Chapter 43: Grain and Grass Escort Officer
The examination was held as scheduled, and the first batch of examinees waited in front of the gate of the Gongyuan early, stretching their necks and looking in.
Soon the front door of the Gongyuan was opened, and the lifters were brought in one by one after checking their names, and after searching their bodies in the compartment, after confirming that they were correct, they prepared three candles for the examiners, and then let them enter the secret room to answer the questions.
Each exam lasts three days, during which they will spend in a secret room and will not be allowed to go out unless they hand in their papers.
Under the stars and moon, Qi Changrong walked to the Tribute Courtyard, and routinely shook around it, and when he saw that all the lifters were ready, he nodded with satisfaction.
Before leaving, she specially instructed: "The examination pursues fairness and justice, and you must do your best when waiting for the invigilation, in case someone cheats and slips the order of the exam." β
There were a total of eighteen invigilators, most of whom were served by Hanlin, and after hearing Qi Changrong's words, all of them were in good spirits, and they almost swore to the sky that they would be treated strictly, as long as the prince could say a few good words in front of the emperor.
Qi Changrong also lived up to expectations, and said: "When the test is successfully completed, I will ask you to wait a few words in front of my father." β
As for the outcome, she is not responsible.
There are so many people guarding, including Yang Yishu or Jiang Bowen's protΓ©gΓ©, Qi Changrong did not hesitate to be the shopkeeper, allowing them to find fault with each other.
Yang Yishu took the lead in copying Tianxianglou and moved Jiang Bowen's interests, she didn't believe that these two would be able to turn hostility into jade silk in the future.
She made an appointment with Junchen at the Yinyou Tea Shop, but this time the one who followed her and served by her side turned into a spring servant.
Jun Chen glanced at her and sneered as usual: "Your Highness is really a blessing, every time you are different from the beauties by your side." β
Qi Changrong smiled and was not angry, and said gently: "After all, the general has seen it, if the general likes it, he can also pick a few clever ones from the East Palace and send them to the Junfu." β
Everyone has a love for beauty, and even though she is the prince of the East Palace, she is inevitably vulgar.
Jun Chen lightly refused and glanced at her: "No, General Ben doesn't have the blessing of His Highness, Your Highness should keep it for yourself." β
Qi Changrong smashed his mouth with some regret: "Since this is the case, General Jun can't be said to be lonely in the future." β
Seeing that Jun Chen came to the appointment alone, Qi Changrong felt strange in his heart, glanced behind him, and couldn't help but ask: "What about that staff member of yours?" Hasn't he always been with you? β
Junchen rolled his eyes: "You have to ask the little lady beside you." β
said that it was a little lady, but in fact it lifted them.
As the prince's concubine, she is not even a side concubine.
If Qi Changrong wasn't willing to spoil them, how could he take a more look at them?
This is strange.
Qi Changrong glanced at Shi Chun, who hurriedly shook his head, his face full of innocence.
Qi Changrong instantly understood that it was a moth made by Shi Xia.
"Since His Royal Highness left yesterday, Zhou Shiren has had a lot of rashes on his body, which is extremely itchy, accompanied by a high fever that does not go away all night, so that the doctor in the house can diagnose and treat it, but the doctor said that he was poisoned, and he can only wait for the toxin to fade naturally."
That's embarrassing.
After hearing Junchen say this, Qi Changrong actually felt that Zhou Shiren was really pitiful, but she was a person who protected her shortcomings, even if she felt that Shi Xia had gone too far, she chuckled quietly on her face.
"That girl is young and ignorant, and she asked the general to tell Zhou Qing, I hope Zhou Qing will not be surprised, and she will come to the door with a gift in a few days to make amends."
Jun Chen's eyes were slightly deep: "Your Highness is not going to take the antidote?" β
Qi Changrong pretended to be stupid and asked rhetorically: "Since it is that girl's miracle medicine, why does Lone have an antidote?" β
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The two walked down the wooden ladder of the tea shop all the way to the place with the best view from the top of the building.
Shi Chun stood at the top of the stairs and helped them lower the curtain by the way.
The wind in early spring is slightly warm, and most of the pedestrians on the street are dressed in coolness, Jun Chen glanced at the robe that Jun Chen was wrapped in, and became more and more sure that the prince of the East Palace was weak and sick, and he was a sick man.
"Why did Your Highness choose to be here?"
Qi Changrong stood at the tuyere and said lightly: "Doesn't the general think that the line of sight here is very good?" β
This tea shop is the most famous in the whole of Shangjing, not only because the tea is good, but also because of the wide field of vision, you can see almost all the buildings in Shangjing except for the imperial palace.
Jun Chen followed her line of sight and found that she was looking at the Gongyuan with the gate closed, and the officers and soldiers patrolling back and forth on that side.
He was at a loss, and suddenly spoke up: "I thought His Highness was really relieved to leave it alone, but it turned out that he left one hand behind." β
Junchen is good at climbing up the pole, and after knowing that Qi Changrong has something to ask for him, his attitude becomes more and more casual.
Qi Changrong's eyes were far away, and he was obviously looking at the Gongyuan, but it always made people feel that she was looking farther away.
She thought of the fire in her previous life that burned the tribute courtyard to the ground.
The fire became an unsolved mystery in her mind, and she still doesn't know how it started.
Soon, Jun Chen's face changed, and he looked at the corner of the street, and then said, "Your Highness, although the sight of this place is good, it has also made you a 'target'." β
Qi Changrong's position is too conspicuous, if someone wants to be unfavorable to her, they only need to shoot arrows from all directions, and they can directly shoot her into a sieve.
"What are you afraid of, the general will protect Lonely, won't he?"
Jun Chen said in a cold tone: "Your Highness thinks too much, I regret my life the most, when someone really comes, I will definitely be the first to escape." β
When he said this, Qi Changrong didn't believe it at all.
I'm really afraid of something, Jun Chen is a crow's mouth that does good things but bad things.
A sharp arrow broke through the air from a distance, Jun Chen's face changed, and he wanted to pull Qi Changrong to dodge.
Qi Changrong pressed his hand and said apologetically in his ear: "I'm sorry general, I'm going to hurt you this time." β
As soon as the words fell, the arrow broke through the sky and accurately pierced Jun Chen's arm.
Junchen, who could have dodged: "......"
Jun Chen only felt that the wound was numb, and scarlet blood slowly overflowed from the crack, staining his entire arm red.
Jun Chen, who had not been injured for a long time, was in a heavy mood.
But Qi Changrong didn't notice it, and automatically grabbed his other intact arm, a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes, and he said in his ear excitedly: "General, now you can take Gu to escape!" β
Flee to the opposite of the palace.
Junchen: "......"
He had no choice, seeing that the arrows were getting denser and denser, and they were about to be shot through as targets, Jun Chen put one hand around Qi Changrong's waist, and jumped up to the roof of the building next to him with a light tiptoe.
The screams in the streets grew louder than the others.
Shi Chun noticed that it was not good, and immediately pushed open the door of the corridor.
"Your Highness!"
The roof of the building was empty and empty, and Jun Chen and Qi Changrong had long since disappeared.
Only a few blood-stained arrows stuck in the place where they had been standing.
Shi Chun's face changed suddenly, and he couldn't tell whose blood was at all, so he took out a signal flare from his arms and released it into the sky alive.
With a bang, in an instant, with the tea shop as the center, all kinds of strange people poured in from all directions.
Soon, the roof of the building was full of 'people' dressed in various clothes, some selling sugar gourds, and some small people in the lobby......
Shi Chun said coldly: "There are assassins, His Highness is injured and his whereabouts are unknown, you are divided into two teams, one team pursues the assassin alive, and the other team separates to find His Highness's escort!" β
"Yes!"
There was a loud bang in the sky, and Luo, who was staying in the East Palace, looked extremely ugly, and for the first time sneaked into the imperial study without summoning, disturbing Emperor Jin An, who was dealing with government affairs.
Junchen is extremely light, even if he carries a burden, the speed is not slow at all.
But the group of assassins behind him were also pressing forward step by step, and there was a great sense that they would not stop chasing after them.
Qi Changrong was carried by him on his shoulder, and the oncoming wind blew across his cheeks like a knife.
She turned her head sideways and looked at Junchen's expression with difficulty.
Junchen was not in a good mood, pursed the corners of his lips, and his eyes were gloomy as if he could drip water.
No matter who is so calculated, the mood will not be much better.
Jun Chen's light skills outperformed the assassins in the end, and he succeeded in getting rid of them after a while.
At this time, they also went to a ruined temple outside the city.
When he arrived at the safe area, Junchen did not hesitate to throw Qi Changrong behind the dusty Buddha statue.
Qi Changrong couldn't care about the aching buttocks, got up three times by two, and took out many bottles and cans from his wide sleeve pocket, all of which were given to her by Xia Sai before leaving the palace.
She found the red jar, poured out the pill under Jun Chen's cold gaze, crushed it in the palm of her hand, tore the clothes on his arm and spilled the medicine powder on it.
The arrows were slender and sharp, passing straight through his arm, and the step of pulling the arrows was also omitted.
The pill prepared by Shi Xia was extremely effective, and the bleeding speed of Jun Chen's wound slowed down, and the bleeding soon stopped completely.
Qi Changrong's bandaging technique is not good.
Looking at the arm that was tied into pig's trotters, Jun Chen's expression was ugly.
"Lone knows that the general must have a lot of doubts in his heart, this time Lone is sorry for you, don't worry, Lone will not leave you alone."
Junchen had a complicated mood: "I could have avoided being injured. β
Qi Changrong nodded and said guiltily: "Gu knows, but it's better for you to get a little injured." β
She is very measured, and she has also calculated the position and speed of the arrow, this arrow will hurt Jun Chen a little, but it will definitely not hurt his roots.
What is it better to call him or get a little injured?
Jun Chen couldn't understand what she was thinking at all, so he could only take the pile of pills that Qi Changrong had made out blankly, and then tilted his head and swallowed it.
She ate a green one herself.
Junchen looked at it and suddenly asked, "You are not injured, what medicine do you take?" β
Qi Changrong said calmly: "The gust of wind was too strong before, and the lonely throat was a little painful, and this pill is to treat the wind cold." β
"......" Junchen: "Self-inflicted." β
Qi Changrong turned around and flattened the pile of straw behind him: "Come and sit down for a while, the general is also a wounded man." β
Junchen snorted lightly, and rightfully occupied most of his position.
Qi Changrong wanted to explain his purpose to him, but in a blink of an eye, Jun Chen had closed his eyes peacefully, making it look like he was going to sleep or not, where did he have the heart to listen to her explanation.