Chapter 193: Two Hours
This advent actually came to the exam questions of next year's spring exam?
This was definitely unexpected by Xiao Rui, but then, he suddenly realized that this would be a murderous weapon!
He hurriedly lifted the curtain and said to Wu Zhanfa: "Bring it!" Get out of here and find a secluded place to stop! ”
Wu Zhanfa saw that Xiao Rui was so cautious, and hurriedly presented the question book to Xiao Rui, and then drove away from here.
Xiao Rui opened the question book, and it was indeed the title written by Zhou Mingwen.
According to the rules of the Great Xia Kingdom's Wenhui Examination, there are three exams, each of which is three days, and the first one is to test the Confucian classics, the Four Books and the Five Classics. The second exam is an application article. The third session is a discussion on strategy.
Zhou Mingwen is the chief examiner, and he will give the questions for this examination, and then present them to His Majesty, who will sketch them and select the final examination questions.
And the question book in Xiao Rui's hand is all the questions of the three exam questions selected by Zhou Mingwen. Such an important question book was carried by Zhou Mingwen casually, and then it was taken by the system and came into his hands?
In fact, Zhou Mingwen is not to blame, because the position of the examiner has not yet fallen on him, he is just planning with Xiao Yiheng, and under the imperative situation, he has already begun to collect exam questions, that is, when he wants to present them to His Majesty, let His Majesty see his speed and ability to write questions, and show confidence.
So this book has always been carried by him, and he does not dare to show it to others.
Wouldn't it be a shame if the examiner's position was not one's.
Today, as soon as he received the holy decree, he rushed to the Chu Palace, but he didn't take good care of this question book, so that the system succeeded and fell into the hands of Xiao Rui.
At this moment, Wu Zhanfa had already parked the carriage.
Xiao Rui immediately called Wu Zhanfa in, and the two of them flattened the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and began to quickly copy the content in the question book, not caring about the neat handwriting, just to complete the transcription in the shortest possible time.
Half an hour, Xiao Rui finished copying, and Wu Zhanfa also came back: "Your Highness, Zhou Mingwen has not come out of the Chu Palace!" ”
Xiao Rui shook his sour wrist, handed the question book to Wu Zhanfa, and said, "Secretly return the question book back to Zhou Mingwen's carriage, remember, don't let anything be discovered, you must be cautious!" ”
Wu Zhanfa rolled up the question book, hid it in his cuffs, nodded solemnly, and said, "Your Highness, rest assured, the villain has written it down." ”
Xiao Rui breathed a sigh of relief, he was very relieved of Wu Zhanfa's methods, and then his eyes were on the topics scattered in the carriage, and he couldn't help laughing.
"King of Chu, King of Chu, although the chief examiner of the imperial examination is fragrant, but now there is a handle in my hands, I don't know if you can still laugh." Xiao Rui's eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a cold light.
The errand of the chief examiner of the imperial examination has pros and cons, and he is the mentor of the middle list, attracting countless nouveau riche in the imperial court, and accumulating political achievements. If you don't do it well, once you are implicated in the fraud of the imperial examination, you will be ruined!
Xiao Rui decided to plan a thing or two, wouldn't it be a pity if he didn't make this matter bigger?
Soon, Wu Zhanfa returned.
"Your Highness, the matter is done." Wu Zhanfa said softly.
Xiao Rui put away the copied questions and said lazily: "Go home." ”
Wu Zhanfa drove back, and he could still hear the singing voice coming from the carriage in his ears: "I'm really happy today... My sister wants to cross the river, who is pushing me......"
Xiao Rui returned to the palace, but he didn't expect that someone had been waiting for a long time, and he was also the manager of the East Factory, Father-in-law Wei.
Seeing him, Xiao Rui's heart suddenly suddenly, sure enough, if he did too much bad things, it would cause a psychological burden, and as soon as he discussed with Wei Zhongxian to deal with him, he came to visit.
So Xiao Rui regretted a little, he should have done more bad things, his psychological quality is still lacking, look at Jia Xu, there are no symptoms of bad feelings at all.
"His Royal Highness King Xian!" When Grandpa Wei saw Xiao Rui coming back, he hurriedly got up and saluted.
Xiao Rui said with a smile: "Grandpa Wei is here, so that this king's mansion will shine." ”
"Your Highness has tormented the villain, tormented the villain." Gonggong Wei said respectfully: "I take the liberty to bother, and I hope that His Royal Highness will forgive his sins." ”
"Gonggong Wei came in person, could it be that there is something important to implicate this king?" Xiao Rui asked.
Gonggong Wei explained: "Your Highness, although the killers sent by the Cao family of the Great Zhao State to assassinate His Highness last time were all cleared, the nephew of the head of the Cao family, the leader of the assassins, was hidden, and he was finally captured yesterday. ”
"Oh? Caught? I thought the East Factory had stopped the hunt. Xiao Rui was stunned, he originally thought that this person had fled the capital, but he didn't expect that he was still hiding in the capital, and his heart was really big.
Dongchang's methods are really meticulous and careful, the shantytowns in Xicheng District are all poor, the population flow is large, it is difficult to identify, and it is too easy to hide a person casually.
Father-in-law Wei sneered and said, "Is it a trivial matter that His Royal Highness was assassinated?" Your Majesty is furious, and we in Dongchang naturally have the duty to hunt down the murderer, how can it be that because it has been a little longer, it will be over. After catching this person, the villain first told the palm print, and the prince said that this person was extremely evil and should be executed according to the law, and then considered that His Royal Highness was the victim, so the prince asked the villain to ask to see His Royal Highness, and this person wanted to kill or chop, and it was all up to His Royal Highness to decide. ”
Xiao Rui raised his eyebrows, it's all up to him? It seems that it was the intention of the father. But what does the father mean? Kill it, kill it!
Wait a minute...
Oh, my father has asked himself to investigate who these assassins colluded with to assassinate him!
"Hey, father, father, I have to do everything by myself, what do you want Dongchang to do! Could it be that the people who colluded with these assassins were not ordinary people, could it be that which prince was it? Xiao Rui turned on the opposite line of thought, and then looked at Grandpa Wei.
"Grandpa Wei, didn't you interrogate that person?" Xiao Rui asked.
Wei Gonggong said: "Gonggong Hai said that it is the same whether the trial is tried or not, and he can't ask useful clues anyway." ”
Xiao Rui nodded, he would really make excuses, if he couldn't even ask for clues from Dongchang, he would? Dongchang's methods are endless, if that person can withstand all the means, he is really a master.
Xiao Rui said: "Then I'll go to Dongchang in the afternoon, and trouble Grandpa Wei to arrange it." ”
"Your Highness, please rest assured, the mace is ready, Your Highness, do you need any other weapons?" Grandpa Wei asked.
Xiao Rui waved his hand and said, "No need!" This time the king will influence him with righteous words! Li Kui, go, bring all the poisons collected by the palace, what kind of liver and intestine inch broken powder, seven tricks bleeding medicine, itching is incomparably scattered..."
"Okay!" Li Kui, who was guarding in front of the door, rushed away.
Xiao Rui looked at the corners of Grandpa Wei's twitching eyes and asked, "Does Grandpa Wei need it?" If you don't take some back, as long as you don't eat it, you'll be fine. ”
"No, no, the villain is humble, don't waste it, use them on the tip of the knife, yes, use it on the tip of the knife." Grandpa Wei hurriedly smiled.
Xiao Rui nodded and said, "Okay, Grandpa Wei is too incorruptible, he doesn't even want to accept some small gifts, and this king has asked people to prepare other small gifts." ”
Jia Xu on the side had already pulled out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve.
Who knows, Father-in-law Wei took it over and said righteously: "The villain rejected His Highness's intention once, and he was already apprehensive and panicked. If this second small gift is rejected again, the villain really doesn't know what to do. ”
Xiao Rui bowed his head and said: "That's right, if Father-in-law Wei doesn't even accept the tea money, won't it make the subordinates who have worked hard to hunt down the prisoner feel cold, and then complain about this king, and this king will not be at ease." ”
"The villain doesn't dare." Grandpa Wei said busily.
Xiao Rui remembered the work of Grandpa Wei and Xiao Jing, so he felt tempted, so he deliberately asked: "Grandpa Hai is not only the palm print of the East Factory, but the palm seal of the master of ceremonies, and it is indeed too hard to hold the important positions of both parties, so the official affairs of the East Factory are pressed on the body of Grandpa Wei, I believe that it will not be long before Grandpa Wei will be promoted to the master of ceremonies." I heard my father unintentionally mention that the palm seal of Dongchang should lead the position of the eunuch of the celebrant of the pen, which is the second position of the eunuch of the celebrant of ceremonies, and I think it will not take long for Gonggong Wei to be promoted. ”
Father-in-law Wei looked calm and said: "With the auspicious words of His Royal Highness, whether the villain can be promoted depends on His Majesty's trust, and the villain is shallow, and he doesn't dare to think about it, he just wants to do his job well, watch more, listen more, learn more, and daydream less." ”
Xiao Rui said deliberately: "If Gonggong Wei needs help with something, even if he speaks, if this king can do his best, he will definitely not refuse." The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty can make this king feel like old at first sight, there are very few, and Gonggong Wei is definitely one of them! ”
Facing Xiao Rui's wooing, Father-in-law Wei looked panicked and said: "Being so praised by His Royal Highness is a blessing from the third generation of the villain, even my father has never praised the villain so much, and has such a high opinion of the villain." If the villain is really desperate, please ask His Royal Highness to be willing to take him in, and be willing to serve tea and pour water. ”
Xiao Rui smiled, Grandpa Wei entrusted himself with his own courtship, and he said it nicely, but he didn't mean to accept it at all.
It is indeed not easy to sit in the position of the manager of the East Factory, but I don't know how Wei Zhongxian collected evidence of his crimes. He was so cautious, he thought it would be enough for Wei Zhongxian to scratch his head.
"Good! When the time comes, the king will be ready for nothing. I remember that my eighth brother King Jing said that when dealing with talents, you must cut your heart to let the other party see the sincerity, and look at King Jing's means, this king is not as good as King Jing. Xiao Rui deliberately brought out King Jing Xiao Jing.
Father-in-law Wei's steady breathing increased slightly, and it returned to normal in an instant, he thought that his performance was flawless, but he was listened to and seen by Jia Xu, who was sitting next to him and observing carefully.
Jia Xu's eyes are so vicious.
Jia Xu's eyes swept to Xiao Rui, Xiao Rui understood that such a long foreshadowing was actually a temptation to stop at this moment, and he immediately changed the topic: "By the way, Father-in-law Wei, the news of going to death row in the afternoon, please keep it secret." ”
Wei Gong said fairly: "Your Highness, rest assured, when this person was arrested, it was after the curfew, and the people who were dispatched were all henchmen personally arranged by Lord Zhangjira, and it did not attract anyone's vigilance and attention. This person is now locked up in the deepest part of Dongchang death row, tied up with flowers, and stuffed with a round ball in his mouth, and no one knows his identity. ”
"That's good!" Xiao Rui said with a smile.
After chatting for a while, Grandpa Wei said goodbye.
Only Xiao Rui and Jia Xu were left in the hall, and Jia Xu stroked his beard and smiled: "Your Highness, it seems that this Grandpa Wei is indeed colluding with Xiao Jing, and our judgment is correct." ”
Xiao Rui frowned and asked: "Hai Dafu and this Wei Dabao have a great relationship, they both say that Hai Dafu is Wei Dabao's godfather, the two have never admitted this relationship, but they have not vetoed it, even if it is not true, the relationship between the two is not simple." Hai Dafu is old, as long as Wei Dabao is honest, he will definitely be able to enter the ceremonial supervisor in a few years. He is cautious and intelligent, so he naturally understands this truth, but why do he still cooperate with Xiao Jing? Even if he wants to be a minister of the dragon, he should choose Xiao Yiheng or Xiao Lie, could it be that he takes a fancy to Xiao Jing and thinks that Xiao Jing is the most promising? Not really. ”
"Your Highness, people have seven emotions and six desires, and no one can control the greed in their hearts. is like Xiao Yiheng, who is both literate and martial, but is fascinated by Yan Xiaoxiao's beauty, this is his greed. And Wei Dabao also has greed, as long as his greed is satisfied, it is not difficult to win him over. Jia Xu said.
Xiao Rui nodded, and said, "So, it was Xiao Jing who caught Wei Dabao's greed, and then added to it, and the two naturally hooked up." ”
Jia Xu said: "That's right! ”
"Then take a good look at what his greed is, we don't need to check, reveal the news to Wei Zhongxian, it is not easy for him to deal with Wei Dabao." Xiao Rui stretched his body, although Wei Zhongxian was a treacherous figure and had no loyalty to himself, but for Xiao Rui, it was only right to use him to expand his power.
Because loyal people have a bottom line, and if they have a bottom line, they will be tied. But the wicked are different, they have no bottom line, and they will do everything to climb up, whoever stops him, who kills whom.
Of course, such a character is easy to use, but it can also hurt yourself.
"Sir, did you talk about buying the people around Wei Zhongxian last time?" Xiao Rui asked.
Jia Xu said: "Your Highness, rest assured, everything is under control." Wei Zhongxian has come to serve as the head of the third division, and he has quickly promoted his three righteous sons, and I have already bought one of them and seized all his handles. If Wei Zhongxian swells up a lot and is difficult to control, it will be when his head is different! ”
Jia Xu does things, Xiao Rui is naturally relieved.
"Sir, if possible, buy Wei Zhongxian's henchmen as much as possible, of course, you must ensure that they are hidden, and you must not let Wei Zhongxian find out. Similarly, the same is true of Li Xiuer's side and Zhang Yizhi's side. Xiao Rui reminded.
Jia Xu smiled and said, "Your Highness, rest assured, I will do these things personally to ensure that nothing goes wrong." ”
Xiao Rui sighed with emotion: "Trouble sir, Mr. is responsible for these things alone, when Li Yuanfang's injury heals, Mr. can arrange him, he is civil and martial, his mind is flexible, he is better than Wu Tactics and Li Kui, he is a person who can be trusted, I trust him as if I trust Mr." ”
Jia Xu was stunned, he didn't expect His Royal Highness to attach so much importance to the newly recruited Li Yuanfang, and listening to his words, it seemed that he attached more importance to Wu Zhanfa.
"Your Highness, I understand." Jia Xu said.
Xiao Rui opened the system and saw that his wish value was 4/5, as long as he came again, he would be able to make a wish. Although the wish is very tricky and the success rate is low, Xiao Rui can't let go of this opportunity.
There is only one strategist by his side, which is indeed too little.