Chapter 44 The Princess’s Beauty Agent (1) (1/2)

Chapter 44 The Princess’s Beauty Agent (1) (1/2)

Lin Shiheng stood up and walked around the room.

This is a very narrow room, with some light only visible from the window, and there is moisture in the air.

It's very shabby, but in the memory of the original owner, this is already the best house in the family.

Since he was the only one in the family who studied, I gave it to him.

He received the memory and was a little surprised.

This time, it was rare that my body didn't do anything sorry for others.

To be precise, I never had any intention of harming anyone.

The original owner is a son of a farmer. Even though the house is so dilapidated, his family is considered relatively well-off in the village, otherwise he would not be able to afford his education.

This is a big family, and both grandparents are still alive, so the family is not divided. The original owner's father is the youngest son in the family, with two older brothers. They got married one after another, but I don't know why the two wives gave birth to children. She was a daughter. When the family had three granddaughters, the original owner's father got married and got the original owner's son.

Because he was the only grandson in the family, the original owner was very favored. This favor decreased slightly after the eldest aunt in the family gave birth to a son when he was five years old. After all, elders love younger children.

In this dynasty, the eldest son or the legitimate son usually inherited the family business, and the remaining children could receive very little of the property. Therefore, the second son could only work hard to take advantage before the family was divided. Originally, the original owner's parents thought that they were the only sons in the family. Such a man would definitely get a lot of money when the family was divided in the future, but he didn't expect that his sister-in-law would actually give birth to a son. The son of the eldest son would be more valuable than their son in every aspect.

What's more, in the past five years, because I am the only male parent in the family, the two of them have long been accustomed to talking about everything at home. The two brothers and sister-in-law have been tolerant to them, but now they feel that their treatment is not as good as usual. How can I not be in a hurry.

They didn't have any intention of harming the children of their eldest brother and sister-in-law. They just used the money they secretly saved to find a fortune teller. They pretended to meet by chance and gave the original owner's grandfather a divination, saying that the original owner had purple energy on his head and would become a high official in the future. Life.

For the original owner, the grandpa, who had been working as a mud-leg all his life and had to nod and fawn over the soldiers guarding the city, this was like a big gold nugget falling from the sky.

He believed in the fortune teller's words, otherwise why wouldn't he accept the money?

It is precisely because of this that the original owner's treatment has returned to the same as what his parents wished, or even better than before.

He has been taught to study hard since he was a child and take the scientific examination to become a high official in the future. At first, his grandparents said so, and then his parents said so too. In the end, even though the original owner was not even a boy at that time, people in the village met him. I also want to give a few compliments. He will be a high official in the future. When he gets rich, don't forget the fellow villagers.

But the ancient scientific examination was much more difficult than the modern college entrance examination. After all, at that time, both nobles and peasants would do their best for the scientific examination. Especially the country called Wei was in its prosperous age with a large population. Scientific research is more equivalent to thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge.

The original owner was not smart. Under the pressure from his elders, he could only force himself to learn and memorize. It was fine before. Although the process was difficult, the original owner passed the college examination and successfully became a scholar. , just when he breathed a sigh of relief, the rainbow fart that the people around him believed in made him fall into huge pressure again.

Everyone thought that the scientific examination would be easy for him. Even his parents, who originally paid for the fortune teller, felt that he could do it under the influence of the people around him. However, only the original owner knew that he could not do it.

But he can't say that he is not good at it, because now the family is spending all their efforts to support his education, allowing him to become a master and go to school in the city. His success outside the home is achieved by the family's frugality in food and clothing.

If he gives up now, how will he face his family?

Under such pressure, the original owner only dared to sleep for two and a half hours a day. He basically started reading and studying as soon as he woke up. He was not very smart, but he was not stupid either. With this diligence and desperate study, he was very lucky. The good ones passed the provincial examination and became a civil servant.

According to the next process, it is to take the Beijing Examination.

The family was extremely excited, and they were even more convinced that the fortune teller was right, that the original owner was destined to be a high official.

Going to Beijing to take the exam requires money. Although the clan has some money, their clan is poor and there are not many rich people. There is not much that can be scraped together. The original owner's ranking is not high, and no one comes to flatter and give money. Only a few people come. A matchmaker, who helps the original owner with the ladies from wealthy families in the city.

These marriages were firmly rejected by the original owner's grandfather.

His grandson is a high-ranking official, so how can he marry a businesswoman?

If you don’t have money, just scrape together some money.

The original owner watched helplessly as his family discussed selling land so that he could go to Beijing to take the exam, and felt extremely tormented.

He finally couldn't help it and told his elders that he didn't want to take the exam again and just wanted to use his status as a candidate.

As soon as these words came out, they were immediately opposed by the whole family.

The family just thought that the original owner was worried about not being able to raise money, and comforted him by saying that it was okay for the family to suffer a little for a while, and that the family would naturally be able to get better when he became a high official.

The original owner's obstruction was as ineffective as ever. The family sold their land, collected the money and gave it to him so that he could go to Beijing to take the exam.

But he felt that he was lucky enough to be admitted to the examination. The examination gathered all the candidates from all over the world. How could he have the ability to stand out among them?

The original owner was getting more and more worried, and he spent more and more time studying. His health gradually deteriorated. When it was time to go to Beijing for the exam, he dragged his weak body onto the carriage. He wanted to give it a try, but he got a cold as soon as he arrived in Beijing. He kept getting hot and cold, and the money he had originally intended to use to return home was used to hire a doctor. The day before the exam, the original owner just got better, but he was drowsy during this period, and his mind was actually empty.

When he went out on the street that afternoon, he found a man talking to a young man in luxurious clothes in a sneaky way. The young man looked hesitant, and the two of them talked and left together.

There was a bamboo tube on the ground, which was obviously left by the two people. The original owner picked it up and chased after them to return it, but he couldn't find the two people.

He opened the bamboo tube, but found that there were some questions inside.

At that time, there were already various exam questions or prediction questions for the past dynasties on the market. The original owner just thought that the man was also selling these. He opened it and took a look, and found that the difficulty of these questions was indeed quite high.

He did the first thing he regretted in his life, and took the questions back to the inn and did them again.

On the day of the examination, the original owner was surprised to find that the questions he bought were exactly the same as the questions he wrote. He wrote as if he had divine blessing, and when the results were announced, he was the first, member.

The shopkeepers and guests of the restaurant where he stayed came to congratulate him, and those arrogant talents also looked at him with envy and congratulated him.

Only the original owner was panicked.

He knew that his results were stolen.

He was able to conceal the examination, but what about the palace examination?

The imperial examination was a capital crime. It didn't matter if he died, but what about his family.

I heard that the palace examination was written by the adults and submitted to the emperor for selection. Now even if he wanted to buy the test questions, how could he buy them?

The original owner couldn't eat or sleep. When he saw the person who lost the questions again, he gritted his teeth and chased him, and finally successfully bought the questions for the palace examination.

Although there were many, he still gritted his teeth and wrote them all down. When it came to the palace examination, he saw the familiar questions.

The original owner was not a genius, nor was he well-educated, but he had a good appearance. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was as bright as the moon among the many tribute scholars.

The emperor said with a smile that his knowledge matched his appearance very well. He was selected as the third place winner in the court. After asking if he wanted to get married, he granted him the marriage of the eldest princess.

The original owner became a son-in-law in this way.

Unlike the conventional routine, he had always been obsessed with reading and had never had contact with any woman. His family was also determined that he would become an official, so even when he was old, they never engaged him. For the original owner, becoming a son-in-law did not have any emotional legacy issues.

Moreover, even if he became a son-in-law in this dynasty, he could still be an official, and he would not be bullied because his status became that of a royal relative.

Although the eldest princess's biological mother died early, and her brother was just an unpopular prince who had not yet entered the six ministries, it was also an excellent marriage for the original owner.

He made up his mind to treat the princess well, try not to participate in those gatherings that might expose his true achievements, and bring his parents and relatives to the capital to take care of them.

Originally, everything had been planned, but on the eve of the wedding, he received a letter saying that someone knew about his imperial examination. If he wanted to avoid being exposed, he should tell him all the movements of the princess after becoming a son-in-law.

The princes in the court gradually grew up. The original owner had noticed the fights between the princes for the position of the crown prince, but he did not expect that the fight for the throne would involve the princess.

And as a son-in-law and the princess's bedside man, did he really have to sell out his wife for himself?

He was too worried and didn't know how to make a choice. He fell into a deep sleep on the wedding night and fell seriously ill.

What made him grateful and guilty was that the princess did not dislike him. Instead, she kept inviting imperial doctors to treat him and brought his family to take care of his family while he was bedridden.

The original owner had been ill for a year. He could not betray the princess and never wrote to her. Every time he wanted to end it all by committing suicide, he could not bear to do it when he saw his wife who was eagerly looking forward to his recovery and his parents and relatives who were crying.

It dragged on like this until the princess's brother, the fifth prince, emerged. In order to suppress him, the other princes joined forces to dig up the imperial examination records of that year. The original owner was convicted and his reputation was ruined. The emperor was furious and ordered the exile of the original owner, and his family was also demoted to official slaves.

The princess and the fifth prince were also implicated because they pleaded for him. In the end, the princess knelt in the palace for a day and a night, and finally let the emperor let go and did not pursue the original owner's family.

The original owner did not have to wait until he was exiled. When this happened, he was shocked, afraid, and ashamed. His already dragging sick body was completely broken. He vomited blood on the spot and was dying, but he always held on until the princess came back.

When the princess returned, her hair was messy and her face was tear-stained. She sat by the bed and fed her husband medicine as usual.

The original owner knew that she had always admired the talented Tanhua Lang. Although he fell down on the wedding day, she also understood some of the princess's preferences.

She loved a man with talent and responsibility, not a man who got the position of Tanhua Lang by relying on zu0'b-i.

Perhaps she realized his true talent soon after their marriage, so she was a good wife but never fell in love with him.

After meeting the eldest princess, the original owner only had time to say sorry before leaving the world.

But he died, but his soul was still there.

He saw the fifth prince being ridiculed and suppressed because of his zu0'b-i, and saw the eldest princess being ridiculed by other princesses when attending a party. During a royal hunting, the fifth prince was ambushed and died on the spot with a sword piercing his chest.

The eldest princess lost her support and cried bitterly. When she was ridiculed by other princesses and looked down upon by the princes, she still relied on herself to find the real murderer who killed the fifth prince, killed him with her own hands, and was finally imprisoned in a Buddhist temple where royal women were imprisoned. She suffered all her life and died of depression before she was 30 years old.

The original owner should not have posted the task.

The task space also has its own selection conditions. Generally, it will only choose objects that have harmed others or have done something wrong, commonly known as scumbags. After all, posting a task requires paying the soul so that Lin Shiheng can occupy the body.

But his will was too strong, and he did cause the candidate who should have passed the exam to fail, and because of his harm, the princess and the fifth prince were implicated. The task space still took over this body after asking three times as usual.

After checking the memory, perhaps because Lin Shiheng paused for too long, the system rarely jumped out and the host could choose to skip this world.

I almost forgot that I still have a system.

Lin Shiheng didn't feel uncomfortable taking over this body that basically did nothing bad. What is the task?

The task of this world is to let the Lin family enjoy their old age, protect the princess, and let this body live as long as possible, and become the person the task issuer wants to be the most.

What does it mean specifically?

Please pretend to be a talented person.

What is disguise?

Lin Shiheng shook his neck, walked to the table and picked up the brush. After dipping it in ink, it naturally fell on the rough paper on the table. The ink spread on the paper. After a moment, he put away the brush, and a flower appeared on the paper. With just a few strokes, it was drawn as if it was really in full bloom.

I was originally.

Today is the day when the Lin family's Juren goes to Beijing to take the imperial examination. It is no exaggeration to say that half of the people in the village came to see him off. After all, their village clearly records that the last scholar with a good reputation was eighty years ago in the previous dynasty.

This is the only Juren master in their village. In addition, the Lin family spared no effort to publicize the fact that the fortune teller who passed by once said that Lin Shiheng had purple air on his head and was destined to become a high official in the future. The villagers looked at Lin Shiheng with more expectation.

Now, if one person succeeds, the whole family will rise to heaven. If their village really has an official, others will have to think carefully even if they want to bully them in the future.

The original owner stayed in the house every day and rarely came out. The villagers were in awe of his status as a scholar, so he was not very familiar with the villagers. Now everyone dared not get too close to him when they sent him off. They just stood far behind and watched Lin Shiheng get on the ox cart, with hope for the future in their eyes.

Standing in front were the Lin family. Both Lin's father and mother looked a little worried, especially Lin's mother. Her eyes had already turned red at this moment. She put the package on the ox cart and kept reminding him.

"You are not in good health, but you must take good care of yourself on the road. Don't save what you should eat, and don't worry about the family."

As she spoke, she really couldn't hold back her son's sorrow for going to the capital to take the exam, and she covered her mouth and turned her face away and cried.

"Why are you crying? You are such a naive woman. Our Shi Heng is going to take the exam to become a high-ranking official. How can your crying be a good omen?" Old Lin glared at his daughter-in-law in anger, and walked to the front of the car and looked at his grandson with a softer gaze. "But your mother is right. You are not in good health. If you feel uncomfortable, take care of your body first. No matter how good the exam ranking is, it is not as important as your health. If you feel uncomfortable during the exam, we will not take the exam first..." "Bah, bah, bah, don't curse my grandson!" Grandma Lin hurried over when she heard her husband say that. Her wrinkled face was full of love for her grandson. "Shi Heng, don't be nervous, do well in the exam!" The eyes of the other two uncles, aunts, and several cousins ​​were also full of expectations for Lin Shi Heng to go to Beijing to take the exam. Lin Shi Heng probably knew why the original owner was under so much pressure. The expectations given by his family were enough to make him anxious. The whole village regarded him as hope, so it was no wonder that he studied hard. Facing the faces in front of him, he smiled slightly, and said in a soft and weak voice like the original owner, "I know, I'm on my way now."

"Grandpa and grandma, parents, uncle and second uncle, aunt and second aunt, take care of yourselves. I will write back immediately after the exam."

He sat back down again, and under the hopeful and reluctant gazes of the Lin family, he slowly left the village on the ox cart.

According to the route, if you want to go to the capital, you not only have to take an ox cart, but also a boat. The original owner's physical collapse is probably caused by drinking raw water on the boat.

Lin Shiheng did not plan to use system drugs to complete the task this time.

After all, he insisted that he was a talented person.

Sitting in the ox cart, he lifted his sleeves, revealing his thin arms that had not been exposed to the sun for a long time.

Thin, very thin.

There is no way to describe it as powerless.

After all, the original owner studied all night long and insisted on sleeping for two and a half hours. Staying up late for a long time made him have a poor appetite. On weekdays, he consciously saved money and did not eat meat but only vegetables because he felt that his studies had used up a lot of family expenses.

I also think too much, and my brain has to think about all kinds of trivial things even while sleeping.

The fact that he has been able to persist without sudden death is probably due to his youth.

If you want to keep such a body for a long time...

Lin Shiheng silently put down his sleeves.

He is a man of integrity and will do whatever he says.

If you say you don’t need systemic drugs, then you don’t need systemic drugs.

Then, make a living.

Zhao He was a scholar who went to Beijing to take the exam. Unlike those who went to Beijing alone or in groups, Zhao He's family was a wealthy businessman for three generations. He happened to be the fourth generation who could take the exam. He had nine cousins ​​in the family. Since he was a child, his grandfather and parents expected him to be handed over to the gentleman who brought him back with a lot of money. In the end, only Zhao He was taught to pass the exam.

In terms of diligence, Zhao He is not as good as his other cousins, but he has a good brain. Although he does not have a photographic memory, he can memorize many books as long as he reads them several times, so he can be remembered. Above are the outstanding seed players in their city.

It's just that Zhao He didn't have much contact with the civil servants in this area, and his relationship wasn't even very good. The first reason was naturally because he was a merchant. Although the imperial court ordered that merchants after three generations could take the imperial examination, those with "innocent origins" "But some people still look down on the son of a merchant who smells like copper.

The second reason is because Zhao He enjoys himself.

He was born into a wealthy family and was taken care of when he was a child. Even if he studied, someone would have to polish it for him. When he was in school, his grades were always among the best. However, because he liked Chinese clothes and gourmet food, his classmates would hold poetry gatherings for him during school holidays. Went on a lake tour with a group of businessmen's sons. Naturally, they were out of place and not very gregarious.

Fortunately, Zhao He didn't mind. Those classmates didn't play with him, and he didn't play with them yet. They were just young and frivolous scholars. There was always friction between the two sides because they didn't like each other. Although Zhao He had a better memory and was ranked higher than Zhao He, The others were much higher, but his knowledge was only used in exams. He was scolded more than once every time he met without swearing. He knew what those people meant, but he didn't know how to respond. He knew how to respond, so since he discovered that he was actually on the same boat with those classmates again, he simply hid in his private room angrily and refused to come out.

As mentioned before, Zhao He is different from most other scholars who come to Beijing to take the exam. The difference is that others take the exam with at most one coachman and bookboy, but Zhao He brings four bookboys, two coachmen, and six people. Formulated to ensure that he can be served comfortably no matter where he is.

Zhao He has never been out far, and he is the most beloved child in the family. His parents are worried, so they naturally have to provide him with everything.

For example, among these four bookboys, one is good at cooking, one knows medicine, one has nimble hands and feet and is clever and easy to use, and the other is the bookboy who really serves him in reading and writing. The remaining two coachmen, in addition to coachmen, can also do some After all, it is a long way to the capital. If you encounter a robber or something, someone can protect you so that your family can rest assured.

It was clear that the whole family loved their children, but it was he who was extravagant in the mouths of those guys.

Pooh!

They want to be extravagant, do they have the money?

For example, now, because he had to avoid his classmates, Zhao He did not go out to eat. Instead, he sat in the side room and ate the hometown dishes that one of the bookboys who was good at cooking borrowed from the ship's kitchen to cook for him.

While eating the tender and fragrant fish, Zhao He thought about what kind of evaluation he would get if he ate these dishes that were flashy in their eyes in front of those classmates who couldn't eat grapes all day and said the grapes were sour.

I will definitely write a bunch of acid poems to ridicule him.

There are so many hungry people outside who can't even eat, but he still has to spend a lot of money just to have a meal. Even the chopsticks are handed to the hands by servants. What a luxury. A businessman is a businessman, blah blah...

When he thought of this, Zhao He was so angry that he couldn't eat.

If it weren't for the fact that those few people had the reputation of being successful, he would have just hired someone to throw them into the sea, who did nothing other than complaining about this and that.

Just as he was gritting his teeth in hatred, he heard a slow knock on the window.

Zhao He was stunned for a moment, then he raised his head and looked around when he heard the sound, and found a figure standing in front of the narrow window in the wing, knocking on it.

It won't be those guys.

He stood up with a frown, stood in front of a table of food, and motioned to one of the book boys to open the window.

The window opened, revealing a face that Zhao He had never seen before.

His facial features are clear and his temperament is gentle. Although his face is a little pale, it does not affect his bright moon-like appearance.

Just standing there makes people praise him as a good talent.

It's the look that Zhao He dislikes the most. After all, he looks rough and likes to play around. His face has long been tanned, unlike those white-faced scholars. He didn't think it was a problem before, but since he entered the academy, he has been ridiculed by those sworn enemies. Since I don't look like a scholar, I have stayed away from scholars with this kind of appearance.

She obviously didn't know him but she still knocked on his window. He looked so fair, so he might be one of those new friends.

Zhao He's face darkened, and he was about to show that he was not bullied when he saw the scholar wearing a blue robe making a peer salute outside, with a gentle and polite voice, "I have seen Lin Shiheng in Xiaming County, courtesy name Qinzhi. Brother, may I ask, are you a Juren who went to the capital to take the exam?"

He was so polite and courteous that Zhao He couldn't show off the gloomy expression on his face. He could only give Lin Shiheng a common courtesy, "I will show you Zhao He. His words are clear and clear. My brother is polite."

After the salute, Zhao He was still full of vigilance. After all, this man looked like he was in the same group of poor scholars in terms of his dress and aura.

"I wonder who this brother is?"

An apologetic smile appeared on Lin Shiheng's pale and handsome face, "It's me who's disturbing you. I live next door. I accidentally spilled water on the table when I was drinking water. It's so cold that it's hard to sleep, so I wanted to come to Brother Zhao's place to borrow one." Bed mat.”

Zhao He was a little confused. It was not like there were no mat sellers on the boat. It was enough to buy another bed after getting wet. But when he looked up and saw the coarse blue shirt on Lin Shiheng's body, he realized it again.

Yes, this person is very poor at first glance. He has no money to buy mats. Even if he has money, he looks like a bookless person. Carrying two mats on his back will be very tiring.

After consciously thinking about it, he put down his caution that Lin Shiheng was in a group with several classmates, and he was directly addressed as Brother Zhao. Zhao He didn't mind using a mat to get the goodwill of an official, "I happen to be here. There are extra mats. If Brother Lin doesn’t mind me using them, can I ask someone to bring them to your room?”

"Thank you, Brother Zhao. I'm here to borrow it. Why bother bothering the people around Brother Zhao? I can do it myself."

Before Zhao He could refuse again, the figure of the handsome scholar had disappeared from the window, and he had obviously come around to his door.

Sure enough, within a few seconds, there was another slow and familiar knock on the door.

The book boy stepped forward and opened the door, revealing Lin Shiheng's face as handsome as the bright moon.

Before Zhao He could say anything, he saluted again.

If someone salutes, can he not return the salute?

Without even bothering to say, "The mat is here, you can take it," Zhao He quickly returned the favor.

Just when he raised his head, he saw Lin Shiheng's eyes falling on the food on the table.

This is not another scholar who has to force others to be poor because he is poor. Zhao Hezheng's heart skipped a beat when he heard Lin Shiheng's gentle voice said, "I have also read the books of Mr. Zheng Mingzhi of Zhixian County and heard about Zhixian County." The food is famous all over the world, especially the steamed fish dish. Could it be the steamed fish on Brother Zhao’s table?”

Zhao He had really heard of Zheng Mingzhi, an old man in Zhi County who liked to write travel notes. Although he was just a civil servant in his life, the things he wrote were really immersive. It was precisely because he had read them. Mr. Zheng Mingzhi’s books made me fall in love with steamed fish.

Those classmates had joked before that he only read such useless books. They didn't expect that Brother Lin looked like a weak scholar, but his hobbies were so noble.

Zhao He also forgot about borrowing the quilt and smiled sarcastically, "Exactly."

Lin Shiheng's face immediately showed a look of admiration.

"I've long heard that this Zhixian steamed fish dish is delicious and the soup is fresh and thick. Once you take one bite, you'll never forget it. When I saw it today, it was so delicious just from the looks of it. I wonder which chef on this ship cooked it? I’d also like to buy one.”

When he praised him, the book boy standing in the corner immediately raised his chest and raised his head, with a proud look in his eyes.

He was bought into the Zhao Mansion since he was a child, and specialized in cooking and serving the young master. Since he was a child, apart from the young master, this was the first time that there was a scholar. No, there was a master who praised him.

The people under his command were praised, and Zhao He also felt happy, with a somewhat complacent look on his face, "This was not done by the people on the boat, it was because my relatives at home were afraid that I would not be used to the food in Beijing." The meals in the capital were specially sent with a book boy who knew how to prepare meals, and these dishes were made by him. "

Lin Shiheng did not condemn Zhao He for coming to Beijing to take the exam and bringing his own cook. Instead, his handsome face showed envy.

"I really envy Brother Zhao. On the way to the exam, I can have such a good cook with him. It's a pity that I'm afraid I won't be able to eat the world-famous Zhixian steamed fish."

Zhao He coughed dryly and tried to suppress the anger that was rising in his eyes, "What's the point of envy? It's just a few dishes. If Brother Lin likes it and doesn't dislike it, if you haven't eaten yet, why not come with us?" ?”

What he said was polite and polite. After all, scholars are relatively dignified and would not be willing to share a meal with others.

Unexpectedly, Lin Shiheng smiled directly and sat in his seat naturally, "Well, I won't be polite. Thank you so much, Brother Zhao."

Zhao He, who was still waiting for him to refuse his invitation again, "..."

He was stunned for a second before reacting, and quickly sat down, "No, no, no, we are all going to Beijing to take the exam, so we are destined to meet each other."

The book boy who was excited by the praise took the chopsticks and handed them to Lin Shiheng as soon as he sat down, saying respectfully, "Master Lin, please."

Lin Shiheng stretched out his slender fingers to take the chopsticks, and nodded with a gentle smile, "Thank you, little brother."

After taking the chopsticks, he went to praise Zhao He, "Everyone around Brother Zhao is really a good person."

Got praised again.

The book boy stepped back happily.

He thought to himself that this Mr. Lin was different from the masters he had met in the past. Those masters who had previously met with the young master would not even look at him.

Zhao He also felt comfortable with the praise, and immediately started boasting, "That's right, the people around me grew up with me."

"No wonder you know etiquette so well. It turns out that you were exposed to it by following Brother Zhao."

Lin Shiheng praised him again, and Zhao He's whole body was lifted up by the praise. He immediately smiled and said, "Brother Lin, why are you doing this? Come and eat some food. If you like it, if you want to eat it in the future, just come to my room. It just so happens." The two of them had a great time eating together."

"Then I won't be polite."

He ate and slept without speaking. Although Zhao He was looked down upon by his classmates, he had been taught the etiquette when eating since he was a child. What surprised him was that Lin Shiheng actually also brought it with him when eating. There is an air of elegance and etiquette, which at first glance seems to be more standard than him.

After finishing the meal, the white-faced scholar sitting across from Zhao He put down his chopsticks with a satisfied expression on his face, "It is indeed well-deserved. Thank you Brother Zhao for your hospitality today. I wonder if I can come to Brother Zhao for advice in the future?"

Zhao He was stunned. This was the first time someone wanted to discuss teaching with him. Although he had good grades, he was not popular in the academy. Apart from his husband and his cousins ​​at home, he had never discussed it with anyone.

Maybe it was because he had been in a daze for a long time that the scholar sitting opposite him misunderstood. There was a bit of shame on his face, and he lowered his eyes slightly in embarrassment. In fact, I don’t have much confidence in rushing for the exam, so I wanted to ask Juren who also went to Beijing to rush for the exam for advice..."

After saying that, he bowed again, "If Brother Zhao minds, I won't bother you anymore..."

Zhao He's thoughts were interrupted by this salute, and he quickly returned the salute. When he returned the salute, he raised his head and met the expectant look in Lin Shiheng's handsome eyes.

How can one refuse this?

How dare you refuse!

Zhao He simply stopped thinking about it and directly agreed, "If Brother Lin is willing, I will naturally agree."

"There's just something I want Brother Lin to know. I'm the son of a merchant. My family has been doing business for four generations, so I can take the scientific examination. If you mind, I don't blame you."

Lin Shiheng was stunned, with some confusion on his face, "Why should I mind?"

Zhao He was stunned again, "I am the son of a merchant, and I smell like copper..."

"If you didn't steal or rob, what about the merchant? What's more, even if you steal, it's your father's generation, so what does it have to do with your descendants?"

This was the first time that Zhao He heard that scholars did not discriminate against merchants. The status of merchants in the previous dynasty was low. Although the status of merchants was improved in this dynasty, they were still just inferior people to scholars. No matter how much money they made, a Even the smallest officials can influence the lives of merchants.

Unexpectedly, this person actually thought this way.

Zhao He almost thought for a moment that he had met his soulmate.

He directly told Lin Shiheng that he could come to him anytime he wanted, whether it was to eat, drink or ask for advice, he didn't mind.

When the boy sent him back to the house with the mat, Zhao He, who was still happy to have made friends, suddenly felt something was wrong.

Didn’t you come here to borrow a mat in the first place?

How come we chatted after dinner?

And finally became best friends?