The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

It didn't take long for Lu Xiuyuan to receive the news he wanted.

According to the news from Shi Yunchen's spies, the reason why King Ming's murderous reputation is mainly because of his cruel killing methods, and most of the people he killed were not so innocent...

In other words, the other party is likely to be deliberately disguising.

After confirming the news, Lu Xiuyuan's mind was instantly refreshed by Gou Jian, the King of Yue.

Have to admire.

After all, the old emperor is still in good health, the eldest prince and the second prince are both in their thirties, and King Ming will soon be thirty.

The three brothers guarded this seat eagerly, wary of each other, but it seemed that King Ming was superior.

Although compared to the First Prince and Second Prince, the other party is not so legitimate, but he feels that Prince Ming is the most suitable person for this position.

After confirming that King Ming was a reliable person, he didn't intend to wait for the other party to take the initiative. After meeting and getting along these days, he found that King Ming was only superficially calm, and the other party would be a little unnatural when facing him.

It's not just that the other party has saved my friendship so many times, but a feeling that I have a different position in the other party's heart than other people.

This abnormality was quickly noticed by Lu Xiuyuan, which is also the real reason why he is now confident.

Conglong Zhigong is a life-and-death gamble. If you don't make a quick bet before the result is announced, it will be too late when the dust settles.

So when the third issue of the newspaper started to go on sale, Lu Xiuyuan took the teapot and took the initiative to sit on King Ming's table.

It's just that before he could speak this time, the other party pointed to the position of soliciting papers at the bottom right of the newspaper and said.

"Lu Xiuzhuan, I want to contribute."

Uh, before he could speak, he was interrupted, and Lu Xiuyuan paused before asking, "My lord, what are you going to vote for? Our store is now recruiting suspenseful stories."

"Suspense..." The rough fingertips of the other party kept rubbing the words Call for Papers on the newspaper.

"I do have a suspenseful story here."

Hearing this, Lu Xiuyuan suddenly had a premonition that the story the other party was going to tell must be unusual.

He unconsciously sat up straight and looked at each other seriously.

King Ming tilted his head at him, with a puzzled expression: "Lu Xiuzhuan, why do you say that the drowned people are all proficient in water skills?"

The drowned are all people who are proficient in water?

Hearing this, Lu Xiuyuan's first reaction was to go to the summer vacation in his previous life, and some people went into the water to play because they knew how to swim, and then accidentally drowned.

But he didn't seem to mean it when he saw the other party's expression.

Lu Xiuyuan thought for a moment, and after thinking of a bold guess, his heart beat violently and uncontrollably.

Bang bang bang.

His own heartbeat was instantly audible, and he looked at King Ming in disbelief.

Did the other party mean that? ?

Seeing his reaction, the other party sat up straight again, and even joked: "What did Lu Xiuzhuan think of? Why is his face so scary?"

Although King Ming returned to his previous expression, the atmosphere just now made Lu Xiuyuan unconsciously shudder.

How can the other party still laugh now...

Trying to calm himself down, he took the teapot and poured himself a glass of water.

Seeing Lu Xiuyuan's terrified expression, King Ming really couldn't help laughing this time.

"You people are so thoughtful. I haven't said anything yet. You can scare yourself like this by thinking about it yourself."

Seeing that the other party's expression relaxed a lot, he boldly replied.

"If you didn't deliberately lead in that direction, how could I think of those things?"

"Those things? Those things?" The other party asked curiously: "I really want to know what Lu Xiuzhuan was thinking just now?"

How could this be said casually? Lu Xiuyuan took a few sips of water from his teacup, and his heartbeat returned to a normal frequency.

"It's nothing, but I'm not responsible for the contribution. If the prince really wants to contribute, he can find the store manager."

"Well, that's it..." The other party thought for a moment: "Forget it."

Seeing that the other party stopped talking about this topic, Lu Xiuyuan quickly opened his mouth to continue talking about the topic he hadn't talked about before.

"My lord has bought so many books from the small store. The store manager is very grateful. This time I came here specially to ask me what your lord's needs are. As long as our store can do it, we will try our best to meet your needs."

After hearing this, King Ming glanced at him with a smile, "These are all easy to do, so there is no need to be grateful. After all, the story is so beautiful, it's not a loss if you spend some money to buy it."

This metaphor made Lu Xiuyuan want to rant wildly in his heart, but it was still important.

"As long as the lord thinks, the books in the store can tailor storybooks specifically for the lord's preferences. If you have any requirements, just ask, and we will do our best to satisfy what can be satisfied here."

"So good?" Ming Wang withdrew his smile, "I have everything I want to see?"

Seeing the other party's expression becoming serious, Lu Xiuyuan also solemnly assured: "I don't say that I can satisfy the prince 100%, but the store will do its best to make the story the best it can be."

"Hahaha, this king likes you who are transparent and not pedantic."

The other party tidied up his sleeves and stood up, "I don't need to read the story for the time being, as long as your shop doesn't customize stories for others at will."

Hearing what the other party said, Lu Xiuyuan twitched his lips.

As long as the second prince made such a divorce plan, if he wanted to advise the first prince, the other party would definitely not believe it.

Besides, now that he has decided to follow King Ming, he will naturally not do those things again.

"Don't worry, my lord, now the shop doesn't care about anyone except writing stories for you."

Hearing his assurance, King Ming's face softened rarely.

"What a good boy."

Hehehe, Lu Xiuyuan laughed dryly in his heart. It seems that he is not too different from the other party. He always feels weird when he hears such a name now.

Helping the other party organize the newspapers, when passing them over, he suddenly felt a hard object in his palm.

Looking up at King Ming suspiciously, the other party explained something with a serious expression.

"Since you and Shoufu are masters and apprentices, let's see if there is a way to get the antidote..."

Lu Xiuyuan looked at the rolled up paper in his hand, and when he was still guessing what it was, the other party added another sentence.

"It's the best if you can find it, and it's okay if you can't find it. This matter won't have much impact on the final result."

After the other party finished speaking, he took the newspaper behind his back and left.

It wasn't until about half a cup of tea after the other party walked out of Yan Ruyu that Lu Xiuyuan gently unfolded the rolled paper ball in his palm.

After seeing the few words in it, he instantly understood what King Ming meant.

That's what the other party meant just now.

If the antidote can be found, this matter can end peacefully. If not, at most some people will be sacrificed, which will not have much impact on the final result.

Staring at the name on the piece of paper, Lu Xiuyuan seldom said something funny, and went around and went back to the original starting point.

Forget it, just treat it as a hole card he hid.

This conversation with King Ming made Lu Xiuyuan completely relieved of his worries.

Even the cold face of the eldest prince from behind made him no longer feel a little turmoil in his heart.