Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 133 Fortune Teller (please subscribe!)

Shen Lian stretched out his hand in front of the woman, and said coldly, "Where is the test paper? Where?"

Seeing that Shen Lian didn't like her, the woman restrained her seductive expression, reached out and took out a small bamboo tube from her waist, and handed it to Shen Lian.

Shen Lian wanted to open it, but Zhu Houzhao hadn't woken up yet. He might annoy His Majesty by doing so, so he said to the woman, "Go down first, and I'll call you up later if you have something to do."

When the woman heard this, her face became happy again. In the past, many people were like this. They were afraid to contact people like them for the first time, but some people would have the courage to go to them the second time.

Shen Lian waited for everyone to leave before walking to Zhu Houzhao's bed and bowing to wake Zhu Houzhao up.

"Your Majesty, the test questions are here."

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao sat up suddenly. He knew that he would be deluded by others for a while, but now is not the time to lose his temper.

"open to take a look."

Shen Lian skillfully removed the bamboo tube, and pulled out a note from it.

I saw the two big characters "Navy" neatly written on it.

Zhu Houzhao remembered that Yang Tinghe, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, had asked him about the test questions he would take this year, and he only told Yang Tinghe, why all these test questions were leaked now?
Could it be the Minister of Rites?

This problem is serious!
Zhu Houzhao was a little angry immediately. This is a question related to the imperial examination of the entire Ming Dynasty. As a minister of the Ministry of Rites, does he not take me seriously?

Zhu Houzhao stood up immediately, feeling endless energy all over his body. There are still many things in the court that need to be dealt with by him. He didn't expect that such a small matter would involve such a big tiger. have to?
"Go, go back to the palace immediately, I want to thoroughly investigate this matter!" Zhu Houzhao opened the door angrily and walked outside.

When we got downstairs, the alluring woman blocked the way.

"Hey, my lord, the title of the gold list is tonight, why don't you have a spring night here tonight? I have studied hard for many years, why don't you relax tonight?"

As she spoke, she pulled out her handkerchief and made a seductive gesture.

Zhu Houzhao didn't understand what the woman meant, and immediately stood there at a loss. Fortunately, Shen Lian was quick, and immediately drew out the Xiuchun knife, and shouted to the woman: "Go away!"

This action frightened the woman, and she was immediately frightened into silence.

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, motioning for Shen Lian to arrest this person.

"Wait a minute! Two guest officers, it's still a favor if you can't make a deal. After all, you're staying in a cheap store. It's not right to hit people, right? Why don't I call some people in from the outside to see you scholars?" , are you all like this?"

The shopkeeper came out of the small house on the side, and looked sleepily by the oil lamp. He was not afraid at all that Shen Lian would kill the woman.

"According to me, the title on the gold list is here."

Before he finished speaking, the storekeeper saw the Xiuchun knife in Shen Lian's hand at a glance, and then he was speechless for a long time.

"Just, just, just"

thump!
The store owner actually knelt on the ground on the spot, begging for mercy to Zhu Houzhao and Shen Lian.

"You two military masters, please spare your lives! Please spare your lives!"

"The little one is just here to make a living, please spare me!"

Zhu Houzhao thought that the shopkeeper had spotted his identity, so he stood up straight with his hands behind his back, looking superior.

On weekdays, when he went to court, he was always kowtowed by the officials, and he had long been used to the feeling of being kowtowed.

"Isn't now the best time? There must be someone behind this inn, and this person's strength is not simple." Zhu Houzhao thought in his heart, and an unknown anger surged into his heart.

"Say, who told you to do this?"

Zhu Houzhao did not interrogate such people on weekdays, so the questions he asked were straightforward and simple.

"it's me!"

While speaking, a middle-aged man in a dark gray robe and a black priest hat came out of a guest room.

Shen Lian glanced at the Taoist priest vigilantly, and unconsciously pressed his hand on the Xiuchun knife in his waist. Protecting His Majesty's safety is now his top priority.

Zhu Houzhao raised his head and glanced at the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest had fine features, but he had a mustache, and he looked like a person of pure cultivation.

"Who are you?" Zhu Houzhao asked hastily.

"Poverty Yuzhenzi, practicing in Yangquan Temple."

"Pindao looks at the faces of the two. They don't look like people who came to take the imperial examination this time. Why do you come to our shop to disturb the Qingxiu of Pindao?"

That Yu Zhenzi still looked like he was cultivating his mind, and asked Zhu Houzhao and Shen Lian with a decent appearance.

One day, there was a commotion below, and many examinees who lived in the store ordered them to come out to watch the excitement. This kind of thing is rarely encountered on weekdays.

Zhu Houzhao turned around and took a look, forced to suppress the anger in his heart, and asked, "Since you are a pure cultivator, why aren't you in your Taoist temple? You want to come to this inn?"

Yu Zhenzi stroked the beard on his chin slightly, walked over to help the shopkeeper up, and did not answer Zhu Houzhao's question.

"They are members of Jinyiwei, don't be afraid, we haven't broken the law, what can they do to us?"

Yu Zhenzi carefully observed Zhu Houzhao and Shen Lian, and concluded that they were the guards of the Jinyiwei, so he did not answer Zhu Houzhao's question, and helped him up the shopkeeper and comforted him.

After saying a few words, the man turned around and came to Zhu Houzhao, cupped his hands and said: "This shop can't accommodate the two of you, please show your respect and choose another place to rest. We will refund your silver coins in full." That’s it.”

Zhu Houzhao was very puzzled, this Taoist didn't know what his identity was, and he knew his identity, not only refused to worship, but also sent them out, is it true that people outside the palace do things like this?

It turned out that the Taoist saw that Zhu Houzhao was only a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child, and he must have been adopted by someone, so he came to have some fun in secret.

He has seen this kind of people a lot, but the Jinyiwei with the knife, even though he changed into casual clothes, looked like a practicing family, not a good guy to deal with, so he softened his words, clasped his fists and told Zhu Hou to calm down.

With his hands behind his back, Zhu Houzhao immediately understood what the Taoist meant. He really planned to calm down and let everyone disperse.

"Okay, I"

"It's really worthy of being a master of Taoism." Zhu Houzhao immediately coughed again, replaced the wrong word with a homonym, and praised Yu Zhenzi casually.

"Let me ask you a question, as long as you answer honestly, we will take things and leave here immediately, how about it?"

The Taoist never took his eyes off Shen Lian. He knew that Shen Lian possessed special skills, and the space here was very small. If he played tricks, it would be really bad.

"Hahaha, I have been wandering around the world for decades, what kind of questions can I ask? Young man, ask me quickly, and leave as soon as possible after asking."

The Taoist seemed a little impatient, but Zhu Houzhao had already said, so he could only endure it for a while.

"Let me ask you, where did the test questions in your bamboo tube come from?"

"Hahaha, to be honest, it was Pindao who figured it out."

Zhu Houzhao didn't know how to answer these simple words. When he was in the palace, he heard from officials that there is a kind of people in the folk who specialize in fortune-telling, but most of these people are To deceive people, they will use the characteristics that most of them have, and then say that they have experienced phenomena, and they can forcibly fabricate a set of stories.

This kind of argument is very popular in the local area, commonly known as dialectics.

(End of this chapter)