Asking the heavens starts with Xiaoao

Chapter 171
Liu Ji did not contact Yue Buqun.In order to prevent the proctors from colluding with the candidates to cheat, the proctors and candidates are not allowed to have any contact with each other. This is an iron rule.Although Liu Ji is expensive as the examiner, he is no exception.

After the courtyard was closed, it was time to transcribe the papers and mark the papers.None of this has much to do with Liu Ji.He only needs to re-examine the test papers recommended by the same examiner and set a ranking.

But he was not allowed to be free either. Before the ranking came out, the group of them were not allowed to contact the outside world.

Liu Ji was not in a hurry, since he knew Yue Buqun's background, he didn't worry about finding him.It doesn't matter if it's early or late.

What's more, he had already notified Wang Zhi through the soldiers who delivered the meal, presumably Wang Zhi had already set his sights on Yue Buqun by this time.

It will take about ten days for the examination papers to be graded, and it will be September when he decides the ranking and puts up the list.

During this period, the scholars will wait quietly in Chang'an City, waiting for the moment when the list is announced.

Outside the tribute courtyard, Zhang Lingxuan looked at Yue Buqun, pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Great talent Yue, how did you do in the exam?"

Yue Buqun seemed to be full of confidence, bragging: "The mere rural exam is nothing to worry about! This exam, Xie Yuan will definitely come in handy!"

Zhang Lingxuan happily said: "Yue Jieyuan, how does it feel to take the exam inside?"

Yue Buqun said: "The exam room is full of different styles. It's hard to describe it in one word!"

He said to Zhang Lingxuan: "Let's not talk about this, I have been locked up inside for ten days, and all the oil and water in my stomach have fallen out."

"In order to celebrate in advance that I was released from high school, let's go to Zuixianlou and reward myself with a good meal! I will tell you about the situation inside at the dinner table!"

He knew that Zhang Lingxuan didn't have much money on hand.But this girl's three outlooks are quite upright, as if she has taken the ideological, moral and political lessons of Yue Buqun's previous life, she looks like a successor to communism.

She would rather live in embarrassment than extend her hand to those corrupt officials, local tyrants and evil gentry in Chang'an to borrow some money to spend.

For the past ten days, the inn expenses and food expenses have to be settled by herself. According to this girl's temperament, it is estimated that she can save and save, and she hasn't had a good meal for a long time.

Sure enough, when Yue Buqun said this, Zhang Lingxuan cheered.She grabbed Yue Buqun's hand and said: "The food at Zuixianlou is so delicious! Since the talented Yue is treating guests, then this girl must have a good meal!"

Yue Buqun smiled and nodded, and said: "In this way, Miss Lao Lingxuan will lead the way!"

He threw the basket containing the pen, ink, paper and inkstone in his hand, and threw it directly into the garbage dump by the wall.

Then, amidst all the talented people looking sideways, they chatted and laughed with Zhang Lingxuan, and walked towards Zuixian Tower.

Zhao Wenju was very irritable. He seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit these days, with small red bumps growing on his body.It's fine on weekdays, but as long as Qi Nian moves, it's unbearably itchy, and it's even more heart-wrenching to scratch it with your hands.

Green fluff grew from those bumps, and it looked like a green hairy monster from a distance after taking off its clothes.

It's strange to say that in the entire Gao Mansion, he and Mr. Gao were the only ones suffering from this strange disease.

The rest of the family members are all well.And the servants and maids in the front yard are all fine.

Both he and Mr. Gao have invited the famous doctors in Chang'an city, but none of them can name Chou Yinmao.

Zhao Wenju and Mr. Gao were restless and bored. They didn't even dare to leave the door all day long, and they shut themselves in the door and sulked.

The two of them were unlucky, and there was another person who was as unlucky as they were, that prostitute Sang Chong, who was imprisoned in the inner house by Gao Xuan, and was also tricked.

Fortunately, the subordinates obeyed Gao Xuan's instructions, and they only delivered meals to him at the door on weekdays, and never met him face to face, so no one noticed.

Yue Buqun brought Zhang Lingxuan to Zuixianlou, it was already dark.

They opened the door and went in, only to find that the entire Zuixian building was empty. A young man of sixteen or seventeen, wearing a red robe, was sitting in the center of the hall, with a large table of steaming wine and food in front of him.

Seeing the two of them enter the building, the young man sat still, stretched his hand towards the seat, and said, "Master Yue, Miss Lingxuan, please take your seats quickly, our family has been waiting here for a long time!"

Yue Buqun heard that he claimed to be a miscellaneous family, so he knew that this was an eunuch, so he said immediately: "Thank you, father-in-law, we seem to be strangers to each other, don't we?"

The young man said with a smile: "After eating this meal, we will know each other. I just wonder if the two of you have the guts to sit down?"

Zhang Lingxuan tugged on Yue Buqun's sleeve and shook her head at him.Yue Buqun patted her hand, and said: "I have been imprisoned in the Gongyuan for nine days for the exam, and I am already too hungry. Since my father-in-law invites you to a banquet, I'd rather be respectful than obedient!"

He couldn't figure out where this young eunuch came from, but relying on his "Nine Suns Divine Art" to be invulnerable to all poisons, he was not afraid.

The young man laughed loudly and said, "Young Master Yue is so bold, come here, please take a seat. In order to let you eat well, our family has reserved the entire Zuixianlou, so that no unrelated people will come to disturb you."

This young man is Wang Zhi, the governor of the West Factory.He had received a summons from Liu Ji before, and he had already set his sights on Yue Buqun.

Hearing that Yue Buqun took Zhang Lingxuan to Zuixianlou for dinner, he booked the entire Zuixianlou first.

Wang Zhi picked up a jug of wine, got up to help Yue Buqun fill it up, and when he was about to pour it for Zhang Lingxuan, Yue Buqun stopped him and said, "I'm sorry, Father-in-law, Lingxuan can't drink."

Wang Zhi didn't force it, he filled himself up and said, "Young Master Yue, come here, the miscellaneous family will offer you a toast first!"

Yue Buqun raised his wine glass and had a drink with Wang Zhi.

Wang Zhi drank the glass of wine in one gulp, and laughed loudly: "Young Master Yue is refreshing! Come, come, eat food."

Wang Zhi greeted the two of them to eat food.Yue Buqun's Nine Yang Divine Art protects his body, he is not afraid of all toxins, and he will not refuse anyone who comes.

Seeing that Yue Buqun wasn't afraid at all, Zhang Linxuan didn't stop her from eating vegetables, so he let go of his guard and started to eat vegetables.

Yue Buqun took a few mouthfuls of food, put down his chopsticks and said, "Thanks to your father-in-law's hospitality, I haven't asked your father-in-law Gao's name yet."

Wang Zhi smiled and said: "Our family name is Wang Zhi, and we are the newly established governor of the West Factory."

Yue Buqun's heart skipped a beat, it turned out that this person was the famous West Factory Governor Wang Zhi.

Xichang, Dongchang, and Jinyiwei were scolded by later generations of literati, and the most scolded and most ruthless were Xichang and Wang Zhi.

This West Factory can not only picket the officials, but also monitor the factory guards. The power is too great.

Yue Buqun said: "I don't know Mount Tai, but I still hope that the governor will make amends. I just don't know why the governor came to find Yue."

Wang Zhi said: "Miscellaneous families are looking for Mr. Yue, and they only come here for one thing."

Yue Buqun said: "The governor wants to ask something, but please speak directly."

Wang Zhi said: "Two years ago, the bandits in Wuhu Mountain in Fuzhou were wiped out overnight, and dozens of Mongols were also killed together. I wonder if Mr. Yue knew about this?"

When Yue Buqun heard it, it turned out that this was the matter, and immediately said straightforwardly: "This is exactly what I did."

(End of this chapter)