It was nearly two o'clock when he got home. Li Ling, who had drunk a few more glasses, planned to take a shower and go to bed, but when he turned his head, he saw the little girl looking embarrassed and wanted to stop talking. This made him a little curious and asked, "Yue'er, what's wrong with you? Are you unhappy to go to drink today?"

Yue'er was stunned for a moment, touched her clothes with her little hands, and then hesitated: "I'm of course happy to be able to go to Brother Gu's house to have a drink, but...but..." But it was a little difficult to say when it came to her mouth.

Li Ling smiled: "What, is it hard to say in front of me?"

"Well... brother, are you really planning to take the imperial examination again? Please don't go?"

"Why? Are you worried that I won't pass the exam?" Li Ling was a little surprised. Gu Yuezi and others kept convinced themselves to take the imperial examination road, but his sister wanted to persuade him to give up this idea. This is too strange, right? Isn't it said that the imperial examination in Dayue is the shortcut to success now?

After saying that, Yue'er let go and looked at her brother and said, "Brother, I'm afraid I'll go back to the same thing before... Dad became like that because he failed the scholar exam. You had that before. Later, he finally blessed his ancestors to make me different, but now he has to take the scholar exam again. I'm so scared..."

Facing his sister's worried and pitiful look, Li Ling sighed unconsciously. Only then did he know how much harm the experience of the past had caused to the little girl, making her afraid that the past would come back. At this moment, Li Ling reached out and touched her hair: "Yue'er, don't worry, my brother is different from before. You also remember that I have been blessed by the ancestors of being a god, and I will succeed in everything I do, right? Of course, it includes the imperial examination."

Seeing that my sister was still hesitant, he said again: "Would it be good if this is good? I promise you to take the exam only once, the last time. If I fail the scholar this time, I will never take the exam again in the future. I will only write novels at home and do business, how about it?"

"Do you promise?" the little girl asked, blinking her big eyes and looking at him.

"I promise!" Li Ling smiled and stretched out a little finger, "Let's hook, so that we won't deny it again."

"Well, pull the hook!" Li Yue'er also poked out her little finger, and the two of them hooked and muttered: "Put the hook and hanging it for a hundred years, don't change!" Only then did she make the vow, and she finally showed a relaxed smile on her face.

Seeing this, Li Ling relaxed and laughed. Yes, on the way home, he had decided to try the imperial examination. This was not only because Gu Yuezi and Xu Cang said it was reasonable, but also because he himself felt that only by passing the exam - fame and fortune can ensure his own safety.

Although Li Ling did not tell others about the fact that the dealer seemed to have great malicious intentions towards him, he kept careful in his heart. He was 80% sure that the thief who touched his house that day and injured himself and Yue'er was the confidant of Zhuang Qiang who could go straight upstairs that day. Such a person could not be a thief for just a hundred taels of silver. The only explanation was that he was instructed by Zhuang Qiang to hurt people and seize silver.

Then why did Zhuang Qiang do this? What big grudge does his family have with Zhuang Qiang that can make him do such a despicable thing just to prevent himself from paying his debts?

Li Ling can't think of the answers to these questions now, and he can't give himself justice through the government, because Dianshi, who holds the power of prison, is Zhuang Hong, the brother of Zhuang Qiang, and he is just a lower-class citizen. Thinking of this, he and his sister have always been in danger, but they don't even have the ability to protect themselves.

The only thing that can give you a certain level of self-protection is to change your identity and gain fame that can make people afraid to be afraid of. Even if you are just a scholar, it is enough to prevent the banker brothers from doing things indiscriminately. Therefore, the road to imperial examinations is imperative!

...

The next morning, Li Ling took out a large stack of books to read. These were books about the imperial examinations left by himself and his father before. In addition to the necessary Four Books and Five Classics, there are many recognized explanations of classics by Confucian scholars. However, due to the changes in history, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, which should have been widely circulated and was designated as a prominent scholar, disappeared. Instead, it was replaced by the Wangxue proposed by the great Confucian scholar Wang Yan fifty years ago. It contains some knowledge of Neo-Confucianism and practical application, which seems quite reasonable.

In addition, there are many works by Confucian scholars, which are all expounding and studying the scriptures. Anyway, there are more than ten books added together, which is enough for people to read for more than half a month.

Li Ling planned to start with reading scriptures such as the Analects of Confucius. After all, these are the fundamentals. If you don’t even read these books thoroughly, the rest will be castles in the air.

He thought that this step would waste a lot of time and countless brain cells died. But when he picked up the book and recited it in a low voice, Li Ling was surprised to find that he could just glance over and the contents of the book came out of his mind like a film. The sound of reading in his mind was faster than his eyes, as if they had been poured into his mind, but they had not been stimulated before.

Li Ling was stunned for a moment and then understood. It was obvious that this was a solid foundation laid by the original owner for many years of hard study, and it had long become the instinct of the body and mind. In fact, it was true. The cheap father Li Tong had many years of imperial examinations, so he naturally brought his son out. In this way, the original owner started studying at a very young age.

After spending more than ten years of energy, even if Li Ling was stupid, he could memorize these scriptures thoroughly. Even Li Ling could have an extremely clear concept when reading the annotations of the scriptures. There was no difficulty at all, and he could understand the somewhat confusing discussions above, which means that the original owner's basic skills were quite solid.

"Then why are you even a scholar? No, even a child student? Is it so difficult to take the exam? "Li Ling didn't feel very surprised after understanding the original owner's ability.

But after thinking about it carefully, I slowly understood: "I'm still not as good as the mentality. Maybe you're usually solid enough, but you really do your performance on the spot, especially after entering the exam room, you forget everything you remember because of your nervousness and fear! So in the end, you didn't even pass the county exam!"

This can actually be inferred from the original owner's cowardly and timid personality. It is difficult for people with such personality to achieve great things. It is difficult to truly accomplish something. Even the imperial examination he is most familiar with is difficult for him to reach the top!

"Hu..." After thinking about all this, Li Ling relaxed, "Since I became you, let me fulfill your unfulfilled wish, and at least give you the scholar's fame and honor!" You should know that Li Ling was a top student in junior high school. He was not really so good at studying, but he performed well every time on the spot. He could perform extraordinaryly in every major event. Many teachers who are familiar with him said that he was a general.

With a certain mind, Li Ling completely devoted himself to the world of the imperial examinations for the next period of time. He not only used the original owner's memory to continuously consolidate the relevant content he had already remembered, but also used his greatest advantage as a time traveler, which was a systematic learning method far beyond this era. In this way, he really found a bit of the feeling of being a top student.

The so-called academic master means that he can not only master all the key knowledge through hard study, but also learn from it and understand it more deeply. What is more hateful is that he can even take time to do some other things. In the later generations, he plays basketball and games... But in today's Li Ling, he can still take one or two hours to continue writing books every day. Although the update speed is not as good as before, in mid-October, the fifth volume of the Congregation of Gods was written by him. Following this progress, Li Ling felt that he could finish the novel this year, just seven volumes...

Of course, no matter how big the academic master is, there are things that he doesn't understand. Li Ling now knows Xu Cang, a scholar friend, so he naturally thinks of him. So after collecting some questions, he went to the Xu family to answer his questions, but found out that he had gone to the Fucheng to take the college entrance examination.

It was not until late October that Xu Cang returned to Jiangcheng. When Li Ling came to the door, he found that the atmosphere in the entire Xu family was very wrong. Everyone looked nervous and sad. Xu Cang disappeared and locked himself in the room.

"This is...Auntie, what's wrong?" Li Ling asked with confusion.

Xu's mother was stunned for a moment before whispering: "Cang'er, he failed to pass the scholar again..." As she said that, her eyes turned red and shed tears. Xu Cang's brothers and sisters beside her were also sad, but she couldn't say anything.

Li Ling knew about the situation of the Xu family. His father had passed away for many years. Xu's mother relied on needlework and washing clothes for people to pull up her three children. She was naturally poor. It can be said that the whole family put the hope of change on Xu Cang's passing exam - even if it was just a scholar.

But now, he failed many tests, and both Xu Cang himself and his family were inevitably sad. Seeing this, Li Ling sighed. In fact, he had mentioned some money to support the Xu family before, but Xu Cang refused, saying that he would not receive any reward without merit. Even if he was poor, he still had his own dignity and bottom line!
Chapter completed!