On the gate of Hangzhou Luyuan, there is still hanging the plaque of the Zhejiang Thousand Households of Jinyiwei.
Although the turmoil at the beginning of last year ended with the death of Xu Qianhu, the Jinyiwei Zhejiang Qianhu Office still survived with Ji Gang's efforts. Of course, due to the situation, they had to clamp down tightly
Tails, don't dare to show your teeth and claws again.
Today's Master Qianhu has also been replaced by Ji Gang's nephew Ji Song. However, Du Baihu is still here, and he still enjoys the trust of his superiors.
At noon that day, Ji Qianhu found Du Baihu's room and showed him a letter from home.
When he saw that the letter was written by Ji Gang, Du Baihu was in awe and quickly wiped his hands on his robe before holding his breath and taking it with both hands, fearing that it would be sprayed with spit. After reading it word by word, he returned the letter to the letter.
Ji Qianhu looked shocked and said: "The ancestor actually took care of himself and wanted to punish the boy named Wang."
"Without this boy, would Zhou Xin still be alive?" Ji Qianhu said coldly: "My grandson died in Jiulongkou a long time ago. It's strange that my uncle doesn't hate this boy."
"Yes, there is no one among us in Qianhu in Zhejiang who doesn't hate this kid. It's a pity that he ran away to the capital, and the brothers can't take revenge on him." Du Baihu said with a smile: "It's ridiculous that he came back to take the provincial examination.
, why don’t you send it to your door for the brothers to take care of?”
"So you have an idea?"
"Your Excellency, I don't know. I once served as the prosecutor of Chunwei. I know that it doesn't matter whether you are a prince, a grandson, or a son of an official. As long as you enter the dragon gate, you will be the fish and meat on the chopping board, and you will be slaughtered by others." Du Bai
Hu smiled and said: "Now this kid is surrounded by people and is arrogant. It is not that easy to deal with him outside. But it is too easy to harm him inside the examination courtyard."
"What's the plan?" Ji Qianhu asked hurriedly.
"As a rule, during the provincial examinations in each province, our Jinyiwei will send spies to secretly inspect the disciplines. This Zhejiang provincial examination is no exception. We have people who inspect and patrol the area." Du Baihu said with a smile: "Now the candidates have been semicolonized.
After all, as long as we find out what Wang Xian’s name is, we can manipulate it during the inspection and stuff a collection of four books into his test basket to ensure that he can’t explain clearly."
"Is it that simple?" Ji Qianhu said with wide eyes. A second-generation ancestor like him didn't quite understand the tricks below.
"It's that simple." Du Baihu nodded and said: "At that time, the sky was not working, and the earth was not responding. There was no argument at all. No matter how many tricks he tried, he couldn't use it."
"Then what will happen if he is found to have cheated?" Ji Qianhu asked curiously.
"He will be forked out on the spot, and then the shackles will be paraded in public, and he will not be able to go home until the end of the autumn period." Du Baihu said with a smile: "Since his reputation has been ruined, what dignity does he have to continue to hang out?"
"Hmm." Ji Qianhu thought for a while. His uncle's request was to make Wang Xian unable to pass the exam. Using this method to benefit Wang Xian at no cost would also make him look bad. Why not? He nodded and said: "
I’ll leave this matter to you, make sure you do it beautifully.”
"Don't worry, sir." Du Baihu patted his chest and said, "Brother has been waiting for this opportunity for too long. This time he will definitely be left with nothing to eat."
In the blink of an eye, it was three o'clock on the day of the examination. Wang Xingye asked Wang Xian and Lin Rongxing to carefully check the things brought into the examination room one by one. He said: "Fame and fame are important matters, so don't be hasty." After confirming that they were correct, he personally checked them.
The two of them were sent to the waiting room of the examination hospital.
They waited until daylight before calling Wang Xian and the others. At this time, Wang Xingye, Shuai Hui, Tian Qi and the others were not allowed to follow. They carried the test basket and carried their luggage into the first door. They heard loud shouts from inside. He said: "Check carefully." The two of them sat on the ground, took off their boots, and after the soldiers had checked them, they put on their boots and tied their clothes, went to the second gate to receive the papers, and returned to the dragon gate.
The so-called "returning" means to find the corresponding dormitory according to the respective seat number. Each dormitory is so small that you can't even stretch your arms or kick your legs while sitting in it, but the candidates have to stay here for three days. In the past three days, Wang Xian felt that it was more difficult than going through life and death in the desert. He kept asking himself, was my head kicked by a donkey or pinched by a door? It was inappropriate to leave a good five-grade thousand households and come here to suffer this. What's the crime?
But even after he came here, he could only hold his nose and take the exam. Based on his true level, the articles he wrote could only be said to be passable. He wanted to break through Zhejiang, where there are so many masters, and he was simply delusional. But he couldn't stand someone in the court. When passing through the capital, Teacher Wei gave him several articles and asked him to memorize them by heart. Although he didn't say anything explicitly, at this juncture, even a fool knew that there must be something fishy in them, so Wang Xian did not think about anything else these days. Soon, I memorized several articles by heart.
I'm going to hand out the paper and take a look at it. Okay, the first question is memorized by myself. This is certainly not a coincidence, but I can't worry about that much. I'll write it down first. I'll wait until I see it. There were two questions, but he was not prepared. Wang Xian had to search for chapters and sentences, and pieced together two articles. Compared with the first article, the level was almost the same... This was obviously not how high his level was. But the first article is very close to my own level.
It’s really difficult for Teacher Wei to write such an article while pinching his nose. Wang Xian sighed inwardly, but there must be some secret code hidden in this article. Or maybe Teacher Wei can specifically remind him not to make a single mistake?
All in all, everything went well for the first game. On the third day, I handed in the papers and went home to go to sleep. At the third watch, I went to the examination hall again to take the second game... In fact, everyone knows that the first game, even the first test The ranking is determined by the scores on the questions, and everything after that is just a formality. No matter the examiner or the invigilator, they all feel that they are suffering in vain, but this is a system set by the ancestors, and you have to endure it to the end.
However, usually in the second and third sessions, the atmosphere is relatively relaxed. The inspection will not be as strict as in the first session, and the candidates will not be as nervous as before, and the admission speed will naturally be much faster. Wang Xian never expected that he would But at this moment, an arrow hit his knee...
At that time, he was putting on his boots. The soldier who searched him took out a pamphlet from his examination basket and shouted: "This man is being held hostage."
Wang Xian was stunned. I was being threatened. How could I not know it?
There was silence in the corridor, and the candidates shook their heads secretly, saying to themselves that this person is really not smart. He is already in his second exam, so why should he bring cheat sheets?
Hearing the sound, the prosecutor came over with two sergeants. He looked at Wang Xian with a dark face, then at the searching soldier, took the pamphlet, read it, and said in a deep voice: "You all come with me." Again. He ordered the rest of the sergeants: "Continue the search." Then he took Wang Xian and the soldier to the main courtyard of the examination room where the Zhigong Hall was located. He first asked them to wait in a small dark room, and then he took the booklet and reported to the superior.
There were only Wang Xian and the soldier in the small dark room. Wang Xian looked at the soldier intently. The soldier was annoyed by his gaze and grunted: "What are you looking at?"
"Look at how the word death is written." Wang Xian sneered: "You dare to frame me, you are really impatient with life."
"I have no grievances against you, so what good does it do me to frame you?" The soldier straightened his neck and said, "Besides, why do you threaten me? I'm still afraid of you."
"Let's ride on the donkey and look at the ledger, and we'll see." Wang Xian smiled coldly and ignored him. This man is just a gangster. There is no need to waste words with him, so he should think about how to get through this level first.
It's really troublesome when you think about it carefully. In this Gongyuan, each person performs his own duties. The inner curtain officer is in charge of marking papers, and the outer curtain officer is in charge of invigilating the examination. Even if the examiner is one of his own, he cannot control the outside invigilator.
It would be really troublesome if he was really thrown out of the shackles and paraded in public. It would be a small shame and become a stain that could not be washed away. Wang Xian wanted to understand his situation, and secretly complained in his heart. He took a hard look at the soldier and thought
Capture him and find out who is the mastermind.
"What are you thinking about?" The soldier was stunned. He didn't expect such a random kid.
"I decided to show you now." Wang Xian rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward with a grin. Unfortunately, before he could do anything, the door opened and the prosecutor came back. The soldier shouted as if he had seen a savior.
: "Sir, this person is going to commit murder."
"Take it down." The prosecutor still had a dark face. He waved his hand, and two wolf-like soldiers stepped forward, kicked the soldier down, and then took it away like a hawk catching a chicken.
"We've taken the wrong person..." The soldier was stunned and yelled, but he was attracted by a few big mouths who beat him to pieces. The prosecutor cursed: "Shut up, I'll take you."
The soldier was stunned: "Why?"
"Why?" the prosecutor snorted coldly: "Go to the inspector and explain it clearly." He waved his hand and his men escorted the soldier out.
The prosecutor cupped his fist at Wang Xian and said, "My husband is frightened. Please go to the prosecutor and be a witness."
"Yes." Wang Xian was also a little confused. Could it be that he really had help from gods? At least there must be help from noble people.
He followed the prosecutor calmly to the front of Mingyuan Building, where he saw the boss of the outer curtain officer, the inspector, a senior official wearing a crimson official robe. Although he didn't know his name, he still hurriedly bowed and bowed deeply.
The inspector signaled that he didn't need to be polite, and shouted to the soldier who was kneeling on the ground: "You man, who ordered you to dare to frame and frame the students?"
"The villain did not frame him," the soldier shouted to Tianqu: "We did find the transcript from his examination basket."
"Is it this one?" The inspector threw a booklet to the ground.
"Yes, this is it." The soldier looked at it and nodded vigorously.
"Hmph, be smarter next time you frame someone up," the inspector said with a hint of disdain: "The test this time is about questions from the Five Classics. What are you doing here with cheat sheets from the Four Books?"
"Ah..." The soldier was shocked and said, "That's not right. What the villain found was a copy of the Five Classics."