Glancing at the sky outside the window, Zhou Jun saw that the night was getting darker. Zhou Jun told Xiao Qingchan to rest early and not to hurt her body from exhaustion.
The latter responded and just said that he had finished transcribing the manuscript and went to rest.
Zhou Jun nodded, went back to the bedroom and fell asleep.
Early the next morning, Zhou Jun got up from bed, washed briefly, and came to the study room. He saw that all the copies of "Butterfly Lovers" had been transcribed and placed neatly on the desk.
Zhou Jun knew that Xiao Qingchan had to stay up late last night to catch up on work, so he copied the transcript.
Taking the manuscript, Zhou Jun walked out of the room quietly, went to the West Market again, found a woodcarving workshop he was familiar with, ordered five hundred sets of seals, and paid a deposit.
In the next few days, Zhou Jun stayed with his parents at home, and when he had nothing to do, he talked to Xiao Qingchan.
In the blink of an eye, it was the day of official duties.
On this day, Zhou Jun, served by Xiao Qingchan, put on his official robe, picked up his horse, said goodbye to everyone, and left the house.
After entering the Shangshu Province, as soon as Zhou Jun walked into the official residence of Du Guansi, he saw that the officials in the residence looked frightened and were all talking about it.
Zhou Jun asked someone, and the answer he got was that Wei Jian, the Minister of Punishment, was ordered to be placed under house arrest.
Because the incident occurred suddenly, no one knew the exact cause, and everyone was afraid that the incident would implicate officials from various departments in the Ministry of Justice.
Zhou Jun's face was calm and his heart was clear.
After five years in Tianbao, the Wei Jian case finally happened.
Zhou Jun entered the inner courtyard and went to find Shangguan.
Mr. Xu and Mr. Wei were talking in the cabin in the inner courtyard. When they heard Zhou Jun coming to report, Mr. Xu thought for a moment and asked him to come in.
Zhou Jun walked into the room, saluted the two Shangguan officials, and then talked about his duties in the Eastern Capital.
Xu Langzhong said: "I also heard about the lanterns in Dongdu. The supervisor did not do his job well and the craftsmen were sloppy, which eventually led to a disaster. The sage was angry and punished the officials who participated in the construction of the lanterns. But the responsibility of Chief Zhou is
Managing prisoners has nothing to do with construction, so he should not be punished."
After Zhou Jun heard this, he quickly saluted and said, "Thank you, doctor, for speaking out."
Xu Langzhong waved his hand and said: "Rewards and punishments are clearly deserved, otherwise how can we do things in the future?"
Wei Yuanwai first glanced at Xu Langzhong, and then asked Zhou Jun: "Do you know that Wei Shangshu is under house arrest?"
Zhou Jun cupped his hands and said, "I just found out."
Wei Yuanwai was stunned for a moment, and then said: "You just came back to Chang'an from Dongdu and only found out about this, which is quite unusual."
After a pause, Wei Yuanwai asked again: "In your opinion, why is Wei Shangshu under house arrest?"
Hearing this question, Zhou Jun was also a little puzzled. Why did Wei Jian come to ask me when he committed a crime?
After thinking for a while, Zhou Jun replied: "Jun can't say the specific reason, but I think it has nothing to do with the official affairs of the Ministry of Punishment. It is probably due to personal reasons."
Member Wei frowned and said, "Personal reasons?"
After pondering for a moment, Mr. Xu on the side nodded to Zhou Jun and said, "Okay, let's go back to work."
Zhou Jun sang "Ei" and left the room.
When he came to the corridor, Zhou Jun looked back at the inner courtyard, but he had a premonition that a storm was about to come.
After a busy day, Zhou Jun had a night off in the afternoon and rode to Luo's house.
Arriving at the gate of the Luo family, Zhou Jun reported his name to the concierge. The first person to greet him was not Zhou Ze or Luo Anyuan, but Luo Nandou, the head of the Luo family.
Zhou Jun wanted to salute Luo Nandou, but was pulled directly into the house by the latter.
When they came to the hall, Luo Nandou said to Zhou Jun: "Erlang came just in time. In a few days, I will leave Chang'an."
Zhou Jun was shocked: "Young Master Luo is leaving Chang'an? Where to go?"
Luo Nandou: "Don't call me young prisoner anymore. I got the relocation order and will leave for Wuwei County in the near future."
Wuwei County? Isn’t that Liangzhou?
Zhou Jun: "Liangzhou is thousands of miles away from Chang'an. Why was Mr. Luo moved there?"
Luo Nandou didn't speak, just a wry smile on his face.
Zhou Jun vaguely understood and asked softly: "But it's because of Dongdu's lanterns?"
Luo Nandou nodded slightly, and then said: "There is something wrong with the Dongdu lanterns, and it is the supervisor's responsibility. Someone has to come out to clean up the mess. I am old and my time is running out. I can just shoulder this responsibility. I have to give it to you."
Keep this in mind for those juniors."
Zhou Jun sighed, raised his hands to Luo Nandou and said, "Lao Luo is very righteous."
Luo Nandou shook his head and smiled: "When Erlang reaches my age, he will naturally understand."
After saying that, Luo Nandou stood up and said to Zhou Jun: "I will not be working in Chang'an from now on. I hope that I will take care of my younger brother."
Zhou Jun stood up, nodded and said: "Do your best."
Luo Nandou patted Zhou Jun on the shoulder and left the central hall.
After a while, Luo Anyuan poked his head out from the back of the hall, looked around, saw that Luo Nandou was not there, breathed a sigh of relief, and walked out.
Seeing this, Zhou Jun asked Luo Anyuan: "Have you heard about Mr. Luo's move to Liangzhou?"
Luo Anyuan: "I found out a few days ago. I wanted to ask the Yulin Army to be transferred to Liangzhou, but the adults in the family found out and got scolded."
Zhou Jun also sighed in his heart, Luo Anyuan was actually filial.
Luo Anyuan: "Let's not talk about this anymore. I will take you to see Zhou Dalang."
The two of them left the central hall and went to Luo Yingcai's yard in the side wing.
Luo Yingcai was sitting in the courtyard of the courtyard, flipping through miscellaneous books, when he saw Luo Anyuan and Zhou Jun walking in, and quickly made a gesture of silence.
Then, Luo Yingcai stood up and said softly as he walked over: "Spring is approaching. In these days, Zhou Dalang has been stimulated by no one knows. He just studies hard every day, even risking his life."
When Zhou Jun heard this, he expected that Zhou Ze would work hard, probably because of the promises given by Zhou Dinghai and Luo Sanniang.
Pulling Luo Yingcai aside, Zhou Jun asked the former in a low voice: "Brother, have you ever written a scroll?"
Luo Yingcai nodded and said: "The entrusted person voted for it. I heard that several chief officials read the article and were full of praise."
Zhou Jun felt at ease, glanced at the side room, and said to the Luo brothers: "In that case, I won't bother you. I would like to thank you for bothering the two of you to look after me."
Luo Anyuan and Luo Yingcai both declined.
Seeing that nothing else happened, Zhou Jun left the Luo family.
Another half month later, the sage's decree came from the court - Wei Jian continued to work hard and was demoted to the governor of Jinyun; Huangfu Weiming alienated the emperor and ministers and was demoted to the governor of Bozhou.
The imperial edict did not specify the reasons for the two people's relegation, and as for the prince, there was not a single mention of it.
The content of this imperial edict, once announced, exceeded everyone's expectations, but for Zhou Jun, there was no difference at all from the historical records.
Zhou Jun lamented that no matter how much he fanned the wind with his wings, he could only change some innocuous little things, but the real historical wheel was still moving forward according to its original trajectory.
Without time to pay attention to Wei Jian's case, Zhou Jun went to the wood carving workshop at the agreed time, paid the balance, and received 500 sets of "Butterfly Lovers".
In Bachuan Villa, Zhou Jun found his servants and sent a set to Duke Pang and Duke Yin.
In Luoyang, in order to abide by the original agreement, Zhou Jun found another inn and sent five sets to Fan Jinian.
In the north of Pingkangfang, Xie Qin and Song Ruo'e naturally had a set. As for the other two who knew Xiyuna and She Hongzhi, Zhou Jun hesitated for a while and decided to give each of them a set.
Zhou Jun went to several famous tomb shops in the West City to sell the remaining books in the name of Kan Lu without much effort.
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