I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 344
Xiangwu County, official road.

"Not waiting for Yang Xu to come back?" Beside the carriage, Qiu Zongxi's old face rarely showed a bit of reluctance. He traveled to the Daqing Dynasty when he was young, and stayed in Xiangwu County in his later years because of the Yang family's affairs.

Qiu Zongxi has never married a wife and had children, and his attitude towards the younger generation of the Qiu family is mediocre. Although Zhan Feiyu has only been here for a few months, it is rare for him to catch his eye. Now that he is leaving, Qiu Zongxi feels empty in his heart.

Zhan Feiyu looked to the north, the Gobi wasteland was endless, and all the way to the north was the barbarian area.

Qiu Feng came prepared, and he has not been found until now. The Yang family has also received news that Qiu Feng may have appeared in the barbarians, so Yang Xu followed Lin Jiang and others to continue the investigation. Qiu Feng's whereabouts, secondly, is for experience.

"I won't wait any longer. I'll see you later." Zhan Feiyu withdrew his eyes, with reluctance deep in his eyes, "Grandpa Qiu, it's windy outside, you can go back."

After finishing speaking, Zhan Feiyu solemnly saluted Qiu Zongxi, "Thank you sir for your careful teaching for several months, Xiaoyu bid farewell."

"The sea leaps from the fish, and the sky is full of birds. I am waiting for the news of your title on the gold list." The loud voice sounded, and Qiu Zongxi got into the carriage first.

After a long while, He Sheng waved his whip, and the horse neighed. At the same time as the sound of the horse's hooves, the sound of clang and zither sounded behind him. It was Qiu Zongxi, who was sitting in the carriage, stroking the song "Yangguan Trifold" by himself.

The carriage is far away, and the sound of the piano is also far away.

Zhan Feiyu sat listlessly in the carriage. When she came here, she still disliked the cold weather here, but when she left, she was reluctant to part with it. Even the coldness that was different from Jiangnan seemed lovely.

"In the future, General Yang will come to Beijing to report on his duties, and Master Xu can also accompany him." He Nuan said in a warm voice, looking at the lost Zhan Feiyu, the young lady is like a child like this.

Zhan Feiyu nodded. He had no desire to speak, nor did he want to endorse the book. Fortunately, he stayed up late last night to study. The carriage bumped and made him feel sleepy. "Ah Nuan, let me sleep."

"Okay." He Nuan agreed, and took out the soft pillow and quilt.

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When Zhan Feiyu left suddenly, Qiu Zongxi returned to the newly renovated mansion, and couldn't help but pause when he heard the old housekeeper's reply, "Xiao Xu is back?"

"No, General Yang rushed over after getting the news." The old housekeeper shook his head, as Master Xu couldn't catch up.

Yang Shoucheng, who was waiting in the courtyard, couldn't hear the footsteps and greeted him, "Uncle Qiu."

"You said that you let Xiao Xu leave at this juncture. He didn't even say goodbye to Xiao Yu. He didn't know why he was sad when he came back." Qiu Zongxi's reproachful attitude was obviously angry. After all, Zhan Feiyu left, Qiu Zongxi The teacher is also reluctant.

Yang Shoucheng smiled wryly, he knew what Uncle Qiu meant, if Xiao Xu and Xiao Yu could really make a marriage, Yang Shoucheng, the father, would be happy to see it happen.

But after several months of getting along, Yang Shoucheng could see clearly that Zhan Feiyu obviously regarded Yang Xu as a confidant and friend, even Xiao Xu didn't understand, after all, both of them were still children.

"Everyone is gone, it's too late to say anything." Qiu Zongxi stared at Yang Shoucheng reproachfully again. He was a childhood sweetheart and a childhood sweetheart. One is good at literature and the other is good at martial arts. It's a pity that this sign was snuffed out before it arose.

"Uncle Qiu, they are young, so it won't be too late to talk about it in a few years." Yang Shoucheng hurriedly changed the subject. Informed Qiu Zongxi of the situation.

Sitting on the main seat, Qiu Zongxi picked up the teacup and drank the tea after listening. After a long time, he said, "So Qiu Shao doesn't know the identity of Qiu Jinyu's identity as a barbarian spy."

"According to the current investigation, this is indeed the case, but Qiu Tai and his wife still need to investigate in detail." Yang Shoucheng also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Even if the accident happened to Sanfang, his surname was Qiu after all, and it involved the serious crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason, the entire Qiu family would be involved if he didn't know, and the whole family might be ransacked, but fortunately, the situation did not reach the worst point.

With his face still solemn, Qiu Zongxi put down his teacup and said slowly, "The matter of Qiu Jinyu and Qiu Feng, the Forbidden Dragon Guard must have given it to the Holy Majesty at the first time, and there is also Gu Xueshi in court. The Holy Majesty has been lenient towards the family in recent years." , I don’t think there will be a big problem.”

Back then, Qiu Zongxi had saved the lives of the Holy Master and Gu Xueshi, but after Old General Yang's accident, Qiu Zongxi went his own way to protect the three grandparents of the Yang family. It stands to reason that this life-saving grace has already been used up.

Now that the Qiu family has an accident, the Holy One no longer needs to worry about the kindness of the past, but Qiu Zongxi is indeed relieved to have Bachelor Gu in the court, there is no major event, but in the past two years, the Qiu family may not be reused, and the enemies of the Qiu family A copy of the ruthless Sanqiu family who will also make trouble.

"It doesn't matter if it was revealed that Sanfang colluded with the barbarians at the time when the Yang family was rehabilitated, those people in the provincial court were staring at the Qiu family." Even though Qiu Zongxi stayed away from the court, he still had the sensitivity he should have.

The Holy Majesty has never established a crown prince, and the adult prince in the palace is not worried, including the prince's natal family and the ministers in the court who have inextricable ties to the prince.

Establishing a reserve is a game, and winning is tantamount to making a contribution to the dragon, and the feudal prince is just around the corner.

The General's Mansion with military power sees that the Yang family is the target of the princes' competition, but Old General Yang and Yang Shoucheng are upright and unselfish, unable to win over the Yang family, maybe they will turn their target to the Qiu family who is closely related to the Yang family.

"I just received a secret letter from the Qiu family the day before yesterday. These people plan to win over the Qiu family by means of marriage negotiations." Qiu Zongxi had a look of disgust on his face. He hated these villains who would do anything to achieve their goals the most in his life.

The girls from the Qiu family also study, but after all, they grew up in the back house. They don't have Zhan Feiyu's intelligence, let alone her vigilance. How can a little girl who knows nothing about the world stand against the trap set by someone with a heart?

Once he got stuck, not to mention the rest of his life, it might even involve the entire Qiu family, even if they were just girls from the collateral line.

The topic changed again, and Qiu Zongxi glared at Yang Shoucheng fiercely again, slapped the table and asked angrily: "What do you think you are doing! If Xiao Xu was here, maybe he could go on a study tour with the little girl, to practice I can't go anywhere, I have to send people to the barbarians!"

"I'm telling you, those people dare to go after the girl from the Qiu family, Xiao Xu is just a big fat piece of meat in their eyes, just wait, all kinds of beauty tricks will be staged in turn!" Qiu Zongxi groaned angrily.

How well I planned that day, with Xiao Yu around, who would dare to snatch her fiancé-in-law?The little girl said she was a scholar, but when she started her hands she was so cruel, Qiu Jingyuan would have returned home without a feather.

Yang Shoucheng, who was angered again, drank tea with a straight face, and Uncle Qiu became more tempered as he got older.

Zhan Feiyu didn't know that Qiu Zongxi angered Yang Shoucheng because of his departure, and the two were discussing a serious matter, but after three or five sentences, Qiu Zongxi found a way to involve Zhan Feiyu's departure, and then gave Yang Shoucheng a training session. pause.

Let's talk about business again, and then dragged it to Zhan Feiyu. Qiu Zongxi took the opportunity to continue to teach Yang Shoucheng a lesson.

Three days later.

Suzhou, at noon, it rained cats and dogs.

Zhan Feiyu finally realized what it means to have a narrow road to the enemy.

"What do you want to do? In broad daylight, do you still want to do it?" Qiu Jingyuan suppressed the uneasiness in her heart, seeing Zhan Feiyu, Qiu Jingyuan recalled the bloody scene in Qiu's mansion that day when she knocked down someone and made up a sword.

Zhan Feiyu looked at Qiu Jingyuan, who was stern and soft-hearted, "Miss Qiu is overthinking, she just comes first and then arrives."

The eyeballs of the shopkeeper at the side were rolling. Zhan Feiyu had indeed entered the inn, and even ordered the last two pieces to go to the room.

Shopkeeper Zhu has been managing the inn for many years, and this is the first time he has seen a master who is willing to let his servants live in the house, which is obviously not bad.

As for the group of Qiu Jingyuan who came in later, Shopkeeper Zhu was even happier. There were only four people on Zhan Feiyu's side, but there were at least 40 people on Qiu Jingyuan's side, which was a big deal.

"Miss, why don't you listen to the younger one." Shopkeeper Zhu chuckled, his eyes gleaming greedily, looking at Zhan Feiyu and Qiu Jingyuan as if he saw two Gods of Wealth.

Qiu Jingyuan was afraid of Zhan Feiyu, but she didn't pay attention to an innkeeper. She snorted coldly and said arrogantly: "What do you want to say?"

Rubbing his hands together, shopkeeper Zhu looked groveling, but his eyes shone brightly, "It suddenly rained heavily outside, it is estimated that several inns are full, and now there are only two rooms left in the upper room, the two ladies It’s better to be alone.”

In this way, the lady brings forty or so servants to stay in the inn. If it rains for a few more days, they will all stay in the inn. Shopkeeper Zhu can't wait to take out the abacus and calculate how much money he can earn. .

On weekdays, Qiu Jingyuan wouldn't agree at all. She is the daughter of the Qiu family in Qianzhong Dao, let alone a room, she can just drive everyone out of the inn.

But Qiu Jingyuan didn't dare to confront Zhan Feiyu head-on, so she accepted the meeting, "Just one room."

Zhan Feiyu is not a bully, if Qiu Jingyuan is still as arrogant and unreasonable as before, Zhan Feiyu will not let out a room, but Qiu Jingyuan did not make trouble unreasonably, Zhan Feiyu also took a step back, "Yes."

"Cousin, what a noble status you are, how can you be wronged like this!" Suddenly, there was a voice of quarrelling.

Zhan Feiyu looked back, but a young man in fine clothes came over, he looked about 20 years old, but his posture was worse than that of Qiu Jingyuan back then.

Walking over in three or two steps, Qian Shipeng closed the folding fan with a click.

Although it's already February, Longyou Dao is still freezing cold. Using a folding fan in the cold weather is not arty, but in Zhan Feiyu's opinion, it's a disease of the brain.

Standing tall, Qian Shipeng sized Zhan Feiyu condescendingly, and glanced at He Nuan and He Sheng who were beside her. He only brought three or four entourages with him, and he presumably came from a small family.

The daughter of a scholarly family and an official family travels like Cousin Qiu. From the serving maids, mothers-in-law, to the guards who protect them, can they be called aristocratic families without thirty or forty servants accompanying them?
(End of this chapter)