Xu He had no choice but to beg: "Brother, please help me. Just tell me that I have something urgent to ask the Grand Master. It's an urgent matter."
Menzi had been slapped before, and if it wasn't for the sake of money, he would have become angry.
Seeing that Xu He was still a loser, the money he had just spent was of no use, and he said with a cold face: "What do you think this is? Just come here? How many people like you want to see the Grand Master, who doesn't say that they are in a hurry!" roll roll roll!"
Normally, Xu He really couldn't afford to lose this person, but now he had no choice but to use money to clear the way and took out all the money from his arms.
But he came out in a hurry and didn't bring much with him. The doorman watched Xu He dig around for a long time before he took out two silver coins that had been twisted with scissors, and the look of impatience on his face became even more intense.
Fortunately, Ouyang Jun took out a two hundred tael cash note from his pocket and put it in Menzi's hand, and Menzi hesitated.
"Brother concierge, it's really urgent. Please help me. Just tell the Grand Master that what Xu He said is extremely important. If you don't see it, someone might be killed!"
Menzi didn't care whether anyone was killed or not. He looked at the banknote and opened the silver coin in Xu He's hand.
Seeing this, Xu He quickly put the silver bag in his hand into his hand.
When the doorman saw this, he turned his anger into a smile and said, "I don't mean to scold the young master..."
Xu He saw that he was talking nonsense, so he cupped his hands and said, "Brother the concierge, I'm really in a hurry!"
Seeing this, the doorman put the banknotes into his sleeves and then went in playing with the two silver coins.
Just when Xu He and Ouyang Jun were waiting anxiously, the disciple came out again and said: "Follow me, the Grand Master has promised to see you!"
Hearing this, Xu He and Ouyang Jun breathed a sigh of relief.
When he arrived at Houya, Wang Liangchen was sitting in a crimson robe on the Taishi chair, closing his eyes and meditating.
Hearing the commotion, he saw that the people coming were Xu He and Ouyang Jun. He suddenly said without knowing why, "Didn't the lawsuit between you two have been settled during the annual exam? Why are you here again?"
Xu He knew that he had misunderstood, and quickly told how Xie Liangcai was treating guests to dinner tonight, how they heard the noise next door, and his own guesses.
At first, Wang Liangchen's eyes were slightly closed and there was no movement.
But when he heard Xu He's guess, he was shocked and said: "Liangsheng, don't say such nonsense!"
Xu He cupped his hands and said: "It's just a guess, but I'm not afraid of ten thousand, just in case..."
Wang Liangchen finally got up and walked around the back hall thinking.
After a long while, he shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's too late. The courtyard is locked tonight. If Mr. Gu, the examiner, has already entered the examination room, even gods can't do anything!"
Xu He asked: "Master Wang, are you going to go directly to the examiner?"
Wang Liangchen said with a stern look: "I don't believe it's Gu Shouyuan who did this!"
Xu He thought about it and it seemed to make sense.
Gu Shouyuan was trusted by the emperor and served as the master of Prince Chunfang. He had a promising future. It was the critical time to cherish feathers. How could the ship capsize just because of a small provincial examination?
Seeing that Wang Liangchen wanted to find Gu Shouyuan to resolve the matter, Xu He urged: "Master Wang, hurry up, something will happen if you are too late for the provincial examination!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Liangchen did not hesitate, took Xu He and Ouyang Jun out of the central hall, and quickly asked his servants to prepare a car to go to the post house where Gu Shouyuan was staying.
Three days before the exam, all examinees, officials, sergeants, and listeners who are candidates for the rural exam must live in Jiwei and are not allowed to communicate with the outside world. Of course, the outer curtain officers are excepted.
The so-called Jiwei is the examination room for the provincial examination.
Because it is surrounded by a wall, and the walls are covered with sharpened bamboos, it is called Thorny.
After waiting for the inner curtain officials to enter the spine, they will never come out unless the emperor gives a special order.
Therefore, Xu He and others were very anxious.
When the carriage arrived at the post house, the driver went to inquire, but he heard that Mr. Gu, the examiner, had already left for a stick of incense.
When the three of them heard this, their heads suddenly became big.
The post house is not far from Gongyuan, so I'm afraid it might be too late.
But now that it was over, it was about a bunch of official uniforms in scarlet robes, and many people's heads were already on it. Wang Liangchen did not dare to give up halfway, and could only continue to urge the carriage to speed through the streets of Jinling at night.
On the way, we met many patrolling Zhennan Guards officers.
When they saw that the carriage did not slow down when seeing pedestrians at night, only the driver shouted at the top of his lungs in front of the carriage: "Get out of the way."
Some of them wanted to stop the carriage and question them, but as soon as they opened their mouths, they were stopped by their companions.
"Why are you pulling me? We are driving in the busy city, and we want to catch the people in the car for questioning!"
The companion scolded: "Your eyes are stuck in your crotch? This is the carriage of Tixue Dao Yamen!"
"So what?" That man was quite timid.
"How is it?" His companion looked at him as if he were a fool. "The provincial examination is about to take place. At this time, the carriage from the Yamen School is driving like crazy. What do you think is going on?"
"what happened?"
"Something happened, idiot!"
"What should we do?"
"Go and report to the corps commander!"
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Hurrying slowly, the carriage finally arrived at Gongyuan Jiwei. The name Jiwei was indeed well-deserved.
The outer wall of the Thorn Palace is one foot and five feet high, and the inner wall is about one foot high. The inner and outer walls are covered with thorns.
Troops were stationed and patrolled around the wall in sections, and the precautions were very strict. Moreover, every rural examination would not be the same guard station as the last one patrolled, to prevent possible abuse.
The guarding sergeant saw a carriage approaching at a high speed from a distance, and quickly asked people to move the horses to block the road.
He raised the carriage of the Yamen and had no choice but to tighten the reins and stop.
Wang Liangchen was so anxious that he didn't wait for the sergeant to come to question him. He turned to Xu He and the others and said, "Come down with me."
When the three of them arrived in front of Juma, the sergeant guarding the road saw a senior official in scarlet robes approaching, and he quickly bowed and said, "I don't know who you are? Why are you going to Gongyuan late at night on business?"
Wang Liangchen said: "I am an official promoted by the provincial examination in the undergraduate program, Wang Liangchen, promoted by the Nanzhili Academy!"
When the sergeants heard that they were teaching Taoism, they quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "I don't know, sir, but I saw the carriage speeding, so..."
Before they could finish speaking, Wang Liangchen interrupted impatiently: "Have you passed the examination?"
The sergeants said in unison: "Not yet!"
When Xu He heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Only then did Wang Liangchen relax, feeling like he was about to collapse. Fortunately, if Gu Shouyuan, the examiner, could enter, everything would be over.
At this moment, the sound of carriage wheels "lulu" came from behind them, and a carriage drove towards them slowly.
Xu He took a closer look and saw that the lantern in front of the carriage said "Inspection of the Yingtian Provincial Examination by order", and another lantern said "Qiu Wei is the examiner of the Hanlin Academy"!
"It's Master Gu's carriage!" Xu He said to Wang Liangchen.
At this time, the carriage had arrived behind Wang Liangchen's car, and a fat, white-faced middle-aged man stepped out of the car. The man smiled and said, "Brother neighbor, you are here quite early!"
Wang Liangchen saw this and smiled bitterly: "Mingshan, something big has happened!"
