He was caught as a demon from the White Lotus Sect and was sent to the Niulan Pass in Qiyao Mountain to do hard labor for a period of time. When he was about to die from exhaustion, Master Wang came and shouted at the Niulan Pass.

Li Jinxue, who "would rather take the imperial examination and join the army than have the seed", returned to his home in Xiaoli Village, Nanshan Township, outside Shizhu City more than a month ago.

He originally had the opportunity to join the army (join the Ming army) and earn a salary, and he could even be credited with a great merit because many people proved that he was the first one to say "I would rather take the imperial examination to join the army" when the cattle pen was closed that day.

slogans, and even killed a rogue soldier with a hammer.

But the problem is that he fell ill after the Niulan Pass!

It turned out that his body was about to collapse before the battle at Niulangguan. During that battle, he risked his life and fought hard, almost depleting his remaining vitality. He was also injured, and the back of his head was injured.

He was hit with a hole, and blood flowed all over the floor. Although he survived in the end, he fell into a serious illness, and his whole body became hot and dizzy (the wound on the back of his head became inflamed), and he looked like he was about to die.

The Ming army that attacked Niulan Pass also knew that he had meritorious service, but when they saw that he was dying, they did not recruit him into the army. Instead, they sent two stone pillars of civilians to carry him back to his hometown for burial, and gave him thirty yuan.

One tael of silver coins was given as funeral expenses and settlement expenses, and a certificate of loyalty was also given.

However, things turned out unexpectedly. Li Jinxue, who had paid for his funeral and relocation expenses, was carried back to his hometown. Under the careful care of his grandmother Li Fengshi, he actually recovered and survived!

Of course it is a good thing not to die, but there are also hardships in living!

He has to eat and drink to live, and he also wants to go out to seek official positions and wealth, and he also wants to start a family and start a business. But the problem is that he has no money!

Of the thirty taels of silver he received from the Ming army, 10 taels were given to the fellow villagers who brought him back. The other 10 taels were used to ask the doctor to get medicine and buy food and drink to replenish his body. The last 10 taels were changed to

It would be really fatal to become his shroud and coffin. My wife has become his coffin and shroud!

What's even worse is that he doesn't need this good coffin. The coffin is a good coffin. It was made by Zhang Carpenter, a famous carpenter in Shizhu City. The wood used is good. The space inside is very spacious and comfortable to look at. But

No matter how comfortable it is, no living person can sleep in it!

And such a high-end coffin cannot be sold! All the soldiers in Shizhu have fled, and the remaining farmers are paupers. It would be nice to have a thin-skinned coffin to sleep in when I die. Who would spend a few taels of silver to buy such a good one?

Coffins? As for shrouds, they couldn’t be sold. Who among the living would wear such clothes? So I had to wear them myself.

There are worse things!

Li Jinxue originally had a brother named Li Jinshi, who was three years younger than him. He also studied with his grandfather, but he was not a good scholar. He was a man of his duty, and he just farmed honestly. But fate did not let him go.

After Li Jinxue was arrested, he wanted to rescue his brother. He sold all the valuable things at home to redeem his brother. But his brother didn't redeem him, but he was caught as a liar and he didn't know where he went?

As a result, the Li family didn’t even have anyone who could do the hard work, and no one harvested the grain from the family land!

Seeing that the weather was getting colder and colder, and there was less and less food at home, Li Jinxue felt that he was desperate again. Under the rule of the Dashun Dynasty, he became a criminal and almost died of exhaustion! Now the Ming Dynasty is coming

, he still didn’t turn over, and he was about to die of hunger!

He had no choice but to ignore his grandmother's dissuasion, struggled to get up from the bed, put on his shroud, and went to work with a hoe to collect some food so that he and his grandmother could live longer.

But this disease comes like a mountain falling, and goes away like a thread!

Li Jinxue, who has not recovered from his serious illness, has little strength at all. He is staggering even when walking on the mountain road. He really doesn't know how to get to the fields?

When he was out of breath and dizzy from walking, he vaguely heard someone shouting in his ears: "It's time to open a new school to get a scholarship! Shizhu County is opening a new school to get a scholarship!"

He was shouting and beating the gong at the same time!

However, Li Jinxue didn't react for a while. He was in a daze. He thought it was a hallucination or maybe he wanted to take the imperial examination too much. During the days when he was recuperating at home, he heard someone clamoring to take the imperial examination more than once. But when he asked his grandma,

Only then did I realize that it was Huangliang Yimeng

But if you think about it carefully, Sichuan has only regained a corner. How can the imperial court have the energy to hold the imperial examination in Sichuan? The imperial examination will only be held after the whole of Sichuan has recovered!

He sighed and was about to continue on his way when a familiar voice came to his ears: "Xiucai, are you a scholar?"

Because Li Jinxue was a teacher in Shizhu City, the folks in Xiaoli Village called him a scholar.

Li Jinxue turned his head to look with difficulty, and found that it was Li Daniu from the same village, and he and Li Jinxue were fellow residents of Chengdu. His family and Li Jinxue had moved to Shizhu, and they had been good friends since childhood.

However, this Li Daniu has much better luck than Li Jinxue. There are many strong laborers in the family. He is also quite strong and can do farm work. His father also serves as the head of Xiaoli Village, which gives him some leverage. Therefore, this Li Daniu has already had a wife.

There are three or four children.

Li Daniu, who was short and stocky, held a gong in one hand and a wooden stick in the other. He quickly walked up to Li Jinxue and asked, "Xiucai, are you feeling well?"

Li Jinxue smiled bitterly: "Brother Daniu, do you think I'm getting better?"

Li Daniu looked at it for a while, shook his head and said, "It really doesn't look like it. His face is not good, his eyes are dull, he walks unsteadily, why is it so strange to wear this kind of clothes?"

The shroud! It’s different from the clothes worn by living people. Black robes (blue is more expensive here in Sichuan, but people are prohibited from wearing blue clothes, so people can only use black clothes instead of blue clothes to make shrouds for the dead as a way of sustenance)

His family wanted him to become a soldier in the underworld), his sleeves were long and wide, and his face was embroidered with many Chinese characters for longevity.

Li Jinxue glared at him, picked up his hoe and wanted to continue on his way.

"Wait a minute," Li Daniu stopped in front of Li Jinxue, "Why are you still holding a hoe?"

"I'm going to the fields!" Li Jinxue couldn't laugh or cry, "If there is no food at home, I will starve to death if I don't go to the fields!"

Li Daniu waved his hand, "What time has it been and you still want to eat?"

Li Jinping was stunned, what do you mean? You are not allowed to eat any food?

"I passed the imperial examination!" Li Daniu stamped his feet, "I shouted so hard that my throat broke, didn't you hear me?"

"Don't be kidding me, I have to work in the fields and have food waiting for me at home!"

Li Daniu was also anxious. He inserted the wooden stick and gong into his belt, then went up and dodged Li Jin's hoe, threw it to the side, then grabbed one of his arms and went down the mountain.

As he walked, he said: "You scholar, you have a fever and are confused? You can't tell whether eating is more important or exams are more important? Your grandma will starve to death if she skips one meal? If not, you can go to my house to eat! Today is our day

If you pass the written test to obtain a scholar in Shizhu County on the last day, you will have a chance to become an official!

Be an official! Ever since your grandfather was here, you have thought about it every day, now that the opportunity has come, do you still have time to eat?

Do you know? All the literate men in the county are going to try their luck. If I were literate, I would go too! It’s a pity that I can’t read.”

It turns out that when Li Jinxue was on the hospital bed, he heard someone shouting "Open a subject to get a scholarship" or something like that. It was not a hallucination, it was a real admission to a subject! It's just that his grandmother was old and deaf and didn't hear clearly!

And today is the last day for the written test of the Shizhu County Imperial Examination. If you don’t take the test, you will miss the opportunity!

Li Jinxue was dumbfounded when he heard that he had really opened a subject to get a scholarship! This was not a dream, it was real. He really had a chance to become an official!

I don’t know if it’s because people feel refreshed during happy events, but Li Jinxue, who was sick and dying just now, suddenly became full of energy and no longer had any illness! He didn’t need Li Daniu to pull him, and he was walking as fast as flying.
Chapter completed!