Emperor Tiancheng issued an edict to dismiss Chen Yu and Xue Ge Lao from all their existing positions, and it would be a bit too much to never hire them, and Emperor Tiancheng groaned in his heart, and changed it to let them leave the capital and return to their hometowns to think about it behind closed doors.

The punishment of criminals has always been only degrading, and it is not common to punish them back to their hometowns. The courtiers knew in their hearts that Emperor Tiancheng had room for this, and thought that there would be a chance to reactivate these two henchmen in the future.

As for Xue Xingyi's request for dismissal, Emperor Tiancheng rejected it, and the leakage of the exam questions can still be related to Xue Gelao, but it has nothing to do with Xue Xingyi at all, Emperor Tiancheng not only removed him, but also appeased him in public, praising him as a minister of Zhongzhi, the same Chen Yu's son Chen Hong was not removed, he was still in office when the fraud occurred two years ago, and he was recently sent to the south by Emperor Tiancheng.

It was already a big surprise that the ministers of the other factions took advantage of this matter to easily overthrow Chen Yu and Xue Yuancheng, and when they saw that Emperor Tiancheng wanted to protect Xue Xingyi and Chen Hong, they did not take advantage of the victory to attack again.

The Anguo Mansion has to bear a lot of responsibility in this incident, but Emperor Tiancheng wanted to reuse the Anguo Gong, and the anger of the world's scholars was concentrated on Xue Yuancheng and Chen Hong, who also entered the court through the imperial examination, so they were not heavily punished.

In the end, An Guogong was fined three years, Wu Liyan was dismissed from his reputation and re-admitted to lowly status, and several slaves who participated in buying and selling questions were beheaded for public display.

The news reached the He Mansion, and He Lin took Brother Jie to the plum garden that night to worship the souls of the Yang family.

Although the Yang family's so many life debts cannot be written off because of the dismissal of Xue Yuancheng and Chen Yu, it can be regarded as a little consolation to the Yang family.

Li Yu, who had not appeared for many days, also came to the plum garden, stood aside and waited for He Linwan and Yang Chengjie to get up, and then stepped forward to light three sticks of incense, and without saying a word, he picked up the hem of his clothes and knelt on the futon.

Brother Jie looked at Li Yu with a puzzled expression, and asked He Linwan in a low voice, "Why does Brother Shizi kneel? A man has gold under his knees, can't he only kneel to heaven and earth, to the monarch, and to his ancestors?"

He Linwan didn't speak, Li Yu got up and plugged in the incense fire, turned around and said to Brother Jie with a smile: "Because I have something to ask for them." ”

Brother Jie was puzzled.

He Linwan called the fox who was guarding outside and asked her to take Brother Jie to wash her hands and change her clothes first.

After Brother Jie left, He Linwan and Li Yu walked side by side in the plum forest.

Li Yu looked at He Linwan, "Why don't you look so happy, do you think it's too easy to bring down Xue Yuancheng?"

He Linwan thought about it and shook his head, "Although it seems easy, timing and connections are indispensable, if it weren't for you helping me secretly promote the troubles and do most of the things, where would it be easy?"

He Linwan waited for five years to get this opportunity, how could it be really easy? Even if she waited for this opportunity, it would not have been possible to settle the case so quickly without Li Yu's help.

"I'm not upset, I just didn't think things through, and I always felt like I was missing something. ”

Li Yu was silent.

He Linwan looked at him, "You think so too, don't you?"

Li Yu nodded, "I have always had a lot of doubts about the things back then, and after returning to Beijing this time, I sent someone to check carefully and found some clues." ”

He Linwan looked at Li Yu, and Li Yu said: "I'll talk about this matter when I verify it, but there is another thing I think you should know." ”

"What's the matter?"

Li Yu said: "I suspect that Yang Chengying is back." ”

He Linwan stepped on a dead branch on the ground, making a crisp sound, Li Yu's first reaction was to hold He Linwan's hand, afraid that she would accidentally fall.

"Don't worry, listen to me. ”

He Linwan was actually in a calm mood, "Okay." ”

Li Yu pondered and said: "Do you still remember the scholar who beat the drum? I asked people to check him, and it stands to reason that with his status and status, he could not spy on this fraud case at all, and he should have received money from others before he became a bird." ”

"Do you suspect that he was instructed by Yang Chengying?"

Li Yu nodded, "Not only did he ask the scholar to beat the drum, but also the death of the scholar, as well as the gathering of the unsuccessful candidates in the Confucian Temple. ”

He Linwan was a little abrupt.

Li Yu held He Linwan's wrist and comforted him softly: "Don't worry, he is very careful and has not been discovered, and besides, there is me, if there is anything wrong, I will stop it." ”

He Linwan smiled bitterly, "He's very smart, I'm not worried about his safety, I'm just afraid that he is used to acting unscrupulously, and there is no way to turn back in the future." The Yang family is the only one left with him and Brother Jie, and I don't want to see him destroy himself for revenge. ”

Her third brother used to be a true gentleman who was as bright as the moon, and she was not afraid of his unscrupulous methods, she was only worried that he would be disgusted with herself when he woke up in the future. The cousin has already given so much, and she doesn't want to see the third brother do the same.

When He Linwan was about to leave the plum garden and go back, Brother Jie was already asleep on the couch, and Li Yu picked up Brother Jie to send He Linwan out.

There was no one in the plum garden, only a bright moon guiding the way overhead, and the chirping of insects in the grass, the shadows of the three of them were projected on the ground, and He Linwan suddenly became a little greedy for this feeling of snuggling with people close to him.

He Linwan thought that she still wanted revenge, but her desire to live quietly with the person she liked was equally strong, and she hoped that the third brother and her cousin, as well as the sleeping Brother Jie, could be like her.

The carriage stopped in the courtyard where the fox came to find He Linwan on weekdays, which was only separated by an alley from the He family's West Garden, and Li Yu sent He Linwan and Jie Ge'er into the courtyard wall of the He family, and then handed Jie Ge'er to He Linwan.

"I'm in the plum garden all this time, and I have someone to deliver me a message. Li Yu explained in a low voice.

"Good. ”

Li Yu still wanted to say something, Brother Jie snorted and rubbed He Linwan's shoulder as if he was about to wake up, Li Yu glanced at it and didn't speak again, as if he was afraid of waking him up, just lowered his head and gently kissed He Linwan's eyebrows.

"Let's go back. ”

He Linwan glanced at him and walked away with the little wood, and Li Yu didn't leave the same way until they left their sight.

He Linwan hugged Xiao Mu and sent him back to his room, and when he covered him with the quilt, Xiao Mu opened his eyes and looked at He Linwan pouting slightly and not speaking.

"Ken woke up?" said He Linwan unexpectedly.

Xiao Mu tugged at the corners of the quilt and said aggrievedly: "I saw him kiss you." ”

He Linwan sat down on the side of Xiao Mu's bed with a calm face, muttered for a moment, and said to him, "I took the initiative to ask him if he wanted to be with me first." ”

He Linwan told Xiao Mutou like this that he was afraid that he would think Li Yu was bullying her.

Although Xiao Mu was aggrieved and tearful, he was still distracted by this sentence, he was a smart child, he thought more, sniffed and asked, "So he is the face of my sister?"

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