At night, in a simple guest room.

A middle-aged man faced a wall, pulled out a dagger from his waist, and quickly inserted it into a piece of pork on the wall.

Brush! Brush! Brush!

Repeat, repeat continuously.

He was very fast and could stab the dagger into the hole in the middle of the pork, the size of a copper coin.

This person is Sun Dabang.

In the past few days, he has basically understood Zhao Yan's walking range.

At nearly noon, Baiwenzhai had the most buyers.

At this time, Zhao Yan would basically walk out of the counter and then go to the side hall not far away to have tea.

As long as Sun Dabang pretended to be a book buyer and walked into Baiwenzhai, then approached the side hall, and quickly and concealedly inserted the dagger into Zhao Yan's stomach, he could sneak into the crowd and leave quietly.

The next day, almost noon, Zhao Yan walked out from behind the counter.

The moment he walked out, Zhao Yan noticed him.

Heiwa followed Sun Dabang with a vigilant look on his face.

Suddenly, Sun boldly leaned towards Zhao Yan's body and then suddenly took action.

Brush! Brush! Brush!

At this moment, Heiwa and two guards hiding around took action almost at the same time.

As soon as Sun Dadan took out the dagger, he was captured by three people and dragged to the backyard.

The speed was so fast that no one around noticed it.

This is the difference between the Great Zhou Imperial Guard and ordinary people. Although most of them cannot defeat the Northern Mongolian soldiers, they can still be one to make ten against ordinary people.

When Zhao Yan first saw the dagger, his face was a little surprised, but he soon returned to his smile.

With Heiwa and those hidden guards, basically no one can hurt him.

The only thing he was curious about was why this man wanted to kill him and who could send someone with such poor strength.

Even Ma Wu, sent by Xue Huai, is much better than this person.

Half an hour later, Liu Dazhong walked to Zhao Yan and whispered: "Young Master, this person was only hired by someone else for 100 cents of money. The master hid it very deeply. In addition, it didn't look like it was made by the Xue family. Xue Tianyou will not come to Daping County at least two days later."

Zhao Yan nodded slightly and said, "Continue to investigate, you must find the main messenger behind the scenes."

"Yes." Liu Dazhong said respectfully, and then stepped down.

Outside the government and the country, Liu Dazhong could use more power and connections than the government's efficiency.

Of course, he is fully responsible for this matter.

In the afternoon, an invitation was sent to Baiwenzhai.

Hong Tianshou, a big drug dealer in Shantai Prefecture, invited Baiwenzhai to the Golden List to participate in the annual gold list event tomorrow.

"Wu Zhi, where is this gold list platform and what is the gold list winning?" Zhao Yan asked in confusion.

Wu Zhi said excitedly: "Young Master, this Jinbang platform is located next to a stream called Jinbang River in the outskirts of Daping County. It is rumored that a top scholar appeared in the village next to this stream, so he was ordered to be called Jinbang River.

"The Golden Bang Platform was built by Hong Tianshou, a big drug dealer three years ago. This man was very rich. He built a platform called the Golden Bang Platform. Every year, a grand event with talented people gathered. All talents in Shuzhou can participate. The top one can get 10,000 guan, the second one can get 5,000 guan, the third one can get 3,000 guan, and the next four to ten can get 1,000 guan."

"And this year, the top ten may become his son-in-law. I heard that his daughter Hong Yuxin has just turned 18 years old, she is so beautiful that she is so beautiful that she is so beautiful that she is so beautiful that she is not as weak as a man in her knowledge. This year's gold medal list has been very popular half a month ago. I guess they have seen that our Baiwenzhai has become popular these days, so they sent a further invitation."

Zhao Yan couldn't help but get interested. This share of bonus is definitely almost fatal to ordinary scholars.

"What are the main contents of winning the gold list?" Zhao Yan asked again.

"Poetry, songs, and strategy theory are different every year." Wu Zhi thought for a while and replied. He was not very interested in this. If he had the talent to pass the exam, he would not have sold books here.

When Zhao Yan heard the argument, his eyes lit up. From the perspective of his emperor, the true ability of a literati is not to show poetry, songs, but to tell the way of governing the country.

"Then you must go and have a look tomorrow!" Zhao Yan said thoughtfully.

"Young master is here, the eldest lady of the Hong family must have to marry you!" Wu Zhi said with a smile.

Zhao Yan looked back and shouted: "Nianwei, you are here!"

Wu Zhi immediately ran away, and while running, he said, "I was wrong. I never dared to talk nonsense again with my stinky mouth!"

This move made Zhao Yan laugh.

Since Wu Zhi saw Lu Nianwei kill Xue Huai seriously, Wu Zhi has been walking around Lu Nianwei.

Because a fickle man like him might not say anything right, he might be beaten up!

Early the next morning, Zhao Yan, Heiwa and Liu Dazhong went to the Golden Band Platform.

Several hidden guards followed behind the three.

As soon as he arrived near the Golden Band, Zhao Yan was almost shocked.

Isn’t this an open-air buffet banquet?

The Golden Bang Platform is a large platform about three meters high, with pen, ink, paper, ink, and several chairs on it.

Below the Golden Band is a dining table built with various long tables.

There are all kinds of exquisite food and wine on the dining table, which can be eaten at will for anyone who receives invitations, and there is a small stream flowing in the distance.

Several young women playing the pipa and singing songs were sitting next to the stream.

The literati has a full sense of ritual.

Hundreds of literati men wearing long gowns and folding fans strolled in them and talked to each other, which looked pleasing to the eye.

The invitations Zhao Yan received can allow three people to enter.

After Heiwa entered, he naturally took food as his main task, while Liu Dazhong followed Zhao Yan and chatted with him.

Zhao Yan walked slowly to the side of Jinbang River and suddenly saw carriages opposite the stream. There were several servant-like men standing around the carriages. These men were holding ropes in their hands and staring at the people opposite.

"What is that for?" Zhao Yan asked.

Liu Dazhong looked at it and replied with a smile: "Young Master, this is the old rule when the imperial examinations were released, called catching son-in-law under the list. These people are servants of some wealthy businessmen. When they are on their mission, if a talented scholar shines on the golden table and is neither valued by Miss Hong nor married, they will tie them home and become son-in-laws!"

After hearing this explanation, Zhao Yan couldn't help but be happy, and this shows how popular literati are.

Even if a literati passed the Jinshi at the age of forty, he would not have to worry about marrying a beautiful wife.
Chapter completed!