Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen

Chen Tingjing ran very fast on the road, and arrived in the capital in only twenty days.When I was entering the city, I suddenly heard the noise of people.He opened the curtain of the car and looked around, but saw a dozen prison cars coming towards him.It turned out that it was the time of the Autumn Judgment, and the prisoners on the prison cart were actually Li Zhenye, Wu Yunpeng and others who were to be executed.More than a dozen executioners were dressed in red clothes, their faces were smeared with chicken blood, and they walked behind with knives.Chen Tingjing couldn't help feeling tense, thinking that he would encounter such bad luck when he entered the city.

The mule cart went straight to Li's house.The people outside hadn't gotten out of the car yet, but inside the door was Yueyuan talking to her father.Seeing the old plum tree in the corner with buds in it, Yueyuan said, "Father, the plum blossoms are about to bloom again." The old man said: "The plum blossoms are about to bloom again, Ting Jing should come back. How fast the days go!" Tian Ma smiled and said: "Master, there is someone in the family who always feels that life is going slowly!" After hearing this, the old man looked at Yueyuan and smiled kindly.

Yueyuan blushed and scolded Mama Tian, ​​saying: "Mama Tian always laughs at me! Why don't you still think about brother Ting Jing every day!" At this time, there was a knock on the door.Tian's mother ran to open the door, and shouted with joy: "Master, Miss, let's see who is back!" Yueyuan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly lowered her head to look at her clothes, then wanted to run back to look in the mirror, But the feet couldn't move as if they were nailed to the ground. But Chen Tingjing had already turned around Xiao Qiang, came in with a smile, and shouted: "Father, Sister Yueyuan, I'm back!"

Tian's mother smiled and said: "It's really blessed by the Bodhisattva. The father and son just talked about Ting Jing Ting Jing, and they are home!" Dagui said: "Scholars say that this is called Cao Cao Cao Cao has arrived!" Chen Tingjing thanked Tian Ma and Dagui for their hard work, and asked Dashun, Cuiping, and Heizi to come and see the master.Dashun and Cuiping are going to stay in the capital, and Heizi will go back to Shanxi after playing for a few days.Dashun and Heizi just stood there giggling, but Cuiping's daughter was more eloquent, and saluted respectfully, saying: "Cuiping has met the master! Cuiping is young and doesn't know anything, so just call the master if you have something to do in the future." Cuiping." Turning to look at Yueyuan again, he said, "You must be Miss Yueyuan! No wonder, the young master keeps talking about you at home!"

Yueyuan blushed immediately, and said, "I have nothing to say!" Chen Tingjing saw that the old man looked fine, so he said, "Father, I'm relieved when you recover! I'm worried about your illness when I'm at home!" The old man said: "Thanks to Yueyuan and Tianma!" Chen Tingjing looked at Yueyuan and said, "Sister Yueyuan, you've lost weight." Yueyuan lowered her head and said, "You're black!" Tian's mother laughed and said, "One is thinner and the other is dark, why didn't I see it!" Everyone laughed.Tian's mother said again: "Everyone is patronizing and happy, but they don't know how to carry their luggage, and they don't know how to go into the house to sit."

Dagui led Dashun and Heizi to carry the luggage, and the old man went into the house with Chen Tingjing to talk.Yueyuan and Cuiping were still standing outside talking, they were about the same age, and there was no distinction between master and servant.Tian Ma went into the house to pour tea, and also came out to help with the luggage. The old man asked the adults of Chen Tingjing's family, and asked if the road was smooth and who he met on the road.Chen Tingjing returned one by one, and said: "When I entered the city, I encountered more than a dozen prison cars, and it was Li Zhenye and the others who were being imprisoned. I'm afraid it's a bit unlucky."

But the old man said: "I don't believe this, and you don't have to take it to heart." In fact, Chen Tingjing didn't believe it either, but seeing Li Zhenye's beheading, he remembered his life and death, and couldn't help feeling defeated. After chatting for a while, the old man suddenly sighed: "Ting Jing, Mr. Wei may be in trouble." Chen Tingjing was taken aback when he heard that, and asked, "What's the trouble?" The old man said: "Isn't it offending someone?" It turned out that Hagetu, the son of Boguoduo, Prince Heshuozhuang, was the one who asked the question this time, and the matter became troublesome.Na Hagetu was working in the Ministry of War, and that's why he asked the emperor to seal Baylor, and Prince Zhuang loved him very much.During the spring of Hagetu's reign, he intersected with Li Zhenye and cheated a lot of money.The emperor is determined this time, regardless of his relatives, relatives, three princes and nine ministers, as long as the evidence of the crime is proved, he will be executed as much as possible.Prince Zhuang was originally a veteran of generations, and he himself is known for his military exploits, so he usually doesn't take others seriously.Suo Ni, Aobai and many other ministers and workers had long thought he was not pleasing to the eye, and just wanted to show off his prestige, so they took his son for surgery.Prince Zhuang didn't dare to act recklessly in front of the emperor, and he didn't dare to show how he would treat Sony and other ministers, but the anger in his heart always wanted to come out.Recently, word has spread slowly that Wei Xiangshu must be asked about his guilt.

Chen Tingjing was very worried, and asked, "Father, did you hear what Master Wei said?" The old man said: "Master Wei has been at home many times, and he always talked about this matter. After the spring, the emperor asked Lord Wei to try Li Zhenye's case with Sony and Aobai, and he became involved. Coincidentally, this year, the Shanxi Chinese style There are many more, and some people insist that Master Wei has benefited himself." Chen Tingjing said: "Just look at the emperor's." The old man said: "The situation in the officialdom is unpredictable, God knows what will happen?"

Chen Tingjing went to the Imperial Academy every day, but he saw that Mr. Wei didn't seem to be in trouble at all.Lord Wei and Chen Tingjing didn't have anything else to say, and what they wanted to talk about was inseparable from the word reading.It turns out that all the Jinshi of the new subjects entered the Shuchang Hall of the Imperial Academy, and they could only leave the hall and send missions after three years.If the emperor hadn't summoned him, Master Wei would have stayed in the Imperial Academy all day long. The days passed peacefully, and Chen Tingjing finally felt relieved.He didn't know that Master Wei's danger was not over, and the knife was slowly falling from his own neck.Prince Zhuang gradually learned that Chen Tingjing was the one who brought up Li Zhenye's case.

Although Prince Zhuang is a reckless martial artist, this time he was very calm for some reason, and he didn't get angry until more than half a year later.One day, Prince Zhuang went to Sony's house in a sedan chair, and beat the door with his old fists. The concierge recognized the prince, so he said something and went in to report to the master, and told him to slap him over and knock him to the ground.Prince Zhuang ran straight in, cursing all the way: "Sony, you bastard, get out of here!" Suo'etu heard that someone was acting wild, and ran out with a black face. When he saw that it was Prince Zhuang, he immediately respected him: "My lord, please calm down. If you have something to say, go into the room and say it."

Prince Zhuang said angrily: "What is there to say? You Ama killed my son, and I will pay for it with my life! Touch your own head!" Sony came out early to greet him, cupped his hands repeatedly, and said, "My lord, you are always bereaved to lose your beloved son, and I am also very sad!" Prince Zhuang burst into tears immediately, and cried out: "Back then, my two sons went out with this old man and died in the battle. Now there is only Hagetu, the only seedling left, and I asked you to kill it!" Soni said: "Hagetu colluded with Li Zhenye to accept bribes, but the evidence is solid! If the matter doesn't reach the emperor, it's okay, but when it comes to the emperor, I have nothing to do!" Prince Zhuang made a fuss, and started to talk nonsense: "The emperor has deceived you gang of treacherous ministers!" Suo'etu was on the sidelines, apologizing for caution, and said: "My lord, you always go into the house to rest, and your health is critical. I, Ama, you always know that he is a piece of soft tofu. The emperor asked him to write a letter with Oboi and Wei Xiangshu." Look into the case, you are not ignorant of the temper of the two of them." Prince Zhuang said: "Sony, I want to pay with blood! Wei Xiangshu thinks he is the reincarnation of Bao Gong, isn't he also a bastard? This year Shanxi won eight candidates, and he gave Chen Tingjing the first place in the imperial examination and palace examination. Fortunately The emperor is not so confused, otherwise even the number one scholar is from Shanxi! Let me tell you Sony, just don’t let this old man get hold of you, otherwise this old man will kill you first!” Sony has a good temper, but he just held his hands together: "My lord, please calm down, go in and have a cup of tea!" Prince Zhuang roared: "Drink tea? I wish I could drink your blood!" Sony and his son swallowed their anger and respectfully sent Prince Zhuang out.Prince Zhuang got into the sedan chair and walked a long way, and his yelling and cursing could still be heard here.Back in the house, Suo'etu slapped the table and chairs, wishing he could kill the old man.Sony scolded his son for being an asshole, not a good looking man. Suo'etu said angrily, "Can we let this old thing bully us?" Sony said: "In the final analysis, the emperor wanted to kill his son, not me. He didn't dare to bully me. Boguoduo is usually the most thoughtless person, why did he kill his son this time?" Can you bear it for so long? He broke into my house and just scolded me for a long time before leaving, why is that?" Suo'etu was dumbfounded by his Ama's question, but he didn't know.Sonny said: "You have to use your brain in everything. Bogoduo can bear it for so long, someone must have persuaded him, which means that there is a group of people behind him. He left after a few curses, just to make a show for you." In my opinion, we still have to do the killing ourselves!" Suo'etu asked, "Ama knows who he wants to kill?" Sony said: "Can't you hear it? He wants to kill Wei Xiangshu and Chen Tingjing!" Suo'etu still felt puzzled, and said: "The outsiders already know that Li Zhenye's case was brought up by Chen Tingjing. It is reasonable for Bo Guoduo to want to kill Chen Tingjing. But why did he want to kill Wei Xiangshu?" Soni said: "Chen Tingjing is just a lowly Jinshi of the new department. He only kills those who are not relieved. He had to kill a minister, and Bo Guoduo felt this bad breath. Wei Xiangshu became the president of the examination, The princes, ministers and workers who greeted him at first did not count, and later he and I tried the court case together, and it happened that there were many Chinese people in Shanxi this year, so there was something to catch." Suo'etu said: "Master Wei and Chen Tingjing are going to be unjust ghosts?" Sonny shook his head and said: "There is no wrongdoing! There is no need for a reason to kill! Prince Zhuang and the others just want to express their anger. Kill you, kill me, kill others, there is no difference, it just depends on who is easy to do." Suo'etu said: "Ama, you have to think of a way, we can't just sit and wait for death! How about playing the Ming emperor first?" Sony looked at his son for a long time, sighed a long time, and said, "Suo'etu! You, Ma, and I have been emperors for decades, and I have realized a truth, the most unreliable person in the world is the emperor!" Hearing this, Suo'etu was so shocked that he didn't dare to breathe, he just stared at Ama in a daze.Sony whispered to his son, saying: "The emperor can sometimes borrow it and use it, but in the end we still have to rely on ourselves!" Suo'etu was still confused, and his eyes widened as he listened to Ama's words: "The most troublesome thing for the emperor is the old guys like Prince Zhuang! I think the emperor has to give them some face in the end." Suo'etu listened, and said angrily: "Face? The face they want is the head of others! Ama, my family is also a generation of meritorious service. What are you afraid of? As long as my brothers put on their horses and raise their arms, they can hug you immediately. Tens of thousands of soldiers!" After hearing what his son said, Sony stomped his feet and cursed: "Reckless! Stupid! Absurd! I told you that you have to use your brains when you encounter problems! The Aixinjueluo family conspired with us to make big things together. Why did they become royal orthodox? We can only follow Left and right? Because the Aixinjueluo family not only knows how to use swords and guns, but also uses their brains!" Suo'etu was dissatisfied when he heard it, but he didn't dare to say anything more.Sonny thought for a while, and then said: "Don't panic, we can let Aobai do the killing. You go to visit Aobai, you have to tell him this." Sonny told his son how to do things, and instructed him carefully. Suo'etu went to Oboi's mansion, said hello first, and then explained how Prince Zhuang came to yell at him, embellished, and said: "Prince Zhuang only wants to come to my house to scold people, and then he will come to your mansion someday. Come up." Aobai cursed angrily: "That old thing, the old man is waiting for him!" According to Ama's wishes, Suo'etu angered Oboi first, and then said: "Master Ao, you don't have to be angry. Prince Zhuang means to kill Wei Xiangshu and Chen Tingjing, otherwise he won't let go of his hatred." Aobai patted the edge of the Kang, said: "Presumptuous! It is the emperor's order to rectify the corruption in the examination hall! My lord and I are following the order to handle the case!" Suo'etu said: "I am a piece of soft tofu, and I have a good temper. I listen to you in everything." Hearing this, Obai's eyes widened to the size of the lantern, and he said, "What? Offended someone, and you Ahma want to blame everything on me?" Suo'etu said: "My Ama doesn't have one! It's all said by Prince Zhuang. He scolded me for a long time, but only scolded me Ama for not being assertive in doing things, and only listening to you, Mr. Ao, in everything. I'm a fool, a pig's brain, what kind of ugly words They all scolded him." Obai looked at Suo'etu and said with a sneer, "Your Mama and I have been court officials for many years, I know he is an old fox!" Suo'etu said: "I am just timid, unlike you, Mr. Ao, who is shrewd and courageous, and is highly valued by the emperor. Mr. Ao, my nephew is here to visit, it is really for your own good!" Aobai asked, "For my own good? How can you tell me what is good for me?" Suo'etu said: "There were people behind Li Zhenye, but now he was killed, and the people who supported him lost face, so they encouraged Prince Zhuang to come forward. Prince Zhuang's son was killed, and he was about to ask those people to help him Make trouble! If you don't kill these two people, Prince Zhuang and the others will be angry, and things will be difficult for you in the future!" Obai said: "Nephew, you have served the emperor with me for many years, you know my temper. It is not difficult for me to kill a few people, just arrange something to make the emperor nod. But, they are wronged! " Suo'etu said: "Master Ao, in fact, Prince Zhuang and the others just want to vent their anger, and it's the same to kill anyone." After Suo'etu said this, he deliberately stared at Oboi strangely.Obai heard what Suo'etu meant, and immediately became furious, "What do you mean, Prince Zhuang and the others still want to kill me?" Suo'etu hurriedly lowered his head to make amends, and said, "How dare my nephew think so? I'm just trying to figure out what Prince Zhuang and the others mean." Aobai looked at Suo'etu with a gloomy face, staring until his scalp was numb, and after a long time he sneered and said: "The arrest of Li Zhenye is an order from the emperor himself. There are rumors outside that Chen Tingjing reported on Li Zhenye, but what is it?" Did it come from Chen Tingjing? There are two opinions out there, some say it was you who asked it, and some say it was Mingzhu who asked it. Nephew, I want to make a mission to Prince Zhuang and the others. Should I kill you? Or Mingzhu? ?” Suo'etu was not afraid when he heard this, but he knelt down and said, "my nephew is incompetent and was tricked by Mingzhu. The emperor asked me to escort Chen Tingjing to Shuntian Mansion, but was robbed halfway. But Mingzhu found it without anyone noticing, and it was Mingzhu who asked Chen Tingjing for the examination case." Obai shouted loudly: "Nephew, you mean that I will kill Mingzhu too? You go back and tell your lord that killing a few people is a trivial matter, but how dare you put it on the table today!" Suo'etu's mouth was not soft either, and said: "Master Ao, you know that some things really won't be put on the table!" Suo'etu was very bored, so he invited Ann to leave and went back.He told Ama exactly what Aobai had said, and he said that the old man would not eat oil and salt.Sony shook his head and smiled, and said: "Silly son, who did Oboi agree to kill so easily? You just need to pass the words to him, and he will think about it!" Not long after Suo'etu left, Aobai called Mingzhu to the mansion.Mingzhu heard that Suo Etu instigated Oboi to kill him, she was surprised and hated at the same time, said: "Lord Oboi, there is no one in Suoi's family who is really loyal to the court!" Aobai nodded and said: "I know this guy Sony. He and I jointly handled the case according to the order. Now that he offends someone, he entrusts me and asks me to come forward to kill him. It's only my fault that the old man is used to showing off. It means that as long as I was there, I did it. Sony can make excuses when it happens, but I have nothing to do. It seems that if I don’t put on airs, I won’t be able to pass this test.” But Ming Zhu said: "My lord, you are acting for Prince Zhuang and the others, and Prince Zhuang and the others are for the emperor to see!" Aobai immediately looked at Mingzhu with admiration, and said, "Mingzhu, I am not mistaken, you are indeed very shrewd! What you said, I only dare to keep it in my heart, I dare not say it as a human being!" Mingzhu said again: "The emperor was enthroned when he was young, and he has been dependent on those princes for many years. It has become a habit for a long time! After the emperor takes charge, people all over the world look up to the emperor to become a generation of heroes, but some princes are not happy!" Obai sighed: "I have experienced many battles, so I don't know what to be afraid of. If a Baylor is killed, he will be killed. What is there to be afraid of? But I have to take care of the peace of the court! As a minister, I have to think about the emperor and the overall situation." Exactly what you said, they just want to kill a few people to tell the emperor, you can't let the emperor kill whoever he wants. They want me to kill, and they have ordered all the heads, Wei Xiangshu, Chen Tingjing, and you! " Mingzhu pulled up her clothes and knelt down, and said: "Master Ao, if you have any difficulties, please use me as a knife! As long as the monarch and ministers are in harmony and the court is peaceful, Mingzhu will die! Just let Chen Tingjing go!" Aobai was very strange and asked, "Why are you protecting Chen Tingjing so much?" Mingzhu replied: "Chen Tingjing is a rare talent, the emperor has given Mingzhu a secret order!" But Aobai said: "To kill you, of course you have to kill Chen Tingjing. Prince Zhuang and the others know that it was you who asked Chen Tingjing about the examination case." Mingzhu was still kneeling, with her neck stretched out, and said: "Mingzhu's head is on her shoulders, and I can take it down now. Lord Ao, Chen Tingjing must never kill him!" Aobai laughed loudly, and said, "Mingzhu, get up and talk. I figured it out. You are protecting Chen Tingjing so hard, but you are actually protecting your own head. You know that your head is connected with Chen Tingjing's." The old man has a way, just kill Wei Xiangshu and Chen Tingjing, and make you a good person in front of Prince Zhuang and the others!" Mingzhu pretended that she didn't understand what Aobai said, her eyes widened, and she listened to him speak slowly.Aobai said: "Chen Tingjing came back to Shanxi and fought fiercely with Fu Shan, the remnant of the Ming Dynasty. We can use this to make a fuss. What about you? Let people believe that it was Chen Tingjing who told the truth about the case in the examination room. Who We all know that Suo'etu was ordered to arrest Chen Tingjing at that time." Mingzhu understood, and asked, "Master Ao, you want to let the outside world know that it was Suo'etu who made the first contribution in finding out the case in the examination room?" Aobai nodded and said, "That's exactly what it means!" Mingzhu was still puzzled, and asked: "But Chen Tingjing's friendship with Fu Shan and the denunciation of the examination case, these two things are completely irrelevant!" Aobai smiled triumphantly, and said: "What we want is that horses and horses don't matter. Who dares to punish Chen Tingjing for the case in the examination room? Asking Wei Xiangshu's crime is easier to deal with. I have already received the report against him." Excerpts are ready, just in time for the Emperor!" On the second day, Oboi went to Qianqing Palace to report to the emperor, saying: "The minister received the secret report. When Chen Tingjing returned to Shanxi, he had a close relationship with Fu Shan, the remnant of the Ming Dynasty!" In fact, the emperor had received Wu Daoyi's secret report long ago, but he pretended to be confused: "Really? Why didn't I know about this? If that's the case, Wu Daoyi should have made a secret report." Daoyi's performance is doubtful, because Chen Tingjing had a feud with Shanxi Governor's Yamen in the Taiyuan Qiuwei case last year.He also thought that because of this public case, Wu Daoyi is now a footman, and it is not certain that he deliberately troubled Chen Tingjing. Aobai didn't expect the emperor to pay much attention to this matter, so he said again: "Chen Tingjing is talented and intelligent, and he knows people well. The emperor appreciates it, and this minister knows it. It's just that this person is young and mature, and he is unfathomable. Knowing that the remaining crimes are true, I am afraid that raising tigers will cause trouble!" The emperor became more and more suspicious when he heard it, and said: "Oboi, you are my vassal minister, and I trust you the most. You can tell me clearly, what is your intention? A scholar who has just passed the Jinshi, he deserves you Do you take him to heart?" Aobai said: "My emperor is wise, I dare not deceive the emperor, I just report it truthfully. I have also received a copy here, and I am about to submit it to the emperor. What I am suing is that Wei Xiangshu, as the president of the examination, forgot the king of the world. It is the selfishness of fellow villagers that there are actually eight people in Shanxi Province who are Chinese." The emperor fully understood this time, and said with a smile: "Oboi, you still say you dare not deceive the emperor! To be honest, the case in the examination room is over, and someone is looking for trouble, right?" Aobai secretly admired the emperor for his dexterity, and thought that since the matter had been clarified, it would be better to explain the ins and outs.He originally wanted to follow Prince Zhuang's wishes and kill Wei Xiangshu and others to settle the matter, so that he could walk in the future.Now he wants to simply let the emperor come out and clean up Prince Zhuang's group, so that it will be more convenient for him to do things in the future.After making up his mind, Aobai deliberately said: "I'm going to say something damn, Prince Zhuang and the others are not looking for trouble for my minister, they are looking for trouble for the emperor!" The emperor was really furious when he heard this, and it was really the opposite!Aobai hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty, cursing himself that he shouldn't have offended the emperor, but it was just a matter of necessity, he had to play the truth.The emperor calmed down after losing his temper, and asked, "Tell me, what do they want to do?" Aobai replied, "They want to kill Wei Xiangshu, Mingzhu, and Chen Tingjing." The emperor asked again: "Who ordered these heads?" Aobai said: "What Suo'etu said was what Prince Zhuang and the others meant!" The emperor sneered and said, "I think that's what he meant, Amasoni! Sonny wants to please Prince Zhuang and the others!" Ao Bai thought that the emperor is really a god, and even a penny can't hide the magic eyes of the emperor, he said: "The emperor is wise, and the minister guessed like this in private." The emperor said: "I know about this matter. Oboi, the remnants of the previous Ming Dynasty are about to move, and we have to guard against it, but there is no need to make the wind panic and the shadow of a snake. You go down." Aobai Xie En left the palace, thinking that he just waited for the emperor to make a decision.Since the emperor took power, those princes have been convicted for a while, exonerated for a while, denied their titles for a while, and restored to their titles for a while.King Dorgon's meritorious service is so great that even after his death, the emperor will pursue his crimes, not to mention Prince Zhuang?