Chapter 126: Starting to Court Death Again

Du Ruo smiled. "It seems Third Uncle performed quite well, huh?"

Only candidates who were selected in the first session were qualified to continue to the second session. Since Jiang Fuzi said so, it was clear he was confident.

"Passable," Jiang Fuzi said lightly.

Although he couldn't be considered a genius, he knew his own level. As long as God gave him a little bit of luck, not to mention winning the County Top Scholar, at least passing was definitely no problem.

Jiang Zhan reminded: "Third Uncle, the second session is ranked according to the ranking, and there will be much fewer people, so you probably won't need that pill anymore."

Theoretically, that was the case.

However, Jiang Fuzi really didn't have much confidence in his luck in the exam venue. To be on the safe side, he insisted on buying it.

Since that was the case, Du Ruo secretly exchanged a 'Smell-less' pill with the system and handed it over. "Third Uncle, take it first; don't worry about the silver, pay it whenever you have it."

Jiang Fuzi didn't stand on ceremony with her and reached out to take it.

It was getting darker and darker, and Jiang Fuzi's several old friends had also come out one after another, calling him over.

The two sides parted ways there.

From afar, they could still hear that bearded man shouting at the top of his lungs: "Old Jiang, are those two handsome boys your nephews? Which one is the husband of that beautiful girl? I don't think much of them; they're about the same as my four cubs..."

Du Ruo laughed out loud.

Jiang Li walked while wrapping her little hand into his big palm, gnashing his teeth. "I really want to tie you to my waistband."

Take her wherever he went.

There were people coveting his wife everywhere, which really made him feel insecure.

"That won't do." Du Ruo scratched the palm of her man's hand, raising her chin in a little look of unyielding defiance. "You can tie my person, but you can't tie my heart!"

Jiang Li's eyes flashed with a smile, and he leaned into her ear, whispering: "It doesn't matter; I just want the person."

Du Ruo: "..."

Pfft, Jiang Zhan, who was walking behind them with the exam basket, almost tripped.

The young man's face was red, and he looked at his Big Brother with a strange expression.

Having been brothers for more than ten years, he only now knew that his Big Brother, who had always been steady and introverted, could actually be so cheesy; it was really too... discordant.

As if he had heard Jiang Zhan's internal complaints, Jiang Li looked back at him and said lightly: "Don't look at what is improper, don't listen to what is improper."

Jiang Zhan hurriedly lowered his head, disguising himself as a blind and deaf person.

After walking for a while, they saw the big red lanterns hanging on the Sanyuan Inn's door, emitting a bright and captivating light in the night.

The three of them lifted their feet to go upstairs, entered the 'Heaven' grade room, and closed the door.

"Second Brother, you can say it now." Du Ruo sat down on a chair and pricked up her ears.

Jiang Li hugged his chest and leaned against the door, his two eyes also looking at Jiang Zhan.

Jiang Zhan put the exam basket on the table, then turned around and told them everything that happened in the exam venue. Including being framed, how he used the 'Destroying the Evidence' pill to turn that cheat sheet into dust to escape, and his conversation with County Lin Xianling.

After listening, the couple looked at each other, their expressions heavy.

Everything has a cause and an effect. For no reason, why would a patrolling number soldier frame Jiang Zhan for cheating? The two of them didn't even know each other, let alone have any grudges; doing this was simply unreasonable.

There was only one possibility.

"He was instructed by someone behind his back," Du Ruo said.

Jiang Li nodded. "Indeed, I think so too."

As for who the person who instructed him was, the two of them had a consistent guess in their hearts.

The only family that had a grudge against the Second Branch of the Jiang Family and had the ability and courage to bribe the patrolling number soldier was that family.

Du Ruo sneered. "It seems the lesson of letting Du Mingzhu go to jail wasn't big enough; Jiang Shi has started courting death again."

Her eyes rolled, and she already had an idea in her heart, so she turned to Jiang Li. "Husband, how is Du Mingzhu's situation?"

Du Mingzhu had never had good intentions toward Du Ruo, so Jiang Li naturally had to pay attention to her movements from time to time.

"Du Ren Mei and Jiang Shi have some face after all, so they have managed to move Du Mingzhu to the best cell. I heard from Brother Wang that Du Mingzhu is afraid of cockroaches."

It was normal for a girl to be afraid of cockroaches.

However, Du Ruo wasn't afraid. In her previous life, she had struggled outside alone; what kind of house hadn't she lived in?

Little strong, she was used to it. She used to use the special insecticide she developed to wipe out I don't know how many of their families.

It seemed Du Mingzhu was living quite well in jail, which was why Jiang Shi was so free to run over to deal with their family.

Since that was the case, let her get busy; after all, always being beaten passively wouldn't work, so she still had to take the initiative.

Du Ruo asked: "I want to go to the jail to visit Du Mingzhu; is there any way?"

Jiang Li nodded. "This is very easy."

No matter what, he was a Constable, so he could still make decisions about such small things. "What does my wife plan to do?"

Du Ruo smiled, her smile a bit evil. "Heaven's secrets cannot be leaked; you'll know when the time comes."

The most important thing was that Jiang Zhan was still listening on the side; don't scare the child.

Jiang Li didn't pursue the question and talked about that County Lin Xianling again.

Judging by the tone, that County Lin Xianling should know his father, Jiang Mo Nian; perhaps they were even scholars in the same year, which was why he had a favorable impression of Jiang Zhan.

Du Ruo then remembered a sentence that Cao Shi and Xiao Liangchen had both said—the son of Jiang Mo Nian must be good.

She didn't know if that County Lin Xianling also thought so.

Just how excellent was her father-in-law, who lived in legends, to make so many people sigh like this? Du Ruo was quite curious about this.

After talking, the inn waiter also thoughtfully sent dinner and hot water.

The family of three ate dinner and then went to rest separately.

They didn't need to get up early tomorrow, because after the first session, the chief examiner had to grade the papers first. With six or seven hundred papers, the workload was not small, and it would take at least a few days.

After all the papers were graded, they would pick out the better ones to be selected.

Because the first session was the main session, it was crucial. If the ranking was in the top two, one could be exempted from the subsequent sessions and directly participate in the Prefectural Examination.

Of course, if one felt that the performance in the first session wasn't good and wanted to pull back some impression points in the later sessions, one could also continue to participate in the later sessions; this was entirely voluntary.

As for those who weren't selected, they could just roll up their bedding and go home.

With his beautiful wife by his side, Jiang Li really couldn't hold back that night, hugging Du Ruo and tossing and turning like this and that. The two didn't dare to make too much noise, and it took a long while of rustling before it was over.

The next day, the two slept in late.

Jiang Zhan was a sensible baby; seeing that his brother and sister-in-law's door was tightly closed, he silently ate breakfast by himself and then reviewed his lessons.

It wasn't until the warm autumn sunlight shone into the room through the wooden window lattice that Du Ruo pinched the waist of the man beside her.

"Jiang Li, get up." Her voice was filled with laziness. ===== CHAPTER 127 =====