Chapter 369: Saw all the four legs

The scholar turned around and found that it was indeed the white-faced Xin Litong.

Xin Litong and others were the initiators of the February storm. At that time, they were arrested for protecting refugees. In order to rescue them, the scholars collectively went to the prime minister's office to petition, which led to the subsequent storm and even caused a major change in the court.

But he was caught in the cell of the Bingma Temple at the beginning, so naturally he didn't have the chance to write a letter in front of Chengtian Gate. He had no chance to meet Emperor Zhaowu and listened to the Golden Palace. Naturally, he didn't know Qin Lei's true identity. When he saw Qin Lei, he was stunned at first, and then he suddenly smiled and said, "It turns out to be Mr. Wu."

Qin Lei laughed and said, "Brother Xin is so forgetful," and pointed to the seat beside him and said, "It's better to have fun alone than to have fun, so why don't Brother Xin come and sit together?"

Xin Litong looked quite moved, but when she saw the female family sitting next to her, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Ruolan was a gaze. Hearing the words, he stood up and smiled, "I haven't been shopping enough yet, and I'm just about to have some time with you."

Qin Lei shook his head and smiled, "Just sit, this is not at home, so how can there be so many rules and condoms?"

Xin Litong also smiled and said, "I'm so stubborn." Then she came over to join Qin Lei's table.

The price of wine and food was delivered, and the table was filled in a short while. Qin Lei and Xin Litong drank a few glasses, and then they asked with a smile: "The first day of March is a big competition. Brother Xin still has the leisure to come out to drink, and it seems that he is confident."

After hearing Qin Lei’s words, Xin Litong said with shame: “What’s the point of being confident? I just feel bored and come out to drink to drown my sorrows.”

Qin Lei clinked a glass with him, shook his head and smiled, "Little did you know that drinking to drown your sorrows even more sorrowful, let alone drinking?" Shi Gan and Ruolan next to him heard this and thought to himself, "The prince is so educated today...'

Little did he know that Li Hun mocked Qin Lei for being unliterate and unwilling to him that day, which made the examiner of the spring exam quite ashamed. Now he has to spend one or two hours every day to work hard. At first, he read some classics, history, and collections of books, but the books are so concise and concise that they are outrageous. You can sleep soundly with just reading three or five elements. In the end, you have to find some legendary novels such as "Taiping Guangji" and "Kaiyuan Legacy". At least some plot descriptions can be read for a while.

Fortunately, the exhibition was helpful. Even after reading the novel for more than ten days, the words were not vain... This is the effect! Qin Lei said proudly in his heart: "I just need to pack a storefront. Could it be that I really have to spend my whole life and spend a lot of time?" These two idioms are also new to learn.

Xin Litong just smiled bitterly and said nothing, and Qin Lei asked again: "Why don't you see that brother Shangde and Shang? Haven't you always been bullied and Meng is bullied?"

Xin Litong sincerely praised him when she heard this: "Brother Wu is really a talented person. He is a man of thousands of books, but you have never heard of two allusions in succession." After saying that, he bowed to Qin Lei with a nerd spirit and said, "I would like to ask Brother Wu to give me advice."

Qin Lei said a little strangely: "What kind of allusion?"

Xin Litong praised: "Brother Wu uses allusions as he wants, and it will fall like rain and blue waves without traces. You have just used two allusions: "Being in the heart" and "Being in the heart" and "Being in the heart to keep the burnt, Meng, Meng is not in the heart to keep the burnt"," and pinched the fennel bean and pondered: "The previous one should mean that he has a clear idea, but the artistic conception is very elegant... Being confident in the heart to paint bamboo, it is really elegant..."

Qin Lei widened his eyes and said, "You haven't heard this before?"

Xin Litong shook her head and said, "I have never heard of it," and said with a calm look on her face: "I have a profound Chinese culture. If my students have not learned enough, they will naturally have allusions that I have never heard of."

Qin Lei recalled it hard for a while and said embarrassedly: "That was said by Mr. Su, a member of Qi who lives in Dongpo, and it may not have started to become popular yet."

Xin Litong nodded and smiled, "That's right, any wonderful words can often become a classic after a hundred years." Qin Lei was about to wipe his sweat, but he heard him ask very seriously, "What about 'Then't the 'Then't the burnt'? Is that what Mr. Su said?"

Qin Lei smiled awkwardly and said, "They are two heroes on Bajiao Mountain in Dongqi. They have always been incompatible and inseparable, so the people there used this statement to describe the two people's relationship so good that they cannot be separated." Afraid that the nerd asked again, Qin Lei quickly jumped out of the academic level and said, "That is, the relationship between you and Brother Shang."

Xin Litong was indeed attracted to her attention. She sighed a little desolately when she heard this: "It's not as good as before. Brother Shang has a lot of social engagements now, but he has no time to drink with her."

Qin Lei said strangely: "What kind of social engagements can he have as an exam candidate?"

Xin Litong picked up chopsticks and stir-fried leeks, and smiled and said, "Don't Brother Wu know that 'Do you have to look at him with admiration after three days of separation?' Brother Shang was fortunate to see Tianyan, and now he is the 'Son of Emperor'. In the future, he is destined to live in the temple, so there are naturally endless guests to welcome him."

Seeing that he was just envious but not jealous, Qin Lei comforted him gently: "Now the court has changed its examiners and has investigated fraud again. It is not difficult for Brother Xin to pass the exam. Will he be the emperor's disciple who will enter the house at that time?"

But Xin Litong said bitterly: "It's true that it's changed to the examiner, but it's still necessary to cheat..."

Seeing that his expression was sad and not as if he was sarcastic, Qin Lei couldn't help but ask in a deep voice: "Brother Xin, what news did you hear?"

Xin Litong just sighed casually, but she didn't expect that Mr. Wu was so sensitive. At first, she just shook her head and said nothing until Qin Lei asked again and again, and then sighed, "Young Master, wait a moment." After that, she stood up straight and went downstairs. After a while, she came back with an envelope and handed it to Qin Lei and said, "Young Master, look."

Qin Lei took the envelope with suspicion, pulled out the letter and saw three sentences on it: 'Two thousand taels for first time, one thousand taels for second time, five hundred taels for third time.' He looked at it several times, wondering what this means: "Brother Xin, don't keep it a secret, what is this?"

Xin Litong smiled bitterly and said, "If you have five hundred taels, you can get the first test questions; if you have one thousand taels, you can get the first two test questions, and if you have two thousand taels, you can get the three test questions in this spring exam." As he said, he said with anger: "Now, everyone has a rich candidate, and a poor student like the one who is still poor, so he has to watch and get angry." Two thousand taels of silver is also a huge sum of money for ordinary rich families, and it is not necessarily possible to make up for it if he sells it.

Qin Lei said disbelief: "As far as I know, even the fifth prince of the chief examiner doesn't know the test questions yet, how could he buy them casually?" He said with a giggle: "Is it because someone made up some test questions to cheat?"

Xin Litong knew that the 'Qinwu Master' was so precious that what he said should be true. He was happy when he heard this, and then shook his head and said, "If you sell out of thin air, how can you flock to it? The key is that they have guarantees." After pointing to the footer of the letter paper, Qin Lei saw a line of fly-headed characters and said, "Any buyer can sign with Wanlilou, Zhongdu. If there is any difference, ten times the compensation will be paid."

Xin Litong said in a deep voice: "Wanli Tower is the first floor of Zhongdu, where the sun is in the gold rush, so everyone believes it... I believe it too."

Qin Lei finally couldn't laugh anymore, and he was silent for a while with a glass of wine. Then he asked quietly: "Where can I buy it?"

"There is a Zhuangyuan Building. As long as you put the treasure money into this envelope and hand it over to the fur coated man on the corner building on the second floor, he will get you the test questions and documents."

Qin Lei thought for a while, and said to Shi Gan, who was standing behind him, "Go and buy one." Shi Gan whispered: "Your Majesty wait, my subordinates go back to withdraw the money first." After that, he was about to turn around and leave. No one would have nothing to do to bring so much money to the streets. Isn't it just a thief?

Seeing that Qin Lei was really trying to buy it, Xin Litong hurriedly stopped him and said, "Young master, you have no juren status, you can't buy it even if you have money."

Qin Lei frowned and said, "It's quite troublesome."

Xin Litong explained softly: "The document can only be signed by the disciple himself, and others cannot replace it."

Qin Lei sneered, "I'm just pretending?" There was a hint of anger in his words.

Xin Litong didn't know why Mr. Wu was so angry, so she quickly said carefully: "In addition to the road guide, we also have certificates issued by the province, with portraits attached to them." This is also a way to prevent anyone from impersonating the name.

Qin Lei said 'oh', thought for a moment, then slapped the table hard and said to Xin Litong: "You go and buy it."

Xin Litong's face suddenly turned red, and she said slightly excitedly: "The Master said: 'A gentleman thinks righteousness is the quality, but if he gets righteousness, he will be heavy, if he loses righteousness, he will be light, if he loses righteousness, he will be proud of righteousness, and if he goes against righteousness, he will be humiliated." After saying that, he looked at Qin Lei angrily, as if he would leave at any time.

Qin Lei looked at him for a moment, and then Zhan Yan smiled and said, "Brother Xin misunderstood, I'm just kidding." As he said that, he poured a glass of wine for Xin Litong himself and said in a warm voice: "Is Qin apologizing for you?" However, Xin Litong was quite embarrassed. He half-up, took the wine glass with his hands, and said with a self-deprecating face: "Young master is kind, but Xin is too pedantic." The unhappiness that just came out was gone, and the relationship between the two became closer.

Qin Lei thought for a while and ordered Shi Gan: "Would you like to find who you want to buy a test question?" Although he was vague, Shi Gan understood clearly and nodded quickly to meet the young boss of Daheyuan.

After letting this matter be disturbed, Qin Lei lost the intention of drinking and ate a few more cups with Xin Litong absent-mindedly. Although Xin Litong was a little pedantic, she was not blind. She raised her glass and smiled and said, "When a gentleman gathers, he will disperse when he is over. It's time to go back to review the book."

Qin Lei smiled apologetically and said, "Okay, we'll get together again next day," and said, "I'll drink together at the Tanhua Banquet next time."

Xin Litong smiled slightly when she heard this, "Young Master Cheng Ji Yan, if Xin is lucky enough to write the title of Yan Pagoda, I will definitely pay tribute to you three big bowls."

Qin Lei laughed and said, "I will stop after I get drunk." Then he went downstairs with him and waved his hands to go his separate ways.

After parting with Xin Litong, Qin Lei wanted to take Ruolan to continue shopping. Ruolan smiled and said, "My main business is important. Just go and do it. I just take the car back."

Qin Lei held her little hand apologetically and whispered: "It's rare to have a day, and you haven't enjoyed it yet..."

Ruolan shook her head and smiled, "I have eaten so many good things today and bought so many gadgets. I am very happy."

Qin Lei looked at her softly, nodded, and waved to Chen Qi to send her back.

At about ten o'clock in the afternoon, Shi Gan finally came back with the test questions. It was still a yellow envelope with a few thin pieces of paper: most of them were test questions, and another was a letter of guarantee signed by Wanlilou Dongjialou Wanli.

Looking at the bright red "Lou Wanli Private Seal" on the Bao's letter, Qin Lei's eyebrows were twisted into a concave shape, and he could feel his heartbeat suddenly accelerate... Although he had not yet obtained the test questions from Emperor Zhaowu, he was almost sure that this was the real question.

"Enter the palace!" Qin Lei stood up suddenly and shouted in a deep voice. Emperor Zhaowu gave him a waist sign to walk in and out freely before the palace gate is closed every day without notice.

In less than half an hour, he met Emperor Zhaowu in the imperial study.

Since the early court on the sixth day of the second month, Wen Yanbo has been ill at home and has returned all the government affairs to Emperor Zhaowu. After a brief excitement, Emperor Zhaowu fell into endless memorials and was said to have set a record of not leaving the imperial study for three consecutive days and nights. If the old guy had not been looking forward to this day for more than ten years, he would have been exhausted.

Even so, when Qin Lei saw him, he was still shocked by Emperor Zhaowu's haggard appearance, and quickly bowed his head and cried, "Father, you have to take care of yourself... We can't be so desperate..." As a senior actor who has to die of Card, crying is just a pediatrician.

Emperor Zhaowu looked at Qin Lei in a daze, and then he reacted after a while and said, "What are you sobbing? I'm not dead yet..." As he said that, he threw away the memorial in his hand and sighed, "But what you said makes sense. There are too many things in this country. Even if I pay for this life, I can't finish it."

Qin Lei wiped his tears with his sleeve and said tremblingly: "The father should be broad-minded and think about the major policies of the country. How can he be bound by these trivial matters?"

Emperor Zhaowu was stunned when he heard this, and then nodded and said, "You are right. It seems that that matter is imminent."

Qin Lei nodded and said, "The time is just right."

Emperor Zhaowu also nodded and smiled, "Don't leave tonight. Please read these memorials with me. Let's discuss the... cabinet." Emperor Zhaowu was still a little unfamiliar with this new term.

Qin Lei smiled bitterly and said, "My son is obeying the order, but please take a look at this first." While taking out the envelope from his arms, he explained, "This is what Mr. Er is bought from outside today. It is said that everyone has already bought one of the wealthy sons in Beijing."

Zhuo Yan stepped forward to take the envelope and submitted it to Emperor Zhaowu. Emperor Zhaowu pulled out the letter paper and smiled easily, "What's so mysterious?" He just glanced at the paper and was stunned.

I saw it read above: "In the title of the Three Taos and Four Books: The Analects of Confucius are two sentences, 'Fear of the words of the great master'; the Doctrine of the Mean is two sentences, 'The gentleman has never been like this'; Mencius is two sentences, 'I have seen the Master far away'. The title of the poem is 'Thousands of tender leaves in the forest'." This is exactly the test question of the third session of the imperial examination he personally gave.

Emperor Zhaowu's face suddenly turned pale and he looked through the other two test questions tremblingly. He saw that the five historical theories in the first and the five policy theories in the second were exactly the same as what he had asked the day before yesterday, and even the order of each question remained unchanged.

Emperor Zhaowu's narrow eyes narrowed into a thin line, but they flashed with a creepy cold light. Qin Lei and Zhuo Yan knew that this was a sign of his anger.

Sure enough, after reading Lou Wanli's letter, Emperor Zhaowu slapped these pages of letter paper on the imperial desk, and trembled the pen, ink, paper, inkstone, seal and memorial on the desk. Emperor Zhaowu was particularly unhappy and stretched out his hands to overturn the imperial desk made of thousand-year-old golden silk wood.

Qin Lei thought to himself: 'Look, you can...'

Sure enough, no matter how much Emperor Zhaowu held his neck, he could not reverse the case that had been so heavy that he had been. His Majesty the Emperor couldn't help but roared in anger: "Is it still not here to help?"

Qin Lei and Zhuo Yan were stunned and shouted in their hearts: "No way... let's help you figure out what's going on?"

Fortunately, there was an eunuch in the imperial study beside him who knew everything and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the four legs of the imperial case are rooted on the ground, and no one can push it."
Chapter completed!