Don't go back to hometown

Nine kings?

Jiang Xianyu thought of the group of men in black who followed Xie Cheng to rescue him in his previous life, and later Xie Cheng also used their hands to capture Ren Xiaoyao.

His soul was with Xie Cheng at that time, and he had seen him interacting with those men in black, but only now did he know that those were actually the forces of the Nine Kings.

Before the death of Xie Chengbing in the previous life, the present passed away, and the new emperor who ascended the throne was the ninth Yiwang Li Yi.

From this point of view, King Yi's odds of winning are greater than that of King Zhong.

"But you... But I heard that you didn't continue the imperial examination, how could you get on the line of the Nine Kings?" Jiang Xianyu asked Xie Cheng.

Xie Cheng suddenly refused to say anything, and pressed the back of his head and pulled him into his arms, "It's time to sleep."

Jiang Xianyu: "..."

He wanted Xie Cheng not to change the subject, but it suddenly occurred to him that perhaps Xie Cheng didn't want him to know these things, and there was no point in asking.

He stopped asking, moved his body, and no longer rested on Xie Cheng's arm, but slept on the pillow next to him.

"A few days ago, Steward Liu's son came over and said he had taken a fancy to a few houses, and he will go to see them after you finish the exam."

Liu Kun, the son of Steward Liu, arrived in Jinling a few days later than them, settled in the Xie family branch, and was ordered to find a suitable house in Jinling.

Xie Cheng: "Well, let him come over tomorrow, let's go and see together."

"I'm going too?" Jiang Xianyu asked in surprise.

Xie Cheng stroked his face, "Brother-in-law and senior brother are not free, so naturally I can only ask you to help me as a consultant."

Jiang Xianyu's eyelashes trembled, and he lowered his eyes and muttered: "It's not my family..."

Xie Cheng smiled and pinched his ears, "At least I will reserve a room for you in my courtyard, or you can live with me if you want."

Jiang Xianyu blushed suddenly, pushed away his hand, pulled the quilt to cover herself, "I'm asleep."

Xie Cheng bent his lips, and patted his back through the quilt, "Sleep, don't cover your face."

Jiang Xianyu sneaked out of the quilt and saw that Xie Cheng had closed his eyes, so he pulled off the quilt, revealing a flushed face.

Xie Cheng didn't open his eyes, but his hand accurately went into the quilt and held his hand.

Jiang Xianyu froze for a moment, curled his lips and closed his eyes.

……

Early the next morning, Jiang Baizhou heard the movement outside and opened his eyes, only to find that the bed next to him was empty.

He looked up at the sky, and immediately got up and got out of bed, regretting that he should listen to his father's advice to drink less, because Xiao Yu got up earlier than him today.

However, if he looked carefully, he would find that there were no creases on the mattress next to him, and no one had slept on it at all.

He rubbed his aching temples and opened the door, Jiang Xianyu and Xie Cheng were already practicing martial arts in the yard.

Seeing him, Jiang Xianyu stopped, "Brother is awake? Do you have a headache?"

Jiang Baizhou shook his head: "It's okay. Why didn't you call me when you got up?"

Jiang Xianyu and Xie Cheng looked at each other quietly, not at all guilty of going to sleep in someone else's room behind his back, "I don't want you to sleep a little longer."

Jiang Baizhou was suddenly a little moved, and said with a smile: "Do you still know how to hurt people? Where's Brother Shuwen?"

"Brother Duan has finished punching and is going to the Imperial College for class."

Jiang Baizhou: "...You should call me next time."

The host's family has gone out, but the guests haven't gotten up yet, how rude is this?

……

After breakfast in Duan Zhai, Jiang Baizhou returned to the escort agency.Liu Kun came to show Xie Cheng to see the house, and Jiang Xianyu followed.

He originally thought it was just a small house like the yard rented by Brother Duan, but he didn't expect that Liu Kun took them to see all the big houses with more than three entrances.

"Don't you live alone?" Jiang Xianyu asked doubtfully.

Xie Cheng: "Father wants to take this opportunity to buy a house in Jinling, and there will be a place to settle accounts in the future."

Jinling is the capital of the south of the Yangtze River. The Xie family has more branches here than the head office in Yangzhou, but their ancestral home is in Yangzhou, so they are used to living here and are too lazy to bother.

Jiang Xianyu nodded when he heard the words, "It's not far from Yangzhou. I bought a house, and uncles and aunts can come and play when they have time."

"That's the reason." Liu Kun echoed from the side, "The layout of the house we see now is similar to our house, and the furniture left behind is also high-quality. You can live in it with a little repair, and you don't need to go to war."

Xie Cheng looked around and was satisfied, "Is the price negotiated?"

Liu Kun glanced at the dental dealer leading the way in front of him, and quoted a price, "Look at what he means, you can reduce it even more."

Xie Cheng nodded, "Go and talk to him, and the contract can be signed today."

"Yes."

Liu Kun turned his head to negotiate the price with the middleman, while Xie Cheng said to Jiang Xianyu, "Look at which yard you like and how you want to arrange it."

Jiang Xianyu looked at him in surprise, "I see?"

Xie Cheng looked away: "Well, if I come to Jinling to study in the second half of the year, I will live in the yard you arranged."

Jiang Xianyu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood what Xie Cheng meant.

He turned his head up and walked out, "Then you leave me a room, and I will come to live often."

Xie Cheng suddenly bent his lips and raised his heels to follow him: "Really?"

"Ah! Not necessarily."

Jiang Xianyu turned around on purpose, seeing him frowning, he said: "Brother asked me a few days ago if I want to work with him in the escort agency in Jinling, I might as well live in the escort agency."

Xie Cheng's brows suddenly relaxed, he grabbed Jiang Xianyu, pulled him behind the rockery, and looked at him with burning eyes.

Jiang Xianyu leaned against the stone wall of the rockery, his back felt cool, but his face was hot from Xie Cheng's eyes.

"You, don't be too touched." He covered Xie Cheng's eyes, blushing and stammering, "I, I didn't come to Jinling because of you, I... I planned to go darts with my elder brother , but he happens to be taking over the Jinling branch—”

Before he finished speaking, the corners of his lips suddenly became hot.

Xie Cheng just bent down and lowered his head, kissing the corner of his lips.

Jiang Xianyu's head suddenly became hot, and even his neck was red.

"Ah, don't get me wrong." Xie Cheng straightened up and pushed away after kissing him, and grabbed his hand that was covering his eyes.

Jiang Xianyu: Huh? ? ?You used to ask me if I could kiss, but now you don't admit it after the kiss?

Xie Cheng took his hand away from his eyes, smiled and touched his frowning and angry lips, "If you hadn't covered my eyes, I would have wanted to kiss here."

He stroked Jiang Xianyu's lips with his thumb, smiling like a wicked prodigal son.

Jiang Xianyu only felt that his lips were numb, his limbs were stiff, but his body temperature was burning.

So when Xie Cheng leaned over again, he froze into a piece of wood, only his eyes kept blinking.

"Master? Master!"

Xie Cheng's movements suddenly stopped, and he let go of Jiang Xianyu.

Jiang Xianyu breathed a sigh of relief, not knowing whether to be grateful or regretful, he quickly pushed Xie Cheng, turned to face the rocky rock wall, and gasped for breath while clutching his chest.

"Master, the price has been negotiated." Seeing Xie Cheng, Liu Kun walked towards the rockery, "Where is the young master?"

Jiang Xianyu covered his face and walked out, "Well, hehehe, this rockery is not bad either."

Liu Kun looked at the collapsed stone wall in front of him: "This... small one was originally suggested to be demolished and rebuilt."

Jiang Xianyu: "..."

Xie Cheng chuckled.

Liu Kun didn't understand, so he tried to suggest: "Since the young master likes it, why not keep it and send someone to fix it?"

"Don't, don't! Let's take it apart." Jiang Xianyu yanked Xie Cheng's sleeve and winked at him.

Xie Cheng looked at him with a smile on his face, "Demolish it. Build another one here, bigger."

Jiang Xianyu: "..."

……

On the second day, the martial arts exam kicked off.

Like the imperial examination, it is divided into children's examination, township examination, general examination and palace examination. The examination will be held after the end of the same Wenju examination, so that some students with both civil and military skills can apply for the examination at the same time.There have also been several civil and military double champions in this dynasty.

Each martial arts exam has three rounds. The first round is a test of martial arts, including swords, boxing, equestrianism, archery, etc.; The art of war, even astronomy and geography.Difficulty increases with selection levels.

The third literary test was also taken in the Gongyuan, but the first two martial arts tests were held in the school grounds of the garrison camp, and the common people were allowed to watch.

Jiang Xianyu wanted to see Ren Xiaoyao and Duan Yu, so he invited Xie Cheng to go with him.

Jiang Baizhou was not at ease when he heard about it, so he also followed.

They came late, and the people watching the excitement were already crowded outside the camp.If there were no officers and soldiers to maintain order, I am afraid they would have broken in long ago.

The excitement of the three-year festival is no wonder everyone flocks to it.

Jiang Xianyu looked up for a moment, then flew to stand on the tree.

Seeing this, Jiang Baizhou and Xie Cheng also climbed up the tree.

The first match was martial arts.

The references are all Wu Xiucai. There is no need to take the basic boxing and riding and archery exams. You can directly choose your own weapons and draw lots to fight in pairs. According to the number of applicants and the selection ratio, decide how many rounds to draw. .

Really dazzled, Jiang Xianyu took a lot of effort to find Ren Xiaoyao and Duan Yu.

Ren Xiaoyao's skills are clear to Jiang Xianyu, but looking at Duan Yu now, he is a little bit worse.

He stabbed Jiang Baizhou next to him: "Brother, last time that brother said that Duan Yu is a strong man and is expected to win this martial arts competition, I don't think so?"

Xie Cheng heard this but shook his head: "There are only three rounds of draws this year, and he will be able to enter the next exam if he beats the three. Maybe he can stand out in the camp or the literary exam, and it's unknown."

"That's right." Jiang Xianyu saw that both Duan Yu and Ren Xiaoyao had won the first round, and they were waiting for the second round to change their opponents.

Jiang Baizhou glanced at everyone and said, "There are not many strong players this year. As long as the draw is lucky, both of them should be able to enter the next round."

After the second round of lottery, the venue for the competition was reduced a bit.

Jiang Xianyu pulled Xie Cheng's sleeve and pointed to the tree in front of him.

The two of them practiced lightness kung fu and jumped three or four trees forward, not noticing the sudden silence in the school grounds.

Jiang Baizhou, who was behind, saw all the officials on the examiner's table stand up, bow sideways to the right, and greet a man in black as he stepped onto the examiner's seat.

Jiang Baizhou's pupils shrank when he saw the golden thread listening lines on the man's body.

Coincidentally, the man raised his eyes and saw Jiang Xianyu leaping over the top of the tree.

Jiang Xianyu Fang stood firm on the tree, and immediately met the man's gaze.

"?"

Xie Cheng and Jiang Baizhou stepped forward to hold Jiang Xianyu's arm at the same time.

Xie Cheng: "It's an angel."

Jiang Baizhou: "Xiao Yu, don't go forward."

Jiang Xianyu was taken aback, how could people from Tianxin Mansion be here?

Before he had time to think about it, Jiang Baizhou pulled him behind him: "Let's avoid it first, we'll leave later."

Xiao Yu had already met the other party's eyes, but turning around and walking away now would arouse suspicion.

It just so happened that many common people followed their example and climbed up the tree, and even seized a good position in front, Jiang Xianyu and the others suddenly became less conspicuous.

"Master Shen?"

In the school grounds, the chief examiner who gave up his seat asked the man in black for instructions.

Shen Feng withdrew his gaze, he didn't expect that there were a few people with good skills outside the arena.

He sat down in the examiner's seat and ordered: "Let's start."

"Yes."

The second round of competition began, and while everyone's eyes were on the school grounds, Jiang Xianyu and the three quietly flew away from the branch.