In Nanjing, in March, it should be a warbler flying and the grass grows, looking like everything is rising.

But now Nanjing exudes a solemn atmosphere everywhere, which always makes people breathless.

Especially in the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang, the old emperor, was angry and lost his temper in the imperial study.

"Liu Sanwu, you say it again!"

In the imperial study, Zhu Yuanzhang coughed and said to an old man who was about the same age as him.

This old man is none other than the chief examiner of this palace exam, Liu Sanwu.

"Back to the emperor, after several verifications, there is indeed no problem in this palace examination, all the candidates of the Zhongjin Shi are worthy of the name, and there is no cheating in the examination room as the northern scholar said, and the examiner has not accepted bribes."

Liu Sanwu replied respectfully to Zhu Yuanzhang, as the chief examiner of this palace examination, he naturally became the public enemy of all northern scholars.

Because in this year's palace examination, all the scholars in the middle are southern scholars, and there is no northern scholar.

As soon as the imperial list was announced, it naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of all the northern scholars, even if the gap between the north and the south was large, it was impossible to be so bad, how could there not be a single northern scholar among the scholars?

Therefore, in the eyes of the northern scholars, the chief examiner Liu Sanwu must have accepted bribes from the southern scholars, so that the people in the middle of the scholars are all southerners.

So in a fit of anger, they sued the royal court and asked Zhu Yuanzhang to find out.

You must know that what Zhu Yuanzhang hates most is corruption and perverting the law, and when he heard that all the northern scholars jointly sued Liu Sanwu and others for corruption and perverted the law, then he had to do it, and he felt that he had ordered someone to check it.

But the results of the verification came out, and this time there was no problem with the southern scholars of the Zhongjin Shi, all of them were really talented and learned, so there was the scene just now.

"You fart, how can there not be a northern scholar in the middle of the jinshi, do you mean that under my rule. Don't northerners have scholars? Are you saying that I have no way to manage it? Zhu Yuanzhang roared, everyone else was already trembling, only Liu Sanwu, the old bone, was not convinced.

"Your Majesty, there is no problem with your management, but there is indeed no problem with this palace test. If the emperor insisted on believing that the northern scholars said that Weichen accepted bribes, Weichen had no choice but to let the emperor dispose of it. Liu Sanwu said quietly.

"You're threatening me!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed fiercely, and his murderous intent rose.

The two examiners next to him knew Zhu Yuanzhang's temper, and Liu Sanwu was so resistant, I was afraid that he would be beheaded immediately.

"Your Majesty. That's not what Lord Liu meant. An examiner next to him felt that if Liu Sanwu was killed, the two examiners would definitely be dragged into the water.

"Hmph, I think that's what he meant." Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly.

If he had followed his previous temper, Liu Sanwu would have fallen to the ground, but he hadn't killed anyone for a few years, because all the heroes and generals in the court had let him kill them all. If the butcher's knife is raised again, he is afraid of repeating the mistakes of Qin Shi Huang.

"Get out of here, within three days. Let all the examiners and the southern scholars of the middle jinshi give me a new list of jinshi, this is your last chance, if you don't repent. I'm going to die! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang cursed, there was no longer the majesty of the emperor.

The two examiners hurriedly pulled Liu Sanwu out of the imperial study, and if they stayed, I was afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would really kill someone.

"Ahem."

After Liu Sanwu was taken away. Zhu Yuanzhang coughed non-stop, and the eunuch beside him hurriedly went up to beat Zhu Yuanzhang's back.

"Your Majesty, don't be angry." The eunuch was beating Zhu Yuanzhang's back. As he spoke.

"Hmph, the anger kills me, the anger kills me!" Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the teacup next to him and took a sip, and suddenly felt the bitterness surge, and spit out a mouthful of wine.

"Poof, where is this tea, why is it so unpalatable, is it going to be bitter!" Zhu Yuanzhang spit out the tea in his mouth, and then said, "Go, take the palace maid on duty today for thirty years, and use this kind of tea to make tea for me." ”

Soon, the guards outside the imperial study moved, and they should have gone to find trouble with the palace maid.

"The emperor is angry, and the palace maid is also unintentional." The eunuch next to him said.

He knows what it means to be a companion like a tiger, and if there is a slight difference, it is difficult to protect his life. So he lived in fear every day by Zhu Yuanzhang's side, afraid that something would provoke Zhu Yuanzhang, and then he died in a daze.

He also knew that no palace maid dared to brew bad tea for Zhu Yuanzhang, it must be Zhu Yuanzhang's taste changed, so he had to let that palace maid suffer, and it was better to suffer thirty boards than to lose his life.

"Xiao Lizi, tell me, did this Liu Sanwu and those two examiners secretly accept bribes to make all the Jinshi Southern scholars?" Zhu Yuanzhang put down the teacup and said loudly to the eunuch behind him.

"Back to the emperor, the court is a major event, and the slaves and maids don't dare to talk much."

Xiao Li Zi replied tremblingly, he didn't dare to say much about this question, if he didn't say what Zhu Yuanzhang thought, wouldn't it be a felony?

"Okay, okay, don't hammer, you don't have to worry at all." Zhu Yuanzhang knew what Xiao Li Zi was afraid of, and he didn't force it, but said, "You go to Qingtian Street to summon Ruan An into the palace, in this palace, he dares to tell me the truth." ”

"Yes, slave and maid obey." Xiao Li Zi is amnesty, as long as Ruan An enters the palace, the pressure on them will be much less.

Zhu Yuanzhang's life is not good, Liu Sanwu's life is not good, and Yin Changlong's life is even more difficult.

Just a few days ago, the emperor's list was posted, and he Yin Changlong's high school list should have been a happy thing, but within a few days, the northern scholars began to make trouble, making him feel like a pins and needles.

"Hey, the emperor asked to redraw the list of jinshi, isn't this an obvious ultimatum. Whoever does not have a northern scholar on the list will definitely be punished. But I have investigated it several times, and there is no problem with the imperial list at all, the articles of the northern scholars are indeed inferior to the southern scholars, and it is not against the faith of the scholars to let the northern scholars enter the ranks. ”

Sitting in the hall of the Nameless Mansion, Yin Changlong had a blank piece of paper in front of him, and he wanted to write with a pen, but he had a lot of thoughts in his heart, and he didn't know how to write.

Outside the door, Saren and Tsing Yi were listlessly looking at the sun in the sky, and now that the young master was not at home, they didn't know what to do. I always feel empty in my heart.

Laifu also lay on the lawn and watched the sun, hesitating Hongchen was also ridden away by Lao Qian, he had nothing to take care of, and basking in the sun seemed to have become his only hobby in the past month.

Zou Kai was cleaning the yard, he thought that the young master would be back soon, and he had to clean up the yard.

Zou Kai's wish soon came true, because as soon as he finished cleaning the courtyard, a figure appeared in front of the door of the Nameless Mansion.

The figure was very thin, and there was a smiling snow-white dog at his feet, at least Zou Kai thought it was a dog.

Saren and Tsing Yi, who were sitting, also saw the figure, and after being stunned for a moment, Fei also ran towards the figure.

Laifu, who was lying on the ground, was also awakened by Saren's movements, turned over and did it, and saw that he usually had the most contact, what was not Hongchen behind that figure!

"Young Master! You're finally back. ”

Saren suddenly threw himself into Hu Ye's arms and said silently.

Tsing Yi is better, after all, he is older. However, she also had tears in her eyes, and she had been away from Hu Ye for nearly a month, and the thoughts in their hearts were very strong.

"Okay, okay, didn't I come back in a good way, why are you still crying, it doesn't affect people well."

Hu Ye let Saren cry in his arms, to be honest, he really missed them a little after not seeing them for a month.

"Young master, have you eaten, I'll cook for you."

Tsing Yi was more steady, secretly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, and asked Hu Ye in a low voice.

"Well, I didn't stop coming back all the way, I'm really a little hungry."

Hu Ye said with a smile, and at the same time held Sa Ren's head, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with his hand, and whispered, "Go cook with Sister Tsing Yi, young master, I'm hungry." ”

Seeing Hu Ye's expression, Saren laughed all of a sudden, this is still his own young master, and he hasn't changed at all.

So Saren happily followed Tsing Yi to cook, and he must get a table of delicious food for the young master, and make up for all the food he hasn't eaten in the past month.

"Young Master, you're back." Laifu stepped forward and said very respectfully.

He respects Hu Ye from the bottom of his heart, although Hu Ye is younger than him, he gives him a new life.

In the past, when I came to the inn, I had to look not only at the face of the shopkeeper, but also at the face of the guest officer.

Since coming to the Nameless Mansion, not only has the salary increased many times, but he has never been looked down upon, Hu Ye has never treated him as a person, even the two maids who are more comfortable than other young ladies also treat him as a big brother, and greet him when they meet.

So he felt that following Hu Ye at the beginning was the most correct choice he had made in his life.

"Okay, don't say anything else, you go and settle Hongchen first, and then Young Master Ben will take you to play prestige." Hu Ye looked at Laifu's expression, and knew that he had a lot to say, but now was not the time, he was hungry and panicked, so he had better fill his stomach first.

Laifu Ying claimed that he came behind Hu Ye and led Hongchen to the stable.

"By the way, I have to clean up the stables recently, there must be no dirty things, Hongchen needs to rest now." Hu Ye said loudly to Laifu.

"Young Master, I..."

Zhou Kai wanted to say something, but his mouth was stupid, and he didn't squeeze out anything for a long time.

"Okay, don't say more, I've seen everything you do." Hu Ye smiled at Zou Kai, as soon as he entered the door, he saw Zou Kai cleaning the yard, in the month that he was away, he must have been like this every day, with such a helper, it seems that he saved him twice, and it was not in vain.

Zou Kai nodded excitedly, and then went to clean up the house.

Hu Ye entered the hall with the old money, and as for Zheng Da, he still went back to his small house on Qingtian Street.

"Ha Luha, Brother Yin, are you worrying about the problem of the palace test?"

Walking into the hall, Hu Ye saw Yin Changlong scratching his head and cheeks, and knew that this product must be troubled by the problem of the palace test now. (To be continued......)