Episode 313: Life and Death
Late at night, Tianxian Tower.
As the most famous green building in the inner city of Meaux, business here is naturally very hot every night.
Usually when it gets dark, the lights are bright here, and the upstairs in front of the door are all women dressed in tulle and flowers, twisting their waists to attract guests.
However, today is the period of the imperial examination.
After dark, the exterior lights of Tianxian Tower did not turn on.
At the same time, in front of the door and upstairs, there are no bewitching women twisting their waists and making noise.
The entire Tianxian Building is quiet and quiet.
But quiet doesn't mean no pick-up.
Familiar guests had already come here before the curfew and went in to drink and watch the show.
The City Lord's Mansion is one of them.
On the stage, there are Oiran stroking the piano, there are artists dancing, and there are singers who show their singing voices, singing the most famous "Water Tune Song Head" in Namo City.
Meng Xianxing hugged the beauty in his arms, and watched drunkenly while sipping melon seeds.
After a while, he was provoked by the beauty in his arms, and immediately got up and hugged her upstairs, and said with a smile: "Little Li'er, your sister Ziyun has a good singing voice, and you will also perform ventriloquism for this son later, how about it?" β
Xiao Li'er immediately became shy and timid: "Son, the concubine can't be." β
A woman who can mix in the green building, which one wouldn't? And who doesn't understand that? As she spoke, her soft body still writhing in his arms.
Meng Xianxing smiled lewdly, grabbed her little hand directly and said, "It's okay, my brother will teach you later." β
The two fell in love upstairs and entered the room.
Two guards followed, stopping at the door, holding the hilt of their swords at their waists, one on the left and one on the right.
After a while, Meng Xianxian's comfortable voice came from inside.
The two guards at the door looked at each other and shook their heads.
"Ahh
After a few more moments, a woman's scream suddenly came from inside.
The two guards at the door looked at each other again, and were about to whisper a tease, when they suddenly smelled a strong smell of blood.
The two of them suddenly changed their faces, hurriedly turned around and kicked the door open with a "bang", and rushed in!
The room was brightly lit, and the woman was sitting on the floor beside the bed without a wisp of it, trembling all over, her face was pale, and she couldn't speak.
On the bed, Meng Dagongzi was already in a different place, the jade pendant on his chest was also cracked and opened, and blood was still spraying from his neck.
The two guards were terrified on the spot, hurriedly holding the knife they had drawn, and searched around the room.
But the whole room, there was no one else.
Luo Qingzhou killed someone, left Tianxian Road, went to the sky above the Gongyuan first, looked down at the compartment where his body was, and after seeing that there was nothing abnormal, Fang Fei returned to the Qin Mansion and put down his things.
When he was about to go to the Mandarin Duck Tower, his heart suddenly moved, and he decided to go to Chengguo Mansion first.
Let's go explore the road and see how it goes.
After a short time, he had already flown over Chengguofu, and his eyes looked at the two bead magic weapons on the eaves of the roof.
He immediately cast the Qi Suppression Method taught to him by Sister Yue, and slowly approached from above.
Until they were only five meters away, the two orbs still did not react.
He was relieved, but he didn't land immediately.
It's still very dangerous to go straight down like this, maybe there are warriors hiding in the shadows and waiting for them.
He flew out into the streets and alleys, searched around, and suddenly spotted a wild cat with dark fur.
Now that he has been promoted to the middle stage of the God Refining Realm, as long as his soul power is enough, there is no problem in possessing him multiple times in a day.
In the Chengguo Mansion, the eldest lady Wang was lying on the bed, tossing and turning.
"Meow ......"
A small wild cat with brown fur barked on the courtyard wall and jumped down into the courtyard.
Before he could hit the ground, his body suddenly turned in half.
In the shadow of the eaves, a figure stepped out, looked down, picked up the two halves of the corpse, and threw them out.
The figure had gray hair and a slightly rickety body, and it was actually an old woman.
The other courtyard was quiet and silent.
It was pitch black in the room.
On the beam, there are two white silk tied into a dead knot.
Mother and daughter stood below, hugged each other, and spoke softly.
"Xiaolou, are you afraid?"
"Mother, Xiaolou is not afraid...... As long as he can be with his mother, Xiaolou is not afraid of ...... at all."
"Xiaolou, I'm sorry...... It's useless to be a mother, and I can't protect you......"
The mother and daughter hugged their heads and cried.
After a while, the mother and daughter trembled and got on the stool, Yang Ping'er picked her up with tears on her face, hung her on the white silk herself, and cried: "Xiaolou, in the next life, don't be the daughter of the mother anymore......"
After speaking, before the little girl could reply, she had already lost her hand.
The little girl's eyes widened and she fell vertically, but she didn't struggle.
Yang Ping'er couldn't bear to see it, so she got on another stool.
Immediately, the stool fell to the ground, and the mother and daughter hung there together......
The night was dark and deadly silent.
"Whoosh!"
A wild cat with black fur suddenly jumped in from the window, jumped on the table next to it, and jumped up to the beam.
It quickly swept to the top of the little girl's head, and its sharp teeth instantly pierced through the white silk, and with a "snort", it shook its head and began to bite quickly.
"Smack!"
The little girl fell to the ground.
Her face turned pale, she breathed hard, clutched her neck, and looked up at the pair of black wildcats on the beams that glowed in the dark.
The wildcat began to quickly bite at another white silk.
Yang Ping'er's eyes widened, and her legs began to kick weakly.
"Smack!"
She also fell and sat on the ground.
After a while, she gasped heavily, raised her head, and looked over the beam.
The expressions on the faces of the mother and daughter went from confusion to consternation, and then to fear.
On the beam, the dark-furred wild cat, with its cold eyes, stood there, looking down at them.
"Meowβ"
The little wildcat barked softly.
The mother and daughter trembled, hugged each other, looked up at him with their heads up, and trembled.
Luo Xiaolou said in a trembling voice: "Mother, cats won't let us die......"
Yang Ping'er was full of tears, hugged her tightly and said, "But we have no other way to go...... Mother can't watch you fall into the mouth of the tiger, that beast will bully you, woo woo......"
Luo Xiaolou helped her wipe her tears and said, "Mother, let's escape, let's go find Brother Qingzhou, okay?" When Brother Qingzhou wins the lift, he won't be afraid of them......"
Yang Ping'er cried and said: "Xiaolou, we are the Luo family, even if Qingzhou is lifted, he can't control the affairs of the Luo family." It's all to blame on my mother, I ...... When Qingzhou's mother was killed by them, my mother should have known that I couldn't stay here anymore, and my mother should have taken you away at that time......"
"Mother's ......"
Luo Xiaolou said with tears in his eyes: "Otherwise, let Xiaolou go." When Xiaolou gets married, my mother will find a way to escape......"
"No, no!"
Yang Ping'er hugged her tightly and cried: "My mother would rather die, and I must not let that beast hurt you......"
The little wild cat crouched on the beam, silently watching the scene.
At this moment, the sound of hurried footsteps suddenly sounded outside.
Immediately, a maid's voice came: "Second lady, get up quickly!" On Madame's orders, we have to take Miss Xiaolou away. β
When the mother and daughter heard this, they immediately stood up.
Yang Ping'er hugged her daughter tightly in her arms, and pleaded with her voice outside: "Let Xiaolou sleep with me for one night, please." β
The maid outside snorted impatiently: "Open the door quickly, Madame's order, you dare to disobey?" If we don't open the door, we're going to bang on the door! β
Yang Ping was afraid that they would find Bai Aya, so she cried and took her daughter out of the room, and said to the maid outside the door: "Where are you going to take my small building?" Please, don't hurt her......"
"Bang!"
The maid outside the door didn't talk nonsense, kicked the door open suddenly, rushed in like a wolf and a tiger, snatched the little girl out of her arms, and dragged her away.
Yang Ping'er cried and pounced to snatch it back, but was stopped by two other maids.
"I don't know what to do!"
The maid who grabbed Luo Xiaolou snorted coldly and immediately left with Luo Xiaolou.
When the other two maids saw them go out, Fang let go of Yang Ping'er, who was crying.
Among them, the maid seemed to be a little soft-hearted, and said in a low voice: "Second lady, just now the eldest lady received the news that Meng Gongzi of Chengguo Mansion was suddenly killed in Qinglou, Xiaolou should be fine......"
As soon as these words came out, Yang Ping'er's crying stopped abruptly.
"With so many words, be careful of being cut out by the eldest lady!"
The other maid immediately warned.
The soft-hearted maid's face changed suddenly, and she didn't dare to say more, and immediately left in a hurry.
The two maids quickly went out and disappeared.
Yang Ping'er stood at the door with tears on her face, stunned for a long time, and muttered, "That beast ...... He's dead? Killed? β
The little wild cat on the beam of the roof had already swept out of the window, and followed the three maids unhurriedly.
Luo Xiaolou was locked up alone in another small courtyard.
Three maids guarded.
The little wildcat jumped on the roof, uncovered the tiles, and jumped into the room from the beams.
Luo Xiaolou was wearing a red dress and was sitting in the corner of the bed with his knees crossed, silently crying.
The three maids stood in the corridor outside the door, chatting in low voices.
The little wildcat silently jumped onto the bed.
When Luo Xiaolou saw it, he trembled in fright, his eyes widened, and he looked at it with tears in his eyes.
The little wildcat approached her slowly, her amber eyes meeting her gaze, signaling her not to be afraid.
Luo Xiaolou seemed to feel its kindness, slowly stretched out his hand, hugged it, and then hugged it in his arms, kissed its head, choked back tears, and said to its ear: "Cat, thank you...... Thank you for saving me from my mother's ......."
The little wildcat stretched out the soft soles of her feet and stroked her little face slowly, helping her wipe the tears from her cheeks.
Luo Xiaolou's eyes widened and he looked at it in a daze.
The little wildcat hesitated, its paw scratching her palm lightly, writing on it.
"Don't be afraid, it'll be fine."
Wrote it over and over again.
Luo Xiaolou finally saw it clearly, his eyes widened suddenly, and he said in a trembling voice: "You...... You ......"
The little wildcat did not linger any longer, and immediately jumped out of her arms, and in a few jumps, jumped onto the beam overhead.
Immediately, he jumped from the beam to the roof.
After observing on the roof for a while, his eyes fell on the courtyard where the eldest lady lived and the courtyard where Luo Yu lived.
There was a very thick blood light shining in those two places, like a flame burning, and it was obviously guarded by martial arts masters.
He didn't dare to run around anymore, he left the Chengguo Mansion and ran along the corner of the street to the Gongyuan.
The body is too far away, and no one is watching, and the heart is always restless.
After a short time, I came to the examination room of the Gongyuan.
Sticking to the corner of the wall, he observed it around, and after listening to the movement for a while, Fang jumped on the courtyard wall, and then jumped down quietly.
Walking along the corner, he avoided the night patrol and quickly slipped into the compartment where his body was.
Immediately, the spirit returned.
Only then did I breathe a sigh of relief.
The little black cat was stunned in the compartment for a while, Fang quickly jumped out, jumped onto the courtyard wall, was seen by several guards, and then jumped out.
The two guards quickly chased after him, observed for a while, and saw that there was nothing abnormal, and then came back.
Luo Qingzhou slept peacefully.
The next day, the third exam began.
At this time, many candidates couldn't hold on a little and held their last breath and began to do the questions seriously.
The test papers were sent down.
Luo Qingzhou studied the ink calmly, and after a while, Fang looked at the first question.
It's still what the book is recited.
Then, give a sentence and write an argument based on current politics, at least 300 words.
After Luo Qingzhou finished writing, he looked at the next question.
This question suddenly made his heart burst out.
"What do you think of the current controversy in the imperial court over the hereditary title of Great Yan? Who is right and who is wrong? Truthfully express your opinions, at least 500 words. β
Luo Qingzhou looked at this question, pondered for a long time, and dipped his pen in ink and answered truthfully.
He had also discussed this topic with the eldest princess and the second lady at the beginning.
Most of the families with titles are after meritorious service, which is what people deserve.
It is precisely because of this title that countless people have succeeded one after another, who are not afraid of sacrifice and serve the country and the people.
Didn't Li Guang at the beginning just want to be a marquis, so he desperately killed the enemy?
However, after three generations of hereditary succession, if the descendants only know how to eat, drink and have fun, and waste the country's wealth in vain, it is naturally not right.
At least one member of the family should come out to highlight their value to the country, so that they should continue to enjoy the original title.
Otherwise, there are corpses everywhere with the merits of vegetarian meals, and if you only know how to enjoy it, you don't know how to do it, and the country will be finished sooner or later.
Now the topic is sensitive.
The eldest princess faction, and the other court ministers, princes and nobles.
What the eldest princess proposed was not to directly abolish the hereditary title, but to abolish those family titles that have been hereditary for three generations, but no one in the family has the ability to contribute to the country and the people.
So Luo Qingzhou actually supports it.
However, he also knew that there were very few people in the court who supported the eldest princess, and most of them were opposed, otherwise this policy would not be difficult to continue.
Luo Qingzhou didn't shy away from it, told the truth, and quickly answered it.
The next topic is "How can the population of a county increase without reducing taxes?" β
Luo Qingzhou had seen too much of this question in his previous life, and after a little silence, he solved it.
Encourage agricultural business, develop the economy, make use of various local resources for trade, so that people have something to do, have food to eat, and live in a place, and at the same time crack down on all kinds of crimes, so that the people in the jurisdiction can live and work in peace and contentment.
When the living conditions of the people are good and the burden is small, they will naturally be happy to have babies, and at the same time, those people in neighboring counties and neighboring states will naturally flock to settle here......
Luo Qingzhou quickly wrote a large article.
The last question is to write an essay in the form of a pun style.
There is no limit to the content and the number of words.
It is a style that every reader will have, with words and sentences facing each other in pairs, and the whole article pays attention to the neatness of the battle and the sonorous rhythm of the voice.
Luo Qingzhou searched carefully in his mind before he settled down.
After a little silent recitation, he dipped his pen in ink and wrote: "The mountain is not high, but the name of the immortal is good." The water is not deep, and if there is a dragon, it will be spiritual. Si is a burrow, but Wu Dexin ......"
After answering all the questions, it was already afternoon.
He carefully checked it several times, and Fang sat quietly, waiting for the roll to be retracted.
Today's winding time is relatively early.
In the evening, the bell rings and the exam ends.
When the test papers were put away one by one, Luo Qingzhou clearly heard various sounds coming from each compartment.
There was the sound of crying, the sound of beating one's chest, the sound of slapping oneself, and the sound of smug laughter.
Luo Qingzhou put away his things and walked out of the compartment, preparing to walk out.
Outside the Gong Academy, many parents and relatives of the candidates had already gathered, waiting eagerly.
Luo Qingzhou thought for a moment, then turned back.
When the rest of the candidates were almost gone, the other party slowly walked outside.
At this time, not only the people of the Qin Mansion were waiting for him anxiously outside, but the subordinates of the Chengguo Mansion were also watching from the crowd.
Luo Qingzhou staggered, and as soon as he walked out of the door, he suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood and fainted on the ground.
Song Ruyue, who was staring at the door tightly in the crowd, was suddenly startled, and hurriedly said, "Quick!" Go and help my uncle up! β
The maids and servants all rushed to the door.
But Luo Qingzhou, who had just run a few steps and was lying on the ground, had been carried by a slender figure in a light green dress.
She held her sword, her pretty face was cold, and no one dared to approach.
Fluttershy and Autumn run over and follow her.
Song Ruyue immediately led them to the carriage.
Not much.
Wang, the eldest lady of Chengguo Mansion, got the news.
"As soon as the kid came out of the examination room, he vomited blood and fainted, and was carried back...... Looks very sick......"
Wang Cheng said again: "It depends on the situation, that kid has been sick a long time ago, it is estimated that he has not been able to make a few of those questions, and this time he will definitely fall off the list......"
Wang Shi calmed his face, took a sip of tea, and said, "Is it the list the day after tomorrow?" β
Wang Chengdao: "Yes." β
Wang didn't speak again.
Wang Cheng glanced at her and bowed down.
Wang sat in the hall for a while, then got up and said, "Let's go, go and see how Yu'er is doing." There are still two days to go, and Yu'er should be able to calm down. β
An old woman and a strong maid walked out of the corridor, silently following her.
Luo Qingzhou was carried back to the Qin Mansion by Xia Chan.
As soon as he entered the house, he took the opportunity to bite the girl's ear and whispered, "Chanchan, don't worry, my uncle is pretending." β
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