Give you a spring

Nothing special happened in the next few days. Ping Wei originally thought that after the identity announcement, there would be many courtiers to curry favor, or that Shi Zongxi and the First Prince would send people over, but unfortunately, none of the conjectures came true.He is also happy to be leisurely, taking He Zhou to Yuzhailou to eat snacks and listen to books every day, quite...feeling like playing with things and losing his mind.

He Zhou said that the princes of Daqi had to attend the early court, and asked him why he had not been allowed to go after worshiping the emperor for so long.

"Your prince is a little different from what I imagined. I thought that there would be a lot of people crowded into the courtyard in the future, and you would get up and enter the palace before dawn every day."

Ping smiled, "Isn't it good to be at home? There must be a lot of noise in the morning, and business matters are rarely discussed, and the efficiency is very low."

"Didn't you really want to enter the palace before, and said you wanted to be a pure minister?" He Zhou raised his eyebrows, obviously having doubts about what he said.

"It's true, it's too late, wait a little longer," Ping Wei said in a soft voice, "I just have my identity announced now, and the officials still don't know me well, and I don't know where I will be placed if I rashly participate in the morning court. Besides," he paused, "Your Majesty also needs a suitable reason to arrange me in."

"So much trouble?" He Zhou frowned.

"It seems to be," the two of them were preparing to dress and go out in the room at the moment. Pingwei straightened his hair, turned his head to look at the person next to him, and asked with a smile on his face, "Are you so interested? After you pass the martial arts exam, go to the frontier to win the prize." After a successful career, you can also go to the morning court."

When He Zhou heard this, he thought about what Ping Wei had said earlier—more than [-] people gathered and quarreled together in the court, and he couldn't stand it, "Well...let's talk about it later," he paused, Then he asked doubtfully, "Why do you have so much confidence in me? You think I will be able to make a name for myself in the frontier."

"We've been together day and night for so many years, do I still know what your strength is?" Pingwei glanced at him helplessly, as if the other party asked a stupid question, walked over to stick his ear, and said in a low voice, "The person I like, How can it be mediocre?"

He Zhou smiled, put his arms around the person next to him, and asked softly, "Where do you want to go later? I don't want to go to Yuzhailou to listen to books anymore."

"Take you to the place where the examiners in the imperial examination gave questions?" Ping Wei said.

"Okay, maybe something interesting will happen." He Zhou was referring to finding out what the first prince and Shi Zongxi had done in the annual palace examination.

"You really care about it," Ping Wei hooked the corners of his lips.

"That's not it," He Zhou kissed him, and the two walked out of the room.

What the two of them were going to was a public house on Qinghe Street. It had a large area, about twice the size of an ordinary house. Because it was close to the imperial palace, there were no wine shops and restaurants around, and only a few pedestrians passed by. And there are soldiers patrolling from time to time, so you can tell it's not an ordinary place at a glance.

From a distance, He Zhou saw that the gate of the house was locked and there was silence, so he couldn't help asking in a low voice, "That's where the examiners set the questions?"

"Yes, to prevent the candidates from cheating or the examiners leaking the questions, the Ministry of Rites will not confirm the examiners until five days before the palace examination, and arrange them to come to this room to write the questions together. During the period, they are not allowed to go out, except for those who deliver meals. The rest are not allowed to go in. Ping Wei said softly, he looked at the house next to him, a tall tree rose from it, the view should be very good.

He Zhou also noticed that he observed the surroundings of the house, "Then what if I bribe the food delivery man to take the subject out? Or... I will jump on the roof from the tree at night when the guards are not prepared. You can go in even if you slide up and down.”

"There are different people who come to deliver meals every day," Ping Wei said helplessly, feeling He Zhou's inexplicable interest, "As for climbing trees, what do you want to do? I'm too bored recently and want to find something exciting to do." ?”

When He Zhou heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said intriguingly, "It's really boring..."

"..." Ping Wei understood what he was alluding to, and suddenly thought of the previous night in the old house on Xishui Street, his heart beat several times faster, he lowered his head, and pretended to cough a few times, as if he had nothing to say explain.

He Zhou accepted it as soon as he saw it, and said sternly, "You said earlier that the only connection between Xie Shi and Shi Zongxi was in this palace exam, and when it comes to exams, the most I can think of is..."

"Cheating or leaking questions?" Ping Wei took it.

He looked around, saw that no one could hear their conversation, and said in a low voice, "Did you just want to say that someone sneaked into the house while the patrolling guards were not paying attention, and leaked the questions to the examinees?"

But what good does this do for Xie Shi and Shi Zongxi, Ping Wei is thoughtful, is it for money?But two people, one is the prince and the other is a veteran in the court, are they powerful and powerful but still short of money?

Seeing that he was lost in thought, He Zhou raised the corners of his mouth and smiled lightly, leaned over and said, "That's what you're thinking about, do you want to bribe me to help you visit this house later?"

"Your price is too high and you can't afford it," Ping Wei glanced at him and pushed him away.

He Zhou went up to meet him, "You can bargain."

"Don't forget that I can sneak in too," Ping Wei dragged him to the opposite side of the house, looking around at the guards on the entire street.

"Really want to go in?" He Zhou looked at him, "Then how about I help you for free, and don't pay this time?"

"Forget it," Ping Wei quickly analyzed the situation that might happen after entering in his mind, and thought that the examiners might have rested after entering at night, and they couldn't get any good news except the test questions, "It seems that after entering Nothing to know."

"Well, indeed."

"What benefit do you think leaking questions can do to Xie Shi and the others? The group of examinees should benefit directly. What can the examinees help Xie Shi?" Ping Wei stood on the side of the street and lowered his head in thought. Seeing a ray of light from the black mist, like finding the end of a thread in a mess of twine, he raised his head and looked into the eyes of He Zhou next to him, "I see."

"Huh?" He Zhou raised his hand to touch his eyes, which were full of brilliance.

Ping Wei closed his eyes, and spoke very fast and authentically, "Candidates who perform outstandingly in the palace examination can enter the court as officials, and the top three will enter the Imperial Academy, responsible for recording some important events in Daqi and the words and deeds of the emperor, and the rest of the candidates can enter the Imperial Academy. If you become a government official in the sixth department, if you are lucky and strong enough, you can be promoted from the seventh rank to the third rank."

"Xie Shiming apparently does not make friends with courtiers and does not participate in private banquets, but if he has established good relations with some candidates before and helped them pass the palace examination, it means that the people who enter the court as officials every year are those he has selected in advance."

Ping paused for a moment, his face a little cold, "He has held the palace examination for two years, and after a long time, I am afraid that half of the officials in the palace are against him."

"It turned out to be like this..."

A voice came from behind.

Ping Wei's eyes froze, and he suddenly looked at the alley behind him, hiding in it alone, turned around and ran away when he caught his sight.

Ping Wei glanced at the person beside him, He Zhou moved his body, but in an instant he appeared in front of the eavesdropper and grabbed his collar.

Ping Wei walked in front of him slowly.

"Hmm..." The man raised his hand to grab He Zhou's hand, He Zhou frowned, and immediately let go, stopped half a foot away from him, staring at him blankly, in case he took the opportunity to escape .

"Who are you?" Ping Wei looked at the person opposite - a tall, thin man with good features, wearing a shabby gray dress.

The man looked up at him, but didn't answer.

"I am Xie Xu, the fifth prince," so Ping Wei first introduced himself.

"Fifth prince?" The man was stunned for a moment, then surprised.

"Did you know me before?" Ping asked slightly.

"I've heard some people say it."

Ping Wei squinted his eyes, "Is there news from the people so soon?"

"Hmm..." Indeed not yet, the man was a little guilty, he heard it from other sources.Seeing Ping Wei's eyes, He Zhou said coldly from behind, "Tell me the truth."

"..." Seeing that he couldn't escape, the man straightened his clothes and said, "My name is Zhang Lingsi, and I am one of the candidates for this year's palace examination."

"Then?" Ping Wei waited for a while, seeing that he was silent, asked again.

"I'll come over and have a look..."

"You think I'll believe it?"

"...Well, I just overheard your conversation," Zhang Lingsi whispered, raised his eyes and quickly glanced at Pingwei, seeing that his face was expressionless, he simply didn't hide it, and said, "Are you Do you think there were any problems in the palace examinations in the past two years?"

Ping Wei didn't express anything, but asked back, "What do you think?"

Zhang Lingsi took a deep breath, "I think someone cheated."

"Ok?"

"It's been a while since we talked about it, can we find a place to sit and talk?" Zhang Lingsi obviously didn't really want to stay on Qinghe Street, said.

Ping Wei asked, "What do you think is good?"

"Hmm...my family?" Zhang Shusheng said.