The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

There was a lingering bloody smell at the tip of his nose. Even Lu Xiuyuan, who was used to seeing bloody scenes, still felt uncomfortable seeing the mess on the ground.

This King Ming, did not expect to be even crazier than Master Wu said.

Seeing that his intention to sneak was discovered, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and raise his eyes to meet the lunatic in front of him.

King Ming was tall and muscular, wrapped in a twilight robe. The other party was frowning slightly at this time, and his eyes were lacquered and looked at Lu Xiuyuan without emotion.

The eyes of the two met in the air, and just one glance made Lu Xiuyuan's heart twitch.

There is no other, just because this face of King Ming looks exactly like the third brother he met on the scientific research road!

This, is this a coincidence or is it?

He stared at King Ming in shock, but the other party took a look at him and then turned his gaze away.

Lu Xiuyuan's mind was full of thoughts.

He watched the other party hold the hilt of the sword for a couple of times before leaving, and finally swallowed back the question he was about to ask.

No matter what, let's go home and gather some clues first.

When he returned to the General's Mansion, Lu Xiuyuan immediately came to the small courtyard, picked up a teapot and poured water for himself to drink.

When Shi Yunchen saw that he had been drinking water non-stop when he came back, he couldn't help asking worriedly: "Erlang, you've already drank the second pot of water, what's wrong today?"

Lu Xiuyuan looked at the worried expression on the other party's face, put down the teapot in his hand, pulled him to a chair and sat down, took a deep breath and began to explain to the other party.

"Achen, I was blocked by people from the Zhao family today, and I almost couldn't come back."

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After telling Shi Yunchen what happened just now, the other party frowned and couldn't help but pat the table and said, "It's too arrogant to do it so clearly in the capital!"

Lu Xiuyuan looked at the cracked stone table in front of him, and wiped off the sweat that didn't exist on his forehead.

"In order to prevent this from happening again, just help me find some guards next time I go out."

"How can it be done with only guards?" Shi Yunchen retorted without thinking, "I'll go too, and whoever dares to come over by then I won't even know his father!"

He couldn't help laughing at the young master's protective appearance: "It's okay, with today's incident, even if the people over there want to make a move, they will probably have to wait for a while."

Hearing this, Shi Yunchen couldn't help but asked with a puzzled expression: "However, this Duke Ming is really strange, to beat one of their own people?"

Lu Xiuyuan thought of the information about King Ming that Lord Wu told him before. The other party was a lunatic with a knife in the second prince's hand. He was usually moody and murderous without batting an eyelid.

But he thought of the third brother he picked up on the way to the exam. Although the two sides had the same face, the third brother showed love for the younger brother, honest and honest.

It wasn't that he didn't doubt the other party's identity when he was saving someone, but there were too many dark-skinned rural men, and the other party's expression of caring for the younger brother didn't look like a fake at all, he looked like an ordinary person.

Lu Xiuyuan rubbed the center of his brows, because the two pieces of information were different, he gradually lost track of them.

Is the person I met today really the third brother?Or are they just strangers who look alike?

Thinking about it now, when he met the eldest prince for the first time a few days ago, he felt familiar. He didn't think about it before, but now he suddenly realized that the eldest prince looks very similar to the third brother, so it looks familiar!

Having probably confirmed the identity of King Ming, Lu Xiuyuan couldn't help asking Shi Yunchen: "Ah Chen, besides the eldest prince and the second prince, there is also King Ming, what other princes are there?"

He wanted to find out who the "distant younger brother" that the third brother was talking about was the prince.

When Shi Yunchen heard this question, he thought about it seriously: "I don't seem to have paid attention to these things on weekdays, but I remember that apart from these three, the rest is a prince or an unweaned baby."

Hearing this, Lu Xiuyuan was somewhat confused. Since the royal family does not have a distant brother of the right age, is it really just a coincidence?

He didn't believe it, but the young master didn't know much about it, so he could only let it go for now.

"Why are you asking this?" Shi Yunchen was puzzled.

Lu Xiuyuan thought for a while, and then explained: "I told you earlier that the third brother I met on the road looked exactly like King Ming."

Hearing this, the other party was also shocked: "Really? Didn't you say that it was just an ordinary Orion?"

He directly helplessly spread his hands: "I don't understand now, the two of them have completely different personalities, but at that time, the third brother was in a state of amnesia, and the truth is uncertain, and now we need further confirmation."

"Hmm." Shi Yunchen rested his chin in thought, "If these two are really the same person, then that Prince Ming seems to be a person with a story."

Lu Xiuyuan rubbed the teacup in his hand, thinking of the younger brother who the third elder brother couldn't forget even if he lost his memory.

"I'll ask Congzhi tomorrow. He grew up in the capital, so he may know some rumors."

Thinking of what happened to him today, Shi Yunchen added from the side: "Just to be on the safe side, I'll go with you tomorrow."

Hearing this, although Lu Xiuyuan felt that the Zhao family did not succeed today, and there was a high probability that they would not appear in the near future, he would not gamble with his future. If the young master went with him, it would indeed be much safer.

"I just want to wrong you." He took the young master's hand, "There is nothing interesting in the Wu Mansion other than books, so you may be bored if you stay there."

"Who said I would be bored staying there?" The other party gave him a slight sideways glance, "I haven't finished reading the market research materials I asked someone to sort out. It’s just another place to read.”

Eh?Upon hearing this, Lu Xiuyuan couldn't help being curious: "What market research? Are you planning to open Yan Ruyu's branch in the capital?"

"That's natural~" Shi Yunchen stood up and said with his hands behind his back: "You go out to study every day, and I stay in the yard by myself, why don't I get something to do."

Hearing this, Lu Xiuyuan touched the tip of his nose in embarrassment.

Since I arrived in the capital, at first I just wanted to attract Mr. Wu's attention, but now I'm an apprentice, and after I achieved my goal, I published research papers early and late every day.

"I've been ignoring you for a while." He took the other person's hand and shook it lightly, saying that I'll try when I'm done, and I'll definitely accompany you well.

"Come on, you~" Shi Yunchen withdrew his hand to help Lu Xiuyuan straighten his collar, "it's a good thing to concentrate on studying, if you fail the exam, my shop won't be able to open in the capital."

Hearing that the young master was so considerate, his heart softened, and he couldn't help but pull him into his arms and hug him tightly.

"Thanks a lot."

"Hey, it's a bright day..." The other party quickly broke away from his embrace, "I'll see Nan Xing when he comes back."

"Never mind Nan Xing." Lu Xiuyuan rested his chin on the young master's shoulder, buried his face in the other's neck, and took a deep breath.

"I really want to finish the exam and go home soon..."

The next day, they went to the Wu Mansion together after breakfast, because yesterday they had sent a servant to pass the news that they would bring someone here today, so when they saw Shi Yunchen, Shen Congzhi's expression was calm.

"Little uncle, didn't the master say to let you rest for a day today? Why did you come here?"

Hearing the other party's address again, Lu Xiuyuan was still not used to it, obviously he had been called Brother Shen before, but now he was not used to the sudden change of seniority.

"I want to ask you about some things. The teahouse outside is afraid that the walls have ears. After thinking about it, it's safer to come here and ask."

Hearing this, Shi Yunchen took the few books he brought and left to the next room.

Seeing the situation in front of him, Shen Congzhi asked suspiciously, "What does little uncle want to know?"

Lu Xiuyuan waited for the outside door to be closed, then he beckoned Shen Congzhi to sit down at the desk next to him.

"I want to ask you some news about the royal family. Apart from the previous three princes and the little prince who is not weaned, do we have any other princes in the Qing Kingdom?"

this problem.

Shen Congzhi lowered his eyes and pondered for a while: "It seems that there is, I seem to have heard of it when I was a child, but most of those princes died early, so not many people outside know about it now."

"Is there any, what if he grows up to be a prince who is about the same age as us?"

Hearing Lu Xiuyuan's question, Shen Congzhi pinched his fingers and made a calculation: "Is there anyone as old as us, but there is one who is the closest in age among those younger princes."

"Can you tell me about it?" He asked curiously.

"What's little uncle asking about this?" Shen Congzhi was puzzled: "It's no good to hear too much of this information."

Lu Xiuyuan thought of the contradictions between King Ming and the third brother, and boldly guessed: "I saw a court history on the market two days ago, which recorded that King Ming went crazy because of his younger brother. You grew up in the capital, so you came here to verify it."

After hearing this explanation, Shen Congzhi smiled helplessly: "Young master, you read it from that book, it was all made up randomly and has no credibility."

Lu Xiuyuan shook his head: "If there is a saying, unofficial history is the official history. Maybe these gossips are the real facts?"

Hearing the reasons for his rebuttal, the other party gave up continuing to argue: "If Master knows that you read these crooked miscellaneous books, you will definitely be punished for copying big characters."

"Good nephew, just tell me, now I can't hear the news later, I can't even read this book!"

Lu Xiuyuan knew Shen Congzhi's character, so he was soft-spoken.

"Okay, okay." The other party directly raised his hand in surrender: "You must read the book carefully after the little uncle clears up your confusion."

"Yeah, you must read the book carefully!" After speaking, Lu Xiuyuan sat on the chair and put on a posture of listening attentively.

"The one closest to our age is the Fourth Prince, the younger brother of King Ming."

While speaking, the other party sighed: "The fourth prince was young and intelligent, but it's a pity that Tian Juying accidentally drowned while playing by the pool when he was young."

Hearing Shen Congzhi's explanation, the figure of King Ming gradually matched up with the third brother in his mind, "Then what then?" He continued to ask.

"And then there is no more?" The other party stood up directly, "Little uncle, don't forget to read the book after listening."

Eh?This is the end?

"Is there anything else?"

"Others? What else?" Shen Congzhi was puzzled, "Those are all made up by others, little uncle, don't be confused by those rumors."

Lu Xiuyuan sat back on his seat again. Although he still had a lot of puzzles, at least he could be sure that the third brother who was on the way to the exam was indeed the current King Ming.

Thinking of the "distant younger brother" who kept talking about being afraid of water when the other party lost his memory, he was probably the youngest fourth prince.

Now that his identity has been confirmed, he still doesn't want to continue eating this melon. It would be bad if he eats his stomach again and causes trouble for his upper body. After all, King Ming is not the third brother who is in a state of amnesia.

Although he didn't know what King Ming's personality was like, the two sides were in different camps after all. The other party saved him in the alley yesterday, and his life-saving grace before that was written off and neither owed to each other.

The author has something to say: I am so tired, can everyone encourage me (Star Eyes)