Chapter 7: Get out of here ()

"Walk away?"

Zhang Henian was resting in Wenyuan Courtyard at this time. The paper test matter had nothing to do with him, the chief invigilator. At noon, the prefect of Wang Ren, the chief in Nanjing Prefecture, persuaded him to drink a few more glasses of wine, so he came back early to rest after lunch. However, he did not expect that when the moon was on the willows, he heard someone shouting "Walk away" in a daze, and suddenly he was shocked and got up.

If he has gone to another place, he doesn't care much. He has his own local prefect responsible for all matters. But if he has gone to the Wenyuan Courtyard, he will be unable to escape the responsibility, and even if he crawls, he must climb over as soon as possible. Otherwise, if he is not talking about anything else, just a charge of poor supervision can make his assessment this year a bad review.

Once you get such an evaluation, you will not have any hope of promotion within three years. You may be afraid that it will become an excuse for others to criticize. This is the most unbearable thing.

Fortunately, I was not drunk in the afternoon. Although Zhang Henian was still a little unclear at this moment, he still had the minimum recognition ability. When he left the door and looked at the direction of the fire, he was in the backyard of Wenyuan Courtyard. He was shocked: You must know that the marks of previous years were kept in the backyard warehouse. If they were burned, it would be far from being a simple thing as evaluating a inferior one. It would be possible to take off the black veil on his head, even if he lost his head!

Thinking of this, Zhang Henian didn't care about anything else, so he followed the alcohol and ran to the backyard with one foot high and one foot low. When he got to the place, he realized that he was no longer in Wenyuan Courtyard, but had arrived at the backyard of Nanjing Prefecture Office. Only then did he remember that Wenyuan Courtyard and Nanjing Prefecture Office were connected.

If you want to count it in detail, it only takes three or four minutes from someone shouting "Walking away" to now!

At this time, Zhang Henian had already discovered that the invigilator who had come with him had arrived at the scene early. I thought that he heard someone shouting "Walking away" in his dream of drinking, and his thoughts were just the same as himself. Then he rushed over as he was, and even several colleagues who supervised him had arrived. Compared with his own people, the prefect of Nanjing Prefecture, Wang Ren, had not known where he was, but he had not arrived yet.

"Based on this alone, I'm afraid that Wang Ren's evaluation this year will be at most 'good'..."

Zhang Henian had a thought in his mind, and his drunken eyes swept left and right. Seeing that the firefighters on both sides were ready and the fire was under control, he exchanged a few words with his colleagues on both sides and greeted the three supervisors. He was about to go back to the room to rest in the name of drunkenness, but unexpectedly someone ran out of the raging fire.

But the man didn't run a few steps, but he fell to the ground with a bang.

I saw that the man was wearing a Confucian shirt that had been torn by the fire, and his face was pitch blackened by the fire. His hands holding the Chuangzou were burned with fire bubbles. It was because of the rescue of the Chuangzou in the room, so he even took off one of his shoes and landed far away at the threshold.

Seeing this situation, even if Zhang Henian wants to leave, he will find it difficult to take a step. Even if he wants to leave, he will at least have to give condolences to the hero before leaving.

This is a custom in the officialdom. It would be fine if there was no supervision on the spot, but no one knew about it. Just send someone to it. If there was an supervision on the spot, you would leave first, and the supervision could be recorded, saying that he was unkind and so on.

At this time, he was the highest official position on the scene, and everyone was vaguely led by him - the supervisor was on the left and the invigilator was on the right, and the group was lined up left and right, so he took it as he took it upon himself, and lined up left and right in front. Regardless of the man's embarrassment, he helped the person who was searching for sects on the ground.

"Is this brave man still healthy?" Zhang Henian looked at the person in front of him with a little affectionate affection, and then he realized that the person's face was a bit miserable. Not only was it darkened by the thick smoke, but there were also many blisters on his hands. His black hair was burned mostly, which looked both funny and terrifying.

The term "Heroic Man" has been objecting since ancient times, but most of them refer to people with heroic spirits and bravery, and often refer to people with great courage. Therefore, Zhang Henian used the hero to describe the person in front of him at this time, but it was very appropriate.

After all, although there were quite a few people who put out the fire at the scene, Zhang Henian could naturally see that there were a few people who looked like putting out the fire, but in fact they were distracted and could not get water with the bucket. However, they walked the entire yard and were looking for someone or something.

Although Zhang Henian had the largest official position on the scene, he was a foreign official after all, so he naturally didn't say much, but he felt a little uncomfortable. At this time, he saw someone risking his life to rescue the sect from the fire and was burned to such a tragic situation. He couldn't say that he felt comparative, so he felt a little careless.

"Student, thank you for your care. Students are fine." The man in black struggled a little at first, but now he seemed to recognize the person in front of him. He was stunned at first, and then a hint of surprise flashed across his face very quickly.

Seeing that this man actually called himself a student, Zhang Henian was also stunned. Then he realized that this man was wearing a Confucian shirt that only scholars could wear, which was completely different from the long gowns of ordinary people. He couldn't help but feel surprised and asked quickly, "Oh? Who are you?"

"Student Yuhang is a student with the surname Tan, his name is Zong, and his name is Menghua. He met an adult when the results were released in the morning." Tan Zong bowed again, but now he accidentally dropped the scroll in his arms to the ground.

Under the blazing fire, the scroll fell on the ground and suddenly spread out into a piece, but it seemed like a book book, with the words Nanjing Mansion vaguely written on the cover.

"Tan Zong Tan Menghua?" Zhang Henian was stunned at first, then reacted and said, "Is it not that Nanjing Prefecture Yayuan this year?"

"It's the student!" Tan Zong bowed again, and then wanted to pick up the tent, but he didn't expect that a hand would suddenly stretch out his hand and snatch the tent.

Tan Zong looked up and saw that the man was carrying light on his back, but his face was hard to see clearly, as if he was hidden in the darkness.

"Brother, this thing is the account of the Nanjing Prefecture Government. It seems extremely important. You must not take it privately. You must hand it over to the prefect." Tan Zong said, and wanted to get it again, but unexpectedly the man hurried his hand and put the thing in his arms.

Tan Zong was frowning, but before he could speak, Zhang Henian said first: "Hey, why are you like this? Could it be that you haven't heard what Tan Yayuan said, why did you get into your arms!"

"Sir, calm down, calm down, cool down."

At this moment, someone suddenly ran over to the side and interrupted, "This man was the old servant of the prefect, and he was the most loyal. But this man was not in a good life, born mute, and could not speak. I hope he would forgive him for his crime."

"Hmph, since that's the case, take him aside. Don't be so close to the fire again, otherwise an accident would be on fire again." Zhang Henian also knew the person who spoke, and had met in the palace at lunchtime. However, Zhang Henian felt that he was not having a good time, so he shook his sleeves and never looked at the person again.

Seeing that Zhang Henian seemed to be a little dirty, Tan Zong couldn't help but feel funny, but he didn't dare to show it on his face. Instead, he looked calm and said seriously: "Sir, please wait a moment. When I came out of the fire scene, I saw that there were still a few books on the desk. If I said it in time, I wouldn't be able to rescue a few more books." After that, Tan Zong made a move and wanted to leave.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Tan Zong moved his foot, someone grabbed his sleeves there.

Tan Zong was actually waiting for others to hold him in his heart. After all, it was enough for this hero to do it in front of the leaders. There was no need to pay his life. But when he looked back, he found that it was not Zhang Henian who held him, but the man in the palace who spoke before. He was stunned at first, then pretended to be furious and said, "How could you be like this? You haven't seen a surging fire. If it's too late, I'm afraid that the bill will be burned. Can you bear this guilt?"

But no matter how hard Tan Zong said, the man showed a kind smile and said, "Don't you be angry, how dare you do this? But Mr. Yayuan is an extraordinary person and his body is already injured. If he rushes into the fire again, he will be afraid that something will happen. By then, the villain will not die even if he dies. But isn't this true?"

Zhang Henian seemed to be moved by the man, and then looked at Tan Zong carefully, but saw that there were indeed many injuries on Tan Zong's body, especially a layer of burnt skin on his left arm, and immediately responded: "Tan Yayuan can't go in again."

"Sir, wise." The in charge agreed, and then smiled again: "Fortunately, this mute servant in our palace is a thick skin. Even if you go in, it doesn't matter, so let him in."

"Odd the extreme and the extreme!" Zhang Henian saw that the man was right, so he couldn't help but clapped his hands and responded: "I just ask this hero to be careful. If the fire situation is not good, put yourself first."

As soon as Zhang Henian said this, Tan Zong couldn't help but curl his lips.

Just now, he had been secretly observing the in charge and the so-called mute servant. Although he didn't think about it before, he was already sure that this person was the one who sent him to Wenyuanyuan. It was really that indescribable sense of non-existence was too special, and he couldn't even forget it.

Therefore, Tan Zong was almost certain that this person was definitely not a mute, nor a servant, but a person with a very identifiable status in the palace. Li Xilai once mentioned that even the palace knew about this matter tonight was very rare. Except for the few people whom the prefect Wang trusted, most of them were just obedient: for example, the inspection in Wenyuan Courtyard, guarding a lot of people.

Therefore, Tan Zong thought that the book was fake when this person entered the fire to rescue the bill, and the book was real. Moreover, the one who burned the bill was probably not the original one inside, and more of it was probably the book in that man's arms.

But Tan Zong had already planned it before setting fire, and was not afraid that the man would burn the tent. Moreover, the first priority is to escape at this moment, and the rest should be left to be discussed in the future. Therefore, Tan Zong did not interrupt, but just watched the man rush into the fire with a seemingly heroic spirit.

At this point, Tan Zong knew that most of the game tonight had been broken by him, but there were still some footnotes that needed to be nailed one by one. Although there were too many people at this time, he thought about the other side and there were many witnesses, but it was a good time.

He said intimately, "When will I wait for no nailing at this time?" Tan Zong quickly pretended to look at the night scene, and then bowed to Zhang Henian, saying ashamed: "The student is guilty and missed the time for the test paper. Please ask the adults to atone for their sins."

When he heard Tan Zong apologizing, Zhang Henian was still quite confused. But when Tan Zong mentioned the test papers, he immediately understood what Tan Zong wanted and said quickly: "Tan Yayuan personally put out the fire and protected the safety of the government office. This is a great contribution. Why should he mind the small matter of test papers so much? Do you think so?"

As soon as Zhang Henian said this, anyone with a discerning eye could hear it. This man was completely partial to Tan Menghua. Moreover, Tan Zong was indeed a great contribution. Even the prefect Wang Ren and Wang were probably going to thank him in front of him, so it was not an exaggeration. Therefore, several deputy invigilating with Zhang Henian all said that Zhang Henian was very kind, and some also said that Tan Zong was a young hero.

However, the paper inspection matter has nothing to do with the invigilator, but it has a great relationship with the three supervisors, which is why several people dare to get drunk at lunch.

Generally speaking, people carry people in flower sedan chairs. As long as the parties involved have never made any mistakes, the officialdom has always been like this, so the few people don’t want the supervisors to refute their faces.

But this time it seemed a little different. The supervisors looked at each other, and even Tan Zong seemed to feel that these people were communicating with their eyes. They jumped a few more times in their hearts, and they couldn't help but feel a little worried.

After a while, the leader first bowed to the few people, then sang a silence to Zhang Henian, and then said to Tan Zong: "Originally, several adults, Xiaguan and others witnessed Tong Sheng Tan Zong's fire extinguishing with their own eyes. Even if the time for the inspection was delayed, it was just a few details."

Speaking of this, the supervisor who spoke stopped and looked at the colors of the other people, and couldn't help but smile on his face.

It is important to know that the test paper is the last part of the provincial examination. Although it is just a formality, it is really important to be honest. Before Tong Sheng checked the paper, the identity of Yayuan was really uncountable. Therefore, it is not wrong to call Tan Zong Tong Sheng the supervisor. But it is precisely because this matter is just a formality, so not many people in the officialdom care. At this time, the supervisor suddenly mentioned it, and it is inevitable that he would be slapped in the face.

It turned out that when he spoke before, whether it was Zhang Henian or the manager of the royal family, he called Tan Zong the Tan Yayuan, and obviously recognized Tan Zong's identity as Yayuan in Nanjing this year. But at this time, the supervisor called Tan Zong a Tongsheng, which was equivalent to slapping him in the face in front of Zhang Henian.

It’s just that the direct cabinet is supervising and does not interact with other systems in normal times. If you meet each other on the street, it is already an amazing friendship. It is normal for you to bump into each other and ignore each other.

Therefore, the supervisor was not afraid of being jealous of Zhang Henian. He smiled slightly on his face and said directly: "The official was just curious. Why didn't Tan Zong come to test the papers, but ran to the government office next to this wall to put out the fire? It should be noted that we are already fast, but this Tan Xiucai seems to have arrived earlier than us. What's more, when I heard Tan Xiucai speak, this voice seemed to be very similar to the person who shouted that the fire went off. I wonder why Tan Xiucai taught me?"

As soon as these supervisors came out, they almost said that they suspected that Tan Zong was setting fire, and that you, Tan Zong, were just thieves, called to catch the thief. Therefore, not to mention Zhang Henian, even the two deputy officers next to Zhang Henian were a little unhappy.

Since ancient times, civil officials formed a series of their own. Civil officials and military officers and eunuchs have all had the same power as water and fire. Since the founding of the supervision of this dynasty, civil officials and military officers have gradually become in harmony, but it is still difficult to be harmonious with eunuchs, and the harmony of eunuchs is even more like water and fire. Fortunately, this supervision is nominally under the jurisdiction of the cabinet, so although the two are somewhat separated, they can be considered harmonious on the surface.

As the Nanjing Prefecture, although Ya Yuan may not be able to be promoted to the top three in the palace examination in the future and was nominated by the current official in the Golden Palace, he could not escape the status of a Jinshi, and it would be only a matter of time before he was released as an official in the future.

At this time, the supervisor was almost open and stubbornly suspected that Tan Zong, the Nanjing Prefecture, set fire to the fire, and inevitably offended Zhang Henian and others who were also civil servants.

However, this supervisory authority is strong and he is in charge of his duties at this time, and he has the right to supervise all matters. Therefore, Zhang Henian and others can only be secretly annoyed but have no choice but to do anything about it.

However, no one would have thought that Tan Zong was not only not anxious or afraid at this moment, but instead wanted to kiss the supervisor, but just because of the supervision problem, he helped Tan Zong nail the last footnote he needed.

Fortunately, Tan Zong was calm by nature, so he still looked unhurried and impatient. In the eyes of Zhang Henian and others, he suddenly felt that Tan Zong was indeed a gentleman and was very mature and steadfast.

"This is a very easy thing, and the student is reporting his feelings." Tan Zong smiled slightly and pointed to the fire in the courtyard and said, "The student actually arrived in front of the Wenyuan Courtyard at around 9 o'clock in the evening. However, when he first arrived here, he found that the guard in front of the door was knocked out and fell behind the door. The student immediately became suspicious and was waiting to call for help, but he did not want to find a man in black secretly walking out of secretly and lurking towards the backyard.

To count it down, the students do have to bear some guilt. Just because the students celebrated with a group of classmates at noon, they could not help but drink a little after drinking. For a moment, they just wanted to catch the thief. However, the students were too drunk and had unclear feet. They followed and lost the person. Just as they were about to call people to be on guard, they saw the thief secretly setting fire in the courtyard. In desperation, the student took advantage of the man's pride, and sneaked into the secret attack and then knocked the man to the ground after a fight. However, the fire had already started, and the student called for help and called for someone to put out the fire."

"As you said, the thief is still in the fire?" Zhang Henian suddenly interrupted.

Seeing Zhang Henian interrupting, Tan Zong felt aroused in his heart, and knew that Zhang Henian was really willing to favor him. As long as he searched for the thief, everything would be solved naturally! But just in case, Tan Zong had been in the fire scene before, so he saw it very clearly: before Zhang Henian and others arrived, someone who had arrived secretly carried Li Xilai away.

Therefore, if Zhang Henian puts his hopes on the thief, it would obviously not work.

However, Tan Zong had already prepared for this matter, but he pretended to be puzzled and surprised and said, "The students here still have some information to report. Just now, when the student saved the bill, he clearly saw the thief hiking out in the crowd, and there were people supporting him around him, which was a strange thing."
Chapter completed!