Thirteen Niang walked on the street, although she had stopped her tears, her nose was still sour, and her throat was blocked, "What do you think?" It's still a child, you're sixteen, and you're still a murderer, and she's the eldest lady at first glance, older than you were before you didn't kill someone. ”

"Thirteen Niang!"

"Ahh

Thirteen Niang was suddenly woken up by a shout, it turned out that the six masters were walking on both sides of her, and one on the three sides was looking at her.

"What are you doing, scare me!" Thirteen Niang complained in disgust.

"As soon as I came back, I saw you walking alone in a daze, and I thought you were going missing again," Master Zhirui said.

"Bah, bah, the old lady will not be missing, you will go back quickly after eating, and the province will be arrested as a liar" Thirteen Niang pushed both sides, stomped her feet and walked forward at a faster pace.

"I think it's a love disaster!"

"I look like it, too"

"Yes!"

"Amitabha"

"Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! "Master Zhirui's brain collapsed one by one, and knocked on the heads of several other masters who were discussing" Don't say anything about it, go back to the academy. ”

"Senior brother, you said that person has been following us, should we talk to him!" The Great Master Qi, who did not participate in the discussion, asked.

"Don't look at indecency! Knock! Master Zhirui knocked on the head of the Great Master again.

Since Mo is different and has a fortune, the money has also been handed over to Thirteen Niang for safekeeping. Thirteen Niang came to the bookstore, her mood slowly returned to calm, carefully selected the paper, came to the counter to check out, and looked at the silver that Mo Wei handed over to her hand, as if it still had residual warmth, "This is not a township test, why does Linyun still let me buy paper, and I still buy such rough paper, alas~ It's going to be broken silver again, so reluctant." ”

"Girl, are you ready to settle the bill?" The shopkeeper at the counter suddenly spoke, and accidentally startled the thirteen mothers who were reminiscing.

"Well, that's what I wanted," Thirteen Niang put the silver and paper on the counter together.

The shopkeeper looked at the paper and then at Thirteen Niang, and then said, "Girl, did you buy it for your son-in-law?" This kind of paper is usually used to draw maps, could you be mistaken? And tomorrow is the royal test ceremony, the paper is special, and you don't need to buy it yourself. ”

"Shopkeeper, you are so strange, why don't you have enough money to buy your paper and ask so much?" Thirteen Niang felt a little inexplicable.

"Girl, you misunderstood, our family does business, like to pay attention to materials and materials, of course, it doesn't matter how you want to use it, I just hope you don't buy the wrong one!" The shopkeeper was talking and happy, and he was afraid of hurting the atmosphere.

"It's this paper, it's not easy to be damaged," Thirteen Niang didn't bother to bother with him, "You hurry up and find me money." ”

"Okay, it's good if you decide, find your money" The shopkeeper took Thirteen Niang's silver and checked it, and stopped talking.

As soon as Thirteen Niang walked out of the bookstore with the paper in her arms, a graceful figure stopped her, "Little girl, do you remember me?" ”

Take a closer look, it was Mei Niang who tied up herself a few days ago who was holding her back, and Thirteen Niang cautiously took a few steps back, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Look at my sister's nervousness, my sister is here to tell you, my sister Bang Xiaqi is open again, you help my sister and I will bring a message to your little boy, don't forget to come to me." Mei Niang kept approaching Thirteen Niang as she spoke.

Thirteen Niang was very nervous, slowly retreated, and finally leaned against the outer wall of the bookstore, "We don't want to deal with you, don't force me to find the government to expose you as a black shop." ”

"Does my sister know that you have a bad temper, woman? A good temper will only give people bullying, my sister appreciates you" Mei Niang said and put her head to Thirteen Niang's ear, causing Thirteen Niang's palms to sweat, Mei Niang said in a very soft voice, "You are being followed, remind your little boy." After speaking, Mei Niang turned around and left, and continued to walk proudly in the middle of Chang'an Avenue with a fan, the writhing graceful body caused countless men to peep sideways, and of course it also attracted the white eyes of countless women.

Thirteen Niang gradually eased up, to be honest, when the woman was close to her, she didn't have the strength to resist, and after recovering her look, Thirteen Niang stomped her feet, "They all bully me!" With a sour face, he walked back to the academy indignantly.

In the dormitory of Mingyue Academy, Sheng Linyun poured tea for Han Ai, "Thank you Brother Han for your guidance that day!" ”

"Linyun, you are polite, I can see that Uncle Huang also appreciates you and is different, it has nothing to do with me" Han Ai shook his head with a smile and picked up the water cup.

Mo Wei was lying on the table, his chin was on the table, as if he was still a little sleepy, Han Qing had a smile on his face, and looked at Mo Wei from time to time.

"Linyun, in the suburbs that time we didn't say goodbye, it was my fault, after going home and talking to my father about it, he accused me of narrow-mindedness, I don't know how to treat my friends well, but since I was a child, my grandfather taught me 'gentlemen are not parties, the royal road is swinging' I can't distinguish for a while, I saw you again in Chang'an that day, I am very happy, a student like you, isn't it just to gain fame and serve the country, I treat you as a villain, ashamed! Ashamed! As he spoke, Han Ai lowered his head and shook it again, looking very self-reproachful.

Sheng Linyun just smiled and took a sip of tea, "Brother Han really doesn't participate in the imperial exam?" ”

Han Ai stood up and looked out of the door, the students in the court talked to each other about the ideal future, Han Ai sighed, "Linyun, you don't know, my grandfather is the imperial master in the palace, my emperor is his student, the first emperor is his classmate, grandpa, his old man has never asked about the court in his life, it can be called a real two-sleeved breeze, to tell you the truth, today's officialdom is like Shura purgatory, non-my race will be eaten, and it is precisely because of this that grandpa hopes that the children of the Han family will become imperial teachers in the future, Teach the princess and prince in the palace to read and write, or go to the folk academy to be a teacher, so as to preserve their own nature, absolutely not to be an official in politics, my father has always followed the teachings of my grandfather, when I was a child, I can believe in adults without scruples, but now, Linyun! I can't! Han Ai's voice became softer and softer, and in the end he could only shake his head helplessly, but this time there was no smile.

"Brother Han, drink saliva first" Sheng Linyun stood up and filled Han Ai's teacup with water again.

"I have been able to understand things, distinguish between right and wrong, Linyun! More than half a month has passed since the border gate was in an emergency, and the government has reported good news but not bad news, can no one see it? Whenever night falls, and the lanterns are spread all over Chang'an City, I wonder, what are these people happy about? That day, when my grandfather and I proposed that we wanted to become officials, he slapped me hard. Speaking of this, Han Qing touched Han Ai's arm distressedly, "Brother, why are you still mentioning this."

"Since I was a child, it was the first time my grandfather beat me" said, Han Ai lowered his head, and an emotion of 'what is the meaning of my life' appeared on his face.

"That's great!" Sheng Linyun and Mo Wei said in unison.

"Huh? What the? Han Aimeng looked up and thought he had misheard.

"Don't be careful, our parents have already passed away," Sheng Linyun smiled apologetically.

"It's different, you're so pitiful" Han Qing pouted, "It's different, when are you going to join the army?" I heard others say that this army is sent to the border in batches, and if you go late, you will be bullied" Han Qing didn't know if he deliberately changed the topic, his hands retracted into his sleeves, and his two index fingers tapped lightly on the table, almost covering his face with a sweet word.

"When my brother becomes a big official and applies to go to the border gate, it's not too late for me to go again," Mo Wei replied vaguely, and he didn't want to go far away anymore.

"No, shall we go out for a walk?" Han Qing said again.

"Not good! It's too dangerous outside" Mo Wei closed his eyes, and Han Qing couldn't help but be a little frustrated.

"Linyun, the day after tomorrow will be the imperial exam, I see that the staff of this academy is complicated, do you want to live in my house and prepare for the exam quietly?" Han Ai suddenly remembered the purpose of this time.

"Brother Han, since I already know that you are the grandson of Han Yushi, I can't go, so as not to be suspicious of tongue" Sheng Linyun bowed his hand to express his gratitude.

"Alas, too, then you will go to my house to rest and rest after the exam" Han Ai's eyes flickered, revealing unwillingness and helplessness.

"Brother Han... Sheng Linyun wanted to speak and stopped, "Uh... ”

"Linyun, if you have anything to say, just say it" Han Ai collected his emotions and made himself less decadent.

"If you can take the exam, but you can't have fame, would you like to try?" Sheng Linyun bent his right hand, slowly leaned over, approached Han Ai, and said in a low voice, "I can let Mo Wei do things on the reference list, Brother Han, you can change your name to participate in the exam if you dress up a little, do you want to give it a try?" ”。

"This..." Han Ai's eyes widened, he didn't expect Sheng Linyun to tell him about this insulting thing.

"After the imperial test, Brother Han will know his strength, as for whether to accept the emperor's imperial seal, Brother Han will consider it for himself" Han Ai's resistant eyes, Sheng Linyun saw it in his eyes, but he still said what he thought in his heart, Han Ai wanted to refuse, but the words stopped when he came to his mouth.

"Pro ... Cloud! Linyun! It's a great crime to bully the king" Han Ai's eyes gradually changed from resistance to hesitation, and then to curiosity.

"Brother Han, do you know the purpose of the emperor's conscription?" Sheng Linyun pushed Mo Wei and motioned him to go out, Mo Wei walked out, and Han Qing also followed closely behind Mo Wei and closed the door by the way.

"Of course, it's to go to Lion Camel City and recapture the three levels" Han Ai unconsciously lowered his voice.

"I went from Liucheng, almost the southernmost, all the way to Chang'an, every time I passed a town on the way, I could see the news of conscription and the imperial test, and the troops sent to Lion Camel City during this time, not to mention the three passes, the six passes can be taken, why does the emperor still have the imperial test?" Sheng Linyun said with the corners of his mouth raised, with a strange smile.

"Linyun, are you saying that the emperor's goal is more than just three levels?" Han Ai became more and more curious, and also leaned down, and the heads of the two could almost collide together.

"Also, why do you have to take the royal test in the war? I asked my friend, the number of generals who led the troops in these three levels is as few as nearly 100 people, and there are more military advisors, not to mention whether they are wine bags and rice bags, just the scale of this imperial test, the emperor wants a lot of talents, Brother Han, think about it again, why? Sheng Linyun's self-confidence made Han Ai a little incomprehensible.

"Linyun, you go on, I listen, I don't dare to speculate about the holy will like you." Han Ai was a little confused, he didn't understand what Sheng Linyun was thinking.

"Most of the dignitaries and dignitaries in Chang'an are hereditary gifts from the ancestors of the emperor and have a deep foundation, pulling one will lead out a group, as you said, some roots have rotten, and the emperor can only turn a blind eye, otherwise it is against the will of the ancestors, but there is a way to solve this problem." Sheng Linyun said this, stopped and took a sip, then sat up straight and looked at Han Ai.

"Natural selection!" Han Ai's eyes widened, he said four words for a long time, and then looked at Sheng Linyun with a shocked expression, "Turtledove occupies the nest?" Wrong! Wrong! The rotten things are often rootless, but the new power can be remembered, and then the useless will be justifiably relegated to second! ”

Sheng Linyun stood up and took a deep breath, "Since you can't get used to it, then do it yourself, your grandfather has been hiding from the rain all his life, but how can the rain stop!" After saying that, he opened the door and walked out.

Han Ai sat motionless, as if he was thinking, more like in a daze.

"Hide from the rain for the rest of your life, and the rain won't stop for anyone" Han Ai whispered, and suddenly stood up, "Linyun, Brother Linyun, you wait for me, I want to go, no!" I'm going. ”