In the next few days, the officialdom, shopping malls, markets, and love fields were all calm, everyone was on vacation, there were no major military events, no open struggles, no deceit, and everyone was quietly waiting for the imperial examination to come.

But what is calm is only the surface of the water, and there is still an undercurrent under the surface of the water, and everyone is arranged, especially when the emperor Huangfu Xuande officially approved the expansion of the embroidered clothes and plum blossoms in Youzhou, Chu, and Qi, the power struggle between the two guards in these three states also began to compete in secret.

Wujin has been nervous and busy these days, every day he will go to the plum blossom guard to report on the point, and then rush to the military camp, this plum blossom guard is about to be transferred to Chuzhou, he wants to hold the military power tightly in his hands is the most realistic thing.

Four days later, Wujin got the news from Sun Jianhong that the Huang family would go to Taixue to visit Huang Hongyuan for the second time, and the critical moment had come, and this time he would go out in person.

．．．．．． Early in the morning, Liu Qun, the second housekeeper, got into the carriage with a lot of things for the old man, and set off to Taixue, he was very nervous, because if he could complete the task today, his son would be able to return to him.

Two days ago, Liu Qun met his son in a small room, the child was very healthy and lively, without being injured and depressed, which made him relieved, and with the return of his son's peace and expectations, his mentality has begun to change at this time.

The temptation of the thousand taels of silver began to outweigh his fears for his son, and with this thousand taels of silver he could go to a foreign land and become a landlord, instead of being a servant or a steward, and let others serve him instead of him.

Especially his wife would beat him on the bed every night, and the remaining five hundred taels of silver must be obtained, Liu Qun began to work hard, and he didn't even need to be urged by Meihuawei, he himself ran to tell Huang Hongyuan's son that he could go to Taixue for the second time, for fear that Huang Hongyuan's son would forget the five-day limit.

Liu Qun came to Taixue nervously and expectantly, he was most worried about two things, one was that Huang Hongyuan refused to give the question, and the second was that the monitoring was too strict, he couldn't get the question, and the monitor was likely not to let him take something out, if the test question was hidden in a certain item, and the embroidered clothes guard buckled the thing and was not allowed to take it out, then his five hundred taels of silver would be over.

Liu Qun was taken to the second floor, the door opened as the last time, Huang Hongyuan walked out of the room with a gloomy face, brought all the things in, and handed out a few things that were not used, and the captain of the embroidered clothes next to him immediately stopped: "My lord, there are regulations in the imperial court, things are only allowed to be sent in, not out, and when the adults go back, they can be brought back together." ”

"Why, wasn't it possible last year?" Huang Hongyuan said unhappily.

"I don't know if it was possible last year, but this year there are rules, only allowed to enter and not allowed to go out, please forgive me, even if the adult gives it to him, he can't take it out."

Huang Hongyuan was a little helpless, as long as he took the things back one by one, and finally he held up a bottle of pills and shook it, and said to Liu Qun very unhappily: "I didn't eat any of this bottle of medicine, you took it wrong, it was the red pill on my bookshelf, not this black bottle." ”

He snorted heavily, turned back to the house, 'Boom! The door was slammed shut, Liu Qun was dumbfounded, but the captain of the embroidered guard was a little sympathetic to him, patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "It's understandable, I've been isolated for too long, I'm in a bad mood, and my temper is not good." ”

Liu Qun sighed, shook his head, turned around and left, and didn't take anything with him, but he firmly remembered what Huang Hongyuan said.

The red bottle of elixir on the bookshelf. ’

This time was different from last time, the carriage of the Huang Mansion did not wait for him in Taixue, and after sending him here, he waited at the gate outside Taixue.

Liu Qun left the courtyard, walked a dozen steps, and got into another carriage, which followed him all the time, and when his carriage was gone, he was left with this carriage waiting for him at the door.

The carriage was very wide, and the inside of the carriage was divided into two by a curtain, and the inside carriage could not see the situation clearly, while the outside carriage sat the leader of the plum blossom guard from last time, looking at him with a smile.

Liu Qun got into the car in a panic like a thief, and said hurriedly: "The embroidered clothes guard is not allowed to bring anything out." ”

"We know."

Sun Jianhong was calm, as if he knew that this would be the result, "We want to know what he said?" ”

Liu Qun had to admire the other party's foresight, and hurriedly said: "He only said one sentence, saying that we took the wrong worry, it should be the red bottle pill on the bookshelf, not the black bottle pill." ”

Sun Jianhong asked again: "Then the elixir from last time should have been brought by Guan Xianju!" ”

"I don't know this very well, but my housewife hates the old man for taking medicine the most, and will never tell him to take medicine on time or anything like that, and the housewife didn't tell me, it was the eldest son who told me again and again."

At this moment, a deep voice came from inside the carriage, "Huang Hongyuan should have a red book on the shelf, no matter what, you have to get it first." ”

Liu Qun was startled, he didn't expect that there were still people in the carriage, only to see that the leader of the other party's plum blossom guard immediately said respectfully: "My subordinates will arrange it!" ”

He wrote a few words on a piece of paper, put it in a thin tube, took a pigeon out of a cage beside him, tied it to his legs, and released the pigeon, which fluttered into the sky.

"So what should I do?" Liu Qun asked a little nervously.

"You just wait here and go back in two hours."

．．．．．．．． Wu Jin's Plum Blossom Guard Sergeants belong to the elite of the elite, they are very effective, as early as five days ago, they knew about this year's new rules, visiting quarantine officials are only allowed to bring things in, not to take things out, they realized that Huang Hongyuan will bring out a message, his topic will be hidden in his study, and his message will be related to his library.

Realizing this, Mei Meiwei took another move five days ago, buying a maid who could enter and leave Huang Hongyuan's study.

Half an hour after Liu Qun got the news of the 'red elixir', a sixteen or seventeen-year-old maid walked out of the Huangfu and walked into an alley diagonally opposite not far away.

The maid knocked on the door, the door opened a crack, the maid quickly walked into the courtyard, and a big man in black asked her, "Did you bring it?" ”

The maid took out a red-skinned copy of the Analects from her bosom and handed it to the other party, and the man in black hurried into the room with the book, while the maid was taken to another room to wait.

There were several sergeants sitting in the room, and one of the Plum Blossom Guards flipped through the book and found two pieces of paper from it, which were densely filled with titles.

It should be these two pieces of paper, Huang Hongyuan has prepared them in advance, and they have nothing to do with the book, and it is impossible for the Jinshi examination questions to contain only one copy of the Analects.

When they found the question, the two Plum Blossom Guard sergeants immediately picked up their pens and copied them separately, and in just a quarter of an hour, the exam questions on the two sheets of paper had been copied.

The man in black put the exam questions back in the original book, walked back to the courtyard and handed the red-skinned "Analects" to the maid, "Put it back in its place immediately, no delay!" ”

The maid never said a word, she took back the book, and hurriedly left the small courtyard, returned to the Huangfu from the back door, from Sun Jianhong to release the carrier pigeon to steal the book, until finally put the book back, it only took less than an hour, and everything was done.

An hour later, Liu Qun returned to the Huang Mansion, and in the Guike Hall of the Huang Mansion, Huang Hongyuan's son Huang Qian accompanied Guan Xianju to wait a little impatiently, they had been waiting for an hour and a half, and the time was difficult.

"Steward Liu is back!"

Someone shouted outside, Huang Qian and Guan Xianju stood up together, greeted them, and walked to the door, just in time to see Steward Liu hurrying over.

"Childe, the embroidered guards are strictly searched, so it takes a lot of time, and the lord ....."

Steward Liu was about to continue to report, but Huang Qian stopped him, "Go to the house and talk!" ”

The three of them walked into the house, Huang Qian specially closed the door, and then he asked a little nervously, "What did you get back?" ”

Liu Qun shook his head, "Returning to Gongzi, the rules have changed this year, only things are allowed to be sent in, and nothing is allowed to be brought out." ”

"What!"

Guan Xianju next to him shouted out in a lost voice, his expression of extreme disappointment overflowed, the exam was going to start in less than ten days, all his hopes were pinned on the Huang family, if there were no test questions, he would really be finished.

Huang Qian was quite calm, and he immediately asked again: "Did the old man say anything?" ”

Liu Qun nodded, "The old man said something very angrily. ”

"What?" Huang Qian and Guan Xianju asked in unison, Guan Xianju already understood what Huang Qian meant, and a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart.

"The master said that the pill we gave us was wrong, it should be the red bottle on the bookshelf."

Huang Qian and Guan Xianju glanced at each other, and their eyes lit up at the same time, especially Guan Xianju was even more excited, and his note was placed in the bottle of elixir, that is, Huang Hongyuan's answer was where the test question was.

Huang Qian held back his excitement, nodded and smiled: "Thank you for your hard work, go back and rest!" ”

Sent Liu Qun away, Huang Qian took Guan Xianju and immediately came to his father's study, there was only one bookshelf in the study, Huang Qian quickly found a red skin of "Analects" on the shelf, and there was only this red book on the shelf.

Huang Qian trembled, and two pieces of paper full of dense handwriting fell from the book, Guan Xianju picked one up, and immediately shouted in surprise: "This is it!" ”

I saw that the paper was full of test questions, the content contains nearly 100 kinds of classic works of the past dynasties, and they are all the cold places in the book, the difficulty of the entrance examination is here, the candidates must be familiar with the works of the past dynasties and dynasties, in order to pick up the answer sheet without thinking, the slightest hesitation will be not enough time, this is the most difficult of the three exams, paste the scriptures, account for the most points, and the test is a dead thing.

The other two, poetry and strategy are based on the on-the-spot performance and the examiner's preferences, which is relatively easy, if you can get a full score for the scriptures, as long as the other two are not too bad, there is basically no problem in being admitted to the Jinshi.

How could this not make Guan Xianju ecstatic, Huang Qian was still a little uneasy, and told him again, "This test question is very important, only you can know it, and you must not spread it." ”

"Don't worry! I know it in my heart. Guan Xianju smiled proudly, as if he saw Su Han and him enter the cave room with him to flower candles.

(To be continued)