V1.Chapter 174

Sitting on the roof of the inn, Ye Wen looked at his junior sister who was sitting next to him, and wanted to say something, but felt it was inappropriate, so he stopped talking.

"What do you want to say, brother?"

Ye Wen rubbed his nose with his fingers, this handsome and handsome signature action used at such a time, it really is a great weapon to relieve embarrassment: "It's nothing, it's just strange..."

Ning Ruxue tilted her head and looked at her senior brother: "I wonder why I agreed to let Miss Hua stay in Shushan?" Ning Ruxue showed a smile, but narrowed her eyes slightly. This expression is very dangerous: "Brother, do you think sister is the kind of person who is wayward and unreasonable?"

"Of course not!" Ye Wen decisively chose the correct choice, no matter what the facts are, only answering like this will not make things worse: "Junior Sister is very reasonable, but Junior Sister, don't you like Miss Hua? "

When Ning Ruxue heard this, her face flushed slightly, and she muttered softly: "Who told you that she used to pester senior brother all the time! It's annoying for others to see."

"If you leave her in Shushan now, won't she appear in front of your eyes every day in the future? Don't you feel upset?"

"In the past, she took orders from the Tianle Gang and did it for her own gang. Now..." Ning Ruxue thought of Hua Yi's experience, and felt extremely sympathetic: "Not to mention the feeling that there is no place for her in the world. , Brother should have had it too..."

Both she and Ye Wen were abandoned at the foot of Shushan Mountain since they were young, and were picked up by their master to raise them as abandoned babies. After growing up and being sensible, there will be a period of time when I think about why I was abandoned? Why don't parents themselves? Isn't he incompatible with heaven and earth?

Thanks to the help of my master and senior brothers, I was able to get over that hurdle in my heart. Thinking about how Ye Wen was only taken care of by his master, it is probably more difficult than myself to get over this hurdle.

Ye Wen scratched his face and smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to answer this question.

"Just kidding, I came here as soon as I opened my eyes, how do I know how that dead ghost spent the days before?" As for what happened to me in that world before, although I was not very happy, I would not have such a Abandoned' feeling. So I don't know the feeling of "the world is so big but there is no place for me" that Ning Ruxue said.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Ning Ruxue said that those days were not easy, and Ye Wen didn't want to talk about it, so she stopped talking, but suddenly asked: "Ms. Hua is staying on Mount Shu, brother, are you happy? "

"what?"

Such a sentence suddenly appeared, and Ye Wen was also taken aback. He wondered if this auntie came to test him again. He was flustered and didn't know how to respond, but he immediately said: "Why?" All the lights in the room were turned off, and there was silence. At this time, a gust of autumn wind blew, and it was really cool.

If it is an ordinary person, I am afraid that it will feel a little cold, but Ye Wen and Ning Ruxue are both skilled in the world, and this coldness can't help them, but Ye Wen suddenly said: "The weather is getting colder, junior sister wears It's so thin, I'm afraid it will feel a little cold!" After speaking, he opened his hands and made a gesture to hold Ning Ruxue in his arms.

Ning Ruxue also rolled her eyes when she saw him gossip about him. What's more, with her cultivation base, she is not afraid of the severe cold at all. Not to mention the coldness, even in the twelfth lunar month of winter, the coldness can't hurt her at all-after stepping into Xiantian, ordinary weather changes can no longer affect these martial arts masters.

However, she still moved her position, and then leaned on Ye Wen's shoulder, feeling the warm arms of her senior brother encircling her.

The two of them just snuggled together like this, looking up at the stars in the sky, Ye Wen hugged her warmly and tenderly, and felt very happy from the bottom of her heart, she just wanted to keep hugging like this forever.

"Brother, do you still remember the time when you got sick?"

Ye Wen tilted his head and said with a smile, "Could it be that time when you got seriously ill and told me to run to the county town to find a doctor?"

He was just joking, because girls often say that, and there is probably such a plot.

I didn't want to open my mouth, but Ning Ruxue's pink fist hit him on the chest, and said dissatisfied: "Senior brother is talking nonsense again, it is obvious that the senior brother is dying of illness, and I ran a long way to find the doctor to help the senior brother Look sick!"

"..." Ye Wen was speechless, and secretly scolded his predecessor again in his heart: "Your sister, why were you so useless before? Now that you're dead, all this embarrassment will fall on me!"

Ning Ruxue didn't know what Ye Wen was thinking, but continued: "Brother was in poor health at that time, and he was exhausted after practicing a set of sword techniques. It's not as good as my junior sister!"

Oops

Ye Wen finally understood that the emotional condition of this buddy was so bad back then, no wonder his martial arts were so ordinary and so painful. It's just that he has a bit of talent for practicing qi, so he can take care of his body with inner qi. At the same time, this bit of talent was inherited by him, and his internal strength became stronger, and his body gradually recovered.

"At the beginning, I only said that my body was weak at that time because I was injured by that Zhang Gui, but now it seems that there is another reason behind it!"

Ning Ruxue leaned into Ye Wen's arms again: "Senior brother is much stronger now!" After saying this, Ning Ruxue's face turned red immediately, and Ye Wen looked from behind and found Ning Ruxue There was also a faint blush on that neck, which made people think for a while, and for a while, they actually kissed that neck lightly.

"Ah!" Ning Ruxue was taken aback by Ye Wen's action, but she never thought that her senior brother would suddenly belittle her. She just stopped talking after being startled. Although her face was red, she didn't evade, but It was quietly feeling the itching on the neck.

Ye Wen was also so excited, he didn't continue after kissing, he was really afraid that if he continued, he would not be able to hold it. But the hug was tighter in the hands, and in this night, the two of them seemed to be fused into one.

the second day...

"Oh? Brother, did you not rest yesterday?"

When I got up early in the morning, I was bumped into by Xu Xian. Ye Wen greeted me listlessly, and responded casually: "Ah! Maybe it's because I've been sleeping in the open air all day, and suddenly I have a bed to sleep in, which is a bit uncomfortable." I'm used to it, so I can't sleep well!"

When Xu Xian heard the words, he also laughed and said: "Senior brother is really not a person who can enjoy life. Having a bed and a warm quilt makes him unable to sleep well! Junior brother, I slept very soundly, and I finally got rid of the fatigue of the past few days!"

He was originally from a family, and he had never experienced any hardships in his life. He only suffered a little after he went to Mount Shu, but in terms of living standards, he was still almost the same as at home.

Eat well, drink well, and sleep well every day! What's more, the Xu family sent many servants and maids to Shushan, and Xu Xian really had a maid who helped him dress and wash.

Therefore, when I was on the mountain, I had nothing to do except to practice hard. Now that I have come down the mountain, I have experienced the real life in the rivers and lakes.

Sleeping in the open air is a very common thing for people in Jianghu, and it really made this Mr. Xu suffer a lot. In the first few days, Xu Xian would rather stay awake all night than just find a place to lie down. Later, I couldn't bear it anymore and gradually got used to it.

At that time, he didn't complain about anything: "The hero in the story book is not like this! Everyone eats meat and drinks heavily, no matter where they go, they are not afraid of losing their places to live, and they pay for meals with money. Changing money! Brother, I think we should try this.”

Ye Wen directly said to him: "Prodigal bastard!" and ignored him, he knew that it would only take a while for this kid to go crazy, and it would be over after that.

Xu Xian, who had suffered a lot all of a sudden, is now in the capital, and he can finally have a good time. He ran out with Huang Rongrong yesterday, if it wasn't for Huang Rongrong, a girl who was born as a bandit, who was sensitive to money, this kid would really be able to Put on a big drink and a big piece of meat to pay for the bill with silver.

Of course, Ye Wen didn't know this at the moment, so he just pressed his eyebrows: "By the way, the ginseng I bought yesterday told me to make chicken soup. If you want to give it as a gift, you have to sell another one!"

Xu Xian waved his hand casually: "If you stew it, let's stew it! Anyway, that ginseng can't be used as a gift. I just found out after buying it yesterday, that ginseng can be bought in a drugstore, and it's really shameful to use it as a gift. I'll go there today." See if there is any good old ginseng and buy another one!"

"Oh!" Ye Wen didn't care when he heard what he said. He hadn't had a good rest these days. He went to the roof with his junior sister yesterday to watch the stars all night. In the end, Ning Ruxue snuggled into his arms and slept. Very sweet, but I sat there blowing the cold wind all night.

In the early hours of the morning, Junior Sister opened her eyes and ran back to her room, ignoring Ye Wen holding her all night and not daring to move, her whole body was numb and unconscious, she sat there for a long time before recovering. He had just come down from the roof—a guy had spotted him and called him down.

"When was your exam?"

Xu Xian counted the days, and finally replied: "There are still five days until the palace examination, but we need to go to the Tribute Academy to report in advance, and then the academicians of the Tribute Academy will take us into the imperial city! So we have to pass the day after tomorrow!"

"Oh! Then the exam will be released immediately?"

"The list will be released on the same day, and future official positions will be arranged in the hall, and then the three who won the first prize, the second place, and Tanhua will have to ride around the city on horseback. After that, there will be a banquet. When the banquet is over, it will be considered over. I'm just messing around in the officialdom." Xu Xian sighed, and said all these things, but what he thought in his heart was how to avoid this one.

Ye Wen patted his junior brother on the shoulder: "Well, try hard to take the exam, and you'd better come back with a champion!"

Xu Xian's face darkened when he heard this: "Brother, have you forgotten that I'm here to deal with errands? How can I get out if I really win the first prize?"

Ye Wen didn't care, he just smiled and said, "It's not easy to get out? Just find two excuses and get over it! Let's just say that your lung disease is serious, you can't work hard, and you can't be an official!"

Although his lung disease has been greatly improved, he is still not recovering quickly, coughing twice from time to time, even the blind can hear that he is ill.

"With your current illness, ordinary doctors can't cure it, and the current emperor will naturally allow you to resign!" Ye Wen touched his chin, and then made a detective pose.

Xu Xian's face was full of black lines, and he felt that this senior brother was good at everything, but occasionally he would have convulsions and his words were quite incoherent.

"Can it work?"

"It will work, trust me!"

a few days later...

Today's son's surname is Wei and Minghong. Of course, you can't call this name casually, even if you know it, you can't call it randomly. Wei Hong is only in his twenties this year, not even in his thirties, looking at the two hundred Gong students in the hall, he was very excited.

He has only been on the throne for five years, and in the first two years, it was difficult for him to do what he wanted because of the constraints of some powerful ministers. In the past few years, those ministers left the court one after another, which made Wei Hong feel better. It's just that when these ministers left, he felt that he didn't have many people at hand.

So from the past few years, he has been looking forward to the holding of this palace examination.

Every palace examination represents a good opportunity for the emperor to dig out his cronies and cultivate a team loyal to him. Wei Hong looked down and felt that these Gongsheng students were so cute, his future depends on how many talents are available among them.

Among the more than 200 tribute students, the most eye-catching one is naturally the well-known Pingzhou talent Xu Xian. When Wei Hongchu saw Xu Xian at the beginning, he was also shocked, and said to the little eunuch next to him: "The world There is such a handsome person in this world!" Fortunately, Wei Hong, as an emperor, has seen many beauties of all kinds, so it is unlikely that because of Xu Xian's beauty, he imitated a certain emperor from the previous dynasty and captured him in the harem. The absurd things that go here come.

However, everyone answered the paper quietly, only Xu Xian coughed lightly from time to time, which made Wei Hong a little concerned. Looking at the many invigilators around him, he frowned when he heard the coughing.

When the volume was collected, all the ministers read it first, and then handed it to the emperor for reading. When Wei Hong looked at it, he found that all the ministers had recommended the same scroll as the champion, so he couldn't help being curious.

After reading it, he was also very appreciative, but curiously said: "Although this volume is not bad, it shouldn't be recommended by all of you, right?"

He knew that these guys would never be in the same mind, but he didn't want to ask himself this question. A minister said: "I am ashamed. The level of the tribute students in this palace test is really not satisfactory. Please forgive the old minister for selecting talents." Undeserved crimes..."

Wei Hong understood it as soon as he heard it, and then read all the test papers, and then he realized why he also recommended a paper as the top of the list. Because the papers answered by the sentient beings this time were too ordinary, they had to stand out from the crowd. If they were not recommended to be the top of the list, the emperor would inevitably doubt their own level, so there was such a situation.

"If that's the case, let's arrange the rest of the rolls in a seat! Those who fail to pass will also be picked out!" Wei Hong was also very upset. He had been looking forward to a palace test, but he didn't expect that there was nothing to make.

Fortunately, this number one scholar still deserved his name, and it would not be too disappointing: "Look who made this roll of paper!"

During the exam, there is only a number on the roll paper, but no name. After the seat is reserved, the small bucket sealed with wax will be taken out in advance. The candidate's information is all in this bucket.

The eunuch fetched the keg according to the number, then opened it, took out the note in it, and said loudly: "Xu Xian, Shushan County, Pingzhou!"

"Xu Xian?"

As soon as Wei Hong said this, Wei Hong was fine, but the faces of many ministers changed a few times, and immediately a minister said: "Your Majesty, this Xu Xian disrespects the king, disrupts the examination room, and cannot be the champion. If the emperor takes pity on his talent, Why don't you win the second place in the list or be the best!"

But thinking of the silence in Shicai's palace, only Xu Xian made noises from time to time, and some of the ministers were dissatisfied with him. In fact, the more important thing is that this Xu Xianming was going to take the palace examination, but he came the latest, and he didn't visit around like other candidates. The invigilator then went about doing his own thing.

Which of these ministers doesn't think highly of themselves? Now that a little doll in his twenties is ignored, it is inevitable that he will feel angry in his heart. I only know that this young man is proud of his talents, but he is a big crazy student, and it happened that such a thing happened, so I wanted to make him suffer a little bit.

Wei Hong was a little surprised when he saw the unanimous opinion of the crowd. He didn't understand why these old men had trouble with a young man. Hearing the words, he just evaded a few words: "I have my own measure!"

One sentence blocked all the ministers' words, then went back to his study, and said to the little eunuch beside him: "Call Huangfu Zhe here!"

The little eunuch took the order to go, and not long after, he led a heroic man into this hall, it was Huangfu Zhe.

Wei Hong called Huangfuzhe to the front, asked in a low voice, and waited for Huangfuzhe to answer: "Xu Xian has only visited the examiners of the original examination since he entered the capital!" He stepped back and said with a smile: "This group of old people really think I'm easy to fool?"

After speaking, he picked up the paper and went back to the hall where all the tribute students were. The tribute students were not allowed to leave after handing in the paper, so they had to stay where they were and wait for the announcement. In this scene, no one dared to make a sound, even if they were so nervous that they were going crazy, they could only bear it. Only Xu Xian's cough was the most obvious, and it sounded a few times from time to time.

Everyone couldn't help looking at Xu Xian, and those who held grudges couldn't help scolding: "Where did the tuberculosis come from? Why didn't he die on the road?"

It's better to be more intentional, and sighed secretly: "Even with this person's body, I'm afraid he won't be able to win the title of number one scholar!"

The No. 1 scholar, second place in the list, and Tanhua are not only great honors for literati, but also represent the dignity of the royal family. The top three people in all dynasties are all dragons and phoenixes among the people. Their spirit and appearance are all momentary heroes. There have also been unlucky people who were talented but were demoted out of the top three because of their ugly appearance.

To say that Xu Xian is definitely the crown of the palace in terms of appearance, but a sick and weak body who coughs twice from time to time is definitely not liked by everyone. The emperor doesn't want to choose a sick ghost by himself, right?

Just thinking about it, the emperor and all the ministers filed in, and finally the little eunuch who had been serving the emperor opened a chapter and read the list...

This list is read from the back to the front. First, the names of the unqualified are read out one by one. When these people hear their names, all of them turn pale. If it is not for the fact that they are in the imperial city at this time, they may He would have to throw himself to the ground immediately.

Then he read the top three and two top grades one by one, and Xu Xian sat in the crowd, thinking that he should be able to be a top two grade Jinshi, and it would be more convenient for him to resign afterward. Who would have thought that he could not hear his own name all the time, and the eunuch said loudly at the end of the reading: "First Class, First Class, Xu Xian, Shushan County, Pingzhou..."