The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

After coaxing Shi Yunchen to drink the medicine and fall asleep, Lu Xiuyuan asked Nan Xing to watch over him, and went directly to the Wu Mansion to find his master before it was too late.

Today's autumn hunt, all civil and military officials who could go, and those who couldn't go because of old age were resting at home. When Lu Xiuyuan went in, his master and senior brothers were drinking tea in the living room.

Both of them were surprised when they saw him coming.

"Isn't there a barbecue dinner tonight? Why did you come back so soon?"

With a gloomy face, Lu Xiuyuan told them all about what happened today.

From the masked man chasing and killing not long after entering the arena, the horse was attacked and lost control and ran into the depths of the mountain, and finally encountered a big tiger and narrowly escaped death.

"How come there are tigers in the autumn hunting?" His senior brother slapped the table and stood up: "In order to ensure the safety of the officials, wild boars will not be put in. What's going on?"

"The open assassination in the busy city before, and the dozen or so masked men in Autumn Hunting now, not to mention whether the tiger is their arrangement, just by these two points, you can feel how much the other party wants to get rid of me."

He tapped lightly on the table: "Maybe the other party thinks that we are afraid if we just give in blindly, and we can't let them continue to be so unscrupulous."

"Senior brother is right, but senior brother thinks that we should tell the First Prince about this matter and let him figure out a way. After all, we follow him and regard him as the future master, but now we encounter this situation, and we need him to show an attitude."

Sometimes the higher-ups don't express their views, and outsiders think that you may not be favored and don't care, so they will act recklessly.

After hearing what his senior brother said, Lu Xiuyuan felt a little disapproving. Seeing that the other party acted so arrogantly, what's the use of the eldest prince expressing his opinion?What's more, according to the other party's temperament, it is already considered good not to hold back at critical moments.

The old Shoufu tugged at his beard with a dignified expression: "Erlang has been in danger for the past few times. If he was recruited for the first time, others may think that you were accidentally injured by being involved in other people's grievances. If the assassin is recruited for the second time, you call him an assassin." The mark on the arrow belongs to the First Prince, and he wanted to put the blame on the First Prince, but in the end the tiger was also taken care of by the First Prince's subordinates, anyway, the other party is very cunning."

"This reminds me of Zhao Shilang, that is, the head of the Zhao family. He has always acted cruelly and never dragged his feet. I am afraid that this is the reason why he has damaged Yin De, and his son has rarely died in his life."

Hearing this, Lu Xiuyuan thought of Zhao Yu, who sold fake ginseng in Ping'an Town, who tricked the people into eating human blood steamed buns.

"Does Master know about Zhao Yu, the son of Patriarch Zhao?"

Seeing that he was able to call out the other party's name in full, the old Shoufu looked slightly surprised: "Erlang, do you know him? Before that, Zhao Yu robbed the women in the capital and killed them and kept her secret. This matter has not been exposed yet, and patriarch Zhao suppressed it." After they got off, people were also sent to remote areas, and they planned to pick them up after two years of turmoil, but died unexpectedly two years ago."

Died unexpectedly?

Lu Xiuyuan sneered inwardly. The Zhao family is so capable. At that time, Governor Liu's case was clearly beheaded because of the serious negative impact of selling counterfeit drugs. As a result, the case didn't reach the capital?

"Could there be something hidden behind Zhao Yu's death?" Seeing that his expression was wrong, his master asked quickly.

Lu Xiuyuan talked about the fact that the Zhao family covered the sky in Ping'an Town two years ago, and then openly used Phytophthora spp. as local ginseng and sold it cheaply to the people in the surrounding hundreds and thousands of miles, sucking the blood of the people.

Both master and senior brother were shocked: "I thought Zhao Shilang, an old fox, was vicious enough, and his son is not going to give way."

He took a sip of tea from the untouched teacup next to him: "Although we can't touch the second prince now, we can still make trouble for Zhao Shilang."

"Erlang, what are you going to do? Are you going to join him directly as a teacher?"

"Master, if we don't take action, you don't have to worry about this matter. I will find someone to send Zhao Yu's criminal evidence to Yang Yushi's room. You must have watched it in the morning."

His master and brother looked at each other: "Then master will tell the first prince about this tomorrow, so that the other party can show his attitude."

Hearing this, he asked: "Then what? What can he do? Can he protect me?"

These few times when he was in danger, the person who rescued him every time was that mysterious person besides Ah Chen, but the eldest prince whom he and his master and brothers wanted to follow had never appeared!

Hearing this, his master and senior brother also looked very embarrassed.

Lu Xiuyuan knew the character of Master and the others, so this matter could not be blamed here, they are not good at these things themselves, and it would be difficult for them to force them to be honest.

He can only feel that the old emperor is still very good at employing people. If this is a powerful first assistant, the first prince and the second prince are so ugly, he probably has already controlled the court by himself.

"Let the First Prince know that I was assassinated because of him. You must make it clear that the other party not only killed me, but also put the blame on the First Prince. Don't worry about the rest, I will do it myself."

Lu Xiuyuan's temper was a little irritable after today's Achen's injury incident, and he tried his best to control it, but what he said to Master and the others still smacked of gunpowder.

After drinking the rest of the tea, he saluted and apologized to the two of them.

"Master and brother, I'm sorry, I can't control my temper today..."

The other party also understood very well that in just one day, after going through three ghost gates, no one would calm down so quickly.

"Erlang, why don't you stay here tonight? Master and brother will accompany you."

"No, no." Lu Xiuyuan quickly refused, "Ah Chen is still at home, I'll be back in a while."

As soon as he heard him say this, his senior brother sighed enviously: "I don't know when your sister-in-law will be able to come here. When things here are completely settled, I will pick them up and come to the capital together."

As soon as he talked about his family, Lu Xiuyuan unconsciously relaxed.

"When this place is stable, after my little nephew is studying in two years, I must take my mother and the others over to have fun in the capital."

Thinking of Mrs. Zhang at home, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips.

Afterwards, he chatted with his senior brother about family matters, and he was about to say goodbye and leave.

"Master and brother, Ah Chen hasn't had dinner yet, I'm afraid he will be anxious if he wakes up and won't see me, so I'll go back today."

The two were about to send him out, but Lu Xiuyuan quickly reached out to stop him.

"Don't send it, don't send it, I can go back by myself..."

"Oh, that's right! Achen's strength is estimated to be known by Patriarch Zhao and the others through today's action, and the big tiger, who is killed now, will definitely blame the eldest prince. If there is any disturbance in the court, don't forget Just tell me."

After watching the other party respond, he left the Wu residence.

It's just that this incident didn't develop as Lu Xiuyuan imagined.

Originally thought that the other party would talk about the previous assassin and the tiger, and frame the eldest prince in the court, but he didn't expect that he waited for a day, two days, three days, and there was no news at all.

Out of curiosity, Lu Xiuyuan asked the young master's people to inquire again, but the result surprised him.

As for the assassin incident, because the assassin was dead, the clues were interrupted and the investigation was stopped. The tiger was even more bizarre. He died of illness directly, and no other information was disclosed.

This is a bit abnormal. According to the personality of the second prince, he will definitely not take good care of the first prince, leading to the death of the tiger. Just a little provocation...

The key is not to provoke.

In fact, it's not that the second prince didn't want to find trouble, it's just that they all thought that the tiger was killed by the third brother.

After all, King Ming under the Second Prince's subordinates has been at odds with Patriarch Zhao for many years, and they often entrap each other these years.

"You, Prince Ming, are the only one in the capital who is strong enough to kill a tiger with his bare hands. How can you still quibble about this?"

"And you happened to disappear for a while during the hunt, how do you explain that?!"

This operation not only failed, but also damaged dozens of elite private soldiers. Patriarch Zhao's heart aches every time he thinks about it.

"The people I have trained for so many years! They are all elites with both civil and military skills, but they were all beaten to death in the end!"

Patriarch Zhao became angrier as he spoke: "But how can a scholar who has no power to restrain a chicken escape and silence everyone by the way?"

The other party glanced suspiciously at King Ming next to him: "You killed the tiger, so could it be you who killed the human as well?"

King Ming's face was expressionless, even though he was falsely accused of deliberately sabotaging Patriarch Zhao's plan, he didn't look nervous at all.

"I said I went to barbecue, and I brought two roasted deer legs back, you didn't miss it."

"It takes so long for a roasted deer leg to disappear?" Patriarch Zhao obviously didn't believe it.

The other party spread his hands innocently: "If you think so, then I can't help it."

"You!" This explanation is no different from no explanation, and it sounds even more provoking.

Patriarch Zhao complained to the second prince who was next to him.

"Second Highness, look! Look at this arrogance! That Lu Zhuangyuan is so thin, he can survive this, King Ming is definitely not innocent!"

"Zhao Shilang, can you do it? Can you replace me?"

Prince Ming impatiently picked his ear with his little finger: "But just a scholar, you see that you have spent so much manpower and failed, I think it's better to forget it, and quickly give me this opportunity."

"You have a good idea!" Patriarch Zhao was about to explode in anger, "I will definitely not miss it next time!"

Seeing that patriarch Zhao was in a hurry, the second prince above reprimanded the king several times.

Only then did King Ming's face become serious, and he stopped arguing with Patriarch Zhao, but turned sideways and took two steps forward, standing under the second prince, with his head slightly lowered.

He showed absolute loyalty to the second prince.

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