Emperor Jing of the Yuan Dynasty gently threw the certificate of approval to the old eunuch to the old eunuch, and said with a smile: "My dear friend, tell me, is there any fraud in the Yuan Xu New Year?"

The old eunuch took the book, glanced at it quickly, and then said: "I am stupid, but I feel that there is something fishy about this matter."

Emperor Yuan Jing stared at him for a few seconds and ordered: "Instruct the government office and the Ministry of Punishment to handle the case and make sure to get to the bottom of it."

After the old eunuch was ordered to retreat, Emperor Yuan Jing sat on the dragon chair, looked at the blue sky outside the imperial study, and suddenly smiled: "One arrow, three eagles."

The old eunuch in the python robe left the royal study, walked quickly with his head lowered, and after walking for a hundred meters, he patted his chest in fear, his face gloomy:

"You asked me after you were criticized...Wei Yuan, Wei Yuan, it's not that our family won't help you, our family's life is the most important."

Soon after, the decree from the palace was sent to the Ministry of Punishment and the government office respectively.

Sun Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment seemed to have expected this. After receiving the order, he immediately sent people to arrest Xu New Year.

When Chen Fuyin received the order from the palace, he sighed and shook his head: "There will be strong winds and waves sometimes... I'm afraid a big wave will hit you and destroy your boat."

He immediately called Shao Yin and said in a deep voice: "Immediately send someone to arrest Xu Xinnian and bring him back to the Yamen for interrogation. You must seize him before the Criminal Department... Send someone to notify Xu Yinluo."

.............

Xu Mansion.

It was a warm spring day, and Xu New Year asked someone to place his desk under the shade of a tree. The sunlight filtered through the branches and leaves, dappled on the desk, the book, and his handsome face.

On hand are tea cups and pastries.

Auntie took the sisters Xu Lingyue and Xu Lingyin, as well as Lina who was staying at home, and were preparing to go out to play.

Lina saw Xu New Year under the tree and praised generously: "Xu Erlang is so handsome. If he were in our tribe, the women would beat him to death."

Auntie suddenly became vigilant, as if she had seen a sow trying to grab her own cabbage.

Is this little black guy from southern Xinjiang hinting that she is interested in Erlang? Bah, wishful thinking, a toad wants to eat swan meat.

Auntie gave Lina a look with her beautiful eyes and urged: "It's getting late, let's go out early."

I didn’t bring any retinue with me on this trip, and a hundred retinues couldn’t be compared to a little black man from southern Xinjiang. The strength of the little black man was proven by Uncle Xu and Xu Dalang.

My aunt also witnessed Xiao Heipi crushing a fist-sized stone into powder easily.

Lina immediately forgot about the handsome Xu Erlang and walked out in a hurry. She couldn't wait to visit Dafeng Capital.

When I was in southern Xinjiang, I often heard the elders in the tribe talk about Dafengjing, the most prosperous city in the world.

"This damn girl eats too much and has evil thoughts about my son. I have to find a way to drive her away..." Auntie thought to herself secretly.

This foreign woman falling from the sky aroused my aunt's xenophobic thoughts.

She was planning how to drive away the foreign women, when she saw a group of officers and soldiers rushing in, pushing the concierge Lao Zhang to the ground, and heading straight for the inner courtyard.

The leading catcher held the portrait in his hand, compared it, pointed at Xu New Year who was reading under the shade of a tree, and shouted: "This person is Xu New Year, take it down."

"Who are you? Why are you arresting my second son?" The aunt was shocked. Out of a protective mentality, she did not hesitate and stood in front of the officers and soldiers with her eyebrows raised.

"You dare to stop the Criminal Department from arresting someone? Take them away together!" The head catcher waved his hand and ordered his men to arrest my aunt.

Two officers immediately stepped forward, took out the rope and put it over Auntie's head.

"boom!"

Lina took a step forward and gently pushed the chests of the two officers. "Ah..." With two screams, the officers flew out and fell to pieces.

Clang!

The officers all drew their swords and pointed them at Lina. The little barbarian girl from Southern Xinjiang licked her lips and was a little excited. She could kill all these people within ten breaths.

Auntie hid behind Lina as if in shock, suddenly realizing that this little black guy was so reliable and worth relying on.

"stop."

Xu New Year scolded him, put down his book and walked over. He glanced at the officials with cold eyes and said in a deep voice:

"I am Huiyuan, and I have a great reputation. If you break into my mansion without permission and use your sword recklessly, this is a serious crime."

At this time, the two officers who were beaten away rubbed their chests and stood up. Seeing that there was nothing unusual about them, the headman thought for a moment, put away the knife, took out a card, and said:

"We followed the order of the Ministry of Punishment to take Xu Huiyuan back to the Yamen for questioning."

Xu New Year frowned and said, "What did Xu do?"

"Xu Huiyuan comes with us and we will find out." The catcher waved his hand and shouted: "Take him away."

Lina was about to take action, but Xu Xinnian stopped her. He greeted the official from the Ministry of Punishment: "I'll go with you."

Auntie and Xu Lingyue chased her outside the house until the official escorted Xu Xinnian and disappeared at the street corner.

Lina whispered: "Is Xu Erlang also grabbing money?"

She knew that if she robbed money, she would be caught by the officers and soldiers.

At this time, the concierge Lao Zhang brought Xu New Year's horse and said: "Madam, Miss, I will send someone to inform the master right now."

Auntie and Xu Lingyue turned around at the same time and shouted: "Go find Dalang (eldest brother)."

............

"What? Officials from the Ministry of Punishment came to the house to arrest Erlang?"

In the yamen of the watchman, Xu Qian was stunned when he received the news, a little caught off guard.

"Da Lang, please think of a solution quickly. My wife and young lady are so anxious that they are crying." The son of the concierge Lao Zhang looked anxious.

"Why arrest?"

Lao Zhang's son shook his head and said: "Suddenly a group of officers and soldiers rushed in, pushed my father to the ground, grabbed Erlang and left."

"I understand, you go back first." Xu Qian ordered: "Tell aunt and Lingyue not to worry, I will handle this matter."

"Da Lang, you have to go back and tell them in person," said the son of the concierge Lao Zhang.

Xu Qian nodded and waved him away. He sat at the table and pondered for a moment. He got up and left Yidaotang. He planned to visit the Criminal Department to find out why the Criminal Department wanted to arrest Xu Erlang.

"It's not like the Minister of the Ministry of Justice is deliberately looking for trouble to vent his anger on his niece. If that's the case, it would be easier to solve. Erlang has a reputation, and ordinary trivial matters can't do anything to him...

"But the way the big men in the court behave, even if they are venting their anger on their niece, they will not arrest people without reason. They must have grasped the handle and are sure that one hit will hit, and then they take action.

"So, Erlang must have gotten into something, but I don't know yet..."

Thinking in his mind, he left the yard and was about to turn to the stable to fetch the young mare when he saw Lu Qing, the chief catcher of the government office, hurriedly entering the yard with two fast men.

"Master Xu."

When the two sides met head-on, Lu Qing's face showed joy, which was replaced by anxiety, and he said repeatedly: "The governor asked me to inform you that Xu Huiyuan is in trouble."

"I know that he was taken away by people from the Criminal Department not long ago." Xu Qian nodded calmly.

"It seems that the people from the Ministry of Punishment are a step ahead." Lu Qing sighed.

"Captain Lu, please come in. I have something to ask."

Xu Qian gave up the idea of ​​going to the stable and led Lu Qing back to Yidaotang.

Lu Qing took the tea offered by the officials, took a symbolic sip, and said straight to the point: "Your Majesty has issued an order to investigate Xu Huiyuan's imperial examination fraud."

The words "imperial examination fraud" made Xu Qian's eyebrows jump.

It is true that Erlang's song "Traveling is Difficult" was given to him by me, but does this count as fraud in the imperial examination? I was the one who won the examination questions. The imperial court did not support this kind of thing, but it has never prohibited it. It is common among scholars.

Strictly speaking, the custom of answering questions is not considered cheating... No, the question itself is not cheating.

Xu Qi'an smelled the atmosphere of conspiracy and said solemnly: "Your Majesty wants to investigate?"

Lu Qing glanced at the officials in the hall and said in a low voice: "I don't know, so Sir Xu, don't make any assumptions."

"I made a mistake."

But this point is very important. If Emperor Yuan Jing wanted to marry Erlang, it would be difficult to deal with it. Erlang's future would be almost ruined. If the goods belong to the emperor's family, if the emperor's family doesn't want them, then the scholar will be useless...

.Xu Qianxin said.

"Thank you, Mr. Lu, for reminding me. I am eager to deal with this matter and cannot keep you here."

"Master Xu, please give me one as a gift." Lu Qingyi pointed out.

The two left Yidaotang and walked side by side outside the mansion. Lu Qing lowered his voice and said:

"Master Xu, it's best to go to the Criminal Department. Once a person is in the hands of the Criminal Department, he can be manipulated by others. If it's too late, I'm afraid everything will happen. That's all."

Lu Qing has been practicing martial arts since he was a child and has served in government offices for many years. He has seen many similar cases and is fully aware of the tricks in the officialdom.

After sending Lu Qing away, Xu Qian turned around and entered Haoqi Tower to ask for help from Wei Yuan.

His intuition told him that this matter was not that simple. There were intrigues and intrigues in the officialdom. He lacked experience and his rank was not high enough. Fortunately, he had a thick leg to hug.

After entering the Haoqi Tower and the tea room, Xu Qi'an told Wei Yuan about the matter and asked for help: "Please teach me, Mr. Wei."

Wei Yuan held the teacup and muttered: "I didn't receive a notice from the palace, which means that Your Majesty doesn't want me to know, at least he doesn't want me to know immediately."

Xu Qian's expression changed: "Your Majesty wants to mess with me?"

"This word is so vulgar." Wei Yuan said with disgust, then shook his head: "You Xu family brothers are not qualified enough to be punished by His Majesty himself. You should be impeached.

"As for the purpose, first of all, according to the examples of previous imperial examination fraud cases, since it is fraud, there must be an examiner leaking the questions. This spring, the three examiners are Zhao Tingfang from Dongge University, Liu Hong, the censor of Youdu, and Wu Ying
To be continued...