The heavens start from Maoshan

Chapter 206
evening.

The setting sun is like fire, and it is so beautiful.

Cui Hongjian walked home with two catties of mutton and a tail of fresh fish with a sad face.

The old father-in-law was wrongly imprisoned. As a son-in-law, Cui Hongjian was lying when he said that he was not in a hurry.

But he was humble, and before he resigned because of illness, he was just a low-ranking official, and now he resigned because of illness, and he went to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice a few times, but he was not even allowed to enter. The classmates and friends in the school also avoided it.

After a few days, Cui Hongjian murmured a little.

He knew the behavior of the old father-in-law, and Cui Hongjian would not believe him if he said he was corrupt and broke the law.

Now, people are locked in the big prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, neither interrogated nor allowed to visit. After a long time, the more I think about it, the more I feel that something is wrong.

"Ok?"

When I got to the door of the house, I saw that the door was open.

Looking inside, there is a young man sitting on his chair under the osmanthus tree in the yard.

"Brother Zhang!"

With just one glance, Cui Hongjian was overjoyed, and trotted up to meet him: "Brother, when did you come?"

"Just arrived."

There was a smile on Zhang Heng's face, and he looked Cui Hongjian up and down, with a flash of surprise in his eyes: "I haven't seen you for a few months, you have changed a lot!"

Cui Hongjian smiled and said: "I have been working in the Imperial Academy since high school. I never put down the scrolls every day, read hundreds of classics, learn the ways of sages and sages, and cultivate the spirit of a gentleman. I am no longer a monk under Wu."

Zhang Heng nodded silently.

In the past, Cui Hongjian was just an ordinary scholar, full of words.

Now, there is a sense of grandeur on his body. Before he arrives, he will be greeted by the fragrance of books. This is the manifestation of Confucianism and Taoism entering the room. If it continues like this, Cui Hongjian is very likely to become a great Confucian in the future.

"The Hanlin Academy!"

Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism have their own merits.

The great Confucianists of Confucianism also have their merits. They cultivate a noble spirit, which is enough to suppress ghosts and demons, and break the law of Taoism.

However, it is extremely difficult to achieve this step, and there is absolutely no chance for idle scholars.

Unless you come from a Confucian and Taoist family, or have real talents and learning, enter the Imperial Academy, and then learn Confucianism from the Imperial Academy.

Cui Hongjian took the second step, entering the Imperial Academy.

Dasong Taizu once had a will: non-Hanlin is not allowed to be a prime minister.

People who are not from the Hanlin Academy cannot be the chief minister and prime minister, so there is another saying among the people: It is difficult for a person who is not from the Imperial Academy to become a great Confucian.

Of course, this is only for poor families.

The children of the family are different. Some people are from the ancient sage family, and their internal inheritance is enough to support them to enter the realm of great Confucianism.

In addition, there are many customs of intermarriage among aristocratic families, it can be said that there have been great Confucian scholars from generation to generation.

It's just that there is a big difference between a great Confucian from such an aristocratic family and a great Confucian from a poor family.

They were not bred by the dynasty.

The change of dynasty, in their view, is like the change between spring, summer, autumn and winter.

It is difficult for them to be loyal to the imperial court, and they value the interests of the family more, because their sage families have survived thousands of years of wind and rain. Compared with themselves, those so-called dynasties are just bubbles under the flowing water.

"Master, you are back."

inside the room.

Hearing the conversation in the courtyard, Fu Qingfeng came out to greet him: "This time I went to the Prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, have you ever met my father?"

"Hey!"

Cui Hongjian shook his head, and sighed: "No matter what I say about love, relying on relationships, and silver, the jailer of the Ministry of Criminal Justice just won't let me in, even with a word. I went to ask Mr. Sun today. Mr. Sun is the father-in-law His best friend is a second-rank Guanwendian Grand Scholar, but he also kept his mouth shut about this matter, as if he had something hard to say."

Fu Qingfeng wept when he heard the sound: "Master Sun feels embarrassed and refuses to help. Who else in the world can help us?"

While crying, he secretly went to see Zhang Heng.

Zhang Heng acted as if he had never heard of it, and did not answer.

"I'm useless. If something like this happens to my father-in-law, I can't help at all."

Cui Hongjian didn't know his wife's thoughts, but blamed himself: "It would be great if I was the number one scholar in the new department. The number one scholar has been given the badge of walking in front of the imperial court, and he can meet the emperor at any time, unlike me, who is so anxious to follow the hot pot." Like the ants in my life, but I can't even see the emperor's face."

Fu Qingfeng wiped away his tears, not knowing how to answer.

After a while.

Thinking that Zhang Heng was still there, Cui Hongjian forced a smile on his face: "I went to Mrs. Sun's house, and Mrs. Sun gave me two catties of mutton and a tail of fresh fish for me to go home to replenish my body. Let's stew the mutton and fish, so I can clean up Brother Zhang."

Seeing that it was already this time, Cui Hongjian was still thinking about himself.

Zhang Heng also sighed: "Tian Xingjian, a gentleman should strive for self-improvement. You and I have been separated for a year. The scholar back then became a bachelor of the Imperial Academy. You have changed, but you have not changed. You are still the scholar who gave me a horse back then. .”

Cui Hongjian didn't know why Zhang Heng mentioned this, so he could only smile wryly, "What's the big brother talking about? I'm not a teenager. I'm almost in my thirties. My personality has already been fixed, so how can it change?"

"Different."

Zhang Heng sees it clearly: "The so-called expensive and easy friends, rich and easy wives, everything is inferior, only reading is high. In the eyes of you scholars, I am just an outsider, and I am not close. Now you are in high school and have been selected as the editor of the Imperial Academy." Xiu, the future is just around the corner, but he said he was sick and resigned because of one of my letters, so trust me, it's very human."

Cui Hongjian was a little embarrassed when he was said: "If it weren't for you, big brother, I'm afraid I would have been killed by that goat spirit long ago. How can I go to Beijing to rush for the exam? You are my savior and my big brother. If I don't even If you don't believe it, who else in this world can you believe in?"

Zhang Heng smiled without saying a word.

Because what Cui Hongjian said is simple, but it is difficult to do.

Before Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's Uprising, Chen Sheng was just a tenant farmer of other people's family.

In the field, I once made an oath with my friends: If you are rich, you will never forget each other.

Later, when Chen Sheng really became king, his friends from back then went to seek refuge with him. As a result, he told some funny stories about Chen Sheng's childhood, and was killed by Chen Sheng on the grounds of disrespect.

It can be seen that sharing joys and sorrows is easy, but sharing wealth and honor is difficult.

"There's no rush to cook the meals."

Zhang Heng stopped Fu Qingfeng, who was about to cook, and said to Cui Hongjian: "I have an appointment tonight, the other party is special, not an ordinary person, I shouldn't take you with me, but seeing that you are full of worries, I decided to take you Go to the banquet together, tell it about your matter, and see if it has a solution."

Cui Hongjian was full of astonishment, wondering why Zhang Heng still had friends in Kaifeng Mansion.

Just out of trust, I didn't ask any questions, but thought to myself: "I'm worried about my old father-in-law. Even Mr. Sun can't help me with this matter. Mr. Sun is a second-rank scholar of Guanwendian. He has nothing to do, so what can Brother Zhang's friend do?"

No way, Zhang Heng's friends are first-rank officials like Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao, right?

"come come come"

Zhang Heng didn't give Cui Hongjian a chance to think about it.

When it was dark, he told him to go out on foot, all the way to the south city.

When he arrived at the old alley of Nancheng, he took out a piece of paper frog from his sleeve.

After blowing one breath, the paper frog came out, bouncing and leading the way.

After walking thousands of steps, there is an abandoned house in front of you.

When I went in, I saw that there were overgrown weeds in the yard, and there was an old well. The paper frog jumped into the well and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

"It's here."

Seeing this, Zhang Heng smiled with Cui Hongjian: "No matter what you see later, don't be surprised, just follow me with peace of mind."

Cui Hongjian nodded repeatedly.

Afterwards, Zhang Heng jumped down the dry well, followed by Cui Hongjian.

It doesn't matter this jump, I just feel as light as a swallow, and the surrounding is colorful.

It landed on the ground and took a closer look.

What is the bottom of the well here? It is clearly a fairyland on earth with mountains, water, and palaces.

"Brother Zhang, what is this?"

Cui Hongjian was dumbfounded.

Looking up to the sky, I can vaguely see the mouth of the well, but the dry well is obviously only more than one foot deep. They fell down the well at this time, and looking up, the mouth of the well seems to be far away in the sky.

"This is the well frog technique."

Zhang Heng paused slightly, and said again: "The frog at the bottom of the well has its own world, and you can also regard this place as a blessed place, which is also a place like Peach Blossom Spring."

"Land of Peach Blossoms?"

Cui Hongjian is a scholar, so of course he is no stranger to Mr. Wuliu.

It's just that he used to only read The Story of Peach Blossom Spring as a story, and never thought that one day he would come to a similar place.

"Cuck!"

Just as I was thinking, I suddenly saw countless frogs rushing around.

They are as small as a fist, and they are as big as a millstone, and two people can sit on it.

"Cuck!"

Two frogs as strong as yaks jumped forward, lay down in front of the two, and motioned for Zhang Heng to sit on their backs.

After the two sat down firmly, the frog hopped and ran to the palace, and saw thousands of frogs along the way.

And in the dark, in the water, on the mountains, there are more frogs hiding.

At a glance, this is the home of the frog.

"cough cough"

At the gate of the palace, Zhang Heng and the two got off the frog.

Before he could go in, he heard a coughing sound: "This old man is seriously injured, and he couldn't meet him far away. I hope Mr. Zhang will not be offended."

Zhang Heng went in with Cui Hongjian, who was full of surprise and found everything new.

As far as the eye can see, there is an old man sitting on the first seat in the palace, and on both sides, there are two frog doctors with the head of a frog and the body of a frog standing with a medicine box.

"You are hurt?"

Zhang Heng strode forward and found that the old frog's right arm was black and purple. He said, "Who hurt you like this?"

"Purdu Cihang."

The old frog in human form is the image of a 80-[-]-year-old man.

Wearing green clothes and a green hat with rubies inlaid on the hat, he has a naive figure and looks like a member of a rich family.

"Purdue Cihang!"

Zhang Heng frowned: "Why did you bump into his hand?"

The old frog sighed and said, "He caught my temple priest. I couldn't think of a move. In the end, I missed a move and almost lost my life."

Zhang Heng stepped forward to help Lao Wa check it out.

It was found that the old frog had centipede poison, and the wound had festered and turned black, emitting a foul smell, apparently for several days.

"Try this."

Zhang Heng took out a medicine bottle: "Have half taken orally, and half sprinkled on the wound."

Laowa wasn't worried that Zhang Heng would harm him, so he took the medicine bottle and started to follow suit.

As a result, as soon as the talisman water was sprinkled on it, a burst of black smoke rose up, turning into a cloud of black smoke in the shape of a centipede, wanting to fly back to the wound with baring teeth and claws.

"cut!"

Zhang Heng stretched out his hand and pointed.

A ray of sword energy broke through the air, directly stirring up the black mist.

The old frog showed joy when he saw this, and quickly drank the remaining talisman water, and asked: "What kind of elixir is this, it can actually restrain the poison of that old monster?"

"The peace talisman water refined by Sanxian is not an ordinary elixir, otherwise it would not be able to suppress the poison of the thousand-year-old demon."

Zhang Heng explained briefly, and then changed to the main topic: "I am here this time, and I would like to ask you for your help. This is my friend Cui Hongjian, his father-in-law, who was arrested and sent to the prison of the Ministry of Justice half a month ago. Minister of the Ministry of War, Fu Tianchou."

"Fu Tianchou!"

The old frog nodded: "I know this person. He is a rare loyal person in the court. Now that the demon party is killing Zhongliang, he is also the first to be taken down. If it is not for his high qualifications and great prestige among the people, I am afraid Already dead."

Zhang Heng said: "Fu Tianchou is Cui Shusheng's father-in-law, I can't just sit idly by, is there any way on your side to rescue him, if I do it, there will be too much commotion. "

Upon hearing this, the old frog pondered and said, "I can try it. I have countless disciples in Kaifeng Mansion, and one of them is the head of the prison of the Ministry of Punishment."

"Ten years ago, his mother was seriously ill and was cured with my elixir. She has always been grateful to me."

"Over the years, I have never contacted him. Let him handle this matter, and he will be able to handle it well."

Cats have cat ways, mice have rat ways.

From the things that the second-rank Guanwendian scholar cannot do, the prison boss of the Ministry of Criminal Justice may not be unable to do it.

Immediately, the old frog sent a frog to report.

Not long after, the cell leader was brought in.

Cui Hongjian had seen him before, recognized this person at a glance, and blocked himself from the prison.

"Emperor!"

The cell boss was a middle-aged man in his 40s.

Seeing the old frog, he knelt down on both knees and kowtowed heavily: "I have been worried about your safety since I heard that the imperial court is going to destroy the frog temple. It is great to see that you are fine."

Frog God asked kindly, "Is your mother okay?"

The prison head replied: "Fortunately, it's just that I am old and a little geriatric."

Frog God nodded: "I have something I need you to do. Fu Tianchou, Minister of the Ministry of War, is a loyal man of the court. Now he has been framed and imprisoned in the prison of your Ministry of Punishment. Can you make Li Daitao stiff? Replace him secretly?"

The jailer smiled and said: "What's the difficulty? I'm the head of the night shift of the large prison of the Ministry of Punishment. All the dozens of jailers in the large prison are under my command. If it's something else, I might not be able to do it. It is easy for me to bring someone out of the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

“So easy?”

Cui Hongjian couldn't believe it.

The jailer affirmed: "We actually do this kind of thing a lot, and it's easier than you think. You're not in our business, so you don't know the twists and turns."

Cui Hongjian was overjoyed: "Then it all depends on the jailer."

The jailer nodded and left.

Watching his back, Zhang Heng knew that Fu Tianchou was no better than others, and although the cell boss fully agreed, it seemed that there was no difficulty at all.

In fact, if he really brought people out, he would definitely be dead if he went back to the higher authorities to investigate.

He is using his own life to repay the old frog for saving his mother.

Sure enough, righteousness often slaughters more dogs.

(End of this chapter)