On February 13th, the wind and snow that had been going on for several days finally stopped, but the snow in the shade did not melt, which made people tremble in the cold morning and evening.

The village clamshell wrapped his cotton jacket tightly, and after entering the house, rubbing his frozen hands, "The county has been tested for three days, why haven't God cleared up yet?"

"Muramasa, you can drink some hot water to warm up." Li poured a cup of hot tea and handed it over. She had been holding her heart since the snowy day. After finally the snow stopped, it was still so cold.

"Mom, don't worry, I'm not afraid of the cold, and my clothes are thicker." Zhan Feiyu smiled and comforted. He was much better than the real peasant children.

This year, there is a bit of a late spring cold momentum, and Meng, who participated in the county exam, was young and was very distressed.

Especially for poor peasant children, they can only wear a few more layers of single clothes to keep warm. After all, clothes with mezzanines cannot enter the examination room.

Whether it is Muramasa, Li and Boss Zhan who were sitting next to Chen Mo, no matter how distressed Zhan Feiyu couldn't let him take the exam.

"But Xiaoyu is good at studying, so he will definitely pass the exam this time!" Muramama's deep voice finally had a little more relaxed and smile.

Putting aside talent, Xiaoyu's study is really hardworking and diligent in studying, and County Magistrate Chen valued Xiaoyu, which is certain that he passed the county examination.

Zhan Feiyu pursed his lips and smiled, "Mom, I've packed everything. After dinner, I'll go back to the village. Sixteenth goes directly to the exam room. It's too cold, so you don't have to come here."

This time, the county magistrate Chen decided to take five exams. In addition, before entering the examination room, he had to check his identity, search his body, etc., which would take a lot of time to make a lot of trouble, so he had to set off before dawn, compared to the inn.

It is definitely more convenient to live in a farm.

Boss Zhan wanted to speak, but Li looked over, and Boss Zhan lowered his head again, but he made up his mind to go to the county on the 16th and let Xiaoyu take the exam alone. Boss Zhan was not at ease.

At noon, He Sheng drove a carriage to the village to pick up Zhan Feiyu. At this moment, the carriage was covered with people from the village.

"Xiaoyu, please take the exam carefully, don't be afraid. You are still young, and you can't do this year and continue taking the exam next year."

"Whether you, a woman, can speak, Xiaoyu will definitely pass the exam."

"Haha, that's right, Xiaoyu is a little prodigy from our Shangsi County. Who can pass the exam if she can't pass the exam?"

The villagers laughed loudly, and they didn't care about the cold weather. Every word of your words is full of the most sincere blessings.

"Don't get down, don't get frozen." The old patriarch raised his hand and stopped Zhan Feiyu who was about to get off the carriage. A kind and wrinkled smile appeared on his kind face, "The first time exam, don't panic, you usually do it on weekdays.

If you study hard, you will definitely pass the exam.”

"Grandpa, I know, you're going back soon, it's too cold." Zhan Feiyu hurriedly spoke. The wind blew in the afternoon, and it was like a knife blowing on his face. Grandpa couldn't stand his age.

freeze.

"Okay, great-grandfather must take care of his health and wait for your good news." The old patriarch nodded with a smile.

"Little fish, the wind is too strong, you can get into the carriage and sit down." Mumama said.

Looking at the villagers who came to see him off, the village was shouting and saying, "Everyone let the road out. After Xiaoyu passed the exam, the village will have a flowing mat, so everyone will have fun."

After a while, the carriage slowly disappeared from everyone's sight. Who would have thought that the little girl two years ago would have come to this point? Many people had their opinions on the village tribe who wanted to offer Xiaoyu's study.

But now every household can sell vegetables, and the workshop has been built at the foot of the back mountain. You can earn one or two taels of silver every month when you work in the workshop. The more and more silver you have, the people in Jinlin Village are very grateful to Zhan Feiyu.

"When the little fish gains fame, our Jinlin Village will be more prosperous in the future." The old patriarch choked up with emotion.

"Old patriarch, I'll support you." The village was holding the old patriarch's arm and smiled and took the conversation: "When the weather gets warmer, we will build the private school, and then more scholars will appear in the village!"

The prosperity of the Zhan clan cannot be achieved by Xiaoyu alone, but Xiaoyu will be better and better in the future if he has a good start!

"Haha, it's said that the little kids in the county will be studying at the age of three or four. Then the two bastards in my family will be sent to a private school at the age of three. It's better than others to study for a few more years."

"Brother Third, you are showing off that you have twin sons!"

"Old Wu, your little girl is smart too. The private school has been built, so don't be reluctant to give up money!"

"Are you a stingy person? The village chief said before that the children in the village should not be punished for studying. If you study well, there will be rewards. My Erya must study!"

The gathered villagers slowly walked home, read books, and understood the truth! Even if they couldn't take the imperial examination like Xiaoyu, they could still work in the workshop. Maybe they could still be a manager, and they would have hope for this day.

...

In a blink of an eye, three days had passed and it was not yet dawn. He Nuan carried hot water into the bedroom. It was not surprising that Zhan Feiyu had already put on his clothes.

"A Nuan, you can comb my hair first." Zhan Feiyu quickly tied the straps of clothes. In order to adapt to the weather, there was no burning charcoal in the room these two days, and people were trembling in the cold early in the morning.

Looking at Zhan Feiyu sitting in front of the dressing table, a smile flashed in He Nuan's eyes. The lady's hands could write a good handwriting, but she couldn't comb her hair.

He Nuan said while combing her hair, "It's still early, I asked the kitchen to lay wontons and cook eggs. It's okay for the lady to eat more in the morning, just drink less water."

"Okay." Zhan Feiyu touched the already fixed bun, and admired it. It was not only beautiful but also stable. It was not like her own hair, but it would definitely spread out after a large movement.

After everything was cleaned up, lanterns were hung on both sides of the carriage and illuminated them. He Sheng drove the carriage towards the county town.

Two quarters of an hour later.

"Wow!" He Sheng tied the reins and the carriage stopped.

A group of beggars with tattered clothes suddenly surged out from the official road. At first glance, there were thirty or forty people, blocking the official road.

"Okay, okay, give me some food." The old beggar with his hair spread out, screaming at the top of his throat, but he heard his full voice, and he was definitely full of food, otherwise he would not have the strength to shout. .

"We have been hungry for three days! We really can't walk anymore!" The beggar sat on the ground, as if he was really tired and paralyzed.

“There is food in the carriage!”

From time to time, there were sounds coming from the beggar group. Suddenly, someone threw a handful of copper coins in the direction of the carriage. The scene was completely in chaos.

"This is my own, get out of here!"

"No robbery, who dares to rob my money!"

"There is also broken silver! There is silver in the carriage!" A few handfuls of copper coins can make a group of beggars with ragged clothes go crazy, let alone broken silver.

He Sheng's eyes turned cold, and the whip in his hand pulled away the beggar who was pushing over, then whipped the horse's butt. The horse raised its horse's hooves and ran forward.

"Ah!" The beggar who was picking up money screamed in horror. No one expected that He Sheng would dare to hit people with a carriage, and they were so scared that they rolled over to both sides of the official road.

"The carriage hit someone to death! Don't let him run away!" It's not just anyone shouted.

The old beggar who picked up copper coins was suddenly pushed out and fell into the middle of the road with a bang, and he was completely confused.

At this moment, if the carriage does not stop, the old beggar will definitely die under the horse's hooves; but once the carriage stops, the twenty or thirty beggars rushed forward, and the carriage will definitely not be able to leave.

On the horse's back not far away, Zhan Feiyu was wrapped tightly in a thick cloak, leaving only a small head exposed, "Big brother, was it instructed by someone from the same family or the Qin family?"

Shangsi County has been in charge of particularly strict management these days. The constables patrol the streets from time to time. The gangsters were warned not to cause trouble. The beggars were blamed and arranged to live in the dilapidated temple.

Several merchants with candidates from the family were still serving porridge in the dilapidated temple for half a month, accumulating good deeds for their children in order to pass the county examination, so so many beggars are definitely not from Shangsi County.

"It's related to the Qin family, so I'm sitting firmly." Yin Wuyan spoke in a deep voice, holding Zhan Feiyu's waist with one hand and holding the reins with the other, and the horse ran away instantly.

The beggars surrounded the carriages, but they didn't notice a horse galloping past, and even if they noticed them, they couldn't stop them.

"Empty?" As the curtain of the carriage was lifted, the man mixed with the beggar frowned and quickly turned around and looked at the horse that had gone away. The expression on his dirty face instantly became gloomy.

"Ah!" Suddenly, the beggar who was picking up the copper coins on the ground exclaimed, "A officer and soldier are here..."

A group of beggars suddenly raised their heads. At some point, they were surrounded by the officers and soldiers of the Nanxuan Guard. In the dawn light, the silver sword flashed with a big sword made all beggars tremble.

"Take them away!" At the command of the Xiaoqi, the leader, the officers and soldiers rushed forward, and in a moment, tied up all the beggars who deliberately made trouble.

At the same time, on the East Street leading to the examination room, one carriage after another was crowded, and the lanterns hanging on the car illuminated the night.

"I know there are many people, but I don't know so many." Zhan Feiyu stretched out his neck and looked forward, unable to see his head at all. It seemed that the carriages in Shangsi County were gathered here.

"Shangsi County is a middle-class county, and there are at least three or four hundred candidates in each county examination." Yin Wuyan replied, slowing down his horse speed and slowly passing through the leftmost side of the street.

The last 300 to 400 candidates, less than fifty people passed the county examination. The key is that this is just the first one. There are also the government examination and the college examination. Only a hundred people can get the title of scholars in the end. Zhan Feiyu has to sigh at the imperial examination. The hardship.

There were crowds gathering in the examination room, and there were more than 300 candidates. In addition to the adults who were taking the exam, the noise gathered together, and it looked lively.

"Big brother, I'll just go queue by myself." Zhan Feiyu looked up at Yin Wuyan beside him.

Someone just came and took the horse away, leaving the test basket and the stove.

Zhan Feiyu is now wrapped in a thick cloak, and it is not very cold to hold the stove in his hand, but she is worried that Yin Wuyan, who is carrying the exam basket, will feel too noisy, and there are too many people. If someone passes by him, he will definitely not. Habit.

"It's okay." The two words of low and coldness were low and cold. Yin Wuyan held the test basket with his left hand and his right hand landed on Zhan Feiyu's shoulder, protecting the person beside him and queuing in front.

The examination room faces north and south, with east and west gates at the south, surrounded by wooden fences, and a large courtyard. The north of the courtyard is the main gate, called the dragon gate, and behind the dragon gate is a large courtyard for candidates to wait and call for names.

At this moment, every fifty people lined up, and Zhan Feiyu was not in a hurry to stand in front of him. Instead, he was at the end of the team, and Yin Wuyan was still standing on her right.

"Little brother, is this your daughter? Come for the exam too?" The middle-aged man wrapped in a wolf fur coat couldn't help asking. The first time he saw the little girl coming for the exam, he stared at Zhan Feiyu.

After looking at Yin Wuyan for a few glances, I looked at him like a strange person. This must be a rich man!

Zhan Feiyu smiled, his shoulders trembled and moved.

Yin Wuyan was wearing a black robe today, his face was disguised, his skin looked a little darker, and he looked twenty-five or six years old. With that cold aura, it was not surprising that he had an eight or nine-year-old daughter.

"Little brother, the tallest man in front is my youngest son. I killed a tiger a few years ago. Isn't that money to send my youngest son to study?" The middle-aged man is a mountain citizen, and the news is blocked, and he doesn't know that Zhan Fei is not aware of it."

The name of the fish.

But looking at her chubby little face, the man spoke enthusiastically: "As the saying goes, meeting is fate, why don't we make a family with children? My youngest son is so smart."

Uh... Zhan Feiyu's smile froze, and the topic jumped too quickly.

Still ignoring the people around him, Yin Wuyan took the copper stove and handed the test basket to Zhan Feiyu, and took off her cloak, "Go over."

"Yes." Nodded obediently, Zhan Feiyu walked forward quickly with the test basket.

Cast Fei smiled and signaled Zhan Feiyu to put the test basket on the table. The person who was responsible for searching Zhan Feiyu was a fat aunt. He was in charge of guarding the female prisoner in the county government office.
To be continued...