Chunguang Brocade

Chapter 81: Being Assassinated and Rescuing People
Su Juesong quickly weighed the pros and cons between the flashes of light and fire. Just as he was about to remind His Highness, Ji Chong's thin lips parted lightly: "Yes."

"..." Everyone was stunned.

Su Juesong quickly smiled at the young man, "Hurry up and thank Your Highness."

The young man came back to his senses, and quickly knelt down to thank him, "Thank you Your Highness, Xiaomin thank Your Highness Long En on behalf of all the students."

The young man's excited voice of thanks seemed so piercing in the eerie silence, and the confrontation between Mrs. Gao's and Ji Chong's eyes made everyone around feel cold.Gao Chen looked at the young man as if looking at a dead body.

In the Literati Hall of the library, all the literati and students gathered around the young man with Lingnan accent, "Xingchen, is it really done?"

"It's done, it's done..." He was also very excited, "Thanks to Mr. Shen today, if it wasn't for him, we wouldn't be able to mention Mr. Chu today."

"God, that's great. I don't have to worry about who to give gifts to, and don't think about who to worship. I just want to be myself."

"That's right...then just wait for the regent to announce the decree in the palace tomorrow, right?"

"almost!"

……

Everyone chattered and talked a lot, Zhang Feiran stood beside him and smiled slightly, "I'll have someone prepare dinner for everyone."

Everyone excitedly noticed what Zhang Feiran said, he shook his head and smiled, and went down to the second floor.

"My lord, where are you going?"

"Go eat barbecue." After finishing speaking, he lifted his foot and went out.

"Hey son..." the boy called out, "Isn't it too late?"

Huang Baoya and his men hid behind the big tree and were sweating anxiously, "What can I do, this damn little lady will be followed wherever she goes, and she can't do anything at all."

Another man said, "It seems that we have to find a way to lure the people around her away."

Huang Baoya asked, "What way?"

The man whispered to the boss's ear with a wretched face: so... so...

When Zhang Feiran arrived at Zhouqiao, it was just dark, and all the lanterns near Zhouqiao had been lit. Visitors slowly crowded over here, and it was very lively.

Instead of dealing with the rich and powerful, it is actually quite good to set up a hot money stall in the night market with young men. Earning three or five taels every night is enough to live a small life.

But Shen Chuxia knew that this kind of small stall was more suitable for couples, and it would be a waste of their lives to detain young people like Yuan Shao'an and Shen Dezhi here.

She sat on the side with her chin resting on her shoulders, seeing how busy they were, she smiled lightly.

"What are you laughing at?" Zhang Feiran stood next to her, watching the stalls in full swing, taking a quiet moment in the hustle and bustle.

Shen Chuxia got up and found a small stool, "Brother Zhang, sit..."

Zhang Feiran sat down with her, "I also like this kind of life in the city, which is full of fireworks. No matter where you encounter troubles, sit here and make sure you regain your confidence in life."

Shen Chuxia smiled, "Brother Zhang, you don't have any firewood in your hands, how can you be so troubled, you can realize so many Taoisms?"

"What about you, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old lady lives like a five or sixty-year-old, don't you worry too much?"

The two of them smiled together, they were really good friends, and they hit the nail on the head with what the other was thinking.

Looking at the crowded crowd, Zhang Feiran said softly, "The stars are here. If there are no accidents, the regent will announce to the world tomorrow that Mr. Chu will be the first chief examiner after the resumption of the imperial examination."

In the night, the lights were brightly lit, and the lights reflected Shen Chuxia's flawless white face, as if it had been coated with a layer of divine light.

"Why don't you talk?" Zhang Feiran turned to look at her.

"As expected."

Zhang Feiran was amused by her calm and determined tone, "Are you so confident?"

Shen Chuxia still rested her chin, watching people come and go, "Master Gao and Ji Chong have been at loggerheads over the matter of the chief examiner, but any third-party intervention will break this balance. Because of this loophole."

"But besides Mrs. Gao and the Regent, there are other factions. Are you sure they won't interfere?"

Shen Chuxia snorted coldly, "Who dares to intervene? As long as it's not someone from Mrs. Gao or Ji Chong, they will be pulled into their respective camps whenever they show up. Is there a third faction in the Great Wei Dynasty? Even if there is, it is still a yellow sparrow, quietly waiting for the praying mantis and the cicada to lose both, and only then will it make a move."

Zhang Feiran was convinced after her analysis, "You are obviously younger than me, how can you come up with so many ideas?"

"If your father is imprisoned, if you are ignored by the rich and powerful, I believe you have more ideas than me." She said casually.

He smiled, "Maybe." Still can't imagine him being forced to be so smart?
Shen Chuxia put down the hand resting on his chin, and thanked him solemnly, "This time, I have to thank Big Brother Zhang. If it wasn't for your scholar's pavilion, and without a passionate young man like Wei Xingchen, this matter would not have been possible."

Zhang Feiran shook his head, "It's nothing for me to do, it's so rare that you can't miss anything, you can buckle up every link, you really can't accept it."

On a March night, everything was quiet.

Ji Chong sat under the candlelight and listened to Mr. Su's constant emotion, "From the time when the preparatory examiner was gambled to when Mrs. Gao caught us and intentionally let the hot-blooded young Wei Xingchen enter the heavily guarded Western Department, everything here is closely related, and it fits perfectly." , as long as there is a detail that cannot be kept up, Chu Liangjun will not get the position of chief examiner, Your Highness, there is no one behind this, and I will not believe it if I am killed."

Ji Chong lowered his eyes, tapped his legs lightly with his fingers, and stared at the candle lamp with cold eyes, wondering if he listened.

"However, that's good too. We don't touch Mrs. Gao, which may be more beneficial to the fairness of the scientific examination."

When Ji Chong heard this, his thin lips parted lightly, "Without root and foundation, can you be Gao Dinglu's opponent?"

"Your Highness, what do you mean, we help him?"

"As long as it is beneficial to the Great Wei Dynasty, I, Ji, will appreciate it."

"Yes, Your Highness, the official is shallow."

The night was quiet, Master Su drew up the imperial decree and put it gently in front of Ji Chong, "His Royal Highness, take a second look, if there is no problem, I will send it to the palace for use tomorrow."

"Don't look at it."

"Yes, Your Highness." Master Su rolled up the imperial decree and asked people to submit it to the palace.

Outside the door, Mu Tong was sitting on a bench in the corridor, whispering to the dark guard Xiao Wu, "What is the name of the son who has been pestering Miss Shen?"

"Zhang Feiran."

"What's Miss Shen's attitude towards him?"

Xiao Wudao, "It seems that we can chat quite well. Tonight, the two sat together and chatted all night."

Mu Tong gritted his teeth, "The Shen family doesn't care?"

Xiao Wu curled his lips, looking like a wooden guard, do you care too much.

"It's indecent, understand?"

Xiao Wu raised his eyes to look at the moon, the little lady of His Highness' relatives will be weathered?However, if he killed Xiaowu, the dark guard, he wouldn't say it out loud.

Su Juesong saw the two chatting again, and approached them with a smile, "Brother Mutong thinks who is in the way?"

The dark guard Xiao Wuchi slipped away and disappeared in front of the two of them.

"This..." Master Su stared.

"He slipped late tonight. You saw him. I guess he won't be able to sleep again when he goes back."

Su Juesong laughed, "Are you investigating Miss Shen again?"

Mu Tong had a face of disapproval, and turned around without looking at him.

Su Juesong felt amused, "I'll go to barbecue later, don't let me bring you the meat skewers."

"Master Su, are you really going?"

"Did I tell a lie?"

"Why did you go, you still have the face to see Miss Shen?"

"I...why am I ashamed to see Miss Shen?"

Mu Tong looked disgusted, "Did you forget how much money you cheated?"

Su Juesong was suddenly speechless, pointing to him to leave without a word.

Mu Tong curled his lips, and was about to find someone to change shifts with Zhi Shi, when His Highness actually came out of the study, he hurried forward, "Your Highness, the hot water is ready." After speaking, he held up the lantern to lead the way.

"Prepare the carriage."

"..." Mu Tong turned his head to look at his master, puzzled.

Ji Chong looked up at the moon, "I'm going to Xifu Restaurant tonight."

"This..." Xifu Restaurant is close to the south of the city, when will it be there, where are you going to stay tonight?
When the carriage was about to pass the state bridge, Mu Tong, who was slow to react, knocked his head repeatedly, jumped off the horse, and trotted to the carriage, "Your Highness, there are many people on the bridge ahead, so I'm afraid that the horse will be startled, why don't you... come down for a walk?" "

His Highness has already gone to Xifu Restaurant by Zhouqiao. As his personal and caring attendant, how can he not understand the master's mind?He just said, the little lady is embarrassed to come here, let us men be more generous.

Mu Tong happily lifted the curtain for his master, and waited for him to get out of the carriage.

We have been setting up a stall in Zhouqiao for four or five days. Every night, people come to find trouble. Shen Chuxia is well prepared. The business is more prosperous.

No one came to harass tonight, Shen Chuxia and Zhang Feiran chatted very happily, seeing that it was getting late, Zhang Feiran got up, "Then I will go back first."

Shen Chuxia got up to see him off.The two walked along the bridge pillars.

Among the bustling crowd, Mu Tong saw Miss Shen on the other side of the bridge. After a closer look, it was terrible, it was just like what Xiao Wu said, this little lady Shen actually... fell in love with another man so quickly, Your Highness... He raised his eyes to look at His Highness who was trembling with cold air all over his body.

Mom, what are these things called?

Ji Chong stopped in his tracks and looked at the little lady through the crowd. Even a linen skirt couldn't hide her beautiful face, and the bright light of the lantern fell on her Shengxue's face, creating a layer of unreal hazy light Halo, like a magic fairy.

Standing next to the scholar with slender shoulder blades and weak arms, they complement each other so well.

Whose eyes hurt.

"His...His Highness..." The master suddenly turned around, Mu Tong was startled, and hurriedly chased after him.

From the corner of his eye, something flashed by, Ji Chong suddenly stopped, turned his head, and looked at the bustling crowd.

"Your Highness, do you still want to go to Xifu Restaurant?"

A woman with disheveled clothes and disheveled hair stood beside the central pillar of the bridge, staring blankly at the water of the moat, as if she wanted to commit suicide by jumping into the river.

Shen Chuxia and Zhang Feiran looked at each other, then stopped, "Do you want to help?" Zhang Feiran asked in a low voice.

When encountering human life, of course he must be saved. Shen Chuxia looked around, and at some point, many people had already surrounded him, and Fat Brother was still standing in front of the booth at the bridgehead.

She frowned slightly.

Someone comforted the young woman who was about to jump into the river, "Little lady, no matter how hard you think about it, you can't commit suicide, your life is given by your parents..."

Everyone chattered and came in: "..."

……

In the crowd, Huang Baoya quietly gestured, under the bridge, the beggar snatched the secret barbecue sauce from the stall, and Yuan Shaoan hurriedly asked Shen Xiaobao to chase after him.

Shen Xiaobao was blocked by pedestrians and couldn't catch up. In desperation, he asked Fat Brother to go.

Finally dispersed these teenagers, Huang Baoya waved his hand.

The man in black hidden in the crowd saw the right moment, swung his sword and said, "Catch the alive."

The Zhouqiao in the night is very lively and bustling. It is completely different from the solemn curfew of the imperial city in the west of the city. There is an endless stream of people coming and going here, and it will be lively until midnight. The sudden assassination makes pedestrians flee like rats.

"Killer..."

"Help me..."

"Mother..."

……

All kinds of shouts were mixed together, but Huang Baoya was stunned, "Monkey, did you hire a killer?"

"Boss, I have the money to hire these masters..." He was so scared by the swords and swords that he peed, and ran back.

The down-and-out young woman who was about to jump into the river showed signs of dying, she pushed Shen Chuxia away, and yelled at Huang Baoya who was running away, "Brother Ya, wait for me... Brother Ya... help..."

If the man in black hadn't come with the sword, Shen Chuxia would have been thrown into chaos by the wind. At this moment, she could only run for her life, "Brother Zhang, they are coming after me, let's run away separately."

Zhang Feiran was also scared to death, but many years of education made him very gentlemanly, "No, Miss Shen, you want to run away with us..." As soon as he finished speaking, a sword stabbed him, and he was stabbed by Miss Shen. push away.

Shen Chuxia's arm was scratched by the sword, and seeing the blood, she fainted, her legs went limp, and she fell towards the bridge railing, about to be caught by the men in black.

Boom!
Swords collided with swords, striking sparks.

Zhang Feiran exclaimed, "His Royal Highness?"

In a daze, Shen Chuxia seemed to hear someone calling her, "Shen Chuxia...Shen Chuxia...you wake up..." and fell into a warm embrace.

In a corner of the capital, the man in black knelt on the ground, "Master, the arrest operation failed."

"Are you sure the treasure map is on her?"

"The news from Dali Temple is certain."

Under the dim oil lamp, the masked man in black got up and paced, "Has her house been searched?"

"Yes, Master."

The masked man in black raised his head, "Will she keep the treasure map with her at all times?" Suddenly, she lowered her head and asked the kneeling man, "It's you, will you?"

The kneeling man nodded, "It should be possible for such an important thing."

"Then now he was rescued by Ji Chong..."

A woman stepped forward, "Master, if Shen Chuxia wants to give the treasure map to Ji Chong, then she will not fall out of favor at all. From this point of view, Shen Chuxia has great ambitions, and she wants to monopolize the treasure map."

The masked man in black sneered, "There's no special potion, it's just an ordinary big square handkerchief. How do you know that Shen already knows it's a treasure map?"

The woman was so swallowed by the master that she couldn't speak, and she backed away quietly, "Yes, the servant is dumb."

The masked man in black said coldly: "Find a way to stare into where Ji Chong went."

"Yes, Master."

The man in black jumped up and disappeared in an instant.

Grand Master Gao conspired with his son Gao Chen under the lamp, "It doesn't matter if there is only one chief examiner, but there are also assistant officers. It is not uncommon for assistant officers to take over the chief examiner."

"Yes, father."

"Don't be careless this time."

"My son understands."

Mrs. Gao put down the cup, "The money that should be collected must be collected, but people must have means, understand?"

Gao Chen is obviously very skillful in these matters, "Father, if Master Sun can get the qualification of assistant officer from me, it will be a round of screening in itself."

The old master Gao understood what his son meant, and nodded, "You must not miss this time, understand?"

"Father, don't worry, the Western Department is the world of you and my father and son."

After the two had finished talking, the attendants outside dared to come in, "Go back to the old master, the queen mother in the palace has heard that your majesty is in poor health, and asked my uncle to invite the imperial physician into the palace to treat your majesty's rash."

Gao Chen stood up, "Father, I'll deal with it right away."

"We must find a good doctor, understand, he is the emperor in our hands."

"Yes, father."

As soon as Gao Chen walked to the door, Mrs. Gao stopped him, "It's time for you to get married, so spread the word for my Gao family."

Gao Chen paused for a moment before saying, "Yes, father."

The night market dispersed, leaving only the hawkers cleaning up the stalls and the pawns cleaning the streets.

Zhang Feiran looked at the busy teenagers, "You really don't want to follow?"

Yuan Shao'an wiped off the oil on the iron stick, and persuaded him while wiping, "Mr. Zhang, it's late at night, hurry back."

"No, do you understand what I mean, Chu Xia was taken away by the regent, aren't you worried?"

Shen Dezhi stopped holding the stool, "He saved my sister."

"..." Zhang Feiran opened his mouth, he didn't mean that, he just wanted to say that lonely men and widows seem to be bad.

Yuan Shao'an seemed to understand his nervous expression, and put all the tools into the flatbed cart, "Xiaobao, Xiaotu, let's go back."

"Okay." The two ran over to join hands.

My son is really too salty to eat radishes and not to worry about it. His family doesn't care, what he cares, he secretly pulled his sleeves, "Young master, it's getting late, let's go back, and tomorrow morning we have to go to the Ministry of Rites to register for Chunwei."

Yuan Shao'an smiled and said, "Thank you Mr. Zhang tonight, hurry back and come back when you are free after the exam." After speaking, he led everyone down the state bridge.

Seeing that Fat Brother didn't leave, Shen Dezhi gave him a hand, "Xia'er is waiting for us at home."

Fat Brother was tricked by him, "Ah, ah!" Lehe followed him back.

Only Zhang Feiran was left standing in the evening wind unable to recover.

From a distance, Shen Dezhi looked back and saw that he was still standing on the bridge in a daze. As the lights faded, the moon in the sky brightened up and shone on him with a clear brilliance.

A son who likes Xia'er.

He looked in the direction of the Prince Regent's Mansion, does Xia Er still have a chance to be liked by others?
Shen Chuxia fainted and never woke up.

Ji Chong called three imperial physicians over, "Why are you still awake?"

"Returning to Your Highness, except for a little sword wound on the shoulder, the little lady is really fine. She was just too tired and fell asleep right away."

Mu Tong looked at the cautious imperial physician, sweating on his forehead in anxiety, Your Highness, Your Highness, you call the best imperial physician from the imperial hospital, your majesty in the palace is still waiting for them to see a doctor, let them go quickly, hurry up!
"Really tired?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

The Prince Regent who had always been indifferent and stingy and refused to say a word, almost drove the three imperial physicians crazy by nagging about a little lady tonight.

Ji Chong was still worried, leaned over, and reached out to wipe the little lady's nose. The breath spread to his fingertips, and it seemed to be quite stable, as if there was nothing wrong.

He took a deep breath.

Get up and put your hands behind your back.

"Ah."

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent cherished words like gold, and the three imperial physicians looked at each other and said in unison, "Your Highness, if there is nothing else, we will retire first."

Seeing his master's impatient expression, Mu Tong hurriedly sent him off for him, "Three adults, please go this way."

After a while, there were only Yu Ji Chong and the little lady lying on the bed in the room.

The empty room was silent, Ji Chong held his hands behind his back and looked at the little lady on the bed. The dim oil lamp formed a cage of light gauze, which fell on the little lady's porcelain-like skin, creating an extremely unreal hazy halo , with crow-feather-like long eyelashes that are thin and curled up, and a pair of normally bright eyes are dozing at this moment, as if turning a blind eye to him.

His heart was blocked, he turned and went out, walked two steps and then stopped.

All of a sudden, Ji Chong didn't know whether to leave or stay, and suddenly felt helpless.

After Mu Tong delivered the imperial doctor, he was about to rest at the door and wait for the master, but Zeng thought, just as he turned around, the master also came out.

With his hands behind his back, he strode away.

"Your Highness..." Mu Tong looked at the room in bewilderment, and hurriedly told the woman at the door, "Be careful and serve me, as soon as you wake up, call me immediately."

"Yes, my lord."

Mu Tong chased his master to the study, and just about to follow, the master closed the door with a bang, almost hitting his nose flat.

So angry?Mu Tong was startled, Miss Shen's life will be lost?
No, no, if His Highness is angry and really wants to kill the little lady, then why do you want to save her? Since you saved her, why are you angry?
Mutong didn't understand.

The rescuers don't understand either.

During this period of time, in order to plan how to take back the shop, Shen Chuxia worked hard and was really tired. After passing out, she slept in the dark for a day and a night, until she was woken up by birdsong in the early morning of the third day.

"Is this bird sound so familiar?" She sat up, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and just wanted to get out of bed.

The woman outside heard the movement and hurried in, "Little lady, you're awake."

She knew this woman, she was locked up in Paulownia Courtyard for two months, and she took care of her food and drink, "Nurse Fang, why is it you?"

Mother Fang smiled and said, "Why not me?"

Only then did Shen Chuxia look around carefully, why is she in Ji Chong's other courtyard?The scene of being stabbed and dizzy that night was instantly remembered. Before fainting, the voice I heard was not a hallucination?

But Ji Chong calling her name is too strange!

"Is... Your Highness here?" Regardless of whether it was strange or not, she wanted to thank him for saving her life.

Nanny Fang nodded, "His Highness has always been here."

When Shen Chuxia heard that Ji Chong was here, she hurriedly washed up, but didn't notice Nanny Fang's reply. While washing her face, she asked with a smile, "Did those little parrots miss me?"

"Of course I do." Nanny Fang smiled and pointed out the screen window, "Look, they are falling on the window lattice and looking at you?"

In the study, Mu Tong had already told Ji Chong the news of Shen Chuxia's waking up, "Your Highness, she is washing up, and she will be here in a while."

What Mu Tong said for a while was actually very long, until more than half an hour later.

The sun was already on the roof, and Mu Tong saw Shen Chuxia's late arrival, "Miss Shen, what are you doing?"

Shen Chuxia raised two hands with a smile, a parrot in one hand, and a food box in the other, "One is for His Highness's breakfast, and the other is the little green-mouthed brother who makes His Highness happy."

(End of this chapter)