There are many treasures in this country

When Xiao Suo woke up rubbing his eyes, the sky in the number room had changed.Armored soldiers came in and out, making people's skin tight.There was a lot of noise outside, and many figures in official robes could be vaguely seen.

"Are you going to hand in the paper?" He asked the next door.

Ouyang Xu was squatting on the board, pulling his neck and looking out like so many examiners. Hearing this, he turned his head and said, "You've woken up, something serious happened just now! A group of pigeons appeared in the examination room, and I don't know if they were released from inside." , or put it in from the outside!"

"Pigeon?" Xiao Suo asked with a question mark in his head, "Is someone cheating?"

Ouyang Xu shook his head: "I don't know yet! Oh, it's a pity, it's a pity! Maybe this exam will be abolished, it's a pity for my beautiful article!"

Xiao Suo looked at the Jiajia ash outside, it was already past the time for writing, but no one came to collect the papers.He opened his article, checked it from beginning to end, and felt a little relieved—after all, good or bad articles cannot be faked.

"Hey, he's looking at you!" Ouyang Xu suddenly came over and glanced at the opposite side.

Li Fengcheng's hawk-like eyes shot over, as if they were going to burn two holes in his body.Xiao Suo was baffled, he had never met him before, what kind of hatred could make him show such hatred?

When all the examiners were panicking, Yan Jun was kneeling on the ground to put on the boots for the Holy Majesty.Huan Ye took the time to fasten a button around his neck, looked down at his feet, and asked, "What else do you want to say, Qing?"

"Your Majesty," Yan Jun stroked a corner of his robe, "May the Majesty please take a break from the thunderous anger. This matter has already happened, and it cannot be reversed. It is better to stand still and see how they move."

Having said that, he clearly knew how difficult it was.Nearly a hundred pigeons flew out from the Gongyuan, and the surrounding people rushed to watch, and it spread throughout the capital in less than an hour.

This matter caused a lot of trouble, disturbing the order of the imperial examinations was the next thing, and more importantly, the emperor lost his face.Enke, who was specially ordered by the emperor to take the exam this time, not only cheated, but also cheated in such a grandiose way, they were clearly slapping the emperor in the face, and they had touched the bottom line of imperial power.

Huan Ye has always been happy and angry, but just now he was so angry that he even smashed his glass, which shows how much anger has accumulated in his heart.But he still had to endure, and had to endure.

But there are always times when people can't bear it anymore, Yan Jun clearly saw that the flame in his eyes that he had just extinguished by himself was burning again. "Your Majesty, it is not difficult to deal with this matter, but if we deal with it now, all the thousands of test subjects who participated in the scientific examination will be destroyed."

Huan Ye didn't say a word, his chest heaved and fell, obviously trying to bear it.

Yan Jun hurriedly expressed his righteousness: "The emperor cherishes talents, and the world knows it. This special purpose to add Enke is nothing more than to gather talented scholars from all over the world into the imperial court, and give them the opportunity to display their ambitions and benefit the people. If thousands of test subjects are disposed of because of this, who will take part in the scientific examination in the future?"

"It should be noted that these people are not ordinary candidates. They are well-known literati with both talents and virtues selected by the counties. If they are implicated in this matter, I am afraid that I will fall into the situation of talent withering. What's more, look at the government and the public. , how many people have two hearts towards the emperor nowadays. If the emperor wants to cultivate... to select a few pure ministers, he has to be patient for a while and deal with this matter leniently."

Huan Ye got up and walked to the window. After a moment of silence, he turned around and said, "Qing said a word, which is very reasonable. The candidates selected this time are all excellent in character and learning. If so, why would Is there a group cheating situation? One or two people may have it, and nearly a hundred people cheated at the same time, it is too coincidental!"

Yan Jun hurriedly said: "Your majesty is wise, this is exactly what I mean. There must be something hidden behind this matter, maybe... many officials are involved. If we deal with it now, this clue will be broken. It is better to be patient for a while." , secretly investigate, so as not to startle the snake."

Huan Ye nodded and agreed.

At nightfall, a decree came out from the palace, but no one was dealt with. He only ordered Qin Huan to send all the pigeons he caught this time to the palace.

At the same time, Huan Ye also ordered the Xuncheng Yushi to post the emperor's list in each market, saying that the Da Nei Acupuncture Bureau would reward the Fanbang vassals with embroidery from the Celestial Dynasty, and there are currently two people who are short of stitches. On the third day, hand in a piece of embroidery to enter the palace for election, and the winner will not only be awarded the title of needlework, but also receive a reward of one hundred taels.

At that time, Shen Yan was at the home of Zheng Duo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. When the old man heard about this, he nodded with his gray beard and said, "Your majesty is wise, with a king like this, how can my dynasty not be prosperous!"

Shen Yan frowned, and urged him: "Master Shangshu has not finished his words just now, should we talk about this praise in the court?"

Zheng Duo smiled and said: "Wen Yu, don't worry, the emperor's meaning is not very clear!"

"Clear?" Clear what?

At the moment, his mind is full of Xiao Suo who is taking the exam in the Tribute Court, if the emperor is furious and puts all the students in prison for this exam, then he will be very obedient.This guy is simply possessed by a catastrophe, and one difficulty is better than the other.

This afternoon, he was training recruits in the barracks, when Shen San'er, who had ears and eyes, suddenly ran over and said that something had happened in the tribute courtyard.He was so anxious that he couldn't help but immediately went to Yan Jun to inquire about the news.

Yan Jun didn't wait, so he turned to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites to find Zheng Duo, the chief examiner who was in charge of the Enke.Unexpectedly, the Ministry of Rites was in a mess, but Master Shangshu was not in the Yamen.The small book office below said that he had a sudden old illness and went home to rest.Shen Yan was non-stop again, and came to Shangshu's mansion to "visit sick".

Zheng Duo is not sick at all, not only is he not sick, but also has a ruddy complexion and a radiant look, as if he has borrowed from the sky for another 500 years.Although Shen Yan was puzzled, it was not easy to tell, the greetings went around and around, and finally went around to the tribute courtyard.Just when Zheng Duo was about to say something useful, the servant outside suddenly ran in again and explained the edict from the palace for a long time.

He was anxious to go up the tree, but the old man said slowly, "It's not that the emperor didn't deal with it, he just ordered someone to take the pigeons. This is just because he doesn't want to implicate the innocent. As long as the little boy you miss doesn't cheat, If you are upright, you are not afraid of the slanting shadow, so what are you afraid of!"

Shen Yan sighed and said: "My lord's words are too easy. If you get involved in this kind of thing, you will have a hundred mouths, and you can't tell! Besides, the trouble is so big now, even if the emperor wants to calm things down, I'm afraid he has to think about it." Public opinion, handle this matter strictly!"

"Don't worry!" Zheng Duo blinked his bright eyes, "Our majesty is very wise, we will not let innocent people be wronged! This matter has caused a lot of public opinion, and the most urgent thing is to quell the controversy. The emperor is at this moment Ordering the selection of embroidery talents is just changing the subject! It is estimated that at this moment, the people in the capital have gone home to embroider, so who cares about such irrelevant matters!"

Shen Yan grabbed her hair and went around Zheng Duo's hall several times, but in the end she couldn't get any useful news, so she had to leave.

Seeing the shadow of his general coming out of the Shangshu Mansion on Shishi, he hurriedly went up to him and asked, "How is it, Lord, will your lord help?"

"Help me!" Shen Yan said bitterly: "Old fox, those few jokes are just going back and forth, it's useless at all!"

Eleven opened the car curtain and asked, "Then what should we do? Now the meaning of the palace is not clear, Mr. Yan has not come back, and Zheng Shangshu refuses to reveal the inside story, we have no choice!"

Shen Yan sighed, and said: "Let's go, go home first!" As soon as the carriage took a few steps, he ordered again: "Don't go home, go to the gate of the palace and wait for Yan Jun!"

Eleven said: "Master, San'er is guarding there! As soon as Lord Yan leaves the palace, he will invite him to our house. If you are in a hurry, you might as well go home and wait, it's the same."

"Then..." Shen Yan pondered for a moment, "Go to the Gongyuan. I have to keep an eye on it myself to save trouble!"

Eleven had no choice but to drive to the Gongyuan.It took less than a stick of incense to reach the dragon gate.

Shen Yan jumped out of the car, looked around, and saw that the messy Longmen before had calmed down, and it was not easy to rush in, so he found a secluded place to sit.It's better to keep him alone, at least you don't have to worry about it at home.

The moonlight is just right, and the starry sky is bright.

Shen Yan is outside the wall, Xiao Suo is inside the wall.People are divided into two places, and love is of one heart.One is burning with anxiety, while the other is distraught.Ouyang Xu's words were like mosquitoes buzzing in his ears, his mind was full of shadows of Shen Yan and Yan Jun, and this kind of thing happened again in the examination room in the afternoon, Xiao Suo was so irritable that he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.

After the emperor's imperial decree, the examination papers were collected.Xiao Suo's first essay was not bad, and he was quite satisfied.It's just like what Ouyang Xu said, once the cheating happened, it would only bring harm to innocent people like them.

Back then, there was a fraud case in the examination hall in Zhangzhou Prefecture. In a rage, the first emperor sent all the local students who participated in the imperial examination to prison for investigation. In the end, dozens of people were sentenced to be permanently barred from employment.

The next two days were relatively calm, but Xiao Suo was restless, his head was like a paste, and he didn't know what he wrote.He didn't even dare to read it, because he was afraid that the writing would be so bad that he would tear it up if he couldn't stand it.

On the evening of the third day, it rained heavily.

In the examination room, there was a urn full of ashes from Jiajia, and the final examination gongs and drums sounded three times, and the dragon gate finally opened.Some of the students looked happy, some were depressed, and they all rushed out of the Gongyuan with their baskets on their heads.

Xiao Suo packed up his things, but he didn't raise the basket to cover the rain, he just walked out with his head drooping.Ouyang Xu met him at the door and greeted him with a smile: "Hey, Xiao Suo! How are you going back? Do you want to be with me?"

Shen Yan waited outside the tribute courtyard for three days, already stretching his neck looking forward to this moment.As soon as the dragon gate opened, he pulled the carriage to the most conspicuous place, Xiao Suo had already seen it, so he could only say: "A friend came to pick me up, I can't accompany Brother Ouyang, see you some other day!"

Ouyang Xu was not disappointed either, he grinned and said, "Then let's go first! I live in Gouwei Lane, Nancheng, come find me when you have time!"

Xiao Suo responded, bowed his head and walked towards the tall carriage in the night.

From a long distance, Shen Yan saw his luxuriant expression and drenched body, so he hurriedly squeezed up and pulled him over, while helping him into the car, he asked repeatedly: "What's the matter? You look like a drenched chicken, and your face is so bad! Why not keep out the rain, sick, or scared?"

Seeing him shaking his head, he asked again: "Did the test stick to the pot?"

Xiao Suo nodded aggrievedly, with a mournful expression.Shen Yan felt distressed, smiled and pressed him into his arms, and gently patted him to comfort him: "Oh, it's okay, it's okay, the rankings haven't been released yet! It doesn't matter if you really fail the exam, let's take the exam again if it's a big deal !"

The person in his arms didn't speak, and Shen Yan continued to tease him: "Why don't you do this! I'll tell the emperor right now that our family's unique treasure failed the exam, let him write the question again, let's take the exam again!"

"What nonsense!" Xiao Suo couldn't help laughing.

Shen Yan felt relieved, took the curtains to wipe the rainwater for him, and said with a smile: "Don't think about it after the exam! Are you hungry? Let's go back and change clothes, and dinner is important!"

"Okay." Xiao Suo held his hand and leaned on his broad shoulders, feeling extremely relieved.