Chapter 11: The Death Battle
When Luo Qingrou was trapped in Jinling for the first few years, she was resentful, and she even felt that Luo Qingzhi must have lived a free life in Yuzhou.
But five years ago, when the news of the battle of Pengcheng reached Jinling, Gao Yan took her to Yuzhou, almost with the intention of mourning.
She looked at Luo Qingzhi who was lying on the bed covered in injuries, the military doctors were changing the blood and water, she knelt down on the spot, and then, when she cleaned the wound and dressed, she knew that her sister was living such a life.
After Luo Qingzhi woke up, she saw her appear in the camp, and she didn't care about the wounds that were still oozing blood, and began to ask Gao Yan for her guilt.
"Wechen doesn't check...... Lost, lost Peng Cheng, willing to accept any punishment, but this matter, with ...... It has nothing to do with Arou, please let her go. ”
Luo Qingrou didn't know how to describe how she felt at that time, she only remembered that her sister pulled her behind her, obviously she hadn't recovered her strength yet, but the hand holding her was extremely strong.
After coming back to her senses, Luo Qingrou said, "Sister, I hope you can be happy, in the true sense of the word." ”
Luo Qingzhi didn't know why, but still nodded.
When I came to the study, I saw Gao Zhen unexpectedly.
Luo Qingzhi asked, "What are you doing here?" ”
Gao Zhen replied: "I'm waiting for you." ”
Confused, I suddenly remembered that before I went out, I asked him to think about what he wanted, and he would tell him at night.
After predicting the other party's intentions, Luo Qingzhi calmed down a little and asked, "Have you figured it out?" ”
Gao Zhen let out an "um" sound.
Luo Qingzhi hung up the big hat, sat opposite him, and asked, "What do you want?" ”
“...... Want you ......"
Such an answer annoyed Luo Qingzhi, but she didn't want to have too many detours with Gao Zhen, she said, "Want me? Don't you want the throne? ”
Gao Zhen said: "The throne? I'm just a commoner now, and the emperor is too far away for me. He glanced at Luo Qingzhi and said, "It's more practical to catch the person in front of you." ”
Luo Qingzhi looked at these words, did not make a sound, and saw that the person in front of her was very determined, and asked: "You ordered the thyme." This is an affirmative sentence.
“...... No. ”
She asked, "Your Highness, let me ask you again, what do you want?" ”
“......”
"I want you." Gao Zhen replied.
“......”
Luo Qingzhi, who was silent again, thought about it for a while and said, "Okay." ”
The word "good" contains too many meanings, Gao Zhen doesn't understand, and desperately wants to get a further answer.
"Can I go to the audition?"
Luo Qingzhi nodded and said, "Well, you can." ”
"But the Ministry of Rites should have already submitted the list." Gao Zhen said.
"I'll get it done, you can prepare with peace of mind." Luo Qingzhi replied.
Luo Qingzhi continued: "You can come and go as you like in the study, and you can also use the martial arts arena in the backyard by the way, if you want any help, you can send people in the house, but. She paused for a moment and said seriously, "Your Highness, you have to come to me by yourself." ”
Gao Zhen was a little dazed and a little excited.
Luo Qingzhi's cold voice came again.
"Luo Jinchao, there are a lot of people who want me in Mandu City, if you want me, you must be qualified to want me, understand?"
Gao Zhen nodded solemnly and said, "I must be the one who is comparable to you." ”
On the second day, the people in the county lord's mansion all received Luo Qingzhi's order, and everyone felt that this young man named Luo Jinchao was the future county master, and they didn't dare to snub him at all.
When Zhixin came to the study to find Luo Qingzhi, she was talking to Feng Zinan, and Zhixin was sitting on the side listening to the conversation between the two.
"Young master, Luo Jinchao's name has been added."
Luo Qingzhi nodded and said, "I don't know how his martial arts are, you have to find out the truth." ”
"Yes."
Hearing this, Zhixin joined the conversation.
"Arlo, didn't you let him participate in the selection?"
Luo Qingzhi said: "Blindly blocking only has the opposite effect, this time to recruit a son-in-law, Your Majesty will let me choose one between the two sons of the Jin family, but, I don't want to, let's see, if he really has the ability to enter the top ten, he is indeed the best choice, alone, and has no maternal relatives, very suitable for the county." ”
Zhixin shook her head and said, "You are like this, I don't know, this Gao Langjun is lucky or unlucky, I just came out of the courtyard, and it can be seen that people are happily moving books into the room." ”
Luo Qingzhi said: "Pay attention to the title in the future, don't call him Gao Langjun, his current identity is Yizhou Luojia Erlang, his name is today." ”
"Got it, got it." Zhixin said.
Zhixin sighed deeply and said, "Forget it, I really don't understand the affairs of the court, I'll still adjust the makeup cream and give Luo Erlang a good look." ”
After Zhixin left, Feng Zinan looked at his young master and asked tentatively: "Why didn't the young master tell the military doctor that we were testing whether the prince had a connection with Qianqin?" ”
"Zhixin is simple-minded, such a thing will only annoy her." Luo Qingzhi said.
Feng Zinan nodded, expressing his agreement with Luo Qingzhi's statement, Zhixin is really completely scheming, and doing things is all based on her own heart.
Luo Qingzhi said: "Send a message to Yuzhou, let Mr. enter Beijing?" ”
Feng Zinan said, "Yes." ”
Luo Qingzhi continued to instruct, saying, "You transfer a team of people and horses to choose the fastest good horse, and you may not be able to take Mr. into Beijing in three days." ”
"Yes."
Luo Qingzhi continued to ask: "How is the time of the civil and military test determined?" ”
Feng Zinan said: "The literary test is set on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, and the martial test is set on the ninth day of the new year. ”
Luo Qingzhi said: "Today is the seventh day of the lunar month, exactly one month, can he?" ”
Feng Zinan asked, "Young Master, are you asking me?" ”
Luo Qingzhi asked, "...... Do you think, can he? ”
Feng Zinan thought for a while and said: "According to my report, Luo Erlang has not been taught in the past ten years, it should be difficult in literature, as for martial arts, although his subordinates have not tried it with him, but looking at his body and bones, it should be difficult." Therefore, his subordinates felt that Luo Erlang could not enter the top ten. ”
Luo Qingzhi said: "Then if he enters, there must be a problem." ”
"So to speak." Feng Zinan replied.
Zhixin returned to the courtyard, just passing by Gao Zhen's room, he placed the desk in front of the window, and the books he had just borrowed from the study were stacked on both sides of the bookcase like high walls, and he was buried between the two walls, reading hard.
She leaned in front of the window and said, "Erlang, there are so many books, can you finish them in a month?" ”
Gao Zhen raised his head, his eyes were blurred, and said, "Erlang? ”
Zhixin said: "Ah Luo didn't tell you, are you the second lang of the Luo family now?" ”
Gao Zhen let out an "oh", as if he finally remembered, nodded, and said, "I said, it's just that I'm not used to it for a while." ”
"Then you get used to it in the future, don't show it." Zhixin said.
Gao Zhen nodded.
Zhixin was about to leave, but Gao Zhen stopped her and said, "Sister Zhixin, can you help me?" ”
"Don't tell me, let me explain these books for you, I won't." Zhixin said.
"No, it's not." Gao Zhen shook his head and continued: "I think my sister told me the time of each attack of zinnia. ”
Suddenly, Zhixin became interested and quipped, "Why, you have reached a consensus." ”
Gao Zhen lowered his head and sighed, and said, "No, but I am the first man in Arlo, and she must always want me." ”
Gao Zhen's words made Zhi Xin think about it, and thought, "This Erlang looks harmless to humans and animals, and the poisoning is not necessarily him, maybe it's because he wants to get Ah Luo too much, or help him?" ”
"Sister Zhixin? Sister? Gao Zhen looked at Zhixin, who had been in a daze, and called a few times again and again.
Zhixin came back to her senses and said, "Of course you can, under normal circumstances, Arlo's poison attacks once every five days, but if there is an introduction, it is not necessarily. ”
"Introduction?" Gao Zhen asked rhetorically.
Zhixin pointed to the sachet on his waist and said, "Osmanthus incense." ”
Gao Zhen immediately looked at the sachet on his waist, quickly untied it, and said, "This is given to me by my mother, I don't know ......"
Zhixin looked at Gao Zhen, who was already crying in front of her, and secretly affirmed Gao Zhen's affection for Luo Qingzhi.
"It's okay, it's okay, you know it now, don't wear it anymore in the future." Zhixin comforted.
Zhi thought about it, helped people to the end, and continued: "As for the selection, in terms of the literary examination, among the people I know, the most literate is Arlo. ”
"But Arlo won't help me." Gao Zhen said, and lowered his eyes as he spoke.
Zhixin said: "Erlang, do you know, the fierce girl is afraid of pestering Lang, you pester her, Aluo is the most soft-hearted." ”
Gao Zhen thought for a moment and nodded.
"As for the martial arts test, I can only find Feng Zinan, but it is difficult for this person to not enter the oil and salt."
“......”
Gao Zhen was a little deflated when he heard Zhixin's words, and Zhixin hurriedly comforted him and said, "However, Feng Zinan listens to Ah Luo's words the most, didn't Ah Luo say, can you find anyone to help." ”
Gao Zhen's face instantly looked better, and Zhixin said again: "But, Erlang, you, you haven't practiced martial arts at all before, I'm afraid it's difficult." ”
Gao Zhen was a little more discouraged and said, "Sister Zhixin, are you here to encourage me or hit me?" ”
Zhixin smiled awkwardly and said, "Of course it's encouragement, it's encouragement." ”
Following Zhixin's suggestion, Gao Zhen came to the study to find Luo Qingzhi.
He pointed to his waist, which was empty, and said, "Arlo, I didn't know that the sachet would cause you to have a seizure, I have already taken it off." ”
Luo Qingzhi looked at it, and there was indeed no sachet left, so she let out a faint "um", indicating that she knew. He continued to read the messages of the ministers in his hand.
Sensing that Gao Zhen hadn't left yet, he asked, "What?" Anything else? ”
Gao Zhen said: "I can't understand those books, Ah Luo will help me talk about them." ”
Luo Qingzhi sighed and said, "I remember I told you yesterday that you have to come over by yourself." ”
"But, Alo, you also said that I can ask anyone in the house for help, Alo...... Aren't you from the county lord's mansion? Gao Zhen retorted.
Luo Qingzhi was speechless for a while, got up, took a few more books on the shelf, handed them to him and said: "Reading is like building a house, the foundation must be solid, the books you chose in the morning, although they are classics of Chinese culture, but for you to say, they are too obscure, these books, you read them carefully." ”