I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 330 New Year's Eve

There was a thick layer of ointment on the palm of his hand, and the faint smell of the medicine was not unpleasant. Zhan Feiyu looked at his horrible claws, and it hurt the most when he hit it. Although it was painful, it was bearable.

Gu Qingzhou watched Yin Wuyan use up half of a small jar of ointment, and couldn't help but twitched his eyes.

If the Holy Majesty were to know about the jasper ointment extracted from one hundred and eight kinds of precious medicinal materials by the Royal Physician, even the concubines, princes and princesses in the palace might not be able to have a small jar, but the little girl used half of it to smear it on the palm of her hand. Jars, the Holy Majesty probably scolded them for being a waste of money.

Feeling ashamed, Zhan Feiyu sniffed and shook his paw, "Teacher, I won't dare in the future."

"There are only three things." Gu Qingzhou said helplessly. The little girl said that she was coquettish, but she went to Aozikou to save people boldly, but she was so fearless that she made people cry.

He nodded obediently, just for this lesson, Zhan Feiyu must think twice in the future, hitting the board is not only painful but also embarrassing.

"Since there is nothing to do, I will go to see Mr. Qiu with my teacher." Gu Qingzhou stood up, as a guest, it was rude not to meet the host's house immediately.

Zhan Feiyu also stood up, grinning at Yin Wuyan who was beside him, and whispered as he walked, "It doesn't hurt that much, I'm just cowardly."

Rubbing Zhan Feiyu's head with his big hands, Yin Wuyan didn't speak, but he looked at Gu Qingzhou's back with a trace of coldness.

Front yard, main hall.

If it weren't for the subordinates who came to report back, neither Qiu Zongxi nor Old General Yang knew that Gu Qingzhou had come to Xiangwu County, and they greeted him immediately.

"Gu came here uninvited, please forgive me, Mr. Qiu." With a loud smile, Gu Qingzhou strode over, bowed his hands to Qiu Zongxi and saluted, and then said: "When we bid farewell back then, the old general will be fine."

Qiu Zongxi smiled back and saluted, "Master Gu is as handsome as before, please come inside."

After exchanging greetings, the three of them entered the main hall, followed by Yang Shoucheng and Yang Xu, followed by Zhan Feiyu and Yin Wuyan.

After sitting down, Gu Qingzhou couldn't help but smiled and said: "Gu is not strict in discipline, and Xiaoyu has been taken care of by Mr. Qiu during this time."

Although Qiu Zongxi didn't succeed in poaching the wall, he has been teaching Zhan Feiyu his homework during this period of time, and he can be regarded as half of her teacher.

Everyone here is a Lianjiazi, so they all smelled the medicine on Zhan Feiyu's body.

Yang Xu glanced away, and blurted out concerned words, "Xiaoyu, did your hand hurt?"

Zhan Feiyu is a scholar. If she hurts her hand, it will definitely affect her a lot. Fortunately, Yang Xu is also concerned about it, so she will be confused. After a closer look, she will find that Zhan Feiyu has applied medicine to her left hand.

Yang Shoucheng was slightly surprised, and then he understood that the injury was not left over from before, and the injury was on the palm of his left hand, so he didn't need to think about it to know that the teacher Gu Xueshi had punched it with the ruler.

"You didn't hurt your hand before!" Yang Xu said again. Before that, he and He Nuan hid in the abandoned house at the entrance of the village, and then Xiaoyu found them.

Yang Xu was sure that Zhan Feiyu had no injuries on his hands, the most obvious one being the arrow wound on his cheek.

Old General Yang and Qiu Zongxi couldn't understand this, Xueshi Gu really set his mind to fight, Xiaoyu is a smart and sensible girl, they would definitely not be willing to beat this delicate and soft girl.

Even Yang Xu, the old General Yang taught him harshly, but he would not punish him easily.

Qiu Zongxi often beat Yang Xu with a ruler, but he was angry, but usually it only hurt a little, even if his palm was swollen, he would be fine in less than half an hour.

But Zhan Feiyu's palm was covered with ointment, and the corners of her eyes were still red, did the little girl cry?

"I was the one who acted recklessly before." Zhan Feiyu hurriedly replied, and was beaten by the teacher's ruler, and the key point was that he was beaten into tears, which was so embarrassing.

"Is it because of Brother Qiu?" Yang Xu was indeed not bright enough, and when he heard Zhan Feiyu's explanation, he thought it was because of Qiu Jinyu's death.

Scholars cherish feathers, and Qiu Jinyu's death will inevitably make Zhan Feiyu be accused of greed for life and fear of death. If it is more serious, she can even be said to have neglected human life.

Although Qiu Jinyu was killed by the guards of the Marquis of the Township, Zhan Feiyu was also responsible. Yang Xu still understood the principle of burning mouths and gold, and destroying bones.

Gu Qingzhou's anger had already dissipated, and he even regretted hitting Zhan Feiyu's palm so hard, but Yang Xu's expression became severe again, which pot he didn't open and which pot he lifted.

"Master Gu." Yang Xu stepped forward and said solemnly to Gu Qingzhou: "Brother Qiu died because of me. At that time, Xiaoyu had no choice. If Brother Qiu's parents want to be held accountable, I will bear it alone. It won't make people ruin Xiaoyu's reputation."

Being charged with murder will not only hinder Zhan Feiyu's imperial examination, but even her marriage will be affected. Which big family is willing to let such a cruel girl in?

Looking at Yang Xu who stood like a green pine, his face was still childish, but his eyes were firm, Gu Qingzhou smiled and asked slowly: "This matter did happen because of you, but the person who spoke was Xiaoyu. Hundreds of people, do you have the ability to seal everyone's mouths?"

The secrets that God knows, the world knows, and you know and I know may be leaked out, not to mention that when Qiu Jinyu was killed, there were hundreds of guards in the Hou's mansion by the town, and there were about ten people on Yang Xu's side, and ten on Zhan Feiyu's side. Many people, who can guarantee that the news will not spread?

Yang Xu who was questioned was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth, but found that he didn't know what to say. He could restrain Lin Jiang and the others from leaking the news, but Yang Xu was helpless at the town's Marquis Mansion.

Realizing his own incompetence again, Yang Xu looked at Zhan Feiyu guiltily, met her smiling eyes, and felt even more guilty in his heart.

"Gentlemen and Taoists use words, but forbid others to do. Therefore, words must consider what they will end up with, and actions must consider what they will lose; then the people will be cautious in words and cautious in actions." Gu Qingzhou's tone was flat, more like teaching Yang Be careful what you say and do after the sun rises.

He had only roughly read the four books, and Yang Xu, who hadn't covered the Five Classics, was at a loss.

Seeing this, Zhan Feiyu suppressed a smile.

Gu Qingzhou is so shrewd. Looking at Yang Xu's ignorant appearance, he knew that he didn't understand. Then he looked at Zhan Feiyu who was giggling, "Little fish, explain to Yang Xu."

Zhan Feiyu, who was named, immediately suppressed his smile, and said solemnly with a bun-faced face: "The teacher's words are in a nutshell: things are not appropriate, don't be light on promises, go light on promises, make mistakes."

Zhan Feiyu's explanation is plain language, and he can't promise others casually about inappropriate things.If you promise easily, you will be in the dilemma that it is wrong to do it, and it is wrong not to do it.

Yang Xu, who understood, nodded, "Thank you, Mr. Gu, for your guidance. I will remember it."

Qiu Zongxi looked at Yang Xu who was being taught, and then at the intelligent Zhan Feiyu, who was also a teacher, Gu Qingzhou was really lucky!

Thinking about it this way, it was rare for Qiu Zongxi to vent his anger on Yang Xu, "Xiao Xu, since you have remembered, let me ask you, what would you do if the third wife of the Qiu family came to find Qiu Jinyu's death?"

In the morning, Qiu Zongxi planned to give Yang Xu a month to think carefully, after all, even if Sanfang wanted to come to collect Qiu Jinyu's body, it would not be so fast.

But Qiu Zongxi didn't intend to wait for this meeting, he didn't know, he didn't want to carry Qiu Jinyu's death on himself.

Uh...Yang Xu, who was made things difficult again, looked at Qiu Zongxi with a bitter face, Grandpa Qiu didn't talk about martial arts.

The topic came back again. Compared with Yang Xu's entanglement and distress, Zhan Feiyu who was sitting on the side watching the fun had nothing to do with himself, and he was as shameless as a dead fellow Taoist who is not dead and poor.

Seeing that the little disciple was so comfortable, Gu Qingzhou said again: "Xiaoyu, this matter happened because of you, so tell me how you plan to deal with the aftermath?"

Qiu Jinyu was dead, and the body was brought back by Qiu Zongxi's people. It is currently placed in the Yizhuang, but because the barbarians attacked the city, many people were killed and injured, so there are no coffins in the coffin shop. Qiu Jinyu's body is not even mouthful There are no coffins.

As for the corpses of the ten guardians, Yizhuang couldn't fit so many corpses, so they chose a hilltop and buried them on the spot. From this point, it can be seen that Qiu Zongxi really doesn't want to see the third house of the Qiu family.

Qiu Zongxi didn't pay attention to the saying that death is the most important thing. A wicked person is still a wicked person even after death, and the crimes committed in life will not disappear because of death.

Those great benevolent people who say that people's debts will be wiped out, the pain is not on themselves, so they can forgive and tolerate hypocritically.

So for Qiu Zongxi, even if Qiu Jinyu died, he still didn't want to see him.

The teacher was really irritable today, and Zhan Feiyu, who was named again, had no choice but to say, "Qiu Jinyu took people away at the critical moment of the barbarian siege and went to Yang Xu. It can be said that he values ​​love and justice, and brother Yang Xu Affectionate."

Speaking of this, Zhan Feiyu's black and round eyes were full of disdain. Except for the elm-headed Yang Xu, everyone present here knew Qiu Jinyu's real purpose.

Zhan Feiyu continued: "But it can also be said that Qiu Jinyu is eager for quick success. In order to curry favor with Yang Xu, he treats the tens of thousands of people in Xiangwu County as worthless. Such a hypocrite who is mercenary and greedy for profit, if he becomes an official in the future, he will definitely use his power for personal gain and disregard human life. , harming the people of one side, is the moth of the country, and the death will not be punished!"

Looking at the impassioned and passionate Zhan Feiyu, Gu Qingzhou interrupted, "Speak human!"

His expression froze, Zhan Feiyu touched his nose guilty, "The one who died was not Qiu Jinyu, but a barbarian spy."

"What?" A shocked voice sounded, not to mention Yang Xu was dumbfounded, even Qiu Zongxi was stunned for a moment, probably never thought that Qiu Jinyu was fake.

At this moment, everyone present didn't care about Zhan Feiyu, and all looked at Yin Wuyan. It was impossible for anyone else to detect such a secret news, except for the Forbidden Dragon Guard. After all, even Qiu Zongxi didn't notice it.

Zhan Feiyu, who revealed the secret, laughed shyly, with a proud look on her face. Although she only had the golden finger of invisibility, but with her big brother around, what other golden finger would she need? , I have the world!
Yin Wuyan, who was watched by everyone, still had that lofty and indifferent appearance, but his phoenix eyes glanced at Zhan Feiyu with his chin raised high.

The little girl is really courageous, Qiu Jinyu's identity has not been found out even if she is the Forbidden Dragon Guard, she only found a few clues, and she dared to kill someone.

"Collaboration with the enemy and treason, Qiu Chuanqing deserves to die!" Angrily shouted, Qiu Zongxi slapped the table so hard that the teacups on the table shook several times.

This made Zhan Feiyu inexplicably feel a pain in the palm of his slapped palm. If it wasn't for the mahogany table, it would probably have been slapped to pieces by Mr. Qiu, and his hand hurt...

But all Qianzhong Taoist families know that the third member of the Qiu family is respectful to the direct branch on the surface, and the current head of the Qiu family, Mr. Si Qiu, who is not the political envoy of Qianzhong Taoism, is even more respectful.Obedience.

But in private, Sanfang was dissatisfied with the failure of his ancestors to compete for the position of Patriarch. He had always hated the direct branch and deliberately wanted to seize power.

But no matter what Sanfang thinks or plans in private, the direct line occupies [-]% of the family's resources and contacts, and all the side branches can get [-]%.

As long as the juniors of the Patriarch's lineage are not muddy and unable to support the wall, then the seal of the Patriarch of the Qiu family will always remain in the Patriarch's lineage.

Unable to seize power in an open and aboveboard manner, Sanfang could only use some heretical tricks. Once the cooperation with the barbarians was known to the court, Sanfang including Sanfang's in-laws and old relatives would be questioned, and even the family head's line would also be implicated.

The third family of the Qiu family is going to burn the boat. If he is unlucky, he will drag the entire Qiu family to die together.

Of course, if they were lucky enough not to be discovered, with the help of barbarians, Sanfang's power would continue to grow, and one day they might be able to replace the Patriarch's lineage.

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The north wind blows the snow at the beginning of the fourth round, Jiarui Tianjiao and Sui Chu.

Half of Tu Su did not raise it, and peach charms were written in cursive in front of the lamp.

New Year's Eve is the night of reunion, eating New Year's Eve dinner, sending away the past year, and welcoming the New Year, even if it is a poor family, there will be ten bowls on the table, including chicken, duck and fish. It symbolizes reunion and happiness.

In the cold winter, listening to the sound of firecrackers outside, and looking at the soup exuding fragrance and heat, Old General Yang couldn't help laughing, "It's the first time I've eaten such an exquisite dish in recent years. Please."

"You are welcome, old general, please." Gu Qingzhou also held up his wine glass. In previous years, he was in the scholar's mansion on New Year's Eve. Even with the old butler as his companion, it was deserted. This year it was really lively.

After drinking for three rounds, everyone chatted while eating.

"It's delicious!" The fresh and sweet taste of the wax gourd cup spread in the mouth, Zhan Feiyu's eyes lit up, and then he lowered his head and started drinking, not forgetting to greet everyone, "Teacher, You should drink less wine and drink soup first."

Compared with Zhan Feiyu's good appetite, Yang Xu stared blankly at the soup made of wax gourd as a jar, his thoughts still lingering on the dead Qiu Jinyu.

If Zhan Feiyu hadn't said it himself, Yang Xu wouldn't have believed that such a gentleman and dignified Brother Qiu would be a barbarian spy!
In Stone Village, General Yang's family of three would not go hungry. Of course, they could also go to the mountains to find some game. Occasionally, Yang Shoucheng would bring back some cooked food from the restaurant when he came to Xiangwu County, but the taste of the food was just average.

(End of this chapter)