At this time, more than a dozen men and women came in from outside the door, calling Master Fei Yi and Master Tu You Master respectively. It seems that these people are the apprentices of the two.

Leng Yi turned to look at Bai Hong, and then looked at the old nun and the butcher-like Humpty Dumpty. Said: "Thank you for your help, haven't asked ...... yet?" ”

Bai Hong introduced the old nun and Humpty Dumpty and said, "This is the Feiyi master of Emei." This is the Shaolin lay disciple of the oil slaughter master. It's all the masters I invited to you. ”

Leng Yi hurriedly bowed his hand, feeling a little funny in his heart, now the monks, Taoist priests, and nuns are all there, why are the masters all these people?

Master Tu You's voice was very loud, and he said with a smile: "The eldest master is really blessed with a great life, and he is very clever, he can come up with such a wonderful way to pretend to be dead, and pretending to be so like, even I hid it, at that time, I still thought, this is over, rush to collect the body of the eldest master." ”

The crowd burst into laughter.

Leng Yi said: "Thanks to your help, otherwise, today would be dangerous." ”

"Yes, take people's money and eliminate disasters for others." Tu You said in a loud voice.

Leng Yi admired the straightforwardness of this oil slaughtering master, and hurriedly beckoned them into the lobby to talk. Mrs. Fei Yi said: "No need, we are not here to be guests, what happened today has shown how great the danger is facing the eldest master, and we also feel a heavy responsibility on our shoulders, so let's start arming immediately, if today's incident happens again, we will have no face." ”

Both the Eyebrow Daoist and the Oil Slaughter Master nodded their heads one after another.

Feiyi Shitai said: "Let's make a simple division of labor first, poor nun with a few apprentices, as well as these two sisters who are good at flying knives, are responsible for the safety of the lady and the female dependents, and the rest of you are responsible for the safety of the old lady, the eldest master and others, how about it?" ”

The Wumei Dao people and others all nodded, and Cheng Luojie glanced at Leng Yi and did not speak. Leng Yi remembered what Cheng Luojie told her before, and it was not good to ask Cheng Luojie to protect herself.

Mrs. Fei Yi said again: "Today's loophole is that the killer pretended to be a close person sneak attack, so no matter who it is, as long as it is close, we must strictly check and be vigilant at any time." ”

Everyone nodded again.

Subsequently, each of them left one disciple to arrange accommodation with Leng Yi's housekeeper, and the rest were immediately armed.

Now, the residence is surrounded by guards, and Leng Yi is a little at ease.

Leng Yi took out the gold and silver according to the price code Bai Hong said, and personally sent it to a few people, just like the Wumei Dao people, he hired it for half a year first.

After arranging, Leng Yi returned to the house and saw that Zhuo Qiaoniang had already laid down, but she was distracted with her eyes wide open, so she sat at the head of the bed. Zhuo Qiaoniang turned her head to pretend to him, and slowly, reached over and held Leng Yi's hand.

Leng Yi smiled slightly and patted her hand gently: "You have a good rest, now that there are more of us, you don't have to worry about robbers." Those two killers who are good at sneak attacks have also been killed, and there will never be such a thing as today in the future. ”

Zhuo Qiaoniang nodded and did not speak.

Mr. Yin and Yang invited by Leng Yi found a good cemetery, Leng Yi bought it with a lot of money, and arranged for burial on this day.

Zhuo Qiaoniang and Leng Yi took a carriage and came to the new cemetery.

This cemetery is the best place for feng shui, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and this matter cannot be made public, so it is quietly buried. No one was notified. Except for the eyebrow Taoist who served as a guard, etc., the vigilance was spread far away.

After the burial, the grave was piled up, offerings were placed, Leng Yi asked all the others to leave, and even the grass ears were left far away.

Leng Yi said to Zhuo Qiaoniang: "I am going to erect a monument for him, but I hesitated for a moment as to what to write in this inscription. You get an idea! ......Zhuo Qiaoniang shook her head with tears in her eyes, took two steps forward, Ying Ying knelt down, kowtowed, turned her head to look at Leng Yi, and said to the grave: "Husband, he is very good to the concubine, then he would rather commit suicide than save the concubine's surname, and his affection for the concubine, the concubine cannot repay it." After thinking about these days, I made up my mind that if the concubine still had a life, from now on, I would follow him and be his wife. I hope you are in the spirit of heaven and can bless us. Leng Yi was in a stirring mood, and he also knelt down in front of the grave, and arched his hand: "From now on, Qiao Niang is my wife, I will love her well and love her until she turns white." I will definitely find a way to cure her illness, no matter what the cost! "Official......" Zhuo Qiaoniang turned her head to look at Leng Yi, her eyes filled with tears.

"Lady!" Leng Yi reached over and hugged her thin fragrant shoulders, Zhuo Qiaoniang gently snuggled in Leng Yi's arms, closed her eyes, and prayed in her heart that she could grow old with her.

............ - The imperial examination has finally begun.

This is the first time Leng Yi has participated in the long-awaited scientific expedition. Of course, he took the exam as the examiner.

He has been worried about Zhuo Qiaoniang's condition, and he has been waiting for the court to issue an order to announce his entry into Beijing, but he has not seen him come after waiting for him, and Zhuo Qiaoniang's body is getting weaker and weaker day by day, and in the past two days, he can't even get out of bed and walk. Although she forced a laugh, she couldn't hide her getting worse. Leng Yi was anxious, but he still had to do what he had to do.

Worried, he rushed to the examination room inspection.

He saw that Hua Wuxiang was also in the examination room, in the Ming Medicine exam. In order to avoid suspicion. He didn't come closer.

The three-day exam is finally over. Correcting the test papers is his chief examiner's business, of course, according to the usual practice, he instructed the famous Hongru to form a group of marking test papers, conduct a cross-reading, and after reading them all, after discussion, pick out the good ones, and then send them to Leng Yi for review, and finally Leng Yi decides the ranking.

The first reading was completed, and all the test papers were sent to Leng Yi. The most concerned is Hua Wuxiang, Leng Yi has previously studied Hua Wuxiang's handwriting, because the Song Dynasty imperial examination has implemented a vague name system, and the candidate's name can not be seen, and can only be judged by handwriting, fortunately, Hua Wuxiang's handwriting is very beautiful, and it is also very distinctive, and it is relatively easy to identify among almost all male candidates.

However, Leng Yi hurriedly looked at the Ming medicine test papers that had been submitted and submitted after the primary selection, and there were no flowers and no fragrance!

Leng Yi couldn't help frowning, and brought the test papers that were unsuccessful in the primary election, but after reading them, there was none! This is strange, I obviously saw Hua Wuxiang take the exam, why didn't she have her? Not even an approximate handwriting! After all, there are very few places in the Ming Medicine department, and there are not many participants, so it is easier to distinguish.

Leng Yi wanted to call those Hongru who were reading the file to inquire, but this was too obvious.

Could it be that it was bound incorrectly and placed in another test paper?

There is almost no such possibility, and it is impossible for the invigilator to mix and bind different types of test papers. However, Leng Yi still checked the entire test paper. Not at all!

Leng Yi had no choice but to call Master Dong over, pointed to the pile of test papers on the table, and said with a calm face: "Are these all the test papers?" ”

"yes!" Master Dong said, and then, he immediately said: "By the way, there are still more than a dozen points of fraud papers, which have been drawn out and placed separately for later processing." ”

"Fraud rolls?" Leng Yi frowned.

"Yes! It is those who cheat in the examination room, and those who mark the test papers, and such test papers are all cheating papers and are put aside. Applicants are not eligible. ”

"Show me!"

"Yes!"

Master Dong went out, and soon, he came back with an envelope and put it in front of Leng Yi. I saw that the cover read: "Fraud volume, invalid!" ”

Leng Yi tore open the seal, took it out, and unfolded it to take a look, the first one was the familiar handwriting of Hua Wuxiang's beautiful handwriting! The next two copies are also hers! Because the imperial examination is conducted for three days, one per day, a total of three.

After Leng Yi looked through it, he asked Master Dong: "Why is this test paper invalid?" ”

Master Dong immediately took it, looked at it fixedly, couldn't help laughing, pointed to a few words written on the top of the three test papers: "Hua's Pharmacy", and said: "Master, this candidate cheats and writes marks on the test papers, according to the rules, it is considered cheating, and he can't participate in the selection." ”

Leng Yi took it and looked at it, couldn't help sneering, and said, "Who is so bold to cheat?" Write your own home directly on the test paper? As if he was afraid that people would not know about his cheating. Is this normal? ”

Master Dong nodded and said, "It's a little strange, it stands to reason that general cheating is nothing more than scribbling between the lines and the like, and making an appointment with someone." No leaks. I really haven't seen such blatant fraud. ”

"Hmm!" Leng Yi picked up his test paper, pondered for a moment, and said, "Don't you think this handwriting is a little different from the handwriting on the test paper?" ”

Master Dong came up to take a closer look, thought about it, and said, "It's a little different." ”

"I just found these words from the test paper, and compared them with the words cheating on the side of the test paper, and the results ......" Leng Yi pointed to a few strokes and said: "Look at these places, the direction of the pen and the order of the strokes are all different." Explain that it was written by two different people! ”

Master Dong was shocked and said, "What do you mean, someone wants to frame this candidate?" ”

"Yes! Who is responsible for judging cheating? ”

"They are all officials in charge of each examination room. This one, judging from the test papers, is a Ming medical exam that he participated, and it should be in charge of Cao Wu, the medical officer of the Yamen. ”

"Call him! - Don't say anything. ”

Master Dong agreed, hurry out, and after a while, an old man came in with Master Dong, with a slightly hunched back, and stepped forward to bow: "See Lord Tongju!" ”

Leng Yi was in a bad mood, but when he encountered this kind of thing again, he was angry, and he didn't want to bother with him, and said: "I heard that you are good at calligraphy, can you show a hand of ink treasure and open the eyes of this official?" - That's all there is to it! Leng Yi pointed to the words "Hua's Pharmacy" on Hua Wuxiang's test paper.

Cao Wu glanced at it, couldn't help but shudder, peeked at Leng Yi, and was about to meet his fierce gaze, he couldn't help but be even more frightened, and said with a forced smile: "This ......, I don't dare to be ugly in front of adults!" ”

"You're welcome, write! If you don't want to write, the official has to go to the mansion and get it yourself! Hey hey"

Cao Wu was shocked, knowing that the matter might have been revealed, he couldn't help but sweat coldly on his forehead, trembling, took a pen and wrote those words on the paper.

Leng Yi took it, glanced at it, and sneered: "Your words are crooked and disorganized, obviously deliberately concealing your true handwriting." What are you going to hide like this? Is it a cover-up to frame the candidates? ”

Cao Wu's knees weakened, he knelt on the ground with a grunt, kowtowed, and said, "My lord forgives my sins, and I know that I am wrong!" ”

"What the hell is going on? Speak! ”

"Yes, yes!" Cao Wu kowtowed and touched a handful of cold sweat, "The son of Dr. Zhao Zhilian of Huijitang also participated in the famous medical imperial examination this year, and he paid for the lowly position to deal with the top grades among the candidates who took the exam, so that his son could go to high school." The lowly duty is an old friend with him, he can't save face, and he is greedy for money for a while, so he did this, and he knows his mistakes in his humble position, please forgive me! ”

"Forgiveness?" Leng Yi sneered, "You are a dignified prefect medical officer, you should have selected capable people for the imperial court to serve the country, but you were corrupt and corrupt, squeezed out all the people with excellent medical skills, and recommended mediocre talents to the imperial court, what qualifications do such people have to be medical officials?" What else do you mention about hanging pots to help the world? Come! ”

Outside the door, Soap Li strode in, clenching his fists and arching his hands.

"Arrest this bastard who is corrupt and corrupt and sabotage the imperial examination of the imperial court to be imprisoned, and Hong Jie is responsible for investigating the case, arresting Zhao Zhilian of Huijitang who gave bribes, and investigating the case! And cancel his son's test results! ”

"Order!" Soap Li stepped forward, picked up Cao Wu, and dragged him out.

Master Dong said: "Dong Weng is really hanging in the mirror, and he immediately noticed this case!" ”

Leng Yi also secretly called it a fluke in his heart, if it weren't for the fact that he knew Hua Wuxiang's handwriting and cared about her at the same time, and this Cao Wu happened to be a ghost on her test paper, it would not be easy to find out. At that moment, he pushed the stack of test papers that were judged to be fraudulent to Master Dong and said: "A few of you will immediately re-examine these test papers to find out whether there is really fraud, and if there is no evidence of fraud, re-evaluate them, and report the results to me!" ”

"Okay!" Master Dong took the test paper and went out.

Leng Yi sat on the chair and waited quietly, he didn't have the heart to do anything else now, his heart was full of Zhuo Qiaoniang's illness. If Zhao Guangyi was interested in the photo of the star he reported and summoned him immediately, according to the route, the holy decree of the imperial court should have arrived, but it has not come yet. Could it be that Zhao Guangyi was not interested in that thing?

Unlikely! He is full of confidence in this portrait of a star, which is impossible to see in this era. It's what he likes again, and it's impossible for Zhao Guangyi not to be tempted.

But why is there no movement?

Leng Yi was puzzled, he wanted to rush to the capital immediately to find out. However, his current official is the general judgment of the prefect's yamen, not the prefect of Yinling County, where the mountain is high and the emperor is far away. But not now, if I enter Beijing like this, I will leave my post without permission, and I will not dare to see the emperor when I go, and I will not be able to achieve my goal.

(To be continued)