The queen must start from the head

Chapter 123 Undercurrent
Exam day, Xiaoyu.

Spring rain lingers around the cornices and copper bells outside the Manjusri Hall, making a pattering sound.

In the hall, the Juren selected from all over the Northern Qi State were looking at the test questions before them, thinking hard.

Looking around, all the people are wearing blue Confucian robes, only one person is wearing a plain robe, holding a pen in his right hand, and the pen is flying like a dragon and snake, writing vigorously.

The lotus flower clock used for timing on one side of the hall is still flowing, and the time for collecting the examination papers is getting closer and closer.

The plain gown looked at the answer sheet he had made, and felt that there was nothing to add or delete, so he put down the pen in his hand and raised his hand to signal the invigilator to hand in the paper ahead of time.

An invigilator walked to the table respectfully, carefully put away the answer sheet on the table, and then watched the person go away.

Then, the invigilator held the answer sheet, went straight to the back of the hall, entered a secluded side room, and presented the answer sheet to the monarch who was reviewing the memorial.

"Someone actually handed in the test in advance?"

Li Tianming was a little surprised when he saw the examination paper presented by the invigilator.

In the general examination, there are not many scholars who dare to hand in the papers in advance. After all, every move of the candidates in the examination room will be reported to the monarch by the examiner.If it leaves a bad image in His Majesty's heart due to the early submission of the papers, then the loss outweighs the gain.

The invigilator lowered his head and replied, "Your Majesty, this is Mu Sheng's examination paper."

"Oh?" Li Tianming became interested and immediately put down the memorial in his hand and opened the examination paper.

You must know that today's general examination questions were temporarily changed by him, and only one question was tested, and that was to ask the examinees, if Great Qin and Northern Qi started a war, what are the odds of Northern Qi winning, and how to break the game?

Although he didn't expect a group of scholars who delved into the scriptures to write amazing articles, Mu Sheng's paper did make him a little more curious.

After the paper was opened, Li Tianming read the article from beginning to end almost without taking his eyes off it.After reading it, his brows could not help but furrowed tightly.

The invigilator looked at him and saw that his Majesty did not say a word after reading the paper, but instead frowned. Seeing the opportunity, he resigned and retreated.

As soon as he left, the monarch immediately said, "Are the black and white elders here?"

As soon as he finished speaking, two figures, one black and one white, appeared behind him.

The old man in white asked, "What orders does Your Majesty have?"

"Where have the people I sent as envoys to Song and Zhao been?"

Elder Hei continued, "According to the time, we should have already entered the border between Song State and Zhao State. Your Majesty suddenly asked this question, but what are you worrying about?"

Li Tianming nodded, pointed at the examination paper on the table and said, "Mu Sheng has guessed that I will use the strategy of combining vertical and horizontal lines to defeat the enemy, but she thinks that this strategy will not be easy to achieve, and I am afraid there will be many changes. "

"Oh?" The black and white elders looked at each other, and then said, "I don't know this volume, can you let me read it together?"

"Second elder, please take a look." He said and handed the examination papers to the two of them.

After reading the exam papers, the two of them also changed their expressions slightly, and they were both a little bit surprised.

Li Tianming sighed, "Now that the envoys from both countries have been dispatched, it depends on God's will whether the plan of cooperation can be achieved. Da Qin will fight to the death!"

Bai Lao thought for a while and said, "If the negotiation really fails, judging from Mu Sheng's answer sheet, there is still a way out for me in Beiqi, but this way is really too dangerous. Unless it is a last resort, I can't try it lightly."

The other two nodded upon hearing the words.

What they can do now is to wait until the results of the negotiations with the two countries come, and then decide what to do next.

Outside the palace, Mu Lian was walking in the continuous spring rain with a seven-color oil-paper umbrella.

Slime lay on her shoulder, looking at the colorful light shining through the umbrella paper with joy.

Its vision is really good, and the umbrella of this color is really beautiful.It's just that the host is too difficult to deal with, insisting on saying that the rainbow color has a special meaning, forcing it to promise a lot of benefits to the other party, and she agrees to go out with this umbrella.When the name of its slime becomes famous in the mainland in the future, it will definitely sit on the throne made of colorful gemstones and accept the worship of all peoples!
Thinking of that heart-pounding scene, his saliva drools uncontrollably.Before the host found out, it quickly wiped its mouth to cover up all suspicious traces.

Mu Lian was walking on the streets of the imperial city holding an umbrella. She walked quietly, and many people in the city hurriedly passed her by, as if they didn't see her, and didn't pay attention to her brightly colored umbrella. Any curiosity.

She was walking in the direction of the sect, and when she was about to reach the gate of the sect, she stopped suddenly.

A young man wearing a green shirt and holding a green bamboo stick rode a donkey slowly out of the rain and stopped in front of her.

There was a spring-like smile on his face, and he greeted softly, "Master Mu, long time no see."

In Northern Qi State Middle School, the spring rain was still falling continuously.

In Song Kingdom, it was a sunny day.

In the capital of the Song Kingdom, in a side hall of the royal palace, the monarch of the Song Kingdom was lying on a soft couch with half-undressed clothes, and the sandalwood in the room was burning, covering up a lot of ambiguous atmosphere.

A pair of hands as white as jade gently brushed across his chest, revealing from behind him an enchanting face that is even more beautiful than a woman's. Said, "Your Majesty seems to be not in high spirits today."

The monarch raised his hand to hook the beauty's chin and said, "The widow is just thinking, if Daqin comes over, how will the widow deal with you and so on."

The beauty blinked her jet-black eyelashes and asked, "Song Kingdom should have a chance of winning against Daqin, right?"

"The odds are slim."

"Then, maybe we can form an alliance with Northern Qi on the right to fight against Great Qin together?"

After he carefully asked these probing words, he found that his temperamental monarch still had a faint smile on his face, and he was slightly relieved, thinking that his words had not been presumptuous.

The monarch smiled without answering, and sat up from the couch, letting the beauty step down first.

After the alluring male waiter stepped back, the smile on the monarch's face suddenly disappeared and turned cold.

"Go and find out, who taught him what he asked just now."

In the empty room, there was no response, but the monarch knew that the answer he wanted would be delivered to him soon.

About half an hour later, a volume of confidential letters stuffed into a silver tube was placed on the desk in front of the monarch.

Without hesitation, he raised his hand to pick up the silver tube, opened it and looked at the secret letter inside.

After reading it, with a livid face, he crushed the secret letter in his hand into balls and threw it on the ground. His heart was filled with resentment. The matter of the harem! Since you want to form an alliance, the widow is not as good as you want!"

The king of the Song Dynasty, who had made up his mind, immediately called his subordinates to pass on his will.

"Come here, send the City Guards Division to keep an eye on the Northern Qi mission group, and let the people from the Criminal Division conduct a thorough investigation. How many people in the court of the Song Dynasty have come and gone with this group of people! Do it quickly. !"

At that time, in front of the old locust tree of the Wushuang faction, Shu Baixiao played a game of chess and was playing against Mu Lian.

Mu Lian dropped a sunspot in her hand, and asked, "As you said, the ruler of the Song Dynasty is moody, and if he spends a lot of money to lure people around him to make an alliance with him, it will be counterproductive. How would the Northern Qi mission not know?"

Shu Baixiao put down the white piece in his hand and replied, "If the people from the Northern Qi Mission don't do it, the people from the Great Qin Kingdom will do it for them."

"That's the case. In the face of a great enemy, can't the king of a country distinguish between the serious and the serious?"

"Even if we can tell the difference, it's hard to escape the chess game. The authorities are just confused."

Shu Baixiao's words made Mu Lian thoughtful.

Although she had a premonition that the Three Kingdoms alliance would be impossible, she was not as clear as Shu Baixiao who understood the twists and turns inside.

Since there are counselors sent by Daqin to secretly sabotage the Three Kingdoms Alliance, it's time to hurry up on her original backup plan.

(End of this chapter)