Just in time for rain [恰逢雨连天] - Chapter 221

[221. Twenty-two chapters]

This is the chief burglar Zhang Jiang wiped away a tear: “Why can’t you, the next official heard Mr. Liu and his old man helping Su Jin investigate the case, asking about the date of disappearance, and gossip about Yan Zhan, who knows that the censor of Zuodu is a Tie Mian Bodhisattva, can you ask his old man for help, without a strong friendship?”

Ren Xuan was stunned for a while, but Shen Xi, the servant of the household who came to visit the door first, listened to the corner for a long time, and said with a smile: “Mr. Jiang, I I remember you have a grandson who is about the same age as Mr. Liu. It’s not suitable for you to call Mr. Liu the old man?”

Mr. Jiang broke the jar and smashed: “What’s wrong? It’s my grandfather who can kill me.”

Shen Xi pulled the third-grade peacock embroidery on his official robe and asked, “Master Jiang, what about me?”

“You?” Master Jiang looked up at him with tears in his eyes: “You are in charge of money, my ancestor!”

As a group, Ren Xuan stood at the threshold and sat down beside Director Jiang, puzzled.

The Supreme Court has the power to impeach hundreds of officials, and it would be best for them to try the Chao Qing case. If Su Jin and Liu Chaoming knew each other, why would he come to him with a secret note? Not to mention the near and far, there is still a handle left and right.

He just went to Zhanshifu to inquire about news, and bumped into His Highness the Thirteenth. Only then did he know that Zhu Nanxian had returned to Beijing from the northwest.

Ren Xuan didn’t know that Su Jinji didn’t remember Zhu Nanxian, but when His Highness the Thirteenth made a fuss about the official department for a former Hanlin, it was a momentary talk.

If Chao Qing’s case had nowhere to go, His Highness Thirteenth would be undecided and willing to take care of this business.

Ren Xuan rushed back excitedly, originally wanting to tell Su Jin and Zhu Shisan the good news that he was returning to Beijing, but Liu Chaoming stepped in out of thin air, like a basin of cold water, making his kindness seem superfluous.

A Li prepared the sedan chair, came in and asked, “Little Marquis, are you going to Ying Tianfu Yamen to find Mr. Su?”

Ren Xuan waved his hand: “No need, let’s go back to the mansion first.”

Su Jin returned to the mansion, the sky was already dark, and when he returned to the premises, Zhou Ping came out of the main room, grabbed her and asked, “I haven’t seen you for two days. , where have you been?”

Su Jin saw him sweating profusely and his clothes were dirty, and said, “Don’t ask me, what’s the matter with you?”

Zhou Ping sighed: “Don’t mention it, those fallen officials. I made trouble at the Confucius Temple again today. I took the yacha to coax people, and there was a conflict. Some people took advantage of the chaos and overturned me to the ground. Fortunately, the soldiers and horses from the five cities came to make trouble. I just came back.”

Su Jin walked over to the case, poured a cup of tea and handed it to him: “This yamen knows that you are honest, and usually just throws tricky cases to you, now it’s better, If someone is making trouble outside, he also asks you to go, you are a scholar, are you going to preach to the troublemaker?”

Zhou Ping took the tea and comforted her: “This time the troublemaker is also a scholar, so it’s also appropriate for me to preach.”

Su Jin thought of the list of tributes he had read in the morning, and couldn’t help but say: “If there are troubles again, you can’t go there. You can’t push it away, so you just call yourself sick.”

Zhou Ping responded repeatedly and asked again, “Chao Qing disappeared. Do you have any eyebrows?”

Su Jin poured a cup of tea for himself: “A little.”

Zhou Ping looked around, pulled her to the porch, and whispered, “Yesterday you left, I’ll go again. Gong Shisuo inquired about it, but happened to bump into the servant girl of the third son of the Yan family, saying that the son of his family had left the jade seal here, and she came to pick it up specially.”

“Yesterday?”

Judging from the current look, Yan Zi said yes It was only this morning that I learned that the Yan family had a jade seal that had fallen on the Gongshi. Where did this maid come from, who has the ability to predict the future?

Zhou Ping said: “Isn’t that jade seal taken away by you? I told her that Chao Qing has disappeared, and the yamen wants to investigate the case and take away the evidence. If she wants the jade seal, she can only come to the capital yamen in two days. .”

Su Jin asked, “Will she come?”

Zhou Ping said: “She said that she can’t get away tomorrow, and she will come before dawn the next day.”

Zhou Ping saw that Su Jin was silent, and added: “I think this maid is acting strangely, so I wrote down her appearance. When Lord Yang returns to the mansion, you can ask him about this person.”

Su Jin shook his head and said, “No, I already know who she is.”

Mrs. Yan had to have one wife and four sons, the eldest son and the second son were not in the capital except for three Young Master Yan Ziyan, who was in the manor on weekdays, there was a young lady who was sent back three times to kiss her and was waiting to be in her boudoir.

Yan’s jade seal is only passed down to the direct line. Since the three young masters have no time to spare, the only person who left the jade seal at the Gong Shi’s that day can only be the infamous Miss Yan, Yan Ziqi.

On duty the next day, there was always talk about the officials making troubles in the government office. Seeing Zhou Ping coming, he hurriedly grabbed and questioned the details.

Zhou Ping answered them one by one, and finally said: “The chief examiner of Chunqi is Mr. Qiu Ge, who is fair and honest, and everyone in the world knows that it’s hard to feel bad, let these officials make trouble, and when they calm down, they will dissipate. Now , it’s not a big deal.”

Liu Tuiguan laughed and said: “At the moment, Zhou Tong will judge you for being lenient. Did you know that last night, the Supreme Court came to invite Master Yang to drink tea, so he discussed it all night and returned it. He didn’t come back.”

Zhou Ping was shocked: “The Metropolitan Court is also in charge of this troublesome official?”

Liu Tuiguan said: “Do you think it’s a trivial matter? Last year, Mr. Gao from Quzhou was transferred to the inner court. Just because he was born in Division B, the people inside didn’t even look at him, so he couldn’t stand it a while ago and decided to become an official.” After speaking

, he glanced at Su Jin, who was a copycat in the corner, “If you don’t believe me, ask him, he is from Division A. At that time, he was Jieyuan in Qizhou, a second-class jinshi, and now I am subordinate to you and me, I am afraid that I will be unwilling to be reconciled in this life.”

Zhou Ping sternly said, “Brother Yi Chu’s words are different. Li Xi paid homage to the prime minister at seventy, Huang Zhong surrendered to Shu at sixty to defeat the enemy, Shiyu is still young, and he will not know what he will do in the future.”

Liu Yichu said: “You just love to preach, he offended the officials, no longer Being demoted is already good fortune, and you still look forward to promotion?”

Zhou Ping wanted to argue again, but Su Jin had finished copying the document, presented it to Liu Yichu, and said solemnly: “Your Excellency is joking, the lower official has no ambitions, he just wants to be humble, the place where his heart is at ease is my hometown. It’s good for officials to stay in the yamen, as long as Master Liu is accommodating, it’s good to go outside for a sharp shot from time to time.”

Liu Yichu slanted at her: “Why, it’s not enough to go outside for two days. Want to go out?”

Su Jin said: “Yes, it’s a personal matter, I’ll come back before Shen Shi.”

Although Liu Yichu didn’t have a door on his mouth, he was lenient to the bottom, and he knew how to open one eye and close the other, so he said: “You can go anyway, if you are caught alive by Old Thief Sun, you don’t have to intercede with my lord. My lord will not care about your life or death.” When

Su Jinfang left the yamen, he heard Zhou Ping call behind him: “Shi Yu, wait a minute. Wait for me.”

Su Jin asked in surprise: “Why did you come out?”

Zhou Ping turned to look at the government office, and sighed: “Liu Yichu can’t speak his mind, I don’t want to stay with him.” , and asked: “Are you going to go to the tribute? It’s just right, I’m going too.”

Zhou Gaoyan had a principle, talking to Liu Yichu, and only talking lightly.

When he mentioned Luodi Shizi in the morning, he didn’t agree on his face, but he didn’t have a bottom in his heart. When I thought about the group of troublesome generals, I told him to wait and see, and I couldn’t hold my stomach full of sadness.

Su Jin said: “You are so worried about eating radishes and eating radishes. Chunyu is not handled by the capital’s yamen. Even if the situation becomes serious, the emperor will be held accountable, and there is a cabinet above, and the Ministry of Rites will bear it.”

Zhou Ping said gloomily: “Although it is so It’s reasonable, but I still have to go to the Gongshi to take a look. As long as the Ministry of Rites can safely invite all the gentlemen on the apricot list into the palace today, and tomorrow I sing the corpse and seal the official, my heart will return to my belly. It’s in.” Before he spoke, he had reached

the Gongshi’s office, and Wu Wei checked the official posts and went in to report. After a while, Xu Yuanzhe came out in a hurry, and asked urgently all the way: “Mr. Su, but there is news about Brother Yunsheng. already?”

He is Chao Qing Tong Ke Gong Shi, with beautiful eyebrows and beautiful eyes, but unfortunately no one is perfect.

Su Jin was noncommittal, just said: “Find a quiet place to talk.” Taking Xu Yuanzhe around the back alley, he then asked: “Yuanzhe, think about it carefully, before the Spring Festival, has Yun Sheng ever made friends with people outside?”

Xu Yuanzhe said, “Sir, I have asked about it last time. Brother Yunsheng is from the capital. Apart from Mr., the only contact is with the same Gongshi.”

Su Jin was silent for a while, and said, “When I say outsiders, I mean women. Have you ever made friends?”

Xu Yuanzhe’s face turned pale: “This, why did you say this, sir?”

Chao Qing has never been close to women, and Su Jin knows it.

Because of this, the case was found from Yan Ziyan to Yan Ziqi, which made her even more puzzled.

Su Jin saw Xu Yuanzhe hesitating, and guessed the reason for seven or eight points: “Why, you can’t tell me about it?”

Xu Yuanzhe was very embarrassed, and lowered his eyes and said: “Sir, don’t ask, Brother Yunsheng said, about this matter. Even if he is dead, you must not mention it to your husband.”

Su Jin looked at him calmly: “What if he really died? Don’t you want to say it?”

Xu Yuanzhe still lowered his eyes, his face Cloudy and sunny.

“It’s not a good girl either.”

Zhu Nanxian glanced at Zhu Minda’s expression from the corner of his eye, and knelt down with a plop, but couldn’t bear the clutter of paper in his mouth, he couldn’t help it. Chewed twice.

Zhu Minda’s face turned black, and he suddenly shouted angrily: “Presumptuous!”

Zhu Nanxian was startled by him, and the paper ball in his throat slipped down his throat with a thud.

The blatant destruction of corpses.

Zhu Minda was so angry that he burst into smoke, and shouted, “Bring a knife!” The hall door opened in response, and the servant knelt down and presented a knife. Zhu Minda pointed at Zhu Nanxian and said, “Open his belly to Ben Gong!”

As soon as the words fell, Zhu Shiqi fell to his knees with his legs trembling, and clinging to Zhu Minda’s hand, he cried out, “Brother Huang, if you want to punish me, punish me. Brother Thirteen did this for me!”

Zhu Nanxian was stunned, looked at him silently, and said to himself, Brother Huang, you think too much, this Brother Huang is really not doing it for you.

[End of This Chapter]