Yangcheng

The Shen family was involved in the big military case, and more than a dozen people were interrogated overnight.

At that time, Shen Changkong was visiting a virtuous scholar in Dongchun. When he went, Shen's house was alright. Who would have thought that when he came back, he would find that the house was more than half empty.

The servant said tremblingly that Shen Yue had brought a group of officials and lords to arrest them, and couldn't help but say that they were all handcuffed.

Shen Changkong was so furious that he went to the most prosperous West Market in Boling to beat the drums on the street to express his grievances!

Shen Changkong blew a drum and attracted nearly a hundred people to watch, scolding Shen Yue, the eldest daughter of the Shen family, for being ignorant of good and bad, and for being an owl that pecks mother's eyes.Back then when her ex-wife was fighting on the northern front, she violated women's morals and committed adultery with servants, so she was divorced by the Shen family and kicked out of the Shen family?Now that Shen Yue returns to Boling, he still wants to avenge this slut!Is it true that there is no distinction between right and wrong?!

Apart from insulting Shen Yue, Shen Changkong naturally wanted to defend the Shen family.

The arrest of more than a dozen members of the Shen family spread throughout the entire Boling Mansion. This matter must have been supported by the emperor, otherwise? The emaciated camel of the Shen family is bigger than a horse? They all came from the Shen family. With the unilateral testimony of a prisoner, it is difficult to take someone so forcefully.

The emperor didn't dare to scold, even if Shen Changkong was famous for his sharp mouth, he only dared to spread unfavorable remarks against the emperor behind his back. He must have the courage to insult the emperor in the street?

So? Shen Changkong shifted the target of insulting from the emperor to the capable ministers and political enemies around the emperor.

In addition to scolding Shen Yue, Shen Changkong pointed out that Tong Shaoxuan, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple today, is servile and flattering.

Not to mention that Shi Ruzhuo, a cruel official of the Privy Council, used brutal methods to beat him into a trick. It has not been a day or two for the three of them to form a clique for private interests.

How can the evil of these treacherous villains be left behind!Continuing to indulge is afraid that it will pollute the atmosphere of Da Cangchao Hall, and even damage the reputation of the emperor!

Shen Changkong has a good reputation in Boling, and he is even more famous among the officials. Lu, he made such a fuss in the West City, and there were a lot of complaints about these three people on the platforms of the major officials in Boling Mansion. , All of a sudden countless distorted infamys were poured on the three of them.

Is it natural to be insulting? There are also those who refute it.

Tong Shaoqing sacrificed his life to protect the small east gate, and saved the people of Boling from being trampled by the barbarians. It has only been a few years, and the people of Boling still remember it all in their hearts.

Also, there was a Southwest beggar thief, who went there for more than three years. The newborn daughter in the family followed to that bitter and evil place. Everyone has eyes, and everyone is watching how much Tong Shaoqing sacrificed.

Not to mention Zhen Guoda? General.General Shen has been fighting outside all the year round, killing Hu thieves to protect Kyushu, and almost lost his own life. How could she be the king's evil?

Even though Shen Changkong could affect the reputation of Tong Shaoxuan and Shen Yue among the scholars, the common people are speaking for them voluntarily.

But for Shi Ruzhuo, the head of the Privy Council who has been acting in secret, it is not so lucky.

Although I don't know what the Privy Council does specifically, but the notoriety of torture, except for Shen Changkong's confusion, no one refuted Shi Ruzhuo's verbal criticism on the stage.

……

Maybe it was because he had been lying down for too long. After the latest round of fever subsided, Shi Ruzhuo felt uncomfortable all over his body, so he went out for a walk in the dark to wake up his mind.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the whole family was reunited, she had no one to reunite with, so she went to the largest stage in West Market to see what the people who scolded her were talking about.

Although there is no curfew tonight, because the Mid-Autumn Festival is a special festival, the West Market will end in the first half of the night. Now it is the second half of the night, and the market is deserted, so there should be no one there.

But under the moonlight, Shi Ruzhuo saw a man sitting on the stone platform in front of the platform where paper and pens were placed for others, with a small oil lamp beside him, and he was burying himself in a book.

The man wrote very fast, and when he finished writing one piece, he moved his buttocks, got off the stone platform, and slapped it hard on the Sizuo platform, angrily said:

"It's full of nonsense, what do you know? Fart. Let's see how you can refute it now!"

Tong Shaoxuan patted hard this time, and only after he finished the slap did he feel that his palm was red and numb with pain.

When she waved her hands, she seemed to see another call to action in the corner of the stage, also scolding Shi Ruzhuo.

She brought the lamp, and without wasting paper, she wrote vigorously next to the call to action, just like reviewing documents, giving dense "guidance opinions".

After finishing writing, she bit the pen sideways in her mouth? and looked back, quite satisfied with her fluent and well-founded rebuttal and blunt innuendo.

When she turned her head, she saw Shi Ruzhuo standing behind her. The pen in her mouth loosened and fell off, drawing a long line of ink on her plain clothes.

Tong Shaoxuan: "Ah!"

Shi Ruzhuo: "..."

The two looked at each other in epic embarrassment.

Shi Ruzhuo folded his arms on his chest: "What are you doing?"

"Practice calligraphy."

"..."

Shi Ruzhuo stepped forward, took the oil lamp from Tong Shaoxuan's hand, and looked around at the words on the platform and Tong Shaoxuan's rebuttal.

"Tong Shaoqing's writing skills? It has improved a lot." Shi Ruzhuo commented.

Tong Shaoxuan didn't expect to get her compliment, and was about to respond when the light flickered in front of her eyes, and the oil lamp returned to her hand.

"However, there is no need to waste this kind of time. You should focus on more important things. How others say about me is not worth mentioning to me."

Tong Shaoxuan nodded, but not in agreement: "Then why did you come here?"

With a rhetorical question, Shi Ruzhuo blocked Shi Ruzhuo.

Tong Shaoxuan picked up the pen and sat back on the stone table.

"Boling Mansion is so big, but the atmosphere on the stage is similar to that in Su County. The Tongfu restaurant in Su County is still open, and my third sister's apprentice is in charge of the cooking." She turned her head and looked directly at Shi. Ru Zhuo said, "If you hadn't been so brave and denounced He Hua Lou's despicable behavior on the platform, maybe our family would have gotten into more trouble, and everything in the future would be even more unclear. "

Shi Ruzhuo looked away uncomfortably: "What are you talking about..."

No matter where she looked, Tong Shaoxuan still stared at her firmly: "What you did for our family? I will always remember. No matter what you want in the future? Which way to go, what identity you carry, you stone Ru Zhuo will always be my best friend. I will do everything for you that a best friend should do."

……

Shen Changkong sent people to post the call to action on the platform, and as many people posted tit-for-tat rebuttals, the writing was sharp and the diction was brilliant, not only did the call to arms be completely refuted, but the meaning of ridicule was vivid.

After all, this was written by the head of the Jinshi Department.

In terms of articles, people between the ages of 30 and [-] in the court today draw a circle. I am afraid that there are not even one who can stand out from Tong Shaoxuan.

Every time the passers-by saw the scramble on the platform, they would read the essays as jokes, and then compare the rebuttal articles. Judging from the literary talent alone, the essays fell a lot.

Don't care about the matter? What is the truth? Naturally, the people of the neighborhood believe in better literary talents, so they believe that the Privy Council punishes all villains, and Master Shi? They are all doing things for the emperor? Punishing rape and eliminating evil should not bear the infamy.

For a while, the master Shi, who endured the humiliation, became the protagonist in various folk tales. The fictional stories based on her were popular in Boling Mansion, and almost everyone had a copy.

Lu Lanxin bought a stack and came back, and read it aloud with emotion in front of Shi Ruzhuo.

Shi Ruzhuo: "...If you read it again, get the hell out of Shifu."

Shen Chang was in a panic, who the hell is this good at writing.It's not good to go on like this.

Shen Changkong summoned the available members of the Shen family, as well as a large number of retainers and counselors in the Shen family's annex to discuss countermeasures.

But just want to find someone who can fight against the refuted articles on the stage, and one by one can't find an angle to refute after reading the articles.Even if I forcefully write it, it's nonsense. I really made Shen Chang feel uncomfortable, drove everyone away, and prepared to write by myself.

As a result, he himself wrote one too? Impatient and impatient, he couldn't find an entry point at all.

He dropped the pen and sent someone to bring the wine.

Shen Changkong loves to drink alcohol. Whenever he writes and feels nothing, he will drink a couple of cups, and then he will be inspired immediately, and he will finish it in one go.But tonight, after drinking two cups, I have no inspiration, but I am so dizzy that I can hardly sit still. The pen is dangling in my hand and I can’t hold it steadily, let alone write an article.

Seeing the words split on the paper, Shen Changkong rubbed his eyes, feeling a little strange in his heart, why did he get drunk after drinking such a little.

It seems that today's article will definitely not be written.Shen Changkong didn't want to embarrass himself any more, he put down his pen and walked out of the other hall.

He still has to visit his teacher tonight, maybe the teacher can give him some advice.

Before going to see the teacher, Shen Changkong also made a special effort to clear the smell of alcohol from his body.

He has always respected his teacher. Mr. Han dislikes drinking the most. He thinks drinking is misleading. He once reminded him to drink less.

As soon as he got into the carriage, Shen Changkong felt even more dizzy. He lost consciousness before he grasped it firmly.

When he woke up again, he was awakened by a sudden scream.

Shen Changkong had a splitting headache, his eyes could only be opened a crack, and his chest seemed to be pressed by a pile of burnt charcoal, which made him suffocate and burned so hard that he couldn't speak.

There is a vague figure shaking in front of me, it seems to be a woman.He strenuously propped up his upper body and wanted to get closer to that person to ask what happened, but was scratched by the other person's sharp nails. Just then, Shen Changkong leaned back with an "ouch", just in time for the other person's convenience. With a kick on his chest, he directly kicked Shen Changkong to the ground.

"Come on! Help! Catch this shameless apprentice! Mr. Han! Mr. Han!"

The wailing voice of the person in front of him scratched Shen Changkong's ear sockets, and immediately woke him up.

At this moment, he saw clearly that this person in front of him was the concubine whom his teacher Han Fan had just married and loved very much.

The concubine's clothes were disheveled, and just now he was scratching his hand tightly holding the front of the skirt, with a look of horror on his face.Shen Changkong's chest was chilly. When he looked down, he found that his robe had been ripped off at some point, and his belt was hanging loosely around his waist. There were only the two of them in the wing room. The scene was ambiguous. If they were seen, it would be extremely easy to let People are full of imagination.

"Hey, what happened here?? I don't remember anything! You, don't shout!" Shen Changkong blushed, wanting to step forward and cover the concubine's mouth, if someone else broke into It's really hard to tell when you come in!

"Woooooo!"

The concubine was pressed to the ground by him and made an indistinct sound, making the scene even more messy and ambiguous.At this moment, the slaves of the Han family rushed over upon hearing the sound, kicked the door open, and looked at Shen Changkong who was covered in sweat and messy clothes.

This time I really jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't wash myself...

"Scumbag! Let's see where you're going! You...you still? If you don't, you'll be caught without a fight! Cough, cough, cough!"

Coughing, Han Fan chased Shen Changkong for two streets. He was out of breath but couldn't catch up. He was so angry that he took off a shoe and threw it at Shen Changkong's back.

Shen Changkong was in so much pain that he was dying, and while running he still had to explain: "Sir! Do you want to trust me! Someone must have hurt me!"

"You explain... What else do you have to explain?! You? Beast! Why do you want to push the blame for doing something inferior to animals? You...cough cough cough..." Han Fan chased after him. Panting, clutching his chest out of breath.

No matter what Shen Changkong said, Han Fan didn't believe it at all.

While the Han family was chasing and beating Shen Changkong, the concubine was lying peacefully on the soft bed of the wing room at home, grinding her nails leisurely.

Shen Changkong has always cherished his wings. He is in his early twenties and has not yet married. In the future, he will not be very close to women. He just wants to focus his energy on his official career and accomplish something big.

No matter where you go in or out, you must be well-dressed, and there is no room for inappropriateness?

But now his hair is disheveled, he is holding his trouser belt, and there are three bloodstains on his face from the woman's claws. He is sweating and fled in a hurry on the street, looking very embarrassed.

Not to mention that Han Fan didn't believe it, even he himself wondered if he really did something wrong with that concubine while in a coma?

Shen Changkong was chased by Han Fan and the slaves of the Han family all over the square with sticks, attracting countless onlookers, pointing and laughing.

Shen Changkong's embarrassed appearance and the scandal he has done? It spread all over Boling within a day.

The good reputation he had managed for many years was destroyed, and what was connected with the three characters "Shen Changkong" was no longer praise, but a reputation for being unkind to his mentor and concubine.

What's even more deplorable is that Han Fan was so angry that he died on the spot while chasing and beating Shen Changkong.

Shen Changkong couldn't believe it? His mentor, Han Fan, the servant of the official department who was quite talented in worshiping the prime minister, died like this...

When Shen Changkong returned to the mansion, he was furious.

This must be what Shen Yue did... It was Shen Yue who harmed me!

Thinking of Shen Yue, Shen Changkong suddenly understood, Shen Yue wanted to let him taste the taste of ruin, in order to avenge her wife for being framed.

"Shen Yue..." Shen Changkong wept blood with hatred, but he had no energy left to turn around?

As the second-in-command of the official department, Han Fan unexpectedly died on the street because of chasing and beating an adulterer. Lan Wan rushed to Han's house after learning about this.

Actually? It's true.

When Lan Wan saw Han Fan's corpse, her ears were filled with the wails from the mourning hall, and her heart already began to quickly figure out who should fill the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

For the officials, for Lan Wan, Han Fan's sudden death was very difficult, and if he passed away in this way, Shen Changkong's reputation would be completely rotted, and the Shen family might not be able to keep it.

Lan Wan has just adopted a son and a daughter, and has taken over several generals. Before the new plan is fully laid out, she lost two generals.

Really caught off guard.

"This time, Shen Changkong's reputation has spread far and wide, and Han Fan's death seems to be retribution and a coincidence, but there must be someone behind the scenes who contributed to the flames, and this push was just right, without even showing his face, and the matter was settled. This matter? There must be Wei Xi behind the support."

Lan Wan came out of the Han residence and got into Lu Jian's carriage.

In the carriage, Lu Jian was wearing a fur coat, and under the fur coat was the scarlet-colored official uniform of Da Honglu, which symbolized that the scarlet robes of the dignitaries in the center of the sky and Lu Jian matched each other perfectly, as if they were natural. Designed according to her temperament, facial features and skin color?.

"The Son of Heaven has matured, and his methods are becoming more and more tough." Lu Jian said, "At first, I thought that Shen Changkong would be able to deal with Shen Yue one or two, but it seems that he is still missing a move."

Lan Wan wiped a fallen leaf off Lu Jianfu's head: "After all, Shen Yue was the first hidden danger we wanted to get rid of. This person is unfathomable. It would be bad if she was kept around." She survived... For the current plan, I can only let go of the Shen family. I arranged a marriage for Xiang'er? I will marry the daughter of the Zhong family's prostitute in the first month of next year. How many marriages do I have for Ah Du? intention……"

The so-called Xiang'er and Adu are her adopted son and daughter.

Lu Jian asked, "What do you two think?"

Lan Wan heard her words, a little funny: "Mother's arrangement, how dare they say 'no'? Do you think they are all like your unworthy girl?"

Lu Jian smiled lightly.

"You've been too tired recently, why don't you? Take care of your body, don't relapse after recovering a little bit." Lan Wan asked her.

Lu Jian said: "It doesn't matter if I'm busy, the most important thing is not to relax the layout. Now that Han Fan is dead, Shen Changkong is useless, Shen's family is abandoned, and the secret report from Fengzhou this morning is probably left to We're running out of time. That thing? It has to be arranged as soon as possible."

When mentioning the Fengzhou secret report, Lan Wan's face darkened a bit: "I hope my brother can survive this test. Otherwise..."

"Otherwise..." Lu Jian looked at the sprawling blood-red sunset glow on the splendid buildings outside the car curtain, "Perhaps this beautiful view of Boling will no longer exist."

At the gate of the east city of Boling, the officials of Honglu Temple sent a wave of Hu State missions to the entrance of the city gate, and the city guards checked the talismans one by one after reading the documents.

After confirming that it was correct, the people from the Hu State Mission were sent out of the city.

Xiao Chengwei was on duty last night, and he was on duty again today. He was almost sleepy? He couldn't stand upright.

But the barbarian walked through, he didn't want to hurt Da Cang's face, so no matter how sleepy he was, he straightened his back and his eyes were piercing.

The mission's carriage and party headed out of the city mightily, and the guard's stern eyes fell on their faces.

A gust of wind blew and rolled up the curtains of the carriage, and Xiao Chengwei just happened to look at the man in the carriage.

The man glanced at him coldly, turned his eyes away, and pulled back the car curtain. The bottom buckle was fastened to the bottom of the window, and the inside of the car was completely covered.

This? Huren, looks no different from Cangren.

Xiao Chengwei thought in his heart, he still thought that Hu people had tall eyebrows, deep eyes and long eyelashes.

……

After Han Fanheng's death and Shen Changkong's reputation plummeted, there were no more articles insulting Tong, Chen, Shi and the others on the stage.

The Jingzhao Mansion searched the Shen clan overnight, and put a group of people including Shen Changkong in prison.

Jing Zhaoyin personally retried the case of Tang Guanqiu's injustice, and interrogated sixteen slaves of the Shen family, asking them to explain the whole story of the original case of Tang Guanqiu's adultery with his slaves.

That slave at that time disappeared long ago, and under strict examination by the other slaves, the words they described were completely consistent, and there was not a single word that was different.

Jing Zhaoyin is experienced and experienced, and even though Shen Yue, the general of Zhen Guoda, avoided suspicion, he still came and sat by the side of the hall to listen, even if he didn't say a word, he still gave Jing Zhaoyin Ji A lot of pressure?As soon as Jing Zhaoyin heard it, he heard that all the 16 people had colluded with each other. Otherwise, how could they say one thing? All from the same point of view? The score is not bad?

Jing Zhaoyin sent people to be tortured, and the 16 people were beaten separately, and they were not allowed to meet.

After a round of board service, three of them fainted, and 11 people still kept silent, but two of them wanted to confess.

Jing Zhaoyin interrogated the two alone, and the two finally revealed the truth, admitting that the Patriarch of the Shen family ordered them to frame Tang Guanqiu.

Jing Zhaoyin came out of prison, heaved a sigh of relief, found Shen Yue, and told her the story of the prisoner's confession.

Shen Yue made a hand salute: "Thank you, Jing Zhaoyin."

Jing Zhaoyin hurriedly replied: "It should be, it is our duty to promote good and eliminate evil! This is the duty of a subordinate official? Ah."

Tang Guanqiu's case was completely overturned, and the process of overturning the verdict was posted on every city gate.

Tang Guanqiu's trumped-up charges were finally rehabilitated, Shen's family was confiscated, and the prominent family that had been in Boling for decades collapsed overnight.

Tang Guanqiu was finally able to walk calmly under the sunshine of Boling Mansion again.

Occasionally, I will have a chat with someone I met before.

Although people will look sideways, most of the eyes looking at her are sympathetic.Sympathize with her experience, sympathize with the Tang family's experience.

For the humiliation she suffered in the past, she has nothing to say.

It is not she who should be ashamed, but the villain who hurt her.

On this day, the entire Boling was covered with heavy snow, and a thick layer of ice formed on the moat. Many people were skating and playing on the river.

Shen Yue and Tang Guanqiu walked hand in hand in the heavy snow, passing every familiar place in their hometown, every place that had important memories for them.

As if they were not afraid of the cold, they recounted the past scattered in Boling Mansion, talking and laughing at each other.

Shen Yue has not been so relaxed for a long time, she has been immersed in the trial, and the tense confrontation has been completely disintegrated by Tang Guanqiu's smile. Even if she is walking in the snow all over the sky, she still feels warm and bright.

The snow fell on their buns, hairpins, eyebrows and eyelashes, as if they had joined hands to die, and their heads turned white overnight.

Tang Guanqiu happily patted the snow off Shen Yue's shoulders, kicked it into his sleeves, and warmed Shen Yue's cold face with his hands that were warmed by the stove.

She turned her head and pointed to the river: "Ah Ying, let's go skating too."

Shen Yue didn't expect her to be so interested: "I know you can wrestle on flat ground, let alone ice skating. Aren't you afraid of falling?"

Tang Guanqiu was even more unconvinced by her words: "That's why I want to skate! Otherwise, I won't be able to learn it in my life!"

After finishing speaking angrily, he immediately changed his tune and smiled brightly: "And isn't it because you are here? Can the General? Make me fall on my back?"

Shen Yue couldn't resist Tang Guanqiu like this.

One sentence can get her to promise anything?

"Okay, but you are not allowed to let go of my hand." Shen Yue confessed, she had already held Tang Guanqiu's hand firmly before reaching the ice.

Tang Guanqiu looked back brightly and smiled: "I will never let go of your hand."

The bright light in Tang Guanqiu's eyes made the snowflakes before Shen Yue's eyes softer, as if it wasn't a heavy snowfall, but a cold and sweet caramel.