Chapter 17 The King of England’s Crying about the Chicken
Autumn night rain.
Wu Chengsi, Princess Taiping and Wu Youji were sitting in the lobby. In front of Wu Chengsi, a middle-aged man in a green official dress was bowing, with his head lowered, and a struggling look on his face.
This person was Xu Hui, a member of the civil service department. Behind him, Wang Bin and Cai Yi were kneeling on the ground, not daring to breathe.
Wu Chengsi did not force him and drank tea quietly.
However, Princess Taiping was not so patient and scolded: "You are a treacherous official. You are only in the sixth rank. You dare to instruct lower-level officials to confuse right and wrong and arrest good people. If you are allowed to become a big official, you will not be able to eat people in the future."
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"I don't dare, I don't dare! I don't dare!" Xu Hui was so frightened that he knelt on the ground.
No one in the audience left, but they felt that today's events were much more interesting than watching a play. The good plays were staged one after another. After playing "Monk Murders and Suicides" and "Corrupt Officials Confusing Right and Corruption", there was actually a good idea of "punishing corrupt officials".
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Moreover, this young princess was not only beautiful, but also upright. Everyone secretly applauded her, and many young people secretly admired her.
Wu Chengsi waved his hand and said: "Cousin, don't let him say it! I will tell my aunt tomorrow about this matter. With his unrepentant energy, it will be easy for him to lose his official position. If everything goes well, he will be directly exiled to Lingnan. If he said it
, maybe my aunt is soft-hearted and the punishment will be light, wouldn’t that be an advantage for him?”
Princess Taiping covered her mouth and smiled: "That makes sense, Xu Hui, you can go back, pack up and bow, and prepare to move to Lingnan tomorrow!"
Xu Hui's face turned pale and he said in a trembling voice: "Master, Your Highness the Princess, please raise your hands. This matter...it was actually Monk Puhai of Guangyi Temple who asked me to do this. I did not mean to lower my official position!"
Wu Chengsi was moved in his heart and shouted: "Just because of what a monk said, you dare to ignore right and wrong and abuse your power? I don't think you need to be an official anymore!"
"My lord, please calm down. My lord, please calm down. Pu Hai has a very good relationship with Mrs. Wei. I really can't afford to offend him!" Xu Hui shouted.
Princess Taiping has always hated Mrs. Wei the most. After hearing this, she was furious: "You are only afraid of Mrs. Wei, so you don't take this princess seriously? Come here, give me twenty slaps!"
Two guards from the princess palace took two steps forward. One of them held Xu Hui down, while the other opened his bow from left to right and slapped him twenty times. The onlookers all applauded.
Wu Chengsi was secretly frightened and glanced at Princess Taiping secretly.
Before he traveled through time, he was just an ordinary citizen. Although he is now in a high position, he is still a good and law-abiding citizen at heart. He does not have the unscrupulous royal behavior of Princess Taiping.
Princess Taiping was still upset and said bitterly: "I really don't understand why the emperor and the queen want to use such people as officials!"
Wang Bo took two steps forward and said with a smile: "Your Highness, there is no need to be too angry. In the Tang Dynasty, our government is harmonious and our officials are honest. There are only a few black sheep like this."
Princess Taiping's expression softened a little, and she hummed: "So that's it, I'm really worried that all the people in the court and government are like this. I think you are very good. If you are an official, you will definitely be better than the two of them. Second cousin,
Fifth cousin, do you think so?"
Wang Bo was elated, but he restrained himself and his cheeks turned red.
Wu Chengsi also admired Wang Bo and asked Wang Bo: "Master Wang, with your talent, have you not yet been admitted to the imperial examination?"
The short and thin scholar next to Lu Zhaolin took two steps forward, cupped his hands and said: "My lord, brother Zi'an passed the imperial examination at the age of sixteen. Later, when he was serving as an attendant in Prince Pei's palace, he wrote an article that offended His Majesty.
Only then was he demoted from the palace."
Wang Bo's face turned redder, but this time it was from shame and anger.
"What article did you write that made my father unhappy?" Princess Taiping asked curiously.
Wang Bo's lips trembled, and he was a little embarrassed to speak, but the short and thin scholar had no scruples and said with a smile: "Brother Zian's article is called "Essay on the King of Chickens"!"
Everyone in the lobby laughed loudly after hearing this.
Princess Taiping was very disgusted with cockfighting. She frowned and said, "That's your fault. No wonder my father is angry!"
Wang Bo felt a chill in his heart. He was a man who was passionate about his official career, otherwise he would not have made a big mistake just to please King Pei Li Xian.
Ever since he was reprimanded by the emperor, he has been actively seeking opportunities to become an official again. After all, his fame is still there and he still has the opportunity to become an official.
However, with this stain on his body, officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs dared not assign him a position. Therefore, he has been running around here and there for the past five years, but he has achieved nothing.
This time he was appreciated by Princess Taiping and Duke Zhou, and he regarded it as a great opportunity. If he misses it again, he really doesn't know how many years will be wasted.
Just when he was worrying about gains and losses, Wu Chengsi said: "Since your Majesty only demoted you from the palace and did not remove your honor, it shows that your Majesty is still interested in your talents. Don't worry, I will go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs in a few days.
Let me ask you a question."
Wang Bo had a lump in his throat and said loudly: "Thank you so much, sir!"
Everyone looked at Wang Bo, and their eyes suddenly changed from teasing to envy. At this moment, Han Cheng strode into the lobby, followed by a nun, none other than Master Jingyun of Baiyun Temple!
Wu Chengsi stood up and led everyone up to the second floor to let Master Jingyun identify the deceased.
When Master Jingyun saw the nun, she trembled and said: "Ah, Amitabha, sir, she...she is Xuanqing, why is she dead? Why is such a poor deaf and mute person still alive?
Will someone kill her?"
After hearing her words, Wu Chengsi finally confirmed his judgment and let out a long breath.
The whole thing finally comes together!
When she was at Baiyun Nunnery, a nun once said that Xuanqing was teased by monk Puhai, but she was actually wrong!
The real situation is that Master Xuanqing saw something in the east courtyard, and Monk Puhai followed him all the way, with the purpose of killing people and silencing them.
It was just that someone saw it, so I had to give up.
Based on the Buddhist beads found by Zhuge Nan, the fragments of earthen jars and soil on the corridor floor, Wu Chengsi recalled the scene at that time:
Master Xuanqing was passing by the east courtyard corridor holding a flowerpot. Suddenly, she saw what Monk Puhai was doing outside the door of the Buddhist hall. She was frightened and dropped the flowerpot to the ground!
Monk Puhai jumped up and rushed from the door of the Buddhist hall to the corridor. On the way, the Buddhist beads fell into the flowers. Master Xuanqing ran with all his strength. When he ran outside the main hall, he was caught up by Puhai.
Just as Pu Hai was about to attack her, he was spotted by another master who was passing by. She thought he was teasing Xuan Qing and scolded her loudly. As a last resort, Pu Hai had no choice but to give up.
Master Xuanqing was so frightened that she left Baiyun Temple that night and came to Ye Yuqiu to find her biological sister. Unexpectedly, she was killed by the people sent by Puhai!
So the question now is, what exactly did Xuan Qing see that made Pu Hai insist on killing her to silence her? Recalling the scene at that time, an incredible conjecture appeared in Wu Chengsi's mind.
"Second cousin, what's wrong with you?" Princess Taiping waved her hand in front of his eyes.
"Ah...it's okay. Let's go back. It's getting late." Wu Chengsi came back to his senses and said.
Princess Taiping refused to let him go and said angrily: "Second cousin, you haven't said why the monk killed these two women?"
After Wu Chengsi thought about it, he thought it would be okay to tell her, so he said, "Go back to my house first, and then I will tell you and my fifth brother the details."
As he said that, he ordered his people to take Master Jingyun and go down to the first floor. In the lobby, he saw three officials still kneeling on the spot.
Wu Chengsi said: "Everyone, get up, Wang Bin. You are not allowed to touch anything here. The case will be taken over by Dali Temple. Do you understand?"
"I understand, I understand!" Wang Bin said hurriedly.
Wu Chengsi then ordered Han Cheng to send two guards to watch the scene, and then returned to the house with Princess Taiping, Wu Youji and others.
After they left, Xu Hui, Wang Bin and Cai Yicai slowly stood up.
Xu Hui's face was swollen from being slapped, and he was extremely depressed. He just wanted to do a small favor for Monk Puhai, but unexpectedly he offended the Duke and the Princess. Thinking of this, he glared at Wang Bin and strode away from the night.
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Wang Bin and Cai Yi also left in despair.
In the lobby, Wang Bo had a bright smile on his face. He had never been as happy as he was today since he passed the imperial examination.
He took out a folding fan from his waist, fanned it and said with a smile: "Today these rats were exposed to their true colors by the Duke and the Princess. It is really a happy thing. Why don't we drink and celebrate?"
The short and thin scholar said with a smile: "It's easy to talk about these three corrupt officials. Your prince An is appreciated by the Duke of Guo and will be able to become an official again soon. This is a real happy event!"
Gu Luoer smiled and said: "If you gentlemen are interested, how about we go to the little girl's room together and have a literary and wine meeting?"
Everyone cheered in unison and went up to the second floor together.
After Ye Yuqiu experienced this incident, it was impossible to open the business again. The other customers either went home or went to other brothels.