"Is that him?" After asking Liuning, he looked at Mingfu with very real eyes, in fact, Liuning didn't understand, who should he refer to when he said this, Liuning wanted to confirm his suspicions, but he was not sure of his suspicions.

Mingfu took Liuning's hand, quickly wrote a word in Liuning's hand, and then grasped Liuning's hand tightly, and whispered in Liuning's ear: "You must be careful, beware of him." After Mingfu said this, she changed back to her original tone, retracted into the quilt, pretended to sleep, and no longer paid attention to Liuning.

Liuning clenched her fists and looked at Mingfu intently, only then did she understand that what Mingfu wrote on her hand was a "zhi" word, and sure enough, there was nothing wrong.

Liuning looked at Mingfu again, she didn't want to deal with Liuning at all, Liuning understood that the closer she was to the truth of the facts, the closer she might be to danger and death, Mingfu must have her own unspeakable secrets, Liuning believed everything Mingfu said, Mingfu was protecting them, but she must have been held hostage by Li Junzhi for some reason.

Liuning went out to find Tang Changyu and Zhao Nan, wanting to tell them all this, Zhao Nan and Tang Changyu listened and nodded frequently, their previous analysis was almost correct, but they lacked conclusive evidence to prove all this, and they also lacked a careful plan to catch them all, waiting for an opportunity, they believed that Li Shimin, like them, was waiting for such an opportunity.

The three of them haven't come up with any countermeasures, and they don't dare to act rashly when they recall Li Shimin's inexplicable words before, the top priority is to cultivate their own strength, and take care of Mingfu.

When Liuning pushed the door in again, the room was already empty, Mingfu was long gone, the temperature in the bed had completely dissipated, only one window was wide open, and a hot wind blew in from time to time, reminding them of Mingfu's departure. The weak woman, who was seriously injured, had just woken up, and had not fully recovered, just walked over the wall, and Zhao Nan couldn't help frowning.

None of the three people are not worried about Mingfu's safety, except for her injuries, as well as her dire situation, they don't know what other people Mingfu knows in Chang'an City besides a few of them, whether Mingfu has nowhere to hide, and whether she will be hurt by Li Junzhi, they don't know, except for worrying, the only thing they can do is to look for it.

Liuning and Tang Changyu together, Zhao Nan together, asked pedestrians one by one on the street, but Mingfu was never seen, Zhao Nan's heart was almost collapsed, he blamed himself for his negligence, and worried about Mingfu's safety.

Liuning and Tang Changyu also kept looking on the street, but they didn't find any clues, as if Mingfu had never appeared, and just disappeared out of thin air, Liuning regretted a little, if she wasn't so eager to find the truth, if she hadn't left Mingfu alone in the room, maybe this would not be the case at all now. Liuning should have known that Mingfu was pretending to be asleep, and she should have realized that there were many things hidden in her heart.

Liuning and Tang Changyu passed by the Hongwen Pavilion, the bustling crowd in front of the door, the whole road was impassable, Liuning and Tang Changyu knew that the annual imperial examination was in full swing, and they didn't want to care about these idle things, but when they passed by here, they heard a fierce quarrel inside.

Liu Ning and Tang Changyu glanced at each other, and each thought that they should go in and have a look, Tang Changyu took Liu Ning's hand through the crowd and walked to the door of Hongwen Pavilion.

There is a person in a simple cloth dress who is besieged by a group of people in the Hongwen Pavilion, and a high-ranking person is watching all this coldly, the group of people are surrounding the young man in cloth, and he is being searched by his hands and feet, but this paranoid young man has not wanted others to move him, and has been waving his hand to resist, although all this is just a mantis arm blocking the car.

That high-ranking person, Tang Changyu and Liuning both knew each other, that person was Li Mingyi's father, Li Linde, he had trouble with Tang Changyu, how could they forget. This time, he was the invigilator of this imperial examination, and everything was in his hands, and now, in the eyes of Tang Changyu and Liuning, he seemed to be bullying the small.

Tang Changyu walked in front of Li Linde and blocked in front of the cloth-clothed young man who had already knelt on the ground, he looked at Li Linde, but remembered in his heart the unhappiness between them, it was that time Li Linde's framing and almost put Ning Ning to death, coupled with the matter of Wen Hai and Li Mingyi, Tang Changyu's heart rose with anger, the Li family father and son really did not have a good thing.

"Master Li, what's going on?" Tang Changyu stepped forward and asked very modestly and politely.

"It's none of your business, English." Li Linde was also polite and quietly turned Tang Changyu away.

The cloth-clothed young man only wore a thin straw sandal on his feet, and there was even a small hole in it, although the coarse cloth clothes he wore were very shabby, with a few patches on them, but it was still difficult to hide the beauty between his eyebrows, Liu Ning looked at the young man in front of him carefully, he had a bookish atmosphere on his body, and he seemed to be the kind of poor student, who wanted to jump into the dragon gate with the imperial examination, but unfortunately it seemed that he had not achieved any results now, and he had already provoked the powerful.

Fortunately, now that he has met the two of them, someone can fight for him.

The cloth-clothed young man seemed to have woken up from a big drink, gratitatively grabbed Tang Changyu's ankle, and shouted loudly: "My lord, please make the decision for me, I have been studying hard for more than ten years, for today, but he, as an invigilator, actually connived at the children of the powerful to buy the substitute exam, but framed me for plagiarism and cheating, I explained that he didn't listen, now that the test papers have been sealed, you can take out the verification, but he insisted on refusing, wanting to cancel my exam qualification, and ask the adult to make the decision for me." ”

Tang Changyu nodded at the cloth-clothed young man, turned his head to look at Li Linde, the evidence was conclusive, he didn't dare to deny it, so he could only resign himself to reply: "Yes, yes, you kid is really, if you have something to say, why bother making such a big move, since the matter has been explained clearly, there is no need to dwell on it anymore." ”

Li Linde said that, but looking at the look on his face, his face was completely unbearable, and so many onlookers around him were whispering.

In fact, everyone understands in their hearts that the imperial examination system is intended to select scholars from poor families to serve the country, so that becoming an official is no longer just an unattainable dream of a poor family, but in the annual selection, there are very few scholars from poor families who can be named on the gold list, and important official positions are still monopolized by those scholars and door valves, and the phenomenon of officials protecting each other is endless.

Tang Changyu really wanted to rectify this unhealthy trend, what the emperor couldn't do, at least he could vent a bad breath for these people: "Lord Li, this time you have a heart or not, but please remember what you said, the matter has been explained clearly, there is no need to dwell on it, you know how many times this kind of thing has happened before, as long as it doesn't happen again in the future, all this is reasonable." ”

Tang Changyu took advantage of this generosity, but the young man in cloth who was still kneeling was already trembling with fear, he gently pulled the hem of Tang Changyu's clothes, signaling him not to say any more, Liu Ning frowned and looked at this scene, a little puzzled, a dignified man, is so timid and afraid.

Li Linde nodded again and again, Tang Changyu saw that it was okay, so he left with Liuning, but he didn't expect the cloth-clothed young man to follow them all the time, as if he had something to say, the three of them found a secluded tavern and chatted while eating.

The cloth-clothed young man introduced himself first, but he was also down-and-out and generous, and he didn't see the submissive look just now: "I am Su Pingqi, a native of Jinan, Shandong, my family is poor, I have been studying hard for decades, and the whole family has borne the burden of not knowing, and this time I paid all my belongings for me to enter Beijing to catch the exam, but I didn't expect to encounter such a thing, thank you for the help of the two of you, it's just, it's just ......"

When Su Pingqi said this, he hesitated a little, Tang Changyu thought, maybe this is the reason why he has been following the two of them, and he really didn't guess wrong.

Su Pingqi hesitated, and Liu Ning couldn't help but think of the scene just now, frowned and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Su Pingqi continued: "It's just that what Tang Gongzi said to Master Li just now is not too heavy, I think the two of them are noble, and at first glance they are nobles, and they may not be lower than Master Li in the court, but Master Li is an invigilator after all, I offended him, and I will ...... in the future I'm afraid it's going to be hard in the future, and I hope that the two of them will be good people to the end, can you go to Master Li to apologize and let him let me go?! ”

Tang Changyu couldn't help but feel funny, now the world is really black and white, what is right has become wrong, and what is wrong is right.

"Why should I go? There are many things that you don't know to the people, what I said is a warning, these are what Master Li really did, I am here to protect the interests of more people, so that he will not dare to do such things in the future, harm more people, so that he can no longer do whatever he wants, and you will not be bullied like today. ”

Su Pingqi was speechless for a while, and in a moment of stunned, Liu Ning had already pulled up Tang Changyu and was about to get up to leave, Liu Ning turned around and put down a top of silver on the table, leaving a sentence: "You have read so many sage books, you should understand some truths, although there are people like Li Linde now, but you should believe in fairness and justice, as a man, you shouldn't be so timid, otherwise, even if you become an official in the future, everything is just a mess." ”

After speaking, Liu Ning and Tang Changyu left without looking back, Su Ping put away the silver on the table, thought about what Liu Ning had just said, and looked straight in the direction they left.