Qi Lianli left Lu Mansion with a complicated expression.
He didn't know whether to be happy or worried?
The good news is that if this thing succeeds, his career will be bright.
What worries me is that the Cui family has considerable influence in Huayang County and the court, and above them are the Second Prince and Concubine Cui.
Cheating in this provincial examination alone may not necessarily bring down the Cui family, otherwise the princess will be in big trouble.
Huh?
Perhaps the princess...
Qi Lianli suddenly realized something, smiled, and quickly disappeared into the night.
Midnight.
"Brother Wei." Ling Fei came to Yan Wei's hiding place. "It's already this hour, and there's still no movement. Has the Cui family noticed anything?"
Yan Wei: "No, we are in the dark and they are in the light. This batch of goods must be shipped tonight. Let's wait and see."
Soon, a person appeared in the sight of Yan Wei and others.
This man approached the guard like a ghost. When he was three steps away, the guard yawned, sat down against the wall and took a nap.
This person did the same thing, and the officers and Lu family guards all sat, leaned, lay down, and fell asleep on the ground.
Yan Wei and others were shocked when they saw this. How did he do it?
Soon the man arrived at the brightly lit mine, and Ling Fei recognized him at a glance.
“It’s actually him!”
Yan Wei: "Who is it?"
"Chen Ji, from the second branch of the Lu family!"
Chen Ji stood in front of the brightly lit mine for a moment, and the sound of excavation in the mine stopped.
Soon, twenty people came from the workers' dormitory and followed Chen Ji to the warehouse.
Half a cup of tea later, carts loaded with iron ore were pushed out of the warehouse one after another.
The group went around to the back mountain of the Lu family iron mine, unloaded the iron ore and loaded it into the ten large trucks of the Cui family that had been waiting there.
Yan Wei took a closer look in the moonlight and saw that the people who came to meet him were Cui Zheli's personal bodyguard Zhu Guang and Lu Zhehan's follower Yang Bo.
"Brother Yang, the truck has been loaded. The sleeping workers will wake up in half an hour. Please leave quickly to prevent any accidents.
Yang Bo smiled and responded in a low voice: "It's okay. If something was going to happen, it would have happened a long time ago. Thank you all for your hard work. I'll treat you all to a drink when I get back."
The two sides did not delay too long, and the Cui family quickly left with the goods.
"Wei Xiao, go back and report the news. We'll follow them all the way."
"Okay, be careful and hide yourself."
Afterwards, Yan Wei, Ling Fei, and the people sent by Meng Gaoyu followed the Cui family northward.
Wei Xiao followed the twenty people back to the mine.
If he remembered correctly, when Lu Zeyi came to the mine, these people seemed to come over to Lu Zeyi intentionally or unintentionally to report the mining progress.
At the hour of Yin, Yan Wei and others followed the Cui family to the vicinity of Linyang Posthouse, where they rested and no longer went north.
It wasn't until the morning of the following day that Cui Zheli and his group arrived to join them, and the large group set off on their journey northward...
At the same time, four long queues formed at the entrance of the Imperial Examination Hall.
The examinees were identified by the officials, stripped and searched before being allowed to enter the examination hall.
"Third brother, we will take the examination for the Tongsheng degree next spring. We won't be stripped and searched like they did, right?" Su Ningjie asked with some concern.
Su Ningwen gained a lot of knowledge today. There were so many scholars from the entire Huayang County who came to take part in the provincial examination.
How many of these people are the top scholars?
"Brother, we should undress and be inspected. Besides learning to read and write, we should also exercise our bodies and practice martial arts, so that we won't be easily infected with colds."
Su Ningjie nodded and glanced at Wu Huaiyuan and Meng Zihe in the team, "Third brother, we have learned a lot. Let's go back home quickly. Mother and sister should be awake by now."
The two brothers got back into the carriage. Since it was early in the morning, there were not many pedestrians on the road, so Wei Ying drove as fast as he could.
It took three quarters of an hour to send the two young masters back to the Lu Mansion.
Su Ningwen got off the carriage, handed the mask to Wei Ying, and ran desperately towards the Moon Gate.
Xiao Lingyu took Xiao Xier to the dining hall and saw Su Ningjie and Su Ningwen running towards them breathlessly.
"Could it be that you two got up early for a run?"
"Yes, mother, we need to exercise our bodies."
After saying that, the two brothers slumped down in their chairs, their hearts pounding.
After a few breaths, he took the tea handed to him by the servant and drank it in big gulps...
Xiao Lingyu's eyebrows trembled slightly, "Don't run so hard tomorrow. Running too fast will hurt your body."
"Mother, we will remember this."
After breakfast, Xiao Lingyu took the children to Lu Shiyuan's yard.
Except for Lu Yuan, everyone from several branches of the Lu family came to Lu Shiyuan's Qingsong Courtyard.
"grandfather!"
"Brother Jie, don't you want to accompany Grandpa to Shili Langyao? The scenery there is beautiful. You will definitely like it when you go there."
Lu Yao took his little hand and said, "Let's go together, brother and sister. Grandpa is old, and it's not easy for him to go."
Su Ningjie had originally given up the idea of going to Shili Langyao, but after seeing Lu Shiyuan, the idea came up again.
He really wants to go!
"Mom, I changed my mind. I want to stay with Grandpa for one night before coming back."
Xiao Lingyu nodded: "Okay, let's go."
Upon hearing this, Lu Zeyi's lips curled up slightly.
Lu Shiyuan smiled happily and pulled Su Ningjie out.
"Madam Su, please take care of Ayuan's health," Chen pulled Xiao Lingyu out of the room.
"Third Madam, even if you didn't tell me, I would have kept an eye on A Yuan. Brother Jie needs your attention. The weather is getting colder now, and the dew is heavier. Although he has recovered, he should try not to catch a cold."
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