CHAPTER XLV
On April 1, the spring test list was released.
Silence won the leader, and he was happy to meet the yuan. More than a month has passed, and the previous rumors are no longer remembered, and his marriage with the daughter of the Yan family has been mentioned again.
Silent has a bright future, and the Yan family is naturally satisfied. On the contrary, the reputation of the daughter of the Yan family is damaged, and there are still people in the Shen family who do not like this family business, such as Shen Mo's mother Xu.
But Shen Renshan is the head of the family, and he intends to marry the Yan family, and the Xu family is helpless. What's more, the matchmaker personally protected by King Qin, how could it be said that if you don't tie it, you can't get it?
The last time Yan Muqing's matter, someone had been secretly investigating. Although the messenger is dead, it doesn't mean that there are no other clues.
The maid who died was not born to a family, and she had a brother who was addicted to gambling at home, and when she ran out of money, she sold her sister to Renyazi.
The clue was found in the maid's own brother, it turned out that he had disappeared for a day a few days before the incident, and when he came back, he seemed to have made a windfall, and he spent a few days in the casino.
Following this clue, Black Eagle Guard traced all the way to the Jiangyin Palace. squatted in Jiangyin Wangfu for a few days, and finally saw King Qi's carriage stopped at the back door in the middle of the night......
After listening to the report, Zhu Jingming's eyes were unwavering, and he said lightly: "The fifth brother of the lonely one doesn't have such a big idea, it is indispensable that someone is making suggestions in the back, so let's put this matter aside." The day after tomorrow is the day of the martial arts test, and there must be no accidents, so you must keep an eye on it. ”
"Yes."
"A few days ago, did King Wei's people find anything?"
Xiuyu said: "Back to His Royal Highness, his subordinates deliberately transferred the guards of the study, and put the prepared ones in the study in advance, and the people of King Wei went back with a few fake account books. ”
"Do you want to come back?"
"Never."
Zhu Jingming's jaw.
"Since outsiders have infiltrated, you can check the house up and down one day, although you haven't lost anything, you can't get anything out of thin air."
Xiuyu's heart sank, and she said with a solemn face: "The subordinates are negligent, so let's check it again." ”
There's nothing wrong with being careful.
After Xiuyu retired, Zhu Jingming began to deal with government affairs.
The study is quiet and elegant, and the agarwood is secluded. I saw him sitting in front of the rosewood desk, holding a white jade rabbit brush in his hand, writing seriously.
Suddenly, I heard a cracking sound coming from the eaves, as if something had been trampled by a heavy object. Zhu Jingming's eyelids jumped, put down his pen and pushed open the door a few steps, but saw that Qingfeng Lian Jiangting had already chased after him.
Seeing that he was discovered, the Night Stalker walked quickly on the eaves, but the wind cut off his way.
Qingfeng shouted, "Who trespassed into the Qin Palace?!" ”
He didn't say a word, and directly pulled out his waist knife and entangled it with Qingfeng, Jiang Ting was behind, and he joined in with his sword.
The movement here is so big, it has already alarmed the Black Eagle Guards in the house, and the rows of guards are well-trained, each occupying the direction, one team holds the fire, and the other team draws the bow and arrows, just waiting for the order to fire a volley.
Zhu Jingming looked at it coldly, and said in his heart: This person can fight against Qingfeng Jiangting with one enemy and two without falling behind, it can be seen that he has skills, no wonder he dares to go deep into his Qin Palace, but he doesn't know what he wants.
With that, he snatched the bow from one of the guards, wound the arrow, and pulled the bow to the full moon, pointing the arrow at the Night Kinker.
This bow is an unusual bow, the power of an ordinary bow is one stone, and the bow in the hands of the Black Eagle Guard has the power of three stones, even if they are well-trained, they will not be able to pull the full moon at all.
I saw that his face was cold, and his hand adjusted the direction slightly with the three people who were fighting, and as soon as he let go of his hand, he listened to the sound of "Boom-" breaking the wind, and the sharp arrow shot through the wind and hit the thigh of the man in black.
This arrow has penetrated deep into the flesh and bones, and the man in black screamed "ah" in pain, and lost in his hand, and was stabbed by Qingfeng by Qingfeng.
The sword was in the right shoulder, although he was already in a cold sweat, he still swept a knife over, and he was blocked by Jiang Ting's sword with a sound of "oops", and saw Jiang Ting's wrist flip, and the blade cut through the hand of the man in black holding the knife.
The hand hurt, the blade was taken off, and then I heard the sound of "boom" breaking the wind, and the other leg was also hit by an arrow, and the force was so great that the bones could be cracked.
The man in black could no longer support it, and rolled straight down from the eaves, plopping down to the ground, wailing in a low voice.
The smell of blood mixed with the smell of sweat came to his nose, and Zhu Jingming frowned, "Take it down and pry his mouth open." ”
The man in black was splashed with water and dragged down.
Qingfeng also came down, Zhu Jingming asked if they were injured, and when he learned that both of them were unharmed, he didn't ask any more, just waved his hand and said, "Strengthen vigilance." ”
Then he turned and went back to his study.
………
On the Cui Mansion side, Cui Yuzhu specially made up two colored knots and sent them to the two brothers, which were for the three-color auspicious cloud knots, which were hung around the waist as decorations, and it was also a good meaning for the martial arts test the day after tomorrow.
Since the martial arts test is deliberately after the spring test, it is to produce a civil and military champion together.
The first spring trial list in April, the martial arts test is scheduled for April 3, and the martial arts competition will be held on the third day, and the martial champion will be selected.
In the first round of singles, the person who stands up for life and death, and the one who gets off the stage loses.
In the second round of riding and shooting, the one with the positive heart wins.
In the third round of the Qin Wang Examination, the questions are different every year, and the most variable is this round, because there are no rules.
This is similar to the palace test after the test, the top three will go to the temple test, and the Son of Heaven personally points out the champion, the list eye, and the flower.
Although you will try to win the middle level, but the palace test is different, the third place can still become the champion, everything depends on the preference of the Son of Heaven.
Cui Yuzhu was about to go back to the west courtyard and walked straight along the cobblestone path, but saw a tall figure in front of the porch.
The back was straight, and it was Chen Ziyao who turned around.
She was slightly surprised, "Why is my cousin here?" ”
He glanced at the lantern-lit spring grass and said, "I have something I want to say to my cousin, can I ask my cousin to move?" ”
Cui Yuzhu only hesitated, although she didn't know what he wanted to say, but Chen Ziyao's character was trustworthy, so she followed him two steps.
This is still in Harukao's line of sight, but the words are not audible.
Chen Ziyao was already very satisfied when he saw that she was willing to talk to him alone, "Is my cousin's illness better?" ”
"Thank you cousin for your concern, Yuzhu is fine."
"That's good." He added: "Actually, I came to thank my cousin for the auspicious clouds, and the knot ...... I love it. ”
Cui Yuzhu leaned slightly sideways, not facing her, she said softly: "Cousin is polite, we are brother and sister, that's just a gesture." The color knot was sent to the two brothers, I wish my cousin a successful career and a smooth competition, so why do I need to thank me? ”
Chen Ziyao looked at the beautiful face in front of him, except that he was excited.
He asked tentatively, "Does my cousin want me to win?" ”
Cui Yuzhu was slightly stunned, "Whether my brother or you are the champion, it's a good thing, I naturally like that the two of you can earn a martial champion back." ”
"The day after tomorrow is the martial arts test, if ...... I finally got a martial champion, I want to propose marriage to my uncle and aunt......" Chen Ziyao looked at her and asked softly, "Cousin, are you willing?" ”
"What did you say?" Cui Yuzhu covered her mouth with a blanket full of astonishment, "Cousin, don't laugh......"
When Chen Ziyao saw her reaction, he was not happy or shy, but seemed to be frightened a lot, and knew that she had no intention of treating her.
Although he felt a little bitter in his heart, he felt that she was young and had not yet opened her mind.
"I'm not joking."
Chen Ziyao took a step closer to her and said seriously: "I, cousin Xinyue." ”