Xiao Yuan squatted at the gate of the city and was in a hurry, but there was no way.

The little guy who followed him was also so anxious that his mouth was foaming.

"Young master, we have to find a way. ”

Xiao Yuan wiped his face: "What can I do, no one dares to open the city gate for you no matter how much silver you give now." ”

The little guy also squatted down.

"If only the city gate was opened on the third watch, then we can't delay, when the time comes, you go to the Gongyuan first, and the little one will ride back to prepare you for the exam." ”

"It's a pity......"

Xiao Yuan sighed: "I don't know what happened to Ning Ning now, she must be in a hurry if I don't go back." ”

Xiao family

Master Xiao and Mrs. Xiao are really anxious.

Especially Master Xiao, he kept walking around the house: "What can I do? Yuan'er really wants to miss this test?"

Mrs. Xiao is crying.

An Ning stood up with his waist on his back: "Father and mother, don't worry, Xianggong will definitely be able to catch up this time, I will pack my things in a while, and I will drive to the Gongyuan to wait for him." ”

How could Master Xiao let An Ning go to the Tribute Courtyard and wait.

An Ning is now pregnant with the golden grandson of his Xiao family, what if there is a mistake.

Not to mention the child, even if An Ning has a good one, he can't get over it in his heart.

Anyway, Master Xiao and He Juren are friends of life and death, An Ning is the only daughter of a friend, and Master Xiao must be protected.

Moreover, Xiao Yuan's pair of An Ning is also like a top heart, if An Ning has something, Xiao Yuan is not sure what will happen when he comes back, maybe he will be ruined.

After thinking about it, Master Xiao hurriedly said: "Don't go, your body is important now, I'll go, you ask someone to prepare things, I'll wait outside the Tribute Courtyard." ”

That's it.

An Ning nodded: "Hard work father." ”

Master Xiao waved his hand: "What's hard or not, it's not all for my own son." ”

Mrs. Xiao stopped crying at this time, and hurriedly packed up her things with An Ning.

Prepared dry food to eat, as well as pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and thick single clothes to be worn in the tribute courtyard, etc.

An Ning had actually prepared it a long time ago, and at this time, she and Mrs. Xiao checked them one by one, and only handed them over to Master Xiao after making sure that they were correct.

In addition, An Ning also made some hot food in the kitchen, covered it with cotton mats and put it on the carriage.

Although it is spring now, it is actually very cold at night, and An Ning also asked people to put a stove on the carriage, for fear that Master Xiao would freeze.

Everything was ready, it was already the second watch, and Master Xiao hurriedly urged the coachman to drive the carriage to the Gongyuan.

And Xiao Yuan squatted at the gate of the city for a while, and suddenly stood up and patted his head: "I'm so stupid, why didn't I think of it." ”

When Si Mo heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Young Master, is there a way?"

Xiao Yuan took Simo around in a circle and went to Xizhimen.

"We'll just wait here, we'll be able to catch up. ”

Si Mo also thought of it, and his eyes lit up: "Yes, why didn't you think of it, it's still the young master who is smart." ”

It turned out that Xizhimen would open the door every day during the third watch, in order to let the water cart enter the city.

The person sitting in the palace drinks water every day is not the water in the well, but the water of Yuquan Mountain, and every day there will be a car carrying water to go to Yuquan Mountain to pull water, and enter from Xizhi Gate during the third watch, so that you can drink the mountain spring water at dawn.

Xiao Yuan is also bold, and he is thinking about this idea.

He thought that when the time came, he would mix behind the convoy carrying water, and follow the convoy into the city, if he could get in, he would definitely be able to catch the exam, even if he was stopped, anyway, Xiao Yuan brought silver, and he still had jade and silver tickets on his body, and when the time came, he would give the gatekeeper a sum of money, and he would be able to get in.

He thought very well here, who knew that when he arrived outside Xizhi Gate, he saw that there was still a group of people waiting.

Xiao Yuan was happy at that time.

He went over and hugged his fists: "Brother, how many people are also delaying the time to enter the city?"

The leader of the group was a young man in his twenties, the young man looked really good, tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he looked like a fierce momentum, anyway, it was quite like the momentum on Xie Jue's body.

The young man was stunned for a moment, and then smiled at Xiao Yuan: "What's the matter, you delayed the move and didn't go in?"

Xiao Yuan snorted: "Isn't it, my daughter-in-law is happy, she has to eat spinach, so I went out to find spinach, and this time will be delayed, and I can't get in when it's not going to be too late, so I can't go here to see if I can get in." ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Yuan patted the young man's shoulder familiarly: "You're not bad, you're very smart, and you know how to look for opportunities here." ”

The young man had never been treated like this, and he felt quite fresh, and he laughed louder for a while: "Yes, I'm also quite smart." ”

"Then you're almost catching up with our young master. ”

Si Mo, this kid is also very interesting, and he also rushed over to make fun: "Our young master is very smart, and our young grandmother praises our young master all day long for his brilliant head and what he learns." ”

"Oh?"

The young man seemed to be quite interested: "Can you be sure that you will try Brother Taiwan this time?"

Xiao Yuanyi raised his head and said very complacently: "That is, otherwise I wouldn't have stayed here in a hurry, I want to be the champion, if I miss this time, it will not be my loss, it will be the loss of the Great Jing Dynasty." ”

That's what I said.

The entourage behind the young man was about to glare at Xiao Yuan angrily.

It was also dark, and Xiao Yuan didn't see the appearance of those people clearly, anyway, he would always brag about himself, and it was boring to guard outside anyway, so he blew up with the young man: "Let me tell you, our Dajing Dynasty has not been connected to the sixth yuan until now, I, I must be the first champion of the sixth yuan, anyway, I am unprecedented, as for the comer, I dare not guarantee, but I dare to guarantee that there is a sixth yuan in the future, that is not as smart as me, not as talented as me." ”

This bull is really blowing.

The young man coughed several times, but Xiao Yuanquan couldn't hear it, and continued to blow: "Do you know what it means to not sing for three years, and it is a blockbuster?"

The youth nodded.

Xiao Yuan laughed: " I just, when I didn't marry a daughter-in-law before, I thought that the family was very rich anyway, whatever I wanted, I was as comfortable as I came, and I didn't like to read or anything, and then I married a daughter-in-law, you don't know, my daughter-in-law is really good, and she is better for me than my mother for me, I just thought, I married such a good daughter-in-law, I can't waste my time, I have to do something for my daughter-in-law, at least in the future, I can let my daughter-in-law have a destiny or something, I started to study, I studied for a few months, the county test first name, the government test first name, the hospital test first name, the small three yuan to hand。 ”

Xiao Yuan is blowing here, and Si Mo is still beating him there.

"What our young master said is right, what the young master said is so good, our young master has not read many heavenly books, and Xu Juren, who has a particularly good relationship with our master, took the test for our young master once, and said that our young master's level is very high, and even he is compared. ”

The young man frowned when he heard this.

Xiao Yuan was still there and said: "After reading more than a year later, the township test Xie Yuan, I have four yuan, you said that you will win one yuan when you will test, and one yuan when you take the palace test, isn't that even six yuan." ”

"What you said is true?"

The young man originally thought that Xiao Yuan was bragging, but when he heard him say that he understood Yuan, he knew that this level must be good.

You must know that even if the style of writing is not flourishing, it is extremely difficult to be able to pass the exam, at least the knowledge must be very good, and the article is not badly written.

Xiao Yuan patted the young man vigorously again: "Can I talk nonsense about this? That's Xie Yuan, you can just check it and know it, this can still deceive people." ”

That's true.

The entourage behind the young man also had some admiration in his eyes when he looked at Xiao Yuan.

"That's disrespectful. ”

The young man thought about it and laughed: "According to what you said, if you are really delayed, it will really be a big loss for the court." ”

As he was talking, the gate on the side of Xizhimen opened, and several cars pulling water entered one after another.

The young man also stepped forward.

Xiao Yuan hurriedly followed.

After the watermill entered, the guards at the city gate saw that Xiao Yuan and his gang wanted to stop them, but when they saw the young man and his group, they shrank back in fright.

Xiao Yuan then entered the city smoothly.

As soon as he entered, the young man followed one of his attendants and said, "You go and send this ......."

Xiao Yuan arched his hand: "Xiao Yuan." ”

The young man nodded: "Send this Xiao Jieyuan to the Tribute Academy, if it's late, take my post to find the chief examiner this time." ”

His entourage hurriedly responded, followed Xiao Yuan and rode straight to the side of the Gongyuan.