Lin Zikui listened to it with gritted teeth and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiao Fu said, "I know that you, Lin Lang, have a very good memory. Have you memorized all of it?"
Lin Zikui: “…………”
Lin Zikui never forgets anything he hears, especially the content of books, which are the things he wants to learn.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Xiao Fu said, "You didn't listen carefully just now, right? Let me read it again. Listen carefully again, and I'll test you next time."
Lin Zikui was somewhat reluctant in his heart, but he couldn't say no. How could he refuse Zhao Ling?
Lin Zikui said tactfully, "Second Miss, I... will have the Spring Examination in about a month, and I can't remember it in my head right now. Can you let me recite it to you after the Spring Examination? I promise to remember every word."
He looked so pitiful.
"Okay," Xiao Fu agreed immediately, with a hint of guilt in his tone, "Oh, it's my fault. I almost forgot that you had an exam. I'm sorry, Lin Lang. That's the tenth day of February," he counted on his fingers, "On the first day of February, you will go to the Imperial College to take the exam. Come back after nine days. Then you can study carefully with me."
"Hmmmm!" Lin Zikui finally breathed a sigh of relief. When he returned to Xixin Hall to sleep at night, some obscene words kept appearing in his mind because of what he had listened to during the day.
After all, Lin Zikui is only eighteen years old this year. At this age, he has only accidentally seen pornographic pictures from his classmates. Now he is drowsy, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.
"Books are neither good nor bad, but this book can only do great harm to people. Even I am like this. Although Ling's willpower must be much stronger than mine, this book can still harm people! If I accidentally burn the book, will he be angry with me?"
Lin Zikui turned over and continued to think: "It's better not to make him angry."
On the side, Mo Liu heard that the young master was tossing and turning in bed, so he sat up in his fur coat and said, "Young master."
He called quietly.
Lin Zikui: “Hmm?”
"Sir, are you worried about the Spring Examination and can't sleep?"
"Um……"
Mo Liu: "Hey, I'm worried too. I can't sleep either. How about I get up and read to you, sir?"
Lin Zikui subconsciously asked: "What book?"
"Of course it's the Four Books and Five Classics. Although I know you have memorized them by heart, it's better to get up and study than to be unable to sleep." Mo Liu put on his clothes and stood up. The fur coat he was wearing was given to him by Xiao Fu. The second lady was a good person and generous. She gave clothes to the young master and did not forget herself, a little book boy. The clothes were very warm, warmer than any of his clothes.
Mo Liu got up and rustled around to light the lamp. He took it to the bedside, lifted the quilt and crawled in, lying next to the young master. He opened the book and said, "Confucius said..."
Lin Zikui leaned heavily against the pillow: "Now when I deal with people, I listen to what they say and watch what they do."
Mo Liu: "The Master said."
Lin Zikui: "Review the past to learn new things, be honest and respect the etiquette."
"The Master said..."
Just like that, sentence by sentence, the distracting thoughts in Lin Zikui's mind were finally briefly cleared away.
In the next few days, Xiao Fu was bored because he had to study for exams, so he urged Yuan Wu to go down the mountain to buy him some good books: "I want books written by this author."
Yuan Wu looked down and saw the man who wrote the book was called, "Master of Zuixihu Xinyue...Okay, Lord Marquis, I'll go buy it right away."
On the fifth day, the temple is bustling with people and pilgrims are like clouds.
It has been like this for the past few days. Except for the first day of the new year, Lin Zikui basically does not go to the main hall in the front to join in the fun. There are too many people, and he is afraid of causing trouble that he should not cause. If he encounters Xu Zhuojun's followers, it will bring fatal disaster to himself and Zhao Ling.
Countless horse-drawn carriages coming from the capital climbed up the mountainside of the Sixteen Caves, and the sound of people's voices was noisy.
"I heard that this temple is the most effective for seeking official positions. My child, the imperial examination is coming soon. You should go and worship Emperor Wenchang and ask him to bless you to pass the imperial examination and have a prosperous career..."
An old lady was talking to her son when a family of three got off an ochre-colored carriage outside the temple, accompanied by only a maid.
"Dad... No one in our family wants to take the exam, so why are we here for the Xingzhiguan?"
The one walking in front was Master Xiao Huang. "One, you are pregnant now. You will marry into the Wen family on the 15th. Your mother wants to ask Master Cihang to bless you and your child. Two, the incident with Nephew Lin last time... Oh."
Xiao Ting said, "Why are you mentioning Mr. Lin for no reason?"
"Such a good child, your mother said his eyesight was damaged, and I don't know if he left Jinling and returned to Huainan. What if he is still in Xingzhiguan? It's our family who has let him down. I would feel bad if I don't give him some compensation."
Xiao Ting said: "Last time he didn't even want the money and ran away like a madman."
Lord Xiao came specially to give Lin Zikui some silver as an apology. After entering the temple, he burned incense and asked a few questions. When he learned that he was still there, he went to the guest hall to find Lin Zikui.
After searching for a while, Lord Xiao saw Lin Zikui across the courtyard with his eyes covered with a white cloth, and his servant was reading to him.
Although they had not seen each other for three years, Lord Xiao still recognized Lin Zikui at a glance. The young boy back then has now become an outstanding and handsome man.
Unfortunately, due to his eyesight condition, he was destined to have no chance of a career in politics.
Two servants of Master Xiao were standing outside the door carrying a box of silver. Master Xiao was about to shout, "Lin..."
Just as the voice came out, a half-grown boy carrying two maces suddenly descended from the sky and asked rudely, "Who are you and what do you want from a scholar?"
Lord Xiao was startled. Seeing that it was a young man, he stopped and said, "I'm from Jinling. My surname is Xiao. I want to see Master Lin Zikui. Are you...his bodyguard?"
Lord Xiao looked at the child for a few seconds. He was really good at martial arts and appeared before his eyes in the blink of an eye. But why were the servants and guards that Lin Zikui found all dwarfs?
After listening to this, Jinzun went to inform the Marquis.
The Marquis told him to keep an eye on Scholar Lin and tell him who approached him, no matter if they had bad intentions or not.
After hearing this, Xiao Fu said, "He's from Nanjing, and his surname is Xiao? That must be Xiao Huang... What is he doing here?"
Xiao Fu hesitated between driving Lin Zikui away and letting him see him, and then decided not to stop Lord Xiao from entering. He wanted to hear what Lin Zikui had to say.
He was not far away and happened to see Xiao Huang come in, apologize, and when he opened the box, he saw a lot of silver.
Yuan Qing had said before: "This Lord Xiao's family is pretty good. The seventh-rank official at the time also spent several hundred taels of silver in donations to get it."
Xiao Fu saw it and said, "Giving money to Lin Zikui can help him out of his urgent need, but it's a pity that Zikui's personality..."
However, as he expected, Lin Zikui resolutely refused and even felt guilty, thinking that he was also wrong. Before officially meeting the girl from the Xiao family, he fell in love with another person.
Xiao Fu used to dislike him for being old-fashioned, inflexible and conservative, but now he realizes that this is a quality that many people cannot achieve.
Although, it is a bit stupid, I don't want it even if I have money.
Beside Lin Zikui, Mo Liu was already stunned by what he had heard.
What kind of plot is this? Isn't the second girl going to marry his son? Why did Lord Xiao come to his house specially to apologize and say sorry to the son?
"Young Master..."
Lin Zikui was afraid that he would say too much, so he shook his head at him: "No matter what questions you have, don't say a word."
Seeing that he refused to accept the apology, Master Xiao sighed for a long time and said, "My dear nephew, I am sorry for you. If you are in trouble in the future, I will definitely help you as long as I can!"
Then Lord Xiao asked his servant to drop the box containing the silver in front of his door, and then left with his servant.
Lin Zikui couldn't see it and thought it was taken away. Mo Liu saw it but didn't say anything. He asked anxiously, "Master, what's going on?"
Xiao Fu lay at the side window of the yard, with his ear pressed against the window paper, eavesdropping.
"This matter...I accidentally recognized the wrong person. I like Miss Zhao Ling, but she is not Miss Xiao," he took the responsibility and explained in a few words, "Of course she is not, he is willing to marry me, and I am willing to marry him, we love each other, in the end, I am still sorry to Master Xiao, so I cannot accept his gift of apology."
"But..." Mo Liu's eyes drifted, "Master Xiao has left, but he left the silver behind."
Lin Zikui was stunned and said hurriedly: "Go after him and return the silver!"
"But..." Mo Liu opened the lid and was instantly dazzled by the shiny silver. He had never seen so much and such charming silver in his life.
Mo Liu pretended to run after him to confirm whether Lord Xiao had really left and would not come back to ask for money. When he ran to the hall in front, he happened to meet Lord Xiao and his family. He saw Lord Xiao and Madam Xiao with a woman.
I also heard Master Xiao say, "Nephew Lin is a true gentleman. It's a pity, Qiaoqiao, that you have chosen Wen Shengli."
Madam Xiao: "My daughter is about to become a mother, why are you saying these things! Nephew Lin is good. If he didn't have those physical problems, I would also introduce a good match for him."
Mo Liu went to take another look and saw Miss Xiao, with her hands protecting her belly.
"She is pregnant?!" Mo Liu was shocked. He hurried back to Xixin Hall and told the master everything: "There were too many people. They left too fast and I couldn't find them. Master, I think Miss Xiao is pregnant with someone else's child. This is really unfair to you. Let's accept the money from Master Xiao. Otherwise, otherwise... when the time comes, you will have no money to hold a wedding when you marry Miss Zhaoling. The betrothal gift will not be enough."
Lin Zikui has his own principles.
But when he heard Xiao Zhaoling's name, he buried his head in thought in silence. I want to get married, but I am short of money.
After a long while, he finally sighed and compromised.
"Master Xiao, just consider these silver coins as loans from me. Regardless of whether the Xiao family wronged me first, I am also wrong. I will return the money to him in the future."
He felt very uncomfortable after receiving the money, so he continued to recite his scriptures. Only if he passed the imperial examination would he have the dignity to marry Zhao Ling in a grand ceremony.
After eavesdropping, Xiao Fu jumped over the wall and went back to tell Yuan Qing, who was very happy, "With his stubborn and upright character, he actually accepted money just to marry me. Lin Lang loves me very much, don't you think so?"
Yuan Qing wiped his sweat and said, "Yes... But Lord, are you serious about marrying Master Lin?"
"Yeah," he said nonchalantly, but his usual amusement was absent from his face.
Yuan Qing saw that the Marquis was serious for so long, so he should know that he was serious, but he still had doubts: "Then how will this matter end? Master Lin is not a homosexual, I am afraid he will hate you. You can't use your status to pressure him and trap him into your house."
"Of course not. He is not my caged bird."
Xiao Fu was distressed, looked up and asked him: "You always have a lot of ideas, what ideas do you have for this matter?"
"...I think it would be better if the Marquis confessed to Master Lin."
Xiao Fu shook his head: "If I tell him the truth, he will be heartbroken and won't want me anymore."
Yuan Qing secretly glanced at Lord Xiao.
How could Lord Xiao, a man who dared to manipulate the government and murder the emperor, be afraid of this?
Xiao Fu had no idea. Meanwhile, Yuan Wu had captured a man, a thin scholar. Yuan Wu was not too rude, he just tied the man's hands. At this moment, the scholar was shaking in confusion: "Who are you and why are you arresting me!"
Yuan Wu ignored him and walked into the door with a bold move, saying, "Master, I heard that the author of that pornographic book had all his other works burned in a fire, so I went to capture the author for you. Do you think you can let him write for you now?"
Xiao Fu said "Oh?" and stood up with his eyes bright. "You brought the great writer here? Please invite him in. I want to listen to his book! You two can listen too, write down and copy, and record it in a book to circulate around the world."
Yuanqing knew what book it was and his face twisted.
When the great writer heard that it was actually a book fan, he knelt on the ground with tears streaming down his face, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I thought you were kidnapping me to do something bad. Whatever you want to hear, I'll write it down. I'll write it all! Someone, give me paper and pen!"
"It's about a scholar and... a great general. The story goes like this," Xiao Fu wanted someone to give him some advice, and simply summarized the beginning, development, turning point, and ending. "That's it, it's almost done. Please continue it for me, great writer. Can you finish it today?"
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