The Qionglin banquet was held at dusk, Ruyi stayed in Dugu Mansion, and Yang Zheng rushed to Qionglin Garden alone.

It was still early, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites who organized the Qionglin banquet were directing the palace maids and eunuchs sent by the palace to prepare for the banquet.

This is equivalent to a celebration banquet prepared for the new science and technology scholars, the process and dishes have rules to follow, Yang Zheng came a little early, the hall of the banquet is still arranged, Yang Zheng was led by the eunuch to a side hall in Qionglin to rest and wait.

At this time, there were already some people in the side hall, all of them were new science and technology scholars who came early, and they were chatting happily, and after Yang Zheng walked in, everyone's eyes fell on Yang Zheng inadvertently.

If Yang Zheng just wants to brush up his prestige in Shilin, everyone is a little awkward, but they can accept it, but Yang Zheng not only grabbed the champion as a lieutenant, but they also have news that Yang Zheng will be given a real power official position nine times out of ten, which deeply touched their nerves, and everyone looked at Yang Zheng a little badly.

Yang Zheng found a place to sit down with a calm face, he didn't know any of these people, and he didn't care about their eyes, so he sat on the chair and closed his eyes to recuperate.

People came in one after another, and when there was still half an hour before the banquet began, several side halls were already full of people, whispering from ear to ear, and the already crowded side halls became noisy.

The reason why Yang Zheng won the champion with ten C palace examination results is different, and the most convincing rumor is that Yang Zheng was valued by the official family because of the strategy of raising war horses, and he was named the champion by public opinion.

The top elites in Kaifeng all know that this rumor is almost the truth, although Zhao Zhen has repeatedly asked for secrecy, but the words that have been circulated more or less have confirmed this rumor.

The most discussed thing in the noisy side hall is where this place for raising horses is, and the road map drawn by Yang Zheng was collected by Zhao Zhen in the vertical arch hall, except for a few ministers, no one knows the specific details.

To implement the decree that requires war horses, there will inevitably be a large number of official positions, the Great Song Dynasty has already been flooded with official positions, and a large number of officials who only have official positions and no real differences are lining up to fill the vacancies, not to mention the more than 200 new science and technology scholars, the official positions in this plan have long been targeted by well-informed officials, all kinds of looking for relationships, running away, in order to get a piece of the pie, and this decree is closely related to Yang Zheng.

At dusk, the Qionglin banquet finally began, and in the heavy protection of the forbidden army, Zhao Zhen wore a dragon robe and a golden crown, and came to Qionglin Yuan with a group of ministers.

In addition to the new science and technology jinshi who participated in the Qionglin banquet, there were also political affairs halls, ministers of the Privy Council, as well as important ministers of the three divisions and six ministries also attended.

Yang Zheng, as the champion of the new department, was seated in front of all the Jinshi, on the left and right were Fan Wei of the Bangyan and Wei Ze of Tanhua, who were below the officials of the Six Ministries, and as for those Jinshi who were born in the same Jinshi, they could only sit in the dim corner of the main hall.

In Yang Zheng's opinion, the banquet was extremely boring, more like a ceremony than a banquet, all the processes were carried out in accordance with the arrangements of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and the dishes served were in accordance with the ancient etiquette, and the mutton was even bloodshot, not to mention the removal of the smell, but Zhao Zhen and the ministers ate it with relish.

Wine is the best palace wine, generally only in the emperor when the banquet has the opportunity to drink, Yang Zheng as the champion, whether it is to take care of Zhao Zhen's face or to highlight the sacredness of the imperial examination, his special care will not be less, Zhao Zhen gave him three glasses of wine, the ministers of the political hall also joined in the excitement to persuade the wine, a group of new science and technology scholars whether they want to or not, are happy to hold the wine glass toast, all night down, Yang Zheng's stomach is full of wine.

The highlight of the banquet is the final reward, according to the custom, all the officials and jinshi who come to the banquet have a reward, Yang Zheng got the reward is a team of good Ruyi, gold and silver, Shu brocade.

"No wonder everyone wants to be a civil servant..."

Yang Zheng listened to Wang Zhongzheng read out the list of rewards, and sighed in his heart, just these rewards, tens of thousands of taels of silver are gone, but the army's military salary can be delayed, and then it is deducted layer by layer, and there are still a few pennies in the hands of ordinary soldiers.

complained in his heart, Yang Zheng was still very happy when he held his own reward, the most valuable thing is a pair of Ruyi, which is carved by the court master with the best Hetian jade, and it is a treasure that can be heirlooms.

Qionglin Yuan was very close to Yang's mansion, Yang Zheng was a little smoky, and he walked on the bank of the Jinshui River with the reward in his hand, not noticing the figure following behind him.

A group of black-clad assassins lay on the roof next to the street, watching Yang Zheng slanted and about to enter the ambush circle, the assassins at the head waved to the other companions, and the other assassins took out the delicate crossbow in their arms, installed the quenched crossbow arrows, pointed at Yang Zheng, and pulled the trigger when Yang Zheng walked into the attack range of the crossbow.

Yang Zheng was still walking crookedly forward, and when he was about to enter the ambush circle, the assassin door was concentrating, and he was about to pull the trigger, when a change occurred.

Behind the assassins, a group of eunuchs dressed in eunuch clothes quietly appeared, holding sharp short knives in their hands and pounced on the assassins, led by Wang Zhongzheng, who was caught off guard, and these assassins didn't even have time to pull the trigger before the eunuchs with high martial arts cut their throats with short knives.

"Commander, it's all cleaned up, and there is not a single living mouth," after Wang Zhongzheng removed the jaw of an assassin, a team leader walked over with a short knife and whispered to Wang Zhongzheng.

"Take good care of him, don't give him a chance to commit suicide, the rest will die if they die......"

Wang Zhongzheng said lightly.

Since the last time Yang Zheng was stabbed to death, there have been people in the Imperial City Division who have been secretly protecting Yang Zheng, and when Yang Zheng walked out of the Qionglin banquet alone tonight, the secret agents of the Imperial City Division sent the news to Wang Zhongzheng, Wang Zhongzheng brought in and followed Yang Zheng all the way, and sure enough, he waited for this group of rabbits.

A silent fight took place dozens of meters away from Yang Zheng, and the people of the Imperial City Division carried the body in a sack, cleaned up the bloodstains at the scene, and quietly disappeared into the night.

And Wang Zhongzheng took the only remaining one alive to return to the prison of the Imperial City Division in the palace.

An hour later, Wang Zhongzheng looked at the dying assassin, shook his head helplessly, cleaned up the blood stains on his body, and went to report to Zhao Zhen.

"Hmph, these people are simply lawless..."Zhao Zhen listened to Wang Zhongzheng's report, and said with an ugly face, the Great Song Dynasty is really too big, there are nearly a million people in Kaifeng alone, and these assassins are all dead soldiers, and there is no clue at all.

"Send someone to find out who leaked Yang Zheng's answer sheet..."

After calming down, Zhao Zhen said in a gloomy tone.

He repeatedly asked for secrecy, and rumors of raising war horses still spread, which cast a shadow on Yang Zheng's unmade plan.

"Yes".

Wang Zhongzheng withdrew from Zhao Zhen's dormitory and recruited his right-hand men to find out who leaked Yang Zheng's answers.

In the west of Kaifeng Fushi, a young man who looked like a Khitan girl carefully put a long letter into a bamboo tube, tied it to an eagle's legs, and held it with both hands, and the eagle fluttered its wings and disappeared into the night sky of Kaifeng Mansion.

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