I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 555
After Dou's and Xu's worship, the young servant who guarded the spirit inserted three sticks of incense and lit another three sticks of incense.

After waiting for a while, Zhan Feiyu couldn't help being stunned when he saw Zhan Feiyu who was standing in the yard and didn't plan to come in, and turned to Master Xiang who was on the side for help.

The boy only thought that Zhan Feiyu was a junior who came here with Dou and Xu, but because of the different generations, he had to wait for the elders to pay respects before it was Zhan Feiyu's turn, but she didn't come in.

How could Master Xiang dare to provoke Zhan Feiyu, but just as he was about to speak, Zhan Feiyu came in with He Nuan.

Seeing this, the servant hurriedly handed over the incense sticks in his hand, and re-lit three incense sticks and handed them to He Nuan. Funeral music sounded, and Zhan Feiyu and He Nuan worshiped the coffin. People also hurriedly returned gifts.

"Ah..." Suddenly a sharp shout sounded outside the yard.

Zhan Feiyu, who had just straightened up in the mourning hall, was startled. He and He Nuan turned their heads to look outside at the same time, but saw that Jiao Lianping, Jiao Lianyu and others who were standing in the yard ran towards the northwest corner of the yard with drastically changed expressions.

The corridor is connected to the moon gate, and behind it is a small garden. There is a square well besides an osmanthus tree at the corner on the right side of the moon gate.

On weekdays, the servants of the Xiang family would fetch water from this well to water the flowers. There was a cover on the well, but during this period of time, the Xiang family was in chaos, and many servants fled with the belongings of the mansion. He was also responsible for the affairs of the mourning hall, so inadvertently someone fetched water but forgot to cover the manhole.

When He Nuan and Zhan Feiyu came over, the well was already crowded with people, and a nursing home of Xiang's family had already jumped in, and Xu fell to the ground in a daze, his face was so pale that there was no trace of blood. Terrified.

There was a sound of splashing water, and the nurse in the well yelled, and the other two nurses hurriedly pulled up the hemp rope, which was originally used to carry water, but now the wooden barrel was thrown aside, and the other end of the hemp rope was hoisted up It was Dou's body.

"Dead?" The housekeeper trembled, the young master's coffin was still in the mourning hall, why did another person die, and this was a female family member of the Qiu family.

Zhan Feiyu guessed that Jiao Lianyu might attack Dou Shi, and she had arranged for people to guard here, but she did not expect that Dou Shi was still not rescued.

He Nuan is a doctor. He walked up quickly at this moment and saw the fatal wound on Dou's neck at a glance. Even if he didn't fall into the well, the knife cut through the meridian of the neck, and the Da Luo Immortal would not be able to save it.

Even so, He Nuan put one hand on Dou's pulse, and shook his head at Zhan Feiyu after a long while, the wound was too deep to be saved.

"Siblings?" Mrs. Xu was still sitting on the ground, looking at Mrs. Dou's body on the ground in horror.

Because the nursing home was rescued in time, the blood on Dou's body has not yet flowed, and the blood will flow all over the ground mixed with well water, but the blue sky and broad daylight are incomparably terrifying.

Zhan Feiyu looked away, and asked Jiao Lianping who was beside him in a low voice, "What happened?"

"Why did this man die?" Jiao Lianping wiped his face fiercely, but forgot that besides the wound from the fight with Qiu Huaixin, there was also an unhealed whip wound on his face. The painful Jiao Lianping's expression was distorted. Hissed twice, "When you entered the mourning hall to worship, the two of them came over to talk to Qiu Huaixin."

Although the third wife of the Qiu family committed a crime, the female family members Dou and Xu are innocent, and they are also Qiu Huaixin's elders in terms of seniority.

Qiu Huaixin can guess what Dou and Xu will say without listening, it is nothing more than crying for poverty, how difficult it is for the third house now, and wants Master Qiu and Mrs. Qiu to help and take care of one or two.

Jiao Lianping glanced at Qiu Huaixin sympathetically, and continued to Zhan Feiyu in a low voice: "Although they hid in the corner here, I still heard something. When we retired, Mrs. Qiu promised to give some juniors from Sanfang to study. Write a letter of recommendation so that they can go to the academy to continue their studies."

Originally, the third family of the Qiu family was accused of collaborating with the enemy and treason, and the academy would never allow them to continue studying for the sake of reputation, but it would be different if they had a recommendation letter written by Master Qiu. The juniors who came to Sanfang could not continue to study, and no one dared to say anything when they took the imperial examination in the future.

The divorce was held in the Qiu family's other courtyard, and Zhan Feiyu was there at the time, so he knew it well, "Since Mrs. Qiu promised that day, she will not break her promise."

After all, the oldest of the boys in Sanfang was only 13 years old, and Sanfang was strict with the juniors in the family in order to overwhelm the direct branch and snatch the position of head of the family. It can be called excellent in character and learning, otherwise Mrs. Qiu would not agree to this condition.

"Yes, Qiu Huaixin also answered. Xu's face was still happy at that time." Jiao Lianping also knew the current situation of Sanfang. I caught them, but there are still a lot of sons and concubines of the three families.

On the contrary, Mrs. Dou's only daughter, Qiu Jingyuan, is now in a miserable state. When Mrs. Xu got a satisfactory answer, she was naturally overjoyed.

Jiao Lianping subconsciously glanced at the dead body covered with white cloth for a kilo on the ground. It happened so suddenly that he didn't even realize it, "She asked Qiu Huaixin's second brother to accept Brother Mo as a student, but Qiu Huaixin sternly refused, Who knew she would suddenly take out the scissors and aim at her own neck..."

Lord Qiu has three sons in total, the oldest is Qiu Bingde, who is now a fifth-rank official, and Mrs. Dou also knows that Qiu Bingde cannot accept Brother Mo as a student. After all, Qiu Bingde will inherit the Qiu family in the future. There is no time for children, so where is the energy to teach others.

As for Qiu Huaixin, although he was loved by the Qiu family, but Qiu Huaixin was indifferent, and his reputation was better than that of Jiao Lianping. After all, Qiu Huaixin made friends with talented scholars such as Jiao Lianyu and Qi Changlin.

But Qiu Huaixin didn't even have any fame, so the Dou family chose Qiu Wangshu, the second son of the Qiu family. He is definitely the most talented and talented among the three, and he also associates with scholars and enjoys a high reputation among scholars.

Hearing this, Zhan Feiyu had already guessed the general situation, "Qiu Huaixin didn't agree, so she forced her to die? It's just that she didn't expect the fake to come true in the end, and she lost her life in vain."

"She was worried that Qiu Huaixin would step forward to snatch the scissors, so she kept backing away. She tripped over the edge of the well and fell into the water. At that time, she was still holding the scissors." Jiao Lianyu wiped her face here, but This time I remembered to lower the pressure, "It is estimated that the scissors accidentally cut the meridians in the neck when throwing the well."

The nursing home rushed over immediately after hearing the shout, and it took about ten breaths before and after. If it weren't for such unlucky luck, even if it was thrown into the well, it would not be possible to die.

"Who is Brother Mo?" Jiao Lianping asked Zhan Feiyu, Jiao Lianping could understand if it was because of Qiu Jingyuan's marriage, but just to let Brother Mo become a teacher, he took his own life. Although it was an accident, Dou Once Shi died, Qiu Jingyuan's future marriage would be even more difficult.

As for Qiu Huaixin, Jiao Lianping couldn't help feeling sympathetic. If news of today's incident got out, some people would say that the third son of the Qiu family forced his aunt to death. Fortunately, Qiu Huaixin didn't intend to enter the officialdom, otherwise his official career would be ruined.

"Xu's concubine, who is only over one year old now, should have been adopted under Dou's name." Zhan Feiyu replied, not surprisingly seeing Jiao Lianping's dumbfounded expression.

It turned out to be a baby boy. At that time, Jiao Lianping saw Dou took out scissors and forced him to die. He thought that Brother Mo was her natal nephew.

Her husband's family was unreliable, so she could only seek shelter from her natal family, so she wanted Mo Ge'er to become a teacher of Qiu Wangshu, and rely on the master-student relationship to join the Qiu family.

Jiao Lianping thought with his toes and knew that Qiu Huaixin would refuse for his second brother. The one-year-old baby probably couldn't speak, and it would take four or five years for enlightenment.

As for apprenticeship, unless it is a talented child prodigy, such as Zhan Feiyu and Qiu Jinyu, who can be called Wenqu stars, the average scholar will at least wait until the college entrance examination to obtain fame.

Otherwise, some great Confucianist would accept you as a disciple without even getting a meritorious degree. If you say how much you know how to read, it’s just empty talk.

Some scholars would only learn from their teachers after they had already obtained the honor of Juren after the provincial examination, so asking Qiu Wangshu to accept a one-year-old milk baby as his disciple was simply laughable and generous.

(End of this chapter)