good season

Chapter 100 He was the only one injured (two chapters in one)

As mentioned earlier, the Censorate lost Censor Jin who was unable to take care of himself. The Four Vajras became three Vajras, and the censors showed their abilities in order to compete for that vacancy. Finally, a censor named Dai stood out and became one of the Four Vajras.

In fact, this acting censor had little experience, but the Censorate had never ranked people based on seniority, but on military achievements.

That day, the Acting Censor had a debate with all the ministers at the morning court and became famous overnight. From then on, he was promoted to join the King Kong Dream Team of the Censorate.

While some people are in high spirits, others are sad and depressed. Censor Wang is one of them.

Censor Wang and Censor Jin were from the same class. They both passed the imperial examination and entered the Censorate together, but their circumstances were completely different.

Censor Jin went from obscurity to rising to prominence, then to fame in the capital, and finally to being free from defecation and piss. His life has been perfect, and all he has to do is eat the candle while others enjoy the feast.

However, Wang Yushi, who was in the same subject as him, was still in the second stage, which was the beginning of his talent.

When a newly-minted Jinshi comes to the fore, that's what we call a promising young man. But when Wang Yushi, who is in his early forties, comes to the fore, that's what we can predict.

After seeing the latest ranking of the Four Heavenly Kings, Censor Wang had an epiphany.

Is it because his thinking is not quick enough?
Were his words not sharp enough?

Is it that his writing style is not spicy enough?

Is it because his vision is not sharp enough?

neither!
He just didn't meet the right timing!

What is a good time?
It is a good time for the Earl of Yan'an to favor his concubine and kill his wife, and it is also a good time for crows to cover the roof.

But he caught up with such a good opportunity but failed to grasp it.

After much reflection, Censor Wang decided to start over.

Therefore, Censor Wang lowered his posture and began to make friends with people he had looked down upon before.

For example, Mr. Nie Er, who calls himself the uncle of King Liang.

In the past, Censor Wang would not even glance at Master Nie.

How could this person be considered a royal relative or a royal relative? He was just the cousin of the old Princess Liang from across the room.

King Liang gave him face by calling him uncle, but if he didn't, he would be just a poor relative who was begging for money.

But now, for the sake of that elusive good opportunity, Censor Wang not only ate at the same table with Master Nie Er, but also praised Master Nie Er's paintings with his eyes closed.

It turns out that opportunities come to those who are prepared.

Look, here's the opportunity.

Master Nie II spoke with great enthusiasm as he denounced Yan Xia's misdeeds of bullying his classmates in the Imperial College, and every word he said was full of blood and tears.

Censor Wang narrowed his eyes. Yan Xia, the eldest son of the Duke of Weiguo, was a well-known playboy in the capital. He liked to think of himself as a hero. He did not study hard, but instead made trouble in the Ministry of Justice all day long.

The prince of Weiguo, whose status is high enough, can satisfy most people's hatred of the rich;

The son of a military commander bullied his classmates, which was enough to cause confrontation between civil and military officials in the court;

To oppress the royal family (Nie family) is, at best, a disrespect to the royal family, and at worst, a provocation to the imperial power.
Hanging two study companions on a roadside tree, what is this? This is lawlessness, and to put it more seriously, it is a sinister intention!

In the shortest possible time, Censor Wang fabricated seven major charges against Yan Xia, each of which was enough to warrant a confiscation of the Duke Weiguo's property.

The next day was the Wang Dynasty Court, and Censor Wang went to court with the memorial he had carefully prepared.

In the court, several officials reported the emperor's instructions. Emperor Yongjia was very satisfied and in a good mood. He asked, "My dear ministers, do you have any more?"

Censor Wang walked out of the team and said, "I have something to report."

Not to mention, not many civil and military officials in the court knew Censor Wang.

There are a lot of censors of all sizes in the Censorate, but only four of them are famous. It is enough to know these four people. As for the others, just ignore them all.

Therefore, although Censor Wang said he had a report to make, everyone from Emperor Yongjia to the civil and military officials in the court were aware that he wanted to impeach someone, but no one thought of who he was going to impeach.

"Your Highness, I, Wang Huisheng from the Censorate, report to the Duke of Wei, the Crown Prince Yan Xia, for abusing his power to bully others, committing crimes, and showing contempt for the imperial family" (300 words omitted here)
"I, Wang Huisheng from the Censorate, report that Duke Weiguo failed to manage his family properly, allowed his son to commit crimes, ignored state laws, and harbored evil intentions." (300 words omitted here)
All the censors in the Censorate were stunned, all the civil and military officials in the court were stunned, and even the Duke of Weiguo who was dozing off was stunned!
Censor Wang is single-handedly trying to confiscate and exterminate the entire Weiguo Mansion!

Even Emperor Yongjia was shocked.

He was still very satisfied with the Duke of Weiguo.

Although the Duke of Weiguo holds great power, he is a lone minister who never takes sides and is only loyal to the emperor.

As for Yan Xia, the prince of the Duke of Weiguo, Emperor Yongjia also had a good impression of him. Although this kid loved to play, he never played with the other princes. He never got involved in the open or secret struggles among the princes. The people in the Ministry of Justice praised him highly. He did not ask for a salary, but paid out of his own pocket to help the Ministry of Justice investigate cases. When something went wrong, he took the blame, and when the case was solved, all the credit went to the Ministry of Justice. Who would not welcome such a person?

When he learned that the people bullied by Yan Xia were Zhao Tingxuan and his study partner, Emperor Yongjia ordered that both parties be brought to the court.

Yan Xia came from the Ministry of Justice. He went out of the city last night to capture a notorious bandit. He came back almost at dawn, looking dusty and with bloody scratches on his face from the bandit's scratches.

Zhao Tingxuan came from the Imperial College, and his two companions were not qualified to enter the palace, but with the Emperor Yongjia's order, the two of them were allowed in as well.

In order to be fair, the Prince of Northern Yan and his tutor who were present that day were also called over.

All three parties were present to testify. Yan Xia held his head high and pointed at the Nie brothers, saying, "Your Majesty, these two were the ones who insulted my ancestor in the Imperial College."

The Duke of Wei had just finished cursing the brat in his heart for causing him trouble again when he suddenly heard his son say that those two people insulted his ancestors.

Isn’t Yan Xia’s ancestor his ancestor?
The Duke of Weiguo was anxious when he heard this, and he knelt down, saying, "Your Majesty, I have humiliated my ancestors, and I must die to apologize!"

Well, the Duke of Wei said he doesn’t want to live anymore!

Nie Huaxing and Nie Huaze had never seen such a scene before. They had been afraid since they entered the palace, and now they were trembling like a sieve. When they heard Duke Weiguo say this, they quickly denied it: "It's unfair. The one with cow dung on his feet was Yue Xiu, not Yan Xia!"

All the civil and military officials in the court understood now, you were talking about cow dung in front of Yan Xia, you didn't get the beating in vain, you deserved it!
Yan Xia: "You are the ones who are talking nonsense and insulting my Yan ancestors!"

Emperor Yongjia now understood what was going on. These two people had used cow dung to ridicule the poor students in front of Yan Xia, and were taught a lesson by Yan Xia.

It was originally a small matter, but for some reason, it was brought to the court by Censor Wang and became a big event.

The Duke of Wei was still wiping his tears. He was obviously a man as strong as an iron tower, but he was pretending to cry so hard that it was unbearable to look at. Emperor Yongjia could not bear to watch.

Like son, like father, this father and son are a perfect match.

However, they were absolutely loyal to the emperor.

This alone was better than countless others. Therefore, Emperor Yongjia immediately reprimanded Zhao Tingxuan, punished him with house arrest, and made him kneel in front of Taizu's portrait for two hours every day.

As for the Nie brothers, Emperor Yongjia didn't care about their backgrounds. Since they were Zhao Tingxuan's study companions, the root cause was that Zhao Tingxuan did not discipline his subordinates strictly.

As for Yan Xia, he was too impulsive. Considering his commendable filial piety and his meritorious service in catching the thief, his merits and demerits offset each other, so he will not be punished this time.

So this farce ended with Zhao Tingxuan bearing all the consequences alone.

Although Censor Wang failed to bring down the Duke of Wei and his son, Zhao Tingxuan was punished. Although Zhao Tingxuan's status was not as high as that of Yan Xia, he had the Liang Palace behind him, which was also a big tree. Censor Wang achieved his goal. Although he failed to become famous in one battle, he would become a person of status from then on. The next time he stood up, most people in the court would know that his surname was Wang.

Master Nie Er did not expect that the outcome of this matter would be like this.

It was beyond his expectation. The capital city was indeed unfathomable.

Zhao Tingxuan returned to the palace, sighing and looking dejected, but Master Nie II did not let him go.

Jade cannot be made into a useful object without being carved. As a responsible uncle, how could Master Nie not scold his son?

Master Nie II quoted from classics and combined the elegant and vulgar to reprimand Zhao Tingxuan. In the end, he believed that the reason why Zhao Tingxuan became so depraved was that he was corrupted by the people around him.

Master Nie took this opportunity to replace all the maids serving Zhao Tingxuan with those sent by Eunuch Cui.

Master Li was also scolded by Master Nie Er. Master Li was very angry. He returned to his study and wrote a letter about the incident and sent it to Liangdi.

Master Li was the person personally selected by the old Prince Liang for Zhao Tingxuan. When he was in the Prince Liang's Mansion, he never had any private contact with Zhao Tinghan and Zhao Yunnuan. Before coming to the capital, Master Li never dreamed that one day he would secretly send a letter to Zhao Tinghan.

This letter could not be delivered directly to Zhao Tinghan, therefore, it was placed inside Mr. Li's family letters, which were written to his son.

This letter from Master Li was sent to the royal tomb together with the official bulletin.

Zhao Tinghan was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Master Li would actually write to him.

This letter was given to Zhao Yunnuan by Master Li's son, who then sent it to Wang Ling.

The more it is passed around, the more important this letter becomes.

Zhao Tinghan couldn't wait to open the letter. When he finished reading it, he was so angry that he wanted to grab Zhao Tingxuan and beat him up.

However, now is not the time to be angry.

Zhao Tinghan asked someone to invite Zhao Yunnuan over and let Zhao Yunnuan read the letter. The more Zhao Yunnuan read, the angrier she became. She said to Zhao Tinghan, "I will send someone over right now to kill Nie Er."

He must be killed. Not killing him will not be enough to intimidate the Nie family and the Nie clan.

Zhao Tinghan has passed his most angry moment and is now calm.

"Maybe that person prefers this kind of Axuan."

Zhao Yunnuan was startled, but then she understood the meaning of Zhao Tinghan's words. She couldn't help but sneer, "That's right, that person won't hate Axuan because of this incident. Axuan's life in the capital will be better in the future. But mother will be distressed. I guess in the next letter, she will beg Concubine Qiao to persuade that person to come back."

Zhao Tinghan shook his head: "Before I have a son, that person will not let Axuan come back."

Although many of Zhao Tingxuan's actions made Zhao Yunnuan angry, they were siblings who grew up together after all. Zhao Tingxuan was being played like a monkey in the capital, and Zhao Yunnuan hated him for not fighting back, but also felt sorry for him.

But if left alone, Zhao Tingxuan would become a laughing stock in the capital. Emperor Yongjia would not target Zhao Tingxuan, but others would not respect him. Moreover, there were the three troublemakers from the Nie family. As long as they were in the capital, Zhao Tingxuan would not have a peaceful life.

Zhao Yunnuan said: "I still want to kill Nie Er."

She wanted to kill Nie Er, but if Nie Er died in the capital, it would definitely cause a sensation. Not only Zhao Tingxuan and the Prince Liang's Mansion would become the target of public criticism.

As for now, the Prince Liang's Mansion is gathering strength in a low-key and forbearing manner. Too much attention would be detrimental to it.

But if Nie Er’s death is not made known to everyone, the Nie family and the Nie clan will never be at peace.

Zhao Yunnuan not only wanted to kill Master Nie Er, but also wanted to send his head to the Nie family.

Others would say that Master Nie II’s crime did not deserve the death penalty, but as long as he was alive, Zhao Tingxuan would be in constant trouble, and Prince Liang’s Mansion would still be at the center of controversy.

Zhao Tinghan thought for a moment and asked, "My little sister is still in Wudi, right?"

Zhao Yunnuan sighed, "I just received a letter from her the day before yesterday. She found her biological parents, but unfortunately, they are no longer with us. They were killed. As for the reason, I didn't write it in detail in the letter. I'll ask her when she comes back."

Zhao Tinghan frowned: "Destroy the whole family? Is my little sister safe now?"

Zhao Yunnuan smiled: "I sent people to Baihe Mountain. On the day my little sister left Baihe Mountain, her guards went after her. I think they met up with her before she left Liangdi."

Zhao Tinghan and Zhao Yunnuan never dreamed that the twenty guards were currently searching aimlessly for Zhao Shiqing in Wu.

Zhao Shiqing has a special identity. She is registered in the royal family, the sister of the current King of Liang, and the adopted daughter of the old King of Liang.

Her status in Liang was equivalent to that of a princess. Why would she go to Wu for no reason?
Are the King of Liang and the King of Wu going to form an alliance to deal with the emperor together?

Therefore, what happened to Zhao Shiqing in Wu cannot be made public.

The guards did not dare to look for people in a high-profile manner. They were a group of twenty people and used a pass to Baihe Village in Liangdi.

Dayong does not restrict people's travel; as long as they have a pass, they can travel anywhere.

However, twenty men who looked like warriors traveling together would attract attention.

For example, in a county with very good public security, the twenty of them were targeted as soon as they entered the city.

As soon as they entered an inn, the inn was surrounded by yamen runners.

It turned out that they were mistaken for bandits who were preparing to rob the city.

The twenty people were locked up in the cell for one night and were only released after each paid a fine of ten taels of silver.

The mission failed and he lost two hundred taels of silver.

Therefore, they later learned their lesson and acted separately as twenty people.

Some dressed up as masters and their followers, some dressed up as brothers, some dressed up as businessmen, and some dressed up as laborers.

They walked across the land of Wu, and every time they arrived at a city, they would conduct a carpet search.

The clue was found. A waiter at an inn remembered it clearly because he saw with his own eyes an eagle landing on the shoulder of the little girl.

He will remember this scene for the rest of his life.

But this happened two months ago, which means that Zhao Shiqing was here two months ago. As for now, who knows where she has gone.