In the middle of the night, the whole world sleeps quietly.

There was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the southeast of the capital, dressed in uniform clothes, riding horses whistling past, and the cold light reflected by the blades on the waists of this group of men and horses could be faintly seen in the cold moonlight.

At this time, it was midnight, and the entire capital was under a night ban, and the garrison guards of the Terracotta Division in the southern city blocked the fence at the intersection of the street, and patrolled the street at night with blades and sticks, and no one was allowed to pass.

Just when the night guard of the Nancheng Terracotta Division was about to find a sheltered place to drink some wine to warm up, he heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer, and soon saw a group of people riding horses, one of them speeding up his horse and galloping over, embroidered with a spring knife on his hips, and holding a token with tassels in his hand.

"Jinyiwei is ordered to do a bad job, and open the road quickly!" The brocade-clothed guard, who came on horseback, held the token and shouted loudly to the night guard of the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses.

Nancheng Terracotta Division is responsible for tonight's night patrol is a small flag, a total of more than ten people, the leader of the small flag officer saw the piece of token with tassels held in the hand of this brocade guard, his face was pale, and he was shocked, this token is not an ordinary brocade guard, he glanced at the team of brocade guards from a distance, and vaguely saw that the brocade guards were surrounded by a big guy wearing a bullfighting suit, where did he dare to slacken, and immediately commanded his subordinates to move the fence and other things used to block the road.

The old system of the Ming Dynasty, the first grade of bullfighting, the second grade of flying fish, the third grade of python, the fourth and fifth grade of the unicorn, the sixth and seventh grade of the tiger, Biao, this bullfighting suit, doesn't that mean that the lord is here? !

The little flag officer did not dare to delay for a moment, and commanded his subordinates to clear the road, but the more urgent it was, the more chaotic it became. In addition, because the fence was too heavy, the people of the Nancheng Terracotta Division were a little busy for a while. The fence was not moved either.

"Ahem"

The brocade guards in the back also gradually approached, and among them was the man in his forties in a bullfighting suit who was huddled. He coughed lightly, seemingly very dissatisfied with the situation in front of him.

Hearing the coughing sound, the Jinyi guard holding the token was shocked, and without thinking about it, he put the token in his arms, flew off the horse like a big bird, and his toes seemed to have not touched the ground, so he jumped up again, and the rabbit fell to the people who carried the fence in the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses.

"Up!"

The brocade guard let out a low roar. The green tendons flashed on his forehead, and in the surprised eyes of the soldiers and horses of Nancheng, he grabbed the entire fence, and pushed it to the side of the road with a few guards.

The team of brocade guards behind didn't look at it, so they rode their horses through the gap through the intersection.

Immediately afterwards, the brocade guard who opened the way also turned over and chased after him.

In fact, it was only a minute or two from the time this brocade guard showed the token to the time he roared away.

The people of the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Division who were patrolling the night at the street were stunned and watched the pair of brocade guards roaring by. They didn't react for a while, and it wasn't until two unlucky people who were pushed to the side of the road by the fence touched their feet and screamed twice, and these people just reacted.

"Head, what is the Jinyi guard doing in the middle of the night?" Someone looked at the back of the brocade guard roaring by. asked.

"If you don't want to die, don't ask!"

The little flag officer glared at the man vigorously, and then ordered his men to clean the road thoroughly. If you can't keep it, those lords still have to return, in this dynasty. Jinyiwei is monstrous, much more powerful than Dongchang. I don't dare to touch these people's moldy heads.

It didn't take long for the Shuntian Gongyuan in the south of Jingshi City to usher in a team of uninvited guests, and it was this team of brocade guards who rode horses from the streets.

In order to ensure the fairness of the imperial examination and prevent the examiner from cheating on personal gain, after the examiner enters the Tribute Academy, he can not come out until the end of the examination and the ranking is determined, which is as little as three or five days and as much as dozens of days. Before the examination ranking is determined, the key of the Gongyuan is locked and cannot be opened.

However, when the Jinyi guard showed an edict, the Gongyuan opened the door.

"Stay at the door, don't let an ant climb out without my order!"

The middle-aged man in the bullfighting suit in the Jinyi Guard, accompanied by several Jinyi Guards, entered the Shuntian Gongyuan and gave orders to several subordinates accompanying him. This middle-aged man in a bullfighting suit, more than forty years old, tall, gives people a sense of strength and bravery, his complexion is different from ordinary people, as if there is a fire in his body, his complexion is faintly fiery red, and he walks like a crane.

So, the accompanying Jinyi guards assigned several people to guard the gate of the Gongyuan with embroidered spring knives, loyal to their duties.

"Lord Lu came in person late at night, and he lost his welcome from afar, and he lost his welcome from afar."

Xu Jie, Yan Maoqing and other examiners in the public hall saw the comer, and hurriedly got up from their seats and greeted them.

This person is not simple, this is the biggest leader of Jinyiwei who is now powerful and in prison, Jinyiwei is the commander of Shi Lubing, this person is not only extremely smart, but also good at scheming, and he is in the east factory to press Jinyiwei, but in Lu Bing's hands, Jinyiwei is overwhelmed by Dongchang. Under his wise leadership, Jinyiwei has become the most terrifying intelligence machine, but he is always the first to know what is going on in the capital. Not only that, Lu Bing's relationship with today's saint is not ordinary, Lu Bing is the son of Emperor Jiajing's nurse, the two grew up eating the same milk, Lu Bing grew up with Emperor Jiajing since he was a child, and was deeply trusted by Emperor Jiajing.

In addition, Lu Bing is also the life-saving benefactor of Emperor Jiajing, in the eighteenth year of Jiajing, the emperor went out on patrol, and Lu Bing led the Jinyi Guard officers and soldiers to escort him. In Weihui, Henan, at the fourth watch in the middle of the night, the palace suddenly caught fire, and the officials who followed Hu fled in a hurry, and no one cared about the emperor's whereabouts. It was Lu Bingfen who rushed into the fire without regard for himself and escaped from the fire with the emperor on his back. This act of sacrificing himself to savior made Emperor Jiajing see his loyalty, and since then he has become more and more favored, and has been promoted to the rank of knight, becoming the highest official of Jinyiwei.

For such a person, how can the Manchu officials not be afraid.

Therefore, whether it was Xu Jie, Yan Maoqing and others, they all got up to greet them, saying all kinds of polite words in their mouths.

"Lord Xu, Lord Yan, all of you have worked hard to read the papers, and the Holy God has ordered me to come to comfort you."

Lu Bing didn't have a little arrogance, and greeted Xu Jie and the others with a smile very politely, and said hello.

"Where is it, Lord Lu has to work late at night, and he has to work hard," Xu Jie and others said politely.

After a few simple polite words, Lu Bingyan returned to the truth and asked Xu Jie and the others, "I don't know how your lords are doing with this time, the saint has been reading it for several days." ”

"It's a coincidence, the marking has just ended, and the draft list has just been filled." Xu Jie replied with a smile.

The examiner in the back put the filled straw list and the top ten red rolls in a paper bag covered with various seals, and handed them to Lu Bing with both hands at Xu Jie's suggestion.

"Then I won't bother you, the Holy One is still waiting for his life. I believe that you will be able to go home and rest comfortably from time to time tomorrow. After Lu Bing took the paper bag, he arched his hand and said goodbye to Xu Jie and the others.

After Lu Bing left the Shuntian Tribute Academy, he rode his horse non-stop to the West Garden where Emperor Jiajing cultivated immortals and alchemy, and the Shuntian Tribute Academy closed the door and locked the key again, waiting for Emperor Jiajing to approve it tomorrow, and then the academy could be opened. (To be continued......)