Once magnificent, now brilliant

When Bai Junyu came back, Qi Xiang was drinking medicine. Seeing that he looked unhappy, Qi Xiang asked, "What's wrong?"

Qi Xiang told him to go home and have a look. Could it be that something happened to the general's mansion?

Bai Junyu squeezed a piece of candy, "You drink the medicine first, I have something to tell you."

Seeing that it didn't seem to be a joke, Qi Xiang hurriedly drank the medicine and was stuffed with sugar by Bai Junyu.

Bai Ru put away the bowl and went out. Bai Junyu sat by the bed, "I was stopped by someone on the way back, saying that there was a grievance. After careful questioning, the man said that he was an examinee in Huaifeng. Candidates cheated, he came across it by accident, and ran to expose it. As a result, the Yamen colluded with the cheating officials, beat him seriously, and even slandered him for stealing, making him unable to take part in the imperial examination for the rest of his life."

Qi Xiang frowned, "Is there any evidence?"

Bai Junyu shook his head, "It's difficult if there is no evidence, and the witness's testimony is only one-sided. The man did have scars from being beaten, and his legs and hands were broken. Feng Weiyong’s admission documents and his teacher’s comments when he was studying at Feng Weiyong’s bookstore do not seem to be fraudulent. If he is charged with theft, there will be records, so it is not difficult to check.”

"Then why did you come to Beijing to report it after two years?" Even if it was a broken bone, it would take half a year to leave.

"It is said that it is not easy for officials to protect each other, and it is not easy to report. Before, I acted rashly and almost lost my life, so I was extra cautious. This time I heard that the left servant of the Ministry of Rites was dismissed from office, so I seized the breakthrough. I didn't dare to find civil officials. I was afraid that the entanglement would be too deep. So squatting there to guard the general." Bai Junyu just told Qi Xiang what the man said truthfully.

"Is this related to the Minister of Rites?" Qi Xiang frowned even more tightly.

Bai Junyu nodded, "That's what he said. He said that the Minister of Rites, Zuo Shilang, met the candidates who bought the test questions, and he happened to bump into them that time."

"Since he's been discovered, why keep him alive? Wouldn't it be safer to just kill him?" Qi Xiang couldn't figure this out.

"I don't know, he himself didn't know. He said he thought he was going to die when he was beaten, but he didn't expect to save his life and bear a stigma." Bai Junyu kept his eyes on Qi Xiang, Qi Xiang analyzed the matter. Serious and cautious, the same as when he was debating in school, but he is not as childish as he was back then, but now he has really grown up.

"What are your plans for this matter?" Qi Xiang wanted to hear Bai Junyu's thoughts first.

Bai Junyu said without hesitation: "It is inconvenient for me to participate in this matter. I am recuperating, so I should not go out, and this happened to happen when I went out. Those who believe me will think it is a coincidence, and those who doubt me may be able to get out of it." It is of no benefit to me to tell a story about my deliberate frame-up. But since this matter involves the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, it is hard to say whether it also involves other people in the Ministry of Rites, and even the third prince. So we can't ignore it."

A large number of people in the Ministry of Rites tend to be the third prince and the left minister. If a large number of frauds are true, without the participation and support of a large enough force behind, let alone the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, even with the entire Ministry of Rites, it will be impossible to make things happen.

Qi Xiang raised the corner of his mouth, "You know what's in your heart, so I don't need to waste my words. I thought I could push this matter to the second prince, but now I don't think it's appropriate. If I reveal it to him, it may be related to the third prince. He will definitely bite the third prince to death, and he will peel off a layer of skin if nothing happens, but in that case, the fourth prince will be completely out of the way. Fraud is not a trivial matter. What do you think? Moreover, this matter was groundless from the beginning. He came to you, and you pushed it to the people around you. It still makes people think that this matter was picked by the fourth prince. Since you don't want the fourth prince to get involved If you want to go in without letting him be suspected, then there must be someone who stays out of it with him."

If Qi Xiang didn't say this clearly, it might not be easy for Bai Junyu to guess what Qi Xiang was thinking.But when Qi Xiang said his thoughts, it was easy for him to follow Qi Xiang's train of thought, "Indeed. But if the second prince can't get involved, who else do you think can investigate this matter?"

Although it cannot be said that the three sons stand at the same time in the DPRK and China, it can also be seen that the three parties are branched.Even the second prince, who was the most insignificant before, has started to have his own connections.If the second prince and the fourth prince don't move, then it is considered that the third prince really participated

Among them, he may not be found, and the case may be closed halfway. It's the same sentence-they have no evidence.

Qi Xiang pursed her lips, "Let me think about it..."

Then he said: "You have to communicate with the Fourth Prince and the Taifu about this matter. The matter looks unfavorable on the surface, but if it is true, if something can be found out, the court will definitely be turned upside down. If the Fourth Prince can take the opportunity Get started, and your position will be more stable in the future.”

"Okay, I'll go to the Fourth Prince's and Taifu's residence in person in a while." He didn't feel relieved to leave this matter to others.

Qi Xiang asked: "Where is that scholar?"

"I have already ordered someone to place him in another courtyard outside the city."

Qi Xiang nodded, this arrangement couldn't be more appropriate, if the uproar caused by this person is true, then the reality is indeed inappropriate to show up, "You can ask someone to ask him if there are other witnesses or can be cited as evidence People are suspicious. It is useless to sue you based on his one-sided words. In addition, his identity must be verified. "

"I'll let someone do it."

Bai Junyu's legs have just started to improve, so logically speaking, he shouldn't be so tired, but the matter is very important, and there is no delay. Being in the vortex of power and influence, sometimes no matter how tired you are, you have to rush forward.

For the next five days, the Fourth Prince, Taifu, General Feng Bei and Bai Junyu met almost every day to discuss the matter of fraud.Huaifeng is not far from Beijing, and the identity of the scholar was quickly verified, and he did not lie.

The Taifu should have been more cautious about things like this with insufficient evidence, but this time the Taifu was more active than them. After careful questioning, I found out that in the imperial examination two years ago, many candidates who were selected for the imperial examination performed mediocrely. And at that time, he heard some rumors that there were many people with poor academic performance among them, and somehow they won the exam.After that batch of examinees were released from office, they also made a lot of mistakes. Now that I think about it, I always feel strange.

Qi Xiang's wound has begun to scab, and he can sleep on his side now, but Shi Zhou still doesn't allow him to go out and insists on letting him rest on the bed, so what they talked about these days is what Bai Junyu came back to tell him.

As for the second prince, who is still under confinement, he has been very honest recently.It may be that the initial anger has passed, but the emperor has favored Jiao Zhaoyi again, which is a good sign for the second prince.

Three days later, after the early court, the Tai Tuo went down to the Holy Spirit in private, and asked His Majesty to check whether the former Minister of Rites, Zuo Shilang, had accepted bribes in the imperial examination on the grounds of his dereliction of duty.He did not directly say that the former Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites participated in the fraud, but first said that he was stopped by a scholar, accusing him of being in a party with the Zuo Shilang of the former Ministry of Rites and disrupting the imperial examination.This matter is of great importance, he dare not act rashly, since the scholar pointed at him and the former Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, and he thinks that he is not afraid of the shadow, so he is willing to ask the emperor to investigate thoroughly, and to return him innocent, please investigate both of them thoroughly. Whether the imperial examinations a year ago were fair.

He and Prime Minister Zuo were in charge of the imperial examinations two years ago, and it is reasonable for the Taifu to shoulder this responsibility and want to thoroughly investigate the events at that time.

This is a big matter, and the emperor dare not neglect it.He could trust the Taifu, otherwise the Taifu would have covered up the matter if he hadn't reported it.Since the Tai Tuo complained of injustice and didn't intend to expose it, this matter can really be investigated.Moreover, no one dared to say anything about the left servant of the Ministry of Rites who was dismissed from office.

So that afternoon, Eunuch Li led a large number of forbidden troops into the Chai Mansion. Chai Huchang, the former left servant of the Ministry of Rites, was shocked. The prime minister's contacts still stayed in the capital, waiting for the day when he would turn around.But I didn't expect that the mansion would be broken into suddenly, and I don't know what it was for. This battle is not a trivial matter, so I panicked even more.What's even more unfortunate today is that the Fuchu is reconciling the accounts, and both the true and false account books are there. Chai Huchang's face is as white as paper, shaking like a sieve, I am afraid it is a matter of money.

Today is really Qi Xiang's choice.Big families are no worse than small ones, and they have to reconcile their accounts every month, especially for officials who are secretly corrupt.There are many people in the Chai Mansion, and the servants don't know anything else. The mansion still knows when the accounts will be reconciled, especially those who are in charge of purchasing.As long as you inquire about it a little bit, it's not a big deal in the eyes of those people, and they are naturally happy to talk about it when they see Yinzi.

The silver was carried out from boxes in Chaifu, and the people watching

There was also a lot of discussion.

"Is this Chai Mansion so rich? How much money is this?"

"I don't think so. I haven't heard of any other business in the Chai Mansion. How much money can a left servant make in a month?"

"It must have come from greed."

"Shh, come out, come out."

……

The imperial army tied up Chai Huchang and came out. At this time, Chai Huchang knew what was going on, and he didn't say a word, his face was ashen.The family members cried together and followed behind, and were stopped by the gate.

Eunuch Li held the ledger solemnly, and ordered: "Our family will go back and report to the Holy Spirit first, and you will put the head of household Chai into the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice first."

After all, Eunuch Li took his people away in a hurry - if he thought that the Taifu might want to destroy his reputation for many years before, now he only thinks that it is going to snow in Beijing.

When Bai Ru brought back the news, Qi Xiang and Bai Junyu were painting in the house. The painting was the autumn scene, which was also the sky in the capital.It's just that both of them are not good at painting, and they can't help but joke with each other, which is incompatible with the tense situation in Beijing.

After reporting the news, Bai Junyu asked him to rest.

"Thanks to the Taifu daring to pull himself into the water this time, otherwise it's hard to say whether this matter can be investigated." Qi Xiang admired the Taifu's character. Fu Lai is not the point, what he wants more is to seek justice for those students.

"After that, it will depend on the capabilities of the Ministry of Punishment." Bai Junyu said.

There was really not much they could do, the Fourth Prince was unwilling to back down on this matter, but had to listen to them and keep silent.If the scholar is only allowed to sue the imperial court, let alone whether the emperor believes it or not, even whether he can see the emperor is a problem.If they take the scholar to see the emperor as a recommendation, if they make a mistake, the emperor will think that they are provoking a dispute for no reason, and the scholar has no evidence, so it is difficult to persuade the emperor to investigate.And the Tai Tuo has been wronged himself, so he asks the emperor to investigate thoroughly, whether it is out of rectification of the court or out of respect for the Tai Tuo, the emperor will definitely investigate, and it is an unconditional investigation.This also caused the Tai Tuo to offend many people head-on.

"I see the fourth prince's attitude, it seems that he is unwilling to hold back any longer." Qi Xiang said.

He didn't know if his judgment was right or not, he just had this feeling.

Bai Junyu knew the reason, but because of Shi Zhou's warning, it was inconvenient to tell Qi Xiang, so he said, "It seems so. The fourth prince has endured it for a long time."

Qi Xiang turned to look at him, "I have an idea now, I can ask the fourth prince to help me."

"what idea?"

Qi Xiang played tricks, "It's inconvenient for the second prince and the fourth prince to participate in this matter. It's hard to say whether the head of the household can pull down the third prince, but he is indeed a breakthrough. And now we need someone who can compete with the third prince." , even if this matter has nothing to do with the third prince in the end, it can still weaken the party of the third prince through this matter. If a left servant wants to cheat by himself, it is a dream, and there must be a party behind him. Then who do you think is least afraid of offending the third prince? It is also suitable to stand up against the third prince and the leftist party, and you don't need the second prince and fourth prince to come forward?"

Bai Junyu fell silent.

Qi Xiang picked up a pen and wrote a few strokes on the paper, then flipped the paper over and said with a smile: "You have thought about it and write it down to see if we think the same."

Bai Junyu looked at him, thought for a while, and wrote down his answer.

Qi Xiang took what he had written, picked up what he had written, and flipped the two pieces of paper towards Bai Junyu. On them were the same three words—Elder Prince.

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