Chapter 235
Peng Ze let them out just now, and Sun Yingkui thought that maybe they could follow Peng Shilang's words and leave, so that what happened later would have nothing to do with them. Cao Bian reprimanded "confused" and said anxiously: "We were ordered to investigate the case, and it would be dereliction of duty to leave midway.
Sun Yingkui was also anxious: "Rejecting Lord Peng is death, not rejecting is also death, what else can we do?"
Cao Bian gritted his teeth and glanced back. Seeing that Peng Ze had no idea, he said, "Stay and eavesdrop."
Peng Ze didn't know that among the two little things he didn't pay attention to, he actually dared to play the trick of Escape from the Shell with him. Seeing that there were no outsiders in the prison, Peng Ze walked in and sighed, "Brother Xue, you have suffered these days."
However, Xue Kan was unmoved and looked at him coldly: "Peng Ze, you and I are on the same list as Jinshi, and we have been together for ten years. I have been leading you to know me. I didn't expect you to act like this."
It was already October in the capital, and there was a chill in the night, and even more so in the prison. Peng Ze rolled up his sleeves and smiled lightly: "If you lose your horse, how can you know that it is not a blessing. From now on, you are suffering from prison, but in the long run, is this not your springboard?"
Xue Kan sneered, not minding the blood stains on his body at all, and looking at Peng Ze with contempt: "What's the meaning of this?"
Peng Ze approached, put the quilted clothes that Xue's wife and daughter entrusted him to bring to Xue Kan's side, patted it lightly, and said, "You and I are friends, I can't bear to see you full of talents and learning but always in the end. If your job turns around, I will give you a knocking brick. If you seize the opportunity, the sky will rise up in the future, and you will be at your feet.”
Xue Kan is a small person, not as beautiful as Peng Ze, but not without a sense of smell. Xue Kan's eyes moved slightly, thinking of something.
Seeing that Xue Kan was ready, Peng Ze said, "You are just an ordinary civil servant, how can you participate in the establishment of the reserve? I heard that Xia Ge admires your literary talent and asks you to go to their house for banquets many times. The words were mentioned by Xia Ge at the banquet, and you didn't intend to remember it, so you wrote it down."
Xue Kan understood, he fully understood what his good friend wanted to do. Seeing that Xue Kan was silent, Peng Ze thought he was persuaded and was about to give specific details. Unexpectedly, Xue Kan suddenly turned his face, stood up and said coldly to Peng Ze, "I am a soft-spoken man, and I was lucky enough to be appreciated by the old Xia Ge, but a gentleman. The truth is as light as water. Xia Ge and I only talk about heart and study, not about the government. It is nonsense to say that we are instructed. One man is responsible for doing things, and the memorial is indeed written by me alone. I have no complaints."
Peng Ze didn't expect Xue Kan to be ignorant of praise, and his face changed, and said, "Xue Kan, you can think clearly, this kind of opportunity is not for everyone. If you miss this time, don't regret it later."
Xue Kan looked at the person in front of him and felt extremely unfamiliar. A friend who had known him for more than ten years turned out to be such a person, and he felt cold and disappointed in his heart. For a moment, he thought that if the court and the court were all such people, what was the point of his actions as an official?
Xue Kan was extremely disappointed. He couldn't control his inner excitement, and blurted out: "Opportunity? If I really follow your instructions and bite the old Xia Ge, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for Qingyun to go straight, and I'll just be kicked away by you as a scapegoat. , I once showed you the draft of the memorial. You kept the draft overnight for an excuse. The next day, you told me that the memorial was well written. After reading it, Mr. Zhang praised it again and again. He also said that this is a national event, so I can submit it with confidence. , Zhang Shoufu will give his full support when the memorial is handed over. However, what I am waiting for is the emperor's anger, and he was sent to prison. Have you ever said a word to Zhang Shoufu? If this is the so-called opportunity of Zhang Gong, I am sorry for the poor officials. accept."
Xue Kan was furious, and even his private affairs came out. Peng Ze is right, Xue Kan is just a trivial official, how can he dare to talk about the establishment of a prince? It wasn't because he showed the memorial to a friend who was a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Personnel beforehand. The friend urged Xue Kan to write the record, and said that after he handed the memorial, Zhang Shoufu would also help him, so Xue Kan was relieved.
Unexpectedly, the emperor was furious after seeing his memorial. Zhang Shoufu and Peng Ze, who had promised to support him earlier, remained silent. Xue Kan thought that Zhang Shoufu and Peng Ze were afraid of getting burned, and it was human nature to protect themselves. Xue Kan did not blame his friends, and even when he was tortured, he never mentioned Peng Ze's name.
It was not until today that I met Peng Ze, and Peng Ze hinted that he could bite Xia Wenjin inside and out. Xue Kan just woke up like a dream. It turned out that he had been used by his friend and Zhang Shoufu.
Xue Kan didn't want to look at the person in front of him anymore. He pointed to the cell door and said indifferently: "Master Shilang, thank you for sending me winter clothes today, but there are different ways of doing things, please go out."
When Peng Ze saw Xue Kan stomping his nose on his face, he was also angry. He said coldly, "I don't know what's wrong," and threw his sleeves out.
When going out, Peng Ze vaguely heard a rustling sound in the prison and passed by. Peng Ze thought it was a mouse, but neither he nor Xue Kan cared.
Peng Zegui was the second-rank official servant, and he was also a figure who stomped the ground and shook when he stomped his feet in the court hall. Naturally, he brought people to guard the main road. But Sun and Cao were the officials in charge of the case, and they knew more about prisons than Peng Ze. Sun Yingkui and Cao Bian originally stayed to eavesdrop just in case, but how could they have imagined that they had heard such a terrifying inside story.