The commotion at the gate of the Gongyuan was quickly quelled by the guards who rushed over, and as for Zheng Ruyi, who was taken away by the so-called 'masters' invited by the government with the Gu Mother, the talented people who came to take the exam slowly recovered from the shock and entered the examination room.

Jiang Qingshu had been silently watching all this from behind the crowd, and his originally calm heart was flooded with great waves, if someone hadn't called him, he wouldn't have even been able to come back to his senses.

Wang Huiyuan also walked forward with a lot of concern, and when he saw Xu Chengqing in front of him, he stepped forward and said with a little sarcasm: "I didn't expect Xu Gongzi to come to take the exam?" ”

Xu Chengqing doesn't look down on Wang Huiyuan, he also has a sister, he can't imagine what kind of person can do such a poisonous hand to his own sister, so he only glanced at him indifferently: "Naturally, people who misbehave and don't recognize their relatives can come, why can't I come?" ”

After speaking, everyone around them secretly pursed their lips and smiled, but Wang Huiyuan was the son of the imperial historian, and no one dared to offend, so they hurriedly found their own examination rooms and left.

Jiang Qingshu happened to be in the same examination room as Xu Chengqing, and when he saw him, he said politely: "Young Master Xu, it's not too early, why don't you go to the examination room first." ”

Xu Chengqing had also seen Jiang Qingshu, a talented man from a poor family, and he was also a little polite, and he arched his hand at him, and the two left together.

Wang Huiyuan's face was pale, but he only hated Lin Jinwen more and more in his heart, if it weren't for her, Ru Yan would have married into Zeng's mansion and enjoyed happiness now, why worry about this? When this exam is over, he will definitely find a way to collect evidence!

Thinking like this, he looked at the ink that Ru Yan had prepared for him early this morning, showed a slight smile on his face, and walked towards the examination room.

The teahouse outside the Gongyuan.

Zhao Huaiyan looked at the secret letter in his hand, and his eyebrows were slightly cold.

The attendant on one side said, "Lord Wang, do you want to go and see?" ”

"Leave her alone." Zhao Huaiyan said, looked at Lin Jinwen gently, and saw that she was always standing calmly on the side and was not afraid when she saw the Gu worm, but said, "I'll send you back to the house first." ”

Lin Jinwen knew that he had something to deal with, so she didn't ask too much, only nodded, and said, "It's not far to go back, and Mofeng is also there, so there won't be an accident." The prince will do his own thing first. "She's not a little girl who is always clinging to people, she knows very well what she wants to do, what she can do, and what she needs to do.

Zhao Huaiyan likes her independent nature, and hopes that she can rely on herself a little more, but seeing her resolute gaze, she only raised her thin lips slightly: "I'll let someone send you." ”

"Hmm." Lin Jinwen responded, caught a glimpse of the secret letter he put on his side, and turned away. The paper used in the secret letter was not owned by the capital and the vicinity, perhaps it was sent by the person who Helian Jing had always said was strong enough to crush him like an ant.

went downstairs and got into the carriage, Lin Jinwen looked upstairs through the curtain, and Zhao Huaiyan was still looking at herself. The black brocade clothes embroidered with gold patterns are very suitable for him, very cold, and there is tenderness hidden in the phoenix eyes, why did such a person have such a low sense of existence in his previous life? Could it be because he only had Zhao Kan in his eyes at that time? It's not quite like it, before he met him in this life, he has always been low-key and cautious, and he was able to retreat in his previous life, presumably in addition to his own spiritual strain, there are also various forces that were ambushed early, just like Zhao Kan and Concubine De, how many enemies there are in this capital, she can't guess.

Thinking all the way, the carriage finally stopped in the downtown area, and she wanted to buy some more medicinal materials to drive away Gu worms, and go back to make a few more sachets for the Xu family.

When I arrived at the pharmacy I frequented, I entered the door, and I saw a familiar figure at the reception of guests.

"Shopkeeper, after I buy shares, I will recommend your shop in my place, which is a good thing, and I also pay money to ensure that your turnover will increase by 30% within half a year." She laid out a few of her own plans.

The shopkeeper was confused, what turnover, what 30 percent, what are they?

Zhang Xiaofang was about to say, but the shopkeeper simply stood up: "Girl, the shop is very busy, I really don't have time to delay with you, you can go back first." ”

"Do you see I'm a woman?" Zhang Xiaofang was stunned, she came out today and deliberately changed into men's clothes.

The shopkeeper smiled, glanced at her before saying: "The young man is not as white and delicate as you, and he has big eyes and thin eyebrows, and his figure is good. ”

Zhang Xiaofang pursed her lips, turned her head to see Lin Jinwen, and hurriedly walked over; "Miss, you're there too."

Lin Jinwen saw that her cheeks were slightly red, and her forehead was dripping with fine sweat, she must have taken a lot of time, so she only smiled: "Do you know whose property this pharmacy is?" ”

"Naturally, I inquired when I came, and the Luo Shangshu Mansion that I relied on behind it, but I didn't say that it was the Luo family's property?" That's why she thought about making money by investing in shares, so that the cycle is short and the effect is good.

Lin Jin's wife: "How can you think that this pharmacy is not of the same nature as your silk village?" It's all backed by big trees, so why bother with twists and turns. ”

Zhang Xiaofang blinked: "Who doesn't want to earn more money?" ”

"Naturally, everyone wants to, but not everyone has the adventurous spirit of yours." Lin Jinwen picked out the medicine, and then came out of the pharmacy, and said with a smile: "I don't want you to make money immediately, I will give you time, and since I choose you, I trust you, and I will not withdraw you if I don't see the effect in a short time." If you feel that there is no place in the capital to make a big difference, it is better to go to Yuzhou to try, or the entire Jin Dynasty. There are many powerful people in the capital, and your method may not be able to be used all of a sudden. ”

Zhang Xiaofang listened to her words, and only felt that this ancient lady's upbringing was really good, not only empathetic, but also generous, and more importantly, she actually understood herself!

She looked at Lin Jinwen with sparkling eyes and said, "Then I'll think about it carefully." ”

"Hmm." Lin Jinwen looked at the time and didn't say much to her, but said: "Money is important, the most important thing is to have a group of handy people, even if you can't do it in the future, at least the people are still there, and there is hope." ”

Zhang Xiaofang naturally understood this, smiled and watched her get into the carriage and leave, only then did she take a deep breath, turn around and leave quickly.

Lin Jinwen sat in the carriage and knew that she was still working as hard as in her previous life, but she was also relieved.

Mo Feng saw that she was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "This Miss Zhang doesn't know what the origin is, she is so bold, a woman dares to pretend to be a man and go out to walk." ”

"He's a special person." Lin Jin's wife, if Zhang Xiaofang can do it here, and Mo Yue can do it with peanuts, she won't have to worry.

When I went back, I went to find the sixth as usual, but this time the sixth seemed to be even stranger.

The door was opened, and Mo Feng also felt that something was wrong, and without waiting for Lin Jinwen to speak, he slapped at the sixth child, and the sixth person's hand that opened the courtyard door was not put down, and the conditioned reflex showed light skills and avoided it lightly.

Seeing this, Lin Jinwen's heart was slightly cold.

This person looks exactly the same as the sixth child, but the sixth is a beggar and does not know martial arts, and the sixth child used to be shy to look at himself most of the time, and now the sixth not only looks directly at himself, but also does not hide the appreciation of his appearance in his eyes.

He paused, and then immediately smiled: "Sister Mofeng, what is this for?" ”

"I was dazzled, thinking that a hidden weapon flew by." Mo Feng listened to his voice exactly the same as before, just doing an ordinary look.

Only then did the sixth brother come closer, looked at Lin Jinwen, and said as if he hadn't noticed anything abnormal: "Miss, please come inside." ”

Lin Jinwen smiled lightly without moving: "I'm here to hand you something, and let you do something by the way." As she spoke, she took out a packet of medicine she had just bought and gave it to him: "Put it in a sachet and carry it with you, it can repel Gu worms." ”

The sixth raised his hand to take it, looked at it, and a sunny smile appeared on his face: "Thank you, Miss." ”

Lin Jin's wife said, "I want you to go to Fanbang and help me find out what Wei Yunyi's identity is." ”

"Go to Fanbang?" The sixth child's gaze suddenly became complicated.

Lin Jinwen only looked at him in surprise: "Is it inconvenient to go?" ”

"It's just, I'm going, who will help Miss keep an eye on these things in the capital?" Lao Liu bent his eyes and smiled at Lin Jinwen's childish face, and there was only a faint alienation and smile in his bright eyes, and his mind couldn't help but complicate himself.

"Mo Yue and I will be staring, it's no time to go to Fanbang on this trip, Sixth Brother, you have to go and come back quickly." Ink Wind Channel.

The sixth child knew that he couldn't refuse, so he could only say: "I mentioned to Miss before, these people have been almost cultivated, and if Miss wants to use people in the future, she will summon them directly." ”

Lin Jin's wife: "This matter is very important, you must go back quickly." ”

The sixth should be down.

Lin Jinwen looked at the increasingly fair-skinned and handsome sixth child in front of her, smiled faintly, and turned to leave.

As soon as she left, the smile on Lao Liu's face slowly faded, and she watched Lin Jinwen leave the alley, turned around and closed the door of the house.

Lin Jinwen got into the carriage and didn't speak, she couldn't figure out whether the sixth child had changed, or if this was the real him.

Mo Feng was also suspicious: "In the past, when the young lady just brought the sixth child back, the slave maid probed him, and he didn't know kung fu at all. ”

"But I saw that there was also a black mole on his wrist, which I noticed when I first saw him, it was inconspicuous, it should be the sixth child himself." She listened to the sound of the carriage and horses slowly rolling on the bluestone road, her face was slightly solemn, I hope she didn't look away again.

The carriage quickly stopped at Xu's mansion, and she immediately ordered someone to go to the palace to deliver the news to the queen to see the queen, and then took advantage of the noon break to go to Xu Zhaozhao's courtyard.

Imperial Doctor Lu is old, and he has to rest first at noon before getting up to eat, Mrs. Xu is also resting on the warm couch next to Xu Zhaozhao's bed, Lin Jinwen came, only let the maids boo, and then carefully walked to Xu Zhaozhao's bedside.

Xu Zhaozhao looked thinner, his originally round little face was now angular, and his eyes were only closed, and his breathing was weak but gentle.

Lin Jinwen stepped forward and gently put her hand on her vein, and after a while, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that Imperial Doctor Lu really put a lot of effort into it, otherwise it would be impossible to recover so quickly.

After seeing Xu Zhaozhao, she didn't dare to stay longer, for fear that the arrogant old man of Imperial Doctor Lu would find out and play with his temper again, so he hurried away.

When he came out, Mo Feng dared to speak: "Miss Xu is blessed with a great life, and nothing will happen." ”

"I hope so." Lin Jinwen exhaled slowly.

They walked all the way back, and after walking for a while, Mo Feng suddenly pulled her to hide behind the bushes on one side.

Lin Jinwen followed her gaze after she hid, someone was sneakily running over from the other end, as if she was very nervous, she ran and looked back, but only ran for a while, but bumped into the man who was looking for her head-on.

When the maid saw him, she immediately took a few steps back with a pale face, and begged in a low voice: "Just let me go, I don't want to die." ”

"Who let you die, you are going to die if you run out now, you know!" After the man reprimanded in a low voice, he looked around at no one, and hurriedly dragged her behind the rockery on the side, before he dared to say: "Do you think that betraying Niangniang will be able to get benefits?" ”

"But I really don't want to hurt Miss, we grew up in the Xu family, and Miss has never treated us badly, how can we kill Miss again?" The maid's voice trembled, with unbearability.

The man pressed her against the rockery, and then said hatefully: "Do you think I am willing? Can...... Can we afford to mess with Concubine Xian? In the past, if it weren't for the great grace of the Nine Emperor Princes when we were in Yuzhou, you and I would have been captured and killed by robbers, how can there be today, besides, our relatives are in their hands, even if Miss treats us well, is it worth our family's lives to compensate? ”

"But...... Look at Mo'er, after helping Niangniang, isn't it still a white silk in the end. ”

"That's because she's stupid, and the person who called Miss Lin found out, damn it." The man said angrily again, and after that, he looked at her gently, wiped away her tears, and said, "Xiaojing, after we finish this matter, we will give it to the old lady in person, okay to live elsewhere?" And you have my baby in your belly, we can't run. ”

When the maid heard this, she broke down and cried.

The man was upset when he heard this, and saw that there was no one around him, and lifted her skirt, and after a few squirts, he began to drive straight in, and the maid named Xiaojing had to be ashamed and ashamed to let him, and did not dare to think about anything else.

Mo Feng's ears were slightly red when he heard this, but he only looked at Lin Jinwen with a serious face: "Miss, what should I do?" Otherwise, the slave and maid will go and watch tonight, and as soon as they make a move, they will be caught directly. ”

"Treating the symptoms is not the root cause." Lin Jinwen remembered what they said just now, Concubine Xian and Zhao Tian had made preparations for such a small matter a few years ago, it can be seen that they also prepared other people in private, even if they killed these two people, they couldn't stop who else would be next time. If you want to keep the Xu family safe, you must either cooperate with Concubine Xian, or she will die.

The babbling sound behind the rockery came from time to time, Mo Feng looked at Lin Jin's face without changing color, and secretly admired it in his heart, and said, "Then let's go back first." "Otherwise, it would be ...... for someone to find out that the two of them were eavesdropping on such things here

Lin Jinwen glanced at the rockery lightly, and walked away softly.

Back in the courtyard, Mo Xue greeted her and said, "Miss, someone has sent something." ”

"Who?"

"I don't know, I just said I wanted to give it to Miss." Mo Xue frowned slightly.

When Lin Jinwen entered the inner room, she saw what the man had sent, a delicate square box carved from rosewood, and a small lock with golden gems also revealed that the owner was not ordinary.

She looked at the key on one side and stepped forward to open it, but Mo Xue stopped her and said, "Come on, slave." ”

"Hmm." Lin Jinwen bowed slightly and gave her the key.

With a click, the lock opened, and the box was slowly opened, but there was nothing but a red hippa.

"Hipa?" Mo Xue was puzzled, Mo Feng pondered slightly, Lin Jinwen had already guessed who sent it, did that person want to declare sovereignty to herself?

The corners of her mouth were slightly hooked, and she only said, "Take it and put it away, don't worry about it." ”

Mo Xue and Mo Feng glanced at each other, and seeing that she was so calm, it was difficult to say anything more.

The news of the delivery to the palace soon came, and the queen wanted to see her.

Lin Jinwen looked at the three bottles of medicine on the bookcase, and her eyes were cold. Anyone has to pinch her and see if she's made of soft mud.

At this time, Yikun Palace was in the palace.

During the three days of the queen's grounding, the affairs were all handled by Concubine Xian, and the biggest opponent who had always been the emperor was demoted to a noble person in an instant, and was sent to the cold palace, but she was not happy, but panicked.

Yun Jiang saw that she didn't think about tea and dinner, took the soup to her, and said softly: "Niangniang, why bother the virtuous concubine, now that the noble man has gone to the cold palace, your opponent in the future will be gone." ”

The queen shook her head and looked at her in disappointment: "The honorable person used to be in the palace, and it was easy to pull it in, but now that Concubine Xiancai is in charge of the sixth palace, she has been sent to the cold palace, how can the palace not be worried?" And there is a King Jing under the knees of the noble people, and the mother's family is the Xiong family of the king of the southwest, not like the palace, there are no children under the knees, and the mother's family is in decline. ”

"Niangniang, you were picked up by the Queen Mother, and besides, Concubine Xian is no longer capable, and the hurdle in the emperor's heart has also passed, and Concubine Yin ...... back then."

Before Yun Jiang finished speaking, the queen looked at her coldly, Yun Jiang knew that he had said the wrong thing, and immediately walked to the front and knelt down: "Please punish Niangniang." ”

"No need, you and Bengong are not a day or two, Yun Jiang, you are Bengong's henchman, Bengong hopes that you will not make such mistakes in the future." The queen said coldly.

Yun Jiang hurriedly responded.

The queen took a deep look at her, and then took off the armor on her hand tiredly, looked at the sandalwood rising in the incense burner, and pondered carefully.

"Today's Spring Festival, listening to the news from the Queen Mother's Palace, did Master Huijue calculate the top three?" The queen's tone was light, she raised her hand, and motioned for Yun Jiang to pour tea, which was to forgive her.

Yun Jiang hurriedly got up and made tea, respectfully handed it to her, and then said softly: "Yes." However, the emperor doesn't seem to be very happy, this time it is to select the top three, and he will pass the palace test again, but if anyone is found to be cheating, he is afraid that it will be the crime of killing the head. ”

When the queen heard this, she showed a smile: "The king's heart is unpredictable, and anyone who dares to speculate will be rejected by the emperor, but those of us who serve him have to guess." She said softly, drank the rose tea from mouth to mouth, her eyes were heavy, and she said quietly for a while: "You said, if people find out that one of the top three is arranged by Concubine Xian, what will the emperor do?" ”

Yun Jiang chuckled and lowered his head: "The emperor hates the person who cheats the most, not only will he dispose of that person, but he will definitely anger the virtuous concubine." ”

"Now that you know, let's do it." The queen raised her hand, Yun Jiang took the tea cup in her hand knowingly, and carefully put on the gorgeous armor for her, and then went out with a hunched waist sideways.

When Lin Jinwen arrived, Yun Jiang happened to come back from outside, and saw her in a long dress embroidered with white plums in akazi, which looked restrained and elegant, and there were not many hairpins on her hair, obviously dressed in plain clothes.

She walked over to greet her and said with a smile: "Miss Lin just arrived?" ”

Lin Jinwen noticed that the direction she came from was the direction of the Shenwu Gate, where the eunuchs and palace maids often went out of the palace, and only smiled faintly: "I just arrived, my aunt is running an errand for my mother?" ”

"I went to see the honorable people, and the queen mother was degraded because she was sympathetic to her, and I couldn't bear it." Yun Jiang replied naturally.

Lin Jinwen saw that she didn't leak, so she didn't ask any more, and after a while, someone came to invite her in.

The spring afternoon is still a little stuffy, the queen is dressed in a dark green embroidered yellow pattern of the regular clothes lazily leaning on the side of the warm couch, there is a palace maid on one side gently waving the fan to dispel the stuffiness, one side of the window is opened, the sun shines in, the warm pavilion shines extraordinarily bright, Lin Jinwen looked at the queen seems to like to light the incense all year round, and stepped forward to see the salute.

But after a long time of bending her knees, the queen still didn't seem to hear it, Lin Jinwen could only continue to maintain this posture until the broken hair on her forehead was also wet with sweat, and her body trembled slightly, and the palace maid on one side called softly: "Niangniang, Miss Lin has arrived." ”

The queen lazily opened her eyes, glanced at Lin Jinwen, and said a little coldly: "Get up." ”

"Xie Niangniang." Lin Jinwen responded, so she was able to stand up, but she almost didn't stand firmly, but fortunately, Yun Jiang helped her on the side: "Miss Lin can stand firm, I am a slave and maid today, otherwise I will fall to the ground, not only lose my manners, but also hurt my body, right?" ”

Lin Jinwen knew that she had something to say, and she also knew that the queen thought that she was joining forces with Concubine Xian, so she punished herself.

She only smiled faintly at Yun Jiang and didn't respond to her words.

Seeing this, the queen raised her hand and sent everyone in the house out, leaving only Yun Jiang to serve, and then looked at her: "Miss Xu is better?" ”

"I'm tired of the mother's memory, it's still the same, I don't know if it can be good." Lin Jinwen lowered her eyes and said.

"Even a miracle doctor like you is here, I don't know if I can cure it, so it can be seen that she was not lightly injured this time." The queen held Yun Jiang's hand, got up and went to the side to scoop some sandalwood and pour it into the incense burner, and the fragrance in the incense burner became stronger.

Lin Jinwen smelled the sandalwood, as if mixed with a hint of sweetness.

Before she could think about it, she heard the queen say, "What's the matter, is there something wrong with this sandalwood?" ”

Lin Jinwen looked at her indifferent gaze, even if she had doubts in her heart, she didn't say it, but said, "The courtiers don't know much about spices. ”

The queen smiled and pointed to the stool on the side: "Sit down and talk." ”

Lin Jinwen thanked her before sitting down.

After a while, I heard a report from someone, saying that Concubine Xian Niangniang came to say goodbye.

The queen smiled sarcastically: "She has really practiced to be a good ear, you just came here in the palace, she can't wait to come over." The queen looked at her elegantly: "What the palace asked you to prepare, are you ready?" ”

Lin Jinwen took out a small jade bottle from her sleeve: "Take it every day." ”

The queen's eyes lit up, but she didn't answer: "Can you poison people?" ”

"It's chronic, you don't move for three months, but after three months the symptoms start to show up. The only drawback of this medicine is that it cannot be stopped for a day. Lin Jinwen said slowly, there was no trace of calm in her eyes, even if the queen kept staring at her, she didn't see anything abnormal.

Yun Jiang stepped forward to take the medicine, and the queen looked at the people next to her: "Go and invite Concubine Xian Niangniang to come in." ”

Lin Jinwen got up: "The courtiers won't disturb the mother." ”

Seeing her like this, the queen knew that she was showing that she was not in the same boat as Concubine Xian, but she laughed: "Okay, this palace will let Yun Jiang personally send you out of the palace." ”

Lin Jinwen smiled lightly, and then walked out.

When I came out, I met the virtuous concubine waiting at the gate of Yikun Palace, wearing an indigo embroidered wide-sleeved palace skirt with splendid flowers, with tassel gold hairpins on the left and right sides of the bun, and a three-petal plum blossom on the forehead. I have to say that Concubine Xian is really good at dressing up, although she is nearly forty years old, she only looks more and more elegant and wise.

Lin Jinwen walked out of the palace gate and saluted: "I've seen Concubine Xian." ”

Concubine Xian naturally took off the golden hairpin on her head and replaced Lin Jin's hairpin, and looked at her with a gentle smile: "Since you are here in the palace, why are you so plain?" The women in the palace are all for the emperor to see, and they must be pleasing to the eye. ”

"Thank you for your teachings." Lin Jinwen naturally withdrew the hand she was holding, but the hairpin on her head was not easy to remove.

Seeing this, Yun Jiang stepped forward and said, "Concubine Xian, the queen is already waiting inside." ”

Concubine Xian: "Yun Jiang, this concubine remembers that you are also nearly thirty years old, it is time to release yourself from the palace to get married, and after a while, this concubine will ask the queen for this grace for you." ”

Yun Jiang's palms tightened slightly, and he only lowered his eyes and said, "It's Yun Jiang who doesn't want to get married, he just wants to stay by his mother's side." ”

"That's not good." Concubine Xian stepped forward and gently stroked her face with her bare hands, before she smiled softly: "Such a good look and good skin, wouldn't it be a waste not to marry in your life, you must be dressed up well, if you have the emperor's blue eyes, it is also good." ”

Where did Yun Jiang dare to compete with the queen for favor, she dared to show such a meaning, the queen would be the first to kill her.

She immediately knelt down and said, "The slave has never had such a thought, the mother misunderstood." ”

Lin Jinwen looked at Concubine Xian lightly and held the old people around the queen in her hands, and only admired that she was really good at grasping people's hearts, knowing what Yun Jiang was most afraid of, and knowing what she was most afraid of.

Concubine Xian looked at her thoughtfully, and said with a light smile: "In a few days, a distant niece of the concubine will enter the palace to be the companion of the princess, she is not familiar with the palace and the palace, Miss Lin, the concubine is also familiar with you, I want to invite you as a companion, are you willing?" ”

"Courtiers are only worried about their talents and dull ......"

"The concubine thinks you are very smart, and the queen mother also likes you, if you don't come at that time, then the concubine can only invite Mrs. Xu to come, she is knowledgeable, Lord Xu is now the prince of the country to supervise the wine, I heard that the emperor intends to organize a women's school for the princess, maybe the princess will go to school in the country by then." Concubine Xian's smile was as gentle as water, and her voice was as soft and beautiful as a gurgling stream, but when it fell on Lin Jin's ears, it was just a cold threat.

Lin Jinwen glanced at Yun Jiang, who was no longer talking, and lowered her eyes and said, "The courtiers are willing to give it a try." ”

"That's good." Concubine Xian smiled, and then went to the back room.

When she left, Yun Jiang stood up, and seemed to lose Fang Cai's momentum, and retreated to Lin Jin's side and stopped making a sound.

Until she left the palace gate, Yun Jiang looked worried, Lin Jinwen suddenly thought that Yun Jiang was afraid that she didn't want to marry, but she didn't want to marry someone else, she must have a sweetheart, but she was noticed by Concubine Xian.

Mo Feng ushered in, saw her looking at the palace gate and said strangely: "Miss, what's wrong?" ”

Lin Jinwen slowly shook her head: "Concubine Xian is determined to eat me." ”

"So what to do......

"Those two people tonight, let's take it as a warning to Concubine Xian." Lin Jinwen's eyes were heavy, and she turned her head and got into the carriage directly.

The night fell quickly, and the candidates of the Gongyuan also came out one after another. The spring examination is only one day, and the top 20 are selected, and then the top three are selected through the palace examination, which is a new rule of the emperor.

When Xu Chengqing came out, he looked relaxed, looked at Jiang Qingshu in the same examination room, and said with a smile: "Brother Jiang, how did you play?" ”

Jiang Qingshu remembered that a mysterious person had sent a strategy to him before, and the topic of this strategy was exactly the same as that sent by the mysterious person, and the content sent was obviously more subtle than his own...... Not written by himself.

He smiled a little reluctantly, and only asked him, "How is Brother Xu?" ”

"Okay." After Xu Chengqing finished answering, the two of them saw Wang Huiyuan coming out of another examination room, he seemed to be saying something to someone in front of the examination room, Jiang Qingshu and Xu Chengqing glanced at each other, they both walked over, and when they got closer, they heard Wang Huiyuan say: "You let me write it again alone, I will definitely be able to take the top 20 exams." ”

"Wang Gongzi, it is a fact that you handed in the blank scroll, and now that the hour has passed, you can't go in again according to the rules." The guards guarding the examination room.

Wang Hui was far away, but during the exam, he felt more and more sleepy when he had just finished studying the ink, and it was easy to survive the first few games, and the last one was really unbearable before he fell asleep, and when he woke up, the exam was over.

"But I ......"

"Prince Wang, don't embarrass us people, go back, it's a big deal to come back in three years." After the attendant finished speaking, he was already impatient, turned his head and directly asked people to close the door and leave, so angry that Wang Huiyuan banged on the door vigorously.

But patting and patting, he noticed that someone was coming behind him, and when he looked back, it was Xu Chengqing and Jiang Qingshu, and he only looked at them with red eyes: "Don't think I don't know who made the ghost, I will definitely expose it!" "It must be Lin Jinwen, only she has such ability, only she will harm herself!

Xu Chengqing raised his eyebrows speechlessly, and said to Jiang Qingshu: "Brother Jiang, I invite you to drink tonight and leave." After that, he directly pulled Jiang Qingshu and left.

Wang Huiyuan was so angry that his face turned blue, he held his breath, and did not return to the palace, but went directly to the house of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites who was in charge of the Spring Examination.

Xu Chengqing took Jiang Qingshu all the way back to Xu's house, although Mrs. Xu was worried about Xu Zhaozhao, she didn't treat her son badly, and asked people to prepare dinner.

Xu Chengqing entered the table, only to find that Imperial Doctor Lu and Lin Jinwen were not there, and said strangely: "What about my cousin?" ”

"You'er is discussing a prescription with Imperial Doctor Lu, so we are not allowed to disturb." Mrs. Xu smiled with relief.

Jiang Qingshu sat down stiffly, and when he heard the word 'sister-in-law', his eyes lit up slightly.

Xu Chengqing only sighed regretfully: "I've worked hard for her, I'll look for her later." After that, he hurriedly greeted Jiang Qingshu again.

Lin Jinwen was in Xu Zhaozhao's room at this time, and Imperial Doctor Lu looked at Mo Feng who was looking around, and couldn't help but stare at him: "Look at it, what are you looking for?" ”

Lin Jinwen saw that the old man's temper was quite big, and said with a smile: "This house leaked rain before, I asked Mofeng to take a second look, but now there are dark clouds outside, and I am afraid that there will be heavy rain at night." Before she could finish speaking, there was a rumbling thunder outside, followed by lightning flashing.

When Imperial Doctor Lu heard this, he was no longer suspicious, so he only asked people to light candles and discuss the prescription with Lin Jinwen, but of course he said that Lin Jinwen listened.

Lin Jinwen quietly glanced at the ink wind, the ink wind bowed, and took advantage of the unpreparedness of the people in the room, taking advantage of the darkness in the corner, and directly rushed onto the beam.

It was late at night, and soon after the thunder, the wind rolled up the black clouds, obscuring the sky and the sun, and the raindrops the size of beans poured down, and the people in the yard began to run around with their hands over their heads.

The housekeeper in the courtyard grabbed the maid who was running happily and asked, "I asked Xiao Jing to go to the treasury to get the monthly silver, why hasn't she come back yet?" ”

The maid smiled: "She didn't dare to go because it was too dark, so she changed errands with someone, and now she went to the young lady's room to scrub the wounds for the young lady." ”

When the housekeeper heard this, she only smiled, scolded her for being lazy, and said no more, and when she saw that the hour was not early, she let everyone who had no errands go down to rest.

After discussing the prescription with Lin Jinwen, Imperial Doctor Lu came out together, and the girl who guarded it went inside to extinguish the candle and stayed in the corner room.

Behind a round bush in the courtyard, two pairs of eyes watched Lin Jinwen and his party leave nervously, only then did they glance at each other, quietly ran to the porch, and knocked on the door.

"Who?" There was a question from inside.

"It's me, Xiaojing, I'll deliver something for Miss." She said.

When the people inside saw that it was her, they didn't think much about it, they just rubbed their eyes and opened the door, and said, "What are you sending so late......?"

Before she could finish speaking, she saw that there was a tall man standing behind Xiao Jing, and by the flash of lightning, she saw that it was the little man in the front yard, and she was startled: "Why are you here!" ”

Xiao Jing looked at her apologetically, then gritted her teeth, stepped forward to cover her mouth, and entered the house with the man.

After the man entered the house, he directly took out the rope prepared in his sleeve and strangled the girl's neck, and the girl struggled a few times, and soon collapsed on the ground and died.

Xiao Jing's eyes were full of tears, and she only held her stomach and looked at the man and said, "Brother Guizi, if we kill someone, will we attract unjust souls?" ”

"It's time like this, and you're still talking about this?" The man named Guizi took out a hairpin engraved with the word 'Shu' from his waist and stuffed it into the dead maid's hand, and then hurriedly walked towards the inner room where Xu Zhaozhao was.

Lightning flashed, accompanied by thunder. The window on one side was suddenly blown open by the wind, and there was a sound of falling on the wall, which frightened Xiao Jing and almost screamed, but fortunately, Guizi covered her mouth: "Okay, it's done, can you still be afraid?" After that, he hurriedly stepped forward to close the window, then turned his head to look at the big bed, looked at the figure lying next to the bed, and gritted his teeth slightly: "Miss, the slave knows that you treat the slave well, but the slave can't do it, and the slave doesn't want to die, so after you become a ghost, you can go to reincarnation with peace of mind." With that, he drew the dagger from his sleeve, gritted his teeth, and stabbed at the man on the bed.

Xiao Jing covered her eyes and didn't dare to look, but found that there was no movement after a while, so she asked, "Brother Guizi, what's wrong?" ”

Mo Feng grabbed Guizi's wrist holding the dagger with one hand, his eyes were cold, and he stabbed the dagger directly into his heart with his backhand, and then sat up and looked at Xiao Jing: "Now it's your turn to choose, do you want the child in your belly and your family to die now, and you can continue to live......"

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The night wind swept up the fallen leaves in the yard, and the spring rain always came and went quickly, and it was not long before only this damp wind remained.

Mrs. Xu was talking to her in Lin Jin's room, and suddenly saw the housekeeper in Xu Zhaozhao's courtyard stumbling in, looking at her with tears on her face: "Madam, it's not good......

When Mrs. Xu saw that it was her, no matter how good her psychological quality was, she couldn't bear it at this time, and asked her in a trembling voice: "Is something wrong with Zhaozhao?" ”

"Miss's room is on fire...... mother-in-law knelt on the ground: "And someone poured oil, I'm afraid this fire can't be saved, Childe must go inside now, you go and persuade it." ”

Mrs. Xu was dizzy, but she didn't dare to faint, she barely took a step forward, and she fell straight down, but fortunately, Mo Xue on one side caught it in time, and she had red eyes and a hoarse voice that couldn't make a sound.

Lin Jinwen hurriedly said: "Send Mrs. over quickly!" She knew that doing this would make Mrs. Xu sad, but in order to be safe in the future, she could only make this decision.

Mo Xue hurriedly responded, personally helped Mrs. Xu and led the people out in a hurry, Lin Jinwen turned her head and picked up Mrs. Xu's cloak, and then hurried away.

At that time, Xu Zhaozhao's courtyard was full of flames, and the raging fire seemed to be able to swallow everything.

Xu Chengqing was crazy and usually wanted to go inside, but fortunately, Jiang Qingshu and his subordinates hugged him to death.

"Brother Xu, if you go in now, it will only take your life." Jiang Qingshu comforted.

"I'll die to save Zhaozhao, you let me go!" Xu Chengqing's eyes were red, but where did the people dare to let him go, let him in, and take his life if he couldn't save it.

Xu Boshan stood aside, as if he was old, his eyes were red, and he held the hands of his subordinates and tears fell like rain.

The people were all fighting the fire, but in the face of this raging fire, as if it had no effect, if Mrs. Xu hadn't been supported by Mo Xue, she would have fainted from crying.

Lin Jinwen was very sorry in her heart, but she couldn't tell them the truth, because if something was wrong, a cunning person like Concubine Xian would not take the bait.

I don't know how long the fire burned, but when it was finally extinguished, a courtyard was burned to the ground.

The steward dragged out two charred corpses from inside, and the man's corpse was easily recognizable because of its taller size.

Xu Boshan walked over with a slight tremble, and reluctantly said: "This is Miss?" He pointed to another female corpse.

When Mrs. Xu saw this, she finally couldn't bear it, and completely fainted in Mo Xue's arms, Jiang Qingshu's eyes were sharp, and she caught a glimpse of a hosta in the hand of the female Jiao corpse, and hurriedly let people take it out.

After the subordinate wiped it clean, he handed it to Jiang Qingshu, Jiang Qingshu looked at it, and then said to Xu Boshan in a deep voice: "There is a word 'Shu' engraved on it." ”

Lin Jinwen listened to it in the back, and her heart fell. Among the people who are arranged by the noble people in the Xu Mansion, one of them is Shu'er, this name Mrs. Xu knows, and the virtuous concubine Niangniang in the palace must also know that when Zhao Kan's hiding of Gu worms is revealed again tomorrow, she will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue and beat the noble people and Zhao Kan There will be no day to turn over.

When she saw that her goal was achieved, she walked to Xu Chengqing's side with a sad appearance, and the silver needle hidden in the palm of her hand slowly pierced the acupuncture points on his back, and she also used this method for Xu Boshan, the two of them were too sad to find out, and after a while, they only fainted directly.

The people only thought that it was too sad, so Lin Jinwen lowered her eyes and said to everyone: "Send my uncle and brother back to rest first, and the rest of the people are optimistic about here, and when my uncle wakes up tomorrow, I will make a decision." ”

Everyone did not suspect him, and they all responded, but they all fell into an atmosphere of sadness.

Lin Jinwen secretly looked at the people around her, and saw the maid standing in the corner quietly staring here, her eyes were cold, and the rest was just waiting for Concubine Xian to take the bait.