84. The Farmer Who Became the Top Scholar

Yan Ping came to the county town with the money from the separation, and the first thing he did was to go to Chunfeng Tower to find his Xiao Cui.

"Hey, isn't this our great talent Yan?"

Just as he was walking outside Chunfeng Tower, he was stopped by a somewhat familiar person.

"I, Liu Sanzhu, don't you know me? We used to play together when we were kids."

The other person was wearing gold and silver and looked so impressive. Yan Ping thought about it for a long time before he remembered the other person.

Liu Sanzhu used to be from Yongning Village. The other person had a foreign surname and made a living by leasing fields with the Yan clan. Liu Sanzhu was the third son of the Liu family and was also a well-known prodigal in the village.

Yan Ping remembers that the other party stole the money his father used to find a wife for his second brother in order to marry a girl from Chunfeng Tower. He almost made his father angry to death. Anyway, the Liu family no longer recognized him as their son. I never returned to Yongning Village without seeing each other.

He remembered it because Liu Fuchun loved to talk about these gossips about family affairs. He heard it a lot, so he remembered it well.

But looking at the dress of the man in front of me, he doesn't look like he's down and out.

"Why, do you think it's too surprising that I, Liu Sanzhu, can do this?"

Liu Sanzhu seemed to have noticed Yan Ping's doubts, and was not angry. He laughed and asked.

"It's just a coincidence. I don't know if Yan, the great talent, would like to come with me to join in the fun, so that I, an uneducated person, can get acquainted with your culture."

Other times, Yan Ping might not have anything to do with people like Liu Sanzhu, but he was in a bad mood today, and the other person's words made him happy.

He declined without a firm stance and followed Liu Sanzhu.

"Isn't this a gambling house?"

In Yan Ping's opinion, it is an elegant thing for a girl from Chunfeng Tower to add fragrance to her red sleeves, but once you become addicted to gambling, it is not an easy thing to quit.

"What are you afraid of? Look at me, Liu Sanzhu. I was so embarrassed when I was kicked out of my house by my old man and brother. But now, I am a popular and spicy drinker. My life is no worse than before. Others think that gambling is not good. That's because they don't have the ability. ”

Liu Sanzhu looked disdainful: "It's fate that I meet my brother today. Come and play a few games. If you win, it's yours. If you lose, it's mine."

He enthusiastically held Yan Ping's hand, half pushing, and Yan Ping followed him in.

The casino was bustling with people. Yan Ping was surprised to see everyone, and none of them knew how to play. In the casino, he also saw two of his former classmates, and those people also saw him. There was no embarrassment at all, and they made a mistake. He withdrew his gaze and stared at his cards.

The bets in the casino vary from big to small. Yan Ping looked at the ingots of gold on some gambling tables. Today, he got more than thirty taels. He originally thought it was quite a lot. Here, he can't even make a splash. .

"How about it? It's easiest to bet big or small. How many do you want?"

Liu Sanzhu took his hand and came to a long table, where many people were gathered. He took out an ingot of ten taels of silver from his arms and asked Yan Yan: "One, two, three, small, four, five, six, big, buy it." Big or small?”

"I can't."

Yan Yan was a little nervous.

"What's wrong with this? It's all about luck. You are Duke Wenchang, so you have better luck than a gangster like me."

Liu Sanzhu's words made Yan Ying feel a little excited. Looking at the dice cup, he gritted his teeth and said, "Buy big."

Without any hesitation, Liu Sanzhu directly placed the ten taels of silver in the frame with big characters.

The people on the side also placed their bets. When the people in the casino saw that no one was placing bets, they shouted to leave and opened the lid of the cup. It was really big.

Yan Yan almost jumped up with joy. Seeing that twelve taels suddenly turned into twenty taels, he couldn't help but feel a little warm.

"Here, as promised, if you win, it's yours, if you lose, it's mine."

Liu Sanzhu kept his word and handed the twelve taels he won directly into Yan Ping's hands.

"How can I ask for your money?"

Saying no, Yan Ping acted honestly and took the twelve taels.

"I'm going to play something difficult. You can play here and watch as you like. As agreed, if you win, it's yours, if you lose, it's mine." Liu Sanzhu patted Yan Ying on the shoulder, and then went to the big chip player. The bet was gone, and Yan Ping looked at the ingots of gold that the other party took out from his arms, and he was no longer worried at all.

On this day, Yan Yan learned what gambling is, what blackjack is. He won and lost, but overall he still won more. When he finally left the casino, he already had more than fifty taels of silver in his hand. .

"It's so easy to make money."

Yan Ping thought about the banknotes in his arms until he sat in the Chunfeng Tower, feeling a little restless.

"That's right, we are capable people. For those who lose money, we have no ability to blame anyone. But you, great talent, have better luck than me. On the first day I went in, I only made three or four taels of silver. It seems that I, Liu Sanzhu, will have to rely on you, a great talent, to support me in the future."

Liu Sanzhu called several girls, one of whom was Xiao Cui, whom Yan Ping liked. The beauty and the wine made Yan Ping dizzy, and he felt that he could never feel more comfortable than now.

He studied to become an official, and became an official to make money. Now that he has money and a beautiful woman by his side, why bother reading those boring books anymore.

Yan Yan felt that he had entered the right city today and had found such a way to make a fortune for himself.

He was still a little sober at this time, but as he came back from winning money from the casino every day in the next few days, his original vigilance began to disappear.

After making money, he bought a house in the county and redeemed his favorite Xiaocui. He forgot about his parents and that he had a wife at home.

He forgot to study and put on silk and satin. From time to time he would go to Chunfeng Tower to find the top girl to have fun. Money was the most useless thing to him.

After more than a month of this kind of life, Yan Wei started to lose money for the first time.

In his opinion, it was just an accident, but the next day, he still lost money, even more than the first day. Yan Ping felt something was wrong and wanted to stop, but then Liu Sanzhu appeared again and told him that he It was like this for a while, but it doesn't matter, just get over it. Anyway, he has won so much money before, is he still afraid of losing?

Yan Bing believed what the other party said, and he was really addicted to gambling. Now, as long as Yan Bing doesn't touch cards for a day, he will feel uncomfortable all over.

He began to gamble more and more, and lost more and more. The gold, silver and jade he had bought when he won money were mortgaged one by one. He began to borrow money from the casino because he believed that one day he would be able to do it. Won it back.

Whenever he was about to lose confidence, he would indeed win for a few days, but the win was very small, and it was not as good as what he would lose again later, but again and again, Yan Ping couldn't cut off that little hope.

When he started to borrow money from the casino, Xiao Cui, who had been redeemed by him from Chunfeng Tower, ran away and took the few valuable things in the house with him. Yan Pei smashed everything he could in the house and cursed the ruthless man. The woman then sold the small courtyard. In addition to returning the money to the gambling house, the remaining money was used as gambling capital, and he fell into it again.

It wasn't until he lost everything he could lose and owed the casino more than three hundred taels of silver that Yan Yan realized what he had done in just over a month. And at this time he Liu Sanzhu could not be found.

Yan Ping realized that he seemed to have been deceived, and was deceived by Liu Sanzhu and the casino.

People in casinos are not easy to mess with. There is no connection behind them. Whoever dares to open a casino will either pay back the money or cut off his hand. At this time, Yan Chu has lost everything, including the land he was assigned. For his own life, He could only focus on his biological father, Yan Changxue.

******

"How could such a thing happen?"

Old Man Yan was lying on the bed, coughing angrily.

The eldest grandson got a lot of debt from gambling and couldn't repay the money. Not only did he steal the deed of the house in his town, he also stole money from the tavern where Yan Changxue was the shopkeeper.

Just when the big boss came to inspect, Yan Changxue wanted to tighten his tail for fear that he would be found out for making false accounts. Now he was fine. Being done like this by Yan Pei aroused the big boss's vigilance, and the other party called four or five people. The experienced accountant carefully inspected the account books of the past few years and discovered that he had secretly hid the family's money.

The tavern was opened by the prefect's brother-in-law, a person that even the county magistrate did not dare to offend. He immediately became angry. On the same day, someone from the Yamen came and took Yan Changxue away. Also taking away the family's small amount of cash and money. The part of the land allocated to Yan Yu was used to make up for the loss of the tavern.

Yan Changxue was sentenced to six years of exile. Because of his incident, although Yan Yu's reputation as a scholar was not revoked, he was also banned from taking scientific examinations in the future. This is the truth.

For Yan Yi, nothing could be a bigger blow than this, and Liu Fuchun was not much better.

Her eldest biological son had harmed her husband, and her younger son's future was ruined because of this incident. She couldn't bear the blow. After Yan Ping had one of his hands cut off by someone from the casino because he couldn't pay back the money, he ran away. , completely crazy.

Fortunately, she was crazy and quiet. She neither hit nor cursed anyone. She was just like a child and could work obediently. After the house in the town was taken away, she followed Yan Yi back to her old house. On weekdays, She stayed at home and helped Li Qiuyue with housework. She was much more lovable than before.

Yan Yi is bored in his room these days. Li Qiuyue feels sorry for her nephew, so she gives him three meals on time every day. Now that the old man and the old lady are sick, she has more important things to do.

Fortunately, Yan Changxi and his eldest brother's family had separated before this, and they were already two families in the genealogy, so this incident did not involve their family.

"Why is this happening?"

Yan Yu couldn't understand, everything was changing so fast. He had obviously found out who framed him, and he could take the imperial examination normally. But because of Yan Changxue, everything was ruined. He was a senior Did he kill his whole family in his last life? He had suffered so much in his last life and this life.

"I am not Yan Yu, I should be you, I should be yours, Yan Chu, do you understand, I am Yan Chu, I am you in the future, I know everything that happened in the next ten years, I should not be where I am now Such."

Seeing Yan Chu come in and close the door, Yan Yu rushed towards him and said to him.

"I know."

Yan Chu spoke softly.

"You don't know, how do you know?" Yan Yu stared at him in disbelief with his eyes wide open.

"I know who you are, but do you know who I am? That night, the wind was so strong, our Jun'er was crying, and my body hurt so much. Where were you at that time? You had your princess wife, You have your lovely princess, can you still remember Jun'er and I who stayed in Yongning Village? Do you know how painful my body and heart were when I died? "

Yan Lu looked at his own face, which had suddenly become terrifying, and subconsciously took several steps back, horrified.

"You, you, you, you are Fu Zhenzhen."

He swallowed his saliva: "It wasn't me who killed you, it was Yan Lu, Yan Changxue and Liu Fuchun, go find them."

Yan Lu shivered, his legs trembling, looking at that familiar face, he felt strange for the first time.

"Don't be afraid, Xiaobao."

Yan Chu, who had originally shown hatred, suddenly regained his gentle look. His expression was very familiar to Yan Lu, but he couldn't remember it.

"Don't you like to eat thorny fruit the most? At the beginning, my second sister went up the mountain with you. In order to pick thorny fruit for you, she was bitten by a snake. Fortunately, it was non-toxic. Now I think about it, it still hurts."

Yan Chu touched his arm, as if there was a wound there.

"Second, second sister, are you the second sister?" Yan Lu remembered the incident he mentioned. Only he and the second sister knew about it. Because she was bitten by a non-venomous snake, the second sister didn't tell anyone after returning home, including the third and fourth sisters.

Is this person in front of him Fu Zhenzhen or the second sister? If it is Fu Zhenzhen, why does the other party know such a secret thing? Yan Lu is going crazy.

"Xiaobao, the second sister loves you so much. She has always left everything good for you, let you study for you, and offended your grandparents, and finally married such a man."

Yan Chu's eyes were resentful. At this moment, Yan Lu seemed to really see the second sister in his previous life.

That time, the other party came to ask him, what did he say, saying that he couldn't have a divorced sister, and he never saw the other party again, nor did he receive any news about him.

At that time, Yan Lu felt that he was not wrong. Women should be faithful to one man. Since the second sister married the second brother-in-law, shouldn't she tolerate some of his small shortcomings?

"I love you so much. That man beat me. My body hurt, but my heart didn't. But it was my most beloved brother who tore my heart out. Xiaobao, Xiaobao, how much I hate you."

Yan Chu covered his chest, tears falling from his eyes. Yan Lu squatted down with his head covered.

"Don't blame me. It was your grandparents who promised you a family. Wuwuwu, second sister, don't blame me, don't blame me."

Yan Lu felt that he was not wrong, but looking at the sad second sister and the desperate Fu Zhenzhen he just saw from him, he seemed to feel that he was indeed wrong.

In Yan Chu, he saw many people. In addition to Fu Zhenzhen and the second sister, his parents, third sister and fourth sister appeared one after another. Those people really existed. They could tell many secrets that only they knew to each other. It was also from Yan Chu's mouth that he knew what those people felt after he coldly refused to get along with them.

"Daddy."

The last one, Yan Chu's expression at this time was so innocent.

"Zhuzhu, are you Zhuzhu?"

Yan Lu put down his hands covering his ears, raised his head, looked at the person in front of him, wanted to get closer, but was timid.

He didn't have much affection for the son born to him by Fu Zhenzhen, but he never forgot his daughter who he loved like a pearl and a treasure since childhood.

"Zhuzhu, Daddy Daddy Zhuzhu."

He raised his hand, wanting to hug his daughter so much. When the Dongchuang incident was exposed, the child was only six years old, at the age of ignorance. He didn't know how she lived after he was exiled.

Although he had a father like him, Zhuzhu had a princess mother after all, and she was the emperor's granddaughter. Her life would not be bad.

"Daddy, Zhuzhu is in pain."

Yan Chu's voice was crying, which made Yan Lu's heart cold.

Hurt, why did Zhuzhu hurt?

"The king of that foreign country is so scary. He loves to beat people. Grandfather asked Zhuzhu to endure it, and Zhuzhu endured it obediently. But didn't Zhuzhu marry the foreign king? Why did Zhuzhu marry his son after he died? Zhuzhu is so scared."

The tears that Yan Chu shed at this time seemed to be stabbed into Yan Lu's chest. He was a little at a loss. Why did his Zhuzhu endure those things?

But why, doesn't he understand?

Because he has such a father, Zhuzhu is destined to be sacrificed.

If he hadn't been greedy for vanity, he wouldn't have married the princess. If he had been kind to Fu Zhenzhen and chose a place for her and the child to live a peaceful life, Fu Yugui might not have thought of tearing his face.

He always said that he was right, but in fact he was sorry for many people, he was sorry for the family who really loved him, he was sorry for Fu Zhenzhen and her son, he was sorry for the princess, and he was sorry for their daughter.

Yan Lu cried loudly. It turned out that he was so wrong.

Seeing Yan Lu like this, Yan Chu stopped his performance and restored his original voice.

"In this life, you are here to pay for the mistakes you have made. Now that all the mistakes have not happened, atone for your sins."

Speaking of which, the original body did not commit a fatal mistake, so although according to the client's intention, he should punish the original body severely, but he felt that this way of dealing with it was better than letting the original body suffer and not knowing where the mistake was.

He will live in the painful past, but will start a new life to make up for the mistakes he made, and that's enough.

He also has to thank the experience accumulated by the movie emperor in that life. At the beginning, he was not used to the other party's perfect acting skills and could not use them skillfully, but with the fusion of one world after another, he began to have the strength of the other party.

It was also because of this that Yan Chu discovered that, in fact, whenever he played a person, he was also learning, which made each reincarnation more interesting.

*****

Since then, Yan Lu has become much quieter. With decades of experience, he started doing business with a small amount of capital.

Because he had Yan Chu, his promising cousin, as his backer, he did not suffer much trouble.

The pampered and arrogant attitude cultivated by the previous generation was gone. He was like the most ordinary businessmen, able to endure hardships and grievances. Gradually, the scale of his business began to expand, and he became famous in the county and even in the prefecture.

In daily interactions, Yan Meihua and her sisters also changed their previous prejudices against this cousin, and the two sides became closer. Although they were not as close as with their own brother Yan Chu, they were much better than ordinary relatives.

He took the initiative to take the responsibility of supporting the two elderly people in the family. When Yan Chu went to Beijing to take the exam, he treated Yan Chu's parents as his own parents.

He had proposed to give his eldest sister-in-law a sum of money to let her go back to her parents' home, and even if she remarried, the Yan family would never interfere.

But the scholar's wife was raised under the most stringent female precepts and training, so how could she dare to think about remarrying? She was supported by Yan Lu for the rest of her life, eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures, and she hardly stepped out of the house.

Such a boring and painful life was the female training that Yan Lu admired most in his previous life. Thinking of his second sister's more miserable life in his previous life, Yan Lu naturally regretted it more.

After Yan Lu knew that his younger brother had become rich, he ran back secretly, but was beaten out by Yan Lu and was discovered by the people who used to work in the casino, who broke his leg. After that, he never heard from him again.

When Yan Chu went to Beijing to take the exam, he brought his fourth sister Lanhua and his sister Fu Zhenzhen with him. After he successfully passed the exam, Lanhua and Fu Zhenzhen also found their own destinations.

Fu Zhenzhen married a close friend whom Yan Chu met when he was taking the imperial examination. The other party lost his mother at a young age, and his biological father married a second wife. Before he reached adulthood, he was separated from his family. Naturally, no one would arrange a marriage for such a family.

Yan Chu was attracted by the other party's sincerity, and his father's family was far away, so they would not have much intersection in this life. After confirming that Zhenzhen herself was willing, he agreed to his friend's proposal.

When she got married, all the people of the Yan family came. As her family members, they arranged a wedding for her in a lively manner.

Yan Lu took out 10,000 taels of silver, which was almost all his wealth at the time. Although the person he should compensate was no longer the person in front of him, only by doing so could he feel better.

It might be fate. After many twists and turns, Yan Chu was still with the princess.

As a newly crowned champion favored by the emperor, he often went in and out of the palace. The princess who coveted his beauty just like in the previous life, would not marry anyone but him. After the princess came of age, the emperor issued an edict to grant the marriage, and they had a good relationship.

Fortunately, Yan Chu took good care of himself in this life. His face fascinated the princess for a lifetime. Although they only had one daughter, they lived happily together for the rest of their lives.

Yan Lu never married. After the death of Old Man Yan and Old Lady Yan, Liu Fuchun became crazy again. The uncles and aunts in the next room could not make decisions for him, so they let him delay like that.

He compensated the people he owed and guarded his Zhuzhu for the rest of his life.

*****

"Here, here, my uncle is here."

The mansion of the Minister of Rites was full of mourning.

Fu Yugui and Yan Chu rushed to the house anxiously. It was obvious that there were many people guarding the woman's bedroom.

"Mom, the uncles are here."

Fu Zhenzhen's eldest son leaned close to her ear and whispered to her.

She opened her eyes with great effort and looked towards the door. Two figures came into her sight.

One was tall and strong, and the other was equally tall, but a little thin, and as tall as a pine tree.

"That's great."

Fu Zhenzhen opened her mouth, said this, and closed her eyes with a smile, holding tightly in her hand an old pink silk flower bead hairpin that had already turned yellow.

It's not that she is not good, nor is it that he is not good, it's just that they were born at an unfortunate time, and it just didn't fit.

She should be grateful that although there was no strong love, she had a long-lasting relationship with her husband, and in her life, there were two brothers, one who protected her in the first half of her life, and the other who compensated her in the second half of her life.

She was really happy.