Now the Ou family and Wen Sheng and others have reached a deadlock. Although Wen Sheng and others have not obtained concrete evidence, they have already guessed that this matter is related to Ou Dunyi.

  The Ou family is safe for the time being, but if things go on, even if Wen Sheng and the others can't find any concrete evidence, they can defeat him with just those specious rumors.

  Wen Linzhong has always hated ruthless people like Ou Dunyi, not to mention that the 23 people who were murdered were not bad in their academic ability.

   As long as one-third of the twenty-three people pass the examination and become an official, together they can make the Ou family unable to lift their heads for three generations.

   Speaking of which, the foundation of the Ou family is still too shallow. There is only one official in the entire family, Ou Tongjian, and among the younger generation, only Ou Dunyi can read, and there is no foreseeable outstanding talent among the grandchildren.

   Therefore, it is better to mediate, try to calm the anger of these twenty-three candidates, and turn battles into jade and silk.

   As for the price that the Ou family needs to pay, it is not within the master's consideration. He only hopes that this matter will not involve the Zhou Zhifu, so as not to affect his future.

   Although Ou Tongju was unwilling, he still agreed to settle.

   But the candidates have different opinions. The candidates headed by Wen Sheng are very strong and do not want to settle down. Obviously, they want to find out the matter.

   But some people are interested in the compensation proposed by the Ou family. As the master said, even if the matter is found out, Ou Dunyi will be exiled at most, and they will not get any benefits.

   And some people have doubts, not sure if the accident they encountered is really what Ou Dunyi did.

   It is also possible that they are really unlucky, after all, they have not been able to find definite evidence so far.

  Vinsheng did not expect that the case had not yet been investigated, and these plaintiffs would be the first to make trouble.

   He had a bit of a headache, but fortunately, he still has prestige, and for the time being, he was able to suppress everyone, and he did not reply to the Ou family for the time being.

   Of course he knew that he could get some compensation for being private, but how could he be able to swallow this breath in his heart?

   If you make mistakes, you will be punished. If you can solve it with money, how can the world be maintained?

  If this matter is not found out, he will definitely leave a demon in his heart, and he will be uneasy for the rest of his life.

   "Master, let's go back." Ping An looked at his master anxiously and distressedly, "Master Qiao is still waiting for us in the inn."

Wen Sheng returned to his senses and looked up, only to realize that he did not know when he had reached the door of the ceremony room. Seeing that there were many people waiting in front of the closed door, he was slightly startled and asked, "Why are there so many people? The ceremony room. Isn't it martial law?"

  Because of the exam, half of the street was under martial law, and no one was allowed to approach it.

   "Young master forgot, today is the ninth day, and today's autumn season ends..." Ping An looked at his master cautiously.

   Wen Sheng was disappointed, "So soon..."

   And the evidence in his hand is not enough to bring down Ou Dunyi, he is a little sad, and if they can't find out the reason after the list is released, I'm afraid they can only sue.

   And it’s not known how many people will follow.

   Wen Sheng sighed, and looked at the people waiting at the door of the ceremony room with envy and complexity, and then he saw Li Baolu.

  Li Baolu was standing in front of the gate with her heart, waiting for Gu Jingyun and Zhao Ning to come out.

   As soon as noon arrived, the big bell in the ceremony room rang, Li Baolu was refreshed, and looked at the gate with bright eyes.

  The door slowly opened, and it took a long time for one or two candidates to walk out with each other's support. They were disheveled and disheveled, and they didn't look much better than beggars.

  Li Baolu's heart increased instantly.

   At this time, Gu Jingyun was slowly cleaning up the things on the table in the room, while Zhao Ning was anxiously around, "Brother Gu, we don't want these things, let's go out first."

   Nine days, nine days, you can't take a bath, you can't eat soft fragrant rice, you can't eat meat, you can't eat vegetables, you can't sleep on a bed where you can straighten your body and roll directly...

   He is in a hurry, how can the person on the opposite side not be in a hurry to leave this cage-like place?

  Gu Jingyun ignored him, put away his things, and washed his hands with water from the bucket in front of the room. After drying, he took the test basket and walked out.

Zhao Ning hurried to keep up, but after only two steps, he was black in front of him and fell directly to the ground. He felt an arm supporting him, Zhao Ning grabbed him like a life-saving straw, and waited until the black mist in front of him gradually dissipated. Go, only to see Gu Jingyun with a face full of disgust.

  Gu Jingyun saw that he was standing firm, and then he pulled back his hand and pouted, "After two months of practice, it's still so ineffective."

   Zhao Ning was also surprised, his body looked better than Gu Jingyun, but he didn't expect to be the one who fell in the end.

   Zhao Ning never admitted that his physical fitness was poor, he immediately said, "It must be because you eat better than me."

   Gu Jingyun sneered and continued to walk out carrying the test basket. On the way, the two of them saw many candidates who fainted in the numbered room and on the road.

The yamen guarding the room    is no longer there, so he has to maintain order and carry people, so that the fainted candidates will not be trampled on.

   Zhao Ning and Gu Jingyun slowly moved out, and chatted with the people around him. There was no way. Gu Jingyun didn't like to talk, so he could only find others.

   After being locked up for nine days, everyone was very tired, so they walked very slowly, and the door was only that big. When they were near the door, everyone took one step and stood for a while before taking another step.

   And Zhao Ning also got a lot of news.

   There are as many as five candidates who have been carried out in the middle of the past few days. Four of them suffered from heat stroke, and one of them suffered from diarrhea. Two of them died.

   And today, I don't know how many people who faint will sleep forever.

  Zhao Ning sighed, "The imperial examinations are really fighting for their lives."

  Gu Jingyun pursed his lips and crossed the threshold with the test basket, squinting slightly to look at the sun in the sky.

  Li Baolu's eyes kept staring at the gate, she couldn't help being nervous when she saw the yamen carrying so many candidates out, for fear that Gu Jingyun was among them.

   Until she saw Gu Jingyun appearing at the gate, she didn't care about anything, and immediately squeezed in and grabbed him, "How, are you dizzy, thirsty, or hungry?"

   said to grab his hand and take his pulse.

  Gu Jingyun didn't stop him, and let her hold with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

  Shun Xin also squeezed to Zhao Ning's side and helped him to the carriage, "Sir, we made chicken soup for you. You can drink a bowl in a while. Madam Gu asked the cook to make chicken porridge for you..."

   Zhao Ning swallowed, "Okay, let's go back."

  Li Baolu also put Gu Jingyun on the carriage, poured him a cup of honey tea first, and then poured him a bowl of chicken soup, "I just put two red dates and a few mushrooms, you can see if it's okay."

  Gu Jingyun was greedy after not eating meat for nine days, took a sip of the soup and nodded slightly, "Well, very good."

   "Then drink more, you are a little weak, but it's not a big problem, just take a good rest for a few days."

   "What about my son? Madam Gu, please show my son too." She looked at Li Baolu eagerly.

   Zhao Ning immediately rolled up his sleeves and reached out to her.

Li Baolu twitched the corners of her mouth to feel his pulse, and stopped after a while, "Well, the loss is a bit serious, the key is stomach damage, go back and I'll give the cook a few food supplement recipes and let her make it up for you. All right, let's go and drive."

  Shun Xin happily climbed out to drive the car, "Master Wen, why are you here?"

  Shun Xin saw Wen Sheng next to him at a glance.

   Wen Sheng was debating whether to go up to say hello or leave quietly, and when he saw that he was screaming, he followed the trend and bowed to the carriage: "Master Gu, Master Zhao."

   Zhao Ning in the car was stunned, "Who is Young Master Wen?"

   "It's Wen Sheng," Li Baolu explained his story and said, "He's forcing the Ou family to be in a hurry now, and he doesn't have time to take care of us."

  Li Baolu thought about it for a while and said to Gu Jingyun, "This person is not bad, you can hand it over."

  Gu Jingyun put down the bowl, "Then ask him to come up and talk."

   Zhao Ning immediately opened the curtain and greeted Wen Sheng, politely asking him to get in the car.

   Wen Sheng declined, and said with a wistful smile: "I had a relationship with Madam Gu before, and I saw it just now that it is not good not to say hello, but I am afraid to disturb the two of you after saying hello."

   Although he has not participated in the township examination, he has gone through the hospital examination, and he knows that rest is the most important thing at this time.

   Zhao Ning really wanted to fall asleep, but he didn't dare to disobey Gu Jingyun's order, so he still wanted to invite him.

  The curtain was pulled back, Gu Jingyun stuck his head out from the inside to look at Wen Sheng and nodded slightly, "Today is really inconvenient, if you have time tomorrow, brother Wen can come and talk."

   Wen Sheng had heard about Gu Jingyun for a long time, but it was the first time he saw him. He was slightly surprised at his youth, and then he nodded dangerously, "Okay, before tomorrow, Mr. Wen will come to harass him."

  Gu Jingyun nodded slightly at him, lowered the curtain and entered.

   Zhao Ning also gave Wen Sheng a friendly smile, and then quickly climbed back into the carriage, "Go, go."

   He thought he was going to fall asleep.

   Zhao Ning ran to the kitchen to pick up a bowl of chicken porridge as soon as he got home, and then lay on the bed and didn't move.

  Gu Jingyun was led all the way back to the room by Li Baolu to take a bath.

   Sitting in the warm water, Gu Jingyun's eyelids became heavier and he almost fell asleep in the water.

   Even if he has a good psychological quality, it is difficult to fall asleep in a place with a stench and a snoring sound.

   What's more, the bed in the room was too small, and he couldn't even stretch his legs. Fortunately, he was only fourteen years old. If he was older, like Zhao Ning, he was sleeping with his body rolled up, almost like a snake.

  Gu Jingyun only relied on a will to keep himself from going to sleep, but when he walked out of the bathroom, his clothes were disheveled. Li Baolu saw that his shirt was open, his eyes were half-closed, and the shoes on his feet were all upside down, so Li Baolu couldn't help but pursed his lips and smiled.

   stepped forward to tidy up his clothes for him, then led the person to the table and brought porridge to him himself.

  Gu Jingyun fell asleep with his eyes closed after eating five or six mouthfuls. He was still sitting upright on the bench.

  Li Baolu couldn't help but marvel at the shaping nature of the imperial examinations. In just nine days, she was able to turn Gu Jingyun into this shape.

She helped him to lie down on the bed, took a dry towel and twisted his hair for him, looking at the beautiful face that had lost weight, but her eyes were slightly blue, but Li Baolu couldn't help but stretch out her fingertips to touch his face. Whispered: "It's getting more and more beautiful, I want to watch you closely."

  Gu Jingyun slept in the dark, not knowing about personnel.

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