Southeast corner of the imperial city.
The Hanlin Academy is located here, with red walls and green tiles. There are interconnected courtyards and pavilions and gardens, which are quite elegant and quiet.
Hanlin bachelors were busy drafting various documents and sorting out official documents arriving from various states.
at this time.
Several young men in bright clothes came from outside the Hanlin Academy and entered the Hanlin Academy by virtue of their official badges.
"Who are you looking for?"
A Hanlin Academy bachelor who was on duty entertained them.
"grown ups!"
The leading young man saluted and said: "I am the county captain of Pingle County, Jintian Prefecture, and they are the agents of the Demon Suppression Hall!"
"County Lieutenant?"
The bachelor of the Hanlin Academy was stunned for a moment. How dare such a young official come to visit the Hanlin Academy?
"Are you here to visit Bachelor Lu Fangqiao?"
The Hanlin Academy bachelor who received them probably knew who these people were looking for. Usually when officials from any government came to Beijing, they would visit the bachelor in charge of their promotion.
"right!"
The Pingle County lieutenant took two steps forward, handed over a Dayan bank note worth a thousand taels without leaving a trace, and said, "I'd like to ask you to pass this on."
"What's the meaning?"
The face of the Hanlin Academy bachelor who received it changed greatly. He quickly took it and put it in his pocket. He said with a straight face: "The Hanlin Academy is not interested in this, so be careful next time!"
"I understand."
The county lieutenant was stunned for a moment, with a smile on his face and said: "Sir, then..."
"Why!"
The Hanlin scholar sighed and said, "You are too late. Lu Fangqiao was beheaded by His Majesty more than ten days ago."
"ah!"
"ah!"
The three Pingle County officials were shocked and froze.
Lu Fangqiao was beheaded?
This is not good news. Why didn’t Mr. Zhou Mu receive the news?
"If you have anything, you can tell me. I happen to be Shen Ping, the new Hanlin scholar in charge of your Jintian Mansion!"
Shen Ping took a sip of tea and stared at the three petty officials with a half-smile.
The county lieutenant was also unsure of Shen Ping's path. The three of them looked at each other and said, "Master Shen is like this..."
"We came to Beijing this time, firstly to visit Mr. Lu, and secondly to arrest a wanted criminal in Pingle County!"
"Sir, you know that some unscrupulous people are very greedy, and they want to go to the state capital or the capital to cause trouble in some disputes, which actually makes the adults worry..."
The county captain also said a few words, after all, this is something everyone knows well.
There are always unruly people who interfere with things, making the officials extremely unhappy.
"This is true!"
Shen Ping nodded slightly and said, "Then the other party has come to the capital now? You originally wanted Mr. Lu to help arrest this unruly man, right?"
"That's what I mean, but now we can only trouble Lord Shen to take action. After all, we are also afraid of hurting Lord Shen!"
The county captain looked ashamed.
"What are the characteristics of the unruly people? Do you have portraits?" Shen Ping asked.
The county lieutenant took out the portrait from his sleeves and handed it to Shen Ping: "Sir, please take a look!"
Shen Ping picked up the portrait and was stunned for a moment. It showed an old woman, but for such a woman, the county lieutenant and several police officers were unable to do anything to each other.
"Well, I know!"
Shen Ping put away the portrait, looked at the three county lieutenants, and said, "You are living in Jintian Restaurant, right? I'll let you know later."
"Yes, thank you for your hard work, Sir!"
The three county lieutenants were overjoyed, and then bowed and retreated.
But after the three left.
Shen Ping took a sip of tea and muttered: "Lv Fangqiao has learned from the past, and I will not bring trouble on myself..."
"I just took over Lu Fangqiao's work. I can't be blamed for anything!"
Uh-huh!
Shen Ping stood up and left the reception hall, summoned the officials of the Hanlin Academy, handed over the banknotes and portraits, and said in a deep voice: "Send these two things to the Zhenfu Division, tell Lu Fangqiao's remnants to come to Beijing, and ask Long Wei to Help find this old woman, she is an important witness!"
"Yes, sir!"
The official knew that this matter was not simple, so he collected his things and rushed to the Zhenfu Division.
"It's really interesting. The credit for delivering it to your door should not be wasted..." Shen Ping smiled.
A banknote was only a thousand taels, and he had to take a huge risk.
The current court is not the same as it was half a month ago.
…
Under the main entrance of the inner palace of the imperial city.
law!
The plainclothes Long Guard drove a carriage and took Lin Yi to a stop under the main entrance of the palace.
"Xueshi Lin, we can't enter the palace. If you want to enter the palace, I'll let someone pass the news!" Plainclothes Long Wei said.
"No need!"
Lin Yi jumped off the carriage, looked at the Long Wei and said, "Get out of here first."
"yes!"
The plainclothes Long Guard didn't think much, turned the carriage around and retreated first.
Lin Yi stood under the main entrance of the palace and looked in the direction leading to the gate of the imperial city.
He is waiting.
Waiting for the old man who suffered injustice and had no choice but to place his hope on Emperor Dayan.
Cool breeze.
Dayan has entered the cold winter season.
Lin Yi stood under the imperial drum outside the main entrance of the palace. The new gate guard on duty did not know Lin Yi, but he was extremely nervous inside.
The previous city gate guard had his head chopped off because he prevented others from beating the imperial drum. He did not want to be among the second group.
But.
Lin Yi showed no sign of knocking at all, so it didn't matter whether he rushed or not.
at this time.
'coming! Lin Yi's eyes lit up.
A staggering figure appeared at the end of the street. It was the old woman who asked for help but was afraid of injuring others.
The old woman was a little tired.
But when she looked up and saw the majestic palace wall, her tired face suddenly glowed.
A force supported her and continued to move forward.
'I can't go there! '
Lin Yi stood under the imperial drum and did not go over to help him.
He knew very well what the old woman was thinking at the moment. For the old woman, going to Beijing to file a petition was her obsession.
Regardless of whether there are results or not, beating the imperial drum with one's own efforts... is enough!
After working hard, your heart will be at peace!
Lin Yi couldn't help but think at this time, if the king of Dayan was a foolish king, even beating the imperial drum would be useless...
So.
For the people of the world, this hell is not waiting for them.
"Dayan will get better and better, just give me some time..." Lin Yi clenched his fist.
Maybe a quarter of an hour.
Maybe half an hour.
Anyway.
The ragged old woman finally walked to the main entrance of the palace and saw Lin Yi standing under the imperial drum, wearing a Confucian shirt and smiling.
this moment.
The old woman's body trembled slightly, and that smile seemed to give her infinite hope and courage.
"It's you, boy!"
The old woman's eyes were filled with tears, and she understood all this in an instant, but she did not say any more words of thanks, because any words were already pale and feeble.
Lin also paid for her silently.
With such scholars in Dayan, why worry about having no hope?
"Old man!"
Lin Yi took out two drumsticks from under the imperial drum, walked to the old woman with a smile, and handed the drumsticks to her: "I leave these drumsticks to you. I believe it will definitely bring you hope and hope." good luck!"
