Liu Ruoqiu hesitated for a moment, stood up and wanted to leave first.
She had also learned some rules these days, and naturally understood that what the young man she accidentally saved was going to say was probably not a trivial matter, and she really shouldn't be here to listen.
As for the imperial court, even if I have never seen it with my own eyes, I have heard some dramas in the countryside before. How can there be any small things?
Seeing her hesitation, Luo Junyao waved his hand and said, "Miss Liu Er, don't worry. Since you saved him, it's fate. If this young master doesn't mind, it's okay for you to listen."
Liu Ruoqiu went to see the young man again, and the young man said, "I have nothing to tell anyone, I'm afraid it will taint the girl's ears."
Hearing this, Liu Ruoqiu sat back again. She really wanted to know what could have caused such a young man to be hunted down in such a panic, and he was even willing to risk his own future to sue. You must know that disrupting the imperial examination is a capital crime.
, even if he wins the lawsuit, he will still be punished, and his future may be ruined.
Since the person involved doesn't mind, she naturally doesn't have to avoid it.
The young man knelt on the ground and took out a crumpled white cloth that was obviously stained with blood. He presented it with both hands and said, "Please take a look at it, Princess."
There was no maid in the flower hall at this time, so Liu Ruoqiu stood up and took it and handed it to Luo Junyao.
Luo Junyao unfolded it and saw that the blood stains on the white cloth were dark red and even slightly brown. It was obvious that a lot of time had passed.
It was a letter written in blood, with blood-stained signatures and handprints on it.
Luo Junyao unfolded it and looked at it, the expression on his face became more and more solemn, and his brows were furrowed with a hint of chilling.
This young man had only heard that the regent had married General Luo's daughter when he first arrived, and had no idea what Luo Junyao's personality was like. When he first met Luo Junyao, he was very beautiful but looked like a delicate and delicate girl. He was really a little disappointed.
However, his affairs are really important, and with his status and ability, it is difficult for him to enter the city now, let alone meet a big shot like the Regent?
Today, God opened his eyes and allowed him to meet the Princess Regent. Such an opportunity is really rare but cannot be sought. Therefore, he wanted to try his best and handed the blood letter to Luo Junyao.
But when he saw Luo Junyao's cold and solemn face, he felt a little hope rising in his heart.
Luo Junyao quickly finished reading the bloody book. She folded the things carefully and put them on the table next to her. She looked at the young man and said, "What is said in this is true? Do you know...slandering high-ranking officials and meritorious deeds of the imperial court should be punished
What crime?"
The young man leaned down and knocked on the ground and said: "Student Chen Xun, whose courtesy name is Yuanhong, is a Juren in Guangxian County, Qingzhou. He complained to the Governor of Qingzhou, Cao Mian, that he colluded with the Fang family of Yingzhou to commit adultery, robbed civilian girls, forced girls into prostitution, bullied students, and abused them.
Imprisoning teachers and students in prisons, setting fires and killing people, please ask the princess to make the decision! If there are any untruths, the students are willing to bear all the consequences and will be cut into pieces without any complaints."
Luo Mingxiang, who was sitting next to him, was also startled after hearing this.
Governor of Qingzhou? He is one of the thirteen most powerful local officials in Dasheng. If what this young man said is true, I am afraid it will be another huge case.
Luo Junyao frowned and said nothing. The blood letter handed over by the young man was finally signed by the teachers and students of Yunhai Academy. There were seven or eight names signed on it and all had their thumbprints, including Chen Xun's name.
It said that a student of Yunhai Academy accidentally broke into the story of the governor's servants selling Qingzhou folk girls to Yingzhou, so he was hunted down by the governor's palace. In order to hunt down the student, the governor's office sent troops to surround Yunhai Academy and even set fire to the academy.
It was burned down, and many students died as a result. Many students and teachers in the academy were arrested, and only a few escaped. But the officials in Qingzhou did not dare to care about this matter. A gentleman took two students with him.
He went to the Yamen to complain and never returned. The remaining students and teachers jointly wrote several blood letters, and those who escaped each took a copy with them to the capital.
It is not known whether anyone else has arrived in the capital in advance, but Chen Xun was found near the capital after going through many hardships in hiding. If he hadn't happened to meet Liu Ruoqiu today, his life would have been in danger.
Luo Jun said: "You are injured, get up first."
Chen Xun hesitated for a moment before standing up and said, "Thank you, Princess."
"How many of you are there in total?" Luo Junyao asked.
Chen Xundao: "There were eight people who signed the blood letter. Except for one gentleman who was too old to travel far away, there were seven people in total. We all disguised ourselves and left Qingzhou, and we never met again on the road. The student was lucky, and the county magistrate was kind and gracious to the student.
With a fake road guide, the student was lucky enough to leave Qingzhou. However, his whereabouts were leaked somewhere on the road. When he was still dozens of miles away from Shangyong, he vaguely felt that he was being watched. The student managed to follow a family that looked like
It was a very wealthy team, and those people were probably afraid of causing trouble, so they did not take action. However, the family did not go into the city, and they parted ways outside the city."
Luo Junyao nodded. This Chen Xunneng who came all the way to Shangyong was not only courageous but also a bit quick-witted and lucky.
Luo Junyao asked: "Do you know...who is the Governor of Qingzhou?"
Chen Xun gritted his teeth and said: "Students know that Cao Mian, the governor of Qingzhou, once followed Emperor Gaozu to pacify the world and was canonized as Wen Dinghou by the late emperor. His wife was the sister of Feng Yuan, the minister of Taichang Temple, and the in-law of Liao Wei, the official minister.
, his second son married Mr. Liao’s youngest daughter.”
Luo Junyao said: "You really know it very well."
Chen Xun cupped his hands and said: "Although I don't know if there are other classmates who have reached Shangyong, since the students are lucky enough to reach Shangyong, they have no intention of looking back. I only hope that the prince and princess will make the decision for Yunhai Academy and the people of Qingzhou!"
"Shake." Luo Mingxiang looked at Luo Junyao worriedly, reminding her to be careful.
This incident indeed has a great impact, and the waves it will cause will probably not be much smaller than what happened at the end of last year.
Nowadays, when those scholars are displeased with the Princess Regent, they may accidentally fall into what they say.
Luo Junyao smiled sweetly and said, "Don't worry, big sister, I know what I know." After saying that, he looked sideways at Liu Ruoqiu and said with some embarrassment, "It seems that I have caused trouble for Miss Liu." She did not expect that such a thing would happen.
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Liu Ruoqiu shook her head and said: "Princess, you are serious. It should be said that I am the one who brought trouble to the princess and the eldest lady." If she and Mr. Chen had not escaped here, the regent princess would not have encountered such a thing. Although she did not
I understand, but I also understand that this is by no means a trivial matter.
"I'll have someone send Miss Liu back first. I'd like to ask Miss Liu to keep this matter a secret for the time being."
Liu Ruoqiu nodded in agreement, "Don't worry, Princess, I won't tell anyone else." Luo Junyao thanked him with a smile and called the people outside to come in and send Liu Ruoqiu out.
Before Liu Ruoqiu could go out, the head of the village hurriedly came in to report, "Miss Qi, there are a few people outside saying that a thief has entered our village and they want to come in and arrest them."
"Presumptuous!" Luo Mingxiang's face darkened, and he said, "Even if someone really comes in, it's our own business. Who dares to say so brazenly that he wants to come in and arrest someone?"
The head of the village shook his head and said: "I don't know, it looks like someone from out of town. They said that someone had stolen something valuable, and their people saw the thief running this way. There is only one village here, so I think
He's hiding in."
The head of the village was also a little confused. No one in the Luo family dared to make trouble. These people were obviously not familiar with the affairs among the powerful people in Shangyong.
Chen Xun's face looked a little ugly, but he gritted his teeth and said nothing.
Obviously, for a scholar, being slandered as a thief is still an angry thing.
Luo Junyao chuckled lightly and said, "Since you have lost something, why don't you report it to the official? Just break into someone else's village and arrest someone? Go and tell them that we don't have the person they want in our village, and let them look elsewhere."
Upon hearing this, Zhuangtou couldn't help but glance at Chen Xun, but he still followed his words.
Luo Junyao smiled and said to Liu Ruoqiu: "Miss Liu, it seems that it is not safe for you to go back by yourself, so you might as well leave with me for a while."
"Thank you, Princess." Liu Ruoqiu also knew that the Princess Regent meant well, so she quickly thanked her.
Because he was worried that the Xu family would come to harass him, Luo Jinxing specially sent many guards of the Luo family to protect Luo Mingxiang on Zhuangzi, so there was no need to worry about the safety on Zhuangzi. However, Luo Junyao still left two guards from the Regent's Palace, and just took Liu with him.
Ruxia and Chen Xun left together.
In fact, as long as those people know the identity of the owner of the village, they will never dare to mess around here.
After all, what the other party hopes is to seize Chen Xun quietly and eliminate this matter from sight, rather than offend the Luo family and really push this matter to the forefront.
The carriage from the Prince Regent's Palace left Luo Mingxiang's Zhuangzi and headed slowly toward the imperial city.
When they were still some distance away from the imperial city, Ling Lan, who was riding her horse outside, reported in a low voice: "Princess, there is someone blocking the road ahead."
Hearing this, the expressions of the other two people in the carriage suddenly became nervous. Luo Junyao tilted his head slightly and raised the corner of the curtain to take a look and said with a smile: "Cao Mian is really courageous to block the road on the official road."
Ling Lan said: "With Cao Mian's identity, even if he is a little out of line, as long as he has a reason to explain it, he can at most just apologize for it." The other party said that he lost his valuables and was in a hurry, which is reasonable.
The premise is that you don't stop people you shouldn't stop without keeping your eyes open.
The carriage quickly arrived. Ling Lan patted the horse and stepped forward, saying in a cold voice: "Who in front of you dares to block the official road!"
There were five or six strong middle-aged men blocking the intersection. Although they did not have weapons in their hands, Ling Lan could see at a glance that there were things hidden behind the few people standing behind. If they had not known better, they might have really
Think of him as a robber blocking the road.
These people all look like outsiders, even a bit dusty.
They had obviously been keeping an eye on Luo Mingxiang's Zhuangzi and waited until their carriage came before blocking the way. But I don't know how they were sure that the person was in the carriage and not on the Zhuangzi?
The leader stepped forward and politely held up his hands and said: "Please forgive me. The person in the girl's carriage stole my master's treasure. Please don't protect him. Please hand him over to me. My master will do it another day."
I will definitely send someone to come to express my gratitude." This person did not recognize Luo Junyao's carriage, but judging from the appearance of the carriage and the several guards riding horses with weapons behind him, his attitude in speaking was still very polite.
Although many families have bodyguards, the bodyguards who can carry swords with them in an upright manner are all from high-ranking officials and powerful families. When ordinary-level officials travel, unless they are on the Yamen honor guard, private guards are not allowed to carry swords.
"Presumptuous!" Ling Lan said with a serious look on her face: "Do you know who is in the carriage? How dare you say such nonsense!"
The leader's heart sank: Could it be that Chen Xun had such bad luck and met a noble person?
"I don't mean to offend you. I think your master is kind-hearted and was deceived by that person. There is no need to deal with such a shameless person. Please let the girl and your master know this."
Ling Lan lowered her head and listened to a few words of the princess's explanation. She stared at the man with a cold and arrogant face and said, "What if we don't give it?"
When the leader saw her like this, he knew it didn't make sense. He stopped being polite and said with a gloomy expression, "If that's the case, don't blame us for being rude."
As soon as he said these words, the few people following him immediately showed a fierce attitude.
Ling Lan sneered. The guards around the princess were all the best in the regent's palace. Although these people seemed to have some strength, they were nothing more than that. If they wanted to rob her, they would only be humiliating themselves.
Ling Lan waved her hand and commanded in a deep voice: "Take it down!"
"Yes!" As soon as he finished speaking, the guards guarding the carriage immediately dismounted and rushed toward the people on the roadside.
Those few people immediately rushed forward and fought together. However, these people were not the elite opponents of the Prince Regent's Palace, and they quickly fell behind.
The leading man gritted his teeth when he saw this, and looked at the carriage not far away.
He abandoned the enemy in front of him and flew towards the carriage.
Ling Lan raised her hand and drew her sword. Before she could swing the sword, the middle-aged man was already knocked away by a huge force before his hand even touched the curtain of the carriage.
They had seen that the carriage was elegant and beautiful, and the leading guard was a woman, so they thought that the woman sitting in the carriage must be a woman from some family. Who would have thought that it would be a master?
The middle-aged man fell heavily to the ground. He raised his head with some difficulty and saw an extremely beautiful young woman in blue getting out of the carriage.
She stood on the carriage and looked down at the people below and clapped her hands. Her clear eyes fell on the middle-aged man who was knocked out. She smiled and said: "Even your master wouldn't dare to attack me in Shangyong.
You are so courageous. Since you have such courage, I thought you were a master or a dead soldier, but it turns out it is nothing more than that."
"..." The middle-aged man was speechless, his heart suddenly sank to the bottom when he looked at the beautiful woman in front of him.
Could it be that they really bumped into someone they couldn't mess with? But such a young, beautiful and powerful woman...
The man only regretted that time was too short, and there were no other houses around the village. They really had no time to find out the identity of the owner of the village.
As a person who had just arrived in Shangyong and had not even had time to enter the city, looking at the elegant and exquisite carriage without any conspicuous logo or emblem, the man really could not guess the identity of the people in front of him.
