Fu Ciyi was silent.

The current situation made him aware of the importance of power.

Qiu Yu must be tested, since Fu Zhengqing abuses his power, there are always people who can check and balance him.

Yan Haitang stepped out of the threshold with her skirt in her arms, with sarcasm in the corners of her eyes, and looked at Yan Funing: "On the seventh day of the first lunar month, I only said that I would not let you go back to Yan's house, but you cheekily went back to Fu's house?" ”

Yan Fu smiled: "Believe it or not, one day, you will kneel in front of me and beg me to go back to Yan's house." ”

"Foolish dreams." Yan Haitang sneered, glanced at what Yan Funing was wearing, and returned to the mansion.

He raised his hand and pointed to the maid Min'er beside him.

Min'er got the order, grabbed Caiyu's clothes, and slapped her twice in the face.

"Yan Haitang, what are you doing? Caiyu didn't offend you! ”

Yan Funing stepped forward and was blocked by the porter.

Yan Haitang sneered: "Caiyu's deed of sale is now in my hands." If you want her to continue with you, you can, and give a hundred taels of silver to ransom it. ”

"A hundred taels of silver." Yan Funing muttered.

How could she have so much silver?

Caiyu cried: "Miss, the maid is not worth so much money. The maid is not serving by the young lady's side, and the young lady has to live well. ”

She looked at Fu Ciyi: "Second son, my young lady is delicate, and she will cry when she bumps it." She speaks rudely on weekdays, but she has never done anything hurtful, and her heart is really good, you must pity her! ”

Hearing this, Yan Funing burst into tears.

——

Leaving Fu's Mansion and taking the car home, Yan Funing was depressed.

Li Xinheng, who was driving the car, saw that the little couple had been silent, and he was silent for a long time.

I couldn't hold it back, and asked, "Girl, is that girl named Caiyu your previous maid?" ”

"Yes, she is the most loyal to me."

Yan Fu's delicate voice contained a hint of nasalness.

Li Xinheng said again: "One hundred taels of silver, an ordinary peasant family does not eat or drink, and it will take decades to save it." ”

Ordinary farmers only have two or three taels of silver all year round.

To spend so much money to redeem a maid, this transaction is not cost-effective.

Yan Funing sniffed: "I know." ”

One hundred taels of silver is also a huge amount of money for her.

In a short period of time, she really couldn't come up with that much money.

"Yan Haitang kept Caiyu by his side, just to be angry with me, I want to save Caiyu as soon as possible."

Fu Ciyi spoke up: "There will definitely be a way." ”

Yan Funing grabbed his arm: "Fu Ciyi, you want to participate in the imperial examination, only with power in your hands, Fu Zhengqing can get the punishment he deserves!" I also have to work hard to make money so that Caiyu can come back to me. ”

Li Xinheng turned his head: "But that Fu Zhengqing clearly didn't let the master participate, what else can we do?" ”

"The only way to do this is to go to the state capital to sue him." Fu Ciyi said lightly.

The state government failed, and he continued to sue him.

He doesn't believe it, can the officials protect each other?

If the officials really protect each other, this court will not enter.

After discussing the countermeasures, Yan Funing took out a steamed bun from the cloth bag and gave one to Fu Ciyi and one to Li Xinheng.

"It's hard for Brother Li to run with us like this, and he didn't have to eat lunch, and he drove us back."

She took one of her own and ate it in small bites.

Li Xinheng took a big bite, pinched the steamed bun and waved his hand: "It's a trivial matter, the master is my master, and the master's business is my business." ”

He ate the steamed bun in three or two bites, and Yan Funing gave him another one.

He took it and took a big bite again: "When will the master go to the state capital?" I'll go too. ”

Fu Ciyi said: "It is inconvenient for the ox cart to go to the state capital, so you have to go for a day without saying anything, and the cattle can't bear it." When the time comes, you help me watch the house, and I will go alone. ”

He ate the steamed buns slowly, wondering when to go and how to arrange the schoolchildren in the village school.

Yan Funing said: "You have to hire a carriage to go to the state capital, we have a trouble in the Fu Mansion today, and we still need someone to take care of the family." ”

Li Xinheng said: "Well, on the day the master left, I drove the ox cart to the town, and then went back to the village to watch the family. ”

When the sun went down, the three of them returned to the village.

After discussing the situation with his mother, Fu Ciyi decided to leave for the state capital the day after tomorrow.

The next day, he went to teach at the village school.

At the end of school, he said to the schoolchildren: "Two days after tomorrow, I have to go to the state capital, and you don't have to come to the school on these two days." ”

The schoolchildren cheered.

I just had a two-day holiday, and I only had one day of class, and I had to take another two-day holiday.

Fu Ciyi said: "Your studies must not be wasted, and the poems you memorize and the big characters you want to write must not be wrong or missed!" ”

The schoolchildren whimpered.

——

On the day Fu Ciyi set off for the state capital, Li Xinheng helped contact a carriage.

"Master, this carriage is about to return to the state capital, because it is a return trip, five hundred wen a single trip." Li Xinheng raised his hand and pointed to the carriage parked outside the Fu family's courtyard, "Master, do you think it's feasible?" ”

Fu Ciyi patted Li Xinheng's shoulder: "It's feasible." ”

With that, he walked out of the courtyard.

Yan Funing packed up a small baggage, put the dagger into the baggage, and trotted to catch up with Fu Ciyi's footsteps.

Sensing that Yan Funing was following him, Fu Ciyi paused: "You go back." ”

Yan Fu Ning said: "I want to follow you, if you want to say something to Lord Futai, I can help say." ”

Wan Niang, who was standing at the door of the hall, shouted: "Ci Yi, Fu Ning is eloquent, she can help you." ”

If you want to go to the state capital to denounce Fu Zhengqing, you have to open your mouth with Ciyi, I'm afraid it will be difficult.

Fu Ning's eloquence is good, and she is by her side, that's right.

Fu Ciyi thought for a moment and finally agreed.

The couple got into the carriage.

Wan Niang walked to the outside of the fence courtyard with the help of Nan Yao and Beimo, Li Xinheng and Ah Li followed behind them, and the five of them waved goodbye to the carriage in the distance.

Yan Fu poked her head out of the car window and waved vigorously.

The carriage turned a corner, and her family was gone, so she sat upright.

Fu Ciyi lowered his eyes and sat quietly, so he didn't say goodbye to them, and he didn't say a word at the moment.

Yan Funing stared at him, he even hit the plot in the book, and he was indeed very knowledgeable in reality.

But the reality is different from the plot she watched.

In today's situation, it is very likely that he will not be able to pass the imperial examination.

When she thought of this, she didn't know how to persuade her.

The speed of the horse-drawn cart was much faster than that of the ox-cart, which had to travel for a day, and the carriage arrived in the morning.

The state capital street is more prosperous than the county seat, pedestrians shoulder to shoulder, horse-drawn carriages are endless, and there are many shops and restaurants.

The owner put Fu Ciyi and Yan Funing down, collected 500 yuan, pointed them in the direction of the government and drove away.

The husband and wife looked at the plaque of the government from a distance, took a deep breath, and walked side by side to the government office.

After the two explained their intentions to the officials, they were not driven out, but were led to a corner by the officials.

"It's unfortunate that you're here, our lord is not in the mansion now."

Fu Ciyi asked: "Is it in the mansion?" ”

The official shook his head: "It's not in the mansion either, he went out on errands, and he won't come back until tomorrow." ”

(End of chapter)