On March 21, in the capital, the bright moon hung high. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoHowever, the same night has a different mood.

Jia Zheng went to the prince's mansion to ask for help to no avail, and reluctantly returned to Jiafu. The news gradually spread in the deep night. Jia Huan was involved in the imperial examination fraud case, such a big matter, it was impossible for the masters and girls in the Ning and Rong mansions to rest so early.

Anxiety and worry pervaded the two provinces. The power of the Jia family is based on Concubine Yuan and Wang Ziteng, not in Jia Huan. But Jia Huan is the leader of the next generation of the Jia family, the standard-bearer. Moreover, with Jia Huan's status in the Jia family at this time, if he loses his future, it will affect the interests of a large number of people in the mansion.

There are more people who care about him: Baochai meditating under the night light, Daiyu tossing and turning on the bed, Tanchun wandering under the moonlight, Qin Keqing bowing his head and being silent in the bedroom of the main house of Ningguo Mansion, sadness and worry mixed in his heart... However, emotions cannot influence the current situation. In the long night of anxiety, time passed slowly. This emotion is also slowly amplifying and becoming rich.

In the mansion of the Marquis of Ruyang across the street, there is no noisy banquet and troupe all night, there is no scene of guests like clouds, and there is no flattery from wealthy businessmen, but the servants, servants, maids, and servants of the Marquis of Ruyang all noticed the happy mood of the master Zhao Yu, and they almost said it. Even Zhao Xingchen, who always likes to go out to visit the Qinglou at night and drink and have fun, is in his yard. From time to time, laughter can be heard.

The edict of the Son of Heaven has been issued, and it is clearly ordered to be thoroughly investigated by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Tomorrow is where the scrutiny begins. The palace test of the future star of Jiafu (23rd) must be yellow. His future is foreseeable.

The suffocation in the Marquis of Ruyang's mansion only showed a little bit of pleasure, and it was a restrained low-key before the big victory. It was as if the beast squatting in the dark night was squinting its eyes and smiling coldly and happily at the dying prey.

A little further away from the capital, in the small Yongfang where the ministers of Zaifu lived, Xie Fuzhong, the lantern in front of the door fluttered in the wind in the middle of the night. The two doormen in the porter yawned. In the mansion, in Xie Xuan's study, he was reading in the middle of the night. The figure is reflected on the window paper.

Reading is fake, and it is true to think about the situation of the government in the study alone. The position of a scholar in the Ministry of Rites is enough to arouse the interest of a person of the level of a scholar. Think about it more deeply, did the imperial examination fraud case involve Liu Linchuan? Or more people? What is he going to do as the foreman of the Minister of Military Aircraft?

The head of the imperial court looked at the problem from another angle.

One of the most important reasons why Yongfang is so loved by the ministers is that it is very close to the palace. Easy access. Late at night, in the prince's east palace.

In a brightly lit palace somewhere, there was silence except for the prince, dressed in bright yellow and luxurious civilian clothes, sitting behind a bookcase. An old eunuch whispered something to the side. Then, there was a burst of laughter from the palace, "Haha, haha!" "The laughter is full of hearty and wanton emotions.

Someone ruins his money bag, and he ruins someone's future. That's fair, isn't it?

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The night gradually became thicker and thinner, and the sky gradually brightened. The last day before the temple examination, March 22, arrived. And the various emotions in the capital have grown to the extreme. Worried, anxious, or happy, happy. Officials, gentry, Confucianism, celebrities, Chinese-style lifters, prisoners, scholars, etc., all converged on the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Jia Huan and Fang Wang arrived early in a carriage, and the interrogation was carried out separately. After interrogating Fang Wang, Jia Huan was taken to the lobby. Several imperial historians, brocade guards, and officials are lined up in the lobby.

Yin Peng, the presiding examiner, asked: "Jia Huan, there is a book on the imperial history, saying that you got the exam questions in advance from the deputy examiner in the examination of the Ministry of Science and Rites, so you won the Huiyuan, is there such a thing?" ”

"Not really."

"You visited Fang Wang twice at the end of the month and the beginning of the first month, isn't that reasonable?"

"At the end of the year, the younger generation returned from Jinling, and Mr. Fang went from Jinling to the capital earlier. When I return to the capital, I will visit him. Moreover, I am a disciple of Mr. Fang, and it is normal for people to go to his house to pay New Year's greetings in the first month. ”

"Then how do you explain the accusations of fraud by hundreds of fallen scholars?"

During the interrogation, it was not only Yin Peng, the left capital of the imperial capital, but also Han Bo'an, the left deputy of the Imperial Palace, was also in the lobby.

When Yin Dazhongcheng inquired here, Han Bo'an smiled in his heart. The question was too perfunctory. Yin Dazhongcheng's tendencies can be imagined. Of course, this case itself is not about whether Jia Huan is fraudulent or not, whether he got the title from Fang Wang, it doesn't matter at all. What matters is the political game in the court, which is the key to determining the direction of the case.

The case of fraud in the Yimao Imperial Examination was a case approved by the Son of Heaven, and today Jinyiwei also sent people to observe. It's just that the level of the person who came is a bit high, and it is slightly abnormal, and the Jinyi guard who came commanded Mao Kun. Commander Mao smiled and looked at Jia Huan. Because this young man has been talking eloquently and without any restraint until now. If he was in the Pacification Division, could he be so relaxed? What kind of testimony is not available?

Jia Huan didn't know what the two judges of the deputy trial were thinking, and when he heard Yin Dazhongcheng's question, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart: Good question! He immediately replied: "If you go back to Dazhongcheng, my family and Zhao Yu, the Marquis of Ruyang, do not deal with each other, and there are dirty things from time to time. I have a bad relationship with my son Zhao Xingchen, and he must have spread rumors among the scholars and slandered me. I hope that Dazhong will be clear. ”

Jia Huan's words were a bit childish. There were several imperial historians and officials in the hall who laughed out loud. Jia Huan's meaning: I don't have a good relationship with my neighbor, so he sent rumors and slandered me. It's just hilarious. Does this take the blame off the way?

An imperial historian mocked: "Do you think this is a child's house? The world's famous prodigy, but that's it. ”

Yin Peng was a little disappointed.

Jia Huan ignored the imperial history that taunted him in the direction of his side, and then said, "Tomorrow is the palace test." The imperial court has not yet reached a conclusion, and the younger generation is still innocent. I want to take tomorrow's temple exams. Please Dazhong Cheng complete. ”

A few more laughs.

Yin Peng's eyes narrowed, he didn't answer on the spot, waved his hand, and asked people to take Jia Huan down.

Subsequently, Yin Peng took the preliminary trial results of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and went to Xiyuan.

When the commander of the Jinyi guard made Mao Kun come, he brought the message of the Son of Heaven to know the result of the interrogation as soon as possible. The Son of Heaven came to Xiyuan in the morning and was taking Concubine Yang to fish in the royal garden.

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When Yin Peng went to Xiyuan, the results of the examination of the Metropolitan Procuratorate quickly spread in the capital. From the outset, this high-profile interrogation was conducted according to most of the established assumptions -- Jia Huan refused to admit guilt.

From the spread of rumors among the landed scholars, to the surging feelings, the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites asked for an explanation. From the mountain--Zhao Junbo, the head of the West Road, fired the cannon, to the official of the science and road, hundreds of officials wrote one after another, and the bullets were like a tide.

The conspiracy hidden in the shadows broke out violently in a very short period of time, under the impetus of the pusher, like a surging river, and all this, when the Son of Heaven ordered a thorough investigation, reached a high tide.

Now this trial in the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the aftermath of the slow down after the high tide, and everyone knows that the next exciting and emotionally tense moment will be when the bigwigs in the court discuss how to deal with this case. At that time, the political turmoil that involved the Ministry of Rites Shoshu would unveil his mystery and make it clear what was going on.

At this moment, what the "melon-eating masses" need to do is wait. Wait for time to pass and wait for the next flashpoint to come.

In the capital, many people are laughing at Jia Huan. The results of the preliminary examination are not surprising. There are only two points, first, Jia Huan said that the Ruyang Hou family harmed him. Second, he wanted to take the temple exam. This is really wishful thinking.

Basically, the officials, gentry, Confucianism, celebrities, Chinese-style juren, prisoners, Luodi scholars, and Fu Xuexiucai who were concerned about this matter all had this opinion when they heard the results of the preliminary examination of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Do you still want to try it? Including the Jinyi Guard, who followed Yin Peng to Xiyuan to face the saint, commanded Mao Kun.

The Ducha Yuan is located in the west of the inner city of the capital, the West Chang'an Street is over, the east is the hour Yongfang, and then the Royal Garden West Garden.

In late spring and early summer, the pavilions and pavilions in the West Garden are hidden in the clear waves of green trees. Step into it and feel refreshed.

The Son of Heaven is in the Hanyuan Palace. There are eunuchs to guide along the way, and the scenery on both sides of the road is beautiful. After Yin Peng and Mao Kun arrived, they waited for the Son of Heaven to summon them. It was mid-afternoon. After Yin Peng entered the hall, he found that Scholar Xie and Scholar He were driving here. After truthfully reporting the interrogation, Yin Peng said: "Your Majesty, Jia Huan, a Chinese-style person from Beizhili, requests to participate in tomorrow's palace examination, and the minister asks for a holy judgment." ”

Xie Xuan couldn't help frowning and reprimanded: "Ridiculous! Bang Lun, Jia Huan, a body of sin, how can he participate in the palace examination? After the case is clarified, it will be disposed of. "That's the power of the first one.

He Shuo, a scholar of the Jianji Hall who was standing on the side, immediately sneered: "Jade is so unreasonable, after the case is investigated, the palace test will have already ended, what else to deal with?" "Some people's minds, he still sees them very clearly.

Scholar He has always supported Jia Huan in the Military Aircraft Department, but his voice and weight are not enough to change Xie Xuan's opinion. Since the weight of the first assistant of the former Ming Dynasty, few of the remaining auxiliary ministers can challenge the authority of the first assistant. The same was true of the Zhou Dynasty.

Xie Xuan said dissatisfiedly: "Gao Yuan doesn't want privacy and impartiality. I know that you are good friends with Zhang Anbo, and Jia Huan is Zhang Anbo's proud disciple. But the law of the country is ruthless, is it child's play? ”

Emperor Yongzhi, who was sitting behind the bookcase placed in the exquisite hall, looked at the argument between the two scholars with a calm face, and at this time, he gently raised his hand to stop the two, and said to Yin Peng, the emperor of the left capital: "Zhun Qing played!" ”

In an instant, the Hanyuan Hall was silent.

The university scholars, the imperial historians, the commanders of the Jinyi guards, the chief eunuchs, and the accompanying Hanlin were all dumbfounded. Even Scholar He, who has been trying his best to defend Jia Huan, is like this.

If everyone's ears are not mistaken, the Son of Heaven means to allow Jia Huan to participate in tomorrow's palace examination.

What does this mean? In which direction is this wind blowing?