Chapter 322 The Tan Family Arrested
When the news came out, Xing Xing didn't think much about it, but just felt that Qin Jingqian was not a good person and even God would not help him!
Because of the Deer Ming Banquet, almost all the new candidates met Liu Ge'er in person.
Because Liu Ge'er's temperament is so consistent with the ultimate aesthetic of this dynasty for literati - the temperament should be elegant, the appearance should be handsome, the air of bookishness should be strong, the conversation should be appropriate, and he should be neither humble nor arrogant.
Liu Ge'er can be said to be the ultimate role model in this regard.
After just this one encounter, many new candidates were shaken - Yu Jieyuan was so young and so handsome, how could he be the kind of person who would resort to despicable means to win the title as rumored?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
In addition, Qin Jingqian did not attend the Lu Ming Banquet this time, and many new officials thought that Qin Jingqian was guilty and afraid.
Therefore, at a deer banquet, Liu Ge'er's reputation was inexplicably restored a lot.
Of course, a seventeen-year-old champion would be the envy of others no matter where he was. However, there were still some people who firmly believed that Yu Yongliu's champion was not legitimate.
But Brother Liu didn't take it to heart at all.
When Patrolman Zhao arrived in the provincial capital, he and Brother Bo presented all the evidence of the Qin family's crimes and Qin Jingqian's dirty deeds.
The faces of these people will surely be very interesting by then.
On the second day after the Deer and Ming Banquet, which was also the third day after the announcement of the results, the inspector surnamed Zhao, with his ceremonial guards and guardsmen, finally arrived at the provincial capital.
Zhao Xunfu has always been known as Zhao Tiemian. During his eastern tour, he has detained no less than three officials above the state level.
Prefect Tan brought his people to greet him outside the city wall, very respectfully.
However, what they were greeted with was an empty guard of honor.
The accompanying official smiled bitterly, bowed to the prefect Tan and explained: "…Patrolman Zhao went on a private visit in disguise."
A look of surprise flashed across Qin Zhizhou's face.
Deeper inside, there is a tension that is difficult to conceal.
Of course, Prefect Qin did not show anything on his face, he just smiled and said: "Since Patrolman Zhao has something to do, it's fine... The post station has been prepared for you all, you should go to the post station to rest first."
The officials accompanying Patrol Officer Zhao all had a good impression of Prefect Qin.
However, two days later, when Patrolman Zhao came back and put on his official robes, the first thing he did was to order the officers and soldiers accompanying him to arrest all 74 people including Prefect Tan.
Mrs. Tan and the two sons of Prefect Tan were not spared.
It stands to reason that a married daughter should not be implicated in such crimes. Magistrate Qin had an older daughter who had long been married to the Fan family. But when the Qin family got into trouble this time, the older daughter was also arrested. However, because the Fan family had also committed many crimes, almost the entire family was thrown into prison.
Even several members of the Wang family, the in-laws of the Fan family who had previously hosted the Osmanthus Feast, were thrown into jail.
It was like a series of huge thunderstorms that blew the entire state capital into a mess.
Everyone then knew that before entering the provincial capital, Patrolman Zhao had obtained a secret report document.
It detailed the evidence of how the Qin family had colluded with their in-laws to secretly embezzle the state's finances over the years.
Even the Wang family, whose crimes were the least serious, were charged with colluding with the government to frame others and seize their property. Just take the most famous case as an example: the Wang family's large garden came about in this way.
The Qin family was accused of numerous crimes, one after another, which was enough to make the entire Qin family unable to recover.
But the most explosive thing was Tan Jingqian's crime of murder.
Along with the evidence of the Qin family's crimes, Zhao Xunfu was also given evidence that Qin Jingqian hired Wu Yong, a fellow candidate, to frame Yu Yongliu, a new champion. This evidence also contained Wu's handwritten suicide note, which he left behind when he realized that he might be murdered.
Because these things were too unbelievable, after Zhao Xunfu got the evidence, he went to investigate secretly and confirmed that the thick evidence was true. Only then did he come back and put on his official uniform to arrest the person.
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As the news about the Qin family spread, the entire state capital was in an uproar.
No one could believe that Qin Jingqian, who looked so gentle and refined, was actually such a despicable person!
After Qin Jingqian came out of the examination hall, he hinted to people everywhere that Yu Yongliu had poisoned him in order to get the title of Jieyuan. Everyone was filled with indignation and stood up for him, but they never thought that what he said and framed Yu Yongliu for doing to him was exactly the same thing he had done to Yu Yongliu!
Yu Yongliu is so innocent!
Being entangled by such a despicable and shameless villain!
First he escaped the other party's frame-up for cheating in the exam, and then he was slandered by the other party for poisoning!
What's worse, after the other party killed someone, he turned around and slandered Yu Yongliu as the murderer, and used his own power to put Yu Yongliu in jail!
Under such circumstances, with so many messy things happening, Yu Yongliu was still able to win the title of Jieyuan!
What is this called?
This is called Wenquxing from heaven!
All of a sudden, Yu Yongliu's reputation in the state capital immediately reversed!
How disdainful those people were of Liu Ge'er before, but now they admire him so much.
It seemed that this could prove that they had just been deceived by the bad guys and did not really have any hostile intentions towards Jie Yuangong.
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When the news came, Yu Erhu was stunned at first, then tears filled his eyes and he shouted, "God has eyes."
Brother Bo and Brother Liu were much calmer.
This was planned by them, and they knew that this day would come.
When Li Lanzhu came to see Xingxing, she brought a copy of the Analects with her, hoping that Liu Ge'er could write a word of encouragement on it: "...My younger brother is still learning. These days, everyone in the family is talking about your third brother. Everyone respects him very much. I thought that if your third brother could write something on it, my younger brother would definitely read the book every day."
It was a piece of cake, so Xingxing agreed immediately.
Li Lanzhu was already a young girl, so she still had to be careful about the differences between men and women. Xingxing took the book and went to the study in front to find Liu Ge'er, and asked Liu Ge'er to help her write a word of encouragement on the corner of the page of the Analects.
Li Lanzhu was so happy to get such a book that she thanked Xingxing again and again before leaving.
When Boger and his friends returned to Nantuo Village, the whole village was decorated with lights and full of joy.
The news that Liu Ge'er had won the title of Liyuan had spread back a long time ago. This was a great joyous event for the entire Nantuo Village. The whole village was beaming with joy. When they went out to talk to people from other villages, they would start by saying, "Ah, how did you know that a young man from our village won the title of Liyuan?"
The aunties and wives even proudly said to others: "Mr. Jie Yuan, do you know? I held him in my arms when he was a baby!"
All the villagers are like this, let alone Yu’s family.
The Yu family was so happy that they went crazy!
The day the news came back, Bai Xiaofeng cried with joy.
The gifts sent by other families in the county flowed into the Yu family like water. Mrs. Wei and several daughters-in-law were busy returning the gifts, and they were so busy that they had no time to rest.