The queen must start from the head

Chapter 100: On the List
"Something happened, something happened!"

Early in the morning, Guangming, who went out to buy steamed buns, rushed into his bookstore holding a paper bag of steamed stuffed buns with a burst of yelling.

He Ping, who had just finished cleaning the bookstore, looked up impatiently at him from behind the checkout counter, "You brat keeps shouting about accidents and accidents all day long, what the hell can happen!"

Guangming put the oiled paper bag in his hand on the counter, and said calmly, "It's the master, she's on the list!"

"What list?" He Ping didn't realize it for a while.

"That's right, that's the township exam!" Guangming scratched his head and thought for a while, and finally remembered that he was looking at the list of the township exam, and then he hurriedly added, "She is still the head of the list! This year's Zhennan City Gongyuan Scientific research No.1!"

He Ping was also shocked, "What you said is true?!"

"Of course it's true!" Guangming rolled his eyes at him, "When I just went out, people in the streets and alleys were talking about it, and I went to the place where the list was posted to read it." But He didn't know many of the names on those lists, and he searched all the way, only to see that his head's name was at the top of one of the papers.

The Imperial City publishes the list of the Autumn Middle List to the public every year. In previous years, most of the people in the city watched under the list posted outside the city’s tribute courtyard. The list in the exam.

When a few scholars from Zhennan City saw the name that was at the top of the list, they felt as uncomfortable as swallowing the feces of a fly.

One of them even said angrily, "Is there no one in our Nancheng scientific examination this year? How can a woman win the leader? It's a shame!"

Several other people also nodded again and again, no matter in reason or reason, they couldn't accept the fact that a woman became the leader of Zhennan City's scientific examination.

At this time, in the Gongyuan of Zhennan City, which was thousands of miles away, several civil servants in charge of the Gongyuan all looked at the edict that had been sent from the imperial city at high speed. There was only one line written on it with a red pen: Seek truth from facts.

"Alas..." The oldest civil servant present stood up with a sigh. He straightened his black gauze cap and straightened his official robes. It's scolding, and this official also suffers."

The other civil servants didn't say a word, but they all stood up one after another and bowed respectfully to the senior civil servant.

Outside Zhennan City Tribute Court, many students who had been waiting for the release of their rankings for a long time were very excited when they saw the gate of the Tribute Court opened and a civil official led several small officials out.

They all know that this is going to be released!

When the big red list slowly opened, more and more people came to see the list after hearing the news.There are poor scholars dressed in shabby clothes, children of great masters with their slaves riding in carriages, and many rich and noble families waiting to be listed for their sons-in-law.

After the list was posted, some people cried bitterly because they were not selected, some were ecstatic because of high school, but more people fell into silence because of the name that was at the top of the list.

"My lord, who is this Mu Lian? Judging by the name, she is clearly a woman. How did a woman become the leader?"

The old servant who followed Huang Chang asked his young master in puzzlement.

"It's really her." Huang Shang just said with emotion, but there was no follow-up.

The old servant asked again, but Huang Shang shook his head and did not answer.

Except for the officials in the Gongyuan, only those who participated in the scientific research that night and the heads of the Huang and Wang families who rushed to fight the fire knew about the fire that night in the Gongyuan in Zhennan City.But all the insiders were sealed after the incident, and they were not allowed to bring up the matter again, as if it had never happened.

It can be seen from this that the people behind the Gongyuan fire case can cover the sky with one hand, what kind of energy is this!

The old servant guessed that there must be something hidden about this matter, and his young master didn't want to talk about it, and he couldn't ask any more, so he could only sigh, "It's a pity, young master, you went for the position of the first name Jie Yuan, but now you have to go to the door to get rid of it." second……"

"It's okay." Huang Chang seemed to think of something, and said with a smile, "There should be someone who is more anxious than me now."

The old servant followed his son's gaze, but saw Wang Wenyun, the son of the Wang family, looking for something back and forth under the list. The latter's face was full of shock, as if something unbelievable happened to him.

After reading the list for the tenth time, Wang Wenyun finally stopped.

Although he didn't want to believe it, he had to accept the fact that he failed the exam.

However, from the bottom of his heart, he could accept that Mu Lian won the first place, but he could not accept that he was not on the list.He was confident that his poems and articles were as talented as Huang Shang, and he had already mastered imitating Wang Xizhi's calligraphy. How could he fail?He really couldn't figure it out.

In this way, he has been standing under the list, thinking hard about this issue.

It wasn't until all the people who watched the list were gone, that Mr. Wang sent someone to find him, and he brought the bewildered man home.

The western suburbs of the imperial city.

Tianxia Wushuang sent people who came to announce the good news along the way, and hundreds of people gathered behind them.

The head manager Wu Mei got the news, and had someone carry two large boxes of copper coins to the doorway of the sect early on.

At this moment, the people who came to congratulate Xi gathered together under the archway of the Wushuang faction in a dark way. When they saw Wu Mei showing up with someone, they opened their mouths and said auspicious words.

"Congratulations, congratulations to Head Mu High School for the top spot!"

"Congratulations to Mu Sheng for winning the championship in one fell swoop! What a joy to congratulate!"

"Congratulations, Mu Sheng..."

Wu Mei also accepted everyone's congratulations with a smile, and at the same time ordered the disciples guarding the copper coins to open the box and grab the copper coins inside to those who came to announce the good news.

Some people were so happy that they won a large handful of copper coins, and some people were dissatisfied with the great fortune of the Wushuang faction.

But no matter what these people thought, Wu Mei waited until the two boxes of copper coins were distributed, and asked her disciples to turn around and leave with the empty boxes.Even if someone hears the news of the money being distributed here and rushes here, they will not be able to receive the money.For this reason, many people gathered at the door and cursed for a while.

"This group of people are so shameless! When our family gave money, they just didn't come, but now they came to shout and cry after the money was distributed. Master, as long as you nod, I can go out and give everything to the group of people outside now." Make a bloody hole!"

In Mu Lian's study, after Yue Yin, who was hugging her arms around her chest, finished speaking, seeing that Mu Lian didn't answer her, she couldn't help but pouted angrily.

On an empty desk, there are a box of matches, a mirror and a piece of soap just produced by the factory.

Mu Lian picked up these items and looked at them carefully, then put them down and said, "The items are ready. Later, you can tell Du Yun, who is in charge of supervising the production of the factory, that we will start shipping tomorrow and put these items in to the market."

Yue Yin gave a somewhat reluctant "Yes", and then said, "I returned the person from Baiye Tower, and I got their 10 taels of ransom back, and I handed over the money to Mr. Wu."

"That's good." Mu Lian nodded, and walked to her desk, ready to write something.

Yue Yin said again, "Master, you haven't promised me what happened just now. The group of people outside are too noisy, how about I drive them away?" When she said this, her eyeballs also followed turn.

Mu Lian couldn't help laughing and said, "It's just ordinary people outside. Besides, how much their voices can come in through the big formation. What's more, everyone in the world is after profit, how can we kill them all? The wild fire is endless, and the spring breeze It’s nothing more than blowing up again, let him go.”

Seeing that Yue Yin was still a little unwilling to give up, she suppressed the smile on her face, and said solemnly, "I know you used to be a killer. As long as it's a mission, you can kill the old, the weak, women and children. Even if it's not a mission, those who have a grudge You will kill people, you will kill those who dislike you, and the number of people who died in your hands is more than tens of thousands? I also know that you are taking the right path of killing. But you must always remember that you are People are not a tool to kill. You are the one who decides to kill or not to kill, not a slave dominated by killing intent."

After Mu Lian's words fell, Yue Yin's face was already pale and pale. She looked at Mu Lian with a very complicated look and said, "Since you know my details, why did you accept me? You know, when you were in the town In Nancheng, you are also my hunting target."

"I am a person who likes to do things according to my own preferences. I just listen to what others say is good or bad, because I have my own eyes and my own heart. I can see and think about everything by myself instead of being led by someone else." Let's go. I am willing to accept you, so I accept it, there is no reason."

Hearing this, Yue Yin's whole body suddenly froze, and she looked at the ordinary-looking woman in front of her again with incredible eyes.She doesn't have a beautiful face or a noble background. All she has is herself and the foundation she built with her own strength.

Yue Yin raised his head slightly and couldn't help closing his eyes.She thought of the self who was once among the beggars and was almost beaten to death because she competed with others for steamed buns; she also thought of the self who had experienced the cruelest selection of killers, her hands were stained with the blood of her companions, and her face was full of ferociousness .

Time and time again, she inserted the dagger in her hand into her living body, feeling the constant passing of other people's lives.Only by constantly killing people can she feel that she is still alive and feel the heat of life.

When she opened her eyes again, her face changed from gentle and gentle lines to indifferent lines. The long and narrow eyes under the single eyelid were filled with the desire for bloodthirsty and killing.

"You are right, I have killed more than tens of thousands of people. I kill for the sake of killing, this is my way. If I don't kill people, I can't live today, and I can't get the power I have today. But, She changed the subject, looked at Mu Lian suddenly and said, "I won't kill you. To be honest, at first, you just made me feel interesting. Later, your strength made me afraid. But now, I like you and your The sect that was built..."

Hearing this, Mu Lian helplessly put down the pen she just picked up, looked at Yue Yin and said, "Wait, the 'like' you just said, shouldn't be the kind of liking I thought, right?"

Yue Yin, who came to understand in an instant, hurriedly "bah bah" several times, she took another look at the somewhat unlovely expression on Mu Lian's face, and for some reason couldn't help laughing out loud.

The stagnant atmosphere that had appeared in the conversation between the two just now disappeared in this laughter.

(End of this chapter)