Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 115 Counterattack (first order)

"God knows", Shi Zhongkui sighed, wanting to tell the story of himself in the tribute courtyard, but swallowed the words again.

Isn't this a self-exposed scandal?

It's a momentary pleasure to say it, but it seems silly to let people remember it for a lifetime.

The expressions of Jia Lian, Xue Pan and many servants suddenly darkened.

It can be said that in the future, these people will have good looks in the past, and their ability to live a good life depends on how far Shi Zhongkui can go in the imperial examination.

At the same time, there are quite a few people outside who are uneasy or even terrified because the matter of framing Shi Zhongkui failed.

In the evening, the Chinchilla came back to report, "Master, the mouse searched all the way up the guard, and only found a few small officials for the time being.

However, from the conversations of these people, it is a small guess that the person who wants to frame you should be related to the honorable and big family who owe a lot of money to the Ministry of Accounts.

It's just that the time is too short to know the specific mastermind behind the scenes. "

Shi Zhongkui frowned, dealing with a few small officials, not only would he not be able to catch the mastermind behind the scenes, but he would also startle the snake and expose himself.

After all, if these petty officials had accidents, the idiots knew that they must have done it themselves.

As for the person behind the scenes that Chinchilla said, it may be related to the big family and nobles who owe money to the Ministry of Households.

After thinking about it carefully, I quickly understood.

The Jia family also owed a lot of money to the Ministry of Household Affairs after building the Grand View Garden, but Jia Zheng, who acted as the face of the Jia family, didn't care about things and didn't have much political sensitivity.

Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng, the real housekeepers, blindly concealed the financial situation of the Rongguo Mansion, so as not to be accused of ineffective housekeeping, so they kept procrastinating.

But this doesn't mean that other nobles and officials who owed money, under the pressure of the emperor, would be as drunk as the Jia family and not think about how to solve the trouble.

And although he won four yuan in a row, he is well-known in the court and the public.

But to be honest, it's just a juren.

The price and cost of dealing with oneself is indeed not high in the eyes of some people.

It's just that these people never imagined that they would kick the iron board.

Following this line of thinking, Shi Zhongkui quickly thought that the Jiangnan Zhen family was definitely the small group of people who owed the most money.

The former Anle County King has been confined in the Dragon Head Palace, and there is another old concubine Zhen in the Dragon Head Palace.

This makes it impossible to doubt.

Of course, owing money does not mean that you will stare at yourself.

But thinking about the fact that the Zhen family was ransacked in the end, it meant that the Zhen family and the emperor were not in the same way.

With the idea of ​​giving it a try, Shi Zhongkui instructed Chinchilla, "Go and watch the Jiangnan Zhen's family marrying into the capital's husband's house, maybe there will be unexpected results."

Chinchilla nodded, and quickly ran to inquire.

At noon the next day, the Chinchilla came back in a hurry to report, "Master, you expected it right. I was outside Uncle Zhen's house and saw a young man go out to meet a person from the Ministry of Rites that I found yesterday. petty officer.

Then the boy went to see a eunuch again.

The young one followed the eunuch all the way and watched him enter the Dragon Head Palace. "

Now Shi Zhongkui didn't need to let Chinchilla continue to investigate, he was sure in his heart that among the people who wanted to harm him, there was definitely Old Concubine Zhen.

An eunuch who can enter and leave Dragon Head Palace at will is definitely not low in status.

In other words, the status of the master is not low.

Even the old concubine Zhen may have secretly hooked up many officials and nobles who were afraid that the emperor would rectify the administration of officials and clean up the deficit of the household department.

Fortunately, after Shi Zhongkui thought about it, he felt that the emperor should not be the one who harmed him.

The reason is very simple, the Supreme Emperor wants to plot against himself, just let Dai Quan do it.

And with so many people under Dai Quan, even for the sake of keeping secrets, there is no reason for them to look for Mr. Zhen's family.

Not to mention looking for a yamen servant who is responsible for searching whether Juren is involved before the exam starts.

Thinking of this, Shi Zhongkui secretly hated.

Not to mention that there is no injustice or enmity, just that he has married the Xue family and the Jia family, so he is already considered a relative.

If so, then don't blame yourself for being dark.

After Shi Zhongkui thought about it for a while, he came up with a poisonous plan that could be described as extremely testing people's hearts.

Squinting his eyes, he said to Chinchilla, "Go find the land of Qiu Yougang and Changping, the God of Tianshou Mountain.

Tell the two of them that a Taoist priest will come to them in the future, and he hints that the nest of yellow skins will kill the former Anle County King because some people did not believe what they said. "

Chinchilla nodded blankly, after a while, probably figured it out, then shivered and ran out.

The mountain god and the land are just hints that if it is said, there is no need for a person in charge.

In order to find themselves, the masters who can use thunder, the Taoists will inevitably go to the mountain god and the land from time to time.

At the same time, the group of Taoist priests did not do enough to protect the former Anle County King, and they made meritorious deeds.

So after finding out about this, why don't you investigate secretly by yourself, hoping to ask for credit from the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor after finding something.

Or tell the emperor and the Supreme Emperor directly that it's not that he and others are incompetent, but that there is an inner ghost.

No matter what the result is, there will inevitably be a storm in the Dragon Head Palace.

The emperor will also send someone to investigate secretly.

As long as Old Concubine Zhen and those nobles have some brains, they can only be honest.

And during this period, if he secretly revealed some clues or criminal evidence.

If you don't believe in the Supreme Emperor, you still dare to believe in the old concubine Zhen who dared to collude with evildoers.

No matter how bad it is, it can be delayed until the end of the palace test.

Once you enter the officialdom, you will have an entry ticket to participate in the court game.

You can let go of your hands and feet and deal with these people who want to harm you.

And it was already February 2th, and there was only more than a month before the palace examination.
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Two days later, Shi Zhongkui learned from the Riyou God that those Taoist priests had indeed gone to find the mountain god and the land.

And he went with a eunuch, carrying the emperor's and the Supreme Emperor's rewards.

While the mountain god and the land were grateful, they also took the opportunity to say some ambiguous words as instructed.

But to Taoist priests, it was different.

Originally, because the former Anle County King was seriously injured, his great achievements became small, and he was already dissatisfied in his heart.

Now as soon as I find a reason to separate the relationship, I can't sit still.

Busy report to the Supreme Emperor and the emperor.

However, what Shi Zhongkui didn't expect was that in order to claim credit, the mountain god and the land both mentioned that there was a Wenqu star descending from the kingdom.

As soon as these words came out, all fools knew that they must be talking about Shi Zhongkui who had won four yuan in a row.

The emperor was overjoyed. Although the smile on the Taishanghuang's face remained undiminished, he couldn't help feeling worried.

In the palace examination, the emperor decides who will be the number one scholar.

In other words, if Shi Zhongkui wanted to thank, he would only thank the emperor.

A six-yuan leader standing on the side of the emperor will definitely add points to the emperor in public opinion.

Even the scholars in the world will subconsciously move closer to the emperor.

So when the dark tide was raging in the Dragon's Head Palace, Shi Zhongkui didn't know that the Supreme Emperor wanted to destroy himself in the first place.

But after thinking about it, I decided to be kind to myself.
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It would be a great thing if this was replaced by a dynasty with only one emperor in power.

But it is not necessarily a good thing for two generations of emperors to fight secretly.

No, this is actually a good thing.

At least Shi Zhongkui does have a high probability of becoming the leader of the six yuan.
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After messing up the Dragon's Head Palace, Shi Zhongkui heard reports from Chinchilla from time to time in the past few days that some court ladies and eunuchs were killed with sticks.

The most important thing is that the Taishanghuang personally issued an order to put a concubine into limbo.

For a moment, there was really a sense of turmoil and panic in the court.

Shi Zhongkui would not let this opportunity go.

The yamen servant who wanted to frame him was scared mad by the pretending Chinchilla in just two nights.

At the beginning of the test, the shutter officer who was in charge of checking whether the candidates were entrained had reported the events of the day to the chief examiner.

The chief examiner and other assistant examiners did not dare to be sloppy, so this matter was left in the archives.

The yamen servant went crazy, and even kept chanting, "Don't care about my business, don't care about my business" and other words.

Not to mention the Embroidered Clothes Guards, even the Ministry of Rites has noticed something wrong.

Shi Zhongkui pretended to be suspicious and went to find Yu Honggao.

As soon as Yu Honggao heard it, he understood that there must be a problem, and he said, "It's dangerous."

After careful consideration for a while, it was finally a letter, inviting Qipin from the Ministry of Rites to give it to Yang Wenqin.

As a speech officer who specializes in lip service and staring at other people's mistakes.

After Yang Wenqin went back, he asked someone to check, and it was confirmed that the yamen servant was indeed crazy.

Immediately realized that there is a big problem, even a big opportunity.

A memorial was tentatively sent to the Procuratorate, and some people who were really scared started to get nervous.

The emperor and the overlord were already suspicious, but in the end, some officials were unlucky again.

It's a pity that what Shi Zhongkui didn't expect was that there was a sudden news of a fire in the house of the uncle of the Zhen family.

Half of the entire house burned down, and at least 30 people died.

This includes the boy.

Shi Zhongkui immediately knew that this was a murder.

But thinking about it carefully, the Zhen family and his son-in-law are actually pretty stupid to do this at this time.

Although the key witnesses were silenced.

But this is also tantamount to telling the emperor and the Supreme Emperor that he has a problem, come and check me!
Sure enough, within a few days, Shi Zhongkui heard that the head of the Zhen family, Zhen Yingjia, was summoned to the capital by a decree.

Liu Yu'er, who was practicing in Kunming Lake, was quickly awakened by Shi Zhongkui and swam all the way south along the canal.

Ordinary ships can travel 2 miles a day, which is considered fast, but Liu Yuer can swim 300 miles a day.

It took only two days to arrive in Huai'an, not far from Yangzhou.

Then wait for the fleet with the flag of the 'Zhen' family on board.

This waited for two days, and finally waited for a fleet of 8 ships.

Following along the way, it was confirmed that Zhen Yingjia was in that boat. Liu Yuer was thinking about a wave, and hit the tail of the fish, capsizing the boat.

But Zhen Yingjia, who was obviously the leader, walked out of the cabin and stood at the bow of the boat looking at the scenery along the coast with a sad face.

Now Liu Yu'er would not let this opportunity go.

With magical powers, a wave hit the past, and the hull shook violently.

Zhen Yingjia, who was thinking about the problem, suddenly lost her footing and fell into the river.
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Although it is early spring in Jiangnan in February, it is still quite cold.

In addition, after a winter coat is completely wet with water, it is heavy and will quickly absorb the body's temperature.

And even though Zhen Yingjia is a southerner, not all southerners can swim.

If Shi Zhongkui didn't intend to take Zhen Yingjia's life directly, Zhen Yingjia would have drowned [-] times before being rescued.

It is easy to kill a Zhen Yingjia, but it will make the Zhen family gain the sympathy of the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor.

It would be better to let Zhen Yingjia fall into the water and become seriously ill, delaying the time to go to Beijing.

The Supreme Emperor and the emperor will inevitably suspect that this is the Zhen family's own directing and acting.

He even thought about the nest of yellow skins, and what the mountain god and the land had said.

He began to suspect that Zhen Yingjia's falling into the water might be caused by some evildoer, and why did he stare at the Zhen family?

Then guess that the person who offended the evildoer with his unfaithful words, could it be the Zhen family, or the old concubine Zhen?
In this harem, anyone who is connected with witchcraft, no matter whether you are an old concubine or a queen, will definitely be marginalized.

Even a medical death.

Sure enough, within a few days, Shi Zhongkui heard the news that the old concubine Zhen fell ill because of Zhen Yingjia's falling into the water.

For a time, it was reported in the palace that Old Concubine Zhen was seriously ill.

The emperor was very active, looking for good doctors everywhere.

But anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is just a show.

Which one of the imperial doctors in the imperial hospital is not the top doctor.

However, the Taishanghuang's decree of "Let Zhen Yingjia recuperate in Yangzhou" is intriguing.

Not to mention that Zhen Yingjia fell into the water in Huai'an, the safest way is to let him recuperate in Huai'an City.

And Huai'an is in the north of Yangzhou, more than 360 miles away.

It is impossible to go by boat in a day.

Since it would take two days, and the decree was to let Zhen Yingjia go back to the south, it would only take less than 160 miles from Nanjing to Yangzhou by water.

It would be better for Zhen Yingjia to return to Nanjing directly from Huai'an, which would be more conducive to his recuperation.

For a time, there were all kinds of rumors.

And the most marketable one is that the Zhen family has offended the Emperor.

Let alone the Zhen family now, even the Jia family and other nobles, and even the four princes with foreign surnames felt uneasy.

It can be said that before Jia Yuanchun became a concubine, Old Concubine Zhen was the biggest backer of these old honorable forces in the palace.

And the Zhen family has always been the most favored among their nobles in the past.

Even the Zhen family is going to be unlucky, so will they be unlucky too?

Shi Zhongkui originally planned to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but Yu Tongfu came to the door this day, and said with a worried face, what if the old concubine died at this time.

It will definitely affect the palace test.

It's okay if it's just postponed for three months.

But in case the emperor wants to show his filial piety, it is not impossible to delay it for three years, but it is not impossible to delay until the beginning of next spring.

After all, there was a dynasty of the Supreme Emperor, and there were not many times in the entire history.

And during the national funeral, don't even think about marrying a wife.

In addition, Chinchilla ran back and reported that someone was discussing making an auspicious event to celebrate the old concubine Zhen.

It made him hesitate all of a sudden.

After thinking about it, since the seeds of doubt had germinated in the Supreme Emperor's heart.

Doing other things at this time will be superfluous.

And using the enemy's power for their own benefit, to some extent, is the best way to fight back.
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After Xue Pan and Jia Lian took Shi Zhongkui home that day, they heard Shi Zhongkui say that the results of this test might not be good.

I didn't dare to tell my family at first.

But when news of the serious illness of the old concubine Zhen came out, Mother Jia and the others immediately placed their hopes on Shi Zhongkui.

When Jia Lian was called to ask, Jia Lian could only tell the truth.

The Jia family suddenly became clouded with gloom.

Soon Jia Zhen was also called into Jia Mu's room.

Jia Zheng was really worried about Shi Zhongkui.

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen's calculations are very interesting.

(End of this chapter)