Ni Yuanlu, Wang Binglin, Huang Zunsu, and Qi Biaojia were all watching chess on the four-tile white canopy boat, and at this time, when they saw the Jian Servant Nengzhu coming in with a crumpled dirty cloth, Ni Yuanlu was so clean, frowned, and said, "What is this?" ”

Neng Zhu presented the dirty cloth to Zhang Dai: "I don't know which one threw it on the boat, but I didn't see anyone." Then he raised his left hand, holding a pebble in his hand, and said, "Wrapped around this stone, stone and cloth." ”

"No scissors?" Zhang Dai smiled "hey", saw that the cloth was dirty, refused to take it, and said, "Spread it out and take a look." ”

Nengzhu squatted down and unfolded the cloth on the floor, which was a half-foot-square white cotton cloth, with a few lines of ink written on it, obviously written in a bald pen, but there were still a few ink words that were a little scattered in the water--on the eve of the big competition, the wind was loud, and everyone's hearts were in a daze, and they gathered together to look at this crumpled dirty cloth, and saw that the cloth read:

"The colleagues of the Han Society worship the first seven arts of the Zhang Society, and the seven characters of the blue sky are the end of the seven characters, that is, the guarantee must be in the middle——"

It was these twenty-nine words, which was like a thunderclap that exploded in everyone's ears, and for a while, the major fraud cases in this dynasty rushed into their hearts - Hongzhi had not taken the examination in the twelfth year, Jiangyin Xu Jing and Suzhou Tang Yin bought questions from the examiner, but they failed, Xu Jing and Tang Yin were deposed for their fame, and the examiner Cheng Minzheng was dismissed; In the 22nd year of Jiajing, the examiners Qin Mingxia and Pu Yingqi sold the test questions to Zhai Rujian and Zhai Ruxiao's brothers...... Ni Yuanlu looked at Zhang Yuan, surprised, this matter is not trivial-Zhang Yuan glanced at the words on the floor, his heart was like a mirror, he was extremely angry, but he tried to calm down, and said: "This is the heart of destroying people and wanting to mess with my generation, you don't have to be fooled." ”

Wang Binglin said angrily: "Who is so vicious, and on the eve of entering the venue, he used such tricks to disturb us, it is really hateful. ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Senior brother, don't be angry, if you mess up your mind because of this matter, you will be in the middle of the plan to annihilate people." ”

Huang Zunsu thought more deeply, and said: "This plan is very poisonous, it is aimed at meson against my colleagues in the Han Society, not only to disturb the hearts of my generation, there will be follow-up rumors, if my colleagues in the Han Society are Chinese, this rumor will be very loud, although it may not be able to do anything to us, but it is always a variable that is not good for us." ”

Huang Zunsu deserved to be the think tank of the Donglin Party later, he saw the opportunity keenly and thoughtfully-Zhang Yuan nodded and said: "The real eldest brother said very much, the annihilation of people is not sure to frame us, but it is still possible to smear, stink, and disturb the situation. ”

Zhang Dai asked urgently: "In this case, how should we deal with it?" ”

Zhang Yuan pondered for a moment and said: "There are more than 100 members of the Hanshe Society who participated in the Zhejiang Township Examination, and I expect that many of them have received such stone cloths, and it is impossible to verify and notify them one by one at this time.

Huang Zunsu said angrily: "Jiezi, I'll go with you." ”

Wang Binglin said: "Let's all go together." ”

Six people with six umbrellas, and a few servants wearing hats and robes set foot on the south bank of the canal on a rainy night, Mu Zhenzhen on the Sanmingwa white canopy boat heard the movement, ran to the bow of the boat and asked, "Young master, where are you going?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Let's really come together." ”

Mu Zhenzhen said: "Young master, wait a minute. Returning to the cabin, he quickly tied the small dragon stick to his right thigh, took an umbrella, jumped ashore, opened the umbrella, and followed Zhang Yuan.

From the canal bank to Hangzhou Gongyuan is not a remote place, although it is a rainy night, pedestrians all the way are continuous, Qingyun Street is even more lively, the candidates have no intention of reading at this time, they are all gathered together to prepare the question, the mystery is mysterious, the scenery after the infatuation - Zhang Yuan and his party came to the east gate of the Gongyuan, the east gate is also called Yumen, at this time the gate is closed, the wall of the square is more than one zhang high with iron thorns, the tree square outside the gate, there are sergeants in front of the square, the guards are strict, Zhang Yuan asked the sergeant to see the promotion officer He Fangbo, the chief examiner Qian Qianyi and the deputy chief examiner Wang Bian can not see, Zhang Yuan wanted to see He Rushen, the political envoy of Zhejiang, who served as the promotion officer, and Fang Bo referred to the political envoy - the township examination examiner was divided into the inner curtain official and the outer curtain official, and the inner curtain official was the main and deputy chief examiner, the room official, and the marking officer, and he had already entered the Gongyuan three days before the examination, and he was isolated from the inside and outside, and he could not enter and leave without permission, nor could he see anyone outside the venue; The outer curtain officer is the promotion officer, the proctor, etc., the promotion officer is also called the tribute officer, and all the affairs inside and outside the general department are temporarily served by the political envoy of the highest governor of a province, and the importance attached by the Ming Dynasty to the township examination can be seen from this - the sergeant refused to report to Zhang Yuan, saying that the examination is about to start, and in order to prevent fraud, the outer curtain officer will not contact the candidate, Zhang Yuan sent the cotton cloth with 29 characters written on it to the sergeant to the promotion officer, saying that the matter is very important - one of the guards saw that Zhang Yuan said solemnly, so he said: "The promotion officer is not easy to see, I will go to ask the prison officer for instructions." So he took the piece of cotton cloth into the workshop to see the prison officer, the prison officer took a look, the matter seems to be not small, this is someone to the inner curtain to read the joint of the joint, so let go of the lock of the Yu door, he went to see the official and political envoy He Fangbo.

Zhang Yuan and the others waited outside the door with an umbrella, and when they waited for about a moment, a group of people walked out of the Yumen, and the promotion officer and the supervisor came out, followed by the inspector and the prison officer--He Rushen, the political envoy, had heard of Zhang Yuan's name, and immediately asked Zhang Yuan outside the door about the matter, and said: "In every township test, there are always rumors of this or that, you don't have to worry, Ye Yushi and I already know about this, you all go back, rest well, don't miss the entrance." ”

Ye Yushi is the monitoring officer, the prime minister, picketing the illegal things in the examination - Zhang Yuan's purpose was achieved, so he bowed down and retreated, and returned to the canal boat, at this time he had already handed over three drums, and the purpose of destroying people to disturb their minds was also achieved, and if such a thing happened on the eve of the exam, Zhang Yuan and they would never be happy.

The rain was still falling, and there was a small sound on the canopy, Mu Zhenzhen blew out the lights, and lay down on the small couch on the side of the Lingbi stone screen, Zhang Yuan on the side of the screen was lying on his back with his hands behind his head, his eyes looking at the dim cabin roof, thinking who was going to disturb and frame him, was it Yao Fu's relatives and friends? Dong Qichang instigated? And the other is Wang Ruqian? Of course, it is also possible that none of the above three people, it is not impossible for Han Sheshu to make a big move, and it is not impossible to arouse people's jealousy -- Zhang Yuan deeply feels that it is difficult to deal with the world, and if he wants to do something, he will touch the interests of some people, he is still just a living member, and he is still struggling to go up on the way to the imperial examination, there are these twists and turns, and when he becomes an official in the future, he will try to change some maladministrations, and the resistance can be imagined - but if he reflects on whether he should not offend Dong Qichang and Wang Ruqian in the first place, Zhang Yuan thought about it and said in his heart: "I will still do it as before, I want to work hard, It is impossible to please from all sides, if you are a man with your tail between your legs everywhere, and you are called Taoguang and obscure, then even if you can get to a high position one day, you will have no edge, and you will just be a walking corpse. ”

…… Mu Zhenzhen heard the young master on the other side of the screen tossing and turning for a long time and hadn't fallen asleep, so he called softly: "Young master-"

Zhang Yuan responded: "What's the matter? ”

Mu Zhenzhen said: "Young master is relieved, don't think too much, rest early." ”

Zhang Yuan said "um", and after a while, he said, "Zhenzhen, come to my side." ”

Mu Zhenzhen hurriedly lowered his voice and said, "Young Master, no, what my wife ordered, I can't let the young master-that, so as not to damage the gods and affect the exam." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled "hey", his mother is really worried, this matter still has to be taken care of, no wonder Mu Zhenzhen went to sleep on the other side early every night these days, and said: "I will not accept the life of the monarch outside, I really come here." ”

Mu Zhenzhen said "oh", he didn't dare to insist on Zhang's mother Lu's order, he walked over in small clothes and barefoot, and his tall body got into Zhang Yuan's quilt like a kitten at this time, and was hugged by Zhang Yuan, and the girl said in a trembling voice: "Young master, there is an exam tomorrow." ”

Zhang Yuan reached over and grabbed the plump on the girl's chest, and said, "It's not tomorrow morning, it's the early morning of the day after tomorrow." ”

Mu Zhenzhen said uneasily: "Young master, it will damage the gods-"

Zhang Yuan smiled: "It's not like that, instead of damaging God, it will be more energetic, don't you really think it?" ”

The young master is always eloquent and reasonable, Mu Zhen is really silent, his body is gradually hot under the caress of the young master, and gradually there are some voices in the bottom of his throat - Zhang Yuan turned over, the arrow was already on the string, leaned over and asked in the girl's ear: "Zhenzhen, do you want to?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen hesitated for a moment, but still replied honestly: "Well, I think." "Wet, stretched, greeted - the long drive straight in, the branches are connected, the phoenix is upside down, the song is all in the fly, a happy surname love is the best way to relieve stress.

Zhang Yuan slept soundly this night, and woke up in the morning bell of Hangzhou City the next day, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Mu Zhenzhen's blue eyes looking at him, and said, "Young master, it's still early, let's sleep for a while." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "Okay, then you accompany me." ”

Mu Zhen really felt the young master's restlessness, and hurriedly said: "No, no, no, really not." "Hide.

Zhang Yuan laughed out loud and said: "I'm not so ignorant, well, I don't sleep anymore, I feel very good now, and I will be confused when I sleep again - has the rain stopped, very good, God forbid, don't rain during the exam." ”

Zhang Yuan got up, practiced Tai Chi twice at the bow of the boat, and then moved out a small clay stove to make a fire to cook, Mu Zhenzhen smiled and watched on the side, not helping - Wang Binglin got up and came out, and said in a "ha" voice: "Jie Zi has started practicing, and I will come too." ”

Huang Zunsu, Zhang Dai, and Qi Biaojia of the neighboring ship are also cooking on a stove for one person, and the township test enters the field in the early morning, and it will not come out until the beginning of the night, which is almost a day and a night, if you only eat cold pastries, and there is no hot water to drink, it will be very uncomfortable, and it will definitely affect the composition.

Only Ni Yuanlu, who thought the stove was dirty, said: "I only eat cold cakes and cold water, and I have been practicing for a long time." ”

(To be continued)