Shen Jinglin shivered with pain, struggled to crawl to the door, and banged on it hard.
"Someone... someone... someone!"
Unfortunately, no one paid any attention to the banging on the door until Shen Jinglin became increasingly weak, with severe abdominal pain. He curled up into a ball, unable to exert any strength at all.
My vision was getting darker and darker, and even the pain became blurred.
In the darkness, Shen Jinglin felt as if he was hallucinating. He saw himself becoming a young and famous general with great military exploits and awe-inspiring appearance.
He saw that Xiao Tingshan had become the prince most favored by His Majesty, and that Shen Shuyi had become the prince's consort who had the final say.
He also saw himself defeating the enemy and his elder brother passing the imperial examination and rising to a high position in the society.
He saw that his mother was loved by his father and was particularly close to Shen Shuyi...
How is this going?
Is this the life he longs for?
But why would the irrelevant Xiao Tingshan and the person he hated Shen Shuyi appear in the life he longed for...
why?
Shen Jinglin's consciousness became increasingly confused and puzzled. He only knew that he was extremely powerful, commanded a large army, had a brother-in-law who was a prince, and was highly respected by others.
Yes, that should have been his brilliant life, instead of having one of his legs cut off, his eyes gouged out, and dying tragically in a dilapidated and dark woodshed.
However, no matter how unwilling he was or how many regrets he had, everything could not be repeated.
Shen Jinglin's vision went completely dark, his consciousness faded, and he stopped breathing.
The beloved eldest son of the Shangshu Mansion died on such a sunny day, in a miserable and twisted state.
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On the other side, Shen Jingan was inevitably nervous as he rode towards the palace gate.
It was said that Jinglou could not get the examination questions for the palace examination and could only rely on themselves, but he had also heard of two other versions.
One is the questions for the palace examination. The people behind Jinglou will only leave them to their own people. To put it bluntly, they are cultivating their own factions.
Another version is that the people behind Jinglou were worried that a bunch of good-for-nothings would pass the palace examination and arouse the attention of His Majesty, so they did not leak the test questions.
After all, anyone who is selected to serve as an official in the court must have some real abilities.
Even if you don't have the talent of a top scholar, you can't let people think you are a fool. Wouldn't that be ridiculous?
Shen Jing'an was still flipping through the book in his hand, and he was still somewhat confident in his knowledge.
He did not ask for much, only to obtain the title of Jinshi so that he could serve as an official in the court.
That way, there will always be opportunities to move up in the future.
As for the top two places in the imperial examination... he had certainly dreamed of that, but whether he could get them depended on the questions Ouyang Song predicted for him and Shen Shuhan's answers.
Shen Jing calmed down and continued to memorize the answers to the questions she got from Shen Shuhan. This time, the teacher asked many and dense questions. Fortunately, that idiot Shen Shuhan did not suspect anything and answered them with all his heart.
Therefore, as long as the question is within the scope of what the gentleman predicted, he may still get an excellent score.
When he thought of this, Shen Jingan felt his blood boiling.
At this moment, a horse-drawn carriage came rushing through the street, as if the horse was out of control. The driver whipped the horse hard, but still failed to stop it.
So he had no choice but to yell, "Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
He pulled the reins tightly, waved the whip, and yelled at everyone to get out of the way. Seeing this scene, the coachman of the Shen family couldn't help but feel a little flustered.
Fortunately, he was also an experienced driver. After calming himself down, he drove the car to the side.
But what they didn't expect was that the carriage on the opposite side was rushing straight towards them.
The group had no time to dodge, and the entire carriage was knocked over. Shen Jingan hit the carriage heavily and then fell to the ground.
Shen Jingan opened the car curtain in embarrassment, looking unhappy: "What's going on?"
Without waiting for the driver to explain, the next moment, a sharp arrow flew out of the air and headed straight for his face!
"Be careful!" someone shouted sternly.
Shen Jing'an was so frightened that he felt a chill all over his body and could hardly move.
Fortunately, just when the arrow was less than half a meter away from him, a long knife was thrown out and knocked the arrow down.
Shen Jing'an staggered for a moment, holding on to the bicycle frame and barely able to stand steady.
"Do it!"
But the next moment, a group of men in black jumped out, holding long blades in their hands, and attacked Shen Jingan.
Shen Jing'an's face turned pale, and then he realized that someone wanted to kill him!
A group of people came straight towards him. Shen Jingan was frightened and grabbed the guard beside him to block him: "Quick! Protect me, protect me!"
Who on earth wants to kill him at this time? He would be able to rise to the top in no time!
Fortunately, there is always a way out. At this time, another wave of men in black fell from the sky.
Jiuchou and his group quickly landed in front of Shen Jingan and protected him.
Jiu Chou turned to look at Shen Jingan and said in a deep voice: "Let's go first!"
Shen Jingan was completely confused. He didn't know where these people came from, but no matter what, as long as they could save him, it would be fine.
“Let’s go…let’s go…”
Shen Jing'an came to his senses and immediately changed direction with his guards and servants, intending to go to the palace via another route.
The assassin sent by Xiao Yuncheng saw Shen Jing'an leaving, but he did not panic.
How could His Highness send only this group of people?
There are people guarding the palace gate!
Shen Jing'an bought a carriage with trepidation and set out towards the palace gate again. However, when he reached the road closest to the palace gate, another wave of assassins attacked him.
Jiang Li led his men to fly out, and bumped into Gu Yunhe and others. The other side was defeated, so Jiang Li directly threw Shen Jingan to the body inspection area at the palace gate.
At this moment, many students had gathered here and were being inspected by the guards. Shen Jing'an's hair was a mess and he looked terrified, which attracted many people's attention.
The black-clad assassin had a gloomy expression on his face: "Go and tell His Highness right away that we failed."
Jiang Li and others stared at Shen Jing'an in secret, and until they were sure that he had entered the palace safely, they set off a firework as a signal.
According to Shen Shuyi's speculation, after Shen Jing'an entered the palace, Tong Guan would bring people to pick him up and would never let him die before seeing His Majesty.
On the other side, Erbao and Lianqiao led people to guard outside Ouyang Song’s house and also eliminated two waves of assassins.
At the same time, Zhao Baokun had already arrived at the Xie family.
"Cousin, just as you expected, the people in Jinglou started destroying the evidence last night. These are the account books and some items I snatched away..."
Zhao Baokun asked someone to put the box in the yard. Shen Shuyi walked forward to open it, took a look, and then flipped through the account book in his hand.
There are a lot of things, but it is definitely not everything.
"I met Cheng Yunliang and Lou Chengxuan last night. They should have some evidence in their hands." Zhao Baokun said.
Shen Shuyi nodded and handed him the account book: "Send these things directly to my brother. It won't be long before His Majesty summons my brother to the palace."
"it is good."
After Zhao Baokun agreed, he turned and left, Shen Shuyi's eyes were cold.
Her brother taught her with facts that sometimes it is not necessary to be fully prepared for a battle, and it is equally important to catch the enemy off guard.
In the previous fight with Xiao Heyu, it was the enemy who was in the dark and we were in the light. But this time against Xiao Yuncheng, it was the enemy who was in the light and we were in the dark.