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"The first question." Yan Yuge paused for a moment, and then asked, "What is the relationship between Your Majesty and Dugu Liu?"

"It's the relationship between Brother Liu and Xiao Qin." Yan Qin's answer was very cunning, he was right, they are indeed the relationship between Brother Liu and Xiao Qin now, Dugu Liu doesn't know his identity as the emperor yet .

"Second question: Do you like Dugu Liu? I mean the kind of liking between men and women."

Yan Qin answered this question without pressure: "Of course I like Brother Liu, but it's not between a man and a woman. Then it's my turn. Uncle Wang asked for a book in Xiangshan, but he already had something in his heart." people?"

Yan Yuge answered equally honestly: "No."

This answer is really unattractive, Yan Qin was a little frustrated, wondering if this next question should be asked more creatively.

Yan Yuge asked the third question tonight: "Your Majesty prefers men or women."

When it was his turn to ask this question, the little emperor hesitated: "I don't know."

"I don't know what it means?" The regent expressed his dissatisfaction with the answer.

Yan Qin scratched his hair in some annoyance: "I don't know. I don't think there is much difference. Maybe there are more women."

This question was placed in the first life, and he answered that it must be a woman, but the women in the harem of the previous two lives really cast a big shadow on him. He never underestimated women, but he didn't seem to have any pursuit of the so-called stunning beauties The interest of love, as for men, he has never tried it, so he doesn't know if he likes it or not.

"This is the fourth question. Now it's Uncle Wang's turn. I want to know, did Uncle Wang really pretend to be a stunning beauty in the battle eight years ago, when the head of the Turkic king was captured? ?”

Eight years ago, the regent was only 16 years old. He went to the battlefield for the first time, served as a general for the first time, led the army for the first time, and won a battle for the first time. Too many firsts all happened when Yan Yuge was 16 years old. age.

When Yan Qin was very young, he had heard of the great reputation of this young general, including the battle of the Turkic king that the storyteller loved to talk about.That was the first battle Yan Yuge fought, and it was also his first victory, and it was also the beginning of his winning streak in hundreds of battles.

In the stories of Mr. Storyteller, the Turkic army is brave and good at fighting, and they regard their king as a god in the sky. However, the Turkic king is born with supernatural power, capable of carrying a tripod, and has a cruel nature. The only shortcoming is that he likes beautiful women.

At that time, the commander-in-chief of the Yan family army was still Mr. Yan, who was unable to personally lead the troops into battle because he fell into the enemy's poisonous scheme and was injured by the thief's undercover agent.

At that time, the Turkic army had 5 people, and the Yan family army suffered heavy casualties, leaving less than 5000 people.At that time, the enemy army besieged the city and set up camp outside, and food and grass were scarce, so the situation was very bad.

At that time, the main general, Mr. Yan, was injured. Yan Yuge, who was originally just a soldier, brought more than ten Yan family soldiers, disguised themselves, and mixed into the enemy's barracks outside the city.

Of course, the way they sneaked in was also special. Yan Yuge, who was still a young man, turned into a daughter-in-law and went out of the city overnight with his own soldiers, and then was escorted by a caravan disguised as a soldier through the city.

When there were still more than ten miles away from the besieged city of Mr. Yan, the beauty and the merchant team escorting "her" were robbed by the patrolling Turkic soldiers, and they were directly presented to the king who loved beauties very much.

At that time, the lecherous Turkic king was shocked on the spot, and he was obedient to the beauty, and even held a large banquet to celebrate such a beauty.

The Turkic King has always been surrounded by guards with strong martial arts skills. There is only one time when he wants to sleep with his own woman.

It is not that the Turkic king has not been assassinated by women, but he was born with supernatural power and martial arts, and none of those women succeeded.

What's more, this new beauty did not have a hidden weapon on her body. The Turkic king let down his vigilance, but he didn't pay attention, and was wiped on the neck by Yan Yuge, a young general with outstanding martial arts that night.

The soldiers pretending to be merchants also killed many Turkic people at night. More than ten people killed more than 200 elite Turkic soldiers, burned the Turkic granaries, and returned to the city unscathed in the chaos.

That night, the head of the Turkic king was hung above the city.The soldiers led by Yan Qin fought several times with the ownerless Turkic army, and finally waited for reinforcements from the imperial court.

This battle was fierce, Mr. Yan was injured, and the Yan family army suffered heavy casualties, but compared to the number of enemy troops wiped out, this battle was very brilliant.Yan Yuge also became famous from this battle.

This opera was heard by Yan Qin in the palace when he was very young.At that time, Yan Yuge was not yet the regent, and Mr. Yan was not dead.

The troupe who sang this opera originally only sang in the palace, and later Yan Yuge became the regent, and what was mentioned more was the later record. Regarding how the regent won this battle, it is Other more mysterious claims.

It was because Yan Qin had heard this story when he was a child, and he had a good memory and a deep memory. He always felt that the story of the regent sung outside was different from this one, so he kept it on his mind.

It's the third generation, and he finally seized such an opportunity, so he must ask clearly.

Seeing that the regent's answer was not so straightforward, Yan Qin said again: "There are only two of us here. No matter who we are, we can't say anything. No joke."

Yan Yuge didn't really want to answer this question, but instead asked, "Why did you suddenly ask this?"

Yan Qin said: "It's an opera I heard from the palace when I was young. Uncle Wang, this is already the fifth question. You can't skip the question. Uncle Wang, you haven't answered the first one yet."

It was rare that there was a question that could make the Prince Regent's expression fluctuate so much. He was so happy, so he naturally wanted to ask this riddle of the third generation first.

Thinking that no one would believe the little emperor's words, and that this was not something that would damage his image, the regent nodded lightly: "In an unconventional situation, it is natural to use unconventional means. Soldiers never tire of deceit."

Although there is no direct answer to yes or no, these few sentences are enough to give the little emperor an affirmative answer.

The suddenly excited Yan Qin continued: "The fifth question, the Turkic king..."

The regent obviously didn't want to bring up this question again: "There is no fifth one, His Majesty should be sleepy, it's better to rest earlier."

For some reason, he always felt that he would be at a disadvantage if he continued to ask, so he just forcibly interrupted this stupid activity.

The game of telling the truth to each other must be played with the cooperation of the other party. If the regent refuses to cooperate, Yan Qin can't play alone.

He murmured in his heart that the Prince Regent really couldn't afford it, and he didn't show anything on the surface, it would be really sleepy.

His sleeping position is very regular, but he is not afraid of [-], just in case, no one is watching, and it is not safe to be close to the charcoal fire.With the Prince Regent around, even if something unexpected happened, it would be difficult for the Shadow Guard to show up.

Yan Qin looked around, but found no trace of the couch.After some effort, I dragged a few benches over, with the backs of the chairs facing the brazier, rolled up the quilt, climbed onto the chairs and fell asleep with my eyes closed.

Although he took away the quilt, there was still a mattress quilt on the bed that was smashed by the regent earlier, which was left for the regent to use.

In the early morning of the next day, Yan Qin was awakened from his sleep by Chang Xiao who came to pick him up. The charcoal fire in the house had already been extinguished, and there was no sign of the regent.

Seeing the little emperor woke up, Chang Xiao hurriedly brought up the prepared hot water for the little emperor to clean his face and wash his face. He looked at the bed board that had become firewood, and asked nervously, "Your Majesty, what is the name of this room yesterday?" What happened? When the old slave came in, he was scared to death."

God knows that when he came in, he found that the bed in the room was broken into pieces of wood, so he was so scared. Fortunately, in a blink of an eye, he saw the little emperor curled up on the chair. Exhaling white air regularly proves that he is a good person, and he only let go of his heart.

"It's nothing, it's just a small accident." Yan Qin took the cup filled with warm water, rinsed his mouth with bamboo salt, and asked Chang Xiao casually, "Did you see anyone else when you came in?"

Chang laughed and said: "When I was riding in the carriage, I saw the Dugu Willow next door at the door, does that count?"

"No one else?" Yan Qin asked again.

Chang Xiao answered honestly: "No one else." If there were someone else, he would know that the bed was damaged by sleeping, and that his master, a majestic emperor, would have to sleep on such a hard chair. The Chinese New Year is really too pitiful.

Speaking of Chinese New Year, Chang Xiao hurriedly added: "Happy New Year Your Majesty."

As he spoke, he also took out a red envelope from his pocket and handed it to the little emperor.Almost every year, he said the first sentence of Happy New Year to His Royal Highness, and now that His Highness has become His Majesty, he also wants to maintain this tradition.

Yan Qin took the thick red bag, subconsciously touched his body, but failed to find the purse that he usually used.In the past, he would randomly take something from his purse and give it to Chang Xiao as a reward.

That's right, this is outside the palace. In order to make a good impression in front of Dugu Liu, he dressed as simple as possible. He didn't wear anything that was too expensive. He only carried a private seal with him at all times. It is impossible for him to reward Chang Xiao with this private seal.

After fumbling for a long time, he didn't have any silver on him, only the copper coin and an old jade pendant given by the regent.Naturally, the regent's old things cannot be easily rewarded to Chang Xiao, otherwise it would be bad for the regent to see Chang Xiao with him.

The copper coin was even more difficult to take out. He was not as stingy as the regent, who only gave out one copper coin in the red envelope.

"It's Gu's negligence. I didn't have time to prepare a gift for you." Yan Qin felt a little guilty towards Chang Xiao. People's hearts are full of flesh. Since the third generation, Chang Xiao has grown up with him. For so many years, it has always been I often laugh at this old servant to accompany him on New Year's Eve and do my best for him.

As a result, in order to see Dugu Liu last night, he left Chang Xiao alone in the palace, and now he has forgotten Chang Xiao's return gift.

Chang Xiao burst into tears, and took out a brocade handkerchief to wipe away the tears: "It is very good that your majesty has such a heart for this old slave. For this old slave, there is nothing better than your majesty's peace and safety."

"Hui Gonggu will give you a reward, a man will not shed his tears lightly..." Forget it, Chang Xiao is no longer a man, Yan Qin still doesn't mention his sad things.

After washing and changing his clothes, Yan Qin boarded the carriage back to Beijing.It was the end of the new year, and the lively streets were basically full of people walking around, and few shops were open, even if they had free time, there was no fun to visit.

It snowed again last night, and the carriage walked on the thick snow, leaving two deep ruts.Yan Qin lifted the curtain and glanced at the world covered in silver outside, then put it down again, until he returned to his bedroom, he never looked outside again.

Inside the carriage, Yan Qin was holding a small heater, watching Chang Xiao earnestly helping him peel fried crab roe and melon seeds with a small tong.

Waiting for the white melon seeds to be peeled into a hill, he put them on a clean plate and handed them to Yan Qin.

Yan Qin ate a snack, and asked casually, "How is Mr. Nan Guo's progress?"

Chang Xiao said respectfully: "I have written a draft. If your majesty wants to read it, the slave will show it to you?"

Yan Qin shook his head: "Since I have just written a draft, let's wait until I write more."

He remembered something, and confirmed it again to Chang Xiao: "This year's test will still be on the ninth day of the first lunar month."

Chang Xiao replied: "Of course, speaking of it, today is only eight days away, do you want Mr. Nan Guo to also have some rankings on the list, or Mr. Dugu?"

Chang Xiao is also aware of Dugu Liu's situation, because he offended the powerful, he failed the ranking many times, but that powerful was also the same when the first emperor was around.

Some time ago, the regent cleaned the court. The scale was not large, but the dignitary happened to be one of the people who were cleaned out.

"Forget about the southern country, I don't plan to let him out to show his face."

The regent said yesterday that he only realized that he was a broken sleeve ten days ago, but the "Water Conservancy Works" written by Mr. Nan Guo was confiscated by the regent, and that was all a few months ago.If what the regent said is true, I am afraid that when he was reading the book, his ambivalence made the regent angry with Mr. Nan Guo.

"Water Conservancy Works" is still banned. Mr. Nan Guo has to do his best for the emperor because he offended the regent. He doesn't want to get him out, at least he can't oppose the regent on the surface.

As for Dugu Liu: "Without Mr. Deng, brother Dugu will definitely be named on the gold list."

According to his memory, the number one scholar this year should be Xiao Hanshan, the son of the Xiao family.On the original track, he didn't get to know Dugu Liu, Lord Deng didn't stay away from the court in the unprecedented purge, but firmly held a high position in the temple.

In this life, without Deng Lun's hindrance, it must be a breeze for Dugu Liu to stand out.

Originally, he didn't want to let Dugu Liu know his true identity so early, but if Dugu Liu passed the general examination and entered the palace examination, he would definitely meet him. At that time, he just wanted to hide it, and there was no reason to force it .

If Dugu Liu is an official, he must be a good official with good fortune. Yan Qin does not want to make the people of the world suffer for his own selfishness.The news that the regent had broken his sleeve yesterday gave him some confidence, and he still planned to let Dugu Liu take the lead first.

If there is Dugu Liu, can Xiao Hanshan still be a blockbuster in the competition?Yan Qin, who was very displeased with the number one scholar from a family, suddenly became interested in the meeting in a few days.

Yuanzheng rested for seven days, and after seven days, it was time to set up the venue and prepare for the examinations of the candidates in various places.

Although there is no regent who has not returned the power, sitting on the throne, Yan Qin still has some power. For example, the emperor needs to be handpicked by him for the palace examination, and the top few papers will be used for his emperor's review. .

Of course, in order to prevent the invigilators from perverting the law for personal gain, each examinee’s paper was sealed, and it was not opened when it was brought to the little emperor. Take it apart, and then release it on the imperial list.

The top five papers in Yan Qin's hands were all very talented.As Yan Qin expected, it included the word Dugu Liu, which he was familiar with.

This test paper was highly praised by the examiners, and they all recommended it as Huiyuan.Dugu Liu was quite happy in Yan Qin's recognition of this word, and did not raise any objections, and appointed this test paper as the first name.

He didn't go to Dugu's small house these days, just to give Dugu Liu a surprise.However, on the day when the list was announced, he changed into his regular clothes, and when he arrived at the small house in the suburbs of Beijing, he happened to meet Dugu Liu who had just returned from reading the list.

He took the initiative to meet Dugu Liu and showed a smiling face: "Brother Liu, you must be in high school this year."

Dugu Liu was different from what he had imagined, he moved his lips, his clear eyes like a spring were stained with a bit of grayness, after a long time, he showed a bitter smile to Yan Qin: "Xiao Qin, let You are disappointed, I am also known as Luosun Shan, maybe I am really useless."

The fall of Deng Lun made Dugu Liu see hope. This time he was very confident in himself, but he didn't see his name from the last place on the list all the way to the front.

How is this possible? Dugu Liu's handwriting is very clear to Yan Qin. How could it be possible for Huiyuan, whom he personally selected, to lose his name to Sun Shan.

He tentatively asked: "Brother Liu, is it because you are only looking at the back and not the front, you are so talented and learned, you should be a high school master."

Dugu Liu shook his head: "I've read it all."

The surname Dugu is not common. He looked at it carefully for a long time, and there really is no such thing as his name. There is not even a surname Dugu among the high school candidates, so there is no need to suspect that the examiner accidentally spelled a word wrong.

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't be so discouraged, and even doubted his talent for a while.

Is what his grandfather taught him, what he learned from everyone's writings, what he learned, are they really wrong?

Yan Qin still couldn't believe that Dugu's name fell to Sun Shan, he knew that Dugu Liu would not play such a cheap joke with him when he failed the ranking.

But how is this possible? The Huiyuan paper that day was praised by all the examiners. He was afraid that he would lose the pillar of the country if he did not order the owner of this paper to be the Huiyuan. He also repeatedly confirmed that it was Dugu. Liu's examination paper will be settled later.

Where did something go wrong? Yan Qin didn't believe in evil, so he dragged Dugu Liu back to the place where the emperor's list was placed.

When the imperial list was first released, it was full of people, but now there are many fewer people, and Yan Qin can easily see the big red paper with the previous numbers written on it.

When he saw Huiyuan's name clearly, his pupils constricted and they were firmly fixed on the three big characters.

There is nothing wrong with the three characters of Huiyuan's name, and there is nothing wrong with him being extremely familiar with it.

But those three characters are not "Dugu Liu", but "Xiao Hanshan".