Go to Kaifeng to be a civil servant

Lord Bao paused for a few moments before asking: "My lord, you said this is the letter of divorce from Qin Xianglian five years ago?"

Chen Shimei raised her lips slightly: "Exactly. If Mr. Bao doesn't believe it, you can take it and examine it carefully."

After finishing speaking, he handed the white paper in his hand to Master Bao.

Mr. Bao took it with both hands, watched it carefully, his face was gloomy, his brows were deeply furrowed, and he remained silent for a long time.

Then Chen Shimei laughed again: "Lord Bao, you should read carefully, is there anything wrong with this letter of divorce?"

Lord Bao clasped his hands together, folded the divorce letter, and respectfully returned the divorce letter: "There is nothing wrong with it."

Chen Shimei raised her eyebrows when she heard the words, grunted and sneered a few times, and withdrew the divorce letter.

Seeing this, the princess on the side also raised her eyebrows and said, "Master Bao, Qin Xianglian was divorced by the son-in-law five years ago, but now she came to Kaifeng Mansion to falsely accuse the son-in-law. Master Bao has always enjoyed the reputation of Qingtian, so she must be able to pay back her debts." The palace and the son-in-law are fair."

As soon as this remark came out, not to mention everyone in Kaifeng Mansion, even Jin Qian was furious, and thought: This princess and Chen Shimei really like to flock together, and people live in groups.It seems that Chen Shimei and the princess were probably prepared long ago, and they agreed to sing together here, tsk... the situation is not good!

Look at Mr. Bao again, bowing slightly, nodding his head and lowering his eyes, he looked very respectful and polite at first glance, but Jin Qian who was at the side could see clearly that Mr. Bao held his black hands so tightly that his knuckles were turning white.

Chen Shimei saw that Master Bao remained silent for a long time, her arrogance became even louder, she leaned on the back of the chair, tapped on the armrest and said, "Master Bao, since the facts have been revealed, I hope that Master Bao can deal with it fairly and treat that dirty Qin Xianglian. Official crime."

Lord Bao paused, then raised his head and said: "Report to the son-in-law and the princess, the matter is right and wrong, I will investigate and find out the truth, and give the son-in-law and the princess an explanation. But I have something unclear, I want to ask the son-in-law."

"Oh? Master Bao, why don't you know?" Chen Shimei asked.

"My son-in-law, one day ago, at the invitation of the son-in-law, Qin Xianglian brought a pair of sons and daughters to meet the son-in-law in the mansion of the prime minister in the suburbs, but Qin Xianglian returned to the Kaifeng mansion at night and was unconscious and dying. Dare I ask the son-in-law why? "

"This..." Chen Shimei stopped immediately.

Seeing the princess on the side, she smiled slightly and said, "Lord Bao, the Japanese Palace was also there, and had seen Qin Xianglian leave intact. As for why she was unconscious, how do we know? Not necessarily persecution."

"Since the princess is also present, I dare to ask the princess, have you ever seen her two sons and daughters?" Master Bao raised his voice after staring.

When the princess heard this, she felt displeased, and said to herself: This bastard, how dare you talk to yourself like that?His tone hardened, and he said, "So what if you see it?"

Lord Bao took a step forward, and said loudly: "Princess, Qin Xianglian went back to the mansion alone last night, but her two sons and daughters were nowhere to be seen. Dare I ask, but they are in this son-in-law's mansion?!"

When the princess heard this, her almond eyes rounded, and she shouted: "Bao Zheng, how dare you speak to me like that?"

When Master Bao heard this, he paused, and then said: "I dare not. It's just that the whereabouts of Qin Xianglian's son and daughter are unknown, so..."

"Master Bao." Chen Shimei interjected, "Master Bao, you don't need to say too much, the pair of children are in this son-in-law's mansion."

Everyone was taken aback when they heard the words, and thought: What's wrong with Chen Shimei today, so easy to talk, not like his style?

Mr. Bao was also taken aback, but he immediately reacted, stepped forward and said: "In this case, please ask the son-in-law to hand over the two children to Bao Zheng, and let the minister take them back to the Kaifeng government office."

Chen Shimei smiled and said: "Master Bao's words are wrong. Then Ning'er and Xin'er are also my flesh and blood, why not live in my palace now?"

Master Bao froze and was speechless.

At this time, Jin Qian suddenly realized: No wonder this Chen Shimei behaved so abnormally today.Before he died, he refused to admit Qin Xianglian's identity, but today he said that Qin Xianglian was his wife who divorced five years ago, and it turned out that he came here for these two children.Since Qin Xianglian has already been divorced, he has no motive to kill his wife and children, and the previous crimes are naturally unreasonable, and since Qin Xianglian was once his wife, it is also reasonable to have a pair of children back—a brilliant move !

As for the members of the Kaifeng Mansion, all of them are elites, Daodao naturally understands in his heart, but because of his status as a princess and consort, it is not easy to have a fit, so they can only have angry faces, but don't speak, and silently bear it in their hearts .

Then look at Chen Shimei, complacent, with a sneer on her face, raised eyebrows and a cold stare, she looks like a villain - everyone's teeth are itching.

But seeing the princess lowering her eyes and raising her eyebrows, she said slowly: "Master Bao, since the son-in-law has taken in those children, it can be regarded as doing Qin Xianglian a big favor. Thinking that in the son-in-law's mansion, it is better to wear gold and silver, eat fragrant food and drink spicy food." It's better to follow Qin Xianglian who is suffering from hunger and suffering, Master Bao went back and told Qin Xianglian, and the pair of children will be taken over by the son-in-law's house."

When Jin Qian heard this, he almost vomited blood, and said in his heart: Pooh!Do you still wear gold and silver, eat delicious food and drink spicy food?Those two little ghosts were obviously locked in the warehouse without even a decent quilt, but this princess said so without blushing and heartbeat, she can really be called an old ancestor who lied and didn't write drafts.

Looking at the princess again, although she looked indifferent on the surface, there was a murderous look in her eyes, which made people feel concerned.

When Master Bao heard what the princess said, he was speechless for a moment, and could only remain silent.

Chen Shimei looked up and knew that the winning ticket was already in her hands, so she waved her hand and said, "Master Bao, I and the princess have to go to the palace to pay their respects to the Holy Majesty, so I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you." The princess is waiting for Master Bao's verdict, presumably Master Bao is already clear about it at this time, so there is no need for me to say more."

The implication is: Bao Heizi, we have the emperor as the backstage!If you don't convict Qin Xianglian of a crime, you have to be careful!

When Mr. Bao heard this, he had no choice but to bow and salute, and said: "I will take my leave."

Everyone also saluted and retreated, and followed Mr. Bao out of the consort's mansion.

Although Master Bao was still strutting, Zhan Zhao was still straight, and the Four King Kong were still imposing, but Jin Qian felt that, including himself, this group of people always felt a little bit bleak.

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Back in Kaifeng Mansion, Mr. Gongsun had been waiting in the study for a long time, but when he saw the expressions of the people and did not see a pair of children returning together, his heart became clearer.

"My lord, is this trip not going well?"

Master Bao sat down, glanced at Mr. Gongsun, and sighed, "Mr. is really clever. Then Chen Shimei came out with a divorce letter, saying that she had divorced Qin Xianglian five years ago."

Mr. Gongsun was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help asking: "Have you ever read that divorce letter, my lord?"

Master Bao nodded and said: "I have seen it, and there is nothing wrong with it."

Mr. Gongsun asked again: "What about Qin Xianglian's sons and daughters?"

"Chen Shimei said it was her own flesh and blood, and she has already stayed in the son-in-law's mansion."

Mr. Gongsun pondered for a while, then frowned and said: "In this way, Chen Shimei has no motive to frame Qin Xianglian's mother and son, and Qin Xianglian also has no reason to return her children."

Master Bao sighed again, and said: "That's right. Our government can't do anything about Chen Shimei at this time."

As soon as these words came out, the room was silent.

Jin Qian stood at the side, touching his chin with his finger, feeling very depressed in his heart, and couldn't help but said: "The bad thing is the divorce letter, it's all good, it's a coincidence that a divorce letter suddenly appeared. Bar."

Zhan Zhao at the side heard the words, and couldn't help but interjected, "Is there something wrong with that divorce letter?"

Jin Qian was taken aback when he heard Zhan Zhao, who hadn't talked to him all morning, and thought: Tsk, this awkward cat is finally willing to make a sound, we thought his tongue was taken away by another cat What?

Zhan Zhao saw that Jin Qian's gaze was directed towards him, and couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable, turned his head and clasped his hands to Master Bao and said, "My lord, this subordinate feels that the origin of that divorce letter is very suspicious."

Master Bao nodded and said, "Guard Zhan's words are true, but the government has already checked in detail, the divorce letter has Qin Xianglian's fingerprints as evidence, how can it be faked?"

When Jin Qian heard this, he hurriedly said: "Maybe that fingerprint is fake." Anyway, this kind of falsification is not unique to modern times, and I am afraid that there were people who did this kind of deed in ancient times.

Master Bao shook his head slightly when he heard the words, and said: "Since Chen Shimei knows that Qin Xianglian is in the Kaifeng mansion, naturally she will not take such a risk, then the fingerprints on the divorce letter must be true."

"This..." This time even Jin Qian, a dignified modern person, was in trouble, and said with a frown, "Then only Qin Xianglian knows what's going on?"

Mr. Gongsun heard the words, but he seemed to wake up suddenly, and shouted loudly: "My lord, the student forgot for a while, that Qin Xianglian has already awakened."

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard that, Master Bao got up immediately and said, "I'll go and have a look."

The crowd followed Mr. Bao to the east wing of the Confucian Courtyard, opened the door and entered, and saw Qin Xianglian sitting on the bed and weeping silently.Qin Xianglian saw that Master Bao and others were coming, she hurriedly wiped off her tears and wanted to get up.

Mr. Gongsun hurried forward to support him, and persuaded him: "Your body is weak, don't move rashly."

Master Bao also said: "You don't need to salute, just sit down."

After Qin Xianglian heard the words, she turned around and sat down, raised her head and said, "My lord, Mr. Gongsun said that my lord went to the son-in-law's mansion to bring back Ning'er and Xin'er this morning. Why didn't you see them?"

Mr. Bao couldn't help being speechless when he heard the words, he lowered his eyebrows for a long time before saying: "This family failed to bring back your sons and daughters."

When Qin Xianglian heard this, her eyes widened immediately, she threw herself forward, and said loudly, "My lord, what did you say?"

Master Bao looked dignified, bowed his head, unable to speak.

When Mr. Gongsun saw it, he had no choice but to go forward and explain: "Qin Xianglian, my lord arrived at the consort's mansion, but saw that Chen Shimei took out a divorce letter from five years ago, claiming to have divorced you five years ago. What is going on? What's going on?"

Qin Xianglian froze immediately when she heard the words, her lips were livid, her whole body was trembling, she sat on the bed blankly, and said for a long time: "The divorce letter, it's the divorce letter..."

Mr. Gongsun hurriedly asked: "Qin Xianglian, what's going on, you should explain clearly."

Tears in Qin Xianglian's eyes slowly rolled down, she shook her head and said: "Yesterday, Xianglian took Ning'er and Xin'er to the mansion in the suburbs, and besides Chen Shimei, she also saw the princess. The princess and Chen Shimei couldn't help but take out a divorce letter. Forcibly pressed Xianglian's fingerprints, and sent someone to take away Ning'er and Xin'er, Xianglian begged bitterly, but Chen Shimei was unmoved at all, and even coaxed Xianglian out of the house, Xianglian..." Before the words After finishing speaking, he broke down in tears.

When everyone heard it, they immediately understood in their hearts, and couldn't help being very angry.

Master Bao immediately shouted in a low voice: "Chen Shimei, you are too deceitful!"

Mr. Gongsun shook his head and said, "Unexpectedly, we were caught by Chen Shimei's trick without noticing for a while."

Zhan Zhao held the giant sword in his hand, and the blade of the sword creaked.

Only Jin Qian had the strangest expression, looking up at the sky, he murmured: "Human spirits, this place is really rich in human spirits!"

Qin Xianglian cried for a while, gradually stopped her tears, leaned forward, and asked again: "Sir, why can't you bring Xianglian's child back?"

When Jin Qian heard this, he raised his eyes and muttered: "Idiots, this place is also rich in idiots!"

Lord Bao suppressed his anger, and said in a deep voice: "Since Chen Shimei has a letter of divorce as proof, and the pair of children are also his flesh and blood, how can the government bring them back?"

When Qin Xianglian heard this, she jumped under the bed, grabbed Master Bao's trousers tightly and cried, "My lord, Xianglian is also the mother of Ning'er and Xin'er!"

Master Bao hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Qin Xianglian, but unexpectedly Qin Xianglian refused to let go, she just kept crying, so she sighed and said: "Qin Xianglian, although you are the mother of a pair of children, but Chen Shimei has a divorce letter in hand, which is enough to prove that you are dead. It has nothing to do with his Chen family, so what excuse does this government have to ask for your child back?"

"My lord!" Qin Xianglian leaned over and cried, "Chen Shimei forced Qin Xianglian to sign that divorce letter, it cannot be relied upon!"

Master Bao frowned and shook his head.

Mr. Gongsun took a step forward and said: "Qin Xianglian, although this is a fact, who can prove it? There is no evidence or evidence..."

"My lord!" Qin Xianglian suddenly raised her head, staring at Master Bao with teary eyes, "My lord, Xianglian will not sue, I will not sue. Xianglian only wants to get Ning'er and Xin'er back, and Chen Shimei, Xianglian will not sue." Already!"

Master Bao sighed and said, "Qin Xianglian, even if you revoke the pleadings, your sons and daughters will not be able to get it back."

When Qin Xianglian heard this, she was stunned for a moment, with tears streaming down her cheeks. After a while, she kowtowed and said, "My lord, everyone calls you Qingtian. You must help Xianglian get her child back!"

Master Bao looked at Qin Xianglian with an expression of unbearable expression, he could only slowly shake his head and said: "This residence is powerless, I'm afraid—"

Qin Xianglian's body trembled suddenly, as if being shocked by an electric shock, she suddenly raised her head, and looked into her tearful eyes, but there was a bit of resentment.

I saw Qin Xianglian slowly let go of Mrs. Bao's trousers, and said in a muffled voice: "Everyone says Mrs. Bao is alive, but now it seems that he is just a follower of power, a cowardly and fearful person, my lord, are you afraid of that Chen Shimei?" It's human nature to be afraid of offending someone in the imperial family, Xianglian doesn't blame you, it's just that Xianglian is unwilling, unwilling to end up like this!"

When Qin Xianglian said this, everyone was taken aback.

Mr. Gongsun and Zhan Zhao stepped forward at the same time, and said, "Qin Xianglian, how can you..." Just as the words came out, Mr. Bao stretched out his hand to stop him from continuing.

Mr. Bao looked at the two people beside him and shook his head slowly. When Mr. Gongsun and Zhan Zhao saw it, they had no choice but to back away.

But Qin Xianglian stood up slowly, her eyes were blank, and she looked sad: "Master Bao, although you are afraid of the royal status, Xianglian is not afraid, Xianglian will go to the son-in-law's mansion to get my child back!"

When Zhan Zhao and Mr. Gongsun saw it, they were about to go forward, but saw a blur in front of them, and a black shadow suddenly rushed forward, throwing Qin Xianglian back to the bed.

"Qin Xianglian, there must be a limit to being an idiot!"

There was only one person, with one foot on the bed, one hand on the waist, and the other pointing at Qin Xianglian on the bed, shouting sharply, it was Jin Qian who hadn't spoken for a long time.

Jin Qian was really so-called angry at this time, furious: NND, I went to the son-in-law's mansion early in the morning to help this Qin Xianglian to have a child, and I was full of injustice. ——I don’t know good people!To apply the current fashion phrase is: bullying too much!

Everyone in the room was stunned by Jinqian's abnormal behavior. After a long silence, Mr. Gongsun stepped forward hesitantly and said: "Little brother Jinqian..."

But seeing Jin Qian raised his hand, stopped Mr. Gongsun behind him, rolled up his sleeves and said, "Mr. Gongsun, step aside first, this person's head is a walnut, if you don't give her some strength, she won't be able to open her mind." Already!"

"Ah?" Lord Bao, Mr. Gongsun, and Zhan Zhao said at the same time.

I saw Jin Qian rolled up his sleeves, took a deep breath, and shouted angrily: "Qin Xianglian! What are you doing with your eyes, to vent your anger? Don't you see that Mr. Bao's face is several times darker than usual today?" ?Do you know how much Mr. Bao received from Chen Shimei and the princess in order to help you get back a pair of children today?! You lie here comfortably, and there are people serving you, and you have tea to drink. Do you know Mr. Bao? Standing in the son-in-law's mansion all morning, I didn't even get a seat."

"As soon as I heard that you woke up, Mr. Bao came to see you in disarray. You just didn't know how to be grateful, but you actually repaid your kindness and blamed Mr. Bao, didn't you?! You said that Mr. Bao is a follower? Tsk tsk, if he is a follower, he won't accept you You won't be interrogating Chen Shimei, and you won't help you go to the son-in-law's mansion to pick up the child! Your head is full of paste, isn't it?"

"What are your ears for? Keep them as decorations? Mr. Gongsun and Mr. Bao talked earnestly for a long time, saying that Chen Shimei has a divorce certificate, so the child can't get it back. How did you get the divorce certificate? It's Qin Xianglian, your elder brother." If you didn't have to meet that Chen Shimei at that time, how could you have caused so many troubles? You are not the culprit for this difficult situation? You are smart, and you can't see your own faults at all. You also pour dirty water on others, you don’t distinguish between right and wrong, black and white, how do you face the elders of Jiangdong?!”

After a few words, Jin Qian suddenly felt that his eyes and ears were clear, and he was in a good mood. He took a few breaths, but suddenly felt something was wrong. Why is this room so quiet?He couldn't help but look up at the people in the room, but saw that everyone was in a state of mind wandering, and suddenly felt bad: OHMyGod, I was so angry that I couldn't bear it for a while, and I actually did such a weird move, could it be...Jin Qian hurriedly recalled what he said just now The rebellious and radical remarks, but found that his mind was blank at this time. He probably didn't remember what he said just now. He couldn't help sweating, shrank his legs and feet, and stood aside.

Looking at Qin Xianglian again, she suddenly got up from the bed, fell to her knees with a plop, and cried loudly: "Master Bao, Xianglian was in a moment of grief and indignation, and slandered you with unscrupulous words, I hope you will forgive me!"

Only then did Master Bao come back to his senses, he stretched out his hand to support Qin Xianglian and said, "Qin Xianglian, the pain of losing your child is unbearable, and the government does not blame you."

Qin Xianglian wiped her tears when she heard the words, then turned around and bowed to Jin Qian and said, "Ben Gong, Xianglian is stupid, if it wasn't for Engong's blow to the head, Xianglian might have become an ungrateful person, Xianglian is here to thank benefactor."

Jin Qian hurriedly supported Qin Xianglian, laughed dryly and said: "Miss Xianglian is too polite, I can't bear it."

Only then did Qin Xianglian get up and stand aside.

Seeing this, Mr. Gongsun stepped forward and cupped his hands to Jin Qian and said, "Brother Jin Qian is sharp in his words and eloquent, Gongsun Ce admires him."

Zhan Zhao also took a few steps forward, clasped his sword and cupped his hands, but didn't say much.

Now Jinqian just wanted to find a hole in the ground to get in, but he had nowhere to go, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and bow his hand to return the salute.

At this moment, Wang Chao walked into the house and said, "My lord, Prime Minister Wang will see you in the Flower Hall."

When everyone heard this, they rushed to the flower hall without caring about delving into Jin Qian's nonsense.

Jin Qian breathed a sigh of relief.

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A little side story:

Jin Qian yelled angrily: "Qin Xianglian, you are lying here comfortably, someone is waiting on you, and you have tea to drink. Do you know that Mr. Bao stood in the son-in-law's mansion all morning and didn't even get a seat."

Hearing what Master Bao said, he couldn't help looking at Zhan Zhao, and said with his eyes: Is it true that this residence is really so bad?

Zhan Zhao silently lowered his eyelashes and turned his face to the side.

Mr. Gongsun stepped forward silently, patted Lord Bao on the shoulder, speechless.