In a magnificent pavilion, it is quiet and safe, and the Sun family's domestic martial arts warriors are all around for a hundred meters to guard it.

When Sun Yucheng saw Bu Yuanzi accepting the elixir, he knew that the agreement between the two parties had been completed, so he impatiently asked for advice.

"I've recently been thinking of asking for help from a great scholar. Does the Taoist priest have any advice?"

Bu Yuanzi felt the abundant spiritual energy in the elixir and hurriedly hid it in a special jade box, sighing deeply in his heart.

No matter how hard he was to survive the world of mortals and know the truth of life and death, when his life span was about to run out, Bu Yuanzi could not face the horror of death.

He has not cultivated into a yin god and can temporarily leave his withered body.

"Since I have a chance to break through the situation, I will have more time to help you in the future. But since you are uneasy, I will give you a great talent first."

Bu Yuanzi had no worries about longevity in a short period of time, and he was in a broad-minded mood, so he did not hesitate to spend money and made a divination for Sun Yucheng on the spot.

I saw that Bu Yuanzi's hands were easy to count, his fingers were intertwined and turned over, and a row of tortoise shells fell down, showing a hexagram that Sun Yucheng could not understand.

"How about it, the Taoist priest knows a lot about it?"

Bu Yuanzi was surprised and confused. It wasn't that he didn't calculate it, but that there were some changes from what he had judged before.

"In the South Street Market, there is a man named Lin who is about thirty years old and has a black mole on his neck."

"Thank you, Taoist Priest. Such details are enough. I will send someone to invite you right now." Sun Yucheng said very excitedly.

Bu Yuanzi nodded and had no objection to Sun Yucheng's search for the person, but he still reminded him: "To be honest, sir, there are some problems with this person. He seems to have been involved in multiple lawsuits, and the cause and effect are involved..."

An hour later, Sun Yucheng got all the news about the "great talent" and was arranged to stay in the house temporarily.

"Lin Ren, he was a child when he was young. Later, due to the decline of his family's fortune, he failed the county examination many times. Now he writes letters for the South Street Market and is idle. He likes to go to casinos and brothels..."

"Recently, there are often rumors about this person in the streets and alleys of the market, and the reputation is not good..."

"I owe a hundred taels of gambling money, and I visited the widow's house at night and was stabbed? Even the fact that I stole money from my neighbor was found out. Now that the victim has reported the crime, who has been offended?" Sun Yucheng read the summary.

The news gave me a headache.

This "great talent" has such a bad reputation that it's hard to accept him, so let's meet him first.

Sun Yucheng thought about it and felt that character was not the issue, the key was whether he had the ability and whether he could use it.

"Come here, call Mr. Lin to come and talk."

Just when the pair of principals were about to meet and communicate, Zhou Bai also happened to leave the South Street Market.

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"Master, does Lin Ren have a grudge against you?" Lao Baoshi said a little depressed.

Just now, he had just found a few scoundrels to "make a name" for Lin Ren in the market and expose all his bad deeds.

It's just that these all cost money, so why should we be so targeted?

"Yes, there is enmity. If there is no enmity now, there will be in the future." Zhou Bai looked far away and looked in the direction of Sun Mansion.

He and Sun Yucheng live in the same county and will definitely face each other in the future.

Although Lin Ren betrayed Sun Yucheng in the end, he did make great contributions to him in the early and middle stages. It can be said that he single-handedly controlled the direction of Sun's power.

If Lin Ren's arm could be cut off with such a small trick, it might be difficult for Sun Yu Chengdu to rise smoothly.

Of course, Zhou Bai didn't think that Sun Yucheng would abandon it because of this reputation, but it would definitely have a lot of impact on Lin Ren's use.

For example, people like Lin Ren would be excluded internally, or when Sun Yucheng founded the business, Lin Ren could not come to the forefront at all.

Later, when the two armies faced each other and were in a stalemate, Lin Ren would be a loophole and an opportunity that could be seized.

In a sense, the battle between Zhou Bai and Sun Yucheng has been quietly kicked off by Zhou Bai.

If the Sun family is temporarily powerful, then we should reduce its luck for the future.

On the third day of March, the county government announced the red list of the county examination. Those on the list were all scholars. County officials went to various counties to report the good news to show the court's respect for the scholars.

Even though Bei'an County is located on the northern border and is not prosperous in culture, there are still nearly a thousand former students in the county.

Fifty out of one thousand, which is twenty more than the county exam, but the difficulty is countless times greater.

Not far from the results list, a group of children taking the exam from Pingcang County were crowded together, their faces full of excitement, but their unconcealed worries could also be clearly seen.

Because there were so many people crowding in front of the list, the county government also sent officers with loud voices to shout the list loudly, so that everyone could hear it and not keep crowding here to interfere with the work of the adults in the mansion.

"Quiet, quiet, let me recite the names of all the talented scholars below."

"Fiftieth place, Qian Feng from Pingcang County, congratulations..." It was a coincidence that the first one up was Tong Sheng from Pingcang County.

Immediately, the crowd of children belonging to Pingcang County in the rear caused a sensation and congratulated each other: "Master Qian, congratulations on passing the test, you will be a member of the imperial court from now on!"

"No, I'm just the last one, let's see what's ahead of me." Qian Feng said modestly, but his joy was clearly revealed. Even the richest man in the county couldn't keep his temper.

I have never seen that among this batch of candidates, there are so many former students, many of whom come from wealthy families.

However, we didn’t hear about Pingcang County’s registration for a long time. All the children’s faces were gloomy, some were impatient, and they tried their best to push their way to the front of the crowd to see the list.

"Thirty-seven, Xitong County...Thirty-three, Guangchang County..."

"Mr. Zhou, you are at the top of the list in our county. You won't miss it, right?" Halfway through the list, most ordinary students knew that there was no hope, so they started to worry about Zhou Bai.

If a county fails to win the top spot, then they will have no face as ordinary children.

"Huh, Mr. Zhou is an outstanding poet and a mere scholar. Don't you think so, Mr. Zhou Bai?" Zhao Liangji was so busy that he didn't seem to worry about himself at all. Instead, he ridiculed Zhou Bai.

Zhou Heyun, who does not have much sense of presence, was originally a little uncomfortable because of the premonition that he would fail, and now he also wanted to make a mockery of it.

But he didn't know that they were all from the same clan, and Zhou Bai's failure would not be of any benefit to him, so his mood and face were very complicated, and he remained silent.

Zhou Bai was unfazed, just raised his hands and said to the fellow villagers around him: "Ping Cang and his face are all tied together, how dare Bai fail?!"

Zhao Liangji smiled coldly and didn't say much. On the contrary, Chen Yun next to him became a little nervous. He must have failed.

"Twenty-seven, Zhao Liangji from Pingcang County...Twenty-one, He Qing from Pingcang County..."

"Congratulations, Mr. Zhao."

"Young Master He is not from a wealthy family in the county, but he ranks high. He really adds glory to our Pingcang County."

Zhao Liangji and He Qing happily accepted the congratulations from the Pingcang children. Only Chen Yun looked pale, knowing that he was in trouble.

Sure enough, as he expected, his name did not appear in the top ten, and his studies did not support him in the top ten.

"Alas, Mr. Chen Yun actually missed, will Zhou Bai be in trouble too?"

"It's difficult, there are only the last few places left."

"The luck of the villagers cannot support such a high ranking position."

Waves of increasingly enthusiastic rumblings resounded throughout the street, and the top ten names on the list were announced one by one.

"The fifth place is Lu Pengxing of Yuanmin County; the fourth place is Qiu Liang of Yangyuan County; the third place is Qi Hua of Bei'an County; the second place is Sun Yucheng of Bei'an County."
Chapter completed!