Originally, there were still some people in the shop on the street, but when they saw the show of force, even the diners at the food stalls who had just called out ran away as soon as they lost their money.
In the past six months, the capital has not been very peaceful, many things have happened one after another, and the people's mentality has long been different from the previous years.
At that time, no matter whether there were gangsters or monsters outside the capital, no gangster or monster dared to cause trouble in the capital.
Even monsters cannot enter the capital.
This kind of calmness comes from the strong confidence that a long-term stable life has brought to the people.
But now it doesn't work.
In the past half year or so, there have been many incidents of monsters causing trouble in the capital.
When it first happened, few people dared to believe it, but as more and more weird things happened, fewer and fewer people now dared to go out at night, especially on rainy nights.
Most of them are people who are strong or do not believe in evil.
But even if these people are not afraid of monsters, they are very afraid of the Imperial City Division.
Dozens of horsemen galloped past, and immediately the birds and beasts dispersed in the place they passed, and passers-by hurried home. It had a clearing effect, and the whole street fell silent.
However, Ma Shunde, who was leading the gallop, was not in the mood to pay attention to what the people thought and did. He led the team forward. There were patrol nails from Shuntian Prefecture standing between the squares, checking the occasional passers-by. When they saw this behavior, they immediately gave way.
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Tiqi galloped through the rain and soon arrived at the door of the restaurant where the accident occurred.
As soon as he got off his horse, a fan rushed over and knelt down on one knee in front of Ma Shunde: "I've seen the Governor!"
"Have they all been arrested?" Ma Shunde wiped the rain off his face and asked in his first sentence.
As long as everyone is caught, the situation is still under control.
Na Fanzi hurriedly replied: "Go back to the Governor and arrest them all, but..."
"But what?" Ma Shunde asked sharply.
"However, when our people arrived, most of the people present fled, and only the shopkeeper and the clerk were left."
"Damn it!" Ma Shunde was furious and whipped him, only to hear a crack and a red mark from his face to his chest. He shuddered in pain, but he knelt up straight, not even daring to say anything.
"They all escaped. There was no night ban at that time. I'm afraid the news has been leaked. How can I say they were arrested? Doesn't this mean that nothing was caught?"
Hearing this answer, Ma Shunde's nose was almost twisted with anger.
"Close the city gates immediately and block off the night streets!" Ma Shunde roared: "Check, check to the end! Check to the bottom!"
"If people run away again, they won't be found out! Don't want any of the things around your necks! Come with us and lie in the graves!"
Fanzi, who was frightened by Ma Shunde's roar, immediately kowtowed and responded: "Yes, this is what I will do!"
Northwest corner of the capital·At the same time
An oxcart stopped at the roadside. The people in the oxcart signaled to the driver that he did not need to follow. After getting out of the oxcart, he held an oil-paper umbrella and walked toward an alley.
The alley is not small, but there seem to be only a dozen households living here.
The people who live in this area are not very powerful, nor are they ordinary people. Ordinary people live their lives. At night, except when eating, they rarely use oil lamps. At night, they will blow the lamp to sleep.
Behind the doors of these houses, there are faint lights, and some even have the sound of strings and bamboos, which seems to be a banquet, and the sound of this man's footsteps echoes in the alley.
Walking to the innermost part of the alley, there was also light coming from the crack in the door.
"Bah bang bang!"
The man holding the oil-paper umbrella walked forward and knocked on the door gently. The faint sound coming from inside was just a pause, and then there were footsteps approaching from far away. When he reached the inside of the door, a voice asked: "Who?"
"Lao Yang, it's me, Liang Yuyin." The man outside the door replied in a deep voice.
The people inside didn't say anything, but after a moment, the closed wooden door was opened from the inside.
A bookish-looking man came out. He looked up and saw the person under the umbrella. Their eyes met and they were speechless for a moment.
I think that back then, everyone was wearing clothes, bowing to each other, and calling each other, so happy, but now, it's just one day at a time.
There is not much time for awkward silence, whoever breaks the atmosphere (this chapter is not finished yet!)
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appeared.
A boy of fourteen or fifteen years old walked up to the man who came out.
Liang Yuyin was slightly surprised. He had never seen this young man before. Judging from his age, could he be Lao Yang's nephew? But he had never heard of Lao Yang having such an old nephew.
Seeing his expression, you knew what he was thinking. The man who greeted him said, "This is my distant nephew."
Then he said: "If it rains, come in first."
When Liang Yuyin walked in, she realized that there was a woman busy inside, the door was open, the hall was brightly lit, and bags and bags were piled on the ground.
Are you leaving?
He immediately looked at the person next to him. When the man saw this, he did not hide it and explained: "I have given up my official position now, and I will never use it again. I don't want to be an official, and I want to save money, so I sent all the servants away."
I leave my distant nephew to take care of the housework."
After a pause, he continued: "We are planning to return home."
The officials who live in this area basically don't have much savings, and they don't have many servants. Now that they have resigned from office, they naturally cannot afford to support idle people.
The two of them stood under the eaves, Liang Yuyin also put away his umbrella, looking at Yang Min beside him, with a very complicated mood.
He didn't know how to say what he wanted to say, especially when he saw that Yang Min was in such a state of desolation and had to leave the capital and return to his hometown, he felt even more uncomfortable.
"Don't you hate me?" Liang Yuyin asked after a long time.
Before he came here, he had a lot of speculations.
Or they speculated that as soon as Yang Min saw his face, he would spit on him or directly punch him.
Or maybe he couldn't even get through the door, so Yang Min just refused to see him, leaving him behind.
He thought about these speculations over and over in his mind, but he didn't expect Yang Min to be so calm.
Even if you are facing yourself, you can be so calm. Don't you hate yourself?
It was him who reported the fraud and implicated the examiner from the 18th room.
Yang Min did not answer immediately, but looked at the rain dripping under the eaves, not knowing what she was thinking. After a while, she heard the sound.
"I hate you, but thinking about it, I shouldn't hate you."
"It's not like you are engaging in this fraud. Even if I hate you, I'm just deceiving myself and others. I just hate that you can escape unscathed."
"It's a pity that my wife and daughter have only lived a good life for a few years, and now..."
Having said this, the speaker fell silent again.
The person who asked the question also remained silent and said nothing more.
You can only hear the rain on the eaves falling down together with the rain in the courtyard, hitting the ground with a pattering sound.
The plain whiteness gives rise to a sense of desolation.
I don't know how long it took, but a woman's low voice came from inside the house, which seemed to wake them up.
Liang Yuyin thought of his purpose, took out a banknote from his sleeve pocket, and handed it to the person next to him in silence.
Yang Min beside him did not refuse or say anything. He looked at Liang Yuyin and silently took the banknote.
When I looked down, I saw a silver note worth one hundred taels.
For ordinary people, a hundred taels of silver is enough to return to their hometown, buy a piece of land in their hometown, and live a relatively prosperous life.
Liang Yuyin said in a low voice: "Although the emperor said it will never be used again, it is only temporary. There are many changes in this world, as long as you can wait. This is the way it is now, but it may not happen in the future. If you wait a few more years, maybe everything will be fine."
It’s all different.”
This statement does indeed make sense, but unless there is a big change and a new king takes over the throne, they will generally not be overturned for this kind of imperial examination fraud. This is different from other cases.
So if this is the case, just listen to it. If you really take it seriously, it will often end in disappointment.
After Yang Min heard this, he really didn't take it to heart. However, after he was dismissed and even added the attributive "never to be used", the relatives, friends, and officials who had originally sent greetings all dispersed with a bang. Can you not be tired?
If you fall, you are considered to have cultivated yourself.
Liang Yuyin came over specially at this time and gave him a banknote. Yang Min looked at Liang Yuyin with complicated eyes.
"Maybe." Yang Min nodded and collected the banknote.
"You guys keep busy, I'm leaving." The purpose of coming has been achieved, Liang Yuyin continues to stay (this chapter is not finished yet!)
Chapter 984 Rumors
Coming down would only embarrass both parties, which was unnecessary, so Liang Yuyin just said goodbye in a low voice and turned to leave.
Seeing that Liang Yuyin was about to leave, Yang Min was a little hesitant. He suddenly said when Liang Yuyin turned around: "Have you heard the rumors?"
"What?"
Rumors, what rumors?
Liang Yuyin was a little surprised that Yang Min suddenly said such a sentence to him. Not only why did he have gossip thoughts at this time, but also because he was not an ordinary person after all, and he could still show such an expression because of rumors?
There are so many rumors in the capital that if there aren't a hundred of them a day, it won't be a big deal. What kind of rumor is this that makes Yang Min mention it in particular?
Liang Yuyin's surprised look confirmed that he didn't know anything.
Yang Min took two steps forward, leaned into Liang Yuyin's ear, and whispered: "It's about the emperor, the prince and the grandson."
As soon as he heard this, Liang Yuyin's heart trembled. After passing the imperial examination, he had completely joined the grandson's boat. This was related to his wealth, life and future, so he must not ignore it.
Turning around immediately, Yang Min was faced with the matter, but he hesitated a little. He didn't speak for a while. After a long time, he seemed to have finally made up his mind. He leaned close to Liang Yuyin's ear and whispered: "Brother Liang..."
"It's night time now, so it's better. Not long ago, there were rumors outside that someone from Prince Shu's palace got drunk and told the truth."
At this point, Yang Min shuddered and stopped talking.
Liang Yuyin suddenly felt an ominous feeling that something big was about to happen. He couldn't help but look around and listened to Yang Min continue to speak.
"Rumors say that the reason why the whole family of the prince was exterminated was because the emperor was about to reach the end of his life and wanted to use the prince's heart to make an elixir, thus giving him nearly twenty years of life."
The words were spoken in fragments, and the voice was trembling.
"Now that the emperor's life is coming to an end again, that's why he has appointed his grandson. As in the past, he will take his grandson's heart and make elixirs, so as to win immortality..."
These words hit Liang Yuyin's ears word by word, and with a "bang", Liang Yuyin was completely blown away.
The two looked at each other, and both saw the other's extremely pale, frightened face.
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