Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Examination

Cui Xie saw the tragic situation in Li's house, and even hid the secret fear that he had changed the history and harmed the teacher. His heart seemed to be heavy on a boulder, always uneasy.

It wasn't until I saw this person that the stone fell off the ground, and the anxiety that burned him was slightly calmed. He couldn't help staring directly at the jade-like moist face, absorbing the power of calming people's hearts from it, and arrogantly said: "Thank you, Cui Xie is here because of his family's negligence..."

Xie Ying held his arm and didn't ask him to give his full ceremonies. Instead, he lifted him up and said, "Xue Shi Li is a loyal man, and I admire his style for a long time. You are a disciple, and you can save your mentor regardless of yourself. I am also a loyal, filial and righteous person. How can I receive your gift."

Cui Xie wrinkled his brows, raised his eyes and winked secretly, and asked in a low voice: "You are like this..." Will the two eunuchs and Concubine Wan's eyes be drawn?

Xie Ying shook his head slightly and led him into the Siyamen of Zhenfu. He went to the long and gloomy houses on both sides behind Zhengya and said: "The imprisonment is not an easy place to enter. Not to be taken lightly. But I know you are a person who knows the law, and I appreciate your filial piety. Today I opened the Internet and asked people to send these things in. Li Jiaruo also asked them to send them earlier. Right."

The prison is half buried in the ground, and the door is dark and gloomy. Just looking at it makes people feel chilly.

Cui Xie gave the jailer all the wine, meat and money from his waist, so that Li Dongyang could do better in prison. The jailer didn't dare to ask for money in front of Xie Ying, and said respectfully: "Don't worry, the young man respects the bachelor, and takes care of them as a good student."

They... how come there are others?

Cui Xie was so frightened that he watched the jailer enter the imprisonment, and asked in a low voice, "Who else?"

Xie Ying frowned and said, "There are also two Yushi. You may also recognize one, Liu Zan and Liu Yushi who went to Qian'an to investigate your study case, and Yang Yingning and Yang Yushi. They found out about the evils of the concubine election, and Xueshi Li learned from them, so he went on a quarantine with the two of them, and was convicted together..."

The censor cannot be convicted for his words, so someone secretly started to add a few strokes to the trio's memorial to make the words violate the imperial name or temple name.

When speaking in this courtyard, the surrounding guards are far away, but they are not afraid of speaking out. But Cui Xie shouldn't have been the one who entered this place. So he knelt in front of the prison gate, prayed for three times through countless cells, then stood up, bowed his head, and thanked him, "Teacher will take care of you from now on."

He asked in a low voice, "I'm going to run for the teacher and the two adults, but I don't know which way to save people?"

Xie Ying said: "You should prepare three silver rods for redemption first. Your teacher, Xueshi Li, has memorialized the current name taboo of the offender. He should be responsible for a hundred rods and redeem six coppers. The remaining two officials committed the temple taboos, 80 each. , The redemption is four hundred wen. The handwriting on the fold is clear, and they can't see the change themselves, they have to admit it-they can't commit such a small crime. The palace is limited to five days. If you don’t pay the money, you will have to be tortured for comparison."

Cui Xie heard his heartbeat and tinnitus, and continued to say: "I have brought the silver. I will take it to the car. Please check it."

Xie Ying remembered the forty taels he had just given to the jailer, knowing that he must have come with a lot of money this time, and nodded: "Go and get it. Even if you redeem it, you can't release someone, but you can pay the money. Block the mouth of the eunuch."

Cui Xie arched his hands and turned towards the palace gate, almost starting to run in strides. Xie Ying accompanied him to the outside of the courtyard, pointed someone to accompany him to fetch money, stood under the platform and watched him go out, sighing slightly.

Lu Baihu came out of the imprisonment hall and looked at Cui Xie's hurried departure. He also shook his head: "Poor. This case shocked the imperial concubine. I'm afraid he got into his family and couldn't save his teacher. ."

Xie Ying said quietly: "We have nothing else to control. We just manage our own messenger. Don't let your conscience be disappointed."

"Master Xie is right, it's just difficult." Lu Baihu raised the corner of his mouth and smiled mockingly: "A bachelor of the Imperial Academy and two yushis, they mistakenly committed the sacred taboo at the same time when they went to Shushu Humph……"

Those who can use such tricks on the melodrama come from either the chief of ceremonies or the cabinet. These three people offended not only the two middle officials, but also Wan Niangniang’s younger brothers. Wan Shoufu had to press them down to favor the Wanjia. They would certainly not be asked to redeem the rod and get out of prison like others. .

Although their Jin Yiwei wants to be a blue sky now, they still have to listen to the instructions of the emperor and the palace, and some things are beyond their ability.

He sighed and turned back to the public room.

Xie Ying stood silently under the porch, and it took a long time before she whispered to herself: "How difficult is it... it is enough not to regret it."

In a blink of an eye, Cui Xie came back with a bag of money, and looked at him with hope and nervousness.

Xie Ying asked the jailer to count the silver fines that he had paid, and then counted dozens of taels of silver to scatter people to prison, so that the three people in the prison could stay more comfortable.

Because he gave the silver, the town mayor left him to say a few words and it was justified. Xie Ying stepped back and then whispered to him: "This is not something that everyone can get them out with a few folds. It's that the lady in the palace and the close servant hate revenge. You must ask the high **** for this matter. Saying a few words before the imperial court is more useful than a hundred zhezi."

Cui Xie said: "Then I will ask Gao Baihu for recommendation. But I don't know what the two father-in-laws like..."

Xie Ying whispered to him: "You can't go. You are a bachelor's disciple, the eunuch, what reputation do you have! This matter needs me to go, you don't care, you just want to persuade Wanshoufu—— Or find your teacher’s relatives and friends and ask people to try to contain Wan Shoufu."

Cui Xie nodded and replied, "I originally planned to visit a few more adults. I can find one place and one place. If you help me manage the eunuchs, you must use jewellery and so on. The shops have surpluses. I will take some more money and send them to your house."

Xie Ying waved her hand: "Those in my house are much better than what you can get. You can only get one thing, and that is the fairy picture you drew-the second day of November is the Longevity Festival , You try your best to draw me a fairy birthday picture, and I will take this to ask the high **** to intercede for you. You don’t have to worry about Li Xueshi and the others. I’m looking after him in prison and there will be no accidents."

Cui Xie looked at his resolute expression, feeling a little uneasy in his heart, got up suddenly and put his chin on his shoulder, and said in a low voice, "Thank you brother, take care of yourself. The teacher's business is still There are sages in the court, and if you have an accident, I will...I am not just an eunuch, even if I want to be an **** from the palace, I will keep you!"

At such a heavy moment, Xie Ying was amused by him and laughed, patted his back and promised: "I am not one of those provocative officials, where can something go wrong? Don't worry, even if it’s for preservation. I have to take care of your body."

He tidyed Cui Xie's clothes, dusted his clothes, sent him out of the inner hall, and watched him leave Beizhen Fusi.

As soon as he got out of the gate of Fusi Town, Cui Xie ran into the car and told the coachman: "Go to the silk shop and get some silver before going to Yangshe's house."

The two trips from Li's house to Zhenfusi cost a small two hundred taels of silver. It is really like running water. The three hundred taels prepared in advance are not enough for anything.

Only after going through the official business, can Cui Senyi take away all the money from the cabinet.

He took a thousand taels from the cabinet, and Cui Jinzhi, the shopkeeper of the silk and satin shop, was about to cry: "These silvers are reserved for the spring next year to go to the south to buy new goods, and there are three hundred of silver that old customers deposit on the cabinet for interest. , The son took them all away, what did the younger give to others?

Cui Xie frowned and said impetuously: "Someone really came to ask for it. I and Ju'anzhai signed the contract to borrow money, and you won't be asked to take it. This year's New Year will also indispensable for your dividends. You first divide the silver and cover it. Twenty letters of fifty taels, and then fetch me fifty taels of broken silver and two strings of copper coins."

Spend the money to go out and don't even expect to save the teacher and the two Yushi, as long as you can ask Wan Shoufu, Wanxi, and Wanda to stop briefly, and don't force Jin Yiwei to torture them.

He first went to Yang Tinghe's house with his silver on his back. Yang Tinghe was not at home. He was instructed by his family to go to Li Chun's house, the teacher of Li and Yang.

At that time, the old man of Li was discussing the imprisonment of Li Dongyang and the two princes with the two disciples of the right capital Yushi Gengyu, the left servant Li Yu, Liu Daxia, and Yang Yiqing, as well as the sages of the court. He was a young and unofficial juror who suddenly asked for advice, and everyone felt surprised, both surprised and emotional.

The teacher offends the nobles and is in prison, and the students can be regarded as rare good disciples if they can run for them regardless of themselves.

Li Chun called him in to see the officials and asked him: "If the children are not studying at home, why are they here?"

Cui Xie first met the people, bowed his head and replied: "Today my disciple went to Beizhen Fusi and met Xie Zhenfu who was in charge of the prison. Master Xie said that the teacher and the two censors were not wronged in prison. The mistake of the memorial has also been found out. You only need to pay some redemption money, and the disciples have already paid for it. Later, Mr. Xie will take care of it. The three gentlemen should not be tortured again. Shigong, Shibo Liu, Shishu Yang and the adults can rest assured ."

"You went to Beizhen Fusi? How could you persuade Jin Yiwei to take care of them?" Li Yu, the secretary from the left, was a little prejudiced against Cui Xie at the beginning, thinking that he published "Four Books and Asking the Right" as an invitation to buy fame. I saw him today After listening to his words, he really changed his mind and said with a smile: "Okay! Okay! It's really a gust of wind to know the grass, knowing the honest minister, Li Binzhi confiscated you as a student in vain!"

Cui Xie called the Assistant Secretary Zuo, and the future official Shangshu praised him so much. The official tutor was visibly plated with gold. How happy is it to leave it alone?

But at this time, he couldn't take care of his happiness, and lowered his eyebrows and asked pleasingly: "The student cannot rescue the teacher. They can only sit and watch my teacher and the two censors suffer in prison. What is the use of filial piety? This case is involved. Concubine Wan Gui and the two favored eunuchs, I'm afraid that even though the adults have confessed their sins and paid the money, they will be forced to get out of the palace. How can the imprisonment be a place for good people..."

He fell on his knees and said sincerely: "Although the students are incompetent, they are willing to spend their wealth, and the salvation master and two adults will be released from prison."

Yang Yiqing stepped forward and picked him up, and said with a serious face: "This is what I am waiting for the courtiers. It is enough for you to have this intention. You can't force it. Otherwise, when the brothers are released from prison, you will know what happened to you for them. How to deal with yourself?"

They refused to ask for Cui Xie's money, and sent him to the guest room to rest, and they went to discuss how to contact the old and save others. Wherever Cui Xie could sit in the guest room, he took the pencil he brought with him, asked for a blank sheet of paper from the Li family, closed his eyes and calmed down, and only started to design the composition of the fairy birthday picture when his mood calmed down. .

If you give this picture to the **** Gao, you may be able to save Li and the others. Even if you can’t save people, as long as Emperor Cheng Hua likes it, it will be worthwhile for the **** Gao to remember Xie Ying’s benefits and protect him. .

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After Cui Xie left, Xie Ying went to see Li Dongyang.

All three of them were locked up in a cell and had already been subjected to a rod torture when they entered the imprisonment. However, because of this kind of error case, it was only handled by the town manager. There was no Dongchang Supervisor, Xie Ying took care of it, and the three were not seriously tortured. The two strands of their torment have been poured with strong wine, applied with gold and creative medicine, tightly wrapped in clean cloth, and their spirits are all looking good, drinking and talking, without any fear or anxiety.

The jailers were very respectful to such officials and those who wished to go out. They only served on the sidelines, not daring to talk and laugh.

Xie Ying went to look at them outside the cell door. Li Dongyang smiled and said to him: "Lai Jun rescued him and suffered a few punches. Today, he was in the imprisonment to suffer the reincarnation of cause and effect? "

Xie Ying smiled along with them, and only said: "The disciples of Master Li just came here and have already paid three redemption silvers. The adults will no longer have to suffer from the temptation to chase them. Tomorrow I will make a comment. This matter is just that the imprisonment is no better than other places, and you must wait for the holy order to release people. Please wait for a few days for the three adults."

Li Dongyang said freely: "Xie Zhenfu is polite. I think the Jinyiweizhao prison is more comfortable than the prison. The only regret is that I can't taste the wine that washes the wound. I have nothing else here, I just want to Trouble Zhenfu told Cui Xie that I’m waiting here and everything is fine, and I’m about to live in peace, let him take care of my home for me, and I don’t need to visit again."

Yang Yingning said enviously: "Xiya has really received a good disciple, my son is at this age, and I can't stop here."

Liu Zan had visited Cui Xie face to face, and he had a better impression of him, and he felt a little regretful after hearing that: "I knew that I should have accepted him as a student. I took him back to Beijing to study when the case was over. It’s good to compete with Xi Ya Gong for disciples."

When Xie Ying heard them praise Cui Xie, a slight joy came up in her heart, and the corners of her mouth were inadvertently aroused. He lowered his eyes to conceal the joy, and asked the jailers to take care of the three more. He went back and wrote a memorandum of the closing of the case. He said that the three had confessed their guilt sincerely, and their family members had already handed in the money for the redemption. Release the Ning family.

The memorial was handed over, but there was no news at all.

There was no reply and no imperial decree, the fold that he handed up disappeared into the center lightly. But there was a servant from the palace handing out words, saying that the confession of the closed case was incomplete and false, and asked them to retry.

This was as early as he expected.

Since there is no imperial decree, but a light and fluttering sentence, he just pretends that he has not heard it, and instructs the jailer to take care of the three of them, and continue to write memorials to close the case. Tongzhi Zhu Ji saw that he was disregarding his own groundwork, and persuaded him several times: "These three were greeted by the insiders. No matter how you ask for an order, you will not be transferred to the Ministry of Justice, let alone pardon your sins. . Don’t blame the heavens for them—"

He alluded to the imperial palace to the north. Xie Ying put down the melodrama and responded: "The lower officials also know this, but righteousness...those weak scholars can still fight for the people. I, a person who bears the emperor's grace, can see Liang and Wei broke Beijing Taiping, is the emperor's holy reputation?"

The prince’s selection of the concubine should have taken a few days before the Ministry of Rites was ready to inform the people, and the people were not allowed to marry. At this time, the wind was released early, and the people did not know how many bad marriages were made between good and bad, old and young married, and good concubines. They Jinyiwei can't ban private marriages, so they can only ride around, break into the married houses and check them one by one, and order divorce if they don't comply with the marriage law.

Such a noise, on the contrary, the reputation of their innocent sing in the play, Jin Yiwei just got tired.

When Zhu Ji thought of this, he was silent, and sighed: "You said these are the same, but our Jinyiwei is the sword in the hands of the emperor. What is the holy intention, what is it..."

Xie Ying said: "The officials didn't dare to disobey orders. They just pushed what was ordered by the people inside, and added a few more memorials. Adults don't need to worry too much. What they say is not the emperor's destiny. What the husband meant. The next official said something bad. Those two are not the original Wang Zhi and Wang Zhen, and they don't have the ability to make our Jin Yiwei bow their heads."

Zhu Ji asked him to speak more vigorously, and squinted his eyes and said: "Yes, they are not the original Wang Zhi, or even the **** in charge of the East Factory, and they do not have the identity and honor that drives Jin Yiwei like an eagle dog."

It is their duty that Jin Yiwei is under the control of the East Factory, so is it still under the control of an eunuch? Then Liang Fang didn't directly control them, and he was not the most favored eunuch. How could he scare Jin Yiwei into torture and torture the minister with a word?

He gritted his teeth: "Yes. It is neither the emperor's order nor Wan Niangniang's personal decree. We can't respond to this in private. Otherwise, the three officials will turn over and the court will investigate the matter. Going to our Beizhen Fusi?"