$ Chapter 235 The Sky Is Clear, the Sky Is Clear

Chen Heng sat hard in the room for a long time, still not daring to determine the true source of the news. At such a critical moment, any doubt is worth it. Even his thinking was not completely useless. He already knew how to test Liu Liangcai later.

Now that he had an idea, Chen Heng felt a little more relaxed. After drinking another cup of tea, he had the idea of ​​getting up and going out for a walk. There was no one waiting in the room, and no one paid attention to his coming and going. Liu Liangcai, who thought he had the pearl of wisdom, was probably still eating and resting in the back office.

Chen Heng guessed Liu Liangcai's actions, holding up the hem of his Feiyu suit and pacing quietly on the corridor. The courtyard of Shuntian Government Office is very spacious, except for some rockeries and pines and cypresses planted here and there. Looking up, everything is white.

The snow was so thick that the withered grass stalks on the ground could no longer be seen. Chen Heng watched and watched. Unconsciously, I thought of Uncle Wang's daughter under the Ming Dynasty.

The snow that day was heavier than today. The mother and son were kneeling on the snow. His thin, trembling body was hidden under his mourning clothes, and he kept chanting the injustice.

For no reason, Chen Heng felt ashamed. He had just been thinking about it, thinking about the two parties and the current situation, but he was not focused on the mother and son.

He also knows the difficulties of the new party. The best way is to let Xue Pan go. Everyone maintained the situation happily and slowly figured it out.

But, can this really convince the people, the world, and ourselves? Can I really tell the people with peace of mind that as long as I endure the hardships, better days will come?

I……

Chen Heng fell into a long period of desolation and thought. He knelt down and held a ball of snow in his hand. The biting coldness made my right hand tremble uncontrollably the moment I clenched it.

Did Wang Bo's daughter kneel before all the officials in the court in such a cold weather?

All she wants is justice.

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Liu Liangcai finally had enough to eat and drink, and at the same time received a message from Gu Zaiyong. Since the Chief Assistant wants to see the New Party and Chen Heng having fun, how can he be a spoiler.

After putting on his clothes again, Liu Liangcai took three steps and two steps at a time and walked along the corridor towards the main hall of the government office. Halfway through, he spotted a figure standing in the snow in the middle courtyard. Taking a closer look, it turned out to be Chen Heng who had been standing for who knows how long.

Liu Liangcai saw the snow ball in the opponent's hand and immediately joked: "Mr. Chen, you are so elegant. At this time, you still have the leisure to enjoy and play with the snow. You are indeed the leader in the article."

Chen Heng came back to his senses and noticed that this person was standing behind him. At this moment, he had figured out many things. Suddenly, he doesn't care about the thoughts and calculations of Liu Liangcai and the people behind him. I saw him laughing loudly: "I often hear that three feet of ice does not freeze in a day. If you don't stand in the snow and take a look, how can you appreciate the beauty of it?"

Seeing that he was in a good mood, Liu Liangcai couldn't help but secretly thought strangely. Then he asked: "Then what wonderful things did Mr. Chen realize?"

"Winter brings order to summer, and spring is not far away when the heavy snow melts." Chen Heng recited an interesting Buddhist verse, with a look of high morale on his face.

Liu Liangcai thought about it, but he couldn't understand the beauty of this sentence. He had no choice but to snort coldly and step forward. It's hard for him as a prefect to speak, so the master has to finish his words for him. After inviting Chen Heng, the three of them walked to the court together.

"Master Chen, have you thought about how to punish the Xue eldest son?"

"Your Excellency Futai is the presiding judge, and it is your responsibility to make the final decision."

Hum, little naughty boy, you actually started playing football with me. Liu Liangcai half-smiled, "His Majesty specifically asked Mr. Chen to assist in handling this case. Naturally, I have to consider Mr. Chen's wishes."

"Master Futai is joking..."

Along the way, the two of them were pulling together like this. When they walked to the court, they all noticed a strange phenomenon. There seemed to be more people surrounding the door of the court than before.

Seeing the crowd of people in front of him, Liu Liang frowned. It was the twelfth lunar month of winter, what were these common people doing here? But there was no time for him to think about it, so Liu Liangcai directly picked up the gavel and slapped it, "Bring someone to commit the crime."

When Xue Pan and others came out again, the process of asking questions and asking questions was omitted. The confession written by the master himself was brought to them by the guards for signature. Stroke by stroke, the words are written in black and white, each word is clear and visible.

Xue Pan and the servants of the Xue family, after leaving their names or fingerprints, all looked at the two people in the court with anticipation. The next step they were most worried about was the sentencing.

Liu Liangcai also turned to look at Chen Heng. He had already made up his mind anyway. If Chen Heng dares not to speak, he will drag him down day by day. They are not the ones who are in a dilemma.

Seeing that the adults in the mansion all looked at the younger officials, the people watching all looked sideways. Only Uncle Wang's daughter didn't dare to look at Chen Heng. Ever since Liu Xianglian appeared on the scene, she recognized Chen Heng. This person was the stranger who came to his door a few days ago and was beaten by him.

Under the gaze of everyone, no one can look forward or backward. Fortunately, Chen Heng has figured it out. At this moment, there is still a bit of leisure and relaxation, looking at the people outside. He was really curious, so he spoke out: "I have something strange. Everyone, whether you are the first ones or the common people who came later, where did you know about it?"

When is this happening? Why do you care about this? Liu Liangcai slandered in his heart and looked at the people outside the hall. Their answers were hilarious. Some said they heard it from their neighbors, and some were originally Uncle Wang's neighbors.

What made Chen Heng happy the most was that many people said: They read about Uncle Wang’s story in the newspaper, and they were so angry that they came to support Uncle Wang’s daughter.

The mood of the people was particularly simple at this moment. They didn’t want to see orphans and widows being bullied. A simple but connected and connected common mood made them stop their livelihoods today and come to the gate of the government office.

These people’s faces were indignant, curious, and empathetic. All kinds of things in the world converged into a picture, intertwined in Chen Heng’s heart. He couldn’t help but close his eyes. After a short period of sorting out his mood, he couldn’t help but let out a very comfortable and happy laugh.

“Hahahahahahahaha.”

What was he laughing at? Liu Liangcai felt irritated and uneasy because of this inappropriate laughter.

Liu Xianglian couldn’t figure it out, and couldn’t understand what his friend was up to.

Chen Heng stood up and said, "Sir, I already know how to solve this case."

"Speak." Liu Liangcai uttered a word, but saw Chen Heng holding his official robe and stepping forward. Until he stood in front of Liu Liangcai's case, Chen Heng raised his sleeve with his left hand and pulled out a command arrow from the case with his right hand. Turning around, he smashed it hard in front of Xue Pan and other important criminals.

He shouted, "Kill."

"Ah?!!!" Xue Pan was scared to death. He just beat an ordinary citizen to death, why should he die? His surname is Xue, and he is the eldest son of the eldest house of the Xue family, one of the four major families in Jinling! !

The servants of the Xue family who rushed to confess before were also dumbfounded. This is different from what the lady and the young lady said. Didn't they say that they would definitely be able to save the young master and themselves?

These people came to their senses, how could they care about confessing their crimes. They cried and shouted loudly, shouting that they were wronged.

Mr. Chen, are you crazy? Liu Liangcai's face was also filled with fear.

"My Lord, my Lord!" The people outside shouted happily. Wang Bo's daughter cried with joy, and rushed to Chen Heng's front and knelt down, grabbing his official robe and kowtowed.

"Sir, thank you. My father can rest in peace and be buried."

At this point, Chen Heng had no regrets. He reached out to help Wang Bo's family up, and only looked back at the plaque in the court amid the shouts of the crowd.

Inscription: A clear mirror hangs high.

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Chen Heng's judgment on Xue Pan and others was quickly divided into three routes and passed to the palace, Gu Mansion, and Wang Mansion. The latter two can be left aside for now. Among the evidence presented in the court that was passed to Li Zhi, there was also a petition signed and stamped by the people.

The first row was written by Chen Heng himself, and after a few sentences of naming and summarizing. Chen Heng directly used "Throughout the ages, there may be those who can achieve the overall situation by enduring for a while, but it is difficult to abandon the people and consolidate the country. It has been like this since ancient times, and it will be like this for thousands of years."

A strong pen tip is really a sharp sword for literati to travel the world. A short sentence, coupled with the handprints and names left by the people of the capital. Li Zhi's blood boiled and he praised it three times.

He didn't even bother to share it with his ministers at the first time, but just silently savored the aftertaste of this sentence in his heart. After a long time, Li Zhi said emotionally: "Holding the behavior will know me, holding the behavior will know me."

A group of ministers, including Li Xian and Li Jun, all stood on tiptoe curiously, eager to see it. Li Zhi finally noticed the expressions of these people, and immediately smiled and said: "Come on, come on, take a look. Take a look. This is the thousand-mile horse that Master Pei taught me."

An ordinary but sword-filled article was circulated among the people. Everyone had their own feelings. Lin Ruhai, Wei Yinghong and others thought about the glorious years when they served as local officials. What moved them most was the crooked characters and shocking red handprints of the people.

Officials should not fail the people, and the people should not fail the officials.

Li Xian loved civil officials, and he loved civil officials who could do practical things and plan for the people. He had been taught by civil officials for a long time, and he was more fond of the romance in history books that the emperor and his ministers met and the mountains and rivers were not important.

Li Jun was younger. He applauded the word "kill" and was also excited about the word "kill". There are no people named Li in this world, and they have never been named Jia, Wang, or Gu.

Lin Ruhai broke away from the long memories at the first time. He was Li Zhi's counselor and even more so a minister of remonstrance. He had the obligation to remind Li Zhi of the counterattack brought by Gu Zaiyong and Wang Ziteng.

"I know." Li Zhi sat on the imperial throne, and in front of him, the door that happened to face the Fengtian Hall was deliberately opened by someone. "Let them come."

I am sitting here, with the people of the capital, with the people of the world.

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That night, Chen Heng finally had time to return to the Lin Mansion. When he came back, Lin Ruhai was still busy in the Linjing Hall.

Chen Heng knew that his action was a pleasure. The trouble that followed had to be borne by his teacher and His Majesty. But he didn't have much regret in his heart. Who asked His Majesty to let him make his own decision?

Ha, it's not appropriate to meddle in politics. Chen Heng thought rather badly in his heart, and took off the official robe he had worn for two days in the house. Lin Daiyu couldn't wait any longer and came directly to the door.

"Brother." Sister Lin looked at Chen Heng carefully as soon as she entered the house, "You didn't come back last night, I..."

Seeing the other party's hesitation, Chen Heng couldn't help but smile and said, "I know, I made my sister worried."

"Have you done everything outside?"

Chen Heng nodded, he didn't hide this from Sister Lin. He briefly explained Xue Pan's affairs and his decision. He looked at Lin Meimei a little embarrassedly, "This matter may affect you and Xue..."

Before he finished speaking, Lin Daiyu had already stretched out her hand and covered her brother's lips. This pretty girl said directly in the dim light: "Wrong is wrong, right is right. Brother did nothing wrong, and there is no need to feel sorry for it."

"If they hate brother because of this..." Sister Lin paused, and then said what was hidden in her heart, "Then I won't like them either."

Such words made Chen Heng feel warm in his heart. The dark and bright eyes looked at the person in front of him with unspeakable tenderness.

Lin Daiyu then realized that her hand was still on Chen Heng's lips. Feeling the hot breath exhaled by the other party falling on her fair skin. The cold wind mixed with the hot air made people feel itchy. The girl was a little thin after all, and her face immediately blushed, and she was about to retract her hand.

But Chen Heng held it tightly, and it was a good time to look at the beauty under the lamp. His mood was somewhat uncontrollable because of Daiyu's words.

"Sister!" Chen Heng uttered a few words, his face slowly approaching.

Lin Daiyu was frightened, she froze there, watching Chen Heng getting closer and closer, her heart pounding. She didn't know what would happen next, but she couldn't bear to refuse.

"Second brother, the master is back, old..."

Xinda hurriedly pushed the door in, and immediately regretted it. Damn it, why didn't I knock on the door first.

Chen Heng was so thick-skinned, he stood up as if nothing had happened, and said casually: "What did the teacher say?"

"The master said he was waiting for you in the study."

Xinda turned his back, just hoping that Chen Heng would come back and not punish him.

After a while, Xinda was suddenly hit on the back of his head. Chen Heng stepped past him and smiled, "What are you doing, come with me to see the teacher."

"Oh oh oh." Xinda, who survived the disaster, took a deep breath and hurriedly caught up with Chen Heng.

The two brothers walked into the darkness together with big strides.

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"Heng'er, why do you have to take risks?"

The first thing Lin Ruhai said when he saw Chen Heng was not to blame the younger generation for not knowing the overall situation. He had already made it clear to Li Zhi today what he should say and what he should consider.

Everything has been decided, and it is too late to regret. Lin Ruhai just sighed. Chen Heng did such a thing. What kind of counterattack he would receive, naturally needless to say.

Waiting in front of Chen Heng was a road full of thorns.

Chen Heng sat opposite Lin Ruhai. He was in a very happy mood and was not frustrated by the difficulties ahead. Some things were not convenient to say to Lin Daiyu, but they could be said to Lin Ruhai.

"Teacher."

"Hmm?"

Chen Heng brought the newly brewed teacup to Lin Ruhai and smiled: "The student did not do it because of the benefits or disadvantages of doing this."

"The student felt that this matter should be done this way, so he did it."

Lin Ruhai seemed to have heard similar words in Yangzhou. As he thought about it, he remembered the past. Looking at the young man's face that didn't know what worry was, he, as an elder, couldn't help but remind him: "Don't think that the days ahead will be as easy as before."

"Student knows."

"I'm afraid that your official position will be difficult."

"Student knows."

"It's not good for Xue Pan to let the emperor save him."

Can this matter written in black and white be turned over? Chen Heng really didn't expect this situation. But when he thought about it, if the emperor took out the name of filial piety, Li Zhi seemed to have no way to deal with it, so he had to nod and indicate that he understood.

"Even so, don't you regret it?" Lin Ruhai looked at Chen Heng again, looking at his student.

"Yeah." Chen Heng agreed without hesitation. He said firmly, "No regrets."

Lin Ruhai nodded, he was not surprised by this answer. After all, he was a student who accompanied him day and night. Thinking of the road they had walked together, the teacher smiled with relief.

At a time when the relationship between teacher and student was so great, Chen Heng, who was a bit of a spoiler, suddenly said, "If I really have to worry about something, I do have one thing that worries me."

"Oh?!" Lin Ruhai was whetted, put down the teacup he had just picked up, and said seriously, "If you have any concerns, just tell me."

Chen Heng looked at him cleverly and said flatteringly, "Teacher, you won't not marry your sister to me just because I don't have an official position, right?"

"..."

"……..."

Lin Ruhai twitched his mouth, and after a long time he said, "Go and copy "Mencius" for me ten times."

"Okay."

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