Attack Jade (攻玉) - Chapter 141

[Chapter 106]

The people in the room bowed down and bowed.

The prince attended to greet his grandfather.

Lu Zhaoan was lying on his face on the ground, his face was like golden paper.

The sage said “flat body”, strode to help Qing Xuzi to the top, and after sitting down, he asked Lin Chengyou warmly: “I heard that there was a robbery, what happened?”

Qing Xuzi looked at Lu Zhaoan meaningfully, and Lin Chengyou smiled: ” It’s a long story, and nephew Rong will report back carefully.” The

saint and the queen looked at each other with a smile: “It’s rare that tonight is so lively, I never thought there would be stories to hear. Very good, after listening to this story, I will listen to you again. It is not too late for young people to fight poems.”

Lin Chengyou said, “This story has to start from the Dragon Boat Festival. On the Dragon Boat Festival, Duke Du of Guozijian went to Dali Temple to report the case, claiming that his daughter Du Niangzi was in the academy the night before. If I lost something, I asked Dali Temple to investigate the matter in detail. The person in charge of taking over the case is my boss, Yan Wanchun, Yan Sizhi.” After speaking

, he said to an inconspicuous corner of the room: “Yan Sizhi, please tell me. The situation at that time.”

Someone stood up in response, it was Yan Sizhi.

On this trip today, there were many young officials accompanying him, Yan Sizhi was just one of them.

“That’s right.” Yan Sizhi said, “Yesterday Du Gong reported that his daughter had lost two poems in the academy, and it was Yan who was in charge of writing the case.”

Lin Chengyou replied, “When Du Gong reported the case, he could say Du Gong Which two poems did the lady lose?”

Yan Sizhi answered meticulously: “One is “Bei Feng. Xiongzhi” in “Book of Songs”, and the other is “Ying Chan”.” There was a

vague commotion at the table, because everyone It was clear to see that among the pile of poems that Lu Zhaoan fell out of his arms, the top one was “Yong Chan” signed with Lady Du’s name.

In order to make everyone see it more clearly, Lin Chengyou deliberately asked the palace servants to hold the poems high, and when everyone saw it almost, it was presented to the emperor.

He smiled and said: “The thief who steals things is very cautious. He doesn’t steal gold and silver jewelry, nor does he steal small things, because she also knows that this kind of thing is used every day by Mrs. Du, and if she loses it, she will notice it immediately. Shi The manuscripts are different. According to Du Gong, Mrs. Du will transcribe Buddhist scriptures and poems every day, and put them on the desk after they are finished. She may not remember how many articles she has written in total. Check the numbers. When Mrs. Du realizes that the poems are missing, the bureau here has been set up. At that time, Mrs. Du knows that she is being plotted, and she will not argue.”

“Tonight, the thief felt that the time was ripe, so he deliberately Pick a place where there are a lot of people and the lights are bright, and pretend to accidentally throw the poems out in public. As long as the people present see the two poems, they will think that they are from Mrs. Du, so they can logically slander Mrs. Du. It’s personal with him.” Lin Chengyou laughed, “Master Lu, am I right?”

The students of Xiangxiang Academy figured out the twists and turns and glared angrily at Lu Zhaoan, this man is so vicious, how dare he use such a Dirty ways to plot against their classmates.

Lu Zhaoan was surprised at first, and then lost his voice: “I am afraid that the prince has misunderstood, Lu has never seen these two poems. By the way, when he came here just now, Lu was bumped, could it be that moment? I was plotted against.” The

air was silent, and everyone turned their attention to Erniang Peng and the maid next to her. Coincidentally, if the maid next to Erniang Peng hadn’t bumped into Lu Zhaoan, the pile of manuscripts would not have been exposed to others.

Lu Zhaoan seemed very indignant, and knelt in front of the imperial court with a white face: “Ms. Ming is above, and Lu dared to defend himself.”

“Dong Dongdong” kowtowed a few times, and said with both hands on his back: “Although Lu came from a humble background, he was fortunate to be here. He went to Renjun and Shengshi. When the sage was selected, he had always been ‘to visit Yingxian, not to be humble’, and Lu was lucky to become a disciple of the emperor. Since he was in Kuiyuan, Lu was afraid of losing God’s grace, and diligently Jin, I don’t dare to make mistakes, but for some reason, people are often slandering Lu’s character from behind. Tonight’s episode will trap Lu in a despicable situation. Lu dares to say that he has never seen him before. These two poems, there is something strange about this matter, please ask the sage to look carefully.”

He was loud and loud, and those who were glaring at him couldn’t help but hesitate after hearing this. Lu Zhaoan is the best in Chang’an for his literary talent, and he is the first in this year’s Jinshi Division. If nothing else, this person is likely to be in the The next imperial court system stood out.

If someone is jealous of Lu Zhaoan, or if someone doesn’t want the court to choose such a talented person, then it is possible to deliberately frame him, and the Peng family maid who bumped into Lu Zhaoan looks suspicious.

Erniang Peng felt the gazes from all directions, her face was flushed with anger, she raised her hand and pointed at Lu Zhaoan angrily: “You are talking nonsense! This pile of poems obviously fell out of your sleeve, so don’t think of falsely accusing others.”

Lu Zhaoan’s words Lang Lang: “Lu didn’t dare to speak falsely, but before he came here just now, Lu didn’t have these two poems on his

body .” On their faces, not a single word could come out.

Aunt Peng was sitting on the table, she was already shocked and angry. Seeing that her sister was caught by Lu Zhaoan in a blink of an eye, she was about to stand up to defend her when someone on the table stood up before her and said, “Your Highness the Queen, Mingjian, just now Peng Erniang. Ben was at the table, I don’t know why I suddenly left the table, I think there is some reason for it.”

It was the white female official who was one of the four female officials of the academy.

Aunt Peng was busy kneeling and salute to the empress: “Qi, madam. The little sister of the minister’s daughter had to leave the table because the corner of her skirt was suddenly splashed by someone. I didn’t know who I would meet before the incident, and it was even more so when someone bumped into it. Unexpectedly, someone is clearly moving eastward, if the servant girl remembers correctly, someone touched her sister’s elbow and caused her to spill the drink.”

The servant girl had long since collapsed on the ground like mud, and shivered when she heard the words. : “The maid didn’t do it on purpose—” I

suddenly remembered something, and looked at the room suddenly: “The maid remembered, yes… a lady accidentally bumped it, and the maid couldn’t stand still, Accidentally bumped into Erniang’s elbow.”

While saying this, the maid swept her eyes around aimlessly, her eyes suddenly condensed when she swept across a person.

“It’s her.” The maid swallowed her saliva in astonishment. “The maid remembered, it was Wu Erniang who met the maid.”

Wu Qi was even more shocked than the maid’s expression, and opened her mouth in shock: “Me?” The

maid asked nervously . Nodding: “My servant remembers correctly, it’s you Erniang Wu.”

The eyes of the classmates swept over.

The maid said tremblingly, “At that time, you were playing with people throwing paper balls, and suddenly you hit the maid hard.” The

classmates began to communicate with each other tacitly with their eyes.

Everyone remembers this incident. After everyone entered the table, because the empress did not show up for a long time, the dean only cared to talk to a few noble ladies above. stand up. Wu Qi played the most fierce, and happened to be sitting next to Peng Erniang.

Wu Qi was stunned for a while, and said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: “This, this is really wrong. I used to tease each other with Mrs. Deng, but I really don’t remember hitting you.

” Justified, but this is the truth, but the more she thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, and when she looked at Wu Qi again, her eyes became a lot more complicated.

The maid was so anxious that her eyes were red, she looked up at Peng Erniang and said, “Ma’am, others don’t believe in maidservants. You have to believe in maidservants. The maid is really only touched by Wu Erniang and will bump into you.”

Wu Qi All of a sudden, his eyes widened: “Is this really the case? I-I don’t have any impression at all. Besides, Peng Erniang and I are separated by your maid, even if we touch it, how can Peng Erniang throw the glass of wine? Why don’t you think about it again?” The

implication is that what the Peng family does will depend on her.

The more people listened, the more confused they became.

Aunt Peng and Erniang Peng glared at Wu Qi angrily, and the more they climbed down, the more people involved would only get involved. In the end, this matter would inevitably become a mess. The worst thing was the testimony of their maidservant. , there is no way to prove that the wine glass was knocked down by someone sincerely.

At the time of the chaos, someone applauded: “Okay, okay, no wonder you can set up so many seamless situations. Just relying on this ability to open your eyes and talk nonsense is enough to deceive many people.”

It was Lin Chengyou who spoke. .

Guys are confused.

Lin Chengyou smiled: “Let’s not say when these two poems appeared in Lu Zhaoan’s hands, let’s just say that the scene just now, yes, the seat was quite noisy, and it was because of this that the man dared to confuse black and white. No. Coincidentally, because the Dali Temple has been suspected of being the object of the early, so some people’s actions are all seen. Yan Sizhi, please tell me what happened at that time.”

Yan Sizhi got up again: “Yan Sizhi After a certain person entered the table, he kept staring at the suspect. At the time of the incident, the wife of the Peng family was holding a wine cup, and the maid was standing by. I bumped into the maid, and the maid bumped into Peng Niangzi, so the wine was spilled, but because His Royal Highness the Prince was coming, the people on the table were busy getting up and salute. This matter. After that, Madam Peng was busy leaving the table and finishing her makeup, and the maid helped Madam Peng and hurried away. Because the timing was just right, even if you asked after the incident, it was still a confused account, but fortunately, Yan could see it clearly. Chu, the person who bumped into Peng’s maid at that time—”

Yan Sizhi looked at Wu Qi with awe: “It’s the wife of the Wu family.”

Wu Qi’s face was blank.

Yan Sizhi: “Because of your collision, Erniang Peng and the maid had to leave the table. When the maid was leaving, she bumped into Lu Zhaoan, who came to the table. It just so happened that Lu Zhaoan just dropped the poem in front of everyone…”

Aunt Peng and Erniang Peng never expected that someone would testify when the incident happened, and this person was also an official of Dali Temple, so they were stunned for a while.

Lin Chengyou looked at Wu Qi and said with a smile: “Can’t you think of it? It was you who bumped into it, not someone else. This matter can’t be blamed on others.”

Wu Qi was stunned for a while, but then smiled bitterly: “I’m sorry, it’s all my fault for my bad memory, maybe I was playing too much and didn’t even realize that I bumped into someone. Erniang, I was also confused just now, and I didn’t know if I was in a hurry. Pay attention, I apologize to you.”

Erniang Peng did not answer, but most of the others believed Wu Qi’s words. After all, Yan Sizhi’s testimony could only prove that Wu Qi had bumped into Peng’s maid, but it was impossible to conclude that Wu Qi was intentional. Still unintentional.

Besides, who would notice that he bumped into someone when he was having a good time, so he turned his angry eyes on Lu Zhaoan again. If this person hadn’t tried to deny it, how could Peng Jinxiu and Wu Qi be involved in this matter.

Lin Chengyou nodded sympathetically: “Ms. Wu’s memory is not very good, which is understandable. However, with Yan Sizhi’s testimony, at least it can be shown that Erniang Peng did not intend to leave the meeting. How could a person who was unprepared beforehand stuffed the poem into Lu Great talent. Lu great talent, do you still insist that it was the Peng family’s maid who stuffed the poem into your arms?”

Lu Zhaoan straightened his spine and said calmly, “Lu Mou never said that from the beginning to the end. It was done by a maidservant, but Lu has never seen these two poems. Maybe someone took advantage of the chaos to put them in Lu’s arms, and asked the saint to investigate.”

Lin Chengyou seemed to have expected Lu Zhaoan to say this: ” Okay, you haven’t seen these two poems before, you should have seen her.”

Then he waved, “Bring it here.” The

Jinwu guards came over with an old woman in a coarse cloth dress, and the old woman was tied up with five flowers. , with a cloth stick in his mouth.

Behind the old woman, followed by many commoners.

Next, there was the yamen of Dali Temple. The yamen was carrying many boxes and cages in his hands, and he didn’t know what was inside.

Lin Chengyou pointed at the old woman and said to Lu Zhaoan, “Do you recognize her?”

Lu Zhaoan shook his head indifferently: “I don’t know.”

Lin Chengyou looked at the few people on the left: “He said he didn’t know this woman. You belong to Master Lu. Neighbor, do you want to remind Young Master Lu?”

Several people lay on the ground and dared not raise their heads, but they said, “Young Master Lu, how come you don’t know her? This is Wang Yu who sells porridge, and often comes to our alley to sell porridge. You have to come out and buy a bowl of porridge, remember that you bought it the day before yesterday.”

Lu Zhaoan suddenly realized: “Oh, it was Wang Li, Shu Mou is clumsy, seeing that she was tied up with five flowers, and didn’t recognize her for a while, Shizi, what happened to her— -”

Lin Chengyou said: “Okay, Mr. Lu has finished his recognition here. Next, it’s time to recognize the other one.”

Then he looked at the few people on the right, and saw that they were trembling with fear, squatting down and making a warm sound Said: “Don’t be afraid. You will need to recognize someone later, you raise your head and talk well.”

Several people wiped their cold sweat and slowly raised their heads.

“You live near Yong’an Street in

Liquanfang?” Several people nodded.

“Have you seen this old lady?” “Yes

. She comes to our alley every three to five to sell porridge.”

“Look up and look closely, is there someone you know well?”

Several people followed Lin Chengyou’s guidance. Looking at it, I recognized someone after a while: “Yes, her name is Jiao’er.”

“Why do you recognize her?”

“She often goes out to buy things, and the most bought is porridge.”

“Whose servant girl is she? ”

Wu, Wu Erniang.”

“On the Dragon Boat Festival, Jiaoer came out to buy porridge.”

Several people nodded again: “I did.”

Lin Chengyou snorted: “Remember so clearly?”

“Because this The glutinous rice porridge is not so delicious. Besides, this is the maid next to the Prime Minister’s daughter, some of the food in the manor during the Dragon Boat Festival is delicious, and in theory, it is not a bowl of glutinous rice porridge.”

After asking this, Lin Chengyou said to the crowd: “Lu Zhaoan seldom goes out for the past few days in order to prepare for the exam, and the Dragon Boat Festival is no exception. All day, he only went out to buy two bowls of porridge when this Wang concubine came over, and waited for Lu Zhaoan to go out. Not long after buying the porridge, Wang Mi drove the cart away. The old woman did not stop all the way, and went straight to Wu Erniang’s house before stopping to continue selling porridge. After a while, the maid Jiao’er next to Wu Erniang came out to buy porridge, the old woman He also pushed the cart away immediately. Neighbors on both sides can testify on this point.

“Interestingly, according to the report of the yamen who monitored Lu Zhaoan, this seemingly poor Wang Li only sold thirty-seven bowls of porridge all day. , And from Yi Ning Fang, where Lu Zhaoan lived, to Yong’an Street, where Wu Erniang lived, there were at least five lively street intersections. The starting point is Lu Zhaoan’s residence, and the end point is Wu Erniang’s residence. ”

” Mrs. Du lost the poem draft on the front foot, and the poem on the back foot appeared in Lu Zhao’an’s hands. In addition, this cart passed through two squares, but in fact only sold ’37 bowls of porridge’. Wang Li, I have reason to believe that this matter has something to do with Wu Erniang, she was responsible for stealing the poem, and Wang Li was responsible for passing it on to Lu Zhaoan. Lu Zhaoan said angrily, ”

It’s ridiculous, it’s really ridiculous. Although Lu has bought porridge several times, he has never spoken to this Wang Hao. Based on this alone, he insists that Lu is related to this matter. Dare to admit. Wu Qi was also inexplicable: ”

I’ve never heard of this, Jiao’er, have you ever bought porridge outside?” The

maid hurriedly said, “The maid has bought it a few times, but the maid has not even seen the old lady’s appearance. This is really out of nothing – no, the maid means, is someone deliberately framing us?” . ”

“Bringing the blame?” Lin Chengyou sneered, “In Yining Square, Lu Zhaoan himself buys porridge every time, and on Yong’an Street, the maidservant next to Wu Erniang buys porridge every time. No one is escorting you there. Buying porridge, everything is voluntary, and not once or twice, not a day or two. After I figured out that this kind of thing can never be blamed, people stared at Wang Li that night, while the other side sent people He was waiting near Wu’s house. This morning, before it was dawn, Jiao’er, who was beside Wu Erniang, secretly went out, went to the sycamore tree outside the east wall of the nearby temple, and stuffed a bag into the wormhole in the trunk. Not long after he left, Wang Li also came in the dark, took advantage of no one around, and took out the package and left.

“Today, Lu Zhaoan and Wu Erniang are going out of the city. In order not to scare the snakes, I didn’t let anyone catch them. She stayed at Jiao’er, but ordered Wang Li to be arrested on the spot. Wang Li didn’t have time to hide the package, which was an ingot of gold. “Lin Chengyou,” You said you didn’t know Wang Yu, but you asked your maid Jiao’er to give Wang Yu gold early in the morning. Now that people have stolen money, I would like to hear how you can argue. Wu Qi was dumbfounded: ”

I don’t know anything.

She turned her head to look at Jiao’er: “You maid, what the hell is going on? ” Jiao’er’s

face was ashen, and she knelt down without saying a word.

Lin Chengyou ordered the yamen to bring Jiao’er over, and said with a pleasant face, “See what your master is? Next, she’s going to claim that you stole the bullion without her knowing it. Don’t you feel chilled for instructing you to do so many dirty things, turning your head and pushing you out, are you sure you want to work for her?

Jiao’er bit her lip. ”

According to my court law, if the accomplice can voluntarily confess the details of the crime, he can be punished lightly.” You also know how vicious she is, and when she puts everything on you alone, you will die. You think about the sorcery she learned, how treacherous, it will make people soulless at every turn, you are not afraid that you will end up like Aunt Wu–”

Jiao’er was agitated: “I said, I said. That gold ingot, that gold ingot, was given to Wang Mi by Erniang from her servants. ”

There was an uproar at the table.

[End of This Chapter]