Chapter 765: The Third Day of the Exam
Regarding the grievances between himself and the prince, Liu Yiyi did not mention it to King Luo Bin, not because he couldn't believe this apprentice, but because this matter has not been completely revealed, and Li Shimin, the Ming Jun, still has some meaning that he wants to cover up, after all, it is a royal family scandal, and it is not appropriate to publicize it, so that Agui, a future official who will enter the officialdom in the future, knows, it is not a good thing for his future career.
Therefore, Liu Yiyi fooled him on the grounds that the prince's injury was no longer serious, and he could be healthy as long as the imperial doctor in the palace carefully recuperated, and then left him for dinner and sent the person back.
As for the news brought by King Luo Bin today, Liu Yiyi didn't make any special arrangements, but just explained that Chen Mingze would be as usual tomorrow, as long as he was neither humble nor arrogant, and impartial.
Tomorrow is the third day, and it is also the deadline, if Liu Yiyi expects it well, except for the two little highnesses of the young slave and the little son, some other scholars who have not moved in the past two days, I am afraid that they will not be able to bear it and will take action. I hope that Chen Mingze, a steward from the grassroots, can stand the test, and tomorrow he will not be frightened by these little men who have some backgrounds and lose the face of Liufu.
I didn't say anything all night, my eyes closed and I opened them, and the next day came.
After the morning exercise, after breakfast, Liu Yiyi is still leisurely in the backyard study to educate Xiaohui to read, although there is one more Sun Yue in the study today, but there is no pressure on Liu Yiyi, two primary school students, it is not a matter of minutes and seconds to settle them?
Compared with the quiet and quiet backyard, the front hall of Liufu can be described as lively.
Not to mention how many people came, just the carriage parked in Liufu, there were enough forty or fifty cars, from the front of Liufu, all the way to the streets of the back alley, the front yard and hall of Liufu were overcrowded, after inviting all the parents and accompanying family members to the door, the place was slightly more spacious, after the investigation and statistics of the people of Liufu, there were more than 260 students who came this time, far beyond Chen Mingze's previous expectations.
More than 260 people, which is beyond the limit of what the courtyard and hall of Liufu can accommodate, has no choice but to imitate yesterday, and orders the family to vacate the wings on the left and right sides and the side rooms for temporary hospitality, as well as a few vacant places on the street outside the courtyard, and put on the tables and chairs urgently borrowed from the nearby school, and arrange for the students who came to take the exam to be seated one by one.
In terms of test papers, Chen Ming had to admire the wisdom of their young master, who could even think of having people copy more than 400 copies one day in advance, enough for the students who came here today, and even have more surpluses, otherwise, if it was still like yesterday, let people copy on the spot, God knows when they would have to copy before the exam began?
"Little San'er, you go to the backyard to get the test papers, and when these children are all settled, start distributing the test papers." Seeing the people in the courtyard, those who should leave and those who should be seated were seated, Chen Ming was rare for a while, and saw that most of the parents and servants in the hall and outside the courtyard had been invited.
"Steward Chen, steward Chen, there are a few subordinates in the wing room on the right who don't listen to the advice, and they have to stay by their master's side and say that they want to protect the thoughtfulness of their young master, so they refuse to leave," Xiao San'er just left, and another subordinate in the house trotted over, and said to Chen Mingze in a somewhat angry voice: "The good words in the villain's mouth have been exhausted, but they still don't move, looking at their posture, it seems that they all have some origins, the villain can't, so he has to come to report to Steward Chen, and ask the steward to go over and have a look." ”
"Oh?" Chen Mingze's brows furrowed, and he finally ran into those unruly masters, turned his head and glanced at the little guy who came to report, and said, "Go, take me to see." ”
Different from the ordinary people two days ago, most of the people who came today are some wealthy families, there are many rules in big families, and they are worried about the safety of their children, and it is not surprising that some guards are around, but since you have arrived at the examination room, it means that you have the heart to join the young master's door, do not follow the rules, do not listen to advice, what is the use of such a disciple?
Chen Mingze was a little angry in his heart, either you don't come, or you just abide by the rules of Liufu, like this kind of student who comes and doesn't pay attention to the rules, isn't it intentional to come to their Liufu to make trouble?
"Do you know which house they are from?" The footsteps did not stop, and Chen Ming asked softly.
"They didn't say it, with those guards in control, the villain couldn't get close, so he could only watch from afar," the little guy replied aggrievedly: "There are two waves of people, one wave protects two little babies, a man and a woman, there is a ** year old, like a brother and sister, and a wave protects a very rich young man, I can't see anything, but they seem to know each other very well, and they are still talking and laughing together when the villain passes." ”
While speaking, the two of them had come to the door of the wing room, Chen Ming stepped in directly without a trace of hesitation, there were more than 30 people in the room, no need to be identified, at a glance, Chen Ming easily saw the gang of troublemaker guards with scimitars on their waists.
All the guards should add up to about ten people, all dressed in ordinary costumes, mixed spirits, and naturally guarded the surroundings of one large, two small and three students, squeezing aside some other poor students in the house, looking very domineering. Seeing Chen Ming, he stepped into the house, and the ten guards all looked tight, and their left hands were all on the blade of the knife at their waists.
"My Chen Mingze, didn't you just add the manager of Liufu, I don't know how to call a few young ladies and young ladies of the son?" directly ignored the guards next to him, and Chen Ming stepped forward without humility or arrogance, and asked.
Because it has been less than a year since he was promoted to steward by the chief housekeeper, and the number of times he has come to Chang'an is less than the number of fingers of one hand, Chen Ming does not know many people, and there are even fewer powerful people, limited to the sons and daughters of Gongsun Mansion and General Luo's Mansion, who are very close to their young master, so Chen Ming does not know the three young ladies in front of him who seem to have good backgrounds.
However, this does not prevent Chen Mingze from attaching importance to the three of them, not to mention the clothing and temperament of these three people, just the more than ten guards in front of him who are obviously from the army, so Chen Mingze cannot be allowed to treat them carelessly.
"Are you the steward of this Liufu? And you don't know me yet? The fat boy looked up at Chen Mingze in disbelief, and when he saw that Chen Mingze was at a loss, he really didn't know who he was, so he couldn't help but shake his head lightly with some disappointment, and said, "I have to say that as the manager of Chang'an Liufu, you are very incompetent." ”
The fat man was very stinky, with his head held high, and he looked high, as if Chen Ming didn't know him, as if he had committed a big sin.
"Please forgive the villain's cloudy eyes, dare to ask who the honorable driver is?" Chen Ming's face remained unchanged, and he bent over slightly to continue to ask, not in the slightest irritated by the fat man's words.
Seeing that Chen Ming was not frightened, the fat man was somewhat happy in his heart, and when he heard Chen Ming ask again, he raised his head and turned his head to the guard next to him and said, "Ma Shun, tell him who I am." ”
"Yes, Your Highness!" One of the guards immediately straightened up, bowed to the fat man, and then turned around, glanced at Chen Mingze, and said in the same arrogant voice: "Open your eyes and look at it carefully, this is the seventh son of the current emperor, His Royal Highness King Jiang, the Governor of Anzhou!" ”
"Also, the two in the back," after speaking, Ma Shun turned around and looked at the two little dolls behind him, and said, "One is His Royal Highness the King of Jin, and the other is His Royal Highness Princess Jinyang." ”
"The three highnesses are golden, and if there is no guard, if something happens, can you still afford your Liu Mansion?!" Knowing what Chen Mingze was here for, so without waiting for Chen Mingze's reaction, Ma Shun directly opened his mouth to refuse, with a very tough attitude, and it could be seen that it was not the first time he was dealing with this kind of thing.
"Oh, it turned out that it was the three highnesses, and the villain is polite here," Chen Mingze's heart jumped violently, and he was really frightened by the origin of the three people, prince? Princess? The son and daughter of Emperor Lao Tzu? After living for half a lifetime, it was the first time he had spoken so closely to a character with such a large background.
Trying hard to control his mind and try his best to calm down, Chen Ming bowed his hand with the same expression: "I don't know if it's the three highnesses in front of you, and if it's rude, I hope the three highnesses don't blame." ”
"Well, the so-called ignorant are not to blame, for the sake of Mr. Liu's face, forget it this time, so that in the future, some people will say that this king has no tolerance for people, and he is small." After speaking, without waiting for the childish slave and his son to react, Li Yun took the lead in waving his hand to Chen Mingze and said, "Okay, there is nothing for you here, what should you do." ”
"His Royal Highness King Jiang has a large number of them, and the villain is grateful." Chen Ming did not quit according to his words, and after bowing to Li Yun, he took another step forward, and then asked Li Yun: "Dare to ask His Royal Highness King Jiang, why are you here today?" ”
"Do you need to ask? Naturally, it is to take the exam, otherwise, what do you think this king is sitting in this narrow place? Glancing at Chen Mingze like an idiot, Li Yun once again felt sorry for Liu Yiyi, how could such a smart person find such a stupid manager?
"Oh, it turns out that I also came here to worship my young master as a teacher." Chen Ming pretended to be abrupt, then stood up straight, glanced lightly at the guards around the three princes, and said quietly with an indifferent expression: "If this is the case, then please forgive anyone for being rude, and ask the three highnesses to send all the guards to wait outside the mansion......"
"What?! You!! Li Yun stood up from his chair abruptly, and raised his hand to point at Chen Mingze with an angry face, looking like a volcanic eruption.
"Where the villain's responsibility lies, I hope His Royal Highness King Jiang will understand!" Jing looked at Li Yun's index finger, and Chen Ming's face remained the same.
"Seventh brother!" Seeing that Li Yun raised his hand to fight, Li Zhi behind him hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold it, nodded at Chen Mingze with resignation, and said softly to Li Yun: "Steward Chen is right, since we came to Liufu to take the exam, we must follow the rules of Liufu, I think this is also a test for Mr. Liu's disciples, Seventh Brother Mo should think more." ”