Xiaowan was gone, and his son was missing, and Uncle Biao rode a horse and turned Baisha Town up and down, even Qingling Village.

Until the evening, Daqing met a familiar boatman at the dock, and actually said that when he left the boat in the morning, a mother and son took a boat, and their age and appearance were very similar to Xiao Wanpei'er.

At this time, a section of the mouth of the Baisha River is windy and raining, and if they want to take a boat to chase it, today's boat will not be able to get out.

The family got together to discuss, everyone held back a sentence, and finally Aunt Chen said: "What about her with Pei'er, no, if she is looking for death, what will Pei'er do?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and Daqing said, "Let's go to the dock and wait, and leave as soon as there is a boat." ”

Uncle Biao said: "You wait for the waterway, I will ride a horse and take the dry road first, she may go to the cliff to worship Chaofeng, and want to tell Chaofeng the good news of Ershan." ”

If so, that would be the best result, but Pei'er is not a mortal, Uncle Biao and Aunt Zhang know it, so Xiaowan doesn't have to worry about leaving his son He will have no one to take care of, and no one can rest assured if he doesn't see Xiaowan.

After more than half a year, she still didn't escape this catastrophe, and she lost her husband like this, Xiaowan couldn't figure it out after all.

At this moment, Xiaowan had changed boats and continued to float on the river.

Pei'er was very well-behaved, he didn't talk much all the way, he didn't dare to ask his mother where he was going, he was afraid that his mother would not be able to answer.

But at night, when his mother was asleep, Ling Pei left his body behind, flew out, and went straight to the imperial city.

He can soar through the clouds and fog, and no matter how far he goes, he can reach it in the blink of an eye, but on the way to find his father today, he was stopped.

"Grandma ......" faced the dragon in front of him, and Ling Pei's way was blocked.

"Go back!" The Dragon Mother's voice was like a bell, very intimidating, and she said coldly, "Pei'er, you must know that once your father flies away from the stone statue without permission, he will face severe punishment, do you want to harm him?" ”

"But my mother, she, she seems to be ......" Ling Pei stopped talking, he hoped that he was thinking too much.

"Go back!" The grandmother forced Ling Pei, took him in her mouth, and flew back to the river.

For a while, Xiaowan was shaken awake, but she was relieved to see her son by her side.

Pei'er returned to her body, opened her eyes, and looked at her mother.

"What are you looking at?" Xiaowan kissed him, "Is it a dream, hungry in a dream?" ”

Pei'er pursed her lips tightly, didn't know what to say, threw herself into her mother's arms, and hugged her tightly.

"Silly boy......" Xiao Wan gently soothed him, but his eyes looked at the dark cabin vacantly, "We'll be there soon." ”

In the blink of an eye, in the past two days, Uncle Biao and Aunt Zhang chased them out by dry roads and waterways, and Su Su prayed to God and Buddha at home every day, hoping that Xiaowan would not look for a short time.

And today, it is the first time that the palace examination has been held since Emperor Kandi ascended the throne.

At this moment, the genius dawned, and the jinshi who passed the examination were already listed under the imperial city gate, waiting for the officials to bring them into the palace.

The palace examination only examines the policy question, and after entering the palace, it goes through the rituals such as roll call, scattering the paper, praising and worshipping, and saluting, and finally issues the policy question, and submits the paper at dusk.

After being reviewed by the examiner and submitted to the emperor for approval, the list can be released, and the results will be available soon.

But this session is different from the past, on the second day of the palace examination, the candidates were called into the palace again, and the emperor actually wanted to read the papers in public in the Xuanzheng Palace.

At that time, after withholding the candidate's name, read the policy he wrote, so that every candidate can know what is written in other people's articles.

Bi Zhenye is the fifth place in Jinshi, several miles away from the first place in Ershan, but in previous years, there are often people who are unsatisfactory in the examination, and finally show their talent in the palace examination.

At this moment, everyone followed the inner servant to the majestic Xuanzheng Palace, and when they stood at the foot of the stairs waiting for the summons, Ershan inadvertently raised his head and saw the mighty and domineering stone beast on the eaves.

Naturally, he didn't sense that his brother was guarding him, but he wanted to enter the court as an official in the future, and he would walk here every day, and he would be under the gaze of this stone beast every day.

He can't become like his father, and he can't forget his original intention other than revenge.

Ling Chaofeng looked at his younger brother, who was brought up by himself, standing in front of the palace in front of the palace at this moment, although he had long known that Ershan was hiding the secret in his heart, and he wanted to go back to Bi's house one day to take revenge, but he always hoped that Ershan could wake up by himself, and not let hatred ruin his future.

Seeing that the palace people brought the candidates into the Xuanzheng Palace, Ling Chaofeng's heart suddenly trembled, and he felt that thousands of miles away, Xiaowan was reading him, what was she reading?

Ling Chaofeng unconsciously clenched his fists, trying to calm himself down, he can calculate the future, but he can't calculate Xiaowan's future, is it because of her life, to stop at this moment?

In the Xuanzheng Palace, there was a sound of recitation, every word knocked on Ling Chaofeng's heart, he wanted to go to see Xiaowan, but it was so far away, the immortal soul would find a catastrophe to destroy him, but if he flew out......

Ling Chaofeng was anxiously contradictory, time passed little by little, the marking in the Xuanzheng Hall was nearing the end, and two articles were tied in the hands of the marking officer, and the emperor unveiled the names of the candidates in public, which were Ling Chu and Bi Zhenye.

The two looked at each other, smiled slightly, and stepped forward.

Even the emperor didn't expect such a result, but in an instant, he thought of how to distinguish between them.

"I heard that Ling Chu is the second son of Prime Minister Bi Cheng who was lost more than ten years ago, and you and Bi Zhenye are brothers?" As soon as the emperor's words came out, the hall was in an uproar, and only the two people involved were quite calm.

The emperor's gaze swept them one by one, and then said: "Back then, I was only a child of seven or eight years old, but I remember very well that it was Ling Chu's mother who entered the palace to ask Empress Taishang to be the master, and Bi Zhenye's mother married into the Prime Minister's Mansion. Zhongqing knows that Mrs. Bi died young, and in the year of her death, Bi Ye, that is, Ling Chu, disappeared. What do you think happened in the Shilang Mansion back then? ”

Ershan's heart tightened, and he glanced at Bi Zhenye, only to see that his eyes were lowered, and he clenched his fists gently, as if he had understood what the emperor was going to do.

No one expected that in the end of this palace test, the scandal of the prime minister's concubine killing his wife in the prime minister's mansion was revealed, and it was not only Bi Zhenye who was embarrassed, but also Ling Chu.

The emperor smiled lightly: "Naturally, all this is just a rumor, and now I assume that they are true, assuming that Bi Zhenye's mother committed the crime of spoiling his concubine and killing his wife and abandoning his son-in-law, to this day, how do you two face this matter?" Your answer will determine who is the champion and who is the leader, and naturally what happened in the Prime Minister's Mansion will be investigated, and today's decision will not be used as a reference. ”

The hall was silent, the two young people standing at the bottom of the stairs, their bodies were tense and straight, they had been cold for ten years, and they had experienced many tests, who would have thought that the last thing they faced was the first thing they encountered in their lives.

Ling Chaofeng stood on the Xuanzheng Hall and shook his head with a smile, Xiang Run, the emperor, is really interesting. After accompanying him for decades, it is not too aggrieved to protect his children and grandchildren for thousands of years.

However, without waiting for Ershan and Bi Zhenye to answer, Ling Chaofeng's heart trembled suddenly, this was by no means the feeling he should have in the immortal class, his eyes looked into the distance, and Xiao Wan was there.

On the edge of the cliff, Xiaowan squandered paper money, and the pieces of paper scattered into the valley with the wind, flying like snowflakes all over the sky, she said with a smile: "Ershan is going to be the champion, he must do it, Xianggong, can you see it?" ”

Pei'er stood on the side, tugging at her mother's skirt, and he was very uneasy.

This is a cliff, if the mother jumps, he can incarnate to save her, but if she can save it for a while, she can't save her life, she can't die today, she will continue to beg for death tomorrow.

If he is mortal, although he can't save his mother, his mother will not abandon him. It is precisely because she is not that her mother will know that it doesn't matter if she leaves herself.

"Mother......" Pei'er called softly.

"Are you tired?" Xiaowan squatted down and touched her son's head, "Still feeling cold?" It's windy here. ”

Pei'er bit her lip, her big eyes looked at her mother uneasily.

"Look at the red fruit there." Xiaowan suddenly pointed to a tree in the distance and said to her son, "You go and pick a few red fruits, and my mother will eat them with you." ”

"I can't reach it." Pei'er said.

"Aren't you flying?" Xiaowan patted his buttocks, "I'm lazy, go quickly, my mother is hungry." ”

Ling Pei turned around three times in one step, afraid that as soon as he turned around, his mother would jump down, but his mother stood there well, waved to him with a smile, and urged him to go quickly.

Pei'er was helpless, if this was his mother's life, he was really powerless to reverse it, so he turned his heart sideways and went to pick red fruits.

Watching her son flexibly climb the tree, Xiaowan smiled with relief, then looked up at the sky, and said calmly: "Xianggong, I'm coming to you." ”

The emaciated body fell, and fell headlong into the cliff, Pei'er looked back at the tree, and his mother had disappeared, and he immediately swooped down as a golden dragon, but a swift wind flashed, and rushed to the bottom of the valley more quickly than him.

After Xiao Wan fell, her mind was blank, she closed her eyes and waited for death to come, and when she opened her eyes again, she could see her husband's heroic soul, but her body was suddenly dragged steadily, she no longer felt that she was falling, the familiar breath, the familiar warmth, surrounded her body, Xiao Wan opened her eyes suddenly, and saw her husband's face.

"Xianggong ......" Xiaowan burst into tears, but asked with a smirk, "Am I dead or alive?" Are you a ghost, or a fairy? Xianggong, you have come to see me. ”

Ling Chaofeng landed steadily at the bottom of the valley, but he immediately let go of his hand, he had to fly back immediately, even so, he was afraid that he would not be able to escape the eye of the sky.

"Where are you going?" But Xiaowan grabbed him tightly, crying and asking him, "Ling Chaofeng, are you dead or alive, do you want to leave me behind?" ”

Ling Pei stood on the cliff, looking at the scene at the bottom of the cliff through the layers of mist, when suddenly the dark clouds in the sky were churning, lightning and thunder roared, and the layers of dark clouds were removed, and the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals appeared in front of him.

Ling Pei turned into a golden dragon and stood in front of them, roaring angrily, "What are you going to do? ”

At the bottom of the cliff, Xiao Wan saw the golden light in the sky and saw her son churning among the clouds, she couldn't see those who came to arrest Ling Chaofeng, but she felt uneasy.

"Late, it's time for me to go." Ling Chaofeng said calmly, "Promise me, don't seek death again, promise me!" ”