Chapter 243: Diverting the trouble
Song Jin asked, "Do you think Minister Yuan was involved?"
"It should be the decision of the woman in the back house."
Qin Chi thought that this matter was full of loopholes and was done openly. It was obvious that the person was relying on his family's influence to do evil.
It couldn't have been written by Minister Yuan.
If Minister Yuan were to take action on this matter, he would definitely do it more covertly.
Song Jin then thought of Yang Yingrong and his servant who were also staying at the post house, "Send someone to pass the news to Third Young Master Yang, letting him know that he almost lost his life."
"You want the Yang family to confront the Yuan family?"
Qin Chi immediately understood Song Jin's intention.
Song Jin said: "This alone is not enough, we need to add more fuel to the fire."
"Make the testimonies of those people in the ruined temple vague, and just say that someone wanted to buy the life of a nobleman in the post station." They were the ones who caught the man, and it was his people who interrogated him.
It is not difficult to change the testimony first.
Let the Yang family get involved first, and make the fake one real.
So Qin Chi began to make plans.
After a while.
Old Li told the matter to a messenger at the post station as if it were gossip, and ended by saying, "Do you think the thieves made a mistake? Where did the nobleman come from in the post station? If there is, I will go there to inform them immediately and even ask for a reward."
The officer's eyes rolled around.
A master and servant arrived at the post station before dark.
The young man in the middle, wearing a fox fur cloak and holding a business card from the Yang family in the capital, must be of extraordinary origin.
So it didn't take long.
Yang Yingrong learned that someone was plotting against him.
"Coming for me?" Yang Yingrong was surprised.
The officer replied flatteringly: "The thief confessed that he came for you, the noble. You are the only noble in the entire post station."
Qin Chi and others were ignored by the officers.
A student who comes from another province to take the imperial examination has nothing to do with a "noble person".
Then the officer stood there without saying anything. Yang Yingrong understood this very well and signaled the servant to give him a reward with his eyes.
The servant reluctantly took out some silver to reward the officer.
The officer was delighted to receive the reward and said, "Sir, I have also heard that among those arrested, there is a steward of Yuan Shangshu's family. He said that his young master was resentful and asked his mother to do it."
"What?" Yang Yingrong was stunned.
The servant next to him suddenly understood, "Oh, that's not surprising."
"What do you mean by that, you little dog slave?"
Yang Yingrong raised his leg and kicked the servant. "Such a big thing happened, but you didn't report it in time. You had to wait for others to tell me. I will settle the score with you when we return to the capital."
Did the boy dare to say that he was just being lazy? The noise of catching the thief was so loud that he could hear it in the room, but it was too cold outside and he was too lazy to come out.
Of course, this cannot be said directly.
The servant knelt down on the spot and said, "I deserve to die. I was so tired on the way that I couldn't help but take a nap."
Seeing that Yang Yingrong had no intention of pursuing the matter further.
The servant said worriedly, "The Yuan family wants to kill the young master. Let's quickly inform the mansion and ask them to send someone to pick you up."
"It's really strange, why would the Yuan family want to kill me?"
"Have you forgotten? Before Yuan Shipeng went into exile, you deliberately went to laugh at him." The servant had a bitter face when he talked about this.
The Third Young Master's ability to commit suicide is getting stronger and stronger.
Upon hearing in Huizhou Prefecture that Yuan Shipeng was imprisoned for cheating in the imperial examination and was about to be sentenced to exile, Yang Yingrong rode his horse at full speed to the provincial capital just to laugh at Yuan Shipeng in front of the city gate.
Even Qin Chi and Song Jin didn't know about this.
It was a coincidence and a pleasant surprise.
After being reminded by the servant, Yang Yingrong finally remembered the incident. "Damn it! Yuan Shipeng is so vicious. He is even worse than me. He dared to kill me just for making a few mocking remarks. Hurry up, go and grind ink for me."
He had to write back quickly to ask for help.
This time he sneaked back to Beijing from Huizhou, so he only brought a servant with him and no guards at all.
If he died here, it would be an unjust death! Before Yang Yingrong's letter was sent out, Qin Chi's secret letter arrived in the capital even faster. Then the eldest lady of the Yuan family learned that the person she sent failed and was detained by the government.
The murder was exposed.
The residence of Yuan Shangshu.
In the main room of the big house.
Madam Yuan was so angry that she smashed a set of fine blue and white porcelain tea sets. "What a bunch of losers! They couldn't even handle a poor student, and they messed things up, and even involved me."
A maid next to her advised, "Madam, don't get so angry that you become ill. The most important thing now is how to finish it. You can't let the rubble damage the jade."
The rubble refers to Qin Chi.
The jade stone is Madam Yuan.
Madam Yuan calmed down and said, "Send someone to kill them along the way. Don't let them enter the capital. Remember, this time we have to do it more cleanly."
"Yes, ma'am."
There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!
The nanny left immediately.
The wealthy families had a group of guards in their houses, but the actual number of guards was far more than the superficial ones. They would also hire a group of thugs outside. Madam Yuan's family hired quite a few of them privately.
Before she got married, Mrs. Yuan acted unscrupulously.
The number of innocent souls who died at her hands could not be counted on ten fingers.
When the people here move.
Someone immediately passed the message to Qin Chi.
Qin Chi received the news early the next morning, when the sky was still gray.
After reading the secret letter, I found that Song Jin had also woken up.
Qin Chi threw the secret letter into the charcoal basin, "Madam, the other party has taken the bait. I just don't know how many monsters and demons will be attracted by the fight between the Yuan family and the Yang family."
He wanted to make the water in the capital even more muddy, so that the fish hiding at the bottom of the water could float to the surface.
Song Jin listened and said nothing.
Qin Chi got up and returned to the bed, crawling into the quilt, "Let's sleep for a while."
"Have you forgotten that you still have to take the exam?"
Song Jin reached out and tucked the quilt for him.
Qin Chi smiled and said, "Today is only the fifth day of the lunar new year, we can make it in time."
The joint examination is similar to the provincial examination. The ninth day is the formal examination, and candidates must enter the examination room in advance on the eighth day. If there are no accidents today, they will be able to arrive in the capital in the afternoon.
Old Li and Qin Ba prepared the food early.
The carriage was also harnessed.
The luggage was also put on the carriage.
Everything is ready, just waiting for the two masters to get up.
Qin Chi and Song Jin didn't keep them waiting for long.
When the sun came out, the two had breakfast and walked out of the room.
Song Jin looked at the sunrise in the east and said, "Today's weather is very good. Not only is it not snowing, but the sun is out. The sun is warm on people."
Pulling Qin Chi, he stood in the sun.
Qin Chi took her outside.
The carriage was ready.
Song Jin was also surprised to see a low-key yet luxurious carriage.
No need to guess, it’s Yang Yingrong’s.
As Song Jin got on the carriage, he joked, "This carriage looks much more impressive than ours. When we walk on the official road together, it will be easy to tell who is the master and who is the follower."
"That's good."
This is exactly the effect Qin Chi wants.