Qing Jialu

At the end of January, the emperor still did not go to court early, and the situation in the court became more and more tense, and there was a faint trend of rain and wind.Everyone has a premonition, waiting for the delicate balance to collapse, waiting for the Reform Party or the Conservative Party to launch the final attack first.

However, the world is unpredictable, Shen Jia did not expect that the one who broke the balance was actually a scholar outside the temple.

This person is Du Huan.

Shen Jia and Du Huan are friends of gentlemen, but in the eyes of those with a heart, they become swords to attack Shen Jia.A memorial jointly issued by the Metropolitan Procuratorate to impeach Shen Jia for colluding with candidates was like a thunderbolt, shocking everyone.

Xiao Yi didn't expect that the Conservative Party would launch an attack because of this, and wanted to charge Shen Jia with fraud in the imperial examination and drive him out of the capital.

"How do they know that I know Du Huan? Could it be that someone is following me?" Shen Jia walked up and down in Yuxi Palace, the rapid and chaotic footsteps revealed the tension in his heart.

When Shen Jia and Xiao Yi traveled together, Jin Yiwei secretly guarded them along the way, and they would never let anyone follow them.It seems that the problem lies in the few times when Shen Jia met Du Huan alone, and was seen by others.

"The Metropolitan Procuratorate is one step ahead of us, and has already arrested Du Huan and locked him up." Xiao Yi frowned. He made a decisive decision at the beginning of the incident and asked Jin Yiwei to go to the Zhuangyuan Building to detain Du Huan.It's a pity that the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the mastermind behind it acted first.

"He was arrested suddenly, and he didn't know anything in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Du Huan should be vented about this matter, and Eunuch Chen should send a reliable eunuch?"

"No, I can't let the ministers go, it's too conspicuous."

The prison of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is no better than Jinyiwei's prison. There are many officials coming and going, mixed with fish and dragons, and they are not the emperor's cronies.If Xiao Yi really sent a little eunuch to visit the prison, it would be true.

"Then what should we do, transfer him to prison?"

"Now that a person has entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it will be difficult to change. Unless there is an order from me."

But Xiao Yi has been "pretending to be sick" for so long, he doesn't want to show up now, and let the whole plan fall short.

Shen Jia looked melancholy and paced around with her hands behind her back. He didn't expect that he would harm Du Huan, but he couldn't save him.

"Don't worry." Xiao Yi came over and pulled Shen Jia to sit down, "I'll let the maid next to me go, and I'll say she's the maid of the Du Mansion. Those officials don't know the people in the harem, so they can definitely pass by."

"That's fine, that's fine." Shen Jia nodded, now there is only one way.

"Also, you and Du Huan must be killed. You have never met." Xiao Yi said solemnly, "It is not clear about colluding with candidates, and you have no evidence to say that you and Du Huan only talked about romance. Fortunately, Yes, this time the examiner is not you."

Shen Jia thought in her heart, if she was really the chief examiner and met the candidates privately, she would not be able to tell with ten thousand mouths.

"Why do they think that I will be the chief examiner this year?" Shen Jia was really puzzled, didn't he see Zhang Cifu and Mr. Han Ge in front of him?It's not his turn to talk about seniority.

"I'm sorry for you, for letting you take the lead." Xiao Yi patted Shen Jia's hand, "I told Mr. Cheng to quickly draw up an order and order Han Chang. You go home to avoid the limelight, and don't go to the cabinet and households first." The Department is over. The Hongwen Museum also stopped first, and let others lecture for you."

"Okay." Shen Jia had no choice but to leave the matter to Xiao Yi, and went home to thank the guests behind closed doors. Recently, she couldn't run to Xiyuan every day.

At the same time, in the prison of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Du Huan sat in the gloomy cell, terrified.

He was taken away in the morning. At that time, he was discussing wine with the judges. Suddenly, an official came into the Zhuangyuan Building and asked loudly who Du Huan was.

Du Huan asked himself that he hadn't done anything illegal, so he stood up and reported to his family, and asked the other party what was wrong with him in a nice way.As a result, the other party tied him up without saying a word, which attracted a crowd of disciples and guests to watch.

Seeing this, Brother Xue and Brother Guo stood up and wanted to speak for him, but the guard said that Du Huan was suspected of cheating in the imperial examination, and those who had nothing to do with him quickly retreated.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked, and all the judges looked at him strangely.In order to protect their innocence, brothers Xue and Guo had no choice but to draw a line with Du Huan and let him be taken away by the People's Procuratorate.

Du Huan never imagined that he would be involved in cheating in the imperial examination.He knew that he was not a genius, and that in this batch of exams, his level was only in the upper middle; but he had been studying hard since he was a child, studying hard every night, even if he couldn't get the top few, he should have no problem being a Jinshi. How could it be possible to risk cheating?

But now, it's all over.

Du Huan waited for a long time, and in the afternoon, officials came to interrogate him.He has always been well-clothed and well-fed, but he is a son who does not eat fireworks in the world. This is the first time in his life that he was detained by the yamen servants and knelt in the lobby wearing shackles.

He knelt in humiliation, listening to the officials in the hall ask him his name and origin as usual, and he answered dully.

After the identification was completed, the interrogating officer finally got to the point.

"Du Huan, do you know Shen Jia?"

"Who?" Du Huan shook his head in a daze, "I don't know."

What he knew was Shen Changqing, so what was his relationship with Shen Jia?

The official smiled coldly, "Have you often had private meetings with someone lately?"

"There are a lot of people meeting me, the students don't know which one are you talking about?" Du Huan asked back.

"Bold, how dare you play with a flower gun." The official said with a downcast face, "Think about it carefully, my new acquaintance is named Shen."

"You mean Shen Changqing?" Du Huan suddenly realized.

"Exactly." The official finally made a confession, and said momentarily proudly, "You are finally willing to admit that you and Shen Ge are old acquaintances."

"Old Shen Ge?" Du Huan smiled, "I think you misunderstood, my lord. Although my friend has the same pronunciation as Old Ge, the font is different. His word is 'Chang' in 'Chang', 'White Clothes' The 'Qing' of Qing Xiang's. Students dare not compare Shen Ge's elders."

"It's nonsense." The official slapped the gavel, blowing his beard and staring, "Looks like it's not a fight or a fight?"

"What are you going to do?" Du Huan watched the yamen servant walking towards him with a thick stick, and couldn't help shouting, "I'm a judge, and I have a reputation, you...you can't use lynching!"

"You cheated in the imperial examination, and sooner or later your status as an examiner will be deprived, and your fame will be removed." The official is also a person who has studied hard for ten years, and knows how important fame is to a scholar.

He watched Du Huan fall into despair coldly, threw down the token and said to the left and right: "Execution."

The author says:

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