Mo Xichao's embarrassed face gradually calmed down, and said with a smile: "The Grand Governor is polite, in fact, if you talk about personal relationships, lowly and Zhi'an are still very good." Zhi'an is also a very good person, there is another hidden situation in this, in fact, the battle for the throne at the beginning of the year is due to the improper command of the lowly position, and there is something lacking, so it will ......"

As soon as he said this, Hou Yuanyi waved his hand and interrupted: "Zuo Governor is a genius in the world, and the Governor also understands the truth, but there is no need to say it too clearly, after all, in the future, Zuo Governor will work hard under the command of this Governor, and the title you should have will be given in two years." ”

As he said this, he nodded smugly. Then I saw that Mo Xichao's demeanor showed a little excitement, but he quickly calmed down.

His heart is even more satisfied, he is very clear about the things in the officialdom, he has great talents in the court, but he has ended up in such a situation, but Li Zhian is jealous of his ability, and he has to use him, relying on his status as a close minister of the Son of Heaven to suppress him, so there will be such a situation, which is also a reasonable thing.

But when he came, the new official naturally wanted to promote those who were originally suppressed by Li Zhi'an, as for whether the other party would be raised in the future, it would depend on whether the surname Mo was obedient or not, he believed that he had this means.

In the conversation just now, he also noticed Ye Shenming's dissatisfaction with Li Zhi'an, thinking that Li Zhi'an should be afraid of his identity as a general, and he didn't dare to suppress it too much, so he could sit in the position where he waved his fingers, and this person could be wooed.

Thinking like this, he talked to Mo and Ye again, and was about to end here, but saw Mo Xichao stand up, took out a stack of documents from his sleeve, and said: "There are still some official duties here, this is a detailed investigation record of Liu Mingyuan's case, as well as the specific situation of the action of the forbidden army from all walks of life, and I also ask the Grand Governor to take a look." ”

What he said was also a flat talk, but Hou Yuanyi understood the meaning, this was a surrender to himself.

At the same time, Ye Shenming also stood up and said, "The commander has the right to supervise the guards of the forbidden army, and there are also some documents there that need to be read by the governor." ”

Hou Yuanyi looked at the two people below and laughed.

I thought it would be difficult to take over the forbidden army, after all, this is Li Zhi'an's team, but I didn't expect it to be so smooth.

Li Zhi'an, it's really self-inflicted......

He thought to himself.

……

In mid-October, autumn begins.

The scholars who have obtained the status of lifting people in the territory of Dashang have all gathered in Beijing at this time to meet the test of their carp jumping over the dragon gate. In the bustling room, before dawn, more than 10,000 people had gathered in front of the gate of the hospital, and they were inspected one by one under the supervision of the soldiers.

In a courtyard, I began to search my whole body to see if there was anything entrained or something. When they reached the second courtyard, they would be stripped naked and bathed, and then they would change into simple coarse cotton clothes, and when they reached the third courtyard, soldiers would pry open their teeth, open the dung doors, and carefully inspect any hole to prevent fraud.

The time of each autumn festival is uncertain, sometimes in August, sometimes in September, and sometimes in early winter and October. This year's scientific expedition is at the end of the year, and the weather is already very cold.

At this time, Li Le was entering the third courtyard, and in a compartment where the wind was exposed, he took off the coarse cotton clothes on his body.

"Wow! ”

One of the soldiers who inspected said in surprise.

Another soldier said: "Rare and strange, Lao Tzu has seen a bigger one than this in previous years, a foot full, is it scary? ”

Then the two began to inspect Li Le, groping up and down, Li Le's head was full of black lines.

When a finger was about to reach into his back door, Li Le finally couldn't help it, opened the man's hand, and shouted, "You guys are enough!"

The soldier was not happy, and said "Hi", and said angrily: "Which prince and grandson is it? Tell you, when you enter this examination room, you have to climb for Lao Tzu even if you are the son of the prime minister's family! Stand up, bend over, and pout your ass!"

"Master won't take the test!"

Li Le angrily picked up the coarse cotton clothes on the side and put them on his body directly.

"Shout, who do you think you are?" Another soldier had already drawn out his waist knife and said viciously: "I can't help you when you enter this examination room, the king of the dynasty is on top, dare to take half a step out of this house, Lao Tzu will split you." ”

Li Le snorted lightly and said, "The master wants to go out, you can't stop it." ”

The soldiers also snorted coldly: "In previous years, there were some sons and daughters of the noble family who couldn't stand such things, and they killed a few brothers with their good skills, but then not only he died, but even the people of his family died." This son, no matter who you are, when you enter the examination room, you have to talk about the rules and the king's law. For you, for your family, although I am a little humiliated, I advise you to endure it, you are not Li Tiandao, the governor of the forbidden army. ”

Li Le narrowed his eyes and said, "No, it's under it, Jing'an Hou Li Le, the word list knows An." ”

After he said this, the two soldiers were stunned for a moment, I heard that this master was going to participate in the Autumn Festival, and everyone just regarded it as a joke, such a big person would take the imperial examination?

The soldier hurriedly bowed down and said, "I really don't know it's you, but the rules of this scientific examination can't be broken, so you have to do what you want." Otherwise, our brothers will have to die, and you will sympathize with them?"

Another soldier said: "Actually, I should have thought that it was you, such a big article, there are few in the world...... Why don't you go to the cubicle and poop......? The main thing is to prevent fraud, is it good if you forgive it? Don't kill it, we can't stand it......"

Li Le sighed, and then walked into the cubicle not far away.

The two soldiers glanced at each other, and after a while, they walked to the houses on either side of the compartment to observe......

……

"Take the test well, the Li family will refer to you......"

After a thorough inspection, Li Le walked in the direction of the examination room, and his mind echoed in his mind when he went out in the morning, Lin Shiyin's sentence of settling down, and he felt a little depressed.

Seriously, he really didn't expect that it would be so troublesome to participate in a scientific examination, he thought that the examination style of the Jinshi Department would be like the previous examination, just a simple body search and inspection, and then in a large examination room, more than a dozen teachers went back and forth to look for the invigilator.

I really didn't expect it to be so strict, taking a shower and changing clothes, and being peeped at by two obscene soldiers on the tuba, how can this be reasonable? If he had known that this would be the case, he would not have participated even if he was beaten to death by Lin Shiyin. But it's too late to say anything now, I've come in, and I can only continue to take the test, what else can I do?

The area of the hospital is very large, divided into 100 and 8 examination rooms, each of which can accommodate 500 to 800 candidates to take the examination at the same time. At the beginning of each Jinshike Autumn Festival, there will be seven or eight thousand people at the lowest time, and one or two thousand people at the most.

In Li Le's imagination, this place should be very high-end and atmospheric, not to mention the small bridges and flowing waters, pavilions and pavilions like Taixue, at least every examination room should also be red walls and blue tiles, and the ink fragrance is bursting. However, this is not the case.

It's a very unstylish place, crowded from house to house, full of gray walls, and occasionally a few old trees that have lost their leaves. In addition to the soldiers who stared around expressionlessly, there were a large group of candidates wearing gray cotton robes and holding number plates in their hands, anxiously looking for their own examination room.

Such a scene made Li Le feel very disappointed, and the thought that he would stay in this completely uninteresting place for the next three days would evolve from disappointment to despair. A sense of boredom still arises.

Just as Li Le was mourning for himself, a voice came from behind him.

"But the third son?"

Li Le turned around and saw Gu Jingran, who was also dressed in a gray cloth cotton robe, walking towards him.

So he smiled and arched his hand and said, "It turned out to be Brother Jing Ran, I didn't expect to meet Brother Jing Ran in the examination room of more than 10,000 people, it's really fate." ”

Gu Jingran also returned the salute and said with a smile: "It is indeed fate, I felt familiar when I looked at the back before, but I didn't expect it to be really the third prince in person." ”

The two of them turned over politely and walked forward, and after a moment of silence, Gu Jingran spoke: "A few days ago, Mu Xiang was beheaded, and Zhao Xiang and his family were beheaded together. ”

When he said this, his expression was a little gloomy.

Li Le nodded and said: "Miss Qinglian collected the body for Mu Xiang, and later the Mu family's son, Mu Qingsong of the Wudang faction, took the body back to his hometown for burial. All the men on Zhao Xiang's side were beheaded, and the women were sent to the border to serve as camp prostitutes. Miss Weiwanru was spared, miserable. ”

Gu Jingran snorted and said, "It's okay for Zhao Xiang, after all, Zhao Donglou did such a rebellious thing, and the Zhao family died well." However, the third son, you and I are both people who know the inside story, and Mu Xiang shouldn't have died. ”

Li Le Xiaosuo sighed and said: "The Supreme had the intention of pardoning Mu Xiang, but Mu Xiang was bent on death. Xi Chao went to see him in the prison of the Criminal Department the night before he left, and also talked about it. Mu Xiang said that if he didn't die, those who participated in the Mingyuan Gong case back then would be able to find an excuse not to die, how should Mingyuangong's grievances and grievances be washed away?"

Seeing that he had made it clear that he was determined to die, he talked to him, ate some wine, and came out of the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. Listening to Xi Chao, Mu Xiang once said that Brother Jingran is the heir of his mantle, and if you can pass on his thoughts, Mu Xiang should also be blind under Jiuquan. In the future, if you have time, you can take more care of Miss Qinglian. ”

Gu Jingran nodded, and said: "I also regard Mu Xiang as a teacher, but unfortunately I don't have much contact with his old man and have not been seriously taught, which is Gu's lifelong regret." ”

Li Le waved his hand and said, "Don't talk about this, it's too sad." By the way, can you be sure of high school this time?"