"Bold! How can you put your beak on this officer? ”

Huang Youdao scolded angrily, slapped the table and got up, and green tendons bulged out one after another on his neck.

As for whether it was the annoyance and anger of being poked in the sore spot, or other reasons, it is unknown.

Lin Chengxing, the general judge of Yangzhou Mansion, also echoed and said: "Talking about the court officials, you are guilty!" ”

Song Ren sat there, his smile undiminished, "According to the law of our court, if you arbitrarily discuss the court officials, you should be sentenced to seventy rods, if it is serious, you should be sentenced to imprisonment, I am a famous teacher, so I naturally know, but the law is also noted, those who believe in treacherous words and insult Swen, exceed their duties, and infringe on other divisions or superiors, constitute this crime, and the rod is forty, the official is demoted to two levels, and the general judge is also in charge of the litigation affairs of a state, so he should be very familiar with this law, right?" ”

Seeing that Lin Chengxing was no longer speechless, Song Ren said again: "If others say a few words, Lord Huang will believe it, even if the grass people are not officials, they also have a meritorious body, which can be regarded as entering the official career, Lord Huang's move is not insulting?" Okay, even if this matter is true, Lord Huang is the prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture, and the people involved in this matter are not the grass people, and there is also the chief examiner at the time, the college examination is generally assigned by His Majesty to take the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, or the other six departments of the squire to take the main exam, how about this case, it is not Lord Huang's turn to investigate, right? At most, you play Your Majesty, or you will write this case to Your Majesty, and then because Your Majesty will tell Your Majesty, after all, Lord Yu is a patrol, so Lord Huang's move, isn't it an overstepping of his duties? ”

Huang Youdao was speechless when asked, and his heart began to fall into doubts and remorse.

What he suspected was whether what Cheng Shi'an said was true or false, looking at Song Ren's calm and calm appearance, it didn't look like he was pretending.

What he regretted was that it was clear that King Han's side only meant to let him deal with the gang of thieves who attacked the tea house at night, why did he have to do this extra thing to smear Song Ren's reputation and give Yu Guang a disadvantage.

This guy deserves to be a master, and his means of beating a rake are also stronger, and the hat of the crime is deducted.

But at the moment, it's not that the arrow has to be sent, but the fuck has already shot out, and it's all shot in the face, how can there be a way out.

Huang Youdao could only pretend to be calm and said: "It is a matter of employing people in the imperial court, Your Majesty selects talents, and this official, as a prefect, naturally has the right to ask, as for the overstepping of his duties, of course not, Lord Yu is not here, and the official is not asking about this matter in front of Lord Yu, as for how to investigate this case and how to deal with it, it is all due to the decision of the adult, and the official does not dare to say much, but he will mention this matter to His Majesty in the report to Yangzhou Mansion." ”

The meaning of his words is obvious, I know that Song Ren is your Yu Guang's person, but don't try to shield him, I will make a small report to the emperor.

In this regard, Song Ren didn't bother to refute, but looked directly at the ordinary-looking man behind Huang Youdao and asked, "Do you have any other evidence besides seeing me kneeling on the ground and stuffing money for the examiner?" ”

Cheng Shi'an wanted to cry a little without tears, why are you asking me again! That's not how the script I thought about before went!

Originally, what he thought was very simple, as long as Song Ren saw him, he would be scared because of his weak heart, and then he only needed to bring up the matter of buying fame, and the rest would be handled by Huang Youdao.

He never expected that this Song Ren not only did not panic at all, but instead gave the prefect a big hat of "overstepping his duties".

The person who made the panic now became Cheng Shi'an, the plaintiff.

"It's... This..."Cheng Shi'an's voice became smaller and smaller, "Although there is no evidence, I did see it with my own eyes." ”

"There's no evidence that you're talking!"

was scolded by Song Ren like this, Cheng Shi'an was a little excited, "Everyone is a scholar, how can you speak so rudely!" Even if there is no evidence, I dare to swear by merit that everything I say is true! ”

Song Ren smiled and said: "Then I dare to swear by my fame, and even add one more, if I bought the fame and was hit by a car and died." ”

Carriage, shouldn't it be a car? The car I swear to have four wheels.

Song Ren secretly thought in his heart.

The ancients attached great importance to the oath, or rather, it was awe, after all, even the emperor used the "divine authority of the monarch" to preach in order to consolidate his position, and the common people did not dare to talk nonsense about these things that the gods and gods were talking about.

So much so that after Song Ren made such a ruthless oath, everyone present, including Cheng Shi'an, began to wonder if this matter was a misunderstanding.

Just when Cheng Shi'an was entangled in whether to follow and make such a ruthless oath, Huang Youdao took the first step to speak: "The official said that this matter needs to be verified, but in fact, now Song Ren has a way to prove himself. ”

Yu Guang on the side heard it and smiled slightly.

In fact, when Cheng Shi'an said this, Yu Guang guessed that Huang Youdao had other means, after all, a person can't explain anything.

can completely convict Song Ren and discredit his reputation, so he can only let Song Ren show his literary talent on the spot.

As for this, Yu Guang was not worried at all, but had some expectations.

So he said very cooperatively: "Oh~ What's the way?" ”

Sure enough, Huang Youdao touched his beard confidently and said: "My court is trying to test the school is poetry, literary endowment, duality, Song Ren only needs to choose one of the three to prove his literary talent, of course, this matter is a bit abrupt after all, I'm afraid he will be dissatisfied, the existing wine and delicacies, all of you here are literati, everyone does it according to the topic, the right is to use literature to help the fun, how?" ”

What he said was called a beauty, ostensibly to involve everyone, but in fact it was still testing Song Ren, and Song Ren was not easy to refuse.

As soon as everyone heard Huang Youdao's proposal, they all agreed, and the most excited among them was Yu Guang.

This made Huang Youdao a little stunned, why wasn't this guy worried at all?

But he didn't have time to think about it, so he stood up directly, saluted and introduced to the old man who had been silent: "Of course, there is no first in Wen and no second in Wu, but there must always be a judge, so I specially invited Mr. Qin Zhengyuan, a great Confucian, to be the main exam." ”

As soon as Qin Zhengyuan's name came out, Yu Guang and He Jingwen were shocked to immediately stand up and salute, and the rest of the people also greeted each other.

"Mr. Qin is in good health."

"Student He Jingwen, I have met Mr. Qin."

"Junior Cheng Shi'an, say hello to Mr. Qin."

Being greeted by these big officials, Qin Zhengyuan just bowed his head slightly, and let out a snort, "Hmm." ”

Only Song Ren was confused, what kind of identity was this old man who dragged him to 2580,000 to make these people so respectful?

But the name of a great Confucian is enough to explain everything.

What is called a scholar, those who can't be punished by a doctor are called scholars, and what is called a great Confucian, the official saying refers to an educated and virtuous intellectual, but in fact, it is a great Confucian who accuses the court of malpractices and speaks to the officials and nobles.

Li Zhengyuan is not an official, but a great Confucian, a great Confucian who has to perform disciple rites even when these court officials see him.

He was dressed in a Confucian robe, and his figure was thin, his beard was gray, and the most obvious was the rosacea.

At this time, Li Zhengyuan, who was enjoying the flattery of these officials, saw that only Song Ren did not greet him, and said with some interest: "Why, do you think that the old man is not worthy of evaluating your poems?" ”

Song Ren hurriedly arched his hand and said, "The juniors don't dare." ”

"Then why don't you bow to the old man?"

"You haven't taught me, why should I bow to you as a disciple?"

Song Ren's answer was very plain, neither humble nor arrogant, and Yu Guang was so surprised that he hurriedly said: "Mr. Qin was a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy back then, and he wrote dozens of books, these books are all must-read things for students in the Ming Dynasty, you must have read them, and the discipleship ceremony is due!" ”

Song Ren frowned, and said angrily: "If the book I write is read by others, the reader will perform the discipleship ceremony, then I am also writing the book now, and when it comes out, won't the people who have read it also have to perform the discipleship ceremony to me?" ”

"You ......"

Yu Guang didn't know what to say, on the one hand, he was frightened by Song Ren's bold remarks, and on the other hand, he didn't expect Song Ren to start writing books too!

If it was someone else, Yu Guang would definitely sneer disdainfully, but Song Ren said this, which made him look forward to what kind of book this guy would write.

Huang Youdao snorted coldly and said, "Master Song is also writing a book? How, teach people how to fight with tongues? ”

At this time, Qin Zhengyuan waved his hand, "It's okay, literati, more arrogant people, more casual and free people, Song Gongzi can also be regarded as a literati, if you finish writing, the old man is willing to read one or two." ”

"But now it's about poetry and literature, seeing the young and vigorous of Song Gongzi, the old man can't help but think of himself back then, so this first question, how about the princes taking madness as poetry?"