The Duke of Zhenguo, the Prime Minister, and the three people who had passed the Imperial Academy to offer wine had pale faces.

After the Taifu and the Emperor settled their rankings in the imperial study, night fell again.

The emperor then left the Taifu to have dinner in the palace.

This time's dinner was richer than the lunch meal, and the aroma spread farther.

The emperor and his tutor were dining and chatting in the royal study, and the aroma of their meals drifted outside along the doors and windows.

The Prime Minister and the others had not eaten for a day and a night, and were already ravenous at this time.

The three of them listened to each other's drum-like sounds coming from the stomachs of the other two, and then smelled the fragrance coming out of the window, and their faces turned pale.

On the other side, the master came out of the imperial study after finishing his meal.

As soon as the Taifu came out, the eyes of the three prime ministers fell on him.

The Taifu looked at the three of them without even squinting his eyes. Under the leadership of the eunuch, he went straight out of the palace.

Duke Zhenguo snorted coldly, it seemed that the emperor was determined to make Jiang Zhao the number one scholar.

He turned around and left the palace, walking faster than the Taifu, but after a while, he was ahead of the Taifu.

The Prime Minister and the Imperial Academy exchanged a glance at each other while drinking wine. They also understood the Emperor's determination and there was no point in staying here any longer, so they left the palace.

The Taifu watched the three people rushing out of the palace one after another before him, shaking his head and smiling.

At this time, on Jiang Zhao's side.

Tomorrow is the day when the results of the imperial examination will be released.

But Jiang Zhao and Simubai were eating and drinking. It was as if they had finished the college entrance examination and were now partying and indulging.

However, the two of them are not too indulgent. At most, Jiang Zhao only wakes up at noon every day.

After noon, some classmates and friends came to the house to discuss poetry and essays with the two of them.

Jiang Zhao was also very annoyed by this, so he took Si Mubai out. It was really boring to interact with those scholars all day long.

But after leaving the door, Jiang Zhao didn't know where to go.

Si Mubai then suggested, "Why don't we go and see how Brother Dagen and the others do."

Jiang Zhao's eyes lit up. This was a good idea. They had moved out from Brother Da Gen's house a long time ago and had not gone back to see them yet. Now that the palace examination was over, I just wanted to go back and have a look.

After calling Wei Xiang and Jiuqi, the four of them came to Zhang Yougen's house outside the city.

Jiang Zhao patted the dilapidated wooden door and shouted: "Brother Da Gen, sister-in-law, we are here to see you. Uncle, aunt, are you at home?"

But after calling for a long time, no one responded.

"Did he go out to farm?" Jiang Zhao murmured to himself.

The group went to the fields to look for Zhang Yougen's family, but neither their own fields nor the fields they rented were seen.

Jiang Zhao and others only thought that Zhang Yougen's family had other matters and left temporarily.

Then he and Simubai planned to put the things they bought for Zhang Yougen's family in his yard and leave.

When he came to Zhang Yougen's house again and saw a neighbor passing by, Jiang Zhao asked, "Brother, please ask."

"Brother, please ask, do you know where the family living here has gone?"

The neighbor looked at Jiang Zhao and others and found that they were all wearing long gowns and gauze clothes that could be worn by scholars.

There is only one master in their village who is slightly educated, and everyone in the village respects him very much, including the village chief, who also respects him very much.

So this neighbor clasped his hands in his fists and didn't know how to salute. He just bent down and said, "Are these adults looking for this family?"

"The family suddenly moved away half a month ago and never came back."

Jiang Zhao frowned and looked at Simubai. They moved out half a month ago, wasn't that when they left?

Jiang Zhao smiled and said, "Thank you very much, brother."

The neighbor handed him over and left to do his own thing.

Then Jiang Zhao asked Wei Xiang to pry open the door lock of Zhang Yougen's house to find out.

A few of them went in. Everything in the room was still there, and it was all covered with a layer of dust. It looked like they had been gone for a long time.

Jiang Zhao came to the room where he lived before and found that the room had been turned around and messy.

The pillow and quilt were both opened, but the money she placed under the pillow that day was still there.

She was rummaging around in the house, and Si Mubai walked over and asked, "Brother Xian, what are you looking for? Please help me look for it together."

"I'm looking for the waterwheel drawing I drew that day." Jiang Zhao said while rummaging through it.

Si Mubai was stunned: "Didn't you take away the drawings from that day?"

"I put the drawings in the package the night before I left, but when I returned home to pack them up the next day, I found that the drawings were missing."

"I originally thought I forgot to put it in the package or accidentally dropped it, but now it seems that it is not as simple as I thought."

Jiang Zhao has stopped searching, and there is no point in continuing to search.

"Brother Xian thinks... Brother Da Gen's family took it away?"

Si Mubai looked at Jiang Zhao's expression and guessed.

"Then where did Brother Dagen and his family go? The elder brother just said that Brother Dagen and his family left half a month ago. They left almost as soon as we left. Why did Brother Dagen and the others leave?"

Ancient people generally would not leave their place of residence if nothing happened.

Zhang Yougen's family is engaged in farming, so it is unlikely that they will leave their home.

"I think we will soon know who targeted us before the imperial examination," Jiang Zhao said.

"Do you think Brother Dagen and his family were sent to target our people?"

Simu Bai asked.

Jiang Zhao nodded: "I'm afraid it's very possible."

"Why do you say this, dear brother?"

They were staying at Sanniang's house that day. Sanniang's family was so kind, but they didn't have enough food, so they saved food and ate with them.

If Sanniang's family was sent by someone else, he didn't want to believe it.

Jiang Zhao also didn't want to believe it, but the facts were before him.

"I secretly left this money to Sanniang's family that day, but they didn't take it away. Even if Sanniang's family is simple and doesn't want to use our money, they should keep it properly and return it to us when we come next time.

We, but the money is still there."

"Either Sanniang's family was taken away by someone who doesn't care about this little money, or Sanniang's family was sent to target our people and doesn't care about this little money."

"But when we were leaving, Sanniang came in and packed my package. When she was packing, she even kicked me out."

Thinking about it now, Sanniang's actions that day were full of doubts.

"But how could Sanniang know the waterwheel drawing? Maybe Sanniang's family was captured by someone who was targeting us behind the scenes."

Simubai still didn't believe that Sanniang's family was sent to target their people.

"If someone takes them away, it will attract the attention of the surrounding neighbors."

"But perhaps Yudi is overthinking it. Anyway, we have to first confirm where Sanniang's family has gone."

If Sanniang's family was really captured, they must have been implicated by a few of them, and they must rescue Sanniang's family.

But Sanniang's family is really what she thought, so they will soon know who is behind them.


Chapter completed!