Atypical empress relationship

There is not even a fence, only a fenced yard made of slender and long branches tied together. When Han Yun arrived, almost the whole village had gathered outside the fenced yard, standing high and low, all They looked at them with straight eyes, doubts, curiosity, or temptations. In short, they were all worried. After all, they had asked people to go to the criminal department to appeal for grievances on behalf of the collective. Looking up, isn't it true that there are not many young people left in the whole village, so everyone is terrified, not daring to look at Han Yun, for fear of finding their own home.

Han Yun led the horse through the crowd, and couldn't help thinking that if he really came to arrest people, and so many people besieged him, he might not be able to leave this place today.

However, I had no intention of leaving today.

Han Yun asked the carriage carrying money to stop outside, and then took two people into the courtyard with the open gate. The courtyard was clean and unobstructed, and there was nothing except an old and frail man. The old woman stood hunched over and leaning on a tree stick at the door of a low house. She had been looking at Han Yun since he walked into the yard, her eyes never blinking, with a desolate look on her face. Han Yun couldn't help but feel sad.

The villagers also came in, but stood at a distance, as a crowd of onlookers.

Han Yun walked up to the old woman, bent down to salute deeply, and then said

"Are you Zhou Yuan's mother?"

Zhou Yuan was the name of the dead scholar. The old woman let out a "huh" sound from her throat, and looked at Han Yun warily, refusing to say anything more.

Han Yun saluted again and said

"I am Han Yun. Thanks to the great love of the Holy One, I was able to work in the Ministry of Criminal Affairs. Because some lawless people participated in fraud and involved your son, I was handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs. However, the matter has not yet come to light, but this happened. It is hard to shirk the blame, so I want to find a time to come and apologize to you personally, and the Holy One is generous, and ordered me to complete the unfinished business of Zhou Yuan, so I approved the silver tael, one of which is to double the amount of money for you and Zhou Yuan The money is used to repay the debt, and the second is that I want to serve you like my own mother, but it is difficult for me to be by your side all the time, so I specially found two handy men to serve you instead of me, so as to make up for my fault. "

Han Yun eloquently explained his purpose of coming here, but in vain aroused the sadness of the old woman. The old woman vented her grief by beating the ground with a wooden stick that was used as a crutch in her hand.

"Nong knows... people are gone, these are useless... my lord! My son, my son is so wronged, so wronged!"

His voice was so sad that everyone couldn't bear to look directly at it, and turned their faces away one after another, unable to bear to look at it again.

Then, contrary to everyone's expectations, after a period of silence, Han Yun knelt down in front of the old woman without any warning. The old woman froze for a moment, and then hurriedly staggered in front of him , stretched out his hand again, in a very frightened and helpless tone

"My lord, my lord... what are you doing, get up, get up..."

Han Yun said to the guard next to him

"Go and break a branch."

The guard responded, looked left and right, there were only pomegranate trees in the yard, unpruned pomegranate trees, directly interlaced, with tough and twisted branches growing on them, like inverted thorns.

The guard drew out his knife and cut off a branch that was half the width of the wrist and the length of an arm, and handed it to Han Yun. sincerely said

"If you have resentment, please whip me. I am the one responsible for this matter. Your son lost his life at my hands. Although there are doubts in it, I can't make it public for the time being, so I will delay your meeting with your only son. , This is all because of me, I don’t want to avoid any problems, so I come here to apologize, if you are willing, you can use this branch to beat me to vent the grief and anger in your heart, I have absolutely no complaints.”

When he said such words, the words contained deep grief and self-blame, causing the old woman to stand where she was for a long time, then took two steps back weakly, leaning on the shelf beside her, and looked at the young man kneeling in front of him. , tears rolled out of his eyes, he couldn't speak a few times, and finally he could only wave his hands, looked at Han Yun, and said with infinite sadness

"My lord, I really can't stand you as an old woman, and what's the use of such a thing. My son is gone. You came to the old woman's yard to do this. The old woman didn't think of it, and I didn't want to." Blame you, please go."

After finishing speaking, the old lady turned around and walked into the low and deep room, staggering like fallen leaves in the autumn wind.

Although the old woman rejected Han Yun's proposal, Han Yun did not leave. He stayed in the village, and in the following time, he went to pay off the debts one by one. Everyone in the village borrowed money from the scholar's family, maybe for a few months, maybe for a few years, but they were all related to debts. Every time Han Yun went to a house, he only asked people to tell the money owed, and then doubled the money. Repayment, and again, it is the will of the monarch. The Holy One originally hoped to find out the real fraudsters, and to restore the innocence of others, but Zhou Yuan would not commit suicide. At the same time, he was very sad and wanted to do something to sympathize. I want to thank the person who came to donate money, because he did what the official should have done on his own initiative, so I hope to find this person and reward him.

The people here didn't believe that such a thing happened at first, but they were still very surprised when the white money arrived in their hands, and they couldn't help but doubt what the rich businessman said earlier. It's a place where people cannibalize, so how could they care so much about an innocent scholar who died in vain.

However, such obviously bad words were naturally not spoken out. However, it should be no problem to say something about the businessman.

Therefore, after Han Yun stayed for three days, three or five people went to the yard where he was, and talked about the businessman, saying that no one actually knew that person, and when they asked about his origin, they only said yes Those who came to Shenjing from other places felt filled with righteous indignation when they heard about such things, and wanted to do something to express their feelings.

"From out of town?"

Han Yun frowned, looked at the speaker, and said with some doubts

"Anyone who comes to Shenjing with thousands of wealth should be recorded in the roster. I have searched and found that there have been no rich and powerful people coming to Shenjing in recent months. How could they be people from other places?"

"no no--"

The villagers quickly waved their hands and said

"It is said that they came a few months ago, at least a few years ago, they came from Jiangdong, and they said they were in the silk business."

Years ago, the silk business was from Jiangdong—then there was only one.

This directivity is really obvious and cannot be more obvious.

Huaiyu smiled, offered tea to several people, and said

"Since this is the case, I know. Now I would like to ask a few people to recall the facial features of the people who have come back, so that I can look for them."

After finishing speaking, he asked someone to call the painter over. Although everyone present was wondering why he brought the painter with him to pay off the debt, Han Yun was very upright and sincere, so he only doubted it for a while, and he really Seriously recalled the features of those people, and told Han Yun

By the time their voices fell, the painter had already lined up all the people on the drawing paper

☆, new clues

After Han Yun sent all the people out, he returned to the yard, stood in front of the desk, looked down at the portraits one by one, and then called people to tell them all the people they could remember. Only seven or eight portraits.

However, it's better than nothing.

Han Yun asked people to look for them immediately based on the portraits, and there was no need to post notices, just search secretly. Although they would definitely startle the snakes, they didn't need to look for people with great fanfare. Besides, these people can always be found if they have appeared in Shenjing in the past Mark of.

Next, Han Yun stayed there for another two days as if he had nothing to do. During these five days, he went to the old woman's house every day, just sitting in the yard, talking about trivial matters, and finally mentioned that his parents were also British. Died young, his family was in ruins, he had to live in exile in the streets and alleys, and was finally taken in by a teacher, so he was able to survive, so he lived the most sad life, and then came to Beijing to take the exam, because he was lucky enough to write an article that was favored by the Holy One , to be able to work in the Ministry of Punishment and live.

No matter how much there is, there is nothing to say. After finishing speaking, Han Yun was silent for a long time. The old woman didn't say a word, but just immersed herself in her needlework. By the time Han Yun was about to leave, it was already nighttime. When Han Yun got up, the old woman called out to the adults, put down the needle and thread in her hand, raised her head to look at Han Yun, and asked very seriously.

"Master, if my son is still alive, can he be like an adult?"

Han Yun turned his head, looked at the old woman's eyes, and said with certainty

"The Holy One is a wise king, always benevolent, and knows how to use others well."

The old woman lowered her head again, looked at the clothes in her hand, and after a while, said

"That's it, if that's the case, my lord, you don't know that my son is still writing when he arrives every day, and he starts to read before dawn. You don't know his hard work. It's hard to get to the end. If you said earlier that the reward is as usual Posted, maybe, maybe... Poor my son, why is it like this, why is it like this!"

Han Yun raised his eyebrows majesticly, feeling that it was strange for her to hem and haw like this, so he turned around and walked in front of the old woman, squatted down, and looked at the old woman patiently and softly. asked

"Why do you say that? Naturally, one or two rewards will not be deducted, and they are all neighbors. After getting along with each other in the past few days, I feel that we are all amiable people. Since we know each other well, we should be able to understand."

"no……"

The old woman bowed forward, looked at Han Yun, as if she had made some huge decision, tilted her head, and said with grief and regret

"He—Yuan'er, we can't borrow any money anymore. In order to prepare for the exam, he went to Qianqiu Sui without telling me... and signed the contract of selling himself. If he can't win the exam, if he can't..."

The old woman's clothes were dripping with tears, but she couldn't say any more words.

Han Yun was stunned on the spot, as if his brain had been knocked unsuspectingly, and he felt dizzy, really didn't know what to say.

Qianqiu Sui is the name of a casino in Shenjing. If this place is number two, no one dares to call it number one. Countless gamblers gather in it, and it also serves as a place to borrow money and repay loans. However, ordinary people cannot afford it. , to borrow money, there are three ways to repay the loan, or repay the loan at three times the interest, and it is within one month, and after one month, it will increase gradually. The second is to be able to win three games on the dueling table in the casino The third thing about the competition is that you can't afford it, so you have to be counted as a thousand-year-old person. After that, no matter what kind of business you buy, there will be no objection. No matter which of these three types, you must sign a contract of sale, and you can't repay the borrowed money. If you want to sue the officials, the officials have nothing to do with a contract of selling themselves.

This is a well-known thing, and it has always been a headache. Qianqiu Sui is like a weed, no matter how many times you check it, it will appear again within a few months, and it involves many interests. If you want to eradicate it, Han Yun thinks that he has the ambition to rise to the top of the cloud, but it is difficult to continue.

It is completely unexpected that Zhou Yuan would think of such a method, it is not good to find someone, to provoke this kind of person.

The old woman raised her head and said to Han Yun

"My lord, avenge my son, my lord!"

This……

Han Yun looked at the old woman and couldn't say anything more, so he finally had to say

"Your Majesty, do your best."

The old woman's cloudy eyes lit up, and she was about to stand up and kneel down to Han Yun, but Han Yun hurriedly stopped him. After repeated inquiries from the old woman, Han Yun bowed halfway towards her solemnly, acknowledging Seriously saluted and said

"I will never break my promise. If I break my promise, let me be alone for the rest of my life."

This oath is neither light nor heavy. After all, not all people want to find someone to accompany them for the rest of their lives.

But for people of the old woman's age, being alone for a lifetime is the cruelest thing, so I believed Han Yun.

A man who was watering flowers in a remote courtyard in Shenjing sneezed without warning, thinking that he didn't know which brat was speaking ill of him again.

Han Yun got the information he wanted, and it was considered bad news, so he went back to his residence, then called all the people, and paid off all the money tonight, and then asked people to memorize all the portraits, and immediately mixed up until the age of Qianqiu To investigate, he himself needed to visit someone.

The one who arrived years ago, came from Jiangdong, and is also in the silk business, can spend a lot of money——

There's only one left.

The young master of the Wen family.

After Han Yun went back the next day, he took someone to visit Wen's house without too much rest. Wen Guanjing had already received a message, prepared everything, prepared all the evidence, and invited people to prove that he only went out. Speaking of meeting guests instead of going to some remote village to spend a lot of money, he opened the door wide and waited for Han Yun's arrival.

After a while of duplicity, Han Yun stopped talking nonsense and went straight to the point. When he asked him what he had been doing for the past few months, had he ever been to the village where the scholar lived? Wen Guanjing didn't dare to hide anything, and was very frank said

"Caomin has been making a new batch of clothes these days, and the queen's summer clothes, and dare not slack off at all. Caomin has been changing and making clothes for several months. Except for invitations from guests to talk about things, he has never even left the door. , how can there be time to go to such a far place to give alms, and no one has been sent there."

He purposely told about the queen, in order to raise the stakes for himself, to prove that he never lied, if he could, he could ask the queen to testify, and he was not sure whether the servant of the Ministry of punishment came to find him with suspicion or trust. Myself, but I am bound to be on the alert, and must not be involved in it.

Otherwise, once it gets a little bit contaminated, I really don't want to clean it up in the future.

☆, come to an end

"That's weird."

Hearing his words, Han Yun had a series of evidences that were not false, so he paced in the court and walked back and forth, with his arms folded in front of his chest, but he was in a new predicament. People from the family, then, how can a rich man from Jiangdong spend a lot of money calmly and hide his face in full view.

When Han Yun was at a loss, Zhang Wenjing gave him an answer. He knew one of them, the thinnest face in those portraits, and the owner of that face was once employed by Zhang Wenjing as a domestic servant to clean the courtyard.

When Zhang Wenjing said it, he also had a bit of regret that he didn't expect

"The books and materials I need are all handled by this person, and I never shy away from the scrapped manuscripts. Now that I think about it, I was careless."

"It really has something to do with Qianqiu Sui?"

Han Yun asked other people to look at those portraits, and unexpectedly recognized two or three people, who were the ones who delivered the test papers for them. Usually, before the exam, the candidates would find the previous exam questions to do, and then ask the husband to speculate and write the questions for them. It's on the bright side, although it's hard to tell in secret, but they are secretly looking for people who say they are absolutely sure to pass the exam questions to ask the exam questions.

In the current situation, it is useless to hide anything, and the people who have already caught the connectors, if they are too stubborn, they are afraid of suicide, so under Han Yun's coaxing and intimidation, they said that they found that the person who contributed the manuscript was a member of the official department. The source of the test questions is absolutely reliable, but it did not reveal which official it was, and it was just a one-way exchange. Even if they provided money and put it in a fixed place, someone would naturally withdraw the money, and then put down the test questions and answers.

These ten people all found the same company by coincidence, but also the same, when all the people saw that they had done the test questions before and got the answer and wanted to invite someone to dinner, the contact person, but It's like disappearing from the world, never to be found again.

Looking at the confessions, Han Yun felt that this matter was like the tip of the iceberg. The more he probed, the more he found that he couldn't probe into it. Thinking of the people he met in the official department on weekdays, everyone seemed to be suspicious.

While Han Yun was talking with Zhang Wenjing, the person who went to Qianqiu Sui to inquire had already returned, saying that in those portraits, there was indeed someone from their Qianqiu Sui, but this person was an opioid addict. No matter how long he worked, he was kicked out.

Speaking of taking out the portrait, it was the person Zhang Wenjing pointed out. Han Yun looked at Zhang Wenjing in disbelief:

"Smoking opium?"

He knew that there was an unstoppable aura lingering on people who smoked opium, Zhang Wenjing could not have noticed anything, but Zhang Wenjing just shook his head and smiled wryly

"I have never seen or smelled tobacco. Speaking of which, when I went back after the exam, I didn't see anyone. I only saw a farewell letter on the table."

"What letter?"

Han Yun felt that this should be a clue.

However, Zhang Wenjing shook his head, sighed, and said to Han Yun

"Master Han, the point is not to read this letter. If this matter has something to do with Qianqiu Sui, and there is indeed something wrong with the servant I hired, now, please send someone to look at the place where the corpse is buried. .”

"what do you mean--?"

Han Yun suddenly realized, and immediately sent people to look at the mass graves outside the city. Mass graves are the gathering force of the corpses of homeless people. There are too many homeless people in this world, and there are even more people who have no place to bury them.

They asked people to look for this person first, but they found nothing. The portraits were plastered all over Shenjing, but no dead people were found in the mass grave. On the ninth day, no living person was found. Just disappeared.

On the evening of the ninth day, a fisherman came to the Ministry of Criminal Justice and said that after returning from the sea, he heard that the government was looking for someone. I just remembered that one day the person in the portrait brought some friends to go boating, because no one had ever made such a request. After all, the key went boating, and Shenjing felt a lot of guilt. His fishing boat was used for fishing, although The fishing place is called a lake, but the end is where the river and the sea are connected. Generally, no one would think of swimming in the lake, and they would not be accompanied by local people like them, so the memory is particularly deep. Then again, those few people don’t know why, It seemed that there was a dispute. They watched from the shore and could only see that the boat was adrift. After a while, it capsized.

Those who died were the people in the portraits, none of them survived, and they were reported to the government at that time.

Han Yun adjusted the file overnight, and he saw that a month ago, on the day when the essay test started, a person drowned in Baishui Lake.

Baishui Lake flows eastward into the sea, where the water is aggressive, and there are many hidden reefs and undercurrents. People drown every year. At that time, it was only thought that the death was caused by people, but it was not thought that it would be connected with a fraud case.

At that time, of course, such a thing would never have been thought of.

However, in this way, did the person really die because of a dispute?

Chaoyun looked at the file and said that there were three unknown people, whose surnames were unknown, and where they lived. Although there were notices, no one claimed the bodies, so they were swept up and buried in mass graves outside the city.

But a few words, but it makes people feel chills in the bottom of their hearts.

He has always thought that the collusion between government and businessmen is only on paper, but he never thought that such a thing would fall into his hands, and he had no thoughts.

Han Yun stayed in the study until dawn, and when he heard the sound of rain outside the window, he realized that it was time to meet Sheng Sheng on this day.

For ten days, he seemed to have put in a lot of hard work and achieved good results, but in the end, it was as if he had achieved nothing. There was only one thing, that probably no one came to criticize the Ministry of Punishments, and the court and the emperor were on the verge of death. You can also take a breather, but you can't find the source, the murderer, or the motive. It counts as a result, and the Ministry of Punishment must not be able to keep these scholars forever. Is it really cheating? Give an argument.

As for the official department, he had no way to move, because he didn't have any evidence to interrogate any official.

The words in black and white were helpless, Han Yun thought in his heart, he was afraid that it would become an unsolved case.

Zhao Ji listened to Han Yun repeating the events of the past few days, and then looked at the stacked testimony in front of the sunlight. After a while, he opened his mouth and said

"Have I asked you to win the hearts of the people for me?"

He didn't even mention the cheating at all, but he seemed to only see these words.

☆, reading in class

Han Yun was originally helpless and anxious, but at this moment when he heard Zhao Ji's words and looked at his face, although the Holy One said that it seemed like a reprimand, he was not in any displeased mood, so he boldly continued to speak

"It's a minister who thinks that as a minister, when he hears inappropriate words, he will feel heartache that cannot be added, so naturally he must listen to the truth."

Zhao Ji looked at him, threw a stack of papers on the desk, and laughed and cursed

"Flirtatious."

Han Yun just lowered his head and didn't say a word, but his heart jumped into his throat. He didn't think the Holy One really only cared about this matter.

Sure enough, the next moment Zhao Ji restrained his smile, and said with a frosty face:

"So be it."

"that's it?"

Han Yun raised his head and looked at the monarch, not understanding what this meant.

Zhao Ji glanced at him and said lightly

"What result do you get? I will announce the result to the ministers tomorrow morning, and don't worry about the rest. You don't need to receive salary from today. There should be a surplus of the 1 taels of silver. I will give you another 1 taels. What?" When the case is solved, when will you talk about receiving the salary? The period is 1 taels. If you still can't find the murderer behind the scenes after all the money is spent, you will voluntarily resign from office and go home to farm. As for those scholars, I have come to a conclusion, after tomorrow, you don't have to save rations for them anymore."

1 taels is a lot, but it is not much. This is an ultimatum. However, Han Yun has never encountered such a thing, and many monarchs in the previous dynasty did not use this punishment method to punish their subordinates. Through the temperament of the monarch, but do not know what it means to use money for a period of time.

There is indeed half of the 1 taels left. He knows that this matter is difficult to deal with. Ten days ago, he guessed that he might have something to do with people in the officialdom. Later, after investigating in that village, he found that it had something to do with Qianqiu Sui. He didn't believe it had nothing to do with it. Only a fired person participated in this matter, and a fool would believe it. Therefore, he was going to go to Qianqiu Sui in person. One trip, but now, he has to re-plan again, and he has to be quick, he doesn't want to starve to death.

So after Zhao Ji let him go back, he immediately summoned the people from the Ministry of Punishment to discuss what to do, and even asked Zhang Wenjing, but Zhang Wenjing heard him say that the Holy Majesty would not let him take care of a few more scholars. Then he sighed and said

"Don't ask me any more, I'm afraid you won't see me again after tomorrow."

Han Yun was startled, and quickly asked

"why do you say so?"

Zhang Wenjing sideways

"Yesterday, I told you that the servant didn't know who he was dealing with. He gave me the exam questions, took advantage of my carelessness, stole the answers and sold them to others, but ten people had the same exam papers. This is definitely not the first If I do such a thing once, it will definitely not be one person, but a habitual offender. If my guess is correct, there is definitely not one person involved in the sale of test questions by the officials. I don’t know if they committed the crime together, but the person who provided the answer will definitely It won't be me alone, it's just that I made a mistake this time and gave my answer to many people, so there is such a result. The Holy One must have thought of this, so tomorrow will inevitably disperse people and put them under house arrest. Others will definitely I also know or sign some agreement, if the source is confessed, it will cause unimaginable revenge, so I will not say it, but it is not easy to persist until now, and no one can stand it even if it is true I don’t know who revealed the question, there is always a middleman, and if the middleman is confessed, there will be more clues.”

Han Yun was stunned and didn't know what to say. After a long time, he opened his mouth and said

"Then why can't I see you again?"

Zhang Wenjing glanced at him, smiled slightly and said

"I don't know, but with such a result, if the Holy Majesty knows that his subordinates are doing things and the methods they use are discussed with the prisoners, he will definitely be dissatisfied, and even suspect that the subordinates are guarding against themselves, so he has to guard against it."

Han Yun said ah, not sure

"You mean, the Holy Majesty knows what I communicated with you? Well, I have been paying attention that I haven't mentioned a word of you. How do I know?"

Zhang Wenjing just shook his head and said

"Where there is no frost in the world, I am also a suspect when it comes to this matter. You are not afraid that I will deceive you with something. You can go back. I will never talk about this matter with you again."

Han Yun looked at Zhang Wenjing puzzled, but no matter what he said, Zhang Wenjing really didn't tell him a single trick.

Zhao Ji spent the whole afternoon flipping through the papers. Although the dark guard had already explained the progress of Han Yun's investigation to him, at this moment, he still felt that he could not calm down. Weed out those dishonest people, but he didn't think that Qianqiu Sui would be involved. He still doesn't want to uproot Qian Qiu Sui now, and he can't uproot Qian Qiu Sui, but now he is coming to show off his might.

Zhao Ji patted his head, feeling that his role as emperor was really lacking in majesty.

Early in the morning of the second day, everyone knew that Han Yun had gone to see the Holy Majesty, and today the result was to be announced, so they all came to court early, and they were apprehensive, not knowing what the result would be.

When they met each other, they also smiled in embarrassment, and they didn't talk much. They were both in their tens of years, so they didn't need to guess.

After going to court, as expected, Zhao Ji did not talk nonsense, and directly asked Han Yun to report the results of the investigation. Han Yun came out and began to talk about what happened. When the officials were involved, he stopped for a while, but no one made a sound. He retorted, so he went on to talk about the conjecture of colluding with Qianqiu Sui. Only at this time did someone from the official department refute, saying that he was asked to speak cautiously and have collusion with casinos, especially places like Qianqiu Sui, but Unbearable charges, Mr. Han is a rising star, and he also has a heart to solve the case as soon as possible, but he must speak according to the evidence, don't speak irresponsibly.

Han Yun said with a smile on his face

"What your lord said is very true, why don't you come to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to drink a cup of tea after you go to court, and teach your officials how to speak."

The adult heheed twice, flicked his clothes, and said

"I don't dare, I'm afraid that if I accidentally say something wrong, I won't be able to come out."

Zhao Ji sat on top of it and didn't speak. He just looked at the people below and exchanged eyes with each other. After Han Yun finished speaking, he asked if anyone had any guesses, so he could tell.

However, there was a complete silence in the hall, and no one spoke.

The author has something to say: the writing is illogical, but just take a look at it with your head.

☆, where they belong

Since no one spoke, Zhao Ji had to speak alone. After looking around at the people in one side of the hall, Zhao Ji said leisurely.

"Since you have nothing to suggest, let me tell you, I don't know who the officials are colluding with Qianqiu Sui, but they will always be found out. I think you are also important officials of the court, so I will give you a chance, or within three days. Go to the Ministry of Punishment to accept the crime, or after the investigation is found out, you will be charged with implicated crimes, and then you don’t need to find someone to intercede, and the matter of the literary examination will be handed over to the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Officials will no longer have to deal with it.”

This incident was beyond everyone's expectations. Although Wenkao didn't say it was a very frequent event, it could be said to attract the attention of everyone in the world. They knew each other well that although it was tedious and hard work, it was a fat job.

Therefore, not long after Zhao Ji finished speaking, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials immediately said, please think twice, Your Majesty, the literary examination is really a major matter of the country, and it cannot be decided so rashly.

"Are you saying I've been rash?"

Zhao Ji looked left and right, but there was nothing for him to throw, so he could only sneer, and said

"I'll do it for you, and I'll give you exactly the same test papers. I'm afraid that next year, the test papers will be the same. Everyone is a master of cheating, isn't it?"

The man stopped talking, although he had a clear conscience, but he also knew that there must be someone out of order.

In the final analysis, this matter is the scourge of the Ministry of Officials. It is already a blessing from the Holy One not to dismiss the crime. If you say more, I am afraid that the position of the servant will not be guaranteed, so no one will say more.

Han Yun was also out of the situation. His first reaction was that if the Ministry of Punishment took over, he was afraid that he would have an enmity with the Ministry of Officials. In his eyes, it would be a troublesome thing to take the literary examination. He and his colleagues have been working hard on various cases on weekdays. , I really don't have the extra energy to deal with students from all over the country, so when everything is quiet, I stand up and say

"I'm afraid it's inappropriate, the Ministry of Criminal Justice can't come up with exam questions..."

Zhao Ji had already made up his mind. If he hadn't come up with some other method on a whim, he wouldn't be persuaded. Hearing what Han Yun said, he showed an even more impatient expression

"Let me investigate the matter of fraud first and find out. If you find nothing in ten days, you should apologize. As for the matters involved in the literary examination, you don't need to care about it."

Han Yun's face became hot, he felt guilty, and dared not say any more.

So I heard Zhao Ji continue to say

"As for the scholars in the prison, Han Yun, since they all feel innocent, they must be prisoners in the Ministry of Criminal Justice and let them out. I have already found courtyards in eight directions of Shenjing. Let these people each have a courtyard, each of them write thirty articles for me, and then talk about the future, and I have a wish to pick one of them to go to Qingzhou to suppress the bandits, and I also intend to try their abilities, see Is there really something, you let these people decide who they want to go, and you must give me an answer within three days."

This is not something that was agreed in advance, because Han Yun's first reaction was surprise. Qingzhou is a poor country with many troublesome people.

Could it be that the Holy Majesty could not have guessed such a result?

Everyone murmured in their hearts, they had already made a decision, thirty articles only, it was better than sending them to death.

Therefore, while talking about my emperor's sage, I have already planned to send letters to the young people involved in it, and I absolutely cannot choose to go to Qingzhou. ,

Therefore, three days later, the eight candidates each chose the courtyard where they lived in a tacit understanding. On the paper to Qingzhou, the word Zhang Wenjing was written.

This is to be expected.

Zhao Ji threw the zhezi aside and asked Han Yundao if he was forced or willing.

It wasn't forced, nor was it willing, but Zhang Wenjing signed his name directly when he heard such a choice.

Besides him, is there anyone else who would go to Qingzhou, a place that eats people without spitting out their bones?

Han Yun was speechless, and then passed the complete words to Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji just bowed his head and smiled, and said

"This is really similar to a person."

Han Yun hummed, and subconsciously asked who it was, Zhao Ji glanced at him, and said indifferently

"It has nothing to do with you, go back and do your business."

Han Yun didn't ask any more questions.

After Han Yun left, Zhao Ji left the imperial study and went to Yunhe Palace.

At this moment, the main hall of Yunhe Palace is wide open, Huaiyu is wearing a light shirt, the sleeves are pulled up a lot by him, revealing a section of snow-white arms, he is kneeling and sitting on the thin blanket spread on the ground, Concentrate on lighting the incense pieces in the gilt censer.

He is not able to bend over much now, so he asked someone to spread a fluffy blanket on the ground, so as not to be attacked by the earth's atmosphere.

Seeing Zhao Ji approaching, Huai Yu just tilted his head and smiled at him, saying

"Does it smell good?"

There is a fragrance of flowers in the air, and it seems to be in a good mood.

Zhao Ji went into the hall, sat on the chair in front of Huai Yu, watched him serve him for a while, and then said abruptly

"Zhang Wenjing is going to Qingzhou."

Huaiyu's hand shook, a little spark splashed out, and fell on the blanket, burning a hole. Huaiyu was so frightened that he dodged immediately, and someone brought a damp cloth towel to wipe it, and then raised his head and looked at Zhao Ji in puzzlement.

"why?"

Huaiyu is not a fool, Zhao Ji said so, it must be his order, although he is not very clear about the geographical location, but he still has a general understanding of the local customs, he heard his father's ears and eyes, and he also knows that Qingzhou has always been ravaged by bandits, which is the most lethal place. Territory with a headache, let Wenjing go to that place... Huaiyu is really puzzled, and, but, since Zhao Ji said that he has given the order, he couldn't help but struggle,

"Ask about Jing Dikun's body, Qingzhou has always had a tough folk style, I'm afraid it's..."

Zhao Ji made a powerless expression

"It was he who proposed it on his own initiative. Instead of carrying the stigma and living in Shenjing, it is better to go out and show your ambitions."

……

Like this?So, is it true that he has ambitions that ordinary people cannot achieve?

Huaiyu knelt down on the floor, poked the incense stick with a wire in his hand, and remained silent for a while, before speaking

"Send a few guards to follow. The sky is high and the water is far away along the way. I'm afraid I won't be able to adapt. There is no way to make the people submit. At least I have to ensure my own safety."

Zhao Ji looked at him sitting in front of the small incense burner, and seemed to lose his spirit. It was rare that he felt a little guilty, but the so-called constant rebellion, some feelings, there was no need to continue to survive.

So just drinking tea, I don't want to say too much about this matter.

It seems that because of this relationship, Huaiyu was depressed for the next half day, and he didn't even eat a few mouthfuls of food, so he stopped moving his chopsticks.

☆, nature is like this

After a rain, summer has entered the hottest time, and the verdant vermilion of the garden is particularly eye-catching.

Although it was early in the morning when Zhang Wenjing left, there was already a faint hot atmosphere. When Zhang Wenjing left the city, he was alone and on a horse, carrying an imperial decree. It doesn't seem too lonely to see people off.

Naturally, Huaiyu also went to see him off, but he just sat at the window and looked down through a gap in the window until he couldn't hear Zhang Wenjing's voice. Looking at Zhao Ji, he said

"How many people did you send, why didn't I see any of them?"

Zhao Ji just lowered his head to adjust the tea, and smiled when he heard the words, but asked

"How many people do you think I will send?"

Huai Yu was silent for a while, then raised his head, and said in disbelief

"Will you not send one, just coax me with words?"

Zhao Ji paused, raised his head and looked at Huaiyu with a little confusion, and said

"Am I the kind of person who deliberately sends people to death?