I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 268 hearsay
Chapter 268

Baozi Xishi didn't expect that Zhan Feiyu came to visit the prison to help her, she was stunned for a while, and said coldly: "Thank you for your kindness, miss, but no need, this is my business."

"Are you sure?" Zhan Feiyu looked at Steamed Bun Xishi, who had a cold face, no joy or gratitude in his eyes, and then nodded, "Okay, I'll go first."

Seeing Zhan Feiyu turn around and leave with He Nuan so neatly, Baozi Xishi was stunned in surprise, and the two female prisoners in the next cell were also dumbfounded.

Not far away, Mrs. Wang also had a weird expression. This little girl spent 20 taels of silver to enter the cell, and she just left without muddling.

Yang Xu who was waiting outside looked at Zhan Feiyu who came back in less than a quarter of an hour, "Are you ready?"

"How long can it take to say a few words?" Zhan Feiyu replied with a smile, looked at the bright sunshine, "Why don't we eat outside at noon?"

Xiangwu County is not big, and the restaurant's dishes are average, but the mutton is really authentic.

"Guest officials, please drink tea. It's still early, and the roasted whole lamb will take a while to cook." The waiter in the shop greeted the few people attentively. It's rare that there are guests coming to the restaurant so early. The key point is the roasted whole lamb .

Zhan Feiyu looked away from the window, "I heard that something happened to the steamed stuffed bun shop, and I planned to buy some steamed stuffed buns to take home."

The waiter in the shop is always talkative, so he will immediately reply: "This is really a coincidence, but Baozi Xishi's buns are indeed delicious, and they are also a must in our Xiangwu County. It is a secret recipe handed down from Jia Xiucai's family. The stuffing is delicious."

"Scholar?" Zhan Feiyu raised his head, his dark and penetrating eyes were full of puzzlement, "Since he is famous, why did the Yamen send Mrs. Jia to prison for such a trivial matter?"

"Miss doesn't know, this Jia Xiucai is also an unlucky person..." The waiter immediately started talking about the Jia family.

Jia's couple are outsiders. They visited relatives in Xiangwu County in the early years. Unexpectedly, the eldest uncle's family moved out a long time ago. Fortunately, Jia's couple has the skill of making steamed stuffed buns.

Although the folk customs in Xiangwu County are tough, they are not deceitful, so the couple opened a steamed stuffed bun shop just like that.

After giving birth to a son, Jia Xiucai was born. The ancestral craftsmanship is really good, otherwise the Jia family would not have the money to send the child to a private school. Compared with the kind and enthusiastic couple who can do business, Jia Xiucai is a nerd.

Some people also say that they are stupid when they study, they can hold books all day long, and they can't even sell buns. This day will be complete.

The waiter in the shop sighed, with a look of sadness on his face, "A good man's life is not long. When the couple went out to Fucheng, they met robbers and both died. Jia Xiucai was the only one left, and the bun shop was closed. Fortunately, There is still some money saved at home, so that Jia Xiucai will not starve to death."

But it’s definitely not enough to sit and eat. The neighbors next door to the left and right also watched Jia Xiucai grow up, and planned to find a capable wife for him and reopen the steamed stuffed bun shop.

"Did you choose Baozi Xishi in the end?" Zhan Feiyu answered, thinking of Baozi Xishi's ruined right cheek.

"Ms. Jia is also a poor person." The waiter in the shop really understood everything. Seeing that Zhan Feiyu and others liked to listen, he said in detail, "Ms. Jia's surname is Huang, and she is from Huangjia Village. Everyone in their village is a businessman. , although earning money, you still tie your head on the waistband of your trousers..."

Huangjia Village is not big, and it is as special and united as Shitou Village. The young and strong in one village set up a small caravan to run businessmen from south to north. It is considered safe for 40 people to go out together.

But if you often walk by the river, you can't get your shoes wet. If you encounter ordinary robbers, it's fine. But the people in Huangjia Village were unlucky, and they encountered a wave of vanguards.

This group of barbarians originally wanted to sneak into the city to inquire about news, but they ran into a caravan from Huangjia Village outside the city.

"Thirty-six people in Huangjia Village were killed, and the whole village was hung with white pots." Xiaoer Dian was still a child at that time, but he still remembered that scene.

More than 30 coffins were carried to the cemetery, and they cried all day long, making the onlookers wish they could kill the barbarians for revenge, not to mention the people in Huangjia Village.

Baozi Xi Shi also suffered a lot, her mother was not in good health, her father was seven days old and her mother couldn't get sick, and sent away two close relatives within a month.

"I heard that Mrs. Jia secretly went to Wala after leaving Huangjia Village. She wanted to avenge her father. Two years later, Mrs. Jia was sent back by the soldier. She was seriously injured at that time. Apart from her face being ruined, her body was also injured. Two cuts, and it took me a month to recover in the hospital." The waiter in the shop now mentions Baozi Xishi with pride and pride, this is the woman from Xiangwu County, women do not give up to men.

There are also rumors in Xiangwu County. Some people say that Baozi Xishi became the concubine of a small general in Wala for revenge. Later, he succeeded in spying on the military situation, but he himself was discovered and almost burned to death. Fortunately, he was rescued.

Some people also said that Baozi Xishi went to learn martial arts from a teacher in the past two years. She was very talented, and finally used her martial arts skills to assassinate her father and enemy. There are different opinions, and no one knows the answer, but the people in Xiangwu County praised Baozi Xishi constantly.

It's just that she has been away as a woman for two years, and her reputation is hindered. Coupled with the scar on the right side of her face, the marriage is difficult. Later, when someone searched, they thought of Jia Xiucai, a bookworm. Shih Tzu can do it.

The waiter continued: "Later, Baozi Xishi married Jia Xiucai, and the bun shop opened again, but who knows that God's will tricks people, after two years of peaceful life, Jia Xiucai's carriage overturned when he went out to visit friends. , He fell off the cliff, although his life was saved, but his back spine was broken, and he was paralyzed on the bed, and it is said that he could only move his neck a little bit."

After Jia Xiucai's accident, the yamen also sent police officers to investigate the accident site, and they couldn't tell whether it was accidental or man-made. Later, some people rumored that it was Oala's revenge for Baozixi's loss of soldiers and generals.

After the shop waiter exited the private room, Yang Xu was a little dazed. Baozi Xishi could never leave Jia Xiucai who was paralyzed in bed, selling buns during the day and taking care of the patients at night, but what about his mother?
Zhang Yiyi's well-maintained face and luxurious clothes appeared in her mind. After the accident in the Yang family, she left her baby self to her grandfather and father, and went to the Hou's mansion at the edge of the town to live in gold and silver. Life.

But now that he came back, it was not for himself or for his father, but because he wanted the connections of the Yang family in the army. Yang Xu clenched his fists violently. He wished he could rush to Zhang Yiyi and question her, why couldn't she stay in the Yang family, why couldn't she guard herself and her father?

Unaware of Yang Xu's depressed mood at this time, Zhan Feiyu looked at He Sheng and said, "Is there any discrepancy between what the waiter said and what we found?"

"It's roughly the same. As for whether she went to Wala in the past two years, I think there will be news in the evening." He Sheng only asked someone to investigate after Baozi Xishi left Qiu's house. It was not until noon, and the information was not so fast pass back.

He Nuan stood up and poured Zhan Feiyu a glass of water, "Miss, do you think there is something wrong with Jia?"

Warming his hands with a teacup, Zhan Feiyu shook his head, "It seems to be all right now, she refuses our help, maybe she will find a way to get out, we will wait and see what happens."

When I was in the cell before, Zhan Feiyu deliberately hung up the book bag, "I don't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me." If an illiterate woman, she might be puzzled when she heard it.

But Baozi Xishi has a cold temper, and most of the time she is expressionless. Zhan Feiyu observed it after she finished speaking, but unfortunately she didn't see anything. She may or may not have understood.

"I want to help!" Yang Xu said suddenly, his voice was a little loud, and the three of Zhan Feiyu looked over in unison.

Yang Xu sat up straight, and repeated with a dark face, "I want to help Baozi Xishi, Luo is not a good person, he will definitely avenge himself!"

Luo Butou didn't want to trouble Yang Shoucheng in the past few years. Unfortunately, he couldn't find a chance, but revenge on Baozi Xishi was much easier. Enmity, so once Butou Luo makes a move, Baozi Xishi will definitely suffer a big loss.

He Sheng and He Nuan were followers, and they obeyed orders. As for Yang Xu, who was determined to help, neither of them spoke.

"How are you going to help?" Zhan Feiyu asked.

She went to the prison, but Baozi Xishi refused to help, and Zhan Feiyu didn't force her. Similarly, Zhan Feiyu would not stop Yang Xu if he wanted to help.

"I..." He stammered, and Yang Xu blushed in embarrassment, but fortunately his skin was so thick and dark that it couldn't be seen.

Although Yang Xu has always regarded himself as an adult, he is different from Zhan Feiyu. He wants no one, no money, and no teacher like Gu Xueshi as a backer.

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Zhan Feiyu and his team returned to the Qiu residence after eating and drinking. Qiu Zongxi sat in the hall, snorted coldly, and said in a bad tone, "I don't know if I'm back after going out, and neither of them need to study anymore? Who is proud of you?" Big capital?"

A meal of roasted whole lamb Yang Xu didn't know the taste of the food. Hearing Qiu Zongxi's scolding, he stood up straight, and then heard the penalty of copying fifty large characters. He wished he could spit out the roasted lamb.

"It's not a sudden idea. I heard that Weizhou's roasted whole lamb is a must." Compared with Yang Xu's loveless life, Zhan Feiyu smiled cheekily, and took the food box from He Nuan's hand and put it on the table. , "I brought you a roast leg of lamb, let the master roast it before going out, it will still be hot."

As soon as the lid of the food box was opened, a strong fragrance came out. Qiu Zongxi glanced at it, his face was still stern, his eyes were sharp and menacing, "What does a little girl look like with a hippie smile? I will add a policy question in the afternoon and two more test posts." poetry!"

Probably because he knew that Zhan Feiyu was not good at poetry, so he directly added two poems.

Zhan Feiyu looked at the leg of lamb in the food box, and said leisurely: "The charcoal fire is full of colors, and the white sheep turns red in an instant. The fragrance is so charming and intoxicating, and the feast is not idle. The poem is called "Winter Food" Xiangwu Roasted Whole Lamb"

Rao Qiu Zongxi looked at his violent temper, and Zhan Feiyu made him lose his temper, and said angrily, "Are you even thinking of a way out?"

"I'm not planning to write a letter to the teacher. By the way, I will describe the roasted whole lamb in Xiangwu County, and then write a poem, so that the teacher can't get angry if he can't eat it." Zhan Feiyu laughed as if he had succeeded in stealing. The little wild cat, with curved eyebrows and eyes, is three points stubborn and seven points cunning, coupled with her cute appearance of Yuxue, it really makes people happy.

If Xueshi Gu knew that Zhan Feiyu was showing off roasted whole lamb, she would definitely make her write poems and feel sick at the thought of roasted whole lamb, so she took precautions and attached the poem about roasted whole lamb first. Then arrange the poems about roasting whole lambs to appease myself.

After Zhan Feiyu left, Qiu Zongxi looked at Yang Xu who was still standing aside, and said unceremoniously: "See? You are only one year older than you, and you can't catch up with this kind of thinking!"

Yang Xu is really convinced of Zhan Feiyu. Although he never admits it, he clearly knows that he is far behind Zhan Feiyu, but he will definitely catch up!
Zhan Feiyu was indeed considerate, this guy had just left, but the servant girl brought the bowls and chopsticks so that Qiu Zongxi could eat while it was hot.

"Xu'er, you said that if the little girl is an enemy general, even if you are skilled in martial arts and the two armies confront each other, do you think you can win?" Qiu Zongxi took a knife and sliced ​​the leg of lamb, and ate it slowly. It was really delicious. , it would be nice to have an apprentice.

Yang Xu was stunned for a moment. He was confident that he could crush Zhan Feiyu by force, but he thought of He Sheng and He Nuan beside her.
His complexion turned gray in an instant, and Yang Xu knew that there was only one result: lose.

As if not aware of Yang Xu's loss, Qiu Zongxi said coldly: "That girl is cruel, if she puts the captive Daqing people in front and uses them as a cover, Xu'er, how dare you shoot arrows on the tower?" Shoot? And once your heart softens, you will face the danger of breaking the city!"

Yang Xu's complexion became even paler, and he imagined this situation in his mind. For a moment, his whole body seemed to be beaten by frost, completely wilting.

He has always wanted to learn martial arts well and restore the glory of the Yang family, but now, Yang Xu is at a loss, he no longer knows if he can do it.

A quarter of an hour later, Qiu Zongxi put down his chopsticks, took two sips of hydrolyzed oil from his teacup, and then looked at Yang Xu who was distracted, "Okay, tell me what you want to do when you stay first?"

Zhan Feiyu left before, but Yang Xu stayed. He must have asked for something. Qiu Zongxi thought about their visit to Baozi Xishi in the county government prison, and guessed what Yang Xu was going to say.

Suddenly coming back to his senses, Yang Xu hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Grandpa Qiu, I want you to help Mrs. Jia, Luo will definitely not let her go!"

(End of this chapter)