Gongsun shook his head and said, "Aren't you stupid? To watch the fragrant wood film, do you have to stand across from each other, one looking at the front and the other looking at the back!"

Zhan Zhao and the others looked at Gongsun with their mouths flattened - why didn't you tell me earlier!

The Demon King touched his chin, "What a coincidence."

"What a coincidence?" Lin Yehuo wondered, "What coincidence?"

"Have you seen the dragon pattern scroll before?" the demon king asked.

"Even in the previous martial arts examinations, were there any cases of candidates turning into salt?" Zhan Zhao nodded, "I have seen them all, but the case has never been solved."

"Yes." The Demon King also nodded, "Things were quite big at that time, and later the martial arts test was postponed."

"So serious?" Everyone was surprised.

"Because someone also discovered this thing at that time." The Demon King pointed to the thing in Zhan Zhao's hand, "And what was written on the piece of wood at that time was also the name of the emperor at that time."

Zhan Zhao and the others looked at the Demon King eagerly—Old man, why didn’t you tell me such an important clue earlier?

The Demon King picked up the little fourth son who stood up and stretched after finishing his homework and put him on his lap. "Coincidentally, there were only two words left on the back."

Everyone was stunned.

Zhan Zhao frowned and thought for a while, then asked, "Could it be..."

"Actually, there were only the words "Shen Shi" written on the back?" Bai Yutang asked, "It's just that the words were smaller and placed on one side, giving people the illusion that the front part had completely disappeared?"

"But what if the wood chips fall out and the first thing we see is the hour?" Lin Yehuo felt that this strategy was a bit accidental.

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, picked up the writing brush used by Xiao Sizi to write homework from the table nearby, lightly tapped a little on one side of the fragrant wood piece, then threw the wood piece up and caught it... that point was on the top. He

I repeated this process several times, and the wood chip always had the painted side facing up.

Others have tried it too, with the same results.

Bai Yutang took the piece of wood and studied it carefully, "The edge is not completely flat. This is a trap."

Tianzun and Yin Hou suddenly went back to get the dice on the table.

"Unjust!" Tianzun glared at Yao Changtian and Lu Tianhan.

Yin Hou was dissatisfied and said, "Sure enough, it's you two who are in trouble!"

The White Ghost King and Lu Tianhan both looked up at the sky - nothing happened!

"What is the purpose of doing this?" Zhan Zhao asked.

The Demon King smiled and said, "Any unsolved case depends on the outcome. The outcome is the murderer's purpose."

Everyone thought for a while and frowned, "Postponing the martial arts test?"

The Demon King held his face and smiled slightly, "It should be quite lively in the palace now..."

…

At this time, the palace was indeed lively.

Zhao Zhen was about to go to sleep, but who knew that Zhao Pu came to find Nangong.

The Ninth Prince went to talk to Nangong alone. How could Zhao Zhen give in? Knowing that something must have happened, he dragged Zhao Pu out to talk.

When Zhao Pu told the story, he didn't expect the Queen Mother to hear it... Coincidentally, the Queen Mother happened to be accompanying Xiangxiang in Zhao Zhen's palace. Concubine Pang and Xiangxiang fell asleep, and the Queen Mother came out and wanted to chat with Zhao Zhen.

If Zhao Zhen didn't notice that the Queen Mother just walked behind the door, Zhao Pu and Nangong both noticed it. Nangong couldn't say anything, while Zhao Pu was a little bit shady and deliberately told the Queen Mother... After all, it concerned Zhao.

Zhen's safety, Zhao Zhen's temper, no one except the Queen Mother can really control him.

Sure enough, the Queen Mother was furious when she heard this. She dragged Zhao Zhen, who was going to see the martial arts test tomorrow, and told him not to go. She also said that it would be best to postpone the martial arts test until the Kaifeng government solved the case.

How could Zhao Zhen be so willing? When the Queen Mother got angry, she sent someone to find the Eighth Prince.

…

At this moment, Zhao Zhen was squatting at the door of the room with his mouth flat and his arms folded, sulking. The Eighth Prince, Li Yue, and the Queen Mother were taking turns nagging behind him.

Zhao Pu and Nangong stood aside and looked at the stars, with no expression of sympathy on their faces.

Zhao Zhen was finally annoyed and stood up to resist, "I don't want to! How can I let these crooked people change the date of the martial arts test just by scaring me? It seems like I am afraid of death? I want to go! What do I want to see?

The black and white impermanence comes to take my life... Oops!"

Before she could finish her words, she was hit in the head by an orange thrown by the Queen Mother.

Zhao Zhen looked at his own mother with his head aggrieved.

The Queen Mother is so angry.

When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang entered the palace, they saw the Queen Mother holding the copper mace left by the late Emperor and saying that she wanted to spank the Emperor. The Eight Kings and others were trying to persuade them, and the scene was a bit chaotic.

On the one hand, Zhao Zhen was afraid that the Queen Mother would be angry and harm her body, but on the other hand, he was quite dissatisfied. When he saw Zhan Zhao and the others coming, the Emperor's eyes narrowed - it's your Kaifeng Mansion that is causing the trouble!

Zhan Zhao told what happened in the same case before, and the Queen Mother and others calmed down...

Zhao Zhen frowned, "You mean...the murderer's purpose is to make me postpone the martial arts test?"

"Maybe..." Zhan Zhao and others were not sure either.

"Did the assassination incident happen that year?" Nangong only cared about Zhao Zhen's safety, and the Queen Mother and others also looked over nervously.

Before Zhan Zhao could speak, he saw Zhao Zhen winking at him.

"Mr. Gongsun checked the files before, but there was no record of this."

After listening to Zhan Zhao's words, the Queen Mother felt a little relieved. Concubine Pang took her maid in time to accompany the Queen Mother back to rest and relieve Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen was saved. He put his hands on his hips angrily and walked back and forth in the yard. He wondered, "What's the point of postponing the martial arts test? It doesn't mean that if you delay it for ten days and a half, those who fail can pass."

Martial arts cannot be acquired by improvising!"

After spinning around twice, Zhao Zhen let out a "hum", "I'm going to watch the official martial arts test tomorrow, no one is allowed to stop me!"

After saying that, he turned around and went back to the house to sleep.

Nangong had no choice but to ask Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang to bring Tianzun Yinhou to watch the martial arts test tomorrow no matter what.

Zhao Pu asked Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao if they wanted to check something when they entered the palace. Zhan Zhao took out the dragon pattern scroll and said that he wanted to find the records of the martial arts test in the same year.

Zhao Pu nodded and went to Chuntang Pavilion to look for the file together.

Li Yue and the Eight Kings were very interested, so they followed.

…

"Speaking of postponing exams."

While everyone was waiting for a few old scholars to help find files at the gate of Chun Tang Pavilion, Qingping Marquis Li Yue suddenly said, "I remember the time when Cao Kui won the top prize in martial arts, it was also postponed..."

Everyone raised their heads and looked at him with a "swish" sound.

Li Yue asked the Eighth Prince, "Don't you remember? It was a ceremony to avoid offering sacrifices to the heavens, and it was postponed for ten days."

The Eighth Prince thought for a while, "It seems...it was postponed after the top ten were determined, right? The palace examination was ten days late, and I remember that Cao Kui seemed to be the last one to make it into the top ten."

Li Yue nodded, "So when he won later, some people said that he was the chosen one. The late emperor also thought that he was talented in defeating the strong with the weak."
Chapter completed!