He Xuan's words just now were not to dismiss Jin Se, not long after Jin Se left, the Gongyuan opened the door that had been closed.

The moment the door opened, He Xuan was finally liberated from everyone's gaze, and the people who rushed to the exam focused on the exam again. He Xuan let out a long breath, and slowly walked into the tribute courtyard with the crowd, and then came to the door of his examination room according to the number plate.

It is customary to search candidates before entering the examination room to prevent entrainment, and this practice is being carried out now. However, to He Xuan's surprise, the person who searched for him did not really touch his clothes with his hands, but just pretended to make a gesture. Just when He Xuan wanted to see who this person was, he suddenly heard the man say behind him: "Please Gongzi He don't forget the covenant of Xishan." ”

After speaking, the man turned around and left, and He Xuan did not see the person's face. He Xuan frowned, it seems that the person who gave himself the title is really not an ordinary person, and even people can be placed in this tribute courtyard......

After entering the number room, He Xuan sat in his seat and was still thinking about this matter, and at this time, something even more unexpected happened to He Xuan.

A minister and a eunuch came to the examination hall where she was. Everyone didn't know what was going on, and there was a good thing that they wanted to leave the exam number to go out to see what was going on, but they were stopped in the exam number.

The eunuch announced loudly: "Spread the emperor's edict, Si Tianjian guessed that the auspicious time was wrong, Dabi time was delayed by two hours, all candidates are not allowed to leave the examination number, all personnel are on standby, no will to leave without a will, and those who violate the order will be beheaded." Chin this. ”

Hearing these words, He Xuan smiled and thought to herself: This matter is getting more and more interesting, it seems that I have to go to Xishan today.

The time was already past noon, Liao Yong was pacing back and forth in the gazebo in the garden, the time for this exam should have ended a long time ago, but He Xuan had not come back yet. Liao Yong regretted a little, and didn't know if He Xuan let him leave his home because he did too much yesterday.

"Young Master!" Xiao Douzi's shout interrupted Liao Yong's train of thought.

"Shout what to shout! Scared me, what's going on? ”

"Young Master. It's not that He Gongzi hasn't come back, it's that he hasn't taken the exam at all. I heard from people outside, I don't know why, the time of the exam has been postponed twice. So, the test will be released two hours later than the original time. ”

Hearing this, Liao Yong clapped his hands with a folding fan and said, "It's not good." Something went wrong. ”

"Huh?" Xiaodouzi looked at Liao Yong suspiciously.

"Don't! Send someone to the Prime Minister's Mansion to inquire. ”

"Yes." Little Bean turned around and ran towards the porter.

"Stop," Xiaodouzi just ran a few steps before being stopped by Liao Yong, Xiaodouzi stood there looking at his young master, and only heard Liao Yong say, "You don't need anyone else, just you and Yumo, go together, go in person." ”

"Got it, young master." Hearing this, Xiaodouzi ran to the front to find Yumo.

The two little guys rode all the way to the prime minister's mansion without saying a word, and saw that in addition to the family members who used to stand at the door, there were also some guards wearing official clothes and carrying knives at the door.

Yumo wanted to step forward to inquire a few words, Xiaodouzi's eyes were sharp, and he saw a family member squeezing his eyes and shaking his head as if he was killing chickens and wiping his neck, and hurriedly dismounted and grabbed Yumo's wrist, and the two of them walked slowly from the door of the Xiangfu with the horse as if they had nothing to do.

"What's wrong?" After turning the corner, Yumo asked.

"That family member gave us a corner of the eye, but he didn't let us come forward, and you see that the person standing at the door doesn't look like he is from the Xiangye's house."

"I can see that, too. However, the errand given by the young master ......"

"Didn't you say yesterday that Zuo Gongzi will take office today. Otherwise, let's go to the Gongyuan for a walk. Even if you can't see anyone, it's sealed here, it's a reply. ”

Yumo nodded, and said to Xiaodouzi with a smile: "Little clever ghost." No wonder the young master likes you so much. Cheng, my brother will listen to you today and walk. ”

As he spoke, the two little guys hurried away in the direction of the Gongyuan.

Put them down and ask left and right without mentioning it, just talk about Zuo Liang's side.

After entering the palace with his father, the emperor was very displeased when he heard Zuo Xiang's report, and then listened to Zuo Liang's statement, although he was not angry, but the clear-eyed person immediately saw his resentment at this time. There was not even a single person in the entire hall who dared to gasp loudly.

After a while, the emperor ordered Zuo Liang to take another team of chamberlains to the examination room to search the candidates again. And he and Zuo Xiang discussed another topic again.

Zuo Liang led these attendants to the Gongyuan in a hurry, inspected the courtyards one by one, and sure enough, the entrainment was found from many candidates. Naturally, these are not abnormal things, but almost all of these twenty or thirty people with entrainment have one entrainment question, which is not a normal thing. Zuo Liang confined these candidates in one room, and sent a chamberlain to send these entrainments into the palace.

Soon, the chamberlain came back and reported to Zuo Liang in a low voice, saying, "The emperor is really angry this time. Originally, there was no need to mention the matter of personally inspecting, and the left guard was ordered to lead people to strictly inspect. ”

Zuo Liang nodded, and the exam finally began.

Since Zuo Liang came here, he has been worried about whether he will find something from He Xuan, but the result has made Zuo Liang settle down, when he finds He Xuan here, not to mention entrainment, even items such as pen and ink, He Xuan has always used the Gong Academy, and he has not even brought a personal belonging.

When Zuo Liang turned around again and returned to the courtyard where He Xuan was, he saw that He Xuan had already handed in the papers and was about to leave.

"Done?" Zuo Liang asked with some confusion.

"Yes." He Xuan said.

"Go back to Liao's house in a while, don't go anywhere, I'm afraid that there will be something to ask you at night." Zuo Liang said.

"Before I go back, there is another place I must go." He Xuan smiled, didn't explain anything more to Zuo Liang, but turned around and left the Tribute Courtyard.

This "must go" place is naturally the Xishan Qingping Temple that the Taoist priest said that day.

Along the way, He Xuan drove quickly and soon arrived at Xishan. But this Qingpingguan made her inquire for a long time before she found it. When she got to the temple, she tied her horse to the temple and walked inside.

It is much smaller than the temples and Taoist temples you see on weekdays, and the incense does not seem to be so prosperous. Almost there's no sign of people, the courtyard is full of fallen leaves, and even the Guanyu itself is a little damaged.

He Xuan put the blade in his sleeve and slowly probed inside while looking around him.

Until I walked to the main hall, I didn't see any people at all.

It seems that this trip has been in vain. He Xuan thought so, turned around and walked towards the courtyard gate.

Just as she had untied the reins of her horse and was about to leave, she suddenly heard a muffled sound not far away, followed by the sound of horses' hooves. He Xuan looked around, this temple seemed to be only accessible up and down this road, she led the horse and hid behind the observation wall.

After a while, I saw a man riding a horse with a black gauze hat past the door. Towards the bottom of the mountain.

He Xuan also hurriedly got on the horse, but did not go fast, just quietly followed behind the man, and it was not until he came to the bottom of the mountain that He Xuan sped up and followed the trace of the man all the way. When he arrived at the avenue immediately, the person who was looking for someone actually threw the clothes on his body and the hat on the side of the road, He Xuan did not pick it up, but just followed, until he came to the downtown of Kyoto City, the man got off the horse, He Xuan also got off the horse, not far or near, and followed him without hurry.

At this moment, the person suddenly looked around left and right, I don't know if he felt that someone was following him, taking advantage of this opportunity, He Xuan barely saw the side face of the person clearly, but it was not the Taoist who gave him the title that day. He Xuan thought, could it be that she was with the wrong person, and this person couldn't go to the appointment? Although he is a little old, the people who participate in the scientific examination are really young and old, and it is not surprising that he is older. I don't care so much for now, I've already followed this here anyway, so let's talk about it first. Seeing where he lived, he arrived before himself, and maybe he saw someone.

After this road, the man got on the horse again, and then drove down quickly, He Xuan also turned over and got on the horse, but the speed was not too fast, which frightened the person. Fortunately, there doesn't seem to be any fork in the road here, and He Xuan can still keep up.

It was not until under a high wall that the man dismounted, whispered a few words to a young man, and after the young man handed the man a bag of things, he showed his waist card and walked into the wall. The one that He Xuan had been staring at collected his things and continued to walk east along the high wall.

He Xuan still has to keep up, but ...... She looked around, where was this? I just cared about following, and I didn't even remember the road too much.

Although He Xuan has been to Kyoto many times, she has never been here. Looking at the sergeant's uniform guarding the door, she suddenly felt a surprise in her heart, could it be that this is ......

At this moment, He Xuan suddenly heard a sergeant shouting loudly to herself: "What person." When you come to the forbidden garden and don't get off the horse, what kind of crime should you be guilty of? ”

He Xuan hurriedly dismounted, bowed his hand, and said in the soft language of Wu Nong, who was taught to him by his master: "Brother sergeant, the little one entered Beijing for the first time to take the exam, and he lost his way after the exam......

"You've been lost far enough to reach the foot of the Imperial City. It's really hard for you, I didn't get lost when I went to Beijing. ”

The sergeant listened to He Xuan's accent, believed her words, and said teasingly.

He Xuan pretended to be embarrassed and smiled, and said, "I live in that ...... Shengyi Building. I don't know if the sergeant brother can give me some pointers. ”

As he spoke, he took out two pieces of silver about two or three taels from the blanket on the horse's body, and handed them to the hands of the two sergeants.

"Follow this road, straight ahead, and you will reach the downtown area. Let's inquire again when we get there. ”

One of the sergeants took the silver, then with a sarcastic smile on his face, pointed in the direction He Xuan had come. He Xuan hurriedly thanked him, and then led the horse and walked in the direction of "Xiantingju".