In this way, the Zhou family, father and son, and Ge Youli were directly put into the prison van and taken away to an unknown location.
After a while, Li Zhijie stood in the yard and waved to Xu He.
As soon as he entered the door, Li Zhijie winked at him, and Xu He followed him towards an empty room in the post house.
After entering the room, Xu He closed the door. The depression in his heart for many days was swept away. He said excitedly: "Teacher, what happened today? Why is it that the Imperial Envoy is here, and you are here with a group of Jin Yiwei?" ?”
Li Zhijie walked to the window, looked outside, and then whispered: "It's difficult to talk in this place. Let's make a long story short. Zhou Yi and Ge Youli's affairs have been exposed!"
Xu He's eyes flashed with excitement, and he whispered: "Is that Governor Su Song?"
Li Zhiye nodded: "Master Ci Fu secretly requested a secret order, and the right censor of the capital procuratorate went south in the name of patrolling the five southeastern provinces. He arrived at Xushuguan. After an unannounced visit, he learned that Su Song was the governor of Cao Bangzhou. Killing Liang and taking credit. Later, taking advantage of Cao Bangzhu's absence, letters to and from Ge Youli and Zhou Yi were found in his home."
"What did the letter say?" Xu He asked hurriedly.
"Gunpowder!" Li Zhijie said in a deep voice: "A large amount of gunpowder was transferred to Zhou Yi by Cao Bangzhu in the name of suppressing bandits!"
Xu He slapped his thigh: "So, our previous guess was correct. The thieves' gunpowder was indeed supplied by an insider!"
Li Zhiye nodded: "We haven't settled down yet. Mr. Huang Lunhuang, the censor of Youqian City, felt that this matter was very serious. He first secretly controlled Cao Bangzhu and interrogated him secretly. Then he rushed 800 miles to report directly to His Majesty. Your Majesty immediately sent Jin Yiwei to join Master Huang and come here."
"Before coming to Yangzhou, they detoured to Hailing County and arrested the ambassador and deputy envoy of the batch inspection office!"
Xu He heard this and said doubtfully: "Teacher, what are you doing..."
Li Zhijie listened to the voices in the court and said: "Peng Ruyu, the magistrate of Gaoyou Prefecture, is on his way to Yangzhou Prefecture. He will take over as the prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture immediately, and I was appointed by the imperial court as the general magistrate of Yangzhou Prefecture!"
Xu He was overjoyed when he heard this: "Congratulations, teacher!"
The general judgment of Yifu is the sixth level. In other words, the lucky Li Zhijie directly skipped the sixth level and suddenly reached the position of the sixth level.
Li Zhijie waved his hand: "The official department has not yet sent any orders, I am just an agent as a teacher!"
Xu He said: "Now there is no co-prefect in the prefecture. The teacher, the general magistrate, is in charge of the Qing army, patrols, grain management, farmland, water conservancy, farming, and horse herding. It can be said that he is the first person under the prefect, and he is just in time to show off his talents!"
Li Zhijie was also happy in his heart, but he suppressed his happiness and nodded: "Now that Zhou Yi has been arrested, the imperial examination will not be postponed. The reason why the imperial court appointed Magistrate Peng and I so quickly is to calm the people and preside over the imperial examination." , take the exam well!"
When Xu He heard this, his heart suddenly fell to the ground. What he was most worried about was that because of this incident, the imperial examination would be delayed, otherwise it would take a long time.
After the teacher and students finished talking, Xu He knew that the teacher was still busy and could not stay here any longer, so he hurriedly said goodbye and left the post house.
Li Zhijie sent him out of the post house and left in a hurry.
As soon as Xu He went out, he saw Wu Decai waiting there with his face covered on the street opposite the post house.
He saw Li Zhijie, who was wearing official robes, personally escorting Xu He out, so he immediately greeted him.
When we first met, he said with a sneer: "Little friend, don't blame your senior today!"
Seeing his miserable state, Xu He remembered that he had not been frightened by Master Zhou's power just now and refused to protect him, so he said kindly: "Brother, is there anything else?"
Wu Decao raised his head towards the courtyard of the post house, and then whispered: "Little friend, this, this money!"
Xu He was in a good mood and laughed and said: "The silver is the money I asked to be guaranteed. What? Brother Wu refuses to guarantee for me?"
Wu Decao was overjoyed when he heard this: "Yes, I am willing! Where is the floating ticket? I will sign and pledge it now!"
Xu He led him to the Yangzhou Guard Commander's Yamen. When Wu Decao saw that Xu He not only knew the seventh-rank official, but also lived in the Yangzhou Guard Commander's Yamen, Wu Decao suddenly wondered how powerful Xu He's background was. Woolen cloth.
"Fortunately, I didn't agree with Mr. Zhou just now, otherwise it would be a shame to offend him!" Wu Decao thought he had a trick.
After signing the floating ticket, he thanked him profusely. Seeing that Xu He was a nice person, he covered his face with the blood marks from the whip and said, "Brother, after your imperial examination is over, I will take you to visit Yangzhou. I will definitely It will open your eyes and leave you unforgettable!”
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Xu He sent Wu Decao away and returned to the house. Chu Yuan and other four people came looking for him.
Chu Yuan said: "Xiaohe, what's going on? I've been gone for so long, I thought something happened to you."
Xu He recounted what had just happened, and the four of them let out a long sigh of relief.
Especially the three people except Chu Yuan, who had lived in Yangzhou Wei in the past two days, felt that Xu He was a capable person, but they were more or less uneasy, fearing that something would happen to Chi Yu.
But now Xu He's enemy has been arrested, and his teacher has acted as the general judge of Yangzhou Prefecture. The situation has suddenly reversed.
Following Xu He was simply the most correct decision.
After solving the problems in their hearts, the five of them had a meal, read for a while and then went to bed early. Tomorrow was the imperial examination, and everyone had to recharge their batteries.
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At midnight the next day, Sun Qianshi came in person to arrange for the examination.
Seeing that Xu He and others were already eating around the table, he wanted to chat with Xu He about yesterday's events, but he was afraid of distracting him, so he had to wait outside the hall while rubbing his hands.
After several people had finished eating, Sun Qianshi pulled Xu He aside and whispered: "Mr. Xu, I heard yesterday..."
He pointed to the sky and said mysteriously: "Did the sky change in Yangzhou Prefecture?"
Xu He nodded and said with a smile: "You can ask the commander to come back, Mr. Chen!"
Sun Qianshi was stunned when he heard this, and an embarrassed smile suddenly appeared on his face.
Xu He cupped his hands and said seriously: "Xu He will bear in mind the protection shown by Master Chen and Master Sun!"
Sun Qianshi couldn't help but blush when he saw what he said solemnly: "I didn't expect Mr. Xu to have guessed it."
In fact, Xu He guessed Chen Yingzhao's intentions as soon as he heard that he was away.
How could it be such a coincidence that he was summoned by Lu Yun as soon as he arrived? It's just that I couldn't stand Zhang Bingxian's face, so I reluctantly agreed.
Chen Yingzhao is definitely an old cunning guy. As long as I am not in the yamen, I can blame everything on my ignorance. You Zhou Yi and Ge Youli can't blame me!
After seeing off Sun Qianshi, the five of them checked the examination materials again and then went out together.
When he came to the street, Xu He took a deep breath of the cold night air and thought to himself: "I can finally go out without anyone protecting me!"
The five people boarded the carriage prepared by Sun Qianshi. The driver shook the reins and the carriage drove off.
"Tong Sheng, the first title of a scholar, here I am, Xu He!"
