[Red Chamber] The imperial examination life of the great master

at dawn.

It was still before dawn, and only watchmen were beating drums and gongs on the street.

The watchman yawned. The weather was getting colder day by day, and it was freezing all night long, so that people's hands and feet seemed to be frozen.

"What is this?" The watchman caught a glimpse of a piece of paper pasted on the surrounding walls from a distance, and the words on it were very large, but he was blind, no matter how big the words were, he couldn't understand what it meant.

"Hey, Xu Xiucai, I'm reading again." The watchman greeted the scholar who was wearing an old cloth robe.

When he came here every day, he would see Xu Xiucai studying hard in Lingfeng here. As time passed, the two of them also got to know each other.

"Yes, Brother Liu, why haven't you gone back to rest today?" Xu Xiucai asked, breathing into his palm.

Brother Liu pointed to the paper on the wall, "I saw this thing just now, and I was wondering what it is. It just so happens that you are here. Please help me take a look. Are you trying to catch some Jiangnan thief?"

Xu Xiucai put his hands in his sleeves, let out a sigh of relief, and walked over, "What is this..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw the words on the big-character poster, his pupils shrank suddenly, and immediately stretched out his hand to tear off the big-character poster.

"Hey, Xu Xiucai, you..." Brother Liu looked at Xu Xiucai in surprise.

Xu Xiucai's face was covered with cold sweat. He tucked the big-character poster into his sleeve indiscriminately, "Brother Liu, what is written on this piece of paper is terrible, we have to pretend that we didn't see it, otherwise we will suffer disaster."

Although Big Brother Liu didn't know exactly what happened, seeing his expression, he quickly patted his chest and assured him, "Don't worry, I will definitely not gossip around."

Xu Xiucai turned around in a panic and left, not even picking up the book when it fell to the ground.

And at the same time.

Similar things happened elsewhere.

"Master, if we do this, will it be too..." A man in black asked in a low voice.

Zhang Heng lowered the car curtain and said calmly, "Are you trying to say it's too risky?"

"Yes." The man in black said, "After all, this matter concerns His Highness Dao's reputation."

Zhang Heng glanced at him coldly and didn't say much.

Now the prince's reputation has been almost ruined by those censors, if he doesn't take measures to fight back and just ignore it, it will be a hidden danger sooner or later, as Jia Enhou said - put it to death and live later!

Moreover, Emperor Jianming's attitude has always been puzzling, and this is also an urgent problem.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he can also frame His Highness the Seventh Highness, killing three birds with one stone, and it is worth taking a little risk.

Seeing that Zhang Heng didn't speak, the man in black also closed his mouth.

Zhang Heng put his fingers on the window sill, knocked on the window sill, lost in thought.

What he was thinking at this time was not how big a wave this incident would cause, but he was thinking about Jia She.

When he heard this strategy, Zhang Heng knew that it was absolutely impossible for Duke Rong to come up with this strategy. He has a calm temperament and never takes risks lightly. Jia Zheng, he didn't have the brains to come up with such a plan. Therefore, the only person who could come up with this method is Jia Amnesty.

What kind of person is Jia Amnesty? !

Or in other words, what kind of person can come up with such a trick?

Zhang Heng felt that his views on Jia Amnesty had to be adjusted.

It was a pity in his heart that if Jia She was the son of Duke Rong, the glory and wealth of the Rongguo Mansion would last at least one more generation.

"Duke Rong's eldest son heard that he will pass the exam this time?" Zhang Heng turned his head and asked the man.

The man in black nodded and said, "Yes."

Zhang Heng said: "Pay attention, don't let people make small moves."

Xu Chengsong is the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and the chief examiner of the rural examination this time happens to be his student. Jia She has done them a big favor this time, so they should be thanked.

"Yes." The man in black said.

"Let's go, there's a good show to watch today." Zhang Heng waved his hand, and said something heart-pounding calmly.

"You bastard! You bastard!" Emperor Jianming slapped the armrest of the dragon chair angrily, pointing at the big-character poster on the ground with trembling hands, his face turned purple with anger, "Who posted this in the capital?! There is no kingly law!"

The whole court was silent, and no one dared to speak when Emperor Jianming was furious.

Some officials couldn't help but glance at His Majesty the Seventh Prince standing behind His Highness the Crown Prince from the corner of their eyes. Who else could have done this?If His Highness the Crown Prince's reputation is insulted like this, who else would do it besides His Highness the Seventh Prince?

Everyone knew about this matter, but no one dared to speak out.

His Highness the Crown Prince's face was pale, and it was unbearable to look at it.

In fact, many people also knew in their hearts that this incident was a disaster for the crown prince, but Emperor Jianming did not express his attitude, and no one dared to speak out for him.

"Father, my son suffered such humiliation today, which hurt the face of the royal family. I believe that this incident is all because of my son. I implore my father to punish my son so that I can stop it..." The prince came out of the queue, and he Lowering his head, he continued with a choked voice, "You have a lot of mouths."

The prince's words are too poisonous!A cold light flashed in Xu Chengsong's eyes, these old courtiers all knew that what Emperor Jianming hated most was when others coerced public opinion into intimidating him, which often only backfired and made him even more angry.

Sure enough, Emperor Jianming's anger not only didn't go down, on the contrary, there was more and more intense battles. He straightened up in anger, and angrily reprimanded the prince, "What are you talking about? What does the matter of the internal officials have to do with you? What's wrong?!"

Hearing this, everyone reacted differently. Some people felt as if they had fallen into an abyss, and they felt chills all over their bodies. Emperor Jianming's words confirmed the matter of the crown prince's internal affairs a few days ago, and also expressed that no one is allowed to use the crown prince again. It was connected with the incident of internal officials bullying the village, and some people breathed a sigh of relief.

Jia Daishan is one of the latter.

These days, the situation of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not clear, and these gangsters are also worried. Now that His Majesty has expressed his position, at least it proves that His Highness the Crown Prince still has a higher status in his heart than His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince, and that is enough.This bitter trick worked!

However, just this is not enough!

They had eaten a lot from the Seventh Prince before, and now it's time to get it back.

"Your Majesty, this matter must not be tolerated!" Zhang Heng stepped out of the queue and said angrily: "His Royal Highness, as the crown prince, represents the face of our Da'an. If people are allowed to wantonly humiliate, then our prince's face , Where will His Majesty's face, Da'an's face be preserved?"

Zhang Heng's words were like adding fuel to the fire, making Emperor Jianming's anger even more intense.

His face was ashen, "Of course this matter can't go on like this, Zhang Qing."

"The minister is here!" Zhang Heng said.

"I order you Dali Temple Minister to investigate this case thoroughly, and you must find out who is behind the scenes!" Emperor Jianming looked directly at Zhang Heng, and his gaze fell from him to the pale-faced Seventh Prince. On the body, "I must find that person out!"

"Yes!" Zhang Heng replied loudly.

Now that the matter has come to an end, everyone's hearts were shaken in favor of the Seventh Prince. At first, they saw that His Majesty was lukewarm towards His Highness the Crown Prince, and thought that His Majesty might appoint another Crown Prince, but now it seems that His Majesty still attaches great importance to the Crown Prince. .

Moreover, His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince made a bad move this time, and he had to be careful not to be caught by Zhang Heng, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

down toward.

Everyone felt as if they had narrowly escaped death, and when they left the palace gate, they couldn't help but quicken their pace.

His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince gritted his teeth and watched the prince being left alone. He knew that this time the prince's cunning trick had indeed redeemed the contempt in his father's heart. For a person like Emperor Jianming, even if he didn't like a son, he would never allow others To play against him, let alone allow anyone to dare to challenge his royal prestige, in an attempt to coerce public opinion and force him to replace the crown prince.

"Damn it!" The Seventh Prince gritted his teeth fiercely, and squeezed out a curse from between his teeth.

The little eunuch behind him lowered his head, pretending that he was deaf and didn't hear anything.

He Nuji walked away and went straight out of the palace.

The Seventh Prince had already left the palace to set up a mansion, but I don't know what Emperor Jianming was thinking in his heart, and he never gave him a title. It was because of this that the Seventh Prince coveted the Ninth Five position even more.

After he left the palace, he didn't say where he was going.

The driver had no choice but to slowly drive the carriage around in circles, waiting for the Seventh Prince's anger to subside.

The Seventh Prince thought about it, but couldn't hold back his breath.

His palm was covered with fingernail marks and even bled, but he didn't respond at all.

No, he must not suffer from this boring loss!

The Seventh Prince said coldly: "Go to the Xu Mansion."

He wants to see if this idiot, Tu Yuan, has the fate to secure the position of prince.

Today's revenge, he will definitely get it back thousands of times.

As for Rong Guogong, the Seventh Prince sneered. Hearing that his eldest son, Jia Enhou, had passed the exam not long ago, he was considered an advantage and taught him a lesson for nothing.

The Seventh Prince went to the Xu Mansion to discuss something with Xu Chengsong.

When he came out again, the anger on his face had disappeared, replaced by a malicious sneer, that sneer made people feel chills in the bones, as if being targeted by a poisonous snake.