Jiang Xingren hesitated for a while, looked up at the sky, and saw that he had missed the time to enter the Spring Examination. Finally, he shook his head in disappointment.

He limped behind Pei Chun.

He had prepared for the Spring Examination, which was held once every three years, for a long time, but just because of bad luck, he stayed in that inn.

Gone……

It was clearly agreed before we checked in that it would only cost one ingot of silver for three days, but this morning the price was raised to one ingot of gold for one day.

If he doesn't give it to me, I'll drag him into this alley and beat him up.

As a result, he missed the entrance time for the Spring Examination.

It is really……

Pei Chun was too lazy to think about the expression of the person behind him. He just moved his ears slightly and found the prince who was rescuing the students of the Spring Examination who were being beaten by thugs in a nearby alley.

She curled her lips, picked up Jiang Xingren with nimble movements, and while hiding from the sight of the secret guards, she lifted him onto the not-so-low roof.

Regardless of the fact that Jiang Xingren's face was pale with fear, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the beatings happening in two alleys in the distance.

Jiang Xingren is not blind, and the view from the roof is very good.

He tried hard to keep his body steady on the roof covered with snow.

Looking at the snow on the roof that had not melted yet, I finally understood why this young lady prepared pure white clothes.

He looked in the direction of Pei Chun's finger.

From a distance, he saw two familiar students being beaten in two adjacent alleys on the left and right.

They all lived in the same inn with him, but they could not afford the inn's exorbitant prices.

On the left, in an alley only one person’s width, the kicking and beating lasted for a full quarter of an hour.

The sound of the wooden wheel began to sound.

Jiang Xingren immediately set his sights on him.

Is this the prince?

The prince below had a pale face and waved his hand. A group of people rushed out from behind him and captured those thugs.

The prince was pushed forward from a distance with a smile on his face, and personally helped up the student who had fallen to the ground.

He even said a few words of comfort in a proper manner.

Then, the students who had passed the Spring Examination bowed and expressed their gratitude to the prince.

After a while, in the alley on the other side, the situation of the previous unlucky student taking the spring examination was repeated, like a play.

It just seemed ridiculous.

Jiang Xingren remained silent as he was picked up by Pei Chun and jumped on the roof. He watched six people being rescued by the prince one after another.

The Sixth Prince did the same thing.

Today, almost all the alleys in the capital are filled with innocent students taking the imperial examinations.

Pei Chun, on the other hand, raised his eyebrows and used his brain for a rare moment.

She understood that the prince had so many men because of his private army, but where did all these guards under the Sixth Prince come from?

Something's wrong!

In the royal family, the number of guards is clearly stipulated. If there is more than one, the person will be impeached by the censors. In serious cases, the person may be accused of stationing troops for rebellion.

But now the number of guards on the Sixth Prince's side is no less than that of the Crown Prince. Something is wrong, very wrong.

Pei Chun kept this matter in mind.

Over there, Jiang Xingren took a deep breath, and when he landed, his legs weak as he held onto the wall beside him.

"Next time you look for an inn, be more careful. If you don't have anywhere to go, go to the residence of the Minister of Revenue and find Pei Qing and ask him to arrange a place for you."

After giving the reminder, Pei Chun threw a bulging bag of silver at the man.

He waved his hand gracefully and turned away.

As long as this person doesn't defect to the Crown Prince and the Sixth Prince, it will be fine.

This is to prevent people from being kept in the dark and being forced to do things they don’t want to do out of gratitude, which would affect the eldest princess.

It was as a way of repaying him for speaking up for her in front of the prince in her previous life.

As for whether this person will work for the Pei Mansion or for her, it doesn’t matter.

She still remembers vividly how she felt when she was forced to do something she didn't like in her previous life.

When she is sincere, she will not force others.

However, Pei Chun still heard Jiang Xingren bending down behind him, his clothes rubbing against each other: "Jiang Xingren will definitely repay you for your kindness today."

She smiled, shrugged indifferently, turned around and disappeared into the alley.

Jiang Xingren, who stayed where he was, pulled over a passerby and asked, "Excuse me, brother, where is the residence of the Minister of Revenue?"

*

The sun sets.

In the evening, Pei Chun walked to the door where the results of the Spring Examination were announced and waited for his brothers to come out.

Apart from the guards at the gate, there were only a few servants waiting at the door for their masters.

Normally, the students inside will not be able to come out until three days later.

But if nothing unexpected happens, Pei Chun's brothers will give up participating in the Spring Examination tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

After all, they still had to go to Lanxiangyuan to drink wine in the evening.

Go and investigate carefully to find out what is in the tunnel of Lanxiangyuan.

This time she asked Gu Yuan to help and bring many poisonous insects. It would be best if they could capture or kill the poison-controlling people under the prince!

This unknown Gu Master is really dangerous. It's strange to say, it's been almost two months, and the Gu Master has been hiding and has not even gone out of the Prince's Mansion to see the injured Prince.

It is probably true as Gu Yuan said, the number of poisonous insects has dropped sharply and it will take a long time to recover.

Pei Chun was so absorbed in his thoughts that when he turned around, he saw the prince being pushed out of the door slowly.

It looked like he had just finished the exam and was about to leave.

Pei Chun's eyes flashed, and he secretly felt unlucky in his heart.

He bowed his head and said, "Greetings, His Royal Highness."

Although they had confronted each other in the court a few months ago, the Pei family was still a subject outside.

If Pei Chun showed any disrespect towards the prince, it would easily cause rumors in the princess's mansion.

So we still have to practice etiquette honestly.

She was still wearing men's clothes at this time, but the prince still recognized her based on her face that looked extremely similar to the four Pei brothers.

He sat in a heavy wooden wheelchair, his face pale.

Instead, he squinted his eyes, with a cheerful and bright smile on his lips: "Sister Chun'er, are you waiting for a few cousins ​​here?"

Pei Chun smiled and nodded, his eyes falling on his legs: "Yes, how is your highness now?"

As she spoke, she held her breath secretly and then shrugged her nose after a while.

I was sure that I smelled a very faint stench of decay, masked by the incense, as if something was rotting.

"Fortunately, the assassin couldn't hurt me, your brother the Crown Prince!

But Chun'er also knew that Gu had just been released from house arrest, and his bones had become weak, so he always wanted to come out and relax.

Now you can come to my mansion at will, Chun'er, please come to the prince's mansion more often to play with your sister-in-law when you have the chance.

It's getting dark, so I'll leave first."

After saying this, the young eunuch behind the prince slowly pushed the person away.

Pei Chun bowed and squinted his eyes when he lowered his head.

Whenever the Crown Prince saw the children from the Princess's Mansion before, he would definitely pull them aside to have a good chat. Why did he walk so fast today, contrary to his usual behavior?

However, after the prince passed by her, she finally confirmed that the faint stench was coming from him.

Rancid smell...

The prince is the heir to the throne, and he has a group of people serving him, so how could there be a rotten smell on his body?

Her mind was working so fast that she didn't notice her brothers coming out. It was her second brother Pei Cui who patted Pei Chun on the shoulder to wake him up.

She was stunned, thinking of the rotten smell on the prince's body, and was a little confused: "Second brother, under what circumstances would a person have a rotten smell?"

The second brother Pei Cui thought seriously for a while, then spoke gently: "But are you injured anywhere?

If the wound continues to fester and does not heal properly, it will have this smell. "

Pei Chun recalled Feng Huan's report on the method of curing the prince's legs, and asked tentatively, "What if someone has a broken leg?

Then someone sewed it up like clothes, is it possible that there was this rancid smell?"

The second brother Pei Cui paused slightly.

He glanced at the three siblings around him, and said with tacit understanding, “According to what Daddy once said, if the needle and thread for sewing clothes are clean, it is not difficult to sew up the injured person.

But my dad said that the stitches must be kept very clean and must be removed after the wound has healed. If they are not removed, there will be a risk of infection.

It is said that it will rot.

It’s similar to what you said today.”

Although Pei Cui didn't understand what infection meant, it should be the same as being contaminated by dirty things.

Pei Chun sighed. She didn’t know whether the prince’s wound was rotten or not.

You have to ask the people serving the prince to find out that Feng Huan's legs were broken.

With a broken leg, he limped along to help the prince deal with the issues concerning the candidates for the Spring Examination. There is no news yet on the situation in the prince's mansion.

"But if it is treated by Li Shenzhi, it will indeed rot." The second brother Pei Cui said confidently.

"Why? Brother, do you know that great doctor Li?" Pei Chun asked curiously.

Just as the second brother Pei Cui was about to speak, the third brother Pei Zhan beside him finally turned his attention to the two siblings who were talking.

"What's the matter? The prince's leg is rotten?" Pei Zhan interrupted in a shocking way.

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