Xu Zhao's depressed death spread widely, the idle man who loves to talk nonsense now has a joke to talk about, some of them laugh behind their backs Xu Zhao is really narrow enough, and it is also a good ability for him to be angry to death, and some pretend to be insiders, pretend to be true, and analyze the matter of chasing wind and shadows to the head, but it is just some nonsense. It's not their own business, and their sorrow is not self-pity, who can understand the pain of Xiang Lin's young bereavement.

After learning the news of Xu Zhao's death from the mouth of the officer, Diao gloated, couldn't help but be overjoyed, and laughed all night, and the next day, when the official inspected the prison, he found him nested in the corner of the wall and laughed spontaneously, laughing so much that his voice was hoarse, and he grabbed the broken mat grass on the ground and stuffed it into his mouth. The official opened the cell door, and Ah Diao crawled in front of him like a dog, holding the officer's leg and laughing wildly, muttering that he was dead.

The official kicked him away, and after a careful look, he felt that Ah Diao was afraid that he was crazy, and then played Chen Tong, Chen Tong seemed to have regrets for Xu Zhao's death in the past few days, and his good thoughts were full of thoughts, and he sighed and ordered Ah Diao to be released, and sent someone to send him out of the city, leaving him to fend for himself. After the official left, Ah Diao chewed the mat grass in his mouth vigorously, and then disappeared.

After Xu Zhao passed away, Xu's house became more and more lonely and lonely, Xu's mother's sideburns became gray, she quit big fish and meat, three vegetarian meals, and almost the rest of the time she chanted Buddha in the small hall, closing her eyes and meditating. Xiang Lin also couldn't calm down to study, his heart was empty, he always felt that something was missing, and at the same time, he was preoccupied, and the burden of running the family business from now on was all on him.

Ziying lived back in Xu's house under the persuasion of Xu's mother, although she tried every means to refuse, but Xu's mother insisted on keeping her, and Ziying obeyed her wishes. After Xu Zhao left, no one in the Xu Mansion regarded her as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, and she could also accompany Xiang Lin and Xu's mother to take care of the chores outside the Xu Mansion.

After three months of work, Ziying's leg disease was as Liang Yong expected, and she was cured, she was happy, and Ruolan was laughing and playing in the back garden, crying with joy, and the heart disease that she once didn't want to mention disappeared at this time, and Xiang Lin's face was also full of long-lost smiles. One person pavilion strokes the qin, one person sings and dances, the peach blossoms are full, the bluegrass is quiet, smiling like a visitor, shaking the head like a fairy, the fragrant wind winds around the skirt, the gentleman accompanies the beauty, the joy is better than the spring, and the heart is better than the flowers.

One day, Xu's mother called Lin Zhengtang to narrate, saying: "Xiang'er, in seven days, it will be the entrance examination, because my mother knows that you have no intention of making a name for yourself, and it is up to you to decide whether you go or not." Xu's mother Liu smiled stiffly, but there seemed to be loss and difficulty in her eyes. Xiang Lin did not hesitate and said: "Mother, you can rest assured, the children in this big exam will do their best to be in high school." Mother Xu stood up suddenly, her eyes were full of tears with a real smile, and she said: "Xiang'er, your father is gone, no one in our Xu family dares to yell at you, and my mother will not force you, don't say these words in order to make my mother happy." ”

Xiang Lin approached her to help her sit down, and said with a smile: "Mother knows the child's temperament, if the child is unwilling, how can she succumb to perfunctory." Mother Xu looked at him lovingly, and then instructed the servant to bring out a box, and said: "Xiang'er, this is a long way to go, so prepare some clothes for my mother to wrap around, don't forget to bring them when the time comes." At this time, silence is better than sound, nodded to Lin, and ordered the servant to move to the bedroom, in fact, Xu's mother began to sort out the packages and bags a few days ago, and gradually sorted out a box of things.

Xiang Lin Daxiao read poetry and books, read all the classics of scripture and history, often forgot to sleep and eat, and did not see the sun in the morning and evening, but he did not envy the golden house in the book, did not admire Yan Ruyu in the book, only love. It is precisely because he only likes to study and has no ambition to become famous and famous, and he failed to make his wish, and the father and son will fight against each other every time they chat. Xu Zhao was stubborn, Xiang Lin couldn't resist him, so he simply avoided talking about it, and he didn't want to argue, and the two gradually fell into a cold war situation, and they didn't speculate for more than half a sentence, and sometimes they couldn't say a word for ten days and a half months.

People in the world love fame and fame, but they are afraid that the fame will not end, Xiang Lin knows this, but now his father hates Huangquan and his family business is declining, and it is inevitable that there will be many difficulties if he continues like this. Since it is so difficult to enter the office, how difficult it is not to enter the office, both roads are full of thorns, and finally he chose the career path, even if he is unwilling in his heart, maybe it is for the woman around him who he loves deeply.

"Ziying, look at you sullen, what's wrong?" Ziying lazily pushed open the door, pouted and looked depressed and innocent, Xiang Lin left the book and greeted her, she said: "Xiang Lin, you can take me with you..." Xiang Lin persuaded: "Ziying, this trip to the county town is far away from the mountains and rivers, bumpy and tired, first, I am afraid that you will not be able to bear it, and secondly, we are all gone, and my mother has no one to take care of, so you can stay in the house and accompany her, and I will be back in a few days." Ziying ignored him and went out stupidly.

When I went out, I bumped into Xu's mother, who was coming to the study, and when she saw Ziying with her head stuffy, she asked, "Ziying, why do you have such a face, Xiang'er has bullied you?" Ziying pretended to be angry and said, "Auntie, Xiang Lin didn't let me accompany him to the county, but I wanted to go." Mother Xu took her arm and walked into the study with a smile.

"Xiang'er, why did you bully Ziying? You see, she's going to cry because of you. Xiang Lin was busy explaining for a long time, but Xu's mother only said: "Let Ziying accompany you." He didn't listen to his arguments, turned around and left. Xiang Lin seemed to say and stopped, he didn't want Ziying to accompany him in this line, but he was very conflicted in his heart and worried too much.

"Aunt agreed, look at how you stop me, hum." Ziying suddenly smiled like a flower, but saw that Xiang Lin seemed to be worried, and said: "If you don't want to, then I won't go, so as not to make you unhappy." With a straight face and wanted to leave, Xiang Lin hurriedly grabbed her and said, "Oh Ziying, I wish you would accompany me, but I'm worried." Ziying asked him what he was worried about with his back face, and confessed his worries to Lin.

Ziying thought for a moment and thought of a clever trick, and before Xiang Lin could ask her what her method was, she had already rushed away from the door. Xiang Lin couldn't help but shake his head and smile, but his eyes were full of love, he loved her simplicity and purity, and she loved her childlike innocence, and she may not have realized that she had become a child immersed in love.

"Is it Xu Gongzi at the bottom?" In the afternoon, the sky was sullen, Xiang Lin was drowsy at the desk, and a man pushed the door in coldly, leaned sideways with his head bowed, and asked in a rough voice. Xiang Lin was stunned for a moment, suddenly sobered up a lot, got up and said curiously: "What are the feet??" The man said: "Childe is really a noble man who forgets things, I am your distant cousin, have you forgotten?" Xiang Lin was even more puzzled, frowning and thinking for a long time, and couldn't think of this cousin.

Xiang Lin asked again: "Where is the foot?" What is the last name? The man coughed his throat and said, "A native of Yingchuan County, Yuzhou, surnamed Feng Mingzi Yingli." Xiang Lin was surprised when he read his name, grabbed his arm and dragged him to him, but saw:

Handsome eyes raise light eyebrows, brocade clothes tie slender waist.

Suspicious and sick, I don't know the body of men and women.

Xiang Lin's eyes widened and asked, "Son.." Ziying?? Ziying sneered, stretched out her arms and spun around, and said, "Idiot, I don't look like everyone in this portrait?" Xiang Lin seemed to be stunned again, where did he expect Ziying to be so eye-catching even if she was wearing a man's clothes.

"It's a bit of a man." Ziying held the fan leisurely, and smiled proudly: "How about it, don't worry about it this time, right?" Xiang Lin admired: "You, you, there are so many ghost ideas, but don't show your stuffing!" Ziying deliberately lowered her throat and laughed with him, only to cause Lin to laugh.

The annual examination is held in early April, and each prefecture and county has its own examination room, and the large and small middle officials evaluate the family history, knowledge, and conduct of the corporals respectively, and then determine the grades, and then hand over the character of the scholars to the Ministry of Officials, who carry out the promotion and dismissal of officials according to their grades. However, when the dynasty was unfair, even if the students from poor families were high, they could only be set at the lower grade, and the official positions granted were as small as those of Egypt, while the students from large families could be ranked at the top even if their behavior was low, and the official powers and wealth they were granted could be all.

According to the law of the current dynasty, women are not allowed to enter the holy land of rural studies (similar to ordinary colleges and universities now), Xiang Lin refuses to do everything, and Ziying has no choice but to disguise himself as a woman and accompany him there.