Encounter with the Four Great Talents

Tang Yin fell ill, he had not had a good rest during the test and was weak, and because of this incident he was frightened, Tang Yin fell ill immediately after the emperor's order was issued.Wen Zhengming also haggard a lot, but he still supported him firmly.But after seeing Fang Xingzhou, Wen Zhengming also heaved a sigh of relief, his eyes sore: "Brother Fang."

"Abi!" Fang Xingzhou immediately went over to support Wen Zhengming, who was a little unsteady, looked worriedly at the chubby child who had lost a lot of weight, and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, The second master also said that this matter has nothing to do with you, don't be afraid!"

Wen Zhengming shook his head and said with a wry smile, "I heard that brother Chen has been taken away."

Fang Xingzhou frowned, but still comforted him, and went in to see Tang Yin.

With the help of his concubine, Tang Yin leaned on the pillow to meet him, and Fang Xingzhou immediately handed him Tang Shen's letter.After reading it, Tang Yin smiled lightly, but his smile was not relaxed. He shook his head and said, "This matter is quite weird, and it can't be solved by Shen'er if he wants to. Fortunately, Zhengming and I have nothing to do with this matter." It's too involved, just like Shen'er said, it's probably not difficult to survive."

Fang Xingzhou frowned and said worriedly: "Master, don't think too much. This matter has nothing to do with you and Abi. Even if you are asked, as long as you tell the truth, there will be no problem." !"

Tang Yin smiled weakly, leaned back on the pillow with a sigh: "Obviously Shen'er warned him so carefully, he must be very disappointed."

"Where is the uncle, the second master has been worrying about you since he received your letter. He only hopes that you are safe and sound!"

Tang Yin nodded, and closed his eyes tiredly.Fang Xingzhou didn't say any more, just asked him to rest and recuperate well, and then withdrew.

Gao Fu and Tongshou Wen Zhengming were called together, and Fang Xingzhou began to inquire about the development of the situation in Beijing during this period.

They didn't know much, but they still told them in detail.

On the fifth day after the end of the examination, Beijing Central began to circulate that the examination questions had been leaked.On the eighth day, almost all the examinees knew about it, and it was said that it was Jin Yiwei who broke the news.Three days ago, the emperor decreed to hand over this matter to Jin Yiwei for investigation. All the test papers were sealed and handed over to the three academicians for re-examination.

After Jin Yiwei took over the case, candidates were arrested one after another.Because most of the examinees live nearby, several people have seen at least five people being taken away by Jin Yiwei.Although Chen Juren didn't live with them anymore, he knew about his arrest immediately, because Chen Juren's servant immediately came to deliver a letter to remind them to be careful.

After Tang Yin got the news, he immediately sent someone to Zhang's mansion to inquire about the situation. Zhang Jingyu sent back the news that the exam questions had indeed been leaked, but because the matter was being investigated by Jin Yiwei, he couldn't get too much information right away. He only said that if something happened, he would notify him immediately. them, and let them try not to go out during this time.When asked about Chen Juren, they only said that they would find a way to deal with Chen Juren's matter, and asked the two not to inquire about it, just stay at home obediently.

Tong Xi said worriedly: "I went to Zhang's mansion yesterday, and I saw people from Jin Yiwei coming in and out of their house! I was so scared... I was so scared that I didn't dare to go in..."

Fang Xingzhou nodded immediately: "You are right not to go in! Jin Yiwei's trial, regardless of whether it is related or not, as long as it is involved, it must be tortured first. If you went in and Jin Yiwei found that uncle and Abi were also related to the Zhang family, Maybe even carrying it will be arrested."

Wen Zhengming was really tired, and he spoke weakly: "Fortunately, we didn't join forces that day, otherwise we would really have jumped into the Yellow River and we wouldn't be able to clean up. At that time, brother Tang and I left early, so it probably wouldn't be a big deal. But Chen Brother Chen stayed behind at that time, and we lived together with Brother Chen for so long, it would be hard to believe that we didn’t know anything about it.”

Fang Xingzhou thought for a while but shook his head: "No, I don't think this matter may have anything to do with the uncle and Abi, otherwise, as you said, Mr. Chen has been arrested. It doesn't make sense that you can live in peace. it's here."

Wen Zhengming was taken aback by what he said, and suddenly he relaxed a lot, and said with a smile, "Brother Fang is right."

Fang Xingzhou got Tang Shen's order, and he was afraid that the innocent Tang Yin and Wen Zhengming would be involved in this matter, so he would go out early the next morning to find out the news.But if there is no way, no one will welcome you if you come to the door rashly. Fortunately, Tang Yin and Wen Zhengming are here, and this problem has turned a little bit.

The two are outsiders in the capital, so it stands to reason that there will be no news channels.But after all, the two of them have painted and written for many people before, and they also know a few people with status.Gao Fu took the greeting cards and sent them to the door one by one, but there were indeed some people who were willing to receive them, and one of them was the Huatai Shifu.

The correct statement of this Hua Taishi is that the prince Taishi Hua is the first teacher of the emperor when he was young. He has educated the emperor for more than ten years and is one of the most respected and trusted people of the emperor.But this person is actually a standard nerd, good at reading, but not very good at handling government affairs, so even though he is knowledgeable and famous, he has a lot of status in front of the emperor, but he has never had any real power. Fortunately, he himself doesn't care about this. .

This Taishi Hua had asked Tang Yin to make paintings many times, and Wen Zhengming had also asked Wen Zhengming to write fans for him, and he had a good impression of the two of them.So after Gao Fu's post was passed up, he asked the steward to receive a few people.After all, it is impossible for a senior official like him to personally receive two servants.

This military officer was very enthusiastic about his affairs, Fang Xingzhou and Gao Fu did not dare to take big things in front of him, they were very polite and careful, and specially prepared a gift for him.Wu Guanshi also accepted it, and was very happy to receive Wen Zhengming's calligraphy and painting, and praised him greatly.Then gradually getting to the point, Wu Guanshi said with a smile that the person in charge of investigating this case is the emperor's younger brother, who is also Hua Taishi's second son, and the commander of Jin Yiwei, the same acquaintance Hua Dingwu.

Gao Fu and Fang Xingzhou only felt that a pie had fallen from the world, and they were dizzy from the impact.But the military steward went on to say that their second master had a weird temper and was difficult to get close to, and it was even more difficult to ask him anything.However, the Hua family naturally has other channels to know the general situation. The only thing they can tell the two is that Tang Yin and Wen Zhengming are not deeply involved in the case. Anything is fine.

No matter how they predicted, Wen Zhengming and Tang Yin were still relieved to get such news from others.Tang Yin immediately began to recover from his illness, and Wen Zhengming also recovered his appetite.

But the following news got worse and worse. The emperor mentioned the case several times in court, and seemed to be very dissatisfied with the speed of the trial.More and more candidates were being taken away, and even if they were sent back, they were tortured to pieces.And in the place where they lived, some soldiers wearing Xiuchun swords began to appear, interrogating the people around them at any time.

In such a tense atmosphere, Tang Yin's recovery was getting slower and slower, Wen Zhengming lost his appetite again, Gao Fu and Fang Xingzhou wanted to inquire about the news again but were stopped and not allowed to leave the alley.

Finally, one early morning, there was a sudden knock on the door of the courtyard where the two lived, and a guard who opened the door with a palm of the Jinyiwei General Banner led a group of people to rush in, calling Tang Yin and Wen Zhengming by name.

Fang Xingzhou spent 100 taels of silver before the general flag opened the golden mouth. It was nothing more than a routine questioning. After five or six days, he would be released if there was no problem.

Fang Xingzhou was in a hurry, and asked if Tang Yin was seriously ill, so he could accommodate him.The general flag snorted coldly: "If you are really sick, go in and explain it clearly, and then you can come out."

Tang Yin was dragged off the bed, put on clothes indiscriminately, and was so weak that he could hardly walk by himself.Fang Xingzhou wanted to help but was pushed away by a guard in Jinyi. Wen Zhengming went to help Tang Yin and twitched the corner of his mouth: "Brother Fang, don't worry, we will be fine. After five or six days, go pick us up again."

Fang Xingzhou looked at the weak Tang Yin and was so worried that he didn't know what to do, but he could only ask Wen Zhengming with a forced smile: "Abi, I'll leave everything to you." Wen Zhengming nodded, and stretched out his hand to support the dizzy Tang Yin.

The general banner only wanted to arrest people, as long as they were caught, it didn't make things difficult for Tang Yin, and waved his hand: "Take them away! Go to the next household to arrest people!"

On the third day after Tang Yin was arrested, Tang Shen finally arrived in the capital.

When Fang Xingzhou saw Tang Shen, he immediately went up to report the situation these days, but seeing Tang Shen's face, he didn't know whether to worry about Tang Yin or Tang Shen first.Tang Shen was already white, but now his face was so white that there was no color except his eyes and eyebrows, and even his lips were dead white. It was shocking to see!

Tang Shen got off the horse, threw the reins to Tongshou, strode into the yard and asked directly, "It's okay with me, tell me about your elder brother."

Fang Xingzhou had no choice but to swallow his worries about him, and said anxiously: "It's been three days since he was arrested, and I don't know what the result will be. We went to Washington to inquire about the news, and they only said that no torture has been performed yet, and we need to wait for a few more days."

"Has anyone sent to the prison to inquire?"

"I went, I went by myself, but I couldn't get in, saying that I haven't been interrogated yet, and I'm not allowed to see anyone."

Tang Shen paused, looked back at him, frowned and asked, "Have you not interrogated yet?"

Fang Xingzhou nodded: "Yes, I won't be able to find out more information."

It's really strange to lock people up like this without interrogation or torture. It doesn't seem like Jin Yiwei's aggressive and decisive style of action.Tang Shen frowned, went into the room and called Gao Fu and others, and asked them to tell everything about entering Beijing from beginning to end.

After knowing that Tang Yin was seriously ill and arrested, Tang Shen couldn't continue listening any longer, so he stood up and walked around the room with his hands behind his back.In the end, he gritted his teeth, reached out and took down the picture of a beautiful woman under a plum blossom on the wall, and then signaled Wen Zhengming's servant, Baichuan, to take out one of their master's most outstanding calligraphy and paintings, and asked them to prepare all kinds of gifts to use up. 2000 taels, and another 1000 taels of silver bills were stuffed into a box among the gifts, and someone held them. After changing his clothes, he got up in the afternoon and went to Washington.

Wu Guanshi was a little impatient when he heard that the Tang family had come again.In his opinion, it was not a big deal at all. The family was in such a hurry, as if their second master would eat their young master alive.But after all, it was the master who ordered to entertain the guests well, so Guan Wu quickly dealt with the matter at hand and went to the gate.

As soon as he arrived at the door, Wu Guanshi knew that the people who came today were different.

People from the Tang family usually ride horses, but today they came in a carriage. A few common servants, such as Gao Fufang Xingzhou, stood respectfully beside the carriage, standing still in a very orderly manner, while the two had never seen each other before. The young servant stretched out his hand to help a man out of the carriage.

Wu Guanshi can be regarded as someone who has seen the world, but he still couldn't help but pause when he saw this person in front of him.The youth who doesn't look very old has a sick face, but his eyes are gentle and firm. His slender body is wrapped in a crow-blue gown, which makes him look extraordinarily thin. Matching his delicate face and graceful demeanor, it seems Like the favored son of some family.In particular, although his attire looks plain, the fabrics are all made with care, and his family background is pretty good.

Wu Guanshi couldn't guess the identity of this person, and felt that this person had some background just based on his appearance, so he straightened his thoughts and greeted him.

After Tang Shen got out of the carriage, he felt a blur in front of his eyes, and he had to hold Yong Lu's hand tightly to stand still.He closed his eyes and waited for the dizziness to pass, and then opened his eyes only to make his face paler and almost transparent.Seeing Wu Guanshi walking in front of him, Tang Shen withdrew his hand and gave a slight bow, and raised a shallow smile: "Wu Guanshi, it's a pleasure to meet you, my surname is Tang Mingshen. I'm here for my brother Tang Yin's business, please excuse me. You."