Chapter 991

Dongsheng Shenzhou, Aolai country.

Speaking, Aolai is a big country in Dongsheng Shenzhou, and it can be said that it is an outstanding place, and its Kyoto is the center of Aolai.

Dignitaries, princes and nobles are not a few in the whole of Kyoto, and the only way for civilians to join these dignitaries and nobles is to pass the imperial examination.

Therefore, the imperial examination has become the only way for poor students to advance. They study hard for ten years in order to stand out in the imperial examination and get the reuse of the imperial court.

Kyoto.

It has been more than a year since Ye Xuan accompanied Li Youyun to Kyoto. Only their journey from Lianhua village to Kyoto took half a year.

Mountains are high and rivers are long. Evil people run rampant, and Demons eat human affairs. Li Youyun has experienced too many unimaginable hardships along the way.

Robbers robbed, demons attacked, pouring rain, and various natural and man-made disasters. It can be said that Li Youyun was accompanied by wind chill on his way to Beijing and almost died.

Ordinary people are extremely bitter. It's just that students from all sides of the imperial examination gathered in the capital. Students from rich families can say something. They can invite guards to protect all the way and can be guaranteed in clothing, food, housing and transportation. But if they encounter demons and ghosts, they can only sigh their bad luck.

Not to mention the poor students, who are short of food and clothing on this long road, are more likely to fall ill or be intercepted by robbers. They can reach the capital only after many ups and downs.

So the first pass of the imperial examination is the way to Beijing. I don't know how many poor students died on the way.

Li Youyun has never been far away. The journey of half a year almost killed him, but it really made him realize what human suffering is.

Fortunately, every time Li Youyun almost died, he was lucky to survive. Of course, all this is the credit of Ye Xuan and Huang pangzi.

After half a year's journey, Li Youyun has long lost his ambition of just leaving Lianhua village, just like frost beaten Eggplant - wilting!

He was weak and sickly, thin and pale, as if a gust of wind could blow Li Youyun to the ground.

Laifu inn is very famous in Kyoto, because Laifu inn only receives students who go to Beijing for the examination. It can also be said to be a gathering place for scholars.

Laifu inn is very famous because it is completely free. It provides free accommodation for students everywhere, and also allows students everywhere to have a foothold in Kyoto.

In the inn.

The three of Ye Xuan are having dinner. There are only some simple steamed bread and vegetarian food on the Sifang table, as well as a bowl of porridge that can see the bottom.

"Brother ye, brother Huang, we need to eat more. We don't provide dinner at Laifu inn." Li Youyun ate up the porridge in the bowl, and there was not even a drop of rice left.

"Youyun, the imperial examination will be in half a month. Your bones are too weak. You can have the strength to study only if you eat more." Ye Xuan sighed softly and handed Li Youyun a steamed bread in front of him.

"No, brother. You only drank a bowl of porridge yesterday. You must have been hungry for a long time. You can't eat this steamed bread." Li Youyun flatly refused.

"It doesn't hurt. Brother Wei has practiced some martial arts. It doesn't matter if you don't eat for three or five days, but your bones are too weak. If you don't eat enough, how can you have the strength to study? Don't you want to be named as a high school in the golden list?" Ye Xuan scolded.

"Brother, I...!"

Li Youyun's eyes were red and his nose was a little sour. If ye Xuan hadn't taken care of him for half a year, he might have died on the road.

He still clearly remembered that a gang of robbers blocked the way. Ye Xuan and Huang pangzi beat them back, and they suffered many knife wounds. He kept all this in mind.

"You Yun, I'm not hungry either. Please eat these two steamed buns." Fat Huang sighed slightly and handed the steamed bread in front of him to Li Youyun.

"Well, great man, how can you eat when you're pinched? When you win the first prize, you'll pay me back ten times and a hundred times." Ye Xuan smiled.

"Brother, I eat."

With tears in his eyes, Li Youyun ate the steamed bread one mouthful at a time, while ye Xuan and Huang pangzi also drank the porridge in the bowl. In fact, the porridge was just a bowl of water with rice. Where could they really fill their stomachs.

Of course, ye Xuan and Huang pangzi don't need to eat at all. All this is just for Li Youyun.

Laifu inn only provides one meal a day, while ye Xuan and his three people have gone to the capital for half a year. Their money has long been used up, so they have the current scene of depression.

Of course, not only Li Youyun, but also other poor students are almost in this situation. If there was no Laifu Inn, these poor students would really be on the streets.

Poor families are bitter, and scholars are even more bitter, and the title on the golden list is their only way out.

"Two brothers are waiting for me here. Youyun will come back soon."

Looking at the poor rice grains in the bowl of Ye Xuan and Huang fatty, Li Youyun was very sad. He seemed to have made a decision. As soon as he gritted his teeth, he left the square table and didn't know what he was going to do.

"Sir, Li Youyun has experienced a year of human suffering, and his pride has been polished slightly round. It's better to forget it." Fat Huang tried to poke out his voice.

"Greed, anger and ignorance, resentment and hatred, love and parting, can't beg..."

"This is just the beginning. Let's keep looking." Ye Xuan smiled.

In the inn wing room.

Li Youyun's face was red and pale from time to time, as if he was experiencing his inner choice, but finally he gritted his teeth, picked up the package containing pen, ink, paper and inkstone, walked out of the room, and then quickly left the inn.

"Where is he going, sir?" In the void, Huang pangzi was slightly surprised.

"Just go and have a look." Ye Xuan smiled faintly.

……

Town God Temple.

To say that this Town God's Temple is a bustling lot in Kyoto, and to the palace nobility, down to the common people, every day brings Town God's Temple to an endless stream.

Burning incense, praying and praying to repay the vow, more vendors on both sides of the street are hawking, and we can see the fortune tellers talking and talking, and the noise and warmth come and go one after another.

Li Youyun sat at a square table with a red face. A banner was set up beside him and wrote two big words: sell paintings!

Obviously, Li Youyun could not bear yeyan Huang fat to do his diet for him. He came to Town God's Temple to sell some of his calligraphy and paintings to change some money.

It's humiliating to be gentle and keep company with copper smell.

You know, in Aolai country, scholars all boast of being noble. If they make a public appearance and sell calligraphy and paintings for a living, it will be despised by other scholars.

This is why there are so many poor students in Laifu inn. They would rather eat only one meal of free food in Laifu Inn every day than go out to sell with their own calligraphy and paintings.

"The boy has a heart." The fat yellow man glanced slightly and showed a look of appreciation in his eyes.

"The pain of a mortal is the pain of life. He can realize the difficulty of life. This is only the beginning." Ye Xuan whispered softly.

In the past a little bit, Town God's Temple was very busy before, but Li Youyun was not very well. He had not sold a single word or painting for a full half of the time.