The next morning, after the siege, Yang Cong said goodbye to his grandfather Yang Rong, saying that the mansion examination was about to begin and he was going to the mansion city to prepare for the exam.

Yang Rong was not worried that his grandson's mansion would not be able to try it. He was just afraid that Yang Cong would have any accidents. This wealthy maritime business family was not a pirate. They really raised pirates and communicated with Japanese pirates. On the southeast ground, their strength was really terrifying.

However, he could not watch Yang Cong miss this mansion test. After all, this not only concerns Yang Cong's future, but also the rise and fall of the Yang family. He could only repeatedly remind Yang Cong to be careful. If it really doesn't work, he would flee to Yongning Weicheng, which is only fifty or sixty miles away from Quanzhou Mansion. As long as he escapes, it will be fine.

Because of the second uncle Yang Yun, Yang Cong couldn't tell him that his grandfather Chen Wenjie was ready to take action. Now there was evidence, but the second uncle Yang Yun could not move easily. At this moment, Yang Jinfeng had become his inner support. Second uncle Yang Yun was actually equivalent to him entering Chen Wenjie's chess piece. He also wanted to master Chen Wenjie's movements through Yang Jinfeng.

If my grandfather killed his relatives for justice and cleaned up his second uncle, the pawn would be ruined.

He could only pretend to know nothing, and pretended to be taking the exam and headed straight to the city.

In fact, he didn't know when the mansion examination would start, but it could be seen from Chen Wenjie's secret letter that the mansion examination must be not far away, because the supervisors and examiners of the Quanzhou mansion examination had already decided, and it would take a few days to come from the provincial capital.

This time, he did not stay in a hotel or a restaurant with accommodation, but chose Chengtian Temple near the government office.

There was a characteristic of the Ming Dynasty at this time, not only hotels and restaurants can accommodate tourists, but also temples can accommodate tourists.

The temples in these days are not just a scattered ancient Buddha with green lamps and a misty appearance. Most of the temples in various parts of the Ming Dynasty are grand in scale and extremely prosperous.

As for the reason, it is very simple, because when Zhu Yuanzhang's parents died and he was desperate, Gao Bin, the monk from Huangjue Temple, took him in, otherwise he would starve to death.

Therefore, he had a special feeling for the temples. After ascending the throne and becoming emperor, he did not know how many temples he built in various parts of the Ming Dynasty. This is also the reason why temples flourished in the Ming Dynasty.

As for why temples become places for people to stay, it has something to do with the "Da Ming Law", because the "Da Ming Law" stipulates that when officials go out to work, accommodation must not exceed certain standards. The salary of officials in the Ming Dynasty is notoriously low. If they pay for high-end restaurants and hotels out of their own pockets, it is simply telling others that they are corrupt. Therefore, officials usually choose temple accommodation nearby when they go out to work.

As a result, temples in various places have gradually developed services for tourists to stay. Since temples are generally large in scale, elegant in environment, comfortable accommodation, delicious vegetarian meals, and relatively low in cost, more and more tourists staying in temples.

Of course, Yang Cong did not want to save that little money. The reason why he stayed in Chengtian Temple was mainly because ordinary foreign officials who came to Quanzhou Prefecture would stay here. Chen Wenjie was planning to frame the inspector Zhao Yan, who moved into Chengtian Temple in advance, so that it would be convenient for him to act.

Chengtian Temple is not ordinary big. There are more than twenty main halls alone, and there are more than forty courtyards for people to stay. It is no problem to live in thousands of people.

This time, Yang Cong did not show the attitude of a rich family, and put in a few courtyards with great fanfare, making it a grand and thrilling thing that everyone knows.

He just asked Hou Zhitan to rent a two-entry courtyard, and then quietly moved in with Yu Dayou and others and more than ten guards.

All day long, he stayed in the yard and did not go out. Hou Zhitan, Peng Fu and others went out for a few trips. They mainly told Xu Jie, Xue Nantang and others that Yang Cong had arrived.

It was not until evening, after nightfall that Yang Cong came to Wangjiang Tower in a carriage, booked a private room, and then sat inside with Yu Dayou and the others to wait silently.

Soon, Xue Nantang came in. As soon as he entered the door, he asked curiously: "Qingfeng, what are you doing? It's so mysterious."

Yang Cong stood up awkwardly and asked him to sit down. Then he took out Chen Wenjie's secret letter and handed it over. Then he sighed and said, "Oh, Chen Wenjie still can't help but take action."

Xue Nantang took the secret letter and looked carefully. Before he could speak, Shi Wenzhai and Shi Lizhai brothers actually hugged Shi Zhixuan, the inspector of their father's office, and came in.

Seeing this, Yang Cong quickly stood up and bowed, "Oh, even my uncle was alarmed, it was a sin, a sin."

Yu Dayou, Deng Cheng and others naturally stood up to greet him quickly. Shi Zhixuan waved his hand and sat down under Yang Cong's earnest greeting. Then he smiled and said, "I heard that my nephew is in some trouble. I don't know what it is. What can I help?"

His attitude was really strange. Yang Cong was just a child of a merchant. Is it worthy of the care of his most famous gentry in the city?

Yang Cong didn't understand why he was so concerned about his uncle. However, it would be better if the gentry boss and official from the government office helped this matter. He quickly took the secret letter from Xue Nantang and respectfully handed it to Shi Zhixuan, and explained: "Uncle, that boy Chen Wenjie is still a little unwilling to accept it. This time he seemed to want to use the opportunity of the mansion to frame his nephew and jail and take away the property of our Yang family."

"Oh." Shi Zhixuan frowned when he heard this. The Chen family in Longxi was too much. The Yang family in Hui'an was considered their own people. If you take such a reckless and cruel move, wouldn't everyone in the southeastern gentry and merchants be in danger?

He took the secret letter and looked carefully, thought for a while, then shook his head and sighed: "The Chen family in Longxi is indeed powerful. The government office only received the official document from the academic government this afternoon, informing us that the Quanzhou Prefecture Examination will be held in five days. They had already known the candidate for the supervisor and examiner. Moreover, judging from their meaning, it seemed that they wanted to even Zhao Yan and Zhao to clean up together."

The Chen family in Longxi is indeed amazing. Even the assistants of the Censorate of the Criminal Office dare to frame them at will. They are a fifth-rank local official!

Yang Cong said a little dissatisfied: "I'm afraid they're willing to do this. Why don't we just hand over the secret letter to Lord Zhao and ask Lord Zhao to deal with them? What do you think?"

When Shi Zhixuan heard this, he hesitated and said, "This matter is of great importance, and I dare not make a conclusion. Nephew, didn't you invite Lord Xu?"

There was a clear hint of hope in his words, hoping that Xu Jie would come and see his concern for Yang Cong.

This means that he is approaching Xu Jie faintly.

Yang Cong's understanding of this power struggle is a little vague. Although he saw that Shi Zhixuan had the intention to curry favor with Xu Jie, he didn't know what the benefits would be for him to curry favor with Xu Jie.

He even couldn't understand why Xu Jie took the risk to help him deal with Chen's family in Longxi.

Alas, some people really can't see through it.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh, "I have someone to invite Brother Zisheng, but I just don't know if he will come."

At this moment, Xu Jie's hearty laughter suddenly sounded at the door. He smiled and rebuked: "Brother Qingfeng, what are you talking about? If you have something to do, how could you not come to help me?"

Dizzy, Xu Jie's attitude is really incomprehensible!
Chapter completed!