Xiang Mingyan never thought that the handle was actually him.

To be precise, he is just the one who can restrain Gu Yuansian the most among a group of handles.

In the imperial examination in the twenty-third year, he stepped on all the Chang'an flowers in one day, and the name of the top of the list was recited all over the world, but it turned out to be fake.

In recent years, officials have been corrupt, and there have been countless cases of selling officials and lords when the department was systematized.

Among them, the most powerful one is Pei Man, who is going around for Gu Xiao, and everyone knows it.

However, although Gu Xiaoze is mediocre in learning, he is a kind-hearted person, so he has not made any big moves; In addition, he is a noble son of Chang'an, and he has some connections, but he is also a qualified Jiupin sesame official.

When the right minister Wang Ji seemed to smile and threatened Gu Yuansian with the fraud in the imperial examination, Gu Yuansian thought that he was talking about Gu Xiaoze, and sneered: "The right minister can tell me about this matter, but it's a big deal that I, Gu Yuansi, will be ruined." It's my family that is not good, I admit it. ”

Wang Ji smiled: "Don't worry, Dr. Gu. Aman is my niece, where can I give it. But there's another fraud, and I'm afraid the doctor doesn't know about it. ”

Gu Yuansian opened the case file and saw that it was like a thunderbolt.

This scroll has Xiang Mingyan's name written on it, which can be clearly Mu Jinheng's handwriting.

Both of them are upright and small, and others can't see the big difference, but Gu Yuansian has been rolling in poetry books for half his life, and he knows it at a glance.

Wang Ji smiled: "How a loving mother is a loser." Ming Yan is a high-minded person, and he has a very personal relationship with Mu Jinheng, I'm afraid it wasn't him. I asked the invigilator doctor of the year, and I heard that Mrs. Xiang is a very skillful and enthusiastic ......"

"Now that the human and material evidence are all in my house, Dr. Gu can do it himself. I have been in the court for 30 years, and the hundred-legged insect dies without stiffening, if Dr. Gu is bewitched by others and says something, I am afraid that this secret will be seen again......"

Wang Ji is worthy of being immersed in officialdom for many years, and his sense of smell is very sensitive. A few days after this conversation, Mu Jinheng hurriedly came to the door and asked Gu Yuansian to sue Wang Li Erxiang.

Xiang Mingyan listened to Gu Yuansi's words, and he was a little out of his body, and said in a daze: "So the teacher deliberately hid Prime Minister Wang Cheng, and only revealed the crimes of the Li family to the world?" ”

Gu Yuansian had no intention of hiding it from him, and said frankly: "Yes." You and Jin Heng are the most outstanding officials in this generation, and I don't want you to be implicated. At that time, I didn't say anything, Jin Heng was about to speak, and I had to stand up. Ming Yan, I know that you are bent on avenging Mrs. Pei, but once you accuse Wang Xiang, with his temperament, he will definitely shake out this fraud case in the most embarrassing way. At that time, even if the emperor is willing to protect you, the people of the world will not be able to keep your reputation, and the demotion of officials is already light, and you should be exiled according to the law! ”

He smiled and said: "Teacher, don't worry, even if I am exiled to Fu'an in white, the girls in Chang'an City who want to marry me will also be lined up in Fu'an." What's more, everyone there treats me as a relative, and I am willing to go back. It's just that I don't want filial piety and my sister to suffer this unwarranted disaster. ”

Gu Yuan sighed: "It's not a disaster. I don't want to call your master a filial piety and buy an official. Only with some ability can you receive a few points, and if you are strong, you will be punished by God. ”

Ming Yan said: "Yes, the forcible praise will be punished by God." I'm not at the top of the list, and being exposed by the right minister is also a matter of fate. ”

Gu Yuan sighed and said, "This is not from your original intention, besides..... How much is the difference between the eye and the top? ”

Ming Yan said seriously: "Teacher, the difference between the eye of the list and the top of the list is the difference between the eye of the list and the top of the list. ”

Gu Yuan sighed at him, and sighed helplessly: "I don't want to chew words." It's just that in the past few years you have done in Fu'an, you have made remarkable achievements and benefited one party. I'm not afraid that filial piety will be dismissed, it's a big deal that I will raise him with your master and mother for the rest of my life. I only hate that you have nowhere to display your talent, this is Damin's regret. ”

Ming Yan smiled: "Teacher, I don't dare to let Xiao Ze hear this." Everything that is right is right, and wrong is wrong, and I and filial piety should be exempted together. ”

Gu Yuan sighed solemnly and said, "You should be more precious than him." ”

"What ..... if they are all human beings?"

Gu Yuan sighed: "Rich and powerful, like floating clouds with me. Although I have entered the court as an official, but the prince will have a kind of Xiangning? For me, knowledge and talent alone can make people stand out. Ming Yan, you are a peerless student, even if you did not win the top spot back then, you are also the second in the system, and you are a rare talent; If you are a parent or parent, you will be able to shade the people. ”

"Of course I know that the Pei family has been wronged through the ages, and the Wang family is deeply guilty, but I don't want you to be a moth to the fire - the tragedy of the Pei family has been completed, even if the right minister is punished, the deceased will never come back. Instead of you being in pain, and then the official career is lost; It's better to lie down and taste the courage, let the past pass, one day you become the right minister, and the government and the opposition are clear. Only in his position can he do things, in his position can he seek well-being for the people, and in order to save more people, do you understand? ””

Xiang Mingyan was quite moved.

For a long time, he showed his face, and his smile was pure like a child.

"Teacher, listening to your words, Ming Yan really feels more honored than winning the top spot back then."

Gu Yuanxian just thought he had persuaded him, but he heard Ming Yan say: "Teacher, while you said that because I have knowledge and talent, I am superior, and on the other hand, you also said that the meaning of my life is to shade the people-teacher, most of the people are illiterate and inferior." ”

Gu Yuan sighed and was stunned by what he said.

Ming Yan continued: "Ming Yan feels that everyone has their own reason for existing, and everything has a right or wrong that everything should follow. Whether I know it or not, I have cheated in the system; It is my deservance to be stripped of my official title; Pei's acquittal was executed, and the general died in battle, which is contrary to human ethics, and someone should speak up for them; The Wang family is supported by the world, but for his own selfish interests, he disregards the justice and public interests, and stirs with a pair of black hands. If you make a storm, someone should cut him off the horse! ”

"If the three things are separated, if reporting the Wang family will not damage my official career, you will not hesitate to volunteer; This means that you think you are right. Do the right thing. "Mencius" said that there is a way in the world, and the martyrdom of the Tao ....."

Gu Yuan sighed and muttered, "...... There is no way in the world, and he is martyred. ”

Ming Yan smiled: "What's more, I'm just a martyr in my name." The teacher can rest assured, the poor are good alone, and the reach is to help the world, the temple is high, the rivers and lakes are far away, and there is always a place for me to live in Mingyan. ”

He slowed his tone: "Moreover, I really didn't do it for my third sister. Assuming that it is not Pei's who is caught in the whirlpool now, but someone else who has never known his life, as long as I know his innocence, I will also speak for him. I'm just asking for a 'right' word. ”

Gu Yuansi's vision blurred, and tears filled his eyes.

He lowered his head and didn't let Ming Yan see it: "You aunt...... What the hell do you think? ”

It's so ridiculous that it's suffocating. If it weren't for the right minister taking out the scroll, Gu Yuanxian wouldn't have believed that Mrs. Xiang would have fallen for the evil and went to change the scroll of Ming Yan and Jin Heng.

Gu Xiao is not a material for reading, Pei Man has a reason to buy an official for him, but to Mingyan Mu Jinheng's young and old friend, love is stronger than Jin, and he is just as outstanding as a wonderful pen, does she think that her son is inferior, or can't trust Mu Jinheng who takes her as a godmother?

This matter was unexpected and reasonable for Ming Yan. Mrs. Xiang has always been jealous of Mu Jinheng and missed Mu Jinheng far away. This kind of distorted mentality made her do such a stupid thing - the list eye and the top of the list are already at the same level, but they just planted a thunder for the careers of the two in vain.

Ming Yan smiled bitterly: "It can be regarded as the cause I planted." When I was young, I was always stupid and filial, and in the name of 'ignoring housekeeping', I let my aunt do evil in the back house...... She forced my aunt to death, I didn't speak up when I treated my concubine harshly, I beat the mandarin ducks, and I didn't speak up when I got married to my in-laws, after all, one day, I found that she pushed me to the edge of the cliff in the way she was kind to me, I wanted to make a sound, but I had to jump down. ”

Gu Yuansian really couldn't bear to watch the star fall, and almost begged: "Ming Yan, do you really want to say it?" You have to think about it, there is no turning back from this bow! If your sister knew that you sacrificed your future for the Pei family, how could she bear it! ”

Ming Yan poured a glass of sake for his teacher: "Then I won't let her know." It is one thing for me to sue the Pei family, and it is another thing for me to be caught cheating and I am caught, only a shady person like Wang Xiang will connect these two things. ”