In the quiet night, the door of Yingtian Academy was suddenly knocked loudly, startling the night birds and making them unable to catch their breath. The Academy servant who was guarding the door got up sleepily, yawned and cursed: "Straight bitch." Yes, there are always these ghosts wandering around in the middle of the night to disturb me. They go to the city after school to have a good time, and now they come to disturb my clear dreams."
The knocking on the door became louder, and someone shouted loudly: "Open the door quickly, or we will break down the door."
"Here it comes, here it comes, mother-in-law, howling in mourning?" The handyman cursed as he pulled open the log on top of the door, removed the long bolt, and opened the door a crack. Suddenly, the fire was dazzling and piercing his eyes. I couldn't open it, but dozens of government officials were standing high and low in front of the door, holding swords, lanterns and torches, and the formation was scary.
"Gentlemen, what are you doing?" The servant was panicked.
"Get aside and come to the academy to pick up someone on orders from Lord Fu Yin."
One of the leading catchers shouted loudly, took out an official document and waved it in the firelight, then put it in his arms, waved his hand behind him and said: "Leave two people to guard the door. No one is allowed in or out, the rest are waiting." Follow me to get someone."
All the government officials loudly agreed and rushed in, holding torches and rushing straight to the student's apartment. Seeing that the situation was not good, the gatekeeper quickly sneaked into the shadows and stole a space, turned around and ran towards Cao Min's apartment. .
Dozens of government officers rushed into the school building. Several government officers blocked the courtyard door tightly. The leading police officer ordered the others to follow the school building number plate provided by Cao Min and search for it.
In an instant, there was a lot of excitement in the school building. The sleepy-eyed students looked over in surprise at the noise outside. The yamen servants waved their shining swords and shouted: "Official officials are taking people, and idle people are waiting aside. If you leave, If you take off the prisoner, none of you can escape."
The students were so frightened that they quickly turned back, and those who were bolder looked out through the cracks in the windows and doors. Within a moment, four students with disheveled hair and little clothes were dragged out of the corridor, and the chains and shackles that had been prepared in the courtyard rattled. There was a loud noise and it was locked tightly.
Someone recognized that one of the four people was Wang Anshi, a student of Yiyi Hall, and the other three were Wei Songhe, Cheng Liangmu, and Lu Dakui, students of Wuer Hall. The four were disheveled and their mouths were high and swollen. They had obviously eaten when the government officials took them. suffering.
"Why are we being held hostage? What crime have we committed? Is there any more law?" Wang Anshi shouted loudly with blood dripping from the corner of his mouth.
"Save some energy and go to the lobby and say that we are here to arrest someone on the orders of the Lord. As for what crime you have committed, I don't have the time to care about it."
The leading catcher held up the square hat on his head, waved his hand and said: "The criminals Wang Anshi, Wei Songhe, Cheng Liangmu, and Lu Dakui have been arrested and taken away."
The yamen servants picked up four people and walked out of the courtyard. After hearing the news, Qi Shunbin, Cao Min and others had just arrived in front of the school door. Qi Shunbin's hands and feet were shaking anxiously. With the help of the boy, he stepped forward and hurriedly cupped his hands and said "You guys, what happened? Why did you come to the academy to pick up someone? This..."
"Old Mountain Chief, we are doing this as ordered. No, this is the arrest warrant from the government office. There is nothing we can do to disturb you. We have already obtained it. We will retire. If you have any doubts, you can go to the government office to ask. I will wait for you. I am only responsible for taking people and don’t care about anything else.”
After saying that, with a wave of his hand, all the government officials picked up the person and left, and they were all gone in an instant.
Qi Shunbin stamped his feet and said: "What a shame, what a shame, what a shame. There is someone coming to the academy to pick up someone. I have been in charge of the academy for decades and have never seen him before. I want to ask the Yin of the Tang Dynasty. I need an explanation for this matter."
Cao Min walked out of the darkness, cupped his hands and said: "Shan Chief, don't be anxious, there must be something fishy about this matter. These people are usually free and easy, maybe they have caused trouble outside, so why should Mr. Shan have to stand up for himself?
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Qi Shunbin sighed: "Even if you want to take someone, you still need to inform the academy in advance. With such a sudden arrival, wouldn't the holy land of the academy be completely defiled?"
Cao Min said expressionlessly: "Mr. Shanchang, the government has already given the academy a lot of face. If you take someone in the middle of the night, few people in the surrounding city know about it. If it were during the day, wouldn't the impact be even worse?"
Qi Shunbin glared at Cao Min angrily and cursed: "You are stupid, how can you hide this kind of thing? As soon as the day breaks, all the four cities will know, and the city is full of wind and rain, but you still say such things; don't you just talk to the government on a normal day?
Do we have a deep friendship? I will leave this matter to you now, go find out the information, find out the reasons and report them to me, so I can make plans." After that, he left angrily.
Cao Min was annoyed and cursed in a low voice: "Old guy, you are quite angry. Let's see where you put your old face this time.
Cao Min scolded the students who peeked out to watch the excitement, told them to stay safe and go back to bed, then turned around and walked away.
The servants had just stepped out of the gate of the academy. Before the gatekeeper could close the door, a figure slipped out of the door. The servant was caught off guard. After shouting a few times, the black figure disappeared into the forest without looking back. The servant was helpless.
, cursing unlucky words, closing the door, bolting it, and placing a log on top to go off dozing off.
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Outside Su's house in Nancheng, the black figure reached the door of the courtyard. Just as he was about to push the door open, two big men appeared behind him. They neatly clamped his head and neck with their iron-like arms, and then a bright sharp knife appeared.
Pressing it against the throat, a low voice came from the ear: "Who is it? Sneaky, what are you doing here? Tell me."
The black figure was startled and said hurriedly: "I'm here to see Mr. Su. I'm Wu Hengxin."
A big man looked at Wu Hengxin's face, looked at it carefully and said, "It turns out to be Mr. Wu. Why did you come to see my Mr. Wu if you are not sleeping in the academy at midnight?"
Wu Hengxin also saw clearly that this person was Ma Han, the nurse in Suzhai. They were both foodies and had become familiar with each other during the Mid-Autumn Festival. He hurriedly said: "Brother Ma, please stop asking. Something big has happened. Take me there quickly."
Meet your young master."
Su Jin was having a sweet dream while holding Rou Niang's soft and sweet body. Xiao Sui'er had no time to avoid suspicion and ran into the room to wake Su Jin up.
"Master, Mr. Wu from the academy is here. He said he has something urgent to ask you."
"It's so late, why is he here?" Su Jin was startled. He didn't even bother to dress neatly. He put on a small coat and walked out with his chest open. Rou Niang was also awakened and took her clothes to cover her breasts.
, hurriedly said: "Come and comb your hair, how can you meet guests like this?"
Su Jin waved his hand and said, "You guys are sleeping together. Mr. Wu is not an outsider, so it doesn't matter."
How could Rou Niang be willing to go to sleep? She got dressed, made two cups of tea and took it to the hall. As soon as she arrived outside the hall, she heard someone talking inside.
"Sixth brother, this is incredible. The eldest brother, the second brother, the third brother, and the fifth brother were all arrested. Fortunately, I saw the opportunity quickly, so I slipped out to report the news. I was afraid that they would come to arrest you too."
Su Jin was startled, and there was a bang in his head. His first reaction was: King Teng took action. He quickly asked: "Did the official tell me the reason? Why did you take the person?"
Wu Hengxin sighed: "It's so noisy and no one is allowed to see it, how do you know? Lao Liu, you'd better leave quickly, they might be coming here to get you."
Su Jin thought for a moment, then waved his hand and said: "No, I live in the city, there is no reason not to come and arrest me first, but to arrest the people from the academy, they must have nothing to do with me, and if I didn't arrest you, I'm afraid they have nothing to do with you either.
This matter is quite strange, the four people who were arrested were all those who had an affair with Prince Teng back then, but they didn't come to arrest you and me."
Wu Hengxin said: "We need to find ways to save people. We can't just watch and ignore them."
Su Jin frowned and shouted: "What nonsense are you talking about? Am I that kind of person? You have to figure out the cause before you can find a way to save him. The cause and the crime are the two things that need to be investigated at the moment. In this way, you go back to the academy to find out first.
Tomorrow tomorrow I will think of a way to go to the Yamen to find out the news. Nine out of ten cases are related to Prince Teng. It seems that things are not simple this time."
Wu Hengxin said: "Sixth, you have the most options. If you can't do anything, they will be doomed. Once they enter the yamen, they will have to lose their skin no matter what. The longer the time goes by, the more suffering they will suffer."
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Su Jin stood up and patted his shoulder and said warmly and comfortingly: "Don't worry, I will do my best to rescue you. You and I are brothers. The oaths we made that day are still in our ears. There must be some differences in this matter."
Wu Hengxin was about to burst into tears, but he knew that there was really nothing he could do for a while, so he could only place his hope on Su Jin, so he said goodbye and went back. Su Jin ordered Ma Han to escort him back to the academy without mentioning it.
Su Jin stood in the hall and thought carefully, clarifying the context. Suddenly he remembered that Fang Zimo had told him that day today about the Ministry of Rites selecting students for the Emperor Long's birthday. Fang Zimo said that these days
Cao Min rummaged through articles in his study, looking for suitable candidates; and said that the manuscripts he took contained his own name, Wang Anshi's and others' names.
Su Jin seemed to have found some clues. Cao Min took these manuscripts and something happened next. What is the connection between the two? When he thought of this, Su Jinzhou felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and he was cold from head to toe.
Su Jin recovered, went out of the hall and returned to the room, only to see Rou Niang standing outside the hall holding a tea cup. Her whole body seemed to freeze. Su Jin understood that she had heard everything about the conversation just now. For Rou Niang, she was most worried.
Something happened. It's okay that he can't live a peaceful life. I'm afraid this matter will involve the young master again, and maybe the disaster of jail will befall Su Jin again.
Su Jin sighed, took the tea cup out of her hand, placed it on the stone bench by the roadside, put his arms around her, and the two hugged each other speechlessly.dd