On the wooden platform outside Guozi Prison, Huang Ruizao, who couldn't answer and was lost by the people and students, had already gotten off the stage, and only Su Qingyi stood tall on the stage, as if he was pine.

The people didn't know Su Qingyi, but the students knew it, and some students immediately shouted: "Su Siye, there have been rumors in the city recently that you offered bribes to Mr. Zou, do you have any excuses for this matter?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the crowd instantly became uproar, and some people showed disdain and said, "Who should I be?" It turned out to be that Su Qingyi. Also, only a despicable person like him would stand on this stage with a cheeky face and say how many people are indiscriminate in this country's prison. ”

Some students also whispered: "Being able to uncover this matter in front of so many people, I don't think this Su Siye is like the rumors." ”

On the wooden platform, Su Qingyi bowed deeply to the people and students in the audience, and said: "The rumors in the city are indeed false, and the situation that day was just that the dog girl and Mrs. Yu met at first sight, so they just met and traveled together." I don't know why ordinary interactions are so rumored. ”

There was a chorus of boos in the crowd, apparently most of whom did not believe the claim.

Huang Jiayun saw that his father was deflated, and when he saw the opportunity, he said: "Lord Siye, you can't convince the public with what you say. There were so many people who saw it with their own eyes that day, and Ling Ai and Mr. Zou's wife got along intimately and flattered, do you want to say that what those people saw was fake? ”

As soon as Huang Jiayun's words fell, a thief raised his hand and said, "I can testify." I am the second child of the Xianglai Teahouse on Qianmen Street. On that day, I saw with my own eyes that Ling Ai had made an appointment with Mrs. Yu in a private room, and closed the door to prevent people from seeing, and when I went in to pour tea, I also saw a wrapped box in front of the two, and Mrs. Yu seemed very unhappy. I didn't dare to stay long, I only heard some words like 'help' and 'building momentum'. ”

In addition to the second child of this teahouse, the owner of a silk shop and the shopkeeper of a gold and silver shop came out of the crowd one after another, and their words were ambiguous and full of loopholes, but they left room for reverie, so that the people who had already preconceived of it subconsciously thought that there must be some ulterior secrets behind it.

There were many fewer swayers in the crowd, and some students said: "There are so many people who have come forward to testify, it seems that Su Qingyi really did the bribery." ”

As the other party in the rumors, Mr. Zou always sat in the circle chair with his face drooped. Seeing that Mr. Zou didn't want to speak for Su Qingyi, the officials of the Guozijian next to Mr. Zou cautiously smiled and asked, "Mr. Zou, is there really such a thing?" ”

"What, do you want to hear what I say, say something demeaning to Su Qingyi?" Mr. Zou said with a gloomy face.

The official waved his hand again and again, and hurriedly said no.

Mr. Zou eased his expression at this time, and said in his words: "However, my wife and I really received a lot of famous gift boxes." ”

In fact, since the time of the discussion meeting was set, Mr. Zou really received a lot of gift boxes marked as Su Qingyi.

The gift box was received from the Ye family's gatehouse, because the person who came said that it was sent by Su Qingyi, and the gatehouse did not check it carefully, and sent it directly to the Zou family's temporary residence Guanqi Zhai, who knew that after opening it, the gift box was actually two dead mice.

Fortunately, it was Ye Qiong who found that something was wrong when she opened the gift box that day, otherwise, if Mr. Zou or Mrs. Yu were allowed to open the gift box, I am afraid that they would be quite frightened.

Ye Qiong immediately asked people to throw the box out, and ordered that all the gifts received in the concierge from now on should be strictly screened, and in the past few days, she has received two more unclean things, each time in the name of the Su family, saying that it was for Mr. Zou.

Ye Qiong thought about it again and again before informing the master and his wife of the matter, and after several people discussed it carefully, Ye Qiong said: "According to the disciple's guess, the person who gave the gift was probably afraid that the master would speak for Uncle Su at the discussion meeting, so in order to lower Uncle Su's impression in the master's heart, he sent such a gift in." ”

Mr. Zou's face was also very ugly: "Sending such a thing over, do you want to block my mouth?" Not to mention that Qingyi and I have already met, I know that Qingyi is a person, even if he really sent such a thing in, as long as he hasn't done that bribe, I won't tell nonsense with my conscience. ”

Ye Qiong bowed her head and said, "Master is an upright person, they are living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain." When the time comes, I will also ask Master to come forward to clarify a few words for Uncle Su. ”

Mr. Zou naturally didn't agree, and nodded immediately.

And now, sitting outside the Guozi Prison, seeing that the people were gradually pointing the finger at Su Qingyi, Mr. Zou straightened the hem of his clothes and was about to get up, but he heard that Su Qingyi had already spoken: "The gentleman is frank, what he has not done is what he has not done." In other words, your ideas are nothing more than speculation. You say that I gave a bribe, but you can't even answer how I gave a bribe, whether I gave away gold or silver or other mundane things, or whether I gave away some rare treasures or the like, is this also an eyewitness? ”

Those Xiao Er, shopkeepers and others who spoke out didn't expect Su Qingyi to grasp the leak in their words so lightly, and they didn't know how to answer for a while, and the shopkeeper of the silk shop changed his words on the spot: "I, I saw that Ling Ai picked out a piece of purple begonia colored tuan-patterned silk for Mrs. Yu, which is the latest pattern in Jiangnan, and only one piece is two taels of silver!" ”

Su Qingyi said with a strange face: "Is this also considered a bribe?" That's just a dog girl respecting the elders, not to mention that Mrs. Yu also gave the dog girl a string of sandalwood Buddha beads that Master Yuanhui had opened as a return gift, which is just a gift exchange. ”

Those people were dumbfounded, Huang Jiayun stomped his feet in hatred, stood up in person, and said, "Mr. Su, there is something unknown about the student. ”

Su Qingyi glanced at Huang Jiayun and said, "Please speak." ”

Huang Jiayun smiled maliciously and said: "Before the rumors of bribery spread in the capital, there was already a saying in the capital comparing you with Mr. Zou, saying that you are the reincarnation of Wenqu Xing, and your literary talent is outstanding, even surpassing Mr. Zou. Mr. Su knows this very well, right? ”

Su Qingyi frowned and asked rhetorically, "So what?" It's just an exaggerated rumor. ”

Huang Jiayun said with a smile: "It is said that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. Since negative rumors about you and Mr. Zou have already spread in the capital, why don't you avoid suspicion and have to indulge your family to come forward? Who would believe that there is no plan? ”

Mr. Zou, who was originally going to get up, sat back in his place, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Perhaps, it is not a good time for him to come forward to clarify for Su Qingyi.

Su Qingyi smiled slightly, and bowed in the direction of the imperial city, which made everyone present a little confused, but heard him say slowly: "What you said is not right. There is a lot of disturbance in this world, even those who sit high in the temple and hold authority, dare to say that they have not been disturbed by rumors? Do you still want them to put down their business, and in order to avoid suspicion and ignore the court's business, the corpse vegetarian meal only cares about preserving themselves? ”

Huang Jiayun saw that Su Qingyi had shifted the topic to the court, and immediately panicked, and hurriedly said, "I didn't mean that!" ”

"I know you didn't mean that." Su Qingyi said, "However, if you blindly allow this kind of atmosphere to spread among you students, and then bring it into the court, when the time comes, there will only be you and me above the court, and there will be many parties, everyone will only focus on the interests in front of them, and no one will care who their official position is for!" ”

The words were deafening, and Mr. Zou couldn't bear it anymore, so he clapped his hands directly, walked to the stage under the stunned gaze of everyone, and said with a smile: "Su Siye's words are very good for me!" ”

Seeing that the people and students in the audience were still confused, Mr. Zou said with a smile: "I heard that rumors have been widely circulated in Beijing recently, saying that Su Siye bribed me. It's a joke, he bribed me, how did I not know about it? It can be seen that it is nonsense! I hit it off with Su Siye at first sight, and I admired Su Siye a lot, and I don't know where the villain came from tried to separate us. Today's discourse was originally for the sake of the Tao, but how did it become a self-proof meeting, come, Qingyi, let's really talk about the 'Tao'! ”

When speaking, Mr. Zou's eyes were locked on Huang Jiayun, whose face was stiff, Huang Jiayun saw that the eyes around him were gradually unkind, and he could no longer insist, so he turned around and fled as if he left, and as soon as he turned into a street corner, he was set up by two tall men, and as soon as he wanted to shout, his jaw had already been lifted.

In front of Huang Jiayun, a white-faced man raised his hand, and said in a sharp voice: "Such a pickled person, we don't want it, throw it to the Jingzhao Yamen, and let them close the case according to the crime of spreading rumors and slander." ”

The two big men answered, neatly tied up Huang Jiayun, and left quickly.

The white-faced bearded man snorted and returned to Gao Xuan, who was outside the Guozi Prison, Jiang Lian glanced at him, and Gao Xuan didn't even look at the man.

The two looked at Su Qingyi and Mr. Zou, who were already sitting on the ground on the stage, and talked eloquently, the two were talking about the selection of excellent prisoners, Su Qingyi said: "The selection of excellent prisoners should also implement the system of 'joint sitting'. If the selected prisoner is uneducated and misbehaved, the official who recommended him should also be severely punished, so that he can truly select good talents for His Majesty. By ensuring the quality of the students from the source, there will be no more situations where so many people are unable to graduate. ”

Mr. Zou stroked his palms and smiled, and said, "What Qingyi said is very reasonable! ”

The people and students in the audience also applauded, and some students who had been oppressed by Huang Jiayun for a long time couldn't help but raise their hands and asked: "Dare to ask the two gentlemen, can you mention the sub-examples that excellent prisoners and students can receive." My family is poor, and I have to send some money back to my hometown in the countryside......"

The more the student spoke, the quieter his voice became, and he looked unspeakable.

Su Qingyi interrupted him kindly and said, "I remember, every time you go back to the country, you can get a good ranking. In this case, I will discuss with the other officials that we will deduct some of the empty students' anointing silver, and see if we can use it as a reward for the top of each class......"

Several officials who had already seen the situation clearly immediately came out and said: "Su Siye's method is very good, and we have no opinion. ”

The student thanked him excitedly, and the extra money was nothing to the son of a family who was studying in Guozijian. For a poor kid like him, it means that in the future, he doesn't have to light the lamp and work for others to save money, and he can even buy a few better four treasures of the study.

The warm atmosphere quickly ignited the whole crowd, and many people with students in their families rushed to tell their families the news.

There are also people who touch the top of their children's heads, point to the stage and say, "Do you hear, you have to study hard, wow, if you read well, you will have money!" entered the Guozijian, which is equivalent to being half an official. ”

In the teahouse, Su Shi finally breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Now, I can rest assured." ”

The private room was full of joy, only Ye Qiong was still leaning against the window, her eyes locked on Pan Yun, who had been sitting on the chair prepared for the officials of the Guozijian all the time.

From the beginning of the Taoist meeting to the present, Pan Yun didn't say a word.

If Huang Ruizao and Uncle Su were still arguing, and Pan Yun didn't speak, it was to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. But now that Master and Uncle Su have been sitting and talking for so long, why can Pan Yun still sit still?

It was Lu Shaodan who said that the four princes had already made a move to Pan Yun?

Ye Qiong didn't have an answer, but was keenly aware that Pan Yun seemed to be afraid of something, and his eyes were never on the stage.

Ye Qiong's eyes wandered through the crowd, and finally saw a familiar figure on a high ground outside the crowd, under a plum tree.

But at a glance, Ye Qiong stood up in surprise, and even knocked over the tea cup in his hand. Ignoring Ye Jin's obstruction beside her, she hurriedly ran downstairs, only shouting loudly: "Brother, I'll go back when I go." ”

On the other side, Jiang Lian, who listened to the discussion on the stage, said with emotion: "This Su Siye has a lot of ideas that coincide with Your Majesty. It seems that the position of the priest of wine in this country will be decided in a few days. ”

Jiang Lian sighed a few more times, only to find that Gao Xuan didn't seem to be listening to him at all, so he glanced at Gao Xuan suspiciously, only to find that at some point, Gao Xuan's eyes were no longer on the stage, but on a high ground not far away, a young man under a nan tree.

Jiang Lian followed Gao Xuan's gaze, because it was a little far away, Jiang Lian couldn't see the young man's eyebrows clearly, only to see that the young man had a long body, a body like a green bamboo, and a long sword pinned to his waist.

Although he couldn't see it clearly, Jiang Lian intuitively felt that the young man was extravagant, and he should be a well-educated young man in the prince's mansion in the capital.

Jiang Lian didn't know whether to say a few words, but he saw Gao Xuan retract his arrogant demeanor as a palm print eunuch, folded his hands, and bowed respectfully to the young man.

Jiang Lian was dumbfounded, as far as he knew, there were not many people in this world who could treat Gao Xuan so respectfully, what was that young man's identity?

And the young man under the Nan tree seemed to have seen Gao Xuan's salute, and he also bowed upright from afar.

Gao Xuan seemed to smile, and smiled very heartily, making Jiang Lian more and more inexplicable, and wanted to ask a question, but Gao Xuan had already recovered his arrogant appearance, and smiled and arched his hand to Jiang Lian: "Okay, Master Jiang, this Taoist meeting is almost over, let's go back." ”

Jiang Lian knew that Gao Xuan was not asking more, so he nodded and said, "Fortunately, after listening to the words of His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, I took a look, Mr. Zou and Su Qingyi are the pillars of our dynasty, if I miss this time, I am afraid that I will regret it for life." ”

The corners of Gao Xuan's eyebrows moved, and he didn't answer.

And under the nan tree, Ye Qiong put on a bib and ran all the way to Lu Shaodan, at this time, Lu Shaodan happened to finish saluting Gao Xuan.

Ye Qiong stopped and took a few breaths, and then smiled when his breath was smoothed out: "Brother Shaodan, why are you here, who are you saluting to?" Saying this, Ye Qiong's eyes had already looked in the direction of Lu Shaodan's salute, but unfortunately they were too far away, and Ye Qiong couldn't see who it was.

"It's nothing, it's just that I met an old man of my father." Lu Shaodan said, "What about me, where did you see me, why did you run so quickly?" ”

Ye Qiong blinked, knowing that Lu Shaodan meant that it was not good to say more, so she didn't ask more.

Even if Lu Shaodan didn't say it, she knew that it should be the handiwork of the fourth prince, and that person should have a very high status, otherwise she wouldn't have scared Pan Yun into not daring to act at all.

With the answer in her heart, Ye Qiong talked about other topics, she circled around Lu Shaodan, looking at her masterpiece with satisfaction.

What Lu Shaodan is wearing today is the clothes that Ye Qiong gave him before. The outer part of this set of clothes is a dark color, the hem and near the collar are embroidered with silver threads, and the inner one is a green bamboo-colored round-necked robe, and the neckline and hem are painted with ink bamboo with weaving and dyeing skills, which makes Lu Shaodan's eyebrows and eyes more and more distinct.

Ye Qiong smiled with satisfaction: "It is worthy of the pattern drawn by me myself, and it is too suitable to wear on your body." ”

is suitable to let Ye Qiong vaguely see the figure of Lu Shaodan, who has recovered his identity and is in a high position.

Who knew that Lu Shaodan was lazy when he saw Ye Qiong, and the momentum he had set up before was completely gone, so he said with a smile: "Su Qingyi's matter, I also helped you, should you invite me to a meal?" ”

"Then let's go, by the way, call my brother and my fifth uncle, Hongbin Building has some new dishes, I have a treat today!" Ye Qiong patted her chest boldly, and then whispered on tiptoe in Lu Shaodan's ear and said, "Thank you for stopping Lu Chunwang today." ”

Lu Shaodan smiled and patted Ye Qiong's head through her hat and said, "It's good that you know." ”

Ye Qiong smiled and hid the sourness in her heart.

At this time in his previous life, Lu Shaodan had already recovered his identity.

In this life, it's almost time, right?