Chapter 333: Three Fires
The bureaucrats didn't know how to comfort them, so they could only say to Chen Menglin: "My lord, now I can only listen to the orders of the imperial court. β
Liu Xiu...... Where is Lord Liu now? Chen Menglin could only agree, and he had no other way.
The bureaucrats next to him looked at each other for a moment, and then said to Chen Menglin: "Lord Liu should be on the city tower now." β
Chen Menglin said to go to Liu Xiu and tell Liu Xiu about it.
When passing by Liu Xin's bookstore in a sedan chair, Chen Menglin seemed to remember something, and said to his subordinates: "I heard that Lord Liu has a brother here, I don't know where he lives?" β
"That's the one who runs the bookstore."
Chen Menglin let people get off the sedan chair, walked over, saw that Liu Xin was reading, and couldn't help but walk over, he glanced at it casually, his face changed, and said to Liu Xin: "This shopkeeper, I don't know what book you are reading?" β
"My lord, nothing, a miscellaneous book."
Chen Menglin looked at the cover and said to Liu Xin: "The title of this book is not bad, I don't know if the shopkeeper can show it to the official." β
Liu Xin didn't care, handed the book to Chen Menglin, Chen Menglin looked at it, and said to Liu Xin: "This book is interesting, I don't know if there is any surplus in your store, the official is going to buy a copy to see." β
Liu Xinlian said that there was more, so he took out the book, Chen Menglin bought a copy, and then said to Liu Xin: "This official has a habit of buying books, and he likes the bookstore manager to nominate them on it, so that the official will know where to buy it later." There is a shopkeeper Lao, give me this name. β
Liu Xin didn't care, picked up the pen on the side, signed his name on it, and then took Chen Menglin's silver.
Chen Menglin sat in the sedan chair and flipped through it quickly, with a smug smile on the corner of his mouth.
At this time, a servant said to Chen Menglin: "My lord, please go back to the yamen, Lord Liu is invited." β
Chen Menglin smiled and asked people to turn back.
When he arrived at the Yamen, Liu Xiu was full of smiles and said to Chen Menglin: "Liu Xiu humiliated the grace of the saint and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, so he came to ask for peace from the adults. β
"Lord Liu is polite, Xia Guan just received the holy decree and is ready to go to report the good news to your lordship. I didn't expect the adults to already know, it's really gratifying, gratifying. β
"The last general will lead the troops to fight, as usual, handy. However, as for the matter of the Yamen case, he really knew six out of seven and didn't know anything. In the future, please ask the adults to admonish them to open the mouth. β
Chen Menglin said with a smile: "Don't dare, don't dare, the foolish brother is just a few years old, and the foolish brother has to return to the capital to stand by, this teaching is really unspeakable." β
Liu Xiu saw that Chen Menglin was so unenlightened, so he had no choice but to open the door and say: "In this case, the governor does not dare to disturb, and asks Lord Chen to hand over the seal letter to the governor, so that the governor can take care of things." β
Chen Menglin looked a little embarrassed, and whispered to Liu Xiu: "Yes, yes, now you should call your lord." β
Liu Xiu touched his beard quite proudly, wanting to show off that he became a governor at a young age, so he pretended to be modest and said: "I'm just afraid that this governor has no hair on his mouth and can't handle things well." β
Chen Menglin was still worried about having no chance, and when he saw Liu Xiu jumping in by himself, he said to Liu Xiu: "This is simple, as long as you take office, how many beautiful things will you do, and everyone will not accept it?" β
Liu Xiu was curious, and arched his hand at Chen Menglin and said, "Please also ask for advice." β
"There is a seven-inch heavenly book shop on the street, and I guess the Governor knows about it."
Liu Xiu knew that something was wrong, and asked tentatively: "It was opened by my brother Liu Xin." β
"It turns out that Brother Ling, Brother Ling's academy, there are a lot of good books."
"Ben Du has gone to see it, he has a lot of books, what's the matter, Lord Chen is going to let Ben Du persuade his younger brother to donate books to readers?"
"No, no, my lord, I saw a book today."
Chen Menglin said, handed over the book he had just bought, and said to Liu Xiu: "Your Excellency, please look at the third page." β
Liu Xiu flipped it, and it made his face look ugly at the beginning.
"Who is this southern thief, the governor knows, and he also slandered my Taizu Gao Emperor with the thief chief in the back, this book is forbidden, not only here, the official took a cursory look, there are more than 30 places. In the fifth year of the constitution, there was a scholar who wrote a book "Old Things at the End of Wei", in which he slandered Emperor Gao and the princes, and was finally arrested in the imperial court and beheaded by his whole family. β
Liu Xiu's hand holding the book couldn't help but tremble, and said to Chen Menglin: "This ......"
"Hmph, southern thief, thief chief, rebel woman, these words are used on my Taizu Emperor Gao, Empress Dowager Xiaoyi, which one is not a head? Someone in front of him was already unlucky, let alone now. β
When Liu Xiu heard this, he said to Chen Menglin: "My brother is not the one who wrote this book. β
"Brother Ling is a scholar, don't you know these taboos?"
Hearing that Chen Menglin would not give an inch, Liu Xiu was also angry, and said to Chen Menglin: "I think if no one reports it, this matter will not be a problem." β
"As an official of the imperial court, how can this official not report it when he sees this evil book and slanders the sages?"
"Lord Chen, it seems that the first day of this governor's seal is to deal with my own brother Liu Xin?"
"Only in this way can we convince the public."
When Liu Xiu heard this, he could only say: "Come on, take Liu Xin down to this official and put him in prison." β
"Lord Liu killed his relatives in righteousness, he is really a pillar of the imperial court, no wonder he can become a governor at a young age. My lord, this official has gone to the capital first. β
Chen Menglin only felt comfortable all over his body and walked away laughing.
Liu Xin didn't know about it now, at this time Liu Li happened to arrive with lunch, Liu Li took out a chicken leg and said to Liu Xin: "Come on, kill a chicken today, you and your eldest brother have a chicken leg each." β
"Wow, what kind of day is today, actually killing chickens to eat?"
"Your eldest brother said that he is going to be an official now, this is to kill chickens to celebrate, no, I didn't eat lunch, so I went to the yamen."
Liu Xin took a bite of chicken leg and said to Liu Li: "Mother, my brother is clever, and it is only a matter of time before he is promoted." β
Liu Li nodded and said to Liu Xin: "You should also become an official early, so that the fourth lady can have a good time, although my mother has not read, but I also know that the most beautiful thing for these eldest ladies is to be named a woman by the imperial court." β
Liu Xin didn't say anything, and at this time, the official arrived, walked to Liu Xin's side, and said to Liu Xin: "You are Liu Xin." β
Liu Xin nodded, the official nodded, and said to Liu Xin, "Then come with us." β
"W-what's going on?"
"You're in trouble."
The official didn't talk nonsense, pushed Liu Li away, and then put shackles on Liu Xin, and took him to the yamen.
Seeing this situation, the owner of the bookstore who came to see Liu Xin hurriedly ran to Liu Xin's residence and said to Wei Sisi: "Miss Wei, it's not good, it's not good, your father-in-law was arrested by the yamen." β
When Wei Sisi heard this, he hurriedly went to the yamen, and after beating the drum, the prefect ascended to the hall and said to Wei Sisi: "Who is beating the drum?" β
"Wei Sisi, a folk girl, came here this time to ask my fiancΓ© Liu Xin what happened? Imprisoned by the Yamen. β
The prefect was a little embarrassed, coughed dryly and said, "This matter was asked by the governor to be arrested, girl, you can go to the governor's yamen to inquire." β
Wei Sisi said goodbye, and then went to the governor's yamen, this person who was promoted to the hall, Wei Sisi saw that it was Liu Xiu, and couldn't help but say in surprise: "Big brother? β
"It's me, who received the holy decree this morning, the big seal of my palm."
Wei Sisi felt bad in his heart, but he still said tentatively: "Then you should really congratulate the eldest brother, congratulations to the eldest brother, taking charge of the Great Seal." β
"Shangyi was hired exceptionally, but Liu Xiu was ashamed of his disrespect." Liu Xiu also talked to Wei Sisi in circles.
Wei Sisi didn't want to talk nonsense, so he asked directly: "Since this is the case, then eldest brother, do you know about Liu Xin's arrest today." β
"This is exactly what the Governor ordered."
"I don't know how Liu Xin offended the eldest brother, and let the eldest brother personally order the arrest."
"Liu Xin sells evil books, and he doesn't report it." Liu Xiu asked people to hand the book to Wei Sisi, Wei Sisi looked at it, and said disdainfully: "This is made by Wei people, what does it have to do with Liu Xin, and it is also worth locking on the street?" β
Liu Xiu sighed and said: "This street lock is still light, according to the previous cases, the heavy will be all over the door, and the light will be the head on the ground." β
"Since this book is not written by Liu Xin, the matter is ridiculous, Lord Governor, you can burn the evil book in the bookstore. Now that the governor has arrived, he does not do military affairs, but does copywriting, which seems to be a bit of a fuss. β
Liu Xiu said helplessly: "This matter, why doesn't the governor want to deal with it, but this is Lord Chen Menglin's first complaint, and everyone in the government knows about it." If the governor doesn't do it, then how can it be like a dynasty to explain. β
Wei Sisi saw that Liu Xiu was unwilling to make a big deal small, so he didn't say much, and asked: "I don't know when I will be convicted and when I will be punished." β
"This has not yet been tried in court, and the conviction is still early, as for the punishment, if Chen Menglin does not play tricks in the court, it can be delayed until next autumn."
"In that case, my brother and sister will take their leave."
"Mother, please persuade your younger siblings."
Wei Sisi said yes and walked out of the yamen, at this time it happened that Taohong came, Wei Sisi was quite surprised, and said to Taohong: "Taohong, why are you here?" β
"Fourth Miss, it's not that the family can't rest assured of you, Fourth Miss, what's the matter, I just arrived here, and I heard the bookstore owner say that my uncle was arrested."
"There is no excuse for this desire, you came just right, now this matter, the governor and the prefect are unreliable, you go and send a letter to the capital, whether the saint sees it, or the fourth concubine sees it, there is still a glimmer of life."
Wei Sisi said, took Peach home, wrote a letter himself, and asked Peach to take it.
At this time, Gui Wufu sat on the city tower and said to Cao Qi: "I heard that Liu Xiu, this kid, became the governor. Why didn't he tell the town? β
"I told the general, I'm afraid the general won't let him go."
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Chapter 333: Three Fires