"This ...... Didn't we already promise him to bet on An Jin as a guarantee? Kang Huang was puzzled.

"Hmph, in previous years, the top of the list has always belonged to the Manshan School, even if it is the Dianmei School, it is necessary to avoid its edge, and never because one or two people can turn against the sky. Although I don't know who this young man is, and I don't know what his relationship is with Master Taishi, but the Mangshan School has been loyal and good for generations, even if he brings a letter to Taishi, it can't change it in the slightest. ”

Chang Yong said: "What's more, I heard that An Jin seems to have no foundation, but in fact, he is biased towards the former Mingxin School everywhere, and everything is based on Shi Yi and Zhang Lianke's master and apprentice, which is just the opposite of the taboo of the Taishi." It is expected that the master will naturally deal with it impartially! ”

……

Qiu Shaohu walked out of the gambling house directly, even though the people outside looked at him with suspicious eyes, he was unmoved and left directly.

It seems that he has just bet a million, and it has nothing to do with him.

It wasn't even a few steps before he felt some movement.

I thought that the gambling house sent someone to follow him, which was all predictable.

However, in the blink of an eye, he saw that in an alley, a person suddenly fell to the ground without warning.

……

"Oh no, no......" In the gambling house, Kang Huang panicked and came back to report: "Something happened!" ”

"What's wrong?" Chang Yong frowned.

"Outside, a man died......"

"Those gamblers, a few die every day, just clean it up, why make all the fuss." Chang Yong waved his hand impatiently.

"No, that's not the point," Kang Huang swallowed before continuing: "It's the young man just now, after he found out about it, and then he ...... Gone, we've lost him......"

"Lost?" Chang never expected that he would lose the other party's trace so easily.

……

"Hehe, look, isn't that Wu Lao Liu on the ground?"

"That is, this gambler, if he loses his fortune, he dares to come to the gambling house again?"

"I don't know what he lost this time, so that he pretended to be dead like this?"

"Who knows, anyway, every time he loses everything, he just can't get up when he lies on the ground, expecting others to pity and lend him some money so that he can gamble again, what a thing."

"Let's go, let's go, leave him alone."

Everyone in the four places was used to this, so they didn't take that person to fall any surprise.

Qiu Shaohu vaguely noticed something, was taken aback, and quickly stepped forward to the other party's side, "What's wrong with you?" But the moment his hands touched each other, he understood what was going on.

This person did not pretend to be dead and faint, he obviously still had a warm feeling on his body, but he had already lost his breath, and his whole body was soft, as if the muscles and bones of his whole body had collapsed, as if he was being swallowed up by some fierce beast all of a sudden.

It was the first time he had seen such an evil method.

"What the hell is going on?" In all directions, it seems that there is no indication of who is the poisoner.

However, at the end of the alley, a black shadow was reflected in his torch-like yellow eyes, and it flashed from that side.

"Don't go!" Qiu Shaohu's body was like electricity, and he chased after him in the blink of an eye.

If they are playing tricks again this time, they will take the opportunity to catch them first, and prevent them from scheming themselves in secret. As the saying goes, "only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a thousand days to prevent thieves", if you don't seize the opportunity to solve the other party as soon as possible, watch out for the other party every day, sooner or later there will be a day when you can't prevent it.

The shadow was so fast that no matter how much he tried to catch up, he couldn't get any distance.

In the capital, there are many such alleys, the roads are complicated, and after a few repeated turns, the shadow is completely lost.

Qiu Shaohu chased to the end, looked around, and could no longer see any traces of the other party's appearance.

And right in front of me, I have reached the end of the alley, sealing all the way out.

Did it disappear out of thin air?

"Or is it heaven and earth?" Qiu Shaohu had no reason, and suddenly had such an idea, and he felt funny.

However, shaking the wit is one thing, and the traces that should be found still need to be found.

At this moment, he was in the corner of the wall, and heard some small sounds, as if something was hidden there.

This subtle tremor might normally be ignored, but at this sensitive moment, he still concentrates all his energy, paying attention to the place where the sound comes from.

Then, he saw that the cat had been coming out of a hole in the corner, and the little guy seemed to mind that Qiu Shaohu had encroached on its territory, and his whole body was fried, and he was intimidating him in a low voice.

"Did I bother you?" Qiu Shaohu couldn't help laughing, as if he felt funny looking at a cat threatening him, "It's okay, I'll leave immediately." ”

As he spoke, he noticed that the cat's eyes were surging with an unnatural blackness.

"That's ......"

"Meow!"

The cat made a fierce sound, and it was almost impossible to imagine that its small body could make such a fierce cry.

pounced towards Qiu Shaohu, and then bit Qiu Shaohu's hand.

Qiu Shaohu was motionless, the cat's limbs were hanging in the air, biting his hand but not letting go. The sharp teeth made him feel pain, but in reality the cat didn't bite him at all. As early as in the snowy mountains, his muscles and skin were tempered by the cruel environment so amazingly that even ordinary wild wolves could not cause him scars, let alone a cat.

"Demonic spirit." From this cat, Qiu Shaohu felt the aura that shouldn't exist, "It's not a demonic aura formed by spontaneous cultivation, it's more like someone forcibly poured in." ”

Qiu Shaohu waved his hand, and the cat was thrown to the ground by him, and he easily got out of trouble.

But the cat was not satisfied, and still eyed him.

"Hurry up and go away, I'm not in the mood to spend time here with you." Qiu Shaohu seemed to be giving an eviction order.

However, as soon as he spoke, there were noisy voices one after another, and many strange things appeared here, blocking his way in all directions.

Three wild dogs came running and blocked his back path; A swarm of rats crawled out of the tunnel and ran towards him; Not only a flock of crows flew in the sky, but even a large swarm of bees came out of nowhere and "buzzed......

All of a sudden, I was surrounded by layers.

And a similar scene, when I first came to Kangjing, I experienced it.

"Monsters," Qiu Shaohu thought to himself, "but today, when the test starts." ”

……

"Please enter the school in an orderly manner, enter the single room assigned to the examination room, and don't forget to receive three candles before entering, and after entering, you are not allowed to talk at will, waiting for the distribution of the test papers!"

In the examination room, after the initial incense burning, the chief examiner took the lead in leading hundreds of students to worship heaven and earth in accordance with the rules of etiquette, and under the edict of the eunuch, the most important matter for the imperial scholars, the whole process of the examination presided over by the Ministry of Rites finally began today.

With the smell of incense that has not yet dissipated, many students rushed to the examination room, as if they were in a hurry to compete for something, or they ran slowly here, and they would be left behind when they answered the questions later, and they did not dare to relax or slack off.

Only An Jin, walking in the crowd is not fast or slow, slow and methodical, carrying his bag on his back, holding a folding fan in one hand, is he holding the bachelor's mirror on the bridge of his nose, this look is not so much to catch the exam, but more like to take a walk.

But it's normal for him to do this, when he thinks about it. His small body, if he rushed forward like everyone else, he was afraid that before he could run out two steps, he would be thrown aside by others......

He was almost the slowest before he walked into the exam room. Seeing that the private room I was assigned to was in front, I was about to step in.

"Is this Brother An?" A voice suddenly came from the side.

An Jin turned his head, looked up, and saw a bachelor with a Chinese character face standing tall in front of him. He thought for a moment, and then said, "Lan Qizhuo? ”

"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed," Lan Qizhuo said with a smile: "It's hard to be embarrassed that it's only one side, and Brother An can still remember it." ”

"It's okay, it's okay." An Jin replied casually. In fact, I didn't remember the other party too much, and it was true that there was only one side of the exchange between the scholars as he said, and the reason why I could remember it was nothing more than in An Jin's impression, this person was not only tall, but also had straight shoulders and a rectangular face......

"At this time of year, there is always a group of people in the gambling house who will win the top spot. I've heard that some people have spent a lot of money to bet on Brother An's ability to dominate the crowd," Lan Qizhuo arched his hand and said, "I'll congratulate Brother An first." ”

"It's just a group of people joining in the fun, what does it have to do with me? And how to congratulate? An Jin was indifferent, "Besides, what's the point of guessing the ranking?" The purpose of the exam is not to make people compete for one or two, but to make the best use of their talents. Talent has learned, and the writing is natural and wonderful. And the so-called ranking is just an evaluation of others, and what impact does it have on one's own knowledge? ”

"Oh, then according to Brother An's meaning, that is, in your opinion, this first book is what you deserve, and you don't even need to compete with others? Even if it's down, it's not in your eyes? Lan Qi Zhuoxin said that he finally came to be polite, but the other party was so faceless, and he was really angry.

An Jin was a little bored, originally the other party suddenly came to talk to him, and he didn't like it.

Just as he was about to say a few perfunctory words at will, a shout from the herald eunuch suddenly stopped from the flat ground:

"The examiner has arrived—"

Accompanied by the sound, a group of people slowly walked in from the gate, these people were all dressed in red court clothes, embroidered with various patterns from birds and beasts to unicorn auspiciousness, representing the most honorable honor of the imperial court. With the appearance of the important ministers of the court, the atmosphere present has changed, and although they have not yet given orders, they have already made the heavens and the earth surrender to their majesty.

Especially the first person, over fifty years old but the complexion is not declining, long eyebrows and long hair, eyebrows and eyes are sharp, just like the door god of the New Year's painting to suppress evil, but in every gesture, but full of the demeanor of the literati, elegant and elegant, people are unconsciously impressed and infected by it.

This person is the first examiner of this examination, the only two Zhengyipin officials in the dynasty, and Taishi Duan Houxing.