The strongest nine thousand years old

The night is slightly cooler.

Chen Dong returned to the palace with a burning feeling in his heart.

Yan Yunzheng said that he would give him a reward.

"squeak"

Chen Dong pushed the door open and walked in. Under the dim candlelight, Yan Yunzheng's profile exuded a soft and intellectual beauty.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Yan Yunzheng turned to look at Chen Dong, with ripples in his eyes.

"Is everything arranged?" Yan Yunzheng asked.

Chen Dong laughed and walked behind her, leaned over and whispered in her ear: "How do you want to reward me?"

A hint of shyness flashed across Yan Yunzheng's face, and his eyes were filled with spring light.

"I have arranged for the Queen and the Imperial Concubine to sleep with me."

Chen Dong: "..."

"This is not right! How can you let others redeem your reward?" Chen Dong said dissatisfiedly.

Yan Yunzheng said: "I am helping others to achieve their goals!"

"I just want your beauty." Chen Dongqin slowly approached Yan Yunzheng's face.

Yan Yunzheng's breathing suddenly became rapid and a shameful blush appeared on his face.

Chen Dong's lips pressed against Yan Yunzheng's lips. The soft and sweet lips made Chen Dong's heart flutter.

Just when the two of them were enjoying themselves, Yan Shisan's anxious voice suddenly came from outside the bedroom.

"Commander, something terrible is happening."

Yan Yunzheng seemed to have just woken up from a dream, pushed Chen Dong away, and said with a red face: "The reward given to you has been fulfilled, go and get down to business."

Chen Dong showed a look of dissatisfaction, and gritted his teeth and said, "Yan Shisan better be busy, otherwise I will make him stab in the ass!"

Yan Yunzheng smiled.

Chen Dong angrily opened the door and went out, asking unhappily, "What happened so late at night?"

Yan Shisan looked around and lowered his voice and said, "The test paper was snatched away when we passed by Honghuaji."

Chen Dong's pupils shrank. What he feared would come true!

"What happened?" Chen Dong asked anxiously.

Yan Shisan took a deep breath and told Chen Dong how the test paper was lost.

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There were a total of eight groups of people escorting the test papers. The group that passed through Honghuaji headed west to Yongzhou.

After leaving Yanjing City, Yan Sanshisan ordered the troops to cheer up and march quickly.

When it was getting dark, the group prepared to rest at Honghuaji, the border between Jingzhou and Yongzhou.

After finding an inn to stay in, Yan Sanshisan ordered someone to move the wooden box containing the test papers to his room.

Besides him, there was Yan Forty-Seven in the room. As for the others, they lived around Yan Thirty-Three's room.

In order to ensure the safety of the test papers, each group of people was composed of two old Jinyiwei soldiers and eight carefully selected Yulin soldiers.

The lowest level is a seventh-rank warrior.

But just an hour ago, a swordsman in black broke into Yan Sanshisan's room.

One sword defeated Yan Sanshisan, and another sword seriously injured Yan Sishiqi.

None of the other eight people could block the sword of the black-clad swordsman!

However, the black-clad swordsman was not after killing anyone but the test paper. After seeing that Yan Sanshisan and the others did not risk their lives, he held the wooden box in one hand and swaggered away from the inn.

Yan Sanshisan and others were unable to stop it, so they could only rush back to report the news and ask Chen Dong to make a decision.

"I have asked Sanshisan carefully. According to his inference, the sword energy of the black-clothed swordsman is at least third grade!" Yan Shisan said solemnly.

A third-rank expert came to snatch the test paper. What was his purpose?

Chen Dong was speechless.

He pinched the bridge of his nose, carefully weighed the pros and cons, and said in a deep voice: "Besides Thirty-three and the others, who else knows about this?"

Yan Shisan said: "There is no one left."

The test paper is still kept confidential now, but if the black-clad swordsman spreads the test paper, everything will be over.

Chen Dong didn't dare to gamble.

"Go to the Hanlin Academy and reprint the test papers." Chen Dong said in a deep voice.

In the Hanlin Academy.

Being woken up in the middle of the night, all the scholars looked unhappy. However, after seeing the armed Jinyiwei, they forced a smile on their faces.

"Eunuch Chen, what do you want from us in the middle of the night?"

Chen Dong said expressionlessly: "The test paper was stolen and needs to be reprinted."

"What? Robbed?"

"What do the Jinyiwei do for a living? They were robbed!"

"There's still half a month left. How can this be printed?"

All the scholars were getting anxious. It took them more than a month to print out all the test papers, and now there was only half a month left. They couldn't print out all the papers even if they worked without sleep!

Yang Ge Lao said solemnly: "Eunuch Chen, if someone is eyeing the test paper, if they can grab it the first time, they can grab it the second time!"

Chen Dong nodded, "I have also considered this. I also took into consideration that you scholars feel that time is tight."

After hearing what Chen Dong said, all the scholars fell silent, waiting for his response.

Chen Dong said slowly: "Master Yang will be in charge of Jingzhou, and the other scholars will go to the eight states in groups of two to print on the spot! The required manpower will be deployed from the local colleges."

"In addition, I will petition His Majesty to have the local guards protect you all. If anyone still tries to snatch the test papers, it will be a crime of treason and will be wanted by the whole nation!"

Yang Ge Lao's eyes lit up, "That's great."

"My dear colleagues, there is only half a month left. Please hold on a little longer." Yang Ge Lao's face straightened and he bowed to all the scholars. "Thank you very much."

"Master Yang, you don't have to do this. You've wasted our time!"

"Master Yang, please get up quickly. We will head to the Eight States."

"I hope that this time, the Royal Guards won't make any mistakes again."

"Commander Chen, if the test papers are snatched away again, I will advise His Majesty later!"

Although the scholars were afraid of the swords of the Jinyiwei, they were not allowed to complain because the Jinyiwei had lost the test papers before?

Chen Dong said sternly: "If I lose the test paper again, I will resign from your majesty!"

"In order to conceal our whereabouts, please leave at night. Thirteen, arrange for someone to escort you all." Chen Dong said.

"I need an imperial decree from all places to cooperate. I will go to the palace now to ask His Majesty to issue an order."

Everyone's face twitched and they couldn't help but show envy.

He is worthy of being a favorite of His Majesty, who can even ask His Majesty to issue an edict in the middle of the night.

She could only suppress her dissatisfaction with Chen Dong and dared not show it.

"My Lords, please come in." Yan Shisan said.

After they packed up their things simply, they left Yanjing City under the escort of the Embroidered Uniform Guards.

There was a curfew in Yanjing City, so their departure did not alert anyone else. When the patrolling city guards saw them, they pretended not to see them after the accompanying Jinyiwei showed their badges.

One man and one horse, eight teams, quickly headed towards the eight states.

Chen Dong stroked his chin and thought to himself, "Who could have snatched the test paper?"

What he subconsciously thought of were those aristocratic families. After all, the imperial examination opened up a path for students from poor families to rise, squeezing the interests of the aristocratic families. The aristocratic families had reason and motivation to do this.

That black-clad swordsman, could it be...