Bachelor

Chapter 111 Brilliant idea
"Ah!" Sun Dan yelled in shock, and hurriedly asked where the secretary, Li Meiting, was arrested and locked up.

The secretary said with a wry smile: "Where else can I go, of course it is the Imperial Prison of Jinyiwei Beiya."

Beiya is Beizhen Fusi, one of the subordinate institutions of Jinyiwei.

Jinyiwei is a secret service agency of the Ming Dynasty. It is divided into two towns and governors, the South and the North, and is also known as the South and the North.Among them, Nanya was responsible for the military discipline and internal affairs of Jinyiwei Benwei, which was somewhat similar to the military police of later generations.As for Beizhen Fusi, he is responsible for detecting criminals, and has his own imperial prison, which specializes in handling imperial cases.

When he heard that Mr. Li had entered the Imperial Prison, Sun Dan was startled and couldn't help becoming nervous, but he was still a little puzzled.He asked again: "Isn't the edict prison only for senior officials of the fourth rank and above? Mr. Li is only a small official of the sixth rank. How could he be arrested?"

The book office sighed and replied: "Jingyuan, you don't know this. In the early years, the edict prison was indeed dedicated to fourth-rank officials. But after Chenghua, the edict prison did not have this restriction. As long as the emperor crossed Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment For cases directly handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, all criminals, regardless of grades, will first go to Beizhen Fusi to take care of them."

Speaking of this, the book office suddenly looked annoyed, and he paused and said: "If I knew I was going to go to prison, I should have accompanied Lord Jijiu and the others to go there that day. I have many years of sage books, but even I haven't even been to the Beiya, if my colleagues from the Imperial College are released in the future, how can I go to see them?"

Sun Dan was speechless, thinking: You don't know the horror of the prison, and the power of the criminal law in it is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.Eighteen kinds of criminal laws are imposed on the body, such as fingering, sticking, peeling, tongue, spine breaking, finger dropping, heart stabbing, and pipa. Even a man who is beaten with iron will be tortured into a puddle of mud.

However, for scholars in the Ming Dynasty, if they received the imperial staff and went to prison, it would be a matter of honoring their ancestors.That's why the secretary's face was full of regret when he heard that everyone had entered the prison in Fusi, Beizhen.

Thinking of the tragic ending of Li Meiting's lazy and unruly temperament if it fell into the hands of those spies in brocade clothes and embroidered spring knives, Sun Dan's heart tightened, and he murmured: "We must find a way to rescue Mr. Li, At least he should go to the prison for some management, so that he will suffer less."

The book office had tears in his eyes: "I can't help it. A place like Imperial Prison where water can't get in, needles can't get in, and it's not the prison of Shuntian Mansion, so there's no way to move around."

"No, try it no matter how difficult it is." Sun Dan clenched his fists: "There is no unparalleled road." Li Meiting is his mentor, even if he didn't learn anything from him, the teacher-student relationship It is also indelible.People in the Ming Dynasty paid the most attention to fame and integrity. It would be contemptuous to watch their teacher get arrested without rescue.Besides, Mr. Li was kind to him, and he should try his best to get him out of prison.

After leaving the Imperial College, Sun Dan felt sad.In his hometown in Shandong, he was a well-known scholar no matter what he said, and he was also the number one talented man in Shandong.If something happened, the magistrates of Zhang County and Jinan were their masters, so they should show some affection no matter what.

But when it comes to the capital, a young scholar like myself has countless car loads, so it's nothing at all.

Now, his eyes are smeared, even if he wants to find a way, he can't find a joint.This feeling of powerlessness made him very upset. If he had known earlier, he would not have come to Beijing. He lived happily in Shandong for a year and a half.

Unlucky, unlucky, seeing that he was the first in the Shandong Academy Examination in the Sun family, and wanted to win over him, a young talent, and make Sun Dan officially a child of the Sun family.Since he is from another family, the patriarch said that he was asked to come to Beijing, so he had to listen.

"The Sun family...why didn't I expect this to happen?" Sun Dan's eyes lit up.

Li Meiting was able to be the supervisor of the Imperial Academy because of the hard work of the Sun family, and the Sun family belonged to Yang Tinghe. In this way, Li Meiting is also Yang Dang.Since Mr. Li and the Sun family are on their own, if the Sun family comes forward, there may be a way, at least to save Li Meiting from suffering in prison.

That's right, you should go to Sun Henian immediately.

Speaking of going to the Sun family compound, Sun Dan felt a little headache.After arriving in Beijing, because he didn't like the Sun family very much, Sun Dan never went there once, because he was too lazy to look at Mrs. Liu's stinky face.Now, Sun Hao has gone to Tongzhou to be his little charcoal-burning official, Sun Yue and Sun Gui are both studying at Yang's house, and Sun Dan has nothing to talk about in the yard, so he doesn't bother to look at others.

The Sun family's courtyard in Beijing is located in Ma Zhuangyuan Hutong, Xizhimen, which is also the Prince Zhuang's mansion of later generations. It is a little far away from Sun Dan's residence across the Shichahai.Sun Dan walked for a long time, only to get to the place until he was covered in sweat.When I looked up, I saw a huge building, with scaffolding in many places. The Sun family spent tens of thousands of taels of silver on the repair of the old Beijing house this time.

When Sun Dan walked to the gate of the courtyard, he saw Sun Zhong coming out.

Sun Zhong was also sharp-eyed, hurried over and cupped his hands: "Brother Dan is here, I heard that you have been in Beijing for a while, why haven't you come here. Haha, I also heard about Brother Dan, after reading a few Yueshu won the first case of the Shandong Academy, and he is indeed a genius. I never imagined that the old man would let you study in the ethnology at the beginning, and he would study like this. If Brother Dan really wins Juren in the future, he will have a great future. It’s also bright on the face.”

Seeing that it was Sun Zhong, Sun Dan felt a sense of kindness, and hurriedly shook his hand and said, "Sun Dan will never forget the great kindness of the housekeeper in his life. If it weren't for you, Sun Dan would still be begging in Zouping. I was busy going to the Imperial College to enroll, and I was busy looking for a place to live, so I haven't been able to come to see you, please forgive me."

Sun Zhong chuckled: "Brother Dan is a young talent in the clan now, I'm just a servant, and I can't afford it, but I'm here to see the second master. It's also your luck. The second master is not working today. I'm reading at home. I'll take you right away."

"Thank you, butler."

"Please."

This is Sun Dan's first time entering the courtyard, and it really is the atmosphere of the capital. Compared with the two courtyards in Jinan and Zouping, this house is much larger and more magnificent.In addition, many places have just been renovated, which look very new, and the paint is so bright that it almost dazzles the eyes of Huaren.

Sun Dan looked at it secretly, the scale of this yard has reached the level of a small park in later generations.This is in Beijing, but I don't know how much it is worth?
After walking around for almost 5 minutes, he finally came to the study. Sun Henian was lying on the bed and reading in the sun. When he saw Sun Dan coming, he didn't even look at him, his eyes were still on the book.Next to him were two boys standing silently.

"I've seen the second master." Sun Dan cupped his hands, but no one responded for a long time.

Seeing this, Sun Zhong could only whisper in Sun Dan's ear, "Brother Dan, the second master doesn't like to be disturbed when he is reading, so you can wait here first."

"Okay, thank you butler." Sun Dan stood impatiently in front of Sun Henian and waited.

I don't know how long I waited for this, but it was okay at the beginning, so I didn't feel anything.But standing at the back, Sun Dan only felt that his legs seemed to be filled with lead, and his vest seemed to be crawling with countless bugs.

Seeing the sun rising into the sky little by little, Sun Henian never lifted his eyes from the page to look at Sun Dan.

Sun Dan waited full of resentment, and said in his heart: What is wrong with this Sun Henian, such a big air, I don't seem to have provoked him recently.If I hadn't boxed with Feng Zhen every day during this time, my health would be getting better and better.After walking such a long distance, I was punished to stand at your place again, and I must pass out.

But on the surface, he still had a calm smile on his face.

Seeing the sun rising little by little, it was already noon.Sun Zhong, who had been waiting outside, couldn't bear to see Sun Dan just standing there, so he tiptoed over and whispered in Sun Henian's ear, "Second Master, it's time for lunch."

"Okay, I'll go now." Sun Henian threw the book in his hand aside, stood up and walked towards the door. When he got to Sun Dan's side, he stopped as if he suddenly found him: "Sun Dan, you Here, but because of Li Meiting?"

"Exactly." Sun Dan cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Li used to be the teacher of my Sun family studies. This time something went wrong, so I ask the second master to think of a way." .

"I'm just a small household doctor, what can I do?" Sun Henian said indifferently: "Even Lord Chief Assistant can't get involved in Tongtian's case. But Sun Dan, do you know what's wrong? "

"I was wrong..." Sun Dan was a little stunned: "Sun Dan's mentor had an accident, and students should naturally try their best to help. Sun Dan has no regrets for what he has done."

"Presumptuous." Sun Henian sternly yelled, "It's such a big case that others would avoid it, but you put your head in front of them and chopped it off. Where is Jinyiwei? Would they arrest people without the order of the emperor and queen mother? Sun Henian You are a student of Li Meiting, and even more a child of my Sun family. No matter what you do, you must consider the interests of the family. How can you act rashly and cause trouble? It doesn’t matter if something happens to you, it shouldn’t involve the Sun family.”

Sun Dan was very annoyed in his heart, snorted unknowingly in his nose, and kept his mouth shut.

After teaching Sun Dan a few more words, Sun Henian softened his tone: "Sun Dan, you are one of the best children of my Sun family, and there is only one year left for Qiu Wei. My Sun family has placed great expectations on you, you You shouldn’t let us down. Study hard and prepare for the exam, it’s better not to worry about these nosy things.”

He took a long breath and smiled softly: "Sun Dan, have you eaten yet, or should we have some together?"

Sun Dan suppressed the anger in his chest and said, "Thank you, Second Master, Sun Dan has eaten before coming here."

"Well, your room in the yard has been tidied up. If you are not used to living outside, you can move here. It's still the same sentence, study at ease and don't worry about anything else."

"Yes, thank you for the punishment from the second master. Sun Dan studies in the Imperial College every day, and he lives near there, so he won't move here."

"That's fine, it's up to you, remember to come back often." Sun Henian nodded.

Coming out of Sun's residence full of resentment, Sun Dan was so angry that he almost scolded his mother.

He has fully understood that in the eyes of the Sun family, or in the eyes of Yang Ting and a series of civil officials, Li Meiting is just a very small person, and it doesn't matter whether he lives or dies.If you intervene, you will cause yourself a lot of trouble.

Now, only Sun Dan is running for Mr. Li.

Thinking of this, Sun Dan was sad, but also angry: Sun Henian is a person who only cares about profit and has no personal feelings. It seems that he will not save Mr. Li.It's really depressing that people's feelings are so cold.

I really don't want to leave it alone.

I was bored at the gate of the courtyard, but I saw a big blue sedan chair coming from a distance, and it seemed that the posture was not small.

Sun Dan didn't want to cause trouble, so he hurried to the side and was about to leave, but the sedan chair stopped in front of him, and a man walked down from it, laughing heartily: "So it's little brother Sun, I heard you You're in Beijing, why don't you come and see me?"

Sun Dan raised his head and saw that it was Yang Shen, he hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I've seen Xueshi Yang."

"Scholar Yang, you don't want to be my student, so let's discuss friendship as equals. I heard that you don't live in the Sun Mansion." Yang Shen grabbed Sun Dan's hand and said, "I came to the Sun Mansion today to find Brother He Nian, let's talk about something. Since I met you, don't leave. Come with me to see He Nian. We will talk about it in detail later. I still have a few operas that I haven't finished writing. Please help me read them. .”

Of course, Sun Dan refused to see Sun Henian's face without normal human emotions again, so he forced a smile and said, "Bachelor Yang's drama is naturally very well written, but Sun Dan has been worried about Mr. Li these two days and got angry. I am in a hurry to find a way, and I can't delay here any longer." His heart suddenly brightened, Yang Shen is a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, and he works as the emperor's secretary on a daily basis.His father is also the chief assistant of the dynasty, under one person, above ten thousand people, if he can help, Li Meiting will be saved.That's why Sun Dan said this on purpose.

Hearing what Sun Dan said, how could Yang Shen not know what Sun Dan was thinking.He was originally a gentleman, cheerful and forthright, and said to Sun Dan with a wry smile: "Brother Sun, I wouldn't help if it wasn't Yang Shen. I haven't seen the Son of Heaven for a long time, even if I want to intercede, I can't see anyone. Besides, this case was appointed by the queen mother, and no one can speak to the queen mother. You come to my door today, which means that you still remember my friend. But, I really can't help it? "

"If this is the case..." Sun Dan heard that even Yang Shen couldn't do anything, his heart sank.

Seeing Sun Dan's disappointed face, Yang Shen said, "I can't see the Queen Mother, but other people can, such as Marquis Wu Ding. Otherwise, I will write you a letter, and you take the letter to Marquis Wu Ding to see if he can read it." Help me save my face. Even if Brother Mei Ting can't be saved, at least let him suffer less."

"Wudinghou Guo Xun?" Sun Dan's eyes brightened, this is a powerful person!
"Yes, it's him. He stays with the Queen Mother every day. If he can't do anything about it, he can't follow other people's path." Yang Shen didn't talk nonsense, and hurriedly asked his entourage to take out the four treasures of the study, without picking a place.Just like that, holding a piece of plain paper in one hand and a pen in the other, he wrote down the letter in the air, wrote the short message, and handed it to Sun Dan: "Brother Sun, I have only a casual acquaintance with Marquis Wu Ding in normal days, and I don't know who I am." I don't know if he will give me this face to see you once. Try your luck."

"Scholar Yang's face, he will definitely give it to him." Sun Dan thanked him repeatedly.

This matter is just like what Yang Shen said, if Guo Xun is willing to help, even if he can't get Mr. Li out of prison, at least he can be kept safe.

In the past few days, Sun Dan has been reading documents with several book offices in the Imperial College, gossip about the political circles in the capital, and Guo Xun's name is the name that he hears most in his ears.

During this period of time, Guo Xun was so popular.

Guo Xun is a descendant of Guo Ying, the most honorable person in the dynasty, and he did not serve as an official in the court.But he held the military power of the [-] Battalion of the Beijing Imperial Army, and was the commander of the Beijing garrison, responsible for the security of the entire Beijing city.Now, Jiang Bin, who is in charge of Jinyiwei, has lost his power again.The Fusi Qunlong in Nanbei Town has no leader, and they are all controlled by him.

It can be said that when Guo Xun coughs now, the whole ground in Beijing will tremble.

If he is willing to intervene, this matter may be possible.

Sun Dan received Yang Shen's letter, feeling a little more at ease.

In fact, Guo Xun didn't give Yang Shen any face, or it could be said that Guo's family didn't give Yang Shen any face.

When Sun Dan rushed to Marquis Wuding's mansion before he had time to eat, and handed over Yang Shen's letter, the concierge waved his hand and said impatiently: "I see, it was introduced by Xiao Yang. However, Lord Hou these days I'm very busy, so I don't see any visitors, so please come back. You are just a small scholar, and the Imperial Academy's book office is bigger than Zhima. If it weren't for the letter from Xiao Xueshi Yang, I wouldn't bother to talk to you!"

No matter how Sun Dan explained, the concierge refused to go in and report.

Sun Dan had no choice but to grit his teeth, stuffed an ingot of two taels of silver into the porter's hand, and said, "I came here in a hurry today, and I didn't prepare for it. A mere gift is not a respect."

The concierge looked better, put the silver into his arms, and then whispered to him: "Scholar, you don't know, Lord Hou is really busy these two days. Seeing Tian being sent into the palace by the queen mother to speak, I don't know." I don’t know what’s going on. The guests from this mansion haven’t stopped coming recently, and the Marquis is also getting annoyed, so he decided not to let a single guest in, otherwise our legs will be broken.”

Having said that, he looked around in fear and found that there was no one else.Then he said: "Xiucai, go away quickly. I have talked so much with you. If people know about it, I will die too."

Hearing this, Sun Dan despaired for a while, and had no choice but to go home.

After returning home, seeing that Sun Dan's complexion was not good, Zhiniang hurried over to touch Sun Dan's forehead: "Sun Lang, your face is flushed, did you catch a cold?"

"It's hot." Sun Dan grabbed her hand and pressed it to his face, "Although the capital is good, it's not a place where Sun Dan can hang out. I really want to go back to my hometown in Shandong and ignore these troubles. Sun Dan I didn't even think about what to do, I just wanted to take the Jinshi examination and become a seventh-rank county magistrate, and spend a few days of comfortable life with you."

"If Sun Lang doesn't want to live in the capital, he can go back to Shandong. Anyway, wherever you go, Zhiniang will go there." Zhiniang said softly.

"Stupid, running away is not my style, Sun Dan. Besides, I am a child of the Sun family, and I have to listen to the patriarch's words and deeds. You and I are now registered in Shuntian Prefecture, and we can't go back to Shandong." Sun Danqiang He smiled and said, "I'm hungry, is there any food at home?"

"I'm going to do it now." Lady Zhi hurriedly stood up, and said again: "By the way, a troupe owner named Zhanbu came to visit you earlier, saying that he was rehearsing a play for Wu Hehou. Unfortunately, what then?" Grandpa doesn’t like his plays. Boss Zhan came to you and asked if he could help him write another play that is more festive, so it’s good for business.”

"Marquis Wu Ding?" Sun Dan was shocked.

"Yes, it seems to be the name."

"Okay, that's really great." Sun Dameng stood up, "I'll go find him right away, do you have his address?"

"Boss Zhan left the address, but...you haven't eaten yet?"

"Don't eat, it's important. I'll eat something on the way." Sun Dan: "Give me the address quickly." Suddenly, a vague thing surged up in his heart, as if he had grasped something.

The status of actors in the Ming Dynasty was humble, and Sun Dan was not stupid enough to want to meet Guo Xun through spreading this relationship.If he did this, he would hurt the cloth official. I'm afraid that that sissy guy just mentioned himself in front of Guo Xun before he said anything, and he would be beaten to death first.

But Sun Dan always felt that this was an opportunity, and he could always find a way.As for what method to use, he hadn't thought of it for a while.Maybe when I see Zhanbu, I can figure it out.

He didn't walk this time, so he asked Feng Zhen to hire a carriage, and rushed to the courtyard where Zhanjiaban lived without having lunch.

As soon as we entered the yard, there was a lot of excitement inside, with people hanging their voices and practicing posture, making people dizzy.

As soon as he saw Sun Dan, the cloth official leaned over delicately, pointed his orchid finger on Sun Dan's forehead: "I hate it, I have been in Beijing for so long and I don't remember to see him. Today I finally have you, otherwise The slave's life is about to be lost."

Sun Dan was so frightened that his hairs stood on end. He forced a smile and said, "I'm here now. How is the business? I heard that you are rehearsing for Marquis Wuding. I don't know if there is any happy event in the Marquis's residence?"

"Business is naturally good. Thanks to Brother Sun, the "The Story of the Sword" that you collaborated with Xiao Yang caused a sensation in the entire capital. Every time I perform, my family has to sing a section, otherwise there is no way to step down. Hey, I’m tired of singing. I think about it day and night, thinking that Brother Dan will write me a new play, which will give me some freshness.” The cloth official twisted the waist of the willow, and said coquettishly: “This Guo Xun is too annoying, no matter I He was not satisfied with any play, even "The Story of the Sword" and said it was not suitable. Ask him if there is any festive event in his house, so he can make a play. But he just doesn't say anything. It's too annoying ,Hate!"

As he spoke, he angrily kicked a bush of holly in the flower bed.

Hearing what Bu Guan said, Sun Dan was also curious, what the hell is this Guo Xun doing? He hired a theater troupe but didn't say what kind of play he wanted. It's really weird.

However, after listening to this passage, the idea in Sun Dan's heart was vaguely formed, and he already had a brilliant idea.

Didn't he want to listen to the play? I'll give you a wonderful play.

(End of this chapter)