Lantern Festival.

It is another year of the Lantern Festival, Wang Laohu came to Daming on the day of the Lantern Festival, and this day is an unforgettable festival for him. Every household has a Lantern Festival and eats rice balls, and on this day this year, Wang Laohu invited a large family from Dingfu to come to the house.

Ding Daiyun and Zhao Gongzi also came, the current situation is different from the past, Wang Laohu is the prince, and Zhao Gongzi has this brain.

Today's palace is very lively, and the Ding family and the royal family are together. This lively scene made Wang Laohu unforgettable.

Ding Daiyun, the little sister of Wang Laohu, let her marry Zhao Mansion because of Dingfu's accident. She also knew that soon after, Wang Laohu was about to leave the capital, and perhaps, this parting would be forever.

After this gathering on the fifteenth day, Wang Laohu's mission in the capital officially ended. The capital is a place that everyone yearns for, Wang Laohu took one last look, and then took the whole mansion and left the capital in several carriages.

Wang Laohu's belongings are still many, and there are his own women, Tujia women, and several carts of his own belongings sitting on several carriages, some of which are calligraphy and painting works purchased by him. Hundreds of girls, family members, guards, etc., and some soldiers in front and behind.

After walking for a few days, I arrived at Suzhou, where there are memories of Wang Laohu, because there is Qiuxiang here, but now Qiuxiang has been married to Tang Bohu, that is, he arrived in Suzhou, and after that, Wang Laohu will go to Guichuan, and it is far away to meet.

After settling down with his family, Wang Laohu took Wang Biao and Zhang Zheng to Tang Bohu's mansion to meet them.

However, this time, they came to the empty space and asked their neighbors to find out that the Tang Mansion was in trouble. Tang Bohu got Xie Yuan in the exam, and since then he has worked hard to achieve the biggest goal in the middle, he wants to win three yuan in a row, but in his second exam, he ran into trouble and he was imprisoned.

Tang Bohu was imprisoned, what about Qiu Xiang? It turned out that today was the day of the public trial of Tang Bohu's case, and Qiu Xiang went to the lobby early in the morning. Wang Laohu knew the seriousness of this matter, and hurriedly took Wang Biao and others to the lobby.

The case is pending.

Tang Bohu and another suspect knelt in the hall.

Wang Laohu looked around, Qiu Xiang was outside the hall like Wang Laohu, she was wearing a coarse cloth coat at this time, Wang Laohu thought to himself, Qiu Xiang may not be very happy. Qiu Xiang looked at Tang Bohu in the hall nervously, but didn't see that Wang Laohu was looking at her at this time.

"The two people in the hall, who have the surname, have not reported their names."

Tang Bohu said: "Xiaomin Tang Bohu." ”

"Xiaomin Xu Ji."

"The two of you are in the exam, the answer papers are exactly the same, the exam is a serious matter, the court selects top-notch talents in the exam, you are good, but you are cheating on the field. Say, who copied whom. Wang Laohu saw that the person sitting in the hall was none other than Master Ma Li, who had previously served as the prefect of Hangzhou.

Xu Jidao: "Xiaomin is wronged, I am working hard to write by myself, and I don't have time to see others at all." Please check it out. ”

Tang Bohu said: "My lord, I was in the previous test, but I won the understanding yuan, and I didn't need to peek at this. ”

"Both of you say that you made it yourself, so why are the two scrolls exactly the same, are the two of you thinking exactly the same, and there will be people with exactly the same ideas in this world, even your own brothers will be different?" Ma Da is humane.

"Then I don't know." Tang Bohu said.

"What's so strange about the same papers, the master has to find out by himself, anyway, I made this test paper myself." Xu Ji also said.

"You two think you're going to get away with it. The court has always been strict with the exam, and the court must deal with the cheating in the two test rooms. Don't think that if you don't say it, this matter will be over. ”

"My lord, I am wronged." I could only hear a woman outside the hall speak.

"Who's making a noise outside the hall?" Ma Da is humane.

The master said to Master Ma: "That woman is Tang Bohu's wife, Qiu Xiang. ”

Ma Lishang nodded and said, "Let Qiu Xiang come to the court." ”

Qiu Xiang came to the hall, knelt on the ground, and said, "Little girl Qiu Xiang, I have seen Master Ma." ”

"Qiu Xiang, you were a girl in the Hua Taishi Mansion before, and now you are married to Tang Bohu. What are your grievances? "Humane Ama.

"The little girl is Bohu's wife, and she knows that in these days, Xianggong has studied hard day and night, and he has won fame through the exam, and he is so talented that he doesn't need to copy from other people's houses at all." Akika said.

"Mrs. Tang, this matter has to be told as evidence, if there is no evidence, how can the official accept it." Ma Li said.

If you want to come up with evidence, Qiu Xiang can't do it.

Xu Jidao: "My lord, my family has been in business for generations, and my father regards me as a treasure, so he invited me to Mr. since I was a child, and my knowledge is also known to the world in the township." ”

"The handwriting of your two volumes is different, and it has now been established that both volumes were made by you, but they cannot be the same volumes, so one of you must have cheated." Ma Li said.

"There's no way I'm cheating." Xu Jidao.

"I don't cheat." Tang Bohu said, "Please check it out." ”

"You think if you don't tell me, I won't find out." Ma Li said.

"Adults." Xu Ji said, "You know my situation, you have to make the decision for me and give me justice." ”

Ma Li said: "If any of you cheats, I will find out right away." If you don't recruit you, I'll have to torture you. ”

Torture. Qiu Xiang hurriedly said: "My lord, my father-in-law is thin, and he can't stand this punishment. ”

"I don't want to, but you have to weigh me, them

If anyone recruits, this matter will be over, and there will be no need to use torture. "Humane Ama.

"My lord, you want us to be afraid of punishment and recruit ourselves, but I really have nothing to recruit." Tang Bohu said.

Ma Lishang shook his head and said, "Impossible, this matter is already on the façade, and there must be something wrong with the two of you." ”

Seeing that neither of them had any intention of recruiting, Ma Daren said, "Come and torture." ”

Qiu Xiang said: "My lord, wronged, no. ”

Ma Dadao: "Pull Mrs. Tang out." ”

The two officials came to the hall to pull Qiu Xiang out, and the other two officials took the torture instruments, which was to execute the two of them.

Although Qiu Xiang was taken out of the hall, she still had her heart in the hall and said: "My husband was wronged, my lord Mingjian." However, her voice was weak and did not make any use at all.

It seems that Master Ma is going to torture Tang Bohu first, where has Tang Bohu seen such a battle, and he is a little weak in fright.

"I paint the blue river water slowly, and I love the maple leaves on the evening pavilion. The autumn moon shines on the Buddhist temple, and the cigarette smoke curls around the scripture building. A few lines of poetry suddenly came from outside the hall, this poem that Tang Bohu was familiar with, it was a hidden poem made by him when he entered Washington and chased Qiuxiang, who else in the world would know. Qiu Xiang is also very strange, how can the poems that Tang Bohu made for himself come out of other people's mouths. However, as she followed her eyes, she saw a shadow of familiarity.

"Wang Laohu." She shouted from her heart.

Ma Li said: "Who is chanting poetry outside the hall?" ”

"Master Ma, why can't you even hear my voice?" Wang Laohu, accompanied by Wang Biao and others, appeared outside the hall.

Ma Li saw that it was Wang Laohu, and knew his current identity, so he got up and down from the busy hall, stumbled up to meet him, and said: "The lower officials don't know that the prince is coming, and they are not far away." ”

Wang Laohu said: "No courtesy, I didn't expect you to be quite well-informed." ”

"The emperor has already issued official documents to all states and counties, and now who doesn't know that you are the emperor's newly crowned Ming Tiger King

The people outside the hall heard it clearly, and they also knelt down together, only Qiu Xiang was still stunned, she didn't expect that after some days, Wang Laohu had become the prince.

Wang Laohu asked everyone to get up.

He looked at Qiu Xiang and Tang Bohu in the hall, and said to Ma Li: "Lord Ma, this king is just passing by here, and when he saw that the adult was trying the case of cheating in the examination room, he couldn't help but be a little curious, so he wanted to come and join in the fun." ”

"Lord Wang, don't laugh at me, you are the master of solving the case, and the lower officials are helpless." Ma Li said.

"This king also saw it, so you plan to torture these two weak scholars?"

"There's nothing I can do."

"How did this happen, this king can give you a total."

After listening to Ma Lishang's simple description, Wang Laohu was roughly clear that in this examination, there were two identical, or identical, papers, Tang Bohu lived in Suzhou, and Xu Ji, although he was not a local, sent the matter to the territory for trial.

"I see." Wang Laohu said, "What's so difficult about this. ”

"Does the prince have a way to solve the case?" Ma Lishang asked.

"This king already has the answer in his heart." Wang Laohu said.

Ma Lishang said in disbelief: "Before the trial, the prince knows the ins and outs of this case?" ”

"What you just said in the hall, this king heard it clearly, and after my careful consideration, this matter is roughly eight or nine or ten."

Ma Li was still a little skeptical.

When Wang Laohu came to the hall, the people outside the hall all looked at the newly arrived prince, who was originally a bystander to the prince or officials, and always thought that they had no real skills, let alone be able to investigate the matter in such a short time. Wang Laohu came to the hall, Tang Bohu knew that he was Wang Laohu, but he now knew his other identity, the Ming Prince, which made him dare not climb high.

In front of the trial, Wang Laohu could not call him brother, because this was related to the fairness of the case.

"Are you Xu Ji?" Wang Laohu asked.

"Xiaomin is Xu Ji."

"Then you are Tang Bohu, a genius in Jiangnan."

"Xiaomin is Tang Bohu."

"The poem that this king read outside just now, does Tang Gongzi have any impression?" Wang Laohu asked.

"Truth be told, this is a poem I wrote to my wife." Tang Bohu replied truthfully.

"Is it the lady outside the hall?" Wang Laohu asked.

Tang Bohu nodded.

"Do you know this Tang Bohu son?" Wang Laohu asked Xu Jidao.

"I don't know, I'm not from the same place as him, how can I know each other?" Xu Jidao.

Wang Laohu nodded and asked Tang Bohu, "What about Tang Gongzi?" ”

Tang Bohu hesitated, shook his head, and said, "I don't know." ”

Wang Laohu smiled and said, "It seems that you still have hope for this matter. To tell you the truth, the cause of this incident is Xu Ji, Xu Gongzi, you are the second generation of the rich in Yicheng County, and this time you also want to take the official career, so you went to take the exam, but you are not at ease with the ink in your chest, so your rich father gave you an idea. ”

"Lord Wang, I don't know what you're talking about?" Xu Jidao.

"Of course you don't know what the king is talking about." Wang Laohu said, "Hong Aya dares to look forward to next year's cake, and Huang Juan is deeply ashamed of this day's book." The three strategies are not ancient endowments, how can God boast. ”

"Lord Wang, how do you know that this poem I wrote, I have never fiddled with it in front of everyone." Tang Bohu said.

"This is a poem you wrote?" Wang Laohu said, "You didn't show it in front of everyone, how would I know?" ”

Ma Lishang also felt strange, "How do you know about this poem by Tang Bohu, Lord Wang?" ”

"This poem, Tang Bohu has not been published publicly, and no one knows that he wrote it, so what's the matter if I take it?" Wang Laohu said.

"It's theft." Ma Li said, "Although Tang Bohu did not make it public, if it is Tang Bohu's poems, no matter who takes them, it will be regarded as theft." ”

"This king also knows this truth, but which of you can prove that this poem was written by Tang Bohu?"

"I, I can prove that it was the Xianggong who did it." At this time, Akika in the hall spoke.

Wang Laohu said: "Master Ma, you think it's better to let Mrs. Tang come to the hall too." She may be able to testify to this. Wang Laohu said.

"The little girl Qiu Xiang has seen the prince." Qiu Xiang saluted Wang Laohu.

"Mrs. Tang, excuse me."

"This poem is indeed written by Tang Bohu." Wang Laohu admitted, "When Tang Gongzi wrote this poem, he was greatly encouraged by his wife, and she also wanted to think about her future, so she wrote this poem when she was heroic." The three strategies are not ancient endowments, how can God boast. Tang Gongzi was so convinced of his talent that he didn't know what to do when he showed it off in front of others. ”

"Lord Wang, the more you say, the more confused I become." Ma Li said.

"Actually, this matter is very simple, Xu Ji and Tang Bohu are not strange, but they have a friendship, but this friendship only started when they were rushing for the exam." Wang Laohu looked at Tang Bohu and asked, "Tang Gongzi, is what this king said right?" ”

"Lord Wang, how do you know?" Tang Bohu said.

"There is no impermeable wall in this world." Wang Laohu turned to Xu Ji again and said, "Actually, your encounter with Tang Bohu was arranged by you a long time ago, and you knew that your talent was not as good as Tang Bohu, so if you want to play some cleverness, what this king said is right." ”

"Lord Wang, if you have no basis like this, it's okay to deceive a three-year-old child."

"This king will never say anything unfounded." Wang Laohu said, "Now I only need to confirm a few things, the first thing, did Tang Bohu and you meet on the way to the exam?" ”

"Yes and what." Xu Ji also admitted.

"Okay, that's right." Wang Laohu said to Tang Bohu, "You take Xu Ji as a brother and keep a secret for him, do you know about this matter, you have committed a big taboo, and the crime of cheating in exams is not light." ”

"Xu Ji, this person is too high-profile, thinking that he doesn't know how to do things, he doesn't know the earth, and he wants to get away with it, if he is really low-key, this matter will not happen, but it's a pity, he is talking nonsense everywhere, do you know who the person who reported you is, he is your friend, he can't stand it." Wang Laohu said.

"Lord Wang, do you even know about this?" Ma Li said suspiciously.

Xu Ji bought the examiner, took out the test paper from him a long time ago, and pretended to meet Tang Bohu on the road, in the name of discussion, he had already done this exam question once, this kind of trick, if he didn't show off everywhere, this thing would be done, but unfortunately this person was holding a winter melon that couldn't be on the wall, showing off to people everywhere, Tang Bohu, just forced to drag him into the water. As the saying goes, 'A fire at the city gate will cause damage to the fish in the pond'. Wang Laohu said, "Xu Ji, am I right?" ”

"This ......" Xu Ji didn't understand why Wang Laohu knew so clearly about this.

"Master Ma, in this matter, Tang Bohu has always been a victim, an uninformed scholar, and the only thing to deal with is this rich second-generation Xu Ji, and the examiner who leaked the exam questions." Wang Laohu said.

"The prince is really Mingcha Qiuhao, I admire and admire it." Ma Li said.

Outside the hall, there was thunderous applause from the people, and Qiu Xiang and Wang Laohu threw a grateful look at Wang Laohu.

Although Tang Bohu was acquitted, it had a bad impact on his reputation, so that he was not willing to take the examination or other aspects later.

Back in Tang Bohu's humble mansion, Tang Bohu and Qiu Xiang expressed their gratitude to Wang Laohu.

Wang Laohu said: "Brother Tang, your humble house should be repaired well, Miss Qiuxiang, a big beauty, has come to your house, you have to treat him well, you see, her complexion is much more ugly than in Washington." ”

"Lord Wang, I am a scholar, of course this income is not as good as you, but I will give her happiness." Tang Bohu said.

Wang Laohu is just hehe, such a beautiful autumn fragrance, the autumn fragrance that is famous for three smiles, has been gone for a while, but it is like this. The vicissitudes of time should not have appeared here in Qiuxiang so early.

"Lord Wang, what is the matter with you going back to Suzhou this time?" Tang Bohu asked.

"I'm coming to see Brother Tang and ......," said Wang Laohu, looking at Qiu Xiang, "Qiu Xiang's." I'm going to the Guichuan area, maybe this parting will be the last time I will meet you. ”

"The prince is going to Guichuan?" Akika asked.

"Guichuan Qiannan, this time, if there is no special thing, I will not go back to Suzhou." Wang Laohu said.

It's a bit sad. Qiu Xiang's expression was very strange, and she asked, "Is it okay not to go over there?" ”

"Yes, my lord, I heard that the land there is a bit desolate and there are not many people." Tang Bohu said.

"When I get there, I'll follow Brother Tang's example, and make a good hoe without flowers and wine." This was Wang Laohu's self-deprecation, but he knew that when he arrived in Guichuan, there were many other things to do.

"Lord Wang, we look at it this way, we also came to Suzhou before leaving, and we will eat this meal today." Tang Bohu said.

Wang Laohu looked at Tang Bohu's cold room, smiled, and was very gracious, besides, before leaving, Wang Laohu also wanted to say goodbye to Qiu Xiang.