This night can be regarded as the longest night for many people in Nanjing.

However, the real beginning of the night was dusk. At that time, the setting sun stained the western sky red, and although the golden light was not as bright as the midday sun, it was still a fool's thing to stare at the round sunset in this early summer season, and it was even more impossible to keep the sun that was about to fall after the western mountains.

Therefore, when some people opened their arms and wanted to stop those officers and soldiers who were like wolves and tigers, Fang Cai realized the true meaning of the four words mantis arm blocking the car for the first time in his life. Although the soldiers did not use the sharp edge of their blades against them, "these stout soldiers had strong fists and feet, as well as the hilt and blade of the knife that could hit people without being sheathed." Although they professed to be the great Chu Jīngying, the mainstay of the future, in front of those rude military men who had never looked down on them, one by one was pulled aside in embarrassment, knocked to the ground, and even more miserable, clutched on his stomach or beaten in the middle of nowhere, wailing on the ground.

And He Mingqin, who was firmly protected by the students on the third floor and the outer three floors there, stood proudly at the mountain mén, looked at the barricade that had been opened up in a moment, looked at Governor Ye of Feng, who was striding towards him, and Xu Yang, who was like a golden knife with a golden knife on the hilt, looking at those who were standing or sitting or lying down after being beaten, all of them were very different from the vigorous faces of the past, although he was still standing straight, but the clothes on his body were all soaked unconsciously, and the expression on his face was not so much calm, It's better to be stiff to death.

How do they teach...... Aren't they afraid that the Jiangnan scholars will be in an uproar?

Therefore, when the person walked up to him, although his voice was hoarse, he still asked viciously: "Do you know, what is this Jinling Academy?" ”

"Jinling Academy is naturally a famous Wenhua treasure in the south of the Yangtze River." Governor Feng glanced around at the scholars around him, and when he saw that their eyes seemed to be about to swallow him, he couldn't help but retreat a little, but when he thought about the meaning of His Royal Highness King Jing's words, his waist immediately straightened, and he sneered and said, "It's just a grain of rat feces that spoils a pot of porridge, and a person with a despicable character like Zun Jia serves as the dean, which naturally ruins the century-old reputation of Jinling Academy!" ”

He Mingqin didn't expect this spearhead to suddenly turn to his head, and after being shocked, he was furious, and he was only angry for a while, although his finger was almost on Governor Feng's nose, but the words that should have been said choked on his throat. At this time, Governor Ye, who was following closely, coughed lightly and took a slow step.

When Dean He was lecturing to the students, he kept saying self-denial, but what about yourself? Over the years, Jinling Academy has enrolled one hundred and twenty students every year, and twenty of these places have been resold to you, and each place is priced at 10,000 taels. You are now over fifty years old, but you just married the ninth concubine two months ago, and you have just died of your husband in vain, and you are in the heat of filial piety, is this? In the past few days, Jinling Academy has expelled more than a dozen or twenty students in one go, although there are various crimes, but one of them happened to offend you, so you declared a personal vendetta, and also gave someone a board in the rope hall, is there this? ”

Governor Ye was originally from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and what he was best at was arguing in front of the emperor, so he was all talking privately with He Mingqin's yīn at this time, and his voice was not high but sonorous and powerful, and many people around him could hear it clearly. In addition, at this time, the sāoluàn, one spread ten, ten ten, one hundred, and immediately from far to near, from the students to the soldiers, one by one, they all moved.

"You...... You're spewing blood! Ye Su, don't pretend to be a saint here, don't think I don't know what you are! My Fair Lady NV Gentleman, I'm a dignified mén who carries people in, unlike you who blatantly raise those rabbits at home! ”

Governor Ye thought that He Mingqin had been squeezed so much that he couldn't speak, and his repetition this time "must not only be able to make people speechless, but maybe it can also make people faint." Therefore, he was attacked by this fierce counterattack at this time" He panicked all of a sudden, glanced at Governor Feng, and saw that the other party was even more caught off guard than himself, so he had to clench his fists.

"Don't think of digression! In addition to those, you also supported people to assassinate the prince of Donghou in the town, instigated the scholars to boycott the examination, and ruined the future of a good group of people" and even colluded with the merchants in the market to support them to boycott the market! Just a few of them, you, the dean, have already insulted the name of Jinling Academy for a hundred years, come on, take it down for Benfu! ”

With this shout, the personal soldiers of the governor Yamén who came with him immediately rushed up in unison, some twisting their arms and some hugging their thighs, and pressed He Mingqin to the ground in an orderly manner. However, I don't know if it was negligence in a panic or something else, these people actually forgot to plug Governor Ye's mouth, and for a while, a terrible scolding suddenly came from the ground.

"Ye Su, you can't die well! Don't forget how many sons and nephews you have sent to Jinling Academy through your husband in the past few years in office! Don't forget how much you get from the dividends of Jinling Academy every year! Don't forget, you and Feng Jiaying both went out from Jinling Academy, and now they are eating inside and out......"

"Quick, stop this old thing! After a long period of panic and busyness, He Mingqin's hoarse scolding finally turned into a low hum. Although the surrounding scholars still moved from time to time, under the maintenance of the heavily armed soldiers, there was no more big luàn after all. Xu Yang, who was a little farther away, watched the monkey-like scene just now, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth from beginning to end.

It wasn't until the two of them turned around and said with a strong smile that he had been arrested, and if he could go back next, he smiled and rubbed the smooth bluestone surface of the ground with the thick boots under his feet. That crunching was so harsh that the sound suddenly made Feng Ye and the two of them even more ugly.

"I've long heard that the imperial history is like a knife, and today I was finally fortunate enough to see it, Lord Ye is really a treasure knife!" Xu Yangyan didn't look at Governor Ye's expression that was so heavy that it could almost drip water, and said to himself, "The two adults know that this Dean He has a big crime. Just this morning, the eighteenth master of the Jiang family knelt down in front of the General Military Mansion to apologize, "but he was robbed and fainted, and a dagger was found from his body, and it was quenched with poison." According to him, he listened to Dean He's instigation and wanted to go to the General Soldier's Mansion to take a knife and pretend to play a farce, but he immediately became stupid when he knew that the knife was quenched and poisonous. Tut, if you want to say that Jinling Academy is really talented, this ability to instigate and instigate is really first-class! ”

Because of his son's affairs, Xu Yang's heart was full of sharp stomachs, so naturally he would not just splash dirty water on He Mingqin alone like Feng Ye and the others, and directly brought Jinling Academy into it. He is a genuine martial artist" who led the troops to fight all the way, and this thick voice is naturally not comparable to those few literati, and when this voice went down, the people around him suddenly heard it clearly. When it was, some people shouted and scolded, but he was smashed down by someone who didn't know what.

Speaking of this, Xu Yang was still a little puzzled, and looked back at the hanging golden plaque, the Jinling Academy, which was shrouded in a layer of golden light everywhere under the afterglow of the sunset, he didn't feel that he wanted to lose a few words. But just as he cleared his throat and was about to speak again, a loud shout suddenly came from behind him.

"Newspaper"

Xu Yang was taken aback, then he turned around, and saw that it was a confidant soldier he left in the garrison and immediately asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"My lord, it was Luo Shizi who sent someone to deliver the message. It is said that the other three major academies of Jinling Mansion, Boyang, Shangyuan, and Changhe have agreed, and the dozen or so students who were expelled by Dean He of Jinling Academy for no reason because of their own selfishness are really innocent, and they are willing to accept them all. They also said that the academy was a teaching businessman, and it was really unbearable to imagine that such a despicable person was in it, and they were willing to jointly write a letter asking the imperial court to appoint another Confucian to serve as the dean and assist Ai Shanchang. ”

As soon as these words came out, He Mingqin, who was already disgraced, almost fell headlong. If it weren't for something plugged in his mouth, he would almost be able to vomit blood. At this moment, he was both hateful and angry in his heart, and when he heard Xu Yang laughing, and then relaying those words to the scholars in a loud voice, he finally couldn't hold back his anger anymore, and his head tilted and fainted.

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Jinling Academy lives indifferently.

For the second time in a month, the officers and soldiers appeared, and this time it was not even the so-called help to maintain vigilance, but directly took people. Then the students were beaten, He Mingqin was arrested, and even those personal matters were made public, plus the other colleges joined forces to make trouble, and all of this made Mrs. Ai's heart hard. Although she was sure that whether it was for herself or the overall situation, He Mingqin would not be stupid enough to confide in those inside information, she was still full of irritability, and she was still pacing back and forth in the room in the middle of the night, and the methods that jumped into her mind one by one were forced to press down by her.

I don't know how long she has been going around, she only heard a mother's voice from outside: "Madam, someone from the capital is here!" ”

She had been waiting for news from the capital for a long time, and she was so angry that she naturally ordered someone to be invited in immediately. When the man came, she didn't wait for anyone to speak, and asked with a scowling face: "It's all this time, why did you come so late?" The visitor bowed down respectfully, bowed his head and said, "Madame, forgive me." On the other side of the capital, Yuanfu was closely watched by the Jinyi Guard, and the limelight has been relaxed recently, so he can send a messenger. Besides, although the imperial court rarely discussed Jiangnan matters during this period, the important figures were all here, and there was also Gonggong Qu, so it was ...... for a while."

Although the man spoke respectfully, Mrs. Ai had endured it again and again during the day today, and where could she endure it at this time, so she immediately sneered: "Gonggong Qu? If it weren't for Jingshi sending a letter and saying those words, how could that old eunuch have a chance to trick me! My father has been an official for decades, how could he look at the wrong person, and wait for me to lose the opportunity to win in one fell swoop! ”

"Madame was angry, Yuan Fu and Gonggong Qu didn't just fight once or twice, how could I not have thought that he would be ......" Seeing that Mrs. Ai's face was even worse, the person cut off the topic knowingly, just took out a letter from his bosom respectfully and presented it with both hands, and when Mrs. An snatched it stiffly, he lowered his head again, "Xiǎo people also walked into Nanjing City to know the situation here, and they will definitely report to Yuan Fu in 1510." ”

"It's too late for you to report anything!" It was not the first time that Mrs. Ai had seen this messenger, and knowing that he was one of her father's most trusted confidants, she examined the seal in front of him, tore it open, and took out the letterhead and hurriedly browsed it in front of people. After reading it from beginning to end, her already not so good-looking face suddenly turned blue, and then she pinched the letter and slapped it on the desk on the side, "Father also ordered earlier that he couldn't let the top control Jiang Nan, and now he wants me to back down?" has done so many things, both sides have already been a never-ending ending, he asked me to back down, where do I retreat? ”

Seeing that Mrs. Ai frantically crumpled the letter into a ball and threw it away, and immediately burst out of the room without the slightest grace and mouth, some great rebellious words burst out from time to time in the room, and the messenger just bowed his head and said nothing, as if he had not heard anything. It wasn't until Mrs. Ai calmed down easily" that he whispered: "As the saying goes, the general will not be subject to the orders of the king, and the Jiangnan side has always been presided over by the lady, if what Yuan Fu said in this letter is no longer in line with the current situation, it is okay for the lady to be arbitrary." ”

"That's it!"

Mrs. Ai breathed a long sigh of relief, finally returned to the desk and sat down leisurely, and then said: "Although we have suffered many setbacks before, we have a geographical advantage after all, and we have the reputation and connections accumulated in Jiangnan for many years. Before, they were just beaten a little hard by them for a while, and if they really want to fight, even if they are the young talents that the emperor values the most, they can't suppress the head snake of Jinling Academy! What's more, King Jing is about to leave to survive the past few days, they are a group of dragons without a leader, and then they will make a strong ......", seeing that Mrs. Ai suddenly laughed, the messenger's slightly lowered head, the face suddenly changed a little, but after the laughter gradually stopped, he coughed lightly: "Even Yuanfu said that Madame's magic trick is something that few people can match" I must be very sure when I think about it. It's just that before the trip, Yuanfu asked the owner of Longquan Nunnery about the letter to his wife, I don't know if it's still there? ”

"Her letter?" Mrs. Ai frowned slightly, and then waved her hand disapprerovingly, "Father too, that NV person is dead, and it is such a crime, how dare I keep her letter, it has been burned a long time ago!" Although she used to be the county lord, she didn't make much of a scene, but she relied on her deceased father's team to do such a thing. And there is little else in the letter, that is, a vigorous thought about Chu Guogong, how many years has Chu Guogong been dead, what are you still thinking about? As for saying that Chen Lan and Chu Guogong may have some relationship, it's really a joke, how could she be a daughter of a genuine Houfu and the wife of the chief soldier who was married by the Son of Heaven, how could it be related to a dead man more than a hundred years ago? It hurts me to spend a lot of effort to probe her mouth ghost ......"

Mrs. Ai's complaint was the boss's call, but the messenger listened with his head down all the time, and there was no chā in his nose. When it was easy to take a pause, he seemed to naturally say: "It's just that when I entered the city before, what the Xiǎo people saw was martial law soldiers and horses all over the city, and I heard that it was Nanjing garrison Xu Yang who presided over it. Yang Jinzhou, the general soldier of Liangjiang, is already a person who holds the military power, if you add Xu Yang's three guards and horses, the military power is in their hands, even if the lady has a plan to reach the sky, I am afraid that it is not so easy to perform, if it is too reluctant, it is better to follow the meaning of Yuanfu. ”

"Reluctantly? I've got a real killer in my hands! Mrs. Ai's chin was slightly raised, and a confident expression appeared on her face, "Jiangnan has never experienced much war, and the three guards and horses in Nanjing City just look good, and it is useless to really pull them up to fight!" As for Xu Yang, even if he is a well-known general in Liaodong, can he train in Nanjing? The only ones who could fight in Liangjiang were those sailors set up in Chongming and Nansha, who had followed Princess An to Ryukyu back then. As for the rest, it's not worth mentioning! ”

Mrs. Ai didn't notice at all that when she said this, the messenger's eyes flashed with a cold glint in her. Then she didn't follow this sentence to explain more, "And the messenger didn't say anything more, but because the situation in Nanjing City was difficult to understand, Mrs. Ai didn't have time to write a reply for a while, so she asked people to stay for another two days." The messenger was a little embarrassed at first, but he couldn't resist Mrs. Ai's toughness, and finally reluctantly agreed.

A few days have passed, and since the Jinling Academy has been sent by the garrison to guard it firmly, "Although Mrs. Ai was annoyed, she did not act rashly. After all, the handyman who is responsible for purchasing and so on every day can still go out freely, and it is not convenient for her to pass on any news, but it is still very easy to inquire about the news. As a result, the progress of those things outside reached her ears almost simultaneously.

The Jinling Mansion officially took over the trial of He Mingqin and Deng Ji, but from King Jing to Luo Xu Xiao Lang, and even the two levels of Jiangnan Governor and Fu plus the strong observer lineup of Nanjing garrison Xu Yang, the prefect Wu Ying was overwhelmed.

According to the Imperial Shi Zhou Taitong's forbidden home, "Governor Cao Yu Shi Lin Zhishan directly followed Pingjiang Bo Fanghan back to Huai'an Mansion, which can be regarded as officially avoiding this trip to the troubled waters.

Although the first trial case was not executed, the appearance of two important figures of Jinling Academy in the public court at the same time still caused an uproar among the people. Coupled with the overwhelming support of the other three major academies, public opinion is extremely unfavorable to Jinling Academy. Fortunately, King Jing said that he was going back to Beijing, but he also went to Yangzhou with Xiao Lang to attend the wedding of his brother-in-law in the future. This time, Mrs. Ai was a little more calm.

Since the people in and out of Jinling Academy were not searched, her second handwritten letter was sent out smoothly. In this way, her mood improved slightly, and she naturally waited patiently for a few more days, seeing that the soldiers at the entrance of the academy were still as accommodating as at the beginning, she gradually couldn't sit still, and early this morning, she took a sedan chair to take people out.

The sedan chair had just arrived in front of Mén when it was stopped by a group of soldiers. No matter what the leader of the entourage said, the general banner headed by him only had one sentence, and the top strictly ordered that until the case of He Mingqin and Deng Ji was investigated, the scholars of Jinling Academy were not allowed to come out for the time being. Seeing that this was in a stalemate, Mrs. Ai in the sedan chair finally couldn't help it, and kicked hard a few times to let the sedan chair man fall off the sedan chair, and then opened the curtain and came out of the sedan chair.

"Jinling Academy has just been canonized by the imperial court, but it has come out of a case that has not even been cleared of right and wrong" You have been closed for several days, and no one is allowed to go out until now, isn't this contempt for the imperial court? Now the real bigwigs are all nested in the mansion and do not move, but they have supported you xiǎo characters to rush ahead, thinking about how many old ministers and important ministers have been produced in our Jinling Academy, if they jointly press down, can you afford to pay for yourself? ”

As soon as Mrs. Ai's big hat was pressed down, more than a dozen soldiers immediately looked at each other.

The head of the general banner swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and was about to speak, but the relatives in front of him also said casually: "Even so, you don't look at who my wife is!" On the ground of the two rivers, how many adults and how many masters want to respectfully call their masters, just because you lowly people dare to reach out to stop you, blind your dog's eyes! ”

The pro-follower said that he was spitting Xingzi Luàn Fei, and was about to smash a few more ruthless words, when a cold voice suddenly came from the side: "They are soldiers registered in the imperial court, and they are Dai Lu of the imperial court, when did they become lowly people?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately looked in the direction where the words came from. The general banner and more than a dozen military men saw about a dozen people coming, "the leader of the dust servant, the head and face are not very clear, for a while did not recognize who it is, but others can always hear the tone of speaking for themselves, so the general flag hurriedly greeted him, looked at the dress of this line, and asked tentatively: "Dare to ask this lord to ......,..."

Mrs. Ai recognized the person at a glance. She clenched the handkerchief in her hand tightly, not noticing that the fingernails had sunk into the soft ròu of her palm through the thin silk handkerchief, and it was easy to squeeze out a smile.

"I heard that Lord Yang has gone out to do something big again, I didn't expect to be free to come here."

This voice, Lord Yang, "up and down, immediately understood the identity of the person who came." The general flag hurriedly took his subordinates down to salute, but was dragged up before his knees touched the ground. He unconsciously stood up straight with that strength, and when he saw Yang Jinzhou's eyes looking straight over, he didn't even know where to put his hand at the moment.

"Although you have never been in battle to kill the enemy, since you are ordered to carry out military affairs, you should act according to military orders!" Yang Jinzhou squinted at the retinue who was babbling before, and saw that he hurriedly avoided his gaze and shrank to the side, he looked away at Mrs. Ai again, "It is said that Jinling Academy is a place of scholarly ink, and even the servants who sprinkle and sweep are familiar with etiquette, but today, a person who doesn't even have a yellow book of household registration dares to make such a big statement?" ”

Mrs. Ai was suffocated by Yang Jinzhou's words, and after a while, she forced a smile and said, "Thank you Lord Yang for reminding me, I will definitely discipline my subordinates well when I turn around!" It's just that Lord Yang is not in Nanjing, but someone is so clinch to mobilize military horses, which is strange. ”

"Lord Xu is the garrison of Nanjing, and as long as he has his permission, there is nothing wrong with the transfer of troops and horses in the city." Yang Jinzhou saw that Mrs. Ai was stunned when she heard this, and suddenly said in shock, "This time I came, I have something to ask Madame." The commander of the Chongming Sha Institute makes Lord Sha, can the lady recognize him? ”！ ~！