Crown Jewels

Chapter 205 Department of Internal Affairs and Punishment

Song Yan adjusted his breathing, so he was ready to go all out, and he had completely pulled out the achievements of the third competition three times. He put his left hand on the bow arm again, exerted force on his waist and abdomen at the same time, and held the bowstring firmly with his right hand.

The yamen servant's eyes fell on the bowstring, and he thought that the boy was about to move forward twice, and he easily pulled the bowstring again. When he drew the full three bows and was reviewed "Jia Shang" by the military officer on the roster again, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Song Yan's strength was consistent, the bowstring was drawn to the half-bow state, and when he was about to draw it to the full bow in one go, he suddenly felt his right arm was sore and weak, as if he had lost strength in an instant, and the whole arm could not exert strength. The original state of half-bow was forced back to the original position.

Suppression was also quite surprised by this situation. In the line of sight, I saw the young man lift his eyelids. He seemed a little unbelieving. Gritting his teeth, his left hand supported the bow arm again. Papa can't lift half a bit of strength...

In addition to the overcrowding outside the martial field of the Ministry of War, the Chang'an County Government Office under the same sky was once again full of crowds waiting outside. The young man's eyes remained firm. His gaze did not step into the threshold of the government office until the woman in the green cloth skirt carried the book case and passed the inspection of the female office worker at the door.

The Chang'an County government office in sight is still the same as last autumn, and the scenes are familiar, but the feeling of being remembered by others is no longer familiar. Shen Lan's blue eyebrows and eyes overflowed with a bit of ridicule, and the steps under her feet Can't help but pause, just when the figure completely walked into the corner, the woman's blue skirt was rippling, and when she turned around, her eyes fell on the crowded crowd outside the government office. With an embroidered spring knife on his waist, the young man with high eyebrows grinned at him with a sincere smile.

Fu Sinian's eyes followed closely, and he locked on the Qingdai woman. The moment he saw her turn around, he felt unspeakable happiness overflowing from his chest, and he was about to move away from the crowd impulsively. After waving to her, he saw that Shen Lanqing's eyes had turned away Withdrawing, her stay is like a light and smoky wind, which is hard to catch.

The gate of the Chang'an County Government Office was closed again, and in the eyes of everyone, only the majestic and tall stone lion at the gate opened its mouth wide to show its majesty to the people. Withdrew from the crowd.

Chang'an County is located in Andefang, south of Lin'an City. While Fu Sinian was wandering along the street, what Shen Lanqing said to her that day, telling him not to come to her again in the future kept flashing through his mind. It felt like my heart was being stabbed hard again.

Walking through the long street aimlessly, I realized that there were not many pedestrians around.

Looking up and subconsciously looking at the plaque facing the street, he saw more than a dozen teenagers queuing up to register something. The expressions on their faces were all numb and dead silent. manage!

These three words are as sharp as a knife, making Fu Sinian's lower body tighten slightly. While thinking about his bad luck, he hurriedly prepared to leave here. Who would have thought that he had just casually wandered around, and actually stepped half of his foot into the neat line of young men in front of him, and then there was something in his hand. It was stuffed into a ceramic jar.

Fu Sinian lowered his eyes, the moment the ceramic jar fell on his hand, it was like a hot potato, the subconscious boy raised his hand directly, and then the crisp sound of the porcelain falling on the ground brought the numb teenagers in front of them back to their senses, and they all looked at the pot in a daze. Ceramics crumbled into dross on the ground.

Ignoring the gazes of those people, Fu Sinian turned around directly and fled. Behind the walking room came the shirtless "Xiaodao Liu" from the Department of Punishment, who specialized in this way. , there is not much good-tempered cursing in his mouth...

The cries in the market gradually dimmed, and the galloping carriage finally landed firmly in front of the gate of the military department.

The groom was dressed rough, even though he accepted Gu Baozhu's half an ingot of silver, he still couldn't help muttering and complaining.

"I told the girl before that even if you come to the Ministry of War in a hurry, the martial arts exam here has already ended according to the usual practice in previous years. If you rush back from the southern suburbs, it will be too late..."

The groom's words were like wind in his ears, Gu Baozhu didn't take it seriously, but jumped out of the carriage in a hurry, looked at the gate of the military department that was wide open in front of him, and a few thick-waisted and strong men came out of it, all with faces. decadent color.

In the majestic and spacious military office, the strong men who came and went looked at the bright and beautiful woman with a flustered expression, showing surprise on her face, but the woman didn't seem to see her, she just looked around looking for something.

"girl--"

The burly man thought for a while, and kindly called Gu Baozhu to remind him.

"Everyone in the martial arts field has been emptied by the yamen servants. The martial arts exam is over. If you want to find someone, you might as well go back and wait. It's better than shuttling through this huge military department. The yamen servants here are not like other places. They don't have a good temper." Because the girl is a woman, she is gentle."

The burly man's words made Gu Baozhu's footsteps pause slightly, and she looked into the mansion horse farm, and sure enough, she saw that it was empty and she had never seen a figure she was familiar with, and saw the woman's figure stiff, as if she was a little out of her wits, and the burly man was at a loss He rubbed his head, and when he was about to turn around to leave, he saw the woman suddenly turn around, staring blankly at him and confirming.

"It's really...all, it's over?"

Seeing that the woman's eyes were raised, but the hot tears fell down one by one following her devastated eyes, the burly man finally couldn't bear it, and walked two steps towards her.

"Who is the girl looking for? Let me think about it by telling the name. If you are a fellow who participated in the martial arts today, maybe you can still have some impressions?"

Gu Baozhu's eyes were focused, and she quickly wiped away the water stains on her cheeks, her bright eyes sparkled with hope again.

"Dare to ask, was there ever a boy named Song Yan?"

"How about him, did the martial arts ever go well?"

As soon as the word 'Song Yan' fell, the burly man's mind immediately recalled the heroic appearance of the young man galloping on the bay red horse on the racetrack, bending his bow and setting his arrows into the target with nine arrows, but at this moment, when he met Gu Baozhu's expectation The burly man gasped slightly.

"The boy next to me is named Song Yan as you mentioned."

"Is the martial arts going well..."

As the burly man spoke, his tone suddenly stopped, and he was a little embarrassed, as if he didn't know how to answer. Seeing that the light in the woman's eyes dimmed again and again, the burly man hurriedly comforted him awkwardly.

"Girl, don't be discouraged! That boy is quite young. Heroes have been born since ancient times. In the next martial arts exam three years later, he will definitely be very—"

The word "opportunity" has not yet been uttered, and the woman's weak and bitter voice of thanks came from the ear of the burly man. Although his words were euphemistic, Gu Baozhu had already understood that what the "Prince Gong" said in the corridor was to use the Sun family to drug to disrupt the situation. The purpose of Song Yan's military promotion may have been achieved.

So... and then?

On the aunt's grand birthday three days later, use private soldiers to trap the family members of the Song family, and when the young man fails in martial arts, let him bear the pain of being trapped by his family again?But she had no way to help him because she had no evidence.

"Evidence" "evidence", Gu Baozhu became short of breath.

She looked at the sky outside the courtyard gate, and saw the coachman comforting the restless horse in front of the horse, but he hadn't left yet.

(End of this chapter)