MTL - Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty-Chapter 102 Gratitude

  Chapter 102 Knowing Gratitude

Wang Hua's face was pale, and he committed a crime. This is, this son is really extremely smart, but he didn't like reading since he was a child. When he was young, he was taught the four books and five classics. The most important thing is to study and be a sage'. People study and write stereotyped essays every day, but he has gone to study the art of war; As for him, on the day of the wedding, he disappeared, and his family searched everywhere, only to find that this guy was learning to meditate with a Taoist priest.

Wang Hua was the number one scholar and ranked first, and suddenly felt that his life was wise and ruined by such a loser. Later, Wang Hua really had nothing to do with him, and he didn't dare to ask for anything else. He just asked him to be a Jinshi, and it was not worth it. It is true that Wang Shouren has humiliated the lintel. He picked up the book and read it immediately. Although he often does not do his job properly, he directly shines in the general examination and ranks fourth.

   "Hey..." Wang Hua sighed: "Don't provoke that Fang Jifan, this person is in Zhan Shi's mansion, doing nothing, messing around with the prince all day long, although he has taught a few good students, but..."

   "The son knows."

knew…

  Wang Hua's expression was very strange. He didn't know what kind of temperament this son was. He said he knew, and nine out of ten, he hooked up with someone.

Hey…

A sigh.

  My famous name...

  Wang Hua... After all, he is the clear stream among the clear streams, a model of moral perfection, a model of scholar-bureaucrats, and a representative of learning and wealth.

  How did you teach such a loser?

  …

   Snapper.

  After the impeachment memorial was sent to the warm cabinet, Mou Bin, the commander of Jinyiwei, summoned him into the palace soon.

  Mou Bin is an honest person, so during his tenure, Jin Yiwei was not arrogant, and His Majesty obviously didn't like big prisons. Instead, he got closer to civil servants.

   Immediately afterwards, an impeachment memorial was thrown at his feet, and it was Emperor Hongzhi's livid face that greeted Mou Bin.

  Mou Bin was busy picking up the impeachment memorial, and suddenly his face turned pale with shock.

  Huke gave Shi Huachang the impeachment examiner Cheng Minzheng's question, and Xu Jingren and others were involved. The memorial also stated that Xu Jing, a wealthy man in Jiangyin, bribed money to advance the test questions, and rumors spread all over the city.

  Cheating in imperial examinations is such a big deal that it cannot be ignored at all, and since someone impeaches it, it is bound to be groundless.

  Emperor Hongzhi had a stern voice on his face, and he, who was always tolerant, just squeezed out a word from his teeth at this time: "Check!"

   "Follow the order!"

  …

  Although he won the third place in the general examination, Tang Yin was not happy at all.

   He lost.

   Lost completely.

  Thinking of this sworn enemy and wanting to worship him as a teacher, this is more uncomfortable than killing Tang Yin.

  He locked himself in the inn, either drinking, or... just being so confused that he couldn't sleep, tears had already soaked his clothes.

  In the past few days, Tang Yin has gained a lot of sympathy. No matter what, he will take the third place in the examination and has become a tribute. If he performs normally in the palace examination, he will definitely be ranked first, and the future will naturally be great.

   But even so, all the people in the capital still sympathized with him. To be beaten beyond recognition, and to be humiliated by Fang Jifan, is a cruel thing for a scholar.

  Many people have spread the word that even if Tang Yin breaks his promise and does not fulfill the bet, it will not affect his reputation.

  After all, the matter is in a hurry, so...is it really necessary to let the dignified Jiangnan talent be insulted by Fang Jifan?

  But... Tang Yin is still in a dilemma. If he goes to apprentice, this sworn enemy actually wants to call him a mentor. It's better to let Tang Yin die. But if you don't go to apprentice, even if no one blames you, many people understand, but your heart will be uneasy after all.

  He was extremely anxious, but he was helpless. At this moment, he really wanted to die.

Early in the morning, someone came to the door. The person who came was a servant in green clothes and a small hat. He met Tang Yin and said: "I have sent a message from Mr. Liu Chen'en, the censor of the right capital. Mr. Liu is also from Wu County. Speaking of it, Mr. Tang and Mr. Tang are also from the same hometown. Now that Mr. Tang has encountered difficulties, Mr. Liu feels the same. If you have any doubts, you can go to Liu's mansion. Mr. Liu is on duty in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. If Fang Jifan forces Mr. Tang to become a teacher Well, Mr. Liu will definitely not stand idly by, and there are dozens of officials in Ying Tianfu's court, and they will never sit back and watch Mr. Tang be humiliated."

   Tang Yin nodded complicatedly and sent him away.

   This old man Liu Chenen, he has heard about it, Youdu Censor is by no means a petty official, this is a third-rank big man in the court, unexpectedly, he also took care of this nosy business.

  Yeah, when the game was made, who would have thought that it would be like this.

  Perhaps because of this, Tang Yin was beaten and Tang Yin lost the bet. This happened under the noses of many people. Now it is a humiliation for Tang Yin to go to apprentice.

  There were many people who came secretly to encourage Tang Yin, not just Liu Chenen. Thinking about it, many people couldn't sit still, couldn't stand it, and their sense of justice was overwhelming.

   Most of the scholars outside also believed that Tang Yin would definitely not go to apprentice.

  Tang Yin hated Fang Jifan to the core. In his world view, people like Fang Jifan were truly a shame to mankind.

  In the evening, he was still worried.

  Just at this time, the voice of the innkeeper came from outside: "Tang Jieyuan, Tang Jieyuan, it's not good, it's not good."

  Tang Yin hurriedly opened the door, and saw the shopkeeper panting: "Something happened, something big happened, Tang Jieyuan, are you and Xu Jing on good terms?"

   "Exactly." Tang Yin settled down: "I don't know what to teach."

The shopkeeper took a sympathetic look at Tang Yin: "Just now, I heard that Cheng Minzheng, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, and Xu Jing were involved in the examination of the current imperial examination. , Cheng Minzheng and Xu Jing were arrested, and they were locked up and taken to Nanzhen Fusi. Within an hour, there was news that the two confessed to the questioning... It is said... yes Xu Jing visited Cheng Minzheng and bribed Cheng Minzheng with hundreds of gold in the name of asking for words, so Cheng Minzheng leaked the exam questions to him..."

   "..." Tang Yin was struck by lightning for a moment.

  Brother Xu cheated...

  Scholars have privileges in Daming. As long as they don’t make too much trouble, officials will turn a blind eye to anything. After all, they are the proud sons of heaven, and the imperial court tried their best not to do things that would insult the gentlemen.

  But once the imperial examination fraud case is involved, it is another matter entirely.

  He took a breath, Cheng Minzheng and Brother Xu...

  He still remembers that at the beginning, brother Xu repeatedly invited him to visit Cheng Minzheng, and even planned to go to Cheng's mansion on the night Fang Jifan beat him.

  If...the incident of being beaten up didn't happen, then...what would happen to me?

   When that time really comes, he will definitely have something to do with Cheng Minzheng just like Brother Xu. He even remembered that Brother Xu mentioned to himself the matter of asking for a book, and Brother Xu himself admitted that it was three hundred taels of gold as a finishing touch fee. He never expected that this... actually became an ironclad proof of the question.

  Suddenly, he felt a chill run down his back. If it had gone that night, if it hadn't been for him being beaten beyond recognition, he would have been bedridden. Then... That night, like brother Xu, he must have been appreciated by Cheng Minzheng. Since then, when he went to and from Cheng's mansion every now and then, he would, like brother Xu, ask Cheng Minzheng for a calligraphy in the name of elegance. After all... This is an unspoken rule. People do it all the time, so how can I avoid it?

   Once caught in that vat, there is no going back.

  Then, it is not only Cheng Minzheng or Brother Xu that Jin Yiwei wants to lock up today, but also himself, right?

  He didn't believe that Brother Xu would be able to write exam questions. Brother Xu is quite a conceited person, and he is also full of knowledge. Since he has the strength to get a title on the gold list, why should he buy exam questions? This must be because Brother Xu and Cheng Minzheng got too close and were impeached in the end. In addition, the relationship between the two of them was not clear at all. After checking, there are too many articles to do.

  Tang Yin shuddered. He was worried about Xu Jing who was in prison, but also had a strange feeling in his heart...

  If Fang Jifan hadn't found him, if it hadn't been for this guy beating him up, if it hadn't been for this guy who made him unable to get off the ground, if he hadn't sent someone to watch him and let out the rumors of the gambling game, he... would be dead.

   Jin Yiwei's methods are enough to make the dead confess. Brother Xu entered the imperial prison, and he confessed in less than an hour?

  Once it reaches that point, it will be called the sky and the earth will not work. All the pride and all the future will be destroyed, and even the family will be implicated.

  Fang Jifan...became his own savior...

  Even if this is just Fang Jifan's unintentional insertion, but... this is the truth...

  Tang Yin sat down on the chair slumped, took a deep breath, stared blankly at the cardamom candle in the room...

   Early the next morning.

  Although it is spring, it is still snowing heavily.

  Tang Yin was dressed in a new attire, and even cleaned the short beard under his chin. After that, he prepared bacon, longan and other things, and walked out of the inn.

  The shopkeeper of the inn just got up, saw that the newly promoted tribute was going out, and it was still early in the morning, and asked, "Where is Mr. Tang going?"

  Tang Yin smiled lightly: "Appreciate teacher."

   Upon hearing the apprenticeship, the shopkeeper was stunned.

  But Tang Yin has already gone out, walking on the snow.

   Arrived at the door of Fang's house.

  Looking at the golden lacquered signboard, Tang Yin took a deep breath, then prostrated himself on the snow in front of the door, motionless.

  Snowflakes fell and hit his eyes and nose. The scarf he was wearing was quickly covered with a thin layer of snow.

Those who were walking early in the morning, seeing this scene, wondered if the prodigal son surnamed Fang was torturing others again. They thought it was a servant of the Fang family's mansion kneeling here to be punished, but after a closer look, someone was He vaguely recognized Tang Yin.

   "It's Tang Gongshi..."

  Tang Yin didn't say a word, just knelt here straight.

  The grace of saving lives, whether it is intentional or unintentional, it doesn't matter, as a human being... you must know the favor and repay it.

  He knelt stiffly until someone got up from the Fang family, opened the door, saw the scene in front of him, his jaw dropped in shock, and hurriedly went to the mansion to report.

  (end of this chapter)