Seeing the excited look on Wei Ling's face, Wei Yun couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, only what he lost knows precious, the county order that broke the family, the Ling Yi who destroyed the door, how can the merchant be rich and capable, otherwise he wouldn't have to work hard to climb up in the dark guard. "Seventh brother, come, drink, these things have passed, there is no need to say it again, the foolish brother heard that you became the Praetorian Guard, I don't know how happy I am for you, but I am afraid of causing you trouble, but it is inconvenient to go to the mansion to congratulate, now since the seventh brother is willing to come to the door, then tonight is not drunk or happy, and the right to be a foolish brother to make up for you."

Wei Ling picked up the wine glass, his face showed a look of confusion, he raised his head and drank the wine in his arms, and muttered in his mouth: "It's okay if this Praetorian Guard Sima is not appropriate." ”

"Why, could it be that the seventh brother encountered something difficult, you are in the Praetorian Guard, it stands to reason that no one dares to embarrass you, is it because there is a shortage of money? If the seventh brother is in need, even if he opens his mouth, the foolish brother doesn't dare to say it, but he can still take out thousands of guan. Wei Yun said briskly.

"It's not about money......" Wei Ling shook his head, his heart was slightly hot, although the treatment of the Praetorian Guards was generous, his annual salary was only more than 100 yuan, and he hadn't seen each other for five years, Wei Yun didn't hesitate to say that he would take out thousands of yuan to help himself, Wei Ling's heart was always ambiguous, and the third brother's bold temperament had not changed at all.

"Since it's not about money, then the foolish brother can't help." Wei Yun said self-deprecatingly.

Wei Ling opened his mouth, what he wanted to say was still not said in the end, if he said it for the sake of his own troubles, it would be fine, but this matter is related to the life and death of the entire Wei family, even if he trusts Wei Yun again, he does not dare to confide in the news easily, but this matter weighs on his heart like a thousand heavy burdens, which really makes him feel breathless.

Wei Yun has dealt with countless people in the past five years, and seeing Wei Ling's demeanor, he is even more sure that it must not be easy for him to suddenly find himself to drink, but he did not hurriedly ask. Raise your glass: "Come, drink, drink!" ”

"Drink!"

After three rounds of drinking, Wei Ling was already drunk, and he staggered to his feet: "Third brother, I can't do it, I want to go back." ”

Wei Yun grabbed Wei Ling: "Seventh brother, it's rare for you to come here, what's the hurry." If you are worried about your brother-in-law, the foolish brother will send your sister-in-law to your house to say it. ”

"No, no, it's so late. How can I work my sister-in-law to go out, and besides, I am often on duty at night, so what is there to worry about. Wei Ling had to return to his seat and sit down again.

"In that case, then what are you worried about, just get drunk, and you won't have any worries tomorrow."

"Get drunk, and you don't have any worries. Is this possible? Wei Ling muttered to himself, his handsome face full of pain.

"How is it impossible, when the foolish brother Fang was driven out of the clan, life was better than death, and he wanted to get drunk every day, so, now I want to open it, what major events do you encounter, will it be more difficult than me to get rid of the family tree?"

"It's different, ......it's different," Wei Ling muttered. Next, drink as if you were drinking water. All are welcome.

It's already the middle of the night, the moon has climbed into the middle of the sky, the sounds outside have quieted down, Wei Yundi's wife and maidservant have gone down to rest first, before going to bed, the two have already prepared more than a dozen dishes, and the table is already in a mess at this time. There were seven or eight jars of wine weighing several pounds empty all around. Every jar was drunk to the bottom.

Wei Yunming's identity is a businessman, and he has a lot of good wine hidden at home. At this time, they were about to drink it all, but both of them were full of red drink, but one of them was pretending, and there was obviously a trace of wet dew under Wei Yun's feet, and most of the wine he drank spit out, but Wei Ling didn't find it.

"Boom." With a bang, Wei Ling's head slammed on the table, although the wine hidden in Wei Ling's house was not very high, it was fragrant and thick, easy to import, and full of stamina, Wei Ling finally couldn't support it.

Wei Yun breathed a sigh of relief, Wei Ling has been an alcoholic since he was a child, if he didn't cheat, the two Wei Yun wouldn't be able to drink him, and if he drank it again, he would be drunk even if he vomited most of the wine, so he hurriedly went over to hold Wei Ling, patted his face and said, "Seventh brother, wake up, wake up." ”

Wei Ling's eyes widened, and the expression on his face was surprised: "Hey, who are you, why don't I know you?" ”

"I'm your third brother Wei Yun."

"Oh, it turned out to be the third brother, no, wasn't the third brother expelled from the house by the patriarch, in fact, the patriarch did something wrong, he knew that you didn't steal money but took care of other people's face, you must chase the third brother out, I fought with the clansmen, but I couldn't fight."

Wei Yun listened silently, he used to have only one friend in the clan, but now he wants to talk from his mouth, however, Wei Yun quickly threw away his hesitation and asked, "Seventh brother, why did you suddenly ask a foolish brother for a drink?" ”

"Fire, set fire to it." Wei Ling said vaguely, tilting his head to the side.

"What fire? Seventh brother, you can make it clear. Seeing that Wei Ling was about to sleep, Wei Yun hurriedly leaned over to Wei Ling's ear and asked.

"No, I can't say it, otherwise the Wei family will raid the house and destroy the door......"

Wei Ling's words became a mumping sound, no matter how close Wei Yun was, he couldn't hear it clearly, Wei Yun became excited, as if he saw a bright door opening towards him.

"It's okay, seventh brother, don't hold anything in your heart, otherwise you will suffocate yourself, and there are no outsiders here, just say it, it's comfortable to say it." Wei Yun earnestly induced.

"Set fire, patriarch, the general ordered me to set fire to the Wude Hall and burn the ...... Burn the Wude Temple. ”

Wei Yun sizzled when he heard it, he had heard the news of the fire in the palace last night, but the palace was tightly sealed, so it was inconvenient for him to inquire, however, as a hundred households of the dark guards, he still got some news, but he didn't expect that the person who set the fire was right in front of him, no wonder the Praetorian Guards couldn't find the person who set the fire even if they searched for it, this person was among them, how to find it?

Put Wei Ling down, Wei Yun's face was uncertain, and reported this news, there is no doubt that the Wei family will face the disaster of extinction immediately, this is the opportunity he dreamed of before, but when the opportunity really came, Wei Yun hesitated, do you really want to report this news, although he was expelled from the clan, he is the son of the Wei family, he wants to return to the Wei family in a dignified manner, but he does not want to eradicate the Wei family, once the Wei family is gone, even if he is promoted and made a fortune with this, I am afraid that he will be pointed out by thousands of people.

But if he doesn't report it, how can he be worthy of the emperor, the dark guards are the eyes and ears of the emperor, from the day they were established, all the dark guards swore to be loyal to the emperor, and now the emperor is wise and powerful, and the great Sui is when he is strong, if he hides, it is tantamount to betraying the emperor.

He only felt Wei Ling's pain at this time, on the one hand, he was loyal to the king, but on the other hand, he was his own family, even hesitant to leave the family for five years, not to mention Wei Ling, who had always been helped by the family, but the Praetorian Guard was directly loyal to the emperor's troops, not the family's private territory, from the day they entered the Praetorian Guard, all the children had to receive a loyal and patriotic education, their salaries and military positions were given by the emperor, and loyalty to the emperor was their mission.

Wei Ling is not a direct descendant of the family, people like him know how difficult it is to get into the official position if he relies on the recommendation of the family officials, Wei Yun was slandered because he blocked the way of others, and now the military generals can still kill the enemy and serve the country and become a military officer, but the civilian officials are completely in the hands of the family and local officials, if there is a fair path for everyone to choose, it is undoubtedly a good thing for the country and the people, but this good thing has been opposed because it deprives the family of its interests, and even destroys it in every possible way. Moreover, the person who carried out this destruction was still himself, and in the face of the dilemma of allegiance to the emperor and loyalty to the family, Wei Ling would be so out of shape.

Thinking about this, Wei Yun's face was not relaxed at all, did he really want to send the Wei family to a dead end and sell his only friend in exchange for wealth?

"Wei Zisheng, General Wei, you have done a good thing, you are going to take the Wei family to a dead end." Wei Yun muttered to himself, looking at Wei Ling sleeping next to him, an indescribable worry came up, grabbed the wine jar that was still on the table, shook it, and saw that there was still half a jar of wine, picked it up and poured it into his mouth, coo, spit, Wei Yun drank the remaining half of the jar of wine to the ground, and threw the wine jar on the ground and fell into the powder, bang, Wei Yun also fell asleep at the table.

Late at night, the Wude Hall is still bright, the chief examiner Xu Deyan took all the students who took the sub-examination and the grading papers to do the final work, this afternoon, all the candidates' marking has been completed, and in the evening, the list of hired scholars will be drawn up for the emperor to see, in order to show the grandeur, Yang Yong himself does not sleep, just staring at the movements of the examiners in the Wude Palace.

Because it was the first imperial examination, the emperor decided to admit a total of 200 scholars, of which 80 were selected for the Ming Jing section, 50 for each of the Ming Law and Ming History, and only 20 for the Ming character subject.

Although the 100-point system has been adopted, it is only a matter of great importance, for the scholars who are on the line, it can be said that it is heaven to go further, and it is hell to take a step back, so it is necessary to re-check the test paper to see if there are any omissions and mistakes, especially the scholars of the Ming Jing Branch, after the seventy-fifth place, there are more than ten people who are only within a few points, who is up and who is down, it is a problem.