Dressed as a mother-in-law, she leads the whole family to turn over.

Chapter 474 Another Autumn Examination

After dealing with Ayana's problem, Yang Santie exchanged all of the nearly one million taels he earned for valuable jade and gems outside the Great Wall.

Xiao Chongyun rushed over after hearing the news, his stern face showing a bit of worry, "You lost some of your men, and there are so many injured. I'm afraid it's not safe to take these jade and gemstones back."

Yang Santie also had such concerns. He frowned and breathed a sigh of relief. "There is no other way. With so many people in partnership, we must try our best to help everyone earn enough money. This time we have to go to Jiangnan to sell half of the goods before going to the capital."

Xiao Chongyun suggested, "I'll arrange two hundred private guards for you. You can help me take some things away. Some of them are for people in the capital. I've put their names on them. The other few trucks are the goods I got. My people will take care of them. You don't have to worry about it."

This is equivalent to letting Yang Santie's caravan follow Xiao Chongyun's men, increasing security.

Yang Santie quickly agreed, "Good fellow! I knew you were reliable! I am grateful for your kindness. Just ask for anything you want. I will bring it to you next time I leave the customs!"

Xiao Chongyun rolled his eyes and agreed unceremoniously, "I'll write to my father and he will tell you."

"So mysterious." Yang Santie muttered a few words, but didn't ask any more questions.

After the caravan set off, Xiao Chongyun immediately wrote a letter to the emperor to inform him of Ayana's situation.

In the blink of an eye, it was the autumn examination.

In the Dongli Villa of Quzhou Prefecture.

Butler Zhu carefully served Yang Sizhuang and Yang Fugui who were about to die, and did not dare to be careless at all.

According to Jiang Ning's previous instructions, he arranged everything properly. After half of the Yin hour, Butler Zhu went to Yang Sizhuang's yard with a lantern and asked Zhu San to serve Yang Fugui.

During the past three years, Yang Sizhuang has also been exercising. He is no longer the frail scholar who was carried out of the examination room three years ago. Because of practicing martial arts, he has developed the habit of getting up early.

As soon as Butler Zhu opened the door, he got up by himself, and without the help of Butler Zhu, he quickly washed and dressed and went out.

It’s still early at this point.

The cook has prepared the food.

He and Yang Fugui had a quick and elegant breakfast and set off in a carriage.

Every room in the Youran Inn was filled with scholars who were preparing for the imperial examinations. As soon as their carriages came out, there were already many scholars traveling together on the official road to the city.

When we arrived at the Imperial Examination Hall, there was already a long queue.

The two were not in a hurry. They checked the exam basket again while they still had time, and looked through the books carefully for a while. They got off the carriage when it was almost time.

The first exam lasted three days. Yang Sizhuang and Yang Fugui both had experience before and knew how to arrange themselves and be in the best state for the exam. The three days passed in a flash, and this time both of them were in good spirits when they left the exam room.

Upon seeing this, Butler Zhu and his group all breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly took them back to wash up, eat, and rest.

It rained during the second exam. The continuous autumn rain was fine and dense. The wind blew directly into the room and I was unable to answer the questions at all.

Many candidates were already panicking, and faint curses could be heard.

Yang Sizhuang was also worried at first, but he calmed down in just a moment. He moved the two boards to another place, sat outside, put the paper inside, and answered the questions with his back to the outside of the room. Although the light was a little worse, at least he could ensure that the paper would not be stained by raindrops, and he could concentrate on answering the questions.

This autumn rain continued for three days without stopping. When leaving the examination room, Yang Sizhuang could still hear many examinees complaining. Some unfortunately caught a cold and sneezed all the way out, which did not look good.

His heart tightened, and after meeting up with Yang Fugui, he urged the driver to go back. He immediately asked someone to prepare two large bowls of ginger soup for them and a large bucket of medicinal bath water to drive away the cold for a bath.

After the two of them washed up and changed into clean clothes that had been toasted, they felt so relieved.

The last exam was much colder, but fortunately there was no more unpredictable autumn rain, so I could still get through it by wearing two more layers of clothes.

After three days, Yang Sizhuang walked out of the examination room with a relaxed pace.

Butler Zhu couldn't help but feel happy when he saw his state, and asked secretly, "What does the fourth young master think?"

Yang Sizhuang was confident, but he remained calm. He waited until Yang Fugui got on the carriage before asking, "How is it?"

Yang Fugui is young after all, and the corners of his mouth that seem to be about to smile or not already betray his mood.

Yang Sizhuang smiled, "It seems that we are confident! Let's go! Let's go find our second brother first and tell him about the situation, then go to the street to buy some food and go back later."

"I'll listen to my fourth cousin!" Yang Fugui responded happily.

Butler Zhu couldn't help but shed tears of joy when he saw the two of them in such high spirits. That's great! The two young masters will definitely win this time!

Because they had confidence in their minds, the two began packing their luggage for the trip north before the results of the autumn examination came out.

Just then Yang Santie and Yang Xiaohua came back.

Butler Zhu was overjoyed and hurried to inform Yang Erdan.

The brothers met again after a long separation, and all the words they had to say turned into wine in the glass, which they drank guzzlingly.

Yang Sizhuang and Yang Santie asked, "Didn't Third Brother go out to do business? Why are you back?"

Yang Santie thought of the gains from this trip and smiled so hard that his teeth showed. "I came back from outside the Great Wall and went straight to Jiangnan. I sold a lot of jade in Jiangnan and earned 1.5 million taels. I had some of the goods brought back to Quzhou Prefecture, and the rest were all sent back to the capital. When the batch of goods in the capital is sold out, you can all wait to share the money, hahahaha."

"One million and five hundred thousand!" Yang Sizhuang was stunned.

Yang Erdan was also very surprised and couldn't help asking, "Old Third, with so much cargo, is it safe on the road?"

Yang Santie nodded repeatedly, "It's safe! How can it not be safe? Prince Xiaoyao's private guards will follow us. Once the sign is out, who would dare to attack me? Hehehe. But I was also afraid that something might happen if I carried too many treasures, so I sold most of them when I was in Jiangnan, so that the goods I brought back to the capital would not be so conspicuous."

As he said this, he looked at Yang Erdan and said, "Second brother, when the time comes, I will give your share of the silver directly to my second sister-in-law."

Yang Erdan toasted him and said, "You can do whatever you want. But third brother, I don't mind if you like to do business, but you should know the principle of not showing off your money. I will cooperate with you for a few times, and I won't take advantage of you in the future."

It was because his family didn't have much wealth that he was willing to take a share of the pie, and he wanted to stop while he was ahead.

Yang Sizhuang and Yang Fugui nodded in agreement, "Third brother, that's what we mean. Don't take the risk of bringing so many goods next time."

Yang Santie laughed, "Don't worry, I know. This time, I was bold because of the 100,000 taels from Princess Yongyang and several thousand taels from Brother Xu. But the facts prove that you can't become fat in one bite. This time, I encountered some problems outside the pass. Next time, I won't take Princess Yongyang with me. I'm fine with just a little trick."

"But in this case you have to think of an excuse." Yang Erdan groaned.