Soon after Han Xiufeng returned to Beijing last time, the emperor summoned the monk Greenqin back to Beijing to "give face-to-face teaching". Although the timing granted by the emperor is reasonable, Monk Greenqin still feels very uncomfortable in his heart.

Unexpectedly, a few days after this incident, Han Xiufeng actually came to Tianjin again.

Monk Greenqin didn't want to repeat the "face-to-face teaching" incident, so he simply went to the secret fold and asked Han Xiufeng to stay in Tianjin to help with military affairs. Although the emperor only agreed to half of it, and only agreed to Han Xiufeng to stay in the army for a month, at least he didn't have to worry about being recalled like last time.

In order to avenge the last "revenge with one arrow", he did not let Han Xiufeng idle, and after announcing the emperor's secret edict, he ordered Han Xiufeng to supervise the repair of the forts on both sides of Haikou.

The official level crushed people to death, not to mention that he had the emperor's secret edict, Han Xiufeng was pulled into a strong man, and he worked as a supervisor on both sides of the Dagu mouth for a whole month.

Seeing that the period of service had expired and that the five forts on the north and south banks had also taken shape, he said goodbye to Shi Rongchun, the commander of Zhili who was stationed at the forts on the south bank, and rushed to the Tongzhou camp with several accompanying river battalions to meet the monk Lingqin who was training in Tongzhou these days.

followed the soldiers to the tent, and obviously felt that the atmosphere was not quite right.

I didn't see any of the previous Eight Banners and Green Battalion generals, and the people who came in and out of the tent were either Mongolian officials or his friends, and their expressions were more solemn than the other.

Just thinking that the matter under discussion should have nothing to do with military affairs, a friend walked out, bowed down and said, "Lord Han, the prince is invited." ”

"Thank you." Han Xiufeng bowed back, and then straightened his official uniform, lifted the curtain and walked into the big tent to greet him.

Monk Lingqin sat at the back of the public case, and waited for Han Xiufeng to finish saluting, then pointed to the chair next to him and said, "Brother Han, you don't need to be polite, sit down and talk." ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang, for giving me a seat."

"My brother is in a hurry to see this king, what is the matter?"

"Lord Wang, Xia Guan has been serving in the army for a month, counting the days, it is time to return to Beijing to resume his life."

Monk Lingqin reacted and said to himself: "It's been a month, and this day has passed so fast." ”

"The prince has a lot of military affairs, and he is so busy from morning to night that he can't even take care of eating, so he naturally feels that this day passes quickly." Han Xiufeng arched his hand, and continued: "As for the matter on the fort, all the things that should be explained to Shi Titai before the lower official came. As long as the money, food, and materials can be supported, the lower officials estimate that it will be completed in another three months. ”

Monk Greenqin is busy forgetting the days, which does not mean that he is busy forgetting Han Xiufeng, in fact, he also ordered someone to keep an eye on Han Xiufeng. Thinking of the past month, Han Xiufeng not only did not complain at all, but also was attentive in the matter of repairing the fort, and some temporary arrangements were even remarkable, and he couldn't help but give up: "There is Brother Lao, if it weren't for the fact that no one is available, this king would not have made such a decision, so that the old brother would suffer this crime in the wind and rain." ”

"What is the prince talking about, the lower officials are deeply favored by the emperor, and they should serve the court and share the emperor's worries."

"What my brother said is very true, we are all doing errands for the emperor, and we are all sharing worries for the emperor," Monk Greenqin arched his hand in the direction of the capital, and then asked meaningfully: "Brother Han, this king wants to ask one thing, after my brother returns to Beijing this time, will the emperor summon this king back to Beijing to teach him face-to-face like last time?" ”

"The prince is really good at laughing, how dare the lower officials speculate on the holy will." Seeing that Monk Greenqin had made his words clear, Han Xiufeng thought for a while, and then said: "However, in the opinion of the following officials, the emperor has a lot of opportunities, and he has just summoned the prince, so he should not be summoned again so soon." ”

"In fact, this king misses the emperor more than his brother."

"The prince is right, those of us who are courtiers don't want to miss the emperor?"

"You may not be able to meet you, but it depends on the will of the Divine Will." Monk Lingqin confirmed that Han Xiufeng would not make irresponsible remarks in front of the emperor like last time, so he said a few words that were not salty or light, and then changed the topic and asked casually: "Brother Han, have you received any news from Beijing these days." ”

"Lord Wang, what's wrong with Jingli?" Han Xiufeng was confused by the question.

"Brother really doesn't know, or fake don't know."

"Lord Wang, you really asked Xiaguan, Xiaguan really doesn't know what news is in the capital."

"It seems that my brother really doesn't know," Monk Greenqin nodded slightly, picked up a copy of the "Palace Gate Copy", and said expressionlessly: "It's not a secret, this king just heard about it this morning." ”

"Dare to ask the prince, what is the news?"

"Brother, let's take a look at this first."

"The subordinate obeys."

Han Xiufeng got up and took over the "palace gate copy", he didn't know if he didn't look at it, he was taken aback when he saw it, it turned out that the imperial history Meng Chuanjin played a play called Pingling not only to participate in the big competition, but also to win the lift, and the Zhu scroll did not match the ink scroll, suspecting that there was a fraud case in the just-concluded Shuntianxiang test, and impeached the chief examiner Bai Ye and the deputy chief examiner Zhu Fengbiao and Cheng Tinggui.

Cheating in the field is not a trivial matter, the emperor was furious, and ordered Prince Yi Zaiyuan, Prince Zheng Duanhua, and Chen Fuen, the secretary of the military department, to investigate thoroughly, and after grinding, it was found that there were seven typos in the test paper of Ping Ling. What's even worse is that pulling radishes and bringing out the mud, the number of greasy test papers has surged to as many as 50 at once!

Bai Ye, the minister of military aircraft who had just been awarded the rank of scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, fell from the clouds and fell into the mud overnight, and has been dismissed from his post and handed over to the ministry. Zhu Fengbiao and Cheng Tinggui, the two deputy examiners, Xu Tong, Yin Gengyun and other room examiners were all dismissed and arrested, and the candidates involved in the case were all imprisoned by the Criminal Department.

Thinking that the current power of the court is in the hands of Prince Yi, Prince Zheng and Su Shun, they can be called one and two. Almost no one in the court dared to argue with them, but Bai Ye was very sincere, relying on the senior and respectful, relying on the old and selling the old, never willing to give in a little, and always worked against Prince Yi, Prince Zheng and Su Shun.

Thinking of the Mongolian prince in front of me, Bai Ye was born in the Mongolian Zhenghuang Banner, and he is a rare jinshi among the Mongolians. What's more, Bai Ye's official fortune is very smooth, he was already the Minister of Military Aircraft before the accident, and before he was dismissed, he had just entered the cabinet to worship the prime minister, and he was a very popular minister, Han Xiufeng realized that Bai Ye was in big trouble this time, Prince Zheng and Su Shun They would definitely not let him go easily, and at the same time realized why Monk Greenqin's expression was so solemn when he first came in.

"Lord Wang, if everything is true, then Bai Zhongtang is afraid that this time it will be more than lucky, and I am afraid that it will be more than just dismissal." Han Xiufeng calmed down and said solemnly: "I don't know if I go back to Xinjiang." ”

Monk Greenqin didn't expect Han Xiufeng to say this, and said in a deep voice: "If you want to think of Kang Qian's pearl and Hekun, so many crimes, they are just raided and repatriated. ”

"The matter has come to this, and it can only be determined by the divine will."

"Although this king has no friendship with Bai Zhongtang, as far as this king knows, Bai Zhongtang is an honest and upright official, and he will definitely not bend the law for personal gain. Nine times out of ten, it is negligence, perhaps it is the victim of a traitor. ”

Han Xiufeng didn't want to go around in circles with Monk Greenqin, let alone be misunderstood by Monk Greenqin, so he immediately got up and said: "The prince doesn't know, but Xiaguan has a bit of friendship with Bai Zhongtang. The first time Xia Guan met was led by Bai Zhongtang. After the audience, he waited outside the palace gate, and when Bai Zhongtang came out, he called the lower official to the side, so that the lower official could read the emperor's approval, which was honest and usable, and the lower official still remembered it vividly to this day. ”

"I didn't expect my brother to have such a relationship with Bai Zhongtang!"

"Actually, it's more than that, Qingxian, who once atonement for his sins in Houyi Hall, the prince may not know it, maybe he hasn't heard of it, but he must know it."

"Brother is talking about Qiying's second son?"

"I didn't expect the prince to know." Han Xiufeng sighed lightly and said helplessly: "Qingxian has been working with Xia Guan for so long, he Ama has an accident, and Xia Guan can't see death without help." Therefore, when he had an accident with Amma, Xia Guan had begged several princes and adults, and also begged Bai Zhongtang. Although Bai Zhongtang did not agree at that time, he still opened his mouth when the emperor made a holy judgment and begged the emperor to give him extrajudicial favors. ”

Monk Lingqin was taken aback: "This king knew that he had interceded for Qiying, but he didn't expect that there would be such a secret secret, it turned out that he was entrusted by you." ”

"The grace of the ancients should be reciprocated by the spring, if it is something else, Xiufeng will definitely help to run. But the case is not trivial, Xiufeng really has more than enough heart and strength, and he can't help the old man if he wants to! ”

Thinking that Bai Ye not only offended Prince Yi, Prince Zheng and Su Shun, because the Kechang case has now also offended the world's scholars, it is said that those students who did not return to their hometowns after falling off the list were indignant, and some people even wanted to follow the example of the Qianlong Dynasty, tie a straw man with Bai Ye's name written on it, and carry it to the entrance of the vegetable market to "behead", Monk Gelinqin can understand what Han Xiufeng said, "I can't help if I want to", and he was silent for a while before he whispered: "Brother Han, Brother Han, until this moment, this king does not know what kind of person you are." ”

Han Xiufeng knew very well that what he really wanted to say was "the one who knows who you are", so he took a deep look again, and then said with a bitter face: "Lord Wang, Xiufeng wants to ask you for a favor?" ”

"What's the busy?"

"Ask the prince to go to the Tao, and ask the emperor to let Xiufeng continue to serve in the army."

How could Seng Lingqin not know that he didn't want to get involved in the disputes in the court, but thinking that if he had the right opportunity after he went back, he might be able to help Bai Ye, and his face suddenly turned correct: "What kind of place does my brother regard this king here, come if you want, and leave if you want?" ”

"Lord ......"

"Don't say it, this king won't go to this fold, my brother should hurry back to Beijing to resume his life."

"The official retires, and the prince cherishes it."

"No."

Walking out of the camp, Han Xiufeng's mood couldn't calm down for a long time, he sat on horseback and looked at the direction of the capital from afar, and muttered: "It's just enough to offend the Manchurians, and now to offend the Mongolian tribes to death, and it's not a stunned young man, why don't you understand the truth that it is better to settle the grievances, how can it be good to go on like this!" ”

Xiao Shandong was confused, and couldn't help but turn around and ask: "Fourth master, who offended whom?" ”

"It's nothing, hurry up."

"Yes."