Datang traitor

Qin Yuan looked excitedly at the eggplants on the table, gearing up, ready to feast on them.

Qin Yuan put a whole grilled eggplant into the bowl, and wanted to swallow it in one gulp.When he opened his mouth, he suddenly found that Changsun Wuji was very unhappy and even stared at him with some resentment.

"You're welcome, you don't need to thank me, eat, eat." Qin Yuan smiled at Changsun Wuji, and began to bury his head in eating hard, completely ignoring Changsun Wuji.

The roasted eggplant was so soft and chewy, Qin Yuan ate it from one end, and ate the whole without stopping.Sure enough, the cooked food is more delicious, and then come the second, third...

Changsun Wuji originally wanted to get angry with Qin Yuan, but after watching him eat it for a while, he suddenly felt that the eggplant seemed delicious, so he couldn't help but picked up a little bit with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth.

What Changsun Wuji put in was a piece of mixed eggplant, which was really refreshing.Eggplant meat is thick and delicious. After being mixed with salt and vinegar, you can taste a touch of fragrance and a little bit of sweetness after chewing.

Changsun Wuji ate raw eggplant for the first time, and unexpectedly felt that the taste was not bad, but eggplant is eggplant after all, it is a vegetarian dish after all, and there are no flowers to eat.But when Changsun Wuji took a bite of the freshly baked hot mutton patty, and paired it with mixed eggplant, he suddenly felt that although the combination of the two is simple, the taste is instantly amazing.The mutton cake is fragrant and oily, the eggplant is mixed with refreshing and greasy, one bite of eggplant and one bite of cake, a happy life is like a fairy.

Changsun Wuji then tasted the roasted eggplant, which was completely different from the mixed eggplant in terms of its firmness, and was extremely soft and rotten.Because roasting makes the surface of the eggplant dry and burnt, the meat inside is more tender. In addition, the seasoning is very tasty, and the eggplant can be crushed in the mouth almost without teeth, and the whole eggplant can be covered in the mouth. satisfaction.

After that, fried eggplant, fried and stewed eggplant, almost everything has its own characteristics.Although they are all made from eggplant, Changsun Wuji doesn't feel the taste is repetitive or greasy when he eats it, and he doesn't have to worry about his stomach being unable to digest it if he eats too much.This is probably the charm of vegetarian dishes.

After Changsun Wuji ate his fill silently, he raised his eyes to look at the situation on the table. Basically, there was nothing left.When Yao thought about serving the dishes before, he did not expect such a result.He could actually eat a table of eggplants with Qin Yuan with relish!

After Qin Yuan was full, he patted his stomach contentedly.He secretly felt that this No. [-] restaurant in Chang'an really lived up to its reputation, and the reason why it is expensive is expensive. The cook is very smart, and after a few orders from him, he can cook the dishes, and the taste is not bad.Of course, the main reason is that the eggplants produced on his farm are so delicious.

"Don't forget that you still have a case to deal with." Changsun Wuji felt displeased when he saw Qin Yuan's lazy appearance.

"Yes, I'm full, now it's time to handle the case." Qin Yuan stood up vigorously, said goodbye to Changsun Wuji in a hurry, and left downstairs.

Changsun Wuji was stunned for a while, and wanted to call Qin Yuan to stop, but he didn't have time.He wanted to handle the case with Qin Yuan, but then he thought that he was a little too worried, he still had his own business to do, so he drove back home.

After Qin Yuan returned to Yongzhou Mansion, the petty official gave Qin Yuan Wang Zhengde's household registration file.Qin Yuan found out that Wang Zhengde's late grandfather and great-grandfather were both Taoist priests, he was a concubine, and four of his elder brothers were also Taoist priests.

His surname happens to be Wang, and his family members are all Taoists.

This reminded Qin Yuan that there was a very respected Taoist priest named Wang Zhiyuan in the Tang Dynasty.Before Li Shimin ascended the throne, he had visited him in person, and after he ascended the throne, he has always respected this old Taoist priest. He not only rewarded him constantly, but also ordered to build a Taoist temple for him.Now Wang Zhiyuan is already a hundred years old, and he has many descendants.

Qin Yuan ordered the petty official to investigate the relationship between Wang Zhengde's great-grandfather and Wang Zhiyuan.Sure enough, he felt right, Wang Zhengde's great-grandfather's cousin was Wang Zhiyuan.In other words, Wang Zhengde's great-grandfather and Wang Zhiyuan were brothers.

Qin Yuan went to see Wang Zhengde in the prison.

Wang Zhengde was lying flat on the ground with a straw in his mouth, crossed his legs, and looked at the only small ventilation window above the cell.

"What did you see?" Qin Yuan asked.

Wang Zhengde turned his head suddenly, saw Qin Yuan coming, rushed to Qin Yuan excitedly, and hurriedly begged Qin Yuan to let him go, he was really innocent.

"I beg Qin Canjun to forgive me. I really don't know. If I knew who was doing something wrong, I wouldn't dare to do it if I had [-] guts."

"Your charge of cheating money by pretending to be a show is actually not that big of a crime. You could get away with it after ten days and a half months in prison and a board. But you know the birthdays of Empress Changsun and Grandpa Changsun. Although you are not Taoist priests, but you should know how to be a Taoist priest. Knowing a person’s birth date is almost like holding onto someone’s fate. Especially for people like you, there are a lot of crooked ways, and it’s even more dangerous.”

Qin Yuan told Wang Zhengde that he could not make the decision on this matter, and had to wait for the elder grandson's wishes.

"The grass people don't know any crooked ways, they just lie. Qin Canjun also saw it, and I haven't even drawn the talisman correctly." Wang Zhengde defended himself.

"This is strange. You said that your family is a Taoist priest. Why can't you draw a simple talisman correctly?"

Wang Zhengde lowered his head, "I'm a bastard in my family. No one cares about me, let alone teach me these things. I was bullied by my elders. In fact, if Qin Canjun hadn't told me, I really didn't know that the two birthdays were the eldest grandsons." For the Duke and the Queen. Oh, I’ve been wronged to death.”

Wang Zhengde wailed unceasingly and was so angry that he shed tears.

"If I die because of this, I won't be reconciled." Wang Zhengde cried more and more as he spoke, sniffling his nose and pursing his lips, feeling extremely wronged.

"It's my fault." Qin Yuan sighed. .

Wang Zhengde hurriedly said that he didn't dare, and after crying silently for a while, he added to Qin Yuan that he was only 16 years old, so young, it's really a pity to die like this.

"It's nothing more than the death of a charlatan, probably only you will feel a pity."

Qin Yuan's words were very indifferent, which further expanded the fear in Wang Zhengde's heart.

"Do you have anything else to say, last words? Or something to hide?"

With tears in his eyes, Wang Zhengde looked at Qin Yuan mournfully and longingly, and shook his head pitifully.

Qin Yuan reacted coldly and turned around to leave.

"I'm wronged!"

Wang Zhengde yelled suddenly. He cried and told Qin Yuan that he had nothing to explain, and everything he could explain. He lost his life because of this matter.Perhaps because he was already desperate, Wang Zhengde went all out and asked Qin Yuan what crime he was convicted of.

"Instead of arresting the bad guy who told me my date of birth on purpose, you will kill me because I was forced to know about it. How unfair. May I ask which law stipulates that I have to die in such a situation?"

Qin Yuan propped his chin and pondered for a while, and told Wang Zhengde that the Yongzhou government did not have a proper law to punish Wang Zhengde with death.

"But don't forget, who is the purple-robed official who arrested you with me just now? The royal family, covering the sky with one hand, arrogant, unreasonable, let alone law-abiding. If he wants you to die, he will let you die." die."

"Really?" Wang Zhengde stared blankly behind Qin Yuan.

"of course."

After Qin Yuan obediently agreed, he suddenly realized that Wang Zhengde was not looking at him.Qin Yuan immediately felt that Rumang was on his back, he insisted on not turning back, and continued talking to Wang Zhengde.

"Many relatives of the royal family are like this, but the one I told you is not. He is sensible, distinguishes loyalty from traitors, never favoritism, and enforces the law impartially. He is one of the most important courtiers of the saint. Your case fell to him In your hand, count yourself lucky."

Wang Zhengde shifted his gaze and stared blankly at Qin Yuan who suddenly changed his attitude. After realizing it, he kowtowed gratefully to Qin Yuan and Changsun Wuji.

Qin Yuan only turned around at this moment, pretending to have discovered Changsun Wuji and Wen Yanbo behind him.

"Hey, when are you coming?"

Standing behind Changsun Wuji, Wen Yanbo said with a suppressed smile, "When you said that the royal relatives covered the sky with their hands."

"I don't know."

Qin Yuan smiled slightly, then looked at Changsun Wuji calmly.Changsun Wuji was looking at Qin Yuan with scrutiny, as if he was doubting something.

Qin Yuan hurriedly asked Changsun Wuji the purpose of coming here.

"I heard that you came to interrogate him in the cell, so I came to see what the result is." Changsun Wuji's eyes were like knives, and there was an inexplicable smile on the corner of his mouth, "As expected, this trip was worthwhile."

Qin Yuan chuckled, feeling that Changsun Wuji looked at him a little strangely.

Wen Yanbo saw that these two people were a little embarrassed, and he didn't know what he could do, so he tried to ease the atmosphere by laughing twice.

After the three came out of the prison, Changsun Wuji questioned Qin Yuan about the results of the interrogation.

"No."

"So you used me as a bad name for nothing?" Changsun Wuji's knife-like eyes became sharper.

Qin Yuan smirked at Changsun Wuji, "There's no notoriety, I'll praise you so much. Fortunately, you heard it, remember to treat me to another meal next time."

Wen Yanbo was surprised: "Why, grandson invited you to dinner?"

Seeing Qin Yuan nod his head, Wen Yanbo was even more surprised.He has been an official for so long, and he has always watched others curry favor with Changsun Wuji, but he has never seen Changsun Wuji take the initiative to entertain anyone.

Changsun Wuji walked away, and before leaving, he urged Qin Yuan to find out the case quickly.

"Understood, grandson, please go!"

Qin Yuan sent off in a loud voice, and stretched his neck by the way, making sure that Changsun Wuji really left this time.

"Just separated, why did you come here again?" Qin Yuan muttered in a low voice in doubt.

Wen Yanbo kindly explained: "There are two notebooks left here, and he came to pick them up by the way."

"Just come and tell your subordinates, why bother to come in person, are you tired?" Qin Yuan muttered and decided not to care about it.

Qin Yuan then told Wen Yanbo his guess and asked him what he thought.

Li Jiancheng had just passed away less than a year ago. If someone deliberately imitated his handwriting, it would take only one year to imitate it to the essence. It would be almost exactly the same. It is basically impossible, especially Changsun Wuji once said that Li Jiancheng's handwriting is not easy to imitate.If it wasn't for the imitated handwriting and his own body was still there, then there seemed to be only one possibility: spirit possession.When you write while possessing a body, the handwriting is your own.

"The matter of Wang Zhengde pretending to be a sorceress to conjure up souls gave me this idea. Maybe there is someone in Chang'an who has the ability."

Qin Yuan then discussed with Wen Yanbo a fishing method, planning to use Qin Qiong to have nightmares for several days, dreaming of Luo Yi he had just killed as an excuse, and secretly offered a reward to find someone to call back the soul.

"Arrange some face-to-face yamen servants, disguised as ordinary people, to spread the news in various streets. The reward must be high, urgent, and as if it is a secret. Describe General Qin as miserable, haggard, and mentally disturbed , can no longer go to court."

"This is a good idea, but how should General Qin explain it?" Wen Yanbo bowed his hands to salute Qin Yuan, this matter can only trouble Qin Yuan.After all, Qin Qiong now regards Qin Yuan as his own brother.

Qin Yuan thought so too, and made good use of it while Qin Qiong still remembered his kindness.

In the evening, Qin Yuan went to meet Qin Qiong with a bag of raisins and his own black and white flowers.Qin Qiong was very happy to hear that Qin Yuan was coming.But when he saw the black-and-white cat in his arms, his whole body felt uncomfortable, and he suddenly remembered the stupid thing he had done before.

"I'll bring my black and white flower to apologize to you!" Qin Yuan raised the first two hooves of the black and white flower, and made a bow to Qin Qiong.

Qin Qiong was immediately amused.He then ate raisins while listening to Qin Yuan's explanation of his intentions, and he simply agreed and expressed his willingness to cooperate.

"But the saint, I should have an explanation, how should I say it?"

"Let's settle this matter." Qin Yuan told Qin Qiong not to worry, and asked his grandson Wuji to ask for leave for him.

Qin Qiong agreed with a smile, and suddenly coughed.

Qin Yuan saw that Qin Qiong's complexion was not very good, and his lips were a little pale, and asked him, "Are you really sick?"

"It's nothing, maybe I caught a cold when I was sleeping last night." Qin Qiong then coughed twice.

Qin Qiong wanted to drink water after coughing, but suddenly coughed again during the drinking process, spilling water all over her body.

The servant immediately brought new clothes and changed Qin Qiong's clothes

Qin Qiong is a warrior, and he has no scruples about taking off his upper body, so he didn't let Qin Yuan avoid him.In front of Qin Yuan, he unambiguously took off his shirt.

Qin Yuan very keenly noticed that there was a red spot on Qin Qiong's chest, it was very small, like a tiny mark left by a needle, and it was difficult to notice it in normal times.

The location of the red dot corresponds to the location of the lung.

"Since when did you start coughing?" Qin Yuan asked Qin Qiong

Qin Qiong thought for a while and said that she didn't pay attention.It was Qin Qiong's servant who told Qin Yuan that he had been coughing occasionally since the morning before yesterday.

"It wasn't frequent at first, and it seemed to be getting more and more coughing every day."

Qin Qiong smiled and said it was okay, and reassured Qin Yuan that he would play a good role in helping Qin Yuan investigate the case in the past few days.

Qin Yuan frowned: "I don't think you are in good health, please ask a doctor to take a look first, maybe you really want to take leave to recuperate at home."

Qin Qiong listened to it like a joke and told Qin Yuan that he was too worried.

Qin Yuan then said to Qin Qiong's servant: "Your general is stubborn, and sometimes he can't let it go. If his situation gets worse tomorrow, you can tell me."

The servant agrees.

Although Qin Qiong felt that he was fine, he was quite happy that his brother cared about him so much.Qin Qiong wanted to stay with Qin Yuan for dinner and drinks.

"I have a case on my head, and my eldest grandson urges me every day, so I dare not let it go." After Qin Yuan found an excuse to refuse, he reminded Qin Qiong that it would be better to find a doctor to check his health.

Qin Yuan hugged the black-and-white cat and said goodbye, put the cat in the carriage, and drove the carriage home by himself.

He didn't feel very good just after arriving in the Qin Mansion.After saying goodbye to Qin Qiong, this bad feeling became even more serious.

When Qin Yuan returned home, Gu Qingqing immediately greeted him and gave Qin Yuan half of the money he earned today.

"If the business keeps going so well, Brother Qin might be able to buy a house in Chang'an City in two years." Gu Qingqing said happily.

"It's useless for me to buy a house."

"How can it be useless, stay here." Gu Qingqing felt that Qin Yuan's answer was a bit silly, so he laughed.

Zhou Xiaolu accompanied Gu Qingqing, secretly glanced at Qin Yuan, then continued to look down.

"Do you have something to tell me?" Qin Yuan asked Zhou Xiaolu.

Gu Qingqing also looked at Zhou Xiaolu at this time, telling her to speak up when she had something to say.

Zhou Xiaolu lowered her eyes and said sullenly: "I guess Brother Qin is a person with no external interests, so he doesn't care about whether he has a house or not."

"Eh? What does this mean?" Gu Qingqing was puzzled.

Zhou Xiaolu looked at Qin Yuan and asked him if he was right.

Qin Yuan smiled, nodded, and praised Zhou Xiaolu's strong observation skills.

"Brother Qin is different from the rest of us. We are all ordinary people, but Brother Qin is not." Zhou Xiaolu continued.

Qin Yuan continued to smile, guiding Zhou Xiaolu to talk about what she thought she was a decent person.

"Brother Qin doesn't care about money, where he lives, what he eats and drinks, and whether the carriage he takes is good or not...that's my basis." Zhou Xiaolu replied.

Qin Yuan was startled, and sent Zhou Xiaolu and Gu Qingqing back to eat quickly.When watching the two of them go back, Qin Yuan kept his eyes on Zhou Xiaolu.This girl still gave him a not simple impression, she was very smart and calm.

After thinking about it, Qin Yuan felt uneasy, so he went to Yongzhou Mansion on horseback again, and selected two skilled and reliable yamen servants, and asked them to keep an eye on Zhou Xiaolu secretly, and report her daily activities in detail .

When Qin Yuan came back on horseback, it was dark and the curfew had already begun. The street was extremely quiet, and there was no passerby.

In such a quiet situation, it is easy for people to fall into thinking. The red spot found on Qin Qiong's body today gave him a vague idea...

After Qin Yuan returned home, he slept peacefully and prepared to recharge his energy to continue investigating the case in the future.

At breakfast the next day, before inspecting the harvest on the farm, Qin Yuan prayed a few words 'my emperor is happy' as usual.

As expected, prayers are relatively easy to come true. After a few days of baptism of vegetables, Qin Yuan finally harvested sweet dates today.

Now is the season of spring and summer, and the jujube is not yet ripe.Qin Yuan's batch of fresh dates cannot be sold, they can only wait until they are dried.

Qin Yuan's farm has no stock right now, only a batch of sun-dried plums left.Qin Yuan gave the dried plums to Gu Qingqing and Zhou Xiaolu.

"Brother Qin buys things casually every day, as if he is testing us." Zhou Xiaolu couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"It's really casual, and I'm more self-willed. If you want to do something, you can go to the West Market to pick and buy it yourself, and you can use the money to buy it." Qin Yuan took the money he earned two days ago. The money was given to Zhou Xiaolu and Gu Qingqing.

"There must be a lot of these. I'll settle the bill later, and I'll return the money to Brother Qin." Gu Qingqing was about to try shopping for vegetables by herself, and after happily agreeing to Qin Yuan, she took Zhou Xiaolu there.

Not long after Qin Yuan arrived in Yongzhou Mansion, he saw the servant from Qin Mansion yesterday running to find him.The servant told Qin Yuan anxiously that Qin Qiong's cough became very severe today.

After Wen Yanbo heard the news, he insisted on visiting Qin Qiong in the Qin Mansion with Qin Yuan.

The doctor just checked Qin Qiong's pulse and prescribed a prescription.It is said that the evil wind has entered the body, and it will be cured after taking two doses of medicine.

Seeing the two of them coming, Qin Qiong smiled heartily and told them they were fine.

Of course the doctor's words were credible, and Wen Yanbo didn't take it as a big deal, he smiled and advised Qin Qiong to take good care of his illness.

Qin Yuan looked at Qin Qiong coldly and remained silent.

After a while, Qin Qiong coughed again, and Qin Yuan handed Qin Qiong the handkerchief.After Qin Qiong covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed, there was a mouthful of blood on the snow-white silk handkerchief.

Qin Qiong was stunned, Wen Yanbo was also frightened, and hurriedly called for the doctor to be brought back again, scolding him as a quack doctor.

When the doctor heard that Qin Qiong was coughing up blood, he looked disbelieving, but after seeing the blood on the veil with his own eyes, he was completely puzzled. He took Qin Qiong's pulse again, but he really couldn't figure it out. diagnosis.

The servant wanted to beat the doctor angrily, but was stopped by Qin Yuan.

"He really doesn't know. I'm afraid no doctor can cure this disease. If you don't believe me, please invite a better doctor." Qin Yuan said.

Not long after, the imperial physician came, and he really couldn't diagnose Qin Qiong's symptoms.

Qin Qiong hurriedly asked Qin Yuan what was going on.

Wen Yanbo moved his eyeballs, and suddenly remembered that Qin Yuan had detoxified people before.

"Could it be that General Qin was poisoned?"

"Ah."

Qin Yuan pretended to agree, and he turned to ask Qin Qiongxiang if he believed in him, and if he believed, he would arrange a secluded other courtyard without anyone, and he could find a way to help him detoxify.

Of course Qin Qiong was willing to believe it, Qin Yuan immediately made arrangements, and then asked Qin Yuan what kind of poison he had been poisoned.

"The poison is in the lungs."

Qin Yuan asked Qin Qiong to take off his clothes and let him see the red spot on his chest.Qin Yuan immediately pressed there with his hand, and Qin Qiong took a cold breath in pain.

An hour later, Qin Yuan passed all kinds of deception for various reasons, and drove away from Chang'an City alone, and went to the most remote courtyard owned by Qin Qiong.There were only two old men guarding the other courtyard. Qin Yuan gave them money and sent them to live elsewhere temporarily, and carried Qin Qiong into the room.

Qin Qiong had already coughed up blood several times on the way here, and his sanity became increasingly unclear.Now that he has entered a coma, it is estimated that he will die soon.

After waiting for Qin Qiong's pulse to stop, Qin Yuan spread the deodorizing wormwood that he had prepared earlier on Qin Qiong's body, wrapped his body tightly with a cloth, and put it under the bed in a completely airtight box.

After doing all this, Qin Yuan locked the doors and windows, and was about to go back, when he suddenly heard a knock on the door from the direction of the main entrance, and he also heard someone calling "Your Majesty" faintly outside the door.

Qin Yuan looked out through the crack of the door, and actually saw Li Shimin's face.