Xiaoyaoshanjun

Chapter 100 Alienation
Tian Buli led the horse to the Hu family mansion.

A man guarding the door saw this and quickly came over and shouted, "Second Master! You're here!"

Tian Buli was amused, and suddenly he thought that what he shouted was not wrong.

Hu Yuwei is the master here, so it is reasonable for him to call himself the Second Master.

Tian Buli loosened the reins and said, "Take good care of this horse. I will be staying here for a while. Is your wife at home?"

Gao Heng said, "Madam has gone to visit her sister in the city, and the young master is studying in the academy. Second Master, please come in!"

Tian Buli didn't want to go in. "I just had lunch at the Princess's Mansion. I'm free and didn't go out for a walk beforehand. I'll be back in the afternoon."

Gao Heng knew that this Second Master was very skilled and was also a cultivator, so he quickly and politely said, "Okay, I'll tell Madam when she comes back. Will you be back for dinner tonight?"

Tian Buli said, "No, just arrange my room next to Mingzong's. I will test his homework in the evening."

Gou'er's full name is Hu Mingzong. He used to be in his hometown or when he was with his family.

Now that he is in school, has a group of new friends, and is the young master of the family, Tian Buli also gives face to Gou'er and calls him by his full name.

After all, they are adults. It is really unrealistic of them to always make fun of children.

After leaving the Hu family, Tian Buli wandered around when he had nothing to do.

I have been to the city several times, and I am familiar with some streets and places after having been there several times, but it is my first time to visit many other places.

There are many hidden talents in the Qi Tian Mansion. Although Tian Buli now has a connection with the Princess's Mansion, he does not abuse this small power. When he goes shopping, he goes to places where ordinary people live, and does not hang out in places where dignitaries live.

As I walked, I saw the common marriage-seeking activities at this time.

At this time of year every year, many wealthy businessmen would seek husbands for their daughters, and those single and poor scholars were often the most likely to be favored by these people.

There are also special places for blind dates. The social atmosphere in the Tianyue Dynasty is not closed. Women can also stroll around the streets, and if they meet a suitable handsome guy, they will ask others to find him.

There were also various acrobatic performances by strange people on the street, but Tian Buli was not interested in them.

As we walked, we came into an inn.

The inn waiter saw Tian Buli coming in and came over to ask, "Sir, what would you like to eat?"

"Give me a plate of beef and half a jar of wine." Tian Buli took out a piece of silver and then found a place where no one was and sat down.

The child took the silver and looked at it carefully. After confirming that there was no problem, he smiled and said, "Okay! Please wait a moment!"

Tian Buli sat down and waited.

The beef must have come from the oxen that were used for working. At this time of year, the fields had just been plowed, and many of the oxen that had died of exhaustion while working or from various accidents had found their homes.

There is nothing wrong with eating beef. Cows will die eventually, and you will lose a lot of money if you don’t sell the beef.

If the government were to purchase beef on a unified basis, those who sold the beef would most likely not get paid, or even owe them money.

Regardless of whether the government allows it or not, farmers will definitely sell beef when their cows die.

Tian Buli seldom ate beef in the mountain village, but all the inns and hotels in the city had special channels to get beef, mutton, pork and dog meat.

Chicken and duck are even more common, while venison and bear meat are the rarest and are only available to the nobility.

Although it is close to the Hanjiang River, there are basically no fish in this river that comes down from the mountains. The city has a large population, and fish in the inn is even less common than beef.

As I ate beef and drank wine, my mood improved.

No matter when or where, eating can always make people happy and forget their worries.

Soon four people came in.

Tian Buli took a look. In this era without mobile phones, it was easy to look around while eating alone.

The four people looked like two pairs of master and servants, a scholar and his servant boy, and a young lady and her maid.

The four of them quickly sat down at an empty table nearby and glanced at Tian Buli who was eating meat and drinking.

Tian Buli had almost finished his beef, and there were only two or three sips of rice wine left in the bowl.

"Brother, what a fool! He's still drinking in a brothel at this hour. If he fails the exam again, I wonder how he'll explain himself when he gets back!"

The scholar across from him smiled and said, "Brother Fu, you may be here to make friends. Many scholars gather here at this time of year, and many romantic people like to go to brothels to drink and recite poetry."

Tian Buli was bored at the time, so he asked curiously, "The Master Fu you are talking about is Master Fu Shuhong?"

After hearing this, the scholar and the lady quickly looked at the young man.

Although the other person doesn't look like a scholar, he doesn't look like a bad person either.

"That's right, little brother, do you know Brother Fu?" Sha Yi looked at Tian Buli, wondering who the other person was, whether he was a peddler or a gangster.

Tian Buli smiled and said, "I am Tian Buli, and I have met Master Fu Shuhong several times."

Sha Yi quickly stood up and faced Tian Buli. "It turned out to be Tian Yishi. I have heard Brother Fu mention Tian Yishi several times. I have heard of his great name for a long time!"

Tian Buli smiled and said, "You're welcome. I just finished my meal. Which building did Brother Fu and the others go to? I haven't been to a brothel yet, so I might as well join in the fun."

I hadn't originally planned to go to the brothel, but when I heard that someone I knew was there, I suddenly wanted to go look for him.

Tian Buli has never been a lustful person, but this time he didn't do it to satisfy his lust, but mainly wanted to broaden his horizons.

Sha Yi said awkwardly, "I don't know about that. I'm Sha Yi, a scholar from Hedong County. The one next to me is Brother Fu's sister, Fu Yizhen." Fu Yizhen knew some things about Tian Buli and Mr. Hu, and she also said politely, "Yizhen has met Tian Yishi."

Seeing that he couldn't go to the brothel, Tian Buli was no longer in a hurry to leave.

"Miss Fu, you are too polite. Please take a seat." Tian Buli asked curiously, "I don't know if this year's exam will be difficult. I didn't have time to take the exam last year. This year, I thought that if I passed the exam, I wouldn't have to worry so much in the future."

Sha Yi smiled and said, "It's not difficult to become a scholar. Tian Yishi and Hu Jieyuan are close friends, so they must be well-educated. It will be easy for them to become a scholar."

Tian Buli smiled and said, "I hope so, but don't be too confident. If I fail the exam, please don't laugh at me."

"How could that be?" Sha Yi said with a smile, "If a righteous man fails to pass the exam to become a scholar, he can ask Shen Hanlin for mercy and be allowed to become a scholar of the attached student status, but that would make it difficult for him to continue to improve himself."

Tian Buli said politely: "Let's take the exam for a few years first. I'm still young anyway. If I can't pass this year, I can wait until next year. I don't expect to pass the imperial examination. I just want to pass the examination of a scholar in this lifetime."

Fu Yizhen couldn't help but ask, "Righteous man, since you know the princess, isn't it easy for you to pass the exam to become a scholar?"

Tian Buli thought to himself that this was not good. How come everyone knew that it was so easy for me to pass the exam to become a scholar?
If this goes on, I will be inseparable from Princess Hanjiang in the future.

I shouldn't have asked the Princess's Mansion for a guarantor. It doesn't matter if I fail. On the contrary, if I pass the exam, it will seem like I'm a gigolo.

It's a pity that Mr. Hu is not in the city, otherwise we could just ask him to be the guarantor. When others know that it was Hu Yuwei who guaranteed, they will naturally think that it was this scholar who passed the exam after Hu Jieyuan's serious teaching, and it has nothing to do with the others.

Tian Buli quickly looked at Sha Yi, "Brother Sha, since you are a scholar, can you guarantee the student?"

Sha Yi straightened his chest and said, "Of course I can. I am a scholar on the list and I receive grain from the court. I am not a posthumous scholar."

Only the scholars who passed the imperial examination could receive salaries from the court. Those who passed through other channels not only had fewer opportunities to take the exams, but also did not receive many benefits.

Some of these additional places can be purchased directly, mainly because the descendants of some landlords need some status.

Even if you pay, not everyone can buy it. By default, it is not sold to some people, such as warriors.

Tian Buli thought for a few seconds and decided not to harm the scholar he had just met.

The Princess's Mansion had already prepared a guarantee for him, but if it suddenly happened to the scholar in front of him, this guy might be in trouble.

But we can't really continue to use the princess's relationship.

It’s just that the scholars who need to improve will be affected, while the old scholars who have no room for improvement will not care about such things.

After Tian Buli and Sha Yi said goodbye, he went to the school to pick up Gou'er and bought a guaranteed position from the school teacher.

There is no hope for the old man to make any progress, but there is certainly no problem in being a guarantor for someone.

Anyone who can be a teacher in a school must be a regular scholar.

This old scholar has no connections, he is just a teacher. If the Princess's Mansion were to find trouble with even such a person, it would be too petty.

Tian Buli went home with the dog who was carrying a cloth schoolbag with cross straps on his back. The dog was walking and jumping, looking very happy.

"Second father, how long will you stay this time?"

"It's been less than a month. Is your aunt treating you well?"

The dog replied, "My aunt is very kind to me and always asks me if I have enough to eat. But I am too embarrassed to talk to her because I am the only man in the family."

Tian Buli smiled and said, "She is the only girl in the family. Why are you shy? Go to school when you should. Eat and sleep when you get home. Go out and play when you are bored, but don't play too late."

Gou'er said, "Besides my aunt, there are also her relatives. I have met several of them, but I don't recognize any of them."

The Gao family's daughter grew up in the city, so she must have many friends.

Tian Buli was not good at intervening in such matters. "In addition to your studies, you also practice martial arts. Do you remember the Niupi Kung Fu?"

The dog said quickly: "Remember! My father asked me to practice for a while every day so that I can be as strong as you, second father!"

Tian Buli's kung fu was taught by Gou'er. Gou'er was not only smart and able to read, but also had the talent for martial arts.

However, it seems that Hu Yuwei has some other expectations for this kid, such as the aptitude for cultivation.

Tian Buli had no way of identifying other people's qualifications, but he didn't consider these things either.

I took the dog home for dinner and listened to him recite a book.

There was nothing much to say to Gao Fengge. Xiaogouer knew how to avoid suspicion, so Tian Buli naturally treated him with courtesy and avoided meeting him if possible.

The Princess's Mansion came to look for someone to give a gift, but Tian Buli had gone out to play early and was not seen either.

It's not that he is distant from the Princess Mansion. From the beginning, the Princess Mansion wouldn't let him go and insisted on having a relationship with him.

He refused the first time Qi Dao Zong invited him.

Later, the princess asked Lan He to deliver a gift. It was Hu Yuwei's wedding day, so he didn't refuse too embarrassingly, but he ran away early.

Afterwards, Lan He was ordered to go to his hometown in person to build relationships.

Since they were both from Yanxia Mountain and had gone to great lengths to invite them, he was afraid that if he didn't give them face, the other party would hold a grudge against him, so he could only follow Lan He from the mountain village to the Princess's Mansion to meet them, and then he received a reward of women and money.

The Princess Hanjiang and her husband did give him enough face and sincerity, but Tian Buli was not an ambitious man like Zhuge Liang. He did not need to be forced onto the boat and devote himself to the cause until his death.

Now I still don’t dare to refuse directly, and after I pass the examination for the scholar, I gradually reduced our contacts.

Just like... the other Taoists, stay away from these royal relatives.

(End of this chapter)