I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 213
No matter how aggrieved and unwilling Zhang Tong was, the one who cheated them was Liu Baihu, so he had no choice but to admit it, "Lord Qiu, what about the aftermath?"

Juwenzhai caught fire and involved three lives. In addition, Qi Heng was rescued from the secret room in Xingyuan. The search was huge before, and this news cannot be concealed. Someone has to take the blame.

Qiu Qianhu glanced at Zhang Tongpan, who was suppressing his emotions. Meng Zhizhou obviously favored Qi Tongzhi, and Zhang Tongpan's situation in the Yamen would be difficult in the future.

Furthermore, in the disappearance of Qi Heng, although Qiu Dingsi also participated, he was hidden behind the scenes. The real person who did it was Zhang Changsong, who already had a reputation as a scholar.

"Chai Yi has been arrested." As soon as Qiu Qianhu opened his mouth, Zhang Tongjuan understood that he wanted to put all the charges on Chai Yi.

Chai Yi was an aide of Mr. Chen before, and Mr. Chen was in business, and he was a side branch of the Chen family. His aides were nothing, but after all, when the Chen family was involved, Zhang Tongju was somewhat concerned.

"With the Chen family's prudence, Chai Yi can't live for more than a few days." Qiu Qianhu is not afraid of the Chen family. The Chen family is powerful, but after all, it is only the grand prince's family, not the prince's family. The Chen family can't reach The guard is here.

If it weren't for worrying that He Sheng would wait outside the yamen, Qiu Qianhu probably wouldn't survive tonight, and the murderer sent by the Chen family would probably be on their way to Fengzhou.

Zhang Tongpan thought about it for a while, thinking of the hatred between Zhan Feiyu and the Chen family, even if Zhan Feiyu said that he didn't go into it, the Chen family would not be at ease, so they could only kill people to silence them, which would save trouble.

South Lake Lane.

After washing up, he ate two more bowls of sparerib porridge. The sleeping Qi Heng snored like a piglet. Ming San shook his head with a smile, and walked out of the bedroom with gentle steps.

"Asleep?" Outside the door, Zhan Feiyu asked, looking back at He Nuan, "Warm the tranquilizing medicine first, and drink it after Qi Heng wakes up."

"Yes." He Nuan replied, she just went back to the kitchen to fetch medicine, but fell asleep unexpectedly, presumably because she was frightened and frightened these few days.Tired of being tormented.

It's hot in summer, and Zhan Feiyu's head was sweating when he walked into the backyard. Fortunately, the Qi family wanted to make friends, and sent someone to bring over ice before entering the house.

After taking two sips of herbal tea, Ming San asked, "Is this the end? What did you and Liu Hefeng talk about?"

Liu Baihu regarded human life as nothing, and Ming San glanced at Hong'er who was standing aside obediently. The little guy was almost killed by a whip before, and then he was frightened by the fire. He looked dumbfounded.

Mingsan inquired a little bit. There are eighty people who have been whipped and maimed by Liu Baihu over the years. Although no one was killed, and money was paid in the end, some injuries cannot be made up for by money. Still Liu Baihu is powerful.

Zhan Feiyu laughed, "Worried about me seeking skin from a tiger? Or colluding with a traitor?"

Glaring angrily, Mingsan said lazily: "If Xueshi Gu's disciples dare to do evil, Xueshi Gu will definitely clean up the house. I don't need to worry about it. I'm just curious about what you said to Liu Hefeng."

"You can't tell me what you say." After a while, Zhan Feiyu walked over to the desk. The college exam is coming, and he still has to study hard, and he has to be strong when he strikes the iron.

This little girl is too hateful!Mingsan rolled his eyes angrily, like a cat scratching his heart when he couldn't figure it out.

But when he thought of Zhang Changsong and the others, Ming San felt refreshed again, waving his folding fan and said slowly, "Zhang Changsong and the others escaped like this?"

After adding clear water to the inkstone, Zhan Feiyu slowly grinds the ink sticks, "I can't uproot the families in Fengzhou, so I still have to compete in the examination room."

Those who participated in the kidnapping of Qi Heng are all famous families in Fengzhou, and most of them are scholars. It is not easy for Zhan Feiyu to find out. The families in Fengzhou will definitely form a group in order to protect themselves. It is better to sell personal favors. Suppressing them in the imperial examination, like a knife hanging above their heads, made them panic all day long.

Ming San is arrogant and unruly, not good at intrigue, but he also understands the meaning of Zhan Feiyu's words, "When the little fat man wakes up, I will tell him this, and he can avenge this revenge with his strength."

Two hours later, Qi Heng woke up from his sleep and thought that he would receive a lot of love and care from his junior uncle, but looking at a sheet of homework, Qi Heng stared blankly at Ming San.

"Why are you in a daze? Get up and do your homework as soon as you wake up!" Ming San slapped the folding fan on Qi Heng's forehead, and said fiercely: "It's more than a month before the entrance examination, how much time you have wasted! Look at Zhan Xiaoyu, when you disappeared, she only went to bed when she was ugly every day, and she got up to read and fight before dawn! You were locked up for three days without paper and pen, but did you memorize essays silently? Did you write poems well? ?"

Sudden double injury, Qi Heng muttered aggrievedly, "Aren't you worried about me?"

When he was imprisoned in the secret room, apart from thinking about his parents, Qi Heng thought about Zhan Feiyu and Mingsan the most, expecting them to break in and rescue him, but Xiao Tongnian secretly studied hard every day, The little uncle even gave himself homework frantically!

"Pretentious!" Ming San looked at the little fat man with disgust, sneered, and hit him unceremoniously, "Your master is not as good as Bachelor Gu, your talent is not as good as Zhan Xiaoyu, you are not as hardworking as her, little Fatty, if you want to take revenge, you can only rely on yourself, when you are nominated on the gold list, those who kidnapped you this time will be afraid!"

"I..." Qi Heng's cheeks were puffed up, he couldn't find a reason to refute, and finally he could only sit down on a chair and start doing his homework.

Only then was Ming San satisfied, sitting on an armchair like a supervisor, and sighing: "Jade is immaculate, useless! Little fat man, why do you think they dare to kidnap you? Isn't it because you are easy to bully."

"If you are a student of Gu Xueshi, let's see if they have the guts to see if people are good at being bullied, and good at horses are being ridden by others! If I studied the imperial examination back then, even if I was an official of the fourth or fifth rank, look at how dare these people in Fengzhou kidnap me. You?"

Kuangsheng Mingsan is just a false name, not worth mentioning in the eyes of these prominent families in Toyosu, but the disciples of Bachelor Gu, they will only respect him at a distance.

The little fat man Qi Heng was stunned for a moment, then looked back at Mingsan who was sobbing, and suddenly remembered the "Poems for Children Prodigy" taught by the master during the Enlightenment: In the morning, he is a farmer, and in the evening, he is in the Tianzitang;

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State prison.

A day ago, Mr. Chai, who was a child of a wealthy family in Fengzhou, was flattering and flattering. A day later, he was already a prisoner. Chai Yi sat on the straw, staring at the dark and dirty cell, lost his mind, how did he come to this point?
He touched the wound on his neck, although the police quickly ordered the doctor to apply the medicine, but after all, it was only the worst hemostatic medicine, and it would cause bursts of pain when he touched it.

Chai Yi understood that Liu Hefeng really planned to kill him in the morning, he was a lunatic and fell into his hands, if he didn't let Qi Heng go, he would only die.

But looking at the mouse crawling quickly from the cell, Chai Yi laughed silently, wondering how long his life would last?

In the study room, the candles were brightly lit. Meng Zhizhou put down the official document in his hand, "Come in."

"Master, it's late at night. I made some ginseng soup." Mrs. Meng said softly, put the food box on the table, and looked back at Meng Zhizhou who was walking over, "Is the master worried about the Chen family?"

Meng Zhizhou sat down, patted Mrs. Meng's hand to signal her to sit down too, "Fengzhou is a small place, and there is no big family worthy of the Chen family, so don't worry."

The Chen family is powerful but looks down on the small Fengzhou. Fengzhou has produced a lot of skilled craftsmen in recent years, but agriculture, industry and commerce, in the eyes of the Chen family, this is just a cheap industry.

It is also because Qiu Qianhu is backed by the Liu family of the imperial merchant, and the waterways and docks are also under the control of the Liu family. Half of Fengzhou's tax revenue also comes from the Liu family's business, so it is true that those who have control over Fengzhou It's the Liu family.

In order to maintain the balance of Jiangnan Road, the Chen family did not intervene, so even if Meng Zhizhou sided with Zhan Feiyu and sided with Gu Xueshi, he was not worried that the Chen family would retaliate.

Mrs. Meng nodded understandingly, but she still felt a little uneasy in her heart, "The Chen family is very powerful, if you want to take revenge on the master, there is nothing wrong with punishing you."

"The officials in my office are upright, and have turned a blind eye to Liu Hefeng's affairs these years, but he has paid money for hurting others, and the plaintiffs have also calmed down. This matter is not enough for Yushitai to impeach him. , if you want to commit a crime, let alone Gu Xueshi, other princes will also come forward." This is the officialdom, and the whole body is affected by a single hair.

If the eldest prince and the Chen family framed Meng Zhizhou, then the other princes and political enemies of the Chen family would definitely not let go of the opportunity to suppress the eldest prince, and the sage is also a wise king. Meng Zhizhou thought that Zhang Chengli and the Chen family would be the prefect of Nanxuan , he knows the state so don't worry.

"My lord." Outside the study, the servant replied in a low voice: "Qian Butou asks to see you."

Mrs. Meng immediately stood up, "Master, I'll go into the inner room to avoid it."

If it wasn't a major event, Qian Tutou wouldn't ask for an interview late at night, Meng Zhizhou waited for his wife to enter the inner room, and then said: "Come in."

Qian Butou sent four policemen to guard Chai Yi in the cell, and he led a team of people to live directly in the Yamen, so whenever there was something to do with the prison boss, Qian Butou immediately came to see Meng Zhizhou.

"Chai Yi wants to see Zhan Feiyu?" Meng Zhizhou put down the soup bowl, and after drinking the ginseng soup, he felt refreshed. "Did he say why he wanted to see Zhan Feiyu?"

"No." Before Catcher Qian came, he went to the cell to ask Chai Yi, but he just said this.

Meng Zhizhou frowned slightly. He didn't want to cause extra trouble. After Zhan Feiyu didn't get to the bottom of it, he closed the case as soon as possible and stopped the matter with Chai Yi. But Meng Zhizhou also knew that the Chen family would kill people, so he asked Qian Butou to strictly guard the cell.

"Early tomorrow morning, you send someone to Nanhu Lane to see if Zhan Feiyu will come or not." Meng Zhizhou is not worried that Chai Yi will reveal any secrets about the Chen family. Chai Yi is not qualified for the Chen family's secrets. Knowing that he saw Zhan Feiyu, he just wanted to survive.

Qian Butou should go down.

"Chai Yi can't die in the prison, otherwise it will be the official's negligence. In the past few days, you lead people to continue to guard him strictly." Meng Zhizhou explained a few more words, and then waved Qian Butou to leave.

……

On the second day, the Wei family.

Wei Daru stared angrily at Zhan Feiyu who was playing a rogue, "I'm not going anywhere, I'll just stay in Fengzhou!"

"Then I'll give you some drugs and get you into the carriage." Zhan Feiyu grinned shamelessly, "And you're not afraid that those people will make trouble if they come here again?"

Wei Daru took out 5000 taels of silver, and the old patriarch and clan members of the Wei family left. With the restraint of the old patriarch, there was no need to worry that the Wei clan would covet Wei Daru's silver and property.

But the first room of the Wei family is different from the second room. A group of old and weak women and children are greedy and selfish. God knows what they can do. Money to eliminate disasters.

But with Wei Daru's temperament, he would rather go to jail than give him a penny. He is getting old and violent, I'm afraid Wei Daru's body can't bear it.

The old butler stood aside and smiled silently. Only Miss Zhan could restrain the master's stubborn temper.

"Let them make trouble!" When Wei Daru mentioned the person in the first room and the second room, there was still deep hatred on his old face, and some hatred could not be eliminated by time.

Zhan Feiyu hurriedly poured a cup of tea and handed it over, "When I mention those people, I will get angry. When the time comes, relatives and enemies will be hurt soon! If you go to Nanxuan Mansion, take good care of your health, then you can see them poor Poor, seeing them break one penny into two pennies, and then you will use a lot of money to subsidize those students in the academy, so that they can see and hear but can't use it, wouldn't it be fun?"

Wei Daru looked at the smiling Zhan Feiyu, this little girl is really cruel.

"The key is that I have offended all the families in Fengzhou. They can even kidnap Qi Heng. When I leave Fengzhou, they might help Dafang and Erfang to scare you." Zhan Feiyu smiled very Innocent, what I said is not alarmist.

The old housekeeper shuddered, and looked worriedly at Wei Daru, who was sitting in a wheelchair. Although the old man closed the door to thank guests these years, those scholars still came to see him in an endless stream.

But because there is no interest involved, and the name of the great Confucianism is intimidating, it is calm and peaceful, but now it is different, those dudes can really do anything.

And the most disgusting thing is to help Dafang and Erfang to seize Wei Daru's family property. They dare not take revenge on Zhan Feiyu, they can only take revenge on the people around her.

"That's it. Let's go back to Nanxuan Mansion tomorrow, and send the luggage after we have packed it." Zhan Feiyu made a final decision, regardless of whether Wei Daru agreed or not, let's get him back to Nanxuan Mansion first.

No matter how annoyed Wei Daru was, he had no choice but to chase him away in disgust, "Okay, you go to read."

Zhan Feiyu stood up, but saw He Nuan walking over with Qian Butou, and couldn't help but walk out, "Qian Butou."

"Miss Zhan." Qian Tutou explained his intention.

"Chai Yi wants to see me?" Zhan Feiyu smiled, looked at the blue sky, thought with his toes and knew that Chai Yi didn't want to die, so he planned to negotiate a condition with himself.

"It's a waste of time to trouble Qian Butou. I'm going back to Nanxuan Mansion tomorrow, and I'm going to go to Qi's house with Qi Heng later, so I don't have time to see Chai Yi." Zhan Feiyu didn't care what conditions Chai Yi had. She won't cooperate with villains.

Meng Zhizhou had already said last night that Zhan Feiyu would depend on whether he saw him or not. Naturally, Qian Tuotou would not say anything more at this moment, so he left with a few polite words.

After the news spread that Chai Yi wanted to meet Zhan Feiyu but was rejected, the families in Fengzhou felt relieved, especially Zhang Tongpan. After all, Zhang Changsong was the mastermind of the kidnapping of Qi Heng, and he was also the one who planned it. Chai Yi In order to get rid of the crime, Zhang Changsong will definitely be confessed.

(End of this chapter)