What is the result of going up the knife mountain and getting down the oil pot? Tomorrow will tell.

Hello girls, it's time to serve! ~

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"Guys, let's get started."

Fortunately, at this time, the voice of the celebrant sounded, and he was relieved. Zhao Mianze breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at her face that was smiling more and more evilly, and his eyebrows sank slightly.

"It's auspicious!"

This thing has always been bad when he speaks, and Zhao Mianze's original words of concern were choked in her throat by her, saying no, not saying no, and froze there.

Xia Chuqi didn't look at her, raised his eyebrows, and said lightly, "Mosquitoes are too annoying and noisy." ”

Zhao Mianze slowly turned his head sideways, and his gentle gaze fell on Xia Chuqi's face, "The queen didn't sleep well last night?" ”

The atmosphere on the field suddenly became tense.

For the fairness of the competition, there is only one "knife ladder", that is, everyone must climb up from the same knife ladder to win the hydrangea in order to qualify for the next round.

With the sound of thanks, some people slowly retreated, these were unwilling to risk their lives to marry the princess. There are only two Nanyan people and three Beidi people left on the field. And the most competitive forces are only Yan Ergui and Beidi Shizi Su He.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

As soon as this sentence came out, some people who didn't dare to participate anymore, but couldn't wipe off their face, found a step.

He has always had the style of a benevolent monarch, and everything will be considered.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Princess Ziyue is honorable. Her family affairs, Da Yan attaches great importance to her. Today, the queen came up with these two exam questions, 'go up the knife mountain, go down to the oil pot', to verify your intentions to Princess Ziyue......" Zhao Ziyue said at length, and then sighed long, "Fighting the blade of the sword with flesh and blood, this matter is inconvenient to force, if you don't want to participate, you can quit now." ”

When the matter was over, the sun seemed to be a little more vicious, shining on the steel knife on the iron pillar with silver light, which was extremely dazzling, not only some people on the field had the intention of retreating, but even the people watching the game on the field were also a little timid.

But these etiquettes are essential for any event. In the singing of the celebrant, a set of sacrificial rites began.

"Set up incense cases, sacrifice heaven and earth, and sue the ancestors!"

In the pergola built under the scorching sun, there sat a group of princes and ministers of Dayan and Beidi, and above the high platform sat Zhao Mianze and his concubines. In the pergola, some eunuchs had already brought ice cubes to cool down, but they didn't feel the heat. It's just that the candidate warriors are on the court, all sweating. In addition to the two ghosts of Yan, there are also five Nanyan people and four Beidi people who participated in the competition.

This kind of steel knife, the blade is extremely thin, and the rope is broken, which can be described as a difficult competition that tests force and perseverance. Compared to the previous and peaceful willow shooting, it was really a lot bloodier.

This method comes from the Miao performance that Xia Chuqi watched in later generations. Although the "Shangdao Mountain" is a "mountain", it is actually also called "Shangdao Ladder". The knife ladder consisted of an iron pillar about several feet high, seventy-two extremely sharp steel knives, and three steel forks at the top. The steel knife is tied to the iron pillar one by one, as a ladder, the sharp blade is facing the sky, the candidate must climb up from the blade of the steel knife, and the person who can walk all the seventy-two knife ladders to win the red hydrangea at the top of the iron pillar can enter the next round of the "oil pot" competition.

The first exam question, "Shangdao Mountain", is arranged in the middle of the school field.

After noon, when the sun is at its strongest, the sun is scorching the earth like fumigation, and the ground is hot enough to boil eggs.

As a result, in May of the 27th year of Hongtai, the drama of "choosing a horse" finally kicked off, and it slowly entered the climax. The princes and ministers of Nanyan, the internal and external wives and harem concubines, and the envoys of Beidi all entered to watch, and the entire Dongyuan was very lively.

She thanked her and left straight to set up.

Because I had told the Empress Dowager before that no matter what exam questions she had, she must first ask her for the advice of the elderly, so this hurdle must be passed no matter what. Naturally, the factors that the Empress Dowager may refuse have already been considered by Xia Chuqi. When the exam questions and rules of "going up the knife mountain and going down to the oil pot" were said, the Queen Mother was slightly surprised, and she couldn't find the reason for the refutation, but she still relied on her in the end.

The next day, it was not dawn, and I went to Songtao Temple on the seventh day of the first summer.

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"Ye must also promise me one thing......"

"Good. One hundred is one hundred, and the one in front of you is exactly two hundred and five, and it's all for you. I also have a request, though. She blinked, looked into his eyes, raised her head suddenly, her lips close to his ear, took it in her mouth, and bit it, every word was extremely domineering.

Knowing that he was trying to blackmail himself into playing on the topic, but the two of them were so good, the points were just for fun, how could Xia Chuqi really embarrass him? Since he thinks so, in fact, it is not wrong for her.

"Her life's events are not as important as her master's life's events."

He folded his arms tightly, and half of his face was hidden in the shadow of the lamplight, as deep as a god, and it was hard to guess his thoughts if it weren't for that faint smile.

"Zhao Nineteen!" Xia Chuqi gritted his teeth and glared, "Are you mistaken, that's your sister's lifelong event?" ”

"Fifty?" He raised his eyebrows, extremely embarrassed, "It's a little less difficult, but it's not enough." Come to think of it, at least a hundred, right? ”

"Fifty points, is it still difficult?"

As soon as he heard his dragging voice, Xia Chuqi knew what this person was thinking. With a "whoop", she pinched his waist hard, and smiled low in a pounding heartbeat.

He raised his eyebrows and frowned suddenly, "Those things you said are a little difficult to do......

She said, "Then the master will help me prepare." ”

There seemed to be ants biting in his heart, but time was pressing, it was impossible for Zhao Kai to hold Zhao Mianze for too long, and Zhang Wusa couldn't sweep the house for too long, so as not to make people suspicious.

Xia Chuqi opened his eyes and looked at him.

"It's a feasible plan."

"Uh-huh", in his fiery kiss, Xia Chuqi finally adjusted his mood and told him all about Ming'er's exam questions and plans for choosing a colt. But he didn't know if he understood, and when she spoke, he put his mouth in her neck and kissed her, and her heartbeat and breathing became more and more rapid and powerful, and the heat made her very emotional. But when she said that, he only tightened his grip on her hand, stopped with a hint of dissatisfaction, stiffened his body, and smoothed her hair for a while.

"Ming'er, what are you going to do?"

The world was turned upside down in an instant, my heart was pounding, and my ears were hot. was different from what she thought, Zhao Shijiu did not immediately ask for his one hundred and fifty points, but hugged her and lay down slowly, wrapped her whole person in his arms, like a rare little animal, a dragonfly kiss like water, from her cheeks and neck, slowly moved to her lips, and finally increased his strength, kissed her vaguely, withdrew from time to time, and spit out a series of vague and low voices.

Are you serious? Xia Chuqi was slightly stunned, and was about to explain, but his body suddenly left the ground, and the whole person was rolled up by him and carried to the couch covered with a soft brocade quilt.

"If Ah Qi doesn't like it, he won't come in the future..."

Zhao Jun lowered his head and met her watery black eyes.

"It's rare for me to see you once, and I'll have to find a way to get you a message. But you bully me like this, are you still human? In that case, the two of us might as well not see each other. ”

Looking at him, Xia Chuqi was so remorseful that he wanted to bite his tongue, how could one hundred and fifty points make him coax him so easily? Pursing her lips, she let him hold her, not struggling, not angry, just abruptly aggrieved.

Zhao Jun let go of his hand with satisfaction, and on his graceful and noble face, there was no obscene attitude for half a day, but with a narrow smile, and in those smiling eyes, it seemed to say, "Small, even if you are so daring, dare to be a master?" ”

"Good ......"

"One hundred and fifteen, no more bargaining." His strange hand did not stop, and the conditions were even more sonorous, obviously pinching her soft place to coerce her, Xia Chuqi was about to run out of breath, and he took a long breath, and finally grinded his teeth and agreed.

"One hundred points, no more."

Xia Chuqi had a "buzz" in his head, his legs stiffened, and he pressed together, and finally gritted his teeth and glared at him with a red face.

"Too little, what about sending Hanako?" Zhao Zhu's faint voice had a hint of inexplicable hoarseness, and the hand that fell on her abdomen and caressed the child suddenly slid down, "Even if you can't get high points for a kiss, you don't mind doing some high-score services for Ah Qi......"

“…… Fifty? She discussed.

This is braving enemy fire! It should be given.

His throat slid down, a pair of bottomless eyes, as if with some kind of soul-grabbing magic, Xia Chuqi glanced at it a few more times, and couldn't help but throw away his armor, following his thoughts, he felt that this statement was very reasonable.

"Regardless of the danger, the master sent it to the door in the dark for Ah Qi to tease, you can't go back empty-handed, right?"

"What?" The seventh day of the summer is inexplicable.

"How many points do you give for this kiss?"

Zhao Tuo glanced at her smug appearance, frowned and slowly got up. She was slightly stunned, thinking that he was angry and about to leave, and was about to pull his sleeve, but he turned around suddenly, pulled her coldly, and without saying a word, her cold lips were pressed down, and she was firmly controlled in her arms, and she was stunned by the kiss, stunned in his arms, and did not move until his slightly smiling voice came.

"Your Highness, for the sake of points, work hard."

Zhao Jun stared at her silently, and his handsome face became darker and darker. But she was playful, and she was not afraid of death, so she leaned over her hand, patted it gently, and laughed and teased.

Glancing at him quickly, Xia Chuqi threw his eyes away, but said, "The matter at the banquet of Wucha, His Royal Highness the King of Jin has behaved well, and this girl is in a good mood, and the rewards and punishments are clear, and I am ready to give you two hundred points." Only now, if you reward me with these 200 points, it will be exactly offset, that is...... His Royal Highness King Jin, your points are still zero. ”

"Why did Ah Qi say this?"

As soon as he heard the word points, the smile on Zhao Zhu's face froze.

"I want your 200 points."

Xia Chuqi bargained with Zhao Zhu several times, and was deceived by him several times, and rarely took advantage of it. But now the feng shui is taking turns, and finally to her house. Relying on the little nineteen in her stomach, she can finally "bully" Zhao Zhu unscrupulously without blushing.

didn't expect her to really guess, Zhao Zun raised her eyebrows slightly, stroked her hanging hair, curled her behind her ears, and chuckled in a low voice, "Sure enough, she is a smart and wise little lady." Say, what reward do you want? ”

"Last time I went back to the palace for a big banquet, what about the wild mandarin ducks on the shore of Luoyan Lake?"

Xia Chuqi smiled, how proud he was.

One word, and he fell into the "trap".

"Okay."

Zhao Zhu's eyebrows frowned slightly, and his eyes stared sharply at her little fox-like eyes, with a kind of foreknowledge that he wanted to fall for her tricks. But knowing that the woman in front of him smiled shallowly, smiling smartly, so coquettish, so that he couldn't say anything to refuse.

Xia Chuqi smiled and said inch-in-depth, "Can you pick the prize yourself?" ”

Zhao Bottle pursed her lips and lowered her head to peck her slightly pursed lips, "Yes?" ”

She raised her eyebrows playfully, "Is there a prize for guessing?" ”

Zhao Zhu's brows furrowed slightly, "Guess?" ”

"Master, you haven't told me yet, why did Zhao Kai help you?"

"Poof", Xia Chuqi rolled his eyes, pulled his mouth and was happy, "His Royal Highness the King of Jin has a good shot, and that girl will spare you today." At this, her long eyelashes twitched, and as if remembering something, she untied his hand around her waist, and pulled him to sit in the chair under the window, and her face flushed.

Zhao Zhu listened, smiled lowly, gently stroked the hair in her ear, put his lips to her ear, and said every word softly, "Lord has such a smart and wise lady, why worry about my sister not marrying well?" ”

There was some resentment in her resentful and complaining words.

"What do you say? What else can I do with you? Hum! Anyway, my hair is almost gray from the scorched hair, and you are not in a hurry. ”

It seems that Zhao Ziyue is not stupid to go home! Xia Chuqi sighed with emotion, leaned his face against his arms, and relaxed his emotions after a day of impetus.

"Ah Qi is so anxious to find his master, but for tomorrow's business?"

She didn't say a word, but a sigh came from her head.

Xia Chuqi pondered the word "quick battle", but he couldn't recall it for a long time. Is Zhang Wu the same "idiom incompetent" as Zhao Ziyue, or is there warmth in his words? But before she could figure it out, her waist was already tightened, and the man's warm breathing and strong heartbeat came from her ears.

The Praetorian Guard named Zhang Wu remained silent. For a moment, he coughed lightly in a slightly embarrassed manner and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, the lowly position is waiting outside. He turned around and wanted to leave, but after walking a few steps, he turned back and added with a little embarrassment, "The sixth master will drag His Majesty over there, but time is pressing, please Your Highness fight quickly." ”

A smile, two pairs of eyes, and a thousand words are in it.

"Don't be afraid." The corners of his lips curled, and an obscure smile appeared.

You must know that the distance from Zhao Mianze is less than 500 meters.

"Aren't you afraid of coming over like this?"

The figure was long and majestic, like a breeze and a bright moon, even if he was wearing the clothes of an ordinary Praetorian Guard, he was also handsome and extraordinary, and he was as bright as a scorching one, and in an instant, he hooked her overwhelming miss.

In the room, Xia Chuqi looked at the person dressed as a Praetorian Guard in front of him, and a smile gradually climbed up his cheeks. I felt that the chirping of summer insects outside was no longer irritating, and the sultry night was also a lot cooler.

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Qinglan stood by the window and glanced at Ah Ji at the gate of the courtyard. He seemed to hesitate, but after hesitating for a long time, he still didn't come over, and he didn't ask more, just quietly turned his face away, looked at the wall, didn't squint, and didn't know what he was thinking.

The words in it are higher than the other.

"Who wants your life?" Xia Chuqi's angry roar came from inside again, "However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime is difficult to escape." Miss Ben is magnanimous, but she can't let you break things and leave like this for no reason. You, and you, come here. Tonight I will hand over the sprinkling sweep in my house to the two of you, and you must not let go of every corner, if you let Miss Ben find a little dust, you will not have to sleep tonight, and tomorrow I will show your majesty, let you two brush the bucket. ”

"Miss Seven, spare your life!" Zhang Wu's voice begged for mercy nervously.

Before Qinglan finished speaking, she only heard a loud "bang" inside, and the sound of a vase breaking. Immediately afterwards, I heard Xia Chuqi's angry scolding, "Can you two walk?" How dare Miss Ben's favorite porcelain beauty bottle hit the ground and shatter it? ”

"What strange man? That's the sixth master's person......"

Zheng Erbao was sullen and pointed inside, "Protect Miss Seven, didn't you see two strange men go in?" ”

Zheng Erbao poked his head inside and wanted to go inside, but she was sideways, "What are you doing?" ”

As soon as she entered the house, Qinglan followed and closed the door casually.

According to common sense, it is not good for a soldier like this to enter her house at night, but now that she has this more command, the two Praetorian Guards exchanged a look, and although Miss Seven "didn't like it", she still walked in with low eyebrows.

"What a thing, bring it in. Rare! ”

Xia Chuqi didn't seem to treat Su Wang Zhao Kai very well, glanced at his back coldly, and even the two Praetorian Guards who called him over didn't have a good face, obviously they were sending things over, but she turned her head around and walked away to the back room, her tone was full of disdain.

"Yes, Miss Seven." Qinglan answered, and then moved with Meizi and Zheng Erbao to move all the messy things in the yard into the house.

"Qinglan, move the chair back to the house, Miss Ben is sleepy."

Xia Chuqi's heart was beating wildly, and without waiting for Zhang Wu and the others to approach, he suddenly snorted coldly, got up and stood up, and stretched his waist.

Because Xia Chuqi and Zhao Mianze lived next to each other, they entered from the same gate, and the guards at the gate didn't care much, and the people who came from the left and right were all in the courtyard, and Zhao Kai was Zhao Mianze's henchman, so no one doubted it.

A few people left separately, Zhao Kai only nodded slightly towards Xia Chuqi, and then led the two of them to Zhao Mianze's residence. Zhang Wu and another Praetorian Guard got the order, and they lowered their heads, held two plates of chilled grapes, and went straight to the seventh day of the summer month.

"Yes, Sixth Master."

He entered the courtyard, did not look at Xia Chuqi who was sitting in the courtyard, only glanced at Ah Ji lightly, turned back to the two tall guards behind him and said, "Zhang Wu, send those two plates of chilled grapes to the queen's mother's house." With that, he turned his head to look at the other two soldiers, "You two serve these two plates, and follow me to see Your Majesty." This grape was sent from Jingshi overnight, and it is still fresh, so don't be mistaken. ”

Sure enough, at the gate of the courtyard attached to the green vine, Zhao Kai, the king of Su, led a few Praetorian Guards with trays in his hands and strode in.

At the beginning of the summer, the seven spirits were excited, and they glanced over.

Why did Zhao Kai come here at this time?

"The sixth master is here."

She talked about "Mulan in the Army", but everyone else listened to it with relish, but Ah Ji was the only one, and his face became more and more ugly. I don't know if he was bitten by mosquitoes, or scratched by stories, helpless and restless. Xia Chuqi was observing him, and was smiling when there was a sudden sound of greeting from the door.

"There was a strange woman in the previous dynasty, named Mulan. When he was young, he learned to ride and shoot, and his skills were exquisite. When she was eighteen, it coincided with the Khan's large army, and her father's name was in the military book, but he was too old and sick to do it. Mulan is easy to men's clothing, the city saddle horse, and the ...... of his father in the army"

As soon as they heard that she was going to tell a story, Meizi and Zheng Erbao clapped their hands and applauded, Qinglan's eyelids jumped, and she pursed her mouth silently, and her voice was so loud that the guards outside naturally heard it and pricked up their ears one after another.

"Shall I tell you a story?"

Seeing that Qinglan was choked by her, Xia Chuqi smiled.

“……”

"Mountain people......" Xia Chuqi shook his fan and glanced at her, "There is no magic plan yet." ”

Zheng Erbao and Meizi didn't know if they understood or not, they only looked at her with blank little eyes, but Qinglan chuckled unkindly, and brought the kettle over in a colorful way, refilled the water for her, and said in a low voice, "Miss Seven, but you have thought of a good way?" ”

Before her voice fell, Ah Ji lowered her eyelids.

"How can you solve your worries?" She shook the silk fan, smiled so much that a flower almost bloomed on her face, and asked herself evilly, "Look at the people in the world who are more worried than me." ”

Seeing Ah Ji's mood was depressed, the anger of Xia Chuqi because of Zhao Mianze suddenly disappeared.

"Thank you Niangniang, the skin is rough and the meat is thick, so you don't have to waste it."

As if he had suddenly come back to his senses, he finally looked at it.

Is she "kind" aside, how dare Ah Ji?

"Ah Ji, there are a lot of mosquitoes in the corridor, why don't you let the brothers come in and rest, drink saliva, and get a few mosquito repellent coils?" Xia Chuqi said softly, with a narrow smile in his voice.

Xia Chuqi glanced at him several times, but he didn't find it. Even, he was not as usual, as long as she was there, he glanced over from time to time and carefully observed what she was doing.

Around the dark red lanterns of the door, mosquitoes and moths flutter in swarms. The guards were wearing heavy armor, some were yawning, some were deserting, some were swatting mosquitoes, and only Ah Ji stared at the corner of the wall in a daze, as if he didn't think about anything.

She hadn't finished drinking a cup of autumn lotus rain and dew tea, Meizi and Erbao's father-in-law had already been impatient to play "cross-eyed" with each other beside her, Qinglan looked at the sky, lit a mosquito repellent coil for her, and went back to the house to take out a large fan and handed it to Meizi, telling her to chase mosquitoes, and her own eyes were also eyeing each other, for fear that she would be attacked by mosquitoes.

Time passes slowly.

In the thick shade of summer, the courtyard is cool and breezy, but the house is so hot that it can suffocate people. Xia Chuqi pretended to be troubled, her mood was slightly irritable, and she walked back and forth a few times, she asked Qinglan and Meizi to set up a beauty chair in the courtyard, shaking a silk fan to cool off, and by the way, observing the still strict guards at the door, looking for a chance to meet Zhao Zhu.

The night crept in, and the night grew darker.

No matter what he said, Xia Chuqi was only regarded as the wind in his ears. It's just that in order to let him get out of the house quickly after speaking, she didn't refute, but only told him to go back and think about that game of chess.

If heaven understands people's hearts? Why is there so much unhappiness in the world?

A godsend? Xia Chuqi just laughed.

He added, "Xiao Qi, I knew you many years before Uncle Nineteen, and when I didn't know about the relationship between men and women, I knew that I wanted to marry you in this life. Maybe I fought before, but then I also accepted it, and it didn't hurt your original intention. I am grateful to God for giving me another chance to forgive you my sins and confirm that I am a godsend with you. ”

The twenty-seventh day of the lunar month is the auspicious day calculated by Qintian, and it is also the day of their wedding, and it is also the day of the celebration that Zhao Mianze has been waiting for. But for her, the twenty-seventh month of the lunar month ...... It's definitely not going to be a good day.

Before leaving, he said, "I have been waiting for a long time on the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, but it is still so long. Xiao Qi, in my life, I have never felt that every day is so long. ”

The things of the past, the things that have passed away, will never come back.

However, there is no turning back from the things of the world.

Sometimes she also regrets for Xia Chu. If she can feel Zhao Mianze's gentle words once in her lifetime, even if she is dead, she should have fewer regrets.

Sometimes she thinks that if she had changed the former Xia Chu, under Zhao Mianze's meticulous and patient pity and care, no matter how much hatred and deep resentment there were, a heart would probably have already fallen into his tenderness.

It seemed to her that Zhao Mianze actually didn't want to leave. Or rather, he would love to stay and talk to her. But she didn't want to talk to him. Words like "don't speculate for more than half a sentence" probably refer to people like her and Zhao Mianze.

Seeing him being surrounded by a group of people and leaving, Xia Chuqi's heart that had been hanging for a long time finally fell back to the ground.

Zhao Mianze left after dinner.