Placid Chang'an

On the second day early in the morning, a rare visitor came to the Su residence. Su Cen was picked up by a father-in-law from the palace before he had finished his breakfast. Cen entered the palace to report.

Su Cen arrived early, but still waited until noon in Zichen Hall before seeing the little emperor himself.He just came down from the morning court, followed by the right minister Liu Zhen.Su Cen knelt down and kowtowed, and the little emperor put on airs immaturely to make him flatten.

Although we only met each other twice, I can see that the little emperor has a good impression of Su Cen, so he asked him with a smile, "I heard brother Yang say that you were the one who solved the case in the Gong Yuan?"

Su Cen thought to himself: This brat Zheng Yang betrayed him to Li Shi that day, in order to make up for his mistakes, let him show his face in front of the little emperor, so that he can enter the official court in the future.

Su Cen replied neither humble nor overbearing: "Thanks to the great grace of the sage, the minister was lucky to solve the case by accident."

"But elder brother Yang said that you solved the case in one day, so tell me how it was solved?"

Su Cen glanced at Liu Zhen inadvertently, only to see that the man looked slightly unhappy, and smiled slightly, "Then before I talk about this case again, let me tell Your Majesty a story first."

"It is said that a scholar came to Beijing to take an exam several decades ago. He passed a barren mountain. Let's call it Wangmu Mountain. There is a group of bandits on this Wangmu Mountain. It is a coincidence that this scholar was walking down Wangmu Mountain. This group of bandits went down the mountain to collect passing money, this scholar is from a poor family and has no money, so the bandits tied him up to the mountain together."

"Coincidentally, the bandit leader of this group of bandits is a woman. The female bandit leader saw that the book was handsome and talented, so she tied up the scholar and married her that night. In the first few days The scholar was also disheartened and wanted to die without eating or drinking, but the female bandit leader was kind to him in every way, serving him with delicious food and drinks, and even cooking for the scholar herself when he saw people not eating. Its influence, actually unknowingly developed love with this female bandit leader."

Liu Zhen, who was standing aside and listening, felt more and more wrong the more he listened, and frowned angrily: "It's a bunch of nonsense, Su Cen, don't talk about him!"

Su Cen kept quiet obediently, and looked at the little emperor inquiringly.

Seeing that the little emperor frowned, he said to Liu Zhen, "Mr. Liu, I want to hear it."

Liu Zhen snorted heavily.

Su Cen smiled slightly. He had long expected that the little emperor would like the story of the scholar and the female bandit leader, and continued: "The two lived happily on the Queen Mother Mountain for several years, but suddenly one day, the scholar received a letter from home, Knowing that the old mother in his family was seriously ill, he thought about seeing his son's title on the gold list before he died. The scholar then remembered that he was going to Beijing to take the exam. He wanted to leave, but he couldn't bear the female bandit leader. Ri Widow Huan also understood the reason. In the end, the female bandit leader decided to disband the bandit gang in the mountains, and accompanied the scholar to Beijing to take the exam."

The little emperor looked excited, and asked anxiously, "What happened next?"

Of course Su Cen knew what the little emperor was waiting for, a gifted man and a beautiful lady, success and fame, mandarin ducks finally get married, but this was originally a story related to a murder case.

Su Cen lowered his eyebrows, "Later, the scholar died."

The little emperor was obviously taken aback.

"After entering the capital, this scholar offended some important figures in the court and was murdered in the examination room. The female bandit leader waited for three days at the gate of the Gongyuan before she came out. There was no way to report to the officials. In the end, she had to think of a way for her. Scholar revenge."

The little emperor then became sad, "What can I do?"

"She started to kill people." Su Cen looked at the little emperor and said seriously: "The high school official was selected to kill, under the name of the ghost of the scholar, she thought that the person who killed the scholar must be afraid in her heart, so she would make some moves , or try to exorcise the ghost, or rush to catch the murderer, then she will know who killed the scholar."

Su Cen paused, "This is the cause of the Shizi case. The difference is that the female bandit leader was replaced by a scholar's father. She killed people in the name of a ghost in order to avenge his son."

"Nonsense!" Liu Zhen pointed at Su Cen, "If you play the newspaper, you should play the newspaper well, and make up some random stories to confuse the public!"

Su Cen was not afraid at all, and smiled at Liu Yu, "Your Majesty also wants to let His Majesty hear more clearly. Your Majesty is young, and the process of solving the case will inevitably be difficult and bloody. It's not good to scare Your Majesty."

"What Su Caizi said is very good, I understand it," the little emperor nodded, then looked at Su Cen and asked, "Then what about the person who killed the scholar? Have you caught him?"

Liu Zhen frowned suddenly.

Su Cen saw it, pursed her lips, lowered her head, "Not yet."

"That female bandit leader... No, didn't the scholar's father die in vain?"

"Your Majesty," Liu Zhen stepped forward, "He killed many innocent officials, and he deserved it!"

Su Cen's eyes froze, "Isn't the scholar innocent?"

"You!" Liu Zhen's fingertips trembled angrily, pointing at Su Cen and taking another step forward, "Your Majesty, this person is here to confuse the public, your Majesty should not be fooled by him, this person should be sent to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and he will be severely punished." Interrogation!"

The little emperor frowned and scratched his head, "Liu Xiang, Su Caizi just told me a story, why are you angry?"

"He..." Liu Zhen tilted his head to glance at Su Cen, and saw that the person was calm and calm, looking at him calmly, and instantly understood that this was the trap set by this person for him, so he gathered his composure and took a deep breath Replied: "I'm not angry, but because this person harbors evil intentions. He is obviously biased in this story. I lead His Majesty to follow his way of thinking. I am afraid that Your Majesty will not notice and follow his way."

Su Cen then said: "Your Majesty is not a child anymore, he has his own considerations about what is right and what is wrong. Is Liu Xiang a bit overstepping?"

The two champions, old and new, are fighting like a raging fire in court, one is scheming, the other is high-spirited, their official ranks are vastly different, but Su Cen shows no signs of fear.The little emperor had long forgotten his original intention, but the excitement was so lively.Speaking of which, there are not many people in the court who dare to confront Liu in this way. He is one of the four emperor uncles, but the four emperor uncles generally disdain to fight with people, and usually a single sentence can make people speechless This kind of excitement is rare, and my impression of Su Cen has increased a little.

As the fight reached its peak, suddenly a person came in through the door. Su Cen and Liu Zhen glanced at each other and fell silent.

The person who came was the personal maid next to the Empress Dowager Chu, and she saluted the little emperor, saying that the Empress Dowager has prepared lunch, and the emperor invited the emperor to come and eat.

The little emperor reluctantly stopped watching the battle, and before leaving, he said to Su Cen, "Young man Su, if you have nothing to do, come and play with me in the palace, I like to listen to your stories."

Su Cen looked back and said, "Yes."

After the little emperor had left, Liu Jue glared at Su Cen angrily, and left in a huff.

Out of the Zichen Palace, Su Cen saw Liu Yu walking down the Longwei Road from afar, and quickly followed up. This time, he was polite, first saluted him respectfully, and then said: "Su Cen just broke the rules. Xiang Duo offends, and I hope that Mr. Liu Xiang will have a large number, so don't bother with the lower officials."

"Hmph," Liu Yu smiled, "Your trick is really good!"

Don't talk about how old man Tian killed the official, but how the scholar died wronged. Anyway, the official case has already been closed. Let the little emperor take the decision for him and win the case more than ten years ago. Even Liu Zhen has to admire it Su Cen's trick is clever.

"Liu Xiang is too famous," Su Cen didn't care about the sting in Liu Yu's words, and continued, "It's just that Liu Xiang doesn't think this case is familiar? It just so happens that the one who died that year was named Tian Pingzhi, who happened to be the same as Liu Xiang." Period of Juren."

Liu Zhen flicked his sleeves, "There are so many people in each scientific examination, how can I remember them all?"

"Yes, it's normal for a little person like Tian Pingzhi Liu Xiang not to remember," Su Cen smiled, "Does Liu Xiang still remember the topic of scientific research policy theory?"