Master of Karma in the Red Chamber

"It makes sense." Aunt Xue laughed, and turned to look at Xue Pan.The child was upset. He stretched his face and looked at himself with teary eyes.

"Okay, don't look at it, don't expect Mom to be soft-hearted." Xue Baochai covered her mouth and smiled.

Xue Pan leaned forward, knelt down in front of Aunt Xue, and begged pitifully, "Look at how pitiful I am now, if I keep going on like this, I'm afraid I'll be exhausted and fall ill accidentally. Do you have the heart to see your only son go like this?"

"Shut up, you can say those bad words casually? Be careful I sewed your mouth!" Aunt Xue patted her thigh anxiously, her chest heaving and falling, and she was very angry.

Baochai pulled Xue Pan over, scolded his elder brother for talking nonsense, and comforted Aunt Xue not to be angry.

After Aunt Xue calmed down for a while, her heart softened when she saw her son like that.Baochai hurriedly changed the conversation and asked Xue Pan to sell some dim sum from Guangyuanlou to coax his mother.Xue Pan agreed, and went out.Baochai immediately comforted Aunt Xue to think about the long term.

Aunt Xue couldn't be cruel, but she couldn't ignore Baochai's opinion.Then he told her sister, Mrs. Wang, about the matter and asked her to make up her mind.Mrs. Wang thought about Jia Zheng's instructions these days, and also thought about the precarious status of their second wife, so she must not offend the Ning Manor again.She held Aunt Xue's hand tightly, reassuring her to keep calm.

"Don't blame me as a sister who speaks cruelly and speaks harshly. I really do my best for you. A loving mother has many failures. When it comes to children's discipline, we can't be too soft-hearted and get used to their problems." Mrs. Wang said.

Aunt Xue thought it was true.In fact, she knows everything she should know and understand, but she just can't bear that kind of heart.Since everyone said so nowadays, she had no second choice.

Xue Pan behaved very obediently and filially for several days in a row, and escaped from the "cage" of Ning Mansion in order to ask Aunt Xue for permission.As a result, he was defeated.Not reconciled, Xue Pan pretended to be sick from the next day, deliberately not going to Ning Mansion.It was strange, there was no news from the Ning Mansion for three consecutive days.This Coke drove him crazy, thinking that Master Jing was just a whim, and he couldn't remember him anymore, so let it be over like this.

He hastened to make himself rich, and then, with a stack of bank notes, he swaggered out to look for flowers and willows.

The half month after the imperial examination is the most critical period for the examiners to judge the papers.Just at this time, a scandal broke out.Liu Huaicun, one of the secondary exams in the autumn exam, was accused of cooperating with candidate Su Yu in cheating, so that the imperial examination questions were leaked to [-] candidates including Su Yu.

The person who participated in this matter was Xu Chong.

Yan Liang was not surprised by this, and listened with the expression of a bystander.

Liu Huaicun behaved exactly as Yan Liang expected, he bit Xu Chong back, but there was no evidence and no one believed him.Of course Xu Chong didn't give him a chance. He listed a lot of evidence, including the test questions written by Liu Huaicun himself, followed by the testimonies of the fourteen candidates.The testimony of Liu Huaicun's attendants all pointed to Liu Huaicun, completely confirming the fact that he was the mastermind.

As for Liu Huaicun's retaliation, Xu Chong was calm and composed, with an air of justice.He took the initiative to kneel down and begged the emperor to deprive his son Xu Wen of his imperial examination qualifications to prove his innocence.Of course, the emperor would not punish his family because of a loyal minister's remonstrance.Since he believed the evidence provided by Xu Chong very much, he ordered Liu Huaicun to be dragged into prison immediately and interrogated carefully.

At this time Kang Wang Duan Gaoyu stood up and asked for orders to hear the case.

"Since it's about the leakage of the exam questions, Jia Shilang, the chief examiner of the imperial examination, should be responsible." Qi Shen said loudly.

"Precisely because he is the chief examiner of this imperial examination, there is—"

Before Duan Gaoyu could finish speaking, Yan Liang directly cupped his hands and said to the emperor, "I am willing to avoid suspicion."

Qi Shen looked at Yan Liang in surprise.It was obvious that they wanted to drag Yan Liang into the water, if Yan Liang didn't intervene in this matter, I'm afraid it would really spread the stigma.Qi Shengao really did not expect Lord Kang and Xu Chong to take such a big risk this time in order to bring down Yan Liang.Of course, in the confrontation of military strategists, they pay attention to surprise, killing the enemy by surprise, this move is indeed in line with Duan Gaoyu's personality.Qi Shengao was indeed shocked by Duan Gaoyu's actions at this time.

He was a little panicked for a person who had experienced many battles in the court, let alone Yan Liang who had just entered the court not long ago.Considering that when they framed Liuhuai Village, they must have made complete preparations.At this moment, Qi Shengao was really worried about Yan Liang's future safety.

The emperor was very satisfied with Yan Liang's performance, "Okay, then the case will be handed over to King Kang."

……

After the court, Qi Shengao stopped Yan Liang's theory.

"If this matter is verified and confirmed, you will be suspected of ineffective supervision and dereliction of duty, and you will also be punished. Why do you give up the opportunity to others? How did you think of it?"

"Look at their evil deeds." Yan Liang said coldly.

"So what if you do all the evil things? If you don't have evidence, you'll still suffer." Qi Shengao stared at him silently for a while, seeing his calm look, he was angry and worried for him.

"Yu Shitai visited Xu Chong for many days, but Zhezi was suppressed by Lord Kang." Yan Liang stated.

"You still know about this! Then you are not in a hurry?" Qi Shengao pointed at Yan Liang, and sighed helplessly, "How could I know someone like you!"

"Lord Qi should feel lucky." Yan Liang saluted Qi Shengao and bid farewell.

Qi Shengao was stunned for a while, looking at the back of Yan Liang going away, he was laughed helplessly.He must have had a sick eye in the first place to see such a strange person.Forget it, if you can't control it, just leave it alone, let him go!

In the end, Liu Huaicun was beaten into a trick during the interrogation, and everything was confessed and charged according to Xu Chong's words.

After seeing the confession, the emperor was furious, summoned Yan Liang into the palace overnight, and reprimanded him for his negligence.

"I'm not convinced." Yan Liang said suddenly.

When the emperor saw Yan Liang calmly let Kang Wang preside over the case in the court earlier, he felt that he had a back hand, so he immediately asked him what he meant.

"Since the attendants of Liu Huai Village revealed the examination questions and Su Yu and other 14 examinees earlier, the answer papers of these [-] people must be excellent, so it is not in vain that they seem to be cheating. Why don't you transfer their papers first? Read it, settle this matter without any mistakes, and then punish the officials and others." Yan Liang suggested.

The emperor nodded and beckoned for the examination papers of the 14 people to be presented.The emperor first opened the first copy, looked at it twice, and then discarded it; then the second copy, the third copy... In less than a cup of tea, the emperor threw away all the examination papers of these 14 people.

"The text is wrong, I don't know what it means." The emperor said disgustedly, "This is strange, since Liu Huai Village revealed the exam questions to them in advance, how could they answer like this?"

"It's very simple. The exam questions disclosed by Liu Huaicun are fake." Yan Liang replied.

The emperor was startled, and stared at Yan Liang with big eyes, "Jia Aiqing, do you mean that Liu Aiqing was wronged?"

"No." Yan Liang bowed his hand to plead guilty, "When I was preparing the exam questions, I had an accident like this, so I prepared two completely different exam questions. Liu Huai Village only knew one of them, but he didn't know that the day before the exam started, The minister has already replaced all the exam questions with the second one. Afterwards, he will not let him participate in the matter of reviewing the judging papers, because it would be leaked."

"You have suspected Liu Huai Village for a long time? Why?" The more the emperor heard, the more surprised he became.

Yan Liang knelt down.

Seeing this, the emperor stood up, "Jia Yanliang, what do you mean?"

Yan Liang bowed his head, and continued, "If I say the next thing, I'm afraid I will commit a serious crime, so I will claim it first."

"If you have something to say, stand up and say, I will forgive you for not guilty." The emperor pointed at Yan Liang urgently, ordering him to speak quickly.

Yan Liang then told the emperor about Kang Wangye and Xu Chong's visit to Ningfu before the test.As for how Kang Wang and others deceived and framed Liu Huai Village and the fourteen candidates, Yan Liang didn't care, and there was no need to investigate.He believed that as long as the emperor had doubts about this matter and made a thorough investigation, everything would be clear.

What a serious crime it is that the royal prince secretly went to the emperor's favorite minister's house to form a clique and try to cheat the exam questions!

After all, King Kang was his own son. The emperor was not only shocked when he heard this, but also heartbroken. Sometimes he really didn't want to believe it.So I asked Yan Liang again, and it was confirmed that this was the case.

Yan Liang met the Emperor's eyes, then lowered his head and said, "If the Holy Majesty does not want this to be true, then it is not true."

The emperor knew very well that Yan Liang's words were a hint to remind him that if he wanted to let his son go, then he, a courtier, would naturally obey his arrangement.

The emperor found it ridiculous, "Should I feel relieved, or heartbroken? Jia Yanliang, do you know that if your testimony is false, it will be a serious crime of framing the prince, and you will be punished by the nine clans!"

"I have lived for more than forty years, how can I not understand such a simple truth. If the king wants the minister to die, the minister will die without complaint." Yan Liang was so loyal that the emperor suddenly felt a little bit relieved.Although another son betrayed him, at least he still had a life-threatening loyal minister in front of him.

"I will look into this matter."

"The emperor can also read the examination papers of Xu Chong's son Xu Wen." As for the papers that were suppressed at the Yushitai, Yan Liang deliberately did not mention it.Now that the emperor has decided to thoroughly investigate King Kang and Xu Chong, that matter will definitely be discovered.What the emperor found out by himself was always more credible than what others told him.

"Xu Wen? You mean everything is for Xu Wen?" The emperor really didn't believe it.His ninth son, the majestic prince, would take risks for the son of a second-rank servant?He has Xu Wen, He De and He Neng.

"This matter is indeed very unreasonable, so much so that I have experienced it myself, and I still have some self-doubt. Maybe the prince and this Xu Wen get along well, or maybe Xu Chong loves his youngest son who was born in Mount Wutai too much."

"You said Xu Wen was born in Mount Wutai?" The emperor narrowed his eyes, but his expression didn't change much. "How old is he this year?"

"Exactly seventeen." Yan Liang said.

"Go down." The emperor's tone was tired.After Yan Liang was sent away, he immediately regained his energy, stood up, and lingered on the Golden Palace with his hands behind his back for a long time...

Qi Shengao waited for a long time in Guangyuan Building.

Qi Shengao has been standing in front of the window, looking down at the reception.Seeing that Yan Liang's carriage finally arrived, he got out of the carriage briskly, expecting things to go well.But since he found out about that incident yesterday, he really felt sorry for Yan Liang.

The two were sitting in the private room, and Qi Shengao couldn't help asking: "Have you said everything?"

"No, only Mount Wutai was mentioned."

"This matter is not a joke. I haven't found any evidence yet. Are you sure it's true?"

On the day of the Empress Dowager's birthday, he was sure from the moment he saw Concubine Li Shu.It's just that it's not easy to fully explain this matter to Qi Shengao, so he only responds with silence.

Qi Shengao was so worn out by Yan Liang's temperament that he almost lost his temper, he hummed twice, and warned him not to gamble like this next time, so he didn't say anything else.

The author has something to say: it's November 11th, and the agreed-upon heating is here! ! ! ! ! !It's been cold for the past two days, and I have severe back pain.Let’s be lazy for a day on the Xinwen side, and talk about it tomorrow, anyway, it’s so late today, so I won’t update it 5