The Fourteenth Year of Chenghua

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Xu Bin and Tang Fan only met for the first time, not to mention that they had never been in contact before. Even if there were grudges, even if he was a businessman, even if he had money, he would not dare to show it to the court officials.

Fan Zhifu had introduced before that Xu Bin is a family member of the right servant of Nanjing officials. This relationship is a bit far away. If anyone who is in the same town and family with an adult can be related, then anyone can pull it. Tiger skin is a big banner, so Tang Fan guessed that Xu Bin’s identity is likely to be more particular.

Sure enough, Ji Min’s words solved his doubts: “Xu Bin’s original backer was Nanjing Hubu Shangshu Chen Zhi, but after Chen Zhixiaye, it is said that he gave up most of his family wealth and went directly to the relationship over the capital. With the eyes of Wan Shoufu, he directly gave Jiangxi all the salt in the next three years. “

After talking, he shook his head and said in a joke: “Everyone said that the reason why Chen Zhi was unlucky was because of you. You caused Xu Bin to donate to Wanshoufu half of his family wealth. Do you say he will hate you?”

Tang Fan suddenly said: “So it turned out that I said how he looked at me and owed me tens of thousands of dollars. He couldn’t live with me everywhere. I wanted to embarrass me. It turned out to be the big one of Wanan No wonder trees, no fear! “

Ji Min: “Yes, Runqing, although you don’t have to be afraid of him now, but this kind of villain is good to provoke or provoke. You have offended the gentleman, and at best you will be scolded in person. If you offend the villain, the other party It will only give you yin from behind. “

Tang Fan: “You mean, the case I want to investigate this time is probably also related to Xu Bin?”

Ji Min: “I don’t know. But one thing, on the eve of the college test, Xu Bin’s son Xu Sui had an argument with Lin Zhen, the deceased scholar. They were all scholars who took part in the college test this year. After unveiling the list, Lin Zhen was in the top 20, but Xu Sui did not. “

This is a very important clue, Tang Fan pondered: “How did you know about the incident?”

Ji Min shook his head: “The Bailuzhou College where they are located is the most famous academy in Ji’an, and it can spread to the streets and alleys with a little wind and grass. At that time, things were a bit loud and both sides were fighting. I almost hurried to stop it. It is said that later The head of the academy came down to calm down. Otherwise, if it came to my side, the scholars would be disgraceful, and it might affect their future. “

Tang Fandao said: “I know, what you said is very useful, thank you, the sky is too late, I will wrong you to rest here tonight.”

Ji Min chuckled: “What is wrong, this official station is still my personal arrangement, I still have a lot of words to talk to you, why don’t you sleep with me tonight?”

Before waiting for Tang Fan to speak, the dumb Lu Lingxi responded faster than anyone else: “Brother Tang, my wound hurts so much!”

He hadn’t squeaked before, and most of his weight leaned on Tang Fan. Tang Fan thought he was asleep, but he couldn’t help being surprised.

Tang Fan glanced back at him, “Go back and rest when the wound hurts.”

Lu Lingxi laughed and said: “Brother Tang, you can send me back, OK, I can’t walk.”

Tang Fan is a soft eater, not a hard eater. If you look at one’s eyebrows, he may not eat yours, but if he talks softly, he may compromise.

Suizhou had long known his temper, but now he came to know his temper again. If the Sui Zhenfu made the distance know, he wouldn’t know how to feel it.

Ji Min chuckled: “Mr. Lu is not too young anymore. How can he return the temperament of a child? No wonder Run Qing said you are a brother!”

His words made Lu Lingxi very unhappy. As soon as the temper of the elder brother came up, Lu Lingxi really didn’t want to leave. He still grabbed Tang Fan’s sleeves and refused to let go. Posture.

Ji Min didn’t care when he saw it. He had watched people’s feelings warm and cold since he was born, and had seen many people’s faces and tempers. The level of Lu Lingxi did not make him think.

“Run Qing, you are tired from running around this day, so I should send Lu Gongzi back!”

Tang Fan said: “No, thank you brother Ziming for your kindness. I will send Yiqing back. You can have a good rest and let’s talk tomorrow.”

He said that, Ji Min was not good to say anything, nodded and smiled, “That’s fine.”

The three lived in the same yard, but they were only a few steps away. Lu Lingxi could come over and listen to Tang Fan and Ji Min chatting. It was unreasonable that he could not even walk for a few steps. Tang Fan knew what he estimated to be. If you want to say something to yourself, you follow his will and send him all the way back to the house.

Lu Lingxi is actually very tired, but he still supports his spirits. He ca n’t help but lean into the bed as soon as he enters the room. Tang Fan looked at some distressed guilt and said in his mouth: “I can’t wait until Ming’er to say anything If you are obedient to sleep here, you will not be tired like this. “

Lu Lingxi smiled tiredly at him: “I heard Wang Gonggong talk about the white lotus religion before, and I didn’t take it seriously. I feel that you are surrounded by people like us, so I don’t get out of the situation. At night, a few unidentified thieves messed us up. If there are a few more people, maybe you are now … I am afraid of it when I think about it, so now I ca n’t let you alone. The place.”

Tang Fan was funny: “This is an official station, what can happen, don’t think about it, be careful, you can be right, but you can’t sleep at night?”

Lu Lingxi grabbed his sleeve: “Brother Tang, you will sleep here tonight. You have to look at you and I can rest assured, otherwise I will go to your house and watch the night. You choose for yourself. Do you have the heart to watch me in Spend the night outside! “

Tang Fan really couldn’t take him: “Go to my house, the bed is bigger, you can’t lie down for two people.”

Lu Lingxi happily made a sound, and was sick and crooked at the previous moment. At this moment, he immediately jumped from the bed, as if he had not been injured.

Tang Fan: “…”

Although it is June now, it is not very hot at night. There are mats on the bed, which is very refreshing, and it is just right for the two men to lie down without disturbance.

However, Lu Lingxi did n’t know what excitement he felt. After lying down, he could n’t help wriggling. Like a caterpillar, Tang Fan had to reach out and hold him: “You sit with meditation at night, do n’t you? What did you find? “

Lu Lingxi was reminded of this before he remembered the business. He couldn’t help but calmly conceal his guilty with two quick coughs, and then said: “It’s a bit of discovery, I think that Shen Gongzi is really a big straw bag.”

Tang Fan raised his eyebrows: “How to say?”

Lu Lingxi said with a smile: “Originally looking at his performance at the banquet, I thought he was deliberately hiding things, but then I added two more sentences, only to know that he had been acting out of control in the past two years under the identity of his Lao Tzu. No offense, no passing, no reading, no advancement, Shen Kunxiu was angry, so he went everywhere with his son, if he really hides, there is really no need to hide his own birth, and it has been so many years! “

Tang Fan shook his head: “Although Shen Kunxiu is old-fashioned, his knowledge is very good. It is also a sin in the past to exhibit such a son!”

The father was involved in the case, and it was reasonable to avoid the suspicion. The son returned to the feast and went to the banquet. The party was still to greet the minister’s banquet. What I didn’t know was that he was ordered by the father to bribe the mission. Mad.

If you have such a thing, it’s no wonder he wants to take it with him. If he doesn’t take it with him, meditation may not cause any trouble.

Lu Lingxi said with a smile: “I am of the same age as him. In such a comparison, Brother Tang, do you think I am much cuter than him?”

Tang Pan whitened him: “Your pattern is too low. You should compare it with meditation, or do you compare with me anyway!”

Tang Fansheng was so gentle and handsome that he couldn’t get along with the boys and girls. Naturally, it was impossible for him to lose his charming eyes. It was just a white eye.

But in the eyes of the person he likes, no matter how good it is, Lu Lingxi immediately pestered him and asked, “Brother Tang, then tell me how you were a boy!”

Tang Fan did not continue: “Are you injured your arm or injured your head, how come you suddenly looked like you were a little younger than ten years old, but you still learn to play tricks, and it’s getting late, go to bed quickly, if not honest!”

After all, he turned his back to Lu Lingxi.

Lu Lingxi wanted to put his hand on the waist of others, but he was afraid that Tang Fan would be angry and turned his face. He had a thief heart and no guts. He had to stare at the back in front of him, and he was thinking about it, but because he was too tired, he fell asleep unconsciously .

Overnight.

It was not too early for Tang Pan to rise the next day. After all, there was an assassination last night, and he spent most of the night sleeping, but when he got up, he heard from the officials that Fan Zhifu came to visit and was waiting outside to see.

Fan Zhifu had been waiting for most of the morning, afraid of waking up Tang Fan, and was surprised that no one would go to the public until Tang Fan woke up himself.

Seeing Tang Fan walked in neatly dressed, he quickly got up and saluted: “Xiaguan visits Master.”

“Fan Zhifu doesn’t have to be more courteous.” Tang Fan said: “Why don’t people wake me up when something happens?”

Fan Zhifu smiled a little, how dare he say: “Xiaguan came here to ask adults to guilt! After the assassination of the adult on the street last night, the Xiaguan was shocked, and he and Tan Qianhu searched all parts of the city overnight. I hunted down, and I’ll be able to find out the gangsters soon! “

Having said that, he also knew that there was very little chance of finding people. Last night, he could n’t catch it on the spot. Now he wants to catch it, which is very troublesome. If the assassins have other identities to cover up, the officers and soldiers must be sure I will only go to the homes of civilians, so I will miss many clues, which is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.

As a magistrate, Fan Zhifu was indeed responsible, but Tang Fan had experienced the assassins personally. The other party was clearly prepared and could withdraw from the whole body, as long as they had a shelter in the city , When the time comes to hide inside, and when it’s dawn, then dress up as ordinary people out of the city, who can find it?

Therefore, Tang Fan didn’t hold Fan Zhifu too much accountable. Instead, he said: “Fan Zhifu doesn’t have to blame yourself. You have fulfilled your responsibilities in this matter. Besides, no one can anticipate this. You don’t need to mention it, but you will need it in the future. Be careful, this kind of thing, I don’t want to have a second time. “

Fan Zhifu trembles: “Adult’s lesson is yes, Xiaguan knows his mistakes! Master, your fellow men are all injured. Xiaguan especially borrowed a few skillful soldiers from Tan Qianhu for the adults I do n’t know how you sent it, “

His character and behavior are completely different from that of Chen Luan. Chen Luan relied on the backer to not take Tang Pan into his eyes at all, while Fan Zhifu was afraid that he would go wrong and be blamed for his mistakes. Trying to do what you can, lest you wait for it.

Tang Fan thought about it, and now Wang Zhi gave him four people, two of them were seriously injured. Now the manpower available to him is sharply reduced, and he nodded: “Then arrange for them to guard around the office, and you will be done. “

Shangguan was willing to accept his good intentions, and did not show the meaning of prosecution. Fan Zhifu was very happy, and secretly wiped a sweat: “This is the duty of the lower official, it should be, it should be!”

After Fan Zhifu left, Lu Lingxi came in: “Brother Tang, the people found by Fan Zhifu are all soldiers in the army. No matter how good they are, they are limited. It is estimated that no more people can call me!”

Tang Fan: “Aren’t you resting, how come you got up again?”

Lu Lingxi said with a smile: “You are all up, I can’t sleep anymore, I said, wherever you go, I have to follow, otherwise how to protect you, like last night, I don’t want to come again Now! “

His face was a little pale, but his spirit was not bad. The young man recovered quickly and his injuries were lighter than those of Xi Ming. As long as you don’t move to the injured arm, there is generally no problem.

“Mr. Lu said very well!” Xi Ming and Han Jin walked in from the outside and picked up Lu Lingxi. Last night, the two of them were slightly injured. “Sir, the people who failed last night will surely make a comeback. There must be no one around you.”

Tang Fan frowned: “But your injury …”

Xi Ming said with a smile: “There is no internal injury, you can still walk around, adults don’t need to worry!”

Since they insisted so, Tang Fan was not good to object anymore: “In that case, after running out of breakfast, Xi Ming and Han Jin went with me to see Shen Kunxiu and Yi Qing, you ask Fan Zhifu to ask for Lin Zhen’s body, and then find Qian Zuo Check the cause of death carefully. “

Lin Zhen is the scholar who hanged himself and wrote a blood book before he died.

This case was not identified in one day, and the court test could not be conducted again in one day, because the case also involved the merits of the talents of more than a dozen other students. If the suspicion of cheating was confirmed, Lin Zhen ’s death would be in vain. Even if you commit suicide in the fear of crime, the merits of those dozen people will not be restored. If it turns out that Shen Kunxiu violently broke the case and made an unjust and false case, and the scholars did not cheat, then Shen Kunxiu ’s career will be over.

This is a very simple proposition, and how to resolve the case is now in the hands of Tang Fan.

After changing other officials, even if he is not a guilty conscience, he will surely find ways to get close to Tang Pan now, lest Tang Pan will be annoyed and incensed to lean directly towards the scholar, but Shen Kunxiu has been partial. He never showed up, and did not even find someone to greet Tang Fan.

I don’t know if it’s too open-minded or self-confident.

Xi Ming and Han Jin should be together, but Lu Lingxi was unwilling: “Brother Tang, should I exchange them with Xi Ming?”

Tang Fan patted his head: “Obey.”

Lu Lingxi squeezed his mouth invisible and settled.

When he came to visit, he had to post the post first, but Tang Fan was sent by hand. He didn’t need to be restricted by this rule. He took Xi Ming and Han Jin directly to the place where Shen Kunxiu stayed.

There are two official stations in the city. Tang Fan lived with one of them, and the other one is now repaired by Shen Kun.

Shen Kunxiu is a Jiangxi scholar, and his permanent resident is in Nanchang. When he inspected the provinces, he stayed in the government post.

He was deeply troubled by the case now, and he didn’t go out easily. When Tang Fan went, he was naturally there.

Both of them are third-grade. Because of Tang Fan ’s identity, Shen Kunxiu had to pay him a special gift. Tang Fan did n’t refuse. After he sat down, he did n’t even have any nonsense. He asked, “I came here as soon as I arrived. The pile case only came from the court court newspaper and hearsay, please ask Shen Xuetai to say it again and again. “

Shen Kunxiu talked about it, in fact, this matter is not complicated.

Since the Tang Dynasty used the Imperial Examination to obtain scholars, some people have cheated in order to opportunistically. By the time the dynasty has developed to the point of reaching the pinnacle, many candidates have done everything to achieve their merits. It is already too low-end to hide things on the soles of the feet. It is not only easy to find, but also ruined the future when it has been found, so many smart people have come up with a way to cheat from the source-buy the reviewer.

The reviewer is also a person, who has seven emotions and six desires, and naturally has weaknesses, but after the Song Dynasty, the test paper has been transcribed again before being submitted to the reviewer, let alone cannot be recognized from the handwriting Even if the name comes out, the name will be confused. The name will be unblocked only after the score is released, so it is useless to say your name in advance with the reviewer, and then let them choose yourself. This method is useless unless you can Get test questions directly from the examiner.

However, there were talents from Jiangshan, and the new cheating tactics came out soon. That is to sign the secret code with the reviewer in advance. Just like in this college exam, “Dacheng also” is a secret code. Crammed into the paper, when the reviewer saw these three words, they would understand it: this is the secret code that has been appointed for a long time. This paper should be won.

This time the exam was a typical cheat code, but Shen Kunxiu did not notice it in advance. He has conducted many exams, like Ji’an House is just one of the stops. There is nothing surprising at all, plus his own limited energy. After ranking the results of all the test papers, he only read the first few copies. He glanced over the ten lines at a glance. He felt that there was no problem and agreed to publish the list. Unexpectedly, something serious happened.

Including the dead Lin Zhen, the words “Dacheng Ye” appeared in the paper of a total of 16 people. Shen Kunxiu asked the reviewer to fail, and the 16 people were gathered together to re-examine the results. He found that there were a lot of exposed stuff in it. He thought that the sixteen people were not wronged, so they should get rid of their merits and never hire them.

This is nothing less than a thunderbolt for the scholars who have learned their fame for a lifetime, and this is when Lin Zhen hanged himself.

Tang Fan asked, “Since Shen Xuetai has re-examined the 16 students, presumably they still have their papers?”

Shen Kunxiu: “Remain.”

Tang Fan: “Can you have a look?”

The paper is an important piece of evidence, and Shen Kunxiu must naturally preserve it.

He immediately came over and showed the sixteen people’s papers to Tang Fan at the time of the court test.

Upon seeing it, Tang Fan asked, “Shen Xuetai, the level of Lin Zhen’s papers before and after is the same, and there is not much difference. Even if I take the exam again in the future, it will not be inferior. It can be seen that it should be made by real learners. article.”

Shen Kunxiu said: “Otherwise, although the two questions before and after are not far from each other, this does not mean that he did not cheat. The word” Dacheng also “did appear in the previous paper, which shows that he should be at the heart Fortunately, I thought that with these three words, there would be an extra guarantee, but whoever knew it had happened. “

Of course, this also makes sense, and it cannot be said that Shen Kunxiu is wrong, but if other academic officials encounter this situation, after the second examination, if they find that the candidates are of similar standards before and after, they will generally choose to put those candidates one horse, Unless it is the kind that does not have the same level before and after it will be demoted, otherwise it will open one eye and close one eye.

Because the public opinion is now the scholar-bureaucrat’s choice, and the scholar-bureaucrat comes from the scholar, the emperor seems to be high, and he is alone. In fact, he is not governing the world by himself, but he is governing the world with the civil servant group. Be forgiving.

There was an anecdote in a certain place. Because of the disaster that year, the number of people who participated in the college exams was much less than in previous years. In the end, the number of Zhongxiu talents was also much higher than in previous years. Only five people fell out of the list. As for the joint writing, I asked the examiner to admit the five deposed people, so that they could make a good talk. When the examiner made sense, he also admitted the remaining five candidates, and later This matter was circulated in Shilin. Sure enough, no one said that the examiner was doing something wrong.

Therefore, Shen Kunxiu’s behavior is more severe than that of ordinary academic officials.

Of course, it cannot be said that he is wrong because, as he said, the sixteen people are indeed suspected, and some of them may have been able to pass the exam with their true abilities, but feel that there is a secret sign. The chance will be greater, so I followed suit, but I didn’t expect to give myself a misfortune.

Tang Fan came here to investigate the case. In fact, there are two key points to investigate: one is whether the sixteen people should be demoted together, and the other is whether Lin Zhen ’s death was persecuted by Shen Kunxiu.

He said: “After coming to Ji’an, I heard some rumors related to Shen Xuetai.”

Shen Kunxiu frowned: “What rumors?”

Tang Fandao: “I heard that Lin Zhen’s father had some personal grievances with Shen Xuetai before?”

“A nonsense!” Shen Kunxiu’s reaction was very excited, he directly patted the table, “Who spoke in front of Tang Yushi, Lin Zhen and other people proved cheating, cheating Lin Zhen and others, really out of Be fair, do n’t allow a little slandering! “

Tang Fan saw his face flushed with excitement and said: “Shen Xuetai doesn’t have to be angry, where the responsibility lies, even if it’s a rumor, I should ask you to understand. Also, after the list was released, the intentions of spreading someone to cheat were very suspicious. , Has Shen Xuetai investigated in this respect? “

Shen Kunxiu really didn’t go to the person who spread the cheating rumors. When he knew the news, things were already too much trouble. He was too busy to fight the fire.

Hearing Tang Fan ’s question, he said with a black face: “No!”

Tang Fan asked again: “So Shen Xuetai asked the reviewers if they did not, how did they explain to cheating with the candidates?”

Shen Kun Xiu said: “After asking, they refuse to admit it.”

Tang Fan frowned, did they refuse to admit it, or did you not ask at all? Cheating is obviously impossible for the candidates alone, and it must be coordinated by the reviewer, otherwise how the secret signs come out.

When Shen Kunxiu saw Tang Fan’s frowning expression, he was very unhappy.

He asked himself that there was nothing wrong with the handling of this matter, only because of Lin Zhen ’s death, and he became the target of the attack. Now the court sent a mission to investigate, and he has nothing to say, but he saw Tang Fan ’s age Gently, with another tone of accusing him as a prisoner, Shen Kun couldn’t help getting angry.

Tang Fan: “Dare to ask Xue Xuetai, how many reviewers are there in this college exam, what is their origin?”

Shen Kun Xiu said: “There are five people, all of whom are the chief of the Academy of Ji’an.”

Tang Fan: “Then they are now, I want to see you.”

Shen Kunxiu: “All went back.”

Tang Fan finally couldn’t bear it: “Since the case is involved, there are all suspects. Shen Xuetai clearly knows that the court will send someone to investigate the case and put the people back. What is the reason!”

Shen Kunxiu groaned: “If Tang Yushi is not satisfied, you can call them back and ask questions!”

Tang Fan was particularly irritated by his uncooperative attitude. This was obviously you messed up, but now it turned out to be straightforward. Who is it to scare anyone!

He sinks his face: “I’ll take care of this matter!”

It means that I am going to sue you.

Who knows Shen Kunxiu also made a sound of urn: “Listen to you!”

The two talked and broke up. Tang Fan was completely aware of Shen Kunxiu’s temper. He didn’t speculate. He got up and prepared to walk away, but he saw someone outside hurried in with a look of panic.

“Old man, old man, not good!”

When the other party saw Tang Fan, his voice came to a halt, but the expression on his face had not faded, and it looked very strange.

Tang Fan saw that the other party did not squeak, knew that he didn’t want to let himself hear, and he was not interested in staying here. He said to Shen Kunxiu “Farewell”, and then walked with Xi Ming and Han Jin and left.

Shen Kunxiu never even got up and sent him away, still sitting there.

As soon as he left Shen Kunxiu, Xi Ming said to Tang Fan: “Sir, the face of Shen Kunxiu’s servant is a bit wrong.”

Tang Fan nodded, and he also noticed that the expression was too panic. If something big happened, it would never be so. “You go and find out what happened. Also, the five reviewers and some other scholars involved in cheating at that time also went to find them. I have to ask questions, you can go to Fan Zhifu, he dare not Not helpful. “

Xi Ming responded one by one.

If there is really a cheating plot, then the reviewer must be involved, but Shen Kunxiu will let the person go without saying a word, it is difficult for people to feel suspicious.

Shen Kunxiu made it clear that he refused to cooperate, but Tang Fan didn’t think he could do nothing without him. This case was not complicated originally, but now the relevant personnel haven’t seen it, so there is no way to start.

Xi Ming gave the order and immediately went to Fan Zhifu. Tang Fan took Han Jin back to his place, but Lu Lingxi had already returned.

“Brother Tang, Lin Fengyuan said that Lin Zhen’s body has been buried.”