First Secret Agent in History

Emperor Wan Yun of the Southern Zhou Empire looked at Ao Xin.

The royal guards and eunuchs outside are all ready to rush in and arrest people as soon as His Majesty the Emperor gives the order.

If you dare to offend the emperor at this critical moment, you are really asking for death.

However, Emperor Wan Yun did not give the order after all, but reopened "The Story of the Stone" and continued reading.

"Did you know that your son wrote a book called "The Story of the Stone"?" the emperor asked.

Ao Xin said: "I heard a little bit about it."

The emperor said: "I don't like this book. It's too resentful, but it's well written."

Ao Xin remained silent.

The emperor said: "Step back!"

Ao Xin said: "Your Majesty, I don't need an heir..."

The emperor said coldly: "You stay in Beijing and don't go back to Jiangzhou. By the way, you can find out what happened in Jiangzhou."

Then the emperor picked up the book again and paid no more attention to it.

Ao Xin knelt on the ground for a while, then kowtowed and said, "I retire!"

At this moment, the emperor suddenly said: "Ao Xin, there are rumors outside that you should be made a duke. What do you think?"

This evil wind has indeed been spreading for a long time, and it has been spreading for several years.

Because in the series of battles against the Southern Barbarians, Ao Xin indeed made great achievements. According to his military exploits, he should have been granted a title a long time ago.

However, in the recent war with the Daying Empire, Southern Zhou was defeated, and this trend subsided.

The fourth prince of the Great Victory Empire, Ying Qu, led his troops into the Southern Zhou Empire. Ao Xin gathered a large army and surrounded Ying Qu's army, which was about to be annihilated. In the end, it was time to follow the emperor's orders and send these hundreds of thousands of troops back to Great Victory. empire.

Therefore, in this battle, the Southern Zhou Empire was still proud and honorable in the end.

Even in the propaganda of the Southern Zhou Empire, this battle was considered a victory, because not only did they surround the opponent's main army, but they also captured the opponent's commander.

So the evil wind of Ao Xin Feng Gong began to blow again.

However, this time, the rumor that Ao wanted to be granted an official title was completely ulterior and had sinister intentions.

Therefore, Yun Zhonghe once thought about whether he should remind his father and take the initiative to propose to the emperor that he was guilty of this defeat and ask the emperor to punish him. As for the idea of ​​being granted a public title, it was even more ridiculous.

But after thinking about it, Yun Zhonghe gave up this plan. Because it is most beneficial for father Ao Xin to maintain his own personality. If he takes the initiative to plead guilty and refute the theory of being granted a title, wouldn't it mean that this person has become scheming?

Father Ao Xin is upright and does not know how to be a human being or an official. This is the best protection in the current dangerous environment.

After hearing the emperor's words, Nulang Hou Ao Xin said: "Female the Duke? I shouldn't be able to make him a duke, right?"

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Soon after!

The Emperor of the Southern Zhou Dynasty summoned another person in his study, Li Youzhi, the Minister of Rites.

"Autumn is approaching, have the arrangements for the examiners from various places been made?" the emperor asked.

Li Youzhi, the Minister of Rites, bowed and said: "I will report back to Your Majesty, everything has been arranged."

Then he handed over a book.

The chief eunuch came over, took the book, and sent it to the emperor.

The Emperor of the Southern Zhou Dynasty opened it and his eyes fell directly on the name of the examiner from Canglang Province.

"Someone has retired from the imperial court for so many years, and his hands are still so long?" The emperor sneered, took the pen and crossed out the name of a certain examiner.

There is no doubt that he is talking about Yun Zhonghe's teacher Zhu Lantian.

A month ago, after Zhu Lantian watched "The Story of the Stone", he knew that the battle had been won and there was no need for him to step forward. He needs to focus entirely on the Qiuwei Township Examination.

Therefore, he used almost all his political resources to let one of his disciples, Gu Jiu, become the first deputy examiner of the provincial examination in Canglang Province, just to protect Yun Zhonghe.

As a result, the emperor crossed out the name lightly, making all Zhu Lantian's hard work in vain, and the results he had spent in exchange for huge resources were also in vain.

Then, the emperor's eyes fell on the name of the examiner: Xu Guangzu.

This person is the Jiuzijian Jijiu. Although he has little power, he is very famous and has a high status.

But this person also has another identity, Prime Minister Lin's junior brother and the second prince's party.

The emperor picked up the pen and crossed out Xu Guangzu's name.

As a result, the chief examiner, deputy examiner, and the emperor were not satisfied with the Qiuwei scientific examination in Canglang Province.

Li Youzhi, the Minister of Rites, knelt down and kowtowed: "I am not in a good position to do my job. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

The emperor narrowed his eyes, smiled at him, and waved away.

Li Youzhi, the Minister of Rites, retreated, his whole back soaked.

Serving the king is like serving the tiger!

The Emperor Wan Yun in front of them didn't like to speak clearly. He was always scary when he was angry, and he was also scary when he sneered.

Because you have no idea how much his rage is. Sometimes you think his rage is full, but in fact there is still a lot left.

But sometimes, you feel that there is still a lot of room, but in the next second a huge disaster has come.

It was obvious that the emperor was dissatisfied with the arrangement of the Minister of Rites.

You, the Minister of Rites, are my Minister of Rites, not that of a certain prime minister.

In the scientific examination of Canglang Province, you will arrange a person from Lin Xiang on the left and a disciple of Zhu Lantian on the right?

what does this mean? Playing with trade-offs? Neither side is to blame?

But isn’t it my right to play the balancing act? You, the Minister of Rites, still have to play trade-offs?

Therefore, after the Minister of Rites returned, he immediately changed the names of the examiner and the first deputy examiner.

In short, these examiners are not from Lin Xiang's faction, nor are they from Zhu Lantian's faction.

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Jiangzhou City.

Ao Yu once again became the focus of everyone's attention because his super gamble was so amazing.

If he loses, he loses everything.

And once he wins, he wins everything, and Ao Ming loses everything.

This Qiuwei Provincial Examination not only decided the fate of Ao Yu and Ao Ming, but also decided the fate of Duan Yingying, and the fate of the thirteen people judged on the first day of the month.

So, of course, there are countless pairs of eyes staring at Ao Yu.

Then, they discovered that what Ao Yu said before was probably not a lie, because he really kept buying books.

I bought all the books about the imperial examinations and carried them home in boxes, and many of them were enlightenment-level books.

Not only that, the scholars, Juren, and even Jinshi from Tianyi Bookstore often went in and out of the Nulang Marquis Mansion to give him lectures.

Everyone is going crazy. Are you really ready to start from scratch?

Others who have been studying for decades may not be able to pass the exam. And you just want to win the championship in a few months, and also want to win the top three?

You, you are going completely crazy.

The Canglang Provincial Examination Area is a dead group. For a person like you, Ao Yu, who is uneducated and has no skills, even if you go to Anxi Province, you won't be able to pass the examination. That examination area is the easiest.

Others say that if you sharpen your weapons in battle, you will lose your happiness. But you are not sharpening your weapons before the battle, you are digging for ores before the battle.

After digging the ore, smelt the iron. After smelting the iron, make the spear head. After the spear head is forged, add a piece of wood to turn it into a spear.

Yun Zhonghe's behavior is completely equivalent to memorizing multiplication tables three days before the college entrance examination.

As for the people who went to teach Yun Zhonghe at Tianyi Bookstore, when they came out one by one, their faces were completely pale, as if they were completely frightened by Ao Yu.

I have never taught students with such poor foundation. It’s terrible.

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In the palace of the Duke of Wei.

There were a few more people discussing matters here, including Yuedan Ping's celebrities, because they were also dragged onto the chariot. At this time, they were in the same trench as Ao Ming and the Duke of Wei.

"The list of examiners for the Qiuwei Provincial Examination has come out, and the examiner is Yu Zheng."

As soon as these words came out, everyone frowned.

This is an old thing that is absolutely incompetent and disgusted by everyone.

When he was young, this man was definitely a legend. At the age of twenty-three, he won the imperial examination, ranked second in the general examination and third in the palace examination. He became a real blockbuster, and then went to the Hanlin Academy without any surprise.

Everyone feels that a star is about to rise, and this person will definitely join the cabinet in thirty years.

The results of it? !

I have never seen such a stupid person. Not only can he not be an official, he can't even be a human being.

Ao Xin doesn't know how to be a human being or an official, but at least he keeps to himself and doesn't take the initiative to provoke others.

Lord Zheng, he would quarrel with anyone and dislike everyone. No matter where he went, he always made trouble with all his colleagues.

In the Hanlin Academy, he criticized his boss. Later, when he was transferred to a local area to serve as a county magistrate, he criticized his own county magistrate.

When the emperor saw it, he said, "You like to quarrel with others so much. Come to the Yushitai."

As a result, this guy came to the Yushitai, and he was even more amazing. He shocked the sky, the earth, and the air.

There are his memorials every day, impeaching this, impeaching that.

After fighting like this, it took more than twenty years for him to rise to the rank of Yushi Zhongcheng, considered the second-in-command.

But later he couldn't stay in the Yushitai any longer, because he and the Yushi doctor got into a fight, and even said that in this Yushitai, there is me and no other, and he and I!

As a result, the emperor threw him out of the Yushitai and sent him to Sitianjian, where he became a supervisor and was promoted to the third grade.

Si Tianjian is almost the coldest yamen. He does this and that every day, and all he does is astronomy and geography.

Don't you like to argue? Now go and blame the sky, the earth, and the air.

After going to Si Tianjian, Mr. Zheng finally calmed down, and his roar was no longer heard in the court.

I didn't expect that he would come to Canglang Province.

Not long ago, Zhang Qizheng, the imperial censor of Canglang Province, submitted his resignation. The imperial court agreed and sent Yu Zheng, who was really disliked by everyone, to Canglang Province to serve as the imperial censor of academic affairs and to serve as the chief examiner of the provincial examination.

Other people's official positions are getting bigger and bigger, but this old gentleman's official position has remained unchanged for more than ten years.

But this man has been defying heaven and earth for decades, and his murderous aura is truly terrifying enough.

Hearing that he was coming to Canglang Province to become Qiu Wei's examiner, the whole Jiangzhou immediately became trembling.

First of all, don't even think about cheating. If anyone dares to cheat, Zheng Zheng will not only beat you to death, but even the eighteenth generation of your ancestors will not let you go.

He was a former Yushi Zhongcheng, and he had been bullying people in the court for more than ten years.

Whether it was a prince or a cabinet minister, there was no one he dared not confront.

Although this kind of person has no power, no one really dares to provoke him. Moreover, this person is senior and highly knowledgeable. He was a prostitute more than 40 years ago. For him to be the examiner, he couldn't be more fair. Who dares to say a word no.

"Yu Zheng has become the chief examiner, so it is no longer possible to suppress Ao Yu in the scientific examination papers." County Sheriff Wei Chi Duan said: "Although the two deputy examiners are not Lin Xiang's people, they should still be willing to work with us. Forging a lasting relationship."

"There is no need to be like this when facing a formidable enemy. Ao Yu is a waste. He is completely uneducated and has no skills. Those who were sent by Zhu Lantian to teach him were about to vomit blood. They have never seen such a waste student. Such a waste How can a person win the championship, let alone win the top three?"

Ancestor Ao Ting said: "Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of what happens."

"Are those candidates working well?"

"The operation has been completed. A total of five candidates have been transferred from other examination registrations to Canglang Province. Although the time is very tight, it is still completed."

"Did it cause any criticism?" asked the prefect Yuchi Duan.

"If you move from Canglang Province to another examination area, it will definitely arouse criticism, which is equivalent to a different kind of fraud. But if you come to Canglang Province from another examination area, people will only say that you are talented and will not cause any controversy. Objectionable.”

This is true.

Just like the college entrance examination in future generations of the earth, if you transfer from Shandong or Henan to Shanghai, it is equivalent to cheating, which is equivalent to dozens or hundreds of points more.

But if you move from the Shanghai examination area or the XJ examination area to the Henan examination area.

That person would just give a thumbs up and say, you are awesome, you are really tough.

Just in case, Lin Xiang and his family transferred five scientific examination geniuses from other examination areas in order to completely attack Ao Yu.

Canglang Province is a dead organization for the imperial examination. The difficulty of passing the imperial examination here is no less than that of becoming a Jinshi. Moreover, this province originally had several imperial examination geniuses, but now five more geniuses were transferred to them all at once.

This is to completely eliminate any possibility of Ao Yu winning the top three.

Someone has already said that almost any one of these five scientific geniuses has the talent and ability to seize Jie Yuan.

In particular, one candidate named Su Mang was so dazzling.

He is twenty-seven years old this year. He has always ranked first in the county examination, the government examination, and the hospital examination.

Moreover, he was only thirteen years old when he passed the scholar examination. At the age of thirteen, he won the first place in the Canglang Provincial Academy Examination.

After that, he originally wanted to take the provincial examination, but his family did not allow it. They thought he was too young and had to suppress him until he was at least seventeen years old before taking the provincial examination.

But he didn't expect that when he was seventeen, his grandfather passed away, so he observed mourning for three years.

When he was twenty-one years old, he was gearing up to take the provincial examination. As a result, he fell ill and fell unconscious a few days before the examination.

This delay lasted another three years.

When I was twenty-four years old, I took the provincial examination. Everyone thought that this man and Ao Ming would definitely have a fight, and that Jie Yuan would definitely be one of the two.

Unexpectedly, his father passed away three months before the scientific examination.

So, it was delayed for another three years.

A genius who was able to seize Jieyuan when he was just a teenager was suddenly delayed until he was twenty-seven.

His eyes were red. In this scientific examination, he would definitely encounter gods and kill gods, and encounter Buddhas and kill Buddhas.

Although he did not take part in every provincial examination, he could be considered to have participated because he took every examination paper.

And I followed the rules of the provincial examination completely. I built a small examination shed at home and stayed there for several days and nights to answer papers.

He not only completed the examination papers for Canglang Province, but also completed the examination papers for all provincial and rural examinations in the entire Southern Zhou Empire.

Afterwards, someone gave his exam paper to the examiner of that year for correction.

As a result, he received an evaluation, this is a lone star of evil spirits.

If these results are effective, he will win at least ten Jieyuan.

Want to win ten solutions? How scary.

So his nickname, the Lone Star of Heavenly Evil, came out, and not only this nickname, but also the God of Death in the Imperial Examinations, the Big Devil in the Jiangzhou Examination Hall, and other nicknames.

He is twenty-seven years old this year and is at his best.

Therefore, everyone in Canglang Province firmly felt that he would seize Jieyuan this time.

Everyone else can only win second place.

Anyone who wants to win the first place will become the ghost in the works of Su Mang, the devil of the imperial examination.

So, this is the situation.

There are many experts taking part in the provincial examination this time, and five scientific examination geniuses were transferred from examination areas in other provinces.

Therefore, the difficulty for Yun Zhonghe to win the top three spots is completely hellish.

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As August 13th gets closer and closer.

The atmosphere in Jiangzhou City is becoming more and more solemn, and everyone holds their breath, waiting for this day to arrive.

At the beginning, some people started gambling.

Ao Yu wins the top three in the provincial examination with odds of 1:5.

In other words, if you buy Ao Yu for one tael of silver and win, if Ao Yu really wins the top three, then you can get five taels of silver.

I still didn't buy it at such odds, so the gambling bureau kept raising the odds, all the way to 1:10.

1:20.

But almost no one bought it, so we had to withdraw the offer.

Because the news from Nulanghou Mansion was so shocking. The exam was so close, and Ao Yu was still reciting "The Doctrine of the Mean".

With your level, if you can win, it will be a complete hell.

Even if the world is destroyed and all other candidates die, even if you, Ao Yu, are the only one to take part in the imperial examination, you will not be able to pass the exam, let alone the top three!

So Ao Yu is definitely losing, and Ao Ming is definitely winning.

From now on, the title of Marquis of Nulang belongs to Ao Ming, and Ao Yu, a loser, is destined to lose everything.

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Time is like water, years are like a shuttle, and the days when you can't be pretentious fly by quickly.

Several months passed.

The big day has come to decide the fate of Yun Zhonghe, Ao Ming, Duan Yingying, and Yuedan Ping organization.

The Qiuwei Township Examination in Canglang Province has officially begun.

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