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The cold winds of winter have blown from the southern regions to the Yanjing City.

Vast expanses of snow fell, covering the majestic ancient city, covering all traces on the city walls, leaving only a silvery white coat of makeup.

The cold wind is blowing.

At the main entrance of the palace, countless people stood outside the palace gate with an expectant face against the cold wind, wearing thick cotton clothes, and kept looking towards the palace.

At the entrance of the Zhaoxuan Hall in the palace, headed by Zuo Xiangyu Yiping, there are hundreds of civil and military officials, and talented people stand quietly below the civil and military officials.

Fluttering snow fell from the sky, on the shoulders of civil and military officials and talents, and on the soles of their feet, but they did not move.

Because, everyone is waiting.

Waiting for the final announcement of this palace test!

In fact, according to the usual situation, there will only be uncertain factors when the Xuanwen list is announced, after all, once the martial arts test is passed, the ranking of the overall list is actually obvious.

But......

This time, however, it is undoubtedly an exception.

Because, no one knows what the result of this announcement will be like, and no one knows who the top of the list will be this time.

Finally, the doors of the Zhaoxuan Hall opened.

The warm air containing the smell of fire coals came out of the hall, the expressions of the civil and military officials and talents were slightly tightened, and all the bodies subconsciously stood up straighter, although they all lowered their heads, but their eyes looked at the palace door intentionally or unintentionally.

There is no book of the Ministry of Rites, and there is no imperial envoy of the Imperial Academy, then, normally, the announcement is announced by the saint himself, or by Zuo Xiangyu Yiping like the last literary list.

However, unexpectedly, although the door of the Zhaoxuan Hall was opened, the figure of the Holy Lord Lin Mubai did not walk out of the Zhaoxuan Palace.

At this moment, standing at the door of the Zhaoxuan Hall were eight Imperial Forest soldiers wearing golden armor.

There was solemnity on everyone's face, and in the hands of the eight Imperial Guards, they also carried a huge square object covered by a golden brocade cloth, and it was obvious that this square thing was the Bangshi.

"Do you want to show the list directly?"

The civil and military officials and talented people looked at each other when they looked at this scene, and no one spoke, but such a thought rose in their hearts at the same time.

The Imperial Palace, the place where each generation of emperors passed away or ascended the throne to announce the edict.

Similarly, it is also the place where the Great Xia reads the gold list of the palace test, and after each gold list inscription, there will be a list stone engraved with the golden name in the Zhaoxuan Palace.

This also represents the importance that Great Xia attaches to the palace examination.

Merely......

As the grandest palace test, the announcement of the palace test has always been the first announcement, and then the bright stone, but this time, it seems to be a little different from usual.

actually lifted the list stone out directly.

The civil and military officials did not speak, and the talents waiting for the announcement also did not speak, the cold wind blew, and in addition to the coldness, there was pressure in the air.

The eight Imperial Forest Soldiers walked out of the Zhaoxuan Hall and stepped on the thick snow, making a squeaky sound, but none of their bodies shook at all.

Soon, the eight Guards stopped.

Because, they just walked out of the Zhaoxuan Palace, stopped at the gate of the temple, and then, their hands slowly loosened.

The huge stone fell steadily to the ground.

"Open the gold list!"

A slightly sharp voice sounded at the door of the Zhaoxuan Palace, the sound was not too loud, but the penetrating power was extremely strong.

And as this voice sounded, the same voice was quickly picked up.

"Open the gold list!"

"Open the gold list!"

“......”

Such a sound started from the Zhaoxuan Palace, and spread to the main gate of the palace, and then from the main gate of the palace to the four gates of Yanjing City.

Yanjing City was boiling at this moment.

Whether it is in business, politics, or in the army, they all stopped what they were doing and looked at the direction of the Imperial Palace.

In front of the Zhaoxuan Palace, the golden brocade cloth has also been slowly uncovered.

One by one, golden names appeared from the list stone, and there were only ten people on the palace gold list, which was the rule that had been set since the founding of Great Xia.

"I'm on the list!" an excited voice rang out.

"I'm also on the list!" Another excited voice also sounded, the palace test gold list, this is a real honor that will go down through the ages, how can you not be excited?

As the two voices rang out, the third, and the fourth sounded one after the other......

"Nangong Hao is the first!"

"Sure enough, Nangong Hao made great contributions in the Southern Regions this time, signing a ten-year peace contract on behalf of Great Xia and the Southern Regions, and it is well deserved to win the first place. ”

"yes, it's just...... Why is Yan Xiu the third?"

After seeing their names clearly, the talents also looked at the top of the list stone, where Nangong Hao's name was standing at the top.

"No, there are only nine names on this gold list!"

"Nine?!"

"Look, Nangong Hao's name is not right!"

"Isn't it right?!"

"Really, if you follow the position of Nangong Hao's name, there should be a ...... to his right"

"That means Fang Zheng is ......"

When the geniuses noticed Yan Xiu's gold list ranking, some talents finally noticed the abnormality on the list stone, but when the three words Fang Zhengzhi were spoken, the genius also seemed to realize something, and quickly closed his mouth, with a panicked face.

"The gold list has been opened, according to the rules of the previous dynasties, the top three on the gold list can have the opportunity to participate in the selection of the Heavenly Dao Pavilion in seven days, Nangong Hao, do you want to participate in the selection of the Heavenly Dao Pavilion?" The voice outside the palace door sounded again, and he didn't answer the questions of the talents, feeling as if he hadn't heard the discussions of the talents at all.

"I'll participate!" A white figure stood out from the crowd, sword eyebrows, starry eyes, and a cold wind blowing, and the silver-white scabbard on his back exuded a faint brilliance.

"Well, Nangong Gongzi is willing to participate in the selection test of Tiandao Pavilion, it is the luck of my Great Xia Dynasty and the luck of the Nangong family!" The voice nodded when he heard this.

And when the other civil and military officials and talents heard this, they all had a look of appreciation and envy, Tiandao Pavilion, that is the real place of cultivation.

"Nangong Gongzi will definitely succeed in participating in the Heavenly Dao Pavilion selection test!"

"Of course, with the strength of Nangong Gongzi, he was already able to enter the Heavenly Dao Pavilion four years ago, and now there is naturally no problem. ”

"Congratulations to Nangong Gongzi!"

All the talented people immediately congratulated Nangong Hao.

And Nangong Hao also returned the salute one by one, and then slowly turned around and returned to the crowd, everything looked so bland.

The gaze at the door of the Zhaoxuan Hall looked at the crowd again, and finally fell on a face in the crowd that was as cold as frost.

"Yan Xiu, do you want to participate in the selection test of the Heavenly Dao Pavilion?" The voice sounded again, although it was still a little sharp, but the tone was obviously a little strange.

"Why didn't Fang Zhengzhi make the list!" a figure walked out of the crowd at the same time as the voice sounded, his face was a little pale, obviously recovering from a serious injury.

However, his body stood very straight, and there was no bend in the cold wind, and the ink-colored clothes swayed gently in the cold wind.

His name is ......

Yan Xiu!

"Yan Xiu, what Gonggong Wei asked is whether you want to participate in the selection of the Heavenly Dao Pavilion, and for other things, you can wait for the selection of the Heavenly Dao Pavilion to be finished. Among the civil and military officials, a voice sounded.

"What I'm asking is, why didn't Fang Zhengcheng make the list!" Yan Xiu's gaze didn't even look at the minister, he just looked at the inside of the Zhaoxuan Palace.

In other words, from beginning to end, his eyes were only fixed on the Zhaoxuan Palace, and he never looked away.

"Yan Xiu, this is the Zhaoxuan Palace, don't be presumptuous!" The voice of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department sounded, as the chief in charge of the laws of the Criminal Department, it was naturally impossible for him to let such a thing happen in front of him.

"Why didn't Fang Zhengzhi make the list!" Yan Xiu's voice sounded again, and there was no wavering at all.

"Yan Xiu!" Zuo Xiangyu Yiping's voice finally sounded at this time, and the red official uniform represented his position as the first assistant among the civil and military officials.

"According to the rules of the palace test, the time for the end of the martial arts test is set before the first battle in the Southern Regions, that is, at the time of the war of the Han Ape Tribe, at that time, Fang Zhengzhi already had nearly 50,000 troops in front of the Han Ape Tribe, and the only candidates left were Nangong Hao and me, why is his name not on this list!" Yan Xiu ignored Zuo Xiangyu Yiping, he just stared at the Zhaoxuan Hall tightly, and said word by word.

"Is a minister who plots rebellion and treason also qualified to be on the gold list?"

"Princess of the Southern Regions, this is a well-known thing in the world! Such a character, what kind of gentleman should he be? Moreover, this rebel also killed the prince of the Southern Regions on the road and stabbed the prince, such a crime, the Holy Lord has not punished the nine clans is already lenient, Yan Xiu, what else do you want?"

"Yes, Yan Xiu, you are different from Fang Zhengzheng, you are from a famous family, just when you are serving the country, now that the selection test of the Heavenly Dao Pavilion is close at hand, you should focus on the selection test first, instead of arguing for such a rebellious minister and rebel!"

When the civil and military officials heard this, they finally became a little angry.

"Before the conviction, what kind of crime can we talk about! I just ask one sentence today, why is there no name of Fang Zhengcheng on the list!" Yan Xiu bit his lips and clenched his fists subconsciously.

"Yan Xiu, you ......" The civil and military officials were angry, and even Zuo Xiangyu Yiping's face was a little red.

And the talented people were staring at each other, never once, they would have thought that Yan Xiu would argue with the Manchu Dynasty civil and military in front of the Zhaoxuan Palace.

Objective......

It turned out to be just for a square uprightness.

"Click!" At this moment, there was a slight sound at the door of the Zhaoxuan Palace, which was the sound of shoes stepping on the snow.

The voice is very soft.

However, after hearing this voice, the civil and military officials and all the talented people all changed their expressions, and then they knelt down in unison.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" the voice was respectful and neat.

Saint Lin Mubai's gaze looked at the only young man in the crowd who was standing in place, the golden dragon robe on his body making a grinning sound in the cold wind.

"You're asking me, why doesn't there be a name of Fang Zhengzhi on the list?" The expression on Saint Shang Lin Mubai's face looked calm, but the civil and military officials and talented people all heard the coldness in his tone.

That kind of cold is different from the cold wind of winter, if the cold wind of winter blows people's skin and flesh, then this kind of coldness is soaked in people's hearts.

"Yes!" Yan Xiu nodded slightly, his tone equally indifferent.

"Okay, then I will tell you that I left his name on the list stone, as long as he shows evidence to prove that the matter of Princess Shanyu, the prince of Shanling and the prince has nothing to do with him, I will engrave his name with my own hands, are you satisfied with such an answer?" Saint Lin Mubai's brows furrowed slightly.

"The emperor is angry!"

When the civil and military officials heard this, they all bowed down.

Yan Xiu didn't speak, he just bit his lip and quietly looked at the list stone standing in front of the Holy Lord Lin Mubai, as well as the blank space to the right of Nangong Hao's name.

The wind and snow gradually became heavier, and snowflakes fell all over the sky.

"Yan Xiu, the emperor has already answered your question, now you should talk about it, whether you participated in the selection test of the Heavenly Dao Pavilion, right?"

As a minister beside Saint Lin Mubai, of course he knew when to say something, and he knew even more about what to say when he had to say it.

"After the emperor engraves his name, I will naturally participate!" After Yan Xiu finished speaking, he also knelt down directly towards the saint Lin Mubai.

However, after kneeling, he stood up again, and then, as soon as his body turned, he walked towards the outside of the palace without a pause.

"This ......"

"It's just so presumptuous!"

"Your Majesty, do you want to ......?"

The civil and military officials looked at this scene, and they all looked at the holy Lin Mubai.

"Let him go!" Saint Lin Mubai waved his hand towards the civil and military officials, and then looked at the snow in the sky, and then turned around and walked into the Zhaoxuan Palace.

......

......

A year later, spring.

In the territory of the Great Xia Dynasty, in a quiet mansion, red bricks, green tiles, and flowers are in full bloom, and a faint fragrance wafts in the courtyard of the mansion.

On the swing in the courtyard, there is also a woman wearing a black emerald cigarette shirt, with snow-white skin and picturesque eyebrows, showing charm among the flowers.

In particular, a little bright red cinnabar at the center of the woman's eyebrows is like a little red falling in the snow, making the woman's body invisibly exude a coquettish and boneless, glamorous posture.

The woman's body rippled with the swing, but her eyes were always looking at a small clear pond not far in front of her.

The small pond was full of flowers that had been blown down by the wind, and a few bright red carp swam in the pond, their tails flicking faint ripples.

"Why haven't you come out yet......? Got your head stuck in the door?" The woman's mouth came out with a coquettish voice, and she seemed to be a little angry.

And at this time......

The small pond also shook slightly, but after a while, the tremor intensified significantly, and the water rolled over, and a huge disc-shaped black stone slowly rose from the bottom of the small pond.

"Huh, it's out!" the woman's eyes lit up obviously, and then, the charming expression on her face disappeared without a trace in an instant, leaving only a calm expression.

As the woman's words fell, a crack appeared in the black stone, and it looked like a door had been pushed open from within.

The woman's hand subconsciously grasped the rope of the swing, stopped the swing, and stared more closely at the crack that looked a little dark.

Soon, the rift was completely opened.

Followed by......

A figure stepped out of the breach.

It was an old man with a white beard, bare feet, wearing a wide white robe, his face looked calm, and there were not many features on his face, the only thing that could be noticed was that his beard was very white and long, and it had dragged down to his waist.

"Master!" When the woman saw the old man, she immediately jumped off the swing, and immediately after, the woman's gaze directly bypassed the old man and looked behind the old man.

"Yo, Yu'er is waiting to be a teacher?" As soon as the old man saw the woman, his face immediately filled with a smile, and his thin hand subconsciously stroked his beard, revealing a satisfied expression.

"What about him?" the woman ignored the old man's question, but continued to look behind the old man.

"Who?" said the old man, puzzled.

"That guy, why hasn't he come out yet?Is it true that he was caught in the door again like last time?" As soon as the woman said that her head was caught by the door, the corners of her mouth subconsciously showed a smile.

It's as if I'm recalling something.

"It turns out that Yu'er is not waiting to be a teacher?" the old man was obviously a little disappointed.

"Wait, of course Yu'er is waiting for Master, but what about that guy, is he still in there?" the woman replied as she continued to ask.

"No. The old man shook his head.

"No, how is this possible, can he still turn into a feather chicken and fly away if he is not in it?" the woman was a little surprised when she heard the old man's words.

"It's just that it turned into a flaming chicken and flew away. The old man nodded solemnly.

"Master, don't be kidding, without your guidance, how could he have walked out of this 'Water Demon Realm' by himself?" the woman obviously didn't believe it.

"Yes, why was he able to get out of the 'Water Demon Realm'?" the old man nodded lightly when he heard this, with a puzzled expression.

"Master, you ...... Will that guy be able to get out on his own?"

"It should be!"

"Ahh......h I'm not fully ready, so if I go to Yanjing City now......"

"That's not going to happen, he didn't go to Yanjing City. ”

"Didn't go to Yanjing City?

"I heard him say that he had been in it for a long time, and he was a little bored, and he wanted to go out to see the scenery. ”

"Where to see the scenery?"

"It seems to say that I want to go to the Blood Cinema City to have a look!"

"Blood Studios, oh...... As long as it's not Yanjing...... Wait a minute, Master, you said Blood Studios?!...... Isn't that the capital of the demon race?" The woman's face also completely changed at this moment.

(It's another 5,000-word chapter, I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival! By the way, ask for a monthly pass, not too much, right?) (To be continued.) )