Every day in Mida-in, I either read books or practice swords. Li Zhongming has almost forgotten the purpose of coming to Beijing. Fortunately, with Zhu Xu's reminder, Li Zhongming found out that the provincial test was about to start.

So the two hurriedly submitted their family reports to the bookstore, and then verified their identities and reported them to the Ministry of Rites.

But it was also at this moment that the Gu Mansion came out with bad news, it turned out that it was the Da Langjun of the Yong'an Hou Mansion, who was married to Gu Xue, when he was fighting with the enemy in the northwest, he was accidentally hit by a stray arrow, and finally died because the treatment was not timely. As soon as this news came, the Yong'an Hou Mansion was very sad.

Although Liu Dalangjun of the Yong'an Hou Mansion is not the son of the Hou Mansion, he has inherited the Yong'an Hou's courage and good fighting, and has been tempered in the Northwest Army since he was a child. Originally, through the merits accumulated over the years, and the merits made after the end of this war, he was able to take advantage of the situation and lead the army alone. But now there was an accident.

The prince of the Hou Mansion was relatively weak, and he did not leave the decoction since he was a child, and later he was pitied by the official family, and sent the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat him for a whole year, and finally through years of cultivation, he could be the same as ordinary people. However, this also made him unable to inherit the military law and martial arts of Yong'an Hou, because although the prince was an ordinary person, his body was still weak and could not withstand the grinding and tempering of martial arts at all.

Therefore, this generation of Yong'an Hou had to branch out, let his sister-in-law study, inherit his title, and finally it was best to fill the vacancy in Beijing, contact other families, and maintain the relationship and friendship with the nobles. And his eldest son served in the army, inherited his relationship in the army, and also controlled the military power of the Hou Mansion in the northwest.

But now the bad news has made Yong'an Hou sad, sad that the death of the eldest son not only broke the arrangement of the Hou Mansion, but also saddened the untimely death of the eldest son. After all, compared to his son-in-law, the eldest son is more like Yong'an Hou himself, so Yong'an Hou has put a lot of effort into the eldest son's body, and the relationship between father and son is extremely deep.

Originally, this matter had little to do with the Gu Mansion, and when his quasi-aunt died, the Gu Mansion also came to the door to offer condolences in accordance with the etiquette system. Considering the situation, he was even more sad for several days, and even Ying Mao on duty was a little absent-minded.

And in the process of the sacrifice, not only did he take care of the situation, but even Gu Lingqing and Gu Lingze entered the mansion to pay a visit to comfort the souls of the deceased in the sky. Originally, Gu Xue saw that she was going to pay tribute, but when she heard the bad news, she was also very sad, and accidentally went down, and she was hurt by the wind and cold, so that the high fever did not go away, and finally the fever finally subsided, and her body was also weak and could not go.

Speaking of which, Gu Xuejian and Da Langjun of the Hou Mansion have not met a few times, nor have they been together for too long, but she can still feel that Liu Langjun is a good person. In the past few years, Gu Xuejian has also slowly understood him, although Liu Langjun is at the border most of the year, but every year he remembers the birthdays of everyone in the Gu family, and Gu Xuejian's birthday gift is always sent by the Marquis Mansion in the capital, and Liu Langjun personally sent someone from the border to send one.

In addition, whenever he returned to Beijing, Liu Langjun would always actively visit the Gu Mansion, and invited the Gu brothers and sisters to go on outings, outings, feasts, gardens, and parties from time to time. In short, Liu Langjun is really gentle, even if he is a military general, he also likes poetry and calligraphy, especially his painting is quite attained. In addition, Liu Langjun has a handsome appearance and a tall posture, and his years of military career have made him a little more heroic than his peers in Beijing.

After getting along with each other many times, the relationship between Gu Xuejian and Liu Langjun has gradually become more and more intense from plain, and the two strange young people have changed from having a good impression of each other to being heart-to-heart. But now that the news of his unfortunate death came, Gu Xue saw that he was really hit by this sudden news. Even the tea bowl that was in her hand at that time could no longer hold it steadily, and fell directly to the ground, and she suddenly burst into tears, which came very suddenly, and she couldn't stop. Then, that night there was a high fever, thanks to the maid around her was not at ease, found out early, took care of her all night, gave her a daily collection of pills, the next day was to tell the eldest lady early, invited a doctor, and the fever subsided. Later, it was also with the care of the female envoys that Gu Xuejian was able to be healthy.

However, under the blow of this news, even if he recovered his body, Gu Xue saw that his body was in a state of distress all day long, frowning every day and his face full of sorrow. Even if the female envoys around her persuaded and persuaded again, they all returned in vain, and even the persuasion of her biological mother, Mrs. Han and Gu Lingqing and others, had little effect.

Hearing such news, Li Zhongming also wrote a letter and asked Gu Lingqing to give her persuasion and comfort.

Later, Li Zhongming was busy with the provincial test, so he forgot about it.

On this day, the provincial test officially began, although it was spring, but there was still wind and snow, and the temperature was still not high. In order not to delay the hour, Li Zhongming and Zhu Xu got up early and began to walk in the direction of the Gongyuan.

On the way to the Gongyuan, the two also bought several baked cakes, one for breakfast and the other for food in the examination room. Nowadays, the provincial test and the solution test are a little different, one day a day, and you can go home at the end of each day. But again, it was three days in a row.

Therefore, this is very good for Li Zhongming, although the Nine Classics has the most questions among all subjects, but it is distributed in three days, and the amount of questions per day is not large, but the same is still the widest range. Li Zhongming can fill in the test questions every day, and then he can return to the hospital and rest well, without having to endure the cold wind and freezing of this dark night.

I have to thank the people who are preparing the test at the moment for being able to understand the difficulties of students.

Li Zhongming and Zhu Xu entered the tribute courtyard, and in front of the door, someone from the bookstore verified their identity. Get the ticket, and then the soldiers will search for it. After that, he saluted with the crowd and the examiners, and then went to his seat.

After sitting down in the seat, the study utensils were placed one by one, and at this time, a small official served a hot soup. Li Zhongming rewarded him with a handful of money without hesitation. The little official calmly took it and introduced other soups.

After Li Zhongming thanked him, he picked up the soup bowl, took a sip of hot soup, dispelled the chill on his body, and waited for the exam questions to be issued.

But in a moment, the examiner sent out the exam questions and printed papers one by one. After Li Zhongming checked it carefully, he began to answer the questions carefully. After entering Beijing, he did not slack off, so Li Zhongming did not have a hard time answering, but had a feeling of being handy, even if he encountered difficulties, as long as he thought about it a little and recalled it carefully, he could remember it. Therefore, regardless of whether it is through or not, Li Zhongming, relying on his own feelings and hard work on weekdays, quickly completed today's test questions in one go.

At this time, someone in the examination room has finished answering the paper questions and handed in the paper and went out. Li Zhongming did not hand in the paper immediately, but asked the inspector to give him another bowl of hot soup, and then ate a good one with the baked cakes he bought in the morning, and then began to re-check his answer sheet.

At this time, there were not many people left in the examination room, Li Zhongming packed up his belongings, took the test papers he had placed, came to the handing office, and handed in the papers happily.

Out of the courtyard gate, senior brother Zhu Xu was already outside the door, waiting for him. The senior brother walked back to his yard with Li Zhongming with a calm face. Before, Li Zhongming and his senior brother made an appointment, and after the exam, they would not talk about the exam situation in the examination room, so as not to affect their mental state and thus affect the subsequent exams.

There was silence along the way, and the two didn't know what to talk about. In the end, they finally returned to the small courtyard, and the two of them breathed a sigh of relief when they returned to their rooms. Next, Li Zhongming fell asleep directly on the bed to recover his depressed spirit.

Next, the same thing and path, Li Zhongming stayed up for two more days. In fact, the exam is not very strenuous, but the pressure of this day is better than one day, but it makes Li Zhongming feel tired, especially in the next two days, the exam questions encountered are indeed much more difficult, and it is indeed the weakness of Li Zhongming's Nine Classics, which makes Li Zhongming answer, really careful, and consumes more time.

After the last day of the exam, Li Zhongming just wanted to have a good sleep to relieve the depression and spirit accumulated in the past few days. And senior brother Zhu Xu's condition is not much better than him, and on the last day, his body is also holding on.