The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 392 Exogenous branches [continued]

Someone came forward to expose the officials of the Ministry of Rites who conspired to frame him?

Jiao Shun was stunned for a while, but he couldn't analyze whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.

Let's say it's a good thing, and I can leave Beijing to avoid disaster when I see it, but I was suddenly delayed by this incident.

Let's call it a bad thing, because it took advantage of the Ministry of Rites' shortcomings, and it was obviously beneficial to me—and the crux of the problem was whether this matter could break the dilemma of being attacked by enemies.

He wanted to ask for more details, but Qin Siwu didn't know what to do, saying that he was temporarily dispatched by the ministry, and the ministry might not know the details, only to go to Dali Temple to find out what happened.

As he said that, he handed over another official document, which was issued by Shang Shu Chen Li, asking Jiao Shun to inquire about the case on behalf of the Ministry of Industry as a party concerned.

What else is there to say?

Jiao Shun had no choice but to bid farewell to Shi Nai, and hurried to Dali Temple.

The yamen of Dali Temple is built against the Shichahai Lake, and there is a lot of traffic in front of the gate on weekdays, so that officials have to enter and exit through the side entrance.

When Jiao Shun arrived, the gate of the yamen was much more lively than usual, many people gathered around in twos and threes, pointing and pointing at the yamen.

Jiao Shun listened for a while while getting out of the car, and they were all discussing the matter of someone beating the Dengwen drum in the morning. As for further news, since the Dali Temple trial is not open to the public, the market can only speculate. It's not true.

Originally he was going on a business trip, so he was wearing a sixth-rank official robe. The yamen servant who guarded the gate naturally did not dare to neglect him when he saw him. After asking about his purpose, he led him to a value room on the west side.

Before entering the door, he heard the commotion inside, and someone mentioned Jiao's name loudly, Jiao Shun deliberately stopped to listen.

But the door leading the way was also sophisticated, seeing Jiao Shun hesitated, he hastily shouted loudly: "Master Jiao, the head of the Department of General Affairs of the Ministry of Industry, is here on order, and please come out and explain to me, gentlemen."

There was a sudden silence in the duty room.

Not long after, two middle-aged officials with gloomy faces came out. They gave Jiao Shun a bad look, but they didn't speak, but went away together.

Immediately afterwards, another goatee came out to greet him and bowed his hands in salute: "I don't want Mr. Jiao to come so fast, and the next official can't go far to greet him, atonement for sin."

As soon as the words fell, the gatekeeper who led the way quickly introduced: "This is Mr. Fang, the experience manager of Zuo Temple."

Dali Temple is divided into left and right temples. The left temple is responsible for participating in specific criminal trials, and the right temple is responsible for approving cases in various places.

And the experience is a seventh-rank official position, so he just claimed to be a lower official.

"Don't dare."

Fang Jing waved his hand to show that he did not dare to call himself an adult in front of the Shangguan, so he waved away the doorman who led the way, and invited Jiao Shun to speak inside.

Although he looked respectful, Jiao Shun had a panoramic view of the attitudes of the two just now, so he didn't bother to exchange greetings after entering the door, and directly took out Chen Shangshu's handwritten note, saying that as the person involved and the Ministry of Industry Representative, I want to know the specific details of the case.

That party's experience was quite clear, he directly picked up an official document from the table, handed it to Jiao Shun with both hands, and said, "This is the transcript of our Lord Sizheng's interrogation during his ascension to the court, please read it, Mr. Jiao."

Jiao Shun took it and looked at the eye-painting place first, and suddenly saw three familiar names, namely Chen Wansan, Li Qing, and Zhu Tao, who was promoted by the steel factory...

…………

Time goes back to the third day of July.

This afternoon, after thinking about it, Zhu Tao decided to disclose the matter to Jiao Shun through Chen Wansan—after all, Jiao Shun was his immediate boss. As long as he could get Mr. Jiao's protection, how could the head of the Ministry of Rites get an official from the Ministry of Industry?
Chen Wansan couldn't help being filled with righteous indignation after hearing the whole story. At that time, he said that he would report it to his mentor, Mr. Jiao, so that he could take precautions early.

And this is exactly Zhu Tao's purpose, so he told Chen Wansan to be careful not to leak the news, and then he left first.

What Zhu Tao didn't expect was that as soon as he left, the drunk Li Qing came back from the outside. Seeing that Chen Wansan put on a new uniform and looked like he was going to go out overnight, he was curious and stopped him to ask.

Chen Wansan regarded him as a brother who depended on his life, and both of them were Jiao Shun's 'disciples', so he didn't hide anything, and repeated it like a bamboo tube pouring beans.

After finishing speaking, he planned to take Li Qing to Jiao's house to warn the police.

Li Qing staggered and was dragged out a few steps, and hurriedly shouted: "What are you in a hurry for, wait for me to change into clean clothes!"

With that said, he threw off Chen Wansan and entered his dormitory.

Chen Wansan waited anxiously outside for half a quarter of an hour, but he did not see Li Qing coming out from inside. Impatiently, he pushed the door in, only to find that Li Qing had lost all his clothes on the bed, and was sitting at the desk gnashing his teeth. Who competes.

"Are you going?"

Chen Wansan urged repeatedly: "If you don't change quickly, I won't wait for you."

"Going to go..."

Li Qing gritted his teeth and turned around, the veins on his forehead twitched: "But where we should go, I haven't made up my mind yet!"

"What is there to think about?"

Chen Wansan was puzzled and said: "The teacher should have left the office by now, of course we are going to Rongguo Mansion to find him."

"That's not what it means!"

Li Qing shook his arm fiercely, the force was so great that it hurt his wrist, he grinned and kneaded, and asked very abruptly: "Have you heard how Mr. Jiao became an official?"

Although this question has nothing to do with the current situation, Chen Wansan still answered honestly: "Naturally, he first inherited the title of foster father, and then became an official."

"How can it be so simple!"

Li Qing couldn't help shaking his hands again, and then grinned his wrists and bared his teeth: "I heard that the gentlemen of Rongguo Mansion went to war for this title. If the emperor hadn't heard about the attacking title, he ordered him to As an official in the Ministry of Industry, I'm afraid he may not even be able to save his life!"

These things have long been spread in engineering, but some details have not been disclosed to the public, so many versions have been derived. The villain is Rongguo Mansion for a while, Ningguo Mansion for a while, and it is said that Jiao Shun is the illegitimate son of the Jia family, otherwise How could you give him the title?

But what's the point of saying this now?
Chen Wansan was puzzled, but Li Qing danced excitedly: "What does this mean? It means that if people like us want to be officials, if they want to be high-ranking officials, they have to make some noise. It's best to stab the sky, otherwise Who knows who you are? Why should I promote you?!"

"This……"

"This time is a good opportunity!"

Li Qing didn't give Chen Wansan any room to question, and continued to designate Jiang Shandao: "Let's go to Shuntian Mansion, to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, to Dali Temple, to the Inspector's Office, and to Te Niang's complaint! I heard that the emperor is also tired of the Ministry of Rites. Suanding, if we can sue them, from now on I will be Li Shun, and your mother will be Chen Shun!"

It wasn't until this time that Chen Wansan finally realized that his friend was in a state of drunkenness—although Li Qing was usually annoyed by those officials who were dissatisfied and always thought that I could fuck me, but he never stabbed him when he was sober. Heaven-shattering courage.

So he said dumbfoundingly: "I told you to drink less alcohol - that's all, you rest at home, I'll do it myself."

With that said, he turned around and was about to leave.

"Don't go!"

With the steps of a drunken fairy, Li Qing stumbled in front of the door, staring at the scarlet eyes excitedly: "Are you counseled? Are you counseled?! Have you forgotten how those scholars look down on us? In engineering, even the enlightened All the boys make up songs to make fun of us, let alone those sour buddies!"

"Master Jiao managed to come up with a trick, trying to make us look good, but they called him a thief and a prostitute again!"

"There is a nine-rank sesame official in the engineering school, and they want to force us to take the imperial examination—damn, why don't you see those sour guys come to compete with me?!"

"Now they are secretly stumbling Mr. Jiao and Gongxue—think about it, if they really get their hands on them, what kind of military officer will we transfer in the future? Arrest them and question them!"

"This one after another is clearly going to kill us. Could it be that if they can do it, they won't want us to fight back?!"

Listening to Li Qing's case by case, Chen Wansan was also full of class hatred, but he was not led away by him, but said directly: "Report the matter to the teacher, and he will naturally... ..."

"It's a fart too!"

Li Qing shook his hands and spat, and said disdainfully: "Now that he is rich, powerful, and an official, how can he spare his life with those sour people?"

As he said that, he patted his chest heavily: "Only our brothers, those with bare feet and not afraid of wearing shoes, dare to fight for this overwhelming wealth!"

After he finished speaking, he noticed that Chen Wansan frowned in disapproval, and then he remembered that his brother was a loyal supporter of Jiao Shun, and he would never allow anyone to slander 'Teacher Jiao'.

So he hurriedly went back to make amends: "As the saying goes, if there is a problem, the disciple will do his best. If we succeed this time, no one will dare to provoke the mentor in the future; if not, it will save the old man from taking risks himself, right?"

Chen Wansan was silent, and it took a long time before he managed to say: "Speaking so much, don't you want to fight for wealth..."

"Is it wrong to fight for wealth? Is it wrong?!"

Li Qing stared back and asked: "Besides, this matter is the icing on the cake for the teacher at most. If it goes wrong, it may be ruined. Why don't we give it a go and help the old man solve his problems by the way!"

Chen Wansan fell into deep thought again.

When he came back to his senses, Li Qingzao did not know when he was sleeping and snoring everywhere.

Chen Wansan covered him with a quilt, and went back to the house to toss and turn without sleep all night.

Early the next morning.

Chen Wansan was squatting on the porch brushing his teeth, when Li Qingqi and Ai Ai came up behind him, and said with a sneer, "It's nothing to drink yesterday, I didn't want to come back and then got on my head... Then what, don't talk about the nonsense I said. Seriously."

Chen Wansan was noncommittal, and after brushing his teeth in an orderly manner, he turned around and asked, "Are you scared?"

"no!"

Li Qing raised his hand to point, but felt a pain in his wrist, hurriedly lowered it again, and said with a wry smile: "I was drunk and bragging yesterday, if you want to be serious, you will be bored."

"No, I think you're right."

Chen Wansan stood up, and resolutely said: "If there is something wrong, I will do my best!"

"you you!"

Li Qing shook his head and tail anxiously, walked back and forth for a few steps, and scolded angrily: "Your mother is a stubborn donkey! Do you think those people are easy to provoke? Didn't you hear what Zhu Tiju said? What is the main thing, maybe there are still ministers, ministers, and elders standing behind! If any of their fingers falls, we will all have to be smashed to pieces?!"

"so……"

Chen Wansan was unmoved at all: "You have to follow your method, try to make the matter as big as possible, and stab it to the sky, so that they can't hide it!"

"me!"

Li Qing clenched his fists and jumped to his feet, then suddenly raised his hand and slapped himself: "My mother is a bitch, why don't you drink and brag?!"

Then he gritted his teeth and said, "If you want to die, don't drag me, I won't go crazy with you... Sigh, where are you going?!"

"Go to Shuntian Mansion to file a complaint!"

But Chen Wansan put down the toothbrush in his hand, turned his head and walked out without saying a word.

"Are you stupid?!"

Li Qing hurriedly caught up with him, and cursed: "You went alone with nothing to prove, how can Shuntian Mansion arrest the head of the Ministry of Rites, the servant, and the minister just because of your few words?!"

Chen Wansan thought about the same reasoning, so he said again: "Then I will ask Zhu Tiju..."

"Let's get your head together!"

Li Qing slapped Chen Wansan on the forehead, gritted his teeth and said, "Do you think he is you? He secretly asked you to pass on a message, obviously because he didn't want to make things worse. If you go over now, he might sell you out first." Already!"

"so what should I do now?"

"Is this..."

Li Qing paced back and forth a few times, and said decisively: "Go and tell him that Mr. Jiao wants to see him in private, and then let him go into the city with us alone, and when we are in the city... Hmph, then we can't help him." Already!"

Chen Wansan nodded: "Okay, I'll go now..."

"return!"

Li Qing shouted at him again angrily, and asked, "Isn't it ready? Do you know which yamen can manage the people in the Ministry of Rites? Do you know where to file a complaint to break the sky?!"

"This……"

"I'll go to inquire first today, and you ask him to go to the city early tomorrow morning!"

So on the fourth day of the lunar new year, the two split up, Li Qing went to the city to inquire about the good news, Chen Wansan and Zhu Tao also made an appointment to go to the city tomorrow morning - I heard that Jiao Shun wanted to meet him in private, Zhu Tiju seemed to be overjoyed , not to mention going to the city alone during the day, even running around naked in the middle of the night, he would probably be happy with it.

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, Zhu Tao had prepared the carriage himself. After not wanting to enter the city, the two parked the car in a secluded place, showed the rope towel they had prepared earlier, and tied up Zhu Tiju's five-flowered body.

Then I rushed all the way to Dali Temple without stopping.

At the gate of the Yamen, Chen Wansan took a deep breath and jumped out of the carriage, and was about to step forward to beat the Dengwen drum.

Li Qing hurriedly slid down the shaft of the car, grabbed his shoulder and said in a trembling voice: "Your mother, you should have thought about it, if this... if this..."

"Actually, I'm enough alone."

Chen Wansan patted Li Qing's hand backhand, indicating that he didn't need to follow to the end.

"Who are you pissing off?!"

Li Qing was furious, and he passed Chen Wansan and climbed up the steps, but the closer he got to the Dengwen drum, the heavier his steps became, especially when he felt the probing eyes of the yamen servants in front of the door, it was even more difficult for him. moved on.

At this time, Chen Wansan also went up the steps step by step, and patted Li Qing's shoulder lightly: "Go and get Zhu Tiju down, he is indispensable for this matter."

Speaking of which, they still took advantage of the uniforms. This thing can't be seen, but it is obviously owned by the government, and the style is bright. The noisy officials thought it was some general, otherwise they would have come here to chase people away.

Li Qing ran down the steps as if he was being pardoned, and while pulling Zhu Tao out, he said, "Zhu Tiju, no matter whether you admit it or not, they will think that you leaked the news, or Why don't you just go all the way to the dark..."

at the same time.

On the steps, Chen Wansan took a deep breath, strode forward to pick up the dusty drumstick, and beat the Dengwen drum that had not been touched for more than ten years...

(End of this chapter)