Placid Chang'an

In early April, the Ministry of Officials announced the list of appointments for this scientific expedition.

That day, Su Cen did not go to Zhongshu Sheren's position, which was taken advantage of by Cui Hao. Zheng Yang entered the Imperial Academy as an imperial edict, and he was in charge of answering all kinds of letters, and how to write articles. Sheren does a job.It's just that the Hanlin Shizhao drafted an internal system related to military and state affairs, while Zhongshu Sheren was an external system for the appointment and dismissal of officials and routine proclamations.The two have never dealt with each other since they first met, and now they even bow their heads and don't look up to see each other. They are fighting openly and secretly.

Su Cen entered Dali Temple as he wished, but he scolded Li Shi from head to toe on the first day of employment.

On that day, Li Shi said that he was allowed to enter Dali Temple, but he didn't tell him what kind of job he was in Dali Temple.He didn't know until he entered Dali Temple that he worked as the master book of Dali Temple. From the seventh rank, he was in charge of seals, bills, and sentence checks. After all, he was in charge of logistics.After the trial of the Qianya case, he was in charge of transcribing and building files for the Ministry of Criminal Justice. He also had to review cases from all over the country. He buried his head in the back hall of Dali Temple on weekdays. Not to mention serious cases, he didn't even see many people in a few days.

It was obvious that Li Shi was deliberately making things difficult for him. Cui Hao and Zheng Yang, who were in the same class as him, came to the central government and held the first-hand real power in central Beijing.It's not like him, when he first joined the temple, he ordered to sort out all the criminal and prison cases since the reign of Wude, many of which were moldy due to improper storage, with illegible handwriting, two or three pages glued together, and some with unknown evidence. There are many references to verify.Buried in the dark pile of papers for several days in a row, my body smelled musty, and I was worried that mushrooms would grow on my body every day.

When it was time to rest, Su Cen told Ah Fu to move all the books in his room outside to dry in the sun, and to dry the sheets and bedding again, and finally moved a recliner to lie in the sun with him.He couldn't smell the musty smell now, and he felt like throwing up at the slightest hint, and he didn't get up until he was completely sunburned, and when he turned his head, he met someone's resentful gaze.

The old man who came to the family uninvited really regarded himself as a old man. Early in the morning, Su Cen heard that Qu Ling'er sent Ah Fu to buy crab cakes in Dongshi, but he didn't take it seriously at all. When Ah Fu left Su Cen turned over and was about to go back to sleep, when she heard Qu Ling'er's door creaking open.

The wound on this person's body is still not healed, and Ah Fu takes care of all the eating, drinking, and messing around on weekdays. According to Ah Fu's report, Qu Ling'er has been very well-behaved in the past few days.

After enduring it for so many days, I finally couldn't bear it today.

Su Cen immediately sat up from the bed and followed her lightly.

I saw the man clutching his waist and going to the backyard, to the place where he fell that day, rummaging around.

Because of the injury on her waist, Qu Ling'er could only use her feet to poke the weeds, after a while she smiled lightly, just as she found the things, she turned her head and froze in place.

Su Cen raised his eyebrows: "Young Master Qu thinks my place is shabby, and wants to go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to stay in prison for a few days?"

"You, you, you..." Qu Ling'er looked pale as if she had seen a ghost in daylight, "Didn't you go to Dali Temple?"

Su Cen cherishes words like gold, and was too lazy to talk nonsense with others, so he raised his chin and motioned for them to hand over their things.

After living in Su Zhai for the past few days, Qu Ling'er understood that the owner of this house has a face in spring and March, but has a temper in the winter and the twelfth lunar month. A way to make your life worse than death.Qu Ling'er hesitated again and again, and obediently handed over the things in her hand.

A set of sleeve arrows and a belt. Su Cen looked back while holding it. The sleeve arrows should be the machine gun that Qu Linger hid in the sleeve of that day. I can't see anything, but there are many articles in it.Su Cen took out one by one to look at them, and Qu Ling'er followed behind with her head down.

"what is this?"

When Su Cen turned around, Qu Ling'er almost bumped into him.

After seeing it clearly, he replied, "Swallowtail Dart."

"hidden weapon?"

"Four blades and three points, strong concealment, easy to control and easy to carry. This is because I have reduced the weight, but it is more powerful than ordinary darts."

"Oh." Su Cen nodded, threw it to the corner of the wall, and picked up another one, "What about this one?"

The corners of Qu Ling'er's mouth twitched in distress, and she didn't dare to pick it up due to Su Cen's lust, so she could only continue to follow, "The lancet is famous for its shape like a willow leaf. Take people's lives."

Su Cen threw it away with a look of disgust, smashed it, and took out a cylinder.

Qu Ling'er glanced at it and was startled, and stepped forward to snatch it: "Little ancestor, please calm down for a while, this is a peacock feather, and there are one hundred and eight silver needles in it, if you touch the mechanism, today we two It’s all here.”

Su Cen had lingering fears, and didn't dare to rummage, went back to the room and threw the things on the table, and looked up at Qu Ling'er.

He has only been in Dali Temple for a few days, but he seems to be imitating the official airs.Qu Ling'er hid and hid, and finally knew that this matter could not be fooled, so she could only admit: "I brought this here the other day. I was afraid that you would not take me in if you saw it, so I hid it in the grass ahead of time."

"Knowing that I saw it and refused to take you in, how dare you pick it up?"

"These are my wealth and life," Qu Ling'er was about to get his sleeve arrow, but after being glared at by Su Cen, she resentfully took a pen from the table and twirled it deftly between her slender fingers, "Don't you Underestimate these little gadgets, all my hidden weapons have been improved by me, and one hundred and eight needles can be put into such an inch-long cylinder, even the Tangmen who are proficient in hidden weapons can't make it."

Qu Ling'er became more and more excited as she spoke, her peach blossom eyes bent down with a smile, and the pen was spinning more and more smoothly at her fingertips.He has practiced hidden weapons since he was a child, and his hands have been trained to be extremely dexterous. Normally, he can turn a silver needle on his fingertips, but now he can't move just looking at it, and his hands are itching more and more. He can only use Su Cen's pen to relieve his boredom.

When the person finished speaking excitedly, Su Cen nodded: "What else?"

"And..." Qu Ling'er thought for a while, "Is there any more?"

"how old are you?"

"Two, 26..."

Su Cen slapped his palm on the table, and there was a bang, which shocked people immediately, dropped the pen in response, and hurriedly changed his words: "Eighteen, eighteen!"

"You are not as good as the weak crown, what on earth do you want to do in my yard with a business that can kill people?!"

When Su Cen was calm, his eyes were as cold as ice, but once he got angry, his eyes could kill people, leaving people stunned in place, at a loss for what to do.

After a while Qu Ling'er said softly: "I understand."

Picking up the pen from the ground and putting it back on the pen stand, Qu Ling'er picked up her own things from the table, put the sleeve arrow on her arm, and tied the belt around her waist, and said to Su Cen, "Thank you for taking care of me these few days, I remember your kindness, if I am still alive, I will definitely repay you in the future."

"But I'm afraid you don't have anything to ask me to repay." Qu Ling'er twitched the corners of her mouth at the person, "Everyone in this world has their own way of life, you are a rich young master, you don't have to worry about food and clothing, But I also want to eat, these are all my belongings for eating, I can't throw them away."

Seeing Su Cen staring at him unmoved, Qu Ling'er finally smiled at the person, put on the blood-stained clothes she had that day, and turned her head out of the room.

Go to the backyard first and pick up his swallowtail dart lancet with his waist. These things were not so rare in the past, but now he is running for his life and cannot get supplies. Each of them may save his life.

Walking around to the front yard and taking another look into the room, seeing that the person was still sitting at the table in the same posture as before, he sighed, turned around and walked out silently.

There's nothing to be disappointed about, it's just what he asked for.What Su Cen said was right, he had no relatives and no reason to turn over into someone's yard in the middle of the night, if someone else would have thrown him outside to die at that time, it is a gift from God to be able to live in peace for a few days. There should be no more unreasonable thoughts.

Just as the courtyard door opened, Ah Fu came back from buying crab cakes, looked at him in surprise, and handed over the paper bag in his hand: "Hey, I bought it after a long queue, I won't go next time Well, my young master is not as difficult to serve as you."

"There will be no next time." Qu Ling'er smiled at the person and took the things away.

After leaving the courtyard, I suddenly heard a cold voice behind me, "You can stay if you want, but I have to keep those things."

Qu Ling'er turned her head in surprise, and saw the man leaning against the ebony door frame, with the faint impatience in his eyes that day, the words he said had no warmth but made people's heart warm for no reason.

"Qu Ling'er, remember, I will blame you for whatever happens in Chang'an City during this period, so take care of yourself."