Chapter 1 Xu Qing
Chapter 1 Xu Qing
In the room filled with the smell of medicine.
One of the young boys opened his eyes slightly.
The dawn light slipped in and hit his face, causing his eyes, which had not been exposed to sunlight for a long time, to feel a little stinging.
He tried to clench his fists to check the vitality of his body at this moment.
The weakness after the illness came over him, but it did not affect the joy in his heart at all.
Because he finally came back to life.
He did not rush to get up and move around, but quietly digested the remaining memories of his new "body".
The original body caught a cold a few days ago and had a high fever last night. His soul unexpectedly dissipated, leaving behind an empty shell. Only then was he able to "borrow a body to revive".
Xu Qing was the original name, and now it is also "his" name.
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"Qing'er, you were just expelled from the community school. There's no need to be upset about it. I plan to wait until you are older and take over your uncle's job. Then I will find you a wife, and the Xu family will have a stable future."
Beside the bed was a middle-aged man with a beard and dressed as a constable in black clothes. He was looking at Xu Qing, who had just woken up from a serious illness and looked a little dazed, with concern.
Next to her was a middle-aged woman.
Xu Qing maintained a dull expression, but his mind quickly recalled the identities of the middle-aged couple.
The middle-aged man was called Li Gongyi, the foster brother of the original body's father and Xu Qing's uncle. The middle-aged woman was the aunt Zhou.
After hearing what Li Gongyu said, before Xu Qing could reply, Aunt Zhou pointed at Li Gongyu and started to curse:
"I married you because I wanted a permanent job in your government, but you gave the job to Qing Ge'er without saying anything. You must know that if you dare to give up this job, I will divorce you immediately and go back to my parents' home."
After saying this, Aunt Zhou slammed the door and left without even looking at Li Gongyu.
Li Gongyu's face turned red after being scolded by Aunt Zhou. After a long while, he sighed and said to Xu Qing: "Don't blame your aunt. When you were sick before, she was the one who boiled medicine and cooked porridge for you. It was not easy for her to raise you all these years. She was angry because there was a nephew in her mother's family who had agreed to come to our house to adopt the incense, but..."
When it came to the latter part, Li Gongyu hesitated and was unable to speak.
"Uncle is trying to say that it is uncle's job to agree to the conditions for adoption from my aunt's relatives."
"Ah."
"Uncle, I am not yet able to repay your kindness in raising me, so how dare I ask for your job? Let's talk about this later. I want to take the Tongsheng exam this year."
"Ah." Li Gongyu didn't expect that Xu Qing was expelled from school but still refused to give up and insisted on taking part in the imperial examination.
He also thought of his nephew who had jumped into the river because of his depression over his studies. He did not dare to provoke him any more, but said hesitantly, "This job and the house originally belonged to your family, so it is only right that I return them to you. As for taking the Tongsheng exam, let's discuss it again when you have recovered."
The Tongsheng examination will be held after March, and Li Gongyu plans to postpone it for the time being. During this time, he will tell Xu Qing more about government affairs and take him to the yamen to see the world.
If he insisted on taking the examination for the title of Tongsheng, Li Gongyu would not be able to stop him. After all, after his nephew encountered some setbacks, he might come to his senses.
"Yes. Uncle, please go and catch up with Aunt first. I will think about it carefully."
"Okay." Li Gongyu breathed a sigh of relief. Although his nephew's matter was important, getting his wife back was also very important.
In the past, Xu Qing was a taciturn person, but this time when he woke up, although he didn't talk much, he gave Li Gongyu a sense of calmness, as if his nephew was more independent-minded than before.
After all, it is the bloodline of a wealthy family.
Hey.
After Li Gongyu sighed slightly, he went out to look for Zhou.
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Xu Qing watched his uncle leave, then slowly turned his gaze to the pile of debris in the dark corner.
There is a palm-sized bronze mirror inside.
Perhaps it has been mottled by the passage of time, the mirror body, which should have been golden, has been stained with a heavy rust green. This is a bronze artifact.
Who can know?
In fact, not long ago, his soul was imprisoned in this mirror.
I slowly got up from the bed, stretched my body, and thought about the future.
Ten years ago, a disaster nearly wiped out the Xu family, leaving only Xu Qing as the only child. He has been raised by Li Gongqi and his wife ever since.
This small courtyard, located in the bustling downtown of the county town and built by the water, was the property that Xu Qing's biological father bought for Li Gongyu to start a family.
In addition, Xu's father found a job for Li Gongyu as a constable in the county government.
His desire to take part in the imperial examination was not a random act.
Because in his previous life, he majored in ancient literature and history.
After the soul of this life was trapped in the bronze mirror, for some reason, the memory of the profession in the previous life became particularly clear.
Compared with his original self, he now naturally has greater confidence in the imperial examination.
After all, the status of a yamen runner was good for ordinary people, but if the official in the main hall got angry and said he would beat them to death, then he would be beaten to death.
What’s more, yamen runners were of low status and could not even take part in the imperial examinations.
In addition, the laws of the country were very lenient towards scholars. Even if an ordinary scholar committed a crime, he would have to be stripped of his official title by the Education Commissioner before he could be punished.
"To pass the exam to become a scholar, you have to pass the exam for students who have been born as a scholar. But there are many tricky and strange questions in the exam for students who have been born as a scholar, and the questions are not anonymous..." Xu Qing knew that in an exam like this, no matter how talented one is, it is possible to fail.
Think about Fan Jin in The Scholars, who didn't pass the examination to become a scholar until he was over fifty because he got sympathy from the educational official. Now we know how difficult this anonymous examination is.
It should be noted that after Fan Jin passed the examination for a scholar, he passed the provincial examination and the imperial examination in one try, which shows that Fan Jin's essays were definitely not bad.
Maxima often has it, but Bole does not often have it.
If you want to pass the county exam safely, you naturally have to make more preparations just in case.
You need to understand the specific situation before you can take action.
"Everything in the government office is always inseparable from "money" and "relationships". It will never be wrong to work hard in this direction." Xu Qing thought to himself.
Of course, writing is the foundation for ordinary scholars to survive in the world today. If you don't work hard enough in this area, it will be difficult to succeed no matter how hard you work in other areas.
Xu Qing felt dizzy because he was thinking too much at once.
He sighed softly.
Still too weak.
Even so, he still managed to walk. The long-lost feeling of being on solid ground moved him indescribably.
After his body relaxed, he walked to the pile of junk and took out the bronze mirror.
A feeling of blood connection arises spontaneously.
boom!
In the blink of an eye, the mottled and old bronze mirror turned into specks of light and penetrated into Xu Qing's body.
Xu Qing didn't have time to react. He subconsciously focused his attention on his body. Then he "saw" a bronze mirror appear in his mind, floating quietly and emitting a deep and mysterious aura.
He focused his attention on the mirror, and in an instant, the dim bronze mirror surface became clear.
Then some words appeared in it.
Mirror Master: The demon from outside the realm.
Alas, he was discriminated against. If he had the power, he would be an immortal who visited the place he was loyal to.
Forget it, let’s climb up step by step.
He wants to go to the sky!
(End of this chapter)