The person sent by Yuwang's Mansion was Zhang Jing, who was Yuwang's henchman and guard.

"Captain Zhang, what's so urgent?" Yu Jin met Zhang Jing as soon as possible.

Zhang Jing is an old man from Yuwangfu, originally an ordinary guard, but recently received a meritorious service, and now he is a squad leader.

Zhang Jing whispered: "Yu Xiaoshu, something is wrong, King Yu asked the school secretary to go to King Yu's mansion immediately to discuss urgent matters." ”

After that, Zhang Jing lowered his voice and said: "Something happened to Bachelor Gao, and the emperor was furious and sent Bachelor Gao to prison. ”

Yu Jin is highly valued by King Yu, and he is generous and has no shelf on weekdays, and the subordinates of Lord Yu have a good impression of Yu Jin, so they don't mind revealing some information to Yu Jin.

Sure enough, something happened to Gao Gong.

"Captain Xie Zhang, we have time to drink together." Yu Jin arched his hand and expressed his gratitude.

"Yu Xiaoshu is really polite."

At this time, Liu Shouyou also finished contacting the person who was looking for him, and walked over to Yu Jin and said: "Brother Yu, something happened in the examination room, brother wants to go back immediately, this meal can't be done, say goodbye." ”

"Official business is important, Brother Liu, you go and get busy first." Yu Jinleng paused for a moment and immediately responded.

Liu Shouyou bowed his hand to Yu Jin, and then walked away without looking back.

Looking at his hurried steps, it can be seen that this matter is not trivial.

Needless to say, his business and his own business should be the same thing.

The capital is so big, and if something happens, it's a little difficult to hide it from anyone who cares.

After Liu Shouyou left, Qing'er immediately walked over and asked curiously, "Young Master, what's wrong?" ”

Yu Jin didn't hide it from her, and said: "It was King Yu's master Gao Gong who had an accident, King Yu came to me to discuss, these things will be talked about later, and the car will be prepared immediately." ”

Gao Gong was a lecturer to Yuwang. The two are called master and apprentice, like father and son, and in the most difficult moment of King Yu, Gao Gong has always been by King Yu's side, sheltering him from the wind and rain, and constantly encouraging him. And these efforts also gave him a rich reward, and Yuwang regarded him as the closest and most trustworthy person.

In addition, the status of Gao Gong has also risen, whether it is Yan Song or Xu Jie, they all respect him and promote him, obviously because of the relationship between King Yu, when Yan Song is in power, there are not many people who dare to give Yan Song a face and do not go to Yan Mansion to worship the dock, Gao Gong is one of them.

And Gao Gong is also proud of this. Prides itself on being a clear stream.

But this tall man who is proud of the spring breeze really has an accident.

It goes back an hour ago:

At the end of the examination, for the candidates, a challenge has been completed, as for whether they can go further, it depends on the results of the examination, and the results depend on the pen in the hands of the examiner.

After the test, the test paper is sealed. Immediately sent to the Gongyuan for correction, in the process of correction. The whole process of the Tribute Courtyard is closed, and no one can enter or leave the Tribute Courtyard until the correction is completed.

After hundreds of years of imperial examinations, various systems have become more and more perfect, first admitting examination papers, and each selection of one. They must exchange and evaluate each other, and the selected test papers are also corrected by different examiners, and different examiners use different pens to make notes, such as the invigilator and the invigilator, the promotion, the acceptance of the paper, the sealing, the outer curtain and other official purple pens. With the examiner and the inner curtain collector with a blue pen, the transcription officer with a red pen, the reader with a yellow pen, and the main and deputy examiners with an ink pen, collectively known as the "five-color pen".

In order to prevent the pearl from falling darkly, there are also special people to find it from the unsuccessful test papers, which is called "searching for relics".

This time, the examiner of the exam was Gao Gong.

For officials, as the chief examiner is definitely a beautiful difference, as long as the errand is successfully completed, a large number of officials are indispensable as protégés, thanks to the blessing of King Yu, Gao Gong served as the chief examiner of the Yichou examination.

Gao Gong is proud, but he is still very talented, if he is not talented, he will not be able to be Yuwang's lecturer.

As the chief examiner, it is a beauty difference, or a sacred beauty difference, fame and fortune, and Gao Gong also cherishes this opportunity, for the sake of the exam, running up and down, busy and busy, and strictly ordering colleagues to be attentive in everything.

No, as soon as the exam was over, Gao Gong ignored the hard work in front of him and devoted himself to the marking work as soon as possible.

"Lord Gao, you have been reading the papers all night, and you have worked hard, drink ginseng tea and rest for a while." A fellow examiner surnamed Wang saw bloodshot in Gao Gong's eyes, and flatteringly offered a cup of ginseng tea.

For the sake of fairness, no one is allowed to enter or leave the Gongyuan before the correction is completed, those examiners are tired, there is a bamboo bed next door, you can sleep for a while and continue to read the papers, in order to find a good article, in order to find an interesting model essay for the first time, Gao Gong has not slept all night.

"Youlao" Gao Gong smiled and took the ginseng tea.

"The emperor has arrived."

Just when Gao Gong wanted to put the ginseng tea to his mouth, a sharp voice almost dropped the teacup in his hand.

Zhang Siwei, the same examiner, said in surprise: "The emperor has arrived? ”

No wonder Gao Gong and Zhang Siwei were so surprised, you know, Jiajing has been refining pills in Xiyuan for many years, and often does not go to court, it is difficult for ministers to see him, sometimes it is not strange to see him for three or five months, other emperors pay attention to reputation, he is good, pay attention to cultivation, and if he can avoid it, everything depends on his mood.

Zhu Xizhong is deeply favored by the emperor, and has dozens of glorious experiences of worshipping the heavens on behalf of the Son of Heaven, mostly because of Jiajing's laziness.

For Jiajing, the first is cultivation, the second is cultivation, and the third is when it comes to state affairs and family affairs, such an important matter as the imperial examination, but he is simply the shopkeeper, and the full authority is handed over to Gao Gong to be responsible, that is, the topic of the imperial examination was originally selected by Jiajing, but Jiajing also pushed it to the examiner Gao Gong.

In his words, as long as you leave things to the right people, if you have to do everything yourself, then why does the country send such a fortune to go out?

The Zhu family does not raise waste people.

Gao Gongleng paused, immediately put it down, and hurriedly said: "Colleagues, come with me to welcome the holy car." ”

Strange or surprised, the emperor is here, but he can't help but welcome him.

In fact, Jiajing was indeed on a whim, and suddenly wanted to take a look at the country's scholars, after all, he was working for the old Zhu family.

When a person is dying, especially when he feels that his time is running out, he will feel a lot of things, and will secretly evaluate his own gains and losses, where he has done well and where he has not done enough.

Jiajing's health is getting worse and worse, although his belief in pursuing immortality is still there, but his determination is not as strong as before, especially when he falls ill, he feels even more lonely and powerless.

There is no alchemy today, Jiajing suddenly thought of a question: if he dies one day and sees the ancestors of the Zhu family under Jiuquan, when they ask themselves how they have governed the Ming Dynasty? When the Zhu family was doing, he didn't know how to answer.

Because I didn't do enough.

Not to mention anything else, just the southern and northern captives, that is, Jiajing is speechless, and the country is in trouble, but Jiajing does not focus all his energy on governing the country, and the number of times he has been to the dynasty is only a handful at the juncture of national difficulties.

So, Jiajing decided to do something and came to the Gongyuan to check.

"See the emperor."

When Jiajing appeared in the marking hall, Gao Gong, Zhang Siwei and others immediately knelt down and saluted.

"Everyone, Aiqing, have worked hard, be even." Jiajing said with a pleasant face.

"Your Majesty."

Jiajing nodded and ordered: "I just go around at will, don't pay attention to it, continue to review the file carefully, and select talents for the Ming Dynasty." ”

A group of officials agreed in unison and went back to their posts.

Many old courtiers had tears in the corners of their eyes: It's not easy, the emperor personally came to inspect the work, which shows that the emperor still pays attention to the scholars, and still looks at the Ming Dynasty.

Others went back to work, but Gao Gong and Zhang Siwei stayed by Jiajing's side and listened to orders at any time.

"Su Qing" Jiajing asked, "How are these candidates doing?" ”

Hearing Jiajing call his own words, this is a sign of closeness, Gao Gong was a little flattered and said: "Your Majesty, this time the exam, the candidates performed well, and there were no entrainment, cheat sheets and other cheats, there were a few exam papers, and they did quite well." ”

"Oh, show it to me."

Inspecting the examination room, naturally you can't look at the flowers, Jiajing is extremely smart, good at writing green words, and has a high literary attainment, as soon as he hears that there is a brilliant article, he immediately comes to be interested.

Zhang Siwei had already prepared, and when he heard this, he handed the test paper to Gao Gong's hand very interestingly, and then presented it to Jiajing who was sitting on the side.

Jiajing was in good spirits and took the exam paper, but when his eyes fell on the exam question, he who was smiling suddenly became gloomy and his eyes became sharp. (To be continued.) )