"Brother Taozi!!"
Liu Taozi just opened her eyes and saw Lu Qubing standing in front of her. He seemed to have been waiting for a long time.
"You are going to have a meal! If you don't leave, it will be too late!"
Taozi got up, put on her clothes, and followed Lu Qubing out.
Lu Qubing once again talked about what he had not finished last night.
A huge wooden barrel was placed in the middle of the courtyard. The barrel had not been washed for an unknown period of time, so the smell inside it must have been unpleasant.
The old gatekeeper was standing by the barrel, scooping out food for everyone.
Everyone lined up, and yesterday those people were standing at the front, arrogant.
The rest of the people tried to stay away from them and stood behind them.
These people were very thin, with dull eyes. They stood quietly, as if in a daze.
As soon as Liu Taozi came out, those people saw the newcomer.
Liu Taozi stood behind those people indifferently, and Lu Qubing stood beside him, chattering incessantly.
The leader yesterday glanced at him and said with a smile: "I thought this guy was very capable, but it turns out he is just a coward!"
"In order to avoid us, I would even rather live with Lu Chachai!"
The dog-leg on the side was very disdainful: "How can there be any warrior among the first-price guys? Sooner or later, he will be alone!"
Finally it was Liu Taozi's turn. He took the bowls and chopsticks from the side. There was rice soup in the wooden barrel. Liu Taozi could even see the miscellaneous leaves floating on it.
Liu Taozi asked for a bowl of soup expressionlessly, but Lu Qubing didn't take it.
He seems to have a separate meal.
Many people eat here, squatting on the ground and eating without any regard for etiquette.
After you finish eating, return the bowls and chopsticks, and then return to the inner room.
"Do we need to go to class?"
When Taozi asked, Lu Qubing remembered the books he had brought yesterday, and he handed these books to Liu Taozi.
"Look, "Lin Zhi Xing Ge" is the book we need to learn, but when Emperor Xiaojing of the Later Wei Dynasty was in Tianping years"
"Learn by yourself?"
Liu Taozi interrupted him.
"Yes, you learn by yourself. We don't have lecturers here. Of course, if you don't understand something, you can ask me."
Liu Taozi said nothing for a long time.
Paying money to study means giving a book and then being locked up in a courtyard to study on your own for forty days?
"Then if I can finish reading it within a few days, I can take the exam with the previous batch of people?"
"How is this possible? Even if you have to read these things, it won't take just a few days. What's more, it's not easy to pass the exam."
"What if I could do it?"
"That's not possible. There are regulations. At least you must have full-term treatment before you can participate."
Liu Taozi stopped asking, picked up the book, sat on the bed and started reading.
He looked at it very seriously, while Lu Qubing beside him was still bragging about the advancement of this law.
He seems to know a lot of things.
He can comment on all the people who participated in the writing of the book.
Liu Taozi read and saw the next meal spot, and Lu Qubing also mentioned the next meal spot.
In the county school, they eat two meals a day.
What they ate was probably leftover rice. Tao Zi even saw chewed meat in the barrel, with clear bite marks on it.
But this did not dampen the appetite of these people at all. Those Qihu even rushed to get these pieces of meat.
They argued over the bitten meat and almost got into a fight.
Seeing the way these people were eating, even the old officials looked disdainful.
"No wonder you can only study in the law school. Look at what you look like. The nobles in other schools are so dignified that they don't even show their teeth when eating meat!"
Lu Qubing sat next to Tao Zi, looked at the peach gobbling up, and explained: "The county school is actually very big, but there are requirements for surnames. Some knowledge can only be learned by people with big surnames. Only in the law office can anyone learn it." You can come, but students from law offices will not be recommended."
"What kind of studies did Lu Lingshi study?"
"Me? Of course I teach Confucian classics!"
When Lu Qubing talked about this, his face was full of pride, "Brother Taozi doesn't know that my family is from a wealthy family in Yangping. My ancestors were once sage men and later served as generals and ministers in the Han Dynasty. Confucian classics have been passed down to our family for nearly a thousand years. .”
"I'm not talented. I was recommended three years ago. I studied in Yecheng and then worked hard in the county. However, I offended some people, so I can only waste my time here."
In the small house, a person was talking excitedly and chattering.
The other person was sitting on the bed indifferently, holding a yellowed book and saying nothing.
There was no wax in the house, so it was impossible to continue reading after dark.
The courtyard is quiet, and occasionally you can hear the sound of birds flapping their wings.
Suddenly a sharp scream came from outside.
Liu Taozi stood up suddenly.
He looked outside the courtyard, and heard the sounds of chaotic footsteps and crying coming from outside the door.
Lu Qubing had also gotten up. He was huddled in the darkness and could not see his face clearly.
"Brother Taozi, don't worry, it's not our school's business."
"Are there any women in the county school?"
"Perhaps they are some student's family members."
Lu Qubing lowered his voice and said helplessly: "Don't pay attention to it, just pretend you didn't hear anything."
"There is a forest outside our school, and students often come to play and have fun. When I first came here, I suffered a lot when I went out."
Before he could finish speaking, Liu Taozi lay down again.
Listening to the snoring coming from the side, Lu Qubing pulled the quilt all the way to his ears, curled up and closed his eyes tightly.
The next day, while Taozi was cooking, she saw several people cleaning the floor outside the door.
There are some bright red spots on the ground.
But no one mentioned this.
Tao Zi accelerated her study progress, almost to the point where she could never leave the book without leaving her hand. Lu Qubing never thought that this rough guy could be so eager to learn.
"It is useless to memorize the law alone."
Lu Qubing looked at Taozi who was studying hard and couldn't help but said: "When a junior official takes the exam, he doesn't write down the law dictatingly. There are rules."
Taozi looked up at him, "What are the rules?"
"It can't be said. It's a secret."
Taozi lowered his head and continued reading.
Lu Qubing persisted secretly for a moment, and finally said helplessly: "Forget it, I'll just tell you, you don't want to spread it outside!"
"It's like this. There will be eight questions, three about catching thieves, three about document reporting, one about etiquette, and one about martial arts."
"Actually, it's very simple. Anyone who can read can basically go there. However, in recent years, there have been many corvee labors in temples and large-scale construction projects. Many people are willing to work as officials. The county government provides salary and there is no need to go out to do corvee work, so more and more people are participating.
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"There are many traitors in the imperial court today, and they have tempted Your Majesty to do many bad things."
"The years after your majesty first ascended the throne were the pinnacle of my martial arts and martial arts in Daqi. However, the current prince is a kind-hearted and wise saint."
Lu Qubing misses the past very much, but he is also looking forward to the future.
Within a few days, Liu Taozi became familiar with this law school.
This is a pigsty.
Anyone can come in as long as they pay 300 yuan and provide proof of identity. There are no lecturers here, and even a complete report cannot be put together in ten dilapidated huts next to each other.
There is no garden here. The courtyard is overgrown with weeds. It is an open-air garden shared by everyone. It has not been cleaned up for an unknown period of time. There is a disgusting stench permeating the yard from morning to night.
Every day, people would come to feed us with leftovers, and everyone would squat on the ground, sticking out their buttocks.
Lu Qubing has basically nothing to do, unless there is a new piglet, and he will arrange accommodation.
No one cared about the situation in the pig pen. Qi Hu gathered together to squeeze the new piglets, squeezing them out of the last bit of things they brought from home in the name of etiquette.
The door to the courtyard was open, but no one dared to take a step.
Occasionally, people come here to seek relief from illness. Those people are exquisite, bright, beautiful and fair. When they come here, they always cover their noses gracefully and complain loudly.
I despise the fact that these piglets have no dignity, do not know how to groom themselves, and do not know how to be clean. They actually throw away their precious dignity to compete for leftovers.
The sun is dazzling.
Liu Taoziji was sitting in the courtyard.
The stench gathering from all around made it almost impossible to breathe.
Everyone squatted on the ground and feasted, not caring about it at all.
The front door is wide open.
Directly opposite is a forest garden, where men and women chase each other with laughter. If they catch up, they will take off their lower clothes and start having sex.
They don't mind being seen by those on the opposite side.
When people are having fun, how can they care about domestic pigs watching?
Everyone didn't dare to look up and looked embarrassed. They could only lower their heads and focus on the bowls in their hands.
Liu Taozi stood up.
Everyone paused and looked at him.
Liu Taozi walked quickly towards the door.
Lu Qubing noticed this and shouted.
But before he could catch up, Liu Taozi walked out of the pigsty gate.
At this moment, the men and women in the forest garden across the way screamed, and they saw someone lifting up their pants and clothes and fleeing from here screaming.
Domestic pigs are not scary.
Wild boars eat humans.
ps: The collection exceeded 20,000, and I was in a good mood, so I posted one more chapter. I can’t update it every day before it is put on the shelves, but I can celebrate my achievements occasionally and add updates from time to time!
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Chapter completed!