Great Qing Xiangguo

Chapter 9

Li Zhenye called Wu Yunpeng to his side, and said: "That Shanxi Juren Chen Jing committed crimes by the imperial court, you should be more careful!"

Wei Xiangshu was listening, and guessing that Li Zhenye seemed uneasy, he said, "Master Li, the emperor's order is for Chen Jing to take the exam well."

Li Zhenye smiled and said, "Where did I say that I won't let him take the exam well? I just told them to be more careful."

After finishing speaking, he told Wu Yunpeng: "Every time you burn incense, you have to go and see Chen Jing, and be careful what happens to him again!"

Wei Xiangshu said: "If you disturb me so frequently, how can I take the exam?"

Li Zhenye smiled and said, "I know, Chen Jing is a fellow from Shanxi, Mr. Wei!"

Wei Xiangshu couldn't bear it anymore, and said: "Master Li, don't go too far! What about fellow villagers? Master Li didn't have any fellow villagers to take the exam?" After saying that, he walked away.

Chen Jing read the examination paper carefully in the examination booth, closed his eyes for a moment, and then dipped his pen in the ink.He was just about to fill in the characters of the third generation, when Wu Yunpeng shouted sharply: "Chen Jing! You are involved in a murder case, you must introspect yourself! If there is another incident and you don't leave the examination room, you will be killed first!"

Surprised by this, Chen Jing couldn't help shaking his hands, and a little ink fell on the examination paper.It's over, the test paper is damaged, and if it is not done well, it will be invalidated and entered into another volume.Chen Jing's head suddenly swelled, and his eyes turned black.It took me a long time to calm down, thinking that I would try to get around the ink stain when I put pen to paper later, maybe it could be remedied.

Zhang Jian was writing the examination paper, and suddenly wanted to check the source of the article, so he quietly looked around and picked up the inkstone.Just as he was about to turn on the switch, he suddenly heard a loud noise.It turned out that Wu Yunpeng came over, and he saw that Zhang Qian was a little suspicious.Zhang Qian was stunned and didn't know what to do.Wu Yunpeng became even more suspicious, reached out to take the inkstone, and looked upside down.Finally, he realized the mystery of the cover and slowly unscrewed it.Zhang Qian almost collapsed, thinking that this life is really over, he just listened to Chen Jing's words.Zhang Ban was about to cry, but there was a bang, and Wu Yunpeng threw the inkstone back again, saying: "There is nothing inside, but it is a cheating thing after all. You just need to be careful!" Zhang Ban was so stupid, he looked at the inkstone Covered the shadow box, I thought, could it be that the ancestors appeared?He kept chanting the blessings of the ancestors and the blessings of the Bodhisattva in his mouth.After being so shocked, Zhang Qian almost couldn't recover.

In the afternoon, Chen Jing was immersed in his writing when someone outside knocked on the window so violently that the test basket fell to the ground.Chen Jing looked up, but there was no one at the window.He had just bowed down to pack his pen, ink, paper and inkstone, when he suddenly heard someone outside shouting an order. It turned out that it was Wu Yunpeng who shouted: "Chen Jing, what are you doing?"

Chen Jing raised his head and said, "My lord, I dropped my test basket."

Wu Yunpeng said: "Dropped the test basket? Are you playing tricks?"

Chen Jing said: "My lord, you can come in and search."

Wu Yunpeng opened the door and came in, rummaging around, cursing.Wu Yunpeng picked up Chen Jing's examination paper, nodded unconsciously, and said, "Yo, your handwriting is pretty good."

Chen Jingdao: "Thank you, sir, for your compliment!"

Wu Yunpeng smiled coldly, and said, "Just because your writing is good, you may not be able to pass! You have to be more disciplined!"

Not long after, Wu Yunpeng came to knock on Chen Jing's test booth again.Chen Jing was not frightened, and looked outside calmly.But Wu Yunpeng said: "Chen Jing, you are pretending to be cheating, right?"

Chen Jingdao: "My lord, you have come in and searched several times. If you don't believe me, you can still come in and search!"

Wu Yunpeng was annoyed, and shouted: "Presumptuous! If you are not honest, I will let people stare at you!"

Wei Xiangshu happened to pass by and asked Wu Yunpeng, "What's the reason for making things so difficult?"

Wu Yunpeng relied on someone behind him, and said: "Master Wei, this official is following orders! Mr. Li and you, Mr. Wei, are both examiners, but Mr. Li is the president of the examination. It's really embarrassing for me to be an official. I don't know if I listen to Mr. Li. I'd better listen to you, Master Wei!" Wei Xiangshu was choked speechless, and walked away angrily.

The three exams are finally over.These days, only Chen Jing was not allowed to leave the Gongyuan, and he still had to stay inside after handing in the papers for each match.Everyone else brought charcoal in, but Chen Jing had nothing but the Four Treasures of the Study, and was freezing to death inside.Fortunately, he was young, otherwise he would have lost his life long ago.

At the end of the third round, Li Zhenye quietly asked Wu Yunpeng: "Is that Chen Jing honest?"

Wu Yunpeng said with a smile: "The next official will follow Mr. Li's order and go to see it every other time."

Li Zhenye asked: "How did he do the questions?"

Wu Yunpeng replied: "The lower official didn't read his article carefully, but only saw his good handwriting, which is really admired by the lower official!"

Li Zhenye said: "You watched so closely, he can take the exam calmly, he is quite a character!"

Wu Yunpeng said: "They are all scholars. Some pee their pants in the examination room, and some don't blink with a knife on their necks!"

Seeing that there was no one around, Li Zhenye beckoned Wu Yunpeng to come and talk.Hearing a few words whispered by Li Zhenye, Wu Yunpeng turned pale with fright, and said softly, "This is going to be beheaded!"

Li Zhenye smiled and said: "It's none of your business, I'll take care of the sky falling!"

Wu Yunpeng had no choice but to say: "The next official will follow Master Li's wishes!"

After finishing speaking, Wu Yunpeng went to Chen Jing's test shed and asked, "Chen Jing, it's time!"

Chen Jingdao: "Just waiting for the paper to be handed in."

Wu Yunpeng said: "Submit the paper? Okay! The heavy shackles and iron shackles are waiting for you outside!"

Wu Yunpeng took the test paper and looked at it, suddenly smiled and said: "It's a pity, your article is good and the writing is good, but the surface of the paper is filthy, so it's worthless!"

As Wu Yunpeng said, he shook the examination paper in front of Chen Jing, but there were several stains on the paper.Chen Jing was stunned, his tongue was useless: "Why...how did this happen? You...why did you harm me!"

Wu Yunpeng said loudly: "Presumptuous!"

Chen Jing wanted to argue again, but Suo'etu had already led the people.Chen Jing yelled at Wu Yunpeng: "You framed me! You framed me!" Indisputably, the shackles fell on Chen Jing's shoulders.

Suo'etu scolded: "Don't talk too much! Whether you have been wronged, you can tell clearly in the lobby!"

When Wei Xiangshu saw that someone had taken Chen Jing, he hurried forward and said, "You are a scholar, why do you need to serve him with heavy shackles!"

Li Zhenye also came and said: "Chen Jing is a criminal, according to the law he should wear shackles!"

Suo'etu felt embarrassed and said: "My lords, I don't know who Suo'etu listens to."

Li Zhenye said with a smile: "Chen Jing is Lord Wei's fellow from Shanxi, it's better to save face for Lord Wei, go to the shackles!"

Suo'etu ordered his men to remove the shackles for Chen Jing.Chen Jing was secretly grateful, but Wei Xiangshu didn't seem to see Chen Jing, and turned his face to talk to Li Zhenye: "Master Li, I only have a public heart here, and there is no personal friendship with my fellow countrymen!" Li Zhenye smiled and did not answer.

When Chen Jing left the tribute courtyard, he frightened Mr. Li and Yueyuan who were waiting outside.It turned out that they saw several officials behind Chen Jing, and one of them was still carrying a wooden shackle.The one in the lead was Suo'etu.As usual, there were many people around the Gong Yuan, Ming Zhu hid inside and carefully watched the movements of Yue Yuan and her daughter, she guessed that Chen Jing must have something to do with this family.

Suo'etu led the men to escort Chen Jing to Shuntian Mansion, but when they reached a secluded place, they suddenly killed four masked men, grabbed Chen Jing and ran away.Suo'etu was startled, and three masked men jumped out from nowhere, and approached Chen Jing with sharp swords.Suo'etu quickly drew his knife and blocked a move.So, the three masked men wanted to kill Chen Jing, the four masked men wanted to rob Chen Jing, and Suo'etu and the others wanted to protect Chen Jing.The three groups fought in a chaotic mess.Chen Jing suddenly heard someone shout: "Brother Chen, come with me!" It turned out to be Yueyuan, she took advantage of the chaos and quickly stepped forward, pulling Chen Jing into a small alley.Seeing that Chen Jing had run away, the three groups turned around and chased after him.They chased halfway and fought again.Chen Jing and Yueyuan ran away, and soon disappeared.

The masked group of four ran ahead, and they chased to the entrance of an alley, Mingzhu suddenly stepped out and said in a low voice: "Don't chase anymore! You only hold these two groups, and then get away!" Mingzhu hurried After all, he flew away.The other two groups chased after them, and the three groups fought again.

Seeing that Chen Jing had long since disappeared, Suo Ertu looked up to the sky and said, "How can I do business in front of the emperor!"

After all, Yueyuan is too small to run.Chen Jing called Sister Yueyuan, Yueyuan just shook her head, gasping for words.After a while, Chen Jing said again: "Sister Yueyuan, I can't go to your house anymore, I will find a place to hide by myself, you should go home quickly."

But Yueyuan said: "There is no place for you to hide in Beijing. My father said that you are a criminal! Don't say more, just follow me!"

Yueyuan was familiar with the road, and led Chen Jing to the door of the house very quickly.Dagui opened the door and said softly: "Miss, you are not allowed to enter the house!" Yueyuan couldn't help but push the door open and ran in.The two turned to Zhaobi and were immediately dumbfounded!It turned out that Mingzhu was already here.

Yueyuan's face turned pale with fright, and Mr. Li came back at this time.Just now Yueyuan ran away recklessly, but at his age he couldn't catch up and stop her.Although I was extremely worried, I had no choice but to find someone all the way home.Unexpectedly, both Chen Jing and Yueyuan had gone home, and there were people around the emperor inside.

Mr. Li guessed that something was wrong, so before he had time to speak, Mingzhu asked with a smile, "Hey, isn't this Shanxi Juren Chen Jing?"

Chen Jing was stunned for a while, then calmed down, and said, "Chen Jing has seen the guard!"

With a kind face and kind eyes, Mingzhu said: "Oh, you even know who I am? I am Mingzhu, walking in front of the emperor. Ming is just a small bodyguard in front of the emperor, and he dare not pretend to be an adult."

Chen Jing said, "I know you're here to get me."

Mingzhu shook her hands again and again, and said, "No, no! You and I just met each other! Not long ago I came here to admire the plum blossoms. I have nothing to do today, so I came to disturb the old man again."

Mr. Li knew that everyone was acting, so he said, "It's okay, it's okay. It's cold outside, let's go in and talk."

Mingzhu followed Mr. Li into the house, and said: "I know, the emperor ordered you to be temporarily detained in Shuntian Mansion after you leave the palace. I don't know how you got here?"

Chen Jing said: "I don't know how I came here!"

Mingzhu pretended to be surprised, and said: "This is amazing!"

Yueyuan didn't know what was going on, and she spoke quickly, and said, "You must be playing tricks! I saw a few masked men running out to snatch Brother Chen, and then a few masked men running out to kill Brother Chen. The people who are in charge will deal with both ends! Three groups of people dog-eat-dog and fight together!"

Mingzhu pretended to be confused: "Is there such a thing?"

They were still talking in the clouds and mist, but Suo'etu led people to search in the alley, and they had already arrived outside Li's house.A minion looked up and saw the old plum protruding from the gate, and said, "Master Suo, isn't this the one where you went to admire the plums last time?" Suo'etu nodded.

(End of this chapter)