Just in time for rain [恰逢雨连天] - Chapter 258

[258. Chapter Two Five Seven]

After the death of Marquis Changping, the burglar Zhang

Changping, the illustrious marquis left an empty shelf, so that the sage read Ren Xuan to be courteous and respectful, and he was appointed as the Minister of Rites.

Tomorrow is the palace exam, Ren Xuan checked the list of tributes for the day at the government office, and it was already twilight when he returned home.

At the beginning of the spring rain, the scorching glow shrouded the sky and the earth. He could tell from a distance that the person standing outside the mansion was Su Jin. He guessed her intention in his heart, and was overjoyed for a while, so he ordered his servants to invite him to the hall and serve it with good tea.

Su Jin took out the secret post: “Please take a look at Xiaohou Ye.”

Ren Xuan had read Su Jin’s article five years ago. At that time, she had entered the Hanlin, and she was quite famous.

He grinned and said: “Your article is too good, just leave it to His Highness, he can’t use it. I will make some changes to the wording later, don’t worry, I won’t let the old Hanlin see it. There is a clue.”

Su Jin said: “It’s all up to the young marquis.”

Ren Xuan carefully took the secret message, thought about it and asked, “You are willing to take this risk, but you can’t stay in the capital’s yamen? I have acquaintances in the official department. , It is said that there is a shortage of records in the Zhan Shifu, although it is only a ninth grade, anyway, working under the East Palace is much more respectable than the capital Yamen, do you want to?”

Su Jin was silent for a while, and then he said: “Since Xiaohou is here The Ministry of Rites must know about Chao Qing’s disappearance.”

Ren Xuan said yes, Su Jin continued: “Chao Qing and the lower officials are old friends. I went to Gong Shi’s office to ask about him. On the day of his disappearance, the third son of the Grand Master Yan came to look for him. He has a jade seal of the Yan family as proof, and the two have had disputes. But when Mr. Shaozhan left, Chaoqing was still there, and he could not find out about Shaozhan. If I can’t do it with the Grand Fu’s mansion, I just ask the little Marquis to let me meet the third son of Yan, so that we can discuss it face to face.”

Ren Xuan did not expect that Su Jin’s setbacks were for others. Thinking about it carefully, Yan Ziyan is now a young man in the Zhan Shifu. The Yingtianfu yamen probably doesn’t want to offend anyone, so he wanted to put the case down. The government is here.

This is also self-denial.

Thinking of this, Ren Xuan expressed some respect in his heart, and his words were also kind: “Don’t hide Su Xian brother, because of a private matter for my brother, it is really inconvenient to bring Xian brother to the Taifu’s house to visit. Why don’t you do this, tomorrow morning, you pretend to be Zuo’s attendant and Wei-xiong enter the palace together. Yan Ziyan must pass by the Jinshui Bridge at the fifth watch every day, and Wei-xiong will help you stop him, so you can ask more clearly.” That

night, Su Jin relied on Ren Xuan’s words, Rest in Houfu nearby. The next day, he got up at the fourth watch, hurriedly had breakfast, and got into the carriage. Ren Xuan asked again, “In this court, apart from the old Hanlin, who the virtuous brother no longer knows?”

Su Jin replied: “At that time in the Hanlin Academy, I only devoted myself to writing articles on Xiushu, and I had few contacts with people, and I only had a few months, so no one would recognize the lower official.”

Ren Xuan said: “That’s good, you don’t know the newly appointed Zuo Du. Lord Censor Liu, his discipline is very strict, if you let people see the clue and find that my virtuous brother Gangji and I are not in good shape, it will be difficult to clean up.”

Su Jin was stunned for a while, seeing that the imperial city was close to him, he made a move. The pair of eyes looked at the nose, and the nose looked at the posture of the heart: “Oh, I have never heard of this person.” In front of the

noon gate, the carriage and horse stopped. In order to eliminate fire hazards in the palace, the lights of the ministers were prohibited, and only senior officials of the second rank and above could enter by car with lanterns.

Before the fifth watch, there were a few people standing by the Jinshui Bridge, all waiting for the waiter in charge of the lamp to come and lead them into the palace.

Ren Xuan led Su Jin to wait at the bridge, and at the fifth correction moment, Yan Ziyan came with a bang.

Ren Xuan went up to greet one or two, and led Huatou to the palace examination, and said: “I checked the list of tributes yesterday, there should have been eighty-nine, but I didn’t think that one was missing. I went to the yamen to ask. The corpse. The Ministry of Rites has to deal with errands, and the report is to return home in a hurry, but you also know Luo Shangshu’s scrupulous temperament, and when you look back, you are afraid that he will ask, and you have to walk down to the Gongshi’s office to inquire. Now, the military guard said that you had been there before this Gong Shi disappeared.”

Yan Ziyan hummed, “nonsense.” Then he narrowed his eyes and asked, “Young master asked me what I was talking about. What do you mean? Do you suspect that I robbed people?”

He was born with long eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and he wore a court dress with the bearing of a long sleeved robe, just like the famous Wei and Jin scholars in ancient paintings. It’s just that a great hero can be true to his true colors, a true celebrity is self-righteous, and Yan Ziyan’s eyes are higher than the top.

Ren Xuan smiled and said, “If I doubt you, I’m here to ask you what you are doing? Are you tipping off the news?”

Yan Ziyan lowered his brows and thought for a while, and thought it was true. Has someone changed?”

Ren Xuan said, “Ali was ill, so he brought another one at random. Coincidentally, he was sent to ask Gongshi yesterday.”

Su Jin stepped forward and bowed: “Little man Jia Su, see Lord Shaozhan.”

Yan Ziyan didn’t answer, looked her up and down, and didn’t look away for a while, Su Jin said again, “Sir Shaozhan is probably the one who forgets things too much, but what Gong Shi has done Wu Wei is not without evidence, they say that Shao Zhan has been there, and there is a jade seal of the Yan family as proof.”

Yan Ziyan shook his sleeve robe, thinking he was listening to a joke: “A group of reckless men spread their words, and the jade seal of the Yan family is the identity of the Yan family. It symbolizes that this official has always cherished his life and never took his side, so how can it fall into the hands of others?”

Su Jin looked up at Yan Ziyan and spread his right hand: “Then according to what Shaozhan said, what is in the hands of the villain? This jade seal is fake.”

There is only moonlight at the end of the sky, and the seal made of suet jade is bright and shiny, Yan Ziyan’s face changed instantly, and he reached out to grab the jade seal, but Su Jin took it back one step before him. Hand, lightly said: “It doesn’t look fake.”

Yan Ziyan said angrily: “What are you, you dare to hold this official accountable!” But under the moonlight, Su Jin stood alone, indifferent and calm, making him feel a trace of deja vu, “No, I seem to have seen The one who passed you, you are—”

A star of light shone from the other end of the Jinshui Bridge, and the courtiers were originally gathered to watch the fun, but the light was dazzling, and they all scattered.

Since there is no need to wait for the lights for the second-rank and above officers, there are not many who come early. The only ones who can arrive at the Noon Gate at five watch are probably the newly appointed Tie Mian Bodhisattva of the Ducha Yuan.

Ren Xuan’s heart was not good, and he only hoped that the bodhisattva’s sedan chair could separate the whole world, so that he could not hear any movements. However, the Bodhisattva dropped off the sedan in front of him, and the attendant with the lamp in front of the sedan greeted him in a friendly manner: “Mr. Hou, it’s early for you, Mr. Shao Zhan.”

Su Jin heard the sound familiar, raised his eyelids and glanced at him. It was the one who gave her the umbrella at Dali Temple that day. There is no need to guess, the other person who made the world quiet as soon as he appeared was Lord Liu Chaomingliu, the censor of the Zuodu capital.

[End of This Chapter]