After everyone upstairs heard the roar, they soon heard a heavy sound coming from the stairs, and then a majestic man in a long gown appeared at the top of the stairs.
Most of the gentlemen upstairs saw Lin Tailai for the first time. Suddenly, they felt that Lin Tailai could block the entire stairwell by himself, how strong he was!
Lin Tailai glanced around using the light and found that no one at the table knew anyone except Gu Xiancheng and An Xifan.
Those who can have a banquet with Gu Xiancheng on an equal footing are probably people from the Qingliu influence.
At this time in the Ming Dynasty, there was no Donglin Party in the political landscape, but there was Qingliu, which prided itself on "integrity".
In a sense, the Qingliu forces can also be regarded as the predecessor of the Donglin Party, headed by Shen Li, the current Minister of Rites.
Putting aside historical facts, from a purely personal perspective, Lin Tailai's attitude towards most historical figures, including Qingliu, is actually "neither good nor disgusting, with some good and some malicious actions."
Unless there are some extremely good or bad characters, Lin Tailai has no distinction between likes and dislikes in his heart.
I will not decide my likes and dislikes based on the praise and criticism in later books and on the Internet.
In the eyes of time travellers, who is free from historical limitations? Who is free from problems and problems?
So what ultimately determines Lin Tailai's attitude is the attitude and stance of these historical figures towards Lin Tailai.
Only those who travel through time represent the advanced direction, and those who are willing to move closer are tools worth using.
Lin Tailai suppressed his reverie about the Qingliu forces, looked at An Xifan, and shouted: "I will give you dignity and let you go, my intention is to let you go back and reflect on yourself!
Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, you would be here again drinking and having fun without any intention of introspection!
Regarding this new situation, I will add it to the register and submit it to Haizhong Cheng!"
An Xifan angrily shouted, "You, Lin Tailai, are not done yet, are you?"
Gu Xiancheng shouted to stop his disciple An Xifan, and said: "I will explain it to Haizhong Cheng myself, you don't need to keep talking here."
At this moment, someone suddenly shouted from downstairs: "Official! Something happened. All the detained scholars over there have escaped!"
Then he reported in detail: "You left two sergeants to guard there, but the detained soldiers saw that there were few guards, so they suddenly took action based on their status!
But the two sergeants didn't dare to fight back and couldn't stop them, so they let all the soldiers run away!"
Lin Tailai patted the handrail of the stairs and said angrily: "They are all trash! They can't even be guarded by a few people! Let me go and see!"
Then he turned around and went down the stairs and left Lanyue Building.
Gu Xiancheng was puzzled, what on earth did Lin Tailai do?
Before he could exert any force, Lin Tailai left so neatly. It didn't look like Lin Tailai's stalking style.
However, it is always a good thing for the detained scholars to escape, so as not to remain as hostages in Lin Tailai's hands.
Li Sancai smiled and said: "This Lin Tailai is really stupid, he only left two sergeants to guard him.
If a smart student encounters this kind of situation, he will definitely fight him out!"
Anyone with social experience knows that if they were not in a special facility like a prison cell, how could two sergeants who dared not fight back even after being beaten watch five or six scholars?
Gu Xiancheng was still thinking about Lin Tailai's words, turned to look at An Xifan, and comforted him kindly: "It's okay."
An Xifan saluted with a wink and said: "It all depends on the teacher's blessing!"
Gu Xiancheng smiled kindly and said: "But for the sake of the overall situation, I want to lend you a hand. I hope you have the loyalty to sacrifice your life for charity."
An Xifan: "."
Suddenly I regretted looking for a teacher. Maybe it would be better to be detained by Lin Tailai!
The next day, Lin Tailai went north to the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate to report to Hai Rui on the major results of the first phase of the work.
When Lin Tailai was standing in the front yard waiting for Hai Rui to ascend to the church, carrying a large bamboo basket on his back, three more people suddenly came in.
There are two people I met last night, Gu Xiancheng and his student An Xifan.
At this time, An Xifan looked listless and staggered, following his teacher Gu Xiancheng.
Moreover, An Xifan's hands were tied behind his back, and his clothes had many tatters and holes, making him look like a personal criminal.
In Lin Tailai's eyes, he was secretly surprised that Gu Xiancheng was really a ruthless person! This was obviously to temporarily sacrifice An Xifan and play the trick of "asking for forgiveness"!
As for the third person who came in with Gu Xiancheng and An Xifan, he was an old man wearing a second-grade official uniform.
Lin Tailai was also surprised by this. This old man was of the same rank as Hai Rui. Why would he condescend to come here to "see" him?
This is very inconsistent with the etiquette and customs of the Ming Dynasty officialdom, and can even be said to be very abnormal.
Just when Lin Tailai was confused, Hai Rui came to the court.
At this time, the people who came to visit Hai Rui were all brought into the court.
This is also a characteristic of Hai Rui. During office hours, he only meets guests in court and avoids any private exchanges.
It wasn't until Hai Rui met the old man of the second grade in the hall with courtesy that Lin Tailai knew who this old man was.
It turned out that this person was Bi Qiang, the Minister of Civil Affairs in Nanjing. Hai Rui recommended Bi Qiang back then, so Bi Qiang was willing to bow before Hai Rui.
At the same time, Lin Tailai also guessed that as one of the few officials who had "friendship" with Hai Rui, Bi Qiang was invited by Gu Xiancheng to help.
Hai Rui is a person who pays great attention to etiquette. When he comes to court, he speaks in order of status.
So Gu Xiancheng was able to speak before Lin Tailai came. He introduced An Xifan and said to Hai Rui:
"I, the evil disciple An Xifan, violated Dazhong Cheng's ban last night and was caught on the spot by Lin Sheng.
Today I will tie up the evildoer and come in person to plead guilty to Dazhong Cheng!"
Hai Rui asked Lin Tailai: "Is this possible?"
Lin Tailai replied sarcastically: "Not only An Xifan, but also several other people were seized at the same time, most of whom were scholars from Wuxi County!
But Mr. Gu only pushed An Xifan to plead guilty, and he had the demeanor of losing his car to protect his commander."
Gu Xiancheng immediately explained: "The party was initiated by An Xifan, and all the prostitutes during the banquet were invited by An Xifan.
The rest of the scholars just can't shirk it due to human feelings, so I, the evildoer, can bear all the blame and don't want to implicate others."
Gu Xiancheng's confidence in saying this is that you, Lin Tailai, can't even catch anyone, and most of the "criminals" don't know who they are.
So it's not up to him, Gu Xiancheng, to explain casually and just say whatever he says.
The old minister Bi Qiang, who was over seventy years old, showed an expression of admiration and said at this time:
"Although An Sheng is Gu Jingyang's beloved disciple, Gu Jingyang does not bend the law because of his teachers and students, and resolutely pleads guilty to him as the principal criminal. This is truly selfless!"
Hai Rui nodded slightly and said, "It's true, it deserves praise."
Lin Tailai suddenly realized that Gu Xiancheng's main purpose was to win Hai Rui's favor in this way.
Hai Rui definitely likes people who are selfless, and Gu Xiancheng thought of playing along with them.
Seeing this, Lin Daguan knew that he could no longer remain silent at this moment.
He quickly made a mental calculation and said to Bi Qiang: "Does the Heavenly Official want to speak to Mr. Gu?"
Bi Qiang responded seriously: "I am not talking to anyone, but I am only talking about the facts I have seen."
Old Man Bi is not hypocritical. He truly recognizes Gu Xiancheng's integrity. There are many such people in the court.
Therefore, Bi Qiang sincerely recommended Gu Xiancheng to Hai Rui. In his eyes, Hai Rui and Gu Xiancheng were officials of similar quality.
Lin Tailai then said to Hai Rui: "Except for An Xifan, all the illegal scholars seized yesterday should have been given a higher level of punishment."
Gu Xiancheng pleaded for mercy and said: "The situation was unclear at the time, and fleeing was the instinct of panic.
Considering that all the scholars are candidates, I hope that minor mistakes will not affect the major events of the examination."
Hai Rui was weighing in his mind how to deal with it properly.
But then I heard Lin Tailai say abruptly: "If Mr. Gu insists that having sex with prostitutes is a small mistake, then I will talk about the other mistakes of these people who escaped."
Gu Xiancheng asked inexplicably: "What other mistakes are there?"
I heard that there is a magical art called "Mo Xuyou" in the world. Have you, Lin Tailai, learned it?
Lin Tailai said quietly: "At that time, I sent two sergeants to stay at the scene to guard those soldiers.
But he was worried that the number of sergeants was too weak to deter the scholars, so he left the two-sided official badge of Haizhong Cheng at the gate of the scene to suppress the situation.
Unexpectedly, those few scholars knocked Haizhong Cheng's official badge to the ground when they fled, and then they all trampled on Haizhong Cheng's official badge and escaped from the courtyard!"
Gu Xiancheng: "."
To be continued...