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"What?" Wei Bo was puzzled.

It's not appropriate to say anything else, but Zhao Baiyu just smiled and changed the subject: "You guys can't beat Li Deshou together?"

Wei Bo nodded: "20 years have passed, and the old dog's internal strength has improved to a higher level."

The hidden guard said: "I have fought both the general and Li Deshou, and I can be sure that the old dog can't beat the general."

Zhao Baiyu: "Huo Jingtang is not in Liangjiang, it seems that I have to take precautions in advance to avoid being assassinated."

"A tiger's poison does not eat its son..." Uncle Wei hesitated when he said this. If Princess Changping really cared about the love between mother and child, she would definitely not ignore her for 20 years, especially since she has the ability to take good care of Zhao Baiyu. . "Indeed, it's better to be on guard. I'll ask my friends in Jianghu if there are any weapons, drugs and poisons suitable for ordinary people."

Mother and son are fighting to the death, and Tian Yingzhuo's life is in the middle, I am afraid it will be life and death.

The hidden guard hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't hide his curiosity and asked: "Master Zhao has His Majesty's orders to investigate the case in a legitimate way, and Fang Xingwen will not be snatched away like last time... So should we continue to investigate? What should we do next? But please tell me, my lord, I will wait for everything."

They watched the battle between Zhao Baiyu and Liangjiang in the officialdom. The ups and downs and dangers were more exciting than listening to books or reading scripts. They could never guess who would fall into the pit next and what turning point would happen until early in the morning. , It seems to push this drama to a climax, I can't wait to know how to make the next move.

"You ask me, I don't know." Zhao Baiyu tapped the back of his hand, looked away from Tian Yingzhuo's body, and settled in the void: "The officials and officials of the two rivers guard each other. As the saying goes, grab carrots and bring out mud. They caught Fang Xingwen, Tian Yingzhuo, and brought out a bunch of radishes, and now they have caused a lot of shame, and it will be difficult to get rid of them."

Wei Bo recalled what Zhao Baiyu said before, "You said that if Tian Yingzhuo's case can't be hit immediately, Princess Changping and Ganshang will join hands to deal with you?" He suddenly came back to his senses, "Wouldn't their cooperation be the same as the two rivers' cooperation?" Officials join forces? You are the target of public criticism right now!"

Zhao Baiyu touched the Buddha beads: "So now we must always be ready for the blow from Princess Changping and Jiangxi merchants."

The hidden guard was both nervous and curious: "Can the adults guess from which direction they will beat us?"

"I'm not a roundworm in their stomachs, how can I guess?" Zhao Baiyu thoughtfully: "But if I were them, the best way to deal with me is to start with my position."

As soon as the words fell, Dou Zumao's wailing and wolf howling came in from outside: "My lord—" He was knocked down artificially when he entered the threshold, and threw himself at Zhao Baiyu's feet and wailed: "My lord, you are so frightened to death! I heard that Tian Yingzhuo was burned to death in the study in the Tianfu fire, and I thought you were there, but luckily you are fine."

"You're very well informed." Zhao Baiyu asked, "How do you know that I'm in Tian Yingzhuo's residence in the middle of the night?"

Dou Zumao was stunned for a moment, and quickly said, "I'm humbled to listen to what the officers and soldiers at the door said."

Zhao Baiyu: "It's not the time to be on duty, Master Dou is here early?"

Dou Zumao forced a smile: "The lower officials have always been diligent."

Zhao Baiyu suddenly turned cold: "Get up!"

Dou Zumao got up quickly, lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Zhao Baiyu's expression, and secretly groaned in his heart. The new boss's mental skills were too clever, so that he couldn't fool Zhao Baiyu like he used to fool other bosses. Thinking and using your brain are more tiring than being on duty for ten days and nights.

Staring at the ground, he noticed that Zhao Baiyu was moving towards him, and he didn't intend to stop. Dou Zumao backed away in fright: "My lord, did I say something wrong or did something wrong? My lord, why didn't you say a word—" —"Still approaching!He was so frightened that he begged for mercy: "Your official knows your mistake! The vegetable vendor in your lord's mansion is my brother-in-law. I swear, I only intervene occasionally. It's just... I just want to know the boss's preferences and please the boss. I have never done it before." Betrayal of adults! This is really common in the officialdom—ah!"

Dou Zumao, who was backing again and again, didn't pay attention to his feet, tripped and fell directly. When he saw Zhao Baiyu walking by him, he suddenly realized that he didn't want to punish him, but asked him to get out of the way.

He is purely a guilty conscience, scaring himself.

Dou Zumao let out a long sigh of relief, and slumped down exhausted.

Zhao Baiyu, who arrived at the door, turned around and reminded: "Master Dou, get up if you are not injured. The dead are the worst, and it is always bad luck to sit on the dead."

dead?

Dou Zumao was startled, looked down, and happened to meet Ueda Yingzhuo's bleeding face, the whites of his eyes rolled over and he passed out.

Walking to the atrium, Zhao Baiyu ordered in a low voice: "The case has to be concluded. First lock up Ma Deyong. Maybe it will be useful someday. All the goods detained at the dock will be moved to the Caosi Yamen, and will be confiscated according to the law. Merchants want to redeem according to the market price."

Weber nodded.

Zhao Baiyu: "There is also about Li Deshou. I will not interfere with any of your decisions, but I hope you are safe and sound. If you need my help, please come to me."

Wei Bo knew the meaning of Goro's words, "My revenge will definitely be avenged, but don't rush it for a while. It will take 20 years to wait."

"Yeah." Zhao Baiyu's mind was moving fast: "I still need Uncle Wei to help me go to Huainan and bring a letter to He Guangyou. After finishing the work, I will go to Shandong to find Chen Fangrong. I will write the specific matters in the letter and send the letter to Feige." Tell him, just stop him and give orders when you get there."

Wei Bo didn't ask why, but just obeyed orders.

Walking out of Cao Si's mansion, a sniper arrow hits his face. Fortunately, Wei Bo quickly grabs Zhao Baiyu to avoid the assassin, turns around and wants to catch up with the assassin but is stopped by Zhao Baiyu.

"It's a warning as well as an early warning. If you catch someone, you can't ask anything. I know who did it." Zhao Baiyu flicked his sleeves, his expression calm and unruffled, "Let's go."

Passing a corner, I met Zhao Chongjin who came uninvited.

Zhao Chongjin looked at Zhao Baiyu with a complicated expression. He had heard about what had happened in recent days, and even happened to see what happened just now. There were so many murderous intentions, so dangerous, why could he remain calm?

"Officials pay attention to time and effort, and they always seek safety in their actions. They focus on step-by-step progress and try to cover everything. Whether investigating a case or implementing a policy, you have to take your time. It is not impossible to spend three to five years. You... There is no need to be too radical. "

Zhao Chongjin didn't have any real feelings about Zhao Baiyu's coming to Liangjiang at first, and only thought that his presence would help him with his errands, but the more he watched his actions in the past few days, the more dangerous he became, and if he was a little careless, he would be doomed.

He fought with Princess Changping, Ganshang, and the officials of Liangjiang. When there was no pause, he put himself in the situation and put himself in Zhao Baiyu's situation. Zhao Chongjin felt that he either died in Liangjiang or drove himself crazy. .

"Master Zhao is here to admonish me?"

Zhao Chongjin frowned: "I'm scared for you—forget it, whether you are resourceful or scheming, you are much better than me. Maybe I think it's a shame, but it's easy for you." He hesitated again and again, staring at you. Looking into Zhao Baiyu's eyes, the more I looked at it, the more I felt like it. Seeing that Zhao Baiyu was about to leave, I couldn't help but said, "Do you know about Ma Deyong, a joint security guard of 38 officials from 180 prefectures in four provinces?"

Zhao Baiyu stopped: "What?"

Zhao Chongjin's face was ugly: "You don't know?"

Both of them were taken aback, some guesses flashed in their minds, Zhao Chongjin instinctively didn't dare to think deeply, Zhao Baiyu instantly thought that before taking office, King Kang's weird attitude should be ordered by Emperor Yuanshou not to disclose this matter.

reason?

Is it because he is afraid that he knows the complexity of the two rivers, and he will not dare to do drastic work?Or was he afraid that Huo Jingtang would find out and stop him from coming to Liangjiang out of selfishness to protect him?

But deliberately concealing such an important matter, isn't it afraid that he, who knows nothing, will drown in the deep water when he steps into the two rivers?

Or is he and Changping's mother-child relationship taken as a talisman, so take it for granted?

It has to be said that Zhao Baiyu has figured out the mind of Emperor Yuanshou.

However, Zhao Baiyu turned the beads one by one, always feeling that there was something wrong, if Emperor Yuanshou's mind could be guessed so easily, why would Huo Jingtang be so afraid?

"What did you think of?" Zhao Chongjin asked.

Zhao Baiyu asked without answering, "How do you know this?"

"It was mentioned in my mother's letter that she would help me if she asked me to." Zhao Chongjin was puzzled at that time, shouldn't his mother be the most indifferent towards Zhao Baiyu?Now it seems that everything has signs. "I'm asking you something personal, it doesn't matter if you don't want to answer..."

Zhao Chongjin gritted his teeth and stared straight into Zhao Baiyu's eyes: "In the past 20 years, Princess Changping hasn't contacted you once?"

Zhao Baiyu's mind was full of Emperor Yuanshou's rules and regulations, and he didn't pay attention to Zhao Chongjin's strangeness, so he responded casually: "Is there anything you don't understand?"

Yes, no one knows better than the Zhao family.

If Zhao Baiyu had an arrogant and domineering eldest princess backing him, how could he be in such a miserable life?How could he be forced to give up the scientific examination and be forced to marry instead?

Zhao Chongjin avoids Zhao Baiyu's clear and moist eyes, his mind is confused and flustered, he dare not think about the truth, that is too absurd, no one can bear it.

"If there's nothing else, I'll go first."

Zhao Chongjin subconsciously wanted to stop him, but Wei Bo blocked his way.

After Zhao Baiyu walked a little farther, Wei Bocai said: "Mr. Zhao Lang knows what Wu Lang said when we walked out of Zhao's mansion from his remote and dilapidated small courtyard on the day we got married? He said that he and the Zhao family are settled. "

Zhao Chongjin's face was cold, and he could only find that his pupils were constricted and he was in a state of loss of soul when he looked carefully.

"No matter what your purpose is to approach Goro, if you dare to hurt him even an iota, I will kill the Zhao family including your favorite Zhao Yuzheng!"

After uttering harsh words, Wei Bo couldn't hide his hostility, and he would really put it into action.

Zhao Chongjin moved his lips, but in the end he didn't say a word. He stood at the entrance of the alley for a long time, his hands and feet stiffened by the cold wind.

He clasped the boy's arm tightly, his teeth were chattering, and he uttered a word with difficulty: "Send the post... just say me, and ask to see Princess Changping!" There is a truth that is embarrassing and painful for everyone.

Zhao Chongjin was afraid, so he still had to go to Tiger Mountain to find the fierce tiger that might tear the Zhao family apart.

***

Zhao Mansion, the main courtyard.

Nanny entered the room with the letter, and said to Mrs. Xie who was reading the accounts: "Madam, a letter from Liangjiang."

Xie didn't raise his head: "A letter from Erlang?"

Mammy: "It's the old lady!"

"aunt?"

Xie stood up in surprise, quickly took the letter and opened it, and read it hungrily. When she saw her aunt saying in the letter that Cheng Jie should not punish Wulang, and that Wulang was young, she asked her to stop Cheng Jie and talked about him, she was at a loss. Water, looking down, it was my aunt's knife and pen maid who explained that it was the words my aunt woke up from a dream in the middle of the night, so she couldn't help but smiled knowingly.

"Auntie is as lively as ever."

It is wrong to use the word lively to describe elders, but Mrs. Xie just likes that kind of aunt.

When my aunt said that Wulang had eyes like her, face like Chengjie, and bearing was his own family, a gentleman as gentle as jade, the smile on Xie's face gradually disappeared, and it was even more strange that my aunt had never seen Shiro (she knew that aunt thought that Shiro ranks fifth), how do you know what he looks like?Moreover, he does not look like her in any way, and his demeanor is not like that of a gentleman like jade.

Who is the aunt talking about?

Mrs. Xie looked down and saw the notes of the knife-pen maid, saying that it was my aunt who went to Hongzhou to relax and stayed at Erlang's house. When Erlang and Erlang went to the restaurant, they met Wulang and recognized him at a glance.

[The old lady said that Goro's eyes are most like a girl's. 】

Mrs. Xie stared at this sentence, so hard that her fingertips turned white, she tore a hole in the letter paper before waking up from a dream. She put down the letter paper in a panic, not daring to touch it carefully, for fear of tearing the letter paper, and seemed to want to Like shredding letter paper, the eyes see through the back of the paper.

Mammy is Xie's dowry maid since she was a child, and she is looking worriedly at Xie's ugly face, who looks like a dying person. She doesn't understand what is written in the letter, how could she lose her composure?

Mrs. Xie is calm and generous. Apart from being murdered by Princess Changping many times in the past, and seeing the little Shiro dying of serious illness many times later, he lost his composure. These years have been smooth and smooth, how can there be such an anxious and worrying demeanor now?

"Ma'am, what's the matter with you?"

When Mammy came over, Xie covered the letter reflexively, sorted out her hair and skirt a little helplessly, raised her chin, and tried her best to maintain her calmness, but her rapid and heavy breathing revealed her inner unrest.

"Prepare pen and paper, I want to write a letter to Erlang."

Mammy hurriedly prepared the paper and pen, and Xie took the pen to write it quickly, put it in an envelope, and asked Mammy to send it out as soon as possible, so that no one could see it.

***

Zhao Chongjin came out of the princess's mansion. He didn't pay attention when he got on the horse. He stepped on the air and broke his right hand. He was sent back to the mansion urgently. Eye.

Zhao Jiaerlang was famous in Kyoto for his left-handed painting and right-handed calligraphy.

As soon as the eyes were painted, the orthopedic doctor also came, and Zhao Chongjin collapsed on the chair, his back was wet with sweat, his lips were pale, and he was in a daze.

"Pack up this painting and send it to Kyoto. Unless my mother gets it, no one is allowed to open it!"

***

Northwest Linyan Mansion, Yanzhou.

As far as the northwest is concerned, Yanzhou is its throat fortress and has an important strategic position. Once it is lost, Daxia is likely to go straight into Guanzhong, so it is heavily guarded and heavily defended.

However, no matter how tight the defense is, a few little mice will sneak in.

Under the cover of night, a few black shadows swiftly shuttled between the roofs of the alleyway, avoiding the patrolling soldiers, and found the well in the city familiarly. Just as they were about to throw the Gu poison they brought into the well, they were suddenly lit up. He was stunned by the torches, and was caught by the surrounding soldiers.

Adjutant Cui walked out, pulled off the mask on Hei Ying's face, pinched his face and looked at him for a moment, and said, "Isn't this Boss Xia who sells cloth in the east of the city?"

The soldier next to him came up to look and said angrily: "It is indeed him! He has lived on the border of Yanzhou for more than [-] years. If it hadn't been for the girl A Liao saying that he behaved sneakily and talked with a stranger, he would burst out a big sentence. Xia Yu and Nanjiang Yu, I'm afraid they don't know that he is a spy!"

Adjutant Cui: "Have the others caught?"

Another soldier stepped forward: "I caught them all. They didn't let them damage the water source. After being checked by Dr. Xu, it was confirmed that it was poisonous. Daxia really joined hands with Nanjiang to invade."

Adjutant Cui drew out his knife and slashed at Boss Xia who kept begging for mercy. Hot blood sprayed out. Adjutant Cui just calmly shook off the blood on the knife: "Kill them all, cut off their heads and hang them at the gate of the city."

"Yes!"

No one would think that it is cruel or that the dead are the most important. When two armies are at war, it is either dead or alive. What's more, the other side is even more cruel, and wants to slaughter an entire city. The common people have to be tortured by Gu poison.

On the way back to the camp, a soldier suddenly came to report: "One of the captured spies claimed to be the son of the prime minister of Daxia. The subordinates saw that he had thin skin and tender flesh, and no calluses on his hands. He really looked like a son of a nobleman who came to earn military merit."

"Interesting." Adjutant Cui reined in his horse and said, "Go back to the camp first!"

After a while, he rushed to the barracks, Adjutant Cui strode over to Huo Jingtang's tent, and after hearing the words of entering, he opened the curtain and explained everything that happened tonight: "...Fortunately, the general reminded me to Xia’s current monarch’s method is probably to send spies to several important border towns during the previous peace covenant fairs, which makes the people below be more vigilant and take precautions.”

Huo Jingtang stepped on the floor with one foot, sitting in an unrestrained posture, listening to Adjutant Cui's words, without raising his eyelids, and focused on making the lights in his hand.

After a while, Adjutant Cui heard him say: "Tell that donkey egg who claims to be the prime minister's son, he must prove his worth, or else he will cut off one body part a day and give it to his parents."

Adjutant Cui was full of energy: "Understood!"

After saying that, he was about to go out, but was stopped by Huo Jingtang: "Wait a minute," Shen Si said a little: "The level of iron smelting in Daxia is higher than that of our dynasty, but iron ore is scarce, and even currency circulation is mostly made by our dynasty. However, in the past few months, I have seen that their army is well-equipped, especially in important military resources such as swords and armor, which can catch up with the Northwest Army. People who sneaked into the capital of Daxia also said that in the past 20 years, my dynasty Copper coins, silver, and iron ore, which are strictly prohibited from exporting, are increasing year by year in Daxia, which cannot be achieved with just a few frontier markets in the northwest."

Adjutant Cui realized the seriousness: "The general suspects that someone imported the goods that I ordered to export into Daxia?"

Huo Jingtang: "The prime minister's son should know something. Even if he doesn't know, the prime minister of Daxia should know."

Adjutant Cui had a stern expression: "Understood!"

***

Tian Yingzhuo committed suicide in fear of crime, and the case should be settled. However, Zhao Baiyu took advantage of the complicated closing process of the major case and insisted on delaying reporting to Dali Temple, but Shanqian sent someone to explain and took back his soldiers.

Zhao Baiyu returned to the situation where he had no soldiers to use.

Fortunately, there is no place that needs manpower right now, and the New Year is coming soon, and no one chooses to make troubles here, and once the New Year is over and spring comes, the departments of the two rivers will have to get busy, so they should choose to make troubles at that time.

One of the important responsibilities of Cao Sishi is to buy grain, and Jiangxi is one of the largest granaries in the country. Last year, the annual sales volume was 120 million shi, accounting for one-fifth of the grand scene.

Once he made a mistake, Zhao Baiyu would at least be responsible for losing his job.

Princess Changping and Jiangxi merchants teamed up to deal with him, and they will definitely choose to buy grain from here.

There are no people in the two rivers, and the foundation is unstable. Zhao Baiyu can't pin all his hopes on the two rivers. He has set his sights on Huainan and the north.

"Goro, you don't need to buy peach charms, door god statues and all kinds of fruits this year." Yan Bing had a large bag in his hand, and two people behind him carried a lot of goods, and they stepped into the front hall together. "The mothers and girls in the capital sent over, including the peace talisman from Baohua Temple, the peach talisman from the Taoist Temple of Tianyou Palace, the fruit was made by everyone, and the clothes... Four or five sets!"

Zhao Baiyu sat still, Zhi Yi smiled and looked at Yan Bing and others who entered the door, as if seeing the lovely relatives who were looking forward to in Kyoto Prefecture, and naturally remembered the New Year spent with the big guys in Kyoto Prefecture last year, Can't help feeling a little lonely.

Unconsciously glanced at the Buddha beads on his wrist, Zhao Baiyu's thoughts surged wildly, and he seemed to hear Hai Dongqing's loud and long cry in his ears, thinking it was an illusion caused by excessive longing.

Unexpectedly, it was another sea dongqing hovering over the mansion, and the eagle king who was left behind by him also flew to the blue sky when he heard the sound, and the two of them kissed for a long time before reluctantly coming down, and sent the letter from its owner to Zhao Bai fish in hand.

Zhao Baiyu said in a low voice, "The war in the northwest is tight, can you still send the letter?" He said so, but he kept staring at the letter.

One of the hidden guards pretended to be an ordinary guard and followed Zhao Baiyu. Hearing this, he said: "Ordinary carrier pigeons will definitely not be able to spread the news, but Hai Dongqing is the king of eagles. And there are Chinese New Years in the Northwest and Daxia." Customs, at the moment there is a tacit truce."

"So that's the case." Zhao Baiyu told Yan Bing and the others to arrange the new year's goods, and then went to the study to open the letter alone.

[Ms. Qingqing, seeing a letter is like meeting you. 】

Zhao Baiyu's eyes were gentle, and he said softly: "It's practical to learn."

The first half of the letter describes the war, saying that Da Xia had repeatedly feigned attacks, secretly colluding with southern borders to repeat the old tricks, colluding with spies, cooperating inside and outside, and planning to poison the water source in Yanzhou, but they were all caught, and a Da Xia general was captured alive, saying He is the son of the prime minister who came to grab credit.

[Great Xia has been weak for a hundred years, wandering among the great powers, who is strong and respects whom, and at the same time flatters Dajing and Turks. In the past 20 years, it has suddenly changed its previous style, frequently teasing Dajing's tiger whiskers, harassing the northwest border towns, annexing small neighboring countries, and strengthening itself Strength, having fought several victories, was once a powerful enemy that Dajing had a headache for. 】

[After interrogating the son of a high-ranking official in Daxia, I found out the reason. Do Xiao Lang want to know? 】

If Huo Jingtang asked in person, Zhao Baiyu would still be interested in guessing, but now that the answer is right in front of him, it would be unnecessary for a fool.

[As a husband, I know that Xiao Lang is too lazy to guess... Forget it, it doesn't matter to you.It has something to do with the former dynasty. The first emperor was not very wise in his later years. 】

Far from being wise, in the early days of Emperor Yuanshou's ascension to the throne, the mountains and rivers were precarious, and the treasury and internal treasury were seriously short, which was basically the evil result of the late emperor.

The first emperor suddenly became confused in his later years, and wanted to change the heir, he was extravagant and wasteful, and allowed traitors and corrupt officials to control the government...the list goes on and on, but he was indeed a wise emperor who worked hard to govern in the middle and early stages, so the evaluation of history books is not too much.

[In the seventh, ninth, and tenth years of Yuanfeng, there were three scientific examinations. A group of students entered the palace to participate in the final round of palace examinations, and were selected by the late emperor as disciples of the Son of Heaven.As usual, those who fail the election will return to their original form without exception, and they will take the exam again in the next year. Ten years of hard study have been wasted. Some of them have lost their fortunes because of the imperial examination, but they have failed in succession. He was regarded as dissatisfied with the imperial court and had the heart of rebellion, so the officers and soldiers arrested, killed, and maimed some scholars, causing the students all over the world to be indignant. , have officials to do. 】

[This is the previous story, and the following is the main topic. The students who were outstanding in the past, but were not selected by the first emperor in the palace examination, failed repeatedly. Some of the students who escaped from the disaster in the Temple of Confucianism, some people went to Daxia to become the national teacher, and turned their heads to deal with it Great view. 】

Zhao Baiyu was slightly surprised, there was such an entanglement?

It's no less than a strange situation.

[I also found something strange. Daxia lacks supplies and needs to buy supplies from our dynasty, but my dynasty does not recognize Daxia coins. Therefore, our dynasty coins are circulated in Daxia instead of Xia dynasty coins.But the coins came from our dynasty, and the gold and silver were also the most abundant in our dynasty, so it is well known that Daxia is poor. 】

[However, in the past 20 years, the amount of silver circulating in Daxia has gradually increased, and the trading of goods at the border has not changed for 20 years. Where did they get the silver, copper and iron? 】

[I suspect that someone sent money into Daxia, but unfortunately there are no extra clues. 】

The speculation about transporting silver might be true. The rise of Daxia is indeed too rapid. If Huo Jingtang had not fallen from the sky, it is estimated that Dajing would be forced to sever the land.

Zhao Baiyu continued to read, and the second half described some Northwest customs, such as the customs from New Year's Eve to Lantern Festival over there, which are roughly similar to this, but more like the modern New Year's Eve and Lantern Festival that he is familiar with, and there are local special lanterns, Iron flower.

He said that the iron flower is the fiery tree and silver flower in the poem, which is very beautiful. It was a pity that Xiao Lang was not by his side when he saw it.

[I have learned how to forge iron flowers for a few days, and then let Xiao Lang also see the magnificent scene of thousands of trees blooming at night in the east wind. 】

Zhao Baiyu rubbed the words with his fingertips, thinking of Huo Jingtang so much that his heart was twisted into balls.

When Yan Bing came to look for someone with a trotting horse and turned the light, he saw Wu Lang smiling like a girl meeting a lover in a story book, still unconsciously shaking his head, knocking on the study door that he forgot to close and reminded loudly : "Goro, I'm here to deliver something!"

Zhao Baiyu came back to his senses, coughed twice, "What?"

Yan Bing came in: "The people from the inn just brought it over, saying that it was ordered by the king of the small county to deliver it to you... I think it's a special New Year's gift for you from the northwest."

"Let me see."

Zhao Baiyu took over the elegant and exquisite revolving lantern and turned it slowly. The characters inside immediately became vivid and gradually gathered into moving paintings, which became more and more familiar with each other.

One is in front of the food stall near Yudao, Zhao Baiyu handed over the handkerchief, Huo Jingtang took it, and the other is Huo Jingtang wrapping the Buddhist beads around his wrist.

The third picture is the hands stretched out to each other in front of the tall horse on the wedding day.

In the fourth picture, the figures of the two overlap each other, as if they are whispering, the picture is a bit familiar——

Yan Bing leaned over at this moment: "What kind of painting is this?"

"!" Zhao Baiyu's eyes widened, he suddenly covered the revolving lantern, and waved away Yan Bing: "What do children look at from grown-ups? Go out."

Yanbing pouted and went out, it must be something embarrassing, Goro likes to call himself an adult when he is embarrassed.

"Dead Huo Jingtang!" Zhao Baiyu touched his hot ears, and stared at the fourth painting speechlessly - the scene of the two in the hot spring water in the suburbs of Jiangyang County, Huainan, and the fifth and fourth paintings. Sixth, the time when he took the initiative in his own mansion during the New Year and in the palace. "Does he still want to draw a picture of spring G?"

"Because you didn't say it in person, you're fooling around!"

"When we meet, we will deal with him! Bodhisattva... Huo Jingtang really has no seriousness, and he has not learned the pure heart and desires that a Bodhisattva should have."

Zhao Baiyu just hugged the revolving lantern and cursed in the study for a long time.

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The author has something to say:

In the study, the white fish who scolded for a long time because of Lao Huo's little yellow pictures...cute.

PS: At the end of the last chapter, there were a lot of questions about Wei Bo feeding the wrong medicine. Those questions are a foreshadowing, but I am not sure whether I will give up this foreshadowing in the future, because the plot also deleted some details, corresponding to several places in the outline later, But my outline will change frequently, and a little modification in the front will cause changes in the plot later, so at the end of the last chapter...let's read it after writing the corresponding plot.

(I’ve been going to bed late these days, and the detailed outline hasn’t been filled in yet, and my brain is on strike and I refuse to do it)

PPS: About the imperial examination, the real history: the original imperial examination system included a palace examination. Only those who were selected by the emperor were Jinshi and could become officials. If they were not selected, they would start all over again.

The part of the palace test basically depends on the emperor's preferences, so there are not many awesome people with real talents and learning.

Among them, some literati failed repeatedly because of this, leaving their families in vain. In anger, they defected to Xixia and helped Li Yuanhao found the country. Later, when the two countries fought, they also helped Xixia win the Northern Song Dynasty, which suffered heavy casualties.

Only after that time, all those who entered the palace examination were Jinshi, and all had officials to do it.

(That literati is called Zhang Yuan, and he is indeed very talented, but because of treason, Li Yuanhao didn't trust him much)