Dragon Pattern Roll Set

When having breakfast the next day, Zhan Zhao showed everyone the list that the grand master had circled.

The Grand Master circled a total of four people, Zhan Huwei really lived up to everyone's expectations and didn't know any of them, not only did he not know them, he had never even heard of the official position.

Everyone looked at the directory and pondered it carefully.

"Kao Gong doctor... a doctor? A doctor in the Ministry of War... a doctor who is stationed in the Ministry of War?" Zhan Zhao asked.

On the side, Gongsun spat out a mouthful of porridge.

The fourth son handed over a handkerchief to wipe his father's mouth.

Bai Yutang asked Zhao Pu, "What kind of officials are they?"

Zhao Pu raised his eyebrows, "Who knows, they are all civil servants."

Everyone was helpless, Zhao Pu should be familiar with the official positions in the army.

"Who knows those official positions?" Zhao Pu curled his lips. "The three divisions and six divisions alone cost several hundred, and the names are long and awkward."

While chatting, Pang Yu and Bao Yan ran out with their textbooks in their hands, ready to go to Taixue after dinner.

Zhan Zhao picked up the directory and asked the two, "Do you two know what kind of official position Kao Gong Lang is?"

Bao Yan blinked and said, "It's an official from the Fourth Division of the Ministry of Officials."

Everyone looked up - there are still many divisions in the Ministry of Officials?It's the first time I've heard of it.

The young master held the porridge bowl and said, "Kaogong Langzhong is responsible for reviewing the promotion and transfer of civil and military officials. Generally, there are promotions and so on. You must pass the review there."

Everyone had an "I see" expression on their faces.

Zhan Zhao asked, "Is it a big official?"

Xiao Baoyan shook his head, "Brother Zhan, sometimes the rank of an official is not necessarily equal to the authority."

Zhan Zhao touched his chin.

Pang Yu gave an example, "The doctor is basically a fourth-rank official position, and the rank is not as high as you. But no one in Kaifeng Mansion is afraid of you except the fugitive who broke the law, and naturally no one will flatter you. It’s different, it’s a position that determines the future of many officials, who doesn’t have a little flaw in life? There’s a big difference between turning a blind eye and closing one’s eye, and clinging to it!”

Bao Yan on the side also nodded.

"Oh..." Zhan Zhao understood.

Bai Yutang pointed to the second name and asked, "Where's the doctor of the Ministry of War?"

Xiao Baoyan asked, "Which doctor is in the Ministry of War? There are four doctors in the Ministry of War, two of Sima Lang, and two of Yuanwai Lang."

Everyone opened their mouths wide - there is still such a division?

Pang Yu shook his head. This group of people really didn't have any common sense, so he explained, "There are two Sima Langzhong in the Ministry of War, who are in charge of rank and dispatch of military officers. .”

Zhan Zhao and the others looked at each other—oh...

"Where is this Southwest pacifier?" Zhan Zhao continued to ask.

"The appeasement envoys are all part-time." Bao Yan held an omelette, "There should be other official positions in Beijing, most of them are bachelors, and most of them are civil servants."

"I know about the appeasement envoys." Zhao Pu said, "I dismissed Jiedu envoys and observation envoys, who had too much power, and handed over all local affairs to the magistrates, but the magistrates were too small to manage many things. Therefore, every place has a pacifier to take charge of it, and the Southwest pacifier means to ask him for instructions in advance if there is anything wrong with the prefectural government in the southwest region."

Pang Yu nodded, "The Southwest Comforter is a bachelor of the Imperial Academy."

"Then the last one..." Zhan Zhao frowned, "Promote Chang Pingsi..."

Bao Yan slapped his mouth, "Promote Chang Ping to be in charge of immunity, markets, workshops, river crossings, and water conservancy."

Everyone nodded, it sounded like it was important...

"To put it bluntly, the promotion of Changping Division is the person who sets the rules. According to the annual harvest situation, various rules of commerce and transportation are formulated to benefit the people's livelihood." Pang Yu said.

Everyone looked at the two children wearing Taixue gowns, and couldn't help asking, "Is Taixue teaching this?"

Bao Yan shook his head, "I read it all from books. I only know what official positions are responsible for. I don't know who is in office." Then, he pointed to Pang Yu beside him, "If you ask him, he knows everything. of."

Everyone looked at Pang Yu again.

Pang Yu bit the omelette and nodded.

The fourth son was very curious, "Little Fatty, do you know all these people?"

"Almost." Pang Yu said.

Everyone raised their eyebrows—there is a wide range of friends!

Pang Yu looked up at the sky, "My father is in charge of the Sixth Department. There should not be too many officials who come to visit during the holidays. Every one of my father will tell me what they do in detail, and it is not too difficult to remember."

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang subconsciously—isn't it hard to remember?

Bai Yutang laughed, it would be fine to ask him to read through the book and memorize his official positions like Bao Yan did, but it would be too difficult for him to check in one by one.

Everyone also felt that he was indeed the son of the grand master.

"Are you familiar with these people?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Pang Yu had already finished his breakfast, thought about it with a cup of tea, and said, "These four are very capable! My father told me that these four are not only capable of doing things, but also ambitious, and ruthless, so we must be careful. "

Everyone touched their chins.

"I don't think any of them are very reliable." The young master shook his head.

"What kind of unreliable method?" Bao Yan wondered.

Pang Yu said, "These four families all have daughters, and they all wanted to marry their daughters to me."

Everyone looked at Pang Yu with wide eyes, and the fourth son couldn't help but say, "Little fat is so popular!"

The corner of Pang Yu's mouth twitched, he pointed to his nose and said, "It's been a few years since I didn't say this. At that time, my father was notorious. How can there be a serious father who is willing to give me his daughter? Is it just to flatter you?" My dad?!"

Everyone nodded, that was indeed the case.

Pang Yu shook his head and said, "My father told me before that even if he is such a utilitarian person, if the emperor is a bastard like me when I was bad, he will never let my sister marry and become a princess. It can be seen that those who offered to give me their daughters as daughters-in-law are not good fathers. Tiger poison is not easy to eat children, this kind of in-laws is not desirable! To be a bad person these days must be humane, and in some respects There must be integrity in some aspects.”

Everyone folded their arms and looked at Pang Yu for a long time, then turned their faces and asked Bao Yan, "Has Master Bao taught you anything about this?"

Bao Yan sat up straight, "Incorruptible, upright, with the world in mind, not afraid of power, if you can't do it, just obediently be your great talent to recite poems and paint, or go back to your hometown in Luzhou to farm."

Zhan Zhao and the others rested their chins in a daze—these belonged to two completely different ways of being an official.

After Bao Yan and Pang Yu finished eating, they ran to Taixue to attend class, leaving everyone behind to start a new investigation for the day.

Anyway, there are four "suspects" in front of me, but how to investigate?Never come to ask.

Zhao Pu came up with a bad idea, "If the father doesn't recognize the dead body, maybe the daughter will not!"

"But..." Gongsun said, "The ladies of the family are all married, and they usually don't leave the house, how can we show them portraits?"

"Look for a chance." Zhao Pu reminded, "Look for someone to help."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, "Who are you looking for?"

On the side, the fourth son raised his face and said, "Aunt Fat."

Everyone's eyes lit up—yes!Ask Concubine Pang for help!

Gongsun wrote a letter to Concubine Pang, asking the fourth son to come to the palace and hand the letter to Concubine Pang.

After Pang Fei read the letter, she discussed it with the Queen Mother.That afternoon, the Empress Dowager issued a decree, saying that a tea party was held in the harem, and some officials' wives were brought into the palace to have tea and chat.

There are not many opportunities to get close to the Queen Mother Pang in this once-in-a-thousand-year time. The officials of various families hurriedly sent their daughters-in-law in, and some families had daughters who hadn't had time to marry.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also entered the palace and asked Nangong Ji for help.

Nangong also advised the two of them, how to let the four wives see the picture of the picture by chance?In the end, this task was handed over to two people—Xiao Sizi and Xiangxiang.

Concubine Pang deliberately arranged the four wives to sit at the same table. The arrival of the fourth son and Xiangxiang caused a little commotion, and the wives were all waiting for them to come and play.

The ladies were very happy drinking tea and snacks, and the fourth son finally sat down at the table of the four ladies, chatting and chatting, and the fourth son helped Gongsun investigate the case in Kaifeng Mansion.

One of the wives asked the fourth son, is Kaifeng investigating any strange cases recently?So, the fourth son took out the portrait.According to Cui Xin's description of Cui Cheng that day, Gongsun modified the portrait to make the two more similar.

On the roof not far away, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang stared at the four of them closely. Even Concubine Pang and the Queen Mother who were drinking tea at the side also paid attention to the changes in the expressions of the four ladies.

The four ladies passed on the portrait with great interest, and discussed a few words during the period, but the strange thing is...

Zhan Zhao rubbed his eyes and asked Bai Yutang, "Am I dazzled?"

Bai Yutang shook his head, "Probably not."

Suddenly, two voices came from behind, "Yeah!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were startled, they turned their heads, helpless...they saw Tianzun and Yin Hou coming here at some point, squatting behind them with their arms folded.

At this time, Concubine Pang and the Queen Mother also looked at each other, looking a little confused.

Why did the reactions of these four ladies surprise the people who watched secretly?Because the four of them have no expression at all!Or... no strange expression.

The four of them had obviously never seen the person in the portrait, and the act of sending the portrait to the youngest son was considered sudden. If they really had feelings for each other, no matter who they were, there would definitely be some expression changes in an instant, but these four did not!

Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, "Did the grand master make a wrong estimate this time?"

Bai Yutang frowned - no way...

Behind him, Yin Hou poked at the two of them, "It's not so much that the grand master made a wrong estimate, it's better to say that you two made a wrong estimate, right?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang turned their heads.

Tianzun also agreed with Yin Hou's words, "Sweetheart Cui Chengxin is the daughter of a certain official, and then the official killed someone in order not to let her daughter marry a poor boy before throwing her into the well. This is clearly the content of a big drama."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were discouraged, did their calculations really make a mistake?

At this time, Concubine Pang stood up and walked towards the small courtyard beside her.

At the same time, a female shadow guard landed beside Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, and said, "The second is the young hero, and the empress is in the side courtyard. I have something to ask."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang followed her to the side courtyard.

Concubine Pang was sitting at a table in the courtyard, seeing Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang arriving, she sniffed the progress of the case in detail.Gongsun's letter only said to ask Concubine Pang to help test a few people, but the fourth son couldn't tell the whole story, so Concubine Pang was a little uncertain.

When Zhan Zhao talked about the cause and effect of the case and their calculations, Concubine Pang suddenly chuckled and shook her head.

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang didn't understand.

Concubine Pang sighed, and said, "You two young heroes, think about it, if someone bullies me and my father wants to kill that person, will he do it himself and throw the body in the palace?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other—is this it?

Concubine Pang held scented tea and said while drinking, "If you kill people and throw the body in the palace and don't take it away, it can only mean that the murderer suddenly wanted to kill, and there is no way to transport the body away before throwing it away." Well, this is most likely an impulsive killing."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded.

"Why don't you two understand..." Concubine Pang was helpless, "The one who makes a man kill impulsively, besides his daughter, is his lover!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were taken aback.

Concubine Pang said, "You two don't understand what it's like to be an old couple and a young wife, right?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang blinked.

Concubine Pang said, "For example, my Jiu Niang is only a few years older than me. My father sees her very closely. If she talks a few more words to young men, my father will become jealous."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang then blinked—yo, the Grand Master still has this side?

"There are countless officials in the court, and they are all chosen from among the people. Those who can enter the palace to have a banquet are mostly powerful and powerful." Concubine Pang said, "Power grows with age, and men in their 50s and 50s have a successful career. , but my body began to go downhill. It’s good to be a young wife, but it’s not easy to look at it. Only youth can’t be changed, and men and women are the same! If I wait until I’m [-] or [-] years old, the emperor’s new concubine will only be ten years old. Eighty-nine, I will naturally be jealous. But I am a woman, I have to behave like a woman, and I have to endure jealousy, but a man may not."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were stunned for a long time after listening.

Zhan Zhao was surprised, "Cui Cheng seduced a certain official's wife?"

This time, not only Concubine Pang laughed, but the two maids behind Concubine Pang also couldn't help laughing with their mouths covered.

Zhan Zhao was quite embarrassed—what's the problem?

Concubine Pang was helpless, "If he seduces someone else's wife, he would go to someone's house and climb the wall. What is he doing in the palace? Officials don't bring their wives and concubines when they enter the palace for banquets!"

Zhan Zhao was confused, "What does that mean?"

Bai Yutang drank tea and didn't speak. On the roof, Tianzun and Yin Hou shook their heads when they heard it——Oh, what a gossip!The spring scenery in the palace is really wonderful!

Concubine Pang waved her hands lightly to the two girls, and the two girls went to the door to help her guard the door, and Nangong also signaled - there was no one else nearby.

Concubine Pang lowered her voice and said to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, "There are hundreds of maids in the palace, most of them are young and beautiful, and it is natural to find a sweetheart in this golden age. This is human nature! , Those senior officials who are powerful, powerful and personable at a certain age are more popular. If you can meet one, even if you are taken as a concubine, you will get rid of the fate of servants. In the same way, officials must have eyeliner in the court If you want to buy it with money, the other party may not be reliable, but it will be different if you use feelings! The little girl is so deceitful! And the news of the harem can only be heard by the maids. If you want a woman to work for you loyally, money is not enough Yes, it’s only useful if you have feelings.”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang stayed where they were, it was much more complicated and gossipy than imagined!

On the roof, Yin Hou and Tianzun nodded—tsk tsk!From fighting for power and profit to jealousy!

Concubine Pang saw that Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were in a daze, and said, "It's better to find out who you are as a father than a girl! Your nature will never change! Since my father said that these people are cruel and merciless, these people are the most suspicious!"

……

When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang came out of the side hall, they didn't speak, just thinking about what Concubine Pang said just now, and walked to the vicinity of Peacock Lake.

Bai Yutang looked at the camphor tree, and suddenly asked Zhan Zhao, "The maid who jumped into the lake before is called Feiyue! The time coincides with the time when Cui Cheng died."

Zhan Zhao also nodded, "Could it be that Fei Yue is Cui Cheng's sweetheart?"

"Then Feiyue still had some relationship with a certain official...the other party killed Cui Cheng, and Feiyue also committed suicide, leaving the fishtail array behind. Is it a curse on that official?" Bai Yutang asked.

"I think this murderer for love is more reliable than the one who killed a woman before." Zhan Zhao also nodded.

Behind him, Tianzun came up a little bit and reminded, "Then why did that maid hang herself a few days ago?"

Yin Hou also came closer, "What does this have to do with the sugar shop? Don't forget, there is also a picture of Yuweidu in the Manji sugar shop, and it is a family heirloom!"

As they said that, the two raised their eyebrows together, "Where's the ring stolen from the palace and the fishtail pillow?!"

Bai Yutang felt that he should just go home and count the money, so Zhan Zhao scratched his head—annoying!

At this time, the black peacock strolled to Yin Hou's side again.

Yin Hou stretched out his hand to gently pinch its crown, and Tianzun stretched out his hand to tug on the peacock's tail, "Why don't you ask them, they were nearby when the case happened."

Speaking of this, Zhan Zhao suddenly raised his head and looked at Peacock Lake.

Seeing Zhan Zhao's expression, Bai Yutang asked, "What did you think of?"

Zhan Zhao clapped his hands and said, "Cui Cheng gave Cui Xin's daughter a jade pendant with a fishtail pillow, right?!"

Bai Yutang nodded.

"Fei Yue committed suicide by throwing herself into Peacock Lake! Yaoyao found the pillow in Peacock Lake!" Zhan Zhao said, "There is a drawing of Cui Cheng's corpse in the pillow! If the pillow was taken by Fei Yue when she jumped into the lake!" Woolen cloth?!"

Bai Yutang gently touched his chin, "Did Feiyue commit suicide because she knew Cui Cheng was dead?"

"It's not certain whether it's suicide or not." Yin Hou said, "The one who crossed the curse with the fish tail is a heartbreaker. If Fei Yue really has an affair with the murderer, it's Cui Cheng that she owes."

"Not long ago, someone went to pay homage to Cui Cheng and left behind a jade pendant with a fishtail pillow!"

"Yeah!" Tianzun also nodded, "I feel that the case is almost cleared up, but there is still a little link missing."

Zhan Zhao tugged at Bai Yutang, "Let's go! Concubine Pang is right. Let's go and see how those fathers will react after seeing Cui Cheng's portrait!"