When night falls, the lights of the entire capital are lit up.

Yin Tai had dinner, and went to the study to read and write as before, with calligraphy with the charm of Wang Xi in one hand, faintly showing his indifferent nature.

He was born in Yongxin County, a small county in Ji'an Prefecture, Jiajing's fourteenth year high school second-class jinshi, the primary selection of Shu Jishi, and later the editor, but was soon squeezed out by the Yan family to Nanjing to serve as the Nanjing Guozi priest wine.

thought that he would become an idler outside the court from now on, and there would be no chance to return to the court.

It's just that fate played a joke on him, and when he went to Nanjing, he was prosperous in official luck, from Nanjing sacrificial wine to Nanjing Rite Books, and now it is the Rite Department of Rites of the current dynasty.

However, his good fortune seemed to have come to an end, and during the four months he served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, his life was very unsatisfactory, and even gave rise to an unprecedented sense of frustration.

Although he took care of the affairs of the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites in an orderly manner and did not make any mistakes, unlike those predecessors who were deeply favored by the Holy Family, it was difficult to see the emperor.

As for the green words he wrote, the level is indeed very average, and even the emperor directly handed him the word "heart". Whether it is that he is not attentive enough, or that he is praised for his noble heart, but it is no longer up to the emperor's requirements for Qingzi.

It was this autumn season that made him feel a little tired in his heart, and he obviously felt that he didn't belong here. Not to mention that I am going to enter the cabinet to pay respects, I am afraid that it will be difficult to stay in this position all the time.

"Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, leisurely see Nanshan!"

Yin Tai stood in front of the desk and was slightly distracted, just wanting to practice calligraphy, but when he returned to his senses, there was already such a line of words on the white rice paper.

Looking at this line of words, he sighed helplessly, but he missed the idle days of planting flowers in Nanjing.

The housekeeper walked in from the outside, and Yin Tai turned his head to look over faintly when he heard the movement.

"Student Lin Ruoyu asks to see!" Before the housekeeper who came out could speak, a young voice from outside had already come in.

The housekeeper didn't dare to treat Lin Haoran as Yin Tai's protégé, and Yin Tai had already instructed him to do so, so he directly led the visiting Lin Haoran to the study.

Yin Tai heard Lin Haoran's voice, and said loudly with joy on his face: "If you are foolish, please come in!" ”

He and Lin Haoran were established as teachers and students from Guangdong Township, and they can be regarded as half of Lin Haoran's guides. Now Lin Haoran is on the same level as him, but when it comes to the future, he is already inferior to the other party, and the other party has always been respectful to him.

Even if he was able to return to the capital to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites this time, it was thanks to Lin Haoran's help.

"The student came uninvited this time and bothered the teacher!" After Lin Haoran came in from outside, he bowed to Yin Tai in a regular manner.

Yin Tai stroked his beard and looked at Lin Haoran, and said with a smile on his face: "As a teacher, he is an idler, so he can't talk about bothering!" ”

The officials in the officialdom of the capital are all elites, and if he can be appreciated by the emperor, the Yin Mansion will definitely be a good city.

It's just that he obviously doesn't have a good future as a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, and he doesn't like to engage in gangs, so his mansion has always been very quiet, at least not as busy as Lin Haoran.

Lin Haoran came here to listen to the four directions and see the eight directions, but when he saw the words written on the table, he smiled and said: "It's also a shame to say that the disciple has been lazy during this time, and he hasn't practiced calligraphy for some days!" ”

"Your handwriting is very good, it's a pity not to practice more!" Yin Tai shook his head regretfully, but then said with a wry smile: "But then again, we have never lacked calligraphy in Daming." Not to mention, Yan Ge's old Danqing's merits are a must, what we lack now in the Ming Dynasty is a virtuous minister who can govern the world! ”

There are already words in these words, he has always recognized Lin Haoran's ability to govern the world, and this is already his expectation of Lin Haoran.

The housekeeper attached great importance to Lin Haoran's visit as a household scholar, so he sent a tea cup as soon as possible, and explained to Yin Tai that Lin Haoran had just brought good Pu'er tea.

Lin Haoran was invited to sit down at the tea table, holding the tea cup and saying bitterly: "Today, many people say that Xu Jie is a virtuous minister, and it is enough to rule the world with him!" ”

"Huh...... If you are foolish, you are insincere in what you say! Yin Tai was about to drink tea, but stopped and smiled and debunked.

Not to mention his previous observation of the court, now that he has been in the court for four months, he also knows that his disciple is a reformer, and there are irreconcilable contradictions with Xu Jie, the representative of the conservative faction.

Looking at the entire court, if anyone wants Xu Jie's downfall the most, it is not his fellow villager Wu Shan, who was the second assistant of the dynasty in the same year, but this disciple who is bent on promoting the "Diao Minshu" and "requisition of grain to silver".

Even if the whole world said that Xu Jie was a virtuous minister, this disciple would definitely scoff at it.

However, Xu Jie's person does have some means to win people's hearts, but when it comes to governing the country and asking for the people's lives, there are no measures to benefit the country and the people, and naturally it is far from being virtuous.

Lin Haoran didn't hide his disgust with Xu Jie, but said seriously: "Teacher, I'm still young after all, and I wanted to learn from the teacher the character of 'letting the official'. It's just a matter of political disputes, and the disciple is afraid that if he lets it go like this, he will have no chance in the future! ”

When he came in just now, he also saw the sentence on the desk, "Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, leisurely seeing Nanshan". If you say who is the most indifferent to power in the entire Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that you have to talk about this teacher who is willing to take the initiative to "give up the official".

In the system of words, it is usually not about personal talent, but more about seniority. Like when he followed Gao Gong at the beginning, only he, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, had the opportunity to take over as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and there was no reason for Gao Gong of the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites to jump in front of him.

However, when there was a vacancy in the Guozijian Division, his teacher Yin Tai took the initiative to give up his position to Zhao Zhenji, who was ranked behind him, and this "indisputable" character was fully revealed.

"Ruoyu suddenly came here tonight, I'm afraid he didn't really send tea to the teacher, right?" Yin Tai knew this irreconcilable contradiction, and he also understood that the disciple really couldn't back down, but he suddenly asked with a smile.

Lin Haoran faced the inquiry, immediately corrected his attitude, and also told the story of this afternoon in a fifteen-ten.

Yin Tai heard that such a ridiculous thing had happened, but he was not nervous about his official position, but his face was slightly cold, and he turned his head to look at the housekeeper on the side.

The housekeeper has been by his side, and then immediately responded: "Lin Shangshu, Chen Si, a house slave over there in his hometown, has indeed had a dispute with someone, but this is a matter of several years, and the truth is not what the Liu family said!" ”

"And somehow?" Lin Haoran's hanging heart was slightly lowered, and he immediately inquired seriously.

The housekeeper not only explained to Lin Haoran, but also said seriously to Yin Tai: "Chen Si had a quarrel with Liu Ruyue's husband Zhao Dong, and then the two of them made a move, and as a result, Zhao Dong bled to death with his belly in his arms!" ”

"Since Zhao Dongqiqi is bleeding, then it can't be beaten to death, he must have been poisoned! What do you do next? Have you ever reported it to the government? Lin Haoran's heart tightened, and he asked again.

Yin Tai seemed to recall this incident, and his face was relieved.

The housekeeper faced Lin Haoran's inquiry, but explained bitterly: "Zhao Dong didn't report to the official, but they insisted that it was my house slave who killed him, and claimed money from our Yin family!" At that time, the old man was an official in Nanjing, and the old lady didn't want to cause trouble, so he paid some silver and land to settle the matter! ”

Lin Haoran heard the truth of the matter, and analyzed seriously to Yin Tai: "It seems that someone specially visited and investigated the teacher's hometown, and they wanted to use this matter to make a big fuss!" ”

The matter is already different from what Liu Ruyue stated, so someone must be operating this matter behind the scenes, but they want to bring down his teacher Yin Tai through this matter.

As long as Liu Ruyue insists that the matter was done by Chen Si, the slave of Yin Tai's family, then Yin Tai must be implicated.

"Ruoyu, this matter is indeed unusual, don't get involved in this matter, and directly hand it over to the Shuntian Mansion for trial tomorrow!" Yin Tai also smelled the smell of conspiracy, so he immediately made a decision.

Lin Haoran shook his head gently, but asked the housekeeper, "The house slave Chen Sike is still in the Yin family?" ”

"Although Chen Si didn't kill anyone, our Yin family didn't keep him and sent him back to his hometown!" The housekeeper knew the situation in his hometown very well, and even responded.

"Steward Yin, I have to bother you to let your hometown control Chen Si first!" Lin Haoran commanded, turned his head to Yin Tai and said, "Teacher, this matter is not easy to delay, how about the Shuntian Mansion order the local officials to open the coffin for an autopsy?" ”

Out of understanding the torture, whether Zhao Dong was beaten to death or poisoned to death can be easily tested. Once there is this autopsy report, the so-called murder and seizure of land will be self-defeating.

"Lin Shangshu is indeed the reincarnation of Bao Gong!" Steward Yin listened to Lin Haoran's proposal, and his eyes immediately lit up.

Yin Tai originally didn't want Lin Haoran to get involved, for fear that Lin Haoran would also be implicated, but seeing that this disciple already had such a good way to deal with it, he also stroked his beard and nodded happily: "Then there will be a foolish man!" ”

"The teacher is polite, this is what students should do!" Lin Haoran responded modestly.

The two chatted for a while, but Lin Haoran had other arrangements, that is, he took the initiative to say goodbye and leave.

took a sedan chair back to the Lin Mansion, saw Wu Qiuyu, who had already returned, and talked for a while, and went to the study to call Sun Jixiang and Wang Zhideng to discuss things.

Sun Jixiang and Wang Zhideng have become Lin Haoran's strategists, the former is good at observing people and measuring the situation, and the latter is scheming and courageous.

"Dong Weng, I'm afraid this matter won't be so simple!" After listening to what happened, Wang Zhideng immediately took the lead in speaking.

Lin Haoran picked up the teacup and asked quietly: "How to say it!" ”

"If it was really a plot from their side, I'm afraid it wouldn't have been explained so suddenly!" Wang Zhideng has always been staring at Xu Jie's side, knowing that this figure who can bring down Yan Song will definitely not use such clumsy means to express his views in a serious manner.

Sun Jixiang became more and more wise, and at this moment he also expressed his opinion: "The reason is this reason, but we can't interpret it too much, or we really fall into the trap of others!" ”

"Wang Xianxian, this matter is up to you, can you go and meet that Liu Ruyue tomorrow?" Lin Haoran knew that what the two said made sense, so he looked at Wang Zhideng and asked.

Wang Zhideng replied very simply, and even agreed to say: "Okay! ”

After talking about Liu Ruyue's matter, the three of them chatted about another matter, and Wang Zhideng said in a low voice: "Is there any water in the two hundred taels of the Yan family, I'm afraid I have to take the silver to the capital to know if I have to keep the festival." ”

Although the court in the capital is very calm on the surface, there are already dark waves underneath, but I don't know that Xu Jie is calculating Lin Haoran, and Lin Haoran is not calculating Xu Jie?

The night is getting deeper, there is no starlight in the night sky tonight, and the whole city of Beijing is pitch black, and occasionally a few dog barks are heard.

In the middle of the night, several tall black-clothed men crossed the streets and alleys, evaded the officers and soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division who were patrolling, and went straight to an inn and climbed over the wall from the backyard into it.

In the snoring of the shopkeeper, they slowly pulled out their swaying waist knives and touched towards the Tianzifang A room over there, and a woman's scream broke the silence of the night.

The woman's voice stopped abruptly, and the room was filled with a smell of blood, but this voice also woke up the inn in the north of the city.

The stars shifted, and the sky revealed the whiteness of the fish's belly.

The city of Beijing slowly woke up, and the people looked at the water in front of the courtyard or in front of the door, and then they knew that an autumn rain had quietly arrived last night, which made the temperature in the capital drop a lot.

It's just that the people of this era are industrious and simple, and they have started a new day's work as usual.

There is no impermeable wall in the world, and there are people behind special events who fan the flames, and the news soon spread all over the streets and alleys of Beijing Street, and everyone knows that the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites of the Dynasty connived at the murder of domestic slaves.

Lin Haoran got up and washed as usual, but when he was weak in the dining room, Tie Zhu hurriedly came in and reported: "Master, someone sneaked to the inn last night, and Liu Ruyue was assassinated!" ”

Lin Haoran immediately chuckled in his heart, and asked in a deep voice, "Who did it?" ”

"According to the information we just had, Shao Fang's gang of Jianghu people were in the north of the city last night, and it is very likely that they did it!" Tiezhu replied with an honest appearance.

"Shao Fang?"

When Lin Haoran heard this familiar name, his brows couldn't help frowning slightly.

He suddenly realizes that this is a long-planned conspiracy, aimed not only at his teacher Yin Tai, but also at trying to pull him into the water.

Liu Ruyue came to sue Yin Tai's house slave has already spread widely, and now that Liu Ruyue is killed, it will already be regarded as his choice to kill people.

This trick will not only make his teacher Yin Tai difficult to distinguish, but he may also be difficult to clear the suspicion, and everyone will think that he killed people in order to protect the teacher.