marquis of jingan

Chapter 125 Du Participated in Xiaoxu

At the entrance of an ordinary house about three miles away from the Qinhuai River, Du Shen and Du Juren, who looked helpless, were escorted by two inner guards and walked into the house.

As the emperor's pro-army, the internal guard's nominal duty is naturally to guard the palace, but it doesn't take many people to guard the palace, and His Majesty the emperor doesn't need many people to guard his palace. As the emperor, the most important duty is "hearing and seeing". .

In addition, there are still many "plain clothes" who conceal their identities in the inner guard, so after a long time, the yamen of the inner guard naturally has some characteristics of a spy organization and an intelligence organization.

After entering the private house, Du Shen turned his head and glanced at the two men beside him, and sighed: "You two, I have never heard of a precedent of being convicted of a crime because of my speech, and the poem did not violate sacred taboos." Second, if you haven’t violated the laws of the country, why is the inner guard so obsessed with this poem?”

The inner guard standing behind Du Shen snorted, and said with a sneer, "Because Shang Datian heard that poem, His Majesty opened his mouth to find out who wrote this poem."

He looked at Du Shen, and said in a deep voice: "Young Master Du, otherwise you just admit this matter, and I don't have to run around anymore. You also said that our Da Chen has no precedent for being convicted of words, Your Majesty." It should not punish you, nor hinder the future of the examination center!"

Du Shen shook his head slowly, and said, "It wasn't written by me, or it wasn't written by me. Pretending to be someone else's writing is the biggest taboo of my generation of scholars. Today Du admits it. After a hundred years in the future, how can I have the face to see you?" saint?"

Having said that, Du Shen looked at the inner guard and asked, "Brother Send, if the person who wrote the poem is found out, won't he be punished because of me?"

"Who can know?"

The inner guard snorted, and said angrily: "Your Majesty only said that he found the poem writer, but didn't say how to deal with it. If Mr. Du is worried about this, why don't you just admit it, and we can all get along with each other."

From the beginning to the end, these inner guards felt that the poem that might be called was written by Du Shen, but Du Ju was afraid of things, so he shied away from admitting it.

Therefore, he persuaded Du Shen to admit to this matter.

If the inner guards knew that this poem was not written by Du Shen, then they would never speak to Du Shen like this, because doing so would be tantamount to luring Du Shen to deceive the emperor, which is absolutely impossible for the emperor's own army to do.

Hearing what Neiwei said, Du Shen was very troubled.

He has a somewhat upright character, he neither wants to admit that the poem was not written by himself, nor does he want to hurt Xu Fu who was reading the poem on the bridge that day, so he stood in place for a while, unwilling to move his footsteps.

However, Du Shen was a scholar after all, so he couldn't possibly be the opponent of these wolf-like inner guards. Seeing that he was not walking anymore, the two inner guards supported him one by one, and directly picked up Du Juren.

The two inner guards carried Du Shen directly into the yard, and then brought him in front of a young man. The young man was watched by an inner guard, his face full of panic, and he didn't know what happened.

The inner guard who was carrying Du Shen pointed at the young man, and said in a deep voice, "Du Juren, you see it clearly, is this the man?"

Du Shen looked up, then shook his head and said, "No."

The inner guard didn't speak, and took Du Shen to the next boy, and asked again and again: "Is it this person?"

Du Shen took a deep breath, still shook his head: "No."

He looked back at the two inner guards who were carrying him, and said with a wry smile: "You don't need to carry me, I can walk by myself."

At this time, Du Shen already had an idea in his mind.

Although he couldn't recognize this poem, no matter who the inner guards came to, he would shake his head and deny it, so the inner guards would not be able to find out the young man who wrote the poem, and naturally they would not be a drag on the latter.

If the inner guard or the emperor insisted on putting this matter on Du Shen's head, Du Juren would have no choice but to admit it.

With this in mind, Du Shen shook his head no matter who the two inner guards brought him to meet, until the ninth young man.

The ninth young man was exactly Xu Fu. At this moment, Xu Fu was seen in a compartment. A big and round inner guard was looking at him. Xu Fu was sitting on a chair, looking at his nose, nose and heart. Not a word.

The two inner guards brought Du Shen in front of Xu Fu, pointed at Xu Fu and asked, "Is this the person?"

Du Juren's eyes changed slightly.

He recognized Xu Fu.

The person who read poems on the bridge that day was the young man in front of him.

Du Shen was just stunned for a moment, and then quickly reacted, shaking his head slowly: "No..."

As soon as he said this, the inner guard on the side sneered slightly: "Young Master Du, you think my inner guard is a fool!"

As the emperor's pro-army, the internal guards are treated very well, and the quality of the personnel is also high, because the internal guards also have a simple judicial process, so the people in charge of this part of the internal guards generally have stayed in the Ministry of Criminal Justice for three years. More than one year, or veteran prison officials who have been in the government for more than three years, are eligible to enter the "case" of the inner guard to be in charge of the inner guard.

At this moment, there were two people carrying Du Shen, but there was another person standing beside him, watching Du Shen's expression.

Du Shen is an ordinary scholar and has no training in this field. When he saw the first eight people, his expression was calm and his breathing was steady, but after seeing Xu Fu, Du Shen's expression changed obviously. Breathing is also a little short.

This kind of subtle change is invisible to ordinary people, but it is not a problem for veterans in prison.

A tall inner guard stood in front of Du Shen, pointed at Xu Fu, and said with a smile, "Young Master Du, is this the person who wrote it?"

Du Shen glanced at Xu Fu, who bowed his head and said nothing, and was about to shake his head when he heard the inner guard say indifferently: "Young Master Du, think clearly before speaking, if you lie to us again at this time, it will hinder the inner guard To handle a case, if you say it is too big, you are deceiving the king."

"Next spring, it will be Chunwei."

The inner guard said indifferently: "Young Master Du is famous all over the capital, so don't miss your own future."

Du Shen looked at Xu Fu, then at the inner guard, then stood up straight, and first bowed to Xu Fu, with a somewhat regretful tone: "Little brother, if you are involved in this matter, Du will definitely be with you." Take the blame..."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the inner guard and sighed again: "On the Qinhuai River bridge that day, it was this little brother who was reciting poems on the bridge, and I heard it."

With a serious face, he said: "This poor man, although the little brother wrote this poem, he didn't intend to spread it. It was because Du was troubled that day that he read this poem at the Shangyuan Poetry Conference. Come out, if this poem violates any taboo of the court, it should be the fault of Du, and has nothing to do with this little brother."

The inner guard looked at Du Shen, then at Xu Fu, and then smiled calmly: "Du Juren, whether this matter has anything to do with you, whether it is your crime, you have already said it. "

The inner guard turned around to look at Xu Fu who bowed his head silently, and said, "Young master of Jiangdu, if I remember correctly, your surname should be Xu?"

Xu Fu raised his head slightly, glanced at the inner guard, and after being silent for a while, he said, "I want to see my young master."

The inner guard was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "You explain first whether you wrote that poem or not. After you explain clearly, you will naturally be released. Then you can see whoever you want."

Xu Fu's expression was stubborn. He looked at the very tall man in front of him and took a deep breath.

"I won't answer you until I see my young master."

(End of this chapter)