Xiaoxiao looked at Xiao Ran who was snickering, and then at Gu Changan who had a stern look on his face, and suddenly an idea came to him: "I remember that the Xiao family only has an only daughter?"

Xiao Ran smiled and nodded: "But the Yan family has a lot of children. Apart from the Shen family, he is the only family with the most children in the whole capital. There was a girl who fell in love with your father."

Gu Changan's dissatisfaction turned into helplessness: "I didn't pay attention at all, but you went to the appointment."

Xiao Ran pouted: "I just wanted to beat up that toad. Oh, it turns out you were secretly following me back then. Are you jealous?"

Good guy, after suddenly eating a mouthful of dog food, Xiaoxiao started to miss her little brother.

However, the mountains were high and the road was far away, so it was very troublesome to write him a letter. She could only teach Gu Changan how to make dehydrated vegetables, and began to low-key buy suitable vegetables and other materials from around.

At this point, Xiaoxiao was surprised to find that her parents were actually very poor. When she asked, she found out that her mother had been subsidizing her brothers in the army.

She couldn't care about the border areas, and she couldn't take care of them all, so she mainly took care of the soldiers who were injured and couldn't stay on the battlefield.

It is said that one general can achieve great success, but how many people can get ahead by serving in the army? There are more ordinary people who have fought hard and still have to worry about their livelihood after returning. If their military service has expired and their hands and feet are intact, they have some strength and can support themselves, but it is difficult to even take care of themselves. What should be done with the injured? What happens to those who unfortunately die and leave behind a family of orphans and widows?

In order to deal with the aftermath of these people as much as possible, the General's Mansion now only has the grand house given by the emperor. As for the Gu family... they are called "Qingliu Family", and who doesn't understand the meaning of "Qingliu".

Xiaoxiao touched her chin, ran back to the house and took out a few thousand-tael banknotes. Her parents were stunned - is her daughter so rich?

Xiaoxiao gave them an overview of her income, and when she looked at the dehydrated vegetables, she started to worry a little more.

Originally, she thought that this could be done in vain, but now that she thinks about it, she may need to think about it in the long term.

Money is not everything, but with money, she can do more useful things.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day when the results were released. The Ning family was just like the day when Ning Ansheng was sent for the exam. The whole family went out in a very solemn manner. However, as soon as they arrived at the place where the results were released, Ning Fengnian and Song were frightened. One of them was at a loss and the other was dizzy. No one dared to come forward and look.

A dense crowd had gathered at the front of the list, and the two of them were squeezed out as soon as they stopped. It would be difficult to move forward.

Xiao Ran and Gu Changan were embarrassed to be crowded together with the juniors, and they had to protect Xiaoxiao from being hit by those strange men. Ning An didn't care when he came back, and dragged his eldest brother like a fish into the crowd.

The two of them were tall and strong, so it was not difficult at all to get to the front of the list. Xiaoxiao stood on tiptoes to watch them go in and didn't come out for a long time.

"It's strange, why did it take so long?" Regardless of whether it is on the list or not, it must have come out.

Xiaoxiao also found it strange, and saw Ning Ansheng and Ning Anhui being pushed out by the crowd with dull expressions on their faces. They still stood there stupidly and didn't know how to move. Mrs. Song nervously pulled them back to her family and didn't do anything. Know how to ask.

Ning Fengnian patted his eldest son on the shoulder: "It's okay, just come back next time. How many people can pass the scholar examination in one go? You see, their hair is gray and they are still working hard. We just laid a solid foundation..."

Ning An responded with a dreamy expression and interrupted his father: "No, no, dad, brother, he passed the exam!"

As soon as these words came out, Ning Fengnian almost bit his tongue, and his eyes widened. Judging from his expression, he wanted to pick his ears: "What did you say? Hit, hit? Hit what?"

Ning An has regained his composure as a shopkeeper: "Dad, I mean, the eldest brother passed the exam, he is a scholar!"

They started searching from the bottom of the list. They were a little nervous when they didn't see the name in the middle. They didn't expect Ning Ansheng's name to be in the top ten!

"My eldest brother ranked seventh in the college exam!"

Mrs. Song's eyes turned red with excitement: "Ancestors bless you, ancestors bless you!"

When the whole family was happy, a disappointing voice suddenly came from the side: "If the ancestors of the Ning family had spirits in heaven, they would not bless you unworthy descendants!"

Xiaoxiao turned around and took a look, and reflexively wanted to get a mirror and let Aunt Ning take a look at her again. It was best to make herself cry after taking a look.

This time, Aunt Ning came well prepared. Just when she was waiting for the Ning family to arrive, she had gone through all the words Ning Laosan taught her in her mind, so now she was very sharp-tongued and yelled at a loud voice: "Like you guys This kind of scum who has nothing to do with bandits, how can he rely on the imperial examination? You should be arrested and put in front of the official!"

After saying that, he waved to the officials standing on both sides of the list: "Brother! Brother! Come and catch the bandits!"

When the officials heard this, their expressions changed, and the common people also moved out of the way in fear. Xiaoxiao was speechless: "Can you tell such nonsense?"

Aunt Ning was waiting for her to say: "I have evidence!"

This surprised Xiaoxiao. Aunt Ning took out a piece of rusty ironware from her arms and held it up to the officer: "Brother Chai doesn't know. This wild girl named Ning Xiaoxiao was from the river more than ten years ago. She picked it up while walking, and the person who was with her at the time had this murder weapon on her."

The third brother said that this was a crossbow arrow with a blood groove that fell from the man who protected Ning Xiaoxiao back then.

"How can ordinary people carry such insidious things? Ning Xiaoxiao's family must be bandits! This thing was covered in blood back then!"

When the officers started to be alert, they quickly released signal fireworks to call their companions. However, what they found strange was why those suspicious characters showed no signs of running away.

More officers and soldiers soon surrounded Xiaoxiao and the others. Although the Ning family did not know the identity of Xiaoxiao's biological parents, they felt from their words and deeds that they were definitely not villains who killed innocent people indiscriminately. Moreover, they believed in Xiaoxiao more than Aunt Ning.

Aunt Ning still said proudly: "The third brother had no choice but to take Ning Xiaoxiao in because he was afraid of the villain's revenge. However, he deliberately left this evidence in order to find a chance to bring the villain to justice. You think you have already Escaped from the government’s pursuit, but didn’t know that the sky net was so vast that it didn’t leak out, Ning Xiaoxiao, why don’t you just surrender quickly!”

Xiaoxiao turned to look at her parents. Xiao Ran looked at the arrow with a bloodletting groove and a three-edged thorn, and remembered the personal guard who had protected Xiaoxiao from leaving. His body was in the completely opposite direction to Fuyuan Village. He was discovered, presumably to prevent his enemies from discovering Xiaoxiao's traces.

She took a step forward and stretched out her hand to the official: "Can... let me see this arrow?"

The officer drew his knife and was about to chop, but before he could see what was happening, he felt his hand go empty and an arrow appeared in Xiao Ran's hand.

Gu Changan stood behind his wife, supporting her slightly trembling body.

"Is this what took their lives?"

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