Now there are only Mu Yunxuan and a group of subordinates left in the Qin Palace, Mu Yunqi is still somewhat worried, and will go to the Qin Palace's mansion every night to see, of course, she spends most of her time in Situ Jing's books, but she still feels more at ease to guard it at close range. Situ Jing's foreign translations greatly stimulated Mu Yunqi's curiosity, and she infiltrated his secret library whenever she had time, sometimes staying all night, immersed in the unknowable outside world, trying to replenish herself.

She found the book of the Orient that Situ Jing said, and read it in one night, but she was still ignorant, and she seemed to have any ideas that were about to come out, but she couldn't believe that King Ulla would do this, "Leave it to death and come back to life?" You need to sacrifice everyone, wouldn't it be too cruel to do that, Brother Jing, do you know? I don't understand, I don't understand! Mu Yunqi muttered and leaned back in his chair.

Mu Yunqi bears the title of the second-rank title of the protector of the country, although he is still the position of the servant of the ministry, he has to go to the court with the first-grade and second-grade Dayuan. On this day, Mu Yunqi had just gotten down to the ministry on the way to the ministry, but the carriage and horse were intercepted. Mu Yunqi didn't have time to hold on to it, almost rolled around in the car, and after sitting upright, he asked angrily, "What's the matter?" ”

At this time, the coachman lifted the curtain and replied, "My lord, someone stopped the car." ”

Mu Yunqi saw through the curtain of the car a young man with a spear standing in front of the horse with one hand pinching his waist, and at first glance, he was the son of a family, and eighty percent of it was because of the matter of going to Ula to take up a post. Recently, many adults came to intercede with him, and she persuaded him with emotion and reason: "That Ula poisonous weeds are rampant, and the living environment is bad, which is not suitable for the son of the family to experience, if something happens, how can he explain to them." ”

Many people can still understand, after all, how to raise the goods at home, they know best, let alone go through a year and a half of training, I'm afraid it will be difficult to stay for a few days. But the son-in-law who can find the door by himself is still the first, because those who want to experience are coerced by Lao Tzu, how can anyone really want to leave the bustling place of the capital.

Mu Yunqi rubbed his temples and got out of the carriage directly, it was too late for the coachman to stop him.

Mu Yunqi walked in front of this son, who was a head taller than himself, and saw that he was angry, so he could only hold back a smile and ask, "Is there something important for the prince to stop the official's carriage?" ”

The boy looked down at her, then held his head high and said, "I want to go to Ula?" ”

Mu Yunqi looked at him, who was also a straight person, and asked, "Then whose son are you, why did you go to Ula?" ”

The man didn't look at her either, but looked ahead and said, "In Xiahuafeng, my father is Huaxi Song, the general of Zhenxi who guards Meicheng on the border of Huarong, so I will go to Ula to defend the country with my father." ”

"And what are you capable of?"

As soon as Mu Yunqi asked, he was even more proud, and paused for the spear in his hand, "I heard that Guogong's martial arts are world-famous, and I want to compete with Guogong." ”

At this time, there were more and more people around, Xiao Shuyuan was also among them, after coming out of the Guogong Mansion that day, he saw Mu Yunxuan crying like that, he was somewhat resentful of the Protector of the Kingdom in his heart, at this time, seeing that someone was going to trouble him, he was a little complicated in his heart, listening to Mu Yunqi agreeing to the other party to fight, and about to be in the suburbs, he was anxious, and quickly squeezed to the front of the person to come to Mu Yunqi's side and persuaded: "How can the body of the Guogong Wanjin agree to a duel with someone at will." ”

Mu Yunqi didn't expect him to appear, so after thinking about it, he said, "You come with me." ”

After speaking, he dragged Xiao Shuyuan into the carriage together, Xiao Shuyuan was still persuading Mu Yunqi in the carriage, Mu Yunqi glanced at him, sighed and said: "The officials select people to see their family background, but the officials who really choose the right party can see all aspects, the terrain of the Western Regions is dangerous, there are many swamps or mountains in Ula, there is very little fertile land, people develop poisons in exchange for food in order to survive, and being an official in this place not only needs to learn but also needs a strong physique and sufficient self-protection ability. How many of these children of the family can do it, even the children of the poor families sent are not satisfactory, and only those who try it out themselves can be worthy of the big responsibility. ”

Xiao Shuyuan nodded understandingly, but still said worriedly: "There are many ways for adults to try, why do you have to try it yourself, the sword has no eyes." ”

Mu Yunqi smiled and said, "Only by trying it yourself can you know if it is suitable or not." ”

Xiao Shuyuan couldn't persuade her, so she stopped persuading, turned her eyes to look elsewhere, and after a while, she asked again: "The adult really has no intention of the side concubine?" ”

Mu Yunqi couldn't catch his train of thought for a while, "Huh? "Yes. Xiao Shuyuan immediately realized that he was rude, and hurriedly said: "The lower officials are more decent, don't be surprised by the hope of the prince." ”

Mu Yunqi finally understood what he meant, looked at him and asked, "You also like the concubine of King Qin, don't you?" I liked it when I saw it from the market, didn't you? ”

Mu Yunqi's eyes seemed to see Xiao Shuyuan's heart, and he saw that Xiao Shuyuan was very weak-hearted, and he didn't know whether he should or shouldn't.

Mu Yunqi knew his thoughts and said: "His Royal Highness King Qin has relented, but he is forced by the Prime Minister to refuse to let go, so the side concubine Niangniang has not been able to recover her free body, you should know what to do." ”

Xiao Shuyuan smiled bitterly: "The adults said it easily, even if the mother recovers her free body, she still only has adults in her heart." ”

Mu Yunqi sighed helplessly, "That's your fate, I can only say it here." ”

Having said that, the carriage has arrived at the agreed place in the suburbs, and many good things have followed to the suburbs.

As soon as Mu Yun got out of the carriage, he saw Hua Feng standing with a gun not far away, and when Hua Feng saw her coming, he said: "Adults also choose weapons to take advantage of, and they should be bullied with their bare hands." ”

Mu Yunqi smiled, "Xia Guan just went down to the court, and he really didn't have any weapons around. ”

At this time, a swordsman who was watching the excitement next to him asked, "Can an adult use a villain's sword?" ”

Mu Yunqi looked at the man and said with a smile: "Take advantage of it." ”

The man threw the sword in his hand into the air, Mu Yunqi jumped up, caught the sword with one hand, and held the scabbard with the other hand.

The two sides immediately started to fight, and Xiao Shuyuan also got out of the station in front of the crowd of onlookers, staring at Mu Yunqi anxiously.

The two of them shot together, Hua Feng used a spear, at the beginning to gain the upper hand, stabbing left and right, Mu Yunqi could only barely use his sword to block, seeing Xiao Shuyuan clenched his fists anxiously.

After a few stabs, Hua Feng switched to sweeping, and Mu Yun took the opportunity to grasp the shortened distance of the gun body with a little internal force, so that the spear would not have an advantage. Hua Feng saw that the situation was not good, so he changed his sweep to smash down, seized the opportunity to roll and widen the distance between the two, and the spear had the upper hand again.

Mu Yunqi dodged with a sword but couldn't get close to him, and after dozens of rounds, he gradually became a little physically exhausted, after all, if he didn't use internal strength, a woman's physical strength could not be matched by a man after all. Mu Yunqi also saw the strength of the other party, worthy of being behind the gate, it was much better than the idle boy buddies all day long, so she chose to end the battle quickly, seize the opportunity to straighten the spear, the two quickly turned around, the sword had reached Hua Feng's neck, Hua Feng had to admit defeat.

He put down his spear and drooped his head, and dragged it to the city gate instead of holding it before. Mu Yunqi looked at him as a defeated rooster, and shouted loudly: "Report to the official department tomorrow." ”

After speaking, the person got into the carriage, Hua Feng thought that he was hallucinating, looked left and right, and finally saw Mu Yunqi lift the window and say to him when the carriage passed by him: "Tomorrow will study the history of literature." ”

Hua Feng realized that although he had lost, he had still passed the level of Lord Protector, and he was so happy that he almost threw away his gun. The people who watched the excitement looked at him like a fool, how could he be so happy when he lost, he didn't care what this group of people said, he should be happy when his goal was achieved.

On the second day, Hua Feng came to the Ministry of Officials, and it was not only Mu Yunqi who was on the seat, but also the two adults of the Ministry of Officials Shangshu and Zuo Shilang. Hua Feng is no longer as reckless as yesterday, but very polite to greet the adults.

After the ceremony, Lord Shangshu said: "I heard that yesterday you and the Lord Protector of the Kingdom of martial arts competition, the Lord of the Protector came back and praised it, and I want to give you a chance to take the literary test today, after all, the land of Ula is not as good as Tianfu, so we have high requirements in the selection and employment of people, especially the sons of the family, who usually love to have fun and neglect to study and train, so only if we are satisfied with today's assessment, we will recommend it to Your Majesty, understand?" ”

Hua Feng replied respectfully: "I understand." ”

After that, in front of the three people, Hua Feng completed the assessment of the literary examination, which was more stringent than the examination, and Hua Feng was sent back to wait for news after completion.

The three of them carefully read Hua Feng's answer sheet, and Lord Shangshu was very satisfied with his answer sheet, "It is really rare for such a civil and military all-round talent among the children of the family, you can see that this literary and historical answer sheet is full of books of sages." ”

Zuo Shilang said a lot of compliments to cater to Lord Shangshu, Mu Yunqi only smiled and pandered, and did not express her own opinion, she knew in her heart that she could not gain a foothold in the land of tigers and wolves by relying on the benevolence of the sages alone.