Wanli Xinming

Chapter 192 Encounter
Full of doubts, Wei Chao left Nanjing.Before leaving, he went to the bookstore to buy a large collection of poetry, preparing to make up for his poor cultural knowledge on the way back.

When he left the capital, Zhu Yijun told him that he didn't have to rush back to Beijing after finishing his business, he could hang out for a few days and return to Beijing before the end of the year.This is actually Zhu Yijun's vacation for the staff who have been highly stressed around him, so that they can relax and release their psychological pressure.Previously, Chen Ju, Sun Long and others were arranged to go out of Beijing on errands in this way. Chen Ju left the center for more than three months during the Jiangnan draft.

The Wei Dynasty had already judged that if the people around the emperor rushed back to the palace, they would not only show their loyalty wrongly, but also stab the emperor in his heart.Although Jiuli's center has the worry of being caught from behind, if he shows it, he will be suspected by the emperor—are you trying to deceive Sheng Cong or what are you thinking?

So along the way, Li Chun, who was protecting him from a hundred households of Jinyiwei, found that Director Wei had changed.All the way without letting go of the book, and when leaving Beijing, he harassed the local area all the way, and all manners of rich clothes and fine food were forbidden.

A group of people took the toll given by Feng Bangning, pretended to be wealthy businessmen on foot, and walked slowly towards the capital.Li Chun felt that this trip was the most comfortable since the emperor reformed Jinyiwei.

It was already severe winter, and there were few pedestrians on the roads of the empire.Because many canals were frozen and suspended, the group could only take a horse-drawn carriage.

Along the way, Wei Chao had no one to talk to, so he had to discuss his reading experience with Li Chun.Although Li Chun has some culture, he is far behind Wei Chao. In order to hold his stinky feet, he had no choice but to follow the study. Although he felt that he had improved a lot along the way, because of his poor foundation, the more Wei Chao chatted with him, the more he felt depressed.

When entering Henan, the group finally had a companion.Liu Mengyun, the imperial envoy sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate to Anyang to investigate and deal with the "Dingming Rebellion Case", led dozens of officials to escort a dozen criminals from Zhangde Mansion and Anyang County back to Beijing, where they met Wei Chao and his party.

Wei Chao read a lot of poems, full of literary talents and had nowhere to vent. After seeing the imperial envoys on the way, he almost lost his joy.After sending Li Chun to reveal his identity, Liu Mengyun never imagined that the eunuch next to the emperor would go on the same journey with him, so he hurried over to curry favor.

Now Wei Chao can finally find someone to sing with him. Liu Qin was sent as a Jinshi, full of poems and books, because he wanted to curry favor with Wei Chao, he showed a little lower than Wei Chao's level, Wei Chao was coaxed by him. .If it hadn't been for the years of training by the emperor's side, the foreign officials would have to be more careful, and the two of them would almost have worshiped.

Although reason told Wei Chao not to understand the meaning of the emperor's poems, Feng Bao's sentence "If you understand it, you have the qualifications to be an 'ancestor'" is like a devil, always Alluring him.

After the reform, the Supervisor of Ceremony was abolished, the power to approve bonuses was assigned to the attendant's room, and the head of the House of Internal Affairs was the British Duke. It is hard to say whether the word "ancestor" will exist in the future.However, the Deputy Chief of the House of Internal Affairs is still held by an internal official, who is responsible for the affairs of the inner palace. This power is so great that it is impossible for the Wei Dynasty not to be tempted.

Therefore, while singing with Liu Mengyun, he mixed the five lines of the emperor's poems with hundreds of lines of poems, and discussed various meanings with Liu Mengyun.But the meaning of the emperor is too cryptic, unless the Wei Dynasty clearly knows what great things Feng Bao has done, and the emperor knows, then he can compare the meaning of these few poems.

Then what did Feng Bao do that required the emperor to kill him and spare his life?During the journey, Wei Chao thought carefully about what he heard about Feng Bao when he was in the inner palace.However, among the things he could think of, there was not a single thing that could qualify as "death", but there were many that could qualify as "reward".

Unable to understand or not, Wei Chao drank and composed poems with Liu Mengyun all the way, and asked about the cases of criminals in Zhangde Mansion and Anyang County.

Liu Mengyun smiled and said: "This Anyang County is too courageous. In order to get a 'double excellence', he actually became a gangster who cut the road and robbed the road. He first arranged for people to beat the passers-by with sap, and robbed the luggage and travel expenses. Wait for these When people wandered into the city, they were charged with 'loitering and making trouble' and were forced to work on the construction site for three months. More than 30 people were killed during this period."

After Wei Chao heard this, he opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it.He scratched his head and said, "How can this not be leaky? There will always be a smart person who will see it, isn't it a sure thing?"

Liu Mengyun said: "Who says it's not? This Anyang County actually took out the proceeds of the robbery and bought off the entire Zhangde Mansion. The prefect of Zhangde and the Tuiguan all called him brothers and brothers, and regarded him as the most capable county in Zhangde. A few disgruntled people went to Zhangde Mansion to file a complaint, but they were all labeled as troublemakers and falsely accused—when I went there, I was still locked up in the government prison.”

Wei Chao laughed out loud when he heard this, and actually burst into tears.He said: "The world is really big, there are no surprises, but there are such weird officials who violate the country's laws and seek future-"

Liu Mengyun also laughed and said: "People, the word greed is the most taboo, the so-called 'birds die for food'. This official is also the most taboo of 'greedy'. Blindfolded by the future, this violates the law of the country and wants to have a future. It’s not just Anyang County.”

Wei Chao nodded in agreement, and asked Liu Mengyun, "I don't know how to judge these people?"

Liu Mengyun said: "We just investigate the case, the verdict is a matter for Dali Temple. However, Anyang County ordered people to rob and injure people, and killed people on the construction site. A big one can't escape. Zhangde Mansion and Tuiguan broke the law with corruption. In terms of crime, the lightest one is far away."

Wei Chao smiled and said: "Well, such officials are the ones the emperor hates the most. My brother has found out this big case, and the reward is indispensable when I go back."

Liu Mengyun narrowed his eyes when he heard this.He cupped his hands and said: "I would like to ask Director Wei to give you a good word when you have the opportunity. I wait for the subordinates, how can I have the opportunity to face the saint on weekdays? During the grand court meeting, I can only look at the sky from afar, and I have never heard the emperor's jade voice. Only rely on My brother highly recommends it."

Wei Chaoqing knew that Liu Mengyun would inevitably seek him, so he knew it well.He laughed and said: "If everyone in the Metropolitan Procuratorate is as diligent as my brother, and arrests more than a dozen corrupt officials at a time, the emperor will not have to worry about the administration of officials."

Unexpectedly, Liu Mengyun didn't take credit for it, and explained: "It's not because of a certain method, but when he left Beijing, a guy from the Gewuyuan sent a pleading paper, clearly stating the nasty things done in Anyang County, and the witnesses are all complete. , so I picked up a ready-made one when I came here.”

Wei Chao heard this, chuckled and said, "Is there any enmity between this Gewuyuan and Anyang County?"

Liu Mengyun said: "Exactly, he was beaten in Anyang when he came to the capital to register, and he worked there for more than three months. And he came with the film of Premier Zhang's second son. Is there anything else you don't understand?"

Wei Chao was surprised when he heard this, "Has the Zhangde Mansion offended the Zhang family?"

Liu Mengyun heard this and said: "No one knows about it. The surname Xu of the Gewuyuan said that he met Mr. Zhang Er by chance, and he felt injustice after hearing what happened to him. We just listened to it."

Wei Chao listened, nodded and said: "Well, the Zhang family is indeed famous, no wonder my brother thinks too much."

Hearing Wei Chao's words, Liu Mengyun felt that all the bones in his body were lightened.He returned to his carriage, took out a bundle and said to Wei Chao, "Director Wei is good at literature, and his intelligence is unrivaled—see what's inside?"

When Wei Chao opened it, he found that the package was full of animal bones and fossilized tortoise shells, which are what traditional Chinese medicine called "dragon bones".Liu Mengyun smiled and said, "When I was in Anyang, I asked the doctor to prescribe some medicine for insomnia—this is the keel used by the locals."

When Wei Chao heard about it, he knew that he could never show himself a single Chinese medicine, so he picked one up and looked through it carefully.Immediately, it was discovered that many symbols were engraved on the bones, like words.I checked carefully - I don't know any of them, but this symbol is by no means formed naturally.He raised his head to recall, and felt that the thing in his hand was very familiar.

Seeing Wei Chao looking over and over again, Liu Mengyun only smiled and didn't speak.Wei Chao looked at all the fossils in the package, and said to Liu Mengyun: "Brother, can you understand the words on it?" Liu Mengyun said: "Although you don't know all of them, you can recognize a few."

Wei Chao listened, praised happily, and gave Liu Mengyun a thumbs up.Seeing that he was very excited, Liu Mengyun smiled and said, "Brother, do you think it will be auspicious if you present this thing?"

Wei Chao laughed and said: "The emperor doesn't like auspiciousness, but it's not wrong for my brother to present it. I remembered that I heard the emperor said about this thing before, and the emperor sent Sun Long to take people to the general place to find it—— Brother, you took the lead."

Liu Mengyun was surprised when he heard this: "How does the emperor know this thing? Although I took some, I don't know what it is. How did the emperor know it in the deep palace."

Wei Chao said with a smile: "I heard from the emperor that this thing is called 'Oracle Bone Inscriptions'. I heard from the emperor that this is the ancestor of writing!"

(End of this chapter)