naruto-story 197 offended people who shouldn’t be offended
197 offended people who shouldn’t be offended
The children of the Bai family achieved very good rankings in the spring examination. At that time, rumors spread throughout the capital, saying that the Bai family bribed the imperial censor to know the test questions in advance, so they could write articles that were so smooth that people were amazed.
At that time, the fraud case was handed over to the Ministry of Rites for thorough investigation. The Minister of Rites reviewed it together with all the examiners. During many joint reviews, the Tixue Censor insisted that he had not accepted bribes, let alone leaked the examination questions. The court had no direct evidence. The Ministry of Rites Since he had an inseparable relationship with King Li, the matter was left undisturbed, and only a few officials were dismissed symbolically.
I thought the matter would be over here, but when the Ministry of Rites was preparing for spring this year, someone brought up the old matter again, accusing the Bai family of bribery.
In fact, in Beichu, before the exam, candidates give the examiners some specialties and exotic gadgets. This is a trick that everyone uses in private. This is not to inquire about the exam questions, but because the candidates’ names are not sealed on the examination papers to prevent the examiners from spreading rumors. The rumors are directed at the examinees themselves, who do not mark the papers properly and put themselves in small shoes.
There was once an examiner who was amazed by his literary talent and invited him to his home. He thought he would be a suave and modest gentleman, but after meeting and talking, he found out that he was an arrogant and unattractive young man.His verbal conflict angered the examiner, who deliberately wrote his name at the end.
"The descendants of the Bai family have studied hard and are worthy of their position. We will never allow anyone to slander our Bai family, ruin our reputation, and ruin our family tradition!"
Bai Yifeng coughed several times angrily.
Bai Zihua hurriedly stepped forward and handed over a glass of water, and asked in embarrassment: "Grandpa, if the eldest brother was here, he would definitely have something to do, but now the eldest brother is ill and has not woken up until now. Moreover, this time it was the Ministry of Rites and Wu Desi who jointly I’m afraid it will be difficult to handle the case.”
"I have raised them in vain for so many years, and they are not used at critical moments."
After several people discussed it, Bai Zihua went to the Office of the Minister of Rites with gifts to meet the Minister of Rites. Bai Zhiya took the maid to the Wude Department to ask for an audience with Guan Di. After waiting for most of the day, both of them returned without success and were rejected.
When the two returned home, the housekeeper anxiously said that the master had been taken away.
It turned out that the Ministry of Rites and the Department of Wude jointly investigated the Chunwei fraud case, and the inspector Yushi led people to specially investigate the Bai family's properties in various places. When searching the Bai family's Zhuangzi outside the capital, several Bai family servants copied The guy started a fight with the censor who was overseeing the censor. The censor had several petty officials who had lived in the market since they were young. They understood the lingo they spoke among themselves and determined that this group of people were from the bandits and kidnappers.
After several people were arrested and tortured, it was discovered that the Bai family, the dignified officials of the imperial court, had colluded with bandits and bandits, as well as Hualou. The Bai family was inseparable from the cases of kidnapping young children and girls that had caused a sensation in the capital.
As soon as the news came out, Xuan Zheng was furious and asked the censor to investigate the matter thoroughly.
At this point, the situation of the Bai family has become even worse.
"No! The master is in jail!"
Originally, the housekeeper and others thought that the master was being taken for questioning and would come back soon. After all, although the Bai family was not powerful in the capital, most people did not dare to offend him. Why was he imprisoned? !
The housekeeper's eyes were so frightened that he couldn't stand still. Now there was no one in the family who could make the decision, and the whole family was in chaos.
"Brother, is he awake?"
Bai Zihua asked eagerly. It was his eldest brother who had to make the decision on such a big thing. He wanted to send some money to the prison to save his grandfather from suffering. He was old, not to mention being tortured. He just spent a night in the dark and damp place of the prison. , it would cost him half his life.
The housekeeper shook his head helplessly: "Second Young Master, do you want to go to Prince Li's Mansion and ask for permission from Prince Li?"
Bai Zihua smiled bitterly, the Bai family was originally King Li's pawn, but now that King Li had just been punished by His Majesty and couldn't protect himself, how could he stand up for the Bai family?
"Go and call the doctor. Let's see when the elder brother will wake up."
Bai Zihua thought about it and finally decided to go to the government office with the money. When he arrived at the government office, the people in the government office said that a court official like Bai Yifeng had been taken away by people from Wudesi. He was shocked and hurriedly returned. Went to Wudesi with the money.
When he arrived at the Wude Division, Bai Zihua spent money on everything. In the end, he didn't even see the face of Guan Di, the commander of the Wude Division. It was the officials around him who said that the Minister of Rites, the Supervisory Censor, and the commander were interrogating him in person. , if there is a result, if he is not guilty, he will be released.
Bai Zihua euphemistically said that the Bai family was willing to pay and just wanted him to meet the old man.
The clerk shook his head in embarrassment: "Mr. Bai, I shouldn't have said this to you, so you can take care of yourself."
Bai Zihua sighed with his head drooping. Now it seems that he can only wait. This time, the Bai family is really in trouble.
In the Wude Division, Bai Yifeng did not plead guilty. No matter who asked, he said that the Bai family had never done these things. Even if he was related to the Bai family, it was done by low-level slaves without telling the master. And the number of those slaves Many of them were sold by Ren Yazi. It is impossible to verify what they have done one by one.
Three days later, Bai Yifeng was released, and Bai Zinian and Bai Zihua went to pick up the old man.
Even though Bai Zinian had resentment towards him, his heart still tightened when he saw his old face.
Different from the high-spirited, majestic, dignified and courageous man he usually was at home, at this moment Bai Yifeng was a skinny and exhausted little old man. His eyes were sunken and dull, and his dry gray hair was scattered randomly on his face. Behind his head, the apricot-colored brocade clothes on his body were so wrinkled and dirty that the lines on them could no longer be seen clearly.
His legs were weak and he could barely walk with the help of Bai Zinian and Bai Zihua.
Bai Zihua wanted to ask his grandfather how he became like this, and he also wanted to go to the Wude Department to argue, but he was stopped by Bai Zinian's eyes.
He can understand without asking.
He was interrogated in a dark prison for several days in a row. He had neither a mouthful of good food nor a mouthful of hot water. He was highly concentrated and had to think twice about every word he said. He was afraid that if he said the wrong thing, he would harm the entire Bai family. From time to time, he would be tortured. Intimidation and fright, let alone an old man whose body is about to be buried, even a young man in his prime cannot bear it.
"The Bai family stretched their hands too far and offended people they shouldn't have offended..."
Bai Yifeng only said this sentence, his eyes full of regret, and then his vision went dark and he fainted.
The two hurriedly urged the carriage to return to the house quickly. When they arrived at the house, the doctor checked Bai Yifeng's pulse. After a moment of silence, he sighed and shook his head.
"How about it?"
Bai Yifeng lay on the bed, groaning in pain, frowning tightly, having difficulty breathing and was very painful.
"The master has been in a rage a while ago, and his liver energy has been stagnant, which has already hurt his heart. Recently, such a big thing happened. After staying in a cold and damp prison for several days, his mood also fluctuated, which has already hurt his heart." The doctor sighed. Take a breath.