Just in time for rain [恰逢雨连天] - Chapter 108

[108. Chapter 107]

This is the anti-theft chapter. Su Jin arrived at the Hou Mansion and handed over a famous post. The military guard outside the mansion checked it and said that the little Hou Ye had not returned the value, so please wait for a while.

The young marquis, Ren Xuan, was the only son of the Marquis of Changping, and he was a little familiar.

After the death of the Marquis of Changping, the illustrious Houfu disciples left an empty shelf, so that the sage read Ren Xuan with humility and humility, and he was appointed as the Minister of Rites.

Tomorrow is the palace exam, 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 the 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 had 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, just leave it to His Highness, he can’t use it. 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 lack 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, do you want to?”

Su Jin was silent for a while, and only later said: “Since Xiaohou is here The Ministry of Rites must know about Chao Qing’s disappearance.”

Ren Xuan said yes, and Su Jin continued: “Chao Qing and the lower officials are old friends. I went to Gong Shi’s office to ask about him. On the day he disappeared, the third son of the Grand Master Yan came to look for him. He has a jade seal of the Yan family as evidence, and the two have had disputes. But when Lord Shaozhan left, Chao Qing was still there, and he could not find out about Shaozhan. My official is soft-spoken, and I know how to break in. If I can’t do it with the Grand Fu’s mansion, I just ask the little Marquis to let me and Third Young Master Yan meet, so that we can have a face-to-face discussion.”

Ren Xuan did not expect that Su Jin’s setbacks were for others. 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 wore a court dress with the bearing of a long sleeved robe, 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. Hand, lightly said: “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, making him feel a trace of deja vu, “No, I seem to have seen The one who passed you, you are—”

A star of light shone from the other end of the Jinshui Bridge, and the courtiers were originally gathered to watch the fun, but the light was dazzling, and they all scattered.

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 only regarded himself as 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 deny it, but don’t think 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 I went to Qizhou to handle the case, and after I returned to Beijing, I mentioned the local Jie Yuan Su Jin Su Shiyu at the Poetry Ceremony, saying that his article has the talent of the champion, and he is the person in front of him!”

Kui Ye had only one star of light, reflected in Liu Towards the depths of the bright eyes, it swayed gently, like still 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 inquire about what Yan Ziyan did on the day that Chao Qing disappeared.”

Liu Chaoming was also staring at her, he was silent for a long time, He took back the unfinished second half of the sentence, closed his sleeves and bowed to Zhu Nanxian, turned around and left.

Zhu Nanxian raised his hand and ordered the people around to withdraw, and then asked, “Governor Su, did you have something old and committed something that was arrested by the Ministry of Justice?”

Su Jinyuan lowered his eyes and heard the word old, suddenly Eyes raised.

His eyes were burning like fire, Zhu Nanxian was caught by this gaze, and his heart stagnant before he said, “Is this person a death row prisoner you asked for from the Ministry of Justice?”

Su Jin reacted, and it turned out that he said that the Ministry of Justice was on the day of the trouble. Take to death row in Suzaku Lane.

Her eyes dimmed for a moment.

Before she left that day, she glanced at the death row prisoner. Although she didn’t remember what it looked like, she still knew whether it was Chao Qing or not.

Su Jin said: “His Royal Highness does not know, this death row prisoner was actually sent by the Department of Punishment of the Supreme Court, in order to prevent the situation from getting out of control, it was reserved as a way of retreat, but unfortunately it came too late and did not come in handy.”

However, Zhu Nan Hearing this, Xian blinked his eyes, but said, “This king has already cross-examined, and this death row prisoner said he knew you.”

Seeing Su Jin looking at himself in surprise, Zhu Nanxian coughed again and straightened up. He straightened his body and said, “Naturally, this king is involved in military affairs, so he didn’t personally question him, but his subordinates said that this death row prisoner even knew

that you were a jinshi and later served as an envoy in Songshan County for two years.” It was a bit unexpected for Su Jin.

Since she returned to the capital in Songshan County, the only people she made friends with were Chao Qing and a few Gong Shi, besides Ying Tian Fu Yamen. Other than that, who else knows her in depth?

Su Jin couldn’t help but ask: “Then Your Highness knows, why does this death row prisoner know me?”

Zhu Nan envied: “He is very clever, he only speaks half of his words, and he doesn’t want to explain anything else, so he just makes fun of himself.”

Su Jinyi Leng, a condemned death row?

However, Liu Chaoming brought him out of the Ministry of Punishment, clearly because of his death penalty.

Su Jin thought of this, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

If it is used as an example to kill a hundred people, then the government must kill people in front of all the officials. Although it can temporarily control the scene, it will eventually lead to public resentment, and it will be more difficult to end it afterwards.

Liu Chaoming’s original intention when he came to the capital’s yamen was to make the case smaller. If there was a murder case, wouldn’t it go against his original intention and shoot himself in the foot?

If it wasn’t for the troublesome official, what was the purpose of Liu Chaoming’s nomination of a death row prisoner from the Ministry of Punishment?

Su Jin asked, “Does your lord know what the death row was doing?”

Zhu Nanxian said, “I can’t break his mouth.”

Su Jin recalled carefully, that day, Liu Chaoming had only one sentence from beginning to end – I will bring it up from the Ministry of Punishment. A death row for you.

for her?

Thinking of this, Su Jin couldn’t help but ask: “His Thirteenth Highness, where is the death row now? Has he been executed?”

Zhu Nanxian had just laid a lot of groundwork, and it was here that he was waiting for Su Jin.

It is true that he personally tried this death row prisoner, but he didn’t coerce him, and he didn’t use the punishment.

Su Jin was seriously injured that day, and he was really worried in his heart. He wanted to go to the capital’s yamen to visit the doctor in person, but the general manager of the palace tried his best to stop him, saying that his dignified highness would visit him in a condescending manner. An eighth-rank junior official, not only will he startle all the officials in the yamen, but Governor Su will not be able to recuperate at ease in the future.

Zhu Nanxian thought about it, and thought it was true. After he was dug out from the death row prisoner’s mouth, he was Su Jin’s “old past”, and the other side told people to put the death row prisoner in Bieyuan. Chengriba looked at Su Jin. Jinneng came to lead people.

It’s a pity that there are no figures left and right, I really can’t help it.

Zhu Nanxian has arranged these many days, and he has managed his emotions very well, as if inadvertently: “Oh, the Ministry of Punishment did not know what to do, and handed the death row over to this king, and this king had to reluctantly and put people in the palace. For

a while, he glanced at Su Jin’s face from the corner of his eye, and asked knowingly, “Why, Governor Su wants to see him? Then the king ordered his subordinates to pick up Governor Su from the yamen tomorrow morning?

” Give you”.

What is a death row prisoner doing to her, what she is most worried about at the moment is Chao Qing’s trace.

Entering the palace today, Yan Ziyan burned not only the strategy, but also the kindness she had given to protecting Yan Ziqi that day.

Even though the grievances ended, she refused to let her trace Chao Qing’s whereabouts from Yan Ziqi.

Su Jin also felt that she was a soldier, but all of a sudden, she couldn’t help but pin her hopes on Liu Chaoming, hoping that this death row prisoner of unknown origin might have something to do with Chao Qing’s disappearance, otherwise, how could she “give it to her”?

No longer wishing to dream more at night, Su Jin said to Zhu Nan envy: “If Your Highness is free, can you let the lower official meet this person tonight?”

[End of This Chapter]