A few days have passed since the Caoyin theft case.
In the past few days, Changshu has turned into a mess.
Caoyin has still not been found, and after the death of the Jurchen leaders, the only clue was also broken.
At the same time, the Caoyin theft case had spread to the capital.
Even though Zhao Ji didn't care about the copper-smelling thing, he immediately became furious when he thought of the nervous inner treasury of the royal family.
If the Caoyin cannot be recovered, the Genyue Palace project under construction will definitely be put on hold for the time being, which would offend the gods.
Therefore, even if Zhao Ji asked the Changshu government office to do anything, he would get back the millions of silver.
Perhaps because this matter made him a little worried, he did not go to court for several days, but went to a nearby Taoist temple to do some spiritual practice for a few days.
In fact, the ministers were not surprised that this kind of thing happened.
But the silver still had to be recovered. This money was not only responsible for the construction of Zhao Ji's Genyue Palace, but also responsible for the official salaries of their tens of thousands of officials.
This involves their own interests, which is enough to make some Beijing officials furious.
Therefore, Zhao Ji sent Cai Bian, a bachelor of Guanwen Palace and doctor of Jin Ziguanglu, as the supervisor of the case, to Changshu to investigate.
As Cai Jing's younger brother, Cai Bian naturally had a high status in the court.
But Cai Bian's success is different from that of his brother. There has always been a great discord between the two.
Cai Jing was responsible for Cai Bian's several previous demotions, and the relationship between the two is now almost at a freezing point.
Cai Bian once served as the governor of the Liangzhe Road and was quite familiar with the two Zhejiang Roads, so he was naturally very suitable for this job.
However, in addition to being Cai Jing's younger brother, Cai Bian also had another identity, Wang Anshi's son-in-law.
Wang Anshi admired him very much from the beginning, so he recruited him as his son-in-law, so he was able to rise steadily as a reformist.
However, there are indeed differences between reformers and conservatives.
Reformists are infinitely divisible, but conservatives are monolithic.
Cai Jing and Cai Bian were both members of the reformist faction, but they also disliked each other very much.
Especially with Cai Jing's perverse behavior in recent years, it seems that the reputation of the entire reformist group will be ruined by him alone.
Of course, these things have nothing to do with Xu Hanliang.
After Xu Hanliang resolved the matter, his life seemed to be back to normal again.
Those Jurchens were temporarily escorted to the capital and taken over by the Dali Temple in the capital.
As the highest judicial institution in the entire Song Dynasty, Dali Temple's role is naturally needless to say.
According to Xu Hanliang's calculations, the lives of these Jurchens should be saved.
Over the years, although the Jurchens have been repeatedly oppressed, their strength has been increasing day by day.
Wanyan Aguda has begun to rise, and it is estimated that the reputation of the Jurchen Knights will spread throughout Daliao before long.
Although these Jurchen knights will be the enemies of the Song Dynasty in the future, the future is the future after all. Isn’t it not here yet?
The only thing that made Xu Hanliang a little worried was that he had not given away the jade pendant before.
It was a jade pendant worth thousands of taels of silver. Xu Hanliang still felt a little guilty when he accepted it for only fifty taels.
However, he didn't think too much and simply wore the jade pendant on his body. If there was a chance in the future, he would give it back to Wanqing.
But the world is big and Xu Hanliang knows that it is unlikely that he and the mute girl will meet again.
Reality is not a novel, there are not so many chances and coincidences.
Apart from the commotion inside the Yamen, life seemed to be back to normal again.
In Changshu Academy, Xu Hanliang sat down again.
"You are quite tired these days."
As soon as he sat down, Mr. Fan started talking.
"Who says it's not the case? I still have to practice martial arts every day, and there was the water transport case some time ago."
Xu Hanliang sighed and nodded.
Regarding martial arts training, Xu Hanliang had already talked to his two elders.
The two elders didn't have much objection to Xu Hanliang's martial arts training.
Although they all prefer civil servants, it does not mean that they do not like people who practice martial arts.
Although it is said that the emperor of the Song Dynasty and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world, they also saw the current results.
"You can take a rest first. You don't have to be so tired. Why haven't you seen your boy participating in any poetry gatherings recently?"
Fan Lao laughed and continued.
"Isn't there no time?"
Xu Hanliang shook his head helplessly.
"You shouldn't practice martial arts for too long. You should spend more time on socializing."
Fan and Han looked at each other and said helplessly.
"You only have one or two hours a day to practice martial arts. The rest of the time you still have to study and prepare for the test."
Xu Hanliang held a chess piece, put it down, and said immediately.
Fan Lao, who was originally prepared to take a look at the situation, was slightly startled when he heard this.
Mr. Han helped Mr. Fan ask: "You only have one month left after the provincial examination, so you want to take part in the general examination after one month?"
"What's wrong with this?"
Xu Hanliang spread his hands slightly.
"It's not too long until the next test, so you don't have to be so anxious."
Mr. Fan continued.
In fact, the most important thing was that he was still a little worried about Xu Hanliang.
If he doesn't get any fame this time, I'm worried that it will affect Xu Hanliang's confidence.
"Anyway, there is only one month left until this trial. It might not be a bad idea to go over there and give it a try."
"What's more, if I can get the Jinshi, wouldn't it save me a long time?"
Xu Hanliang smiled slightly and then answered.
Although the two of them still wanted to persuade at this time, they both closed their mouths when they heard that Xu Hanliang had already said this.
As Xu Hanliang said, if he can succeed this time, the follow-up will indeed be of great help to him.
In this case, the two of them had no idea of persuasion and just nodded secretly.
"By the way, there is one more thing I want to ask you."
Fan Lao raised his head and said suddenly.
"What?"
"You can tell me the follow-up plot of the Journey to the West you wrote before. I think, oh, my little grandson wants to know the follow-up plot."
Mr. Fan coughed twice and then said.
Xu Hanliang nodded, suppressing a smile and said: "If I remember correctly, Fan's grandson is only two years old now. He can read and write at the age of two, which is really amazing."
Mr. Fan coughed again to cover up his embarrassment: "This, after all, is my grandson. It is natural that he has such an ability. So what happened to the grandson?"
"Didn't I say that one book would be released every half month? But when I went to buy it yesterday, I found that the new book had not yet arrived in the bookstore."