In order to eat sweets, the old lady asked Wu Yang to be a tool person at home all day, Wu Yang for a while, "Miss Gu, I'm hungry, I want to eat candied fruit", and for a while, "Miss Gu, I'm thirsty, I want to drink mung bean soup, the super sweet one"......

When he returned to the villa, Wu Yang simply doubted his life.

King Anjun saw him in the room: "How? Can you see the Queen Mother, her old man? ”

Wu Yang's face was dished: "I saw ...... when I saw it"

But is that really the Queen Mother?

Wu Yang told King Anjun about his tragic experience of the day.

King Anjun was shocked, he remembered that when he was in the village yesterday, he seemed to have heard some strange words from the mouth of the Queen Mother, but first, he was too excited, and he didn't go to his heart at once, although he came back to his senses, he once thought that the Queen Mother was pretending to be crazy and stupid, so as to paralyze the Gu family who was under house arrest for her.

"My subordinates don't think so." Wu Yang pondered, "When Miss Gu went to fetch water, only the Queen Mother and her subordinates were left in the house, if the Queen Mother was pretending to be crazy and stupid before, then without others, her old man should be honest with me." ”

However, no, the Queen Mother only cared about eating poached eggs, and every time he wanted to speak, he could be interrupted by the Queen Mother raising her hand.

Why didn't he find out that the Queen Mother was so greedy before?

The Empress Dowager Zhuang in King Anjun's impression is not a person who doesn't care about business for the sake of a little food, but it is true that she can't eat too many sweets.

King Anjun muttered, "How can this be? Could it be that the Queen Mother has amnesia? And led to a big change in temperament? ”

Or is this the nature of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother is pretending to be in the palace for those years?

But who can disguise for decades? Wearing a ruthless mask for decades, won't it reveal flaws?

King Anjun preferred to believe that it was the former, and the Queen Mother forgot some things, so that the transformation of her temperament brought about by those things disappeared, and she became a complete stranger.

Wu Yang didn't dare to speculate: "What is the king of the county going to do?" Do you want to take the Queen Mother back to Beijing? ”

"I don't know." King Anjun sighed.

A queen mother who only knows how to eat and drink will not be His Majesty's opponent, but he is really not at ease when he puts her here and puts her under the nose of Ding'an Hou.

King Anjun pondered for a while, thought of something, and asked Wu Yang: "There are a few things I don't understand. ”

"What?" Wu Yang asked.

King Anjun pushed open the window and looked at the courtyard full of flowers and plants: "How did the Queen Mother lose her memory?" Does this matter have anything to do with the Ding'an Hou Mansion? ”

Wu Yang followed and walked over: "The king of the county said that they deliberately made the queen mother stupid?" ”

King Anjun gave him a cold look.

Wu Yang's neck shrank, bowed his head and said, "The subordinates have lost their words." ”

How can you say that the Queen Mother is stupid? Although it's a bit of a fool's errand.

King Anjun asked, "Have you found out the identity of that Miss Gu?" ”

Wu Yang said: "Check it out, she is the sister of the dragon and phoenix fetus, when Mrs. Hou gave birth in the temple, she hugged the wrong child with a village woman, Gu Jinyu should be from that village." However, because he has cultivated a relationship after so many years, even if he found out the truth some time ago, he didn't send Gu Jinyu back. As for the real Miss Gu, it is said that she herself is unwilling to return home. And she is already married, and her husband is displaced here. ”

King Anjun said: "Who did you inquire about?" ”

Wu Yang said: "Mrs. Hou who asked directly from her subordinates." ”

Yao didn't think it was a secret, and when Wu Yang came to ask, Yao told the truth.

King Anjun thought thoughtfully: "In this way, Miss Gu was not deliberately arranged in the village by Gu Houye?" ”

Wu Yang shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be." The subordinates speculated that the Queen Mother may have been taken in by Miss Gu after losing her memory. But...... Why did she become the aunt of Miss Gu's husband? ”

"Leprosy." King Anjun squinted his eyes and said.

"What?" Wu Yang was stunned.

King Anjun raised his hand and stroked the potted begonias on the windowsill: "Didn't you just say that Miss Gu's husband is a foreigner?" ”

Wu Yang was confused: "Yes, but what does this have to do with them taking in the Queen Mother?" Could it be that Miss Gu's husband will be a relative of the Queen Mother? ”

This can't be, how can the queen mother be related to a poor boy in the countryside?

King Anjun said thoughtfully: "If the Queen Mother got leprosy and fainted at the door of Miss Gu's house, and Miss Gu touched her without knowing it, if it were you, what would you do?" ”

Wu Yang's eyes widened: "Is this still possible?" Leprosy is so contagious that if you come into contact with it, you will be sent to the leprosy mountain! Is it ......?"

King Anjun tugged at the corners of his lips lightly: "That's right, in order not to be sent to Leprosy Mountain, they can only take in the Queen Mother and cure the Queen Mother, so as not to arouse suspicion, they lied that they were the aunt of Miss Gu's husband and came to join them." ”

Wu Yang suddenly realized: "Yes, Miss Gu's husband is a foreigner, and her husband's aunt is naturally also a foreigner, no one will suspect them at all!" ”

King Anjun fiddled with a delicately blooming begonia flower in front of him: "I'm curious, how did that Miss Gu cure the Queen Mother's leprosy?" ”

Gu Houye said that she was just a little medicine boy, and it seemed that he didn't know about his biological daughter.

Wu Yang suddenly looked into the eyes of King Anjun: "King Jun, if she can cure leprosy, isn't it ......?"

King Anjun raised his finger and stopped what he was about to say: "This king still can't trust her. ”

Wu Yang sighed with a complicated expression: "Yes." That...... On the Queen Mother's side, what is the county king going to do? ”

King Anjun said thoughtfully: "The Queen Mother has lost her memory, and if she really comes to recognize her, she will not leave with this king, and her identity may be exposed, which is not a wise move." You call a few people and go and steal the Queen Mother out in the middle of the night! ”

Wu Yang: "Stealing, stealing people?" ”

How do you feel that this statement is a little wrong?

Wu Yang's movements were very fast, and he took seven masters to Qingquan Village at night to steal ...... Uh-no, captivity.

When he arrived at Miss Gu's house, he found that there were two secret guards lurking nearby.

It should be the secret guard of the Ding'an Hou Mansion secretly protecting the dragon and phoenix fetus, Wu Yang thought that it was best to lure the two away, otherwise it would be troublesome to make a noise to wake up the Queen Mother.

But the secret guards are different from ordinary guards, and it is unlikely that they will leave their master's side at the same time, just when Wu Yang was thinking about how to implement the plan, the two secret guards walked out of the house by themselves and ran into the mountains and forests, not knowing what to do.

Wu Yang: "......"

Is that okay?

No matter how much it is, time is precious, so hurry up!

Wu Yang made an offensive gesture, and the seven men in black rose in the air and flew into the backyard.

Wu Yang also planned to sweep into the courtyard, but he took a pose, and before he could jump up, he heard a loud bang, and a man in black flew out like a sandbag.

Wu Yang was a little confused.

Isn't it the right way to get in?

Wu Yang jumped onto the wall.

At this moment, the second man in black passed in front of him, drew a graceful parabola in mid-air, and fell heavily into the open space outside the house.

Wu Yang was really dumbfounded.

Isn't the Dark Guard gone? Is it coming back so soon?

He looked into the backyard, but where was the secret guard? It was clearly the same Miss Gu who slapped Gu Jinyu and Zhuang Caidie one after another!

That day, he still felt that Miss Gu was too much, and even bullied a weak woman who was powerless, and now it seems that she is showing mercy to her subordinates at all!

Otherwise, with her punch to beat a master's hand, she really made a dead hand, and she would not have to fan Gu Jinyu and Zhuang Caidie's brains?

Although the person brought by Wu Yang was not a first-class master, he was still much stronger than the average master, and he was beaten by Miss Gu so that he had no power to fight back.

Wu Yang wanted to cry.

He finally understood why the two secret guards of the Ding'an Hou Mansion suddenly rushed into the forest, they were not at ease, they were afraid that they would not dare to rush in here, which would ruin the interest of this young lady.

Wu Yang estimated in his heart that he was afraid that he was not the opponent of this Miss Gu.

"Offended, Miss Gu."

Wu Yang took out a crossbow from behind his back, put on a short arrow, and pulled the trigger on Gu Jiao's shoulder.

But when it was too late, the old lady's door suddenly opened, and she came out yawning: "What's so noisy?" ”

Wu Yang's hand shook in shock, and the arrow missed!

It was the direction of the old lady, and Wu Yang's heart was shocked!

The speed of the bow and crossbow was several times faster than that of the arrow, and it was too late for him to catch his arrow!

At the last moment, I saw Gu Jiao jump, landed in front of the old lady, dragged the old lady aside, and the arrow slashed against the back of her hand and nailed to the wall behind the two.

The back of Gu Jiao's hand was scratched, and her hands were full of blood.

She pulled out the arrow with her other hand and threw it fiercely in the direction where Wu Yang was in the dark night!

The arrow was so fast, so fast that even a master like Wu Yang couldn't dodge.

Hit by an arrow in his right shoulder, he snorted and said to the black-clothed man who fell to the ground: "Withdraw!" ”

After the group left, the village returned to tranquility.

The old lady saw the blood stains on the back of Gu Jiao's hand: "Jiaojiao, you are injured!" ”

Gu Jiaohun didn't care and said, "It's okay, scratch some skin." ”

The old lady scolded: "The family life is good, but the thief is worried about it!" ”

Thief?

The thieves who came a few times ago were not such skills and equipment.

Gu Jiao looked at the boundless night, and always felt that this group of people was not coming for the silver, they went straight to the small east house, which was her aunt's house.

Wu Yang was injured and returned to the villa, and before he had time to heal himself, he went to the study to meet the king of Anjun.

King Anjun looked at him suspiciously: "What's the matter?" ”

He knelt down on one knee and said ashamedly: "My subordinates were derelict in their duties and failed to bring the Queen Mother back...... Still...... and almost injured the Queen Mother......"

He didn't dare to hide it, and reported the incident to King Anjun in 1510.

A trace of surprise flashed in King Anjun's eyes: "I didn't expect it......"

Wu Yang thought so: "Yes, my subordinates didn't expect that this Miss Gu, who grew up in the people, would have such skills!" ”

King Anjun tugged at the corner of his lips: "No, this king didn't expect that she would sacrifice herself to save an old lady who has nothing to do with herself." ”

Obviously, she was trying to protect herself, but now that the person has recovered, she can send the person away, or at least she doesn't have to risk her life to save the other person.

According to Wu Yang's statement, if she dodged a little, she was afraid that she would be shot through the heart by that arrow on the spot.

He really couldn't understand this Miss Gu more and more.

He looked at the bright moon in the sky and whispered in a low voice: "Miss Gu, how many more do you have that this king doesn't know?" ”

Wu Yang pleaded: "The king of the county, my subordinates will ...... tomorrow night."

King Anjun interrupted him lightly: "No need, since she protects the Queen Mother so much, just let the Queen Mother stay by her side." ”

Wu Yang was shocked: "The king of the county! ”

King Anjun looked into the distance: "Now is not the best time to take the Queen Mother back to Beijing, wait for me to go back to report to my grandfather, make all the arrangements and then take her old man back safely." Miss Gu, we'll meet again soon. ”

The next day, King Anjun said goodbye to Gu Houye and Yao: "The township test is imminent, I can't stay here longer, I must rush back to the capital as soon as possible." In the past few days, thanks to the hospitality of Lord Hou and Mrs. Hou, the younger generation is grateful. ”

He used a "junior" for the first time, which scared Gu Houye's tongue knotted!

King Anjun's gentle gaze fell on Yao's face: "Mrs. Hou, your daughter is very good, better than the capital without thousands of gold. If you have the opportunity, please also ask Mrs. Hou to bring your daughter to the house to talk to Mengdie. ”

Yao bowed and thanked him.

Gu Jinyu, who was behind the two, couldn't help blushing.

Is the county king praising her?

Zhuang Mengdie also thought that her brother was praising Gu Jinyu, she pouted, she knew it, there was no so-called triplets at all, Gu Jinyu was the wrong child of the Gu family, and that girl was the real daughter!

Neither is a good thing, and she doesn't like any of them!

The brother and sister embarked on the road back to Beijing.

The carriage had gone far away, and Gu Jinyu had not yet recovered from the praise of King Anjun.

There is no girl who doesn't like a proud son like Lord An, but most people are delusional.

But if ...... Which girl did King Anjun fall in love with first?

As far as she knew, King Anjun had not yet discussed marriage, so he just said that...... Is it hinting at something from my father?

Gu Jinyu secretly glanced at Gu Hou Ye and Yao, and the two of them looked calm, obviously not guessing on their faces.

She couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

Daddy is an elm pimple in this regard, and it is impossible to expect him to be; Now that my mother only has her own daughter in her heart, she can't take care of her at all.

If...... If the mother knew that King Anjun was interested in the girl of the Hou Mansion? Will you let Gu Jiao marry over?

It's just a moment's effort, and Gu Jinyu has made up a lot of brains.

She was distraught, on the one hand, it was the praise of King Anjun that aroused her unrealistic fantasies; On the other hand, she is desperate to return to the capital and find Concubine Shu to get an idea.

Gu Jiao got the farm tools from the iron shop here, and there were a lot of farm tools, which were picked up by the guys from the Rejuvenation Hall.

Before leaving, the old blacksmith stopped her: "Little brother, what is your young lady's surname?" ”

The guy said, "You said Miss Gu?" She's not my young lady. ”

The old blacksmith was stunned: "Huh? Then she's ......"

The guy didn't know about Gu Jiao's medical practice, and he said, "She is a friend of our host." ”

The old blacksmith asked, "Can you bother my little brother to tell me where she lives, so that I can come and thank her?" ”

The guy sighed and said, "Miss Gu has explained, if it is successful, you can give her free money for farm tools." ”

Old Blacksmith: "But ......"

No, the guy left with a few carts of farm tools.

The old blacksmith looked at the back of the departing carriage, and could not recover for a long time.

Gu Jiao didn't move the open space halfway up the mountain, she hired nearby villagers to reclaim a large medicine field on the mountain, and dug a fish pond and a ditch to bring water into the fish pond from under the waterfall.

Gu Yan's secret guard became the coolie of the mountain, and he was sent to dig ditches and farm the land every day, and after a month, the two of them became a veritable little black charcoal from their little white faces.

It's autumn in a blink of an eye.

This year's summer is not particularly hot, but the autumn tigers that have come back are so hot that people are sweating.

Xiao Liulang and his entourage have been in the provincial capital for a while, and under the careful arrangement of the Lin family, they lived in an inn that is the most advanced and luxurious from the provincial capital Gongyuan.

Steward Zhou proposed several times to invite Xiao Liulang to the mansion as a guest, but Xiao Liulang refused.

Lin Chengye has been tortured by Xiao Liulang in recent months, he was still a little fat when he went to Qingquan Town, and he lost weight twice when he returned to the provincial capital.

Every time Xiao Liulang gave him a lecture, he could have a feeling of enlightenment, and he didn't understand why Xiao Liulang was so knowledgeable, more powerful than the gentlemen in the mansion combined.

It's just that as soon as it was Xiao Liulang's turn to give him exam questions, he stopped cooking.

He is a person who has experienced the county examination, the government examination and the hospital examination, and the general exam questions are difficult for him, but is Xiao Liulang a question? It's a knife!

In fact, even the Four Books and Five Classics have an examination scope, and some chapters need to be memorized, and some are not.

Xiao Liulang didn't care about this, he casually came up with an exam question, and more than half of them were outside the key chapters.

Lin Chengye was one head and two big, and he was tested thin by Xiao Liulang.

Lin Chengye complained to Feng Lin, Feng Lin sighed, and said: "You misunderstood him, he didn't mean not to take the key chapters, he didn't know which ones were the key chapters at all." ”

People have never crossed the key points, directly from, head, back, to, tail! It's word for word, and it's like a stream!

Rao is like this, Lin Chengye still did not choose to live in the house after returning to the provincial capital, he lived in the inn with Xiao Liulang and Feng Lin.

There are three township examinations, each of which lasts for three days.

The first one was on the eighth day of August, that is, tomorrow, and the inn was full of township test candidates, and the atmosphere of the entire inn was tense.

The only calm may be Xiao Liulang.

Feng Linyuan was also a little nervous, but he had too many things to do, so he couldn't take care of his nervousness.

"Xiao Linzi, come here to help!" Feng Lin called Lin Chengye to the small kitchen of the inn.

This small kitchen was rented by the Lin family at a high price, and a special cook was arranged.

The township test didn't care about the candidates' food, and the cook planned to cook it for them, but Feng Lin refused.

Before leaving, Gu Jiao gave him a list with some precautions and related recipes.

The recipe classification is very detailed, Gu Jiao even takes the weather into account, and if the weather is cold, she uses the first recipe; If it's hot, use the second recipe.

"Cakes, jerky, oranges, pickles, ......"

Feng Lin and Lin Chengye spent an afternoon in the stove house, and finally prepared all the things that should be prepared, the jerky was roasted by themselves, and the aroma of the meat was overflowing, which made the candidates in the entire inn greedy.

The pickles were pickled a few days ago, and now they happened to be pickled, and Feng Lin filled three small jars.

The cake can't be left for a long time, the cook doesn't get up to make it before dawn, Feng Lin told the cake to be dry, and there is no moisture left.

The township examination in each provincial town has two examiners, both of whom are appointed by the imperial court.

They and the local invigilators entered the Gongyuan on the sixth day of the first month, and first held a horse banquet on the curtain, and the inner curtain officer entered the place of the inner curtain in the back hall, and the invigilator sealed the curtain.

The inner curtain officer, also known as the marking officer, stays from the date of entry until the end of the township examination, and can only leave after reviewing all the examination papers.

The whole process can take up to half a month, during which they are not allowed to have contact with the outside world, not even the invigilators of the curtain.

On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, the candidates came to the examination room early.

Although each session has three days, the actual test is only one day in between, the first day is for inspection and entry, and the third day is for inspection and exit.

Early in the morning, there was a long queue outside the Tribute Courtyard.

Xiao Liulang and the three of them came neither early nor late, ranking more than one hundred.

They were not in a hurry, but they made the Zhou steward on the side anxious.

Don't let people queue up on behalf of the township test, otherwise their Lin family will be able to outsource the tribute courtyard!

"Have you taken the water?" Steward Zhou asked Lin Chengye.

Lin Chengye nodded: "Hmm." ”

Steward Zhou said again: "Did you bring all the food?" ”

Lin Chengye nodded again: "Bring it." ”

Two words can still be said without stammering.

Steward Zhou was still relieved: "That...... Are you wearing thick clothes? I'm afraid it's cold at night. ”

"Hot." Lin Chengye said.

Steward Zhou sighed, alas, the weather is abnormal this year, it is not hot when it should be hot, and it is not cold when it should be cold, I heard that the crops in the countryside are not growing well.

Steward Zhou wanted to explain something more, but Lin Chengye frowned: "You go, it's annoying." ”

Steward Zhou: "......"

"Oops!"

Steward Zhou had just taken two steps when he was so frightened by Feng Lin that he almost fell.

"What's wrong?" He asked, looking back.

Feng Lin said: "I forgot to give this to you!" Jiao Niang said that if the weather is hot, let us bring this into the examination room, which can refresh the mind and repel mosquitoes and relieve itching. ”

It's three bottles of wind oil.

"Can I bring this?" Steward Zhou asked, except for water and food, the township test can't bring anything else.

Feng Lin explained: "This can be used externally and internally, Jiao Niang said, if someone asks, drink it to him." ”

Xiao Liulang's eyes were a little subtle: "You are very familiar now......"

Feng Lin hadn't noticed the dangerous gaze of his companion yet, and said with a grin: "In the past, I was ignorant and misunderstood Jiao Niang, but in fact, she is very good!" Rokuro, really, being able to please such a daughter-in-law is a blessing that a man has cultivated for several lifetimes! I want to ...... too"

Xiao Liulang's eyes were like knives, and he finally made Feng Lin unable to ignore them.

Feng Lin shrunk his neck stupidly and said, "Okay, I don't want to." ”

Xiao Liulang took over the wind oil essence.

Is that strange thing in that box again?

He'd seen this kind of writing, and most of the things that rolled out of the box that night had this kind of writing on them.

But that night, he didn't see these little green bottles.

So it's not his delusion, that little box just can appear strange things, and it's not always the same?

Is there any peculiar trick or trick in it?

Since these bottles are medicines, could the ones you saw before also medicines?

Is it a small medicine box?

As smart as Xiao Liulang, he didn't understand Gu Jiao's small box for a while, and soon, it was his turn to be searched by the guards along with Feng Lin and Lin Chengye in turn.

In order to show that they were carrying water, Feng Lin opened the cap of the bottle and drank a drop, almost dying of the taste!

, that's so refreshing!

After entering the examination room, the candidates were assigned to their own examination booths, and some people called it the number room.

Room is rudimentary, with only two planks, one for a table and one for a chair, embedded in the recesses on either side of the room. At night, the test takers put together two planks to make a bed and settle for one night.

During these three days, candidates were not allowed to leave their rooms, eating, drinking, and sleeping in it.

The first test is silent writing and poetry, and it stands to reason that it is the essay "Analects", the essay "The Mean", or the essay "University", the essay "Mencius", plus a poem composed by himself in five words and eight rhymes.

But this year's township examination questions are particularly perverted, and I actually tried an article - "The Book of Filial Piety".

Strictly speaking, the Book of Filial Piety is not long, less than 2,000 words, but the problem is ...... It doesn't take the test!

Who doesn't take the test, right?

When he saw that he was going to write "The Book of Filial Piety" silently, Lin Chengye's hairs stood up!

It's not scared, it's exciting!

Because Xiao Liulang, test, pass, it!

Xiao Liulang is a very strict teacher, but he will retake the exam questions that Lin Chengye can't do for the second, third, and even fourth times, until Lin Chengye knows it.

Lin Chengye not only lost weight, but also became bald at a young age, all of whom were tortured by Xiao Liulang.

However, at this moment, Lin Chengye simply loved Xiao Liulang's torture!

Lin Chengye knew that there must be few people who tried to memorize the "Book of Filial Piety" in the township, and he had to be ahead of the first door alone!