Yi Song

Chapter 182 Gongyuan is about to open

March 12th of the first year of Chonghe, Wuxu year, Bingchen month, Dingchou day.

It is suitable for offering sacrifices, studying, accepting gifts, and getting married. It is taboo to break the earth and combine longevity trees.

The four phases of auspicious gods and three gods continue to exist, and they are located in the southeast.

Just after midnight, the morning bell in the bell tower sounded slowly, accompanied by the brilliance of the rising sun, spreading throughout the entire Bianjing city.

Zhao Kai put on an ordinary green shirt and robe, put on the footless futou, and tied a green and white jade silk cinnamon twig belt.

Opening the suitcase on the table, the inside is divided into three compartments. In the left compartment are four Hu pens, two Wolf brushes in small regular script, and two Rat brushstrokes in regular script.

In the middle grid is an inkstone with the lid closed, which looks very neat.

The four golden emblems of the Chunchi number were neatly coded in ink and placed next to the inkstone. Each strip of ink was carefully torn off half of the oil-wrapped paper, shining with a metallic luster.

On the other side of the inkstone was a Ru kiln water cup and a bulging sheepskin water bag.

In the right grid is a paperweight.

It is made of polished black jade from Laojun Peak of Xiong'er Mountain. It is warm in winter and cool in summer. There is no carving on it. The pattern of ink painting of mountains and flowing water contained in the stone is enough to attract people.

"Your Majesty, the slaves have checked again and again. The pen has been moistened with warm water, the ink has been polished, and the water bag is filled with well water from the Wenchang Temple. It was newly brought this morning."

The maid next to her respectfully reported.

"Well. Zhao Wu, Qian Liu, Sun Qi, let's go." Zhao Kai looked up at the sky and found that it was almost time.

"It's the king."

"When you leave the house, you have to call me Sanlang, Zhao Sanlang. Remember it all."

"The little ones all remember it."

"Your Majesty, today the auspicious position is in the southeast. I have already asked the southeast corner gate to be ready, waiting for the king to leave the palace."

"Yeah." Zhao Kai responded absently, walked to the Taoist Hall above the mansion, and knelt down in front of the statue of the Three Pure Ones.

The statue of the god is solemn, with red curtains like a forest, and cigarette smoke.

Zhao Kai was solemn and pious, with his hands clasped together and chanting.

"The Three Pure Ones above, please bless me to have a prosperous future, and good times will come my way!"

After kowtowing three times respectfully, he stood up and raised his voice: "Let's go out of the house through the southeast corner door."

After leaving the house, he turned around two alleys and got on an ordinary ox cart at the entrance of an unknown alley.

Zhao Wu bent over, leaned his upper body into the carriage, and placed the suitcase at Zhao Kai's feet. After that, he, Qian Liu and Sun Qi stood on both sides of the bullock cart and shouted loudly: "Driver, get up!"

The coachman raised his whip and shouted loudly: "You are so arrogant that you can reach high school in one fell swoop. Donghua rolls his name, Qionglin plays the crown. Today he is a talented man, tomorrow he will be the number one scholar!"

Bang, bang, bang, the whip cracked three times in the air, and the pack ox mooed in a dignified manner, pulling the cart to start slowly.

Zhao Kai, who was sitting in the car, had his hands in his sleeves, his mouth tightened and his eyes closed.

Zhao Wu, Qian Liu, Sun Qi and others quietly peeked in through the gap in the door curtain. Seeing Zhao Kai's appearance, he knew that the king was thinking about something, so he didn't dare to say anything for fear of disturbing him.

Walking eastward along Panlou Street, you can see Gongsheng students in twos and threes walking toward Gongyuan, carrying baggage or wooden boxes.

From time to time, Gong students would get on the bullock cart. The driver shouted similar auspicious words, cracked his whip three times in the air, and then, surrounded by servants, he blended in with the flow of people and cars and walked towards the Gongyuan.

Like ants looking for food, they gather in one place from all directions.

Three streets away, the bullock cart was stopped, and a bunch of people were heard arguing with the sergeants who were blocking it.

"What's going on! My husband is a Gongsheng student going for the exam. Why did you stop the car and not let him go?"

"What! Get off the bus here and walk to the front to line up and get inspected?"

"There was no such rule in previous years! Who is your leader? Do you know who my husband is?"

While they were cursing, someone answered, "I know there was no such rule in previous years, but in previous years it was someone else who interfered with the matter. This year, it was Liu Jieshi who interfered with the matter, and all the rules were made by him!"

There's no point in telling me, I'm just following orders. Liu Jiezhi said that if anyone dares to disobey the rules, they will not be sent to the Tribute Academy for this subject and will come back to the next subject. " Hearing that it was Liu Guozhang who had taken over Jinke's customs, inspections, and inspections, and also set these rules that made them dissatisfied, the bustling voices suddenly became much lower.

Liu Erlang, if I say you won’t be allowed to enter the Gongyuan, you really can’t get in.

He really can do what he says!

It's useless even if you file a complaint, he is now famous in front of the officials!

Many people got out of the bullock carts, walked honestly into the walking team, and continued walking towards Gongyuan.

"Sanlang?" Zhao Wu turned sideways and asked in the car.

"I'll get off the car, and Zhao Wu will follow me in. Qian Liu and Sun Qi are waiting outside."

"Sanlang, how about I find someone to talk things over with? I have some friends in the Forbidden Army." Sun Qi said.

"I am now Zhao Kai, a scholar from Kaifeng."

"Understood, Saburo doesn't want to attract attention."

Zhao Kai got out of the car, and Zhao Wu followed closely with a wooden box, and soon he merged into the ranks of tens of thousands of tribute students.

"Liu Erlang ordered everyone to get off the bus three blocks away, line up on foot, and undergo inspection?" Yang Jian asked with a frown.

"Yes, Sir!" Yang Qian responded, "The news from the Forbidden Army was that the border defense had been deployed three days ago, but the inspection and inspection measures were only issued at midnight last night. The specifically responsible Forbidden Army was only designated at the second watch. Yes, emergency training took place for two hours."

"Is the investigation very strict?" Yang Jian asked, squinting his eyes.

"It's very strict. It can be said that from top to bottom, from the baggage to the wooden box, everything must be sifted. Not to mention cheat sheets, not even a louse can get in."

Yang Jian looked at Yang Jian and said with some worry: "Lang Jun, Liu Erlang's sudden appearance may cause a lot of trouble!"

"There must be a lot of articles! If you find out the cheat sheets, you can follow the clues and find out who is selling test questions." Yang You said disapprovingly, "Lang Jun, Yang Sancai, and Zhao Sixi are secretly selling test questions in Bianjing. All the well-informed people are all Have heard.

Liu Erlang has thousands of Hongying Party members, foot shops, and restaurant hangers all over Bianjing. He must know this news, and he must be able to follow this line and get to the head of the Gaomi County Prince's Mansion.

As soon as Liang Neixiang died, Liu Erlang became the number one general in the East Palace.

It is Liu Erlang's duty to completely defeat the three kings and consolidate his position in the East Palace. Now there is strict inspection and inspection, Lang Jun and his subordinates think this is Xiang Zhuang's sword dance, intended for Pei Gong! "

Yang Han touched his beardless chin, "What you said makes perfect sense. But I was thinking that if we want to defeat the three kings, we should start in the case of Zhu Meng and Tian Wenbao. Why wait until now."

Yang You chuckled twice, "Old man, didn't Lang Jun say that? The two cases of Zhu Meng and Tian Wenbao can only lead to death, and only one person can pretend to be involved, either Taishi Cai or the three kings.

Taishi Cai had already figured it out. Liu Erlang must eliminate the biggest threat first and put the three kings aside. Doesn’t the opportunity come again now?”

Yang Qian suddenly interjected, "In this case, Liu Erlang's loyalty to the East Palace is just that."

Yang You rolled his eyes at him. They are all adults in society. They must know what loyalty is.

Yang Jian raised his hand to signal the two of them to be silent.

Stand up, put your hands behind your back, and walk back and forth a few times.

"Yang Ye, follow me into the palace and take the South China Sea blood coral with you. Yang You, you stay at home and continue to pay attention to the news from Gongyuan."

"Yes." Yang Lian and Yang You responded quickly.

Yang Ye raised his head and asked: "Lang Jun, to whom is this blood coral dedicated?"

"The saint wanted one and had been thinking about it for a long time."

Yang Ling understood and said: "I understand, I will add twelve pieces of Chengdu Hundred Flowers Shu brocade. The saint said last month that she lacked a few pieces of curtains in the palace, and Shu brocade is the best."

After Yang Jian and Yang Jie left, Yang You returned to his yard and asked someone to bring a table of four dishes from Yuxianlou, as well as two bottles of Liquan wine newly produced there. He planned to drink all morning and wait for Gongyuan. "good" news.

Two quarters of an hour later, a boy ran in.

"Daddy, dear daddy, there's a fight at the gate of Gongyuan."

Yang You's eyes lit up and he slammed his wine glass on the table, "Okay! The show is about to begin!"

(End of this chapter)