The demon world I designed

Chapter 1 The Disappearing Person
"Hey, Chen Qing, why did you come here?"

Mingyue Tower is extremely lively today, because the Jinshi who have won the honor this year gather here in groups of three or four. This is also a tradition after the scientific examination every three years. Regardless of whether the Jinshi of the same discipline comes from all over the world, as long as they are on the list, they will be happy. With the friendship of classmates, it is natural to get close, and there may be many paths in the officialdom in the future.

At this time, a young Jinshi who was stunned at the door was dragged into the private room by a group of classmates.

"What's the matter? In a trance?"

Seeing a few classmates who were on good terms before the exam, Chen Qing forced a smile, but couldn't hide her extremely bad complexion.

"Oh, what's the matter? But fell to the top three?"

A few people asked curiously, when Chuanlu called the roll, everyone was nervous about their own rankings, how could they care about others at that moment?As long as Yi Jia has not sung it three times, few people will remember the ranking of others.

"No..." Chen Qing shook her head and smiled wryly: "One of the 130 in the second class, the younger brother is lucky, and just happened to be stuck in the last place."

Everyone laughed when they heard this. The last place in the second class is not good to say, but in the future, the promotion of official careers does not refer to the specific ranking. Whether it's one or the first few, the difference is not big....
"It's a good thing, why do you have a bitter face?"

"Aren't you afraid, little brother?" Chen Qingqiang replied with a smile.

A man of about 30 years old on the table said: "If Chen Qing is studying in the Imperial College, the master will definitely pass the next class, and then leave after the essay is calm. This time is really thrilling."

"Brother Liu is right..." Chen Qing toasted and replied after sitting down.

The others curled their lips slightly when they heard the words. The only person present surnamed Liu was from the Guozijian. Of course, they can survive until they are sure. These farming and studying farmers, their parents almost sold out their fields for their own education, how can they be so leisurely?Of course, you have to get out early.

However, this is also the reason why it is difficult for a poor family to get a job. The more anxious you are, the easier it is to fall short!
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit cold, a middle-aged man on the table who looked fat and smooth raised his glass and said, "As long as the result is good, that's fine. By the way, have you heard? Cui Tanhua... died suddenly yesterday!"

This remark immediately aroused gossip from everyone, and they all started talking about it.

"It's a pity, Cui Tanhua is only nineteen this year, right? She is really talented, and I heard that she has been spotted by the princess. She has a bright future. It's a pity, a pity..."

"Yes, it's really a pity..." The others agreed, but they were more or less gloating behind their backs.

The son-in-law of this dynasty is not allowed to participate in politics like the previous dynasty. It is a great thing for the future to accept the princess. Cui Yan is handsome and is a young man on the list. He is valued by the princess, so he must not be envied ?
Everyone was discussing excitedly, but only Chen Qing turned pale when he heard this topic. Obviously he was not too interested in this topic, so he changed the subject and said: "I heard that this time our Jinshi will cancel the six departments to observe politics. gone?"

"Well, there is such a thing." The middle-aged man from the Guozijian said: "The reason for Enke this year is because the north has won a big victory and regained Youzhou. Most of this year's Xinke Jinshi will I was sent to serve as a local county magistrate there, and there was a shortage of people there, so the urging was tight, and our six departments had no time to observe politics."

As soon as these words came out, a group of people suddenly lost their interest. All of them were born in the second class. The Jin Dynasty has only been established for 20 years. Most of them have good positions for these new scholars. Even if they are not born well and cannot stay in Beijing, they still have a chance They were assigned to those rich and prosperous places in the south of the Yangtze River. They didn't expect that the Enke gave them the opportunity to obtain fame in advance, but they were assigned to a bitter and cold place in the north like Youyun!
Feeling depressed for a while, they turned the topic to Tanhua who died suddenly. After all, no matter how unlucky he was, he was not as unlucky as a guy who died suddenly when he just won Tanhua, right?

Chen Qing smiled wryly as everyone chatted about it. It seems that today's topic is going to be difficult...
"By the way, Chen Qing, Cui Tanhua and you are from the same hometown, right?"

"Ah, yes..." Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Chen Qing also nodded honestly and said, "Cui Yan is a talented man who won three prizes in our Liuzhou. At that time, many local gentry wanted to marry their daughters to him."

"Cui Yan's choice is not a problem." The middle-aged man from the Imperial College nodded and said: "With his talents and learning, he is so young and handsome, he should indeed get married here in the capital. It is very likely that he will find a reliable Yue family, but he is not as good as him For God's sake, judging from the results now, it might as well have started a family in Liuzhou back then, and maybe I can leave a bloodline for the family."

Chen Qing raised his head and looked at the other person. This guy was Liu Yiqi. He and Cui Yan had been acquainted with them since they first arrived in the capital. They had a pretty good relationship during the preparation period for the exam, and they kept in touch with each other a lot. He obviously knew... Cui Yan has a wife!

But a weird thing happened, why did he seem to have forgotten that Cui Yan had a wife?
Not only he forgot, everyone seems to have forgotten!
Chen Qing frowned secretly, he felt something was wrong the day before yesterday, when Cui Yan was just in the middle of the test, it was reported that the Holy Majesty wanted him to be the princess, as if he didn't care that Cui Yan was married.

It is the same now, Cui Yan died suddenly, and his wife Huang is also missing, but the Dali Temple officials who came to inquire asked Cui Yan a lot of details, but they didn't mean to ask his wife at all, and they took the initiative to mention those officials. A look of surprise...

Chen Qing is a vigilant person. Seeing this situation, he never mentioned the matter of Cui Yan's wife. Until now, this person surnamed Liu has openly expressed a pity that Cui Yan did not get married, and the people around him also take it for granted. He felt that something was wrong with this.

It doesn't seem like everyone didn't mention it by default, it seems like everyone really forgot that Cui Yan has a wife.

What the hell is going on here?
Chen Qing drank in silence, the more she listened to their discussion, the more chilling she became!

Everyone was discussing Zhenghuan, but was suddenly interrupted by a knock on the door, and everyone quieted down. After all, they have been talking about a dead person behind their backs, and it doesn't sound good to spread it out.

"Who?" Liu Yiqi asked with a frown.

The door of the room was slowly pushed open, and a young man in a green official robe walked in. Everyone quickly stood up and saluted. Liu Yiqi was surprised when he saw the person coming, and stood up and said, "Why is Lord Wang here?"

Chen Qing took a careful look at the other party. The man in the official robe didn't look very old. He might be younger than Liu Yiqi, but judging from the official uniform, he was already at the fourth rank!
It is said that the new dynasty is promoted quickly, but this is too fast...
"Congratulations to Brother Qi for being named on the gold list!" The visitor smiled and cupped his hands, obviously he knew Liu Yiqi very well.

"Where is it, I am ashamed compared to you being a brother..." Liu Yiqi smiled back, but his eyes were complicated. The person who came was Wang Ye, who was his former classmate. The two entered the Imperial College almost at the same time, but the other party had two terms I was on the list before, and I was valued by the saints, but now I have been the young minister of Dali Temple in just six years. On the other hand, I only got on the list with Enke in my [-]s. This time I went to the remote and cold place in the north to do The county magistrate doesn't know how many years it will take to get back to the capital.

Chen Qing sighed inwardly. I'm afraid this person didn't come here to congratulate Liu Yiqi. He came in official robes, and most likely came to work.

Sure enough, in the next second, the other party declined the invitation to sit at the same table, looked at everyone and said, "Who is Chen Qing?"

Everyone immediately turned their attention to Chen Qing. Chen Qing's face twitched, knowing that there was no way to avoid this mess, she stepped forward and said, "My lord, Wan Sheng is Chen Qing. What is your lord looking for Wan Sheng?"

The other party nodded and looked at the young Chen Qing: "About Cui Yan's matter, I want to consult you with some details. I wonder if Chen Jinshi is convenient?"

"Convenience, convenience..." Chen Qing replied with a wry smile. If he said it was inconvenient, the other party would not look capable.

"Master Wang..." Liu Yiqi frowned, "What is Chen Qing involved in?"

"No, no..." The other party quickly waved his hand: "It's just because the two are from the same town, and I have to ask some details to disturb everyone's pleasure. Later, Wang will come over to toast Liu brother and apologize."

Liu Yiqi saw that the other party gave enough face, his face flushed, and he said quickly: "Zi Jing is polite, that brother Yu will wait for you here, we will not go home until we are drunk."

"Okay, okay..." The other party nodded with a smile, then beckoned and led Chen Qing upstairs.

Chen Qing followed behind, but her heart became more and more nervous.

I have traveled to this feudal dynasty that is not familiar with history at all. Without any foresight, he has an engineering background and can only honestly read the classic books that even liberal arts students are afraid of. After studying hard for ten years, he is about to enter the ranks of scholars I'm at the top of my class, but I encountered this shit...

God can't see how nice he is, right?
In this way, the two came to a compartment upstairs, and after closing the door, the young official invited Chen Qing to sit down and then went straight in: "My official, Wang Ye, the Holy Majesty is very concerned about the sudden death of Cui Tanhua. A magistrate was appointed to preside over the case."

Chen Qing hurriedly saluted: "I have met Mr. Wang."

"Don't be too polite." The other party waved his hand: "I have read your testimony today. In the clerk's record, you once said that Cui Yan has a wife, right?"

"Wansheng made a mistake!" Chen Qing said hastily, "The late student drank too much at the Qionglin Banquet the day before yesterday, so when the Shangguan came to question him, Wansheng was a little confused. Please forgive me."

Hearing the words, the other party looked at Chen Qing several times, and finally said with a hint of meaning in his eyes: "The rumors that Cui Tanhua was chosen by the sage as his son-in-law are true. Earlier, they sent people to Liuzhou to investigate Cui Yan's family background. Cui Yan's family background is innocent. , did not marry a wife!"

Chen Qing shook her body when she heard the words, with a hint of bewilderment in her eyes.

He and Cui Yan studied at the Fu Xue, and everyone in the academy knew that Cui Yan was favored by Mrs. Huang's daughter, that the number one talented woman in Liuzhou married a talented young man who was in Lianzhong Sanyuan.
How can it be found out that the other party did not get married?
"You said in your testimony that Cui Yan married the daughter of Mrs. Huang, who was educated in Liuzhou Prefecture. Mr. Huang was a great Confucian in the former dynasty and had a great reputation. His Majesty tried to recruit him many times, but the other party refused because of his old age. His two sons were also there. The court is an official, the eldest son Huang Wenxuan is the magistrate in Yongchuan, the second son Huang Wenjing is in the Imperial Academy, I have never heard of his family having a daughter..."

Chen Qing's heart became colder and colder, the other party was so serious, could it be that he was sleepwalking from what he had learned during the years of studying in Liuzhou Prefecture?

"Wansheng got drunk and made a mistake, I really feel sorry for my lord, for delaying the investigation of the case, Wansheng is ashamed."

The other party frowned when he heard this, and asked a few words. This guy killed him and said that he was drunk and said stupid things, so he didn't want to ask more questions. After all, the other party has a reputation, and it is not easy to detain and interrogate without evidence, so he nodded and gave up.

When the two got up, Wang Ye suddenly said: "Chen Jinshi, what strange things have you encountered recently?"

"Strange things?"

Chen Qing twitched, what could be weirder than the two of you?
"That's not true. Why do you ask such a question?"

Wang Ye looked at Chen Qing firmly: "Chen Jinshi, if you encounter weird things, don't hide them, you will die!"

Chen Qing: "..."

(End of this chapter)