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Chapter 698 Dong Ping: Yo, Zhao Zhongcheng, your daughter is so beautiful!

"Father!!"

Zhao Mingcheng didn't expect the always majestic father to make such a fuss, so he hurriedly supported him in fright, but because of his weak strength, he was dragged staggeringly and almost fell down together.

With the support of his son, Zhao Tingzhi survived, and his first words were: "I'm tired for my father!"

Zhao Mingcheng could only respond: "Father worked hard!"

Uncovering the embarrassment just now, Zhao Tingzhi read the letter again, his body swayed again, his complexion became worse and worse, and he squeezed out a sentence: "Go to the study."

Zhao Mingcheng supported him, walked into the study, and told the servants to retreat.

The father and son sat opposite each other for a while, and finally Zhao Mingcheng couldn't help asking: "Father, are all the words in the letter true?"

Zhao Tingzhi opened his mouth, wanting to make some excuses, but in the end he sighed: "People are not sages, and there is nothing wrong with them!"

Zhao Mingcheng tremblingly said: "In this letter, even the mistakes that my father accidentally made when he was in charge of the local judge, I remember clearly. He came prepared! The sender is... or Ding, whom my father wants to arrest. Thief, what should I do?"

Zhao Tingzhi tried his best to restore his majesty, and waved his hand: "You don't have to follow everything in the letter. For example, is the sender really a thief? Where did you get these things for a martial artist who only wants revenge? I'm afraid someone covets the position of prime minister, and under the guise of Ding Thief, they want to fish in troubled waters!"

Suddenly, Zhao Mingcheng heaved a sigh of relief: "Father is wise!"

Zhao Tingzhi said in a deep voice: "However, in this period, what this person has done is really vicious!"

Not long ago, he led Yushitai to strictly investigate the fraud case of Taixue, and he had zero tolerance for corruption.

Then he was angry about the corruption of Wu Juhou, the prefect of Kaifeng, and he seemed to be the vanguard of the anti-corruption.

Now it is found out that he has accepted bribes since the Shenzong Dynasty, and the veterans of the three dynasties have accepted bribes for three dynasties...

Even some subsections will be magnified severely!
The opponent is really vicious!
Compared with Zhao Tingzhi's fear and anger, Zhao Mingcheng felt that the future was bleak.

He did not take the road of imperial examinations, but was a student of Taixue, intending to be awarded an official position through this identity, but in order to achieve this, his studies in Taixue are one aspect, and his father's power is even greater. Guarantee, no matter how good Taixue's system is, it is never fair.

But now...

Thinking of being a white man for the rest of his life, Zhao Mingcheng said anxiously: "Father, can you find out who sent the letter? Can you reconcile with this person?"

Zhao Tingzhi's mind flashed the political opponents in the court, and figures flashed past like a horse on a horse, without stopping for a long time.

He is a leader of the Reform Party, let alone the confrontation between the conservative faction and him. He shook his head and said: "This is difficult, since the other party has sent a letter, they will not let it go..."

However, after all, Zhao Tingzhi also experienced strong winds and waves. After a period of gaffe, he finally recovered his composure, gritted his teeth and said: "For the present plan, we still have to catch the thief. The old man's prestige among scholars, even if this matter comes to the officials, the officials will calm it down!"

Zhao Mingcheng heaved a sigh of relief when he thought that the previous evidence of corruption was exposed, and that the emperors of the Song Dynasty took the initiative to destroy the evidence and save the officials, but after thinking about it, he returned to his original worry: "But father, if this letter is true Was it sent by the thief Ding?"

A trace of fear flashed in Zhao Tingzhi's eyes, it was naturally the worst case.

But before he had a headache to reprimand Gao Qiu, and the officials personally assigned the task of capturing the thief, it was hard to get off, and he couldn't retreat even if he wanted to.

So now, I can only stiffen my mouth and say six words: "I don't believe it's him!"

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"This Zhao Tingzhi is crazy, he is more greedy than me, yet he has nothing to fear?"

Ding Run looked at the quiet Zhao Mansion and scratched his head, feeling puzzled.

His own threat was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no response. Are all scholar-bureaucrats so arrogant?

Gongsun Zhao was also a little strange, and analyzed: "Although scholar-bureaucrats live extravagantly and are corrupt, Zhao Tingzhi is the Yushi Zhongcheng. As the chief of the Yushitai, his corruption and bribery activities are exposed. It is impossible to remain indifferent. !"

Ding Run laughed back angrily: "I really didn't expect to be so shameless. I want to see if other scholar-bureaucrats will continue to protect him!"

Gongsun Zhao hates officials who don't care about the life and death of the people. He saw the officers and soldiers disturbing the people along the way, which made him feel bad about Zhao Tingzhi. After thinking about it for a while: "We can't just wait for things to ferment. The true face is exposed, so that others can't keep him even if they want to, do you know where the nearest book printing house is?"

Ding Run was taken aback: "Book printing house?"

Gongsun Zhao also wondered: "Didn't you copy Houjiang's guild, didn't you accept the printing house?"

He also has some understanding of the major events that happened in Bianjing during this period, and he is especially concerned about the downfall of the thick generals guild.

After all, it was Gongsun Zhao who led the team to seize the headquarters of the guild at that time, but it turned out that the collusion with Wuyoudong was such a big matter, but it still failed to bring down this big chamber of commerce. It was not until Gao Qingtian ransacked the house that his merits and virtues were considered complete and completely over.

Ding Run was stunned: "Well...the Houjiang Guild does have a lot of book printing houses, but I don't want the money, and I can't take it with me, so I haven't learned about it in detail."

"Fan Lou also wanted to share some of my shares, but I also rejected it, and exchanged all of them for real money. Otherwise, if the official is killed now, these shares will definitely not count!"

Gongsun Zhao was speechless: "Brother, you are thinking long-term."

Ding Run smiled complacently: "Of course, I worked so hard to steal money and ransacked my house, but the person ran away without taking the money away. It was too painful! You asked the book printing house what to do?"

Gongsun Zhao said coldly: "I'm going to let the book printing workshop engrave a printing plate to print Zhao Tingzhi's criminal evidence into a book and spread it all over the streets and alleys of Bianjing."

The so-called printing plate is a wooden board with engraved characters. When printing a book, first dip a brush in the ink, brush it on the printing plate, then cover the board with white paper, and take a clean brush on the back of the paper. Gently brush on the paper, take off the paper, and one page of the book will be printed, and so on, and the pages of the book will be bound into a book, and one book will be printed successfully.

This printing method, called engraving printing, was invented in the Tang Dynasty and began to be widely used in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, although the famous movable type printing was invented, the idea was good, but it was limited by the technical level of the society as a whole However, movable type printing is not as popular as engraving printing, and even the printed books are not as good as engraving printing.

You must know that engraved and printed Song editions are treasures in the eyes of collectors in later generations, and have been valued and sought after by scholars of all dynasties. Every inch of paper is precious, and the price is extremely expensive. Even if the printing plate is well preserved, it can be regarded as a family heirloom. , left to future generations.

Of course, if it is only for short-term use and does not pursue long-term printing, skilled craftsmen can produce printing plates in a short period of time and start printing like crazy, especially for large printing houses, so Gongsun Zhaocai immediately thought of Hou Jiang. The printing house of the guild.

Ding Run understood the operability of it, took a deep breath, and then praised: "Little brother, you are more ruthless than me now...then let's go! What are you waiting for?"

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Zhao's backyard.

Qin Ming and Dong Ping were chatting.

In the first two days, they were still quite nervous, they were always on guard against the rebels who killed officials and rushed out to attack and kill Zhao Zhongcheng.

But today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and they have been safe and sound for several days, which also makes them relax, chatting, and killing the boring guard time.

After complaining about the embarrassing life of the Imperial Army, Dong Ping looked around and found that there was no one else around, and said in a low voice, "Did you see the two young ladies from the Zhao family who just came back?"

Qin Ming frowned. Although he was rough, he also knew that talking about waiting for his daughter's family in his boudoir was not what a good man would do, so he replied coldly: "No."

Dong Ping was immersed in his own thoughts, a smile appeared on his handsome face, and he licked his lips: "I saw that the young ladies of the Zhao family are all beautiful. With Zhao Zhongcheng's talent and learning, it is obvious that he is good at poetry. She is endowed with talent and beauty!"

Qin Ming said angrily, "What does it have to do with us?"

Dong Ping looked at his rough appearance, and the two of them stood together, making themselves more outstanding, and their smiles brightened immediately: "It really has nothing to do with Brother Qin, but that little lady looked at me carefully just now, do you think it's like me? Can ordinary good-looking talents be in the eyes of beautiful women?"

Dong Ping saw the two young ladies who had just got off the car, and Dong Ping felt graceful from a distance. When he observed closely, the elder sister behaved calmly, and the younger sister was lively and agile. They turned their faces and faced him.

The taste of that glance made Dong Ping immediately put on a mighty pose, which really caught the attention of the beautiful young lady, and it took a long time before he turned his head away.

Dong Ping felt that this beautiful little lady must have taken a fancy to him.

He is seventeen years old and has not married yet. A woman from a country gentleman's family in the state, I heard that he is handsome and suave, and there are also people who ask a matchmaker to come to propose marriage, but Dong Ping doesn't think much of him, and he refuses to marry a wife in the village. I thought to myself that with such a dignified appearance as myself, at least the magistrate's daughter would be worthy of it.

Of course, Zhao Tingzhi, a purple-robed official like his father-in-law, would never have dared to think about it before, but now, by accident, there is such a chance that he personally protects Yu Shi Zhongcheng and becomes his son-in-law. Isn't the future smooth?
Thinking of this, Dong Ping laughed aloud: "The ancients said that blessings become disasters, and disasters become blessings. Honesty does not deceive me!"

Qin Ming felt that this person was talking about dreams, and the power and status gap between the two parties was too great, so he shook his head involuntarily.

When others shook their heads, they all shook their heads secretly. He shook his head bluntly. Dong Ping's expression darkened when he saw this: "Brother Qin, do you not believe that I have such a marriage? Nothing is difficult in this world, people's hearts are not strong, just wait and see!"

Qin Ming didn't care about this person's self-confidence, but his eyes became sharper: "Be careful! It seems that something happened!"

Not far away, a group of people hurried in, headed by the housekeeper.

Compared with the past few days, the housekeeper shouted and shouted at the guards, with a high-spirited attitude. At this time, his face was full of panic, and he rushed in almost scrambling, and ran to the study.

Both Qin Ming and Dong Ping's attention were drawn to them, and when they pricked up their ears, they heard a trembling voice: "Ah Lang... this is the book... various mansions... the rumors in the streets and alleys...we can't stop it." Stay here...now there is noise outside..."

"Pfft!"

Then there was a heavy sound, and there was another scream, and there was a lot of noise.

Qin Ming's eyes regained his composure, but he still looked around vigilantly, and said in a deep voice, "Brother Dong, we must be more careful to prevent thieves from taking advantage of the chaos to attack!"

"Well, brother Qin is guarding here, little brother goes to the inner house to see if he can help!"

Dong Ping rolled his eyes, but he strode over and approached the inner house actively.

Soon the crying became clear, and he successfully entered the place where the guards were inaccessible, and saw a group of people surrounding Zhao Tingzhi who was lying on the ground, and there was the little lady he had seen before, crying so much .

Dong Ping was secretly happy, wanting to leave a stable and reliable impression on the Zhao family in a critical moment, so he immediately walked up steadily and half knelt down.

However, before he could speak, Zhao Zhongcheng's third son, Zhao Mingcheng, turned his head, looked at him in disbelief, and shouted angrily:
"Is this where you, a lowly warrior, can come? Get out!!"

　Thanks to the book friends "vcc100", "Xianhe" and "Catalog 406" for their rewards.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)