Chapter 773: Blood Horse

The snow stopped at night.

The snow in Kyoto came unexpectedly and disappeared very quickly.

At dawn, only the water drops on the eaves and the shallow puddles on the bluestone slabs were left.

But the weather was even more freezing.

Qin Yao and his wife drove to Yongtong Lane with Qi Xianguan and four children, who were wrapped tightly, to see the situation at the porridge stall.

Unexpectedly, the porridge stall, which used to have a long queue at this time, only had a dozen people at this time.

After getting off the car and looking into the yard, there were only seven or eight candidates studying in the house.

Even the charcoal basin was saved by more than half, and only two charcoal basins were needed.

"What's going on?" Liu Ji asked in shock.

The candidates who stayed looked at each other, not knowing where to start.

Although they stayed, they actually had no other choice.

If there was a way out, I'm afraid they would have left with the candidates last night.

Good food and good accommodation are important, but compared with fame, the shed in the crack of the wall in the west of the city is not too small to live in.

It's a pity that they can't even get that shed in the crack of the wall.

Everyone felt guilty and naturally didn't dare to make eye contact with Liu Ji. They all avoided him and lowered their heads to pretend to be busy.

Qin Yao directly called out: "Ma Yang!"

"What's going on? Where are all the people?"

Liu Ji, Qi Xianguan, Dalang's brother and sister, all looked at Ma Yang.

He sighed, temporarily handed the work to the old man, walked in front of Qin Yao and the others, and told them what happened after Dalang's brother and sister left last night.

After listening, Liu Ji was so angry that his lungs were about to explode.

But to everyone's surprise, he didn't curse his mother, but just turned around with a furious face.

Qi Xianguan frowned and asked rationally: "Do you know whose carriage Fan Long got on?"

Liu Ji saw that he was still in the mood to ask this, and said unhappily:

"Little brother, we treated these people kindly, but we didn't expect them to avoid our benefactors like snakes and scorpions. Don't you think they really fed the dog?"

Qi Xianguan glanced at him calmly, "You said it was fed to the dog, do people still have to argue with the dog about right and wrong?"

Liu Ji: Yes, why should he argue with the dog!

I felt relieved instantly.

Ma Yang shook his head and said: "I didn't see Fan Long leave last night. Others saw him being taken away."

Qi Xianguan nodded, indicating that he knew.

Since Ma Yang didn't know, he didn't ask any more questions.

Anyway, that person will definitely jump out in the future.

Liu Ji stared at Ma Yang and asked him jokingly, "Why didn't you leave?"

Ma Yang smiled bitterly, "It's useless for me to leave. According to what they said, even if I leave, it's still related to you, Master Liu."

He was honest.

Liu Ji was so honest that he wanted to curse.

It was only after Qin Yao and Qi Xiangguan glared at him that he realized that he had to maintain his gentlemanly personality.

In order to avoid losing his composure in the spring examination hall in the future, being picked up by some people with ulterior motives, and losing his qualification for the imperial examination.

"What should we do now?" Liu Ji asked with his hands spread out.

Everyone turned their eyes to Qin Yao, who was the real sponsor.

Seeing her calm face, she didn't even frown when she heard such ungrateful things, and Ma Yang secretly admired her.

Qin Yao looked at the dozen people outside the porridge shed, and then at the seven or eight people in the house, and said in a calm and stable voice:

"Just do good things and don't ask about the future. We should do what we have to do and don't worry about anything else."

"The porridge will continue to be distributed until New Year's Eve. As for the candidates living here, they can stay until the end of the Spring Examination. During this period, the mansion will still provide porridge, quilts, candles, and charcoal."

She said: "The door is open, and those who are willing will come. If there are beggars in the city who need to spend the winter, they will be treated equally."

Everyone's mind immediately stabilized.

Qin Yao didn't need to arrange anything else, and they all got busy, just like before.

Qi Xianguan and Liu Ji went into the courtyard and organized everyone to clean the house, burn more charcoal, and continue to exchange knowledge with other candidates.

Dalang picked up an axe and chopped firewood with the old man.

Erlang led the twins, took out blank books, walked into the house, and each found a corner to listen to the adults' lectures.

Qin Yao went to the warehouse to check the amount of food, as well as winter supplies such as bedding and charcoal.

The candidates who left had some conscience and did not take anything here.

Of course, it is also possible that they did not want to get involved with them at all.

After counting the supplies, Qin Yao took Ma Yang and the two candidates who stayed to clean up the melted snow water on the nearby streets.

Whether there were many or few people, it didn't make much difference to her.

Counting the days, my brother should be on his way to Beijing, right?

I don't know when he will arrive.

Thinking of Qin Feng who was always worried about not having enough money to spend, Qin Yao couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth.

She had never thought about someone like this, and relatives who were connected by blood seemed to be different from others.

"A-choo!"

While sweeping the street, someone suddenly sneezed.

Qin Yao and others looked up and subconsciously looked at each other.

However, the person who sneezed was not one of them.

Qin Yao felt her heart suddenly tremble for a moment, as if she had telepathy. She tentatively raised her eyes and looked at the street corner in front of her.

She saw a horse team of seven or eight people stopped at the street corner.

The man in the lead, wearing a black bear fur coat, was riding on a pink and golden horse, rubbing his nose and looking at her in surprise.

Qin Yao couldn't believe it, shook her head, and then looked up, the familiar face was still in front of her.

She immediately smiled brightly and shouted: "Brother!"

Qin Feng smiled, he didn't expect that he would see the person he wanted to see as soon as he entered Yongtongfang.

He thought his sister was in Kuanzhengfang.

Thinking that it would be ugly to go to Beijing in a dusty way, he went back to the mansion to clean himself up, and then went to Kuanzhengfang with gifts.

Unexpectedly, his sister was waiting for him at the door so early!

Qin Feng was happy and moved, and waved and called: "Sister! Brother brought you something good!"

Qin Yao immediately handed the broom to Ma Yang, who was surprised, and strode forward.

Qin Feng stretched out his hand, "Get on the horse."

Qin Yao put his hand on it, jumped up neatly, and sat steadily on the horse's back.

Qin Feng was behind, and she was in front.

The horse under him swayed uncomfortably, and Qin Feng shouted, and then he stopped.

He handed the reins to Qin Yao, "Try it."

Qin Yao looked back in surprise, "Give it to me?"

Qin Feng raised his handsome eyebrows, quite proud, "I brought it all the way from Wangcheng. Only this Western Region Ferghana horse is worthy of my sister's majesty!"

Qin Yao had long been attracted by the horse under her brother. The pink-gold color was really special.

The hair of this horse is shorter than that of ordinary horses. It feels like a piece of fine silk, soft and smooth.

Because the hair is light, the blood vessels on the body can be seen clearly, so the hair that was originally light gold will show pink light against the color of flesh and blood.

This horse is taller than Qin Yao. When riding on the horse, the field of vision is wide, and the whole Yongtongfang can be seen at a glance.

Qin Feng has obviously trained carefully. Although the horse is still a little impatient, it is still obedient.

Qin Yao shouted softly, and the horse immediately stepped forward as if it understood what people said.

"Smart." Qin Yao said in surprise, "I like it!"

Qin Feng looked at his sister's cheeks flushed with excitement and joy, and sighed in his heart that it was worth the hard work!

Pretending to be indifferent, he said, "It's okay, it only took three months to train."

Qin Yao turned around and smiled at her brother, shook the reins, "Let's go home!" (End of this chapter)