"He passed the exam and became a Scholar from Qingzhou County and later placed eleventh in the Qingzhou provincial examinations,"
Luan Disheng wiped away his tears and said, "Afterwards, I saved money for two years and planned to go to the Western Capital to take the exams. I thought I might become an Advanced Scholar. When I passed through Gongzhou, the people of Gongzhou swindled all my money and sold me to a farm, and I nearly died there. I finally escaped and begged all the way to the Western Capital, didn't pass the exams, got rejected, and then I came back."
When he spoke of the things that hurt him the most, tears fell again.
Chen Shi empathized and said, "Gongzhou is like that. I... I had a friend who also got swindled out of all his money and was sold to a farm."
Li Tianqing glanced at him and asked, "Was it the sister from the Hu family?"
Chen Shi said, "No, you don't know this friend... Don't interrupt, Luan Disheng, keep going!"
