After the news that this year's examiner was served by the ghost king, the noisy capital calmed down for a while. In the past, the activities of visiting relatives and friends, asking for news and so on have all stopped, and in the cognition of the Moyun people, as long as things meet the ghost king, it means that in addition to following the rules of the ghost king, all other actions are useless. That's right, the ghost king has always been unpretentious to the people of the Zhao family, let alone others. Those who have a little brain know that you can't stumble in front of the ghost king, otherwise the ghost king will definitely slap you to death, so being honest is the best policy.

It's just that the calm is only on the surface, and there are still many people moving in the dark. You must know that for students, the imperial examination is the gate when the carp jumps over the dragon gate. In addition, the system of recommending officials, which is now a shortcut to promotion for the children of official families, is already in jeopardy, so how can they easily give up this opportunity.

After the night falls, there are fewer and fewer pedestrians on the capital road, and a small sedan chair or carriage suddenly appears on the street to come to the alley at the back door of the Zhou Mansion, and many ministers and family heads get down from the sedan chair and enter the Zhou family, and are guided to the study where the Zhou scholar usually works.

Scholar Zhou sat on the main seat, and the people below had already sat thirty or forty, looking at the clothes, they were all rich or expensive, but all of them had sad faces, and many of them sighed from time to time.

There was a sound of footsteps, and Yu Shangshu was led in. Now, the two factions of Zhou Daxue and Yu Shangshu have already reached a temporary truce and a consensus to deal with the ghost king, no way, no matter whether the ghost king is her identity as a prince or the eldest princess, or her accumulated achievements on the battlefield, or the explosive combat effectiveness, none of them can cope with any of them, so they can only choose to join forces to resist the enemy.

After Yu Shangshu came in, he looked at the people around him and said angrily: "Look at your frustrated appearance, the matter is not yet to the end, it is the right thing to think of a way." ”

Scholar Zhou said: "Yes, there is a chance before this thing is landed, I will gather everyone together today to think of a way together." The so-called magic is one foot high, the road is one foot high, so many of us can't deal with him alone? ”

The head of a family said: "As long as the ghost king is not the main examiner, there will be a turnaround, I heard that the ghost king has left the palace since he was a child, and he has been drifting into the rivers and lakes, and his knowledge must be limited..."

"The eldest princess has been smart since she was a child, and she has the ability to never forget, and she has memorized most of the books in the imperial study at the age of five. She has not learned much in the rivers and lakes, she should have also received the guidance of the Master, and in terms of true knowledge, she is no worse than anyone present. Yu Shangshu interrupted this person's words, how could they not think of such an obvious reason when they went to the court, if it was really so, he had already proposed it in the court, and there was no need to wait here.

The head of the family stopped talking, and the other said: "The eldest princess is a woman, and there have always been no women participating in the imperial examination, and the eldest princess's trip is not in line with the ancestral system." ”

Scholar Zhou said lightly: "There has never been a precedent for a woman to be an official, but she first made a contribution to quelling the rebellion, and at that time no one could oppose her becoming the king, and then conquered Yuxue, and at that time no one said that she was a woman and could not lead soldiers, and now she is said that she is a woman and cannot be the main examiner, what did you do earlier." ”

Once again, the crowd fell silent. Yu Shangshu said: "It seems that it will not work to make an idea from the ghost king, her position in the main exam has been decided, and it is not so easy to change, now we have to think about how to make the children in the family be able to be on the gold list." ”

A minister sighed, "As long as the ghost king is here, it's inconvenient for us to do anything." ”

Yu Shangshu said: "It's just inconvenient, it doesn't mean that it can't be done." ”

Hearing him say this, everyone was shocked, does that mean that there is still a drama in this matter? Seeing that everyone was coming to the spirit, Yu Shangshu smiled mysteriously and beckoned to everyone, dozens of heads came together, and a conspiracy was brewing.

Yun Yuhong was falling into Bai Ziyu's arms at this time and whispering. Bai Ziyu had a rare relaxed day today, and after eating with Yun Yuhong in the evening, he took Lele to play for a while, until Lele was tired and was carried down to sleep, and the two sat together to chat.

Yun Yuhong complained for a while, Bai Ziyu snubbed her during this time, making her a resentful woman, and was coaxed by Bai Ziyu, and couldn't help but feel good. Hooking Bai Ziyu's neck, Yun Yuhong smiled: "Two days ago, I came to the court like that, and I guess it will be regarded as a thorn in the side of many people, in fact, my father originally intended to let you be the main exam, and you are not upset that I robbed you, right?" ”

Bai Ziyu hugged Yun Yuhong tightly and said, "Of course not, in fact, if you don't come forward, I may not be able to compete for Scholar Zhou." ”

Yun Yuhong nodded, took Bai Ziyu's hand and said: "I don't know anything about scientific research, what to do, I don't know what to pay attention to, Bai Xiangye, do you have any good suggestions?" ”

Bai Ziyu thought for a moment, "Speaking of the experience of this scientific examination, neither I nor the head of the Yi family have any experience, if it is not done well, it will really make the people of Zhou University take advantage of the loopholes." In this way, I will go to the scholar of Xia Qin University tomorrow, he has been an official in Moyun for many years, and I heard that he has also presided over a scientific examination before, let him give you some advice, or simply let him help you, do you think? ”

Yun Yuhong nodded and said: "It's best to have Qin University Scholar to help, it's best that he can help me mark the papers, to be honest, I regret thinking that I will have to read those countless test papers in a few days, in fact, I don't want to be the examiner much." ”

Bai Ziyu smiled, Hong'er sometimes lacked some patience, especially in some simple and repetitive things that seemed boring, and she basically couldn't sit still for an hour. It's really hard for her to mark the papers. But you must know that this marking is a very important part, and the examiner must also participate in and even make decisions, so others can't help with this matter.

Fortunately, Yun Yuhong only complained, and did not expect others to do anything for her, but continued: "The officials in Moyun have long been occupied by the children of the family, and they are already very dim, and now they urgently need a group of brave and knowledgeable newcomers to replace them, if they are replaced, Moyun's officialdom can be clear for twenty years, but it is not easy to move these people." We still have a lot of difficulties ahead, externally, now the threat of the Three Kingdoms is still there, at home, the foundation of Zhou scholars and Yu Shangshu and others is still deep, Yulang, we really have to work hard for a few more years. ”

Bai Ziyu nodded and said: "I know, but in a good place, the current Moyun is much better than before, as long as we are given time, Moyun will definitely get better." ”

Yun Yuhong also nodded and said: "So, I hope they must move this time, even if it is only Zhou Dashi or Yu Shangshu, they have been quiet for too long, and they will definitely take action this time." ”

The night deepened, and people walked out of the Zhou Mansion to go home, only Yu Shangshu walked to a secluded Tulou. When he got inside, Yu Shangshu saluted the dark place and said, "I've done everything tonight, it's up to me to see the effect in the future." ”

In the dark, a deep voice came, "Very good, although this matter was intervened by the ghost king, but fortunately, it is still under control, pay attention in the future, be careful." ”

Yu Shangshu said respectfully: "Yes, I will pay attention." ”

There was no more sound coming from the darkness, and Yu Shangshu gave another salute and withdrew from the house.

Soon after he left, a figure jumped out of the shadows, and after searching the house for a while, it was empty, and the visitor had to jump to the roof again, looking down from the heights, but still found nothing. The black shadow jumped away a few times, and only pulled down the masked towel in the distance, and in the moonlight, a young and thin face, but it was a stingy ghost. He took off his night clothes, put a bag on his back, and walked towards the Ghost King's Mansion.

When passing through a dark alley, there were two faint cries for help, and the stingy ghost walked inside, two men in brocade clothes about thirty years old were grabbing a woman, one of them was covering the woman's mouth, and the other was tearing the woman's clothes. On the ground, a little maid had fallen in a pool of blood. The stingy ghost immediately understood what was going on, and stepped forward and shouted: "Stop, the capital is heavy, and the Son of Heaven dares to commit murder at his feet, don't you want to die?" ”

The appearance of the stingy ghost startled the two, but they didn't let go, the one who was undressing turned around and said viciously to the stingy ghost: "You really have the audacity to find death, since you are here, don't leave." As he spoke, he drew his knife and slashed at the stingy ghost.

The stingy ghost frowned, although this person is dressed like a rich child, but more like a Jianghu person, the rich child usually does not carry a knife, and is followed by an evil servant, and he is usually not ruthless to the point of being found out and killed, but since the master came to the capital, the people in the rivers and lakes will more or less care about the master's power and will not cause trouble in the capital, and some will even avoid it, these two people are a little strange.

The knife quickly reached the chest of the stingy man, who took a step back, dodged it, and then slammed it into the chest of the incoming man. The two fought four or five moves, and the stingy ghost was even more surprised, this person has good martial arts, and he should have a bit of a name on the rivers and lakes, but how could he think of coming to the capital to make trouble? Of course, this person's martial arts are good, but he is still a little worse than the stingy ghost, and after more than a dozen moves, he was slapped down by the stingy ghost and pointed to the acupoint by the stingy ghost.

Seeing that his companion had been caught, the other woman pulled out an extraordinarily wide knife and slashed at the stingy ghost. I don't know this person who is stingy, but this knife is very famous in the rivers and lakes, Zeyu has two bullies who like to use a wide knife, and they like to split people in half when facing the enemy, which is extremely vicious, are they these two people? It's just how did you come to Moyun?

The stingy ghost had a guess in his heart, but his subordinates showed no mercy, and after more than a dozen moves, he also put this person down at his feet, and then turned to look at the woman who fell to the ground, and this time the stingy ghost smiled, this is another old acquaintance.