A car accident, our family of three crossed

Lu Shaocheng and his servant followed Hang Shuheng and his team, and enjoyed many delicious meals along the way.

Every time he envied Hang Shuheng immensely. Having such a daughter-in-law at home who was good at preparing food, it was no wonder that he never compromised himself in the examination hall.

Secondly, this person has a very good mentality and extremely stable emotions. No wonder he can not only eat well but also easily get the second place in the tense and depressing atmosphere of the imperial examination. Just for this reason, Lu Shaocheng admires him very much.

After they had their meal and rested for a while, they continued on their journey.

Starting from the county town, we walked and stopped for nearly half a month and finally arrived at the city closest to the capital.

As they were getting closer to the capital, they had no intention of wasting any more time. They set out after having breakfast at the inn in the morning. At noon, they had a quick meal at a stall beside the official road and then continued on their journey without stopping.

Finally, in the afternoon, they were only thirty miles away from the capital.

Far away, at a roadside tea stall, a group of people were looking in their direction. When they got closer, they realized that it was Zhou Ting waiting there with several guards. They must have come out of the capital specially to welcome them.

"It's the eldest son who has arrived."

Zhou Yin reminded the people in the carriage behind, then signaled the team to slow down, and when they arrived at the tea stall, the team slowly stopped.

Zhou Ting walked towards them with a smile on his face.

"Brother, why are you here?" Zhou Ru excitedly lifted the curtain and shouted at him.

She hadn't seen her brother for a long time and she missed him very much. If there weren't so many people around, she would have jumped off the carriage and rushed to her brother to act coquettishly.

"I estimated that you would arrive this evening, so I waited here in advance. You are actually earlier than I expected." Zhou Ting smiled at her and replied to her. Then he said to everyone, "You have been exhausted from the journey. Why don't you take a rest here and have some tea before leaving?"

Everyone got off the carriage and walked over, and Zhou Ting greeted them one by one.

"Dad, Shuheng, sister-in-law, thank you for your hard work along the way."

Several people nodded at him as a response, but Yang Yang, the little guy, was unwilling to be ignored and took the initiative to wave at Zhou Ting, "Uncle Zhou, there's me too!"

Zhou Ting laughed a little and picked up the little guy, "Little guy, you have grown a lot."

Yang Yang didn't resist being held like this by Zhou Ting. She hooked her little hands around his neck and talked to him, "Hehe! I'm a big kid now. I'm already in elementary school."

"Oh? Really? Then Uncle Zhou will have to test you."

"Okay, okay!"

Yangyang clapped his hands happily, not showing any fear at all.

Zhou Ting asked him a few small questions out of politeness, and he answered them all. He praised him generously, which made the little guy very happy.

After greeting everyone, Zhou Ting finally noticed Master Liu and Lu Shaocheng.

"Who are these two?"

Hang Shuheng introduced him.

"This is Master Liu, the first master of our Shangtang Village Primary School, and this is Master Lu, the young master of Lu Shaocheng. Both of them are now scholars from our Tanzhou Prefecture."

After introducing Master Liu and Lu Shaocheng, he introduced Zhou Ting to them.

"This is Zhou Ting, the young master of the Zhou family. He is currently a scholar studying at the White Deer Academy in the capital."

The three of them greeted each other, exchanged a few polite words, and then invited each other to sit down and drink tea together.

According to the normal progress of the imperial examination, Zhou Ting would have taken the examination as usual next year.

When the new emperor ascended the throne and opened a special imperial examination, he wrote letters to his two good friends Hang Shuheng and Xie Yuxi who were far away in Pingyang County. When he learned that both of them were planning to take part in this year's special imperial examination, he gave up the idea.

His idea was consistent with that of Zhang Ziming from Pingyang County. With two talented opponents, Xie Yuxi and Hang Shuheng, in front of him, even if he passed the exam, he would be overshadowed by these two people.

Now the new emperor in the palace agrees with Zhou Ting's decision. Even if Zhou Ting does not make this decision, he will eventually send someone to pass the message to him.

Whether it is Zhou Ting, Hang Shuheng or Xie Yuxi, they are all extremely outstanding, and they are all from Tanzhou Prefecture. When they meet in the palace examination, they are evenly matched. If all three of them get good rankings, I am afraid that the old guys in the court will not be happy.

These three people are all people that the emperor has high hopes for and will be used in the future, but their intentions cannot be too obvious. It may not be a bad thing that the three of them are now separated.

For Zhou Ting, it is just a year later. By then, he will also have his own glory.

The group rested for a while before continuing on their journey.

Walking on the flat official road, a distance of thirty miles, in less than an hour, you can see the towering city tower.

As soon as he entered the city, Yangyang excitedly lifted the curtain and poked his little head out to look out. He looked around with curiosity, and when he saw something new, he would turn around and tell his mother about it.

"Mother, mother, the road here is so wide!"

"Mom, mom, look, the houses here are so tall!"

"Mother, look, that carriage is so high-end!"

"Mother, mother, mother..."

The little guy kept chattering non-stop, which showed that he was very happy to be in a new city.

When they reached a crossroads, everyone from Zhou Mansion was heading towards the west of the city, so Lu Shaocheng said goodbye to them there.

"Thank you for your care along the way. We will say goodbye today. After we settle down, I will treat you all to a meal."

After leaving each other their contact addresses, Lu Shaocheng left first with his servants.

Because of the friendly relationship between the Zhou family and the Hang family, Zhou Ting said that the mansion had prepared a welcoming banquet and invited Hang Shuheng and others to come for a simple meal.

At the same time, he suggested that Hang Shuheng and others stay in Zhou Mansion for one night today, and the guest rooms have been cleaned up.

Tomorrow morning, he will ask for a day off from the academy and personally accompany them to see the house. It is the house that the second master of the Chu family had given them before. It is in the west of the city like the Zhou family's house, and can be reached two streets away.

Hang Shuheng did not refuse. It was already late, and if they went to Zhou's house to have dinner, it would probably be dark. He said it didn't matter, but his wife and children needed to rest.