Since Xu Jingshan met the king of Zhenbei on that occasion, he and his father went to a county town on the border of Dachen under the guidance of the king of Zhenbei.

The county seat is close to Hule and not far from the country of Kiji, and there are many Hule and Kiji merchants in the county.

Xu Jingshan and his son were hunters before, and they had some wild kung fu, so they defected to a dart game opened by a Hule people.

This Hule shopkeeper is a martial arts person, he and his wife have no children under their knees, seeing Xu Jingshan is diligent and honest, when he has time, he teaches Xu Jingshan martial arts, Xu Jingshan is diligent and studious, and he makes rapid progress.

The shopkeeper gradually taught Xu Jingshan to read and write, and treated him as a son, eating, wearing, living and traveling were all young masters, and later simply recognized Xu Jingshan as a righteous son.

Xu Jingshan was admitted to Xiucai with his help, and he also learned Hule language with him, and often darts between Dachen and Hule.

Xu Jingshan is not only both civil and military, but also very good at business, with his assistance, the dart game has become the best business in the county.

His father-in-law admired him very much, and he was also very grateful to his father-in-law for his cultivation, and he was the stepfather of Hule, and later his father-in-law fell seriously ill and handed over all the family business to Xu Jingshan to take care of.

Not long after Xu Jingshan's father-in-law recovered, his wife had a serious illness and died, so he returned to Hule alone, and later Xu Jingshan's father also died, and Xu Jingshan supported the dart game alone.

As for why Xu Jingshan knows so much about the affairs of the Western Regions, it is because his stepmother is from the Western Regions.

Xu Jingshan's stepmother also regarded Xu Jingshan as her own, and told Xu Jingshan a lot of things in the Western Regions.

The days were peaceful, until one day a few Hule men came to the dart board and handed him a letter.

That letter was written to him by Xu Jingshan's father-in-law, and his father-in-law asked Xu Jingshan to do one thing, that is, to be Hule's spy.

Xu Jingshan is a righteous person, thinking of his father-in-law's cultivation of him over the years and leaving him such a family business, Xu Jingshan had no choice but to agree to his father-in-law.

However, Xu Jingshan was selfish, he remembered the kindness of King Zhenbei to their father and son when they were in the most danger, and he remembered that he was Dachen's people.

So Xu Jingshan became a "double agent", the information he gave to Hule about Dachen was not important, and he also secretly sent the information collected from Hule to the military camp secretly.

Xu Jingshan has not been a "double agent" for a long time, he thought that he could get through the trick all the time, but one day he suddenly received a difficult task, this task was to go to the capital to contact the killer Leng Feng and ask him to send a message to the king of Zhenbei.

But Xu Jingshan tampered with the news a bit, originally Leng Feng only needed to send the letter threatening the King of Zhenbei to the Zhenbei Palace, so that the Zhenbei Mansion felt threatened, and there was no need to show up in person.

Xu Jingshan learned that Leng Feng was a spy hidden in Dachen, so he told him that he must sneak into the Zhenbei Palace, and then followed him secretly, so that the soldiers of the palace discovered Leng Feng.

After Leng Feng folded, the Hule people in the capital found Xu Jingshan again, and the Hule people bribed a Jiji person and let Xu Jingshan participate in the conspiracy to kidnap the prince.

The Hule people wanted to threaten the king of Zhenbei by kidnapping the prince and force the king of Zhenbei to admit the crime of treason against the enemy.

Xu Jingshan was shocked by the shamelessness of the Hule people, and pretended to cooperate with them to kidnap the son, he originally planned to wait until the time to secretly release the son, but he didn't expect Fu Xiaojiu to find the son so quickly.

Xu Jingshan didn't use all his strength in the battle with the princess, and he never thought that he was attacked by Feng Zhongjun when he fled, but this arrow also gave him a chance to use the Tianshan Snow Lotus to hint at his identity to Fu Xiaojiu.

Xu Jingshan wandered into the place where people from the Western Regions gathered because of his familiarity with the customs of the Western Regions, and later he found out that after Fu Xiaojiu confirmed his identity, he felt that he should confess everything to the King of Zhenbei.

It's just that it is not appropriate to rashly go to the king of Zhenbei, so he took out the kettle that he had treasured for more than ten years, and after several twists and turns, he can finally appear in front of the king of Zhenbei in a bright light.

And the reason why he chose to walk with Fu Xiaojiu and others all the way was because he had long known the origin of Fu Xiaojiu and the Zhenbei Wang family, so he deliberately became familiar with Fu Xiaojiu and others, so that one day he might be able to help him meet with Zhenbei Wang through Fu Xiaojiu.

At the end of Xu Jingshan's story, his tone had changed from a little nervous excitement to calm and calm, he let go of the psychological baggage he had carried for many years, and could finally show his truest self in front of his benefactor.

Xu Jingshan completely confessed everything about himself, and let out a long sigh of relief after speaking.

King Zhenbei maintained an embarrassing silence after listening to Xu Jingshan's words, and when he didn't speak for a while, Xu Jingshan felt uneasy.

Xu Jingshan didn't know how long he had been waiting, and finally heard the voice of King Zhenbei.

"What you're saying is true?"

King Zhenbei looked at Xu Jingshan with a sharp gaze like an eagle falcon and asked, Xu Jingshan met the sharp gaze of King Zhenbei and said solemnly: "I swear to the sky that everything I said is not half a lie!" If I lie, I'll be thundered five times a day! ”

Dachen people value swearing the most, seeing that Xu Jingshan was sincere when he told his story just now, and now he has sworn a poisonous oath, and the king of Zhenbei believes his words.

"Okay, I trust you."

After the king of Zhenbei finished speaking, he returned to the upper seat and sat down, and then said in a tentative tone: "I am afraid that when you come to the palace of Zhenbei today, you will be exposed to the fact that you are a 'double-faced spy', if you can give up everything you have to work under this king, this king can not only keep you safe, but also let you achieve a career!" I just don't know if you want to? ”

"The grass people are willing!"

Xu Jingshan replied without thinking, kneeling on the ground to express his gratitude, his face filled with irrepressible joy and excitement.

King Zhenbei carefully observed the expression on his face, and found that his joy and excitement were indeed genuine, and King Zhenbei stood up again, walked in front of him, and stretched out his hands to help him up from the ground.

King Zhenbei looked at him and said meaningfully: "Sixteen years ago, I helped your father and son just by a gesture, and I didn't expect to be able to form such an opportunity with you. This king can see that you are a bloody man, with a family and country in your heart, and you are a person who can achieve great things. You will stay here from today, and this king guesses that it will not be long before Dachen will send troops to Hule. ”

Xu Jingshan knew that he had made a choice, and he also knew that sooner or later he would face Hule as a citizen of Dachen.

After listening to the words of King Zhenbei, Xu Jingshan did not hesitate, and said extremely firmly: "The grass people are willing to fight for Dachen!" ”

King Zhenbei patted him on the shoulder and didn't speak again, but the eyes that looked at Xu Jingshan were completely unguarded, and his sharp eyes were full of ardent hope for him.

The king of Zhenbei asked Xu Jingshan to meet the princess and the prince, Xu Jingshan solemnly apologized to the prince with guilt, and the prince forgave him after learning his identity and hardship.

The two of them then chatted, and after chatting for a while, the two of them actually had a feeling of hating each other, and then they learned martial arts together, and they felt quite close to each other.

King Zhenbei discussed with the princess and said that he would report Xu Jingshan's matter to the emperor, so that the emperor could reward this "double-faced spy".

The princess said that it was not easy for Xu Jingshan to maneuver among the Hule people for so many years, and he should indeed express his exploits in detail to the emperor, so that the emperor could give him a correct name.

The king of Zhenbei entered the palace overnight and told the emperor the story of Xu Jingshan, and the princess immediately wrote a letter to Fu Xiaojiu after learning the truth, and asked Fu Xiaojiu to bring it over.

Fu Xiaojiu comforted Wan Lin and the others not to worry about the fire in the examination room, but she felt sorry for Wan Lin and the others in her heart.

And until now, she didn't know what kind of character Xu Jingshan was, and she couldn't stretch her brows when she thought of these Fu Xiaojiu.

Fu Xiaojiu was sitting in the room with his cheeks and sighing, and the Shao family's subordinates suddenly knocked on the door with a letter from the princess.

"Fulangzhong, the princess of Zhenbei has sent you a letter."

Fu Xiaojiu suddenly came to his senses.

After reading this letter, Fu Xiaojiu immediately felt refreshed, and couldn't wait to come to the study and tell Wan Lin and the others the good news.

Wan Lin said excitedly: "It turns out that Brother Xu's identity is so complicated, it's really not easy for him to keep his heart!" ”

Wan Zhang and Shao Jiacheng also said that Xu Jingshan doesn't look like a spy no matter how he looks at it, and now that the truth is revealed, Xu Jingshan can not only live in a bright and bright way, but the king of Zhenbei has another capable general, which is really a great joy.

With this happy thing, the three candidates also cheered up, and planned to invite Xu Jingshan over for a drink after the exam.

The two days passed in a flash, and when the candidates walked into the examination room again, they all felt that the fire was like a dream, and they didn't know that anyone had been blessed by the fire.

Although Wan Lin felt that these three answers were very smooth, he didn't know that he wrote an answer that was slightly disobedient when he answered the question, if it weren't for this fire that made everyone's test papers invalid, Wan Lin was afraid that he would be guilty.

The test paper of this exam must be different from the last time, Wan Lin naturally did not write the same answer as before when answering the question, and unknowingly avoided a catastrophe.

The examination is finally over, as long as you can pass the examination, you will be a tribute, and you will be eligible to participate in the palace examination and show your talent in front of the emperor.

It's March 20 after the exam, and the time for the release of the list has always been April 15, even if the last test is re-examined, this year's release time is still set for April 15.

All the invalid test papers were burned in a centralized manner, and the bachelors who judged the papers got up early to mark the test papers, and selected the best of the best from all over the country.

It is the flowering season of apricot blossoms when the list is released, so it is also called the apricot list, and the first one of the examination is called Huiyuan, and two or three hundred tribute students will be admitted to each examination, and then they will participate in the palace examination together for the selection of Jinshi.

Wan Lin and the others talked about it, and on the second day after the exam, they went to Zhenbei Wangfu to invite Xu Jingshan over.