Chapter 902 Introduction
Neither County Magistrate Tang nor County Magistrate Yang told Lord Tang about Bai Shan and Man Bao, but they did tell Lord Tang that Wei Zhi had been investigating the King of Yizhou since the flood in Yizhou.
Lord Tang and the emperor also knew that Wei Zhi had always felt that the King of Yizhou was primarily responsible for the breach of the Jianwei Weir and that the punishment the court had given him was too light, so he was not surprised at all when he stared at the King of Yizhou, the emperor, and Lord Tang.
But the emperor was surprised that he had contacted Bai Qi's descendants so early?
So how much did he find out?
Wei Zhi did not hide anything and told everyone about how he accidentally found the Bai family and his contact with the Bai family over the past four years.
To put it bluntly, Wei Zhi never thought that the King of Yizhou wanted to rebel. He just wanted to find evidence that the King of Yizhou killed Bai Qi twelve years ago, and to get evidence that the King of Yizhou embezzled money from the Jianwei Weir twelve years ago.
Unlike the Yang and Tang families, Wei Zhi came from a poor family. He did not think that the King of Yizhou should only be fined and his fiefdoms confiscated for embezzling so much money. The reason why he acquiesced to the emperor's punishment four years ago was because he could not obtain the main evidence and could not determine that the flood in Yizhou was caused by the King of Yizhou. Otherwise, with hundreds of thousands of people in Jiannan Road, he did not believe that the King of Yizhou could not be beaten to death.
He really didn't expect that what the King of Yizhou did was much greater than he thought, which was why he acquiesced to the alliance with the Tang family.
The emperor waited for him to finish his story and then asked, "What is the name of Bai Qi's son?"
"My name is Bai Shan."
The emperor suddenly understood. After all, he had just remembered those three interesting children. "That child named Zhou Man..."
Wei Zhi was stunned for a moment. He hadn't mentioned Zhou Man's name just now, but he still paused and said, "She's Zhou Yin's orphan. But it's said that the child was adopted by her uncle since she was young. She didn't know her own life story until recently."
The emperor remembered what she had said about the King of Yizhou in the temple. He couldn't help but sigh. Could it be considered that they were born enemies? She hated the King of Yizhou before she even knew the truth.
The emperor waved his hand and said, "I understand. After Wei Qing goes to Yizhou City, you can do whatever you think is appropriate. It would be best if you could send them to the capital."
The emperor said with a hint of meaning, "Your Majesty, your health is not as good as before. Without concrete evidence, I cannot make you worry too much."
This doesn't require evidence, but rather a clue to expose the case, right?
Wei Zhi thought that Bai Qi and Zhou Yin only had this one child alive, so he remained silent.
The emperor frowned and asked, "Why didn't Wei Qing respond?"
"Your Majesty, they are just two teenagers of twelve or thirteen years old. They should not be involved in such a major event." Wei Zhiyi vaguely regretted mentioning them just now.
The emperor laughed and said, "Why, are you afraid that I will eat them? Don't worry, once they enter the capital, I will naturally protect their safety."
Wei Zhi pursed his lips. That was before they made the introduction, right?
After they act as a lead, whether the emperor will still remember them is another matter. Even if he does, they will be involved in such a big incident. Who knows how many people will want their lives. How much is the emperor willing to pay to protect them?
But Wei Zhi couldn't say these thoughts out loud. After weighing the pros and cons, he could only bow his head and agree.
Because his official mission was to inspect, and his secret mission was to investigate for evidence of King Yizhou's rebellion, but someone had already set out before him, so he was at most providing cover for them.
So Wei Zhi was not in a hurry at all. He packed up his things slowly before leaving the capital with his men. He planned to inspect each place one by one, with Yizhou City in the middle.
If you want to enter Yizhou, you can first take a detour to inspect Mianzhou, and then you can go to see Old Lady Liu and the two children.
Bai Shan and Man Bao know nothing about this. They are still standing in the spring breeze, endorsing the poem with both pain and happiness.
Bai Shan and Man Bao recited most of the book repeatedly, and finally memorized all the articles after being punished for a month. After passing the inspection, Mr. Zhuang finally allowed them to enter the study for class.
As for Bai Erlang, he still had three lessons to go, but considering that it was his first offense, Mr. Zhuang showed mercy and let him in.
Bai Shan and Man Bao were both stunned. They huddled together and whispered, "If we had known this was the case, we should have asked the teacher to check it when we first memorized it a few days ago."
"That's right. It was all because we were waiting for you that we delayed for four days."
"If you have the guts, why don't you wait until I've memorized all the textbooks? Aren't you still planning to abandon me by having the teacher check today? Humph, I'm not touched at all."
"That's because you're too slow at memorizing. We've explained the meanings of these four short passages, but you still can't memorize them."
Bai Erlang: "You think everyone is you? You can become familiar with the article after reading it twice. I..."
"Ahem," Mr. Zhuang finally found the papers he'd been working on. Turning back to see them chattering so recklessly, he couldn't help but cough twice. He glanced at the three of them with a warning and said, "Since you've all memorized them, let's do one set of papers today and continue the class tomorrow."
Each person has a tailor-made test paper, which contains all the texts they have memorized during this period, including dictation, interpretation and writing topics.
Bai Erlang felt uneasy when he saw this, but Bai Shan and Man Bao picked up the test paper and glanced at the questions as usual, then put it down and ground the ink while thinking about the essay to be written later.
The three of them had different papers, so it was useless even if they were shown to each other.
Of course, it is still useful. For example, Bai Shan and Man Bao can occasionally give Bai Erlang some guidance.
However, Bai Erlang had just offended them, so the two decided to ignore his pleading look and lowered their heads to look at their papers attentively.
Bai Erlang bit the tip of his pen, sighed, and frowned as he began to think. He could still memorize most of the text, especially the interpretation... especially the text...
Bai Shan and Man Bao only gave him a rough explanation of the meaning, and he didn't remember much, let alone write it down.
Bai Shan and Man Bao also found it difficult. After all, they had read and analyzed this book themselves from classics, and their teacher had never explained it to them, so writing the text was still very challenging.
The three of them sat in the study for the entire afternoon, finishing a set of papers. It wasn't until the servants came to say it was time for dinner that Mr. Zhuang knocked on the table and said, "Manbao, bring up all the papers."
Manbao put down the pen he was biting, hesitated for a while to squeeze in some time for his junior classmates, and then went to collect the papers.
Mr. Zhuang pressed the papers in his hand, fanned himself, and asked them, "Have you learned your lesson this time?"
The three of them nodded repeatedly.
Mr. Zhuang: "Will you dare to do it again in the future?"
The three of them shook their heads.
Mr. Zhuang looked at them seriously for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "In that case, you may leave. By the way, we have guests at home today, so please don't be too lively. Be reserved and polite, okay?"
The three people who were about to jump up and cheered restrained themselves and nodded repeatedly.
The next update will be around 8pm
(End of this chapter)
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