Xu Ci used to write a fart poem, and I wrote a few sentences casually, which can make him embarrassed. If it hadn't been for his cousin Xu Qi'an to give a poem that day, the jade pendant of the Ziyang monk would have been mine. ”

Zhu Huizhi remembered the festival of the day and scolded him.

"Could it be fraud in the imperial examination?" Liu Jue said tentatively.

"Nonsense!" The students of Yunlu Academy were furious when they heard this, and glared at him one by one.

Fraud in the imperial examination........ This word appeared in Zhu Huizhi's mind, as if all the doubts were instantly penetrated, and it reasonably explained the reason why Xu Ci was able to write a masterpiece and "Huiyuan" in high school.

Immediately, Zhu Huizhi shook his head: "Impossible, poetry is not an article, if you know the exam questions in advance, you will have time to fully prepare." Brother Liu, I asked you to take "Spring Scene" as the title, give you three days, can you write a masterpiece that will be handed down to the world?"

Liu Jue shook his head: "I'm embarrassed, I'm afraid I won't be able to write it for three years." ”

He took a sip of wine, showed a smile full of meaning, and lowered his voice: "But, Brother Zhu, think about it, what if the person who wrote the poem for him was Yingong Xu Qi'an?"

The atmosphere at the table was quiet, and neither the students of Yunlu Academy nor the students of Guozijian immediately refuted. Instead, I thought about it in my head.

Yes, if it is Xu Shikui, if you can know the exam questions in advance, let alone three days, I am afraid you can write it in one day.

The farewell poem and the Yongmei poem, as well as the half of the poem that was sung before the "sacrifice" in Yunzhou, were all sitting in the battle.

The students of Yunlu Academy even thought of the "Persuasion Poem" posted on the wall of the academy's fame.

"Hmph, how did Yingong Xu Qi'an know the exam questions?"

Although I thought so in my heart, I wouldn't admit it, the student of Yunlu Academy asked.

"I don't know," Liu Jue waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's just drunk talk, just guessing." However, that Xu Qi'an is a silver gong, and it is rumored in officialdom that this person is deeply trusted by Wei Yuan........."

He didn't go on.

With this episode, the students of Yunlu Academy were in no mood to drink, sat for a while, and then got up to say goodbye.

Liu Jue, who is good at communicating, personally sent Zhu Huizhi and others downstairs, and then took the initiative to settle the bill, and everyone dispersed outside the restaurant.

A quarter of an hour later, Liu Jue went and returned, and got into a carriage parked outside the restaurant.

In the carriage sat a middle-aged man dressed as a rich man, with a jade wrench on his thumb, a walnut in his hand, and a teacup in the other.

"Steward Zhao!"

Liu Jue respectfully behaved.

The middle-aged man bowed his head, put down the teacup, turned over the teacup that was upside down on the small coffee table, poured a cup of tea, and frowned: "The smell of wine, let's take a sip of tea." ”

"Thank you, Steward Zhao. Liu Jue held the teacup in both hands, drank it in one gulp, and said slowly:

"I have inquired about something, according to the students of Yunlu Academy, Xu Cijiu does not know how to compose poetry at all, and his level is sparse. Nine times out of ten, the song "Difficult to Walk" was ghostwritten by someone else. Of course, I don't have any evidence either. ”

When the middle-aged man heard this, he showed a satisfied smile and said with a smile: "You don't need evidence, it's enough to have this." ”

.............

Outside the city, in the courtyard planted with willows.

The Golden Lotus Dao Chief, who had just swallowed the Blood Fetal Pill, was bathed in the melting sunshine of spring, feeling that his body was no longer cold and no longer transformed into Yin matter, but there was still a little Yin Qi in his body, which was enough to be eliminated by relying on another Blood Fetal Pill.

"This body does not match my primordial spirit, it won't take too long, fortunately, the creation of the golden lotus is about to mature, and the lotus seed can reshape my body for me, and I should leave Beijing.

"Hopefully there won't be any accidents. ”

Daoist Jin Lian prayed in his heart.

.............

"Da Lang, then, that girl doesn't seem to be a Da Feng person. ”

The son of the porter Lao Zhang thought for a while and described: "It's an ugly girl with black skin, and her eyes are still blue." The hair is also ugly and curly. ”

Number Five?!

, why did she come to my house, Daoist Jin Lian asked her to come? Does she know that I am number three?

The Golden Lotus Daoist asked him to help find No. 5, instead of No. 3, and he could still use "No. 3 grade is too low" to cover up, after all, the more Confucian words and expressions go to the later stage, the more terrifying the strength becomes.

But in the early grades, the ninth to seventh grades are all spicy chickens, and when they reach the sixth-grade Confucian habitat, they can copy other people's skills, so they have considerable combat power.

In the eyes of Chu Yuanzhen and Hengyuan, although No. 3 Xu is extremely smart, when he really needs it, it is his cousin Xu Ningyan, who is very powerful, who is more reliable.

It seems that there is only absenteeism today......... Xu Qi'an bowed his head and said: "I know, after I ask for leave, I will go back home with you." ”

After asking for leave, Xu Qi'an sat on horseback and trotted in the direction of Xu's house, and Xiao Zhang, the son of the porter Lao Zhang, trotted alongside him.

Two quarters of an hour later, he arrived at Xu's mansion, which was not far from the yamen, Xu Qi'an handed over the reins to Xiao Zhang and went straight into the mansion.

As soon as I entered the outer courtyard, I saw the cooks walking towards the inner courtyard with plates of hot dishes, steamed buns, and rice.

"Da Lang is back........ the cook sighed with relief, and as she spoke, she looked at the inner courtyard:

"There was a girl in the house, saying that she was looking for you, and asked what she had to do with you, but she couldn't say it clearly. ”

I can't hear nine out of ten sentences, and the southern Xinjiang accent of No. 5 is a bit heavy......... Xu Qi'an complained, entered the inner courtyard with the cook, and heard Xu Lingyue's gentle voice from the inner hall from a distance:

"Miss Lina came all the way from southern Xinjiang, what is the matter with my eldest brother?"

"I'm not here to find your eldest brother, I'm here to find a few friends, and I ....... to practice casually" A voice with a strong accent sounded, saying half-hearted Dafengguan.

However, the sound is like a silver bell, crisp and pleasant, and it is very good.

"So you don't know my big brother?"

"I don't know. ”

In a few words, I can find out the details, this girl is not very smart, and it has nothing to do with the eldest brother......... Xu Lingyue warmly entertained Lina.

The aunt sat in a chair not far away, frowning slightly, and looked at Lina with a slightly hostile gaze.

This foreign woman really knows how to eat, in half an hour, she ate three days' rations at home, and if you convert it into silver, there are more than a dozen taels.

This is still the aunt specially asked the cook to prepare some rice and noodles, steamed buns and vegetarian dishes, if it is big fish and meat, how much silver do you have to eat?

Who raised this kind of girl?

"Miss Lina, what are you doing in my house? ”

Xu Qi'an stepped into the threshold and looked at the little brute girl from southern Xinjiang with a surprised expression. Compared to the pale face of the injury yesterday, she now has a ruddy complexion and bright eyes, as if the injury has healed.

"Daoist Jinlian asked me to come to you, saying that during my time in Beijing, I will live with you. Thank you, Lord Xu, for saving your life. ”

Lina hurriedly put down her chopsticks, swallowed the food, and looked at Xu Qi'an generously.

She thought that she had come to the capital, and that she would either be Daoist Jinlian, or No. 3, or No. 4 and No. 6. Who would have thought that in the end, he actually lived in the house of a strange man.

Yesterday's incident, Daoist Jin Lian had already told her that Lina knew that this young silver gong with excellent skin was her life-saving benefactor.

Since he is a trusted friend of the Taoist, Lina also trusts him unreservedly.

She called me Lord Xu, not Number Three........ Xu Qi'an stared at Lina for a moment, unable to see the clue from those clear and innocent blue eyes.

Why did Daoist Jin Lian arrange her to be by my side?

The old silver coin did not consult me before doing this, and judging from my experience with the old silver coins, there was no plan of some kind after consulting beforehand.

If it is not discussed in advance, it must have a deep meaning.

So, Xu Qi'an asked, "What else did the Taoist chief tell you?"

Lina took a bite of the steamed bun and said vaguely: "Daoist Jinlian said that you are a close friend he made in the capital, let me stay in the house with peace of mind." ”

Swallowing the steamed buns, she said with some anger and grievance: "The Taoist chief said that I can eat too much and can't afford to support me." ”

Yes....... Xu Qi'an's face was dull, it turned out that the reason why Jin Lian sent her to me was because she was too good to eat?

This is really an impeccable reason, in the same way, No. 6, who lives in a nursing home, and No. 4, who relies on old friends for food and housing, can't afford to raise a little barbarian girl in southern Xinjiang.

Damn, it feels so bad to be treated as a big dog, people are floating in the rivers and lakes, either you are a prostitute for nothing, or I am a prostitute for nothing, retribution........ Xu Qi'an sighed: "I see." ”

"Ahem!"

The aunt coughed hard, showing her presence as a housewife.

But Xu Qi'an ignored her, and said to himself: "Okay, I'll let someone arrange a room for you immediately." ”

"Xu Ningyan!!"

The aunt screamed angrily, got up from the chair, pinched her waist, and looked at each other angrily: "I'm your aunt, you, haven't you thought of discussing it with me?"

As he spoke, he frequently glanced at the table with messy cups and plates, and told his unlucky nephew that this girl was a bottomless pit.

This....... Xu Qi'an hesitated for a moment, her aunt considered it very reasonably, the price of goods in the capital is expensive, this girl can eat so much, it really costs too much silver.

Moreover, my luck has changed recently, and I no longer pick up silver, but instead accumulate prestige, and then, Wei Yuan deducted my salary again.

"Big brother, have you forgotten the essence of chicken?"

At this time, Xu Lingyue spoke, and she calculated an account for Xu Qi'an: "The salt transportation yamen in the capital opened out 2,000 catties of salt tickets last year, and made a profit of 5,000 taels, of which the eldest brother accounted for 10% and got 500 taels. You have never asked for this money from the Heavenly Prison.

"I asked the officials of the Yanyun Yamen that the imperial court intends to open at least ten workshops this year to make chicken essence, and when the settlement is made at the end of this year, it will be an unimaginably huge fortune.

"So, there is no shortage of silver in our family. ”

Xu Lingyue's "salt ticket" refers to chicken essence alone. Now, chicken essence, like salt, has become an important strategic material for the imperial court. It was born last year, and it was not possible to produce it on a large scale, but after expanding the scale of production this year, the profit is immeasurable.

If you don't say I'll really forget......... It must be that bad old man who blocked the chicken essence, so I can't remember, he wants to cheat me for money.

Xu Qi'an was pleasantly surprised to find that he was actually a father of Ma in this era.

Lina didn't understand it at all, but she felt that it was very powerful, she came all the way from southern Xinjiang to the capital, and knew what a copper plate could buy, and what a penny of silver could buy.

At the same time, I also know how difficult it is to earn money.

Subconsciously, she looked at this "Lord Xu", and her eyes showed pure worship, just like a little girl who saw her neighbor's brother burning instant noodles, wearing jeans, and hanging a decorative chain around his waist, dancing in his yard.

"How I didn't know about it. Auntie said suspiciously.

"Auntie doesn't know, I asked Lingyue to tell you. Xu Qi'an looked at his sister.

Xu Lingyue looked dazed: "Mother Xu forgot." ”

The aunt opened her mouth, speechless, she was not sure if she had forgotten, she had no impression of such a large piece of "profit".

At this time, Lina asked in a tone of admiration, "May I ask Lord Xu's surname." ”

This way of questioning was learned by her when she was wandering the rivers and lakes in Dafeng.

"Xu Qi'an!"

"Xu, Xu Qi'an........" Lina tilted her head, thought for a long time, and suddenly screamed: "You are Xu Qi'an, didn't you die in Yunzhou?"

Auntie and Xu Lingyue looked at her suspiciously.

This foreign girl claims to know Xu Qi'an, but she doesn't know about her resurrection, so what did she do when she came to the house?

"Take a step to speak. ”

Xu Qi'an pulled Lina out of the side hall, walked to the side garden and stopped, explaining:

"I'm not dead, it's Li Miaozhen who made a mistake. Well, in fact, I am a peripheral member of the Heaven and Earth Society, and although I don't have the corresponding fragments of the Book from the Ground, I know everything about you. ”

"No wonder Daoist Jin Lian asked me to come to you. Lina smiled happily and easily believed Xu Qi'an's words without any doubts.

It's so deceitful......... Xu Qi'an said solemnly: "This is a secret, you can't leak it to the outside world, even if it's inside the Heaven and Earth Society." ”

"Good!"

Lina smiled and nodded vigorously.

"Let's eat. ”

It would be nice if everyone in the world was as innocent as Five........ Xu Qi'an looked at the bouncing and lively back, and sighed sincerely.

He still has a lot of things to ask Five, such as how she knows that it was Three herself who picked up the silver, not a friend out of nothing.

Not in a hurry, people with simple personalities are usually more stubborn, and if they say confidentiality, they will definitely keep it secret.

But eating people is soft-mouthed, and when she eats at home for a few more days, she knows that it is wrong to prostitute in vain if she has a little conscience.

..............

Cabinet.

Wang Zhenwen, who was wearing a scarlet robe, sat at the desk to review the folds, he had been sitting for two hours, had been to the toilet several times on the way, and devoted the rest of the time to official business.

The cabinet was equivalent to the emperor's private secretary and was extremely powerful, much higher than the six ministries.

The large and small concerts of the imperial court, and even the suggestions made by the people to the emperor, were compiled by the general political envoys, and the celebrant submitted them to the emperor for his approval, and then handed them over to the cabinet.

The cabinet is responsible for drafting the handling opinions, and then the celebrant will submit the opinions to the emperor for the final decision on how to deal with them, and finally the six ministries will proofread and issue them.

In the reign of Emperor Yuan Jing, the envoy directly transferred the fold to the cabinet, and the cabinet drafted the handling opinions, and finally transferred them to Emperor Yuan Jing.

A process is omitted in between.

This was because Emperor Yuan Jing believed that the extra process in the middle hindered his cultivation.

It is precisely this process omitted in the middle that is the most greasy. Because in this way, what Emperor Yuan Jing saw was just an excerpt for the cabinet to let him see.

Of course, although Emperor Yuan Jing was not a good emperor, he was an emperor who was good at using power. In order to curb the excessive power of civil officials and empty the imperial power, he thought of a way to get the best of both worlds.

The name of this method is "Wei Yuan".

In terms of the overall situation, the various parties and Wei Yuan's party are like fire and water. In a small way, the fighting between the various parties is fierce.

Emperor Yuan Jing sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and was responsible for maintaining balance and cultivating with peace of mind.

Wang Zhenwen opened the last recital, and after reading the content above, he groaned and sat quietly for a long time. Then, take out a slip of paper, write down your suggestions, and stick them on the fold.

After doing all this, it happens to be the twilight scatter value.

............

At night, there was one more enemy of Xu Lingyin on the table of Xu's mansion.

For this sister who was born out of nowhere, Xu Lingyin loves and hates, and the love is because after the "sister" came, there were several times more meals at home.

Hate because this big sister eats too much.......

With a mouth so small, I can't eat her at all.

Second Uncle Xu had a calm face, looked at Lina, turned his head and asked his nephew, "Is she from the Gu clan in Southern Xinjiang and from the Li Gu Department?"

Lina raised her face from the bowl, the corners of her mouth were stained with rice grains, and she said crisply: "I am from the Force Gu Department, how does Second Uncle Xu know." ”

Who is your second uncle!" Xu Pingzhi snorted coldly.

In the Battle of Shanhaiguan that year, he personally experienced the Great War, and had seen the terrible strength of the barbarians of the Li Gu Division, and their characteristic was that they could eat.

It is not uncommon for a sturdy Li Gu tribesman to eat one cow a day.

Back then, Wei Yuan never captured the clansmen of the Li Gu tribe, and they all killed them directly, saving grain and grass.

"Big brother, I'll tell you something. Xu Xinnian suddenly spoke.

"I knew you had something, and I never let go of my brows. Let's talk about it. Xu Qi'an replied to his cousin while grabbing meat with Lina.

"Miss Wang will ask me to swim in the lake tomorrow. Xu Xinnian said vigilantly.

"What do you think?" Xu Qi'an muttered.

Xu Xinnian said 'heh', put down his chopsticks, and said disdainfully: "It's nothing more than two reasons, either out of personal vendetta and wanting to find a place for the niece of the criminal department."

"Either Wang Shoufu doesn't want to let me go, and he secretly suffocates it. ”

"Then which possibility do you think?" Xu Pingzhi continued.

Xu Xinnian thought for a while and said regretfully: "Although I may become Wang Shoufu's confidant in the future, I won't be so worried about him as much, I think Miss Wang wants to make it bad." ”

Hearing this, Xu Lingyue put down her chopsticks, her little face was serious: "Second brother, you are not good at dealing with women, I will go with you........"

She hurriedly glanced at Xu Qi'an and changed her words: "Although people don't know those messy battles, women still know women best." ”

Xu Xinnian ridiculed the IQ of his eldest sister, "Who said I must go?" It was Miss Wang who invited me to swim in the lake, not Wang Shoufu.

"The art of war is cloudy, the enemy advances and I retreat, the strength is weak, and we can't take advantage of it. ”

Yes, the handling is OK....... Xu Qi'an bowed: "You have decided, and you asked me what to do." ”

The family talked while eating, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

............

The next day, Emperor Yuan Jing finished meditating, studied the scriptures for half an hour, took bait, and then nourished his spirits with a stick of incense, and the morning class was over.

At this time, he will take some time to review the fold, and he will not delay for too long, because the cabinet has already prepared the "vote", and he only needs to approve the red.

He opened the first excerpt, which was the memo of the new Youdu Yushi, which was about the impeachment of Zhao Tingfang for accepting bribes and venting the question to Xu Xinnian, a student of Yunlu Academy.

The excerpt also cited evidence that during the township examination, the student's poetry was of the fourth grade (the lowest fifth grade). How could he have written such a masterpiece as "Difficult to Walk".

Seeing this, Emperor Yuan Jing didn't care, poetry is not an article, and if the article leaks the topic, the nature is very serious. Poetry is lighter, and even if you know the exam questions, you find it more difficult to find a poet than to get the exam questions.

But then, it was mentioned in the recital that the student had a cousin, who was the silver gong of the yamen of the watchman, called Xu Qi'an.

As we all know, Xu Qi'an is a great poet.

After reading the recital, Emperor Yuan Jingdi's pupils sharpened, but he didn't express his opinion, and then took down the cabinet's "vote", which said the cabinet's proposal:

"The imperial examination has been the top priority for the imperial court since ancient times. Fraud in the imperial examination cannot be tolerated, and I hope that Your Majesty will strictly investigate it. ”

Emperor Yuan Jing pondered for a moment, lifted his pen, and criticized red.

............

PS: Thanks to the Silver League for the reward of "Cutting Down the Retrained Coyote" and the 190,000 reward of "SeanGhoust". The leader of "Mady". The leader of the alliance of "Shangxian Qitian" is rewarded. The leader of the alliance of the "Nine Great Masters of the Buddha Department".

The bigwigs are wrong to love, I am very grateful, and I will definitely repay you with my liver.

In addition, I asked weakly for Xu Bai: Did the big guys reward me or the little mare?