The princess is above: the power minister's palm favor

The three-year scientific examination will begin soon.

At the same time, the hidden guards of the East Palace have checked all those people on the list.

"Your Highness, there is nothing wrong with these people, and they are all local talents with a high probability of being selected."

"The people who associate with them are also some classmates, and the background of those classmates is not a problem."

"However, there is only one named Gong Changming. His background is too clean, which made his subordinates suspicious."

When the name Gong Changming was mentioned, Li Yuze's mind immediately recalled the flustered and bewildered face when he was dragged by the helm of his clothes to meet the official in the street that day in Li Yuze's mind.

There was nothing wrong with that face.

He immediately raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you think there is something wrong with Gong Changming?"

The dark guard bowed his head and replied respectfully: "Your Highness, no matter how outstanding a person is, it is impossible for him to have a flawless background."

Just like that day on the street, he stepped on the foot of Prince Shun'an Hou. If he hadn't been lucky enough to meet the crown prince and the eldest princess, he would have been taken to the yamen a long time ago.

For such a poor student, even in a place like Jizhou, there are rich and powerful local gentry. If he doesn't have some special skills, how can he live smoothly for so many years?
Moreover, not only his background experience is simple, even his parents have never encountered any twists and turns in their lives.

Plain as a blank sheet of paper.

Li Yuze's eyes darkened. Indeed, the background was too simple and clean, so clean that it was unreal.

After a long silence, he ordered: "Send someone to watch him, don't be noticed."

The dark guard responded and withdrew.

The restaurant opposite the Gongyuan.

The building is full of customers.

Zuo Qing and Li Huang sat in the private room, and through the window, they could see a row of invigilators in the Gong Yuan sitting there under the scorching sun.

While knocking on the melon seeds, she sighed, "Fortunately, I'm not a man. If not, I would pass out before I finish the exam."

I heard that the place where the candidates take the exam is only that square inch, and they stay there for nine days. Many of them are weak, and after falling over, they are carried out directly.

Therefore, the ten-year cold window is not the most difficult. The most difficult thing is the few days of the exam. Many people stop their official careers because they cannot resist this last hurdle.

"You asked Ben Gong to come out today. Could it be that your elder brother will also end this year?"

Most of the people who came here to eat in the past few days were the family members of those examinees. Because of the special location of this restaurant, they could see the examinees coming out of the tribute courtyard for the first time.

Everyone is anxiously waiting for the result.

Zuo Qing eyes sparkled and nodded: "That's right, although His Majesty has given special permission for my elder brother to be an official without having to take the scientific examination, but he also wants to know, without the shadow of the family, whether he can be an official on his own. "

The corner of Li Huang's mouth twitched: "A talented person has really special ideas."

The two of them were having a pleasant chat here, when Mu Feng hurriedly opened the door and came in: "Your Highness, something serious has happened."

The corner of Li Huang's eyes twitched, and he frowned: "What happened?"

Mu Feng: "The old house of the Zuo family flooded, and twenty or thirty of the children who used to study in it died."

Li Huang: "!!!"

Zuo Qing's eyes widened even more: "It's broad daylight, how can you walk in the water?"

Moreover, the three-yearly big exam is going on right now, and almost everyone is concentrated in the main urban area. There should be no one to go shopping in such a remote place as the Zuo family's old house, right?

"At the time of the big exam, the main force of the City Patrolling Battalion was at the Gong Yuan, and the old Zuo family house was relatively remote, and the number of inspections there was not much on weekdays. Now that there are insufficient manpower, it must be possible for those who are interested to take advantage of the loopholes. "

With a serious face, Li Huang put down the teacup, got up and said, "Go, let's have a look."

Zuo Qing got up and wanted to follow, but was stopped by Li Huang: "Go back to the mansion and inform Mr. Zuo, someone will definitely impeach him in the morning court tomorrow, and I will definitely send someone to the Yushi mansion to deliver the letter when I get the news."

Hearing what she said, Zuo Qing nodded and hurried back home with his maid.

The house belonged to their Zuo family, and suddenly there was a flood, so their Zuo family was also responsible for their lack of security.

After half an hour.

The carriage stopped a few hundred feet away from the Zuo family's old house.

"Your Highness, the fire has just been extinguished. At this moment, many people are gathered outside the house. Let's go there at this time. If those people get excited, the subordinates are afraid..."

Once public anger is aroused, those people don't care what your identity is.

"Your Highness, why don't you stay in the carriage and the servants go down to have a look?" Ling Yuan asked.

She was dressed in an ordinary little girl, even if she got into the crowd, she would not attract the attention of others.

Li Huang nodded, and said: "Be careful, if someone recognizes you, you can run with ease and don't come back to the carriage."

Ling Yuan responded, jumped out of the carriage, and quickly slid into the crowd.

The house had already been burned to the ground, because the place was remote and there were few people living around, so when they found the house was flooded, everyone was slow to come to put out the fire.

By the time the people from the patrolling camp rushed over, the fire inside was already out of control.

It took a long time to rescue most of the children inside.

But casualties were still unavoidable.

The parents of those children rushed over after hearing the news.

At this moment, there was already a large crowd of people outside the house, shouting, crying and cursing.

"Damn it, it's clear that you want to kill people and silence them. How can the house be locked from the outside in broad daylight?"

"That's right, if it wasn't for the lock on the door, it wouldn't have taken so long to open the door and go in to save people."

"They are all half-grown children. Who is so cruel and wants to kill a group of children?"

……

All kinds of discussions entered Ling Yuan's ears, making her frown.

Outside the gate, soldiers from the City Patrolling Battalion had already formed a human wall, and the people from the capital's prefect hurried over here after hearing the news.

"What's going on? How can you walk in the water?"

The governor of the capital felt that his head was getting bigger. Now is the most critical time for the students to take exams. He guarded day and night, but he didn't prevent such a remote place from causing trouble for him.

He suddenly felt that he, the prefect, was about to reach his end.

Coincidentally, it was Ye Beichen who was responsible for bringing people to put out the fire.

He stepped forward to salute and said: "Your Majesty Fu Yin came just in time. This house was locked from the outside, and then the fire was lit with dry wood from the outer wall."

"By the time the children inside found out, the fire was already very strong, and with their strength, they couldn't break through the door."

As he said that, he led people to the door. The lock that was broken with a heavy object from the outside was still hanging there impressively.

Upon seeing this, the governor of the capital immediately became furious.