Chapter 272: The news of the top scholar was sent back to Huizhou

Wait until the people from the Ministry of Rites leave.

Qin Ba began to examine the crowns and robes displayed in the hall, and when he found nothing unusual, he handed them over to Old Li for another inspection.

Only then did Qin Chi try it on.

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Next to it are official seals and ivory plates.

The ivory plaque is an ivory waist plaque in the shape of a vertical rectangle with an arc-shaped top. The upper part of the plaque is engraved with auspicious cloud patterns and there is a hole in the middle for tying a rope.

On one side of the ivory plaque is the Chinese character "文", which refers to civil officials. On the other side, four lines of text are engraved, which read together as follows: "Officials attending court must wear this plaque. Those without it will be punished according to the law. Those who borrow it will be punished as well as those who lend it. It cannot be used when leaving the capital."

The ivory card is used to prove identity and should be used when entering and leaving the palace to prevent treachery.

"Sir, are you going to court tomorrow? I heard that there will be a grand court meeting tomorrow." Old Li said happily.

Qin Chi glanced at him and said, "Officials of the Hanlin Academy do not need to attend court."

When these words were spoken, Old Li was stunned.

Qin Chi has felt guilty towards Song Jin for so many years.

She had promised to help him find his family, but they still haven't found them. In the end, she went to Fuzhou to look for them.

Qin Chi asked again: "Hasn't the mastermind behind that group of bandits been found out yet?"

"We are trying to catch the hidden son of the bandit leader. Once we find him, we will pry open his mouth." The bandit leader that Old Li was referring to was the leader of the gang of bandits who targeted Song Jin on the day when the top scholar was paraded through the streets.

That man is very stubborn.

No matter how he was tortured, he refused to speak and insisted that he was a member of the Yuan family.

They found out from other thieves that the man had a mistress who gave birth to a son for him.

Qin Chi said coldly: "Keep digging, I don't believe that we won't find anything useful."

"yes!"

Old Li responded.

In the following days, Qin Chi became busy, often leaving home early and returning late, and he would also bring official documents back home to deal with them until late at night.

Song Jin didn't ask any more questions about this.

Just do your job well.

Sometimes she would feel that there were not enough people at home, and she always felt that it was a waste of talent to let Qin Qi and Qin Ba, two secret guards, do the work of maids and servants at home.

But I mentioned it to Qin Chi.

Qin Chi said it was not appropriate to have any more people in the family.

Two masters and seven servants serving them were already very conspicuous. Moreover, no one would believe that they came from a poor family.

Song Jin thought about it and gave up for the time being.

More than half a month passed peacefully.

The news that Qin Chi had won the top spot in the imperial examination had already spread to Huizhou.

The new prefect of Huizhou was extremely excited.

This was his achievement as the prefect. During his term, a top scholar emerged, who was one of the top three and six poets, a figure who would go down in history. He was so happy that he rushed to Yi County that very day to deliver the good news in person.

The three brothers of Qin Lao Da, who received the news in advance, rushed back to Qinjiagou from Hongcun Town early.

Let alone the Qin family.

The entire Qinjiagou was in an uproar.

When the villagers from all over the place saw it, they were so envious that their eyes turned red. They all said that Qinjiagou was a place of good feng shui and that the Qin family’s ancestral tomb must be emitting smoke.

There are some naughty children.

I really went to see the Qin family’s ancestral tomb.

"Qin's luck is so good!"

"I'll find a Feng Shui master in a few days to check our ancestral grave to see if it's buried incorrectly."

"If you find one that works, remember to introduce it to me. There are three people in my family who are studying, but none of them has succeeded."

"Yes, they have two students, one is a juren and the other is a top scholar. In our family, let alone a top scholar, we would be thankful if we could have a scholar."

There are all kinds of opinions out there.

Everyone envies the Qin family.

The Qin family is fine, except that there are a lot of people coming to the house every day. However, those who want to give gifts are all politely declined. At the same time, Qin has spread the word to the public that his son will not accept expensive gifts, so everyone should be polite and it's fine as long as they have the intention.

Sure enough, it was just like the last time I passed the imperial examination.

Give back as many gifts as you receive.

Some people originally wanted to find another way to send it to Old Man Qin, but later someone told them that the Qin family had split up, so they gave up.

Qin Mingsong returned after failing the exam.

His reputation was not as good as before, and he was not living a happy life. But this time, thanks to Qin Chi, his popularity improved a lot, and more invitations were sent to him.

Some well-informed people have already known that Qin Chi has been promoted twice and is now serving as a bachelor in the Hanlin Academy.

Let Qin Mingsong benefit from this.

It is something Qin Chi cannot control.

But even though I thought about it, I didn’t care.

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In today's society, family is very important, people of the same blood are connected, and people share the same fate. The law also contains the crime of collective responsibility, such as confiscation of property, extermination of the clan, or exile.

Qin Chi was an official in the court.

If he committed a serious crime and his family was to be exterminated, Qin Mingsong would not be able to escape, including the members of the Qinjiagou clan.

Some light is not so easy to get. According to Qin Chi's current plan, who knows who will be implicated in the future.

…

The Qin family's old house.

Different from the bustle outside.

There was chaos all day long.

Old Mrs. Liu and Song Xiu were at loggerheads with each other, and the quarrel never ended.

Since Qin Mingsong failed the exam, Song Xiu's years of expectations had been dashed, and she was even more desperate. But at this time, Old Liu came to pick a fight, which became a perfect outlet for Song Xiu to vent her anger.

Old Liu couldn't bear the blow when she learned that her son failed the exam.

He fainted that day!

Old Liu had been waiting for the imperial edict for most of her life, but it was gone all of a sudden. How could she not be anxious? Even if her eldest grandson became the top scholar, it would not cure her, because she had separated him from her husband so early, and if she could get any benefit, she would only have the title of the top scholar's grandmother.

Thinking that it would take another three years for her son to take the next imperial examination, Mrs. Liu didn't dare to think about it.

I’m old now, is there still hope?

Old Liu lay in bed sighing all day, and always asked Song Xiu to come and serve her by her bed. When she was unhappy, she would point at Song Xiu's nose and curse, "My son failed the imperial examination because he married a jinx like you!"

"Mother-in-law, just talk about it at home, don't say it outside, it's embarrassing."

Song Xiu spoke in a sarcastic tone.

Old Mrs. Liu asked Song Xiu to serve her.

Song Xiu, the daughter-in-law, also came, but she didn't really serve. It was her maid who did the work.

Song Xiu cracked melon seeds and spat out the skins. "Everyone knows that the Qin family brought bad luck to me. My sister and I are both blessed, but look at the life I'm living. My sister has become the wife of the top scholar, and I'm still a useless lady of a juren."

Old Mrs. Liu was originally pointing at Song Xiu and scolding her, but she became even more angry at what she said.

Song Xiu didn't care at all. While cracking melon seeds, she continued, "I suspect my mother-in-law is the unlucky one. Think about how lucky my sister is after the family split up. Even a sickly person who should have died long ago has lived for so long. Oh, not only that, the first wife should have died out anyway..."

"You're the one who's dead!"

Old Liu glared at Song Xiu, "Little whore, if you keep talking nonsense I'll tear your mouth apart."

"laugh!"

Song Xiu sneered, rolled up her sleeves and shouted, "If you have the guts, stand up and fight. If I give in to you, you won't be named Song."

When these words were spoken, Mrs. Liu was so angry that she covered her chest and her eyes rolled back.

Song Xiu is generous.

Then he sat down and cracked melon seeds.

The old guy is very tough and won’t die anytime soon.

Instead, the little maid was almost frightened to tears...