When he left the examination room, Mu Qing turned around outside and found no trace of Annu, which couldn't help but make his heart sink.

Mu Qing can figure out Annu's temperament, and he is the most submissive person, but he is stubborn in his bones, and he is extremely good to Mu Qing, just by looking at the nervous look when he came out at noon, he knew that he was not sure.

Something went wrong.

Master Qian looked at Mu Qing, who was standing in the open space in a daze, walked over, and patted him on the shoulder: "Why don't you go home?" If there is nothing to do at night, go to the old man's house, drink some warm wine, and go to the cold. ”

According to the situation just now, Mu Qingtong guò is not a big problem this time, but he is not in the mood to celebrate at all now.

turned around, reluctantly laughed and arched his hand towards Master Qian: "Thank you Master Qian for your kindness, it's just that there are some things to deal with in the student's home, and I'm afraid I can't go." ”

Qian Zhushu was not reluctant, and when he saw that Mu Qing's expression was wrong, he didn't ask much, so he let him go back. After Mu Qing left, Master Qian turned around and entered the mansion.

The papers of the government examination need to be read through by the professors and officials of the prefecture, and the final choice is still in the hands of the prefect Dong.

Master Qian used to help read the papers, but recently, he helped Dong Zhifu to be busy with the reception of Shangguan and had no time to □ it, so he didn't care about it. But in the end, he still remembered Mu Qing, who was his guarantor, so he went back and walked around.

"Are you leaving?" It's already night, the red candle is lit in the house, Dong Zhifu sits on the top and drinks slowly with a cup of tea in his hand, stretches out his hand and the maid helps him press his shoulder, seeing the money master book enter the door, Dong Zhifu waved his hand slightly, and the maid lowered his head and retreated to the side.

Master Qian saluted first, and then said with a smile: "Back to adults, all the students have returned." ”

"Whew, that's good, that's good." Governor Dong breathed a sigh of relief, and was slackened by the last bit of strength.

Since the three children's exams have been changed from spring and summer to autumn and winter, there have been a lot fewer emergencies during the exam. In the past, in the summer exam, the government not only had to guard against the candidates from cheating, but also prepared the heatstroke prevention and cooling things for fear that the candidates would get a fever.

Now it's good, it's enough to have a straw shed and a stove, and it saves a lot of money.

Dong Zhifu leaned on the back of the chair, but felt that his shoulder hurt badly, and sat up straight again. Moving his shoulders, Dong Zhifu smiled bitterly: "It's not like when I was young, I just sat for a long time and it hurt all over my body, and it was very uncomfortable." ”

Master Qian glanced at the maid on the side, and the maid stepped forward and continued to help Dong Zhifu press her shoulders, and Dong Zhifu's face looked better.

"I've taken a rough look at these candidates' papers, it's okay," Dong Zhifu nodded, and shook his head again, perhaps because he was overwhelmed by Mu Qing's essay, and finally felt that something was wrong, "But after all, it's too restrained." ”

"It's just that I haven't seen any students in the world, as long as I know that I am loyal to the monarch and patriotic."

Governor Dong smiled and said, "That's right." ”

Master Qian stepped forward to help Governor Dong sort out the rolls on the table. In fact, most of the volumes have been taken away by the professor of Fuxue for review, and only a small part is held by Dong Zhifu.

The government examination is not strict enough to be copied, these volumes are also the original volumes, and most of the calligraphy notes on them are different, and most of the calligraphy notes taken by Dong Zhifu are good calligraphy. Sometimes the rules of the scientific examination are like this, no one has said to the candidates that calligraphy will also become a part of the selection, but the reality is that good calligraphy will be directly looked at, and the poor writing is mostly directly marked by the third class, and there is no possibility of turning over.

Master Qian squinted his eyes slightly, Mu Qing's was placed in the most conspicuous place, there were many traces of red pen on it, it seemed that Dong Zhifu liked it very much.

When Dong Zhifu saw him, he said: "This Mu Qing is really brilliant, and the words are also good, but ......" Speaking of this, Dong Zhifu had a little crying and laughing on his face, "It's that poem is too casual." ”

Qian Zhushu also laughed, but in his heart he didn't think so.

Mu is young, but it is not a good thing to be too young and too sharp.

Since ancient times, the rafters at the beginning of the rafters rot first, rather than being a madman, it is better to go down steadily and steadily. Mu Qing is already the first in the county test, and this government test only needs to be brilliant, but it does not need to be the first place. If you do a good job of Jingyi, you will naturally protect him, and poetry is a small way after all, and if you don't do it well, it won't get in the way, and it's good to cover it up.

After packing up, Master Qian took these papers and went to the professor of Fuxue to read them.

"Wait, leave that Mu Qing's poem to the official."

When the Qian master book turned around, he saw Dong Zhifu with an idle face, and he did not suspect him, so he took out the one in which Mu Qing wrote poems from the volume, and then Dong Zhifu waved his hand, and the Qian master book left.

After he went out, Governor Dong sat up straight, waved his hand to let the maid retreat, and took out a letter from his arms.

If Mu Qing was here, he would definitely know that the "Yongzhou Li Mansion" on the top of this envelope is familiar.

Governor Dong has been receiving this letter for a few days, and it is full of official clichés, but just from the private seal of King Zhuang printed at the end of this letter, it is enough. Dong Zhifu didn't rush to reply, he is a rule, but it doesn't mean that he is stupid.

From ancient times to the present, the greatest credit is from the dragon's support.

If it is done, it can be a prince for all generations, but if it is wrong, it will be a catastrophe.

Li Qianyu is now weak, he is just the governor of a state, but it is a real honor to get a letter from His Royal Highness King Zhuang. But even if he was relegated back to his fiefdom, Li Qianyu is still the only one who is now the king. This letter makes people unable to make mistakes, but if there is a slight omission in the reply of Governor Dong, this official will be the end.

But Governor Dong now took out the letter and looked at it carefully.

Although it is written by two people, there are many similarities. It is said that words are like people, and a person's handwriting can indeed be seen a lot.

Mu Qing's pavilion body was originally copied from Li Qianyu, and there were naturally many similarities in this. Dong Zhifu approached the candle flame and looked at it carefully for a long time, but his eyes narrowed.

Reaching out, he took out the envelope, stuffed the letter paper into it, and then approached the candle flame directly. The flame ignited the letter, and Governor Dong stared quietly, throwing the burning letter into the charcoal basin, knowing that he would stop staring at the letter burned to black ashes.

kicked the charcoal basin to the side, and Governor Dong stroked his beard for a long time without saying a word.

He would never dare to leave this letter, and if he did, it would definitely be a disaster in the future. replied, he didn't dare, it was a courtesy to meet Li Qianyu at the beginning, but if he was found out by someone who had a private relationship with him, he would lose his head.

The official word was two, Li Qianyu's olive branch was handed to him, and Dong Zhifu was scared, and he felt a pity if he didn't answer.

Then since you can't come openly, you can try it secretly.

Dong Zhifu picked up Mu Qing's test paper, picked up a red pen, and drew a circle on it.

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Mu Qing hurried all the way to the door of the house, and the wide open courtyard door completely sank his heart.

Strode through the door and entered, and at a glance saw a man in brocade sitting on the stone bench in the courtyard, while An Nu was standing aside with a wrinkled face, and when he saw Mu Qing coming back, his face was overjoyed, and he wanted to shout, but he was silent after being glanced at by the man in brocade.

Mu Qing took a few steps forward, ignored the man, and directly dragged Annu to his side. The man in brocade frowned slightly when he saw his behavior, and then got up, neither politely nor bowed his head, although he was smiling, but there was no politeness in his words: "I have seen the little boy, Mu Wu, the housekeeper of the Xia Mu Mansion." ”

Mu Qing looked Annu up and down several times, and made sure that Annu was not being bullied, so he turned his head and gave the man in brocade a straight face.

After staying in Mu Mansion for several months, Mu Qing saw the housekeeper Mu Wu for the first time, this person was not in charge of the inner courtyard, and he followed Mu Andao all year round and did not often enter the inner house. Mu Qing looked at him carefully, looking at him about forty years old, not tall, very thin, and his appearance was not good, only those eyes showed a shrewd light, and the people who looked at him felt uncomfortable.

"What are you going to do?" Mu Qing's voice was flat.

Mu Wu smiled, not caring about Mu Qing's estrangement: "The little boy didn't say goodbye and let the old man be very worried, the old man brought a message, saying that after all, it was a family, and it was better to be together to take care of each other, the last time it was a misunderstanding, and I asked the little boy to go home, and I will naturally keep you safe and clothed in the future." ”

Go home?

Mu Qing laughed unconsciously, but the smile didn't reach the bottom of his eyes.

There was a faint surge of depression and grief in my heart, and I had a headache. Mu Qing knew that this was not his own feeling, but the memory of this body.

Mu Andao called that place Mu Qing's home? Joke!

If it were home, Mu Qing would not be left there and left to fend for himself; If it were home, it would not let Mu Qing get sick and die, and no one would pay attention to it; If it is home, how can you send him out like a dog!

And now you want to call him back like a lesson to a disobedient darling?

There are no doors!