Give you a spring

Ping Wei and Lin Ling sat face to face in the next classroom.

It feels like an exam, Lin Ling thought.

"Let me introduce myself first, I'm Xie Xu," Ping Wei said.

"Oh..." Lin Ling replied, Xie Xu....I seem to have heard of this name before, "On the night of Shangyuan Festival, His Majesty introduced a new prince in front of the officials, and it was you?!" He The volume suddenly increased.

"Yeah," Ping smiled.

"I didn't expect the Fifth Prince to find out about this..." Lin Ling murmured, "Are you trying to touch the First Prince?"

"You know?" Ping Wei said, "Do you all know that the person behind is Xie Shi?"

"I know, when you hand over the money to Wang An, he will make it clear."

It seems that Wang An is a key person, "Who told you that you can get the exam questions for the palace exam as long as you pay?"

"It's Teacher Yu..." Lin Ling whispered.

"Which Teacher Yu?" Ping Wei looked at him, Lin Yan timidly avoided his eyes, hesitated and said, "Your Highness, will you report this matter to His Majesty in the future? If I confess to you now, the sentence will be light some?"

Ping Wei didn't say anything, "Say it first, I'll make a decision based on whether the content of the speech is important or not. Generally speaking, the sentence can be reduced."

Hearing what he said, Lin Liang immediately regained his energy, "I must know everything."

Ping Wei leaned back and made a "please speak" gesture.

"It was Mr. Yu Zongsiyu who told me that as long as you pay 200 taels of silver, you can get the questions and answers of the day's exam a few days before the palace exam. My father is the servant of the household department... Mother over there I'm in business again, this amount of money is not too much for me, and my grades are not good, so I paid it, and it's the first time..."

"That Yu Zongsi, how long have you been teaching here?"

"At least seven or eight years, right? I don't know."

"If you pass the palace examination, will Xie Shi come to contact you after you are named on the gold list? Tell you how to help him in the sixth part?"

Lin Ling nodded, "It should be like this."

"Are there all the students who cheated in the classroom just now? How many are there besides you?"

"A total of eighteen, all of them are here."

Pingwei said "hmm", and he didn't want to ask more about other things. He just waited for Qi Zheng to come and take these students and teachers back to the Yamen for interrogation. He looked at Lin Ling, who was only eighteen or nineteen years old, suddenly curious , "Does your family know that your grades are not good?"

"I know..." Speaking of this, Lin Ling sighed, "But my father insisted that I take the exam, saying that it would be good for me, but I think it should be because I am an official in the court that he will feel It’s more face-saving, and it’s handy.”

"So you thought of buying test questions?"

Ping Wei looked at him, Lin Ling nodded his head lightly, his ears were red from the moment he came in, and it hasn't gone away till now.

"Ashamed?" Ping Wei asked.

"Shame," Lin Ling replied quickly, paused and muttered softly, "I told you not to take any palace exams..."

"Where did you plan to go?" Ping Wei heard it and asked softly.

"I want to go to the frontier and join the Beiting Army."

Lin Liang raised his head and said with burning eyes, "How majestic a man has made great achievements. I don't want to stay in this court. When I was young, my family had many banquets. Every now and then, my father would invite a group of courtiers to come over as guests. On the surface, they seemed to be close friends It’s too bad, in fact, intrigues behind the scenes, and they are all on guard against each other, it’s boring to death.”

Ping smiled slightly, this kid dared to say anything, he looked at Lin Ling's not very strong body, "Do you know martial arts?"

"....." This was a sore foot for Student Lin. He froze, and after the meeting, he said with a lack of confidence, "No..."

"Then how to get to the frontier?" Ping Wei smiled.

"It's not that there is only a shortage of soldiers who can fight. Besides, I can serve in other positions. I am very clever and can sneak into the enemy's country as a spy." It is the authentic way of "I don't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth".

Ping Wei didn't attack him, "Now that you are found cheating in the imperial examination, you will definitely be punished. You can't explain to your father, and the Beiting Army won't accept people who have done such things. What should we do?"

This is also what Lin Ling thought of, he suddenly became depressed, lowered his eyes, "I don't know what to do..."

"Can I work for Your Highness?" After a while, he looked at Ping Wei and said, "My father is a senior official in the household department, and my mother is a wealthy businessman from Linjing City. If Your Highness needs anything, you can just tell me do it."

Ping smiled, "You're really clever," and immediately found a second way to go when this path was impassable.

"Generally speaking, I don't want people who have cheated before, but you are very young and have a prominent family background, maybe..."

"How?" Lin Ling looked at him with bright eyes.

"Let me think about it again," Ping said with a smile, "Wait for Mr. Qi to come over later, and you will behave better with him. Let's talk about this again."

After he finished speaking, he stood up, walked to the private school with Lin Ling, and after a while, Qi Zheng and Guan Yue were ushered in, followed by several police officers.

"Your Highness."

"All the teachers and students involved in Tongji Academy are inside," Ping Wei said rightly, pointing to Lin Ling, "The kid next to me is also one of them."

As soon as the words fell, Qi Zheng's eyes fell on Lin Liang. It was the first time Lin Liang saw this Lord Fuyin, and he was a little scared and lowered his head.

"Take it away," Qi Zheng turned and said to a fast catcher.

He then walked into the academy, Ping Wei didn't follow, and walked under a tree with Guan Yue, and asked, "You saw that Zhao Shenghe just now, how is it?"

Qi Zheng told Guan Yue about Zhao Wanwan's affairs on the way. After they arrived at the Yuzhai Tower, they went straight to the second floor. They happened to see Zhao Shenghe telling a story. They looked at each other, went straight to hold Mr. Go to a room in the tea house.

Zhao Shenghe was suddenly "smashed" by someone, his face was still calm, and he said, "You are Lord Guan and Lord Qi, right? I know that you are investigating the palace examination recently, and I can also tell you very frankly that I am with you." It has nothing to do with it.”

Ping Wei had warned Guan Yue not to investigate Zhao Shenghe before, but Guan Yue guessed that the people behind the other party could not be moved easily by just a few of them, so he said respectfully, "Sir, I will naturally believe what you said, come here today, I want to ask about Zhao Wanwan."

Zhao Shenghe trembled, as if he heard a hot word, and immediately looked away, "I don't know who you are talking about."

Qi Zheng walked up to him, "Zhao Wanwan, from Langqiao, chose to commit suicide when she was 23 years old because she was rumored to seduce a local private school teacher. People, and they left after that year, how could they not know about this?"

Zhao Shenghe met his gaze and said coldly, "What do you think?"

"I just want to help Zhao Wanwan reverse the case," Qi Zheng said softly, "I was the county magistrate in Langqiao back then. I always felt guilty for not helping her. I arrested Zhou Mu in Yulanfang yesterday. Afterwards, we will convict him for leaking questions in the imperial examination and the rape that year, hoping to make up for what we failed to do for Zhao Wanwan back then."

"Did you catch that beast?" Zhao Shenghe asked in surprise.

Qi Zheng: "Yes."

Guan Yue: "Sir, can you tell me about your relationship with Zhao Wanwan?"

Zhao Shenghe was still surprised, he was stunned for a while, his face could not be laughed at, and he said softly, "It has been 15 years...someone finally caught that beast..."

Guan Yue heard him muttering, and asked, "Are you old acquaintances, Mr. Zhao Wanwan?"

Zhao Shenghe looked at the two of them, and walked to the table and chairs placed in the middle of the wing room, "Shall we sit down and talk?"

"Okay," Qi Zheng walked over, "but please pick the key points, sir, we have something to do later."

"I understand," Zhao Shenghe said, "I have known Wanwan a long time ago, we are lovers who grew up together."

Qi Zheng frowned, "Didn't I hear about this when I was at Langqiao?"

"How long has your lord been in Langqiao?"

"Two years."

"When I was in Chongli for 18 years, I reduced my contact with Wanwan, because I had to retreat to prepare for the annual literary examination. Wanwan wanted to leave Langqiao, a remote village, and take her parents to live in a better place. In her It seems that only by learning more things can you earn more money, instead of earning a little money by doing farm work and weaving clothes every day like other women. I support her very much, but I also know a woman There will be a lot of criticism if I have such an idea, so I want to study hard, be selected for the palace examination, and enter the sixth part after being named on the gold list, so that maybe I can take Wanwan and her parents out of there."

"I've been preparing for three years. When I'm preparing to take the next round of palace exams after passing the provincial exam, I don't want to hear the news that Wanwan and Zhou Mu are hooking up."

"Do you trust her?" Guan Yue asked.

"Of course I do," Zhao Shenghe replied quickly.

"But you didn't show up when she was insulted by everyone and was about to throw herself into the river," Qi Zheng said coldly. He looked at Zhao Shenghe, who had gray temples and aging face, "You pushed her away, and even threw her away." I don't care about it."

"..." Faced with the questioning, Zhao Shenghe closed his eyes, "I regret it very much, and I also understand my mistake, so I think..."

"You plan to take part in the palace examination, and you want to help Zhao Wanwan after you get a good reputation?" Qi Zheng interrupted. He was skeptical of Zhao Shenghe's words. A person who chose to abandon his beloved woman in the past did so only after her death. Isn't it ridiculous to say that there is too much regret?

He really wanted to say something sarcastic, but this was not the purpose of coming to find Zhao Shenghe today, so he asked, "What about after that?"

"Afterwards I failed the exam and taught in a private school," same as that bastard Zhou Mu.

Guan Yue thought for a while, "If we hadn't come to you, and Zhou Mu hadn't been arrested and imprisoned for leaking questions in the imperial examination, how would you deal with him?"

He wanted to find out who was behind Zhao Shenghe—according to him, what Zhao Shenghe wanted the most over the years was to avenge Zhao Wanwan, catch Zhou Mu, and let those who forced her to death in Langqiao back then also get retribution .

It was a coincidence that Pingwei found out that Shi Zongxi was related to the First Prince after breaking Shi Qianlin's case, and later found out about the activities of the First Prince in the palace examination. How did Zhao Shenghe plan to deal with Zhou Mu before he came to the capital?

Was it someone who promised him something, and then asked him to tell some secrets that only the palace knew when the fifth prince first entered the city?

Guan Yue looked at Zhao Shenghe inquisitively. The other party struggled for a while, and said carefully, "I can only tell you that someone promised me that they would help me execute all the people involved in Zhao Wanwan's case."

Guan Yue was not satisfied with this answer, he wanted to ask more questions, but Qi Zheng interrupted him, gave him a warning look, and said to Zhao Shenghe, "Did you find any evidence?"

"Yes, for the past 15 years, I have been looking for those people who drove Wanwan to death and stood by the river and said sarcastic words. God pays off, until today I finally know who those people are."

"Does it have a name?" Qi Zheng asked urgently, "I can help you find those people."

"No need," Zhao Shenghe glanced at him, "I have already handed over the list to the Criminal Department this morning."

Sure enough, he had contact with the people in the palace.

Guan Yue's eyes froze, it seemed that Ping Wei's guess was right, the people behind Zhao Shenghe were very powerful, they could bypass Qi Zheng and directly hand over the document to the Ministry of Punishment.

"I see." So it seemed that they were one step too late, Zhao Shenghe had already dealt with everything, Qi Zheng looked at Guan Yue, and the other party shook his head lightly, expressing that he had nothing to ask.

Afterwards, the two bid farewell to Zhao Shenghe and rushed to Tongji Academy in the west of the city after receiving a message from a buddy.

After listening to him, Pingwei confirmed the identity of the person behind Zhao Shenghe that he had thought in his mind before. The two stood under the tree for a while, and then saw Qi Zheng walking out with dozens of teachers and students.

"Tie them up tightly and take them back to the Yamen," Master Qi said loudly to the arresters with his back to them.

The children of the rich family were so ashamed of the fact that their cheating was exposed, they lowered their heads and dared not see anyone.

He Zhou walked at the end and was in charge of the town. After seeing Ping Wei, he walked towards him quickly, intertwined his fingers, and asked softly, "Can I go home?"

Guan Yue was still standing next to the two of them at this time, seeing clearly the hands they were holding, his heart was shocked, and he said calmly to Ping Wei, "I'm going to have a few words with Qi Zheng."

"Okay," before Pingwei finished speaking, he ran over like a gust of wind.

He Zhou looked at it for a while, "Maybe he told Qi Zheng about our relationship in the past."

"Isn't this exactly what you hoped for?" After everything was handled in a mess, Ping Wei relaxed and looked at him with a chuckle.

Seeing him smile, He Zhou hooked the corners of his mouth, leaned over and kissed him, "Yeah."

"I'm not here, what did you do to those students of Tongji Academy? They are all afraid of you." Ping Wei said.

"It's just a scare, but it works well anyway," He Zhou replied casually, pulling the man back under the tree, leaning against the big tree and pulling Ping Wei into his arms.

"You..." Ping looked at him with a smile, and asked in a soft voice, "What do you want to eat tonight? By the way... Where's the box you packed?"

Originally it was said that it was for Wang An, but He Zhou kept holding that thing, so Ping Wei didn't remember it.He Zhou was obsessed with his radiant eyes, and casually said, "I gave it to a grandma on the way here, I hope it suits her taste."

Ping smiled, "Well, I hope so."