The Imperial City, the Golden Temple.

"Start playing if there is something to do, and leave the court if there is nothing to do!" Liu Tian took a step forward and shouted.

The courtiers were silent for a while, and suddenly someone came out and said:
"Your Majesty, I have an instruction book."

Zhao Qi looked at that person and felt a bit of a headache because he was the speaker.

The so-called Yanguan is an official responsible for supervision and admonishment.At any time, if they find anything wrong, they can speak up and advise them, or even "hear the news and act on it".

The so-called "rumours play things" means that one can make admonitions based on rumors without having to produce real evidence.

"Aiqing, please tell me." Zhao Qinai asked impatiently.

"Your Majesty, there are rumors in the market that people have frequently visited Zhou University with heavy gifts recently." The official said.

what?
Zhao Qi was taken aback when he heard this, and looked at Zhou Ping.

It doesn't matter if it is normal, after all Zhou Ping is a bachelor.

But this is a special moment, Enke will start the exam soon, and Zhou Ping is the examiner.

At this time, someone visited Zhou Ping "frequently" and "carrying heavy gifts", which made people think a lot.

"Zhou Aiqing, can this happen?" Zhao Qi asked Zhou Ping.

Zhou Ping came out, bowed to Zhao Qi and said, "Return to Your Majesty, there is indeed such a thing."

Hearing what he said, the courtiers were all in a commotion, and they didn't know who dared to present gifts to Zhou Ping in such a grand manner.

"Who is it?" Zhao Qi asked him.

Zhou Ping didn't speak, but just looked straight at Wang Ziteng who was standing at the front of the military officer.

His actions drew everyone's attention to Wang Ziteng.

Seeing this, Wang Ziteng was secretly happy, but he did not expect that there would be a spokesman for him.

Originally, he just wanted to use public opinion to force Zhou Ping not to order Jia Jue, but he didn't expect that this matter would be stabbed to the Golden Temple by the officials. As a result, Jia Jue might not only fail the examination, but also be punished.

He was afraid that Jia Jue would be difficult to deal with, so he specially prepared three "big meals" for him, but he didn't expect that this move would be successful.

Really overestimated him.

Thinking about it, it was just luck that he achieved such an achievement before coming here.

In the eyes of everyone, he went out to Zhou Ping and said:
"Master Zhou, but that person has something to do with me?"

Zhou Ping looked at him and nodded: "Yes."

Wang Ziteng immediately showed a righteous look:
"Master Zhou, the so-called prince commits the same crime as the common people, no matter what kind of relationship that person has with me, please act impartially! I will never condone those who commit crimes!"

He almost made it clear, don't worry about Jia Jue's relationship with him, he will definitely not favor Jia Jue.

"My lord Wang understands righteousness, I admire you." Zhou Ping bowed to Prince Teng, and then said to Zhao Qi:
"Your Majesty, in the past few days, Lai Er has come to pay respects to my minister with many gifts."

Hearing this, Zhao Qi quickly asked, "Who is this Lai Er?"

Wang Ziteng replied: "Your Majesty, this Lai Er is the original chief of the Ningguo Mansion."

hum!
As soon as these words came out, everyone showed expressions of astonishment.

Isn't the original Ningguo Mansion the current Renyibo Mansion?

Does that mean that it was Jia Jue who intended to bribe Zhou Ping!

Zhao Qi frowned deeply. Jia Jue made a great contribution in this battle of exterminating locusts. After the son flute was used in various places, locusts were wiped out one after another. It can be said that this plague of locusts was wiped out because of him alone, and this Enke He also opened it for Jia Jue, but Jia Jue actually intended to bribe the examiner?

how can that be!

He took a deep breath and said to Zhou Ping: "Zhou Aiqing, tell me about this matter in detail."

Zhou Ping didn't dare to be negligent, so he quickly told the story exactly, and finally took out a greeting card from his bosom and presented it to Zhao Qi.

Zhao Qi took the invitation card and looked at it carefully, his face was both shocked and angry, he threw the invitation card to Wang Ziteng, and at the same time shouted coldly to Ji Zhong:

"Ji Zhong, I will leave this matter to you for a thorough investigation! I want to know the specific reason today!"

……

Rongguo Mansion, Jia Mu Xiaoyuan.

When Jia Jue came to the hall, he saw Jia Zheng was there besides Jia's mother and other female relatives, but everyone's expressions were not good-looking.

Seeing Jia Jue coming in, Jia Zheng's face showed disappointment and anxiety:
"Ziyu, you, why are you so unwise!"

Most of the other female relatives also looked at him with regretful eyes.

Jia Jue showed a surprised look at Jia Zheng: "Why did father say that?"

Looking at him, Jia Zheng almost beat his chest and stamped his feet: "You are talented, and His Majesty is very fond of you, so why worry about trying? Why do you do such an unwise move!"

Jia Jue frowned in confusion: "What unwise move? Why don't I understand what father is talking about?"

Everyone was taken aback, and Jia Zheng quickly asked, "Could it be that you asked Lai Er to give gifts to Zhou Dashi's mansion?"

"What Zhou University scholar? I don't know any Zhou University scholar. I didn't ask Lai Er to meet anyone." Jia Jue shook his head.

what?
Everyone was shocked, and Mother Jia said quickly, "Go and call Lai Er here."

Immediately a maid ran out.

Not long after, Lai Er came to the hall, and there was a white-haired old woman who came with him, she was the ancestor of the Lai family, Nanny Lai.

The two came to the hall to salute everyone, with extremely respectful and humble expressions, as if they were really loyal servants.

After Mother Jia gave Nanny Lai a seat, she hurriedly asked Lai Er:
"Lai Er, but you gave a gift to Master Zhou?"

Lai Er nodded: "I gave it to the old lady."

Seeing his confession, Jia Zheng was surprised and angry: "Who told you to do this?"

Lai Er was stunned: "Master Zheng, no one asked this slave to do this. It's just that the slave thought to himself that Master Zhou is the chief examiner of Enke, and it will always be beneficial to the third master to have a good relationship with him. .”

"You! You!" Jia Zheng was startled and angry, almost vomiting blood, "You idiot! Do you know that doing this will cause Zhou Daxun to be criticized. He could be a tribute, but now he is afraid. I also dare not order it.”

"Ah?!" Lai Er was dumbfounded. He immediately knelt down, kowtowed to everyone, and burst into tears: "Old lady, Mr. Zheng, the third master, the slave should die! The slave only wants to seek some benefits for the third master. To think that it would be like this! The slave should die! The slave should die!"

Hearing what he said, Jia's mother and Jia Zheng sighed together, their faces full of helplessness and depression. Lai Er was thinking of Jia Jue, who knew that he had done something bad with good intentions.

Although he was full of anger, there was no way to vent it.

"You idiot!" Nanny Lai stood up tremblingly when she heard the words, grabbed the crutch in her hand, and hit Lai Er who had no head and no face, "I'll kill you brainless pickle, three Your good future is ruined by you like this! I will beat you to death to make an apology for the third master!"

She hit harder, and broke Lai Er's forehead in just two strokes, and blood flowed out immediately.

Lai Er cried loudly and didn't dodge, just kowtowed: "It's all my fault, as long as the third master can get angry, I don't want my life to die."

Seeing their mother and son like this, Jia's mother finally softened her heart and couldn't help sighing:
"Forget it, forget it. Lai Er is kind after all, and he has worked hard in the mansion all his life. If there is no credit, there is hard work. Even if he is killed, this matter has already been done badly. Why don't you let him take the credit for the crime. Brother Jue If you can't pick up Enke this time, let's wait for the next time! Anyway, you are still young, and you can afford to wait for these days."

Lai Er was overjoyed when he heard the words, he kowtowed to Jia Jue and said, "Third Master! It's all my fault! Just beat me to death!"

That's what he said, but the eyes he looked at were full of complacency:
So what if I sold you?

If you were the head of the Jia family, I would be afraid of you, but you are not.

Jia Jue saw his gaze, and he said flatly, "It's okay, someone will beat you to death later."

Lai Er was taken aback for a moment, then sneered, and pretended to cry: "The third master is still annoying me! I'm going to die now!"

Mother Jia frowned slightly when she heard the words, and was about to persuade Jia Jue. After all, the Lai family had been loyal servants of the Jia family for generations.And it wasn't that he intended to harm him.

But at this moment, a group of people broke in.

The flying fish suit and the embroidered spring knife are none other than Jin Yiwei.

The leader was Qianhu Liu Hang, who broke into the hall and shouted, "Who is Lai Er?"

Lai Er was dumbfounded, he opened his mouth wide, and said tremblingly: "Jun, Mr. Jun, I, I am."

Seeing him, Liu Hang snorted coldly, grabbed his hair, and dragged him out: "The case of you bribing Enke's chief examiner has been released, and follow me to the prison."

Lai Er's face was ashamed, he never expected that Jin Yiwei would appear suddenly, he looked at Jia Jue, but saw that his eyes were calm and there was nothing strange.

Thinking of what he said just now, Lai Er suddenly felt like falling into an ice cellar, and his whole body was extremely cold.

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