The day of spring is quietly approaching.

According to the old system, there were three exams in Chunqiu, one every three days, and each exam was entered the day before and the day after, and this year was no exception. However, such an arrangement will always cause Miao Ying to complain a lot, because after such a toss, Ji Ying's half life may be gone. When Ji Ying participated in the township exam, she was also tormented, and when she came back, she fell ill, and she rested for more than ten days before she recovered.

But complaining is complaining, and you have to go.

Fortunately, Nomad Muye recognized Duanmu Lingfeng when he was eating downstairs last night, and they talked happily, and they sighed for a long time about the other party's recent experience. Duanmu took the opportunity to inform Nomad Ye of Ji Ying's physical condition, wanting him to give him an idea. Nomad Muye was very happy and gave Duanmu a small white porcelain vase with a few small black pills in it, saying that it was very helpful for Ji Ying's illness, at least so that she could survive the past few days. After Ji Ying took it, she really felt a lot more refreshed, and specially thanked the nomadic herd.

Before the exam, Duanmu Lingfeng prepared a carriage to personally send Ji Ying, because there was another murder yesterday - Qi Guang, the general of Zhengsanpin Longwei, was gambling in the Hidden Dragon Gambling House, and just out of the gambling house, he was stabbed to death in the dark alley around the corner. There was a murder in the market, and it was still at this juncture, which naturally made the people of the capital panic.

The case went straight to heaven, and the Son of Heaven was furious, thinking that the patrol defense and criminal department were seriously derelict in their duties, and the previous case had not been solved, but there was a death in the downtown area, and the deceased was still an official of the imperial court. Therefore, the emperor made Shen Wei, the secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, a squire on the spot, and punished him for two years; The patrol general Han Ji was punished for 30 years, fined for two years, and ordered that within one month, the real culprit must be found.

As soon as the emperor's order came out, the whole capital moved. Duanmu was worried about Ji Ying, although Ji Ying felt that he was not famous and would not encounter any trouble, and did not want to bother him, Duanmu still insisted on escorting Ji Ying into the Tribute Courtyard.

Duanmu saw that Ji Ying was bored sitting in the carriage, so he told her about the various news that had happened in the capital recently, what emperor was obsessed with Taoism and ignored the harem, how big the pomp and circumstance of the eldest princess's marriage was, and the Beidi people were arrogant and disobedient.

It is said that this Zhao Ji is a very prestigious person, in the early years of the army, responsible for escorting grain and grass materials, has always been known for his quick action, has always been trusted by the emperor, although the beggar bones were approved last autumn, but has been for the imperial court, the status is respected. Legend has it that the most revered person in the life of this respected boss was General Guan Yu during the Three Kingdoms, because he was not only strong in martial arts but also loyal and unparalleled, so he specially asked a blacksmith to forge a green dragon glaive knife according to the appearance described in the history books in his early years. He hung the sword in his bedroom and worshiped it every day. This incident has always been rumored to be a good story.

However, the irony is that it was this sword that he worshiped every day that killed him. That night, his sons were about to greet him, but when they opened the door of his bedroom, they were stunned: their respected father, Lord Zhao Jin, did not study the art of war and tactics with a lamp, and did not wipe down the treasured treasure knife, but wore a shirt, turned his back to the door, and knelt on the ground straight, as if he was confessing and atoning for his sins from the side. His white hair was flying, he had the bulky knife stuck in his left shoulder, and his body was covered in blood. The room showed signs of being turned over, but nothing was broken.

After the incident, Dali Temple and the Criminal Department sent several groups of officials, and they all came to an astonishing result - the whole government did not lose anything.

Who came to kill people for what? For a while, there were different opinions. Some people think it's a vendetta, some people think it's a traitor to the rivers and lakes (the Ji family was about the same back then, but it's just more tragic), and some people even think that Lord Zhao did something behind his back to hurt heaven and reason, betray the country and seek glory...... In short, this matter has become the talk of the people in the capital after dinner. Imagine that if Old Man Zhao knows under the spring, he will be angry and come back to life.

Due to the confusion of the case and there were no clues for nearly a month, the Criminal Department had no choice but to let Lord Zhao settle in the ground under the strong request of the Zhao family.

"Are you listening to me?" Duanmu didn't get a response from Ji Ying for a long time, and asked loudly into the carriage.

"Listening." Ji Ying lifted the curtain of the car, staring at the patrols coming and going, a question flashed in her mind, and Duanmu's words were just perfunctory, "You drive well, don't hurt people." ”

Duanmu felt neglected, and shouted angrily: "I started driving when I was four years old, how could I hurt someone?" You just didn't listen to me properly. Ji Ying, the situation in the capital is far more complicated than you think, if you don't listen or watch, how will you grow? There's still too little in the book! ”

Ji Ying naturally knew that Duanmu's reminder was reasonable, so she simply got out of the carriage, sat next to Duanmu, and responded: "I listened carefully to what the eldest brother said, don't be angry." I'm just thinking, it is said that the emperor is obsessed with Taoism and has ignored the government for a long time, why does he attach so much importance to it this time? Even if it was an official of the imperial court who died, he would not be so angry. I remember that the year before last, the Yellow River overflowed, flooded many surrounding prefectures and counties, and caused a large-scale plague, killing countless people. You say, is there something hidden in this? ”

"That's reasonable, I didn't think about it so deeply." Duanmu's nameless fire was extinguished, and he came back to remind Ji Ying, "Don't worry about other people's affairs first, you will become an official in the court in the future, and there are things to deal with." By the way, where did you put that jade flute? ”

"I'll leave it to Miaomiao for safekeeping."

"It's fine. The capital is no better than other places, everyone has several hearts, and it is easy for you to attract attention with it. If you don't care about the helper beforehand, you won't cause unnecessary trouble. Don't take it with you just yet. ”

"Okay."

After walking for an hour, I finally arrived at the place. Ji Ying and Duanmu Lingfeng met the Rong brothers at the gate of the Gongyuan who had not shown up since last night.

Rong Shen is still always gentle and elegant, but his cousin Rong Zhe behind him is unhappy.

"Brother Jinyan, what's wrong with Brother Mingxian? Very unhappy look. Ji Ying asked.

Rong Shen glanced behind him and said with a smile: "This kid couldn't be idle yesterday afternoon, let me go out with him to play, maybe I didn't have enough." ”

Rong Zhe's gaze changed from impatience to anger. But Rong Shen didn't seem to see it.

Yesterday afternoon, Rong Shen said that he was going out, and Rong Zhe was very happy, thinking that he could finally breathe, so he made a follow-up bug. Unexpectedly, Rong Shen took Rong Zhe into an alley, handed over a letter to an old man wearing a big felt hat, and pulled Rong Zhe out of the city and climbed the mountain to watch the sunset. And that's not all, the next day he went to see the sunrise early, and he didn't say a word about the contents of the letter, which made him even more uncomfortable. Thinking of entering the examination room today and taking the exam tomorrow, Rong Zhe was angry. If Rong Shen wasn't his brother, he swore that he would definitely skin Rong Shen with cramps!

Ji Ying naturally knew that Rong Shen intended to conceal it, but she was not an overly curious person, so there was no need to inquire again, so she bowed and entered the venue first.

Interestingly, nomadic wilds. The swaggering boy almost forgot what day it was, and had been concentrating on studying medicinal herbs until the store sent someone to remind him, and he was busy riding a horse and galloping all the way.

For the late arrival of the nomadic field, the invigilator was reluctant to let him go, but fortunately, the eldest prince You was flexible and wrapped a big red envelope for the invigilator, and then entered the door.

The first exam was passed unconsciously in this chaotic situation.