Laifu grinned and said, "Young Master Zeng, someone is looking for you again, this time it's not a Taoist priest." ”

Zeng Yu was blinded by the canopy and couldn't see the people inquiring on the willow embankment, so he asked the boatman to slow off the boat, and walked towards the stern of the boat, thinking: "This voice is a little familiar, it seems to be Yan Shaoqing's personal companion Yan Jian." ”

I only heard the person on the willow embankment ask again: "Is Zeng Jiuli Gongzi on this boat?" ”

This is another person's voice, Zeng Yu is familiar with it, but he can't remember who it is for a while, when he walked to the stern of the boat and looked at it, there were two people on the willow embankment, the person on the left was Yan Shaoqing's henchman Yan Jian, and the other was Huang Tixue's family member Huang Lubao.

Zeng Yu hurriedly asked the boatman to hold the boat to the shore, Yan Jian jumped off the willow embankment and said: "Zeng Gongzi, this person claims to be a scholar of the Yamen, and he has an urgent matter to find Zeng Gongzi, so my son-in-law ordered me to bring him here." ”

Zeng Yu said: "There is hard work. I thought: "Huang Lubao naturally came to me on the order of Huang Tixue, but I don't know what is urgent?" ”

Walking up the willow embankment, Zeng Yu bowed his hand to Huang Lubao and said, "Huang Guanshi, what do you command?" ”

The autumn sun is shining, the lake is bright, but Huang Lubao's face is a little gloomy, he smiled reluctantly, and said with his hands crossed: "My lord has something important to see Zeng Gongzi, Zeng Gongzi will go with me, my master must be in a hurry." ”

Zeng Yu asked, "I don't know what's the urgency?" ”

Huang Lubao said: "Where can I say it clearly, Zeng Gongzi will naturally be clear when he sees my master." There seemed to be a little dissatisfaction with Zeng Yu in his tone.

Because of last year's Yuanzhou Mansion Dao trial fraud case, Huang Lubao and Zeng Yu had a disagreement, but Zeng Yu also knew that Huang Lubao had a grudge against him, and he was not malice, after all, Huang Tixue valued him very much, so he said: "Okay, I'll go." After saying a word to Zheng Shi and Wu Chunze on the boat, he took the scholar Sixi to follow Huang Lubao to Dongshuyuan Street.

Yan Jian followed and walked to the square in front of the White Horse Temple to say goodbye to Zeng Yu: "Mr. Zeng, the villain went back first, and my eldest son asked Mr. Zeng to go back to Youzhuju to visit him when he had time." ”

Yan Jian went to Gaosheng Lane, Zeng Yu looked at the White Horse Temple, I don't know if the white-robed guest is still in the temple, he should have left a long time ago, and the white-robed guest's words that day became a knot in his heart, a hidden worry-

Huang Lubao was silent all the way, and then urged: "Zeng Gongzi go quickly, my master is in a hurry." ”

Although Zeng Yu wanted to know what Huang Tixue was looking for him, since Huang Lu was secretive, he didn't ask more, and when he saw Huang Tixue, he would understand.

The master and servant followed Huang Lubao into the Xuezheng Yamen, Huang Tixue was talking with several professors and teachers in southern Gansu, and asked Zeng Yu to wait in the small hall of the house, about two minutes later, Zeng Yu saw Huang Tixue, Huang Tixue's face was thin, his expression was depressed, and he said: "Zeng Sheng, under the documents of the Ministry of Rites, the deputy chief examiner of the Jiangxi Dao Jinke Township Examination is not served by the old man." ”

Zeng Yu was taken aback: "Teacher, what is the reason for this?" ”

Huang Tixue smiled bitterly: "The Ministry of Rites is sympathetic to the old and frail and sickly, and it is difficult to be competent for the heavy official duties of reading the papers, so it chooses someone else to preside over it." ”

This is obviously the façade of the official document, and there must be another reason, otherwise it would not violate the practice of not allowing the deputy envoy of a province to be the deputy chief examiner of the township examination of the province.

Zeng Yu cautiously asked, "Teacher, is this matter related to last year's Yuanzhou fraud case?" ”

Huang Tixue sighed and said: "This matter was inquired about by the Inspectorate last year, and I also applied for the document in detail, I thought it was okay, but I was unexpectedly found out by the science and technology officials, so I can only avoid suspicion in the current science and township test." ”

Zeng Yu frowned slightly, if it was just because he did not serve as the deputy chief examiner, Huang Tixue would not have specially summoned him, but he was afraid that Huang Tixue would make an exception to let him go to school was also impeached by the science and Taoist officials, so he asked: "Teacher, is the student's student qualification also questioned?" ”

Huang Tixue looked at Zeng Yu squarely, stared at him for a moment, nodded and said: "The Nanjing Provincial Daoist asked to thoroughly investigate the fraud case of last year's Jiangxi Provincial Entrance Examination according to the Judge Wang, and also mentioned your name-"

Zeng Yu's heart sank, and all kinds of clues came one after another: the threatening demeanor of the white-robed guest in the White Horse Temple the day before yesterday suddenly flashed in his mind, and now it seems that the white-robed guest's words are not a lie, and there are indeed harsh measures to rectify him, but he is a little show and they have no grudges in the past and no enmity in the near future, is it necessary to make such a big move to deal with him!

-- This is, of course, because he has a little relationship with the Yan clan of Fenyi, and in addition, the eight hundred taels of silver that Hu Zongxian rewarded him with military merits must also be targeted by the Yan Song party, because Hu Zongxian is regarded as Yan Song's party, and the Yan forces are searching for evidence of the Yan party's crimes in great detail, not deliberately trying to attack him, but only to achieve the purpose of attacking Hu Zongxian and Yan Song's father and son by striking him;

- Also, after the death of Tao Zhongwen Xian, who was close to Yan Song, Xu Jie's recommended Taoist priest Lan Dao was a favorite, Tao Zhongwen and Shao Yuanjie were all considered to be the faction of Longhu Mountain, and he was now the son-in-law of the Zhang family of Longhu Mountain, and he hit him Jiu Lizheng to contain the Yan clan and the Heavenly Master Dao, which is a plan to kill three birds with one stone!

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"Zeng Sheng—"

Huang Tixue saw that Zeng Yu was silent and depressed, so he was relieved: "You don't have to be anxious, you and I teachers and students are worthy of their liver and gallbladder ice and snow pitching, I made an exception to promote you because of your eagerness to learn and progress, which is evidenced by articles, and there is no lack of precedent for a provincial school and politics to make exceptions for the country to select talents, why not be afraid of others' accusations!" ”

Speaking of this, Huang Tixue was a little out of breath, took two sips of teacup, and said: "Yesterday I went to intercede with Wang Fenshou for you according to the Inspectorate Division, Wang Fenshou read a few of your eight-strand essays, and also appreciated your literary talent, but Wang Fenshou said that in order to dispel the doubts of those science and Taoist officials in Nanjing, he would hold an assessment for you in the school department with the imperial history of the province and the two magistrates, and I was resolutely opposed at that time. How can you be assessed like child's play for no reason, this is an insult to the country's famous weapon, I Huang Guoqing's official hat can be wanted, I have to protect your reputation as a member of life! ”

Huang Tixue's tone became more and more angry, and when it came to the last sentence, the original pale old face flushed sickly, he strictly refused to follow the assessment of Zeng Yu by the Inspectorate Division, in addition to caring for Zeng Yu, but also out of maintaining the dignity of the scholar officer, the probationary officer belongs to the Feng Xianguan, not a person with excellent character and article can not serve, the provincial political envoy, according to the inspector, and the commander of the three divisions are also respectful to the probationary officer, Zeng Yu is Huang Tixue Tongguò make-up examination admission, and now according to the Inspectorate Department to re-assess Zeng Yu, Huang Tixue feels humiliated, In Huang Tixue's view, according to the Prosecutor's Department, the Yuan Zhou fraud case can be retried, but it cannot require Zeng Yu to be assessed, because the assessment of students is the authority of the student officer.

Zeng Yu's mood is extremely complicated, both apologetic and angry, Huang Tixue Geng Jie has a clear name, far away from the capital to be a local school official, and Yan Song, Xu Jie's dispute has nothing to do with it, and which official in the Ming Dynasty dares to guarantee that his subordinates can be impartial and law-abiding, and his subordinates can do anything wrong without favoritism to investigate in the end This is a competent good official, the fraud case of the Yuanzhou Dao Examination has already been investigated, the mastermind Ling Fengqu and those cheating candidates have been punished, and the importance of the Dao Examination is far from being compared with the township test and the general exam, and the accountability is also light, But those who are responsible for the responsibility of picketing hundreds of officials, but in the middle of the matter, they used this matter to attack Huang Tixue when the township test was approaching, absolutely out of the selfishness of the party struggle, in order to hit him Jiuli, the dignified and upright four products of the deputy envoy were actually affected by such a small show as him, which is really a strange news!

If it weren't for the appearance of the white-robed guest, Zeng Yu might not have guessed this plan of killing three birds with one stone, now he is very clear that there is a sinister net that is closing towards him, Huang Tixue may not think of this, he just wants to maintain Zeng Yu and defend his dignity as a scholar, but Zeng Yu knows that the person who casts the net against him will never give up, since Huang Tixue opposes the assessment of his student qualifications, the person who cast the net is likely to simply accuse him of fraud because he entered the school, so it is justified to intervene according to the Inspectorate Division. It wasn't pretty.

Zeng Yu said: "Thank you for the teacher's love, but the students are not afraid of the assessment, in order to let those people see the innocence of the students, the students are willing to submit an application for assessment and investigation to the Department of Inspectors in their personal name, otherwise, those people will take the opportunity to make trouble." ”

Huang Tixue was silent, although he didn't think about it as thoroughly as Zeng Yu, but he also knew that Zeng Yuxiang suffered such twists and turns before the test should be because it was related to the fact that the Yan clan of Fenyi was too close, and sighed at the moment: "Zeng Sheng, you will take these twists and turns as a 'great task descended from heaven' and sharpen you, you can rest assured, the old man will fight for you to the end." ”

At that moment, Zeng Yu wrote "The Book of the King's Separation" in the School Department, sprinkled 2,000 words, and it was written in an hour. ”

After another conversation, Huang Tixue asked Zeng Yu to go back first, and this letter of "The Book of the King's Division" was presented by him to Wang Zongmu, and told Zeng Yu to come to listen to the news tomorrow afternoon.

Out of the yamen of the school department, it was almost noon, the sun was dazzling, Zeng Yu walked towards the East Lake with his head bored, thinking: "It seems that the white-robed guest met me the day before yesterday It was a good intention, he really wanted to pull me, of course this is conditional, that is, to be an undercover agent to help bring down Yan Song's father and son." ”

Thinking of this, Zeng Yu's face showed a sneer, and he said in his heart: "The Yan family is quite polite to me, is it that I did such a despicable thing as being an undercover agent?" Yan Song's father and son didn't end well, but if they took refuge in Xu Jie, they would end well? Xu Jie's own because of his children's slavery in his later years was also confiscated a lot of property, Xu Jie's second is Gao Gong, and after Gao Gong is Zhang Juzheng, these powerful people rarely die well......"

The scholar Sixi followed closely, he could see that the young master was in a bad mood, but he didn't know what was going on, and he didn't dare to ask for a while.

The master and servant returned to the Chunfeng Lou Inn, Zheng Shi and the others had already disembarked and returned to the inn, and were about to have lunch, Zeng Yu sat down and drank half a bowl of wine first, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Everyone looked at each other and was stunned.

After a while, Zheng Shi said: "Jiu Li, we all admire your talent, as long as it is a fair assessment, what are you afraid of." ”

Wu Chunze and the others echoed and comforted Zeng Yu.

"Thank you for your comfort, I won't be cringe and depressed." Zeng Yu smiled and thanked him, and laughed at himself: "There's no way, the make-up candidates are so discriminated against." ”

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Thanks to the book friend Tianya Tianya to become the sixth leader of "Qingke" in a short time, and to give Xiaodao encouragement in the most difficult period encountered by Xiaodao Code Words in the past ten years.