Seeing the servants in the mansion staring at him eagerly, Shao Yan had an idea and knelt on the ground with a plop, crying loudly, "Teacher, it's been more than a month since the student left Beijing. I didn't expect that the last time I said goodbye was actually a farewell. Why did you...
...? You have been honest and honest with others all your life, and your students will remember it in their hearts. The students did not disgrace the cultivation of their teachers. This time, they won the second place, and they came to visit you with your wife, but you..."
Shao Yan cried very vigorously, which was more real than the fake cries of the servants. Yun Yun couldn't help but cover her lips and chuckle. When she heard Shao Yan call her his wife, the girl couldn't help but her cheeks were slightly red, but her heart was very sweet.
, so he knelt on the ground and cried sadly.
Seeing Shao Yan and his wife crying very sadly, the servants stopped. The fat man sighed with relief and asked who they were. It turned out to be the master's former students.
"Since this young master is my master's student, why didn't you tell me directly just now?" the fat man asked curiously.
Shao Yan thought for a while and said with tears: "My mentor warned his students before his death that they should be good officials in the future. My mentor was the second-rank minister in the court. He didn't want to cause slander because I was his student, so
Every time a student comes to visit his old mentor, he will pretend to be a stranger and go to see his mentor on the pretext of asking for a drink of water."
"It's reasonable to say that. I don't want you to get involved with him and rise to the top. Everything depends on your true talent and learning. I have good intentions for you as a student." The fat man's tone became very kind,
Then he walked over and helped Shao Yan and his wife.
"Mr. Bangjing, Madam Bangjing, if you two don't mind, please go sit in front of the hall for a while, and I will go and report to Madam," the fat man said respectfully.
"That's not necessary. I'll leave after seeing my mentor." Shao Yan saw that the fat man was full of doubts and quickly added: "Brother, to be honest, I wanted to meet my mentor when I came back this time, but I didn't want him to have passed away. As a result, I
Student, I hope I can see my mentor one last time before he is buried. Could you please be accommodating?"
"This...?" The fat man hesitated for a moment and said: "Second Master, please forgive me for not being able to help. The lid of the master's coffin has already been closed. Besides, I'm afraid it would be inappropriate to open the coffin at this time. What if the ladies know about it?
, I’m afraid I can’t afford it. If the second-place man insists on seeing it, please let me go in first and report it to my wife. You know, I really can’t make the decision on this kind of thing.”
Day, didn't this guy talk so much nonsense just because he didn't want me to see it? Oh, there was no time when I couldn't succeed in what I wanted to do. Shao Yan pretended to be desperate and collapsed to the ground. He only heard a "bang" sound, and the fat man discovered
There was a shining golden ingot at his feet, worth at least fifty or sixty taels, so he squatted down quietly while the people around him were not paying attention. Seeing the opportunity, Shao Yan immediately leaned into his ear and said: "Brother.
"Help me, it's not easy to come down to the capital. A few pieces of silver are nothing. As long as you allow me to meet my mentor, I'll definitely reward you with a lot of money." As he said this, he took out fifty taels from his arms.
The fat man's eyes were straight. This guy worked as an errand in the Jiang Mansion, and he only received twenty taels of silver reward at the end of the year. As the saying goes, people die for money, and birds die for food. Now that he sees so much 'reward', even if he is allowed to accompany him in the coffin
It would be no problem for the dead to sleep through the night
With the help of the fat man, Shao Yan and Yun Yun wore chicken tail crowns, held peach wood swords, and painted talismans on their faces. They were dressed like wizards. At this moment, Jiang Guixiang's two wives were kneeling in front of the mourning hall and weeping.
, seeing the fat man leading two strangers in strange clothes to visit, the elderly lady was stunned and said: "Steward Jiang, who are these two?"
The fat man said: "Reporting to Madam, they are two exorcists from Zhongnan Mountain outside the city. They came here specially to perform rituals for me."
"Mage? When did we invite a wizard?" the second lady asked in surprise.
Seeing the angry look on the eldest lady's face, Shao Yan took a big step forward, grasped the hilt of the peach wood sword tightly with both hands, stared closely at the longevity food placed in front of the mourning hall, and muttered a mantra in his mouth, "God
Lingling, Lingling, the Supreme Lord has come to show his spirit, and he is as urgent as the law!" A sword pierced the longevity material.
The two couples were surprised, so they brought a pot of wine and poured it on the coffin. Shao Yan silently recited the incantation again, picked up the peach wood sword and turned it around the edge of the candle a few times, then blew out the candle, and so on.
"What are they going to do?" The two ladies looked at each other and asked, Butler Jiang hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Madam, please be patient. These two masters are said to be half gods and cannot be invited by anyone else. They heard that
The master was an upright official during his lifetime, so everyone is willing to perform rituals for the master for free."
Butler Jiang told the two ladies exactly what Shao Yan taught him. After hearing this, the two ladies were very satisfied and knelt down one after another to thank the Bodhisattva.
Seeing that the two old women had no intention of leaving, Yun Yun pretended to accidentally spill the wine on them. The two ladies suddenly became angry. Butler Jiang smiled and said, "You two ladies, you'd better get out of the way first. The two masters don't like to do rituals."
When there were outsiders present”
The two old women snorted and left in annoyance. Butler Jiang also left the room. Only Shao Yan and Yun Yun were left in the entire mourning hall. Yun Yun covered the door tightly, and then prepared to open the coffin and conduct an autopsy. Shao Yan
Walking in front of her, he raised his index finger and made a soft "shhh" sound. He nodded knowingly and followed Shao Yan to the coffin. Shao Yan looked at the coffin carefully and felt that it was different from ordinary coffins.
There was no difference, so I reached out to touch the lid of the coffin and explored along the top. It wasn't until I squatted down that I discovered that there were seven or eight small holes in the bottom of the coffin.
Shao Yan suddenly felt puzzled. Since ancient times, people have thought that the coffin is not tight enough. How can anyone put holes in the coffin? This is because it is full and full. Shao Yan carefully placed his hand on the small holes.
However, he could feel a slight heat in the palm of his hand. Shao Yan boldly concluded that there was no dead body lying in the coffin, but a living person. In order to confirm his conjecture, he asked Yun Yun to find a candle.
And he put the flame core of the candle into the small holes. In an instant, he heard a scream from the coffin: "Oh, it's burning me to death. Madam, please help me!"
The two immediately opened the lid of the coffin, leaned over and looked over, only to see an old man over sixty years old lying inside. This man was Jiang Guixiang, the Minister of Punishment of the Donglin Kingdom.
Jiang Guixiang was startled when he saw that the two strangers who opened his coffin were dressed as wizards. He thought that the two ladies had deliberately found someone to do it to avoid being frightened by others. Jiang Guixiang laughed and said
: "Don't be afraid, you two. Fortunately, I was able to be reincarnated because of what you two did."
Shao Yan secretly laughed, thinking that this old guy is really good at pretending. He was obviously pretending to be dead, but he attributed the 'resurrection from the dead' to two wizards.
"Is Jiang Shangshu okay?" Yunyun walked over, took off the cocktail crown on his head with a smile, and removed the paint on his face. Only then did Jiang Guixiang see the face clearly, and his expression suddenly changed: "You... you are not the emperor's gold medal.
Are you getting close to Miss Yun Yun? What are you doing?"
"She is no longer a gold medalist, but my concubine Yun." The moment he spoke, Shao Yan had already taken off all his clothes. Jiang Guixiang recognized the person as the current emperor at a glance, and was so frightened that he quickly threw himself on the ground, trembling.
He trembled and said: "Weak minister Jiang Guixiang comes to see the emperor, long live long live long live long live"
"Get up, I'm not interested in listening to your acting anymore."
"Your Majesty, I forgive you. I did not intend to deceive you." Jiang Guixiang lay on the ground, obviously panicking to the extreme.
"Master Jiang, you are deceiving the emperor by pretending to die suddenly. According to Donglin's laws, you should be executed in a hurry," Yun Yun said with a straight face.
Jiang Guixiang knelt on the ground and shouted for mercy. Shao Yan smiled slightly: "Jiang Aiqing, since you have already died once, I will let you go temporarily. However, death penalty can be avoided, but living penalty cannot be avoided."
"The humble minister wishes to express his gratitude to the Emperor, all..."
"Okay, I'm leaving the palace incognito this time. I hope you won't be too ostentatious." Shao Yan calmly helped him up and said cheerfully: "The main reason I came here this time is for Yuntianlin's case. I hope you can answer me truthfully."
"
Jiang Guixiang frowned and said: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen has told you everything that Wei Chen should say. Wei Chen was not involved in this case back then, and Wei Chen really didn't know anything about it."
"Very good. If you don't want to say it, I won't force you. The state has national laws and the family has family rules. If you deceived me first, I will sentence you to beheading now, and so on."