I pretend to be a fairy in ancient times

Li Tian's caravan took Tao Ming to Qinghaiwei.

Five days later, Zhao Ji heard that Mrs. Xia who had come back from the incense in the city said, "I heard that Madam Jingguo donated 1000 taels of sesame oil money at Zhenwu Temple, and invited eighteen respected Taoist priests to do a practice session for the family. Pray for the juniors."

When Zhao Ji heard this, he immediately knew what was going on.Tao Ming's disappearance had been known to everyone two days ago, but the Tao family searched the entire capital, but still could not find him.

The Tao family lost three direct grandchildren in a short period of half a year. It is not incomprehensible to ask gods to worship Buddha.

This matter, Mrs. Xia only talked about it as a very ordinary gossip. Seeing that Zhao Ji didn't respond, she didn't pay much attention, and turned around to talk about other things.

There are quite a lot of topics circulating in the capital recently. Apart from Tao Ming's unexplained disappearance, there is also the student dormitory built by Shen Tu'an, and the most sensational one is the big case of misappropriating tax money by Xu Cheng, the son of Left Prime Minister Xu Jian.

In this case, the national teacher and the little emperor personally checked the account books, interrogated the treasury and tax collectors, followed the clues, and finally found out that the mastermind behind the scenes was Xu Jian's eldest son and students.

Although various evidences showed that Xu Jian didn't know about it, no one could believe him.

Now Xu Jian's son and students have been sent to prison.Xu Jian was under house arrest at home. He wrote three times a day to ask the emperor to punish him, but the decree from above was not sent out for a long time.

This kind of feeling with a knife hanging on the top of the head is the most uncomfortable. It is said that the female family members of the Xu family cry day and night, and even commit suicide.Because of such a big case, it is likely to be ransacked and exiled. When the time comes to wait for the fate of these female relatives, life is worse than death.

After Zhao Ji heard the news, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.When I went to the Taoist temple outside the city to participate in the Dharma meeting on the next Yuan Festival, the Xu family beat gongs and drums and passed through the busy city.

When Zhao Ji talked about his emotions to Yan Yunkai, Yan Yunkai raised his hand and brushed the broken hair on Zhao Ji's forehead, "I have known about the ups and downs of the officialdom. Before I met you, I never worried about this." Problems, but now we have to plan for the future."

Zhao Ji cooperated with Yan Yunkai's hand to straighten his hair, pondered for a long time, and finally said the words that had been circling in his heart for a long time, "When you step back, let's go to find the New World."

"Is it the continents on the other side of the ocean, as you said before?"

"Yes." Zhao Ji stared closely at Yan Yunkai's eyes, expecting Yan Yunkai's answer.

Soon, Zhao Ji found a light in Yan Yunkai's eyes, and he said, "Okay, just the two of us."

"Just the two of us."

Zhao Ji made an agreement with Yan Yunkai, and then silently pressed this promise to the bottom of his heart, because it was still a long time before Yan Yunkai retired.

After talking about his own affairs, Yan Yunkai continued to play chess with Zhao Ji, and then talked about the Xu family's tax and bank case.

The matter has been settled, and Yan Yunkai doesn't have to hide it from Zhao Ji.

Yan Yunkai told Zhao Ji that he had already started to suspect Xu Jian before finding any specific evidence.

Although Xu Jian had been investigating the case with Yan Yunkai and Shen Tuxi after the tax and bank case happened and did not go home, his family apparently sent him a letter, so that Xu Jian was always restless.

Therefore, when Yan Yunkai was investigating, he focused on investigating the movements of the Xu family, and dispatched spies, so that he was able to find the stolen tax money in just a few days.

Zhao Ji also met Xu Jian a few times in the National Teacher's Mansion. He was completely calm and serious, and he really couldn't see that he was so restless.

Yan Yun saw the doubts on Zhao Ji's face at a glance, took a sip of tea, and then explained to Zhao Ji under Zhao Ji's urging gaze, "Actually, Xu Jian's face didn't change much, I just noticed that he The frequency of drinking water is higher than usual, and the frequency of ecstasy has also increased greatly.

What's more, committing such a big case will definitely involve the high officials of the court. I gathered all the courtiers above the second rank to check the accounts in the Wenhua Palace. In fact, I wanted to make the people at the bottom anxious and let them pass the news to the people who came to the door. , so that they can be caught faster. "

Facing Zhao Ji's admiring gaze towards him, Yan Yunkai's lips curled upward in a subtle way.

Showing off his ability in front of his sweetheart, Yan Yunkai saw Zeng Mingde doing such a thing before, and felt childish and an eyesore.But instead of doing the same thing by himself, Yan Yunkai only felt refreshed and happy.

Because of Yan Yunkai's vicious eyesight, all the embezzled money was hidden in a village outside the city, and the culprits had already been caught before they were used at all.

Xu Cheng was tried by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and finally sentenced to death.Although Xu Jian was not directly involved, he was suspected of trying to cover up behind him, so he could no longer take the position of left minister.The emperor allowed him to resign, but the usual honorary awards were all gone.

This is because Xu Jian is a staunch royalist, so he was given a face and did not punish him.

After Xu Jian resigned, the prime minister's mansion could no longer live in, and he had to be vacated within a day.

The Xu family was in a hurry, and that night, they took the whole family back to their hometown in Yuzhou in thirteen carriages.

In the next few days, the threshold of Shentu's family was almost leveled by gift-giving teams from various families.Shen Tuxi, who might be laid off at any time because he was on the wrong team, was the first to discover the tax and bank case this time.Now that the position of left prime minister is vacant, Shen Tuxi has the hope of ascending to the highest position of civil servants.

Under such circumstances, Shen Tu'an sent Zhao Ji an invitation to discuss with him about the opening of the student dormitory.

Zhao Ji sent away the steward under Shen Tu'an, took the invitation back to the study, and passed the invitation to Yan Yun to clear the way, "I'm meeting with you at this time because I want me to find out the truth with you."

The Xu family's case has been settled. Apart from paying attention to the movements of the Xiongnu and Tubo, Yan Yunkai has been doing nothing all day long, staying in the Zhao family's nest for half of the day.Hearing Zhao Ji's nonsensical words, he couldn't help jokingly said, "He wants you to blow the wind around your pillow."

Zhao Ji smiled, his peach blossom eyes narrowed, his cheeks were flushed, and he didn't know whether it was from being smoky from the charcoal basin or from embarrassment.Finally, under Yan Yunkai's gaze, he said, "You think well."

"Haha, even if you don't blow your pillow, I can still tell you that Shen Tuxi is no longer destined for the position of left minister. Although there is no suitable candidate, this position can always be vacant until a suitable person appears. And Even if I agree, the emperor will not be willing, I don't want to go against his wishes in this matter, the child has his own ideas when he grows up."

Yan Yunkai was not serious at first, but then he analyzed the pros and cons of it to Zhao Ji in a dignified manner, and finally said to him, "If Shen Tu'an asks about it tomorrow, it doesn't matter if you tell him what I said."

After several business cooperations, Zhao Ji finally met Shen Tu'an for the first time.

This time, Shentu made an appointment with Zhao Ji to meet in a courtyard in the east of the city, not very far from Zhao's house, and it took 15 minutes to get there by carriage.As soon as Zhao Ji's carriage arrived at the door, Shen Tu'an came to greet him in person.

Shen Tu'an is almost 50 years old. He has a rich figure and looks like a rich man.

When he saw Zhao Ji, a smile appeared on his rosy face, and he looked at Zhao Ji sincerely. His firm and unwavering expression was a model of a real big businessman, and he was trustworthy at first sight.

No matter what's behind the scenes, at least when facing Shen Tu'an, people feel respected, and Zhao Ji is very happy to deal with him.