readx;?readx; Chapter 376: Why are you so fierce?

In the palace and the imperial study, it was another all-nighter. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Putting down the last book in his hand, Emperor Zhaowu got up and went to the easy chair on the side to take a rest.

Resting lightly on the soft chair, he felt like a pinprick in his body every time he moved. While carefully moving his sore neck, he sighed softly: "Recently, this body has been getting worse day by day. My eyes are getting harder, and I'm having more and more trouble seeing. ”

Zhuo Yan hurriedly came up to knead his spine for him, and said softly: "Your Majesty, just like the fifth brother said, you have to take it easy, this state affairs are not a big deal to deal with, if you are tired of the dragon body, the gains outweigh the losses." ”

Emperor Zhaowu took the ginseng soup offered by the little eunuch, took a sip and said, "Hey...... It's really a little overwhelming," after speaking, he felt a little frustrated, and forced a smile: "It's okay, get through this paragraph, and it will be easy after the cabinet is built." ”

Zhuo Yan saw that Emperor Zhaowu insisted, so he had to whisper: "Your Majesty can always sleep now." ”

Emperor Zhaowu nodded, and chuckled: "Okay, sleep ......" Just about to get up, he remembered something again and said: "Lou Wanli has recruited?" ”

Zhuo Yan smiled bitterly and said: "It's been three days of interrogation, and he still doesn't ......admit it," he said with a little frustration: "According to the old slave, this is fooled, and Lou Wanli is unlikely to do such a stupid thing." ”

Emperor Zhaowu put down the cup in his hand, took the silk scarf and wiped his mouth, and said indifferently: "Pass." ”

Zhuo Yan hurriedly took the order and left, and brought a man covered in bruises with him.

The man's clothes had been beaten into strips of cloth, sticking to the flesh that had bloomed, and it was impossible to distinguish which was the clothes and which was the flesh, and if it weren't for the two guards, he would not even be able to stand.

Sure enough, as soon as the guard let go, his knees weakened, and he fell to his knees on the ground, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses. Raising his head with difficulty, he saw Emperor Zhaowu sitting upright, looking at him expressionlessly.

"Your Majesty...... Humble duty......" The man kowtowed as if he was scheming, and shouted to hit the sky.

Emperor Zhaowu snorted noncommittally: "Do you think you have been wronged? ”

That man is the owner of Wanlilou, he is pampered on weekdays, how can he suffer such hardships? Hearing this, he snorted and said with tears: "Although the humble position is reckless, he is loyal, but he has never thought of betraying your ......."

Emperor Zhaowu laughed and said: "Not to mention this time, just say that you have neglected your duties in the past few years, cowered and feared things, and how many major things have you really missed?" Couldn't you be beaten and bent?"

Lou Wanli wailed in his heart: "Beat me for three days, this one is long enough." But hearing the looseness in Emperor Zhaowu's tone, where should he behave obediently, he shrunk his neck and said with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty's lesson is that as long as you don't doubt the loyalty of your humble position, even if you beat me to death, there will be no complaints." ”

Emperor Zhaowu glanced at Zhuo Yan standing next to him, and asked softly, "Have you checked it out?" ”

Zhuo Yan nodded and said: "It was his half-brother Lou Wannian who stole his seal and imitated him to sign it, and he really didn't know it in advance." ”

Emperor Zhaowu was slightly strange and said, "Since you are your own compatriots, why do you want to destroy the Great Wall?" ”

Zhuo Yanyun said lightly: "Because the landlord forced his stepmother to commit suicide in shame, then Lou Wannian naturally held a grudge and did such a stupid thing." Hearing him say this, Lou Wanli lowered his head with shame on his face and muttered softly: "That woman is more than ten years younger than her humble position." ”

"Where is Lou Wannian now?" Emperor Zhaowu ignored him, but became interested in the second boss who avenged his mother.

"Missing." Zhuo Yan was concise and to the point.

"That thief must have absconded in fear of crime!" Lou Wanli interjected with indignation on his face.

"Shut up!" Emperor Zhaowu suddenly became furious, stretched out his hand and pointed at Lou Wanli, gritted his teeth and said: "You shameless animal, I handed over the royal spy to you, I didn't let you play with your mother!"

Lou Wanli was suddenly frightened like a quail in the cold wind, shivering and unable to speak.

Emperor Zhaowu was ignited with anger, and snorted angrily: "You fucking forgot your errand, right? ”

"Humble remembers ...... He was ordered to spy on the royal spies, collect intelligence, and fill in the gaps for the royal spies. Lou Wanli lowered his head and whispered.

Emperor Zhaowu giggled with disdain: "What is the result? What did you do? Not only did she let Princess Heyang act recklessly, but she also framed her in turn, when did my royal spy become so bad? ”

Lou Wanli was reprimanded by Emperor Zhaowu in a cold sweat, and the sweat soaked into the scars all over his body, so painful that he almost fainted, but he didn't dare to hum out.

You scolded for a long time, and Emperor Zhaowu's anger gradually subsided. With a long sigh, his tone turned slowly: "You are my old man, how did we get acquainted back then, do you remember?" ”

Lou Wanli snorted and said with tears: "I don't forget my humble position, twelve years ago, I vowed to build the tallest building in the world, but I didn't want to violate the system." Kyoto Prefecture Yin sealed the building, and he also wanted to send his humble post to prison, but fortunately met His Majesty Weifu out of the palace, not only forgave the villain, but also authorized me to continue to build Wanli Tower. His Majesty's home also enshrines the ink treasure that His Majesty wrote that day. ”

Hearing what he said, Emperor Zhaowu was also full of emotion and said: "Twelve years, twelve years is one era, how many epochs can there be in life?" You have to cherish this affection. ”

Lou Wanli whimpered and cried: "I will never forget Your Majesty's kindness for the rest of my life, and I will definitely change my mind and make new contributions to Your Majesty from now on......"

Emperor Zhaowu smiled slightly and said: "The so-called clothes are not as good as new, and people are not as good as before, if you can change it, I will be pleased." He looked at the trembling Lou Wanli, and smiled softly: "Don't make mistakes again, I still want to be old, how many old guys can talk and move around." His warm words were in stark contrast to the miserable Lou Wanli on the ground.

Lou Wanli slammed his head on the carpet and said: "There will be a next time, without His Majesty's punishment, he will jump into the Xiaoqing River to feed Wang Ba by himself." ”

Emperor Zhaowu finally smiled and said: "These days, you should take care of your injuries first, and when you heal, you can have a good life and run errands, and don't have any more mistakes." ”

Lou Wanli was naturally grateful again, so he got up and retired with the support of the guards. Before he turned his head, he heard Emperor Zhaowu say lightly: "Your Wanli Building will be closed, this sign is completely stinky." ”

Lou Wanli snorted when he heard this, although he was the commander of the royal secret spy, he didn't like this identity at all, and all his feelings were pinned on the first floor of the world. Wanlilou's Lou Wanli, this is the only identity he recognizes in his heart. At this time, hearing this bad news, his scarred body could no longer bear it, and he actually fainted......

He was dizzy for three to five days, and after waking up, he couldn't see things for more than a month. During this period of time, the operation of the royal spy almost came to a standstill, and even such important information as the 'Wen Li Society' was not transmitted. Coupled with the completely unbridled royal secret agent, Emperor Zhaowu's two major intelligence agencies in Zhongdu actually failed at the same time, and by the time he was annoyed to investigate the problem, many things had already happened.

Today is the third day of the third month of March, the last day of Dabi. The first two exams were quite successful, and after the last four-book test, the spring of the eighteenth year of Zhaowu was over.

Qin Lei inspected the examination room again as usual, and saw that the movers who were quite clean and neat on the first day of junior high school became unkempt and unkempt, and if they got closer, there was a faint foul smell, which was really unappetizing.

Qin Lei knew that even if the cleanest woman in the world was locked up in this small house, eating, drinking, and not moving, it would become this virtue...... It's just that it doesn't get a scruffy beard. He sympathized with these candidates very much, although he could not provide them with any convenience due to the rules, but he would send people to light incense, sandalwood and other things that could refresh the mind every day, and strictly forbade the soldiers to make noise, and tried to give the candidates a better environment.

When he inspected Li Sihai's side, the little fat man who was so bored that he counted ants finally couldn't help but say, "Let's talk." ”

Qin Lei glared at him fiercely and scolded in a low voice: "Don't look for trouble." "This kid's scroll is still empty, he must be playing some tricks in it, but he is still so dishonest, how can he be a cheap word?

The little fat man shrunk his neck and whispered, "Why are you so fierce?" Qin Lei glared at him again, and then walked to the next prison with his sleeves.

Seeing that Wen Mingren inside had nothing to do, Qin Lei couldn't help but whispered, "Let's talk." "As for why this guy can participate in the Spring Festival, Qin Lei is still very curious.

"Less trouble!" Wen Mingren said indifferently.

"Why are you so fierce......" Qin Lei rolled his eyes and continued to patrol with a boring face.

He saw Fang Zhongshu writing hard; He saw Xin Litong carefully considering the words; He saw that Shang De was contemplating and pondering; He saw Tu Gongchun gnawing on pig's trotters......

"Ahem... cough ...... "Seeing that this red-faced guy was eating with oil on his hands, and even there were two shiny fingerprints on the half-written scroll, Qin Lei couldn't help but sweat profusely.

Hearing the voice, Tu Gongchun looked up with his mouth wide open, only to find that His Royal Highness the King of Longwei County was standing in front of him, embarrassedly put down the pig's trotters in his hand, swallowed the meat tendons in his mouth and said, "I'm hungry......"

Seeing that his face was brightly lit up, Qin Lei couldn't help laughing and said softly: "Everyone else is dry food and pickles, why do you want to ...... What about gnawing on pig's trotters? ”

"Students panic when they don't eat meat for a day." Although he already knew that Qin Wu Gongzi was the Fifth Highness, he was still not very nervous.

Qin Lei glanced at the oil-stained rolls and asked in a low voice, "If the rolls are not clean, the results will be discounted." ”

Tu Gongchun pouted and said, "I accidentally got it, I'll copy it again later." ”

Seeing that he looked heartless, Qin Lei smiled and said, "Yes, you can do it yourself." After speaking, he was about to leave, but he heard Tu Gongchun whisper: "Lord Wang, the student wants to join the army, I heard that you are training a new army, can I sign up?" ”

Qin Lei looked at him suspiciously, stood up again and asked, "Then why do you still want to participate in the imperial examination?" ”

"For the sake of fulfilling my father's wishes, my father wants me to be a good official after the exam. But I yearn for Jin Ge Iron Horse more, and I never thought about being an official at all. He was afraid that he would never see Qin Lei again, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "I don't want to occupy other people's Jinshi quota, so I don't treat it well." ”

Qin Lei smiled slightly and said, "Let's take the exam, let's wait for the release of the list." After saying that, he really left.

Tu Gongchun didn't get a letter, so he had to retract his head and grit his teeth...... gnaw on his pig's trotters.

By the fourth quarter of the hour, it was already dark, and even though the scholars could not see the handwriting on the scroll with wide eyes, they had to light candles and start the final sprint.

There is one thing Qin Lei thinks is very strange: why can't these people write a few words throughout the day, but at night they are like a spring of thoughts, so they have to light candles to have ideas?

But there are also those who are confident, pack up the pen and ink baggage, hand the paper to the examiner, and get up slowly, and finally leave the prison for three days of struggle.

There were also those who fainted after handing in the papers, and the soldiers carried them out on the prepared stretchers and sent them to the front yard to rest without mentioning.

Qin Lei personally stood at the door, watching every candidate who handed in the papers leave, Shang Dezhong, Fang Zhongshu and other 'protégés of the Son of Heaven' really wanted to come out early, and when they saw Qin Lei, they all respectfully saluted and said: "Teacher......"

Qin Lei was happy in his heart, and said secretly: "Yes, I am the chief examiner, and all of them are my students...... The old man can only be regarded as the headmaster. At this point, the smile on Qin Lei's face became even brighter, and he said softly to every candidate: "It's hard work, go back and rest." ”

The so-called good words are warm in three winters, and the scholars who are physically and mentally tired are very useful to the prince's warm words, and they are very grateful to give another salute, and then they staggered away.

After a while, the little fat man also came out, and seeing that there was no one in front and behind, Qin Lei squinted his eyes and said, "You were still a blank roll a quarter of an hour ago, why did you come out now?" ”

The little fat man pursed his lips, touched his cheeks and said, "Uncle, you see that your nephews have lost weight, so let's raise your noble hands." ”

Qin Lei also pursed his lips and ignored him. The little fat man suddenly said with joy: "It's really enough brother, please go back to Wanlilou and invite you." With that, he trotted away...... Sure enough, it is the species of the Li family, and it is not as weak as the scholars at all.

Qin Lei smiled bitterly and scolded in a low voice: "***, is it an uncle or ......a nephew or a brother?"

After about two quarters of an hour, a crowd of men came out, and it seemed that the three candles had burned out.

After another quarter of an hour, seeing that no more scholars came out, Qin Lei rubbed his waist and commanded softly, "Close the door." After speaking, he walked to the public hall in the center of the Gongyuan.

When passing by the prison cell, Qin Lei heard the sound of begging and crying, and his nose could still smell a burnt smell, so he walked over to take a look.

It turned out that a candidate was kneeling and begging the examiner, and by the light of the lantern, Qin Lei could clearly see the blood marks on his head, obviously kowtowing too violently.

"What's going on?" Koji Yanwu, who came with him, asked unhappily.

Only then did the examiner see the prince and Lord Shangshu coming, and hurriedly saluted respectfully: "Lord Qi, Lord Shangshu, this person wants to set fire." As he spoke, he pointed to the scorched quilt that was still emitting black smoke, and said with an indignant face: "How sinister his intentions are! Because he didn't do well in the exam, he wanted to burn everyone here! ”

Qin Lei looked at the blue brick prison house, there was no combustible, and couldn't help sneering: "A quilt can burn here?" You're going to show it to Lone Burn. ”

The man also said in a lamented voice: "Lord Mingjian, the student has only used up three candles, but there are still a few lines left to finish. In a hurry, he set the quilt on fire, just to make up those lines by the light of the fire, how could he set it on fire? ”

The examiner's face was stunned, and he sneered at the candidate: "When the three candles are burned out, the candidate will be helped out of the field, this is the rule, do you understand?" ”

Juzi also knew that he was at a loss, and choked up: "My lord, there are really only a few words missing, please be accommodating." ”

Qin Lei saw that this candidate was really a little straightforward, so he didn't ask for it in front of him, the main examiner, but wanted to ask the same examiner. I couldn't help but feel compassion, and just wanted to speak out, but I heard the examiner say coldly: "No, if I promise you, how will I explain to other candidates?" ”

Qin Lei thought to himself, it was also this reason, so he stopped his mouth, glanced at Li Guangyuan, who was standing on the side at some point, and asked softly, "What does Master Li think?" ”

Li Guangyuan chuckled: "Because he has no money to honor the examiner, the candle he got is shorter than others, which is unfair in itself." ”

Qin Lei's face changed suddenly, and he snorted coldly: "There is such a thing? ”