The faces of those students who were traveling with them were pale and pale, like a thunderbolt from the sky.

Su Qian's face was also a little dignified, but although he was arrogant, he was really open-minded. He also knows that there is a sky outside the sky and there are people outside the world, so although he was hit, he quickly recovered. There is a gap in his heart, but at this time, he can still hold the mentality of learning, listen carefully to the discussion of the students at the table next to him, and learn something.

On the other hand, Xu Erlang, as if he didn't realize the difference between them, the students from the northwest, and the people who came out of the prosperous literary style in the south of the Yangtze River, still poured tea leisurely and drank it.

He is already handsome, elegant and noble, and the whole person in a green coat is more and more ethereal like a mortal immortal, and his attitude is not arrogant or impatient, and he sees people's eyes hot.

A student at the same table sighed, "I want to come to Runzhi's virtuous brother to have a great grasp of the imperial examination this time." ”

Xu Erlang chuckled and shook his head.

He really came to accompany him, but he had a rich master as a gentleman, and from the talent of Qian Fuzi himself, he realized the fact that the talent in the south of the Yangtze River was higher than that in the northwest. He has fully realized the gap between the two parties and is mentally prepared, so although he is also stunned at this time, that mood is fleeting.

Xu Erlang explained two sentences simply, and Suqian said, "The atmosphere caused by geographical reasons, there is no way. Jiangnan is rich in products and outstanding people. On the other hand, in the northwest, in addition to barrenness and drought, most families could not even eat in the early days, and it was a problem to support their families. ”

Everyone at the table was concerned, but they didn't say anything more.

They drank tea like this and sat in Wangxian Tower all morning, collected a lot of information they needed, and then had lunch together before leaving.

Xu Erlang and Suqian naturally walked together, and the two of them were going to the bookstore to buy some test questions from previous years.

Such test papers will be collected by anyone who cares, so it is not difficult to buy them.

The two easily bought what they needed, and then through the recommendation of the shopkeeper, they bought several test papers that were said to be jointly written by several great Confucians and had a high rate of questions, and then went to the courtyard rented in Suqian together.

In the afternoon of the same day, the two of them brushed up on the questions in the courtyard and argued, which was also interesting.

When it was about to be dusk, Suqian instructed his subordinates to go to the street to buy a few vegetables, and by the way, he left Xu Erlang here to finish dinner before leaving, but Xu Erlang refused.

"There's something important to do tonight, let's meet again at another date."

"It's fine."

When Xu Erlang returned to the Pingxi Hou Mansion, it was already dark.

He changed his clothes, drank tea and moistened his mouth, and then asked Mohe, "Is the prince back?" ”

"Not yet." After Mohe replied, he didn't wait for Xu Erlang's subsequent question, so he hesitated and said, "It's getting late, so let's have dinner first." After dinner, maybe the prince will come back. ”

“…… Can. ”

Xu Erlang had dinner, and someone happened to come to invite him, "The prince has come back from the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, and I heard that the prince of Runzhi is temporarily living in the mansion, so he specially sent a small one to invite you to come over and talk about it." ”

"Lead the way."

The prince of Pingxi Hou is about twenty-seven or eight years old, and he is like Pingxi Hou, born mighty and tall, his eyes are as deep as electricity, and he looks heroic. But he is still young in the end, and his body is far from the coercion and momentum of Pingxihou, and he will not be awe-inspiring.

But even so, the young man in front of him was also heroic, far better than many children of the military generals that Xu Erlang had seen earlier.

Xu Wenhao, the prince of Pingxi Hou, bowed down to give him a salute when he saw Xu Erlang, and Xu Erlang hurriedly staggered to avoid it, "The prince must not, the grass people are white, and they don't deserve such a big gift from the prince." ”

Xu Wenhao's eyes were slightly red and said, "You deserve it, you deserve it!" You are Xu Ao's brother, and you are my brother. Before...... Xu Ao died in order to save me, and I had the heart to send him on the last journey, but the Hun army did not retreat at that time, and I did not dare to leave the battlefield for a while. Later, because his father lost the city, he was ordered by the Holy Emperor to return to Beijing. As a father and son, although I am not guilty of the same crime, I am also among the people who have been imprisoned, and I have not been able to get out of my freedom for a long time. Fortunately, my father Jane was in the emperor's heart, and although he deprived my father of his military rights after the saint, he did not push me to the end, and my father operated to place me in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing as an errand boy, and there was only one day off in October. I have the heart to go to Pingyang Town to pay tribute to your brother, but the Pingxi Hou Mansion is still being watched by everyone. I'm not worried that I'll be impeached for going out for no reason, but I'm afraid that my family will be implicated again......"

Xu Erlang lowered his head and listened quietly, and when Xu Wenhao finished speaking, he raised his eyes and arched his hand to him, "The prince is sincere, and my brother will only be pleased if he has knowledge." The son of the world does not have to feel guilty about my brother, it is my brother's duty to save you, and it is also friendship, even if the world comes again, my brother will still do this. ”

Xu Wenhao's eyes flashed with a few tears, he turned his back, and there seemed to be a slight choking sound coming from him. After a while, Xu Wenhao regained his composure, turned around and said to Xu Erlang again, "I went to serve under my father's account at the same time as your brother, and we are in love, like my own brother." Now that he has died for saving me, I have taken care of his parents and relatives for him. Erlang, how many years younger than me, you will call me brother in the future, and I will take care of you on behalf of your eldest brother. ”

Later, Xu Wenhao asked about Xu's father and Xu's mother, and asked about the two of them being in good health, but they had the idea of moving to Kyoto to live, and what was the current situation of Xu Ao's wife and children - unlike Mrs. Pingxihou's practice of mastering everything, Xu Wenhao is a man in the end, and he is a noble son of a family who was raised as an heir, and he pays attention to the major affairs of men outside, and he has never cared about the affairs of the back house and the woman's family.

As for Xu Ao's wife and children, he didn't pay special attention to it. It's just that he knows that his parents are still alive and his brother is here.

He didn't ask too much, and Mrs. Pingxihou didn't elaborate, which led to Xu Wenhao's information gap, and he didn't know about Xu Ao's wife and the fact that he had left home and several children were abandoned.

Xu Erlang listened to him coldly, and saw that his eyes were clear, obviously he didn't know anything about this matter, and after thinking about it, he still told the truth.

Xu Wenhao was furious, slapped his palm on the bookcase, and almost smashed the bookcase, "It's too much to deceive, it's really too deceitful!" Erlang, where did your eldest brother's widow remarry? I listen to what you mean, that person is also an official, but a person from the capital? ”

Xu Erlang said indifferently, "The prince doesn't need to be angry. It's going to rain, my mother is going to get married, and no one can control this. What's more, even the person who can keep the sister-in-law may not be able to keep her heart. Then it was indeed the eldest brother who broke his oath and left her first, and it was reasonable for her to marry her. Several young children in the family also accepted the news, and they no longer cared about the Wu family, so the prince should not pursue it. ”

Xu Wenhao still couldn't swallow this breath, but since Xu Erlang said so, he couldn't ask anything more. I can only swallow this matter silently, but I am evaluating it in my heart, and it seems that I will send someone to investigate this matter.

The two talked for a while, and Xu Wenhao thought of something, and took out a necklace wearing two wolf teeth from his sleeve. Xu Erlang's expression changed when he saw this thing, "Big brother." ”

Xu Wenhao said, "Previously, I only found Da Lang's sword and a wooden plaque engraved with a name, but when I finally cleaned up the battlefield, the soldiers below found this again." I remember it well, it's something your big brother wears all the time. ”

"Yes." Xu Erlang said in a hoarse voice, "That wolf king was hunted by the eldest brother when he went to the battlefield at the age of fifteen. The eldest brother thought that killing the wolf king was a good omen, so he strung the two wolf teeth into a necklace and wore them around his neck as a talisman. ”

He took the necklace from Xu Wenhao's hand with trembling hands and held the two wolf teeth in his hands. There seemed to be the body temperature of the eldest brother on the two wolf teeth, which made Xu Erlang palpitate more and more.

The swords and wooden plaques that the eldest brother found before are all placed. The wooden plaque was buried in the mound with several sets of clothes of the eldest brother, and the sword was left as a relic to Chang'an and Changping. And now there is this unexpected wolf tooth...... Xu Erlang cherished the wolf's tooth into the cuff and thanked Xu Wenhao.

After leaving Xu Wenhao's courtyard, Xu Erlang went to the courtyard where he lived temporarily, thinking about Xu Wenhao and Ping Xihou's promise.

——Before the eldest brother died in battle, Pingxi Hou not only sent someone to send the relics of the eldest brother, but also promised to give everyone in the Xu family a future. Especially the eldest brother's sisters-in-law, Chang'an and Changping, no matter whether they want to join the army or the imperial examination, they will arrange the best career for the two. Including the marriage of several people, they are also responsible for all of them.

This is a lot of responsibility, but even so, how can it withstand the pain of losing a few children's fathers? No matter how well the aftermath is made, the scars in the hearts of several children have been left and can never be erased.

The next day, Xu Erlang met with Suqian again.

Suqian has already inquired about this year's chief examiner and deputy examiner, these will be the teachers of all students, and they are in control of the life and death power of this examination, so it is important to know their preferences.

Suqian heard the news and wanted to share it with Xu Erlang, so Xu Erlang went to the small courtyard where he was to look for him.

Although the environment of the small courtyard that Suqian currently rents is good, it is very remote, and even this has cost him a lot of money. However, it was not easy to rent such a courtyard during the imperial examination, and money was the last thing to worry about at this time.

When he went to the courtyard rented in Suqian, Xu Erlang inadvertently opened the carriage curtain and looked out, but saw a familiar figure in front of a Zhu Cui Building that sold jewelry.

Xu Erlang thought he was dazzled, but in fact he didn't.

Mohe opened his mouth outside, "Childe, I seem, it seems to be ......"

"Huh?"

"The subordinates have seen the eldest lady before."

"Hmm."

Mo He was silent, Xu Erlang looked coldly at the woman who was obviously a lot, her lower abdomen was bulging, and she looked like she was pregnant, and her heart surged for a moment, but she was quickly suppressed by him.

He didn't seem to see the person in front of Zhu Cuilou, and he didn't seem to hear Mohe's words, so he just coldly ordered, "Keep going." ”

"Yes, Childe."

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