Time passed day by day, and on September 15, the township test finally ushered in.

For the students who have already rushed to Luyang, this is definitely worth rejoicing, and today is the time to test the hard work of many years.

Of course, for those who have taken the exam a few times and failed, today is also the end of the day, so you don't have to think about this bad thing after the exam.

Early in the morning, Chen Xiaoting personally took people to the case vault, and only after Zhou Ming arrived at the scene did he order someone to open the secret vault.

This time, it was Zhou Ming who entered the secret vault and took out the iron box himself.

"Lord Zhou, send you to the Gongyuan safely, and you will be handed over in the next place!" Chen Xiaoting said in a deep voice.

At this time, Zhou Ming said: "Chen Baihu, in front of all the students, you have to watch me open this iron box with your own eyes!" ”

Zhou Ming is really cautious in doing things, which makes Chen Xiaoting feel a lot more relieved, anyway, just do the errand beautifully.

Then the two of them went out of the Thousand Households, and then rushed straight to the Tribute Courtyard, which was still some distance away from the Thousand Households.

They entered through the side gate of the Gongyuan, and the main entrance was crowded with students at this time, and it was impossible to get through.

After entering the Tribute Academy, the chief examiner Zheng Yan and a group of scholars had already arrived.

Seeing Zhou Ming coming, all the officials swept their eyes over, and Zhou Ming immediately reported: "Ladies and gentlemen, the exam questions have been delivered!" ”

The chief examiner, Zheng Yan, nodded, and motioned for Zhou Ming to put the things on the big case in front of him.

After placing the iron box on the big case, Zhou Ming stood aside, and then someone pointed out a chair to him.

Knowing that he couldn't leave for the time being, Chen Xiaoting would not be polite, and after entering the lobby, he also sat down on the chair at the end.

In fact, except for the three people from the capital, most of the other examiners Chen Xiaoting knew each other.

They are all Yongxi scholars and magistrates who have been transferred, and they form the examiners and examiners.

Although they knew each other, Chen Xiaoting was not familiar with these people, so when they were chatting with each other, he could only sit dry.

Time gradually passed, and the students outside also entered the examination room one after another after being searched and checked.

Each of these people carried baskets with their pen and ink and dry food, and they had to stay in the examination room for the next three days.

When a gong sounded, the gate of the Tribute Courtyard was closed, and those who arrived late outside had to consider themselves unlucky.

Above the lobby of the Tribute Academy, Zheng Yan stood up at this time and said, "Open the box!" ”

I saw Zhou Ming carefully take out a bag from his arms, and after opening it, he took out a key from it.

This key was originally kept by Chen Xiaoting, but on the morning of the second day when he was separated from Zhou Ming, he asked for it again.

The things are placed in the Jinyi Guard's secret vault, and the key is handed over to the Jingguan for safekeeping, which is even more foolproof.

This was discussed by Zheng Yan and others, and it was agreed by the governor, Xuezheng and the three bigwigs of Qianhu, so Chen Xiaoting handed over the key to the other party.

The iron box was opened, and there was a wooden box inside, with a seal attached to it and a fire paint.

After Zhou Ming carefully checked it, he opened the wooden box and took out a bright yellow note from inside.

After spreading out the note, Zhou Ming read aloud: "The exam question is...... Not by the rules! ”

After finishing speaking, Zhou Ming handed the note to Zheng Yan, Zheng Yan glanced at it and said: "The topic is not in accordance with the rules, send someone to convey it immediately!" ”

In particular, some people copied a few points of the exam, and several officials took it to the examination room, reading the exam questions aloud as they went.

Chen Xiaoting saw all this, and it was only at this time that he got up and walked outside the lobby.

At this time, all the examiners also got up, at least on the first day, they had to go to the exam, and then they would be handed over to the soldiers on duty.

But according to Chen Xiaoting's guess, with Zheng Yan, the imperial history of the Inspectorate, as the chief examiner, these people have no chance to be lazy.

And these have nothing to do with it, so after Chen Xiaoting told Zheng Yan, he walked outside the Gongyuan.

At this time, the inside and outside have been closed, and they are allowed to go out but not enter.

Theoretically speaking, if Zheng Yan left the tribute courtyard within three days, he would not be allowed to come in.

After leaving the Tribute Courtyard, Chen Xiaoting was not idle at all, he immediately rushed to the Thousand Households, and had to report the situation to Zhou Wenzhu.

But in addition to the Gongyuan, Chen Xiaoting met Yue Menghao, who temporarily took over the work of supervising the body search, and he came in person for fear of making a mistake.

Both of them had to go back to the Yamen on business, so they could only go all the way, and the two teams became one team.

But this time, both of them restrained a lot, so they talked about some innocuous topics, and people who didn't know really thought they had a good relationship.

Soon arrived at the Thousand Households, and the two parted ways, one looking for Zhou Wenzhu and the other looking for Liu Shi'an.

When he arrived outside Zhou Wenzhu's lobby, Chen Xiaoting met Cai Hong coming out of it, and his expression looked a little depressed.

"Why did you come to Luyang?" Chen Xiaoting couldn't help asking.

Cai Hong said helplessly at this time: "Three days ago, He Qianhu gave me a secret order to arrest a White Lotus Sect den!" ”

He Xinghong directly ordered, this is a bad rule, Chen Xiaoting asked, "Did you do it?" ”

Cai Hong nodded, and then said: "Ling Wen said that this gang of thieves may have to escape, let me arrest them incomparably!" ”

"I thought about arresting the person first, and then reporting it to Lord Zhou, so I sent someone to do it!"

"Got it?"

"Got it!"

After succeeding, he still looked unhappy, Chen Xiaoting knew that there was a problem here, and Cai Hong should have been used as a gun.

Chen Xiaoting said helplessly: "Say, what's going on!" ”

Cai Hong said: "The gang of people who were arrested are the bait left by Lord Zhou, and they have been following them for almost a year, and the result is ......."

Now Chen Xiaoting understood that Cai Hong was really being used as a gun, and he hit his side.

In fact, Chen Xiaoting did not do much about this kind of thing, and Zhou Wenzhu also knew some about keeping bait, but he didn't know everything.

"What do you say?" Chen Xiaoting couldn't help asking.

Cai Hong said: "He scolded me, but he didn't say anything else!" ”

After all, Cai Hong is a cadre on his own side, of course, he must save some face, otherwise it will be easy to chill.

Chen Xiaoting patted Cai Hong on the shoulder, and then said, "In the future, if you only recognize Lord Zhou's orders, you won't be wrong!" ”

"Alas...... I'm afraid that Lord He will be doing something behind him! Cai Hong sighed, the people above made it difficult for the people below.

Seeing him like this, Chen Xiaoting reminded: "He Xinghong has another order in the future, you can ignore it, and he didn't tell you to do things in person!" ”

So the people who are really suffering are still in the Thousand Households, and the three bigwigs are fighting in front of them, and they are easily affected.

"Thank you, Lord Chen, for your advice!" Cai Hong bowed and said.

Although he still had to go to Zhou Wenzhu to report the exam questions, he was not in a hurry, and only listened to Chen Xiaoting: "You have to watch Guangde's side, how tricky things are over there, you must know in your heart, you must not make trouble!" ”

Cai Hong nodded again and again, in his own work, he did not dare to be negligent at all.

Then Chen Xiaoting asked about Guangde again, and by the way, he also asked about the situation of his second brother Chen Xiaolin, and he was relieved after learning that the other party's business was booming.

"Don't take it to heart if you are scolded, Lord Zhou still relies on you, I'll go in and say a few good words to you later!" Chen Xiaoting said in a deep voice.

Be a favor, good for him and Cai Hong.

"Thank you, Lord Chen!" Cai Hong bowed again.