"I'm afraid that our team won't even be able to get out of the capital." Yu Xi smiled bitterly, she didn't know what Emperor Longqing wanted to do, but she really shouldn't send these prisoners out of Taixue, she couldn't pick them on her shoulders or lift them in her hands, she was afraid that if she didn't find out anything, she would be destroyed by Nanban and bury the lives of those innocent prisoners in vain.

Ye Ping was a little embarrassed, the Nanban in the capital has not been cleaned up until now, and the mastermind behind the scenes is hiding very deeply, in the final analysis, it is still the Dali Temple that does not do things effectively, and Han Dao pleads guilty for entering the palace twice in three days.

Whether it is Dali Temple, Jingzhao Mansion, or the Criminal Department, knowing that the barbarians in central and southern Beijing are in turmoil, they are still helpless, and the officials of these three places are only responsible for cleaning up the scene when the crime occurs, and then kneel in the imperial study and the court to plead guilty.

Fortunately, Emperor Longqing and Cui Xiang refused to take half a step back in order to compete for power, and the officials in these three places were miraculously preserved, but if this matter spread, the official position could not be kept, and someone as responsible as Ye Ping still felt sorry for his conscience.

Song Xijiu is a conservative and stubborn old man, and he also has a hint of benevolence and cowardice, knowing that the situation in Beijing is tense now, where to rest assured that the prisoners will go out to travel, but Emperor Longqing has no choice but to make a clear decree, even Cui Xiang is looking for him to speak, openly and secretly threatening, if he does not respect the will, he will be transferred from the Guozi Prison, or he will be sent to prison to wait for his fate.

It's not that he is greedy for life and afraid of death, on the contrary, it is common for a proud scholar like him to sacrifice for his beliefs.

But the problem is that Emperor Longqing and Cui Xiang have reached an agreement on this matter, which is rare, and Cui Xiang nailed him to death on the pillar of shame of greed for life and fear of death, scholars should have repaid the country with death, and the imperial court ordered them to go out to travel, the original intention was to let them endure the wind and rain, if they can't even withstand this twist and turn, what else can they talk about serving the country?

Song Xijiu has been in the Guozi Prison all his life, and he has a very deep affection for the students, he is nothing, but according to the meaning of Emperor Longqing and Cui Xiang, the future future of all the prisoners of Taixue may be affected because of him, for the sake of the students, he has to pinch his nose and admit it.

Although Song sacrificial wine is sometimes stubborn, it is not a fool, since the impression of the court is obvious, but in that it is love, and it is usually always strong self

Fortunately, the inmates have to pass the exam he presides, and as long as he does something in the exam, he can always save some people.

The exam presided over by Song Saijiu this time was greatly unexpected by the inmates, he did not test the scriptures and texts, nor did he test the poetry and songs, but even took the test of riding and shooting!

Who doesn't know that Guozijian has never paid attention to mounted archery, every riding and archery class is perfunctory, and all their lives are busy studying, since the imperial court does not pay attention to it, how can they have the leisure to practice riding and archery?

It was such a course that brushed off most of the students, and only twenty or thirty people passed the riding and archery test.

In this life, all beings dare to be angry but dare not speak, and Fang Mo is more like an eggplant that has been beaten by frost, and he is slumped.

"Who would have thought that Song Saijiu would actually take the riding and archery test, obviously deliberately making things difficult, I don't think he wants to let us travel at all." Fang Mo gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, he had never opened this opening in the past, he didn't feel anything, but now he could watch his classmates travel happily, he was left behind, that feeling was really uncomfortable.

In fact, not only him, but most of the students in Guozi Prison have this feeling, they have been studying hard for so many years, who would have expected that they would be planted on riding and shooting.

"Song sacrificial wine is also for your good, should you go on a trip or an outing? How can you get away without a little riding and archery kung fu? Is it possible that I have to hire you a coachman to take you all the way? ”

"Aren't you going to hire a carriage and send everyone along?" Fang Mo was dumbfounded, not to mention them scholars, even the adults in the court all rode in carriages, and there were only a few who rode horses and whips.

"Naturally not, didn't you look at the map? The destination of the four teams is very far away from the capital, if you take the carriage slowly, there will be a lot of delay on the road, only to ride a horse over, and you are afraid that you will have to walk through the mountain road on the way, this road is not as leisurely as you think. ”

She hadn't told Fang Mo about the special circumstances she might encounter and the situation of the people in the South Gate.

Fang Mo still looked incredulous, "Local officials go to Beijing every year to report on their work, and they take a carriage, where is it so difficult?" ”

"The local officials have soldiers to guard them when they enter Beijing, but we don't have them."

"Who's to say no, each team is guarded by two soldiers."

Cheng Jin looked at Fang Mo speechlessly, he was also a little embarrassed to be looked at, that soldier was the guard in the Guozi Prison, accounting for the number of soldiers, but in terms of combat effectiveness, I am afraid that it is more appropriate to say that it is miscellaneous labor.

The imperial court has limited soldiers and horses, and they are just mere prisoners, where can they free up manpower to protect them?

These twenty or thirty prisoners can't say how strong their martial arts are, but there is probably no problem in protecting themselves in case of trouble, at least they are physically strong and can run faster when they escape.

The Song Festival Wine Test Their Riding and Archery is also in this purpose.

Because there are not many inmates selected, there is no situation where you are competing for each other as the previous sentient beings, except for a few temporary family affairs or sudden illnesses who cannot make the trip, the remaining 20 or so inmates are all under the command of the fourth team.

Cheng Jin chose Yu Xi unsurprisingly, in addition to her and Li Yu in their team, there were three teenagers she had never seen before.

Li Yu introduced to her in a low voice, "The tall and thin one is Wu Ying, he is Zhou Xuanting's cousin, I remember that you had a holiday with Zhou Xuanting...... You don't know yet, last night, Zhou Xuanting died. ”

This was expected by Cheng Jin, and it was also unexpected, Wen Shaoan said that Zhou Xuanting would die, but she didn't expect him to go so quietly, the Zhou family didn't want to publicize the matter, and the Guozi Prison was also quiet, and no one offered to mourn him.

Cheng Jin looked at Wu Ying, his expression was as usual, and he was not affected in any way, yes, for him, a cousin died, let's study.

"Wu Ying's mother is a sister to Zhou Xuanting's mother, but their family backgrounds are different, Wu Ying is a scholarly family with a serious child, and she usually doesn't have much contact with Zhou Xuanting, and she is a person who only reads sage books."

That Wu Ying was tall and thin and looked a little weak, but the person who could pass the riding and archery test was always stronger than the average person.

"That short and fat one is called Jiang Wuchang, the nephew of the female student Jiang Xuejian, everyone is not happy to deal with him, and the feminine one in the looking girl is Su Yang, his family background I don't know, it seems to be a descendant of a five-grade official, his father died early in the morning, and his life in the capital is not good, fortunately, Meng Zuyin can enter Taixue to study."