Chapter 120

When the emperor is angry, the corpse will be buried for millions

"be careful that walls have ears." He opened the door warily and looked outside. He didn't see anyone. He just let go and carefully checked the doors and windows. Then he lowered his voice and said, "those who know the current affairs are heroes. Now we are alone. If we insist on holding our head down, I'm afraid..." later, he didn't finish. He was afraid that Xing prison of Dali temple was waiting for them<

in recent years, Chu Anliang has been in close contact with Shi Lezheng. Shi Lezheng's father and son have been locked up in Xing prison of Dali temple for more than half a month, and who knows what they spit out. If Chu Anliang insisted that he would not bow his head, he was afraid that the emperor would take out a piece of evidence, and then he would ask them to go to Xing prison as well<

my confidant can't help but feel chilly when he thinks about it. He has done a lot for Chu Anliang over the years, and it's hard to get away. If something happened to Chu Anliang, he would not be able to do well. Therefore, he advised more carefully: "endure a moment's anger, then you can achieve great things."<

Chu Anliang was so hateful that he gritted his teeth for a long time, but he finally admitted his life, closed his eyes and said, "you're right. If you keep the Castle Peak, you're not afraid of no firewood."< On March 20, Chu Anliang, the state of Dazhu, took off his official hat and clothes and went to court in plain white to plead guilty. Because of his friendship with Shi Lezheng for many years, he knew that he was wrong but covered up for him. These days, I have been tossing and turning in the government, and I can't sleep. I feel deeply ashamed of my trust in your majesty, and I don't deserve this official uniform. Therefore, I would like to ask for resignation to compensate for my guilt<

Chu Anliang, an old man with a haggard look, knelt down in the Chongzheng Hall and cried bitterly. He only asked Xiao Zhige to allow him to resign< No one in the court dares to speak for him, but many generals hurt others and look moved. Sitting on the throne of the dragon, Xiao Zhige has a panoramic view of the changes of the people. Then he knows that he can only come here this time. Otherwise, it will be too much for fear of arousing the general's resentment<

an Changqing, who is standing in the front row, looks at Chu Anliang with tears in his eyes and understands the situation. He stepped forward two steps and personally helped Chu Anliang up. Wen Sheng comforted him and said, "Your Majesty is a holy and bright monarch, with clear rewards and punishments. Zhu Guozhi didn't know who he was, but he didn't commit a serious crime. Why should he blame himself so much? "<

when an Changqing handed over the steps, Xiao Zhige went down, nodded and said in a deep voice: "what king Yan said is true. The crime of Shi Lezheng has not been related to his family. Chu Zhu state is just a good friend, so it doesn't have to be so. Today, the four big Zhu States, Xia Zhu state and Shentu Zhu state, have retired to be old and supported, while Xue Zhu state is still in a bed. Only Chu Zhu can still serve the country, so you can't say anything more about his resignation. "

his words of appeasement and threat made Chu Anliang almost speechless. He covered his chest for a long time before he recovered. Then he knelt down and said: "it's not that I don't want to work for my country. It's really that I'm old. I'm worried about my teacher's happiness these days, and I'm no longer useful. I only ask your majesty to show mercy to the old minister and allow him to go home to recuperate. "Two people in front of the ministers, a stay, a firm word, finally Xiao Zhige helplessly sighed: "just, Chu Zhu state to have decided, I do not want to stay."

After that, he was reluctant to resign, but what he did was praise and belittle. In the end, he didn't even leave the honor of Da Zhu state. He only ordered Han Zhang to help the people to the side hall to have a rest, and then asked the imperial doctor to check the pulse. Don't let Mr. Chu suffer from the cold.

After the separation of the dynasty, an Changqing and Xiao Zhige went to the side hall of Chongzheng Hall to deal with official business. After several ministers left, Xiao Zhige threw the memorial and put an Changqing in his arms. He was not very happy and said, "this Chu Anliang is really a slippery old man."

After Shi Lezheng and his son went to Xing prison, Xiao Zhige ordered Dali temple to interrogate them severely. They vomited a lot of things, but all about Chu Anliang were trivial matters. I can convict him, but I can't hurt him.

Although Xiao Zhige had a tough hand in the court, he was always fair. Therefore, even if some court officials were dissatisfied, he could not say a word "wrong".

Chu Anliang's accusation is not enough. Even if Xiao Zhige is an emperor, he can't punish his crime at will, otherwise it will be unfair and can't convince the public.

"He's a wallflower. If he doesn't do things carefully, he won't live to this day." An Changqing relaxed and leaned back in his arms, but his pen didn't stop: "but this time, it's not bad to force him to ask for an old age. At least in the face, he can't do anything more. "

Xiao Zhige said coldly, "the old fox has a big heart. As long as he doesn't die, he won't admit defeat."

Before the crown prince's rebellion, he had a secret relationship with the crown prince, but he did not ask Xiao Zhige to find evidence. At the moment, although he was forced to resign from his post to provide for the aged, he was secretly saying that he couldn't do it and was making some crooked ideas.

An Changqing rubbed his cheek and said with a smile, "I'll send people to annoy him every so often. I can't hold it. Otherwise, if he's holding on for a lifetime, don't we have to guard against him for a lifetime? "

Xiao Zhige smiles and rubs him with the stubble of his chin. But he praises him solemnly: "the king of the wild goose is really resourceful. In the future, he has to rely on the king of the wild goose for everything."

Last night, he pestered an Changqing for another night. In the morning, he seldom got up late and went to court without even shaving. The advantage and disadvantage is that the dragon is too far away to see clearly. Otherwise, a disheveled hat is indispensable.

An Changqing was pricked itchy, disgusted to push people away some: "go and ask Han Zhang to give you a shave."

Xiao Zhige refused to go. They laughed for a while and then talked about business. An Changqing handed him a fold to see: "Taichang Siqing said that the examination papers have been approved and will be put on the imperial list in a few days."

After the examination in March, I finished reading the papers and ranking on March 23. Because of shile's father and son's affairs, everyone's eyes were on it, and they didn't care about the examination. Now that the matter has finally subsided, Taichang Temple minister has just handed over a plea to ask about the palace examination and the arrangement of qionglin banquet.

The list will be released at the end of March, and the palace examination will be held in mid April. After the palace examination, Xiao Zhige named another one and three people from the top ten of the examination papers, namely, the number one scholar, the number one scholar and the number one scholar and the number one scholar and the number one scholar and the number one scholar and the number one scholar. All the dynasties in Daye had the tradition of holding qionglin banquets and inviting new Jinshi to drink with the emperor, and this time was no exception. Qionglin banquet is a state banquet, and the new Jinshi are also the pillars of the country in the future. Therefore, it is also a happy event worthy of celebration. Everything should be prepared early.

Xiao Zhige said, "let's make the qionglin banquet more lively. There are just a group of people in front of us. It's just through the happy event that we can forgive the ministers' heart, so that they won't dare to speak loudly and tremble all day long." It is clear that he is the one who keeps his face calm and scares people all day, and now he still has to blame his courtiers for being afraid of him. An Changqing gave him a speechless glance. He felt more sympathy for his colleagues and said, "let's make it more lively."

***

on March 25, Gongyuan released the list.

Early in the morning, the walls of the imperial examination hall were full of candidates. After the examination, they stayed in Yejing for the time being, waiting for the list to be released.

A billboard was posted, and everyone looked eagerly for their own names or the names of their relatives and friends. An Changqing also sent people to see the list early in the morning. There were too many people, so he didn't go out. He only sent Anfu to see it.

Zhou Helan was sitting beside him. When they came to Gongyuan, they ran into each other and came over the same way.

An Changqing joked: "I thought you'd win. You won't be nervous."

When Zhou Helan came, the clouds were light and the wind was light. She didn't frown. Now Anfu went to see the list. He was a little nervous. He put his hand on his knee and looked out from time to time.

"It wasn't nervous." Seeing this, Zhou Helan no longer covered up, and a blush appeared between her eyebrows: "I just went to a few banquets after the exam. I found that I was crouching tiger, hidden dragon in this lift. I thought that Lianzhong Sanyuan should have no suspense, but later I found out that I was watching the sky. I'm afraid that this time I will fail to live up to the expectations of the young lady. "

When an Changqing transferred the handkerchief of "Lianzhong Sanyuan" embroidered by an Xianyu himself to him, he said that he would not let an Xianyu down. This time, he would win the Sanyuan, and he would be married in yanwang's mansion.But when it comes to the end, he is afraid that he will live up to an Xianyu's expectations.

An Changqing filled his tea and asked, "if you don't win, what are you going to do?"

As Xu Xu's hand tightened again, Zhou Helan lowered her eyes and said, "if I don't win the first prize, I will send a matchmaker to propose marriage. If the young lady doesn't give up, I will make a fortune for her in the future. If she thinks I'm useless, I'll choose another person to discuss marriage, and I won't complain..."

An Xianyu is getting older, and her ordinary daughter has already married and had children. She had not been engaged, and she had once retired. Although due to the power of the wild goose king, no one dares to gossip, but when you want to mention it, the words will not be too pleasant. Zhou Helan always wanted to ask her to marry herself, so that she would not be broken in the future. She said some sour words like "even with the protection of her elder brother, it's hard to find a good marriage at this age, so I don't want to marry someone earlier".

His words were sincere, and an Changqing looked satisfied. If Zhou Helan said something like "if you don't win this year, you'll take the exam again next year, and if you win the exam, you'll go to propose marriage again", he won't agree with the marriage.

Now that he can put himself in the shoes of an Xianyu, he has failed to attend high school and is worthy of trust.

As they were talking, they heard a sudden noise outside, and the voices of Anfu and the Zhou family came one after another.

"Yes, Mr. Zhou!"

An Changqing a joy, lift the curtain, more urgent than Zhou Helan: "how many?"

Anfu and the young man went through the crowd to see the list. When they saw the ranking, they were gasping for breath and turned back to report the good news. At this time, they were so excited that they were tongue tied: "yes, yes First name

The young man of the Zhou family hastily added: "the young master is the top of the list!"

Zhou Helan was stunned for a moment. Then he closed his eyes and calmed down. He maintained his composure and said, "back to the mansion, there are many rewards today!"

When the people around them listened to the conversation between their master and servant, they knew that it was Jinke Huiyuan sitting on the carriage. Many people who are looking at the carriage are ready to move. When they want to talk, they are stopped by people around them. They kindly remind them, "you can see clearly. This is the carriage of yanwang mansion."

An Changqing's carriage is very low-key, only embroidered a "wild goose" with black gold characters on the curtain of the carriage, and the font is the same as the "Ge" flag used by the king of Northern War.

Other people moved the thought of smell speech to fix one eye to see, discover as expected is the car drive of the wild goose king mansion, then can only bitterly rest the mind.

Instead, an Changqing sent people back to Zhou's house, and then rushed back to Wang's house to report good news to an Xianyu.

***

after Jieyuan, Zhou Helan became more famous than before. Invitation is also much more than before, there are many families have to marry daughter of the Marquis's home to Zhou Helan threw olive branch.

It's a pity that Zhou Helan is just like a smooth fish. She is good at dancing around and flattering, but she doesn't pick up anyone's high branch.

This day is a classmate banquet, Zhou Helan was invited to go. The classmate who hosted the banquet and he came from the same college. Originally, they had a normal relationship. But when they won the imperial examination and became officials in the same Dynasty, it was inevitable that they needed to help each other. This kind of classmate's feeling became stronger.

The candidates who came to the banquet were all in the top 50. If not expected, the Jinshi would not be able to run after the palace examination. If they were more powerful, they would get the emperor's green eye in the palace examination.

In these days after the release of the list, some ordinary Ju Zi's family has almost reached the sky, and many families who had never seen wealth and power before have handed them olive branches. In particular, the top few, many have become guests.

When they are drunk and hot, it's hard to avoid talking about romantic affairs. The four great joys in life are "a long drought, a rainy day, an old acquaintance in a foreign land.". Wedding night, when the title of the golden list.

Now that the title of the golden list is within reach, it's hard to imagine a beautiful wife, a beautiful family and a wedding.

Ju Zi, who was sitting beside Zhou Helan, said: "brother Zhou is the most blessed. He won the double and is expected to win the first prize. I'm afraid he has attracted many charming guests to admire him secretly. I'm afraid he will be very lucky in the future."

Another said, "I heard that brother Zhou has a close relationship with King Yan. Isn't there a sister who hasn't been out of the cabinet yet?"

"brother Li should be careful." Without waiting for him to finish, Zhou Helan frowned and interrupted him: "the matter of marriage is the order of parents and the words of matchmaker. I'll wait for the party to have a drink. Don't be frivolous. "

The first two candidates came from poor families. One got 11 and the other got 16. These days, it's hard to avoid being flattered by others, and the words become more and more unimportant. Now by Zhou Helan face to face pierced, face will be some chat up.

Zhou Helan didn't like their temperament, poured the wine and turned to talk with others. But I don't know who spread the words at the banquet. After a few twists and turns, it turned out that Zhou Helan told the truth after drinking, saying that he had no intention of treating yanwang's younger sister. However, due to yanwang's kindness, he had to go to yanwang's mansion to propose marriage after the palace examination.

Even in the double yuan, tripod A is expected to ride the Dragon fast son-in-law who all want, this news spread after many people believe it is true, it is inevitable that some sour heart. However, due to the identity of the wild goose king, these words only spread in private, but when it comes up, some people want to take out a few sour words, and say more, and gradually some people take it seriously.When an Changqing knew about it, it was already mid April and the palace examination was just around the corner.

Shaoqing of Taichang temple was only a few years older than him, and he respected him for calming the dispute over Juzi in the restaurant. He often invited him to have a drink. Recently, when he was drinking, he could not help but tell him the rumor secretly.

"I've seen Zhou Helan once, and his eyes are very clear. He doesn't look like that ambitious villain. I heard that he had some connections with the Lord and had something to do with your sister's reputation, so I ventured to be a mouth breaker. "

As expected, an Changqing frowned. A moment later, he opened his eyebrow again and said with a smile, "thank you very much for your kindness. If it had been said to me earlier, I would have to worry about how to deal with it. But I don't have to worry about it now that the palace examination is just around the corner. In a few days, the rumor will be broken. "

Shaoqing Mu Lu of Taichang Temple didn't understand: "does the LORD have a clever plan?"

An Changqing a smile: "you and wait to see."