Chapter 188 Chen Shi passed the exam
On the Minjiang River, the water is filled with waves, like white scales, layered one on top of another. From a distance, the Minjiang River looks like a big dragon, and the waves are the scales of the big dragon.
A painting boat floated on the river, and the wind blew, making the sails round and round, making the boat sail very fast on the river.
The boat girl ate melon seeds and looked at Chen Shi and Li Tianqing with a smile.
Chen Shi smiled and said, "Are the melon seeds delicious?
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Try it!"
The boat girl grabbed a handful and brought it to him.
Li Tianqing quickly tugged at the corner of Chen Shi's clothes,
These are two gangsters on the run,
Can you eat the melon seeds they gave you?
Chen Shi took the melon seeds and ate one. It was very fragrant. He added tangerine peel and stir-fried it. The crispy aroma also contained the fragrance of tangerine peel. It was very soothing to the throat, unlike other melon seeds that can cause throat problems if eaten too much. Dry hair.
"Is it delicious?" the boat girl asked with a smile,
Chen Shi praised: "It's delicious.
Why did you, father and daughter, flee Wangchuan?
Li Tianqing's heart suddenly rose to his throat, and he secretly complained. Is this topic allowed to be brought up?
When they came to Kunjiang Ferry, Chen Shi saw the painted boat and insisted on boarding their boat. Li Tianqing was a little unhappy, but he couldn't resist Chen Shi and had to board the boat. Unexpectedly, after boarding, Chen Shi would ask such a question. question!
There were other scholars on the boat who were also waiting for the big exams in the autumn but failed, so they returned to Xinxiang and joined them on the boat.
Most of the monks in Caolaohui were killed or injured, including the leader of the church. There were not many boats on the Minjiang River, so they could only take this painted boat back to Xinxiang.
The boat girl giggled and said, "Why else? I can't survive anymore."
Some people make a big fuss in the underworld, going there once or twice without saying anything, but still making trouble every day.
We also kidnapped someone's soul. We are the ones doing the work and have to bear the responsibility. If we stay in the underworld, we will die and we have to escape.
Chen Shi blinked and asked: "Who dares to cause trouble in the underworld? Have any of the abducted souls been found?
"Found it.
The boat girl chewed the melon seeds carefully, but the flesh between her teeth had been eaten away and only the shell was left. She still looked at Chen Shi while chewing, and said with a smile, "
The underworld is not at peace now, Master Qingtian has disappeared, what will happen if he is found? Even if he is brought back, who can rehabilitate us? So we just put it off.
She looked at Chen Shi as if the melon seed shell between her teeth was disgusting and she chewed it over and over again.
Chen Shi chatted with her and said curiously: "
Where has Mr. Qingtian gone? Was he plotted against someone, or was he seized from power? Or is he lost?
Already?
"have no idea.
The boat girl was also worried and sighed, "Many people are looking for him...
The boatman coughed, and the boat girl was stern and stopped talking about the topic.
Chen Shi looked towards the shore and saw many strange people on both sides of the Minjiang River flapping their big ears. They were flying and recording, as if they were recording what happened on the ship.
"Heavenly Listener!
"Are the listeners spying on me these days, or on Chen Shiya, this pair of fugitives?
Some of the listeners these days are familiar faces, who appeared near the main altar of Hongshan Hall a few days ago.
Their ears are like wings, and their bodies hang down like little bean sprouts, but
It is so dexterous that it can fly across rivers and even mountains.
While flying, you can also write and draw in a notebook.
These guys are very annoying, but if you kill them, they will only attract more Sky Listeners.
The boat girl looked back and said with a smile: "At the entrance of the Minjiang River, a huge stump of a body washed up recently. It was two or three miles long and extremely thick. The scales hanging on it were bigger than our boat, which attracted many people to look at it.
We also went to see the will-o'-the-wisps on the scales, and there were many dead souls imprisoned in each scale.
Chen Shi's heart moved slightly: "Could it be the Whisperer of the Sea who was injured by Empress Mazu?
He called the sea monster that caused him vomiting the Whisperer of the Sea. The Whisperer was extremely powerful, but unfortunately he was severely wounded by Mazu and had to escape.
Unexpectedly, the empress's blow actually caused one of her limbs to break off!
"Can you two take us to the estuary of the Minjiang River?
Chen Shi said, “I’ll pay more!
The boat girl chuckled and said: "
I knew you were rich, but unfortunately you knew it too late. I heard that a Taoist priest came over and took the thing away.
You will gain nothing wherever you go.
Chen Shi secretly said it was a pity.
If such a powerful being could take off even one of its scales, it would be worth a lot of money.
He ate melon seeds and chatted with the boat girl, and the journey was uneventful. The boat girl took them to the boundary of Xinxiang and parked them in the dock. Chen Shi paid the ship fare, got off the ship with a group of Xinduo scholars, and waved goodbye to the boat girl.
They got on the wooden cart and drove towards Qianyang Mountain.
Li Tianqing said: "The target of this boatman and his daughter is probably you.
Xiao Shi, you'd better stay away from them!
Chen Shi smiled and said: "
Maybe they were looking for another person, maybe there was a soul that was rescued back then, and they happened to be the undercover guards guarding that person.
Li Tianqing argued: "How could such a coincidence happen?
Chen Shi laughed loudly, patted him on the shoulder and said, "What else? Can you beat them, or can I beat them? If they wanted to attack me, they would have done it long ago. Why wait until they are on the boat?
Take action?
Li Tianqing admired him very much and said with a smile: "
You are quite calm.
If you can't participate in Qiuwei this time, what are your plans after returning to the village?
Chen Shi said quietly: "
Go buy various medicinal materials and supervise your elixir making.
Then sell the elixir and become a rich man.
Li Tianqing's face turned dark.
As the wooden cart drove into Qianyang Mountain, Chen Shi turned around and saw all the Heavenly Listeners following behind them, flapping their ears. Whatever they talked about would be recorded.
Chen Shi frowned slightly, why are the listeners focusing on him these days?
During the last Shichuan incident, he was targeted by the Sky Listeners, but then the Sky Listeners disappeared, so he was presumably cleared of suspicion.
Why are you targeting him again this time?
"Could it be the Mazu Temple incident? But in the Mazu Temple incident, shouldn't the people who were targeted be Grandma Sha and the others? Why were they targeted at me?" Chen Shi was quite puzzled.
When they returned to Huangpo Village, Grandma Yuzhu saw him and said happily: "
Master Xiu Cai is back! Master Xiu Cai went to take the examination. Have you become a master of examination now? Don't light a fire tonight and come to my house for dinner!
Chen Shi said nonchalantly: "The governor was killed, the academic officer also died, the Qiu Wei died, and he failed the exam.
Grandma Yuzhu said: "
Are you still a scholar now?
Chen Shi nodded.
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Grandma Yuzhu stopped mentioning going to her house for dinner and said, "Why is the governor dead?"
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I heard people say that I killed him.
"Chen Shi said honestly
He rarely lies in front of his relatives...
The news of Chen Xiucai's return spread like wildfire. Several families in the village originally planned to be matchmakers for Chen Shi. But when they heard that he had killed the governor and failed to pass the exam, they gave up the idea. When they met Chen Shi, they also gave up the idea.
Say hello lazily: "
The scholar is back? When will the grass drop?
Some villagers also said: "I have a nephew who is a bandit in the mountains. I don't know whether he is dead or not. I can introduce you to him during the Chinese New Year."
That's all.
Chen Shi went from house to house at night to borrow firewood, rice, oil and salt. The villagers were not very interested. They were probably waiting for him to die or be sent to the county government to be beheaded.
Scholar, hurry up and find a woman, have a son, and give your old Chen family a queen!
Old lady Wuzhu said, "
What do you think of the Widow Wang in our village?
In the next few days, Widow Wang looked at Chen Shi with something wrong.
Chen Shi was happy to be at peace. As usual, he first offered incense to his grandfather and godmother, and then paid homage to Zhu Xiucai. Zhu Xiucai couldn't help but sigh when he heard that the governor, the general soldier and other senior officials had died, resulting in the cancellation of the Gongzhou Autumn Festival.
He said in a tone: "It's not because of your bad luck that you can't learn.
Why did the governor die?
He was a little angry: "It's okay that two governors died in Xinduo. How could the governor of Gongzhou die too? And there are so many important officials buried with him!
"I heard that I was the one who killed him.
"Chen Shi is not sure,
He had heard people talk about it, but when he inquired carefully, he found that the person who said it was very secretive and did not dare to talk more about it.
Zhu Xiucai was also stunned and said: "You don't have to blame yourself, we will have another autumn.
If it doesn't work this time, we'll have to wait another three years.
Gold will always shine. With your talent and learning, if you fail to win the exam, you will be ignored by God!
Chen Shi felt a little better.
Those who listened to the sky also followed them to Huangpo Village, hanging on the trees outside the village or squatting on the rocks, constantly listening to Chen Shi's movements.
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How can people live their lives when the boatman and his daughter are watching and these guys are listening?
Chen Shi was filled with hatred, but thought that killing them would only attract more Tian Ting followers, so he had to give up.
The next day, Li Tianqing listed the medicinal materials needed to refine the Resurrection Pill, and Chen Shi went to the county to purchase the medicinal materials. However, two of the medicinal materials needed for the Resurrection Pill were very expensive and were not available in the county drugstores, so they needed to be transferred from the provincial capital.
Come
He paid a deposit and waited two or three days to prepare all the medicinal materials.
He went to Juxian Tower again and met Shao Jing, the owner of Juxian Tower, and talked about alchemy.
One thing, he said: "I want to find a good alchemy furnace.
Shao Jing smiled and said: "This is a simple matter, I have all kinds of alchemy furnaces here.
Chen Shi chose an old Bagua stove in the Juxian Tower. The alchemist who refined it was very attentive. The various patterns of talismans and Bagua patterns used to adjust the fire were painted over and over again, and they had already been incorporated into the furnace body.
Refining alchemy is a delicate job, especially for alchemy furnaces. For example, to adjust the furnace fire, you need to activate the Xun Gua blower. How to activate it and how much to activate are all very particular.
If you want to temper, you need to adjust the Zhen Gua and Thunder Tempering.
Because it is too complicated, good alchemists are extremely rare.
Chen Shi knows nothing about this,"
But fortunately, Li Tianqing has considerable attainments in this area.
This old Bagua stove is quite expensive, costing Chen Shi eight hundred taels of silver. Shao Jing smiled and said, "This is the treasure of an old alchemist. He is old and can't control the heat, so he put it on consignment here."
, I want to earn some money to support my retirement.
Chen Shi paid the money and asked, "If you refine the extremely rare elixir, Juxianlou, can you sell it on your behalf?"
Shao Jing said: "If you want to consign it, I, Juxian Tower, can do it for you.
As for elixirs, they also need to be of good quality before they can be sold.
If the grade is not high, the value is not very high, and not many people will buy it.
Chen Shi thanked him, said goodbye and left.
Returning to Huangpo Village, Chen Shi moved down the medicinal materials and the Lao Bagua stove and handed the things to Li Tianqing.
These medicinal materials and alchemy furnace alone cost him all the money he earned from cutting mountains.
Li Tianqing took a shower and changed clothes, and then he started to refine the elixir.
Chen Shi is also quite nervous. All his wealth is tied to Li Tianqing.
If the alchemy fails, he will be destitute. If the alchemy succeeds, he will be destitute.
It’s Rich Man Chen!
Li Tianqing used his own golden elixir as a guide to activate the elixir fire, placed it in the Bagua furnace and immediately formed seals with his hands. The various seals and elixir formulas were constantly changing and were extremely clever and precise.
Chen Shi just felt that watching him refining alchemy was as breathtaking as appreciating art, so he stopped worrying and continued busy with his own affairs.
He believed that with Li Tianqing's ability, he could definitely refine the Resurrection Pill.
More than ten days passed in this way. On this day, suddenly many vehicles came to Huangpo Village. More than a hundred soldiers in uniforms and armors came to Huangpo Village. One by one, important people got out of the vehicles and asked about the villagers, saying: "Chen Shi is...
Do you live here?
The villagers had never seen such a battle before, and they were so frightened that they were stunned. Grandma Yuzhu hurriedly waved her hand, signaling Yuzhu to run over and notify Chen Shi, telling him that someone from the government was coming and asking him to run away.
Someone recognized the leading official and said in surprise: "It's the newly promoted governor of Xinxiang Province and a group of officials. Why are they here?"
They must be here to capture Chen Shi!
People in the village were panicking and looking around. The governor of Xinduo Province clapped his hands after asking about the way to Chen Shi's house. Some government servants were beating gongs and drums and playing vocal music as they walked toward Chen Shi's house in a cheerful mood:
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From the looks of it, it doesn’t look like we’re here to capture a criminal, but rather like a happy event!
The villagers asked the Jin Yiwei who came with them, and one of the Jin Yiwei laughed and said: Your village has become a proud ancestor! Mr. Chen Shi, your village's master, has won the exam and is the first in Gongzhou Province! From now on, it will be Chen Jieyuan!"
The villagers were at a loss. Didn't they say that all the officials in Gongzhou were killed by Chen Shi?
Even Qiuwei won’t be held anymore
Why did you suddenly win?
And it’s still Jieyuan!
Don’t you need to take an exam to pass the examination?
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Chen Shi won the election, and we in Xinduo Province are also honored, so the governor took us, as well as these newly promoted officials from Xinduo Province, to congratulate Mr. Chen and also meet Mr. Chen."
That Jinyi defends the way.
There is a typhoon in Haikou, level 17. It is still level 10 or level 12 at night and will reach level 15 at night, and the power may be cut off at any time.
The building I live in is shaking, rocking back and forth, almost like being in a cradle. I feel a little dizzy and scared.
Chapter completed!