Your majesty, please stay in the cold palace

Jiang Shiyun's face turned red again, and he snorted coldly, "Forget it if you didn't hear it."

Lei Jian'an didn't know why Jiang Shiyun was awkward, so he looked at Xu Chengze suspiciously.

Xu Chengze smiled faintly before he was about to speak, but Jiang Shiyun glared at him sharply, "Don't say it!"

Jiang Shiyun was the youngest, and in front of Xu Chengze, he often showed his true feelings and showed a charming appearance, which he had long been used to.He lowered his head and took a sip of his tea before saying to Lei Jian'an, "I've been sitting here for a while, and I've heard many candidates discussing it. This year's exam questions seem to have changed a lot."

Lei Jian'an immediately forgot the topic just now, and the expression on his face became serious.

"Actually, looking at the exam questions of the previous two exams, it can be seen that the current emperor pays more attention to people's livelihood. In my opinion, tomorrow's exam will also be inseparable from the suffering of the people."

Xu Chengze smiled and said: "Brother Lei, you come from a poor family, so you are no stranger to this!"

Lei Jian'an rubbed his nose, "That's what I said, but what is tested is not only policy theory, but also essays! Brother Xu knows me, and it's okay to be reasonable. When it comes to writing poems and prose, I always feel that I'm far behind. .”

After Jiang Shiyun ate two pieces of snacks, he let out a cold "hum" when he heard what he said.

"You don't even have confidence in yourself, how can you do well in the exam? Didn't you write several poems for you before? Almost all the themes have been thought of. Even if the exam is not the original question, you can change it a little bit."

Lei Jian'an laughed "hehe", stood up and bowed to Jiang Shiyun, "I still have to thank Brother Shiyun for this matter. If I am lucky enough to pass the exam, I will definitely live up to Brother Shiyun's great kindness."

Jiang Shiyun leaned on the back of the chair casually, holding a snack in his hand and stopped it by his mouth, squinting at Lei Jian'an with squinting eyes and raised eyebrows.

"Hmph, who cares?"

Lei Jian'an patted his head awkwardly, not angry, and smiled naively.

"I know you don't lack everything, you are not rare..."

Jiang Shiyun sat upright suddenly, "What do you mean? You want to be ungrateful?"

Lei Jianan quickly shook his head, "Of course not."

Jiang Shiyun leaned back lazily on the chair again, with a calculating light in his eyes, "That's good."

Xu Chengze watched the two of them back and forth with a smile on his face, but he thought in his heart that Lei Jianan was upright and practical, while Jiang Shiyun was cunning and thoughtful, and the two of them would complement each other when they were together.

The three of them drank a pot of tea, ate two plates of snacks, and chatted about what they had seen and heard from various places. As the sky darkened, it was almost time to leave

I saw a man in his thirties slowly walking past Xu Chengze, and when he was wrong, he said in a low voice, "My lord, do you want to take a test?"

Xu Chengze's expression changed, his thoughts suddenly changed, and he grabbed the man.

He stood up and said with a smile: "Brother, let me find it easily. Since we met, let's have a drink?"

Lei Jian'an and Jiang Shiyun thought that Xu Chengze had met a friend, so they also stood up and clasped their fists together, "Is this brother Xu's friend? Why don't we sit together?"

The man didn't expect Xu Chengze to catch him, and seeing Lei Jian'an and Jiang Shiyun also dressed as candidates, he was overjoyed, it seemed that there was something going on today.

He raised his hand to signal a few people to sit down, leaned over the table, and said in a low voice: "Young masters, seeing how good-looking you are, you must be able to pass high school. However, wouldn't it be safer if you could have tomorrow's exam questions? Maybe he can be the number one scholar in high school!"

"Exam questions?"

Lei Jian'an and Jiang Shiyun looked at each other, and they both saw the shock and anger in each other's eyes.

Xu Chengze blinked at the two of them, and shook his head slightly.

Jiang Shiyun looked around, no one noticed that their table was against the corner.But he still lowered his voice and said, "You said you have exam questions for tomorrow?"

The man said with certainty, "Yes."

"how much is it?"

Hearing what he said, the man showed a smug look on his face. Who among the candidates can restrain their yearning for the exam questions?

"If you want it sincerely, young master, don't pay too much for the small ones. One test question is ten taels of silver, and two questions are 20 taels of silver. Not only policy theory, but also poetry and prose. Seeing how extraordinary temperament you are, how about 18 taels of you? It's a good deal, right?" ?”

Lei Jianan whispered, "It's so expensive!"

The man chuckled, "This brother doesn't understand the market at first glance. Today is the last day, so I sold it cheaply. A few days ago

It's even more expensive! "

Lei Jian'an's eyes widened in disbelief, "There were exam questions a few days ago? But... aren't the exam questions kept secret? Where did you get them?"

The man became a little impatient, "You don't have to worry about this, anyway, I can guarantee that the test questions are true."

Xu Chengze pretended to be surprised, and said to Lei Jian'an: "Brother Lei, your poetry and prose are not good. If the test questions are true, your chances of being on the list will be very high! Think about it, if you are in high school, your future Father-in-law won't look down on you."

Lei Jian'an was confused by Xu Chengze's words, but he usually has relatively few facial expressions, and now his eyes are staring, as if he is

General hesitation.

The man took the opportunity and said again: "Yes! If you are in high school, your father-in-law will not only not look down on you, but will come to curry favor with you instead. My son, this deal is a bargain!"

Lei Jianan grumbled, as if hesitating.

Jiang Shiyun sneered: "How can you guarantee that your test questions are true? Are you not afraid that we will sue the officials?"

The man's complexion changed, and he stood up abruptly, "Brother, it's meaningless to say that! If you don't buy it, I won't force it. Anyway, there are some you want to buy. If you want to sue the officials, please do so! I don't know if it will be your trouble in the end." Big, it’s still my trouble!” Lei Jianan didn’t understand why this person was so daring because it was clearly against the law to privately sell test questions.

Xu Chengze knew very well that if they sued the officials, the seller of test questions would reply that they had bought test questions before, and even if they hadn't done it, they would be suspected of being innocent. up.

He winked at Jiang Shiyun, stretched out his hand and grabbed the man, "Brother, brother, don't worry? My brother is not sensible, so don't be angry. Let's discuss it again, I sincerely want to buy it, but at your price Can it be cheaper?" Seeing that Xu Chengze wanted to buy it, the man sat down again.

"Since the little brother is so sincere, I'll give you a little cheaper, 15 taels, two questions, no less."

Xu Chengze gritted his teeth, "Okay, I bought it!"

After finishing speaking, he reached into his pocket to take out the silver. He took out all the silver on his body, only a little over nine taels, and he could only look at Jiang Shiyun helplessly.

Jiang Shiyun was puzzled by Xu Chengze's behavior of buying exam questions, but because he knew what he was like, he could only listen to him in the end, and took out the exam questions from his pocket.

money to come.

The man put down a small paper scroll, patted Xu Chengze's shoulder lightly, and said in a low voice: "My lord, you still have vision, I wish you the best of luck."

You are in high school. "

After speaking, he strode out of the gate of the restaurant.

Lei Jian'an watched the man leave in a hurry, and asked in confusion, "Why did he leave? There are still many candidates here, why did he come to us?"

Lei Jianan's suspicion was also Xu Chengze's.There are so many people in the restaurant, how did this person find the three of them?

He beckoned to the waiter in the shop.

Because of his relationship with Qu Le, the second child in the hall is very familiar with Xu Chengze.Seeing Xu Chengze waving, he trotted over quickly.

"Master Xu, what are your orders?"

Xu Chengze asked: "Have you seen the man who spoke at our table just now?"

Xiao Er thought for a while and said, "Not really."

"Think about it, have you never seen it before?"

The little second brother thought about it again, "I seem to have seen him pass by the door of our store, just looked around the door, but never came in. Today is the first time to enter the door."

Xu Chengze nodded, "I see. Second brother, pay the bill!"

Xiao Er laughed, "Master, the boss said that you don't need to spend money to come."

Xu Chengze sternly said, "That won't work! You have to pay for meals."

He put his hands in his arms, only to realize that all his money had been bought for the test questions just now.

Jiang Shiyun had seen enough of his embarrassment before he took out the money, "I'll pay for this meal."

Xiaoer shook his head again and again, "The boss said, Mr. Xu's friends don't need to spend money."

With that said, he ran away like an escape.

Xu Chengze shook his head, "It seems that we won't be able to eat here anymore."

All three of them laughed.

After laughing, Lei Jian'an looked at the small paper scroll sealed in wax on the table, and asked, "Brother Xu, this...you typed it?"

What should I do? "

Jiang Shiyun reached out to take it, "Let me take a look first, what's written in it?"

Xu Chengze pressed his hand, "No, we can't watch."

Jiang Shiyun was stunned, "Why?"

Xu Chengze said: "Don't you think it's strange? For such an important exam, someone actually sells the exam questions? Moreover, it seems that they are specially sold to us?"

Lei Jian'an rubbed his nose, "It's very suspicious."

Jiang Shiyun said: "What is Brother Xu going to do?"

"Of course we need to investigate."

"How to check? Do you want to report to the police?"

Jiang Shiyun sneered, "Brother Xu, it's useless to report to the official, right? The former Governor Luo was a good official who pleaded for the people. Unfortunately, he was promoted to the left servant of the household department after only a short time. I heard that now Qiu Shan is a student of Yan Zheng, with black hands and a cruel heart, and he will not come in if he is justified and has no money. If Brother Xu wants to report to the official, I guarantee you can get in and not get out. Besides, you let that person go now , this lawsuit is even more difficult to win!"

Lei Jian'an tugged at his sleeve, and said in a low voice, "Brother Jiang, be careful, don't let anyone listen to you."

Jiang Shiyun cut out, "I'm not afraid of them."

Lei Jian'an shook his head helplessly, and looked at Xu Chengze, "Brother Xu, what Brother Jiang said is right. You still..."

Xu Chengze was very moved when he saw that the two were sincere for him.

"If I want to report to the official, I will not let An Ren go. I will not report to the official, nor will I sit idly by. Don't worry, you will not be implicated in this matter."

Jiang Shiyun blushed and was about to explode. Lei Jianan quickly held him down and said in a deep voice, "Brother Xu, what are you talking about? Are we the ones who are afraid of getting involved?"

Xu Chengze hurriedly cupped his fists: "I said something wrong, please forgive me. Then I will trouble you to walk with me and testify for me

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Lei Jian'an hurriedly said, "Of course, this is what we should do."

Seeing that the two readily agreed, Xu Chengze was relieved that he had not misjudged the person.

He led the duo who were full of doubts to the door of Lord Konghou's mansion. Jiang Shiyun asked suspiciously, "Brother Xu knows Lord Konghou?" Lei Jian'an also responded, "You want to tell Lord Hou about the exam questions? Lord Hou He is the examiner of this exam, he definitely doesn't want the exam questions to be leaked. Brother Xu, this method is good!"

Xu Chengze smiled, "The only thing I can think of is Lord Kong Hou."

"Brother Xu only thought of Master Kong Hou, but didn't think of me?"

Hearing the teasing voice, Xu Chengze turned his head and saw Kong Qingping standing behind him with a smile.

He rubbed his nose, "Master Kong, the students have naturally thought about it."

Kong Qingping laughed loudly, "It's rare that Brother Xu is here, please come in!"