Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 912 Fooled, rejected

Cui Linqian fondly teased Hongbi in front of the hall, but Li Qinzai's eyes glowed, he turned his head to Cui Jie's ear, and began to chat with her about business opportunities.

"You don't have to do anything, you don't have to spend physical and mental energy, and you don't have to pay any cost. Let's just sit with our son in the West Market of Chang'an City, with a broken bowl in front of us. If someone passes by, let our son laugh with him, no showmanship." Don't sell yourself, just show cuteness, you can earn at least one or two hundred articles a day..."

"Madam, do you think there is something wrong with this matter?" Li Qinzai rubbed his hands excitedly.

Cui Jie raised her head and sighed, quietly said: "Husband, this concubine is not yet confinement, I don't have the strength to hit you, so stop making trouble."

"What's wrong with me? Making money in an upright manner, not stealing or robbing, and healing the hearts of passers-by, how meaningful it is."

Cui Jie said slowly: "What my husband said, there is another way of saying it is 'begging'. Don't you think it's embarrassing for a dignified county marquis to do this?"

"Who are you ashamed of? Anyway, I don't feel ashamed. Our son is still young and hasn't developed a sense of shame. Both father and son don't feel ashamed. Everything can be done!"

Cui Jie gritted her teeth, tried her best to hold back the urge to blow his dog's head off, and told herself that she hadn't confinement yet, she should be calm, be virtuous, grow old together, and try not to be a widow...

Cui Linqian teased Hongbi for a long time, laughing happily, his eyes full of doting.

Hongbi, however, became a little impatient. Obviously, there was a limit to his cuteness in socializing with adults. After a while, Hongbi frowned, his mouth shrunk, and he burst into tears with embarrassment.

Cui Linqian panicked immediately, and handed Hongbi back to Cui Jie with a look of embarrassment.

Arriving in Cui Jie's arms, Hong Bi calmed down after coaxing her a few times.

With no grandson in his hand, Cui Linqian immediately recovered his seriousness, glanced at Li Qinzai dissatisfiedly, stroked his beard and said, "Son-in-law, last time I entrusted my Cui family's children to you, but the imperial court released the list, and Cui Ling and Cui Rui were all unnamed on the list." , you promised this old man back then."

Li Qinzai grinned awkwardly.

Why, you still want to be the big brother?
Hearing that Cui Linqian's tone was wrong, Cui Jie, who was holding the baby, said softly, "Father, my husband has indeed tried his best, but this year the court's scientific examination has changed, and my husband didn't expect it. This is an accident."

Cui Linqian said unhappily: "He is the chief examiner, right? No matter how the rules change, is it difficult to get two fame?"

Li Qinzai sighed: "My father-in-law, what has changed in this year's scientific examination, you might as well ask Cui Ling and Cui Rui."

Cui Linqian looked at the two brothers.

Cui Ling and Cui Rui looked embarrassed and remained silent for a moment. Cui Ling stepped forward and said, "My nephew heard that this year, His Majesty personally decreed to change the rules of the scientific examination. Many censors were dispatched to monitor and read the papers to prevent favoritism..."

Cui Rui quickly glanced at Li Qinzai, lowered his head, and said, "It's really hard to play favoritism on the test papers. Even if my brother-in-law wants to play tricks, the test papers are already blurred, so it's hard to find our test papers."

Cui Ling sighed again: "Even if we can find our test papers, there is still cross-grading. It is said that if the scores of several reviewers on the same test paper are too different, the censor will record it and report it to His Majesty, and the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment will send people down Strict investigation."

"I really can't blame my brother-in-law for this matter."

Li Qinzai patted his thigh: "My father-in-law, listen to the words of the two virtuous brothers who are righteous and fair, the son-in-law really has nothing to do."

Cui Linqian's face softened a little, and he hummed and said, "It's the old man who didn't notice, and it's my son-in-law's fault, ha ha."

Then Cui Linqian's face turned ugly again: "Where is the evil beast who advanced this slander under His Majesty, what kind of obfuscated name system, cross-grading system, imperial court selection of scholars, isn't the son of an aristocratic family better than that of a poor family? Why bother with our aristocratic family?" make life difficult for!"

Li Qinzai's face didn't change. With his face, he can completely bear any insult now. He has long been used to listening to "evil animals" and so on.

Fortunately, Li Zhi was told to hide the matter when he was admonishing him. The court still does not know who came up with such a tricky method of obfuscation of names and cross-grading.

Fortunately, this matter was avoided.

Cui Linqian was still a little upset. After all, the things that were sure of everything turned out to be in vain. As the head of the Cui family, he really lost face in front of the clan and delayed the future of the clan's children.

"The scientific examination two years later..." Cui Linqian asked tentatively.

Before he finished speaking, Li Qinzai smiled wryly and said, "The scientific examination will be the same in two years' time. It will be even more difficult to get involved in it. Your Majesty is paying more and more attention to the scientific examination, and there will be more and more means to prevent fraud. If you are not careful, your son-in-law may be involved."

Cui Linqian sighed, and said, "Forget it, it's just their bad luck. If they had taken the scientific examination two years earlier, they wouldn't have been unknown on the list."

Li Qinzai hesitated for a moment, then said: "Fellowship is not the right way after all. If the two virtuous brothers really want to be named on the gold list, they'd better have excellent skills, and their knowledge should not fall behind others. , the tribe also has face, does my father-in-law think so?"

Cui Linqian smiled and said: "My son-in-law's words are indeed correct. That's right, he is strong enough to have confidence. I heard that my son-in-law's school specializes in mathematics, and my son-in-law's knowledge of arithmetic is so subtle that even the Guozijian's Ming arithmetic department can't do it." Hard to beat..."

"The virtuous son-in-law has such an amazing talent, why should I look far away? Why don't you ask the virtuous son-in-law to accept these two underachievers and help the Cui family to cultivate talents. After two years of scientific examination, no matter whether they can pass the exam, The Cui family in Qingzhou will always remember your kindness, what does your son-in-law think?"

Li Qinzai was a little embarrassed.

You think my pheasant school cultivates talents, but it is actually a place where street people gather together. Originally, the two brothers from the Cui family were just a little stupid, and there was nothing wrong with it.

If a person enters the school, within half a year he will be able to eat, drink, prostitute, gamble, cheat and kidnap. I wonder if your Cui family will remember my kindness at that time, or kill me with a knife...

"Uh, old man, so what..." Li Qinzai scratched his head hesitantly: "My son-in-law's school is really a place of dragons' ponds and tigers' dens. It is extremely dangerous, and the students in it are not kind. If the two virtuous brothers come to study, I am afraid that the end will be... "

Winking innocently at Cui Linqian, Li Qinzai said, "It's hard for my son-in-law to guarantee that the two of them can live for half a year..."

Cui Linqian's eyes widened in astonishment, Cui Ling and Cui Rui's bodies trembled suddenly, and their faces immediately turned pale.

"What do you mean? I heard that your disciples are either the prince or the sons of the rich and powerful. They are not murderers. How can the school be so dangerous?"

Li Qinzai sighed: "It is precisely because they are the sons of princes and dignitaries that they act lawlessly and have no taboos. If strangers enter the school, think about what will happen..."

(End of this chapter)