The last bit of the crescent moon finally sank completely, and the white fish belly appeared in the east. Starting from the first rooster crow, one after another, the city and the countryside heard it, like an alarm clock, ringing together.
As soon as Ying Ning entered the room, he saw Chen Jianchen sitting behind the desk, holding a pen in his hand. The tip of the pen was not moved. He was sitting under the lamp, as if he was waiting for Ying Ning to come back.
In fact, this is a kind of waiting.
"Son..."
Like a little girl who had done something wrong, Ying Ning lowered her head slightly and rubbed a corner of her clothes with one hand.
"came back."
Chen Jianchen's voice was very calm, as if Ying Ning had just gone out for a visit instead of risking going to prison.
"Um."
Seeing that Chen Jianchen had no intention of blaming him, Yingning quietly came over and asked, "What are you writing, Master?" When he came over and took a look, he saw that the paper was blank with no words.
The inkstone placed aside has not yet been polished.
Chen Jianchen put down his pen: "The book boy is not here, so I can't ask for words."
Yingning suddenly felt sweet and said, "Master, let me help you grind the ink." He raised his sleeves, picked up the ink block, and began to grind it evenly.
While grinding, he recounted the process of visiting Nie Zhiyuan in Zhezhou Prison.
After listening, Chen Jianchen fell into deep thought: By now, he was certain in his mind that Nie Zhiyuan had been framed by others because he had been reduced from an official to a prisoner.
Since ancient times, parties have been united and opposed, and the struggle above the temple has never seen swords or blood. Some are just words and swords;
How powerful is it? Why do you need to see blood when killing people?
Chen Jianchen figured out the joints, pulled out the thorn in his heart, and turned to learn Shiwen Bagu. He originally wanted to have an official career and control "power", the best and most powerful tool, but in fact, many things are inherently
It cannot be accomplished overnight - among the four in the country, the rivers and lakes, the marketplace, and the temple, the knowledge in the temple is undoubtedly the greatest, the most profound, and the most elusive.
The word "official" means two words and one hat. However, the hat on the head is actually not easy to wear. How to wear it stably, how to wear it for a long time, and how to wear it bigger and bigger are all knowledge.
There is no doubt that Chen Jianchen is a time traveler, but time travel is not a panacea. Regardless of his past life or this life, he has never set foot in officialdom. Even though he has unparalleled knowledge, when it comes to the core of the officialdom field, he is still a layman, and many things have to be started from scratch.
Start learning, learn from bits and pieces.
His character, scholarly spirit, and chivalrous style were actually not suitable for an official career. At that time, Taoist priest Qingyun saw through him, so he planted a seed first, thinking that when Chen Jianchen would make a career in the world, he would experience many experiences.
After suffering all the ups and downs, the corners of the head will be blunted and the character of the mind will be flattened. It will be easy to see through the world of mortals and escape into the Taoist door..."
But now, Chen Jianchen is just a scholar. He has not yet won the imperial examination to become a master, and he is not qualified to participate in the imperial examination. For him, the official career is always separated by a layer of opaque paper, which makes him unable to see clearly or understand.
One can only guess at the various twists and turns...
Nie Zhiyuan lost power in the strife and became a prisoner. Regarding the internal process, Chen Jianchen did not necessarily want to know in detail, because even if he did, it would not help. For him, the problem that cannot be solved with power is to use super powers.
.However, through Nie Zhiyuan's experience, we can guess that the general trend of the court is to slander the loyal and the good, traitorous ministers are in power, and a series of laws that are harmful to people's livelihood are promulgated. From then on, it will be a chaotic situation.
Is it true that troubled times are inevitable?
Mentioning the troubled times, Chen Jianchen suddenly thought of the extremely harsh world environment on the screen: In the government office, sitting high and high is "the official who is as addicted to money as his life and has no money and will not be promoted to court..."...,...in the city government, come
There are so-called "law enforcers" who come and go with big knives, long swords and spears, arresting people everywhere and killing innocent people indiscriminately... But outside the countryside, ghosts are crying, wolves are howling, and the wind is blowing. They are demons and immortals who eat people without spitting out their bones...
…
This is troubled times.
People in troubled times are not as good as peace dogs, and Chen Jianchen is in it, so there is no room for him not to be vigilant and prepare in advance.
"Sir, what should we do next?"
Yingning asked again.
Chen Jianchen tapped the five fingers of his left hand on the table and said in a deep voice: "According to what Mr. Nie said, maybe he doesn't know the whereabouts of his daughter."
"How can this be?"
Yingning opened her eyes wide.
Chen Jianchen sighed: "Nothing is impossible. Mr. Nie is a repeat offender of the imperial court. It is not certain whether Nie Xiaoyi can go in to visit the prison. In this case, the father and daughter will naturally lose contact. Putting themselves in another place,
If I were Nie Xiaodei, I would definitely look for connections with people everywhere at first, spend money to see if there was any hope of rescuing my father. But as far as I know, even if the Nie family has connections, they will not be in Zhezhou. In addition,
Master Nie wants to be honest in the palace, so where can she find the money? Therefore, these methods are not feasible. With Nie Xiaodei's character, she is most likely to rob the prison!"
"Prison robbery?"
Yingning was a little confused.
Chen Jianchen said slowly: "Nie Xiaodei was taught martial arts by a foreigner since he was a child."
Ying Ning said: "But sister Xiaoqian can't get out of jail by herself?"
"She is smart and talented, so she would not act recklessly. But there is another possibility that Lord Nie will be escorted to Beijing, and Nie Xiaodei will rob someone on the way!"
Having said this, Chen Jianchen slapped his thigh: "Yes, that's very likely the case."
-According to the customs of the imperial court, Nie Zhiyuan is not an ordinary prisoner. There is a high chance that he will be escorted to Beijing for trial by the three divisions.
This opportunity is also an opportunity for Nie Xiaode.
Yingning didn't understand many of them, so she could only listen quietly.
Chen Jianchen closed his eyes, calmed down the turmoil in his heart, and tapped his fingers gently on the table. After a long time, he opened his eyes. At this time, Yingning had already polished the ink, so he picked up the pen and drank the ink.
Brush brush brush write on the paper.
Ying Ning looked carefully and saw that the young master wrote a poem: A ten-mile flat lake is covered with frost, and the sky is full of frost. Every inch misses lovesickness and worries about the past years. Looking at each other in the moonlight, they only envy the mandarin ducks but not the immortals.
She read word by word. After reading, she held her chin with one hand and frowned slightly: "Master, your poem is so profound." I really can't understand why Chen Jianchen would write such a poem at this time.
"Love poem," is completely out of place and out of tune.
Chen Jianchen laughed: "This is a poem I gave to a person before."
As a gift?
An idea flashed through Yingning's mind, and she suddenly thought of something. She was almost certain of it, but she didn't say it directly, let alone ask why.
Chen Jianchen, on the other hand, said slowly: "Actually, at that time, I didn't know why I wanted to write such a poem for her. It wasn't really suitable, but I wrote it anyway."
Yingning pursed her red lips, feeling that the young master's words were a bit strange and contradictory. This poem, especially the last sentence, was clearly a love poem expressing love. Could it be that the situation at that time was like "Falling flowers have meaning"
, flowing water is ruthless?”
The little fox quickly started thinking, constantly imagining and supplementing the situation at that time. In the end, he actually came up with a twists and turns and soul-stirring story with the main core of "a poor scholar pursuing a rich young lady...".
"Hehe, the young master is no small thief..."
At this time, the sky finally broke, and the sun rose in the east with thousands of morning glows. Everyone else in the yard got up one after another and began to wash up.
In the next two days, Chen Jianchen and Ying Ning worked separately and searched almost all over Zhezhou City, but could not find any trace of Nie Xiaoduo. They only found some traces of Nie Xiaode in a nunnery called Baiyun Nunnery in the city.
There are clues that Nie Xiaodei stayed in the nunnery for three days a few days ago, but he never came back since then.
Calculating the time, it seems that Nie Xiaochuan has left Zhezhou for ten days.
At the same time, through inquiring, Chen Jianchen confirmed the news that Nie Zhiyuan would be deported to Beijing for a joint trial of the three departments. The official did not block this news, but instead announced it. However, the words on the list were unclear, and the same
It was not announced what exactly Nie Zhiyuan had committed. He was only charged with "corruption of stolen goods and perversion of the law."
Seeing this accusation, Chen Jianchen wanted to laugh: The word "official" is in two words, and it's really not just talk.
Nie Zhiyuan was about to be deported to Beijing for trial, which created conditions for Nie Xiaoduo to rob the prisoner on the way. In this way, we can also speculate that we know why Nie Xiaoduo left Zhezhou. He must have chosen a suitable place to attack outside, or
To recruit people, because relying on her alone will never have a high success rate.
Lu Xiyue avenged a great revenge and dared to assassinate his enemy with a hidden blade. However, in order to save his father, Nie Xiaokui even risked the crime of beheading and robbed the prisoner's car on the way. The behavior of the two women was unworthy of a woman.
Chen Jianchen admired this amazing woman from the bottom of his heart.
However, Chen Xiechen couldn't help but worry a little more about Nie Xiaodei's situation and escorted Nie Zhiyuan to Beijing. Zhezhou would never just send a few officials to deal with the problem, and would definitely send a team of elite soldiers.
, even the black-shirted guards may be dispatched.
As if to confirm his thoughts, that night, Chen Jianchen learned a piece of extremely coincidental news from Gu Xuezheng, that is, the leader who escorted Nie Zhiyuan to Beijing was famous, and it was the black-shirted guerrilla general Jiang Yu.
!
Jiang Yu was originally in Jiangzhou. When he was about to return to Beijing to resume his duties, he suddenly received an urgent message from the imperial court asking him to rush to Zhezhou and escort Nie Zhiyuan to Beijing for trial.
- He was in Jiangzhou at that time. As a political student in Jiangzhou, Gu Xichao invited Jiang Yu to drink several times, and they had some friendship. So after Jiang Yu arrived in Zhezhou, he knew about it immediately and immediately went to the Zhezhou government office.
I want to have a drink with Jiang Yu...
Chen Jianchen had some understanding of Jiang Yu's personality and knew that he was upright and would not do any dirty tricks halfway. But in this case, how could Nie Xiaoduo steal someone from him?
This is not a small matter...
Chen Jianchen shook his head and smiled bitterly. In fact, for him, the talent competition for the best talent in the world, which will officially kick off tomorrow, is not a big event.
A gentleman loves money and gets it with the Tao; a gentleman seeks fame and gets it with righteousness.
This talent competition for the best talent in the world is a rare opportunity for many people to shine, and it is the same for Chen Jianchen.