Chapter 316: Chapter 316 Method

Chapter 316: Chapter 316 MethodEmperor Yuan Jing gently threw the memorial with the red approval to the old eunuch and said with a smile: "My dear companion, tell me, is there any fraud in this Yuanxu New Year?"

The old eunuch took the memorial, glanced at it quickly, and then said: "I am stupid, but I think there is something fishy about this matter."

Emperor Yuan Jing stared at him for a few seconds and ordered: "Order the government office and the Ministry of Justice to handle this case and make sure to get to the bottom of it."

After the old eunuch took the order and left, Emperor Yuan Jing sat on the dragon chair, looking at the blue sky outside the imperial study, and suddenly smiled: "Kill three birds with one stone."

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

"You are still asking me after the red approval... Wei Yuan, Wei Yuan, it's not that I don't want to help you, my life is the most important."

Soon after, the imperial eunuch's orders were transmitted to the Ministry of Justice and the government office respectively.

Minister Sun of the Ministry of Justice seemed to have anticipated this. After receiving the order, he immediately sent people to arrest Xu Xinnian.

After receiving the order from the palace, Chen Fuyin sighed and shook his head: "There will be a time to ride the wind and waves... I'm afraid that a big wave will hit you and destroy your ship and kill you."

He immediately called Shaoyin and said in a deep voice: "Send someone to arrest Xu Xinnian immediately and bring him back to the yamen for interrogation. Be sure to arrest him before the Ministry of Justice... Send someone to notify Xu Yinluo."

Xu Mansion.

It was

warm spring day. Xu Xinnian had his desk placed under the shade of a tree. The sunlight shone through the branches and leaves, dappled on the table, the book, and his handsome face.

There were teacups and cakes at hand.

Aunt took the sisters 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 him generously: "Xu Erlang is so handsome. If he were in our tribe, the women would fight to the death for him."

Auntie became alert instantly, as if she saw a sow trying to dig up her own cabbage.

Is this little black boy from southern Xinjiang hinting that she is interested in Erlang? Bah, wishful thinking, a toad wanting to eat swan meat.

Auntie's beautiful eyes scratched Lina and urged: "It's getting late, go out early."

This trip without entourage, a hundred entourages can't match a little black boy from southern Xinjiang. The strength of the little black boy is witnessed by Xu Ershu and Xu Dalang.

Auntie also witnessed with her own eyes that the little black boy easily crushed a fist-sized stone into powder.

Lina immediately forgot about the handsome Xu Erlang and walked out in a hurry. She couldn't wait to visit the capital of Dafeng.

When I was in southern Xinjiang, I often heard the elders in the tribe talk about Dafeng Capital, the most prosperous city in the world.

"That damn girl eats a lot, and she has evil thoughts about my Erlang. I have to find a way to drive her away..." Aunt thought secretly.

This foreign woman who came out of nowhere aroused Aunt's xenophobic thoughts.

She was planning how to drive away the foreign woman, and she saw a group of soldiers rushing in, pushing the doorman Lao Zhang to the ground, and heading straight to the inner courtyard.

The head of the police, holding a portrait in his hand, compared it, pointed at Xu Xinnian who was reading under the shade of a tree, and shouted: "This person is Xu Xinnian, take him down."

"Who are you? Why do you arrest my Erlang?" Aunt was shocked. Out of the mentality of protecting her calf, she did not hesitate, and stood in front of the soldiers with her eyebrows raised.

"The Ministry of Justice is arresting people, and you dare to stop them? Take them away together!" The head of the police waved his hand and ordered his men to arrest Aunt.

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

"Bang!"

Lina took a step forward and gently pushed the chests of the two officers. "Ah..." With two screams, the officers flew out and fell dizzy.

Clang!

The officers drew their weapons one after another, pointing the blades at Lina. The little girl from southern Xinjiang licked her lips, a little excited. She could kill all these people within ten breaths.

My aunt hid behind Lina in shock, and suddenly found that this little black boy was so reliable and trustworthy.

"Stop it."

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

"I am Huiyuan, I have a reputation, you trespassed into my mansion and used your blade recklessly, this is a serious crime."

At this time, the two officials who were knocked away stood up rubbing their chests. Seeing that they were normal, the head of the police thought for a moment, put away the knife, took out a card ticket, and said:

"We are following the order of the Ministry of Justice to take Xu Huiyuan back to the yamen for questioning."

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

"Xu Huiyuan will know if he comes with us." The head of the police waved his hand and shouted, "Take him away."

Lina was about to take action, but was stopped by Xu Xinnian. He went to meet the officials of

the Ministry of Justice: "I will go with you."

Aunt and Xu Lingyue chased them all the way outside the mansion until the officials took Xu

Xinnian and disappeared at the street corner.

Lina whispered, "Xu Erlang also robbed silver?"

She knew that robbing silver would lead to arrest by the soldiers.

At this time, the doorman Lao Zhang brought Xu Xinnian's horse and said, "Madam, Miss, I will send someone to inform the master."

Aunt and Xu Lingyue turned around at the same time and shouted, "Go find Dalang (big

brother)."

......

"What? The officials of the Ministry of Justice came to the mansion to arrest Erlang?"

In the night watchman's office, Xu Qian'an was stunned when he received the news, and was a little caught off guard.

"Dalang, please think of a way quickly, Madam and Miss are crying in anxiety." The son of the

doorman Lao Zhang looked anxious.

"Why arrest him?"

Lao Zhang's son shook his head and said, "Suddenly a group of soldiers rushed over and pushed my father to the ground. They arrested Erlang and left."

"I know, you go back first." Xu Qi'an ordered, "Tell Aunt and Lingyue not to worry, I will

handle this matter."

"Dalang, you have to go back and tell them in person." The son of the doorman Lao Zhang

said.

Xu Qi'an nodded, waved him away, sat at the table, pondered for a moment, got up and left Yidaotang, intending to go to the Ministry of Justice to find out why the Ministry of Justice

wanted to arrest Xu Erlang.

"It's not that the Minister of Justice deliberately made trouble to vent his niece's anger. If so,

it would be easier to solve. Erlang has a reputation, and ordinary trivial matters can't do

anything to him.......

"But the style of the bigwigs in the court is that even if they are venting their anger for their niece, they will not arrest people without reason. They must have caught the handle and are sure that they will hit the target with one blow, so they will take action.

"So, Erlang must have gotten into trouble, but I don't know yet..." Thinking in his heart, he left the yard and was about to turn around to the stable to lead the mare, when he saw the chief constable of the government office, Lu Qing, with two quick

hands, hurried into the yard.

"Lord Xu."

When the two met face to face, Lu Qing showed a happy expression, which was then replaced

by anxiety. He said repeatedly: "The prefect asked me to inform you that Xu Huiyuan is in

trouble."

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

calmly.

"It seems that the people of the Ministry of Justice are still one step faster." Lu Qing sighed. "Captain Lu, please come in. I have something to ask you."

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

Lü Qing took the tea offered by the clerk, took a sip symbolically, and said straight to the

point: "Your Majesty has issued an order to investigate Xu Huiyuan for cheating in the imperial examination."

The four words "imperial examination cheating" made Xu Qian'an's eyebrows jump.

It is true that I gave Erlang the poem "Hard to Travel", but does this count as cheating in the imperial examination? I guessed the right questions. The imperial court does not support guessing questions, but it has never banned it. There is a custom of guessing questions in the Confucian scholars. Strictly speaking, it is not considered cheating... No, the question itself is

not cheating.

Xu Qian'an smelled the scent of conspiracy and said in a deep voice: "Is it your majesty who

wants to investigate?"

Lü Qing glanced at the clerk in the hall and whispered: "I don't know, Lord Xu, don't

speculate."

"I made a mistake."

But this is very important. If Emperor Yuan Jing wanted to deal with Erlang, it would be

difficult to deal with. Erlang's future would be almost ruined. If the goods are given to the emperor's family and the emperor doesn't want them, the scholar will be wasted...Xu Qi'an said with a heart.

"Thank you for your reminder, Captain Lu. I am in a hurry to deal with this matter and cannot

keep you."

"Master Xu, please send me off." Lu Qing hinted.

The two left Yidaotang and walked out of the mansion side by side. Lu Qing lowered his voice

and said:

"Master Xu, it is better for you to go to the Ministry of Justice. Once the person is in the hands

of the Ministry of Justice, he will be at the mercy of others. If it is too late, I am afraid he will confess everything. That's all I have to say."

Lu Qing has practiced martial arts since he was a child and has worked in the government office for many years. He has seen many similar cases and knows the tricks in the officialdom

very well.

After sending Lu Qing away, Xu Qi'an turned around and entered the Haoqi Tower to ask for help from Wei Yuan.

His intuition told him that this matter was not that simple. The intrigues in the officialdom

were complicated. He lacked experience and his rank was not high enough. Fortunately, he had a big and thick leg to hug.

After entering the Haoqi Building, in the tea room, Xu Qian'an told Wei Yuan about the matter

and asked for help: "Please teach me, Lord Wei."

Wei Yuan held the teacup and pondered: "I didn't receive any notification from the palace, which means that His Majesty doesn't want me to know, at least not immediately."

Xu Qian'an's face changed: "Is it His Majesty who wants to mess with me?" "The word 'mess with' is so vulgar." Wei Yuan said with disdain, and then shook his head:

"You brothers of the Xu family are not qualified for His Majesty to personally deal with it, and you should be impeached.

"As for the purpose, first of all, according to the examples of previous imperial examination

cheating cases, since it is cheating, there must be examiners leaking questions. The three

chief examiners of this spring examination are Zhao Tingfang, the University of Dongge, Liu Hong, the Right Censor-in-Chief, and Qian Qingshu, the University Scholar of Wuying Palace. The rest of the small fish will be ignored for the time being.

"Among the three examiners who may have leaked the questions, Qian Qingshu should be

excluded first."

Xu Qian'an frowned: "Why?"

Wei Yuan replied: "The impeachment memorial must first be passed by the cabinet. The

cabinet is Wang Zhenwen's territory, and Qian Qingshu is Wang Zhenwen's man. Do you understand?" Wang Shoufu did not send the memorial back, which means that this matter has nothing to do with Qian Qingshu........Xu Qian'an nodded: "I understand."

Wei Yuan continued, "Secondly, your cousin Xu Xinnian is from Yunlu Academy. Although

there are many factions in the court, it is a tacit understanding of all civil servants to suppress

the scholars of Yunlu Academy. This is the main reason for the cheating in the imperial examination." "The great scholar of Yunlu Academy...didn't he remind me?" Xu Qian'an frowned.

"It is inevitable to be suppressed, but it may not be because of cheating in the imperial examination. Even if Xu Xinnian wins the first place, he can still be swept into a corner. There is no fixed pattern, there are too many methods, how to prevent it?" Wei Yuan shook his head. "Finally, Xu Xinnian is your cousin, and you are my confidant. If you encounter something important that affects your future, will you ask me for help? If I don't agree, there will be a rift between us. If I agree, the follow-up tricks will come." Wei Yuan sneered:

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not been spread."

Killing two birds with one stone... No, if there is still the examiner who leaked the questions,

the person behind it is killing three birds with one stone. As for Erlang, he was involved in the imperial examination fraud case, and there are only three outcomes: one, the evidence is conclusive, exile or beheading. Two, the evidence is conclusive, but the guilt is less serious,

the name is revoked, and he will not be hired for life. Three, he is not guilty after investigation, but he missed the palace examination and his reputation was ruined. Xu Qian'an took a deep breath, his head was as big as a bucket.

Scholars are really disgusting. If there is any conflict, let's draw our swords and fight it out.

How neat.

Always use these sneaky and sinister tricks.

"Lord Wei, what should I do?" Xu Qian'an asked humbly. When it comes to solving cases, he is

full of confidence. When it comes to officialdom struggles, he is a silver facing a group of

kings. Fortunately, I also have a top king behind me.

"I can leave, but if I do, Xu Xinnian will be my man, and the label on him will never be washed

off in this life." Wei Yuan drank tea and looked at him with warm eyes.

This matter is very troublesome. Even if Lord Wei takes action to help Erlang get out, I am

afraid it will be painful. After all, the opponent is not a party, it is likely to be a tacit understanding between multiple parties......

Moreover, if Erlang becomes a eunuch party like me, it is better to let him leave his hometown

and leave the capital.......

Xu Qian'an frowned, sat quietly for a long time, and said in a hoarse voice: "Lord Wei, is there

any other way?"

"Yes!"

This answer made Xu Qian'an both surprised and surprised.

But Wei Yuan changed the subject and shook his head and said: "But you can't do it."