Chai Shaoning's eyes were sharp, and he found that there was a slender figure on the top of the rockery.

Lin Zhimei saw that Chai Shaoning's expression was different, and while following his gaze to the top of the rockery, she asked nervously, "Is it someone?"

Chai Shaoning regained his composure, and smiled softly at Lin Zhimei: "A hare stepped on the flower pot, and at this time he was so frightened that he didn't know where to flee?"

Lin Zhimei let out a sigh of relief, patted her chest and said, "Fortunately, no one saw it, let's go back to the hall." ”

Chai Shaoning nodded, and the two returned side by side.

The tables and chairs in the hall had been set up, and Song Changgeng, who was beckoning Lin Xiaoru to take a seat, saw Chai Shaoning and Lin Zhimei returning to the hall, and said with a smile: "I just sent someone to find you, and you will come back by yourself." Zhimei, you help your uncle go and invite your mother and your aunt Xu. ”

The "Aunt Xu" in Lin Xiaoru's mouth is naturally his wife, Xu.

Lin Zhimei agreed and was just about to leave the hall, when the laughter of the county magistrate's wife Xu had already entered the hall and said: "How can there be a reason for working guests? You, Uncle Song, like to instruct others." With the words, Mrs. County Ling accompanied the lady of the courtyard master into the hall. Both of them are, young women with charm, only a little light powder, and they have seen everyone's eyes shine.

Seeing his daughter, Song Changgeng asked, "Hasn't Yuan Lan come back yet?"

Mrs. County Commander sighed: "That girl doesn't know where she just went? her feet are full of mud, and she looks like she is puffing up, and she doesn't ask." I asked her to come along, and she complained that she didn't have a junior brother, what kind of joy?" After speaking, he sighed and said: "Chang Geng, I think you should discipline your daughter well." ”

Song Changgeng saw that his wife was embarrassed from time to time to look at the lady beside him, obviously Song Yuanlan shouted these words in front of the lady of the housekeeper, and immediately said angrily: "Where is she? I'll go find her to come out!"

The wife of the courtyard owner hurriedly stopped: "Yuan Lan has a smart personality since she was a child, and she does things unexpectedly. I appreciate her honesty the most, so why should adults be like children?"

Lin Zhimei was secretly shocked when she heard this, looked at Chai Shaoning with wide eyes, and saw Chai Shaoning respond with a wry smile, knowing that the "hare" in the garden just now was Song Yuanlan.

Breaking the flower pot is nothing more than to prevent Lin Zhimei and Chai Shaoning from getting close, and the complaint of "no junior brother" directly reveals her jealousy of the relationship between Lin Zhimei and Chai Shaoning. is also a woman, Lin Zhimei has an extra layer of worries in her heart.

Song Changgeng didn't want to chill the atmosphere in the hall, and when he saw the wife of the courtyard owner, he borrowed the donkey from the slope and snorted: "Go back and settle accounts with her." After speaking, he smiled again and ordered Yahuan to serve the food.

poured wine for everyone, Song Changgeng's first glass of wine was to wish Chai Shaoning to perform well in the daytime literary field and pass the first test.

Chai Shaoning was flattered, and hurriedly raised his glass and said humbly: "All this is thanks to the teacher's teaching. ”

Lin Xiaoru laughed, and he was honored.

After everyone finished drinking and put down the wine glass, Song Changgeng asked Chai Shaoning: "Shaoning passed the first test today, and tomorrow's retest must not be difficult for you." I just don't know how sure Shaoning is of passing the provincial science exam?"

"My lord has won the prize!" Chai Shaoning said truthfully: "In the past few days, I have been cultivated by my teacher, and I have been able to get away with it, and I only hope that God will bless me to save my neighbors from the pain of land tax for a year, but can I achieve my wish? ”

Song Changgeng nodded and smiled: "The virtuous nephew is a real person. ”

Lin Xiaoru heard what Song Changgeng said and asked, "I don't know what the adults think about Shaoning's entrance examination in the provincial capital?"

Song Changgeng smiled and said: "The provincial city hides the dragon and the crouching tiger, although Shaoning's literary style is good, there is nothing surprising. With all due respect, he may not be able to beat other talents!" As he spoke, he said: "But if Shao Ning is willing to change to the martial arts exam, with his current skills, even if he goes to the capital, he will definitely be the best among the younger generation." ”

Only then did Chai Shaoning know the intention of Song County's order to invite him to accompany his teacher Lin Xiaoru to the banquet. Remembering what Lin Xiaoru said when he was apprenticed, Chai Shaoning hugged his fists at Song Changgeng and said: "It's not a secret, the student's parents were also martial arts practitioners back then, and they both died tragically on the way to the dart." Therefore, the aunt and uncle don't want me to live that kind of life of licking blood with a knife, and named the student Shaoning, just hoping that I will be peaceful since I was a child and not cause trouble. The students did not dare to disobey their uncle. ”

"I see!" Chen Zhongshou shouted regretfully.

Song Changgeng was extremely open-minded, he just smiled when he heard this, and said, "Since this is the case, this matter has been revealed." My second cup of wine, the lord of the courtyard accepted a good apprentice. ”

Lin Xiaoru was extremely satisfied with Chai Shaoning's refusal of Song Changgeng to take the martial arts exam, thinking that Chai Shaoning's Confucianism was teachable, so he raised his glass and responded without modesty: "If you don't say this glass of wine, I will mention it too!"

Everyone laughed and toasted together.

The dinner was held in a convivial atmosphere until late at night.

Chai Shaoning, who was slightly drunk, got up to help his teacher Lin Xiaoru, while Lin Zhimei mixed with her mother and said goodbye to Song Changgeng and Chen Zhongshou.

The sound of dripping came, and I don't know when it rained outside?

When Lin Xiaoru came, he only brought a sedan chair, which was shared by his wife and daughter. Now that the night rain is pouring people, Song Changgeng is busy ordering people to use his sedan chair to send Lin Xiaoru back to the college.

Although Chai Shaoning does not have a sedan chair to sit on, he enjoys the comfort of holding an umbrella and slowly walking through the rain.

The ancient city at night is dark and quiet, but it is unique and fresh in Chai Shaoning's night eyes. The coolness of the rain just washed away the heat in the body due to eating and drinking, and I remembered the encounters in the past few days when I entered the city: the sincere teachings of the teacher, the meticulous care of the teacher, and the affectionate companionship of the senior sister...... A sense of well-being arises.

Before I knew it, halfway through the journey, I reached a slope in front of me, and the lights behind the team suddenly went out.

Chai Shaoning, who was walking in front, thought that the rain had drenched the lantern, and was just about to let someone send the flint, when he suddenly saw the family next to him staggering while walking, as if he was drunk.

Before Chai Shaoning could ask, the family's umbrella was crooked, unable to protect the lantern, and the second light was extinguished in the blink of an eye, and the front and back of the team suddenly became pitch black.

Realizing that something was wrong, Chai Shaoning stopped his horse and turned around, only to find that the sedan chair driver and the attendants behind him fell down one after another. In a moment, except for Chai Shaoning, no one could stand on the ground.

Chai Shaoning was taken aback, jumped off the horse and ran to Lin Xiaoru's sedan chair to lift the curtain to check, and saw that the teacher looked lazy, leaning on the back of the sedan chair, unable to move even a finger.

"There is an anesthetic in the wine!" Seeing Chai Shaoning, Lin Xiaoru whispered.

Chai Shaoning understands the plan.

The rain is pouring down, and the medicinal properties of everyone are not reduced, and the people who take the medicine are by no means simple. Fortunately, the anesthetic was non-toxic, and everyone's lives were safe, and Chai Shaoning finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

The strange thing is that he doesn't feel the slightest sign of poisoning! Chai Shaoning thought about it, and suddenly remembered Song Changgeng's words, the Chiyang Pearl, which he inadvertently ate back then, was a coveted artifact in the martial arts, maybe it also had the effect of avoiding poison, so that he escaped!

Chai Shaoning was surprised and happy in his heart, surprised that someone actually drugged the meal, since it was an anesthetic, the other party would definitely take advantage of the fact that everyone could not move to carry out the next move;

Chai Shaoning threw away the umbrella and quickly carried the teacher Lin Xiaoru to the sedan chair where the master and sister were located, and then dragged the rest of the people to the sedan chair in order to concentrate on protection.

As soon as everything was done, the sound of the horse's hooves trampling on the bluestone pavement on the rainy night, mixed with the sound of falling rain, was clearly in my ears.

Chai Shaoning raised his head in the direction of the voice, a group of black-clothed people came in the rain, led by three black horses, the people on the left and right horses were all in black clothes and black pants, carrying thick-backed machetes, looking fierce and powerful, but the middle one was dressed as a blue-clothed scholar, with a long sword on his back, and his attitude was leisurely.

Before he arrived, the laughter of the blue-clothed scholar had already come from afar: "Miss Lin, Xiaosheng has been admired for a long time, and I failed to do so last time, and this time I will definitely continue my relationship with you." "Isn't it Murong Nianhua, who is it?

Chai Shaoning saw that this gang of thieves was so bold and so arrogant when they were arrested by the government, he was furious in his heart, and scolded: "Murong Nianhua, with your idea of daring to beat my senior sister, you will definitely have no return today!"

There were still people on the other side who could move, Murong Nianhua was also taken aback, and when he heard Chai Shaoning's voice, he sneered: "No wonder, it turned out to be you again." But this time I ate my three steps to get away and see how long you can last?"

"Three steps to disperse?" Chai Shaoning understood the reason why everyone was tired.

Looking at the entourage and sedan chair men who fell to the ground, Chai Shaoning knew that once the scuffle started, it would definitely not be able to save the lives of these people, so he spread his hands and persuaded the other party: "Murong Nianhua, I don't want to worry too much about tonight's affairs, if there is still Wang Fa in your eyes, don't do this kind of immoral thing again, so as not to suffer retribution in the future!"

Seeing Chai Shaoning's rat trap, Murong Nianhua suddenly became proud, waved his hand to signal the thieves to stop, then leaned over the horse's head, looked at Chai Shaoning with a smile and asked, "My royal law is on Miss Lin, I don't know what the royal law you are talking about?"

When the group of thieves behind Murong Nianhua heard this, they immediately burst into unbridled lewd laughter.

"Where did you come from?" The black-clothed man on the horse on Murong Nianhua's left let out a loud shout: "Get out of the way!" Before the words fell, the figure had been pulled up from the horse, raising the knife in mid-air, and the blade reflected the glimmer of the lantern under the eaves of the door in the distance, like a bolt of lightning, instantly crossing the long distance between the two sides, carrying the wind and rain, and directly chopping Chai Shaoning's top door.

"Boom" There was a thief burst out.

It's a pity that the color sound didn't stop, and the muffled snort suddenly started, and the black-clothed thief who pounced on Chai Shaoning was kicked away by Chai Shaoning, and fell back in the air, just falling on the horse he was riding.

Frightened, the horse neighed sideways, throwing the thief's body to the ground.

The thieves were so frightened that they were silenced together. When someone ran over to look, the black-clothed mouth vomited blood, with a lot of breath and little breath, and it was already difficult to survive, and then looked at Chai Shaoning's hand opposite, I don't know when there was a bright steel knife.

Although there were many thieves present, none of them could clearly see Chai Shaoning's action of snatching the knife!

The night rain is swishing, as if there is a beast lurking in the dark and secretly letting out a low roar, which makes people feel chills from the bottom of their hearts.