Enke, which was opened in Yangzhou this year, is the first time in recent years that the imperial court has opened its doors to southern students. For a time, talented people from the three southern provinces flocked to them, and they were all ready to go. After all, "no one has ever asked about it for ten years, and they became famous in the world." Studying and studying, and fame are also the right way to be fame.?

However, what followed was not the grand occasion of "reducing talents without any restrictions", but the uproar caused by repeated official fraud.

When I heard that the state government saw a large number of students from all over the country, it issued an order that all students who wanted to take the exam must first buy the encouraging text specially made by Enko from the state government office. This encouraging text has no effect, but officials at all levels stipulate that only students holding encouraging text are eligible to take the exam, and the price of a text is as high as fifty taels of silver.

Fifty taels of silver have been the expenses of a medium-sized family for nearly a year.

Students are studying hard, and not much can afford the money. In this way, they are turned away early. The students are not convinced and have been making trouble for a long time. Once, hundreds of students even came to Confucius Temple with statues of the God of Wealth and drums, mocking the officials in Yangzhou for being greedy for money and insulting their morality.

Naturally, the people in the government did not let them continue to make trouble like this. On several occasions, they even dispatched officers and soldiers. They heard that they had beaten people and had bleeding. Although the matter on the table was not a big deal, the students complained and attacked the government and court everywhere. The remarks in the south became sharp again, with a faint sense of uneasiness.

Because of this, the brothel in the town is said to have become lively. Some students, regardless of the rich or poor, have been drinking to criticize current affairs and even have a few things to do. But brothels are such places, becoming more and more lively and have become famous. Although there are not many people who have money to stroll around, many men still yearn for it.

When I heard Gou Er talk about it, I felt a little unhappy, but I still smiled reluctantly and said, "It's just that I'm close."

Gou Er immediately said, "It would be much more convenient if you get close."

I heard this wrong and put down the pen in my hand: "What do you mean by this sentence?"

Then Gou Ersi looked around, then smiled and leaned his head and said to me in a low voice: "My brother and sister, don't talk too much about being a brother, you still have to look at your Saner. You don't know what he is doing outside."

When I heard this, my eyebrows frowned slightly.

What he said was that Liu Saner was outside...

Before he could think about it, Gou Er suddenly shouted outside: "Oh, is San'er back?"

I raised my head and saw Liu Saner coming back from outside. When he saw Gou Er lying on the door, he frowned and hurried over, looked at me, then looked at him, and said, "Brother Gou, is there anything wrong?"

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay. Come and see, you guys are talking."

After saying that, he left with a smile on his sleeves.

Liu San'er frowned and looked at him. He walked in and closed the door quickly. Seeing me sitting in the yard, he walked over. But as soon as he approached me, he was stunned for a moment and said, "Qingying, what's wrong with you? His face looks so ugly!"

I was stunned for a moment, and forced a smile and said, "Is that so? Maybe I'm too tired today."

"Stop busy, hurry back to the house to rest."

After saying that, he snatched the pen from my hand without saying a word and put it down, pulled me into the room.

I followed him and looked at his familiar broad shoulders and back, as warm and powerful as ever, with calluses in his fingertips and palms. When I held my hand in his palm, I used a slight force, which did not hurt, but made people feel like they could rely entirely on him and hand him over.

When I sat by the bed, he immediately poured a cup of hot tea and stuffed it into my hand, saying, "Look at you, the weather is getting colder, and I still wear so little to sit outside. If I don't come back, you won't be able to take care of yourself."

Holding the warm teacup, I looked up at him, with a look of fatigue on his dark face. He seemed very tired, and there was a faint shadow under his eyes, but his eyes were warm.

My hands didn't get warm, but my heart just started to get warm.

At this time, I also felt ridiculous. He is my husband, the closest person in this world. How could I doubt him for one or two words from an irrelevant outsider?

I lowered my head and took a sip of tea. The warm tea warmed my heart from my throat.

I smiled and said, "I understand."

"Is it warm?" He grabbed my hand and pinched it. He felt the warmth of his fingertips, and then he felt relieved.

He sat with me for a while and then wanted to go into the house to see the aunt and Queen Yin. When he got up, he handed me the cloth bag in his arms. Since he went out to work, he would give me a small bag of silver every once in a while, which he saved.

I took the cloth bag, looked up and saw that his body was dirty, and smiled and said, "Take off the clothes and I'll wash them for you."

He nodded, took off his coat and handed it to me, and went into the inner room.

When the aunt and Empress Yin saw him, they were naturally happy and blamed him for not coming back for a long time. The inner room was noisy. I laughed as I heard it. After drinking the hot tea, I went out to fetch water with my clothes and prepared to wash it for him.

But just as I picked up the clothes, a faint fragrance penetrated into my nose.

I frowned suddenly.

When I came to this small fishing village, I had completely washed away my dew. The luxurious outfits and the fragrance of the beautiful people in my memory have long gone, but this smell-

I looked down at the blue cloth clothes washed white in my hand, and suddenly felt uneasy in my heart. Even my fingers that had been warmed up cooled down at this moment. I slowly picked up the clothes and leaned to the tip of my nose.

Suddenly, the blood in my body cooled down.

This is a smell of powder.

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The next morning, Liu San'er slept very late before getting up.

He usually goes to bed early and gets up early. No matter how tired he works in the field, he is still full of energy. But today he seems very tired and tired. Until breakfast is set on the table, Aunt Liu can't bear to call him, he rubs his eyes and gets up, yawning and cleaning up.

Aunt Liu sighed, "Don't go if you're too tired, look at you."

"How can I do it? I took on work, and the wages there are more, which is much better than doing other jobs."

"But look at you, you don't come back for two days. There is only Qingying in the family who is busy, and she is this month again."

Liu San'er looked back at me. I was putting dishes and chopsticks on the table, but there was no expression on his face. He thought I was angry and didn't respond. When the meal was finished and the two of them were cleaning up together, he whispered: "Qingying, I--"

Before he could finish his words, I smiled and turned to look at him: "If you are tired of work, don't do it."

"ah?"

"The family is not short of those two money."

“…”

"You'd better come back, okay?"

I said softly, and looked at him softly, but Liu San'er did not look at me, but lowered her head, and it seemed that she was struggling with something in her dark eyes.

In the past, as long as I spoke like this, he would agree quickly no matter what.

But this time, he thought for a long time, and finally raised his head and smiled. The smile seemed a little bit dry: "I still want to continue doing it. That work is not easy to find."

When I heard this, my heart suddenly became sank.

He looked at me, and his face also had a hesitant expression, as if he was struggling. After a while, he didn't say anything else. He said to Aunt Liu and the others, then turned around and went out.

I slowly walked to the door and looked at his back. When his back disappeared on the path ahead, I turned around silently, picked up the clothes I washed for him last night, which was still moist, so I used a blue flower cloth to pack my bag. When Aunt Liu saw it, she asked me: "Qingying, you are--"

I smiled and said, "I just forgot to give him the clothes. The weather is cold these two days and he hasn't changed it anymore. I have to rush to send it to him."

"Oh, then be careful on the way."

"I understand. Mom, I'm hot in the kitchen. You can just take it out and eat it at noon."

"Ah? OK."

Aunt Liu seemed a little confused. Why did I prepare lunch early in the morning? I didn't say much, so I packed my bag and turned around and went out.

Maybe because I was worried, I walked a little anxiously. After walking, I couldn't breathe evenly. I had to stop several times to support the tree on the side of the road to rest. Fortunately, Liu Saner's journey was not fast, so I could see his back from afar and walked all the way to the town.

Although it is not the fifteenth day of the lunar month, the town is still very lively. Those who do small business and greet each other when meeting each other, weaving a prosperous scenery in front of you. Under the warm morning light, the whole town is filled with a faint mist, as if in the stories I have heard in the past, there are unknown mirages.

I stood down the archway and watched Liu Saner slowly walk into the fog.

Compared with Yangzhou, this town may only be considered a few streets, but it is already very lively in such a mountain village, and the bustling crowds seem very crowded and lively. But even though there are so many people in front of me, I still saw Liu Saner at a glance.

He was standing in front of an attic and looked up inside.

I stood far away and looked at him.

After a while, a woman in red and green walked out of it and said a few words to him with a smile. A little embarrassed expression appeared on his young and dark face. He smiled embarrassedly, looked around and walked in with his head buried.

At this moment, the blood in my body was frozen into ice.

There was a huge plaque hanging on the gate of the attic. The three words on it were golden, and through the fog in front of me, it pierced into my eyes like a needle - Xuanxiangyuan.

He really, really, enters this kind of place!

Why?

At this moment, my mind was blank, and the bustling noise in my ears disappeared in an instant, as if the whole world had become dead silent, only the three dazzling words in front of me were piercing my eyes and my heart.

Why? Why...

Why even Liu Saner,

Could it be that because I was pregnant with Liujia, I couldn’t get a family with him? So, he was going to such a place?

My union with him was indeed not very deep in love at the beginning, and even my understanding of him was based on my heart's perception, but I believe he is a person worthy of entrusting his life. After marriage, we also acted in the same position, followed by husband and wife. I have never been so happy, and I can never believe that I can get such a perfect marriage.

But why, now even he is-

I stood foolishly on the street. I don’t know how long it took, but the person seemed to have been pulled away from his three souls and seven spirits. He turned around in a silence, seeing nothing or hearing nothing, and he was slowly leaving.

As soon as I turned around, a passerby walked by and hit the shoulder.

I staggered a little.

Just this moment, my mind suddenly shook. I turned around and looked at the three dazzling words, which made me cry and burst into tears, and it also made me rush to rush a little bit of strength and gritted my teeth.

Turning around, I walked towards the back wall of the brothel.
Chapter completed!