In front of the main gate of Zheng Mansion, a large string of firecrackers had already been hung high, but there was no sound.

In the luxurious and luxurious mansion, at this moment, there was a silence. Zheng An, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, frowned tightly, and looked at the constable of the Three Fa Departments in and out of his mansion.

Last night, his daughter-in-law Cheng Yasi disappeared out of thin air, missing whereabouts. Although she had already reported to the officials and the government came to investigate, it was natural. However, at this moment, he felt a little uneasy, just because, in his identity, the Ministry of Justice should have sent someone directly to investigate, but the one who came to investigate the case at this moment was the Detailed Inspection Department, the Inspection Department, and the Inspection Department, which were under the jurisdiction of the Three Laws, were basically the Three Laws Offices composed of people in the martial arts world.

His eldest son, Zheng Xian, who was a student of the Imperial College, was called to question. As Zheng Xiantai student, it would be fine if he came to the Ministry of Justice or the Censorate. These heads and constables in the Sanfa Department's yamen were not qualified to find him. At first, he was also furious about this, but soon, the heads and constables who came to investigate the case actually took out the secret order.

What happened? Zheng An was confused.

In the secret room on the other side, Zheng Xian slammed the table angrily and said, "Are you treating me as a prisoner?"

"No, Master Zheng misunderstood!"

Sitting in front of him was an old captain from the inspection department.

Unlike the Inquiry Department or the Inspection Department, the direct superior of the Inspection Department is the Censorate, and the investigation is basically the main cases of collusion between officials and bandits, the murder and dismemberment cases a few days ago, the arson case of the Imperial College, the monster case in the capital, etc. Although it caused a lot of trouble, it basically has nothing to do with the Inspection Department. At most, it is to help the other two departments. No matter what the final result is, it is not within their power, so naturally it will not bear any responsibility.

But early this morning, the emperor suddenly summoned the inspection department and urgently ordered the inspection department to handle the case. Zheng An's daughter-in-law Cheng Yasi's disappearance last night was also one of the matters to be investigated. This kind of thing should be left to the Ministry of Justice. What does it have to do with the inspection department? As an old arrester of the inspection department, he was confused at first, but as some clues were dug out, he soon began to realize in his heart... Is something big going?

"Young Master calm down. I am just a small captain. How dare you treat the captain as a prisoner?" The old captain said slowly, "It's just the responsibility. Some things have to be asked. As long as the chief prince talks about these issues, the chief prince will be divorced from the relationship, and I will be able to get involved..."

"Get out of the relationship?" Zheng Xian was furious, "I am a scholar, and I am worthy of the heavens. What kind of relationship do I want to get out of the relationship?"

"Young Master Zheng, it's useless to tell me, the old man? You also know that I am not from the Inspection Department, nor am I from the Inspection Department. Our Inspection Department is only under the jurisdiction of the Censorate, and the Censorate is only responsible to the Emperor. Why do you ask these questions? I, the old man, don't know?" The old captain was not anxious and slow. "How did the eldest prince know about the Lingshi? As the Minister of Personnel, Lingzun knows the secrets of the imperial court that he has involved, what kind of people she interacts with on weekdays, what kind of places she often goes to, how much do you know about her..."

Zheng Xian said angrily: "My wife was kidnapped, don't you go and investigate the murderer who abducted her..."

"Are you kidnapped by a traitor, or are you exposed and fled for fear of guilt... We are still investigating!"

"What do you mean?" Zheng Xian, who had realized that something was wrong, looked at the old captain in shock and suspicion.

"Let me say that, why don't a real man have no wife? He will leave after he leaves. Master Zheng, you are a student, don't miss your future for a woman. Master... do you think so?" The old captain said slowly.

Zheng Xian hesitated for a moment and sat down slowly: "What do you want to... know?"

The question in the secret room continued. On the other side, Zheng Xiuxiu, a girl from the Zheng family, and Lu Xifu, the concubine of Zheng Xiang, the second son of the Zheng family, were also in the attic, looking at the constables entering and leaving the distance in a striking and suspicious manner. Today is the day when the list of gold is released. As a student of the Imperial College and a deep family background, Zheng Xian has almost no chance of failing the list. However, at this moment, a kind of tense atmosphere suppresses the entire Zheng family.

Although they knew that the matter had a lot to do with Cheng Yasi who suddenly disappeared yesterday, what happened? They were completely confused.

I don’t know if what happened will affect them, but at this moment, they are also extremely nervous.

Someone ran to the hall on the other side, and then the mansion became quieter. A maid came from that direction. Zheng Xiuxiu called her up and asked a few questions. Then, she and Lu Xifu were also silent. After a while, Lu Xifu asked in a low voice: "Do you know who the Sanding Armor is this time?"

The maid replied: "Tanhua is the Taishu Master Sun Shansun of the Imperial College, and the second place is Zhou Yuan Zhou of Weizhou. As for the top scholar, the girl and Mrs. Ru knew each other. The last time she was invited by the eldest master to visit, the result was that the Taishu Master Ning Jiangning, who was unhappy. This time she won the top scholar, and with the previous Jie Yuan and Hui Yuan, he won three yuan in a row."

Lu Xifu was silent again. Ning Jiang, it was Ning Jiang again...

About a quarter of an hour later, the question in the secret room had ended. The old captain opened the door, walked out, said a few words to the others, left with the constables, and arrived outside the mansion. He looked at the big red firecrackers hanging high beside the door. After thinking about it, he asked the people around him, "Have the results been released?"

A person next to him said, "The golden list has been released, and Master Zheng is unknown on the list."

The old captain nodded and looked back at the solemn and gorgeous Zheng Mansion. Zheng Xian's father was a Jinzi Guanglu official, and he was awarded the title of Minister of Personnel and a second-rank official. According to principles, even if he performed poorly in the palace examination, he should have been kind, but the result was that he had no name on the gold list.

It's a big deal... He shook his head and led the team away!

***

In the palace, Emperor Song Shao stood on the steps with anger.

Cen Feihu, the guard with a knife in front of the imperial court, reported at the steps: "He has been in the secret room of Lord He Taihe's discovery. Every time the imperial edict is sent by the court and the tiger talisman is transferred, he actually kept it at home for a private record. Judging from the situation where He Tai fought with the Bat Master this morning, He Tai is not only a strong martial arts foundation, but is afraid he is also proficient in some unknown evil techniques. The leaked information handed over by the Zhengqi Alliance is probably really leaked by He Tai."

The emperor said, "When Hetai was young, he had entered the palace in vain and had always been deeply trusted by his father and me. Although the Privy Council had no real power, it was in the end it was to manage the communication documents for military registration and military mobilization. If it were not for the old eunuch who had been in the palace for many years, he would never have entered the Privy Council. When did he become a spy of the Zoroastrianism?"

Cen Feihu said: "I'm afraid he had been developed by Zoroastrianism before he entered the palace and became a loyal believer of Zoroastrianism."

The emperor said angrily: "The Zoroastrianism has such energy. It has set up these eyeliners in my capital to leak out a large number of military information in China, but it has never been discovered? How did the Ministry of Justice do things? How did you do things?"

Cen Feihu hurriedly knelt down and said, "I am incompetent."

Although the emperor was angry, he knew that it was useless to blame the Procuratorate and even the Ministry of Justice. In order to disperse military power, the Privy Council's employment has always been interfered with by the six ministries. After all, he would have been called the Privy Council by a hidden spy like Hetai. It was purely because of his unclear employment. If Hetai had not been forced to show amazing martial arts by the Bat Master this morning, even if the Three Laws Office suspected him, he would not dare to investigate it privately.

The Confucian generals in the court had long wanted to abolish the Privy Council and take back the military power and military registration. Hetai was actually a spy who was connected with foreign countries. They would definitely make this statement in the future. This matter must be suppressed as much as possible. The Privy Council was originally set up to divide the military power of the Ministry of War, and it must not be cancelled... Song Shao thought to himself.

He said, "Get up!"

After Cen Feihu got up, Song Shao continued to ask: "Situ Lei, Fang Fang Qing, and Wu Yuqiu, who were killed by the Bat Master, were indeed all Zoroastrians? But they grew up in the capital since childhood, and their parents were both scholars and officials with great fame. How can Zoroastrianism develop them and make them devotedly?"

Cen Feihu said: "I think that Zoroastrianism must have some secret technique, but I can't master it. However, I think that the method of Zoroastrianism must have its own limitations. There will never be many secret believers like this. Zoroastrianism has a history of hundreds of years in the wilderness. If it can really develop its believers like this, wouldn't it be that all the world would have been believers of Zoroastrianism long ago? Therefore, in my opinion, those who were killed by Bat Prince disappeared overnight last night were all Zoroastrians. Zoroastrianism did not know what kind of hatred did with Bat Prince. On the night before the palace examination, they attacked Bat Prince with the monster, and were later revenge by Bat Prince. The missing girls were worried that they were found by Bat Prince and fled overnight. Apart from these, there shouldn't be too many Zoroastrianism left in the capital."

Song Shao pondered for a while and said, "Although your judgment is reasonable, this matter must be investigated further. In the end, there must be no fish that misses the net. As for the Zoroastrianism..." He said gritted his teeth: "The Zoroastrianism was in the Northern Rasho incident, and Baiboliang suppressed bloody suppression. Almost all the Zoroastrians were killed in the Northern Rasho land. The court forced him to recall him. The three departments tried to judge him. Before he could reward his merits, he was convicted first. Instead, he ordered the Zoroastrianism to become more powerful in Northern Rasho. Now he is even more bold and has reached his hand to the capital."

Cen Feihu said: "No matter how many generals kill, they will die only the people who were bewitched by Zoroastrianism. After all, they cannot shake the root of Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrianism is like a cult and has always been hidden very deeply. If you want to eliminate Zoroastrianism, you may still need the means of martial arts."

Song Shao said: "This is reasonable. After today, I will ask the Ministry of Justice to take out the constitution and give you more power. If Zoroastrianism does this, there will be deeper intentions behind it. Don't uproot it to prevent future troubles."

Cen Feihu said: "Yes!"

Song Shao said: "Do not investigate the remnants of the Zoropause religion in the capital, do not be secret or detailed, do not kill in vain, but do not let go. If it involves people in the court, it will be handed over to the inspection department. I have given them a secret decree. You can go down first!"

After Cen Feihu retreated, Tan Song, the Minister of Rites, entered the hall and reported: "Your Majesty! All the new Jinshi are waiting for the banquet in Shangyuan. Please move the mount to Shangyuan."

Song Shao said: "Let the bachelor of Baowen Pavilion go to Baowen Pavilion to take out the Jiulong Cup."

Tan Song, the Minister of Rites, said: "Abide by the order!"

...

***

At the same time, in Shangyuan, the top scholar Ning Jiang, the second-level Zhou Yuan, and Tanhua Sun Shan led all the new Jinshi to wait in a corner of Shangyuan.

At this time, the sun had moved to the sky and the weather was hot. However, the new Jinshi were arranged in a cool place, surrounded by water pavilions, green ponds, and lakes and mountains. Although it was in the imperial city and there were officials from the Ministry of Rites watching, on this great day when the list of gold was released, there were no demands for them, such as the new Jinshi.

This is the first time many people enter Shangyuan, enjoying the surrounding scenery while chatting with each other. After confirming their title at the Golden List, their mood naturally relaxed. Although they dared not make noise, they were also talking and laughing in a low voice.

Zhou Yuan, the second-tier student, is about forty years old. At this age, he is not too old among all the tribute students. He is not too student. Ning Jiang had no impression of him before. However, more than one hundred tribute students were not familiar with them. At this moment, because they were all at the forefront of the team, the three of them in the first class naturally started to chat.

Sun Shan thanked Ning Jiang again. This time, he was able to enter the first class because he performed very well in the written test of the palace examination, but if Ning Jiang had not helped him cure his stuttering disease, Jun Xianlu would have been beaten down at this level. Ning Jiang smiled and said, "Brother Sun Shan, don't care, I'm just doing my best."

In his opinion, Sun Shan was able to break out of thousands of troops and enter the palace examination twice in a row, and this time he directly entered the Three Cauldron Armor, which proved his strength.

Zhou Yuan asked, and found out that Ning Jiang had cured Sun Shan's tongue disorder and said in surprise: "So the top scholar has such skills?"

While speaking, a eunuch from Sili sang Nuo and said, "The Lord is here!"

The Jinshi hurriedly kept silent. Soon, Emperor Song Shao had already led all officials to come and stood at a high place. He encouraged the new Jinshi. He also ordered three people from the first class to come forward and awarded the "Jinshi" and entered the Hanlin Academy. Among them, the top scholar was awarded the fourth rank, the second class was the fourth rank, and the Tanhua was the fifth rank. The second class was awarded the "Jinshi" and more than 60 people from the third class to the third class to the second class to the second class to the fourth rank, and the third class to the fifth rank.

Immediately afterwards, the emperor gave a banquet, which is often mentioned in various operas. However, in fact, the "Qionglin Banquet" is not a formal title. However, after the palace examination, it was a convention for the emperor to give a banquet. The earliest banquet was in the Qionglin Garden, which is the Emperor's Garden. Although the location was changed several times later, the people were still used to calling it the Qionglin Banquet. Just like various operas, the storytelling always called the Emperor's discussion of national affairs with his ministers as the Golden Palace.

In addition, because there must be venison at the Qionglin Banquet, it has another name called "Deer Song Banquet". The reason why venison is the main jelly at the Qionglin Banquet is because there is a sentence in the Book of Songs, "Yoyou Deer Woo, Eat the Wild Apple", which symbolizes the emperor's desire to seek talent and be thirsty.

The emperor gave a banquet, and under the arrangement of the Ministry of Rites, the Jinshi took his seat one after another.
Chapter completed!