In the blink of an eye, six days have passed.

Today is also the day when the rankings of the county examination, also called the boy's examination, are announced.

The announced rankings will be announced in the morning, around noon.

This morning, I was in a pavilion in the back garden of Zhang Mansion.

Zhang Qinglai, the head of the Zhang family, Zhang Qinglai, was currently playing chess with his concubine Zhao Ting'er in the pavilion.

"Well, I'm so bad, I won't give in to others!" Zhao Ting'er held up the white piece and looked at the situation of the black and white pieces on the chessboard. He suddenly felt discouraged and put the white piece in his hand into the chess basket again.

With a cute little mouth pouting, he glared dissatisfied at Mr. Zhang in front of him, Zhang Qinglai.

Zhang Qinglai burst out laughing. Xuan'er stood up and looked at the rockery fish pond in front of him in the pavilion. He suddenly closed his eyes and said slowly: "Such a beautiful world, doesn't it make people nostalgic?"

He sighed spontaneously, but his beloved concubine Zhao Ting'er suddenly thought of something and said carefully from the side: "Master, now Kun'er, are you really not going to interrupt and let him inherit the family business in the future?"

"I heard that the soap and scented soap made by the Mutual Aid Society is a new way to make money." Zhang Qinglai said.

Zhao Ting'er continued the topic just now: "Master, are you really not going to consider Kun'er again? After all, you love him the most at all times?"

"Hahahahaha," Zhang Qinglai suddenly laughed. His voice was low at first, and then slowly became louder. He turned around, his voice gradually died down, and then he stretched out his hand and pointed at the chess pieces on the chessboard.

Then, he turned around directly, without any hunchback in his old body, and walked away from Shiting.

Zhao Ting'er was left alone in the pavilion, dazed and confused. After a while, she suddenly felt a chill all over her body, and she immediately shivered.

Her eyelids twitched slightly, and then she looked at the chess pieces on the chessboard. Remembering Zhang Qing pointing at the chess pieces on the chessboard before she came, the awe and fear in her heart became even greater.

She gently picked up a chess piece and murmured in a trembling tone: "He only regards Kun'er as a chess piece..."

She slowly looked at the rockery in the middle of the lake, and added in her mind: "The soap, I'm afraid that's what he cares about and swallows..."

In the private cell of the Zhang family.

"Poof", a bucket of cold water was suddenly poured on the head of a young man who looked about 16 or 17 years old. The cold water flowed down the young man's face and quickly flowed down his body.

It was also mixed with blood.

"Let me ask again," a lean man in front of him looked at the young man with a grin on his face, "What is the formula of soap?"

That young man was Liu Yong. He did not die in the fight before, but was stabbed several times. At the critical moment, he was told to stop by the enemy's person in charge, and his life was saved.

But Liu Yong did not answer him, but smiled weakly, looking very ferocious and said: "You have no idea..."

"Then Liang Ping'an established the mutual aid association. He must have some ulterior motives, right? Tell him and you won't have to die!" the lean man said in a ferocious voice.

But Liu Yong still didn't answer him. He just continued what he said before, "You don't know at all", and then said with a ferocious smile:

"What kind of opponent have you provoked!"

"Haha, what kind of opponent? Aren't they just a group of teenagers? It's really hilarious!" the lean man laughed disdainfully and mocked.

"you……"

Liu Yong said in a low voice.

"Hey, what did you say?" The lean man thought that Liu Yong was finally going to explain something, so he quickly put his face close to listen carefully.

"I said, you..." Liu Yong said slowly, his breath gasping for breath due to the injury sprayed on the lean man's head, and continued: "You will all die!"

"You don't know how to live or die!" The lean man thought he would ask something, but when he heard what the other party said, he suddenly became angry and picked up the riding crop and whipped Liu Yong's body tied to the wooden post a few times.

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After a while, Liu Yong fainted from the pain again.

The lean man stopped, turned around and walked out of the private cell. As soon as he walked out, he saw Zhang Fu, the eldest young master of the Zhang family, coming over.

Zhang Fu asked: "How's it going?"

The lean man immediately saluted Zhang Fu and said quickly, "I didn't ask anything."

"Alas," Zhang Fu sighed, "Now that Liang Ping'an has taken the county examination, I hope he fails, but his family fortune is hard to swallow.

After all, if he passes the exam, according to officialdom and imperial examination practices, the county magistrate will become his tutor, so it will be difficult to move him."

At this point, Zhang Fu said to the lean man again: "You don't need to do any more interrogation this morning. Wait for the people who read the results to come back later. If Liang Ping'an passes the exam, Liu Yong will continue the interrogation and be sure to take out this

Liang Ping'an's dark history completely overturned it.

If Liang Ping'an fails the exam, it doesn't matter whether Liu Yong lives or dies, we can directly attack the soap workshop in Xiashui Village!"

"Yes, young master!" The lean man immediately accepted the order.

…

For some reason, during the days before the county examination and the day after the county examination, Liang Ping'an found that his cousin Liang Pingjun and others looked very worried.

At first, Liang Ping'an thought that the three of them were worried about failing the county exam. After all, except for Liang Ping'an himself, Liang Pingjun and the others were here to run with them. Their usual results were there, and the results of the three of them were not outstanding.

But who doesn’t have expectations for the imperial examination?

So Liang Ping'an didn't think much about it.

But after taking the county examination, Liang Ping'an found that Liang Pingjun and the others seemed to be more restless. Logically speaking, the examination had been completed, and it would be what it should be.

There's no need to still be so nervous, right?

Of course, it makes sense to be nervous, after all, it varies from person to person.

Liang Ping'an didn't pay attention to them on the sixth day after taking the county examination.

But when it was time to look at the rankings on the seventh day, Liang Pingjun and others came back from outside in a hurry, and their anxiety became even more intense.

Liang Ping'an couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "What did you do? Why do you look so worried these days?"

The three of them were hesitant and unwilling to say anything more.

Liang Ping'an's curiosity became even more intense, and at this moment, there were some other students taking the county examination staying in the inn.

At this time, several students walked into the inn lobby. When they saw Liang Pingan and the others, they were already acquainted with each other, so they greeted Liang Pingan and the others:

"Let's go and look at the rankings together?"

Liang Pingjun said to Liang Ping'an at this time: "Let's take a look at the list first? Let's talk about anything after seeing the list?"
Chapter completed!