Born of Worry

On March [-]th, after a few days of repairs, the spring hunting in Lishan officially started. Before the start, Li Xian held a simple ceremony. Shooting an arrow in the air was regarded as a sacrifice to the sky, and pouring wine was regarded as a sacrifice to the ground.After the ceremony, the courtiers who had already been gearing up were let go to the mountains to hunt.

Of course, most of the people who are gearing up are military generals, and the civil servants are still willing to sit on the ground with tents up, drink and chat, and enjoy the rewards, um, of course, including Li Xian.

However, he didn't sit for long before he was dragged out by his elder brother and second brother. He had no choice but to take a bow and arrow and ride a horse with them. There is no one in the way.

Without Li Ye, it was still quite lonely, especially when the boss and the second who were completely at odds came together to tease each other, Li Xian almost wanted to find something to plug his ears.

After a while, Li Kuang suddenly said: "We've been walking for a long time, why haven't we seen a single prey? The few of us didn't move much, so we wouldn't scare them away, right?"

Li Xian said in his heart that you haven't made much noise yet?But he didn't expose him, and heard Li Ling say: "That's right, even if we scare you away, it's not like you don't even have a bird or a pheasant. Could it be that you're going to return empty-handed today?"

"Stop talking, let's walk around and see."

Li Xian wished that they would not talk, so he rode the dishonest Feichen at the end, and went deeper into the mountain, but he still didn't see any animals.

"It's an evil door..."

At this time, Mo Wen, who had already turned into his original form and slept under Li Xian's clothes, suddenly came out, and let out a huge dragon cry that didn't match his current figure, and then he heard the sound of birds in the woods. The birds outside were frightened and fled in all directions.

I'm afraid it's not just birds...but also animals.

At the same time, Li Kuang and Li Ling looked suddenly enlightened, and they both looked at Li Xian speechlessly. Li Xian looked innocently, and looked at the black dragon who had slipped back into his clothes and continued to sleep in embarrassment.

Li Kuang sighed and said with a headache, "That's all, second child, you can send Xiao Xian back, I will go into the mountain by myself."

Li Xian simply couldn't wish for it.

Over there, Li Xian went back to his tent to eat, drink and have fun, while Li Ye, who was grounded here, was so bored that he could count the hairs on his legs. Lin Ruxuan was not very willing to talk to him when he was recovering from his injuries, and he couldn't get out of the yard, so he just harassed the guards at the gate of the Imperial Army.

However...they didn't look sideways and ignored him at all.

His Royal Highness Yu Wang had no choice but to go back to the room, only to find that Lin Ruxuan got up by himself, the other party looked at him and said, "jumping up and down, like a monkey."

"...you fucking say it again?!"

Lin Ruxuan didn't answer, turned around and wanted to leave, Li Ye was about to kick his ass: "I see you're itchy again... Ouch, fuck me!"

How could he be Lin Ruxuan's opponent with his little kung fu, he quickly grabbed his ankle with his sharp eyes and hands, almost did the split, hugged his thigh and wailed: "Fuck | Fuck! Let go!"

Lin Ruxuan let go of his hand, and said contemptuously, "How old is he, not childish."

"..."

Mo Wen became energetic again at night, and insisted on dragging Li Xian to some Longevity Palace on Lishan Mountain to watch the moon. Li Xian wished he could have a few more clones to accompany this one and that one. Then he thought about it, he is a fucking emperor , why was he dragged over by them, why is he so useless...

Although I thought so in my heart, I still went with Mo Wen.

The Hall of Eternal Life was built in Xiuling in the west of Lishan Mountain, and in the east of Wanzhao Pavilion.Mo Wen didn't use spells, so he led Li Xian up slowly, his leg was about to break, when suddenly a gust of cold wind blew, he stopped immediately: "It's windy, it's going to rain, why don't we go back? "

"..."

Mo Wen glanced back at him, and he immediately changed his words, saying, "No, no, I was just joking."

He sighed in his heart and had no choice but to continue walking, thinking what kind of crime I had committed.

The two walked to the Hall of Eternal Life and did not stay for a while before it began to rain. The drizzle splashed ripples in the lake in front of the hall. The two sat in the corridor, but Li Xian didn't see the moon. Said: "It's a bit cold, let's go in and spend the night here tonight."

"……Oh."

The size of the Hall of Eternal Life seems to be not much different from that of Feishuang Hall. Li Xian entered the hall and wanted to find a place to sleep, but was dragged by Mo Wen: "Are you so sleepy?"

"Please, you sleep enough during the day to be refreshed at night, I can't do it, just please let me sleep."

Mo Wen sighed, looked at him helplessly for a while, and finally picked him up gently and went to the bedroom.

Li Xian didn't bother to struggle, he was ready to be tossed in his heart, but Mo Wen put him on the bed but didn't take any further action, he just took off his shoes and rubbed the soles of his feet.

Li Xian was puzzled and turned his head to look at him: "What are you doing?"

"Aren't you tired, this will make you feel better."

"...You've been very strange lately, Mo Wen." He rubbed his eyes and tried to force himself, "What's the matter?"

"Ok?"

"Hmm..." Li Xian's consciousness was not so clear, and he didn't know what he was talking about, "Do you not like me anymore...or do you have a female dragon outside?"

Mo asked with a smile, "Why do you think I don't like you anymore?"

"Ah, you don't even touch me at times like this..."

"You want me to touch you?"

"Hmm...not..." Li Xian turned over and then back again, "I don't know..."

"Fool," Mo asked, "it's because I like you and see you so tired that I can't bear to touch you."

"I'm not stupid..." Li Xian murmured, "You are stupid."

"Well, I'm stupid."

"..."

Li Xian was silent, Mo Wen covered him with the quilt, and kissed him lightly on the forehead, as if asking him or talking to himself: "Why are you so tired, obviously you haven't done anything... ..."

He got up slowly, walked to the corridor where he had just sat, looked at the fine rain outside, shook his head helplessly and chuckled.

It's really embarrassing for him, I wanted to use the Palace of Eternal Life to incite love with Li Xian, but who would have imagined... In this unsightly rain, there is still a person who doesn't understand the dragon's intentions.

In the Hall of Eternal Life on July [-]th, when no one is whispering in the middle of the night.Willing to be a lovebird in the sky, and Lian Lizhi in the earth.

On March [-]th, the spring examination results will be released.

Weiyang, the imperial capital.

Speaking of this spring hunt, the only one absent from the six departments is probably the Ministry of Rites, because the Ministry of Rites is busy ranking the candidates.As soon as the big list was posted, a lot of people gathered in a short while, and a few people dressed as scholars started to discuss, one of them said:

"Hey, Xiao Xie, you did well in the exam! No.3, quite a good result."

The other said: "Yes, if there are no accidents in the imperial examination, at least this Tanhua is yours!"

The scholar known as "Xiao Xie" said with a smile: "Ashamed, ashamed, the two elder brothers did well in the exam, both in the top ten."

"How can you do well in the exam. If you really win Tanhua, remember to treat us to dinner!"

"Who said that he must be the best candidate, maybe he will be the second place in the list? Our little Xie is very good-looking, maybe the sage sees him right, and even picks a champion!"

"The two elder brothers are joking. How can Xie have that ability? Whether he can keep Tanhua depends on chance, let alone the top two. With this achievement, Xie is already content."

"Hey, you are humble..."

"But having said that..." One pointed to the big list and said, "How did this Cheng family's son get No. 9 in the exam? Isn't his score in the provincial exam just over [-]? It's only been a few months, and he has made too much progress." almost……"

"That's right... I haven't heard that he has found any incredible teacher?"

"Hey, what's more, the son of the Jin family, how did he pass the fifteenth exam?"

"Not only that, but also the Zheng family's, 22."

"what's up……"

The scholar surnamed Xie didn't speak, but frowned. After listening to their discussion for a while, he said, "Both elder brothers, the younger brother will retire first. The fish I bought for my mother has to go back and clean it up."

"Okay, okay, go back, let's watch for a while."

When the scholar returned home, his mother immediately came up to meet him: "Yan'er, I'm back, hey, this fish is really big, give it to mother, mother will clean it up."

Xie Yan gave the fish to the woman and said, "Mother, the spring test has released the rankings."

"Is the ranking released? How did you do in the exam?"

"Very good, I got third place in the exam."

"That's great! My mother said that my son will definitely pass the exam, so I'll go and stew the fish right now, and I'll celebrate it for you."

"Okay," Xie Yan smiled reluctantly, and after thinking about it, he said, "Mom, but I always feel that... the results of this spring test are not normal... Do you remember what I told you, the Cheng family The son of the Zheng family doesn't usually do well in his studies, but this time he did surprisingly well in the exam..."

"Aren't people allowed to work hard in the past few months?"

"Work hard? They are ignorant people every day. What are they working hard for? I think they are just taking the imperial examination for fun. Anyway, they have money at home, so why not do it. I can't say anything about others doing well in the exam, but they... I Do not believe."

"But this imperial examination... is very strict, isn't it? Is it possible..."

"I really doubt they cheated."

"Hush..." The woman made a silent gesture, "Yan'er, you can't talk nonsense, let's just take care of ourselves, anyway, they didn't affect your ranking, did they? Since they didn't hinder us, Let's not worry about it, one more thing is worse than one less thing."

"But……"

"Be obedient, mother, go to stew the fish, you have a rest first."

"...Understood, mother."

Not saying thank you words doesn’t mean everyone doesn’t say anything. Within two days after the list was released, the streets and alleys were full of discussions. A few people who were not afraid of death took the lead and sued the officials, and soon they went all the way to Tao Wenting, Minister of the Ministry of Rites. , Tao Wenting was sweating coldly, and hurriedly reported to Lin Xingzhi, Lin Xingzhi stroked his beard, didn't say anything, just said that he would handle it and so on, and sent him away.

Without Li Xian, the biggest official in the capital would naturally be Lin Xingzhi. If old man Lin didn't give orders, the people below would have no way to deal with this matter, and could only watch the situation further escalate.Less than ten days later, someone even went to Cheng's house to make trouble.

Although... this is the ending His Majesty wants to see...

Li Xian came back on the second day of April, and he was almost crushed to death by overwhelming papers when he came back. Of course, most of them were delivered by the Ministry of Rites, as well as some other officials.He didn't approve any of these papers, but only wrote an imperial decree, ordering the Shangshuling, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, and Dali Temple to investigate the matter strictly.

Then he just let go of it, eating and playing, as if nothing happened.

Let's talk about King Yu.Li Ye was grounded for the whole spring hunt, almost suffocated to death, but he was released when he returned to Weiyang, he was like a wild horse with a prolapsed anus, he couldn't find anyone in the blink of an eye.

And Lin Ruxuan went back to the General's Mansion. Although his stick injury was almost healed, the blood scab had just fallen off, and the new flesh was painful from riding all the way, so he had to go back to the mansion to recuperate for a few days.

It is said to be self-cultivation, but in fact...the main thing is to avoid the limelight.

Because he made a big mistake, the entire guard was more or less punished. It was planned to pick up those injured when he returned, but in the end he only saw the fourth-rank official and directly knelt on his knees. In front of him, he said that he knew that his sins were serious and shameless to see the Holy One, and that many brothers were seriously injured and needed to be taken care of, so they simply asked to be disarmed and returned to the field.

Of course, Lin Ruxuan knew that it was Li Xian who spread the news of his punishment with embellishment. He was "heavyly punished" with fifty military sticks, and there will be further punishment measures after he returns. What is wrong with these people who are not loyal? Dare to stay, wishing to run away quickly to avoid the pain of flesh and blood.Lin Ruxuan pretended to be heartbroken, and pretended to be limping to report to the emperor. After hearing this, Li Xian only said one sentence:

"Let them take care of themselves."

So this group of people did not follow back, Lin Ruxuan finally breathed a sigh of relief knowing that Li Xian's goal had been achieved.On the third day after returning to Weiyang, Li Xian issued the second imperial edict after the imperial examination:

"General Zuo Lin Ruxuan committed the crime of dereliction of duty, and made a dangerous mistake. However, Nian and his escort have meritorious service, and because the Lin family has been loyal and good for generations, he is temporarily dismissed as General Zuo and exempted from other crimes. I hope he can make up for his mistakes in the future."

As for the others, they did not directly write in the imperial decree, but issued an announcement to let the people in the capital see clearly.

The news quickly spread in Weiyang again, and the topic of people's hot discussion gradually changed from cheating in the imperial examination to General Lin's demotion, and the latter even surpassed the former in popularity.

Lin Ruxuan was punished, so it was impossible for Li Ye to escape. Although the emperor did not further punish him, nor did he state it in the imperial decree, everyone knew that King Yu was grounded during the spring hunt. The relationship between him and Lin Ruxuan Things that can't be brought to the table have once again become the gossip hot spots of people after dinner.

But King Yu didn't care about it, he had heard this kind of gossip a lot, and he was thick-skinned, he didn't take it seriously at all, he was only busy playing around when he was grounded, and all the bad words went into his right ear out, no effect at all.

But Lin Ruxuan was different. Even if he didn't care about worldly views, he didn't want the Lin family's reputation to be ruined. Although these were probably planned by Li Xian to divert people's attention, and he would definitely rectify his name in the future, he still felt strange. Uncomfortable, after a few days back home to recuperate, I went to kneel at my memorial tablet for nothing, and also meditated by the way.

He and Li Ye were busy with their own affairs. During the spring hunting period, they were grounded for 20 days, lived together for 20 days, and hated each other for 20 days. They looked a little tired of each other, so they didn't see each other for a few days, but because of this, they caused trouble outside again. Rumors spread that General Lin was demoted, and in a fit of rage he went into seclusion and did not see King Yu. Another rumor spread ten times, and finally it was said that he dumped King Yu. Out of order.

Regarding this, Lin Ruxuan couldn't laugh or cry, and at the same time sighed in his heart:

Terrible.

It didn't take long for these words to reach Li Ye's ears. Li Ye twitched the corners of his mouth and said "hehe" twice, thinking how could he look "mentally disturbed"?I really didn't bother to talk about it, so I continued to eat, drink and have fun.

A few days after Lin Ruxuan's imperial decree was issued, Li Xian issued a third imperial decree, to the effect that he couldn't bear to withdraw Lin Ruxuan's General Zuo, so he named him a "General Mingwei".If there is no left general, the right general should not be given up at all, and Wei Heng should be changed to "General Zhenyuan".

This time, the people below can be regarded as seeing clearly that the emperor really wanted to cut Lin Ruxuan's official, and he clearly took this opportunity to completely clean up the relationship with the military guard system of the previous dynasty.The Sixteen Guards system has been reformed since the last emperor, and when it was changed to Li Xian, there are only two generals on the left and right, both from the third rank, and "Mingwei" and "Zhenyuan" are newly added by Li Xian himself. Yes, it is the third rank, so calculated, Lin Ruxuan seems to be degraded but actually promoted this time.

On weekdays, there were officials who disliked him. At first, they gloated about his being demoted, but the next day they found out that was not the case at all, and they were suddenly furious.

But Lin Ruxuan himself didn't care much about these things. Anyway, the Lin family had declined, and he was probably the last general here. I'm afraid there will be nothing to do with it.

Lin Ruxuan rested for a few days, avoided the limelight for a few days, and hurriedly went to the Ministry of War with King Jian to rank the list of martial arts.Although martial arts has always been checked by the Ministry of War, since Li Xian has handpicked two examiners, Li Kuang and Lin Ruxuan, he has to consult their opinions.

Martial arts does not have a palace test, so the ranking on the big list this time is the final ranking.Even though he is a martial artist, he can't be ignorant. Those who pass the martial arts test have to take the civil test, and this list is based on the comprehensive ranking of the two tests.

But when the top ten list was posted in early April, there was a little accident...

That day, Li Xian was nestling in his study and slowly going out of the examination papers, but suddenly received a notice saying that the Minister of the Ministry of Industry asked for an interview, and couldn't help but wondered: "Ji Yuncheng? Why is he looking for me? Let him in."

As soon as Ji Yuncheng came in, he knelt down in front of Li Xian. Li Xian almost thought that he had made some unforgivable mistake, but the next second he heard him say: "Your Majesty! I dare you... I beg Your Majesty to withdraw Ji Yuncheng." The champion of martial arts!"

"...Huh?" Li Xian didn't understand for a while, knocked on the book case, and said, "Ji Aiqing, you are wrong, even if you have a deep hatred with that martial arts champion, you can't avenge your personal revenge publicly like this, I can't help you. "

"No, no!" Ji Yuncheng raised his head, "Your Majesty misunderstood, it's not that I have any grudge against her, it's just... just..."

"Just what?" Li Xian suddenly recalled, "Wait...Ji Ying? Who is he to you?"

"She... is, she is my sister..."

"……female?"

"what……"

"Strange," Li Xian laughed, "Why didn't I know that this year's champion of martial arts is a woman?"

"Let's not talk about you, even the minister didn't know that she secretly participated in the martial arts exam. Only when the ranking came out, the minister found out that she not only participated, but also won the first prize! It's really..."

"Then you should be happy. The Ji family not only has talents and learning, but also martial arts."

"But, but..." Ji Yuncheng was about to cry, "Your Majesty, let me confess, this Ji Ying is not my sister. She is not yet twenty this year, and she is young and vigorous. When she was three years old Abandoned by others, it was her mother who picked her up and adopted her because she saw how pitiful she was. Before her mother passed away, she told me to take good care of her. She loved to practice martial arts since she was a child, and now she has won the first prize in the martial arts exam. If you are going to be a military officer, if you really go to the battlefield one day, how can you protect her?"

"..."

Li Xian frowned, thought for a moment and then said: "However, this martial arts list is not made by me, and it has been announced to the public, so it is not easy to change it. How about... I call the chief examiner for you, You discuss it with him and see if he agrees?"

"Can……"

What else did Ji Yuncheng want to say, but Li Xian ignored it, and said to the eunuch next to him, "Go and pass on King Jian."

Li Kuang quickly rushed over, heard the whole story, patted Ji Yuncheng on the shoulder, and said: "Brother Ji, you are too selfish. We, Dayin, have no rules that women cannot participate in martial arts. Besides, it's a good thing that Lingmei has a passion for serving the country. How can you not let her do anything just because you are worried about her being injured and bleeding. Besides, Lingmei's grades are really good, no matter whether it is thesis or martial arts exam, it is the first place. This kind of grade What else can I get if I don’t win the champion of martial arts? I have personally fought against her. Even if she can’t beat me now, after two years of practice, she will definitely be able to draw with me; after another five years of practice, I’m afraid she will be able to surpass me .She has the ability to protect herself, so you can rest assured to let her do what she wants."

It was the first time Li Xian heard his elder brother speak so fluently, he couldn't help being very surprised, so he didn't interrupt him, to see what he could come up with.

Li Kuang persuaded Ji Yuncheng, and Ji Yuncheng was confused, "but" he couldn't go out after several times, and finally he didn't speak at all, only sighed deeply, and said: "It doesn't matter. That's fine. Since King Jian said so, if I persist, I'll be a fool. She's not young anymore, and indeed...has the right to decide her own life." He turned to Li Xian and said, "Your Majesty, then I won't Excuse me... I will take my leave first."

"Well, you go."

Ji Yuncheng left, but Li Kuang didn't. He moved a chair and sat in front of Li Xian, and said, "Little Xian, what kind of official do you want to give Ji Ying?"

"What officer? General."

"I know it's a general. What kind of general do you want her to appoint? By the way, I remember that you have a Tenglin army that lacks generals? You let her go, and I can personally guide her."

"Teng Linjun? No, Teng Linjun can't give it to her."

"……why?"

"Because..." Li Xian smiled inscrutablely, "I plan to form a new army for her, and the name will be...the Scarlet Tassel Army."