"It is my great fortune to meet the two members of the Su family today. I wish you both a bright and prosperous future!"
Mr. Luo took a step forward and bowed his hands to the two newly promoted candidates, with a kind look on his face.
"I would like to borrow Mr. Luo's kind words." Su Yizhao and Su Yijue responded politely.
Su Yizhao looked at Mr. Luo without any trace. He was already in his forties, but his temples had a few strands of silver.
While Su Yizhao was sizing him up, Mr. Luo was also sizing up Su Yizhao.
This boy has been famous in Beiyuan Mansion for a long time, who still doesn't know that he is called a child prodigy?
However, Mr. Luo originally thought that Su Yizhao was only talented in reading, but now he realized that Su Yizhao was also very good at strategy.
Su Yizhao stood at the door to greet him, and guests came to congratulate him from time to time. As a newly promoted official and a junior, he naturally wanted to attend the ceremony.
Mr. Luo didn't say anything. He just looked at Su Yizhao and then whispered to him.
"At the end of the Shen Dynasty, I would like to invite the young master to a banquet at Wangxian Tower."
Su Yizhao nodded slightly but did not refuse.
Welcoming the guests and sending them off, I chose an auspicious time to send the money, and I was so busy that my feet didn't even touch the floor.
After sending the official to rest, Su Yizhao took a quick look and found that it was already late.
Today is just the first day, and there will be a lot of excitement in the house next.
Until the end of the banquet, all the gifts that should be given have been delivered, but the posts from the cultural gathering will come like snowflakes later.
Su Yijue had a happy face and walked with a breeze.
"Fifth brother is in a good mood!" Su Yizhao was just about to rest for a while when he heard Kikyo reporting that Su Yijue was here.
"People feel refreshed when happy events happen! What, you're not happy?"
Su Yijue did not hide his joy. He was selected at a young age. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a young talent, right?
"Of course I am happy, especially after the imperial examination fraud case." Su Yizhao said with a smile.
She poured a bowl of tea for Su Yijue from the small clay stove. The weather was getting colder and winter was about to begin.
Winter comes extremely early in the North, and it's already halfway through September.
Speaking of this, Su Yijue's face became serious.
"Just when I was about to tell you about this, the fourth prince sent someone to report to my second uncle, saying that Bachelor Ren committed suicide in prison."
Su Yizhao was stunned for a moment, then put the teapot back on the small clay stove.
"It was expected." Su Yizhao sighed. Ren Shulin should have thought of his ending before.
Things don’t get done, and there are seniors and young children in the family, how do you survive?
"He left a blood letter before his death, saying that he had a personal enmity with our Su family, so he acted like this." Su Yijue sneered.
"Private vendetta? Who would believe this? Our Su family has never had any contact with their family. We can't even fight each other. How can we have a personal vendetta? Now that there is no evidence, it is difficult to continue the investigation."
How could Su Yizhao not know the stakes involved? Who among the people in this court is not a human being? The fourth prince will definitely not dig deeper. The chief minister has a high position, so what is the benefit of offending him?
Now that the prince is declining, if the emperor is really disappointed with the prince, won't opportunities come for those princes?
There is no need to think about how a powerful minister or an old man who is about to become an official should choose.
If he could win over the chief minister through this, it would be just a matter of favor for the fourth prince.
"Master Qi didn't know, he is innocent. As for other fellow examiners, those people were not directly involved, but they didn't dare to say anything!"
The outcome of the matter was as Su Yizhao expected, and this was the final outcome.
"Where is Lin Jiaoyu? There will be a deer-crowing banquet in five days. He doesn't have to be in a hurry to go back this time, right?" Su Yizhao asked.
Lin Jiaoyu had been lured and threatened before. He was just a Jiaoyu from the Confucian Academy. How could he compete with those court officials?
So I hurriedly went home to visit my old mother on the pretext that she was ill.
Now that this matter is back on track, Lin Jiaoyu should be able to participate in the Lu Ming Banquet.
Unexpectedly, Su Yijue shook his head and said, "He went back, but before he left, he sent a letter to you."
In fact, Su Yijue was very curious as to why Lin Jiaoyu suddenly returned that day to testify for Su Yizhao?
If Lin Jiaoyu was really not afraid of power, then it would be impossible for him to leave early.
"Lin Jiaoyu has been a scholar all his life. He is a good man and a gentleman. How many people can resist the temptation of power and money? Although he struggled, he stuck to his heart."
Su Yizhao sighed with emotion, and then took the letter.
First came greetings, then congratulations.
"I reviewed Young Master's article that day, and I was very happy to see you. I thought you were the only one who could solve the problem this time, but I didn't want to create complications later. However, in the end, justice was brought to justice for Young Master, and I am very pleased."
Lin Jiao's letters are all about complaining for Su Yizhao and alluding to the current world, which is unfair at all.
"If you hadn't been clever and had evidence, how could you have turned the tide? If you really ruined your official career, would there be any reason for reasoning in this world? The person behind it has sinister intentions and wants to ruin your future. It's really an unforgivable crime.
."
Lin Jiaoyu's letter was sharp in words and full of dissatisfaction with the current dynasty.
Perhaps the incident involving Su Yizhao reminded Lin Jiaoyu of his eldest son. Back then, his eldest son was framed by an adulterer and was dismissed from office.
Now the eldest son cannot even enter a Confucian school and can only work as a teacher in a small private school in the countryside.
Su Yijue waited for Su Yizhao to finish reading the letter, and then asked her curiosity.
"Why does he want to help you? Is it just because he can't stand the cheating in the imperial examination? But he is just a small tutor, how dare he confront Ren Shulin?"
"He also has scruples. Even though he is angry about it, he still has weaknesses. How could he ignore it?"
Su Yizhao shook his head and looked at the last paragraph again.
"If you can't do it, then let it go! Just a few decades have passed by in a flash, where can't you live?"
Su Yizhao knew that Lin Jiaoyu was afraid that he would not be able to do it, because he just said this! After all, he still felt that he was too young to help him.
However, this can better highlight Lin Jiaoyu's noble sentiments. Even if Su Yizhao cannot do what he promised, he is still willing to help.
Not for anything else, just for my heart.
"Why is that?" Su Yijue didn't give up and asked again.
Su Yizhao had nothing to hide, "At that time, someone gave me a lavish gift, but he did not accept it. He told me afterwards that he was not hesitant at that time, but he did not want to become someone he hated."
Su Yijue nodded, "Lin Jiaoyu has a noble character and is indeed a gentleman."
"Fifth brother, do you still remember his eldest son Lin Taiwen? This man was originally the magistrate of Heyuan County. He was dismissed from office four years ago for colluding with salt bandits and selling illegal salt."
Su Yijue suddenly realized, "It's him? I've read the imperial newspaper about this, and there are only a few words in it. This person has only been in office for more than a year, and eight thousand taels of dirty silver were found from the mansion for accepting bribes. The circumstances are not too serious.
, so he was only dismissed from office and not severely punished."