In the Lin Mansion, the mistress Jia Min has been busy preparing luggage for her son who is preparing to go south.
I feel happy and worried at the same time. I am happy that my son has succeeded in studying at a young age and is going to take the exam to be a scholar. But I am worried that my son has to go thousands of miles away to take the exam to be a scholar at a young age. My son is traveling thousands of miles away and my mother is worried.
Even with a group of classmates from Jia Clan School acting together, Jia Min still felt uneasy.
If it were not difficult to go out, she would really like to go back to South China with her son and be a mother who accompanies him to study.
"Madam, there is no need to worry. My uncle has asked me to go back to Nan to take the scholar examination!"
When Lin Ruhai returned home, he saw the worried look on his wife Jia Min's face, and hurriedly said to comfort her: "Madam, you should be relieved now that Cong'er is following you back to the south!"
"So good!"
Hearing this, Jia Min smiled happily and felt much relieved.
Jia Cong has been carefully trained by the eldest master. He is quite good in martial arts at a young age, and his abilities in other aspects are also quite strong.
If he goes back to Nan to take the scholar examination, the great master will definitely arrange everything. Not to mention the manpower and strength of the guards, they will be completely different from before.
In the eldest man's villa, Aunt Qian hurriedly asked for a meeting after receiving the news.
"Master, why do you let Cong'er go back to Nan to take the scholar examination? He is still so young?"
Although she was afraid in her heart, she still spoke boldly for the sake of her biological son, Aunt Qian.
"Not too young!"
The elder waved his hand and said with a smile: "I'm going back to the south with Lin Duan, it's good to have a companion!"
"But hasn't Cong'er's knowledge reached home yet?"
Aunt Qian knew Jia Cong's situation quite well and begged: "Master, please don't let Cong'er go this time, right?"
"Don't worry, Conner's foundation is very good. Although the exam is difficult, it is not hopeless!"
The elder shook his head and said with a smile: "Besides, this time we have a companion like Lin Duan going south with us. If it were another time, who would go to the exam with him next time?"
He is not a stick, so how could he not consider Jia Cong's actual situation at all and go thousands of miles south to Jinling just to accompany Lin Duan? He is not that white lotus.
Aunt Qian was stunned when she heard this. She also knew the situation of Jia clan studies quite well. There were only so many students who took the imperial examination. She had also heard about their ages. Most of them were seventeen or eighteen years old. They were not the same as Jia Cong at all.
A bird cannot fit in a pot.
"Do you think I let Cong'er go thousands of miles away just for Lin Duan?"
The elder said with a smile: "I have been thinking about this for a long time. Not only is it a matter of companions with a similar age difference, I am not very willing to let Cong'er go to Jinling alone. There are many dandies there. If Cong'er is led astray
But what to do?”
Aunt Qian's mind was confused, and she put back the objection she was about to blurt out. She had to pay attention to the elder's reminder.
It's not like she has never stayed in Jiangsu Province. The Jinling tribe has done a lot of good things after being reorganized, but there are also a lot of dandies. If Conger goes alone, there is a real possibility that he will be seduced by that gang of dandies.
This can't happen!
Putting aside the issue of future, as a mother, she naturally does not want her children to be bad learners, even if there is even the slightest possibility.
"Oh well!"
After much deliberation, Aunt Qian agreed with the elder's idea and let Cong'er go south with a good friend like Lin Duan, which would at least reassure her in terms of character.
"But Master, the manpower of the guards must be properly arranged!"
The elder was a bit dumbfounded and said angrily: "Okay, okay, you don't need to remind me that I know what to do, you can just stay at home and wait for the good news about Conner!"
After waving Aunt Qian away, the elder called Mrs. Xing and warned, "Don't spread the news about Cong'er and Duan'er going south together to take the scholar examination!"
Mrs.
"Haha, have you forgotten the golden knot in the house?"
The elder sneered and said: "Neither the old lady nor Mrs. Wang would be happy to see Cong'er climb on that golden bump, especially Mr. Wang. Who knows what crazy things she will do when she becomes jealous?"
"It's the old lady. If she knew the news in advance, she might take action to stop Cong'er. The reason is easy to find. Sir, I don't want the trouble in the house to affect Cong'er's future!"
Although Mrs. Xing did not believe that the government would do such dirty things, the eldest master had already made it so clear that she did not dare to be careless.
If it was really because of her that Jia Cong couldn't go south normally, maybe the great master would be furious at her!
The elder not only told the other courtyards to keep silent, but also specifically told Lin Ruhai and Jia Min that Jia Cong was planning to follow Lin Duan to go south to take the scholar examination, so he kept it secret.
Not to mention the people in the Rongguo Mansion, not even the teachers and classmates of the Jia family school knew about this matter, and the confidentiality measures were extremely strict.
Just when Lin Duan, Yi Gan Kaoju, and dozens of students from the martial arts class were preparing to go south, Jia Cong suddenly joined in and boarded the boat directly to go south without waiting for the news to spread.
This move was quite sudden. Even if someone wanted to send a message to Rongguo Mansion, there was nothing they could do in a short period of time. The group implemented strict military management on the road. Whether they were stopping the ship to rest or doing other things, they had to have at least two people around them.
More than one companion follows.
As a result, with the abilities and methods of these students, no news can be spread at all.
The most powerful among the students who went south was undoubtedly Overlord Xue Pan and Xue Dai, but this cheerful man was very enthusiastic when he saw Jia Cong, and had no intention of spreading the news to Rongfu in the middle of the capital.
Speaking of Xue Pan, he is definitely a wonder of the Jia clan.
This guy has been studying in the Jia clan for almost five years. Under strict management and training, he has learned a passable martial arts.
I can't say that I am very powerful, but my strength is limited.
Originally, according to the rules of the martial arts class of Baigong Academy, as long as you have practiced to this level and have basic self-protection capabilities, but are not willing to continue your studies, you can graduate long ago.
According to the normal learning progress, about half of the training is enough. Many students of the Jia clan regard martial arts as a hobby and can easily reach the basic level of self-protection, and then do not continue their studies.
As long as they take their major courses and learn one of the various crafts, they can basically graduate.
The average student of the Baigong School, after studying for one and a half years, can graduate and go out to work. With the help of his family, he can start a small business or open a craftsman's shop. Although he may not be rich, he can still make ends meet.
But it's not a problem.
It is said that Xue Pan's family background means that he majored in business. It should be easy for him to learn to a certain level and then graduate and leave Baigong School, a difficult place.
It's a pity that Fool Xue is Fool Xue. He just took business as a course, which is not complicated. It should be said that it is relatively simple. He spent nearly four years in it.
This guy's study progress was so slow that he once became the laughing stock of Jia clan studies, embarrassing Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai who were living in Rongguo Mansion.
But it was precisely because she saw Xue Pan's stupidity and shortcomings that Aunt Xue, under Xue Baochai's persuasion, did not agree to the boy's voluntary withdrawal from school, no matter how much Xue Pan cried and begged. Instead, she insisted that he graduate from Baigong School normally.
, otherwise just stay in Baigong Academy.
After five years of hard work, the oldest student of Baigong Academy finally reached the level of graduation. Not to mention how happy he was, Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai let out a long sigh of relief.
It's not a good life to be the butt of jokes.
This time Xue Pan went south with a group of classmates. As the last internship course before graduation, he was very happy. More than five years of ethnic studies career had already exhausted him.
The number of students going south this time is over fifty. Both in terms of ethnic studies and the eldest master and the second master Zheng are very concerned about it. The eldest master specially arranged for almost two hundred capable guards to accompany them, and there were also dozens of secretly skilled martial arts secret guards.
Wei Wei protected them and hired five large ships at once, which was enough for these students to sail south to Jinling comfortably.
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Time passed by in a hurry, and a month passed in the blink of an eye.
Ten days ago, the eldest master received the news that the students had arrived in Jinling safely. The news spread through the clan school, letting the families of the students who had traveled far away breathe a sigh of relief.
The Rongguo Mansion was as noisy and lively as ever. Whether it was the old lady, Mrs. Wang, or the wife of the housekeeper, Wang Xifeng, they all loved liveliness and luxurious scenes.
There is a small banquet for three days and a big banquet for five days. Anyway, there are three hundred and sixty days in a year. If you want to find a reason to amuse yourself and have a banquet, it is easy and simple.
Fortunately, the financial situation of the mansion has greatly improved at this time, and the annual income is more than twice as much as before, which is enough to support the hostesses in the mansion to hold various banquets.
Not to mention the old lady and Mrs. Wang who were all focused on Jia Baoyu, even Wang Xifeng didn't notice that Jia Cong had left the capital for more than a month.
Until this day, Mrs. Xing went back to her house to greet the old lady with the Spring Festival ritual. This is the etiquette.
The eldest man doesn’t care. Anyway, basically the entire upper class in the capital knows about his relationship with the old lady. Even if he does something inappropriate, except for those rotten scholars who have screwed up their brains, no one else can really say anything bad about it.
Come.
When she didn't see Jia Cong, the old lady frowned and felt unhappy. Her face was calm and her tone was calm. She asked, "Where's Brother Cong? Don't you like to see me, an old woman?"
This is a bit vicious. If it spreads, Jia Cong's reputation will be lost. He still wants to take the exam and dream about it!
"What did the old lady say?"
Mrs. Xing did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly explained: "Gong'er has always been filial to you, but a few months ago I followed a group of classmates back to the south to take part in the imperial examination, so I couldn't come over to see you!"
"What, Cong'er went back to Nan to take the exam, why didn't he say anything to the old lady?"
The old lady was startled and glanced at Baoyu who was accompanying her, a sharp light flashed in her eyes.