A powerful minister of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 173 I am not strong yet, but when I grow strong, I will change!

Chapter 173 I am not strong yet, but when I grow strong, I will change! (Three more chapters)

Ding Zhe watched Song Xuan riding his donkey slowly, thinking about what Song Xuan had said to him.

Is Shi Erlang so unsure about relying on the top prize in the imperial examination?

No way!
Thousands of candidates entered the exam, but he was the only one who finished answering the questions successfully after such a long time, and he was the first one to come out.

With such confidence, who could be more certain of winning the first place than him?
But he said he was sick and couldn't exert his full strength.

Ding Zhe was in a dilemma.

However, a curious onlooker asked:

"Shi Er Lang, can you really win the title of Jie Yuan this time?"

"Yes."

"Shi Er Lang, please come and talk to us."

Song Xuan is well-known.

Many people bet on him to pass the imperial examination and become the number one in Yingtian Prefecture.

Wang Gui led the donkey, holding the mace in one hand to clear the way, and angrily shouted at everyone to stay away and not come near.

Many people came and surrounded Song Xuan.

So this section of the journey is more difficult.

Song Xuan felt upset and said immediately:

"Everyone, I've suddenly caught a cold. I'm afraid I won't be able to win the title of Jieyuan this time. I'm sorry to disappoint you folks."

People who were close to him could hear that Song Xuan had a heavy nasal tone and a hoarse voice.

After listening to what he said, I was stunned.

Many people were whispering to each other.

Wang Gui took the opportunity to use his iron mace to push away the crowd and took Song Xuan out.

"sick?"

"Song Twelve is sick!"

"Your face doesn't look good."

"It's all over now."

Everyone was upset. Who would have thought that Song Xuan, the most popular candidate, actually fell ill. Now his chances of winning the title of Jieyuan were much less.

Song Xuan left the noisy crowd and lay on the donkey.

Wang Gui glanced back and said, "Brother, is it time to take your medicine?"

"Yeah." Song Xuan responded:
"I thought I could handle the test easily, but I didn't expect to encounter two questions that I was not good at in the first section."

"Even if you only get twelve out of fifteen correct answers, you'll pass. But to get the top spot, you have to master all four subjects."

"Don't worry, brother."

Wang Gui, however, felt that as long as he passed the exam, it would be fine, after all, Song Xuan was sick now.

If he wants to get first place again, he can only put pressure on himself, which will not help his condition.

"That's not what I'm worried about."

Song Xuan closed his eyes and said:
"I guess those three killers will take action tonight. Gu Zimo can't help himself and always tries to make his presence felt in front of me."

"People like him who haven't hurt anyone much often use excitement to cover up their inner fear."

"He came here on purpose to show off, but he's afraid I'd notice. He needs more practice at harming people."

Wang Gui, however, was "happy to hear about the war". After staying with his twelfth brother for so many days, he was finally put to use and it was his chance to show his skills.

"Brother, I'll sleep with you tonight."

"Ah."

Song Xuan did not refuse, just like when Su Xun set up a bed and slept in his room.

"We can take care of each other."

When I returned to the bookstore, Tao Hong had already hung a sign outside saying that the bookstore was closed for three days, and he was also going to publicize that he was taking this opportunity to upgrade the lottery machine.

In fact, it is just changing the ball to prevent some pig bladders from leaking air.

Only those who claim prizes will be received.

By the time Song Xuan returned home, the lottery machine in the shop had been dismantled and put away.

We have to be on guard these days against someone coming to cause trouble.

Although the lottery machine can be built in a short time, there is no need to suffer such a huge loss.

"Master."

Tao Hong held one of Song Xuan's arms and worked together with Wang Gui to help him go upstairs.

"Brothers, everything is ready. I've also contacted Yao Yunfan from the Submarine Fire Team. He will send someone to patrol later in the night."

"Now we just wait for the bait to take."

Song Xuan sat on the bed, drank the medicine first, and then fell asleep in a daze.

……

Inside the Tokyo Imperial City.

The current "puppet" emperor Zhao Zhen looked at the latest news sent to him by the Imperial City Bureau.

Although I can't meet Song Xuan sooner, it's good to know his situation.

Zhao Zhen certainly didn't understand what it meant to "spy" on other people's lives.

Anyway, he is the emperor of the Song Dynasty now, and it is a very politically correct thing to let people keep an eye on his subjects.

Not to mention people, all the rivers, lakes, seas, mountains, etc. in the world are under his control.

After all, he is the emperor and is responsible for governing the world on behalf of God.

Zhao Zhen's life was somewhat depressing. He used to be a shield in the power struggle between Empress Dowager Liu and Ding Wei.

Now that Empress Dowager Liu's family is in power, Zhao Zhen must naturally obey his mother's words.

But the emperor was in his "adolescence" and was naturally a little rebellious.

But no one cared about how the Emperor of Song Dynasty could relax his body and mind during his adolescence, because many people could take care of him anyway.

Even when he returned to the harem, he could only have sex with the empress chosen by the empress dowager, which he found extremely boring. These somewhat depressing days made Zhao Zhen pay special attention to Song Xuan's life hundreds of miles away.

I even envy Song Twelve for being able to live such a free and easy life.

Zhao Zhen opened the secret report sent by Gao Zunfu again.

Song Xuan spent all his time studying, and even took poor students to a local temple with a lot of incense to get free food, drinks and candles.

Only then did Zhao Zhen realize that many students were not that rich and could not even afford a "fuel-saving lamp".

If the academy had not provided them with candles or oil, they would not be able to read at night.

"It turns out that drilling a hole in the wall to steal light is real."

Zhao Zhen had always wondered how bright the light coming through a small hole in the wall could be.

Even if Kuang Heng's neighbors were wealthy, the neighbors of wealthy families were generally also wealthy. How could they possibly live with a family like Kuang Heng's that couldn't even afford to light a candle?
Especially since the hole wouldn't be easily discovered, it seems unrealistic just to think about it.

But Zhao Zhen could feel from Song Xuan's experience that perhaps stealing light was not really stealing light, like Song Xuan and others.

Zhao Zhen also felt that it was a waste to light so much lamp oil and candles in every hall of the temple at night.

Then Gao Zunfu recorded it again.

Song Xuan might have had a secret meeting with the wife of Gu Zimo, the magistrate of Yingtian Prefecture, in a temple.

Because of the sudden heavy rain, the spies following Song Xuan lost their target all of a sudden.

As the rain stopped, he discovered that Song Xuan and Mrs. Gu reappeared in the temple dining hall one after another, and pretended not to know each other, which was very suspicious.

"You're a jerk."

Even though Zhao Zhen was well-mannered, he couldn't help but swear.

How could they frame Song Twelve and the wife of the Tongpan when there was clearly no evidence?

Especially when Zhao Zhen saw Gao Zunfu describe Madam Gu's appearance and figure again, he knew that Song Shier would definitely not like such a big thunder.

Zhao Zhen had received this kind of education so that the emperor would not be at a loss and make a fool of himself during the bridal chamber with the empress.

Whether it was the teachers or everyone else, they all said that the girl Lei Xiaocai was beautiful.

"They actually dared to frame someone like this. It shows that when they gather information on a daily basis, they don't rely on evidence, but simply make arbitrary assumptions."

Zhao Zhen picked up a pen and wrote down a few things. When Gao Zunfu came back, he would definitely give them a good scolding.

You only need to record what you see. As for your speculations, I didn't ask you, so there is no need to write them down.

Based on the filter of Song Xuan's childhood, Emperor Zhao Zhen of the Song Dynasty would never think that he would engage in such a romantic affair.

Zhao Zhen turned a page and saw that Song Xuan also hired a thug to protect his own safety. They guessed that he might have heard from Madam Gu that someone wanted to harm Song Xuan.

In fact, Gao Zunfu and his team could easily sort out this line.

There are only two types of people who are interested in Song Xuan. One is those who have a grudge against him, and the other is those who envy his business.

The scope of those who had grudges against Song Xuan was too small, so they immediately put the blame on Gu Zimo and also sent people to observe.

The final conclusion was that Gu Zimo had indeed come into contact with the "thugs from Tokyo" and they were probably going to attack Song Xuan.

The second category is local wealthy businessmen who want to get a piece of the pie, such as Zhao Yutang, chairman of the Silk Association.

Gao Zunfu described in detail the conversation between Song Xuan and Zhao Yutang that he had witnessed.

Zhao Zhen frowned as he watched.

These local wealthy businessmen are really greedy!

As for the Dou family?

Zhao Zhen snorted coldly. Dou Chou committed suicide because he disobeyed my order, and his sons were also unwilling to give up. They wanted to avenge their father and even hired killers!
Unfortunately, he had no way to deal with the Dou family, and even Zhao Zhen’s words were useless.

He really has no say.

In addition, since there was no evidence, he could not bring this matter to the court to discuss with the prime ministers.

If the Queen Mother knew that I was using the Imperial City Bureau to monitor an ordinary student, she would definitely scold me for not doing my job properly.

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhen made another record of the Dou family in the book.

"I am not yet strong, but when I grow strong, things will change!"

……

After Gu Zimo came out of the Imperial Examination Hall, he followed the crowd and slowly headed towards the street of Confucius Temple.

He first bought a piece of malt candy and told the undercover sent by Qu Ze that the action would take place at midnight tonight, and he would find two other people to cooperate with him.

Gu Zimo and the other three sat in the room.

In fact, there was still one person who had not moved. He was afraid that this operation would fail, so he kept a backup plan.

"Tonight at three quarters past midnight, the three of you will bring kerosene and go to Song Xuan's house. One of you will set fire to the backyard to cause a commotion, and the other two will take the opportunity to kill him."

Gu Zimo placed his hands on the table:
"Song Twelve is ill. He has five servants at home. One of them is armed with two maces and is quite capable. The other four are not a threat."

"What do you think of my plan?"

"Can we leave the city after we're done?"

Gu Zimo glanced at Scarface:

"Scarface, you can go through any of the four city gates at will. How can the soldiers guarding the gates at night stop you?"

"That's good."

"Is the Dou family's young master also going to pay the balance?"

"Of course, I just gave you the opportunity to take action in Songcheng."

Gu Zimo stood up, looked at them and said:
"Tonight is the time for you all to show your skills. Don't let me down."

"Accepting money from others is like helping them to ward off disasters."

Scarface glanced at his two colleagues, but he didn't know how much they received for this transaction.

"I'm a seven-star killer, very professional."

Qu Ze's undercover agent glanced at Scarface.