"Brother Shan, don't worry, sit down and talk." After listening to Shan Xiongxin's words, Yang Ji's first thought was that Cheng Yaojin had gotten into trouble again.
Cheng Yaojin gave him the impression that he was like the protagonist in a fantasy. No matter where he went, various accidents would happen. But this kind of person has a good life. Even if he pokes a huge hole, some loyal friends will stand up and help him at all costs to save him from danger, allowing him to step on the corpses of countless friends to reach the pinnacle of a certain field. And Shan Xiongxin is obviously the friend who travels everywhere for the protagonist.
Judging from the fact that Shan Xiongxin came to beg him, the trouble they had caused was beyond their ability, so Shan Xiongxin had no choice but to come here to beg him.
But the one who asked for help really did this because Shan Xiongxin said that the matter was not only their personal matter, but also related to martial arts.
"Here!" Seeing that Yang Ji was willing to listen to him, Shan Xiongxin breathed a sigh of relief and found a seat to sit down.
Pei Shuying took an empty glass and poured a glass of wine for Shan Xiongxin. Then she walked back to Yang Ji and sat down, like a little daughter-in-law with low eyebrows and a pleasant look.
Shan Xiongxin saw that she was as beautiful as a fairy, had an unparalleled temperament, and had such a demeanor, so he mistakenly thought she was Yang Ji's wife Xiao Ying. He was flattered and stood up and saluted: "Thank you, Princess."
Pei Shuying's face turned red and she lowered her head shyly. Her elegant white neck seemed to be bending down to peck the wings of a swan. A blush quickly dyed her neck red.
Yang Ji was too embarrassed to explain anything. If he said that Pei Shuying was not Princess Xiao Ying, but someone else, it would be easy for people to mistake her for a frivolous woman, thus hurting her self-esteem and pretending not to know. Xiang Xiongxin asked: "Brother Shan, is Cheng Yaojin causing trouble?"
Shan Xiong was confident and naturally did not notice the weirdness of Yang Ji and Pei Shuying. He sat down again, drank the wine in the glass, moistened his throat and said: "It's not him this time, but another one." friend."
"Oh? Speak slowly." When Yang Ji heard that it was another person, he couldn't help but sympathize with Shan Xiongxin. Although he didn't know much about these Shandong "heroes", he did know something about them on the way from Baqiao to the capital. Regardless of others, Shan Xiongxin gave him the feeling that he was the nanny of those "heroes". A credit card with unlimited overdraft but no need to pay back.
As for whether it is worth it, Yang Ji can't say. After all, he is not Shan Xiongxin, and he does not have such noble qualities.
Shan Xiongxin sighed and said with a wry smile: "My friend is Qin Qiong from Licheng, Qizhou. He was also present when we fought with the king last time."
Yang Ji nodded: "I remember that he is the captain of the Qizhou Husband Prefecture, but he doesn't seem to have followed you to Beijing?"
"He did not come to the capital with us, but he had followed General Laihu'er to the capital before." Shan Xiongxin explained: "General Laihu'er was originally the governor and general manager of Qizhou. After the saint ascended the throne, he was recruited to serve as an official in the court. , and was awarded the position of General Zuo Xiaowei. General Lai saw that Qin Qiong was highly skilled in martial arts and had ambition and integrity, so he brought him into the capital and continued to let him serve in Zuo Xiaowei."
"Qin Qiong had an uncle who was doing business in Dongshi, so he stayed at his house. When his uncle's son Qin Chong and his newlywed wife were opening a shop this morning, a group of evil slaves suddenly broke into the shop, saying that it was King Yuzhang who was watching. Qin Chong's wife was tricked and forced to go to the Yuzhang Palace to serve King Yuzhang. Qin Chong and his wife naturally did not agree to this humiliating request, so the gang of evil slaves started to rob them. Qin Qiong, who was staying here, and Yuzhang King Zhang's evil slaves got into a fight, and during the fight, he accidentally killed two evil slaves, and he has now been arrested by the county government and taken to Daxing County in Yiyangfang."
"In other words, the people of King Yuzhang broke into private houses in broad daylight and robbed women?" Yang Ji thought that Yang Jian would be more calm after suffering the consequences of robbing horses. Unexpectedly, instead of restraining himself, he actually It is really too arrogant to break into people's houses in the capital and rob people's girls.
"Exactly!" Shan Xiongxin nodded: "According to the surrounding merchants, those evil slaves are indeed from the Yuzhang Palace. As for whether they are acting under orders, or whether they are relying on others' power to deceive superiors and subordinates, it is unknown. When we inquired about the news, we spent a lot of money to bribe a government official. This person said that this matter was closely related to the majesty and reputation of the royal family. The county magistrate did not dare to file a case at all. He also said that if I want to save people, I have to find a way as soon as possible. If Qin Qiong If he is taken away by people from Yuzhang Prince's Palace, it will be over."
Shan Xiongxin glanced at Yang Ji and saw that his face became extremely ugly, and said bitterly: "Your Majesty, we are all common people from other places. We have no connections in Beijing, so we had to find General Lai. General Lai also agreed. It was fine, but as soon as I heard that it was related to King Yuzhang, my attitude immediately changed. We can understand it, after all, this matter is related to the second son of the saint and the majesty of the royal family. No one is willing to stretch their neck into the noose. Think about it. If you go, you can only come and ask the king shamelessly."
Yang Ji drank the wine in his glass and said calmly to Shan Xiongxin, "I'll take care of this matter."
He is not doing it for Qin Qiong and Shan Xiongxin, but as Shan Xiongxin said before, the majesty and reputation of the royal family are closely related to this matter. He cannot sit idly by and watch. If Shan Xiongxin and others are allowed to make the matter bigger, it will definitely be a lose-lose result. If he puts out the flames before the situation breaks out, praise will be inevitable. As for the bastard Yang Xian, Yang Guang will take care of it.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Shan Xiongxin only knew that Yang Jian was a powerful and arrogant prince, but he didn't know that Yang Guang was a father who hated iron. Seeing that Yang Ji heard the cause and effect, he took the matter without saying a word. He was willing to help him defeat the emperor's second son, and he was so moved that he almost shed tears.
"The fact that you came to beg me shows that you believe me. Naturally, I can't let you go home disappointed." Yang Ji stood up and said to Pei Shuying, "You also go home early and let you Aye end the trouble he caused." ”
"Okay!" Pei Shuying finally met Yang Ji once, and she really couldn't bear to separate. However, she was also a witness in the last horse robbery case, but Yang Ji didn't let her get involved. When she got home, she told her father At that time, his father admired Yang Ji's handling of the matter very much and said that not allowing outsiders to participate was the most correct decision.
Since her father said so, she naturally couldn't insist on following him this time. She originally wanted to look at Yang Ji more, but she was afraid that Yang Ji would say she was a pervert, so she lowered her head and asked, "When can I see you?"
"Years ago, I should have been in the capital." Yang Ji thought for a moment and then said, "My wife also likes you very much. You can come to my house as a guest at any time."
Pei Shuying hesitated for a moment, then slowly raised her face. When she raised her head, a strange blush appeared on her cheeks, but her gentle eyes were a little erratic, but she finally faced Yang Ji bravely. He looked at her and asked with some anxiety: "Princess, do you really like me?"
"That's right!" Yang Ji had already regarded Pei Shuying as a good friend because of the series of accidents, so he said with a smile: "Not only does she know that you are my best friend, but she also knows that if we get together, someone will definitely be unlucky."
Yang Ji chuckled, but Pei Shuying's pretty face darkened. This guy actually regarded her as her "iron buddy". Doesn't that mean that in his heart, she turned out to be a man?
Shan Xiongxin's eyes suddenly widened and he looked embarrassed!
This woman who is as beautiful as a fairy is not Princess Wei, so didn’t I call the wrong person just now?
But now that the matter was over, he could only pretend to be stupid.
Yang Ji ignored the two people's messy thoughts, took out five gold beads weighing one tael and handed them to Pei Shuying, asking her to stay and settle the bill. Then he called Zhu Can and other guards, and followed Shan Xiongxin to the Daxing County Yamen.
"Brother Shan, I remember you said that this matter is not only related to Qin Qiong, but also to martial arts. What's going on?" Yang Ji and Shan Xiongxin walked side by side and asked as they walked.
Shan Xiongxin was worried that Yang Ji would misunderstand his grandstanding, so he quickly explained: "Qin Qiong also signed up to participate in the martial arts examination. He found that there were serious problems in the martial arts examination."
"What's the problem?" Seeing that he was hesitant, Yang Ji said, "If you have anything to say, just say it. I'll see if there is any room for remediation."
"The main reason is that the Ministry of War is under-prepared and the edicts are unclear. Take the A, B and II rankings as an example. The A ranking is set up for the children of aristocratic families, and it is stipulated that each family will send three warriors to participate. However, it does not say that the children of the aristocratic families are not allowed to take the B exam. Therefore, the children of the aristocratic families who could not get their family quotas signed up to take the B list." Shan Xiongxin smiled bitterly and said: "The total number of people recruited by the imperial court is 800 people, and the A and B lists each account for half, but the children of the aristocratic families are now also interested in the B list. They are flocking to them like ducks, I estimate that at least half of the 400 places on the second list will fall into the hands of children from aristocratic families."
"Yes! I understand. I will tell the sage to make this matter perfect." Yang Ji knew that Yang Guang, in order to take care of the emotions of the family members, specially divided the martial arts examination into A and B rankings. The children of officials above the fifth rank all took the A ranking. Ordinary soldiers and civilian warriors took the second rank test. His intention was very clear, that is, to let the sons of aristocratic families and poor warriors take their own exams. However, the children of the aristocratic families are now coming to take the second rank test. This is obviously to seize the places on the second rank.
Shan Xiongxin said that "at least half of it will fall into the hands of the children of the aristocratic family", which is optimistic. If Yang Ji said it, it would be "at least 80% of it will fall into the hands of the children of the aristocratic family."
This is not only a matter of connections and relationships, but also the natural gap between aristocratic families and humble families.
The children of the aristocratic family have no worries about food and clothing. They have been soaked in medicinal liquids to temper their physiques since childhood. When they grow up, they have famous teachers to teach them martial arts, archery, and military art. They have an extremely strong foundation. Isn't Yang Ji the best example?
How can a child from a poor family have such superior conditions? Running for life is the theme of their lives, and learning martial arts and literature is just an extra kind of persistence. If they spend three days fishing and two days drying nets and studying, how can they compare with the children of aristocratic families? Even if a few geniuses appear by chance, it will be an accident within an accident.
If the two compete together in the second ranking, in terms of riding skills alone, they will be able to eliminate all the poor warriors who have never ridden a horse.
If this is the case, there will definitely be a big mess.
Yang Ji asked again: "What else?"
Shan Xiongxin said: "There is also archery. At first, the Ministry of War only talked about riding archery and did not say in advance that we would take the walking bow test, so we only brought riding bows to Beijing. Although we will be provided with walking bows for us to use during the assessment, after all, If it is not a bow that I am comfortable with, it will definitely not be comfortable with me." Shan Xiongxin sighed and said: "Guanzhong warriors can go home to get it, or they can have it sent to them, but warriors from far away are too late, and they can't do it during the assessment. We can only use the awkward walking bow. The result of such a comparison will definitely not be as good as the Guanzhong warriors."
Yang Ji also understood the difference between smooth and unsatisfactory skills. After thinking about it, he said, "I will report this to the saint. When the assessment is held, the warriors will all use the official bows."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Shan Xiong became more confident. Although using the official bows uniformly would lower the performance of the warriors from Guanzhong, Hanzhong, and Heluo, starting from the same starting point is indeed much fairer for warriors from other places. .
He turned to look at Yang Ji beside him and asked doubtfully: "Your Majesty, doesn't the saint know?"
"A saint is the king of a country. He has to deal with a lot of official affairs every day, and he can't care about these small details. Generally speaking, he gives a general direction, and then the ministers below draw up specific implementation regulations. Some ministers are The lack of rigorous writing has led to loopholes in the government orders; but some ministers do this deliberately so that they can profit from it and evade responsibility." Yang Ji glanced at Shan Xiongxin and continued: "The government orders issued by the saints and the imperial court In fact, they are all for the sake of the people of the world, but due to insufficient supervision, the officials below report good things but not bad things, and deliberately please their superiors, which leads to some good policies being turned into tyranny by local officials' eagerness for quick success."
Shan Xiongxin suddenly said: "That's it!"
"Did Qin Qiong discover these loopholes?" Yang Ji asked.
Shan Xiongxin nodded: "Yes!"
Yang Ji pondered for a while and said, "During this period of time, please do me a favor."
"Please give me your orders, Your Majesty!"
"You are warriors from the folk, and you also have the opportunity to contact more folk warriors. Before the martial arts competition is officially held, collect the things that everyone thinks are unreasonable, and then hand them over to me. The sooner the better."
"Here!"
"Let's go!" Yang Ji lightly kicked the horse's belly, speeding up and galloping towards Daxing County.
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In the Yuzhang Palace, Yang Jian sat in the study with a sinking face. Under him, kneeling were several anxious guards. The leader was a Sogdian with curly hair and tendrils. His name was Kudi Zhongqi. He is also one of Yang Khen's most capable men, but his duty is to visit beautiful women and find BMWs for Yang Kung everywhere.
Ku Di Zhongqi led his troops to do something for Yang Jian today, but he accidentally missed it. Because it turned out to be a murder case that he could not solve, he had to come back to report to Yang Jian. At this time, he faced Yang Jian With his cold eyes, knowing that he had murderous intentions towards her, his face suddenly turned pale with fright.
"Tell me the truth! How did you fail?" After a long while, Yang Xian asked coldly.
Yang Jian's two major hobbies are riding fierce horses and sleeping with wives. As for his perverted and bad hobby of sleeping with wives, he only likes brides with good looks and graceful bodies.
He feels that the charm between a girl and a woman is a style that penetrates the bone marrow, a kind of grace that is charming all over the body, like a dewy flower bud blooming in the wind, the charming, mature and charming flavor, It can only be experienced in the bride. Once he takes a fancy to a house's beautiful wives and concubines, he will take advantage of them and play with them at all costs for a few days. When he gets tired of them, he will put them back.
Although Yang Jian also knew that his grandfather had passed away not long ago and the heir apparent was still undecided, it was best for him to stay at home and stay safe during this period. He must not show up to cause trouble, so as not to annoy his already worried father. That's what he thought, but he was like a drug addict who couldn't control his perverted desires.
Ku Di Zhongqi found out about a businessman's wife in Dongshi. She married her husband less than half a month ago. Yesterday, she went to the shop to see it in person. She was really beautiful and graceful. This was exactly the type Yang Xian liked. , so he happily reported to Yang Jian. Under his description, Yang Xian became lustful and ordered him to bring this woman for fun today no matter what.
"Your Majesty, Chen Zhiwei has been killed!" Chen Zhiwei is also a bad guy who has done all kinds of bad things. He and Ku Di Zhongqi were mainly looking for famous horses for Yang Khen to visit the beautiful woman, but they also took the opportunity to rob Yang Kung in his name. People grab money and enjoy the same fun as Yang Xian. Even when Yang Jian ordered them to return the famous horse to its owner, they lied to the original owner that Yang Jian had taken it and rewarded it to them, and then took the BMW as their own.
Ku Di Zhongqi said with a mournful face: "Your Majesty, this woman's husband is named Qin Chong. He is just an ordinary businessman, and there is nothing to worry about at all. But Qin Chong's clan brother is an officer of Zuo Xiaowei. The official’s name was Qin Qiong, and he was known for his bravery and toughness. When we rushed in to snatch the woman, we started fighting with Qin Qiong. More than ten of us could not defeat Qin Qiong. When Chen Zhiwei and a guard used knives, they were killed by the other party. died."
"The person who dared to beat me to death is so arrogant. I have to kill the whole family." Yang Xian stood up and said, "Where is the murderer? I will kill him alive myself."
Ku Di Zhongqi glanced at Yang Jian cautiously, lowered his head and said, "I would like to report to your Majesty, Qin Qiong was captured by the Yamen of Daxing County."
"What a useless waste!" Yang Xian was filled with anger and hatred, but at the moment he was more anxious and scared. If this matter goes through the normal procedure, or if Qin Chong, Qin Qiong and others make a big fuss, he will definitely not be able to hide it from the imperial censor. If the censor writes another memorial, his father will never be able to spare him. Let alone the crown prince, I am afraid. Not even a prince.
He walked around for a few times in a cold sweat, then suddenly turned around, looked at Ku Di Zhongqi fiercely, gritted his teeth and ordered: "This person must not be left here. Go and kill Qin Qiong immediately. You must not let him live until nightfall." , Dou Qing must not be allowed to hear the case. Otherwise, you will be dead."
"Here!" Ku Di Zhongqi got up and rushed out with the kneeling guards.
