Zhang Yongjie thought to himself, who is Miss Li? Once in charge of the Li family in Luoyang, how could she be short of money to live in such a restaurant?

Thinking of this, Zhang Yongjie returned late at sunrise and walked around Yandu, but wherever there was a restaurant, Zhang Yongjie had to stay often.

It's a pity that for half a month, I didn't see Miss Li and the other six people. Zhang Yongjie is almost familiar with the streets and alleys of Yandu, and he can't find anyone.

Now it's March 25th, and there are still five days to hold the exam, it stands to reason that Li Ling, Xiao Yu, Leng Ke and others should have arrived in the capital a long time ago?

Zhang Yongjie recalled the scene when Miss Li invited him to Beijing together, although Miss Li was invited at that time. But then Shaoya came out to sarcastically mock herself. Isn't this exactly one singing red face and the other singing black face?

Wow, this Miss Li's two entourage, Xiao Yu, Leng Ke, where is he going to enter Beijing to catch the exam. Presumably, Miss Li saw that her ghost was still lingering, so she deliberately provoked herself away by retreating.

Zhang Yongjie really admired this Miss Li, thinking that this Miss Li was really powerful, with a little words, he conveyed the wrong information to himself and put himself aside.

It turned out that Li Ling and the other six people did not want to enter Yandu that day. Li Ling and the other six people saw Zhang Yongjie appear from time to time, and they were a little unsure of what tricks Zhang Yongjie was doing.

So Li Ling lied that his group of six people was going to Yandu, Li Ling thought to himself, if Zhang Yongjie really wanted to follow the six of them, he would naturally go to Yandu to wait for his side, and create an opportunity to have a chance encounter.

As for Li Ling's invitation to Zhang Yongjie to accompany him, it was also a fraud, because she would immediately instruct her subordinates to make a squeeze and provoke Zhang Yongjie away, such as Shaoya and others.

After waiting for Zhang Yongjie to go away, Li Ling, Sha Tongtian and other six people turned west from Zhuozhou into the mountains. Regardless of whether Zhang Yongjie is intentional or unintentional, it is better if he is unintentional, if he really intends to follow, then he has already gone to Yandu.

Zhang Yongjie only had a little reminiscence at this time, but he didn't dare to believe it. It wasn't until the day before the exam that the student's seat number announced at the gate of the Ministry of Rites Gongyuan did not have the names of Xiao Yu and Leng Ke on it, and he was sure that Miss Li was talking and laughing and played herself again.

Zhang Yongjie sighed that the city government in Miss Li's heart could be so deep, and she could calculate that she would definitely not go with them.

Of course, Zhang Yongjie also knew that if he didn't take that Shaoya's words to heart that day, he still had to follow them with a thick face. Then Miss Li will also have another way to drive herself away.

But Zhang Yongjie had no intention of following them, so although Zhang Yongjie was tricked by Miss Li's trick, he was not bothered. If he really intends to follow them to find the upper position, then the battle of wits with Miss Li, the number of wins and defeats, may not be known.

Tomorrow is the day of the test, and it is Ye Feichi who is nervous. Zhang Yongjie is a white ding, and there is no pressure from the imperial examination, but he is more annoyed with this Miss Li, and lied to himself that they will also come to Yandu.

Zhang Yongjie has never offended others since he asked about the rivers and lakes, except for the bronze Taoist and the like, of course. I have no grievances with this Miss Li, why does this Miss Li always reject herself?

Although Zhang Yongjie and Li Ling are people from two worlds, they have nothing to do with each other, and it is not a big deal if they can't be friends. But Zhang Yongjie originally intended to make friends, and after eating a few nails, it is normal to feel unhappy.

In the evening, Ye Feichi beckoned Zhang Yongjie to eat together. The intense review over the past few days has come to an end. The bachelors are already confident, and they are bound to be named on the gold list, and then return to their hometowns.

But it's not yet time to celebrate, so the Bachelor's House won't be serving drinks tonight. On the dinner table, there are good teas such as bamboo leaves.

He Shiqu frequently poured tea to Ye Feichi, and raised his glass repeatedly, during which he said: "I was born poor, thanks to Brother Ye Gaoyi, I paid for myself to live in the store and eat silver." If not, I would have starved to death on the streets, so how could I take the exam tomorrow?"

Ye Feichi saw He Shiqu stand up, very polite, and immediately stood up, behaving appropriately. I only heard Ye Feichi say: "Brother He is polite, we entered Beijing in the same year to take the exam, and we are considered to be the same family." Xiao Xiaoyinliang, why worry about it, Brother He must not take it to heart, if you mention this matter again, it will be a slap in the face of the little brother. ”

But He Shiqu shook his head and said: "The ancients still know the return of the kindness of a meal, and Brother Ye must remember the kindness of Brother Ye today." ”

Ye Feichi shook his head again and again, and Wang Jiannan also comforted He Shiqu on the side, telling him not to take it to heart.

Zhang Yongjie is not a person, and with them who are scholars, they rarely have a common language, only sitting quietly on the side eating and drinking tea.

After the simple dinner, Zhang Yongjie remembered some troubles, and walked around the streets of Yandu, wanting to forget these troubles.

On this day, Zhang Yongjie wandered into the middle of the night, suddenly feeling sleepy, and then returned to the bachelor's building to sleep.

In the early morning, in my sleep, I heard a little servant beating gongs and drums, and shouted, "The hour has come, and everyone can rush to the Ministry of Rites." ”

Immediately followed by a burst of eager footsteps, Zhang Yongjie knew that Ye Feichi and they would definitely go out for the exam, and they were groggy and didn't want to get up.

After a moment of sleep, two hours have passed in reality. At this time, a person suddenly broke into the room, and the door frame crackled.

Zhang Yongjie woke up suddenly, but saw Wang Jiannan rushing into the house, sweating profusely, shouting at Ye Feichi's bed: "Brother Ye, why are you still sleeping?"

Zhang Yongjie found out that Ye Feichi was still lying in bed, Ye Feichi's junior brother never slept lazy, today, a day of great significance to him, why would he be bedridden?

In the early morning, Wang Jiannan shouted Ye Feichi, and saw him snort softly. At that time, I didn't take it to heart, knowing that the Ye Feichi brothers would come later.

But Wang Jiannan waited in front of the ceremonial department, Ye Feichi was never seen in the crowd, seeing that there was still half an hour before the start of the exam, if he missed it, then he would have to wait for three years, how would it be child's play?

So Wang Jiannan immediately rushed back to the bachelor's building, although he came and went, wasting time, and Wang Jiannan also had the risk of missing the exam, but Wang Jiannan still came back, sweating profusely along the way.

Zhang Yongjie was shocked and hurriedly swayed Ye Feichi's body, but seeing that Ye Feichi's body was cold and his lips were blue, he shouted at the moment: "It's not good, Senior Brother Ye is poisoned." ”

Zhang Yongjie lost a few true qi in a row, but it had no effect. Zhang Yongjie didn't know what kind of poison this was, and he didn't know how poisonous it was?

At this time, the maid in the bachelor's building also noticed that a student had an accident, and immediately shouted: "The Deyuan Medical Hall in the southeast of the city is the closest famous medical hall to here, hurry up and go there." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yongjie hurriedly ran to the southeast of the city. When he turned around and saw that Wang Jiannan was also following, Zhang Yongjie called: "I'll go to the Deyuan Medical Center, Brother Wang, you hurry up to the Ministry of Rites, don't delay your imperial examination." ”

A bell rang in the distance, Wang Jiannan's face changed suddenly when he heard this, and he said fiercely: "It's too late, after a while, I struck three bells, and I can't go in again." Which god-damn dog thief actually plotted against Brother Ye, what kind of grudge is this? ”

Zhang Yongjie thought that now was not the time to find the reason, so he rushed to the southeast at the moment, and shouted: "Borrow the way, borrow the way, everyone get out of the way." ”

In the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, on the first day of the fourth month, ten in the morning. A group of brocade guards appeared at the south gate of Yandu, announcing martial law at the south gate, prohibiting any people from moving within 300 steps of the city gate, let alone running.

Everyone in Lao Yandu knows that this is a reception specification that only has the reception specifications of the feudal officials who are above the second grade in other places and return to Beijing to report on their work.

A red-topped sedan chair entered Yandu from the south city gate, and the people next to it looked at the specifications, and the one who entered Beijing this time was no longer a second-grade person, but a proper first-class member.

There is no doubt that Wang Jiannan and Zhang Yongjie rushed to the southeast of the city to find the Deyuan Medical Center, and this action had already collided with this first-class master.

Suddenly, a group of brocade guards wearing flying fish suits pulled out embroidered spring knives, and someone shouted: "Who is so bold, so reckless, and collided with Lord Hu Butang." ”

Some Yandu people exclaimed one after another when they heard Lord Hu Butang. In addition to Lord Hu Butang of the Ming Dynasty and governor of Jiangsu, is there a second Lord Hu Butang?

At present, the Japanese invaders are on the southeast coast of our country, and Lord Hu Butang is sitting in Nanjing, commanding the overall situation. But my pillar of the Ming Dynasty, now these three young men actually offended Hu Butang's sedan chair, how damn it?

Although looking at the situation, it seems that there is a young man who is seriously ill, but if the doctor is not seen at this time, so why wait?

Those Jinyi guards were about to arrest Zhang Yongjie and the other three, Wang Jiannan shouted: "The student has no intention of colliding with the minister, it is really an urgent matter, I hope you will forgive me." ”

One of the brocade guards shouted: "Bold fanatics, you still dare to quibble, there are priorities, if everyone has an emergency, this world is not chaotic? It seems that you are not in the edict, I don't know how high this day is." ”

Zhang Yongjie is also anxiously thinking of a way, it would not be a big deal to go to the imperial prison for two days, which hero can't be wronged? The most important thing is that after this delay, Senior Brother Ye Feichi may not be able to stand it.

At this time, Hu Butang opened the sedan door and walked down. Zhang Yongjie looked Hu Butang up and down, an old man in his fifties, with white temples and many wrinkles.

I think those people in the rivers and lakes, such as Sha Tongtian, are in their sixties, and they look younger than this Hu Butang adult. Come to think of it, it must be Lord Hu Butang who works hard for the country, and it is quite troublesome. The speed of aging is also faster than that of Shatongtian, who has to be served by others for bathing and changing clothes.

Hu Butang was not as fierce and vicious as some evil officials, and his kind face asked left and right: "What happened." ”

Wang Jiannan saw that Lord Hu Butang actually got off the sedan chair, and getting off the sedan chair meant that there was a play, so he hurriedly replied: "Report to Lord Hu Butang, the student Kaifeng Wang Jiannan." As he spoke, he pointed to Ye Feichi in Zhang Yongjie's arms and said, "And this Baoqing Ye Feichi are all people who went to Beijing to take the exam together." ”

As he spoke, two bells rang in the distance, presumably from the Ministry of Rites. Zhang Yongjie heard Wang Jiannan say that if he rang the bell three times, he would never be able to enter again.

Wang Jiannan's delay, wouldn't this scientific expedition also come to naught? He could have done the scientific expedition with peace of mind, but thinking of the righteousness of the same road, he also turned around and called Ye Feichi, this kind of behavior is quite chivalrous.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yongjie turned his eyes to look at Wang Jiannan, thinking that he really didn't see the wrong person, but he just delayed his exam, which was a big sin.

When Hu Butang heard the bell, he frowned and said, "Lift people?"

Wang Jiannan hurriedly said: "The student arrived at the Ministry of Rites early, and he couldn't wait for a long time, so he went back to the bachelor's building to call Ye Feichi's brother, only to know that Ye Feichi was poisoned." ”

When Hu Butang heard this, he already knew what was happening right now. He didn't ask anymore, wasting time, and immediately took out a jade plate from his sleeve and shouted, "Where is Zhao Kui?"

One of the soldiers rode out and replied, "Humble duty." ”

Hu Butang threw the jade plaque in his hand to Zhao Kui and ordered: "Quickly lead this Wang Jiannan to raise people and rush to the Ministry of Rites." If he is unable to sit for this year's examination, you will be demoted by three levels. ”

There is still some distance from the Ministry of Rites, and the three bells are close at hand, but with the hand of Lord Hu Butang, what is so difficult about this? Even if it is a moment late, it must be accommodating.

Then Zhao Kui immediately lifted Wang Jiannan to the horse and hurried to the Ministry of Rites.

Hu Butang then issued a second order: "Feng Jin, take this Ye Feichi to the Tai Hospital for treatment." ”

The entourage named Feng Jin immediately snatched Ye Feichi from Zhang Yongjie's hand, put him on his horse, and ran to the Tai Hospital.

Hu Butang stared at Zhang Yongjie at this time and asked, "Who are you?"

Zhang Yongjie immediately bowed down and said: "Caomin is Ye Feichi's fellow disciple and brother, and this time he accompanied him to Beijing to take the exam." ”

The person with Jinyi Wei next to him heard Zhang Yongjie calling himself a grass man, and wanted to come to have no merit, so he immediately shouted: "Be bold and make a fool of the people, when you see Lord Hu Butang, you don't even kneel?"

Zhang Yongjie immediately reacted, with a militaristic minister like Hu Butang, even those who raised people had to kneel, not to mention that he was a white one.

And this Lord Hu Butang has a meritorious service in fighting against the Japanese invaders, it is a major military event, although he defeated Hattori in Chang'an, but compared with Hu Butang's merits, it is simply not worth mentioning.

Zhang Yongjie hurriedly knelt down and bowed, and said ashamedly: "The lord of the ministry forgives his sins, and he is in a hurry, and he is rude." ”

Hu Butang smiled kindly, raised his hand to signal Zhang Yongjie to get up, and said: "When you are in a hurry, it is normal for people to be negligent. In this year's scientific expedition, there was such a thing as someone poisoning, and the act was so bad that it must be thoroughly investigated. At present, the official is in a hurry to enter the palace to face the saint, you follow the team, wait outside the palace gate, and come back to question you later. ”

Zhang Yongjie immediately received the order, followed the sedan chair of Lord Hu Butang, and walked in the direction of the Forbidden City.

When he arrived outside the palace gate, Zhang Yongjie remembered that Lord Hu Butang asked him to wait outside the palace gate, so he stopped and stood outside the palace gate. At the moment, there are two brocade guards on either side of him, and it is not clear whether they are taking care of him.

Zhang Yongjie looked up at the palace wall and was shocked by this height. A brocade guard behind him shouted: "The forbidden land of the imperial city, how can you allow snooping?"

When Zhang Yongjie heard this, he immediately learned from the guards around him, straightened up, and stood in place.

After a long time, Zhang Yongjie suddenly felt that it was difficult to persevere. But his eyes drifted to the left and right, and when he saw that these soldiers were still standing like a pine, he thought to himself that he had peerless internal strength, could it be better for these ordinary soldiers to stand straight?

Thinking of this, Zhang Yongjie secretly lucked his true qi, penetrated his whole body, and relieved his fatigue a little. But Hu Butang entered Beijing this time, there are major military events, and it will be a while and a half to enter the palace to face the saint?

Zhang Yongjie has never been to the barracks, even though he has internal strength, but he still feels a little sour and numb when he stands upright like this for a long time.

Seeing this, there was a Jinyi guard next to him, and said softly: "You can move around in a small area and take a break." ”

When Zhang Yongjie heard this, he walked back and forth for two or three steps, and moved his muscles and bones in a very small area. Seeing those soldiers and brocade guards, still standing straight, I was very impressed.

But I think about those brocade guards, although they pulled out the embroidered spring knife without saying a word, it looks very fierce, but in fact, it is not unreasonable. No, when they see that they are having trouble holding on, they remind themselves that they can move in a small area.

After a while, a eunuch from inside the palace gate said in a strange voice, "Where is Zhang Yongjie?"

Zhang Yongjie immediately bowed down and said, "Grass people Zhang Yongjie." ”

The eunuch looked Zhang Yongjie up and down, snorted in a weird way, and shouted to the two brocade guards next to him: "Set up for the miscellaneous family." ”

As soon as the eunuch went out, he was going to arrest himself, and Zhang Yongjie couldn't believe his ears. One of the brocade guards immediately arched his hand and said, "Gonggong Cao, we are waiting for Lord Hu Butang." ”

It turned out that this eunuch's name was Gonggong Cao, and he was a middle-level eunuch in Dongchang. He was about thirty-seven or eighteen years old, and he didn't seem to have a good temper.

Gonggong Cao immediately shouted: "Hmph, Hu Butang has already reported this matter to the Holy Lord, and the Holy Master's edict is here, you just have to do the errand." As he spoke, he took out a gold medal and showed it to the two brocade guards.

When the two brocade guards saw the Holy Lord's edict, they immediately stopped saying more, and immediately opened their bows left and right, one on each side, and killed Zhang Yongjie.

Zhang Yongjie didn't know how to argue, just hey, hey, hey. Of course, his few words were not laughter, but an instinctive reaction to the inexplicable questioning of the incident.

Seeing that Zhang Yongjie still wanted to speak, Father-in-law Cao immediately stretched out his hand and called Zhang Yongjie.

Zhang Yongjie felt very funny when he saw that Father-in-law Cao's slap was twisted, quite like a daughter, and he forgot a little pain for a while. But he also knew what the occasion was, and immediately held back his laughter.

Gonggong Cao crossed his hands on his waist and said, "Hey, untouchables, how can you speak here?" After speaking, he waved his hand and shouted to the two brocade guards: "Let's go." ”

But Gonggong Cao didn't say where to go, so the two brocade guards had to escort Zhang Yongjie and slowly follow behind Gonggong Cao.

I don't know how long I walked, and I came to the yamen lobby of Shuntian Mansion. Na Shun Tianfu Yin and the relevant officials came to the lobby. Gonggong Cao kicked Zhang Yongjie twice first and motioned for him to kneel.

At this time, Gonggong Cao took out the holy oracle and stood on the main seat. When the rest of the personnel saw this, they immediately knelt down one by one.

Gonggong Cao moistened his throat and said: "Holy Lord, there is a problem with the scientific expedition this year, and someone has poisoned him. Ordered Shuntianfu Yin to investigate the matter thoroughly, and when necessary, he could send a note to the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and a note to the Beizhen Fu Division, block Yandu, and prohibit any idle people from entering and leaving. ”

Some of the errand officers heard the edict that they could blockade Yandu when necessary, and if they wanted to make a big fuss, they had to come out when the water fell.

After the promulgation of the edict, Shuntianfu Yin and the others stood up and said: "Gonggong Cao is fortunate, I didn't expect that today is the first day of the scientific expedition, and such a bad thing happened, I don't know who is so bold as to do such a dirty thing at the feet of the Son of Heaven." ”

Seeing this situation, Zhang Yongjie also knew that Ye Feichi's junior brother was poisoned. Thinking that the murderer behind this scene would be found out in a blink of an eye, I felt very relieved.

That Gonggong Cao said at this time: "Lord Zheng, this matter has reached the heavens, you have to quickly figure out what happened." ”

It turned out that the surname of Shuntianfu Yin was Zheng, and others called him Zheng. Master Zheng hurriedly said: "This is natural, please tell the saint, don't worry, this official will definitely investigate within three days." ”

At this time, Master Zheng pointed to Zhang Yongjie and asked Gonggong Cao: "I don't know who this person is, what is the connection with this case?" ”

Gonggong Cao pointed at Zhang Yongjie, and said in a strange manner: "This is an insider, and the Holy Lord ordered the miscellaneous family to bring this person to Shuntian Mansion for Lord Zheng to investigate." ”

Zhang Yongjie also understood, and immediately said: "The saint said that I was an insider, so he didn't say that I was a human criminal, why did Gonggong Cao detain me?"

That Gonggong Cao snorted, immediately ran down and gave Zhang Yongjie a kick, and shouted: "Above the court, how can you call yourself my word? If you don't understand the rules like this, you should fight. ”

Zhang Yongjie repeated Fang Cai's words again at the moment, but replaced my word with grass people.

At this time, Gonggong Cao pointed at Zhang Yongjie and shouted: "The miscellaneous family just looks at you unpleasantly, suspects that you are jealous of the fame of your fellow disciples, and persecuted Ye Feichi." The Holy Admiral will hand over this matter to the Shuntian Mansion for investigation, and it will be your fate. If it is handed over to Dongchang, or Beizhen Fusi, and the edict is issued, you will be beaten first. ”

In the face of grievances, Zhang Yongjie was speechless, if he changed others, Zhang Yongjie would definitely fight back.

But seeing Grandpa Cao's twisted posture, Zhang Yongjie really felt fresh, and he didn't have the heart to care about what Grandpa Cao said at the moment, and he used all his energy to control his emotions, but don't laugh heartily in this majestic Shuntian Mansion.

At this time, Lord Yin Zheng of Shuntian Mansion knocked on the side and asked, "Gonggong Cao, does the Holy Lord want this person to go to prison?"

The career of the eunuch of Gong Cao was not smooth, and it was not pleasing to anyone. If he follows his own temper, he can't pull Zhang Yongjie out of his skin.

This is not to say that he has much hatred with Zhang Yongjie, it's just that Gonggong Cao has been running errands in the palace all the year round and has been wronged, so whenever he has the opportunity, he wants to torture others.

But today's incident was stabbed in front of the saint by Lord Hu Butang, who is Hu Butang? In the future, he may inquire about this matter, and if he knew that he deliberately cleaned up this country boy, maybe Lord Hu Butang would be unhappy.

Gonggong Cao thought for a while, and then said, "Lord Zheng, the Holy Lord asked you to investigate the case, but instead you asked the Holy Lord what he meant?

Master Zheng has also dealt with Father-in-law He Cao a few times on weekdays, and if Father-in-law Cao really wants to rectify people, he will often hint directly.

But when I heard this today, I immediately understood that this Gonggong Cao didn't dare to have a clear hint, obviously there was a big man behind this case, and he didn't dare to mess around.

In this case, Lord Zheng naturally did not dare to treat Zhang Yongjie as a prisoner. immediately ascended to the court and asked Zhang Yongjie about the relevant case.

For several days, Zhang Yongjie stayed in Shuntian Mansion Yin to cooperate with the investigation. Although Lord Zheng did not treat him as a prisoner, he was not allowed to leave the house, and he could only be released after the matter was settled.

How dare Lord Zheng not take this case seriously? He immediately acted resolutely, asking Zhang Yongjie on the one hand, and then going to the Tai Hospital to inquire about Ye Feichi. On the other hand, the bachelor's building was blocked, the relevant personnel were investigated, the location of the crime was checked, and so on.

As the Yin of Shuntian Mansion, Lord Zheng really has a few brushes. Three days had not yet arrived, and he already had a candidate for the crime in mind.

On the afternoon of the third day, Lord Zheng went to the palace to report the case to the saint, and after returning, he immediately led a team of soldiers to the Ministry of Rites to arrest people.

There are three consecutive exams, each of which lasts three days, adding up to a total of nine days. According to common sense, it is not until nine days have elapsed that the students are out of the examination room before they can be arrested.

However, how serious and how bad is the matter of poisoning the people who are taking part in the scientific examination so that they cannot participate in the scientific examination on time?

To be honest, some people saw the soldiers bravely entering the field to arrest people, and it also affected the performance of some people.

Of course, it also frightened a very small number of unruly people, which led to the later fall of Sun Shan. Later, after learning about the reason, they hated the case to the core.