In the past two days, Xu He had to stay in his house at Xu Song's request because he had to wait for the palace examination results to be released.
After all, regardless of rank, the Xu family has another Jinshi.
How can it be compared to being in Xu Song's house in a house outside?
When the messenger comes and the small firecracker explodes, aren't the neighbors envious to death?
The key is, Xu He doesn't care about his place in the exam, it's all as it should be. Xu Song is not afraid of people gossiping at all. In this case, why not make a big deal?
Tonight, the uncle and nephew talked for a while after dinner and just fell asleep.
Suddenly Xu Peng hurried over and woke Xu He up.
"Speak loudly, hurry up, uncle tells you to go to the main room quickly."
Xu He was lying on the bed reading a book. When he heard this, he knew something big had happened.
He had a vague feeling in his heart that there should be news coming from Hefei.
He quickly put on his clothes and followed Xu Peng to the front yard.
As soon as he entered the hall, he saw Yao Chunchen, whom he had met that day, sitting under Xu Song and drinking tea.
"Brother Xizai!" Xu He cupped his fists and saluted.
Yao Chunchen stood up to greet him and said, "Huiyuan Lang, good news, good news!"
After speaking, he took a piece of paper from the small table next to Xu Song and handed it to Xu He.
Xu He took a look and saw that this piece of paper was copied from Zhang Jingxian's memorial.
He looked down intently and was overjoyed.
Unexpectedly, the development of the war was almost exactly as he expected. There were even some things that he had not considered, such as the Xin'an Guards being attacked at night, which was a disguised help to the imperial army.
Smooth, I can only say it went very smoothly.
"Uncle, that's great. Southern Zhili has been peaceful. We only need to leave two guards to prevent the rebels from resurrecting. The others will all station in Hukou, Jiangxi, and then go south to suppress the rebels and fight in the Yuanzhou area."
Xu Song nodded and said, "We'll talk about this later."
Xu He was stunned when he heard this. Only then did he realize that the expression on Xu Song's face was unclear.
"What happened?" Xu He asked.
Yao Chunchen explained at this time: "Liangsheng, there is no problem with this news, but just now..."
It turned out that Yao Chunchen happened to be on duty tonight when Zhang Jingxian's memorial was delivered to the palace in a 800-mile rush.
The pavilion on duty tonight is always Wu Xingbang. When the Ministry of War sent this memorial, according to the imperial edict, the memorial related to the southern war should be submitted to the inner court immediately after being read by Wenyuan Pavilion without delay.
But the strange thing is that after Wu Xingbang read the memorial, he kept the matter secret for about half an hour before sending someone to the inner garden.
Hearing this, Xu He frowned and said, "Brother Xizai, how did you find out?"
Yao Chunchen said: "I was assigned to be on duty today, and Gong Youwei happened to be away. I am the oldest person in the book. When I submitted this book, Wu Ge always asked me to send it to him."
Xu He was shocked when he heard this. Yao Xizai was so brave. He actually peeked at the memorial on the way to the gate of Wenyuan Pavilion and Neiyuan Palace.
Yao Chunchen said at this time: "I saw that this memorial was actually about the war in Hefei, so I kept an eye on it, roughly wrote down the wording in it, and copied it from memory when I went back."
Xu Song said at this time: "Xizai has a photographic memory!"
Xu He nodded and suddenly asked: "Brother Xizai, during the period when I received Zhang Bingxian's memorial, was there anything unusual in the house?"
Yao Chunchen looked at Xu Song and sighed: "Mr. Ge, Liangsheng is indeed an extraordinary person. He thought of it so quickly..."
After saying that, he turned to Xu He and said, "Yes, Qian Zhongshu, who has been following Mr. Wu Ge, went out during this period, for about half an hour!"
Xu He nodded: "Mr. Wu Ge first went out to inform others about this matter."
Xu Song said: "The key question is, why did the second assistant not notify me and the first assistant immediately about such a big event, but instead notified others? Who are the other people?"
Xu He frowned: "It's hard to guess this kind of thing, but everything someone like Mr. Wu Ge obviously does has a purpose."
At this time, Yao Chunchen raised his hands and said, "Mr. Ge, Liangsheng, I have to leave. I came out of the duty house on the pretext that the child at home was sick and needed to call a doctor. It took too long and I was afraid of arousing suspicion."
"No!" Xu He stopped him: "Brother Xizai, if you go home now, don't go back. Then ask the housekeeper to go to the palace gate to ask for leave, and then invite the doctor in a big way!"
Yao Chunchen slapped his head: "Yes, yes, I am confused!"
After saying that, he said goodbye and went out through the Side Flower Gate under the leadership of Xu Peng.
After Yao Chunchen left, only Xu Song and Xu He were left in the hall.
Even more exposed, neither uncle nor nephew spoke.
After a long while, Xu Song tapped the table with one finger and said: "In the eyes of outsiders, Mr. Cifu is weak from top to bottom. However, it is impossible for such a person to reach his position."
"The day before yesterday during the palace examination, His Majesty asked, implying that the first assistant was unworthy. Do you think the second assistant was tampering with him because of this?"
Xu He said: "If you want to verify this, it's actually very simple. Just ask someone if there is anyone on duty tonight to inform the chief minister."
When Xu Song heard the words, he thought for a moment and understood the meaning of Xu He's words.
Wu Xingbang held the memorial for a long time. Logically speaking, he could just inform the rest of the cabinet the next day.
But if he wanted to target Qin Yan, he would definitely cut off the relationship.
In this way, it seems guilty.
Thinking of this, the uncle and nephew fell silent again.
Now that Qin Yan has lost his holy family, it is inevitable that Wu Xingbang will take action.
So besides targeting Qin Yan tonight, does he have any other actions?
Xu He felt that it was completely unnecessary for Wu Xingbang to hold on to the memorial for so long just because of Qin Yan.
It is indeed right to follow the trend, but they are all foxes of thousands of years. If they do not perform operations such as killing two eagles with one stone or three eagles with one stone, they will be looking down on the ministers of the Wei Dynasty.
But there is too little information, and now I can’t figure out his intentions at all. It’s uncomfortable.
Xu Song suddenly laughed and said: "Liangsheng, I'm really happy tonight. Your Majesty promised you in front of so many people that if you can win Hefei, you will be given the top prize!"
Xu He smiled and said: "Uncle, I haven't thought about it that much in the past two days, whether the number one scholar or not!"
Xu Song also smiled and said: "Such a young number one scholar, such a young [Six Poems], in the Wei Dynasty, no, even throughout the ages, no one has achieved your level of achievement!"
"It's all uncle's cultivation..."
"No, it's you who strives for success, it's because our ancestors of the Xu family are virtuous!"
"After this incident, when you think about the marriage visit, ask your aunt to pay a thousand taels of silver from your uncle's account. We must make this matter a success for you!"
When Xu He heard Zhang Panlong, he suddenly said: "Uncle, I heard from my eldest aunt that he has a younger brother who is Lord Cifu's teacher?"
"Shiyun! Well, it's true."
"Do you have any contact?"
"I only came to my home for a drink once when I came to Beijing, and then I had no contact with him again!"
