I can tell fortunes, so I’m not easy to mess with [Cross Book]

Bai Yiling was frightened since he was a child, and what annoyed him the most was this kind of unreasonable and shrewd behavior. Scholars are the tongues of a country, and others are cautiously used to them.

He didn't swear without any basis. He quoted scriptures and pointed directly at the core of the problem. Everyone couldn't make sense at all. Fearing later, without saying a word, he just scattered away.

Until everyone left and the mouth of the etiquette department was quiet, Bai Yiling's lingering prestige was still there, and no one dared to speak to him for a long time.Bai Yiling jumped off his horse, feeling the silence around him, turned his head helplessly, and was about to say something to ease the atmosphere, when he heard Lu Hong scream, "Ouch!"

Everyone put away their knives just now, and they were immediately alerted by his yell, "What's wrong?" "Is it a hidden weapon!" "Who? Come out!"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, a little red fox the size of an adult's palm jumped out from nowhere, standing leisurely on Lu Hong's head, with a high air.It tilted its head, turned a blind eye to other people's movements of stroking the handle of the knife, turned its head to look around, and then saw Bai Yiling.

The little fox flicked its tail cheerfully, happily kicked Lu Hong's head, jumped into Bai Yiling's arms, and rubbed his small head against his chest twice.

When he was in the palace just now, seeing Lu Yu's expression, Bai Yiling guessed that he would come back after dealing with other matters, but this way of appearing on the scene is really not stewed.He flicked the fox to the bone, silently pulled out a few hairs from the fox's paws, and sincerely said to Lu Hong, "I'm sorry."

Lu Hong: "..."

Everyone looked at Lu Hong's messy head and laughed.

After being disturbed by the little fox like this, the atmosphere is much more relaxed.Lu Hong owes his hand. When he was in the Northern Inspection Department, he used to rub foxes behind Bai Yiling's back, and he was often scratched. His temper has long been cultivated. Suddenly, he was stepped on by a little fox whom he hadn't seen for a long time. Very comfortable.

He pulled out the hairpin and tied up his hair again, and said with a smile, "It's okay Sixth Brother, how dare I ask you to apologize, I was scared to death just now."

Bai Yiling smiled and said, "It's not like you haven't killed anyone before, and you were scared to death after I said a few words?"

At the beginning of Lu Hong, everyone said: "Sixth brother, you were too fierce just now, we don't know if you are really angry or you are scaring those sour scholars!"

"Yeah, it's normal to do it, it's not uncommon to get angry."

"Just now I remembered that I was beaten and scolded by my husband when I was a child. I almost fell off my horse. Sixth brother, do you know that it is because of this that I have to abandon literature and pursue martial arts!"

Bai Yiling said: "That's great, today I know what you are afraid of. Next time you get into trouble, if you don't run in circles or line up, you will be scolded by me one by one!"

"..."

After a moment of silence, Lu Hong leaned close to Bai Yiling stiffly, stroking the fox's head carelessly, and said with a dry smile, "Oh, this fox is still so cute! Sixth brother, you have raised it for a year, why doesn't it grow up. "

The fox scratched Lu Hong's paw again, and Bai Yiling held his paw and said, "Maybe it's this breed, it won't grow."

Lu Hong added another bloodstain on the back of his hand, but he didn't care, and said deliberately: "Tsk, that's over, I've never seen such a small and short fox. Is it a male and a female? In the future, I will even find a companion." I can't."

After dealing with him in the past, he knew that this little fox was quite intelligent and could understand human speech, so he hid immediately after speaking, but this time he was not scratched. He rubbed Bai Yiling's chest again, and tilted Lu Hong contemptuously.

I don't know who is the one who can't find the partner, bah!

Several people entered the ritual department while talking.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites were blocked in the yamen for a long time, and they were finally saved.Originally, it would not be impossible for them to force the officials to open the way to go out, but the matter was not investigated and they could not give an explanation. Such an approach would easily arouse public anger and make the situation even more out of control.

They also didn't expect that after Ze'anwei's people came, they would directly scold those students, and they actually scolded them away.Everyone in the Ministry of Rites was saved, and listening to the movement outside, they felt deeply relieved. Before Bai Yiling and the others went in, they had already come out from a distance.

The head minister of the Ministry of Rites is named Chen Zong, and he is about to retire in a few years. He has seen a lot of ups and downs in the officialdom, and his expression is quite calm.Bai Yiling's official position was half a rank lower than his, but he was an imperial envoy specially appointed by the emperor, and the two made a salute.

Bai Yiling greeted other officials of the Ministry of Rituals again, and they welcomed the people from the Northern Inspection Department to serve tea. Bai Yiling was thirsty and smoked from his throat, so he drank it in one gulp. Poured a glass.

Chen Zong stared at the fox for a while, pretending to be inadvertently moved his empty cup forward, coughed lightly, the fox ignored him, poured tea for Bai Yiling, and lay down lazily beside his master.

Chen Zong was despised by the little animals, he was speechless for a moment, and looked away from the fox.Although he felt a little curious, he didn't have time to delay too much at the moment of the big event.

He thanked Bai Yiling and said, "Thanks to Master Bai's hard work and coming to the rescue in time, otherwise the gang of testers would get emotional and don't know what to do. But I really don’t have the face to see Your Majesty.”

Bai Yiling thought to himself that His Majesty was shaking his hair not far from you, but if he had to say this, His Majesty would have no face to see this old minister again.

He said: "Master Chen, you don't have to be polite. It's all part of your duty. But I only know some superficial facts about this case. I hope you can tell me the details."

Chen Zongdao: "Just now we couldn't get out here, so we sorted out the whole thing. Here is He Zicheng's test paper, and Mr. Bai can read it. Yuxin, you are also one of the chief examiners of this test. You Come and explain to Lord Bai."

After he finished speaking, he smiled again: "Of course you two don't need to introduce me too much."

Bai Yiling smiled and said, "That's natural."

He raised his hand to Zhou Gaohuai: "Please speak, Minister Zhou."

Because of the family matter just now, Zhou Gaohuai was a little embarrassed when facing Bai Yiling, thinking in his heart, if he ignored him, he would admit it, after all, their family is really outrageous.

However, seeing Bai Yiling's expression and tone were very natural, even though he was addressing him with his official position in front of others, but he was still smiling, Zhou Gaohuai relaxed a little and focused on the exam.

As the examiner this time, many of the questions in the general examination were written by him. If favoritism and fraud occurred during the examination, Zhou Gaohuai would definitely not be able to choose cleanly.He carefully thought about what he knew, and told it again. Unfortunately, it was no different from what Bai Yiling had learned from Lu Yu.

Bai Yiling flipped through the papers that He Zicheng had answered during several exams, and said, "Leaving aside other things, the essays in his county exams and township exams are not bad, not as rumored. unlettered."

Zhou Gaohuai said: "Then Master Bai noticed, why did his grades in the county and township exams always come at the bottom?"

Bai Yiling said: "Although the article is good, it's off topic."

Zhou Gaohuai said: "That's exactly the case. If it is said that the performance was abnormal once, it is understandable that the article is written too wrongly, but it is too coincidental that it has deviated from the topic twice."

Bai Yiling said: "So what does Zhou Shilang mean?"

Zhou Gaohuai said: "Lord Bai should know that some candidates have taken too many exams, so they will naturally have many countermeasures. Some of them will specifically inquire about the examiner's favorite preferences, the books they usually read, and make bets on the questions."

Bai Yiling quickly flipped through the test paper again, and already understood what he meant: "I have also heard that before the test, some test subjects will buy question books everywhere, and some will ask someone to write down the answers. Alright, let's recite it all, hoping to meet it in the exam. He Zicheng's first two papers, but all the poems and dictionaries that need to be memorized by rote, the answers are impeccable, but when it comes to countermeasures, the writing is good, but there is always a problem. Traces of forced or cobbled together."

As soon as Lu Yu moved, Bai Yiling touched the fox casually, and said in a deep thought: "Plus, he has a very rich family, and he can fully afford the money for buying papers and hiring someone to write for you, so you mean, he has probably already Is it to memorize the answers in advance, whoever catches up with it counts? This... is a bit far-fetched, right?"

Chen Xing took over the words: "It's really too coincidental, but he answered the papers during the test too perfectly. All the articles hit the topic and penetrated into it. If it's just a guess... I'm afraid it can't be so accurate. "

Bai Yiling already understood.The officials of the Ministry of Rites must have also heard him sternly reprimanding the candidates outside, and felt that his position was inclined to the side where He Zicheng did not cheat, so it was difficult to speak directly, so he raised these doubts first.

In fact, what they meant was to suspect that He Zicheng had taken advantage of asking people to bet on questions in the previous county and township examinations, and the more ambitious he became.It's just that the scope of the county examination and the township examination is relatively small, and there are many candidates who can be listed. If you know how to take the test and rely on this method, it will be even more difficult-even if you are sure about the questions, how can you get all the questions? Are you betting all right?

So during the exam, he really knew the exam questions in advance.Then this case involves the leakage of test questions, which is a very serious problem.

It's not that similar things didn't happen in the previous dynasty, but the reason why some people are willing to take the risk to leak the test questions is probably for the sake of buying and selling for money. Naturally, the more you sell, the more you earn, so the general cases are It was reported by others because the scope of transmission was too large.

This time, I have never heard of related rumors before, and a group of candidates started to make a fuss based on the saying "a dude like He Zicheng shouldn't be at the top of the list", and it turns out that there is such a thing ——Is everything a bit too coincidental?

Bai Yiling said: "I understand the meaning of the adults. There is something strange at this time, and further investigation is needed. If it is really a leaked question, how did the test question leak out, and whether anyone else benefited from it? The essential."

Chen Zongdao: "What Master Bai said is true. I did not participate in this test from the beginning to the end, but since it is a matter of the Ministry of Rites, I am also responsible. Why don't I lead other colleagues to review the test papers to see if there are any doubts? , Your Excellency is in charge of other investigations."

Bai Yiling said happily: "Master Chen is an expert, it would be great if you are willing to help. But Zhou Shilang, please avoid suspicion for the time being?"

The other people who participated in the production of papers were from Wenyuan Pavilion and various academies. Of course, they had to be checked one by one, but Zhou Gaohuai was in the Ministry of Rites, so he naturally wanted to be the focus of attention. He was quite calm and said happily: " That's natural."

It was clear, Bai Yiling had other things to do, got up and left the Ministry of Rites, and at the same time gave Yan Yang a wink, Yan Yang immediately understood.

The examiners were the ones who posed the question. They were suspicious of this matter, but so far there was no evidence. They didn't even know whether He Zicheng was cheating. Naturally, it was not easy to interrogate him as a prisoner.But it is necessary to keep an eye on people secretly, to monitor actions on the one hand, and to ensure safety on the other.

As soon as Bai Yiling stood up, the little fox who had just curled up beside him to help cover his hands also stood up, arched his waist and stretched, and jumped onto Bai Yiling's shoulder with ease.

Old Shangshu Chen Zong held back for a long time, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, and called Bai Yiling to stop: "Lord Bai."

Bai Yiling turned around: "Master Chen, is there anything else?"

Chen Zong coughed and said: "I once heard that Master Bai raised a very miraculous fox, not only smart and cute, but also able to expel evil spirits, bring down Furui, and even the old man can be invited here, it is you This one on your shoulder?"

Bai Yiling: "..."

Not to mention anything else, isn't he the one who invited Yuelao?Or is it not a system?Rumors are really scary.

He smiled and said, "I've only raised this one fox, and it's probably him that Mr. Chen was talking about. But this little thing doesn't have too many miraculous features, it's just a little psychic. Thank you, my lord."

Chen Zong said: "Master Bai is too modest, I think it is smart and cute, it is worthy of being a god."

The little fox barked at him.The fox's cry is "嘤嘤", which is thin and milky, making it even more cute.

Chen Zong took two steps closer, and said cautiously: "Master Bai, can I touch it?"

He is an old man, and he can't just ask for petting because he loves small animals. Bai Yiling was a little wary, and politely refused: "Actually, the feeling is similar to petting a dog."

Lu Yu: "..."

Beep! ! !

After so long, he has evolved from a domineering general fox to an infatuated emperor fox, but his position in Bai Yiling's heart is still not completely out of Gouzi's shadow.

What a failed fox!

[Warning, alert, your "Infatuated Emperor Fox" has a tendency to switch to "Dragon Spirit Tiger Fierce Fox", please be careful to the host! 】

Bai Yiling calmly took Lu Yu off his shoulders and pinched the back of his neck.

Seeing that Bai Yiling seemed to have misunderstood what he meant, Chen Zong quickly explained.It turns out that these days have been warm and cold, and the weather is bad. His little grandson caught a cold and had a high fever for several days. He felt very distressed, and there was nothing else he could do.

After seeing the fox Bai Yiling, Chen Xing suddenly had a whim, thinking about touching it himself, saying that he could go back with some auspiciousness and bless his grandson to get well soon.

It's also a throwing fox in a hurry.

Facing Mr. Chen's earnest eyes, Bai Yiling couldn't tell him that it was useless anymore, so he had to pass Lu Yu over: "Then, why don't you let Mr. Chen touch it?"

Lu Yu: "..."

The emperor is absolutely perfect for his role, unexpectedly any courtier can touch it when he comes over.

【Your "Infatuated Emperor Fox" finally switched to "Warm Heart Fu Mao Fox" mode! "Dragon spirit tiger fierce fox" mode hold back. _(:з」∠)_]

Lu Yu got down helplessly and asked the old man to smooth his hair. Chen Zong was naturally full of praise, praising the little fox for being cute and cute, and even every hair on his body was smooth and easy to touch.Until reluctantly withdrawing his hand, he still thanked Bai Yiling.

Bai Yiling carried the fox back: "Master Chen, you're welcome, I wish your grandson a speedy recovery."

Chen Zong thanked with a smile.

He didn't expect that one day later, the imperial doctor in the palace would come to visit with the great inner elixir bestowed by the emperor. He didn't know whether it was the fox's cure or the medicine. Anyway, the next morning, his little grandson's fever really subsided. .

Chen Zong felt that Bai Yiling must have intentions, so he mentioned this matter to the emperor.Everyone knows that the current Holy Majesty is responsive to his every request and is very attentive, as long as it is what Bai Yiling said, he will definitely do it properly.

Chen Xing was very grateful - he didn't know that he really touched a "sacred fox".