Emperor Yuan Jing gently threw the fold after the batch of red to the old eunuch, and said with a smile: "Companion, you tell me, this will be the New Year, is there any fraud?"

The old eunuch took the fold, glanced at it quickly, and then said, "The old slave is stupid, but the old slave feels that there is indeed something strange about this matter. ”

Emperor Yuan Jing stared at him for a few seconds, and ordered: "Order the government and the criminal department to deal with this case, and be sure to find out." ”

Waiting for the old eunuch to retreat, Emperor Yuan Jing sat on the dragon chair, looked at the blue sky outside the imperial study, and suddenly smiled: "Three eagles with one stone." ”

The old eunuch in the python robe left the imperial study, bowed his head and walked quickly, walking a hundred meters, he patted his chest in shock, his face was gloomy:

"You still ask me when it's red........ Wei Yuan, Wei Yuan, it's not that our family doesn't help you, our family's life is the most important. ”

Soon after, the edicts in the palace were transmitted to the criminal department and the government office.

Sun Shangshu of the Criminal Department seemed to have expected it, and after receiving the order, he immediately sent someone to arrest Xu Xinnian.

Chen Fuyin received the edict from the palace, sighed and shook his head: "There will be a time when the wind and waves will be long........ I'm afraid that a big wave will hit you, and your ship will be destroyed and people will die. ”

He immediately called Shao Yin and said in a deep voice: "Immediately send someone to arrest Xu Xinnian and bring him back to the yamen for interrogation, and be sure to take someone before the criminal department........ Send someone to inform Xu Yinluo. ”

.............

Hsu Mansion.

On a warm spring day, Xu New Year asked people to put the desk in the shade of the tree, and the sunlight swayed through the branches and leaves, dappled on the table, the book, and his handsome face.

Tea cups and pastries at hand.

The aunt took Xu Lingyue and Xu Lingyin, as well as Lina, who was staying at home, and was preparing to go out to play.

Lina saw Xu Xinnian under the tree, and praised generously: "Xu Erlang is really handsome, if it were in our tribe, the mother-in-law would break his blood in order to snatch his head." ”

The aunt was instantly vigilant, as if she had seen a sow trying to arch her cabbage.

Is this little black skin in southern Xinjiang hinting that she has intentions for Erlang? Phew, wishful thinking, and the toad wants to eat swan meat.

Auntie's beautiful eyes scratched Lina's eyes and urged, "It's not too early, let's go out early." ”

This trip is without a servant, and a hundred servants can't match a little black skin in southern Xinjiang, and the strength of the little black skin is certified by Second Uncle Xu and Xu Dalang.

The aunt also witnessed the little black skin easily kneading a fist-sized stone into powder.

Lina suddenly left the handsome Xu Erlang behind, and hurriedly walked out, she couldn't wait to visit Dafeng Capital.

In the past, when I was in southern Xinjiang, I often heard the elders of the tribe talk about Dafeng Jingcheng, the most prosperous city in the world.

"The dead girl eats a lot, and she still thinks crookedly about my Erlang, I have to find a way to get her away........." Auntie thought to herself.

This foreign woman who fell from the sky aroused the aunt's xenophobic thoughts.

She was planning how to get rid of the foreign woman, and in her sight, she saw a group of officers and soldiers rushing in, pushing the porter Lao Zhang to the ground, and going straight to the inner courtyard.

One of the head catchers, holding a portrait in his hand, compared it, pointed to Xu Xinnian who was reading a book under the shade of the tree, and shouted: "This person is Xu Xinnian, take it." ”

"Who are you? Why are you arresting my family? The aunt was shocked, out of the psychology of protecting the calf, she did not hesitate, and stood in front of the officers and soldiers with her eyebrows.

"The criminal department takes people, you dare to stop them, take them away!" The head catcher waved his hand and ordered his subordinates to arrest the aunt.

The two officials immediately stepped forward, took out the rope and put it on the aunt's head.

"Bang!"

Lina stepped forward and gently pushed the two officials on their chests. "Ah......" In the two screams, the official flew out and fell into the dust.

Boom!

The officials drew their blades one after another, pointed at Lina, and the little barbarian girl in southern Xinjiang licked her lips, a little excited, she could kill all these people within ten breaths.

The aunt hid behind Lina in shock, and suddenly found that this little black skin was so reliable and worthy of dependence.

"Stop. ”

Xu Xinnian scolded, put down the scroll and walked over, his eyes swept over the officials coldly, and said in a deep voice:

"I am Huiyuan, and I have a meritorious reputation, and it is a great crime for you to trespass on my mansion and use the blade in vain. ”

At this time, the two officials who were beaten away rubbed their chests and stood up, and when they saw that they were not abnormal, they groaned slightly, put away their knives, took out a card ticket, and said:

"We were ordered by the Criminal Department to take Xu Huiyuan back to the Yamen for questioning. ”

Xu Xinnian frowned and said, "What did Xu do?"

"Xu Huiyuan will know with us. The head catcher waved his hand and shouted, "Take it away." ”

Lina just wanted to make a move, but was stopped by Xu Xinnian, and he greeted the official of the Criminal Department: "I'll go with you." ”

The aunt and Xu Lingyue chased them outside the house until the official escorted Xu Xinnian and disappeared into the street.

Lina whispered, "Xu Erlang also robbed the silver?"

She knew that the robbery of silver was to be captured by the officers and soldiers.

At this time, the porter Lao Zhang brought Xu Xin's horse and said, "Madam, Miss, the old slave will let people inform the master." ”

Auntie and Xu Lingyue turned around at the same time and shouted, "Go find Da Lang (big brother)." ”

............

"What? The official of the Criminal Department came to the house to arrest Erlang?"

In the yamen of the watchman, Xu Qi'an, who received the news, was stunned and a little caught off guard.

"Da Lang, you should think of a way, Madame and Miss are crying in a hurry. The concierge's son looked anxious.

"Why were you arrested?"

Lao Zhang's son shook his head and said, "Suddenly, a group of officers and soldiers rushed in, and they pushed my father to his heels, grabbed Erlang and left." ”

"I see, you go back first. Xu Qi'an instructed: "Tell Auntie and Lingyue, let them not worry, I will deal with this matter." ”

"Dalang, you have to go back and talk to them yourself. The son of the porter Lao Zhang said.

Xu Qi'an nodded, waved him away, sat at the table, and muttered for a while, he got up and left the Yidao Hall, planning to go to the Criminal Department, and first figure out why the Criminal Department wanted to arrest Xu Erlang.

"It's not that Shangshu of the Criminal Department deliberately found fault in order to make his niece angry. If so, it's easier to solve. Erlang has a meritorious reputation, and ordinary trivial things can't help him.........

"But the style of the court bosses, even if they are angry for their nieces, they will not arrest people for no reason, they must have grasped the handle and are sure that they will hit with one blow, so they will make a move.

"So, Jiro must have caused something, but I don't know ........ yet"

Thinking in his heart, he went out of the yard, and was about to turn around to go to the stable, bringing the little mare, when he saw Lu Qing, the chief catcher of the mansion, with two fast hands, hurriedly entering the yard.

"Lord Xu. ”

The two sides met head-on, Lu Qing was overjoyed, and then he was replaced by anxiety, and said repeatedly: "Fu Yin asked me to inform you that Xu Huiyuan is in trouble." ”

"I know that he was taken away by the Ministry of Punishment not long ago. Xu Qi'an nodded calmly.

"It seems that the people from the Criminal Department are one step faster. Lu Qing sighed.

"Lu Zhutou is please, I have something to ask. ”

Xu Qi'an dispelled the idea of going to the stable, and led Lu Qing back to Yidaotang.

Lu Qing took the tea offered by the officials, took a symbolic sip, and said straight to the point: "Your Majesty has issued a decree to investigate the fraud of the Huiyuan Imperial Examination." ”

The words "fraud in the imperial examination" made Xu Qi'an's eyebrows skip a beat.

Erlang's poem "Difficult to Walk" was indeed given to him by me, but is this considered a fraud in the imperial examination? I bet on the examination questions, and the imperial court does not support this kind of thing, but it has never been prohibited......... No, the problem itself is not fraud.

Xu Qi'an smelled the smell of conspiracy and said in a deep voice: "Is Your Majesty going to investigate?"

Lu Qing glanced at the officials in the hall and said in a low voice: "The official doesn't know, and Lord Xu shouldn't speculate. ”

"I lost my words. ”

But this is very important, if Emperor Yuan Jing wants to engage Erlang, it will be difficult to deal with, and Erlang's future will almost be ruined. The goods are in the emperor's house, and the emperor's family doesn't want it, and the scholar will be wasted........ Xu Qian said.

"Thank you Lu Zhutou for reminding me, this official is in a hurry to deal with this matter, and it is inconvenient to keep you. ”

"Lord Xu, send one to me. Lu Qing meant something.

The two left the Yidao Hall and walked side by side outside the mansion, Lu Qing lowered his voice and said:

"Lord Xu had better go to the Criminal Department, and when the person is in the hands of the Criminal Department, he will be taken care of. It's late, I'm afraid I'll recruit everything. That's all there is to it. ”

Lu Qing has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and has served in the government for many years, and he has seen many similar cases, and he is clear about the cats in the officialdom.

Sending Lu Qing away, Xu Qi'an turned his head and entered the Haoqi Building, asking Wei Yuan for help.

Intuition told him that this matter is not so simple, the intrigue in the officialdom, the doorway, he lacks experience, and the rank is not enough, fortunately, he has a big thick leg to hold.

Entering the Haoqi Building, in the tea room, Xu Qi'an told Wei Yuan about the matter and asked for help: "Please teach me Gong Wei." ”

Wei Yuan held the teacup and muttered, "I didn't receive a notice from the palace, which means that Your Majesty doesn't want me to know, at least not want me to know immediately." ”

Xu Qi'an's face changed: "Is Your Majesty trying to mess with me?"

"How vulgar it is. Wei Yuan said in disgust, and then shook his head: "You Xu family brothers, you are not qualified to let Your Majesty end up in person, you should be impeached."

"As for the purpose, first of all, according to the examples of previous cases of fraud in the imperial examinations, since it is fraud, there must be examiners who leak questions. The three examiners of this spring festival are Zhao Tingfang of Dongge University, Liu Hong, the imperial history of Youdu, and Qian Qingshu, a scholar of Wuyingdian University. The rest of the small trash fish are left aside for the time being.

Among the three examiners who may leak questions, Qian Qingshu was excluded first. ”

Xu Qi'an frowned: "Why?"

Wei Yuan replied: "The impeachment must first go through the cabinet, the cabinet is Wang Zhenwen's territory, and Qian Qingshu is Wang Zhenwen's person, understand?" ”

Wang Shoufu did not send the piece back, which means that this matter has nothing to do with Qian Qingshu......... Xu Qi'an nodded: "Understood." ”

Wei Yuan continued: "Secondly, your cousin Xu Xinnian is a member of Yunlu Academy, although there are many parties in the court, but it is the tacit understanding of all civil officials to jointly suppress the scholars of Yunlu Academy. This is the main reason for the fraud in this imperial examination. ”

"The great Confucian ....... of Yunlu Academy Didn't you remind me?" Xu Qi'an frowned.

"It is inevitable to encounter suppression, but it may not be justified by fraud in the imperial examination, even if Xu Xinnian wins the top prize, he can still be swept to the corner. There are no amorphous moves, there are too many methods, how to guard against it?" Wei Yuan shook his head.

"Finally, Xu Xinnian is your cousin, you are my confidant, will you ask me for help when you encounter a major event related to the future? If I answer, the follow-up will come. Wei Yuan sneered:

"Our majesty is happy to see me fighting with the civil officials, so the news from the palace has not come out. ”

Kill two birds with one stone...... No, if there is still the examiner who leaked the question, the person behind it is killing three birds with one stone. As for Erlang, being involved in the case of fraud in the imperial examination is nothing more than three endings: first, the evidence is conclusive, exile or beheading. Second, the evidence is conclusive, but the culpability is relatively light, and the meritorious name will be removed, and he will not be hired for life. Third, he was not guilty after the investigation, but he missed the palace examination and his reputation was ruined.

Xu Qi'an took a deep breath, his head as big as a bucket.

Readers are really disgusting, what is the contradiction, let's draw a knife and fight, a duel, how simple and neat.

Do all these sneaky and vicious tricks.

"Gong Wei, what should I do?" Xu Qi'an humbly asked for advice, and he was full of confidence in solving the case. In terms of officialdom battles, then he is a silver face a group of kings.

Fortunately, there is also a king-level boss behind me.

"I can end up, but in this way, Xu Xinnian will be my person, and the label on his body will not be washed off in this life. Wei Yuan drank tea and looked at him with warm eyes.

This matter is very troublesome, even if Wei Gong makes a move to help Erlang get out, I'm afraid it will hurt his bones, after all, the opposite side is not a party, it is likely to be a tacit understanding between multiple parties..........

Moreover, if Erlang becomes a eunuch like me, then it is better to let him leave his hometown and leave the capital...........

Xu Qi'an frowned, sat quietly for a long time, and said astringently: "Gong Wei, is there any other way?"

"Yes!"

This answer surprised and surprised Xu Qi'an.

But Wei Yuan changed his words, shook his head and said, "But you can't do it." ”

...........

PS: Correct, the "SeanGhoust" boss rewarded 230,000, not 190,000, I miscalculated in the last chapter.

In addition, I have encountered some bad things recently, I didn't sleep last night, and I slept for four hours during the day, and I got up to code. And then I wasn't in the mood to code words.

It's a good thing it's a weekend, otherwise I'm really afraid of my sudden death. I'm going to change it today, hey.

Don't worry, the words you owe today will be made up tomorrow.

By the way, this case was inspired by Tang Yin's imperial examination fraud case, and it is not fabricated out of thin air. I have checked a lot of information on fraud in the imperial examinations, and there is conclusive evidence, but there are also many cases where there is no evidence and a life has been ruined.

Get a precautionary shot first, so that some readers don't find it unreasonable.