Chapter 11: The Rupture
"Ruan Mou just borrowed the road, and he didn't want the princes to be so gracious, which really made Zhenmei ashamed."
Ruan Zhenmei went north to Beijing to join the division, and today she passed through Zhengzhou, Henan, and just arrived at the post station to settle down, someone came to invite. Ruan Zhenmei came in a low-key manner, but she never expected that someone would invite her to dinner as soon as she came, and she had the intention not to go, but it was really difficult to refuse. Because the people who came to invite him to the banquet were very well-founded, including Wang Linhe, the envoy of Henan, Zhao Zhou, the supervisor of Henan, Ma Wenbiao, the prefect of Zhengzhou, He Dayan, the governor of Zhengzhou, Huang Fengnian, the governor of Henan, and some local celebrities in Zhengzhou.
Other people's face can not be given, but Wang Linhe and Zhao Zhou's face always have to be given. Who knows, in front of his son-in-law, these people are all the same characters as his grandson.
The night banquet was arranged in Baiyunxuan, the largest restaurant in Zhengzhou, and when Ruan Zhenmei arrived, all the guests had already arrived. Everyone got up to greet each other, and Ruan Zhenmei was very embarrassed and polite.
In fact, he also understands that the reason why these people can be so enthusiastic is not because they have regained themselves and become the right deputy of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It's really feng shui in turn, come to my house today. The position of the proprietor is Ma Wenbiao, the prefect of Zhengzhou, and everyone invited Ruan Zhenmei to the position of the number one guest at hand like a moon, Ruan Zhenmei said politely, and sat down, accompanied by Wang Linhe, Zhao Zhou and others.
Everyone sat down, and first Wang Linhe, the envoy of the Imperial Inspectorate, delivered a speech, and what he said was nothing more than congratulations to Lord Ruan on being re-employed, and the official promotion to the right deputy capital of the Imperial Palace, wishing Lord Ruan to be promoted step by step from now on. Then raise the glass, and the big guys toast Lord Ruan together.
Ruan Zhenmei said a few words modestly, and also raised a glass and drank together.
After drinking this glass of wine, the big guy began to toast again, and the content of what he said was naturally similar, all of them were words of congratulations, this kind of wine, Ruan Zhenmei could not refuse, so she could only drink them one by one.
When the wine was half-drunk, Huang Fengnian, a scholar in Henan, suddenly sighed and said, "Alas...... Have you ever heard the news in the capital? ”
"I've heard a little about it, I don't know what Lord Huang is referring to?" Wang Linhe said deliberately.
"It's not Yue Shaobao's business, the cheating in his field back then has been in broad daylight, and hundreds of officials have been impeached, and I heard that the folds that participated in him have been piled up with the celebrant supervisor. But the emperor, no matter if you don't ask, isn't this conniving at fraud in the scientific field and chilling the people in my forest? If I knew this, why should I wait for ten years, when I took the exam, I just prepared more cheat sheets. Huang Fengnian shook his head and said.
"Alas......" After hearing this, the prefect Ma Wenbiao also sighed and said: "Who said no, Yue Su, this villain, is the scum of my Shilin." Bah...... How can he be worthy of being called a man in my forest? doesn't learn and has no skills, relies on cheating to get to the top, and the fame comes from the wrong way, and there is even a face stealing in a high position. Every time we welcome the horse, deceive the Shengcong, and corrupt the dynasty, we and other well-educated people are excluded by him, and in the long run, will not Shilin be disgraced, and the country will not be ...... country."
When he finished speaking, everyone present shook their heads.
Regarding the cheating in Yuesu Science Field, Ruan Zhenmei was far away in Guangxi, so naturally she hadn't heard of it. But the matter of Yue Surong's promotion to Shaobao has already been spread throughout the country, and he still knows about it. For her son-in-law's sealing of Shaobao, Ruan Zhenmei felt that her face was bright, and in Guangxi, there was naturally an endless stream of people who patted him on the back.
But hearing about this today really surprised him. How did his son-in-law become a cheating villain in the field, what is going on?
When he was wondering, Huang Fengnian said again: "I think that Yue Su, he also did the main examination for a term at the beginning, and his fame is not right, what face does he have to give others the main examination." Everyone knows that the original chief examiner was Master Sun of the Ministry of Rites, and Lord Sun was forced to invite himself because of the unfavorable supervision of the examination. At present, his Yue Su's crimes are worse than those of Lord Sun, and he still has the face to rely on and not leave, which is really shameless. Saying that, Huang Fengnian looked at Ruan Zhenmei and said: "Lord Ruan, you were also from a provincial academic and political background, a master of Shilin, you come to comment on this theory, how can the imperial court let you be a villain who cheated in the imperial examination to steal a high position?" This makes me wait for three subjects and two rankings to come out, how can I be ashamed? ”
Ruan Zhenmei is also a three-subject and two-list, a Jinshi background, plus a student and a politician, and an education that manages one side, she is not ashamed of those who cheat in the field. Now, if you change someone else and don't scold it fiercely, you will be ghostly. But now the person who cheated in the field is his son-in-law, which makes him scold.
You must know that you can re-enable it, and when you become the right deputy of the imperial history, there is a ** stained with the light of your son-in-law.
Seeing that he was silent, Zhao Zhou suddenly coughed and said, "Lord Ruan, our family heard that Yue Shaobao is your son-in-law, but you are also a person from Shilin after all. My lord, don't think that your official position was promoted by Yue Shaobao, you can be reactivated, it has nothing to do with him at all, it is all because you acted fairly and were sponsored by the big guy. I don't believe you, when the emperor summoned you to Beijing, Lord Yue's matter had already happened, and he himself could not be protected, how could he protect you. ”
"That's right, Yue Su is flattering, but in front of outsiders, he always looks pretentious, how can he protect you, the old Taishan. What's more, his popularity is really speechless, Lord Ruan, think about it, the excerpts to impeach him can be piled up with celebrants, so how many people must be involved in him. I'm afraid that the big and small officials in Yanjing City have all been booked. If you shield him and don't say a word of controversy, I'm afraid you will be the same as him, and you will be the enemy of the entire Shilin. Wang Linhe said leisurely.
Cheating in the field and copying the fame of the whole Shilin is despised by the entire Shilin, that is for sure. If Ruan Zhenmei doesn't make a statement, it means that he and Yue Su are standing together, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the enemy of the entire Shilin. Ruan Zhenmei has been rolling in the officialdom for so many years, how can she give it for nothing, she sighed slightly, and said: "If Yue Su is really a copied fame, not to mention that the princes are inseparable from him, even I have to cut off contact with him." However, Yue Su's matter, Zhenmei is not clear at the moment, and she really doesn't dare to make a rash assertion. ”
"It doesn't matter if you don't know, our family and Lord Wang witnessed it with their own eyes that day, and Yue Shaobao personally admitted that he cheated in the field. This matter has long been known to the whole world, and in the past few days, students from all over the world have poured into the capital, ready to sue Yue Su. I also wrote an excerpt jointly, I don't know if Lord Ruan is interested, sign his name. This was said by Zhao Zhou, the eunuch of the supervising army, as a eunuch, all this was instructed by Gonggong Wei. He reached out and took out a fold from his sleeve and handed it to Ruan Zhenmei.
After Ruan Zhenmei took it, she unfolded it and took a look, the content on it was naturally that Yue Su's body was incomplete, and the words were like knives, and the pen power was quite deep, and I don't know which master it came from. After reading this excerpt, Ruan Zhenmei broke out in a cold sweat, thinking in her heart that if the emperor saw this excerpt, he would come out without removing his son-in-law. However, how did he know that the excerpts that were even more wonderful than this were still piled up in the corner of the celebrant eunuch, and the emperor was not uncommon to see them at all.
Of course, Ruan Zhenmei didn't know about this kind of thing, but he understood the situation in his eyes, and these people were helping him to join his son-in-law. If you sign it, it means that you and your son-in-law are completely broken, and if you don't sign it, it will be really as Wang Linhe said, you are the enemy of the entire Shilin. I was also born in Kejia, how could I be in the company of someone who cheated in the field, but this person is my son-in-law after all.
Ruan Zhenmei took the fold and didn't say anything for a long time, seeing that he didn't speak, Huang Fengnian shook his head and said: "Lord Ruan, I don't know whether to say something here, alas...... If you don't draw a line with Yue Su, it is likely that you will be the next to be involved. I am equivalent to a person in the forest, and you also know that the saliva is so powerful that it can drown people to death, think twice......"
Who said no, Ruan Zhenmei also knew the power of those officials and Qingliu, and not only them, it seems that the people who have meritorious names in the world are all participating in Yue Su, and those who do not participate are the same as Yue Su, they are the public enemies of Shilin.
For the sake of her future, for her own reputation, and for her ability to continue to mix in this circle, Ruan Zhenmei finally made up her mind. "Bring the pen!"
"Lord Ruan is really a high-spirited and righteous murderer, he is really a model for us, which is extremely admirable. I'm waiting here, a toast to Lord Ruan. Seeing Ruan Zhenmei's promise, Wang Linhe immediately raised his head, and everyone raised their wine glasses together to salute Ruan Zhenmei.
Ruan Zhenmei had no choice but to raise her wine glass and drink it all with you. When they finished drinking, some people took the pen and ink, and Ruan Zhenmei signed her name on top of the folds.
Seeing Ruan Zhenmei's compromise, Wang Linhe, Zhao Zhou and others secretly sneered in their hearts, but their faces were full of admiration, and they picked up their wine glasses again and raised their heads to salute Ruan Zhenmei.
After another round of drinking, Ruan Zhenmei already had a little bit of alcohol, and her words became a little impassioned, saying that she wanted to draw a line with Yue Su and never be in the company of such villains. Everyone talked from Yuesu to Fengyue, and I don't know who started it, and we want to go to the largest green building in Zhengzhou at night - Wanhualou.
Among the people here, there are eunuchs, please ask the eunuchs to go up to the Qinglou, isn't this. However, Zhao Gonggong was the first to express his approval instead of objecting. Don't look at this guy can't do that, it's good that the fake phoenix is a virtual phoenix, there are seven or eight wives in the family, and they often go to the land of wind and flowers when they have nothing to do.
Everyone is in favor, and Ruan Zhenmei is not easy to oppose, he used to go to this kind of entertainment. After drinking two more glasses, everyone was very powerful Baiyunxuan and went to Wanhualou. The prefect Ma Wenbiao seemed to be a frequent visitor here, and as soon as he entered the door, he was recognized, and the bustard immediately invited everyone to the private room upstairs and arranged for a large number of girls to sit with him.
The fan who accompanied Ruan Zhenmei can be said to be one in a hundred, and it is the most beautiful here, and the old guy will inevitably be distracted because he has drunk too much wine. The big guy seemed to have the same intention as him, and after a while, he led the fans around him out and went to the room. Seeing everyone doing that one by one, Ruan Zhenmei was also getting more and more itchy, the fan next to him was named Ruxian, as if he could see through his thoughts, and whispered: "This master, the little woman plays the pipa well, I don't know if the master would like the little woman's room to listen to a song." ”
With the steps, Ruan Zhenmei was waiting for something, and immediately agreed, and followed Ruxian to her room.
When I arrived at Ruxian's room, I entered the door, but found that there were two middle-aged scribes sitting in the room. As soon as the two saw Ruan Zhenmei coming in, they immediately got up and saluted, "Students see the teacher." ”
(To be continued)