"Going to study at the Hanlin Academy? I remember that Ling Rui's homework was not outstanding, how did he get selected to be sent to Hallym Academy? The name of this academy is resounding, and the teachers and teachers are all scholars of the dynasty. If you can win the favor of the bachelor, you will definitely benefit a lot, which is equivalent to stepping into the court. I heard that there are only two places in Lishui Academy every year, how can Ling Rui be so lucky? ”

Chang Lehou said perfunctorily: "This is all the credit of your eldest aunt." ”

Lian's credit? Yuehua immediately understood: "You bribed the master in the academy to win this opportunity for Ling Rui?" ”

Chang Lehou nodded awkwardly: "Your aunt said that if Ling Rui can enter the Hanlin Academy for further study this time, then his career will be smooth sailing in the future, so he spent a lot of silver and two dozen points to win this place." ”

"In the academy, there are many princes and grandsons in the mansions of high-ranking officials and nobles, and there is no shortage of rich and powerful people who rival the country. The Hou Mansion is not very solid, and it will not be Ling Rui's turn to do so, I'm afraid that the Lian family has borrowed another name, right? ”

Yuehua asked without thinking.

Chang Lehou became more and more embarrassed: "Your eldest aunt did borrow the name of the Empress Dowager and you, and pressed each other with power to seize this opportunity." Then why didn't Shen Shiting use chicken feathers as arrows, pretending to borrow the power of Concubine Ling and the Queen Mother? ”

Yuehua's heart suddenly froze: "You said that Shen Shiting's quota was also obtained by unscrupulous means?" ”

Yuehua suddenly spoke sharply, shocking Chang Lehou, originally thinking that she was blaming the Lian family for pretending to be her name, but when she asked like this, she hurriedly defended the Lian family: "Isn't it, then Shen Shiting's homework is not as good as Ling Rui." Your aunt just saw that the Shen family had seized the place of the top students of other people, and she was greedy for a while, otherwise she might not have caused such a trouble. ”

"You mean that the students who have already been selected for this place have been selected, and it was the two of them who squeezed the family down?"

Chang Lehou nodded.

Yuehua re-sorted out what he had said, and asked suspiciously, "Who was there when the accident happened?" But the two students who were eliminated? ”

"Yes, the person who testifies that Ling Rui has a holiday with the son of the Shen family is."

"That's it." Yuehua stood up suddenly, slightly excited.

Chang Lehou saw that Yuehua had been chasing this question closely, and he was puzzled for a moment before faintly relieving his taste: "You mean to say that there is something else going on in this matter?" ”

Yuehua frowned, and hesitated: "Just listening to you, I can't be sure if there is really an inside story in it, and you need to go and verify it yourself, uncle."

First, this Shen Shiting stumbled and stumbled, and if he hit the pillar, he would bleed from his mouth and nose and die, which was too light.

Second, you think that Shen Shiting and Ling Rui are unscrupulous and block other people's careers, and it is inevitable that some people will hold grudges. As long as Shen Shiting dies and Ling Rui is convicted and implicated, then of course they will be re-elected as students who will be sent to Hanlin Academy? ”

As soon as these words came out, Chang Lehou was instantly like an enlightenment, and he was shocked: "If you really care, it's chaotic, why didn't I even think of it?" At that time, in prison, I reprimanded Ling Rui for not being good at studying, and went outside to spend all day drinking, Ling Rui also defended to me, saying that someone insisted on inviting him, and he felt that he had taken away his opportunity to be disgraceful, and he felt guilty, so he agreed and took the initiative to pay the banquet. “

Yuehua also felt as if "there is no way out of the mountains and rivers, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village", and instantly saw hope: "This matter has the interference of Concubine Ling and the Queen Mother, we can't dredge up the dots, this suspicion is our only hope!"

Today is the New Year's Day, Dali Temple will definitely not accept the case, at least after the fifth day of the new year. But Shen Shiting's body couldn't be delayed, so he hurriedly begged the fifth uncle to arrange for an examination, and there should still be a chance. ”

"It's not a good thing, Shen Shiting's body has been pulled back by the Shen family yesterday, and he will be buried at dusk today, and I'm afraid he will be buried tomorrow!" Chang Lehou was so anxious that he beat his chest, and he was so flustered for a while that he had no master.

Yuehua was clueless for a while, anxious as an ant in a hot pot: "Then it's troublesome!" Now that the government does not interfere, if the coffin is nailed with a longevity nail for a while, even if the Queen Mother personally intercedes, I am afraid it will be difficult to check it."

Chang Lehou was anxious, but he had nothing to do for a while, looking at Yuehua with blank eyes, and regarded her as his backbone.

Yuehua groaned slightly, and turned her heart sideways: "Uncle dare to take a risk?" ”

At this time, Chang Lehou is about to lose his beloved son, don't say that he is risky, even if he is asked to exchange his old life, I am afraid that he will be grateful to Dade.

"What is the plan?"

"At this time, my heart is in turmoil, where is there any way? It's just that the time is not early, and there is no delay, so I can only make this decision. ”

"You say!"

I simply asked my aunt to bring an experienced puppet to make trouble for the Shen family, and take advantage of the farewell of my relatives before the funeral to see if there was anything suspicious about the body? Goodbye to the opportunity. It's just that everything is our own guess, and it is risky, and if it is wrong, it will not end well. ”

"As long as there is a glimmer of hope, try hard! Where do they care about how to end, and they refuse to forgive Rui'er. ”

Chang Lehou was categorical, turned around and was about to leave in a hurry, but was stopped by Yuehua: "It's not appropriate for my uncle to go to this matter, it's better for my aunt to go." No one can compare to her kung fu. simply borrowed the name of choking, and must find a way to mix into the mourning hall. ”

Changle Hou groaned slightly, and as soon as he agreed, he hurriedly left the Qingqiu Palace, abandoned the sedan chair, and rushed back to the Hou Mansion to arrange matters.

Yuehua was worried, but she had no choice but to wait anxiously for news in the palace.

Ci'an Palace.

Mama Lin hurriedly came in and glanced at the palace people in the hall, and the palace people immediately retreated in amusement.

Mama Lin raised her hand to pick up her sideburns, dusted off her clothes, and then approached the Empress Dowager and replied in a low voice: "Empress Dowager, the second uncle of Shicai ordered someone to pass in, saying that things have taken a turn for the better. ”

The Empress Dowager, who was closing her eyes to calm her nerves, opened her eyelids when she heard this, and said nonchalantly: "What's the matter?" ”

"It's the life lawsuit of the Hou Ye's Mansion."

The Empress Dowager immediately sat up with interest: "What? Did the Shen family give in? ”

Mama Lin shook her head: "It is said that there is someone else who killed the young master of the Shen family." ”

"Didn't you say that there were a lot of bystanders at that time, and they all said that it was Ling Rui who accidentally beat someone to death?" The Empress Dowager asked suspiciously: "The letter says that the evidence is ironclad, and there is no possibility of overturning the case." ”

"But it's not," Mama Lin echoed: "If it weren't for Mrs. Hou going to the Shen Mansion today to make a big fuss, I wouldn't have found out the trickiness in it." ”

The Empress Dowager patted the cushion beside her: "You sit down and talk about it, what is going on?" If you don't mourn your family, you still have to look up at you, it's weird. ”

Mama Lin didn't squirm either, thanked for the grace, and sat down sideways, telling the story of the passage through 1510.

"The old slave heard that after the Hou Ye entered the palace that day and returned home in a panic from the queen, he sent the Lian family to bribe Liu, a servant in the capital, disguised himself as a family member, and went to the Shen Mansion to hang himself.

The Lian family went to the hour when the Shen family's son was buried, and it was the time of the excitement, and he was half-covering his face in a vegan body, and he actually mixed in while people were unprepared, crying and crying.

As soon as he entered the mourning hall, the Lian family rushed into the crowd like crazy, hugged the body of the Shen family and cried.

At that time, she lowered her head, and the Shen family didn't recognize it for a while, but they felt a little surprised, but it was not easy to pull away.

She buried her face in front of the corpse and cried hysterically, and according to Liu's instructions in advance, she kneaded the seven-foot red cloth covering Shen Gongzi's body, and wanted to take the opportunity to rip off the clothes on the deceased's body.

This time there was some disrespect to the deceased, and the Shen family was not happy, and stepped forward to pull her, so that they could see her appearance clearly and recognize her identity. At that time, the Shen family was angry and ordered his subordinates to come in and beat her out.

The Lian family desperately clung to the young master of the Shen family's shroud, and when he tore it, he really ripped off the collar of the deceased, revealing the corpse spots behind the corpse.

That guy took advantage of the chaos to mix in the crowd, and just took a clear look at the back of the young master of the Shen family, and was sure that there was something else wrong with his death.

It turned out that the corpse spots on the back of the young master of the Shen family were unusual gray-brown. It is said that after death, the blood in the body stops flowing and accumulates under the body, which should be dark red or purple-red. The corpse spots of the Shen family's son are abnormally gray-brown, and the nails of his ten fingers are all black, indicating that the cause of death is indeed abnormal.

That pretended to sell the face of the fifth master and received money from the Hou Mansion, but when it came to the end, he was cowardly, and he wanted to protect himself, nodded at the Lian family, and wanted to smear the soles of his feet.

At that time, the Shen family was not polite to the Lian family at all, and the stick beckoned down, and the Lian family couldn't dodge, and was knocked out of the head, bleeding all over his body, but he desperately held the coffin and didn't leave, not to mention how embarrassed he was.

Now seeing that he nodded his head to confirm, the Lian family immediately came to his senses, and he struggled to get up, regardless of the fact that he grabbed the spiritual position of the son of the Shen family. ”

Mama Lin described it vividly, and the Queen Mother listened to it with relish, and when she said this, she couldn't help but interject: "This Lian family really took great pains for his two children, and he gave up his life to save Rui'er." ”

"Yes, pity the hearts of parents all over the world!" Mama Lin echoed, and then continued to narrate: "The head of the Shen family is also a father, although he hates the Lian family to the bone, but he doesn't dare to act rashly for a while.

Only then did the Lian family soften his tone, while carefully holding the spiritual position of the son of the Shen family hostage, and on the other hand, he begged with kind words, saying that he was also forced to do so, his son was wronged, and the murderer was someone else.

Where is the Shen family willing to believe it, gritting their teeth with hatred for the Lian family, hating to eat meat and sleeping skins, how can they listen to the defense? Just thinking of Lian as an attempt to shirk responsibility.

However, the head of the Shen family pondered for a long time, and asked the letter suspiciously. Lian's gambling curse swore an oath, his words were conclusive, and he used Liu as a witness, and the Shen family began to waver a little. After all, these parents are definitely unwilling to let go of their son's murderer.

At that moment, someone rushed to invite the servants in the yamen to come over and test it with a silver needle, and the son of the Shen family was really poisoned! ”