Lord Jinyiwei

The little emperor reluctantly announced that the imperial examination would be held in three days, and the rumors in the capital were thus broken, and all candidates immediately resumed preparation for the examination.

Liang Si and Guo Sheng also focused on letting Gao Xiuping review, and did not bother him. During this process, Liang Si was promoted to a thousand households, and the imperial edict was passed directly to Beizhen Fusi.

After Liang Si received the imperial decree, received his clothes and rewards, he turned around and saw a group of royal guards looking at him accusingly.

Liang Si had no choice but to agree to them, and when Gao Xiuping finished his exams, he would invite them to have dinner at the Xinxin Building to comfort their "deceived and injured" hearts.

It was a sunny day.

Liang Si had already prepared a banquet in the Shangxin Tower, he packed a carriage and went to the palace to welcome the two of them, when it was almost noon, the noon gate opened wide, and the students came out in a file, and at a glance he saw the most elegant people among them, there were bandits, such as Cut like a grind.

He was wearing a dark red court dress, the cloud pattern was shining in the sunlight, his face was like a crown of jade, his eyebrows and eyes were picturesque, he chatted a few words with the people around him, raised his eyes inadvertently, saw the people at the gate of the palace, smiled, Peerless.

"Brother Liang." A voice woke Liang Si up.

Liang Si turned his head, Gao Xiuping was already standing beside him, Liang Si went to look at Guo Sheng in the distance, Gao Xiuping said: "Brother Yi said that it is not appropriate to get too close to me, let me go first."

Liang Si nodded and understood that Guo Sheng was doing it for his own good, to avoid suspicion.

Liang Sidao: "Get in the carriage first."

Gao Xiuping nodded.

After a while, Guo Sheng bid farewell to the people beside him, walked over quickly, looked at the carriage, and then stepped up, Liang Si also stepped up after him, and then said to the driver: "Go to Xiangxinlou."

The curtain of the carriage was lowered and the carriage moved slowly. Guo Sheng teased, "You just got promoted, and you showed it off?"

Gao Xiuping asked in surprise, "Brother Liang has been promoted?"

Guo Sheng glanced at Liang Si, nodded and smiled, "Yes, Qianhu."

"Congratulations, brother Liang." Gao Xiuping said with a smile.

Liang Si smiled shyly, quite embarrassed, after all, this official was not obtained by virtue of his real talents.

However, Guo Sheng could see his intentions, he didn't take it seriously, and said firmly: "You deserve this official."

Liang Si smiled slightly, unwilling to talk about this topic again, and asked, "How is Xiuping's performance today?"

Gao Xiuping said modestly, "Pingping."

Guo Shengdao: "Your Majesty hand-picked him as the No. [-] Scholar."

Liang Si was pleasantly surprised: "Really? Isn't it just ordinary Huiyuan who can be the champion?"

Guo Sheng said: "That means that Huiyuan must have real talents and real learning." After finishing speaking, Guo Sheng seemed to pause, and then added, "What Huiyuan said and answered today... is too conservative and pedantic, and it is not as good as other tribute students. , but maybe seeing the emperor's excitement is not a bad idea."

Liang Si didn't care about others, he just chased after Gao Xiuping and couldn't wait to ask: "How did Xiuping impress the emperor?"

Gao Xiuping smiled shyly: "The emperor is indeed very young. He asked me a question. He asked me: I have never made a mistake. The minister said that it was caused by the ancestral system, and there was no mistake. Where did you say the mistake?"

Liang Si frowned, concentrating on his eyebrows, His Majesty must be right, but Gao Xiuping is a new tribute student, and he offended courtiers when he first came up, and his official career may not be stable in the future.

Difficult, really difficult!

Liang Si frowned and looked at Guo Sheng, thinking he would have an answer, but Guo Sheng shook his head, expressing that he didn't know either.

Liang Si had no choice but to ask again: "How does Xiuping answer?"

"I told Your Majesty a story." Gao Xiuping smiled, "A wealthy businessman went to a restaurant for dinner, and the shop assistant served a bowl of Phoenix Spreading Wings Soup. This soup is the restaurant's signature dish. Yi, many people came here admiringly, but the businessman saw that Tang pointed and expressed his dissatisfaction.

The store clerk was also quite hospitable, and immediately changed another bowl of soup for the rich merchant. It was still the phoenix spreading its wings, but the merchant was still not satisfied, so the waiter in the store changed another dish for the rich merchant. , but the rich businessman's face was even uglier when he saw it.The waiter in the shop didn't know why, and was very wronged. The rich merchant said, "I just lack a spoon." '"

Liang Si immediately came to his senses and clapped his hands.

Gao Xiuping alluded to the emperor with a wealthy businessman, and the shop boy pointed at the courtiers. It was neither the emperor's fault nor the courtiers' fault, but the lack of communication between the two parties had misunderstood each other's meaning.

The rich businessman thinks that the waiter understands what he means, but he doesn’t know that the waiter treats him in a panic, and instead replaces the dish that the rich businessman really likes, causing the rich businessman to be dissatisfied; while the rich businessman can express himself clearly, but he is always awkward and likes to be against him.

Of course, this last sentence comes from His Majesty's childish nature, and it is precisely His Majesty's nature, so I'm afraid he didn't think of this level.Just after listening to this story, compared to other Gongsheng who told a lot of things he didn't understand, not only did he understand it, but it was also full of wit and humor. His Majesty was naturally happy, and the courtiers naturally wouldn't object to Gao Xiu Pingfeng's champion .

Gao Xiuping turned his head to look at Guo Sheng, his eyes were grateful: "It's all because of the righteous brother who taught him well."

Guo Sheng smiled lightly: "I'm just reminding you that if you don't have real talents and learning, you will never be where you are today."

Gao Xiuping was still grateful. .

Guo Sheng restrained his smile: "I'm glad I'm happy, but there are some things I still want to tell you, I'm afraid you won't be able to accept it."

Liang Si turned his head, meaning is it too early to tell him these things?After ten years of hard study, you won the number one scholar, and once you have a good time, you tell him that today's court is not the same as in the past, and that your talents and learning may not be of use. Isn't it cruel?

Guo Sheng's eyes moved, he paused, and insisted: "I know you want him to exercise slowly, but the current situation in the court is changing too fast, if you don't tell him now, if he makes mistakes in the future and walks on evil paths, I'm afraid they will blame us."

Gao Xiuping looked at the two of them, puzzled: "Brother Yi, Brother Liang, what's the matter?"

Guo Sheng: "Did you hear that His Majesty wants to abolish the Wen Ju?"

Gao Xiuping nodded, vaguely worried about Guo Sheng's next words.

Guo Sheng: "It's true."

There was a loud noise in Gao Xiuping's heart. Although he had already expected what Guo Sheng was going to say, he still couldn't accept it, his lips trembling in a daze: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty...I...then I..."

"Liu Jinjin slandered His Majesty, but this matter did not succeed. But His Majesty has decided to send all Jinshi except for the champion, not to enter the Hanlin Academy, and not to serve in the capital." Guo Sheng said.

It was the first time Liang Si heard this, and he was astonished together with Gao Xiuping.

Guo Sheng explained to Liang Siting: "Although His Majesty reluctantly agrees to you and Zhang Yong, His Majesty's will is difficult to change. If you don't let him abolish the Wen Ju, he will send all these people out in a different way. The main problem is Your Majesty's importance. Wu Qingwen doesn’t like literati, so it’s useless to persuade him. The cabinet is already drafting an imperial decree on this matter, and I’m afraid it will be promulgated in a few days.”

Hearing that Guo Sheng was full of helplessness, Liang Si couldn't help being tinged with melancholy and heartache, maybe he already knew about this matter, but he kept silent and forbear to say it until today, the truth has already been forced to be told.

Gao Xiuping understood Guo Sheng's meaning, now that the eunuchs are in chaos, His Majesty is still young, he values ​​martial arts and despise literature, and the cabinet ministers are almost gone. People are not reused, and their lives are even in danger, or they go the wrong way.

Gao Xiuping frowned, and immediately said: "Two brothers, don't worry, even in all kinds of dangers ahead, Xiuping will stick to his original intention and live up to his trust."

Liang Si and Guo Sheng frowned upon hearing this.

Guo Sheng patted him on the shoulder.

Liang Si couldn't bear the solemn atmosphere to continue, so he changed the topic: "Today, I want to taste the two soups of Phoenix Spreading Wings and Furong Venison in Shangxin Building. A rough person like me can only eat food, so how can I eat it? If someone like Xiuping can come up with such a meaning, I must..." The two listened, Liang Si smiled, "I must have a good meal and reflect."

Guo Sheng and Gao Xiuping laughed heartily.

The bright sunshine shone on a courtyard in Dongcheng Fifth Street, and shone on the faces of the astonished people in front of the door. There was no sound in the courtyard, and several people ran away.

In front of the Hongda Inn, many people gathered, and small voices whispered around: "Who died?"

"do not know……"

"It's the new champion!"

"I heard that he died last night. This morning, all the Jinshi called him to go to Honglu Temple to study together. There was no response, so they pushed the door in and found him dead in their own room!"

"It's so miserable, he just won the first prize and died tragically."

"In my opinion, maybe that Jinshi was jealous of him and murdered him!"

"It makes sense, he..."

"Ah, the official is here!"

Everyone retreated and parted ways, Jin Yiwei quickly stepped forward and asked the shopkeeper, "Where's the corpse?"

"Above, above..." The shopkeeper pointed to the second floor, and wanted to take Jin Yiwei up, but Jin Yiwei had already climbed up first.

The second floor has two wing rooms, all the doors and windows of the wing rooms are closed, only one door is open...

All Jin Yiwei paused.

Liang Si was in a daze, and slowly walked over, stopped outside the door, closed his eyes, and then stepped in.

At this time, it was a very ordinary wing room, located in the first outermost room, on the left side, and there was a window on the east side of the wing room. The inside of the room was extremely chaotic, and there was almost no place to stay.

Pens, inks, papers and inkstones were scattered all over the floor, a pair of Jinshi scarves was placed on the bed, which was a little messy, and the Jinshi hat rolled down beside the bed. There were everywhere in the house, and Gao Xiuping was lying among those brushes, inkstones, paper inkstones and hairpin fragments, his body was bruised and horrific.

Jin Yiwei followed Liang Si into the room, carefully settling his footing, looking for all the details.

While concentrating on it, a person rushed in and picked up many papers on the ground. The papers flew up and down again.

Liang Si frowned and raised his eyes.

The person who came was Yin Jitong from Shuntian Mansion, His Majesty asked Shuntian Mansion and Jin Yiwei to investigate this matter together.

Ji Tong immediately recognized the person on the ground as Gao Xiuping, who was accused in court not long ago, and asked in surprise, "What's going on?"

Everyone in Jin Yiwei was silent.

Ji Tong was startled, quite embarrassed.

Liang Si couldn't bear to look at it any longer, glanced over his head, and said, "Set the corpse down first, and send it to Shuntian Mansion for examination."

Jin Yiwei nodded.

Ji Tong looked at Jin Yiwei as if he knew his own way, so he carried the corpse directly through Shuntian Mansion, and when he arrived at Yizhuang, he called Wu Zuo with a familiar name and surname.

Jitong was speechless all the way.

Everyone stepped back and stood around Gao Xiuping, watching him for inspection.Liang Si rested his hand on his forehead, yesterday was vivid in his memory, he answered Guo Sheng's words with such confidence and determination, who killed him?

In the midst of everyone's grief, the door of Yizhuang was suddenly pushed open. Guo Sheng supported the door frame with one hand, panting heavily, his eyes mourned, looking for Liang Si's gaze, and then saw the dead body in the middle.