"Didn't go?" Luo Da frowned, "But during this time, Luo Er didn't even go to the Qinglou Tavern that he used to go to, if he didn't go to the Song family, where would he go?" ”

The stranger didn't dare to answer out loud, because he didn't know where Luo Er had gone, anyway, there was no one in the Song family.

Luo Da asked the stranger: "Do you see any people in the Song family who look unusual?" ”

The foreigner shook his head: "In addition to those subordinates in the Song family, there are only Song Gaocen and Song Huaiyu father and son, both of whom are scholars, and there is nothing unusual about them." ”

Luo Dadao: "The people of the Marquis Mansion of Jinyang said that Song Huaiyu was both civil and military. ”

Stranger: "Uncle, I don't think this news is true. ”

Luo Da asked, "What do you say?" ”

Stranger Humane: "Uncle, you think, Song Huaiyu is only a weak crown year to be able to take the entrance examination and take the Jinshi examination, he must spend most of his time on studying, how can he still practice martial arts?" Isn't it ridiculous to say that he is both civil and military? ”

Luo Da nodded when he heard this: "It's really ridiculous." The people in the Marquis Mansion of Jinyang said that it was not good, saying that Song Huaiyu, a scholar, knew martial arts, and I think they deliberately wanted to borrow our hands to deal with Song Huaiyu's family. Hmph, think I'm a fool? ”

The stranger hurriedly said: "Uncle is wise." ”

Luo Da snorted: "If you want to fool us as a mallet, you really have enough courage, if you don't repay them, where will our Luo family's face go?" Luo Zhu, find the shortcomings of the Marquis of Jinyang, get them a hand, and teach them how to behave. Let them not take other people for fools. ”

"Yes." Luo Zhu responded, and then asked, "Is the whereabouts of the second master still traced?" ”

Luo Da sneered: "No need." You asked people to arrange it and make evidence that a second child didn't know where to offend was retaliated against and destroyed the corpse, and I reported it to my father, so that Luo Xingguang could be removed from the Luo family from now on. ”

So ruthless! Luo Zhu felt a chill in his heart, and said respectfully on the surface: "Yes." ”

Nine days later, Song Huaiyu came out of the examination room. Because of the internal strength and body protection, he seems to be much stronger than other candidates. But I still had a good night's sleep, half a day and a night, and I slept until I was hungry before I got up to eat.

Aunt Fu felt sorry for him, he had already boiled ginseng chicken soup for him, simmered it on the stove over low heat, and he could eat hot chicken soup whenever he wanted.

Song Huaiyu drank three bowls of chicken soup and ate a chicken leg in a row, and felt that his stomach was comfortable, so he had the energy to take care of other matters.

"Why didn't you see Luo Er?" Song Huaiyu asked, "He's lazy today and won't come to practice?" ”

Aunt Fu replied: "Second Master Luo has already left the capital?" ”

"What? Got out of the capital? Where did it go? Song Huaiyu was surprised.

"I let him go to the border." Song Taishi walked into the living room.

Song Huaiyu hurriedly got up, and after letting Song Taishi sit down, Fang asked, "Dad, what are you letting Luo Er do at the border?" ”

"Join the army." Song Taishi said, "Your future is already there, Second Master Luo should have his own future." There is a big war on the border, which is just right for him to go over and earn military merits. ”

"But isn't the border General Luo's power?; Can Luo Da let him come out? ”

Song Taishi: "I asked him to go to Sun Zhihan to join the army." ”

"! General Luo will definitely vomit blood when he knows about it, Sun Zhihan is his opponent, but his son takes refuge in his opponent, General Luo will die of anger. Song Huaiyu couldn't help laughing.

Song Taishi snorted and said, "General Luo himself has no vision, he is partial to his son of waste materials, and he ignores his genius son, and he deserves his son to serve the opponent." ”

Song Huaiyu smiled: "Dad, in fact, you have a grudge against your grandfather in your heart, right?" ”

Master Song glanced at Song Huaiyu and was noncommittal.

Song Huaiyu asked: "Dad, these days since I entered the examination room, there haven't been any more moths in the Marquis Mansion of Jinyang, right?" ”

"They let Luo Da know about Luo Er's skills in our family." Song Taishi said.

"Hehe, do you want to borrow a knife to kill someone?" Song Huaiyu laughed mockingly, "But with Daddy here, their plan will definitely not succeed." Right? Father. ”

Song Taishi drinks tea.

Song Huaiyu said again: "When my palace has tried, I will find the Marquis of Jinyang Mansion to settle accounts." ”

"No, you don't." Taishi Song put down the teacup, "The Luo family will help us settle accounts with them, let's just sit on the side and watch the play." ”

Song Huaiyu laughed when he heard this, gave a thumbs up and said, "Dad, you are too powerful, my son is not convinced by others, so I will obey you." ”

Master Song smiled faintly: "Of course, I am your father." ”

After a meeting, the results of the examination were announced. Song Huaiyu's title on the gold list, the ranking is quite high, and he is in the top 30 - mainly because his reading qualifications can only be regarded as ordinary, and he is far from Song Taishi's children and grandchildren in another world, even if Song Taishi gives him the key points and conducts a forward assault, he can't get into the top ten.

The Song family once again happily held a banquet to entertain the surrounding neighbors and clansmen, but on the contrary, the Marquis of Jinyang Mansion was shrouded in gloomy. A few days ago, Mrs. Marquis of Jinyang fished out a person from a prison in a county town on the outskirts of Beijing because someone begged for the Tao and gave 10,000 taels of silver as a reward. However, unexpectedly, this person turned out to be the murderer of the princess's son. The princess was angry, and went directly to the palace to find the emperor to cry, and after the emperor knew what happened, he was angry with the princess, issued a holy decree to reprimand the Marquis of Jinyang, and raised his title from the marquis to the lowest level of baron. After receiving the holy decree, the Marquis of Jinyang vomited blood, and then he was going to divorce his wife, and now the Marquis of Jinyang Mansion is in chaos, I heard that the Song family held a banquet, and no one came to participate or give gifts.

"The Luo family is too ruthless." After hearing the news, Song Huaiyu said to his father, "Sure enough, the gap between those who have real power and those who don't have real power is too big. ”

Song Taishi smiled lightly: "Luo Da sold his father with this hand." ”

"Huh?" Song Huaiyu didn't understand, "Dad, what is this saying?" ”

Song Taishi said: "General Luo holds the military power in the northeast, can the emperor be secretly wary of him?" General Luo's low-key loyalty in the court made the emperor think that General Luo had no power in the army except for his influence on the northeast border, which could reassure the emperor. The result? It is impossible for the emperor not to investigate deeply in this incident, and it will definitely expose Luo Da's manipulation in it and expose the strength of the Luo family in the capital. Why didn't the emperor be vigilant? Therefore, this Luo Da is selling Lao Tzu. ”

Song Huaiyu was dumbfounded: "Dad, you are too powerful!" ”

Song Taishi snorted lightly: "When your palace test is completed, I will teach you the knowledge of the court and the way to be an official." This grasp of the emperor's thoughts is the basic skill of the courtiers. However, this skill is easy to learn and difficult to master. ”

Song Huaiyu already admires his father so much, what else does his father not understand?

The palace test came, and Song Huaiyu entered the palace with great ambition. When he saw that the test questions sent down were the same as what his father had predicted for him, Song Huaiyu didn't know how to express his admiration for his father! It's all to blame for the hateful mother and son in the Marquis Mansion of Jinyang, who cut off their father's road to Qingyun, otherwise with his father's ability, he would have been in the court by now, right? I can also become a young master and enjoy happiness happily, where will I have to work hard for my future like now.

Because he guessed the test questions, Song Huaiyu was full of confidence, and began to write a strategy, which was in stark contrast to the nervous tributes around him, which aroused the emperor's idea.

"Who's the third in the second row on the left?" The emperor asked the waiter who was sitting beside him.

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites was in charge of the palace examination, and wrote down the list and information of all the tributes, just to deal with the emperor's inquiries. He glanced at Song Huaiyu's direction and replied to the emperor: "Back to Your Majesty, that tribute is called Song Huaiyu, and he will take the twenty-seventh exam, nineteen years old, and a local in the capital." ”

"Looks good." The Emperor praised it.

On the side, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, who was not very good with the Marquis of Jinyang, asked, "The Song family in the capital?" Could it be someone from the Marquis of Jinyang? ”

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites said: "It's not from the Marquis of Jinyang, his father is the concubine of the old Marquis of Jinyang, and he has already split his family, and it has nothing to do with the Marquis of Jinyang." ”

When the emperor heard that Song Huaiyu was related to the Marquis of Jinyang, his brows furrowed, he didn't like the old nobles in the capital, not to mention that there was a matter of the princess's son before, the emperor's impression of the Marquis of Jinyang was even worse, and even his impression of Song Huaiyu was a little bad. Originally, the idea of wanting to promote Song Huaiyu was pressed.

When the waiter of the Ministry of Rites saw the emperor's reaction, he felt sorry for Song Huaiyu in his heart, but he didn't speak for Song Huaiyu, who told him to be implicated by his own family, which made the emperor displease.

I heard Lord Zhang of Dali Temple speak: "Although this Song Huaiyu is the same clan as the Marquis of Jinyang, as far as the minister knows, the relationship between their family and the Marquis of Jinyang is very bad, and there are even grievances. ”

The emperor was interested: "Oh? Zhang Aiqing knows this Song Huaiyu? ”

Master Zhang replied: "I don't know Song Huaiyu, but I met Song Huaiyu's father, Song Gaocen, a few times when I was young. This Song Gaocen and the minister are the same people, and even Xie Yuan back then. ”

"Oh? Then why didn't he enter the court? Didn't he take the exam? The emperor was interested and asked Lord Zhang.

Zhang Dadao: "In the year when Song Gaocen saw the examination, the old Jin Yanghou died. Song Gaocen has been filial piety for three years, and after removing filial piety, he should have participated in the examination, but he didn't know why he didn't pass the exam. ”

The emperor said: "If you don't pass the exam once, won't you pass the exam next?" So did he buy his Xie Yuan name with money? ”

Master Zhang hurriedly said: "Song Gaocen is indeed talented, and we all think that he deserves to be admitted to Xie Yuan." ”

"Xie Yuan deserved his name in the exam, but he never got admitted to the Jinshi after that, is there a cat who is tired?" The emperor said coldly.

The ministers did not dare to reply.

The emperor himself had an answer and asked Lord Zhang: "Song Gaocen has a difficult life in the Marquis Mansion of Jinyang, right?" ”

Master Zhang replied: "Song Gaocen is a concubine. ”

"No wonder." The emperor sighed, "The old Marquis of Jin Yang I was wise, but he kept on his inner curtains, so that a good pillar of the country was ruined by his wife." ”