Chapter 487 Shouldn't I be suspicious?
Xiao Jingzhan was not satisfied with the answer and asked tentatively, "Did you encounter any interesting things during the imperial examination?"
Shouldn't Feng Nantian be overjoyed to encounter a popular article he had written?
Thinking of Song Zichuan's situation, Xiao Jingzhan didn't think there was anything wrong with his guess.
After leaving the examination room, Song Zichuan wanted to announce to the world that he would pass the exam earlier than the list.
As the original owner of the article, Feng Nantian didn't need it himself?
"There is indeed one thing."
During the exam, Feng Nantian felt strange. He always felt that every question Xiao Jingzhan asked was meaningful, but he just couldn't guess it.
"Coincidentally, the essay we were asked to write in this exam is one that I have written before and received great praise from the gentlemen."
"Really!"
Uncle Qian's reaction was more exciting than Xiao Jingzhan's.
Xiao Jingzhan had known about this situation for a long time: "What about you?"
Feng Nantian smiled embarrassedly: "The imperial examination is such an important matter, so of course I will choose a safe one."
In fact, if it weren't for what Master Xiao said to him before the exam, he should have written a different essay.
But the person who picked up the pen and wrote was Feng Nantian himself, so the responsibility of what to write was on him, and he was willing to be influenced by Xiao Jingzhan.
"That's good."
Only after hearing this answer did Xiao Jingzhan's serious expression ease a lot,
"So did you meet any old acquaintances during the imperial examination?"
"Yes."
Seeing Xiao Jingzhan get the answer right every time he asked a question, Feng Nantian almost suspected that Xiao Jingzhan was a fortune teller.
Otherwise, why was Xiao Jingzhan so accurate, as if he had a pair of eyes on his body.
"After the imperial examination, when I was about to leave the gate of the Gongyuan, I was bumped by someone."
"I got up and found that the person who bumped into me was my former classmate, Song Zichuan."
"Song Zichuan seems to be more confident about this imperial examination than I am."
Feng Nantian did not forget the look on Song Zichuan's face when he left.
Hearing Song Zichuan's voice, Feng Nantian was in a trance and thought that today was not the day of the imperial examination, but the day of the results announcement.
"Did he see you and recognize who you are?"
If Song Zichuan also saw Feng Nantian, shouldn't he be guilty and afraid?
"Probably not."
Feng Nantian shook his head,
"Maybe he felt too good after the imperial examination, so he didn't notice me."
"Plus, the imperial examination had just ended, and a group of people came out soon. They surrounded Song Zichuan and congratulated him..."
"So, when I left, Song Zichuan couldn't see me at all."
Song Zichuan couldn't see himself, and Feng Nantian had no idea.
What Feng Nantian couldn't figure out was that he seemed to have encountered too many strange things today, which were beyond his tolerance.
Song Zichuan thought he would definitely pass the exam, but why were other students so sure of him after they finished the exam?
How come Song Zichuan cheated, and so many people knew about it, so everyone could predict that Song Zichuan would definitely pass the exam?
Who dares to brazenly bring up the fraud in the exam and make fun of it?
Feng Nantian already had a lot of questions in his mind, and now he met Xiao Jingzhan.
Feng Nantian, who had just finished the exam, was not at all relieved, and was surrounded by question marks:
So, what was going on?
Feng Nantian was confused, but Xiao Jingzhan understood more and more clearly: "Really? That's great. Before the results are announced, you should have a good rest in the small farm and wait for good news."
"As for the rest, I will send someone to protect your face."
Song Zichuan had already killed Feng Nantian once. If Yaoyao hadn't saved him, Feng Nantian would have turned into a pile of bones.
If the complacent Song Zichuan knew that Feng Nantian came early to take the imperial examination, he would definitely not let Feng Nantian go and would still want Feng Nantian's life. It would
certainly not be easy for Song Zichuan to kill people in the capital alone.
But Song Zichuan has the Fourth Prince behind him.
It would be much easier for Song Zichuan to make up a reason to ask the Fourth Prince to help get rid of Feng Nantian.
Therefore, Xiao Jingzhan must be on guard against the Fourth Prince attacking Feng Nantian.
After telling Feng Nantian, Xiao Jingzhan left two guards and left the small village as quickly as possible and returned to the capital.
Zhu Dingxing died, and Zhu Xuntao was assassinated after Zhu Dingxing.
Xiao Jingzhan mentioned to the prince that day that he suspected that the people who did these things were the prince's brothers.
Xiao Jingzhan thought about it carefully again and felt that there were not many princes who could do this.
The most likely ones were the fourth prince and the fifth prince, because the ages of these two princes were closest to the prince.
The prince's position as heir was too stable, which was the most disadvantageous to the fourth prince and the fifth prince. They did not have that much time.
The fifth prince was put on the suspect list by Xiao Jingzhan because of his age.
Compared with the fifth prince, the possibility of the fourth prince was much higher.
During this year and more, the Fourth Prince's actions were no less than those of the Crown Prince.
When the Crown Prince harvested grain, the Fourth Prince received the message and followed suit.
In addition to the Crown Prince and Yaoyao, the Fourth Prince also made a great contribution to the stability of grain prices in the Yong Dynasty.
With this incident, the Fourth Prince's reputation rose suddenly, and he became the only prince besides the Crown Prince who was well-known by the people of the Yong Dynasty. What
was also worthy of Xiao Jingzhan's attention was that in the spring plowing plan, apart from the people in the Marquis' Mansion and the Crown Prince, even the Emperor had doubts about Yaoyao, and
was not sure whether Yaoyao's talent could really solve such a difficult problem.
The reason why the Emperor had been letting Yaoyao go was simply because no one else could do it, and Yaoyao said she could do it, so the Emperor let Yaoyao give it a try.
I would like to ask, under such a premise, how did the Fourth Prince trust Yaoyao completely and
arrange his people into the Ministry of Agriculture in advance.
Just a little bit, the credit for the spring plowing was divided up by the Fourth Prince's people.
If the Fourth Prince's plan succeeds, these people will definitely leave the Ministry of Agriculture one by one, and be transferred to a powerful official position with this great credit.
It can be said that with just the spring plowing, the Fourth Prince's power almost penetrated the court.
Even if the Fourth Prince did not succeed, and all those were kicked out by Zhu Xuntao,
as long as he thought of this possibility, Xiao Jingzhan could not relax his vigilance against the Fourth Prince.
Now even Song Zichuan, this scumbag, has become the Fourth Prince's helper, and shamelessly participated in the imperial examination.
Isn't the Fourth Prince's intention and purpose worthy of his suspicion?