Everyone in the entire inner hall was a little confused.
No one had expected that Xu Qingnian would say that she would go to the government exams?
Wasn’t this a departure from the spectrum of the world?
“Qingnian, are you joking?”
The first person to speak up was Sheriff Chen, he had known Xu Qingnian for four or five years, although Xu Qingnian was handsome and handsome, but the problem was that he knew what kind of goods Xu Qingnian was.
It was fine to let him train in martial arts, but to let him study? Isn’t that a joke?
And to go straight to the government exams?
This is treating everyone like fools, right?
Magistrate Li was also dumbfounded.
The government exams.
What kind of concept is that?
If a normal student wanted to get a scholarship, he or she would have to go through the boy’s exam, the meeting exam, and the county exam.
After that, there was the county examination, and finally, there was the Beijing examination.
It is said that the child test is famous, the meeting test is literary, the county test is recommended, the government test is famous, the county test is leapfrogged, and the capital subject is turned into a dragon.
If Xu Qingnian, a government official, said he was going to study, it would not be too much to ask, and even if he said he was going to take the boy’s exams, the crowd would not react so strongly.
But Xu Qingnian said directly that he was going to take the government exams.
Those who could take the government exams were not famous and promising talents.
Xu Qingnian?
He was taking the government exams? How could he not be surprised?
But before Xu Qingnian could answer, Chen Xinghe spoke up first.
The teacher has praised him many times in front of me, “Reading is about comprehension, if you are qualified, a day of studying is better than a year of hard work.”
Chen Xinghe’s bland voice rang out, answering everything for Xu Qingnian and confirming in pa*sing that Xu Qingnian was not lying.
At that moment, the crowd had to believe it.
There was no need for Chen Xinghe to tell this lie for Xu Qingnian, he could find out if he could take the government exams by checking.
At that moment, County Magistrate Li could not help but speak.
“I didn’t expect that this small county government would produce a scholar, Chen Xian, you can take twenty taels of silver from the government office, and consider it as a reward for Qingnian for the government exam.”
“Qingnian, don’t think it’s less, you should know better than us the financial conditions of the magistrate’s office, the money is not much for the mind.”
The county magistrate Li was a good man, and confirmed that Xu Qingnian was really going to take the government exams, regardless of whether she could pa*s or not, so he sent twenty taels of silver first, as a token of his support for the students.
Twenty taels of silver was a lot of money.
At the moment, there was nothing to spend money on, but it didn’t mean that the silver was useless.
“Thank you, Master County.”
Xu Qingnian thanked.
“It doesn’t matter, Qingnian, study hard and do well in the imperial examinations, if you can really win a provincial examination, you will have a merit name and can enter our county’s literary shrine to glorify your ancestors.”
County magistrate Li said smilingly.
In these days, there was no shortage of martial artists, but few readers, especially local readers, but of course, such readers meant those with merit, and those who just read some books were definitely useless.
Naturally, Magistrate Li did not think that Xu Qingnian would be able to win the government exams, he was just being polite for a moment or two, but of course as long as Xu Qingnian persisted now, he might be able to take off one day.
“Lord Cheng, since there is nothing else, may I go now?”
Xu Qingnian looked at Cheng Lidong and said with a calm face.
He didn’t want to stay here, it was uncomfortable to stay for one more second.
“En.”
Cheng Lidong gave a bland hmph, his face still smiling warmly, if not for his overly pale face, he would have looked quite gentle.
Bidding farewell to the crowd, Xu Qingnian and Chen Xinghe bid farewell.
They walked out of the courthouse.
Xu Qingnian spoke.
“Senior Brother Xinghe, I intend to go back home, pack some things, and go directly to my teacher’s home, and also avoid running things around.”
Xu Qingnian intended to go back for a trip, packing his luggage didn’t lie, but he also had to see some things.
“Okay, senior brother will wait for you at teacher’s home, but pay attention to safety, if you don’t come at night, senior brother knows what to do.”
Chen Xinghe nodded, but he also gave Xu Qingnian a heads up, if Qingnian didn’t come back at night, he would go to the court to look for someone.
“Thank you for remembering me, senior brother.”
Xu Qingnian made a salute, and then left alone.
On the way home, Xu Qingnian was not in a hurry, but rather a little slow, and the journey that could have been completed in a quarter of an hour took nearly a quarter and a half.
When he returned home, Xu Qingnian came to the door of his room.
He picked up the bronze lock and looked carefully at the lock hole, and there was indeed a problem.
Before she left, Xu Qingnian had put two hairs inside, so if no one moved the lock, the hairs inside would naturally not disappear.
“It’s true that they’re watching me again.”
Xu Qingnian naturally pushed open the door of the room, knowing that Cheng Lidong was spying on him, there was no need to say anything else, just keep an eye out.
He walked into the room and took a look at the white paper on the desk.
The words on the white paper were all in simplified Chinese, and the contents on it were all scribbled.
Xu Qingnian wasn’t stupid enough to put her future plans on paper, writing was just a habit, but what she wrote wasn’t necessarily an idea.
Thinking that Cheng Lidong had already sent someone over, Xu Qingnian was now looking forward to seeing Cheng Lidong’s face when he saw the contents.
It was a pity that Cheng Lidong could not read simplified Chinese characters, otherwise these three sentences would probably have depressed Cheng Lidong for quite some time.
But thinking about Cheng Lidong, there was one thing that made Xu Qingnian curious.
How come Cheng Lidong was still alive and well?
According to reason, it shouldn’t be.
Even if he was alive, he must have been injured at the very least, right? How come he still had time to come to himself?
A fugitive from South Yufu, is he unable to fight?
Xu Qingnian was a little curious.
However, at this very moment, a figure appeared silently in the room and pushed open the door.
As the sound of the room door being pushed open rang out, Xu Qingnian immediately turned back.
It was the fugitive from the Southern Yufu.
“Why are you here?”
Xu Qingnian’s expression changed.
How did this guy come in this broad daylight?
If this was seen by Cheng Lidong’s men, he wouldn’t be able to wash himself out even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
Wasn’t this harming people?
“Don’t panic, I’ve been following you for a long time, no one is following you.”
The latter didn’t think so and even sat down to take a sip of tea.
“What’s the matter?”
“Speak quickly.”
Apart from his initial surprise, Xu Qingnian also quickly calmed down, but still let the other party talk about something.
He didn’t want to get into any trouble, especially now that Cheng Lidong was still wary of himself.
“It’s nothing big, I just want to ask when you’re leaving Ping’an County.”
The latter spoke up, stating the purpose of looking for Xu Qingnian.
“I’ll be leaving on the tenth of April to take the government exams.”
Xu Qingnian replied, cleanly.
“The government exams?”
The latter was a little surprised, apparently he didn’t believe Xu Qingnian could take the government exams either.
“Looking down on people?”
Xu Qingnian looked at the latter, a little unhappy.
“No, just a little surprised.”
“By the way, do you still have the stuff?”
The other party was a little embarra*sed and asked a casual question.
It was only when this was said that Xu Qingnian’s heart thumped, but outwardly she was calm and said.
“I hid it very secretly, do you want me to show it to you?”
Xu Qingnian said stiffly.
“No, just hide it, you must remember that this item must be given to them, if something goes wrong, I can guarantee that you will be in a lot of trouble.”
He spoke, his tone threatening, but quickly continued to speak again.
“Of course, if you deliver it into their hands, they will give you everything you want.”
“Also, if you can, you’d better set off earlier, don’t delay too long.”
He reminded Xu Qingnian.
“Why? Is there any trouble?”
Xu Qingnian was a little curious.
“I’m ready to make a move.”
He said out loud.
“Make a move?”
Xu Qingnian frowned slightly.
“It’s not good for me to make a move while you’re here, this Cheng Lidong is a quasi-hundredth official, an official of the court, dying here would be a big trouble, especially for you.”
“You leave, I’ll do it, it’s seamless, no one will suspect you.”
The other party’s tone was serious, and made Xu Qingnian understand the reason why he hadn’t made his move.
Earlier, he had thought it was because he couldn’t beat up Cheng Lidong, but it turned out that he had overthought it.
This man was alright, he could think for himself, he was a good person.
“Okay, I’ll leave as soon as possible and try to leave Ping’an County before the 5th of April.”
Xu Qingnian pondered for a while and gave this answer.
It was now the 25th of March, before the 5th of April, it was almost enough to leave within ten days.
“Within five days, don’t delay, I don’t have much time left, I can’t help you if I don’t step in to solve this matter.”
However the other man shook his head and cut the time down to within five days.
“Alright, I’ll try to leave within five days, but do you have confidence?”
Xu Qingnian asked.
He still had some doubts about this guy’s strength, after all, Cheng Lidong did not seem to be a good fighter, and he was also a prospective hundredth household member.
“Thirty-seven.”
The other party gave a reply.
“You’re seven and he’s three?”
Xu Qingnian was a little puzzled.
“No, he’s seven and I’m three.”
The latter shook his head and gave an answer that made Xu Qingnian somewhat disappointed.
“Then you’re still going?”
“Isn’t it a death sentence?”
Xu Qingnian was a little puzzled.
“It’s death even if you don’t go, in short, don’t worry, there’s no way I’ll be captured alive by them, within five days, either I die or he dies, the rest has nothing to do with you.”
His voice was somewhat resolute.
Xu Qingnian nodded, he was actually worried about being taken alive for asking so much, if he was taken alive, there would be no real hombres under severe torture.
“Okay, by the way, what’s your name?”
Xu Qingnian had never asked this man’s name.
“Wu Yan.”
The latter faintly froze, but still said his name.
“Wu Yan?”
There was something odd about mentally reciting this name, but by the time Xu Qingnian raised his head again, the latter had already walked out of the door.
He had come without a sound and left without a sound.
After the other party left, Xu Qingnian didn’t do anything to linger.
She packed up the things in the room, but there were not many things to bring, just two or three sets of clothes.
After finishing packing, Xu Qingnian left the house and headed towards the county.
When he arrived at Zhao Dafu’s pharmacy, Xu Qingnian handed over the key to his home and 50 taels of silver cheques to the man, asking him to pa*s them on to Zhao Dafu.
Xu Qingnian didn’t know how to repay the kindness he had received before, so he just gave him the silver.
He put twenty taels of silver on himself and gave the remaining fifty taels of silver to Zhao Dafu as a token of gratitude.
At this time, the
In the Ping’an County Office.
Cheng Lidong was standing in the courtyard, looking up at the white clouds, his eyes filled with contemplation.
After a long time, Cheng Lidong’s gaze revealed a look of determination.
“Xu Qingnian.”
“Surely he has cultivated a foreign art.”
He pinched his finger bones and whispered to himself.
The voice rang out, and the hawk-nosed man behind him changed his expression.
