Chapter 148: Willing to be a thief
For the sake of safety, Xu Jin and the others went straight back to the governor's yamen after reading the list, but the result was that the road was narrow, and when they passed through the political envoy, they happened to meet the prince of King Ning.
Brother Zhu was dressed in gorgeous clothes, and in addition to the twenty palace guards behind him, there were also several palace eunuchs carrying bread boxes.
Zhao Xing and the others subconsciously stopped, looking nervous in front of the Fei family brothers, Xie Erjian, who was originally following lazily, also vigilantly took two steps forward and stood beside Xu Jin, Erniu's eyes widened and his fists clenched.
Seeing the people here who were like facing the enemy, Brother Zhu showed a disdainful smile on his face, and he paced in front of him for a long time, and said, "Isn't this Xu Dacai?" Just finished reading the list, how many places did you take the exam? ”
Fei Mao said coldly: "What does it have to do with you after the test?" ”
The Fei family and King Ning's mansion are on fire, and they have already publicly torn their faces, so Fei Maozhong will not save face for Brother Zhu.
Ning Wang Shizi's face was slightly gloomy, and he sneered: "Fei Min is not complacent, this prince has put his words here, sooner or later there will be a time for you to cry, in addition, the three girls of your Fei family, this son is going to decide." ”
The Fei brothers all changed color, Xu Jin said lightly: "The people sacrifice to the people, as the so-called injustice will kill oneself, why bother with the benefit of one's tongue, let's go!" ”
The Fei brothers naturally understood that they had a conflict with the prince of King Ning in Nanchang, so they could only ask for their own hardships, and when they heard the words, they suppressed their anger and walked away!
King Ning Shizi laughed proudly: "Xu Jin, how does it taste at the end of the sub-list?" In Nanchang, you want to pass the hospital exam, dream, haha......! ”
Xu Jin's footsteps slowed down and continued to move forward.
Watching Xu Jin and the others walk away, King Ning Shizi sneered and said: "Dare to go against this son, I really don't know whether to live or die, and let you taste the taste of falling off the list first!" ”
King Ning sneered twice, and entered the yamen of the political secretary with a few eunuchs carrying the cake box, he came to deliver moon cakes to the political envoy.
It is said that the Mid-Autumn Festival originated in the Wei and Jin dynasties, began to rise in the Tang Dynasty, and in the Ming Dynasty, there was a custom of sending moon cakes to each other during the Mid-Autumn Festival, which means reunion. Ning Wangfu will send moon cakes to officials in Nanchang City every year, one is to win people's hearts, and the other is to test people's hearts, if any official dares not to accept it, or if he does not return the gift, hey, then wait for bad luck.
Besides, when Xu Jin and the others returned to the governor's yamen, Fei Maozhong asked strangely: "Ziqian, you are obviously the third in the inner circle, why does King Ning say that you are the last on the deputy list!" ”
Xu Jin said calmly: "I switched seats with Yuan Cheng!"
Fei Maoxian and Fei Maozhong were both stunned for a moment, but they quickly came back to their senses and blurted out: "King Ning Shizi made a move? ”
Xu Jin nodded, originally when Ning Wang Shizi asked how the end of the sub-list tasted just now, Xu Jin also felt strange, but after a little careful thinking, he understood, because the end of the sub-list happened to be Yuan Cheng, and he happened to change seats with Yuan Cheng, which was obviously not a coincidence.
Fei Maoxian said angrily: "How can it be reasonable, the prince of King Ning dares to do something in the hospital test." ”
Although Xu Jin looked calm, he was actually both shocked and angry in his heart, especially if he didn't change seats with Yuan Cheng by coincidence, I'm afraid that he would be at the bottom of the sub-list today, and the hope of passing the college exam in this position is very slim, unless he really does well in the second exam, at least he has to get the top ten to have hope.
And what Xu Jin is most worried about is that since the first game of King Ning can do his hands, the second game can also do his hands. However, fortunately, he won the third place in the first game, this position should be quite safe, even if he is at the bottom of the second game, he should be able to pass the college exam, and according to Ning Wang Shizi's performance just now, he should not know that Yuan Cheng has been a "substitute ghost" for himself.
At noon, the originally sunny weather turned out to be windy, the sky was full of dark clouds, and it rained heavily, and the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival was destined to be moonless.
The rain lasted all afternoon and did not stop until it was dark. Jiangxi Governor Sun Sui returned to the governor's yamen under the escort of a group of personal soldiers, and as soon as he took off his clothes, he went straight to the study with a gloomy face.
Since the beginning of summer this year, heavy rains have fallen in various parts of Jiangxi, floods have flooded, and the people have been displaced, resulting in an increase in the number of homeless displaced people.
Ling Shiyi and Min Twenty-six were the two most powerful groups of thieves in Poyang Lake, both with a scale of nearly 1,000 people, and these two groups of thieves not only plundered passing merchant ships, but also ransacked villages and towns along Poyang Lake.
Sun Sui since the destruction of the lead mountain bandits, he plans to start cleaning up the two gangs of thieves in Poyang Lake, has been laid out for more than a month, but Poyang Lake is vast, including many islands and swamps, those water thieves in the lake haunted, Sun Sui will not be able to take these thieves for a while.
A few days ago, scouts in the army discovered that Ling Shiyi, a group of water thieves, was actually haunting the lower reaches of the Gan River. Sun Sui was overjoyed and immediately ordered the navy to block the river, cut off the waterway to Poyang Lake, and then began to round up the gang of water thieves on the Gan River.
However, just this morning, just as the Ming army was preparing to close the urn to catch turtles, Ling Shiyi actually abandoned the boat and landed with a group of water thieves.
Sun Sui hurriedly ordered the sailor to land on the shore to chase and kill, but the gang of water thieves fled into the area of King Ning's ancestral tomb in the heavy rain and disappeared without a trace.
The Ming army tried to enter the mausoleum to search, but was rejected by the guards of the Ning Wangfu guarding the mausoleum, and Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, who was "hunting" nearby, even came with 10,000 guards to forcibly drive the Ming army away, and also cut off the arm of a thousand households of the Ming army on the spot.
Sun Sui had no choice but to order the withdrawal of troops, so after returning to the city, he held back the fire in his belly, and immediately went back to the study to write a chapter to impeach Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning.
"The ministers and grandsons then played our emperor: Ning Wang Chenhao, he does not want to be a vassal king, but is willing to be a thief, presumably the taste of being a vassal king, it is better than a thief......
The minister asserted that King Ning would rebel one day, and my emperor should make arrangements as soon as possible to prevent trouble before it happens. ”
Sun Sui wrote nearly a thousand words in a sprinkled manner, and the anger in his chest gradually calmed down, and after drying the ink, he closed the notebook and sealed it, and then called the guards to send the notebook to the post station and send it to the capital urgently.
"My lord, Xu Jin Xu Gongzi asks to see you!"
As soon as Sun Sui put down his pen and drank a sip of tea, the old servant came in to report. Sun Sui's heart moved, nodded and said, "Bring him to the study!" ”
Leaning slightly, Xu Jin entered the study under the guidance of the old servant, and bowed and said, "Xu Jin has seen Master Sun!" ”
Sun Sui sat at the coffee table, smiled and pointed to the opposite side, "Ziqian doesn't have to be polite, sit down!" ”
Xu Jin couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Sun Sui's face dusty, and the official uniform on his body still had water and mud stains, and hurriedly said: "It seems that the students are not at the right time, so they will retire first!" ”
Sun Sui waved his hand and said, "It's okay, sit down!" ”
Xu Jin had no choice but to sit down at the coffee table, and the old servant made Xu Jin a cup of tea and withdrew, closing the door of the study.
Sun Sui smiled and said: "The first case of the hospital examination today, it should be no problem to learn from the circle with Ziqian's talent!" ”
Xu Jin nodded and said, "I was lucky to enter the inner circle!" ”
"Hehe, that's fine!" Sun Sui took a sip of the teacup and looked at Xu Jin expectantly, he knew that Xu Jin took the initiative to find him, and there must be something important.
"Master Sun, there is an incident that Xu Jin has always wanted to inform you, but there has never been a suitable opportunity!"
"Oh, what's the matter?" Sun Sui put down the teacup and looked at Xu Jin with burning eyes.