study

Candlelight flickered in the study, and silence flowed.

The old lady was sitting on the imperial chair behind the desk, her cloudy eyes slightly narrowed. She didn't know whether she was thinking about something or feeling tired.

The maid brought two cups of tea and closed the door as she left.

The window paper reflected the shadow of the maid walking around. After the shadow and footsteps disappeared, the old lady opened her eyes a crack and spoke slowly: "I wonder what happened to the young master's late night visit."

"I'm here for an appointment."

"Going to an appointment?"

Li Xianyuan said: "When I was in the examination room during the day, there was a dead soul following me. I think it was the second young lady of the Li family. I told her at that time that I would come to visit her, but now she is here to keep the appointment."

"The vision summoned by Young Master Tong during the exam has spread throughout Wuhou City. I invited Young Master Wan'er to marry me a few days ago, but I was unwilling to do so. What's more, now I have the talent to leap over the dragon's gate. My Wan'er is ignorant and has troubled you. I'm sorry for you.

I apologize to you for this."

"It doesn't matter."

The old lady's tone was a little softer: "It's just... Mr. Li, do you really not think about it anymore? Wan'er follows you, which shows how much she likes you, Mr. Li. There are no men in my Li family. Sooner or later, in the future, this big industry will

It will be yours, Master."

"Marriage matters need to be reported to your parents. I have no father or mother, and I am alone. Then I naturally make the decision on this marriage. This love between a man and a woman comes from the heart and cannot be forced. If I really marry Li for the sake of the Li family's property,

Second Miss...not to mention what the old lady thinks, everyone in the Li family will laugh at me in the future."

Li Xianyuan looked serious. Farewell to Ji Canghai, he seemed to have returned to the indifferent young man.

"Please tell Miss Li Er that people and ghosts follow different paths."

There is already a man disguised as a woman, Ji Canghai, haunting the family. If there are more ghosts, the life will be difficult.

"I can't see Wan'er... I can only know of her existence through other means."

As if responding to the old lady's words, the pen hanging on the table suddenly fell over for no reason, and the precious brushes were scattered all over the table.

"Look, this girl is being naughty." The old lady chuckled, and then sighed softly: "It's okay... you can't force it. But if the young master changes his mind, my Li family will welcome you at any time."

He said goodbye to the old lady and left the Li family. Li Xianyuan looked back at the deserted and desolate street, and a few breezes brought up the small whirlpool and rolled the paper.

A bit of chill permeated the surroundings. Thinking of Ji Canghai, Li Xianyuan's heart melted quietly like ice, and he quickened his pace and walked towards the inn.

I opened the curtain and entered the inn. The inn was not closed yet, but there were no customers. The waiter was dozing on the counter. When he heard the visitor saying hello, he lay down and went to sleep again.

Back upstairs, I opened the door and entered the room. I saw Ji Canghai sitting in front of a round table, with his hand on his cheek and his two thin legs hanging straight under the table, looking bored.

When he heard the person coming, he turned his head, and a curtain of black silk covered his forehead. When he saw it was Li Xianyuan, Ji Canghai's eyes lit up, he brushed off the black silk from his forehead and rushed towards Li Xianyuan's arms.

Li Xianyuan raised a finger and pointed it right at the center of Ji Canghai's eyebrows, making him unable to move an inch.

"What are you doing?" Ji Canghai pouted and looked at Li Xianyuan pitifully.

"I should ask you this." Li Xianyuan nodded at Ji Canghai's eyebrows and walked around him, coming to the table.

The table is covered with scattered invitations.

"What is this?" Li Xianyuan retracted his hand and picked up an invitation.

The edges of the invitation were gilded and extremely luxurious. Li Xianyuan could not afford this one with all his wealth, but now it only exists as an invitation.

On the red paper, there are several big characters with flying dragon and phoenix: Presenting Li Xianyuan's desk opening

Looking at it further, it was the Xue family from the east of the city who invited Li Xianyuan to be a guest. When I opened the other invitations, they all invited Li Xianyuan to be a guest and attend a banquet.

"Shall we go?" Ji Canghai stuck his head out from behind and rested his chin on Li Xianyuan's shoulder.

"Let's talk about it later." Li Xianyuan's shoulders were shaken, and Ji Canghai stepped away with a cry of pain. He covered his mouth and looked at Li Xianyuan with tears in his eyes. He stamped his feet and said vaguely: "I'm so old!"

"Oh? Shall I give you a blow?" Li Xianyuan opened the invitations one by one. Even though he knew the contents were the same, he still took out the letter paper and read them one by one.

"Hoar, ho, ho." Ji Canghai immediately beamed and squeezed his little head in front of Li Xianyuan.

Ji Canghai's eyes were tightly closed, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and her two pale pink lips were slightly opened.

Li Xianyuan was confused and forcibly looked away.

Ji Canghai waited for a long time and saw no movement. She opened her eyes strangely and saw Li Xianyuan taking out all the papers of the invitation and throwing the gold-gilded cover into the basin.

"Is that so?"

Li Xianyuan waited for the paper to melt, took out the gold foil and rolled it into a small ball. He said without looking back: "Starting capital. If you want to print books, you always need money."

"Li's spicy Journey to the West?"

"Hmm." Li Xianyuan weighed the gold particles in his hand, which were about the size of a fingernail. They weighed a little. Li Xianyuan had already returned the 100 taels of silver notes he had borrowed to Ji Canghai. Once he escaped from the brothel, the debt was naturally unsettled, so there was no expense.

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next day

Li Xianyuan, who was sleeping on the table, woke up early and saw that Ji Canghai was still sleeping soundly, so he didn't call him. He smoothed the wrinkles on his gown, picked up a willow branch and cleaned his teeth. After thinning, he untied his long hair and became a Taoist priest again.

temples.

The youthful temperament in the bronze mirror emerges from the dust, and the indifferent temperament between the eyebrows is like a banished immortal descending to earth.

Li Xianyuan frowned slightly, unnoticeably, and twitched his cheeks, trying to make himself look more approachable.

After closing the door, he went downstairs alone. The waiter led Li Xianyuan to an unoccupied table with great enthusiasm, and served snacks and tea quickly.

Just when Li Xianyuan was wondering, the innkeeper came up to him with a smile and said, "Master, are you here to take the exam?"

"Exactly."

"That's right, these are provided by the shop for free. I hope you can get a good ranking, so that you can brag about it when you meet customers in the future."

"Easy to say." Li Xianyuan also handed over.

After eating the free breakfast provided by the innkeeper, Li Xianyuan left the inn and took to the street. Before he had gone far, Ji Canghai stuck to him like brown candy and insisted on following him.

When Li Xianyuan and Ji Canghai arrived at the examination room, they found that the list area was already crowded. Countless candidates, relatives and friends were eagerly waiting for the moment when the list was revealed.

Li Xianyuan and his wife were so conspicuous that they were recognized as soon as they arrived, and there was a steady stream of calls for friendship.

The sun gradually rose, and the crowd suddenly became a little commotion. From the people around, we learned that Xu Zhitian, the scheduled head of the case, had arrived. Judging from the vision alone, Xu Zhitian was sitting firmly at the head of the Tongsheng Examination.

The government did not keep the crowd waiting for too long. After a while, the door of the examination room was slowly opened. The county magistrate and the chief registrar surrounded the examiner and stepped over the threshold. He stood on the steps and looked down at everyone. Several officers and soldiers rolled out the list covered with red cloth.

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Li Xianyuan and Li Xianyuan were too far away to hear or see clearly. But soon, he learned from the commotion of the crowd——

The first case of this exam is Li Xianyuan!

Crash--

The crowd dispersed widely, leaving a large open space around Li Xianyuan.

Li Xianyuan was not surprised by the result. If Li Bai's poem could not win the case, the only possibility was that the other party committed fraud.

However, just a few breaths later, the crowd became turbulent, and several government officials pushed aside the crowd and walked up to Li Xianyuan. The leader, the official, said in a deep voice: "You are Li Xianyuan."

Li Xianyuan said: "It's me."

"Did you get into a fight with someone in Shangfangyuan last night?"

"What's wrong."
Chapter completed!