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Yuanjing City, Dongshi, Qinxin Tea House.

"Cao Weishan, a 12-year Jinshi in Tianhua, was born in the Cao family of Liu'an Prefecture. He has been a family of the Jin Dynasty since a hundred years ago. At the beginning of the establishment of the Chen Kingdom, the Cao family had another famous minister, Cao Ji. However, Cao Ji's weight is to avoid Chen. The ancestor of the emperor was taboo, Cao Ji did not allow the children of the Cao family to become officials, so the Cao family produced several masters of literature and painting, but they did not have power ministers for decades, until Cao Weishan’s father, Cao Zan, was invited to the court’s Ren Hongwen Museum because of his academic knowledge. Bachelor."

In the private room of the tea house, Huang Zexian told Tang Ling what he found out.

Tang Ling said that he wanted to investigate Cao Weishan, and Xingluowei even investigated Cao Weishan's ancestors.

"Cao Weishan's more than ten years of official career was not smooth sailing. It only took four years from Jingzhou scribe to the Ministry of punishment to write history, but after he arrived at the Ministry of punishment, he stagnated.

Cao Weishan is tactful and meticulous in doing things. Originally, there were many opportunities for promotion, but the children of the Cao family precepts are strictly forbidden to form cliques. Cao Weishan is neither willing to move closer to the Queen Qin, nor bow to the Gongsun family, so after entering Beijing, he has been Not to be reused, he stayed in the Ministry of Punishment for seven years, and only took over as governor of the Gyeonggi Metropolitan Government three years ago. "

Tang Ling held a plate of tea leaves, sniffed the tea lightly, put it down and changed another plate next to it, and quietly listened to Huang Zexian's detailed explanation of what he had found.

Huang Zexian frowned slightly, and said in doubt: "When Bai Liu died, Cao Weishan had just been promoted to the head of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but he was only a sixth rank, and Cao Zan had returned home a year before Bai Liu's death. It is really impossible to find out whether Cao Weishan, the Cao family and Bai Liu's death had nothing to do with it.

But Bai Liu had been stationed at Fenglin Mountain all year round, so he didn't have many chances to return to Yuanjing, and he had nothing to do with the Cao family.

Why did the king of Chu want to investigate these two people? "

Xing Luowei almost checked everything about Cao Weishan and Bai Liuping, but even so, he couldn't find anything related to Bai Liu.

"Maybe they had nothing to do with each other."

Tang Ling was choosing tea from a row of tea saucers on the table, calmly without any surprise, "Qi Xiao asked me to check these two people at the same time just to see what Xing Luowei is capable of."

"What does that son mean, he doesn't really want to know the secret of Bai Liu's death? Does he also care about Cao Weishan?"

"We don't need to guess, Qi Xiao will tell us."

"He told us himself? Will he?"

Tang Ling smiled, as soft as a gust of wind that was about to dissipate in an instant, he was not in a hurry to explain something to Huang Zexian, as if he was waiting for something.

Sitting opposite Tang Ling, Huang Zexian watched Tang Ling pick tea leaves. He chose Qi Guoqing tea from among the many teas to brew, and the hot water gave off bursts of tea fragrance. The doubts gradually covered up the past.

Tang Ling pushed the teacup in front of Huang Zexian: "Taste it."

Huang Zexian took a small sip, the tea was sweet and fragrant, it was good tea.

There are many mountains and forests in Qi State, and tea is a major specialty.

There are no dangerous peaks and forests on the border between Qi and Zhou, and there are no rivers and rivers to separate them. Under the flat river, the business and trade between the two countries are naturally thriving. Tea from Qi can be seen almost everywhere in Zhou. The royal family of Zhou also receives it as a national gift every year. Qi State tea, the green tea in Qinxin Tea Room is still slightly inferior to the state ceremony of Qi State.

"Compared to the ones in the same hall?"

Huang Zexian shook his head: "The tea in the hall is all Chen Guogong tea, so it's naturally better."

"Compared to the one at the state banquet of Chen Guo?"

When Huang Zexian first arrived in Chen Guo, His Majesty Chen Guo held a big feast to welcome him.

At that time, Huang Zexian was toasted again and again, drinking cup by cup, but he never had a chance to drink the tea at hand.

At this moment when Tang Ling asked suddenly, she couldn't help being taken aback and shook her head slightly.

"I'm just asking casually."

Tang Ling smiled, "The tea is good."

It has been five days since Tang Ling entered Yuanjing. Except for the thrilling and exciting first night, Haiyan and Heqing's peace after that was as calm as a cold pool, so cold that there were no waves. Cao Weishan reported the matter of Wanqin Zhai Your Majesty, there will be no more after that.

Zhao Yi's leg was broken, and the eldest princess almost followed Cao Weishan's Zhezi into the palace to meet His Majesty the next morning, Xing Luowei couldn't find out what was going on in the imperial study room, only knew that the eldest princess never left Zhao's mansion after leaving the palace .

Just as Qi Xiao hoped, the matter of Wanqinzhai seemed to have never happened, and no one in the court dared to mention it, even Tang Ling was completely forgotten overnight.

On the contrary, the rumors and rumors in the market are constantly raging and intensifying. The reason is simple. Zhao Yi's leg was broken and he could no longer run rampant in the Yuan capital, but Tang Ling was unscathed. Pavilions, painting workshops, pen studios, and tea houses, wherever you go, you seem to be stepping on Huaguang, making the word Fengya eye-catching.

Qi Xiao passed by Qinxin Tea House, and gradually slowed down. He was blocked by the crowd and couldn't help but stop.

"Hey? Why are there so many people? I'll go and see."

He didn't know Baixi Bridge, so he already knew that the Dongshi neighborhood was very lively, but he had never seen such a crowded situation, and there were no carriages blocking the road ahead, so how could it be so crowded that people couldn't walk?

Before Baixi Bridge walked a few steps, I heard some people around me commenting: "This week, the prince of the state is so grand, how can he let the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion take over the entire tea house for him? And let no one do business. ?”

"Haven't you heard? The story of Wanqinzhai has spread all over the place."

"I heard that, didn't the prince of Zhou beat up that master of the Zhao family?

After all the beatings, is he still afraid of the Zhao family's revenge?Need the Protectorate to send troops to protect? "

"What! Two days ago, Mr. Tang went to Liuyun Painting Workshop to pay a visit to Mr. Song Xiaosong, and he drew the maid serving tea with just a glance. Even Mr. Song applauded.

Coincidentally, Miss Qiyue also went to Liuyun Painting Workshop that day, and Mr. Tang drew a picture of a beauty for Miss Qiyue, tsk tsk, that's so simple, and now this picture of beauty is hanging in Wanqin Studio, The sky-high price of 600 taels of gold has been called! "

"Ah?! There is such a thing?"

"Damn! How many days have you not gone out? There are even more outrageous things!"

"Anything else? What else?"

"This prince of Zhou's amazing talent and brilliance have spread throughout the Yuan capital. There were rumors before that he was going to choose a concubine for the seventh prince. Now all the ladies of the family seem to invite a portrait of Mr. Tang. Yesterday, Mr. Tang was besieged in the audience. In the chess pavilion, there was almost no fight."

"Impossible? How can you still fight after just a portrait?"

"Hehe, that's the appearance of Mr. Tang that you have never seen before. He is so magnificent that those ladies don't want to marry the seventh prince after seeing him!"

"The young ladies of the family are all from famous families, of course it would not be inappropriate for the public, but the Guanqi Pavilion is the place where the children of the aristocratic family love to go. If they lose the chess game, they will lose face. For some reason, there will be a quarrel when there is a disagreement. People from the Gyeonggi Metropolitan Government came to make trouble..."

"No, how dare Mr. Cao wander around with Mr. Tang now? So he sent someone to follow him."

"...What is this all about!"

Bai Xiqiao frowned after hearing all this chatter, what is Tang Ling going to do?The road ahead was difficult, and the Baixi Bridge was no longer crowded, so he simply turned around and prepared to take Qi Xiao on a detour, but who knew that when he returned to the place just now, Qi Xiao had already disappeared.

Baixiqiao looked around for a while, feeling a little anxious, and suddenly turned around to see Zong Sheng waving at him at the entrance of an alley not far away.

Baixiqiao trotted over: "Why are you alone, Xiao'er?"

"My lord told us to wait here."

"Wait? Where did he go?"

Zong Sheng glanced in the direction of the crowd and motioned for Baixi Bridge.

"Qinxin Tea House?! There are so many people around, how can he get there?"

Qi Xiao naturally climbed the walls and climbed the windows to get in.

"Click."

With a soft sound, the window of the private room on the second floor of the tea house was opened, and Qi Xiao jumped in, startling Huang Zexian. When Tang Ling saw that it was him, she stopped her surprise for a moment, and raised the corners of her mouth instead.

"What a coincidence."

Qi Xiao unceremoniously sat cross-legged on the mat, "I happen to be a little thirsty."

Tang Ling smiled softly, made a cup of tea for Qi Xiao very smoothly, and brought it in front of him.

Qi Xiao reached out to take it, took a sip, and nodded: "It's not bad.

Qi country's green tea? "

"My lord is well-informed."

Tang Ling smiled and called Qi Xiao a prince.

Qi Xiao raised his eyebrows: "Young Master laughed, guessed."

The two talked to each other, as if Huang Zexian didn't exist.

Huang Zexian simply stood up and retreated lightly.

"You knew I was coming?"

Tang Ling also followed Qi Xiao's example and raised her eyebrows: "Guess."

"Okay, that's a good guess."

Tang Ling wandered around the capital city of Yuanyuan, attracting attention in all kinds of ways. When she went out today, she was accompanied by people from the Capital Protectorate. She was afraid that people would not know about it, but the tea house was cleared. People from the Gyeonggi Protectorate came and went quietly under their noses.

Tang Ling chose another dish of tea from the table, brewed another pot, and served Qi Xiao a second cup: "Taste it."

"Could it be to test me? Maybe I can fool you when drinking, but let's forget about drinking tea.

I can't pretend it's so elegant. "

Qi Xiao squinted at Tang Ling, and the meaning in his words was clear that Tang Ling was putting on airs, but Tang Ling was not angry.

"Didn't you guess right just now?"

"Qi is rich in tea, and the world knows that green tea is the most outstanding. People like Ziyi, who are as elegant as an exiled fairy, were selected as the best, so I guessed from this."

Tang Ling was suddenly amused by Qi Xiao's involuntary compliment: "This is also Qi's green tea, but the season of tea production is different."

"Can this be drunk?" Qi Xiao was really curious.

"Try it and you'll know."

Qi Xiao dubiously held the teacup and sniffed the aroma of the tea, took another sip, then took a sip from the first cup, and frowned: "Hmm...it seems to be slightly different, and I can't tell where the difference is." .”

Tang Ling laughed, feeling that Qi Xiao was sneaky, and when he wasn't putting on the airs of the King of Chu, he seemed more like what he should be at his age, flying out and being frank and cute.

When they sat facing each other, they seemed to be friends who had known each other for a long time.

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There will be tomorrow! ! ! !