Datang traitor

After Qin Qiong and Changsun Wuji saw the corpse, they were taken aback for a moment, and then immediately questioned their subordinates about the situation.At that time, the guards who were in charge of escorting Xu An around the carriage said that the journey was very peaceful. No one had contact with Xu An, nor heard any abnormal noise from the carriage.

"Could it be that rats kill people?" Wen Yanbo began to think strangely, this is not impossible, after all, there are people who understand rat language.

Everyone turned to ask Qin Yuan for confirmation, and suddenly found that Qin Ren had already entered the car, squatting in front of Xu An's body to check.

The three of them stared at Qin Yuan closely, waiting for his examination results.

"There is a silver needle at the back of the head." Qin Yuan used a silk handkerchief to pull out the silver needle from the back of Xu An's head, and handed it to Changsun Wuji and others.

Qin Qiong saw that Xu An's lips were slightly purple, as if he died of suffocation caused by poison.

"His symptoms are a bit like a poison commonly used on the battlefield-see blood sealing the throat."

"Try it with a live animal and you will know." Changsun Wuji continued, and not long after, everyone saw the live chicken that had been pierced with silver needles, thumping weakly before dying.

Qin Yuan lamented that Changsun Wuji's strategy was a waste of resources, he should have caught mice, "It's a pity that even chickens can't be eaten if you kill like this."

At present, everyone's focus is on the poisonous needle, and Qin Yuan actually pondered over the loss of a chicken.Changsun Wuji couldn't bear it anymore and gave him a supercilious look.

The guard hurriedly explained: "Just now when everyone was resting at the post station, the subordinates were guarding beside the carriage, but a carriage carrying radishes came, and there were about four teenagers with the carriage, all of whom were seventeen or eighteen years old. At that time A lot of radishes on the carriage suddenly fell to the ground, and the four teenagers got out of the carriage to pick up radishes, even approaching the carriage."

Qin Qiong immediately wanted to order his subordinates to take the man, but was stopped by Qin Yuan.

"It can't be them," Qin Yuan explained, "Xu An's body has cooled down, he didn't just die, he must have died while we were on our way, someone shot a silver needle in the back of his head through the window screen."

Since Xu An was killed with silver needles on the way, the murderer must be among Qin Qiong's subordinates who were guarding Xu An.

"Catch the spies." Changsun Wuji told Qin Qiong, then ordered Yi Cheng to arrange a room, and they changed to a hotel.

Qin Qiong's expression was filled with misery. Did he encounter so many unlucky things because he didn't read the almanac when he went out recently?Not only did he offend Zhangsun Wuji for being self-willed for a while, but now there are spies under the rule, killing such an important witness.Qin Qiong felt depressed just thinking about it, pity him for his sincere heart, trying his best to devote himself to the saint, and sincerely do some practical things, but in the end he was ruined by these shameful murderers.

To put it bluntly, he still didn't practice enough. He didn't expect that someone would be so bold as to falsely pass on the imperial decree, and he even didn't expect that his subordinates would dare to assassinate him under his nose.

Qin Yuan was going to follow the eldest grandson Wuji, but Qin Qiong seemed unhappy when he turned around.He took out a handful of raisins from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Qin Qiong.

Qin Qiong was taken aback.

Qin Yuan: "General Qin, you are welcome."

"I'm not polite." Qin Qiong was just not used to someone suddenly grabbing something to eat for him, but out of guilt for wronging Qin Yuan before, he still took it politely.

Qin Yuan yawned and went to rest on his own.

Qin Qiong was in a bad mood, how could he be in the mood to eat, when he saw his lieutenant general approaching, he immediately stopped him, intending to reach out and give the lieutenant some raisins to eat.But when he saw a large and plump raisin in his hand, he suddenly wanted to take a bite.

The deputy general bowed to Qin Qiong and asked Qin Qiong what to order.

"Go and gather everyone and find out who has been close to Xu An's carriage along the way. Within three feet, it counts."

The deputy general agreed, glanced at the raisins Qin Qiong was holding, turned around and left in a hurry.

Qin Qiong looked around, and when she went upstairs to her room, she put the raisins in her mouth one by one and chewed them.

The green pulp is fragrant and sweet, and the pieces are clean, making people feel refreshed.

When Qin Qiong ate the last raisin, he hesitated regretfully for a long while before reluctantly putting the last one into his mouth.

Qin Qiong secretly praised in her heart: This Qin Yuan is not only beautiful, but also the food is beautiful and delicious, his temperament is gentle and pleasing, he is really a fairy.

"General, we've cross-examined them all, and no one has admitted to killing Xu An." The deputy ran back to report.

After Qin Qiong finished using the raisins, his fighting spirit increased greatly. He first ordered people to search his body, but after no results, he asked the soldiers to identify each other.Those who provide important clues and help to get the murderer will be rewarded and promoted at the same time.

The soldiers being questioned looked at me and I looked at you, but no one spoke for the time being.

Qin Yuan on the second floor was leaning against the window, peeling peanuts and eating while joining in the fun, "Ask alone, the story must be wonderful."

Half an hour later, all the soldiers who were being interrogated individually formed a line.

Qin Qiong shouted at them: "If you want others to be unaware, you have to do nothing. Do you think you can attack quickly while others are unprepared, and no one will see? Don't forget how many people and pairs of eyes we have in this industry. Here is a Opportunity, if you take the initiative to stand up, you will be handed over to the Yongzhou government to deal with it according to law. If you don’t take the initiative, then don’t blame the general for being in a bad mood recently, and you will be taken out and dealt with immediately by military law.”

Qin Yuan had been peeling peanuts and listening, and interrupted to ask Qin Qiong: "Is military law just beheading and execution?"

"It's usually like this, but as I said, I'm in a bad mood now. Whoever kills the boss mouse, I will let the mouse kill him. The mouse is hungry at this time. They tied people outside, stripped their clothes, and killed them with a knife. The body was cut a few times, bleeding came out, and the foraging rats smelled it, so they naturally came to eat the meat. Who doesn’t want to have a fresh and hot bite, don’t you think?”

Qin Qiong smiled, frightening the soldiers in front of him to tremble.

"General Qin's ruthless move is really an excuse to vent his anger." Qin Yuan rubbed his fingers after peeling the peanuts in his hand. The farm harvested peanuts today, but he was quite tired from eating them.

Qin Qiong snorted domineeringly, indicating that he was just like this, just so violent.

"Thieves always have a guilty conscience. General Qin first let me guess who it is." In fact, Qin Yuan and Qin Qiong didn't know who the real murderer was at all.

Qin Qiong nodded cooperatively, and deliberately pretended to be impatient, "Then hurry up, don't delay my work."

Qin Yuan gratefully agreed, and then glanced at the twenty soldiers suspected of murdering Xu An in front of him, one of them looked more nervous than the others.This person's face seemed calm, but his cheeks were tightly clenched.

Qin Yuan asked all of them to stretch out their hands. After touching them one by one, he found that it happened to be this soldier who gritted his teeth and pretended to be calm, and his palms were sweating a lot.

"Is it you?" Qin Yuan asked.

Qin Yuan gave Qin Qiong a look.

Qin Qiong's eyes widened angrily, and he sternly reprimanded the soldier.The soldiers were so frightened that their legs gave way and they fell to the ground.

The soldier who had been in a tense state collapsed instantly, his face was pale, his panic was evident, and his body trembled slightly.Now he doesn't even have the courage to continue pretending to call himself wronged.

The lieutenant immediately reported to Qin Qiong that the soldier's name was Xu Bao.

Xu An, Xu Bao.

Xu An is whiter, Xu Bao is darker, and there are many freckles on his face.Looking closely at Xu Bao's appearance, he found that their eyebrows and eyes were somewhat alike.With the similar names and looks, it is not difficult for everyone to think that the two are brothers.

Xu Bao then frankly admitted his relationship with Xu An under Qin Qiong's severe interrogation.Xu An was his sixth brother. After Xu An's accident, he secretly killed him because he was afraid that someone would recognize his identity.

"You are brothers, how can you do it?" Qin Qiong was puzzled.

"Sixth brother and I have never dealt with each other. We are of the same father. Now he has committed such a big thing as treason. If he gets angry and pulls me as a backstop, then the rest of my life will be over." Xu Bao explained his motive for killing .

Qin Qiong sighed that Xu Bao was an idiot, if he didn't kill his brother, no one would notice their relationship.Qin Qiong ordered people to drag Xu Bao down for custody, and deal with it after returning to Chang'an City.

Qin Yuan held the peanut in his hand for a moment, lost in thought.

At this time, suddenly a long and slender hand reached out and grabbed half of the peanuts in Qin Yuan's hand.

Qin Yuan turned his head to the left and saw his eldest grandson Wuji who was eating peanuts calmly.

Then, someone picked up the remaining peanut kernels in his hand.Qin Yuan turned his head to the right and saw Wen Yanbo eating his peanuts with a smile.

"Why is it wet?" Changsun Wuji frowned, but after speaking, he immediately stuffed the second one into his mouth.

"I just went out to buy it. This kind of soaked food is eaten raw, and it has a unique taste." Qin Yuan made nonsense.

"It's very fragrant, fragrant and juicy, and it's more delicious than stir-fried ones." Wen Yanbo echoed.

Changsun Wuji didn't speak, and continued to eat the remaining peanuts.

Qin Qiong came over with a smile, and seeing that there was no more for her, she asked Qin Yuan where she bought it, and he asked someone to get some more, and everyone still had something to pass the time on the way back.

"It's only [-] catties in total. I bought it all. It was sold by an old farmer who carried the burden, but I guess I'm already in a hurry to go home and eat."

Peanuts are no more harvested than other harvests. It takes a lot of time to peel them and eat them.Qin Yuan couldn't guarantee that he would not be discovered during the whole process of eating and eating.So in order to allow himself to eat on the bright side, he just went out and bought a basket on purpose, and then put the peanuts from the farm into the basket, pretending to have bought peanuts and carrying them back to the station.

Qin Yuan randomly pointed in a direction, telling Qin Qiong to walk in that direction if he wanted to find it.

"But I still have some left over, which I can share with you."

"Then I would like to thank Mr. Qin." Qin Qiong thanked him with a busy smile, not only for the gift of peanuts, but also for helping to find the murderer just now.

Changsun Wuji keenly noticed that Qin Yuan seemed to have something on his mind, and asked him why.

Qin Yuan frowned and said, "Do you think it's strange that Xu Bao chose to kill Xu An at this time? When Xu An was interrogated by us, he didn't confess him. The interrogation will have to wait until we return to Chang'an If he does not kill his brother, everyone may not think of him for a while. After returning to Chang'an City, he will still have a chance to escape. Now risk killing, there are only a few suspects, and he will expose himself instead."

"It makes sense." Changsun Wuji nodded in agreement, "Then let's think about it, why does he have to kill Xu An now?"

Wen Yanbo couldn't figure it out, so he chose to eat peanuts.Qin Qiong suddenly thought of something, and said to Changsun Wuji: "How could it be such a coincidence, one of the two brothers is your subordinate, and the other is mine."

"Maybe it's just a coincidence." Qin Yuan told everyone that he had a bold guess, "Xu An is Xu Bao's sixth brother. It means that there are at least seven brothers in their family. Important ministers. If the sage arranges an important matter for two trusted important ministers to do at the same time, there will be a great chance for their brothers to meet, it’s just a matter of which one meets the other.”

Qin Yuan's words made Changsun Wuji, Qin Qiong and Wen Yanbo feel terrified.

If this is the case, then would the six brothers have some ulterior secrets, conspiracy?sabotage?

"So I suspect that Xu Bao is probably trying to save Xu An." Qin Yuandao, "There is a kind of poison for feigning death. After taking it, it will make people look like a dead person. But if Xu An is dead now, Changsun Gong and General Qin must have died. It is necessary to transport his body back to Chang'an. If someone is sent to bury him on the spot, then Xu Bao can successfully rescue Xu An. Brotherly love is the real and reasonable explanation for this murder."

What Qin Yuan said surprised Changsun Wuji and others again.However, they have even experienced the miracle of the mouse language, and the fake death medicine is relatively easy to accept.

Qin Qiong immediately took someone to check Xu An's body. There was no breath, no pulse, and his body was cold, which was in line with what a corpse should have.

"It really doesn't look like he's alive." Qin Qiong sighed, and then asked Xu Bao to be brought here.

Qin Qiong immediately drew the knife and pressed it against Xu An's neck.Seeing this, Xu Bao became nervous and even wanted to struggle.

"General Qin, my sixth brother is dead, please leave his whole body." Xu Bao begged.

Qin Qiong sneered, "You said that you have a bad relationship, you are afraid that he will confess you, you even cruelly killed your brother, and you still care about whether he will leave his body or not?"

"After all, they are brothers." Xu Bao lowered his eyes, feeling that he regretted killing Xu An.

"Lie! Xu An is not dead at all!" Qin Qiong snarled, causing Xu Bao to be stunned, not knowing how to respond in a panic.

Xu Bao never admitted it, but his reaction was already the answer.

Changsun Wuji changed his order again and ordered everyone to set off immediately and rush back to Chang'an City as soon as possible.

In the early morning of the next day, when he was about half a day away from Chang'an City, Xu An woke up.

After Xu An woke up, he looked at the roof of the carriage for the first time, was in a daze, and then tried to get up, only to find that his body was still bound.Then he heard a crackling sound, followed the sound, and saw Qin Yuan eating a big peach.After Qin Yuan found out that Xu An was awake, he met Xu An's eyes.

After Qin Yuan gnawed the peaches, he wiped his mouth and said to Xu An with a smile, "Are you awake?"

Xu An realized that he hadn't been able to escape, presumably the person in front of him must have seen through his and his brother's tricks.

"I heard that there are seven of you brothers, are the others in Chang'an?" Qin Yuan asked.

Xu An immediately became excited, and stared back at Qin Yuan: "What do you want?"

"Tell me about how you and Gu Changhuang met, and where did you all meet?" Qin Yuan looked at Xu An anxiously.

Xu An asked Qin Yuan back: "Then can you tell me who you are, your real identity."

"Qin Yuan." After Qin Yuan told Xu An about his human life experience, seeing that he didn't want to hear it at all, he continued to add, "To be honest, when my mother gave birth to me, there were visions in the sky, colorful, I have a piece of precious jade in my mouth, crystal clear and unreal. From then on, my senses are sharper than others, and I can always sense where villains like you appear. Do you think it is strange?"

Xu An was dubious, "Gu Changhuang said you resurrected his daughter."

"That's because he didn't kill his daughter at all. When I went there, Gu Qingqing still had a breath. I know that it was because Gu Qingqing investigated the case with me that she was murdered. I didn't dare to talk to Gu Changhuang. Speaking of this matter, I tried my best to use the qihuang technique I learned to bring her back to life. Don't even think about it, if I have the ability to revive Gu Qingqing immediately, it will take so many days to cure her." Anyway, Gu Changhuang He is already dead, Xu An did not witness the situation at that time with his own eyes, and Qin Yuan has no place to ask for proof if he makes up random things.

Xu An lowered his eyes and stopped talking.

"I've finished talking, now it's your turn." Qin Yuan said.

Xu An sneered twice, "I didn't agree to you. I'll tell you about me after you say your identity. In fact, even if you agreed, I wouldn't say anything. What can you do with me?"

"It can't be done, but what you have done has angered Changsun Wuji and Qin Qiong. Think about how they will deal with you. Of course, I will also kindly tell them that I can kill your other brothers." I caught them, and they will be executed one by one in front of you, and then I will make you a human pig, and let you live for a year or so before you can go to accompany them." In order to scare Xu An, Qin Yuan deliberately used exaggerated and scary words , in fact, he very much disapproved of this inhumane method of execution.

Xu An was so angry that he bit his lower lip for blood, and cursed Qin Yuan for being inhuman, and that he would go to the [-]th floor of hell after death.

Qin Yuan smiled and said, "Okay, what's so scary about going to hell."

Qin Yuan has been to Hell before and asked Hades to make skewers with him. The skewers were grilled on charcoal fire in a frying pan. It was delicious.

Xu An stared at Qin Yuan viciously, tears streaming down from the corners of his eyes uncontrollably.His greatest pain is that he hurt his brothers.

"Frankly, you brothers will suffer less torture." Qin Yuan continued to persuade.

"We are seven brothers. We were originally from Yiyang County. After our parents died when we were young, our eldest brother took us to Chang'an to make a living. At first we sold tofu, and the business was good. But then there was a war and the dynasty changed. Our tofu shop It was burned, and the money and goods were all gone. In desperation, the seven of us brothers chose each other to join us."

"Why not together?" Qin Yuan asked.

"Since ancient times, the rise and fall of many gentry clans has occurred in an instant. It is safer for us brothers to separate. If whoever follows the right master and gets along well, he can naturally support those who are not good, and help each other."

Xu An said that this was his elder brother's idea, and his elder brother has always been thoughtful in doing things.

"They are innocent. Among the seven brothers, I am the only one who can speak mouse language. They don't know what I'm planning. I gave the death pill to the seventh brother, just to prevent accidents. Tell him that if I die, let him Discuss with my eldest brother about using it at the right time. Who knew that he was trying to save me, so he made a good idea and gave me the medicine hastily."

"You, Gu Changhuang, and other strange people, how did you meet and get together?" Qin Yuan asked.

When Xu An heard this question, his complexion changed drastically. He looked at Qin Yuan with embarrassment for a while, and finally sighed almost powerlessly, "You'd better kill me. If I tell this matter, it's not just me, mine Brothers, and my sister-in-law and nephews must all die."

"Do you think that if you don't confess, the court will let you go?"

"The sage is a wise king. I believe he will not allow his subordinates to break the law and use excessive torture. Offending you will end up much better than offending them."

Xu An asked Qin Yuan not to force him anymore, the words he said today will end today, and even if there is a public trial in the future, he will not say it again.

"Please keep your promise."

Xu An suddenly cried like a child, not at all as arrogant as when he was laughing wildly in the woods.This is probably the difference between knowing that you are 'saved' and 'dead'.

Qin Yuan is very satisfied. At least according to the current clues, there is a big breakthrough. Before, he just felt that he had a connection with these people who are good at strange arts, but now he can be sure that these strange people are organized.As long as the root cause of these people's insistence on shaking Li Shimin's power is found out, they will not be far from being caught.

……

At noon, the men and horses finally arrived at Chang'an City.

Brother Xu An and Xu Bao were escorted to the prison in Yongzhou Prefecture.

Changsun Wuji, Qin Qiong, Qin Yuan and Wen Yanbo went to Taiji Palace to meet Li Shimin, and reported all the trip to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin did not expect that Luo Yi's rebellion would have so many twists and turns.Hearing that Luo Yi had been beheaded by Qin Qiong because of his fierce resistance, Li Shimin praised Qin Qiong for his strength and bravery.

Qin Qiong immediately pleaded guilty, reviewing his failure to distinguish the forged secret order in time, which almost put Changsun Wuji in danger.

Li Shimin felt that this matter was understandable. After all, everyone was fine now, so he verbally criticized Qin Qiong.Because Changsun Wuji was wronged, he couldn't directly say to forgive Qin Qiong.

Li Shimin then asked Changsun Wuji's opinion: "What do you think should be done with him?"

Changsun Wuji glared at Qin Qiong with resentment: "You should reflect on yourself. If you say you are stupid, you still don't admit it. If you admit it now, I will be generous and don't care about you."

Qin Qiong hurriedly handed over her hands to make amends to Changsun Wuji, "I admit it, I'm stupid."

Li Shimin was so teased that he burst into laughter, and the others also laughed, and the matter was considered to be over happily.

Afterwards, Changsun Wuji, Qin Qiong and Wen Yanbo jointly asked Li Shimin for Qin Yuan's credit.

Wen Yanbo: "Thanks to Master Qin's ability to plan and judge this case, and his cleverness, the officials and others were able to see through the villain's plot in time,"

Changsun Wuji echoed: "Yes, thanks to his knowledge and quick response, he eased the conflict between General Qin and me, and uncovered that treacherous and cunning murderer."

Qin Qiong also nodded in agreement: "That's right. Later, Xu Bao poisoned Xu An to fake his death, thanks to Master Qin who found out. Otherwise, the traitor Xu An might have escaped punishment now."

The three of them took turns praising Qin Yuan as a rare and talented person.

Li Shimin's ears were almost blistered, and he smiled and told them to stop, "When the widow listened to your story, I knew it. The widow is already ready to reward him alone, which is naturally different from you."

The other three were very happy when they heard the words, and they were not at all upset because of the uneven reward.Qin Yuan deserves his name, he deserves a higher reward.

"Since the three of you pleaded so anxiously, I now entrust him with the title of Fa Cao of Yongzhou Mansion to join the army, with a thousand pieces of silk, a thousand stones of grain, and a few pieces of gold, silver and pearls."

When Changsun Wuji and others heard that Qin Yuan had been promoted, they were all happy for Qin Yuan and thanked Qin Yuan and Li Shimin for their kindness.

It was the first time Li Shimin saw this scene.It was obvious that Qin Yuan was granted the title, but the three of them were happier than the person involved.

Li Shimin felt very happy, raised his eyebrows and said to Qin Yuan: "It seems that you get along well with them, and you have a good relationship."

Apart from thanking Qin Yuan for his kindness, he hurriedly expressed that he had entrusted the great blessing of the saint.

Li Shimin thought about it too, if he hadn't valued him highly and given him a chance to show off, how would he be where he is today.In the final analysis, I still have a sharp eye and discern talents.

Li Shimin was even happier. For an emperor, no praise is more important than affirming his emperor's ability.

The more Li Shimin looked at Qin Yuan, the more he found him pleasing to the eye, and suddenly asked Qin Yuan's age.

Changsun Wuji, Qin Qiong and Wen Yanbo immediately understood, and they exchanged glances with each other.

"I'm 27 this year." Qin Yuan replied.

Li Shimin frowned in surprise, as if he only knew Qin Yuan's age.He looked Qin Yuan up and down several times, and felt that it was not an exaggeration to say that he was a boy of sixteen or seventeen.

"Why is it so big?" Li Shimin sighed regretfully.Calculated, Qin Yuan's age is only five or six years younger than himself, so the gap is really too big.

Changsun Wuji glanced at Li Shimin's look at Qin Yuan's eyes, and suddenly felt uncomfortable.Hearing what the saint said, if Qin Yuan were a little younger, he would really consider marrying his eldest princess to Qin Yuan.

How can this be?At the beginning, the two of them agreed that his eldest daughter would marry his eldest son.

Fortunately, Qin Yuan was old enough to be non-threatening.

Although Li Shimin had finished rewarding Qin Yuan, he still left Qin Yuan alone to speak, and dismissed Changsun Wuji, Qin Qiong and Wen Yanbo first.

Qin Qiong glanced at the eldest grandson Wuji, "Interesting, in the past every time the sage kept the eldest grandson alone, but this time it's something new, he kept Master Qin's book, ah no, it's Qin joining the army. Speaking of which, he can be promoted enough Soon. In less than ten days, he was promoted from the eighth rank to the seventh rank. No matter how many officials, it takes three years to be promoted to the first rank."

"It can't be the same, Qin Canjun is talented, I think he will be promoted faster in the future." Wen Yanbo was proud of Qin Yuan, and turned to ask his eldest grandson Wuji if that made sense.

"That's right." Changsun Wuji was a little appreciative of what Qin Qiong said.

Qin Qiong glanced at Changsun Wuji again, and said to Wen Yanbo: "By the way, what did you mean when the sage suddenly asked Qin's age when he joined the army?"

"Whatever it means, that's what it means."

After Wen Yanbo finished speaking, he also took a look at Changsun Wuji.

Changsun Wuji scolded the two of them for being bored, and left first.The two glanced at each other from behind, and followed with a smile, telling Changsun Wuji not to worry, they were just joking.

Inside the Hall of Two Rites.

Li Shimin rubbed his head and chatted with Qin Yuan about melons.In the past few days, he has been relishing the taste of melon. It tastes so good that he can't help thinking about it in a panic.Li Shimin reminded Qin Yuan that he has already returned to Chang'an, and if the old melon seller comes to him, remember to buy all his melons.Li Shimin ordered Zhang De to write it down, and then double the price to compensate Qin Yuan.

"How much can a few melons be worth? It's my blessing to have this honor. It's too late for me to be happy." Qin Yuan's few words made Li Shimin very happy.

Qin Yuan thought for a while, and then asked Li Shimin if he wanted raisins.During this trip, he found a few catties of delicious raisins, which were also delicious.

Li Shimin agreed, saying that he would like to try it.

Without further ado, Qin Yuan ran out of the palace, got a beautiful food box, put raisins in it and brought it to Li Shimin.

After Li Shimin tasted the raisins, he was very happy, and praised Qin Yuan for his ability to handle affairs and pick and buy things.Why is he so unique, he has discovered all the good things.

"Maybe it's because I have a good nose and like to find it by smell." Qin Yuan half-jokingly said.

Li Shimin grabbed a handful of raisins for Qin Yuan, and asked Qin Yuan to go for a walk in Xichi with him and chat.

Qin Yuan took the things and respectfully agreed, and followed Li Shimin out of the Liangyi Hall.

Wei Zheng came to see him and was about to ask the palace servants to inform him, but he saw Li Shimin walking out with a handsome young man smiling.

After scanning Qin Yuan with vicious eyes, Wei Zheng immediately went to greet Li Shimin.

Li Shimin happily introduced Qin Yuan to Wei Zheng.

When Wei Zheng heard that Qin Yuan joined the army, he was a little surprised: "I remember that he was just transferred by the sage to the Yongzhou Mansion to be the chief bookkeeper a few days ago, and the eighth rank is lower."

Wei Zheng deliberately emphasized the grade of the master book at the end of his words.

Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng, and immediately told Wei Zheng that he had just made this official.

Wei Zheng saw that Qin Yuan was holding a handful of raisins, and the eunuch behind Li Shimin, Zhang De, was also carrying a plate of raisins, thinking that this Qin Yuan had offered melons to saints before, so he must have offered raisins again this time. .

Wei Zheng felt that this world was simply too miraculous.

There is actually a courtier who can be promoted by offering melons and raisins!

This is called other officials who have their heads hung on the beams and their buttocks. After spending ten or even decades of studying hard, they only got fame. How embarrassing?

Wei Zheng bowed and asked Li Shimin why he was promoted to Qin Yuanguan.

Li Shimin sensed that Wei Zheng wanted to find fault with him again.He didn't want to say it, and told Wei Zheng vaguely: "Don't worry too much, he deserves this favor."

When Wei Zheng heard that the sage was being willful again, and he couldn't explain the reason, he used such ambiguous words to fool him.

"Your Majesty, the promotion of officials below the fifth rank should be determined by the Ministry of Officials according to the rules. They can be promoted only if they have been in office for at least one year and have done something during their official career. According to my understanding, it is not enough for the chief secretary of Qin to be transferred to Yongzhou Prefecture just now. Half a month." When Wei Zheng said the time, he deliberately increased his volume.

Seeing that Wei Zheng was nagging again, Li Shimin reached out and grabbed a handful of raisins, and ate them while listening to Wei Zheng's talk.Probably because he was in such a good mood, Wei Zheng babbled so much, he didn't feel annoyed or angry at all, he just laughed.When Wei Zheng talked more and more excited, and when his unhappiness accumulated to the extreme, Li Shimin told Wei Zheng that he was too worried.

At this time, Zhang De took the right time to explain to Wei Zheng how he enfeoffed Qin Yuan.

Li Shimin didn't have that much patience to wait, so he asked Wei Zheng to listen slowly, while he took Qin Yuan to tell the story and walk around.

Wei Zheng had no choice but to follow, listening to Zhang De explain what happened next while walking.

Wei Zheng was very surprised, he didn't expect Qin Yuan to make such a great contribution when he went to Jingzhou.He was very curious about the rat language and asked Qin Yuan if it was true.

"The prisoner is currently being held in the prison of Yongzhou Mansion. If Duke Wei is interested, he can go and have a look." Qin Yuan replied.

"That's not necessary. Since Changsun Gong, General Qin and Wen Zhizhong are all with you and have witnessed this with their own eyes, they can't fake it. I just wonder why they would do such a thing. And Luo Yi, Why do you want to rebel."

"I seem to know the reason for Luo Yi's rebellion. As for Xu An, I don't know much about it, but it sounds like he is very dissatisfied with his master grandson." Qin Yuan replied.

Li Shimin hurriedly asked: "Do you know the reason why Luo Yi rebelled? It must be inseparable from the word 'greedy'."

Qin Yuan told Li Shimin about Luo Yi's women's clothing, and also told Li Shimin that Luo Yi wanted to be a woman in front of everyone.

"When I chatted with him that night, I could see that he had a strong desire for this. Perhaps because of this, when someone instigated and told him that he could be the emperor, he was easily swayed and started a conspiracy. thing."

"There is something pitiful about a hateful person, but he has done wrong from beginning to end." Li Shimin sighed, "He shouldn't have imposed his own desires on everyone. The common people in the state are living in dire straits."

Wei Zheng agreed, indeed.

After Li Shimin sighed, he turned to look at Wei Zheng, and asked him if he had anything else to say, and if he didn't have anything else to say, he would leave as soon as possible.

"I want to join General Qin!" Wei Zheng saluted and said respectfully.

It was easy for him to say this, but Li Shimin was surprised when he heard it.

Li Shimin asked Wei Zheng to say it again.

"I want to join General Qin!"

Wei Zheng told Li Shimin that the Yongzhou government recently took over a case, and because it involved Qin Qiong's relationship, the case has been suppressed and not handled.It happened that a distant relative of his family was working in Yongzhou Mansion. When he was visiting yesterday, he heard this relative mention that after Qin Qiong's concubine died accidentally, the parents of the other concubine came to Chang'an City a few days ago to ask for an explanation. .They went to the Qin Qiong Mansion three times to ask for an explanation, but they were all sent away by the people of the Qin Mansion.The husband and wife were so angry that they could not reconciled, so they reported the matter to Yongzhou Mansion.

"I don't even know where the housewife's body has gone now. I only heard from neighbors that she hanged on the beam at that time, and she must have committed suicide. What do you mean by 'should be'? After this woman died, neighbors once witnessed her body being taken away. The Yacha and Wu of the Yongzhou Mansion transported them away. But the Yongzhou Mansion did not admit that they had ever received the body of the woman. They also said that the case was complicated and that a decision would be made after a detailed investigation, but it was delayed for a few days. solve.

The minister heard that Shi Yangzuan, governor of Yongzhou, had a very good relationship with General Qin in private, and the two often got together to drink and have fun.The minister suspected that Yang Zuan was suspected of covering up Qin Qiong's murder of the concubine.Otherwise, why cover up and hide this matter. "

After Wei Zheng finished his explanation, he was willing to ask Li Shimin to arrange another credible official to investigate the matter in detail.If there are really officials who exercise power and shield each other, no matter how big the officials are, Wei Zheng will suggest that they should be investigated and dealt with impartially and dismissed.

Today Wei Zheng finally stopped picking on his faults, but Li Shimin couldn't be happier.

Because Wei Zheng's participation this time is a situation he hates the most.Li Shimin dislikes courtiers secretly forming cliques for personal gain, and things related to the four characters develop slowly and easily evolve into power play and rebellion.One person's strength is limited, the more people there are, the more troublesome it is, and it is intricate and laborious to deal with.

After listening to Wei Zheng's narration, Qin Yuan can basically confirm that the outer room that Qin Qiong raised should be Hua Peony.Qin Yuan vaguely remembered that Gu Qingqing once told her that Hua Mudan was raised outside by a man surnamed Qin.This man is well-dressed, and every time he appears, he is very shy.Gu Qingqing also said that she had seen this man once.

This is easy to handle.The difficult thing is how Qin Yuan should explain that Hua Mudan's corpse is Yang Liuniang.

Because when he and Wen Yanbo investigated this case together, Qin Yuan was not favored by Li Shimin, and Wen Yanbo had never seen such strange things.Everyone is afraid that truthful reporting will arouse criticism and doubt, which will bring trouble instead.So the matter is simply described as Yang Liuniang and the Ruyifang bustard rebelling, and it doesn't involve Hua Mudan who died a month earlier.

When Qin Yuan was the first and the second child, he heard Li Shimin order him and Wen Yanbo to investigate the case.

Before Qin Yuan could respond, Wei Zheng made an objection.He felt that Qin Yuan couldn't suppress this matter, and both Qin Yuan and Wen Yanbo were Yang Zuan's subordinates, so there was a possibility of colluding with Yang Zuan.

"Is the housewife mentioned by Duke Wei named Hua Mudan?" Qin Yuan felt that if the case was investigated by others, it would be more troublesome to explain if it was investigated by him and Wen Yanbo.

Wei Zheng was surprised: "How do you know?"

"According to Wei Gong's description, it is very similar to the situation of the previous tenant of my residence." Qin Yuan briefly explained the situation of Hua Mudan.

"What a coincidence?" Li Shimin stuffed a few raisins into his mouth, then turned to look at the water in the West Pool, "In that case, it would be cheaper to leave this case to Qin Yuan. It's God's will, so Wei Zheng shouldn't refute it."

Wei Zheng, who was about to open his mouth, choked on Li Shimin's words.He looked at Qin Yuan dissatisfied, and always felt that Qin Yuan's way of seeking an official in the first place was improper.Although he went to Jingzhou to make meritorious service this time, who knows if there is any in it?