No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Cao Mao stared at the young man in front of him in shock, and couldn't help swallowing secretly.

It took him a long while before he said in a trembling voice: "You, you... are..."

Luo Junyao made a silent gesture towards him with a smile, and said with a smile: "Remember to go back and tell your eldest son."

Cao Mao collected himself, hesitated for a moment before saying: "My lord and young master are far away in Qingzhou, so it may take some time. That Chen Xun..."

Luo Jun said: "As long as the Cao family does not interfere with my business, Chen Xun will die forever and will not come out to cause trouble for the Cao family."

Cao Mao nodded and said, "I understand."

Looking at the young man in front of him, Cao Mao hesitated for a moment and finally gritted his teeth and took out a stack of bank notes and said, "It's really inconvenient to carry 10 taels of silver notes with you, this is 3 taels, please accept it first, and the rest will come back later." Definitely offer it."

"I knew you were not very honest, and you almost bullied me, a solid-minded person." Luo Junyao glanced at him with a half-smile, making Cao Mao's scalp tighten.If you are honest, everyone in this world is a fool.

Fortunately, Luo Junyao didn't make any trouble, and took a casual look at Ye Feng, who was guarding by his side, and Ye Feng stepped forward to accept the bank note knowingly.

Cao Mao looked at the people all around him, trembling in his heart, he cupped his hands and said, "I will take my leave."

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "Walk slowly."

Hearing the words, Cao Mao felt as if he had received an amnesty, and quickly turned around and walked towards the Taolin. When he had gone a little further, he simply ran and disappeared in the Taolin after a while.

"My lord..." until Cao Mao's figure disappeared, Ye Fengfang returned the bank note to Luo Junyao.

Luo Junyao didn't pick it up, and said slowly, "Give it to Qu Tiange, he knows what to do."

Ye Feng nodded, and put the banknote back into his sleeve pocket.Then he raised his hand and blew a whistle. After a while, a group of black-clothed masked men appeared in the peach forest, saluted the three of them, and then began to dispose of the corpses on the ground.

Just looking at their quick and orderly actions, you can tell that they are all well-trained veterans.

Luo Junyao was not worried about what these people would leave behind for people to catch him, so he went outside with Qu Fang and Ye Feng.

Qu Fang looked at Luo Junyao with deep eyes, "You want to fabricate the power of the former royal family out of thin air?" He was born outside the Great Wall, but he didn't know what happened to the descendants of the former royal family.However, for so many years, I have not seen anyone making a fuss about the restoration of the country under the banner of the former dynasty, and if I think about it, there are not many people left in the former dynasty.

As a confidant of the Prince Regent's Palace, Ye Feng knew better. In the previous dynasty, it was the royal family's withering population that led to the young emperor's ascension to the throne.When Emperor Gaozu came to the throne, there were not many people in the direct line of the Tangling royal family.

As for those side branches that can't be beaten, there are naturally some, but Lian Yisi and the others are making troubles in the name of Yu Ji, which shows that no one really cares about the surname Dongfang.

Luo Junyao looked up at Qu Fang and asked, "Mr. Qu, do you think they will believe it?"

Qu Fang didn't answer, it might be difficult to be cheated by others, but it is very easy for the Prince Regent's House to cheat.

After all, Dasheng took over the land of Dongling back then, not only Shangyonghuang City but also the entire imperial palace.If there is anything about the Tangling imperial family, the Xie family is probably the one who knows the most in this world. …

Qu Fang frowned deeply, he still didn't understand what the little princess was going to do.

Said she had some plan, she made it seem like she was joking, said she was messing around, she was ruthless enough, and her thinking was obviously very clear.

On the other hand, Ye Feng looked at Luo Junyao with some embarrassment and said nothing, Luo Junyao raised his eyebrows and said, "Just say what you want to say."

Ye Feng whispered: "Princess, are you doing this... to lure the Cao family?"

Luo Junyao smiled: "Although I'm fishing, I'm still taking the bait. Let's go, I'm going back, the first name in the palace examination should come out by now, right?"

On the other side, Cao Mao hurried back to a secret residence of the Cao family in the imperial city.Because someone came to the previous house, Cao Mao changed to a more secret place.

It wasn't until the door was closed that he heaved a sigh of relief and couldn't help but plop down on the ground, raising his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.

"What's the matter?" A deep voice suddenly sounded in the room, and Cao Mao was shocked and stood up quickly.

A ball of fire slowly ignited, and it jumped a few times before it stabilized.Cao Mao couldn't help being startled when he saw the people under the firelight, he quickly bowed and said, "Elder... Eldest Young Master."

Sitting under the lamp was a 24-year-old young man with a handsome appearance and sharp brows, and his appearance under the firelight seemed a bit sinister.

This young man is none other than Cao Jie, the eldest son of Cao Mian, governor of Qingzhou.

"Eldest son, you...why did you come to Shangyong?" Cao Mao was obviously a little afraid of Cao Jie, but he only dared to bow his head and ask respectfully, even though he was a cousin, and he also called him eldest son instead of cousin.

Cao Jie snorted lightly, and said lightly: "If I don't come, can you handle this matter well?"

Cao Mao couldn't help feeling a little hot on his face, because he obviously didn't manage things well today.If Cao Jie doesn't come, he is now ready to send someone to send a message back to Qingzhou again.

"At first, I thought those people would take advantage of the imperial examination to make trouble. Now that the imperial examination has ended, Shangyong is still calm. It seems that... Cao An is the only one who missed it." Cao Jie said calmly, and Cao Mao could only say yes.

Cao Jie continued: "On the way to Shangyong, I received news that Cao An's family members were burned to death."

"..." Facing Cao Mao's shocked expression, Cao Jie said coldly, "It wasn't made by the Cao family."

Cao Mao immediately understood, and said: "Cao An betrayed the Cao family!" Those who were burned may not be the real Cao An family.

Cao Jie stood up slowly. He was eight feet tall and tall, and he was obviously not a simple scholar.

Seeing him walking in front of him, Cao Mao couldn't help taking a step back, lowering his head even lower.

Cao Mao glanced at him with his head down, and said, "Tell me about what happened today."

Cao Mao didn't dare to hide anything, so he quickly told what happened at the Peach Blossom Pond outside the city just now.

There was silence in the dark room, Cao Jie didn't speak and Cao Mao didn't dare to say anything more, the room was so quiet that he could hear his own heartbeat.

"madness!"

I don't know how long it took before Cao Jie's voice rang in my ears again.

Cao Mao was startled, and hurriedly said: "Please give me some guidance."...

Cao Jie sneered and said, "He said he is a descendant of the Dongling royal family, so he is? Even if he is, is the surname Dongfang very valuable these days?"

"But..." Cao Mao hesitated, "The two people beside him look very extraordinary, he dared to kill Fang Shuo of the Fang family, and even killed so many people in the suburbs of Shangyong, the power behind him may not be weak. The most important thing is..."

Cao Mao paused, "If what he said is true... this man is young, and his ambition is really not small. Not only is he ambitious, but he is also amazingly courageous, and I am afraid he will be a disaster in the future."

Cao Jie frowned and said, "Tell me about that man's appearance."

Cao Mao described the appearance of Luo Junyao he saw in detail, not even ignoring the folding fan in her hand.

"Is he really a boy who is only fifteen or sixteen years old?"

Cao Mao nodded and said: "I have also used many channels to investigate these days, but I have never heard of such a number one person in Shangyonghuang City. So, I wonder if he was originally from Shangyong, and it was also a year ago. That incident came to Shangyong before. The chaos in Shangyong city and they were not involved in it before, so it was ignored?"

As for whether it was simply irrelevant or deliberately concealed that it was not involved, those are two different opinions.

Cao Jie sneered and said: "If you want to cooperate with the Cao family, you can't hide your head and show your tail. You can ask someone to tell him that I can consider his proposal, but...you have to let me see what he is capable of." I think I can replace the Fang family."

"What do you mean, son?"

Cao Jie said: "One hundred miles away from Yangxin City, the Lingjiang Salt Lake Village is a hidden stake of the Fang family in the Central Plains."

Cao Mao was stunned for a moment, and he didn't understand what Cao Jie meant.

Cao Jie glanced at him lightly, and said, "You can just tell him that."

Cao Mao looked up and saw a flash of killing intent from the bottom of his eyes, and the trembling in his heart became clear instantly.He hesitated and said: "Master, this matter... Do you want to tell your lord first, Fang's family and our family..."

Before he finished speaking, he was blocked by Cao Jie's indifferent eyes.

He didn't dare to say anything at the moment, so he just cupped his hands and said, "Yes, I'll send someone to do it right away."

Only then did Cao Jie nodded, indicating that Cao Mao could go out.

Soon he seemed to remember something again, and ordered: "I won't see anyone in Shangyong this time."

"Yes." Cao Mao replied.

Cao Jie means not to tell others that others are in Shangyong, including the relatives and friends of the Cao family and even other members of the Cao family in the capital.

When Luo Junyao returned to the city, the palace examination was over.

According to the usual practice, the regent appointed the first and third in the palace.

Among them, the first champion was the Yingzhou Jieyuan who was second in the previous test, named Chu Songzhi.The second place is No.3 in the Imperial College Examination, named Chen Zhi.And Yijia Tanhua is the fifth student in Xueyang Academy who will take the exam before. His name is Xiao Jian, and it is said that he is an offshoot of the Xiao family.

The ranks of the second class after the first class will be announced uniformly the next day after the examiners agree.

From this point of view, the ranking of the results of the examination is relatively reliable. The first and third places are all from the top five in the examination, and there is no case of a latecomer coming from behind. …

It's just that another student from Xueyang Academy, who was supposed to be the first in the imperial examination, fell to the second best. On the contrary, his classmate who was originally inferior to him came from behind. I don't know what mood he is at this time?
When Luo Junyao returned to the city, the horse-crossing parade was over, and he could only hear people who had seen the excitement talk about how young, handsome and personable Tanhua was at No. [-].

Luo Junyao couldn't help thinking of a legendary traditional repertoire of every imperial examination - catching a son-in-law under the list.

This year's No. 20 pick, the average age of each person is in their [-]s, and they don't know if they are married or not?If not, then it will be lively.

"What is Yaoyao thinking about?" Xie Yan came back from the outside and saw Luo Junyao sitting alone on the Qianqiu in the garden in a daze from a distance.When he got closer, he still didn't come back to his senses, obviously he was obsessed with thinking about something.

Luo Junyao blinked his eyes when he heard the sound, and then saw that Xie Yan had stood beside him at some point.

"Come back so early?" Luo Jun raised his head and looked at him with a smile.

Xie Yan sat down beside her and said, "I'm a little worried, come back and have a look."

Of course Luo Junyao knew what he was worried about, so he leaned over in his arms and smiled, "I'm fine, don't you feel relieved when Mr. Qu is here?"

Xie Yan raised his eyebrows, tapped her brows lightly and said, "I'm worried that you're making too much trouble."

Luo Jun shook his hand away, and touched the tip of his nose with some guilt.

Xie Yan said clearly: "Tell me, what did you do?"

Luo Jun sat up, changed his posture and knelt on the swing, leaning on his shoulders, and told about his meeting with the Cao family and Fang family.

Xie Yan lowered his eyes slightly after hearing this, and did not speak for a long while.

Luo Junyao waved his hands in front of him worriedly and said, "What's the matter? Did you scare you? Don't worry, don't you want to clean up Yingzhou Island? This just happens to be an opportunity."

The Fang family can be regarded as the king of the land, and the county magistrate of Yingzhou can't speak at all there. Now even the Zhen Guojun's eyeliner there seems to have a problem. Yingzhou is still the territory of Dasheng.

Xie Yan helplessly grabbed the little hand waving in front of his eyes, sighed lightly and said, "Yao Yao really scared me."

"..." No, your majestic Prince Regent has been on the battlefield for more than ten years, why does this small battle scare you?

Xie Yan said: "Yao Yao has such abilities, but being a head of the mountain in Anlan Academy is really a waste of talent."

Meeting his smiling eyes, Luo Junyao realized that he had been cheated.

Rolling his eyes at him angrily, Luo Jun shook his head and said, "What do you know? It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. Education is a century-old project, the greatest cause. It is not easy to be a good mountain leader. "It's just that she has a little trouble-making gene in her personality, so it's too boring for her to work in the academy in a regular manner every day.

Xie Yan gave a low laugh, lowered his head and lightly touched the center of her brow with his thin lips, and said, "Yao Yao is right, I am shallow."

Reaching out to embrace her in his arms, Xie Yan whispered again: "Be careful."

Luo Jun shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's a pity that I'm dead."

"Knowing that it is a good thing to cherish one's life." Xie Yan said.

"My lord, my concubine." Not far away, Ye Feng walked over quickly, stood still and bowed not far away.

After Xie Yan nodded, Ye Feng walked up to the two of them and presented a letter to Luo Junyao.

"Princess, a letter sent by Cao Mao."

"So fast?" Luo Junyao opened the letter and glanced at it, then handed it to Xie Yan.

Xie Yan frowned slightly, and looked down at Luo Junyao.

There are only a few short sentences on it, saying that Yangxin's salt lake water village is a hidden stake of the Fang family.

Luo Junyao smiled sweetly, "What do you think?"

Xie Yan said in a deep voice: "This is not a decision Cao Mao can make. Someone in the Cao family who can make the decision has come to Shangyong."

"Heroes see the same thing." Luo Jun said with a smile.

Xie Yan said coldly: "It seems that the Cao family has indeed had many things that are unknown to outsiders these years. What is Yaoyao going to do?"

Luo Jun shook his head and said: "Since the eldest son of the Cao family has cast the bait, wouldn't we be sorry for him if we don't take the bait?"

Xie Yan nodded, and said softly, "What needs to be done, let Qu Tiange and Gu Jue cooperate with you."

Luo Jun shook his head, handed the letter to Ye Feng and said, "I want news about all the water villages in Lingjiang."

Ye Feng glanced at her in surprise, and quickly bowed his head and said yes.