Duan Qianhu asked this, but Xu Liang was not easy to answer. Fortunately, Duan Qianhu also quickly reacted, and the contradiction between Governor Yang and Xu Liang was no longer a secret. Duan Qianhu immediately smiled and said, "Lord Xu is here to wait for Brother Ling, right?" ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he said casually: "Yes, seeing that the Gongyuan is about to open the main gate, Xu Jiang has been taking the exam for three days in a row, and he doesn't know what the results are. ”

Duan Qianhu knew the truth about Xu Jiang's school registration case, and when he heard the words, he complimented: "With Brother Ling's talent, he must be high school this time." ”

Such auspicious words that don't want money, Xu Liang naturally didn't feel anything when he heard it, and smiled at Duan Qianhu.

Duan Qianhu accompanied Xu Liang to stand at the gate of the Gongyuan and gossip for a while, and when he heard the three drums in the Gongyuan, Duan Qianhu bowed his hand to Xu Liang and said: "Lord Xu, the time has come for the Gongyuan to open the main gate, and the lower officials have lost their company first." ”

Xu Liang said: "Lord Duan is serious. ”

Duan Qianhu turned around and strode to the gate of the Gongyuan, and shouted to the Jinyi guards standing on the left and right: "Open the courtyard door!" ”

The left and right Jinyi guards and the soldiers of the guards followed Yinghe, Duan Qianhu took out a key from his waist, walked to the gate of the Gongyuan, opened the big lock on the gate of the courtyard, and several Jinyi guards stepped forward and slowly opened the door of the Gongyuan.

Xu Liang and Lou Xian'er were facing the gate of the Tribute Academy, and when the gate of the Tribute Courtyard was fully opened, they saw at a glance that there were two rows of students in the courtyard who had already finished the exam, waiting to walk out of the courtyard gate.

The scholars waiting in the square hurriedly rushed up, found their young master, congratulated them for a while, and then led them to board the carriage or leave the tribute courtyard on foot.

Xu Liang waited outside the gate of the courtyard for a while, and most of the students who had been referred to had left for more than half of the time, but he still hadn't seen Xu Jiang come out. I'm waiting for a time when I'm in a hurry. I saw the chief examiner of Shaanxi Qiuyu this time, Xu Guangqi, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, accompanied by a group of examiners. Unhurriedly walked to the gate of the Tribute Courtyard.

Xu Guangqi raised his eyes and saw Xu Liang, and his expression was overjoyed.

Xu Liang hurriedly stepped forward and bowed his hand and said, "The lower official has seen Lord Xu. ”

Xu Guangqi stroked his beard and smiled: "Xu Liang." The old man has been locked up in the hospital for seven or eight days, but he is stuffy, and this time he comes out, you have to accompany the old man to drink. ”

Xu Liang bowed modestly and said: "Your Excellency selects talents for the court, and your hard work is high, and it is the honor of your lower officials to have the honor to invite your lords to drink." ”

Xu Guangqi laughed and said continuously: "Okay." Several examiners who came out with Xu Guangqi saw Xu Guangqi stop talking to Xu Liang, so they left with interest.

Xu Guangqi said: "Xu Liang." Shall we go? ”

Xu Liang pondered for a while, and said to Lou Xian'er: "Xian'er, you are waiting for the eldest brother here, and I will leave with Lord Xu first." ”

Lou Xian'er nodded.

Xu Liang waved his hand at Xu Guangqi: "Lord Xu, please." ”

At that moment, Xu Liang and Xu Guangqi walked out of the tribute courtyard side by side, and as soon as they stepped on the street corner, they suddenly saw a blue-robed official panting and running over and standing in front of Xu Guangqi. He said breathlessly: "Teacher, Yang He, the governor of the three sides, has entered the city, and has set up a banquet, waiting for the teacher to go to the banquet." ”

Xu Guangqi was stunned. looked at Sun Yuanhua, the staff of the military department, who stood in front of him, and then looked at Xu Liang, who looked very embarrassed.

Xu Liang felt very uncomfortable in his heart. Governor Yang invited Xu Guangqi to a banquet with Governor Yang's urine. Naturally, Xu Liang would not be included in the banquet list.

Xu Liang suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and said to Xu Guangqi with a regretful face: "Lord Xu." Now that Governor Yang has set up a banquet, the lower officials will invite Lord Xu to another banquet another day. ”

Xu Guangqi frowned and said, "Xu Liang, Governor Yang and you are also familiar with each other, why don't you go with the old man Xu Liang." ”

Xu Liang was taken aback, what are you kidding? Yang He didn't notify Xu Liang when he entered Xi'an City, and now he specially invited Xu Guangqi to the banquet, if Xu Liang followed Xu Guangqi to the banquet with a shy face, he was afraid that Yang He would be eager to kill Xu Liang on the spot.

Declined Xu Guangqi's proposal, Xu Liangmu sent Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua away, and then returned to the gate of the Gongyuan Courtyard, at this time Xu Jiang also happened to be out of the courtyard, so the group returned to the Xi'an Courtyard.

In the courtyard, the housekeeper had already ordered someone to prepare a good banquet on the table to reward Xu Jiang. Xu Liang called Wang Qinian from Zhou Yuanwai's house to the courtyard, and several people sat around a table, but they also ate happily.

After three rounds of drinking, Wang Qinian finally asked the question that everyone endured and didn't ask.

"Xu Gongzi, what do you think of the autumn scientific examination? How many places can you rank? Wang Qinian didn't ask if he could enter, but directly asked how many he could enter. It can be seen that Wang Qinian's question was extremely clever, and the implication was to admit that Xu Jiang would be able to win.

Although Xu Liang is very confident in Xu Jiangzhongju, he also wants to know how Xu Jiang is playing.

Xu Jiang thought for a while, hesitated and said: "Don't hide it from the third brother, and Lord Wang, this autumn, I feel that I still answer quite easily, there should be no problem in the middle move, but I can't say how many places I can enter." ”

When Wang Qinian heard this, he smiled and said: "Xu Gongzi is so sure, the lower officials dare to assert that Xu Gongzi will definitely be able to enter the first class this time." ”

"Oh, borrow the auspicious words of Lord Wang." Perhaps because of the smooth answer, Xu Jiang was very interested. After having a drink with Wang Qinian, Xu Jiang continued to fill the cup and said to Xu Liang: "Third brother, this time the eldest brother was able to successfully participate in the scientific examination in Shaanxi, which also brought a lot of trouble to the third brother. I salute you for this cup. ”

Xu Liang smiled and said: "Although I have had some unpleasant trouble with the people in my hometown, I Xu Liang has always been sincere to my eldest brother. My own brother, don't say these foreign words. ”

……

Xu Liang's banquet had not yet been removed, and in a large restaurant in the same Xi'an city, the banquet of Yang He, the governor of the three sides, to invite Xu Guangqi, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, ended early because Xu Guangqi was overworked and overworked.

Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua were sent out of the restaurant, and several high-ranking officials of the Third Division of Shaanxi also left one after another. In the private room of the restaurant, there was left Qian Yongtai, the political envoy of Shaanxi, Deng Shuiqing, the envoy, and Song Shiwen, the master.

At this moment, Yang He, the governor of the three sides, sat on the main seat, with a calm face, looking at the three people standing in front of him, without saying a word. A wave of pressure from the superior swept over the three of them.

Qian Yongtai, Deng Shuiqing and Song Shiwen faced the coercion of Governor Yang, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to come out. The schoolboy who had done something wrong like this stood in a row in front of Governor Yang with his head down.

The air inside the room seemed to freeze. The candle flame in the room seemed to feel the oppressive atmosphere in the room, and it burned carefully.

A fine layer of sweat beads appeared from Qian Yongtai and Deng Shuiqing's foreheads. Qian Yongtai and Deng Shuiqing's heads hung lower. In contrast, Master Song Shiwen's condition is slightly better.

"A political envoy and a probationary envoy can't clean up a small one from the third grade to participate in politics! Speaking out made the DPRK and Chinese colleagues laugh. After a long time, Governor Yang's voice faintly came into the ears of the three of them.

Qian Yongtai and Deng Shuiqing trembled when they heard this, and they became even more panicked.

Governor Yang stared at Qian Yongtai, the political envoy of Shaanxi, and said in a deep voice: "Qian Yongtai, when Hong Chengchou was in Shaanxi in the past. You can say that Hong Chengchou is protecting Xu Liang, and you have no way to take Xu Liang. Now that Hong Chengchou has been sent to Yansui by this governor, you still have no way to take Xu Liang! Lord Qian, the Governor is disappointed in your ability. ”

Shaanxi political envoy Qian Yongtai trembled all over, carefully raised his head to look at Yang He's face, and said in a snort: "Return, back to the governor's words, although this Xu Liang has been promoted to participate in politics, but the lower officials are according to your wishes, the governor." He has been sent to Hanzhong Road to be poor, and in the Yamen of the Political Envoy, Xu Liang does not even have an office room, he said that he is a member of Shaanxi Politics. In fact, he has long been excluded by the lower officials. Xia Guan thought that in less than a year or two, this Xu Shenzheng's influence in Shaanxi would disappear. ”

Governor Yang frowned. snorted coldly and stared at Qian Yongtai: "It will take another year." Two years? Qian Yongtai, do you still want Ben Du to watch him go free in front of Ben Du for a year or two!"

"The Governor is angry." Qian Yongtai trembled and arched his hand: "Actually, Xia Guan also wanted to seize Xu Liang's several forks and take the opportunity to knock him down. It's just that Xu Liang is extremely cautious, and it is difficult to catch the handle. And ......"

Qian Yongtai paused, and suddenly stopped talking about this.

"And what!" Governor Yang asked coldly.

Qian Yongtai hesitated for a while, and finally relentlessly, took a step forward, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Governor, in fact, Xu Liang himself is not worried, what the lower officials are worried about is that once the lower officials force Xu Liang too quickly, this Xu Liang dog will jump over the wall in a hurry and do something with unpredictable consequences." You also know that although this Xu Liang is named Wenchen, he has military power......"

Governor Yang was stunned when he heard this, and his brows furrowed. In fact, Qian Yongtai can be regarded as talking about Governor Yang's heart. The reason why Governor Yang did not like Xu Liang horizontally and vertically was because Xu Liang was named Wenchen, but he had military power, and there were quite a few of them.

In addition to the Liang Army created by Xu Liang, the commanders of the three barracks, Pingliang General Barracks, Pingliang Guerrilla Barracks, and Guyuan Guerrilla Barracks, are all descendants of Xu Liang. Moreover, He Renlong, the guerrilla general of Qingyang, and He Huchen, the general of Yansui who was dismissed from his post, are two famous generals in the northwest, and their relationship with Xu Liang is also unclear, and their eyebrows are flattering.

You must know that Yang He is the governor of the three sides, nominally controlling the military power of the northwest. However, the actual situation is that in addition to the tens of thousands of border troops that cannot be easily mobilized, the army that really obeys the command of Governor Yang is less than 10,000, which is too insufficient compared to the 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses that Xu Liangming secretly mastered.

Every time Governor Yang thought about this, he had to ask himself angrily: Who is the Governor of the Three Sides?!

Regarding the matter of Xu Liang's military power, Governor Yang has already signed a step, but it has not yet achieved results. Governor Yang put aside Qian Yongtai and turned to stare at Deng Shuiqing, the envoy, and asked in a deep voice, "How did Xu Jiang's student registration case work?" Didn't you say it was foolproof? How did it become like this in the end, not only Xu Liang was safe and sound, but even Lu Yifa and Ding Shiyou were unharmed! ”

Governor Yang said, glancing at his master Song Shiwen, because this case was originally mentioned by Song Shiwen to Governor Yang, otherwise, Governor Yang would not have opened his face to invite Jinyi Wei to take people!

According to the inspector, Deng Shuiqing's performance was not much better than Qian Yongtai's, and he was also terrified, wiping the fine beads of sweat on his forehead, Deng Shuiqing said: "Your Excellency, this matter is that the lower officials are not thoughtful, I didn't expect that Xu Liang would collude with Ding Shiyou's old dog so quickly, and also bought off the Liang family of the Jingzhou Wang family." The testimony presented was so seamless that it was impossible to refute it. ”

Governor Yang sank his face and scolded with his sleeves: "Incompetent! He stared at Song Shiwen again, frowned and asked unhappily, "Brother Song, didn't you say that you have mastered the informant Jiang Shu?" How can Xu Liang still find a loophole. ”

When Song Shiwen heard this, a burst of hatred flashed on his face, and he arched his hand towards Governor Yang, and his tone was very helpless: "My lord, this matter is Shiwen's carelessness!" I didn't expect that Ding Shiyou, who usually looks honest and loyal, would actually be so staked when he panicked. ”

Governor Yang's face changed for a while, looking at the three cronies in the house, and he didn't want to grasp this trivial matter and vigorously punish the three of them, so he slowed down his tone and said with relief: "Brother Song, people have misses, and horses have stumbled. Although he couldn't help Xu Liang for a while, as long as he held on to that Jiang Wenwen and found a breakthrough from Ding Shiyou, he could always find Xu Liang's flaws. ”

Deng Shuiqing and Song Shiwen listened, exchanged glances, and sighed bitterly: "Lord Governor, that Jiang Wenwen is dead!" ”

"Dead?" Governor Yang was stunned, then understood what this meant, pointed at Deng Shuiqing and scolded: "What are you doing with the Yamen of the Inspectorate, you can't even look at a witness!" ”

Deng Shuiqing smiled bitterly.

Governor Yang got up, walked around the house twice irritably, and said angrily: "This Xu Liang, why is it so difficult to deal with!" ”

Song Shiwen listened, raised his eyes to look at Governor Yang, and said with relief: "Your Excellency Governor, don't be discouraged, your Excellency's letter has been handed over for almost a month, count the days, and the court's decision should also come." ”

Qian Yongtai and Deng Shuiqing were confused, and only Governor Yang understood what his master meant.

Thinking of that letter, the cold look on Governor Yang's face finally eased, and a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Because Xu Liang, Xu Jiang, and Wang Qinian each drank more wine last night, Xu Liang got up very late the next day. However, when I inquired with the people in the other courtyard, I learned that Xu Jiang and Wang Qinian were even more drunk and had not gotten up yet.

Xu Liang did not sign a detention house in Shaanxi, and the only thing he did when he returned to Xi'an was to prepare for the autumn expedition, and now that the autumn was over, Xu Liang had nothing to do.

Other people who also feel that they have nothing to do are Xu Jiang and Wang Qinian. Xu Jiang is because there are still seven or eight days between the end of the scientific examination and the announcement of the results, and Xu Jiang has nothing to do and nowhere to go.

As for Wang Qinian, because Wang Qinian is now an experienced official of the Hanzhong Dao Yamen, it can be said that this official position only serves the chief official of Hanzhong Dao, and the officials who manage Hanzhong Dao are spending time in Xi'an Mansion, and it seems that they are also idle, so Wang Qinian is even more idle. (To be continued......)