Chapter 83 Young Champion
Meng Yi's funeral was handled very simply.
The three of them buried him not far from the wooden house. Ye Zelan and Ge Yuanqing stayed here for three days before going down the mountain.
"Qianqian, why don't you come back to the Ye family with me?" Ye Zelan said to Lin Qian before leaving.
Lin Qian refused and said, "I'm not going anywhere. I'll stay here with my master. I plan to stay here with my master for three months. After three months, I will return to Huizhou Prefecture."
Ye Zelan and Ge Yuanqing didn't try to persuade them much and went down the mountain together.
After that, Lin Qian stayed at Meng Yi's tomb for four months.
Originally, she was planning to go home in the first month of the lunar year, but on the day of departure, it started snowing heavily. Lin Qian thought that her master might not want her to leave, so she stayed for another month.
After celebrating her thirteenth birthday in front of Meng Yi’s tomb, Lin Qian bid farewell to Meng Yi completely and descended Duyun Peak.
After coming down the mountain, Lin Qian prepared to buy a horse and return to Huizhou Prefecture. She would be away for a full year this time, and her family would definitely be worried about her.
Who knew that once she got down the mountain, she would find that several gates of the capital had been blocked, and no one was allowed to enter or leave for the next few days. Confused about what was going on, Lin Qian thought about finding an inn first and asking the staff what was going on.
Who knew that after staying in seven or eight inns in a row, they were all overcrowded. Finally, she found an empty room in the ninth inn.
"Young man, what's going on these days? Why did the capital suddenly impose a road ban and forbid people from entering or leaving?" Lin Qian asked a young man.
The waiter led Lin Qian upstairs and said with a smile, "Where are you from, sir? You don't even know this? These days are the days of the imperial examinations. I heard that today is the palace examination. After today, the road ban will be lifted."
So that's how it is. Lin Qian asked again, "Then after this palace examination, we can determine the top three winners, right?"
The young man nodded: "Yes, I heard that this year's top scholar might be a sixteen-year-old boy."
Lin Qian raised her eyebrows: "Genius?"
"Of course not. I heard he got first place. I don't know how he will perform after the palace examination. Anyway, if he is not the top scorer, he will definitely be the second or third place."
"Really? What's the name of this young genius?" Lin Qian asked.
The clerk thought for a moment and said, "It seems his surname is Wei. What's his name, Wei something?"
Lin Qian paused. Sixteen years old? A young genius? Last name Wei? Could it be Wei Jing?
At this time, the young man spoke up and said, "I remember now. His name is Wei Xiaoran. He is the adopted son of Lord Wei, the prefect of Jizhou."
Lin Qian said "Oh", she thought it was Wei Jing, and she didn't know how Wei Jing was doing now.
On the second day after Lin Qian stayed at the inn, she heard the news that the top scorer was indeed the sixteen-year-old genius named Wei Xiaoran.
In the north of the capital, at the home of the Jizhou prefect.
"Xiaoran, good job, I was right about you." Wei Lin, the governor of Jizhou, laughed and looked at the young man standing in front of him.
The young man was tall and graceful, wearing an elegant green robe, with a face as handsome as jade, a slightly upturned corner of his mouth, and a pair of eyes as warm as water, which made people unforgettable at first sight.
Wei Xiaoran said: "Xiaoran can achieve what he has today, thanks to his adoptive father who saved my mother and me. Xiaoran would like to thank his adoptive father here."
After hearing what Wei Xiaoran said, Wei Lin laughed happily. He really did not save the wrong person.
After talking for a while, Wei Xiaoran left and walked all the way to a remote courtyard in the Wei Mansion.
"Mom, I'm the top scholar." Wei Xiaoran pushed open the gate of the courtyard and said to the woman in the house. The woman looked at Wei Xiaoran, stood up, and was very happy.
If Lin Qian were here, she would definitely recognize that this woman is Zhang Yufang.
"Okay!" Zhang Yufang laughed happily, and as she laughed, tears began to flow. Ever since she and Wei Jing were kicked out, they had suffered for so many years, and finally, happiness was finally coming to them.
Wei Xiaoran, or Wei Jing, helped Zhang Yufang sit down, and gently stroked the light pink scar on the side of Zhang Yufang's neck with his fingers.
I've been applying rejuvenation cream for a year, but this horrible scar hasn't faded.
Zhang Yufang held Wei Xiaoran's fingers and said, "It's okay, it's all over."
Wei Xiaoran lowered his eyes, a cold look flashed in his eyes, and he said: "It's hard to get over it. If I had gone back a step later..."
Wei Xiaoran could never forget that scene. When he returned home that day and opened the door, he saw his father, who had abandoned him since childhood, lying on Zhang Yufang.
The kitchen knife in his hand had already chopped Zhang Yufang's neck. If he had come back a step later, he might have seen Zhang Yufang's dead body.
They were separated from Lin Qian and the others and followed the large group of people fleeing famine to Jizhou.
They settled down in Jizhou. In order to make money, Zhang Yufang and several people from Linjia Village started a fine flour business in the first year. Later, Wei Xiaoran passed the examination and became a scholar.
However, his biological father met Zhang Yufang and Wei Xiaoran by chance, and only then did he know that his son had actually become a scholar.
Wei Xiaoran's father is called Wei Hai. After he drove Zhang Yufang and Wei Xiaoran out, he married a second wife. However, this wife only gave birth to three daughters for him and no sons so far.
Now that he had met Wei Xiaoran and his mother, and knew that Zhang Yufang was so rich and his son was so promising, he was naturally overjoyed and rushed to recognize them as his relatives.
Unfortunately, Wei Hai was beaten up by Wei Xiaoran and kicked out. How could Wei Hai just give up like that? He would come to harass Zhang Yufang and Wei Xiaoran every now and then.
Once Wei Hai fell ill. With so many people in his family, they had to rely on a few acres of wasteland to make a living. How could they possibly afford the money for his treatment? So they turned to Wei Xiaoran and his mother.
Wei Xiaoran didn't say a word to him and drove him out again.
The next day, while Wei Xiaoran was at the private school, Wei Hai sneaked into his house and threatened Zhang Yufang to give her money.
Zhang Yufang naturally refused, and the two started fighting again.
Wei Hai was furious and said that if he had no money to treat his illness, he would die. In that case, he would not let Zhang Yufang have an easy time and would have to bury her with him.
When Wei Xiaoran returned home from school, he saw a kitchen knife on Zhang Yufang's neck and blood all over the floor.
Wei Xiaoran's eyes immediately turned red at the blood all over the ground. He ran over, picked up Wei Hai, pressed him under his body, and punched him again and again.
Zhang Yufang's injury was not serious. There was just a cut wound, which looked scary.
By the time she stood up and grabbed Wei Xiaoran and pulled him away, Wei Hai was already dead.
At this moment, Wei Hai's second wife came to find Wei Hai with her daughters. The door was not closed, and they witnessed Wei Xiaoran killing Wei Hai with their own eyes.
Suddenly, a woman's scream rang out, attracting the neighbors who happened to see this scene.
Under the watchful eyes of the public, Wei Xiaoran was sent to the government office without any means of escape.
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