The journey of the only child of a peasant family to take the imperial examination

After the Second Prince's issue was resolved and lunch was over, all the civil and military officials returned to their tents to rest.

Many people usually work as masters in the yamen and rarely exercise. Today they got up before dawn and have been busy until now, which really makes them exhausted.

Lord Wang is one of them. To be honest, he is quite old. After working for another three to five years, he will probably retire and return to his hometown to enjoy his old age.

In Lord Wang's own words, "If my sons and grandsons hadn't failed to make progress and establish themselves, I would have returned to my hometown to enjoy my retirement. I wouldn't have to worry about the twists and turns of officialdom every day. Alas, there's nothing I can do!"

While saying this, Lord Wang was still beating his old arms and legs.

Zhang Ping'an also expressed his understanding of this. Many people in the officialdom are like this. Although they are doing well, their descendants have not lived up to their expectations and have not been promoted. Therefore, they are not qualified to resign.

Otherwise, people will forget about you when you are gone. If you don’t pave the way for your descendants, your family will only go downhill. I really don’t dare to go on like this!

At this point, Lord Wang looked around, called a servant over, and asked, "Why haven't the two young masters returned yet? Have they had their meal yet?"

The servant shook his head, indicating that more than a dozen people had gone out and had not returned since.

The area around the camp was heavily guarded. Zhang Ping'an wasn't worried about outsiders coming in and causing any danger, but he was worried that the children would run around and jump around in the camp, startling the horses and causing them to get hurt. So he stood up and said, "I'll go out and take a look. It's a good opportunity to get some exercise."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a child crying outside the tent. When Lord Wang heard it was his own child, he quickly stood up and asked anxiously, "What happened?"

Zhang Ping'an and Lord Wang walked out of the tent together and saw that the child of the Wang family was crying miserably. Not only was his body covered with horse manure, but there was also blood on his right arm. It seemed that he was injured. He was simply bandaged with a cloth strip and no longer had the spirit he had in the morning.

Lord Wang was so distressed when he saw the child that he didn't care about the dirt. He hugged the child in his arms and asked repeatedly, "Tan'er, what happened? Why is your arm injured? Who bandaged it? Great-grandfather will go and get an imperial physician to come and see you right away. Please don't let it affect your reading and writing!"

The child was sobbing and hiccuping, extremely sad. After hearing this, he pointed at Xiao Yu'er and said, "It's him! Wuuuuuu! My arm is going to be broken. I can't read or write anymore. I'm finished, wuuuuuuu!"

Lord Wang followed his great-grandson's gaze to Xiao Yu'er, and then to Zhang Ping'an.

The meaning is self-evident, this means we need an explanation.

Xiao Yuer stood aside with his arms folded, watching the grandfather and grandson finish their conversation with cold eyes, and then pointed the finger at himself.

He retorted in a fearless and crisp voice, "No, it's none of my business. He fell into the manure in the stable and startled the horse, which then bit him. If it weren't for Uncle Li, he would have died long ago."

"It was you. You deliberately asked me to go to the stable to blow up horse manure, which is why the horses were scared. You did it on purpose." The Wang family kid was not stupid either. He insisted that it was Xiaoyuer who deliberately harmed him.

Xiao Yu'er strongly disagreed, frowning and retorting, "When did I ever tell you to go to the stables? You shouldn't slander me with empty words!"

"Alright, stop talking." Zhang Pingan ignored the two children's lawsuit and said, "The most urgent thing is to get the imperial physician to come and check the children's injuries."

After saying that, he asked Xiaohu to take his note to invite the imperial physician over.

There were many imperial doctors accompanying them this time, and their tents were not far away, which was very convenient.

"I just checked the wound. The bite was not deep and did not hurt the bone. I applied my family's ancestral medicine on him and bandaged it. It should be nothing serious and will not affect his future reading and writing," a man in dark clothes said quietly.

Judging from his clothes, he is an eighth-rank military officer, probably a member of the accompanying army. He is not very old, only about sixteen or seventeen years old, about the same age as Maodaner, and has a handsome appearance with a youthful look.

Nor does he look like the rugged appearance of a traditional military officer.

The outfit was fine, but the boots were obviously a bit worn, and it was obvious that he didn't look particularly wealthy.

Her hair was a little loose, her eyes were calm, and her presence was very low.

At this time, Zhang Ping'an and Lord Wang only had time to notice this person.

"I'm sorry, I'm really being rude. I guess it was you who just saved these two children. May I know the name of this colleague?"

"Reporting to Lord Zhang and Lord Wang, I am Li Yue, a humble servant. Just now when I was counting the horses in the stable, I found that two young masters accidentally scared the horses in the stable, so I took them out. However, there are not only many people and horses near the stable, but also a lot of weapons and food stored there. It is quite dangerous and not a good place to play. You'd better be careful in the future," the young man said with a polite bow.

"Do you know us?" Zhang Pingan asked with a smile.

"I am accompanying you on the autumn hunt and I must ensure your safety. Of course I know you." Li Yue smiled shyly when asked this question.

Saying that he knew him made it seem as if he saved the man just to curry favor with his two superiors, which was not his intention.

Therefore, after seeing the imperial physician coming from afar, Li Yue said goodbye and left.

The steps are very light.

"This man must be good at martial arts," Zhang Pingan said affirmatively.