I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 167
The Chen family's use of Kou Yuanxing to slander Nanxuan magistrate's imperial examination fraud is definitely a bad move, which shocked the whole court.

Not to mention that the dirty water was not poured out, and the house was messed up all over, and was even disgusted by the Holy Spirit, so the position of not commanding colleagues fell to Gu Dawei.

Chen Shuduo left the court in a disheveled state, and the scrutinizing eyes of his colleagues really made Chen Shuduo angry, but he had nowhere to vent his anger.

"Master, this is the ginseng chicken soup that has just been stewed." Mrs. Chen was gentle, she put the fragrant chicken soup on the table with her white hands, and looked at Chen Shuduo whose eyes were bloodshot with distress. sleepless.

Not to mention chicken soup, Chen Shuduo didn't even want to eat the panacea. He sat on the chair with a sullen face, and the more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, "Go down first, and let me be quiet."

Mrs. Chen said a few more words of concern before leaving, and Mr. Muyu, the staff member, just came in.

The door of the study room was opened and closed, Mrs. Chen looked back, her expression was lonely, at this moment, she suddenly thought of the little girl Zhan Feiyu who the Chen family hated.

In the future, when the little girl gets married, maybe she doesn't have to stay in the back house, and can discuss important matters with her husband in the study, instead of just stewing a pot of chicken soup with her own hands like herself.

"Sir, do you think my father is old and confused?" Chen Shuduo said the same thing as the First Prince, but the First Prince complained that the Holy Majesty gave Gu Dawei the position of commanding the co-prefects, and the Holy Majesty had a reason for this. Warn the Chen family.

Mr. Muyu has gray hair and beard, fair complexion but no wrinkles, dressed in a gray Taoist robe, with a bit of fairy air.

"Don't be angry, Dong Weng. Your Majesty is now in his prime, and it's time for the eldest prince to hide his strength and bide his time. Making a small mistake at this moment will make the other princes let down their guard." Unconsciously calm down.

Chen Shuduo nodded understandingly, but in the end he felt a little bit uneasy, and said bitterly: "The little girl must be at odds with the Chen family!"

"Actually, Dong Weng and the First Prince really don't need to care about it. Even if Zhan Feiyu is the number one scholar, she is at most just a Confucian. She will not become an official in the court, let alone become a stumbling block for the First Prince. Against her, she will only fight against her." With Xueshi Gu as an enemy, the gain outweighs the loss."

Mr. Muyu glanced at the thoughtful Chen Shuduo, and rolled his eyes in secret. The Chen family was full and made things difficult for a little girl, but the key was to shoot himself in the foot again and again.

After reviewing what happened during this period of time in his mind, Chen Shuduo's expression froze a bit, yes, why did the Chen family want to have trouble with Zhan Feiyu?
Even if a century-old family wins against a nine-year-old girl, it will be invincible!
Zhan Feiyu studied under Gu Xueshi, and also provided the court with movable type printing. I heard that the new salt-making method is also related to her, not to mention that she donated all the money for beauty makeup to the border soldiers. The little girl whose name is here, the Chen family is absolutely thankless.

"Thank you for your suggestion, sir. I'll edit a book right now." After Chen Shuduo figured it out, he didn't intend to let the Chen family and Zhan Feiyu fight to the end.

And far away in Nanxuan Mansion, Chen Xuezheng, who was staying in Chen's house for a while, was deliberating how to deal with the situation before him. After seeing Zhan Feiyu's essay and policy theory, Chen Xuezheng knew that her case was well deserved. return.

If I knew it was like this, I shouldn't have made a fuss about the government examination. Fraud in the imperial examination is like a double-edged sword. If you use it well, you can win the charter ceremony in one fell swoop, but on the contrary, the Chen family will be injured.
Thinking of the news from the capital, Chen Xuezheng knew that his move was a big mistake, but who would have thought that a girl who had been studying for two years was so talented in reading, but Fan Zhangli favored Zhan in the government examination. Feiyu, Chen Xuezheng can make him unable to turn over.

"My lord, Mr. Chen is asking to see you." The servant outside the door had a respectful attitude, as if Chen Xuezheng was the head of the Chen family.

The rich Mr. Chen has lost a lot of weight these days, his originally rosy face is full of sadness. Chen Ji Rice Shop is about to close down. Fatty Chen of the family was hacked into pieces.

Chen Xuezheng, who was sitting on the chair, ignored Mr. Chen. After a quarter of an hour, he put down the book in his hand and said coldly, "Sit down."

"Cousin, it's my inability to teach my son that hurts the family." Master Chen didn't dare to sit down, and bowed his body to admit his mistake. Originally, he still had a father-son affection for Fatty Chen, but now Master Chen wished he could strangle him to death. in swaddling.

Mr. Chen is quite talented in business, and what's more, as the head of the Chen family, Chen Xuezheng didn't let it go. Compared with the loss of rice, the Chen family cares more about face. It seems that 50 shi is a lot of rice and grain, but it is just a drop in the bucket for the Chen family.

Chen Xuezheng motioned for Mr. Chen to sit down again, "The business of Nanxuan Mansion can no longer continue. What are your plans?"

"Cousin." He sat down with half of his buttocks next to the chair, and the hanging heart of Mr. Chen was relieved, and then he replied respectfully, "I plan to go to the border gate. The tea, porcelain, and cloth in the south of the Yangtze River are sold in the barbarians. Side sales are excellent…”

Master Chen planned to form a caravan to buy fur, medicinal materials and even gems from the border at low prices, and then sell them at high prices.

Chen Xuezheng raised his eyelids to take a look, and nodded in satisfaction, "In this case, you are responsible for the food sent to the border. The Chen family should get back some interest after suffering such a dull loss."

Ordinary caravans would not easily go to the border to do business. First, the distance is too long and there are many dangers on the road. If they encounter bandits, let alone money, they will lose their lives.

Secondly, the border gates are not stable, and when dealing with barbarian merchants, if something goes wrong, there is nowhere to turn for help.

The third reason is that although the fur medicinal materials brought back from the barbarians are precious, they will be jointly suppressed by some big merchants. Unless they are sold at a low price, the goods can only be thrown into their own hands.

But it would be different if Mr. Chen formed a caravan. He could hire a bodyguard company to escort him if he didn’t need any money. Moreover, after he went to the border, he sent food to the Chen family. I want to stand up for Mr. Chen.

Moreover, for the goods brought back, the Chen family's shops were all over the Daqing Dynasty, so they didn't have to worry about not being able to sell them at a higher price, but they didn't have to work hard as a merchant.

After leaving the study, Master Chen let out a sigh of relief. Although it was a little hard work, fortunately the master did not give up on himself. Thinking of this, Master Chen once again vented his anger on Fatty Chen who had been expelled from the clan.

Seeing that Mr. Chen was gone, Chai Yi came out from the darkness, straightened his clothes, and then walked towards the study, "Please tell me, Chai Yi, please see Master Chen."

Although Chen Xuezheng made a bad move in the matter of Zhan Feiyu, as the head of the Chen family, everything in the Chen family is under his control, even the eldest son Chen Shuduo who is far away in the capital.

"The villain Chai Yi pays homage to the lord." Kneeling on the ground and saluting, Chai Yi dared to fool Fatty Chen and the shrewd Master Chen, but restrained all his petty thoughts in front of Chen Xuezheng.

"Shuming mentioned you in front of this official." Chen Xuezheng looked down at Chai Yi who was kneeling on the ground, his eyes were cold and disgusted.

Using Kou Yuanxing to falsely accuse Zhang Zhifu of cheating in the imperial examination was done by Fatty Chen, but the person behind the scenes was Chai Yi. After all, it was Chai Yi who let the Chen family fall into the trap. Underestimated the enemy.

His face turned pale, and Chai Yi put his forehead on the ground to plead guilty, "The villain deserves to die."

After a while, the gloomy Chen Xuezheng finally spoke again, "Do you think you can accuse Zhang Chengli of having an affair with a married woman just because of the jade pendant in your hand?"

"My lord, Huang Li is very capricious. Now she is locked up in the dark backyard by Huang's family. Huang Li is going crazy. Now that she can get out of the predicament, she will definitely bite Zhang Zhifu!" Chai Yi said after Huang Li and her divorce. I thought about using her to bring down Zhang Zhifu.

So after being imprisoned in Huang's house, Chai Yi secretly bought the two old women who guarded Huang Li, and asked them to torture Huang Li secretly.

The clothes are too small, the shoes don't fit well, the doors and windows are opened in the middle of the night, and a moldy quilt is used for her. Once Huang Li gets into a fuss, she is tied to the bed with cloth strips.

Moreover, Huang Li added some maddening drugs to the tea that Huang Li drank. Although the dosage was very small, Huang Li was almost in a state of half-madness now. With the help of verbal temptations and instigation, she would definitely be able to use it for herself.

"In this case, I will leave this matter to you." Chen Xuezheng nodded in satisfaction. Sometimes such a villain is easy to use. No wonder Shuming mentioned Chai Yi several times.

"Thank you, sir." Chai Yi hurriedly kowtowed to thank him.

After hesitating for a while, the ambitious Chai Yi didn't want to miss the opportunity to talk to Chen Xuezheng, so he boldly continued: "My lord, Xiangpanzi's workshop is built in Jinlin Village, and all the people in the village grow vegetables and sell them to the market. For restaurants in Si County, if we start with Jinlin Village..."

What Chai Yi thought was that Zhan Feiyu was not slippery, so it would be better to start with her family and clansmen and deal with the illiterate villagers. It would be enough to hire a few hooligans, and they could also bribe people in Jinlin Village.

Chen Xuezheng looked at the complacent Chai Yi with cold eyes. Compared with Mr. Muyu, the aide next to Shuduo, Chai Yi, whom Shuming valued, had a much smaller vision and was only good at tricks.

Chen Xuezheng said coldly, "There is no need to mention this matter, you can go down."

"Yes?" Chai Yi still wanted to fight for it. If he could succeed, he would have made a great contribution. Compared with the third son, he wanted to follow the Patriarch Chen Xuezheng more.

Disgust flashed in his eyes, and Chen Xuezheng reprimanded: "You villains can't hurt Zhan Feiyu, but if Master Gu attacks the Chen family, how much will the Chen family suffer? I don't need to say clearly which is more important. ! Back off!"

Chai Yi shook his body, suddenly came to his senses, and could only exit the study with a frightened expression.

Zhan Feiyu has a family and clan, doesn't the Chen family not?

The Chen family's action against Zhan Feiyu's family members would at most prevent the people of Jinlin Village from earning any money, but once Bachelor Gu retaliated, it would be like Gu Dawei taking over the position of commanding acquaintance, and the eldest prince would lose his third-rank official position .

Chai Yi's method is to beat mice with a jade bottle, and the gain outweighs the loss.

……

Little did she know that Chai Yi wanted to attack Jinlin Village secretly. Now that the government examination was over, even if something happened to Kou Yuanxing, she had nothing to do with Zhan Feiyu. She planned to go back to Shangsi County.

Zhangfu.

It was not a coincidence that Zhan Feiyu came here. As soon as he got off the carriage, he saw Bao Lian'er pestering the old housekeeper sobbing.

"Yi'er and I have been taken care of by my aunt all these years, and now that we are leaving, we should kowtow to my aunt, otherwise how can I leave with peace of mind..."

The twists and turns of the voice, the pale face with tears, those who don't know think how much wronged Bao Lian'er has suffered.

"Sister, let's go!" Bao Yi yelled out of embarrassment, and was kicked out of the house, what more do you ask for!Just a butler, how dare he use a chicken feather as an arrow!
But no matter how annoyed Bao Yi was, he didn't dare to act presumptuously at the gate of the Zhang Mansion. Others were a little stupid and cowardly, but because he was afraid of death, Bao Yi didn't dare to act recklessly.

The old housekeeper's head hurt from Bao Lian'er's crying. He glanced around and saw Zhan Feiyu not far away, and immediately greeted him, "Miss Zhan, please, the master has been waiting for a long time."

Because Kou Yuanxing sued Zhang Zhifu for cheating in the imperial examinations, Zhang Zhifu also simply stayed at home for the past few days in order to avoid suspicion, without a government office. The current Nanxuan Mansion is under his control, and nothing can happen.

As for those people in the dark, if they wanted to take the opportunity to seek refuge with Chen Xuezheng, the prefect Zhang didn't care.

"Miss Zhan." Bao Lian'er seemed to have seen a savior, crying like a little white flower in a storm, her frail figure was on the verge of falling, "Please ask Miss Zhan to ask me to come in and say goodbye to my aunt. Miss Zhan, I beg you."

As if afraid that Zhan Feiyu would not agree, Bao Lian'er knelt down on the ground, crying pear blossoms with rain, as if Zhan Feiyu would not be able to kneel if she did not agree.

As soon as Bao Yi saw Zhan Feiyu, he felt a pain in his crotch. The scene of the Peach Blossom Festival came to mind, and Bao Yi stepped back a few steps with a frightened expression.

Zhan Feiyu glanced at the three carriages parked next to him. The first carriage should be for the Bao family siblings. The two carriages behind were full of boxes and parcels. With these families, the siblings also have no worries about food and clothing, but they don't have enough hearts.

"Miss Bao." Zhan Feiyu looked at Bao Lianer, who was kneeling and crying, with a smile on her tender Baozi face, "Mrs. Zhang is kind, if it were me, let alone these possessions, just spend a few taels of money to find a local ruffian." Scoundrel, Miss Bao, you are married now, how can you cry here."

Bao Lian'er stopped crying, and looked at the extremely ferocious Zhan Feiyu with tears in her eyes. She was obviously a little girl with pink makeup, but her words were so vicious.

Zhan Feiyu raised his lips and continued with a smile: "If you are more ruthless, let your brother get addicted to gambling, sign a gambling contract, and the money will not be paid by then, and you will just sell his beautiful sister, so I say Mrs. Zhang is still too kind."

(End of this chapter)