Chapter 98 Classmates [Please vote for me! 】
Eighteen miles south of the city is Wangshan Pavilion.
This is a small pavilion located in the open area at the top of the mountain. It is not big, but it lives up to its name. At a glance, you can see the mountains overlooking the mountains, and everything is within your pocket.
The mountain breeze is blowing in the face, and there is the moist breath of Shenjiang River hundreds of miles away.
Bai Zhishan brought Liang Yue here, looked at the distant mountains, and said with a smile: "This is the place where he asked me to meet. Our academy is halfway up the mountain opposite, and it is called Banshan Academy. . It is now closed. I visited it three years ago and it was overgrown.”
Liang Yue looked at the pavilion next to him and said, "It doesn't look like you can hide anything here. If anyone can see the contents of his letters, this place must have been searched."
"No. Here." Bai Zhishan showed a smile immersed in memories.
“At that time, the two of us were the best in our studies in the academy. We cherished each other, but we also competed with each other. The two of us have always competed for first place in the academy examinations.” He slowly recounted : "We often joke and encourage each other to study less and play more."
"Banshan Academy is not as good as the Kendo Academy. There are very few people who can practice Confucianism, Taoism and magical powers. We are only a handful of people. We often make appointments with each other. Let’s practice wind control together. We start from Wangshan Pavilion and follow the mountain road. There are vast fields where it won’t hurt if we fall.”
“Once he invited me to come to Wangshan. Ting Yufeng was playing and said he would wait for me here. When I arrived, I found that he was not there. After waiting for a long time, I went to find him angrily, only to find that he was secretly hiding on the top of the hill behind the academy, reciting classics and historical articles. He was so cunning. .”
"Ha." Liang Yue also smiled when he heard this.
As expected, we went to school together.
The shouts of my friends having fun put me to sleep peacefully, and the slight sound of my friends turning the pages of books kept me awake all night.
"This incident has become a little allusion between us and is often mentioned. During the days at Banshan Academy, we were all high-spirited and full of ambitions, and lived a very happy life." Bai Zhishan's The smile slowly faded, "But when the imperial examination was approaching that year, he was exiled to Yuezhou because of a crime committed by his family."
"And because I refused to take the exam for the powerful children, I was directly framed for plagiarism. Expelled from the examination room and never hired.”
"Tomorrow, across the mountains, the world will be confused."
The wind on the top of the mountain ruffled his hair, and there were faint stars in his eyes.
It seems that the person in front of me is no longer Bai Zhishan, the leader of the Leopard Hall of the Longya Clan, but Bai Zishan, a young handsome man from the Banshan Academy. Together with his cherished friends, he is preaching to the mountains in front of this pavilion to save the world. The ideal of saving people.
The young man was full of energy and scolded Fang Qiu.
"Xing Kai." Bai Zhishan sighed, "After all, we have never met again. I stayed in Shendu, and he went to Yuezhou. But more than ten years have passed, Lord Jing Liang, you reminded me Only then did I realize...it turned out that I was the one who walked away, and he was the one who stayed in place without moving. He still remembered the original story, but I almost forgot."
Liang Yue was silent.
Those two people were the same age as him now, and probably had similar ideals to him.
They all hit their own wall.
The living one has changed, and the unchanged one has died.
I will probably have such difficulties in my future journey.
Will you change?
Maybe you won’t know until the moment of decision.
He also breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Then what he left for you should be in the place where he secretly endorsed it, right?"
"Go and have a look." Bai Zhishan stood up and flew into the wind.
Liang Yue rode a snow dragon pony and caught up with no effort at all.
However, Dahei still looked listless. He seemed to move his legs and feet casually a few times. Although he would not be left behind, he did not have the sense of power to run with all his strength.
Liang Yue is a little confused, can’t he be interested in galloping in the wilderness?
What do you like?
All the way to the opposite mountain peak.
As expected, there is an abandoned academy site halfway up the mountain, which is in a state of dilapidation. On the top of the hill behind the academy, there is a smooth blue boulder, which can accommodate three or four people.
"That's right here." Bai Zhishan pointed.
Liang Yue stepped forward and pushed. As expected, the boulder was somewhat loose and its foundation was unstable.
He exerted all his strength and pushed the boulder away with a rumble, and there was a small, square pit underneath. There is a jade slip and a letter lying in the pit!
The letter contained a few lines of skinny characters.
“I am a good friend to you.”
"We have been apart for more than ten years, and we have gone through many vicissitudes of life, and I don't know your feelings."
"If you are still sincere in plotting for the Lu family, you can exchange the things in the jade slips for a lifetime of prosperity by handing them to them. . If you don't forget the old words in front of Wangshan Pavilion and make this thing public for me, it will be fulfilled."
"Forgive me for spending so much trouble, just because the times are difficult and I don't know whether I will live or die tomorrow. There will be a day to meet.”
“Zhang Xingkai stayed”
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"It seems that President Zhang faked his death to escape because he anticipated the danger. Although he was not 100% sure about this plan, he still chose to believe in his wife. Before that, he decided to entrust the evidence to you." Liang Yue He said slowly: "But he didn't expect that in that organization, his wife would also be helpless." "Alas." Bai Zhishan looked at the letter and was lost in thought for a long time before he picked up the jade slip again.
He took out the items stored in the jade slips and found a thick stack of books.
Liang Yue looked through it with him.
It is described above that the Lu family ran short of construction funds in Yuezhou, causing the dams to be weak and the rivers to overflow every year. The people on both sides of the strait suffered deeply. Therefore, the Ministry of Industry can allocate funds for embankment construction every year, creating a steady stream of funds.
The same is true for digging mountains and building roads and repairing official roads. The companies building official roads are determined by the Ministry of Industry, and 70% of the money will be returned to the officials immediately. The business kept 10% for itself and used the remaining 20% to build roads. Naturally, it only had a superficial appearance and was damaged every year. In this way, it can be repaired and broken frequently, and the road to wealth will be endless.
Yuezhou built a new city. During the process of building the city, the old people of Nanxiang were forcibly expropriated and the money that should have been paid to the people was embezzled. This caused resentment among the old people of Nanxiang. In the past ten years, many people have rebelled, and a large number of people have An innocent death. Due to frequent public troubles, the construction progress of the city was delayed for several years, and the government's funding was increased repeatedly.
One pile, one piece, countless. In Yuezhou alone, there were countless crimes committed.
But these may not be enough to bring down the Lu family. After all, the emperor holds the horse drinking prison. It is difficult to say how much he was deceived by what happened in Yuezhou. It can only be said that if another person was in charge of the Ministry of Industry, it might be even worse. Lu Yuanwang could only sit comfortably in these years.
The most lethal thing should be the flow of money described later.
The Lu family grabbed a lot of profits and used them to channel them to officials in the court and central government, so that they could build momentum for the sixth prince with good words in both the government and the public, incite public opinion, and influence the fight for the throne. Many officials wrote letters because of this, which can be regarded as deceiving the emperor.
The last thing that scares me most when I come to the Lu family is this.
As a relative of the emperor, the emperor will not taboo your corruption as long as everything is stable. But if you can already influence the opinions of the government and the public and deceive the emperor, that is a very dangerous thing.
Bai Zhishan said: "Xing Kai seems to have left me a choice, but I have no choice at all. Whether it is for him or for myself, I have to hand over this evidence."
Liang Yue nodded in agreement.
If Bai Zhishan had discovered the evidence here alone, he might have hesitated a little. But he is watching here. If he wants to hide evidence and give it to the Lu family, he must pass his level.
What's more, the Ministry of Industry is now on the verge of collapse, and all it takes is the last step. Bai Zhishan is a smart man, and he is still loyal to the Lu family at this time, which is somewhat like purifying himself and entering the palace even when the country is about to perish.
"Does this count as my contribution? When the Lu family falls, the Longya Gang will definitely be liquidated." Bai Zhishan looked at Liang Yue, "Master Liang, I hope you will "You can save my life."
"I will explain this matter."
He will definitely not present this evidence in his own capacity. The Lu family has deep roots in the imperial court. They have spent many years spreading money and have countless relatives and friends. It is purely a crime for him, a little minion, to confront others head-on. Asking for trouble. Even if the Lu family falls, someone may take revenge on his behalf.
He was not prepared to hand it over to the prince, because there were too few people around the prince and it would be easy for him to be targeted. Moreover, the prince is immature after all, and his skills are far different from those of an old fox in the officialdom.
He planned to hand over this evidence to the Ministry of Punishment and to the Left Prime Minister Liang Fuguo.
He didn’t want to take any credit from it, as long as the Ministry of Industry fell and he could keep the Enlightenment Tree, so it didn’t matter if all the credit went to Bai Zhishan.
Bai Zhishan took all the evidence back into the jade slips before passing it to Liang Yue.
“Since Hall Master Bai has made a decision today, you might as well cooperate with me in the future. If there is any new evidence from the Ministry of Industry or new actions assigned to the Longya Gang, you will inform me in time. "Liang Yue said again.
"Let me be your eyeliner?" Bai Zhishan smiled.
Liang Yue smiled back, "For Zhang Xingkai."
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After getting the evidence, Liang Yue went straight back to the city and rushed to the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment without stopping. .
When I came to Chaotianfang in the north of the city and outside the Xingbu Yamen, I saw a crowd of people here from a distance. Many people were holding big banners and shouting, mixed with the curses of "dog official" and "cruel official", and Some threw rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs at the yamen gate.
Liang Yue looked outside the crowd and saw that the door of the Criminal Department was closed tightly, and there was no reaction at all to these troublemakers.
“What’s going on?”
He was slightly puzzled.
You must know that "The Punishment Department is ruthless" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in Longyuan City. Now that so many people dare to come to make trouble, the Punishment Department does not dare to respond.
It’s really strange.
Not long after, a large number of Imperial Guard officers and soldiers poured out from the street in the other direction. They were large in number, all armed with swords, guns and sharp blades.
The demonstrators were not afraid at all. They still gathered in one place and did not attack the Yamen or the officers and soldiers. As soon as the Imperial Guards arrived, they surrendered and allowed them to take people into custody one by one.
This group of people, about a few hundred in number, were arrested by the imperial guards and taken away one by one.
Liang Yue frowned slightly and waited for the situation to calm down before he came outside the Yamen and knocked on the door to announce.
After waiting for a while, he entered and found Ling Yuanbao's seat. He saw Ling Daqiu sitting on the seat with his eyes bulging and angry, looking indignant.
"Ling Captou." He greeted with a smile.
Unexpectedly, when Ling Yuanbao saw him coming, not only did he not smile, but he turned his face away angrily, and let out a heavy sound from the end of his nose: "Humph!"
(End of this chapter )