I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 195 Retreat
Zhan Feiyu used three army horses to trap the officials of the Huai County government. Unexpectedly, Feng Shui took turns, and the Fengzhou police also used the crime of killing army horses to arrest Zhan Feiyu.

"That horse had two legs cut off by Liu Baihu's people, Xiao Yu killed the horse as a last resort!" Qi Heng said sullenly.

Thinking of the black horse that was lying in a pool of blood at that time, Qi Heng turned pale. If it wasn't for Xiao Yu's attack, the four legs of the black horse would have been cut off cruelly, and maybe even be killed by a knife.

The head of the policeman looked at Qi Heng who was in the way with disgust, "Okay, since you admit that this little girl killed the horse, it's fine, come with us!"

"I..." Qi Heng was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't expect his explanation to become Zhan Feiyu's confession.

Mingsan looked coldly at the unfriendly arresters, these people were obviously bought, even if Xiaoyu didn't kill the horse, he was charged with an unfounded charge, and if he entered the yamen, it would be called "every day should not be done" not working.

Zhan Feiyu patted Qi Heng's shoulder reassuringly, stepped forward and said directly: "Then what is the crime of torturing a military horse? Liu Baihu has already been sent to prison?"

Catcher Qian quickly looked at the little girl in front of him, with red lips and white teeth, no wonder he offended Liu Baihu, this face was the original sin.

"Liu Baihu broke his leg and is recuperating at home. The soldier Feng Lixin who tortured and killed the army horse has already surrendered himself." After Qian Qian quickly finished speaking, he signaled his subordinates to take Zhan Feiyu away, and gave Ming San a warning look. "Even if you are a scholar, you, a scholar, have no right to interfere if this little girl killed the army horse."

If this is the master of Juren, the money arrester may have to worry about three points, but a sour scholar is really nothing in Fengzhou, not to mention that they offended Liu Baihu, and Meng Zhizhou treated him with courtesy nobleman.

Detective Qian gave an order quickly, "Take it away!"

Zhan Feiyu shook his head at Mingsan, but walked forward obediently.

Seeing this, Catcher Qian didn't make things difficult for Zhan Feiyu anymore, nor did he put his men in shackles. After all, the little girl looked only seven or eight years old, but Liu Baihu was the one who offended.

"Little Master Uncle, what should we do?" Qi Heng clenched his hands uneasily, his immature fat face was full of worry, and said angrily: "Liu Baihu clearly used a soldier to drag Xiao Yu down."

The soldier who beheaded the army horse's two legs had surrendered himself. No matter what the reason was for Xiaoyu, the army horse was indeed killed by Xiaoyu's hands.

Mingsan touched Qi Heng's head, "Let's go and have a look, don't worry, Xiaoyu's teacher is Gu Xueshi, do you think Meng Zhizhou dares to send her to prison?"

Fengzhou Yamen.

Meng Zhizhou, who had pondered for a long time, suddenly asked, "Qi Tongzhi, how do you think this should be handled?"

"My lord." The only thing that Elder Qi is grateful for at this moment is that the person who provoked Liu Baihu was Zhan Feiyu, not Qi Heng, and she is only temporarily staying in the other courtyard of Qi's family, "Although the little girl killed the army horse, but Judging from the circumstances at the time, it was a last resort.”

"The lower officials don't agree with Master Qi's statement. It's the so-called emperor who breaks the law and the common people are guilty of the same crime. What's more, she, a little girl, dares to kill the army horse in full view. I'm afraid she has a criminal record, but we don't know it." Zhang Tong judged He retorted with a cold face, cast a suspicious glance at Qi Tongzhi with gloomy eyes, and almost said that Qi Tongzhi was covering up Zhan Feiyu, the murderer.

Standing up, Zhang Tongpan cupped his hands at Meng Zhizhou, "My lord, in my humble opinion, Feng Lixin, the soldier who abused and injured the army horse, can be punished as he likes, and the murderer who killed the army horse must not be tolerated."

Facing the aggressive Zhang Tongsentence, Qi Tongzhi smiled wryly and shook his head, but he didn't speak anymore. This attitude can be regarded as acquiescing to Zhan Feiyu's punishment.

"Forget it, the man has almost been arrested. The two adults will follow me to the court first." Meng Zhizhou stood up, but anyone with a brain knows why Zhan Feiyu killed the horse, but the key point is that Liu Bai was involved. Hu, this matter is not easy to handle, Meng Zhizhou has no choice but to be partial.

Before seeing Zhan Feiyu, Meng Zhizhou and the others also thought that the little girl must be arrogant and domineering, and probably beat the maids and servants a lot at home, otherwise how would a little girl dare to kill a horse?
But at this moment, the little girl standing in the courtroom is wearing a silver pattern embroidered Baidieru dress, with a rising jade pendant hanging around her waist, combing a double bun, and wearing a silver-dot emerald agate and white jade hairpin, her skin is as white as snow, Bright eyes and bright teeth, quiet and elegant, no matter how you look at it, it seems to come from a scholarly family.

Performing the ceremony of a scholar, Zhan Feiyu announced his family name, "Student Zhan Feiyu pays homage to the three adults."

Uh... The three people in Meng Zhizhou were taken aback. April is the time for state examinations in Jiangnan.

Some people secretly thought that the magistrate Zhang Chengli chose a little girl as the head of the government's trial case in order to curry favor with Gu Xueshi, but some people thought that Zhan Feiyu must have real talents and real learning when he studied under Gu Xueshi.

There are different opinions, but Zhan Feiyu is far away in Nanxuan Mansion after all, and he is only a child student. A group of scholars who are about to take the college examination are most curious. As for the imperial officials in Meng Zhizhou, they are just listening to the excitement. A child student is not qualified enough for them to pay attention .

"It turned out to be Zhan Tongsheng." Meng Zhizhou smiled softly. Before he saw the person, he thought it was true that the little girl killed the army horse, but after all, she was young, so she couldn't really stick to it, so he asked her to use fine money instead. penalty.

As for Liu Baihu, Meng Zhizhou intends to order Zhan Feiyu to pay a fine of 1000 taels of silver, which can be regarded as an explanation to Liu Baihu, but now, Meng Zhizhou looks at the little girl who has no fear in his face, and he wants to resign even more quit.

"Reporting to my lord, Feng Lixin chopped off two legs of the military horse. The student couldn't bear to have the military horse tortured to death, so he had to do something wrong." Zhan Feiyu briefly talked about the situation at that time, and continued: "But it is indeed a student. Killing a military horse with one hand, the student is convicted, and I ask the adults to give him a lighter sentence."

The head of the Nanxuan Mansion's examination case, without any accidents, she will definitely pass the hospital examination and become a scholar. The nine-year-old scholar, the key point is that she is the only student of Gu Xueshi, and there is a reason for killing horses.

Meng Zhizhou glanced at the cold-faced Zhang Tongpan calmly, and he dared not say that he would bring Zhan Feiyu to justice now.

A moment later, Zhan Feiyu was arrested by Qian and quickly seized the government office, but was sent out by Meng Zhizhou, Qi Tongzhi and Zhang Tong. Not to mention being punished in prison, he didn't even lose a single hair.

"Brother Qian, is this the end of the matter?" The policeman on the side asked in a low voice. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have thought he had seen a ghost in broad daylight. feet away.

"The eldest prince's family doesn't dare to attack this little girl openly. Do you think Liu Baihu is stronger than the Chen family?" At this moment, Patrolman Qian secretly rejoiced that he didn't go too far in the restaurant, otherwise he would be the one who would be unlucky , who would have thought that a little girl has such a big background.

After thinking about it, Zhan Feiyu dared to offend Liu Baihu, causing him to break his leg, and even dared to kill the army horse, which shows that the little girl has confidence.

The few catchers nodded in agreement, that's right, no matter how powerful Liu Baihu is, he is only a member of the Liu family. The Liu family is just an imperial merchant, and Jiangnan Road is the territory of the Chen family. And Xiao Yu, let alone an imperial merchant.

……

After leaving the office, Qi Tongzhi got on the sedan chair and hurried back to Qi Mansion.

Qi Tongzhi rubbed the center of his brows when this came out. If he had known Zhan Feiyu's identity, the Qi family would not have put on airs. He must have asked Qi Heng to bring people to the master's house long ago. It is too late to say anything now. .

In the case of Liu Baihu, every family in Fengzhou sent people to watch, so after Zhan Feiyu was arrested and brought into the yamen, everyone thought that this little girl was going to be unlucky. Liu Baihu.

But who would have thought that Zhan Feiyu was sent out of the yamen by the three men of Meng Zhizhou, which shocked all the families who received the news, and they all speculated that Zhan Feiyu's identity must have a strong background, otherwise, how could he have retreated unscathed.

As soon as Qi Tongzhi entered the courtyard, the third son of the Qi family who was waiting anxiously ran out, "Uncle, is that little girl the daughter of some general's family?"

Why don't you guess that Zhan Feiyu came from a scholarly family, the main reason is that she is too fierce and dares to kill soldiers and horses, which is definitely the style of a general.

Old Master Qi and others were also sitting in the main hall waiting, Qi Tongzhi sat down, and then explained: "Father, Qi Heng came from Nanxuan Mansion, how could the little girl beside him be an ordinary person."

This ordinary person does not refer to his family background, it is said that men and women have different seats at seven years old, scholars are most particular about etiquette and rules, Qi Heng not only shared a carriage with a little girl, but also entertained people to stay in another courtyard.

The little girl was accompanied by a servant girl, and no female elders followed her, which was very abrupt in itself.

Mr. Qi has been taking care of the Qi family for many years. At this reminder from the eldest son, Mr. Qi squinted his eyes and thought about it. After a long while, he couldn't help but said: "Zhan Feiyu, the head of the Nanxuan Mansion's trial case? A young disciple of Bachelor Gu!"

That's right, both scholars are so close, even putting aside the defense of men and women, why dare to offend Liu Baihu, it is because Zhan Feiyu is not afraid of the Liu family.

"This?" Elder Qi Er was stunned for a moment, his face gleaming, and he had already started planning how to get closer to Zhan Feiyu through Qi Heng.

It would be best if he could take the opportunity to get in touch with Gu Xueshi, even if he couldn't, why should the Qi family worry about not having a backer in the future?

"Grandpa, should we go to Nanhu Lane?" asked the eldest son of Qi. Although the Qi family did not help with Liu Baihu's matter, it did not make things worse. Qi Heng was only eight years old. Zhan Feiyu also followed the rules.

"No need." Mr. Qi shook his head, looking at the three surprised grandsons, he really wanted to practice again, "Do you think Zhan Feiyu is stupid to be able to learn from Xueshi Gu? Since she is smart, the Qi family is here now. Ingratiate yourself, but lose the integrity of the Qi family."

As long as Qi Heng belongs to the Qi family, then his relationship with Zhan Feiyu is the same as that with the Qi family. Competing is not a business. Instead of being underestimated, it is better to maintain the status quo.

"Brother, didn't you send a gift to Liu's residence before, why don't you let people publicize it." Old Master Qi Er smiled very shrewdly, this gift is the Qi family's apology, and he doesn't want Liu Baihu to vent his anger on the Qi family.

But at this moment, Master Qi Er wants to say that this gift is for Zhan Feiyu and Qi Heng, can outsiders deny it?The person who offended Liu Baihu was Zhan Feiyu, and when their Qi family found out, they offered an apology. Wouldn't Zhan Feiyu accept this favor?

"Second brother, this method is very good." Mr. Qi nodded in satisfaction, wiping his beard. He couldn't express flattery, but he also wanted to show the attitude of making friends with the Qi family.

Qi Tongzhi also nodded in agreement, "Qi Heng is a scholar, if he is polite, he must come to the Qi family with Zhan Feiyu."

At that time, it was the best strategy to avoid flattery and achieve the goal of making friends with Zhan Feiyu.

As the third son of the Qi family, Qi Yan is the youngest, and his personality is unavoidably domineering. He dislikes Qi Heng the most, especially after he became a child.

But at this moment, seeing his grandfather, uncle, and his two elder brothers all talking about Zhan Feiyu and Qi Heng, Qi Yan twisted his face in jealousy, and dared not speak out.

……

Wei's house.

Seeing the seven or eight people outside the gate, the guards at the gate have long been familiar with it. Every year, literati and refined scholars come here to visit Wei's house, especially before and after the imperial examination every year, there are even more scholars who want to see Wei Daru endlessly.

Some wanted Wei Daru to guide their articles, and more people wanted to visit the Wushulou of Wei's family, and wanted to borrow the ancient books collected by Wei Daru.

"I'm sorry everyone, my master doesn't see any guests, please come back." The boy said the same thing, but his attitude of refusal was very firm.

A scholar whose gown was washed a little white came up, and begged in a warm voice: "Please pass it on for me, my student Fengzhou Zhu Changyun. This is a student's article. Please correct me by Wei Daru."

Standing under the shade of the tree, Zhan Feiyu said in a low voice, "That's the head of the Fengzhou case."

"Do you know Xiaoyu?" Qi Heng asked in surprise, and looked at Zhu Changyun. He could see that he was from a poor family. The cloth shoes on his feet were almost torn, and his big toe was almost exposed.

"I don't know, but I have read the articles of his family's examination before." Zhan Feiyu looked at Zhu Changyun who was disappointed. His articles were simple and not heavy on rhetoric.

It's not that the article must be gorgeous, but compared with the children of the aristocratic family with a profound background, the children of the poor family lack cultural influence, and the articles are more pragmatic and less romantic.

Qi Heng was stunned and then figured it out. Xiaoyu can read the articles of other state capital cases, which only Gu Xueshi can do. For a moment, Qi Heng looked at Zhan Feiyu full of envy.

"The way to read is to proceed step by step, read well and think carefully." Ming San patted Qi Heng on the head, and warned with a straight face, "Don't be so ambitious!"

With Gu Xueshi as a teacher, Zhan Feiyu can read the articles written by the head of the government's trial case, as well as the articles written by the Imperial Academy in Beijing and the Class A class of several major academies. This is also due to her hard work and super learning ability.

Qi Heng is still a boy, and the foundation has not been laid well. No matter how many good articles are given to him, it is just a burden and a pressure.

"Oh, Zhu Changyun is miserable. I guess he won't be on the list in the August examination." A scholar next to him couldn't help shaking his head with emotion. Everyone in Toyosu knows this.

The scholar bowed his hands to Mingsan, and then explained: "My dear friend, he must be from Fengzhou. It's normal if he doesn't know. Zhu Changyun offended someone and was banned, and the books at home were burned by a fire. Now, all the bookstores in Fengzhou don’t sell books to him, and his master and classmates don’t dare, and now Zhu Changyun has no books to read, no pen, ink, paper and inkstone to use.”

(End of this chapter)