In early June, Yan Yan, a scholar from Huguangti, arrived at Xiangyang Mansion, and Liu Wenxu, the prefect of Xiangyang, led a group of officials to greet him at the mansion.

Liu Wenxu and Yan Yan were Jinshi in the same department, but Yan Yan was ranked second on the gold list at that time and was able to stay in the capital as an official, while Liu Wenxu was only the third in the gold list so he was sent to the local office.

Yan Yan served in the six departments before serving as the official of Huguangti, and he was appointed by Emperor Wanli to serve as the official of Huguangti before serving as the official of Huguangti.

It is worth mentioning that on the surface, Huguang Ti Xueguan was a magistrate, but he was not subject to the jurisdiction of local yamen such as the political envoy and the central yamen such as the Ministry of Rites, but was directly responsible to the emperor.

After the end of the term, he returned to Beijing to report to the emperor, and then returned to his original position.

"Brother Liu, Xiangyang Mansion has already taken two children's exams, can there be outstanding children?" After the banquet, Yan Yan and Liu Wenxu walked and chatted in the garden of the prefect's yamen, and Yan Yan asked with a smile while talking.

"Don't hide it from Brother Yan, there are really a few children who are different this time, and their strength is far better than ordinary people." Liu Wenxu smiled slightly when he heard this, and introduced the situation of Li Hongyu, Zhao Xin, Wang Kuiju, Yang Renxiao, Lu Kun and Li Hongyi to Yan Yan, who listened to it, nodded from time to time.

"It seems that Jiangkou County has a prosperous literary style, and it is rare to win the top three in the government examination." After Liu Wenxu finished speaking, Yan Yan said with a smile, "I just don't know if this Li Hongyu can win the first case in the hospital exam this time, if he can get a little three yuan, it will be a good talk." ”

"This son's strength is outstanding, and even if he is beaten by thirty boards, he can still win the head of the government test, which is really beyond everyone's expectations."

Liu Wenxu smiled when he heard this, and was very optimistic about Li Hongyu's college examination this time, and then remembered one thing, and said with a smile, "By the way, it was he who took the lead in donating 10,000 taels of silver to support the official army in Liaodong, which in turn made the government raise more than 100,000 taels of silver." ”

"No wonder I felt that this name was a little familiar just now, it turned out that he was the one who destroyed his family for the official army of Liaodong, and the sentence 'the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband' I don't know how many people will be embarrassed, he has this consciousness at a young age, and he will be the pillar of the Ming Dynasty in the future."

Yan Yan suddenly looked enlightened when he heard this, nodded approvingly, and had an impression of Li Hongyu in his heart, and then asked with some curiosity, "Why was he beaten with thirty boards?" ”

"Someone secretly framed him, and he was beaten by mistake, but fortunately, the truth was quickly found out and his government test was not delayed."

Liu Wenxu was reluctant to talk more about the details of Li Hongyu's framed case, after all, it was something that happened under his nose that made him feel disgraced, so he passed it perfunctorily.

"I'm really looking forward to seeing if he can pass the hospital exam." Yan Yan looked at Liu Wenxu with interest when he heard this, and said with a smile, his duty is to supervise local school affairs and the trial of cases is the business of magistrates, so he has no interest in the case.

At the same time, the Lee House.

Li Hongyu closed his eyes and played the violin in the study, because the time of the college examination was the second day after Yan Yan came, so he would go to the examination room tomorrow.

The time of the college examination is not fixed, and it is related to the time when the student officer arrives in Fucheng, and the examination is usually held the next day after the arrival of the student officer.

The reason why the time seems to be so tight is that the student official has to run all the prefectures in the jurisdiction before the township examination, taking Huguang as an example, before the township examination comes, he has to go to the prefectures and cities of the fifteen prefectures to which the Huguang Political Envoy belongs to preside over the academy examination and scientific examination, and there is no time to waste at all.

In fact, the timing of the prefectural and prefectural exams varies from place to place, although in most places the prefectural exams are held in February and the prefectural exams are held in March.

However, if the jurisdiction is too large and the road conditions are not good, the county and prefectural examinations in those places far away from the provincial capital will be held before the year, so that the school officials will have enough time to take turns to preside over the college and scientific examinations in the prefectures and cities of each province.

"Young Master, under the arrangement of the second young lady, the person who avenged the Lord Patrol has already set off for Yunyang Mansion, and it is expected that he will meet the Lord Patrol in two days."

After Rou'er entered the room, she saw that Li Hongyu was playing very attentively, so she stayed quietly and waited until the end of the performance.

The person who went to Yunyang Mansion to avenge his grievances was the lame man who was killed by Niu Feng's verdict and was lame by Niu Feng's men.

Compared with the rich boy who insulted his sister, the lame man hated Niu Feng even more as an official of the court, and it stands to reason that Niu Feng should give them the common people the master, who would have expected that he would be in cahoots with the rich boy, colluded with him, and said that the black was white.

The lame man dreamed of revenge on Niu Feng, but how could he be a grass man who could move the dignified Zhengbapin County?

Therefore, when Qin Yue and Xu Siyi gave the lame man a chance to take revenge, he did not hesitate to embark on the road of reporting to the Patrol Lord, which was an important chess piece for Qin Yue and Xu Siyi to bring down Niu Feng.

"Is there any news from the Bai family?" Li Hongyu put down the violin in his hand, moved his somewhat sore neck and asked.

The lame man is determined to die to find the patrol royal history, coupled with the revelations given to the lame man by Xu Siyi, then it will definitely attract the patrol imperial history, so what Li Hongyu has to do now is to find out the Bai family, which is the best evidence of Niu Feng's corruption and bribery.

"There should be eyebrows soon, the Bai family is from Xiangyang Mansion, and the place where she can go is undoubtedly her relative's house, her relatives have almost finished checking, unless she is hiding somewhere else." A look of regret flashed on Rou'er's face, and she shook her head and said.

Although the Bai family escaped without a trace, this does not mean that there is no trace, usually she will go to relatives, Rou'er has hired a lot of people to check the Bai family's kinship and go to the place where those relatives are to inquire, now most of them have been checked, and the rest of the people can be checked in three or four days, whether they can find the Bai family depends on their luck.

"There has been no news of Bai's for so long, maybe she is not hiding at a relative's house."

Hearing this, Li Hongyu walked to the table and poured a glass of water and drank a few sips, frowned and said to Rou'er, "It's human nature to go to relatives, since we know it, then Niu Feng must also know, so going to relatives is a dangerous move, and it is easy to be found out." ”

"Young Master, where do you think the Bai clan will be?" Rou'er felt that Li Hongyu was reasonable, so she asked curiously, in this case, it would be too difficult to find the Bai family.

"It is impossible for the Bai clan to travel long distances with their young children, and from the news we have received these days, it is not possible for carriages carrying women and children to appear in the neighboring prefectures and counties, so there is a good chance that the Bai clan is in the towns and villages near Fucheng, and the more dangerous the place, the safer it is."

Li Hongyu pondered for a while, and said to Rou'er in a deep voice, "Send more people to check the surrounding towns and villages, as well as the information of the subordinates who have worked in the Bai family before. ”

"Young Master, do you mean that the Bai clan will hide from the next person?" Rou'er suddenly understood when she heard this, and asked in surprise.

"It's possible." Li Hongyu nodded with a serious expression, feeling a trace of helplessness in his heart, if he was an official of the government, it would be much easier to find the Bai family, and a lot of information would definitely be collected after a wanted warrant.

But it's a pity that he can only ask people to find clues in private now, and then the process of finding people will undoubtedly be much slower, like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"I'll arrange it." Rou'er didn't dare to delay when she heard this, she smiled at Li Hongyu and walked out quickly, now there is not much time left for Li Hongyu, she must hurry up to arrange.

"I hope I can find the Bai family this time." Looking at Rou'er's back as she left in a hurry, Li Hongyu stretched lazily, otherwise he really didn't know where to go to find the Bai family.

In the evening, Chunfeng Pavilion.

Sun Feng and a group of gentlemen drank flower wine for fun, although the little white face was a woman, but also learned from Sun Feng and others to hug left and right, frequently touching wine glasses with everyone, and the scene was very lively.

"Guys, do you think that Li Hongyu can still get the head of the case in this college exam?" In the process of pushing the cup and changing the lamp, a boy said with interest, "The handicap in the casino has the lowest odds for this kid." ”

"Hmph, it's just luck, this time the college exam was personally presided over by the senior student, and he didn't get the first place so easily." Soon, another boy said disdainfully.

"I heard that the prefect and the scholar are very optimistic about him, and this kid is also very powerful, he can still pass the government exam even if he is injured like that, I can't guarantee that he is the head of the court exam this time, and our Xiangyang Mansion has never produced a small three yuan."

Immediately afterwards, another son spoke, looking at everyone with great interest, "Our Xiangyang Mansion has not produced Xie Yuan for many years, if this kid can come back with a Xie Yuan in the township test, we can also raise our eyebrows outside." ”

"It's already good to be able to get in, but Xie Yuan is not so easy to test." At this time, another son-in-law spoke, obviously not optimistic about Li Hongyu winning the township test.

After all, there are fifteen provinces in the Huguangbu Political Envoy Division, among which the candidates in Wuchang Mansion, Changsha Mansion, Jingzhou Mansion and Hanyang Mansion are all very strong, and it is not easy to raise people in the exam, let alone Xie Yuan?

"Since everyone's interest is so high, let's take a gamble and see if Li Hongyu can become the Xie Yuan of Jinke." Hearing this, Xiao Baimian immediately put down the wine glass in his hand, and said with a smile, "This son bets that Li Hongyu can be admitted to the Jieyuan, the odds are one to one, and the bet is at least 10,000 taels." ”

"Interesting, I bet 10,000 taels, he can't pass the Xie Yuan test." As soon as Xiaobai's words fell, a son-in-law said with a smile, there are thousands of students in the Huguang area who participate in the township examination every year, and the difficulty of standing out from them can be imagined.

"I bet 20,000 taels, but he can't pass the exam." Immediately afterwards, another boy got involved.

"I'll bet 10,000 taels ......"

With those two sons taking the lead, the sons and brothers on the scene bet one after another, without exception, they all bet that Li Hongyu would not be able to pass the exam, even those who were optimistic about Li Hongyu before finally chose Li Hongyu to fail the exam, for no other reason, it was too difficult to become Xie Yuan.

Soon, only Sun Feng was the only one left in the audience who had not yet expressed his opinion, and everyone looked at him in unison.

"I'll bet 20,000 taels, and he can pass the test!" Sun Feng hesitated for a moment, then made up his mind, and laughed loudly, "He made me a fortune in the last government exam, and even if I lose this time, it's not a big deal." ”

"Brother Sun, you are determined to lose this time." Hearing this, someone immediately laughed and said, "Just wait and spit out the money." ”

"Brother Jia, this bet is nearly 200,000 taels of silver, you have to prepare as soon as possible." As he spoke, another person smiled and looked at the little white face.

"Don't worry, as long as you win, you won't lose a single cent of the silver." Xiao Baimian smiled slightly when he heard this, picked up the wine glass in his hand and drank it all, looking extremely bold in his words and deeds.

"What the hell is he coming from?" Hearing this, a son-in-law couldn't help but show a surprised look on his face, and asked a son-in-law brother on the side in a low voice, you must know that 200,000 taels of silver is not a small amount, and no one on the scene can take it out in one go.

"I don't know, I guess my family is better than ours." The boy on the side shook his head, although they had been playing together for a long time, they didn't know anything about Xiao Baimian's life experience except that they knew that Xiao Baimian was the person brought by Sun Feng.

Someone once asked Sun Feng in private about the details of the little white face, but Sun Feng's mouth was very strict, and they couldn't find out anything, which added to the mystery of the little white face.

"Although that kid is very powerful, it's not worth your gamble with 200,000 taels of silver, so it's too much to elevate him."

After the gambling game was settled, Sun Feng whispered to Xiao Baimian that if he lost, the 200,000 taels of silver would be wasted, although Xiao Baimi's family was rich, it was not so bad.

"He was able to seize the head of the government test with his injuries, which means that his strength is very strong, why can't he be a blockbuster in the township test?" Xiaobaimian put down the wine glass in her hand and asked with a smile, she thought Li Hongyu was a very interesting person, maybe he could stand out from the township test.

"I hope he can earn some money, and it's not in vain that we bet heavily on him."

Sun Feng couldn't help but smile when he heard this, he didn't have such big expectations for Li Hongyu, the reason why he bet 20,000 taels just now was completely to see the face of the little white face.

"By the way, did they find that Bai Clan?" At this time, Xiao Baimian remembered something, and couldn't help but ask softly.

"Not yet, this Bai clan can really hide, as if she has evaporated from the world, all her relatives have not found her traces." Sun Feng shook his head, and then said with a smile, "Li Hongyu would never have thought that his every move would be controlled by us. ”

"We have already provided him with clues, whether we can find the Zhang family depends on his creation." Xiao Bai's face smiled disappreciatively, she wanted to see what Li Hongyu was capable of.