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Since the relationship between the two can be eased, Qin Yuan doesn't care what Changsun Wuji says now.He will not be so narrow-minded like Changsun Wuji.

Everyone happily finished eating the wild boar meat, and while wiping the oil from their mouths, they sighed. If there is still the sweet plum in the morning to relieve the greasy taste, then life will really be considered complete.

After Changsun Wuji took two bites of meat, he scanned the crowd and found that Qin Yuan was not in his sight.Changsun Wuji asked Xu An to count the number of people and hurried on his way.

After a while, Xu An came to report that he was ready and ready to go.

"Is Master Qin here?" Changsun Wuji asked.

"I'm falling asleep in the car, and I've never seen anyone who can be so leisurely when I go out to do errands." Xu An said with emotion.

Qin Yuan was in a drowsy sleep, and was woken up by Wen Yanbo's push, and then the carriage started to move, Qin Yuan swayed in a daze, and bumped Wen Yanbo's shoulder.Wen Yanbo rubbed his shoulder in pain and cried out that it hurts, telling Qin Yuan to be more careful.

Qin Yuan yawned lazily, half-opened his eyes and looked at Wen Yanbo: "Why did you run away from me?"

Wen Yanbo asked Qin Yuan to point over there, so as not to occupy such a large space, "Because you two don't fight each other anymore, of course I can come back."

Qin Yuan nodded regretfully.

Wen Yanbo sighed happily: "You guys are finally at peace, so I won't be caught in the middle."

Qin Yuan pursed his lips and didn't say anything, but he felt in his heart that it was impossible for Changsun Wuji to let him go so easily.But as long as we can get rid of the trouble of traveling together this time, and we don't see each other often in the future, there shouldn't be any big problems.

The carriage swayed forward, Qin Yuan's body swayed with the rhythm of the carriage.Not long after, he was sleepy again, and fell asleep with his head against the inner wall of the left compartment.

After an unknown amount of time, a slight 'cha-cha' sound entered Qin Yuan's left ear.

Qin Yuan opened his eyes suddenly, and put his ear on the wooden board of the carriage to listen carefully, but now he couldn't hear it again, only the noise of horseshoes and wheels rolling on the ground.

Wen Yanbo was reading a book when he felt his eyes hurt. He found Qin Yuan's face pressed against the inner wall of the car as if in shock, and asked him what's wrong.

"Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha..." Qin Yuan learned.

Wen Yanbo looked at Qin Yuan with a hesitant expression.

"Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha..." Qin Yuan unwillingly learned from Wen Yan again.

Wen Yanbo couldn't help laughing out loud, "I can't hold it in anymore, what tune are you humming, it's so ugly!"

"Did you really not hear this strange sound just now?"

Wen Yanbo shook his head, thinking that Qin Yuan must have had a nightmare while sleeping.

The carriage suddenly bumped, and the bodies of the two of them shook violently.

Qin Yuan looked outside through the window screen, and found that the carriage had gone down the path again at some point.Not only is the small road not as flat as the official road, but the surrounding scenery has also become bad.Before the sun set, they passed a vast and boundless field, where green crops were growing, and three skinny old farmers with gray beards were working in the field, as if they were weeding.

The carriage that Changsun Wuji was riding in was driving ahead, suddenly slowed down at this moment, and then stopped.

Xu An got off the carriage first, ran towards the old farmers in the field, and said a few words to the three old farmers.

At first, Qin Yuan saw Xu An's speech as if he was asking for directions. After the old farmer pointed the way, Xu An continued to smile and say a few words to the old farmer, and then said goodbye to them politely with a smile.

After Xu An returned to the carriage, the carriage continued to drive.When the sun had completely set and there was only a smear of red in the western sky, they finally arrived at Lingtai County.

The terrain of Lingtai County is high in the west and low in the east, and most of the plateaus and hills are covered by loess.The county town is still lively, but there are many beggars on the street, most of them are old and weak. They are busy holding broken bowls during dinner, walking tremblingly, begging everywhere, hoping to meet kind-hearted people People can give them a bite of food.

Changsun Wuji probably wanted to investigate secretly, so he didn't choose to stay in a post station, and found a small inn in the county town to stay.

During dinner, Qin Yuan excused his stomach ache and quietly walked out from the back door of the inn for a stroll, just in time to meet a group of father and daughter coming to beg.The girl looked like five or six years old, her hair was disheveled, her clothes were covered with dust, and the chest and chest of the tattered clothes were shiny black, but at least the clothes could cover her body.The girl's father couldn't do it anymore. His clothes were ragged, his arms and legs were exposed, and his color was black and red. Although his hair was tied on top of his head with a rag, it was still messy, like a chicken coop.

The man walked tremblingly behind with a wooden stick in his hand, while the little girl walked in front holding a broken bowl.The little girl's dark face almost covered her original appearance, except for a pair of big black and white eyes, which were full of tenderness when looking up at people.As long as she looks at her, anyone with a bit of compassion will feel unbearable.Qin Yuan is a god with a conscience. After he was spotted by the girl, he quickly gave the father and daughter the wild boar he had hidden in his sleeve at noon.

The girl probably never thought that she could obtain wild meat, and hurriedly took the meat to give to her father, her eyes fixed on the meat, and she kept pursing her lips and swallowing.

The girl's father knelt down tremblingly to Qin Yuan, thanking him for his charity, and then he hugged his daughter against the wall, gobbling meat.

"Eat slowly, it's best to chew until it's broken and swallow." Qin Yuan suggested gently.

The girl's father was stunned for a moment, nodded quickly, and told the girl to eat slowly, and swallow it after eating enough meat. God knows when they will eat meat next time. It is best to remember the taste of this meat for a lifetime.

Qin Yuan hurriedly explained: "I don't mean that. You haven't eaten meat for a long time, and your spleen and stomach will be overwhelmed if you eat it suddenly. In addition, the weather is cold and humid now, so it's easy to have stomach troubles. If you don't stop the diarrhea, it will kill you." .”

The girl's father suddenly realized, and frequently saluted Qin Yuan to thank him.

Qin Yuan has no money on him now, and the money he saved from selling farm fruits before is left to Gu Qingqing.Qin Yuan planned to go back to the inn to get some dry food and pancakes for their father and daughter, and to borrow some money from Wen Yanbo.

But when Qin Yuan turned around to go back to the inn, he found that Changsun Wuji was standing at the back door of the inn at some point, staring at Qin Yuan with sharp eyes.

Qin Yuan didn't feel anything at first, until he found that Changsun Wuji looked away from him, and glanced leisurely at the father and daughter behind Qin Yuan who were eating wild pork.

The wild boar was hunted by Changsun Wuji.

The boar meat was regarded as "reward" by the eldest grandson Wuji for Qin Yuan to eat.

Not only did Qin Yuan not eat the pork, he even gave the pork to the beggar——

At the critical moment, Qin Yuan quickly explained to Changsun Wuji: "The wild pork is really delicious. Unfortunately, I have no appetite and I didn't finish it. I plan to save it for dinner tonight."

Changsun Wuji half raised his head, half lowered his eyelids, still staring at Qin Yuan.

People who lie are easily guilty.

At this time, he can't explain too much. The more he explains, the easier it is to reveal his flaws. He has to change the subject quickly.

"Well, do you have money?" Qin Yuan blurted out, but after saying this, he found that Changsun Wuji looked at him even more strangely, and Qin Yuan felt a little regretful.

He touched his nose and looked away in embarrassment, "The father and daughter are so pitiful!"

"The streets are full of beggars. You helped the father and daughter for a while, but what about after that? There are other beggars on the street, do you help? How much can you save with alms?" Changsun Wuji asked in a coy tone.

Qin Yuan was stunned.

What does Changsun Wuji mean by that, picky?

Qin Yuan didn't say anything more, turned around and left to find Wen Yanbo to borrow money.

When he came down from the second floor of the inn, Qin Yuan saw the father and daughter kneeling in the lobby of the inn, kowtowing to the eldest grandson Wuji.Qin Yuan also noticed that the girl's father was holding a money bag in his hand.

"Go away." Changsun Wuji said lightly, which made the father and daughter tremble with fright.The father quickly ran out of the inn with his daughter in his arms, and the wooden stick that the girl's father was leaning on lay quietly on the ground and was left behind.

Xu An then picked up the wooden stick on the ground and sent it out with 'good intentions'.

Seeing this scene, Qin Yuan naturally understood that the girl's father was pretending to be sick.No wonder Changsun Wuji spoke to him in a strange way just now, it turned out that he had seen through it a long time ago.

Qin Yuan saw that his eldest grandson Wuji's attitude hadn't changed significantly after he found out about him, so he asked him how he knew that the father and daughter were not beggars.

"Aren't you good at solving cases?" Changsun Wuji chuckled, apparently Qin Yuan's humility to ask for advice made him feel refreshed.

"How can this little official be compared to Qi Guogong's ability." Qin Yuan flattered his ass.It's just to say a few good words, he is so generous, it is regarded as helping the poor, and he gave it to the eldest grandson Wuji for free.

Everyone doesn't like pleasant words, and Changsun Wuji is no exception.

Changsun Wuji took a look at Qin Yuan and asked him to take a sip of plum juice first.

Changsun Wuji's tone was unquestionable, Qin Yuan dared to deny his kindness.He just sat down, took the plum juice brought by Xu An, and took a sip, just sipped a little plum juice on the tip of his tongue, not enough to flow down his throat and drink it into his stomach.Plum juice is sour and sweet, but this kind of sweetness is not fruit sweetness, it is sweetness artificially added with sugar.

"The shopkeeper said that these are the best plums in Quanlingtai County, domestic trees, and carefully served." Changsun Wuji's sharp eyes pierced Qin Yuan's eyes, "The taste is the same as the plums you picked in the wild this morning. Yes, worlds apart."

"I'm lucky! Fruits are also strange. Even if they are grown in the same field, some are sweet and some are not." Qin Yuan explained casually.

After Changsun Wuji looked at Qin Yuan, it was indeed the case when he thought about it again. What was he doubting?When Qin Yuan set off from Chang'an, he traveled lightly and didn't bring plums with him. He didn't pick the plums from the wild. Could it be that he could conjure them out of thin air?

Changsun Wuji reflected that he was suspicious for no reason.

"The father and daughter are beggars," Changsun Wuji continued the previous topic and explained, "But in order to get something, the father pretends to be lame and sells miserably, and makes the little girl pretend to be pitiful."

Qin Yuan suddenly sighed: "This is clever."

Forced by life, it's not a big deal to play some tricks that don't harm others, Qin Yuan can understand it.

Changsun Wuji was a little surprised by Qin Yuan's reaction, but it can be seen from this that Qin Yuan's nature is kind and kind.

"If you only help one or two people you meet to solve their sufferings, it means that you are a kind-hearted person. If you can help the people of the whole village, county or even the whole state to get rid of their sufferings, you will be a good official who can do something. The most taboo is to block one's eyes and do nothing." Changsun Wuji asked Qin Yuan to think about what he saw along the way, and asked him what he thought.

Qin Yuan lowered his eyes to ponder for a while, and thought of something, but it was not clear.For the first time, he bowed to Changsun Wuji seriously and asked him to explain his doubts.

Wen Yanbo also came down at this time, seeing that Changsun Wuji and Qin Yuan were in harmony, he happily came over to listen to what they were talking about.

"After arriving at the boundary of Jingzhou, the mountains and fields around the path were extremely barren. There were no wild vegetables on the mountain, and even the bark on the mountain was almost stripped off. But when we walked to the official road, Siye The scenery is good, it looks very rich, and you can even hunt wild boars." Changsun Wuji continued to add, "But the distance between the official road and the small road is not too far away, and the generation in Jingzhou is all loess, and the soil quality is not too big. difference."

Wen Yanbo was puzzled, and then sighed: "This is a bit strange."

Qin Yuan suddenly understood.

Changsun Wuji looked at Qin Yuan and told him to speak up when he had something to say.

"Before we arrived in Lingtai County, Changsun Gong once ordered someone to stop a carriage by the side of the field. At that time, there were three old people working in the field. I felt strange at the time, where did all the young and middle-aged people go? Doing farm work in the field." Qin Yuan looked at Changsun Wuji, "Is there a reason behind this area?"

Changsun Wuji: "That's true. Combined with what we saw when we first entered the county, it will explain the problem even more."

Qin Yuan: "Could it be that the beggar who pretended to be sick just now—"

Changsun Wuji nodded to Qin Yuan, "I have no choice but to pretend to be sick, otherwise he would not even be qualified to be a beggar. He was originally a farmer, but because the government increased taxes several times, almost all of his annual harvest was handed over to the government. That's all, how did you know that starting this spring, the government began to arrest strong men everywhere, and I don't know where to send them to do hard work. He heard that several men in the nearby villages were arrested and never came back, so he pretended to be sick. His daughter ran out , Be a beggar and beg for food. It is better to live with such a full meal than to be arrested and sent to death. The situation he described is basically consistent with what the three old men in the field said."

"It turned out to be like this." Wen Yanbo admired Changsun Wuji's insight.

"Eldest grandson is very knowledgeable, very good!" Qin Yuan patted the horse emotionally, pleasing eldest grandson Wuji again, "But this county seems to be quite normal, except for a lot of beggars, there are men, women and children."

"Of course," Changsun Wuji explained clearly in one sentence, "The village is like a small road, and the county seat is like an official road."

Both Qin Yuan and Wen Yanbo understood.The scene of Siye they saw when they walked the path before was the same as the situation in the village of those captured strong men.And the official roads with good scenery, just like the current situation in the county, are specially reserved by King Yan to pretend to be face-saving.

"It seems that King Yanjun of Jingzhou is not innocent in being suspected of treason." Wen Yanbo lowered his voice.

Qin Yuan sighed the danger, "We must be being targeted."

There were only sixteen of them in total, although the guards were all skilled, but after all, a strong dragon could not overwhelm a local snake.If King Yan knew that they had found out that he was suspected of treason, he would definitely have the idea of ​​killing people to silence him when he was forced to do so.

"Let's put safety first." Qin Yuan didn't want to die yet, he had to continue to work hard and strive to return to heaven as soon as possible.

"I can't see that you are so afraid of death."

Changsun Wuji sneered mixed with sarcasm.Qin Yuan just showed a scared look, but it was quite different from the previous look in front of his eyes.At that time, Qin Yuan was threatened by him, and he was not afraid at all. He was quite upright and had the courage to provoke him.It seems that in his eyes, he is not as powerful as a mere King Yanjun.

Qin Yuan felt the dissatisfaction of the elder grandson Wuji, and quickly made up a sentence: "It is better to offend a gentleman than to offend a villain. Besides, let's be vigilant and pay attention to protecting ourselves. There is nothing wrong with it. Only by surviving can we tell the sage about the investigation and save Jing. The common people in the state are in dire straits. I think this is the truth that my eldest grandson just taught me, to be an official, you have to make a difference, and avoid blind eyes."

Qin Yuan's active learning and application caused Zhangsun Wuji's extreme comfort.

Changsun Wuji suddenly understood why Li Shimin suddenly favored Qin Yuan. If he were the emperor, and he met such a sweet talker, he might not be able to hold back for a while and give Qin Yuan an official position. He would definitely be better than his current rank Still high.

Wen Yanbo also realized the danger of this matter, and proposed to go home now.Anyway, what they saw and heard along the way can almost confirm from the side that King Yan is suspected of treason.

Changsun Wuji disagreed, "Don't forget why the sage sent us here for the purpose of verifying the facts, and we need to obtain direct evidence."

The three of them then agreed to stay at the inn for one night, and then discuss how to deal with King Yan after resting.

In the middle of the night, the surrounding area was quiet, and it seemed that everyone had fallen asleep.Qin Yuan, who was sleeping soundly, heard the chirping sound again. He opened his eyes and looked around the room with the oil lamp in his hand. This time, the doors and windows were closed tightly without any gaps.

Qin Yuan wanted to listen carefully, but he didn't hear any chirping, but instead heard footsteps downstairs.After a while, there were footsteps outside the window.

Qin Yuan opened the window slightly, and saw a person coming out of the inn and walking west along the street.Today is exactly the fifteenth day of the full moon, and the moonlight is bright.Qin Yuan could tell at a glance that this figure seemed to be a woman. She was tall and tall, wearing a red skirt, and the brocade hanging on her face and arms was also red, and she was wearing a cloud bun. The gold reflects a faint yellowish light under the moonlight.

The woman strode like a meteor, walking very fast. When she was about to reach the end of the street, Qin Yuan vaguely saw several figures swaying there, as if someone was coming to meet the woman.Then the woman got on the horse and galloped away with a group of people.When the woman was riding a horse and galloping, the red brocade was flying in the wind, her back was graceful, and she still had a bit of a heroic posture, which was quite beautiful.

Qin Yuan realized something immediately, and hurriedly ran out to the first floor to check the situation of the inn. There was no one in the lobby, and there seemed to be nothing unusual.

Qin Yuan went to the backyard of the inn, wanting to see the situation of the shopkeeper and the clerk.At this time, the shopkeeper happened to come over with a kettle in his hand, and bumped into Qin Yuan.

"It's so late, why hasn't Mr. Lang slept yet?" The shopkeeper asked Qin Yuan with a smile after being stunned for a moment.

Qin Yuan: "I suddenly woke up and wanted to go for convenience. What about you?"

The shopkeeper raised the teapot in his hand and signaled, "I'm thirsty, drink some water. I suddenly thought of what to do if the guests get thirsty in the middle of the night, so I brought a pot of water and planned to put it in the lobby. My inn is simple, everyone. The lords look like they are all people of status, I'm afraid they might not take good care of them."

"Just now I heard a noise downstairs, is it you?" Seeing that the shopkeeper didn't mention the visitor from the inn, Qin Yuan kept his eyes open and asked cryptically without pointing it out directly.

"Noisy? Could it be the noise made by other guests who got up at night? I just came here, so it must not be me just now." The shopkeeper denied.

Qin Yuan nodded, he pretended to go to the latrine, and took the opportunity to check the situation in the backyard. Except for the shopkeeper's room, the lights were off in the rooms where the other guys lived, and the surroundings were very quiet.

After Qin Yuan returned to the room, he couldn't fall asleep. He sat by the window and watched for a long time. Seeing that no one appeared on the street, he also felt tired, so Qin Yuan went back to bed and lay down.

"Something happened!"

Early in the morning, before Qin Yuan got enough sleep, he was woken up by Wen Yanbo who broke into the house.Before Qin Yuan could get up, Wen Yanbo pulled Qin Yuan up first.

"You still want to sleep!" Wen Yanbo shook Qin Yuan's shoulder vigorously.Regardless of Wen Yanbo's thin body, his hands are really strong, Qin Yuan was immediately dazzled by him.

In fact, before Wen Yanbo met Qin Yuan, he was a pure literati, and he definitely would not do this kind of unrefined behavior to sway people.But since getting to know Qin Yuan, it is estimated that he was infected by Qin Yuan's 'madness', and Wen Yanbo is also like Qin Yuan, occasionally going 'crazy'.

"Tell me, what happened." Qin Yuan scratched his hair, but instead of messing it up, the strands of hair scattered behind his shoulders more smoothly. He was so handsome that no one could get tired of looking at him.

"When I woke up this morning, I was very energetic. After thinking about it, I took Xu An to walk around the street, carefully imitating my senior Sun Gong's understanding of the people's sentiments. As a result, we found that all the beggars in the county had disappeared. We asked the people nearby. It's strange, but no one knows where these beggars have gone."

Wen Yanbo looked at Qin Yuan with a surprised expression, and asked him if there was any explanation for this situation.After all, in Wen Yanbo's view, Qin Yuan can explain everything that is mysterious and inexplicable.

"I'm a sleepy person who just woke up. Where did I find out about this. Did you tell grandson?" Qin Yuan asked.

Wen Yanbo shook his head, and whispered to Qin Yuan: "Eldest grandson hasn't gotten up yet, so I don't want to disturb him."

"Ah, that's going to bother me!" Qin Yuan scolded Wen Yanbo for bullying.

"Otherwise, do I want to be afraid of you and run to bully my eldest grandson? Then I'll be stupid, live enough, and want to die." Wen Yanbo muttered.

Qin Yuan gave him a white look, and by the way briefly told Wen Yanbo about the strange situation he saw last night.

Wen Yanbo stood up in horror, and stared at Qin Yuan with wide eyes: "What are you talking about, a female ghost in red came out of the inn in the middle of the night last night?"

"I'm talking about the woman in red." Qin Yuan corrected, "And she seems to have an accomplice who met her at the end of the street. But when I turned back and went downstairs, I didn't find anything unusual about the inn, but I saw the shopkeeper coming, but He denied that he had been in the lobby before."

"This Lingtai County is really 'spiritual'. First, there are beggars who disappeared overnight, and then there are female ghosts who come and go in and out of inns in the middle of the night." Wen Yanbo frowned and reflected. OK."

"I said it was the woman in red. No, it might be the woman in red. I didn't see her face." Qin Yuan expressed it strictly.

Wen Yanbo was even more frightened when he heard Qin Yuan say this, and hurriedly begged Qin Yuan not to describe it in detail.

After Changsun Wuji got up, he heard the noise from the next room and walked over.After hearing two strange things from the two of them respectively, Changsun Wuji didn't make any expression on his face, but just ordered to go down and have breakfast as soon as possible, and then set off as soon as possible to take the nearest official road to Anding County.

Anding County is the seat of the state capital of Jingzhou and the residence of King Yanjun.

It seems that Changsun Wuji doesn't want to wait any longer, and intends to settle the matter as soon as possible.Although this was exactly what Qin Yuan wanted to be quick at the beginning, but now Qin Yuan suddenly wanted to be slow because he was worried about safety.

After a stick of incense, everyone got ready to set off in a carriage.Qin Yuan wanted to get into the carriage with Wen Yanbo, but was suddenly called by Changsun Wuji to his carriage.

After the carriage drove out, the two looked at each other speechlessly.Qin Yuan was restrained, he didn't look away, and silently hid his embarrassment in the condensed air.

"The woman in red?" Changsun Wuji opened his mouth after a long time.

"Yes." Qin Yuan responded immediately, asking Changsun Wuji if he had thought of anything.

"King Yan Jun likes red very much." Changsun Wuji recalled.

Qin Yuan thought of the back of the woman he saw last night was a bit tall, and she walked with strides, without the feeling of graceful walking like ordinary women.

"Could it be that the woman I saw last night was actually King Yan? Then he has a preference for wearing women's clothes?"

"I don't know. The Prince of Yan County is a bit cunning and violent, but he has a strategy, is brave and good at fighting, and is a rare general. He helped the saint defeat the rebels and guarded Jingzhou in the early years. So after the saint became the throne, he was removed from the kingdom of Yan. Gong Jin was granted the title of King of Yan County, and he was granted the title of Kaifu Yitong Sansi." Changsun Wuji briefly introduced.

"Wouldn't it be that the title of the nobleman is higher than that of the eldest grandson? If the saint takes him so seriously, if he still has the intention of rebelling against him, he really has no conscience, white-eyed wolf!" Qin Yuan scolded cooperatively.

Changsun Wuji chuckled, he found more and more that Qin Yuan was very good at chatting with people.Every time Qin Yuan answered a call, he could almost accurately cater to the inner needs of the other party.

"People like Yan Junwang should disdain to dress up like that."

"Not necessarily, grandson said just now that he is cunning, courageous, and strategic. No matter what kind of unexpected things such a person does, I don't think it is strange." Although Qin Yuan has never met King Yan, he heard that Changsun has nothing to say. Ji's description, he felt that the other party must be a 'talent'.What kind of person is Li Shimin? He is an emperor through the ages, talented, and has a vicious vision.The people he admired could never be ordinary people.

"Then tell me, why did he come to the inn we stayed in disguised as a woman?" Changsun Wuji couldn't figure it out.

"It's definitely not in vain, there must be something...but I didn't expect it." Qin Yuan said.

Changsun Wuji cast a helpless glance at Qin Yuan, scolding him for talking nonsense.

"However, this is a good explanation for the disappearance of those beggars. King Yan must have noticed that we were in Lingtai County, so he took advantage of bringing people here last night and cleaned up all the people in Lingtai County who were not suitable to appear."

"Cleaning up means..." Qin Yuan was worried that those beggars would be killed.

"It's troublesome to kill people. Not only the blood is spattered, but also the corpses are collected. It should be just a threat, and then they will be sent away." Changsun Wuji guessed.

Qin Yuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.Now after Changsun Wuji said this, he was really curious about what kind of character King Yan was.

In the afternoon, they arrived in Anding County.

The gate handles in Anding County are relatively tight, and all the people entering the city need to go through a security check before they can be released.For people with horses and vehicles, the investigation is more careful, and the identity must be asked clearly.

Now that King Yan already knew they were coming, Changsun Wuji didn't intend to hide his identity anymore.Just before entering the city, he revealed his identity in public, so that everyone knew that Sun Wuji, the uncle of the current dynasty, the Duke of Qi, had come to Baoding County.

The soldiers guarding the city panicked and saluted Changsun Wuji, and then hurried to report to King Yanjun.

When entering the city, Qin Yuan found that their group had become 15 people, and one person was missing.

When everyone walked to the gate of Yanjun Prince's Mansion, they saw Yanjun Wang Luo Yi and a group of subordinates standing at the foot of the stone steps waiting with smiles on their faces.

Luo Yi was wearing a bright red uniform, only thirty years old, with a dark complexion, two black eyebrows slanted into the temples, tiger eyes, and a face that looked fierce when he was not smiling.Although he is tall and thin, he walks with a strong sense of strength, which is in line with the status of a brave general.

It was difficult for Qin Yuan to reconcile the man in front of him with the 'woman' in red that he saw that night, the image gap was too great.

Luo Yi generously and warmly invited Changsun Wuji and others into the mansion, prepared a banquet, and invited more than 20 beautiful dancers and singers to help the fun.

During the dinner, Luo Yi toasted Changsun Wuji several times, sighing that it was not easy for the two to meet again this time, and couldn't help recalling the scene when he and Changsun Wuji assisted Li Shimin to destroy the rebels.

When it comes to the past, there are always endless memories and interesting stories.

Luo Yi and Changsun Wuji talked more and more happily, so that the banquet lasted from afternoon to late night.

Qin Yuan and Wen Yanbo had no choice but to accompany them all the time, which was tiring enough.Especially Qin Yuan, he had to pretend that he could drink and eat.Every time Qin Yuan "drinks", he pours the wine under the table. As for the dishes, Qin Yuan picks them up and listens to the two chatting with feigned interest. Remove the dishes from the plate so that they appear to have been tampered with.

After Qin Yuan tossed and tossed so boringly for a while, he suddenly found a black and white cat in the room.Qin Yuan was overjoyed, and teased the cat with the sashimi sliced ​​from the carp on the table.The cat is very greedy, and it will eat as much as Qin Yuan feeds it.In the end, he ate until his stomach was round, so he rubbed against Qin Yuan's legs to act like a baby.

Qin Yuan happily stroked the cat's back, and stroked the cat's hair in a few strokes.

Qin Yuan rubbed the cat hairs into balls and put them under the table.

Finally, when the banquet was over, Qin Yuan took the last step, pretending to knock over the wine pot, which could barely explain the wine stain under his table.

Changsun Wuji was never drunk after a thousand cups, he was still light after drinking so much.Before returning to the room, he told Qin Yuan and Wen Yanbo in a low voice to be careful about pretending to be low-key, so that King Yan would not be aware that they already suspected him of treasonous intentions.

After the three of them separated, Qin Yuan looked at the room arranged for him by the county prince's mansion. The room was small, quiet and elegant, without any special expensive things, and all the layout and so on looked quite normal.

Qin Yuan thought that when he was sleeping recently, there would always be some strange noises.So before going to bed tonight, I checked the doors and windows twice.

Two hours later, Qin Yuan was awakened by the sound of 'cha-cha' again.

This time he was sure that the sound came from outside the window.Moreover, Qin Yuan noticed that the window to the north of his bedroom vibrated slightly.The chirping sound came from outside this window.

Qin Yuan chose not to wear shoes to go to the ground, and slowly approached the north window.At this time, the chirping from the north window continued.

Qin Yuan lowered the window latch, opened the window suddenly, and saw a mouse quickly jump off the window sill and get into the flowers behind the house.

Qin Yuan looked at the corner of the window, and there were traces of being eaten by mice on the outer part, about two fingers wide, but not very deep, only a layer of wood skin was gnawed off.

Qin Yuan thought of the various sounds he encountered when he was sleeping, and when he was in the car, he also heard this kind of chirping sound, which seemed to be made by mice.

Qin Yuan suddenly felt a chill down his spine, because he suddenly remembered that the night before he left Chang'an City, he felt a slight rustling sound, as if he was being followed by something.Then he saw a long gray thing crawling into a crack in the wall.Now that I think about it, it looks like a mouse's tail.

Could it be that the mouse he saw just now was the same one he met in Chang'an City that night?

A mouse, followed him to Wen's mansion from home, and then sneaked into the carriage, ate and slept with him all the way to Anding County, Jingzhou?

Qin Yuan couldn't believe that a mouse could do this.But the strange noise of chattering and rustling all the way seemed to confirm this point from the side.

Qin Yuan decided to make a bold assumption.Regardless of whether it is logical or not, it is assumed that there really is such a smart mouse that followed him all the way from Chang'an City to Anding County.So what is the purpose of this mouse tracking?

Qin Yuan couldn't figure it out, it was the same as the situation where King Yan was found wearing women's clothing in the inn, it made people feel very unreasonable and unbelievable.

Just when Qin Yuan was feeling dizzy, he heard a cat meowing from outside the window.

After a while, the black-and-white cat that Qin Yuan had fed at the banquet jumped into the house from the north window with a mouse in its mouth.

Qin Yuan looked at the size of the mouse, as if it was the one that appeared on the window sill just now.

The belly of the mouse held by the black and white cat is still floating up and down, obviously the mouse is not dead yet.

The black-and-white cat didn't feel scared when it saw Qin Yuan, which was probably due to Qin Yuan feeding and petting it before.He and the black and white cat have reached the intimacy of friendship?

The black-and-white cat put the mouse on the ground with confidence, pressed its furry little paws on the mouse's gray-black soft body, and swiped violently.The mouse shrank into a ball, motionless, as if it was dead, and let the black-and-white cat dial back and forth.

Seeing that the mouse was not moving, the black-and-white cat sat beside the mouse and stopped moving. It lowered its head and stared at the mouse with its round green eyes.

Qin Yuan was at the table not far away, watching in amazement.

Not long after, the mouse couldn't bear it and moved its body slightly.Seeing this, the black-and-white cat immediately patted the mouse with its paws, and continued to fiddle with it.The mouse didn't pretend to be dead this time, and desperately tried to escape, but the black and white cat bit the mouse's neck.

This bite did not kill the mouse. The black-and-white cat put the mouse back on the ground and continued to fiddle with it with its white paws. The seriously injured mouse had no strength to resist and just twitched its legs a few times.

The black-and-white cat continued to play for a while, probably because it felt too boring. It bit the mouse in its mouth, then walked leisurely to Qin Yuan's feet with the mouse in its mouth, threw the mouse away, and looked up. After glancing at Qin Yuan, the black and white cat turned around and jumped out from the north window.

The mouse has died tragically at his feet.The black-and-white cat, the murderer, had fled the scene sinfully.

The black-and-white cat didn't eat the mouse, but kept the mouse to himself.Is it to thank him for feeding it sashimi at the banquet before?

Qin Yuan squatted down and carefully observed the gray mouse that was killed.After looking again and again, Qin Yuan found that its appearance was no different from that of an ordinary mouse.

What exactly is going on?Qin Yuan frowned, sitting at the table and thinking calmly for a long time.Finally, he looked at the gray mouse lying on the ground alone, and suddenly felt a little pitiful.Qin Yuan decided to put the dead mouse away first.

The sound of playing music came faintly from the north window.Qin Yuan looked out through the window and saw a faint light flickering in the distance, that direction was the garden of the Prince's Mansion.

Qin Yuan pushed open the door, wanting to ask Wen Yanbo to go and have a look together, but Changsun Wuji pushed the door out from the next door at this moment.

After Changsun Wuji saw Qin Yuan, he was slightly surprised, and asked him directly: "You also heard the music?"

Qin Yuan nodded.

The two then joined hands and rushed to the back garden of the county prince's mansion following the sound of the music.

An octagonal gazebo in the center of the back garden lake is surrounded by red lanterns.There are three musicians sitting on one side playing music, and two servant girls are accompanying them.In the center of the gazebo, there is a woman in red wearing a cloud bun and dancing with her long sleeves.

"The person I saw that night was him!" Qin Yuan recognized him at a glance, and the more he looked at this