Mrs. Zhou had a frosty face and stared coldly at the servant kneeling on the ground in front of her. Shen Xinlan stood next to her, with a hint of joy in her eyes.
"Are you sure you saw Su Ping entering the Gongyuan examination room with your own eyes?"
This servant had served as a scout in the army and knew some ways of tracking and sneaking.
Since the wedding banquet, the task of monitoring Su Ping has been transferred from the ordinary nursing home to him.
In the past few days, he was the one who kept an eye on Su Ping.
"The little one is willing to use his head as a guarantee!"
The servant said in a deep voice.
"With a head as security?"
Zhou sneered and said, "Then tell me, why did he enter the Gongyuan but didn't come out? Could it be that he could escape by climbing over the wall of the Gongyuan?"
The servant was speechless for a moment.
When Rixiang took the imperial examination the day before yesterday, he indeed watched helplessly as Su Ping passed the inspector, passed the inspection, and entered the Gongyuan.
But Su Ping was nowhere to be seen until the hospital was closed. He really couldn't figure out where Su Ping had gone.
Speaking of climbing over the wall and escaping...
Even if the officials in the examination room turn a blind eye and let Su Ping do whatever he wants, it is impossible for him, a young scholar with no strength to tie a chicken, to read through the three-foot-high thorns.
"Is it possible that he is hiding in Gongyuan?"
The servant thought for a long time and could only think of this possibility.
"If Su Ping can hide under the noses of all the great scholars, why should he be afraid of a mere Duke's palace?"
Zhou asked coldly.
At this time, the servant was completely speechless.
"Madam, there is news."
The old housekeeper walked in quickly from outside the house, looking dusty.
"Huh? Say it!"
Zhou's eyes narrowed.
"On the first day of the rural examination, someone saw a man similar in size and age to Su Ping walking out of the south city gate."
The old housekeeper bowed and answered.
"On the first day of the provincial examination... did he really escape?"
Zhou narrowed her eyes and couldn't figure out how Su Ping escaped from the Gongyuan.
"Madam, do you want to send someone to chase you?"
The old housekeeper asked again, "It has just been two days. If we use the elite men left by the Duke, it will not be difficult to find him."
Just as Zhou was about to give the order, Shen Xinlan next to her suddenly said: "Mother, my daughter thinks it would be a good idea to let Su Ping go."
"oh?"
Zhou's heart moved, "Tell me about it."
"Everyone, go down."
Shen Xinlan drove away the old housekeeper and the servants, and then said: "Mother, please think about how Su Ping got out of Gongyuan."
"What does this have to do with whether we can find him back?"
Zhou frowned slightly.
"My daughter has visited Gongyuan and is well aware of the intensive surveillance there."
Shen Xinlan thought of her trip to Gongyuan that day, and a wave of viciousness surged in her heart, "After much thought, if Su Ping wants to leave Gongyuan, he must first divert the attention of these people."
"You mean?!"
Zhou's eyes flashed, and he had already guessed what Shen Xinlan wanted to say.
"That's right."
Shen Xinlan nodded, "My daughter can be sure that Su Ping left the Gongyuan on the first day of the provincial examination, because it was only on that day that he could get out."
"Vision..."
Zhou murmured.
On that day, the sky was full of visions. The two saints read together, and everyone in the world saw it.
"He attracted the attention of the examiners with visions, and he took the opportunity to leave Gongyuan and escape from Yangjing."
Shen Xinlan analyzed, "If the appearance of this vision is just a coincidence and not something Su Ping did deliberately, I would kill my daughter not to believe it."
Bang~
Mrs. Zhou slapped her palm on the case, her eyes filled with resentment.
"Repaying kindness with hatred is like a dog! We give him wealth and status, what else is he dissatisfied with?"
"Catch him back this time..."
"We can't bring him back!"
Before Zhou could finish speaking, Shen Xinlan said first, "Mother, you might as well think about it. With the scale of these two visions and the holy parade, your majesty, all the officials, and the people in the capital will still stand in our country." The government’s side?”
Zhou was shocked when he heard this and immediately realized that he had lost his composure just now.
In fact, it's easy to see clearly if you think about it carefully.
The first time Su Ping brought about Confucianism and Taoism, he asked his Majesty to issue four oral edicts in succession.
Let everyone be silent and calm, and temporarily add poetry subjects. Even Marquis Wu wanted to take Su Ping away, but was stopped.
The four oral edicts are all related to Su Ping.
Plus this time...
This time the vision was even more terrifying.
The two saints read together, and the heroic spirit revives.
The most important thing is that the people are united as one, which not only established the status of this poem as a "state-governing", but also once again increased Su Ping's weight in the heart of Emperor Yongtai.
Under this situation, if Su Ping is really shameless and insists on going against the Duke's government, it will be really hard for him and others to deal with it.
"In that case, letting Su Ping go would be a good thing?"
Zhou said, and suddenly said: "No, Su Ping is gone. Wouldn't it be in vain that we two have been planning this big event for so long?"
"No, mother might as well think about it. Since Su Ping chose to escape, it means that he doesn't know what these two visions will bring him. But if he is brought back, sooner or later he will understand... By then, Our plans also have the risk of failure."
After Shen Xinlan finished speaking, she glanced outside the house and continued in a low voice: "In addition... my daughter and Su Ping have already gotten married. No one knows what happened on the night of the wedding. Even if someone knows, they can't prove it, including... ...Su Ping himself!"
Zhou's eyes sparkled: "You mean..."
………
Yongqing Palace.
"Your Majesty, Su Ping is missing."
Wen Daoyuan bowed his hand to Emperor Yongtai and said.
"Su Ping?"
Emperor Yongtai pretended to think for a moment and said, "Is it the son-in-law of Duke Dingguo who wrote "Journey into the Wine"? He is missing? What do you mean?"
"..."
Wen Daoyuan couldn't expose it, so he could only explain: "Su Ping went to Gongyuan to take the provincial examination the day before yesterday. Even today when Gongyuan is closed, Su Ping still hasn't come out."
"Maybe he didn't take the provincial examination at all. What's so strange about it."
Emperor Yongtai smiled and said, "Besides, Master, if you want to find someone, you should go to Duke Dingguo's Mansion. Why are you here?"
"Your Majesty, I won't beat around the bush, is Old Ghost Yuan here with you?"
Yin Dongqiu cupped his hands and looked around aggressively, "We just need to find him."
"I'm afraid I will disappoint Marquis Wu."
Emperor Yongtai shook his head, his meaning was obvious.
Yin Dongqiu didn't believe it and wanted to say more but was stopped by Wen Daoyuan.
"In this case, I will leave first."
After saying that, Wen Daoyuan took Yin Dongqiu away.
Yin Dongqiu couldn't understand what Emperor Yongtai meant, but he understood it immediately.
We can't inquire about this matter yet.
"I don't want to tell them. I just want to put it bluntly. Why do you need me to prevaricate it?"
Emperor Yongtai said to the empty hall with a helpless tone.
As soon as he finished speaking, a figure appeared out of thin air at the foot of the stairs. It was Yuan Jiufeng, the supervisor of Qintian Supervisor.
"Back to Your Majesty, I don't want to talk to that Yin Pifu."
Yuan Jiufeng said bluntly.
"..."
Emperor Yongtai was speechless and asked again: "Should we send a few blood-clothed guards to follow us secretly?"
The folk customs in the North are strong and fierce. Many people are farmers in good years, but become bandits in drought years.
Not to mention, there were blood-clad guards who discovered traces of evil spirits in the Northland last year.
The safety level is far less than in the south.
Su Ping went on the road alone. If something happened to him, he might not be able to come back.
"If His Majesty lets someone follow him, then his trip to the North will be meaningless."
Yuan Jiufeng explained.
have to.
Is it still the old saying? My great fortune will affect Su Ping's path...
Suddenly, Emperor Yongtai lost the mood to continue talking to this old guy, flicked his sleeves, and returned to the harem.
Within the Gongyuan, all officials performed their duties and began to screen candidates' test papers layer by layer.
In three days, they need to select the best 100 among nearly 40,000 test papers.