Datang traitor

After Changsun Wuji watched the eunuch pass away, he clutched the melon in his hand and neither threw it nor kept it.After all, it was a gift from a sage. If he threw it away casually, it would be a crime of disrespect and decapitation.

"Mr. Lang, this melon smells really good. The sage never forgets about you even after eating a melon, and he is willing to share it with you, which shows how important you are in the heart of the sage." Attendant Xu An didn't know what was behind the melon. There is a story of a sweet compliment to Changsun Wuji, trying to make him happy.

The melon rewarded by the emperor, you have to eat it if you don't want to eat it.

Changsun Wuji planned to share it with the backyard after a symbolic taste.

After Changsun Wuji put a piece of melon into his mouth with a bamboo skewer, his eyes froze for a moment.

Frowning in confusion, he put another piece of melon into his mouth——

This is definitely the last bite!

Xu An watched Changsun Wuji finish a plate of melons in two or three bites, and happily praised Changsun Wuji for his good appetite.

Changsun Wuji didn't know how he would eat up a plate of melons. Hearing Xu An's words suddenly, he seemed to feel that he was laughing at him, and stared back at Xu An angrily.

Xu An immediately bowed his head and shut his mouth, wondering which sentence he said was wrong. Could it be that he wanted to praise Mr. Lang for his poor appetite and what he was eating?

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The next day, Chenshi.

After Li Shimin got up and sat down, he felt his physical state with his heart.

Although Qin Yuan said that he wouldn't get a stomach upset after eating that kind of melon, but he didn't make a fuss if he ate it without a watch.Because he was too happy yesterday, he forgot to restrain himself for a while, and ate eight melons in one go.According to his old habit of having a stomachache every time he eats a melon, he is afraid that he will have diarrhea and collapse to the point that it is difficult to get out of bed today.

It's nothing, I'm afraid that Wei Zheng will hear the wind and come to laugh at him, and then ridicule him again.

Two hours later, Li Shimin regained his energy, because he hasn't had a stomachache until now.It seems that the situation is exactly as Qin Yuan said, this kind of melon is really not bad for people's stomachs.

Excellent, excellent.

Li Shimin read the memorial happily, not affected by today's gloomy weather.

Soon after, the palace sent a message, and Wei Zheng asked to see him.

Li Shimin's eyes lit up immediately, he put down his pen, and asked Zhang De to quickly bring a plate of melons, specifically asking him not to cut them, but to make them whole and big.

After a while, Wei Zheng met with him, and after kowtowing to Li Shimin, he got up.Wei Zheng was about to advise Li Shimin on the Jingzhou matter, when he glanced at a plate of melons on the table in front of Li Shimin, there were three of them in total, and none of them were as big as two adults' fists.

"This—" Wei Zheng looked at Li Shimin in amazement, his gaze and expression unabashedly revealing that 'he has an opinion'.

Before Wei Zheng could finish speaking, Li Shimin gently raised his thick sword eyebrows, raised his hand and grabbed a big melon and put it to his mouth.

Before eating, Li Shimin deliberately expressed emotion in a sighing tone: "I was so absorbed in the music, that after noon, the widow eats melon first."

Under Wei Zheng's infinitely warning gaze, Li Shimin proudly opened his mouth to eat the melon, making a crackling sound from time to time.

Wei Zheng felt Li Shimin's strong provocation to him, of course he did not refuse.

Wei Zheng cupped his hands and shouted to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty!"

"Huh?" Li Shimin swallowed the melon in his mouth, pretending to ask Wei Zheng to wait until he finished eating the melon.

"Your Majesty!" Wei Zheng knelt down for Li Shimin, but his majesty did not allow any infringement, "Please exercise restraint and take care of your body."

"The widow just eats a melon." Li Shimin said.

Wei Zheng: "You are not joking. Your Majesty has promised his ministers not to touch melons a few days ago. The emperor did not keep his word, and the courtiers followed suit. The people's grievances have nowhere to complain. Will this be far from chaos?"

"The reason why the widow promised you not to eat it before was because you said that eating melons would hurt the body and harm the state affairs. Now the widow will not have diarrhea when eating this kind of melon, so of course you can eat it. For example, if you like to drink wine, if the widow tells you Don’t touch a drop of alcohol, can you do it? Humans are not sages, they all have emotions and six desires, if a widow wants you to never touch women, can you do it?”

After Li Shimin questioned Wei Zheng even after a meal, he said that he would continue to eat melons and asked Wei Zheng not to disturb him.

Wei Zheng didn't think what Li Shimin said was true, obviously he would have diarrhea every time he ate melon.

"Your Majesty's greed for temporary desires and disregard of future troubles is an act of foolishness." Wei Zheng deliberately increased his volume, reminding Li Shimin that he must pay attention to restraint.

Li Shimin laughed, this was the first time he was so relaxed when he was criticized by Wei Zheng as a 'faint king'.

Li Shimin sent the eunuch Zhang De to explain to Wei Zheng.

Zhang De: "The sage ate eight melons yesterday, and nothing has happened so far."

Wei Zheng didn't believe it, but felt that Li Shimin would not lie to him about such an obvious matter.He asked why, and wanted to know which imperial physician was skilled in medicine and cured the saint's problem.

Then Wei Zheng got a name, Qin Yuan.

Wei Zheng had heard about this person a few days ago, a rural farmer who was named by the sage, because he prayed "My Emperor is happy" every day to win the Sacred Heart, he was exceptionally promoted to the Hongwen Museum as an official, and then transferred to the Went to Yongzhou Mansion.

When Wei Zheng heard the news at that time, he secretly sighed in his heart that this official appointment was a bit sloppy.

But because Qin Yuan's official rank was not high, and he was not in an important position, Wei Zheng didn't bother to criticize the emperor.Because the emperor still has many bigger shortcomings waiting for him to mention, he is too busy.

But now, he never expected that the small things that he ignored at the beginning became big now.

This Qin Yuan had won His Majesty's favor because of his clever words before, but now he has only been an official for a long time, and he is catering to His Majesty's preferences.

This is not a good sign. Since ancient times, treacherous ministers have one thing in common: they are good at pleasing the emperor in various ways.

Wei Zheng was vigilant, vaguely feeling that this Qin Yuan would definitely be a trouble in the future.

Wei Zheng watched secretly that Li Shimin was eating melons and eating melons happily at the moment, and he knew that he could not accuse the 'talent' he had just set his eyes on for no reason at this time.This matter can only be discussed from a long-term perspective. Wei Zheng first explained the purpose of today's meeting and mentioned Jingzhou.

"Why bring it up again, this matter has been discussed yesterday." Li Shimin frowned.

"What I mean is that the person who is going to check whether the king of Yan County is rebelling has to be selected correctly, otherwise, after the investigation, it will be false news—"

Li Shimin nodded, "That's a good statement. We need to find a reliable person to investigate. In recent days, there are many ministers in the court who are biased to speak for him."

"Those who don't help may not be his people." Wei Zheng reminded again.

Li Shimin asked Wei Zheng if he had any recommended candidates.

Wei Zheng simply said that as long as His Majesty trusts anyone, "For example, Changsun Gong, he must not betray His Majesty."

While Li Shimin nodded, he looked at a melon left on the table, and a thought flashed in his mind.

After Wei Zheng left, Li Shimin remembered that after Qin Yuan offered melons yesterday, he didn't even reward him.

Li Shimin ordered to go down and give Qin Yuan a hundred bolts of silk, a string of pearls and a piece of beautiful jade.Li Shimin also left a special message to Qin Yuan, that old man will send melons and fruits as usual, remember to save some for tribute to the palace.

After Qin Yuan received the decree, he couldn't help feeling that Li Shimin was such a good emperor.Qin Yuan made up a lie and said that the old man was afraid of being born and didn't like seeing people, so Li Shimin really didn't bother to investigate the old man's identity.Obviously he loves to eat melons so much, Li Shimin would not ask him to offer them all, but the wording of the decree was actually very polite, only saying 'keep some', it can be said that he is quite tolerant and respects the emperor.

Such a good emperor will lead the Tang Dynasty to a prosperous age in the future, Qin Yuan couldn't bear to let Li Shimin have any accidents.

Qin Yuan insisted on his belief again, and after feeling that what he was doing was more meaningful, he suddenly became full of energy.He went to the mortuary to check Gu Changhuang's body again, and finally found a very small fish scale in the place where the tiger's mouth of his left hand was close to the palm.

If Gu Changhuang knew the art of seizing houses, if Gu Changhuang happened to catch a fish in the Qujiang Pond and kill him just before Gu Changhuang died...

Gu Changhuang is very likely to seize his body and become a fish.

Qin Yuan immediately went to Qujiang Pond.

Qujiang Pond has a large area, and there are countless fish in the lake.Qin Yuan has only one idea now, to fish out all the fish in Qujiang Pond and kill them.But how can we kill all the fish without leaving any fish, without attracting attention?

After thinking about it, Qin Yuan couldn't think of any good way to do it.

Qin Yuan decided to change his mind. If Gu Changhuang really took the house and became a fish, then he must still want to be a human again.It is impossible for a fish to come out of the lake by itself, so he has to rely on fate. He happens to meet someone who throws himself into the pond and commits suicide, so that he can seize his body and become a human again.

Qin Yuan realized that he could use dead bodies as bait to fish for law enforcement.It is impossible to directly use human corpses. One is hard to find, and the other is that it is too eye-catching to transport corpses and throw them away.Besides, if Gu Changhuang didn't take the bait, he would still have to work hard to fish out the corpse.If Gu Changhuang takes the bait, he will kill another 'person'.

After much deliberation, Qin Yuan decided it would be better to throw dead chickens, ducks and geese into Qujiang Pond.

In the evening, just as it was getting dark, Qin Yuan came to the Qujiang Pond carrying five dead ducks that had shed their hair.Qin Yuan tied the duck's legs with a rope, fixed the other end of the rope, and threw the five ducks into the lake.

Qin Yuan squatted on the shore and waited, checking the remaining grapes on the farm today.Now is not the season for grapes to come down, Qin Yuan is not easy to sell these grapes, so Qin Yuan hangs these grapes in the sun on the farm, and sells them after drying them into raisins.

Not long after, Qin Yuan lit a bonfire on the shore.

Suddenly there was a splashing sound on the surface of the water, and Qin Yuan immediately pulled the revived hairless duck out of the water.

After struggling to no avail, the hairless duck turned its neck and stared at Qin Yuan with one eyeball.The moment the human duck's eyes met, the duck jumped up crazily, kicked Qin Yuan's hand with its paws, and flew towards the ground.

Qin Yuan pulled the rope in his hand and pulled the duck back.

"Small, do you think I'm unprepared? Today you will definitely die!" Qin Yuan grabbed the duck's wings and shouted at the duck's head.

"It's a pity that you have become a duck. I can't interrogate you. Why did you do that kind of thing? Why did you help the madam of Ruyifang?"

The hairless duck struggled twice, as if it wanted to tell Qin Yuan something.

Qin Yuan put the duck on the ground, and saw the hairless duck squatting on the ground, scratching the ground twice with its hard beak.Qin Yuan picked up the lantern and looked, there was a sentence written on the ground: "Resurrect me, the way passes by."

"You think beautiful." Qin Yuan smiled.

The hairless duck lowered its head and continued to scratch on the ground: "It's not just me, there will be others."

The Hairless Duck waited for a while, seeing that Qin Yuan seemed to be hesitating, he hurriedly continued writing on the ground.

"Let me go and tell you all the secrets."

Qin Yuan looked at the duck, and the duck looked at Qin Yuan, one person and one duck looked at each other again for a while.

Qin Yuan suddenly took out the dagger from his waist, cut off the duck's head, and threw the duck head into the fire.

"I can still find out without you."

Qin Yuan watched the duck burn to ashes, put out the fire with earth, and then got up and left from the lake.

The next day, Qin Yuan came to work in Yongzhou Mansion as usual, and suddenly found that the government servants in the mansion greeted him with smiles.Some clerks were obviously far away from him, and they would deliberately run over to say hello to him.

Qin Yuan was flattered and went to ask Wen Yanbo why.

"You just got a reward from a sage, so of course those little sycophants are enthusiastic about you." Wen Yanbo sighed, and told Qin Yuan with a serious face that he suspected that Gu Changhuang had accomplices.

Qin Yuan then became serious, and hurriedly asked Wen Yanbo what was going on.

"Someone found four hairless ducks in Qujiang Pond this morning. These ducks were tied to ropes and soaked in the water. There was black ash from something burnt on the shore. I suspect that Gu Changhuang's accomplices are paying homage to him!" Wen Yanbo reasoned with reason.

Qin Yuan nodded in embarrassment, and echoed, "It's possible."

"Everyone in Yongzhou Mansion has been mobilized to ban Chang'an City." Wen Yanbo said.

Qin Yuan continued to echo Wen Yanbo's good job.

"By the way, let me tell you, the little tadpole I raised has grown back legs. I didn't see it yesterday, but it grew out overnight." Wen Yanbo's attitude changed quickly, and he showed off to Qin Yuan happily , as if showing off his son.

"Interesting?" Qin Yuan asked with a smile.

"Interesting, of course it's interesting." Wen Yanbo said worriedly, "So I'm thinking about whether I should take them with me when we leave tomorrow, lest I miss the time when they grow their front legs."

"Where are you going?" Qin Yuan asked puzzled.

"Look at my memory, I forgot to tell you such an important thing." Wen Yanbo apologized to Qin Yuan, "The sage ordered you and me to go to Jingzhou together with the eldest grandson to verify whether the rebellion of King Yanjun is true."

"How could there be me?" Qin Yuan stood up suddenly, he didn't want to leave Chang'an City, "I don't understand the matter of rebellion, I'm afraid I will delay it. Besides, you know my relationship with Changsun Gong, Is it okay to go all the way with him?"

"I thought maybe you just entered the palace yesterday. When the sage was considering candidates, he naturally thought of you. Besides, you do have the ability to investigate cases. Most of the credit for the two treacherous cases that the Yongzhou Mansion cracked recently .”

Wen Yanbo patted Qin Yuan on the shoulder, reassuring him not to be afraid. Although the eldest grandson Wuji is a relative of the emperor and occasionally has a domineering temper, he is actually a reasonable person and values ​​talents very much.At that time, he will help to mediate and help eliminate the misunderstanding with Zhangsun Wuji.

When mentioning the case, Wen Yanbo thought of something, "Do you think Gu Changhuang had an affair with the madam of Ruyifang? So after the madam died, Gu Changhuang killed you several times, in order to give his beloved revenge!"

"It's possible." Qin Yuan was worried that Wen Yanbo would have doubts about this before, but he didn't expect him to think of the answer himself.

"The eight guards seem to be abnormal." The little official rushed to report, "Since yesterday, they have not eaten, lost energy, and do not sleep at night. They keep their eyes open, sitting or standing."

Qin Yuan checked the conditions of the eight guards, and sure enough, as the little official said, each of them seemed to have caught a cold, panicked and lacked energy, but they all kept their eyes open and did not rest, as if something in their bodies made them restless.

"And their skin started to turn black and white and red again!"

Thinking of the fact that the eight people were lying naked by the water, Qin Yuan felt that the water probably had something to do with it.Maybe it was some kind of Gu poison related to water, they were lying there naked to raise Gu.

Qin Yuan ordered the little officials and others not to approach, and asked Lu Qiaoer to see what was going on.

After hearing what Qin Yuan said about the situation, Lu Qiaoer shook her head in doubt, "I've never heard of it, but I can go and see them first, maybe I can think of a way."

Qin Yuan took Lu Qiaoer there.As soon as the door was opened, eight guards who were in a daze suddenly turned to Lu Qiaoer in unison. They tore off their clothes and ran towards Lu Qiaoer.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Qin Yuan pulled Lu Qiaoer out and closed the door.The eight old guards slammed on the door for a while before subsiding.

Lu Qiaoer's face turned pale with fright, "This...what's going on?"

"I didn't respond when I saw us, but I jumped up like crazy when I saw you. The difference between us is a man, you are a woman." Qin Yuan suddenly thought of something.

Wen Yanbo hurriedly asked Qin Yuan to explain quickly.

"It looks like typhoid fever, silently wanting to sleep, unable to close eyes, restless when lying up, not wanting to eat or drink, and its face turns red, black, or white... This symptom is mentioned in "Synopsis of the Golden Chamber" written by Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage of the Han Dynasty. , to be confused by foxes." Qin Yuan said.

"Is this just a disease?" Wen Yanbo once again realized that he had read too little, and it seemed that it was not enough to fill up only one "Book of Luban".

Wen Yanbo asked Qin Yuan to explain in more detail.

"It can be said to be a kind of disease, but there is another way of saying it. Huhuo refers to a kind of water fox, also known as the scorpion. There is an explanation in "Shuowen Jiezi": scorpion, a short fox, like a turtle, three After shooting people with air, the symptoms caused by them are basically the same as those of the eight guards." Qin Yuan continued to explain, "In fact, this kind of water fox lives in the deep mountains and deep pools in the south. Among them, it is relatively rare. I don’t know why it appears in Qujiang Pond in the north to hurt people. The fox master, these guards seem to be normal these days, because all they see in Yongzhou Mansion these days are men , if they see a woman, they will arouse lust and go crazy like before." 1

Wen Yanbo came to his senses, "It's a good thing we didn't let them out. If we let them go back to the palace and continue to be guards, wouldn't they... be obscene｜disrupt the harem?"

Qin Yuan: "Yes."

Which man would like a green grassland above his head, especially for an emperor who controls the world.

Since ancient times, adultery has killed people, if Li Shimin is stimulated by such things, he will not be mad or half mad.And under the rage, any decision of the emperor will lead to the change of history.

From controlling zombies, to seizing houses, witchcraft, and water foxes, people who know these abilities are all strange people hidden in the folk.How much hatred did they have with Li Shimin? They suddenly made an appointment to attack Li Shimin together.Perhaps these people did not put Li Shimin to death every time they made a move, but it was enough to make Li Shimin feel uneasy.

I don't know what benefits they will get from hitting Li Shimin, if they drop gold coins or they will live forever.

Anyway, in Qin Yuan's view, these people are giving away heads.

If there are still people who are willing to continue to send, then he will continue to accept it bluntly.When it's playing games, it's cool to think about fighting monsters all the way to upgrade to the sky.

Afterwards, Qin Yuan ordered the eight guards to take Gancao Xiexin Decoction according to the prescription mentioned in "Synopsis of the Golden Chamber".

As for the water foxes in the Qujiang Pond, Qin Yuan told Wen Yanbo to remove them according to the method recorded in "Zhou Li" of 'drive them away with guns and drums, and burn them with stones'.Wen Yanbo explained this method to his subordinates, telling them to clean up the water foxes in Qujiang Pond after he left. 1

Because Qin Yuan just thought of the game, his heart suddenly became a little restless, so he asked Wen Yanbo to teach him how to play some ancient games.

"I was just about to invite you to live in my house. It will be convenient for us to set off together tomorrow morning."

Qin Yuan happily went.

After the two arrived at Wen's residence, Wen Yanbo suggested that they play a game of throwing pots.

Qin Yuan shook his head and refused, this game is too monotonous and boring.

After a stick of incense, Qin Yuan, who had lost all his money, was not reconciled, and insisted on writing an IOU to continue the competition with Wen Yanbo.He doesn't believe it anymore, he can't beat Wen Yanbo

Wen Yanbo said with a smile: "What's the point of winning money? Let's play something special. How about painting a beard on your face? Master Qin has a pretty face, so painting a beard must be interesting."

"Okay!" Qin Yuan happily agreed, where can I find such a cheap good thing, just two strokes on the face, it's painless, it's much easier than losing money.

……

Changsun Wuji came back from an errand outside the city and happened to pass by the Wen residence.As soon as he had a thought, Changsun Wuji stopped the carriage.

It was fine that Qin Yuan was in his eyes repeatedly, but now he still has the holy order to travel with someone like Qin Yuan.

Changsun Wuji couldn't bear it, but he didn't want to tell Li Shimin the truth, showing his narrow-mindedness.Changsun Wuji intends to let Qin Yuan retreat in spite of the difficulties.

Now he ordered Wen Yanbo to make him realize that he didn't like Qin Yuan very much. Later, Wen Yanbo stood on the same side as him and excluded Qin Yuan. Sooner or later, Qin Yuan would take the initiative to resign and leave.

Changsun Wuji was very satisfied with his plan. In order to surprise Wen Yanbo, he deliberately refused to let the Wen family's entourage report in advance.

Changsun Wuji walked into the courtyard where Wen Yanbo's study was located with a warm smile all the way.

Wen Yanbo was standing on the stone steps, laughing at a man in the middle of the courtyard who was bending over his knees, his face turned red.

And this bowed and kneeled man was facing away from Changsun Wuji, holding an arrow in his hand, aiming at the clay pot more than ten feet away from him.

It turned out that Wen Yanbo was playing a game of throwing pots with his friends.

Wen Yanbo was surprised to see his eldest grandson Wuji coming, and hurriedly came to pay his respects.

At this time, Qin Yuan, who was bowing in front of the elder Sun Wuji, suddenly straightened his back.

"I will definitely win this time!" Qin Yuan played like crazy, encouraging himself vigorously.

Qin Yuan quickly jumped twice to warm up, he waved the arrow in his hand excitedly, but didn't hold it——

The arrow flew back from the top of Qin Yuan's head, hitting Changsun Wuji's crotch.