However, Yu Qing didn't think that A Shiheng could agree to postpone.

He has seen Ah Jiezhang's stick education for his son, and since he was a child, he has forced his son to aspire to a career, hoping that his son can return to the court to turn things around, complete his unfinished wishes, and ask for his life for the common people in the world.

To put it bluntly, when he was in charge of the Yu Ministry, he saw with his own eyes what it means to work the people and hurt money, and he didn't want the emperor to spend energy on the ethereal immortality, and hoped that the emperor would concentrate on government affairs, and pity the poor people of Jinguo.

Ah Jiezhang ended up because of this decline, and as a result, he knew that he couldn't do anything and let his son continue, Yu Qing couldn't understand this, but he knew that Ah Shiheng's ambition had been formed, and what he had to do was a bumpy thing, and he would not easily succumb to it.

A Shiheng only sighed lightly, and did not react much on the surface, and asked rhetorically: "Of the three applicants in this county, can the other two be postponed?" ”

In this year's township examination, he is the only one in this county, and the other two are the ones who failed in the previous Beijing examination, and they are unwilling to give up and take the exam again and again.

Mr. Pu seemed to understand what he meant, and immediately persuaded him painstakingly: "Childe, this is not comparable. In order to avoid panic, the government deliberately blocked the news, and the other two did not know about it at all. Besides, how can the safety of the son be compared to them? ”

"You misunderstood me." A Shiheng turned around and walked away, looking preoccupied, walked up a dirt slope, and looked at the mountain scenery with his hands, "My father was dismissed from Beijing back then, and encountered a group of mysterious killers on the way, my mother, brother, sister, and a group of domestic servants and entourage were all killed, but fortunately, my father desperately blocked the knife for me, and I picked up a life." Mr. Pu, who is the killer? ”

Speaking of this, hatred flashed on Mr. Pu's face, "Nine times out of ten, it has nothing to do with that faint king!" ”

A Shiheng's eyes were deep, "Naturally, it has nothing to do with the emperor, but it wasn't the emperor who did it, the emperor has already done it, and since he has already borne the notoriety, there is no need to sneak around." Judging from the time of leaving Beijing and the location of the attack, the killer even chased and killed the servants and his entourage, obviously trying to cover up the interception, so it was not a personal vendetta, and the mastermind behind the scenes should be someone in the DPRK. ”

Yu Qing and Mr. Pu were both thoughtful, and the latter muttered a question: "Who could it be?" ”

"I also want to know who it is. I was only four years old at the time, and I was ignorant, and some of the information came from my father's later accounts. I don't even know who my father had dealings with back then, and I can't tell who is behind it. A Shiheng turned around, and the conversation turned back to before, "Mr. Pu, do you take the exam more than you take the exam in each session, or do you delay it a lot due to accidents?" ”

Mr. Pu hesitated: "Naturally, I should take the exam." For most people, it is not easy to study hard, as long as they are admitted to the lift, even if they know that they will try to be sad, as long as they have the conditions, they still can't help but want to run to try their luck one session at a time. As long as it is on the list of candidates, there are very few people who do not refer to it. Is Childe taking care of face? ”

"Whew!" Yu Qing on the side suddenly sneered, and said in a strange manner: "I said it clearly, it's too conspicuous!" ”

A Shiheng shook him a look, obviously blaming him for being too talkative.

Yu Qing received it, snorted lightly, hooked the corners of his mouth and closed his mouth, and A Shiheng explained: "Mr. Pu, there are tens of thousands of people who go to Beijing to take the exam every time, and no one will read the names of all the candidates, not to mention that it has been fifteen years since the interception.

In the crowd, no one will notice the name 'Ashheng', even if I put my father's name on it, it will not attract attention.

If my name appears on the list of a small number of mistaken exams, it will be easy for people to see it, and it will be easy for people to pay attention to it, and then I will be in a situation that is more dangerous than encountering demons. No one knows what is going on behind the scenes, and it doesn't hurt to prepare for the worst. ”

Hearing this, Mr. Pu understood and smiled bitterly, "Your reason makes me speechless." It's just that I haven't understood why Childe insists on taking the exam with his real name, knowing that it will be dangerous? ”

A Shiheng avoided answering, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Sinan Mansion also wants to save face, if you let a group of demons stir up the affairs of the imperial court, what is the prestige of Sinan Mansion?" I can't hang it on my face. This matter will not last, at least Sinan Mansion will definitely intervene in the matter of escorting the candidates, and it will be fine. ”

Knowing that the matter was irreparable, it seemed that there was some truth in what he said, and Mr. Pu finally sighed melancholy, "Childe is an assertive person, so I am afraid that I will not listen to persuasion and be afraid that I will not be able to stop it, so I even brought a carriage." He looked back at the carriage.

After that, A Shiheng and Yu Qing naturally got into the carriage, and they also understood the purpose of the carriage, which was to pick up people.

I'm afraid that the appearance of A Shiheng's scholar for the exam is too obvious, and I am afraid that I will be targeted by demons, and the carriage will be covered by a curtain.

Mr. Pu lowered the brim of his hat, personally whipped the carriage and drove it onto the official road, all the way in the direction of the county seat.

In the shaking carriage, Yu Qing leaned close to A Shiheng's ear and asked, "Who is this person?" ”

Ah Shiheng was silent for a while, but finally told him, "The county government is in charge of the head of the ceremonial room." ”

The Chamberkeeper? Yu Qing thought about it for a while, and immediately became happy, daring to love that even the warden in charge of the scientific examination in this county was this person, and he really doubted whether A Shiheng had cheated when he passed the county exam before.

He also realized that this was obviously not the person arranged by Ah Shiheng, but the former Yu Bu Langzhong who paved the way for his son in advance.

Yu Qing secretly pondered, in order to send his son to the official career, he didn't know what arrangements the former Yu Langzhong had secretly made.

With the carriage, it took less than half an afternoon to reach the county seat.

The carriage did not go to the more lively city center, but turned into a remote area, and stopped at the door of an inconspicuous small house, the nearby houses seemed to be unoccupied, and the surroundings were a little deserted.

The two passengers got out of the carriage and did not linger outside, and quickly entered the courtyard.

The place to settle was prepared in advance by the priests, just for the safety of A Shiheng, in order to avoid letting people know that A Shiheng was coming, for fear of accidents.

Pu Dianguan can't stay here all the time, just at the mouth of organizing candidates to go to Beijing, this is a major event at present, he is in charge of this part in the county, and running to pick up A Shiheng has already squeezed out time, and he left after a little explanation.

There is a place to stay, the daily necessities in the house are also complete, and the food and drink Pu Dian's official will arrange for uninformed people to be sent to the door, A Shiheng does not need to show up, and Yu Qing can show up to receive it.

Half an afternoon passed casually.

After dinner, night falls.

After bathing, Ah Shiheng was clean and refreshing, sitting alone on the steps at the entrance of the main hall, silently looking up at the starry sky.

When I was thinking about all kinds of things, I faintly smelled a very faint fragrance, if there was nothing, it was almost impossible to smell, I don't know what kind of fragrance it was.

A Shiheng looked left and right, and found that there was a fire in the kitchen, and there was some movement coming out, and he could guess what Yu Qing was doing without thinking too much.

So he got up and walked, and as soon as he entered the kitchen, he immediately saw Yu Qing burning the fire in front of the stove, the pot was gurgling, I didn't know what was cooking, and asked curiously, "What are you doing?" ”

Yu Qing said perfunctorily: "Just get something to eat." ”

As you see fit? A Shiheng didn't believe it, he had just had dinner, there must be something wrong in the pot, he went directly to the pot to remove the lid.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Yu Qing got up in front of the stove and shouted, but he didn't stop.

The lid of the pot has been removed, the mist is rising, and A Shiheng smells the source of the aroma, but the strange thing is that the aroma emitted is not strong, it is still a very restrained aroma. Blow away the mist and look at the things in the pot, just like rice grains, half larger than normal rice grains, slightly crystal clear, and there are purple rays in the middle of the grains, which are very smart rice grains.

Yu Qing came over and grabbed the lid of the pot, bang, and covered it back, "Don't get in the way, go back and read your book." ”

Ah Shiheng showed a rare sense of surprise, "Isn't this the so-called 'Lingmi', the thing that can only be bought for ten taels of silver?" ”

Yu Qing hugged his arms to his chest, "Yes, it's an eye-opener, right?" ”

After getting the confirmation, Ah Shiheng reached out and lifted the lid of the pot again, and looked at it carefully, and it really looked like he wanted to open his eyes.

Before living in seclusion in a mountain village, he didn't know much, he only heard people talk about this thing and saw the pattern in the book, and the real thing was the first time he saw it.

It is said that this rice grew in the blessed land of the immortal family, and then someone strayed into the immortal family's relics, collected the seeds and brought them out, and planted them after repeated attempts.

The effect of this rice is really extraordinary, ordinary people taste a bite is enough to eat a full meal, if you are full of a meal of spiritual rice, even if you don't eat it for a month, the body will not be too uncomfortable.

For ordinary people, this thing is just a thing to satisfy hunger, but for martial arts practitioners, it can fully feel and make use of its effect, because it contains a large amount of aura that can be directly ingested into the body, and it can get twice the result with half the effort in the cultivation effect.

However, things are so expensive that ordinary people can't afford to enjoy them at all, even if many cultivators want to have a full meal, they can't afford it.

It is said that when things were first planted, they were more expensive, but later the number of people who planted them gradually increased, and it became a large-scale business, and the price dropped when the quantity came out.

This spiritual thing is not something that can be planted by anyone, it needs to collect the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to plant, and a profession is naturally derived from the demand, the spiritual planter.

Covering the pot, Ah Shiheng sighed: "This thing can be cooked and eaten casually, you are usually embarrassed to call poor?" ”

Yu Qing pointed to the lid of the pot, blew his beard and glared: "It's only three or two meters, not enough for a full stomach." It was left behind after the death of my master immortal, and I have never been willing to eat it. I took it with me just in case, this is not what you said to the warden The people of Sinan Mansion may intervene in the escort, in case the search and inspection is found out, my identity is really hard to explain, and now it is cooked, so as not to cause extraneous branches. ”

Just saw that there was indeed not much spiritual rice, the corners of Ah Shiheng's mouth hooked, he didn't say anything more, turned away, but threw down a sentence, "I haven't tasted what spiritual rice tastes like, call me when it's cooked." ”

Yu Qing threw up his sleeves to send off the guests, looking too lazy to pay attention to you, and sat back in front of the stove to continue to fill the firewood.

Just as the sound of gurgling and boiling in the pot gradually disappeared, when the three taels of spiritual rice were almost cooked, Yu Qing, who was sitting in front of the stove bored, holding his head and leaning against the wall behind him, suddenly squinted, staring at the rising water vapor on the stove.