In just one morning, Gu Nian had become one with the soldiers in the training ground and had also learned a lot about Yan Mo's habits.
At noon, the girls ate lunch with everyone else from the communal pot.
This is the garrison of Qingzhou Prefecture. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, every prefecture has a garrison. When there is no war, there are usually 20,000 troops stationed there.
In the afternoon, Yan Mo arrived at the martial arts arena.
He would have a match with the soldiers every afternoon.
On this first day, Gu Nian did nothing out of line, as if she really was just there to practice her skills.
Seeing this, Yan Mo stopped paying attention to her.
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The next day, Gu Nian didn't do much, and she left a little early in the evening because it was the end of the first exam and Gu Shouxin was going home, so the others went home early as well.
Seeing that the sweat on the children's hair was still wet, Gu Shouxin was puzzled.
"Dad, we haven't neglected our martial arts training either, and we even went to the garrison camp!" Gu Nian told Gu Shouxin about what had happened in the past two days.
Gu Shouxin: She truly lives up to her reputation as my daughter; she's so bold and decisive!
He didn't say anything, but told them to practice hard, as it's hard to find so many people to practice with!
When the Gu family asked Gu Shouxin how his exam went, Gu Shouxin was naturally very relaxed.
"I heard that there's a candidate who took the exam at the age of twelve this time. He's from Nan County, a child prodigy there named Huo Junhao. Have you heard of him?" During the meal, Gu Shouxin suddenly brought up a candidate.
Gu Nian was taken aback when she heard the name; it felt so familiar.
"I've never heard of it. Old Hua mentioned it! He said that the gambling den will probably open during the next provincial examination, all because of Huo Junhao," Grandpa Gu said with a smile.
"He can take the prefectural examination at the age of twelve! If he continues to pass the exam smoothly, he will be thirteen next year. Could he possibly become an official?" Gu Xin asked in surprise.
Gu Nian turned her head and glanced at Gu Xin. Yes, that's why she thought it looked so familiar.
In the original book, Huo Junhao is the male protagonist's number one rival in love.
She had been listening to her parents lately and rarely thought about the plot of the original book, so she didn't really react when Gu Shouxin suddenly brought it up.
Huo Junhao appears alongside the female lead, and it's during the first time the brothel sold her. He's the one who fights most fiercely with Lu Zheng.
He also has the ability to compete. He comes from a good family. His grandfather was a retired Grand Tutor who taught the late emperor and the current emperor. His uncles all serve as officials in the court.
At that time, Huo Junhao seemed to have worked at the Hanlin Academy for less than a year after high school before going out to travel around and live a carefree life.
He was sixteen when he was in high school, not in this year's class, but in the next year's class.
At that time, he was not afraid of Lu Zheng's power and kept bidding against Lu Zheng. In the end, he probably didn't have enough money on him, so he couldn't win against Lu Zheng.
He was determined to outdo Lu Zheng. Whenever Gu Xin went out, he would always try to bump into her, regardless of whether Lu Zheng was there or not.
Even after he arrived in the capital, he remained the same.
In order to fight Lu Zheng to the end, he had his family pull strings and went to the government office where Lu Zheng worked. He pestered Lu Zheng relentlessly every day and even shamelessly asked to go home with him to see Gu Xin. Sometimes he would change his attitude in an instant and threaten Lu Zheng, "If you don't treat her well, I will marry her right away."
However, his family knew that he was competing with Lu Zheng for the female lead's status, and the women in his family often fought with and threatened the female lead when she went out.
However, the female protagonist was naive at that time and did not know why these people were fighting with her. She only thought it was because she was born in a brothel that they looked down on her. Because of this, the female protagonist felt inferior a lot.
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