Chapter 169: Darkness Chen Cang

Mi Xinlan did not come to Qingzhou alone, with her, there were two hundred brocade guards and several young female officials.

Seeing those brocade guards half discussing and half forcibly stationed in the Qingzhou Mansion, Lu Zhongqi, the prefect of Qingzhou, closed his back teeth tightly, and his hands hidden in the official robe trembled slightly.

"Lord Lu doesn't have to care, these soldiers are here to have other important tasks."

Mi Xinlan held the golden folding fan in her hand, and there was no fat powder on her white face, but she had the bearing of an official.

Who did His Majesty send to be the Qin Mission, someone in the court had already sent a fast horse to deliver the message, Lu Zhongqi knew that this person in front of him was not only a mere five-grade Qin Cha, but also the wife of the first assistant Li Congyuan, he bowed slightly, and said with a smile:

"Miff...... Mi is running all the way, why don't you rest early?"

The fan in Mi Xinlan's hand shook, and Lu Zhongqi was terrified.

"There's no need to rest, it's rare for the lower officials to go out once, so let's go around Qingzhou Mansion first."

She said.

In the afternoon of this day, Lu Zhongqi received news that Mi Xinlan had really been shopping on the streets of Qingzhou Mansion for an afternoon, and took the young female officials to buy some silk, jewelry, gemstones, etc., and met an old woman selling dried persimmons on the way.

In just half a day, most of Qingzhou City knew that there were a few official-speaking ladies in the city, who were not only generous, but also kind.

Looking at the news sent by his subordinates, Lu Zhongqi frowned.

"This Michael......"

His staff stood aside and whispered, "My lord, I'm afraid this is Michael's suspicious plan."

Lu Zhongqi nodded.

On the second day, the genius was bright, and Lu Zhongqi's pants were not put on, when he heard that Mi Xinlan had gone out with those female officials again, he hurriedly sent someone to keep an eye on them, but learned that Mi Xinlan and they had spent a whole day eating, drinking, and having fun in a chic manner.

On the third day, Mi Xinlan finally did not go out in the morning, but took the case file of Wang's self-harm to avoid the selection of female officials.

Lu Zhongqi knew that this Mi Xinlan was probably about to make a move, but he waited for a day, but learned that Mi Xinlan read the case file and read it for less than an hour before being called by a female official to choose the clothes he bought before.

Lu Zhongqi: "......"

His staff said bitterly: "My lord, this Mi clan can be selected by His Majesty as a messenger in the back house, there must be something extraordinary, you must not take it lightly!"

"I don't take it lightly, but what can I do now?" Lu Zhongqi's eyes were dark, "You have also read Brother Qian's letter, Your Majesty was furious this time, and refuted a group of important ministers in a row...... Even if the Mi clan is really, really a piece of waste, those two hundred brocade guards are still in our house!"

After pacing back and forth in the study a few times, Lu Zhongqi instructed his staff:

"Then the Wang family is already blind in one eye, why can't he find it? Write a letter to Changle and let them find the person quickly!"

When he said the word "found", Lu Zhongqi was full of murderous intent.

Before, he asked people to hunt down and kill Wang, because as long as Wang's body was found, there was no proof of death, and the matter was left to him to describe.

At that time, he can be said to be ignorant of the people, and when he heard that His Majesty was going to choose someone to enter the palace, he thought that he was picking and choosing an embroidered girl, and then the Wang family listened to the rumors and did not do anything about self-harm.

Now that the imperial court has sent Mi Shi as a messenger to investigate this matter, his negligence is indispensable, and if he wants to keep his reputation and head, he has to push more people out as scapegoats.

"That Wang is from Linzi, you write to the Linzi County Order, and ask him to dispose of Wang's home."

The staff was stunned for a moment before nodding in response.

Lu Zhongqi narrowed his eyes.

The Wang family has to die, and the Linzi County Order has to die.

And if that's not enough......

Lu Zhongqi looked at the letter sent by Qian Zhaojing, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites on the table.

"My lord, when are we going to check the selection of female officials in Qingzhou Mansion?"

"Female Officer Luo, there is no need to ask Master Mi about such things, I know that we are not familiar with the place when we first arrived in Qingzhou, and we are just entering the cage compiled by the top and bottom of Qingzhou Mansion to investigate, and when they show their feet, it is when we break the situation."

When Mi Xinlan heard this, she raised her head slightly and looked at the woman who was talking.

This woman's surname is Qi, her name is Qi Xiaoxing, and she was the first name in the last Gyeonggi female official selection, and Xu Gongling took her with her to teach her personally, and the female officials always jokingly called her "Qi Zhuangyuan". Along the way, Mi Xinlan has found that this person is extremely talented and intelligent, but he has no arrogance and enthusiasm.

"Female Officer Qi, when do you think the people in this Qingzhou Mansion will be able to show their feet?"

Hearing Mi Xinlan ask herself, the thin Qi Xiaoxing pursed his lips and thought about it before saying:

"In fact, Qingzhou Mansion has long been full of horses' feet, yesterday when we went to play jewelry, the shopkeeper said that they had only recently sent a batch of jewelry into the prefect's yamen, Lu Zhongqi's wife has been left at home by him to serve his parents, and the two concubines who brought him to the office live in the side courtyard, how could they get a batch of jewelry with great fanfare? I'm afraid that those jewels are what they use to decorate the "female officials", so that people can believe that the selection of female officials by the imperial court is what they say about finding someone to give birth to a child for the queen, but now those women must have been sent away."

Mi Xinlan nodded.

She looked at the folding fan in her hand, slowly unfolded it, and fanned the wind again.

"Don't worry about other things, find out the official robe tomorrow, let's go to the mansion to have a look."

A group of women raised their heads to look at her, and saw the first female messenger of the Dayong Dynasty shaking the imperial golden fan in her hand, and said with a smile:

"Let's let this Qingzhou know what a real female official looks like first." Chinese Net

"Yes."

On the second day, when the women who almost everyone in Qingzhou City knew appeared in front of the Qingzhou Mansion School in official robes and hairpins, the whole Qingzhou was shocked.

The so-called Yizhou Mansion School, which is also a Temple of Literature, which worships Confucius, is a place to really learn the books of sages, how can a group of women enter?

Some sour Confucians rushed to hear about this, and saw that those women had really entered the school but they couldn't go in because of their lack of identity, so they almost tilted their noses, and sat crooked on the steps in front of the school one by one, blushing and with thick necks.

A moment later, a small official hurriedly ran out.

"Something's wrong, there's something wrong!"

A group of sour people immediately rolled on the spot and stood up:

"When? But Confucius has appeared?"

The little official looked up at the sour man who spoke, and waved his hand again and again:

"It's our government that has a master and a woman who is not angry can be an official, and the woman from the capital said that the female official should be compared with the students of the government, and the lord asked me to ask the prefect and all the lords to be a witness."

Everyone was stunned.

Someone immediately laughed and said:

"So good! Those women became arrogant by virtue of their holy grace, and even dared to be officials, so they should let the adults in the school kill their arrogance!"

Some people shook their heads again and again:

"What kind of system, what kind of system, it's really the world, and a group of women have been rampant in the Temple of Literature."

At this time, someone slapped his thigh and scolded angrily:

"Oh no, it's the adults who have fallen for it, where are those women worthy of fighting with the Confucian scholars in the Temple of Literature? To let them speak is to lift them up!"

He spoke loudly, but no one cared about him at this point.

Because those female officials came out of the school, behind them, there was a group of Confucian students.

The place of the competition was chosen in front of the Temple of Literature.

The people who were originally buying New Year's goods got the news and poured to this place, and when Lu Zhongqi arrived, the sedan chair couldn't enter at all, so he could only go around to the back door of the Confucian Temple.

On this day, the people of Qingzhou really gained knowledge.

A total of four competitions were set for the subset of scripture and history, and a petite female official was defeated in one hour with the strength of one person

Schools.

Qi Xiaoxing looked at the Confucian scholars who were killed by himself, and he was quite unsatisfied:

"Qingzhou is the hometown of Shen University, why don't you even have half of his demeanor back then? Is there anything else you can answer? Hurry up and get a few!"

Confucian scholars usually claim to be the pillars of the country, and they dream of being in the court, how could they have expected that one day they would be compared to such a woman? They all hid their faces and remained silent.

Seeing this, Qi Xiaoxing laughed: "What about the female officials you elected before Qingzhou Mansion? Let them come out and compare with me!"

The people of Qingzhou looked at each other, the female officials who were selected by them before could also know so many sage books? Didn't you say that she gave birth to the emperor's master?

In the silence, a woman's voice suddenly sounded:

"Wang Cunshu, a folk woman, was selected as a female official in Qingzhou, and asked this adult to give advice."

The crowd dispersed, and saw a woman with a white cloth on her head being supported and walked in front of everyone step by step.

Lu Zhongqi never thought that Wang Cunshu would appear at this time, he hurriedly stood up and wanted someone to take Wang Cunshu down, but his neck suddenly felt cold.

A woman compared a dagger to his neck.

"Lu Zhongqi, you colluded with others in the selection of female officials, deceived and distorted the holy will, causing the people of a state to misunderstand the saint, this crime is also one, and you framed and killed Wang Cunshu several times, and disregarded people's lives, this crime is also two, the female official is beneficial to the country and the people, but you use your own selfishness to trap the court in injustice, this crime is also ......."

Only then did Lu Zhongqi notice that the people he brought were no longer by his side at any time, and several tall brocade guards had already encircled him.

"Who are you? I am the prefect of Qingzhou, you ......."

The woman sneered: "I am the messenger who was ordered to picket the selection of female officials from all over the country, and it is your bad luck to commit this crime in my hands!"

After speaking, she no longer paid attention to Lu Zhongqi, but just raised her eyes to look at the two women who were fighting in public not far away.

Qi Xiaoxing's sharpness is like a rainbow, Wang Cunshu is steady and steady, step by step, the two of you come and go, and they don't tell the winner for an hour.

The woman with the dagger yawned.

She was not tired of protecting Wang Cunshu for so many days in the mountains, and listening to them also say some scriptures and historical articles, it made her tired.

But the knife in her hand was still very steady.

Perhaps, it was precisely because she had a knife in her hand that she had the opportunity to speak in front of everyone.

The woman's heart moved, and a little pride suddenly appeared in her heart.

At this time, someone whispered behind her:

"Niangniang, it's the twenty-seventh day of the first month, it's time for you to leave for the palace."

The pride in her chest suddenly dissipated, and Lin Miaozhen, who was known as Lin Jinxue, rubbed the hilt of the sword in her hand, and gave birth to countless reluctance for a while.