He turned his head to look at Yao Qi, this person has been in Pingkangfang all the year round, and he should also recognize this kind of candle.

Sure enough, Yao Qi did know, she glanced at the wax oil, frowned and said, "This wax oil looks familiar." When the words fell, her eyes lit up, and she grinned: "It's the candle of Pingkangfang." ”

This hehehehehe's laughter swirled in the empty barn, and Meng Suiqi also trembled three times with this laughter.

He glanced at Yao Qi with a little horror, it was just a candle, how could he hear the smell of conspiracy from this laughter.

Han Changwei has known Yao Qi for a long time, and knows that she has always been treacherous, but she is still cold from laughter, and her scalp is numb, and he also knows that this candle is the most used in Pingkangfang, but he will not laugh so gloomy.

He swallowed: "What happened to the candle in Pingkangfang?" ”

Yao Qi's eyes widened, she was quite surprised by Han Changdu's innocence, she remembered that he was also a frequent visitor to Pingkangfang, even if he was acting on the spot, he did not set foot in Pingkangfang, and he should have seen more or less the methods in the workshop.

She opened her mouth slightly, and her face was surprised: "Don't you know, the candles used in the flower building of Pingkangfang are all mixed with luminous stone powder and aphrodisiac incense, just a thumb-thick one, and it is very useful if you burn it for a moment." ”

The corners of Han Changdu's mouth twitched slightly, what is this, Yao Qi, a girl, how can she know so clearly, and she said it without blushing and her heart beating.

Instead, he turned red and nodded awkwardly: "I know, I've heard of it, but you don't have to laugh so gloating." ”

Yao Qi's face was calm, and his eyes flashed with a narrow light: "My lord, this is the Tribute Courtyard, in the Tribute Courtyard, someone uses the warm candles in the Pingkangfang Flower Building, isn't this lively enough?" ”

"......" Han Changdui was speechless for a moment, but he turned his mind and laughed dumbly, all the men in the Gongyuan Courtyard appeared, but this kind of candle in Pingkang Fang appeared inexplicably, this lively is indeed enough for Yao Qixiao to gloat, and it is enough for the people of the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy to spread out.

However, where is this a candle thing, this is pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud.

He pursed his lips, wiped his faint smile clean, and lowered his head to look at the imperceptible piece of wax oil.

This piece of wax oil has dried thoroughly, but it seems that it has not dried for so long, and the oiliness of the wax oil is still there, and it has not been dried out of cracks, let alone showing a dry appearance.

The dust next to the wax oil is significantly thicker than on the wax oil.

The wax oil had obviously just been dripped on it, and it was very likely that the invalid exam paper had just been sent into this warehouse when someone poked in.

Han Changwan glanced at the invalid exam papers stored in the place where the wax oil dripped off, there were four volumes, each volume was sealed in a paper bag separately, and the seals were written with "one of the two volumes of the scriptures, two such handwritings", and the time of sealing was March 26.

This is the second invalid examination paper, and the official examination paper is still being printed day and night.

Han Changdui raised his head suddenly, his eyes were slightly cold, as if he had penetrated the thick wall, and looked at the back of Mingyuan Tower, where there was a closed courtyard, which was used to print exam papers for all provincial examinations.

The courtyard had only one door and was surrounded by high walls, one of which was the outer wall of the Gongyuan, and the two opposite corners were guarded guard towers.

After the examiner entered the curtain, there were 100 internal guards stationed in the courtyard, and 200 Beiya forbidden soldiers stationed outside.

There were more than 18,000 scholars who died this time, and thousands of printing craftsmen worked day and night, and they could only print the required examination papers after the princes entered.

When these exam papers were handed down to the scholars, they still exuded the fragrance of ink, and if the hands were accidentally rubbed on them, the exam papers were rubbed.

From the day of the curtain, the craftsmen sat in prison in the courtyard, eating, drinking, and sleeping in the printing workshop, and could not enter or leave, could not pass on news and goods, and relied on people to deliver three meals a day.

It can be said that in the current printing workshop, even a fly can't fly in, and the exam papers can't fly out.

Han Changdui retracted his gaze, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his gaze was cold.

Perhaps it is precisely because the exam papers that are being printed are not easy to get that the leaked exam papers have become invalid.

It is possible that the person who starts is not interested in the authenticity of the exam questions, but only to collect money.

It is also possible that stealing the exam papers is just a pretense to cover people's eyes and ears, and the person who did it actually has other plans.

Thinking about it, he reached out and took off the five invalid exam papers, carefully opened the seal, took out the exam papers inside, took a look at them, and handed them to Yao Qi: "Back them." ”

Yao Qi was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously blurted out: "Why? ”

Han Changwan raised his eyebrows, leaned into Yao Qi's ear and whispered jokingly: "If you want to save Bao Cheng." ”

Yao Qi snorted stupidly, holding the exam paper and shaking his head and reciting it.

Seeing Yao Qi's pretentious appearance, Han Changdui picked his lips and smiled, turned his head to Meng Sui and said in a deep voice: "This matter is still unclear, it is not suitable to make a big publicity, so as not to startle the snake, you first take the internal guards upstairs and downstairs to restore the original state, and then arrange for a few internal guards to hide in the dark and stare at these two places." ”

The place where the anomaly was found was located at the end of the second floor of the Mingyuan Building, although the location was secret, it was not so easy to attract people's attention.

But on the second floor of the Mingyuan Building, there were eighteen fellow examiners, and there were thirty-six supervisors, promotes, and monitors, so many people, there were many people, and there was such a big movement as prying the floor, and they were not deaf and blind, so how could they not come out to take a look.

He sighed imperceptibly, the internal guard was still a little insufficient.

If there are enough people, you can arrange internal guards to monitor the examiners, supervisors, promotions, and surveillance, so that you don't have to worry about finding no clues.

But now, he has carefully calculated and calculated, and his hands are really stretched.

Meng Suiqi obviously thought of this as well, and sighed deeply: "My lord, it would be nice if I could bring in some more internal guards." ”

Yao Qi pursed his lips, this is natural, there are many people who are easy to do, but during the provincial examination, after the examiner enters the curtain, until the end of the marking and before the results are presented to Emperor Yong'an, many officials in charge of the provincial examination, including the Beiya Forbidden Army and the internal guard, are not allowed to leave the tribute court.

However, because Han Changdui personally entered this year, Emperor Yong'an still gave him a token, allowing him to handle the official affairs of the Internal Security Division in the Gongyuan after each exam and on the day of repair, and pass on the news to the outside world.

This is also Han Changdu's Jane in the emperor's heart, so he can break some rules a little.

Han Changdui touched the golden token in his sleeve, twisted his eyebrows and said, "Okay, let's do this first, and the rest will be planned after careful consideration." ”

Meng Sui's face was solemn, and he nodded yes.

There are no windows in this warehouse, and the door is tightly closed, in order to prevent the leakage of the exam papers, there are no air holes around it, and people will inevitably feel tightness in their chests after staying in the warehouse for a long time.

After a cup of tea, Yao Ji put the exam papers back in the paper bag one by one and sealed them, gasped heavily, and felt that his back was a little wet: "My lord, the lower official has his back back, let's go." ”

Han Changwan knew that Yao Ji had a good memory, but he didn't expect it to be so good, and couldn't help but be surprised: "So fast? ”

Yao Ji raised his eyebrows triumphantly.

Han Changwan pursed his lips speechlessly and asked, "Since you are familiar with that kind of candle, do you know what traces this candle will leave in the room after it burns?" ”

"Traces, what traces?" Yao Qi was stunned for a moment.

Han Changdui said: "The smell and the like." ”

Yao Qi shook her head: "This candle seems to be tasteless, but," she paused slightly, her eyes lit up: "However, I remember that if the candle burns in the room for a long time, this fluorescent powder will be scattered in the corner of the room with the smoke after the candle burns, and it will not disappear by itself if no one cleans it." ”

Han Changdui squinted, looking at the situation of this wax oil, it has only been three or four days since it dripped here, and now if you search the Gongyuan, maybe there will really be something to gain.

It's just that we can't search in a big way, and we must pay special attention to the origin and means of the search, and we can't leave traces and startle snakes.

He pondered for a moment and whispered a few words to Yao Qi.

Yao Qi's face changed, he bent his eyebrows, and nodded with a smile.

The gloomy and solemn atmosphere in the warehouse was also swept away with the relaxed expressions of the two people.

When Han Changdui searched and found out the warehouse on the first floor and the second floor of the Yuanlou, he did not deliberately hide anything, and the movement was very noisy, alarming many people.

Some people can't bear it and find acquaintances to find out the news.

When it was time for lunch, an atmosphere of tension and panic quietly spread in Mingyuan Building.

"Now, there will be all the grass and trees in the tribute courtyard." Yao Qi began to put the lunch in the food box on the dining table one by one, remembering the whispers he heard when he went to the back kitchen to receive the lunch, and couldn't help but sneer.

Han Changdui smiled nonchalantly: "There is no such big movement, they are still soldiers." ”

Yao Qi raised his eyebrows and said with a narrow smile: "The old man of the pavilion is old and not afraid, and those on the second floor are young and careless, don't be scared, the emperors can't enter the tribute courtyard." ”

Han Changdui grinned incomprehensibly, and it was a smile: "It's okay, the sage is afraid that Jiang Ge will be old and decrepit, and he won't be able to withstand the trials and tribulations in the Gongyuan, so he specially asked me to bring medicine in." ”

Yao Qi snorted: "Is the sage waiting to see Jiang Ge Lao, or not to see Jiang Ge Lao?" ”

Han Changwan raised his eyebrows: "What do you say?" ”

Yao Qi pursed her lips, it was about the court, how dare she open her mouth, so she started talking nonsense like a joke: "If you want me to say, the sage has long seen enough of that person's old pearl yellow face, and wants to change it to a fresh and handsome face." ”

"......" Han Changdui was speechless.