The twelfth month of the first month of the eleventh year of Sui Ning

Since Emperor Wu Gao Yan ascended the throne, he walked out of the imperial city for the first time, not to inspect the people's conditions, but to see the husband of Luo Qingzhi, the lord of Anning County.

Luo Qingzhi distributed the soldiers of the government according to three teams, and a pair surrounded the main hall, called to maintain order, but in fact, it was to protect Gao Yan in the hall. The other pair paraded around the house, and the last pair guarded the large and small exits of the house to avoid mixing with the Assassins.

The candidates for the three examinations have already arrived, and Luo Qingzhi did not let the people from the Ministry of Rites read out the questions, but read them out in person.

Today, Luo Qingzhi no longer combs the single flute, but combs the woman's snake hair, but there is no decoration, wearing a goose-yellow dress and a white coat, there is an indescribable sense of tenderness and gentleness.

Although many people in the DPRK have seen Luo Qingzhi's appearance, they are often dressed as men, and the first time they saw such a woman's dress, everyone couldn't help but take a few more looks.

"Everyone." Luo Qingzhi spoke, and everyone looked at her.

"The question of the third test is very simple, in this county lord's mansion, I have hidden an object that is very valuable to me, before the time of the day, whoever finds that object and gives it to me is my Luo Qingzhi's husband."

Jin Ziji pondered for a while and said, "What is the specific, has the county lord informed the Ministry of Rites?" ”

Luo Qingzhi smiled, took out the paper from her sleeve, and handed it to Lord Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites.

"The answer has been handed over to Lord Li, don't worry, Lord Jin, I will not cheat for personal gain."

Luo Qingzhi's explanation made everyone feel a lot more at ease.

Su Yan asked: "What are the characteristics of this valuable thing, we can find it." ”

Luo Qingzhi replied, "What is valuable is also the question itself. ”

There was an uproar in the hall, and Luo Qingzhi continued: "You can rummage in my house at will, but the small courtyard on the east side is the residence of my sister, and you can't enter, and you can rummage in other places. ”

As soon as these words came out, there was another commotion.

Jin Zijue didn't say a word, he had already turned around and left, and started to act, and the others asked a few more innocuous questions, and they also acted one after another.

Gao Zhen walked forward and was about to speak, Luo Qingzhi raised the teacup and shook her head, in the eyes of others, Luo Qingzhi was a set of preparations before drinking tea, but Gao Zhen understood that Luo Qingzhi didn't want him to ask questions.

Gao Zhen and Qin Shu also went out one after another, and only the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Zongzheng Temple, as well as Gao Yan behind the screen, were left in the hall.

Huang Su walked out and came to Li Shangshu, just a glance signaled, Li Shangshu instantly understood, and presented the paper in his hand with both hands.

Gao Yan behind the screen opened the paper, and it was a hairpin, more precisely, a wooden hairpin.

Gao Yan folded the paper and asked, "Who gave her a gift?" ”

Huang Shi naturally heard this question, but he was not sure if his emperor was asking him, so he asked softly, "Is Your Majesty asking the slave?" ”

Gao Yan didn't answer, and Huang Shi didn't dare to continue to speak. In silence, Luo Qingzhi walked in.

"Your Majesty, it will take a lot of time to come, do you want to go to the inner hall to rest for a while."

Gao Yan said: "No, I want to see it, see it with my own eyes." ”

Gao Yan casually looked at Luo Qingzhi, who was rarely dressed in women's clothes, and when her eyes moved to her waist, she didn't see the piece of white jade for the first time, and she was immediately displeased.

Luo Qingzhi noticed his gaze and pretended to tidy up her dress, revealing the piece of white jade that was blocked by the fabric.

Gao Yan's face turned around and took a sip of tea, hiding Fang Cai's expression.

Gao Zhen and Qin Shu discussed in the corner. Gao Zhen was a little worried, "Just let them rummage around the house at will, is it really okay?" ”

Qin Shu smiled and said, "Don't worry, Second Son, we all sorted it out last night, and they won't find anything." ”

Gao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, that's good." ”

Qin Shu sighed and said, "Second son, don't worry about others coming, think about it, what does the master care about?" ”

"......" Gao Zhen was silent for a while and said, "Actually, I probably know. ”

Qin Shu was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically: "Huh? Well, let's go find it. ”

Gao Zhen grabbed him and said, "Don't worry, let's take our time, since Ah Luo let them search in the mansion, they naturally have other intentions, we are not in a hurry." ”

"Oh" Qin Shu felt for the first time that this Gao Zhen was still quite compatible with his master, and without knowing anything, he guessed that the master had other intentions.

"Still." Qin Shu was still a little curious, "Second son, what is the important thing in this master's mouth?" ”

Gao Zhen lowered his head and snickered, looking embarrassed, "Don't you think there's something missing in Arlo's hair today?" ”

"What's missing?" Qin Shu asked rhetorically.

"A hairpin, it's a hairpin." Gao Zhen replied in the affirmative.

Gao Zhen continued: "However, I'm not so sure, Arlo's hair ornament is so strange today, it won't be just me who can notice, so let others confirm my thoughts first." ”

Qin Shu looked at Gao Zhen and nodded affirmatively again, thinking, "The second son and the master are indeed very compatible, wilted. ”

Sure enough, as Gao Zhen expected, Jin Ziji also thought of this floor, and after he left the main hall, he went straight to Luo Qingzhi's room. Jin Zijue followed behind him, trotted a few steps, and patted him on the shoulder.

"Brother, where are you going?"

Jin Ziji said gently: "There is no destination yet, go anywhere." ”

"But what do I think, brother, I have already thought about it," Jin Zijue said, pointing to Luo Qingzhi's courtyard and asking, "Does Brother know where this is?" ”

“...... I don't know. Jin Ziji replied.

Jin Zijue thought for a while and said, "Brother, I have something to tell you, last night, my mother ......."

"I don't want to hear it." Jin Ziji directly refused.

Jin Zijue wanted to speak again, but Su Yan had already followed.

"Lord Jin, General Jin, so coincidentally?" Su Yan said with a smile.

Jin Ziji returned the salute and said, "Master Su also thought of it?" ”

Su Yan instantly understood the meaning of Jin Ziji's words, no longer hidden, nodded, and said, "Yes." ”

Jin Ziji nodded, "Okay, then, let's play fair." ”

The three of them entered Luo Qingzhi's courtyard one after another, and Qin Shu and Gao Zhen, who deliberately came slowly, watched silently.

"Second son, are we waiting outside the door?" Qin Shu asked.

Gao Zhen nodded, "Wait and see, don't rush." ”

The three people who entered the courtyard searched separately, and finally concentrated in Luo Qingzhi's room, on her dresser, there were many boxes, as if to maintain their own bones, the three of them were not very eager to search, but opened them one by one.

The wooden hairpin given by Gao Zhen was placed in front of him, but no one paid attention to it.

Half an hour later, the three of them left the courtyard with different beads.

"Do you want to come in now?" Qin Shu asked.

Gao Zhen said, "Let's go, let's go in." ”

When Gao Zhen looked at the wooden hairpin obediently placed on the dresser, he couldn't help laughing.

Qin Shu didn't know why, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Gao Zhen picked up the hairpin and said, "Ah Luo, it's really interesting, they're really interesting, the answer is right in front of you......"

"Well, now that we've got it, let's go back." Qin Shu said.

"There's no hurry." Gao Zhen said.

"So, what are we going to do now?" Qin Shu asked.

Gao Zhen said: "Let's stay in this courtyard and see, what do other people want to do?" ”

The two hid in the shade of the tree in front of Luo Qingzhi's room, and after a while, Jin Zijue went and returned.

He entered the room, but after a cup of tea, he came out again, and Gao Zhen said to Qin Shu: "I'll go in and take a look, you are guarding here." ”

"yes, okay."

Qin Shu stayed where he was, watching Gao Zhen choose to enter the room alone according to Luo Qingzhi's speculation, nodded unconsciously, and shook his head, nodding his head because he admired his master's power, shaking his head, worried that Gao Zhen had fallen into someone else's trap after all.

"Hey, I hope everything is as the master calculated."

Another cup of tea, Gao Zhen came out again, and Qin Shu asked, "What?" Is there anything out of the ordinary? ”

“...... No, let's go back. Gao Zhen said.

The two left one after the other, but Qin Shu frowned slightly, he clearly saw that there was something in Gao Zhen's arms.

When Gao Zhen and Qin Shu returned to the main hall, many people also came back, holding different things in their hands.

Luo Qingzhi looked at Qin Shu, who nodded slightly.

Luo Qingzhi understood, coughed, and said, "I see that many sons have already been selected, so it's better to come to Lord Shangshu to check." ”

The people in the hall looked at each other first, and no one wanted to be the first. Everyone unanimously set their sights on the second son of the Jin family.

I thought it would be the first place for the eldest son, but I didn't expect that this time, Jin Zijue did take the lead.

He took a jade hairpin and came to Master Shangshu.

Li Shangshu asked, "Second Prince Jin, are you sure?" ”

Jin Zijue nodded, and there was even some helplessness in his words, "It's confirmed." ”

Li Shangshu shook his head, "It's not this." ”

When Jin Zijue heard the answer, he did not hesitate at all, and bowed and retreated.

Luo Qingzhi looked at Jin Zijue, lowered her head and thought for a while, then turned sideways to Luo Chen and said, "It's Jin Zijue, you can prepare." ”

"Yes."

At this time, Jin Ziji held the golden hairpin in his hand, a little hesitant, and was about to look for it again, but was called by Luo Qingzhi.

"Ziji, don't you come up?"

Luo Qingzhi's words were gentle, and there was even a hint of a hint in her eyes, Jin Ziji thought that this was a positive answer, and put aside the hesitation of Xia Cai, stepped forward, and handed the golden hairpin.

"Your Excellency, please check."

Li Shangshu looked at it for a while, looked at Jin Ziji, and finally shook his head.

Jin Ziji instantly looked at Luo Qingzhi, who smiled slightly, quickly looked away, and he looked for Luo Qingzhi's eyes.

"Second Prince Luo, it's your turn." Luo Qingzhi's voice came, Jin Ziji clenched his fists, and his eyes were fierce.

Gao Zhen stared at Luo Qingzhi directly, stepped forward step by step, came to Li Shangshu, and spread out his palms.

Li Shangshu picked it up and observed it carefully, read it over and over again, and refused to read it.

"What? Lord Shangshu still hasn't announced it? Luo Qingzhi's words are gentle, but she gives people a sense of deterrence that cannot be ignored.

Li Shangshu got up and solemnly announced.

"The second son of the Luo family, Luo Jinchao, wins."