About an hour later, everyone arrived at a dilapidated courtyard.
"This is the home of the Top Scholar Lin?”
"Isn't it too tattered?"
"Can people live here?"
…Everyone was shocked.
The Water Empress was also very shocked. She looked at Lin Beifan and opened her mouth,""Minister Lin, is this your home?”
Lin Beifan nodded and said calmly,""Yes, Your Majesty! To be exact, this is my temporary residence!”
"Since you want to rent a house, why not rent a better one?”An official could not help but ask.
"Sir, you don't know how expensive daily necessities are!”Lin Beifan felt wronged."I want to rent a better one too, but my strength doesn't allow it!" This was the capital, where every inch of land was worth gold! Buying a house was expensive, but renting a house was not cheap either! Do you know how much it costs to rent this courtyard for a month?”
Lin Beifan raised a finger.""Ten taels of silver! I need to spend 10 taels of silver to stay here for a month! He had to spend 120 taels a year! I was born in an ordinary family. How can I afford this money? However, in order to rush for the exam and for the sake of a suitable environment to prepare for the exam, I could only bear the pain and fork out this huge sum of money!”
"After paying this huge sum of money, I became a poor farmer. I'm not much different from the beggars on the streets. He usually lived frugally and did not dare to spend a single cent more! I don't dare to move, I'm afraid of being hungry!"
The empress shook her head and sighed,"Minister Lin, I didn't expect you to have such a hard time in the past!”
"Yes, I was too poor in the past, mainly because I was poor!”
"I'm really too poor! I have no father, no mother, no brothers, no relatives, I have to rely on myself!”Lin Beifan recalled the past."I vaguely remember that a year ago, a thief came to my house! At that time, I hid under the bed and didn't even dare to breathe loudly, afraid that I would scare the other party away! Do you know what I was thinking at that time?”
"What are you thinking about?" the empress asked.
"At that time, I really hoped that he could find some money!”Lin Beifan covered his face.
"Cough cough!”
"In the end, he found nothing and ran away with tears in his eyes! He even threw two bags of rice at the family during the holidays!”
"Cough cough!”
Lin Beifan was so grateful that he secretly wiped his tears.""I relied on the thief's help to survive 365 days a year! It was him who made me feel that there was true love in the world!”
"Is it that bad?" An official couldn't help but say,"I remember that the imperial court will provide subsidies for those who have achievements!" Lord Lin, you're in the middle of the Three Yuan, so logically speaking, you shouldn't be living such a miserable life!”
"You're right. The imperial court's subsidies are very generous. It's impossible for them to live so miserably!”
"To be honest, I don't believe it either!”
"You only know one thing and don't know the other!
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Lin Beifan said sadly,"It's mainly because I rose too quickly!" I've scored three consecutive points in three years. I haven't even had the time to receive the imperial court's subsidy, and I've already become the top scorer! If I had taken the exam a little slower, I wouldn't have been so miserable!”
"Cough cough…" The officials glared at Lin Beifan angrily!
This guy was definitely pretending!
Isn't it good to have three yuan in a row?
This was something that many scholars dreamed of.
You think it's too fast?
How preposterous!
The empress chuckled softly.
She realized that Lin Beifan was getting more and more interesting!
Crying about being poor was so fresh and refined, and posturing was also so fresh and refined!
Yet, he said it so reasonably and with evidence, making people so angry that they wanted to beat him up!
"So Lord Lin, is this the reason why you are so greedy?”Yao Zheng, the remonstrant, said sarcastically,"You lived a hard life before you became an official, but after you became an official, you became greedy to make up for your previous losses?”
"Lord Yao, don't twist black and white! I read the books of Confucius and Mencius and perform the rites of a saint! If you continue to say this, I'll sue you for slander!”Lin Beifan retorted.
"Whether it's true or not, we'll know at a glance!”"Search!" Yao Zheng pushed open the door and shouted. Search carefully and seriously. Don't leave behind an inch of land!”
"Yes, my lord!" A group of soldiers rushed in.
"Milord, there is nothing in the living room!”
"Milord, there is nothing in the main room!”
"Milord, there is nothing in the guest room!”
"Milord, there is nothing in the kitchen!”
In the end, all the officers and soldiers who were searching stood in front of him, indicating that they had not received anything.
Yao Zheng was stunned, and so were the officials present.
"How can there be none?" Yao Zheng asked anxiously. It's impossible that there isn't!"
"What else can we find?" Lin Beifan said proudly. Look at my house, it's practically bare. Even a poor thief would be embarrassed to do it! Whether or not there was anything, he could tell with just a glance!”
Previously, he had distributed the money because he had considered the consequences.
As long as you can't find anything, it'll be difficult to convict me.
"It's impossible that there isn't…Speak! Did you move in advance?" Yao Zheng said excitedly.
Lin Beifan spread out his hands. I'm so poor that I'm just short of begging for food!"
At this moment, Lin Beifan couldn't help but look to the side.
Yao Zheng caught her gaze.
He followed Lin Beifan's gaze and saw a big tree. The soil under the big tree seemed to have just been loosened and it was a little wet.
"Haha!" Yao Zheng laughed smugly. Lin Beifan, you must have hidden the jewelry under this big tree!”
Lin Beifan immediately shook his head. Absolutely not!"
"How can there be none? I saw it just now!" Yao Zheng came under the big tree and stepped on the soil that had just been loosened. He said proudly,"Look at this soil. It has just been renovated! So, you must have hidden the stolen silver here, am I right?”
Everyone's eyes focused. As expected, they saw the newly renovated land.
At this moment, Lin Beifan's house had already been searched, but nothing was found.
Therefore, 80% of the jewelry was hidden there.
Lin Beifan was a little flustered."Lord Yao, it's definitely not. Don't think too much!"”
"I think it must be!" "Someone, bring me a shovel. I want to dig it out myself!" Yao Zheng shouted.”
"Lord Yao, don't do this, you will regret it!”
"Shut up! I'll regret it if I can't dig it out!"
Yao Zheng picked up the shovel and started digging excitedly.
After digging a few times, a hole was dug out.
Right at this moment, a black shadow actually dashed out from inside and bit onto Yao Zheng's hand.
"Ah…snake!" Yao Zheng cried out in pain. I was bitten by a snake, help me!"
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