Seeing that Lai Hu'er looked like he was in a chest, Su You immediately asked in a low voice, "My father-in-law is in a hurry to call my son-in-law here, I don't know what to order?" ”

Lai Hu'er took a sip of tea, and then made his meaning clear, "The old man wants to discuss with you how to inspect the examination room tomorrow, and then expose Yuwen's favoritism." ”

"Inspecting the exam room? Exposing Yuwenshu? Su You was stunned for a moment and asked with some puzzlement.

Inspecting and inspecting this kind of thing, it's not that you want to go, you can go if you want to, and Yuwen Shu is a very human minister, is it really good to be dead with him at this time?

Lai Hu'er nodded, and said helplessly, "That's right, this morning His Majesty has given me the will to inspect the examination room tomorrow, and when I was at a loss, I received two candidates who reported Yuwen Shu that he was selling admission places at a clear price."

"Who are these two candidates, and why did they report Yu Wenshu?" Su You immediately said the doubts in his heart.

"They are Li Hun's people, I don't care what their purpose is, I just care about the truth or falsehood." Laihu'er shook his head, obviously having already checked the truth of the news.

Su You nodded, Li Hun and Yu Wenshu were natural enemies, and the possibility of them joining forces to protect his son was very small, but he still felt a little frightened.

"What? Are you worried about fraud? Lai Hu'er saw Su You's worry at a glance, and immediately asked with a smile.

Su You nodded and said seriously, "I want to meet the person who exposed Yuwenshu's sale of admission places. ”

Laihu'er nodded and immediately clapped his hands.

After the applause fell, I saw Lai Cheng and a young man about twenty years old walking in from outside, and after entering the study, the young man saluted to Lai Hu'er and said, "Villain Zhang Dacheng, meet the general." ”

Zhang Dacheng didn't know Lai Hu'er and Su You, but he could guess that it was Lai Hu'er who was sitting on the top seat, but he couldn't guess Su You who was sitting on the side.

Lai Hu'er obviously didn't intend to let him know Su You's identity, so he immediately waved his hand to him, "No need to be polite, can you tell me more about you?" ”

Zhang Dacheng nodded, and immediately said, "The villain was originally recommended by Li Zhuguo, so as to get the qualification to participate in the martial arts examination, four or five days ago came to the Eastern Capital, and then met four or five candidates who are also martial arts, and after some discussion with them, I knew that it was hopeless to be on the list this time, but if I knew that it was difficult to retreat, I was afraid that I would lose face after I went back."

"Getting to the point." Laihu'er frowned and interjected.

"When the villain was worried, he got a little news from the mouths of those new friends, saying that as long as you spend a certain amount of money, you can pass the guò exam, and the price at that time was that you can pass the first day of the exam for 1,000 guan, and you can pass the exam on the second day by spending 3,000 guan" Zhang Dacheng immediately said.

When Lai Hu'er heard this, his eyebrows were almost twisted together, "Hmph, in this case, wouldn't it be possible for a rich person to pass the guò exam!" How many places should be enough for them? ”

Su You knew that the person who did this business was not so stupid, after all, with the arrival of Su You, the demon, the people of the Great Sui had a different vision of the economy.

Sure enough, Zhang Dacheng continued with some anger, "On the first and second day of the exam, if you have money, you can pass guò, but the exam on the third day is different, because the number of places is limited, and the seller adopts the method of bidding to auction these places. ”

Su You nodded, "This method is really good, but it's not easy to bring you people together, right?" Aren't they afraid of being exposed because of this? ”

"In fact, we take the method of concealed bidding, they use a few pieces of jade in the antique shop to replace the subject matter, let the interested people report their own price code, pay the deposit, when they count these price codes, they will issue places in the order of high and low bids, and the deposit will be refunded if the bid fails."

Use the antique store as a cover and do buy. Official sale. The official's deal, or the big bribe, is not a secret in the future generations, but now that they can play this trick, it is obviously difficult to understand Lai'er.

Su You suddenly seemed to understand what was going on.

Lai Hu'er immediately asked, "How can you be sure that the person who sold the admission quota is Yuwenshu?" ”

Zhang Dacheng continued to explain with some embarrassment, "In the final analysis, my family background is not as good as that of several other people, and in the end, because of the failure of the bidding, I completely gave up tomorrow and the subsequent exams; After I received the deposit for the return of the unsuccessful bidding, I went to resign to Li Zhuguo, and finally I couldn't stand the condemnation of my conscience and confessed the matter to him."

"Then he found out that Yu Wenshu was behind this transaction, and ordered you to come to me to report him?" Laihu'er's expression was grim, and he said coldly.

Obviously, Li Hun, the old turtle, is not going to come out, not because he doesn't want to bring down Yuwenshu, but because he is afraid of failure.

Li Hun obviously also knew that Lai Hu'er would ask this question, so he also gave the answer to Zhang Dacheng earlier, "Li Zhuguo heard that His Majesty sent you to inspect the examination room tomorrow, and more importantly, he has some grievances with General Yuwen, so it is inconvenient to stand up and impeach him."

This answer is quite self-justifying, and Lai Hu'er did not pursue it too much, but returned to the topic of Yuwen's favoritism and fraud again, "As far as you know, how many people spend money on martial arts?" ”

Zhang Dacheng thought about it, but still gave an uncertain number, "According to the villain's speculation, there are no less than fifty candidates on the B list." ”

"Are they all antique shops of the Yuwen family?"

"Most likely, this is also the result of the candidates' private word of mouth, and they are also like me, thinking that they can be admitted as long as they spend money, and no one thought that it would be decided by competitive bidding at the beginning."

Su You couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Yuwenshu's plan to collect money was almost perfect, but after all, he was still greedy, and the final result would inevitably be dissatisfied with the people who spent a lot of money but got nothing.

Lai Hu'er stared at Zhang Dacheng and asked word by word, "You don't plan to take the exam, do you?" If I impeach Yuwenshu, can you be present as a tainted witness? ”

"Of course, of course." Zhang Dacheng seemed to be relieved when he heard that Laihu'er wanted to be a tainted witness himself.

Su You didn't feel surprised by this, because he was originally Li Hun's pawn, and Li Hun had obviously promised him benefits.

"In that case, then you stay in the cold house for two days, I hope you get used to it." Lai Hu'er was still quite satisfied with Zhang Dacheng's attitude, and after saying this to him, he looked at the next head and asked, "Have you recorded the chat with Zhang Dacheng just now?" ”

Strictly speaking, what Zhang Dacheng just said will be a confession in court, but if you directly use "confession", then Laihu'er is suspected of setting up a private court; Therefore, what Zhang Dacheng said is just a chat record.

Lai Cheng Lai Hu'er nodded, then stood up with a few pieces of paper, handed them to Zhang Dacheng and said with a smile, "Do you see if these words are recorded correctly?" If that's right, just draw a bet. ”

Zhang Dacheng didn't want to come over and play this hand with the whole father and son, but he originally had a clear conscience, so he just asked Laihu'er with some concern, "Come to the general, it's no problem for me to be a witness for this tain, I won't go to prison for it."

Lai Hu'er patted his chest and promised, "Don't worry, as long as this matter can be successfully completed, the old man will never treat you badly." ”

Zhang Dacheng immediately put his mind at ease, and was immediately taken down.

After they left, Lai Hu'er said to Su You, "It's not easy to do, the law has always been not responsible, and now so many candidates are involved in the case, and they are either rich or expensive, I am afraid that you and I will not be able to change the result of this exam." ”

Su You had no choice but to speak out and comfort, "It's not important, if you pull Yuwenshu off the horse because of this."

Laihu'er immediately smiled and asked, "Then what are you going to do?" ”

Su You was stunned, what do you mean I plan to do? The co-authoring father-in-law is also like Li Hun, do you still want me to force my head in the end?

Come on, since I married your daughter, I have to go up with difficulty, and if I don't have difficulties, I have to go to it.

Su You's heart was horizontal, and he immediately said in a big way, "Please look down on your father-in-law, my son-in-law will never give up!" ”

Lai Hu'er was extremely satisfied with Su You's appearance, so he said earnestly, "Since His Majesty asked me to inspect the examination room, I realized that he attaches great importance to this martial arts examination. In fact, he didn't want to select any talents, but wanted to know the attitude of officials towards martial arts. If you want to be a good official, the most important thing is to understand Your Majesty's thoughts, so that you can prescribe the right medicine. ”

"This son-in-law understands." Su You didn't expect that Lai Hu'er didn't say anything about martial arts, but talked about how to be an official, but he could only nod decisively.

"Comprehending the holy will is the first step, and the second step is to let His Majesty know that you understand what he means, in short, it is to find a stepping stone, a person who dares to disobey His Majesty's meaning to step on! Only in this way will Your Majesty appreciate you and reuse you. ”

"What does my father-in-law mean, this stepping stone is Yuwenshu?" Su You thought deeply of Laihu'er's statement, but when he thought of Yang Guang's fortune telling him, and when he thought that he only had less than a year to live, he was a little excited.

"Let's just say that this Yuwen Shu is not only your stepping stone, but also my stepping stone, you may ask why him, right?" Laihu'er nodded, looked at Su Youxiao, who was a little disappreciative, and asked.

Su You also replied with a smile, "Because he doesn't have any friends." ”

After Su You said this, he felt a little suspicious of being cute, but this line quoted from Xiao Qiao in "Red Cliff" is really suitable for use here.

Lai Hu'er was stunned, obviously he didn't expect Su You to answer like this, but is there a better answer than this?

"You are right, the last time I was in Yulin, the ministers were already the same enemy of the Yuwen family, this time we stepped on him, not only to suppress him, but also to gain the favor of the ministers; Most importantly, Yuwen Shu did not realize the significance of His Majesty's holding of this martial arts. This time, he was clever to himself, thinking that His Majesty was very deep about his holy family, and he made a million hundred thousand yuan in martial arts, and His Majesty would only reprimand him slightly, and would not delve into it."

"Your Majesty will be furious because of this?"

"Probably so."