When Jing Zhong arrived at the Yongzhou Post House, he only felt that his face was full of alcohol, which gave him a headache.

"Angel forgive me, my family is ......"

"It doesn't matter." Jing Zhong said lightly, then strode forward and pushed the door in.

There were only two people in the room, Jingzhong and Wang Maozhong. Wang Maozhong was leaning against the wall at this time, sitting on the ground, surrounded by dozens of wine bottles, seeing Jing Zhong coming, he didn't have any surprise, and greeted very homely: "Are you here?" ”

Seeing that Wang Maozhong's hair was messy and profligate, Jing Zhong did not approach, only put the things he brought on the table, and then sat upright on the seat behind the table: "You seem to know that I will come." ”

"I just know that the saint won't let me go like this, he may let you pass the decree, and even if he still has some old feelings for me."

"Master asked me to come."

"Oh? It turned out to be her? Should you say that she is a kind charity, or is she cruel as a test of your loyalty? Seeing that Jingzhong was silent after hearing this, Wang Maozhong smiled in surprise, "You have been very strange recently, if I said that your master was not good, you would be angry with me." ”

"Because you're dying, and I've found out that Master isn't as good as I thought. She's just a mortal, and she's even ...... It's an ordinary woman. ”

Wang Maozhong sat up slightly straighter: "She...... Is it really a woman? ”

"Yes," Jing Zhong smiled sarcastically, "you actually lost at the hands of a woman." ”

"No," Wang Maozhong shook his head, "I lost to the Emperor. ”

"If you take the kindness of the past, you will eventually be coerced by the betrayal of the past—these are the words that Master asked me to convey to you."

"I see...... At that time, the mistake of a thought will be remembered to this day, but I once thought that it was just a bird hiding from the bow. Wang Maozhong suddenly laughed, "So what, I have been wanton, happy, become a king and lose a king, what if I laugh at her, who knows that my today will not be her tomorrow?" ”

Jing Zhong sank his face: "That's enough." ”

"Why, I said that she was not good, you can still bear it, and if you say two more words, you can't stand it?" Wang Maozhong stood up as he spoke, staggered over to Jing Zhong and sat down, and grabbed Jing Zhong's collar, "No matter how bad she is, you still don't want her to fall into my fate today?" But is she doing the same to you? If that's the case, she won't ignore your feelings and let you send me to death with your own hands. ”

"I said, that's enough." Jing Zhong looked at Wang Maozhong, and there was a cold light in his eyes.

"I'm a dying criminal, what else can't I dare to say, can't say? Am I like this, and I have to meet you with trembling and say, 'Angels are angry'? ”

Jing Zhong reached out and opened the burden on the table, which contained a silver wine jug. Although the skin of the flask is delicately carved and shiny white, the spout of the jug is jet black.

Wang Maozhong stared at the silver kettle for a while, and smiled sarcastically: "She can treat me like this, and she can treat you like this, you know this better than anyone else, otherwise you dare to let her know about her dirty thoughts?" The emperor is selfish, and she Xiao Jiangyuan is even more selfish than the emperor! ”

Jing Zhong immediately held the silver kettle, and with a flick of his fingertips, the stopper flew somewhere.

Wang Maozhong thought that Jingzhong was going to pour himself wine, so he let go of his hands, knelt straight, closed his eyes, but did not move for a long time. When he opened his eyes, he saw that Jing Zhong was only holding the silver kettle, and the blood on the back of his hand was full of blood, and he didn't move.

His eyes suddenly turned red: "Why?" Why not get your hands dirty? ”

Jing Zhong's voice was hoarse: "The saint committed suicide by assassinating Shi, the villain is just a herald, how can he do it for him?" ”

"In that case, I'll listen to Ah Lang one last time." Wang Maozhong took the silver kettle out of Jingzhong's hand and lifted it, "...... If it is poisonous wine, I will disrespect you. ”

The voice fell, and Wang Maozhong raised his head and drank it all.

“…… I am a native of Korea, and I was sold to the Tang Dynasty when I was a child. When he first met Ah Lang, he was only seven years old, and the emperor at that time was still Empress Zetian, and Emperor Ruizong had just been deposed as the imperial heir...... That was the first time Ah Lang went out of the cabinet to open the mansion, it was funny to say, a prince who had been locked up in the palace for several years and was not favored, what if he was a prince, how did he know the sinister outside the palace? If it weren't for me...... When did I decide to follow him...... Ah, by the way, I followed him into the palace that year, and was stopped by a dog slave named Wu Yizong, who had a little strength, but whipped him back, and scolded him, it was really happy......"

Wang Maozhong's voice gradually weakened, his eyes were closed, only the smile on his lips still lingered, and it did not fade for a long time, as if he had stayed in that period of time forever.

Jingzhong calmly waited for Wang Maozhong to lose his breath, then got up in his clothes and walked out of the post house with steady steps.

Only when he stepped out of the door did he pause and sigh as if sad: "Do you know that since then, I have no friends." ”

Knowing that Wang Maozhong was dead, Li Longji was also stunned, but soon, his attention was attracted by something else.

In the past few years, there have been many natural disasters, but fortunately, Xiao Song and Pei Guangting have nothing to say about their government affairs, although they are quite inconsistent with each other, there has been no major chaos in the government.

But the beginning of the nineteenth year of Kaiyuan was different, it was the time when the imperial examination was released and officials were selected. In order to show his trust in the prime minister, Li Longji did not adopt the previous system of ten envoys, but handed over the power to the prime minister, but there were two prime ministers in total.

Coincidentally, although Pei Guangting took away Yu Wenrong, he did a good job in political affairs, and just after the New Year, Li Longji officially appointed Pei Guangting as a servant, and like Xiao Song, the official prime minister.

However, the election of officials is still the most incompatible point between Xiao Song and Pei Guangting's political opinions, whether it is based on talent or qualifications, the list of officials must be determined in the short term, even if they are silent, it is difficult not to quarrel this time.

Fortunately, in the imperial examination, everyone's opinions were very unanimous, which finally saved Li Longji some heart.

Although the top three are selected by the Son of Heaven himself after the palace examination, there are so many students every year, and it is impossible for everyone to understand the Son of Heaven, so before the palace examination, the Son of Heaven will often ask the opinions of his close ministers first.

Xiao Jiangyuan had already given him a name through what he saw and heard, and even his own sister Princess Yuzhen personally recommended it, he didn't expect that the champion candidate recommended by Xiao Song and Pei Guangting was also that person.

It seems that it is really expected, Li Longji can't help but be glad, thanks to that person, otherwise there will be a fight.

——The champion of the new branch is none other than Wang Wei and Wang Majie, who had the name of a prodigy in his early years, and later claimed to be a prodigy in his early years.

At the suggestion of Princess Yuzhen, Li Longji ordered the palace to hold a banquet next to Qujiang Pond to entertain the new science and technology scholars after the palace was released. He also plans to visit in person to have fun with the people and appreciate the demeanor of the talented people together.

Li Longji was going to Qujiang for a banquet, and Xiao Jiangyuan naturally accompanied him.

For her, Qujiang Pond was a revisit to the old land, and she knew more about Qujiang Pond than anyone else—at least she knew how cold the water was in early spring.

Li Longji glanced at Xiao Jiangyuan and knew what she was thinking, his eyes rolled, the corners of his lips hooked, and he suddenly stretched out his hand and pushed her.

At this time, they were standing in the pavilion by the pool, although Li Longji did not exert himself, Xiao Jiangyuan did not expect it, he was still tripped by the railing, and even if he was about to fall into the pool.

Of course, Li Longji didn't really want to let her fall into the water, so after pushing it, his hand never left Xiao Jiangyuan's body, so he reacted very quickly and grabbed her arm and walked to his side.

Xiao Jiangyuan subconsciously grabbed his hand, and fell straight into Li Longji's arms.

The early spring was warm and cold, and no flowers had bloomed, but Li Longji faintly smelled the fragrance of hibiscus. His nose leaned forward and sniffed carefully—it was really the smell of Xiao Jiangyuan's body.

Feeling Li Longji's warm breath spraying on his neck, Xiao Jiangyuan was stunned, and let go is a push, but he didn't want Li Longji to be slightly stunned, and she didn't stand firm, so both of them were blocked by the railing and planted into the cold pool water!

However, Qu Jiangyan's attention was on the side of the new branch jinshi, and Li Longji went out on patrol in micro-clothes, except for Xiao Jiangyuan, he didn't bring anyone.

The place where Princess Yuzhen was sitting had the widest field of vision, and when she saw the water waves churning here, she stood up and looked at it: "Someone has fallen into the water, go and save them!" ”

The new science and technology scholars had all seen Li Longji during the palace examination, and it was the first time they had met the Son of Heaven, and although they didn't dare to look at it more, they still remembered Li Longji's face clearly. Seeing that it was the emperor who was embarrassed in the water, they looked at each other and couldn't say a word for a long time, but Wang Wei couldn't help but laugh and said gently: "This person is really lucky." ”

Princess Yuzhen walked up to Wang Wei and asked, "Everyone has fallen into the water, you still talk about people, why didn't I know before, you will also gloat?" ”

Wang Weidao: "This person looks like the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, of course he is lucky." ”

Princess Yuzhen noticed the face of the person who fell into the water, immediately opened her eyes wide, covered her mouth, and then wanted to go into the water to save herself, but was stopped by Wang Wei: "Princess, this person is just like a god, not the Son of Heaven himself." ”

Of course, Princess Yuzhen knew that Wang Wei was saving face for the emperor, but ...... That's her third brother, since she can't go on, she has to urge others.

When Li Longji was rescued, everyone found that there was still one person in Li Longji's arms. The man, wearing an inky hood and a moon-white round-necked robe, was already unconscious.

Li Longji didn't care about everyone's gaze at him, he swept Xiao Jiangyuan's chest, then quickly took off his coat, wrapped it around Xiao Jiangyuan, and then picked her up horizontally, and ran to the outside of the Furong Garden.

Princess Yuzhen hurriedly chased after her: "There is my carriage outside the garden!" ”

Li Longji always had a dark face, and when he saw that the person who came was his sister, he nodded slightly.

Princess Yuzhen had never seen her third brother like this, she was both angry and helpless, disgusted and worried...... Her eyes fell on Xiao Jiangyuan in Li Longji's arms, and after a closer look, she found that something was wrong.