Chapter 171 If the ghost realm has thoughts [6000,
After hearing Lu Gao's accusation, Lin Youwei said: "Even if Ning'er treats you badly, he still gave birth to a daughter for you. Even if you don't think about Ning'er and me, you should always think about your own daughter.
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Lu Gao couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "Yes, Lin Ning hasn't slept with me in three years. But she left me a daughter. Don't you think this is funny?"
Lin Youwei was stunned on the spot when he heard Lu Gao's words.
"Ning'er, Ning'er, how could she, how could she do such a thing!" Lin Youwei said in shock.
Lu Gao looked at Lin Youwei sarcastically and said, "My father-in-law, what do you really think is, why does your daughter not sleep with me, so this is the only one left?"
Lin Youwei's eyes evaded obviously.
"Master-in-law, you don't have to think about denying it.
I have been so cowardly over the years.
Just to prevent Lin Ning from falling in love with me, just to prevent Lin Ning from sleeping with me.
I just don’t want me to have any doubts about the origin of this child.”
After finishing speaking, Lu Gao said to Lin Youwei: "Master-in-law, you can rest assured that I will definitely raise this child well in Zuihong Mansion. I will have people take good care of her and ensure that she will not die easily."
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"You beast!" Before Lin Youwei could react, the head of the Jin Department on the other side of Lu Gao suddenly rushed towards the railing of the cell in a rage.
Lu Gao looked at the head of the Jin Department calmly: "You finally couldn't hold it back, right?"
"You know everything?" Lin Youwei looked at Lu Gao in surprise.
"Why don't I know? Don't forget. Even though I am humble in front of Lin Ning, I am still the Right Minister of Household Affairs. The power in my hands is enough for many people to serve me.
For example, the maid next to Lin Ning, or the coachman who is Lin Ning's driver every time she goes out."
Now that we are here, Lu Gao really has nothing to hide.
Lin You didn't look at Lu Gao and said: "Based on what I know about you, even if you know all this, this should not be the fundamental reason why you broke your wrist and died with us!"
At this moment, Lu Gao could finally let go of everything and open his heart to Lin Youwei.
"Do you still remember my former right minister of household affairs?" Lu Gao asked Lin Youwei.
Lin Youwei frowned, but still nodded.
"How did he die? I don't need to tell you again, right?" Lu Gao stared at Lin Youwei, his eyes filled with anger.
Lin Youwei's frown deepened: "I have investigated all your information and there is no relationship between you and Wu Chuan. You two are not even in the same academic year."
Lin Youwei is not a fool. Before choosing a person, he would definitely not choose a bomb to put next to him.
So regarding Lu Gao's information, Lin Youwei really checked all eight generations of Lu Gao's ancestors.
Lu Gao nodded: "We are indeed not from the same Hanlin class, he was three years ahead of me.
When I first entered the Imperial Academy, he was already the head of the Household and Cangbu Department.
Another time he went to Hanlin, the two of us met by chance.
I worked hard to enter the household department and became his subordinate.
The two of us became close friends and talked about everything.
But at this moment, you chose to marry your daughter to him.
By making him your son-in-law, you separated the two of us.
If your daughter is good to him and you are good to him, I will bless you.
But what did you do? You took advantage of him and then killed him after using him.
He was such a gentle person, but he died at your hands.
From the day he died, I vowed to avenge him.
Today I finally did it!”
Before Lin You finished listening to Lu Gao's words, he was angry, aggrieved and felt a little useless.
He thought that Lu Gao would have many reasons for wanting to take revenge on him.
But he never thought that Lu Gao must put himself to death for this reason.
He suppressed the mixed feelings in his heart: "So you, Ning Chen, His Highness Wu Zhao, and that old thief Lin Dunxin moved in with me!"
Lu Gao shook his head: "There is nothing wrong with Ning Chen. From beginning to end, Ning Chen didn't know about it."
After speaking, a light flashed in Lu Gao's eyes: "Ning Chen is a true gentleman and a truly good official. He is just like Wu Chuan, and I want to protect him."
Ning Chen, who was currently taking a medicinal bath, had goosebumps all over his body for no reason.
"Why do I feel a chill for no reason?" Ning Chen frowned and asked to himself.
If Ning Chen knew about it, it was because there was a villain and he wanted to protect him.
And what if I still had a pleasant conversation with that evil man?
Ning Chen will definitely kill him.
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In the cell, Lin Youwei suppressed the complicated emotions in his heart and looked at Lu Gao calmly: "Do you think you will really put me to death if you reach this point?"
"Do you know where most of the money I have spent over the years has gone?"
Lu Gao looked at Lin Youwei who had regained his composure, and said with a sneer: "Where else can I go? Of course I go to His Majesty the Fifth Prince."
Lin Youwei heard that Lu Gao actually told the biggest secret in his heart, and this time he was completely panicked.
"You...how did you know?" Lin Youwei couldn't speak fluently now.
Lu Gao said: "Of course I can't know about this matter. How could you let me participate in such a secret matter? This is what His Highness asked me to tell you. Your Highness said that if you ask me about this matter, let me
Tell you the answer."
After hearing Lu Gao's answer, Lin Youwei took a big step back, his body swayed and he sat on the ground.
He murmured: "His Royal Highness Wu Zhao has known everything for a long time. So whether I am greedy or not, I will definitely die."
Lu Gao looked at Lin Youwei at this time and felt as happy as ever.
"Even if I die, you can't live. Even if you are from His Highness Wu Zhao and Lin Dunxin, you can't live." Looking at the proud Lu Gao, Lin Youwei said viciously.
Lu Gao looked at Lin Youwei, who was still trying to drag him into trouble, and gave Lin Youwei the final answer: "I surrendered on my own initiative, and at the same time, I also reported a large number of corrupt officials.
And I will also hand over all the money I have spent on corruption over the years to the national treasury."
Seeing that Lin Youwei didn't seem to give up, Lu Gao continued to remind Lin Youwei: "Lin Shangshu, have you noticed that since I became the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue?
The frequency and amount of money I pay for bribes are many times more than before.
I will give fifty thousand to those who can give ten thousand, and one hundred thousand to those who can give fifty thousand.
Normally once a year, I give money twice a year.
During my reign, the amount of money I gave out to others must have been several million taels."
Lin Youwei heard Lu Gao's words and now completely understood.
Lu Gao was accumulating connections for himself and His Highness the Fifth Prince, and Lu Gao was saving money for Wu Zhao.
Only by using this method to disperse the money that should have belonged to the Fifth Highness, Lu Gao and himself and the Fifth Highness would not be suspicious.
"So you have become His Highness Wu Zhao's family very early." Lin Youwei seemed to have aged by more than ten years at this moment.
"Since Wu Chuan died, I have become His Highness Wu Zhao." Lu Gao admitted very directly at this moment.
"I lost, but you may not survive. His Highness the Fifth Prince will never let you go." Lin Youwei pointed at Lu Gao and cursed.
"I don't want to live. After the master behind you pays his due price, I can go and accompany Wu Chuan." When Lu Gao said this, his eyes were full of tenderness.
The social atmosphere of the Wu Dynasty was still very open, so situations like fencing were not uncommon.
Even in the court, there are some ministers who like men.
But Lin Youwei was defeated by such a person, Lin Youwei was really disgusted.
This would make Lin Youwei feel even more uncomfortable than killing Lin Youwei directly.
"You have agreed, come out as soon as you have agreed, and don't delay my trial." An official with a full forehead, a long face, thick eyebrows, an upright face, and a beard, wearing the official uniform of Dali Temple, walked out of the darkness.
If you just look at this look, you would find it difficult to connect him with a cool official.
But it was this man who brought down the Dali Temple alone, and the death rate and serious injury rate in the prison cell.
"Master Cao, I recommended you, can't you let me speak for a little longer?" Lu Gao said to Cao Xing.
"If you want to speak, I will listen to you in person later and see how you can describe my torture instruments." Cao Xing said coldly, knocking back Lu Gao's words.
Lu Gao and Cao Xing had nothing in common. Lu Gao had already planned all this.
"My honor has not yet gone, so you cannot use torture on me!" Lin Youwei saw Cao Xing coming out and immediately reminded Cao Xing loudly that he could not use torture on himself.
"In response to Mr. Lin's situation, I specially designed a new punishment. Even if Mr. Lin dies here, I can guarantee that there will be no evidence of adultery. I have used punishment on Mr. Lin."
Every word of Cao Xing's words was like a heavy hammer, hitting Lin Youwei's heart.
Before, Lin You didn't think how happy Ning Chen was to select Cao Xing, a cruel official, but now he feels so sad x100.
"Master Cao, you are really a model of cruelty." Lu Gao praised Cao immediately after hearing about Cao's punishment and designing the torture himself.
"If you don't want to leave, I can give you a try first." Seeing that Lu Gao had no intention of leaving, Cao Xing said coldly.
Cao Xing has been listening secretly, so Cao Xing knows Lu Gao's hobbies.
And this is one of the situations that Cao Xing hates the most.
On the contrary, Lu Gao, the more he looks at Cao Xing now, the more powerful he feels.
"I think you don't want to leave here. One more of you will die here, definitely not many." Sensing the wrong look in Lu Gao's eyes, Cao Xing's voice became cold.
Lu Gao left the cell without embarrassing Cao Xing. He just looked at Cao Xing with an even gentler look.
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In the following time, Ning Chen would not only go to the Imperial Academy, but also go home to take a medicinal bath.
According to Ning Chen's own judgment, he had already broken through the ninth level and reached the eighth level on the third day.
Right now, we are in the refinement period of the eighth grade.
At this stage, Ning Chen could clearly feel that the muscles all over his body were stiff every day.
Then Ning Chen also confirmed one thing by the way, that is, the cavernous body and muscles are two different concepts.
Finally, on the fifth day, Ning Chen was in the Imperial College and learned the final outcome of the matter.
Lin You was not guilty and died of mysterious suffocation in Dali Temple.
After inspection, no traces of torture were found.
The specific circumstances of the death require further investigation.
Then there is the matter of Lu Gao’s treatment.
In view of Lu Gao's voluntary surrender and his merit in the prosecution, Wu Zhao was also willing to voluntarily hand over all his property to the state treasury.
Therefore, Lu Gao was demoted to head of the Finance Department.
The current Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Hubu will temporarily take over the post of Minister of the Ministry of Hubu.
This treatment of Lu Gao is basically the same as not dealing with it at all.
The left minister of household affairs will soon retire and return to his hometown.
So who will take over the household department next? It must be Lu Gao, it's just a formality.
As for the remaining members of the Lin Party, Wu Zhao did not kill them all.
Only a few of the worst offenders were beheaded, and the rest were mainly exiled or demoted.
Then Wu Zhao announced that she would disclose the accounts given to her by Lu Gao in five days.
But if the person on the account is willing to take the initiative to hand over the bribe money to the state treasury within five days, Wu Zhao can not disclose it.
Looking at Wu Zhao's method, Ning Chen understood what it means to hide wealth from the people and what it means to cut leeks.
This is the real way of hiding wealth among the people, and this is cutting leeks.
You think your money is your money, no, it's just my money that I temporarily deposited with you.
Wu Zhao's three goals before taking office are now complete.
The first step is to let the Qilin King carry you and establish a phenomenon that you are the destiny.
The second step is to take advantage of the opportunity of taking exams to deal with all the people who have already appeared or are in the bud and may be detrimental to themselves.
The third step is the final harvest, directly adding all the money from corruption and bribery to the national treasury.
In this way, the treasury will be filled, and Wu Zhao, who is rich, will be able to show off his talents even more.
"Xiao Wu Zhao did a good job. It's not in vain that I gave her more guidance." After Kong Jijiu learned about Wu Zhao's three steps, he commented in a boastful manner on the spot.
"Kong Jijiu, are we going to Wenshan Shuhai? Isn't it time to set off now?"
After Ning Chen knew the result, he looked at the points that started to reverse rapidly in the background, and planned to go outside to avoid the wind, wait for the heat to pass, and then come back. By the way, he would see if he could trigger an event or something when he got outside.
There were too many Langya Lists in the court, and Ning Chen felt that he had to slow down.
Kong Jijiu listened to Ning Chen's words and glanced at the Confucian classics Ning Chen was reading: "Have you learned enough five thousand words?"
"It's long gone." Ning Chen replied.
"Yes, I was able to learn five thousand words in such a short period of time. I have the talent I had back then." Kong Jijiu will always be like this. When he praises others, he will never forget himself.
Anyway, Ning Chen is used to it, and now Ning Chen just wants to leave this place of right and wrong.
Not getting Ning Chen's approval, Kong Jijiu was not embarrassed at all.
Or to be precise, Kong Jijiu may not know what embarrassment is.
Anyway, in Kong Jijiu's eyes, it was others who were embarrassed.
"It's almost time to set off. Tomorrow you and I will find the other four people." Kong Jijiu stood up and said to Ning Chen.
"Sacrifice wine, I just need to go find them now." Ning Chen said proactively.
"No, I will go with you tomorrow. You are all the seeds of future Confucian and Taoist people, and you are worthy of my visit."
Although I don't know why Kong Jijiu suddenly became so kind, there is no harm in leaving this vortex of power as soon as possible.
Early the next morning, Ning Chen first went to the Imperial Academy to pick up Kong Jijiu, and then went to the palace with Kong Jijiu.
When Ning Chen and the others went there, the court had just finished.
After all, without Ning Chen in the court, there would be nothing to argue about.
Baiguan just crossed the Jinshui Bridge and happened to see Kong Jijiu and Ning Chen together.
"Kong offers wine." Seeing Kong offering wine, all the officials saluted.
Even Lin Tunxin is no exception.
It's just that Kong Jijiu's sudden appearance today has indeed aroused many people's speculation.
"Two to five people who are in the same class as Ning Chen, come forward and come to me. I will take you to Yunshan Academy." Kong Jijiu didn't let them guess for long, and directly stated the purpose of his visit.
When they heard about Yunshan Academy, everyone understood what was going on.
And counting the days, it is indeed time for the Wenshan Sea of Books to open.
Normally, the Wenshan Book Collection was a major event for the imperial court every year.
Entering the Wenshan Sea of Books not only means that there may be a few more masters of the Confucian system.
This is also related to some competition about who is the orthodox Confucian.
Whether it is opening up territory or governing a country, it is inseparable from Confucianism.
But because of the existence of Yunshan Academy, the imperial court was involved in networking and gathering talents.
There is always one step ahead of Yunshan Academy.
There is no other reason than that Yunshan Academy is the orthodoxy in the minds of many Confucian scholars.
This concept was reversed to a certain extent until the emergence of Kong Jijiu.
The imperial court finally came to compete for many truly talented people during these years of imperial examinations.
It’s just that there are too many major events happening this year.
Therefore, the matter of Wenshan Shuhai was forgotten by everyone.
Kong Jijiu came today, and many people reacted.
"Sacrifice wine, I remember Wen Shan Shu Hai, shouldn't it be five days later? I have already ordered the Ministry of Etiquette to prepare for the farewell ceremony in five days." Lin Dunxin said aloud.
The Minister of Rites also stood up and said: "The Ministry of Rites has basically prepared the wine offering. Please wait a few days for the wine offering."
Everyone could see that neither Lin Dunxin nor the Minister of Rites lied.
This shows that Lin Dunxin always remembers this matter.
This is obviously one of the reasons why Lin Tunxin became the left prime minister.
"There's no need to do these useless rituals. I'll just take the five of them there. Just go and do whatever you need to do." Kong Jijiu said very free and easy.
"Everything depends on the arrangement of the wine ceremony." Lin Dunxin still respected Kong Jijiu very much.
In fact, not only Lin Dunxin, but also few people in the court did not respect Kong Jijiu.
After Ning Chen and five others stood up, Kong Jijiu said loudly: "There should be a golden dragon here to send me into the sky."
roar!
With a dragon's roar, a golden dragon on the palace's sacred path was directly resurrected.
The Kongji wine went straight up the dragon's head, and the golden dragon soared into the sky with a golden light thousands of miles away.
"Kong Jijiu's strength is really getting stronger and stronger."
"Yes, if Kong Jijiu reaches the third level, we can really compete with Yunshan Academy."
"Perhaps Kong Jijiu can bring Wenshan Shuhai to our side by then, and we won't have to travel so far anymore."
All Ning Chen heard in his ears were praises for Kong Jijiu, but in his heart Ning Chen was very disdainful of Kong Jijiu's performance.
"I should have thought of it a long time ago. The main thing about being amiable is that he wants everyone to see how strong he is."
Kong Jijiu, who had already reached the sky, stood on the clouds and said loudly again: "You are all the seeds of future Confucian scholars. Today I will give you a good sign, and you will rise higher and higher!"
As Kong Jijiu finished speaking, a golden staircase stretched from below to the cloud where Kong Jijiu stood.
The two to five people who were in the same class as Ning Chen were very excited when they saw this scene.
This is because Kong Jijiu personally helped them find a way, which shows that Kong Jijiu attaches great importance to them.
Only Ning Chen felt that Kong Jijiu wanted everyone to see how far these seeds of future great scholars were from him.
The golden dragons sent him into the sky, and they, the future great scholars, could only climb the stairs with difficulty to stand with him.
In this way, a judgment can be made.
But what can you do if you don’t climb? If you don’t climb, you can’t reach the sky.
Facing the envious looks of countless Hanlin officials, Ning Chen and the five of them began to climb the stairs arduously.
It was fine when I was excited at first.
But halfway through the climb, except for Ning Chen, the remaining four people felt that their bodies were a little too much.
This is more than a thousand steps.
How can these elderly Confucian scholars endure this hardship?
Apart from Ning Chen, the youngest among the top five is Tanhua, who is ninety-nine years old this year.
One can imagine what more than a thousand steps means to them.
"If you can't crawl, step aside." Ning Chen, who was walking steadily behind, saw that the people in front had stopped and couldn't help but shout to the people in front.
"You rely on your own martial arts, what's the point of being proud of? You use the martial arts method to climb up my Confucian ladder, which in itself is a kind of blasphemy." The old No. 2 said to Ning Chen.
"You can think of problems that Kong Jijiu can't think of. Believe it or not, as long as I use a little strength now, I will fall off this great righteousness." Ning Chen directly replied to the old No. 2 candidate.
The old No. 2 candidate was choked by Ning Chen, but he didn't know how to refute.
"Seeing how difficult it is for you to climb, I'll give you some of the things I just realized."
"What can you realize by climbing up the stairs?" Tanhua also joined the ranks of criticizing Ning Chen at this moment.
Although they already know that they are not as good as Kong Jijiu, they cannot admit that they are worse than Ning Chen.
Especially Ning Chen, who is still a martial artist now.
"Then you just listen to what I have learned."
“When heaven is about to entrust a man with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind and will, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his body, and confuse his actions. Therefore, if he is tempted to endure, he will benefit what he cannot do.”