The First Traitor [Rebirth]

When Yuan Li became an official, Yuan Lu was the happiest.

Although Yuan was better at reading than Yuan Li, he became an official one step behind him.And even if Yuan actually won the Jinshi, he started from a low-grade Shujishi, unlike his son, who was a seventh-rank official from the beginning!

Facing the family members and friends who came to visit Yuan Li, Yuan Lu smiled brightly, as if she was not the one who cried to death because of Yuan Li's injury.

When meeting with women and friends in Beppu, she couldn't hide her air in words and deeds, and she felt even more honored when talking about her son's heroic deeds.

And Yuan Li also looked like this, facing his clan, he began to boast.Talking about the adventures of that day, how he was brave, and how valuable his injuries were.Many people look at him differently, and some people who know him well wonder if there is some oolong in it.

Compared to the high-profile behavior of the mother and son, Yuan Jing is much more low-key. Whenever someone asks where Yuan Jing is, Yuan Ye will reply that Yuan Jing is going to take the exam and is studying.

As a result, many people with unhealthy minds thought that it turned out that they were not rewarded, and their hearts were out of balance, so they wanted to shine in the exam.

After seeing off batch after batch of guests, Yuan Ye came to Yuan Jing's Jingxin Garden. He was quite satisfied when he heard Yuan Jing's reading outside his study.

"Ji'er."

When Yuan actually turned his attention to the door, he also stood up and walked out, and saw Yuan Ye coming in with a smile on his face, followed by a young man who did not speak or smile.The man's sharp-edged face showed no expression, he was dressed in crisp and neat clothes, with a sword pinned to his waist, and he was clearly a master of martial arts at a glance.

"I will try it in less than a month, how sure do you think you are?"

Yuan Jing smiled and shook his head: "The test questions haven't come out yet, so I really can't say I'm [-]% sure."

Yuan Ye didn't care, pointed at the man behind him and said, "This is Mai Ran, the guard that Dad invited back for you."

Yuan was slightly surprised, after all, she already had Hua Rui as a guard by her side, why did Yuan Ye invite another guard back?

"You are in the limelight now, if you go out without a guard, it may be dangerous." Yuan Ye said.

The original thought was right, Hua Rui is a woman after all, and it is inconvenient for her to follow in many places, so she simply invited a male guard to come back.At the same time, if Huarui is a woman who follows her often, people will doubt her identity as a woman if it gets out.

Yuan Ye threw Mai Ran down and left, Yuan actually drank tea and asked, "Where are you from?"

Mai Ran replied: "Shadow Moon Tower."

Yuan actually raised his eyebrows, it seemed that there was no such person in his previous life.But she and Yuan Li didn't experience being assassinated in the previous life, did they?But she slandered: Why does father like to invite people from Shadow Moon Tower so much? Is it because Shadow Moon Tower has many rules or because of its good reputation?

"Do you know your responsibilities?" Yuan asked again.

"When the second young master is out, take good care of the second young master. You don't need to listen to, remember, or ask about other things." Yuan Jing was very satisfied with these "three things".

"Hua Rui, there's no more tea." Yuan Jing suddenly shouted, and Hua Rui rushed over in a short time. When she saw Mai Ran standing beside her, she was stunned for a moment.Soon she looked away, pretending to be ignorant, "Who is this?"

"The guard my father hired for me from the Shadow Moon Tower."

Huarui felt depressed, Yuan Ye didn't believe in her ability, so she asked others to come back to protect Yuan Jing?But after thinking about the fact that her false identity was a man, and she couldn't follow her to many places, such as Fengtian Pavilion this time, she was relieved.

After making tea, Hua Rui got Yuan Jing's order to take Mai Ran for a walk around to familiarize herself with the environment.Although Mai Ran looked expressionless, she left quite obediently.Leaving Jingxinyuan, Huarui suddenly changed from the confusion just now, and her eyes became sharper: "Why did you come here suddenly?"

"This is the landlord's task." Mai Ran said coldly.

"Finding a killer as a bodyguard, wouldn't it be overkill?" Hua Rui asked again.

"If you can fulfill your responsibility to protect the original truth, the landlord will naturally not send me here."

The stamen suffocated, and her mood was quite complicated. After a long time, she told Mai Ran some precautions, saying: "The second young master is a very sensitive person, don't let her find out the bloody smell on your body."

A killer has killed too many people, even if he washes himself clean, he still smells of blood on his body.This bloody smell is reflected in his eyes and movements. He has killed too many people, and even his blood will start to turn cold.

Huarui can't do it, so she can't become a killer, and she can't squeeze into the top five of Shadow Moon Tower masters.Another problem with her is that she is easily assimilated by the people and things around her, which is why the owner of Shadow Moon Tower sent Mai Ran over.

"Second Young Master also smells of blood." What Mai Ran said, it's not the smell of killing people, but the eyes and smell of someone who has experienced death and is not afraid of death!

Hua Rui was startled, unable to communicate with Mai Ran any more.

As far as Yuan Jing is concerned, it doesn't make any difference whether there is one more person by her side, she still reads and practice calligraphy every day, and occasionally goes to Luo Hanlin for advice.

Soon, the April exam will arrive.This time, I had to spend three or three days in the No. [-] room. If my body couldn't take it, I couldn't bear it.

The inspection of the general examination is much stricter than that of the rural examination. Students waiting to enter the venue need to take off their clothes for inspection in the house next to the entrance.

Worried that something might happen, Yuan Ye sent her here himself.Seeing Yuan Jing's coat being taken off with his own eyes, the inspector was about to check whether she had brought anything, Yuan Ye coughed dissatisfiedly, the inspector trembled in fright, and dared not touch Yuan Jing.

The inspector's scalp was numb from Yuan Ye's ferocious stare, so he asked Yuan to turn around and jump again, and found that nothing fell out, so he let her in.

As soon as he left, the man heaved a sigh of relief, but also felt a little annoyed: "A high-ranking official crushes people to death!"

Someone persuaded: "Hey, do you still hope that the exams will be fair and just? For many years, the imperial examinations have been in the pockets of the children of these aristocratic families? If you want to say how many people are really talented, they are all relying on favoritism and fraud. Got it!"

The inspectors were relieved. Indeed, among the descendants of the aristocratic families who came to take the exam, how many of them were willing to be stripped naked for the inspection?It's a humiliation.They didn't dare to go too far, so they could only turn a blind eye, since promotion had nothing to do with them anyway.

When Yuan actually knew that the examiner this time was exactly the same as in the previous life, he knew that the test questions would not change much.Sure enough, the test question was still the test question in her memory, and she had written the answer to this question countless times, and after reviewing by Lao Hanlin, Yuan Ye and others, she finally chose the best one.

Although she was the number one scholar in her previous life, she knew her own level. This was all because the chief examiner knew Yuan Ye and sold his face to put Yuan Ye at the top.With the current answer, although she can't guarantee that she can win the first place, she can still win the second place.

In the next few days, the share test questions were all the same, and she answered them effortlessly. An assistant examiner passed by and looked at what she had written, with admiration in her eyes.

After the general examination, candidates from all corners of the country waited for their results in their respective places, and occasionally sat around to discuss, and some people would ask well-educated people to comment on one or two, and those who learned that there was no hope were discouraged I packed my things coldly and went home.

It was night, a well-known candidate from Yangzhou invited a few good friends to drink at the famous Hongde restaurant in the capital. There were many candidates like them in the restaurant, and the atmosphere was very lively.

The candidates from Yangzhou felt dissatisfied when they saw that the waiter from Hongde Restaurant did not come to greet them, but instead greeted a young man sitting among the candidates.Hearing that the young man was commenting on other candidates' articles, he listened carefully and couldn't help laughing.

"Hey, what are you laughing at!" Someone frowned and looked at him with displeasure.

The candidate from Yangzhou just shook his head and remained silent. When the junior came over with the food and drinks, he and his classmates began to drink.The examinee who didn't get the answer was not upset, and turned around and continued to surround this boy.

"Brother Xu, why did you laugh so hard just now?" asked the classmate of the Yangzhou candidate.

"I laughed at that young man. His own level is not enough, and he still commented on other people's articles." Xu Jing laughed.

This was said loudly and without any concealment, the people around the young man heard it, and couldn't help scolding: "Do you know who this is, how dare you look down on people like this?"

"I don't care who he is. In this exam, you have to use your strength to speak!" Xu Jing said, but he saw that these people were all around the boy, so he must be some kind of genius.After all, someone who can take part in the examination at such an age is enough to be called a genius!

The examinee was about to reveal his identity as a young man, but the young man stopped him, and said with a light smile, "Yes, don't care who I am, this test has to speak with strength. In Xiayuan, I don't know your name?"

Xu Jing was startled, although he didn't hear anything outside the window and only read the books of sages, but after coming here, he heard many people talking about the court affairs.It turns out that she is the second son of Yuan Ye, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and has been praised by the emperor. Her literary talent and knowledge are not inferior to her own.

From this point of view, his behavior just now did have the meaning of underestimating the truth.But he was very disdainful to those candidates who were around Yuan Jing, didn't these people just want to curry favor with Yuan Jing, so as to cling to Yuan Ye's high branch?After all, although Yuan Ye was only the minister of the Ministry of Industry, he was also a big celebrity in front of the emperor.

"Next to Xujing." Xu Jing said.

"According to Mr. Xu, what kind of ranking can I get?" Yuan Jing asked again.

Xu Jing didn't understand why Yuan actually asked this question, but he said bluntly, "It won't be the top of the list anyway."

"Oh? Why such an assertion?"

"Yuan Gongzi's article is indeed elegant, but the answer is not completely appropriate. At least it can be seen that Yuan Gongzi has never experienced how difficult the life of ordinary people is. Naturally, he can't empathize with it, so he can give a perfect answer."

Yuan Jing smiled and nodded: "I know that I am not as good at understanding people's sentiments as students from poor families, but I also study hard, so I think I will not lose my name at least!"

"Top of the list" is far from "Famous Sun Shan", so everyone said that it was too modest.

"Then according to Mr. Xu's opinion, who will be at the top of the list?" Yuan Jing looked at Xu Jing with a smile, his eyes deep.

At the same time, Huke hurriedly impeached Cheng Yanting, one of the chief examiners of the examination, saying that he bought and sold the test questions.