I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 89
Just after arriving at the city gate, Zhan Feiyu looked at the carriage parked on the right, "Chen Xiaoqi, please stop!"

After getting off the horse, Zhan Feiyu walked towards the carriage with the blue cloth curtain. Although he had changed to a groom who drove the carriage, she knew the cloth curtain and embroidered a seal script king character with silk thread on the lower left.

The boy who was driving the carriage looked only seventeen or eighteen years old, and at this time jumped out of the carriage with trembling legs, "Master?"

"Anyway, after we met, Miss Wang Liu intends to leave without saying goodbye?" Zhan Feiyu laughed crisply after knocking on the carriage, "But as the saying goes, if you can run away from the temple, the monk can't run away from the temple, and Huai County is just as far away from us as Shangsi County. Half a day's drive."

In the carriage, Wang Linlang's face was a little grim, and then the curtain was lifted, revealing a thin, pale face.

Wang Linlang was wearing a white ruffled skirt, her hair was only tied in a double bun, and she didn't even wear a hairpin. She was so delicate and weak as if she was being bullied by Zhan Feiyu, "Sister Zhan, why are you embarrassing me? You know that. Uncle, he... how dare I stay in the Lin family private school..."

As if remembering what a terrible thing, Wang Linlang trembled like a little white flower in a gust of wind, the corners of her eyes were red, and crystal tears rolled down her cheeks.

"Lin's private school?"

There were a lot of people standing at the gate of the city, and when they heard these four words, everyone swiped and widened their eyes.

Thinking of Wang Linlang's Cham sister, he immediately linked Master Lin and the little prodigy Zhan with the rumors during this period. In an instant, everyone looked at Zhan Feiyu, and it was this little girl. ?

Surprised, sympathetic, vicious or obscene, all kinds of eyes fell on Zhan Feiyu.

"Sister Zhan, I..." Surprised that she had said something wrong, Wang Linlang covered her mouth with her slender hand, looked at Zhan Feiyu with extreme guilt, and apologized with choked sobs, "Sister Zhan, I didn't do it on purpose."

"My poor lady, fortunately, I came with you, old lady. How could you have imagined that some people are beasts with human faces and beasts!" A mournful cry rang out, and Madam Lu hugged Wang Linlang and cried aloud.

"Mammy, I don't blame you. Fortunately, you and I recognize the bed. You sleep with me every night, otherwise I'll be like Sister Zhan..." The delicate little girl buried her head in Mamma Lu's arms and even cried. It's also charming and charming, but she didn't forget to throw dirty water on Zhan Feiyu.

Chen Fei glared at Wang Linlang with a sullen face. This little girl looked young and looked delicate and kind, but who knew that her words were so vicious.

"Like me, what do you mean?" Zhan Feiyu raised his head to look at Wang Linlang on the carriage, the morning sun fell on her face, her white jade-like skin seemed to be plated with a layer of golden light, and her eyes were more clear and translucent. , without contamination.

"I..." Wang Linlang opened his mouth, Rao was full of calculations, but faced with Zhan Feiyu who didn't play cards according to the rules of the cards, he was at a loss for words.

Zhan Feiyu's smile became more and more brilliant, and his big dark eyes stared straight at Wang Linlang, "Miss Wang Liu said that she has a nose and eyes, as if she had witnessed some shady deeds with her own eyes."

"You and my uncle... You two are carrying my aunt on your back..." Wang Linlang complained, her tears were even more fierce, and she almost pointed at Zhan Feiyu and said that she was an accomplice in the poisoning of Mrs. Lin.

Madam Lu hugged the distraught Wang Linlang behind her, and scolded: "Miss Zhan, my young lady saves face for you because you are a victim when you are young, how can you ask such shameless questions? words?"

"You and Mrs. Gu... I don't have the face to talk about this old lady!" Madam Lu looked at Zhan Feiyu angrily, but she confirmed the dirty things that the rumors said.

"Bah, what a little girl, you're a shameless little bitch!" Suddenly, a sharp scolding sounded, and an old woman with dirty clothes was seen with an angry face, yelling at Zhan Feiyu.

"Everyone in Shangsi County knows that you and your master have shamelessly got together. You two adulterers are not going to die, and you even killed Mrs. Lin. You should be soaked in a pig cage!"

"Yeah, I've never seen such a shameless little girl!"

"Whose girl doesn't leave the door behind, just go to a private school all day long and show herself in public, saying that she is studying, and it's not doing a shameful business!"

"The girls in the building are not so cheap!"

"Shameless! Kill this bitch!"

All kinds of unbearable insults sounded, and someone took out the vegetables to be sold from the basket, tore off the leaves of the vegetables and smashed them.

The old woman from before even picked up the stones on the ground and was about to smash them.

Wang Linlang was lying in Madam Lu's arms with a smug smile on her lips. She didn't go to heaven, but she had no way to break in in hell. Zhan Feiyu deserved to be pointed out by thousands of people!
"Stop!" An angry shout sounded, Fade Chen drew out his saber, the silvery blade reflected light, and the chill was so terrifying that everyone who was going to make trouble was frightened.

"I..." The stone in the old woman's hand fell to the ground with a bang. Fearing the saber in Fade Chen's hand, she stooped and hid in the crowd.

In the carriage on the other side, Zhan's second child showed a pity. If these two soldiers weren't there today, Zhan Feiyu would have peeled off his skin if he didn't die. "Why didn't you kill this bitch!" Xiao Yao clenched his fists and thumped the carriage twice.

Hearing those cursing Zhan Feiyu just now, Xiao Yao's body seemed to have disappeared as if he had taken an elixir.

"What are you doing around here! Spread out!" The official shouting sounded.

The people who were originally frightened by Chen Fei were more like quails hunched over. Even if they despised Zhan Feiyu in their hearts, at least they didn't dare to say it.

Uncle Hu was panting heavily, but luckily he ran fast and called the official messenger.

Standing still, Fei Zhaotou's sharp eyes swept across the audience, and he was relieved to see that Zhan Feiyu, who was guarded by Chen Fei and the two, was safe and sound.

"Since the messenger is here, it would be better for Miss Wang Liu to go to the yamen to repeat what she said just now." Zhan Feiyu was not surprised to see Wang Linlang's instantly terrified face. He was still young and couldn't hold his breath!

"Sister Zhan, I haven't been home for a long time, and my father has sent a letter to remind me." Wang Linlang suppressed the fear and anxiety in her heart, and naturally she did not dare to go to the yamen if there was a ghost in her heart.

Zhan Feiyu didn't seem to have heard this, "Trouble to catch the head."

Clenching her hands suddenly, Wang Linlang looked at Zhan Feiyu angrily, her eyes seemed to be poisoned, what did she mean?Let the officials take you away?Why!

"Several officials." Madam Lu, who felt something was wrong, quickly got off the carriage and explained to Fei Chautou, "My young lady returned to Huai County today and was stopped by Miss Zhan just now, and she just said a few words. That's it."

Madam Lu then saluted Zhan Feiyu again, and pretended to have to bow her head with a bitter face, "Miss Zhan, this old slave will make amends for you on behalf of my young lady."

"Apologizing is useful, so what else is needed by the official?" Zhan Feiyu held up his fleshy chin, how arrogant and arrogant his arrogant appearance was.

Madam Lu is so angry, this dead girl won't let go!

But she didn't dare to provoke the officials, so Madam Lu thumped and knelt down, "I also ask Miss Zhan to raise her hand, the old slave will kowtow to you to make amends!"

Wang Linlang, who also got off the carriage, also apologized, "Sister Zhan, it's my fault. I should have let you go by how old I am. I apologize to you, so please forgive me this time."

As if being wronged by Tianda, Wang Linlang wiped the corners of her eyes, and said softly to Fei Chautou: "The officials are busy with official business, and they are all Linlang's, so please bear with me."

"Miss Wang Liu doesn't have to be like this. If you have anything to say, please go to the court and say it!" Fei Zhaotou's attitude was indifferent, and his inhumane attitude was exactly the same as that of Zhan Feiyu.

Wang Linlang panicked, and looked at Mother Lu who was kneeling on the ground for help.

"Take it away!" Fei Zhao gave an order, and Zhao Zhao came forward and grabbed Mother Lu.

Ma Zhaokuai also said coldly to the shocked Wang Linlang, "Miss Wang, let's go."

"Isn't it? Why did you arrest someone?" The crowd exclaimed, but they were worried that they would anger the officials and be taken away, and they all showed fear.

If it wasn't for the wrong occasion, Zhan Feiyu really wanted to whistle. This kind of feeling of bullying the white lotus inside the yamen is more refreshing.

Chen Fei coughed twice to remind Zhan Feiyu that she was outraged, how could she still be stunned.

Early in the morning, the official escorted Madam Lu to the front, followed by Wang Linlang, who was pale and delicate, and seemed to be ready to fall down at any time. Don't dare to be a demon.

Zhan Feiyu and Chen Fei walked behind.

The onlookers at the gate of the city sparsely followed behind, and if they met someone they knew, they approached and said a few words.

Didn't it come to the county government office, there were three or forty people falling behind, and it was so dark that those who didn't know thought that something big had happened.

"That's Zhan Feiyu? It doesn't look like that." Passerby A whispered.

If it is said that Wang Linlang looks a little bit like, although he is young, his delicate and pitiful appearance shows a little amorous feelings, and he does not look like a child.

In contrast, Zhan Feiyu with short legs is much cuter. She is not tall, her face is still baby fat, her eyes are clear and translucent, and her short, chubby body is stupefied. Looking at it, I couldn't help laughing.

"You can't look like a person, why did Mrs. Lin suffer from an emergency and pass away?" The passerby B, who thought he had solved the case, hinted.

Passerby C glanced at the official at the front of the team, his face full of sarcasm, "It really is official! How can the little prodigy who is praised by Mr. Chen himself have bad behavior, shouldn't this be killing people?"

The passersby were scared and bloodless!
Wang Linlang's previous remarks did not mean that she was a witness, but now that she has been arrested by officials, does she really want to silence her?

……

Under the plaque hanging high in the mirror, the county magistrate Chen sat on it, and slapped the gavel in his hand, "Rise to the hall!"

"Mighty!" The yamen stood in two rows, shouting Tang Wei, and the court staff in their hands hit the ground with a thumping sound.

Madam Lu kneeled down with her legs soft. Wang Linlang's face was as white as paper, and she knelt down beside Madam Lu tremblingly. The master and servant were frightened.

Zhan Feiyu also knelt aside. The cold ground made her move her knees unaccustomedly. It seems that she still needs to take the exam earlier, at least she can see the official without kneeling.

The crowd outside the court was full of people watching the excitement, all of whom knew that Magistrate Chen had been promoted to court because of rumors.

But everyone was still at a loss. Magistrate Chen's official voice in Shangsi County was very good. Suddenly arresting people looked like covering up Zhan Feiyu, which made people puzzled.

"Wang Linlang, you accuse Master Lin of having a bad relationship with Zhan Feiyu, is there any evidence?" The county magistrate asked directly.

Wang Linlang raised his head tremblingly, revealing a pale and thin face, and choked with red eyes: "Master Hui, I...I saw it once...in the study..."

What Wang Linlang said was specious, only that Master Lin stood behind Zhan Feiyu and held her hand, as if teaching her to practice calligraphy.

Mother Lu, who was arraigned, must have said a lot, "My aunt cried to me in private, saying that she saw it with her own eyes..."

Mrs. Lin is already dead, and Lu's words are dead without proof, but because there are too many rumors, when the master and servant say these words, it sounds like ironclad proof.

The county magistrate Chen gave a jingle, "Bring Xiao Yao to court."

After Xiao Yao, who had not yet gone to Ji Shi Tang, was helped up, her body trembled violently, and she knelt on the ground, "Master, the woman saw a dead girl before... Zhan Feiyu has bruises on his neck... She said yes. Accidentally injured."

Xiao Yaoshi lowered her head, her hands clenched into fists, she did not expect that the county magistrate Chen would suddenly interrogate her, and Xiao Yaoshi was about to be scared to death.

But just after listening to the words of Mama Lu and Wang Linlang, little Yao shi had a crazy thought in her heart, she must kill Zhan Feiyu!
"Little Yao Shi, you know that if you make a false confession, you will be punished with a cane of thirty!" The county magistrate Chen's voice was dignified, and his sharp eyes made people have nowhere to hide.

The body trembled, Xiao Yao thought of those rumors, gritted his teeth, and said again: "The women know that what they say is the truth!"

Ho!The people on the outside of the courtroom screamed in shock. This is Zhan Feiyu's second aunt, and what she said could never be a lie.

"Silence!" The county magistrate shouted angrily.

"Mighty!" The yamen officers shouted Tang Wei again, and the noise suddenly disappeared.

After Uncle Dong was brought to the court, Zhan Feiyu was startled for a moment, and disappointment flashed in his eyes.

"Caomin is a servant of the Lin family's private school. I bumped into it twice..." Uncle Dong lowered his head, and the wooden man generally answered the words of the county magistrate, but he also confirmed that the rumors were true.

The crowd was in uproar again. After Lin Fuzi and Lin Xiuyuan were brought to court, even if the father and son denied the accusations of several people, there were rumors first, and after Wang Linlang and their confessions, the Lin family's teacher's rebuttal became pale.

In the teahouse not far from the county government office, Zhang Xiucai listened to the servant's reply, picked up the teacup and drank tea leisurely, "Three people become tigers!"

Zhan Feiyu, who was kneeling on the ground, shook his head at Master Lin, who was full of guilt and self-blame. It wasn't the last moment.

"My lord, they killed my aunt and wife, please let the lord be the master!" Madam Lu cried out in grief. She originally planned to leave Shangsi County.

If she had known earlier that she would be in court, she might as well have promised Zhang Xiucai from the beginning, and reported directly to the official. Mama Lu felt a little remorse, but she was calm, after all, she and Wang Linlang had already thought about how to tell the truth in private.

"It must have been Mrs. Lin who discovered the adultery, so she killed her!" Someone in the crowd said something, but everyone believed it. This is the truth of Mrs. Lin's sudden death!
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"Take Wang Ping, the servant of Taifu Restaurant." Following the opening of the county magistrate, Zhu Kuai escorted Wang Ping into the court.

Whether it's Wang Linlang, Xiao Yaoshi and others kneeling in the court, or the onlookers outside, their faces are puzzled. Shouldn't Master Lin, the murderer, be arraigned?

The yamen officers shouted with dignity, and Wang Ping knelt down with a plop, "Sir, spare your life."

Wang Ping banged his head, and as soon as he got up in the morning, the official came to the door, and without a word, locked the person and brought him to the court.

The county magistrate, dressed in an official mansion, had a majestic and dignified face, "Who did you collect money from? How did you spread the rumors? Hurry up!"

Kneeling upright, Wang Ping did not dare to hide, "Ten days ago, an old woman found a small house..."

Taifu Restaurant is the largest restaurant in Shangsi County. Wang Ping works as a waiter in it and earns one tael of silver a month, but the old woman pays 50 taels of silver when she sells it. It was just a few words, and Wang Ping agreed after receiving the money.

A moment later, Wang Ping, who had confessed his signature painting, knelt aside and the county magistrate said again: "Take Zhu Hai, the boy from the north and south grocery stores, to the hall."

Zhu Dahai's confession was the same as Wang Ping's, and he also accepted 50 taels of silver, promising the old lady to spread rumors.

In less than half an hour, the county magistrate Chen has promoted a total of eight people. These eight are all servants in several shops in Shangsi County. The business of these shops is booming, and there are many customers coming and going. , rumors spread faster.

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Outside the courtroom, passer-by A said in shock: "Every person is 50 taels of silver, and eight people are 400 taels. Does the old lady and Mrs. Lin have a blood feud?"

"You're stupid, that woman must be running errands, and someone ordered her behind!" Passerby B rolled his eyes mockingly, can an old woman come up with 400 taels?
Zhu Kuai brought five more people to court. Unlike the previous Wang Ping and Zhu Dahai, these five people looked like country women, their clothes were patched and their hair was messy. .

"Ms. Hao from Yujiacun Village..." Mrs. Hao stammered, and it was Magistrate Chen who asked her to answer the question, which made things clear.

The five women came from five villages respectively. They were long-tongued women in the village, and they were all greedy for money. They received [-] taels of silver from a mother-in-law, so they spread rumors in the village.

On weekdays, they are all talkative and talkative, and they still earn [-] taels of silver for saying a few words. How can they disagree? As for those dirty words, will they destroy Zhan Feiyu and Master Lin? Fame is none of their business.

Of the ten people who were finally interrogated, five were street vendors, three were stall owners, the remaining one was a woman selling vegetables, and the other was the wife of a butcher. 20 taels of silver.

Zhan Feiyu had a sneer on his face after hearing this, what a big deal, this move was almost 1000 taels of silver.

The people who were watching Shengtang were also shocked. The unbearable rumors were spread by these people who received money. No wonder it spread so quickly and widely.

From various villages to Shangsi County, from wealthy families to merchants and pawns, no one knows it and no one knows it.

"Zhan Xiaomengtong got up and listened." The general situation was clear after the trial, and then the county magistrate asked Zhan Feiyu to stand up.

"Thank you, Mr. Chen." Zhan Feiyu got up from the ground, and then came the highlight.

(End of this chapter)