Chang'an [Rebirth]

Chai Zheng didn't know which step went wrong, and the matter suddenly progressed to the point where his own mother provoked Zhao Qian in person. The two of them were about to fight, and even when Zhao Qian could directly order the Chai family to be executed for treason, Zhao Linlang said again, "Brother Huang, why did you allow me so long?"

Zhao Qian sighed, "I could have tolerated you for the rest of my life. You are my only sister after all. You have a lot of my past in you, but you know what you shouldn't know...Lin Lang, why are you unwilling to settle down? a little?"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to lift Zhao Linlang's long hair. Zhao Linlang's bones and skin were both sassy and graceful, but there was an old scar in the brow where the forehead was not up, and it was the first time he even saw Chai Zheng.

"This scar was left to save me. I thought that because of this scar, even if I could let everyone in the world down, I would at least leave you to enjoy your old age." Zhao Qian seemed to be sighing forever despite his power. , he said again, "The marriage between Yan'er and Xiaoruan has been put on the agenda, and Beijue's envoy is also staying with me, so it's time to write a letter to invite him to go back to Beijing."

"Li Duan!" Zhao Qian withdrew his hand suddenly, and covered Zhao Linlang's forehead again with his messy hair. After a long distance, Li Duan's ears moved, and he quickly ran up in small steps.

"Li Duan, you find two guards to take the eldest princess back. In the future, don't let the eldest princess go out if there is no important matter. Even if there is something important, you have to report it first." Zhao Qian turned his head and said to Zhao Linlang, "Just take care of yourself." Stay in the mansion and wait for the long journey back."

Although the words were thoughtful, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that this was house arrest, so Li Duan asked cautiously, "What about the young master, do you want to be together..."

Zhao Qian thought for a while, "She doesn't need to, but she is not allowed to mess around. Before returning home from a long distance, everyone who has come into contact with her is not allowed to leave Chang'an City."

Of course, this is not Zhao Qian's sudden bodhisattva heart or underestimation of fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls. Chai Zheng clearly knows that Zhao Qian needs to run around by himself. Pierce the heart.

The two guards transferred by Li Duan were already old, with second-rate skills, and they barely managed to be gatekeepers in the palace.

As the chief eunuch in the palace, Li Duan knows that as long as the eldest princess wants to resist, even if he picks out the ten most powerful people, he may not be able to see it. For old friends, friendship and face are a prison, as long as the eldest princess still recognizes this affection, it will not be easy for these people to die in an unknown corner like that nun.

Chai Guogong's mansion is not far from the imperial palace. Zhao Linlang and Chai Zheng ride horses instead of sedan chairs. The round trip takes only half an hour. Inexplicably, there is a feeling that it is a huge advantage to bring her mother into the gang.

However, Chai Zheng sat on the horse and thought again, whether her grandmother is really confused, or really thinks that she still has the ability to hold Zhao Qian, otherwise how could she say those words in the palace.

As soon as the cool wind outside the palace blew, the lights of Wanjia came towards us, Chai Zheng's horse took a step slower, and he could just see half of Zhao Linlang's face when he turned his head——

She was smiling, and half of her face was covered with orange lights. Chai Zheng was as bright as a princess, but Zhao Linlang was no longer as high-spirited as she was when she was young, but at this moment, Chai Zheng was in her mother's eyes again I saw that vitality in my body.

The old queen's words aroused Zhao Qian's vigilance and made him move faster, but it also completely dispelled Zhao Linlang's worries. If Zhao Qian didn't show his fangs in advance, unless the world was in chaos, Zhao Linlang would always take care of his relatives .

When they returned to the mansion for half a day, Zhao Qian was worried, and sent people to surround the entire Chai Guogong mansion. Except for Chai Zheng and Chai Ji who still took care of half of the household department and had not completed the handover, there was only the daily responsible for purchasing. The cook can come in and out, but outsiders...except for the current Holy Majesty, no matter how high they are, they will be stopped and prohibited from visiting.

It was only dawn at this time, and Ruan Yuzhang had just got up from the bed and was still wearing court clothes at home, when he suddenly received the news, he hurriedly asked the sedan chair to go and have a look.

When he arrived, there were already several sedan chairs parked in the entire street in front of Duke Chai’s mansion, all of them were important court officials, and besides the sedan chairs, there were also horses. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and asked——

"What's going on here?"

"You don't know, I thought there was nothing in the court that you didn't know."

"General Dai, what are you talking about?"

"Master Qi, didn't you say a few days ago that all of us leading soldiers to fight are ruffians? Is there something wrong with my words?"

If it weren't for the colleagues who reached out quickly to stop them, there would be a bloody incident where the court ordered officials to fight in the street...or it might be that one party was purely beaten.

"Look, it's the Prime Minister's sedan chair." Someone hastily interrupted the arguing between each other, and drew attention to other things, "Go and ask what happened, how can Duke Chai's mansion have heavy soldiers?! "

Ruan Yuzhang hadn't landed on his feet yet, and the surrounding area was already surrounded by water. He saw more officials of the fourth rank and above here than in the court hall... Military officer Dajing would not go to the court unless he had something important to discuss. .

"Everyone, be safe and don't be impatient," Ruan Yuzhang was also very anxious, but he knew Zhao Qian and Chai Guogong's mansion. The differences between his old friends were getting bigger and bigger. Go ahead and ask what happened?"

The guards at the gate received the imperial order, and all of them were ruthless. It didn't matter whether you were the prime minister or a beggar, they didn't take it seriously. That said, "Those who don't have a token are not allowed to enter."

After talking about these few words, the generals were so angry that they wanted to roll up their sleeves, and the civil servants who were anxious just now quickly put down their airs to stop them-although the cause of the matter has not been clarified, but these guards are all from the palace. Those who came out, hitting them would be hitting the emperor in the face, but they dare not do anything casually.

After a long commotion outside, Chaizheng held a tree branch in her hand and was relaxing in her backyard. At first she was calm, and then gradually became restless. Finally, she sighed and put the tree branch in her hand to the ground. Throwing it on the ground, it fell three inches into the ground in an instant, and the tail of the branch made a "buzzing" sound. Yuan Si heard the movement and opened the window to look out, and squinted his eyes at the small branch on the ground.

At this moment, Chai Zheng was already riding on the shoulder of her own wall. These guards would not embarrass her, so they pretended not to see it, but the crowd outside saw the young man first... Chai Zheng has been away from Beijing for too long, she No one could recognize this face, and it was rare that there were still a few uncles who shared weal and woe on the Yellow Sea, or who were transferred back to Chang'an from Mobei, shouted, "Little Grandpa, come down quickly."

This girl has been capable since she was a child, of course she shouted so not to fear that she would fall, but simply to catch someone who knew the inside story and squeeze her to death.

Chai Zheng was not fooled. She sat on a high place and pouted, "Everyone, please go back first. If something happens, the current emperor will definitely say that if you don't mention it, it's not big enough. It's inevitable for everyone to stay here." If there are more guards in the palace, the wonton sellers in front of my house will have to move away to find another way to survive."

"..." I don't know if it was because I was young enough to make such jokes, or because the little girl didn't understand the seriousness of the matter. Everyone wanted to gather around and ask again, but Ruan Yuzhang suddenly said, "Young master is right. , we are all surrounded here, but it attracts people's attention, why not go back to the morning court first, and see what His Majesty has to say."

Even if troops were suddenly sent to surround the mansion of a fourth-rank servant overnight, it would cause shocks in the government and the public, and many criticisms, and the nature of Duke Chai's mansion is different from that of any civil servant or military general in the court.

This house is favored by the Emperor Tai/Zu, even today's majesty can't trespass, plus Chai Yuandao is also the commander of the three armies, guarding the border far away in Mobei, refusing to go north outside Liangzhou City, and the eldest princess was also a military exploit Xianhe, although she has stayed in Chang'an City these years, she has a title of title and often stays in the martial arts arena of the school. Both Beijing and Chinese military have some friendship with her, and even those few who see Chai Guogong's mansion as a malignant sore and always slander her are afraid Met her on the street.

What's more, there are Chai Zheng and Chai Ji... These are all relatives of the emperor. Suddenly sending troops to surround them is not a major event, but it will affect the entire court situation. Zhao Qian must explain something.

Chai Zheng also wanted to know how Zhao Qian planned to explain it.

In the next few days, nothing happened. Chai Zheng was free to go in and out, but he had to explain in advance what to do and where to go. If he didn’t explain clearly, someone would follow him every step of the way. Chai Zheng tried to lie, but the streets were full of eyeliner. There is no way to hide it.

Until the day of the palace examination, she went to the street wearing a skirt, found a deserted place and changed into the clothes borrowed by Chai Ji, and put on a crown and hat, changing her temperament if she couldn't change her appearance. Seeing her, she was already familiar, but the eyeliner scattered outside was just a relationship between one and two sides, which could not reach the state of "recognizable even when turned into ashes", so she was asked to talk to Ruan Linshuang outside the examination room.

Master Zaifu told Xiao Ruan about her situation at this time, time is running out, and Chai Zheng just wants to spend time with Ruan Linshuang, but unfortunately Xiao Ruan also has a lot of annoying things to deal with, so she hurriedly said a few words in the alley, and then they went to each other. separate.

When Chai Zheng changed into her own clothes and arrived home, all the people watching up and down went crazy, especially the guard at the door, who looked haggard and haggard, without washing his face or shaving his beard. She stopped and asked, "Little Grandpa, where have you been all day? We searched everywhere and couldn't find you!"

"My lord, you don't know yet. I was poisoned and injured before, and almost died. Although I recover now, I still faint from time to time," Chai Zheng said nonsense, tears streaming down his face, and The pitifulness of a 15-year-old girl was brought to the extreme, "I was alone and suddenly my eyes went dark, and I could only grope for a place where there was no one... It's been a day, I'm hungry and tired, you haven't found me yet, I'm alone in a strange place When I woke up, I was so scared..."

Chai Zheng cried so much that she couldn't speak anymore.

"..." The guard commander really heard that the young man was seriously ill in bed, and he was so angry just now. At this time, Chai Zheng cried so hard that he had no choice but to say, "Young man, go in and wash your clothes Face, rest and rest, I will send someone to follow the young man if there is anything to do in the future."

Chai Zheng doesn't care if someone follows the martial arts exam a few days later, anyway, Zhao Qian passed her name, and the martial arts exam has been confirmed and justified. Besides, Chai Zheng understands that she has no chance to meet Xiao Ruan in private again, so in the future Even with a small team, Chai Zheng couldn't see any overstepping of the rules.

As for the chief examiner—it was decided at the beginning of the year, and Zhao Qian had to maintain a peaceful appearance, so Zhao Linlang would still attend, just with a few more pairs of eyes on him.

Zhao Linlang wished for a few more glances, going out to relax without hurting his muscles or bones, and checking his daughter's homework by the way.

Martial arts exams are never as precise as literary exams, and occasionally they would make a trick to let civil and military officials sit in the distance to watch the excitement. Zhao Qian was at the top, and in front of him were Zhao Linlang and five other examiners, including Chai. Zhuang Liniang, who had fought the kite before.

The location is set in the school martial arts field, and the entire school martial arts field is divided into ten blocks in advance. Those who can enter here are already the best remaining candidates. In addition to boxing, riding and archery, there is also a test of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and even the masters... After screening, there are only 12 people even with Chai Zheng.

These people are all seedlings who will be dispatched after the Great Jing Dynasty. If they don't understand the defense map and haven't read a few books on the art of war, even if they keep them, they can only serve as guards in the palace.

In addition to being outstanding in the above points, the best choice must also be proficient in multiple languages. If a talent like this gets ahead in the big exam, he will at least be a food transport officer with a sixth rank or higher.

Chai Zheng was recommended to take up the spot. She was young, and although she was dressed in men's clothing, she looked very thin and refined. She also wore a monocle mirror as a scholar. Not scary, but also greeted with a smile.

"..." Everyone knows that this character who popped up suddenly was born in a wealthy family, but they don't know who he is, but let's just look down on him first. He has no eyesight in the examination room, and if he wants to use this to make a fortune, let this kid try it out. taste the bitterness.

Since it is a big exam, of course there are rules. Divide twelve people into two groups and draw lots successively. Which method of the exam is drawn is random, and the examiner will notarize it and read it out. Of course, there is a huge gap between candidates and examiners. Therefore, the specified time is one stick of incense, as long as one of the assessment requirements is completed within one stick of incense, it will be considered a pass.

Chai Zheng has participated in such a big test more than once, and she didn't come here for the lottery today. Her goal is very clear, which is for the heart that was not drawn back then.

"Mom," Chai Zheng suddenly shouted loudly while standing a few feet away, "Which level are you guarding this year?"

"Shou'get son', if you want to break through, just be the first one, I won't show mercy just because you are my daughter," Zhao Linlang replied without hesitation, "But you are my daughter after all, In order to prevent unfairness, other candidates can watch."

Although the exam questions remain the same every year, the examiners have different ways of doing things. Therefore, once the exam starts, the students in the back row will be taken away from the exam room for a while... They are all masters with a certain degree of martial arts cultivation , even the examiners dare not pretend to be arrogant. Once a flaw is seen during the onlookers, it will be unfair to those who took the exam.

But Zhao Linlang is different from other examiners, she doesn't mind fighting with others under the gaze of dozens of eyes, except for a master like Yuan Si, I am afraid that no one in the world will be able to see her once and find her flaws.

Zhao Linlang's name is also well-known in the Jianghu. Most of the people in the Jianghu are born in reckless or martial arts families. Those who can reach the peak are either extremely talented or hardworking and helpful. There will be no adventures, and there is no need to work too hard, but before she married Chai Yuandao, she had already made a name for herself.

Even Zhuang Liniang voluntarily served the court after being defeated by her.

There are no and no people standing on the four-sided chessboard. Among the five assistant examiners today, two have seen Chai Zheng rush to "take a piece" more than ten years ago, but Chai Zheng was not yet ten years old at that time. It was not an iron sword but a branch, but Zhuang Liniang knew in her heart that she had no intention of showing mercy at the time, but she still let an eight-year-old girl win by a narrow margin.

Zhao Linlang landed on the flagpole in the middle, pinching a pearl flower in her hand, as long as Chai Zheng picked the pearl flower from her hand today, it would be a win.

The blade of the Green Bamboo Sword is thin, and when the scabbard is taken off, there is a faint light on the edge. Everyone can see that this is a good sword, but they can't see what the use of this sword is——

Too thin, although it is sharp, it is easy to collapse, and it is the most taboo to break a weapon in a fight.

This flagpole is called "Three Steps to the Sky". It is nearly two feet from top to bottom. There are three thin columns on it that can stand on it. Ordinary people can't stand on two feet, and there are organs inside these footholds. As long as you feel the weight retract immediately, you can only borrow force like a superficial.

Chai Zheng shook the tip of the sword, and she stood up. The sword in her hand was used as a weapon, and her attack was "Zhenyue"!

This move is so powerful that even the Overlord Spear made of fine iron is difficult to control accurately, and sometimes the momentum is too strong and it will be skewed, but Chai Zheng's move is delivered flat, and the long sword stabs Zhao Linlang On the side of the ear, although it was moved away, the gang wind rolled back, and a strand of Zhao Linlang's hair fell on the tip of the sword.

Chai Zheng's move is very risky, but she is a little lunatic at heart. At this height, her eyes can sweep across all the crowd. Ruan Linshuang is standing on the outermost layer, wearing a black hat, looking up at the She, the eyes of the two met briefly in the air, and before Chai Zheng had time to smile, Ruan Linshuang turned her head away as if she had a toothache...

Afterwards, Chai Zheng's right shoulder was hit by the scabbard. Zhao Linlang used the "small wind", but the scabbard was just thrown flatly, and then there were swords and shadows around him. , The foot tapped on the bottom column before jumping up again.

Just now that blow looked calm and breezy without any effort, but when Chai Zheng's luck changed, it directly hit her so weak that she almost fell down and couldn't get up.

Chai Zheng has known her own mother's strength since she was a child, and this is the first time she has experienced it positively.

Even if Yuansi is still alive in this life and taught her how to integrate the contents of the book, but Chai Zheng died young in his previous life, and he is not very old in this life, and Yuansi's book is written like a ghostly talisman, meeting his old man again In the past, Chai Zheng researched and explored, but he could only understand five or six pages... It can be seen that many martial arts lost have nothing to do with later generations, but the author himself.

Chai Zheng restrained her mind and pulled the sword flower. This time she used "Moon Rises from the Sea", a more subtle move in Yuansi's saber technique. The sword edge let out a mournful howl, and a gust of wind blew up the entire martial arts field, sweeping the ground Withered grass and fallen leaves, there is a boundless and desolate scene.

Chai Zheng was still half a foot away from Zhao Linlang, and the cold sword edge had already extended to the top of the flagpole. Chai Zheng cleverly used the "Little Wind" on the tip of the sword by half an inch, and it seemed that he missed it from the top of the pearl flower, but With a huge force of absorption, Zhuhua suddenly shook twice, as if she was about to lose control.

Zhao Linlang was surprised at first, then smiled, and let go of the fingers holding Zhuhua. Zhuhua was swept up and down by Chai Zheng's sword energy, and then fell straight down!

The school martial arts field was quiet, and no one dared to breathe loudly, for fear of missing something in the blink of an eye. Since the two of them fought, three or four moves have passed, but it seems that only a moment has passed, even "Mother, Words like "daughter" are still accumulated in my mind, and I haven't had time to digest them.

All those skilled in the field straightened their shoulders, and some of the candidates even blushed, their eyes were as big as copper bells, and they were gearing up, eager to go up and try by themselves.

Just as the pearl flower was about to fall to the ground, Zhao Linlang picked up a dead leaf that had just rolled up and bumped it from bottom to top. Chai Zheng watched the pearl flower pass by before her eyes and returned to Zhao Linlang's hands again.

But just now Zhao Linlang had already come down from the top of the flagpole in order to retrieve the bead flower, and she even tapped the pillar with her toes... According to the rules, the examiner is not allowed to lower the flagpole, but the two made it clear Going to follow the rules.

Zhao Linlang didn't suffer for nothing, she kicked the top of the three pillars just now, and Chai Zheng's foothold shrank even smaller, and she would fall off the pillar if she didn't pay attention.

The mother and daughter didn't know what they were fighting for, Zhao Linlang was unexpectedly strict, she would rather get the pearl flower back when she lowered the flagpole, Chai Zheng also held her breath, she could but she didn't land on the ground, from beginning to end The final foothold is on this flagpole.

In the blink of an eye, Chai Zheng made three more moves. These three moves were extremely smooth, but they slowed down suddenly when the fourth move was reached. Even Ruan Linshuang, who was outside the court, could see Chai Zheng's stagnation.

This move is still the "Xueluo Pinggu" that Yueqing taught Chaizheng back then. When she used it on the Musang battleship, she had the will to die, so it was so smooth and powerful, but after she took it out and used it again, she could only add the changes of Chaizheng. , It is impossible to restore it, but today, for some reason, even the part that Chai Zheng himself added was taken away, resulting in too obvious flaws, and Zhao Linlang poked his waist again.

Just when Chai Zheng drew his sword and used this move, Que Linglong and Yaoyao who were far away in Chai Guogong's mansion seemed to have been sensed. Little Wu Heng was just playing with goldfish in the yard, and suddenly a scroll of thousands of miles unfolded in front of him, and the water surface shimmered Linlin, countless giant sails are parked in it, and the Shenmu seeds in Linglong are shaking desperately...

Yaoyao closed her gaze, and pressed her hand on Que Linglong, Wu Hengluo's old face suddenly appeared from the red halo... He has been dead for many years, but he cheated on a corpse every now and then, Sometimes she would bring her family and let Yaoyao see her mother who died of dystocia, and her father who still had a tongue.

Over time, Yaoyao has developed an iron-clad daring to dare to see the devil in the daylight.

Her dead ghost stared at Yaoyao for a long time, "Where's Chai Zheng?"