Xu Qian's brain began to run at high speed, and many things in front of him told him that there were too many unusual things here.

This is an edgeworth, what is Edgeworth? The imperial sword is exclusively used by the royal family, even if it is rewarded, even his own teacher has to obediently collect the royal object of this reward honestly, or put it in the ancestral hall for proper storage, and now this palace maid actually carries the imperial sword with her, is she not afraid of committing taboos?

Not to mention, this palace maid actually gave it to herself at will, which makes people feel even more incredible.

The question is, do you want this Edgeworth yourself or not?

If you ask for it, will it cause trouble?

Xu Qian looked at the sword, his eyes lit up, a trace of greed flashed in his eyes, he pondered for a moment, and thought to himself: "This sword is put away for the time being, this palace maid must be a delaying strategy, and then she will definitely try her best to redeem the sword, and then the lion will open her mouth." ”

Xu Qian put the sword back into the sheath, and did not break that this was the imperial sword, and then said calmly: "Okay, I will make a post tomorrow and gather the famous people of Hangzhou City together, and then we will arrange it again, so that you can see who this Xie Zhao is." ”

made a promise, Xu Qian really didn't want to have anything to do with this girl, and agreed to come to look for her the next morning, so he fled.

But the prince has been waiting for him, the prince glanced at Xu Qian strangely, and saw the sword in Xu Qian's hand, his face was shocked, this is his mansion, but at this time, the prince's face was twisted and pinched as if he was a guest at someone else's house, looking left and right to confirm that there was no one around, the prince pulled Xu Qian into a side room, and said in a low voice: "Young Master Xu, where have you been?" ”

Xu Qian said: "There is a person in the house who said that my father-in-law invited me to speak, and the result is ...... Ay...... It's hard to put into words. ”

With the wisdom of the prince, he naturally guessed what was wrong, his face was cold, and he walked back and forth in this room with his hands behind his back, and he didn't ask any further, perhaps because the identity of the palace maid was too sensitive, so the old fox felt that it was better to be as little involved as possible, so he said to him: "Father-in-law Huang has returned to Beijing." ”

Xu Qian heard the palace maid also say that Huang Gonggong had returned to Beijing, and he still didn't believe it at the time, but now that he heard the prince say it himself, he couldn't help but say in surprise: "Back to Beijing? Didn't he come to Jiangnan to have other important things to do? Besides, he hasn't moved yet. ”

Wang Gonggong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It seems that your article has made Huang Gonggong uneasy, his old man said that this matter is too important, and the article will be published in three or two days, so he must return to Beijing as soon as possible and deal with it." ”

Although Xu Qian had premeditated, he never thought that the eunuch who was one of the best eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty would be in chaos, and he was also embarrassed for a while, but today he was really tired, so he arched his hand and said to the prince: "Prince, the student has said goodbye, and I will visit next time." ”

Back at home, Xu Qian didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly went to invite Deng Jian to come, and said to Deng Jian: "Please go back to my hometown immediately to see my father, and let him come to the county seat quickly, yes, there are still some young and strong clansmen, if they are free, let them come together, and then see if there is a way for them to take this hitchhike." ”

Deng Jian said: "What hitchhiking? ”

Xu Qian didn't hide it from him, and directly revealed all the things.

Deng Jian was furious, grabbed Xu Qian's collar and scolded: "I treat you as a brother in vain, you stinky scholar, you don't call me if you have such a good thing!" ”

The future of being a guard for the eunuch is really limited, and if the prince returns to the palace, his errand for Deng Jian will be gone. At this time, I heard that there was a quota for entering the East Factory, but there was no share of his own, so Deng Jian was naturally angry.

Xu Qian smiled bitterly: "Brother Deng, it's not that I don't want to recommend you, it's really that I can't do without people by my side for the time being, if my father goes to Jingshi, can you bear to let me stay here alone?" It's better for you to accompany me in Hangzhou first, and when my father has gained a firm foothold in Beijing, there will be an opportunity for you, what are you anxious about? ”

Saying this, it made Deng Jian feel better, he looked at Xu Qian suspiciously, and said, "Okay, I'll believe you once, you don't want to lie to me." ”

Xu Qian said with a straight face: "What are you lying to do?" You and I can't leave Meng Meng, and without you, I'm not happy anywhere. ”

Deng Jian was suddenly terrified, and said, "You don't dare to say these words to Miss Zhao, but what do you say to me?" Anyway, I'm afraid of you, so I'll go to the countryside. ”

Finally coaxed this Deng Jian away, Xu Qian roughly already had a plan in his heart, his father's future was naturally important, but his future was also very important, so he planned to let his father enter Beijing first, and he would prepare for the township test here first.

But if he fails the township test, Xu Qian also plans to enter Beijing, but he is no longer going to Beijing to take the test, but to do two years of eunuch second generation and then return to Hangzhou to continue the township test, and he has made up his mind that now he has a reputation for life, and his mind about making a career has gradually weakened, no matter what, he has finally gained a firm foothold, and the most important thing at the moment is to see the chain reaction after this college test.

He had a hunch that once the article was released, he was afraid that the whole of Hangzhou would be in chaos.

It's just that at the moment, these are none of his business, the article is indeed written by him, but he is just making an article for the exam, speaking on behalf of the saint, is it wrong to say filial piety? I am a student, as long as I am not caught by someone with pigtails, it has nothing to do with myself, trouble, that is also the trouble of being an official, and those officials who want to show their own children will make trouble.

Now that he has received the benefits of the palace maid, he naturally wants to help people do things well, he wrote many invitations overnight, and the invitations are naturally some students and celebrities in Hangzhou, and it is natural to count Xie Zhao here, and it is better to visit Xie Zhao alone than Meng Lang, and the palace maid wants to see Xie Zhao in person, it is really inappropriate to meet alone, but this kind of gathering is easy to hide people's eyes.

He went out of his way to invite someone, gave some money, and sent out all these invitations.

Early in the morning of the second day, Xu Qian went to invite the palace maid with great interest, made the palace maid dress up as a maidservant, and then took him out of the prince's mansion.

But......

Xu Qian found that although the palace maid came out with him alone, but after getting into the carriage with her, there were countless familiar faces nearby dressed up as various people waiting near the carriage, at least Xu Qian found no less than thirty people, if you add other people, Xu Qian faintly felt in his heart, I am afraid that it will not be less than two hundred.

He couldn't help but glance at this palace maid curiously, and asked in his heart, "Who is this person?" If she was just a palace maid, why did so many people secretly protect her? ”

The more I thought about it, the more bizarre it felt.

Xu Qian didn't dig deeper, he was just entrusted by everyone.

took this palace maid named Hongxiu to the agreed wine shop, Xu Qian went upstairs and sat on the side with her, Xu Qian even found that even the guys in this restaurant seemed to have changed their faces, these people are all tigers and bears, Kong Wu is powerful, where do they look like Xiao Er?

Hongxiu said with great interest: "There is some interest here, but I don't know when they will arrive, that Xie Zhao, I don't know if I will come." ”

Xu Qian looked at the sky and said, "I'm afraid that it will take a while, the reader is this stinky problem, and he likes to put on the shelf the most." ”

Hongxiu looked at Xu Qian with big eyes and sneered: "Aren't you also a scholar?" ”

Xu Qian said flatly: "Among the scholars, there are occasionally a few superlative, and you are very unfortunate that you happened to bump into one." ”

Hongxiu was speechless: "Don't be ashamed." ”

Xu Qian replied with Hongxiu's words: "If the people in your palace had been eaten for their conscience, they wouldn't even be able to spit out their bones, and we scholars and palace people are the same, if our skin was not thick enough, we would have been trampled to death." ”

Hongxiu said: "I've never heard that readers have to be thick-skinned. ”

Xu Qian sighed, took a sip of tea and said: "You don't understand it, you'll know later, in fact, when it comes to face, I'm relatively thin among scholars." ”

Waiting left and right, but no one came, half an hour passed, there was still no one, Hongxiu was already a little impatient, and after repeated urging, Xu Qian's face was not very good-looking, he suddenly found that his face did not seem to be too sufficient, and he invited more than a dozen people, but there was not even a ghost.

Got pigeons released.

Xu Qian's face was ugly, these people clearly didn't give him face, they slapped him in the face naked.