Lin Bai's letter asking for help was first sent to the capital, but Jia Lian had already secretly left the capital and gone to Xuanfu.
The messenger didn't dare to make the decision without authorization, so he just had to rush to Xuan Mansion. Rushing to the Xuan Mansion, there were also letters from the emperor, Mr. Lin, and Zhang San.
Jia Cong arrived in Ansu County at the end of the twelfth lunar month. By that time, Zhang Zhengju had been wandering around Mancheng County for several days.
Along with He Chong who came before, Mu Congying was left by Jia Lian to help in the Xuan Mansion.
After all, things in the Xuan Mansion have just begun. With the help of Duke Qian's eldest grandson, many things will be easier to handle.
"Brother Cong, take a look at this first..."
After arriving in Ansu County, before Jia Cong had time to rest, Tanchun handed him the latest Di newspaper.
He was on the front foot, but Lian Erye was "forced" to counter the rebellion on the back foot.
According to what was reported in the Di newspaper, there was rebellion in Xuanfu City. Jia Lian, the crown prince of Duke Rong, who was ordered to inspect Xuanfu, made an immediate decision and took charge of the military and administration of Xuanfu and led a large army to put down the rebellion.
In this battle, more than 10,000 ministers were killed, all of whom were Tatar, Rakshasa, Goryeo and other bandits who violated the laws of Daxia and entered Xuanfu City privately.
Jia Lian, the eldest son of Rongguo Gong, beheaded them all and built a capital temple outside the Xuanfu Mutual Market to intimidate all races...
"Second brother, you lied to me again!"
Jia Cong looked up to the sky and cried out sadly, jumping to his feet in anger.
Although Lin Bai's letter asking for help was sent to Xuanfu, he was interested in going south to help. But at that time, the affairs of the Xuanfu had not been settled properly, and he still wanted to start well and end well.
However, Jia Lian repeatedly encouraged him and urged him to go south quickly. He wanted him to leave the whirlpool of Xuanfu and tricked him into leaving and starting to settle accounts with the people of Tatar, Rakshasa, Goryeo and other countries.
What rebellion? What's wrong with you? Second Master Lian just looked at the foreigners in Xuan Mansion running around and had no idea, and wanted to get rid of them once and for all.
If you don't take him for such a majestic thing, you are still not a brother!
Jia Cong was depressed. He squatted by the stove with the newspaper in hand and was fuming. The second brother still treated him as a child and didn't want him to take the blame...
After being depressed and autistic for a while, Jia Cong came back to life.
Anyway, it has been clearly arranged, so let’s continue on the path arranged by the second brother.
Zhang Zhengju said in the letter that there was a big surprise in Baoding Mansion and it was better to deal with matters here first.
Jia Cong regained his energy after being autistic for a while, and asked about the situation in Baoding Mansion from his third sister Tanchun and Baochai.
By the time Daiyu came back from Mancheng County after hearing the news, he had basically understood the cause and effect of the whole thing.
…
Jia Cong could hardly bear it despite the continuous wind and snow, even if he was strong and healthy.
After sleeping in darkness for a whole day and night, I regained my energy. On the 30th of the twelfth lunar month, on New Year's Eve, seven people, Lin Bai, Zhang Zhengju, Jia Cong, He Chong, Daiyu, Tanchun and Baochai, gathered in Ansu County to celebrate the festival together. It's a meeting.
There were sounds of firecrackers everywhere in the city, and the seven people toasted together to celebrate.
After eating a fairly sumptuous New Year’s Eve dinner, it’s a simple celebration of the New Year.
Zhang Zhengju lives here and has been wandering around Mancheng County for several days. He has roughly found some clues, so he was the first to speak.
"Not only Mancheng County, but the entire Baoding Prefecture, and even the states and counties in Gyeonggi Province have problems to a greater or lesser extent."
Lin Bai no longer felt as relaxed as he had just celebrated the New Year, and responded solemnly: "Brother Zhang is right. I feel the same way. Several people have written to me these days."
What's the letter for? Need I say more? There's no such thing as coercion, but there are always overt and covert hints to induce him to leave.
From the capital to the local areas, there are some people he has never even seen.
Fortunately, the character he created blocked a lot of pressure for him, and after muddying the waters in Mancheng County, he took advantage of the New Year to run away.
Otherwise, if you stay any longer, without any inducement, you will most likely be threatened or even assassinated.
Jia Cong only knew the surface, so he didn't interrupt.
Daiyu nodded and told what she found out.
"... Third brother muddied the waters in Mancheng County, which made me see some things clearly. Fan Bi, the magistrate of Mancheng County, should also be a puppet. The person behind this matter has something to do with the Yan family in Taiyuan. I I suspect that Shanxi merchants are behind this."
Zhang Zhengju always looked like he had the pearls of wisdom in hand. He gently shook his folding fan and said with a smile: "Your Highness is right, but His Highness still thinks too little. Shanxi merchants are also puppets."
"What Mr. Zhang means is that there is someone behind this? Is it a certain prince?"
Not to mention Daiyu, even Lin Bai, Jia Cong and others were a little shocked.
Although half of the Shanxi merchants were cut off by the imperial court before, the remaining families cannot be ignored. Behind them are several high-ranking officials and frontier officials.
Lin Bai and Daiyu had previously speculated whether a certain court official was involved in the case. They did not expect Zhang Zhengju to mean that the real person behind the case had a higher status and greater power.
Zhang Zhengju shook his head: "No, even if it is related to the royal family, that is also part of it. I mean, there is an extremely powerful group behind this matter."
Halfway through his words, Zhang Zhengju turned his gaze to Jia Cong, who was listening attentively: "Uncle, do you still remember the hibiscus ointment case of Renchenke?"
group?
Before Lin Bai and others could react, an idea flashed in Jia Cong's mind.
"Those people in the south?"
"No, the North and the South merge. I'm talking about the whole of Daxia, all the people who don't want the court to implement new policies and affect their interests."
hiss!
Everyone took a deep breath. The people in the room were all very smart people, and they still didn't know what Zhang Zhengju meant.
They started to fight back!
Just listen to Zhang Zhengju's analysis one by one: "If a major scandal breaks out in a girls' school, what will happen to the implementation of compulsory education? Especially the enrollment of girls?"
"You must know that when the imperial examination first appeared, aristocratic families had many obstacles. Today's compulsory education is the same as the original imperial examination. How can it be smooth sailing to dig up people's foundation?"
"I don't know their original plan, but what is certain is that the emergence of this case was an accident. Their plan is definitely not a small case. The more they accumulate, the more destructive they will be when they explode. Fortunately, His Highness accidentally discovered one of them. The strange thing is, if not..."
Otherwise, when it accumulates to a certain extent, it may endanger the entire implementation of compulsory education when it breaks out.
Even though this century-old plan would benefit the entire Xia Dynasty and make the names of the emperors and ministers of the Yuanyou Dynasty go down in history, it still could not stop the public from being angry, so the new law could only be abolished in order to achieve stability.
After all, seeking stability, the so-called golden mean has been the practice of governing the country in the past dynasties.
Jia Cong asked in a deep voice: "Mr. Zhang, have you found out who is leading this matter?"
"No, but soon."
Zhang Zhengju raised his tea cup, saluted Mancheng County in the southeast, and said with a pointed smile: "It depends on when our County Magistrate Fan dies."
…
In the New Year of the ninth year of Yuanyou, Fan Bi felt that he had a relatively comfortable life.
The annoying supervisory censor finally left. Although he was very angry when he left, and the assessment of his current plan may be a bit uncertain, he was still very satisfied.
As long as Lin Bai doesn't touch the girls' school, everything will be fine.
As for Lin's daughter stationed in Ansu County, there has been no movement these days. It seems that this hurdle has been avoided.
Back then, Lard had blindly accepted money from the Yan family and became a disciple of Prince Dai, but now he wants to do such a sinful thing for Prince Dai's house...
Dong dong dong~
The housekeeper sent a letter, and Fan Bi took it and took a look. The familiar handwriting on the envelope made him feel shocked. He ordered the housekeeper to go out and guard it, and then he opened it and read it.
"Fan Bi, where is the beauty that my prince wants? Hurry up and send it to me. Last time I went to your place to play, you arranged it well. But the girl is still a bit older. This time, you arranged a few beauties aged seven or eight. Bar……"
What a beast!
Fan Bi cursed secretly, but did not dare to disobey.
That was the prince, he couldn't afford to offend him, and now that he had been dragged into the water, he had no choice but to do as he was told if he didn't want to die.
Fortunately, Lin Bai had left, and things were now calm in Mancheng County. When the girls' school opened after the Chinese New Year, he would have some pretty and younger girls selected and sent to Taiyuan.
Alas, I don’t know how Liu Kan, the prince of this generation, could be so perverted and like girls...
Just when Fan Bi had a headache, Zhang Zhengju was arranging tasks for everyone.
"Fan Bi will definitely not survive this New Year. It's time for me to set off. I have asked the Dragon Guards to keep an eye on the students in the girls' school. By then, I can follow them and find the person behind the scenes."
"Lin Yushi, you have only one mission. Make a fuss. The bigger the fuss, the better. It's best to make the entire Baoding mansion into chaos. Only in this way will the fish from the bottom of the water emerge."
"As for His Highness, there will definitely be some action in the capital. Once the uncle finds out the real culprit behind the scenes, he will need to bother His Highness to return to the capital to start a quarrel. By the way, His Highness's cousin Bao Gongzi is a good candidate."
…
Although Fan Bi was annoyed by the absurd perversion of Prince Liu Kan, he had already boarded the pirate ship of Prince Dai's palace, so he could only tell his confidants to quickly select suitable candidates and prepare to send them to Taiyuan.
But he never imagined that someone was faster than him.
Terrified confidants came to report that girls from six families were missing in the city on New Year's Eve. They were all students in a girls' school, and they were all between the ages of six and nine.
Fan Bi immediately heard in his mind that he was just bad, not stupid.
He slapped the table hard and cursed: "Lu Zhen, the dog thief, how dare you plot against me!"
The confidant asked tentatively in a low voice: "Master, would you like me to go to the village outside the city to check out the situation?"
"Oh, no need!"
Fan Bi suddenly became decadent, and after being furious, he smiled instead.
He waved his hands bitterly and said: "If I'm not wrong, Lu Zhen has left and I have become their abandoned son. These man-eating wolves will immediately cut off their tails to survive as soon as they smell a hint of danger. It's ridiculous for me before. And make plans for them..."
"That……"
The confidant's face showed fear, and he stammered and didn't know what to say. After hesitating for a long time, he finally managed to choke out a sentence: "Master, what should we do now? My wife and son are still waiting for you at your hometown in Yuzhou."
These words were like a catalyst, rekindling the unwillingness and anger in Fan Bi's heart. He suddenly raised his head, the resentment in his eyes was extremely strong.
"You're right, we can't just stay here and wait to die. They eat meat and we drink soup. Why should we be their scapegoats?"
Fan Bi's originally elegant face gradually became distorted. He stood up and groped on the bookshelf for a while, then took out a wooden box from a hidden compartment and sneered: "Ah Er, you have been with me for twenty years, and now I am the only one." The only one who can believe it is you. Our survival depends on this thing. Now take this box to Ansu and hand it over to Wen'an..."
puff!
Before he finished speaking, A'er, who was taking the wooden box respectfully, suddenly laughed ferociously.
A cold light flashed in the room, and Fan Bi felt a pain in his throat. He covered his neck and was speechless...
"Sir, my master invites you to die!"
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I’ll stop updating here tonight and continue tomorrow. Good night!
(End of chapter)
