Chapter 153: Framed
A piece of paper is harmful to loyalty, and when can the clouds cover the sun. Wei Zhongxian plotted to kill Miao Chang, depose Zhao Bingzhong, and eliminate dissidents. Since then, the scholars have talked about the color change of "Wei", and everyone has been silent about it. However, there is one person who is upright and swears to fight the old thief to the end. He is Zhuang Jichang, the champion of the new department, when he was named on the gold list, he once reprimanded Wei Zhongxian in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, and made Xu Xianchun, who came to celebrate, embarrassed, so Wei Zhongxian mentioned Zhuang Jichang and gritted his teeth with hatred.
The old thief manipulated the science field in a vain attempt to block the way of speech, which can be described as Sima Zhao's heart - everyone knows it. Under the strong force, there are always servile and lowly people who meet the trend and act for the tiger, and the Beijing Middle Hall Examination will be examined, and Chen Zixiang will impeach the eunuch for interfering in politics with a strategy, and the result is not only the resignation of the official, but also the ruin of the family. In the final analysis, it was the deputy examiner Wu Lai's trapping. After this thief denounced Chen Zizhuang, Wei Zhongxian greatly appreciated him and replaced him with Chen Zizhuang's position.
Wu Zi took over the position of the chief examiner, and his flattery was vividly and vividly, and he sang praises to Wei Zhongxian in his strategy, and his sycophancy made people feel chills down his spine. Zhuang Jichang was angry with a scum like him, so the two were officials in the same dynasty, but they had the intention of not getting along with each other.
Zhuang Jichang stayed away from Wu Lai, but Wu Lai was shameless and twisted to Zhuang Jichang's side like candy. often on the grounds of discussing poetry and songs, he went to Zhuang Jichang's mansion to disturb him, and such a plague-like wicked person made Zhuang Jichang feel depressed.
In fact, this Wu Lai knows that in Zhuang Jichang's eyes, he is a night owl falling on the eaves - a scolded bird. But he can't help but come, Wei Zhongxian can't do everything, he urgently needs some doglegs, evil slaves, Wu Lai is supported by him, of course he has to serve the master loyally.
On this day, Zhuang Jichang was checking the list of lifters in the palace examination, and one of them was named Wu Neng, which attracted Zhuang Jichang's attention. His file is blank, and I have never heard of him making any splendid articles, but the palace test has become famous, and he has jumped to the top three to explore flowers.
Zhuang Jichang saw that Wu came to visit the house, which is called a coincidence, in order to solve the doubts in his heart, Zhuang Jichang asked Wu for advice in person. Speaking of Wu Neng, Wu Lai suddenly stuck out his tongue and glared at the mullet, his face was full of astonishment and stupidity, but his expression changed instantly, and he quickly covered the past.
Then Wu Lai pretended to be a gesture and fell into hard meditation, in fact, he was talking about it left and right, following Zhuang Jichang to play haha, and set up a maze array. Zhuang Jichang couldn't get an explanation and asked again and again, Wu Lai told Zhuang Jichang with a hippie smile that he had been dealing with government affairs for several days, physically and mentally exhausted, and his expression was in a trance, and there were so many scholars who participated in the examination that he couldn't say that he was ugly for a while.
His words are simply Lord Yama playing magic - deceiving ghosts, Zhuang Jichang is as careful as a hair, how can he be deceived by his clever words. You have a thousand changes, and I have certain rules. Wu Lai, didn't you say that you wanted to go back and check the files? I'll just sit in the house and wait for your reply.
Without speculating for more than half a sentence, Zhuang Jichang bluntly told Wu Lai that he still had some affairs at hand to deal with, so he would not accompany him. Wu Lai grinned, swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and slammed the door and left the Zhuang Mansion with a feeling of resentment.
After all, the paper couldn't contain the fire, Wu Lai couldn't hold it down, and came to Wei Zhongxian's house for help. Wei Zhongxian's old face showed a cruel smile, and he asked Wu Lai to go back for the time being, Zhuang Jichang, a nerd, couldn't make any waves. With Wei Zhongxian's guarantee, Wu Lai sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and went back with a smile.
Zhuang Jichang waited in the mansion for a long time, Wu Lai pretended to be deaf and dumb for him, and he waited for Zhuang Jichang to come in the mansion. Sure enough, Zhuang Jichang couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, and ran to Wu Lai's mansion to ask questions.
Wu Lai squeezed his eyebrows, with an expression that a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, Zhuang Jichang saw him continue to play Tai Chi pushing, and yelled at him: "This is the will of the saint, in the future, Long Yan will be angry, don't blame Zhuang for not reminding you." With that, Zhuang Jichang brushed his sleeves away.
After Zhuang Jichang left, Wu Lai pouted the sharp rat and spat at his back. He scolded and said, "Take a chicken feather as an arrow, something." With Wei Zhongxian behind him, Wu Lai was unscrupulous and took Zhuang Jichang's words as a deaf ear.
Zhuang Jichang is a righteous gentleman, so naturally he will not despicably expose this matter in front of Xizong, but it is no coincidence that he will not write a book. Xizong was bored in the imperial garden, and the little eunuch suggested finding an opera to listen to. Xizong waved his hand and said, "It's a clichΓ©, it's not a little fresh. The little eunuch had an idea, and replied to Xizong: "Long live, why don't you summon the top three in this year's palace examination and let them talk about the new things outside, or make a pair to have fun with the situation." β
As soon as this remark came out, Xizong found it very interesting. He planned to summon them one by one and change their tricks, so that they would not be boring. At this time, Zhuang Jichang had already completed the verification of the list of scholars, and he knew that the saint usually walked in the imperial garden, and he came here to meet him.
Xizong was also full of joy when he saw that Zhuang Jichang was not invited. Leaving him and Wu Neng to deal with, he took a look at how the two literary writers who were skilled, how to talk about poetry-for-tat. After a while, Wu Neng staggered to Xizong, his face was full of red light, and he bowed down.
Xizong said with a smile: "Ruan Ji wakes up less, and he gets drunk more often. Wu Lai fluttered his head, and he didn't understand what Xizong meant at all. He spewed the smell of wine in his mouth, and asked with a smile what Xizong was talking about.
This is a great crime of disrespect, but what he said turned a deaf ear to Wu Neng, and Xizong's face suddenly became gloomy. He asked Zhuang Jichang to be right, and Wu was able to deal with it. Zhuang Jichang is in charge,
Just take this opportunity to make this unlearned Wu Neng make a fool of himself.
Zhuang Jichang strode heroically, and saluted Wu Neng with a fist: "Li Baidou has a hundred poems, I believe that Wu Da is talented, and the small skills of carving insects against poetry are naturally not a problem." Now I'm going to make a fool of myself. β
Zhuang Jichang cleared his throat and said, "Yangyue Nanfei Geese, please use this poem to make the next couplet." Wu Neng scratched his ears and cheeks, jumped up and down. Because of his depressed condensation, his face appeared purple and blue, and his dignity was like an eggplant.
After thinking about it for a long time, he blurted out, "What's so difficult about this, listen." My next link is the roast duck north side walk. As soon as these words came out, everyone present burst into laughter. Although Xizong had never read any books, he also knew that this couplet was by no means what Wu Neng said.
Xizong was furious, pointed at Wu Neng and said: "Wu Neng, you are really a person as your name suggests, a wine bag, a rice bag, and a straw bag." What a bullshit article to do. Tell me how much money you spent to buy the title of Tanhua. β
Wu Neng drank his head vigorously, and said to Xizong in a daze: "I don't know how much silver Huazi has, anyway, I sold ten big fat pigs." β
After finishing the sentence, Xizong couldn't stop laughing, and Zhuang Jichang's tears of laughter flowed out. The smile converged, and Xizong's face was cloudy again. He immediately drafted a decree and informed Lord Chen, the secretary of the ministry, to remove Wu Neng's reputation and expel him from the court. All those involved will be strictly and thoroughly investigated.
Wu Neng failed to seek office, and was expelled for compensation, making a situation of chickens and eggs. He was unwilling, and immediately ran to Wu Lai's house to cry about what happened to him. Wu Lai waved his hand and said, "Who told you to go to the Holy Place, isn't this a pit to light an oil lamp to find death?"
Wu Neng had a handful of snot and tears, and he told Wu Lai that it was none of his business, and that he was summoned by the Holy Messenger. And Zhuang Jichang, the champion, is also there.
When Wu Lai heard this, he unconsciously took the case. It's this Zhuang Jichang again, his ghost is still lingering, how can he oppose me everywhere. Wu Lai's anger rose from his heart, and evil was born to the side of his guts. Sooner or later, he will have to settle the account with Zhuang Jichang for the whistleblower.
This is the heart of a villain to spend the belly of a gentleman, and the trip to Zhuang Jichang's imperial garden has become a handle for Wu Lai to hold a grudge. Wu Lai knew about Wu Neng's incident, Zhuang Jichang was bound to follow the vine and find out his head, and he would strike first, Wu Lai would never sit still.
He hurried to Wei Zhongxian's house again to ask for a safe way. Wei Zhongxian has also taken great pains to deal with Zhuang Jichang recently, he thought about it and decided to make something out of nothing. Everything is in place, and only those who put it into practice are owed.
Wu Lai is thick-skinned, since he is willing to hang out in Zhuang Jichang's house, he is the most suitable person to entrust him with this matter. One has a thief's heart, the other has the courage to be a thief, and the two thieves hit it off, Wei Zhongxian whispered in Wu Lai's ear, and the thief left as if he had received a treasure.
After coming to Zhuang Jichang's house, Zhuang Jichang was reading at night. When he saw Wu Lai visiting, he knew that he had nothing good, so he treated him coldly, and wanted Wu Lai to retreat. Wu Lai first used a trick of cloud and mountain fog cover, praised Zhuang Jichang for his insight, and pulled out Wu Neng, who was unlearned and unskilled.
Zhuang Jichang didn't look at Wu Lai, he told Wu Lai in a righteous and strict way that he was doing things above board, and Wu Neng's affairs were not exposed by him. Wu Lai squeezed out a smile and said to Zhuang Jichang: "Lord Zhuang, how can you let mediocre people be in charge of the temple. No matter who did it, Wu fully supported it. β
Zhuang Jichang glanced at him, and he didn't know what kind of medicine Wu Lai was selling in this gourd. Next, Wu Lai asked Zhuang Jichang what books he had been reading recently? Zhuang Jichang impatiently told Wu Lai that he was reading history books.
Upon hearing this, Wu Lai was filled with joy, and he told Zhuang Jichang that he also liked history. Can you take out his proofreading notes and enjoy them? In the face of shameless people, Zhuang Jichang was indeed helpless, he went away in a huff and handed Wu Lai several history books from the recent school.
Wu came to inch in, and took advantage of this effort to ask Zhuang Jichang to make tea for him. Zhuang Jichang got up and left, and Wu Lai took the opportunity to stuff the note into the book. Then he fakely flipped through a few pages, and said to Zhuang Jichang: "Brother Zhuang is only eight buckets high, and his writing is skillful, so he should have the style of Sima Qian." Zhuang Jichang waved his hand, and Wu came to see that it was too late, so he excused himself and said goodbye.
When he returned from the night, he saw a dark shadow passing by. Instantly killed Wu Lai on the road.
In the early dynasties, the Gyeonggi government reported the matter to Xizong. Xizong was furious when he heard this, and urgently ordered the government to investigate the matter thoroughly. Soon the news came back, Wu Lai was stabbed several times, and the money was not touched, obviously someone was seeking revenge. Then the prefect stopped talking, and stood on the court with a sigh.
Seeing that he looked panicked, Xizong shouted and asked what was going on? The prefect returned to Xizong, and the place where the crime occurred was not far from the Zhuangyuan's Mansion. The sound outside the strings, how can Xizong not know. He ordered someone to thoroughly investigate the Zhuangyuan Mansion. Someone had already brought the history book with the note.
Xizong did not know the meaning of the poem, and after Hanlin explained the poetry. He was furious and wanted to deal with Zhuang Jichang strictly. Wei Zhongxian sneered behind the screen, except for a stumbling block, his face was very proud.