[Rat cat] Long live the emperor

It was a good poetry competition, why did people die all of a sudden?Although the hall was overcrowded, they were all well-educated people who had been selected through the imperial examinations. They panicked for a while, but under Zhan Zhao's organization, they quickly regained their composure, and finally there was no stampede.

Zhan Zhao turned over and jumped down from the second floor, revealing his identity and taking over the murder scene.Before Zhan Zhao left, he signaled Bai Yutang with his eyes——watch Zhao Xiaozhen.Scholars have a heart, Zhao Xiaozhen is not a fuel-efficient lamp, revealing his identity is no joke.

The royal cat is big, light, handsome and sharp. Zhao Xiaozhen is so envious with starry eyes, and wants to jump down from the second floor. The golden bag with a thousand pieces of auspiciousness will also appear in glory!Zhao Xiaozhen rolled up his sleeves, lifted the hem of his clothes, and climbed up the fence with both hands and feet. Just as he was about to jump off, Bai Yutang slipped back with his belt, "Be honest and wait, don't make trouble."

Zhao Xiaozhen was not convinced, "When did I make trouble!"

Bai Yutang said flatly, "You are a troublesome one."

All the people in the city know that the little emperor on the dragon chair likes to go shopping, sticking to Mr. Zhan every day to walk the streets and alleys.Candidates who took part in the general examination are naturally not fools, seeing a child with Zhan Zhao, what else do they not understand?

Zhao Xiaozhen snorted angrily, and put on a stance like a deadly fish--at worst, he shouted that his identity would be broken!

Bai Yutang supported his forehead, "It's already messy down here, don't reveal your identity."

"It's exposed as soon as you enter the door." Zhao Xiaozhen waved his hand, "Although there are no vacancies on the second floor, there are still several seats that can share tables. Why doesn't that [Jingzhi] find other scholars to share tables, but join our table instead." Zhao Xiaozhen With a heavy tone, he said, "As the saying goes [things of a feather flock together, people are divided into groups], you and the master can see that they are practicing martial arts, and I am a child, [Jingzhi] sits with us, neither can discuss poetry and songs freely, nor It’s better to find a scholar to share the table with like-minded people and play happily, why do you think he’s here?”

"You said he has other plans?" Bai Yutang didn't see it.

"I'm just guessing." Zhao Xiaozhen shook his head, "Maybe [Jingzhi] is innocent, but the [Big Eyebrows and Big Eyes] who came up behind must have other plans. He looks careless on the surface, but he is actually much smarter than [Jingzhi], Anyway, I didn't understand his purpose." Zhao Zhen teased, "You don't hear what's going on outside the window, and your eyes are only on Zhan Zhao, but I noticed the eyes and movements of that man when he left."

Bai Yutang rubbed his nose, "Ahem, what did you see?"

Zhao Zhenyi pointed out: "[Thick eyebrows and big eyes] looked at [Jingzhi] with worried eyes, and even arched their hands to express [apology]."

Bai Yutang was smart in the first place, and he figured it out after thinking twice.

Zhao Zhen is just a brat, [Thick eyebrows and big eyes] If he apologized for disturbing them, he should have surrendered to himself and the cat, but he directly surrendered to Zhao Zhen, implying that [I know your identity, but I won’t point it out] , I don’t want to flatter you either].It not only showed his cleverness, but also showed the nobility of a scholar, and left a deep impression on Zhao Zhen. It is indeed much smarter than [Jingzhi] to kill three birds with one stone.

Bai Yutang thought for a while, "You asked [Jingzhi] to sit down, but asked to leave after [Big Eyebrows and Big Eyes] appeared, why?"

Zhao Zhen puffed his cheeks, "[Jingzhi]'s eyes are very clean, but he is a little anxious. He doesn't seem to come here to curry favor with me, but he seems to have something to say. But [thick eyebrows and big eyes] obviously have bad intentions, and he is friendly on the surface Familiar with each other, he is actually arrogant and lofty. I am still not sure whether [Thick eyebrows and big eyes] want to step on [Jingzhi] to elevate himself, or deliberately interrupt [Jingzhi]'s unspoken words. The former is fine, if it is the latter ..."

Zhao Zhen was thoughtful, "Only one thing can be confirmed, [thick eyebrows and big eyes] have completely blocked [Jingzhi's] retreat. The three of us are conspicuous when we walk together, so it is not surprising to be guessed, except that they must be Someone else knew, but everyone chose to sit still. [Jingzhi] suddenly sat down, which really broke the tacit understanding of everyone, and probably offended many people. At this time [thick eyebrows and big eyes] pulled [Jingzhi] away, and landed in the In the eyes of those who are interested, [Jingzhi] becomes a person who is ignorant of current affairs, greedy for vanity, fails to flatter, and lowers the style of all candidates."

Bai Yutang frowned, "Scholars care about reputation the most." If the reputation is bad, no matter how good the knowledge is, it will be in vain.

Zhao Zhen nodded, "So the question comes back to the original point, what is the purpose of [thick eyebrows and big eyes]? What kind of enmity does he have with [Jingzhi]?"

"Wait." Bai Yutang suddenly realized, "You did it on purpose today? You dragged me and Maoer to join in the fun, knowing that you would be spotted by the candidates. Compared to those two people, you have other plans Right?" Bai Yutang narrowed his eyes and said vigilantly, "What do you want to do?"

Zhao Zhen scratched her chin and smirked: "Hehe..."

Bai Yutang's curiosity was not high, Zhao Zhen didn't want to say it, and he didn't have to know.Hearing these conspiracies and schemes going around made Bai Yutang feel dizzy, and suddenly felt that it was not easy for Zhao Xiaozhen.As the saying goes, "Old man becomes fine", in fact, it does not mean getting old, but the accumulation of experience.It is said that "Eat a pit, grow a wisdom", Zhao Zhen is so smart at a young age, I don't know how many "traps" he has suffered, and how many crimes he has suffered.

Bai Yutang patted Zhao Zhen's little head, "Are you angry at being calculated like this?"

Zhao Zhen was swimming in the ocean of [conspiracy theories] when he was suddenly interrupted by Bai Yutang, who asked without hesitation: "Why are you angry? They coax me to play private visits with micro-services, come and go without indecent, I also want to coax them to pretend I don’t know about it. The so-called way of getting along with the monarch and his ministers, to put it bluntly, is that you coax me, I coax you, and everyone coaxes each other to play.”

The corners of Bai Yutang's mouth twitched, and his eyes were so complicated that it was hard to describe in words.

Zhao Zhen smacked his lips, "They coaxed me to make me feel that I am a wise king; I coaxed them to make them feel that they are virtuous ministers. In this way [Ming Jun and virtuous ministers] complement each other, which is the beautiful story described by historians. " Zhao Xiaozhen is an old god, "These students below can only be regarded as reserve officials, and they are more than one level behind the mature Beijing officials." Not all smart people are suitable for officialdom, such as Bai Yutang, who does his own way, and hates evil like hatred. Zhan Zhao, like the stubborn Gongsun.

Bai Yutang frowned, "Then you still go down, is it interesting to be played like a monkey?"

Zhao Zhen blinked, "Who says I'm a monkey? I'm clearly a monkey tricker. I hold the banana the monkey wants in my hand. I know the monkey's plan but pretend not to know. Then silently watch the monkeys scratching their heads and scratching their heads at the right time. Isn’t it fun to hand out bananas and make the monkeys overjoyed and scratch their heads with even greater enthusiasm?”

"..." Bai Yutang was speechless.

Zhao Xiaozhen had admired Bai Yutang's tangled expression enough, and then said slowly: "A small part of the imperial court are pragmatic, they don't flatter their horses, and their hearts are for the country and the people. This kind of rare breed needs to be carefully cared for, such as Mr. Eight Emperor Uncle Bao. Prime Minister Wang and others. The remaining half are cunning and sophisticated. They have skills, but they can only see their own interests. If they don’t use their skills in the right place, they will often beat these [monkeys].”

Zhao Zhen suddenly changed the subject, "But these scholars below are not all [monkeys], there are also [good boys] who need to be cared for, and those who are swinging between [monkeys] and [good boys]. They may be the future [Students of the Son of Heaven], I have to be responsible for them~"

→_→Let you say all the good and bad things alone, no wonder everyone said [official characters with two mouths], Zhao Xiaozhen is worthy of being the [official leader].

Bai Yutang was heartbroken: If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't have stopped Zhao Zhen and let him fall headfirst—to avoid future troubles forever!

Zhao Xiaozhen shook her arms three times - murderous? !

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After Zhan Zhao took over the scene, he first dispersed the irrelevant students in the periphery, and gathered the students who participated in the poem fighting together for questioning.Seeing Bai Yutang approaching with Zhao Zhen in his arms from a distance, Zhan Zhao's expression was very surprised—why did you bring him here, didn't you stop him?

Bai Yutang looked up at the sky - it's hard to say.

Zhan Zhao patted his shoulder understandingly—Xiao Bai, I'm sorry for you!

Zhao Xiaozhen narrowed his eyes, looked left at Zhan Zhao, then at Bai Yutang—what are they talking about?Eyes?Brain waves don't play with me! (╯‵ ′)╯︵┻━┻I have been excluded!

Gongsun came very quickly and brought the officials from Kaifeng Mansion to maintain order.

The name of the deceased was Li Hong, a well-known talented scholar in the south of the Yangtze River. Li Hong was having a dispute with [Jing Zhi] before his death.Fang Jing'an, with the word "Jing Zhi", is the young man who just shared the table on the second floor. Fang Jing'an is also a popular candidate for this year's examination, and he is also one of the four famous poets, calligraphy and painters in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.The reason for the dispute between the two was mainly because Li Hong was narrow-minded.

Although Li Hong is narrow-minded and good at composing poems, this time he took the top spot with the topic "Snow", and satirized the other contestants during the mutual evaluation, and his words were very harsh.[Thick Eyebrows and Big Eyes] Yang Jiye, who also participated in the competition, couldn't listen anymore, and said: "You can't compare to Jingzhi!"

So Fang Jingan was shot while lying down, and was dragged down from the second floor by Yang Jiye to write a poem.

Fang Jing'an is not a competitive person, and originally wanted to politely refuse, but Li Hong didn't know good and bad, but instead ridiculed Fang Jing'an for not being worthy of her name and trying to gain fame.No matter how good-tempered Fang Jing'an was, he was still a young man in his early twenties. If he was scolded like this and didn't respond to the challenge, wouldn't it be true that Li Hong's scolding was true, and he was ridiculed by all the candidates present!Therefore, Fang Jing'an calmed down, picked up a pen and wrote a poem, accomplished it overnight, and stabilized Li Hong's head!

Li Hong was naturally unconvinced, he would be ridiculed even if he lost the leader he got.Li Hong had reason and evidence. Fang Jingan joined later, so he was not qualified to participate in the poetry competition. If he snatched Fang Jingan's manuscript, he would tear it up after a few rounds.

Fang Jing'an didn't intend to win the first prize at the beginning, she wanted to stop at it, just win Li Hong and tell him to shut up.Who knew that Li Hong was so stingy that he wanted to tear up his poems regardless of his care!Fang Jing'an is a lover of poetry, and regards her manuscripts as her life. She pushed Li Hong away and snatched back the manuscripts. Who would have thought that with just such a light push, Li Hong fell to the ground and twitched twice, and died. ? !

The nerds were stunned!

The cause, process and result of the incident are very clear, the key is the cause of Li Hong's death.

Gongsun roughly checked the corpse, "There is no trauma, poisoning or sudden death from disease cannot be ruled out, and the specific cause of death needs to be checked carefully." Gongsun Yang said: "Which candidates are familiar with Li Hong, are there any fellows or classmates of Li Hong here?"

Two students who had obviously cried came forward, and one of them said: "The student and Brother Li are neighbors." Pointing to the other, "This is Brother Li's classmate. Although the three of us went to Beijing together, we are not very close." familiar……"

Gongsun was taken aback, "Why are they called so unfamiliar?" Normally, they should call each other Biaozi.

The student said awkwardly: "Brother Li is very talented, but the students are less talented, so..." Everyone understood in seconds!It must be Li Hongxin who is arrogant and looks down on his neighbors who are not as talented and academic as his, so he won't be called Biaozi.For such a narrow-minded person, it's no wonder that he would strike at the slightest disagreement.

Gongsun said bluntly, "Is Li Hong suffering from a congenital disease?"

Both shook their heads, "Brother Li is in good health and has never had any medical history."

Gongsun nodded, "Please follow the yamen servants to clean up Li Hong's guest room and tidy up his belongings. Then go to Kaifeng Mansion to register, leave contact information, and then write a letter to Li Hong's relatives to inform The news of Li Hong's death." The two students nodded in agreement.

Gongsun ordered someone to carry the body back for an autopsy, the yamen servants questioned the crowd of onlookers, Zhan Zhao asked the candidates who participated in the poetry competition, and the focus was naturally on Fang Jing'an who had the last contact with Li Hong.Fang Jing'an's face turned pale, obviously frightened, Zhan Zhao comforted him, "Can you give me your hand?"

Zhan Zhao is the kind that looks pleasing from a distance, but is amiable and cute when you get close to him, and the more you get in touch with him, the more you like him.

Although Fang Jing'an didn't know why, she stretched out her hands obediently.

Zhan Zhao clasped his veins, smiled slightly, "Don't be afraid."

Fang Jingan froze for a moment, only felt a warm current passing through the eight extraordinary meridians, a feeling of comfort throughout the body, and the tired and sore muscles after being frightened were also relieved.Before Fang Jing'an had time to react, the warm current slipped away, and Zhan Zhao's smiling voice was next to his ear—"Excuse me, according to the procedure, we have to check whether you know martial arts first."

In fact, if a person doesn't know martial arts, he can tell just by looking at the palm of his hand.It is impossible for a martial arts practitioner not to practice weapons, and it is impossible to practice weapons without leaving traces. Fang Jingan's palms are soft, and only the fingers holding the pen have calluses.To be on the safe side, Zhan Zhao would test his internal strength and help him a little.

Fang Jing'an hurriedly cupped her hands: "Thank you, Mr. Zhan."

Zhao Zhen struggled to stay away from Bai Yutang—it was too scary!It must be an illusion that Bai Yutang smelled like old vinegar!

Bai Yutang withdrew his sharp gaze and lowered his head to appreciate the patterns on the scabbard of the Ming Hongbao Saber...

Zhao Xiaozhen tightly closed her eyes——qaq help!I seem to know too much!

When Zhan Zhao was investigating the case, he had no other distractions, he didn't notice Bai Yutang's abnormality, he just focused on observing Fang Jing'an.

"When you had a dispute with Li Hong, was there anything wrong?"

"Isn't it right?" Fang Jing'an thought for a while, "He wanted to tear up my poem, and I rushed up to push him in a rage, he...he seemed a little powerless?" Fang Jing'an frowned, "That feeling is like , you smashed the walnut with all your strength, only to find it was an egg. I didn't use much strength, I thought I was going to tear him apart for a while, but he flew out lightly and then died..."

Speaking of Li Hong's death, Fang Jing'an's expression was very dazed, and she still couldn't accept the reality.

Zhan Zhao was thoughtful, and turned around to ask the candidates who surrounded Li Hong before he died.

A student named Shen Yuan said: "Our backs were facing Li Hong, but he suddenly turned upside down. I subconsciously retreated and guessed the feet of the person behind me. I turned around and apologized. When I turned around, Li Hong had already He fell to the ground." Shen Yuan pointed to his feet, "I saw Li Hong lying still, so I pushed him a few times, but Li Hong still didn't move. Later, when everyone wanted to help Li Hong up, Zimin found out... ...people are dead."

Zhan Zhao said, "Who is Zi Min?"

A young boy came out, "Student Jiang Wei's name is Zimin, because his father is a doctor, he has studied medicine since he was a child."

When Zhan Zhao was asking questions, Zhao Zhen walked up to the desk, stepped on a stool to reach the desk, and picked up the poems of the students who participated in the poetry competition.Compared with Zhan Zhao who was asking questions, Zhao Zhen's every move touched the hearts of all candidates.After Zhao Zhen finished reading the poem, he carefully checked the pens, inks, papers and inkstones that everyone had used. The yamen servant who was also checking the pens, inks, papers and inkstones did not dare to provoke him, so he turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it.

Being ignored by Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang was inevitably depressed, so he simply came over to talk to Zhao Zhen, "What are you looking for?"

Zhao Zhen pointed to some manuscripts, "Criticize?"

Bai Yutang was not too polite, and picked up the first copy, "Typical exam-oriented poems, with regular words and gorgeous rhetoric, enough for the scientific examination, but the fighting poems lack aura, average." Picked up the second copy, "Although the sword is slanted , but moaning without illness and not knowing what it means, middle and lower class."

The lobby was originally quiet, and the gentleman in Bai Yutang was open-minded and did not deliberately lower the volume. The faces of the two examinees who were evaluated were livid.Zhao Zhen covered her mouth and snickered, Big Brother Bai's ability to draw hatred is really sharp!When he commented on the last poem, Bai Yutang frowned, "The poem is well written, but this poem was definitely not completed overnight, and the taste of revision is too strong. Did Taibai Lou leak the title of the poem, or did he use an old poem in violation of the rules?"

This sentence is too heavy, so the boss of Taibai Building hurried over to explain, "It is impossible to leak the questions, the questions are drawn on the spot!"

Zhao Zhen opened the folded corner of the examinee's name: "Li Hong?"

This time even Zhan Zhao was startled, "What's going on? There's something wrong with Li Hong's poem?"

Zhao Zhen jumped down from the stool and picked up Fang Jingan's poem which was crumpled by Li Hong and lying on the ground.

Zhao Zhen glanced at it and said, "It really is a good poem." Even a layman can tell good from bad at a glance, and Li Hong deservedly lost.

Fang Jing'an blushed and smirked, and bowed to Zhao Zhen, wanting to get back her poem.

Zhao Zhen shook his head, "Don't touch it, if you touch this, you will die."