Hearing this, Tang Fan couldn't help frowning: "So, he also agrees that his son's death has nothing to do with Shen Kunxiu?"
Lu Lingxi shook his head: "That's not true, he said that Lin Zhen was forced to death by Shen Kunxiu, and he also said that Lin Zhen had been buried, so it should be safe to go to the ground, and the coffin must not be opened for autopsy. Brother, if you can't avenge him, he will I'm going to Beijing to beat the drums."
At the beginning of the founding of the country, Emperor Taizu had set a rule that anyone who had grievances among the people could knock on the drum to sing the grievances. The emperor had to try it in person. The emperor intervened in such a meticulous manner, but the rules of going to the drum were still passed down.
It's just that I have never heard of the common people going to beat the drums to complain about their grievances, and I have never heard of court officials going to beat the drums. No matter how small Lin Fengyuan's official position is, he is still a Ji'an prefecture. Fan slapped his face and laughed at him for being incompetent. Of course, when things got bigger, the emperor would definitely feel that Tang Fan was incompetent, and he couldn't handle such trivial matters.
"He's threatening me?" Tang Fan laughed, but he couldn't hear a smile, "Go and ask him to see me... Forget it, you're injured, don't run around."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xi Ming walked in from the outside. His thigh was slashed last night, and now it is a bit unnatural to walk, and his steps are much slower.
"Sir! Something happened!"
Xi Ming is used to seeing the world, and of course he is not the kind of person who makes a fuss when he encounters a trivial matter. If something happened in his mouth, it must be something big.
Tang Fan's heart sank, and he heard Xi Ming say in a deep voice, "Sir, those five reviewers are all dead."
"What!" It wasn't Tang Fan who cried out, but Lu Lingxi.
Because it was so surprising.
Tang Fan asked, "How did you die? When did it happen?"
Xi Ming said: "Just last night, he died at home. He should have been killed on the bed by someone cutting his throat in his sleep."
Lu Lingxi immediately reacted: "Brother Tang, this matter is obviously related to Shen Kunxiu. He must also have a share in the cheating. He is afraid that the court will pursue it, so he simply kills him!"
Tang Fan shook his head: "It's not him."
Lu Lingxi: "Why?"
Tang Fan: "When we left Shen Kunxiu's place before, we happened to meet his servant hurriedly going to report the news, with a look of panic, I didn't know why at the time, but now that I think about it, I guess that's what he wanted to say. It's something he did, so it won't happen, so he shouldn't even know about it."
Lu Lingxi: "Then why does Shen Kunxiu deliberately let people go, but he refuses to cooperate with you in investigating the case?"
Tang Fan smiled bitterly: "His behavior is indeed suspicious. It seems that this matter is a bit complicated now."
He asked Xi Ming again: "Did the prefect of Fan find those dozen or so scholars, and they will be silenced?"
Xi Ming said: "Fan Zhifu sent people to call separately. After Lin Zhen died, Shen Kunxiu didn't dare to detain those people, so he let them go. Those people all went back to their hometowns, but there were also a few people from Ji'an. I'll be calling soon."
Tang Fan nodded: "Then let's go to see Fan Zhifu first."
"Runqing, are you going to see Fan Zhifu?" While speaking, Ji Min walked in from outside with a look of apology. "I'm really sorry, I drank too much yesterday and got up a little late!"
Seeing a few people with solemn expressions, he couldn't help but ask, "Did something happen?"
When Tang Fan told him the news of the judge's death, Ji Min was completely shocked: "This, this, how could this happen?! What the hell is going on here!"
Don't talk about him, Tang Fan was also shocked, but he didn't show it: "I'm going to the prefect's yamen now, do you want to go with me?"
Ji Min regained his senses and immediately said, "Go, of course!"
Fan Zhifu's hair is almost gray now.
As soon as the imperial envoy came, an accident happened in Ji'an Mansion. First, the imperial envoy was assassinated, and even his subordinates were almost damaged, and then even the judge of the hospital examination was killed. If there is nothing wrong with this, who would believe it
He subconsciously thought of Shen Kunxiu's head up, thinking that this old thing should not be guarding himself and stealing, but when he saw the imperial emissary, he was guilty of silence, right
The problem is that this matter has nothing to do with him from the beginning to the end, but because he is the prefect of Ji'an, and this incident happened in his jurisdiction, he can't get rid of it. If one is not good, Tang Fan will even impeach him. Then he's done.
The bodies of the five reviewers have been brought over by the officials, and they are now lying in the front yard of the prefect's yamen.
To be precise, it should be six corpses, because one of the examiners slept with his wife at the time of the incident, so the murderer would definitely not let his wife go when he killed him, so they were together killed.
At that time, it was in the middle of the night when the good dreams were in full swing. It was not until the family members of the six people woke up in the morning that they found out that they were dead one after another, and then reported to Fan Zhifu.
Facing these corpses, the wrinkles on Fan Zhifu's face were almost as numerous as hair, so when he saw Tang Fan rushing over, he was like a rescuer, and almost didn't jump up: "Sir, you can be considered coming!"
Tang Fan asked, "Have you informed Shen Xuetai when something like this happened?"
Fan Zhifu nodded again and again: "I know, I know!"
Zuo Zuo was doing an autopsy, but in fact he didn't need to do it. Even Tang Fan could see that there should be no trauma on the deceased's body. The only wound was the one on the throat.
Xi Ming and others also squatted down to check, and then said to Tang Fan, "Sir, the people who killed them should be the same group as the people who assassinated us last night!"
Hearing this sentence, everyone was taken aback, Ji Min asked, "Could it be that after those assassins failed to assassinate us, they could still go to kill these people?"
Xi Ming guessed that his words might be misunderstood, and explained: "The wounds drawn by different weapons are different. This can be seen by careful observation. The knife edge is the same, so it can be inferred that the murderers, even if they are not the same group, should have come from the same place."
"Lawless! Simply lawless!" Fan Zhifu was shocked and angry.
This kind of thing has never happened in Ji'an Mansion for decades, but the other party even dared to attack the imperial envoy, killing a few judges who were helpless, what was it
Tang Fan asked Fan Zhifu, "Where do these reviewers come from?"
Fan Zhifu said: "In the past, the judges of the college examinations have always selected the outstanding mountain leaders of the colleges around the test room. These people are from Luoxiaoshan College, Luling College, Zhengrong College and Yongning College. Two of them are from Luoxiaoshan College, Luling College, Zhengrong College and Yongning College. They come from the same academy, and they are both the mountain chief and the deputy mountain chief."
Tang Fan said: "As far as I know, Bailuzhou Academy is the most famous in the local area, why didn't the mountain chief of Bailuzhou Academy be the grader? Is it because many candidates for this subject come from Bailuzhou Academy, and Shen Xuetai was worried about their favoritism. ?"
Fan Zhifu: "No, I know this as an official, because Qin Shan of Bailuzhou Academy is already in his old age, and he originally wanted to resign, but the academy couldn't find a suitable mountain leader for a while, so he took the post temporarily. So even if Qin Shan was asked to mark the papers for a long time, he would not have the energy."
Tang Fan thought thoughtfully: "If there is a vacancy for the leader of Bailuzhou Academy, how should the next leader be selected?"
Fan Zhifu said: "For a well-known academy like Bailuzhou Academy, the mountain chief must be a very popular position, and many people want to be the leader. Qin Shan was originally going to take advantage of Shen Xuetai's inspection and ask him to choose the new mountain chief on his behalf. Knowing that the incident happened later, it is estimated that Shen Xuetai is not in the mood."
Tang Fan asked, "So, not only the original gentlemen of Bailuzhou Academy, but also the mountain leaders of other academies are qualified to be the mountain leaders of Bailuzhou Academy?"
Fan Zhifu: "Yes, Bailuzhou Academy is very famous in Shilin, Jiangxi."
This is like being an official who loves to fight for power, and a scholar who loves to fight for fame. It is inevitable to go anywhere. Although there is no power at all for the position of the academy mountain chief, it represents the reputation of the scholar. Being a mountain chief in a world-renowned great academy, there are bound to be many successful students who will be taught in the future, so the mountain chief of his own will naturally follow the peach and plum all over the world. This is the lifelong pursuit of many academy chiefs.
So as soon as Fan Zhifu said it, Tang Fan understood.
But he didn't ask any further, because at this time, Shen Kunxiu came.
If something like this happened, no matter if Shen Kunxiu and Tang Fan didn't cooperate, they couldn't come to check the situation.
Shen Kunxiu walked in with a dark face, without saying hello to Tang Fan, he directly asked Fan Zhifu, "What's going on?"
Fan Zhifu repeated what he said to Tang Fan before.
He let go of the judges on the front foot, and the people on the back foot died. It's hard not to associate the two events.
Fan Zhifu and Ji Min couldn't say these words, but it didn't mean that Tang Fan didn't dare to say it, so he said, "Shen Xuetai rashly let people go that day, have you thought about what happened today?"
Shen Kunxiu's face sank: "What do you mean?"
Tang Fan: "You know what you mean, but I don't know how you are going to defend yourself to the court?"
Shen Kunxiu said angrily, "You mean I killed them?!"
Tang Fan said indifferently, "I didn't say that, but can you stop others from thinking this way? I have no grievances with you in the past, and I have no feud with you recently. Why do you want to accuse you of injustice, you might as well find the reason from yourself!"
Shen Kunxiu: "This official is standing upright, and I'm not afraid of any villain attacking me behind my back!"
Tang Fan is too lazy to argue with him, this person is simply unreasonable.
He turned around and pointed to the corpse on the ground and said, "I must have heard about the assassination of Jizhi County and me last night. These people have the same origin as the assassins last night!"
Shen Kunxiu said without thinking, "Impossible!"
Seeing Tang Fan and the others all looking at him, he added coldly, "This official just thinks it's incredible, I think it's impossible!"
Tang Fan ignored him and asked Fan Zhifu, "Have you found all those fifteen students?"
Fan Zhifu hurriedly said: "Three are locals from Ji'an City and have been brought here. The rest are scattered in other counties and have been sent to look for them!"
Tang Fan nodded: "I have something to ask them, I have to ask them before they are silenced."
When Shen Kunxiu heard this, he was so angry that he thought you were not referring to Sang and scolding Huai!
"Tang Fan, you have the ability to say it again!"
"Don't say good things a second time." Tang Fan didn't even look at him, and the other party, Fan Zhifu, said, "Don't lead the way?"
Fan Zhifu wiped his sweat: "Yes, sir, please!"
In fact, he couldn't get used to Shen Kunxiu's behavior either. It was just that he was crushed to death at the first level of the official college.
On the other side, the three people that Fan Zhifu said were taken to sit in the side hall. They were very uneasy, and even the seats only dared to touch their buttocks. After waiting for a while, they finally saw Fan Zhifu and a young man walking in together. , hurriedly got up to greet him.
Zeng Jin, Yang Wen, and Wu Jun are all candidates who participated in the Ji'an House Examination this year, ranking fifth, ninth and eleventh respectively, and the three words "Dacheng Ye" just happened to appear on their papers. , so as soon as someone exposed it at that time, they were all arrested and locked in a small dark room. Shen Kunxiu also interrogated them individually several times, but these people, like other arrested candidates, were all bitten to death without cheating. , and also said that the reason why the word "Dacheng Ye" appeared in his paper was all just a coincidence.
Shen Kunxiu's knowledge is good, but it doesn't mean that he can also try cases. He made a mess of a simple case of cheating in the imperial examination. The examiners who were involved in the case were let go, not to mention the test-takers' confessions. He couldn't ask, because he didn't dare to punish the scholars because of the material discussion, so Zeng Jin and the others confessed in unison, and Shen Kunxiu couldn't do anything about them.
That's why Tang Fan needs to come over to help him clean up the mess.
It's just that Tang Fan didn't expect that Shen Kunxiu not only didn't appreciate it, but also couldn't get along with him everywhere, which made people speechless.
Just as Tang Fan walked in, Zeng Jin and Yang Wen were all looking at the young man next to Fan Zhifu.
Undoubtedly, judging from the other party's demeanor and Fan Zhifu's behavior that he was half a step behind him, intentionally or unintentionally, this young man was an imperial commissioner.
It is not necessarily young people who take the college examination these days. There are many old people with white hair and white hair. Zeng Jin, the youngest of the three is 20 years old, and the older one is almost 30 years old. This is still youthful. Mao's, look at other people, they are also in their twenties, and even look younger than them, but they are already third-rank officials, and one step up is the senior officials of the ministry. Pissed off!
Officials pay attention to first-come-first-arrival, and the most successful first. Although Tang Fan is about the same age as Zeng Jin and the others, as long as their identities are there, they can't respectfully stand up and salute.
Tang Fan didn't want to go around in circles with them either, so he nodded and asked them to be excused, and asked directly, "What's the matter with 'Dacheng also'?"
Zeng Jin and others didn't expect Tang Fan to be so straight to the point now, and they were stunned for a moment before saying, "Reporting to your lord, it's just a coincidence, and we don't know what happened."
Tang Fan smiled: "Is your name Zeng Jin?"
Zeng Jin: "Yes."
Tang Fan: "I heard that Shen Xuetai re-examined you once again. The level of the papers you did the second time was very different from the previous one?"
Zeng Jin: "In the words of your lord, I don't know where to start this difference, but to be able to get the name of a scholar, I really put a lot of effort into it, and I didn't take chances. hit the bottom."
Tang Fan: "The reviewer is dead."
Zeng Jin: "Huh?"
The faces of the three were blank and blank, obviously they didn't understand what Tang Fan was talking about, so Tang Fan repeated: "The five reviewers who corrected the papers for you are all dead, if you don't believe it, you can do it now. Go to the front yard of the county government and see where the body is parked. Fan Zhifu, talk to them."
The deaths of the six people were only discovered not long ago. When Zeng Jin and others came over, they came in through the small door at the back, so they would not know about it for a while.
Knowing that Tang Fan was intending to scare them, Fan Zhifu immediately understood the general situation of the corpse, and exaggerated his words, exaggerating the state of death and the cause of death of those people.
When Zeng Jin and the others heard that not only did the five people die at the same time, but they were all killed by slashing their throats, their faces were as white as paper, their bodies were shaking like chaff, and they were completely speechless.
Tang Fan didn't seem to see their condition, and said to Xi Ming, "Take them to see the corpse."
Zeng Jin: "Sir, we don't need to look at it, we didn't kill people..."
Tang Fan sneered: "Of course you didn't kill people, even if you have this heart, you probably won't be able to sneak into other people's homes without knowing it and kill people, and let you go and see what happened to the corpses. I don’t know how many big scenes I will see when I go into an official career. Is it possible that even if I see the starving victims, they will ignore them because they are afraid?”
At this point, of course they had to go, so the three of them had to follow Xi Ming and walk out.
As soon as they left on the front foot, Shen Kunxiu came on the back foot.
"I heard that Censor Tang's case is like a god, so I'm here to watch, presumably Censor Tang won't refuse?" He said with a dark face.
Tang Fan thought to himself that even if I refused, would you leave, but he still had a faint smile on his face: "Shen Xuetai, please sit down."
They didn't talk for a while, the two seats were very close, but there was nothing to say. It wasn't until after a while, Xi Ming walked in with the three students just now.
The faces of the three of them were paler than they had just gone out, and even their footsteps were a little staggered. It is estimated that they were shocked by what they saw with their own eyes.
It's no wonder, it's just an ordinary dead person, but the dead person is all related to the case. If you think about it carefully, it is inevitable that people will break out in a cold sweat. Even the reviewers are dead. Will the lives of these people be bad? Also dangerous
"You all see clearly?" Tang Fan asked the three of them.
"Look, see clearly..." Zeng Jin and the others stood there, timid, like three delicate and helpless little flowers, who didn't know how much wronged the three of them had suffered.
"I got the articles you did when you were in Bailuzhou Academy," Tang Fan took a stack of paper from Han Jin and put it on the table next to him, "I don't need to say more about your level, you must have it in your own mind. Count, but the article in the academy exam was well done, and I wouldn't believe it if it was said that there was no ghostwriting."
As soon as he opened his mouth, he sexed the three of them.
"The reviewer is dead, and now the murderer has not been caught, the other party may still be in this city of Ji'an, or he may commit the crime again, no matter why he killed the five reviewers, in short, it has nothing to do with this case, you guys. If you continue to keep your mouth shut, you don't need to wait for the imperial court to expel your fame, maybe you will be like those people in a few days!"
The three were so frightened that they didn't know what to do, but Shen Kunxiu's face sank: "Yushi Tang, did you decide the case by intimidating the students?"
Tang Fan ignored him, only looked at Zeng Jin and the others: "If you are willing to confess and be lenient, I will write to the court to intercede for you, and then I can give you another chance to participate in the next college exam. If you can’t pass it, then remove the fame, if you can pass, the fame can naturally be retained.”
Shen Kunxiu said angrily: "Who said that fame can be retained, people like them who do not want to make progress and follow the wrong way, if they continue to stay, it will be a shame for Jiangnan Shilin!"
Only then did Tang Fan give him a little attention, and said coldly, "Shen Xuetai is related to this case, for your own innocence, it's better to keep it lightly, otherwise I would have thought that you were deliberately obstructing me from investigating the case. There is a conspiracy!"
Before Shen Kunxiu could react, he said, "Xi Ming, Shen Xuetai is so tired that he has lost his mind. Take him down to rest, and don't let anyone disturb him easily."
"Yes." Xi Ming responded and strode towards Shen Kunxiu.
Shen Kunxiu was shocked and angry: "You want to do...!"
Before the words were finished, the man fell softly.
Zeng Jin and the others opened their mouths wide, watching Xi Ming's hand retracted from the back of Shen Kunxiu's neck in surprise, then lifted the other person up and walked backstage.
However, no one sympathized with him, and even the prefect of Fan was gloating at the misfortune, thinking that Shen Kunxiu was too ignorant, no wonder even the imperial commissioner was offended by him.
Tang Fan said: "You heard, Shen Xuetai insisted on expelling you from your fame, and now I have given you another choice. Come to me when you have made up your mind. I can consider helping the person who confessed first. He pleads for mercy, retains his fame, and does not need to retake the exam."
He changed his words: "However, the time for you to consider is only half a day, and it won't be too late. It doesn't matter if you refuse to explain, anyway, besides you, there are more than ten other scholars, and the prefect of Fan has already sent someone to look for them. Now, they will be able to come over in a few days, presumably they will know how to choose better than you."
As soon as they heard this, Zeng Jin and the others were still hesitant, and hurriedly said, "Sir, I'll speak first! I'll speak first!"
The three blushed in the blink of an eye, Tang Fan was not in a hurry, let them quarrel, and sat there drinking the cup of good tea brought by Fan Zhifu to the bottom. Upon seeing this, they hurriedly brought a new pot of tea, along with a few plates of dim sum dishes, so that Tang Fan's tea would not be too hungry.
Seeing that the heat was almost over, Tang Fan said, "Have you discussed it? If you have discussed it, just talk, if you don't want to talk, you can leave. This official's time is very precious, and I don't have time to listen to your chatter here!"
"Say, let's talk!" Zeng Jinsheng was afraid that the opportunity would be taken away by his companions, so he quickly said: "Actually, before the exam, we did receive rumors that as long as the three words 'Dachengye' were added to the paper, we would definitely be able to do it. On the list!"
Tang Fan: "Where did the news come from? Why did only a dozen of you receive the news, but the other candidates didn't know?"
Yang Wen hurriedly replied: "I bought it, our news was bought!"
Tang Fan glanced to the side without a trace, and Lu Lingxi didn't know where to take out the pen and paper to start recording.
Tang Fan: "Who do you buy from? Where do you buy it? Who is the one who sells the news?"
Wu Jun didn't get the chance to answer just now, and he was deeply resentful. Hearing Tang Fan asked three questions one after another, he quickly said, "We didn't see the person selling the news. We entered the private room of Qingfeng Building at that time..."
Tang Fan: "Qingfenglou?"
Fan Zhifu added: "It's a restaurant in Ji'an, quite famous!"
Tang Fan snorted: "You continue."
Wu Jun: "The other party was sitting behind the screen at that time, claiming to be a Taoist of Taiping. After I paid one hundred taels of silver, he told me the news."
Tang Fan looked at the other two: "So do you?"
Zeng Jin and Yang Wen both nodded: "Indeed, he said exactly what he said."
One hundred taels is not a small amount. Even in a large academy like Bailuzhou Academy, very few can afford it, let alone buying a piece of news that is not known to be true or false, and these students paid so much to buy it. After the news, it will definitely not tell others, so only a dozen people cheated in the end.
If the other party offered a lower price, maybe more than sixteen people would be caught now.
Tang Fan said to Fan Zhifu: "Fan Zhifu, please take someone with you now, and go with Han Jin to Qingfenglou to check whether what they said is true, if there was indeed someone selling the news of the hospital test there, the shopkeeper there is Impossible not to discover."
Fan Zhifu responded quickly, and then left with Han Jin.
Tang Fan asked Zeng Jin and others, "Where did you know that Qingfenglou was selling inside information?"
Wu Jun: "Master, Zeng Jin told me!"
Yang Wen: "Sir, I also heard from Zeng Jin. I heard that many classmates got the news from Zeng Jin! It must be because he couldn't keep his mouth shut and shouted everywhere, but some people couldn't afford the news and were jealous. That's why we went to report to Shen Xuetai!"
Zeng Jin blushed: "Who is yelling everywhere! I only told a few of you, who would talk about this kind of thing everywhere! I only heard about it from others!"
Tang Fan: "Who did you listen to?"
Zeng Jin: "Lin Zhen, I heard what Lin Zhen said!"
Tang Fan: "Then who did Lin Zhen listen to?"
Zeng Jin shook his head: "Then I don't know. When he told me at the time, I was skeptical, but Lin Zhen's homework is good on weekdays, and there is no need to cheat at all, but his father forced him to push hard, and he was very worried about the exam. If you don’t, this is a desperate risk.”
He pondered for a while, and felt that he had nothing to ask, so he waved his hand: "You guys should step back first, it's better not to leave the palace, this official will call you at any time, if you can't find someone, you will be at your own risk."
The three of them looked at each other, Zeng Jin summoned his courage and asked cautiously: "Sir, we have already explained everything we know, and you just said that we can not get rid of our fame..."
Tang Fan was annoyed: "When did I say something like this, I mean it's okay to consider it! Okay, you all go home, it's already very kind that you haven't been arrested now, and things will be more in the future. Look at your performance!"
Seeing that the three of them still refused to leave, he sank his face: "Why, do you still want me to be like Shen Xuetai and send you to the black room?"
When Zeng Jin and others heard this, they voluntarily retire.
Fan Zhifu and Han Jin will soon have results, but it can also be said that there is no result.
Because the shopkeeper of Qingfeng Building said that someone did rent one of the private rooms in Qingfeng Building on the eve of the exam. For several days, he and the restaurant staff also saw different people going to the private room one after another, but there was no specific appearance. Pay attention, because Qingfenglou is a well-known local restaurant, many dignitaries and nobles eat here every day, coming and going, and they are very reluctant to be inquired, so the shopkeepers do not dare to break the taboo.
At this point, Tang Fan got a lot of clues, but there was basically no substantial gain. However, the affair between him and Shen Kunxiu was quickly spread, and everyone knew about it.
It is said that Shen Kunxiu was furious after being knocked out and woke up, and threatened to report Tang Fan's evil deeds to the court.
From the occurrence of the imperial examination case to the present, the Ji'an mansion, the market and the neighborhood have spread all over the place. First, the group cheated, then the scholar was hanged, and then the imperial envoy was assassinated. With such a bizarre and twisted story, it is said that the casino even opened a bet for it, whether the betting case was like a god, whether the Censor Tang could find out the truth this time, Tang Fan was dumbfounded when he heard it, and finally let Lu Lingxi hold Twelve go to the casino to buy and win.
A few days later, the other twelve candidates from other counties were also found by Fan Zhifu one by one. Their confessions were similar to Zeng Jin and others, and there was not much difference. The only source of information was different at the beginning. Some said they heard it from A, some said they heard it from B, and after going around, they all involved a key person: Lin Zhen.
But Lin Zhen was already dead, so there is no way to ask now.
The deaths of the five reviewers were even more bizarre. The murderers were actually the same group as those who assassinated Tang Fan. What was originally an ordinary case of cheating in the imperial examinations became a little weird because of the extra lives. There are also rumors that Xuezheng Shen Kunxiu's eight-character fate is not compatible with Ji'an, so when he comes, Ji'an will not be able to live in peace, which is naturally even more absurd.
Tang Fan didn't think that Lin Zhen was a key figure at first, so he didn't pay too much attention to the fact that his father Lin Fengyuan refused to open the coffin for an autopsy. As a result, many clues now show that Lin Zhen really did something different in this case. The usual role, as a result, it is imperative to open the coffin and conduct an autopsy.
But before that, he must communicate with Lin Fengyuan. If he can get the understanding and consent of the other party, then Tang Fan can avoid being impeached and saying that the investigation is rude and unreasonable. After his death, Shen Kunxiu actually filed a petition, scolding Tang Fan for nothing, and said that he would never settle the case at all, and people grieved everywhere he went. Also died strangely.
This is simply upside-down, but there are many people who hope that Tang Fan is unlucky these days. They don't care whether what the letter says is true or not, anyway, even if it's not true, the emperor can't come to see it in person.
Political struggles often require not real evidence, but reasonable excuses, just like the crime of killing Yu Qian back then, "although there is no evidence, it is intentional".
Tang Fan didn't want to fight with Shen Kunxiu, but when things developed to this point, he had to defend himself, which really took a lot of time.
In view of the discord between Tang Fan and Shen Kunxiu, the imperial court decided to send another imperial envoy to assist Tang Fan in investigating the case. In fact, it was to let them both investigate their own cases. Finally, the investigation results of the two of them were used for comprehensive consideration. This has actually shown that The cabinet distrusted Tang Fan, but Tang Fan had no right to refuse.
At this time, five or six days had passed since Tang Fan came to Ji'an. The time was not short, but not long, enough for him to find out many things.
On this day, because he was busy interrogating the confessions of the scholars during the day, Tang Fan was a little tired and went to bed early.
He was originally going to ask Lin Fengyuan to ask questions, but he had to postpone it until tomorrow.
While falling asleep, Tang Fan suddenly felt like he had an extra hand on his waist, he subconsciously frowned, thinking it was Lu Lingxi who came to wake him up, he was playing a prank, and he said without opening his eyes: " Yiqing, don't fool around!"
"Who is Yiqing?" A voice came from his ear.
Not Lu Lingxi!
Tang Fan shuddered, and all drowsiness immediately flew out of the sky and almost shouted.
The next moment, his mouth was covered by a hand.
"Stop shouting, it's me."
Tang Fan's eyes widened, looking at the other party, who was half lying on the back of the bed, dressed in black, and he didn't know where it came from.
Wait, when he seemed to sleep until midnight last night, he also felt like there was someone beside him...
Seemingly seeing what he was thinking, Sui Zhou added understandingly: "I was also me last night. Seeing that you were sound asleep, I didn't wake you up."
Tang Fan: "..."
Suizhou: "But then again, who is Yiqing?"
Tang Fan: "..."