There is a big banyan tree at the entrance of Shaojia Village, with a trunk that only several adult men can hold together. It has always been the place where the elderly in the village like to cool off and chat in summer.

There are some stone tables and benches under the tree, but when it was still spring, the people in the village were very busy, and no one would sit and chat here.

But on this day, the wind was sunny, and Xiao Ying sat here with Jiang Li to play chess.

The atmosphere between the two was very harmonious. Even if they were fighting on the chessboard, their expressions were calm and gentle.

Xiao Rong gently fell a white piece and looked at Jiang Li, who was thinking about the way of chess on the other side with a calm expression.

Recalling the days when Jiang Li was recuperating at the Shao family, Xiao Ying couldn't help but smile bitterly. It seemed that he had cut off the fate of the male and female protagonists, at least temporarily.

This matter has to start with the first meeting between Jiang Li and Su Ling that day.

Xiao Ying thought that when the male and female protagonists met at about the same time, they would naturally have a good impression of each other and then walk together.

But he forgot one thing, that is, today, the world is an ancient society with strict ethics, and Jiang Li is also a gentleman. He was saved by Xiao Rong and met a woman with a child with her savior. Even if she couldn't help but feel a little fond of her, she would definitely take the initiative to extinguish her.

What's more, these two people don't have the life-saving grace and the many days of being alone to catalyze their favor.

In order to dispel Jiang Li's concerns, Xiao Ying also revealed his current relationship with Su Ling in front of him, and hinted that "Su Ling will have nothing to do with him after the child is born, and you can chase him if you want to." However, Jiang Li did not understand the meaning at all.

In the end, he often went to chat with the male and female protagonists to match the male protagonist. The two of them could chat unexpectedly, and they could have a lot of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Jiang Li was more familiar with him than the female protagonist.

Then Xiao Ying found that things had entered a vicious cycle, because the more Jiang Li was familiar with him, the more he treated him as a friend, the more he adhered to the gentleman's idea of ​​"friends and wives should not be bullied". He would never have any idea of ​​Su Ling, and he became more distant and kept a distance from Su Ling.

He had no intention of breaking up the male and female protagonists, but because he had a moment of good intentions, he wanted to keep the daughter of the original owner Shao Qingyun and Su Ling, resulting in a series of subsequent butterfly changes, and the male and female protagonists' CP was dismantled.

Unfortunately, this time, he can't help but attack the heroine...

Jiang Li didn't notice the depression in Xiao Ying at all. After thinking for a while, a dark spot fell and looked up at Xiao Ying.

Xiao Rong fell down another piece without thinking. Jiang Li stared at the chessboard intently. After a while, he smiled bitterly and put the black piece in his hand back into the chess box: "I lost again... Sometimes I really doubt whether my chess skills were praised as being the second only to Yu Guoshi master, otherwise why would he never win the next time under this guy?

While picking up the white chess pieces and returning them to the chess box at hand, Xiao Rong smiled faintly and said, "Among the four elements of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, I have the deepest research on chess." This kind of Go, which takes a few steps, is the simplest for Xiao Rong, who has a very strong mental power.

Jiang Li looked speechlessly. Chess skills cannot be studied by research, especially because this guy's chess skills can completely crush him. It is almost only the top national masters can do it. What makes him most helpless is that this guy is a few years younger than him, and he has no teacher with advanced chess skills to teach him, which is really a blow to people...

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Jiang Li is currently the confidant of the Fourth Prince. Although his official position is not very high and there is no clear deadline for being sent out to do business this time, of course, the faster he secretly handles the fourth prince, the better. So after he was injured in the Shao family for a while and confirmed that he could withstand the intensity of long-term horse riding, Jiang Li said goodbye to Xiao Rong.

When both of them intentionally approach each other and have the bond of life-saving grace, Xiao Rong naturally has a good relationship with Jiang Li.

Xiao Ying sent Jiang Li to the wharf in the county town. After Jiang Li's persuasion, he did not continue to send him. Instead, he stood at the wharf and said to Jiang Li: "Brother Jiang, I wish you a good journey this time!"

Jiang Li got on the boat, stood on the bow of the boat and smiled at Xiao Huang, "I'll lend you auspicious words! Brother Xiao, see you in the capital!"

Xiao Ying also smiled and said, "See you in the capital!"

Jiang Li is not a famous figure now. At least no one knows who Ningyuan Hou Shizi is, far away from the capital. Therefore, he did not hide his name during the intercourse with Xiao Huang, but used his real name. Perhaps it was because Xiao Huang did not deliberately test his identity and gained some of his trust.

After Xiao Rong sent Jiang Li onto the ship, he stood there and watched the cargo ship sailing on the river gradually become smaller in his sight. The strong wind made his robe rustle. He still stood there without leaving. Until the shadow of the cargo ship completely disappeared from his sight, he turned around and left the dock.

There is no way. He stood at the dock for so long not to blow the wind or show off, but to express his sincere friendship to the male protagonist Jiang Li - who made the ancients like to do this kind of behavior of seeing each other thousands of miles away and watching parting express his reluctance?

After seeing off the male protagonist, the female protagonist has now been calm for the time being. After all, her belly is quite old and cannot stand the trouble. Xiao Ying can also set off quietly to the Fucheng City to participate in the provincial examination half a month later.

The original owner Shao Qingyun took three provincial examinations to pass the imperial examinations before he was admitted to the juren. He took three consecutive years and took three exams to pass the imperial examinations, which shows how difficult it is for ordinary people to pass the imperial examinations. Shao Qingyun is still lucky. More candidates have not passed the exam until he failed the exam. He was admitted to the juren before he was thirty years old, and he can also be called a young man.

However, Xiao Ying was unwilling to delay so many years in the examination. He made sufficient preparations and planned to sing all the way to the palace examination.

Xiao Ying himself is confident. He is confident that his knowledge is absolutely fine to deal with the scientific exam. What he mainly cares about is the issue of becoming a disciple after passing the imperial examination. Being a good teacher and entering the officialdom in the future means that he can shorten his task time with ready-made connections and resources.

He planned to wait until he went to the capital to collect information about the great scholars of the dynasty before making a decision.

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Xiao Ying set out to go to the Fucheng thousands of miles away to take the exam. Shao's father and Shao's mother were so nervous. Shao's mother worked for his luggage every day when she had time, for fear that she would treat her son badly, while Shao's father planned to go to the Fucheng with her son to accompany the exam.

Shaojia Village is under the jurisdiction of Qingyang County, Qingluo City. This time, Xiao Ying was going to the prefecture of Qingluo City to participate in the rural examination. In order to arrive early, he and Shao's father chose to take a boat and take a waterway. Two scholars from Qingyang County were also accompanied by them.

These two scholars, Xiao Ying, have seen them in the memory of the original owner Shao Qingyun. The scholar who was nearly forty years old was Zhang, and was a scholar teacher in a private school where Shao Qingyun studied when he was a child. Another young scholar in his twenties was Jiang. He was barely a classmate with Shao Qingyun, but he just nodded.

Xiao Ying met Zhang Xiucai and Jiang Xiucai on the boat, greeted him gently and had a very friendly attitude.

On the surface, he had similar attitudes towards both of them, but in fact, Xiao Ying was closer to Zhang Xiucai in private. In ancient times, the relationship between teachers and students was very reliable. Although Zhang Xiucai was just the original owner's private school teacher and not a master-apprentice relationship, Xiao Ying should be closer and more respectful to Zhang Xiucai than Jiang Xiucai.

Jiang Xiucai has a good family background. He has a little scholar around him. He ignores Zhang Xiucai and looks arrogant. Even when facing Xiao Rong, a scholar who is much younger than him, his attitude is not warm and friendly, and he can only be said to be not cold.

Xiao Rong could see at a glance that this kind of rich child was spoiled by his family. He was more arrogant than his talent. If he hit a wall in the future, he could be a correct attitude and achieve something. If he couldn't, he would probably end up being "unparalleled with talent" in his life. If this scholar Jiang was just a pure scholar, his arrogant personality might be appreciated by some people who are good at it. If he wanted to be an official, there would be no chance.

Although he made a conclusion on the somewhat arrogant scholar Jiang, Xiao Rong did not show any signs of it, and he looked like a humble and polite scholar.

The waterway from Qingyang County to Luoyang City is not very far, so the cargo ship that Xiao Rong and others took arrived at the dock of Fucheng within a few days.

Shao's father got off the boat together with Xiao Ying. He said to Zhang Xiucai and Jiang Xiucai: "Do you two have a place to stay in the capital?"

Jiang Xiucai said: "My family has a villa in the capital city, so I live there."

Zhang Xiucai smiled: "I plan to find an inn near the test site."

After hearing what Zhang Xiucai said, Shao's father lit up: "I plan so too. It's better for us to rent a small yard together. It's quiet and convenient, and no one will disturb you to prepare for the exam."
Chapter completed!