It was dusk. The autumn wind was bleak, and it was as thin as a knife. Behind the thatched hut was an old tree several meters high, and now it was full of yellow leaves. The yellow leaves on the trees were ruthlessly cut down by the autumn wind, falling one by one, laying a golden piece of land in front of the thatched hut.

Zhengliang stood in front of the door of the thatched hut. He saw a wooden sign hanging above the door, "Yanyunju".

After seeing this, Zhengliang thought it was interesting. How did a scholar living in a bandit's nest live in a wild place?

"Withed vines and old trees and crows, small bridges and flowing water, thin horses in the ancient roads, sunsets, heartbroken people are at the end of the world." At this time, a sound came from the thatched hut, and the sound seemed full of helplessness.

"Hey!" Then he sighed, and the voice inside the room continued, "It's a great pleasure to have friends coming from afar. Why don't you come in and gather together?"

Masara smiled slightly when he heard this, waved his hand, signaling Yoshida Shigemasa to be responsible for the guard outside, but he gently pushed open the wooden door and walked in.

After entering the house, I saw that the decorations in the house were quite simple. A wooden bed and a wooden table, that's all. On the open-air wooden platform near the stream, a thin middle-aged man dressed in scholar was picking up a tile bowl to greet Zhengliang. The middle-aged man looked thin, but he didn't feel cold at all in the rustling autumn wind. Judging from his expression, he was really talking and laughing. Could it be that he was also a strange man?

Zhengliang was not polite, and strode to the wooden platform and sat down cross-legged like the middle-aged scholar.

"I'm in Luo Liang, I'm polite." After sitting down, Zhengliang bowed slightly to the middle-aged scholar.

"Liu Le, Macheng County, Huguang" said a middle-aged scholar, "I wonder if the young master is drinking Wen or Wu?" After the ceremony, Liu Le took out a tile bowl and said to Zhengliang.

Zhengliang felt that it was getting more and more interesting. An ancient literati suddenly invited a stranger to visit his home. And from the current situation, the two seemed to drink with each other like old friends. It was really a strange scene. But since the other party invited him to drink, it was hard to refuse. Anyway, there was someone guarding outside, so he was not afraid of this strange literati playing tricks.

"How to drink Wendian, how to drink Wudian?" Zhengliang said with a smile.

"Hahaha" Liu Le was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then laughed. Instead of analyzing, he enthusiastically served a bowl of wine for Zhengliang. Finally, he raised his new bowl of wine to Zhengliang and said, "Come on." After that, he raised his neck and drank the bowl of wine.

"Brother Liu's heroic spirit." Zhengliang exclaimed, and after that, he raised his neck and drank a bowl of wine. A spicy smell poured into his throat. Ah! This is the real wine, this is the soju. The unique soju in the Ming Dynasty (distilled wine originated in the Yuan Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty medical scientist Li Shizhen wrote in <>: "Sauju is not an ancient method, but it was founded in the Yuan Dynasty. The method is to use strong wine and stew to steam it and use a utensil to carry the drip of dew. All sour and bad wine can be steamed. Recently, only glutinous rice or japonica are used to steam it. Steam rice, millet or barley, steamed with pixie. It is as clear as water and has a strong taste. It is also spicy, sweet, hot, and has great poison. Drinking too much will cause stomach damage to gallbladder, heart damages longevity, and even black intestines rot the stomach and die. Eating it with ginger and garlic can cause hemorrhoids. Salt, cold water, mung bean powder can relieve its poison). It is really worthy of being soju, and the taste is not comparable to those sake wines. I endured the burning heat in my heart, and the tiled bowl that Zhengliang was drinking was raised towards Liu Le.

"Hahaha" Liu Le laughed again, and then started to talk to himself regardless of Zhengliang. "In life, it is rare to be confused. The more you are sober, the more trouble you are."

Oh? After hearing Liu Le's words, Zhengliang knew that this was a person with a story. So he did not disturb him, but listened to his spit while accompanying him for a drink.

It turns out that Liu Le was extremely smart since childhood, and had an amazing memory, and he often could never forget it. As a descendant of the Liu Han royal family, Liu Le's father saw the hope of revitalizing the family from his son. Although his family was not rich, he still sold his money to support Liu Ledu.

Liu Le was also very successful. After obtaining the qualification of a child, he passed the college entrance examination in one fell swoop and obtained the status of a scholar. From then on, he got rid of the status of a civilian and obtained certain privileges, such as being exempted from one person's corvee and not kneeling when he saw the county magistrate. However, Liu Le's goal was to become an official. So he participated in the higher-level provincial examination. This time he passed the exam in one fell swoop and became a juren. After obtaining such a result, the two old people were extremely happy. However, his good luck ended here. In the subsequent examination, he became famous and could not be qualified for a tribute student.

Liu Le was not discouraged. While finding an errand in his hometown to make a living, he reviewed and prepared to continue taking the exam. Unfortunately, he participated in the two consecutive times ended in failure. During the period, the two old men also left. Of course, they left with a smile. Being able to achieve such results can be considered as glorious.

By the way, Liu Le is a juren, so he is qualified to be an official. The reason why he is qualified is that this level cannot be guaranteed to be an official, which is similar to today's college graduation without assignments. How can a juren become an official? It's very simple. When an official dies, you will have a chance. Liu Le is also considered upright but a little sleek, but unfortunately, he met someone who is more sleek and sophisticated than him, so he was secretly snatched away several opportunities to become an official. In addition, he lacks decisiveness in his work and often becomes a woman's kindness and kindness. When he needs to make a decision, he will hesitate, which will eventually lead to being seized by others.

In a blink of an eye, Liu Le was already in his thirties and his family gradually fell. That night, he felt ashamed of his parents, and cried bitterly in front of his parents' grave. Finally, he realized that these so-called official positions were just clouds. Since then, he resolutely gave up his career and changed to business. After a period of hard work, his business gradually got on the right track. It was at this time that due to business needs, he learned ri with his amazing memory.

At that time, he suddenly remembered his father's expectations before leaving. It turned out that Liu Le had been married to the daughter of a father's friend since he was a child. Now this friend has moved to Ningbo Prefecture. His father always wanted to see the birth of his grandson before leaving. Unfortunately, Liu Le was obsessed with the imperial examination at that time and had never considered it. When he remembered his father's expectations, he couldn't help but burst into tears. So he decided to go to the fiancée to propose marriage in person. However, he was captured by this group of bandits when he was passing by the foot of Taiping Mountain.

When the bandit leader saw that Liu Le could write well, he saved his life and appointed him as the warehouse administrator, responsible for managing the warehouse and registering the account books.

From then on, Liu Le, who was under house arrest in a copycat, lived a life of having a good life but not having a bad life. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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