Tianyuan Fenghuajing

Chapter 240 Exam Difficulties
Whether it is ordinary people or high-ranking officials, they can watch the process of the martial arts test in a specific seat.

At this time, Mu Yun and Huang Shi were among a group of people, leaning on the fence, watching Lin Jinyan's match from afar.

Needless to say, Lin Jinyan's skills.

On the competition stage, he passed all the way.

In other words, the stages of these martial arts tests are usually occupied by aristocratic families.After all, children from poor families work hard to get enough to eat. Even if they want to change their destiny, they will pass the literary test. Few people choose the military test.But ordinary high-ranking officials and nobles are different. They are more in military power, so there are many descendants of aristocratic families, just like Jiangnan, who practice martial arts since childhood, and they also want to be able to make a big splash in the martial arts test.

But today, they were doomed to make a wrong calculation. With Lin Jinyan's existence, the No. 1 in the martial arts test was naturally none other than him.

Mu Yun knew that Lin Jinyan would definitely win the championship when she saw half of it.

She looked at Mrs. Huang who was always in high spirits, and said with a smile:

"Mother, you are watching Jin Yan here, I will go home and prepare a delicious meal."

Naturally, Huang could also see Lin Jinyan's momentum, but it was the first time in her life that she didn't want to leave after seeing so many people with high martial arts skills competing in the ring.Mu Yun also saw her excitement, stopped Huang's movement of turning around, and gave her a step

"I can do all the things I prepare for Lin Jinyan alone. Mother, watch Jinyan carefully here, and don't let him get hurt."

Although Huang's mouth said "no, no", but his eyes were very excited, he shied away a few times, and then stayed.

Mu Yun secretly lamented the childlike nature of the Huang family, and at the same time lamented that the ancients gave way and politeness, which was a waste of time.

She returned to Jiangfu and prepared a celebration banquet for Lin Jinyan in advance.

Sure enough, when Lin Jinyan and the Huang family came back, they brought back the good news that Lin Jinyan had won the leader, and the Jiang family celebrated with Mu Yun and Huang's Lin Jinyan.

Just when the atmosphere was just right, Ji Ge walked into Jiang's house in a bit of a mess.

It's a bit embarrassing to say the least, but it's not obvious.

Ji Ge himself still paid great attention to his appearance, so when he came to Jiang's house, he looked tidy, but there was a trace of fatigue and burnout in his eyes.He also came to Jiang's house to congratulate Mu Yun and the others this afternoon when he heard that Lin Jinyan had won the championship.

It's just that this Wu Zhuangyuan, like Wen Zhuangyuan, will not formally sue the world until a month later.At this time, Lin Jinyan's No. [-] Martial Arts Scholar had not yet been officially approved, so they celebrated in private.

Several people were very happy to see Ji Ge, and dragged him to a seat one after another. Those who knew him well, such as Mu Yun, Lin Jinyan, Huang Shi, etc., had already seen his fatigue and looked at him worriedly.

Sensing their gazes, Ji Ge waved his hands slightly, signaling them not to care about him, they should celebrate Lin Jinyan's matter first, and then discuss his problems.

Several of them have been together for a long time, but with just one look, they can know each other's meaning.

But, in the end it was because of worrying about him that the original excitement has shrunk a bit.

When the Lin family returned to their courtyard, Mu Yun asked Ji Ge:

"Aren't you going to Beijing to report on your work today? What's the matter? Could it be that you haven't passed the exam?"

Ji Ge glanced at Mu Yun, but didn't answer.

Huang patted Mu Yun lightly, and said:

"Our family's Ji Ge is the number one scholar. How could he not pass the exam? I'm afraid there are other things that have delayed him."

Ji Ge let out a long breath of relief.

"I don't know if someone tripped me on purpose, or if the court really wanted to reuse me. The exam questions given to me this time are a big problem. Have you ever heard that there was a big problem in Beijing before?" case?"

For the past few days, Mu Yun stayed with Xu Jiaying, and the two shared their business experience over the past year. Besides, they also talked about some topics in Beijing.

Mu Yun lamented what she had seen and heard, while Xu Jiaying would talk about the recent changes in Beijing.

One of them is the "Bamboo Leaf Case".

Don't listen to the elegant name, but the things in it are very dirty.

"Is it the case where after stealing the family's property, she deliberately threw her daughter's clothes on the street and left three bamboo leaf traces at the crime site?" Mu Yun added after receiving Ji Ge's affirmative answer. Dao, "I heard that there have been three similar cases in Beijing recently."

Ji Ge nodded seriously, and then corrected:

"Just now, the fifth incident has occurred."

Huang couldn't help but have several worries:

"This big thief, it's fine to steal property. Why did he steal some clothes from his daughter's house and throw them on the street? If he does this, no matter whether those girls are innocent or not, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find them after such a thing." The mother-in-law is gone."

Mu Yun nodded in agreement, looked at Ji Ge, and asked:

"Did the court ask you to investigate this matter?"

Ji Ge shook his head, said with a wry smile:

"Where is the imperial court asking me to investigate this matter, this big case is the content of my assessment."

When Mu Yun heard this, she was taken aback.

She originally thought that although this era is not the dynasties recorded in the history books, the content of the examination is probably the same, but she did not expect that the current court is so pragmatic, and the content of the examination is to let people handle the case.

Huang's focus is more normal, she asked in surprise:
"This kind of case has already been done for the fifth time, and no one has investigated the matter clearly. Sending you at this time, is it to let you take this responsibility? Or..."

What Huang thought was not unreasonable.

Many court officials, just because they are not capable of handling the case and do not want to take responsibility, temporarily find someone to cover the vat, entrust the things that they cannot solve to others, and by the way, also hang the charge of ineffectiveness on that person's head superior.

Huang's was afraid, Ji Ge encountered such a thing.

Ji Ge shook his head and said:

"This major case is the content of my assessment. I have a document from the superior to testify, and the time limit given is very broad, but..."

Ji Ge frowned tightly without adding the following words.

Although he didn't say anything, Mu Yun could understand.

To put it bluntly, Ji Ge is still a commoner in the capital. Although he has the title of number one scholar, in the capital, where the number one scholar is like cabbage, it is simply not possible to win.He also worked as a county magistrate in a small county before. Although his performance was outstanding, he was useless in the capital.

After all, his people's hearts are in that town, but not in Beijing.

If he wanted to do business in Beijing, he needed all sorts of arrangements, but he didn't even have any connections. One could imagine how difficult this case was for him.

As for his mentor, he had resigned long ago.

Mu Yun walked to Ji Ge's side, patted his shoulder, and said:
"Aren't we leaning against a big tree now?"

In fact, she knew that Ji Ge didn't want to rely on others at all.

But the reality is that if Ji Ge does not use the power of outsiders, he cannot solve this case by himself.

Ji Ge also understood what Mu Yun meant.

Lin Jinyan interjected at this moment and said:
"I have already completed the martial arts test, and there should be nothing else to do after that. Instead of being idle, I might as well investigate this matter with you."

It is good to have one more person to help. The next day they went to the victim's home together, while exploring the traces left by the robber when he committed the crime, while asking the victims if they had any grudges with others.

Those victims, most of whom were wealthy businessmen, complained indignantly how much property was lost in their home after hearing Ji Ge's intentions, and repeatedly emphasized their daughter's innocence, indicating that if they could not find out the matter clearly, they would let themselves If her daughter marries into a good family, she will definitely trouble Ji Ge.

Lin Jinyan just felt that these people seemed to be missing a string in their heads. It wasn't Ji Ge who stole their property and slandered her daughter's innocence. Why did they speak ill of Ji Ge instead?

Don't they know that whether this matter can be investigated clearly depends on Ji Ge?

After the questioning and investigation were over, the two went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to inquire, and then to the Ministry of Household Affairs to investigate. Afterwards, there were a series of small things. Lin Jinyan followed Ji Ge around and walked around almost all the corners of the capital.

After Lin Jin returned home, he first poured a pot of hot tea, then wiped his mouth, and told Mu Yun what he thought.

Mu Yun sneered and said:
"These wealthy businessmen who are accustomed to living in the capital feel that they are superior to others. When they see you ordinary people coming to ask questions, they don't pay attention to you, so they boss around. If you change into official uniforms before going Ask them. I'm afraid they want the best tea and the best chairs for you."

When Mu Yun said this, she suddenly looked at Lin Jinyan and said:

"If you become an official in the future, don't follow what they learned."

Lin Jinyan got up, walked to Mu Yun, hugged her in his arms and said:
"Because you are by my side, even if I want to become a bad person, I have to think about it."

After that, Lin Jinyan followed Ji Ge, running around every day.

At the same time, it's not like Mu Yun didn't do anything. She has a very good relationship with Xu Jiaying, so she can naturally get a lot of news from her.So although Ji Ge and Lin Jinyan were investigating the case on the surface, Mu Yun also used her relationship in private.

Not only some rich ladies and wives who had befriended in the capital, she also bought some hooligans and beggars in the capital to help her find out the news.

Such hard work pays off.

"These cases were carried out in the middle of the night, and there were no witnesses. Even Meitian's night watchman did not find anything unusual. From this point of view, the perpetrator must be very familiar with the capital. He was not in the capital. Growing up, he came to the capital to work hard in the early years. Anyway, he must have stayed in the capital for a while."

"However, it can't be denied that this person had a detailed plan before committing to the case. He has been inquiring for many times, and it may also avoid people's eyes and ears, like those who specialize in this business."

Mu Yun refuted Ji Ge's words, Ji Ge thought for a while, and felt that what Mu Yun said made some sense.

Lin Jinyan disagreed:

"I am more inclined to Ji Ge's statement. Some traces can be found in the first few cases, but these traces have not been found in the recent cases. From this point of view, this person is working on the first case At that time, he should be a novice, and he gradually became familiar with the whole process of committing crimes later. Therefore, it should be something that happened suddenly that made him make up his mind to do this."

(End of this chapter)