Half a month later, Pan Jinlian was admitted to the palace.
She learned many ways to deal with Zhao Ji from Master Li. It was extremely easy to deal with Zhao Ji, and she became more and more favored day by day.
Of course pregnancy is inevitable.
Before she entered the palace, Liu Tiao helped Pan Jinlian recuperate her body.
Even if Zhao Ji's body is weak, Pan Jinlian can still become pregnant.
Zhao Ji was overjoyed and looked forward to the child in Pan Jinlian's belly, and fell in love with Pan Jinlian even more.
As much as he loves his family, Zhao Ji also values Pan Jinlian's family very much.
Liu Shiquan got a title, but he was not used to life in the capital, so he took Brother Liu back to his hometown.
Zhao Ji then placed more rewards on Liu Ping.
Liu Heng's official position had a triple jump, directly promoted from the sixth-rank official position to the fourth-rank Dali Temple Shaoqing.
This is the position Liu Hiiragi chose himself. Helping ordinary people redress their grievances is an interesting and meritorious thing.
"Master, a male body was found in the west of the suburbs of Beijing."
Shumo came in and reported.
Liu Heng got up and went out, taking the yamen and his wife with him, and went to the place where the body was found.
The male corpse was about thirty years old. Judging from the condition of the corpse, he had been dead for at least two or three days and had been drowned.
Wu Zuo found threads of material from the fingernails of the male corpse, which were not the same as the threads of the clothes the deceased was wearing.
Wu Zuo couldn't tell whether the man accidentally fell into the river and drowned or was killed.
This requires investigation by the Yamen officials.
Liu Hao looked at the man's face. Although it was a little deformed, Liu Hao still recognized this man.
This is a Jinshi who shares the same subject with him.
This person seems to have been recruited by Cai Jing and became a member of Cai Jing's lineage.
Why did he die suddenly?
Who did it to him?
Is it related to Cai Jing?
"Young Master." Shu Mo approached Liu Heng and called softly.
Liu Heng nodded: "Pretend not to notice."
Shu Mo agreed, stood behind Liu Heng, and continued to be his little follower.
Wu Zuo and the government officials carried the man's body onto the horse.
Liu Heng sent them away first, while he and Shumo stayed.
When the figures of the yamen servant and Wu Zuo disappeared, Liu Heng said: "Come out."
There was no movement.
Shumo moved and suddenly rushed in one direction.
A man jumped up and ran away quickly.
Shumo chased after him and started fighting with the man.
Without two moves, the man was taken down by Shu Mo.
Shu Mo escorted the person to Liu Heng.
Liu Heng looked at the young man half-kneeling in front of him and asked, "Did you kill Han Ming?"
The young man said bitterly: "I was the one who killed him. If you caught him, I admitted it. Anyway, after eighteen years he is a good man again."
Liu Heng: "Why are young people so angry? I didn't say I would send you to the official to behead you."
The young man laughed and said in surprise: "Aren't you an official of Dali Temple? Are you still trying to protect me, a murderer?"
Liu Heng: "I didn't want to cover up the murderer. It's just that I wanted to find out the truth of the matter and whether Han Ming should die. Did you kill him because he deserved it, or were you really guilty?"
Liu Heng didn't think that someone who took refuge in a traitor like Cai Jing would be a good person.
The young man looked up at Liu Zhi in shock. He did not expect that Liu Zhi was so different from other officials.
"No wonder Cai Jing wants you to die." The young man murmured.
Liu Heng raised his eyebrows and said, "How do you know Cai Jing wants me to die? Could it be that Cai Jing handed over the matter of killing me to Han Ming? What is your relationship with Han Ming?"
The young man took a deep breath and said, "My name is Nian Yongyi..."
Nian Yongyi is Han Ming's brother-in-law.
Nian Yongyi's family background is similar to Liu Heng's, he is a local powerful.
It's just that after the death of Nian's parents, Nian Yongyi was not good at management and only focused on making a career in the world, which caused the family business to shrink a lot.
Nian Yongyi wanders around all day long, relying on the help of his married sister to take care of the family business, but he can save some of it, so that Nian Yongyi will not be ruined.
Nian Yongyi therefore became very close and convinced of his sister.
Han Ming was a poor scholar. He relied entirely on Sister Han's dowry to survive from scholar to Jinshi.
If it weren't for Sister Han's dowry money, how could Han Ming be able to go to Beijing to take the exam?
The cost of this journey and the cost of living in the capital are huge.
Why do many people choose to become officials directly after passing the examination instead of continuing the examination?
In addition to being afraid that I would not be able to pass the Jinshi exam, I was also worried that it would be very expensive to take the exam quietly.
It is really difficult for many people from poor family backgrounds to afford such a large expense.
Especially after spending money and still failing in the exam...
Han Ming passed the Jinshi examination and was recruited by Cai Jing.
Even if Nian Yongyi didn't like Cai Jing, a treacherous minister, he would not kill Han Ming just because he took refuge in Cai Jing.
The main reason is that Han Ming is the second Chen Shimei.
In order to marry a wife with a better background, he wanted to kill his first wife and his children.
Cai Jing wanted to marry his concubine to Han Ming in order to give Han Ming a better status.
Han Ming couldn't let Cai Jing's daughter be his concubine, so he took action against his original wife.
He sent people back to his hometown to kill his first wife and children.
On that day, Nian Yongyi took his nephew out for fun and did not go home at night, thus escaping the disaster.
Nian Yongyi's sister and niece were not so lucky and were burned to death in the fire.
Nian Yongyi didn't know that someone deliberately set fire to kill people, he just thought it was an accident.
After handling the funeral affairs of his sister and niece, he took his nephew to Beijing and sent him to his father.
Arriving in the capital, Nian Yongyi found out that Han Ming was about to marry Cai Jing's daughter.
Only then did Nian Yongyi become suspicious of Han Ming.
He hadn't gone to Han Ming to tell him about his sister's death, so why did he want to marry another wife?
Nian Yongyi began to doubt his sister's death.
He settled his nephew first, then sneaked into Han Mansion and overheard the conversation between Han Ming and another of Cai Jing's subordinates. He learned that Han Ming arranged his sister's death, and also learned that Cai Jing wanted to kill Liu Heng. information.
Nian Yongyi hated Han Ming deeply, so he deceived Han Ming into the suburbs. After questioning Han Ming, he killed him.
Nian Yongyi: "...I am the one who killed this person, please keep me in prison."
But Liu Tong spoke: "Shu Mo, let him go."
Shumo let go of his hand.
Nian Yongyi stood up in surprise: "You, won't you arrest me? Aren't you the official in charge of this case?"
Liu Heng: "You are in jail, what about your nephew? He lost his mother and sister, and then lost you as his uncle, and he became an orphan with no one to take care of him. Do you want to see him reduced to a little beggar, and finally hungry? Freeze to death?"
Nian Yongyi shook his head fiercely.
Liu Heng: "For the sake of your nephew, I will let you go. You should take your nephew back to your hometown. Don't stay in the capital."
And a person like Han Ming was not worthy of Nian Yongyi being convicted and killed for him.
"Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir." Nian Yongyi knelt down, kowtowed to Liu Heng three times, and then stood up.
He said: "Sir, you have to be more careful. Cai Jing wants your life, you can't let him succeed."
Liu Heng: "Don't worry, I have strong bodyguards by my side."
Nian Yongyi glanced at Shumo standing aside and nodded.
This bodyguard is really awesome.
I also have a bit of a reputation in the world, but in the hands of this little brother, I can't even get past ten moves.
With such a master here, Master Liu's safety is indeed not a problem.
He was afraid that Cai Jing would be too insidious and use other means to harm Mr. Liu.
Nian Yongyi told Liu Hao his worries, and left after Liu Hao smiled and said there would be no problem.
