Seeing Zhu Cheng enter the field, Zhu Youzhen still refused to leave, and said, "I'm going to wait here for Brother Cheng to come out." ”

Wang Chengen persuaded: "Your Highness, Zhu Gongzi will not be able to come out until tomorrow." If you take the exam late, you may have to wait until tomorrow. Why don't we go back first and wait again tomorrow morning, what do you think? ”

"Nope." Zhu Youzhen refused, "Brother Cheng is struggling in the science field, how can I go home and be lazy." I want to cheer for Brother Cheng here, and the longer I wait here, the better Brother Cheng will do in the exam. ”

Zhu Youzhen was originally very opposed to Zhu Cheng participating in the scientific examination, because being admitted meant that Zhu Cheng could be an official and would have to be separated from himself. He is the younger brother of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, after all, he wants to be crowned the king, except for the grandfather of Chengzu in Beijing, but there has never been a prince here. However, the Emperor of the Apocalypse promised that if Zhu Cheng won six yuan, he would let Zhu Youzhen be a minister in the same hall as him, and Zhu Youzhen saw that the emperor's brother said this, so it was not good to object, on the contrary, he hoped that the higher the grades of Brother Cheng, the better.

Wang Chengen tried hard to persuade him, but Zhu Youzhen just didn't listen. When Li Yongzhen came back, he also followed a few words of persuasion, but when he saw that it had no effect, he replied to Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian touched his smooth chin and groaned, "Although it's summer now, it's still a little cold at night. Zhu Youzhen is a good friend of Brother Cheng, in case he catches a cold, it's hard to explain. Yongzhen, you drove out the carriage given to me by the emperor, laid out the brocade quilt, and sent it to Zhu Youzhen. By the way, send another twenty fans to guard around the carriage, and be sure to ensure Zhu Youzhen's safety. ”

Li Yongzhen couldn't help but be taken aback when she heard Wei Zhongxian say this. Except for the emperor, when did Wei Zhongxian think about others? That carriage is even more of Grandpa Wei's cherished thing, and he doesn't need it anymore, but now he has lent it out without hesitation because of Zhu Cheng, which shows the importance of Zhu Cheng's status in his heart.

Li Yongzhen answered, prepared the carriage, and took twenty burly Dongchang fans to the Gongyuan.

Wang Chengen saw that there was a carriage and a quilt, and he really couldn't persuade Zhu Youzhen to go home, so he had to agree.

When Zhu Youzhen saw the carriage sent by Wei Zhongxian, he was greatly relieved and said, "This Wei Zhongxian is really a good person as Brother Cheng said." ”

Twenty fanzi surrounded the carriage as if facing a great enemy. In fact, there is no need for them to be like this, and the family members waiting for the candidates around them saw that they were from Dongchang, and they were at least two feet away from here. The surroundings of the carriage are basically not approached by the living, and who else dares to disturb them.

The soldiers guarding the wall of the Gongyuan saw this posture and hurriedly reported to the chief examiner of this section - Yin Xu Honggang of Shuntian Mansion.

A few days ago, Wei Zhongxian personally visited Xu Honggang and told him that there was a candidate named Zhu Cheng this year, who was appointed by the Emperor of the Apocalypse to be Lianzhong Sanyuan, and asked him to take more care of him in the exam.

Xu Honggang didn't believe it, Wei Zhongxian took out the emperor's handwriting, only to see a row of crooked words, written "Zhuzhu Cheng Lianzhong Sanyuan", and stamped with the private seal of the Emperor of the Apocalypse. Wei Zhongxian is the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor and the eunuch who is in charge of the emperor's official and private seals, and this chapter is naturally not credible. However, Xu Honggang had seen the calligraphy of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and recognized that the crooked words were the handwriting of the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

Xu Honggang had no choice but to agree. However, he planned to look at Zhu Cheng's test paper and then say, if he was talented, he would naturally act according to the order, but if the text was vulgar and he couldn't bear to read it, then he couldn't say anything about Xie Yuan, so he could only do not dethrone his test paper and let him hang at the end of the list.

No matter how secret it is, the top three test papers of the township examination will also be circulated, if you order someone who is too bad to be Xie Yuan, as soon as the official is impeached, then the end will be sad. Wanting the emperor to help him out of the siege is basically a dream, not to mention that the current Ming Dynasty is a strong minister and a weak king, even if the emperor is strong, he refuses to admit that he has made such a secret decree.

The deputy examiner asked, "Lord Xu, look at this ......?"

Xu Honggang sighed: "This is a demonstration to us, if we don't take Zhu Cheng, I'm afraid we won't be able to get out of the gate of the Gongyuan." ”

"What should I do, my lord?"

"Take a step, count it as a step. I hope this Zhu Cheng is a little talented, don't make us too embarrassed, otherwise it will be another case of the North and South list. ”

Everyone shuddered in unison. The case of the north and south list was born in the thirtieth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1397), because during the examination, the examiners did not understand the emperor's hints, and the fifty-one people recorded were all southern scholars, and there was no northern student. The emperor was furious and characterized the matter as fraud in the field, and the chief examiner was either executed or exiled.

"My lord, why don't we go and see Zhu Cheng first."

"Well, let's look at him first, and fix our minds." Xu Honggang sighed, "My hands are so shaky that I can't even hold the teacup now." ”

The Ming Dynasty was so frightened that the examiner trembled like this when he took the township exam, and Zhu Cheng was the first and only one. When later generations talked about this incident, they couldn't help but sigh: "Zhu Cheng, fierce people." ”

It was already dark, and the soldiers took the lantern in advance and led the main and deputy examiners to see Zhu Cheng.

The pattern of the tribute institutes in each province is almost the same, and the candidates sit in a narrow compartment one by one, and Zhu Cheng's compartment is specially selected, which is very close to the door. In the event of a fire, this is the easiest place to evacuate. The space of the Gongyuan is small, there are many people, and it is very easy to catch fire, and more than 90 candidates were burned to death in the seventh year of Tianshun (1463). During the Wanli period, Zhang Juzheng asked the emperor to change the tribute courtyard from a wooden house to a brick structure, which enhanced the fire resistance, but it was not foolproof. Therefore, Wei Zhongxian specially told Xu Honggang to arrange an examination room for Zhu Cheng to facilitate his escape.

When everyone came to Zhu Cheng, they saw Zhu Cheng lying on the ground, sleeping soundly. Along the way, everyone saw that the candidates were either anxious, or they were calm, but they had never seen a brother as casual as Zhu Cheng.

Xu Honggang said secretly: "Is this person completely heartless, or is he confident." ”

The deputy chief examiner was closest to the candidate's compartment and saw it most clearly, and exclaimed: "My lord, look at his clothes!" ”

Xu Honggang looked at it fixedly, Zhu Cheng was wearing a big red official robe, with no complements on it, just embroidered with a dragon-like pattern. Xu Honggang didn't need to count, he knew that this dragon only had four claws, called a python: "python...... Python robe! ”

Everyone was so jealous that fire was coming out of their eyes, and the python robe was the greatest honor that a civil and military official could receive. If you get a python robe, which one is not taken home and offered in the ancestral hall, and only worn out to show off during the New Year's holidays. Look at this Zhu Cheng, he actually slept in a python robe, it was a tyrannical thing.

Everyone couldn't help but glance up at the sky, why didn't God split a bolt of lightning and split this unknown thing and couldn't take care of themselves?

Everyone didn't dare to disturb the lucky man in the python robe, and returned to the back hall to discuss.

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