The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 348
In deep spring, the scenery of Jinghe Academy is still very good.

Although the pear blossoms have already faded into spring red, the chaotic hundreds of purples and reds also have their own charms.

Zhou Qing came to Shuixie to study from his own room, and the fragrance of flowers all around made him feel very comfortable.

After reading two pages of the book, Zhou Qing looked at the slowly flowing water and couldn't help showing a slight smile, but he didn't laugh at the scenery, but at his own fate.

He is a talented person of Jinghe Academy, he has even become the number one talented person of Jinghe Academy, and he showed his great talent in the government office that day. When he takes the imperial examination next year, he will definitely be able to get a title on the gold list, right?
He felt that fate was only in his own hands.

In the past, he was just a poor farm boy who couldn’t be any poorer. He might never have the opportunity to study in his life. When that person came to him and said he wanted to train him, he hesitated, but he didn’t hesitate for too long. Although he was young at the time, he also understood that if he farmed like his father, he would never be able to prosper and become a master in his life.

But he wants to be a master, he doesn't want to work hard all his life, but the final harvest is not enough to feed his family.

So he resolutely agreed to that person's request.

He found that he was still very talented in reading, at least much better than many people. Although he dare not say that he is proficient in everything, it shouldn't be a problem to gain fame by relying on it.

Thinking of the tall and handsome beauty after getting the honor in the exam, he suddenly couldn't help but laughed again.

But at this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Brother Zhou, why are you so happy and smiling so happily?"

Zhou Qing was startled suddenly. He felt that his mind was distracted today, because in the past, as long as someone approached him, he would definitely be able to detect it. He felt that complacency really easily made people's reactions dull, and he decided not to do this again. Dazed.

He calmed himself down, turned his head, and saw that it was Guo Mingcai, he was a little surprised, because since they entered Jinghe Academy, the original talents of Jinghe Academy hated them very much, but why did he come to talk with him today with a smile? Greet yourself?
In fact, Zhou Qing didn't like Guo Mingcai very much. He felt that this person was ordinary, but he was too conceited, which made people feel an indescribable disgust.

But now he still made himself look dangerous, and said: "I only laugh when I see the picturesque scenery in front of me. Why does Brother Guo have the time to come to this place?"

Guo Mingcai smiled: "Actually, I came here specially to find Brother Zhou."

"Oh, looking for me, why are you looking for me?" Zhou Qing became more and more disgusted with Guo Mingcai, because he felt that there must be no good for someone like Guo Mingcai who came to look for him specially.

Guo Mingcai also smiled strangely at this time.

"Actually, I came to see Brother Zhou, I just wanted to tell Brother Zhou one thing. I know everything about you."

Zhou Qing frowned slightly: "I don't understand what brother Guo said."

"Brother Zhou, you don't need to pretend in front of me. You outsiders come to Jinghe Academy for what purpose. Do you think I don't know?"

Hearing Guo Mingcai's affirmation, Zhou Qing's expression tightened slightly, but he quickly smiled and said, "I don't understand what you said."

"Don't understand? Then let me make it clearer. You people have no good intentions at all. You want to use the opportunity of Jinghe Academy to provide the imperial court with imperial examination personnel to gain fame in the imperial court, and then realize that you are unreliable. Human purpose, isn't it? It's a pity that our old dean Duan Shi has never given you a chance, and your identities are not very clear, so you can only rely on Jinghe Academy for this, right?"

Speaking of this, Guo Ming snorted coldly: "In fact, Dean Duan was poisoned to death by you. Don't think I don't know, I can see it for real."

After Guo Mingcai finished speaking, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth again, but at this time Zhou Qing's thoughts suddenly became disordered. He thought that no one knew about their affairs, but he didn't expect that Guo Mingcai would say it so blatantly now.

Guo Mingcai was right. Their identities were somewhat unknown, or they all came from a place that was unlikely to be recruited into Jinshi on a large scale by the Song Dynasty today. Zhao Kuangyin was still afraid of the people in that place, at least in the There will be no large-scale Jinshi in that place for more than ten years.

But they couldn't wait any longer, they needed to enter the imperial court and overthrow the Great Song Dynasty, so they had to rely on the power of Jinghe Academy for this.

Jinghe Academy is a rare large academy in Chang'an City. They can send a lot of talents to the imperial court every year. They need this. Unfortunately, that person Duan Shi has regional discrimination. People who are not from Chang'an City are not allowed to go to them at all. There is no way to study in the academy, they can only become Duan Shi.

They did it very covertly, they thought that no one saw all this, but now this man named Guo Mingcai actually saw it.

Unwise, unwise.

Zhou Qing felt that Guo Mingcai was so stupid that he dared to say these words in front of his face. If they could kill Duan Shi, they would have a way to kill Guo Mingcai.

He stood up from the chair, showing a terrified look, and said, "You... what do you want?"

Seeing that Zhou Qing was afraid, Guo Ming finally let go of his nervous heart. In fact, Liu Wei asked him to say what he just said. When he first saw this, he was a little shocked, because he couldn't believe that people like Zhou Qing actually There is such a conspiracy.

But at this time, Zhou Qing's reaction and expression were both Mr. Liu Wei and what Liu Wei told him to say were right. He suddenly felt a little admiration for Liu Wei. The time he spent with Zhou Qing and others was not short, but he didn't realize that Zhou Qing was a little strange, Liu Wei only discussed poetry with these people, how did he find out that they had something wrong?
Amazing, he thinks Liu Wei is really amazing.

But now, looking at Guo Mingcai's frightened expression, he suddenly felt that the emotions that had been suppressed by Zhou Qing and others during this period of time were suddenly released. Aren't these people talented? Well, now he will see who is more powerful .

"How? Not so much. I know all these things you have done. If you don't want me to tell the government, you'd better agree to my request."

"You...what do you want, money, I have it, and I'll give you as much as you want."

Guo Mingcai was overjoyed, but he hadn't lost his mind yet.

"Okay, let's take ten thousand coins first."

"Okay, okay..." Zhou Qing said yes, but the man suddenly flew into the air, with a dagger in his hand at some point, and quickly killed Guo Mingcai.

Guo Mingcai was taken aback, thinking that something was wrong. Just as he was about to retreat and dodge, Zhou Qing, who was killing him with a dagger, suddenly screamed. Guo Mingcai opened his eyes to see, and saw that Zhou Qing's wrist had been shot with blood. , and the dagger in his hand fell to the ground at this time.

There is an extra stone on the ground.

Someone injured Zhou Qing with a stone, how powerful is this person?
Just when Guo Mingcai was shocked, a man with a cold expression came out from the dark slowly. Guo Mingcai didn't know this person, but he had seen this person before. That day in the government office, this person was standing beside Liu Wei. Behind him, there seemed to be Liu Wei's bodyguard named Wei Ping.

Wei Ping came, did not say a word, grabbed Zhou Qing and left, Zhou Qing screamed, and even wanted to die, but when he was in Wei Ping's hands, how could he find death?

Wei Ping did not leave, but went directly to the living room of Jinghe Academy. At this time, Liu Wei was leading someone to chat with Gu Yu. When Liu Wei saw that Wei Ping brought Zhou Qing, he was overjoyed , he knew it was working.

Originally, what Guo Mingcai said was just Liu Wei's speculation, and he had no evidence at all, but if Guo Mingcai's words drove Zhou Qing into a hurry and caused Zhou Qing to kill him, then they didn't need any evidence.

Seeing Zhou Qing being arrested, Gu Yu's expression suddenly changed, his heart was beating thumpingly, and he had a very bad feeling.

And at this time, Liu Wei suddenly said coldly: "Dean Gu, what do you want to tell me?"

"Liu... What does Master Liu mean? Do you have anything to say?"

Liu Wei showed a slight smile, then looked at Guo Mingcai who was following behind, and asked him to tell what happened just now. Although Guo Mingcai was not as talented as Zhou Qing, his eloquence was first-rate, so he told what happened just now vividly again.

After Guo Ming finished speaking, Liu Wei looked at Gu Yu and said, "Do you have anything else to say?"

"I...Master Liu, this matter has nothing to do with me. I just thought that these people are very talented. I thought that if they were admitted to Jinshi, it would be very beneficial to the development of our Jinghe Academy, so I accepted them. As for their purpose, I really don't know, Master Liu must be clear about it."

Regarding Gu Yu's words, Liu Wei only smiled slightly, and then ordered to go down and arrest all the people involved in the case, including Gu Yu.

After leaving Jinghe Academy, Liu Wei hurried to the palace and told Zhao Kuangyin about these things. After hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin was shocked. He didn't expect that this simple case would involve so many things.

"Liu Aiqing means that there is a group of people who want to train some people to become officials in the court, and then overthrow my Great Song Dynasty?"

Liu Wei nodded: "That's exactly what Hui Sheng said, and who is behind this group of people is still investigating. If you want to catch these people, you will be able to find out soon."

Zhao Kuangyin nodded. He originally thought it was just a small murder case, but he never thought that the final result would almost involve his Da Song roots. It is conceivable that if these scholars become Jinshi and become officials, then they will How will it harm the people and subvert the court?

It's scary to think about it.

However, Zhao Kuangyin felt fortunate that Liu Wei did not treat this murder case as a small case, but gave it enough attention.

(End of this chapter)