marquis of jingan

Chapter 5 Jiangzuo Confucianism
Lu Anshi, a person from Jiangdu Prefecture, studied in Ganquan Academy when he was young. He was awarded a Jinshi more than 20 years ago. He returned to Ganquan Academy to study, and now he has served as the head of Ganquan Academy for nearly ten years. He is a very famous Jiangzuo Confucian.

More importantly, this murder happened in the back mountain of Ganquan Academy, and that unlucky student Chen Qing also died in the back mountain of Ganquan Academy. If this matter is investigated in detail, the dean Lu Anshi will not be able to shirk it responsible.

He has certain responsibilities and obligations to properly handle this matter.

After Shen Ling saw the contents on the yellow paper, his expression immediately changed. He was silent for a long time before he looked up at the completely dark sky, then looked back at his wife, and sighed slightly: "Madam, why don't you Husband is going to Oasis Academy."

Mrs. Shen is in her 20s this year. After marrying into the Shen family, she has always been very kind to Shen Yi and other brothers. After hearing what her husband said, she glanced at Shen Ling, lowered her eyebrows and sighed: "Husband, Ganquan Academy Outside the city, the city gates are closed at this time, you can go there tomorrow morning."

"I'm going now."

Shen Ling's eyes were firm, and he said in a low voice: "In the past few days, I have run around the county government many times, but I still haven't seen Lao Qi, and I don't know what's going on. Now it's so easy for him to deliver the letter. As a brother, I naturally want to do something for him..."

Speaking of this, Shen Ling looked at the night outside the door, and sighed slightly: "The current situation in Jiangdu city, even if my father and fourth uncle come back, it is estimated that the Jiangdu county government will not buy our family's account, Mr. What Qi said is right, the one who is most suitable and able to come forward now is the head of Ganquan Academy, Lu Shan."

Having said that, he looked back at his wife next to him, and said in a low voice, "Madam, bring me some more money, and I will take it with me."

Mrs. Shen nodded and said softly: "I'm afraid Mr. Lu Shan won't ask for our family's money. If your husband gives him the money, he will still be angry with our family."

"It's not for Lu Shan."

Shen Ling said in a low voice: "It's just that if you want to go out of the city at this hour, and you don't have any money to open the way, I'm afraid it's somewhat impossible."

Mrs. Shen just nodded, went back to the house and took a small bag of silver, handed it to her husband-in-law, and then said: "You... you can go to Ganquan Academy, but don't be brave, let alone have any conflicts with Lu Shanzhang. Everything will be discussed after father and fourth uncle come back."

The father she was talking about was Shen Yi's uncle, Shen Hui, and the fourth uncle was Shen Yi's father, Shen Zhang.

Shen Ling nodded, took the bag of money, and said in a low voice: "I can save it."

After saying this, Shen Ling pulled out his own carriage from home and got into the carriage.

His father, Shen Hui, is the magistrate of a county in the southeast. He has an official position. His family is fairly well-to-do. Much more despondent.

After getting into the carriage, Shen Ling quickly came to the Guangchu Gate of Jiangdu Mansion. At this time, the gate of Guangchu Gate had already been closed. Shen Ling jumped off the carriage and spoke with the gate guards in his authentic Jiangdu accent. It took a long time, and finally after sending nearly ten taels of silver to five or six guards to share equally, the gate of Guangchumen slowly opened, revealing a gap.

A 30-year-old guard glanced at Shen Ling, and said in a deep voice: "Young Master Shen, you are responsible for opening the city gate without authorization. It is too conspicuous for you to go out of the city in a carriage, so we can only let you pass by alone. This carriage..."

"It's better to turn back."

Shen Ling was silent for a while, nodded helplessly, turned back and ordered the coachman to drive home, while he himself left the Guangchu Gate through the crack of the door, and took advantage of the moonlight to walk all the way to Ganquan Academy on Meiling.

When the third son Shen arrived at the gate of Ganquan Academy, the moon was already in the sky. Shen Sanlang stood at the gate of the academy, took a deep breath, and slapped the gate of Ganquan Academy vigorously.

A "well-known institution" like Ganquan Academy naturally has a concierge. Not long after, a little old man who looked about 50 or [-] years old opened the gate. The little old man had already fallen asleep at the moment. Glancing at Shen Ling, he asked, "Young Master, who are you looking for?"

"Look for Chief Lu Shan."

With firm eyes, Shen Ling lowered his head slightly: "Please inform me on your behalf."

The little old man looked at Shen Ling, then looked up at the sky, and said, "Young master, my mountain chief is not waiting for idlers to see him, besides, it is late at night, the mountain chief has already fallen asleep, if you want to see him My mountain chief, please come and deliver the name card tomorrow morning."

"That's too late."

Shen Ling didn't talk nonsense, and directly took out three or four taels of broken silver from his sleeve, put it in the hands of the porter, and said in a deep voice: "This matter is of great importance, please inform Chief Lu Shan, and just talk about it , It is related to the reputation of Ganquan Academy for nearly a hundred years!"

The little old man weighed the silver in his hand, then looked at Shen Ling, and smiled: "Then...my lord, I will pass it on to you, but I can't guarantee whether the head of the mountain will see you or not. "

Shen Ling sat down directly on the bluestone steps at the entrance of the academy, and said, "If Dean Lu doesn't see me, I'll wait here until dawn."

The porter cupped his hands and said, "If you dare to ask the young master's name, the villain can tell you."

"Jiang Du Shen San."

The concierge just nodded, turned around and bravely knocked on the door of Lu Anshi's room, while Shen Ling sat at the door of the academy and sighed slightly.

Four days ago, his brother Shen Yi was inexplicably taken into the prison in Jiangdu County. After being arrested, he has no life. As an older brother, he doesn't know what happened. He went to the Jiangdu County Government to inquire. Shen Ling knew nothing about the murder case.

During these three or four days, Shen Ling went to the Jiangdu county government several times, intending to visit Shen Yi, but was stopped by people from the county government. He never saw Shen Yi. He only knew that Shen Yi was involved in a murder case. But I don't know the details of what happened.

Until today, when Shen Yi handed over a "text message" from the prison, he didn't know what happened.

Even the Jiangdu county government did not let his family live together in the trial.

Now, Shen Yi, who was in prison, finally got the news. As the elder brother, he naturally wanted to do his best to help his brother.

Thinking of this, Shen Ling turned his head and glanced at the Ganquan Academy behind him, and murmured silently in his heart: "Lao Qi has been peaceful since he was a child, and he will never kill anyone. This time he was convicted and sent to prison, someone must have falsely accused him. I only hope..."

"I just hope that this Jiangzuo Confucian can help a group of old seven, and don't join forces with those people in the county government."

Just as Third Young Master Shen was sitting at the entrance of the academy, thinking wildly, a mellow voice sounded behind him.

"Which son is visiting late at night?"

Hearing the words, Shen Ling was terrified, and immediately stood up, turned his head to look behind him, and saw a middle-aged scholar, only dressed in simple clothes, standing quietly behind him accompanied by the concierge.

The head of Ganquan Academy, Lu Anshi.

Shen Ling took a deep breath, knelt down in front of this Dean Lu, lowered his head and said in a trembling voice: "Mr. Lu, in Shen Ling, my seventh younger brother is Shen Yi, the master's disciple. With a knife and an ax, please come forward and uphold justice for my seventh brother!"

"Shen Yi..."

Lu Anshi frowned slightly, then lowered his eyebrows and said: "It seems that I have heard of this name before, and I heard from the gentleman in the courtyard that there was a life lawsuit three or four days ago and was taken away by the county government. Commentary, the affairs of the academy are handled by Mr. Xie..."

Lu Anshi looked at Shen Ling, and asked, "Is there something else hidden in this?"

Shen Ling lowered his head and kowtowed deeply.

"My younger brother has been framed and suffered great injustice. It is for my younger brother's life and for the reputation of the academy. Sir, please uphold justice!"

(End of this chapter)