On the second day, there was a sudden small uproar in the circle of Lin'an elites.

Hanlin Bachelor Cheng Shen Qi one of the most beloved grandsons, Beizhen Fusi Deputy Qianhu Shen Lian held a woman's corpse back to the house, and after Shen Qi returned from the dynasty, his words were burning and said that the bosom friend was the Shen family and should be included in the ancestral hall.

Shen Qi's face darkened, saying that she entered the harem first, and then degraded Guangning Guan, how could He De enter the clan ancestral hall.

The white-haired Shen Lian embroidered spring knife around his waist suddenly came out of its sheath, put it on the neck of his grandfather Shen Qi, and asked sharply, just one sentence, whether Shen Zhiyin should be allowed to enter the ancestral shrine.

Our Master Chengzhi of Hanlin is also pedantic, so angry that he choked his eyebrows, and he twisted his eyebrows, you have the ability to kill me.

Of course, Shen Lian didn't dare to kill his grandfather.

In front of countless people of the Shen family, he got rid of his genealogy, and then left the Shen Mansion with Shen Zhiyin's body in his arms and disappeared into Lin'an City, and no one knew where he buried Shen Zhiyin.

Shen Qi looked at his grandson's room, sat for a day, and sighed at the end and said that Lian'er didn't know his grandfather's suffering.

The second day is the art exam.

The farce of the Shen Mansion quickly disappeared from the eyes of the public, except for Shen Qi's close friends who visited and condoled the Zhengsanpin court boss, the rest of the magnates quickly set their eyes on the Guozijian and the Hanlin Academy.

Although the art examination is not as good as the regular and systematic subjects, it is a way to enter the profession after all.

The competition for the dozen or so places is more or less fierce, except for some places that are really talented and no one dares to move, the rest of the major powerful families are staring at it.

The main person in charge of the trivial affairs of this art subject is the Ministry of Rites, and the invigilator is the Hanlin Academy, and the deputy chief examiner selects several officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Guozijian - the art department is different from the regular department, and the possibility of cheating is very great, so these invigilators are also imprisoned in the examination institute of the Guozijian in advance.

But the private transaction is also very simple, for example, a certain family finds those who may become invigilators in advance, and after promising various benefits, he simply says the work of his own scholar, and sets a code or something.

After all, art is all about one mouth.

The empress doesn't know about this situation?

Know.

But there is no way, first of all, this is the rule of the elite, and secondly, there is really no way to put an end to this transaction, the ethereal thing of art is really not something that can be determined by one or two sentences.

Therefore, in the more than 300 years of Daliang Guozuo, there are those who have entered the center of the court from the Hanlin Academy, but not many - the meaning of the king of the Zhao family is very clear, you can enter the Hanlin Academy, but if you want to enter the center of the court, it depends on whether you have the ability.

The art examination is imminent, and Li Ruyu is recuperating.

The small courtyard ushered in an uninvited guest at sunset, Shen Lian, who had white hair, embroidered spring knife on his waist, a little dirty flying fish suit, and a sense of loneliness in his resolute eyes.

Standing silently in the courtyard, looking at Li Ruyu.

Li Ruyu got up, walked to the eaves, and stared at Shen Lian with his left and right swords, "Death?" ”

The spots under his feet grinned at Shen Lian and roared wildly, if it weren't for Li Ruyu's call, this thing would have pounced.

Shen Lian's face was expressionless, "I'm here to tell you one thing." ”

"Say."

"The slaughter of Fanmian Village that day was just Zhao Changyi's meaning, and its purpose was to protect a certain secret on you, so I was ordered to lead many northern towns in Changling Mansion to slaughter Fanmian Village."

Li Ruyu sneered, "There is a difference. ”

After a pause, "He will pay the price, but you, as the executioner, should also pay the price." ”

Shen Lian was silent for a while and said, "Yes, he should pay the price." ”

Li Ruyu was silent.

Shen Lian continued: "But the bosom friend is innocent. ”

Li Ruyu sighed, "I just want to kill you." ”

"But she died."

"So what?"

"So, I want to be like Liu Xiangyang, to reason with you, to reason with Zhao Changyi, and to reason with the people of the world." Shen Lian silently pressed his hand on the embroidered spring knife.

Li Ruyu was puzzled, "I don't owe you." ”

Shen Lian was still expressionless, but he had a sense of loneliness in the mountains and the sea, "After the Spring Breeze Pass, you went to Fanmian Village and brought back the spots, didn't you find something strange?" ”

Li Ruyu thought for a while, "There is a little doubt. ”

At that time, there were several skeletons in the ashes of Sun Widower's Palace, which were not burned to ashes, and they were indeed strange, a few points smaller than normal people, and they didn't pay attention to it, thinking that it was a normal change after the flames were burned.

Shen Lian finally had a change in expression, and he didn't have to worry about being hurt, only resentment, "I led a group of Ti Cavalry to Fanmian Village, there is indeed an eight or nine-year-old child named Huang Zheng, who killed two Ti Cavalry with two punches with his bare hands, Li Sanpang is really a master, Zhang Mazi is really good at light skills, and they all died under the thunder." ”

"The old man who said that it was rare to be confused, I stopped the autumn bamboo drawing before he finished drawing, so he is still alive."

"Only three Inhumans died in Fan Mian Village, and the rest are alive!"

"They are still hiding in the deeper part of that mountain, just to protect your secrets, and the corpses I brought back those Tiqi are disobedient people, for the sake of more than 300 people in Fanmian Village, I killed more than ten robes, although there are bereavements in Beizhen Fusi afterwards, but those are all fresh lives."

"They died because of you!"

"In order to keep your secret that only Her Majesty the Empress and Zhao Changyi know, Li Ruyu, don't you feel guilty!"

The last sentence, Shen Lian almost roared out.

Li Ruyu froze when he heard this, and said, "Really? ”

Shen Lian sneered, slowly withdrew the embroidered spring knife, and pointed directly at Li Ruyu, "You don't know, you just stupidly came to me for revenge and forced your bosom friend to death, now you are satisfied, content, and happy?" ”

Li Ruyu was depressed.

He forced Shen Zhiyin to death?

Kill the second bastard, he deserves to die, kill Sun widower, he deserves to die even more, kill Xu Jiye because he wants to kill himself, the battle of Nagasaka Bridge is also to survive.

From beginning to end, Li Ruyu never thought of killing those innocent people.

But Shen Zhiyin was forced to death by himself.

The soft place in the young man's heart was touched by Shen Zhiyin's death, and at that moment, he felt a lot of feelings, and a strong guilt rose in his heart, and he silently looked at Shen Lian's embroidered spring knife like autumn light motionless.

Burst!

The long knife is inserted into the shoulder blade.

The blood is like an injection, dyed the placket red, and also dyed the embroidered spring knife.

Whew!

Spotted let out a wild roar, startling the four wilds, and the silver figure threw Shen Lian to the ground like a streamline, the fangs on the bloody mouth flashed with cold light, and they bit Shen Lian's neck fiercely.

Shen Lian didn't struggle, just looked at the sky silently, shedding the first tears after Shen Zhiyin's death.

Xiaoyin, wait for me.

"Spotted!"

Li Ruyu shouted angrily, the fangs had already pressed against the spot on Shen Lian's neck, and he stopped at the last moment, raised his head and glanced at Li Ruyu, his fierce eyes flashing with bloodthirsty wildness.

Whimpered, a little aggrieved, and did not let go of Shen Lian.

Li Ruyu pulled out the embroidered spring knife on his shoulder blade and threw it beside Shen Lian, if it weren't for Shen Lian's much taller than himself, this knife would have stabbed the heart instead of the shoulder blade, and said softly: "I am willing to accept your hatred, but I don't want to die, so, I'm sorry." ”

Shen Lian looked at the sky speechlessly and cried silently.

……

……

This night, Li Ruyu had a big dream.

In the dream, there was a small courtyard, and there was a charming young woman with eyes who could speak, crawling from the ground to herself, covered in blood, grabbing the hem of her clothes, and black blood kept pouring out of her mouth...... But he didn't speak, just stared at himself.

Suddenly, the space was turbulent, the mountains and rivers changed, the small courtyard collapsed in an instant, and the green mountains suddenly appeared in the sky.

There are scholars who stand on the top of the mountain,

Such as immortals.