Chapter 66: Speculation on the Divine Will

The next day, when the first "dong" sound in the military camp in the faint morning light passed, Xu Mengmeng stood in front of the training ground again, looking at the neat team below, his face was not obvious, but his heart was satisfied.

Before the new weapons were made, she didn't have much training for these people, and they got up in the morning and had breakfast an hour before carrying weights, carrying stones on their backs, and running around the mountains.

After breakfast, there are two training in the morning - riding and knife skills, the people who teach these are Fuguang and Jinchen, and the training in the afternoon is more single, that is, free fighting, but it is different from the previous one-on-one, but one to two, to one to three, and then to the last pair of four, day by day.

From the beginning of formal training, Xu Mengmeng no longer regarded himself as a general, but participated in it like other soldiers. The more time she trained, the more she felt her progress.

At first, when she climbed up the mountain with a five-pound stone on her back, she sweated like rain, panted like an ox, and her limbs were weak, and when she stood on the top of the mountain again ten days later, she felt little except that her face was a little red.

As for the free fight, at first, like those who are less against more, she was beaten all over her body every day, and she couldn't get up when she fell to the ground, but after seven or eight days, she was already able to dodge very flexibly, and even seized the opportunity to fight back forcefully, knocking others to the ground.

In this feeling of pain and happiness every day, the day of spring was gradually approaching, and she once again walked into the secret courtyard in the dark night, and Lin Chongda was the only one waiting here at this time.

"General Ning, the day after tomorrow is the day of spring, I wonder if you are ready?"

"Lord Lin doesn't need to worry, General Ben has already made arrangements, I just want to ask you a few things today, now in the court, the five princes are weak, and it is understandable that General Lin chose him, but why did Lord Lin give up the Seven Princes with excellent conditions?"

To be honest, Xu Mengmeng could see that Lin Chongda was really seeking refuge in Sima Xi, and he asked this question simply because he was curious, and he didn't have the slightest intention of temptation.

"The icing on the cake is far less precious than sending charcoal in the snow, what does General Ning think?" Although it was not a temptation, Lin Chongda still did not tell the truth.

Xu Meng only chuckled when he dreamed of this, and then asked other questions: "How much does Lord Lin know about An Qingyuan?" Especially when it comes to character! ”

"Let's have some understanding! The writing is brilliant, the personality is also good, the person is humble and polite, and he is not anxious or impatient, these are extremely rare! ”

"But don't you think he's too calm?"

"What Ning Jiang wants to say is actually indifference! In fact, because of his personal experience, he was indeed indifferent to others at first, but after a long time, it will be better! ”

Is that really the case? Xu Mengmeng was a little unimpressed by his words, but he was also smart not to refute it.

Back in the house, Xu Mengmeng took out the pieces of paper that An Qingyuan gave her, looking at the delicate and free words on the yellow paper, she recalled the situation of the two meeting that night in her mind over and over again, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that there was something wrong with An Qingyuan.

Although his statement was very convincing that day, An Qingyuan never questioned it from beginning to end, which is obviously unreasonable, unless he guessed his identity, it seems that he will be more careful in the future!

After the morning of the second day, Xu Mengmeng was left behind by Sima Wei, and the Eastern Jin Emperor, who was sitting in front of the bookcase in the imperial study, looked at her who was standing aside for a while, and then withdrew his gaze and looked down at the fold in his hand and said:

"General Ning, tomorrow is the day of the imperial examination, and there will be Lao Aiqing in terms of security!"

"Serving the emperor, the minister is not hard! The minister will live up to the trust of the saint! Xu Mengmeng clenched his fists and bowed slightly and said firmly.

"Aiqing don't have to be nervous, I believe in you! Speaking of which, most of the people who are moving this time are also the same age as Aiqing, you are brilliantly written, and you must be familiar with poetry and books on weekdays, according to you, who is the most promising in high school this time? ”

Although Sima Wei did not raise his head when he said this, Xu Mengmeng was stunned and felt that he was looking at himself, which was both a temptation and a disguised beating.

"The emperor forgives the sin, since he was canonized by the saint, Weichen has been busy with the affairs of the military camp all day long, and he really can't spare the energy to care about others, and he doesn't know much about the talents of your sons, and the emperor really can't answer this speech!" Xu Mengmeng said with a wry smile.

"Anyway, it's hard for me to love Qing! Recently, there are often people among the people who call Aiqing 'the silver-faced Hades', there are always some opportunistic people in each scientific examination, if Aiqing encounters such a person tomorrow, he only needs to hand it over to the Criminal Department, don't be too embarrassed, tired of his reputation! Sima Wei looked at Ning Jun quietly for a while before he picked up his pen and said again.

"Wechen obeys the holy order!" Because he didn't have time to think about what Sima Ji meant by these words, Xu Mengmeng could only answer vaguely.

"Alright, let's go down!" Getting a satisfactory result, Sima Jian waved at him.

"Wechen retires!" Xu Mengmeng bowed respectfully and withdrew.

"Father-in-law Fu, who do you think he is?" Looking at the back of Ning Jun leaving, Sima Wei's eyes were as deep as a cold pool, and he muttered softly.

"This ...... The emperor doesn't want to embarrass the old slave, this General Ning is famous, and the old slave really doesn't dare to have contact with him, and he doesn't know much about it! Father-in-law Fu said with a bitter face, although the expression on his face was quite calm, but the back vest was already scared out of a cold sweat. The emperor has something to say, where is he asking Ning Jun who he is, he is asking himself!

And Xu Mengmeng, who returned to the house, did not go to the barracks for the first time, but locked himself in the study, thinking carefully about the meaning of Sima Ji's words, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the cold on his body was rising.

How did he know that someone would cheat in the scientific expedition tomorrow, and he would let himself arrest people? Could it be that the emperor will also do his hand in this imperial examination? Whose hands and feet are moved? If her guess is right, the emperor must be planning to move those few people who have taken refuge in the Seventh Prince, Sima Xun.

And the guards of the scientific expedition are all her people, if the chess pieces of the Seven Princes are all moved by her, then Sima Xun will not let her go, it seems that Sima Hu regards himself as his pawn against his son! It's just that what does it mean that he let himself hand over people to the Criminal Department?

Could it be to share the anger from Sima Xun? And who is Yan Zhengming of the Criminal Department? However, since the emperor plans to do it himself, then there is no need for her to take risks for that An Qingyuan, as for whether he can go to high school, it depends on his own ability!

In this way, under the expectation of all parties, the day of spring finally ushered in. As in the past, the place of the spring festival is still the Gongyuan, the time is also three days, and the content of the examination is also four books and five scriptures, trial rhymes and questions.

For some reason, the chief examiner appointed by Sima Wei this time was not the dean of the Hanlin Academy, but Zhao Jingyuan and Zhao Taifu, and Ning Jun was solely responsible for the escort work.

For the sake of prudence, Xu Mengmeng not only arranged for someone to carefully inspect all the single rooms in the examination room the day before, but also arranged several small teams of people to take turns to be on duty all night, and before the candidates entered the venue, she ordered someone to search again, until it was confirmed that it was correct, and she personally led someone to guard the entrance of the examination room.