In the past few days, Liu Man'er has been helping Ye Feng review what he has learned, asking him to write an article every day, write a small poem, or help him endorse the book, and Ye Feng is also quite cooperative.

Liu Man'er has tested him a few times, this kid has memorized the Four Books and Five Classics backwards, and some of the articles are also very gorgeous, she thinks that this time he should be able to be admitted to Xiucai.

If you can't pass the test, it means that this ancient test Xiucai is really too difficult, she has not participated in it and doesn't know this kind of difficulty, but it is recorded in ancient books that some prodigies can be tested at the age of seven or eight, so this Xiucai test should be written kung fu, and it will not be too difficult.

There is a academy in the county, and when the time comes, someone will be sent down to be the examiner, Ye Feng is also very familiar with the county, and the place where the exam is taking place is also the academy he is enrolled in now, so Liu Man'er is not worried about him, but he still went to the county seat in advance to look at the examination room with him.

Due to the exam, there was no one in the academy these days, only some students who were preparing for the exam were visiting here, Ye Feng met several of his classmates, and he also greeted them politely and saluted.

Liu Man'er looked very comfortable in her heart, and felt that they really had a bit of a taste of students, and they all had a bit of a bookish taste.

After reading the examination room, Liu Man'er and Ye Feng still have to go back as usual, anyway, they are not very far from the county seat, but it is only twenty miles away, and some people go to the county seat for fifty or sixty miles, and they have to go to the county seat several days in advance to prepare.

So all of a sudden, the inns in the county were full, and even the snack shops and restaurants with Liu Man'er were doing a lot better, which made Liu Man'er quite happy, and she felt comfortable looking at the income figures on the account book every day.

Liu Man'er planned to let Ye Feng go to the county seat a day in advance, Ye Feng was at home, and he could take care of him and cook him something delicious, now he was like those students who took the high school entrance examination, and he had to focus on protection.

Ye Feng felt very embarrassed, although he also attached great importance to this exam, but he may be the reason for his confidence, he felt that it was okay, he should still eat and drink, and he played two games of Go with Liu Man'er if he had nothing to do.

Ye Feng's Go skills are even more powerful, and Liu Man'er has won less times now, perhaps because she doesn't put much thought into Go.

In a flash, the one-month vacation that the master had specially given for these candidates passed, and the day before the exam, Liu Man'er sent Ye Feng to the county seat.

She prepared a basket for Ye Feng, which was filled with pen, ink, paper, inkstone, etc., and she was afraid that something would go wrong when the time came to the exam.

After all, during the exam, if your paper is dirty, the invigilator may give you a piece of paper, but your pen and ink are not, so sorry, no one will borrow it for you.

Especially in this ancient era, all ink inkstones were used, and sometimes if you accidentally take it lightly, the ink may be brought down, and if you are halfway through the writing, the ink contaminates the test paper, and it can only be rewritten.

This ancient exam is so long, and the article is so long, Liu Man'er is a little worried about Ye Feng when she thinks about it, she is not worried about his level, she is worried about whether there will be any accidents in him.

So when he was leaving, he told him a thousand times: "Be sure to check the basket to see if you have forgotten anything to bring, and be sure to put the ink away so as not to pollute the test paper." ”

"Got it, I'll take notice." Ye Feng replied.

"Okay, then I'll go back first, I'm more nervous here than you." Liu Man'er shook her head and said, she was really more nervous than Ye Feng, which was really strange, just like her mother who was waiting for the student exam in the past.

"Sister-in-law, don't be nervous, it's just an exam, as long as there are no accidents, I can pass the exam." Ye Feng said very confidently.

"That's okay, then I won't bother you, you will spend the night in the attic tonight, and if there is anything missing, I will ask your brother Yunsheng for it." Liu Man'er said and took out a few taels of silver, and said, "You take this money, and when the exam is over, you can take it to drink with your classmates and relax." ”

"No, I still have money." Ye Feng said.

"Take it, just in case, come back early." Liu Man'er said and walked out.

Except for that time when she went to visit Ye Yuan in Jiezhou, at other times, Liu Man'er didn't stay overnight, and Liu Man'er always felt a little relieved when she stayed outside, so every time she was late, she would rush back home.

This time she went to inspect the shop, and then went to visit Steward Wu and Young Master Yan, before leaving, it was late, but she was carrying a bow and arrows and a firewood knife, she was used to walking this road, but there was nothing to be afraid of.

It's just that she forgot that at this time, the farm rush had just passed, and it was the time when the green and yellow were scarce, and the people began to sell their sons and daughters again, while some people put down their hoes and picked up knives to do horse thieves.

Twenty miles from Dawan Village to this county, there are many villages along the way, when Liu Man'er passed through a village, he saw the mountain of this village burning from afar, and Liu Man'er thought it was a fire, so he hurried over to see if he could make a difference.

But when she was about to reach the village, she suddenly felt that something was wrong, her ears had always been sensitive, and when she listened closely, she only heard the shouts in the village, in addition to the cries of women, there were also men's laughter, and the sound of swords and soldiers.

In a small place like Liyang County, it is impossible for such a large-scale weapon fight to happen, right? At this moment, Liu Man'er has not thought about the horse thief.

In her opinion, what kind of thing is far away from her, at least she has been here for more than two years, and the people are living and working in peace and contentment except for being poor, how can she ever encounter such a thing?

However, I suddenly remembered the words of Steward Wu when I was leaving:

"Shopkeeper Ye might as well rest in the county seat for a night, now the world is not peaceful, I heard that there are already horse thieves outside."

At the time, she didn't take it seriously, but now that she thought about it, she couldn't help but chuckle in her heart.

What if it's really a horse thief in front of her? She didn't think she had such a talent to help these horse thieves.

In addition to being able to shoot arrows, she is essentially a weak woman, and her archery is scary except for shooting a few rabbits.

Pulling the horse and staying outside, the sky was now dark, and only a crescent moon in the sky remained, sprinkling a miserable white light.

The more Liu Man'er listened, the more terrifying she felt, she had even heard the sound of horses' hooves, and the screams became clearer and clearer in her ears, this was definitely not a fire, it was very likely to be a horse thief!

Now what? Not to mention saving people, Liu Man'er felt that she herself could not be protected, and this road was only this way, if it was really a horse thief, she could not guarantee that she would not collide with them.

What she is most afraid of is not this, if they come to the county seat, then it is fine, what she is most afraid of is that they go all the way down, burning, killing and looting along the way, if so, will they go to their own village?

Their village in this village was just a ten-mile road, and if they went to Dawan Village, the consequences would be unimaginable, and she would have to go back to report the news.

The fierceness of the horse thieves she had seen in the book gradually came to Liu Man'er's mind, the more she thought about it, the more afraid she became, she was going back to report the news, but what if when she went back, these horse thieves found her and caught up?

Anyway, if they find themselves, they will abandon their horses and flee.

Liu Man'er thought of an idea, she drove her horse back, remembering that it was not far away, there was a wood, she unloaded her carriage, and then took out a piece of cloth and put it on the horse's back as a saddle.

Turning over the horse, Liu Man'er touched the firewood knife on her waist, and her heart gradually became firm, if there was really a horse thief in that village, then she had to go back to report the news, she would definitely not be able to retreat.

Even if it wasn't, she had to go back early, so as not to worry about the Fang clan.

Riding the horse forward, when she was almost to the village, Liu Man'er got off the horse, jumped into the grass by the side of the road, and moved slowly in the grass, and let the horse walk on the road, the old horse knew the way, the horse had followed her for more than a year, and he would go back.

She was mainly afraid that there were real horse thieves inside, and riding by would definitely attract attention, after all, if it was really horse thieves, they would definitely send someone to guard the side of the road.

Sure enough, when Liu Man'er's horse walked slowly past, two people on the side of the road asked strangely, "What's going on?" Where did this horse come from? ”

"Hell knows." Another said.

"Do you want to kill the horse?" One of them said as he pulled out his knife.

"Don't, a good horse, a few dozen taels of silver, what a pity to kill, maybe it's our horse." Another person said that these two people were obviously the accents of the people of Liyang County.

Liu Man'er heard them say again: "These bitches are alive inside, and letting our brothers guard the door is really annoying." ”

"Brother, don't be angry, the boss said that he would do a big job tonight, sweep away the villages along the way, guard the door this time, and next time our brother will go in and be happy." One comforted.

Liu Man'er's heart was on fire when she heard this, these people really deserve to die! But what should I do if I am afraid for no reason? These people are really horse thieves, and listen to them, and they want to sweep away the villages along the way!

But why there was no news at all before, Liu Man'er was uneasy and frightened.

The screams inside were like purgatory in Liu Man'er's ears, and a woman's scream made Liu Man'er's heart tremble, and she saw that her horse had run away, so she slowly moved forward.

Probably out of fear, he stepped on a dead branch and made a slight noise, and this big night, on one side is purgatory on earth, and on the other side is quiet and deadly.

"What sound?" The horse thief was alert.