"God knows," Shi Zhongkui sighed and wanted to tell what happened in the Gongyuan, but he swallowed the words again.

Isn’t this self-exposed scandal?

It feels good to say it for a while, but it seems silly to let people remember it as a piece of fun.

The expressions of Jia Lian, Xue Pan and many servants suddenly darkened.

It can be said that whether these people will be able to live a good life in the future depends on how far Shi Zhongkui can go in the imperial examination.

At the same time, there are many people outside who are uneasy and even frightened because the frame-up of Shi Zhongkui failed.

In the evening, the golden-haired mouse came back and reported, "Master, the mouse followed the officer and searched all the way up. For the time being, he only found a few minor officials.

However, from the conversations between these people, I have a small guess that the person who wants to frame you must be related to a noble family that owes a lot of money to the Ministry of Accounts.

It’s just that the time was too short and we didn’t know the specific mastermind behind it.”

Shi Zhongkui frowned, "If you deal with a few petty officials, not only will you not be able to catch the mastermind behind the scenes, but you will also alert others and expose yourself."

After all, if something happens to these low-level officials, any fool knows that it must be their fault.

As for the person behind the story of the Golden Mouse, it may be related to the big family and nobles who owe money to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

If you think about it carefully, you will soon understand.

The Jia family also owed a lot of money to the Ministry of Revenue after building the Grand View Garden, but Jia Zheng, who acted as the face of the Jia family, was indifferent and did not have much political sensitivity.

Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng, the real housekeepers, blindly concealed the financial situation of Rongguo Mansion to avoid being accused of being poor housekeepers, so they kept delaying it.

But this does not mean that other nobles and officials who owe money will, under the pressure of the emperor, be as drunk as the Jia family and not think about how to solve the trouble.

And even though he won four yuan in a row, he became famous both in the government and in the public.

But really speaking, he is actually just a judge.

The price and cost of dealing with oneself is indeed not high in the eyes of some people.

It's just that these people never imagined that they would be kicked on the iron plate.

Following this line of thinking, Shi Zhongkui quickly thought that the Jiangnan Zhen family was definitely the small group of people who owed the most money.

The former Prince of Anle County has been confined in Longshou Palace, and there is an old concubine Zhen in Longshou Palace.

This makes it impossible not to doubt it.

Of course, owing money does not mean that you will be targeted.

But think about the fact that the Zhen family was ransacked in the end, which means that the Zhen family and the emperor were not the same people.

With the idea of ​​giving it a try, Shi Zhongkui told the Golden Mouse, "Go and watch the husband of the eldest daughter of the Zhen family in Jiangnan who married into the capital. Maybe there will be unexpected results."

The golden-haired rat nodded and quickly ran to find out.

At noon the next day, the Golden Mouse hurriedly came back to report, "Sir, as you expected, I saw a boy outside the Zhen family's house going out to meet a man from the Ministry of Etiquette whom I checked yesterday.

Small official.

Then the boy went to see a eunuch.

The younger one followed the eunuch all the way and watched him enter the Dragon Head Palace."

Now Shi Zhongkui didn't need to let the Golden Mouse continue to investigate. He was already convinced that among the people who wanted to harm him, there was definitely the old concubine Zhen.

The status of an eunuch who can enter and leave the Dragon Head Palace at will is definitely not low.

In other words, the master's status is not low either.

Even Mrs. Zhen may have secretly connected with many officials and nobles who were afraid that the emperor would rectify the government and clean up the deficit in the household department.

Fortunately, Shi Zhongkui thought carefully and felt that the person who harmed him would not be the Supreme Emperor.

The reason is very simple. The Supreme Emperor wants to plot against himself, so just let Dai Quan do it.

And with so many people under Dai Quan, there is no reason why they would go to Mr. Zhen's family even for the sake of confidentiality.

There is no need to find a yamen official who is responsible for searching candidates for inclusion before the examination.

Thinking of this, Shi Zhongkui felt secretly resentful.

Not to mention that there is no grievance or enmity, just because I have married the Xue family and the Jia family, they are already relatives.

If that's the case, don't blame yourself for being dark-hearted.

Shi Zhongkui thought about it for a moment and came up with a vicious plan that would test people's hearts to the extreme.

He squinted his eyes and said to the Golden Mouse, "Go find the land of Qiu Yougang and Changping, the gods of Tianshou Mountain.

Tell them both that a Taoist priest will come to see them in the future, and hint that the reason why those yellow men will harm the former Prince of Anle County is because someone broke their word."

The golden-haired squirrel nodded in confusion. After a while, it probably figured it out, and then trembled and ran out.

The mountain god and the land are just hints. If you say it out loud, there is no need for a person in charge.

In order to find themselves, who are experts in using thunder methods, Taoist priests will inevitably look for mountain gods and land from time to time.

At the same time, after all, the group of Taoist priests failed to protect the former Anle County Prince, and they had merits and demerits.

So after knowing this, why not investigate secretly by yourself, hoping to find out something and then claim credit from the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor.

How about telling the Emperor and the Supreme Emperor directly that it's not that he and others are incompetent, but that there is someone inside.

No matter what the outcome is, there will definitely be a huge storm in the Dragon Head Palace.

The emperor will also send people to investigate secretly.

As long as Mrs. Zhen and those nobles have any brains, they can only be honest.

And during this period, if I secretly reveal some clues or evidence.

I don’t believe that the Supreme Emperor dares to believe in the old concubine Zhen who dares to collude with the evildoer.

No matter how bad it is, it can be delayed until the end of the palace examination.

When you enter the officialdom, you have a ticket to participate in the court game.

You can free your hands and feet to deal with these people who want to harm you.

Moreover, it was already February 15th, and it was only more than a month before the imperial examination.

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Two days later, Shi Zhongkui learned from the Riyou God that those Taoist priests had indeed gone to find the mountain god and the land.

Moreover, he went with a eunuch and carried the commendation decree from the emperor and the supreme emperor.

While the mountain god and the land were grateful, they also followed the instructions and took the opportunity to say some ambiguous words.

But it sounds different to Taoist priests.

Originally, because the former Prince of Anle County was seriously injured, his great achievements were reduced to small achievements, and he had long been dissatisfied.

Now that I have found a reason to sever the relationship, I can't sit still.

Busy reporting to the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor.

However, what Shi Zhongkui didn't expect was that in order to claim credit, the mountain god and the land both mentioned that there was a literary star from the country.

As soon as these words came out, all fools knew that they must be talking about Shi Zhongkui, who had already won four yuan in a row.

The emperor was overjoyed. Although the smile on the Emperor's face did not diminish, he could not help but feel worried in his heart.

During the palace examination, it was the emperor who decided who would be the top scholar.

In other words, if Shi Zhongkui wanted to thank him, he would only thank the emperor.

If a leader of the Six Yuan Dynasty stands on the emperor's side, he will definitely gain points for the emperor in terms of public opinion.

Even the scholars of the world would subconsciously move closer to the emperor.

So when the undercurrent was raging in Longshou Palace, Shi Zhongkui didn't know that the Supreme Emperor wanted to destroy him at first.

But after thinking about it, he decided to show mercy to himself.

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If this were replaced by a dynasty with only one emperor in power, it would definitely be a good thing.

But two generations of emperors fighting secretly is not necessarily a good thing.

No, this is actually a good thing.

At least Shi Zhongkui does have a high probability of becoming the leader of the Six Yuan Dynasty.

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After causing chaos in Longshou Palace, Shi Zhongkui heard reports from the Golden Mouse from time to time in the past few days that there were palace maids and eunuchs were killed with sticks.

The most important thing is that the Supreme Emperor actually issued a decree personally, banishing a concubine to the cold palace.

For a moment, there was a real feeling in the court hall that the wind was blowing, the cranes were roaring, and the grass and trees were all at war.

How could Shi Zhongkui let go of such an opportunity?

The government servant who wanted to frame him was frightened out of his mind by the Jin-haired Rat who was pretending to be a ghost in just two nights.
To be continued...