Overnight, it seemed as if everything had changed.
Song Tuanyuan stood on the city gate, looking towards the north. Outside the city was a green field. It was obviously the season of early autumn. He was full of hope, but he did not expect that there would be a war.
On the third day, Song Tuanyuan received the good news from the imperial court at the Ji Mansion that Song Fuxin won the first prize.
Song Tuanyuan looked a little dazed as he listened to the announcements.
In his previous life, Song Fujin also won the first prize, but when the good news was announced, Song Fujin was beside him. Now...
"Mrs. Song, Mrs. Song?" The eunuch who announced the good news couldn't help but call out twice when he saw Song Tuanyuan was in a daze.
Song Tuanyuan quickly came to his senses and took out some money to thank the eunuch who reported the news.
The eunuch accepted the wedding money generously and said, "Congratulations to your wife, Madam. Isn't it just that the Number One Scholar is not at home? Can't you accept the order?"
Song Tuanyuan hesitated for a moment and could only tell the truth: "After Fuxin took the imperial examination and heard that the border was unstable, he signed up to be a soldier!"
The eunuch was stunned: "Song Zhuangyuan understands justice so well. He is really a role model for this generation of students. Don't worry, the Za family will definitely tell the emperor the truth!"
Song Tuanyuan asked helplessly: "Then this imperial edict..."
"The number one scholar went to the battlefield to protect his family and country, so this situation is naturally different. We will wait until the Za family returns to report to the emperor before we make a decision!" said the eunuch.
Song Tuanyuan had no choice but to comply.
The eunuch went back first with the imperial edict.
After waiting anxiously for a day, the eunuch came again with an imperial edict. This time he not only named Song Fuxin the number one scholar, but also sent the words "loyalty and bravery" personally nominated by the emperor. Suddenly, the news that the new number one scholar went to the battlefield to kill the enemy immediately spread.
After traveling all over Tiancheng, Song Fuxin suddenly became a role model for this generation of students.
After the eunuch left, Song Tuanyuan was feeling anxious when Lu Zhaoen and Qiu Yucheng came.
"Mrs. Song, we all passed the top three exams!" Lu Zhaoen happily announced the good news to Song Tuanyuan as soon as he entered the door.
Qiu Yucheng also said: "Ms. Song, I was the worst among the three brothers, and I got the third place in the exam!"
Song Tuanyuan cheered up and said with a smile: "They are all good kids!"
"Aunt Song, did the eldest brother really go to Kangcheng?" Lu Zhaoen asked.
Song Tuanyuan nodded.
"It turns out it's true!" Lu Zhaoen frowned, "Big brother, too. Why don't you discuss it with us? We will never leave our brothers when we go into battle!"
Song Tuanyuan said: "Fu Xin felt that the article he wrote was just talk on paper and wanted to go to the real battlefield to see it. To be honest, he didn't even expect that he would win the top prize!"
Lu Zhaoen said: "My eldest brother has extremely high standards for himself, and our brothers are really beyond his reach!"
Qiu Yucheng was even more ashamed: "My father asked me to go to the battlefield, but I refused because I was a scholar. I felt that going to the battlefield was all done by rough guys. Now compared to my elder brother, I feel really ashamed!"
Song Tuanyuan said helplessly: "Everyone has his own ambitions. He is happy, but I, the mother, am worried!"
Lu Zhaoen comforted Song Tuanyuan: "My eldest brother has won the first prize now and is regarded as a model student by the Holy Emperor. If he can still perform meritorious service on the battlefield, he will definitely become famous when he comes back!"
Song Tuanyuan smiled bitterly: "I don't want him to be successful, I just want him to be safe!"
Lu Zhaoen nodded: "Yes, brother will come back safely!"
Song Tuanyuan suddenly remembered something and suddenly asked: "Lu Zhaoen, you said before that your uncle is a member of the Ministry of War. This time there is a plague in the Ministry of War. Is your uncle okay?"
Lu Zhaoen was stunned for a moment, looking a little ugly, and he whispered: "I have never contacted him since I arrived in Tiancheng, and I don't know if he has anything going on!"
Song Tuanyuan asked: "What's his name? Maybe I can check it for you!"
Lu Zhaoen hesitated and said, "His name is Tian Yuanshou!"
Song Tuanyuan frowned, wasn't this Tian Qi the one who brought the plague to the Ministry of War? He was actually Lu Zhaoen's uncle?
After Lu Zhaoen finished speaking, he turned away, seemingly unwilling to mention the matter.
"Okay, I understand. If I have time, I will help you find out. But Song Fuxin just left, and I'm really not in the mood!" Song Tuanyuan said deliberately.
Lu Zhaoen said quickly: "I have never been in contact with my uncle. In fact, our relationship is not good, so I won't bother Mrs. Song!"
Song Tuanyuan said hello and left the two of them to eat.
They both refused and took their leave.
After the two left, Song Tuanyuan went to the Ministry of War to inquire about Tian Yuanshou's situation.
Tian Qi, as the first person to spread the plague, had been arrested long ago and imprisoned in the Ministry of War prison, and has not been released.
"Why did Empress Song ask him?" General Yu stepped forward and asked, "We have suffered terribly from this Tian Yuanshou!"
Song Tuanyuan said: "I want to meet him, is that okay?"
General Yu frowned: "Ms. Song is so kind-hearted, why would you save such a person? But you think it's strange, he was the first one to get sick but he didn't die, but two of my brothers died!"
Only then did Song Tuanyuan know why General Yu was so resentful of Tian Yuanshou, so he said: "There is always a wrongdoer and a debtor. If he did it unintentionally, he is the victim. If he did it intentionally, he should naturally find out!"
Qiu Jinhong was investigating the source of the plague before, but once the war broke out, Qiu Jinhong couldn't care less and went to the battlefield. However, if the source of the plague was not found and the leprosy virus was not completely eradicated, the victims would still be
common people.
So Song Tuanyuan must find the source of the plague.
Only then did General Yu know Song Tuanyuan's original intention, so he agreed and took Song Tuanyuan to the Ministry of War Prison.
Although Tian Yuanshou was a prisoner, because Ji Changan wanted to find out who was behind it, he kept asking people to see Tian Yuanshou, and most of the plague on his body was cured.
Song Tuanyuan went there and saw a dirty man lying on the floor of the prison.
"Tian Yuanshou, the Lady Song who prepared the medicine for you is here, why don't you come over quickly and thank your benefactor?" General Yu couldn't help but kicked the lattice and shouted loudly towards Tian Yuanshou.
Tian Yuanshou raised his head and stared at Song Tuanyuan through his dirty hair. He couldn't help but sneered: "I didn't ask you to treat me. Do you think I don't know what you think? Even if I am cured,
If you go out, you will die!"
Song Tuanyuan stepped forward and asked, "Are you Tian Yuanshou? Do you have a nephew named Lu Zhaoen?"
Tian Yuanshou was stunned, then he hurriedly stumbled forward, leaned on the cell lattice and asked, "How do you know Xiao En? Where is he?"
Song Tuanyuan saw that his excited expression did not look like Lu Zhaoen said he had a bad relationship, so he said: "He and my son are sworn brothers, and now he has won the second place."
Tian Yuanshou was stunned, couldn't help but slap his thigh and said with a smile: "As expected of my Tian Yuanshou's son, follow me!"