Straight man of steel

Chapter 341
King Wuqiu Shou felt that Zhang Yuan was too confident at this moment.

But after several years of getting along, he felt that Zhang Yuan's self-confidence did not come out of thin air.

He just relaxed from the tension, and his eyelids suddenly jumped again, always feeling that something big will happen later.

Zhang Yuan didn't bother to talk to the censor, looked up at the sky, and found that the sun was almost above his head, and it was already noon.

The things arranged before will be able to see the effect later.

"Okay, since everyone has said so, and the censor has said so, what else can I do?
If you can prove your innocence, then I, Zhang Yuan, will let you all go to school, and I will not blame you for your slanderous remarks before.

If His Majesty wants to punish me, I have no complaints. "

Wang Qing is very satisfied with Zhang Yuan's attitude now, and he is afraid of making any troubles again.

"Tai Xue Ling, the students are now requesting that the palace guards guard that side hall, and no one can approach it.

Then invite several censors to Jianzhang Palace and ask His Majesty for a will.

Only in this way can everyone feel at ease, otherwise we have no choice but to destroy those exam papers because of too many academic orders. "

Zhang Yuan smiled and nodded.

"Pass my order and send fifty palace guards to surround the side hall and not allow anyone to come near.

Let the censors ride to Jianzhang Palace to ask for His Majesty's will now, and I will not interfere anymore.

I also want to get rid of the suspicion. If the grade is re-evaluated, it can just prove that I haven't changed the grade, which is also good for me.

So please hold back your temper and wait here for an extra hour or two until Yushi invites His Majesty's will. "

No one objected to Zhang Yuan's suggestion this time, so except for a few censors who left, and then fifty palace guards were transferred, everyone else stayed where they were.

"Go to the front hall and bring me a chair. I'm tired after standing for so long."

Zhang Yuan said to Yan Yi.

Yan Yi's eyes widened. He really admires Zhang Yuan's strong heart now, and he still pays attention to enjoyment all the time.

"Yes, the student will help you get the chair."

After speaking, Yan Yi ran to the front hall and brought a chair for Zhang Yuan.

Regardless of the strange looks from the people around him, Zhang Yuan just sat down on the chair, found a book from nowhere, opened it and covered his face.

After a while, there was a slight snoring sound.

It's asleep! ! !
"Tai Xueling took a nap here?"

A small group of candidates began to discuss in a low voice under the steps.

"Just let him sleep, maybe he won't be able to wake up next time he sleeps again."

"Yes, today is the emperor of the ages, and he will certainly not tolerate this kind of person to continue to do evil."

"Okay, okay, let's stop talking about this guy who is about to die.

That Wang Qing just now was really smart, no one thought of it, he was the only one who thought of it. "

"Hehe, I thought about it too, I just don't want to be in the limelight.

For better or for worse, those in the top are bound to suffer. "

"Yeah, even if Zhang Yuan can't continue to be a teacher, you should know that he still has a brother.

Eunuch Wei Qing, Zhang Yuan is finished, won't Wei Qing avenge his brother?

At that time, what will Wang Qing use to resist the anger of a Jiuqing? "

"It's because of Wei Qing that I dare not stand up like Wang Qing, I see, both Wang Qing and Zhang Yuan are about to die.

Let's just watch what happened to the two of them quietly. "

The voices of the examinees talking about Wang Qing were naturally heard by Wang Qing.

He is estimated to be the most aggrieved among the thousands of people present. He was obviously fighting for the rights and interests of all the candidates, but in the end, he became the limelight in the mouths of these people.

And most people are still cursing him, thinking that he will not end well.

Suddenly, he had a little understanding of Zhang Yuan's feelings.

Earlier, wasn't Zhang Yuan overwhelmed by the rumors of these people?

But Zhang Yuan is asleep now, in terms of psychological quality, Wang Qing now feels that he is not as good as Zhang Yuan.

More than half an hour has passed since the slow waiting time. Everyone guessed that the censor who went to Jianzhang Palace had already spoken to Liu Che, and they felt more at ease.

But not long after, a puff of thick smoke suddenly appeared from the side hall on the left.

No one noticed at first, and everyone thought someone was cooking when they saw it.

During this period of time, there was a lot of cooking smoke in Du County.

But as the smoke got bigger and bigger, and some palace guards who were originally guarding the side hall ran towards the front hall, many people felt that something was wrong.

"Tai Xue Ling, it's not good, something big happened, the side hall caught fire!"

Zhang Yuan was still sleeping, but the palace guard who ran over shouted and didn't wake Zhang Yuan up.

However, many people heard the shouts of the palace guards. The candidates below were originally calm, but now they started to panic again.

These few hours are as exciting as riding a roller coaster.

King Wuqiu Shou couldn't care too much at this time, he pushed Zhang Yuan's arm directly, and almost pushed Zhang Yuan off the chair.

The book covering Zhang Yuan's face fell to the ground at once, and Zhang Yuan opened his eyes and looked at King Wuqiu Shouwang in bewilderment.

"What's the matter? Yushi invited back His Majesty's order?"

Seeing Zhang Yuan's current state, Wuqiu Shouwang directly believed from the bottom of his heart that the fire in the side hall had absolutely nothing to do with Zhang Yuan. He said why Zhang Yuan was so confident before.

Now it seems that although there are a large number of these candidates, the IQ of so many people is not one plus one equals two or greater than two. Compared with Zhang Yuanyi, the IQ of such a group of people is a negative number.

"Tai Xue Ling, something big happened, and the side hall is on fire."

Zhang Yuan jumped up from the chair after hearing this.

Pick up the book and slap it directly on the head of King Wuqiu Shou.

"Ma De, what's the use of supporting you officials, are they all trash?

They're all on fire and waiting to ask my opinion?
Are you still standing here one by one?

Fuck me, go out and put out the fire! ! ! "

Wuqiu Shouwang rubbed his head, then looked at Zhang Yuan's furious look, and became uncertain again in his heart.

But now is not the time to think about these things, he hastened to direct people to the side hall to fight the fire.

"Why are you all standing still, everyone is going to fight the fire, and everyone is taking buckets to scoop water into the lake!"

Earlier, in order to enrich the landscape of Taixue, and also for the convenience of water, Zhang Yuan asked people to dig a canal directly from Chanshui and lead it directly into the city.

Therefore, there are several artificial lakes in Taixue, and what Zhang Yuan usually drinks is the cold boiled water after boiling the running water.

In his heart, he had always had a grudge against the well water and underground water in Chang'an City.

It is said that the reason why some later dynasties did not use Chang'an as their capital was that the groundwater in Chang'an was undrinkable, and the groundwater had already been polluted by people's excrement and urine.

So no matter where Zhang Yuan goes, as long as he lives for a long time, he will definitely get some running water for use.

Now it seems that these water resources are just right for firefighting. Otherwise, wait for water to be drawn from the well, then wait for half of Du County to be burned.

For the sake of their own future, those examinees are rushing forward one after another, rushing forward one by one faster than anything else.

Zhang Yuan also looked very nervous, and rushed directly to the scene of the fire.

Because all the bamboo slips are stored in the side hall, if it catches fire now, the fire will definitely become more and more intense.

At least a third of the place is on fire.

Wang Qing, an early candidate, did not go to collect water and put out the fire like the others, but sneaked up to Zhang Yuan's side.

"Tai Xue Ling."

Zhang Yuan was instructing others to put out the fire, when he suddenly heard someone calling him, so he looked back, only to find that it was Wang Qing.

"Oh? What are you doing here instead of fetching water and putting out the fire?"

"There are thousands of people in Taixue, there are not many students, there are not many students, there are not many students."

"I have to talk about you now. You can't think like this. You have to be the same as before. Do I understand?"

Wang Qing's expression was remorseful, he had long since regretted making that mistake.

He had already figured it out for more than half an hour, and being with that group of people who only knew how to follow the crowd would only lower his grade.

"The students were a little impulsive before, but now they just want to ask Tai Xueling a word."

Zhang Yuan must know what Wang Qing wants to ask, isn't it obvious?

"Just ask."

"Is this fire related to the Taixue Order?"

Zhang Yuan looked around and found that everyone was focusing on the fire, and no one noticed him, so he lowered his head and said to Wang Qing.

"Cut the ice to make a circle, hold it up to the sun, and use Ai to cast its shadow, and fire will be born."

The way Wang Qing frowned told Zhang Yuan that he didn't understand the meaning at all.

There must be people in the world who understand this sentence. This sentence is taken from "Huainan Wanbi Shu" written by Liu An, the king of Huainan.

But Liu An is a Taoist, how could Wang Qing, a Confucian, understand this principle.

Zhang Yuan only needs to let Wang Qing know that the fire started because of Zhang Yuan.

The self-confidence that Wang Qing built before also collapsed with Zhang Yuan's words.

After all, it was spring, and the water source was close. Within half an hour, the fire was under control and did not spread to other buildings.

In the next hour, with everyone's concerted efforts, the fire was finally extinguished.

But those bamboo slips and examination papers were almost all charcoal.

Some people may say that thousands of people can't put out the fire in a short time.

There are thousands of people, but how many thousand buckets can there be?
Taixue has about a hundred buckets, and it takes time to find them.

After such a long delay, the censor who went to ask for Liu Che's will also came back, but he looked at the half-destroyed side hall in front of him, and didn't know whether he should tell Liu Che's meaning.

"Tai Xue Ling, His Majesty said that the examination papers should be sealed, and he would send people from the Royal Doctor's Mansion to re-mark them, but now?"

The censor didn't want to impeach Zhang Yuan anymore, so he asked Zhang Yuan's intentions in a pleasant manner.

Zhang Yuan thought for a while, and then replied.

"I'll go to Chang'an City right now and tell His Majesty what happened."

"The hard work is too much."

Next, Liu Che was also angry at Zhang Yuan, so the censors breathed a sigh of relief.

"Tai Xuecheng, come here."

This time King Wuqiu Shou honestly stood beside Zhang Yuan.

This old man is bold and has no plans to spare, so it's better for him to be honest.

"What orders do you have from Taixue?"

"My order has been issued before, but Wang Qing proposed a method. Everyone hoped to resolve the misunderstanding, but now the misunderstanding cannot be resolved.

In order to preserve the majesty of Taixue, follow what I said before. Taixue will not recruit any candidates this year, and this batch of candidates will never be hired in the future. "

"The next official knows what to do, so what do you think Wang Qing should do?"

"Leave him alone for a day, and when I come back from Chang'an City tomorrow, if he is willing to follow me, I will accept him as a disciple, and forget it if he doesn't want to."

King Wuqiu Shou looked up at Zhang Yuan, and planned to come back from Chang'an City?

It's nothing for the emperor to die in a rage.

But Wuqiu Shouwang only dared to complain about Zhang Yuan in his heart.

"The lieutenant knows."

"Okay, I will go to Chang'an City to explain to His Majesty.

Hey, it's really hard to be an imperial eunuch. It's obviously caused by your subordinates. Now I have to wipe your ass.

At the beginning when Zhu Dan committed suicide, he told me the matter, wouldn't there be so many troubles today. "

King Wuqiu Shou didn't dare to talk back, so he could only lower his head and wait for Zhang Yuan to leave.

(End of this chapter)