allendalepharm Chapter 465 Young and mature
Chapter 465 Young and mature
"The third prince is very strict this time." Jiang Youzhen nodded.
Huang Andao had been living in the Imperial Examination Hall before. Because of the examination papers, the place was heavily guarded and unrelated people could not enter at all. He only moved to the government office two days ago.
In fact, Huang Andao was also very smart. When he lived in the government office, Jiang Youzhen's people found that he seldom left the yard, and he was always protected by guards. Anyway, he valued his life very much.
"Master, what should we do next? In addition to protecting Mr. Huang, do we need to take other measures? For example..."
Qing Lang made a gesture of wiping his neck. Jiang Youzhen was stunned. "That's not necessary. Our goal has been achieved. We just need to protect Mr. Huang in secret."
When did Qing Lang become so violent? He was still so young, but he was always fighting and killing people.
"Oh~" Qinglang looked a little disappointed.
He has made great progress in martial arts recently. For some reason, it seems like he has suddenly become enlightened and his sword practice is going very smoothly, so he thought about putting it into practice.
"You haven't mastered the skills yet, and those people are all death warriors. Don't act rashly. Protect Mr. Huang back to the capital, and we don't have to worry about what happens next. There are many people who want this credit. Mr. Huang is not stupid, and he will immediately find a backer after returning to the capital."
Jiang Youzhen saw Qing Lang's eagerness to try, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Have you been practicing martial arts smoothly recently?"
Qing Lang smiled sheepishly, "I have indeed improved a lot compared to before, but I am not as good as those talented ones."
It seems that the spiritual spring water and those precious herbs are still effective. Let them make further progress.
"I have two more pills here. You and Qingyan can take them."
Jiang Youzhen poured out one or two meatballs from the porcelain bottle and handed them to Qinglang.
Qing Lang was overjoyed, "Thank you very much, Master! Thank you very much, Master!"
Jiang Youzhen had also taken Lingquan water some time ago, and it did work wonders, but she didn't dare take too much at once, and only took one drop of dissolved water each time.
She could already clearly feel the changes in her body, but her body had been transformed by the system using various skills, so the changes were not so obvious.
She planned to try taking more at once after returning home in the next two days to see if there would be any obvious effects.
"Send some to Asan later, and let him distribute it to the children." Jiang Youzhen said as he was about to put a shrimp dumpling in the water, but unexpectedly saw Qinglang's funny face.
"What's wrong? Is there anything happy?" Jiang Youzhen asked with interest.
"I just feel that the tone of your speech is like those masters. You are still young yourself! You actually call those people children."
Qing Lang knew that his young master was mature, but the way he spoke often gave him the illusion that the young master was more majestic than his own master.
Jiang Youzhen burst out laughing. In her previous life, she was already 28 years old. Compared to those teenagers who were only 12 or 13 years old at most, she was indeed a lot older.
"I am your young master now, a juren scholar, so of course I have to be dignified."
Jiang Youzhen stroked his smooth chin as he spoke, as if he was imitating those older scholars stroking a tiger's beard, which made Qing Lang laugh.
"I heard Qinglang's laughter outside the door. How come there is something happy happening so early in the morning?" Wen Ruyu walked in with a smile on her face.
"Now that you have become a juren, shouldn't you be happy?" Jiang Youzhen also laughed.
"Brother, have you eaten yet? Why don't we eat together?" Jiang Youzhen pointed at the food on the table. Today's breakfast was quite rich, with shrimp dumplings, steamed cakes, and steamed dumplings.
"If I wait until we have breakfast together, I'll starve to death. Don't you see that the sun is already high in the sky and it's almost time for lunch?"
Wen Ruyu smiled and said, "Eat it! I'll come see you later."
"Brother, do you have something to ask me? Why don't you just say it!"
Wen Ruyu paused, "I just want to ask you when we will go back. We have been away for a long time this time, and our parents at home must be worried. Besides, if we pass the imperial examination, there will definitely be officials to return to our hometown as soon as possible to announce the good news. There are still many things to do, and then we will go to the Imperial College."
They were ranked high, and a letter of recommendation had already been written by the provincial capital, and the official letter had been sent to the Imperial College. They only needed to take the letter of recommendation and report directly to the Imperial College.
But they still have to go back to their ancestral hometown to erect an archway, and also make a plaque and a flagpole, all of which will take several days.
"Of course I know. In fact, I planned to go back today. But I needed to tell Brother Huai'an before I left. He has been very busy these past two days and I haven't seen him since."
It’s strange, for some reason I haven’t seen Tong Huaian much recently, and I don’t know what he is busy with.
Jiang Youzhen was talking about Tong Huaian, while Tong Huaian was busy with the matter of the Third Prince sending people to attack Huang Andao at night.
"Are you saying that Huang Andao has left the city overnight?" Tong Huaian asked suspiciously.
"Yes! After returning from the Lu Ming Banquet, he didn't even have time to pack up and hurriedly drove away with everyone." Xiao Wu nodded.
"Why did he leave so quickly? Did he know that the third prince was coming to capture him? Then what was the reason?" Tong Huaian couldn't figure it out. If it was for the provincial examination, the examination went smoothly and there was no cheating.
"Has there been any unusual movement from the Second Prince these past two days?" Tong Huaian asked about the Second Prince. The last inspection was just a formality. After all, other prefectures had also started to build docks.
"There's no movement from the Second Prince!" Xiao Wu shook his head. "Oh! By the way, he seems to be checking the taxes at the docks these past two days, and he's checking them quite carefully."
"Taxes?" Tong Huaian suddenly had an idea, but then he felt it was unlikely.
The port here has only started collecting taxes for half a year, and people from all sides are watching every move here.
Not only the court, but also the local officials are keeping an eye on this place. Even the emperor is looking forward to the amount of tax revenue. Who dares to go against the emperor's will?
"Send someone to keep a close eye on the movements of these two princes. I will be returning home in the next two days. I will also have to pay homage to my ancestors. Once I am done with this, I will return to the capital."
"Yes! The Marquis sent someone to deliver a message. I heard that they are almost at the old house!" Xiao Wu said as he looked at Tong Huaian with some caution.
The relationship between the Marquis and the Young Master was not good, and the Young Master was very unhappy when he heard about the Marquis. But since the person had already come from the capital, he had to report it.
"A message? What message? Grandpa is in charge of the ancestor worship, so there's no need to worry about the capital. I'm afraid you're here to give me a warning, right?"
Tong Huaian spoke with disdain. In fact, he really didn't want to go back to the capital. How good was Qinghe Village?
Away from the intrigue of the backyard since childhood, he spent several years of quiet life in Qinghe Village.
He felt exhausted at the thought of going back to face his hypocritical stepmother, indifferent father, and brother who was resentful and wary of him.
Thinking of the chaotic and foul-smelling Marquis' Mansion, he couldn't help but sigh.