Survival countdown

At three o'clock in Shenshi, Tang Tixing, who was relatively close, jogged to the Hongzhou magistrate's yamen, rushed into the front yard, found Guan Wenbin who was about to go out to appeal to the imperial envoy, and immediately pointed his nose at him and scolded him.

"Guan Wenbin! Do you want to drag your colleagues to death?"

Huo Zhaowen wanted to leave, but when he found out that Tang Tixing's men and horses retreated, they hid in a more secluded place to watch the dog bite the dog.

Guan Wenbin felt that he was backed by imperial envoys, King Kang and Emperor Yuanshou, and he regarded himself as a comfort envoy of Guangdong, but he looked down on Tang Tixing, the former envoy who fell off the horse sooner or later, and raised his hand to avoid Tang Tixing's hand pointing at his nose. Wei Wei said arrogantly: "What did the adults say? Why can't I understand a word?"

Tang Tixing: "Don't play dumb! If you want to investigate the case and become an upright official, I won't stop you, but you can't touch Yang's case!"

Guan Wenbin asked knowingly: "Why not? Some of the people under the rule came to sue the officials. The government handles affairs according to the law, finds out the truth of the case, convicts her if she is guilty, and returns her innocence if she is innocent. If the government does something wrong, please send me a messenger." Teach me."

Tang Ti Xing was furious: "You know that Yang's case was presided over by me and the former criminal envoy and the current Guangdong appeasement envoy. If the case is overturned, wouldn't it implicate us?"

Guan Wenbin pretended to suddenly realize, "Why did I forget?" He suddenly changed his face and put on a righteous face: "Then it is your fault on the job, because of your mistake, the prisoner Yang suffered so much and was burdened. It is a great grievance that I cannot avenge my relatives who died in vain. I was also charged with adultery and murder, and my head almost fell to the ground. A three-year drought is such a wonderful scene? Master Tang, it’s not that the lower officials are targeting you, but that you have caused people to be wronged for five years, and the suffering is so hard that people are not human, ghosts are not ghosts, shouldn’t it be time to pay off the debt?”

"You—!" Tang Ti was trembling with anger.

Guan Wenbin Youzai Youzai: "Your Excellency, don't be angry. Your words and deeds are all from the perspective of the court and the law of the country. As a parent and official, it is natural to avenge the people's grievances."

Tang Ti smiled with anger: "Guan Wenbin, Guan Wenbin, did you eat the bear's heart and leopard's guts or the imperial envoy's ecstasy soup, and you can speak the words of your parents and officials? Feel your conscience and ask if you deserve it? Have you received less money these years? You have fewer unjust cases and fewer people who died under your black patent leather lamp? What's wrong? Do you really think of yourself as a human being while wearing an official skin? Forget yourself all these years How did you run back and forth from Princess Changping to Ganshang like a dog wagging its tail!"

Guan Wenbin became angry with embarrassment: "Even if I am a dog, I am cleaner than you!"

"Where is the cleanliness? I really want to hear you talk about it."

***

At the end of Shenshi, with the sound of horseshoes, a line of hardcover soldiers trotted around the gate of the Hongzhou magistrate's yamen. The nearby restaurants, stalls, and restaurants saw the situation was not good, and closed their windows early to pretend to be deaf.

Shanqian, Shui Honglang and other officials from Liangjiang who heard the news looked at each other and stepped into the yamen one after another. A yamen servant came and asked, "Who are you?" , I couldn't get up for a long time, and the others didn't dare to block the way.

A few people walked into the front yard quickly, and they heard Guan Wenbin's clamor from afar.

Shanqian couldn't help but asked him which place was clean. Seeing that Shanqian was in control of the army, Guan Wenbin couldn't help but swallowed his saliva, took two steps back and cupped his hands: "I pay my respects to the commander-in-chief."

"They are all ordinary black crows. When I ran to the golden pheasant's nest and picked up white feathers and stuck them on my body, I felt that I was innocent and clean, and didn't bother to be with us?"

Guan Wenbin saw all the senior officials from the second rank to the seventh rank county magistrate gathered around, knowing that the visitor was not kind, he couldn't help sweating nervously, and tremblingly replied: "The lower officials don't mean that..."

"No? Oh, no, it's not that you disdain to be with us, but you turned your head and pointed the knife in your hand at your former colleagues. You want the lives of your former colleagues!"

Guan Wenbin waved his hands in panic: "No, I'm not..."

Shanqian approached step by step, pointed to the people behind him and said, "Look, it's either your old department or your superiors. They are all people who have lived in the same family. There are old and young in the family, and there are more than a hundred relatives. Come down, how many people will die? Guan Wenbin, how can you bear to climb up by stepping on the corpses of your colleagues?"

Guan Wenbin's cheeks twitched: "The lower officials, the lower officials are enforcing the law impartially, that, those are all homicide cases, and they are huge injustice cases—"

"It's an unjust case and it's not your turn to be Qingtian."

Shanqian snatched two testimonies from him, but Guan Wenbin subconsciously wanted to snatch them, and accidentally dropped the letter hidden in his cuff.

Shanqian quickly picked it up and took it apart, and suddenly realized: "It turns out that you were allowed to be promoted... But have you ever thought about how much the former presiding judge would have to pay if the Yang case was brought to light? Have you ever thought about it? When Ping Bodian was arrested, will the dental firm involved in crimes such as salt smuggling, water transport smuggling, and lover trafficking fall? Once the dental firm collapses, how many colleagues will be implicated? Half of Liangjiang’s officialdom will have to be involved! So many people’s heads In exchange for your seat as a Guangdong transshipment envoy, can you sit at ease?"

Guan Wenbin muttered and couldn't speak.

Shanqian is approaching: "If Liangjiang's officialdom turns in, do you think you can escape?"

Guan Wenbin retorted subconsciously: "The lower official did not break the law——"

"Everyone here says something about you, no matter if it's true or not, it's enough to kill you!"

Guan Wenbin shuddered all over, fully understanding that he would not be able to solve major cases, nor would he be promoted to an official. Shanqian's words had already tied him firmly to Liangjiang's officialdom, and he could not escape at all.

Fortunately, he was just a vacillating weed, he didn't struggle for long, he quickly corrected his attitude, and immediately showed his favor: "Xiaguan understands, Xiaguan was confused for a while!" He slapped himself again and again, said confused, and hurriedly admitted his mistake: " Commander Shuai, I am confused, I will let Ping Bo Dian go, find an opportunity to kill the Yang family in the prison, and make those two murder cases unsolved, and there is no possibility of overturning the case!"

Shan Qian smiled with satisfaction: "I said that Mr. Guan is a smart man."

Guan Wenbin quickly apologized.

Tang Tixing and others smiled sarcastically when they heard the words. Even if they were not good people, they still looked down on officials like Guan Wenbin.

Huo Zhaowen, who was hiding in the dark, watched coldly, no anger in his heart, only killing.

When Guan Wenbin thought the crisis was over, Shan Gui suddenly grabbed him by the neck, and his tone was full of murderous intent: "You know too much, but it's a pity that you can't decide. Are we turning our backs and selling out all of our Liangjiang colleagues?"

Guan Wenbin shook his head again and again.

Shanqian: "For the good of everyone, I can only sacrifice Mr. Guan. Don't worry, your family members will be taken care of by your colleagues, so you won't be in any trouble. Let's go on the road with peace of mind."

"Ho ho... forgive, forgive... save, save—"

With a click, Shanqian twisted Guan Wenbin's neck, threw it on the ground, waved his hands and said, "It was faked to be a scene of tragic death in a fire, and some people inside were also killed. And the Yang family was also burned to death in the yamen. As for Ping Bo Dian... maybe the president of the Dental Association should be replaced by someone else."

Tang Tixing said worriedly: "Will the third master agree?"

Both Chen Luowu and Ping Bodian belonged to the third master, but they actually didn't have the intelligence to do big things, and they all relied on the third master's behind-the-scenes advice.

Shanqian: "The third master is old, sick, and confused, so Jiangxi merchants will go from bad to worse. Let's see what it looks like in less than a year? First Zhao Baiyu, then imperial envoys, they didn't do much, we ourselves The fight is the most fierce." He sighed: "Businessmen, after all, are short-sighted, it is safer to leave the water transportation and dental business in our hands."

Tang Tixing and the officials around him looked at each other, and they could see a look of approval from each other's faces.

They said in unison: "The handsome makes the wise."

About half a quarter of an hour later, someone came to report: "My lord, I didn't find Ping Bo Dian."

Someone came to report: "My lord, the convict wife Yang has disappeared."

Shanqian was furious: "Look for it! Seal the Hongzhou mansion for me, and dig three feet to find Ping Bodian and the criminal woman Yang!"

Tang Tixing hesitated: "The imperial envoy is still in the mansion..."

"I'm investigating cases and tracking criminals. I act in accordance with the law. The imperial envoy is here. I dare to say that!"

Shanqian was extremely angry, and ordered Chen Luowu to be arrested. After thinking about it, he went to Princess Changping's mansion.

***

Huo Zhaowen took Ping Bo Dian away first, and wanted to take Yang Shi away, but unexpectedly, he didn't have time to think about who took Yang Shi away, so he hurriedly took Ping Bo Dian back to the hotel, handed it over to someone else, turned around and asked him what he explained How things are going.

Zhao Chongjin: "The female officer next to Changping has been captured, she is seriously injured, and is still being tortured. Lieutenant Yan Du went to Jingbei to transfer troops, and he will arrive at Haishi at the fastest speed."

Huo Zhaowen: "There's enough time. Someone cut off the guy and bring Chen Luowu to me."

Zhao Chongjin: "Yes."

"Wait." Huo Zhaowen knocked on the table thoughtfully: "Don't disturb Shangui, he has soldiers in his hands, his character is decisive and decisive, and he doesn't procrastinate. If he finds that he is cornered, maybe even I will dare kill."

Zhao Chongjin: "Shanqian is indeed a hero." He went on to talk about the account book he snatched from the female officer, "It is the quarry's income and output for a year, and the few pages that were torn off were sold in May of this year. A group of young women's income."

Huo Zhaowen turned his head to look at the dancing candlelight, with a thoughtful expression on his face: "I can't figure it out."

Zhao Chongjin didn't answer, but listened quietly and respectfully.

"Why does the king's aunt do these things? Although he was demoted to Liangjiang, Liangjiang is rich and prosperous, and Hongzhou is connected to all corners of the country. There are some novelties from overseas that even the capital of Kyoto can be seen one step behind. She didn't say anything, but she has turned a blind eye to the emperor's grandmother's frequent helping her over the years. Some time ago, she even rewarded thousands of hectares of fertile land and ten thousand taels of gold.

Huo Zhaowen's tone was full of disbelief, absurdity and a hint of disgust.

"Why do you still want to participate in the dental trade as a princess?"

***

Wu Duyu, who was protecting the Yang family, came back from prison and told Zhao Baiyu everything that happened in the yamen.

Zhao Baiyu: "Have the imperial envoys seen it?"

Wu Duyu: "I just hid and watched, and even sent people to Jingbei to borrow troops."

"Looks like it's going to be done in one pot." Zhao Baiyu laughed: "As expected of being fought on the battlefield, the killing is decisive and the heart is also persevering."

If he becomes the emperor, he will be more decent than the East Palace.

Wu Duyu: "Do you need help?"

"It's none of our business. The imperial envoy doesn't need to get involved. The Pingbo Code is in his hands, and the tooth dealer's business can't be hidden. No one related to it can escape." Zhao Baiyu fiddled with the Buddhist beads on his wrist , Concentrate on meditation.

Evidence of collusion between Liangjiang officials and businessmen?

Leaving aside the so-called Zixianju, how could there be evidence of collusion between Liangjiang officials and businessmen, why did Zhao Chongjin tell him?Go get the evidence by yourself, isn't he the one who broke the Liangjiang case?

With the protection of a prime minister father, he is not afraid of being hated by Liangjiang officials, but can be promoted to be a good minister and capable official, and the lowest when he is transferred back to the capital is a fourth-rank Beijing official to start.

The future is boundless, why give up?

What is Zhao Chongjin thinking?

Or is it that the so-called Zixianju is a dragon's lake and a tiger's den, and someone needs to charge forward, so he pushes out the best knife, Zhao Baiyu?

The rectification of Liangjiang's officialdom is bound to target Changping. When the grain merchants went on strike, he and Princess Changping acted in a love affair. The Zhao family's dislike of Changping should be disgusted.

Faced with the Zhao family, Yan Bing always judged them from the worst angle: "I don't believe in Zhao Erlang, I know that if I am not in the officialdom, finding evidence of the collusion between Liangjiang officials and businessmen will definitely be a great achievement, even my own brothers will do it. Disputes, can the Zhao family have good intentions?"

Wei Bo also advised: "Don't believe Zhao Chongjin's words."

Zhao Baiyu also doesn't believe in Zhao Chongjin, but the evidence of the collusion between Liangjiang officials and businessmen is too tempting.

When the sixth prince checked Liangjiang, justice gave way to selfishness. He couldn't guarantee the other party's fairness in everything, so he had to reserve a backup.

"Go and have a look." Zhao Baiyu made up his mind: "Let's go and have a look, it's better to be safe."

***

"If you have a good style, you can follow your predecessors."

Zhao Baiyu appeared in a sparsely populated place in the city, facing the plaque with the words "Zi Xianju" written on the mountain gate. In front of him was the ten-mile long embankment, the smoked willow lotus pond, and the nine-curved covered bridge. Behind him, the villa Outside, under the stairs, there are thousands of acres of fertile land, lush and green.

"It is 'I have seen since ancient times that sages and virtuous people will perish if they fail to retreat'."

A sudden child's voice came from behind, Zhao Baiyu, Wei Bo and the hidden guard all looked back, and saw an eleven or twelve year old boy coming up from the steps with a book case on his back.

After wiping off his sweat, the boy sized up the person and said, "You are the new Cao Si envoy Zhao Baiyu?"

Zhao Baiyu: "You know me?"

The little boy pushed the door open by himself: "The third master said that someone must come to visit in the near future, either Zhao Baiyu or an imperial envoy. It is more likely that Zhao Baiyu will arrive at Zixian's residence first."

It turns out that Laixianju is the place where the masters behind the Gan merchants lived.

Zhao Baiyu suddenly realized, the little boy said at the door: "Come in."

Several people stepped in, crossed the Jiuqu corridor bridge, walked through the Yansuo River pond, and came to a pavilion and waterside pavilion. They heard the sound of a guqin. The breath of cutting is hard to stop.

Wei Bo praised in a low voice: "Excellent piano skills."

Even the hidden guard who didn't know much about music nodded, as if he was standing on a chaotic battlefield amidst the sound of the piano, he was much better than the piano masters who played romantic games all day long in the capital.

Zhao Baiyu can hear more depression and frustration indignation from the sound of the piano, "I have seen since ancient times that virtuous people will perish if they succeed in their careers." The self-discipline of retiring after success and avoiding disasters in the world.

Although I can't recognize the name of the qin music, I can feel the complexity of the qin music, and it's rare that strong emotions can be poured into it.

The third master who is regarded as a god by Jiangxi merchants is indeed a genius of heaven.

After one song, a rather clear and gentle voice came from inside, and I couldn't help but picture an image of a gentleman who was radiant and virtuous in his mind.

"I have a visitor, sorry for the inconvenience of Wang's legs and feet, so I can't get up to greet him."

The little boy opened the bamboo curtain hanging down from the water pavilion, revealing the true face of the third master. He was a handsome, handsome man in his forties, with a bookish air. He was sitting in a made-for-made wheelchair, with a blanket covering his stomach, and his face was sickly. But his eyes are bright, like a high-ranking man who hides from the world, and also like a military adviser who can win a battle thousands of miles away with a chat and a laugh.

"Third Master?"

"A certain surname is Wang, and the style name is Yueming. The past has been forgotten, and I have long forgotten his name. At first, he was a boy with no name and no surname. Others could not believe him, and he hoped that someone would visit the thatched cottage three times and treat me like a confidant. Ye''s name is pretending to be profound, but it was passed around unexpectedly and became the third master, which is also a coincidence."

"The sea is bright and the moon is bright. I am self-satisfied. I visit the thatched cottage three times. They are all good names and words."

"It's a wishful thinking that is unwilling."

It's good to know each other well, so Zhao Baiyu smiled and didn't answer.

On the contrary, Wang Yueming reported himself: "In the ninth year of Yuanfeng's scientific examination, I won the Jinshi and failed the imperial examination. The next year when I opened Enke, I still won the Jinshi and failed the imperial examination again. After ten years of hard study, I learned literary and martial arts, and sold it to the emperor. family, but I never thought that the emperor would not need me." His eyes flashed the light of reminiscing about the past, "Jiangzhou has a three-yuan and first-ranked champion...that is, your father Zhao Boyong, so he became famous and everyone in the world admires him. Knowing that Liangjiang students are unparalleled in wisdom."

After a pause, he said, "Your father was the No. [-] scholar in the seventh year of Yuanfeng. It was only three years away from us. Back then, some of our students who went out of Liangjiang were well-known, and we even went to visit your father specially. When it came to Princess Changping who was entangled with Zhao Xiang, she relieved the troubled Mrs. Zhao."

Zhao Baiyu lowered his eyes: "So there is such a relationship."

Wang Yueming laughed loudly and said: "In the examination that year, most of Liangjiang's students were on the list, but once the palace examination was passed, no one from Liangjiang was selected. Students all over the world understand the rules of the palace examination. The emperor's will. But at that time, I was young, I only thought that the sage was wise, the sea was clear and the river was yan, and we had the ambition to enter the water and become a kun, and go to heaven to transform into a roc, and we were still young, so why worry about not being able to become a general?"

"Yuanfeng opened Enke in the tenth year, and students from Liangjiang went to the exam again. As usual, I still visited Zhao Xiang. Unfortunately, that year, Zhao Xiang demoted his wife to be a concubine and married the princess. Princess Changping hated us for helping Mrs. Zhao the year before, and decided to reject me. Afterwards, he was still a Jinshi in the middle school, and he failed the imperial examination. This time, no matter how stupid people are, they will recall that although the articles are diverse, and each of them is eye-catching, none of the many students from Liangjiang are favored. Is it unreasonable?"

Zhao Baiyu was shocked in his heart, and his face remained calm: "So you summoned Liangjiang students to sacrifice to the Confucian Temple, and were chased away by the officers and soldiers. Those who were killed were beaten to death, and those who were maimed..." His eyes fell on Wang Yueming's legs, " Is it the injury from that time?"

It was said to be offering sacrifices to the Confucian Temple, but in fact they took to the streets to protest, making a lot of noise. In addition, Emperor Yuanfeng was not very clear in his later years, so he was furious and dealt with the dissatisfied Liangjiang students at the time as a major crime of rebellion.

Those students represent the world's students, and they are also closely related to the court officials, whether they are disciples, or relatives, or the same clan, or fellow countrymen. The killing of unarmed students by Emperor Yuanfeng not only chills the hearts of the scholars, but also angers them. The blood in their bones.

Emperor Yuanfeng's body and spirit also deteriorated due to the sit-in protest by literati all over the world. Emperor Yuanshou, who was still a prince at that time, conspired with Zhao Boyong to seize the power of supervising the country, appease the literati all over the world and Liangjiang students, and stipulated that from then on, all Jinshi should have officials. when.

It can be said that it was the incident of Liangjiang students offering sacrifices to the Confucian Temple 22 years ago that changed the current situation of the imperial court, turned the struggling East Palace Yidang, and successfully won the hearts of civil servants and students.

Wang Yueming: "You know?"

Zhao Baiyu: "I heard from my husband."

"Little County King?" Wang Yueming was really surprised because Zhao Baiyu said the word "my husband" without any suspicion, "You are actually a real couple! Hahaha..."

When he was thinking about Zhao Baiyu, he couldn't figure out the relationship between Zhao Baiyu, Huo Jingtang and Princess Changping.

"Zhao Baiyu, you are really different. I have never seen someone who is so talented and has no arrogance. A seven-foot man is dragged down by a waste, and he doesn't complain!" Wang Yueming patted the armrest of the wheelchair and sighed: "It's a pity, What a pity! If you are as cynical as I am, you might be able to join hands and make a name for yourself in these two rivers!"

It took Zhao Baiyu a few seconds to realize that the trash he was talking about referred to Zhao Yuzheng, "I don't have a name, I don't love money, I don't love power, and I don't want greed, anger, and ignorance in the world. I've let you down."

"If you don't have greed, anger, and ignorance, it's better to be a monk!" Wang Yueming sneered: "You are not honest, have you ever been disappointed with the Zhao family? No complaints, no loss, no hatred? Do you dare to say that you are not heartbroken? Do you dare to say that you don't have a moment? Have you ever complained about the unfairness of the world, and have you never been disgusted by the dirty and dark officialdom? You look back and look at the people behind you. The Zhao family is partial and partial, and they blame you for the crimes they suffered in Changping. Do you think that your mentor dares to save you with blood splashing in front of the imperial court? The emperor you are loyal to can be as you wish, whether it is "the king dies in the country", is it "loving the people like a son, and the emperor and his ministers are like water", or the emperor and his ministers have different opinions. ? Look at your so-called husband again, the Prince of Lin'an Xiaojun really has a heart-to-heart with you without hiding anything?"

Zhao Baiyu couldn't refute.

"That's why I hate you officials. You don't tell the truth, and you even lie to yourself."

"But you have dealt with officials all your life. You hate officialdom, but you turn yourself into one of the root causes of officialdom's disgust. You look down on the intrigue between monarchs and ministers, and spent most of your life stuck on the way to the Confucian Temple 20 years ago when your leg was broken. , because the late emperor cut off your future for his own selfishness." Zhao Baiyu put his hands in his sleeves, and spoke with lowered eyes, gentle and delicate, but the content was bitter and vicious: "Are you not deceiving yourself?"

There was a lot of trouble in the Temple of Confucianism, and in the end all the students who came and went with him became officials, but his leg was broken, and there was no possibility of becoming an official. Who would willingly accept this vicious fate?

Wang Yueming was suddenly excited: "I just don't accept it! Do you know the reason why Emperor Yuanfeng didn't recruit Liangjiang students for two consecutive examinations? It was because he was dissatisfied with Zhao Boyong's defection to the East Palace! Princess Changping stalked her, and Prince Jing lured her , Treat him with a confidant, but he still firmly chose the prince of the East Palace, which made the late emperor's calculations come to nothing! And I wait, I will visit Zhao Boyong when Liangjiang students go to Beijing to take the exam, the late emperor is afraid that we will become Zhao Boyong's Disciples, regard us as the Donggongmen Party, without even saying a word, just one look and one gesture to brush off the hard-working and passionate Liangjiang students!"

He regained his composure, and smiled sarcastically: "Just because of this ridiculous reason, it is this ridiculous reason! Once the emperor, let his personal affairs cause trouble, ruin the life of countless scholars, and still enjoy his old age and enter the imperial temple after death , enjoy the incense forever, be sought after by students, is such an emperor worthy?"

Zhao Baiyu listened quietly to Wang Yueming's words, and his heart was not touched. The experience of being forced to give up the scientific examination allowed him to empathize with Wang Yueming's pain, but he could not approve of Wang Yueming's subsequent revenge.

"I went back to Liangjiang...you don't want to know how a crippled, powerless, and penniless scholar returned to Liangjiang. Only when I arrived in Liangjiang did I know that my family was troubled by my sacrifice to the Confucian Temple. My father I ran out of money and ran around, but the county magistrate who used to hate me used to bribe the officials. I fell ill after returning home and went to the funeral a month later. ...You tell me, I just went to take an exam, but I just wanted to realize my ambition, how did I end up in a state where my family was ruined? I also sued the officials and asked for justice, did the court pay me back?"

Wang Yueming stared at Zhao Baiyu and didn't expect him to answer.

"I often sit quietly at the Hongzhou Wharf, looking at the boats coming and going on the river, and seeing the officials down there flattering their superiors and exploiting their inferiors. I learned from a prisoner who helped me that it was just a single wharf that was corrupted for a day. Just a little bit of money flowing from the fingers of a big official and a big fish is enough to cover the expenses of a big family for two or three years, so I suddenly realized that money is a good thing."

"It's not empty talk that money can turn ghosts. Wealth can lead to power, which is inseparable." Wang Yueming flicked the blanket covering his legs, and said with a smile: "So, I first saved Chen Luowu, and then helped Chen Luowu. Ping Bo Dian, and then support another Fang Xingwen... Don't think they are mediocre, only mediocre people are obedient. One is in charge of smuggling, one is in charge of smuggling salt, and the other is in charge of teeth. From the government to Jiangxi Province, then to Liangjiang, then to Guangdong, Fujian, four provinces and six routes, even the court and central government have officials who can speak for me!"

"I managed to stay out of the temple, and the temple's turmoil started because of me."

"Do you think that the deployment of Duke Zheng's mansion in Liangjiang, King Qin colluded with Chen Zhizhou to create a shady scene in the examination room, I don't know? The scholar who escaped from the Temple of Confucianism, escaped from hunting, and went to Beijing to sue the imperial court. If there is no one like me Secretly leading him to meet the people of the Xiaojun Wang, he would have died on the way."

Wang Yueming coughed a lot because he talked too much, and fell into a serious illness in Daochunhan, which almost exhausted his vitality.

"I know it all!"

"Including the small county king who was poisoned by Gu poison, and King Jing who slaughtered the Jiangnan imperial merchants in order to take away the ten thousand years of blood amber, I know everything about it!" Wang Yueming smiled, his face was pale and ashamed, no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't hold back the past. vitality. "The king of Xiaojun was poisoned by Gu and returned his military power. Not long after, the sixth prince asked to be stationed in Dingzhou... Hahaha... It really is the coldness of the Tian family! Father and son are in the same line!"

Zhao Baiyu had a cold face: "Is the poison in Huo Jingtang's body your handwriting?"

"I don't have the skills to intervene in the war between the Southern Xinjiang and the Northwest Army. Besides, I'm still a citizen of Dajing. How can I be compared to traitors like Sang Liangyu?"

Wang Yueming was quite disdainful.

"Sang Liangyu?"

"National Master of Great Xia."

"A student who failed the imperial examination and went to the Confucian Temple?"

"He and I are classmates in the same class."

"If they are both palace ministers, it will be a good story after 20 years."

"I told you not to compare those people with me."

How could someone as talented as Wang Yueming not be arrogant?

After talking, Wang Yueming lost his mind, and said wearily: "You want all the evidence of collusion between government and businessmen here." He called Xiaotong over, and the other party was holding a wooden box, which contained 20 years of records account books.

"Officials who accept bribes, help dental businesses to improve their businesses, and officials who help sell illegal salt... All dirty business is in this box. You, take it."

"Why give it to me?"

He gave it too readily, as if it was the last good deed in his last words and deeds, but Zhao Baiyu didn't believe that he didn't count.

This down-and-out scholar who is so smart that he can stand in the two rivers for 20 years, truly do everything he can, and even influence the court, it is impossible to admit defeat easily.

"Hahahaha... Zhao Baiyu, you are very smart, no less than your father—no, you are smarter than him, and you still have compassion for the common people and uncompromising attitude towards officialdom that he doesn't have! But you are still young, Young people are proud and arrogant, they refuse to admit defeat, they think they can clear up the injustice in the world by themselves, but it's not that easy!"

Wang Yueming stared straight at Zhao Baiyu, with bright red blood overflowing from the corner of his lips, sweating from the pain but not changing his face, the soul of a seven-foot man was hidden in his frail body, he could be a hero for a lifetime.

"I want to see what choice you will make... Is it to give in, compromise, soften your heart, let this officialdom go dark, and let the warts and carbuncles go down, or, or burn the boat—"

Turning to look at the darkened sky, the summer wind is very sultry, the weather changes are particularly sensitive, the air is humid, and the rainy season is approaching, there is no doubt that there will be a shocking downpour of rain falling on the earth.

"I don't believe in justice in the world..."

Wang Yueming's bright eyes gradually lost their luster, and his complexion turned completely gray. Wei Bo stepped forward to check his breath and then shook his head.

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The first three chapters of this article have been revised. In the previous version, it was mentioned that Zhongjinshi cannot be an official, but one has to pass the imperial examination to become an official. This rule was only revised after the accident, in order to echo Liangjiang here.

But at the time, I thought it would be too abrupt to mention this suddenly, so I deleted it. Later, Lao Huo sent me a letter to mention it, to pave the way, and it was also related to the war in the last unit (this unit is relatively short).

When it's finished, I'll see if I can revise the first three chapters and change back to the foreshadowing that was deleted before.

The third master is not someone's power, he is a victim who was devoted to serving the country but was killed by the imperial power, angrily resisted the imperial power, fooled the officialdom, and thus looked on coldly.

PS:

I especially like Dou E Yuan, Guan Hanqing is too awesome.

Especially the scene where Dou E beheaded unjustly, absolutely essence, goosebumps, I don't know how big Guan Hanqing's brain is, how can he come up with a plot like blood flowing backwards, blood splashing white cloth, snow in June, and severe drought for three years ?

What's even more ironic is that there was such a violent injustice case in June and three years of severe drought. It was ironic that the father of Dou E's high school came back to avenge her grievances before the court overturned the case and the blue sky came.