Chen Ji once thought that when entering the palace, he would face the holy people like the film and television works he had watched. A eunuch would take a small step to lead him through the gray tiles and red walls and come to the palace paved with blue gold bricks. He would answer whatever the emperor asked.

The facts are more harsh and grander than expected.

In the quiet inn guest room, Zhang Xia carefully sorted out the rules for Chen Ji: "Tomorrow, the officials from Honglu Temple will come first to check your appearance... Which clothes do you plan to wear, please take them to see."

Chen Ji took out a black standing collar from the salute and said, "Is this OK?"

Zhang Xia was stunned: "Is this? It's OK. Then I will talk about avoiding prophecies. Today's saints are taboo to the word "death". If you mention the soldiers who died in Guyuan, you should use the word "Qianqiu"; don't mention the word "ghost". The saints are taboo to this, such as changing the gate of ghosts to the gate of gods..."

There are sixty-seven words to avoid, and Zhang Xia wrote them one by one on paper for the old traces to be remembered.

Zhang Xia continued to remind: "If you cough or sneeze in front of the palace, you must immediately sue the crime, otherwise there will be danger of a court stick; when Your Majesty is angry, you must immediately remove the crown and apologize; when you enter the palace, the civil servant goes to the east stairs, and the prince promises that your right guard is a military officer, so you must go to the west stairs; Your Majesty does not ask you to look up, so you must not look up..."

Zhang Xiawei told the story that the rules alone had a full two sticks of incense.

It was the first time that Zhang Zheng heard so detailed, and said dumbfounded: "No wonder my father said he would not let me be an official for my own good. If I want to become an official, I will probably be beaten to the court every day!"

Xiaoman said disdainfully: "It seems that if you become an official, you can enter the palace and face the holy."

Zhang Xia also glanced at him: "Fortunately Chen Ji is a member of the Chen family, otherwise the Honglu Temple had already checked his ancestors for three generations. Ziru has always been the most harshest person when he entered the palace. A censor once said: Once he entered the Meridian Gate, he was not afraid of the Lord, but afraid of the axe! Don't disturb Chen Ji, let him record these things quickly."

Xiaoman muttered, "That's right, if my young master is beaten in the palace tomorrow, hum!"

Zhang Zheng rolled his eyes and kept silent.

After teaching the rules, Zhang Xia began to teach Chenji Palace common sense: "The first-rank official wore a white crane patch, and now there are only three, Taifu Xu Ge Lao, Taibao Hu Ge Lao, and Qi Ge Lao. But the three of them have different ornaments, which are easy to identify. Xu Ge Lao wore a gold foil crown, which was given to the chief minister of the cabinet by the emperor today; Hu Ge Lao wore a mutton fat jade belt, which was given by the late emperor; Qi Ge Lao held a blood rhinoceros tablet with a texture like bloodshot, which was different from others..."

Chen Ji asked, "There is no Grand Master?"

Zhang Xia explained: "The Grand Master is usually granted a title after his death, and it is difficult for people living in this world to receive this honor."

Zhang Zheng and Xiaoman were drowsy when they heard this, and their heads kept tilting down.

In the dark room, Zhang Xia taught tirelessly and Chen Ji learned tirelessly. From the early morning to the evening, he had to learn even the posture of walking and standing.

Zhang Zheng slept on the table for a while. After waking up from hunger, he found Chen Ji sitting in the sunset, holding a thick stack of paper to recite the rules. Zhang Xia sat opposite him and watched quietly.

He could not help interrupting as the orange and yellow sunset shone on the two of them in the evening.

Until the sun sets in the west, until the sky is about to light up again.

Zhang Zheng felt depressed in his heart. He was obviously fighting in Guyuan more than ten days ago, and was famous all over the world. Now he is buried by red tape and rules and bowed down.

But life seems to be like this, and it will always be calm and become a stagnant pool of water without realizing it.

He was silent for a long time and suddenly asked, "Chen Ji, do you think Axia is amazing?"

Chen Ji smiled and replied, "It's amazing. If the court asks women to participate in the imperial examination, there will be nothing else."

Zhang Zheng turned his head and asked Xiaoman again: "Xiaoman, do you think Axia looks good?"

Xiaoman was energetic: "It looks good, Sister Axia is both powerful and beautiful, and she is not as pretentious as a lady in charge."

Zhang Zheng looked at Chen Ji and said casually, "Everyone lives and dies together so many times, Axia is so dedicated to helping you, you have saved her several times, otherwise..."

However, at this moment, Zhang Xia's expression changed, she pulled Zhang Zheng up and walked out.

It was not until after leaving Fengtai Station that Zhang Xia stopped in the dark.

She turned around and stared at Zhang Zheng: "Brother, what do you mean by saying those words suddenly?"

Zhang Zheng said irritably, "What do I mean? I am your brother. How can I not understand the look you look at him? I want to help you!"

Zhang Xia said angrily: "I don't need you to help!"

Zhang Zheng was also angry: "No need to help you when will you break this window paper? We have just experienced life and death in Guyuan. If we don't help you, I am only worried that you will be like this Lao Shizi entering the palace to face the saint. He had just fought fiercely, but he turned around but was buried in the complicated and trivial rules! After a long time, what should you do if you forget everything about Guyuan?"

Zhang Xia said in a deep voice: "Do you know that Chen Ji is trying hard to get here all the way, and he is about to enter the palace. Why? Do you really think he is to be an official? No, he is to be a princess!"

Zhang Zheng was walking around outside Fengtai Station. He took a deep breath and walked back to Zhang Xia: "Axia, Chen Ji can't save the princess."

This sentence is like a thunder sound in the dark night.

Zhang Zheng said slowly, "My father told me very clearly. If you want to save the county, you must first rehabilitate King Jing. For King Jing, you must admit that you are wrong. How could the emperor who is loyal to Tian admit that he is wrong? The princess's affairs have become a secret case. She cannot die, but she can only stay in Jingyang Palace to practice Taoism forever."

Zhang Xia frowned: "Father said..."

Zhang Zheng sighed and said, "Father said that as long as someone is changed on the throne, there will be a chance to rehabilitate King Jing. But today's priest is in full swing in the spring and autumn, and he can live at least thirty years. Thirty years later, the princess is 47 years old and Chen Ji is 48 years old. Could it be that we have to watch him waste his whole life without getting married? How many thirty years does he have in his life?"

Zhang Xia was silent for a moment: "Maybe there are other ways."

Zhang Zheng interrupted, "The masters of Jiefuwei in the palace are free of Yun. Unless Chen Ji enters the realm of Shendao, he is qualified to trade with the Tian family. Otherwise, what else can he do? But there are countless officials in the two dynasties, how many people can enter the realm of Shendao?"

He asked, "Axia, he saved you so many times, don't say you are not moved, I will be moved. In the last battle of Guyuan, you rode with him, what were you thinking when you put your forehead on his back? In Mengjinyi, if you are afraid that he will catch a cold, you will ask me to give him a cloak; in Longmen Inn, if you are afraid that he will not eat, you will let me leave him food. But I won't always be by your side, how much more can I do for you? Chen Ji is so smart, and he will still notice it if I do so much."

Speaking of this, Zhang Zheng calmed down and said earnestly: "Axia, sometimes people should be more selfish."

Zhang Xia listened to her brother saying a lot, and she looked at Ye Se slowly: "Brother, Chen Ji is not a person who cares about rules. He is still calling Lord Chen until today, but for the sake of entering the palace this time, he learned the rules over and over again. Do you know why?"

Zhang Zheng was stunned: "Why?"

Zhang Xia whispered: "Tomorrow, he will change into the clothes given to him by the princess to see the princess. He still hid in his arms the princess wrote to him every year. Every year, this is the long separation reunion he has been walking thousands of miles and killing hundreds of people before he has been waiting for."

Zhang Zheng was silent.

Zhang Xia stood in the dark night, and the evening breeze came fiercely, but the moon in the sky was not her moon.

Zhang Xia looked at Zhang Zheng with a determined look: "Brother, I, Zhang Xia, never take advantage of others' dangers, nor do I take away what I love, and whoever belongs to him. He is a marriage with the princess, he is a life-saving grace, and I am grateful to him, nothing else, and nothing else."

"He saved me three times, and I will give him three times. Since the method of saving the princess in the past was not working, I would kneel in front of my uncle and become an official, and practice day and night to help him save him! If he cannot cultivate the realm of Shendao, I will cultivate to the realm of Shendao to help him make this deal with the Tian family! If one realm of Shendao is not enough, then two realms of Shendao!"

Zhang Zheng said bitterly: "You and him have lived in the same house in Guyuan. There is no wall in the world that is free from wind. If this matter comes to the capital one day, who dares to marry you?"

"I'll solve it!"

After saying that, Zhang Xia turned around and walked towards the inn. She came to the counter and found the inn on duty: "Get the wine!"

The postman asked curiously: "What wine does Miss Zhang Er want?"

Zhang Xia said in a vocal voice: "The strongest!"

She returned to the door with the strongest burning knife and pushed it in.

Xiaoman smiled and wanted to continue the topic just now: "Sister Axia, what did Zhang Zheng just said "or"? "

Zhang Xia said seriously: "Chen Ji, let the four of us become sworn brothers."

Xiaoman was stunned, and Chen Ji felt a little abrupt.

It was suddenly like a knight who decisively cut off his retreat.

Chen Ji said softly: "Zhang..."

Zhang Xia interrupted, "Nothing is allowed to say, don't talk nonsense!"

She didn't explain anything more, and neatly opened the mud seal, cut her palm with a dagger and dripped blood into the wine jar: "It's your turn!"

There is no doubt.

Chen Ji smiled, just like when she came to the front of Taiping Hospital, she asked loudly without hesitation: "Who is Chen Ji?"

The girl who was dressed like fire and rode a horse was always the most open-minded.

Zhang Xia is still Zhang Xia, and has never changed.

Chen Ji used a dagger to cut his palm and drip it into blood, then Xiaoman, and finally Zhang Zheng.

Zhang Zheng was about to die when he suddenly pointed at Xiaoman as if he thought of something: "Wait, how could she become sworn brothers together?"

Xiaoman was at a loss for a moment. She lowered her head and grabbed the hem of her clothes: "Well, what's the matter with me, a maid, I'll just be with you, Sister Axia."

Zhang Zheng hurriedly said, "No, no, I don't mean to dislike you. I mean, why don't you three become sworn brothers, and I won't become sworn brothers with you... Forget it!"

He cut his palm and dripped blood into the wine jar.

Zhang Xia picked up the jar and poured a big mouthful. She knelt down at the bright moon outside the window: "Now Zhang Zheng, Zhang Xia, Chen Ji, Yao Man, I want to be a brother and sister in a different family. I don't want to be born on the same day of the same year, but I just want to die on the same day of the same month of the same year. Emperor Empress Tu really understands this heart. I have to betray my righteousness and be ungrateful, and the heavens and men will kill each other!"

Chen Ji, Zhang Zheng, and Xiaoman said in unison: "Now Zhang Zheng, Zhang Xia, Chen Ji, and Yao Man, I want to be a brother and sister in a different surname. I don't want to be born on the same day of the same year, the same month, but I just want to die on the same day of the same year. The Emperor and Empress Tu really understand this heart. I have to betray my righteousness and be ungrateful, and the heavens and men will kill each other!"

The four people were caught off guard and became sworn brothers, so suddenly, but it was like a dream under the moonlight.

Zhang Xia said, "My brother is the oldest, he is the eldest brother, I am the second sister, Chen Ji is the third brother, and Xiaoman is the fourth sister!"

After saying that, she took a string of Buddhist Tongbao from her wrist and handed it to Chen Ji: "This is six hundred taels of silver, which is considered a gift for the second sister, please accept it."

Chen Ji did not refuse.

Zhang Xia pulled out the red jade hairpin from the top of his head and handed it to Xiaoman: "I have worn this for many years. It was given to me by my father. I will give it to you today."

Xiaoman said well-behavedly: "Thank you, second sister!"

Zhang Xia looked at Zhang Zheng again: "Where are you? Let me show you!"

Zhang Zheng coughed twice: "There is nothing I can give to me. I will go back to the capital to make up for it, and I will definitely make up for it!"

Chen Ji lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then looked up and asked seriously: "Second sister wants to practice the way of practicing official positions?"

Zhang Xia smiled and said, "I think, of course I will go to find my uncle when I return to the capital. If he doesn't give me any advice, I will ignore him again."

"No, I have it," Chen Ji took a pen and wrote the next sutra on paper.

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