From the next day, Lu Wen got up early to go out and contacted students to protect each other. Xiao Ye and Chen Zi'ang were not studying hard. They went out for a walk from time to time to appreciate the scenery of Yangzhou, and found a student insurance policy. The same person introduced by Zhang Jianzhi, named Zhao Chen, an old scholar in his fifties.

On the evening of the third day, Lu Wen brought two students back, both of whom looked like they were eighteen or nineteen years old.

"Brother Bo Yu, Xiao Lang, this is Qian Mu, the third son of the Qian family of the Yangzhou Painting Fan Family. The family has been operating the folding fan business for generations. It has been a hundred years. It has branches in Jiankang and Suzhou. Every time a fine product is released, it will be sold out in a hurry!"

Lu Wen first introduced Xiao Ye and Chen Zi'ang a young student wearing brocade clothes and a proud face.

"So it's Brother Qian, I've been hiding for a long time!"

The two of them bowed and said politely.

"It's easy to say!"

Qian Mu replied arrogantly.

Yangzhou has six counties under its jurisdiction, including Hanjiang and Guangling County as supporting Guo County. He is a Tongsheng of Guangling County and ranked fifth. Although Chen Zi'ang and Xiao Ye are ranked first and second in Jiangdu, Jiangdu is not supporting Guo County. In the eyes of Yangzhou people, just like the countryside, no matter how good the test is, can the countryside candidates can compare to the city?

Facing Chen Zi'ang and Xiao Ye, Qian Mu has a natural sense of superiority.

However, the two of them are not that kind of stingy. They can protect each other. The more arrogant the person is, the more confident it is. It is impossible to cheat. Moreover, Qian's family has a great career. Once cheating is caught, the family will not be able to lose that face. In anger, it is possible to expel Qian Mu from the family.

Therefore, you can safeguard each other with Qian Mu.

Lu Wen also thought so. It doesn’t matter if he is arrogant, the key is that he believes in it.

"This is Jiang Fang, my old friend. He ranked eighth in the Hanjiang County exam. He is very filial to his mother and is well-known."

Lu Wen introduced again.

Jiang Fang was so ruthless that Xiao Ye was not as good as Xiao Ye. Influenced by Xiao Ye, Chen Zi'ang admired such poor students the most and bowed: "It turns out that it is Brother Jiang, Chen Zi'ang is polite."

"I dare not, I dare not!"

Jiang Fang seemed not good at dating people, so he waved his hand quickly, and he felt a little panic.

Xiao Ye frowned slightly. He was not very satisfied with Jiang Fang. It was not that he looked down on the poor, but that he was poor and had a short ambition, and was more susceptible to the temptation of money.

Of course, this does not mean that the morality of the poor is not as good as that of the rich, but the difference in cost. Maybe bribing a rich man costs 100,000 taels of silver, but if it is put on the poor, it will be done with a hundred and eighty taels.

However, Jiang Fang was brought by Lu Wen, so he was not inconvenient to question him in person, so he looked directly at Jiang Fang and bowed: "Good luck!"

"Good luck, lucky luck!"

Jiang Fang did not dare to look at Xiao Ye's eyes, and his vision was about to close.

"Since all five of them are together, I will sign the mutual protection documents and go to the official school to report tomorrow!"

Lu Wen didn't see the abnormality, laughed, took out his pen and ink, wrote the mutual protection document, tried five copies at a time, one copy for each person, signed and sealed. Xiao Ye also signed his name with a slightest finger.

After Jiang Fang and Qian Mu left, he was still uneasy.

From the Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination lasted only a hundred years, and it was still very clean overall. However, Xiao Ye studied the imperial examination in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Over the past few hundred years, various cheating methods were shocking, such as gun substitution, fraud, entrainment, plagiarism, change of paper, and even because of the factors of misleading names and copying, he also agreed to code words in the examination paper and colluded with the examiner.

One of the cheating methods made Xiao Ye extremely uneasy, called suicide cheating, which involved the four people who were married to the insurance at the cost of collecting rewards and sacrificing their fame.

If Jiang Fang’s family was well-off, he wouldn’t worry, so he asked, “Brother Lu, how much do you know about Jiang Fang?”

Lu Wen felt unhappy inside. Xiao Ye asked this question, which was equivalent to questioning himself, but he did not show it. He said patiently: "This person's father and the housekeeper of my family are old friends for many years. Although he is a little poor, his character is reliable. Five years ago, Jiang Fang's father died of illness. His mother did not allow him to work. He relied on the meager income from washing and sewing for others to support him in school, which led to overwork and depression and tuberculosis. This person is very filial to his mother. Every time he studied, he lived in the sickbed, and he lived up to his childhood and received unanimous praise among the neighbors. What problems can such a person have?"

The last sentence revealed Lu Wen's emotions.

"Haha, I just asked, Brother Lu is so worried!"

Xiao Ye smiled.

"Okay, it's getting late, let's go to the front for dinner!"

When Chen Zi'ang saw that the atmosphere was not right, he quickly smoothed out the situation.

The three of them went to the restaurant in front and ordered a few dishes at will. After eating, they went back to the house.

It was getting darker. Because I was in the inn, I was unable to read books by chanting and reciting. Xiao Ye took out the manuscript given by Xiao Song for a while and then prepared to take a shower and go to bed. However, at this moment, Chen Ziang outside called out, "Has Xiao Lang fall asleep?"

"Never!"

Xiao Ye opened the door.

After Chen Zi'ang returned to the house, he always felt that Xiao Ye was quite abnormal today, and he was also uneasy, so he came to find Xiao Ye.

"Do Xiao Lang think there is something wrong with Jiang Fang?"

Chen Zi'ang asked straight to the point.

Xiao Ye hesitated and said, "I can't say whether there is any problem now, but Brother Bo Yu has noticed a detail. Jiang Fang's eyes dodge, and he seems to have some worries."

"Yes, my eyes are the window of my heart. A person is as open and honest as he can see from his eyes that I haven't noticed you. After hearing what you mentioned, it's true. This person may be really wrong. Let's go to Lu Lang and explain it to him clearly!"

Chen Zi'ang's face changed and he was about to go straight out.

"Brother Bo Yu, wait!"

Xiao Ye grabbed Chen Zi'ang and said, "No evidence will only make Lu Wen unhappy. Otherwise, we will not rush to go to the prefecture to report tomorrow and go to Jiang Fang's house to take a look. How about it?"

"Okay!"

Chen Ziang nodded.

The next morning, the two left the inn and found the place where Jiang Fang lived according to the address left on the letter of guarantee.

The neighborhoods in this area are relatively old, but they are still clean and tidy. The early people are busy working on their livelihoods. Xiao Ye and Chen Zi'ang walked all the way over and saw an old man with a kind face, so they asked: "Old man, can you ask where Jiang Fang lives?"

"Oh? You guys are looking for Jiang Lang. This kid is not easy. Then, walk forward to the entrance of the alley and turn left and the third room is his house!"

The old man's enthusiastic guide.

Xiao Ye was not in a hurry to leave and said, "We are all friends of Jiang Fang. We came to visit him before the exam. Judging from the old man's tone, it seems that Jiang Fang is very famous in this area?"

"That's!"

The old man looked proud and shouted, "This kid is promising..."

As the old man was chattering, Xiao Ye and Chen Zi'ang roughly outlined their impression of Jiang Fang, which was similar to Lu Wen's understanding.

After hearing this, the Xiao family sighed: "I didn't expect that Jiang Lang was so hard, and the old lady was not easy. However, as far as I know, tuberculosis is mostly caused by years of fatigue and hunger. Jiang Lang had to be pregnant in less than two years, so he couldn't find a way to get some money to replenish the old lady's body?"
Chapter completed!