Chapter 557: The Autumn of Gathering (1)
At the end of August of the 12th year of Jinghan, the capital, where warriors gathered, completed the martial arts top scholar examination. Originally, in order to cooperate with the recruitment order issued in the first half of the year, the martial arts imperial examination was extremely grand. However, with the news of Wanyan Aguda's death at the end of July, the news of the capital suddenly changed. Several conflicts that undermined public order were stirred up on the surface. Kaifeng Prefecture dispatched to arrest some people, and the discussions about the crimes that should not be tolerated by martial arts practitioners also spread among the scholars.
These things seem to have little to do with the martial arts top scorer exam, and everything is going on as usual. Then, a man named Wei Sannian, who was named Wei Sannian, won the lead in this martial arts top scorer exam. After parading on the streets, he was waiting to be assigned to his post. The outside calls began to calm down...
"...It's a slight start."
The carriage walked forward and was about to approach Bianliang. Ning Yi looked at the information sent and sighed slightly. After the martial arts top scholar's examination, the arrangements of each martial arts juren have not been issued, but the general arrangements are made, the positions that will be given, etc., and the prime minister's mansion has already had a first draft.
Most of the participants in this martial arts performance came from the north, and many of them were also beneficiaries of the recruitment of the imperial edict. In order to consolidate the role of the recruitment of the imperial edict and make the kindness come out, so that these people will not be loyal to a certain force or a person, but can be loyal to the emperor and the country, this open selection was held.
Originally, after this selection, most of them would be valued. In the name of "Son of Emperors", they were given real power, real power, and even autonomous power over civil servants in some places and in certain aspects of the north, in order to hope that they would play a big role in the future. However, in this information, all arrangements were greatly adjusted.
Politics itself is a very subtle thing. Ministers are opposed to each other and snatch people from each other. The emperor and ministers are often in oppositional relationships. How to make this part of military officers loyal to the king rather than to others requires a lot of means to arrange them. Otherwise, if you use great efforts to lift someone up and only give up a certain force, it will be extremely incompatible with the way of checks and balances.
Before Wanyan Agu was killed, the emperor also had this spirit and thoughts. However, when the news of his death came, he obviously took a step back. Because the power of the civil servants began to counterattack. The initial tacit understanding had been lost. While officials from all walks of life were trying to suppress the power of the generals, they were already winning over the martial arts exercises that passed this election. They had to carry out the original plan, and the energy they put in, and the party struggles that needed to balance were already very troublesome. The emperor also saw the problem, so he simply defeated the subsequent military imperial examination and broke up, and still followed the previous pace. He wanted to take a step back, and the following was earth-shaking changes.
"Before the distribution was started, the civil servant department started to take action, and it was really possible... The chief instructor of the Cai family and Wei Sannian secretly worked in the alum building. Wei Sannian heard that he suffered a secret loss. Tsk tsk, Cai Jing..."
Looking at the information, Ning Yi shook his head and smiled. Zhu Biao, who was beside him, curled his lips.
"I have also seen the big coach in Cai Jing's mansion. At most, I am a top-tier player. If I really fight, I won't be able to decide the winner for a long time. This martial arts top pick is easy to be. If I am in Beijing, it seems that I am me."
Ning Yi smiled and turned the information over: "Naughty, do you know that Master Zhou Tong and Zhou also took the Wu Juren Examination. Later, he was just a martial arts Jinshi. He was in charge of the Imperial Boxing Gym and fought all the way to the coach of Tianzi. He was famous all over the world, but in the end he was difficult to make up for the actual lack of the army..."
Zhu Biao touched the back of his neck: "Then I... don't I have a backstage now."
"That's true." Ning Yi put down the information and thought. "If you really go to the exam, you can really win the top martial arts scholar. At least the Prime Minister's Office will definitely support you. After you win, there will be real shortcomings that can be made up."
"Haha, forget it. I have seen so many things. How is the army? I still don't know. When I go, I am suppressed by those civil servants who are pointing fingers. It's better to be free and easy now." Zhu Biao finished speaking, and said, "But Brother Ning, you were originally promoting the chivalrous affairs in the world. This martial arts top scholar exam is also very important. Now that I am being pushed back, will the previous hard work be wasted?"
"The martial arts top scorer test was not important at all." Ning Yi shook his head, "No matter whether it is done well or not, I don't have much expectations for it. Promotion of chivalrous is the key point. We have taken advantage of this gust of wind. Although we have been affected a little now, it seems that the impact is not too great."
He handed a piece of information in his hand to Zhu Biao: "We are all exercising the fruits of the top martial arts exam this time. Tai Shi Cai is old and wants the status of a literati. Most of the rest of the people think about their families, win over and suppress them. Li Xiang and Qin Xiang want to truly set up a line of defense in the north. This is one of Tan Zhen's political achievements. He also hopes that the military officers can get up a little. In the end, those people have to give them some face..."
He smiled and said, "Suppress the generals, and will not kill all those who practice martial arts. When Qin Prime Minister is present, they will keep an indifferent attitude towards my Bamboo Records propaganda. This is also considered to be a matter of Qin Prime Minister's face. Although the martial arts juren exam is a mess, we have benefited from it. But..."
After saying these words, he frowned suddenly when he saw a page of information, and took a breath: "Qin Hui..." Zhu Biao glanced here curiously, Ning Yi showed him the page of paper, and turned his eyes to another staff member in the car who handled the information of the Secret Investigation Department.
"How is Luo Jinyan's details at present?"
The staff member bowed: "We are sure that we were dead that night."
The carriage went forward, and in the slight bumps, Ning Yi was silent for a moment, tapping his fingers on the seat below, and then said, "Where is his wife and children? How is it?"
"There is no exact information for the time being, and we think it may be dead."
"Don't think, be sure." Ning Yi said, "Start immediately to investigate this matter. If the person is still alive, try to formulate a rescue plan, but it must also be clever and not let Qin Hui know that we did it... Be cautious and do it immediately."
"yes."
The staff member bowed his hand, lifted the curtain directly, and got off the running carriage. He divided a horse from the returning convoy and ran to the distance.
After reading the information about Luo Jinyan in his hand, Zhu Biao slapped his palm on his seat: "This old dog." Then he frowned and looked at Ning Yi. "However, Brother Ning, it's a bit early for us to fight Qin Hui now. What if we start a frightening attack, will it be more costly? He has a very good reputation in official reputation, and Luo Jinyan is dead and there is no evidence. Even if he has his wife and children, he may not be able to threaten this guy."
Ning Yi looked at him with a smile. Zhu Biao was actually a straightforward person and was injustice. For him personally, he must have been just indignation. He had just been in the Secret Detective Department for so long, and he had already understood the overall situation. His current worries are not so much for himself, but for Ning Yi and the entire Secret Detective Department.
"I am not Luo Jinyan. It is good for Qin Zhongcheng to not fight on the ring. If you really fight, it may not be that scary. If you can really save Luo Jinyan's wife and children, it will be useless for the time being, but maybe it can be used as a foreshadowing. There will always be something useful in the future. It can be at peace and good. Why not do it?" Ning Yi sat there, watching the curtains that Qiu Feng occasionally rolled up and the scene of the road shaking outside the curtain. "But for you and me, if you see too much of this kind of thing, the most important thing is... and cherish the people in front of you. After returning to Beijing, give you a few days off and go around with the girl from the Wang family more. Don't think too much."
"I know!" Zhu Biao waved his fist cheerfully.
Ning Yi looked at the other side of the curtain of the car. He said something, but he didn't say something after all. A person like Qin Hui said it as he had no choice but to do things in fact, he was very decisive.
The most terrifying people in the world are usually not those bad people who simply do evil, just like the Yang Yi and Yang Heng brothers who kidnapped him in a boat house in Jiangning a few years ago. No matter how cruel they say, they still think they are doing bad things, but they just feel that they can't survive if they don't. This awareness of "doing bad things" is determined by the universal moral value of a society. Such people usually do not have strong destruction of the entire world.
Only those who have philosophical cultivation, have a way of thinking, and believe that everything is reasonable will make themselves do things without hesitation, because they will distort the concept of morality and values from the fundamentals of the logical chain. The monitor who ambushed Qin Hui said that Luo Jinyan finally accused Qin Hui of "forced" in the end. It seems that people are forced to do anything in the world, but once they truly accept this kind of forced and do evil things, they will be more determined and more subjective and active than doing good.
Because they have found a sufficient reason, they can only do things. They may feel a shallow guilt, but usually no longer hesitate.
...The wife and children of Luo Jinyan may have died
Ning Yi actually had such speculation in his heart. But because he still speculated, he didn't say it.
The wind blew across the post road near late autumn, and outside the curtains of the carriage, the yellow leaves and yellow flowers in autumn were dancing. Outside the city of Bianliang, there were more and more pedestrians. On the way, someone came to meet with them. Then several large trucks in the middle of the convoy left the team and headed to the countryside near Bianliang.
The road was winding and winding, and it converged with the surrounding paths and separated. Occasionally there were streams, and old water wheels could be seen from afar. After the autumnal equinox, the rice in the fields had been cut long ago, leaving yellow rice stubble. Several carriages slowed down when they saw the village ahead from afar. When Ning Yi got off the car, yellow leaves floated down from the trees on the side of the road.
At the fork in the distance, pedestrians came from there. In front were several women, including female heroes holding weapons, and several followers behind.
But in front of her was a tall and beautiful woman with a soft face, intellectual and delicate face, wearing a white autumn outfit, and the embroidered shoes under her feet were also white. She looked like a full ladylike temperament. When the autumn wind blew over, she blew a strand of hair on her face, and the sunlight shone softly.
She made a certain decision over there and ran towards it.
If it were before, she wouldn't have run like this.
Nie Yunzhu, this intelligent and quiet woman who met and knew each other in Jiangning and had experienced many things, was a little different from her when she first met her.
She ran to the nearest place and stopped her steps. Her chest was undulating. On her slightly raised face, she looked at Ning Yi with clear and joyful eyes. Ning Yi had already come over and picked her up directly.
She was immediately at a loss.
Beside the carriage and the road around them, many subordinates looked at the scene between the young couple with smiles. They had long been used to the shocking behavior of their bosses, and it was not surprising.
But some people still smile and consciously turn around...
Not long afterwards, in the yard of the Alum Tower in Bianliang City, a maid also walked in. Looking at the girl Shishi who was sitting in the room and placing flowers, she said, "Miss, I heard that Mr. Ning is back."
"Yeah." Shishi nodded casually and continued to complete the flower arrangement in her hand. Soon after, a clean and neat work was formed on the table.
She supported her hands on the floor, letting her body lean back and looking at her work leisurely. When she felt the sunshine shining in the courtyard outside the door, she raised her head, squinted her eyes slightly, feeling the warmth, like a cat basking in the sun in autumn.
When the summer of this year passed, she formally rejected Zhou Bangyan's proposal to marry her. Although some people have made such requests one after another, making her popular in the topic of "redeeming" and "marrying", in a sense, the best possibility may have passed.
What will happen in the future? She has no answer yet.
But maybe some people will have some explanations.
She wanted to talk to him.
Squinted her eyes like this, after a while, a bang suddenly came from the room. When the maid came to see her, her girl was sitting up from the floor with the back of her head. The autumn sun cast a bright dividing line in the room. Her girl sat in the dividing line, narrowing her eyes beautifully and cutely, and pursing her lips at her.
It's really like a cat that charms all living beings...
Chapter completed!