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On the night of August 15, many people did not sleep at all, after all, the conditions for rest in the Gongyuan house were so poor that it was better to get together to drink and talk than to toss and turn on the wooden planks of the house.

After the third exam, it is equivalent to the official end of the three-year cycle of the township examination, no matter whether the test is good or bad, the long-term things in the future, there is no need to think about it for the time being.

On August 16, the sky was bright, the house was opened, Shen Xi carried the examination basket out of the Tribute Academy, and saw Shen Mingtang at the agreed place, but after a while, Shen Mingwen still didn't come out.

Fuzhou Gongyuan covers a large area, and there are many candidates, so it is really not easy to find out Shen Mingwen from the crowd.

Until the examinee was almost gone, and only three or three people came out of it, Shen Mingtang couldn't help but be a little anxious: "Qilang, why don't you go in and find it?" ”

Shen Xi looked at the gate guarded by the soldiers of the Gongyuan, shook his head and said, "It's not that I don't want to go in, I really can't get in." ”

Shen Xi thought to himself, even if the tribute court estimated that it would be useless at this time, Shen Mingwen made it clear that he would not return to his hometown immediately.

Shen Xi has always suspected that three years ago, Shen Mingyou did not disappear at all, but stayed in Fuzhou City, the two brothers should have a way to connect, Shen Mingyou looked for a way in the provincial capital, and Shen Mingwen went to Tingzhou Mansion to prepare to escape again with Shen Mingjun and his wife, and live a free life in Fuzhou.

It's just that in the end, Shen Mingwen was arrested by the old lady, and his dream was shattered.

This time Shen Mingwen went to the provincial capital to take the exam, if he knew where Shen Ming was safe, it would be impossible not to look for it. Before the exam, he lived in an inn, ate well, lived well, and lived a leisurely life, with Shen Mingwen's temperament, he naturally didn't want to move his nest, but after the township exam, he knew that Shen Mingtang and Shen Xi were about to "frame" him back to Ninghua. So he walked away.

Shen Xi actually expected that Shen Mingwen would not go back so easily, but now no one can find him, so he and Shen Mingtang returned to Ninghua, which is hitting the old lady's muzzle. No matter what, you have to find Shen Mingwen first.

As for Shen Mingyou's whereabouts, they are not within Shen Xi's responsibility.

After waiting for more than an hour, the gates of the Tribute Courtyard were closed, but Shen Mingtang still refused to give up, and went up to ask the soldiers guarding the Tribute Courtyard. Fang knew that there were no more candidates left inside.

Shen Mingtang hurriedly said: "My brother may have fallen asleep and didn't have time to come out, please trouble this military master to go in again to help find it." ”

The soldier said impatiently: "If you say no, you don't have it, you struck the gong for nothing?" If you can't wake up like this, you deserve to sleep in it! ”

Shen Mingtang had no choice, so he had to come back with a bitter face and let Shen Xi make up his mind.

Shen Xi and Shen Mingtang went back to the inn first, and after inquiring with Shopkeeper Yin, they learned that Shen Mingwen had actually come back, took the burden before leaving, and also withdrew four coins of silver from the account with Shopkeeper Yin.

Shen Xi knew what was going on as soon as he heard it. Shen Mingtang was a little surprised: "Big brother asked me for a tael of silver yesterday to ......"

Shen Mingtang came to send the exam, with his goodness, this person is sincere, he will not think about those crooked ways, even if the life in the big city is dazzling, he can keep his heart, but this person's biggest shortcoming is also too sincere, he was pressed by Shen Mingwen as the eldest brother, and a foolish and filial piety came up, and he was taken advantage of by Shen Mingwen.

Shen Xi almost reminded Shen Mingtang to hide all the silver. In the end, he was taken advantage of by Shen Mingwen.

There is no way, I originally said that I would leave immediately after the exam, but now that Shen Mingwen is missing, I can only send someone to look for it.

Shen Xi went to the Chamber of Commerce with Shen Mingtang. I wanted to look for Ma Jiu, but I learned that Ma Jiu had never come back at all in the past few days for the expansion of the territory of the Che Ma Gang.

Shen Xi asked for a few brothers with the shopkeeper Long, and went to the private prostitution halls and gambling houses in the city to find them, but this time Shen Ming was good at literature, and he didn't go to these places to "pay respect" when he got the money. I don't know if I deliberately hid, or went to Shen Mingyou.

I searched for a day, but there was no news at all.

When it was dark, Ma Jiu came back in a hurry, he got the news in the afternoon, and he personally led people to look for it, but he still didn't find any trace of Shen Mingwen.

Ma Jiu said: "Little shopkeeper, I heard that there are a lot of people in the city, and these people have ...... It's all for those mines or salt pans to find labor, do you think the big man will be ...... by these people?"

Shen Xi shook his head: "He took the money and walked away by himself, not by someone." Besides, he is a weak scholar, he has no ability to carry firewood on his shoulders, and he has no power to tie up chickens. ”

Ma Jiu smiled bitterly and didn't say anything more about this question.

Shen Xi said: "Brother Jiu, there is just something, three years ago, my second uncle accompanied my eldest uncle to the provincial capital for the exam, and his whereabouts are unknown since then, you can help find someone to inquire if there is any of his whereabouts." I suspect that my uncle has gone to find my second uncle...... Now I'm going to draw a portrait of the two of them, and you can take the portrait and ask about it. ”

Ma Jiu nodded: "That's a good feeling, it's so boring to look for it, it's hard to find it." ”

Shen Xi drew the portraits of Shen Mingwen and Shen Mingyou, Shen Mingwen's dead appearance, Shen Xi was easy to draw, but he hadn't seen Shen Mingyou for many years, plus the two had little intersection, so the painting was slightly deviated, but even so, after he painted it, it also made Ma Jiu and Shen Mingtang sigh.

Shen Mingtang asked in surprise, "Qilang, are you ...... Where did you learn your drawing skills? ”

Ma Jiu was also speechless: "The skill of the little shopkeeper, if you go out to be a painter, you can definitely make a living." It's too much to draw. ”

Shen Xi handed the portrait to Ma Jiu and asked Ma Jiu to take someone to find it overnight.

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The next day, Shen Xi and Shen Mingtang could only stay at the inn and wait for news.

In the morning, Mrs. Yin came over with Yin Wen, Xiao Nizi originally thought that Shen Xi had left, and she hadn't seen her for a few days, so she moved a stool and sat down as soon as she came, and didn't do anything, so she looked at Shen Xi stupidly, as if she wanted to engrave Shen Xi's appearance deeply in her mind.

Shen Xi smiled: "You always look at me like this, aren't you boring?" ”

"Huh?"

Nizi had a puzzled look on her face, obviously she didn't understand what it meant to be bored.

Shen Xi didn't ask anymore, and let Xiao Nizi stare at him.

Shen Xi used to ******** study, so he didn't pay much attention to Yin Wen, but now he hasn't done anything, and he is a little embarrassed to be looked at by Xiao Nizi like this.

Shen Xi thought to himself: "It would be nice if Xi'er and Dai'er could sit so quietly, but it's a pity that these two Nizi are always idle." ”

When it was noon, Shen Xi ordered lunch and entered the room. Yin Wen ate with him. Xiao Nizi is not a picky eater, and eats quietly, but eats very deliciously, and quickly pulls a big bowl of rice into her mouth. She burped lightly and didn't say anything, but let people know that she had eaten.

"Let's take a nap." Shen Xi Road.

"Hmm."

Yin Wen was not polite, went to the side of the bed and took off his shoes, and sat on the edge of the bed with his socks on and looked at Shen Xi. After a long time, he lay down, hugged the quilt and looked at Shen Xi again, until the upper and lower eyelids fought, and then closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Xiao Nizi was still sleeping, and Su Tong came to visit.

After the exam, Su Tong himself also had a good rest for a day, and when his spirit was almost recovered, he immediately came to Shen Xi to participate in the cultural meeting, after all, the number of candidates in the provincial capital has decreased sharply in the past few days, and many candidates who feel that they can't pass the exam or are strapped for money have begun to consider returning to their hometowns. If we don't get together, we won't have the opportunity to meet in the future.

In the next township test, many people may not come to the mountains and rivers...... Some people spend their lives trying to get a job, and then end up bankrupt. And some finally gave up after hitting the wall one after another, and could only use the fame of Xiucai to eat in the countryside until they were old.

“…… I heard that in this year's township examination, our Wu Gongzi from Qingliu County, Tingzhou Prefecture, did very well in the exam, and there is a great possibility of being ranked in Xie Yuan! ”

Shen Xi asked, "How did Brother Su know?" ”

Su Tong hesitated for a moment. As if he didn't want to say it, Shen Xi could only guess that Su Tong had gotten some gossip again.

Based on Shen Xi's understanding of Wu Xingyu, this person is arrogant and arrogant, in order to make a name for himself in the science field. Even if Wu Xingyu knew the exam questions in advance, he didn't bother to find someone to write the article for, but would only rely on his own true skills.

Even so, Wu Xingyu was still recognized by Su Tong as having a good chance to solve the yuan, and there must be a little-known trick behind it. Judging from the shady scenes of this township examination, the authority of the outer curtain official is indeed a bit large. Otherwise, the candidates don't even know who the inner curtain official is, how to start from the exam questions and marking papers, and explore some "secrets"?

The two of them went out of the door together, Shen Xi said: "My uncle finished the exam yesterday, and the person disappeared, in the past two days, I am sending people to search all over the city, and I am worried, I am afraid that I can't go to the Wenhui with Brother Su, so send Brother Su here first!" ”

Su Tong was stunned, thinking of the unreliable Shen Mingwen, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly: "This township test is over, where will Shibo go?" ”

Shen Xi sighed: "If you know about it, you don't have to bother much. When is Brother Su going to leave for Tingzhou? ”

Su Tong waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I want to go back, at least after the announcement of the laurel list, I will play for a while, how can I wait until after mid-September." Since Brother Shen, you are inconvenient, then Brother Wei will leave first, if you need help with anything, just come to Brother Wei. ”

Su Tong saluted and turned to leave.

Shen Xi returned upstairs, Yin Wen had just woken up, and was lying on the small pillow crying, which made Shen Xi slightly puzzled.

Hearing the footsteps, Yin Wen raised his head and looked at Shen Xi, with tears in his eyes, pouted slightly and looked at Shen Xi, and said softly: "Young Master!?" ”

Only then did Shen Xi know why Xiao Nizi was crying, and when he woke up, he found that he was not there, thinking that he was gone, and he felt sad.

Shen Xi smiled and comforted: "I haven't finished telling you the story yet, I won't leave for the time being." ”

Yin Wen climbed down from the bed, put on her shoes, ran over quickly and moved the stool to the desk, and sat upright on the stool, like a good student facing her teacher, without saying a word, but her eyes had already revealed what she wanted to say in her heart.

"What story do you want to hear?"

Shen Xi returned to the chair in front of the desk and sat down, and asked with a smile.

Yin Wen thought about it, shook her little head, and tied two small braids to the left and right pairs of small hair horns, like small wave drums with the swing of her head.

Shen Xi thought to herself: "What an easy little girl to satisfy." ”

Xiao Nizi cried a lot just now, she was so happy to see others, she didn't pick and choose when she listened to stories, she listened to whatever she said.

Shen Xi thought about it, and it was better to tell Yin Wen those simple fairy tales, which were the most suitable for little girls.

Shen Xi talked about "The Mermaid Princess" for a while, and there was a rush of stairs outside, Ma Jiu didn't even knock on the door, he crashed into it directly, and hurriedly said: "Little shopkeeper, uncle...... Uncle, he found it. ”

"Where?"

Ma Jiu couldn't even breathe, and hurriedly said, "In ...... He was in a fight with someone, and when we arrived, he was scuffling with an aunt-in-law, and the two seemed to have some kind of argument. I don't know what's going on, so it's better to go over and see for yourself. ”

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