Second minister and thief

As soon as Chu Linqiu took his seat, someone immediately placed a bunch of paperwork on the table, and stood aside to report in a low voice the affairs that needed to be dealt with in the past two days.What is urgent and what can be put away first, everything is marked on the note.This is the time for half a stick of incense.

Xiao Cen didn't need to be attracted, so he took the initiative to walk over and took a seat on the first seat on the lower left. He didn't have a good shape, so he leaned back, resting his chin with his hand, and focused on looking at the person in the main seat who was looking through the documents. Chu Linqiu.Looking at it, he couldn't help revealing his obsessive eyes again, and the corners of his mouth couldn't stop rising, showing a deep-rooted affection.

The several Patriarchs saw all this in their eyes, and their expressions became more ferocious, but they were not easy to attack.But once you speak up, who can bear the big hat of being an obstacle to official duties?As a result, several young people looked at the only old man with a beautiful beard in unanimous agreement.

The old man held back for a long time, but finally couldn't bear to shout loudly in the hall, "Chu Dushi, what do you mean?"

Hearing this, Chu Linqiu raised his head from the many documents, and said helplessly, "Old Yan, what do you mean? If you don't explain what you are here, and if you don't have an edict from the emperor, you will go straight to my Xuanwuwei yamen. How will Chu explain? What's more, His Majesty said that the case will be solved within twenty days..."

"Then how many days has it been now?!"

"No more than ten days. By the way, Yan Shilang, you just said a capable person... what capable person? Could it be that a saint has chosen a beloved man to take my place so quickly? How can I not know?" Chu Linqiu has always been used to Preemptive strikes often provoked the anger of others and lost their demeanor, so as soon as the words fell, the servant Yan took a step forward, his upper and lower lips trembled slightly, and let out a short sneer.But before he could utter the sarcasm, his father Yan Taifu grabbed his arm.

"Ru Bai doesn't distinguish between the serious and the serious, and speaks nonsense casually. The envoy of Chu must not be as knowledgeable as him."

"Father!"

Taifu Yan didn't speak, just pursed his thin lips tightly, turned his head and stared at him, then made Shilang Yan bow his head in embarrassment, and cowardly dared not speak again.

"Chu Dushi," the old man stood with his arms folded, his back as straight as a pines and cypresses, his face had long since lost the expression of anger just now, replaced by a leisurely look of victory, "This old man entered the palace this morning, and I would like to ask the sage I got a piece of grace, which was exchanged with the iron coupons of the Yan family. Does Chu Dushi want to know what it is?"

"..." Chu Linqiu was startled when he heard this, and secretly thought that the Yan family had spent so much money in order to clean up themselves. Maybe the behind-the-scenes lobbyists said something, which poked their sore spots and made them desperate. .

These three "golden book iron coupons" are the death-proof cards bestowed by Emperor Taizu on the Yan family, and they can save their lives in critical moments.Unexpectedly, Taifu Yan used it as he said, just to ask for a trivial favor from the saint.

And this so-called "grace", Chu Linqiu knew it without thinking, it was nothing more than twenty days later if he still couldn't find out the real culprit, he would have to pack up and go home, and he didn't even have the right to command an envoy.In the future, let alone gaining power in the court, even the people of the capital will soon forget him as Chu Linqiu.

At this moment, Xiao Cen, who was blowing the hot tea in his hand with his head bowed, suddenly put down the teacup and said abruptly, "There are words in Daqi's laws, gold books and iron certificates, which are given to those who have contributed to the country. Give it to those who bravely kill the enemy, and give it to those who sacrifice their lives to save their drivers. Why? The Nine Merchants of this Marquis don’t have this thing yet, so how can He De, the ancestor of your Yan family, get this reward?”

"Master Hou! Dare I ask you, are you questioning the decree of the great grandfather?"

"I don't dare, I just have some doubts. Taifu Yan also knows that I am new here, and many things are unclear. If there is any offence, I hope you will forgive me." Everyone in the hall gave a perfunctory apology.

Seeing that he was the same as before, Chu Linqiu hurriedly jumped out to stand up for him, and couldn't help but find it funny, so he slightly pursed his lips, tapped the table with his fingers and said, "I don't know, I hope Elder Yan can clarify. "

Mrs. Yan really said what was on his mind, and then he threatened Chu Linqiu openly and secretly, to the effect that Chu Linqiu was still too young and walked too fast when he walked up the steps. He fell bloody.

After hearing this, Chu Linqiu was forced to laugh angrily. He immediately got up and walked down. He stood in front of the old man with his hands behind his back. After a long silence, he sarcastically said, "Don't bother Mr. Li. It's because you're getting older and your eyesight is bad, so you have to be careful. Don't turn your head and stumble over stones and fall to the ground. You have to rely on the dead things scattered on the ground. Yan Shilang, you have to help people up. .”

"you……"

"You Bai!"

"Father! What more did father say to him?"

"To shut up!"

"Father, are we going to make Brother Zhi feel wronged like this? If he doesn't take you seriously today, he will be able to..."

"Yan Shilang!" Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chu Linqiu loudly. His expression did not change, and he didn't even give him an even look. Disrespectful, is this Yan's family education?"

"Your Excellency Chu didn't show much respect. If you talk about etiquette, you should invite my father to sit on the throne and treat my father with respect." In Yan Shilang's heart, although the Tai Tuo has no real power, he is also a serious first-rank official , four grades higher than Chu Linqiu.And this guy dared to yell at his father in the hall, obviously there is no one left in his eyes, and if things go on like this, no one in the court can compete with him.

"Chu Dushi." The old man's chest heaved violently, as if he was about to get angry, but he still managed to suppress the gloom. He raised his hand tremblingly and pointed at Chu Linqiu. There was a "ho ho" sound in his throat, and he turned around and flung his sleeves away.

When he lifted his robe and stepped over the threshold, he sighed quietly, "Chu Du envoy, let's do it for ourselves."

The backbone is gone, the others look at me and I look at you, but in the end they can only shake their heads and leave one after another. In the end, only Yan Shilang is left standing still unwillingly.

Chu Linqiu saw that his face was disheveled, so he kindly reminded him, "If Shi Lang really thinks that this official is not qualified to investigate and handle this case, he can ask for an order from the main hall at Maoshi tomorrow."

"Hmph!" Seeing that even his own father left him and left, this waiter Yan had no reason to stay any longer, so he could only snort coldly and step up to keep up.

Chu Linqiu stood upright all the time, until he watched the group of people leave the yamen, Fang Chang breathed a sigh of relief, and fell back as if he had unloaded some heavy burden.

"Jiu Shang!!!" Fortunately, although Xiao Cen didn't say a word, he was always paying attention to his situation, otherwise he might not be able to catch up in time.But even so, under the huge momentum, he took Chu Linqiu in his arms and took two quick steps back before stabilizing his figure.