Chapter 371: Swordsmanship
Afterwards, I heard Jiang Caibin say how difficult it was for him and how much effort he put in to steal these birds back.
"Aren't you using your trickster power? I remember it's quite suitable for stealing things." Liu Sheng said.
“Then that is called ‘replacing’, how can it be called stealing?” Jiang Caibin immediately jumped angrily.
“But do you think you can use it out of thin air! Don’t you have to have similar items to replace it? And... whether it looks similar will affect the success rate.”
Jiang Caibin looked aggrieved and led Liu Sheng into a room.
I saw a bunch of fluffy simulated birds on the shelves in the room. Except for the awkwardness at the beginning, with their snouts and noses crooked, they became more and more similar later on, and they were almost fake.
“Yes, you kid!” Liu Sheng picked up one and looked left and right, and couldn’t help but praise, “I will be able to make a living from this if I have no money in the future!”
"How come I, I, I have no money! I am the second son of the Jiang family! Our old Jiang family..."
Seeing that Liu Sheng was not interested and even yawned, Jiang Caibin quickly returned to the topic.
"I also charmed the steward of the Wen family, pretending to be a maid and sneaking in every day. After observing it several times, I made a bird that looked exactly the same, and then I was able to avoid the restriction and sneak out!"
Speaking of it! Dressed as a maid, Jiang Caibin's face showed secret enjoyment.
But you still have to praise it.
"You did a pretty good job on this matter."
With such a simple sentence from Liu Sheng, Jiang Caibin immediately beamed with joy. If he had a tail, he would have started wagging it already.
"I'll treat you to dinner then. Where was the place with beautiful men you went to last time?"
"Furong Pavilion!" Jiang Caibin immediately replied impatiently.
"Oh, Sister Liu Sheng is too expensive. When the time comes, we will find two handsome men, no three, two from me, and one from Sister Liu Sheng..."
"No need, you Just keep it." Liu Sheng is really not interested in this kind of thing.
When Jiang Caibin heard this, he was even more excited.
"Sister Liu Sheng! You are my sister!"
When he was happy, he took a colorful and furry thing from the shelf and stuffed it into Liu Sheng's hand.
"Sister, I give it to you, my proud work!"
Liu Sheng lowered his head and saw that it was a small and cute sparrow doll with black eyes. It's very big, different from those simulated birds, it's very cute.
Accepted with satisfaction.
...
Wen Xuanning was very dissatisfied.
I went back to Chang'an Academy for training a few days ago. Unexpectedly, I saw that my belongings had been tampered with as soon as I got home.
Looking at the two birds in his cage that were very realistic but looked fake at first glance, he sneered.
These two pairs of lifeless black eyes seemed to be mocking him.
The powerful restraint on the cage was intact. I don't know how the other party did it.
He took the fake bird out of the cage, threw it on the ground, stepped on it, and crushed it slowly.
"Master! This..."
The maid Dong Qing just came over to deliver tea fruits to the young master. She was frightened when she saw the "bodies" scattered on the ground and the feathers scattered on the ground. He jumped and almost knocked over the tray in his hand.
“Who has been here during my absence?”
When Dongqing heard the young master's cold voice, she couldn't help but think of something. Her legs went limp and she knelt on the ground, hurriedly arguing:
"No...no...I am responsible for feeding the birds for you. Feed the fish..."
Wen Xuanning didn't believe it and asked the steward to ask.
"It is true that I am Dongqing beside you every day..."
As the steward said, suddenly the image of a enchanting-looking maid came into his mind. She was obviously so strange and conspicuous, but yet It's like there is a layer of fog shrouding my mind. I try hard to remember it, but I can't capture it at all.
He has lived in the mansion for so long, so he naturally knows that there are some things that he cannot admit.
What's more, there really isn't even a shadow.
So his expression remained unchanged, and he calmly let his brain fog fill up, hiding his figure.
He doesn’t want to die yet.
Wen Xuanning's falcon-like gaze fell on Guan Shi and Dong Qing for a long time, staring at them until their foreheads sweated and their legs trembled, before finally telling them to get out with a serious face.
Only the old voice sounded in his small courtyard.
"You're too careless."
Wen Xuanning's long-simmering anger finally burst out, and he asked in a cold voice: "Tell me what I should do with them? Wring them off Bird's neck? Let that woman know that I am not her son?"
"You only have one mouth and can only speak. Of course it won't hurt your back."
"At least twist their claws and mouth. It doesn't matter if you cut it off, nothing will be revealed," the voice said coldly.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? You only think about it later." Wen Xuanning's voice became even colder.
"Don't you think you are the smartest? If I talk too much, you will think I am dictating."
Wen Xuanning was speechless for a moment, remembering the recent quarrel.
"Humph, this is my life." He emphasized the word "my", "You have to think clearly about your position." "I have thought about my position clearly, you Are you confused? The soul of this kid in your body is slowly assimilating you. Otherwise, how could you not think of doing something to those birds? "
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"Useless kindness," the voice concluded grimly.
Wen Xuanning never thought that one day he would be evaluated as kind, and he suddenly felt angry: "Why do you say I am kind?"
"That Liu Sheng, why haven't you solved it yet?" The voice said indifferently, "And you let her jump on your head?"
Wen Xuanning was silent again, as if there was a voice in his head that interfered with his thinking.
“There is no chance in Chang’an.”
"What's more, like you said, the more important thing now is to get the first place and then welcome the gods. I don't want to be distracted too much."
"After all, this imperial examination, the Holy Emperor's heart seems to have been there. I'm wavering. If I don't work hard, I'm afraid I won't be able to control it."
The voice also fell silent, seeming to know that what Wen Xuanning said was true.
"However, for the martial arts test tomorrow, with your cultivation level, there will be no problem." The voice sounded again.
Hearing this, Wen Xuanning couldn't help but smile proudly.
"Indeed, how can you lose at the Mingzhen Realm?"
Then, his face darkened.
"It's a pity that I don't know who was helping her last time, but you are right, just in case, I will still treat her tomorrow..."
The old voice said: "Well , don’t underestimate her because of your arrogance.”
“Like you said, how dare I underestimate her...”
"As for today's literary test..." Wen Xuanning's lips curled up.
"We have already made arrangements, haven't we?"
......
Night falls.
In the imperial study room, the emperor looked at the ten first-class papers in front of him and pondered for a long time.
The five examiners didn't even have dinner, so they hurriedly reviewed and sent it to the emperor.
Just so that tomorrow’s roll call will not be delayed.
"Why don't you see Liu Sheng's paper?" The emperor flipped through it and asked directly, "I remember her answer was pretty good."
I saw the five examiners in front of me with different expressions. His expression was subtle, and he had obviously experienced some controversy.
Meiyuan Zheng said calmly: "My reply to Your Majesty was originally first-class, but who would have expected that someone would regret his comment."
Immediately, the expressions of Li Shangshu and Ling Shangshu changed.
“Reporting to Your Majesty, this is not called regret, this is careful consideration.” Li Shangshu quickly explained, “Her article is not bad, but she only answers in an eccentric way. Many of her opinions are unheard of and she is unconstrained. Sure enough, she has never been born in Tiangong. With orthodox knowledge, I thought it was a little clever, but..."
Ling Shangshu did not answer, but looked solemn.
Xueshi Yan couldn't help but said: "So what about the Tiangong Department? I think her answer is more thorough and rigorous than many rhetoricians, especially the second question. If she can do it, it will be quite fruitful. ."
"Xueshi Yan may have forgotten what your Majesty wants."
The emperor looked at them arguing with a calm expression.
He looked at Mr. Hanshan, who immediately understood what he meant. He took out the paper he had prepared and handed it over.
I saw three "first-class" and two "third-class" annotations on the paper.
As a result, this paper is certainly not recommended as an opportunity to wait before the Holy One.
The emperor looked at this paper for a long time.
Then, he put it aside casually, far away from the ten first-class papers in his right hand.
Li Shangshu’s heart finally let go.
"You should step back first. I will think about it again."
"Yes."
Everyone has different thoughts, but the Holy One has ordered that he can only step down. .
The candlelight flickered, and only a shadow remained in the imperial study.
The shadow trembled and coughed several times.
"Ahem, you can come out now."
The curtain in the side hall was lifted, and a figure wearing court clothes appeared in the candlelight.
Looking at the clothes, he is just a fifth-grade official. Looking at his age, he is only middle-aged.
"Your Majesty."
Standing under the imperial desk, he bowed quietly and slowly raised his head. The candlelight illuminated his elegant face.
If Liu Sheng were here...
I probably wouldn’t recognize him. This is the Inspector of the General Administration of Textiles, whom we had a close relationship with.