What about the soft and cute bamboo horse I am a freshman?

Jin Shi felt that he was not happy at all.

He felt that he should answer Liang Fang, or give Liang Fang some promises, but he could only reply Liang Fang with "thank you" dryly.

and then?

Then Liang Fang took him to the Nianqing Palace. There were countless opportunities on the way. Jinshi wanted to bring up the topic just now, but he also felt that the memories of those years must be painful for Liang Fang. Let Liang Fang immerse himself in that memory again.

But there are some words, once you miss the opportunity, you can never continue.

Seeing that the Nianqing Hall was getting closer, Jinshi gritted his teeth and grabbed Liang Fang's arm, but before he could speak, he saw Deyu and Yuanchu standing not far away.

"Hey, Master Guoshi, where have you been? It's easy to find for my family."

Deyu ran over in small steps, Jinshi subconsciously let go of his hand, Liang Fang glanced at his forearm, and then said to Deyu: "What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty summons you," Deyu bowed and said, "I summon you and Yuan Jiuyao, it seems that...something happened at Jiaxing Pass."

Jinshi was startled, Jiaxing Pass?Isn't that where the Great Array of Mountains and Rivers is?

Could it be that Beicheng is acting like a moth again?

He subconsciously thought of Merong Hyuk.

That's not right, their only eldest prince is still here, how could he be acting like a demon at this time?

But when he heard that it was about Jiaxingguan, Liang Fang's face became serious, and he immediately raised his chin: "Lead the way."

Jin Shi stood at a loss, Yuan Chu came over, stretched out his hand to rub his hair, and said softly: "Birthday is auspicious, you go back first, I put your birthday gift on the table in your room."

Jin Shi was a little worried: "Over there at Jiaxing Pass..."

Yuan Chu smiled: "This is not something you have to worry about at this stage, first think about the upcoming test, Jinshi—"

He touched the corners of Jinshi's eyes and said, "——try hard to become an array painter first."

Jin Shi looked at the back of Yuan Chu and Liang Fang leaving.

That's right, the current him is not even an official Great Mu Painter, so what if he asks about the situation of the Shanhe Great Formation?

He remembered when Beicheng came to commit crimes when he was a child. At that time, Liang Fang's father rushed to the front line, and Yuan Chu supported him in the rear, and he and Liang Fang went to the battlefield after dreaming of becoming a painter.

Now Liang Fang can already talk about the Great Array of Mountains and Rivers with Yuanchu, and he is not even a master of array painting, let alone qualified to fight on the battlefield.

"We have to work harder." Jinshi said to himself.

The matter of Shanhe Dazheng seemed very urgent, so Liang Fang took people to Jiaxing Pass early in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Jin Shi devoted himself wholeheartedly to the preparation of the formation test, and he couldn't wait to become a painting formation master, and then he was admitted to the painting formation division to fight side by side with Liang Fang.

The array test is not difficult for Jinshi, and after the array test, the big competition for the eligibility of the painting array division to enter the Yamen is Jinshi's goal.

There is a nice name for the qualifications of the painting team to enter the Yamen. It is called Zhulu Chunzhan. The location is located in the Jinchun Fanhuayuan in the west of the capital. The painting array master participated in the spring battle.

There are a total of four days of array examination plus deer competition. On the first day, the array examination determines the qualifications of the painting array masters. From the second day, those who have not entered the painting array division in the past can join the new painting array masters in the deer spring competition. In the battle, the top ten painting array masters will be qualified to enter the painting array division's northern office, while the remaining eleven to twenty painting array masters can choose to go to the painting array division's southern office or continue to prepare for the spring war in the coming year.

As the Jingzhe approached, the weather began to warm up. Yuanchu has been busy preparing for the array exam since the beginning of the year. Although the old courtyard master gave the array exam questions, but now that Liang Fang is away, the inspection and maintenance of the battle array is only a matter of time. It can fall on the Jiuyaotou who can draw the formation in the early Yuan Dynasty.

Jinshi jumped off the cart, took out a few pennies, and said with a smile, "Thank you uncle."

The uncle pulling the scooter hurriedly waved his hand and refused: "I'll drop by too...no money required"

Jin Shi still stuffed the money into the hands of the uncle, and the uncle was kind enough that he couldn't just accept it like this. Although the distance from the north of the city to the west of the city was not too far, it was not close either.

Yuanchu left in a hurry this morning and forgot something at home, so he pinched a messenger talisman and asked Jinshi to bring it over. Jinshi didn't know whether the things in the box on the desk designated by Yuanchu were important or not, so he hugged it himself I came over, and on the way, I also rubbed the cart of the uncle who had just delivered food to various families in the north of the city and was about to go back to the west of the city.

There are four directions in the capital, with the imperial palace to the east, Fireworks and Willow Alley to the south, dignitaries and dignitaries to the north, and common people to the west.

The place where common people live is very lively, the smell of fireworks is very strong, all kinds of markets and shops are open in full swing, and the streets are bustling with activity.

Jinshi held the sandalwood box and planned to find someone to ask how to get to the battleground. After all, he didn't come here often in the west city.Who knew he was patted on the shoulder before he opened his mouth.

Jin Shi turned around and was surprised to find that it was a girl he didn't know.

The folk customs of Damu are open, and there is no emphasis on the defense of men and women.

The girl in front of her was beautiful and lively, with a melon-seeded face, big eyes, and a small and cute nose. She was wearing a skirt and a big red cloak with white fur trim, and a golden lily flower was embroidered on the cloak.

Jinshi was a little dazed for a moment: "You are..."

"Oh, I only took one look at you last time, but I can finally take a good look at you this time. You are really small. They say you are seventeen, but are you really seventeen?"

As soon as these words and this voice came out, Jin Shi remembered who it was.

This is the girl who came to open the door for him in the Empress Dowager's Palace on New Year's Eve.

"I'm already eighteen." Jinshi smiled politely, and then took a step back to distance himself from the girl.

Jin Shi's all-round objects have always been older sisters and aunts who are older than him, and he has never had much contact with girls of the same age. Besides, he doesn't know the identity and purpose of this girl. , it can be concluded that she must be either rich or expensive.

The forces in the capital are mixed, so it's better for him to be more cautious.

"Why are you so restrained and nervous?" the girl took a step forward and winked at him playfully, "Afang went to Jiaxing Pass, and he's not here."

Alphonse...

Alfonso? !

Jinshi reacted for a while, only to realize that this girl was talking about Liang Fang?

He suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, and couldn't help but wonder who this girl was, and why could she call Liang Fang "Afang"?

It must be a very familiar person...

Jinshi recalled that when he called Liang Fang "A Fang", Liang Fang made three chapters to stop him from calling it. Why did this girl call it out so naturally?

Jin Shi suddenly felt a little sour in his heart.

"You...what's the matter with you?" The girl was startled when she saw Jinshi's disappointed expression, and began to reflect on whether she had made a mistake.

"No...it's nothing," Jin Shi tried hard to suppress the inexplicable sadness in his heart, as if to prove that he was "nothing", he smiled at the girl, revealing two shallow dimples, "Thank you girl that night Open the door for me."

"Ah, you actually have dimples?" The girl stretched out her hand to poke it, but was stopped by another hand halfway.

"Lu Niannian, which girl like you would touch men of unknown origin on the street before she got married?"

Jinshi watched Lu Nianli, who often followed Liang Fang, grab the girl's wrist, and heard that Lu Nianli called the girl "Lu Niannian", so he roughly guessed their relationship.

"Let me go!" Lu Niannian said angrily, "Why, are all of you men too expensive to touch? It won't break if you touch it! Also, I'm older than you, so you don't know if you just call me by name? Do you know that seniors and young are in order? Is it so difficult to call her sister?"

"First of all, you are less than one year older than me. This difference can be ignored. Secondly," Lu Nianli said in a voice that was not loud enough for Jinshi to hear, and glanced at Jinshi intentionally or unintentionally. , "You are going to marry into the National Teacher's Mansion in the future! Be careful with your words and deeds, and don't get too close to other men. Be careful that the National Teacher will not marry you when the time comes."

"You..." Lu Niannian blushed and slapped Lu Nianli's arm anxiously, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

"Didn't the Empress Dowager summon the national teachers during the Chinese New Year?" Lu Nianli said this sentence casually with a smile on his lips.

It turned out that the Empress Dowager summoned Liang Fang on New Year's Eve to talk about matchmaking.

Jinshi's hands holding the sandalwood box tightened involuntarily.

Liang Fang usually enters the palace to go to court and meet the emperor, even if the emperor can hide from the banquet, this time he finally entered the palace on New Year's Eve, and was caught by the queen mother to marry him.

That's right, Jin Shi thought, Liang Fang is eighteen, and most people have children at this age.It is said to start a family and establish a career, Liang Fang is now a national teacher and Jiuyao's, and the career is considered established, it is time to start a family.

But how could he be so uncomfortable.

Jin Shi hugged the sandalwood box tightly in his arms, bowed slightly to the siblings who were still talking, and pretended to say hello and farewell, then turned around and squeezed into the crowd.

While looking around for someone who could inquire the way, he tried to calm down his mood.

How normal is it for Liang Fang to get married at this age...

When Liang Fang came back from Jiaxing Pass, he would have to interrogate him carefully. He was about to marry a wife, so why did he keep this little girl from him.

Well, stop thinking about it, Jinshi blinked hard, suppressed the inexplicable sourness, and said to himself, it's important to do business first.

He continued to walk west, and saw an acquaintance after walking for a long time.

Tao Boyang entered a shop named Jinlixuan not far ahead.

Jinlixuan?

Jinshi felt that he had heard of this shop somewhere, but he couldn't remember it, so he had to give up.

Now he is a little uncertain whether to follow in, because the people who come in and out there are almost all girls except for Tao Boyang just now, and he doesn't want to talk to Tao Boyang who said bad things about Liang Fang all the way back then.

After thinking about it again and again, he decided it was better to avoid Tao Baiyang.

"Young Master Jinshi?"

Unexpectedly, Tao Boyang came out so quickly and saw him sharply.

Jinshi had no choice but to stop, turned around holding the sandalwood box, and smiled at Tao Baiyang: "Master Tao, what a coincidence."

Tao Boyang held a beautifully crafted box with a few jewels inlaid on it. He lifted the box and said with a smile: "My wife asked me to drop by to buy it. It's something that a woman puts on her face. Why did the little boy come here?"

Jinshi had no choice but to point to the sandalwood box in his arms: "My master asked me to give him something."

"That's just right," Tao Boyang put away the small box, "Young master is also going to compete for the deer battle, right? It just so happens that the next official is also going there, so the young master will follow the official."

and also?

Jinshi frowned secretly in his heart, the battle for the deer is a place for fighting, what is Tao Baiyang, the right envoy of Nanya doing?

But he naturally wouldn't show it on the bright side, but politely said: "Then please trouble Master Tao."

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This is the reason Lu Nianli exists...

Little classmate Liang Fang may not have imagined that Lei, who had "three chapters in the contract", was waiting for him here...