Zhang Fuling left, and in the next few days, the entire capital was shrouded in a haze.

Many people don't know what happened, and everyone in the court has been wise to protect themselves, Wen Changjin knelt outside the palace gate, begging to see the old emperor, but the old emperor just said that what the Wen family did did not represent the Wen family, and I would not punish the Wen family.

Three days later, the temple examination came as scheduled.

Zhang Jingrui had already followed Zhang Zhongtang back the day before, and Mingyu got up as soon as it was dawn.

Seeing Zhou Heng standing in the courtyard, it was very unexpected, after all, Zhou Heng was the most difficult person to get up early, it seemed that this was to cheer him up, Mingyu was moved, pursed his lips and controlled his emotions.

Boss Xue was on the side, and he had already wiped his tears with his sleeve, feeling a little like he had raised his son to get married.

"Boy, you take the test well, if you don't do well in the test, you will lose the face of the child, otherwise you will really have to come back to do the accounting room."

Mingyu smiled and tried to comfort Boss Xue.

"Brother, don't worry, I will take the test hard, but it's not bad to come back and do the accounting room, no less than the county magistrate."

Boss Xue glared instantly, "Is this a matter of silver?" Does Face know? But I told the patriarch that you will win this time, and you told me to be an accountant, wouldn't you slap me in the face? ”

Seeing that Boss Xue was in a hurry, Zhou Heng hurriedly grabbed Boss Xue, this thing was really worried.

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up, don't delay the time of the palace test."

As soon as he heard this, Boss Xue didn't talk nonsense, and hurriedly helped Mingyu carry his things, and walked directly to the door, Zhou Heng also came out and got into the car together, watching Zhou Heng sit on his side, Mingyu looked nervous.

"Childe is still coming with me?"

Zhou Heng glared at him, "Yes, Zhang Gongzi also participated in the palace exam today, so I naturally want to come over to cheer you up." ”

Mingyu sighed, didn't dare to resist, and hurriedly did it in the carriage, and Boss Xue raised his whip and went out directly.

After a while, I came outside the examination room.

The carriage stopped, and the two got down, Boss Xue was afraid that his younger brother would be nervous, and he was afraid that he would not be able to wipe his face, so he didn't step forward to say anything, after all, he wouldn't comfort people, and saying too much was more like a reprimand, so it was better to speak less at this time.

Just stood for a while, a shout from the crowd attracted Zhou Heng's attention.

"Uncle, you're really here!"

Zhou Heng turned his head to the side, and sure enough, it was Zhang Jingrui, with a satin triangular scarf hanging from his left wrist, which matched his clothes very well, and it was not too eye-catching if he didn't look carefully, and he couldn't close his mouth when he saw Zhou Heng smiling.

Zhou Heng looked behind him, he didn't see Zhang Zhongtang's shadow, it is estimated that he had been disappointed once, and he didn't dare to follow him today, because he was afraid of adding a burden to Zhang Jingrui.

Raised his hand and patted Zhang Jingrui's right arm, "You came by yourself?" ”

Zhang Jingrui grinned and raised his chin to the side.

"I brought a scholar, after all, my hands are inconvenient, when I go in for a while, see if I can be accommodating, otherwise I really can't carry this bookcase."

Mingyu had already come over and waved his hand at the little scholar, Beishan had lived for so many days, and they were also familiar with each other, smiling at Zhang Jingrui, and naturally took the bookcase in the little scholar's hand.

"Give me the bookcase, you won't be able to get in for a while, and we can take care of each other!"

The little scholar nodded, not too polite, after all, he was very familiar, and quickly smiled and stepped back.

Zhang Jingrui saluted Zhou Heng respectfully, holding one hand looked a little weird, and Zhou Heng smiled and helped him up.

"Don't care about these false courtesies, how do you feel?"

Zhang Jingrui showed a mouthful of white teeth.

"I'm not nervous at all, I'm still a little excited, I feel a lot worse than the last time I took the palace exam, I can't wait to put it in now, let me practice my hands, I want to do some questions I haven't seen before!"

Zhou Heng has a black line, this thing is a little floating, now learning third-grade mathematics is this virtue, if you learn deeper, wouldn't you want your eyes to grow and the top of your head?

raised his hand to the top of Zhang Jingrui's head and slapped him, gave him a blank look, and said seriously:

"Be a low-key person, how many times do I have to say it, don't be arrogant, you may not be able to excel if you learn well, let alone be eye-catching, otherwise you know who stabbed in the back, and it doesn't matter if the question is simple, I will give you more difficult ones after the palace exam, and I won't see how I punish you!"

Zhang Jingrui hurriedly quieted down, he almost made an old mistake again, he was arrogant back then, which attracted people's attention, so he quickly restrained his temperament and stood honestly in front of Zhou Heng.

"Jingrui is arrogant, please punish the uncle!"

Without waiting for Zhou Heng to speak, a few people not far away laughed in this direction, several people were brightly dressed, and the mocking and contemptuous looks between their eyebrows made Zhou Heng want to beat him up when he saw it, and it was not a fuel-efficient lamp at first glance.

"Who should I be, this is not Jing Rui of Zhang Zhongtang's family, I really didn't expect it, your cousin's qualifications became a jinshi three years ago, but how are you boasting, why are you here again this year?"

An older man stretched out his hand to stop a few people, obviously he was familiar with these people, this person didn't give Zhang Jingrui a look at all, just snorted and said:

"Okay, let's not say a few words, let's hold our breath and concentrate, calm ourselves down, just play normally for a while, don't affect the play because of irrelevant people, and Zhu Xiaochang from Ning Wangfu is here, let's go over and say hello."

As he spoke, he called a few people to leave directly, and Zhou Heng glanced in the direction they left.

Sure enough, Zhu Xiaochang came, dressed in a half-worn Confucian shirt, with a calm and politeness on his face that did not belong to this age, and the people around him bowed slightly, and his cheeks looked thinner than three days ago.

Dressed up like this, don't say that he really gives him extra points, he is haggard and depressed but not elegant, like this, isn't it the realm that most Confucians pursue.

Zhang Jingrui had envy on his face, but Mingyu didn't care, after all, he didn't know anyone, and he was able to come to the palace exam for his brother and Zhou Heng, so he saw no one as if he didn't see it.

Seeing that the door was about to gather, it seemed that someone was going to come out and read something, Zhou Heng hurriedly patted the two.

"Okay, hurry up, don't be too anxious, although the time is tight, but I believe in your ability, as long as you read the question carefully, calculate carefully, and the final strategy is not off-topic, remember a sentence, victory is not arrogant or discouraged!"

Zhang Jingrui and Mingyu hurriedly saluted Zhou Heng, at this time the mood of the two was complicated, today was the day to test everything, their faces were much firmer, and they walked towards the front with the bookcase.

With the flow of people, he didn't squeeze too much forward, nor was he left behind, he patted the team and went in directly, and there were those who came late, constantly shouting and begging for hope to be put in, Zhou Heng didn't look too much, tidied up his robe, and walked directly towards the carriage.

Boss Xue had a puzzled look on his face, this is the end?

"Childe, aren't we waiting?"

Zhou Heng looked at Boss Xue up and down, "What are you waiting for, send me back, I want to give Master Liu a physical examination, we still have a lot of things to prepare before leaving, when the sun is about to set in a while, you can just pick up Mingyu, and it will take three days to release the list." ”

Although Boss Xue wanted to stay, he didn't talk nonsense when he heard Zhou Heng say this, and directly drove Zhou Heng away.

Back at Zhou's Mansion, Pang Xiao was already waiting in the room, Zhou Heng's plan to sleep back was directly disrupted, and he hurriedly walked to Pang Xiao, looking at him with a serious look and puzzled.

"Why did Xiao Bo come here?"

Pang Xiao turned around, now Xiao Bo is already on the road in the capital normally, if he wants to come over, he usually accompanies Zhu Yunmo, such a black dress, suddenly appeared, obviously something happened, or something unexpected.

"Uncle, the matter is urgent, I came directly to find you, the Wen family has been monitored, all their shops and Zhuangzi have been sent to keep an eye on them, and I got the news that the factory guards have arrested a group of people from the Jinwu Sect, and they are being interrogated at this time."

Zhou Heng stared at Pang Xiao, a surveillance would not make him anxious, it seemed that there was something wrong with this group of people from the Golden Crow Sect, thinking that Hu Yushi had been caught before, Zhou Heng was trembling, could it be that there were any high-ranking officials involved?

"Is anyone involved?"

Pang Xiao's face was very serious, and he bowed his head slightly and said:

"Among the people caught, one of them is a eunuch in the palace, he is the left protector of the Golden Crow Sect, it is said that he began to train a group of girls more than ten years ago, and they were trained into fine works and sent to various mansions.

Some became maids and grew up with the sons and daughters of the major families, and some were directly stolen and directly became young ladies to live, but there was a girl back then, who was taken away by a pianist in charge of upbringing in their Jinwu Sect, and they didn't find this person until last year.

The piano master refused to admit that the girl was taken out, and in the end, she was directly self-judged, but this eunuch still traced the woman's whereabouts, she was in Beishan, I want to talk about this experience, you can also guess who this person is, right? ”

Zhou Heng was stunned in place, there is no need to say such a thing Zhou Heng, even Pang Xiao knows who it is.

If it is said that there is only one person who can match his life experience, Bai Qingyun's adoptive father committed suicide in a leap last year, Zhou Heng's fingers were cold, and his breathing was a little short.

At first, I just thought that Bai Qingyun was definitely a person with a story, but I didn't expect to be able to contact the Golden Crow Sect, how could this be possible?

At that time, in order not to be manipulated by others, she directly rubbed sand into the wound, how could a woman who was so resolute be manipulated?

"You mean the White Girl?"

Pang Xiao nodded, "When you first met on the boat, Miss Bai and her adoptive father did their best to pick you up and Shizi, am I right?" ”

Zhou Heng nodded, unable to say a word of rebuttal.

Yes, when she was on the boat at the time, she felt at a glance that she had a purpose to approach, but when she got off the boat, she did not stalk her, but left alone with her adoptive father, and it was also because of this that Zhou Heng felt that his judgment at that time might have been overly reasonable.

Pang Xiao did not pause, and continued:

"After that, the uncle and Miss Bai met by chance on the street, heard what happened to her, and immediately wanted to help, the dance and a song in the palace were enough to make men fascinated, I think if it was ten years ago, His Majesty would have included her in the harem.

But then the White Girl's adoptive father was deceived, do you think that a person who can escape from the hands of the Golden Crow Sect will be so negligent, maybe it is under pressure, or maybe it is the protection of the White Girl, he wants to die with a secret.

Then it was a coincidence that Miss Su Wu bumped into her, and directly rescued Qiu Niang at that time, and healed her in Huichun Hall.

After that, I don't need to say anything, Qiu Niang is gone, and she has become the manager of the Beishan Theater, and now she is one of the core personnel of Beishan, but have you ever thought about it, why everything in Beishan, the people of the Jinwu Sect are clear?

Knowing that the uncle and the prince were armed, they were the weakest on the day of the explosion, and they knew the layout of the alcohol workshop, and they were able to place bamboo poles and fire folds at will, and they also tied the lid of the alcohol tank with iron wire.

Although the bombing case has been solved now, the person who really controls all this has not really been found, can a Ma Wenliang do so much? Ordinary handymen, can go to these places at will?

In addition, there is another most critical question, do you know that the kung fu of the white girl is no worse than that of Boss Xue? It may not be possible to walk on the wall, but it is still possible to deal with one or two strong men, or to go everywhere in an imperceptible state, do you know? ”

Zhou Heng pounced and sat directly on the chair, he now felt sweating all over, especially his hands trembling uncontrollably.

He couldn't tell what his feelings were for Bai Qingyun, if there was no Xiu'er, maybe something would happen to Bai Qingyun.

However, Bai Qingyun, who is like a weak wind and a willow, she actually has kung fu, when she raised a knife in a brothel to commit suicide, it seemed to be right in front of her.

propped up the table and didn't speak for a long time.

Zhou Heng couldn't believe that this was true, but since Pang Xiao came here in person, he must have found more than this, thinking of this, Zhou Heng looked up at Pang Xiao.

"Did Xiao Bo find anything else, otherwise you wouldn't have come over to talk about this based on the old eunuch's words."

Pang Xiao sighed, then nodded.

"The left protector of the Golden Crow Sect is a very high-level person in the Golden Crow Sect, but the people at the top, he has never seen him, he usually receives a note, or the man in black with a token passes the instructions, and he still knows some of the people below, but he doesn't know the people at the top.

For example, whether Wen Changjin is a member of the Jinwu Sect, he doesn't know, but a few years ago, there was a matter involving the Wen family, this left protector wanted to send someone to find trouble with the Wen family, but he was stopped in an instant, and he didn't give an explanation, just said that the Wen family couldn't move. ”

Zhou Heng squinted, this arrested a bunch of people, but the really useful news was nothing, but it made the whole thing confusing.

From this person's words, it is not difficult to analyze that even if the Wen family is not a member of the Golden Crow Sect, they are also involved in the Golden Crow Sect, otherwise there would never be such a news coming down.

Zhou Heng frowned, at this moment, he really wanted to interrogate the old eunuch, so much information was said without a head, and the matter was investigated to this point, and the mystery was not solved, but the truth was becoming more and more confusing.

Zhou Heng took a deep breath to calm himself down as much as possible, and finally his eyes fell on Pang Xiao's body again.

"How did Xiao Bo decide, since you can know the news, obviously you have eyeliner in the factory guard, do you want to arrest Bai Qingyun and torture him?"

Pang Xiao shook his head, "These are not things I can control, if the factory guard wants to investigate, he will naturally bring someone over, Miss Bai wants to prove her innocence, and she needs to bear all the punishments." ”

Pang Xiao was stunned, he didn't expect Zhou Heng to be able to express his thoughts directly, such situations are really rare, he paused and looked at Zhou Heng.

"What do you mean, uncle?"

Zhou Heng raised his eyes and stared at Pang Xiao, "Uncle Xiao, it was I who saved your life back then and relieved you of the poison in your hands, you said that as long as I have a need, I can fulfill my wish, then my wish has been thought of, I don't care what method you use, but you can't move her!" ”