Xue Tingxiang remembered the Zhujuan in his hand.
At that time, he was just in the habit of keeping one hand for everything, and when he got it, he threw it away. But if it was as he thought, Wu Wenxuan's meeting with Yuan was privately arranged by Wu Qian. For the palace exam, with Wu Qian's character, he will definitely play a show in front of Wu Ge, and Wu Ge will help him for himself.
According to Wu Yong's personality, what would he do if he took over this matter
In that dream, Xue Tingxiang was cultivated by the elder Wu Ge, and even his temperament and working habits were greatly influenced by the other party. Therefore, Xue Tingxiang confessed that there is probably no one in this world who understands Wu Ge's temperament better than him.
If it were him, he would first sweep away any possible omissions.
The replaced paper must be dealt with first, and of course the owner of the paper. If the owner of the paper had an accident, he would shut up and let his opponents measure everything, and there would be no way for anyone to take Wu Gelao without proof.
Xue Tingyan's face changed on the spot, Wang Xiu thought he was frightening the other party, and was about to say something sarcastic, but before the words were spoken, Xue Tingxiang rolled out of the door like a gust of wind.
"Tingxiang, what's the matter?" Zhao'er looked at Xue Tingxiang anxiously. After he came in, he didn't say anything, just dragged her out. She was still holding Hong'er in her hand. Hong'er was frightened. She looked at her father and then at her mother. She wanted to cry but she endured it for some reason.
Li Datian heard the movement outside and walked out of the room.
"What happened to Ting Yu?"
Xue Tingxiang didn't answer, just said: "Go and call Ajian, Xiulan, and Badou, call them all up, we have to leave here."
"Ting Yan, what's the matter? You forgot, Ajian stayed in the Hanlin courtyard to drive the history book of Lao Shizi, saying that he hadn't come back for a few days."
Only then did Xue Tingxiang remember that Chen Jian was instructed to repair the history books of the previous dynasty. This is a job that could be done. If no one mentions it, it is not impossible to repair it for ten or eight years. But if someone asks, it's natural to do it, so Chen Jian hasn't come back for several days.
"Leave here first, let's go to the place where Shengzi lives first. Be careful, don't let anyone see it. After you go, I'll tell you the details, you call everyone now, don't pack anything, people Let's go first. By the way, take Wang Xiu with you." Xue Tingyan spoke very quickly.
Seeing this, Li Datian did not dare to delay, and hurried to call for someone.
After Gaosheng and the others came, Zhao'er was thinking of where to find a place to settle them. After all, there were three families living in this house, which was already extremely compact and could not accommodate more people.
Zhao'er originally planned to find another place to buy a house, but who ever wanted to sell food from a house diagonally opposite. Because they are all neighbors and know each other, they do not need to go through the tooth shop, and the price is much cheaper.
Rarely had such a good opportunity, Zhao'er bought the house.
After that, the owner moved in for a few days. Gao Sheng and the others just moved in yesterday, and almost no outsiders knew about it.
It was already dark outside. Everyone had eaten dinner and was about to rest when Xue Tingxiang suddenly told them to leave, still in such a hurry.
Hong Shi originally had some opinions, but Mao Badou seemed very cautious out of trust in Xue Tingxiang. She endured it and didn't say anything.
The group left the house in batches. It was still a little cold in March, and it was pitch-dark outside. Only by the moonlight and the red lanterns lit outside the gates of some people, there was a little light.
Gao Sheng had already received the letter and stood guard in front of the gate. Hearing someone knocking on the door softly, he opened the door, and after seeing who was coming, he let everyone in.
"What's wrong?" Gao Sheng was still confused.
"Go in and talk."
A group of people rushed into the main room, and then Xue Tingxiang expressed the doubts in his heart.
"You mean you're afraid that someone will kill you?"
"Who dares to be so daring at the feet of the emperor!" Hong shi subconsciously said.
Mao Badou said, "Mother, just listen to it. Ting Yan's worries are not without reason."
"Could it be that someone is so bold?" Hong Shi whispered.
The imperial court opened a branch to recruit scholars, and some people dared to perform such ghostly tricks in full view of the public. It seems that it is not impossible to kill people. At first everyone was still a little skeptical, but thinking of this matter, their hearts sank a little bit.
"What can we do then?"
"I hope this is just my unnecessary worry. It's not too early, you rest first, and everything will be ready for tomorrow."
The words have been said like this, and everyone can only disperse. Because the house is too small and so many people live in, there are not enough rooms, so everyone can only be crowded, and these trivial matters will not be listed for the time being.
The crescent moon is like a hook, and all around is silent.
There used to be lanterns hanging in front of some people's houses, but now they have been boiled for a long time, and the lamp oil inside has dried up, leaving only a black shadow swaying to and fro with the night wind.
The night wind was strong, and a dark cloud drifted over, covering the thin and cold crescent moon.
A burst of untraceable footsteps suddenly sounded in the alley, and even if any household was awake at this time, I am afraid that they would not be able to hear the movement outside.
When these people arrived at the door of a house, a person headed by them lay on the door and looked in through the crack of the door.
It was pitch dark inside, he made a gesture, and someone came forward immediately, took out a thin blade from his arms, just inserted it and picked it up, pushed the door again, and the door opened.
These people walked in lightly, making people think that no one had come before, only the dark door opening was wide open, announcing that some uninvited guests had come.
…
The house on the opposite side was also pitch black.
Zhou Chen slid down the ladder and quietly went to the front of a room. Before he could knock on the door, the door opened from the inside and a person came out.
"Brother Zhou."
"There are people on the opposite side, and they all have knives on them."
The two came under the courtyard wall and climbed up the wooden ladder. From this side, they could clearly see the movement on the opposite side.
These people were all dressed in black, and the two watched helplessly as they came out of Xue's house and went to Mao's house next door, but unfortunately they were all in vain.
Because no one was found, these people were a little furious, and one of them said bitterly: "Boss, if you don't set a fire?"
But the person in the lead shook his head, and this group of people was once again hidden in the darkness, and they didn't know where it was sacred.
The sky outside was already bright, and no one in the room could sleep peacefully.
Only Hong'er was held in Zhao'er's arms and slept soundly.
Since Mao Badou heard the movement last night and was awakened, he came out and asked a question, which startled everyone. All night, no one slept, they all sat.
In fact, I couldn't sleep. I was just guessing, but who would have thought it would come true.
As long as they think that someone can enter their house without knowing it, and maybe their neck will be cut at some point, everyone will feel shivering for a while, how can it be possible to fall asleep.
"What can I do, how did I get into such a thing? Then you say, we won't be able to go out for a while?" It was the Hong family who spoke.
Xue Tingxiang stood up and said, "Go back to the house and rest. There will be a solution to this matter."
"But you just said that there is a way to solve it, what is the solution? Now that it has caused us to do this, we are implicated by you... "
Hong Shi babbled, and before he could finish his words, Mao Badou roared: "Mother, you are not finished, this is what Ting Yan is willing to do? Isn't he also murdered! You go back to the house first. "
"Can… "
"Okay, mother, go back to the house to rest for a while. I didn't dare to sleep this night, and I'm really tired." Father Mao stood up, and Mr. Hong wanted to say something, but he was pulled away.
Until the two walked out of the door, they could still hear Hong Shi whispering, saying that he was just asking, not saying anything.
Mao Badou's face was ugly. In fact, there were not many good-looking faces in the room.
"Ting Yan, don't take it to heart. My mother is a woman and she has no knowledge, so she was frightened. She is not usually like this." Mao Badou explained very weakly.
"It's okay, I know that my aunt has no intentions."
"Then what do you say now? How about I go to the teacher... "
Mao Badou's words were interrupted by Xue Tingxiang, he still smiled, seemed very relaxed, and his tone was teasing: "Okay, since I said to rest first, let's rest for a while. The sky is falling, and I will not rush. for a while."
"Can… "
Li Datian stood up and went to pull Mao Badou: "Okay, let's go back to the house and sleep for a while, and I'll talk about it later when I get up."
Gao Sheng, Zhou Chen and the others also stood up and walked out of the house.
Li Datian turned his head and said to Xue Tingxiang, "Tingxiang, you must know that you are not alone."
"Yes, and Datian and Ajian, we will do what you say," Mao Badou said.
"Okay, if you don't sleep, I still want to sleep for a while. I'll talk about it when I wake up." Xue Tingyan scolded and pushed the two out of the door.
Zhou Chen stopped, turned his head and said, "Ting Yan, just say something."
Xue Tingxiang nodded: "Thank you, Brother Zhou."
"And me, although my surname is not Xue, but I'm from Sister Zhao'er. There are two people next to me whose surname is Xue. If you have anything to say, let's do it for you." Gao Sheng also said. .
The two boys beside him nodded again and again: "That's right, Uncle Ting, those corrupt officials dare to bully you, and when they bully you, they are bullying our Yuqing Village. This is in the capital, if it is in Huyang Township, we will go from one village to the other. Fight with them."
"Fight them!"
"Fuck off, what the hell, go back to the room and sleep. Even if you want you to go to work, you have to wake up and talk about it." Xue Tingyan scolded with a smile, and closed the door until everyone returned to the room.
He turned his head, Zhao'er was sitting on the bed waiting for him.
He walked over: "Go to sleep."
Zhao'er nodded and said nothing.
Old Wu Ge wakes up every day at the same time.
After washing and eating breakfast, he put on his court clothes and sat in his green woolen official sedan chair. In short, he had to go to the Meridian Gate before Mao Shi, like a day for decades.
When the early court was in Mao, it was almost time for the next court. At this time, Emperor Jiacheng usually left a few patriarchs to discuss matters. It was almost noon when I returned to the cabinet lobby under the southern root of the Forbidden City after the discussion.
So when Wu Ge heard that the person he was looking for had not been found, it was already noon.
In the cabinet, Wu Ge's position is lofty. In the end, he is the second assistant, so he has lowered his head.
However, in the current cabinet, Wu Ge is in the lead, all because Xu Ge is too old. It stands to reason that people in their seventies should have been begging for their bones to return to their hometowns for the elderly, but this old man is greedy for power and does not want to give way.
In front of His Majesty today, Ge Lao Xu gave Wu Ge Lao another note, and his heart was on fire at the moment. Hearing that the people around him came to complain that the person who should be looking for could not be found, he immediately smashed the teacup in his hand.
This crisp sound was extremely loud in the originally small cabinet lobby.
Only then did Mr. Wu Ge reacted and scolded: "If you make a tea, you can knock it over, you are clumsy!" After that, he lowered his voice: "Look again, the capital is so big, I can't believe it can't be found. people."
The person who complained to him nodded hurriedly: "Don't be angry, sir, I'll go and make you a cup."
Outside the door, Shen Xue and Yang Chonghua looked at each other and didn't say a word. They each returned to their duty room with their tea cups.
In the duty room, Wu Ge rubbed his eyebrows and felt a bad feeling in his heart.
actually ran away
After ten years of hard study in the cold window, he was named on the gold list, and he was proud of himself.
But only those Xu people raised their eyebrows, and more people were the ones who fell.
Some of those who failed, some returned to their hometowns immediately, and some of those who had enough money stayed and waited for the April Palace Exam. I finally went to Beijing to take the exam once. Although I failed, but I didn't see the champion of the new division, I always felt like something was missing.
It's like eating dumplings without vinegar, it always feels bad. Therefore, a large number of people will stay, and will not leave after the April Palace Examination.
The capital has been very lively recently. The excitement is filled with the joy of passing the exam. Those who didn't pass the exam will not treat themselves badly, and the most talked about thing is one thing.
There are rumors that the reason why many people will fall in this spring is because someone secretly did something.
This is not a trivial matter, but a major event involving fraud in the imperial examination.
In particular, people have always liked to overestimate themselves. They always feel that others have won, but they have not won, because the examiner is blind, and it is because of their own bad luck. All in all, the responsibility is definitely not on oneself, but on others.
And there are not many such people. In addition, there were rumors before that the reason why Wang Xiu and Yang Guangzhi would fall was because of the dealer's bribe, which made people even more convinced. Although I didn't dare to shout it out loud, the news spread very quickly in private.
Everyone is talking about it, some believe it, some doubt it.
The believable majority. This comes from the belief in the abilities of the five great talents. If one of them is not successful, both of them will fall. It is not as the rumors say, but most of the people who have been bet on a lot have fallen.
Countless people went to find the truth, and they made various speculations through their previous memories of the odds and the results of the listing. Every day there are people who say that who is the one who has lost the first place, and there are indeed many people who bet against him at the beginning.
But what exactly is a lot of Fa, no one can tell the specifics, anyway, there are quite a few.
And there are more and more of these, until they converge into a turbulent wave that swept the entire capital.
Another morning, the sun is shining and the spring breeze is warm.
A person was walking on the quiet Qipan Street. This person was very young, wearing a suit of lifting a man.
He walked forward step by step, seemingly leisurely.
On both sides of the Qipan Street are the offices of the government and the government. Ordinary people will not come here. It can be seen that this person describes his appearance. Others only think that he is coming to which government office to work, and at most they only look sideways. , did not care too much.
And it is not forbidden for people to come here, but who would have thought that this person came to the Meridian Gate all the way unimpeded.
Qianqing Palace, in the imperial study.
Emperor Jiacheng was discussing with several ministers when suddenly a dull drum sounded.
This drum sound is extremely strange, it is not obvious at first glance, but it is shocking, as if it is beating in the heart of the heart.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom..."
"This is?" Emperor Jiacheng raised his head in confusion.
The following ministers all looked at each other, and even the servants who were serving on the side looked at each other.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
Finally, Emperor Jiacheng remembered, he stood up from the throne and looked outside.
"This is—Dengwen drums sounded?"