In the Lin Mansion, the housewife Jia Min has been busy preparing luggage for her son who is preparing to go south.

I was happy and worried in my heart, and I was happy that my son was successful in studying at a young age, and he was going to take the Xiucai exam; The worry is that at a young age, his son will have to go thousands of miles away to take the Xiucai test, and his mother is worried.

Even if there are a group of classmates from the Jia clan who act together, Jia Min's heart is still unstable.

If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't go out, she really wanted to go back to South with her son and be a mother accompanying her.

"Madame doesn't need to worry, the eldest brother has mentioned it to her husband, let Zhu'er go back to Nan to take the Xiucai exam with him!"

Lin Ruhai returned home, saw the melancholy on his wife Jia Min's face, and hurriedly said comfortingly: "There is a young man who will go back to the south with him, and Mrs. should rest assured now!" ”

"That's great!"

Hearing this, Jia Min smiled happily, and was really relieved.

Jia Chung has been carefully cultivated by the eldest master, and his martial arts are quite good at a young age, and his abilities in other aspects are not weak.

If he goes back to the south to test Xiucai, the eldest master will definitely arrange everything, not to mention the manpower and strength of the guards, it is not the same as before.

In the eldest master's courtyard, Aunt Qian hurriedly asked to see her when she got the news.

"Master, why do you let Zhu'er also go back to Nan to take the Xiucai, he is still so young?"

Despite the fear in her heart, Aunt Qian still spoke boldly for the sake of her own son.

"It's not small!"

The eldest lord waved his hand and smiled: "Go back to the south with Lin Duan, it's just right to have a companion!" ”

"But isn't Chun'er's knowledge still home?"

Aunt Qian knew a lot about Jia Song's situation, and begged: "Master, don't let Song go this time, right?" ”

"Don't worry, Zhu'er's foundation is very good, and although the test is reluctant, it is not hopeless!"

The eldest lord shook his head and smiled: "Besides, this time there is Lin Duan, a companion who will go south together, if you change next time, who will go to the exam with him?" ”

He is not a mallet, how can he not consider Jia Song's actual situation at all, just to accompany Lin Duan thousands of miles south to Jinling, he is not so white lotus.

Aunt Qian was stunned when she heard this, she also knew a lot about the situation of the Jia clan, there were so many students who specialized in the imperial examination, and she had also heard of their age, most of them were seventeen or eighteen years old, and they were not in the same pot as Jia Song.

"Do you think I'm going to let Song'er go thousands of miles away for Lin Duan?"

The eldest lord said with a smile: "I have been thinking about this for a long time, not only is it a companion problem with a similar age difference, I am not very happy to let Zhu'er go to Jinling alone, there are a lot of gentlemen over there, what if I take Zhu'er with me?" ”

Aunt Qian's mind was clouded, and she was about to take back the objections she blurted out, and the reminder of the eldest master had to ask her to pay attention to it.

It's not that she hasn't been in Su Province, there are a lot of Jinling people who have been rectified, but the number of gentlemen is not a few, if Zhu'er goes alone, it is really possible to be spoiled by that gang of gentlemen.

This is not possible!

Not to mention the future, as a mother, she is naturally not happy that her child learns badly, even if there is a little bit of unwillingness.

"Alright then!"

After thinking about it, Aunt Qian recognized the idea of the eldest master, and asked Zhu'er to go south with a good friend like Lin Duan, at least in terms of character, so that she could rest assured.

"But sir, the guards must be properly arranged!"

The eldest master was a little ridiculous, and said angrily: "Okay, okay, you don't need to remind the master to know how to do it, you can wait for the good news of Chun'er at home!" ”

waved his hand to drive Aunt Qian away, and the eldest man called Mrs. Xing again and admonished; "The news that Song'er and Duan'er went south together to take the Xiucai exam, don't spread it first!"

Mrs. Xing was stunned for a moment, and wondered: "Why is this so, does anyone dare to be unfavorable to Zhu'er?" ”

"Hehe, have you forgotten the golden pimple in the house?"

The eldest old man sneered: "Neither the old lady nor the Wang family will be happy to see Zhu'er climb on the head of that golden bump, especially the Wang family, who knows what crazy things she will do when she is jealous?" ”

"It's the old lady, if I knew the news in advance, maybe I would stop Zhu'er, the reason is easy to find, I don't want the bad things in the house to affect Zhu'er's future!"

Although Mrs. Xing didn't believe that the mansion would do such a dirty thing, the eldest master had already said it so clearly, she didn't dare to be careless.

If it was really because of her that Jia Chung couldn't go south normally, maybe the eldest master would be angry at her!

The eldest master not only asked the other courtyard to strictly keep his tone, but also deliberately explained to Lin Ruhai and Jia Min and his wife, Jia Song was ready to follow Lin Duan to the south to take the Xiucai test, so he hid it.

Don't say that the people in Rongguo Mansion, even the husband and classmates of the Jia family, don't know about this, and the secrecy measures can be described as extremely strict.

Just when Lin Duan was walking with Yigan for the examination, and dozens of martial arts class students were preparing to go south, Jia Song suddenly joined in, and went directly to the boat and went south without waiting for the news to spread.

This hand is quite sudden, even if someone wants to pass the news to Rong Guofu, there is no way to do it in a short time, and the party has implemented strict militarized management on the road, whether it is to stop the boat and dock to rest or do other things, there must be at least two or more companions around to follow.

In this way, with the abilities and means of these students, there is no news at all.

The most powerful of the students who went south was Xue Pan and Xue Du's overlord, but this person who was happy all day long, was very enthusiastic when he saw Jia Song, and he didn't have the consciousness to spread the news to the Rong Mansion in Beijing at all.

Speaking of Xue Pan, it is definitely a wonder of Jia clan's studies.

This guy has been studying in the Jia clan for almost five years, and under strict management and discipline, he has learned a barely passable martial arts.

It can't be said that it is embroidered with fists, but in fact, it is only strong and limited.

Originally, according to the rules of the martial arts class of the Baigong Academy, as long as you have practiced such an idea level, have basic self-protection ability, and are not willing to continue your studies, you can graduate a long time ago.

According to the normal learning pace, it is almost enough to exercise for about half a year, and many students of the Jia clan take martial arts as a hobby, and it is easy to practice to the basic level of self-preservation, and then they do not continue to study.

As long as they learn one of their major courses, one of the hundred crafts, they can basically graduate.

The average student of the Baigong School, after a year and a half of study, can almost graduate and go out, do a small business with the help of the family, or open a craftsman shop or something, although the life can not be rich and expensive, but it is not a problem to mix food and clothing.

It is said that Xue Pan's family history is based on business, and he majored in business, so it should be easy to learn a certain level, and then graduate and leave the boiling place of Baigong School.

It's a pity that Xue Da Fool is Xue Da Fool, and he was born in the business discipline that is not complicated, it should be said that he has been grinding for nearly four years in a relatively simple course.

The slow progress of this house's learning once became the laughing stock of the Jia clan, so that Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai, who lived in Rongguo Mansion, were not embarrassed.

But it was precisely because she saw Xue Pan's stupidity and inadequacy that Aunt Xue was persuaded by Xue Baochai, no matter how Xue Pan cried and begged, she did not agree to take the initiative to drop out of school, but asked him to graduate from the Baigong School normally, otherwise he would have stayed in the Baigong School.

Finally after five years, the oldest student of the Baigong Academy finally reached the level of graduation, not to mention how happy he was, Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai's mother and daughter breathed a long sigh of relief, the kind of life that was used as a laughing stock by others was not good.

This time, Xue Pan followed a group of classmates to the south, as the last internship course before graduation, he was also happy, and his more than five years of clan studies had already suffocated him.

The number of students who went south this time was fifty miles away, whether it was in terms of ethnology or the eldest master and the second master of politics were very concerned, the eldest master specially arranged almost two hundred capable guards to accompany him, and there were dozens of secret guards with good martial arts in secret, and hired five big boats in one go, which was enough for these students to comfortably go south to Jinling.

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Time flies, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Ten days ago, the eldest master received the news that the students had arrived in Jinling safely, and the news spread from the clan studies, which made the families of the students who traveled far away breathe a sigh of relief.

The Rongguo Mansion is as noisy and lively as ever, whether it is the old lady or Mrs. Wang, or the wife of the house, Wang Xifeng, who loves to be lively and likes luxury scenes very much.

There is a small banquet in the house for three days and a big banquet for five days, anyway, there are three hundred and sixty days a year, and it is easy and simple to find a place to amuse and set up a banquet.

Fortunately, at this time, the financial situation of the government has greatly improved, and the annual income is more than twice as much as before, which is enough to supply all kinds of tosses and banquets for the ladies and women of the government.

Not to mention the old lady and Mrs. Wang who put all their minds on Jia Baoyu, even Wang Xifeng didn't notice that Jia Song had left the capital for more than a month.

Until this day, Mrs. Xing took the Spring Festival back to the house to greet the old lady, which is the rule of etiquette.

The eldest lord doesn't care, anyway, the relationship between him and the old lady is basically known to the entire upper class of the capital, even if it is a little impolite, except for those rotten Confucians who read their brains badly, others really can't say anything bad.

didn't see Jia Song, the old lady frowned and didn't like it in her heart, her face was calm and her tone was indifferent, and she asked: "Brother Song, don't you like to see me as an old woman?" ”

This is a bit vicious, if it spreads out, Jia Song's reputation will be gone, and I still want to take the exam and dream!

"What does the old lady say!"

Mrs. Xing didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly explained: "Chun'er is filial to you, but I followed a group of classmates back to the south to participate in the imperial examination show a month ago, so I didn't come to see the ceremony!" ”

"What, Zhu'er went back to Nankaoju, why didn't you say anything to the old woman?"

The old lady was taken aback, glanced at Baoyu, who was accompanying her, and a sharp glint flashed in her eyes.