Nong Hua Makeup

Chapter 76
The commotion at the entrance of the Gongyuan was quickly quelled by the city guards who rushed over. As for Zheng Ruyi and the Gu mother, they were taken away by the so-called 'superior' invited by the government. Slowly recovered from the shock and entered the examination room.

Jiang Qingshu has been silently watching all this from behind the crowd, and his calm heart has been greatly disturbed. If someone hadn't called him, he wouldn't even be able to recover.

Wang Huiyuan also walked forward full of thoughts. When he saw Xu Chengqing in front of him with his head upright, he stepped forward and said with a bit of sarcasm: "I didn't expect that Mr. Xu would come to take the exam?"

Xu Chengqing looked down on Wang Huiyuan. He also has a younger sister. He couldn't imagine what kind of person could do such a cruel thing to his own sister, so he just glanced at him indifferently: "Of course, people with bad conduct and who don't recognize their relatives can also come. Why can't you come?"

After finishing speaking, everyone around him pursed their lips and smiled secretly, but Wang Huiyuan was the son of the Yushi family after all, and no one dared to offend him, so they hurriedly found their own examination room and left.

Jiang Qingshu happened to be in the examination room with Xu Chengqing, and when he saw him, he politely said, "Master Xu, it's getting late, why don't you go to the examination room first."

Xu Chengqing also met Jiang Qingshu, a talented man from a poor family, and he bowed to him with some courtesy, and the two left hand in hand.

Wang Huiyuan's face turned ashen, but he only hated Lin Jinhua more and more in his heart. If it wasn't for her, Ru Yan would have married into Zeng's mansion to enjoy the blessings by now, so why bother?After this test is over, he will definitely find a way to collect evidence!

After thinking about it this way, he looked at the ink that Ruyan had prepared for him early this morning, with a slight smile on his face, and walked towards the examination room.

The tea house outside the Gongyuan.

Zhao Huaiyan looked at the secret letter in his hand, with a slightly cold brow.

The attendant on one side said: "My lord, do you want to go and have a look?"

"Don't worry about her." After Zhao Huaiyan said, she looked at Lin Jinhua tenderly, seeing that she was always standing calmly on the side without being afraid to see the Gu worm, and said, "I'll take you back home first."

Lin Jinhua knew that he had something to deal with, so he didn't ask too many questions, just nodded, and said, "It's not far to go back, and Mo Feng is here, so nothing will happen. The prince should do his own business first." A little girl who is always clingy, she knows exactly what she wants to do, what she can do, and what she should do.

Zhao Huaiyan likes her independent nature, and hopes that she can rely on him more, but seeing her firm eyes, she only raised her thin lips slightly: "I'll send you off."

"En." Lin Jinhua responded, saw the secret letter he put aside, turned and left.The paper used in the secret letter was not owned by the capital and its vicinity, perhaps it was sent by the person He Lianjing had always said was strong enough to crush himself to death like an ant.

After going downstairs to the carriage, Lin Jinhua looked upstairs through the curtain of the carriage, and Zhao Huaiyan was still looking at herself there.The black embroidered gold-pattern brocade suit suits him very well. It is very stern, with gentleness hidden in the phoenix eyes. Why did such a person have such a low sense of existence in his previous life?Could it be because he only had Zhao Kan in his eyes at the time?Unlikely, before he met him in this life, he had always acted in a low-key and cautious manner. In his previous life, he was able to retreat unscathed. Presumably, apart from his own ingenuity, there were also various forces that had ambushed early, just like Zhao Kan and Concubine De. She couldn't guess how many enemies there were in the capital.

Thinking all the way, the carriage finally stopped in the downtown area, and she wanted to buy some more medicinal materials for repelling Gu worms, so she could make a few more sachets for Xu's family when she went back.

When I arrived at the pharmacy I often go to, I just entered the door, and I saw a familiar figure at the reception desk. The person who said he was beaming and dressed in men's clothing was not Zhang Xiaofang, who was it?

"Shopkeeper, after I become a shareholder, I will promote your shop in my place. This is a very profitable business, and I will also pay to ensure that your turnover will increase by 30.00% within half a year." She waved her a few Zhang planned the case.

The shopkeeper was confused, what is the turnover, what is 30.00%, what are they?
Zhang Xiaofang wanted to say more, and the shopkeeper simply stood up: "Girl, the shop is very busy, I really don't have time to delay with you, you should go back first."

"Did you see that I'm a woman?" Zhang Xiaofang was taken aback. She came out today and changed into men's clothes on purpose.

The shopkeeper smiled, looked her up and said: "The young man is not as fair and delicate as you, and he has big eyes, thin eyebrows, and a good figure. No one will believe that he is a man."

Zhang Xiaofang curled her lips, turned her head and saw Lin Jinhua, and hurried over; "Miss, you are here too."

Lin Jinhua saw that her cheeks were slightly red, and her forehead was dripping with sweat. She must have spent a lot of time talking, so she just smiled and said, "Do you know who owns this pharmacy?"

"Of course I know. I inquired about it when I came here. The Luo Shangshu Mansion is behind it, but I didn't say that it is the property of the Luo family?" That's why she thought of making money by investing in shares, which is short-term and effective. good.

Lin Jinhua smiled: "Why do you think that this pharmacy is not in the same nature as your silk and satin shop? They are both backed by big trees, so why bother to make troubles."

Zhang Xiaofang blinked: "Who doesn't want to earn more money?"

"Of course everyone wants to, but not everyone has your adventurous spirit." Lin Jinhua picked out the medicine, and then came out of the pharmacy, and said with a smile: "I don't want you to make money immediately, I will give you time, And since I chose you, I trust you, and I will withdraw you if I fail to see the effect in a short time. If you feel that there is no place to make great achievements in the capital, you might as well go to Yuzhou to try, or the entire Jinchao capital. Yes. There are many dignitaries in the capital, and your method may not be able to be used at once."

Hearing her words, Zhang Xiaofang felt that this ancient young lady was well-bred, not only understanding, but also generous, and more importantly, she actually understood herself!
She looked at Lin Jinhua with bright eyes, and said, "Then let me think about it more carefully."

"Yeah." Seeing that it was getting late, Lin Jinhua didn't say much to her, but said, "It's important to make money with money, but the most important thing is to have a group of people who are handy. Even if it can't be done in the future, at least there are people here There is still hope."

Zhang Xiaofang naturally understood this, smiled and nodded, watched her get into the carriage and left, then took a deep breath, turned around and left quickly.

Lin Jinhua was sitting in the carriage, knowing that she was still working as hard as she did in her previous life, she felt relieved.

Mo Feng saw that she was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "I don't know why this Miss Zhang is so bold, a woman dares to dress up as a man and walk out."

"He is a special person." Lin Jinhua smiled, if Zhang Xiaofang can do it here, and Mo Yue can do it with peanuts, then there is no need to worry.

When I went back, I went to look for Lao Liu as usual, but this time Lao Liu seemed even more strange.

The door was just opened, and Mo Feng also felt that something was wrong. Before Lin Jinhua could open his mouth, he slapped Lao Liu with his palm. up.

Seeing this, Lin Jinhua felt a slight chill in her heart.

This person looks exactly like Lao Liu, but Lao Liu is a beggar and does not know martial arts, and Lao Liu used to be shy to look at himself most of the time, but now Lao Liu not only looks directly at him, but also admires his appearance in his eyes Didn't hide it.

He paused for a moment, then immediately smiled and said, "Sister Mofeng, what are you doing?"

"My eyes were dazzled just now, I thought there was a hidden weapon flying by." Mo Feng heard that his voice was exactly the same as before, and only said with an ordinary expression.

Only then did the sixth child approach, looked at Lin Jinhua, as if he didn't notice anything unusual, and said, "Miss, please come inside."

Lin Jinhua smiled calmly: "I'm here to give you something, and let you do something by the way." Then, she took out a pack of medicine that she just bought and gave him: "Put it in the sachet Carry it with you, it can repel Gu insects."

The sixth child raised his hand to take it, looked at it, with a sunny smile on his face: "Thank you, miss."

Lin Jinhua smiled and said, "I want you to go to Fanbang and help me find out Wei Yunyi's identity."

"Go to Fanbang?" The sixth child's eyes suddenly became complicated.

Lin Jinhua only looked at him in surprise: "Is it convenient for you to go?"

"It's just that I'm going, who will help Miss keep an eye on these things in the capital?" Lao Liu looked at Lin Jinhua's face that had completely faded from childishness with a smile.

"Mo Yue and I will keep an eye on it. It's not too late to go to Fanbang on this trip. Sixth, you have to go and come back quickly." Mo Feng said.

The sixth child knew that he couldn't refuse, so he could only say: "I mentioned to the young lady before that these people have already been cultivated, and if the young lady wants to employ someone in the future, just summon them directly."

Lin Jinhua smiled: "This matter is very important, we must go and return quickly."

The sixth child agrees.

Lin Jinhua looked at the increasingly fair and handsome sixth son in front of her, smiled faintly, turned and left.

As soon as she left, the smile on Lao Liu's face slowly faded. Watching Lin Jinhua leave the alley, he turned around and closed the door of the house.

Lin Jinhua got into the carriage and remained silent for a while. She couldn't figure out whether the sixth child had changed, or this was the real him.

Mo Feng also doubted: "When the young lady brought the sixth child back, the servants checked him, and he didn't know how to kung fu at all."

"But I saw a mole on his wrist, which I noticed when I first saw him. It's inconspicuous. It should be Lao Liu himself." She listened to the carriages and horses rolling slowly on the bluestone road voice, her complexion slightly solemn, I hope she doesn't miss it again.

The carriage soon stopped at Xu's mansion, and she immediately ordered someone to go to the palace to deliver a message to ask to see the queen, and then took advantage of the noon break to arrive at Xu Zhaozhao's courtyard.

Doctor Lu is getting old, and he has to rest before getting up to eat at noon. Madam Xu is also resting on the warm couch next to Xu Zhaozhao's bed. .

Xu Zhaozhao looked thinner, his originally round face now had edges and corners, his lively eyes were only deeply closed, and his breathing was weak but calm.

Lin Jinhua stepped forward and gently put her hand on her pulse. After a while, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.It seems that Royal Physician Lu really put in a lot of effort, otherwise it would be impossible to recover so quickly.

After seeing Xu Zhaozhao, she didn't dare to stay any longer, for fear that the arrogant old man Lu Yuyi would find out that he was having a temper again, so she hurried away.

When he came out, Mo Feng dared to say: "Miss Xu is blessed with great fortune, and nothing will happen."

"I hope." Lin Jinhua breathed out slowly.

They walked back all the way, and after a while, Mo Feng suddenly grabbed her and hid behind a bush on one side.

After Lin Jinhua hid, she followed her gaze. Someone was sneaking over from the other end, as if she was very nervous. She ran and looked back, but after running for a while, she ran into him head-on. I lost the man I found from one end.

Seeing him, the servant girl immediately stepped back with a pale complexion, begging in a low voice, "Just let me go, I don't want to die."

"Who made you die, you're dead if you run out now, do you know that!" "Do you think you can gain something by betraying your mother?"

"But I really don't want to hurt Miss. We grew up in Xu's family, and Miss has never treated us badly. How can we kill Miss again?" The servant girl's voice trembled with impatience.

The man pushed her down on the rockery, and said bitterly: "Do you think I am willing? But... Is Xianfei empress something we can afford? If we were in Yuzhou before, if it wasn't for the great kindness of the Ninth Prince, would you I was captured and killed by the robbers a long time ago, how can there be today, besides, our relatives are in their hands, even if Miss treats us well, is it worth our family's life to make up for it?"

"But... look at Mo'er, after helping the empress, isn't it still a white silk in the end?"

"That's because she's stupid. Miss Lin found out. Damn it." The man said angrily again. After finishing speaking, he looked at her gently, wiped away her tears, and said, "Xiao Jing, let's finish this matter." , just give it to the master and his wife, how about going to live elsewhere? And you have my child in your belly, we can't run away."

After hearing this, the maid broke down and cried.

The man was upset when he heard that, seeing no one around, he lifted up her skirt and started to drive straight in after a few rustles. of.

Mo Feng's ears were slightly red when he heard this, but he only looked at Lin Jinhua with a serious face: "Miss, what should I do? Or the servants will go and watch them tonight, and when they make a move, they will be caught directly."

"Cure the symptoms, not the root cause." Lin Jinhua recalled what they said just now, Concubine Xian and Zhao Qing had made preparations for such trivial matters a few years ago, so it can be seen that they had prepared other people in private, that is, they killed one or two of them , but can't stop who else will be next time.If you want to keep the Xu family safe, you must cooperate with Concubine Xian, or she will die.

The babbling and babbling sounds came from the place behind the rockery from time to time, and Mo Feng secretly admired Lin Jinhua's unchanging expression, and said, "Then let's go back first." Otherwise, people will find out that the two of them are eavesdropping on people doing this here. Wait, it's really...

Lin Jinhua glanced at the rockery indifferently, and walked away softly.

After returning to the courtyard, Mo Xue greeted her and said, "Miss, someone has brought something."

"Who?"

"I don't know, I just said it was for Miss." Mo Xue frowned slightly.

Lin Jinhua entered the back room, only to see what the man sent, a delicate square box carved from rosewood wood, and a small golden lock inlaid with precious stones also revealed that the owner was unusual.

She looked at the key on one side, and stepped forward to open it, but Mo Xue stopped her and said, "Come on, servant girl."

"Yeah." Lin Jinhua nodded slightly and gave her the key.

With a click, the lock was unlocked, and the box was slowly opened, but there was nothing else inside except a red hipa.

"Xipa?" Mo Xue was puzzled, Mo Feng pondered for a while, Lin Jinhua had already guessed who gave it to him, did that person want to declare sovereignty to him?

The corners of her mouth slightly curled up, and she only said: "Take it and put it away, don't worry about it."

Mo Xue and Mo Feng looked at each other, seeing that she was so calm, she couldn't say anything more.

The news sent to the palace came soon, the queen wanted to see her.

Lin Jinhua looked at the three bottles of medicine on the desk, her eyes were cold.Everyone wants to pinch her to see if she is made of soft clay.

At this time, in Yikun Palace.

During the three days that the empress was confined, the affairs were all handled by Concubine Xian, and her biggest opponent was demoted to a noble person by the emperor in an instant, and sent to the cold palace. Instead, she was not happy, but panicked.

Seeing that she didn't think about food and drink, Yun Jiang gave her some soup, and said softly: "Mother, why bother with Concubine Xian, now that the honored person has gone to the Leng Palace, your future opponents will be gone."

The queen shook her head and looked at her disappointedly: "Your honorable person used to be easily defeated even by me, but now that concubine Xian is only in charge of the sixth palace and she has been sent to the cold palace, how can I not be worried? There is King Jing, whose natal family is Xiong’s family of the Southwest King, unlike this palace, who has no children under her knees, and her natal family is even more in decline, if Concubine Xian really has such abilities, then this palace’s successor is in danger.”

"Your Majesty, after all, you were picked up by the Empress Dowager. Besides, no matter how capable the Concubine Xian is, the Emperor's hurdles have been overcome. Back then, Concubine Yin..."

Before Yun Jiang finished speaking, the Queen looked over with a cold look. Yun Jiang knew she had said something wrong, so she immediately went to the front and knelt down: "Please punish me, Your Majesty."

"No need, you and Bengong have not been together for a day or two, Yun Jiang, you are my confidant, I hope you will not make such mistakes again in the future." The queen said coldly.

Yun Jiang quickly responded.

The queen took a deep look at her, then took off the armor on her hand wearily, and looked at the sandalwood rising from the incense burner, pondering carefully.

"Chunwei today, according to the news from the Empress Dowager's palace, Master Huijue has calculated the top three?" The queen said in a calm tone, raised her hand, and signaled Yun Jiang to pour tea, which meant she forgave her.

Yun Jiang hurriedly got up to make tea, handed it respectfully to her hand, and said softly: "Yes. But the emperor doesn't seem very happy, this time even if the top three are selected, he will have to pass the imperial examination again, but if someone is found to be cheating, only I'm afraid it's the crime of beheading."

The queen smiled when she heard the words: "The king's heart is unpredictable, and anyone who dares to speculate will be rejected by the emperor, but we who serve him have to guess." She said softly, and took a sip. With rose tea in his mouth, his eyes were heavy, and he said quietly after a long while: "Tell me, if people find out that one of the top three is arranged by the concubine Xian, how will the emperor deal with it?"

Yun Jiang chuckled lightly and lowered her head: "The Emperor hates cheating people the most, not only will he be dealt with, but he will also be angry with the Concubine Xian."

"Now that you know, let's do it." The queen raised her hand, and Yun Jiang took the teacup in her hand knowingly, and carefully put on the gorgeous armor for her, before going out with her body bent sideways .

When Lin Jinhua arrived, Yun Jiang just came back from the outside. From a distance, she saw her in a long dress embroidered with red plums. She looked restrained and elegant, and there were not many hairpins on her hair. It was obvious that she was dressed in plain clothes.

She walked over to meet Li, and said with a smile, "Miss Lin just arrived?"

Lin Jinhua noticed that the direction she was coming from was the direction of the Shenwumen, where the eunuchs and maids often go out of the palace, so she smiled faintly: "I just arrived, did the aunt go on an errand for the mother?"

"I went to see the respectable person. The empress empress was sympathetic to her before she was demoted. I couldn't bear it." Yun Jiang replied naturally.

Seeing that she was watertight, Lin Jinhua didn't ask any more questions, and someone from inside invited her in after a while.

The afternoon in spring was still a bit stuffy. The queen was wearing a dark green uniform embroidered with bright yellow patterns and was lazily leaning on the side of the warm couch. A court lady was gently waving a fan on one side to dispel the stuffy heat. The light was extraordinarily bright, and Lin Jinhua looked at the incense that the queen seemed to like to light all year round, and stepped forward to greet her.

But after a long while of kneeling, the queen still didn't seem to hear it. Lin Jinhua could only continue to maintain this posture until the broken hair on her forehead was also wet with sweat, and her body was shaking slightly. He called softly: "Ma'am, Miss Lin is here."

The queen lazily opened her eyes, glanced at Lin Jinhua, and said a little coldly, "Get up."

"Thank you, ma'am." Lin Jinhua responded, and then she was able to stand up, but she almost lost her footing. Fortunately, Yun Jiang helped her up: "Miss Lin is standing still. At least the servant is here today, otherwise she will fall to the ground , not only lost his manners, but also hurt his body, right?"

Lin Jinhua knew that there was something in her words, and also knew that the queen thought she was joining forces with Concubine Xian, so she punished herself.

She only smiled faintly at Yun Jiang, and did not respond to her words.

Seeing this, the queen raised her hand and sent everyone out of the room, leaving only Yun Jiang to wait on her, and then she looked at her: "How is Miss Xu's family?"

"Madam, please remember, it's still the same, I don't know if it can be better." Lin Jinhua said with downcast eyes.

"Even with a genius doctor like you, I don't know if she can be cured. It can be seen that she was seriously injured this time." The queen supported Yun Jiang's hand, got up and went to the side to scoop some sandalwood into the incense burner , The fragrance in the incense burner suddenly became stronger.

Lin Jinhua smelled the sandalwood, as if there was a hint of sweetness mixed in.

Before she thought about it carefully, she heard the queen say: "What's the matter, is there something wrong with this sandalwood?"

Lin Jinhua looked at her indifferent eyes, even if she had doubts in her heart, she didn't say it, she just said: "My daughter doesn't know much about spices."

The queen smiled and pointed to the stool beside her: "Sit down and talk."

Lin Jinhua thanked her before sitting down.

After a while, someone came to report that the concubine Xian had come to pay her respects.

The queen smiled sarcastically: "She really has a good ear, you just came to this palace, and she couldn't wait to come here." The queen looked at her gracefully: "The things that this palace asked you to prepare, are you ready?"

Lin Jinhua took out a small jade bottle from her sleeve: "Take it every day."

The queen's eyes brightened, but she didn't answer: "Can you poison people to death?"

"Chronic, there will be no movement within three months, but the symptoms will gradually appear after three months. The only shortcoming of this medicine is that it cannot be stopped for a day." Lin Jinhua said slowly, her eyes calm There was no trace of disturbance, even though the queen kept staring at her, she didn't see anything unusual.

Yun Jiang stepped forward to take the medicine, and the queen looked at the people beside her: "Go and invite the concubine Xian to come in."

Lin Jinhua got up: "The courtier will not disturb the empress."

Seeing her like this, the queen knew that she was showing that she was not in the same boat as Concubine Xian, so she laughed: "Okay, I will let Yun Jiang personally send you out of the palace."

Lin Jinhua smiled slightly, and after seeing Li again, she walked out.

When I came out, I met Concubine Xian who was waiting at the gate of Yikun Palace. She was wearing a palace skirt with wide sleeves and indigo embroidered flowers. There were tassel gold hairpins on the left and right sides of her Jinghong bun. There was a three-petal plum blossom on her forehead. She looked dignified and elegant. There is a bit of the relic of the concubine of the previous dynasty, and she is charming and gentle.I have to say that Concubine Xian is really good at dressing up. Although she is nearly forty years old, she only looks more elegant and smart.

Lin Jinhua walked out of the palace gate and bowed politely: "I have seen the concubine Xian."

Concubine Xian naturally took off the golden hairpin on her head and replaced it with Lin Jinyu's, and looked at her with a gentle smile: "Since you are here in the palace, why are you so plain? The women in the palace are all for the emperor to see, and they have to be pleasing to the eye."

"Thank you for your teaching." Lin Jinhua naturally withdrew the hand she was holding, but the hairpin on her head was not easy to remove.

Seeing this, Yun Jiang took a step forward and said, "Mrs. Xianfei, the empress is already waiting inside."

Concubine Xian smiled: "Yun Jiang, I remember that you are almost thirty years old, you should be released from the palace to get married. After a while, this concubine begged for this favor for you and the empress."

Yun Jiang's palms were slightly tight, and she only lowered her eyes and said, "It's Yun Jiang who doesn't want to get married, and just wants to stay by your empress's side."

"That's not good." Concubine Xian stepped forward, stroked her face lightly with her plain hand, and then smiled softly: "With such a good appearance and good skin, it would be a waste if you don't marry in your life. You must dress well. If you get it It is also good that the emperor has blue eyes."

How could Yun Jiang dare to compete with the empress for favor? If she dared to reveal such meaning, the empress would be the first to kill her.

She immediately knelt down and said: "This servant has never thought about it like this before, your empress has misunderstood."

Lin Jinyu watched indifferently as Concubine Xian grasped all the old people around the queen in her hands lightly, and only admired her for being very good at handling people's hearts, knowing what Yun Jiang was most afraid of, and knowing what she was most afraid of.

Concubine Xian looked at her thoughtfully, and said with a slight smile: "In a few days, a distant relative and niece of the Japanese concubine will enter the palace to accompany the princess. She is not familiar with the inside and outside of the palace. I want to ask you to be my companion, would you like to?"

"The courtier is only worried about being stupid..."

"My concubine thinks you are very smart, and the queen mother also likes you. If you don't come then, I can only invite Mrs. Xu to come. She is well-educated, and Mrs. Xu is now the Imperial Academy's sacrificial wine. I heard that the emperor intends to organize for the princess Girls' school, maybe the princess will go to the Imperial College to go to school at that time." Concubine Xian's smile was gentle like water, and her voice was as soft and sweet as a gurgling stream, but in Lin Jinhua's ears, it was just a cold threat.

Lin Jinhua glanced at Yun Jiang, who had stopped talking, and said with downcast eyes, "My daughter is willing to give it a try."

"That's good." Concubine Xian smiled, and then went to the back room gracefully.

After she left, Yun Jiang stood up, and seemed to have lost all her momentum, and retreated to Lin Jinhua's side without making a sound.

All the way out of the palace, Yun Jiang looked worried. Lin Jinhua suddenly thought that Yun Jiang didn't want to marry, but didn't want to marry someone else. She must have a sweetheart, but Concubine Xian found out.

Mo Feng greeted her, seeing her staring at the palace gate in a daze, asked strangely: "Miss, what's the matter?"

Lin Jinhua shook her head slowly: "Concubine Xian is sure of me."

"Then what to do..."

"The two of you tonight are supposed to be admonishing Concubine Xian." Lin Jinzheng turned her head and got into the carriage with heavy eyes.

Night fell quickly, and candidates from the Tribute Academy came out one after another.The Chunwei Examination only takes one day. After the top [-] are selected, the top three are selected through the palace examination. This is a new rule added by the emperor.

When Xu Chengqing came out, he looked relaxed. He looked at Jiang Qingshu who was in the same examination room, and said with a smile, "Brother Jiang, how are you doing?"

Jiang Qingshu remembered that a mysterious person had sent him a policy theory before, but this time the topic of the policy theory was exactly the same as the one sent by the mysterious person, and the content it sent was obviously more subtle than his own. Ten shouldn't be a problem, but after all...he didn't write it himself.

He smiled a little forcedly, and only asked him: "How is Brother Xu?"

"Fair." After Xu Chengqing finished answering, the two saw Wang Huiyuan coming out of another examination room. He seemed to be talking to someone in front of the examination room. Jiang Qingshu and Xu Chengqing looked at each other and walked over. Huiyuan said: "You let me write it again alone, and I will definitely be in the top [-] in the exam."

"My lord, it's a fact that you handed in a blank paper, and now the time has passed, and you are not allowed to enter according to the rules." said the guard guarding the examination room.

Wang Huiyuan was far from reconciled, but during the exam, he felt more and more drowsy after finishing his research. He finally survived the first few rounds, and finally fell into a deep sleep when he couldn't hold on to the last round. When he woke up, the exam was over. up.

"But I..."

"My lord, don't make things difficult for us servants, go back, at most, come back in three years." After the attendant finished speaking, he was impatient, turned his head and asked the door to be closed and left, Wang Huiyuan was so angry that he tried his best slapping on the gate.

But as he patted, he noticed someone coming behind him, and when he turned around, it was Xu Chengqing and Jiang Qingshu, and he looked at them with red eyes, "Don't think I don't know who did it, I will definitely expose it!" It must be Lin Jinhua, only she has such ability, only she can harm herself!
Xu Chengqing raised his eyebrows speechlessly, and said to Jiang Qingshu: "Brother Jiang, I'll buy you a drink tonight, let's go." After finishing speaking, he dragged Jiang Qingshu away.

Wang Huiyuan was so angry that his face turned blue, he held his breath, and instead of going back to the palace, he went directly to the house of the Minister of Rites who was in charge of the Chunwei examination.

Xu Chengqing took Jiang Qingshu all the way back to Xu Mansion. Although Mrs. Xu was worried about Xu Zhaozhao, she did not treat her son badly and asked someone to prepare dinner.

Xu Chengqing entered the table, only to find that Lu Yuyi and Lin Jinhua were not there, and asked strangely, "Where's my cousin?"

"Hua'er is discussing prescriptions with Royal Physician Lu, please don't disturb us." Mrs. Xu said with a relieved smile.

Jiang Qingshu was sitting at the bottom cautiously, and his eyes lit up slightly when he heard the word 'Hua'er'.

Xu Chengqing only sighed regretfully: "It's hard work for her, I'll look for her later." After finishing speaking, he hurriedly greeted Jiang Qingshu again.

Lin Jinhua was in Xu Zhaozhao's room at this time, Doctor Lu stared at Mo Feng who was looking around, "Look around, what are you looking for?"

Lin Jinhua saw that the old man was quite tempered, and said with a smile: "The house was leaking before, I asked Mo Feng to take a look again. Today, the outside is covered with dark clouds, and there may be heavy rain at night." Her voice fell, and the outside was cooperative There was a rumbling thunder, and then lightning flashed across.

When Royal Doctor Lu heard this, he was no longer suspicious, so he asked people to light candles and discuss medical prescriptions with Lin Jinhua, but of course he said that Lin Jinhua listened mainly.

Lin Jinhua glanced at Mo Feng quietly, Mo Feng nodded, taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the people in the room, taking advantage of the darkness in the corner, he ran up the beam directly.

It was late at night, and shortly after the thunderstorm, black clouds were blown up by the wind, covering the sky and the sun, and the big raindrops poured down, and the servants in the yard covered their heads with their hands and started running around.

The woman in charge in the yard grabbed the maid who was running happily and asked, "I asked Xiao Jing to go to the warehouse to get the monthly payment. Why hasn't she come back?"

The servant girl smiled and said: "She thought it was too dark and dared not go, so she changed errands, and now she went to the lady's room to clean the wound for the lady."

After hearing this, the woman in charge only smiled, scolded her for being lazy, and stopped talking, seeing that it was getting late, she let everyone who had no errands go down to rest.

Doctor Lu and Lin Jinhua came out together after discussing the prescription, and the guard girl went inside to put out the candles, and guarded in the corner room.

Behind a clump of round bushes in the yard, two pairs of eyes watched Lin Jinhua and his party leave nervously, then they glanced at each other, quietly ran to the porch, and knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" came a question from inside.

"It's me, Xiao Jing, I'm here to deliver things for Miss." She said.

Seeing that it was her, the people inside didn't think too much, just rubbed their eyes and opened the door, and said, "Why are you here so late..."

Before she could finish her sentence, she saw a tall man standing behind Xiaojing, and with the flash of lightning, she saw clearly that it was the servant in the front yard, and she was startled: "Why are you here!"

Xiao Jing looked at her apologetically, then gritted her teeth, stepped forward to cover her mouth, and entered the room together with the man.

After the man entered the room, he directly took out the rope prepared in his sleeve and strangled the servant girl's neck. The servant girl struggled a few times, and soon collapsed on the ground without life.

Xiao Jing's eyes were full of tears, she just clutched her stomach and looked at the man, "Brother Guizi, if we kill someone, will we bring back the ghosts?"

"It's such a time now, why are you still talking about this?" The man named Takako took out a hairpin with the word "Shu" from his waist and stuffed it into the hand of the dead servant girl, and then hurried to the place where Xu Zhaozhao was. Go inside.

Lightning flashed, accompanied by thunder.The window on one side was suddenly blown open by the wind, and it fell on the wall with a loud noise. Xiao Jing almost screamed in fright, but fortunately, Takako covered her mouth: "Okay, I've done it, I can still do it." Are you afraid?" After that, he hurriedly went forward to close the window, then turned his head to look at the big bed, looked at the figure lying beside the bed, and gritted his teeth slightly: "Miss, I know that you treat me well, but I don't care about you." There is no other way, and the slave doesn't want to die, so after you become a ghost, you can go to reincarnation with peace of mind." After saying that, he pulled out the dagger from his sleeve, gritted his teeth, and stabbed at the person on the bed.

Xiao Jing covered her eyes and didn't dare to look, but found that there was no movement after a while, so she asked, "Brother Gui, what's wrong?"

Mo Feng grabbed Gui Zi's wrist holding the dagger with one hand, his eyes were cold, and he stabbed the dagger directly into his heart with his backhand, then sat up and looked at Xiao Jing: "Now it's your turn to choose, it's for your belly The children and your family members in the house will die now, and they can continue to live..."

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The night wind blows up the fallen leaves in the yard. The spring rain always comes and goes quickly, and after a while, only the damp wind is left.

Mrs. Xu was talking to her in Lin Jinhua's room, when she suddenly saw the woman in charge of Xu Zhaozhao's courtyard stumbling in, looking at her with tears all over her face: "Ma'am, it's not good..."

When Mrs. Xu saw her, she couldn't bear it no matter how good her psychological quality was, she asked her with a trembling voice, "Did something happen to Zhao Zhao?"

"Miss' room is on fire..." The old woman knelt on the ground: "Besides, someone poured oil on it. I'm afraid the fire can't be saved. Young master must break into it now. Go and persuade me." .”

Mrs. Xu was very dizzy, but she didn't dare to faint. She took a step forward reluctantly, but fell straight down. Fortunately, Mo Xue caught her in time, so her eyes were red and her voice was so hoarse that she couldn't utter a word. sound.

Lin Jinhua hurriedly said: "Send Madam there quickly!" She knew that doing so would make Madam Xu sad, but for the sake of safety in the future, she had no choice but to do so.

Mo Xue hurriedly responded, and personally supported Mrs. Xu and led the people to rush out. Lin Jinhua turned her head and picked up Mrs. Xu's cloak, and then hurried away.

At that time, Xu Zhaozhao's yard was ablaze, and the raging fire seemed to be able to swallow everything.

Xu Chengqing was crazy and wanted to go inside, but fortunately Jiang Qingshu and the servants hugged him tightly.

"Brother Xu, if you go in now, it will only cost your life." Jiang Qingshu comforted.

"I want to save Zhaozhao even if I die, let me go!" Xu Chengqing's eyes were red, but the servants dared not let him go in, if they didn't keep him safe, his life would be taken.

Xu Boshan stood on the side, as if he was old, his eyes were red, and the hand that was holding the servant was crying like rain.

The servants were all fighting the fire, but facing the raging fire, they seemed to have no effect at all. If Mrs. Xu hadn't been supported by Mo Xue, she would have fainted from crying.

Lin Jinhua felt extremely guilty, but she couldn't tell them the truth, because if something went wrong, a cunning person like Concubine Xian wouldn't take the bait.

I don't know how long the fire had been burning, and when it was finally extinguished, a yard was also burnt down, leaving only broken walls and ruins.

The person in charge dragged out two charred corpses from inside. The man's corpse was easy to identify because it was taller and bigger.

Trembling slightly, Xu Boshan walked over, barely speaking: "This is Miss?" He pointed to another female corpse and said.

Seeing this, Mrs. Xu finally couldn't bear it, and completely fainted in Mo Xue's arms. Jiang Qingshu's sharp eyes caught a glimpse of a jade hairpin in the hand of the female Jiao corpse, and asked someone to take it out.

After the servant wiped it clean, he passed it to Jiang Qingshu. Jiang Qingshu looked at it, and then said to Xu Boshan in a deep voice, "There is a word 'Shu' engraved on it."

Lin Jinhua listened behind her, her heart sank.Among the people arranged by the honorable person in the Xu residence, one is Shu'er. Mrs. Xu knows this name, and the virtuous concubine in the palace must also know it. When Zhao Kan's hiding of Gu worms is revealed tomorrow, she will definitely take advantage of the victory and pursue her , beat Jingguiren and Zhao Kan to the point of no return.

Seeing that she had achieved her goal, she walked to Xu Chengqing with a sad look, and slowly pierced the acupuncture point on his back with the silver needle hidden in her palm. She also used this method on Xu Boshan. The two were too sad to notice it. For a long time, I just fainted directly.

The servants thought it was because they were overly sad, so Lin Jinhua lowered her eyes and said to everyone in a trembling voice: "Send uncle and brother back to rest first, and the rest of the people are optimistic about this place. We will make a decision when uncle wakes up tomorrow."

Everyone did not suspect him, and they all agreed, but they all fell into a sad atmosphere.

Lin Jinhua secretly looked at the people around her from the corner of her eye, and saw the maid standing in the corner quietly staring at this place, her eyes were cold, and the rest was just waiting for the concubine Xian to take the bait.

(End of this chapter)