"Then we have to take it." Bai Yue murmured, his eyes returning to the tree trunk hanging with the bamboo tube.
Jian Yu didn't bother her, and let her watch slowly. She was observing all the way, so she was definitely not looking blindly, and she wouldn't be looking so seriously if she was blind.
After a while, Bai Yue said: "Let's go, let's find another one."
Jian Yu said meaningfully: "What did you see?"
Bai Yue smiled and said nothing.
The two men walked forward confidently, and before they had gone far, they saw four people and four horses standing side by side.
It was Shen Ye, Qin Jiu, and another man and woman. Jian Yu greeted them, calling them Brother Zhao and Miss Wang.
Qin Jiuxian pointed: "Sister Bai, there is a bamboo tube there."
Jian Yu saw it. The bamboo tube was hanging on a tree trunk in front of him. He could easily get it by standing on horseback, but everyone was very humble and no one wanted to move.
Bai Yue said: "Why don't you take it?"
Qin Jiu grimaced: "I don't dare to take it."
Bai Yue couldn't help laughing: "What's wrong?"
Qin Jiu gestured with a number: "I just got one, and all the points I saved so easily have been deducted."
This rule is really unethical. I wonder who the genius came up with it.
"Brother Zhao, where is Miss Wang?" Jian Yu asked in a first-come, first-served order: "You don't want this bamboo tube either?"
Apparently the two of them were also in trouble.
Jian Yu said: "If you don't want it, then... I will take it."
"Brother Jian, have you got the numbers?" Qin Jiu couldn't help but ask.
Jian Yu nodded: "One three."
"Then you still dare to take it?"
"You always have to take it." Jian Yu was very open-minded: "It's just that you came first. If you don't want it, I will take it."
No wonder you don’t have to worry about fighting in this game, your bamboo tube, no, your bamboo tube.
No one knows whether this is a question or a point deduction. It's not worth fighting over this.
Mr. Zhao and Miss Wang discussed it for a while, then shook their heads and said, "We still don't want it. The points are pretty good now. If you accidentally get deducted points, the gain will outweigh the loss."
Neither of the two people who came first wanted it, so Jian Yu took the bamboo tube down without ceremony.
Knowing that everyone was curious, he didn't hesitate and immediately opened the bamboo tube. Inside was a question that was not too difficult.
Several others immediately became a little depressed, but Jian Yu had asked about it, so it was hard to say anything.
"Then let's go first. The score is a bit low and we have to look around." Jian Yu was satisfied, stuffed the bamboo tube into the small bag Bai Yue was carrying, and walked forward.
Half an hour had passed, and there were still many bamboo tubes in the Longevity Forest. Bai Yue and the others walked forward and saw another one, but they only stopped in front for a while, and then left without looking back.
The guard guarding the bamboo tube didn't think much about it. This happened often. There were even teams that were lucky enough to score four or five points in a row at the beginning, so they simply stopped taking risks, stuck to their existing results, and waited until the end of the game.
But Bai Yue and Jian Yu just skipped this one. For the rest of the time, they galloped in the forest. Every time they passed by one, they decided to go or take it very quickly, regardless of the points they already had in their hands. It's as neat as cutting melons and vegetables until the whole forest is gone.
Bai Yue's pocket was heavy, so he reached in and grabbed a handful.
"Hey, dear, we really got a lot." Bai Yue made a rough calculation: "There are thirty-three bamboo tubes with questions. We can't solve two questions, so it's only thirty-one points. We will deduct another three points, and we will still get three points." There are twenty-eight points.”
With a total score of sixty, they scored nearly half, and lost two points. The first place was guaranteed.
Jian Yu said matter-of-factly: "It's all your credit."
"It's easy to say." Bai Yue didn't care about this: "But are we too high-profile? Will it cause public anger?"
Jian Yu smiled and was about to speak when he suddenly heard a distant voice coming from outside the forest. Time was up.
"It's my first time to bring women out for activities. Even if I don't do anything, everyone will notice me." Jian Yu turned his horse and went out, while saying confidently: "Since you don't want to hide, it doesn't matter if you keep a high profile. Capital City
Unlike Peach Blossom Temple, no one would dare to act recklessly."
To assassinate the fiancée of the Minister of Dali Temple in the capital, then this person must be crazy.
Jian Yu and Bai Yue really shocked everyone. According to the order of return, they brought the bamboo tubes they obtained to the concubine, answered the questions on the spot, and scored on the spot.
When Bai Yue opened his bag and dumped a pile of bamboo tubes, everyone was shocked.
The Jockey Club is also held every year, but no one has ever brought back so many bamboo tubes. A dozen or so at most is already a huge courage. If you are not careful, you will lose all your money.
Concubine Zhou looked at Jian Yu in disbelief: "Mo Yi, you and..."
"This is Wei Chen's fiancée." Jian Yu introduced, "My name is Bai Yue."
Although Bai Yue was not used to it, he followed the local customs and could only imitate others to salute. Fortunately, Mrs. Zhou was an old man who was nearly seventy years old, so she just bowed.
"Your fiancée, the Ai family has never seen her before." Although Zhou Taifei is older, she is not confused: "Looking at her, she is not a young lady from the capital."
Jian Yu couldn't help but explain: "She is the daughter of my grandpa's old friend. Before Wei Chen was born, the marriage was decided on her fingertips. She just came to the capital in the past few days."
In this era, it was common to get married by fingertips. When Princess Zhou heard what Jian Yu said, she didn't feel strange at all. She just felt emotional in her heart.
No matter how noble the families outside the capital are, they are limited. Jian Yu has a fiancée and will no longer be able to marry aristocratic families in the capital. No young lady from a wealthy family will be willing to be a concubine, so he has no help from his in-laws.
There have always been many people who have made great achievements and discarded the chaff, not to mention that Jian Yu, who was not married, not only did not hide it, but generously brought it to others to confirm his identity. How can he not be moved by such a commitment and loyalty?
Thinking of this, Princess Zhou became more pleased with the generous Bai Yue.
"It's just you..." Concubine Zhou looked at the mountains of bamboo tubes in front of her: "Why did you take so many..."
Jian Yu smiled and said nothing.
Concubine Zhou had no choice but to look at the female officer beside her. The female officer took the order and began to read the questions and count.
I read the questions one by one, and except for two questions where I said no cleanly and neatly, everything else was correct. The people counting next to me added points one by one until someone said something.
"That's wrong."
When this sound came out, everyone seemed to be enlightened and reacted immediately.
That's not right.
Twenty-five of the bamboo tubes have been dismantled. Except for two questions that they failed to answer, another three points were deducted. Jian Yu and the others now have eighteen points. Before them, the highest score was eight points.
"How is this possible?" Someone immediately shouted from below: "How is it possible that one of the questions was deducted, and the others were all selected. How can it be such a coincidence? Master Jian, you are cheating, right?"