The imperial examination is held every three years, and it is time for the exam again this fall, three years ago, it was Dai Ling's group of candidates, and six years ago, in the exam, there was Mo Zhi's eldest brother, Mo Chao.

The reason why I asked Qin Lie to inquire from seven years ago was because Mo Chao did not enter Beijing in the year of the scientific expedition six years ago, but said goodbye to home a year in advance and came to the capital, saying that there were more books and better teachers in the capital, and he wanted to study with peace of mind for a year.

At that time, Mo Qingyuan had just been born, and Mo Zhi thought that he probably thought that the child was interfering with him, so he raised money for him and sent him out of the house.

But when he went in the first year, someone would bring a letter back from time to time, and from the second year, he could no longer contact anyone, even if he asked someone to inquire, he didn't gain anything, he was hindered by the poverty of his family, and he had to take care of Mo Qingyuan, who was still young, and he couldn't come to the capital to find someone, and it was seven years.

Qin Lie was still quite concerned about his affairs, and after he went back, he sent someone to investigate, after all, it was seven years ago, and he was someone who had never heard of it, so it was a little difficult to investigate.

An Xian felt that there would definitely be no good results, after all, there was no such person in his book: "If Qin Lie doesn't find out any results, or ......"

"Are you so fragile to me?" Mo Zhi knew what she was worried about: "Even if I'm worried, after all, it's been seven years, I've thought about everything, and I'm ready for the worst, but after all, I really want to know the result." ”

An Xian nodded: "That's good." ”

In the next few days, the two of them were busy with their own work, Mo Zhi found a shop, two floors, quite large, after all, the furniture is not as good as others, it takes up too much space, too small a place to put a few pieces, of course, the rent is much more expensive than her library.

"The place is not bad." When An Xian closed the door at night, he looked at the place he said, lighting candles, and still busy working!

"There's a lot of this, and you have to do it in the Year of the Monkey before you can open it." An Xian walked to the second floor and said, "It's time to hire a few people." ”

Mo Zhi wiped his sweat and stopped what he was doing: "I have already inquired about the timber seller today, and if there is a suitable one, he will recommend it." ”

"Is there enough silver?"

"Enough." Mo crushed his lips: "You are also strange, every time there are nobles to help, most of the money is not earned, it is given by others." ”

An Xian shrugged: "You can't say that, first of all, I helped them first, otherwise they would give us money for nothing!" Although I took advantage of some innate advantages! But after all, it helped them. ”

"Yes, you're right." Mo Zhi took her hand: "Don't look at it, it's empty now, let's go, pick up the source." ”

As a result, just about to go out, I saw three or five people coming across the street, there was nothing abnormal, but Mo Zhi twisted his eyebrows and leaned An Xian in: "Don't come down!" ”

An Xian was startled, hurriedly walked to the window and looked down, those people came straight to them, and when they arrived at the door, they twitched from the wide cuffs, something like a weapon, obviously a bad person.

Who? What is this for? An Xian's forehead was sweating, but she didn't dare to go down, she went out now, she could only drag her feet!

Soon I heard movement below, it must have been a fight, An Xian didn't know how these people were, whether Mo Zhi could handle it, and when he was worried about not knowing what to do, Mo Zhi came up and was unharmed: "It's okay, come down!" ”

An Xian hurriedly said, "What's the matter?" Who are they? ”

There was no one on the first floor, and all kinds of wood tools were neatly organized, and there was no trace of a fight at all, which made An Xian confused: "What about people? ”

"Gone." Mo Zhi shook his head and chuckled: "I thought something was wrong, but it turned out to be Qin Lie's people." ”

"His people?" An Xian put his mind at ease: "Could it be that I found out something to send you a letter?" ”

Mo Zhi shook his head: "It's just that I sent someone to make a scene." ”

An Xian was even more confused, Mo Zhi explained to her while closing the door of the store, it turned out that Qin Lie found out that they had been targeted recently, although he didn't know the identity, but he guessed that nine times out of ten it was the second prince's person.

"The Second Prince?" An Xian chuckled in his heart: "Could it be that the second prince knows something?" ”

"This Qin Lie doesn't know, but he guesses that it may be because we have been to him a few times, and he has come to our store recently, so he will send someone to check on us." Mo Zhi continued: "Qin Lie sent a few people to pretend to make trouble, but in fact, it was for his people to see, so as not to implicate us. ”

"He's quite caring." An Xian thought again: "But it's true that we are all too careless and underestimate the insight of some people, so it's better to have as little contact as possible in the future." ”

Mo Zhi snorted: "Those people also said just now, if there is something in the future, people will come to us privately, and in the recent period, I am afraid that there will be a lot of chaos, and he has already sent someone to protect it secretly." ”

An Xian sighed lightly: "This is really a little bit uncontrollable, I didn't want to get involved, but I was still involved by mistake." ”

"Don't worry, as long as we are cautious in the future, no one really believes that we can influence him." In the eyes of others, they are just small businessmen who have just arrived in a foreign country.

No matter how fierce the fight is in the dark, the ordinary people will not be affected, after all, the officials in the shadows turn a blind eye, because they have their own backstage and fight with them, but once they disturb the peace of the people, they can't turn a blind eye.

So what the situation was, An Xian and they didn't know, but three days later, someone pretended to buy a book and handed An Xian a letter, saying that it was sent by Qin Lie.

An Xian opened it and saw a list: "What is this?" ”

"It's the list of students who took the scientific examination seven years ago."

An Xian looked down, there were many pages, and he didn't know how many people there were, the man continued: "But I have checked everything, and there is no one named Wu Chao, and the eldest brother also sent someone to check his previous residence, place of origin, etc., but it is very strange, there is no news." ”

An Xian nodded and said that he knew, and only after sending him away did he ponder, if Qin Lie couldn't find it, and it wasn't in the list, then even if it was, he hadn't even arrived in the capital?

Sighing lightly, Mo Zhi was afraid that he would be disappointed, so he didn't tell him about it until he went home in the evening: "I didn't even participate in the scientific examination, could it be that there was an accident halfway?" ”

Mo Zhi took the list, read it from beginning to end, and looked at it for a long time before putting it down, although he had thought of this possibility for a long time, but after all, he still had a glimmer of hope, and now it seems that he should also die.

"Didn't your sister-in-law just die and he left?" An Xian comforted: "Maybe I'm going to accompany her." ”

Mo Zhi turned his head to look at her, and slowly shook his head: "No, anything can happen, but it is impossible for him to commit suicide." ”

An Xian turned his head: "What?" Do they have a bad relationship as a couple? ”

"It's not just bad." Mo Zhi sighed lightly: "The family has been poor since childhood, and the sister-in-law's family is still a big family, and the people are also beautiful, because the eldest brother is learned and handsome, and he married despite the opposition of the family, but the eldest brother only wants to study and test for fame, and the family's livelihood is not only borne by me, but the sister-in-law's family receives help from time to time, and after a long time, the sister-in-law is embarrassed to always rely on others like this, so let him find a partner." ”

"But my eldest brother disagreed, saying that he would delay his study, and said that he would definitely be successful in the examination, and he would not have anything when the time came, and over time, the contradiction between the two became deeper and deeper, and the sister-in-law was getting worse and worse.

An Xian frowned: "It's naturally good to be ambitious, but it's a little too irresponsible." ”

Mo Zhi spread his hands: "At that time, I also persuaded him many times, let him take care of the family more, it is rare for the sister-in-law to abandon the identity of the eldest lady and follow him to endure hardships, but he does not cherish it and refuses to listen." ”

"That's it!" An Xian nodded: "Then it is indeed impossible for him to commit suicide because of the death of his sister-in-law, then it is estimated that there was an accident on the road!" It's just that this Yuanyang County is so far from the capital, and there are so many places on the way, there is no way to check it. ”

"Don't check it out!" Mo Zhi exhaled: "I have done everything I can do, life and death are fate, it is better if he is alive, if he is really gone, he can't change anything if he knows, so be it!" ”

An Xian thinks too, there is no news but it is not so uncomfortable, at least you can imagine that he may not be dead!