Dragon Pattern Scroll Set

Case 1: (1)

Rolling a Knife to suppress the beheading case

1. Guillotine

In April, the city is full of peach blossoms.

A small spring examination was held in Kaifeng Mansion, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the test papers were handed over to Longtuge. This test is not to select talented people and good ministers, but to select talented people who are familiar with ancient and modern texts, who are patient and careful, and can organize and repair scattered ancient books and files.

The people who corrected the test papers were two veterans, two people who have been very busy recently.

Speaking of Kaifeng City, everyone from the royal family to the common people knew that there were two incompatible people in the court. One was the famous corrupt official Grand Master Pang Ji, and the other was the famous honest official Bao Zheng.

Bao Zheng and Pang Ji had been officials in the same dynasty for twenty years. They were close in age and had similar official ranks, but they had conflicting personalities and different horoscopes.

It happened that one was the emperor's father-in-law, and the other was the chief minister of the dynasty, and neither of them would give in to the other.

Speaking of which, their feud had something to do with Renzong to some extent.

Zhao Zhen, this young emperor who seems to be kind and honest, actually has some bad tastes. For example, once the the country is in peace, he likes to make fun of the two veterans. Recently, the border has been smooth, there have been no incidents in the court, and there have been no disasters or grievances. So Renzong suddenly had a whim and said that he would sort out the files of unsolved cases from various places in Longtuge in the past three years and study them.

Therefore, Bao Zheng, who was a bachelor (degree) of Longtuge, his dark forehead was dripping with sweat. He took a step forward and started to say, "Your Majesty, there are many files in Longtuge. Why don't you select some Taixue students to sort them out?"

"Alas!" Taishi Pang made a long tune and went out to start the class, "Your Majesty, how can the students of Imperial College tell the difference between an unsolved case and an unsolved case? Prime Minister Bao needs to personally take action!"

Bao Zheng squinted at Grand Master Pang and thought to himself, "You fat guy is taking the opportunity to make a fuss!"

Taishi Pang looked at him and narrowed his eyes. His whole face was as tight as an inkstone, and he was a little cautious. However, when he saw Bao Zheng fall into the well, if Pang Ji didn't throw stones down, he wouldn't be Pang Ji.

Zhao Zhen touched his chin leisurely and said, "What the Grand Master said makes sense, why not let Bao Zheng sort it out personally."

Grand Master Pang raised the corners of his mouth and grinned. Before the smile could fully form on his face, he heard Bao Zheng say, "Your Majesty, I am afraid that one minister is not enough. I would like to ask Grand Master to help share half of the burden."

The corners of Taishi's mouth froze, and he collapsed completely after hearing Zhao Zhen's brisk  "Excellent idea."

The ministers watched from behind as Bao Zheng and Pang Ji walked out of the palace gate, pinching each other's arms.

"Heizi, why did you drag me into this?"

"Thanks to you, why don't you ask me to support you?"

After being trapped in Longtuge for three days and three nights and being bitten by bookworms, the two adults decided to stop fighting and actively save themselves, so this spring test was born.