Chunguang Brocade

Chapter 90 First Win with One Price (6000 words)
In May, the breeze comes with a ray of light summer fragrance. With the wind, it crosses the branches, passes through the streets and alleys, and passes people's noses, embellishing the boring years.

Sitting in the carriage, Ji Chong didn't disturb the little lady chatting with others, holding a corner of the carriage curtain, looking through the gap, she was sitting there lightly, wearing a long linen dress without any accessories, elegant and refined , full of vitality, making people unconsciously addicted.

His eyes seemed to trek across high mountains, wade through deep waters, follow each other all the way, and finally found her in the crowd.

It was almost dusk, and the sun slowly penetrated into the thin clouds, covering up the vast rays of light. Through the clouds, the beautiful rays of light spread across half of the sky.

Shen Chuxia got up and went home. When she reached the intersection, she was blocked by a black carriage.

The carriage didn't have any clan emblems. She still recognized someone's car at a glance. It was all black, luxurious and low-key, just like someone's black robes all the year round, solemn and indifferent, without any emotion.

She smiled lightly, put her hands in front of her body, tilted her head, and patiently waited for someone to get off the expensive car.

Mu Tong didn't wait for the little lady to salute for a long time, so he had no choice but to go forward, "Your Highness..." He stretched out his hand to lift the curtain of the car for His Highness.

Suddenly, the four eyes met.

She smiled, "Your Highness—" and then saluted, her voice was light and sweet with the unique sweetness and delicateness of a girl.

"Miss Shen is still so busy." Ji Chong snorted softly, feeling disgusted in his heart, the corners of his mouth curled up, expressing his distaste to the fullest.

"It's really a bit busy." Shen Chuxia is not modest, "But no matter how busy you are, you are not as busy as His Highness. I wonder what's the matter with His Highness?"

Ji Chong didn't even bother to lift his eyelids, "Get in the car."

A certain man has a lot of opinions on her, Shen Chuxia thought, I haven't asked you for an idea fee yet, what are you dragging, in the corner of my eye, Deputy Commander Huang's figure flitted across the crowd.

A certain woman trembled, it's too bad, she seemed to owe someone money, she lost all anger in an instant, and obediently got into someone's carriage.

"Your Highness..." She smiled awkwardly but politely.

Ji Chong is well aware of her careful thoughts, and he doesn't care about it. He rolled his eyes, retracted his eyes, and closed his eyes to rest his mind.

She touched her nose and sat down.

The carriage was caught off guard, and before Shen Chuxia had time to hold it steady, she plunged into Ji Chong's arms with inertia, and her nose was hit by his strong chest, hissing, so sore and sore.

Tears were so sour that she couldn't help but shed tears, "Your Highness—" looked up with a pitiful expression on his face.

Ji Chong sneered unreasonably, "Yes!"

Uh...a certain girl doesn't want to live anymore!Seriously suspecting that someone would retaliate against her, but unfortunately she had no proof, so she angrily pulled herself up and wanted to leave someone's embrace.

Now it's the man's turn to hiss, what's wrong?Shen Chuxia was puzzled and looked down for a moment.

When she was about to die, where was her palm?

In an instant, her face was splattered with blood, no wonder she felt a pain in her hand, it turned out to be...it was... "But Your Highness, you..." What happened in broad daylight...she looked at someone inexplicably.

After all, Ji Chong is a general who has fought in wars, his skin is likely to be very thick after being exposed to wind and sun, and he is not red. He even calmly reminded a certain little lady, "Have you seen enough?"

"Ah... ah..." Shen Chuxia was startled, and quickly withdrew her hands, covering her eyes with both hands. She was going to die, she was going to die, her eyes had never been so dirty in the past, what should I do... what should I do, her The eyes are not pure.

Fortunately, the injured mind and eyes were comforted by a table full of delicacies.

"Thank you Your Highness, then I'll start without hesitation." After Shen Chuxia poured out the wine for him, he quickly picked up the chopsticks and ate a big piece, "Your Highness, I'm really hungry, I don't have time to bring you food, so I will work hard for you to rely on yourself ha……"

It seemed that such a bluff could erase the embarrassing scene on the road just now.

Ji Chong's beautiful Yuanshan eyebrows were raised high, with a look of "how dare you, little girl", maybe this is her who is really daring?

The beautiful eyebrows slowly descended, watching her eat like a chicken pecking a bird.

"Your Highness, have you seen the little chicken eat?"

Unknowingly, he said what was in his heart, and coughed uncomfortably, "Shouldn't I have seen it?"

"No...Of course not..." Shen Chuxia swallowed the crystal shrimp dumpling, and said with a smirk, "I didn't expect His Royal Highness the Regent to be so considerate of people's sentiments that he even saw chickens raised by farmers."

To be honest, Ji Chong has never seen chickens pecking at food, but the two birds she gave are now his pets. No matter he is busy or not, he will always tease them. They eat just like her. The same, the little head is a little bit, as for the blurted words, it is probably a vulgar language that I overheard in the army.

Looking at his expression, Shen Chuxia knew that he had never seen chickens eating, so she lowered her head and continued to enjoy the food. In the gap, she said, "In the future, I will buy a small farm yard, and chickens will be raised in it. Your Highness, go and see how they eat, they are as cute as me when they eat."

"..."

The former sentence made Ji Chong's eyebrows twitch, and his heart throbbed, but the latter sentence made him sneer, "Aren't you angry?"

"I won't be angry at what Your Highness says." A certain girl opened her mouth to flatter her, "Your Highness, you too!"

What kind of flattery is it? It's clearly digging a hole for him to drill. Ji Chong rolled his eyes at her, and slowly ate his food, "Wei Daru has arrived in the capital."

"What does his coming to the capital have to do with me..." Someone who was enjoying the meal blurted out without thinking, "Ah, what..." After thinking about it, I realized who came.

Ji Chong lowered his eyes, "Your purpose is to make Wei Mintang the chief examiner?"

Shen Chuxia quickly woke up from the delicious food, "Your Highness, I don't know Wei Mintang. You ask me this question, and I really can't answer it."

Ji Chong raised his beautiful eyebrows for the nth time today, "You want me to transfer Huang Dali back to the Forbidden Army?"

"Wait, Your Highness..."

Ji Chong looked at her with a half-smile.

"Your Highness, I seem to have remembered again. I know his eldest grandson, Wei Xingchen."

Ji Chong scoffed lightly, as if I knew you would remember it, and drank and ate food calmly, "Gao Taishi's people took bribes and made an ignorant champion, follow my method, catch him Cut off his head."

"What happened after beheading him?"

Ji Chong didn't say a word.

"You still can't touch the root of Mrs. Gao, can you?"

This is the purpose of Ji Chong's visit today. He raised his eyes, his eyes were full of coldness, his whole body was cold, and the cup in his hand was almost crushed.

"The staff didn't advise you?"

"Their approach is too orthodox, it hurts Gao Shi [-] points, and hurts me [-] points." It was the first time that Ji Chong admitted his weakness outside the occasion of the staff.

Shen Chuxia pushed away the bowls and chopsticks in front of her, and wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, "Your Highness... just to say something, I hope you don't get angry..."

"Trick me so soon?"

Shen Chuxia smiled helplessly, "How dare I cheat Your Highness, the lives of my whole family are in your hands."

"That's right." Ji Chong looked like a competitive brat with a smug look on his face.

Men are really teenagers until they die.

Shen Chuxia didn't argue with him, "It's not that there are no ideas, what price do you offer?" The price is clearly marked, everything is easy to negotiate.

Ji Chong raised his eyes, "What price do you want?"

"Buy it now."

Ji Chong smiled sadly in his cool eyes, waiting for her to finish.

"From the next order, His Highness can no longer use the protection of Deputy Commander Huang to haggle over my price."

The eyes are cold and sharp, and the lethality is astonishing when they are cold and severe. Shen Chuxia thought, this is Ji Chong's true appearance when facing all living beings.It seems that when he saw her, he restrained himself a lot.

She raised her head slightly and let out a breath, "An hour ago, I told people not to be in a hurry when doing things. I didn't expect His Highness to be as anxious as him."

Ji Chong closed his eyes.

"Your Highness always wants to uproot it, but do towering trees grow in one day?"

Ji Chong disagreed, and was about to speak, but she stopped her, "Yes, yes, yes... They are not worthy of being towering trees, but their roots are intertwined, how can they be broken..."

"I understand this better than you." Ji Chong still interrupted her.

"Yes, it is because His Highness understands so well, so I have a headache. I always look forward or look backward. I am afraid that if they are pulled out, the foundation of the Great Wei Dynasty will be disturbed, and the Great Wei Dynasty will become an empty shell, right?"

Ji Chong kept tapping on the table with her knuckles, and she expressed his concern.

"So all I have to say is 'Your Highness, take your time.'"

"How about a 'no rush' approach?" he asked.

Shen Chuxia smiled sweetly, "Let's discuss the matter."

Ji Chong's eyes were dazzled by her smile, "Don't cover me with clouds and mist, you've given up all your deceitful ideas."

"Your Highness..." Shen Chuxia wailed, "The fee is very high."

Ji Chong took the chopsticks.

Shen Chuxia jumped aside like a rabbit, "Your Highness, are you still beating women?"

"Don't talk to me." Ji Chong still held his chopsticks, "Come here..."

God!There is a weakness in the hands of others, so I feel aggrieved, so I have to walk to him obediently, Ji Chong's chopsticks gently landed on the bud on the top of her head, "It's time to hit."

"Your Highness..." Shen Chuxia acted coquettishly, "You hit a woman..."

Ji Chong pulled her into his arms, lowered his head and bluffed his eyes: "Huh?" The threat of petting made her heart thump, "Why don't you talk?" He put down his chopsticks, "I won't hit you again..." Warm palms When it was pasted to her palace, Shen Chuxia's face turned red all of a sudden.

"Your Highness..." Staring at a pair of beautiful red phoenix eyes, she was angry and coquettish.

"Speak or not?" Ji Chong's lips pressed against the side of her face, his voice was low and sandy, like a bow string brushing a cello, it was so charming that it killed people.

"Oh, it's His Highness who loves me." Shen Chuxia didn't know where to look, and repeated in her mind, 'I like you, so I flirt with you. '

!What is she thinking.

"Don't hurry up and ask for a beating, right?" Ji Chong's eyes were full of smiles, and he couldn't hide his complacency.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Is food (color) so good to enjoy?No one knows better than Shen Chuxia. A strong woman who relies on ideas and plans to support her family actually gives ideas to others for free. If she gets out, how will she survive in the industry in the future.

In the Grand Master's Mansion, the Gao family father and son are plotting how to minimize the incident of being stabbed, and finally let it go.

"Chen'er, clean your tail, don't let Ji Chong get hold of it."

Gao Chen looked as if he was in control, "Father, don't worry, everything is settled, even if there is, there will be a scapegoat."

"This sheep, it's better to be a useless sheep, understand?"

"Yes, father."

Mrs. Gao was still a little uneasy, "How about Wei?"

"disappeared."

Upon hearing this, Old Master Gao's calm face immediately turned gloomy, "You want to see people when you live, and you want to see corpses when you die. When fighting opponents, the most taboo thing is to disappear. A brutal blow, do you understand?"

"Yes, father, I know I was wrong." Gao Chen got up quickly, put away his self-confidence, and became cautious in an instant.

"Find someone quickly."

"Yes, father."

The next day, the regent arrested the champion of the new department in the name of His Majesty, and arrested the whole family of the champion of the new department at lightning speed, implicating the three clans, and the trial result was given three days later.

The direct lineage of the Wei family was not allowed to participate in the scientific examination within three generations, and the collateral lineage of the Wei family was not allowed to participate in the scientific examination within ten years, and the entire family was exiled to Lingnan. Within 30 years, they will not be pardoned.

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent did not kill anyone this time, but everyone's fate fell to dust in a very short period of time. If they did not do their best, the Wei family would become a pauper and disappear forever from the top ten families.

Wei family!No. 5 of the top ten families in the Great Wei Dynasty. The family counts up to three generations. Let alone the daughter who was the emperor's concubine. Even now, the officials of the Wei family are all over the states of the Wei Dynasty. , Five-rank officials abound, because buying the number one scholar has declined like this?Doing so is simply worse than killing someone!
But the imperial examination is related to the state system and the fate of the country. Even the emperor dare not treat it casually. The Wei family has touched the evil of the world, and even the Gao family dare not reach out to win people.

The Wei family was a supporter of Mrs. Gao, and its ending was equivalent to reducing some of Mrs. Gao's strength and vacated many official positions. Ji Chong quickly filled the vacancies of these civil servants at an astonishing speed.

In this confrontation, Ji Chong won.

The official who sold the questions was found out to be Mr. Xu, the deputy examiner. He was demoted to the Northwest Wheel as a city-building pawn. If he was pardoned, he would never be allowed to return to Beijing. Only he was ejected.

Not to deal with the family members of the prostitute officials, but to let the family members of the scapegoats stay in Beijing, that is, to leave a small bomb for the Gao family members, and let the "wronged" family members harass the Gao family members from time to time, and find something for the opponent. Distracts them, and it's really fragrant.

Su Juesong said, "Your Highness, Miss Shen is too good at deceiving people."

Ji Chong shot past with a gloomy light.

"Oh, I checked, and there is still an official document on the table." Master Su slipped away like a rabbit.

"Hmph, it's like someone who can run faster than a rabbit." Ji Chong lowered his head to deal with the official document, but the pen was not finished yet, he was in a daze, what was she doing?

In the streets and alleys of the capital, people were surprised by the style of the regent who didn't kill anyone, "You have changed your sex and want to have a son?" This is the discussion of ordinary poor people.

The middle class was puzzled, "Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is the work of the Gao family. Why did the regent only deal with the Wei family who bought the problem? It's not like His Highness's style to take it lightly?"

The Gao clan in the upper-class aristocratic circle sensed a different smell, and came to Mrs. Gao's mansion one after another, "Old Mrs., Ji Chong's behavior is unexpected this time!"

That's right, they didn't come to trouble them, it was too quiet, and the quietness made them feel uneasy.

The old grand master Gao looked at all the party members, "It's not a good time not to trouble you, so why panic, from top to bottom in the Wei Dynasty, that place is not our officials, as long as you keep an eye on your own family, no one can move."

"Yes, the old master is right."

No one said anything about the Wei family, it was like a taboo, all the officials looked at each other, and left the old grand master's mansion one after another.

Gao Chen stood in front of him with a gloomy face, "Please punish my father."

"Punishment, what's the use of punishing you? Let Ji Chong get so many rich and vacant official positions all of a sudden, and let him install his own henchmen." The blow to him this time was really big. Zhang Wang: "Hurry up and kill that goblin."

Gao Chen stood still.

"Why are you still standing there?"

"Father, I'm too late to strike, I can't kill anyone."

Now it was Mrs. Gao's turn to be stunned, "Is there anyone else you can't kill?"

Gao Chen admitted, "I have lost the opportunity."

Mrs. Gao had a hostile expression on her face, "I don't care what to do first, get rid of people quickly."

As the sun sets, twilight falls.

A bright moon is rising, bringing a starry night sky.A group of stars blinking lazy eyes scattered around the bright moon.The veil-like clouds float in the sky, like a misty fairyland hiding palaces and palaces. The distant sky is connected with the earth, forming a beautiful scene of the unity of heaven and earth.

Gao Chen stood at Zhangji Restaurant and looked towards the residential area in the city, his eyes were gloomy and gloomy.

Zhang Shuran accompanied him, and the evening breeze blew, bringing the fragrance of flowers, "Uncle Guo, the food and wine are ready, please sit inside."

Gao Chen didn't move, "Is she here?"

Seeing that he was unhappy, Zhang Shuran said cautiously, "Chu Xia has been busy building a shop for the past few days and has no time to come here."

"Really?"

"Really, Uncle Guo, I really went to invite her, she is really busy." Seeing that her sweetheart suspected that she didn't invite anyone, Zhang Shuran quickly affirmed to him.

Gao Chen turned around, eyes landed, and slowly stepped into the private room, "I want to talk to her about the land outside the North Bridge of the moat. If you meet her, tell her."

"Okay, Uncle Guo." Zhang Shuran heard that his tone was not affectionate, so he relaxed, and said with a smile, "Uncle Guo, then... that early summer seems to... like..."

Gao Chen turned his head to look at her, his eyes were dark and cold.

She bowed her head in fright.

"I don't like women talking too much."

"Yes," Zhang Shuran felt very lost and sad, so she didn't follow him and bowed behind him, "Then the girl will not bother Uncle Guo, please take it easy."

Gao Chen paused for a while, then sat down at the table as if nothing had happened, and poured himself a drink by himself.

Zhang Shuran stood outside the door, listening to the movement inside, the private room was so quiet that it made people feel distressed, she lowered her head sadly.

Outside the corridor, the moon was all over the sky, and the evening wind was blowing on my face, passing by suddenly, like an untouchable lover.

Shen Chuxia was really busy. She was so busy that she rented a small boat on the moat that could accommodate people. She went ashore to work at sunrise and lived on the boat at sunset, saving time. Huang Dali had to rent several boats to protect her.

Miss Shen is really hardworking, if she followed His Highness, why would she have to suffer so much, Huang Dali often thought, why didn't she follow His Highness?
Recently, many imperial examination candidates are wandering in Humanities Hall, they are waiting for the final result of the exam question leak case.

"Why is there no movement?"

"That's right, it's not just people surnamed Wei who buy exam questions, but also people surnamed Liu and Wang...why don't you keep checking?"

"Yes, the regent will not dare to investigate further..."

……

Everyone discussed and expressed their conjectures one after another.

Sitting in the crowd, Zhang Feiran seldom spoke. When someone asked him, he would only say, "Maybe Your Highness has considerations from His Highness."

In fact, when the regent arrested the fake champion, he asked Shen Xiaoniang such a question, and she answered, "There is a severe drought, and there is no water everywhere. Only the Zhang family has a well, and the water in the Zhang family's well is There was not much water, so I sent someone to watch. One day, the watchman fell asleep, and the villagers stole all the water in the well. The Zhang family found out, did they arrest all the villagers, or only the leader who stole the water? ?”

"It is impossible to arrest all the villagers, only the first leader will be punished." Then he suddenly understood: "The law does not blame the public."

Shen Chuxia smiled and said, "After you become an official, this matter will have a deeper meaning."

A deeper meaning?what is itMust be an official?

In this scientific examination, Zhang Feiran only ranked at the bottom of the second class, and almost entered the third class to become a fellow Jinshi. He shook his head and laughed. It would be great if he could retake the exam.

But the scientific examination is not a child's play. From preparation to approval and publication, it takes a lot of manpower and financial resources. Is the court willing to pay more?No, exactly, would the Regent want it?
Standing in front of the regent, Wei Mintang asked the same question: "Your Highness, what do you want me to preside over again?"

Su Juesong glanced at his master, stepped forward easily, and saluted with a smile, "Old Mr. Wei, Your Highness has already thought about it."

"I would like to hear about it."

The recent high-intensity operation, Ji Chong's whole nerves have not been relaxed, and finally finished the Wei family, he has always been serious and cautious, and he rarely relaxes, leaning on the teacher's chair with a faint smile, quietly listening to his subordinates matter.

Su Juesong said, "Master Wei, the Wei family are not ordinary civilians."

Wei Mintang immediately understood the meaning of his words, "You mean to re-hold the scientific examination with money stolen from the Wei family?"

"Yes, that's right, and the exam will be moved to two months later."

"Why?"

"Let anyone with real knowledge have the opportunity to come to the capital to take part in the scientific examination."

Wei Mintang didn't seem to believe it.

Su Juesong said, "His Royal Highness will use part of the stolen money to sponsor those students from poor families, so that they have the opportunity to come to the capital to take the imperial examination."

This move won Wei Mintang's heart, he hurriedly bowed and saluted, "I thank Your Highness Long En on behalf of the poor families in the world."

Ji Chong said slowly, "Old Mr. Wei's disciples are all over the Great Wei Dynasty, and I would like to ask you to write a letter so that those wise men who are willing to help the Great Wei Dynasty can come to Beijing to participate in the selection, and you can also recommend hard-working and motivated children from poor families. If you have not participated Those who take the children's test or the government test can apply for an additional test at the place where they are located before entering Beijing."

If this can be done, then the scientific examination two months later will be a real scientific examination.

Old Mr. Wei knelt down excitedly, "I kowtow to Your Highness on behalf of all the humble children who can participate in the scientific examination."

The news of the resumption of the scientific examination flew to every corner of the Great Wei Dynasty like wings. Mrs. Gao was severely beaten in the face by Ji Chong, and Mrs. Gao was so angry that she did not go to court for a few days.

The seven-year-old little emperor was also sick and could not go to court either.

(End of this chapter)