On the Avenue

Chapter 188 Chen Shi wins the exam

On the Minjiang River, the water is filled with waves, like white scales, layered one on top of another. From a distance, the Minjiang River looks like a big dragon, and the waves are the scales of the big dragon. A painted boat was floating on the river, and the wind blew, making the sails round and round, making the boat sail very fast on the river.

The boat girl ate melon seeds and looked at Chen Shi and Li Tianqing with a smile. Chen Shi smiled and said, "Are the melon seeds delicious?"

"Try it!" The boat girl grabbed a handful and brought it to him. Li Tianqing quickly tugged at the corner of Chen Shi's clothes.

These are two sinister men on the run.

Can you eat the melon seeds they gave me?

Chen Shi took the melon seeds and ate one. It had a five-flavor flavor and stir-fried with tangerine peel. The crispy aroma also contained the fragrance of tangerine peel. It was very soothing to the throat, unlike other melon seeds that can cause throat problems if eaten too much. Hair dryness. "Is it delicious?" the boat girl asked with a smile.

Chen Shi praised: "It's delicious. Why did you two, father and daughter, escape from Wangchuan?"

Li Tianqing's heart suddenly rose in his throat, and he secretly complained, can this topic be brought up?

When they came to the Minjiang Ferry, Chen Shi saw the painted boat and insisted on boarding their boat. Li Tianqing was a little unhappy, but he couldn't resist Chen Shi and had to board the boat. Unexpectedly, Chen Shi would ask such a question after boarding the ship!

There were other scholars on the boat who were also waiting for the Qiu Wei exam but failed, so they returned to Xinxiang and joined them on the boat. Most of the monks in Caolaohui were killed or injured, including the leader of the church. There were not many boats on the Minjiang River, so they could only take this painted boat back to Xinxiang.

The boat girl giggled and said: "What else can you do? I can't survive anymore. Some people are making a big fuss in the underworld. They go there once or twice without saying anything, but they still make trouble every day. They even kidnap someone's soul. We are the ones doing the work, so we have to If you take responsibility, you will die if you stay in the underworld, so you have to escape." Chen Shi blinked and asked, "Who dares to cause trouble in the underworld? Also, has the lost soul been found?"

"Found it."

Who can rehabilitate our father and son? So I just put it off. "

She looked at Chen Shi as if the melon seed shell between her teeth was disgusting and she chewed it over and over again.

Chen Shi chatted with her without a word, and asked curiously: "Where has Mr. Qingtian gone? Was he plotted against someone, or was he seized from power? Or is he lost?" "I don't know."

The boat girl was also worried and sighed, "Many people are looking for him... The boatman coughed, and the boat girl looked awe-inspiring and stopped talking about this topic.

Chen Shi looked towards the shore and saw many strange people on both sides of the Minjiang River flapping their big ears, flying and recording, as if they were recording what happened on the ship. "Heavenly Listener!"

Chen Shi was also awestruck, "Are the listeners spying on me these days, or on these fugitive gangsters?" Some of the listeners these days are familiar faces, and they appeared near the main altar of Hongshan Hall a few days ago.

Their ears are like wings, and their bodies hang down like small bean sprouts, but they are so dexterous that they can fly across rivers and even mountains. While flying, you can also write and draw in the notebook.

These guys are very annoying, but if you kill them, it will only attract more Tianting.

The boat girl looked back and said with a smile: "At the entrance of the Minjiang River, a huge stump of a body washed up recently. It was two or three miles long and extremely thick. The scales hanging on it were bigger than our boat, which attracted many people to look at it. We also went to see it, and there were ghost fires on the scales, and many dead souls were imprisoned in each scale. "

Chen Shi's heart moved slightly: "Could it be the Whisperer of the Sea who was injured by Empress Mazu?"

He called the sea monster that caused him vomiting the Whisperer of the Sea. The Whisperer was extremely powerful, but unfortunately he was severely wounded by Mazu and had to escape. Unexpectedly, the empress's blow actually caused one of her limbs to break off!

"Can you two take us to the estuary of the Minjiang River?" Chen Shi said, "I'll pay more!"

The boat girl chuckled and said: "I know you are rich, but it's a pity that you knew it too late. I heard that a Taoist priest came over and took the thing away. You will gain nothing when you go there." Chen Shi secretly thought pity.

If such a powerful being could break off even one scale, it would be worth a lot of money.

He ate melon seeds and chatted with the boat girl, and the journey was uneventful. The boat girl took them to the boundary of Xinxiang and parked them in the dock. Chen Shi paid the boat fare, got off the ship with a group of Xinxiang scholars, and waved goodbye to the boat girl. They got on the wooden cart and drove towards Qianyang Mountain.

Li Tianqing said: "The target of this boatman and his daughter is probably you. Xiao Shi, you'd better stay away from them!"

Chen Shi smiled and said: "Maybe they were looking for another person. Maybe a soul was rescued back then, and they happened to be the undercover guards guarding that person." Li Tianqing argued: "How could such a coincidence happen? ?”

Chen Shi laughed loudly, patted him on the shoulder and said, "What else? Can you beat them, or can I beat them? If they wanted to attack me, they would have done it long ago. Why wait until they are on the boat? Do it?" Li Tianqing admired him very much and said with a smile: "You are not able to participate in Qiu Wei this time. What are your plans after returning to the village?"

Chen Shi said quietly: "Go buy various medicinal materials and supervise your elixir refining. Then sell the elixir and become a rich man." Li Tianqing's face darkened.

As the wooden cart drove into Qianyang Mountain, Chen Shi turned around and saw all the Tianting listeners following behind them, flapping their ears. No matter what they talked about, they would record it. Chen Shi frowned slightly, why are the listeners focusing on him these days?

During the last Shichuan incident, he was targeted by the Sky Listeners, but then the Sky Listeners disappeared, presumably clearing away the suspicion. Why are you targeting him again this time?

"Could it be the Mazu Temple incident? But in the Mazu Temple incident, shouldn't the people targeted be Granny Sha and the others? Why are they targeting me?" Chen Shi was quite puzzled.

They returned to Huangpo Village. When Grandma Yuzhu saw him, she said happily: "The scholar is back! The scholar went to take the examination, and now he has become a master? Don't light a fire tonight, come to my house for dinner!" Chen Shi said slowly: "The governor was killed, the academic officer was also dead, Qiu Wei became yellow and failed the exam."

Grandma Yuzhu said, "Are you still a scholar now?" Chen Shi nodded.

Grandma Yuzhu stopped mentioning going to her house for dinner and said, "Why did the governor die?" "I heard people said that I killed him." Chen Shi said honestly.

He rarely lied to his fellow villagers.

The news of Chen Xiucai's return spread like wildfire. Several families in the village originally planned to be a matchmaker for Chen Shi, but when they heard that he had killed the governor and failed to pass the exam, they gave up the idea. When they met Chen Shi, they also gave up the idea. He greeted lazily: "Xiucai is back? When will the grass fall?"

Some villagers also said: "I have a nephew who is a bandit in the mountains. I don't know whether he is dead or not. I can introduce you to him during the Chinese New Year." That's it.

Chen Shi went door-to-door to borrow firewood, rice, oil and salt at night. The villagers were not very interested. They were probably waiting for him to die or be sent to the county government to be beheaded. "Xiucai, hurry up and find a woman, have a son, and give your old Chen family a queen!"

Old Mrs. Wuzhu asked, "What do you think of Widow Wang in our village?" In the next few days, Widow Wang looked at Chen Shi with something wrong.

Chen Shi was happy to be at peace, and as usual, he first offered incense to his grandfather and godmother, and then paid homage to Zhu Xiucai. Zhu Xiucai couldn't help but sigh when he heard that the governor, general soldier and other officials had died, resulting in the cancellation of the Gongzhou Autumn War. He said in a tone of voice: "It's not because of bad luck that you can't learn. Why did the governor die?"

He was a little angry: "It's enough that two governors died in Xinxiang. How could a governor die in Gongzhou? And there were so many important officials buried with him!" "I heard that I was the one who killed him." Chen Shi was not sure.

He had heard people talk about it, but when he inquired carefully, he found that the person who said it was also very secretive and did not dare to talk more about it.

Zhu Xiucai was also stunned and said: "You don't have to blame yourself, we have another autumn. If it doesn't work this time, we have to wait for another three years. Gold will always shine. With your talent and learning, if you don't pass the exam, you will be punished by heaven." Eyes!" Chen Shi felt a little better.

Those Tianting listeners also followed them to Huangpo Village, hanging on trees outside the village, or squatting on rocks, constantly listening to Chen Shi's movements. "How can people live their lives when the boatman and his daughter are watching and these guys are listening?"

Chen Shi was filled with hatred, but thought that killing them would only attract more Tian Ting followers, so he had to give up.

The next day, Li Tianqing made a list of the medicinal materials needed to refine the Resurrection Pill, and Chen Shi went to the county to purchase the medicinal materials. However, two of the medicinal materials needed for the Resurrection Pill were very expensive and were not available in drug stores in the county. They needed to be transferred from the provincial capital. Come. He paid a deposit and waited two or three days to prepare all the medicinal materials.

He went to Juxian Tower again and met Shao Jing, the owner of Juxian Tower. When talking about alchemy, he said, "I want to find a good alchemy furnace." Shao Jing smiled and said, "It's a simple matter. I have all kinds of elixirs here." Stove has everything.”

Chen Shi chose an old Bagua stove in the Juxian Building. The alchemist who refined it was very attentive. The various talisman patterns and Bagua patterns that regulate the fire were painted over and over again, and they had already been incorporated into the furnace body. Alchemy is a delicate job, especially the alchemy furnace. For example, to adjust the furnace fire, you need to activate the Xun Gua blower. How to activate it and how much to activate it are all particular.

If you want to temper it, you need to adjust the Zhen Gua and temper it with thunder. Because it is so complicated, good alchemists are extremely rare.

Chen Shi knew nothing about this, but fortunately Li Tianqing had considerable attainments in this area.

This old Bagua stove is quite expensive, costing Chen Shi 800 taels of silver. Shao Jing smiled and said, "This is the treasure of an old alchemist. He is old and can't control the heat, so he put it here for consignment." I want to earn some money from sandalwood to support my retirement." Chen Shi paid the money and asked, "If I make an extremely rare elixir, can Juxian Tower sell it for me?"

Shao Jing said: "If you want to sell it on consignment, I, Juxian Pavilion, can do it for you. As for the elixir, it also needs to be of good grade before it can be sold. If the grade is not high, the value will not be very high, and not many people will buy it. ." Chen Shi thanked him and left.

Back in Huangpo Village, Chen Shi moved down the medicinal materials and Lao Bagua stove and handed the things to Li Tianqing. These medicinal materials and alchemy furnace alone cost him all the money he earned from cutting mountains. Li Tianqing took a shower and changed clothes, and then he started to refine the elixir.

Chen Shi was also quite nervous. All his wealth was tied to Li Tianqing.

If the alchemy fails, he will be destitute. If the alchemy succeeds, he will become the rich man Chen!

Li Tianqing used his own golden elixir as a guide to activate the elixir fire, placed it in the Bagua furnace, and then formed seals with his hands. The various seals and elixirs were constantly changing, and they were extremely clever and precise. Chen Shi felt that watching him refining alchemy was as breathtaking as appreciating art, so he stopped worrying and continued busy with his own affairs.

He believed that with Li Tianqing's ability, he could definitely refine the Resurrection Pill.

More than ten days passed in this way. On this day, suddenly many chariots came to Huangpo Village. More than a hundred soldiers in uniforms and armors, and important people got out of the vehicles. They inquired about the villagers and said, "Chen Shi." Do you live here?" The villagers had never seen such a battle before. They were so frightened that Grandma Yuzhu waved her hand quickly, signaling Yuzhu to run over and notify Chen Shi, telling him that someone from the government was coming and asked him to run away.

Someone recognized the leading official and said in surprise: "They are the newly promoted governor of Xinxiang Province and other officials. Why are they here?" "They must be here to capture Chen Shi!"

People in the village were panicking and looking around. The governor of Xinxiang Province clapped his hands after asking for the way to Chen Shi's house. Some government servants were beating gongs and drums and playing vocal music, and they were all walking towards Chen Shi's house with great joy. "It looks like it's not like we're here to capture a criminal, but rather like a happy event!"

The villagers asked the Jin Yiwei who came with them, and one of the Jin Yiwei smiled and said: "Your village is proud of its ancestors! Mr. Chen Shi, your village's master, has won the exam and is the first in Gongzhou Province! From now on, it will be Chen Jieyuan!" The villagers were at a loss. Didn’t it mean that all the officials in Gongzhou were killed by Chen Shi?

Even Qiuwei is not held anymore. Why did he suddenly win? And it’s still Jieyuan!

Don’t you need to take an exam to pass the examination?

"Chen Shi won the election, and we in Xinxiang Province are also honored, so the governor took us, as well as these newly promoted officials of Xinxiang Province, to congratulate Mr. Chen and to meet Mr. Chen by the way." Na Jinyiwei said.

——There is a typhoon in Haikou, level 17. It is still level 10 or level 12 at the moment. It will reach level 15 at night, and the power may be cut off at any time. The building I live in is shaking, rocking back and forth, almost like being in a cradle. I feel a little dizzy and scared.