Ning Jiang naturally knew for a long time that his sister would definitely be able to do it.

The so-called martial arts is a process of constantly surpassing oneself and challenging oneself, and only in continuous transcendence and challenge can a person's physical potential be stimulated, so as to achieve their own breakthrough.

Xiao Meng, who had taken three elixirs, had more potential than she had imagined, but she hadn't realized it yet. And after this attempt, after a night's rest, her internal strength will be more refined. And this is also a necessary stage to turn the internal force that comes from serving Dan into oneself.

However, Xiaomeng at this moment is indeed extremely tired, after all, she is a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, plus she has not rowed a boat before, and she has slowly mastered it purely by herself, and it is not easy to persist to this point.

Ning Jiang squatted down with his back to his sister: "Xiaomeng, I'll carry you back." ”

Xiaomeng struggled to stand up: "Don't, Xiaomeng, Xiaomeng can still walk ......" staggered.

"Where can you go like this?" Ning Jiang smiled, reflexively pulled her over, and let her, who was already weak, lie on her back, "You are rowing all the way, and it should be my turn to carry you back, besides, when you were young, did I still carry less?" ”

Hook my sister's legs, in the moonlight, and walk in the direction of home.

The bright moonlight spread on the stone ground, as if covered with hoarfrost, the river water that ran through the county town sparkled behind them, and in the distance, a firework rushed into the night sky, blooming a colorful circle of light, and the whole night sky lit up under the bright full moon.

The girl put her arms around her brother's neck and whispered, "But, my brother is a scholar......

"What reader?" The boy laughed and said, "I'm your brother." ”

"Hmm!" Xiaomeng, who had no strength in the first place, didn't refuse anymore, hugged his brother's neck tightly, and pillowed his head on his brother's shoulder. Although she was happy because she successfully rowed the boat back, she was indeed tired at the moment, not only her delicate body was soft, but her eyelids also became worried.

"Brother," she said in a daze, "you sing to me......"

"Hmm!" The boy carried the girl who seemed to have returned to his childhood, and walked forward step by step, while softly singing a song that did not belong to this world: "Don't let the years get tired of waiting, my world will be far away with you; The light in front of the window is quietly extinguished at this moment, and my heart gently polishes your watery face. Your smile is still as sweet as it was then, and your message is my cherished attachment; No matter how prosperous it is and there is no wilderness for the time being, it is never as good as remembering every today...... Little dreams? Little dreams? ”

There was no response on his back, and his sister was already asleep on his back.

The young man smiled dumbly, and continued to carry his sister forward, his singing, in the middle of the night, which gradually became quiet, sounded softly:

"You and I are far apart, and the world secretly changes;

After thousands of rivers and mountains, whether the heart is connected;

I don't want to survive in the world, I don't want to go to the morning and twilight;

I hope that it will be plain and bland, hand in hand and travel to the world. ”

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Early the next morning, firecrackers suddenly went off outside.

The Lantern Festival had passed, and the sudden release of the cannon early in the morning made Ning Jiang startled, and he couldn't think of which family was doing a happy event for a while.

Soon, someone came to report that the magistrate had arrived.

Ning Jiang, who was still sleeping lazily, quickly got up and went out of the mansion, only to see ahead, Cao Qiding led a group of people to come, and it was a gong and a big drum, and many people came to watch.

"Your Excellency!" Ningjiang greeted the next stage and gave a salute.

Cao Qiding said with a smile: "Last night, the virtuous nephew left too early, and I agreed with Bao Lao and Lord Song that last night's poet was none other than the virtuous nephew, and this official specially brought the prize for the virtuous nephew." "Actually, after Ningjiang left last night, few people handed in poems, basically as soon as the song "Long Song Xing" came out, everyone already knew that they were hopeless, but so, according to the convention, Bao Lao, Song Songping, and Cao Qiding still waited until the end to evaluate the leader.

Ning Jiang said: "Where dare Lord Lao personally send it?" ”

Cao Qiding smiled again: "I am a talented man in Gaosuo County who won the poetry award, and this official is also very honorable. Let people use a square table covered with red cloth to carry up the four treasures of the study where the poetry meeting is a prize, and put red flowers on Ningjiang with their own hands.

In fact, these prizes are not valuable things, but they were sent by the local parents in person, and the value was immediately different, and there was a lot of excitement around, one by one, they came to beg for rewards, and Ning Jiang was naturally not stingy, and invited Cao Qiding into the house to sit down.

Ning Jiang knew that Cao Qiding was now waiting for him to send the little parrot island by himself, of course he wanted to have a good relationship with him, but how could outsiders know this? Seeing that the county lord took such a fancy to Ningjiang, and Ningjiang Poetry Club won the championship, it also made the lintel of the Ning family win glory all of a sudden, and he was extremely envious.

In the hall, Cao Qi said: "So that the virtuous nephew knows, the imperial court intends to select virtuous people, and this official thinks that the virtuous nephew has been filial piety for three years, and he is not discouraged when he encounters grievances. ”

Ning Jiang hurriedly said: "Where does Xiaomin deserve it?" ”

Cao Qiding smiled: "Deserve it!" Deserved! In order to make Ning Jiang believe that he would have a big disaster in the second half of the year, he had to help Ning Jiang get a "big fortune" in the first half of the year no matter what. However, it is only the children's examination in February, even if the children are admitted, it is difficult to say that it is a great blessing, after all, the children are not famous, and it is not too difficult to be admitted to the children's students, in a county, the show is a rare item, but the children are too much, as small as twelve or thirteen-year-old children, as old as seventy or eighty years old, how can they not be admitted to the old children, basically, as long as they are scholars, at least six or seven out of ten are children.

And the test Xiucai in April, it is not something he can help. Although Ningjiang these days, he will also hand over his strategy to Cao Qiding for evaluation and guidance, in Cao Qiding's view, he already has the strength of Zhongxiucai, but this kind of thing in the exam, on-the-spot performance, and the examiner's personal preferences will have a certain impact, in case Ningjiang fails in the exam in April, it will be difficult to do.

So, Cao Qiding simply helped Ning Jiang get a "filial piety" on his body first, according to the rules of the Great Zhou, even if filial piety is not famous, he also has the opportunity to enter the Guozijian, once he enters the Guozijian and becomes a prisoner, he also has the opportunity to be an official after he comes out, of course, because he was not born in the formal imperial examination, such an official has a very low status in the officialdom, but in any case, the poetry of the Lantern Festival Poetry Club plus the identity of filial piety, the two can barely be used as the word "Dafu".

In order to help Ningjiang get "Dafu", he also tried his best.

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[Some readers say that the update is a bit slow, in fact, I also know that the update is slow, mainly because there are not too many manuscripts when this book opens, and then, in order to prevent making mistakes in the previous book, write more carefully, almost every chapter you write has to keep looking back, please measure it first.] Once the structure of the whole book is decided, the speed will be added slowly. 】