Xuanmen Xiaoguo Shi is divination again

Chapter 145
The nearest outskirts of Beijing are not peaceful.

The bandits who had disappeared for a long time before reappeared for no reason recently, and an unlucky scholar who went to Beijing to rush for the exam was caught on the way back.

I heard that his death was extremely miserable, all the valuables on his body were taken out, the bookcase was hacked to pieces, and the scattered papers, pens and scrolls were scattered all over the floor.

Not to mention his back was bloody and bloody, even his face was chewed to pieces by the passing wolves and dogs.

Jing Zhaoyin was furious when he heard this, and rushed to the outskirts of Beijing overnight with dozens of yamen servants, searched the two small dense forests inside and out, but still failed to find any trace of the thief.

It was as if the perpetrator had disappeared out of thin air.

Everyone had no choice but to bring the scholar's mutilated body back to the yamen.

Jing Zhaoyin reported to the imperial court that he wanted to come to the Ministry of Rites for the list of candidates from various prefectures and counties to go to Beijing to take the exam this year. The master stayed up all night with the master book, and finally confirmed the identity of the tragic scholar.

He is from Nancheng, surnamed Lu, named Zixiu. He got Jieyuan from Jianghuai in the provincial examination. He originally had a bright future, but now he is lying alone on the cold ground.

Seeing that he died pitifully, Jing Zhaoyin specially allocated a few taels of silver from the yamen, ordered someone to find a place to bury him, and posted countless notices on the streets and alleys of the capital, admonishing those who have recently traveled People be more careful.

For a moment, people were in a state of panic, and everyone in Beijing was discussing the scholar who died tragically.

Including the scholars who have not left in the tribute courtyard, as well as the officials who took office in the Ministry of Rites——

"In this way, my lord can feel completely at ease." In the Wenqing Hall, the old steward of the Anping Hou Mansion lowered his eyebrows and bowed his hands to Chao Ling, his tone of voice was calm, "But I don't know, how did that matter... go?" ?”

"It's natural to be at ease." Chao Ling, who was sorting out the official documents of the Ministry of Rites, twitched his lips slightly, "I wish the steward can rest assured, the matter that Lord Hou wants to do has naturally been properly arranged by the subordinate officials."

"Your Excellency has always done things neatly." The steward surnamed Zhu bowed slightly, "My lord, with my lord's words, this old slave can go back and report to Lord Hou."

"It's not about work or work." Chao Ling waved his hands with a smile, and then helped the steward from the void, "The most important thing is that the master's plan is not delayed."

"What your lord said is very true." The old steward responded, but did not get up, "The Ministry of Rites and Rituals is busy during the spring examination, so this old slave will not disturb your lord today."

"Master Chao, this old slave will take his leave first, please stay still."

"Recently, the affairs of the Ministry of Rites are really complicated, and it is inconvenient for me to send you off. I wish you steward, please go slowly." Chao Ling nodded, watching the slightly hunched old steward disappear outside Wenqing hall, and opened his eyes to open the door under the desk. Half-sized drawers.

There was a thick stack of discarded official documents in the drawer, he reached out his hand and found a piece of Xiuyu jade pendant of very ordinary quality and not very exquisite carving workmanship from under the official documents.

This is Lu Zixiu's jade pendant that he picked up at the back door of the old temple.

Chao Ling frowned slightly, played with the pendant in his hand for a while, and stuffed it under the official document again. Originally, he wanted to send someone to dispose of it properly, but changed his mind the moment he called for someone.

In fact, Lu Zixiu's literary talents are really good, whether it is poems, songs or essays, he is very brilliant, he is an excellent seedling.

If he hadn't insisted on upholding the ridiculous "literary style" in his eyes, and accidentally broke his relationship with Anping Houfu, he really didn't want to kill him.

He also had the intention of cherishing talents, but his fate was really too bad.

A person with a bad fate and too stubborn will eventually become a piece of loess under the feet of others in this officialdom.

it's a pity.

Chao Ling sighed softly and closed the drawer. He kept this jade pendant as a memorial to the unfortunate scholar——

In the next life, don't commit the crime to him again.

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"Master He, you are here." In the side hall of the Wenqing Hall of the Ministry of Rites, He Kangsheng came here as usual to inspect the transcripts of the examination papers.

"Well, let me take a look." He Kangsheng nodded, seemingly unintentionally flipping through the stack of rice papers in front of the little secretary. The test papers of Lu Zixiu and others were on the list, and he raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw this.

"Is this all transcribed?"

"Yes, my lord, those are all copied." The little secretary nodded, and turned to look at the other officials and bachelors who were busy copying the examination papers, "Everyone's finished copying is here. "

"That's right," He Kangsheng praised in a low voice, "How many copies are left?"

"There are a hundred or so copies left." The little secretary nodded with his fingers, "If it's fast, I can copy it out tomorrow morning, and it will be faster to paste the names. If there is no accident, I can finish it all the day after tomorrow. "

"Okay, thanks for your hard work." He Kangsheng lowered his chin slightly, and picked up the stack of copied test papers, "I will take these copied answer papers back and sort them out and seal them up. You copy the rest first."

"Okay, Mr. He." Si Wu said, seeing He Kangsheng turned and left, he picked up his pen again.

There are more than a hundred answer sheets, each of which has to be transcribed in block letters. Their efficiency is destined to not be much faster, so they have to hurry up.

The little secretary bowed his head and wrote quickly, while He Kangsheng took the pile of things back to his office in a leisurely manner, and took out a long-written answer sheet from the drawer, on which Lu Zixiu's name was written.

In his early years, he was also a person with a good eye and ten lines and an unforgettable memory. On the day of the exam, he deliberately read Lu Zixiu's answer sheet carefully, and memorized the policy word by word in his mind, and came back early, imitating his handwriting, and wrote down this article.

He Kangsheng sighed, mixed the fake answer sheet into it and replaced it with the real one, and quickly folded the real answer sheet neatly and stuffed it into the armhole.

According to his understanding of Chao Ling, since he dared to change the strategies of the two candidates, he would naturally destroy this test paper.

So he paid more attention to forging fake documents that were almost the same as the real ones in advance. Chao Ling would not look at the evidence carefully when he came here to destroy the evidence, so that he could hide a strong physical evidence.

After hiding Lu Zixiu's theory, He Kangsheng tidied up the examination papers on the table slowly, and after a while Chao Ling knocked on the door of his room. He raised his eyes and saw him, got up and bowed, "Master Shangshu."

"It's okay, sit down." Chao Ling waved his sleeves and casually tapped the table, "I heard from the steward, did you bring back the answer sheets they copied?"

"How about it, have you sorted it out?"

"Your Excellency, you are joking, how can the lower officials be so fast." He Kangsheng smiled slightly, "I have just started tidying up, and I haven't even finished dividing the Jingji (pronounced 'chicken')."

"It's just you alone, so it's slow. This shouldn't be your job." Chao Ling said, and "arbitrarily" divided half of the answer sheets. .”

"It can be faster this way."

"Then I will trouble Lord Shangshu." He Kangsheng narrowed his eyes.

"It's okay." Chao Ling waved his hand, and strode away with the pile of rice paper.

He Kangsheng could see clearly that "Lu Zixiu" was clearly coerced by Chao Ling.

Very good.

　Xiao He Evolves——Sesame Glutinous Rice Ball Xiao He! ! !
　　He's not a bad guy, he was quite forced before

　　But it doesn't matter, he's broken! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)