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Lin Junnuan didn't know the news that Mr. Zhao resigned and Cheng Jiangyun was promoted to Dali Temple Secretary until the next day when he went to Yingmao in Dali Temple.

"Congratulations, Shaoqing, no, it's Mr. Zhengqing who has been promoted." She said with a smile to Cheng Jiangyun who came to Dali Temple after the next court.

Cheng Jiangyun sat down in the hall, rubbing his temples with a tired expression. Lin Junnuan poured a cup of tea and served it doglegly, "Could it be that someone in the court objected to your being the Minister of Dali Temple?"

Not only some people objected, it should be said that the vast majority of people disapproved of the emperor handing over the position of Minister of Dali Temple to him, including his father Jian Yuanhou.Most of the people did not trust him when he was just in his early twenties. Jian Yuanhou also made some excuses from his father's point of view, saying that his mind was not yet determined and he was not reliable in his work.

However, the current Holy Majesty has been in power for more than 20 years, and he is quite strong, so he suppressed all doubts and insisted on appointing Cheng Jiangyun as the Minister of Dali Temple.

However, although he took this seat for the time being, he was afraid that he would be stared at by many eyes in the future, and if he made a slight mistake, he would attract countless criticisms. Thinking of this, Cheng Jiangyun couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

"Is the promotion banquet going to be held?" Lin Junnuan blinked at him with a look of great interest, like a kitten waiting to be fed.

Cheng Jiangyun couldn't help but pursed his lips and laughed, "Do it, you can figure it out."

Lin Junnuan lived a leisurely life in Dali Temple, because he was directly appointed by Cheng Jiangyun, and no one else dared to assign her any errands, as long as he completed the tasks assigned by Cheng Jiangyun.Now that Cheng Jiangyun has been promoted to Dali Temple Minister, she also has a bit of a posture that the tide has risen all boats. Many servants who have dealt with her usually come to congratulate her and ask her if she will be promoted along with her.

She didn't want to be promoted, but she still had to have a meal at the banquet. After Cheng Jiangyun nodded in agreement, Lin Junnuan immediately greeted several people who often worked under him, and went to Huixianlou to have a big meal at night.

"However, is the reason clear why Mr. Zhao resigned suddenly?" Lin Junnuan asked someone to come back, and began to think about the unsolved doubts before.

Cheng Jiangyun's grinding hand paused slightly, "I don't know, the emperor should know, but he didn't say anything."

"The emperor also knows?" Lin Junnuan frowned, "Then it shouldn't be a big mistake. If so, why did he resign?"

Cheng Jiangyun shook his head, sat at the desk and began to deal with the affairs of the day, Lin Junnuan also put away his curiosity, and quietly assisted by the side, helping to find information in the notebook.

"There's something wrong here." She flipped through a booklet and said suddenly.

Cheng Jiangyun looked up, and Lin Junnuan was holding the reconciliation booklet of Min Chongshan's ink corruption case, "What's wrong?"

"Here, here, and here, here, there are traces of alteration."

Lin Junnuan showed him the altered positions one by one, "Look here, add five thousand taels to two thousand taels, originally wrote 'three', then erased and rewritten 'seven thousand taels'."

"It's the same here, three thousand plus eight hundred, with 'two thousand' painted out and 'three thousand eight hundred' rewritten."

Lin Junnuan looked through it carefully. There were at least a dozen such smear marks in this account book. Although they were all changed immediately, they still made people very concerned.

"Who keeps this ledger?"

Cheng Jiangyun looked at her with a complicated expression, "It should be from Master Zhao."

This account book is the general ledger that records Min Chongshan's embezzlement of ink and silver. Mr. Zhao will make statistics before handing it over to the people below for comparison.

"Master Zhao is not good at arithmetic?" She immediately realized after she opened her mouth that she was the one asking too much. It is impossible for the majestic Dali Temple Minister to get such a simple arithmetic wrong.

The abnormality in this account book is probably inseparable from Mr. Zhao's sudden run away from home.

Cheng Jiangyun sighed, "Leave it alone, and it will be fine in the end if you are right."

Now Master Zhao's resignation is a foregone conclusion, and Master Zhao himself has no explanation for it, even if other people want to find out the truth and help him, they are powerless.

***

There were not many affairs in Dali Temple that day, and the sun had not yet set after finishing the processing. Lin Junnuan invited seven or eight people to go to Huixianlou for a big meal, and the former Yan Sizheng and Master Fan were among them.

Cheng Jiangyun's young man watched the chess with a stick and followed, "Lin Jun is very active, he has stolen your limelight, don't you want to suppress his arrogance?"

Guanqi was full of words, and took a deep look at Lin Junnuan in front of her. She was standing beside Cheng Jiangyun with a smile on her face. The scene of the two walking side by side seemed quite harmonious.

No, he is not worried about being robbed of the limelight, he only cares about when there will be another master.Watching chess is full of thoughts, but unfortunately there is no one to talk about.

Huixian Tower is also considered a little famous in the capital, and the reason why it is so impressive lies in one word, expensive.Of course, the dishes in the restaurant are also worthy of its price. Anyway, it was Cheng Jiangyun's money, and Lin Junnuan booked this place with a wave of his hand, without any distress at all.

After entering the Huixian Building, the waiter took the group into the private room upstairs and sat down. Lin Junnuan ordered a bunch of crystal elbows, osmanthus duck, eight-treasure fairy eggs, and at the request of others, ordered a whole roast milk Pig and a few dishes of marinated dishes, and the wine is the best pear flower white.

A Si Cheng from an ordinary family heard the price of this table food, he opened his mouth wide open and said, "It's almost equal to my half-year salary!"

Lin Junnuan patted the table and said loudly: "After you have eaten Master Cheng's meal, you will have to work harder in the future!" The others echoed.

Cheng Jiangyun smiled helplessly at the side, turned his back on other people's eyes, and quietly poured the wine in her glass into his own, so as not to accidentally drink too much, and the watching chess standing on the side covered his face. Did not see.

There were delicious food and wine at the banquet, so it was inevitable to invite one or two singers to add to the fun. They called the father and daughter who sang in the lobby of Huixian Tower to come in.

His father is carrying a huqin. He is about 40 years old. His legs and feet seem to be bad. He walks with a cane all the time. His daughter's name is A Yao. She looks about the same age as Lin Junnuan. She is very delicate and laughs while holding the pipa With a shy face, after being teased by the men in the room, her cheeks to the base of her ears were flushed, Lin Junnuan couldn't see it, stopped the other people's teasing |, sat close to her and listened to the music carefully.

The appearance of the father and daughter is slightly different from that of ordinary people in the capital. The outlines are more profound, and the melody of the piano also has the style of Hudi. They should come from a remote place in the northwest.

Lin Junnuan shook her head and listened to the ditty, taking a sip from the glass from time to time, wondering why the wine in the glass dwindled so quickly, Cheng Jiangyun suddenly tugged at her sleeve, and looked over the window sill to the street downstairs.

"Is that person Master Zhao?"

What is Master Zhao and Master Qian? The tune dangles.Cheng Jiangyun laughed angrily, picked up a radish stick, covered it with vinegar, and stuffed it into her mouth. Lin Junnuan subconsciously chewed it, and immediately squinted his eyes and jumped up because of the sourness, but he woke up.

Lin Junnuan drank four or five cups of tea to rinse his mouth, and finally washed away the sour taste in his mouth, but he was not very interested in the dishes on the table. He bit his lip and looked at Cheng Jiangyun accusingly, "Master Cheng, what do you want?" something important?"

Cheng Jiangyun stroked his chin guiltily, and pointed out the window, "I seem to have seen Mr. Zhao passing by just now."

"So?" Lin Junnuan squinted at him.

"Look, it's over there, I'm sure I saw it right!" Cheng Jiangyun's eyes lit up suddenly, and Lin Junnuan followed his hand to look over. Master Zhao was standing in front of a stall selling sesame seed cakes, bowing his waist as if After apologizing, his attitude seemed very humble. The owner of the sesame seed stall said something angrily, and finally drove him away impatiently.

The majestic Dali Temple Minister (although he is no longer there now), to apologize to a small street vendor in such a low voice, this seems a bit abnormal, Cheng Jiangyun raised his eyebrows, "Go and see?"

Left and right have no appetite to eat now, Lin Junnuan nodded, and the two of them left the restaurant together and walked towards the sesame seed stall.

The biscuit stand is out of business now, the boss looked at the direction Mr. Zhao left and cursed a few words, still kneading the dough with his hands.

Cheng Jiangyun took the initiative to step forward and asked, "Does the boss know who the person standing here just now is?"

"What's none of your business?" The stall owner looked at him suspiciously.

Cheng Jiangyun made nonsense without blinking: "Actually... that man looks like an elder in the family who suddenly disappeared many years ago. If the boss can tell him the news, I will be very grateful!"

"Are you serious?" The stall owner rolled his eyes when he saw Cheng Jiangyun's unusual clothes, "I'm not trying to thank you, it's a bad thing to say, just a few days ago, early in the morning, you The elder of my family suddenly ran to my stall, grabbed two biscuits and left."

"If money is really tight, it's okay to give him a few sesame seed cakes. No one is in trouble," the stall owner smacked his lips, "but he doesn't know where he came from, he is covered in stinky and dirty things, Almost ruined my whole car, I chased him for half a street, but I didn't catch anyone in the end."

"It doesn't look like it if you don't have any money. Today, I will give you money to pay back." The stall owner took out a banknote and raised it. The face value was 20 taels, which was more than enough to buy him a whole truckload of biscuits.

"If he is really an elder of your parents, you must take good care of him after you find him this time. In my opinion," the stall owner nodded his head, "I'm afraid there is something wrong with him here."

The two of Cheng Jiangyun looked at each other in dismay. Was it really Mr. Zhao that the owner was talking about?Why does it sound so out of tune, but it's justified in this way, the reason why Mr. Zhao ran all the way that day, I'm afraid it was the sesame seed stall owner who was hiding.

Lin Junnuan threw a piece of silver to the stall owner, the two thanked them, and walked away from the biscuit stall slowly, Cheng Jiangyun's face was a little bad, "What did he say, Mr. Zhao...is there something wrong with his brain?"

The people around him did not respond to him. Lin Junnuan lowered his head, thinking of a disease that cannot be completely cured even in modern times with advanced medical level. Alzheimer's disease, commonly known as senile dementia, should be classified as dementia in ancient times syndrome or amnesia.

"How old is Master Zhao?" She asked sullenly.

"About fifty and three this year, what's up?"

At this age, the chances of developing Alzheimer's disease are low, but not impossible.Thinking of Mr. Zhao's previous series of abnormal behaviors, Lin Junnuan felt a little blocked in his heart, subconsciously shook his head, "It's okay, let's go back."

As soon as the two of them reached the entrance of Huixian Building, a piercing scream suddenly sounded in the restaurant. The sound seemed to come from the direction of their box.