First, two, five, tailgating

Gu Yunhuan listened to Mrs. Zhou's gossip for a while, and was pulled by Li Xiaonuan and withdrew.

The two of them walked out of the gate of Mingyuan Hall, Gu Yunhuan pulled Li Xiaonuan, and said in a low voice with palpitations:

"Sincerely...... That person, no wonder you thought something was wrong with him at that time, it was really ...... Alas, this man and man, Xiao Nuan, you don't know, it's disgusting."

Gu Yunhuan's face became strange, and Li Xiaonuan coughed lightly,

"It's not, this kind of person, the most disgusting girl If she marries him, it's really eight lifetimes of mold, I really don't know how to live this life"

Gu Yunhuan nodded again and again, breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a low voice:

"Thankfully...... Thankfully, ......, alas, really scary. ”

Li Xiaonuan squinted at Gu Yunhuan, smiled and didn't answer again, the two walked in silence for a while, then separated paths and went back to rest.

The triennial provincial examination is about to start, Jin Zhiyang began to study behind closed doors in late February, preparing for the provincial examination in April, Gu Xiao was eager to try, and wanted to show his skills, but was stopped by Mr. Suiyun.

Li Xiaonuan breathed a sigh of relief, and Mrs. Li was indifferent, as if she had no intention of letting Gu Xiao participate in this year's provincial examination, and was only busy explaining to Gu Yunshan, and dotting about Jin Zhiyang's fate.

Mrs. Zhou became anxious, and tried her best to pick a few conversations, but she was blocked back by Mrs. Li, and wanted to talk to Mr. Suiyun, but she didn't dare to come to the door, so she only complained to Gu Yunhuan, but Gu Yunhuan's marriage was approaching day by day, and Mrs. Zhou had to let go of Gu Xiao's troubles that she couldn't end up, and turned her energy to Gu Yunshan's marriage.

Gu Yunhuan and Zheng Jiyu are not young, both families hope to get married as soon as possible, Gu Yunhuan's dowry or something, almost all of them are ready-made, and the two families agreed on a good day on May 26, which seems to be a long time, there are still a lot of trivial things to prepare, and Mrs. Zhou was soon annoyed by countless trivial things and couldn't worry about other things.

Mrs. Zhou and Gu Yunhuan were busy with all kinds of trivial things before the wedding, and Li Xiaonuan was also busy, taking care of the big and small things at home from morning to night.

King Jing's Mansion gradually became low-key and busy.

In the inner study, Cheng Ke sat on the armchair in front of the window, holding a book in his hand, but his eyes were looking out of the window.

Zhou Jingran sat at the table, looked at Zhang Jiezi, thought for a while, turned his head to look at Cheng Ke and said:

"This main exam, except for King Cheng and those who believe in the king, everything else is fine."

Cheng Ke turned his head, looked at Zhou Jingran, smiled bitterly, spread his hands and said:

"Our people, King Cheng and King Xin, must also think the same way, besides, we have been ...... all these years It's too silent, and there are few people available in the court, except for us, King Cheng and King Xin, who have talent and qualifications, how many can be the chief examiner? These people, all of whom are monkey spirits, will definitely refuse to wade into this troubled water. ”

"Well, the people of the Manchu Dynasty, we have all pulled it twice, and there is no suitable person who is not from this family, or from that family, and who is not a person at all, either unwilling to do it, or poor in learning, or not enough in character, and can't afford this responsibility."

Zhou Jingran frowned and said, Cheng Ke thought about it and said in a low voice:

"There's a person, it's appropriate."

"Who?"

"Qian Jiyuan, although the Qian family is oriented towards the king of letters, but this Qian Jiyuan, with a strange temper and a straight temper, has always been fair, I believe in him, at least I will not be too biased in the first line of the king, and it is enough to learn, there is only one thing, that is, this is to take the scholar, I only like the protrusion of the peak, and the words are magnificent."

Zhou Jingran nodded slowly,

"Well, this Qian Jiyuan, but he is a fair scholar, and it doesn't hurt to blindly like Qiwen Liju, and there are three deputy examiners, and he can't just rely on his preferences, although this person has a strange temper and is annoying, but he is honest and trustworthy, well, it's him, this subject, it can be a little less ghostly, it's enough."

"Hmm,"

Cheng Ke agreed in a low voice, Zhou Jingran threw the fold on the table, leaned over to the back of the chair, stretched, turned his head to look at Cheng Ke and asked:

"The eldest son-in-law of the Gu family, what is Jin's name? It's going to end this year? ”

"Jin Zhiyang, I heard that he is going to end."

"Xiao Gu didn't take the test?"

"Well, how could the gentleman let him out...... How could Mr. let him end up at this time, if he fell off the list, wouldn't it hurt Mr.'s reputation? ”

Cheng Ke shook his fan, pursed his lips and said, Zhou Jingran turned his head and looked at Cheng Ke with a smile in his eyes, Cheng Ke moved lightly, and gently "hummed", Zhou Jingran laughed, and after a while, he said in a low voice:

"Jin Zhiyang, you let people be resettled, don't fall off the list, and don't be too brilliant."

Cheng Ke nodded and promised in a low voice,

"Well, don't worry."

From the Spring Festival to the middle of March, Mrs. Li's body has been tired, good and bad, invited the imperial doctor to come to diagnose the pulse, but did not say anything bad, only said to let a good rest, Li Xiaonuan was a little anxious, thought about it, gave Mrs. Li, wanted to go to the Gospel Temple to burn pillar incense, to Mrs. Li to pray for blessings, Mrs. Li smiled and agreed, and asked her to remember to see the master of idealism.

The next day, Li Xiaonuan packed up her things, took Grandma Sun and Grandma Wei, and set off for the Gospel Temple.

Li Xiaonuan's car had not yet left the city, Cheng Ke had already obtained the letter, sent Luochuan to Jingwangfu to deliver a letter, rode a horse by himself, took a few small servants such as Yuanshan and more than a dozen guards, far behind Li Xiaonuan's car, and also went to the Gospel Temple.

Zhou Jingran listened to Luo Chuan's report, walked around the inner study twice, and instructed someone to take a few cans of excellent tea powder and a set of purple sand tea sets from the previous dynasty, and rushed to the Gospel Temple in the car.

Li Xiaonuan's car walked around the Gospel Temple for most of the time, and went straight into a courtyard closest to the ancient forest behind the temple.

Cheng Ke didn't dare to follow too closely, so he only looked at Li Xiaonuan's car from a distance and entered the courtyard, and the courtyard door was closed immediately, and Li Xiaonuan was not seen out until the evening.

There is a corner gate and the Gospel Temple directly after the courtyard, Li Xiaonuan got out of the car and washed, changed his clothes, ate something, took Lan Chu and Sun Mama, entered the Gospel Temple from the back corner door, incense in the Guanyin Hall and the Medicine King Palace, and followed the monks to recite the Peace Sutra a few times, came out to the back abbot's room, accompanied the abbot of Kongxiu to drink a few cups of tea, and gossiped for a long time, it was already sunset outside, Li Xiaonuan said goodbye and went back to the courtyard to rest.

When Zhou Jingran arrived at the Gospel Temple, Cheng Ke was walking around the courtyard, and when he saw Zhou Jingran jumping out of the car, he frowned and asked:

"What are you going to do?"

"Have you seen Xiao Nuan?"

Zhou Jingran asked eagerly, Cheng Ke closed the folding fan in his hand with a "snap", and walked straight to the house with his hands behind his back, Zhou Jingran hurriedly beckoned Yuan Shan to come over and asked:

"See?"

Yuan Shan looked at the house and reported vaguely:

"Back to Zhou Ye's words, I followed all the way, entered the courtyard, and the South China Sea was guarding outside."

Zhou Jingran breathed a sigh of relief, stretched his arms and yawned,

"I'll just say, just look at your grandfather's face."

As he spoke, he put his hands behind his back and entered the house leisurely.

Cheng Ke sat in the rocking chair under the window, swaying slowly, looking out the window in a daze, Zhou Jingran sat next to him, knocked Cheng Ke's arm with a fan, and said with a smile:

"Since she comes to the temple, she must be incense, if she doesn't go today, she will definitely go tomorrow, but sooner or later, she will not see it? Let's have a chance meeting with her in the temple tomorrow, have you thought about it, what do you say to her? ”

Cheng Ke turned his head to look at Zhou Jingran,

"What are you going to do?"

Zhou Jingran squinted his eyes and laughed,

"First, it's to help you, your business, brother takes everything to heart, and second, it's just right, to see if I can see the master, I brought a few cans of fine tea, and a set of purple sand tea sets from the previous dynasty."

"Do you want the master to give you a divination?"

Cheng Ke straightened up, looked at Zhou Jingran and asked, Zhou Jingran shook his head with a wry smile,

"How dare you think about divination, don't you know, who is the master willing to divination? It's good to be able to meet, say goodbye, and say a few words, but if it's not good, it's okay to be able to send things over. ”

Cheng Ke nodded, thought about it, and comforted:

"We can't see each other, and neither can others, I've heard my father say it."

Cheng Ke paused, listened intently to the movements around him, and then continued in a low voice:

"Just a while ago, when I told my father that we were going to let go of Yibo, my father said that in the early years, the emperor asked the master, the fate of the four princes, and the master did not answer the emperor's words, and then the emperor asked again, and the master said that he couldn't see it clearly."

Zhou Jingran listened attentively to Cheng Ke's words, frowned, Cheng Ke turned his head to look at him, and then said:

"Father said that even the master can't see clearly, there must be too many variables."

"Maybe the master doesn't want to say."

Zhou Jingran said in a low voice, Cheng Ke nodded, looked at Zhou Jingran, and said solemnly:

"Three points of destiny, seven points of personnel, since you were born in the royal family, these three points of destiny will be accounted for, seven points of personnel, we have done enough, this thing will definitely be done."

Zhou Jingran looked at Cheng Ke and nodded with a smile.

Early the next morning, Li Xiaonuan got up to eat, put on a thick cotton cloak, took Lan Chu, came out of the corner gate closest to the woods behind the temple, walked to the forest, and hid in the dark and stared at the courtyard from afar Nanhai hurriedly got up and rushed back to report the news.

Zhou Jingran and Cheng Ke hurriedly packed up, entered from the front door of the Gospel Temple, and searched all the way in, all the halls in the temple were full of people coming and going, and no hall was sealed and not allowed to enter, Cheng Ke wrung his brows, called Nanhai over and asked:

"You watched her enter the temple?"

"Back to the master, the little one watched Miss Li go out of the corner gate, and hurried to report to the master, but I didn't see Miss Li enter the temple."

Cheng Ke glared at Nanhai fiercely, and reprimanded in a low voice:

"I'm getting more and more careless about doing things, hum"

Zhou Jingran gently patted his palms with a folding fan, looked at Cheng Ke thoughtfully and said:

"If you don't come to the temple, where else can you go? Is it possible? Impossible."

"You mean, the woods in the back?"

Cheng Ke also reacted, Zhou Jingran looked at Cheng Ke, the two looked at each other for a moment, and walked towards the back door of the Gospel Temple at the same time

Wood has powder, wood has reward, wood has power