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Linqing and Wang Ziqian stayed in Zhang's mansion for a while, and Zhang Lan was kind enough to find out the list of officials who invigilated the examination for him. Among them, the chief examiner of the inspection tour was actually Sun Shumiao, a famous Confucian in Suzhou, who was then a senior assistant.According to the default rules at the time, if Wang Ziqian passed the exam, he should learn from him.

However, Sun Shumiao is a noble person, and he doesn't like to make friends with students by flirting with relatives and friends. Zhang Lan suggested not to visit for the time being. Going to the door is afraid that it will leave a mouthful.

Lin Qing took it for granted, originally she was worried that someone would spend money to buy fame, and Wang Ziqian would become a victim of fame and fortune if he had no power or influence.Hearing that Sun Shumiao was the chief examiner, Lin Qing felt relieved, at least the top three must compete for the position based on real talent and learning, even if all the frauds cannot be eliminated, if Wang Ziqian can perform normally, he can still win a place.

On June [-]th, the sun was shining brightly, and Lushan Village, dozens of miles away from Suzhou City, was already in a busy farming scene. .In the hot weather, sweat seems to flow endlessly. When the villagers cut a handful of rice, they have to use the sweat towel hanging around their necks to guess the sweat.

Corresponding to the busy scene in the field, there are a lot of candidates outside the examination room.Candidates from counties around Suzhou surrounded the examination room, waiting for the door to open.The wealthy family took shade in the carriage, while the poor scholar had to wait under the scorching sun.Before it was time to enter the examination room, several candidates had already collapsed from heatstroke.

Zhang Lan sent a carriage to take the exam, so that Lin Qing and Wang Ziqian would not stand under the sun.

It's just that the current situation is no better than standing outside——

Zhang Lan lifted the curtain with one hand, looked at the grand occasion outside curiously, and expressed admiration in his mouth, but with the other hand, he grabbed Lin Yuan's hand and rubbed it.Lin Yuan's face was stiff, and he almost couldn't bear to throw it away several times.

Originally, Zhang Lan wasn't very interested in joining in such excitement, but Lin Yuan insisted on coming to take the exam, so Zhang Lan followed in a stern manner, sloppy all the way, completely ignoring the outsiders in the car.

Linqing was sitting on pins and needles, seeing his brother begrudgingly, his heart ached, but he was powerless to help.

Wang Ziqian has been busy reviewing books for the past two days, so it can be said that he doesn't hear anything outside the window. He is sitting in the car, and there is a lot of noise outside. He has no intention of reading, and his eyes can't help but fall on Zhang Lan and Lin Yuan's hands. Watching curiously, without blinking.

Lin Yuan was embarrassed by the child staring at him like this, so he struggled slightly.

Zhang Lan looked back at him in confusion, "What are you doing?"

Lin Yuan wished he could bury his face in the ground.

One after another, several young masters who took the exam recognized Zhang Lan's carriage and came to chat with him.

Someone joked: "Master Zhang finally came to take the exam this year, why did he suddenly become enlightened?"

Zhang Lan then explained that he was here to take the exam. Seeing that Wang Ziqian was young, they couldn't help being curious. After asking around, they learned that he was Shen Xu's student, so the topic turned to Shen's mansion to search the house, and sighed.

Seeing a boy with the appearance of a book boy sitting in the car, Zhang Lan asked who this was, and Zhang Lan said without hesitation, "This is Shen Xu's pet."

Everyone was amazed and amused, they all said how the only Shen Mansion in Suzhou City that didn't keep male pets followed the crowd, and when they raised them, they actually lied to everyone in the city.

Lin Qing's head was buried as low as Lin Yuan's.

The candidates on the other end waited for the exam, and the other end talked and feasted. Fortunately, someone came out to announce the start of the exam after a while, and the topic ended like this.

A crowd of examinees filed in, Wang Ziqian got Zhang Lan's pre-arrangement, and was able to enter the examination room through the side door, without braving the sun and sweating with the crowd.

Wang Ziqian took the exam at such a young age, and was able to walk through special passages under the shelter, which inevitably attracted the attention of many candidates.Envious, disdainful, just afraid to make a sound.

Lin Yuan handed over the dry food and laundry items he had prepared to Lin Qing.This exam lasted for three days, eating and drinking in a small exam room, and Linqing, as a school boy, was in charge of Wang Ziqian's diet and daily life while he was answering the papers.

Lin Yuan said: "There are not enough things, so I will send a message to someone."

Linqing knew that Zhang Lan must have made the arrangement, so the two of them had a chance to bribe the examiner who made the rounds to bring a message when necessary.

Lin Qing nodded and bowed to Zhang Lan, "Thank you, young master."

Zhang Lan patted Wang Ziqian on the head, "Answer well, kid, let me see what Shen Xu has taught you."

Wang Ziqian nodded, thanked Zhang Lan, and stepped into the examination room with Linqing.

The examiners walked over one by one to distribute the test questions. When they came to Wang Ziqian's room, they couldn't help but give him an extra look.This examination room is basically full of youngsters who have won the championship, but this one is a 12-year-old child, so it is inevitable that he will not attract attention.

Wang Ziqian took the bamboo tube from the examiner's hand, peeled off the wax, took out the test questions inside, looked at it for a while, and then settled down to answer.

For three consecutive days, Lin Qing stayed outside the examination room, eating and sleeping with Wang Ziqian.When taking the exam inside, he waited outside, lest there be no ink or paper.

The sun was scorching hot, the test room was sweltering hot, the sun outside the test room was blazing, and there was no wind in the test room. The mixture of various smells makes people want to vomit.

Xu knew what was going on inside, so Zhang Lan asked someone to bring some spices in, and let Linqing burn it to remove the smell, so it was barely better.However, most of the children from poor families go to the exam alone. Answering the papers, cooking, and emptying the toilet are all done by one person.

Every day in Linqing when I lit a fire and cooked at noon, I saw those candidates squatting in the shade and nibbling dry food, and couldn't help feeling sorry for them. If I hadn't had Zhang Lan's help, I would have been as miserable as them.

Three days later, the examination room opened wide, and a crowd of students poured out in a daze, all of them scattered away like hungry floating corpses, dragging their vain steps.

Lin Yuan waited outside early, saw Lin Qing and Wang Ziqian from a distance, waved and said: "Linqing! Here!"

Wang Ziqian was memorized by Linqing. After all, he was young and couldn't bear such high-intensity torture. It was not easy to survive until the end of the exam on the last day before collapsing.

The coachman dismounted, took Wang Ziqian from Linqing's back, and said, "Young master, you have worked hard."

Linqing was also exhausted, Wang Ziqian was suffering inside, he was suffering outside, and finally he was able to walk out of the sweltering examination room, Linqing was relieved.

Lin Yuan helped the two into the carriage, and took out the iced sour plum juice to relieve the heat.

Wang Ziqian suffered from heatstroke, and after drinking the ice soup, he closed his eyes and leaned against Lin Qing's arms, his face still pale.

Lin Yuan dipped the veil with ice water and covered his forehead.Then he took the bowl from Linqing's hand, and said distressedly: "It is said that the imperial examination is a grind, and the exam lasted for three days, and it is such a bad environment. Even if you have talents, you will be sick and delay your performance."

Lin Qing had a deep understanding of this, nodded and said: "Several people were taken out after halfway through the exam. This year, Tienke has really hurt many people."

The ten-year cold window is for the reason that Enke, which is held every three years, quits due to illness halfway, and I am afraid that he will get angry again when he recovers.

The carriage arrived at Zhang's mansion, Lin Yuan asked someone to prepare hot water, after the two of them bathed and changed their clothes, they went to greet Zhang Lan.

Zhang Lan originally wanted to host a banquet to wash the dust off for the two of them, but seeing that Wang Ziqian was in poor spirits, he asked the doctor to take a look at it, and said that he was suffering from heat and needed to clear the fire to rest the two of them, so he let them go back to rest first.

Where did Wang Ziqian suffer from such suffering? An exam took him off a layer of skin, and now he is lying weakly on the bed. Linqing fanned him to wipe his sweat, feeling really distressed.

Wang Ziqian hummed, with tears streaming from his eyes, and murmured to his mother, like a wronged child, longing for an adult's comfort.

Linqing hugged him into his arms, patted his back lightly, and softly coaxed him to sleep.

In a daze, Wang Ziqian stretched out his arms, hugged Lin Qing's waist, pressed his face to his chest, and slowly calmed down.

It is not easy for such a small child to wait until the end of the exam to reveal his cowardice.

Lin Yuan came in with dinner and was about to make a noise, Lin Qing hissed, pointed at Wang Ziqian who was asleep in his arms, and smiled.

Lin Yuan put the food on the table, the light mung bean porridge served with a few dishes of cold dishes, it was a good food for relieving summer heat.

"Are you hungry, come over to eat first." Lin Yuan said softly.

Linqing shook his head, "If I don't hug him, he will wake up, let him sleep for a while."

Lin Yuan took a bowl of porridge, sat by the bed, took a spoonful and brought it to Lin Qing's mouth to feed him.

Lin Qing was always close to this senior brother, so he didn't feel embarrassed, so he opened his mouth to drink.

Lin Yuan fed him some cold dishes, and glanced at Wang Ziqian in his arms. The child's lips were pale and his complexion was not good. It could be seen that he had suffered a lot in the examination room.

Withdrawing his gaze, he looked at Linqing, "Now that the exam is over, what are your plans?" After a pause, there was a trace of expectation in his eyes, "If you are willing to stay, the master and I will be very happy..."

Lin Qing opened his mouth, and after a while, lowered his eyes.

Seeing his silence, Lin Yuan couldn't help but feel uncomfortable, and said softly: "You and I grew up together, and finally met again, how can I have the heart to let you go again."

There was also bitterness in Lin Qing's eyes, why didn't he want to stay and continue to be with his master, but things are different, even if he can go back to that other courtyard, he still won't be able to return to his old self.

He came out like this to understand his own mind, and to see if a few days of separation would lessen his obsession with Shen Xu.

But the longer he was away, the more he missed that idiot.He lives in an exquisite room in Zhang's mansion and eats delicious food, but that idiot still guards a dilapidated wooden house, and he doesn't know how to spend three meals a day.On the first day Linqing came out, he had already started to worry, and now, his heart has already rushed to a small mountain village dozens of miles away, and he can't sit still for a moment.

"Brother, I..." Lin Qing choked up, "I was sent out..."

I sent it away, so I can't get it back.

When I came back, my heart was still there.

Lin Yuan's hands froze, and the sockets of his eyes slowly turned red.

"You must go?"

Lin Qing closed his eyes and nodded.

Lin Yuan felt bitter in his heart, reunited after a long absence, only met for a few days, and had to part again.The happy time in the past is gone forever, Lin Yuan shed tears sadly.

Seeing Lin Yuan crying, Lin Qing's tears also fell.

Thinking of what kind of life his senior brother lived in this mansion, Linqing wished he could take him away with him.

But he couldn't take Lin Yuan away, he could only watch him being bullied here.

Linqing was so sad that she burst into tears, hating the fate for tricking people, resenting the untimely life.

Lin Yuan stopped crying first, he didn't want his junior brother to worry about him, so he reached out to wipe Lin Qing's tears, and said in a brisk tone: "Stop crying, it's not that I can't see you anymore, the young master passed the exam, and you still have to wait Come to the city to thank the teacher. If you miss me, you can come anytime."

Lin Qing knew that Lin Yuan was trying to comfort herself, even though she knew there was no hope, she still rolled up a smiling face, nodded and said, "You miss me, just write to me."

The two leaned together, neither of them spoke, they dared not close their eyes, for fear that once they closed their eyes, this rare moment of reunion would suddenly disappear.

After staying for two days, Linqing and Wang Ziqian bid farewell to Zhang Lan.

Zhang Lan asked Lin Qing to take back a carriage full of things, but Lin Qing refused and had to accept it.

The carriage slowly drove out of Suzhou City, Lin Qing looked back from the curtain of the carriage, his eyes were sore.Fearing that he would be hurt again, he cruelly withdrew his gaze, put down the curtain, and let the carriage be covered in dust.

The author has something to say: There was another bug before. It was wrong for Zhang Lan to refer to Wang Ziqian as Juren. Juren refers to the students who went to Beijing to rush for the exam. I don’t know what the name of the township exam is

Put the lid on the pot to review the common sense of the imperial examination~~

I can finally enter the relationship line~ Linqing, is the emotion brewing well? A lot of crying scenes are coming~

Linqing (glaring): Stepmother!Don't think I didn't read the outline!Why is the crew next door abusing me, and this side is abusing me from beginning to end!Don't mess with me!Cause a strike!

Stepmother (looking at the sky): ...