm whether Lin Huiru arrived at the gate of the school unknowingly after the Moshitou committed the crime.
There is the sound of reading in the private school. There are quite a few students in this class. It is the largest family in the township. The students in the school are young enough to take the imperial examination. The number of teachers seems to be not enough. At this moment If you are in class, there should be no people in the place where the student test papers are stored?
Lin Huiru suddenly had a plan in his mind, and he did it as soon as he said it. Lin Huiru tiptoedly avoided every open door In the classroom, after turning around, he came to a relatively quiet place. He poked a hole in the window paper with his finger, and poked four or five houses in a row. Only then did I find the so-called library.
After all, there was nothing of value here, and the door was not locked, so Lin Huiru opened it with a light push.
There are more than a dozen bookshelves in this room full of files and blank papers, and it is difficult to tell what they are used for at the end of the month.
In desperation, Lin Huiru could only rummage through them one by one and eliminate them one by one.
The sky paid off, and after Lin Huiru read seven shelves of dossiers and poems, she finally let her see a test paper with Xu Ziqiao's name written on it.
Further down, there are various names. After seeing the names of Li Ji and Li Xiaoxiao, Lin Huiru judged that this row was where Xu Ziqiao and the others kept their papers during class.
There were about 40 or 50 sheets in this pile. Lin Huiru worked hard and flipped through them one by one. If the gaps were too large, she piled them aside, and divided the ones that were similar to her into another pile.
Today, in order to prove to Zhang Wei that she was indeed in trouble, she took the note on her body, and it just came in handy at this moment. After some comparison, Lin Huiru finally found the owner of the handwriting.
I thought well with her, it was written by the person named Wang Pan.
Lin Huiru quietly folded the examination paper, covered the two notes, and put it in her arms. Just when she packed up other things and turned to leave, she suddenly heard a bustling sound coming from outside. Coincidentally, at this time, some students were dismissed from get out of class.
Lin Huiru took a deep breath and squatted down on the last row of shelves, thinking about going through it for a while before leaving quietly, but she didn't expect that at this moment, there were fine footsteps coming this way, and she could still hear it when she reached the door. The sound of conversation.
"Sir, tell me to take the papers from last time. I'm a little allergic to the dust here, so I won't accompany you in." A strange voice said, and then I heard Xu Ziqiao's answer.
Immediately afterwards, the door of the room was opened, and Lin Huiru's heart was in her throat.
At this moment, her mind is thinking rapidly. If the test paper is missing, then Wang Pan will definitely suspect that Xu Ziqiao took it away and made her own coin. By the way, if she starts to scare the snake at that time, it may be difficult for her to find evidence.
I'm afraid that I will be threatened again at that time, saying that they will beat me up.
In desperation, Lin Huiru could only quickly take the paper out of her arms, and after unfolding it, she stretched out her hand and put the paper on it again.
This time the paper was actually stored, there should be other things, as long as it can be proved that it was written by Wang Pan, then he is not afraid of cheating.
Xu Ziqiao's footsteps were getting closer and closer, and soon Xu Ziqiao and Lin Huiru were only a cabinet away. Lin Hui didn't even dare to breathe out at this moment, and only hoped that Xu Ziqiao would go out quickly.
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But unfortunately, Xu Ziqiao also noticed the paper with creases. Generally speaking, such papers will be well preserved and placed here, and the order is placed directly according to the order of each submission. for easy distribution.
The names of Wang Pan and others are different from those of the people in the class. The most strange thing is that this paper was folded by someone.
Hurry up, hurry up! Lin Huiru roared in her heart.
At this ingenious juncture, the wooden board under Lin Huiru's buttocks suddenly made a creaking sound, attracting Xu Ziqiao's attention.
The next moment, the footsteps sounded again, and Lin Huiru turned around helplessly, wanting to go to the place where Xu Ziqiao was at the moment Xu Ziqiao came, and turn around with him to avoid it.
But what Lin Huiru didn't expect was that Xu Ziqiao's movements were faster than she thought. Just when she was about to crawl away, Xu Ziqiao said, "Who?
" If her words would attract more people, it would be unreasonable for her to appear in this place, and she might cause trouble to Xu Ziqiao, so she could only turn around cautiously and gesture to Xu Ziqiao to signal him to silence .
"Xiaoru?" As for Xu Ziqiao lowered his voice, the people outside were already a little impatient, "Xu Ziqiao, what are you doing, class is almost here." "Wait a minute, the test paper is messed up." Xu Ziqiao said perfunctorily
, Then she stared at Lin Huiru, "What are you doing here when you are not at home or in the shop?"
Lin Huiru hurriedly explained, "There is a reason for this, and I can't possibly harm you. Hurry up and go out with the papers first, I'll be back in a while."
"You..." Xu Ziqiao still has a lot to ask, but the bell for class at the corner didn't ring, so he can only turn around and take it. He picked up the paper and went out.
Hearing that the sound outside gradually became quiet, Lin Huiru relaxed.
She rummaged through the remaining cabinets for a long time before finally finding a stack of poems written by Xu Ziqiao and the others in class. As for why there were no other things, Lin Huiru guessed that it was because ancient students had to write too much and the bamboo slips were too thick , There are also a lot of blank papers, and it is said that they are all collected together, but I am afraid that they will not be enough to put them.
After putting away the papers, Lin Huiru tiptoed away from each room and slipped out just like when she came here. It wasn't until she reached the busy alley that Lin Huiru patted her chest and let out a sigh of relief. Now my heart is beating fast, as if I just experienced a life-and-death experience.
Although he already has his own evidence in hand, he is also afraid that if these people play tricks behind the scenes, and then beat them back, the impact on Xu Ziqiao will be even greater.
So Lin Huiru still chose to go home without showing off.
Now that Xu Ziqiao is still in class, it is very likely that Wang Pan will come back with Xu Ziqiao. Because he was worried about Xu Ziqiao, Lin Huiru put away the evidence and went out again. He trotted all the way to the school door panting. Ji walked out of it together.
"Oh, my sister-in-law is here, so I won't do that extra work. Brother Xu, go back early, I'll go home first." Li Ji smiled ambiguously at the two of them, and waved at the other Go in one direction.
Xu Ziqiao also greeted him, and then he and Lin Huiru walked home side by side. On the way, Xu Ziqiao couldn't bear his doubts and asked, "Why did you come to our school today?" Lin Huiru
listened When he asked this question to raise awareness, Lin Huiru dared to tell Xu Ziqiao about these things only after seeing other students and pedestrians behind him.
After all, it was today when the letter said, if she met someone if she didn't say anything, Xu Ziqiao would only think that she was hiding it from him on purpose.
"Then I won't hide it from you. When I came back yesterday, a dagger was stuck on the door of my house, and there was a threatening letter on it, saying that you were not allowed to take the imperial examination, or your whole family would be killed. , I thought it was just a prank, but there was another dagger on the door today. It seems that I checked it last night. It said that if you go to class today, it will come to kill your whole family tonight. So for this matter, I have already found Zhang Wei, and they were watching near my house, and I thought that this person must be from your school, so I went to the place where the books are collected to compare the handwriting." Lin Huiru described this matter After confessing, Xu Ziqiao frowned more and more.
A bad premonition came, and Lin Huiru knew that Xu Ziqiao's lecture was indispensable.
"In the future, can you stop taking care of such a dangerous matter by yourself?" Although Xu Ziqiao's words were meant to blame, the tone was not serious.
Lin Huiru felt guilty and remorseful because of his tone, "That's something that can't be helped, after all, I can solve it for you, and it's still at such an important moment as the imperial examination, if it's you, It may not be possible to handle the exam and this matter properly, so I just thought that I would deal with it when you don't know." "I don't want to say it
a second time, and you must tell me when you encounter this kind of thing in the future." Say, so, have you found out who that person is?" After asking, Xu Ziqiao was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Wang Pan?" Lin Huiru nodded, "Yes, I remember
asking When I got the news, someone told me that Wang Pan and Wu Zhicheng are close friends, and now that Wu Zhicheng has dropped out of school, if Wang Pan is stubborn, he will inevitably take revenge on you." "Then you didn't expose him just to catch him?" Xu
Ziqiao asked with a frown.
"To catch a thief and seize stolen goods, you can't prove anything by yourself. If he says someone copied it, or we deliberately wrong him, it will be very troublesome, so I think since he dares to write a letter, then I will set up a net and wait for him. And if this kind of person dares to do such a terrible thing that threatens others, he may not be a good person. If there is evidence, send him to prison for a period of time, and he will save us from revenge." Lin Huiru said sonorously.
Xu Ziqiao agrees with this point of view, "Wang Pan is indeed an impulsive person, not to mention that he is not qualified to take the imperial examination. If we talk about him at that time, there are reasons to refute it." "My wife is smart, but don't be in the future.
" Doing such a dangerous thing, let's go back quickly." Xu Ziqiao touched Lin Huiru's head softly, held her hand, and walked home at a faster pace.
He's not good at fighting, so it's really useless if you think about it, he can't even protect his wife.
While walking quickly, an idea quietly formed in Xu Ziqiao's mind.
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But even though they waited at home until late at night and did not see anyone who could appear nearby, Lin Huiru almost suspected that it was just a prank.
After inviting Zhang Wei and the others to dinner, Lin Huiru paid more money just to be on the safe side, and troubled them to stay at home for another night, but there was no one until the dawn of the next day.
After sending away the yawning Zhang Wei, Lin Huiru sat at the door and fell into deep thought.
Could it be that this is just Wang Pan's routine? Did he just want to use this to threaten Xu Ziqiao so that Xu Ziqiao would be absent-minded and affect his academic performance? But if he doesn't come today, this matter will be exposed.
It was useless to think hard for a long time. When Lin Huiru stretched her waist and was about to go back to sleep again, there was a bang at the door, which shocked her heart.
Lin Huiru said that before he had time to read the note, he was afraid to back out, looking for the person, and after looking around, he saw a sneaky person on the right.
She memorized the man's clothes and trotted after him.
After going around all the way, Lin Huiru leaned against the wall and gasped for breath tiredly. When he looked up, he saw the man in the dark clothes enter a brothel.
Tsk, it's really nice to go drink flower wine after delivering the threatening letter.
Taking advantage of this meeting, Lin Huiru opened the letter and glanced at it hastily. As expected, it was still threatening.
'Within seven days, kill your whole family. The handwriting
is still exactly the same as before. Lin Huiru can be sure that this person has no courage to do anything, but just wants to threaten Xu Ziqiao by this method.
After waiting for a while and no one came out, Lin Huiru had an idea, took out a tael of silver from his pocket, and ran into the building.
As expected, she was immediately stopped by someone like Mama Sang, "Hey, hey, we are a brothel, what are you doing here, a girl? I see you have a pretty face, you are here to sell yourself ?"
Hearing what the bustard said, Lin Huiru immediately looked terrified, and shook his head vigorously, "No, no, my friend Wang Pan came here just now, right? It's the one in navy blue, and he has money. It fell to me, and I'll give him the money, since I can't go in, I wonder if I can trouble this sister to pass it on." The old bustard is already in her early
thirties today, and Lin Huiru looks so tender and tender. A little girl called her elder sister, and she was immediately elated by the name. She smiled coquettishly and took the money from Lin Huiru, "Don't worry, Brother Wang is an old acquaintance of ours. I will definitely give him the money. Go ahead and find my sister for tea when you have time."
"If you are free, sure, sure." Lin Huiru said bravely and ran away, the smell of the brothel proprietress made her nauseous.
Fortunately, her goal has been achieved. Wang Pan, whom she never thought of, would still visit this brothel every day. Lin Huiru later watched for a long time not far away. It was heavily made up, and there were not many good-looking ones.
Now that Wang Pan's handle has been firmly grasped by her, she is not afraid of Wang Pan's further mischief. If he makes another move, she will be the one who will take advantage of it now.
After all, the day of the imperial examination is not far away, and a trip from here to the capital would take a month, so she had to greet Zhao Xing in advance.
Before Lin Huiru had time to send the express to the door of her shop, she felt her wrist being grabbed from behind. Looking back, Zhou Man'er was hiding something behind her, and she was smiling at her.
"What's the matter, is the business idle?" Lin Huiru asked jokingly.
"No, someone is taking care of her. Miss Ru, hold out your hand. I have a gift for you." Zhou Man'er pretended to be mysterious.
Lin Huiru stretched out his hand in great doubt, and then closed his eyes under Zhou Man'er's reminder. Immediately afterwards, he felt something heavy in his hand, square and square like a wooden box.
"What is this?" Lin Huiru asked curiously, looking at the very delicate box.
"You'll know if you open it and have a look." Zhou Man'er smiled slyly, and then urged, "Quick, see if you like it." For some reason,
Lin Huiru's heart suddenly beat violently. This was her first time. This is the first time I received a gift from Zhou Man'er.
After punching the wooden box, Lin Huiru saw a cherry pink jade bracelet lying inside, with silver hollow patterns inlaid on it. The jade is good jade and has no cracks, but it is decorated with silver.
"How about it, isn't it pretty?" Zhou Man'er looked begging for compliments, "Seeing that you wanted it so much a few days ago, I thought we've known each other for so long, and I haven't given you anything, so I just follow the I drew a blueprint that looked good, and I found a craftsman to make it out, and it just happened to be done today and you are here again, so I will give it to you directly." "
Xiao Nizi, I am interested, thank you, I like it very much." Huiru was touched for a moment, after all, few people took her words to heart. She picked up the bracelet. The jade stone transmits light very well in the sun. She is not very good at distinguishing the quality of the texture. In order to make Zhou Man'er happy, she immediately put the bracelet on her hand, which is just right.
"Sister Xiaoru invited me to eat such delicious food yesterday and helped me so much, but it's just a bracelet. I hope you don't dislike it. When I make money, I'll buy a better one for Miss Ru." Zhou Man'er said innocently, in fact Lin Hui is not like him, Zhou Man'er is also one of the few friends she has made.
Lin Huiru silently kept today's surprise in her heart, "If you really like the barbecue, I'll give you some seasonings, you go home and buy some meat yourself, and order someone to roast it on the fire and sprinkle it on. It's very simple."
"That's different from what you personally taught, Miss Ru, but I also know that this restaurant sells recipes, Miss Ru, your recipe must be hard to find, give it to me I don't mind either." Looking at Zhou Man'er's outstretched hand, Lin Huiru suddenly remembered something more important.
She hadn't had time to hand over the cumin seeds to Lin Qing.
"If you want to eat, just come to my house to get it. I still have things to deal with, so let's take a step first." After speaking, Lin Huiru was walking fast with the wind under her feet. She still doesn't know how to plant cumin, maybe Let Lin Qing study for a long time. For a long time to come, it is estimated that everything will be supplied by space. If you exchange jade for cumin, it will be a loss no matter what you think.
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It happened that Lin Qing was at home, so Lin Huiru went straight to Lin Qing and saw that he was holding a small flowerpot and loosening the soil with a small shovel. And Zhao Di is also next to her.
"Come on, this way you water it well, and when the weather is hot, it will bloom beautiful flowers." Lin Qing worked for a while, just to put an unknown wild flower into the flower pot, he put the flower Passing the pot to Zhaodi, she saw Zhaodi jumping and jumping happily holding the flowerpot.
"Thank you uncle, thank you uncle." Zhaodi greeted Lin Huiru again and ran away with a smile.
Lin Huiru looked down at Lin Qing picking up the broken soil on the ground, took out the bag of cumin and handed it over, "Father, these are the seeds of a spice I got, but I don't know how to plant them. If you can If it is planted, maybe even planting it with the people in the village can make a lot of money."
Lin Qing immediately became interested when he heard that he could lead the people in the village to get rich together. He is a kind person, " What is this?"
"This thing is called cumin, and it is very fragrant when sprinkled on the meat. If it can be grown, I have already found a market for you, but I don't know how to plant it. Maybe he still needs you. Find it yourself." Lin Huiru knelt down and held her chin, watching Lin Qing kick out a seed and look at it.
"How much silver can this thing have?" Lin Qing asked.
Lin Huiru thought about it. After all, she still needed to synthesize it in the end. "If you accept it, it is worth ten cents a catty." "
This thing is so valuable? Xiaoru, you are not lying to me, are you?" There was a hint of joy, but then there were some doubts.
"Of course, I won't lie to you." Lin Huiru nodded affirmatively.
Lin Qing's eyes suddenly became more enthusiastic. He put away the cumin seeds, stood up and raised the soil into the vegetable field, "Xiao Ru, you have been too busy to stay at home recently, so you have to be careful Tiring myself."
"I know, but there are always some unavoidable things." Regarding this, Lin Huiru herself is also very helpless, after all, there are old and young at home, and Xu Ziqiao is studying, and there are some things that she can't solve , who will solve it?
In the evening, Lin Huiru and Xu Ziqiao confirmed Wang Pan's whereabouts today.
After confirming that Wang Pan really didn't go to the school today, and not a person with the same name and surname as him entered the brothel, Lin Huiru's mouth curled up with a smile of determination.
"What's the matter, did you find anything?" Xu Ziqiao asked doubtfully.
Lin Huiru nodded. After learning the previous lesson, he now has no plan to hide it from Xu Ziqiao. Anyway, Xu Ziqiao will know sooner or later, "The note on the door is just threatening you. The purpose may be to want to Letting you focus on two things, causing you to neglect grades and the like, and then today I saw his back and chased after him, guess where he went in the end?" "His house?" Xu Ziqiao is not good at guessing this
.
"No, I saw him enter a brothel with my own eyes. After confirming with the brothel's procuress, it was indeed him and he is still a regular visitor there. Think about the rules in your school that you can't set foot in the place of fireworks." Lin Hui Such as happy road.
Xu Ziqiao nodded, no matter what status a person is, if he enters or leaves the brothel, he will inevitably be despised.
"In this way, we are fully prepared. If he dares to do anything extreme again, he will even expose all the evidence and the news that he hangs around the place of fireworks. Let's see if he can choose to threaten you, or he will be killed first. Quit school." Lin Huiru could not wait to applaud his intelligence at this moment.
"I see, thank you for your hard work, but if he is just threatening, then leave him alone." Xu Ziqiao said after thinking for a while, "The rabbit bites when it is in a hurry. I don't know if the two of them are forced to death. Will I do something more extreme?"
"I know, if they didn't have bad thoughts before thinking about it, I wouldn't want to retaliate against others in the same way, it's up to them Do you have that consciousness anymore? You don't have to worry about the rest." In addition, Ru smiled to soothe Xu Ziqiao's emotions.
But what had been decided, on the second day, made Lin Huiru so angry that the veins on his forehead burst out.
This time, the door of their house was not pushed in and forced to go, but someone sprinkled a basin of blood at the door. There was a lot of discussion among the neighbors for a while, Lin Qing and Qi Hehua Some dare not go out.
Xu Ziqiao was also very angry because of this, but after all they had no evidence, the only thing they had was those about Wang Pan, but the person who threw things did not know who it was.
Although 80% of them are Wang Pan, after all, they did not see Wang Pan with their own eyes.
After much deliberation, Lin Huiru decided to set up a net at the door again, just waiting for Wang Pan to come.
After ordering the family members not to go out, Lin Huiru hung the fishing nets he bought high on the walls on both sides, and some of them pulled a thin fishing line underneath. The fishing nets will wrap people up and make them unable to move.
After making all the preparations, even Xiao Hei became vigilant at the door.
Just when Xu Ziqiao was about to get up and wash in the early morning, he heard a loud noise at the door, and then heard a bark from Xiao Hei. Lin Huiru was startled, and quickly put on her clothes and opened the door to check the situation.
The person who committed crimes was caught by the fishing net and was struggling frantically at this moment, and the blood that should have been poured at the door of their house was poured on him at this moment.
Lin Huiru sniffed the smell carefully, and found that the red liquid did not smell of blood, so it looked like a pot of water made with paint was too big. Watching the neighbors pointing at the man, Lin Huiru picked up a stick from the side, opened the door and walked out.
"It's not good to be sneaky at other people's doorsteps. You dared to come here the next day. I want to know who is so brave." On the back of that person, the person who stole this time leaned back. The face dyed with red dye does not prevent him from being able to see his true face.
Lin Huiru was stunned suddenly, she didn't know Wang Pan.
Fortunately, Xu Ziqiao also came out, and nodded to Lin Huiru after seeing Wang Pan moaning on the ground.
"I heard that you and my husband are classmates. I don't know how much hatred is so deep that you insist on coming every morning. My door is full of daggers and paint. How did we offend you? Is it due to talent?" That's great, shouldn't you expose that friend of yours?" Lin Huiru sarcastically said.
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Wang Pan was so ashamed at the moment, how could he be in the mood to answer Lin Huiru? He hated Lin Huiru so much now that he hated him so much, he wished he could go out and knock Lin Huiru to the ground right now.
It was still early at this time, and Lin Huiru had no time to find someone. In desperation, she could only ask the neighbors who were watching the fun for help. How terrible it is not to be in the same classroom with someone who is good. I wonder if I can ask my neighbors to be a witness for me. By the way, send this person to their school so that his classmates can take a good look at him. The real face."
These words caused a thousand waves among the crowd, and everyone wished to avoid this kind of person and hide far away. After hearing that this person came out of a school, many people raised their eyebrows. He responded with his hands, even as a greeting to Wang Pan's parents.
"I still have such a shameless person, I can't see others doing it. I don't know how my parents called me out, but I have the nerve to send it to the school." "If I give birth to such a
son Come on, I'm afraid I can regret it and kowtow to apologize on the street, it's a shame." "
This is a sin committed by our ancestors, and this kind of scum can be taught." "
We can't let this kind of person who is constantly jealous continue to fight with us. Our children are studying with classmates. We must report this to the school."
As the neighbors responded to each other, no one thought that the paint would dirty their hands, so they dragged Wang Pan, who was on the ground, into the school together. At this moment, Wang Pan was wrapped in fishing nets, his clothes were covered with paint, and his body was still covered with a lot of mud. After being caught, he was in a daze and completely lost the prestige of domineering.
Seeing this purpose, the teacher and students were also very surprised. After identifying this guy as a student in his own school, Liu Zhongzheng's expression was not to mention how ugly.
"It seems that the master has no way to teach the students. A week in a row, two scumbags came to attack those with good academic performance." Lin Huiru said coldly.
But Wang Pan retorted, "Sir! I'm just a little angry but I made a mistake! It's just a pot of paint!" "A pot of paint?"
Lin Huiru sneered, "If you don't say it yourself, just splash If there is a pot of paint, maybe I will sue Mr. Geng because you are just threatening, but since you can say such a thing with the cheek, you probably don't care about what will happen if you reveal everything you have done, right? "
Hearing what Lin Huiru said, Wang Pan was in a state of mind for a while, but he quickly comforted himself that Lin Huiru had no evidence.
"In the past few days, Mr. Liu, this student in your school sent a threatening letter to my door with a dagger and a note more than once. I kept the letter, and splashed paint on my door for two days in a row. Lin Huiru sneered and took out the three pieces of paper from his arms and handed them over.
After all, Liu Zhongzheng was the one who brought a group of students like Xu Ziqiao to university. He knew almost all the students' handwriting, and he could tell at a glance that it was Wang Pan's handwriting.
"If you think this is just an ordinary threat, sir, please go out again. It's in the only brothel in our town...Wang Pan didn't come yesterday, so go to my house in the morning After tying up the note, I ran to the brothel, how can I have the time to go to class, you say so, Wang Dazi." Lin Huiru had exposed Wang Pan's inside and outside, and now Wang Pan Apart from being surprised, I hope that he can't believe that this woman has followed him all the way, but because of this carelessness, he will now lose his imperial examination qualification forever and farm at home just like his close friend Wu Zhicheng.
With so much evidence here, Liu Zhongzheng couldn't protect his own students. He took a meaningful look at Lin Huiru and said in a deep voice, "I'm sorry everyone, it was the students I called out who caused trouble for you because of their parallel behavior. Starting from today, Wang Pan will no longer be a student of our academy, please rest assured that I, Liu Zhongzheng, have always enforced the law impartially and will never cover up anyone.
" How can you accept people who are not good to others and will disturb the people?"
"I just poured red paint on the door of the little girl yesterday. Those who didn't know it thought it was blood. If this could make me sick at the door of my house, I should not even say an apology now." "Teach
out Who is it? Two days ago, another scum came out of the college. If you say that such an unreliable person comes out in the future, you might as well close the door.
" What kind of academies do you still open?"
Liu Zhongzheng couldn't help but be angry with the people, after all, they are people who care about the future of their children, and they may not expect their children to be the number one in the exam, but they have a little bit of fame, and from now on they will not Without the pain of farming, wouldn't it be a good thing to be a literati?
"I'm sorry everyone, I'm really sorry about what happened today. We will hand over all the students who made mistakes to the government. There will never be any students who endanger others. I, Liu Zhongzheng, swear by this." Liu Zhongzheng said with a serious face, at this moment They all stretched out their hands to swear, and the others couldn't make a fuss, and they all scattered away feeling like birds and beasts.
Of course Lin Huiru didn't leave. Others left because the incident didn't happen to them, so they could just listen to Liu Zhongzheng's words, but she didn't leave mainly because this incident was not the first time.
"I don't know what you think, sir, but is it good to treat everyone equally?" Lin Huiru only casually dropped a word before turning around and leaving. Anyway, it's only been more than ten days, and by then Xu Ziqiao will also There will be no further involvement with this academy.
Looking at Lin Huiru's back, Liu Zhongzheng was thoughtful, but Xu Ziqiao didn't want to talk to him at all. After getting along for a while, Xu Ziqiao's disappointment with Liu Zhongzheng was accumulated day by day. Liu Zhongzheng is regarded as a mentor, but his mentor is so unreasonable and worldly, and even unwilling to investigate the truth of the matter indiscriminately, which makes him really disappointed.
Thinking about it from another angle, if people with superior grades before every imperial examination are squeezed out by those who are good at using tricks, then the future officialdom will be full of intrigues, people with no grades, and clean people will be left alone If it can be counted, this country is afraid that it is not far from decline.
Chapter 230 Participate in the Examination
The remaining days were dwindling day by day, and the time became more and more tense. Sometimes when Lin Huiru and Xu Ziqiao came home from get out of class together, he could see Li Ji, who was usually idle, holding his book and smashing it.
Lin Huiru joked about working too hard, Li Ji could only smile wryly, "My talent is not as good as Brother Xu's, so I barely got into Juren, but Brother Xu is Jie Yuan, so I will definitely be fine in this exam. It will be miserable."
"If you work hard on weekdays, you won't be cramming now." After Xu Ziqiao interjected with him again, the two parted ways.
This Xie Yuan surprised Lin Huiru. It turns out that Xu Ziqiao is still a Xie Yuan. Xie Yuan won the first place in the juren, but Li Ji can be selected even if he is a fool. I don't know if it is a rural examination Is it too lax, or Li Ji is hiding it.
"I didn't expect my husband to be so good. Then the test will be fine in a few days." Lin Huiru patted Xu Ziqiao on the shoulder to cheer him up.
Xu Ziqiao smiled, "Maybe I won't let my lady down, I'll have to face the saint when the test results come out, we will travel faster then, maybe we can take you around the imperial city for a few more days." "It's so
important I am afraid that you are the only one who has the mood to say this, I think those who look down at the book should be Juren, although there are not many, but none of them are as lax as you." Lin Huiru is also full of infinite reverie about the capital , that is a place where every inch of land and money is extravagant. I remember what is described in the book, it is even worse than the first-tier cities.
"Study when it's time to study, rest when it's time to rest, my wife came to pick me up specially, how can I waste my lady's heart." Xu Ziqiao uttered sweet words again, leaving Lin Huiru speechless.
Lin Huiru folded her arms and turned her head, "Slick tongue."
But that's fine too, it may not be good if you feel tense all the time, not to mention that Xu Ziqiao has talent there, so there is no need to push people too hard .
The news of the upcoming test also reached Qi Hehua's ears. In order to pray for a good omen, Qi Hehua even bought pig brains for Xu Ziqiao to eat. But something like pig's brain is always missing something if it's not made spicy, and it even has a fishy smell.
But as soon as Lin Huiru stretched out his hand, although the pig's brain was delicious, Xu Ziqiao's face was red from the spicy food.
In desperation, Qi Hehua could only change to cooking a pot of pork rib soup or chicken soup.
Xu Ziqiao was confident, but before falling asleep, she was still reading at night with the lights on for a while, when Lin Huiru suddenly remembered a sentence.
After ten years of cold windows, no one asked, and became famous all over the world in one fell swoop.
Seeing Xu Ziqiao's eyes with a faint black circle, Lin Huiru suddenly had a brainstorm, and exchanged some energy drinks and chocolate bars from the space, and then replaced them in the dishes.
"Study is hard, eat less." Lin Huiru passed the things over, and Xu Ziqiao, who smelled something he had never smelled before, also turned his attention.
"What is this?" Xu Ziqiao asked.
"Taste the refreshing things specially prepared for you." Lin Huiru blinked. After all, she was too out of touch with this era, and this kind of things can only be used secretly.
Xu Ziqiao took a bite of the chocolate bar. At first, she was affectionate and weird, but after discovering the bittersweet taste, she liked it very much.
"You don't want to eat?" Xu Ziqiao took a sip of the drink in confusion, and there was another unpredictability in his eyes.
"It's the same as milk tea. I'm tired. Eat it quickly. I'll go to bed first when I'm sleepy. Don't sleep too late." Lin Huiru rubbed her eyes, turned and lay down on the bed.
She was almost tired of eating all kinds of snacks during her stay, but it's not bad to sneak a piece or two.
There is a township examination every three years. In the second year of the township examination, candidates will go to Beijing to participate in the general examination hosted by the Ministry of Rites. After the general examination, those who pass will face the temple examination, and those who have not passed it will have to return to their hometown in embarrassment and wait for the next time.
The chance of choosing one out of ten thousand, the pass rate is really low, Lin Huiru was very worried, but Xu Ziqiao seemed calm.
Originally, Li Ji and Xu Ziqiao planned to go all the way to the imperial city in an ox cart, but now that Lin Huiru, the little benefactor, was there, they bid farewell to Qi Hehua and Lin Qing and they sat in a comfortable carriage. It's really comfortable to not get wet.
Of course, this also aroused the dissatisfaction of other students. Most of the people who came out of the villages and towns were poor. The day of departure was determined by the teacher who calculated the slowest speed of the ox cart for the students.
In other words, in fact, there is still a month before the start of the test.
Lin Huiru hastily calculated that if there were no traffic on the road, maybe they would only need a dozen days to get there, and they would definitely be in better condition than others after a few days of rest.
Although there is not much space in the carriage, it can still accommodate three people plus a salute.
Li Ji came from a poor family, and there were not many opportunities to ride in a carriage. He was walking in the suburbs at the moment, so he opened the curtain and looked out curiously.
"Thanks to my sister-in-law. Otherwise, if I take a bullock cart all the way, I don't know if I can rent a car. I'm afraid my ass will be smashed when I get there." When Li Ji was in high spirits, he didn't forget to boast Lin Huiru said.
"Yeah, thanks to my wife. Li Ji, you have to treat guests to dinner after you come to Beijing." Xu Ziqiao followed suit, but the last half of the sentence made Li Ji choke.
Li Ji wiped his face, "Shameless, shameless, brother Xu, you and sister-in-law are getting more and more similar. Our plan was to save as much as possible and buy more dry food on the way, but now look at you, dry food You don't even have a piece."
"It's hot and it's easy to break, you can take it for a month if you're not afraid of mildew, and you'll be smoked to death if you don't die." Xu Ziqiao raised his eyebrows.
Lin Huiru's forehead twitched, "What do you mean that he is shameless if he resembles me?" "
Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I am praising my sister-in-law for your ability to train your husband well." Li Ji waved his hand hastily.
The three of them laughed all the way and the atmosphere was harmonious. When Xu Ziqiao and Li Ji read and answered each other's questions when they were not talking, Lin Huiru seemed a little idle and yawned beside him.
When passing by the county seat, Jia Fugui's barbecue shop was already open for business. Jia Fugui insisted on stopping them and gave Xu Ziqiao some books and some gifts.
The good name said: "Don't forget him when you are developed."
Lin Huiru did receive a lot of care from Jia Fugui, and she felt helpless looking at the more crowded carriage. Fortunately, the coachman couldn't go too far, and the carriage was also bought by Lin Huiru. Xu Ziqiao and Li Ji took turns driving the carriage, but it was not so crowded.
After walking for several days, it was already dark when he entered Li County after leaving Jiangcheng. This was Lin Huiru's first time staying in other provinces.