May you live in peace

In the past ten or so days, Gao Shan spent most of his time in the wooden mansion. Except for guarding time, the most common thing he did in the mansion was occasionally read the books left by the emperor's master, or play chess with Elder Dou.

The government helped Takasugi investigate the burning of the mansion, and finally allocated some silver taels to her as funds for rebuilding the mansion. Takasugi has been very busy recently.

"Shanzi." Li Da's voice came from not far away. He was wearing an official uniform and walked towards him with a jug in his hand.

"Why are you here again?" Seeing that Li Da had finished his work not long ago, Gao Shan started running back and forth, looked at the wine in his hand, asked Yabai to take it to Mr. Dou, and moved The chair sat him down.

"Still busy?" Seeing that he didn't even take off his official uniform, he guessed that he still had something to do and might leave later.

"Yes, the palace examination is over, and today is considered an official appointment. However, you also know that the emperor's dragon body is not in good condition, and he can't even get out of bed in the past few days, so this time the eldest princess is still in charge."

Takasugi nodded and handed him a cup of tea.

"If you are free this afternoon, please accompany me to the palace."

"what happened?"

"The people in the Tribute Academy mixed up the candidates' information not long ago. Although it was found out quickly and did not cause much impact, the information was placed in a mess and no one sorted it out. Today, most of the people in the Tribute Academy went to the front hall. So it’s only natural for me to do it.”

Gao Shan thought for a while, she was guarding in the palace this afternoon, nodded, and agreed.

Palace, front hall.

In Nuo Da's palace, sandalwood is lingering.The beams made of mahogany are thick and huge, engraved with dragon and phoenix patterns, which are lifelike and ready to fly.The glazed lamps, the magnificent plaque, and the wooden floor are spotless.The staircase paved with white jade has a total of 27 steps and is divided into three nine sections, symbolizing the supremacy of imperial power.There are huge sculptures on both sides leading to the throne, and the gold-carved dragon is extremely powerful and coercive.

On the dragon couch, Yin Ran was leaning on the back chair, and Yin Xi and Yin Luo sat beside him, watching nearly a hundred candidates standing below, kneeling on the ground, not even daring to breathe.

"Get up." Yin Ran's tone was panting, and after saying this, he didn't have the strength to say anything else.

A group of people got up and stood aside politely, without moving.

Yin Xi glanced at the bottom, nearly 70 people were screened out in the literary examination, and the remaining 20 were those who excelled in the martial arts examination.There are some familiar faces below, the eldest son Xiao Fu of Zuo Fengyi is fifth; the son Yu Kui of right Xiang Yuxu is seventh; , one of the ninth in the martial arts examination; Yuan Xiao, the third son of Jingcheng Yin, was the fourth, and both were awarded Jinshi.Wu Zhuangyuan is the son of Fu Guogong, Yi Yang; the second is Han Tan's younger brother Han Jian, and most of the other Yin Xi only have one impression.As for Sanyuan standing in the text list, the most familiar one is Gusu Huai, who is ranked second.Tanhua is a dark horse, said to be a candidate from Jiangzhou, born from a poor family.However, the No. 20 Scholar this time was surprising. This time, the examination papers were browsed and selected by Yin Xi and handed over to Yin Ran for review.The No. [-] scholar, Yin Xi, was originally designated as Gusu Huai, but in the end Yin Ran appointed the No. [-] scholar. It was from a generation of people in Huainan with the surname Pan, called Pan Chan.Yin Xi didn't know why Yin Ran took a fancy to his examination papers. Although the answers on the papers were correct, they were all too official and nothing new.But after all, it was appointed by the emperor, so Yin Xi naturally did not dare to object.

"Everyone has gone through many trials and hardships. After various selections, you are all the pillars proposed in this final palace examination. The talents who will serve the country in the future, I am very pleased." Yin Xi greeted, and these candidates and ministers also echoed along the way.

"Originally, the official post after the imperial examination should be granted directly, but I have heard that there are geniuses among the examinees in this class, and I am worried that the post of editing and editing will lose talents. In addition, there are many vacancies in the official posts of the imperial court. Announce you all to the front hall."

Gusu Huai bowed his head along with a group of candidates, looking at the young man standing in front of him, he was very strange, it seemed that he must not be from the capital city.

He raised his head and glanced at Jiao Tianao who was beside Yin Ran, seeing him nodding to him, he quickly lowered his head, not daring to look directly at the emperor.

"Youzhou was recovered, and all the 41 counties of the two states that Bianguo had lost were also attached. Youzhou was originally rich, but it was lost in Beidi's hands for a while, and all the supplies were lost. Although the state shepherd and the prefect of the county have already had candidates, But there are few officials in the remaining 120 counties. I wonder if you have a plan to deal with Youzhou, or restore the power of Youzhou." As soon as Yin Xi's voice fell, whispers began .The ministers also watched these candidates argue with great interest, and they were a little unclear about the purpose of Yin Xi's question, so they chose to remain silent in the end.

"Princess Hui, Youzhou has always been famous for its steep terrain, rich supplies, and rich horses. Now that Youzhou is in ruins, it is still possible to move the people in Hanoi to the counties of Youzhou to bring Youzhou back to life." Xiao Fu stood up, with a confident look and his usual pride.

"Yes, Hanoi is now densely populated and land is scarce. Youzhou has a vast terrain, fertile land, and a sparse population. Migrating the population from Hanoi can also assimilate the local people." Yue Liao replied.

"Yike can strengthen the soldiers and horses. Youzhou is on the border and is known as a dangerous place, but it is close to Beidi. Although Beidi is willing to restore the old relationship with our country, we should not let our guard down." Yuan Xiao also stood up and said.

Yin Xi smiled and looked at the sons of high-ranking officials and aristocrats who were answering each and every one of them, seeing that what they said was almost the same, but the number one scholar held his breath.

"Since this is the case, is there anyone who is willing to take the post and go to Youzhou to restore the prosperity of Youzhou's former dynasty?"

As soon as Yin Xi's words fell, not only the candidates fell silent, but even the ministers below all looked at her position.

Most of these candidates are the legitimate sons of aristocratic families, and they took the scientific examination to stay in the capital, inherit their father's career, and honor their ancestors.Youzhou is a place that has just been recovered, and now the personnel affairs are complicated. If you go there to be an official, you may not be able to return for ten or half a year. Even if you make great achievements there, but there are no contacts in the capital, how can you hold power and survive?

"I heard that Zhuangyuan Lang was originally from the Huainan generation, and he is very close to Hanoi, so he must be familiar with things of this generation." The doctor suggested.

Just as Yin Xi wanted to talk to this number one scholar whom he didn't understand at all, Yin Ran coughed violently, even coughing up bloodshot eyes.There was a rush around, Jiao Tianao sent someone to tell the imperial physician, and the two princesses who were closest to him hurried up to check on his condition.The people below knelt together in pitch black. Seeing this situation, Yin Xi hurriedly asked the guards to carry Yin Ran to the side hall, waiting for the imperial doctor's diagnosis and treatment.

After half an hour, Yin Xi returned to the main hall, looked at the kneeling people below, and asked them to get up with a tired face.

"Elder Princess, Caomin is willing to serve the imperial court." The second son of Shang Shuling, Yue Kuo, who stood up, was a man of both civil and military skills. He had a completely different personality from his elder brother Yue Liao.

"Eldest princess, Caomin is also willing to serve the imperial court." Yi Yang stood up, glanced at his father, saw him nodding to himself, and looked up at the eldest princess.

Yin Xi curled his lips, and asked someone to take the edict, and appointed Yi Yang on the spot as Lieutenant of Liaobei County, in charge of the military and political affairs of a county; he was granted the title of Chancellor of Shanggu County, directly under the county guard.Except for the number one scholar who was granted the title of Gongyuan Xiuzhuan, and Gusu Huai who was awarded the title of sacrificial wine because of the reason of the national teacher, the others were appointed officials according to the previous procedures.

As soon as the edict was issued, these examinees all looked at these two people in shock, one of the fourth rank and the other of the fourth rank. This is something that has never happened in all the scientific examinations of the dynasty for so many years.After all, Gusu Huai's status is special, no one dares to criticize his official position.However, it was embarrassing to be the number one scholar, and in the end it was not as good as Jinshi.After a group of people kowtowed, Yin Xi told them to go back because the emperor was unwell.Some of these candidates were quite curious about the champion's reaction, but they saw that his expression was normal, but his clenched fists still revealed a trace of his unwillingness.

The front hall was empty, and the remaining ministers looked at each other in blank dismay. They were also at a loss for today's situation. After all, no one would have expected what the eldest princess would do.Seeing that these ministers were unwilling to leave, Yin Xi knew what they were struggling with. Just as the right minister was about to stand up and ask, Yin Xi spoke before him.

"Yu Xiang, the emperor is not feeling well, so it is inconvenient to discuss it today, so as not to disturb the emperor's cleanliness."

Yu Xu paused, but saw that Yin Xi had already got up and went to the side hall, leaving the first group of people at a loss.

"Yu Xiang, since the emperor is inconvenient today, I'll go back later." Zuo Xiang Fan Hao patted him on the shoulder and motioned to Fu Guogong Yi Zhengnan.Yu Xu waved the hand on her shoulder and walked outside.Fan Hao looked at his hands, but he was not embarrassed, and said 'go back' to the ministers, and the palace was emptied in an instant.

Gao Shan has been busy with Li Da for a while, but there are not many things to pack, just need to classify.It didn't take long after the two finished, Li Da continued to stay in the tribute courtyard, and Gao Shan also went to the place where he was guarding.

When Gusu Huai passed Mingde Gate, he happened to see Gao Shan, and after thinking about it, he called her to leave. Gao Shan saw Gu Su Huai standing below, so he ran down the tower.

"Gao Yulin."

"Congratulations to brother Gusu for the second place in high school."

Gusu smiled and waved his hands, "Since you already know, I will hold a banquet at my house in a few days, and I hope you can come."

"Naturally." Gao Shan also smiled back, and the two exchanged a few words of greeting, thinking that they couldn't leave for too long even though they were guarding, so they left and went back.

Gu Suhuai wandered around for a while, because of his special status, no guards would take care of him.After waiting for a while, feeling that Jiao Tianao should go back, he walked in the direction of the National Teacher's Mansion.

Speaking of which, the weather was strange. The originally clear sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, and it didn't take long for it to rain.Gao Shan was planning to go for a walk with Li Da in the street at night, but saw the rain was coming so hard that it couldn't stop for a while, so he took an umbrella and planned to go to the Gongyuan to deliver an umbrella to Li Da before going back to Mufu together.

After walking a few paths, I saw Yin Xi and Yin Luo standing in the Shijun Pavilion not far from the Autumn Pond Garden. Their clothes were already wet. A few court ladies wiped the water drops from Yin Xi's head, looking at her from time to time. Looking at the position on the east side, he guessed who was waiting to meet him.

Gao Shan stepped forward, several maids noticed her first, saw that it was the leader of the Habayashi Army, and saluted: "Gao Yulin." Yin Xi turned her head, looked at Gao Shan who was coming, and waved her hand to avoid her salute.

Gao Shan saw that Yin Xi's clothes were thoroughly wet, although the weather in April had begun to warm up, but the heavy rain was still blowing wind, and it was still cold.Gao Shan handed the two princesses the two princesses, and asked a few maids to take the princesses back to the palace.

The maid took the umbrella, but seeing that Gao Shan was empty-handed and it was raining heavily outside, she hesitated.

"What do you do?" Yin Luo asked her.

"I'm fine, Li Da is in the Gong Yuan, I ran to find him."

Seeing the heavy rain, Gao Shan looked at Yin Xi and wanted to persuade her, so he said first: "Princess, you should go back quickly, it is cold in April, and the rain will not stop for a while, the house is quite far from here Yes, so as not to catch a cold."

Yin Luo nodded, she was a little cold, seeing that Gao Shan was also a martial artist, there should be no problem.Yin Xi's health was not very good at first, so she was worried about her physical condition, so she asked the maid to take Huang Jie back to the palace with an umbrella.

Yin Xi thought for a while, and asked the maid to hand over the cotton towel that was just used for wiping to Gaoshan, and then led the group back.

Gao Shan waited until no one was seen before starting to run towards the Gongyuan.When she was about to arrive, she saw Li Da standing there waiting for her from a long distance, and ran over in a few big strides, standing under the eaves to avoid the heavier rain.

"Where's your umbrella?" The surrounding rain was dense and noisy, and Li Da saw that he had no dry place from the beginning to the end.

"Lent it to someone else."

Li Da stared, and borrowed the umbrella in such a heavy rain.

"What about mine?"

"It was also borrowed."

Li Da was speechless, seeing Gao Shan's calm expression, he didn't know what to say to him.There was no one in the Gongyuan, only he was here today, the umbrella had already been taken away, and the two of them could only stand dryly at the door, waiting for the rain to subside.

The wind and the rain made Li Da feel a little chilly. Seeing that Gao Shan's clothes were wet, it was useless to stand here, so the two ran back in the rain.

At the gate of the palace, Yabai holds an umbrella and stands outside the palace gate waiting for Gao Shan.Her young master usually returns home on time, but it was raining heavily today, so she was worried that Gao Shan didn't bring an umbrella, so she came here to wait.

When Li Da ran to the gate of the palace, he saw Yabai standing there looking around, and quickly waved his hands.

"You still have white teeth and are smart, but your young master is just a wooden fish head."

Li Da took the other umbrella from Yabai's hand, Yabai quickly covered Gao Shan with the umbrella, and the three went back to Mufu.

When he arrived at the mansion, Elder Dou was already standing at the door, seeing that Gao Shan's clothes were not clean, he quickly ordered hot water for her to take a hot bath, and made some more ginger soup for the two of them.

After Gao Shan took a bath, he saw Li Da and Ya Bai sitting at the round table chatting and laughing, Mr. Dou had something to go out of the house, so the house left them to make a fuss.These days, Yabai gets along with him more and more easy-going, and he is even more casual in normal times.

"The young master must have given the umbrella to the lover of his dreams." Said the white-toothed man, and raised his eyebrows, which made Li Da laugh straight away, chanting 'prefer sex over friends, and sex over friends'.

"Are you slandering your young master like this?" Li Da asked back, seeing Gao Shan standing behind this little girl, he didn't intend to remind her, let's see what she had to say.

"What slander, I call it caring about the young master's life."

"Well, what do you care about me?" The sudden but familiar voice made Yabai stand up in fright, seeing Gao Shan standing beside him, he couldn't help laughing "hehe", and backed away.

Li Da was smiling and clapping his hands again, he really was two naive masters and servants, but they were also happy, Shan Zi was less dull, and he was able to play tricks on the maidservants.

Gao Shan sat down and saw Yabai bowed her head, but her pouty mouth showed that she was not worried about punishing her.Asking her to bring up the meals that had been prepared, she pointed to the surrounding seats, her teeth whitened, and she chose a seat that was not too close or far away to sit down.

"Well, Yabai's craftsmanship has improved again, she really is a girl with ingenuity." Li Da praised her, Yabai raised his head, put on a 'that's natural' expression, and then moved the dish to his place .Li Da was stunned for a moment, seeing that she wanted to grab the plate from his seat, he quickly stopped her, but the two even started arguing.

Takasugi looked at the two speechlessly, this is not the first time such a scene has been staged.Li Da and himself were originally born in the military camp, so there are no rules.Ben is also young, although he has grown up in ancient times, but in his own world, let alone fighting and killing people, he has not even finished reading.

Seeing that the two people were still arguing, they gave a low cough, glanced at Yabai, then at Li Da, the two stopped and continued eating.

The rain outside gradually subsided. Seeing that it was getting late, Li Da prepared to go home.When I was at the gate of the house, I happened to meet Elder Dou coming back, and there was still a person standing behind him. Seeing that the night was getting dark, Elder Dou persuaded him to stay. he goes back.When he passed the gate of the mansion, Li Da turned around and took a look at the person who entered the mansion with Mr. Dou. He was tall, but with a strong force, as if deliberately suppressing his aura, but the feeling still cannot be ignored.He was wearing ordinary people's clothes, but the aura around him told him that this was not an ordinary person.

"Secretary Li?"

Li Da came back to his senses and saw the coachman staring at him, apologized, got into the carriage, and returned to his mansion.

At night, Gao Shan packed his clothes, saw the cotton handkerchief falling out of his robe, and hurriedly picked it up.There is a faint scent of sandalwood on it, which may be due to the year-round burning of incense in Yinxi Hall, and it smells very good.Gao Shan thought for a while, folded the handkerchief, put it under the pillow, then put on his underwear, ready to rest.