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Sun Fujia was stunned, and suddenly realized that this was the reason why Qin Yuan was so calm just now.It turned out that he had expected this step and prepared ahead of time.This is so clever and clever!

Sun Fujia analyzed this matter in detail: Although Qin Yuan sent cherries in the name of him and Dai Zhou, but now that he and Dai Zhou came to denounce Qin Yuan, the officials all knew that the cherry was Qin Shaoqing's grandeur, and borrowed the other two It was sent in the name of a young minister, so the only person that the officials are really grateful for is Qin Yuan.

On the one hand, Qin Yuan won everyone's hearts, on the other hand, he let Dai Zhou find no faults, and used his magnanimity to contrast the other two Shaoqing's haggling.

This trick is more than clever and clever, it is high, very high.

At this moment, Dai Zhou was so choked that he couldn't speak, his face turned from red to white, and he felt ashamed.He felt that every little official present was secretly looking at him, and every look of these people seemed to be mocking.

"It's really shameful for you to eat while you are on duty." Sun Fujia said quickly, helping Dai Zhou find the steps, "Dai Shaoqing actually just wanted to remind you that you should rest as much as possible in the future. Time to eat."

After Sun Fujia finished speaking, he took Dai Zhou to leave.

Dai Zhou forced a cold snort, and left with a dark face.

The little officials were silent and looked at Qin Yuan.Qin Yuan's attitude at this time determines their attitude.

"Sun Shaoqing is right, eat when it's time to rest, let's do it first, and there will be more cherries for you to eat at noon!" Qin Yuan announced.

Everyone was happy, and when they were about to cheer, Qin Yuan signaled them to keep their voices down.

"It can be seen that Dai Shaoqing is straightforward and upright. This is a rare quality. He came to remind us for our own good." Qin Yuan reminded everyone to be quiet.

The petty officials agreed again and again, and couldn't help admiring secretly in their hearts, Qin Shaoqing was really broad-minded.He was so viciously made things difficult by Dai Shaoqing in public just now, but he turned his head behind his back but did not show any displeasure, let alone said a bad word about the other party, not even a word of complaint.

The structure of this person is really different from person to person. There is a reason why Qin Shaoqing was able to achieve the position of Shaoqing of Dali Temple by himself at a young age.

After Dai Zhou returned to the room angrily, he patted the table twice with his hands. His hands were painful and numb, but he couldn't care less.

"It's fortunate that you helped me escape just now."

Sun Fujia: "I don't think this Qin Shaoqing is simple, so we shouldn't underestimate him from the beginning. Know yourself and know your enemy, and you can win a hundred battles. We are in such a situation now because we didn't know him carefully before."

"It's just playing tricks. He purposely used cherries to lure us into traps! This time we were negligent, and there will definitely be no next time." Dai Zhou said unconvinced.

"Why, Dai Shaoqing still intends to continue to argue with him?" Sun Fujia advised him to consider, "Have you ever missed the vision of a sage. There must be a reason why he was named and promoted by the sage twice in a row."

After Dai Zhou calmed down, he felt that what Sun Fujia said made sense. "That's right, he did it in Yongzhou Mansion before, and Wen Yanbo from Yongzhou Mansion and I can still talk. I'll treat him to a drink later and ask about it."

After Dai Zhou drank two sips of water, somehow he recalled what happened just now. Thinking that he was unable to refute a word by a boy in his 20s, the more he thought about it, the more depressed he became.

"The one just now made him very proud, and now he is laughing at me behind my back for some reason!"

Sun Fujia recruited his personal attendant, and after whispering a few words to him, he sent him away, and then the attendant brought a small official over.

Sun Fujia asked him what happened to Qin Yuan after they left just now.

The little official learned all Qin Yuan's words just now.

Dai Zhou was surprised after hearing this.Qin Yuan didn't laugh at him, he not only self-examined his mistakes, but also explained them for him.

After Sun Fujia sent the man away, he said to Dai Zhou: "See? This is the gap between us and him. We just treated the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain!"

Dai Zhou was stunned, and stammered, "Could it be that he's just pretending?"

"Forget it, I can't persuade you. In short, he is a man or a ghost. After a long time, he will naturally understand, and he will see people's hearts over time." Sun Fujia became more and more annoyed that he talked too fast before, otherwise he could have a good relationship with Qin Yuan earlier. Then think about your daughter's marriage.

Dai Zhou remained silent, he had already heard that Sun Fujia admired that Qin Yuan.He doesn't really believe that a person who flatters when he has nothing to do, and likes to take some fruits for small favors, is an upright gentleman.

Dai Zhou first wrote a letter of greeting to Wen Yanbo, and after receiving Wen Yanbo's agreed reply, he finished the matter at hand as soon as possible, and went directly to Yongzhou Mansion to meet Wen Yanbo.

After the two were half drunk at Dai Zhou's house, Dai Zhou explained his intention for the banquet.

Of course, Wen Yanbo praised Qin Yuanhao severely, saying that he has extraordinary abilities, especially good at handling some treacherous cases.

"I heard that he solved two cases, but we have been in charge of prisons for so many years, who hasn't solved a few strange cases? If only these two cases can be promoted to such a high position, then the people under the government office Is there anyone else? Dali Temple may have seven or eight more Shaoqing." Dai Zhou still refused to accept.

In fact, Wen Yanbo hadn't worked in Yongzhou Mansion for long, and he had never solved a strange case.However, Dai Zhou did have some abilities. Wen Yanbo had heard of Dai Zhou's solving several major cases before.As for Qin Yuan's rapid promotion this time, Wen Yanbo actually couldn't find a suitable reason to explain that he was indeed 'righteous'.

Wen Yanbo took advantage of the excuse of drinking and eating, and laughed happily.

"Anyway, the matter of promotion was decided by the grandson and other ministers together with the sage. It has nothing to do with what you or I think. I believe that the sage has his own reasons for promoting him."

After speaking, Wen Yanbo toasted Dai Zhou.

Dai Zhou snorted and drank the wine.The sage's decision may not be guaranteed, and the sage also has impulsive moments. If he would not make any mistakes, he would not set up an admonisher to pick his mistakes.

After Dai Zhou and Wen Yanbo parted, he thought of Wei Zheng and went to visit him again.

As soon as Wei Zheng heard that Dai Zhou had come, he was wondering what would happen to Qin Yuan after he went to Dali Temple.He immediately met Dai Zhou and asked him about the situation.

"Oh, don't mention it. On the first day I came here, I was so choked by him that I couldn't speak a word." Dai Zhou blushed.

Wei Zheng had just finished his business and was very tired, so he didn't think deeply about Dai Zhou's words.He thought Dai Zhou meant that Qin Yuan contradicted him as soon as he went to Dali Temple.

Wei Zheng couldn't help thinking of Qin Yuan's many shortcomings.What he was worried about before really happened, Qin Yuan began to be proud, and on the first day he went to Dali Temple, he arrogantly uttered words to run on his colleagues.Could it be that he saw the vacancy of Dali Siqing's position and felt that he still had the ability to continue to be promoted?So he squeezed out the other two young ministers?

"Then he's... too much!" Wei Zheng said angrily.

Dai Zhou responded, feeling that he had found the right person this time.He then asked Wei Zheng how Qin Yuan got into Dali Temple.

"This involves a secret case, and I can't explain the specific content. In short, he has the approval of the saint, the recommendation of the eldest grandson, and the second suggestion of Fang Pushe and the head of the library. I am very soft-spoken and can't stop anything It's gone." Wei Zheng was helpless, he really felt that Qin Yuan was a talent, but talent really needs to be cultivated slowly, how can it be counterproductive, what a pity!

It's hard for Dai Zhou to imagine that there are still things that can stump Wei Gong, "This Qin Shaoqing seems to be quite eloquent."

"Yes!" Wei Zheng nodded immediately, "That mouth is so coincidental that no one can compare to him when he sees people talking and talking nonsense."

Look at Wei Gong's helplessness, it seems that this glib and treacherous man is very difficult to deal with.But Qin Yuan was unlucky to meet him this time, because he happened to be stubborn.If the mountains blocked his way, he would move the mountains; if the water blocked his way, he would fill the river!This Qin Yuan, he has fixed it!

Dai Zhou gained momentum, and confidently cupped his hands to ask Wei Zheng to rest assured that the next thing will be entrusted to him, and he will definitely handle it properly.

Wei Zheng thought that Dai Zhou wanted to teach Qin Yuan well, so he patted Dai Zhou on the shoulder in relief, praising him for being responsible.

"This is just a cloudy day, please don't worry, Mr. Wei, and leave everything to me!" After Dai Zhou said, he said goodbye to Wei Zheng politely.

Wei Zheng was stunned, pondering what Dai Zhou just said about the 'floating clouds and the sun'.This Dai Zhou's knowledge is not too shallow, how could he still make such a low-level mistake and use the wrong word.

Wei Zheng yawned, at this time the servant came to sue, and Qin Yuan sent a basket of cherries.

Wei Zheng couldn't help laughing, "I just talked about him, give him a message so that he can take care of himself, and guard against arrogance and impetuosity!"

The servant agreed, and then brought freshly washed cherries.

Wei Zheng read the letter and ate the cherries, feeling a little strange for some reason.Wei Zheng put down the letter and went to the backyard.He didn't go to his wife's room for the past two days. It's time to talk to her about the housework.

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After Wen Yanbo was half drunk, he went to find Qin Yuan.It was discovered that Changsun Wuji was already at Qin Yuan's house, and the two were sitting around the table eating cherries.

"I'm sorry I have something to do, I'm late."

Wen Yanbo also joined the ranks, grabbed a handful of cherries and stuffed them into his mouth.

"Mmm, sour!" Wen Yanbo yelled, and stretched out his hand to grab a second handful to eat.

"Be gentle." Changsun Wuji said with disdain, and took only one with his slender fingers, and slowly put it into his mouth.

"Why did you drink so much?" Qin Yuan asked Wen Yanbo.

Wen Yanbo told the truth about Dai Zhou's invitation to him for a drink, "Originally, if it was someone else, I would definitely turn it down. Today is the day we want to celebrate your first day in office. But it was Dai Zhou, I wondered if he was Your current colleague, I will help you build a good relationship with him, and you will have someone to take care of you when you become an official in Dali Temple in the future, and the result..."

"It turned out that he just asked you to inquire about me." Qin Yuan said.

Wen Yanbo nodded.

Changsun Wuji hurriedly asked Qin Yuan: "What's going on?"

"I had a little misunderstanding in Dali Temple today. He seemed to have a problem with me, and I didn't take kindly to him." Qin Yuan told Changsun Wuji not to worry, it's nothing serious.

"It's not a big deal?" Changsun Wuji sighed, "Do you know what kind of temper Dai Zhou is? I told you again and again yesterday. It's better for you to offend Sun Fujia than to offend Dai Zhou. Just make me trouble! "

"It's okay, the biggest trouble I caused is over, this is a small trouble at most." Qin Yuan said disapprovingly.

Wen Yanbo hurriedly asked Qin Yuan what the so-called big trouble meant.

Qin Yuan looked at Changsun Wuji, and then signaled that Wen Yanbo understood.

Wen Yanbo also looked at Changsun Wuji, and immediately nodded understandingly.

Changsun Wuji naturally realized that they were talking about himself, and hit Qin Yuan with the cherry in his hand, "Who do you think is the big trouble? Thanks to my kindness for giving you so many suggestions. If you don't kneel today and beg for mercy, tomorrow It looks good with you!"

Qin Yuan stretched his neck and opened his mouth, just in time to catch the cherry that hit him and ate it.

"If you don't want to eat it, don't eat it. If you dare to waste my fruit, you won't have to eat it in the future!" Qin Yuan raised his eyebrows dissatisfied, and told Zhangsun Wuji, "Okay, I will wait tomorrow."

"Excellent!" Changsun Wuji got up and left.

Not long after Changsun Wuji went out, one of his followers came back and took away a basket of cherries on the ground with a smile.

Qin Yuan and Wen Yanbo looked at each other silently, and when they heard the rolling sound of ruts outside, they both burst into laughter.

"You can't lose your mouth when you quarrel!" Wen Yanbo couldn't help patting his thigh with emotion.

"Monkey spirit!" Qin Yuan borrowed a sentence from Li Shimin.

Before Wen Yanbo left, he also took a basket of cherries and left. Seeing that there was still a tank of cherries left in Qin Yuan's house, he asked him what to do with the rest.The cherries are ripe, but they cannot be stored.

"Wine making, cherry wine is delicious." In the Tang Dynasty, ordinary people were not allowed to make wine without permission. Qin Yuan was already the young minister of Dali Temple, so he naturally had no worries about this.

"Well, that must be delicious. When it's brewed later, remember to save one for me, remember to save one for me, remember to save one for me!" Wen Yanbo was afraid that Qin Yuan would forget, so he told Qin Yuan three times Far, must leave him.

"I really remember it, I can't forget it at all." After seeing Wen Yanbo off, Qin Yuan stretched and planned to go back to sleep, but found Zhou Xiaolu crawling in through the back window.

Zhou Xiaolu held a piece of rice paper in her hand, and unfolded it on the table with a serious face.Qin Yuan saw a picture... I don't know what.All kinds of circles, squares, dots and lines on the rice paper have no rules and are very chaotic.

"This is the scene when my mother died." Zhou Xiaolu pointed to an irregular rectangle and told Qin Yuan that it was a bed.

Qin Yuan pointed to the diagonal line inside the rectangle and asked Zhou Xiaolu what it meant.

"This is a piece of hair, half a foot long, shiny black, thick, and smooth. It doesn't belong to my mother. My mother's hair and mine are relatively soft." Zhou Xiaolu pulled off a piece of her own hair and handed it to Qin look far.

Qin Yuanzhu frowned, "Your proportions are wrong, and there are circles, big and small, all drawn in a mess."

"This is a stone, and this is a flowerpot. There are two orchids in bloom, light blue. This circle is a flower stand." Zhou Xiaolu explained.

"No, I will still forget after you explain it like this. Looking at your messy painting, I feel that I have lost my memory." Qin Yuan resolutely resisted.

"Then what should I do, I can't show you my brain." Zhou Xiaolu said anxiously.

"I can't understand it even if you dig it out." Qin Yuan lamented that Zhou Xiaolu's painting skills are too bad, "Is your Zhou family's house still there?"

Zhou Xiaolu nodded and asked Qin Yuan what he meant.

"It must be very useful to restore the scene of the crime and let me see the scene when your mother died that year."

Zhou Xiaolu felt that what Qin Yuan said was reasonable, "But Zhou's family is in Shangluo County, even if I go back, my uncles and aunts will not spare a room for me to do this kind of thing."

"It's easy. I'm a fourth-rank official now. It's useful to go to the county seat to say something. But now I've just taken up a post in Dali Temple, and a new official has taken office. Many people are waiting to find fault with me. I can't leave for the time being. .” Qin Yuan asked Zhou Xiaolu to wait for a while.

"No, Brother Qin has to help me find the murderer who killed my mother first, we are running out of time." Zhou Xiaolu explained to Qin Yuan, "I haven't reported the news for a long time in order to hide it from you, they will meet sooner or later I have noticed my abnormality, maybe I have already noticed it now, and I am secretly thinking about how to attack us."

"How do you pass the news to the Alien League?" Qin Yuan asked.

"Pigeons." Zhou Xiaolu told Qin Yuan that when she came to Chang'an City, she brought five pigeons, and she already used one.

"What about the other pigeons?"

"It was eaten by me," Zhou Xiaolu said frankly, "because I found that brother Qin is more useful than pigeons."

"Why don't you tell me where your leader is, and I'll take someone to take him out of his lair." Qin Yuan said bluntly.

"He changes places frequently, and is always cunning."

Zhou Xiaolu told Qin Yuan that although their leader is an old man in his 70s, he is in good health and good at martial arts. He is better than a 20-year-old man and has rich experience. Everyone in the Yiren League admires him His discipline.

Qin Yuan: "No matter how powerful he is, he is just a person. You don't have to think too much about him. However, since you have betrayed the Alien League for the sake of me, I will find a way as soon as possible."

Zhou Xiaolu nodded with red eyes, saluted Qin Yuan solemnly and left.

Qin Yuan put the washed and dried cherries into the altar, added some sugar and sealed it.He couldn't stay still anymore, washed his hands, rode straight to Dali Temple, and read all the recent case reports in Shangluo County.

There is a case of a flower picker that caught Qin Yuan's attention.Shangluo County is where the government of Shangzhou is located.In the past two years, the entire Shangzhou has been rioting about flower pickers.In five or six counties, including Shangluo County, women from good families are recruited every once in a while.In mid-August last year, the riot was the worst, and ten girls from good families were victimized in one night.Most of the victims were young women in their teens to twenties, both married and unmarried.

The governor of Shangzhou once caught two suspects and dealt with them, but not long after, the flower-pickers reappeared, disturbing the entire Shangzhou.Many families who raise daughters dare not sleep at night, so they guard the door of their daughter's house.The governor of Shangzhou really had no choice, so he sent the case to Dali Temple ten days ago to ask for support.

This case was too coincidental, too appropriate.

Because Dali Temple does not have the highest official Dali Siqing to make decisions, the matter is naturally discussed and decided by the three young ministers.

Qin Yuan discussed with Dai Zhou and Sun Fujia early the next morning, and he wanted to go to Shangzhou to investigate the case himself.

After Dai Zhou read the case, he had no objection, and immediately supported Qin Yuan, saying that the case had too much impact, anyway, Shangzhou is not far from Chang'an City, and he would go with Qin Yuan.

He wanted to see what Qin Yuan could find out.If Qin Yuan dared to use the pretext of investigating the case to randomly find someone to take the blame, intending to make meritorious deeds to seek promotion, he would catch Qin Yuan right away!

"Then should I go too?" Sun Fujia saw that Dai Zhou had gone.

"Dali Temple always has someone to preside over the affairs." Dai Zhou asked Sun Fujia to stay.

Qin Yuan was equal to Dai Zhou, since he was going, Qin Yuan had no reason to force him to leave, so he just reluctantly did so.

After the two simply packed their luggage, they were ready to go. At this time, news came from the superior that the saint had just appointed a minister to concurrently serve as the Minister of Dali Temple.

Qin Yuan had a bad feeling.

Dai Zhou didn't know, so he asked who it was.

The little official who sent the message said that his identity should be kept secret for the time being, "he only ordered his subordinates to come down and inform the three young ministers that they are ready to welcome him."