Chapter 364: A Tragedy
Gou Shanzhong sighed, and his mood suddenly fell.
"Sell at a price? You're right, I'm thinking that Han Mingyi has fallen, Taixue's position is vacant, and the new faction has been hit, and it will inevitably be criticized if the official family of this stall uses them again. ”
"If the people of the descendants are allowed to take over, then the Taixue reform will inevitably be over, which is not in line with the intention of the official family to forge ahead. I, an ordinary bad old man, actually borrowed the east wind of the imperial court struggle and became a fragrant glutton. ”
"I asked myself, in the whole Da Chen, I can't find a second person who is more suitable than me. A few days ago, Shiba Erlang secretly looked for me...... Chai Erlang, Xie Sanniang...... I see, I see! ”
Gou Shanzhong smiled bitterly, "As you say, I have waited for so many years, and I can be regarded as being able to put myself on that scale and see how many catties and taels I am worth." Sven sweeps the floor, Sven sweeps the floor, the old man is really faceless! ”
Xie Jingyi lifted the teapot on the table and poured a cup of tea for Gou Shanzhong.
There was a crackling sound in the kitchen, and Mifu had already started stir-frying.
"The Master does not have to be presumptuous, in this world, only those who are worthless are miserable, and the Master is worth a thousand gold, and he should be proud. The little girl came today, and she was indeed entrusted by Chai Youchen, who Chai Youchen was entrusted by, you know and I know, so there is no need to say more. ”
"This east wind is fleeting, why don't you take advantage of the limelight and achieve your wish quickly."
Gou Shanzhong looked at Xie Jingyi in a daze, and moved his lips, although it had been a long time since this matter, he still didn't know how to mention it, and every time he thought about it, he felt sad in his heart.
"When I was young, I was a good teacher, my family is a scholarly family, rich and rich, I have been studying smoothly since I was a child, and even the three yuan in the middle of the story is a good story, under the appointment of the first emperor, it is also promoted every year, quite important."
"When I was 30 years old, I started teaching students in earnest. In the capital, I don't know how many people want to worship my Gou Shanzhong, I picked and chose three people. One of them, out of selfishness, was my own son. ”
"The other two, the older one, are named Song Yao. The Song family is also a scholarly family, Song Yao has the ability to never forget, and it is rare that the child is not a person who reads hard, and he is very perceptive. ”
"This third one is named Zhao Benhong. Zhao Benhong was born in a wealthy businessman, but we Da Chen, even merchants, can also take the imperial examination, and the requirements are not strict. Zhao Benhong is very flexible, but he knows how to be flexible. Born very good-looking and likable. ”
Xie Jingyi frowned, Zhao Benhong Zhao Benhong? This name seems to have been heard somewhere!
"For these three children, I have already made judgments in my heart. Song Yao has the talent of the champion, as long as Zhao Benhong can enter the palace to test, with that face, he can get a flower to explore, but I am easy to do, I can't go up or down, I can barely get on the list. ”
"At that time, I was bent on thinking that famous teachers would become high-level apprentices, and I must have fulfilled the wish of one class and three jinshi in the same year, and I repeatedly held them, and did not let them go to the imperial examination until they were complete. Later, because of this, I simply regretted it. ”
"If Song Yao had a meritorious reputation, he would not have died early."
Xie Jingyi was surprised in his heart, he didn't expect that Gou Shanzhong's apprentice would be involved in a life lawsuit. Da Chen is indeed very tolerant of Wenchen, and people with meritorious names will generally not be sentenced to death unless they are heinous crimes.
"What happened? Song Yao killed someone? Xie Jingyi asked.
Gou Shanzhong's hand holding the cup trembled, "At that time, there was a courtyard in the capital, which was very famous. The owner of the courtyard, whose name is Caidie, is the daughter of a criminal official, and later became a Qing Lingren, with a good voice and good at singing. ”
"At that time, the trend of chasing Oiran girls was even more prosperous than now. Everyone is proud to get Mrs. Caidie's post, Zhao Benhong is clever, he is the eldest son of a huge rich, and he spends a lot of money. They were young and vigorous, and it was time for curiosity. ”
I don't know how he got the three posts, and the three of them went to Mrs. Rainbow's courtyard. It was a small banquet, and there were not many people going, only about a dozen. That night, all the people stayed in the courtyard. ”
"When I got up early the next morning, Song Yao was drunk and fell in Mrs. Caidie's room, and Mrs. Caidie had Song Yao's belt wrapped around her neck, and she was already out of breath."
"The subordinates in the courtyard can testify that Mrs. Caidie is indeed very fond of Song Yaoqing, and thinks that he has a good hand at the piano and is quite talented. In the middle of the night, he was invited to the room to drink and sing, but no one was invited. And the door of the house was tied from within, so that no one could enter. ”
Xie Jingyi listened, and secretly said in her heart that this is troublesome, she has seen such a story from "The Three Kings Clearing Grievances", this is called a secret room murder, or there is both human and material evidence.
Gou Shanzhong looked at Xie Jingyi's eyes and sighed, "Right, whoever comes to see it, they think that the murderer is Song Yao." I was also convinced of this at the time, how old were they at that time, and they drank too much wine, no matter how much Mrs. Caidie didn't sell her body, she was also a dusty woman, and the means were endless, Song Yao didn't resist it, and it was inevitable that she would miss it for a while. ”
"At that time, in order to save Song Yao, I begged people everywhere, and I wanted to let Yu get drunk...... Uh......" Gou Shanzhong suddenly remembered that the sitting opposite was not a big man like him, but an unmarried little girl, so he couldn't speak.
Xie Jingyi nodded, "I understand." And then what? ”
"Later, I was told to do it, and Song Yao was sentenced to confiscate the army. Although I was sad at the time, I was also glad that Song Yao had picked up a life, and hurriedly went to the prison to tell him. Song Yao only said one sentence, he said, Master, I am innocent, but even your eyes can't see my innocence. ”
"I was so angry that I shook my hand and left, I don't know how much I owe for this result. As a result, as soon as I returned home with my front foot, the Kaifeng Mansion on my back foot sent news that Song Yao committed suicide. He wrote four big words on the wall with blood, and returned my innocence. ”
"That's when I realized I had been wrong. Why don't I believe him, I ...... I just wanted to save him. ”
"After Song Yao died, this case will be considered over, and the case will be closed with the murderer committing suicide, and it is impossible for me to overturn the case at this time."
"On the second day after Song Yao was buried, Zhao Benhong wrote me a letter of severance, saying that he didn't like to read, and he only studied for Song Yao's sake. Those Four Books and Five Classics were taught by me, the master, and he returned them to me, and I was no longer a scholar. ”
"I still remember what he said, he said Master, no one in the world believes Song Yao, but we shouldn't disbelieve him. The master doesn't have to blame himself, Song Yao's life is not good, no wonder the master. ”