When Xu He heard this, he immediately turned around and prepared to find Xue Yongzhi.
Unexpectedly, Gu Shouyuan called him back before he left.
"Liangsheng, don't go, let that..."
Xu He quickly said: "Ouyang Jun, a classmate from the Student Government School!"
Gu Shouyuan nodded and said to Ouyang Jun: "Master Ouyang, go with the Longhu Guards. Don't come forward. Hide next door and listen to the Longhu Guards interrogating everyone in the Zhuangyuan Building. No one should be left out. Listen. When you hear a familiar voice, tell Xue Yongzhi to bring him over immediately!"
It was the first time in Ouyang Jun's life that he encountered such a big thing. He was both timid and excited. He quickly bowed and said, "Master examiner, what if there is no such thing?"
Gu Shouyuan said: "You asked the Longhu Guards to escort you to Gongyuan. I want to see if these people dare to take action in Gongyuan!"
Gu Shouyuan still took good care of Xu He and Ouyang Jun.
One is to ensure their safety, and the other is to allow Ouyang Jun to hide behind the scenes when identifying voices, so that no negative words will be spread against him in the future.
After hearing this, Xu He immediately turned to look for Xue Yongzhi.
Xue Yongzhi was pulled aside by Xu He and told what happened.
He was shocked when he heard that such a big thing happened in this year's provincial examination. He also heard that the examiner ordered him to arrest the suspect. His face immediately became excited, and he didn't know what plot in the drama he thought of.
Xu He said: "Little Marquis, go and say hello to the examiner and the promotion officer, Mr. Wang, and get started immediately!"
Xue Yongzhi nodded and walked to Gu and Wang. Gu Shouyuan warned him again before letting him go.
A dozen cavalrymen came and left quickly. In the blink of an eye, they took Ouyang Jun with them and mobilized troops to surround the building.
After handling everything, Gu Shouyuan obviously relaxed a little.
He led Wang Liangchen and Xu He towards the gate of Gongyuan.
As soon as they arrived at the door, the sergeant guarding the door saw the examiner coming, and quickly opened the door and prepared to welcome them in. However, he saw a scholar in Lan shirt following behind them, and he couldn't help but be confused.
Gu Shouyuan asked with a livid face: "How many people have entered now?"
The sergeant guarding the door took the booklet on the table beside the door and replied, "Reporting to the examiner, twelve thousand sergeants have been stationed outside the inner wall waiting to enter the hospital. Eight of the fourteen examiners have arrived, and the supervisors are all here." Already entering the hospital, the sealing officer, the receiving officer, the examination paper collecting officer, and the sealing officer are all here."
"One of the transcribers has arrived, but no one has arrived yet."
"Two of the readers have arrived, but two more have not yet arrived!"
"The rest of the searches, prison gates, inspections, and supplies are all here!"
"Two hundred and seventy-three of the inner curtain officials have arrived, and there are still 110 people who have not yet arrived!"
In the Tianfu Provincial Examination, the number of participants easily exceeds 10,000, because each person is in a cell, and each cell is guarded by a dedicated person. It's not like in some movies and TV series, where there is only one person in each aisle.
In that case, cheaters will probably become widespread.
Therefore, every year for the provincial examination, the imperial court would mobilize sergeants from the surrounding guards to go to Jinling Gongyuan.
These sergeants have corresponding titles according to their place of origin. If the three generations of ancestors of the candidates have lived in the same place as the three generations of the candidates' ancestors, they will all be replaced.
Therefore, before the rural examination, these people will be stationed in the area between the inner and outer walls of Gongyuan under the leadership of the guards officers, but they are not allowed to enter the Gongyuan Hao sub-area to prevent possible abuse.
After the sergeant finished his report, he thought that the chief examiner and the promotion officer were about to come in.
Just as he was about to turn around and open the door, Gu Shouyuan said, "Go and bring a dozen benches!"
The sergeant was stunned. What happened? Isn’t the courtyard locked today? The examination chiefs and promotions were not sent to the Tribute Academy, but were wasted outside.
Gu Shouyuan didn't need to explain to him. After the stools were brought in, the three of them sat down in a hurry, waiting for the storm that was about to hit them.
After a while, horse-drawn carriages gathered from all corners of Jinling City to the Gongyuan Courtyard in the dark.
The first person to arrive at the gate of Gongyuan was Liu Hao, the Nanjing Imperial College sacrificial wine man. He was a native of Min County, Fujian Province and a master of the "Yi" in the imperial dynasty.
As soon as he arrived at the gate of Gongyuan, he yawned when he saw Gu Shouyuan and said with a smile: "Mingshan, what time is it now? If you don't go in and wait for the courtyard to be locked, why don't you ask me to come over and give you Zhuangzhuangxing?"
It is said that the officials in Nanjing come here to provide for their old age. According to this person’s words, they really have not been wronged. The provincial examination is about to be locked up, but the examiner called people here in the middle of the night. Doesn’t that explain the problem?
Gu Shouyuan was also speechless by the Duke's words, but he smiled calmly and said: "Duke Wen, please sit down and rest!"
Liu Hao then asked suspiciously: "What's going on? I have something to do at home!"
Gu Shouyuan smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, I'll tell you all after all the ministers from Nanjing arrive."
Liu Hao probably realized that something was not going well and wanted to leave. But he was also curious, so he sat down uneasily not far from Xu He.
When he saw Xu He, he was also a little curious as to why a Lanshan student came to Gongyuan when he was in Suoyuan, and he came with Gu Shouyuan and Wang Liangchen.
"Who are you? This hospital is about to be locked up. What are you doing here, a health worker?"
Xu He bared his white teeth in the night and said with a smile: "Sir Liu, Mao Biao, the commander-in-chief of water transportation, came to you years ago and asked you to help arrange for a scholar named Wu to be imprisoned..."
Liu Hao heard this and smiled: "Oh, I have the impression that you are Wu Decao?"
"No, I am not!"
"..."
While they were talking, all the heads of the six departments in Nanjing gradually arrived.
Some of these people looked impatient, some were indifferent, some were yawning profusely, and some simply sat on the stool without asking what happened, just taking selfies with their laps and humming to themselves. The world is sober.
Gu Shouyuan felt helpless when he saw this scene, but when he saw everyone gathered, he stood up and faced everyone and said: "The Gongyuan is about to be locked, and this year's Nanzhili Provincial Examination will be held in three days!"
Having said this, he clasped his fists and raised his hands toward the north: "His Majesty the Emperor has great trust in appointing me as the chief examiner of this Nanzhi Township Examination!"
When a group of Nanjing officials heard this, they immediately flattered him.
They are all idle officials. Even though their rank is much higher than Gu Shouyuan's, their political prospects are not comparable to others. When I hear this, I can only feel envious.
But Gu Shouyuan changed the topic and said to everyone: "But I have failed the emperor's grace. Just now, I learned that the four book questions of this provincial examination were leaked, so I specially invite you to come and discuss!"
When the officials heard about the leak, the relaxed look on their faces suddenly disappeared.
Several of them turned around and wanted to leave, giving various reasons, except that the neighbor's cat and dog were in love.
Gu Shouyuan didn't stop him, he looked at everyone with a smile.
The officials who were about to leave stopped halfway and turned back: "Mingshan, you are trying to harm us!"
For a boss who has reached this position, when faced with such a big event as the provincial examination, who doesn’t have relatives and friends to ask for help?
Those people are not asking them to help with fraud, but in these days, the network of relationships between the township party, colleagues, classmates, and teachers is very complicated. When the big exam comes, there will definitely be scholars in the houses of these big guys who can be considered.
If Gu Shouyuan leaves at this time, he doesn't need to join them. He only needs to list the people present in the memorial to the emperor. Everyone else has arrived. If you didn't arrive or left halfway, then are you the most suspicious?
Got cheated!
