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Changsun Wuji was so surprised that he didn't follow his usual temper and immediately questioned Qin Yuan.

After Qin Yuan finished speaking, he handed over the folder in his hand.After Li Shimin opened the booklet and finished reading it, he nodded to indicate that Qin Yuan could leave.

Changsun Wuji immediately told Qin Yuan to wait, but he wanted to ask Qin Yuan, what was the basis for saying that he was arrogant and domineering and hindered the Yongzhou government from handling the case.

Qin Yuan was stunned, and saluted Changsun Wuji, "Please calm down, grandson, this matter has nothing to do with being an official."

"Just now you openly intervened in me to obstruct your Yongzhou government's handling of the case, and now you turn around and deny it? Do you think I am deaf or have a bad memory?" Changsun Wuji sneered angrily.

Changsun Wuji asked himself, he has treated Qin Yuan well during this time.Qin Yuan needed his help to communicate with the sage to handle the case, so he did so, although he asked Qin Yuan to accompany him to paint the wall for a while, but this request was not too much.

Qin Yuan coughed slightly, intending to remind Changsun Wuji not to complain about painting the wall.

"...Your Majesty clearly learned that I helped him out of kindness, only to be bitten by a white-eyed wolf."

The more Qin Yuan was like this, the more Changsun Wuji wanted to say something, so he gave Qin Yuan a hard look.

Li Shimin sat behind the table and laughed from ear to ear.

Fang Xuanling, Chu Suiliang and Yuchi Jingde couldn't help laughing too.

Yuchi Jingde was straightforward, and immediately said to Changsun Wuji: "My grandson has a hobby of painting walls in his free time? I don't know yet. Thinking about this scene, it's just a lot of fun. The dignified uncle of the state, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and the Duke of Qi, with seven grades Xiaoguan is painting the walls at home hahaha..."

When Yuchi Jingde said this, Li Shimin and others laughed even more happily.

All of a sudden, bursts of laughter came from the Hall of Liangyi, and the birds on the beams of the Hall of Liangyi were startled into flight.The guards in charge of guarding outside the hall still stood expressionless, but they knew in their hearts that His Majesty was in a very good mood today.When His Majesty is in a good mood, they are in a good mood, and the gloomy sky becomes even more beautiful.

Changsun Wuji didn't understand why the focus of everyone's attention was on the painting of the wall.These people are not surprised, he, Qin Yuan, a mere seventh-rank official, dares to join him?

Qin Yuan snorted again, and said to Changsun Wuji in a low voice: "I didn't participate in this book, and I wouldn't dare to borrow eighteen courage. It's Doctor Yushi."

Changsun Wuji frowned suspiciously and looked back at Qin Yuan.

The great eunuch Zhang De explained to Changsun Wuji: "Your Majesty's eyes hurt just now from looking at the booklet, but it happened that Qin Canjun came to offer the fruit, so His Majesty left him to chat for a while. Qin Canjun suggested reading the booklet to His Majesty, if His Majesty trusts him, He can also sum it up in one sentence. His Majesty thought it was worth a try, so he asked Qin Canjun to read the memorial. If the content is urgent, His Majesty will nod and submit it for review. If he does not nod, he will reject it."

Changsun Wuji was stunned, and then asked Fang Xuanling and the others: "What are you doing here?"

"After the important matter was announced, His Majesty asked us to listen to the scriptures and discuss the solution together. Unexpectedly, the eldest grandson just came, and it happens that the next scripture happens to be the elder grandson." Fang Xuanling explained with a smile that this is a very good one. Coincidental misunderstanding.

After Fang Xuanling finished speaking, everyone else in the room held back their smiles.In fact, this incident is not a coincidence, there is indeed a grandson Wuji who is the chief censor, but Qin Yuan has read this book long ago.Yuchi Jingde sighed casually, if Changsun Wuji was here, he would definitely throw fire on the spot.So when Changsun Wuji really came, Yuchi Jingde became playful and suggested that Qin Yuan should read it again.

Li Shimin had been dealing with the memorial for more than an hour, and he was so tired that he was flustered. Hearing that there were such interesting things, of course he was willing to join in the fun.

So there was the matter of the emperor and his ministers colluding and teasing Changsun Wuji just now.

At this moment, Changsun Wuji was embarrassed that he had misunderstood Qin Yuan just now, and was thinking about whether he should make up for Qin Yuan when he looked back, completely unaware that all these people in front of him had played tricks on him.

Li Shimin laughed enough, pinched the back of his neck with his hands, feeling tired, and gave all the ministers to drink plum juice with him.

The sweet plums were presented by Qin Yuan this morning. They are sweet and not astringent. After adding some water to make juice, there is no need for any extra seasoning. It is just right.

After the ministers finished drinking the plum juice, they were still unsatisfied, but they were sent out by Li Shimin.Li Shimin was reluctant to give more rewards. The number of sweet plums was limited, and after distributing some to the harem, there would be even fewer remaining.Now, he wants to eat alone.

After Changsun Wuji came out, he immediately left Qin Yuan to speak.

Qin Yuan first opened his mouth to issue a disclaimer. He had already hinted at Changsun Wuji by coughing at that time, but he was too angry to pay attention to his prompt.

"I'm not holding you accountable." Changsun Wuji thought of the embarrassment just now, and his face was a little unnatural, "I want to ask you how the investigation of the case is going?"

"Ah—" Qin Yuan scratched his head, avoiding Changsun Wuji's gaze, "I have some clues, but I'm not sure yet."

"Then tell me what you think."

Changsun Wuji emphasized to Qin Yuan that this case is very important, and they must find out the origin of the handwriting on the letter as soon as possible, otherwise this matter will always be a thorn in the heart of the saint.

"Okay, I'll do my best." Qin Yuan said seriously.

Changsun Wuji stared at Qin Yuan, and suddenly sighed: "How can a person like you read a memorial to a saint? There are several accompanying civil servants in the Liangyi Hall, and all of them are knowledgeable and better than you."

"What's the meaning of this, Mr. Grandson?" Qin Yuan straightened his back, "Maybe it's because I have a nice voice that the saint likes to let me read!"

"You have such a thick skin, you just like to compliment others, but you also compliment yourself. I think it's because you speak nicely and are good at flattering!" Changsun Wuji emphasized emphatically.

Qin Yuan retorted that Changsun Wuji's words were too much, "What is flattering? Which horse do you think I have flattered?"

Changsun Wuji just wanted to say that he was a saint, but he couldn't say the word because he couldn't say that a saint was a horse.This Qin Yuan is so sinister!I almost fell into this guy's trap!

"Quickly investigate the case and do something practical! If you can solve this case, I will personally recommend you to be promoted and make a fortune!" Changsun Wuji bit his words hard, warning Qin Yuan to do the practical things well first, and stop thinking about those sycophants all day long. falsehood.

"Elder Grandson's words are very true, I must try my best to give consideration to both." After Qin Yuan finished speaking, he bowed obediently and left.

Changsun Wuji was stunned for a moment before realizing Qin Yuan's "both considerations".Can't help but scold Qin Yuan for being a treacherous sycophant, actually thinking about flattering.

Wei Zheng came to discuss matters with Changsun Wuji, and seeing that Changsun Wuji seemed to be angry, he asked him why.

"It just so happens that you are here, and there is a sycophant in front of the Holy Majesty, you should also take care of it." Changsun Wuji complained casually.

Wei Zheng's face became serious, and he immediately asked who Changsun Wuji was.

It was only then that Changsun Wuji realized that Wei Zheng was not a casual chatterer, but he was very serious about matters involving saints.

Changsun Wuji immediately said that nothing happened, he was just talking nonsense.

Wei Zheng kept this matter in his heart.After discussing with Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng asked who the saint and Changsun Wuji had met, and finally locked the name as 'Qin Yuan'.

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The news of the search for souls has been spread for three days, but still no one has come to apply.

During this period, Qin Yuan met some famous witches inside and outside Chang'an City.They claimed to be capable of evoking spirits and talking to the dead, but when Qin Yuan invited them to the government for questioning, they all frightenedly confessed that what they had done was just a trick.Everyone will not summon souls.

There is a woman surnamed Fang who has been a witch for generations in her family, and she knows a little bit about this aspect.Fang told Qin Yuan that temporary possession of ghosts is a very powerful secret technique.

"This person is not only proficient in the secret art of soul possession, but his body must also be able to accept possessed ghosts. People with this kind of physique are not easy to find. I heard from my grandmother that people must be born in a cloudy year, a cloudy moon, a cloudy day and a cloudy day. feasible."

"It's the second year of Zhenguan, and sixteen is the false year. Those born 15 years ago will be in the ninth year of Daye. The ninth year of Daye is a cloudy year, right?" Qin Yuan asked Fang.

Fang promised.

Qin Yuan turned out the file and checked the date of birth on it. It was indeed a cloudy year, a cloudy moon, and a cloudy day.As for whether it is Yin Shi, there is no need to ask to confirm it anymore, Qin Yuan can now be sure that it is him.

Qin Yuan patted down the table, got up and quickly slipped into the cell.Wang Zhengde was lying on the straw, the same as when Qin Yuan came last time, with a straw in his mouth, looking up at the ventilation window above the cell, with his legs up and his toes still dangling back and forth.

"You are quite relaxed!"

"Qin joining the army?" Wang Zhengde hurriedly crawled over and smiled at Qin Yuan when he saw Qin Yuan, asking if Qin Yuan planned to let him out.

"Open the cell door." Qin Yuan ordered the jailer.

The jailer opened the cell door as he said, but Wang Zhengde was embarrassed to come out while standing in the cell. He looked at Qin Yuan eagerly, and thanked Qin Yuan with a salute.

"Listen to me, you only have one place to live?" Qin Yuan asked.

Wang Zhengde nodded to Qin Yuan incomprehensibly, "Yes, this is the place where Qin Canjun and Changsun Gong arrested me last time. The house is a bit messy and the house is a bit small, but there is no way, I don't earn much money, Now people are too smart to be fooled!"

Qin Yuan raised his eyes to meet Wang Zhengde's when he heard the word 'cheat'.

Wang Zhengde hurriedly waved his hands in apology, expressing that he would definitely correct his mistakes in the future and would never cheat again.

"I swear that as long as Qin Canjun releases me, I will correct myself. If I am caught by Qin Canjun again, please ask Qin Canjun to beat me to death!"

"But you didn't get caught this time, you took the initiative to deliver it to your door." Qin Yuan sighed.

Wang Zhengde scratched his head and frowned: "Caomin doesn't quite understand Qin Canjun's meaning. It was obviously Qin Canjun and his eldest grandson that day... Ah, I understand. Qin Canjun wants to count me as surrendering myself, so that I can be released earlier."

Wang Zhengde quickly knelt down and kowtowed to Qin Yuan, thanking him for giving him the opportunity to correct his mistakes.

"Come out, there are some documents that require your signature, follow me." Qin Yuan's tone was gentle, he turned and left first.

Wang Zhengde was overjoyed and happily followed.

When he came out of the prison, he happened to meet Wen Yanbo and Yang Zuan, governor of Yongzhou.Seeing Wang Zhengde laughing cheerfully behind Qin Yuan, the two speculated that Qin Yuan planned to let Wang Zhengde go.

Yang Zuan is in charge of all affairs in Yongzhou, but he cannot cover everything.For example, the criminal name case in the territory of Yongzhou Prefecture was in charge of Zhizhong Wen Yanbo and Facao Joining the Army Qin Yuanlai, and he was the last check.

Yang Zuan has been busy with tax matters recently and doesn't know much about the case, so he didn't say anything at the moment.

Wen Yanbo was surprised, and asked why Qin Yuan suddenly decided to release Wang Zhengde.

"Although he didn't participate in the case you investigated, he is also charged with deceiving and defrauding the people with false rumors. He should be sentenced to a year and a half."

Hearing this, Wang Zhengde quickly knelt down to Yang Zuan and Wen Yanbo, saying that he had a pitiful life experience, and cheating was a last resort. For the sake of it, let Caomin be spared this time."

After Wang Zhengde finished speaking, he kowtowed vigorously.

Wen Yanbo heard that Wang Zhengde's family was far away in Lingnan, his parents practiced Taoism, they were often away, and his brothers didn't care about him.He couldn't help feeling compassionate and sighed.

"All crimes should be dealt with according to the law, but if the criminal has the heart of repentance and confesses voluntarily, he can do so at his own discretion." Yang Zuan ordered and went to work first. He believed that Qin Yuan and Wen Yanbo could handle the case well, and there was no need for it at all. He needs to worry more.

Ever since Wei Zheng joined him in the Hua Mudan case for allegedly covering up Qin Qiong, and Qin Yuan helped him solve the case in time, Yang Zuan looked at Qin Yuan with admiration.He used to value Wen Yanbo very much, but now he values ​​one more person, including Qin Yuan.

"It's just that he is a little pitiful, but as usual, he should be sentenced." Wen Yanbo insisted.

Qin Yuan nodded, reassuring Wen Yanbo that he would deal with him fairly and according to the law.

After arriving at the court, Qin Yuan sent the written confession to Wang Zhengde and asked him to sign it.

Wen Yanbo glanced at the contents of the confession letter, and opened his mouth slightly, very surprised, which was beyond his expectation.

Wang Zhengde thought that after he signed the confession, he could make up for his mistakes and leave.But when he was about to press his finger on it, Qin Yuan reminded him to pay attention to the contents of the confession.

After Wang Zhengde finished reading it, he sat down on the ground in fright. He raised his fingers stained red with cinnabar and stared blankly at Qin Yuan.Then quickly changed to kneeling posture, reminding Qin Yuan that the confession letter seemed to be written wrongly.

"What's wrong?" Qin Yuan asked.

"It says that Caomin is the one who forged the former prince's letter, but Caomin is not. Caomin just received the letter, and did not plan to instigate a crime called Bairan." Wang Zhengde was so anxious that he was about to cry, please Qin Yuan and Wen Yan Bo must be aware of it.

Wen Yanbo was also puzzled, and asked Qin Yuan if he really took the wrong confession.

"It's not wrong. His name is written on it, how could it be wrong. As long as he pleads guilty and signs on it, our case will be solved." Qin Yuan looked at Wen Yanbo.

"I'm not the one who wrote the letter!" Wang Zhengde was so anxious that he burst into tears and shook his head frantically in denial, "I was wronged by Wen Zhizhong! Please persuade Qin to join the army and don't take the blame on me! I know this case is serious, and there must be someone above Qin Canjun is in a hurry, Qin Canjun is eager to solve the case, and I happen to be the scapegoat..."'

Wang Zhengde burst into tears, feeling wronged in every possible way.

At this time, a small official who was eavesdropping outside the hall immediately galloped out of the mansion and rode a fast horse to report to Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng had just finished worrying about Qin Yuan's suspected sycophantic flattery, and now he suddenly heard from his distant relatives that Qin Yuan was looking for someone to take the blame.

Wei Zheng immediately put down what he was doing, he didn't bother to sit in the carriage, and rode a fast horse to Yongzhou Mansion.When he arrived, he heard a man crying from the side hall.Wei Zheng imagined that Qin Yuan and the others might be undergoing severe punishment, so he rushed in with one stride.

Seeing the scene in front of him clearly, Wei Zheng froze for a moment.

The ground in the hall was clean, except for a young man kneeling, there were no instruments of torture.

The young man's face was full of tears, and he was shocked by his sudden intrusion. He was staring blankly at Wei Zheng and forgot to cry.Then the young man recognized Wei Zheng's high-grade official robes, turned around and crawled towards Wei Zheng, hugged Wei Zheng's feet, cried and begged Wei Zheng to help him decide, sobbed and spoke intermittently, accusing Qin Yuan of his evil deeds of extorting a confession.

Qin Yuan was sitting at the top eating plums, when he saw Wei Zheng approaching, he hurriedly lowered his head and secretly ate the remaining plums, and put the plum cores safely on the table.

Wei Zheng was asking about Wang Zhengde's specific situation, so he had no time to take care of Qin Yuan, and only occasionally looked at Qin Yuan angrily.Qin Yuan rested his elbows on the table, covered his mouth with his hands, and lowered his head halfway, pretending to be thinking deeply about something, but actually moved his mouth and kept chewing the plums in his mouth, and finally swallowed the plums smoothly.

Qin Yuan pretended to have just seen Wei Zheng, got up and asked him to take a seat.

"What were you doing to him just now? Torturing him to extract a confession?" Wei Zheng asked Qin Yuan sternly, "I heard that Mr. Grandson has repeatedly urged you to solve this case as soon as possible. You can't stand it in just a few days? Or are you begging?" Desperate to work hard, in order to make yourself promoted as soon as possible, disregarding the life and death of others?"

Just as Qin Yuan was about to speak, Wen Yanbo came in with a plate of plums.He saw that Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly acted like a thief. He shrank his neck and put a plate of plums aside, then greeted Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng looked at Wen Yanbo in disbelief, and pointed at him helplessly angrily, "I didn't expect that even you would become as unruly as him, and you won't try the case, what are you doing with that dish!"

Wen Yanbo silently bowed his head and admitted his mistake, not daring to refute Wei Zheng's half-sentence.

"We didn't eat at noon, this guy was just crying and didn't plead guilty, I was free to fill my stomach by the way, and when he cried until night, we stayed up for interrogation."

Qin Yuan felt that even if they were on duty, they should have the right to eat, but Wei Zheng's focus was not on this at all.

"People are crying like this, and you still want to stay up all night to extract a confession? Are you confessing in front of me?"

"Did Wei Gong listen to someone's complaint, so he came here suddenly and didn't understand the situation, so he accused us first. You said that we tortured us to extract a confession, but you saw that he was fine, with a lot of flesh on his body, and no red or purple. , What kind of torture is this to extract a confession. Crying is because he loves to cry, and we can’t let him go without interrogation just because he cries.” Qin Yuan felt dissatisfied when he saw Wei Zheng reprimanding Wen Yanbo, and he became more and more daring in his rebuttals.

Seeing that Qin Yuan was not intimidated by his reprimand, Wei Zheng took a breath slowly, then calmed down, and asked Qin Yuan to state his story first.If he misunderstood Qin Yuan again this time, he would admit it and apologize to Qin Yuan with three bows.

"Really?" Qin Yuan deliberately asked.

Wei Zheng nodded, so that Wen Yanbo could testify.

Wen Yanbo stood beside him, feeling terrified.

Qin Yuan first showed Wang Zhengde's household registration file to Wei Zheng, pointed to Wang Zhengde's birthday and said: "He was born on a cloudy day in a cloudy year."

"So what?" Wei Zheng didn't understand Qin Yuan's words at all, and even wondered if Qin Yuan was teasing him.

Qin Yuan told Wei Zheng the theory of summoning souls to possess the body, and provided Wei Zheng with Fang's mouth.

Wei Zheng couldn't believe it: "You mean to say that those three letters were written when the soul was possessed?"

"Besides this, I can't think of any other explanation." Qin Yuan said.

Wei Zheng thinks about it, and it is true. People are dead, and the handwriting cannot be imitated. It seems that this is the only explanation.Although this statement sounds abstruse, the theory of summoning souls has existed since ancient times, but he has never seen it before.

Another thing, something he had never seen before.

When Wei Zheng looked at Qin Yuan again, he couldn't help thinking about who Qin Yuan was and why he knew all about it.

At this time, Wang Zhengde, who was kneeling in the middle of the ground, was still sobbing.

Wang Zhengde has been crying since Qin Yuan prepared to interrogate him, just crying for injustice, but not saying anything else.Qin Yuan let him cry and see how long he can cry.Unexpectedly, before the trial, Wei Zheng came to ask for accountability.But it's a good thing to see Wei Zheng coming now, Wang Zhengde is listening to all the conversations between him and Wei Zheng.

As long as Qin Yuan persuaded Wei Zheng, Wang Zhengde would naturally know in his heart that it was useless for him to cry for injustice, and the charges would definitely be settled.

"Wei Gong must know that there is a highly respected Taoist priest named Wang Zhiyuan. Wang Zhengde's great uncle is Wang Zhiyuan. His family is all Taoist priests, and the four elder brothers above him are all Taoist priests. He is the only bastard. According to his It is said that because of his low status, his family does not regard him as a human being, so no one taught him. He is not a Taoist priest, he has become a charlatan." Qin Yuan showed Wei Zheng the talisman paper drawn by Wang Zhengde with "Less Shortcomings" .

"In a Taoist family, almost everything in the family is inseparable from the Tao. Although he may not learn it, he should also be influenced. If he doesn't know the depth, he should also understand the surface. Just like Lu Qiaoer, her mother is from Miaojiang. , she will know some things about Gu poison. Living in such a family, Wang Zhengde can't even draw this simple talisman paper wrong. If he wants to cheat by this, he should pretend to be as real as possible, that is us If you use real talisman paper to draw pictures, you may not be able to make mistakes in every drawing, let alone him."

Wei Zheng understood, "You mean that he deliberately drew the wrong talisman paper, pretending to be a charlatan?"

Qin Yuan nodded, and showed Wei Zheng the confession, telling Wei Zheng that Wang Zhengde fully understood all the words on the confession.

"If his family really ignored him and didn't teach him, it would be impossible for him to know so many words. Taoism and witchcraft are interlinked, and he pretended to be stupid and lied on purpose. So the next official thought he hadn't wronged him, Duke Wei What do you think?"