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

Chapter 162 Jiang Chongjin begged for rain, competed with all kinds of fancy mystical arts, and the Seventh Prince was caught in a routine
"Master examiner, this is the note I am going to draft." Jiang Chongjin handed the note in his hand to the examiner.

The examiner glanced at the note, it was empty, but a blank piece of paper.

The examiner looked up at Jiang Chongjin, and then ordered to the guards beside him, "Search this room for me!"

With an order, the group of guards began to search Jiang Chongjin's room.

They searched tables and chairs from the test basket, and then searched every corner of the room, and even searched Jiang Chongjin's whole body.

Especially Jiang Chongjin's book case was searched several times.

In the end, they didn't find anything, so the examiner frowned and left with the guards.

On this day, Jiang Chongjin's exam went well.

At dusk, when the preliminary test was over, he left the Gongyuan and returned to his own house.

After his wife changed his court clothes for him, he went into the inner room and took off his left thumb.

It was a fake finger cot, in which he hid the note during the day.

Now, he pulled out the note from inside, threw it into the oil lamp and burned it clean.

**
It was night, King Kang, the Seventh Prince, and the Ninth Prince gathered in King Kang's Mansion.

"What? Failed again this time?!" King Kang was furious when he heard the news.

Ninth Prince: "Our people obviously hid something in Jiang Chongjin's table and chairs, so how could the examiner not find it?"

Kang Wang: "It didn't take long from entering the examination room to handing out the test papers, but Jiang Chongjin was able to destroy the evidence in a short period of time. Someone must have informed Jiang Chongjin in advance to make him take precautions in advance."

"Who could it be?" Ninth Prince frowned, "This time, only the three of us know except the examiner who hid the note in Jiang Chongjin's case."

Seventh Prince: "Could it be the examiner? I heard that the examiner is an official of the Ministry of Rites. Doesn't the prince happen to be in charge of the Ministry of Rites?"

Kang Wang: "The examiner has collected our money, and it is impossible to expose the matter. What good does it do him? If people find out, wouldn't he be the one who will be harmed?"

The Seventh Prince said from another angle: "I heard that Jiang Chongjin is quite knowledgeable in metaphysics. Could it be that he did a fortune-telling calculation for himself before the exam, and figured out that someone would harm him during the exam?"

Ninth Prince: "I heard that fortune-tellers like them are very accurate in fortune-telling for others, but not for themselves. It's the same reason that doctors can't heal themselves."

The Seventh Prince was so guilty that he pretended to be puzzled, "That's really strange."

Kang Wang and Ninth Prince fell into deep thought.

Immediately afterwards, after the two brothers looked at each other, they didn't mention the matter again.

Kang Wang: "Lao Qi, Lao Jiu and I have been living in your summer residence recently. Your Zhuangzi is really cool. Even your sister-in-law praises you for staying here. We live in such a good Zhuangzi. You yourself But can't stay."

Ninth Prince: "My daughter-in-law also said that the village is comfortable to live in. Summer is almost over now, and the weather is getting colder. My daughter-in-law is cold. It doesn't matter how hot the charcoal fire is in the house every year. Cold hands and feet."

"Then what's the matter, the king has several shelters in the middle of the capital." After hearing this, the Seventh Prince said in a huffy voice, "The ground is just like the fire dragon in the palace. It's so warm."

"Ninth brother, when the time comes, I'll ask someone to deliver the key on the Zhuangzi to your house. You and your siblings can live in, and I'll keep you comfortable!"

"Then thank you Seventh Brother." The Ninth Prince smiled, but there was something unusual in that smile.

Kang Wang: "Seventh brother, last time you gave my father-in-law the "Snow Mountain Picture". He liked it so much that he had it framed and hung it in his study. Let me tell you, he was so angry last time. I don’t even have a good face when I see it, but after receiving the painting, I finally have a good face.”

"By the way, I also heard him say that the great ancient painter has a painting of "Flowers and Birds". You know, I'm just a rough person and I don't know much about it. Seventh brother, do you know the price of that picture?"

Seventh Prince: "I know that picture. It seems to be [-]% more expensive than "Snow Mountain Picture". Why, does your father-in-law like it very much? Then I will ask someone to buy that picture tomorrow."

Recently, the restaurant and the rouge shop have earned a lot of money. When he thought that the money was obtained by betraying his second brother and ninth brother, he felt guilty and wanted to make up for them.

"What? It's half as expensive as "Snow Mountain Picture"?" Kang Wang thought it was expensive, "It's too expensive, I'm afraid it's not the gold of the painting. Seventh brother, I appreciate your kindness, but this painting is too expensive. forget it."

"What's the matter, my brother, money can't buy my brother's happiness!" The Seventh Prince insisted on buying, "When the painting is finished, I'll send someone to send it to your house."

Kang Wang: "Since the seventh brother is so loyal, I will thank the seventh brother on behalf of my father-in-law."

**
After the prince learned that there was something wrong with the examiner who searched Jiang Chongjin, he asked people to check the official's bad deeds.

Who can guarantee that there will be no bad deeds in his career as an official?
The examiner was an official from the Ministry of Rites, and within two days, he found out a lot of bad deeds.

The prince directly dismissed the official, took him to the dungeon, and asked him to kill him.

On July 21, the results of the preliminary test came out, and the court selected 300 people, including Jiang Chongjin.

On July 22nd, the "Xuan Jing Yin Yang Division" pavilion examination began!
The pavilion examination was held in the Palace of Preserving Harmony, and Emperor Jianyuan came up with the questions.

The topic was the result of the second battle in the west, and candidates were required to answer the outcome through divination.

As for the answer, Emperor Jianyuan had received a secret letter from the border yesterday, but it has not been made public yet, and only Emperor Jianyuan knows the secret.

Among them, those who have real talents and hard work have calculated that the West has suffered a defeat this time.

Of course, there are also people who make up their numbers and blindly touch the right answer.

After all, in war, besides winning the battle, you will also lose the battle. There are only two choices, and it is relatively easy to get the right answer.

Jiang Chongjin quickly figured out that the west had been defeated, and wrote the word "defeated" on the exam question.

Since only one question is tested, the test result will be issued on the spot.

In Jiang Chongjin's eyes, it was an easy question, but more than 200 people were eliminated, and only [-] people entered the palace test!
The final palace examination was held on the 25th, and the test was about mystical arts.

Each candidate chooses one of the most proficient in mystic arts, and conducts a competition!

At that time, in addition to Emperor Jianyuan, princes and nobles will also participate in this grand competition of mystical arts!

On July 25th, Pei Xuanling served a bowl of water and brought Jiang Shishi and Xue Liangdi to the Palace of Preserving Harmony, allowing the two of them to meet their elder brother.

Although Xue Liangdi's elder brother did not take the exam, Xue Youcai attended the Hall of Preserving Harmony to watch the Xuanshu competition.

When they arrived at the Hall of Preserving Harmony, Xue Liangdi's brother and sister met each other, both of them were teary-eyed and had endless words to say.

Seeing this, Jiang Shishi and the prince did not disturb the meeting of the brothers and sisters, but found a seat in the hall.

After about a stick of incense, the guests and examinees arrived one after another.

Xue Liangdi also sat down beside Jiang Shishi with red eyes, and smiled at Jiang Shishi.

After everyone arrived, Emperor Jianyuan came out and took his seat on the dragon chair at the top.

Moreover, there was a middle-aged Taoist priest sitting beside the emperor.

All the princes and ministers sat at the bottom, and outside the hall were candidates who were about to perform mystic arts.

With the sound of whipping outside the hall, the exam officially began.

First, a candidate enters with a torch in hand.

"Your Majesty, what I'm performing next is to exorcise magic by breathing fire." After saluting to Emperor Jianyuan, he breathed fire at the torch, and the torch was instantly ignited.

Immediately afterwards, he blew obliquely, upwardly, downwardly, turned over, and the flames in his mouth kept on blowing.

The light of the fire will become mushroom-shaped for a while, and cloud-shaped for a while.
In the end, the flame was several feet long, flying over the palace like a fire dragon.

The princes and ministers present were so scared that they were afraid of being ignited by the fire he spewed out, so they dodged left and right.

The key point is that there has been no rain for two months. Even if there are many ice basins in the hall, it can't resist his spouting fire like this.

The already hot weather, coupled with the fact that he continued to breathe fire, caused the temperature in the hall to rise sharply, and many guests were unbearably hot.

"Quick, stop quickly, but don't set the hall on fire!" An old official stopped him.

And that candidate had already finished his performance and left the hall, and the next candidate entered.

The next candidates performed mysteries such as "Leaning forward without falling down", "Dividing the human body", "Big transformation into a living person" and so on.
During the period, the middle-aged Taoist priest at the top came to talk next to the emperor, as if commenting.

The princes and ministers in the palace were quite frightened, especially those female relatives, whose faces turned pale with fright, but still maintained a good manner and smile.

One by one, laughing is uglier than crying.

There were a few more delicate concubines who went straight into the arms of their own men.

"God, this man is standing there tilted, and he won't fall down"

"And that human body segmentation, the woman's head and feet were separated, and she was still alive?"

"This examinee, how did he conjure up a beautiful woman out of thin air? If I were him, I would make myself a beautiful woman every day."

Discussions like this rang out in the hall.

Pei Xuanling glanced at Jiang Liangdi beside her from the corner of her eye, and saw the woman watching all this indifferently, "Aren't you afraid?"

"I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid, but there are many people in the palace. I must maintain a good manner and not embarrass you." Jiang Shishi pretended to be a little scared, and then returned to normal.

I thought I could really see a grand competition of mystical arts, but... are you sure this is not a grand competition of magic?
Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, magic was already so popular in ancient times.

The honest Xue Liangdi had already turned pale with fright, "Sister Jiang, these mysterious techniques are too bluffing, I might have a nightmare tonight."

"Which mysterious magic technique frightened you?" Jiang Shishi changed her words in time.

In her opinion, these magic tricks have flaws, and there is nothing to be afraid of.

Xue Liangdi: "It's the mysterious technique that cuts a woman in half. The woman's upper body and lower body are separated, with a smile on her face, and her feet can move freely. Even now, when I think of that woman's smile, I feel so weird. people."

After hearing this, Jiang Shishi leaned close to Xue Liangdi's ear and said in a voice that could only be heard by the two of them: "I suspect that the woman was not cut open, but that there was a person in each of the two boxes, but one was in charge of exposing her head and the other was in charge of exposing her hair." foot."

Hearing that brother Xue Liangdi got along well with Jiang Chongjin, she said a few more words to Xue Liangdi.

"Really?" Xue Liangdi thought about it for a while, "After hearing what you said, it really seems like that, so I'm not that scared anymore."

It was a bit unexpected for Pei Xuanling to see the two women beside him talking and laughing, coexisting peacefully.

There were more than [-] people participating in this mysterious art competition. Jiang Shishi waited until the afternoon before seeing Jiang Chongjin enter the hall.

Fortunately, there were pastries, wine and dishes prepared at the banquet, so Jiang Shishi would not be hungry.

I saw Jiang Chongjin entering the hall wearing a blue official robe, "Your Majesty, there has been no rain for a long time recently, and many places in central Beijing are dry. Therefore, I want to ask for rain."

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the hall!
"I heard that only disciples who have attained profound Taoism in the Taoist sect can perform the ritual of praying for rain, and whether or not they will get rain is another matter."

"The last time the emperor asked Taoist Jia to ask for rain, Taoist Jia refused. It is probably because his morality is low and he can't ask for rain, so he shirked."

"Now Mr. Jiang is amplifying his moves as soon as he comes up. Could it be that Mr. Jiang's profound skills are higher than Taoist Jia?"

"."

Hearing these words, Taoist Jia's eyes turned slightly beside Emperor Jianyuan.

"I've been worrying about this recently, but I didn't expect you to ask for rain, so let's start!" When Emperor Jianyuan spoke, there was undisguised expectation in his tone.

Jiang Chongjin: "There are a lot of sacrificial offerings that need to be prepared for the ceremony of praying for rain, and a lot of preparations are required. Therefore, I beg Your Highness to let other candidates take the exam first. After I have prepared everything properly, it will be my turn to pray for rain."

"As long as you can ask for rain, these are not problems." Emperor Jianyuan readily agreed.

With the consent of Emperor Jianyuan, Jiang Chongjin went out to arrange for rain.

Before leaving the hall, Jiang Chongjin saw Jiang Shishi in the hall.

The brothers and sisters gave each other a smile at the same time, which was regarded as a face-to-face.

Although the ensuing mystery competition was very exciting, everyone was thinking about Jiang Chongjin's prayer for rain.

Especially Emperor Jianyuan, since Jiang Chongjin left the palace, he has been a little absent-minded.

The recent drought in the capital and the area to the north has caused the common people to lose their grain.

If it weren't for the imperial court going around to provide relief and porridge, how many people would starve to death.

In some places, people don't even have water to drink.

If Jiang Chongjin can really ask for rain, at least the people can get over the difficulties earlier.

In addition, it would be great if it can catch up with the autumn seeds.

However, an hour later, there was no good news from Jiang Chongjin.

Instead, a guard entered the palace, and bad news came, "Your Majesty, Mr. Jiang's ceremony of praying for rain has been prepared, but there is no rain."

Emperor Jianyuan raised his eyebrows, "Are you sure everything is ready?"

Guard: "Master Jiang prepared a lot of tributes and tools, and asked someone to burn a lot of wood on a cliff in the palace. We did everything he said, but we didn't wait until it rained."

"Since begging for rain failed, why didn't he come here to report in person, wouldn't he be ashamed to face others?" The one who said this was Kang Wang, who had always been outspoken.

"." Emperor Jianyuan showed disappointment, "Call Jiang Chongjin to me!"

Jiang Shishi did not expect Jiang Chongjin's rain-seeking ceremony to fail.

In fact, failure to pray for rain is also very common.

Just looking at the face of Emperor Jianyuan, he was probably not very happy.

According to this situation, Jiang Chongjin is estimated to be eliminated.

After a while, Jiang Chongjin entered the palace with sweat profusely, and knelt down to Emperor Jianyuan.

Emperor Jianyuan didn't cry out, but just looked down at Jiang Chongjin, "I heard that you failed to pray for rain?"

"It's not a failure." Jiang Chongjin said truthfully: "Just now I checked, there was something wrong with the sword and gossip mirror that asked for rain, so I didn't ask for rain. Therefore, I implore the emperor to give me another chance. .”

All of a sudden, the Minister Wang Gong in the hall said something nasty.

"I still don't admit my failure in praying for rain, and even blamed the tools. It's just as true as I said."

"Fortunately, I thought he was better than Taoist Jia before, but now it seems that Taoist Jia at least knows how much he is."

"It's not like some people who are overconfident and still refuse to recognize the facts."

"That's right, with so many sacrifices, and setting fire on the cliff, it looks like gimmicky at first glance, so let's just eliminate them."

"." Emperor Jianyuan's eyes fell on Jiang Chongjin, "If I give you another chance, you still haven't asked for rain?"

"." Jiang Chongjin paused for a moment, then made up his mind, "If you still don't get the rain, I will let the emperor deal with me!"

Emperor Jianyuan was silent for a few breaths, then narrowed his eyes and said: "Okay, I will give you another chance!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Jiang Chongjin thanked the emperor and hurried out.

Pei Xuanling told Huang Dechang, "Send some people to guard Jiang Chongjin, and keep an eye out for people to tamper with his things."

"Yes." After Huang Dechang agreed, he left the hall secretly.

Jiang Shishi turned her head and looked at the prince, with gratitude in her eyes.

Immediately afterwards, another hour passed, more than 90 candidates had all finished their performances, and there was no news from Jiang Chongjin.

Therefore, many people in the hall were whispering.

"It's been a long time, so why hasn't Jiang Chongjin come?"

"It probably failed again. I don't know which corner to hide in?"

"Since it failed the first time, it will definitely not succeed the second time. No matter how many times he does it again, it will still be like that!"

"Father, it's already the hour of the year. If you wait any longer, the sun will be setting." Kang Wang got up impatiently, "There is still something to do in the son's mansion, so why don't you wait?"

Kang Wang took the lead, and the rest of the princes and ministers also expressed that they did not want to wait.

Emperor Jianyuan also got impatient with waiting, so he dismissed the crowd, "Since all the candidates have finished their exams, it's getting late, so let's leave!"

Jiang Shishi looked outside, and saw a few dark clouds suddenly appearing in the sky, and hurriedly reminded everyone, "Look, everyone, there are dark clouds outside, maybe it will rain soon!"

(End of this chapter)