Ever since Tang Zihu was poisoned by snake venom and finally got better thanks to the antidote collected by Huang Tinghui.

The relationship between the two has also improved a lot.

Although Tang Zihu has a cold temperament, he is by no means a heartless person.

He will remember Huang Tinghui's life-saving grace in his heart.

Tang Zihu still did not give up the idea of ​​competing in the provincial examination.

But every time when they were studying, the two of them would debate and learn from each other under the teachings of Master Fuchenzi.

With famous teachers and good friends, Huang Tinghui and Tang Zihu naturally made great progress in their studies.

Time flies like an arrow, and the sun and moon fly like a shuttle!

The ancients have a saying that "a day in the mountains lasts a thousand years in the world."

After studying in the Taoist Temple for a long time, it was already time to take the provincial examination.

On this day, Huang Tinghui and Tang Zihu both got up early.

The accompanying women also got up early, packed their luggage and prepared to leave the Taoist temple.

"Little Taoist Priest, wait until we have time to come find you!"

"Sisters will bring you delicious food then!"

Shen Rou rubbed the little Taoist priest's forehead. This period of time together allowed them to establish a deep friendship with the little Taoist priest.

So before leaving, Shen Rou rubbed the little Taoist priest's head hard.

As for this cute little Taoist priest, he also understood that the woman at the foot of the mountain is not just a tigress.

Regarding the departure of Huang Tinghui and others, the little Taoist priest also felt reluctant to leave.

"Little Taoist Priest, let's go, let's go!"

Huang Tinghui and Tang Zihu also waved to the little Taoist priest, and everyone left the Taoist temple where they had stayed for some time.

"Brother Tinghui!"

"I will definitely not lose to you in this provincial examination!"

"The position of Jieyuan belongs to me!"

"Then the competition between you and me for the provincial examination begins today!"

"In this case, you and I will go our separate ways!"

Although the relationship between Tang Zihu and Huang Tinghui has improved a lot since Huang Tinghui detoxified him from the snake venom last time.

But Tang Zihu's serious look now made Huang Tinghui feel a little bit dumbfounded.

"Then, as Brother Zihu said, I hope that Brother Zihu and I can also be on the gold medal list in the next provincial examination!"

Since he couldn't defeat Tang Zihu, Huang Tinghui had no choice but to follow Tang Zihu's wishes.

After the two said goodbye, Tang Zihu picked up a horse at the inn and headed towards Hangcheng Mansion.

Tang Zihu's father was a Jinshi and was also a famous scholar.

It is not too difficult to pick up a stage horse that is not much needed at the post station.

"Oh, it's been so long!"

"This guy is still as awkward as ever!"

Seeing Tang Zihu riding his horse towards Hangcheng Mansion, Shen Rou, who had a carefree temperament, sighed with emotion.

"Zihu's temperament!"

"It's definitely different!"

"But the more such a person is, the more worthy it is to have a close relationship with him!"

Between the last life and this life, Huang Tinghui has also seen various characters.

Therefore, in comparison, he prefers to interact with people like Tang Zihu.

"Let's go too!"

After walking downhill from the Taoist temple for a long time, Huang Tinghui, the little girl, and Shen Rou found a village.

With a rich man like the eldest daughter of the Shen family here, she spent a lot of money to buy a bullock cart.

Everyone rode on the bullock cart, and Huang Tinghui turned into a handlebar.

Driving an ox cart, a group of people headed towards Hangcheng Mansion.

"Crackling..."

"Crackling..."

"Crackling..."

Amidst the sound of firecrackers, Huang Tinghui drove an ox cart to the vicinity of Hangzhou.

Listening to the sound of firecrackers, Miss Shen's daughter woke up from her sleep.

"What's wrong?"

"What's wrong?"

"Where did the sound of firecrackers come from?" Shen Rou, who was in a dazed state, looked at Huang Tinghui strangely and asked.

However, Huang Tinghui also felt a little strange about the "cracking" sound of firecrackers.

Especially when I saw people wearing sackcloth and mourning, scattering paper money and crying bitterly.

Huang Tinghui was even more puzzled!

If it were just a few people, then everything would be easy to say.

But with so many people now, it is definitely not appropriate for one family to have a funeral.

Is it possible that many people died, so there were so many people attending the funeral together?

Everyone stayed in the Taoist temple for some time, feeling quite like "a day in the mountains, a thousand years in the world."

Now that I see this scene again, it is understandable that I am very puzzled.

Huang Tinghui drove a carriage to an old man wearing sackcloth and wearing filial piety.

He respectfully asked the old man wearing sackcloth and mourning, "Old man, today is not the Qingming Festival, nor is it a ghost festival!"

"How could there be so many firecrackers and so many people wearing sackcloth and mourning?"

"This burning of paper money shouldn't happen today, right?"

Faced with Huang Tinghui's doubts, the old man wearing sackcloth and wearing filial piety explained to Huang Tinghui: "This young master!"

"You must not know what happened!"

Huang Tinghui nodded, and said to the old father-in-law who was wearing hemp and filial piety: "The provincial examination is coming soon, so my friends and I are studying in a Taoist temple in the mountains!"

“I really don’t know what happened during this period of time!”

Upon hearing what Huang Tinghui said, the old man immediately bowed respectfully to Huang Tinghui.

"It turns out to be Mr. Xiu Cai!"

"Xiu Cai Gong!!"

After saying that, the old man, who is a common man, will salute Huang Tinghui.

"I can't do it, I can't do it!"

"I can't do that, old man!" Seeing that the old man was about to salute him, Huang Tinghui quickly took a step forward and helped the old man up.

"Master!"

"While you were studying and preparing for the provincial examination, something big happened!"

"Under the command of the prefect, our army defeated the pirates entrenched at sea!"

"Those pirates who burned, killed, and looted on our land were killed and their blood flowed like rivers!"

"They were beaten like dogs by Mr. Qi and Mr. Yu, especially when our navy went directly to sea and destroyed all the pirates' lairs!"

"Most of the pirate leaders were taken to Hangcheng Mansion!"

"Just a few days ago, the prefect beheaded the pirate leaders!"

"I got the notice and rushed to Hangcheng Mansion overnight!"

"Just to see these beasts being killed with my own eyes!"

"Now we see with our own eyes that the beast that killed our relatives was beheaded by the prefect, we are so happy!"

"We can now comfort the spirits of our deceased relatives in heaven!"

After speaking, the old man wiped his tears with his sleeves.

He had been waiting for this day for too long.

Now that he saw those pirates who had committed many crimes being killed, the old man naturally could no longer control his emotions.

After hearing what the old man said, Huang Tinghui realized that he had spent such a long time in the Taoist temple.

How much the world has changed.

But thinking about it, how could those pirates be the rival of the prefect?

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Chapter completed!