Chapter 144 Copying the Note
Yi Xingchen smiled and signaled them to sit down on the stool. He was about to ask him to pick up rice and divination to help him calculate what way he could realize his dream of being a scholar. At this moment, he accidentally glanced at the Xian Pavilion Temple. Seeing the notice on the wall, he couldn't help but feel moved. Why not let the old man go in and find out what these Taoists are doing? A Taoist temple asked someone to write something and bid for thirty quotations a day. It should not be copying scriptures. It may have a purpose and must be investigated clearly.
So, Yi Xingchen smiled and said, "There is a way now." He pointed to the Taoist temple opposite: "The Taoist temple recruits the secretary, you are a Tongsheng, and you must meet the requirements. You apply for the job first and take this path."
Yan Hongzhi was stunned for a moment, turned to look at the notice posted on the Taoist temple in the distance, and could not see clearly even with his eyes, nor did he know what he was writing. But since Banxian's advice should be correct, he thought for a while and said, "Banxian, can I become a scholar by applying for this job?"
Yi Xingchen sighed. The old boy was crazy to be a scholar and said, "You have to eat food at a bite and the road has to be taken step by step. If you can become a scholar so simple, then there is nothing rare about it all over the streets, right?"
Yan Hongzhi's old face turned red and said embarrassedly: "The half immortal is giving me some advice. I'm going to apply for a job now. I'll ask for more advice from the four great immortals in the future."
What Yi Xingchen actually wants is his words. In that case, he can take the opportunity to find out what these Taoist priests in the Taoist temple are doing. So he nodded and said, "No problem, come here every day, and I will give you some advice based on the situation, and do not accept your hexagram money."
Lao Tongsheng was surprised and happy. He came to the ground: "Thank you, half immortal."
The girl Yan Guling, who was standing beside her, was also surprised and filled with gratitude. Her eyes were filled with tears. She said to her father, "Dad. I heard from half-immortals, let's apply for a job now."
Yan Hongzhi nodded, thanked Yi Xingchen, took his daughter across the stone bridge, and headed to the Taoist temple.
Yi Xingchen looked at him from afar. After seeing the two of them coming to the notice, he walked into the Taoist temple.
After a while, the girl Yan Guling walked out happily alone and crossed the stone bridge of the stream. She came to Yi Xingchen's hexagram stall, her face was full of joy, and said Fuli: "Young Master Banxian, your father has been hired. She paid a day's salary in advance. Last time she asked you to tell fortunes, she only gave me one piece of money. I'm really embarrassed, because I'm really short of money, so I got some copper coins today. I also asked Mr. Banxian to accept it with a smile." She counted four pieces from a small wallet and put them in front of Yi Xingchen.
Yi Xingchen said: "No, I said I would calculate it for you last time. Now you have given me four more cents. Isn't this treating me as a greedy person? Take it back quickly. Otherwise, I will be too lazy to give you guidance next time."
Yan Guling didn't know what to do for a moment. Her eyes were both grateful and ashamed, and she was filled with tears.
Yi Xingchen grabbed the four cents and stuffed them into his palm, and said, "I have agreed. I will only accept one cent for one dime. You can't let me be untrustworthy. Okay, after your father takes this step, I believe he will not study hard in the future and should take some time to take care of the family. In this way, with his ability, there should be no big problem for you to support your family. Don't worry."
Yi Xingchen's thoughtful words made Yan Guling cry: "There are grandparents at home, all of whom are old. They used to expect grandpa to go out to work, but last year my grandpa was injured and paralyzed in bed and could not work. There is also a younger sister below, who is young, I am a weak woman, and I can only follow my grandma to help people with laundry and sew some money, and I can't do anything else. The whole family relies on my father. My father studied behind closed doors and only sought fame, and looked at the family.
Life is hard to go on. I don’t know how many times my grandparents have told him to earn money to support the family and stop thinking about fame, but my father doesn’t listen. The family has eaten for the first meal and has no meal. My sister is so hungry that she can’t sleep at night, and she lies in bed crying.... That day, I got your advice from Mr. Chenxian, and my father changed his temperament. Today I will be the secretary and earn this money, at least I can eat, so that the family will not starve to death. When I think about it, it’s all the advice of the young master, and the little woman is grateful..."
Speaking of this, Yan Guling choked and couldn't continue. She gave a blessing with gratitude, lowered her head to wipe her tears, turned around and left quickly.
Looking at his back, Yi Xingchen felt very moved. As the saying goes, "A scholar is useless." Unless he has fame, he will be difficult to support his family and is not as good as a small vendor. From a certain perspective, it is not unreasonable. This old Tongsheng is a good example. Fortunately, if he can change his mind through this matter, take the family as his thoughts, and shoulder the heavy responsibility of supporting his family, it would be considered a good thing.
In the evening, Yi Xingchen was about to collect the hexagram stall. Old Tongsheng Yan Hongzhi quickly stepped out of the Taoist temple. When he saw Yi Xingchen, he was overjoyed and waved. After crossing the stone arch bridge, he came to Yi Xingchen and bowed and said, "Banxian, I am worried that you will leave if you are late. You are not leaving yet. Today, I have been thinking, I copied and copied here all day long, wouldn't I waste my studies? The college examination is about to be held, but I am wasting my time here and copying some inexplicable things for others. I am afraid that it will delay the college examination. Banxian, what should I do? Please give me some detailed advice."
Yi Xingchen was actually thinking about this matter in his mind.
This old Tongsheng is already a little obsessed with fame and destiny. Although he leads him to do this, if this matter does not have any benefit in his fame and fortune in the future, he will blame himself and his daughter will fall into despair again. Since you are helping others, just help the end, so Yi Xingchen has also thought about it. Since he wants to let him go to the Taoist temple as an insider to find out the news, he can also hire him to do things. As long as he has made peace with his efforts to spy on the intelligence, he will say something to Governor Li next time, praise him for some of his contributions, let Governor Li say hello, and let him pass the college entrance examination and become a scholar. Anyway, the articles are decided by people. No matter how good or bad the article is, there is no first in literature or martial arts. After passing the scholar, he has been taking the exam for decades, no one must say anything.
With this plan, Yi Xingchen was confident and smiled and said, "Since you believe in me, you must do what I said. If you don't believe it, go back and study hard to see if you can become a scholar this time."
When Yan Hongzhi heard this, he was immediately deflated.
He started taking the college entrance examination since he was a teenager, and until now, he has been taking the exam for more than 20 years, but he still failed. But this time he went to the exam again, I am afraid that there would be no greater hope than the last time. When he heard his daughter say that the fortune-telling was very accurate, he felt hope in his heart, and wanted to see if he could become a scholar through fortune-telling. However, after copying things for a day, he was worried about his studies and would not fail in the end.
If you spend the rest of this time studying hard, there may be a glimmer of hope. If you waste your studies in the past few days, you will probably have no hope. Therefore, while copying in the Taoist temple, you are thinking about this matter with great concern. Finally, it was time to go home, so you quickly came out and asked Yi Xingchen what to do.
Now that I heard Yi Xingchen say this, I was immediately frightened. Indeed, since I followed his advice, I looked back and questioned him again. Since that's the case, why bother? Since I have chosen to follow the advice of the half immortal, I will just go on. Anyway, even if I go back and study hard, I will have a very slim hope of living.
After more than 20 years of failure in the exam, he has always had hopes for his initial journey to the vague hope. Since this is the case, why not follow the guidance of a half-immortal to take a look? Perhaps he can find another way and gain fame and fortune.
Thinking of this, Yan Hongzhi bowed and said, "Banxian is right, I am wrong. Please forgive me."
Yi Xingchen signaled him to sit down: "How is it? If you don't study this day, you will help people copy and write. What do you feel?"
Yan Hongzhi hesitated for a moment and said embarrassedly: "I feel like a cat is caught in my heart. I used to study hard every day with books, but if I don't study this day, I don't know what to do. Fortunately, I have work in my hands and copy them constantly, otherwise I really don't know how to live."
Yi Xingchen smiled, glanced around his eyes, and there was no one around him, and asked casually: "What did they ask you to copy? All day."
The contents of copying are the same, so Yan Hongzhi has long been familiar with it and said, "I copied two sentences: 'The sky falls from heaven, and the sky will overcome the disaster.' Just this sentence is written on a note, and it has to be written in a large stack. I have written countless pieces, and I almost vomited what I wrote."
Yi Xingchen was stunned for a moment, thinking about what this sentence meant. After thinking for a long time, he was easy to understand the following sentence. The heavenly tribulation is the core of the external publicity of the Heavenly Tribulation Sect. If you believe in the Heavenly Tribulation Sect, you can survive the end of the world. However, the previous sentence is not easy to understand, - divine fire from heaven? Is it really going to fall from heaven? How is it possible? Is it a meteorite? Is it impossible. If it is a meteorite, it should be called a divine stone from heaven.
Could it be that the Tianjie Sect wants to make any conspiracy?
Yi Xingchen suddenly felt alert, but this sentence alone could not explain anything, and further investigation must be carried out.
Yi Xingchen said to Yan Hongzhi: "After you copied these notes, what did the Taoist do with these notes?"
Yan Hongzhi shook his head and said, "I don't know. I'm just responsible for copying one by one, and then put it aside. If I copy too much, a Taoist will take it away. I don't know what to do."
After hearing what he said, Yi Xingchen's eyes turned, he deliberately smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "I understand why you have never been able to pass the college entrance examination to obtain the qualification of a scholar."
"Why?" Yan Hongzhi asked in surprise. If others say this, he may not care about it. However, if it was said by a magical half-immortal who tells fortunes, the weight will be different. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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