Great Qing Xiangguo

Chapter 6

Suo Sui and Aobai rushed to the palace to meet the emperor, but Suo Suo complained on the way: "Master Ao Bai, I don't think this matter should alarm the emperor."

Aobai said: "Ju Ren kills Ju Ren, and it's about bribery in the examination room. If you don't go to the emperor, you will be blamed later. None of us can afford it!"

The two talked all the way, and tremblingly entered the Qianqing Palace.It turned out that the booklet had been handed in hastily, and the emperor immediately announced that Sonny and Oboi had an audience.

The emperor was really angry, and said: "The murderer has not been caught, and the matter has not been clarified yet, so he linked this matter with bribery in the examination room, and posted notices all over the street. You are so stupid!"

Aobai said: "The Juren who lived in the same shop as the murdered Juren Li Jin said that Li Jin always said that he would report the person who bribed the examiner. It was the night Li Jin was killed, and the Juren Chen Jing fled. Everyone Said, Chen Jing's family is rich, and took a lot of money to pass the joint."

The emperor's eyes widened with anger: "Who did you give the money to, you, or you?"

Sony and Aobai hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty, thinking how dare they be so bold.

The emperor said angrily: "Last year, in the autumn, there were cases in the imperial court in the north and the south, which made the court very shameless. Now, people all over the world are saying that this year's spring is the most bribery. I ordered you to investigate, but no one was found! Now that there is a murder case, you see that the wind is rain, and you will add to it and add fuel to the flames! Do you think the people have not scolded the court enough? You have arrested so many people indiscriminately!"

It turned out that Shuntian Mansion asked them to arrest all the people who lived in Happy Forest in order to investigate the case.Aobai kowtowed and said: "The man was arrested by the Shuntian Mansion, but Xiang Bingdao asked the minister. The minister is confused, please punish the emperor!"

The emperor said bitterly: "Remember it first, when the matter is clear, we will settle the score together!"

Soni panicked, "I'm also guilty!"

The emperor glanced at Soni, and said, "I didn't say you have merit!"

Suo Suo and Ao Bai didn't dare to say any more, they knelt on the ground and bowed their heads to listen to the order.

The emperor said: "I ordered you to quickly release all the juren who were locked up! Don't miss their exams! You must also appease them, and the imperial court must not lose the hearts of scholars all over the world! Tear up the notice on the street to arrest that Shanxi juren Come down! Then send someone to investigate privately and arrest them secretly."

Obai said, "I obey the order."

The emperor said again: "Remember, I want to live... What's the name of that Juren?"

Sony replied: "Chen Jing!"

The emperor said: "Remember, whoever committed suicide against Chen Jing must have been bribed!"

Aobai didn't understand what the emperor meant, but said: "I understand."

After leaving Qianqing Palace, Aobai asked in a low voice: "Master Suo, why does the Emperor say that whoever commits suicide to Chen Jing will be bribed?"

Soni laughed and said: "Didn't you explain it clearly in front of the emperor? The emperor is extremely wise, knowing that if Chen Jing is related to bribery, he must be an insider, and no one wants to keep this alive."

Only then did Aobai nod his head, as if he had suddenly realized.

The cold wind wrapped snowflakes in the air, and Gao Shiqi walked on the street with his hands wrapped in his sleeves.He entered a shop, which displayed all kinds of copper and iron utensils.He took a fancy to an exquisite copper hand stove, held it in his hand and played with it repeatedly.The store greeted: "Young master, this is a product of a famous shop and craftsman, you really have a good eye!"

Gao Shiqi asked, "How much?"

The shopkeeper said: "Two hundred Wen!"

Gao Shiqi said, "Two hundred Wen? It's too expensive!"

The shopkeeper said: "My lord, what you said is true, look at the goods!"

Gao Shiqi did not counter the price, counted the copper coins and put them on the cabinet: "I bought it!"

Seeing Gao Shiqi's generosity, the shopkeeper must be a wealthy young man, immediately put on a smile and said, "Young master, you wait, I have a ready-made charcoal fire here, and it is burning red, I will serve you right away!"

Gao Shiqi came out of the shop with a hand stove in his hand and his head held high.Passers-by saw him, but whispered beside him: "You are young, what kind of hand stove are you playing with, old hat!" Someone said again: "Young man of a rich family, you are so weak!" Gao Shiqi didn't hear what others said, He only said that he was envious of his copper hand stove, and looked more and more proud.

Not long after, Gao Shiqi went into the tailor's shop again and chose some materials for his outfit.When the master saw that all he asked for were high-quality materials, he was very attentive.Gao Shiqi spread his hands, let the tailor measure him, and kept telling people: "Master, please make this clothes properly, don't let them laugh at you!"

The master said: "Young master, let's see where you said! I am an old shop with hundreds of years, and you have never heard of it!"

Gao Shiqi said: "I really haven't heard of it!"

The master smiled and said, "The people who come to us to make clothes are all rich families. Young master, don't make fun of me."

But Gao Shiqi said the truth: "Master, stop flattering me. It's the first time for me to buy such good clothes. I, I was still a pauper a few days ago!"

The master looked at Gao Shiqi in surprise, immediately laughed, and said, "My lord, you are also coming to Beijing to rush for the exam? It looks like you are rich and honored."

Gao Shiqi laughed loudly and said, "Your words are true."

The master quickly flattered and said: "As the saying goes, ten years of hard work, it is so bleak; one day in high school, there are dragons and phoenixes among the people!"

Hearing these words, Gao Shiqi was very pleased, and said: "Thank you, Master Jiyan. Please do it quickly, I will wear it in a few days!"

The master promised to stay up for a few nights, and he had to make the clothes of the champion.Gao Shiqi knew that he would never be the number one scholar in his life, so he still felt very comfortable listening to it.

Gao Shiqi left the tailor's shop, and suddenly saw some officials escorting some people over.He suddenly saw Zhang Qian inside, and hurriedly hid in the corner of the alley.It turned out that Zhang Qian and those Juren who lived in Happy Forest were all tied up to Shuntian Mansion for interrogation, but now they have been released by the imperial edict.Gao Shiqi said a few days ago that he was going to be locked up in the courtyard soon, but now he is still walking in the street, afraid that Zhang Qian will lose face if he sees him.It will be a few days before he goes to the Gongyuan, and he said so important in front of Zhang Qian that day, it was a lie.

Gao Shiqi watched Zhang Qian and the others pass by before coming out of the alley.After walking not far, I saw a few yamen servants tearing off the notices on the wall.That notice was for arresting Chen Jing.Gao Shiqi also heard about the case, he never thought that Chen Jing would do such a thing.I also heard a passer-by ask: "What? The murderer caught it?" The yamen servant said: "Who knows? Paste it if you ask it, tear it up if you ask it!" That day and night, Gao Shiqi took Zhang Qian's money, and heard it There is someone outside, it seems to be Chen Jing.He was worried about this matter, but when he heard that Chen Jing had killed someone, he felt relieved.

Poor Dashun was so young, since the young master was lost, he has been crying in the store all day long.Hearing that the young master had killed someone, he was even more frightened to death.Zhang Jian said that he didn't believe that Chen Jing was involved in the murder case, but he felt that Chen Jing was too outrageous.He coaxed Dashun, only saying that your young master will come back sooner or later.Unexpectedly, within two days, all the Juren living in Happy Forest were arrested by the government.Fortunately, Chen Jing put money in the store, so the store didn't chase Dashun away.When Zhang Qian returned to Happy Forest, the first thing he did was to find Dashun.

(End of this chapter)