After receiving Jiang Yihe's praise, Tian's cheeks turned slightly red, and she looked shy, "You are my husband, so I will naturally put you first in everything."

"I will also study hard for the exam and will never let you down." Jiang Yihe took the silver and put it into his purse. "It's noon now. I should have taken you to have some food, but I have an appointment with the teacher to discuss academic matters, so I really don't have time."

"I'm fine, husband, just take care of your own business." Tian was very sensible. "I won't disturb my husband from studying for the exam. I'll go home first."

"There have been a lot of rumors in the village recently. You are shy, so don't go out and mingle with others. Just stay at home. I will be back in ten days."

Jiang Yihe warned, "Remember, stay at home to avoid causing any trouble."

"Don't worry, my husband. I will do as you say." Tian said with a smile, "My husband, please go back to the academy. I will go home first."

"Yeah." Jiang Yihe nodded.

Then he strode out of the alley, and seeing that there was no one he knew nearby, he walked into the gate of the academy with his head held high.

Tian took a short rest and went home.

When she got home, the sun had already set. Tian was starving and wanted to make a pancake, but when she saw the remaining food in the jar, she hesitated and scooped out a little flour, mixed it with vegetable leaves at home, and cooked some vegetable leaf and corn flour batter to eat.

After having a quick bite, he felt really tired from dealing with Wu Xiong and the others today, as well as running back and forth to the town, so he went to bed to take a rest.

After this rest, it was already evening.

The night was cloudy, the moon was mostly hidden, there was not much light, even a few stars could be seen, the whole earth looked quite dark.

When Tian woke up, she saw that it was dark outside, so she turned over and continued to close her eyes.

She didn't eat much in the afternoon and was already hungry.

I was so hungry that my stomach was beating like a drum.

"Just bear with it a little longer." Tian said to herself, "When I get up in the morning, I'll have vegetable leaves and cornmeal to eat."

I don’t know if it was because of the thought of the vegetable leaves and cornmeal paste that was not very filling and tasted bad, my stomach began to protest more and the drumbeating sound became louder than before.

Tian sighed and comforted herself, "Then just bear with it for a few days. After my husband passes the imperial examination, he will be able to eat all kinds of delicacies, such as chicken, duck, fish, steamed meat, braised pork, fried meat..."

"It's nothing!"

All she needed to do was to wait patiently for a few days as her husband had said and wait for good news from him.

When Tian thought of this, she felt very happy and the corners of her mouth were raised.

There seemed to be a sudden movement outside.

There was a rustling sound, neither big nor small.

If it were in the past, Tian would have definitely been alert and gotten up to check, but at this time the house was already empty, with only a few pounds of food. Not to mention thieves, even rats didn't want to come in.

Tian didn't think that someone had entered the house.

Moreover, it was late autumn and the weather was windy. The noise sounded very much like the autumn wind, so Tian paid even less attention to it.

But the rustling sound soon approached the house.

Immediately afterwards, the door was kicked open and two dark shadows walked in.

Tian was startled and jumped up, "You...you guys, what are you doing!"

But the two dark shadows did not say anything. They just came to Tian and pulled her off the bed.

Tian was frightened, and after a moment she came to her senses and opened her mouth to shout for help. But before she could make a sound, one of the shadows raised his hand and slapped Tian on the back of her neck.

Tian, ​​who hadn't even opened her mouth, suddenly fell down limply and collapsed to the ground like a puddle of mud.

Two dark shadows took out hemp ropes and deftly tied up Tian's hands and feet. They also stuffed a piece of rag into Tian's mouth and then stuffed him into a large hemp sack.

Tian was thin and not heavy, so she did not need two people to carry her, only one person was needed.

Another dark shadow sprinkled the prepared lamp oil in the house and near the door, and lit it with the fire starter in his arms.

The lamp oil burned, and the flame grew from small to large, soon forming a raging fire that spread throughout the house.

The two black shadows also left in a hurry...

The next day, Jiang Yihe got up early and started packing.

He packed paper, ink, brush and inkstone, some books, clothes and most importantly, a purse, and prepared to set off with other scholars from the academy.

This autumn examination was held in the nearest provincial capital to facilitate students from all over the country to take the exam.

But even so, the journey from the town to the provincial capital is quite long. It is most convenient and cost-effective for people from a college to travel together, hire a car together, and rent a house together.

As for this autumn examination, Master Ren from the academy planned to go with them because he had old friends in the city.

Master Ren had already found a carriage and was waiting outside.

The students all urged each other.

Jiang Yihe couldn't help but speed up his movements at this moment.

Master Ren came into the room at this time.

Seeing this, Jiang Yihe hurriedly said, "Master Ren, I'll be ready soon. Please wait for a moment."

"No hurry." Master Ren stroked his beard and said, "There is something I need to tell you."

"Master, please speak." Jiang Yihe stopped what he was doing and stood up respectfully.

"You have studied in our academy for a long time, and you are considered to have a certain level of qualifications. In terms of qualifications and knowledge, you should participate in this autumn examination, but..."

Master Ren paused, then continued, "It's just that the court nowadays pays great attention to the character and reputation of the people it employs, so it is very strict when reviewing the qualifications of the candidates. And because you have a bad reputation, others have complained about you, so you were screened out during the review of this exam."

"You don't have to go to the autumn exam this time. You've packed all your things, so just go home."

These words were like a bolt from the blue, and Jiang Yihe was stunned where he stood.

Master Ren didn't want to talk any more with Jiang Yihe, so he raised his foot and was about to leave.

Jiang Yihe came back to his senses and stopped him, "Master, do you mean that I was expelled?"

Although he had heard it clearly just now, at this moment, he still didn't believe it was true.

"That's right." Master Ren nodded.

Jiang Yihe was shocked for a moment, and asked anxiously, "But I always respect teachers and study hard, and I have never had any disputes with my classmates. Why do you say that I have a bad reputation?"

"You were frequently harassed by people from the casino before, and now you have severed the relationship with your daughter. I heard that you divorced your wife a few days ago. All these things are despised by others."

Master Ren sighed, "I have taught you to read for many years, and I have often taught you the principles of being a human being and dealing with things. You are also old, how come you have done so many foolish things?" (End of this chapter)