Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 134
The door of the house was pushed open, and Du Wulang shouted excitedly before he entered.

"No. [-]! How can you know that you, an ignorant person, are actually No. [-]?"

However, looking around, Xue Bai was not in the dormitory.

Du Wulang was surprised, and was worried about whether Xue Bangshou was imprisoned again, when he suddenly saw a note on the case with the words "Going back to your home". The handwriting was quite beautiful, and it was actually written by Xue Bai.

"You don't even read the list? Even though it's just an annual exam."

Du Wulang rushed to Xue's house in Changshoufang, first talked about the happy event that Xue Bai won the first place, and discussed how to celebrate.

Suddenly, he found that Xue Bai was not there, and then he remembered that the note said it was the Du family in Huishengpingfang.

Blame him for not paying attention, he ran over in a hurry when he saw the note, so he had to rush back to Du's house.

"Shut up!"

When they got to the side door, they happened to meet Xue Bai and Du Youlin talking and walking side by side to the front yard.

"The old man is going now."

While talking, Du Youlin turned his head and saw Du Wulang, his face that was a little bit happy became serious.

"Grandpa, we are all over the New Year's Eve."

"Is it really your own ability?"

Du Youlin snorted coldly, got on his horse, and went out.

"Hey, you got the top spot." Du Wulang nudged Xue Bai with his elbow, and smiled, "Who will dare to say that we are fooling around in the Imperial College in the future."

"No one ever said that to me."

Xue Bai turned around and walked towards the study.

Quan Rui, the steward at the front, came out holding a gift box and said, "Xue Lang, get ready."

"Thank you, Uncle Quan."

Xue Bai took the gift box and asked Du Wulang, "How about going to Yang Zhao's house?"

"what?"

Du Wulang was taken aback.

In May, he and Xue Bai went to Yang's house to deliver the Dragon Boat Festival gift, and saw Pei Rou's enthusiasm, her charming eyes seemed to want to eat their young man.

"I'm not suitable to go, am I? But if I must go, I'll go."

"Okay." Xue Bai said: "You go, nothing more than congratulating Yang Xuan for passing the year-old exam, and it may be the same year in the future."

Du Wulang smiled reluctantly, and muttered to himself: "If I become the same age as him, I really, alas."

After receiving the gift box, he opened it and took a look. Inside was a picture of "Pengcheng Wanli" written by his grandfather himself.

Although his grandpa's handwriting is good, it is definitely worthless, and he traveled all the way to give away only this thing.

Seeing Quan Rui walking away, Du Wulang smiled.

"I'm not stupid, tell me, what do you want me to say to Yang Zhao?"

~~
Xue Bai pushed open the door, and the Du sisters were sitting in the room.

Ever since he went to Zhongnan Mountain in July and came back busy with the New Year's Exam, he hadn't spent much time with them for a month.

Xue Bai hadn't even told Du Jin that he had a new ambition.Although those things are very exciting to think about, in fact, it is better to reveal them slowly.

"I came out of the Imperial College today, and someone is already watching me." Xue Bai said, "Is it convenient to send someone to pass the message without being followed?"

"Yes." Du Jin said, "I'll let Qushui go to Fengweilou, and I'll have many trustworthy people deliver the news."

"Help me find Lao Liang and Jiang Hai, and let them meet me at the Guozijian; send a sentence to Guo Qianli, I have already written it down; it is not convenient for me to go to the Guojiu's Mansion and Mrs. Guoguo's Mansion recently, and I need to bring a message ;Also, use our manpower to track down Pei Mian..."

Under Du Jin's management, although Fengweilou has made little progress in its dishes, its scale is no longer the same.

She opened branches in Pingkang, Xuanyang, Guangde, Changshou, and Xingqing, not for making money, but for the convenience of inquiring and passing on news.

Zeng almost broke her family, and she cared about these things very much.

"This time, we will cooperate with Yang Hui and his wife?"

Xue Bai said: "As long as Yang Hui and his wife are on our side, it will be difficult for the opponent to prove that I am Xue Pingzhao, and then implicate me in the case of the three concubines. Then, how could a Xue Bai without identity be the one behind the scenes that stirred up the situation in Chang'an?" Black hand?"

"So, they will definitely find ways to expose us as working with this couple."

"We have to guard against this move first. I have made arrangements for the New Year's Examination."

Du Yan was careful, and reminded softly: "Although your arrangement is well done, you still have to guard against mistakes in the Princess Mansion."

"Ah."

Xue Bai got the reminder and turned to look at her, but instead she glanced at Du Jin and lowered her head.

They discuss the details of how to deal with the matter, and then talk about the situation.

"The case of the three concubines has already passed, and no one wants to mention it, but now someone is willing to bring this case up just to deal with me?"

"It's the salt tax that poses a huge threat to Ge Nu, and he doesn't hesitate to use this ultimate move?"

"An Lushan is about to enter the capital, Ge Nu should be preparing to attack Pei Kuan, why bother?"

"In my opinion, Zheng Qian's case is more like...someone threw a piece of meat among the wild animals, causing them to fight."

"There seems to be some tentative intentions."

Xue Bai also had a hunch at first, but he couldn't describe his intuition like they did.

"So, someone wants to use this matter to lead the East Palace to fight with the Right Prime Minister in advance, and also wants to lead to the saying that 'Li Heng ordered Li Yan to falsely accuse Li Ying'."

"The statement Li Heng instructed, no one should have said it before, right?"

"I made random speculations. But I don't want to get involved in disputes prematurely. Without Zheng Qian's incident, I just plan to become an official and accumulate strength..."

Having said that, Xue Bai thought about it, and vaguely guessed who might have sued Zheng Qian.

He reminded Li Cong not long ago that Zheng Qian's two manuscripts were taken out so quickly, and both manuscripts mentioned Li Cong.

Zheng Qian clearly has many more serious manuscripts "recriminating Chengyu", why these two?It can be seen that the other party did not intend to kill Zheng Qian.

Now guess the other party's purpose.

First of all, an official who is close to the East Palace is imprisoned, and the Right Prime Minister's family instinctively wants to bite the East Palace.Since Xue Bai played tricks on Li Linfu last time, those who are interested have learned to take advantage of this; secondly, draw out the old events of the year, observe the reaction of various forces to the case of the three concubines, and test Li Longji's bottom line.

But Li Cong shouldn't have such a great ability, how could he get Zheng Qian's manuscript when he was locked in the ten king's house?Moreover, knowing that Li Linfu would use this matter to attack Yan officials, he shouldn't have done so.

Xue Bai still couldn't fully figure it out.

The most important thing right now is self-protection.

……

Du Jin went to arrange things, and then returned to Xue Bai's room, only to find that Du Jin was no longer there.

"It's done."

"it is good."

"Will it be dangerous again this time?"

"Thinking about the bright side, we were originally forces like Li Shizhi and Pei Kuan who were going to be killed, but now we are still growing tenaciously in the cracks."

Du Jin smiled.

The two leaned against the couch.

"Should I come over tonight?"

"Be patient, I'm afraid they will find out about my cheating and arrest me at any time."

"Huh? Are you bleeding?"

Xue Bai smiled wryly, since he went to Zhongnan Mountain, he has been doing Qingxiu. He only saw Yang Yuyao in the middle, and he was so dry that he even drank a lot of Danshen soup.

"Too self-respecting."

"So self-respecting? I have to reward you well." Du Jin bit his ear and whispered, "Then wait until this calamity is over...and then come here."

Xue Bai vaguely heard her say "Let's come over again", but he was not sure.

Probably drank too much Danshen soup and had hallucinations.

"..."

"Did you hear someone calling me?"

"Have it?"

The two listened attentively.

There was indeed a voice coming from the front yard, getting closer.

"Where is Xue Bai?! Involved in the Guozijian year-old exam fraud case, immediately sent to Dali Temple for questioning!"

~~
When being taken from Shengpingfang to Dali Temple, Xue Bai passed through Zhuque Street, when Xue Bai suddenly heard a hissing sound.

Looking back, I saw groups of people slowly coming from the south, attracting countless people to watch.

"It's an eagle! An eagle!"

The children shouted excitedly.

Because in front of that team, there was a warrior riding on a tall camel, with a big snow-white eagle on his shoulders, looking forward to Zixiong, very proud.

There are several different hawks. Behind the hawk team is a large carriage with a cage on it, and there are two beautiful animals inside, like cats, tigers and leopards.

The people of Chang'an watched and shouted louder and louder.

"Fly on the grass, fly on the grass!"

"And Pegasus..."

Until Xue Bai walked into the imperial city and looked back at Suzaku Avenue for the last time, he still couldn't see the end of the line of rare beasts.

It was An Lushan who entered Beijing to compete for favor.

A wave of unrest, a wave of up again.

~~
"Xue Bai, are these your test papers?"

"Yes."

"Someone said that you weren't there for the last two exams of the Guozijian's year-old exam. How do you explain it?"

Xue Bai looked into Du Hongjian's eyes in the Dali Temple, and asked back: "I'm afraid Du Si will give me an explanation for such inexplicable words."

"This is Dali Temple, who do you think you are?"

Xue Bai said calmly, "I am a student of the Imperial Supervisor of the Emperor Xiangxu."

Du Hongjian was surprised by his arrogance, and couldn't help turning his head to glance at Dali Temple Minister Li Daoxi, Yushi Zhongcheng Wang Hao, and Rites Minister Cui Qiao behind him.

Wei Shu, Su Yuanming and other Guozijian officials involved in this matter sat on the sidelines to hear the trial.

Donggong never intervened in state affairs, and this case was rarely brought up this time.Fang Guan even took advantage of his position to directly report to the sage, please purge Guozijian.The reason is also very good. The corruption of the Guozijian is not a day or two, and there is a need to clean it up. Then start with the investigation of fraud in the year-old exam.

"You still dare to quibble, bring the witness up."

After a while, several students from the Imperial College were brought up, but none of them dared to look at Wei Shu who was sitting there.

Du Hongjian came prepared, with a well-thought-out plan, and arranged witnesses to speak one by one...

"Student Zhao Zancheng, who was sitting behind Xue Bai during the year-old exam, was handing in the test paper when the scripture test was over, when he saw Xue Bai come out from the curtain and was about to leave the exam room without permission, and was taken away by Su Siye. .”

"Xue Bai, how do you explain?"

"When Dr. Zheng was taken away, I broke the inkstone and planned to go back to the hall to get one."

"That's true." Su Yuanming said: "I am the invigilator, so I let him take the inkstone."

Zhao Zan agreed: "But after Xue Bai left, he never came back."

"He's back. The examination room is separated by bamboo curtains. You probably didn't notice it for a while."

"A few times the wind blew the bamboo curtain, and the students saw that there was no one in his residence."

"You read it wrong." Su Yuanming only answered four simple words.

Du Hongjian sneered slightly when he heard this, and asked several other disciples to testify that they only saw Xue Bai leave, but did not see Xue Bai return.

"If one person is wrong, can everyone be wrong? The facts are all there, and the evidence is complete. Xue Bai, what else do you have to say?"

"You have no evidence; I have test papers to prove it." Xue Bai said: "You picked ten witnesses to prove that I was not in the examination room; I can pick out 50 people who saw me in the examination room. Dali Temple?"

"The 50 people you called are all classmates who were bought by you."

"These ten witness cards can't be bought by Du Sizhi?"

"Sophistry." Du Hongjian said, "Why should I buy witnesses?"

"Yeah, why?" Xue Bai thought about it, but couldn't answer.

On the other hand, Du Hongjian bowed to Dali Temple Minister Li Daosui, and said, "Tingwei, I have physical evidence and more witnesses. I met Xue Bai elsewhere on the day of the New Year's Examination."

Xue Bai knew that, as Du Yan said, the servants of Princess Xianyi's mansion were mismanaged, and someone had already been bribed.

It is not difficult for Du Hongjian to prove the truth.

Wei Shu didn't wait for more witnesses to come to the court, he got up with a sigh, and said: "If Xue Bai cheated, it's nothing more than the old man leaking the question in advance. If you want to investigate this case, you should investigate the old man."

"Duke Wei admits what he said? Or is he relying on his reputation to threaten his dismissal? The country's selection of scholars is a major event for the community, and this case should be thoroughly investigated! Come and provide physical evidence!"

~~
Outside Dali Temple, Du Wulang, who came over after hearing the news, looked anxious.

He was running while tugging at the hem of his robe, calling out to the dozens of Imperial College colleagues behind him from time to time.

"quick!"

He had to rescue Xue Bai earlier, otherwise Xue Bai would fall into Dali Prison alone this time.

Finally, he climbed the steps out of breath, but a team of guards in front of him blocked him with halberds.

"You can't do it if you want to rebel?!" An official strode out and shouted: "Dare to make trouble in front of the Dali Temple? Don't back down!"

"We are witnesses." Du Wulang shouted, "We are here to testify for Xue Bai!"

"Absurd, witnesses are summoned by Dali Temple, how can there be any reason for trespassing?"

Before the words fell, a person jumped out from behind Du Wulang, pointed at the official's nose and cursed: "Do you know who my grandfather is?!"

"I don't care who your grandfather is..."

"What a big tone, I am his grandfather!"

Suddenly, a shout sounded.

Du Wulang looked back and saw that it was Yang Zhao who came striding forward, wearing a light red official robe on his body, and he looked like a purple robed official.

Today, Du Wulang was a guest at Yang's residence, and was congratulating Yang Xuan on passing the yearly exam, and he would "go on a long journey" after passing the yearly exam, when he suddenly had to report to the imperial court to investigate a major case of cheating in the yearly exam.

At that time, Du Wulang and Yang Xuan rushed to the Guozijian to summon their classmates, but Yang Zhao came here at this time, bringing several red-robed officials with him.

~~
In class, Du Hongjian had asked people to present more evidence.

"Please look, gentlemen, the ink used in this post scripture paper is different from that used in poetry and fu and policy questionnaires. Xue Bai used pine smoke ink, which has a faint fragrance; while the latter two papers use township ink. Kumo is the Imperial Academy’s supply of ink. Therefore, I speculate that these two papers were written by the Imperial Academy officials. Don’t worry, gentlemen, I have more evidence. I checked Xue Bai’s examination papers during Xunxun..."

"Which villain?!"

Suddenly there was a sound of shouting and cursing, and there was a lot of noise outside the hall.

Du Hongjian turned his head to look, and saw several red-robed officials snatching the court sticks from the officials' hands and rushing towards this side.

"Wei Gong has a clear reputation, how can you allow the villain to frame you?!"

"Guozijian is the emperor's preface, how can there be fraud?!"

"..."

Amidst the shouting and cursing, Du Hongjian squinted his eyes, only to see a tall, handsome but dull student rushing towards him.

He recognized him as Yang Xuan, the stupid son of Yang Zhao, a doctor in Duzhi, who could not read a few characters and passed the Imperial College Examination... Of course, the Imperial College has always been like this.

"Shir! I cheated?!"

"Stop him!"

"Stop, above the court, don't be presumptuous..."

"Oh!"

It was too late, and caught off guard, Yang Xuan threw himself directly in front of Du Hongjian, raised his fist, and punched Du Hongjian in the stomach.

"I managed to pass the exam!"

Yang Xuan was worthy of being one of Chang'an's gangsters, he punched out, completely showing the aura of a rascal, and glared at the ten classmates who testified.

"You want to retake the exam?!"

Everyone was surprised and the scene was chaotic.

Du Hongjian clutched his stomach, keenly aware that Yang Xuan had been instigated, from the word "retest", it must be Xue Bai who made people scare.

"Yang Dalang calm down, no one has accused you of cheating."

Du Wulang saw that Du Hongjian wanted to expose his conspiracy of gathering crowds to make trouble, so he quickly shouted.

First he incited randomly, and then he suddenly saw a familiar figure among the ten witnesses.

"Du Zi? You obviously want to study Mingjing, how do you know whether Xue Bai is there? Oh, I see, you are Du Hongjian's nephew? Did he ask you to forge a false testimony?!"

"Stomach?" Yang Xuan was stunned at first, and then shouted, "You have passed the annual exam, and you want to retake the exam?!"

"I, I really saw that he was not here..."

"Still?" Yang Xuan threatened with a punch, "Don't you know where to sit?"

Du Zi was afraid, so he could only say, "I, I didn't see it."

"Nonsense, you dare to make a scene in court?!"

Du Hongjian was furious, turned his head and saw that the princes were still sitting there, watching the excitement, so he had to call the officials to calm down the situation.

"Bring your passport. On the occasion of the New Year's Exam, Xue Bai is at Princess Xianyi's mansion! Be quiet!"

"Shut up! It's too noisy!"

"..."

Xue Bai stood aside, avoiding Yang Xuan's slobbering, nonchalant attitude.

He knew that Du Hongjian was eager to prove that he had colluded with Yang Hui to frame the East Palace, but there should be no need to worry, Yang Hui must have confessed in front of the saint by now.

~~
Daming Palace, Zichen Inner Palace.

A domino was pushed out, and Li Longji took it immediately.

Seeing that she had played the cards, Yang Hui was a little annoyed, and continued to chat, saying: "If the sage can allow my son-in-law to tell the truth, Shiba Niang is a bit stupid."

"You are stupid!" Li Niang was very upset when she heard this.

She competed with Zhang Ting today, and both of them won a lot of chips.

"Stay still?" Yang Hui blurted out, "After hearing a few words, you will enter the palace. As a princess, you should not meddle in state affairs."

Zhang Ting seemed to be concentrating on the dominoes, but he listened to the couple singing together. Occasionally, he glanced over and saw a waiter holding a tray, on which several documents were pressed by a paperweight.

Today the sage called Zhang Ting, Zhang Si, and Jia Chang to play cards. Li Niang came to sue Zheng Qian for slandering her mother. The sage was not happy to hear that.But Yang Hui said that he realized that it was too easy to be used by others. This time, he learned to check first, so he handed in the paperwork, and said that he would not be too troublesome next time.

This move actually won a chance to play dominoes.

Zhang Ting didn't dare to delay the game of cards, weighed it in his mind, and decided to give Yang Hui eye drops at the risk of being disliked by the saint, so he said with a smile: "The son-in-law said 'it's not appropriate to meddle in state affairs', but in fact he handed over things. Woolen cloth?"

"I was wrong." Yang Hui immediately admitted his mistake, "This matter has nothing to do with me. In order not to let Shi Ba Niang get involved, I went to the Ministry of Punishment, and it turned out to be me. Before entering the palace, I even listened to others. Said, I colluded with Xue Bai."

Li Niang said in surprise, "You were present when Pei Mian let people go, so it's fine to say that you are suspicious. What does this have to do with Xue playing cards?"

Yang Hui thought it was funny, and said: "He and Zheng Qian were friends for years, and he spoke harshly when Zheng Qian was arrested. So some people said that he gave up the annual exam and came to encourage me to rescue Zheng Qian."

"Huh?" Li Niang was even more surprised.

Yang Hui spat: "Make him famous, make him crazy."

Li Longji suddenly sneered as he played his cards.

The other three were panicked and did not dare to speak again.

"Give up the annual exam? They can figure it out too? Xue is the kind of poker player."

"The saint is wise."

Before the matter is reported to the saint in detail, it is enough to give a preconceived impression with a few words.Yang Hui smiled and just concentrated on feeding the cards.

Zhang Ting was taken aback for a moment, staring at the dominoes in front of him with beautiful eyes.

She didn't expect that Donggong's hand of cards hadn't been finished yet, and the way of playing cards had been ruined by these understatement words?
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