In the private prison of King Ning's mansion, Xu Jin was woken up by a basin of cold water, and when he looked at it, he found that Brother Zhu, the son of King Ning, was looking down at him proudly, and there were several palace guards standing behind him.

Xu Jin's heart couldn't help but sink to the bottom, this time he was really careless, but after thinking about it, Nanchang is the territory of King Ning's son, even if he is cautious, if the other party wants to forcibly arrest people, he is really out of line, after all, even if the second brother-in-law is good at martial arts, it is difficult to defeat four hands with two fists.

"Your Royal Highness, what is your intention in letting people forcibly take me here?" Xu Jin was thinking about countermeasures quickly in his mind, but his face was pretending to be frightened, because if he didn't pretend to be a grandson at this time, he would wait to suffer hardship.

Seeing that Xu Jin was afraid of becoming like that, Prince Ning smiled happily: "Xu Jin, aren't you very energetic and backbone in Shangrao County?" not only wrote poems to satirize my father, but even dared to beat his own son. What's the matter, now there's no Sun Sui's old puppet to support you, right? ”

Huang Zhong, the leader of the guards next to him, said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness, this sour son surnamed Xu is not only cowardly, but also soft, and even a beauty like Xiao Huakui can't make him hard." ”

Ning Wang Shizi laughed, and subconsciously glanced at Xu Jin's crotch, his original intention was to let Xiao Yuxue get Xu Jin drunk, so that Xu Jin could stay overnight in another courtyard, so as to miss tomorrow's hospital exam, and then he would send someone to spread rumors, saying that Xu Jin was sleeping with a prostitute on the eve of the hospital exam, so he missed the court exam.

Ning Wang's plan can be described as vicious, and when Xu Jin then not only failed to take the college exam, but even his reputation will plummet. Although prostitutes were nothing in the social atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty, it would be different if they missed the hospital examination because of prostitution before the exam, at least a reputation of "absurdity and bad conduct" could not escape, and they had to be ridiculed.

However, Xu Jin did not completely fall into the trap, and helped Tang Bohu to leave forcibly halfway, so the guards of King Ning's Mansion had no choice but to knock Xu Jin unconscious and take him back to King Ning's Mansion by forcing a section.

Although the plan has deviated, it doesn't matter, Ning Wang Shizi plans to lock Xu Jin up for one night first, and then let him go after the college exam starts tomorrow, and then continue to send people to spread rumors, anyway, Xu Jin did go to the other courtyard with Tang Bohu to meet Xiao Yuxue, and then Xu Jin was absolutely at a loss, exactly: the yellow mud fell off the crotch of his pants - it's not but it has to be!

"Haha, Xu Jin, you idiot, you don't eat the beauty you gave away for nothing, but you have to come here to suffer!"

Ning Wang Shizi squatted down and stretched out his hand to pat Xu Jin's cheek, and said jokingly: "The hospital exam will be held tomorrow, but it's a pity that you don't have the opportunity to participate, even if you are full of talent!" ”

Xu Jin pretended to be angry and scolded: "Despicable! ”

Ning Wang Shizi said proudly: "There are even more despicable, tomorrow the candidates in the whole city will know that you Xu Dacai and Xiao Huakui Furong have a warm tent tonight, and you can't miss it, and you even missed the college exam!" ”

Xu Jin was calm when he heard this, listening to the meaning of King Ning's son, he didn't seem to be worried about his life this time, Brother Zhu just wanted to stop his college exam, and at the same time make his reputation bad.

Xu Jin is not a pedantic scholar who has been influenced by sage books since he was a child, he regards reputation and integrity as more important than life, for him, life is the most important thing, reputation and money are external things, as long as he lives, everything is possible!

Of course, Xu Jin still pretended to be angry and scolded, so that King Ning could maximize the "pleasure", because this would make him suffer less.

Sure enough, although Xu Jin scolded ugly, Prince Ning was not angry at all, but became more and more proud, pointing to a middle-aged man locked next to the iron fence and said, "Xu Jin, do you know who that guy on the other side is?" He is Song Yifang, the prefect of Nanchang, this is the end of fighting against Ning Wangfu, you are a little scholar, how can you have the confidence to argue with this world, I don't know whether to live or die! ”

"Take a good look at him, and when the test starts tomorrow, throw him at the gate of Xiao Huakui's other courtyard!" After speaking, King Ning left the cell triumphantly.

……

When night fell, in the courtyard of Xiao in the east of the city, Er Niu was walking anxiously around the front yard, it was dark, why did Uncle Ten come out, and he would have to test it tomorrow.

At this moment, a slave came out and said with a smile: "Brother Erniu, everyone Xiao will stay overnight in Xu Gongzi tonight, you can go back first." ”

Erniu was stunned for a moment, and hummed: "Stay overnight?" But Uncle Ten has to take the hospital exam tomorrow. ”

The servant smiled: "It's okay, after Xu Gongzi gets up tomorrow, he will go directly to the examination room here to take the hospital exam, Brother Erniu hurry back, or you won't be able to go back to the inn after the curfew!" ”

"But...... No, I have to ask Uncle Ten! "Although Erniu is simple, before coming to Nanchang, my aunt has repeatedly told me that I must personally send Uncle Ten into the examination room.

The slave's face sank and said, "Brother Erniu, why are you so ignorant, now everyone Xiao is probably with Xu Gongzi...... Hehe, what about taking a mandarin duck bath, can you go in at this time? Carefully provoke your tenth uncle, go away! ”

At this time, two more slaves came up and pushed the two oxen out of the courtyard gate together.

"Don't push it, what is a mandarin duck bath?"

"It's just a man and a woman taking a shower and working together, understand, stupid big guy!"

Several servants worked together to push Erniu out and slammed the courtyard door shut.

"One man and one woman...... That one! Erniu scratched the back of his head, lingered in front of the gate of the other courtyard for a while, and finally left helplessly, trotting towards the north of the city.

As soon as Erniu entered the Gaosheng Inn, Xie Erjian, who was walking back and forth uneasily in the lobby, immediately greeted him and scolded dissatisfiedly: "Silly Erniu, where are you going?" Hey, what about my brother-in-law? ”

Erniu hummed: "Uncle Ten didn't come back!" ”

Xie Erjian was slightly stunned and said, "What do you mean by not coming back?" ”

"I don't know very well, it seems that everyone Xiao left Uncle Ten for the night!" Erniu replied.

Xie Erjian lost his voice and said, "Overnight? I'm going to take the test tomorrow! ”

Erniu spread his hands and said, "Uncle Ten will set off directly from there to the examination room tomorrow." ”

Xie Erjian frowned suddenly, according to his understanding of his brother-in-law, it is impossible to be so unreliable, but tomorrow he will be tested in the hospital, how can he stay in the Qinglou woman's house, I remember that last time Tang Bohu tricked his brother-in-law into drinking flower wine, but the brother-in-law quickly found an excuse to run out.

"Did my brother-in-law tell you about it himself?" Xie Erjian asked.

Erniu shook his head and said, "That's not it, it was the servants of the Xiao family who told me, oh, oops, Uncle Ten's test is still on me!" ”

Xie Erjian's face changed slightly, although pen, ink and paper are provided for the college examination, but the examination quotation must be brought, otherwise the candidates are not allowed to enter the examination room at all, with the steady and careful brother-in-law, how could he leak such an important thing, this is definitely a problem!

Xie Erjian hurriedly turned around and ran back to the inn, knocked on the door of the Fei brothers, and explained the situation to the two.

Fei Maoxian and Fei Maozhong both felt strange when they heard this, with their understanding of Xu Jin, it was absolutely impossible for Xu Jin to do such a ridiculous thing, but he was going to try it in the hospital tomorrow, and he had to stay with a prostitute the night before? Unless Xu Jin suddenly went crazy, not to mention that Xiao Yuxue didn't even pay attention to the invitation a few days ago.

"Erniu, where is that yard, take us there!" Fei Maoxian said hurriedly.

Regardless of the real reason for this incident, the most important thing at this time is to get Xu Jin back, otherwise even if Xu Jin arrives at the examination room as scheduled tomorrow, this reputation may not be good.

So, the Fei family brothers and Xie Erjian hurriedly left the inn with Erniu and rushed to the east of the city, followed by seven or eight Fei family guards and servants.

It is said that in order to ensure safety, the Fei brothers not only brought scholars to Nanchang this time, but also brought nursing homes, a total of ten people.

The curfew in the Ming Dynasty was the second watch, that is, after 9 p.m., and no one was allowed to move around the streets (except in special circumstances).

At this time, there was still about half an hour before the curfew, and everyone hurried to the Chengdong Courtyard in the night.

Fei Maozhong rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward to knock on the door, and after a long time, a servant slowly opened the door a crack, glanced at the people outside the door vigilantly, frowned and asked, "What is the matter with you?" ”

"We are Xu Jin's classmates, if we are looking for him in an emergency, please notify us!" Fei Maoxian arched his hand.

"Wait a minute, everybody!" The servant slammed the door shut, and after a few cups of tea, the door remained locked and there was no response.

Fei Maozhong was so anxious that he paced back and forth: "Ziqian is really ...... Why are you confused at this juncture, Brother Xie, what are you doing here? ”

At this time, Xie Erjian walked under the courtyard wall and tried to jump a few times, and jumped up the wall with a whoosh, as light as a tanuki.

"Shhh Xie Erjian let out a low sigh, and then jumped into the courtyard.

The Fei brothers nervously turned their heads to look around, fortunately it was late at night, and there were very few pedestrians on the street, but they were not afraid of being seen, but it was a crime to trespass into private houses, and if they were caught, they would be punished with a cane, and they would be imprisoned and exiled, so both of them sweated.