"Your Highness, please look."

The young man in his twenties was fine, but the middle-aged man in his forties was extremely natural in his position, and when he saw that Zhao Shi didn't believe it, he immediately took out a jade pendant from his arms and handed it to Zhao Shi.

That's it?

Zhao Shi couldn't help but glance at the middle-aged man in his forties in front of him: "Oh? How did he instruct you? ”

The middle-aged man in his forties breathed a sigh of relief, he was indeed somewhat used by Wen Yanbo, but if he could get lost, it would be a kind of wit, and he hurriedly raised his head and said: "I, especially the villain, the villain is indeed lost because of decades of work, and it is inevitable that he will have some resentment against Ouyang Xiu, Wen Yanbo took advantage of the villain's resentment, three days ago, he gathered us somewhere, and then sent a servant to hold this jade pendant, so that we could find an opportunity to slander Su Shi, Su Zhe, Zhang Zai and other people. ”

"Just a minion?"

Zhao Shi slightly shook this piece of jade pendant, to tell the truth, before interrogating these people, Zhao Shi really felt that this was another ploy by Wen Yanbo to distract himself and delay time, but after the interrogation, he ...... I don't believe it anymore.

But......

"Your Highness doesn't believe it?" The middle-aged man was not stupid, and he knew that he couldn't really hammer Wen Yanbo like this, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Your Highness, the villain can confront Wen Yanbo, Wen Yanbo In order to make sure to persuade me and others, although he did not show up, he must have appeared in the Alum Tower." ”

ZHAO Shi,

Frowning slightly,

To tell the truth, this case is not difficult, the difficulty is ...... Zhao Shi didn't think it was Wen Yanbo, but ...... Except for Wen Yanbo, the others made this mess, just delaying their own time out of the tribute court, why?

"Yes."

Suddenly

Behind the middle-aged scholar, a scholar raised his head and said: "Your Highness, the student also thought that this matter was not very much like the command of Wen Xianggong, what a person Wen Xianggong was, why should he be involved in such a trivial matter, but after the student left the alum building, he went back to see it once, and happened to see the servant talking to Wen Xianggong, which was conclusive, and the student dared to confront Wen Xianggong." ”

"Is it really Wen Yanbo?"

Erniang couldn't help but leaned into Zhao Shi's ear to ask, Zhao Shi shook his head slightly, pinched the jade pendant in his hand, but didn't question it again, but said with some doubts: "In addition to letting you slander those people, what else did Wen Yanbo let you do?" ”

More than ten scholars glanced at each other, and it was still the middle-aged scholar, who replied: "Everything is as His Highness calculated, Wen Yanbo let us slander, even if the slander fails, it can make this provincial examination flawed, so that after the provincial examination is over, he will unite more scholars with us to question the fairness of the provincial examination, and then we can invalidate this provincial examination, and even ......" secretly glanced at Zhao Shi, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and the middle-aged scholar continued: "Maybe you can still let Your Highness and Ouyang Xiu take responsibility for this and withdraw from the provincial examination." ”

Zhao Shi bowed slightly,

It makes sense, that is...... For some reason, let Zhao Shi lock Wen Yanbo, but Zhao Shi just couldn't lock it......

jump

Zhao Shi flicked the jade pendant lightly, watched the jade pendant fly up, fall, snap, and then Zhao Shi caught it and asked, "But anyone else knows other information?" ”

The scholars looked at each other, the reason why they agreed, firstly, because they were angry, they studied and studied things for decades, and they were all lost, and secondly, they felt that it was impossible to be arrested, after all, such a means were used, even if Su Shi and others proved their innocence, they would at most say sorry, they were nervous about the exam, they overreacted, it was basically impossible to be arrested, they were all stickers, and they wrote a few more questions, how could they be arrested?

So

Although there are also many people who doubt that this will be someone else who pretends to be Wen Yanbo to make them do things, but, after thinking about it, they are still unwilling to fail, so they agreed, so they really don't have any important evidence, so they can only confront each other, only confront.

So

Zhao Shi looked at it for a while, but lost interest, and was about to wave his hand to let people take them down, detain them, and wait for the provincial test to end, but he saw ...... Among the more than ten scholars, there was a weak and thin scholar's face that changed, and Zhao Shi looked over: "What do you know?" ”

The scholar didn't expect to be noticed by Zhao Shi just like this, and then hesitated for a moment and said: "The student doesn't know if it's Wen Xianggong, but after the student left that day, he also felt uneasy, so he went back to the alum building, and then outside the box, he heard it inside: lock him in the tribute courtyard first, and then find the jade seal." ”

Decree?

What jade seal?

Zhao Shi's pupils shrank slightly, and then he saw that everyone was looking at him blankly, so he exhaled lightly, raised his hand and said, "Lock it up first, and wait until the provincial test is over." ”

"Yes."

The forbidden army responded, and there were still a few scholars who wanted to beg for mercy, but seeing Zhao Shi's indifferent expression, they could only be taken away from the scene by the forbidden army in despair, and Erniang scratched her head a little strangely: "So, is it Wen Yanbo?" ”

Zhao Shi shook his head,

He's confused now, too, but ...... Raised his head: "Whether it's Wen Yanbo or not, I seem to know what Wen Yanbo is going to do." ”

"What are you going to do?"

"From the dragon's work."

"From the dragon's work?"

"Hmm!"

Zhao Shi calmly looked at the towering wall of the Gongyuan: "Wen Yanbo I'm afraid that since ten days ago, my father began to reveal the meaning of Zen, and he began to ponder this matter, this matter is going to be done sooner or later, and he is the first assistant, so he took advantage of the reason that he wanted his son to be a concubine, and continued to observe at close range whether my father meant this, and then, after he was sure, he came to me to make a bet, and the bet won, needless to say, even if he lost, he handed over the Wen family's textile industry to me, He was also able to take advantage of the situation to propose to let the official family abdicate and let me succeed to the throne, to be the first to be a hero from the dragon and be invincible. ”

Erniang scratched the back of her head vigorously......

What's going on?

Do you want to grow your brain?

"That'...... The official family is ready to Zen in you, is he still a hero from the dragon? ”

"It's different from those who help seize the throne, but, no matter how much my father wants to Zen in me, he always has to have the cooperation of hundreds of officials in the court, which is why he has frequently mentioned that he is old recently, revealing the meaning of Zen, and Wen Yanbo saw this, so he came to make a bet with me, and I had to bet in order to accept the textile industry of the Wen family as soon as possible, so if he wins, he mentions the matter of the Zen position, I want to forgive him, if he loses, he mentions the matter of the Zen position, he loses the Wenjia textile industry to me, Rather, it was a kind of willingness, and I had to be grateful to him......"

"Can't you not be grateful to him?"

Erniang frowned fiercely: "He is obviously forcing you to be the emperor, can't you hold a grudge against him?" Anyway, even without him, the official family wants to concede. ”

"That's why he locked me up!" Zhao Shi looked at Erniang with some surprise, what Erniang said today is almost as good as the previous dozens of days: "First, he locked me up, so that he could avoid being detected by me to the greatest extent, and then kicked him away, or he was unwilling to inherit the throne, and second, as long as he was the first to mention, then, whether I want to or not, I must be gracious to him, and the emperor must also talk about his reputation!" ”

Erniang frowned: "Does the official family agree?" ”

"Of course."

"Even ......"

Zhao Shi looked at the wall of the Gongyuan: "That day, my father suddenly blocked me in the Gongyuan, it is very likely that Wen Yanbo persuaded my father by wanting to let his son be a concubine, my father since I left Beijing without permission last time, always feel at ease, always want to use something to lock me, the throne is just right, after all, even if Zen is located in me, it is not necessarily to hand over the rights to me, the emperor, is just a title, the emperor, not necessarily have to take a back seat, but can firmly grasp the lock." ”

"Whew"

Erniang slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity, her brain hurt: "Therefore, Wen Yanbo is more natural for you to ascend the throne, so I will arrange for these people to delay you for a while, so that you can find that jade seal?" ”

Zhao Shi shook his head slightly: "It may not be him." ”

"First, Wen Yanbo did not show any interest in the jade seal before, and secondly, this matter, if you think about it carefully, it is not consistent with Wen Yanbo's previous arrangements, his previous arrangement, whether it is to let Zhu Yun provoke a dispute over the style of writing, let the students know the style reform first, or let my father lock me up, it is a grounding, in fact, if I think about it carefully, it does not damage my safety or even my reputation at all, but this time, if I still have some ability to judge the case, this matter will definitely become one of the stains on my life, so, this matter…… It doesn't have to be him. ”

"So ......"

"There is another person looking for another jade seal, and it is also this person who wants to hide behind the scenes in the name of Wen Yanbo, the problem is ......"

Even Zhao Shi couldn't help frowning fiercely, with a puzzled face: "If you are looking for a jade seal, you are looking for a jade seal, why do you want to lock me up?" I don't know ......"

"Wait."

Zhao Shi slowly, slowly raised his hand, and pinched both of his temples: "That one...... Monkey? ”