Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 839 Du Jinning Returns to Beijing

The gossip in the capital was so loud that even Zhao Yu heard it even when he was sitting in the deep palace.

Although he quite believed that the officials of Honglu Temple dared not hide anything from him, he still became suspicious.

He asked these people to be called into the palace, and asked them: "Did you really see Du Jinning in Japan? Did you find anything wrong?"

The officials of Honglu Temple were almost frightened to death when they heard the news from outside, and immediately shouted their grievances: "If you go back to the emperor, even if you give me a few hundred guts, I won't dare to hide it. , You are committing the crime of deceiving the emperor. The humble ministers are neither relatives nor relatives to Mr. Du, if they really saw him or got news about him, it is impossible not to report it to the emperor."

Zhao Wei said with a cold face: "Then why are there such rumors outside? Did you tell your family members after you went back?"

"Go back to the emperor, really not."

"I dare not."

"It's about court affairs, why would I tell my family?"

Several ministers kowtowed in denial.

Qi Bokun spoke for them in time: "Your Majesty, these lords are all loyal, and they should not hide the truth. After all, it will not do them any good."

Several officials felt very grateful to him immediately.

Zhao He also knew that these officials would not be so bold, and most importantly, doing so would not do them any good.

"Why don't Lu Jiuyuan and the others want to come back? Also, you really haven't seen that An Shi?" He asked.

These situations, in fact, everyone reported to Zhao Wei in detail as soon as they returned to Song Dynasty.

When I asked at this meeting, I had to explain again: "Mr. Lu said that the spread of the tea ceremony in Japan has not been done well enough, and he will have to stay for a while before returning. Because when the ministers met with Mr. Lu and others, they There is no such person as An Shi around, and the humble ministers do not know of his existence, so they have not asked about this person, so they have not seen him."

Seeing that they could no longer ask any new news from them, Zhao He waved his hand to signal these officials to back down.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and retreated.

Zhao Yu leaned back on the dragon chair wearily, his eyebrows frowned into a word: "Qi Gong, why do you think there are such rumors in the capital?"

Qi Bokun hesitated for a moment, then said, "Perhaps Du Jinning is really in Japan, and we don't know."

Zhao He was startled, and sat up straight: "How is that possible?" He pointed to the outside and said, "Could it be that they all lied to me?"

"Of course not." Qi Bokun said, "If Du Jinning is really in Japan, and Japan knows that she has this ability, it is not difficult to deliberately block the news from our officials. But don't forget, the emperor, who is going to Japan this time. There are also boatmen, monks and businessmen traveling between the Song Dynasty and Riben, and it is possible that they brought the news from Riben.”

Without waiting for Zhao He to speak, he said: "So the emperor, I suggest that you send someone to Japan, but not in the name of the court, but in the name of the caravan. Only in this way can they inquire to the exact news."

"Okay, let's do it like this." Zhao Yu immediately agreed.

So, after a few days, a team composed of palace eunuchs, imperial guards, members of secret service agencies, etc., all pretended to be businessmen and took a boat to Japan.

The noble sons and noble daughters from aristocratic families in the capital, the daily task is to eat, drink, play and play. When they get tired of playing in the city, they will go outside the city to play for a few days.

At this time, it is late autumn, the best season for hot springs.The noble sons and noble daughters went to play in the mountains dozens of miles away from the capital. There happened to be a courtyard of the Jiang family here, so they could stay here to eat, drink, and soak in hot springs.

Lu Ziyi is the granddaughter of the eldest princess and the Duke of Yingying. When she was playing in the other courtyard of the Jiang family, she overheard someone passing a message to her, saying that Master Du Jinning was locked in the dungeon of the other courtyard of the Jiang family. .

Lu Ziyi is also a man of the city, so he kept his face on the ground. After returning to the capital, he directly told his grandmother about the matter.

Princess Dachang is the late emperor's own younger sister, and she is very shrewd in human behavior. Seeing that the situation turned against Zhao Yu in the late stage of seizing the throne, she took advantage of the situation and asked the British government to help him, thus gaining the merit of being a dragon.Hearing the news, she immediately went to the palace and told Zhao Wei the news.

Zhao Yuzheng was disturbed by the people's grievances. When he heard the news, he was overjoyed and immediately asked Qi Muyuan to lead his men and guards to search the Jiang family's other courtyard. Finally, he found Du Jinning in the dungeon. .

The moment Qi Muyuan saw Du Jinning, his heart ached.

It turned out that in order to make this incident appear more real, Du Jinning starved himself to lose about ten catties during this period of time.Coupled with the makeup effect, it really looks like it has been abused for a long time, and it looks very miserable.If Qi Muyuan hadn't said that this was Du Jinning, Du Jinning himself admitted that the officials who saw her couldn't believe that she was the beautiful and suave Mrs. Du.

When Jiang's family heard the news, the whole family was stunned.

There is indeed a dungeon in their other courtyard, which was there when it was bought from the previous owner.Because I thought it might be useful one day, I haven't filled this dungeon.

Because this other courtyard is far away from the capital, even if they want to detain anyone, there is no need to send them here, so this dungeon has always been empty.

Unexpectedly, one day, it was rumored that Du Jinning, who had gone to Japan to be the son-in-law of the royal family, would appear in the dungeon of his house.

The Patriarch of the Jiang family knew that this was probably Zhao He's trick. Regardless of whether that person was Du Jinning or how he was imprisoned, since the imperial guards found Du Jinning in the dungeon of the Jiang family's other courtyard, it was Huang Ni's case. If it fell into the crotch, it was either shit or shit, and the Jiang family couldn't argue with it.

He was also decisive, and immediately went directly to the palace, and directly gave up several important positions of the Jiang family in the army and court, just to save the lives of the whole family.

After receiving the news that Du Jinning was in the country, Zhao Wen was already overjoyed; now that the Jiang family was defeated because of this effort, Zhao Wen was really happy.

After haggling with the head of the Jiang family, he summoned Qi Bokun and asked him, "What should we do now? Should we directly announce the identity of Du Jinning's woman, or what?"

Qi Bokun had already discussed this matter in the correspondence with Du Jinning.

He suggested: "Your Majesty, it's not as good as we are so-so, so-so."

Zhao He's eyes lit up, and he praised: "Good idea." He immediately went back to the harem, discussed it with Queen Mother Zheng, and came back, "It's done."

After being rescued, Du Jinning was too "weak" and had to take a bath, change clothes and eat, which delayed some time.When she slowly returned to the capital and went to the palace to meet the emperor, both the Jiang family and the empress dowager's problems were discussed and resolved.

"Chen Du Jinning, pay homage to the emperor. Long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

Seeing the thin and haggard Du Jinning saluting to him, Zhao He had mixed feelings.

　Sorry for being so late.Try to restore the two updates tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)