Gongyuan.

The Autumn Examination lasted for nine days, but it was not only the students in the examination hall who endured the hardship, but also a large number of parents who wanted their children to succeed.

I saw that the number of people coming and going on Sui Jin Street was more than twice as much as usual.

Outside the Imperial Examination Hall, many vendors set up stalls selling food.

Of course, the most popular ones are fortune tellers, who have a constant stream of business.

Among them, there was a blind man holding a square cloth banner.

On each of the two cloth banners, a message is written:

"A pen can tell good or bad luck, and a triangle of gold can tell good or bad luck."

"The magic of the gods can be found in Wenqu, and the magic of stones can be turned into gold by opening Huangting."

After finishing fortune-telling for the previous couple, the blind man was collecting the tortoise shell coins when he heard a voice, "I want fortune-telling too."

The blind man nodded and said,

"Who are you fortune-telling for? What's their name, date of birth, and what they want? Tell me one by one."

"Pray for my younger brother's future, and whether he will pass the civil service examination this time. Oh, his name is Li Qingjing..."

When he heard the name "Li Qingjing", the blind man paused his movements slightly and a look of panic flashed across his face.

The blind man's voice was a little out of control, and he said, "What about your birth date?

Li Qinglin said loudly, "Without the birth date, it is possible that we cannot calculate it?"

The sound attracted a lot of people's attention.

The blind man had no choice but to exchange the tortoise shell for paper and use the pictographic method to calculate the time based on the characters, objects and meanings of the name. He then said, "Clear mirror, water on the left and bright on the right, the two sides intersect to form a knife symbol, which means that although this person has good luck in officialdom, he is also at risk of being disgraced. It is recommended that he take the imperial examination again in a few years, otherwise he will be killed."

Li Qinglin frowned when he heard this.

Seeing the blind man collect the paper and was about to take the money, he said,

"Don't be in a hurry! Tell me another fortune. This time, only the date of birth, no name!"

The blind man was furious when he heard this, and said with a smile:

"Is the guest trying to please me?"

Li Qinglin was waiting for this sentence. He stood up suddenly and cursed, "What's the matter! You are the guest and I am the guest. I asked you to tell my fortune and you are still trying to shirk it?!"

Upon hearing this, the blind man could no longer suppress his anger and picked up a turtle shell from the stall...

Then he stuffed it into his arms, quickly packed up his stall, and said he was closing the stall and would not tell fortunes today.

This guy actually didn't fall for it? Li Qinglin stood up and blocked the man's way, his eyes dim, "Did you refine that Skeleton God?"

The blind man looked bewildered and said,

"What Skeleton God? Get out of the way. I can't afford to offend him, but I can't hide from him either!"

Li Qinglin smiled coldly when he heard this.

Suddenly, the blind man's figure turned into a residual image and flew away from the original place in an instant.

However, a hand with tangled veins and bulging muscles punched hard, twisting the air and making a sound like an explosion, and pressed it to the ground.

Boom!

A muffled sound was heard and dust rose up in all directions.

Li Qinglin was proficient in the art of touching the body and quickly found a palm-sized bone statue from the blind man.

The bones were mottled and stained with blood, and the hair was bloodshot and the eyes were red. It looked exactly like the skeleton ghost that the Taoist Changmei had mentioned! "Tell me about it?"

Li Qinglin took out his badge of authority and signaled the patrolling yamen soldiers not to interfere.

He carried the blind man by the neck to the side of the street, sat down with great force, and then put the blind man down.

Some time ago, a student named Jiang Bifen from Hanshan College gave me fifty taels of silver and asked me to steal the test papers from the home of a high-ranking official in the city.

He also asked me to secretly control ghosts to trip up several competitors and intimidate them in their dreams, including Li Qingjing, whom you just mentioned. "

It turned out that Qing Jing's headaches and nightmares were caused by this...

Upon hearing this, Li Qinglin suddenly asked,

"Then why did you want to kill Gao Juren?"

The blind man's expression flickered when he heard this, and he explained in a panic, "Ghosts are hard to subdue. They want to kill people just by smelling their scent! The sacrificial formulas left by our ancestors are incomplete, so it's inevitable that they will sneak away..."

…

The door of the Imperial Examination Hall was slowly pushed open.

Several judges filed in.

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Li Qinglin took the lead, his eyes as fast as lightning, scanning the circle of cells, and under the guidance of the soldiers, he came to a student.

Jiang Bifen was a well-dressed young man with a handsome face, picturesque features and a slender figure.

At this moment, he saw the unique attire of the Chief Justice from the corner of his eye. Without looking up, he gently twisted the brush in his hand and finished writing the last line.

Then he raised his head and looked at Li Qinglin, "I recognize you, you are Qingjing's brother. I know."

Jiang Bifen seemed to have anticipated his own ending long ago. Without any surprise, he spread out his clothes with his hands, slowly stood up and walked out of the cell.

"I will not resist. Please keep your voice down and do not disturb my classmates' examination."

Jiang Bifen spoke in a light voice and walked calmly towards the gate of the Imperial Examination Hall, with a carefree manner as if he was drawing his sword to make a piece of stone.

But the next moment, he was kicked to the ground by Li Qinglin and fell flat on his face.

Li Qinglin pressed his head and said in a cold tone, "If you do something wrong, you should admit it! Your generous and frank appearance makes us look like harsh officials, do you understand?"

In a room,

Li Qingjing's face was as pale as paper, his temples were throbbing, but there were still a lot of blank spaces on the test paper.

He heard some noise, looked up, and saw several familiar figures.

"Brother? Why is he here? This is..."

Li Qingjing stared blankly at his former 'confidant'. Jiang Bifen was captured by a group of judges and was even handcuffed outside the door. He was in a daze for a long time.

But I don’t know if it was Li Qingjing’s illusion. Since Jiang Bifen left, his condition has suddenly improved and he has become much better. He no longer has headaches and writes as if he were possessed by God. The test paper is quickly filled with words.

Li Qingjing withdrew his thoughts from the test questions and suddenly realized something. He looked at Jiang Bifen's empty cell and remained silent for a long time.

After leaving the Imperial Examination Hall, Li Qinglin vaguely felt that someone was looking at him with a hint of malice.

He looked up and saw an official standing silently by the window on the second floor of the Gongyuan building.

Lu Youtai looked down at Li Qinglin with a cold expression and ruthless eyes.

Li Qinglin stopped and looked at him.

The noise all around suddenly disappeared, the sky and the earth turned pale, leaving only the color in front of you.

Several examiners then hurried down from upstairs, angrily scolding Li Qinglin and other judges for breaking the rules and arresting people in the Imperial Examination Hall!

Hearing the examiner's voice, Li Qinglin withdrew his gaze.

He drew out his sword slightly, the blade was as white as snow, and the crisp buzzing sound instantly drowned out the angry rebukes of all the examiners.

"I am the flag bearer of the Ministry of Justice. Officials of rank eight and below can be sentenced to prison. Do you want to be charged with obstructing the law?"

(End of this chapter)