"How so?"

Chen Xiucai stood at the door with a sad face, but he couldn't squeeze in at all, the long line ruthlessly isolated him, he looked back hesitantly, and couldn't help but shudder when he saw the line that was far away, and dispelled the idea of lining up again.

Unlucky! After waiting in line for so long, I was squeezed out without entering the door.

He looked around reluctantly, wondering if there would be some side door or something that would allow him to enter, and only found a window at the back of the house.

There was no one here, he involuntarily walked to the window, the simple carved wooden railing was pasted with snow-white window paper, Chen Xiucai stared at the window fiercely, as if he wanted to poke a hole in it with his eyes, of course this was impossible, when he wanted to leave in frustration, a soft voice suddenly floated into his ears.

"Brother Ah Li."

This was clearly a crisp girl's voice, Chen Xiucai's heart trembled, and he couldn't help but get close to the wall to hear it, and soon the voice came vaguely again.

"Brother Ah Li, would you be surprised if those people knew that I was a woman?" The girl asked with a smile.

What the?

Hearing this, Chen Xiucai's body was as if he had been struck by lightning, and he reacted for a while, hurriedly broke the window paper, and didn't care about the danger of being discovered, so he leaned directly over the window and peeked.

There were only two people in the room, and his attention fell on the thinner man, who was dressed in men's clothes, but his face was delicate and familiar, and he was holding a teacup and laughing, and the girlish laughter like silver bells was made by "him".

Although he only glanced at it, Chen Xiucai, who was in shock, immediately recognized that face was Tian Yao.

"Is she really ......?"

He retracted his head tremblingly, his body seemed to have lost all strength, and he leaned limply against the base of the wall, and his heart had already set off a storm.

It was getting late, the soft light of dusk poured on the ground, and the guests in Tian Yao's house dispersed one after another, and she could finally take a good breath.

At the same time, Chen Xiucai also returned home in despair, and was scolded by his wife for coming back too late.

Chen Xiucai ignored her angry reprimand, and mysteriously told her what he saw today, and after hearing this incredible news, Chen's eyes widened and said, "You mean...... That famous genius in the city is actually a little girl? ”

After getting Chen Xiucai's affirmation, the woman seemed to be frightened, and kept shaking her head, "It's really terrible, this is deceiving the examiner." "Because everyone knows that women are not allowed to participate in the imperial examinations.

Hearing this, Chen Xiucai's eyes suddenly lit up, and he walked straight into the study, leaving the Chen family confused in place.

The night passed as uneventful as usual.

Early the next morning, the county magistrate in the yamen was woken up early, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he looked very terrible. The catcher opposite him trembled and stopped, and finally handed a letter to the county magistrate.

"This was picked up by a subordinate at the entrance of the yamen."

The county magistrate opened the letter with a gloomy face, and after glancing at the letter a few times, his face changed, so gloomy that he could almost drip water, a thousand times more terrifying than just now.

"What a Tian Yao! Dare to disguise herself as a man to deceive her official! I'm going to punish her!" The county magistrate slammed the letter on the table, and the roaring sound resounded almost throughout the government.

However, his eyes couldn't help but fall on the exam paper on the table, thinking of Tian Yao's amazing talent, his face was a little hesitant.

Although Tian Yao's deception made him very angry, but this person's talent was also there, if there was no such thing, he would definitely have a bright future in the future, and when he thought of this, he felt a little reluctant to Tian Yao's talent.

The more he thought about it, the more he had a headache, and he only felt that it was not appropriate to deal with this matter, and just as he was upset, a gentle female voice suddenly sounded.

"Early in the morning, what are you worried about?"

Bai Xue's soft voice was like a warm breeze, which easily dissipated the unhappiness in the county commander's heart, and he said softly to his concubine: "I'm sorry, I woke you up early in the morning." ”

Bai Xue yawned lightly, and a bit of laziness was added to her delicate eyebrows, "It's nothing, you're busy with you, just look at it." ”

Hearing such an understanding answer, he felt a little more sorry for the person in front of him, and gently touched Bai Xue's head, his eyes were full of doting. Although he was forced by his family background to marry Bai Xue as a concubine, he really liked this woman in his heart and had always been very obedient to her words.

"That's right." The county magistrate suddenly remembered that Bai Xue was a very assertive woman, so he briefly told her about this matter and wanted to hear her opinion.

At first hearing of this kind of strange thing, Bai Xue's eyes widened slightly, and she was stunned for a while and said: "This kind of thing is really a strange thing, and today's concubine can be regarded as having a long experience." Suddenly, Yanran smiled and said, "But why should the master bother about such a thing?" According to the concubine's opinion, it is good to directly convict the woman, so that the lord of the province will worry more about it. ”

Her words were completely from the perspective of the county master, although it sounded a little ruthless, but the concern in it warmed his heart, and he immediately forgot his previous troubles and said: "Okay, just listen to you, come on, go and arrest Tian Yao for me!" The last two sentences were addressed directly to the officers and soldiers.

Hearing such an unexpected name, the officers and soldiers looked at each other, except for a few people who knew what had happened, everyone else was puzzled, but they were puzzled, these people still obeyed the orders of the county order.

A group of officers and soldiers walked through the streets in such a majestic manner, causing the onlookers to whisper, and they did not know which family had suffered.

On the other side, Tian Yao got up early to clean up the house, thinking that so many guests came to visit yesterday, and he still had palpitations. However, before she could make breakfast, the door of her house was kicked open, and she was stunned, but she saw the officers and soldiers pouring into the hut like a tide, and the bright swords flashed out, as if to show that the comer was not good.

Her face changed, and before she could react, a slender figure suddenly appeared in front of her, and a trace of coldness appeared on her handsome face, but it was Ah Li.

"Ah Li." She couldn't help but call, as if this would bring her a sense of security, Ah Li turned around and gave her a reassuring look, as if to say don't worry.

"What are you going to do?" When he faced the officers and soldiers again, the warmth in his dark eyes disappeared, and his voice was cold and piercing.

The officers and soldiers at the head looked at Ah Li's eyes obviously a little surprised, "We are ordered by the county order to specially escort Tian Yao to the yamen, and those who have nothing to do with it should not be stopped." ”

Magistrate? How could it be a prefectural order? Hearing this, Tian Yao was completely stunned, and a chill suddenly rose behind her, and her first thought was that her identity was exposed!

But why? She's always been careful, how could she leak her identity? No, there must be something else going on here.

In the face of a large number of officers and soldiers, Ah Li was not afraid at all, and when he heard the officers and soldiers say that they wanted to arrest Tian Yao, he narrowed his dark eyes and smiled: "Huh? Do you try? ”

His provocative words angered them, and they saw the leader of the officers and soldiers draw their swords with a bang, and the cold blade that shimmered silver light was just across Ah Li's body, and the next moment it seemed to be about to pierce the young man's chest.

"No way!" Tian Yao exclaimed in surprise, hurriedly stopped in front of him and said, "Don't kill him, I'll go with you!" ”

Ah Li frowned instantly, as if she was going to say something with a cold face, she hurriedly said: "Brother Ah Li, don't worry, I'll be fine, believe me." ”

The young man's clear inky eyes stared at her quietly for a while, "I'll go with you." ”

This is completely indistinguishable tone, Tian Yao also knows Ah Li's character, and he will definitely not be able to stop him now, so he didn't stop it

The two were brought to the yamen by many officers and soldiers, and many people were already surrounded outside the yamen, all wanting to see the excitement.

She was tied up and thrown to the ground, and Ah Li was tied up and thrown aside, he didn't have to be tied up, but he angered the officer and soldier, and the people happened to declare their personal vendetta, so they also tied him up.

"Tian Yao, are you guilty?" The majestic voice of the county order rang in his ears, and his face was still full of anger.

She was silent for a while and said, "Forgive the grass people for not knowing, I would like to hear about it." ”

Seeing that Tian Yao still didn't admit his guilt, the county official was a little sad while being angry, and gritted his teeth and said, "You still don't admit guilt?" Have you forgotten that you disguised yourself as a man to take the exam and deceived your officials? ”

As soon as these words came out, they immediately set off waves in the crowd, although everyone guessed seven or eight points at first, but they were still shocked after being verbally confirmed by the county order.

After learning that this was the case, Tian Yao was in a very complicated mood, although she knew that there might be such a day from the use of a fake identity, but she didn't expect this day to come so quickly.

"Look up." Seeing that she didn't defend herself, the county magistrate was even more annoyed, as if he was blocked by a big stone, and he was angry.

Tian Yao couldn't refute what the county magistrate said, and she didn't want to provoke him anymore, so she raised her head obediently, and the solemn court hall came into view, and above the court was sitting her chief examiner, that is, the county magistrate of the county, and there was a woman sitting next to the county magistrate, and her face seemed to be a little familiar.

But she was not in the mood to pay attention to these now, and she lowered her head silently, thinking about how to escape this trouble, so she did not notice the stunned eyes of the woman in the hall when she looked at her, nor did she notice what the woman said in the ear of the county magistrate.

On the other side, Bai Xue gently bit her ear with the county order, "Master, it was this little girl who asked me to come back when I went out before, otherwise I don't know where I am now, can you spare her for the sake of my face?" ”

The county commander was completely stunned, he didn't expect things to take such a turn, he had always been unable to resist Bai Xue's request, his heart softened a little, and he was about to agree when he opened his mouth, and he originally had a heart for Tian Yao.

"Although you let go of your big mistake this time, this official sees that you are of good character, and this time I will let you go, and I will not take an example." He said in a deep voice, looking at Tian Yao looking up in shock, and heard the exclamations coming from the crowd.

"Yes, thank you, Lord County!" Tian Yao nodded and thanked him in a hurry.