The sun sets in the west and the moon rises in the east.

There are a lot of trees planted in the west courtyard of the inn, after an autumn, the leaves have fallen clean, and it is easy to leave a few pieces, after a few heavy snows and winds, they are all gone with the wind.

Now the bare trunks of the trees are lined with snow, reflecting the faint moonlight, but it brings out a bit of the beauty of withering.

Ji Qingling was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, a little nervous, inexplicable, and even hoped that the people from Tingyi Lane would come quickly, but he didn't feel sleepy at all.

She couldn't sleep, so she simply sat up, and before she could stretch out her hand, Qiu Yue next to her had already crawled up and whispered, "Does the girl drink water?" ”

Ji Qingling said "um".

Qiu Yue touched the darkness and tiptoed to the table to pour water.

At this time, it was late at night, the curfew was strictly observed in Yanzhou City, and there was not even a pedestrian on the road.

In the house, Ji Qingling and Qiu Yue slept in the same bed, and there was a Qiu Shuang lying on the soft collapse on the side, none of the three of them slept, and their eyes were wide open.

Ji Qingling drank the water, lay down again, and said to the two of them: "You guys rest for a while, nourish your strength, and I'll call you again if you have something." ”

Qiu Yue and Qiu Shuang answered, and each closed their eyes.

Ji Qingling put the pillow up and leaned on his waist, while guessing the plan in Tingyi Alley, the more he thought about it, the more irritated he became, so he simply ignored it, and helped Gu Yanzhang calculate the question of the solution.

The yamen has already posted a notice that it will open the state school in more than 40 days, and I don't know if the fifth brother will be able to come back in time, if he can't come back, he will not be able to take the exam, so he can only go directly to the exam.

I also planned to make a name for myself in the state school, so as to show my face in front of Yang Kui, and in the future, it will not be too rusty, so it seems that it is too late.

It's a pity, but there's no way, so I have to prepare for the solution.

Now that he is on duty, even if everything goes well, plus the journey back, it will take at least a month and a half to return to Yanzhou, in the ghost place of Dingyao Mountain, where is there time, and where is the condition to give the fifth brother Wenshu.

Thinking of this, Ji Qingling was a little angry, and he couldn't wait to go to Tingyi Lane to drag that Gu Pingzhong out and beat him.

Yang Kui is still fighting in front of the battle, and it is not clear whether he can preside over the examination, but whether he can preside over it or not, nine times out of ten it is just a name, and the chief examiner is either a record to join the army, or a judge.

Ji Qingling pulled out the background and resume of the Yanzhou Chronicle who joined the army and the judge, and decided to wait until daytime to find out the former palace report and make a confirmation.

If possible, let's see if we can find the two of them in the past.

The examiner gives questions, and only the questions of the solution test are given, and they often have a more personal style, knowing their pen battles, resumes and personal backgrounds, so as to guess the direction of their questions.

Ji Qingling was still thinking about it, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

In the inn at the back, there seemed to be a faint human voice.

The west courtyard is separated separately, and although it is one with the inn behind it, it can be regarded as independent, and even here you can hear it, indicating that there is already a lot of trouble.

It's so late, it's a curfew, who dares to make a loud noise?

Ji Qingling listened intently for a moment, and before she could confirm it, Qiu Yue and Qiu Shuang had already sat up.

Qiu Shuang didn't even take off his shoes this night, only half of his body was half asleep on the couch, he didn't hear it right, he didn't speak, he got up and pushed the door and went out to see, and after a while, he came back with a happy face and said: "Girl, the front of the inn is on fire!" The fire seems to be quite big! ”

There was a bit of joy in his tone.

Qiu Yue hurriedly got out of bed and put on her shoes, and said, "Do you want to light the lamp?" ”

Before Ji Qingling could speak, Qiu Shuang said: "No, if it is according to the past, we should be sleeping soundly at this time, we should not light the lamp, we should wait until the noise is loud before lighting the lamp, otherwise if someone is staring, we will see that something is wrong!" ”

Ji Qingling also nodded and said, "Let's wait a minute." ”

The three of them waited eagerly, counting in their hearts, looking forward to it, and nervous, because they didn't know what they would face, but they didn't have much fear.

It is said that the fire burns quickly in summer and autumn, and it is not much better in winter, only after the tea effort, the air can already faintly smell the very strong smell of smoke and wood fire.

Yanzhou reconstruction, adobe bricks can not be built, most of the houses are less bricks and less soil, more wood to build, the fire is the front half of the inn, the inn has three floors, all wood is built, as long as a little, you can burn into a piece.

I don't know if it's an illusion, Ji Qingling even felt a little hotter.

Qiu Yue touched her sleeve and saw that the two fire folds were still there, and then turned her head to look under the bed, where two small gourds sat quietly, and the gourds were filled with lamp oil.

Ji Qingling saw that the time was almost up, and was about to ask someone to light the lamp, when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door urgently, and then the voice of Qiu Lu, who was guarding outside, sounded, and said: "Girl, those two aunts came during the day yesterday, saying that the inn was running out of water and the utensils were not enough, so they wanted to come and carry out the buckets and those utensils that were brought in during the day to put out the fire!" ”

Ji Qingling hurriedly got up and put on her shoes, Qiu Shuang lit the lamp, and Qiu Yue went to open the door.

Seeing that the two of them were ready, Qiu Yue said to Qiu Lu: "Tell the eldest brother at the door to let them in." ”

It didn't take long for the two women who had only met during the day to walk in hurriedly, and as soon as they entered the door, the yellow-haired one went straight to the big bucket in the corner, and the round-faced one said hello to Ji Qingling, who was sitting at the table, and then explained anxiously: "The fire is too big, I don't want to disturb the girl, but I can't help it!" Disturb your good sleep! ”

Ji Qingling said: "It's okay, it's important to put out the fire, hurry up and carry the bucket out." ”

The round-faced woman answered, and went to carry the vat.

The bucket was large and high, and there were some utensils in it, which were quite heavy, and the two women carried a section and walked a section until they easily moved to the door.

The round-faced woman turned her head to look at the three people in the room, and said hurriedly to Qiu Yue, who was looking stronger: "I'm tired, please ask the little lady to come over and help, stand outside the door and help squat down to support the bottom, and pass this threshold." ”

Qiu Yue walked out briskly.

The woman said to Qiu Shuang again: "Please ask the little lady to help go out and help the door." ”

Qiu Shuang answered, and sure enough, he stepped out of the door and held the door on the side.

At this time, there were three people in the house, two of them had already gone out, Qiu Yue was squatting on the ground, Qiu Shuang was standing by the door, and he could only see the road from that angle, but he couldn't see the situation in the house.

The yellow-haired woman called out to Qiuyue, asked her to exert her strength to the right, and spoke to her again, so that she had no time to care.

The round-faced woman was still carrying a wooden bucket, but seeing that Qiu Yue and Qiu Shuang were attracted to attention, she hurriedly glanced back, and saw Ji Qingling bowing her head and holding a cup to drink water.

She was overjoyed in her heart, loosened the bucket, and took advantage of everyone's unpreparedness to rush towards Ji Qingling, who was sitting at the table.