The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 336 Secret Investigation
While Baoyu and his group were drinking happily, Xing'er came and told Jia Lian that he had something urgent to do tonight, so he would not come, and told them not to wait. Jia Lian would invite them back later when he had time.

Xing'er was originally Jia Lian's servant. After Jia Lian came back this time, he took him by his side to order him around.

Several people had long forgotten about Jia Lian. When Xing'er said it, they remembered that there was such a thing as Jia Lian.However, Jia Lian did not come, which happened to be convenient for them.

This drinking took another hour.It was almost Haishi, so they dispersed.

Xue Pan still didn't give up, so he was going to send wintersweet flowers.Lameihua pretended to decline a few times, pretending to be helpless, and asked Xue Pan to deliver it.

Baoyu drank too much, but didn't say anything.When Jia Rong and Jia Huan saw that Xue Pan had the cheek to give wintersweet flowers, they felt a little jealous.It's just that it's really not easy to explode because of the relationship in the past.

But in his heart, he was dissatisfied with Xue Pan.

"Look, Big Brother Xue insisted on delivering it by himself. If we wanted to go, he wouldn't let us go. It's usually fine, but at this time, he's a bit disrespectful."

Jia Huan vented.

"Big Xue is like this. He likes to eat alone. After all, he is not from our Jia family, and his heart is always facing the outside. However, don't care. Didn't the wintersweet flowers say that they will come tomorrow? Tomorrow, we will go Sent, when the time comes, let's see what else Xue Dafool ​​has to say."

In fact, Jia Rong had already made plans in his heart, and he was not in a hurry.Besides, whether Xue Pan can win tonight is not certain.

"In that case, you can deliver it tomorrow, and I will deliver it the day after tomorrow. If there is a good thing, we have to have both the rain and the dew."

"Alright, that's all right."

After Jia Rong finished speaking, she greeted Baoyu, and the three returned home in a daze.

Let's say that Xue Pan sent the wintersweet flowers to the inn, and he wanted to take the opportunity to go in, so as to take advantage of it.

Although she intends to use a few of them, but who is Lameihua, she will let them easily succeed.It is so easy to use, if they are driven to do something in the future, how can they be so happy?

So Xue Pan was not allowed to go in, but he wanted to refuse, so he always held Xue Pan in his hands.Say some ambiguous good words, so that Xue Pan can neither succeed nor give up.

After such a long time, he twisted Xue Pan's face and went into the inn by himself.Leaving Xue Pan happy for a while, he went back full of hope.I feel in my heart that if I work harder next time, maybe the wintersweet flower can be taken down.

It is true that Jia Lian has something to do tonight because he has to meet Jiang Shilang.

At this time, the two met in a tavern called Cheng Ji at the end of Hat Alley.

Jiang Shilang didn't wear an official uniform today, nor did he wear the daily Confucian shirt, but instead he wore the mandarin jacket that businessmen often wear.It looks like a walking businessman.

Under normal circumstances, Beijing officials like Jiang Shilang are not allowed to have private contact with officials from other places.

Although the imperial capital is calm on the surface, in the dark, the arresters and eyeliners of the yamen, and the brocade army of the imperial court are all full of eyeliners.

I think it's nothing, but, maybe at some point, the report of what I did will be on the desk of some dark boss.

If it was a high-level official, these reports might have reached the emperor's desk.Even if you really haven't done anything wrong, just chatting, drinking and talking about romance is taboo.

Jia Lian and Wei Ruolan could also return home and wander around the imperial capital in the name of being assigned by Jia Min to escort the coffins of the fallen soldiers.

A local official like Jia Min, who was released outside, would not be able to come back without the emperor's call.Therefore, even though Jia Min wanted to come back, he could not leave Bu Kui after all, but could only guard there obediently.

Eating wine was just a name, Jia Lian and Jiang Shilang just drank two glasses of wine symbolically, Jiang Shilang left.Jia Lian left a cloth bag.

Right after Jiang Shilang left, Wei Ruolan came in. At this moment, the two of them began to eat quickly without even drinking.After paying the bill, we went to an inn.

This is the inn that the two of them have booked since yesterday.

Go back to the house and light the candles, open the cloth bag brought by Jiang Shilang, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone have been prepared a long time ago, so I started to copy quickly.

This copying took one night, until eight o'clock in the morning, before it was barely finished.

After washing their faces a little, the two of them took their cloth bags and went out, and came to Cheng Ji Bistro in Hat Alley.

As usual, Wei Ruolan was outside to keep watch, while Jia Lian went in and ordered some breakfast.

After a while, Jiang Shilang came, still dressed as last night.

While eating breakfast, he took back the cloth bag Jia Lian had brought, left another cloth bag and left.

After Jia Lian and Wei Ruolan returned to the inn, they fell asleep and began to copy the things Jiang Shilang sent.It was not until the evening that the copying was completed.Arrived at Chengji Tavern like yesterday, met Jiang Shilang, and returned the package.

This time, no new package was brought. So far, they have copied all the things they wanted to copy.

The two had a relaxed meal this time, and then returned to the inn to catch up on sleep.

What they copied was the dossier sent by Jiang Shilang.These dossiers were stolen by Jiang Shilang from the criminal department's records room.It was the dossier of the Xinyou court case back then.

The reason why the two of them and Jiang Shilang did this was because when they were in Bukui, Jiang Shilang went to Shuwanzi Guanzhuang, which is the Bukui Experimental Farm, to entertain Jia Min.

On that day, the two were walking by the river and reached an understanding on Jiang Shilang's impeachment of Jia Min.

After returning to Guanzhuang, I saw a person in the yard.

This person is Hua Yusheng who often goes crazy and pretends to be stupid.

Because he stopped making trouble in those days, he was released from the small house.However, he was not allowed to leave the yard.

The sound of Huayu was also quiet, nothing happened.I also help the Servante couple with some work every day,

Unexpectedly, when Hua Yusheng saw Jiang Shilang, he was taken aback, and immediately began to scold Jiang Shilang.He scolded him for being corrupt and breaking the law, and he committed an unjust case that year.

It turned out that the two knew each other.Jiang Shilang was one of the organizers of the Xinyou examination case back then.

After shutting Hua Yusheng up again, Jiang Shilang told Jia Min about the Xinyou case.

As the investigator of the case back then, Jiang Shilang actually had many doubts about the Xinyou court case.He actually sympathized with those who were convicted because of this, and he has always felt a little guilty over the years.

During the chat between Jia Min and Jiang Shilang, a detail caught Jia Min's attention.

According to Jiang Shilang, the case of Xinyou in the examination room was probably related to Ludong Academy.

However, half of the clues about the Ludong Academy were cut off.The reason was that the person in question suddenly fell ill and died.

The reason why it is related to Ludong Academy is still related to the dispute between the northern chamber and the southern chamber during the scientific research.

Beiwei is the rural examination of Shuntianfu, the capital of the emperor, and Nanwei is the rural examination of Yingtianfu in Jinling.

These two rural examinations were the two most powerful rural examinations in Wenju at that time.

The candidates who passed the two provincial examinations were also the candidates with the most strength to hit Jinshi when they participated in the general examination.

Almost every year among the Jinshi, Beiwei and Nanwei's candidates with Jinshi background accounted for more than half of the total quota.

Most of the time, the number of people in Nanwei is the largest.

It was precisely because of the Xinyouke case that the Southern Wei was almost wiped out that year, and the Bei Wei won a complete victory.

Among Beiwei's candidates, most of them were born in Ludong Academy, and they are also the strongest. Those who have won the first and second grades are basically from the Ludong Academy.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that the imperial examination in the year of Xinyou was a dispute between Ludong Academy and Nanwei.

Over the years, the students from Ludong Academy can be said to be full of peaches and plums, forming a force that cannot be ignored in the officialdom.

Ludong Academy happened to belong to the Luo family.The current representatives of the Luo family are Luo Hanlin, a student of the Imperial Academy, and his uncle, Luo Qihua, a military master.

When the Xinyou Kechang case happened, Luo Hanlin's father, Luo Qiping, happened to be the secretary of the Ministry of punishment, and Luo Qihua happened to be the secretary of the Ministry of officials.

Judging from the later facts, Ludong Academy was indeed the biggest winner of the Xin Youke case.Going a step further, it makes sense to say that the Luo family was the winner of the Xinyouke case.

In terms of motivation, Ludong Academy also has the motivation to attack Nanwei.

In fact, Jiang Shilang did discover traces of Ludong Academy's involvement in the case.Because the two people who reported the fraud in Nanwei used to study in Ludong Academy.Later, I arrived in Jinling and participated in the scientific examination there.

Just as he was further investigating the two, one of them died of a sudden illness and the other disappeared.

The clue was broken at this point, and the higher-ups were not very interested in pursuing this clue, and the emperor urged him repeatedly, so the case was closed in a hurry.

The reason why Jiang Shilang said this to Jia Min was because Jia Min forgave him, and secondly, he felt that Jia Min had nothing to do with the Xinyou case.And that was an old case more than ten years ago.

Speaking of this matter, it was just because of the guilt towards Jia Min, which aroused the guilt towards Hua Yusheng and others.

Jia Min has nothing to do with the Xinyou Kechang case, but he has something to do with Ludong Academy and the Luo family.

When he promoted Hanyu Pinyin in Liujiazhuang, Ludong Academy had done tricks in it.

Later, the bus and carriage project was also promoted by Luo Hanlin behind the scenes, partnering with Niu Jizong and the others, and passed it on to Rongguo Mansion.

The reason why Baochai came to Bukui was also because Luo Hanlin played tricks behind his back and tricked Mei Hanlin into proposing marriage to Xue's family.Luo Hanlin also bewitched others, trying to disintegrate the alliance of the four families of King Jia Shixue through marriage.

Fortunately, Gu Panpan reported to Baochai in time, so Baochai got an early warning and fled to Bukui.

Jia Min has already arrived in Bukui, and there is no direct threat to the Luo family, and the Luo family is still reluctant.

Trying to disintegrate the alliance of the four major families is an intensified means of upgrading. It can be seen that the Luo family has no tendency to give up.

It was under such circumstances that Jia Min had no choice but to consider launching a counterattack against the Luo family.

(End of this chapter)