Li Baolu has always been placed under Qin Xinfang's household registration, and she is also a criminal. As long as she does not marry Gu Jingyun for a day, she cannot be placed under Gu Jingyun's household registration. This is what the Qin family and the village chief agreed at the beginning.

But criminals can't leave the place of exile. If Li Baolu wants to go out with Gu Jingyun, he has to issue a marriage certificate and get married formally.

In Qiongzhou, girls of eleven or twelve years old were married everywhere, so the village chief didn't doubt it, and he happily issued paperwork for them.

Of course, Li Baolu felt that the most important thing was that Qin Xinfang wrapped him a big bag of wedding candy, plus a lot of meat and cloth.

After submitting the paperwork and the marriage letter to the county government office, Li Baolu officially became Gu Jingyun's concubine.

However, Qin Xinfang told the two of them, "You are still young. Although you are legally married, you cannot consummate the marriage. We have to wait until Baolu turns sixteen. At that time, we will hold a grand wedding for you. Enter the bridal chamber after getting married, understand?"

Both Li Baolu and Gu Jingyun agreed with a serious face, and Li Baolu even patted his chest and assured: "Uncle, don't worry, I will definitely keep an eye on Brother Jingyun to prevent him from messing around."

Gu Jingyun rolled his eyes at her.

Qin Xinfang looked at the two shameless children and sighed, thinking that he was just worrying for nothing, and the two children were obviously not enlightened yet.

Zhang Yiyan went to the city early to rent a house for them, and Qin Xinfang stayed in the county town for one night before going back.

"Uncle, I'll ask Zhang Yiyan to take you back." Gu Jingyun looked at Zhang Yiyan.

Zhang Yiyan hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Mr. Qin, the porters in the caravan are going home too, so you can go back in their carts."

Most of the people in Zhang Yiyan's caravan are villagers from the same village. They just finished a business and are going to rest for a few more days.

Qin Xinfang glanced at Gu Jingyun, nodded and said, "Okay, let them take me back."

Zhang Yiyan did not go back with them, but stayed behind to report the news of the county seat to Gu Jingyun, "Not many people participated in the county examination this year. I have already found out that a janitor did not provide a guarantee for someone. You should be able to ask for something if you come to the door with something. Save."

"Have you found the candidates who have joined each other?"

"I have already inquired about the people. I sent people to find them, and they all have intentions. They just want to meet the young master before they can make up their minds."

After all, each other is to sit together.

Gu Jingyun nodded, and said: "Then go invite someone. We will meet tomorrow in Wanfu Building, and then we will buy some gifts. After we meet the examinee, we will visit that janitor."

Candidates who want to take the county examination must not only write the resumes of three generations of relatives, but also form bonds with five candidates. .

Gu Jingyun thought it was troublesome, so he handed over everything to Zhang Yiyan.

Li Baolu asked: "Mutual bonds and guarantees are easy to get, so how do you write your resume?"

You must know that Gu Jingyun's father's family is in the capital, and he still has a title. Doesn't it scare the county magistrate to death?

The most important thing is that they would know it as soon as they referred to the capital, but she knew it. Gu Jingyun didn't want to be exposed to the eyes of the Gu family too early.

Gu Jingyun showed him his written resume, which included the resumes of the Qin family patriarch, grandfather and Gu Huaijin Qin Wenyin, but it was very simple.

The Qin family began to be an official in the imperial examination as early as in the former dynasty. They were formerly landlords, and it has been nineteen generations since it was handed down to Qin Xinfang's generation. Among them, there have been two prime ministers, five ministers, and countless officials below the third rank. Even now, there are still quite a few offshoots of the Qin family who are officials in the court, and they are truly scholarly families.

Of course, Gu Jingyun would not write these directly. What he wrote was that his great-grandfather came from the Qin family in Runing, and was from the family of Nai Gengdu... His father was a student of the Qin family.

Just two or three sentences can arouse a lot of curiosity, but there is also a lot of space for activities. If you really want to write down your resume honestly, this piece of paper is probably not enough to fill it out.

Fortunately, under the leadership of the county magistrate Tan Qian, the atmosphere in Qiongzhou Prefecture is unprecedentedly corrupt. As long as you have money, you can do anything. Therefore, it is too easy to pass this resume. As long as the format of the resume is good, the reviewer does not care whether it is It's true.

What's more, what Gu Jingyun wrote is true, but a lot of unwritten things have been omitted.

"...Tan Qian's greed for money is not completely useless to us." Li Baolu sighed.

Gu Jingyun sneered, and said: "He is clean, and I naturally have ways to deal with it. I don't begrudge my sincerity."

Since it can be done with a little money, why should he spend his energy?

In fact, Gu Jingyun doesn't like this kind of person even more, because it is full of uncertainties. If it is just a simple exam, he is absolutely confident in his talent, and the situation is naturally in his own hands.

But under Tan Qian, as long as he has money, everything is full of uncertainty.

"Don't mention that kind of spoiler, let's go pack our things, this time we will live in the county for a month."

Li Baolu nodded. They didn't bring many things, but they also brought a lot, but it was easy to organize them.

Zhang Yiyan rented a small courtyard for them, with three rooms in it, Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu lived in one, and the remaining one was packed up as a guest room.

The mats and quilts were all brought by Zhang Yiyan. After they left, this yard was where Zhang Yiyan settled down after entering the city.

Now that he has colluded with the officials guarding the gate of the city, his business has expanded a lot, and the scope of purchases has been extended to good people. If it weren't for his identity, he can't leave Qiongzhou, I'm afraid he still wants to send the vendors to Guangzhou.

Not to mention Gu Jingyun, even Li Baolu felt sorry for Zhang Yiyan's talent.

"If he is a good citizen, he must be a big profiteer. It is not difficult to make a career."

Gu Jingyun said without moving his eyebrows: "He is a criminal, this is the premise, unless you get credit, don't even think about it."

The Zhang family is different from the Qin family. The Qin family was exiled to Qiongzhou after failing in the political struggle and endorsing the crown prince. As long as they have the ability, they can reverse the case.

However, the Zhang family was actually exiled here because of corruption and bribery. Among them were crimes such as seizing land and taking part in lawsuits. No surprises, the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren cannot do without Qiongzhou.

He took out his pen, ink, paper and inkstone and put them on the desk, turned to Li Baolu and said, "So in the future, we must educate our children well, and never allow them to do such illegal things, lest one person make mistakes and hurt future generations."

Li Baolu saw him mentioning the matter of educating children in the future with a serious face, so she agreed with a suppressed smile.

There were not many things, and the two of them worked together to get it done quickly. Then Gu Jingyun remembered that they didn't seem to have had lunch yet, so he took Li Baolu's hand and said, "Let's go out to eat."

"By the way, buy some rice and vegetables, and we will cook for ourselves in the evening."

The young couple held hands like an old couple and went shopping. They were used to it in the village, and they really didn't notice anything wrong. They didn't let go until they noticed that everyone's eyes were always looking at them with nothing. .

But Gu Jingyun still walked closely beside Li Baolu. As they moved, their sleeves rubbed against each other, making them seem very close. Fortunately, everyone no longer paid special attention to them, and only regarded them as brothers and sisters traveling together.

The two found a restaurant to eat, and then walked to the vegetable market to buy vegetables and meat, then turned around to buy some rice noodles, and then wandered home.

When Zhang Yiyan came back with gifts, Li Baolu had finished the dinner. When he saw the fish on the table, he couldn't help swallowing, and asked, "I bought all the pots and pans? They should have brought them from home." .”

"I didn't buy it," Li Baolu said while serving him a meal, "I brought two small pots for the journey. We only live here for a month, so it's not worth buying those things."

Although the Qin family has foreign aid and their life is better than everyone else's, they can't waste money like that. You must know that they spent a lot of money on their travels this time. Uncle Qin gave them most of the family's money. Several prints were sold.

If you can't save on food and housing, then save on these aspects. If you can save a little, it's a little bit.

Zhang Yiyan heard that everyone agreed, and said: "That's the way it should be. Later, I will go back to the village and search for some pots and pans. It will be enough, and there is no need to buy them."

He doesn't earn much from business, but his family's expenses are quite high. His parents can't bear hardships. They haven't been out of the sea or farming in the past two years, and they are all supported by his business, so they don't care. How rich.

"I bought a gift for you. I bought it according to the top grade. No matter how greedy that guy is, he should be satisfied."

There are few scholars in Qiongzhou Prefecture. There are only seven scholars in such a large county, and each scholar can guarantee three candidates at most.

A scholar can get some gifts in return for being a guarantee, but the most important thing is to support the younger generation and establish contacts.

A scholar is only exempt from his own corvee, and does not have the qualifications to be an official. There is a provincial examination at the top, and that is the single-plank bridge for thousands of people to pass.

No one knows whether the juniors who are currently taking the exam will surpass themselves and pass the exam. As long as one person passes the exam, the kindness today will be rewarded in the future.

Therefore, scholars are very happy to guarantee someone, as long as the other party has real talents and learning, and the character is not bad, and they will not implicate themselves.

And this granary student didn't have any insurance, which shows how high his vision is.

Of course, to use Zhang Yiyan's rhetoric is to die for money!

Although this person did not clearly mark the price, but the gift is insufficient, if the money given is less, he will never guarantee it. Similarly, as long as he can afford the money, he doesn't care whether the other party has real talents or not, he will issue a guarantee .

Gu Jingyun made a first-class gift, and took out Xie Yin of five taels of silver. He didn't believe that the other party would refuse with airs.

Zhang Yiyan's heart aches when he thinks of this money. This is his income for half a month.

Li Baolu was also distressed, "It doesn't cost two taels of silver for ordinary people to come to the county to take the exam, to live, to eat, to wear clothes, and to manage groceries. We only spent five taels for an insurance policy."

"I'll earn it back when I pass the exam." Gu Jingyun comforted her and said, "I'll take you to a restaurant in Guangzhou when the time comes. Don't you keep talking about wanting to eat roast suckling pig?"

Li Baolu slobbered for a moment, and said with sparkling eyes: "You said that!"

"It's what I said, so after you accompany me to register tomorrow, you can go to the port to find a boat. We will set off for Guangzhou as soon as the results come out."

The county examination is taken in Qiongzhou Prefecture, but the government examination and hospital examination have to go to Guangzhou.

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