Wei Wenli was the commander of the Brocade Guards and the first person under the commander. He was a third-grade official.
However, the third rank of the Embroidered Uniform Guards only received a symbolic salary and did not have much real power.
Emperor Hongzhi was a benevolent ruler. After he ascended the throne, he restricted the power of the Jinyiwei, so that they could rarely be dispatched to deal with major cases.
From the time Wei Wenli came to Yangxin Hall to the time he left, it had only been half an incense's time.
In the time it took for half an incense stick to burn, he had gone from being a commander in a government office to becoming a real commander of the southeast.
This made Wei Wenli extremely excited, and his gratitude towards the Crown Prince was beyond words.
However, he found it strange that the crown prince did not seem like a crown prince who cared about the government.
Was it recommended by Yang Tinghe, the Imperial Tutor of the Eastern Palace?
This was a favor. Although the Embroidered Uniform Guards and civil officials did not like it, Wei Wenli felt that he still had to thank Yang Tinghe.
As soon as he left the Imperial City, he met Yang Tinghe, who was teaching in the Eastern Palace.
Wei Wenli hurriedly walked over and bowed."This subordinate greets Lord Yang."
Yang Tinghe saw the Jinyiwei dressed in the Flying Fish Garment greeting him and was afraid to avoid it. He snorted,"If you have anything to say, say it as soon as possible!"
"Thank you for your recommendation."
Yang Tinghe frowned and did not hide his disdain for the Embroidered Uniform Guards. He said,"I recommend you? What abilities do you have? Two lists of Jinshi? Or have you been studying for more than ten years?"
"Don't say such ambiguous words. I won't recommend you in the past, and I won't recommend you in the future.”
Yang Tinghe flicked his sleeves and left.
Hmm?
Wei Wenli was puzzled. Could it be that Yang Tinghe wasn't the one who recommended him?
Who was that?
Although the Jinyiwei did not have as much power as they did during the Chenghua period, it was still very easy to investigate one thing.
After Wei Wenli returned to the Guardian Office, he had the tiqi secretly investigate where the crown prince had been recently.
" Scholarflower Alley, Green Vine Courtyard?"
Wei Wenli sat in the hall of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, his brows slightly furrowed.
A commoner? How could he influence the crown prince's decision?
Wei Wenli was determined to pay a visit to the young mister in the small courtyard of ivy. He immediately led a few Brocade Guards toward the Huai Hua Alley.
……
Shuntian Prefecture, Prefect's Office.
The assistant official found Shuntian Prefecture's prefect Ning Cheng.
"Lord Ning, the county school overseer has received a report from a scholar that someone leaked the exam questions and is going to arrest them.”
Ning Cheng nodded and said,"That's under the jurisdiction of the county government. What's the point of reporting it to the magistrate's yamen?"”
"This matter is a little strange. The other party didn't leak the questions. To be precise, he predicted the test questions correctly.”
"That's why the county government reported it."
This was an ambiguous topic. Arresting or not arresting was within the scope of the law. It all depended on how it was done. The county government needed to report it to the county government to prevent the county government from having different opinions when the Ministry of Justice checked the case file.
Ning Cheng nodded. What's your name?"
"I think his name is Su Ce. He's a young boy who lives in Huaihua Lane."”
Ning Cheng's brows were tightly knitted, slightly surprised.
Why was it him?
He could actually predict the test questions? Since that was the case, why didn't he take the test?
Ning Cheng pondered for a moment. After a long time, he said,"Follow me to take a look."
"Yes."
……
Scholarflower Alley, Green Vine Courtyard.
A few officials from the county government walked over, surrounded by a few scholars.
The surrounding neighbors saw the official walking towards Su Ce's small courtyard and all looked worried.
"Little Su is usually gentle and polite to everyone. She won't make any mistakes.”
"Yes, such a good child. He's even sick. Why are the officials here so fiercely?”
"Are they going to capture Xiao Su? What kind of person could do whatever he wanted just because he was an official?”
The neighbors were all discussing animatedly and criticizing the government. Now that the Great Ming Sea was peaceful, even if you were the government, you couldn't arrest people randomly!
Other than the neighbors speaking up for Su Ce, more scholars also surrounded the county magistrate.
The group of scholars pointed at the government bailiffs and said,""What are you doing?"
"Did some red-eyed dog demon fail the roll? What? Jealous that he couldn't stand Little Sir's prediction? If you have the ability, why don't you go and look for Little Mister to predict the test questions?”
"He didn't look at the dossier, nor did he look at the examination questions. Don't those old scholars predict the county examination? Why don't you go find trouble with them? Don't you dare? You bully the weak and fear the strong."
"That's right! Don't think that you're easy to bully just because Little Sir is sick. We're not to be trifled with!”
Many scholars jumped out to speak for Su Ce.
The scholar standing beside the officer ignored them.
The county magistrate and the criminal justice officer said angrily,"It's not up to you to say whether the questions were leaked or not!”
"We will prove his innocence."
The scholars couldn't take it anymore and said,""Young Master is sick to begin with. Won't he be tortured to death when he arrives at your county office? What will you say when you force a confession?”
The official waved his sleeves and said,"Don't pay attention to them. Go in and invite them to the county government!" Hurry up!"
Su Ce was still sitting quietly in the small courtyard of the ivy. Of course, he had heard the argument outside.
In fact, there were many things he could do. The courtyard was filled with mechanisms. If they came in, Su Ce could make them all die in the small courtyard.
As for whether he would be arrested for killing petty officials? Definitely not.
After Zhu Houzhao heard the news, he would come over immediately. Even if Su Ce killed all the officials in the Criminal Investigation Department, he would still be fine.
This was not a fair society because the imperial power was supreme.
However, Su Ce did not intend to do this. He was not afraid. He still sat quietly on the rocking chair with a book in his arms, as if what happened outside had nothing to do with him.
Just as the commotion was going on outside.
A sinister voice sounded. Wei Wenli said indifferently,"Your Shuntian Prefecture government office has such great authority? Tell me, what do you mean by catch him first?”
As soon as he finished speaking, he kicked the official.
The petty official of the county government immediately took out his Waterflame Rod.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
The five Embroidered Uniform Guards pulled out their Embroidered Spring Sabers.
"Do you want to see how fast your rod is, or do you want to see how sharp my saber is?" Wei Wenli sneered.”
Jinyiwei!
Although the Embroidered Uniform Guards 'authority was not as great as before, no one dared to provoke this group of mad dogs. Moreover, they were not in the right in this matter.
The scholar was right. If you have evidence, then come and arrest him.
However, they had no evidence. They had only accepted money from other scholars to cause trouble for Su Ce.
Wei Wenli pointed at the county magistrate and criminal justice officer and shouted angrily,"Dog, roll the ball! If I see you again, I'll skin you alive!”
Not far away.
Shuntian Prefecture Magistrate Ning Cheng, who had just arrived at the scene, was stunned.
How…did he know the Jinyiwei?
From the looks of it, the Jinyiwei seemed to be very protective of him?
Why was this happening?
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