Placid Chang'an

The autumn wind is bleak and the weather is cold, the grass and trees are shaking and the dew is turning into frost. After the frost, the sky is getting colder day by day. The most painful thing for Su Cen every day is getting up early in the morning. Often it is still dark and it is cold outside. Every time I hear the rooster crowing next door I have the urge to eat chicken.

But for the face of Ah Huang who was sent away before, Su Cen still decided to be kind to the few small animals in the neighborhood.

To be good to them, you can only be cruel to yourself. Su Cen gritted his teeth and lifted the quilt, and hurriedly put on his clothes before the heat dissipated from his body. It took him a long time to recover from shivering.

After breakfast, he had to rush to Dali Temple in the dark, poor young master, he had to travel across the entire Chang'an city from Changlefang to Dali Temple, but his official position was not enough to equip warm sedans and carriages, so he could only set up a car. Walked there early in the morning on two legs.It’s okay in summer, walking is the right thing to do to strengthen your body, but wandering on the street in this cold weather is not the case. Once the cool breeze blows through the hall, the temperature on your body disappears without a trace .

While yawning, Su Cen recalled several major events that happened in the court during this period. After Xiao Yan handed over the military power, he died in the Beiliang Palace. The rest of Xiao Yan's family members were demoted to civilians. The Northern Liang Palace, which has guarded Liangzhou for generations, has finally fallen.It has to be said that Li Shi still had a moment of benevolence in this matter, and he didn't kill them all directly. Xiao Yan's wife and concubine were already pregnant, and they could be regarded as leaving a queen for the Xiao family.

After the Turks cleared their doors, Mo He regained power, and the Turks also wanted to rest and recuperate after many years of disputes. Mo He sent a letter of credence to Da Zhou, expressing his wish that his ministers belong to Da Zhou and pay tribute every year.

Huainan Road has written several papers one after another, still discussing salt merchants driving up salt prices and the flood of private salt. From early spring to winter, they still haven't found a solution.But looking at it all the time, no matter how high-sounding the words are, whether they are private salt or official salt, most of them are out of their own selfishness, collusion between government and businessmen, how many people can speak for the common people?

Su Cen half-closed his eyes and walked while thinking, and almost bumped into someone's carriage just as he turned the corner from the alley.

Su Cen was still in shock. Seeing the prominent official whose carriage was specified, he hurriedly took two steps back and saluted him. After waiting for a while, there was no movement. When he looked up again, he saw Li Shi raised the carriage tent and looked at him with a smile, teasing him: "Being able to fall asleep while walking is quite a feat."

Su Cen raised his head and glared at the man, and said cleverly: "The lowly position of a low-ranking official is not as good as the prince's daily work on state affairs. It was only a small case that ran into the prince's car until midnight yesterday. I hope the prince will forgive me." .”

Li Shi smiled and said to him: "Come up."

Su Cen then bumped into Prince Ning's carriage.

As soon as he entered the tent, the warmth rushed over his face, Prince Ning's car was so luxurious that it was outrageous, the seats were covered with fox fur, not to mention, the incense burner was burning on one side, and tea was still simmering on the other side.

So it seems that old man Wang's impeachment of Prince Ning's driving specifications is not entirely out of thin air.

Su Cen said "Thank you, my lord", and found a corner to nest herself comfortably in.

"Cold?" Li Shi asked.

Su Cen nodded, "It's colder than Suzhou."

Li Shi smiled and said, "Of course it can't compare to Jiangnan."

Su Cen smiled, thinking to himself that the main reason was that he didn't have to be quarreled so early in the morning in Suzhou.

Who dares to quarrel with Second Young Master Su?He has a hundred ways to beat you until you never want to speak again in this life.

"What case did you handle last night?" Li Shi asked again.

Su Cen thought for a while and said bluntly: "An old case, a person was killed by a hunter, but the body was not found. The villagers said that he was dragged by the mountain god to become a ghost."

After finishing the case of the Xiaos and his sons, Su Cen picked up the old case that was not closed back then, deliberately hiding the names of the people and places, firstly, to find out Li Shi's attitude, and secondly, he really didn't want the two of them to blindly talk about each other again. If the confrontation continues, wouldn't it be good for the two to cooperate with each other like in the Xiao Yan case?

Li Shi didn't see anything unusual on his face, he held his teacup and said: "The theory of ghosts and gods is all nonsense, if things are not where he should be, then someone will only move them, or he himself, Either someone else."

Su Cen nodded approvingly, "I think so too, but there are some doubts. The villagers saw the butcher beating someone to death in full view. Why didn't the butcher plead guilty at that time, and then turned himself in after Mr. Chen left? Let's think he was forced by the situation. Blame it, then why did Master Chen disappear as soon as he went to the body? If the person really did not die at the time, where did he go after waking up? Someone is willing to uphold justice for him and not come back?"

"There are only two possibilities," Li Shi tapped his knuckles lightly on the table, "Either there is something wrong with this person, or...there is something wrong with this village."

Su Cen fell silent, leaning on the couch and lost in thought.After Li Shi finished his cup of tea, he tilted his head and fell asleep with his head down.

Li Shi smiled silently, seeing that the person was about to fall to his side, he leaned over and gently brought Su Cen's head closer to him.

With the support of the mountain, Su Cen slept more soundly, and did not wake up until the jolting stopped, and when she lifted the curtain, she was already outside the gate of the palace city.

Quickly wiped the corners of his mouth, fortunately, he didn't salivate, and hurriedly bowed to Li Shi, "Then I will take my leave."

He lifted the tent door and fled.

After the people left, Li Shi slowly collected his expression, and asked outside the car: "Which book did he find out about this case?"

Qi Lin replied: "It should be that the eyeliner who was arranged at Zhang Jun's house set fire to the study when he saw the situation was different, but unexpectedly he was rescued by Mr. Su. Do you need to make him stop looking down? "

There was no sound in the tent for a long time, and through the corner of the tent that floated up, Qi Lin could only see a cold lip line.

After a while, Li Shi said: "In the future, going to the Yamen will be postponed for half an hour."

Qi Lin said yes with his sword in his arms, and the driver slowly entered the palace gate.

Because of the ride, it was too early for Su Cen to go to Dali Temple after ordering. After all, he didn't have any cases to go to court today, so he planned to go to the apse to review the cases sent from various places.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Su Cen thought something was wrong, and he saw Zhang Jun was hanging on his feet, with his hands hooked up, facing the sun like a monkey - Mr. Zhang didn't practice Tai Chi today, he practiced Wu Qin Xi instead.

Just when Su Cen was about to retreat in a low voice, Mr. Zhang's hands froze, and he shouted "Su Cen", and stopped Su Cen, who was about to retreat, in place.

As soon as he turned around, he saw Zhang Jun squinting a smiling face looking at him, and hooked Su Cen with his hand between his eyebrows, looking into the distance, "Come here, let's chat."

Su Cen had no choice but to bite the bullet and step forward.

So under Mr. Zhang's careful guidance, our Mr. Su stretched his arms in the courtyard, turned one leg backwards, and leaned forward, which is called "Bird Stretch".

Whose bird fell from the tree and died long ago with this stretching method.

Zhang Jun said as he worked: "You young people are too weak, and you can get sick every day sitting in the yamen. Back then, we followed the teacher to trek through mountains and rivers. We have never seen such poor mountains and rivers. Tsk tsk, just you For those with arms and legs, it is estimated that the legs will become weak when they see it."

Su Cen's heart moved secretly: "Fortunately, people like Sir and Mr. Chen have made the criminal laws of the Zhou Dynasty more and more perfect. It's just that you and Mr. Chen are both in important positions. What kind of case do you have to personally handle?"

Zhang Jun was very pleased with this compliment, and changed his heart out of a fierce tiger, and replied: "You don't understand. At that time, the whole country was busy with wars, and talents were scarce. Many cases could not be handled locally and became unsolved cases. Wei, the case has to be solved, so we can only send people down from the court."

Su Cen swayed on one foot and said, "Then what weird cases have you solved?" Pretending to frowned, he asked, "Are there any novel and interesting things like strange powers and spirits? "

Zhang Jun slapped Su Cen on the back of the head, "You bastard is trying to trick me again, the entire "Chen's Criminal Law" is in your hands, you don't know what cases the teacher has solved?"

Su Cen held his head and was staggered, turned around and asked: "Just one thing, does Mr. Zhang still have any memory of the Lujiazhuang case?"

Zhang Jun cocked his neck: "No."

"As for the disappearance of Lu Xiaoliu's body, the villagers said that the mountain god empress hooked her up to become a ghost."

The light in Zhang Jun's eyes flickered, he stopped his movements and walked back and said, "I have no impression, what kind of ghost, what kind of lady, I haven't heard of it."

"Master Zhang, Master Zhang..." Su Cen hastily stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Jun's sleeve, "The last question, where did Master Chen go after Chen Guanglu became an official?"

Zhang Jun stopped walking, stared at him for a long time, and finally sighed quietly, "You really resemble him."

"These of us will be like this in this life, but you are still young, the new champion, and someone appreciates you, your future is limitless, don't stick to one place, you have to look forward."

Zhang Jun patted Su Cen on the shoulder, then slowly entered the apse with his hands behind his back, and sighed: "It's so similar."

Su Cen: "..."

so what?Where did people go?