good season

Chapter 116 It’s a long story (two chapters in one)

Are confessed.

He has been with Cui Rong for many years and is Cui Rong's most trusted person. Many things are carried out by him.

What's more, there are the Jia brothers. These two people are not just working for Cui Rong. An official like Cui Rong who has made serious mistakes one after another would have lost his official position long ago even if he was not punished.

Cui Rong was able to continue to serve as an official in another place. Of course, he had a protective umbrella above him, and that was the second assistant Deng Qian!
This is a long story. As mentioned before, Cui Rong's eldest sister was the beauty of the retired emperor. When Queen Wang was deposed, all the people in the harem were implicated. A large number of people were cut from the harem, including Concubine Cui. She was sent to Zizhu Temple to practice.

Before entering the palace, Concubine Cui had a lover with whom she was in love. This lover was an orphan who didn't even know his own last name. He grew up in a charity hall and later took the name Zhu, the manager of the charity hall, and his name was Zhu Lin.

Although Zhu Lin had nothing, he was very good at studying and passed the examination to become a scholar at the age of sixteen.

After he passed the examination and became a scholar, he received financial support from the Cui family. He was of similar age to Lady Cui, and after several chance encounters at the Cui family, the two young people gradually fell in love.

However, as the eldest daughter of the Cui family, the two were destined to have no future.

Zhu Lin’s idea was very simple. He thought that as long as he passed the imperial examination, he would be eligible to marry the girl from the Cui family.

Later, Zhu Lin passed the imperial examination and became a juren. When he returned to Luzhou excitedly, he learned that Concubine Cui had already gone to Beijing for the selection.

Later, Concubine Cui was selected to enter the palace, and Zhu Lin passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi three years later.

At that time, Lady Cui was no longer Lady Cui, she was Ms. Cui, who practiced in Zizhu Monastery.

Not long after, Zhu Lin had an adventure: his relatives found him!
Zhu Lin's original surname was Dong. His grandfather, father and two uncles were all Hanlin scholars. The Dong family was known for having four Hanlin scholars.

When Zhu Lin was three years old, he followed his biological mother back to her hometown in Wu. The boat encountered a storm on the river and capsized. His mother died, but he was never seen again, alive or dead.

Zhu Lin's appearance was like that of the Dong family. He was unknown before, but now that he has become a Jinshi, he quickly attracted attention.

Based on the birthmark on his body, Zhu Lin traced his ancestral roots and changed his name to Dong Qinglin.

Dong Qinglin said that he didn't want to be transferred out. Although the Dong family had no real power, it was still easy to keep him in Beijing.

But the Dong family didn’t know the real reason why Dong Qinglin stayed in the capital.

He did it for Lady Cui.

In the following years, Dong Qinglin had been silently asking people to take care of Concubine Cui. After Concubine Cui was sent to Zizhu Temple, she was abandoned by the Cui family. If it weren't for Dong Qinglin, she would have been tortured to death long ago.

Like his grandfather and father, Dong Qinglin was also a Hanlin, noble but without real power.

More than ten years ago, Cui Rong passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi. Dong Qinglin learned that he was the second brother of Concubine Cui, so he introduced him to Deng Qian, who was then the Minister of Rites. Cui Rong then became Deng Qian's teacher.

In addition to being friends, Deng Qian and Dong Qinglin also have another relationship.

Although Dong Qinglin was deeply in love with Lady Cui, he did not remain chaste. As a descendant of the Dong family, it was impossible for him to remain single for the rest of his life.

In the second year after he returned to his ancestral home, he married Deng Qian's sister. Unfortunately, Mrs. Deng died without leaving any offspring.

Although Dong Qinglin remarried after his mourning period ended, he and Deng Qian remained good friends.

Because of Dong Qinglin's relationship, Deng Qian values Cui Rong very much, and the place where Cui Rong was to be assigned was also carefully selected for him by Deng Qian.

That county is rich in mineral resources, and the Deng family has a private mine there, which means that the county's chief official must and can only be one of their own.

When Cui Rong first entered the officialdom, it was not easy for him to gain recognition from the Deng family. He wanted to gain a firm foothold, so after taking office, he submitted a letter of allegiance to the Deng family.

He was a young, impulsive but upright scholar. When he found out that the Deng family was running a private mine, he secretly collected evidence and prepared to send it to the capital to hand it over to an imperial censor he admired.

This scholar, together with the evidence he collected, were intercepted by the Jia brothers and handed over to the Deng family.

This is the token of allegiance that Cui Rong gave to the Deng family.

From then on, Cui Rong not only gained a firm foothold with the help of the Deng family, but also made huge profits from private mines.

When the earthquake occurred, the reason why Cui Rong did not provide timely disaster relief was because he had assigned all the yamen runners to the Deng family. How could he have any spare energy to rescue the people?
Cui Rong has long been a dog raised by the Deng family.

At that time, Dong Qinglin's niece had already entered the Eastern Palace and became the Crown Princess.

And Deng Qian has also become a secondary assistant.

After becoming the second assistant, perhaps to avoid suspicion, Deng Qian no longer had any contact with Dong Qinglin on the surface. Although the Deng and Dong families were once in-laws, Deng had passed away for many years and had no children, so in the eyes of the world, the two families no longer had any relationship.

Dong Qinglin was still very caring towards the Cui family. One of Cui Rong's cousins participated in a beauty pageant and, with Dong Qinglin's help, entered the Eastern Palace and became the prince's concubine and the crown princess's right-hand man.

In the eyes of outsiders, the prince is not favored, and although the Dong family, as the prince's in-laws, is noble, they have no real power and are far inferior to the third prince.

But in fact, Deng Qian has been secretly supporting the prince, but he is very smart and has created many false appearances, so he has not been exposed until now.

Although Dong Qinglin took care of the Cui family, Deng Qian did not take the Cui family seriously.

Just a third-rate family.

As for Cui Rong, who used to be the gatekeeper of the Deng family, he was abandoned after the earthquake.

Therefore, Cui Rong spent a lot of money and asked Deng Qian's nephew to ask for help from Deng Qian.

Fortunately, Deng Qian finally saw the surplus value of Cui Rong and transferred him to Fuyun.

Fuyun was a mess, and Deng Qian just wanted Cui Rong to stay here for a while, make some political achievements, and wash away his previous mistakes so that he could be better used by him.

Unfortunately, Cui Rong was too greedy. For the sake of one thousand taels of silver, he made a random judgment and almost lost his official position.

Deng Qian's birthday was approaching, and Cui Rong racked his brains to send him a generous gift. This gift touched Deng Qian's heart and gave Cui Rong another chance.

But Cui Rong himself knew that if he made the same mistake again, Deng Qian would no longer use him.

Even if a superior like Deng Qian was abandoned by him, he would not be left alive.

After all, everyone knows that Deng Qian is a calm and composed person who never gets involved in fights among the princes.

This is also why Cui Rong was in a hurry to silence Wang Honghong and her son after seeing the big-character poster.

He had to control this incident to the minimum, otherwise it would not be a matter of whether he would be an official or not, but he would be close to death.

After reading Are's confession, Zhao Shiqing felt that he was still too naive.

She thought that Cui Rong had someone above her, and had long guessed that the Cui family was a prince's party, but she did not expect that the person above Cui Rong was Deng Qian!
She had heard of this Deng Ci Fu. When her father was alive, he once said that this man had a noble character and was a clean official in the court.

Clear stream?

Open a private mine?

Murder?
Seeing Shen Guanyue looking at the winter scenery outside the window thoughtfully, Zhao Shiqing asked, "What are you thinking about?"

In the past, Zhao Shiqing would have thought that Shen Guanyue didn't understand these things at all, but after she read the article written by Shen Guanyue, she no longer thought so.

This is clearly a large glutinous rice dumpling with black sesame filling. Shen Guanyue retracted his gaze, his face showing a heaviness that was inconsistent with his age.

"This case ends here. Don't investigate further."

Zhao Shiqing nodded. As a nominal princess, she understood.

Houya.

A Lei and the Jia brothers did not return home all night, and Cui Rong knew that something must have happened.

Otherwise, given the cruelty of the Jia brothers, killing Wang Honghong and her son would be as easy as crushing an ant. How come no good news has been reported until now?

But Cui Rong was unwilling to give up. He had clearly established a firm foothold in Fuyun. How could he let all his efforts go to waste just because of a bitch?

But he also knew his current situation and he had to make a decision.

"Sir, it's not good, it's not good!"

A Lei was not there, and it was another servant who came to report the news.

What Cui Rong can’t bear to hear the most right now are the three words “not good”.

"Sir, there are many people gathered outside the county government office. They all say they are the victims and that you took bribes."

Cui Rong was furious. This was outrageous.

Fuyun County is not a wealthy place. He offered a price of one thousand taels, and there are only a handful of people who can come up with one thousand taels. Besides, not all of these families will come to sue. It is conceivable that the people outside are talking nonsense. How could there be so many victims?

"Let someone drive them away!" Cui Rong roared.

The servant went out and came back soon: "No, there are more and more people, the yamen runners have been beaten, and those people asked you and your wife to go out and give them an explanation."

Cui Rong felt dizzy and his head swelled. Aunt Wang was so angry that her eyes turned red: "Why should I leave? I am not an official."

Cui Rong pointed at her and yelled, "Why should I let you go? The hairpin on your head, the bracelet on your hand, and your profitable rouge shop, which one of them was not given to you by someone else?"

Aunt Wang snorted coldly: "I accepted these with your consent, don't try to blame me."

Cui Rong stared at Aunt Wang, feeling that this woman was not only old and ugly, but also hideous in appearance.

It’s all this bitch’s fault. If she hadn’t let the wolf into the house and brought that bitch Wang Honghong into the house, how could we be in this predicament today?

Blame her, it's all her fault!

I am a disciple of the emperor and a child of a noble family. I should be like the bright moon in the sky, without a trace of dust.

But because of this woman, I became despised by others. This woman deserves to die!

A surge of anger rose to his head, and Cui Rong raised his hand and slapped Aunt Wang in the face.

He was a scholar, and the slap he gave her didn't have much force, but Aunt Wang was stunned by him.

Aunt Wang never dreamed that Cui Rong would beat her?
Isn't she his beloved confidante?

Thinking back to the time when they were watching the stars together, had Cui Rong forgotten all the vows they made to each other?

Over the years, she gave birth to four children for him, and she had to rack her brains to get her son registered under the name of that yellow-faced woman. Was it easy for her?
Since she was in confinement and couldn't take care of him, he turned around and slept with her own niece. The niece even gave birth to a son, but she still had no official status, and she would never have one in the future.

For this reason, she didn't dare to contact her family. If her eldest brother and sister-in-law knew that she had let Wang Honghong give birth to a child for her uncle, they would beat her to death.

She didn't even have the escape route of her parents' home, yet Cui Rong still wanted to beat her.

Can't stand it, absolutely can't stand it.

Aunt Wang looked around and saw that the maids had consciously left when the two people were arguing, for fear of hearing something they should not hear.

No one is good, that’s great!
Aunt Wang raised a large red bottle that was more than a foot high and smashed it down on Cui Rong's head!
Cui Rong did not have a bloody head as Aunt Wang imagined, but his facial features were flying around, his body swayed, and he fell down.

Aunt Wang was so angry that she lost her mind, so she hit Cui Rong with the vase. Now Cui Rong fell down. Aunt Wang was stunned at first, and then she realized that she was in trouble. No, she might have killed someone.

The vase in her hand fell to the ground with a bang and broke into countless pieces. Aunt Wang reached out and carefully checked Cui Rong's breath. He was breathing and still alive.

Aunt Wang breathed a sigh of relief and screamed loudly: "Someone come, someone come, the master has fainted from anger."

Mrs. Li, the initiator of the first official gossip in Fuyun County, volunteered to ask for a doctor.

But the back door of the yamen was also blocked by angry people. Mrs. Li could only shout: "It's terrible, something big has happened. The county magistrate's wife has beaten the county magistrate to death. You guys should get out of the way quickly. You are delaying the county magistrate's funeral. You will all be beaten!"

What? The magistrate died?

After hearing this shocking news, the people fell silent. They were not the victims, they came only for the gossip.

The uncle slept with his niece, which was the first case in Fuyun County. Who wouldn't want to get first-hand information? Who wouldn't want to know how the uncle and niece got along? Did the niece call the county magistrate her uncle or her husband?

But before he could see him, the magistrate died.

No, the magistrate cannot die!
Mrs. Li was so moved that her eyes filled with tears. What kind people these were! Even though the magistrate was so bad, the people still let bygones be bygones and wanted him to live.

Mrs. Li shed a handful of non-existent tears of sadness, asked the gatekeeper to open the door, and invited these kind-hearted people to come in to see the magistrate for the last time, while she continued to go and ask for a doctor.

When Mrs. Li rushed back with the doctor, Cui Rong had already woken up. He was awakened by being beaten.

Yes, when the people rushed in, they saw their beloved magistrate lying on the ground, with a still charming woman crying beside him.

Needless to say, this is Mrs. Wang who sent her niece to her husband's bed.

I don't know who checked Cui Rong's breath, and found that he was breathing, not dead.

The people already knew that this couple not only slept with the niece, but also accepted bribes and protected the murderer.

If only one or two people had come today, what happened later would not have happened.

As the saying goes, the law does not punish the masses, so this group of people beat Cui Rong, who was lying on the ground, and Aunt Wang, who was crying at the top of her lungs. These two bastards deserved to be beaten to death!
The yamen runners were maintaining order in the front and didn't know someone was coming in from the back door until the maid came hurriedly to report the news. Then they rushed back. When the people saw the yamen runners coming, they dispersed and ran away.

Cui Rong was beaten awake. Although he woke up, his mouth was crooked, his eyes were slanted, his speech was slurred, and he had incontinence.

Cui Rong suffered a stroke.

Aunt Wang was beaten black and blue. More importantly, there were some dishonest people among the people who would steal when others beat them.

Seeing that the situation was not right these days, Aunt Wang packed up her gold and silver jewelry in case of emergency. As a result, they were also snatched away by those people.

Mrs. Li rushed back with the doctor. She was very happy to see Magistrate Cui and Aunt Wang alive. They were much more interesting than the clowns on the stage.

Li Pozi was very satisfied with this job as she could make money and watch the fun.

Oh no, Xiao Qingqing couldn’t go to Beijing today, I’ll try to go tomorrow!