After wearing the book, the Buddhist imperial concubine has spoiled again

Chapter 114
The search of the Tribute Court continued until noon, and half of the candidates had already been searched and entered the Tribute Court.

Half of the candidates are still waiting in line outside.

At this time, they were so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs, and they opened the test baskets they carried with them one after another, and used the food they brought to satisfy their hunger.

When it was time for lunch, the kitchen of the Gongyuan also arranged meals for the prince and the examiners.

Huang Dechang and others brought the meal to the room for the prince to enjoy.

Jiang Shishi and the guards received meals in the dining hall and had lunch in the dining hall.

After she was full, she went back to the prince and saw him flipping through a booklet.

Seeing him coming in, the prince dismissed everyone, leaving only Huang Dechang alone.

"This is the list of candidates. Check to see if your brother's name is there." Pei Xuanling handed the booklet to Huang Dechang.

Huang Dechang handed it over to Jiang Shishi.

Jiang Shishi took the thick blue booklet, found a chair and looked through it.

There are thousands of examinees this year. If Jiang Shishi reads the complete version, it will probably take an afternoon.

Fortunately, she was lucky, and within a short time, she found the name of the original owner's brother.

When her eyes fell on the name "Jiang Chongjin", Jiang Shishi was overjoyed, "Your Highness, I found it!"

Pei Xuanling was looking at the information, and when the woman said that he had found it, he raised his head and said, "There are room numbers for the exams for the scholars in the booklet. You can find someone based on his location and seat."

There are thousands of single-person examination rooms in the Gongyuan. Each room is five feet long, four feet wide, and eight feet high.

"Well, I saw my eldest brother's room number." Jiang Shishi continued to flip through the brochure, "However, the exam is going to be tomorrow, I don't plan to look for him now, lest he be distracted and affect his exam. After he finishes the exam, I'll talk to him again."

After hearing this, Pei Xuanling nodded and continued to check the books.

At this moment, an eunuch came in and reported, "Your Highness, Xue Youcai is asking to see you."

"Xue Youcai? Which Xue Youcai?" Pei Xuanling raised his eyebrows.

Obviously, he didn't know this man named Xue Youcai.

It was Huang Dechang who reminded softly, "Your Highness, this Xue Youcai is Xue Liangdi's elder brother."

Pei Xuanling nodded, indicating that he understood.

Then he frowned, and said displeasedly: "Tomorrow is the exam, he doesn't study hard, what is he doing here?"

I don't know how to avoid suspicion at all!
The little eunuch: "I don't know too much about this servant, but I just saw that he is well-mannered and well-spoken, and he looks very anxious, saying that he has something urgent to see you."

Hearing that there was something urgent, Pei Xuanling's eyes turned slightly, "Let him come in."

Since someone wanted to come in, Jiang Shishi immediately put down the brochure in her hand, and stood behind the prince in an orderly manner to act as a guard.

Soon, the little eunuch brought Xue Youcai in.

"Candidate Xue Youcai has met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." After Xue Youcai came in with the examination basket, he saluted the Crown Prince.

Pei Xuanling waved his hand, signaling him to get up, "Sit."

Xue Youcai sat down in an armchair in the room, and Huang Dechang poured him tea.

Looking at Xue Youcai, Pei Xuanling asked calmly, "I heard that you are in a hurry to find Gu?"

Xue Youcai took the teacup from Huang Dechang, "Xue really has something important to do with His Highness."

However, he didn't say anything for a long time, and his eyes still fell on Huang Dechang and Jiang Shishi, obviously afraid that they would hear.

Pei Xuanling: "It's okay, they are all Gu's confidantes, if you have something to say, just say it."

Now that the crown prince said so, Xue Youcai didn't shy away from it, and pointed out the key point directly, "Your Highness, someone brought a small book in my exam basket."

Hearing this, Pei Xuanling raised his thick eyebrows, "Bring it to Gu to see."

After Xue Youcai answered, he opened the test basket he brought.

Standing behind the crown prince, Jiang Shishi saw that Xue Youcai was gentle and gentle, and his appearance was somewhat similar to that of Xue Liangdi.

She saw Xue Youcai open the lid of the basket and take out the first drawer box.

The first drawer box contained salt, sauce vinegar, eggs and other things.

Then, the second layer of drawer boxes containing steamed buns, cakes and pancakes is exposed.

Xue Youcai also took off the second layer, and the third layer of drawers contained pens and ink, digging knives, paste, etc.

Xue Youcai took out a small thumb-sized book from the gap in the third drawer, and handed it to Huang Dechang.

Huang Dechang handed it over to the crown prince, "Your Highness, look."

Pei Xuanling took the small book and flipped through it a few times.

Standing behind the prince, Jiang Shishi could only see that the book was thick and the size of a thumb, and it was densely filled with characters the size of ants.

To be precise, those characters are smaller than ants, and the sum of the three characters is no more than the size of a grain of rice.

Such small characters are difficult for people with good eyesight to see clearly. It is estimated that they need to use a magnifying glass to see them.

Seeing the prince flipping through the book, Xue Youcai said, "This little book has six volumes, and there are more than 4 small characters in total."

The corner of Jiang Shishi's mouth twitched slightly, there are so many words in such a small book?
After flipping through it casually a few times, Pei Xuanling asked, "Who has touched your test basket?"

"Xue pays special attention to this exam. Since he came to Beijing to rush for the exam, he has acted extremely cautiously. When staying in the inn, no one has ever touched my exam basket."

"Before I entered the tribute courtyard today, I checked it specially. There was nothing suspicious inside and outside the test basket. Xue really couldn't figure out what went wrong."

Pei Xuanling: "Think about it carefully."

Xue Youcai frowned, looking puzzled.

After racking his brains for a while, he said: "I remembered, when the examiners were checking the test basket for me, they moved my test basket, and after I entered the Gongyuan, a man dressed as a guard bumped into me , knocked my basket over."

"The person dressed as a guard?" Pei Xuanling asked, "Did the guard touch your basket?"

Xue Youcai scratched his head, "There were too many people around at that time, so I didn't pay much attention."

Pei Xuanling: "What kind of clothes are the guards wearing?"

There are several groups of guards in the Gongyuan alone, such as the guards around him, the guards around Lao Liu, the guards of the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and the guards of the Gongyuan.

And the clothes of the guards are almost the same, only the color and texture of the clothes are slightly different, and some even have the same color of the clothes.

Xue Youcai frowned and thought for a while, then slowly said: "I remember that guard was wearing blue clothes with a black belt and a circle of white topstitching at the hem."

After hearing this, Huang Dechang shook his head, "Xue Juren, you are speaking in too general terms, I wonder if you can see clearly what patterns are embroidered on that man's clothes?"

Xue Youcai thought about it again, and then turned his attention to the guard behind the prince, "The pattern on the guard's clothes is the same as the guard's uniform on his body!"

As soon as these words came out, Xue Youcai, Huang Dechang, and Pei Xuanling all looked at Jiang Shishi.

Jiang Shishi also looked down at her clothes.

Pei Xuanling: "Are you sure?"

Xue Youcai nodded, "Sure! It's his clothes!"

(End of this chapter)