Emperor's Trophy

Chapter 101 Interrogation

"Dali Temple came to ask questions again?" Tan Wenwei was a little surprised.

Tan Wenbao said from the side: "Is this idle? It happened half a month ago, and Hou Fei of Xining is going to make such a big fuss, isn't he afraid of affecting her daughter's reputation?"

The family member who reported back said: "Yes, the official at Dali Temple asked the two masters to go back from the Imperial College as soon as possible. After all, there is only the young lady in the family."

Tan Wenbao said: "Whatever, we are studying according to the order. We have already asked all the questions last time. What are you asking now? Just say we can't go back and ask the lady to ignore them. Do they dare to break in? "

The family members below looked embarrassed: "Third Master, I heard that it is the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, Lord Zhaoxin Houyun came to ask questions, I am afraid it would be bad if the two masters don't come out."

Tan Wenbao said angrily: "It's him again! He didn't like us, so he came here to cause trouble for us! He didn't investigate the case properly, he only wanted to benefit from public affairs!"

Tan Wenwei said: "Forget it, in the final analysis, we were not careful enough to cultivate ourselves a few days ago, and it was caused by the banquet. If we don't go back, we will have no way to explain it to him in front of the emperor, let alone now. Let him send a message to the emperor."

Tan Wenbao let out a chuckle: "Count on him? Brother, you also said that it's fine if you don't stab us in the back. Since we came to the capital, since we met Lord Yun, we haven't had a good time! I'm aggrieved!"

Although the two felt depressed, they still hurriedly asked the supervisor to ask for leave, and hurried back to the mansion.

Yun Zhen had already entered the mansion, and knew that the two Mr. Tan were studying in the prison, so he didn't make any sense. He only said to investigate the case. When he walked to the flower forest by the water where the banquet was held that day, he asked the butler of the Tan mansion where he was. Where the male guest is, where is the female guest, and how the poems are sung on both sides, the green oil screen with the poems on it is also called.

He took Linghu Yi to read the poems one by one.

Tan Zhen heard the news inside and knew that her brother would not be able to come back for a while, so she could only smile and beg Fang Shanggong next to her, "This is Zhao Xinhou. Since I came to investigate the case, it's not good if there is no master in the family to come out to answer the banquet. The female guest was invited by my post, Lord Hou will ask me sooner or later, besides, I have met Lord Hou before, the two Shanggongs will see if I should come forward to receive her."

When Fang Shanggong heard that it was Zhao Xinhou, his stern face loosened slightly: "Since it is Zhao Xinhou who is here to investigate the case, it is natural to cooperate. I also know that I will say everything, and I will fully cooperate."

Tan Zhen felt aggrieved for a while, these days, she lived a life that was stricter than that of her grandparents and parents in Jiangnan, and the rules of the court ladies, everything was suppressed, these two palace officials taught her, she could only Respectful, every word and deed, carefully study.

I can only comfort myself that the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. The emperor loves himself so much because he is thinking about his future and also values ​​himself.Besides, how many ladies in the capital can be taught by female officials from the palace?

With a perfect smile on her face, she got up and took the maid out. Seeing Yunzhen wearing an official uniform and looking at the poem with a young man, she hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "I don't know if Lord Hou is here, you two My elder brother is still studying in the Imperial College, and I have ordered my family to invite them back to entertain Lord Hou, please forgive me."

Yun Zhen said: "Miss Lao Tan is here. I think the pusher also asked Miss Tan before. He only said that there was nothing special about Miss Wang Si from the Xining Hou Mansion when she came to the banquet? She didn't have any close friends in her boudoir. ?"

Tan Zhen said: "Miss Wang Si is a talented person. She didn't talk much when she came here, and she didn't have many good friends on weekdays. Their family has relatives with Bo Chengyi, and they talked a lot with her second lady. Writing poems It was just written, and I didn't ask anyone to comment on it... that day's banquet, the male and female guests were separated by a stream, and there was no breach of etiquette from the beginning to the end."

Yun Zhen nodded, still looking at the poems one by one, first reading the female guests, and then the male guests, the visitor wrote a lot of poems that day, hundreds of poems were pasted on the oil wall , It took a long time to see this.

The sun was quite high this day, Tan Zhen was delicate and weak, after standing under the sun for a while, she began to feel numbness in her legs, dizziness and weakness in her body.

Seeing Yunzhen just looking at them one by one, he couldn't help feeling annoyed, what's the point of seeing these things?It is said that his talent is mediocre, maybe he is just pretending to embarrass our uncle's house on purpose?

However, Yun Zhen suddenly reached out to reveal the top one, and said in a low voice: "The sky and the world are separated by water, and the sea is divided by two mountains. I don't know where the green pine tree turned into a lonely cloud and confessed."

Tan Zhen said with a smile: "Because the Gui Wenhui was held that day, separated by a stream, this candidate, I think he admired the lady opposite him, but he was not too tactful, and he was still young..."

Yun Zhen shook his head, and looked at the inscription: "Jinzhou Luo Songhe." He turned his head, and took off a few more after a while. When Tan Zhen saw him turning back, he seemed to have a plan in mind, as if he had remembered what he saw before. He showed it to Linghuyi: "There are several more. Look, this one is 'the wind in the night is as clear as water, who knows that there are cave immortals in the world', and the other one is 'now worship the golden lotus again The candle is still the person who illuminated the water back then.''No one knows the face of Avalokitesvara, only the wild cranes in the lonely mountain are allowed to come.''To know the true face of Avalokitesvara, white lotus flowers bloom all over the courtyard.' This man's poems are different from others."

Tan Zhen was puzzled and said, "It sounds like this candidate has the intention of being out of this world."

Yun Zhen shook his head: "Born from Enke, he is often looked down upon by officials from Zhengke. If he has lofty ambitions, or the intention of being born in the world, how can he catch up with Enke? Look at his poetic meaning, start from the beginning. Looking back, I often put my own name into the poems, as if I never forget the "Dongxian", the face of "Guanyin", and the "Zhaoshuiman", but in this last poem, there is another sentence in the last poem. The sense of melancholy is quite obvious."

"Most of the poems on this screen are filled with complacency, either praising the holiness, expressing one's heart, expressing one's ambition, or pretending to be shocking. Such self-harming poems are very prominent... Look at Ms. Wang's poems again, There is a piece of dust in the Lingtai, and I don't know the reason for the fate. Now he is the one who caused the trouble, so don't ask others more."

"In the same way, the poems of other female family members are either timeless and beautiful, showing their talents, or chanting the scenery and expressing their feelings. This Miss Wang's poems are very prominent. How can a lady make such a lonely poem? ?”

Tan Zhen smiled and said, "There are some people who are worried about writing new words, but Master Hou's understanding seems a bit far-fetched."

But Yun Zhen only turned his head and said to Linghu Yi: "You go to inquire about the same year first, and inquire about the situation of this candidate from the side, and then we can talk about it when we come back."

Linghu Yi nodded, took the few pieces of poetry paper and went down.

Here, the two Tan brothers have rushed over, seeing Yun Zhen, they just smiled and bowed quickly: "It took me some time to ask for leave to leave the prison, don't blame Hou Ye..."

However, Yun Zhen was already busy going back: "It's nothing, I've finished reading it, you two young masters stay here first, there are still some people on my side who want to ask, come and disturb each other if you have something to do." After finishing speaking, they nodded, and the two Tan brothers repeatedly asked. Leave the meal, did not stay after all, Yun Zhen has gone out by himself.

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It was dark and silent.

The iron bars stood relentlessly, with heavy iron locks on them.

Zhu Jiang lay on the cold hard floor coughing and retching for a long time, dizzy, and it took a long time to recover.

The person who shook him out of the cloth bag and threw him roughly on the ground had left. Zhu Jiang looked around and found that she was locked in a dark prison cell. .

How many days has it been?As usual, he inspected every guard point, and then on the way back to the place where he lived, he was wrapped in a black cloth bag, his hands and feet were heavily shackled, his hands were clasped behind his back, and he was thrown into the prison car, bumping all the way , delivered here.

He completely lost the sense of time, as if the other party was on the road day and night, and did not give him food, but only poured water on his head through a cloth bag, and he has been relying on this water until now, feeling weak and heavily shackled The fall made his hands and feet sore and limp.

He struggled to get up, but fortunately he practiced all the year round and was in good health, but even so, he was still a bit overwhelmed.I thought calmly, who is it?Where did he catch such a small frontier general like himself?Did the father offend someone?Political enemy?North wedge?

Or did I unconsciously offend people without knowing it?

Fortunately, he has practiced all the year round and is in good health, but even so, he is still a bit overwhelmed.

After an unknown amount of time, the cell door was opened, someone came in, but involuntarily poured several buckets of cold water on him, as if to wash him, and then walked out without saying a word.

It was late autumn, and Zhu Jiang was wet and cold, shivering. After a while, the outer door opened again, and someone hurried in. They spread felt blankets outside through the iron bars, set up seats, footrests and high tables, and then prepared On the teapot hot tea.

The candle was finally lit, and the cell was extremely quiet all the time. Those people didn't even look at him, as if they weren't curious at all. They just did things indifferently, with light hands and feet. After doing everything well-trained, they backed out again.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Jiang's heart sank slightly. He saw that those people were wearing Long Xiangwei's clothes.

He is in prison.

When Ji Bingyuan walked in, Zhu Jiang was both surprised and reasonable.To be able to escort a fourth-rank military general thousands of miles away, and quietly and secretly imprison him in a prison, no one but the Son of Heaven could do it.

The emperor personally interrogated, and he was afraid that he had committed a major event such as the sky falling.I don't know where it got involved, Duke's Mansion?Or... auspicious child?

He prostrated on all fours, and respectfully saluted: "The sinner kowtows to the emperor, the emperor's peace."

Ji Bingyuan sat down without saying a word, and stared at Zhu Jiang for a while. He was drenched all over, and his body was still trembling slightly. He suffered a lot when he wanted to be escorted all the way.

Although the person is crawling, he can still see the strong body with broad shoulders and long legs, black hair, and a heroic posture.

He asked, "In your last life, how did you poison Zhao Xinhou to death?"

Zhu Jiang seemed to be thundering from the sky, and couldn't help raising her head to look directly at Tianyan.

Ji Bingyuan looked at him coldly, as if he was already staring at a dead person.

Zhu Jiang trembled all over: "Egg custard... I don't know... I don't know it's poisonous..." His mind was in a mess, and the biggest secret in his heart was exposed. His first reaction was to justify, but then he realized that His cowardice, what did his grandfather and father do, and what did he do?

He slammed his forehead on the hard floor again: "The minister is guilty..." Tears rolled out of his eyes.

Ji Bingyuan asked coldly: "Who was the emperor at that time?"

Zhu Jiang said: "Ji Huaiqing."

Ji Bingyuan clenched the hand under the sleeve, just as she guessed.

"When will the North Wedge invade our dynasty?"

"Next winter."