Qin Xiu [comprehensive martial arts + sword three]

After the banquet was over, all the guests left, even Li Xunhuan had drunk enough and went back. Long Wan wanted to go back, but Hua Ruling stayed behind and said she had something to say.

"It was inconvenient at the banquet just now, but now I can finally talk about something serious."

Today's Zhuangyuan building was reserved by Hua Ruling. As soon as the guests left, someone quickly cleaned up a private room. The windows were wide open, incense was lit, and the breeze blew into the room, dispelling the room. of pyrotechnics.

Hua Ruling is making tea, and the purple clay pot is boiling on a small charcoal stove. When the clear tea soup is rolled into a small and exquisite teacup, the room is full of tea fragrance.

"Last time I agreed to treat you to tea, try it?"

Long Wan took the teacup he handed over, and smelled it lightly, the fragrance was like orchid, very nice.

"What kind of tea is this?"

"West Lake Longjing."

Long Wan took a sip, and the aroma of the tea diffused in her mouth, "It's very fragrant."

In fact, she can't taste whether the tea is good or not, but the tea soup tastes fresh and sweet, refreshing, fragrant between the teeth, and has an endless aftertaste. It will definitely not go anywhere with tea.

So I took another sip.

"As long as you like it."

It's not in vain that he made people rush to bring back this year's new tea from Hangzhou.

Hua Ruling smiled lightly and started to drink too.

After drinking some tea, Long Wan's mood relaxed a lot, she smiled and congratulated her like a flower: "I haven't congratulated you on your high school yet, so you should be ready to rely on a good man from now on, right? "

Shu Jishi is a close minister of the emperor. He is mainly responsible for drafting edicts and explaining scriptures to the emperor. It is a very popular and promising official position. Many high officials born in the imperial examination have held this position. It is one of the main ways for the emperor to select talents. one.

After the palace examination, there will be three top grades. After the first three people will roll their names in the Golden Palace, they will be awarded official positions according to the regulations and will be admitted to the Imperial Academy. The rest of them will have to take an exam. The first and the third entered the Hanlin Academy together and became Shujishi, and the second one was sent to the local area to serve as the director, secretary, county magistrate, etc.

Now that Hua Ruling has passed the second-class exam, and her ranking is even higher, it is natural that she can do well in the exam.

Unexpectedly, after hearing her question, Hua Ruling shook her head: "I'm not going to continue the exam."

Long Wan stopped drinking tea, put down the cup, and looked at him suspiciously.

Isn't the purpose of taking part in the imperial examination to become an official? Since I have finished the previous examinations, why did I give up at the last moment?

This doesn't seem like Hua Ruling's style.

With that in mind, she asked the same question.

"The Hua family is essentially a martial arts family. Over the years, the martial arts has been powerful, and there have been constant conflicts between the court and the martial arts. I am the next heir of the Hua family. If I become an official in the court, the Hua family will actually be very embarrassed."

This made Long Wan think of Li Xunhuan. It seems that the original book said that he resigned not only because of his father's illness, but also because someone impeached him, saying that he was in the government but colluded with gangsters. Naturally, these gangsters refer to the gangsters he made friends with. Those quacks.

Li Xunhuan was originally a son of an official, but he was impeached when he got close to the Jianghu people. Hua Ruling was born in a martial arts family, and the Hua family is the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River. I am afraid that not only the Hua family, but also the emperor did not want him to enter the court. .

So it is correct for Hua Ruling to rein in the precipice.

Thinking of this, Long Wan couldn't help feeling a little sorry for him: "Don't you think it's a pity?" She had worked so hard to get to the present, but she could only give up due to practical reasons.

Hua Ruling shook her head and smiled lightly, showing no sign of frustration, but a carefree expression on her face: "I came to take the imperial examination to prove that my years of study were not in vain. Now I have won the Jinshi, which proves my ability. Can I do it?" The officer doesn't care anymore."

Long Wan observed carefully and was sure that he really thought so, and heaved a sigh of relief: "It's good if you can think so. By the way, you said earlier that you have something serious to tell me. What is it?"

Speaking of this, Hua Ruling turned serious again: "It's not a big deal, I just want to thank you."

Long Wan: "Huh?"

"The congratulatory gift from last time." Hua Ruling reminded.

As soon as Long Wan heard it, she knew that he was talking about the pills she gave out last time. Because she was not very familiar with Hua Ruling on the surface, she used "Long Ge" as the gift that time. status, so it was normal for Hua Ruling to ask her to thank her.

Hua Ruling had seen Long Wan give the pony the blood-stopping pills, so she knew that these pills were not very precious to her, but it was different for Hua Ruling, when Long Wan sent the pills Medicine, he was shocked after reading the introduction in the box, not to mention that he had seen the effect of the hemostatic pill, but he knew that Long Wan would not talk nonsense, since she wrote that the effect of the pill is to instantly replenish blood and restore internal strength, can Jie Baidu, that's really the case, and he has tried the efficacy of the medicine later, so he naturally knows that if this kind of medicine is spread, it may be more popular than Shaolin's Da Huan Dan.

However, Long Wan gave him so many bottles at once, which shows that this medicine is extremely easy for her to get, so Hua Ruling didn't return it because it was too expensive when she got the congratulatory gift at first—it was a gift from Long Wan. His first gift (not), even if it wasn't such an expensive elixir, it was just an ordinary thing, he would not be willing to return it, and it might make her angry - he just wanted to thank her when he was free.

But I didn't expect that something happened in the middle.

"I gave some of the elixirs you gave me to my relatives. They wrote to me a few days ago, saying that my cousin met an enemy when he was traveling abroad. If it weren't for the medicines you sent, he would have been in trouble." not enough."

What Hua Ruling said is simple, but in fact, it can be said to be very dangerous. His cousin's enemy is a man who is good at using poison. Although his cousin is also a leader in the younger generation of martial arts, he is young and has insufficient experience in the world. Accidentally caught the Tao, got poisoned, the poison is extremely powerful not to mention seeing blood seal the throat, and the antidote is extremely difficult to prepare, if Hua Ruling hadn't bought Long Wan's elixir in front of him, thinking of his cousin who was traveling abroad , I gave him everything and sent a few over there, fearing that his cousin would be doomed.

After the news came back, the Hua family was very grateful to "Long Ge". When they wrote to Hua Ruling, they even asked him to invite him back to Hua's house as a guest, saying that they would thank him in person.

Long Wan didn't expect that the evil spirit powder sent out would take effect so quickly, "Then how is your cousin now?"

Hua Ruling nodded: "It's not a serious problem. The enemy didn't expect that the evil spirit powder he was wearing could really detoxify him. My cousin solved it when he was triumphant."

Hua Ruling paused, took out a kit from her bosom, and handed it to Long Wan: "Thanks to brother Long Xian who gave me the good medicine, my cousin was saved from death, and I don't know how to repay my brother." You can only choose this external thing to express your gratitude."

Although she didn't know what was in the kit, Long Wan didn't want to accept it at all. Could it be an ordinary thing that could make Hua Ruling give it away so carefully?

"Brother Hua is too polite. The elixir looks strange, but it is actually made of ordinary herbs, which are not worth much. How can I accept such a gift from you?"

"Brother Yu Long may be just an ordinary thing, but it is a life-saving grace to my family. Don't say it's just a small thought, even if I give a more precious treasure to my brother, it can't express my feelings for my brother (ai ) to excite (mu) the heart.”

Hua Ruling was very persistent, and Long Wan's recommendation for a long time failed to change his determination, so he had to accept the kit.

When I opened the kit, I found that the inside was half the size of a palm, and the whole body was as white as fat, without any variegated pebbles.

This stone has not been carved in any way, so apart from being white all over, it looks like a very common pebble in a stream, but in Long Wan's vision, there are the words "mutton fat white jade".

"Gold has a price and jade is priceless", even if she has never known about jade, she still knows that this kind of suet white jade is extremely precious in jade, especially this is a piece of white jade without any blemishes, the value is even more immeasurable.

Hua Ruling winked, and seeing the surprise in her eyes, she knew that she had recognized the jade, and quickly explained: "This is the seed jade that was accidentally fished from the Jade River at the foot of Kunlun Mountain. I don't know how to deal with it. Now give it to my virtuous brother, and see what my virtuous brother wants to carve."

What Hua Ruling didn't say was that he found this seed jade in the Jade River during his travels. Because he liked its round and lustrous texture very much, he didn't ask someone to carve it. He just carried it with him and took it out whenever he had nothing to do. A treasured item.

If he said it, Long Wan probably wouldn't accept it, but now that he didn't say it, Long Wan hesitated, but still accepted it.

"In that case, I would like to thank Brother Hua for his kindness."

This kind of jade, if you take it back and unpack it, you should be able to make some jewelry, right?I just don't know if the jewelry she made has attribute bonuses.

Hua Ruling was in a good mood when she saw that she had carefully put away the kit, and then asked her a little nervously: "I will leave the capital and go back to the south of the Yangtze River in a few days. I go to visit the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, so that I can respect the friendship of the landlord?"

"Is there a scenery in the south of the Yangtze River?" Long Wan thought about the West Lake, which she had never seen before but whose reputation has been passed down through the ages, and she was tempted. She thought that she had nothing to do recently, and she was a little bored staying in the capital. Then he nodded and said: "Then I will trouble Brother Hua."

Why would Hua Ruling find it troublesome to invite her sweetheart to visit her home?He was so happy that he wanted to run out and shout a few times to vent his excitement.