lady, please calm down

Chapter 337
On the ninth day of September, news of Li Jixuan's death spread back to Tokyo.

On that day, three hundred Taixue students gathered at Xuandemen in the imperial city and wrote in tears, asking the regent princess to punish the murderers and bring justice to the scholars and people of Daqi.

At the end of the year, Xiangfu Squire Li Yiren, who had a terrifying whip mark on his face, accompanied by his son Li Jize, went to Kaifeng Mansion to report the crime in person.

The governor of Kaifeng was originally King Lu. After King Lu's death, he was never re-appointed.

The person in charge of the government office was Tongzhi Liang Zuorao, and Cui Ying, a judge specializing in criminal litigation, accompanied him to receive him.

The world's gentry family felt a little sympathy when they saw the miserable Li Yiren.

Li Yiren, who was in despair, was obviously bullied by the King of Chu's family. Even though he was the reporter, he did not dare to mention the Chu King's side concubine Cai Shi. He only said that the perpetrators were the family slaves Zhang San and others.
Liang Zuorao, a fellow acquaintance, felt unspeakable in his heart. Qi and Zhou dynasties treated the gentry well. Look at how the country sages are being bullied now!
Cui Ying on the side even shed two tears in sympathy. He was kicked down by the King of Chu in the street for handling the conflict between the guards of the Jin Kingdom mission and the Baoan Prefecture sergeants.

For a scholar who values ​​​​face very much, it can be regarded as a great shame and humiliation.

However, the situation is stronger than the person. Seeing Li Yiren who had suffered a great injustice, Cui Ying couldn't help but feel pity for herself.

Liang Zuorao naturally wanted to help Li Yiren seek justice, but he knew that the time had not yet come. If he forced himself to come forward, he would be liable for the loss, so he asked Cui Ying to record the case first and gently advised Li Yiren to wait patiently for a few days.

Li Yiren was a reasonable person. He knew Liang Tongzhi's difficulties and did not rush him. He bowed to the latter and tremblingly left the Kaifeng government office with his son's support.

When Liang Zuorao saw this, the knuckles of his hands hidden in the sleeves of his robe turned white.

"If things go on like this, the country will not be the country!"

After Li Yiren left, Liang Zuorao squeezed out a few words through his teeth.

In the Xuande Hall of the Imperial City, after the dynasty was dismissed, Jia Rou heard that the Tai students had collectively requested orders and hurriedly recruited people to discuss matters.

Present were Chen Chu, Fan Gongzhi, Zhang Chunxiao, Xu Derang, Cai Yuan, Wang Bingzhen and other senior officials as well as a group of officials.

From the people Jiarou recruited, we can get a glimpse of some of her thoughts. If she wanted to suppress this matter, she should first recruit Chen Chu, Cai Yuan, Zhang Chunxiao and other core Huaibei cliques to discuss it.

Xu Derang is one of the few "upright" officials in the current court who has not succumbed to the power of the King of Chu. Wang Bingzhen, the censor Zhongcheng, was born in the Xiangfu family and is inextricably linked to the current victim, Li Yiren.

As for those low-level mouthpieces, they were probably Xu Derang and Wang Binzhen's mouthpieces, and they came here specifically to quarrel.

As expected, Xia Zuzhi, the official spokesman for the imperial censor, took the lead in firing, but he was smart and did not connect Cai Hua with Chen Chu. Instead, he bit Cai Yuan on the grounds that the imperial family was not strict.

After all, those present yesterday were mainly Cai family guards Zhang San and others.

"The imperial family is not strict" can be understood as Cai Yuan's indulging his servants to commit crimes, or it can also be understood as the trouble caused by his daughter Cai Hua.

"In the eleventh year of our country, the gentry has been the foundation of the country! As the pillars of the country, even the late emperor had great expectations for them and treated them with courtesy. But he didn't expect that in the most kind place in the capital, a domestic slave would beat and kill the prince. What happened to the students is simply appalling! Your Highness, please immediately order someone to arrest the culprits and the masterminds behind the scenes, and bring justice to the students of Imperial College outside Xuande Gate, honor to Shilin Daqi, and justice to the people of the world!"

Xia Zuzhi's voice was fierce, and he pointed his finger at Cai Hua and even Cai Yuan.

After he took the lead, the rest of the speech officers spoke more and more explicit, until someone burst into tears and said the words "Cai's fault", Chen Chu, who had never said a word, looked over coldly.

This glance was more useful than any words. The officials immediately shut up and subconsciously looked at the censor, Zhongcheng Wang Bingzhen.

Wang Bingzhen looked at his nose and heart, but had no intention of speaking, but Xu Derang, the Minister of Rites, jumped out and said, "Your Highness, please order that the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishments, and the Yushitai will jointly review this case! The unjust death of the imperial student will surely arouse public opinion. If we cannot get justice for him, it may bring chaos to the world! Please make a decision quickly, Your Highness!"

Jiarou, who was wearing a beaded crown and a crown gown, added a bit of majesty to her delicate appearance. At this time, she looked at Chen Chu with a troubled face and said softly: "King Chu, please take a look at this."

"This matter has nothing to do with Mr. Cai, nor with Mr. Cai."

Chen Chu's face was as smooth as ever, but it aroused the astonishment of all the officials. There were no less than a hundred witnesses at the scene of yesterday's incident, and the victim Li Yiren personally identified it. You actually said that it had nothing to do with the Cai family?
Do you want Bilian?
Xu Derang laughed angrily and said, "Is it possible that the King of Chu was at the scene yesterday?"

"Of course I'm not here."

"Then why does the King of Chu conclude that it has nothing to do with the Cai family?"

"According to this, you were present when Li Jixuan died?"

"I only found out about this today, so of course I wasn't here when Li Jixuan died!"

"That's incredible. How can you conclude that Li Jixuan's death is related to the Cai family? Maybe it was Li Yiren who murdered Li Jixuan and framed the case."

"A joke! Strong words! Does the King of Chu really want to treat a woman as a woman and regard the laws of the court as nothing in the world?"

"Don't f*ck me up about court laws. If you don't have any evidence, just shut up your anus!"

"You~you~you are full of filth. Please punish me for being disrespectful in front of King Chu's palace!"

"Shame."

It was not until noon.

The court officials, who had not even eaten lunch, filed out of Xuande Hall. The reasoning naturally yielded no results. If Zhang Chunxiao hadn't stopped him, the King of Chu almost beat Xu Derang on top of the hall.

After meeting the husband and knowing the concubine, no one now doubts that the concubine Cai allowed the slaves to commit murder yesterday.

On the long steps in front of the palace, Chen Chu and Cai Yuan walked to one side, while Xu Derang and the people at Yushitai walked to the other side. The two sides were clearly separated.

Chen Chu looked back and saw that although Zhang Chunxiao and Fan Gongzhi were walking on his side, they were five or six feet apart.
It seems to be a subtle expression of position.

Since the regency of Jiarou, in the eyes of others, Fan Gongzhi and Zhang Chunxiao were both lackeys who had taken refuge in the Huaibei clique. But today, when they encountered matters involving Shilin, they were very cautious in expressing their stance.

Zhang Chunxiao kept trying to make peace with Xini, and Fan Gongzhi didn't say a word.

Also, the hope of being a scholar is what they value most. Those students from Taixue have always been good at talking and have no official restrictions. If they are abused, they will be scolded.

However, these people could not be beaten or scolded, but Cai Hua dared to beat and kill the students of the Imperial Academy. Both Fan and Zhang felt that this matter would not go well.

At this time, public opinion has just begun, and the King of Chu has not yet realized the turbulent crisis in the world. In a few days, I am afraid that he himself will not be able to bear it.
At the end of the day, several people followed Chen Chu to the Privy Council outside the imperial city to check in.

At this time, without Xu Derang and his gang, the Huaibei Department would finally have to work out a solution.

However, after a few people sat down, the atmosphere was a bit dull. Cai Yuan, as the father of the person who caused the trouble this time, was unable to speak.

Zhang Chunxiao and Fan Gongzhi could see Chen Chu's unwillingness to give up on Cai Hua, and felt that the matter was difficult, so they simply remained silent.

After a while, an official wearing a sixth-grade green robe came in and served tea to several people in person.

This person, Chen Chu remembered, was a disciple recommended by Fan Gongzhi. His name was Du Fengqi, and he was now serving as the review director of the Privy Council.

This morning, the story of the King of Chu's concubine beating and killing the imperial concubine had been widely spread in Tokyo. Du Fengqi naturally heard about it. Seeing the frowns of several big men, he felt that his opportunity to show off his talents in front of the King of Chu had come!

"King Chu, what a disaster!"

Du Fengqi served the tea and suddenly drank it to the end.

The sudden shock startled Chen Chu, who was deep in thought.

With an imperceptible frown on his brow, Chen Chu immediately guessed what this man was thinking, but said calmly: "Oh? Why is it so difficult?"

Hearing what the King of Chu heard, Du Fengqi felt happy. He straightened his waist, cupped his hands again and said, "Is the King of Chu worried about the death of the imperial student?"

"So what?"

"King Chu, this matter is not a trivial matter. If it is allowed to develop, it will definitely affect the official reputation of the King of Chu and be detrimental to the King of Chu!"

"Oh? What do you have in mind?" Chen Chu took a sip of tea soup from the cup and glanced at Du Fengqi coldly from the top of the cup.

Du Fengqi, who was not aware of it, seemed to have been waiting for Chen Chu's words, and immediately said: "The lower official has two strategies, which can relieve the worries of the King of Chu!" "Tell me and listen." Chen Chu put down the tea cup, neither happy nor sad. road.

Du Fengqi took a deep breath, looked around the room of important ministers, and said seriously: "A man must cut off the matter as soon as possible. Only by cutting through the mess quickly can we stop the surging public opinion!"

Chen Chu nodded and motioned for the other party to continue.

Du Fengqi seemed to be encouraged, and immediately said: "The next step is for the King of Chu to retire the Cai family and order him to enter the temple to practice meditation, which can calm the anger of the scholars."

Chen Chu couldn't help but chuckle and said, "What's the best idea?"

"The best idea is to declare to the outside world that Cai will be killed and secretly send him back to his hometown. He will fake his death for a few years and wait until the storm subsides to change his name. In this way, the King of Chu will not only have an explanation for Shilin, but also the love between husband and wife!" "

Since Du Fengqi learned about this, he assumed that the King of Chu would definitely abandon Cai Hua. The reason why he thought this was because of the big men he knew, whose concubine was not a plaything?
Faced with thousands of excited scholars, it is not difficult to guess how the King of Chu will choose.

But he also knew that Cai was the daughter of Cai Yuan, the Minister of Civil Affairs. Considering this, Du Fengqi came up with the clever plan of 'faking death' to save her life.
After he finished speaking, Chen Chu clasped the tea cup rhythmically with his knuckles. Cai Yuan was like an old monk in meditation, his expression as usual.

On the contrary, Fan Gongzhi and Zhang Chunxiao looked at Chen Chu and they felt that Du Fengqi's method was indeed the best method at the moment.

"Should I give an explanation to Shilin? I have been fighting life and death for several years, and I have gathered tens of thousands of people, just to give an explanation to others?"

Du Fengqi, who was waiting for Chen Chu's response, vaguely heard Chen Chu mumble something, but didn't hear it clearly. He couldn't help but ask: "King Chu?"

Chen Chu had no interest in repeating what he said, but waved to Du Fengqi, motioning for him to come forward.

Du Fengqi took two steps forward and bowed as if to listen. Chen Chu said, "By the way, who is your last name?"

"Your Majesty Du Fengqi! Privy Council Review Secretary" Du Fengqi was overjoyed. The powerful King of Chu took the initiative to ask his name. From now on, he will be considered as the king's favorite!

Unexpectedly, Chen Chu raised his hand and pulled off Du Fengqi's black gauze hat and said, "Oh, Du Fengqi, right? You can go."

"Ah?" Du Fengqi felt a chill on his head. He looked up and saw that Chen Chu had casually thrown his official hat on the case. He subconsciously said: "King Chu, where are you going?"

"You can go wherever you want and don't hang around in front of my eyes. Later I will ask the officials to remove you and give you a white body."

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Du Fengqi was dumbfounded, wondering on the spot that after ten years of hard work and many years of hard work, he finally got this sixth-rank imperial official, and yet he was dismissed by the King of Chu with just such a word?

I'm obviously here to relieve the King of Chu from his worries!

What's going on?What's going on.
Du Fengqi had no choice but to turn his eyes to the sitting teacher Gongzhi for help. The latter could only sigh helplessly and waved to Du Fengqi secretly, indicating that he should leave first and help him find a solution later.

The reason why Fan Gongzhi didn't stop Du Fengqi from "proposing a plan" was because he wanted to see if Chen Chu's attitude improved. Now that he has tried it out, not only will the King of Chu not abandon the Cai family, he will not even let her suffer the grievance of "faking death"
It was said that the King of Chu valued his family very much, and it seemed that the rumors were true. The family members were simply the King of Chu's fault. Not to mention hurting them, they just like Du Fengqi secretly teased the Cai family, and they lost their official title.

At this time, the relationship between Daqi Shilin and the King of Chu was about to become a deadlock.

At that time, Fan Gongzhi and Zhang Chunxiao left together. Only Chen Chu and Cai Yuan were left in the check-in room. Chen Jing'an, who had not spoken to him until now, also confirmed Chen Chu's attitude based on the Du Fengqi incident just now. Only then did he take a closer look. Talk about the situations you may face next and how to deal with them.

Chen Chu discussed various plans with him.

Throughout the whole process, Chen Chu and Chen Jingan talked a lot, while Cai Yuan rarely interrupted.

It was not until midnight that the three of them stepped out of the Privy Council. However, when passing by the imperial city, they saw many scholars sitting densely in front of the dimly lit Xuande Gate from a distance.

Compared with this morning, at least nearly a thousand scholars came to support the three hundred Tai students.
Chen Chu couldn't help but feel the magic. A few months ago, their Huaibei faction used this method to attack the majesty of King Lu.

Unexpectedly, now he himself suffered the same backlash.

It’s really easy for students and scholars to be instigated and coerced.
But it must be admitted that this method is very effective. Today is the first day that it has caused such a stir. It will only become more lively in the future.

Although Cai Yuan appears calm, he also knows how big a storm Shilin will create together.

So, when he saw the scene in front of Xuande Gate, he finally couldn't hold it back and said in an extremely restrained tone: "Yuan Yuanzhang, if things get out of control in the future, I won't blame you if you divorce Hua'er. But I think... She is devoted to you, Yuan Zhang must not destroy her life, you send her back, I..."

There was an uncontrollable tremor in his unusually calm and even indifferent voice. Cai Yuan paused for a few breaths and finally finished speaking, "You send her back to my home. Your aunt and I don't blame you."

Compared with thousands of miles of country and a century-old foundation, a woman is really nothing, Cai Yuan has this understanding.

At the same time, we can also see how much pressure the scholars were sitting in meditation in front of Xuande Gate and the storm brewing among the scholars put Lao Cai under.

Chen Chu thought about it for a while, and did not express his determination not to let Cai Hua take the blame from the perspective of the love between his children. Instead, he said from a utilitarian point of view: "Uncle, this matter is not directed at Hua'er or you. It is clearly aimed at I'm here. Even if they abandon Hua'er this time, they will think of ways to harm their eldest son and brother Peng again. If I just let it go every time, one day I will become a lonely person and a mere commander, and they will have to deal with it. I took action."

After saying this, Cai Yuan felt much more relieved, but he keenly grasped the word 'them' and couldn't help but ask: "Who are 'them'?"

Standing in the shadows, Chen Chu looked at the scholars sitting on the ground in front of Xuande Gate and whispered: "They are stubborn reactionaries among the scholars, powerful and evil gentry, remnants of the King of Lu, and lackeys of the Jin Kingdom. You see Well, this time, they will all jump out."

Chen Jing'an turned his head and glanced at Chen Chu. In the group mentioned by the latter, almost all the corresponding people could be found among the scholars.

However, Chen Chu didn't finish beating the gentry to death with a stick. After all, he added the prefixes of 'stubborn reactionary' and 'evil gentry'.
While the three of them were silent, a slightly cool autumn wind blew by. As his clothes fluttered, Chen Chu suddenly smiled self-deprecatingly, "Originally, I planned to get along well with them, but they thought they were weak. Well, no. If you pretend and show your cards, I will kill someone."

It was a plain joke, but neither Chen Jingan nor Cai Yuan could laugh.

There is a smell of blood in these words.

Those who dared to attack the gentry and scholars would always be infamy regardless of success or failure.

As a member of the scholars, Chen Jing'an couldn't help but sigh and suggested: "Come back to Shangshu Mansion with me? My eldest brother and I sent a few jars of Huaibei wine to me a few days ago. Today is the Double Ninth Festival, let's have a good drink."

The worried Cai Yuan nodded, and the two of them couldn't help but look at Chen Chu. Unexpectedly, Chen Chu smiled and rejected Chen Jingan's invitation, "You guys have a drink. My little tiger must have known what happened in the city today. She has an arrogant temperament, and even if she is afraid in her heart, she will not admit it with her mouth. She is just afraid that she will not be able to sit still at this moment. I need to go home and talk to her to prevent her from getting into trouble with her random thoughts."

After Chen Chu finished speaking, he bowed his hands to Cai Yuan and Chen Jing'an and strode back to Suimian Street.

With words full of love, it’s self-evident who the ‘little tiger in the family’ is talking about.

Cai Yuan looked at the tall back, and suddenly relaxed, his waist and shoulders slumped, and he looked much older in an instant.

Sensing something strange, Chen Jing'an turned his head and looked around, only to see water shining in Lao Cai's cloudy eyes in the night. Chen Jing'an understood Cai Yuan's feeling. The reason why the latter suddenly relaxed was not because of disappointment, but because he felt that someone could take his place. He supports the Cai family, and there is someone who can protect his daughter on his behalf without him having to resist.

Chen Jing'an felt this and said: "Shilang Cai, what more could you ask for in such a wonderful husband-in-law! Congratulations."

When Cai Yuan heard this, his already collapsed waist quickly expanded and straightened like a balloon, but he still said modestly: "Hey, my daughter has been spoiled by our couple since she was a child. Look, isn't this going to cause trouble? Even though Yuan Zhang is a few years younger than me, Hua'er, I know how much trouble there will be if I let her protect her."

Chen Jing'an smiled slightly when he heard this and said: "You don't need to worry, Mr. Cai. My Ayu is in charge of the Newspaper Promotion and Development Foundation. When the time comes, she will mobilize newspapers all over the world to muddy the water first. After all, we are all one family, Ayu Yu will not stand idly by and let others bully Sanniang."

What Chen Jingan said is true. Because brothers Chen Yingjun and Chen Jinyu successively participated in the creation and development of Tongshan Toutiao and Caizhou Five-Day Talk, the Chen family has a profound influence on the Huaibei clique's propaganda mouth.

But his expression of 'family' still aroused Cai Yuan's attention. Even though he heard Chen Jingan's hidden meaning, Cai Yuan just pretended not to understand and said with a smile: "Yuan Zhang is gone, your Huaibei wine Are you going to let me eat it?"

"Hahaha, let's go! Go back and have a drink."

Chen Jing'an smiled heartily, and walked towards Shangshu's Mansion arm in arm with Cai Yuan.

"Servant Cai, what do you think of my Ayu?"

"Yes, she has a beautiful face and a sharp mind."

"I heard that she and Sanniang had some trouble a few days ago. As elders, we still have to make peace with each other."

"Haha, let the juniors handle their own affairs. Why should we meddle randomly?"

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(End of this chapter)