"Tell me, what's the reason for this time?" Gu Zong supported his side face with one hand, and there was no trace of emotion in his words.

Kneeling together, his head almost buried in the wooden floor, he silently endured the master's gaze like a cold blade.

The thundercloud of dark anger in those eyes was the most familiar emotion to them, and it was like a poisonous snake that killed people's hearts.

Every time a mission fails, it's a nightmare for them.

Chen Quan's back was already soaked with cold sweat, and his face was forced to calm out: "Master, someone helped Gu Ziyuan in this mission, and intercepted us halfway, the strength of those people should not be underestimated, it seems that someone in the capital is secretly protecting Gu Ziyuan." ”

And this character who protects Gu Ziyuan is not simple, he can guess that the master will send someone to do it, let people stop him in advance, and every time he is almost able to complete the task, he is obstructed by someone every time, so for them, how can he not be angry.

Gu Zong closed his eyes casually and said coldly, "I remember that I gave you many chances, right?" ”

"Since you've let me down every time, I'll give you a taste of despair."

"Fail once, kill one, choose."

What Gu Zong asked him to choose was not only a road, but a human life.

In the past, if the mission failed, it was at most a punishment, although it was painful, but at least there was still a dog's life, and now it is really fatal.

One of his subordinates climbed forward and begged for mercy in fear, "Lord, master give us another chance, we will definitely ...... next time."

His words suddenly stopped, his pupils widened, and the hot blood splashing from his throat spilled all over the ground, and there was no more life. Seeing this, the others even closed their mouths, even breathing for fear of alarming Sheng Fury.

Chen Quan held the sword that was still dripping blood, his expressionless face was stained with scarlet, and he bowed down and led, "My subordinates will do it." ”

At this time, it was in the one-room hall of the palace.

The three examiners were reviewing and discussing this year's test papers, and it didn't take long for someone to come to the door, the chief examiner had ordered no one to see, but there were still people who could come in, it seems that the person sent here has a lot of power behind it.

But as officials of the imperial court, these examiners have long been well-informed, and no amount of wind and waves can shake off their thoughts of revising the papers.

Chen Quan walked into the hall under the leadership of his subordinates and bowed to the three people in front of him: "

My lord, I came here this time because my master has something to say, let me talk to you. ”

"I'll talk about it when I'm done." The examiner said lightly, not intending to receive him.

The examiners didn't seem to care who Chen Quan's subordinate was, so they didn't take a second look.

Chen Quan simply said bluntly: "It's such an adult, one of these candidates has collided with my master, he is very arrogant and rude, the master wants to tell the adult, such a candidate must not win, and now there is no one in his eyes, won't he be bold in the future?" ”

"What does your master mean is that he wants this person to fall off the list?" A red-clothed examiner said directly without raising his head.

"My lord, this person has a bad temperament, and he must not be allowed to flow into the palace, act recklessly, and disturb the court." Then, Chen Quan added, "It's not good if he offends His Majesty, right?" ”

The examiner stared at him and flatly refused: "No, no matter what, it is not unruly to remove the name at will, not to mention that this is just your one-sided words, how can the old man blindly believe it?" ”

"Yes, if you lose a talented minister because of this, then you are really offended." Another black-clad examiner followed.

In their eyes, looking for capable and talented ministers for the imperial court, and serving the emperor is a great cause.

Chen Quan did not give up, and continued to make it clear: "How much the adults want, even if you just ask, our master has instructed that as long as the conditions proposed by the adults can be met, after the matter is completed, it will definitely not cause trouble to the adults." ”

The examiner glared at him coldly, slapped his pen, and became angry: "Who do you think of the old man?" Come on, drive out this man who is full of delusions, and don't let people come in and mess with the old man's mind, otherwise the old man won't change! ”

To no avail, Chen Quan had to go back to recover his life.

These examiners are all old ministers who are reused by the emperor, and it is not beneficial to go against them, not to mention that their role in the imperial court is not light, and it is impossible to attack them casually before the throne falls into the hands of Gu Zong.

"A group of stubborn old immortals, all of them are waste, and you are all on the way to the bad Highness!" Gu Zong was furious, if it continued like this, Gu Ziyuan was likely to be named on the gold list.

At that point, it will be even more troublesome to try to deal with him.

"The subordinates will go to receive the punishment, and the master will be angry." Chen Quan didn't dare to say more.

Gu Zong

Angry: "Get out!" ”

Accompanied by the breaking sound of the tea cup falling to the ground, it alarmed the birds outside the window to flutter and chirp.

Probably after the end of the imperial examination, the heavens felt the anticipation in people's hearts, the weather these days was very clear, the clouds were rolling and the clouds were relaxed, and the time passed quietly, and it was not anxious.

Probably because Gu Ziyuan has always been very confident, waiting for the results of the imperial examination to be announced for a few days, Bai Rong was not very worried and anxious, and concentrated on preparing some snacks for Gu Ziyuan every day that he had not eaten, so that he could recover the spirit lost in the imperial examination as soon as possible.

Gu Ziyuan rested for a few days, in order to make up for the fact that he hadn't gotten along with Bai Rong much during this time, the two often went out at night to explore the food in the capital, and they were very happy.

"Is there a Gu Gongzi here?"

Someone suddenly came outside the door, Bai Rong heard the sound and came out, and when he saw the person, he was still a little unsure: "It's you." ”

It was the day of the imperial examination, and the candidate who was stuffed with something in the basket was carrying some wrapped things in his hand, and his face was slightly stained with a thin layer of sweat.

"Great, girl, you're there too." The candidate explained, "On the day of the imperial examination, I got a lot of words and help from the girl, so that I could avoid the injustice of cheating and succeed in the scientific examination, if it weren't for the girl, you found out that someone wanted to frame me, I'm afraid I would have been notorious." ”

Bai Rong was stunned, and asked again: "Are you here?" ”

"In order to thank you, Xiaosheng specially sent something over, please don't dislike it." So said the candidate.

"You come in first." Bai Rong brought him into the courtyard and invited him to sit down on the edge of the stone table, while Gu Ziyuan was drinking tea and glanced at the other party.

The man introduced himself, he was Li Ziyue of the Li family, and this time he came to the capital not only for the imperial examination, but also to find his uncle, who was the prefect of the capital, and planned to stay under his uncle's door and stay in the capital.

In order to repay his kindness, he asked many poetry clubs to find the name Gu Ziyuan, he didn't know who Bai Rong was, but he had an impression of Gu Ziyuan beside her, after all, in the circle of the poetry club, Gu Ziyuan and Xu Ce were also quite famous.

So when he inquired and came to the door, the little budding feeling about Bai Rong in his heart was also scattered, after all, he could also guess that the two people in front of him were a couple, he had no chance, it was better to break off those thoughts as soon as possible.