Lian Erye's Road to Imperial Examination

For two days, Jia Lian and two guards secretly inquired about the news and discovered many things.I am going to wait for Master Jiang to come and report to him.

Two days later, the imperial envoy's team arrived in Jinling on time, and Jinling officials, big and small, put on a big front to welcome the imperial envoy.

The formation is very large, but there are many people, not extravagant ostentation.In order to show the severity of the disaster in Jinling, all officials in Jinling, big and small, pretended to be pitiful.

Because Jia Lian was just a small fifth-rank official, he did not appear in the team, and did not attract the attention of officials large and small in Jinling.

The officials in Jinling didn't notice Jia Lian's existence, so Jiang Qingyun naturally wouldn't mention it.As for Master Zhu and Master Shen, they didn't mention it, after all, Jia Lian didn't play a very important role in this disaster relief.

After the welcome banquet, Jiang Qingyun asked in detail about the disaster situation in Jinling.Officials in Jinling, of course, described the disaster situation in the most serious direction, in order to get more money for disaster relief.

After talking with Jinling officials in detail for a long time, Jiang Qingyun didn't go back to rest until it was late.

Master Zhu and Master Shen naturally went to find their "allies" in Jinling.

Don't underestimate Jinling, there are [-] or [-] officials, large and small, in Jinling.These twenty or thirty officials were obviously divided into two factions, and they were basically the First Prince and the Fourth Prince.

The officials in many places in the south of the Yangtze River are similar to those in the capital. They are basically divided into two factions, both of whom belong to the First Prince and the Fourth Prince.

The prefect of Jinling was surnamed Cao, and he belonged to the First Prince.

Master Zhu went to him and asked in more detail what had happened in Jinling during this period.I heard that Mr. Cao ordered the massacre of many refugees some time ago, and he was so shocked that the teacup in his hand fell to the ground.

"What did you say? You ordered the massacre of the refugees?" Master Zhu stared wide-eyed in astonishment, his face full of disbelief, and then angrily said, "Who gave you the courage?"

"I can't help it if I don't kill them. Those refugees rioted. If they don't kill them, they will start an uprising, and then it will become even bigger." Master Cao said this with a helpless and aggrieved expression.

"Then you can't order those refugees to be killed!" Lord Zhu looked at Lord Cao with eyes that looked mentally retarded, "Didn't you personally send the case to the Fourth Prince?"

"Regarding this point, adults can rest assured. The order to kill refugees is the decision of all officials in Jinling, not the decision of the lower officials alone." In Jinling, although the officials are divided into two factions, their relationship is not very hostile. Rather subtle.For example, regarding the imperial envoy coming to Jinling for disaster relief this time, the two factions reached an agreement, unanimously speaking to the outside world, the foreigner will naturally be the imperial envoy, and then keep the relief money, and then the two factions will each share half.

Mr. Zhu also served as a magistrate in the past, and he knew the twists and turns among magistrates.Hearing Mr. Cao's words, he knew that they had reached some kind of agreement with the fourth prince's people.

"You make a decision together, do you have any evidence left?"

"Yes." Master Cao took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Master Zhu, "This is the agreement we signed."

Master Zhu took the agreement, looked carefully, and found that their people and the fourth prince's people had signed the agreement, and he felt relieved immediately.

"If that's the case, then there's nothing to worry about."

"My lord, how should we deal with the imperial envoy this time?"

"Jiang Qingyun is not from us, nor from the fourth prince. He remains neutral. With his temperament that is afraid of trouble, he will not meddle in our affairs, so he will not interfere in our affairs." Master Zhu stroked his little mustache , said with a faint smile, "He's nothing to worry about, but let's not overdo it. If he's not good at dealing with the emperor, maybe he will intervene."

Mr. Cao was confused by Mr. Zhu's words, and asked with a confused face: "Your Excellency, what do you mean...?"

"My lord means that we don't want to intervene in the money for this disaster relief, and let the disaster relief proceed smoothly."

"Ah?" Master Cao opened his mouth wide in surprise, "My lord, there are a lot of silver taels for disaster relief this time, wouldn't it be a pity if they don't move?" With so much money, it would be a pity not to take it down.

Master Zhu also felt that it was a pity, but this was the order of the prince, so he had to obey it.

"My lord said that the emperor attaches great importance to this flood, otherwise he would not have sent Jiang Qingyun to the south of the Yangtze River as an imperial envoy."

"Jiang Qingyun has nothing to be afraid of."

"My lord means that this disaster relief may be an opportunity for the emperor to test him and Prince Jin."

"What do you mean? The emperor wants to use this disaster relief to test the prince and Prince Jin. Who can be the prince?"

"My lord thinks so."

Mr. Cao was surprised, and he was stunned for a while before he realized it, and then his expression was very excited, "Then we must do a good job for the prince this time."

Master Zhu nodded: "So, don't touch the money for disaster relief this time."

"Can't you move at all?"

"If the prince wants to move, he can't take too much, not more than 10 taels of silver."

When Mr. Cao heard this, he immediately beamed with joy: "Don't worry, my lord, the lower officials know it well, and they will never hold back the prince."

"When the prince becomes the prince, you can take as much as you want in the future. This time, let's be wronged first."

"That's what the lord said."

At this time, Master Shen's side was also in the same situation.

Jia Lian learned that Jiang Qingyun had arrived in Jinling, but it was not convenient for him to go to Jiang Qingyun at this time, and continued to hide his identity to inquire about the news.

On the second day after Jiang Qingyun arrived in Jinling, he inspected the disaster situation in Jinling. Seeing that all the farmland and houses outside Jinling City were destroyed, he felt very sad.

After the inspection, he began to prepare for disaster relief work.

On the third day after Jiang Qingyun arrived in Jinling, Jia Lian also rushed to Jinling.

Only then did the officials in Jinling notice Jia Lian's existence, and knowing that he was also an official assisting Jiang Qingyun in disaster relief, they didn't take him seriously.

They knew the news about Jia Lian. This year's No. 1 Scholar won six prizes in a row, No. [-] in the history of imperial examinations, and was highly valued by the emperor.

As soon as Jia Lian arrived in Jinling, he began to deal with the aftermath of the disaster.

First: To properly resettle the victims.

The disaster outside Jinling City was particularly serious this time, causing many people to be displaced and homeless.These refugees should be resettled and their living places arranged.

Jia Lian asked Jiang Qingyun for instructions to find a place to house the victims.

Officials in Jinling cooperated very well and found a large yizhuang to house the victims.

This Yizhuang is located on the outskirts of Jinling, and I don't know which Yizhuang it belongs to. It has been vacant here.Because it has not been lived in for a long time, it is a bit dilapidated, but fortunately it was not destroyed by the flood.

Send people to clean up Yizhuang, and the refugees will be resettled here.

Hearing that the imperial envoy was coming, refugees from outside the city flocked to Jinling City. This time, there were no officers and soldiers to stop them from entering the city.

There are too many refugees to fit in one Yizhuang, and there are no other vacant houses in Jinling City, so they have no choice but to set up tents for the refugees to live in temporarily.

After resettling the refugees, the second step is to disinfect.You must know that after the flood, plagues will easily appear.

Jia Lian asked the soldiers to frequently sprinkle lime on the places where the refugees lived. In ancient times, there were no disinfection tools, and the only thing that could kill viruses was lime powder.

Not only do you need to sprinkle lime powder frequently, but you can only drink boiled water, not cold water.Refugees with fever must be isolated.

Boil some medicine to prevent wind and cold and medicine to strengthen the body for the refugees to drink every day to prevent the occurrence of plague.

Regarding the daily life of the refugees, porridge and steamed buns are distributed to the refugees every day.Clothes and quilts are also distributed to the refugees. Although the temperature is high during the day, the temperature is very low in the morning and evening. If you don’t wear warm clothes, you will easily get sick, and then the plague will be caused.

After resettling the refugees, the next step is to resume production as soon as possible.Jia Lian ran outside the city and arranged for soldiers to reclaim the rice fields destroyed by the flood.

Jiang Qingyun was very satisfied and moved to see Jia Lian doing post-disaster restoration work in an orderly manner.Sure enough, the emperor did not send the wrong person here, Mr. Jia is really good at this kind of thing.

While Jia Lian arranged for people to repair the rice fields, he also sent people to prepare grain seeds.After the rice fields are reclaimed, they can be sown directly.

The next step is to build houses. The houses outside the city are basically destroyed and can only be rebuilt.

Jia Lian spent a lot of money on repairing and rebuilding after the disaster, which made Jinling officials very dissatisfied.They originally planned to take less silver this time, but ended up giving money to the refugees, which made them very upset.

Officials in Jinling called it poor one after another, saying that they did not have so much money to repair and rebuild.

Jia Lian is just a fifth-rank official, only responsible for post-disaster repair and reconstruction work, and he doesn't have to worry about other things.Jiang Qingyun will take care of these tricky things.

During this period, Jia Lian was engaged in reconstruction work outside the city every day, unaware of the intrigue among the officials in Jinling City.Although he didn't know what happened, he could feel that the atmosphere was a little different.

I don't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt as if someone was staring at him during this time.

Because of the presence of Wang Shiwei and Zhang Shiwei, Jia Lian quickly put this matter behind him and continued to work on post-disaster repairs and reconstruction. After all, they could only stay in Jinling for half a month.He hopes to get everything right before leaving, so that the refugees can live a good life.

As the imperial envoy, Jiang Qingyun circled among the officials in Jinling, while secretly investigating the matter and collecting evidence.

Seeing that Jiang Qingyun was only in charge of disaster relief, Jinling officials didn't care about other matters, and they didn't hinder their interests, so they didn't hit him hard.

On this day, Jia Lian went to Yizhuang to visit the refugees.

A lot of refugees were settled in Yizhuang. He was afraid that there would be a plague, so he planned to go and have a look, and then told them well, after all, they were about to leave Jinling.

Jia Lian is good-looking and has done a lot of things for the refugees, so she is very popular among the refugees.As soon as he went to Yizhuang, he was surrounded by refugees, who greeted him one after another.

Seeing that the sanitation in Yizhuang was still messy and dirty, Jia Lian reprimanded them severely with a straight face, telling them to clean up the sanitation so that they would not get sick.

After leaving Yizhuang, on the way back to the city, Jia Lian and the others were surrounded by a group of men in black.

There are more than twenty people in black, while Jia Lian and the others only have five or six people.

Jia Lian couldn't help being a little dumbfounded looking at the battle that he had only seen on TV. Was he assassinated?

This group of men in black each held knives or swords in their hands, and each of them exuded a strong killing intent from top to bottom.

Wang Shiwei and Zhang Shiwei immediately protected Jia Lian, "Lord Jia, these people are not friendly, you must follow us closely."

Jia Lian came back to his senses, and his mood became heavy. He really didn't expect him to encounter such a situation, and he felt unreal. After all, he had only seen this kind of thing in TV dramas before. One day it will actually happen to you.

"Who sent you here?" Guard Zhang asked coldly, "Lord Jia is the official of the imperial court. If you assassinate the official of the imperial court, do you know what will happen?"

Jia Lian couldn't help but twitched the corner of his mouth when he heard Zhang Shiwei's question, and complained in his heart with disgust, this question is too stupid.If the target of this group of people is him, then he must know his identity.

The man in black ignored Zhang Shiwei's words, "Go!"

A group of men in black rushed over immediately, got the sword and killed them.

Seeing such a scene on TV, one wouldn't feel anything, but now one really feels the approach of death. Except for Zhang Shiwei and Wang Shiwei, the other soldiers all died under the sword of the man in black.

This group of men in black are all highly skilled in martial arts, and their moves are very vicious, and one move is fatal.

Although Jia Lian has been exercising regularly in the past few days, his body has become much stronger, but he does not know martial arts, so he is no match for these men in black.

While Wang Shiwei and Zhang Shiwei had to deal with the man in black, they were also distracted from protecting Jia Lian.

The martial arts of the two of them are strong, but the men in black are not bad. Surrounded by more than [-] men in black, it is a bit difficult for the two of them to deal with it.

Seeing that they couldn't kill Jia Lian for so long, a group of men in black became a little impatient, and their moves became urgent, fast and ruthless.

Wang Shiwei and Zhang Shiwei were a little overwhelmed, and a loophole soon appeared.Jia Lian was stabbed by a man in black and stabbed severely in the abdomen.

"Lord Jia!"

Wang Shiwei and Zhang Shiwei exclaimed that they were specially sent by the Supreme Emperor to protect Mr. Jia, if something happened to Mr. Jia, they would not survive.

The man in black assassinated Jia Lian with one knife, and did not stop, planning to slash a few more times until Jia Lian was completely dead.

Both Wang Shiwei and Zhang Shiwei were injured, and some of them couldn't handle it.At this moment, four men in black appeared.Wang Shiwei and Zhang Shiwei thought it was the enemy army, and felt that they were doomed this time, but they didn't expect that the four newly joined men in black were not from the other side, but came to help them.

These four men in black were highly skilled in martial arts, and their moves were very fast and precise. They rescued half of the men in black in a short while.

The rest of the men in black saw that the four unknown men in black had great martial arts skills, and knew that they were not their opponents, so they didn't continue to pester them, and withdrew as quickly as possible.

Although Jia Lian was not killed this time, at least Jia Lian stretched out his hand and seriously injured.The next time you assassinate Jia Lian, you will definitely succeed.

After seeing a group of men in black withdraw, Wang Shiwei and Zhang Shiwei breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you...?" The sudden appearance of these four people, dressed in black again, made Wang Shiwei very alert.

"Dark guards, sent by the Supreme Emperor to protect Lord Jia."

When Wang Shiwei heard this, he opened his mouth wide in surprise: "The secret guard? Was it sent by the Supreme Emperor?"

The speaking hidden guard took out a token from his pocket, Wang Shiwei knew this token, and he had no doubts in his mind.

"It's a good thing you are here, otherwise we will be doomed." Wang Shiwei was very shocked. The Supreme Emperor not only sent them to protect Mr. Jia, but also sent secret guards to protect Mr. Jia, which is really incredible.

"We were still late, and Master Jia was injured."

Zhang Shiwei helped Jia Lian treat the wound briefly, so that Jia Lian's wound stopped bleeding.

"Master Jia's wound is very deep, maybe he hurt his internal organs, we have to rush back to the city."

"Go quickly."

The four hidden guards disappeared immediately, but they didn't really disappear, but quietly followed Jia Lian and the others.

The group of men in black might come back. For safety's sake, the four of them must follow closely.

When Jiang Qingyun heard that Jia Lian had been assassinated and was seriously injured, his heart sank and he quickly sent someone to invite the best doctor in the city.

When the officials in Jinling heard that Jia Lian had been assassinated, they were also very shocked and puzzled.The first prince's people did not send anyone to assassinate Jia Lian, they all suspected that it was the fourth prince's people who did the assassination.The fourth prince's people felt that the eldest prince sent someone to assassinate Jia Lian. After all, Prince Jin ordered them to protect Mr. Jia and not allow Mr. Jia to be in danger. How could they disobey the order to assassinate Mr. Jia.

Jia Lian's injury was serious. If the incision was two points deeper, Jia Lian would have died on the spot.

"Doctor, how is Master Jia?" Jiang Qingyun asked with concern.

"Mr. Jia's life is not in danger for the time being, but there will be a fever in the past two days. If you can survive, then Mr. Jia will be fine. If you can't survive, Mr. Jia will..." This Mr. Jia's injury is too serious Heavy, whether it can survive is a question.

"Doctor, please save Mr. Jia's life!" Mr. Jia is only 15 years old. He just got married and his life has just begun. He cannot pass away at such a young age.

The officials in Jinling also begged the doctor one after another to save Jia Lian's life.

The doctor said that he would try his best to let Mr. Jia survive and protect Mr. Jia's life.

The news that Jia Lian was assassinated and seriously injured quickly spread throughout Jinling City, causing quite a stir.

The people of Zhen's family heard that Jia Lian was assassinated, and his life and death were unknown. They were very worried, and went to the magistrate Mr. Cao to visit Jia Lian.

The Zhen family's status in Jinling is very high, and they are very powerful, so Mr. Cao, the magistrate, naturally dare not not give face to the Zhen family.

Zhen Yingjia went to visit Jia Lian in person, which surprised the officials in Jinling.You must know that Zhen Yingjia is the head of the Zhen family, and she actually came to visit Jia Lian in person.Even the Jinling officials like them didn't have such a big face and asked Zhen Yingjia to come and visit them in person.

Although they had heard that the Zhen family and the Jia family were family friends and that the relationship between the two families was very close, the Jia family had moved to the capital a long time ago, and the exchanges between the two families were not as frequent as before. They thought that the relationship between the two families had long since faded.Now that Zhen Yingjia came to visit Jia Lian in person, it showed that the relationship between the Zhen family and the Jia family was still close and had not become indifferent.

Seeing that Jia Lian was seriously injured and his life or death was really uncertain, Zhen Yingjia got angry at Mr. Cao and asked Mr. Cao to investigate the assassin immediately and bring him to justice.

Without Zhen Yingjia's instructions, Mr. Cao and the others had already sent people to investigate the assassin who assassinated Jia Lian.If it was really assassinated by the fourth prince's people, then they have the handle of the fourth prince's people, and they can use this handle to trip the fourth prince.

The fourth prince's people think that the eldest prince's people are the killers, and if they find this evidence, they can bring down the first prince.

Although the two sides are usually not so hostile, this disaster relief is for the emperor to test the two princes, which one is qualified for the crown prince, and they must work hard to bring down each other for their respective masters.

When Aunt Xue heard that Jia Lian was seriously injured by an assassin and his life and death were unknown, her first reaction was that Mrs. Wang sent someone to do it.

Although Mrs. Wang wrote a letter to her, she did not send anyone to assassinate Jia Lian.However, with her sister's character, she might find someone else to assassinate Jia Lian.

If something happened to Jia Lian and the emperor was furious, he would send someone to investigate the assassin, maybe it would be found out that Mrs. Wang did it, not to mention that Mrs. Wang herself was unlucky, maybe the whole Wang family would be implicated.

Aunt Xue scolded Mrs. Wang countless times in her heart. She panicked for a while and didn't know what to do, so she wrote a letter to Wang Ziteng, asking Wang Ziteng and the others to find a way.

After writing the letter, Aunt Xue asked her husband to visit Jia Lian. She was a woman, so even if she was very worried about Jia Lian, she couldn't go to visit Jia Lian.

Aunt Xue's husband came back after watching Jia Lian and told Aunt Xue that Jia Lian was seriously injured and it was still a question of whether he could survive.

When Aunt Xue heard this, her heart became very heavy, and she could only pray that Jia Lian could survive, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

Jiang Qingyun also wrote a letter to Emperor Longwu, asking him to send it back to the capital in eight hundred miles.Although he knew that this trip to the south of the Yangtze River would be dangerous, he didn't expect these people to be cruel to Jia Lian.

Jia Lian was only responsible for the specific matters of disaster relief, and did not hinder the interests of these people. How could these people attack Jia Lian?Jiang Qingyun couldn't figure it out.

The Supreme Emperor received the news of Jia Lian's accident earlier than Emperor Longwu. After Jia Lian was assassinated, the secret guards reported the incident back to the capital.The secret guards have their own special channel to spread the news, which is faster than eight hundred miles.

Received the news that Jia Lian was assassinated and injured, and his life and death were unknown, Taishang flew into a rage.

Emperor Longwu was called over, and was severely scolded by the Supreme Emperor.

Emperor Longwu was also very angry when he learned that Jia Lian's life and death were uncertain after being assassinated.

When he went to court the next day, Emperor Longwu became very angry about this matter and sent someone to Jinling to investigate the matter thoroughly.

Soon, the news that Jia Lian was assassinated in Jinling and his life was unknown spread throughout the capital.

When Jia Amnesty heard the news, he couldn't bear the blow and passed out immediately.

When Zhuang Jingrong heard the news, she also fainted from fright.

When Mrs. Wang received the news, she thought Aunt Xue sent someone to do it, and she was very happy.

"Brother Zhu, Mother avenged you!"