Chapter 278 Qingyun's Integrity

Soon, the news of Qiu Xian Toucai and Yun Chen's injuries spread throughout the camp.

Everyone was talking about it: the prize was a big gray wolf, its fangs were as long as small daggers, and it took four people to lift the wolf's body, but General Yun took it down alone with one sword and two arrows.

For the sake of this big bad wolf, General Yun's arm was seriously injured, but even when he was unconscious, he still shouted that he would offer the wolf to Nanli Jun, which shows his loyalty.

This loyalty and bravery was admirable, but it also made Nan Lijun feel like he had a breath stuck in his throat, unable to spit it out or swallow it.

Nan Lijun couldn't help but wonder why Yun Chen had just agreed to design a method to kill Ni Kun, but immediately, by extremely coincidental coincidence, injured his arm and was unable to lift the knife or arrow to assassinate Ni Kun?

No matter how she looked at it, it seemed like a conspiracy. Yun Chen was actually a mean person who said one thing in front of others and another behind their backs.

Unexpectedly, this soft wall is sometimes harder to touch than an iron wall.

There was no other way, Nan Lijun could only pretend to be concerned, sent the imperial physician to treat Yun Chen, and accepted the steps given by Huo Gannian, no, it was the gray wolf given by Yun Chen, and also rewarded Yun Chen with one hundred taels of gold as the first prize.

Nan Lijun's plan failed, but his face was saved; Ni Kun's life was also temporarily saved.

A world was created where only Yun Chen was hurt.

She was very happy, but Huo Gannian felt very uncomfortable.

Because as early as when Zhuang Ji came to report that Zhi Luo had made a suggestion to Nan Lijun, he and Yun Chen's tents had been separated, and Yun Chen was still living in the place closest to the female officials, he guessed:

Either Zhi Luo had selfish motives because he liked Yun Chen, or Nan Lijun wanted to assign Yun Chen the task of killing Ni Kun alone.

He understood his Chen'er, so he knew that if the "hunter" was Yun Chen, Ni Kun would definitely not die.

Seeing Yun Chen lying on the couch with his legs crossed, reading a comic book, looking like nothing had happened, but with a bleeding herbal cloth wrapped around his shoulder, Huo Gannian felt distressed and regretful.

He couldn't help asking:

"Chen'er, I told you that with me here, you have the confidence to refuse anyone. When His Highness ordered you to kill Ni Kun, you must have remembered this sentence and understood what I meant, right?"

She crossed her feet without caring at all, "Yes."

"Then why don't you refuse Your Highness?"

"The king's orders cannot be disobeyed."

So in order to save both Nan Lijun's reputation and Ni Kun's life, she chose to hurt herself.

Huo Gannian frowned, and the scene of Nan Lijun losing his temper and throwing the blood swallow appeared in his mind again.

This is not our Lord.

These words came out of his heart again, but he suppressed them gently again.

Nanlijun, you'd better be loyal.

When Huo Gannian was lost in thought, a palace maid announced that Yun Wang had arrived.

After more than a dozen groups of people visited Yun Chen, Yun Wang finally arrived.

He was holding a box of inexpensive hospital gifts in his hand, and his face was full of courtesy and the words "avoiding suspicion".

When Yun Wang walked into the tent, he saw Yun Chen lying on the couch in the perfect manly posture.

Yun Wang nodded with satisfaction, but when he looked at Huo Gannian again, he saw an unprecedented sinister look on his face, which made Yun Wang inexplicably frightened.

"General Huo." Yun Wang spoke.

Huo Gannian's complexion quickly returned to normal.

Seeing Yun Wang coming to see her, Yun Chen happily turned over and climbed up from the couch. His movements were a bit too big, which hurt her shoulder and she gasped.

Yun Wang hurried over to support Yun Chen, "Move slowly, stand up slowly, don't rush."

Yun Chen laughed nonchalantly and anxiously flipped through the gift box that Yun Wang brought.

"Let me see what goodies you brought me. Is it delicious?"

When I opened the gift box, I saw a wooden hairpin lying quietly inside. It looked very old, simple and heavy, and was the style worn by men.

Yun Chen took off the headband and tied his hair with a hairpin.

That hairpin was no simpler than a headband. Yun Chen used his wrist to twist the tip of the hairpin around in the hair, as if it was about to break. Huo Gannian, who was standing next to him, felt a pang of anxiety.

After tying his hair, Yun Chen shook his head and could faintly smell a woody fragrance. He smiled and said:

"good!"

Huo Gannian laughed: "It's more than 'good', this Funan small-leaf red sandalwood hairpin is more than ten times more valuable than a body weight of gold."

"Is it true? So expensive?" Yun Chen was surprised and took off the hairpin to look at it carefully.

The hairpin is an ordinary straight one, the wood color is purple-red like lacquer, it is shiny like silk, and its texture is as fine as a feather.

The head of the hairpin is carved with blue cloud and ruyi upturned head patterns, and the whole body exudes a faint wood fragrance.

It is indeed something that looks ordinary at first glance, but it is not cheap when you look closely.

But if you say it is ten times more expensive than gold of the same weight, Yun Chen doesn't know the value of it. Huo Gannian is knowledgeable and can recognize the material and origin at a glance.

Yun Wang said, "This is the 'Qingyun Zhiyi Hairpin' I got when I was studying at Jimen in Dongshan many years ago and took the imperial examination."

Even Huo Gannian raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Yun Wang said these two sentences lightly, but when the two words "Ji Men" and "Examination" were put together with the "Qingyun Zhiyi Hairpin", their value far exceeded ten or a thousand gold coins.

It should be a priceless treasure.

This is because there is an island called Dongshan Island in the east of Nan Kingdom, and inside the island there is a city called Jimen.

Dongshan Jimen is home to countless literati and scholars, and houses tens of thousands of precious ancient books.

It is said that even the floor tiles of the city are engraved with famous sayings of ancient sages.

What grows in the nearby fields are not crops, but scriptures, and what falls from the sky is ink rain.

It is a place of study that students all over the world yearn to go to.

Jimen holds a joint examination every three years, testing students through answering questions and debates.

Each imperial examination attracted students from all over the world, with as many as 100,000 people participating.

The winner of the list is the well-deserved top scholar of Jimen, one among a hundred thousand, and will get the Qingyun Zhiyi hairpin.

One must be extremely talented, with both a wealth of knowledge and the eloquence to debate with other scholars, in order to stand out among thousands of students and come out on top.

Huo Gannian always knew that Yun Wang was talented, but he never expected that he was actually a true scholar who had won first place in Nan Country.

He gave the Qingyun Zhiyi hairpin, which symbolized his "glory" as the top scholar, to Yun Chen so easily without any reluctance.

Huo Gannian was puzzled, but after a moment's thought, he guessed that it could only be related to Ni Kun, who was almost killed today. So...

Sure enough, Yun Wang looked at Yun Chen seriously, then suddenly lifted his robe, knelt on his knees, and kowtowed solemnly:

"Sister Chen, thank you."

Huo Gannian understood that Yun Wang and Ni Kun must have a deep bond. Both were equally well-versed in history and literature, and they were likely teacher and student.

Yun Chen completely jumped out of the "outside the three realms" of Huo Gannian's thoughts, and helped Yun Wang up in surprise, saying:

"I simply pulled out a wolf molar the moment I hunted it and had someone bring it to you. I wanted to give it to Liancheng to ward off evil spirits. It's just a wolf tooth. I hope you don't need to do such a big gift, I really don't!"

As the three were talking, they suddenly heard a commotion outside the tent and could vaguely see palace servants running around, as if something big had happened.

A palace maid came running over to announce:

"Your Highness has ordered! The autumn hunt is over! Return immediately!"