After another three days, the words on Lei Shuangjian's face really faded gradually, Lei Shuangjian was overjoyed, secretly thinking that Xia Zhen had been removed, and the words on his face had disappeared.

On this day, Lei Shuangjian held a banquet to entertain Fang Langzhong, thanked him for his healing work, and only ordered Lei Zhao to accompany him. After three glasses of wine, Fang Langzhong lay down on the table. Lei Shuangjian slowly stood up and poured the residual wine in the cup to the ground: "Bury it." ”

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The king of Bac Ninh found a guqin score in Nanshi, and the music contained in it was very strange, and there were many irrationalities in playing according to the score. The king of Bac Ninh had a limited level of piano skills, and he thought that Yue Xian was proficient in music and rhythm, and he had not seen Yue Xian for many days, so he missed it very much, so he took the piano score and went to the Jiyu Garden lightly. When he arrived in the garden, he saw that Yue Xian was about to go out, and the king of Beining said: "It's not the right time for the foolish brother to come. ”

Yue Xian smiled: "I was about to go to my brother's place, but I didn't want my brother to come first." As he spoke, he let the king of Bac Ninh into the house.

The two talked a few words, and the king of Bac Ninh took out the piano score and said: "Brother Yu recently got a guqin score, which is very strange, and he can't figure out how to do it after a few days. The virtuous brother is proficient in music, so it is better to give it a try. ”

Yue Xian took the piano score, looked through it, couldn't help frowning, and only looked up after a while, and said: "Weird, weird, playing like this, it seems that the song can't be tuned, and the tune can't be tuned." Could it be that someone scribbled it before?"

King Bac Ninh said: "Brother Fool thinks the same way, but although this score is old, the binding is very exquisite, not like a work of random graffiti." ”

Yue Xian nodded: "Brother is reasonable. ”

The king of Beining said: "The foolish brother doesn't understand the piano theory, so give this piano score to the virtuous brother, if it is a good song, it will not be buried in the hands of the virtuous brother." If it's a graffiti work, the virtuous brother should relieve his boredom!"

Yue Xian accepted it with a smile, and told Xiaotong to put it away and study it again when it was empty. The king of Bac Ninh asked, "There will be a big bustle in the capital tomorrow, and the virtuous brother must have heard of it?"

Yue Xian said with a smile: "How could you not know that the second princess's recruitment of relatives has caused a storm in the city." I heard that even the king of the Eastern Qing Dynasty, who had rarely returned to Beijing, had returned. ”

The king of Beining said: "The second emperor brother is in danger in the southern border of Xiang Kingdom, and it is rare to return to Beijing on weekdays, and this time he came back for the sake of his sister-in-law's recruitment." In the past many years, there has never been such a lively scene in the capital. "Emperor Xiang had four younger brothers, who were divided into the kings of the Eastern Qing Dynasty, the kings of Nanping, the kings of Xijing, and the kings of Beining. The king of the Eastern Qing Dynasty was the only one of the four princes in charge of military power, and one of them held the second position of governor of Weizhou. The southern border of Xiang country has Zheng, Tong and Wei three states bordering Nanqiao, the border of Zhengzhou and Tongzhou are lofty mountains and mountains, birds and beasts are difficult to travel, so Xiang Guo and Nanqiao can only pass through Weizhou, this Weizhou is the important border defense of the southern border of Xiang country. After Emperor Xiang succeeded to the throne, he handed over the heavy responsibility of the southern border defense to the hands of the eldest brother of the Eastern Qing Dynasty, which was twenty-two years, and in the past twenty-two years, the Eastern Qing Dynasty King was also conscientious in his duties and kept the southern border of Xiang safe.

Yue Xian said: "I was going to find my brother just now for this reason, and I want to ask my brother to take a few of us in to see the excitement." ”

The King of Beining said with a smile: "With such a lively scene, it is natural to take the virtuous brother to take a look." Brother Fool has ordered someone to prepare a tea party in advance, and eight or nine people can also sit down, you might as well call Eamon, Xiaotong and others, and we will watch the relatives while drinking tea. ”

Without waiting for Yue Xian to answer, Yimeng stood up and said, "Okay, okay, it's still the prince who thinks thoughtfully." Yue Xian smiled helplessly: "Sure enough, you are indispensable for any excitement." Aemon stuck out his tongue and sat back down. Everyone laughed again, and the king of Bac Ninh took his leave and returned home.

As soon as the sky was bright on the second day, the king of Bac Ninh sent someone to invite Yue Xian over, and Yue Xian took Yimeng and Xiaotong to the palace of Bac Ninh. After a little preparation, the people set out. The recruitment meeting was arranged in the Huben Military Academy in the outer city, and Emperor Xiang and the Queen Mother sat on the high platform in the middle of the north side of the school, Empress Cheng sat next to the Queen Mother, and the princes and princesses sat on both sides. The east head is the seat of the four princes, and the west head is the princes in Beijing. On the east and west sides of the school grounds are the ministers of the court and the central government. The south side of the school yard is fenced off, and outside the fence are some people watching the bustle. On the north side of the school grounds, there are two rows of tables and chairs, one for the five candidates and the other for the three examiners of the Cultural Museum.

Before dawn, many people had already gathered in the south of the school grounds, and then the ministers and royal ministers also came to the school grounds one after another. Yue Xian and the others sat down in the tea seat with the king of Beining, and the king of Beining said: "Everyone have some snacks, and I will go and say hello to a few imperial brothers." With that, he walked over. Everyone's eyes followed the figure of the king of Beining, but the nearest one was the tea party of King Xijing, who was wide and fat, with a fair complexion, sparse beard at the corners of his mouth, and a kind appearance, and five concubines sitting beside him. In the past, it was the tea party of the king of Nanping, but the king of Nanping and the king of Xijing looked very different, the figure was thin, the complexion was red and black, the clothes were very simple, a long beard hung down to the chest, there were faint fairy bones, and he sat with an old man dressed as a Taoist. In the past, it is the tea house of the king of the Eastern Qing Dynasty, the king of the Eastern Qing Dynasty is strong, the skin is bronzed, and the eyes are like torches, which is very majestic. Yue Xian and the others secretly thought in their hearts: he is worthy of being called "Xiang Guohu" by Nanqiao, although he is far away, being looked at by him can still make people feel pressure. Sitting with the king of the Eastern Qing Dynasty were Feng Weiming, Lei Shuangjian, and Xu Wen, presumably because the sons of these three were all candidates for the concubine, so they were accompanied by the king of the Eastern Qing Dynasty and sat here together, while the other two candidates, Shen Juan and You Sidao's fathers, had passed away.

After the king of Bac Ninh greeted everyone, he sat back. Yue Xian asked quietly, "Who is the person sitting with King Ping?" King Beining covered his fan and said softly: "It's the head of the sea bamboo road." ”

Yue Xian let out a "huh" and asked, "But the one from Yuji Mountain?"

"Exactly. ”

"Why is he here?" Yue Xian had heard his father and two uncles talk about the Qingyuan Sect in Yuji Mountain, Zhengzhou, and his twentieth head of Haizhu Dao was named Tonghaikuan, who had been a big thief when he was young, and used to use a ghost-headed knife. At the age of forty, for some reason, he suddenly ran to the Qingyuan Sect in Zhengzhou to become a Taoist monk, and worshiped the then head of Huaguang as a teacher, and changed his name to Haizhu. Twelve years later, Huaguang Dao Changxian passed away, and passed the position of head of the sect to Haizhu. Over the years, although the relatives and friends of those who had died under his knife wanted to seek revenge on him, the Wangchuan Peak where the Qing Yuan Sect was located was extremely steep, and unless there was an extremely light skill, he would not be able to climb it at all, so naturally he would not be able to find him. After he became the head of the school, he changed his past temperament and did more good deeds, and his former enemies have either passed away over the years, or they have forgotten their hatred, and slowly no one is looking for revenge anymore.

Seeing that Yue Xian was silent, the King of Beining said, "Could it be that Yue Jian Villa also has something to do with Haizhu Daoist?"

(End of Chapter 24)