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On the night of August 15, many people didn't fall asleep at all. After all, the rest conditions in the Gongyuan No. 1 house were too poor. It would be better to toss and turn on the wooden board of the No. 1 house.

After the third exam, it is equivalent to the official end of the provincial examination in three years. No matter whether the exam is good or bad, there is no need to think about the long-term future.

On August 16th, it was dawn and the door of the house was opened. Chen Xi carried the examination basket out of the tribute court and met Shen Mingtang at the agreed location, but after a while, Shen Mingwen still did not come out.

Fuzhou Gongyuan covers a large area and has many candidates. It is indeed not easy to find Shen Mingwen from the crowd.

Until the candidates were almost gone, only a group of people left came out from inside, Shen Mingtang couldn't help but feel anxious: "Qilang, why don't you go in and look for it?"

Chen Xi looked at the gate guarded by the soldiers of the Gongyuan Court, shook his head and said, "It's not that I don't want to go in, I really can't go in."

Chen Xi thought to himself that even if he went to the tribute court, it would be useless. Shen Mingwen clearly refused to return home immediately.

Chen Xi has always suspected that three years ago, Shen Mingyou was not missing at all, but stayed in Fuzhou City. The two brothers should have a way to contact each other. Shen Mingyou looked for a way in the provincial capital, while Shen Mingwen went to Tingzhou Prefecture City to make some money with Shen Mingjun and his wife to escape again, and to live a free and comfortable life in Fuzhou.

But in the end, Shen Mingwen was caught by the old lady, and her dream was shattered.

This time Shen Mingwen went to the provincial capital to take the exam. If he knew where Shen Ming was, he would not have gone to find it. Before the exam, he lived in an inn, had a good meal and a good living, and lived a free and easy life. With Shen Mingwen's sloppy temperament, he naturally didn't want to move. But after the provincial examination, he knew that Shen Mingtang and Shen Xi were about to "carry him" back to Ninghua. So he left.

Chen Xi had actually expected that Shen Mingwen would not go back so easily, but now he and Shen Mingtang returned to Ninghua, and were hitting the old lady's gun. No matter how hard he had to find Shen Mingwen first.

As for Shen Mingyou's whereabouts, it is not within Shen Xi's responsibility.

After waiting for more than an hour, the gate of the tribute school was closed. Shen Mingtang still refused to give up and went up to ask the soldiers guarding the tribute school. Only then did he know that there were no candidates left behind.

Shen Mingtang said anxiously: "My brother may have fallen asleep and didn't have time to come out. Please let the military master go in and help find it."

The soldier said impatiently: "If you say nothing, you don't have it. Do you think the gong is in vain? If you can't wake up like this, you deserve to sleep in it!"

Shen Mingtang had no choice but to come back and let Chen Xi make a decision with a bitter face.

Chen Xi and Shen Mingtang went back to the inn first. After inquiring with Manager Yin, they found out that Shen Mingwen had actually come back and took the bag before leaving. They also with Manager Yin with Manager Yin to withdraw four cents of silver from the account.

Chen Xi knew what was going on when he heard this. Shen Mingtang was a little surprised: "Brother asked me for a tael of silver yesterday..."

Shen Mingtang came to take the exam, and he was good at it. This person was honest and would not think about those evil ways. Even if life in big cities was dazzled, he could still keep his true heart. But this person’s biggest shortcoming was that he was too honest. He was suppressed by Shen Mingwen as his elder brother and became a filial filial spirit, which was taken advantage of by Shen Mingwen.

Chen Xi almost reminded Shen Mingtang to hide all the money tightly. In the end, Shen Mingwen took advantage of it.

There was no way. I originally said I would leave immediately after the exam, but now Shen Mingwen is missing and can only send someone to search for it.

Chen Xi and Shen Mingtang went to the chamber of commerce together. They wanted to find Ma Jiu, but they realized that Ma Jiu had never come back in the past few days for the carriage and horse gangs to expand his territory.

Chen Xi and Shopkeeper Long asked several brothers to go to private brothels and gambling shops in the city to find them, but this time Shen Ming became a good writer and did not go to these places to "respect" after getting the money. I don't know whether he was deliberately hiding or looking for Shen Mingyou.

I searched for a day, but there was no news at all.

When it was getting dark, Ma Jiu came back in a hurry. He received news in the afternoon and took people to search for it himself, but still no trace of Shen Mingwen was found.

Ma Jiu said: "Little shopkeeper, I heard that there are many people in the city. These people's teeth... are all looking for labor for those mines or salt fields. Do you think the master will be brought to these people..."

Chen Xi shook his head: "He left with the money himself, not abducted by others. Besides, he is a weak scholar, with no ability to carry firewood on his shoulders and no power to tie a chicken. If he tied his teeth back, would he have to support him?"

Ma Jiu smiled bitterly and didn't talk about this question anymore.

Chen Xidao: "Brother Jiu, there is something happening. Three years ago, my second uncle accompanied my uncle to take the provincial capital for the exam. Since then, I have been missing. Please help me find someone to ask if there is any of his whereabouts. I suspect that my uncle has gone to find my second uncle... Now I will draw the portraits of them, and you can just take the portraits to inquire."

Ma Jiu nodded: "The relationship is good, and it is difficult to find it if you go so hard to find it."

Chen Xi painted the portraits of Shen Mingwen and Shen Mingyou. Shen Mingwen's dead look was easy to draw, but he had not seen Shen Mingyou for many years. In addition, the two of them rarely had intersections, so they had a little deviation in their drawings. However, even so, after he painted them, Ma Jiu and Shen Mingtang sighed.

Shen Mingtang asked in surprise: "Qilang, where did you learn how to draw?"

Ma Jiu was also shocked: "If you go out to be a painter, you can definitely make a living. The painting is so similar."

Chen Xi gave the portrait to Ma Jiu and asked Ma Jiu to take people to search overnight.

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The next day, Chen Xi and Shen Mingtang could only stay in the inn and wait for news.

In the morning, Mrs. Yin brought Yin Wen over. The little girl thought Chen Xi had left, and she hadn't seen her for a few days. She moved a stool and sat down as soon as she came over. She didn't do anything, so she looked at Chen Xi stupidly, as if she wanted to engrave Chen Xi's appearance deeply in her mind.

Chen Xi smiled and said, "Are you bored when you always look at me like this?"

"Um?"

The little girl had a puzzled look on her face, obviously she didn't understand what boredom meant.

Chen Xi stopped asking and let the little girl stare at him.

Chen Xi used to study, but he didn't pay much attention to Yin Wen. Now he hasn't done anything. He felt a little embarrassed by being looked at by the little girl like this.

Chen Xi thought to himself: "It would be great if Xier and Daier could sit quietly as well, but unfortunately these two girls are always too lazy."

At noon, Chen Xi ordered lunch to enter the room. Yin Wen followed him to eat. The little girl was not picky about food and ate quietly, but she ate very deliciously. She quickly pulled a large bowl of rice into her mouth. She burped gently and said nothing, but it made people know that she had eaten.

"Let's have a nap." Chen Xidao.

"Um."

Yin Wen was not polite, so he took off his shoes by the bed, sat on the edge of the bed with his socks and looked at Chen Xi. After a while, he lay down, held the quilt and looked at Chen Xi again, until his eyelids were fighting, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

The little girl was still sleeping, and Su Tong came to visit her.

After the exam, Su Tong also took a good rest for a day. When his spirit was almost recovering, he immediately came to Chen Xi to attend the literary gathering. After all, the number of candidates in the provincial capital has dropped sharply in the past few days. Many candidates who consciously failed the exam or were short of money have begun to consider returning home. If they don’t get together, they will not have the chance to meet in the future.

In the next provincial examination, many people may not travel through mountains and rivers... Some people have been taking the imperial examination for the rest of their lives and end up losing their money. Some people finally give up after hitting a wall and can only make a living in the countryside with the fame of scholars until they die.

"...I heard that in this provincial examination, Mr. Wu from Qingliu County, Tingzhou Prefecture, did a very good job in the exam, and he is very likely to be ranked in Jieyuan!"

Chen Xi asked, "Where did Brother Su know?"

Su Tong hesitated for a moment. He seemed unwilling to say it. Chen Xi could only guess that Su Tong had received some rumor again.

With Chen Xi's understanding of Wu Shengyu, this person is arrogant and is in order to become famous in the imperial examination. Even if Wu Shengyu finds the exam questions in advance, he doesn't bother to find someone to write for him, but only relies on his own real skills.

Even so, Wu Shengyu was still recognized by Su Tong as having a chance to win the Jie Yuan, and there must be little-known tricks behind it. Judging from the many dark corners of this provincial examination, the authority of the outer curtain officer is indeed a bit large. Otherwise, the candidates would not even know who the inner curtain officer is. How to start from the exam questions and marking papers and find out some "secrets"?

The two of them left the door together and Chen Xi said, "After my uncle's exam, I disappeared. In the past two days, I have sent people to search everywhere in the city. With concern, I am afraid that I can't go to the literary meeting with Brother Su. Let me send Brother Su here first!"

Su Tong was stunned for a moment. Thinking of the unreliable Shen Mingwen, he couldn't help but laugh: "The provincial examination has ended, where will the uncle go?"

Chen Xi sighed, "If you know it, you won't have to worry. When will Brother Su leave and return to Tingzhou?"

Su Tong waved his hand and smiled, "No, no hurry, I want to go back. At least I have to wait until the Gui list is announced, and then wander around for a while. I have to wait until mid-September. Since you are not convenient for you, Brother Shen, then I will say goodbye to you first. If you have any questions, please come to find me."

Su Tong turned around and left after reading the liar.

Chen Xi returned to the upper floor, Yin Wen had just woken up and was lying on the small pillow and crying, which made Chen Xi slightly puzzled.

Hearing the footsteps, Yin Wen raised his head to look at Chen Xi, with tears in his eyes, pouting slightly at Chen Xi, and whispering: "Young Master!?"

Chen Xi then realized why the little girl was crying. Maybe she woke up and found out that he was not here. She thought he was gone and felt sad.

Chen Xi smiled and comforted: "I won't leave for the time being before I've finished telling you the story."

Yin Wen climbed down from the bed, put on his shoes, ran over and moved the stool to the desk, and sat upright on the stool, as if a good student was facing his teacher, without a word, but his eyes had already revealed what she wanted to say in her heart.

"What story do you want to hear?"

Chen Xi returned to the chair in front of the desk and sat down, and asked with a smile.

Yin Wen thought about it, shook his little head, and two small braids tied to the left and right pair of small hair corners, as her head swung, like a small wave drum.

Chen Xi thought to himself: "What a satisfying little girl."

The little girl cried so hard that she was so happy when she saw others. She didn't picky about the stories and listened to whatever she said.

Chen Xi thought about it and would rather tell Yin Wen those simple fairy tales, which are the most suitable for girls to listen to.

Chen Xi talked about "The Mermaid Princess" for a while, and there was a burst of rapid sound of going up the stairs outside. Ma Jiu didn't even knock on the door and hit him in, hurriedly saying, "Little shopkeeper, uncle... he found him."

“Where is it?”

Ma Jiu didn't even bother to breathe and hurriedly said, "Are you... fighting with someone. When we are at that time, he is fighting with a wife, and the two seem to have a dispute. I don't know what's going on, so you should go over and see it yourself."

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