Yi Li passed the exam for three days, and the fifth grade exam was in the Feng Shui subject. Yu Shu had no plans to go. Instead, she organized what she had learned and heard in the past six months at home and concentrated on preparing for the exam in the Thaumatology subject. Qiu Shu, as the name suggests, since it can be called miraculous, it must be a rare or even uncommon Yi Shu, like the Qi Men's Techniques, Jiazi Nayin, etc. that Yi Kes usually use to hold hexagrams. They cannot be called miraculous, but like the Qi Ling Jing. , Zhou Gong's interpretation of dreams, and other relatively unorthodox divination techniques can be regarded as "thaumaturgy." "But for the subject of thaumaturgy, the scope of the examination is not limited to the content of a specific thaumaturgy. The questions are often about current affairs and focus more on application. The questions are often tricky. For example, Yu Shu has seen in the Dayan archives over the years. There is a test question that asks the candidates to predict the top three in the imperial examination that year. It is limited to five days, and the candidates go home to answer the questions. Once the five days are up, they go to Taicheng. The Secretary presents the volume. This format, which is similar to an open-book exam, has advantages and disadvantages for Yu Shu. The advantage is that she is good at the application of Yi Xue, but the disadvantage is that it gives advantages to those candidates who have "backdoors", such as Ji Xingxuan and others. It is a family of Yi studies, and if there are elders who are familiar with the Yi arts, they can help them make plans behind the scenes, which is not considered cheating. In other words, this subject is the most unfair and trickiest of the six subjects in Dayan. What the candidates compete for is not their knowledge, but their family background. Because of this, there are very few Yi Ke who take the examination in this subject. Most of them come from some family backgrounds. They rely on this subject to get a rank in order to get the title of Yi master and act as a front. However, there are many people with real talent and knowledge among them. For example, Yunhua Yizi was born out of nowhere. He came out on top in just one subject of thaumaturgy. He just suppressed the children of the aristocratic families under their feet and prevented them from showing their heads. This is called courage. ! Yu Shu did not plan to take the exam again because of the failure of the subject of astrology. Among the six subjects, she is most confident in thaumaturgy and arithmetic. Arithmetic is a special subject, and with a title, failing to pass the top three is equivalent to a failure. Test. " In this case, if she wants to enter Taishi Shuyuan, she must win the thaumaturgy department, and at the very least she must enter a hundred yuan, otherwise she will not even be able to get the title of Yi Master. This Dayan exam is a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger. Who guarantees that there will not be another Yizi mathematician? She is not completely sure that she can enter the top three in arithmetic. What if she gets fourth or fifth in the exam and gets the title of great mathematician in vain? Not even a Yi Master, she couldn't enter the gate of Taishi Shuyuan. There are things that give Yu Shu a headache these days, but there are also things that make her happy - since the Huangshuang Stone returned to her hands, the successive disasters around her have shown signs of abating. Over the past few days, Yu Shu has discovered that sometimes There was no need for her to deliberately avoid it, all the minor disasters that had been predicted earlier were resolved inadvertently. For example, half a month ago, even though she would be sick on the first day of junior high school, she did suffer from the cold all morning in the examination room. But when she got home, she drank a bowl of ginger soup and wrapped herself in a quilt and slept. Everything is gone. Another example is that she calculated that she would lose money in her third year of junior high school, but as a result, she went to Changchun Street to see beheadings, got drunk in a restaurant, and dropped her money bag on the table, but Jing Chen saw it, and in the end she lost even a copper penny. Not lost. For another example, she got up to cook this morning and tripped at the kitchen door. When she got up and went into the kitchen to add firewood to light the fire, the pot hanging on the door fell down with a belated "clang". There are no dangers. Such an immediate effect made Yu Shu pleasantly surprised. She sighed repeatedly that the Huangshuang Stone was really a good treasure. She really didn't know what to buy before, so she exchanged it for Yi Zi's test paper without suffering any loss. Yu Shu carried the amulet made of yellow frost stone with him for two days, and then hung it on Yu Xiaoxiu in front of Jing Chen without hiding it from him. Jing Chen didn't say anything, but Yu Xiaoxiu vaguely heard them talk before. Regarding this stone, she knew it was a treasure, so Yu Shu hung it up for him at the front, and he took it off at the back and gave it to her. As a sister, she puts her younger brother first in everything, and the younger brother will naturally focus on his sister. In Yu Xiaoxiu's heart, if Yu Shu is good, he will be good. Yu Shu had said soft and hard things, but Yu Xiaoxiu still refused to wear the amulet. He had no choice but to dare not go too far in front of Jing Chen, but in private he knocked Yu Xiaoxiu several times and hung his neck. On. Yu Xiu finally succumbed to Yu Shu's violence and reluctantly took him with him. "Why are you pouting? It's not for you anymore. When I take the exam in a few days, you can take it off for me." Yu Shu rubbed Yu Xiaoxiu's head and said angrily: "I don't know how to treat you well, it's true. "Yu Xiaoxiu snorted, touched the amulet in his collar, and asked Yu Shu: "Sister, when will Brother Xue come back?" Yu Shu fell silent as soon as he heard the words "Brother Xue". The vague back figure of Xue Rui when she left that night came to mind, as well as his gentle touch on her shoulder.It's weird, she would rather he fall out with her now than have such an unclear attitude. Who knows whether he understood after hearing her confession or whether he didn't listen. She had no confidence in Xue Rui at all. "I don't know. Didn't he promise to take you horse riding? He should come to see you when he comes back." Yu Shu was perfunctory with Yu Xiaoxiu, but in his heart, he thought that Xue Rui had better forget about this matter, otherwise the two of them would meet each other. Face to face, I don¡¯t know how embarrassing it is. "Oh." "You are hungry, sister, let's go cook. Let's eat egg pancakes tonight." It's winter, and ordinary people don't have much to eat. The best is a meal of meat, and then fish and eggs. Yu Xiaoxiu said: "Then make two more and heat them up for breakfast tomorrow morning." "Okay, let's go, give me a hand." Ever since that day Ji Xingxuan lost the yellow frost stone in Changchunfang, Ji Huaishan has been sending people to inquire about the news nearby. I tried to find him out, but for the past seven or eight days, I found nothing. Ji Xingxuan lost her beloved thing and felt uncomfortable for several days, but she didn't show it in front of Ji Huaishan. She had to take the six subjects of the Dayan exam. She had to study harder than others. After passing two subjects, she lost weight. In one circle, Ji Huaishan felt sorry for his granddaughter. He asked the housekeeper three times a day to deliver supplements to her yard. In order to make her happy, he spent a lot of money to buy a pair of colorful parrots that could talk and sing as gifts for her. After finishing the Feng Shui test yesterday, Ji Xingxuan rested at home, waiting for the next test, and spent half the night stargazing last night. She got up a little later in the morning, and saw the pair of parrots standing side by side in the birdcage. You can hear their crisp sounds in the living room. He shouted angrily: "Lucky stars are shining, good luck is rolling in. Good luck stars are shining, good fortune is rolling in!" It was a cold day and the stove in the room was burning brightly. Ji Xingxuan was served by two maids. After washing himself, he drank a cup of white fungus. After removing the bitter taste from his mouth, he carried the hand stove to the living room. Breakfast had just been placed on the table, including hot vegetarian porridge, a small plate of shelled quail eggs, and a steaming bowl of fresh goat's milk. Just after waking up, Ji Xingxuan had no appetite. After drinking half a bowl of porridge, he washed his hands and rinsed his mouth. Then he brought a small plate of peeled peanuts to feed the parrots. The pair of birds also cleverly saw that there was something delicious and rushed to eat. He said auspicious words and his sweet words made Ji Xingxuan smile for the first time this morning. The eldest maid at the side, Yun He, reminded: "Miss, don't feed the bird too much at once. It won't be able to survive." This girl Yun He has been serving Ji Xingxuan for three years. She was the one who was selected into the Taishi Book Garden. After she went to the capital to study, Ji Huaishan assigned her a man who was capable of both literary and military work, and was prudent in work. He was also two years older than Ji Xingxuan, so Ji Xingxuan treated her very differently from other maids and servants, and he could listen to her words. "Yes." Ji Xingxuan handed the plate to Yun He. When he was about to arrive, he heard someone gasping for breath outside the door curtain and reported: "Miss, miss, sir, let me call you to the front yard. Someone from Yiyang City is here." Ji Xingxuan Hearing this, he hurriedly motioned to the maid to roll up the curtain to let outsiders in, and asked: "Who is coming?" "It's the third master, the second young master, and the uncle's family. I heard that Mr. Ma has been promoted and is going to Beijing to work." It¡¯s the official!¡± the errand boy replied excitedly. "Really? My little aunt is here too?" Ji Xingxuan stood up, her unveiled face clearly showing joy, and turned to Yun He and said: "Go get a cloak and come with me to the front yard." "Yes. Seeing that she was energetic again, Yun He responded with a smile. He ran into the house and picked out a velvet-core cloak with a blue hibiscus pattern. He put it on her body, arranged her hair, helped her out of the house, and hurriedly walked out. Go to the vestibule. When the pair of parrots in the cage saw that everyone was gone and there was no more peanuts to eat, they fluttered their wings and kicked over the small plate on the bamboo pole with a "ding-dong" sound, and the millet particles inside spilled out. " Good luck to you, good luck to you, good luck to you! " On the seventh day of the lunar month, Yu Shu went to Tai Chengsi early in the morning to read the notice. The exam for the Astrology subject was scheduled for the ninth day of this month. There was also the Physiognomy subject after that. According to this calculation, it would be the middle of the month for the Thaumatology subject. On the way back, she purposely passed by Qiu Guifang and went to the Fu'an Escort Bureau. Zhao Qinghui was away, but his uncle, Boss Zhou, was there. He warmly invited Yu Shu to the tea room, lit the fire and served tea. The two sat and chatted for a while. This was Yu Shu's first serious business from setting up a stall in Qiu Guifang. The red envelope of twenty taels per month was not a lot, but the escort agency rarely came to see her if nothing happened. I decided to take the Dayan exam in March, so I said hello to Boss Zhou. At that time, Boss Zhou politely offered me fifty taels as a gift, but Yu Shu politely declined. After sitting for a while, she stood up and left. Boss Zhou knew that she had to prepare for the exam, so he didn't leave her to eat. He promised to wait until she finished the exam.?Treat guests to wine. Yu Shu walked back to Huixing Street. It was almost noon, and Jing Chen was alone at home. She was wondering whether to buy or cook for lunch, when she heard someone shouting from behind: "Little brother, walk slowly, follow Can you ask me something?" Yu Shu turned around and saw a carriage stopped at a street not far away. The driver was waving to her. He spoke with a southern accent. She sounded friendly and walked away. Come forward. The coachman smiled at her and said, "Let me ask for directions. How do we go to Xingjie this time?" Yu Shu pointed to the street behind him and said, "That's it." "Thank you." "You're welcome." Yu Shu Seeing that there was nothing wrong with her, he turned around and left. Behind him, he heard the driver reporting back to the car: "Master, this is Huixing Street. The road is narrow and the car can't get in. Do you think you can go inside first and inquire about it?" "No need, let's get out of the car and walk." At first, Yu Shu only heard that the sounds in the car were familiar. After walking out for more than ten steps, he looked back curiously. He suddenly stopped when he saw it. She saw two men and one woman getting out of the carriage after lifting the curtain. The two men had their backs to her and she couldn't see clearly. But the round-faced woman who was being carefully helped out of the carriage by a man was not something she hadn't seen in half a year. Zhao Hui!