In the east of Fengqiu City, when Xu Ning was in danger, two fast horses arrived in time, and these two people were Bian Xiang and Chen Yun.

It is said that they took three carriages and more than ten people, and rushed out of the city to Bofengqiu yesterday evening, but because the road was unfamiliar and took the wrong road, they were delayed for nearly two hours. It was easy to return to the right path, and when I hurried to the east of Fengqiu City, it was already dark. Looking at the pedestrians coming in and out, Bian Xiang and Chen Yun judged that Xu Ning must have gone east, so they immediately made a decision to let the rest of the people wait outside the city gate, and the two of them rode horses to chase east.

Fortunately, thanks to this decision, soon after the two ran out, they heard from the pedestrians on the road that there was a brawl on the road ahead and it was inconvenient to pass, so they immediately accelerated to chase after them, just in time to catch up with Xu Ning's critical moment.

With the addition of these two people, the Jurchens were naturally vulnerable, and the big man in the lead, seeing that the situation was not right, grabbed a war horse and ran away by himself. The three of them didn't have time to catch up, cleaned up the remaining Jurchens, and hurriedly retreated east. Who would have thought that in a Zhuangzi in front of him, he met the old servant before, it turned out that this old servant was also clever, and knew that he couldn't escape, so he hid on the side of the road with his treasure armor and let the carriage move forward, just to escape.

At the moment, everyone was overjoyed, Bian Xiang and Chen Yun handed over the two horses to Xu Ning and the old servant, and let the two still go to Dongming to meet their wives and daughters, and the two of them modified and hired a carriage to go to Fengqiu.

Let's say that when Xu Ning in the east of Fengqiu City was out of danger, Gu Haotian and Yan Junqing in Tokyo City were arguing fiercely about one thing in the inn.

"Haotian, since you have come to the capital, you might as well take the next test, whether you are in it or not, it is also a wish, so I can give my family an explanation."

Yan Junqing has been studying and preparing for exams recently, and he doesn't know much about some things that have happened recently, so he is extremely opposed to Gu Haotian giving up the scientific examination that it is easy to wait for three years.

"Brother Yan, you have been focusing on studying recently, and many things are afraid that your brother will affect you, so I haven't told you about it. If I participate in the Spring Festival this time, I will definitely fall off the list, and I will have to throw myself into the net and suffer a lawsuit. ”

"How so?"

Yan Junqing only said that Gu Haotian was a pretext, but he refused to believe it. Helpless, Gu Haotian had to say what had happened recently, from Li Bangyan to Bai Shizhong, from Lu Qian, Gao Yanei to the Jurchens, and finally he pointed to an envelope on the table and said:

"Brother Yan, do you remember that Fang Tang in the restaurant outside the Ministry of Rites ten days ago?"

"The one who sells exam questions?"

"Yes, I have asked people to buy the exam questions in the morning, and I read them carefully, and I think it is very real, if this is the case, it is okay if nothing happens, if something happens, then I will not become the target of these people in the examination room, so why take this risk."

"How can there be such a thing, this still has the appearance of the imperial imperial examination."

Yan Junqing was depressed when he heard it, but he couldn't say anything about Gu Haotian.

"Brother Yan, I've been targeted by someone with a heart right now, I'll send you out quietly tonight, you go to live with Xian's relatives first, and we'll meet again after the exam." You can take a look at this exam question, it won't be a loss anyway, maybe it's useful. ”

"With this, how different am I from those people!"

Yan Junqing said angrily, didn't look at his eyes, and walked away.

In the evening, Zhao Ding and Zhang Jiucheng came to the inn together, at the banquet of the county palace that day, Li Bangyan had threatened Gu Haotian with a scientific examination, and afterwards Zhao Ding also asked a friend of the Ministry of Rites to inquire about the news, and learned that Li Bangyan had indeed visited Bai Shizhong in the Ministry of Rites that day, and he was also worried, seeing that the exam was approaching, he came to take a look.

The three of them sat down, and Zhao Ding opened his mouth and asked, "How is the preparation for the Haotian scientific expedition?"

"Bachelor looks like a prepared person?"

"So it's confident."

"If you take the exam, you will be sure of nine out of ten, but I am afraid that when the time comes, I will not be on the gold list, but I will become a prisoner."

"It's nine out of ten, and how can you say that you are a prisoner, at most, it's just a miss!"

Although Zhao Ding knows some insiders, he thinks that at most he will not be on the list, but he will not go to prison.

"What if you were to be charged with a trumped-up crime?" Gu Haotian joked.

"What about the crime?" Zhao Ding was puzzled.

"If you want to add sin, there is no excuse. And there's this thing. Gu Haotian pointed to the envelope on the table and said.

Zhao Dinghu picked up the envelope suspiciously, took out a piece of paper inside, and looked carefully, his eyes widened.

"This thing from Haotian?"

"The Ministry of Rites paid for it."

"There are a lot of treacherous people in the capital, Haotian must have been deceived." Zhao Ding said a little unconfidently.

"I think so at the bottom, but I'm afraid it's not that simple. This is also one of the reasons why I am worried, so I don't want to take the test today. ”

Let's say that Zhang Jiucheng sat on the side, and saw the two of them dumb at an envelope, and couldn't help but be surprised. He took the paper from Zhao Ding's hand and glanced at it, and immediately understood what the two meant, and then even he was disheartened about the exam. He said indignantly:

"It's really okay not to enter such a dirty science field, it's better to go to the Haotian brothers' manor and follow Mr. Huanzhang to study."

"Brother's words can be counted, let's make a decision." When Gu Haotian saw this, he immediately stretched out his right hand.

"It's a deal!"

Immediately, the two young hands clasped tightly together.

Zhao Ding saw that the two young talents gave up their fame because of the darkness of the science field, and he couldn't help but feel deep sorrow for this court, and immediately irrepressibly ignited a raging anger, he felt that he had to do something, even if the price was great.

"Haotian, this thing will be given to me, and it will be played to the court immediately, so that these lawless people can taste the taste of the law, and also give justice to the scholars of the world."

"Bachelor, I'm afraid that I'll hurt myself, the court is dark, how can I get this dirty thing, and let him go."

Gu Haotian and Zhang Jiucheng saw that Zhao Ding wanted to do something impulsive, and hurriedly spoke together to stop it. Gu Haotian immediately ordered the wine and food to be served, and called Xu Guanzhong, Xiao Rang and others to accompany Zhao Ding to drink and dispel his sorrows.

Several people drank until the lights were lit, Zhao Ding was depressed, borrowed wine to drown his sorrows, and drank seven or eight drunk. Gu Haotian was not at ease, so he called a carriage and asked Qin Sheng to take the two of them to send him back.

At night, at the most prosperous time in Tokyo City, Zhao Ding's carriage walked slowly on the street, and finally came to Panlou Street when he was about to turn left, but almost collided with two fast horses coming from the north.

"That Pocai ran at night, didn't he die?" Qin Sheng was able to control the carriage and couldn't help but scold.

Who knew that the man on the horse was unreasonable, he raised the whip and whipped it, Qin Shengna could stand this anger, only to see him dodge the whip sideways, grab it in his hand casually, and pull the man off the horse with all his might. He jumped out of the carriage and punched him, and the man screamed in pain, only then did Qin Sheng hear that the man was a Jurchen savage, and he couldn't help but feel happy, and only vented the anger that had been held in his heart for the past few days, and the Jurchen who hit him screamed endlessly.

"Who is bold enough to beat the Jurchen envoys, don't stop quickly."

At this time, the knight on the other horse saw that his companion had been beaten, and hurriedly stopped him, but the accent was a Han man.

"The Jurchen savages are rampage in the capital, who can't beat them, hit - beat hard."

It was Zhao Ding who answered, since he heard Gu Haotian's Three Kingdoms Theory, he didn't have a good impression of the Jurchens at all, and just now he saw his barbarism and domineering, and he was in a bad mood at night, so he shouted loudly with the strength of wine.

"Who are you? Aren't you afraid of the laws of the court? ”

"Master, I am Zhao Ding of the Hanlin Academy, hum! The law of the court, if there is a law, how can there be such evil deeds. ”

Let's say that Qin Sheng beat him hard, felt that the guy had collapsed to the ground, and had no power to fight back, thinking that he couldn't be killed, so he stopped his hand, scolded twice, and drove away.

The next morning, Bian Xiang and Chen Yun and more than a dozen other people returned to the inn, and soon after that, news came from the post house, saying that the Jurchens went to the Ministry of Rites angrily. Gu Haotian already knew about Qin Sheng's beating of the Jurchens last night, and at that time he thought that it must be the Jurchens who got the news of Fengqiu and went to the city to report the news, which would definitely be sued by the wicked again. ignored him, but he had a new understanding of the strength of the Jurchens. There is a character outside the city that even Xu Ning can't resist, so what about the inside of the city? While sending more people to step up the defense of the Jurchen den outside the city, he waited for Sun An and other reinforcements to arrive.

Zhongshu Province, the desk of Minister Cai Jing, and there are two letters side by side. One is a letter from Zhao Ding of the Hanlin Academy, reporting that someone in the spring of this branch leaked the exam questions. The other is an indictment from the Jin State Mission transferred by the Ministry of Rites, which talks about two things, one is that a caravan of the Jin State was intercepted and killed outside Fengqiu City, and the other is that the people who entered Beijing to report the news last night were robbed and killed by Zhao Ding of the Hanlin Academy and led people to the street, and they escaped by luck, and asked the Great Zhou court to severely punish the murderers.

Cai Jing frowned, pointed to Zhao Ding's recital, and asked the attendants on the side.

"Who else has seen this piece?"

"Only Lord Wang has seen it."

This Lord Wang is called Wang Hanzhi, but he is Cai Jing's henchman, so he is arranged in a key position, and whenever there is a major and sensitive performance, this person will first be handed over to Cai Jing for review and then handled.

"Tell Lord Wang to stay with me first, don't spread it, and call Erlang to come over."

Erlang is Cai Jing's second son named Cai Xuan, who is wise and steady, and is very valued by Cai Jing, and usually takes him by his side as an arm.

After a while, Cai Yu came in from outside, and Cai Jing showed Zhao Ding's recital to him, and said:

"Wulang should be involved in this matter, if it is a big fuss, not to mention the sensation of the government and the opposition, the Cai family will inevitably be criticized, what do you think?"

Gorou's name is Cai Ying, and he relies on his father's power to do all kinds of evil in the capital. If in the original history, this person is the husband of Emperor Maode, the most beautiful daughter of Song Weizong.

"This matter is very difficult, Zhao Ding is a court official, if he wants to stop his mouth, either he is willing not to mention it again, otherwise he can only go to prison."

Cai Jing listened to Erlang's words, pondered for a while, and suddenly thought of something, and he immediately handed another piece of music at the head of the table to his son.

"Let's see, there's nothing to do here."

Cai Xuan took it and read it, it was the Jurchen recital handed over by the Ministry of Rites, he read it carefully, and said:

"It seems far-fetched to convict him on this basis, but if he is taken into custody for examination, it is better to put him in prison first, and then make a calculation after the spring festival is over."

So in the gossip of the Cai family's father and son, he lightly convicted a court official, and Zhao Ding didn't know that a piece of music had already caused him to be imprisoned.