Finally, there was some news, and Liu Yunxiang hurriedly asked the old woman to help think about it.

The old woman seemed to have thought of something, but she was not sure, so she called her wife over.

"Is the place where the second child of the Xu family studied before called Banshan Academy?"

The old man has white hair, and his memory is even worse, "The second child of the Xu family? ”

"The Xu family in the alley behind our house, the one that makes incense."

"Oh, his house. Who, who reads? ”

"The second child of his family, didn't he study in which academy?"

"Which college?"

The old woman glared at the old man angrily, "Go cook your wontons." ”

drove away his wife, and the old woman looked at Liu Yunxiang and the others apologetically, "I remember that the second child of the Xu family seems to have studied there, but he is old and has a bad memory, so he can't say for sure." ”

Liu Yunxiang hurriedly waved his hand, saying that he was tired of her old man, and asked, "You help us show us the way, we want to go to Xu's house to ask." ”

"Oh, that alley, the last one in the house is, his yard is big, and there is a lot of incense hanging in front of the door, you can see it at a glance."

The two of them ate the wontons, and when they saw that it was not early, they hurried to find the Xu family. As the old woman said, when she entered the alley and walked inside, she saw at a glance that there were a lot of wooden trays at the end of the alley for drying incense, and several young women were bundling the dried incense into bundles.

They walked over and asked if this was the Xu family.

"It's the Xu family, who are the two of you?" A woman in an apron with a cloth scarf wrapped around her head asked, she was very skillful, and looked at the two of them as she tied them.

"We want to meet the master of the Xu family." Liu Yunxiang said.

The woman nodded and shouted at the door, "Erya, come out quickly, someone is looking for you." ”

As this sound fell, soon a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl wearing a pomegranate red cotton skirt and a blue cloth scarf on her head ran out. This girl was slender, and she came out with a wooden support as high as a person, and she looked very powerful. He first put the wooden support next to the wall, and then turned to look at Liu Yunxiang and them.

After some scrutiny, the woman looked confused, "Who are you?" ”

"Oh, we're from out of town, and we only found out about your family because we inquired about Mid-Levels Academy......"

Before Liu Yunxiang finished speaking, the woman's face changed greatly, and she hurriedly booed her. Liu Yunxiang was puzzled, so he didn't say any more.

The woman glanced into the courtyard and then asked them to take a few steps into the distance. Liu Yunxiang and Yan Du glanced at each other, wondering why this Mid-Levels Academy couldn't be mentioned, but they still followed the woman and walked a few steps out of the alley.

"I can't mention this in our house, especially not for my mother to hear it." The woman said.

"Why?" Liu Yunxiang asked.

The woman shook her head, "I'm sorry, I don't want to mention it either." ”

Since people didn't want to mention it, Liu Yunxiang and the others naturally didn't want to inquire much, so they asked where this girl was in Banshan Academy.

"If you inquire about Mid-Levels Academy, not many people know about it, because it is so small, and there are not many students who go to school there. But you can inquire about Mingyuan Academy and Huiming Academy, these three academies are on Qingzhu Mountain in the west of the city, and the Mid-Levels Academy is behind the two academies. ”

As soon as the woman's voice fell, someone called her in the alley. She hurriedly pointed to the west, asking them to inquire as they went.

"Also, please don't come to my house to inquire about the academy."

After saying that, the woman hurriedly ran back.

Liu Yunxiang looked inside and saw a woman in a plain cotton skirt standing there with her hands crossed, "Stinky girl, are you lazy again, see if I don't clean you up." ”

"Mother, I'm not lazy."

"Then what are you gossiping about with people you don't know?"

"Ouch, they're from out of town, just asking for directions."

The woman pushed the woman towards her house, as if she were afraid that she would ask more.

"This batch of incense should be made quickly, and after buying the money, send it to your eldest brother, he needs money there."

"Yes, I see."

Liu Yunxiang retracted his gaze, turned his head to look at Yan Dui, and saw that he was thoughtful.

"What's wrong?"

Yan Du thought for a moment and said, "Hongxuan mentioned something to me. ”

"What?"

"It is said that a man forged his household registration to get the Jinshi, and after he was discovered, his qualification was revoked."

"Huh? Why did he falsify his household registration? ”

"He's a businessman."

Liu Yunxiang knew that he could not participate in the imperial examination in Darong business.

"Why did you suddenly think of this?"

"I suddenly remembered that Hongxuan seemed to have said that this person was from Zhushui County, Yangzhou." Speaking of this, Yan Du narrowed his eyes, "I wonder if that Mr. Bai asked us to come to Zhushui County, if it will have something to do with this." “

Liu Yunxiang nodded, "We can check in this direction, but for now, we still have to find the Mid-Levels Academy first." ”

Because it was not early, the two first found an inn to stay.

The inn is doing good business, but fortunately there is still one room left. Xiao Er led them upstairs, and asked them if they were from other places as they walked, but they came to Zhushui County to see the 'flower list'.

The so-called flower list is that all the scholars who meet the conditions to participate in the township examination, if they can occupy the top three on the flower list, they can be sent directly to the Guozijian by the local government, and the students of the Guozijian do not need to take the township examination, and directly participate in the examination.

In the Jiangnan area, the place where this year's flower list is played is located in Zhushui County, and all students in Jiangnan can participate.

"You two are here early, and if you are two days late, I'm afraid the inn won't be able to stay." Little Erdao.

Because Zhushui County is not big, the students who participate in the flower list will stay in Yangzhou first, and then come to Zhushui County when the day is approaching.

Before the flower list, there are still many celebrations in Zhushui County, coupled with the beautiful mountains and rivers, so there is an endless stream of tourists here.

The guest room they lived in was facing the street, and the two of them were very tired and planned to rest early, but there was a lot of hustle and bustle below. Liu Yunxiang came to the window with his clothes on, opened the window and looked down, but saw that the street in front of the inn was brightly lit, like a fire dragon in the night.

The street is hawking, playing, frolicking, so lively. It is no wonder that the people here are prosperous, and they can earn a lot of silver just by receiving these tourists.

Yan Du walked over, hugged Liu Yunxiang, and the two of them looked down with their arms together.

"The county order of Zhushui County must be capable of making a small county so prosperous."

Liu Yunxiang agreed, "I heard Xiao Er say that their Zhushui County was originally a land of poor mountains and bad waters, and it was this county magistrate who first grabbed the qualification to play the flower list, and then took this opportunity to see the beauty of Zhushui County." ”

The next day, the two got up early in the morning.

They listened to the girl and inquired about Mingyuan Academy, and sure enough, everyone knew. They inquired all the way, walked for more than an hour, and finally came to the foot of Qingzhu Mountain.

As the name suggests, the mountain is covered with dense green bamboo, and there is only one step leading to the mountain.

The two walked up the steps until they reached the halfway point of the mountain, and the road was divided into two, one to the east and the other to the west. The two of them were walking on the road when they saw dozens of teenagers in bamboo and blue school uniforms shouting slogans and shuttling through the bamboo forest.