I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 630 Beginning and Ending
Shuntian government office.

His youngest son was almost cut off in the neck by the cook of Yufeng Building, Rao was always ruthless and selfless, and he was so strict with his own children that he didn't have a smile on his face, but at this moment, he was still worried and knocked over the inkstone when he heard the news , the hands hanging down in the sleeves trembled faintly.

"My lord, don't worry, the young master was just a little frightened, and the humble official has already sent the doctor over." Detective Qing hurriedly said, at that time, three souls frightened two and a half souls away.

Bai Fuyin calmed down, and asked the little official to come over and clean up the book case, "The lady of the Zhe family is also involved?"

"Yes." After the eldest lady declared her family name, Qingzhu arranged her and Zhan Feiyu and the female relatives to wait in a separate empty room in the government office.

The rest of the guests in the private room will be in court at this moment. As for Mr. Hu, the local scoundrels, and the cooks and clerks of Yufeng Building, they will not be treated so well.

"The murderer, Yao Damin, had an arm cut off. The humble officer sent him to the hospital. Ten of Chen Ping and the others guarded the hospital to prevent Yao Damin from escaping." People throw him into the prison to eat a meal of killing power, dare to kill the young master, it is simply boring.

Detective Qing's arrangement was very good, and the Bai Fu Yin nodded, "You arranged it very well."

At this moment, hurried footsteps came from outside the door. Sun Fucheng, who heard the news, rushed over first, and behind him were other officials from the Shuntian government office. Not to mention the relationship between superiors and subordinates, Bai Zhaohui was also one of them. Looking at the grown-ups, when this happened, he had to come over both emotionally and rationally.

After calling all his subordinates to sit down, Governor Bai, who had stabilized his emotions, was not in a hurry to start the trial immediately, "Commissioner Qing, please tell Sun Fucheng and the others about the situation at that time again."

Detective Qing was the first to arrive at Yufeng Building, and now he told the story in detail, "These ruffians are not from the capital, they are all from the Dongguan Road. They followed Zhao Hu to the capital half a month ago. Live."

If you are really from the capital and dare to make trouble in Yufeng Building, you are really looking for death. The guests who can eat in Yufeng Building are either rich or expensive, not to mention that the owner behind Yufeng Building is the Wen family.

Now the head wife of the Wen family and Concubine Min in the palace are sisters, and it is because of this relationship that the business of Yufeng Building has been so prosperous in recent years.

"I'm afraid these ruffians are being used by others." After listening to what happened, Sun Fucheng spoke while stroking his beard. The ruffian was the female family member of the Zhe family who made trouble, and since Zhao Hui was there, he would definitely not ignore it.

Who would have thought that the cook of Yufeng Building would be an assassin, not to mention that Zhaohui is a scholar who did not have this vigilance, and the five policemen Qing were also present at the time, no one expected such a change.

Lu Tongpan also asked, "Who saved Zhaohui?"

"Return to your lord, I have just asked about that follower..." Qing quickly told the story of Zhejing's conflict with Zhan Feiyu that day in detail.

Although it has already been spread all over the capital, the court officials like Baifu Yin naturally don't know the gossip among the women in the back house, but the police are well-informed, and they all knew about it on the day when the incident happened.

Detective Qing quickly told about the incident of Mrs. Zhejia coming to the inn to make amends, "If it wasn't for the presence of He Sheng's nursing home at that time, the young master would have been in danger, and he was dereliction of duty. Get murderous."

"It has nothing to do with you." Baifu Yin is a fair person, so naturally he would not anger his subordinates, "Even if I was present, I would not have noticed the situation at that time. Zhaohui was still studying in the Imperial College, so even if he had some disagreements with his classmates, he would not be aware of it." Invite death."

Sun Fucheng and Lu Tongsan and several officials nodded in agreement. Xiang Zhuang's sword dance was aimed at Peigong, and the real intention of assassinating Zhaohui was probably on Lord Bai. Maybe it was to revenge on Lord Bai. Under the killer.

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The room was stained with charcoal basins, but it was a government office after all, and it was for Zhejia's sake that they could send a charcoal basin, so the room still looked cold.

"Madam, use my hand stove to keep warm." Zhan Feiyu handed over the hand stove, "Madam, you don't need to refuse, I don't feel cold in the clothes I wear."

Suddenly, he was brought to the yamen in a hurry after the incident. When he saw the severed arm, Lu Liu was so frightened that he didn't remember to bring the hand stove for the eldest lady.

The deerskin cloak on the eldest lady was only put on after He Nuan reminded her. In contrast, Zhan Feiyu was much calmer. He would be sitting by the charcoal basin and roasting by the fire. Shuntian government office.

"Thank you, miss." The lady didn't refuse, firstly, she was really cold, and secondly, when Zhan Feiyu pushed the stove over, the lady touched Zhan Feiyu's hand, it was indeed warm, no It's like my own hands are so cold that I can't feel it.

"Speaking of which, it's because of me that Madam suffered an innocent disaster." Zhan Feiyu smiled apologetically. If he hadn't held a banquet in Yufeng Tower, he wouldn't have encountered this incident, but today's incident is indeed a bit strange.

Her hands were warmed up, and there was a charcoal basin at her feet. The lady was warmed up, and now she calmed down from the panic and shock. Looking at Zhan Feiyu, who was not frightened at all, she became even more convinced that she came from the family of generals. Maybe she came from the border and saw killing and death, otherwise, how could an ordinary boudoir daughter be so calm and calm.

"Maybe the girl didn't know that when she first came to the capital, the one who was almost assassinated today was the youngest son of Governor Bai of Shuntian Prefecture. Young Master Bai is still studying in the Imperial College. I'm afraid what happened today was aimed at Governor Bai." The eldest lady Knowing the family style of the Bai family, no matter whether it is the direct branch or the collateral line, there has never been a dude.

If the children of the Bai family fail in their studies, they can only find another way. No matter how bad they are, they can still take care of the general affairs of the family. If they want to rely on the protection of their ancestors to eat, drink and have fun, the family rules of the Bai family will make him regret not being able to reincarnate again.

The eldest lady took another look at Zhan Feiyu who was listening carefully, her exquisite eyebrows and eyes showed no trace of impatience, and thinking of the domineering and arrogant sister-in-law at home, the eldest lady had to sigh with emotion that the same rice supports all kinds of people.

"The girl saved the young master of the Bai family today, and I'm afraid she will offend the murderer behind the scenes. The girl should pay more attention in the capital these few days. Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case." Although she was grateful to the Bai family, she also offended the people behind the scenes, but thinking that Zhan Feiyu's followers were all masters, the lady felt relieved.

Zhan Feiyu smiled obediently and nodded, "Thank you Madam for reminding me, I basically stay in the inn because of the freezing weather."

At this moment there was a knock on the door, but it was Sun Fucheng who came over. The identity of the eldest lady is here, and Mrs. Bai is going to try the case. Sun Fucheng personally came here and asked the eldest lady to go to the court to answer. .

"Madam, go this way." After a few words of pleasantries, Sun Fucheng led the way, and from the corner of his eye, he looked at Zhan Feiyu who was following the eldest lady. If he hadn't checked the wayfinding, who would have thought that this was Gu Xueshi The only disciple is still a young disciple.

Sun Fucheng still remembered that when the news came back to the capital, many scholars were disappointed, sad, or indignant, but no one dared to go to the scholar's mansion to make trouble, and Zhan Feiyu was far away in Jiangnan Road, and they couldn't do it if they wanted to.

Later, the news of the Jiangnan Dao Academy Examination came back, and Zhan Feiyu won the Little Sanyuan in just over a year of enlightenment. "The name is not worthy of the name", it was definitely given by the examiner for Gu Xueshi's face.

But at that time, Jiangnan Dao's academician was Lord Chen, the eldest prince's uncle, and the two sides had already formed an enmity. Zhan Feiyu even cheated Chen Ji Rice Shop with [-] shi of rice and grain, which directly led to the closure of Chen Ji Rice Shop. .

Later, Chen Xuezheng came to Nanxuan Mansion to invigilate the exam in person in order to get revenge, and even asked such unthinkable test questions as split questions, which aroused complaints from candidates in Nanxuan Mansion.

Chen Xuezheng's reputation was badly damaged, and he was repeatedly impeached by Yushitai, but Zhan Feiyu still won the first place. It can only be said that this girl is definitely a Wenqu star, a natural born champion.

There was a murder case in Yufeng Building, and it was heard that Chef Yao's arms had been cut off. As soon as the news spread, many people gathered around to watch the excitement outside the government office, regardless of the cold winter weather.

Bai Zhaohui was just frightened and drank a bowl of soothing soup. His complexion was still pale at the moment, but his spirit looked fine. When he saw Zhan Feiyu coming, Bai Zhaohui immediately walked over and saluted solemnly, "Thank you for saving my life, miss .”

"Young Master Bai, you're being polite." Zhan Feiyu accepted the gift, but since it was in court, the two of them couldn't say much.

Because Bai Zhaohui was involved in this case, the Governor of the White House followed the law to avoid suspicion, so the presiding judge sitting in the courtroom was Sun Fucheng. At this moment, the gavel slapped, "Bring everyone involved in the case to the courtroom."

Zhao Hu, Liu Wang and the gang were all pale and their legs were trembling at this moment. If the police hadn't been half-pressing and half-pushing them, they probably wouldn't have been able to walk to the court with their weak legs.

"My lord, please forgive me..." Zhao Hu cried out as soon as he knelt on the ground. It is estimated that He Nuan's kick was so hard that he felt a sharp pain in his chest as soon as he yelled, and coughed embarrassingly with his hunched body.

Liu Wang and his group of ruffians were all beaten up with bruised noses and swollen faces. At this moment, there was no arrogance to break into Yufeng Building. They all knelt on the ground pretending to be grandsons like eggplants beaten by Shuang.

"Zhao Hu." Sun Fucheng shouted in a deep voice, his sharp eyes swept over Zhao Hu and the others in the hall and continued to interrogate: "What kind of business do you do for a living? Why did you break into Yufeng Building? You didn't invite it!"

Zhao Hu kowtowed desperately, and said in a trembling voice: "Master Hui is a member of Dongguan Taoist, who saved the second master a month ago..."

The Daqing Dynasty did not prohibit slave trading. Zhao Hu had done human teeth before, buying girls who could not support them in the countryside and selling them to Fucheng to make a profit.

This time when I came to the capital, I also wanted to make a fortune with the second master. I planned to sell more than 40 men and women in the capital to the capital. Usually, a little girl can be sold for ten taels of silver even if she is a little bit beautiful, but the second master can sell her for ten taels of silver. This batch of slaves here is different, they are all sold by rich families, and more than half of them are literate.

Moreover, the six or seven young girls used to be second- and third-class maids in the inner courtyard, and they all have their own abilities, whether they are good at embroidery, know a little about tea art, or know how to grow flowers and grass, and learn the rules. , if this is sold to an ordinary family, the value will definitely soar to three or forty taels of silver.

The same is true for several women, some who know how to cook, and two who have nursed children. Although the price is not as good as that of young girls, they can still be sold for a good price.

This transaction is estimated to earn 500 taels of silver, but who knew that the carriage broke down suddenly when they were about to start, and a child took the opportunity to run out of the carriage and rushed into Yufeng Building.

How could Zhao Hu let the money he got get away? Besides, this was the first transaction he did with the second master. If something went wrong, he might be driven back to Dongguan Road, so Zhao Hu immediately took Liu Wang The group rushed into Yufeng Building to find someone.

"My lord, the little one is looking for that bastard. Even if he eats a bear's heart and a leopard, a coward would not dare to kill someone." Zhao Hu had a bitter face, but when he saw the child standing beside Zhan Feiyu, his eyes burst out The fierce light came, it was this bastard who ran around, not to mention they were beaten severely, and they might be imprisoned, Zhao Hu wished he could cut this bastard alive.

Sun Fucheng ignored the cowardly Zhao Hu, and asked the petty official to take down the confession, and began to interrogate Liu Wang and others after Zhao Hu signed and signed it.

After entering the Shuntian Mansion's court, none of these scoundrels dared to hide anything, and made a confession like beans poured out of a bamboo tube, which did not differ from Zhao Hu's confession.

The only suspicious point is that they sent you the carriage for inspection before leaving the house, but the carriage suddenly broke down as soon as it arrived at East Street. It is unclear whether it was an accident or man-made.

An hour later, except for Chef Yao Damin who had a broken arm, everyone else recorded statements, including the staff of Yufeng Building and two apprentices of Yao Damin. They really don't know why Chef Yao wanted to kill people.

After Ya.

"My lord, at present, Zhao Hu and others don't know Yao Damin, and Zhao Hu and others don't know Zhaohui either. The possibility of the two parties working together is extremely low." Sun Fucheng said in a deep voice, this case is more like Zhao Hu's case. When the others were used, the people behind the scenes took advantage of the chaos to attack Bai Zhaohui.

At this time, Bai Fuyin was opening everyone's confessions, and he was also listening in on Sun Fucheng's trial just now, "Yao Damin hasn't spoken yet?"

Lu Tongjuan just came back from the cell, "Yao Damin's broken arm has stopped bleeding, and his life is not in danger for the time being, but he has kept silent. The police officers sent to Yao Damin's house to inquire about the news should also be back."

If you don't confess under normal circumstances, you can be punished by torture. After all, Yao Damin's intention to assassinate Bai Zhaohui is well-documented, but Yao Damin has lost too much blood.

Bai Fuyin and the others have also been to Yufeng Building for dinner. Yao Damin's cooking skills are good. It is said that his ancestors were cooks, and he has worked in Yufeng Building for six or seven years. Everyone knows that Chef He Yao has never been in contact with him, and it is even less likely that there is any personal enmity.

So if Chef Yao wants to kill people, firstly, he needs to dig into his situation to see if he had any feud with the Bai family earlier, and secondly, he needs to find out if Chef Yao has been used by others. It was just a tool to assassinate Bai Zhaohui.

The Baifu Yin and the others thought it was the latter. If it was just a personal grudge, Yao Damin was just a cook. He didn't have such a great ability to damage Zhao Hu's carriage, especially at this time. In front of Fenglou.

Furthermore, Mrs. Zhejia had dinner at Yufeng Building, so she had to inquire clearly in advance, otherwise even if Zhao Hu and others made trouble in Yufeng Building, Bai Zhaohui would take action if she didn't agree.

After all, there are police patrols on East Street, and there are also people from Wucheng soldiers and horses. Officials will come here in less than half a quarter of an hour.

Today is also because Zhao Hu and the others are bullying the female family members of the Zhe family. Bai Zhaohui and the few people who were eating at Yufeng Building could not stand by and watch, so they attacked together, and Yao Damin had a chance to kill. Otherwise, if Bai Zhaohui stayed in the private room , Yao Damin couldn't find the time at all.

"Everyone else can leave, but they can't leave the capital until the case is closed." Bai Fuyin put down the pile of statements in his hand and continued in a deep voice: "Zhao Hu and the people in Yufeng Building are temporarily put in prison, and Yao Damin is held alone, and the jailers are strictly guarding him." .”

Lu Tongjuan looked at the majestic Baifu Yin, hesitated for a moment and said, "Yufeng Tower?"

Yufeng Building is the place where the crime happened, and the murderer was the cook of Yufeng Building. Even though the owner behind Yufeng Building is the Wen family, Bai Fu Yin is not accommodating at all here, "Temporarily seal it up, everything will be investigated after the case Let's talk later."

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The Zhe family's carriage had already stopped at the gate of the government office, and the person who came to pick up the eldest lady was Zhe Sanlang who hurried back from the camp in the suburbs of Beijing.

"Mom, are you alright?" Zhe Saburo quickly walked over to meet the eldest lady when he saw the lady who came out, and his eyes swept over Zhan Feiyu who was standing beside him at the same time, even the girl who provoked the little aunt almost had an accident.

For a moment, Zhesanlang's face was sullen, his eyes gleamed fiercely, and the fierce aura of a warrior swept towards Zhan Feiyu unabashedly.

"Sanlang!" The eldest lady frowned, looking at her hostile younger son with a worried expression, "If Miss Zhan is not protecting me at the inn today, my mother will be in danger."

The lady was not exaggerating. When Zhao Hu and the gang rushed over, Zhan Feiyu immediately pushed the lady into the private room. The lady remembered this love.

Zhesanlang already knew what happened to Yufeng Building on the way here, but he didn't know the more detailed situation. This will know that Zhan Feiyu saved his mother, Zhesanlang still sullenly said, "Mother, if you don't come to Yufeng It wouldn’t have happened to Lou.”

(End of this chapter)