He thought very clearly, and he was very clear about his situation, and he was fortunate to be able to do this errand neatly without merit.

Wang Jingzong heard the meaning of Jiang Shen's words, understood his attitude of throwing off the burden, and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his heart, his face showed a little worry, he glanced at Ruan Ping'an, and as soon as his body moved, he was about to say something.

Ruan Ping'an hurriedly grabbed Wang Jingzong's sleeve quietly and shook his head slightly.

Wang Jingzong had no choice but to stop fighting, and his face was not so good-looking.

Throwing out a hot potato, Jiang Shen was in a good mood, turned his head to Mu Rongyan and said, "Let the stove room add a dish at dusk." ”

Mu Rongshu smiled and said: "Yes, the next official will do it, and he will definitely let the pavilion elder enjoy himself." He turned around with a smile and walked out into the middle of nobody's sight, his clear smile slowly solidifying, and his eyes shimmered thoughtfully.

Just after Mu Rongyan walked into the sunshine that was gradually moving west, a window on the third floor of Mingyuan Building closed softly without making a sound.

The windows in the Mingyuan Building are inlaid with a whole piece of glass, this thing is a rare object, ordinary workshops can't be fired, only the official workshop has such a craft, firing such a crystal clear treasure.

Ordinary people spend a lot of money on such a small piece, which has to be carefully polished and inlaid on the jewelry for embellishment.

Only the people in the palace and Zhong Mingding's food would embed such a hard-to-find thing in the window.

The sun was in full swing and radiated the scorching heat and brightness before the west, and the transparent glass slanted into the room, and the glass showed a brilliant blue glow.

There are no flowers and no trees in the courtyard, and in the spring of March, only the green grass that comes out from under the root of the wall.

Standing on the third floor of the high Mingyuan Building, the entire Gongyuan can be seen at a glance, you can see the heavily guarded printing workshop, see the silent east and west house, see the stove room with curling smoke, see the soldiers walking back and forth in the Ganggang Tower, and the sword on the waist shines in the sun.

Meng Sui stood under the window and watched Mu Rongyan disappear on the road leading to the stove room, only then did he retract his gaze, and he sighed with emotion without looking back: "Is he worried about the food there, or the people there?" ”

Yao Qi looked up suddenly: "He went to the stove room again?" ”

Meng Sui turned around and nodded: "Well, he's hungry too fast." ”

Yao Qi pursed his lips and glanced at Han Changdu, both of whom saw a trace of surprise in the other party's eyes.

Han Changdui narrowed his eyes, turned his head to look at the ticking leak, and his voice was cold: "At this hour, the meat and vegetables will be sent in from outside." ”

Without waiting for Han Changdui to give anything, Meng Sui suddenly got up and said hurriedly: "Go and arrest him." ”

"Stop." Han Changdui shouted: "There is no evidence, how can you catch it." ”

Meng Sui paused for a moment, stopped with a dejected face, touched the back of his head and muttered, "It's a reckless deplight." ”

"He Zhenfu is guarding the stove room, he has always been careful, and he will not make mistakes." Han Changwan didn't blame Meng Suijiao, from Bao Cheng taking out those exam questions, to catching those entrained scholars from the number house, and then to finding traces of someone trespassing in the warehouse, all of this seemed to be unrelated, but it seemed to be related in the dark.

Now that the Gongyuan is closed, no one can go out, and the news will naturally not leak out, and everything is still under control.

But after the first exam tomorrow, the scholars will leave the tribute courtyard and enter the court the day after tomorrow, and everything will be difficult to control.

Twenty days later, all the officials who participated in the provincial examination will also leave the Tribute Academy, and not all of them have the same tongue, and their mouths are not all tight.

Once what happened in the Gongyuan leaked into the market, it would be like a drop of water falling into a hot oil pot, and it would surely stir up endless speculation and rumors.

If the imperial court fails to find out the whole story of this matter in a short period of time, rumors will spread, affecting the provincial examination, causing the world to doubt whether the provincial examination is fair and whether the list is true.

Thinking of this, Han Changdu's heart suddenly froze, and his face changed greatly.

Yao Qi saw that Han Changdu's face was wrong, and she also thought of the consequences of this incident not being able to deal with the aftermath, and she felt a sense of foreboding, and muttered: "The person who leaked the question doesn't care whether the question is true or not, just to muddy the water of the provincial test." ”

Han Changwan stared at Yao Ji deeply, and said lightly: "If the people behind the scenes are indeed plotting like this, then the four chief examiners can be excluded." ”

Yao Qi frowned: "Why?" ”

"Jiang Shen is the head of civil officials, although he is stubborn and old-fashioned, and he is very noble, but since he became an official in the court, he has been conscientious and conscientious, and he will never do such a thing that is not guaranteed when he is about to become an official." Han Changwan paused slightly, and continued: "Mu Rongshu is ambitious, since a vacant seat in the cabinet, he drilled camps everywhere, jumping up and down, just to enter the cabinet, at this time to do things that are harmful to the provincial test, it is not good for himself, he can use the provincial test to recruit protégés, there is no need to do this kind of thing that hurts others and is not beneficial to himself." As for Wang Jingzong and Ruan Ping'an, it is even more impossible to do this kind of thing, Wang Jingzong is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and he has won the sacred heart, although the grade is not high, but his identity is noble, and he is also very upright, Ruan Ping'an is a practical person, and he never disdains the court, except for those who have dealings with him, he has not seen anyone who is particularly friendly, and more importantly, Wang Jingzong and Ruan Ping'an are both from poor families, and there is no family to rely on behind them, and there are no predecessors in the court to carry them. He would not and did not dare to do this kind of betrayal, both of them knew very well in their hearts that once they betrayed the saint, they would not only cut off their careers, but also be destroyed. ”

Although Han Changdui has been in Beijing for less than a year, he is very familiar with the affairs of the court, and he is even more nuanced when it comes to these courtiers.

Yao Qi glanced at Han Changwan thoughtfully, and thought, "In this way, there are only those people on the second floor of Mingyuan Building left?" ”

Han Changwan shook his head: "There is also the Northern Ya Forbidden Army, the internal guard." ”

Yao Qi wailed: "There are six or seven hundred people here." ”

Meng Sui felt a headache when he heard it, and it was quite easy to inquire about a hundred or ten people, but to peel off the cocoon from six or seven hundred people and find out suspicious people, this was tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, not to mention that the situation was unclear now, and even the clues were not clear.

He shook the stack of confessions and lists in his hand: "Or, let's start investigating these people first?" ”

Yao Qi pursed his lips: "There are more than a hundred numbers here, and each of them has suspicious points, and each of them is not clean." ”

Meng Suiqi said worriedly: "But the rumors came out of these people, and after careful investigation, there will always be something to gain." ”

"It's too slow." Han Changdui was silent for a moment, shook his head and said, "One person asks too much."

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Slow. ”

He looked at Yao Qi and Meng Sui, and said lightly: "It's still as discussed before, let's do it tonight." ”

Yao Qi and Meng Sui looked stunned and said yes.

The days are long and the nights are short, the sky is getting darker and later, after the twilight eclipse, the sky is still a little cloudy, a thin crescent moon hangs on the west wall, the moonlight is hairy, like a dark veil.

In the spring, Xie Liangmao is easy to get sleepy in spring, and his appetite is always not very good, but the spring cakes made by the chef today are very suitable for his taste, and he used three in a row before putting down the bamboo chopsticks and walking among the shadows of the flowers to eliminate food.

Ah Yong hurriedly walked through the doorway of the cloister and walked to Xie Liangmao, with a strong smell of vegetables on his body, which made him frown, and glanced at Ah Yong with disgust: "Go and change your clothes and talk back." ”

Ah Yong laughed twice, turned around and left.

After a while, he changed into an indigo gown, his hair was re-washed, and it was still wet and dripping, but the smell of vegetables on his body did dissipate a lot, and he deliberately smoked it with incense to cover up the smell very lightly.

He followed behind Xie Liangmao, walking slowly around the gravel path, and said in a low voice: "Childe, check it out, the sacrifice is in the Han Mansion." ”

Xie Liang's footsteps were closed: "Han Changdui can be in the mansion?" ”

Ah Yong shook his head: "No, the news I found out said that he had entered the palace and stayed in the palace for the past two days." ”

Xie Liangmao frowned slightly: "I haven't heard that something happened in the palace, how could he stay in the palace?" He became suspicious: "Is this news true?" ”

Ah Yong nodded heavily: "It's true, our people saw it with their own eyes." ”

Xie Liangmao's suspicions dispelled a little, and he thought for a moment and said, "Can you find out the situation of the sacrifice?" ”

Ah Yong said: "After checking clearly, the sacrifice is in the outer courtyard of the Han Mansion, it should be that Han Changdui did not notice the identity and usefulness of the sacrifice, so he did not deliberately leave someone to guard it, only two nurses accompanied him, and the guards were not strict." ”

Xie Liangmao narrowed his eyes: "Then let's do it tonight, it's always not so safe to put sacrifices in the hands of others." ”

Ah Yong should claim to be.

Xie Liangmu walked slowly to a clump of peonies, and the green leaves were condensed, as if they had been washed by clear water.

This garden is full of exotic flowers and plants, strange rocks and treacherous, although the scenery is excellent, but the hazy moonlight shines down, there is always a bit of gloomy and sympathetic taste.

Xie Liangmu showed a pleasing smile and asked casually, "Is there any news in the Gongyuan?" ”

Ah Yong shook his head: "Not yet." ”

When Xie Liangmao heard this, his expression turned cold: "What's the matter?" ”

Ah Yong trembled, and his voice was low: "Today's food delivery car is extremely strict, and I didn't find a chance to do it." ”

Xie Liangmao glanced at Ah Yong, and suddenly smiled uncertainly: "No news is good news, what are you afraid of?" ”

Ah Yong trembled again, lowered his head and didn't dare to speak.

Of course he was afraid, since he beat his son-in-law and left the Four Holy Sects and hid in the capital, his temperament has become even more moody and uncertain.

Sometimes there is a smile on his face, but when he opens his mouth, he wants to take someone's life.

Sometimes the anger on his face is obviously terrifying, but he inexplicably rewards the silver.

He really couldn't figure it out, but he clearly knew that he couldn't guess Childe's mood based on the joy and anger on Childe's face.

Whatever Childe tells him to do, he will do.

Seeing that Ah Yong was so frightened that his soul was scattered, Xie Liangmao suddenly felt bored, waved his hand, and said impatiently: "Go, arrange the sacrifice." ”

Ah Yong was pardoned and trotted out of the garden.

The twilight gradually deepened, and the lights were lit up in all directions, and the shadows of the misty lights were swayed by the night wind, and the dotted lights were very dim, only illuminating the square inches under the lamp, and could not illuminate a little farther.

The lights in the east and west buildings were bright, and the sound of swishing came and went.

Tomorrow, when the Gongyuan is opened, the scholars will hand in the first examination papers and leave the Gongyuan.

Regardless of the answers in this field, the examination papers are handed over to the promotion officer, and the dust has settled on the first session.

The scholars all took advantage of the last night to light lamps and boil oil to answer, hoping to be perfect.

Just after the hour, a dexterous figure flashed out of the Mingyuan Building, taking advantage of the cover of the night, jumping up and down in the tribute courtyard, and heading towards the printing workshop behind the Mingyuan Building.

Most of the people in the house couldn't stay up anymore, turned off the lights, curled up on the cramped and simple couch, and fell asleep uncomfortably.

There are only a dozen or so houses on the west side that are still lit, and there is a scholar with a face as white as jade with a bean lamp, holding his cheek in one hand and holding a pen in the other, frowning and contemplating.

On the few exam papers pressed under his arm, the handwriting was clean and tidy, although I don't know how well I answered, but I finally wrote a whole exam paper.

The gentleman covered his mouth and yawned, his face was tired, he stretched his waist, carefully dried the ink, received the exam papers into the examination bag hanging on the wall, put away the pen, ink, paper, inkstone and wooden board in front of him, and shouted in a low voice to the toilet to go to the toilet.

After a short time, a soldier came up and down, glared at the gentleman, and then let him out.

After walking a few steps, the soldier smacked the soldier fiercely and hurriedly ran to the latrine at the end of the alley.

The city of Chang'an was silent, and the layers of walls and roofs were undulating and winding in the dark night.

Several black shadows jumped on the high wall of the outer courtyard of the Han Mansion, turned over and jumped into the courtyard, and gradually approached a guest room in the outer courtyard by covering their bodies with the help of the trunks of the pillars and trees.

The people in the guest room had already fallen asleep, leaving only a bean-like lamp under the window, reflecting the window paper.

These black shadows, shaped like the wind, forced under the window of the guest room, and one of them held a slender bamboo tube and poked open the window paper.

The man blew lightly on the bamboo tube a few times, and a puff of white smoke drifted into the room, and a faint shadow flew behind the window paper.

After blowing the white smoke, the man put away the bamboo tube, tilted his head and stuck it on the window paper, heard the heavy breathing of the people in the room, and knew that the white smoke had an effect, he raised his hand decisively and shouted in a low voice: "Come in." ”

The hands of the four people guarding the door were on the hilt of the knife, and the moonlight fell on the knife, and the cold light that caught them off guard pierced people's eyes.

One of them picked the latch with his blade, and the wooden latch fell to the ground with a muffled thud.

Four mermaids rushed in, two of them guarded the door, the two of them adapted to the dark room, and walked around the bed and walked to the bed.

The heavy curtain hung down on the ground, keeping the bed cage airtight.

The night breeze blew into the room through the wide open door, and the curtain was blown and swayed

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The soft sound of squirping.

The person on the bed seemed to be sleeping very deeply, and it was evident that the white smoke that had just blown into the room had done its job.

All four of them had poison avoidance in their mouths, and were not afraid of the white smoke that filled the room.

The two people who walked to the bed, one of them slowly drew out his long sword, and the sound was extremely low, hovering coldly in the room.

The other man reached out and slowly lifted the curtain, and saw two bulging futons on the bed, and in the middle of the futon, a swaddling one.

The man reached out to hold the swaddling clothes, but a cold light flashed in the depths of the curtain, and something pierced the back of his hand, and he let out a terrible wail.

The face of the person holding the sword guard next to him changed greatly, and he shouted sharply: "Hurry up, it's a plan, there is an ambush, go quickly." ”

The man in black who was guarding under the window shouted, "It's broken, let's go." ”

Before he could finish speaking, he ran to the courtyard.

And the two black-clothed men guarding the door also scrambled out.

At the same time, there was a rustling sound in the quiet of the night, like the wind blowing on the leaves, and like the rain hitting the plantains.

The sound was not deafening, but it was so dense that it made people's hearts palpitate.

The black-clothed man at the head looked up and saw that there were many more crossbowmen on the high walls and roofs.

His face changed, and he took a few steps back.

The man whose hand had been pierced had turned pale, but he gritted his teeth and muffled the wailing in his throat, reached out and pulled out the arrow that had pierced the back of his hand, and pulled out the arrow that had been nailed to his bed.

The bolt pulled away from his palm, bringing out a terrible string of blood.

He snorted, pinned the arrow to the wall with his backhand, and ran out after the sword-wielding man.

Blood flowed out of the blood hole in his hand endlessly, and he fell to the ground for miles, his face became more and more pale, his legs were also weak, his steps were staggering, and he was a little weak to run.

The man with the sword sensed that something was wrong, reached out and grabbed his arm, dragging him to the door.

At this time, the clouds that covered the moonlight were blown away by the wind, and the cold moonlight sprinkled on the crossbow arrows, which looked cold and compelling.

The person at the head was terrified, he never thought that he would have such treatment, and he could actually use crossbow arrows to encircle and suppress.

He shouted, "Retreat, retreat, retreat to the room." ”

There was a sound of messy and stumbling footsteps, and the five black-clothed people who broke into the Han Mansion were all trapped in the room, they were back to back, forming a horn momentum, and the cold light of the swords in their hands trembled.

The black-clothed man at the head said in a deep voice: "I led away the crossbow arrows, and after the third and fourth were broken, the second and fifth rushed out." ”

The wounded man reluctantly refused: "Big brother, I, I will lead the crossbow arrows, and you go first." ”

The black-clothed man at the head glanced at his constantly bleeding hand, and his face was gloomy: "Hurry up, while they want to catch the mouth, they can still fight for a life, they can run one by one, and they can't run." He paused slightly, only to feel that his mouth was full of bitterness, and spit out four words that were full of blood: "Break it by yourself." ”

Without waiting for the refusal of these people, he shook his long sword in his hand, kicked open the door, found a direction that was easiest to break through, and flew away.

The well-trained guards on the wall pulled out the crossbow arrows, and there was a chaotic sound, but these guards didn't seem to have a head in their hands, but the arrows grazed the body of the black-clothed man at the head, shot into the air, and stuck in the courtyard one after another.

The black-clothed man led by him was overjoyed, the long sword in his hand was swung at a gallop, and the afterimage continued, and he made a hole in the wall, and turned his head and shouted: "Hurry up, hurry." ”

The four people in the courtyard chased after them, and seeing that the black-clothed man led by them had jumped off the wall, the four of them were overjoyed, gathered a breath, and chased after them.

I thought that I would be able to escape, but who would have thought that the hole that had just been broken was quickly blocked by the nursing home.

The sharp arrows were like the wind, and now the Ziyuan Guardian had a quasi-head in his hand, and the arrows were all missing, penetrating the hands and feet of these four people.

At the same time, several clouds of dark purple smoke suddenly exploded around the four people, and the smoke was pervasive, and the brains of the four people were suddenly groggy, and their bodies were slammed into the courtyard, and their bodies were weak and weak, and they didn't even have the strength to bite their poisonous teeth.

The black-clothed man at the head staggered into the winding alley, there was no sound of footsteps behind him, and when he looked back, he couldn't see half a figure in the dark night.

His heart suddenly sank, and he glanced at Han Fu with grief, the vicious color in his eyes flashed, and he gathered a breath, and his lifeless madness swept through the night, across the wall.

His face was pale, his mind was extremely tight, and he was so engrossed in dodging the cavalry and secret sentry patrolling the city, but he did not notice a black shadow that seemed to be nothing, and he always followed his footsteps not far or near.

He hurried back to the mansion in Guydfang through the misty night, and he looked up at the door plaque with a white face, and exhaled in fear.

I thought it was an errand that was caught by hand, but I didn't want to mess it up, and I folded in four brothers.

If the four brothers were all dead, they would be a hundred, but if there were one or two alive, they would never be able to withstand the means of the Internal Security Division.

If he is soft-boned and says secret things that cannot be said, neither he nor the other brothers behind him will escape the blame.

He hesitated for a moment, but reached out and knocked on the door.

With a creak, the corner door opened a narrow gap, and he dodged in without hesitation.

The black shadow behind him was lying on the wall, and when he saw that the corner door was closed, and no one came out, he took advantage of the darkness to cover it, jumped up and down, and turned back.

There was a commotion in the middle of the night in the Han Mansion, and the Gongyuan was not quiet for long.

Just when the dexterous figure had just touched the courtyard wall of the printing workshop, an earth-shattering howl sounded in the west side of the house: "Kill, kill." ”

The words shook the canopy outside the Gongyuan Courtyard, and the resident birds resting in the canopy were frightened and flew away with a flutter.

The soldiers in the four-corner watchtower were so frightened that they poked their heads out, and the Beiya forbidden army outside the printing workshop ran out.

The dexterous figure staggered in fright, and stood firm against the courtyard wall, seeing that the Beiya Forbidden Army was alarmed, and he didn't have a chance to touch the printing workshop, he sighed in all kinds of depression, and walked back with his head hanging down.

As he walked, he was still chattering in pieces.

I don't know whose voice is so loud, it's almost scared to death.

What's so terrible about killing someone, who hasn't seen a dead person.

Killed, killed, that person suddenly came to his senses, this is the Tribute Courtyard, someone in the Tribute Courtyard was killed, this is to poke the heavens into a hole.

The man didn't dare to say anything, and ran quickly through the darkness to the west side of the house.

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