Duan Lizheng originally just wanted to stop and say hello, although he didn't know why the woman was delayed, but out of politeness, he still couldn't leave.

It's still early today, so the families didn't call a carriage to come, but she's a woman, so someone will definitely pick her up.

Duan Lizheng was about to leave after greeting Zhu Luan, but he didn't expect the woman to raise her head and look at ...... with some surprise Behind him.

Duan Lizheng turned around, only to find that the friends who were walking next to him before were actually gone.

The young man looked up and saw that Situ Gaoyi was grabbing Yu Sinian and the others, and had already run away, waving at him, opening his mouth to lip shape him.

Duan Lizheng heard it with the power of a cultivator's ear.

"Let's withdraw first, so we won't bother." He heard Situ Gaoyi say with a grin.

Hong Shan strode forward, Yu Sinian and Nian Huazang glanced back, Situ Gaoyi had a gossipy smile on his face, and the four of them quickly disappeared from his sight.

Only Duan Lizheng was left standing alone.

These guys......

Duan Lizheng turned around and looked at the girl who had been standing in place for a long time. Her bright eyes were shining only on him at this time.

Duan Lizheng thought for a while and said, "Let's go together?" ”

Zhu Luan also thought about it and nodded.

……

……

In the city of Huizhou, the afternoon sun is a little hot, but the streets are still full of people. Many hawkers carried their burdens, horse-drawn carts and ox carts passed by, and some idlers carried wine jars to the gambling houses in broad daylight.

It's no different from the usual streets, but today's atmosphere is a little special.

Passers-by stopped and looked at a man and a woman walking side by side on the side of the street.

Duan Lizheng noticed the gaze of pedestrians, and regretted that he didn't choose to take the carriage just now.

The British government really sent a carriage to pick it up, but the woman gladly accepted the suggestion to walk, and Wei Yong drove the carriage to follow slowly.

Duan Lizheng is used to living in people's sight, but I heard that girls' skins are generally thinner, especially the ladies, so they always feel uncomfortable when they are looked at unscrupulously by others.

If it was because of him who caused unnecessary trouble to this woman, it was really against his original intention.

Duan Lizheng glanced at the woman beside him and found that her expression was still as calm and calm as before.

Okay, after all, it's Miss Zhu Jiu from the British Mansion.

Whenever people in Huizhou City talk about women's outrageous things, the standard of Miss Zhu Jiu of the British Mansion will pop up.

It's almost becoming a unique measure.

……

The silence between the two lasted for a long time, they hadn't seen each other for too long.

But they didn't know each other very well.

I haven't met a few times, I haven't spoken a few times.

The most intimate time to get along was the competition between the two of them.

"How's the preparation for the township test?" Duan Lizheng asked.

Duan Lizheng felt that he was a man, and he had to do it himself to break the embarrassment.

"Very good," replied Zhu Luan, "Mr. and the senior brothers have helped a lot. ”

Zhu Luan didn't feel embarrassed to walk with Duan Lizheng, back then in Shendu, she often encountered situations where everyone deliberately left her and Duan Haochu, the two walked back slowly, and when they thought of it, they said it, and if they didn't, they went their own way, which was also a very relaxing and pleasant time.

Then she asked rhetorically, "What about you?" ”

Duan Lizheng thought for a moment and replied, "It's no different from usual, I have added some more homework." ”

Judging from the information Duan Lizheng received, Zhu Luan was very similar to his preparation, she went to Tianquan Academy once a week, went to Taiping Mountain House once, and prepared by herself the rest of the time.

But what frustrated the Duan family's intelligence network was that they couldn't find out what this woman was doing when she wasn't in the academy.

The only thing that can be found out is to go to Lingyan Temple from time to time.

Remembering what Li Wenyao had said at the previous meeting, Duan Lizheng tilted his head and asked, "Do you want to retreat?" ”

Generally, students who take the martial arts exam will choose to retreat before the township exam, striving to break through to a higher level.

But the woman in front of her was different, just as different from him.

In a sense, in the whole of Huizhou, no one is more similar to their situation.

Because only Duan Lizheng and Zhu Luan have to take the literary test and the martial arts test at the same time.

Zhu Luan shook his head, "No retreat." ”

Then she looked at Duan Lizheng and smiled, "As for the reason, your words should be understood." ”

"Because the essay test is right?" Duan Lizheng showed a knowing smile.

Zhu Luan nodded.

For practitioners, retreat is indeed a good way to impact cultivation in a short period of time, but for the more complex literary examinations in the township examination, closed speech is not a good choice.

In the township examination, the questions of the Shiwen are usually written very late, and if something happens during the retreat that shakes the government and the opposition, the questions of the Shiwen may be adjusted immediately.

This is the case with the simultaneous participation in the literary and military examinations, which must be coordinated with each other and even sacrificed.

It is often the case that it is difficult for both civil and military practitioners to become great.

If you want everything, you may not get anything.

Duan Lizheng looked at the bright eyes of the woman in front of him, and always felt that the tension of the upcoming township test seemed to have weakened a little.

The sun was shining on their heads, and both of them were sweating slightly.

"I didn't expect the weather to warm up so quickly," Duan Lizheng said, "It was still snowing two months ago." ”

Zhu Luan nodded, "This year's snow is indeed huge. ”

"Yes, there has been no snow before, but it ended up being two in a row in February," Duan Lizheng remembered the previous two violent snowstorms, and he still remembers them vividly.

Snow......

Zhu Luan raised his head and looked at the warm spring sun sprinkled like broken gold.

A lot of things happened in those two snows.

Duan Lizheng noticed the subtle changes in the breathing of the woman next to him, and looked at her with a tilted head, the expression on her face was as calm and calm as ever, but the young man always felt that something was different.

Maybe it's because she hasn't seen her for a long time, although she keeps smiling at the party, Duan Lizheng always feels that something seems to be different.

"Did something happen?" Duan Lizheng suddenly asked.

"Huh?" Zhu Luan didn't understand why he asked like this, and looked at him suspiciously.

That's a lot going on for her.

"Is it awkward to have a handkerchief?" Duan Lizheng looked at her with a smile.

How the hell did this idea come about? Zhu Luan smiled and shook his head.

"Or do you have a friend who has gone far away?" Duan Lizheng continued to ask without giving up.

Such a question......

Zhu Luan looked at the lines of his palm, blinked his eyes, and probably understood why he asked.

But......

"Not a friend, but it's true that someone I know disappeared two months ago." Zhu Luan said.

Two months ago, when she climbed the scripture pavilion of Lingyan Temple again, it was already empty.

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