The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

When An Qiyuan was dragged out from behind the tree, he was still threatening and timid as he described his origins. But when he was brought to Shengyuan, his face was pale and he looked frightened.

Sheng Yuan was also slightly surprised when she saw him.

Although Kyoto is full of familiar faces, it is still interesting to see someone like this so early in the morning.

"you……"

Sheng Yuan raised his hand and pointed at him. Before he could finish what he wanted to ask, he saw this guy holding his head, jumping back a few steps, and shouting in fear: "I didn't cause any trouble this time, you can't just beat me up if you don't agree with me!"

“…” Sheng Yuan was shocked by his reaction.

  No, she speaks so gently, how can you tell that she is going to fight?

Could it be that this kid An Qiyuan is trying to pick a fight on purpose? !

"Miss, whip! Whip!" Xiaoyao saw that the young lady had no idea of ​​her own power, so she quickly leaned over and reminded her in a low voice.

After hearing her reminder, Sheng Yuan noticed the specially made long whip in his hand, and then looked at An Qiyuan's vigilant eyes, and finally reacted.

"Wow~ Young Master An has a really good memory!" Sheng Yuan flicked his wrist, and the long whip went back to his forearm. "You still remember things that I have forgotten!"

"Hehe, it's okay! It's okay!" An Qiyuan forced a stiff smile on his face, but he was complaining in his heart.

Nonsense! You weren't the one being beaten, what can you remember?! You've almost beaten all the dandies in Kyoto with this whip, why do you need to remember?

Thinking of the power of the whip, even though the whip marks on An Qiyuan's body had long since healed without even a scar left, he still felt a faint burning pain from the scars!

At this point, An Qiyuan regretted taking this job.

Based on his understanding of his own master, if Sheng Wenzhen beat him up over a disagreement, the old man would probably applaud and be surprised that someone helped him teach his grandson a lesson!

  He didn't understand why the old man decided that he was an unworthy descendant who would drag down his eldest brother? !

If it wasn't for the purpose of making peace with Sheng Yuan, or if it wasn't for the desire to get the qualification to be recommended to go to sea from Sheng Yuan, he would not have gotten involved with the Sheng family!

An Qiyuan was feeling depressed and muttering to himself at the same time.

Before, when the old man knew that he had entered the city defense army as deputy commander through the connection of Duke Sheng’s Mansion, he directly called him “stupid”. At that time, he thought that the old man looked down on military generals and was very short-sighted.

But now, looking at Sheng Yuan who had beaten him into tatters, he suddenly felt that maybe he was not very smart.

……

"An Xiaolang, I haven't seen you for a long time. I see you are doing well!" Sheng Yuan sat on his horse and smiled kindly at An Qiyuan. "I am glad to see you today. I wonder if you have any advice for me?"

When An Qiyuan faced Sheng Yuan, the phrase he hated to hear the most was "What do you have to say?"

Last time, he led people to prevent several poor girls from taking the final exams at the official school who had had an argument with him. Sheng Yuan happened to pass by, and she asked this question when she was confronting him.

And Sheng Yuan’s whip fell right after he replied, hiss!!!

Thinking about it now, the pain is still there!

"No advice! No advice!" Between "let her go" and "stop her and get beaten, then let her go", An Qiyuan chose the former. "If Lord Sheng has an urgent matter, it can be handled specially! After all, official duties come first, and this new rule of the court is not aimed at officials who have important official business to report!"

When he changed his words like this, not only Sheng Yuan was surprised, but even the lieutenant general who came to obstruct him found it unbelievable.

  The lieutenant general laughed in anger. Before he came out, the kid from the An family had warned him not to let Sheng Yuan go, but now, the kid gave in after a disagreement!

Could it be that his earnest admonitions to him before were just to give him a chance to surrender? !

The shocked lieutenant general pursed his lips and waved to his men.

Immediately afterwards, the soldiers who had rushed out earlier withdrew their attacks.

……

"I am honored that Lord An has personally let us go." Sheng Yuan originally wanted to ask him about some situations, but seeing how this guy was avoiding her, she knew that she might not be able to get the key points. So she didn't delay any more, bowed perfunctorily, and was about to lead the people into the city.

"Sir Sheng, our City Defense Battalion and City Patrol have close ties with the Sheng family. Please, for the sake of our generations-long friendship, don't use your weapons against us lightly in the future!" Seeing that Sheng Yuan was about to leave, An Qiyuan immediately jumped for joy and started shaking his hands.

"Friends for generations?" Sheng Yuan passed through the city gate and couldn't help but look back.

An Qiyuan watched Sheng Yuan and his group gradually disappear from his sight, and he couldn't help but touch the sweat on his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.

He has completed his grandfather's instructions, so everything should be fine, right?!

"Deputy Commander An..." Although the lieutenant general had some opinions about An Qiyuan, he did not show it on his face. When the city gate was quiet, he returned to his previous respectful attitude.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Sheng Yuan left, An Qiyuan returned to his previous arrogance.

He didn't even look at the lieutenant general, walked past him with his hands behind his back, and ordered in a cold voice: "Guard the city gates well, don't let irrelevant people in and out at will! Everything else remains the same!"

……

"Miss, An Qiyuan is not the grandson of Minister An, so why did he go to the military camp?"

After entering the city, Sheng Yuan and his men slowed down, dismounted, and returned on foot.

Xiaoyao followed beside them and whispered to Shengyuan, "Although the gap between civil and military is not that big now, isn't the An family known for passing down poetry and literature? How could they tolerate their grandson abandoning literature and pursuing martial arts?"

"If you were Minister An, and there was a chance to make his trouble-making grandson quiet down, and you didn't give him a chance, would you care whether he was good at literature or martial arts? Anyway, he doesn't care whether he can bring him honor, as long as he doesn't cause trouble for him and his family's heir."

As soon as Sheng Yuan said this, Xiao Yao suddenly understood: "If this makes sense... I just wonder if Minister An knows what his grandson is doing at the city gate?!"

"..." Sheng Yuan thought of how stingy An Lao was, and suddenly realized, "Let's go back home first!"

"Go back home? Go back to which home?!" Xiaoyao was stunned and didn't react.

"Marquis Cheng'en's Mansion!" Sheng Yuan was about to say Marquis Yongxing's Mansion, but when she thought that the eldest brother, who was the prince, should be in charge of the mansion now and her parents didn't have much control over the affairs, she immediately changed her mind.

"But, son-in-law..." Xiaoyao wanted to say that An Yu was most likely in the Yongxing Marquis Mansion.

"He went back to the capital first on my behalf. Whether he was reporting to the palace or obeying orders, it would definitely not be easy. It is possible that my sister had given him many instructions. If he was in Yongxing Marquis's Mansion, how could he be free with so many people around? Naturally, Ancheng Marquis' Mansion is cheaper."

As they spoke, the group entered the inner city.

At this moment, Yanzhi, which was hovering above Sheng Garden, suddenly let out a joyful cry.

Sheng Yuan looked up and saw An Yu running towards him with a heavy palm. (End of this chapter)