Chapter 120 The third eldest son of the Chen family(1/2)
Zhang Zhuo?
Chen Liqin?
The Liu family wants to take action against these two people? These two people are official officials of the imperial court!
In the dark cell, the flame of the oil lamp on the wall suddenly stopped.
Shopkeeper Yuan lay flat on the table and let the spy bandage his wounds. The spy's movements also slowly stopped.
Jin Zhu, who was leaning against Shopkeeper Yuan's ear, subconsciously stood up and looked at Chen Ji with wide eyes: "Are they going to kill Zhang Zhuo and Chen Liqin? How about I send some spies to protect them? After all, Mr. Chen, it's you..."
Chen Ji's right hand suddenly pressed on Shopkeeper Yuan's wound. In an instant, Shopkeeper Yuan's screams echoed through the inner prison, suppressing all other sounds.
After a while, Chen Ji slowly asked: "What did the Liu family say?"
Shopkeeper Yuan gasped: "Liu Mingming is sure that after tomorrow, there will be only the Liu family in Yuzhou, and no one will get involved."
Chen Ji asked again: "Has he given any specific plans?"
Shopkeeper Yuan looked pale: "Why should I tell you?"
"I think you are talking nonsense," Chen Ji pressed the wound on Shopkeeper Yuan's thigh with an expressionless face. The place where the bleeding had been stopped burst open again, and Shopkeeper Yuan screamed violently.
Just when he was about to continue to tear open the wound to search for the aorta, Jinzhu walked out of the cell holding the trace arm and said in a low voice: "I know you are eager to save your father, but you have not learned torture methods, and your actions are not serious. You must not do this." Important criminals were tortured to death."
The traces of silence.
He didn't care about Chen Liqin's life or death at all. He just wanted to take the opportunity to 'make a mistake' and kill Shopkeeper Yuan, so as not to implicate Concubine Izuyun and himself. But now that Jin Zhu stopped it in time, the chance was gone.
Chen Ji could only sigh: "Sir, I am impatient."
The golden pig chuckled: "When I heard that you were going to sever ties with Chen Jiaen, I was still wondering how someone could really cut off the blood relationship? You must have just said angry words at that time, because you were angry with your father for sending you to be an apprentice at the Taiping Medical Center. "
Chen Ji hummed.
Golden Pig patted Chen Ji on the shoulder: "Don't be anxious, I promise that nothing will happen to Mr. Chen. I thought about it carefully just now. The Liu family does have the ability to kill Zhang Zhuo and Chen Liqin in Yuzhou, but they will never fight with the imperial court now. It’s a quarrel. So all the Liu family has to do is drive these two people away without harming their lives."
"What will the Liu family do?"
"Framed."
Chen Ji looked at the golden pig: "My lord, what you mean is that the Liu family is going to frame Zhang Zhuo and Chen Liqin and force them to move to other official positions...Does your lord know the schedule of these two lords tonight?"
The golden pig immediately replied: "Today the two of them are going to entertain all the new imperial examination candidates and hold a deer-crowing banquet."
There are two banquets for the imperial examination: the first is the Luming Banquet after the Qiu Wei period, to entertain new imperial examination candidates; the second is the Qionglin Banquet after the palace examination, to entertain the new imperial examination candidates. This was a centuries-old practice in the Ning Dynasty.
Chen Ji asked: "Where will the Deer Ming Banquet be held?"
"Yingxian Tower," Jin Zhu greeted Xifeng, and strode out: "Let's go to Yingxian Tower now. We must not only protect Mr. Chen tonight, but also seize the Liu family! They dare to frame the imperial officials, Not only can our Secret Service not tolerate the Liu family, but also the imperial court, the Xu family, and the Chen family cannot tolerate him!"
Chen Ji glanced at the back of the golden pig, then looked at Shopkeeper Yuan silently.
The golden pig stopped and looked back, looking back through the dark and long corridor: "Let's go, what are you doing standing still?"
"Coming."
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The original name of Yingxian Tower is Fuguifang.
But on the opening day, a crane came from the west and landed on the orange glazed tiles on the roof.
Therefore, the owner temporarily hired a craftsman to build a stone crane and placed it in front of the door, and changed its name to Yingxian Tower.
at this time.
Cars and horses gathered in front of Yingxian Tower, and there was an endless stream of people bowing their hands.
Chen Liqin and Zhang Zhuo, wearing red official robes, stood out among the blue-robed officials.
When the candidates entered the building and took their seats, Zhang Zhuo leaned into Chen Liqin's ear and said, "Chen Ji has promised Prince Jing to go to Zhixing Academy to study, but your little thoughts were exposed by Princess Baili. If you ask me, it's the simplest
The best way is to kill the butler in your house to vent his anger, why bother with all these twists and turns? That butler is not a good person!"
Chen Liqin glanced at Zhang Zhuo: "The housekeeper in my house has worked hard for more than ten years, and he has worked hard even if he has no merit. Mr. Zhang opens and closes his mouth only to kill and kill, which is an insult to gentlemen."
Zhang Zhuo said angrily: "Do you really think that if the three brothers study in the same school, they can pick up the brotherhood and appreciate you? Why don't you go to the Chenghuang Temple or Laojun Mountain to burn incense and ask the Taoist Lord to show his spirit!"
Chen Liqin said with a dark face: "As long as he can learn some real skills, as a father, I have done something for him. As for whether he misses me or not, that is his business."
Zhang Zhuo laughed angrily.
He shook his sleeves, turned around and walked into the building: "Just don't forget our agreement!"
Outside the back door of Yingxian Tower, a golden pig wearing a bamboo hat knocked gently on the door.
Xifeng opened the wooden door from the inside and welcomed the golden pig and Chen Ji in: "Sir, a dragnet has been set up around the area. If the Liu family comes to cause trouble, they will never come back."
The golden pig sneered and walked forward to Yingxian Tower: "You are quite capable of bragging. If you are so good, why do you want me to do it!"
Xifeng murmured in a low voice: "Yesterday, you called me boss..."
The golden pig suddenly turned around: "What the hell are you muttering about? It must be nothing good!"
Xifeng hurriedly smiled and said: "It's okay, sir, you are wise and powerful!"
Jin Zhu sneered, led Chen Ji into Yingxian Tower, and hid behind a pillar to observe silently.
In the lobby, more than thirty officials sat at round tables to toast and drink together, and the atmosphere was warm. At the main table, the five chief officials of Qiu Wei sat next to Zhang Zhuo and Chen Liqin, and they were actually higher than other officials.
Some.
During the dinner, an official raised his glass and stood up, smiling and said to Zhang Zhuo and Chen Liqin: "I haven't congratulated you two adults yet."
Zhang Zhuo was startled for a moment: "Master Xing, what kind of joy is this? My son did not take part in the imperial examination."
The blue-robed official smiled and said: "The day before yesterday, Miss Zhang Er personally said at the polo match that you would betroth her to the young master of the Chen family. This is not true. Now that you two are officials in the same family, the two families are happy.
Being married can be said to be more happiness than happiness."
As soon as these words came out, the Yingxian Tower actually became quiet, and the disciples silently looked towards the main table, their eyes sweeping over Chen Wenzong and Chen Wenxiao with envy.
Mr. Xing's eyes also wavered on Chen Wenzong and Chen Wenxiao, and he asked curiously: "Two gentlemen, I wonder which young master Miss Zhang Er is betrothed to?"
Before Chen Liqin could speak, Chen Wenxiao said with a smile: "It's not us two brothers. The one Mr. Zhang is interested in is my third child."
The golden pig slowly looked at Chen Ji from behind the pillar. Isn't this the third child of the Chen family?
Chen Ji ignored his gaze and only lowered his head to listen.
Someone whispered during the dinner: "The third eldest son of the Chen family? Is he the gambler who was sent to the hospital?"
"Hush, don't let Mr. Chen hear this!"
"Strange, why doesn't Mr. Zhang betroth his daughter to Chen Wenzong, even Chen Wenxiao?"
Golden Pig silently looked at Chen Ji.
He saw Chen Ji just standing quietly behind the pillar, as if the matter discussed during the dinner had nothing to do with him.
The next moment, Chen Liqin said: "This matter is a misunderstanding. Mr. Zhang Zhuo mentioned it twice before just as a joke, and we did not take it seriously. The dog is naughty and not worthy of Miss Zhang Er."
Mr. Xing's hand that raised the wine glass froze and he said awkwardly: "Then why Miss Zhang..."
Zhang Zhuo explained with a smile: "That was just because she overheard my conversation with Mr. Chen and mistakenly thought that Mr. Chen and I had settled the matter. As for the little girl, the wind is like the rain, so she ran out and talked nonsense and made trouble.
There was a misunderstanding. I hope you won’t spread it randomly.”
Master Xing sat back and said: "I see, that's it."
However, Zhang Zhuo changed the topic and said with great interest: "But I think you have misunderstood that boy Chen Ji. As the saying goes, hearing is believing, seeing is believing. I have met him a few times, and I think he is not like you."
His words are so despicable. Not only me, but now even Prince Jing praises him very much. There must have been some misunderstanding before."
Chen Liqin looked at Zhang Zhuo in surprise.
Behind the pillar, the golden pig lowered his voice and said cheerfully: "Neither your father nor your brother have spoken for you, but this Master Zhang has the same views as my hero! Don't pay attention to them, practice well, perform well, and treat you well."
If they rise to the twelve zodiac signs, it will be easy to confiscate their homes and exterminate them one by one!"
Chen Ji looked at the golden pig with a complicated expression, not knowing how to react...
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Three poles above the moon.
The candles and lamps in the Yingxian Tower were changed again and again, and people in the New Imperial Examination competed to recite poems and show their style in front of Zhang Zhuo.
However, everything was safe and sound, and the storm that Chen Ji and the Golden Pig were waiting for did not come.
Seeing that the Lu Ming Banquet was about to break up, if the Liu family didn't do something, they might not have a chance.
The golden pig stood behind the pillar until his legs were numb, and he wondered: "Damn it, the news has leaked again, right?"
Chen Ji shook his head: "No, Xifeng keeps an eye on the spies and doesn't allow them to leave. No one can inform them."
Golden Pig leaned against the pillar and rubbed his temples: "Is it the Jing Dynasty thief who is deceiving us?"
Chen Ji closed his eyes and thought.
To be continued...