Placid Chang'an

"He Xiao, born in the fourth year of Yonglong's reign, was born in Dihua Township, Nanling County. His parents died when he was young, and he made a living by herding cattle for the big family in the village. Later, because he loved reading, he was taken in by the private school teacher in the village to help him learn. Tianshou Five years later, I failed the county examination, Tianshou took another exam in seven years, and then I was selected as a scholar, and Tianshou eight years, went to Suzhou to take the provincial examination..."

"Wait," Su Cen interrupted Qi Lin, who had just rushed back from He Xiao's hometown, and asked with a frown, "Is he from the same class as me?"

"Well," Qi Lin nodded slightly, "it's just that he's not as lucky as you."

They both participated in the township examination in the eighth year of Tianshou, and they might have met each other in the examination room, but Su Cen won Xie Yuan in one fell swoop, but He Xiao lost his name to Sun Shan and returned home in despair.

Qi Lin continued: "However, there is another saying that He Xiao has some talents. It's just that the Xuezheng who presided over the rural examination accepted the money, so He Xiao, who was a poor scholar, was replaced by a wealthy family. Brother son."

After Qi Lin finished speaking, he glanced at Su Cen, Su Cen was stunned for a moment, thought about the son of a wealthy family, then looked at himself, and hurriedly waved his hands and said, "It's not me, I didn't pay bribes, and I don't even know that Xuezheng. "

Master, I rely on real talents and practical learning.

Qi Lin then turned around and continued: "One more thing, I don't know if it's useful. He Xiao seems to have a childhood sweetheart in his hometown, a girl who is a girl. It seems that the fee he went to Suzhou to catch up with was that girl. The yarn girl made it up."

Su Cen thought for a while, and asked, "Then where is this girl who washes the gauze?"

Qi Lin shook his head, "I didn't find it. The Huansha girl was also an orphan. Not long after He Xiao left, no one saw her again."

"Could it be that the golden house hides the beauty? There is one in Yangzhou City, and there is another hidden behind the scenes?" Su Cen thought and said, "That's not right. He Xiao, who is so cautious, shouldn't leave such a trick for others to manipulate. .A woman who washes the yarn, but she can afford the travel expenses for He Xiao to rush for the exam, where did she get the money?"

Qi Linli stood there listening to Su Cen muttering to himself, tapped his fingertips on the table, frowned slightly, and looked like he was trying to figure out the intricate details of the case, no wonder the master cared about him, the two looked serious It's exactly the same.

It's just that one person is planning the truth and justice, and the other is planning the family, country and world.

There was a soft knock at the door, and another person came in, seeing Qi Lin, his eyes lit up first, "Brother Qi, you're back!"

Qi Lin nodded, and Qu Linger approached cheerfully, smiling with a pair of peach blossom eyes, "Brother Qi, you're exhausted from running around on the road, why do I think you've lost weight? I'll let Sister Cui, who is in the kitchen, give you a hand in the evening." You stew a cup of great tonic soup..."

Su Cen saw it, coughed lightly and said, "Let's talk about the business first."

Qu Ling'er reluctantly took her eyes off Qi Lin, and said angrily to Su Cen, "Yes, Brother Su."

Qu Ling'er took out a small bottle from her cuff: "This kind of poison is called Thousand Days Drunk. When you drink it, you will feel weak in your hands and feet, cold and weak, as if you were drunk, but if you take it for a long time, you will feel weak. The poison invades the lungs until there is no cure."

Su Cen asked, "How long is the long time?"

Qu Ling'er said: "This is the troublesome thing about this kind of poison, unlike other poisons that can do it all at once, but you have to take it every day for two or three months before killing people. It can’t be detected, the poisoned person looks like he has a cold, weakens day by day, and kills people invisible.”

Su Cen frowned and said, "It really is."

The death of the eldest son of the Jia family was by no means a cold, but someone had planned it for a long time.

Su Cen asked Qi Lin, "Where is the other person I asked you to inquire about?"

Qi Lin nodded: "I brought it and placed it in the wing room."

Su Cen nodded. Now that all the witnesses and material evidences are in place, He Xiao has no escape. The problem is how to connect He Xiao with the Yan Ling.

Qu Ling'er quietly leaned towards Qi Lin again, and Qi Lin gently raised her hand to support her.

Su Cen rolled her eyes, waved her hand and said, "Go ahead and do whatever you want, so you don't have to embarrass me in front of me."

Qi Lin's expression turned serious: "That's not right."

Seeing that Qu Ling'er was almost limp in Qi Lin's arms, her whole body went limp.

Su Cen immediately stepped forward to support him: "What's going on?"

Qu Ling'er forced herself to stand up and said, "I'm fine, but I'm a little dizzy after staying with Xiaohong for a long time. That poisonous lunatic Xiaohong, the incense on his body is made from two kinds of poisons."

Su Cen frowned. At the beginning, he thought that girl Qingchen had an unusual fragrance. No wonder she said that her fragrance was a life-threatening fragrance. This seems to be true.

Incense is poison...Su Cen paused, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly raised his head and said to Qi Lin, "Leave this to me, you go quickly, and help me save someone!"

Qu Ling'er was bored, playing with the candles on the table, watching the lights in the room flickering, stretching the shadow of Su Cen who was pacing back and forth in front of her.

After a while, he put the scissors away and sighed softly.

Su Cen immediately stopped and asked, "What? Still dizzy?"

Qu Ling'er shook her head, thought for a while and then nodded, "Brother Su, you make me dizzy."

Su Cen thought in his heart that if you don't get angry with the candlestick in front of you, you won't get dizzy. Thinking that this person just helped him with something, he was almost injured, so he softened his tone and said, "If you can't bear it, go back and rest first." .”

"I'm fine," Qu Ling'er shook her head, "You don't have to worry, with Brother Qi around, nothing will happen."

Su Cen replied vaguely, her mind was no longer on this side.

He asked Feng Yiming to seal down the salt shop of Jia's family, and left the Wang's house behind. He intended to let the two families quarrel with each other, and let them fight and lose both, before reaping the benefits.

But he forgot. If a dog is in a hurry, he will jump over the wall. If He Xiao is in a hurry, he will kill someone.

Before, he wasn't sure if He Xiao had any lives on his body, but now it seems that there are more than one.

All of a sudden, something fell to the ground outside the courtyard, followed by a series of messy footsteps. As soon as Su Cen opened the door, he saw Qi Lin helping a person in. The other one seemed to be in a coma, and Qi Lin dragged it onto the chair. Su Cen immediately followed and asked anxiously, "This is..."

Qi Lin lifted the man's messy hair on his forehead to show Su Cen, and said, "Jia Wangchun."

Su Cen frowned: "What's wrong with him?"

"I'm fine, I passed out."

"How could this be?"

Qi Lin pointed to the door: "The Jia family is gone."

Qu Ling'er looked outside, couldn't help but let out a cry, and hurried back to the room to greet Su Cen: "Brother Su, look quickly!"

Su Cen froze in place as soon as he arrived in the courtyard. The night was cool and cool, but the southeast direction was filled with red. In the night, there was thick smoke covering the moon, and half of the sky was burned by fire and candles. It was the direction of Jia's house.

It wasn't until late at night that Li Shi returned to Xingqing Palace. Wu Chiha had been waiting outside the door, and when he saw the tent being raised, he immediately stepped forward and raised his arm to serve as a handrail for others.

Li Shi got out of the car and pressed the center of his eyebrows before he carried him inside.

In the middle of the night and the wind was strong, Wuchiha put on the prepared cloak for someone, leaned forward and asked, "Master, is it solved?"

Li Shi nodded.

He never paid much attention to Liu Zhen's group of people in the court, anyway, no matter what he did, this group of people would inevitably come out and jump a few times. What he really cares about is the people on his side.

When he married the Wen family back then, I have to say that he really had ulterior motives.At that time, the father was still alive, and he and Li Xun were fighting to the death. Li Xun married the niece of Xiao Yongqian, the founder of the county, who is now the Queen Mother of Chu, and he married Wen Shu, the daughter of Zuo Chancellor Wen Tingyan.But at that time, he was so focused on the battlefield, he didn't go back home a few times, and he didn't meet people a few times, so he disappeared for no apparent reason.

After Wen Shu's death, although there were rumors around him, they were not confirmed after all. Only then did Wen Tingyan think about the relationship between them and take care of him several times.When he entered the Regency, it was Wen Tingyan who helped him gain a firm foothold. Later, Wen Tingyan retired and handed over all the power on his side to him. Although he has already taken these people for his own use, it is not good. This kind of confrontation with Wen Tingyan made these people feel chilled.

Fortunately, this time Su Cen greeted Ning Yi before leaving, the thousand-year king is 8 years old, and the old guy has to rely on older ones to hold him down.

Wu Chiha handed over a note from behind, "Master, letter, from Yangzhou."

Li Shi took a look at it, handed it back casually, and asked, "When did it get delivered?"

Wu Chiha took out a fire folder, placed the note, and replied, "In the evening."

Li Shi stopped walking and looked back at the direction of the gate. After a while, he gathered his cloak and said, "Tell me that I'm sick, and close the door to thank guests for a few days. Prepare the horse, and let's go to Yangzhou."