The general will eat grass

At the same time as the victory of the Wusha Ridge War, the capital was stormy.Just after the end of the Spring Festival, a student suddenly jumped down from the third floor of the guest room at the back of the Yonghe Restaurant. He carried a pleading paper written in blood on his body, suing some officials in the court for selling test questions, engaging in malpractice, and being unfair to the poor students.

This matter caused a lot of trouble, many students gathered at the gate of the yamen to ask for an explanation, and the time for releasing the rankings was delayed again and again.

The third concubine was having dinner with his friends, and happened to see Zhao Yuansong sitting by the window drinking alone.Third Master Shu's eyes flickered, and he walked over to talk to him and said, "Young master, drinking like this may hurt you."

Zhao Yuansong raised his black eyes with a slightly drunken haze, "Who are you? Why are you meddling in your own business?"

"I'm just a passer-by. When I see the young master's face is kind, I will come here to persuade my superiors."

"You don't care, you go away." Zhao Yuansong said angrily, his cheeks were flushed because of drunkenness.The friends of the third master concubine came over to say hello and wanted to make friends with him when they saw the surprise.This group of people was not serious, they were all good at playing, some tried to persuade them to drink, some made stereotypes, and soon they knew that Zhao Yuansong was bored by the matter of this scientific examination. "With my talents, I was sure to be able to go to high school, but I was destroyed by those sons of poor families. If Chunwei is abolished this time, the imperial examination will have to wait until Qiuwei, but this will not make me lose my trust in the prince!"

Zhao Yuansong was really drunk, and there was no one else around. The third master called the clerk to inquire about the situation. The clerk said that Mr. Hua Yi who came with Zhao Yuansong was in a hurry to leave, so the young man sat here and drank by himself.Listening to the store clerk's description, Third Master Shu guessed that the man was probably the son of Prince Pingnan.

"My lord? What lord?" The third concubine heard Zhao Yuansong's drunken chatter, and was surprised that the person he saw was not the prince but King Pingnan?

Zhao Yuansong grinned and winked, "I won't tell you, that's my prince."

Seeing that he was interesting, the third master and his friends looked at each other, and they had a bad idea, and persuaded him to go with them with a few words.The third master concubine fell behind, his expression changed, and finally he closed his eyes and stopped, saying that he had returned to the Hou's mansion beforehand.Friends laughed at him for always listening to his aunt's words, which was the most boring, and the third master was not annoyed, and turned around with a smile and left.

In the past, he believed in the grievances and debts, and he should not implicate the younger generation.Now that the hidden guard has recognized the master, the power in his hands has dropped sharply. Under Aunt Hua's cursing and pressure, his thoughts have loosened.It can be seen that Zhao Yuansong's collusion with the vassal king is not very good, even if his life is not wanted, it is well deserved to add some obstacles to him.The most important thing is that Zhao Yuansong is the darling of Changle Hou and his wife. If he is unlucky and humiliated, the devoid of conscience parents will be sad. Thinking of this, the third master concubine completely relieved his depression and tried to ignore the pain of conscience in his heart .

After taking a long breath, the third concubine detoured towards the Marquis of Changle.

The case of imperial examination fraud finally came to the court, and the censor Li Dafu held the pleadings and remonstrated to death, "The troubles of the world are not caused by the lack of talent. If you want to do it, those who get it will not make it. The use of a man's talents is also the pillar of the country. If he gets it, he will be safe and proud, and if he loses it, he will die and be humiliated." After kowtowing, he said: "The work of a man is also a job. , must first sharpen its use, sharpen its ability, and then devote less effort and work hard. A sage in a country must first select his talents, practice and verify his name, and then let him go and do things to help. Therefore, following the way of people is an urgent task in the world. Since ancient times, the king who has kept the text, who has no intention of doing so?" Another kowtow, "The so-called literary officials are not just adhering to literary diction, they must also understand the ancient and modern, learn etiquette, and astronomy Personnel. Only those who choose the real materials can have the great plan of the country, the important tasks of governing people, the interests of politics and religion, and the strategy of Anbian." Then kowtow: "I ask your majesty to thoroughly investigate this matter, return the imperial examinations to Qingming, and return Beixuan Kingdom pillars."

In front of hundreds of officials, Mr. Li spoke sonorously and forcefully. At the time when the marriage with Dongyi Shanyu was imminent, the two great feudal lords and friendly foreign states gathered in Beijing. Such a big event happened. His Majesty the Emperor for the sake of face. It is even more necessary to investigate thoroughly. At present, the doctor Yu Shi was granted permission to participate in the performance, and ordered Ting Weiling and Dali Temple to deal with the matter immediately.However, when the case was investigated, a small number of officials from the imperial court were found out, and the officials who made the most profit from it pointed directly at Jiang Xiang's family.

His Majesty the Emperor was furious and ordered the Inspectorate to fully intervene.Just at this time, the documents of the Ninth Prince and the secret agents of the Inspector's Office arrived in the capital. His Majesty the Emperor saw that the Third Prince had secretly opened mines, encircled troops, intercepted and killed brothers, robbed disaster relief food and silver, and embraced his own self-respect. He was so angry that he overthrew After filing the imperial case, he ordered the inspector's office to arrest Jiang Xiang directly without further investigation.He personally led a team of imperial guards, went straight to Concubine Jiang's palace, and threw them into the prison.

In a few days, the third prince was escorted back to Beijing, and the emperor asked him to think behind closed doors on the grounds that the disaster relief was not good.Taichang Temple cooperated with Dali Temple to hear the case of imperial examination fraud. Jiang Xiang secretly sold exam questions for private fraud. Concubine Jiang Guifei committed suicide in fear of crime. From military drawings, oppression of the people, rape, officials not doing business, murder of the Zhao family in Wuyang, etc., the long scroll of crimes is more than two feet long.The Jiang family was overthrown overnight, and more than a hundred people were imprisoned.

The imperial examination fraud case involved a lot of people. In addition to patrolling the streets of Kyoto, there were officers and soldiers from the imperial army and masked inspectors to arrest the suspects.The third concubine was walking on the desolate Ping'an Street, saw a few passers-by in a hurry, and secretly sighed that the turmoil in the court would also kill people overnight.

Walking slowly into the Huanyue Building, the number of guests in the building was reduced by [-]% compared with the usual one. The Third Master Shu stood at the stairs on the second floor, casually glanced at the scene in the lobby. At this moment, the girl who looked like a bell happened to come down from the second floor. When I met the third master, the girl was taken aback for a moment, then quickly regained her composure, and covered her lips with a handkerchief and smiled softly at the third master.

The third concubine narrowed his eyes slightly, and when the girl passed by him, he said softly: "Second Miss Zhao is going to marry into Pingnan Palace soon."

The girl paused, without any response, and went downstairs as usual.

The third master concubine thought of Jiang Zhenglong, who was suddenly caught with many tricks, and looked back at the girl who looked like a bell, and laughed silently.

When Zhao Yuansong and the others returned to the capital, the matter of the Jiang faction had been settled. The three princes were finally imprisoned for life. Prime Minister Jiang and his descendants were sentenced to execution.

When Zhao Yuansong heard about this, he went to prison with Li Yuanxing to visit Jiang Zhengqi, "Zhengqi, do you need me to ask the Ninth Prince for help?"

Jiang Zhengqi was wearing a prison uniform with disheveled hair. He stuck his face between the two railings and looked at them: "Forget it, let's go to the army. I was always suppressed by my brothers in Kyoto. Maybe I can break out of myself in the army." By the way, Yuan Song, if it is possible, can you let me and my aunt be exiled together? Although there will be a grandparent's family to take care of her, I still want to be closer to her."

"Okay, no problem." Zhao Yuansong stuffed him with a package, "Take it, and take good care of yourself on the way."

Jiang Zhengqi took it over, opened it, and said pleasantly: "It's fair, Yuan Song is good to me!" After finishing speaking, he couldn't wait to pull out the wine bottle and took a sip, and the wine was so refreshing that he closed his eyes and felt the same. Hide the moisture in the corners of the eyes.After making so many friends, only Li Yuanxing and Zhao Yuansong came to see him in the end, especially Zhao Yuansong. Their Jiang family and the Dingguo government had long been at odds, and he gradually became estranged from him. I really didn't expect Zhao Yuansong to come to see him.

"I know you like it, that's fine, I'll go to the palace to see the Ninth Prince, and ask him to help arrange for you and your mother."

It is said that the children of poor families will be in charge of the family early, but it is not true, but has experienced many things, and the children of both poor and rich families will grow up. "Thank you, Yuan Song." Jiang Zhengqi took a deep look at him, as if he wanted to engrave his voice and smile in his heart.

The Ninth Prince's disaster relief has achieved remarkable results, and catching the Third Prince who made a mistake is even more of a great achievement.After receiving all kinds of rewards from the emperor, the nine princes have become the third prince with real power.Not to mention Feng Jingde's return to his original post, Zhao Yuansong also became a fifth-rank official of the Taipu Temple, actually an idle official receiving a salary in name only.

One month later, first the nine princes were crowned king, and then Princess Taihe and Dongyi Shanyu Murongtu got married, and the capital returned to its usual bustle.However, Changlehou's mansion was full of gloom and gloom.A month ago, the third young master who had been missing for many years finally returned home. Master Hou and Mrs. Hou were not happy, but became even more at odds with each other.Not to mention the servants, even Miss Zhao Er, who was used to being arrogant, no longer left the yard casually, and Steward Shi stayed in the front yard.

Changle Hou's family affairs turned into a mess, he really didn't understand what the problem was.He respects his wife very much. After more than 20 years, he has never taken a concubine and only has a few concubines.Recently, his wife is always looking for trouble for nothing, which is unreasonable, so he took a concubine to give her a warning.However, the opposite happened, and the wife made more trouble, saying that he was sorry for their vows.He didn't understand that concubines only had one more status than Tong Fang, and she was not happy with him, as long as he returned to his old attitude and softened to him, wouldn't those concubines still be sold?

He trusted his son very much. Six years ago, because of his unrestrained speech, he ordered him to be sent away, and secretly killed more than 20 people in the mansion who knew or might know.In order to prevent the emperor from hearing any rumors of condemnation, he recognized Zhao Yuansong and could use him to take the blame at any time.However, after everything calmed down, he recruited his son back to Beijing, but his son insisted on living outside to take part in the imperial examination. The imperial examination was suspended due to Jiang's malpractice, but his son seemed to be hit hard.He doesn't understand, isn't there still Qiu Wei after the cancellation of Chun Wei?His Zhao Shouyi's son was smart since he was a child, why couldn't he bear this blow?

Now the most worry-free thing is his second daughter, since the Pingnan Palace has been hired, the second daughter has been obediently staying at home preparing for marriage.Marquis Changle decided to take advantage of the many happy events in the capital, advance his daughter's marriage, and bring joy to his family.

In the 13th year of Jianping, on May 28, with the sound of firecrackers in front of the Changle Hou Mansion, Miss Zhao Er was married to the south in a sedan chair carried by Xi Niang.Zhao Yuansong received the invitation this time, followed behind the pale and dull-eyed Zhao Yuansong, and sent his "sister" out of the house.

Zhao Yuansong secretly looked at this "elder brother" who had been missing for many years. He was a little more gloomy in his sickness, and he had a different style when he turned around with downcast eyes.Zhao Yuansong squinted his eyes, always feeling that this person must have been in the place of fireworks for a long time, and his gestures and gestures were actually feminine.A big man, who doesn't sing in Tsing Yi, doesn't act in Huadan, he does this from time to time, which makes people feel so disgusted that they really want to kick him.

"Don't be complacent!" Perhaps feeling the disgust in Zhao Yuansong's eyes, Zhao Yuansong suddenly turned his head and said fiercely: "I will take back everything you took away."

What do you mean?Zhao Yuansong raised his eyebrows and looked at him like he was crazy.