After I became a passerby, I saved the villain's family

The tenth day of March is the first day of the imperial examination.

The students at the East City Inn got up early and packed up, ready to go to the Imperial College to take the exam.

Lu Zezhi stood in front of Zhang Huaiyun's door and knocked.

"Brother Zhang, are you done packing? Let's go."

There was no movement.

Lu Zezhi was puzzled and knocked on the door again.

"Brother Zhang, are you there, Brother Zhang?"

Still no answer.

"Brother Lu, why aren't you leaving yet?" a student saw him and asked.

"I made an appointment with Brother Zhang before." Lu Zezhi said.

The student also knocked on the door, but no one answered.

"Could it be that he left early?" the student asked.

Probably not, Lu Zezhi thought.

At this time, another student came over.

"Zhang Huaiyun? He went out for something while having dinner last night. I guess he went straight to the Imperial Examination Hall this morning." said the man.

"Let's go, Brother Lu, it's getting late."

Lu Zezhi glanced at the door, then turned around and left with the others.

At the same time, at the back door of He Mansion.

Dekun was talking to a man wearing a veil.

"How's the matter going?" Dekun asked while observing his surroundings.

"Please rest assured, young master. The person has been locked up." The man said in a hoarse voice.

Dekun heard that his voice seemed different from usual and thought it was because he had just woken up.

"Okay, I get it. You must keep a close eye on him." Dekun instructed, "Remember, you must wait until the scientific expedition is over in three days before releasing him. Do you understand?"

"Little understands."

After giving the instructions, Dekun hurried to reply to He Xiangyuan.

"Master, it's done."

He Xiangyuan raised his eyelids and asked, "Have you seen the person?"

"Don't worry, young master. We have three people watching him. He is just a poor scholar who can't even tie a chicken."

"Yes, Not Bad."

"But Master, there is one thing I don't understand." Dekun asked, "Why don't you just hand over Zhang Huaiyun--"

"Crack!"

As Dekun spoke, he made a gesture of wiping his neck.

He Xiangyuan raised his hand and knocked Dekun on the head.

"Are you stupid?"

"When is this happening? It's the day of the imperial examination, which happens once every three years. You killed a provincial champion at this time. Do you think I've had enough of my life?"

"Knock him out and lock him up, letting him sleep for three days and three nights. When he wakes up, the scientific expedition will be over. Where can he go to complain? He can only blame himself for oversleeping."

"When the exam results come out, I will be the top of the high school list. Then I will quietly deal with him. Who will still remember Zhang Huaiyun?"

It turned out to be the case.

Dekun touched his head which was hurt by the beating and suddenly realized what was going on.

"Young master is really smart!" Dekun laughed.

He Xiangyuan stood up and straightened his clothes.

"Come on, follow me to the Imperial Examination Hall and pass the examination to show this old man your achievements."

Let’s see if he will still say that He Xiangyuan is useless in the future.

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The entrance to the Imperial Examination Hall was crowded with people.

Lu Zezhi stood in the crowd, looking around.

Suddenly, someone tapped my shoulder.

Lu Zezhi turned around and saw the person coming. She said in surprise:

"Brother Zhang, you are finally here!"

Zhang Huaiyun smiled at him and explained, "Last night, my fellow villager suddenly fell ill. I am the only person he knows in Kyoto, so I went to take care of him all night. That's why I didn't return to the inn."

So that's how it is. Lu Zezhi breathed a sigh of relief.

"How are Brother Zhang's fellow villagers doing now?"

"Don't worry, Brother Lu, everything is fine now." Zhang Huaiyun said.

"That's good, let's go in quickly." After saying that, Lu Zezhi walked forward.

The smile on Zhang Huaiyun's face faded, and his eyes were cold.

He went out with that man last night and was knocked unconscious before he had gone far.

When I woke up again, I found myself in an unfamiliar room.

And Jiang Ci'an sat next to him.

"Young General Jiang?"

"Why are you here? No, why am I here?"

Zhang Huaiyun covered the back of his head which still hurt, and slowly sat up.

"Where is this?"

Jiang Ci'an looked solemnly at Zhang Huaiyun.

"Brother Zhang, you've been kidnapped."

"Ah?!" Zhang Huaiyun was shocked. "Who kidnapped me? The young general?"

Realizing that Zhang Huaiyun had misunderstood, Jiang Ci'an hurried to explain.

"No, Brother Zhang, you were kidnapped by someone else. I found out that you were kidnapped by someone else, so I brought you back."

So was he kidnapped or not?

Zhang Huaiyun was even more confused.

Jiang Ci'an sighed and told everything one by one.

Ever since Zhang Huaiyun left the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, Jiang Ci'an has always felt uneasy, fearing that something might go wrong with him, so he sent people to secretly protect Zhang Huaiyun.

Nothing had happened during this period of time until a few days ago, when the spy who was keeping an eye on the He Mansion reported that He Xiangyuan's attendant had gone to the Student Inn in the east of the city.

Jiang Ci'an became alert and strengthened his protection of Zhang Huaiyun.

As expected, He Xiangyuan took action tonight.

Jiang Ci'an rushed to the scene under the pretext of patrol and rescued the unconscious Zhang Huaiyun.

Considering that Zhang Huaiyun had to take part in the imperial examination tomorrow, he took him to Jiang Cijin's yard in the east of the city.

The three criminals were secretly detained by him.

After listening to Jiang Ci'an's statement, Zhang Huaiyun was horrified.

"I have never met that Prime Minister He before. Why would he want to harm me like this?" Zhang Huaiyun was puzzled.

"Did anything unusual happen on the afternoon of March 4th?" Jiang Ci'an reminded him.

The afternoon of March 4th?

He was reviewing his lessons that day and there was nothing unusual.

Zhang Huaiyun recalled the scene of that day.

If there is anything different from usual...

"That day, a new classmate came to ask me a question. I saw that the question was novel, so I asked one more question..."

Jiang Ci'an hurriedly asked, "Did Brother Zhang help him answer the question?"

Zhang Huaiyun nodded, "But I didn't give a detailed answer, I just wrote a general idea."

Jiang Ci'an sighed.

What my younger sister said finally happened.

Looking up at Zhang Huaiyun, Jiang Ci'an's eyes were full of solemnity.

"Brother Zhang, now that things have come to this, I won't hide some things from you."

Seeing Jiang Ci'an's serious expression, Zhang Huaiyun had a bad feeling.

"This year's scientific examination topic has been leaked."

"What did you say?!"

Zhang Huaiyun was horrified and shouted loudly.

Afraid that people outside might hear the noise, he quickly covered his mouth, his eyes full of disbelief.

Seeing that Jiang Ci'an didn't look like he was joking, Zhang Huaiyun's heart sank.

"General Jiang, what on earth is going on? Who did this?"

"Big brother's colleagues," Jiang Ci'an explained, "Big brother's colleagues in the Hanlin Academy, instigated by the Third Prince, stole the examination papers of this year's imperial examination and gave them to He Xiangyuan."

"The man who went to ask Brother Zhang questions that day was He Xiangyuan's attendant, and the test questions that Brother Zhang mentioned were this year's test questions."

"Because Brother Zhang has already seen the test questions, they want to get rid of you to prevent you from telling on them."

"Brother Zhang, do you understand this?"

Zhang Huaiyun's eyes were filled with astonishment as he struggled to digest this matter.

Lord Xiao Jiang was right. With his personality, he would be taken advantage of sooner or later.

After a while, he spoke with difficulty: "So now...what should I do?"

Jiang Ci'an patted his shoulder and soothed him, "Brother Zhang, don't blame yourself. You just need to attend the exam on time and answer the questions as well as possible. The better the answer, the better. I will take care of the rest."

Zhang Huaiyun looked at Jiang Ci'an, his eyes full of complexity...

"Brother Zhang? Brother Zhang!" Lu Zezhi patted Zhang Huaiyun who was distracted, "What are you thinking about? Let's go, it's our turn."

Zhang Huaiyun came back to his senses and looked towards the gate of the Imperial Examination Hall in front of him. The confusion in his eyes was gradually replaced by determination.

This time, he must work hard and will not let the Duke of Zhenguo down again...