Both He Guanfu and Zhao Li were frightened by their surprising thoughts.

Here they sent Li Muyou away, looked at each other again, and then spoke in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

He Guanfu was still a little unbelievable, "Could it be that we are overthinking it? Is this basically a plan to drive a wedge between Tan and Xu?"

This is not impossible, but Zhao Li thought about it, "Then what if Li Muyou really has a problem? What? We might as well follow what the two comforters said and follow Li Muyou. "

He Guanfu doesn't want to do such a secretive thing, which goes against his status as a scholar.

But at the critical moment, he knew that he couldn't take care of so much. Zhao Li persuaded him a few words, and the two of them started to act quietly.

But until noon, there was no movement from Li Muyou.

He Guanfu quietly said to Zhao Li, "Look, there is nothing strange about Brother Li. If we continue to follow him and are discovered by him, it will appear that we do not trust our brothers."

Zhao Li also hesitated for a moment, but still said, "Maybe there will be movement in the dead of night, just wait another two-quarters of an hour."

Unexpectedly, he was right. In less than two-quarters of an hour, Li Muyou changed into dark clothes and quietly went out.

Li Muyou's family was poor and he lived in a lower-class room in an inn. He only had these few clothes to wear back and forth. He didn't need to change into one outfit in two days, so he changed his clothes and went out.

The dark clothes melted into the night. If He Guanfu and Zhao Li hadn't kept a close eye on him, they might have lost track of him.

The two of them didn't dare to alert the snake, so they followed him not far or near, and suddenly they arrived at a deserted wasteland.

The two wanted to get closer, but they didn't expect several people to walk out from the other two sides.

Taking advantage of the bright moonlight, I took a closer look and found that those people were all people who usually liked to talk in crowds. There was also one who was the best at debating, and often made people speechless with his words.

He Guanfu and Zhao Li did not dare to move, and stopped at a place not far or near to take a closer look.

Li Muyou seemed to be the leader among these people. Everyone was listening to his words. He whispered some instructions, then went around to the bottom of a big tree and took out a bundle from the crown.

The burden was so heavy that it was heavier than a large stone.

He calmly called the people to come forward and took out things from the bag one by one and gave them to them.

"Five ounces of money per person. When you return, you will distribute it to the people below, so that these people can continue to speak. Anyone who hears words that are conducive to appeasement must refute it. If you argue well, remember to add money."

He said here, After a pause, he became a little more solemn.

"Be sure to muddy the water and stir up people's hearts."

The wind brought his words to the ears of He Guanfu and Zhao Li.

The two of them froze in the bushes, looking at each other in shock.

He Guanfu couldn't bear it anymore. He was helping Li Muyou every day or two. He always felt that this person had no money. At present, it seemed that he had no money. I was afraid that the money in the bag was more than what he had brought. many!

And this was not about money at all. It was a waste of his trust. He didn't expect that Li Muyou was an evil ghost mixed in.

He couldn't help but go forward and ask Li Muyou what he wanted to do, but Zhao Li caught him.

"Do you want to die? Li Muyou may not be Li Muyou. How can you really survive if you go forward like this? Have you forgotten Mr. Tan and Xu and told us not to alert the enemy?!" When

he said this, He Guanfu's mind was in a state of confusion. Only then did he calm down.

He did not move again and froze in the darkness for a long time. It was not until Li Muyou dismissed those people and hurried back to the inn that the two of them came out of the darkness.

His back was dripping with cold sweat.

After a long time, He Guanfu came back to his senses.

"How could this happen?"

...

The next day, He Guanfu and Zhao Li went to find the other three leading candidates. Two of the other three people noticed that there seemed to be people around them. Five The people looked at each other and became inexplicably afraid.

These people could not have been sent by Tan and Xu, because these people had been with them for an unknown number of days.

"Who are they? What do they want to do? And there is so much money!"

Someone asked this question, but the other four people could not answer it.

The five of them were still frightened, so they didn't need anyone else to persuade them anymore, and now they knew how to think calmly. Zhao Li even suggested it directly.

"How about we tell the two pacification envoys!"

He mentioned this, and everyone still hesitated for a moment. Telling the pacification envoys like this was equivalent to giving up the position of continuing the quarrel.

The five people hesitated again.

The market was still noisy, with people constantly arguing and talking.

Li Muyou mingled among the crowd and watched with cold eyes. The people around him saw him looking towards the government house where the envoy was staying and asked him a question.

"Boss, are we going to attack the two newcomers?"

After all, this was the order given by the master before they came.

Li Muyou did not respond immediately and slowly shook his head.

"The person coming this time is unusual. Without a new order from the master, we cannot act rashly."

The man under his command thought about the identity of the person and nodded clearly.

But less than an hour after saying this, new news suddenly came.

After Li Muyou opened it and read it, he paused slightly and immediately burned the letter.

Only then did his subordinates ask, "Boss, what did the higher-ups say? Did they tell us not to take action?"

After all, the identity of the new envoy was different from that of Mr. Qi.

But Li Muyou shook his head.

"No, move."

He said, his eyes fell on the official residence in the distance where the envoys were staying, and he spoke slowly.

"The master's new order is to kill someone."

...

He Guanfu and the other five hesitated until the evening, and had no idea what to do. When they made trouble before, their minds were as solid as a rock, but now they couldn't make up their minds.

The five people gathered in He Guanfu's spacious guest room to talk. After talking, they were a little shaken.

"We don't know the origin of Li Muyou. We have to talk to two comfort envoys to find out. In any case, those two are not court officials. One is from the East Palace and the other is the eldest son of a noble family. Isn’t it true that we can’t believe this…”

Should I tell the two comfort envoys?

Everyone hesitated again. At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside, and then the whole street was in chaos.

The five people quickly got up and ran downstairs when they heard someone say.

"The school building over there collapsed, killing people!"

The school building is a building prepared by the local government for the students who have gathered here to take the imperial examination. Naturally, rich scholars will not live here, but there are still Many poor scholars can only make do here.

Although the school buildings were simple and crude, they were built solidly. How could they suddenly collapse? !

In the past, the five people would have gone to the government office angrily to ask what was going on, but this time they did not act rashly and were all stunned.

However, they didn't shout or ask anything, but the street became noisy. A group of candidates gathered on the street, shouting "justice" and "justice", and rushed towards the residence of the two comfort envoys.

These people were numerous and anxious, and there was someone in the middle who kept leading them and shouting, "Ask for justice! Seek justice!"

But He Guanfu suddenly saw a person hiding in front.

"Li Muyou! It's him!"

But he realized it was too late. Li Muyou called out to the candidates and reopened the door to the comfort envoy.

Someone in the crowd shouted.

"If they don't let us live, let's drag them together to see the King of Hell!"

After saying this, He Guanfu's face turned pale instantly.

"What should Master Xu and Master Tan do...?!"

Jingcheng.

Xiang Yi went to the jade shop that the uncle mentioned in the afternoon and picked out items for a while. He really found two good ones and subconsciously wanted to pay for them himself. However, Zhengji hurriedly put in the money and looked at it eagerly. Holding her.

"Madam, let me pay!"

Xiang Yi then remembered what he had promised the uncle, so he could only ask Zhengji to pay for the jade.

There were some bumps on the way back, so Xiang Yi sat in the car alone and took a nap with his eyes closed.

Just as he closed his eyes, a burst of noise broke into his mind.

She woke up immediately and looked out the car window. Everything on the street was as usual, with vendors, shops, and government patrols, and there was no noise and chaos that had just passed before her eyes.

It turned out to be just a dream.

But she closed her eyes again and became confused from time to time. The noisy scene actually appeared in front of her eyes. She actually saw the Tan family uncle in the chaos. Someone jumped out from the crowd, picked up a torch and threw it at him. passed.

Xiang Yi woke up completely. She was stunned for a breath, and the carriage arrived at the door of her house.

Xiang Yi couldn't help but ask.

"Is the uncle back?"

Zhengji was stunned when she asked him, "Madam, the uncle is not back soon."

Xiang Yi came back to his senses and thought the same, nodded and returned to the room without asking any more questions.

His letter was still on the desk. Xiang Yi went to the jade shop today and placed the newly purchased jade next to his letter. He read it for a while, took out the paper, picked up a pen and wrote a reply.

Xiang Yi really didn't know what to say in detail, so he tried hard to write a few sentences but it was not as good as his Nobunaga.

She had no choice but to tell him to be careful of catching a cold and to go home early, but she somehow thought of the sentence at the end of his letter about coming back before "the tenth day of next month".

Xiang Yi was helpless and silent for a while. Naturally, he wouldn't say such a thing, so he just did it.

She put down her money, but after thinking about it, she called Qiao Yun over.

"Where is my seal?"

"Madam, did you say it was the seal used when writing family letters to the young master and the girl?"

Because they had just met some time ago, Xiang Yi did not exchange letters with his siblings for a while, and the seal was taken by Qiao. The water plants were put away.

As soon as she said this, Qiao Yun asked.

"Madam wants to write a letter home to the young master and the girl. I don't know where to send it to my servant?"

In the past, the letters were sent to the auspicious seal shop, but there is no auspicious seal shop in the capital.

Unexpectedly, the lady cleared her throat gently and shook her head.

"Bring Xiaoyin here, you don't need to deliver the letter."

Qiao Yun was stunned for a moment, and then she saw that there were no letters from her young master and the girl on the desk. Instead, there was a letter from the uncle who had left Beijing.

Qiao Yun blinked in surprise and handed over Xiang Yi's small seal.

Xiang Yi was stunned for a while holding the small seal. Seeing that the letter was really short, he could only put the small seal underneath to make it look better...

After writing the letter, she put it aside to dry. Look up and look in the south direction.

I wonder how... he is?

Gyeonggi.

He Guanfu and the others were all frightened when the door of the residence where the comforter was staying was broken open.

They all thought about what happened before, Mr. Qi, who suddenly fell from a high slope. If something happened to the two comfort envoys this time, they, the poor family of the common people, would really be in trouble.

Besides, those two really had their best interests at heart.

The five people immediately ran into the crowd and ran towards the pacifier's house, shouting to everyone as they ran.

"Don't make a fuss! Don't make a fuss! If it kills someone, it's over!"

But the voices of the five people were too soft, and were completely drowned out by the noisy crowd and those who deliberately created chaos in the crowd.

He Guanfu's scalp was so anxious that he saw that shouting was useless, so he also rushed towards the courtyard of the pacifier.

At least let him report and give you a reminder!

However, when he rushed into the house in a hurry, he saw that there was no one in the house at all.

And everyone who broke in was dumbfounded, wondering where the court officials had gone.

But in the next breath, the government troops came directly from behind.

He Guanfu was stunned, and someone in the commotion asked loudly.

"What does this mean? Are you going to arrest all of us? We are just asking for justice for the people in the school! Do you want to arrest people too?"

As soon as these words came out, someone immediately started to boo.

In the past, it was He Guanfu who led the crowd, but now he was watching from the sidelines, and couldn't help but feel a little dazed amidst the noise.

But at this time, someone stepped up from among the officers and soldiers.

He Guanfu looked over and saw that it was Lord Tan Tingtan.

As soon as he saw him, He Guanfu felt relieved, and then heard him speak.

"What the government wants to arrest is the evil spirit in the crowd, and it has nothing to do with you."

He suddenly said without hesitation. The candidates who rushed in were all startled, but the next breath, Xu Yuanming suddenly gave an order, and the government soldiers He immediately entered the crowd and immediately caught those who were instigating cheers in the crowd.

Before the candidates could understand, He Guanfu opened his eyes wide.

It turns out that the two adults, Tan and Xu, really discovered the evil spirits hiding in the crowd, such as Li Muyou, who was caught by them at this moment!

But Li Muyou refused to give in at all and pretended to sneer.

"What evil?! We are all scholars who came to Beijing to take the exam. We want to seek justice for the scholars in the world, but you behave like this! What is your intention!"

He said, uniting everyone to start a commotion, and even saw it at a glance He Guanfu.

"Brother Guanfu! You saw it too. They actually said I was an evil ghost!"

Li Muyou didn't expect Tan and Xu to be prepared, but he was not afraid. Seeing He Guanfu standing by, he immediately called him.

This person is quite prestigious among the candidates.

At that moment, everyone looked towards He Guanfu.

However, when He Guanfu opened his mouth, Li Muyou was stunned.

"Stop pretending, you are an evil spirit! You are making money and instigating trouble. I saw it clearly last night!"

He said and called everyone loudly.

"They are not good people, and they are not even candidates for the imperial examination at all. They are sent by people with ulterior motives to instigate you! Don't listen to them!"

As soon as these words came out, Li Muyou was completely stunned.

Tan Ting, who was standing in front of the government troops, smiled lightly.

"Do you still want to quibble?"

The bright torch illuminated his face, and he gave the final order.

"Get it for me and keep him alive!"

If Li Muyou was still lucky just now, now something unexpected happened, and he already knew that he had been discovered.

"Escape!"

After he shouted, the crowd suddenly burst into commotion.

He Guanfu only saw Brother Li, who was once poor and weak, suddenly took out a short knife from his sleeve and started killing with fierce moves, as did the people arrested with him.

But among the many officers and soldiers, they were just fighting a trapped beast.

Li Muyou and others had no way of escaping from the dragnet. His eyes were torn apart, and he shouted when the rope was pulled around his body.

"Then there's only one way to die!"

After saying that, he suddenly stabbed his chest with a knife.

He Guanfu was shocked, but within a moment, Li Muyou and his men all fell in the yard.

They are really evil spirits...

After this incident, all the scholars present froze.

Xu Yuanming stepped forward to take a look, and when he came back, he frowned with Tan Ting.

"They are all really dead."

Tan Ting said silently.

He also expected it, and immediately someone pulled Li Muyou and others to the middle of the courtyard, stacked them up, and looked at the poor scholar who froze in shock.

"Did you see that? There are so many dead soldiers of unknown origin among you."

The candidates who had been noisy these days all shut up and looked at everything in front of them in disbelief.

Tan Ting didn't say much. Facts are the best words. He just took one last look at He Guanfu.

"He Juren, let's discuss this matter again tomorrow."

He Guanfu didn't even think about it this time and nodded immediately.

"Okay, okay..."

The crowd dispersed in shock.

Xu Yuanming said regretfully, "I couldn't leave anyone alive. I don't know who they are."

Since they were people with ulterior motives, how could they reveal their identity casually? It was not easy for them to catch a clear handle this time.

"It doesn't matter, I'm afraid those people have some back-up plans. It's not too late to pay attention to them then. Let's calm down the candidates first."

Xu Yuanming breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes, the candidates should be honest now."

...

As he said, there was no evil at work. The next day, several nearby states and counties were much quieter, and the originally noisy crowd seemed to have calmed down. , look at me and I look at you, none of the previous people had the desire to make a fuss.

Tan Ting and Xu Yuanming took advantage of the situation and called on He Guanfu and the other five.

Although they still had to fight for the poor family, they all softened their attitudes and helped Tan and Xu to comfort the candidates in several states and counties.

"Actually, we can also trust the imperial court, His Highness the Crown Prince, and a family like Mr. Tan!"

Tan Ting nodded slowly.

"Exactly."

The appeasement thing that had been unable to be pushed forward was finally pushed forward after this commotion.

Tan Ting counted the days, and he might be able to go home before the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

It's just that the letter he sent home the same day he arrived has not been answered for some reason.

Just as he was thinking about it, people coming back from Beijing arrived.

The visitor handed the family letter to his hand.

Tan Ting immediately opened it and read it. It was his useless brother's notes. As usual, he told a few things about his family, so that he didn't need to worry.

Although the younger brother is useless, he has made some progress.

After he read the letter, he looked at the sender again.

"Is this the only one?"

He looked into the hand of the messenger.

"Where's Madam's reply?"

He wrote a special letter to her. There was no way she wouldn't reply, right?

But the messenger was in trouble.

"Go back to me, madam... she didn't reply. She just brought a message to me, asking him to be careful and come home as soon as possible."

Tan Ting was stunned.

The messenger looked at the uncle carefully.

Seeing the uncle lowering his eyes, the light in his eyes was gone, and he didn't say anything for a while.

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