Datang traitor

Qin Yuan went to Jingzhou to handle the case, and rushed back overnight after eradicating the rebels and making great contributions. At this moment, it is reasonable to feel sleepy and tired, and Wei Zheng can't say anything.In desperation, Wei Zheng ordered Qin Yuan to go back to have a rest, and then ask him to deal with the case together.

Qin Yuan thanked Wei Zheng for his understanding, got on his horse and galloped away.Very fast, only in the blink of an eye.

A gentleman is magnanimous, and a villain is long-suffering.

This Qin Yuan fled so quickly, probably because he was afraid of him with a guilty conscience. Thinking of his previous rhetoric and compliments to the saint, it is really hard to believe that he is not a traitor.

Therefore, Wei Zheng added a few more precautions in his heart, and at the same time reminded himself that when he gets along with Qin Yuan in the future, he must keep his eyes open and catch his mistakes. Once Qin Yuan really behaves treacherously, he will never let him succeed.

After Changsun Wuji and Wen Yanbo came out of the palace, they checked the household registration information in detail.Finally, in the old files left by the Sui Dynasty, the household registration records of the seven brothers of Xu An's family were found.From this, they searched for people, followed the clues, and arrested the remaining five brothers of the Xu family.After overnight interrogation, it was preliminarily determined that Xu An's five brothers did not know about it.However, because of rebellion and sitting together, except Xu An and Xu Bao were executed, the other five brothers of the Xu family and their families were sent to Lingnan.

During the trial, Xu An's testimony remained unchanged from before.He only admitted that because he hated Changsun Wuji, he took advantage of Luo Yi's letter to curry favor with Changsun Wuji, and contacted Luo Yi in private a few months ago.Imitating how Changsun Wuji followed Li Shimin, he followed Luo Yi to rebel.Because he resented that Changsun Wuji had never regarded him as a human being, Xu An took the opportunity to pass the imperial decree to Qin Qiong when he was in Jingzhou, intending to frame Changsun Wuji.

This confession cannot withstand scrutiny logically, but because Xu An insisted on these words, Wen Yanbo and the others couldn't think of any other reason, so they had to leave the matter like this.

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In fact, Qin Yuan did not lie to Wei Zheng.He was really out of spirits, so he went home to catch up on sleep, and slept until he felt refreshed the next morning before going to Wen Yanbo to find a solution.

Wen Yanbo continued to stay up all night before he managed to settle the matter of the Xu family brothers.He was dizzy right now, his eyelids could hardly be opened, and when Qin Yuan mentioned Hua Mudan and Qin Qiong suddenly, he felt a splitting headache.

"My ancestors, this still makes people take a breather." Wen Yanbo rubbed his temples, and ordered his subordinates to go buy some refreshing soup.

Qin Yuan gave Wen Yanbo the twenty or so plums he had brought.

"When I came here, I passed by the West Market. I happened to see someone buying plums, so I picked a few."

Wen Yanbo remembered that the wild plums that Qin Yuan picked in Zhouzhou last time were very delicious.He thanked him happily, picked up a plum, stuffed it into his mouth, and took a big bite.

The soreness spread along his cheeks to the entire skull, Wen Yanbo's facial features wrinkled together in pain, and he threw away the unfinished plum in his hand.

"Why is it so sour? It tastes completely different from last time." Wen Yanbo complained.

"I was just about to tell you that this is the difference between water and soil. We were lucky that day, and the taste happened to be good. The one we bought today is sour."

Wen Yanbo looked back at Qin Yuan with resentment, "Brother, you said it earlier, it's so sour that I almost lose my soul."

"You don't need refreshing soup, look how energetic you are now." Qin Yuan half-jokingly said.

Wen Yanbo waved his hands helplessly, telling Qin Yuan not to tease him.

The two then discussed the flower peony.

"The case cannot be delayed, let's tell the truth." Qin Yuan said.

Wen Yanbo also agrees with Qin Yuan's statement, but if this matter is reported, if the sage believes it, they are suspected of committing the crime of deceiving the emperor; if the sage does not believe it, they are suspected of committing the crime of deceiving the public.What's more, now that Wei Zheng is paying attention to this case, he is notoriously strict in abiding by the law, as long as he intervenes, this problem will inevitably become more difficult.

"It's not that serious, let's just try to explain the truth. When this happened, we couldn't believe it because it was too weird, so we had to check it out before we dared to report it. Because this thing hasn't been checked yet, So it was shelved." Qin Yuan, who had a good night's sleep, became a bit quicker.

"If the sage listens to your words when he is happy, he can get away with it. If he is not happy, and Wei Gong adds fuel to the scene, we will be convicted if we say we are convicted." Wen Yanbo advised Qin Yuan not to be too optimistic.

Qin Yuan moved his eyes and smiled confidently.He told Wen Yanbo that he was still optimistic today.

The farm just harvested melons today.

Qin Yuan asked Wen Yanbo to wait a while, and he went to fetch a basket of melons.Then the two entered the palace together and told Li Shimin about Hua Mudan's case.

Li Shimin was very happy to be able to eat melon again.

At the beginning, the two of them made the decision to conceal it because of the weirdness of the matter, which was indeed reasonable and understandable, so Li Shimin didn't care about it.As the reputation of important officials in the court was concerned, Li Shimin ordered the two of them to investigate the case as soon as possible to determine whether Mudan's death was related to Qin Qiong.

After Qin Yuan and Wen Yanbo thanked each other, they left the palace smoothly.Wen Yanbo, who hadn't slept for two days and two nights, finally couldn't take it anymore, and hurried home to rest.

According to the agreement, Qin Yuan went to Wei Zheng to investigate the case together.

Wei Zheng has been worried about Qin Yuan's character since yesterday.

Wei Zheng felt that Qin Yuan seemed to be hiding something from him yesterday, so he was so eager to leave.So Wei Zheng specially asked his relatives in Yongzhou Mansion to help him watch over Qin Yuan.

To his surprise, Qin Yuan didn't go to Yongzhou Mansion to find anyone last night.But this does not prove his innocence, perhaps he is a cautious crafty.

"One thing has always been too weird. The officer hesitated for a long time before saying it." Qin Yuan then told Wei Zheng that Yang Liuniang and Hua Mudan might be the same person.

Wei Zheng had never heard of this kind of thing in his life, and he told Qin Yuan directly while secretly talking in his heart.If everything he said is true, then they didn't mention it when they reported the case at the beginning, which is a crime of deceiving the emperor.

"It's true that we didn't think carefully. Wen Zhizhong and I have already pleaded guilty to the saint and got the saint's understanding." Qin Yuan explained.

"You've all met the Holy Spirit?" Wei Zheng suddenly realized that he was one step too late.Qin Yuan told him yesterday that he needed to rest, and he had doubts about it.Now it seems that he really went to do other things secretly under the guise of taking a rest.

Since they had already been forgiven by the saint for this matter, Wei Zheng had nothing to say, so he asked Qin Yuan to investigate the case quickly.

After the two arrived at Yongzhou Mansion, they summoned Hua Mudan's parents, Hua Dahai and Mrs. Zhao, to the court.

"Our daughter was caught by General Qin eight months ago when she was selling vegetables on the street. General Qin asked a matchmaker to take her home as a concubine. The matchmaker told us that General Qin liked peonies very much. , promised to treat her kindly, and said that if the two of them had a son in the future, they would let their son study well and find an official job.

General Qin is famous, and everyone knows his ability.We naturally feel that if our daughter follows him, she will have a prosperous life in the future, and our faces will also be bright.So we accepted some betrothal gifts and asked General Qin to bring Peony back to Chang'an City.

Last month, we received a letter from Peony, which was written by someone she entrusted. She herself is illiterate.In the letter, she told us that she has not entered the Qin residence now, but has been arranged outside. There is not even a servant at home, and General Qin only comes to see her once in a few days.

We felt that this was not right, so we sold our property and hurried to Chang'an City to find her according to the place she explained in the letter.In the end, he was told by his neighbors that she had died more than a month ago.People are hanged on the beam!Our poor daughter! "

After Hua Haihai and Mrs. Zhao finished talking, they fell on the ground and cried bitterly, patting the ground with both hands.

"We don't believe that Peony will seek death. She clearly stated in the letter that she is looking forward to going to the Qin Mansion and giving birth to General Qin. She said at the end of the letter that if something happened to her one day, someone must have touched her. hand. At that time, she hopes that we can avenge her, and don't let her die in vain!"

Hua Mudan's mother, Mrs. Zhao, was crying so hard that all the descriptions were made by Hua Mudan's father, Hua Haihai.

After hearing the whole story, Wei Zheng blushed with anger, and immediately patted the table to say that if it was found that Hua Mudan's death was indeed caused by Qin Qiong, he would definitely handle it impartially and help their husband and wife to seek justice.

Hua Haihai and Zhao Shi repeatedly kowtowed to Wei Zheng to thank him.Wei Zheng looked at the shabby clothes of the couple, and asked them where they lived now, and learned that they were staying in a Taoist temple, so he took the initiative to invite them to stay at his home temporarily.Huahai and his wife thanked Wei Zheng again, with tears in their eyes.

After the husband and wife were sent away, Wei Zheng suddenly realized that Qin Yuan had not said a word.

Wei Zheng turned his head to look at Qin Yuan. He was sitting at the table with his chin resting on his hand, staring blankly ahead, not knowing why.So absent-minded, how can you investigate the case?

"You are Fa Cao joining the army. You should know what to do next." Seeing that Qin Yuan was still in a daze, Wei Zheng reminded Qin Yuan sharply to arrest Qin Qiong immediately.

Qin Yuan hurriedly stood up and apologized to Wei Zheng, saying that he was lost in thought about the case just now.

"Think about the case? Hah." Wei Zheng really wanted to slap Qin Yuan in the face, but of course he didn't believe what Qin Yuan said, thinking he was making excuses.

"The letter was written by someone else, and its authenticity has yet to be verified. We cannot convict the imperial court officer based on this letter alone. I feel that we can invite General Qin to come here for questioning." Qin Yuan tactfully corrected Wei Zheng's proposal , used 'please' instead of 'arrest'.

Wei Zheng chuckled, feeling that Qin Yuan was deliberately speaking for Qin Qiong.Wei Zheng didn't care about Qin Yuan for the time being, and asked Qin Yuan to call someone over first.It happened that there was also a personal certificate that had seen Qin Qiong, so they were called to identify him.

Half an hour later, Qin Qiong arrived late.

Gu Qingqing, who had been waiting in the hall, immediately nodded to Qin Yuan and Wei Zheng the moment she saw Qin Qiong.

"Come on, arrest him!" Wei Zheng ordered.

"Don't catch it!" Qin Yuan stopped immediately.

The servants in the house are neither moving nor not moving at the moment, I really don't know who to listen to.