Just in time for rain [恰逢雨连天] - Chapter 160

[160. Chapter One Five Nine]

This is the anti-theft badge. Tomorrow is the palace test. Ren Xuan checked the list of tributes for the day at the government office, and it was twilight when he returned home.

At the beginning of the spring rain, the scorching glow shrouded the sky and the earth. He could tell from a distance that the person standing outside the mansion was Su Jin. He guessed her intention in his heart, and was overjoyed for a while, so he ordered his servants to invite him to the hall and serve it with good tea.

Su Jin took out the secret post: “Please take a look at Xiaohou Ye.”

Ren Xuan read Su Jin’s article five years ago. At that time, she entered the Hanlin, and she was very famous for her strategy and theory.

He grinned and said, “Your article is too good to be used by His Royal Highness. I will make some changes to the wording later, don’t worry, I won’t let the old Hanlin see it. There is a clue.”

Su Jin said: “It’s all up to the young master.”

Ren Xuan carefully took the secret message, thought about it and asked, “You are willing to take this risk, but you can’t stay in the capital’s yamen? I have acquaintances in the official department. , It is said that there is a shortage of records in the Zhan Shifu, although it is only a ninth grade, anyway, working under the East Palace is much more respectable than the capital Yamen, are you interested?”

Su Jin was silent for a while, and then he said: “Since the little prince is here The Ministry of Rites must know about Chao Qing’s disappearance.”

Ren Xuan said yes, and Su Jin continued: “Chao Qing and Xiaguan are old friends. I went to Gongshi’s office to ask about him. On the day of his disappearance, the third son of the Grand Master Yan came to look for him. He has a jade seal of the Yan family as proof, and the two have had disputes. But when Mr. Shaozhan left, Chaoqing was still there, and he could not find out about Shaozhan. If I can’t get to the Taifu’s mansion, I just ask the young marquis to let me and the third son of Yan meet, so that we can discuss it face to face.”

Ren Xuan did not expect Su Jin’s troubles, because it was someone else. Thinking about it carefully, Yan Ziyan is now a young man in the Zhan Shifu. The Yingtianfu yamen probably doesn’t want to offend anyone, so he wanted to put the case down. The government is here.

This is also self-denial.

Thinking of this, Ren Xuan expressed some respect in his heart, and his words were also kind: “Don’t hide Su Xian brother, because of a private matter for my brother, it is really inconvenient to bring Xian brother to the Taifu’s house to visit. Why don’t you do this, tomorrow morning, you pretend to be Zuo’s attendant and Wei-xiong enter the palace together. Yan Ziyan must pass by the Jinshui Bridge at the fifth watch every day, and Wei-xiong will help you stop him, so you can ask more clearly.” That

night, Su Jin relied on Ren Xuan’s words, Rest in Houfu nearby. The next day, he got up at the fourth watch, hurriedly had breakfast, and got into the carriage. Ren Xuan asked again, “In this court, apart from the old Hanlin, who the virtuous brother no longer knows?”

Su Jin replied: “At that time in the Hanlin Academy, I only devoted myself to writing articles on Xiushu, and I had few contacts with people, and I only had a few months, so no one would recognize the lower official.”

Ren Xuan said: “That’s good, you don’t know the newly appointed Zuo Du. Lord Censor Liu, his discipline is very strict, if you let people see the clue and find that my virtuous brother Gangji and I are not in good shape, it will be difficult to clean up.”

Su Jin was stunned for a while, seeing that the imperial city was close to him, he made a move. The pair of eyes looked at the nose, and the nose looked at the posture of the heart: “Oh, I have never heard of this person.” In front of the

noon gate, the carriage and horse stopped. In order to eliminate fire hazards in the palace, the lights of the ministers were prohibited, and only senior officials of the second rank and above could enter by car with lanterns.

Before the fifth watch, there were a few people standing by the Jinshui Bridge, all waiting for the waiter in charge of the lamp to come and lead them into the palace.

Ren Xuan led Su Jin to wait at the bridge, and at the fifth correction moment, Yan Ziyan came with a bang.

Ren Xuan went up to greet one or two, and led Huatou to the palace examination, and said: “I checked the list of tributes yesterday, there should have been eighty-nine, but I didn’t think that one was missing. I went to the yamen to ask. The corpse. The Ministry of Rites has to deal with errands, and the report is to return home in a hurry, but you also know Luo Shangshu’s scrupulous temperament, and when you look back, you are afraid that he will ask, and you have to walk down to the Gongshi’s office to inquire. Now, the military guard said that you had been there before this Gong Shi disappeared.”

Yan Ziyan hummed, “nonsense.” Then he narrowed his eyes and asked, “Young master asked me what I was talking about. What do you mean? Do you suspect that I robbed people?”

He was born with long eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and he also wore a court dress with a wide-sleeved long coat, just like the famous Wei and Jin scholars in ancient paintings. It’s just that a great hero can be true to his true colors, a true celebrity is self-righteous, and Yan Ziyan’s eyes are higher than the top.

Ren Xuan smiled and said, “If I doubt you, I’m here to ask you what you are doing? Are you tipping off the news?”

Yan Ziyan lowered his brows and thought for a while, and thought it was true. Has someone changed?”

Ren Xuan said, “Ali was ill, so he brought another one at random. Coincidentally, he was sent to ask Gongshi yesterday.”

Su Jin stepped forward and bowed: “Little man Jia Su, see Lord Shaozhan.”

Yan Ziyan didn’t answer, looked her up and down, and didn’t look away for a while, Su Jin said again, “Sir Shaozhan is probably the one who forgets things too much, but what Gong Shi has done Wu Wei is not without evidence, they say that Shao Zhan has been there, and there is a jade seal of the Yan family as proof.”

Yan Ziyan shook his sleeve robe, thinking he was listening to a joke: “A group of reckless men spread their words, and the jade seal of the Yan family is the identity of the Yan family. It symbolizes that this official has always cherished his life and never took his side, so how can it fall into the hands of others?”

Su Jin looked up at Yan Ziyan and spread his right hand: “Then according to what Shaozhan said, what is in the hands of the villain? This jade seal is fake.”

There is only moonlight at the end of the sky, and the seal made of suet jade is bright and shiny, Yan Ziyan’s face changed instantly, and he reached out to grab the jade seal, but Su Jin took it back one step before him. Holding his hands, he said lightly, “It doesn’t look fake.”

Yan Ziyan said angrily, “What are you, you dare to hold this official accountable!” But under the moonlight, Su Jin stood alone, indifferent and calm, Make him feel a hint of déjà vu, “No, I seem to have seen you before, you are—”

A star of light shone from the other side of the Jinshui Bridge. All scattered as birds and beasts.

Since there is no need to wait for the lights for the second-rank and above officers, there are not many who come early. The only ones who can arrive at the Noon Gate at five watch are probably the newly appointed Tie Mian Bodhisattva of the Ducha Yuan.

Ren Xuan’s heart was not good, and he only hoped that the bodhisattva’s sedan chair could separate the whole world, so that he could not hear any movements. However, the Bodhisattva dropped off the sedan in front of him, and the attendant with the lamp in front of the sedan greeted him in a friendly manner: “Mr. Hou, it’s early for you, Mr. Shao Zhan.”

Su Jin heard the sound familiar, raised his eyelids and glanced at him. It was the one who gave her the umbrella at Dali Temple that day. There is no need to guess, the other person who made the world quiet as soon as he appeared was Lord Liu Chaomingliu, the censor of the Zuodu capital.

Liu Chaoming didn’t say anything, even his expression was calm, and the waiter on the side of the lamp said again: “I heard from a distance that the little prince and Shao Zhan are in high spirits. I don’t know what to talk about, so I asked the villain to join in the fun.”

Ren Xuan is very modest: “Brother An Ran is joking, Shao Zhan is just looking at me with a new face and asking a few questions.” After that, he gave Yan Ziyan a wink, meaning it was a big deal Small.

How could he know that Yan Ziyan would not like this, so he said coolly: “Miansheng? I think the noodles are very familiar.” He took two steps forward and stood in front of Su Jin, “I already remember who you are, Jing Jinshi in the eighteenth year of Yuan Dynasty, but Su Shiyu?” In the

past, Yan Ziyan and Yan Ziyan only had a relationship at the Qionglin Banquet, and they didn’t even say a word, and it didn’t occur to him that he remembered himself.

Right now, there are hundreds of officials, and there is also a censor of the Zuodu, who is an inspector, who pretends to be an official to attend.

Su Jin just thought he was a taller, looked at Yan Ziyan calmly, opened his mouth and asked, “What is Su Shiyu? Did your lord forget it?”

Yan Ziyan sneered: “You can not Yes, but don’t think that I’m the only one who remembers you!” With a flutter of his sleeves, he turned his head and bowed in front of Liu Chaoming: “Master Liu, Enke in the eighteenth year of Jingyuan, you went to Qizhou to handle the case, and after returning to Beijing, At the Poetry Ceremony, the local Jie Yuan Su Jin Su Shiyu was mentioned, and he said that his article has the talent of the champion, and he is the person in front of him!” In the

night there was only one star of light, reflected in the depths of Liu Chao’s bright eyes, flickering gently, as if Quiet water.

After a long while, he said indifferently, “Really?” He took the lantern and held it in front of Su Jin and looked at it for a while. She is eloquent and stubborn, just like the one she saw in the wind and rain at Dali Temple that day.

Liu Chaoming handed the lantern back to An Ran, turned back to the sedan chair, and said indifferently, “I don’t know this person.”

Ren Xuan did not expect that this stubble would fall under Liu Chaoming’s eyes and be taken by a stroke. After the luck of the rest of his life, he hurriedly pulled Yan Ziyan to bid farewell to the official sedan chair of Lord Censor.

Yan Ziyan took another look at Su Jin, snorted, and flung his sleeves into the palace.

Ren Xuan turned his head and stared at his back, and waited for the others to walk away before saying to Su Jin: “Yan Ziyan has a bad temper, but he is still a daredevil, I see his reaction just now, it really doesn’t look like he has been to tribute. Shi’s office, but the jade seal in your hand is clearly real.”

Su Jin said, “Yes, I also suspect this.”

Ren Xuan took a few steps back and forth and said, “In this case, you wait here first. , I will send the secret message for my brother later, and take the time to go to Zhan Shifu to find out what Yan Ziyan did when Chao Qing disappeared.”

Zhanshifu was originally set up to manage the internal affairs of the emperor and the prince. , After the founding of the country, Emperor Jingyuan ordered it to be used as an assistant to the prince, so it was built near the East Palace.

After the official made trouble, Yan Ziyan questioned the fact that Chunwei was fraudulent, and the emperor ordered him to be the chief judge.

But more and more helpless.

The good articles that will be tried are indeed mostly from the hands of the southern officials.

It seems that what Shen Xi said is true, there is indeed a gap between the officials in the north and south (Note), the so-called fraud in the field may really just be a misunderstanding.

Yan Ziyan felt that he was about to find out when he tried the papers, so when he returned to Zhanshifu, he heard that the censor of Zuodu came to look for him. His first thought was that Mr. Liu was from the south. No wonder he became censor of the capital. When it came to Su Jin who followed Liu Chaoming, he thought to himself, this is also a southerner, no wonder he is a jinshi who has passed the second grade.

It was not until he heard the intention of these two people that he returned to his soul, looked at Su Jin twice, and chuckled: “I also told you that you are a mere eighth-rank governor, how could Ren Xuan let you come to the midday gate and ask questions? Blame this official, it turns out that he got such benefits. The business is doing well, and using this official’s face in exchange for the favor of His Highness the Seventeenth, the capital is just your talent, and he made a lot of money and made a lot of money. It’s just a pity When the Marquis of Changping was invincible in battles in the Central Plains, and gave birth to a son, he was a businessman who was not diligent.”

His words were bitter and mean, but when he thought about it in detail, he was able to understand the truth.

It’s not that Su Jin didn’t understand. She answered the question and went to find Ren Xuan, but she wanted to ask for something. One was willing to fight and the other was willing to suffer, and she had no intention of competing.

Yan Ziyan glanced at Su Jin sideways again, and felt that although this person looked elegant and restrained, he had a decisive personality. On the day the official made trouble, if Su Jin hadn’t ordered Yan Ziqi to be tied up and sent back to the mansion, I don’t know what kind of trouble his ignorant sister could have caused.

Thinking of this, he casually asked, “Aren’t you injured?”

Su Jin didn’t pay attention to the mention of this, and was stunned for a while before he said, “It has been raised for a few days, and it has gotten better.” He continued: “The Ministry of Punishment It was rumored that several cases were pending, and the lower officials did not dare to delay, so they rushed into the palace early.”

Where did the several cases come from?

The little governor, the major case related to her, was one of the official troubles.

These so-called several cases are probably to include Chao Qing’s disappearance, so let’s wake him up.

Yan Ziyan heard something in Su Jin’s words, and sneered: “According to this official, you are rushing to collide with the case, right?”

He also felt that the governor of Su Jin district had repeatedly made unkind words to him, and the sense of gratitude that had just disappeared completely disappeared. No, they said to each other with evil voices: “It’s fortunate that you didn’t die at the scene of the trouble that day, and taking care of yourself is the right way. There’s no need to rush into the palace as soon as possible. There is no shortage of witnesses from the Criminal Department. Besides, there are few of you. If you are looking for trouble like this, the capital is more peaceful, oh, looking at it this way, it’s a pity that you didn’t die that day.”

Hearing this, Su Jin rolled his eyes and looked at Yan Ziyan calmly with his hands behind his back: “What the lord said is that the death of an official is not a pity, but it is just that the lord looks forward to the death of the minister so much, so one can’t help but wonder if there is a reason for this. What kind of handle has fallen into the hands of the official?”

Yan Ziyan was furious for a moment, raised his hand and wanted to call someone in to cure this thing that had eaten the gall of a leopard.

However, Su Jin refused to back down. She came today to ask Yan Ziyan the reason for Chao Qing’s disappearance on the day of his disappearance. It was expected to anger him.

“Have you had enough trouble?” At this moment, Liu Chaoming, who was sitting on the head, said solemnly.

Su Jin and Yan Ziyan looked at each other and swallowed the words that had already reached their lips.

Liu Chaoming asked Yan Ziyan: “His Highness the Seventeenth presented to Hanlin on the same day. I heard that His Royal Highness has transferred the Court to Zhan Shifu?”

Yan Ziyan cupped his hands and said, “Exactly.” He said to Su Jin: “I almost forgot, it doesn’t matter whether I have a handle on Governor Su, but Governor Su has a ready-made handle and is holding it in my hand.”

After speaking, he turned around and took it from his desk . After finishing the case, he was about to present it to Liu Chaoming, but suddenly he withdrew his hand and asked with a puzzled face, “How dare Master Liu know that His Highness the Seventeenth Highness’s policy was written by Su Jin?”

Su Jin was furious. What’s all this mess? Isn’t it because you took the policy and sent it to the Punishment Department at your own discretion, and that’s why you brought in the Metropolitan Procuratorate?

However, this thought flashed by, and Su Jin suddenly realized that something was wrong.

If Yan Ziyan had submitted the original strategy to the Ministry of Punishment, how could Shen Tuo not have guessed that the other end of the case was His Highness the Seventeenth?

Looking at it this way, the East Palace and the Punishment Department seem to be investigating each other and don’t know each other.

Liu Chaoming said: “You don’t have to know.”

Yan Ziyan said again: “Then dare to ask Mr. Liu, if the evidence is verified, how should Governor Su be dealt with? The lower official heard that the secretary who wrote on behalf of the Fourteenth Highness six months ago. Chen was killed by the cane.”

Liu Chaoming said: “The lessons learned from the past are only for reference and do not need to be blindly applied. After the trial of the Supreme Court, you should be punished as a crime.”

Yan Ziyan thought for a while, thinking he understood what Liu Chaoming said, so he said: “According to the imperial court According to Master Shi, such charges are not death, but they should also be dismissed and exiled?”

After speaking, he suddenly joined hands and bowed to Liu Chaoming, his white clothes and broad sleeves brought a breeze: “Master Liu, even the lower officials are very concerned about it. I’m not used to Su Jin, but I also heard that on the day when Shizi made trouble, Ying Tianfu’s prefect hid in the Confucius Temple with a group of yamen, and the soldiers and horses of the east and west cities were blocked in the middle of the road. The officials of the Ministry of Rites in Suzaku Lane didn’t want to do anything to evacuate the people. They all hid in the teahouse, for fear of being injured. He was the only one who rode away alone, although he was overestimated and tried to reverse the situation, he was extremely stupid. Treat yourself as a scallion, but…Xiaguan wants to keep this person for the court.”

[End of This Chapter]