Chapter 29： drowning

It is said that the scholars on the lake tour, the scholars on the list, wearing the red Jinshi crown uniform, followed the empress to ride out of the city from the palace and golden palace, and came to the bank of the river to board the boat.

The imperial city stands on the banks of this great river, and from a bird's-eye view it looks like a jade belt encircling the city.

On this day, many people in the capital can go to the bank of the river to watch the number one scholar swim in the lake. The long river bank is full of people and noisy.

The Ministry of Industry prepared three building ships. The three-star flag was hung on the mast, and the dragon boat with extravagant patterns engraved on the left and right sides was ridden by the empress and the emperor's relatives, and it was in the middle of the river.

When the Li Sheng Dynasty reached the generation of the first emperor, the direct line had almost withered.

The few princesses and collateral county kings can at most return to Beijing for a gathering at the end of the year throughout the year, and spend the rest of the time in their respective territories.

On such a huge ship, there were only the empress, queen, prince and some palace people, so it seemed extremely empty.

Jinshi and courtiers were on the other two ships, sailing on the left and right sides of the flagship.

Meng Shike wore a red robe representing Jinshi status, a black gauze hat on his head, and a jade belt around his waist. That appearance is heroic and radiant, not inferior to Tanhualang on the other side.

The shore was full of civilians, some of them even chased the cruise ship, and there were many young women among them. They all wanted to take this opportunity to see the face of the emperor and the posture of the number one scholar.

Ji Zhuilu led the sergeants of the patrol battalion to deal with these idlers on the river bank in a hurry, for fear that they would be too enthusiastic and rush into the river directly.

The weather is fine today. At the turn of spring and summer, the sun occasionally emits some scorching heat.

However, people floating on the water also feel comfortable.

The water surface is sparkling, reflecting the sunlight. In the depths of the water, some fish were startled by the cruise ship, jumped out of the water in a hurry, saw three behemoths, and fell back into the water.

When Li Zichou saw this scene, he felt that the meaning was good, and it fit the theme of the carp jumping over the dragon's gate, so he couldn't help feeling delighted.

Yang Dejin was not as lively as before. She leaned her elbows on the wooden railing, staring at the golden light jumping on the water in a daze.

Li Zichou glanced at her, then looked around, and after making sure that they were the only two on the deck of the ship, he spoke up, "Why, aren't you happy?"

Hearing this, Yang Dejin also turned around to confirm that no outsiders were there, and replied, "I'm not unhappy, I just don't know why..."

It feels like I forgot something.

Li Zichou felt that she was not in a good mood, so he asked, "What did you think of?"

Yang Dejin frowned and shook her head: "I didn't expect anything..."

Rather, it was because she didn't think of anything that she felt a little uneasy.

Seeing her worried appearance, Li Zichou stretched out his hand and patted her: "Don't think about it, just relax today."

Yang Dejin didn't think of a reason, so he nodded and asked, "Where's your pony?"

Li Zishou: ...

"What is Ma Zai, you mean Zhou Huaijin?"

"correct."

"He's on the boat too. I'll tell him to keep an eye on it so that no one comes to the stern."

Yang Dejin hasn't forgotten that she, Bai Qingyang and Zhou Huaijin have meetings in the palace every day, and said with a bit of resentment: "I really envy you all in the palace, I also want to participate in politics and give advice..."

Li Zichou saw her pouting Lao Gao, and thought it was funny: "Whenever we stop pretending and have a showdown, you also come in and have a meeting with us."

The two of them chatted one after another, and they didn't know if Zhou Huaijin was really watching the wind, but there was really no one at the stern of the boat.

The main thing was to defend against Bai Qingyang, if Bai Qingyang saw that the two of them who were usually displeased with each other were looking at the scenery and chatting with each other shoulder to shoulder, who could explain it?

"Okay, I won't tell you anymore, I want to visit those scholars." Li Zichou turned to leave, "Do you want to go?"

Yang Dejin shook her head: "It's better for us not to appear in the same frame on this occasion."

Li Zichou thought for a while and felt that it made sense, so he walked towards the bow of the boat without saying anything.

Yang Dejin lay on the railing again and thought hard for a while: "Hmm - what did you forget?"

Skull pain.

In the end, he didn't think of anything, and he was still hungry, so Yang Dejin simply walked to the other deck and went upstairs to eat.

Bai Qingyang went up to the third floor of the building, and saw Li Zishou and Yang Dejin from a distance. She couldn't hear the two of them talking, and there didn't seem to be a conflict.

It's just that after Li Zichou left, Yang Dejin lingered alone for a long time before leaving, not knowing what the empress had said to her.

Bai Qingyang thought for a while, and asked Xiao Le to go back to the room first, while he went to the deck at the stern.

The cruise ship has been traveling for more than an hour, and the towns and settlements are no longer visible. The scenery on both sides of the bank has changed to low hills and dense forests, and there are no people chasing the cruise ship. The splash of water.

Li Zichou asked someone to build the gangway, and the guards escorted the empress to board the boat where the Jinshi was.

When the Jinshi heard that the empress was coming up, they all came out of the room one after another.

That day in the Su Gate Palace, everyone had already seen the appearance of the Empress.

Her face is one of the most outstanding in the entire Dasheng. She has a pair of soft cheeks, but she has a pair of peach eyes, making her look a little spoiled and domineering.

These scholars were puzzled, the empress in the palace examination didn't seem to be as heinous and incompetent as the rumors said.

She is dignified and steady, wide and approachable, and has a face that God rewards her with food. These scholars who don't hear anything outside the window can't figure out how the rumors spread.

Meng Shike was also the one who was surprised. He belonged to Bai Xun's former department and was deployed in Qinzhou. He rarely went to Beijing, so naturally he had no contact with the Empress.

She thought that her nonsense in the imperial examination would arouse the anger of the emperor, but she didn't expect that she really didn't punish her, and even ranked herself as the second place in the list.

But looking at the surnamed Zhou next to her, Meng Shike suddenly felt relieved.

When it comes to jumping on the king's thunderbolt, Zhou Huaijin is a senior.

Li Zishou mainly came to find Yijia, and chatted with them about the precautions for working in the officialdom in the future.

Among them, only Meng Shike was an exception, because he was thrown to Bai Qingyang in advance. At first, she thought that letting Meng Shike go to the harem would make him dissatisfied, but this man who seemed to have a strong personality did not refuse, and readily accepted.

Li Zichou murmured in his heart: I'm afraid it's either him or Bai Qingyang's arrangement?

After thinking about it, I felt that it was not such a coincidence: how could it be possible...

On the other side, Yang Dejin couldn't bear no one to chat with him, and didn't want to have an awkward chat with Bai Qingyang, so he took a gangway and ran to the courtier's boat.

Xie Zhi walked to the deck and looked at Yang Dejin who was wearing court uniform: "Your Highness, are you looking for me?"

Yang Dejin beckoned to her: "Master Xie has nothing to do, right? Come and chat."

Xie Zhi turned his head to look at the people on the boat. On the deck not far away, people gathered in twos and threes to enjoy the scenery, and there were also people upstairs leaning on the railing to watch.

Xie Zhi knew how many of these people came out to enjoy the sun, and how many came to observe the two of them.

But seeing the girl's bright smile and upright figure, Xie Zhi silently stepped forward and followed her.

If it was on the eccentric prince from before, Xie Zhi would never dare to get involved with him.

But with this...maybe it's not a bad thing.

"How many of those scholars are Lord Xie's subordinates?" Yang Dejin asked again what he had asked in the Su Men Palace.

Xie Zhi obviously didn't want to tell her, so he turned his head to look at the sparkling river: "Your Majesty doesn't understand what His Highness means."

Install, and then install.

Yang Dejin didn't give up, and asked again: "Then tell me, is there anyone from you among the top three?"

"No comment."

Yang Dejin raised her eyebrows, thinking she was quite rebellious, so she tentatively said her name: "Meng Shike?"

Xie Zhi turned his head, puzzled, and hummed with doubts: "No. 2?"

Yang Dejin frowned, seeing that her reaction didn't seem like she was pretending, she and Meng Shike probably didn't know each other.

Yang Dejin wanted to say something, but suddenly heard loud shouts.

"What's going on?" Yang Dejin said, she was on the port side of the building boat, and the voice came from the dragon boat on the right.

Yang Dejin quickly went around to the stern to see what happened, Xie Zhi also followed.

"Come here! The empress...the empress has fallen into the water!"

"Why did the empress fall into the water, what happened?!"

"Is there anyone who knows how to drink? Go down and save the empress!"

"Who knows water? Where's the guard?"

Yang Dejin ran to the stern and heard the palace officials shouting in a hurry.

Looking at the surface of the water, she saw Bai Qingyang struggling in the water. While slapping the surface of the water helplessly, she vaguely asked for help, her breathing was unstable, probably because she was choking on the water.

And the boat was already tens of feet away, which meant that Bai Qingyang had fallen into the water for a while.

The people on board, whether they were candidates or officials, were basically literati who were not familiar with water. Most of the soldiers of the patrol battalion responsible for maintaining order were on the river bank, and no one really dared to go into the water to save people for a while.

"Grass, drowning!"

Yang Dejin immediately remembered the plot in the original book!

Bai Qingyang can't swim!

Yang Dejin, who also can't swim: It's over...what should I do? !

She turned her head and was about to ask who could go down to save people, when a soldier ran up beside him, Ji Zhuilu who had already boarded the boat, still wearing iron armor and a sword.

Seeing Bai Qingyang fall into the water, he hurriedly untied the heavy armor on his body, took off his helmet and went into the water.

On the other boat, people dressed as guards jumped into the water to save people, who seemed to be Li Zifu's personal guards.

But before that, another figure jumped down from the Jinshi cruise ship and jumped into the water one step ahead of them.

Yang Dejin's eyes widened, and she quickly leaned over there, leaning on the railing to look down, and suppressed her voice and whispered, "Zixu!"

The author has something to say:

Li Zichou: What if Meng Shike is the ghost...

Yang Dejin: You are not afraid of Xie Zhi, such a big boy, why are you afraid of him?

Xie Zhi: Why am I so young?

Yang Dejin: On the surface, you work under the emperor, but behind your back, you help the queen advance underground work, and you have to deal with the prince to earn extra money in side missions. As an insider, you are a professional.

Xie Zhi: Great.