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Chapter 64: Paper Crane Flies Up
Jichuan County, ten miles away.

The carriage parked there was naturally the carriage from Cui's mansion.

The person in the car was none other than Cui Fu, the steward of the Cui family who had previously visited Chen Xu's hometown.

Cui Fu at this time looked completely different from when he was in Xiaowan Village or at Chen Xu's home.

He sat back on the soft chair in the carriage with his eyes slightly closed, a clever-looking boy squatted beside his knees, diligently massaging his legs.

While beating him, he asked, "Uncle Fu, are we waiting here for Master Chen to pass by and then invite him into the car?"

Cui Fu didn't raise his eyelids, but just closed his eyes and pretended to rest, but he laughed and said:
"I've already invited them to my home, and they've already declined. Now you're waiting on the street to invite them again. How can that be considered friendship? It's almost annoying!"

The servant was a little confused and asked hurriedly, "If this isn't right, then... what are we waiting for?"

Cui Fu said, "Who told you that we were waiting for Master Chen here?"

"Ah? Then we...are we not going to do what the Master instructed us to do?"

"Yes, but not in this way. Go ahead and drive for another seventy miles and stop at the Zhongjiangdao Post Station."

After Cui Fu gave his instructions to the servant, he instructed the eight guards, "The four of you remain here to secretly protect Master Chen. If nothing goes wrong along the way, there's no need to show up. If something does go wrong, there's no need to hide. Just show up openly and save him."

Finally, Cui Fu took out a paper crane from his arms.

He bit his fingertip in front of the paper crane, wrote a line of characters above the paper crane with blood in the air, and then released the paper crane.

Suddenly, a clear cry was heard, and the paper crane flew up and turned into a bald eagle half the length of an arm in mid-air.

The little eagle is lifelike, flapping its wings and flying away into the sky.

In Jichuan County, Chen Xu and others went out of the north gate, but they were not lonely along the way.

There were three carriages in the group, one of which was shared by the county school instructor Wu Zhengze and teacher Yao Qing.

Yao Qing was both a teacher and a scholar-scholar in Jichuan County, so he could act as a guarantor for the students who were going to take the exam.

In fact, Wang Mochuan is also a scholar and student in Jichuan County, and is also qualified to act as a guarantor.

However, Wang Mochuan was young after all, and he was still studying in the scholar class of the county school, with a scholar as his teacher. Therefore, he was of a lower generation and did not participate in the guarantor matter.

At this time, Wang Mochuan was riding in the same car with Chen Xu and a cousin of his named Wang Xin.

In the last carriage sat Xu Wenyuan and two other students from the county school.

There were five students who went to take the exam. They were guarantors for each other and were not only classmates and friends, but also competitors.

In the carriage, Chen Xu and Wang Mochuan had a pleasant conversation.

When the car left the north city gate, you could just see several beautiful hills in the northern suburbs when you lifted the curtain.

Wang Mochuan sighed and said, "Brother Chen, I still remember the majestic and miraculous formation at the foot of that small peak. It's a pity that no one passed through it that day."

Wang Mochuan said it was a pity that no one passed through the formation that day. Chen Xu heard this and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Fortunately, Wang Mochuan was just expressing his feelings casually and did not require Chen Xu to respond.

He continued to himself, "It will take at least two days to get to Yunjiang Prefecture. I'm afraid we'll have to stop and rest at the Zhongjiangdao Post Station, seventy miles away, tonight.

This post station is repaired every year, but it also falls into disrepair every year. I hope the roof won’t rain again this year.”

Speaking of Zhongjiangdao Post Station, Chen Xu also had a topic to talk about.

He responded, "Brother Wang, you don't understand. If this post station can be repaired in one go, what is the need for a postmaster?"

The words came out of his mouth, and after he finished speaking, Chen Xu and Wang Mochuan looked at each other, and then they both laughed. The atmosphere in the car was just right, and the topic naturally opened up.

Wang Mochuan had talked with Chen Xu about the various forces in Yunjiang Prefecture last time, and this time he talked about the geography of Yunjiang Prefecture.

Yunjiang Prefecture, also known as the confluence of Jiujiang Rivers.

Among the seven prefectures in Tiannan, Yunjiang Prefecture is considered to be the most prosperous and wealthy.

There is only one prefecture, but there are thirteen counties in total.

Unfortunately, Jichuan County has always been mediocre in this regard. The overall prosperity of Yunjiang Prefecture has not benefited Jichuan much.

On the contrary, Jichuan County has always been at the bottom in terms of people's livelihood, economy, and education.

It is taken every year, but only a few people pass it.

Yes, unlike some dynasties, the scholar examination in the Dali Dynasty was held every year.

The provincial examinations for Juren were also held every two years, while the metropolitan examinations were held every three years.

Wu Zhengze only came to Jichuan County at the end of last year to serve as the county school instructor. This year is his first year leading the county school students to participate in the provincial examination.

"It's embarrassing to say this," Wang Mochuan said when talking about the exam. "After I passed the exam to become a student, I took the exam for another four years before I finally became a scholar.

It has been four years since I passed the examination for the scholar degree, but I still haven't been able to pass the examination for the juren degree.

I have wasted so much time in this world, and now I am twenty-seven or twenty-eight, but I still haven't been able to give a suitable answer to my teachers, relatives and friends."

As he said this, he sighed.

However, Chen Xu knew that Wang Mochuan was clearly trying to comfort himself in various ways.

Because Chen Xu had failed to pass the examination for the title of scholar for three consecutive years, and this year was the fourth year.

As we were talking, the journey slipped away unnoticed.

At noon, everyone found a shady place, got off the carriage and rested for a while, then took out some dry food and ate some lunch.

During this time, Chen Xu took out the blood agar wine that he had brought with him and asked everyone to have a drink. He then received about two hundred likes in a row.

Because everyone present, except the coachman, had at least the title of Tongsheng, the upper limit of their likes was much higher than that of ordinary mortals.

There is no need to elaborate on this. In short, the existence of blood agar wine has indeed opened up a new path for Chen Xu to gain praise.

In the short term, even if he cannot sell spirit wine in large quantities, he can still get a minimum number of likes through daily interactions with his classmates.

It doesn't mean that you will lose your daily income because of taking the exam.

In the evening, after traveling seventy miles, the Zhongjiangdao Post Station was in sight.

As the carriages approached, before they reached the entrance of the post station, a commotion was heard.

It was a group of scholars of varying ages, arguing fiercely with the postman: "We are also students taking the exam, why can't we stay at this post station?"

The postman tilted his head slightly, his eyes slanted downwards, and said in a neutral tone, "How are we going to stay if the rooms are full? Since you are all scholars, how come you don't know that you shouldn't force others to do things against their will?"

Wang Mochuan lifted the carriage curtain and frowned, "Is this post station full? Do we have to go another twenty miles to Yunheng County ahead to stay temporarily? I'm afraid it will be dark by the time we go another twenty miles."

Before he finished speaking, he saw the postman at the door turn his head to look over here.

Suddenly his eyes lit up, and he stepped forward and said, "Are you the students from Jichuan County?"

(End of this chapter)