Carrying the wrong sedan chair to marry the wrong wife

After half a month, the scholars who gathered in the capital waited for the most exciting day for them. On this day, the tribute courtyard of the Ministry of Rites in the capital was filled with the list of candidates.

Cheng Yi originally got up early in the morning, and wanted to read the list early and prepare to pack back to Nantong, but unexpectedly, the scholars in this world were more anxious than her, and the inside was already full of water early in the morning.

Cheng Yi sighed, and stood at the gate of the Gong Yuan. At this rate, she would have to stay at the Beijing Inn again today, and she would not be able to leave. In fact, she was quite confident in herself. She stayed to watch the list and waited to go to the Ministry of Rites to collect the documents.

"Congratulations to Duke Xie Yuan, congratulations to Duke Xie Yuan!" Congratulations and congratulations came from behind Cheng Yi.

Cheng Yi heard the sound and looked back, and saw that the person surrounded by people was Zhang Ziliao. She had read Zhang Ziliao's article before, if Zhang Ziliao tried his best to get Zhong Jieyuan this time, then what she wrote would also be true. Can be in the top ten.

The people who squeezed outside learned that Zhang Ziliao was the leader of the Yuan Dynasty, and they all stepped out of the way. Zhang Ziliao came out in good spirits, accompanied by Wu Yan, Meng Ke and others.

Walking to the door, seeing Cheng Yi, Zhang Ziliao smiled and said, "Cheng Yi, today I won Jieyuan, what do you think?"

Cheng Yi looked at Zhang Ziliao, and suddenly felt that the other party was naive, Zhang Ziliao was in Xie Yuan, and she was not Cheng Yizhong, where did he get that feeling?

"Thinking? Hehe, how dare you talk about your feelings in front of Duke Xie Yuan."

Zhang Ziliao was very pleased with the words, thought that Cheng Yi was subdued, and laughed and said, "Cheng Yi, do you regret it now? Abandoning our great friends and becoming a ruffian?"

Cheng Yi smiled and asked: "Hehe, I want to ask Mr. Xie Yuan who is Honghu and who is the ruffian?"

Zhang Ziliao's complexion changed. If it wasn't for Cheng Yidezhong's sake, how could he talk to this person again? He really doesn't know good from bad. Others know that he is Jie Yuan, so he obediently gives way, but this person doesn't care He takes it seriously.

"Cheng Yi, Cheng Yi, let's wait and see." Zhang Ziliao flung his sleeves and left. Meng Ke and the others were behind Cheng Yi's ranking, and they were not angry. They gave Cheng Yi a few glances and hurried after Zhang Ziliao. go.

Cheng Yi looked at the backs of Zhang Ziliao and the others and sighed. She was going back to be a teacher, while Zhang Ziliao and the others were probably going to be officials. Why can't she control her mouth?Just ignore them when you meet in the future, so as not to cause trouble for your upper body and your relatives in the future if you succeed for a while.

"Hey, Junior Brother Cheng, why are you outside the door? Oh, it's time to change your mouth. Congratulations to Cheng Juren, congratulations to Cheng Juren." A scholar walked out from inside, looked at Cheng Yi and cupped his hands to express his congratulations.

Cheng Yi took a closer look and found that he was a classmate, and said joyfully, "Seeing the joyful look on senior brother's face, he is expected to be on the list, everyone is happy."

"Congratulations, congratulations." The senior brother looked around, and then looked at Cheng Yi with a secret look on his face, "I have read a lot of articles by you and that Zhang Ziliao in the past, why are they taking over today?" First name?"

Cheng Yi was stunned for a while, then hurriedly said: "Brother Zhang is extremely talented, he deserves the title."

"You, do you think I can't figure it out? Haha, I know all about your thoughts." The senior brother smiled and patted Cheng Yi's shoulder, "Today hide your strength and bide your time, and tomorrow Penghe will spread its wings. I, just wait." Drink your champion wine."

Cheng Yi repeatedly waved his hands and said, "Brother, you guessed wrong. I have the ambition not to be in the imperial court. Now that I have won my wish, I will leave for Nantong tomorrow to open a school, be a master, teach and educate people."

The senior brother was stunned when he heard the words, and shook his head again and again: "It's a pity, it's a pity, your future is limitless, how can you give up your fame halfway? We scholars, don't we just want this day, you have to go back and think about it." It is."

"Thank you, brother, for your persuasion." Cheng Yi said no more, just bowed to thank him.

"You and I go to the Ministry of Rites together to get the documents?"

"Brother, go first, I want to go in and have a look at the names on my list with my own eyes."

The senior brother laughed and said: "Okay, that brother Yu will go first, and leave."

"Senior brother, let's go." Cheng Yi handed him off.

At this time, when the day was over, the morning court had already dispersed as usual, but today, there were not a single official sedan chair missing in front of the palace gate, and the bearers whispered to each other that something important had happened.

At this time, in the Golden Palace, all the courtiers came out one after another, some were to protect Lu Wenzheng, and some were quick to get rid of him.

Emperor Tianshun looked at the letter urgently submitted by the imperial envoy eight hundred miles in his hand. The letter stated that Lu Wenzheng confessed to the theft of the tribute back then. I will not slander Lu Wenzheng.It's a pity that people do such stupid things for their own selfish desires.

"Your Majesty, Lu Wenzheng's theft of tribute has become a fact. Please punish him severely according to the law, so as to shock people!" Minister of the Ministry of Officials knelt down and shouted.

At this time, the Minister of Rites came out and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Lu has always kept himself clean, how could he commit such a theft? Your Majesty, please send imperial envoys to investigate thoroughly!"

Minister of the Ministry of Rites has friendship with Mrs. Lu's elder brother. This time, he was entrusted by his friends, and the court tried his best to protect Lu Wenzheng. He just watched the trend, and was afraid that something bad would happen.

"Your Majesty, although I don't want to believe Lord Lu to do this, my subordinates are upright and will never speak falsely. If he writes a letter, His Majesty will definitely investigate and have evidence." spine.

"Your Majesty, what the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment said is very true. Moreover, the "Thousand Bamboo Map" was found and stolen. Please punish me severely, so as to serve as an example to others."

Emperor Tianshun opened "The Picture of Thousand Bamboos", it is indeed a famous painting.

"Since that's the case, let's follow the law. It's just that Lu Wenzheng is the only one who is guilty. The daughter of the Lu family can be exempted from the death penalty."

"Your Majesty, this crime is the crime of ransacking one's family and destroying one's family. If you are merciful today, how can all the courtiers follow suit in the future?" Minister of the Ministry of Officials knelt a few steps forward, "Your Majesty, please punish severely according to the law."

As soon as this remark came out, the courtier knelt down halfway.

Emperor Tianshun lamented that it was really inappropriate to change the law for a young talented girl, and an emperor should rule the country according to the law.

"Yes, the decree is drawn up. Lu Wenzheng does not think about being loyal to the emperor and serving the country. He stole the tribute. The crime is unforgivable. The imperial envoy Nantong will be executed."

"Your Majesty Shengming!!!"

There are not a few officials who, seeing that His Majesty's imperial decree has been issued, intend to ask for marriage for their old friends, but seeing that the situation is over, they have to kneel down and accept their fate.

The imperial decree has been issued, they will never offend Tianwei for their friends.

Here, the imperial decree has been issued, and Xu Jinwen also rushed to the capital, entered the city gate, and dismounted when he met an inn to inquire about Cheng Yi's news. After passing through more than ten inns, the shopkeeper found no such person, so he couldn't help feeling anxious .

He left a day later than the people sent by the imperial envoy, and he had to travel in the cold wind for several days to catch up with him. He didn't know if the imperial envoy had arrived yet, so he had to find Cheng Yi immediately. If he couldn't find it today, he would I can only go to Ming Palace by myself.

"Brother, stop the horse." Seeing an inn nearby, Xu Jinwen got off his horse and rushed in.

"The shopkeeper." Xu Jinwen went straight to the counter.

"Dining or staying at the hotel, son?"

Xu Jinwen said: "Neither eating nor staying in the store, I asked the shopkeeper for someone."

The shopkeeper moved his eyes away from the abacus and looked at Xu Jinwen: "Who is it?"

"Cheng Yi, a talented candidate for the exam, please help the shopkeeper to check, do you live here?"

"Cheng Yi? There is no such person in my store."

When Xu Jinwen heard the words, his hopes were filled with hope, but again they were dashed.

The shopkeeper glanced at Xu Jinwen, continued to lower his head to settle the accounts, and fiddled with the beads while saying, "If you have something urgent to find him, go to the Tribute Academy of the Ministry of Rites. Today's list is released, and all the scholars who came to Beijing to catch the exam are there."

Xu Jinwen was overjoyed when he heard that, and thanked him again and again.

But at this moment in the Golden Palace, the imperial decree had already been issued, and the morning court had already dispersed, and all the officials left the Wuchao gate one after another, boarded sedan chairs and headed back home.

Zhang Shoubei looked excited, the whole family was protected, and they were safe from now on.After being happy, he looked sad again, lamenting that his old friend for many years is about to die.

"My lord, we're here." Zhang's attendants opened the sedan chair curtain.

Zhang Shoubei bent over and walked out. As soon as he entered the house, he saw his wife and son beaming with joy.

"Master, our son has met Yuan." Mrs. Zhang was full of joy.

Zhang Shoubei already knew about it, and said with a smile: "It's my son, give me orders to hold a big banquet to celebrate my son's high school Jieyuan."

"Thank you, father, my son has another merciless request." Zhang Ziliao stepped forward and said.

"What's the matter? I'm happy for my father today, but you just say it's okay."

"Son wants to go back to Nantong." Zhang Ziliao said.

"What do you want to do?" Zhang Shoubei turned cold.

"My son knows that the Lu family is in trouble, but he does like Lu Qingyi a little bit. He wants to fulfill his wish before she is beheaded."

Zhang Ziliao's words were cryptic, but Zhang Shoubei understood, raised his hand and gave Zhang Ziliao a slap: "You've given up on me, His Majesty has ordered the execution of the Lu family, so don't cause trouble. "

"Yes." Zhang Ziliao covered his face and nodded Nuonuo. Mrs. Zhang stood cautiously beside her son, distressed and helpless.

Zhang Shoubei taught him a lesson, then turned around and went to the backyard, asking his followers all the way: "Can the housekeeper invite back the official from the Ministry of Punishment who delivered the papers?"

"Yes, the butler is guarding the palace gate. As soon as the yamen servant left the palace gate, the butler invited him back." The entourage replied.

"Well, I don't think he wouldn't dare not come." Zhang Shoubei stopped talking, and then asked in his ear, "Where's the coachman who looks like the servant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice?"

"Go back to the adults and arrange it in the guest room."

Zhang Shoubei nodded when he heard the words, walked all the way to the firewood room, pushed open the firewood door, and walked in.

"Master Zhang, Master Zhang." Seeing the person, the clerk of the Ministry of Criminal Justice quickly knelt down: "My lord, I have sent the fake book to the Golden Palace as you requested, and there is nothing wrong with it, so you can let me and my family go. "

"It's cold on the ground, get up quickly, get up quickly." Zhang Shoubei helped him up, "You, I made a mistake. The note you handed over to the Golden Palace was indeed written by an imperial envoy, not a fake note, understand?"

"Understood." The servant of the Criminal Department nodded repeatedly. He was ordered by the Minister of the Criminal Department to bring the memorial to the capital to present to His Majesty, but he was stopped by people as soon as he entered the capital. The group of people stunned him. When he woke up, he saw himself His parents were tied hands and feet, and then threatened to submit a fake memorial, and then invited into Zhang's mansion after the matter was over.

"Don't be afraid, tell me, have you ever told others about this?" Zhang Shoubei asked with a benevolent face.

"No, no." The official of the Ministry of Criminal Justice shook his head hastily.

"That's good, that's good." After Zhang Shoubei said that, he pulled out a dagger from his sleeve and stabbed it into the abdomen of the official of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

"Clean it up." Zhang Shoubei took out a handkerchief, wiped his hands, threw it on the servant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and said, "By the way, bury him and his parents together. If you can't be reunited while you're alive, then do a good deed." Let them meet after death."

"Yes, my lord." The follower replied.

"There is also the gentleman who imitated the handwriting on behalf of the writer. We will deal with it together. We can't keep alive." After Zhang Shoubei said, he walked out. Now that there is no clue at all, he can sleep soundly tonight.

At noon, many people who watched the list dispersed. Cheng Yi walked in slowly, and went straight to the first list. After standing still, she looked up and found her name on the No.8 position. Cheng Yi She is fascinated by reading, and has never left her poems and books since she was a child, just so that her name can be written on this list.

Cheng Yi looked at her name and was very excited. She had written this name no less than a million times, but looking at her name today, she couldn't help but be overjoyed. This day finally came.

I got what I wanted when I was a child, and I stretched my mind and let me gallop.

Cheng Yi lowered his head and pondered, thinking about what to do next, the corners of his mouth could not hide his joy.

Go to the Ministry of Rites, get the documents, and return to Nantong quickly. A piece of pleading paper enters the Yamen, seizes the house, avenges the grudge, and comforts the father in the sky.Pay a lot of money to redeem Liniang, and a big red sedan chair welcomes you in. From now on, the flowers will bloom and the moon will bloom side by side, smiling to see the plum blossoms in the world.

Cheng Yi thought about it, and when he thought about it, he couldn't wait, and strode out with great energy.

"Fourth brother!!!" Xu Jinwen got off his horse, saw Cheng Yi at the door, was overjoyed, and hurried up to meet him.

Cheng Yi looked up and saw that it was Xu Jinwen, he was suddenly startled, how could Jinwen come to Beijing.

"Fourth brother, I finally found you."

"Looking for me? Come on, what happened?" Cheng Yi's voice trembled.

Xu Jinwen gasped and said, "Big things, big things, I can't talk about them in detail here, go, go, find a secluded place to talk."

Hearing what Xu Jinwen said, Cheng Yi panicked even more, and took Xu Jinwen back to the inn.

After the two sat down, Xu Jinwen poured the tea and said after drinking it all: "In short, Mr. Lu was framed and imprisoned."

"What? Lord Lu is in prison?" Cheng Yi was extremely surprised. A fourth-rank official, if he said he was in prison, he would be in prison?

"The most important thing is that Mancang fell in love with Master Lu, secretly replaced the young master of the Lu family, and imprisoned himself as the young master of the Lu family."

"What?" Cheng Yi stood up, and said urgently, "Why didn't you stop him? He would be executed for harboring a criminal, let alone let the criminal go away under a false name."

"Mancang insists on going his own way, how can we stop him?" Xu Jinwen sighed.

Cheng Yi sat down slowly after hearing the words, and said: "For the current plan, the only way to save the day is to prove Master Lu's innocence. When you came, you came with evidence? If there is evidence, I will immediately contact all my classmates and write to the court to request Investigate the case thoroughly."

"There is no evidence, but there are witnesses. It's just that Hong Fei and the young master of the Lu family have already gone to the border to invite General Qian."

"Go invite General Qian? Why are you so confused? General Qian was ordered to guard the frontier, how could he go to Beijing without recruiting?" Cheng Yi was anxious, "I'm afraid they will return without success this time, and General Qian will definitely not leave without permission. Duty. If he leaves, the frontier troops will lose their morale and no one will lead the army. If they are attacked by the enemy, once the battle is defeated, the people on the frontier will suffer untold hardships. How can General Qian ignore the thousands of people on the frontier for the sake of a Master Lu?"

Xu Jinwen was stunned, "This, so to speak, even if we delay, it will be difficult for the Lu family to clear up their grievances."

Cheng Yi stood facing the window with his hands behind his back, silent in thought.

"Then, then I will quickly write to Fugui and ask him to notify the Shen family to rescue Mancang." Xu Jinwen panicked.

"Rescue? Then who will replace the young master of the Lu family? If he disappears for no reason, the Lu family will be charged with a higher level of crime. Some people will even say that the Lu family has absconded in fear of crime, and they will be convicted." Cheng Yi sighed. The Lu family was executed as soon as possible.

Xu Jinwen panicked after hearing the words: "Then what should we do? Right now, how can we care about the Lu family right now? First rescue Mancang and then think about how to save the Lu family."

"Do you think he'll be fine if Mancang is rescued? Once the incident happens, the court will definitely investigate. Not only will Mancang's guilt be unavoidable, but even the jailers guarding the prison will be inseparable. When the time comes, torture will be severe and many families will be ruined." " Cheng Yi showed grief and indignation, he must look forward and think carefully before doing such a dangerous thing, so reckless, it must be self-defeating.

"Then this won't work, that won't work, what do you say?" Xu Jinwen was anxious, "I grew up with Mancang since I was a child, and I can't just watch Mancang die."

Hearing this, Cheng Yi slowly turned around and looked at Xu Jinwen. Although Xu Jinwen and the others had no accomplishments in poetry, they valued friendship very much.

"Since we have become sworn brothers, we are blood relatives. Why do I have the heart to watch him go to die? However, if we want to save people, we must first think carefully and act meticulously. Otherwise, if we make a mistake, we will never recover."

Cheng Yi said as he slowly sat down beside Xu Jinwen and said, "Now Mancang has become one with the Lu family. If you want to save Mancang, you must first try to get the Lu family out of danger. The Lu family is saved. Mancang's actions are praised by the world. If the Lu family dies, A full warehouse will inevitably lead to death."

"Now, how to save the Lu family? The only witness can't come back."

Cheng Yi said: "For the sake of the present, I will jointly write a letter to His Majesty to express grievances on behalf of the Lu family, and ask His Majesty to issue an order to recall General Qian."

After Cheng Yi finished speaking, he felt that there was no need to delay, so he got up and went to the desk: "Don't be dazed, come and grind the ink for me, I will write the statement."

"Hey!" Xu Jinwen stood up, walked to the desk, just picked up the ink, remembered something, and said: "Oh, yes, before leaving, Mr. Lu wrote a letter to the princess of the Ming Palace, saying that he would let the county The Lord enters the palace to express his feelings to the Queen Mother."

Just as Cheng Yi picked up the pen, he was overjoyed when he heard the words: "Why didn't you say it earlier and believe it?"

"Here!" Xu Jinwen took the letter out of his arms.

Cheng Yi took the letter and unfolded it, and after reading it, he sighed: "Master Lu is indeed a talented woman in this world, this letter makes people cry, who can not feel compassion?"

"Let's go, go to Ming Palace to see the princess." Cheng Yi put away the letter, and the two of them left the inn together, and went to Ming Palace without stopping.

The guards of the palace stopped the two of them.

Cheng Yi cupped his hands and said, "Please tell me, Nantong students are asking to see the Princess."

"The daughter of the princess, how can you ask to see him?" The guard said coldly, without any accommodating meaning.

"I have something important to see the princess, and I have to report to see if the princess will see you or not!" Xu Jinwen was so anxious that he became a little anxious when he saw that the guard was not accommodating at all.

The guard said with a cold face: "No matter what happens, it is not appropriate for you men to ask to see the Princess."

Cheng Yi said, "I'm not here for my own business, but I'm entrusted by Miss Lu, a friend of the princess."

When the guard heard Miss Lu ask, "But Lu Wenzheng is the daughter of Mrs. Lu's family?"

"Exactly." Cheng Yi replied.

"It turned out that it was entrusted by Ms. Lu, but it's not that I'm unaccommodating. The princess went to the concubine's mother's house to pay her birthday wishes a few months ago, but she hasn't returned yet."

"What?" Cheng Yi and Xu Jinwen both turned pale.

At this time, Lu Qingyi, who was worried about this, was even more restless. Once the princess did not return to Beijing, everything would be doomed.

Seeing Lu Qingyi walking back and forth in the prison, Shen Wenchang also got out of bed and hooked Lu Qingyi.

Seeing this, Lu Qingyi looked back at her mother who had her eyes closed, and tiptoed towards Shen Wenchang.

"What's wrong?" Lu Qingyi asked softly.

Shen Wenchang said in a low voice: "Yiyi, why are you walking around? Is it because the bed is cold? Why don't you call the jailers and ask them to help you find a few Mrs. Tang."

Listening to Shen Wenchang's caring words, Lu Qingyi felt a little warm in her heart.

"I'm fine. How about you? Is it cold in your bed?" Lu Qingyi said and turned to look at her mother. Seeing that her mother didn't respond, she continued, "You come here to suffer with me, don't freeze out. Anyway, come."

"I'm fine. After all, I've practiced martial arts, so I can still resist." Shen Wenchang stretched out his hand to grab Lu Qingyi's hand, but just as he stretched out his hand, Lu Qingyi dodged it.

Shen Wenchang was a little disappointed.

Seeing this, Lu Qingyi explained: "It's not that I'm avoiding you, it's just that I've been here for so many days and I haven't bathed before, so I already have a strange smell on my body, which is really inconvenient."

Shen Wenchang had a smile on his face when he heard this.

"What's the matter, I'm different? Does Yiyi hate me? You must know, in case, in case we die in more than ten days, why don't we get close now and become ghosts?"

Lu Qingyi felt that this remark made sense, so what else should I pay attention to at this moment.

Lu Qingyi approached the wooden pillar and stretched out his hand to hold Shen Wenchang, but Shen Wenchang quickly shook it back.

"Why is it colder than my hand? I'll warm you up." Shen Wenchang put Lu Qingyi's hand on his palm and rubbed it.

Lu Qingyi let Shen Wenchang help her keep warm, but she didn't know if she would still have the life to enjoy the true love that came through adversity.

Madam Lu in the back leaned on the bed and slowly opened her eyes. Did the two really think she was asleep?It's outrageous to hold hands so presumptuously. Young people nowadays are really becoming less and less reserved.

Shen Wenchang rubbed Lu Qingyi's hands, the love in his eyes became stronger and stronger, the two of them walked closer and closer, with their toes on the wooden pillars, they approached slowly, and they could barely kiss between the wooden pillars.

Mrs. Lu's eyes widened when she saw this, then she lowered her head and closed her eyes. Now she has to marry if she doesn't marry. Really, there is no daughter who chooses her husband by herself.

Lu Qingyi looked at Shen Wenchang affectionately, and couldn't help saying: "Mancang, I, I said in case, in case I die, will you miss me in the years to come?"

Shen Wenchang paused his hands, raised his head to look at Lu Qingyi, and then said with a smile: "Yiyi, what are you kidding, if you die, I can't escape, let's go to the spring and be a ghost couple." That said, but I was afraid in my heart, the bowl-sized scar on my neck, wouldn't it be ugly if I died, how would I be reborn in the future?