The hall was silent, there was no language, only the sound of breathing and snoring.

The man walked in with ease, and although his eyes were dark, and there were people on the floor under his feet, he did not touch anyone, and walked very smoothly to a bunk, and with a flick of his sleeve, a pouch fell beside the man's cheek.

He didn't look back, walked over with a calm face, walked past three or four bunks, and finally got into the bed where the residual warmth was still there.

At the same time that the bag fell, the sleeping man opened his eyes in an instant, looked around like a torch, and saw that no one noticed this, he stretched out a hand from the quilt and held the bag in his hand.

Everything was quiet, it seemed as if nothing had happened, and it seemed as if everyone had been asleep.

He Zhenfu stood outside the official hall and explained a few words to the internal guard hidden in the shadows before returning to the third floor.

He respectfully replied to what had just happened: "My lord, this Yu Qing and Li Jie are really in contact frequently. ”

Han Changdui condensed and said, "The forbidden soldier surnamed Rong said that there was a bamboo whistle in his bag?" ”

He Zhenfu nodded: "Exactly, according to General Rong's description, the bamboo whistle is yellow in color, and it looks like an old thing." ”

Han Changwan was puzzled: "Bamboo whistle, why do you have to go to great lengths to send a bamboo whistle in, and give it to Li Jie?" ”

He Zhenfu shook his head: "This, I don't know about it." ”

Han Changdui bent his fingers and tapped the bookcase: "Who will use a bamboo whistle?" ”

"According to General Rong's description, the bamboo whistle is not big, and it is mostly a toy." He Zhenfu pondered.

Han Changwan thought for a moment: "Does Li Jie have a child?" ”

He Zhenfu said: "Yes, Li Jie has a wife and two concubines, and has a son-in-law, a daughter-in-law, two concubines, and three concubines. The concubine and the concubine have all been married, and the concubine and the concubine have also taken wives, and have seven grandchildren, the eldest is sixteen years old, and the youngest has just turned three. ”

Han Changdui was shocked when he heard this, he never expected Li Jie's family background to be so complicated, since he had children at home, it was reasonable to use a toy like a bamboo whistle.

His eyes flashed, perhaps, this bamboo whistle was the property of one of Li Jie's grandchildren, and it was used by Yu Qing to blackmail Li Jie.

He reached out and patted it lightly on the bookcase: "Staring at Li Jie." ”

He Zhenfu should claim to be.

Watching He Zhenfu leave, he added: "There shouldn't be any movement tonight, let the internal guards guard, you all rest early." ”

The next day, the air after the rain was exceptionally clear, stratus clouds drifted away with the wind, the faint sunlight was hazy and sprinkled, and the roof tiles and bricks were washed clean and clear by the rain.

On this day, the east and west houses were empty, and there were no scholars to enter the exam, but the Gongyuan was the busiest.

Many officials in the Mingyuan Building had sealed all the examination papers the day before, and today they had to mark the examination papers with a "red number" according to the "Thousand Character Text", and then transcribe the ink papers with a red pen, called "Zhu Scrolls", and finally delivered to the examiners for review, it was this "Zhu Scroll". ”

This is a means that has been explored in the provincial examinations to prevent fraud in the imperial examinations.

At first, it was only necessary to cover the candidate's name, but later someone secretly marked the examination paper, and a unique font could be recognized by the examiner.

Such cheating methods are impossible to prevent.

In the end, after the name was sealed, the transcription was added, and the examination paper handed in by the scholar was called "ink scroll", and the examination paper transcribed with a red pen was called "zhu juan".

This method has eliminated fraud to a large extent.

At dawn on this day, many officials in the Mingyuan Building drew lots in the official hall to draw the exam paper that day they were responsible for transcribing.

After drawing lots and receiving the test paper that they needed to transcribe, the officials had to transcribe it in the public office, under the watchful eye of many forbidden soldiers.

Han Changwan and his entourage came to the official hall at this time.

The hall was very quiet, and the rustling of pen writing came and went.

To transcribe the scrolls, the handwriting must not be neat and not scribbled, and there can be no mistakes, omissions and alterations, so there can be no distraction, and everyone is engrossed in writing.

When Han Changwei and his party walked in, it did not cause a big commotion, after all, it had become commonplace for people from the Internal Security Department to walk around in the official hall.

Only a few people looked up at the door, including Yu Qing and Li Jie.

Seeing this, Han Changwan raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he was casually patrolling, walking slowly around the rows of bookcases, and with his back hands.

And Yao Qi and Meng Sui are the same, describing themselves as walking slowly and casually, seemingly without putting pressure on people, but looking at everyone like a torch.

Han Changwan walked around, and when he walked in front of Li Jie, the booklet in his hand suddenly fell to the ground.

The "snap" sound of the booklet falling on the ground startled Li Jie, he put down the pen, moved his feet, and was about to get up, but saw that Han Changwan had already squatted down and reached out to pick up the booklet.

He breathed a sigh of relief quietly, sat down again, and unexpectedly heard Han Changdu's clear voice.

"Lift your feet and step on the booklet."

Before he could come back to his senses, he subconsciously raised his foot.

Han Changwan lowered his head, glanced at the soles of Li Jie's shoes, then stood up with the booklet, patted the ash on the booklet, didn't even look at Li Jie, only glanced at Yao Ji who was standing behind Li Jie, and turned around and left as if unintentionally.

Yao Qi raised his eyebrows and turned his head to the other side.

Li Jie looked at Han Changdui's back blankly, not noticing that someone was standing behind him and glanced at his hand.

Unaware of the anomaly, he picked up his pen and continued to transcribe.

There are not many rooms on the third floor of Mingyuan Building, Han Changwan lives in the largest one, and uses a four-fold screen to divide the inside and outside into two rooms, the outer room is the study, which is used for deliberations, and the inner room sleeps.

The rest of the rooms were used by the internal guards in rotation, and only Meng Sui was separated by three people, each of whom was divided into a separate room.

Han Changwan sat behind the bookcase and looked at Yao Qi with raised eyebrows: "What can you see clearly?" ”

Yao Qi nodded and said: "Li Jie's tiger mouth, the index finger and thumb are attached to each other, and the palms and four fingers have extremely thick calluses on the abdomen, which is not left by holding the pen all year round. ”

Han Changwan nodded appreciatively: "In such a short period of time, you can see this, and it is really like a torch." ”

Yao Ji didn't feel embarrassed at all, but agreed with him.

Meng Suixuan didn't know how to stay, and asked blankly: "It's not the cocoon left by holding the pen, what is the cocoon left for?" ”

Yao Qi glanced at Meng Sui's hand, and chuckled helplessly: "Meng Zongqi, do you usually practice calligraphy?" ”

Meng Sui smiled dryly: "It's tiring to learn words." ”

Yao Ji said again: "Then look at your hands." ”

Meng Suijiao opened his hands in confusion and looked at it, and found the same layer of cocoons in the same position.

He twitched the corner of his mouth: "This is the cocoon left by the sword." He was puzzled: "He is a literati, what kind of sword does he hold every day?" ”

Han Changdui's hand lightly buckled on the bookcase a few times: "A literati who doesn't hold a pen, but a sword." He sneered: "Just now I took a look at the sole of his shoe, it is an outer figure, and the worn appearance is the same as the pair of shoes that Xia Yuanji rested in the Bao Cheng examination basket." ”

Yao Qi frowned: "Take a sword all the year round, the outer eight characters, and the military department is in the middle of the division." ”

She carefully recalled Li Jie's figure, the way he walked, the direction of his eyebrows, eyes and lips when he spoke, how she thought about it and how she felt very familiar, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in her mind, and she blurted out: "My lord, is Wang Cong also in the Ministry of War." ”

Han Changwan was stunned for a moment, his face was full of shock, he only felt incredulous, and eagerly instructed Meng Suiji: "Send a message to Cheng Chaoyan and ask her to check Wang Cong's whereabouts." ”

Meng Suijie hadn't come back to his senses, but he subconsciously responded yes, and only then did he remember to ask when he turned around: "My lord, does Li Jie have anything to do with Wang Cong?" ”

Han Changwan grinded his teeth, and almost wanted to reach out and slap Meng Sui, grinding his teeth for a long time before he gritted his teeth and spit out two words: "Go quickly." ”

Meng Sui sighed, shrunk his neck, and ran out of the door.

Han Changwan sighed helplessly, raised his eyes and asked Yao Qi, "Do you think Li Jie is like Wang Cong?" ”

Yao Qi pondered: "Xia Guan has not seen Li Jie, but Xia Guan has seen Wang Cong, Xia Guan thinks that this thing will not be so coincidental, two people who are so similar happen to be not similar, one is Ren Langzhong, and the other is in charge." She paused slightly, and continued: "Moreover, Li Jie is already over half a hundred years old, and Wang Cong has just been established, how can he be similar from his form to his pace to his expression. ”

Han Changwan closed his eyes, and all the details that he hadn't noticed were filled in his mind.

There was no talk all day, and the tribute courtyard was exceptionally quiet, and nothing happened.

The transcription of examination papers in the public office also went very smoothly, but because of the large number of candidates in the secondary provincial examination, even if the officials worked day and night, it would take three or four days of hard work to transcribe these astonishing examination papers.

With the twilight food, Jiang Shen checked the progress of transcribing the exam papers, sighed sadly, and ordered someone to invite Han Changdu.

Han Changdui pushed the door in, and what he saw was Jiang Shen's bitter face, he was stunned for a moment, and asked puzzledly: "Ge Lao, what are you, what's wrong?" ”

"Jiuchao is here, sit down and say." Jiang Shen pointed to the bed on the side: "I went to check the progress of the transcription of the examination papers, and it will take at least four days." ”

Han Changwei nodded: "There are many candidates for this provincial examination, and the number of exam papers that need to be transcribed is naturally amazing. ”

Jiang Shen said in his heart: "For a long time, the longer the transcription, the longer the examination papers are in the public office, the more accidents will occur. ”

After entering this tribute courtyard, the Department of Internal Guard, the forbidden army, and many officials became grasshoppers on a rope, with both glory and loss, and no one could run away if something happened.