The few pedestrians on the street also dodged and retreated after seeing the city guards, for fear that they would be mistaken by the city guards for entering the city from the outside.

In addition to the sound of horse-drawn carriages stepping on the bluestone road, only the footsteps of the city guards walked on the street, everything seemed extremely quiet, but it was so weird.

Just like when he went abroad, the carriage slowly stopped at the corner gate in the northwest corner, and at this time, Jiang Yuanliu had already changed into the home clothes he usually wore before stepping out of the carriage, nodding slightly towards Ling Yue, and then cautiously walked into the corner gate with Chun Tao.

The exam time of Autumn Season was relatively smooth, and on the day of the end of Autumn Season, the candidates from all over Kyoto were also taken home by their families.

The candidates from other places were also sent back to their temporary inns by the city guards, and although they looked orderly, they could still feel a little unusual.

Even Jiang Fengmao, who was about to take a break because he was busy with the preliminary work of the autumn season, seems to have been busy again these days.

"Ling Yue, have the prince and the little marquis arrived in the state city?" Jiang Yuanliu counted the days, and now about ten days have passed.

I don't know if Gu ** and King Ping have arrived safely in the state city now, but now that I think about it, I can't help but feel a little worried in my heart.

Ling Yue was standing in the corridor of the attic dressed in a dark color suit, and when she heard Jiang Yuanliu's inquiry coming from the room, she responded in a low voice: "Miss Hui, at the normal rate this evening, the little marquis and the prince are afraid that they will enter the city, and now the two of them should have entered the boundary of the state city." However, five days ago, the prince and the little marquis were attacked by bandits in the middle of the road, so they were delayed for some hours. ”

When Jiang Yuanliu heard this, his brows furrowed slightly inadvertently, and the pen hand he was holding immediately clenched tightly, and he quickly asked with a hint of worry in his tone: "Bandits?" How so? Are the princes and little marquis injured? Where are they now? Why are you saying something so important now? ”

Ling Yue saw that Jiang Yuanliu already had a sense of reproach in his words, but a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes, originally the little marquis had instructed him not to reveal this matter to Miss Yun.

But Miss Jiang is cautious and delicate, even if she doesn't say anything, according to the itinerary, she will definitely guess that something must have happened on the road, and if she is asked rhetorically, it will be difficult to explain, it is better to confess and be lenient now.

"Miss is relieved, the little marquis and the prince are all right. Those bandits are just some people who have escaped from the state city, and they are also too hungry to rob passers-by, and the little marquis and the prince have now sent people to settle them. Ling Yue hid other things, and just picked the slightest thing to tell Jiang Yuanliu.

"Did they encounter assassination on the way?" It's just that he didn't want to, Jiang Yuanliu had already thought of this, which made Ling Yue's heart tense.

"Why is Miss asking this question?" Assassination is definitely inevitable, the prince has lived in seclusion all year round, not to mention that the Ping Wangfu has always been impregnable, so those who have bad intentions on weekdays will not succeed, so these people will definitely not let go of such a good opportunity.

It's just that Ling Yue originally thought that Jiang Yuanliu, who was in a beautiful girl, would only worry about the safety of the prince and the little marquis, as long as the two of them could reach the state city safely now, she would not ask any more.

But who knows, Jiang Yuanliu thought so deeply and so far, which made Ling Yue, who had already thought about how to deal with it, also broke out in a cold sweat by her question.

But he thought of the little marquis's advice again, and Ling Yue gritted his teeth and replied: "Miss, you are too worried, the prince and the little marquis are all right, you can rest assured." ”

Seeing that it had taken Ling Yue so long to answer his question, Jiang Yuanliu already had other answers in his heart.

In this Qingqi, there are many people who want to take care of the lives of King Ping **, and now the two of them are so obviously standing by their side.

It will definitely make those who originally wanted to get rid of themselves have to shift their goals, wanting to get rid of King Ping and Gu ** first.

What's more, Gu Hongxiao has always wanted to take Gu **'s life, and he will definitely not miss such a good opportunity.

It seems that someone wants to take advantage of the plague to take action, and the only thing he can do now is to protect himself at this time, at least, he can't drag Gu ** back because of himself.

The pen in his hand was held by himself again, Jiang Yuanliu listened to the sound of the rain outside, so he made up his mind and continued to practice calligraphy with concentration.

Ten days later, the results of this year's autumn examination were released at the gate of the Gongyuan, and all the candidates went to see the list in person.

"First place Xie Yuan...... Min Han? Who is this man? Why I never did. Everyone pushed and shoved in front of the not big **, concentrating on finding their names.

found that a candidate who had already found his name on ** was idle, and began to recite the names of the people on **, and the names of other rankings, this Min Min Xie Yuan is really strange.

"I've never heard this name, and it seems that eighty percent of them are not children of the Kyoto scholars. Xie Yuan shouldn't be a poor candidate. One of them said thoughtfully, but his heart was full of chagrin.

If it is really as he said, then the faces of the nobles in Kyoto will be lost because of this, because the last Xie Yuan was Fu Kaize from the cold family.

The person who lives at the feet of the Son of Heaven is not as good as a poor boy from a poor background. is saying, which of them, the teachers invited by the sons and brothers from famous families, is not the top literati and ink writers in Qingqi.

Now they have an excellent innate advantage, but they have lost to a poor boy who is not well-known, and the more they think about it, the more they feel the guilt in their hearts.

"This person, could it be the poor candidate who had a conflict with Jiang Yunxuan's two brothers that day." At this time, a very quick response candidate immediately recalled what happened when he entered the examination room that day, and suddenly thought of this: "I thought that the candidate was a little arrogant, and it was not too unusual to think that he could be on the list." ”

It's just that his still pertinent words immediately aroused the angry eyes of other nobles, among them, the most obvious was Jiang Yunjie who stood outside the crowd.

I saw Jiang Yunxuan staring gloomily at the name of Xie Yuan who pressed himself and occupied the name of Xie Yuan, which originally belonged to him, and there was a faint anger in his eyes.

And Jiang Yunjie's flirtatious eyes glanced at it carefully, and when he found that his name appeared dangerously at the end, a smile immediately appeared on his face.

I couldn't help but rejoice in my heart, with his true level, it would not be possible to appear here at all, so it can be seen that there is an uncle from the Guogong Mansion to support him, and it is really easy to do things.

It's just that the words of the other candidates made Jiang Yunjie's original good mood disappear immediately, and his eyes squinted slightly at the word 'Min Han', and the appearance of the candidate that day immediately appeared in his mind.

Jiang Yunjie snorted coldly and said to his brother: "Big brother doesn't have to care about what those candidates say, there are many of them who fall off the list, they must be jealous, so they will take the opportunity to sow discord here, just like watching us go to find the trouble of Min Han, and then be disqualified from the exam because of this matter, then it will really be as they wish."

What's more, in my opinion, that Min Han is just a poor scholar, even if he has arrogance, what can he do, can he immediately be converted into silver to buy, official or can he be exchanged for food?

Even if he is now a Xie Yuan and has no background, he can only be assigned to those remote areas to be a seven-grade small official, why do you care so much, big brother. ”

Although Jiang Yunxuan knew in his heart that his brother's words were inappropriate, he was telling the truth, but as long as he remembered the events of that day.

Jiang Yunxuan always felt that he couldn't swallow this breath in his heart, so he grimaced his face and gritted his teeth and said, "I will not let him be this Xie Yuan." ”

After speaking, he turned around and left the Tribute Courtyard, Jiang Yunjie retracted his gaze when he saw this, and then left behind Jiang Yunxuan.

"Look at the two of them. That Jiang Yunxuan usually looks quite smart, but he didn't expect it to be just a straw bag that is strong on the outside, but he didn't expect to win the second place, which is really embarrassing. ”

When the others saw the two brothers of the Jiang family leaving, they began to talk again, but compared to the discussion just now, the people who discussed it this time became much bolder.

"Hmph, in my opinion, the rankings of Jiang Yunxuan and Jiang Yunjie are probably watery. It's not that we don't know, so Jiang Yunjie is the most looking for flowers and willows on weekdays, why did he put his mind on his studies? I'm afraid it's because the backstage of others is hard, and there are people behind it. ”

At this time, a candidate who failed the list looked at Jiang Yunjie's back with resentment, and spoke viciously.

Everyone immediately looked for the voice, and found that the candidate who spoke was the closest to Jiang Yunjie on weekdays, the two had almost the same hobbies, and they also didn't like to read, but now Jiang Yunjie won the Asian Yuan, and he himself didn't get anything, no wonder he is so red now.

However, what he said was not without reason.

After all, they have a relationship with Jiang Fengmao, although Jiang Fengmao is not the chief examiner of this scientific examination, but they can be pulled together after all.

And Jiang Yunxuan and Jiang Yunjie were just about to ride on horseback, when they saw Min Han, who was still dressed in a gray cotton robe, walking towards the tribute courtyard.

"Yo, isn't this the just-baked Min Jieyuan? I see that you are dressed like you, it seems that you still wore it when you took the exam more than ten days ago, is it so difficult that you can't afford a change of clothes? I can smell a poor sour smell when I stand so far away, and I don't know if you have bathed in the past few days. ”