Now the Ou family and Wen Sheng and the others are at a stalemate. Although Wen Sheng and the others have not obtained any real evidence, they have already guessed that this matter is related to Ou Dunyi.

The Ou family is fine for the time being, but if the incident continues, even if Wen Sheng and others can't find any real evidence, they can defeat him only with those specious rumors.

Wen Linzhong has always hated Ou Dunyi, a vicious person like Ou Dunyi. What's more, the 23 people who were murdered were not bad at learning. They will not be able to enter the exam this year, but what about three years later, six years later?

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

Speaking of which, the foundation of the Ou family is still too shallow. There is only one official in the whole family, Ou Tongju, and among the younger generations, only Ou Dunyi can study, and there are no foreseeable outstanding talents among the grandchildren.

So it's better to mediate, try to calm the anger of the twenty-three candidates, and turn the fight into jade.

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

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

But the candidates had different opinions. The candidates headed by Wen Sheng were very strong and did not want to reconcile. They obviously wanted to find out the matter.

But there were also people who were moved by the compensation proposed by the Ou family. As the master said, even if the matter was found out, Ou Dunyi would be exiled at most, and they would not get any benefits.

Moreover, some people have doubts and are not sure whether the accident they encountered was really caused by Ou Dunyi.

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

Wen Sheng didn't expect that the plaintiffs would start a fight before the case was clarified.

He had a bit of a headache, but fortunately he still had prestige, so he could hold everyone down for the time being, so he didn't reply to the Ou family yet.

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

If there is a mistake, there will be a penalty. If money can be used to solve it, how can the world be maintained?

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

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

Wen Sheng came back to his senses and looked up, only to realize that he had reached the door of the ceremony room at some point. 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 examination, half the street is under martial law, and no one else is allowed to come near it.

"My lord, I forgot, today is the ninth day, and the autumn is over today..." Ping An looked at his master cautiously.

Wen Sheng felt disappointed, "It's so fast..."

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

And it is not yet known how many people will be willing to follow.

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

Li Baolu was guarding the gate with Shun Xin, waiting for Gu Jingyun and Zhao Ning to come out.

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

The gate opened slowly, and after a long time, one or two examinees came out with mutual support, unkempt and disheveled, looking no better than beggars.

Li Baolu's heart instantly improved.

At this time, Gu Jingyun was slowly clearing the things on the table in the numbered room, while Zhao Ning was walking around in a hurry, "Brother Gu, we don't want these things anymore, let's go out first."

For nine days, you can't take a shower for nine days, 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 other side not rush out of this cage-like place?

Gu Jingyun ignored him, put away his things, washed his hands with water from the bucket in front of the number room, dried himself, and then went out with the test basket.

Zhao Ning hurriedly followed, but after only two steps, his eyes went dark, and he fell directly to the ground, feeling 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 then did I see Gu Jingyun who was full of disgust.

Seeing that he was standing still, Gu Jingyun withdrew his hand, pouted and said, "After two months of practice, it's still so useless."

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

Zhao Ning absolutely did not admit 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 with the test basket. On the way, the two of them saw many candidates who fainted in the numbered room and on the road.

The guards at the No. 1 room were no longer there, and they all went to maintain order and carry people, so as not to trample the fainted candidates.

Zhao Ning and Gu Jingyun slowly moved out, chatting with the people around them, there was no way, Gu Jingyun didn't like to talk, he could only find someone else.

After being locked up for nine days, everyone was exhausted, so they walked very slowly, and the door was only so big. When they got near the door, everyone would take a step, stand for a while, and then take another step.

And Zhao Ning also got a lot of news.

There were as many as five examinees who were carried out in the middle of the past few days, four of them suffered from heat stroke, and one of them suffered from diarrhea, and two of them died.

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

Zhao Ning sighed, "The imperial examination is indeed a life-threatening exercise."

Gu Jingyun pursed his lips and said nothing, crossed the threshold with the test basket in hand, narrowed his eyes slightly to look at the sun in the sky.

Li Baolu's gaze was fixed on the gate all the time, and she couldn't help being nervous when she saw the yamen servants carrying so many candidates out, for fear that Gu Jingyun was among them.

When she saw Gu Jingyun appearing at the gate, she didn't care about anything, she immediately squeezed up and grabbed him, "What, dizzy or not, thirsty or not, hungry or not?"

Speaking of grabbing his hand, she wanted to feel his pulse.

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

Shun Xin also squeezed to Zhao Ning's side, and helped him to the carriage, "Master, we made chicken soup for you, you can have a bowl first, Mrs. Gu asked the cook to cook chicken porridge for you..."

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

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

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

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

"Then what about my young master? Mrs. Gu should show my young master too." Shun Xin 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 then stopped after a while and said: "Well, the loss is a bit serious, the key is stomach damage, I will give the cook a few prescriptions for food supplements, and ask her to supplement it for you. Alright, let's go drive."

Shunxin happily climbed out to catch the car, "Mr. 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 to leave quietly. Seeing Shunxin screaming, he followed the trend, bowed to the carriage and said, "Mr. Gu, Mr. Zhao."

Zhao Ning in the car froze, "Who is Mr. Wen?"

"It's Wen Sheng," Li Baolu explained his affairs, and said, "He's making the Ou family flustered and has no time to take care of us."

Li Baolu thought for a while and said to Gu Jingyun: "This person is not bad, he can be handed over."

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

Zhao Ning immediately opened the curtain to return the salute to Wen Sheng, and politely invited him to get in the car.

Wen Sheng declined, and said with a sad smile: "Before, I met Mrs. Gu once. Just now I saw that it was not good not to say hello, and I was afraid of disturbing the two of you if I did."

Although he has not participated in the provincial examination, he has gone through the hospital examination, and he knows that what is most needed at this time is rest.

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

But the curtain was lifted, and Gu Jingyun poked his head out from the inside to look at Wen Sheng and nodded slightly, "It's really inconvenient today, brother Wen can come to talk to you if you have time tomorrow."

Wen Sheng had heard of Gu Jingyun for a long time, but this was the first time he saw him in person. He was slightly surprised at his youth, and then nodded dangerously, "Okay, when tomorrow is not too late, Wen will come to disturb you."

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

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

He thought he was going to sleep.

As soon as Zhao Ning got home, he ran to the kitchen to cook a bowl of chicken porridge, and then lay still on the bed.

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

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

Even if he had a good mental quality, it would be difficult to fall asleep in a place with a stench and snoring.

What's more, the bed in the No. 1 room was too small, and he couldn't even straighten his legs. Fortunately, he was only fourteen years old, and if he was older, like Zhao Ning, he slept with his body curled up, almost like a snake.

Gu Jingyun only supported himself from falling asleep with a will, but when he walked out of the bathroom, he was disheveled. Li Baolu saw that his underwear was open, his eyes were half-closed, and the shoes on his feet were reversed, so she couldn't help pursing her lips and smiling.

Going forward to tidy up his clothes, he led him to the table and brought porridge to feed him.

After taking five or six mouthfuls, Gu Jingyun closed his eyes and fell asleep, sitting upright on the bench.

Li Baolu couldn't help marveling at the plasticity of the imperial examination, it took only nine days to turn Gu Jingyun into this appearance.

She helped him lie down on the bed, took a dry towel and twisted his hair. Seeing that he had lost a lot of weight, his eyes were slightly blue but his face was still handsome and fair, Li Baolu couldn't help but stretched out her fingertips to touch his face, He whispered: "It's really getting more and more beautiful, I want to watch you closely."

Gu Jingyun slept so dimly that he didn't know anything about personnel.

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