In the evening, the sunny weather suddenly changed dramatically. First of all, a strong wind was hung, and layers of dark clouds blew over, shrouding the sky over Kaifeng Fucheng, and it became thicker and thicker, making people feel inexplicably depressed.

"The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings!"

In the Pear Blossom Courtyard, on the pavilion in the back garden, Wu Haogu and Wu Haowen stood side by side, looking at the dark clouds in the sky, and frowned together.

Wu Haowen exhaled a turbid breath and said in a deep voice: "Now the court is also like a dark cloud pressing down on the city, so I don't know when to start a vicious fight." ”

"It's not been two years since Yasukuni was built!"

Wu Hao's ancient sayings pointed out, which made Wu Haowen fall into contemplation.

"Big brother, little brother will leave in two days, don't stay in Kaifeng Mansion for a long time. It's best to go to Yuntai School Palace, follow Mr. Dongpo to learn some skills in making articles, and only after high school will you be able to do things for the court. ”

Wu Haowen's sudden words made Wu Haogu show a wry smile, his brother could go, but he was trapped in Kaifeng Mansion.

Wu Haogu took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Second brother, my path is different from yours!" You are walking on Yangguan Avenue, but I am walking on a single-plank bridge......"

"yes!" Wu Haowen nodded, and said seriously, "After all, the Great Song Dynasty is the world of scholars, and you are now a military attache and a businessman, no matter how favored you are, no matter how rich you are, it is not the right way after all." For example, this time, the fire in the military camp in the north of the state obviously has nothing to do with you, but no matter the new party or the old party, everyone thinks that you are the mastermind behind the scenes! If you are a scholar who is famous outside the Donghua Gate, does anyone else think so? ”

What is the ...... There is some truth to that!

If Wu Haogu took the route of Wenda in the imperial examination, of course, no one would think that he could manipulate the military camp in the north of the state to set fire to the secret ...... Because that kind of thing is not at all something that a civil official from a Jinshi background can manipulate.

The fire in the camp in the north of the state involved the black and white of Kaifeng Mansion, tens of thousands of dollars, and a shelter where the real culprit could be hidden.

These things can't be owned by a Jinshi from a poor family.

"You're leaving in two days?"

Wu Haogu didn't have anything to say to his younger brother, so he simply diverted from the topic.

"yes!"

Wu Haowen said softly: "This is an opportunity to hear about it, and I have only been in the office for more than a year before I can send Lantian County." If you can get the government soldiers in Lantian County up, it will only be a matter of a few years to change the Beijing officials. ”

Wu Haogu was silent.

In fact, he didn't believe that the affairs of the government soldiers could be successful at all, how could this kind of thing succeed in the era of the imperial examination system?

The government soldiers need an economic foundation, and they must be land-rich elements with land to be able to afford it! But now the children of the landlords and rich peasants of the Great Song Dynasty have gone to study and take the imperial examination, and if they want to be called outside the Donghua Gate, you should ask them to become soldiers......

As for the poor middle peasants, those who live by renting land to make a living are actually relying on selling labor to support their families, and their income is very low - you let your family become a government soldier, and you don't pay military salaries, and you have to bring your own dry food, isn't this forcing the whole family to death?

He provoked this topic in the magazine "Wenqu Xing", but it was just to transform the magazine from a picture album to a magazine of news and commentary.

I didn't expect this pot to go around and let my brother carry it!

"Second brother," Wu Haogu paused, "I'll tell you that this matter of the government soldiers will definitely not succeed in the whole world." However, it is not impossible to try it out in Lantian County. ”

"Won't work out?" Wu Haowen said, "How come? More than ninety percent of the articles in "Wenqu Xing" magazine say that they can succeed! ”

Wu Haogu sneered: "A group of scholars who don't know how to join the army are just doing their best!" ”

"Big brother, I also have a pen to the scholars."

There are a few...... Well, if you don't count the words and the like, but only the scholars who are really on the battlefield, I'm afraid it will be even rarer.

Wu Haogu was not interested in debating with his younger brother, shook his head and said: "After you go to Lantian, you must remember the truth that 'politics is not difficult, and you must not offend the giant room'." ”

This is the words of Yasheng Mencius, if it is placed in the new China of later generations, it will definitely be criticized. However, Wu Haowen is a young man under twenty, because the article is well written, he will enter the customs and become a county official, why should he offend the giant room?

"After arriving in Lantian County, you must not be impatient, you must first visit the township sages, listen to their opinions, and then work out methods with them, and rely on them to try out the government soldiers and make them profitable. If you can succeed, you must also give the credit to the township sage giant room in Lantian. ”

Wu Haogu's words, if put it bluntly, are to let Wu Haowen win over the gentry after he arrives in Lantian, set up a name, loot the people's wealth, and then share the account with the gentry when he has benefits, the big head is given to the gentry, and the small head is used to raise some so-called government soldiers...... That's pretty much it!

As long as you follow this line and become an official, most of you will be able to become a good official who will leave a name in history.

As for the trial of the government soldiers, with the cooperation of the wealthy gentry and giant room in Lantian, thousands of strong men can always come up, and let them go to serve in the fan, and it will not be too much of a problem to put on a show.

In this way, can't the matter of trying out the government soldiers be fooled? After fooling around, Wu Haowen will be able to rise at the speed of a rocket......

"The eldest brother's words, the younger brother has taken them to heart." Wu Haowen paused, "But please also ask the eldest brother to listen to the younger brother...... The younger brother must not offend the giant room, and the eldest brother must also avoid the clear stream of things. ”

Wu Haogu smiled bitterly, and was about to say something more, when Pan Qiaolian's voice came from behind: "Da Lang, Brother Eleven and Brother Gao have arrived." ”

Wu Haogu hurriedly turned his head, looked at his wife with a worried face, and showed a confident smile, "I'll go to meet them, eighteen, the second brother is leaving, send one for me." ”

Now that the gates of the outer city of Kaifeng Mansion have been closed, Wu Haowen has no way to return to his residence in Kaifeng Prefecture. However, he also has a place to go outside the city, a Zhuangzi to the east of Jinmingchi, which is Han Zhongyan's property. Recently, Wu Haowen's wife Han was pregnant, and she was depressed in the city, so she went to live in Han's Zhuangzi outside the city, and Wu Haowen often lived outside the city to accompany his wife.

After breaking up with his brother, Wu Haogu welcomed Pan Xiao'an and Gao Yu into the inner hall, and instructed his personal maid Luohan to go to the kitchen to get some wine and food.

"Where did all the arsons go?"

As soon as he sat down in the inner hall, Wu Haogu directly asked about the aftermath of the fire in the military camp in the north of the state.

"Jiehe Commercial Market." Gao Yu smiled and said, "There won't be any problems...... This matter was arranged by Zhou Tong of the Royal Boxing Gym. The people who set the fire were all his apprentices and grandchildren, and one of them got 1,000 taels, and the eleventh brother also arranged for them to go to Jiehe Business City to open a boxing gym. Left on the day of the fire, and now it's almost there. ”

When they arrived at Jiehe Commercial City, it was very difficult for the New Party to find out. Because the Jiehe Shang City is the ground of Wuhaogu, what is the difficulty of keeping a group of arsonists?

Even, Wu Haogu could arrange for them to go to the territory belonging to the Liao State on the other side of Jiehe Shang City to open a boxing gym. In this way, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty had no jurisdiction at all...... Even if Bao Qingtian is resurrected, it is impossible for Kaifeng Mansion to investigate the case and find out to Liao, right?

"That'...... Can anyone ask about Lu Benzhi's death? Wu Haogu asked again, "You are not allowed to bring poison in the Imperial Prison, right?" ”

"Someone asked," Pan Xiao'an said, "The Criminal Department sent an autopsy, and Zhao Tingzhi personally investigated it. It was confirmed that it was a pawn of the Imperial History Observatory who was moved by Lu Benzhi's filial piety and prepared arsenic for him. ”

"That pawn was caught?" Wu Haogu asked.

"How could you get caught?" Pan Xiao'an smiled bitterly, "I left a letter and disappeared."

But even if he is caught, he can't do anything with him, he has fulfilled Lu Benzhi's filial piety. This dynasty is filial piety to rule the world, so it will inevitably fall lightly. At most, it will be a cane sentence plus a few years in prison, and it will not be beaten again, and there will be someone to take care of it in prison. ”

Is there a concept of right and wrong? Wu Haogu was a little speechless, obviously there was a big suspicion, and there was no way to investigate......

Wu Haogu frowned, "Lu Benzhi was killed, right?" No one cares about this? ”

"It's unlikely that he was killed," Pan Xiao'an shook his head and said, "That blood letter has already been experienced, and it was indeed written by Lu Benzhi himself." Moreover, Zhang Kegong, who supervised the imperial history, also testified that he bought an old hen for Lu Benzhi......"

"Buy an old hen?" Wu Haogu was stunned and stunned, "Does this have anything to do with the case?" ”

"Yes," Pan Xiao'an said solemnly, "can't you ask for blood if you stab blood?" So to kill the chicken for blood, this chicken was still killed by Zhang Kegong, and the blood was also released by him. ”

"Chicken blood? Shouldn't it be human blood? ”

"Human blood?" Pan Xiao'an laughed, "Where does human blood come from?" You can't give a knife to the prisoners in the Imperial Tower, right? ”

"Bite your fingers." Wu Haogu said and made a gesture, and the blood books written in the TV series in later generations were all finger-biting.

"How many drops of blood are there?" Pan Xiao'an smiled, "People are scholars from the official eunuch family, how can they write a blood book with thousands of words, right?" How can you do it by biting your fingers? ”

Gao Yu also said: "It's not okay to stab yourself with a knife, you are all scholars, and you can't stab people with a knife, what if you don't stab yourself well and stab yourself to death?" Therefore, the blood books that came out of the Yushitai Prison were all written in chicken blood, and some officials would bite their fingers and squeeze one or two drops of human blood. ”

"Isn't this a bully?"

"Of course not," Pan Xiao'an said with a glare, "If all the scholars in my Great Song Dynasty dare to stab themselves with knives to get a big bowl of blood, how ruthless would that be?" If it's all like this, can the official family really sleep soundly? ”

That's right, too! If all the scholars of the Great Song Dynasty were ruthless people who stabbed themselves with knives and did not frown, wouldn't this become the Great Song Dynasty Samurai? Isn't the imperial examination system in vain?

"In other words, Lu Benzhi is a filial son?"

"I'm afraid it's decided." Pan Xiao'an said, "That's what the official family means...... The official family is a benevolent monarch, so it is natural to fulfill Lu Benzhi's filial piety. ”

What's going on! Wu Haogu is so depressed! What about the various blue skies that are good? Where are all the god-like officials on TV? Why do you just watch a murder case and not react?

What filial piety do you want to fulfill...... Isn't this a faint king?