September is full of flowers

Shen Man originally wanted to ask Qing Ning to go out together, but the little master told her that he would never go out today with his chest upright.Shen Man was surprised by her resolute attitude, and finally Qing Ning explained in embarrassment that she used the tortoise shell to make a fortune, and if she went out today, it would be a disaster, and it would be a big one.

Although Shen Man was muttering about her fortune-telling ability in her heart, because she knew that Qing Ning learned the ability of fortune-telling with turtle shells from Lian Yi halfway through, but since he was so persistent, she was eager to sign up, so she didn't force her .

Putting on ordinary clothes, Shen Man specially painted Bai Jie's face with charcoal ashes, tied his hair with a coarse cloth headband, and went out when he was satisfied.

Today she has only one task, and that is to sign up for the yamen that hosts the Yin-Yang Dao Exam.This time, the registration place is set at the Kyoto Public Security Yamen in the capital city, and Jing Zhao Yin Fengsheng is in charge of counting the candidates.

Shen Manhuai was already holding the letter of recommendation he had asked for from Concubine Ning, and he didn't know what a crowd was until he actually arrived at Jingzhao Mansion, and it was difficult for him to move forward.Five teams lined up at the gate of the small Jingzhao Mansion, from the gate to the end of the street.The main street at the entrance of Jingzhao Mansion is not spacious at all, so this street is completely blocked.

Shen Man had just entered the line, and in a blink of an eye, there were no less than ten people lined up around and behind her in just this short time.Shen Man had a very headache, thinking to himself that this exam is extremely difficult, ordinary people can't apply for it, why are there so many people waiting in line?And looking at their clothes and descriptions, they don't look like everyone in the legend. Could it be that ordinary people can also apply for the exam?

The sun was getting higher, and Shen Man's legs and feet were numb, but the long line still couldn't see the end.Just as I was thinking about whether I could make it today, I heard someone whispering suddenly beside me.Shen Man followed the direction they were looking at, and saw a delicate sedan chair carried in from the back of the last line.

Those who carried the sedan chairs were all strong men, wearing brocade robes, not like ordinary servants.Shen Man vaguely felt that the clothes of these people were a little familiar, and the people in the sedan chair could be...

Before she could think about it, the sedan chair quickly arrived at the gate of Jing Zhaoyin.Jing Zhaoyin was not at the door, and a master was always watching over him.Seeing this sedan chair, the master took the initiative to ask about it.After seeing them talking for a few words, the master bowed his head and accepted the letter handed out from the sedan chair. If there is no mistake, the letter must also be a letter of recommendation.

The people around Shen Man began to chat, and Shen Man learned that it turned out that this exam can also be queuing for others.Most of the owners of the recommendation letters are wandering around, and as long as the time is almost up, they will come back and submit the recommendation letters in person.Few people waited in line as honestly as Shen Man.

And the person who jumped in the sedan chair must not be an ordinary dignitary, and the recommendation letter he got must be superior.

Shen Man felt helpless holding the recommendation letter he had just asked for, because Concubine Ning Guifei didn't want people to find out, and she wanted to keep a low profile, so all she wanted was a recommendation letter from the last-ranked onmyoji.Randomly pinching anyone around is higher than her own, so she was at a disadvantage from the beginning of the registration queue.

Just thinking about this, the sedan chair passed by Shen Man leisurely again.The sedan chair was lifted steadily, but there was a breeze that rolled up the corner of the curtain of the sedan chair, intentionally or unintentionally, Shen Man caught a glimpse of the person sitting in the sedan chair.

is her?

The person in the sedan chair was looking down at the toy in the palm of his hand. It was a piece of crystal clear white jade, on which there were exactly seven gold dots in the shape of stars.This jade is the very rare Seven Star Peiyu.

She also seemed to sense the gaze here, and turned to look at Shen Man, but was blocked by a tall man in the line beside her.

Shen Man bowed his head to avoid seeing, she did not expect to meet her here.As far as Shen Man knew, she had never studied Yin-Yang Taoism, but why did she come to take the registration exam?

Holding the Fenglin Xiaopei at his waist, Shen Man's heart fluctuated.

But at this moment, a dark-faced young girl in coarse clothes leaned over, patted Shen Man on the shoulder and said, "Are you here to take the exam or stand in line for others?"

Shen Man was stunned for a moment, then smiled and asked, "Do you think I'm here for the exam or waiting in line for others?"

The girl gave a full smile, and it was fine if she didn't smile, but when she laughed, a earth-colored hard lump fell off her face, revealing the fair skin inside.But the girl didn't notice it, and continued, "I can't see it, so I asked you."

Shen Man held back his laughter, "What about you, are you here for the exam or to line up?"

The other party immediately said, "I'm here to line up."

Shen Man was bored in the queue, and when he heard someone chattering with her, he started talking too much.While chatting, I suddenly saw the girl yelling, "What are you doing!" Then she rushed out of the team in a hurry and headed in one direction.

Shen Man looked in the direction she was running, but saw a ten-year-old girl fell to the ground, ignoring the pain and struggling to get up to chase her.And the people around her turned a blind eye, as if they didn't see it.

It's no wonder that whether you have to line up to take the test yourself or line up for someone else to take the test, it will take a long time.There are only three days left, if I chase the thief for the little girl, I am afraid that I will be busy all day today, so no one will answer.

But the girl Shen Man met just now ran away without even thinking about it. Shen Man hesitated for a moment, stuffed his recommendation letter and walked out of the team, came to the little girl and asked, "Little sister, how are you? Are you injured?" Already?"

The little girl hesitated when she saw her coming, "Brother, don't you want to continue queuing?"

Although Shen Man specially wore men's clothing today, he even wiped his face with ashes.But her features are very delicate, anyone with experience will definitely be able to identify her gender, but this little girl is young, so she didn't recognize her as a woman and not a man.

Shen Man looked at her red forehead and blood-stained arm and said, "It's not too late for me to send you to the medical center before going to line up."

"But……"

"What did that thief steal from you?" Shen Man asked.

The little girl whispered, "Recommendation letter."

really--

Seeing that the little girl was young, Shen Man definitely didn't come to take the exam, so she lined up for her in order to get a commission.But now that the recommendation letter has been lost, she doesn't know how sorry she will be.

Now I can only hope that the girl can catch up with the thief and get back that letter of recommendation.

"Brother, leave me alone, go and chase that thief, I'll stay here and wait for you!" The little girl suddenly grabbed Shen Man's sleeve, looking at her eagerly and pleading.

Shen Man sighed, and said, "Okay, I'll chase it for you, but you have to stay here and don't move, and I'll send it back to you when I catch up with the letter of recommendation."

"Well, good!" The little girl nodded seriously.

"Then lend me your hairband." Shen Man took the little girl's hairband, got up and left the queue completely, and chased in the direction the girl was following.

But just crossing one street, they didn't know where the two were.Holding her hair tie, Shen Man saw a fortune-telling stand on the street, went over to buy a tortoise shell, then burned a section of the little girl's hair tie, and threw the ashes into a nearby basin. The turtle shell floated on the surface of the water, and gradually sank into the basin, and the ashes accumulated on the turtle shell in the water along the lines in one direction.

"Thank you." Shen Man said these two words to the stall owner, and continued to chase without looking back.A stunned stall owner was left behind, muttering, "Could it be that what I saw just now was the rumored 'Beidou Detective'? But shouldn't this skill take a lot of time to complete? Who is that person just now? sacred?"

After rushing through another street, Shen Man stopped suddenly when passing by an alley, and then turned into that alley.This alley turned out to be a dead end. Outside the alley was the main road with people coming and going, but inside the alley was dark and desolate.

The girl who was talking to Shen Man just now was blocking the entrance of the alley, and Shen Man knew who she was blocking without even thinking about it.

"Damn little thief, hand over what you stole!" the girl pinched her waist and scolded.

The "little thief" she was talking about was a thin, seven-foot-tall man with wicked eyebrows and mouse eyes. According to physiognomy, he was born to be a thief. Unless he was reincarnated as a human being, it would be difficult for him to be successful in this life.

Originally he ran away with a guilty conscience, but when he saw that it was a young girl chasing him, and had already forced him to the entrance of the alley, the little thief became bolder.

"You meddle in my own business!"

"Don't tell me, I'll take care of this matter!" The girl didn't back down at all, instead she took a step forward.

Shen Man hid in the alley, thinking about how to resolve the predicament in front of him.At this moment, the sound of fierce fighting came from the alley.Shen Man was shocked, and planned to pick up the wooden stick desperately and rush forward, but saw the tall and thin man lying on the ground sprawled on the ground, his face was covered with bruises, and only the strength left in his body was humming.

Shen Man stood there blankly, staring at the girl with wide eyes.Could it be that this girl is a hidden martial arts master?

The girl walked over slowly, still holding the incomplete recommendation letter in her hand. Seeing that Shen Man's eyes lit up, she muttered, "Why did you chase after me? Look, this guy is going to send me out in a hurry. This letter of recommendation was stuffed in my mouth, but fortunately I snatched it away. Where is that little sister, let's go find her and return the letter of recommendation to her."

Shen Man suddenly grabbed her wrist, and the other party blushed strangely, and stammered, "You, what are you doing?"

Shen Man slowly pulled out the recommendation letter from her hand, glanced at it and said helplessly, "Look, the signature stamp on this recommendation letter is gone."

"Ah?" The girl took the recommendation letter and read it again, feeling very disappointed, "Then what should I do, I'll pick the thief's mouth, maybe I can find the missing part and stick it back."

Shen Man pressed her shoulders, and said, "Don't pick it up, it's useless to pick it back up, the recommendation letter can't have missing or pasted traces, otherwise it's a fake."

The girl was a little sad.

Shen Man comforted, "Let's send this little thief to the government, and then go to that little sister to find another way."

The girl clenched her fists, "I heard that these things happen every year. These thieves steal the recommendation letter and resell it for a high price. They don't care whether these candidates put their wealth and life on this exam!"

Shen Man felt that the girl was like a fireworks tube that would explode at any moment, and asked cautiously, "The recommendation letter will have the name of the recommendee written on it, and it's useless for them to steal it. Why do they still want to steal it?"

The girl gave Shen Man a blank look, and said, "Nowadays, many onmyojis don't do their job properly, and they want to take advantage of the Onmyoji exam every year to make a fortune, but there is a limit for each recommender, so they thought of a way to write it first. A blank recommendation letter from the recommender, and the one with the highest price will get it, and whoever gets it will take it back and fill it in. This blank recommendation letter is called a 'white letter', which has the highest price. The next is the 'black letter', which Although this kind of recommendation letter has a name on it, its ink stains can be removed by a special method because of the use of special ink, but this method is cumbersome and expensive, so it is a helpless choice for some people.”

Shen Man sniffed the residue of the recommendation letter, "No wonder this letter has a strange smell, it must be what you call a 'black letter'."

"It's disgusting!" The girl stomped her feet angrily.

"Let's go back and find that little girl first. Only after seeing her can we know what to do next." Shen Man said.

"Ok."

"By the way, I want to ask you something," Shen Man followed her, walking along, "Do you know martial arts?"

The girl said without looking back, "I—no—will."