Datang traitor

"Arrest who? Arrest who?"

Wen Yanbo stretched his neck to look carefully at the box of plum blossom crisps, completely unimaginable that this box could be connected with the murderer.

Qin Yuan turned back in a hurry and asked Wen Yanbo to take the box of plum blossom crisps away.

Wen Yanbo agreed, picked up the plum blossom cakes and followed.

Wen Yanbo followed Qin Yuan curiously all the way home with a team of people.

Wen Yanbo jumped off his horse at the door of Qin Yuan's house, and looked back at Qin Yuan wonderingly, "I see, you expected the murderer to kill you, so let me lead someone to set up an ambush at your house?"

Qin Yuan's horse stopped in front of Gu Qingqing's house, reminding Wen Yanbo that he had gone too far.

"The person we want to catch is here."

Qin Yuan ordered the yacha to divide into two teams, one team surrounded the Gu family, and the other team raided the house and took people.

After the door was broken, a woman's cry came from the house, which attracted the neighbors around to open the door and look around.

Qin Yuan sternly reprimanded anyone not to go out, otherwise he would be punished as an accomplice.The people were so frightened that they hurriedly closed the door obediently, so they had to lie on the crack of the door secretly to listen to the movement.

Soon afterwards, Gu Qingqing was escorted to the center of the courtyard by the Yamen.

Seeing Qin Yuan riding a tall horse at the door, Gu Qingqing became more courageous. She shook her shoulders in dissatisfaction, trying to get rid of the clerk who was restraining her.

"Brother Qin, save me quickly, they are arresting me! Bullying me!"

Wen Yanbo recognized Gu Qingqing at a glance, she was the little girl who went to Yongzhou Mansion with Qin Yuan to report the crime.Wen Yanbo's mind was a little confused, Qin Yuan seemed to have a good relationship with her before, why should he arrest her now.If it was said that this little girl committed so many treacherous and meticulous cases, Wen Yanbo would not believe it even more.

Qin Yuan asked the yamen to release Gu Qingqing and asked Gu Qingqing where her father had gone.

Gu Qingqing: "He said he went to work at the Zhao family in Changlefang, what's the matter?"

"When?" Qin Yuan asked.

Gu Qingqing thought for a while, "Probably after I give you some snacks."

The person escaped, which was expected by Qin Yuan.

Qin Yuan turned around and asked Wen Yanbo to send someone to Zhao's house to look for him, "The person may not be there, but let's take a look."

Wen Yanbo agreed confusedly, and ordered to go on.

Qin Yuan first ordered the Yamen to go to his kitchen to fetch the mousetrap, and then took out the box of plum blossoms to question Gu Qingqing's source of dim sum.

Gu Qingqing froze for a moment, guilty of not daring to look at Qin Yuan.

"Say it!" Qin Yuan urged.

Tears rolled in Gu Qingqing's eyes immediately, "You brought so many people to arrest me, just for a box of plum blossom crisps? I admit, I lied, I didn't make this dessert myself, I'm sorry!"

Wen Yanbo couldn't help laughing while listening to this, and then asked Qin Yuan suspiciously: "So you didn't want to catch the murderer, it's because she lied to you that the plum blossom cake was made by herself, and I broke the matter so I lost face ?”

The accompanying yamen servants also felt coke, their mouths were suppressed and they dared not laugh, but their hearts were already laughing like crazy.

They had heard long ago that the chief secretary of Qin was appointed an official because he won the favor of a saint. Recently, Wen Zhizhong specially asked him to be brought to Yongzhou mansion. They thought that the chief secretary of Qin might be a talent.Now it seems that they are thinking too much, such a big man is so fussy about little girls!

At this time, the Yamen who went to fetch the mousetrap came back in a hurry.There is a mouse running around in the mousetrap.

Qin Yuan broke off a piece of plum blossom crisp and threw it into the mouse cage.

The mouse twitched its nose and approached the plum blossom crisps, and quickly gnawed on them. In the blink of an eye, the mouse's four paws were facing upwards, and died of convulsions, bleeding from its seven orifices.

Everyone looked dumbfounded at the dead mouse, and the scene fell silent.

After Gu Qingqing recognized the box of plum blossom crisps, she opened her mouth wide in shock. She stared blankly at the dead mouse for a while, her legs suddenly went limp, and she squatted on the ground.

Wen Yanbo was also surprised, his face was serious, and his brows were tightly furrowed. The moment he saw the dead mouse, he finally realized the seriousness of the matter, and also understood why Qin Yuan came to arrest Gu's father and daughter.

"Bold! You actually put poison on plum blossom cakes and murdered the court officials." Wen Yanbo immediately scolded Gu Qingqing.

"This, this... I don't!" Gu Qingqing's teeth chattered, she kept shaking her head and looked at Qin Yuan with tears in her eyes. She didn't believe that this was the box of plum blossom crisps she gave her.

Qin Yuan told her to calm down, and carefully explained the source of this box of plum blossom crisps.

"I, Aye, said that since you became an official, we should make friends and establish a good relationship. But he didn't have much money, and he only prepared a box of snacks. He was afraid that you would look down on him if he showed shabby hands. He gave me the snacks and asked me to say it was me. I made it myself, so it has nothing to do with the amount of money, it is a kindness, and you will appreciate it." Gu Qingqing burst into tears, "Brother Qin, are you joking with me, right? I gave it to you How could the plum blossom cake be poisonous, it can't be poisonous...By the way, could it be that the shop that sells the plum blossom cake poisoned it? Go catch him!"

Qin Yuan looked at Gu Qingqing who was greatly frightened, chose to remain silent, and did not respond to her.The truth he knows is far more terrifying than the poisonous plum blossom crisp. Qin Yuan now believes that the murderer of Gu Qingqing was Gu's father.But the truth of father killing daughter is too cruel, no child is willing to bear the fact that his parents do not love him.

Gu Qingqing usually looks lively and savage, and seems to be very aggressive, but in fact she is a coward who is afraid of becoming a soft-footed shrimp when encountering things.

Qin Yuan ordered Yacha to take Gu Qingqing back to Yongzhou Mansion and let her calm down first.

After Wen Yanbo verified the death of the mouse with his own eyes, he was terrified when he thought that he almost ate plum blossom crisps just now.He now feels that any possibility should not be let go, and Gu Qingqing is also suspicious.

"How can you be sure it wasn't her who poisoned you? Maybe she conspired with his father to kill you."

Qin Yuan shook his head firmly to express that it was impossible.

"After the case of Hua Mudan was over, Gu Qingqing was sent to Plum Blossom Temple by his father. He just came back today. Obviously, his father disliked her and got in the way. If it was a partnership, there was no need to send her away. Besides, if she knew about Plum Blossom There is poison in the crisp, after poisoning me, no matter how stupid she is, she should know how to escape, she cannot stay at home peacefully and wait for us to catch her.

Wen Zhizhong also saw the way she behaved just now, she was just an ordinary timid child, showing all emotions on her face.The murderer who plotted against me was cautious, how could he use such a stupid person as a helper.Therefore, Gu Qingqing's suspicion can be ruled out, she was just used by her father. "

"I'm very confused right now. Anyway, tell us everything you know." Wen Yanbo had so many questions in his mind that he didn't know which one to ask first.

"The murderer has a very accurate grasp of my daily habits and travel time, and he even knows the situation when I go out temporarily. For example, the night I was attacked by the catapult, I was called to Yongzhou Mansion temporarily. At that time, Yuchi Wan'er chased me I passed the murderer, and when I chased him near my house, he disappeared.

When Gu Qingqing gave me plum blossom crisps today, he said something like 'I heard that you have been in danger recently, and the family is always not peaceful'.Everyone knows about being attacked by stones, but it didn't happen in my family.I set up defenses at home, and I was poisoned twice, I have never heard of it.Gu Qingqing just came back, how could she know that my family is always not peaceful?who told herIt could only be the murderer.

I didn't realize it at the time, but later when you told me that the plum blossom cakes came from Guangsu Building, I suddenly realized that Gu Qingqing had no money at all, and if the cakes were bought with money, they must have been bought by his father.

In view of the murderer's frequent attacks on me recently, Father Gu suddenly brought Gu Qingqing back at this time, and suddenly bought some snacks for Gu Qingqing to give to me. Exactly. "

When Qin Yuan narrated the passage, his voice was gentle and peaceful, like a melodious tune that slowly entered his ears, but after these words entered their ears, they stirred up huge waves in their brains, which surprised them endlessly.Especially for the few yamen servants who secretly laughed at Qin Yuan before, they were very ashamed, the slap in the face came too fast, and they didn't have any precautions.The act of ridicule just now is tantamount to thoroughly revealing their shallowness and ignorance.

Wen Yanbo nodded in admiration, lamented Qin Yuan's insight into subtleties, and at the same time apologized for what he said that offended Qin Yuan just now.

"Actually, these are not the main reasons. The most important reason is that Gu Qingqing's father is a carpenter." Qin Yuan added.

"Carpenter?" Wen Yanbo was stunned for a moment, and thought hard, "By the way, only carpenters can make catapults."

Qin Yuan agreed: "Actually, it's not just catapults, but also spells such as Gu poison, silver needles, etc. Carpenters who have truly inherited Lu Ban's craftsmanship are actually very good, and they know a lot of things.

When mentioning Luban, many people's first impression is a highly skilled carpenter.Lu Ban is still a very powerful doctor. He has saved many people with his skillful hands and benevolence, and he also knows many powerful spells.He recorded all the skills he had mastered in his life in the "Book of Luban". Including harmful spells.But not long after this book came out, the second volume recording various "immortal techniques" was listed as a banned book, and it was only secretly passed on by Luban's disciples. "

Wen Yanbo stared at Qin Yuan blankly, feeling that his cognition was about to break through the sky in the past few days.In the future, he would never dare to say that he has read poetry and books casually. Life is full of knowledge everywhere. Later, he will definitely read "Book of Luban" and raise a few tadpoles by the way.

Qin Yuan led people to search Father Gu's bedroom carefully, but found nothing important, but found a half jar of white powder in a corner at the back of the bedroom.As soon as the mouth of the jar was opened, there was a strong fragrance.After a while, many butterflies came from all directions and landed on the jar.

Wen Yanbo covered his nose and stared wide-eyed: "I said this smell is a little familiar, it's the same as the smell on Hua Mudan, but this smell is stronger and pungent. It turns out that he was involved in the case of Hua Mudan! This is Gu Qingqing's." What the hell does father do?"

After checking the household registration information, the little official quickly came to report: "My real name is Gu Changhuang. I was originally from Yanzhou. My daughter Gu Qingqing was adopted five years ago."

"Adopt?" Wen Yanbo was surprised, "But I think the relationship between Gu Qingqing and Gu Changhuang is close, as if they were biological."

Qin Yuan was stunned.It turned out that he was not his own, no wonder Gu Changhuang would kill Gu Qingqing.

Shortly thereafter, Gu Changhuang's portrait was drawn, and wanted posters were posted all over the city.

At dusk three days later, the guards patrolling the city found Gu Changhuang near Qujiang Pond and hunted him down.When Gu Changhuang fled for his life, he jumped into Qujiang Pond in a panic.Fearing that Gu Changhuang would escape, the guards shot arrows at the water, and finally shot Gu Changhuang to death with random swords.

Qin Yuan and Wen Yanbo conducted a very careful autopsy on Gu Changhuang with their assistants, and confirmed that the deceased was Gu Changhuang himself, and confirmed again that the person died thoroughly.

Gu Qingqing was very sad after seeing her father's body. She always felt that Gu Changhuang was her biological father, and she had no impression of Gu Changhuang's adoption of her five years ago.

Qin Yuan asked the neighbors around.Four years ago, Gu Changhuang brought Gu Qingqing into Yong'an Square. Gu Changhuang was a man of few words. Apart from knowing that he could do carpentry work, everyone didn't know much about him. Naturally, they didn't know the specific situation of the father and daughter. Affection.

"I think it's very likely that when Gu Changhuang adopted Gu Qingqing five years ago, he used some kind of soul-stirring technique on him, making Gu Qingqing mistakenly believe that he is his own child." Wen Yanbo reasoned, he was watching " Luban Book", learn and apply.

"Not bad." Qin Yuan praised.

"It's a pity that many of the spells above do not have detailed practice methods, but only spells and talismans, otherwise I might get more." Wen Yanbo said proudly.

"It's not that easy, even if it's written clearly, even if you still have the second half of the banned book, you still can't learn it. To learn this thing, you need to train your mind, your mind must be as calm as water, and you can be extraordinary. You have wives and children, it's impossible .” Qin Yuan readily agreed.

Wen Yanbo was surprised: "Hey, how do you know so clearly? Which book says it?"

Qin Yuan pretended to cough, "It's just a wild guess. Seeing that Gu Changhuang has no children and is cruel, I just deliberated."

"I can't be a bad guy like him, so don't read it!" Wen Yanbo put down the book, remembering that the eight guards were still locked up in Yongzhou Mansion, and asked Qin Yuan how to deal with it, "It's been so many days, these eight people can't see it It's quite normal. If I keep shutting it down, it seems difficult to explain if the higher-ups ask."

"No, it must be closed. It's not like you haven't seen what Fang Ding was like when he was hit by a Gu." Qin Yuan patted his robe and got up, and was about to go out.

"Where are you going?" Wen Yanbo reminded Qin Yuan that he was on duty now, and he couldn't go out to play without authorization.

"Go face the saint."

Qin Yuan entered his room, and after a while came out with a basket of melons, and handed one to Wen Yanbo.

Wen Yanbo looked at the melon. It was not only big and fresh, but also exuded a sweet fragrance, which made him want to eat it.

"I can't eat the things you dedicate to the saint."

Wen Yanbo chuckled, but his eyes never left Melon, and he couldn't help swallowing.He is usually not such an imageless person, nor is he a greedy person. These melons are definitely too tempting.

"It's just you and me in the room, so why not be polite."

Qin Yuan thanked Wen Yanbo for transferring him to Yongzhou Mansion to work. He felt much more casual than Hongwenguan.At least he is here to take care of him, no one dares to ridicule and laugh at him on the open face.

"Then I'm welcome."

Wen Yanbo took a bite of the melon, puffed out his cheeks and gave Qin Yuan a happy "hmm".

"Wonderful, wonderful, you enshrined this melon to the saint, and there will be no other courtiers to speak in front of the saint from now on."

"I appreciate this compliment." Qin Yuan knew that Wen Yanbo was joking, so he deliberately agreed with him.

Qin Yuan bid farewell to Wen Yanbo, and ran to the palace with a package of melons.

History is always surprisingly similar. After Qin Yuan entered the imperial city, he met Changsun Wuji again.

This time Qin Yuan didn't walk. He rode a horse, carefully holding a basket of melons in his arms, and his walking speed was much slower than before.