"Here's the thing. ”

Steward Wu came in from outside and spoke while wiping his sweat.

"The news that our businessmen in Chang'an Mansion heard, the Huangsha Road Gentleman Exam, and the candidates in Chang'an Mansion are in the limelight...."

“.. Full marks for Like..."

“.. Loco also has a lot of high scores.. The most powerful is, of course, Young Master Qingzi.. He's in Licco..."

When Steward Wu said this, Guo Bao'er, who was sitting next to Mrs. Guo, shouted: "Ah, don't talk about it. Reach out again and cover your face.

Mrs. Guo stretched out her hand to hold her and patted her, Guo Huaichun glared at her, covered her face and covered her mouth!

Steward Wu said, "Miss, it's not here yet... Young Master Qingzi first shocked the four with a song of King Lanling's entry into the battle in Leke... Then..."He looked at Guo Bao'er and smiled.

Guo Bao'er shouted again and buried her head on Mrs. Guo's shoulder, Guo Huaichun rolled her eyes and urged: "Speak quickly." ”

"Young Master Qingzi. Steward Wu said, while flicking his sleeves, he probably learned the movements of the narrator outside, his voice was raised and his expression was excited, "In the next chess game, fight with the prince of Xiliang Suo Shengxuan for 400 rounds!

Guo Huaichun had goosebumps.

I don't know why, why is it like being there when I hear a description, why is this kid always doing something... The big scene?

Guo Bao'er didn't have this feeling, but said: "Let's talk about the back." Reach out and cover your face.

Steward Wu said: "Young Master Qingzi won a full score in Leke in one fell swoop. He sighed lightly, "Of course, Young Master Qingzi also vomited blood after his victory.... Therefore, the two of them were sad in the first battle of the eternal game, and the gentleman's attempt was deliberately delayed for three days. ”

Guo Bao'er sat up straight and said, "You said you leaked, he shouted when he vomited blood... For me. ”

Guo Huaichun glanced at her and seemed speechless.

Steward Wu smiled and said, "Although I didn't say that, but the meaning is similar, many people ask Young Master Qingzi why he fights so hard, and he wants to win the first place at the expense of injury.... The candidates in Chang'an Mansion told that the young master Qingzi had promised to marry Miss Guo, and the man was very valuable. ”

Guo Bao'er said unhappily: "What you said is not good at all. Turning his head to look at Mrs. Guo, he shook her arm, "Mother, he just likes me and wants to marry me, so he is so desperate, that's what he said in front of so many people..... What do you want me to do?"

Mrs. Guo nodded and said, "Yes, my son, if you don't agree, you seem to be a heartless person." He stroked her head.

Guo Baoer said: "That's it, that's it." The grinning grinned again, "He's so bad." Saying that, he got up, "I haven't told Liu Wu'er yet..."

Guo Huaichun said: "Sit down!"

Of course Guo Bao'er didn't sit down, she called out to her father and grinned: "Dad, what do you think?"

Guo Huaichun looked at her and said, "I want to... It's good if you're happy. ”

However, the point of this news is that she vomited blood, stretched out her hand on her sleeve and counted, and the letter she received was before the Leke exam, so did something happen before Leke after writing the letter?

Such an exaggerated thing as vomiting blood in public, for this treacherous guy, must be to cover up something, she is not the kind of person who works hard for irrelevant people.

What about the good and the bad?

Guo Huaichun frowned, and said to Steward Wu: "Go and inquire about more news." ”

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"We don't know what the final result will be. ”

The grass shed under Liudaoquan Mountain is the same as before, the wooden plaque of Zhizhitang is hung at the door, the interior is neat and clean, several cases of tea table mats, wild flowers bloom in the window sill pottery bottle, and a group of teenagers sit in a group, looking at Zhang Liantang who is standing among them.

Xue Qing got a perfect score in the test, and everyone read his letter. ”

Now Leke's results have also come out, Xue Qing won the Xiliang Prince with the Lanling King and the chess game, and got a victory that was more important than a perfect score. ”

The teenagers in the audience nodded their heads.

"That's great!" Chu Minghui clenched his fists and said excitedly, "It's really good, this kind of counterattack is the way of a gentleman." ”

"I still felt unfair, it's not like Xue Qing to give in like that at the post station.... We know what the people of Zhizhitang are afraid of. ”

Now it seems that Xue Qing is right, it is better to endure the anger of the moment. ”

Xue Qing wrote to say the things along the way, such as the post station met rich and noble people who deliberately made them tired by occupying houses with horses, and of course some concealed them, such as she gave people laxatives after learning that these people deliberately did..... This kind of ungentlemanly thing is only told to Zhang Liantang, anyway, he knows that he is not a gentleman, and his image doesn't matter.

The teenagers of Zhizhitang had different opinions when they learned about this matter, and Zhang Liantang asked everyone to argue for several days, and when Xue Qing wrote again, he informed them of the latest developments.

Everyone was very excited to see the enemy, and it was even more exciting for everyone to stand up to the sky in front of the enemy.

Chu Minghui beat his legs again and again: "Regret, I should really go to the gentleman's test, it's too exciting." Others chimed in.

Zhang Liantang raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet: "Everyone is now in the gentleman's test like Xue Qing, but we have to be slower, Xue Qing's exam has ended, and we have to welcome a Dao test. ”

It's really nerve-wracking and exciting.

Chu Minghui took a deep breath: "Before entering the Zhizhi Hall, I never thought that I would be able to pass the government test, and now I have to go to the Dao test..."

"yes, yes. "A lot of people are a little bit nervous as well.

Zhang Liantang said with a smile: "Everything is just a matter of trying and fighting, just like Xue Qing, now the final results have come out, but the news has not yet come, but he can see his determination by virtue of his Li Ke Leke, he will not give up in one subject, and do his best, this is not to accumulate steps, not to thousands of miles, not to accumulate small streams, not to become rivers and seas." Riding a jump, can't take ten steps, ten horses, and the merit is reluctant.... We all encourage each other. "Clench your fists.

The teenagers in the audience responded in unison and waved their fists.

"Then let's start learning. ”

"Everyone takes care of each other and no one is left behind. ”

Zhang Liantang said that he also sat down and picked up the scroll.

Chu Minghui lowered his head to read the book, and suddenly raised his head again: "Brother Liantang, how many do you think Xue Qing can take?"

This is the answer that everyone is looking forward to, but they hate that the distance is far away and they can't know it in time, and the teenagers all look at Zhang Liantang.

Zhang Liantang sat in front of a few cases, holding a scroll, and smiled slightly: "The top of the list, he said a lot, if you can't get it, don't blame us for laughing at him when you come back." ”

The boys laughed.

The laughter floated out through the open doors and windows, scattered with the autumn breeze in the mountains, and not far away on the mountain path, a young man walked slowly down with a bundle of firewood on his back, and turned his head to look at the laughter here, his face was handsome, although his robe was old and clean, and he still held a scroll in his hand.

"Young Master Leting, look at the road. ”

The idlers standing at the foot of the mountain laughed, with a bit of evil fun...... The title of young master is a normal honorific title for others, but for people who are not young masters, it is not very friendly.

Leting got used to it, and he didn't care.

"Leting, it's worth it for you to go to school, and you can pick up firewood by the way, we won't let you go up the mountain."

"It's only half a day to come up the mountain every day, I think you're actually here to collect firewood. ”

The people on the street were laughing, and Leting smiled at them and walked down the street.

“... I don't know what he's trying to do, and he can't take the imperial examination when he reads... It's going to take seven or eight years, so it's not good to do something for such a long time. ”

“... It's not certain whether you can get into the exam after seven or eight years... I heard from my husband in social studies that he couldn't read at all. ”

The discussion behind him continued, and he forgot a passage of the book he memorized with a little distraction, Le Ting laughed at himself, he couldn't read it, and he didn't even have the same memory as others? But it's nothing, just memorize more, he looked down at the book in his hand, and a letter fell down when he flipped it, this is Xue Qing's letter sent by the little maid of the Zhang family guarding the door just after dawn.

He leaned over to pick it up, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, this time the letter was full of complaints in the face of the exam boy.

"I didn't want to take the test.... But why can't I control it when I get on the field.... I want to save face..."

"It's really a mountain outside of people... I regret that I didn't study hard in Chang'an Mansion...."

“.. Xiliang people are really crazy..."

“.. There's no way, and I don't want to think about the next subject, so let's do a good job in this subject now..."

Yes, what do you want to do so far, just do a good job this year first, this year, it is to finish reading this book, Leting put the letter in the scroll.

At noon, there are many cars and pedestrians on the main road.

"Have you heard? That Xue Qing, Young Master Qingzi, the gentleman tried to win the Prince of Xiliang, and everyone who forced them vomited blood. ”

"So powerful?"

"Of course, Young Master Qingzi, but we are at the top of the Chang'an County test, and we will win the top prize in the future. ”

After a month, as before, Young Master Xue Qing once again became the talk of the people of Chang'an Mansion after dinner, Le Ting smiled slightly, but Xue Qing was not the young master in everyone's mouth before...... He bowed his head and read the scroll silently, and his footsteps did not stop, and he walked along the winding road step by step.

The news from Huangsha Road was scattered, and the capital received the news earlier than all places, but the adults in the capital didn't care about the outstanding young man Xue Qing who forced Prince Xiliang to vomit blood, nor did they care about the results of the gentleman's exam.

The autumn palace was a little more solemn, the official robes on the road were flying, and the heavy official boots trembled out of the ground.

There was a noisy sound in the majestic palace, which was more lively than the Great Dynasty Meeting, making the little emperor sitting in the dragon chair unable to doze off with wide eyes.

It's the first time he's heard of it, and it sounds scary.

“... How can the ground move..."

“... Quickly find out more about the news..."

“... How did the Queen's Mausoleum collapse..."

“.... It's damnation.."

“.. Lord Huang, watch your words!"

"How many things have happened since the Gentleman's Test? Lord Song was assassinated..."

"What's so strange about Lord Song's assassination... It has nothing to do with the Queen's Mausoleum, otherwise the Queen's Mausoleum would have collapsed countless times. ”

The palace door is constantly closing, the officials gather to come, the collapse of the queen's mausoleum can not be hidden, the people from all sides of Huangsha Road report to the capital through various channels, the ground movement because it has always been given the meaning of death and injury is the most serious disaster, and the queen's mausoleum collapsed because the emperor and the entire court can not bear the burden.

There must be an explanation, there was a quarrel and quarrel in the court, of course, each with its own thoughts.

Compared with the noise of the main hall of the court, Qin Tangong's duty room was as quiet as no one's land, Qin Tangong was not in the court, not that no one informed him, but that he didn't go.

He sat in the duty room and flipped through a pile of emergency newspapers, and seven or eight officials were scattered around him, with a dull expression and a quiet expression.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and a little eunuch pushed the door in, and Shi Li said: "Wang Xiangye means to thoroughly investigate the queen's mausoleum." ”

The officials present immediately frowned, and their voices were full of anger.

"Grandpa, this old thief really wants to take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble. ”

"We must deal with my grandfather with the wrath of heaven's punishment. ”

"If we want to investigate thoroughly, the traces of our excavation of the Queen's Mausoleum will inevitably be exposed, which will be troublesome. ”

Qin Tan said fairly: "Don't worry. "Put down the book in your hand," Wang Xiangye was confused for a while. Looking at one of the officials, "Jing Ran, you go and tell Wang Xiangye, I think what Chen Xiangye said makes sense, after all, we were not at the scene, and Chen Xiangye saw it with his own eyes." He smiled, "Why don't I write a letter to Chen Xiangye first and ask for details before we discuss, I believe Chen Xiangye will be happy to talk to me." ”

One mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, the Chinese courtiers can only have one family dominant, the military general of Qin Tan is in charge of military power, and the battle between Wen Chen Sheng and Wang Lieyang has always been.

At the beginning, Qin Tan Gong was able to help Wang Lieyang squeeze out Chen Sheng, of course, he could choose again.

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"It's not the right time. ”

Wang Lieyang sighed.

He was also surrounded by officials, and he was also angry when he heard the words.

"This thief is a threat, there is no doubt about the earth, I am afraid of what they do!"

"Xiangye, this opportunity is rare, the gentleman's test was proposed by Qin Tangong... And the Queen's Mausoleum has always been a black armor guard and a forbidden army, and this time Song Yuan was present, and Song Yuan was notorious..."

The officials looked at Wang Lieyang expectantly.

"This is really a good time to bring down Qin Tangong, even if you can't get rid of him, cut off a bunch of his right-hand men. ”

Wang Lieyang shook his head: "You young people are vigorous. Knocked on the table, "Qin Tangong is flying and domineering again, holding the Son of Heaven hostage, he is a military general and a relative, and he can't do it to order the princes, but Chen Sheng is different." Meaningfully swept through the crowd.

That's Wenchen.

If Qin Tangong wants to bring him down, the world will not accept it, but if a civil servant overthrows a civil minister, and this civil servant is not less qualified than him, it will be easy to convince the public.

"Chen Sheng, what else does he have?" said an official, frowning.

Wang Lieyang looked peaceful and said, "He is not dead yet, he still has students, and he still has the opportunity this time." He smiled again, "Who would have thought that such a thing would happen in Huangsha Road, the ground will move, and the Queen's Mausoleum will collapse..."

Who would have thought that such a thing would happen in Wong Sha Dao?

What if Chen Sheng thought of it?

This is not right.....

Wang Lieyang sat up straight and said, "This Huangsha Dao, is there something we don't know?"

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"Brother. ”

Empress Dowager Qin hurried in, and the officials in the room hurriedly got up to salute, and Empress Dowager Qin didn't care about them waving her hand.

And all the people withdrew, and they all bowed in unison.

"Brother, did those people do it?" she asked, in a loud voice.

Qin Tan said fairly: "It should have been those people who did it, as for whether they succeeded or not, I don't know for the time being." ”

"I'll just say this can't work, it's obviously giving them a chance. Empress Dowager Qin said angrily, "Look at it, how is it now, sure enough." ”

Qin Tan said fairly: "Not necessarily, Duan Shan said that the front and back doors of the underground palace are still closed, maybe someone tried to break in before it collapsed." ”

Empress Dowager Qin said: "Others will collapse if they try to break in, but if... Emperor Baozhang..."

Qin Tangong smiled slightly: "So it's not good, just to determine if our little princess has appeared." ”

Empress Dowager Qin was puzzled when she heard this: "How can you be sure?"

Qin Tan said fairly: "Open the underground palace and open the queen's coffin." ”

Empress Dowager Qin stretched out her hand to cover her mouth, couldn't help but look left and right, and said in a low voice: "Brother, how do you open it? If we want to open the underground palace, we will undoubtedly turn over the Huangsha Road, and such a big movement cannot avoid the ears and eyes of so many people." ”

Qin Tan said fairly: "It's already such a big movement, just use a bigger movement to cover it up." "Put the book in your hand together, "The gentleman tries the saint's children to gather, His Majesty's filial piety and Ming Zheng feel the heavens and the earth, the heavens disperse the evil spirits, Huangsha Road returns to Qingming, and the coffins of the queen mother and Princess Baozhang are in the imperial tomb." Standing up, brushing his sleeves and smiling, "Then under the attention of the world, open the underground palace." ”

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At the end of July, the sky was clear on Huangsha Road, and the chill brought by yesterday's autumn rain was dispelled by the scorching sun.

The rumbling sound came from a distance, like thunder, and the ground shook, but the people on the street did not panic, only slightly stunned.

"Have you started inviting the queen's coffin?"

"Today's gentleman's test is over, and the worship begins. ”

Everyone talked and looked out of the city.

Standing in the Queen's Mausoleum, the tremor was even stronger, and the candidates for the Gentleman's Examination were dressed in ceremonial dresses and lined up to worship as they had begun, except that unlike at the beginning of July, the once towering garden in front of them had disappeared, and hundreds of craftsmen were fighting on it, and in the distance there were huge tools for digging wells and ditches.

"I still remember when the underground palace was built, it was like this, and the sand and dirt that was transported were like mountains," the ceremonial officer muttered.

Xue Qing, who was standing at the forefront of the list, heard his words, raised his head, it was reasonable to build, and it was reasonable to dig up.

The ceremonial officer retracted his gaze, looked at the candidates lined up, and shouted.

"Bye!"