Xiaoyaoshanjun

Chapter 186 Heroine
Inside the Imperial Academy

Tian Buli, dressed in scholar's clothes, successfully entered his own cell and started writing down his answers after the papers were distributed.

Question: What is the strategy for governing a country?

Answer: Add more water to the noodles, and add more noodles to the water.

Question: What is the Eternal Holy King?

Answer: Believe in the wisdom of future generations.

After finishing writing, Tian Buli couldn't help laughing.

"It's going to be zero points."

Tian Buli didn't care about the ranking and answered several questions about history and county governance seriously.

After finishing all the questions, Tian Buli sat quietly in meditation and practiced, seizing the time to recover his magic power.

I wasn't paying attention when I was writing just now, but now that I'm quiet, I can hear all kinds of noises around me.

"Hmm...hmm...hmm..." This is the sound of being unable to poop in the toilet.

"Ouch... Ouch..." This is the sound of being unable to come up with an answer.

"Ah...ah...ah..." This is the sound of being held back.

The exam lasted for seven days, and most people felt very uncomfortable in this small cubicle, and each day felt like a year.

Tian Buli listened to the distressed and sad voice nearby, but he smiled slightly, closed his eyes, and meditated.

Every minute and every second is widening the distance and height between us and the rest of the people.

If ordinary people cannot concentrate on studying and being an official, how can they have the perseverance to maintain practice for more than a hundred years?

Not to mention the limitation of qualifications, even if everyone in the world had the same qualifications, there would be only a few who could become immortals.

Cultivation requires hard work. Tian Buli sat quietly for six days, and after the seventh day he went out with the other students.

I walked slowly all the way home. I had already said hello to the Princess's Mansion beforehand, and they would not come to disturb me.

As I was walking, I remembered the people who took the exam with me last year. It seemed that someone wanted to take the exam together.

"I also took the exam this year. Even if I didn't see you, it was still like we took the exam together."

Tian Buli smiled, went to the market to buy pig blood, lard, tofu, and eggs, and then went to the pharmacy to buy some tonic medicine.

When I got home, I found the door was open, so I pushed it open and went in.

"Master! You're back!"

Mei Xiuzhu quickly stood up and greeted Tian Buli.

Tian Buli looked at the poor woman in mourning clothes and said, "I thought you were gone, but I didn't expect you were still here."

Mei Xiuzhu smiled and said, "My mother and brother have already sent the coffin back. I have done what I should do. I want to stay here to repay the Taoist priest's kindness!"

"Let's go in and talk." Tian Buli walked inside with his things and closed the door with a kick of his legs.

Mei Xiuzhu saw Tian Buli's movements and asked curiously, "Is the Taoist priest using Niupi Kungfu?"

Niupi Kung Fu is a very low-level martial art, and Tian Buli has never cared much about his martial arts and background.

"That's right." Tian Buli carried things in both hands and walked towards the kitchen.

Mei Xiuzhu followed behind and also found a topic to talk about: "I also learned Niupi Kung Fu when I was young. After practicing for a few months, I began to practice our Mei family's four unique skills of proud coldness."

Every inch of land in Qi Tian Mansion is valuable, and the house provided by the Gao family is not as large as that of the Tian family. After passing through the central courtyard, Tian Buli quickly took his things into the kitchen.

"Are you also practicing Niupi Kungfu? I'm going to make some nourishing stews today. I've been numb from sitting for the past few days, so I need to replenish my blood."

Tian Buli learned a lot of nourishing recipes with the help of the dog pot. Although the effects were weaker after leaving the dog pot, he had better room for development because he was not limited to the palm-sized dog pot.

The dog pot is the most effective among the four little rabbits. It is slightly weaker in Tian Buli's hands, and has no effect at all in the hands of the others.

Tian Buli planned to replenish his blood, with pig blood soup for lunch and eight-treasure jujube porridge for dinner. Mei Xiuzhu knew that Tian Buli cooked well, so she took the initiative to sit in front of the stove and start a fire.

When Tian Buli saw that she was wearing mourning clothes, he remembered something.

"Don't you have any other clothes?"

Mei Xiuzhu blushed, raised her head and looked at Tian Buli, then quickly lowered her head, "I've been busy lately and forgot about it."

Tian Buli smiled and said, "I am also used to being poor, I know how hard it is, I will give you some money later, you can just use it to buy clothes."

"That won't do!" Mei Xiuzhu said quickly, "I've already received a lot of care from you. This can't happen again."

Tian Buli said seriously: "Just remember it. Your family was originally protecting me from disaster. If it weren't for me, your father wouldn't have died."

Mei Xiuzhu said hurriedly: "That's not the case. Traveling in the martial arts world is not always smooth sailing. If we can't get through something, it's our fault for not learning the skills well enough. Even if it has something to do with you, Taoist priest, you already knew it."

"We also know who the people who killed my father are. Even though it was an unprovoked disaster, this is our fate. We can't keep complaining about this and that all day long."

Tian Buli poured water into the pot and said, "Alright, stop talking nonsense. If you feel guilty about it, I will feel even more guilty. Just let me make some compensation."

Mei Xiuzhu said: "You have already compensated me enough. Not only did you take care of my father on his last journey, but you also found someone to ask my mother to come back and send my father home. I know that these are things that I can't persuade, so I thought of staying to repay you!"

Tian Buli smiled and said, "Okay, I'll take you back to the countryside in a few days. My family just needs a female warrior to look after the house. If you're willing, you can go back with me, but I seldom go home."

Mei Xiuzhu didn't need to think about it at all, and said directly: "Okay! I'll go back with you!"

Tian Buli was even happier. "Come to think of it, you look a lot like a very good friend of mine, the hostess of this house. We have a complicated relationship."

"Is it called Damiao?" Mei Xiuzhu said with a smile, "I know everything!"

Tian Buli was thick-skinned and said with a smile: "You are well-informed. I thought you were a person who never left the house and knew nothing."

Mei Xiuzhu saw that Tian Buli didn't mind this kind of thing at all, so she lowered her head and continued to add firewood to the stove. "Since we've all lived here, I have to find out what's going on with this family."

"When traveling in the martial arts world, the most important thing is to be well-informed."

Mei Xiuzhu obviously knows a lot.

Tian Buli smiled and said, "Okay, it's good to know, so I don't have to talk about such embarrassing things. Although I did some things, I feel embarrassed if you ask me to talk about them again."

Mei Xiuzhu felt a lot more relaxed. Tian Buli was eloquent and it was not difficult to get along with him.

Tian Buli also felt that Mei Xiuzhu knew a lot about the ways of the world, was smart, virtuous, and charismatic.

"Let me tell you, the four women in my family were all thrust upon me, and they were quite nice and respectful to me, but it would be nice to have someone at home who you can trust to help."

After hearing this, Mei Xiuzhu asked curiously, "Isn't that dragonfly also next to your house?"

Tian Buli smiled and said, "She has a lot of things to do every day. In two years, she will have a grandchild and there will be more things to do. Besides, I don't want her to be so troubled every day."

"You can help look after my house and teach the kids martial arts. If you want to leave someday, just tell me or your family. You can leave after you get paid. You are welcome to come back later."

Mei Xiuzhu nodded and smiled: "Okay, then I finally have a powerful family."

In this way, Mei Xiuzhu had a place to live without worries about food and clothing, and Tian Buli also had a female guard to guard the house.

After eight or nine days, the results came out.

Tian Buli, no name on the list...

It was obvious that the answer he wrote was too shocking and the examiner did not dare to give him a high score.

Tian Buli agreed with the result and was about to laugh at himself when he suddenly remembered something.

"Where is the blessing?"

Tian Buli was thinking about this as he walked home.

"That's strange. If it's not the imperial examination, then where is the good fortune this time?"

(End of this chapter)