13. Chapter 13
The days passed quickly, and it didn't take long for the imperial city to be lively, and students and candidates from all over the country occupied the major inns in the imperial city.
Xiao Qiao will also go out often these days to meet some aspiring and capable people. Hu Li was greedy and always went out with Xiao Qiao, Xiao Qiao talked with the candidates, and Hu Li was eating while listening to the conversation that was heavenly to him. So much so that later, most of the people who were familiar with Xiao Qiao knew about Hu Li who was following Xiao Qiao.
However, this situation is three days before the start of the autumn exam, Xiao Qiao is not very good, from Qiu Xi heard how difficult the autumn exam is Hu Li has begun to become anxious, for fear that Xiao Qiao will faint in the examination room.
After all, Qiu Xi said that every time the candidates who came out of the examination room were all sallow-faced and haggard, Brother Xiao only ate a little bit every time he ate, and he wouldn't really faint out when the time came!
Thinking about it like this, Hu Li didn't know what to do!
Xiao Qiao watched Hu Li swaying back and forth in front of him with a smile and laughter, and had no choice but to pull the person to his side and sit down, "Don't shake it, I'm going to get dizzy!" β
As soon as Hu Li heard the word "dizzy", he immediately sat down next to Xiao Qiao honestly, and looked more worried than Xiao Qiao, who was about to take the exam!
Hu Li was anxious for three days, and when Xiao Qiao left Xiao Mansion on the fourth day, Hu Li took advantage of the fact that Xiao's father, who came out to send Xiao Qiao, was not paying attention, and stuffed the Fanjie Pill that he pulled out of the Qiankun bag yesterday into Xiao Qiao's hand.
This was the only few of the pills that had been approved by his grandfather when he first learned alchemy, and he had been useless in order to keep them as a souvenir. It is also the only thing he has now that can be used by Xiao Qiao, and the other Xiao Qiao's will not be blessed even if he gets it in his hands.
Xiao Qiao raised his eyebrows and looked at the jade bottle that was forcibly stuffed in his hand, and looked at Hu Li, who seemed to be relieved, "This is ......"
Hu Li quietly explained: "This is the Qi Replenishing Pill, although it is only the most worthless pill, but it is very good for Qi replenishment and health. Brother Xiao, if you feel uncomfortable in the exam room, just eat one, it will work! β
Although Xiao Qiao didn't believe much in Hu Li's words that it would be good to eat one, but seeing that Hu Li had been anxious for the past few days, he accepted it obediently.
Historically, candidates have to go through one inspection after another when they enter the examination room. Xiao Qiao's food and the things that should be prepared were all prepared by Xiao's father staring at people, and he didn't dare to commit taboos in the slightest.
This made Xiao's mother, who had been unhappy recently and wanted to do something, only to end up hateful, thinking that her sister-in-law had a letter a few days ago saying that Qi Qingyun still had a few intercourse, and she was even more angry.
Xiao Qiao handed the large bamboo basket he was carrying in his hand to the prosecutor, although the Xiao family is not a big family, but Xiao's father is also too Changqing. These inspectors didn't dare to embarrass Xiao Qiao, and only made a rough inspection before preparing to let it go.
However, Xiao Qiao didn't want to leave any hidden dangers, so he tactfully asked the inspector to check it carefully, and turned his head to look at Hu Li, who was still looking at him with his feet crossed, before entering the examination room.
"In the end, he is the son of the Xiao family who is famous in the imperial city, but this behavior is enough to get a glimpse of one or two." The prosecutor's mind went around for a while, and the next inspection was a little stricter, which really allowed him to catch some people who wanted to cheat.
Xiao Qiao's location is not bad, it is closer to the examiner, and it is quieter.
Xiao Qiao put down the bamboo basket and took out a wet handkerchief to wipe the bamboo bed and table. Anyway, he has experienced an autumn exam, and Xiao Qiao has already made plans about how to be comfortable in these days in the examination room.
Even if there is no Qi replenishing pill given by Hu Li, there will definitely be no fainting, so Hu Lijue eats less, in fact, he has been learning martial arts with Xia Yi, and the amount of food has increased a lot compared to the beginning.
Speaking of learning martial arts, he didn't expect Xia Yi to say that his meridians were naturally much tougher and smoother than ordinary people. For this reason, Xia Yi went to Xianshan Island after discussing with his grandmother, and brought him a copy of Xianshan Island's internal strength and mental method and matching sword moves.
Thinking that when her grandmother laughed so much when she learned about this, and said that she was worthy of her grandson, Xiao Qiao remembered that her grandmother was not a helpless person, but a female warrior!
Maybe when he fulfills his last wish in his previous life, he will take his grandmother back to Xianshan Island to see the place where even the imperial court is helpless!
The autumn test is divided into Jingyi and strategy, Xiao Qiao's strategy was praised even in his previous life, and Jingyi is not difficult for Xiao Qiao, so he is not worried about this test at all.
Probably because of the good mentality, plus I had experienced it once in my previous life, so the extremely difficult days for the candidates passed quickly.
Xiao Qiao handed in the exam papers, and after coming out of the examination room, he saw Hu Li standing next to the carriage of Xiao Mansion, looking at it non-stop.
Xiao Qiao's face softened, a smile appeared on his slightly pale face, Hu Li saw him come out, and hurriedly ran over, "Brother Xiao, are you okay?" Dizzy or not? Did you take the pill I gave you? β
Xiao Qiao was dizzy from his non-dizzy questions, and quickly interrupted him, "Okay, okay, I don't have anything, I'm just a little sleepy and want to sleep for a while." β
The ensuing Shuzhu hurriedly took the big bamboo basket in Xiao Qiao's hand, and Hu Li pulled people into the carriage, "Let's go back quickly, Brother Xiao, I just saw someone come out and really fainted, and he was carried out." This exam is so scary! β
Xiao Qiao heard Hu Li say this, rubbed his hair, and said with a smile, "Oh? I also plan to teach you well, so that you can come back in two years to take the top exam! β
Hu Li's eyes suddenly widened in fright, and he waved his hand again and again, with a panicked face, "No, no, no, I won't go to Brother Xiao, I don't want to be an official, and I don't have that much knowledge......"
"Okay, okay, teasing you!" Xiao Qiao saw that Hu Li was so anxious that he almost didn't know what to say, so he nodded his forehead with a smile, "However, the previous books still have to be memorized, and the characters also have to be practiced." β
Hu Li snorted, but thinking that he didn't have to take the exam, Hu Xiaoli became happy again.
As soon as I arrived at Xiao Mansion, I saw the old lady standing at the door of Xiao Mansion, Xiao Mother and Xiao Father, Xiao Qiao held their spirits and spoke one by one, and was driven back to rest by the old lady who protected Sun Xinzhi.
Although Xiao Qiao has experienced it once, he is tired enough these days. When he returned to the courtyard, he almost fell asleep, and Xia Yi, who had been waiting for Xiao Qiao to come back and report something, squatted silently on the beam of the house in a daze!
By the time Xiao Qiao woke up, it was already a day later, and he was woken up by hunger.
Xia Yi finally waited for his master to wake up, and flipped off the beam of the house, "Master, Xia Ba has a message, and the matter you explained has been done!" β
"How's that little prince?" Xiao Qiao rubbed his forehead, put on his coat and sat up.
"I still live in the Evening Jade Palace with Lin Guiren, and I haven't enrolled in school yet, and Xia Ba has already sneaked over instead of a little eunuch."
"Sue sΓΉ Xia Ba, protect him, don't say anything else and don't do anything."
Emperor Huiming now has more than a dozen children, but only six princes have survived, except for the youngest ten princes, only the seventh prince Qin Yuxiu born by Concubine Ning, that is, Emperor Wen Jian, who inherited the throne in the previous life, and Lin Gui, who has no sense of zΓ i, The eighth prince Qin Yuyi is younger, and it is not so troublesome to teach.
Especially the eighth prince who had a difficult life in the palace, he remembered that he had carefully checked their situation when he helped Qin Yuxiu deal with these princes, and if he remembered correctly, Lin Guiren would die of a serious illness and not live long.
The old lady, who doesn't go out of the yard much all year round, came back and forth two or three times a day, reprimanded the people in Xiao Qiao's yard one by one, and asked Mama Yu to come over and stare at the small kitchen, always giving Xiao Qiao hot meals that she could eat, for fear that her baby grandson would be neglected!
Xiao Qiao instructed Xia to open the door as soon as he saw Hu Li, who was laughing happily with the old lady not far away, and the bright sunshine made the laughing young man clothed in a layer of glow, which made people can't help but stop their eyes on him.
A strange feeling suddenly rose in his heart, which made Xiao Qiao have the urge to hide Hu Li.
As soon as this thought appeared, Xiao Qiao was startled, although he has been extremely possessive since he was a child, if it was his things, he would snatch them back if others snatched them. I had thought about taking Hu Li under my command before, could this really be a person under my wing!?
"Brother Xiao, you're awake!" Hu Li was talking to the old lady funny, he used to coax his grandfather, and he was very comfortable with how to make the old man happy, and when he saw the old lady coming over one by one, he leaned over to coax the old lady to be happy. As a result, as soon as he turned his head, he saw Xiao Qiao standing at the door of the room, and he suddenly became happy.
"Grandmother, why are you here?" Xiao Qiao rubbed Hu Li's head and said with a smile, "It's just that I'm a little sleepy, and I'm bothering my grandmother to come here, but I don't want to torment my grandson!" β
"Brother Xiao, the old lady has been here three times, not once!" Hu Li stood up proudly, as if the old lady had come to see him, or rather, he had come to see Xiao Qiao three times!
The old lady saw that Xiao Qiao had recovered her ruddy face, and knew that he was fine, so she laughed, "I've only been here three times, Xiao Li has probably been staying here, and you can see that his clothes are still yesterday!" β
Hearing this, Xiao Qiao raised his eyebrows and looked at Hu Li. Hu Li smiled, scratched his hair, and said stupidly, "I feel scary when I think of being carried out of the examination room one day yesterday, what if Brother Xiao faints in the middle of the night?" Anyway, it's okay if I don't sleep all night, so I'll come and have a look! β
Hu Li means that he is not an ordinary human being, let alone one night, even if he doesn't sleep at night, that's what it is. But Xiao Qiao and the old lady plus Mama Yu, Qiu Xi, Xia Yang and others didn't know about it, and their eyes softened when they looked at Hu Li.
Xiao Qiao was a little moved in his heart, when he brought Hu Li back, he just saw that he was very good, and later he even wanted to raise him to be a funny man. Unexpectedly, Hu Li regarded him as so important!
"There are so many people in this courtyard, so many pairs of eyes are much better than yours!" Xiao Qiao nodded Hu Li's nose, Hu Li fell back exaggeratedly, and covered his face sadly after being caught by Qiu Xi, "Brother Xiao, you are too ruthless, how can you say that?" β
Everyone present was amused by him, and Xiao Qiao looked at him helplessly, "Where did you learn this tone?" β
"A few days ago, I took Qiu Xi and Xia Yang to the theater, and that's how the people in there sang." Hu Li stood up and grinned.