Although Fu Xiaojiu and the others did not meet An Yushu, they were also disgusted by him, Nianzhen covered her mouth and said: "Originally, I didn't like it for a long time, but when I heard the name of that bastard, I suddenly felt sick to my stomach." ”

Fu Xiaojiu said with a smile: "Since you have a bad appetite, let's eat some light food at night, and we can't let that bastard get hungry to the little person in your stomach." ”

Nianzhen touched her stomach and nodded heavily, "No, I can't go hungry to my family because of that bastard." ”

Wan Zhang put his arm around Nianzhen's shoulders and said, "Let's go lady, I'll give you a bowl of sour plum soup to appetize first." ”

Wan Zhang and Nianzhen went to the stove room, and Wan Lin said to Shao Jiacheng: "Brother Jiacheng, you have to remember that no matter where you meet this person named An Yushu in the future, you have to stay away from him." ”

Shao Jiacheng hurriedly responded: "Don't worry, I will definitely remember this name and stay away from him!" ”

An Yushu's appearance was just a small episode for Fu Xiaojiu and the others, and they quickly left him behind.

When it was time to rest, Fu Xiaojiu tensed his nerves and sat by the window waiting for Xu Jingshan's movements.

But when Fu Xiaojiu dozed off, he still didn't wait for any movement.

Although Wan Lin promised Fu Xiaojiu not to be distracted by this matter, he couldn't help but worry about it, so he lay on the bed and squinted his eyes and pretended to sleep.

Fu Xiaojiu waited until the third watch, she and Wan Lin both dozed off a few times unconsciously, and after Fu Xiaojiu woke up from another drowsiness, he simply stopped waiting in the house and walked out of the house directly.

Wan Lin was awakened by the movement of Fu Xiaojiu going out, and was about to go out with him, when Fu Xiaojiu came back.

Fu Xiaojiu didn't come back empty-handed, she was holding something unexpected in her hand.

"Lady, what are you holding in your hand is a water-jug?"

Wan Lin looked at the leather kettle in Fu Xiaojiu's hand, a little incredible.

Fu Xiaojiu handed the kettle to Wan Lin, "I don't know much about this kind of thing, Xianggong, do you see what's so unusual about this kettle?" ”

Wan Lin took the kettle and looked at it carefully before he spoke: "This kind of kettle is generally used by people who are soldiers, and someone in our village brought such a kettle back when they came back from being a soldier, and it was very durable." ”

"And then?" Fu Xiaojiu looked expectantly and asked.

Wan Lin shook his head regretfully, "I don't see anything else special about this kettle." ”

Wan Lin put the kettle on the bookcase, and suddenly, their eyes fell on the lid of the kettle.

Fu Xiaojiu said first: "How do I look like Bang on the words on this kettle?" ”

Wan Lin hurriedly pulled off the lid of the kettle and looked at it seriously, "That's right, this is indeed the word 'state'." Nation...... Why does this sound so familiar? ”

"Bang...... Huo Oubang? Is the king of Zhenbei called Huo Aobang? ”

After Fu Xiaojiu finished speaking, he looked at Wan Lin in shock.

Wan Lin also showed the same shocked look, "This, is this kettle the king of Zhenbei?" ”

Fu Xiaojiu couldn't believe it, but she couldn't believe the facts in front of her.

"Could it be that Xu Jingshan is so powerful that he actually stole the Zhenbei King's kettle from the Zhenbei Palace?"

"No," Wan Lin immediately denied Fu Xiaojiu's words, "This kettle is at least a style from more than ten years ago, but judging from the degree of wear and tear of the kettle, this kettle doesn't seem to have been used for more than ten years, and it seems to have been shelved." ”

Fu Xiaojiu asked puzzledly, "Why don't I understand it?" ”

Wan Lin explained softly: "I don't think this kettle actually looks like something stolen from the Zhenbei Palace. Although King Zhenbei climbed step by step from the lowest soldier to today's position, there are many such kettles in the barracks, and he has no reason to keep such kettles by his side. Lady, you see, I just said that this kettle seems to have been put on hold, and it is more accurate to say that this kettle should be treasured. ”

However, after Wan Lin finished speaking, Fu Xiaojiu was even more puzzled, "But if this kettle is not something taken from the Zhenbei Palace, is this kettle Xu Jingshan's?" ”

Wan Lin replied without thinking: "That's right, this kettle belongs to Xu Jingshan." ”

Fu Xiaojiu seemed to understand in an instant, and said in disbelief: "If that's the case, is there any relationship between King Zhenbei and Xu Jingshan?" ”

Wan Lin looked at the kettle and said, "Since Brother Xu is still reluctant to show up, let's only take this kettle and ask the King of Zhenbei." ”

The two of them took the kettle to the Zhenbei Wangfu early in the morning, and the Zhenbei King and the princess were also at a loss when they saw this ordinary military kettle.

"What the hell is going on?" The princess looked at King Zhenbei suspiciously.

King Zhenbei's thick eyebrows tightened, holding the kettle and thinking seriously, after a while, he suddenly remembered something.

"I remember more than ten years ago, this king was still an unknown soldier, once when he was marching, this king saw a pair of fleeing father and son on the side of the road, the child looked twelve or thirteen years old, thirsty, looking very pitiful. I gave them the jug directly, and gave them all the money I had, and told them where they should go to find their way out. ”

King Zhenbei's eyes always fell on the kettle, looking at it as if he was recalling a past that he had almost forgotten.

"I didn't take it to heart at all, so I didn't tell anyone, and the princess didn't know about it. Could this Xu Jingshan be the child who fled? He has always treasured the kettle that the king gave him? ”

After King Zhenbei finished speaking, he looked at the princess, Fu Xiaojiu and Wan Lin with questions, "Since he has always remembered this kindness, how can he be a spy?" Now that you take out the kettle, what do you mean? ”

Wan Lin said calmly: "From the perspective of the grass people, this Xu Jingshan may have something unspeakable, or he did a misunderstanding of doing a spy thing. Lord Wang, let's find a way to force Xu Jingshan to show up first. ”

Wan Lin felt that the only person who could make Xu Jingshan come forward might be the King of Zhenbei.

King Zhenbei pondered for a moment, and said solemnly: "Okay, then the king will find a way to let him appear." Mr. Wan, Fu Langzhong, you have already put a lot of effort into this matter, and now you are about to try, don't worry about anything else, and prepare for the test wholeheartedly! ”

With the words of King Zhenbei, Wan Lin and Fu Xiaojiu also knew that they didn't have to worry about this matter anymore.

Walking out of the Zhenbei Palace, Fu Xiaojiu finally figured out one thing.

"Xu Jingshan may have wanted to contact the King of Zhenbei for a long time, but the Zhenbei Palace's palace is heavily guarded and he can't enter, so he can only turn to us to send him a message. I think he may have deliberately left the smell of Tianshan Snow Lotus on the note, so that I could follow this clue to confirm his identity. He knew that I would confirm his identity, and then took the kettle out so that the king of Zhenbei could know his identity. ”

Wan Lin nodded, "What the lady said is right, Xu Jingshan's idea is like this." The next thing will be handed over to the king of Zhenbei, I hope Xu Jingshan can show up as soon as possible and explain the matter to the king of Zhenbei clearly. ”

They don't have to worry about Xu Jingshan's affairs for the time being, and then Fu Xiaojiu and Nianzhen will take care of the three candidates themselves, so that they can take the exam in the best condition.

Because there are three examinations, the first is in the ninth year of junior high school, the second is in the twelfth, and the third is in the fifteenth, so the examination should not only test the candidate's knowledge, but also test the candidate's psychological quality.

If you take the exam for three days in a row, you can still do it in one go, but if you take the test for one day and rest for three days like this, it is easy for people to continue to be anxious and nervous, and if you don't have a strong psychological quality to support it, it is not easy to do well in the exam.

A few days before the exam, Shizi specially brought someone to personally send all kinds of tonic snacks, as well as good pen, ink, paper and inkstone, which saved Fu Xiaojiu and Nianzhen a lot of trouble.

Time flies, and in a flash, it will be the day of the test.

The candidates have already been to the Tribute Courtyard located in the southeast of the capital, and they are already familiar with the journey to the Tribute Academy, and the house where Fu Xiaojiu and others are located is very close to the Tribute Courtyard, and they can be reached in a quarter of an hour by carriage, which shows how attentive the Princess of Zhenbei is.

Before dawn, all the candidates set off towards the Tribute Academy.

Fu Xiaojiu and Nianzhen were in a carriage, and Wan Lin, Wan Zhang and Shao Jiacheng were in the same car to cheer each other on.

Shao Jiacheng is becoming more and more low-key now, and only brought a scholar with him.

When everyone arrived at the gate of the Tribute Academy, they saw that the candidates from all over the country had begun to line up, and the number of their family members and servants was no less than that of the candidates, and they all stood in the open space opposite the Tribute Academy and watched the candidates enter the Tribute Academy.

This scene is very similar to the township test, but the scene is much more spectacular than the township test.

Fu Xiaojiu and Nianzhen sent the three of them to the gate of the Gongyuan, Fu Xiaojiu looked at the crowd accompanying the exam and said to Nianzhen: "Look at those of us who accompany the exam, it is enough to know how much people attach importance to the examination." ”

Nianzhen held Fu Xiaojiu's arm and said nervously: "My heart is beating so fast now, this is their last fight, I hope we will make this trip worthwhile." ”

Fu Xiaojiu's heart also beat the drum, he hadn't seen so many talented people gathered together before, Fu Xiaojiu still had seventy or eighty percent confidence in Wanlin, but seeing so many talented people gathered at the gate of the Gongyuan, Fu Xiaojiu couldn't help but feel worried.

While the two of them were talking, a person appeared in front of them that made the two of them look at each other.

Zhou Bingshuang walked over to them with the maid and the maid.

Zhou Bingshuang was dressed exquisitely, with a little powder on her face, but she couldn't hide the tiredness in her eyes, she came to Fu Xiaojiu and Nianzhen with her servants, and said with a disdainful look on her chin back: "We have been in the capital for so many days, what did we meet here." ”

Nian Zhen was about to scold her twice, but Fu Xiaojiu pulled Nian Zhen and walked over to Zhou Bingshuang.

Fu Xiaojiu said as he walked: "Xiao Zhen, do you say that I am hallucinating, how can I hear the sound of a toad screaming?" ”

"Poof!" Nianzhen really couldn't hold back, covered her mouth and laughed.

Fu Xiaojiu's voice was neither high nor low, but it happened to reach Zhou Bing's ears very clearly, Zhou Bingshuang was immediately so angry that he rolled his eyes, and chased Fu Xiaojiu with great momentum, and grabbed her arm.

"Stop! Who do you say is a toad? ”