The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

When Murong Yan saw the scene in front of him, he felt a little gloating.

He fanned the flames from the side: "General Shi, it is such a coincidence that we met Brother Ling, should we go up and say hello?"

When General Shi heard the words, he quickly refused, "Forget it, just pretend not to see it."

After speaking, he wanted to pull the other party to change direction.

Seeing this, Murong Yan thought that wouldn't work, so he blinked pitifully at General Shi, "Is that sugar figurine in his hand? It looks delicious."

Uh, General Shi's tangled eyes turned twice on the faces of the sugar figurine stand and Murong Yan, and he didn't notice for a moment, but was pulled over by the other party.

The two eating sugar figures in front of the vendor were stunned when they saw them.

"Second, second brother?"

"Shi, General Shi, are you here to shop too?"

Lu Xiuyuan and Shi Yunchen looked at each other, their eyes dodged, and they were inexplicably guilty.

General Shi nodded expressionlessly.

The atmosphere returned to silence.

Next to him, Murong Yan snickered inwardly. He pointed at the sugar figurine tied with straw, and asked General Shi curiously, "Is this little sugar figurine delicious?"

After hearing this question, the small vendor didn't wait for the general to speak, and then he promoted himself: "Hundred-year-old craftsmanship, authentic maltose, absolutely sweet, you will know after you try it, young man!"

Murong Yan didn't say a word to the vendor, but continued to stare at General Shi, waiting for his reply.

General Shi was defeated by the other party's persistent eyes, sighed, took out money from his purse, and put it on the stall.

Then tied the straw on the side, took a candy rabbit figure like Shi Yunchen and handed it over.

"Here, you will know if you eat and eat."

Murong Yan took the candy bunny from the opponent's hand, and tentatively licked it twice.

The entrance is sweet, and a special malt aroma diffuses in the mouth.

His eyes suddenly lit up.

"It's so sweet!"

This was the first time he had eaten such a delicious thing.

Murong Yan licked the little rabbit's ears, leaned towards General Shi, his amber eyes slightly curved, "Thank you, General Shi."

"What?! General Shi?!"

Hearing this name, the sugar seller quickly put his head out of the baffle and took a look outside. The person standing next to him was indeed General Shi from Longmenguan.

"So it's General Shi!" The other party threw the money he had just collected at the general.

"It's just a little sugar man, General Shi can eat as much as he wants, no money~"

"How can this work?" General Shi put the money into the vendor's hand again, dumbfounded, "It's not easy for you to earn money, so take it quickly!"

Small vendors don't want it at all, "How much is a sugar figure worth, General Shi is so welcome."

In the end, it was General Shi who made a parabola, threw the money into the money box behind the wooden board, and pulled Murong Yan away from the scene, and that was all.

He didn't have time to take care of Shi Yunchen now, so he could only leave first.

Unexpectedly, the street selling snacks was extremely lively. When the surrounding vendors saw General Shi, they all offered their special food.

"General Shi, try our stall's special snack, iced glutinous rice balls, it's very good!" A middle-aged vendor held a wooden bowl and stuffed it into the general's hand.

A middle-aged woman from another stall next to her said, "What do you want the general to do with your soup? Hurry up and get out of the way!"

Pushing the vendor away with a slap, the woman held up a handful of leeks and stuffed them into General Shi's arms, "This is the first crop of leeks this year. I just cut them today, and they are the freshest."

"Don't, don't, don't do it, we can't take things from the common people." General Shi hastily declined.

"Why can't I take it? The plague a few days ago, my family really didn't have the money to buy medicine. Seeing that the old man is dying, you ordered him to be treated for free, General, just a handful of leeks! What's the matter?"

The woman stuffed the leeks into General Shi's arms very aggressively. Seeing this, the others hung all the cabbage and radishes they sold on General Shi's body. Chinese cabbage.

Murong Yan marveled at the fighting power of the people here, he raised his eyes to see the situation of General Shi.

Seeing him looking over, General Shi saw more and more people gathered around him from the corner of his eye, and quickly ordered: "Put down your things, it's not suitable for shopping today, let's leave first!"

Then he put the vegetables in his arms on the wooden board beside him, grabbed Murong Yan's sleeve and ran away.

The other party was staggered by him, barely following the pace of General Shi.

On the way to run, Murong Yan felt that the sleeves were being pulled more and more, and he couldn't help exclaiming: "Hey, hey, the sleeves are going to break!"

After hearing this, General Shi hurriedly let go, and pulled the opponent's hand instead.

When he turned his head, he noticed the common people who were chasing up with cabbage behind him, and couldn't help but quicken his pace again.

After running for a while, Murong Yan next to him yelled weakly: "General, I, I'm about to die..."

Seeing that Murong Yan couldn't run anymore, General Shi had no choice but to stop slowly.

As soon as the other party stopped, he put his hands on his knees and tried to recover his strength.

When they looked up again, the people chasing after them had already surrounded them.

"General Shi is really too far-fetched! What are you running for? This is all a little bit of our big guy's wish."

"That's right, General Shi, hurry up and accept it!"

General Shi had no choice but to explain to everyone: "The army has regulations, and it is absolutely not allowed to take a single leaf from the common people. The things you send, I have taken it with my heart, you take it back and use it yourself."

The people still insisted on sending it.

In the end, it was General Shi's earnest persuasion, and finally some people gave up the idea of ​​giving things.

And after this incident, everyone felt that General Shi, who was usually cold-faced, was not as unkind as he appeared on the surface.

The military and civilian families are close, and the atmosphere is just right.

At this moment, a tall and thin commoner next to him boldly asked a question, "General Shi, what is this Goudai man next to you here for? Why are you walking together?"

As soon as everyone heard this question, their eyes turned around gossiping between the two of them.

When Murong Yan saw that person asked this question, he took two steps forward and replied, "This is the envoy of the Goudai clan, who came to sign the truce agreement."

"What do you mean, do you mean that you will not fight in the future? Why did you suddenly decide not to fight? Do you have any conspiracy?" The man frowned.

Hearing this, Murong Yan's face flashed with pain, "Actually, the decision to siege the city before was planned by the future leader of our tribe, the eldest prince. Chaos and chaos deserve death.”

Everyone listened to him in silence.

"The Goutai tribe is the son of the great prince. We suffered untold hardships in successive wars. In the end, everyone was oppressed and there was nothing we could do. In order to survive and stop fighting, our only herdsmen finally stood up and resisted. Only then did the prince be overthrown."

Hearing this just now, the tall and thin man couldn't help but question: "It's easy to say, do you know how much damage your eldest prince's casual order has caused to our side?! It's impossible for this matter to pass by so lightly. !"

Murong Yan pursed his lips, and performed a salute unique to their Goudai clan, sincerely apologizing to everyone around them.

"I know that the eldest prince caused you a lot of losses before. We will not shirk this responsibility. After a decision, we will compensate you with [-] good horses this year. In addition to the [-] good horses every year, we will also have [-] cattle and sheep each year." , I hope to restore the old good, the border is peaceful, and there will be no more wars in the future."

"Ten thousand good horses?!" The tall and thin man couldn't help but exclaimed. He leaned over to an acquaintance next to him, and confirmed in a low voice: "I heard that war horses could be sold for a thousand taels in the capital before? His good horse, isn't it..."

Hearing Murong Yan's words, the other party was also shocked, "Yes, that's equivalent to 1 1000 taels, and there will be [-] cattle and sheep each year..."

While whispering to each other, the onlookers heard the news, and they were all shocked by the converted 1000 million taels.

The thin and tall man just now cast admiring glances at Murong Yan, "It's really good to dare to take responsibility, you are a good person, I hope your leader can abide by the agreement, and the two sides will be peaceful in the future, and there will be no more wars."

Murong Yan nodded solemnly, "We will."

After this conversation, everyone's impression of the Goudai people has changed somewhat.

Both sides long for peace and hope that there will be no more wars. Now that the armistice agreement has been signed, it shows that the common people can finally live a stable life again.

Thinking of this, the tall and thin man simply handed over the two big radishes in his arms, "This is a sweet radish unique to our north, take it back and taste it."

Faced with the kindness of the common people, Murong Yan was very moved. He took the big radish with both hands and held it in his arms seriously.

When the other people saw this, they remembered the original purpose again, and they started stuffing vegetables and fruits into General Shi's arms again.

General Shi was holding a lot of vegetables in a panic, with a few scallions pinned to his waist.

Not far away, Lu Xiuyuan saw this scene and couldn't help gloating.

"Unexpectedly, the general will have such a day."

Shi Yunchen took a bite of the little candy bunny that was left in his hand, frowned and said, "I always feel that the little prince's heart is not pure."

Hearing this, Lu Xiuyuan nodded in agreement, "That's right, no matter how innocent you look on the surface, you must have other plans in your heart, but if you come to Longmen Pass, then you have to follow our rules, and even if you count him Not a day."

When Shi Yunchen heard this, he couldn't help but give him a blank look, "Who told you this? What I said was that he has something wrong with his second brother!"

"Not innocent to your second brother?"

Lu Xiuyuan rested his chin to think about this possibility.

The other party came here full of plans, and in two and a half days, the only one who could have anything to do with General Shi was the little prince who impulsively silenced all the prison guards in Longmen.

It sounds a bit excessive, but it is actually a good thing for General Shi.

If General Shi's character was correct, he would definitely parade the capital prisoner through the streets and then beheaded the public. The emperor didn't believe that his confidants were collaborating with the enemy.

It's a pity that General Shi, who was too honest, took the responsibility on himself. The sudden death of the plague is not as good as the reason for the crime of collaborating with the enemy.

Thinking about it this way, the other party's mind is indeed too sinister!

Lu Xiuyuan put his hand on Shi Yunchen's shoulder, and the other party simply pulled him into his arms, and whispered his thoughts.

"I suspect that he killed the capital prison on purpose because he knew that General Shi was kind-hearted and would take the initiative to take the blame, deliberately provoke conflicts between the border and the emperor, and then take advantage of the chaos to make trouble!"

After hearing his opinion, Shi Yunchen shook his head in disapproval.

"According to my observation, the little prince's eye movements with the second brother, I think he may simply want to kill the prison and take the responsibility on himself, but I didn't expect the second brother to think about the innocent herdsmen, knowing that the plague The sudden death is outrageous, so I chose this as the reason.”

"Impossible? You mean that little prince has that kind of thought for your second brother?" Lu Xiuyuan was surprised.

The other party bit the gum man and nodded seriously, "I think it's probably true."

"It's okay, don't think about these things. You and the little prince met each other. What can you tell?" He couldn't help but smiled and rubbed Shi Yunchen's hair, "I was with that little prince this morning. Having said that, if the other party is really interested in General Shi, wouldn't I not be able to see it?"

Shi Yunchen lifted the hand on his head, and said angrily, "With your single-minded brain, what details can you expect to see?"

Hearing the accusation from the other party, Lu Xiuyuan thought of the things that happened before they exchanged their hearts.

So he curled his lips and didn't dare to speak again.

The author has something to say: Lu Xiuyuan: The straight man of steel deserves to be me!