The predecessor who was scumbag by me was the emperor

In the spring of March, the city of Chang’an became lively again. This year was the year of the imperial examination, and a large number of students gathered in the capital again. Every inn was overcrowded, and countless students gathered in the restaurants to talk and talk every day.

"This month's newspaper is out, hurry up, go buy it!" Someone shouted on the street, and the students who had been arguing in the restaurant stopped talking one after another, and sent people to the street to buy the newspaper.

"In the last issue of the newspaper, there was an article on the policy of idlers. It was written about how to manage a city. After I showed it to the teacher, even he said that this idler must be in a high position and knows how to govern the country. .” A student from the south said excitedly.

"Haha, you don't even know that the idler is the champion of the previous session, Mr. Shen, the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, he is now a third-rank official, isn't he in a high position?"

"What?" The student jumped up excitedly, "How is that possible? Idle loafer...I always thought that loafer must be an old man with a strong heart and a broad mind. Even my teacher said that everyone must have a lot of experience. Otherwise, how could he write such free and easy poems and such perfect theories, how could he be Mr. Shen? Didn’t I hear that he is only in his prime?”

"That was three years ago, but Mr. Shen is indeed young, the youngest among the third-rank officials, but he is the emperor's fellow apprentice, so it is normal for him to be reused. Unfortunately, we are not so lucky."

"Same family? But I heard that Mr. Shen is from Baoning Prefecture in Shuzhou. Who is his teacher?" Many people asked the same question. The news in this world is slow, and students from other places don't know much about Chaozhou. neutral situation.

"You must have heard of this great Confucian, Mr. Huai'an."

Everyone exclaimed, "Mr. Huai'an actually lives in Shuzhou. No wonder his family members searched everywhere but couldn't find him. No wonder Mr. Shen was able to go to high school at such a young age. Mr. Huai'an also went to high school when he was young."

"But why is the emperor also a disciple of Mr. Huai'an? Didn't Mr. Huai'an disappear 30 years ago? The emperor is only in his twenties."

"I heard that the emperor visited Shuzhou when he was young and studied abroad, and then worshiped Mr. Huai'an as his teacher."

"Then the emperor should call Senior Brother Shen Shilang?" Someone told the truth.

"Ahem, the emperor is older, but with such a fate, Shen Shilang will not have to worry about his official career in this life. I am afraid that he will be able to join the cabinet within ten years. In the future, it will be no problem for one person to be under ten thousand ah."

"Incomparable, incomparable... By the way, is there anyone who wants to go to the Shen residence together to visit Master Shen?"

"Don't go, many people have been there before, Master Shen didn't see any of them."

"That's not necessarily it!" A high-pitched voice came in, and when everyone turned their heads, they saw a young student coming over with a fan, forcibly drove away a commoner student, and sat down carelessly.

"This is...?" The crowd saw him unfamiliar, and they couldn't identify the number of them for a while, but there were too many students from all over the country who came to Beijing. Apart from those who had long been famous, there were still many hermits and masters.

"Student Liu Chengyi in Xiashu Prefecture, who happened to be from the same town as Mr. Shen you mentioned, and also knew Mr. Huai'an, and was fortunate to be taught, so..."

Before he could finish his sentence, everyone began to compliment him in surprise, "It turns out that he is a fellow student of Mr. Shen. Disrespect and disrespect. Brother Liu came to Beijing this time to rush for the exam?"

"Brother Liu, at first glance, looks like a man of great talent and personable demeanor. He must be on the list in this imperial examination."

"Tomorrow my brother is going to organize a poetry meeting, if brother Liu Xue doesn't mind, come and join in the fun?"

Liu Chengyi raised his eyebrows with an inscrutable face, and asked lightly: "Who is your elder brother?"

"Bucai's elder brother is an experience of Shuntian Fu Yin, so it's not worth mentioning."

"Oh, then I will go if I have time, but I may not be free. I plan to visit Mr. Shen tomorrow."

With a move in their hearts, everyone moved closer to him and surrounded Liu Chengyi, throwing good words at him without money, and some even secretly stuffed purses into his hands, begging him to take them to Shen's residence as a guest.

Liu Chengyi collected the things, but he didn't answer anything, he just said: "Master Shen is busy with business, it's rare to find time to see me, I don't dare to bring anyone to bother him, but Liu Mou I will definitely bring them one by one.”

When the newspapers were bought, the crowd finally dispersed and began to study the newspapers together. Even the advertisement pages were discussed in depth, and they did not disperse until dark.

Drunkly, Liu Chengyi helped the boy back to the inn, took off his bright coat at the door, smoothed it and hung it up, then impatiently took out all the purses he received today, "Hahaha, I didn't expect Shen Jia to be so useful , these idiots are so easy to deceive, it can be seen that the officialdom is full of fools!"

"Master, if that person finds out about your behavior, will we be fine?"

Liu Chengyi kicked off the moldy quilt on the bed, frowned and said, "Go call the shopkeeper and change rooms. My young master wants to live in Tianzi No. [-] room... What are you afraid of? We have Shen Jia's handle in our hands. He He got involved with men when he was young, and now he is married to the county lord Guangyao, but if I reveal his past, let's see how he can gain a foothold in the court."

"You've heard everyone say that he not only holds a high position but is also favored by the emperor. Let's not steal chickens and lose money."

Liu Chengyi was counting the money, and suddenly rubbed his chin and thought about it, "Why does everyone say that the emperor is Shen Jia's fellow apprentice? Didn't the old man in Huai'an accept two disciples these years? Except for Shen Jia and that Gu... ... Gu Yao, who else?"

"This...maybe it's when we don't know?"

Liu Chengyi suddenly jumped up and exclaimed: "Tell me, is it possible that the person surnamed Gu is... just..." The more he thought about it, the more likely it was, he knew that he was only in his 20s today, no different from Gu Zhuo In addition, I heard from them that the emperor came to Shuzhou when he was young, and the time when Gu Zhuo suddenly appeared in Shuzhou should be the same.

"No wonder! No wonder..." Liu Chengyi said to himself, thinking: No wonder Shen Jia can soar into the sky, he and Gu Zhuo... No, he and the emperor have that kind of relationship. Isn't it more unscrupulous now, hehe, he just said, how can any poor student be promoted so quickly after high school, and it turned out that he sold his body in exchange for it.

Thinking about it this way, he suddenly wasn't afraid of Shen Jia anymore, what he was holding now was not the handle of Shen Jia's youth and frivolity, but a ticket to the way of heaven.

Back then he accidentally saw Shen Jia and Gu Zhuo embracing each other intimately. Afterwards, he threatened him to let Mr. Huai'an take him as his apprentice, but instead of succeeding, he was even beaten up secretly by a sack. He wanted to take revenge. But he was intimidated by the black-faced guard next to Gu Zhuo, so he didn't dare to continue to attack.

He swallowed, held the servant's hand and said, "Tell me, does that one still remember this young master?" If he remembered, he would have killed himself if he wanted to blackmail Shen Jia with this.

The servant smiled wryly and said nothing, thinking: How could you remember such a famous person?But he must persuade the young master not to hit the gun himself, otherwise he will definitely be implicated.

"Master, let's not go looking for Lord Shen. If he holds grudges, we probably won't be able to get out of Chang'an City. I heard that those high officials in the imperial court are all ruthless and murderous."

"What are you afraid of? I can't afford to offend that one. I'm still afraid of him, Shen Jia. They are all neighbors on the same street. No one knows who!" Liu Chengyi finished speaking and leaned against the bed when he heard a knock on the door. Thinking that the shopkeeper came to change rooms, he urged the boy to open the door.

"Who... who are you? Well..."

Liu Chengyi suddenly opened his eyes, a cold light flashed, a strand of hair was cut off by a sharp sword, and the sword was shining brightly on his neck, the cold touch made goose bumps all over his body.

"The strong man spares his life... We have no grievances in the past and no grievances in the past, do you admit your mistake?"

The man with his face covered lowered his voice and asked, "Are you Liu Chengyi?"

"Yes... I am, I am a candidate for this year, and you have the honor of raising people, you..."

"Shut up, do you know Shen Jia?"

Liu Chengyi suddenly came to his senses, could these people be sent by Shen Jia to silence them?He must have known that he had come to Chang'an, and was afraid that he would tell his scandals to the public, so he came to kill people to silence him, in vain thinking that he was kind.

"Okay, did Shen Jia send you to kill me? He himself is dishonest, seduces the emperor, disrupts the government, and even dares to kill someone to silence him. Go back and tell him that if he kills me, he will be killed in the next issue of the newspaper." I will definitely make his adulterous relationship with that person public, so that the whole world can see what kind of thing he is!"

The masked man was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled, "The shocking joy... Take them all away, go back and return to the old man!"

"Yes!"

The masked man knocked Liu Chengyi on the back of the neck with his fist, and left the inn with his master and servant without making a sound. Those who knew him would not think that something happened to him even if they didn't see him for a few days, they only thought that he had hitched him. Master Shen went to live in the Shen Mansion, but the shopkeeper of the inn didn't think too much when he saw someone disappearing for no reason, he just changed to a better place.

"Master, master..." The concierge hurriedly ran to the Shenjia courtyard, seeing that Mr. Zhao appeared here again for no reason, he no longer knew what to think.

"What's the matter?" Shen Jia asked.

The concierge said with a look of shock: "A carriage passed by the door just now, and then two sacks were thrown from someone else, and then they ran away. At first we thought it was something dropped from the carriage, but when we opened it, we found that it was two big living people. !"

"who?"

"I don't know, but one of the servants recognized one of them who looks like someone he met in his hometown... Oh, there is also a letter inside, which is for you."

Shen Jia felt that something was strange, "Where is the person?"

"The guest room in the front yard has already sent for the doctor."

Shen Jia turned to Zhao Zhang and said, "I'll go and have a look."

"Together." Zhao Zhang walked ahead, and he wanted to see who was acting like a villain all day long.

The two soon saw the two people who were thrown at the door, both with bruised noses and swollen faces, who were taking medicine, screaming and weeping.

Shen Jia felt a little familiar at first glance, but that face was so horrible that he couldn't remember who it was until the other party saw him.

"You...Shen Jia? Well, you still dare to show up, you evil... ouch..." Liu Chengyi covered his face that had been injured twice, screaming in pain.

Shen Jiayun glanced at Jin Zhu who had rolled to the corner, walked into the door and asked, "But brother Liu?" It was not difficult to guess the identities of these two people by hearing the voices, but the doubts in his heart deepened.

Liu Chengyi pointed at him and cursed: "Damn it, I'm going to be killed by you!"

Shen Jia squinted at the finger, and said with a sneer, "Brother Liu, if you have something to say, speak up, if you don't want the finger, I can keep it for you."

Liu Chengyi was so frightened that he put his hands behind his back, touched the wound and wailed again.

Zhao Zhang thought he was annoying, so he recruited a hidden guard, "You go and ask questions."

Seeing a person appearing out of nowhere in the room, Liu Chengyi looked at Zhao Zhang's familiar face and blurted out: "Gu Zhuo? You two are still together. If I die, I will never let you go."

Shen Jia pulled Zhao Zhang to stand at the door for a while, there was no need for the hidden guards to torture, Liu Chengyi had already explained the matter clearly.

Shen Jia opened the envelope while listening, and there was only one sentence inside: "If you want people to know, you have to do nothing! Mr. Shen, please do it yourself!"

"What does this mean? How could this person arrest someone surnamed Liu for questioning? Not many people knew about the things we did together back then, and Liu Chengyi also found out about it by accident."

Zhao Zhang could guess what was going on with his toes, "He must have said something related to you outside. It has attracted the attention of others."

He waved to the boy next to Liu Chengyi to let him speak.

The man was already afraid of Shen Jia and Zhao Zhang, and when he saw Zhao Zhao hurriedly crawled over, he kowtowed and said, "Master Shen, please forgive us this time, my young master didn't do anything."

"Who took you captive?"

"We didn't know that the man was covering his face, and he brought a lot of people around him."

"Why did you come to Chang'an?"

"My young master came to take the exam."

Shen Jia nodded, and asked again: "Who have you met these few days? Did you mention my name?"

"Just... just two days ago, I mentioned that I was a fellow villager with you. There were many students present at the time. After hearing about it, everyone still flattered my young master..."

"Just this time?"

"Yes, we've run out of money, so..."

Shen Jia raised her eyebrows, "So you want to have a relationship with this official so that you can make money?"

"No, no, my young master just... just admires you!"

Zhao Zhang waved his hands behind him.A hidden guard flashed out of the Shen residence, probably out to search for clues.

The doctor came, and Shen Jia asked him to look at the wounds of Liu Chengyi and the two, and said with a smile: "Remember this account first, and Young Master Liu will pay me double afterwards."