People who get up early will see a strange scene today, the servants, nurses, grandmothers, and stewards of the Qin Mansion have hurriedly moved out of the Qin Mansion, leaving only the Yu Da housekeeper and two maids who are over the age of old.

Someone came forward to inquire, it turned out that the Qin government sent them all away with a month's regular money, and the house slaves and rough maids and women who had entered the lowly nationality were also sold to other families, and the eleven shops on East Street, two teahouses in Nancheng, and the tailor shops and gouache shops in West Lane were all sold at a discount and urgently, and the remaining good land that was not easy to sell was also used as a title deed and exchanged for silver tickets.

Since the Qin family's master had an accident, the Qin family has been in panic all day long, and everyone is in danger. Qin Zirui had already written to the eldest brother and sister to go home to negotiate the matter, the eldest lady washed her face with tears all day long, and the two concubines returned to their parents' house under the pretext of saving their relatives and never came back.

Only the second son ran back and forth to find a way to save his father. But even the best-connected families said that they could not do anything, and no one dared to offend the Nine Elders. Last night, it was said that the second son got the help of a nobleman, so he sold his property early in the morning to raise some money to prepare for a relationship.

It was full of 30,000 taels of cash, and all of them were given to the second son of the Qin family, who was eager to raise money, so they were all sold now, and the loss was not only two or three percent. Qin Zirui pinched the silver ticket in his hand and counted it back and forth four or five times, still 8,000 taels away from 40,000 taels of silver. But everything that can be sold has been sold, and even some valuable calligraphy and paintings and jewelry at home have been taken away, where can I get the rest of the silver?

When I looked up, I met the eldest lady coming out of the backyard. Without fat powder, the expression is haggard, and the favorite white hosta has been replaced by an ordinary wooden hairpin, and the bun tied up randomly is crooked, and there is no trace of everyone's demeanor on weekdays.

"Mother, why did you come out, it's still cold outside, be careful. ”

"My mother is fine, my mother just wants to ask, how things are going. Have you raised all the money? The eldest lady slowly walked up to Qin Zirui and said.

"It's only 32,000 taels, and it's still 8,000 taels, so I can't go and borrow some from Lord Taishou, and Lord Taishou promised that if it wasn't enough, he could think of a way." ”

The eldest lady shook her head: "Lord Taishou has helped a lot. Here, take this. As he spoke, he handed over a title deed.

Qin Zirui took it and saw that it was the title deed of the Qin Mansion: "Mother, this title deed is sold to us, but we don't even have a place to live." ”

The eldest lady sighed: "If the family is gone, it can be built, but if the people are gone, it will be gone, your father is the backbone of the Qin family, as long as your father is still there, everything can come back." It's better for a family to be together than anything else, but it's a pity that your brother can't come back, the fire in the west of the city, there are no bones, it's all blamed for the mother, it's all blamed for the mother. If I could protect him at the beginning, it wouldn't have come to this point. ”

"Your brother is filial and kind, has always been a good boy. The only thing is that the qualifications are a little worse, but what does it matter, the Qin family can't afford to raise a child? It's a pity that it still can't get into your father's eyes, your father, he is blinded by interests, and there will be a catastrophe after all. This should not be fulfilled. I'm sorry for the cotyledons, and I'm even more sorry for his mother's entrustment of me. The eldest lady was sad, her tears were hazy, she coughed violently, waved her hand at Qin Zirui and turned around and went back to the inner courtyard.

Qin Zirui has always been educated by his father to stay away from his younger brother, although he doesn't know why, he has always remembered his father's teachings, except for eating together during festivals, they usually have little contact. Later, the younger brother became an acquired martial artist, and the situation improved slightly, but the younger brother could not advance to the acquired intermediate level for a long time, and his father ran out of patience, so the situation worsened, and he was reprimanded almost every day. He warned himself many times not to associate with his younger brother.

The eldest brother and sister often made fun of him for his stupidity, and after that, the younger brother often did not come home, and almost did not see him for a day. Until he committed an accident, was put in prison, and encountered that disaster.

Qin Zirui sighed and walked out with the title deed.

"Are you sure you're right?" On the examiner's platform, Cai Xin, the chief of the city guard, lowered his head and quietly reported something to Zhao Wude. Zhao Wude was surprised, and then looked at the few people on the high platform who were preparing to play the third round of the event, and his face, which was originally happy because he had just received more than 40,000 taels of silver, was immediately clouded.

Gritting his teeth, he looked at Gao Tai viciously: Boy, I really underestimated you, but don't worry, I have the means, let today become your death!

In the third round, it was the same every time, and all the candidates were faced with a strange mirror in turn. Each candidate communicates with the mirror with his or her own mind, and then gets the approval of the mirror to directly enter one of the nine colleges, as for which one, it depends on the final judgment of the mirror.

Candidates who have not been recognized cannot enter the nine colleges to study, but they can all enter the royal academies of various countries.

Historically, the number of people who passed the third round of the examination was extremely low, and there was only one qualified person in Luzhou City in the past ten years. And what about this year? Will anyone pass this weird test?

Qin Ziye led Lu Ruoqi to stand at the end, and the first one to play was Jiang Hong. Because of the excitement, it is a little difficult to walk. On the walnut table in the middle of the high platform, there is a double-sided silver mirror engraved with dragon and phoenix patterns, but it is a little high, and there is nothing peculiar about it.

Jiang Hong walked up, and the judge motioned for him to start, and he turned his head to look in the mirror. The surroundings were calm, and Qin Ziye didn't feel any fluctuations. Just as Qin Ziye was guessing if it had failed, suddenly the silver mirror moved! From the side, I saw that the mirror actually had a big mouth out of thin air, which fit well with the mirror, as if it had originally grown on it.

The audience on the front gasped, and some of the more timid children even covered their eyes. He had heard of such a scene in the tryouts a few years ago, but it was the first time he had really seen it. Suddenly, a mirror with a big mouth appeared, one positive and one reversed, on both sides of the silver mirror, and his lips opened and closed up and down as if he was saying something. After about half a minute, the mirror suddenly spat out a piece of silk paper. The judge who was waiting on the side stepped forward to pick it up, he glanced at it, his eyes widened, and then announced in a surprised voice: "Tanglin Longquan Academy!"

Wow——

The shock in the hearts of the people who spoke with a long exclamation was that the first person to be promoted appeared, and it was also a powerful academy like Longquan Academy, which was dominated by sword cultivators and battle spirit masters. Being able to enter such an academy can be described as a step to the sky, and the achievements in the future are limitless. Wu Chenle personally handed over the cloth juan paper certified by the representative to Jiang Hong, and took the lead in applauding, and the applause was thunderous for a while. Qin Ziye couldn't help but clap his hands, he couldn't imagine that this kid had such talent!

Jiang Hong took the Bujuan paper, his eyes turned red with excitement, he bowed respectfully to Wu Chen, and got off the high platform excitedly. Due to the speed being too fast, he also fell down the steps, which caused a lot of laughter.

The second to come to the stage was a seventeen-year-old boy, who ran up to the high platform with excitement on his face, and the judge was already lying in front of the silver mirror before he was ready, staring at the silver mirror.

Unexpectedly, this time Yinjing actually spoke directly, and everyone could hear the voice. It was an extremely high-pitched voice like steel bars rubbing against each other: "Take your big face away from me, do you want to kiss the handsome colorful adult with your big stinky mouth? What arrogance to the point of wishful thinking! You are offended! It is blasphemy! How can the handsome colorful adult be what you can think of? Go away for me, you have been declared eliminated! Are you all stupid? Drag him away from me!"