Datang traitor

When Dai Zhou and Sun Fujia heard the news, they couldn't help discussing curiously who the newly appointed Minister of Dali Temple was.

Qin Yuan rubbed his nose, moved a few steps toward the door, and then turned around to leave.

Dai Zhou grabbed Qin Yuan at a glance and asked him what he was doing.

"Stomach hurts." Qin Yuan immediately clutched his stomach, his face full of discomfort.

Dai Zhou said helplessly: "Then you go and come back quickly, don't delay to welcome the new Dali Temple Minister."

Qin Yuan nodded, turned and left politely.

After an hour of incense sticks, Changsun Wuji took the imperial decree and walked into Dali Temple with dignity.

Dai Zhou and Sun Fujia looked at each other, surprised, but not surprised.With the identity and meritorious service of the eldest grandson Wuji, no matter what position he is assigned by the sage, it is reasonable and suitable for him.

Dai Zhou and Sun Fujia hurried forward to salute their elder Sun Wuji with a respectful attitude.

Changsun Wuji quickly glanced around, but did not see Qin Yuan, "You are welcome, where is the other Qin Shaoqing?"

Sun Fujia was hesitating to excuse Qin Yuan: "His stomach hurts—"

"Yes, why hasn't Qin Shaoqing come back for so long?" Dai Zhou wondered.

Changsun Wuji winked at his followers.After a while, the attendant hurried back and shook his head slightly at Changsun Wuji.The meaning is obvious, Qin Yuanren is not in the hut.

Dai Zhou said with emotion: "Could it be that he has already set off early and went to Shangzhou?"

Changsun Wuji said nothing, but narrowed his eyes slightly.

"This... This is too presumptuous! Knowing that the eldest grandson is coming, how can he make an excuse to show respect, and he ran away."

Dai Zhou was really surprised.Because he didn't expect that Qin Yuan would do such a disrespectful thing in an open manner in order to avoid his eldest grandson Wuji, which is a great offense in terms of etiquette.

However, it happened just right, he made a mistake under the watchful eyes of the crowd.This time, Dai Zhou wants to see how Qin Yuan argues when he sees Changsun Wuji again!

Changsun Wuji immediately ordered people to prepare and set off for Shangzhou immediately.In the mood of watching a good show, Dai Zhou cheerfully set off with Changsun Wuji.

After Changsun Wuji and Dai Zhou's men left Dali Temple, Qin Yuan suddenly appeared and hurried to Sun Fujia.

Sun Fujia was stunned, he didn't expect to see Qin Yuan at this moment.

"Didn't Qin Shaoqing go to Shangzhou? Then where did Qin Shaoqing go just now?"

"No, I told you just now that I have a stomachache, so of course I went to the latrine." Qin Yuan blinked, looked around blankly, and then asked Sun Fujia blankly, "Don't tell me, I'm late The new Minister of Dali Temple has left?"

"You are late, and you have already left. Dai Shaoqing went to Shangzhou with him." Sun Fujia asked Qin Yuan again where he had been just now. hut."

Qin Yuan froze, feeling a little embarrassed and said: "I'm taking a bath. It's disrespectful to see Dali Siqing directly after the toilet is over. According to etiquette, of course I have to change my clothes and take a bath to prepare decently. Sigh, I didn't expect Dali Siqing to come to me so soon. It’s here, but no one told me. By the way, why didn’t you call me?”

Sun Fujia silently slandered: Where can I call you, who knows where you are?

Sun Fujia vaguely felt that Qin Yuan did this on purpose to avoid his eldest grandson Wuji, but he still promised Qin Yuan because he had no evidence to prove that Qin Yuan was lying.

This fellow is so clever that he even dares to play tricks with the eldest grandson, which shows that the relationship between him and the eldest grandson is already very deep.

"Since it is so unfortunate that they missed it, then Qin Shaoqing should hurry up and chase them." Sun Fujia persuaded.

"Yes, yes, I'm leaving now." After Qin Yuan said goodbye to Sun Fujia, he rode his horse to chase after him.

Under Sun Fujia's watchful eye, Qin Yuan's figure riding a horse quickly disappeared at the end of the street.

Qin Yuan pulled his horse to a halt immediately, turned to the West Market, and walked slowly.After he arrived at the dim sum shop, he called Zhou Xiaolu, who was disguised as a man, and went to buy a horse for Zhou Xiaolu.The two then rode their horses and prepared to leave the city.

Zhou Xiaolu was a little worried for Qin Yuan: "Is it appropriate for Brother Qin to just get rid of grandson like this?"

"Inappropriate, but with him here, there is no way to investigate your family's case. He is a shrewd person." Qin Yuan told Zhou Xiaolu not to worry too much, and they rushed over to restore the scene of the crime as soon as possible, as long as they caught the most important thing Evidence, after that everything will be easy to say.

Zhou Xiaolu nodded, and silently followed Qin Yuan out of the Suzaku Gate on horseback.

The two rode horses along the official road. When they first left the city, there were many people on the road and it was quite noisy.Gradually, there were fewer and fewer people and horses encountered on the road, and the sound of horseshoes coming from behind could be heard more clearly.

Qin Yuan and Zhou Xiaolu slowed down the speed of their horses. Looking back, they saw a group of people and horses approaching about thirty feet away from them, and two carriages, one of which Qin Yuan was too familiar with. .

Qin Yuan deliberately dawdled in the city for a long time, but he didn't expect Changsun Wuji and the others to be behind him.

This time there is no escape.

Qin Yuan took Zhou Xiaolu off the horse and leaned to the side of the road to wait for them.

Changsun Wuji's carriage passed by Qin Yuan and Zhou Xiaolu without stopping.The carriage Dai Zhou was riding in stopped, and Dai Zhou asked Qin Yuan through the window what was going on.

Qin Yuan re-explained to Dai Zhou the reason he had just explained to Sun Fujia.

"Fortunately, grandson suddenly forgot something and has to go home, otherwise we won't be able to run into each other."

Dai Zhou didn't feel that Qin Yuan was making excuses, because he also had the habit of taking a shower after going to the toilet.But this is not important, what is important is how Qin Yuan will face the eldest grandson for a while, and whether the eldest grandson is willing to listen to his explanation.

There will be a good show soon.

Qin Yuan nodded repeatedly.

The group moved on.

Zhou Xiaolu rode to Qin Yuan's side, "What should we do now? We didn't escape them."

"It's okay, the case of the flower picker doesn't happen every day, we will go to your case when we are free." Qin Yuan explained.

Zhou Xiaolu pursed her lips and nodded.

At noon, when the carriage stopped by the side of the road for lunch break, Qin Yuan went to meet Changsun Wuji.

"Yo, you can still see me?" Changsun Wuji sarcastically.

Dai Zhou was drinking water. Seeing the commotion here, he approached quietly a few steps.

Qin Yuan told the reason he told Sun Fujia to Changsun Wuji again.

Changsun Wuji took a deep breath and looked at Qin Yuan coldly: "I will believe it?"

"Elder grandson is handsome and unrestrained, the jade tree is facing the wind, and the air is more than mountains and rivers, which is extraordinary. If I do that... After that, I come to see you with a bad smell. Not only will I offend you, but I will have a conscience for the rest of my life and feel ashamed. .”

Qin Yuan told Changsun Wuji that he had already guessed that the new minister of Dali Temple was him, so he deliberately wanted to tidy himself up to show respect.

"I believe this. If you hadn't guessed that it was me, you wouldn't be avoiding me like this." Compared to before, Changsun Wuji calmed down a lot, even though he knew that Qin Yuan said it was a coincidence The words were just to coax him.

After Changsun Wuji took a sip of water, he smiled lightly, as if he didn't care about Qin Yuan anymore.He motioned Qin Yuan to take a step forward, and asked him in a low voice, what was the purpose of hiding from him.

"If you didn't hide, how could you hide? Your subordinates can't wait to be by your side every day. Your kindness for supporting and teaching your subordinates will always be remembered in your heart, and you are very grateful."

Qin Yuan wouldn't be fooled, he knew Changsun Wuji's narrow-mindedness too well, it was impossible for him to calm down so quickly.Changsun Wuji was deliberately trying to trick him, if he agreed, Changsun Wuji would definitely change his face immediately, and seize him as an excuse to threaten him for at least a month.

"Hmph." Changsun Wuji sent Qin Yuan away with disgust, ordering him not to appear in front of him for a short time.

Qin Yuan couldn't get what he wanted, so he turned around obediently and left.

After Dai Zhou watched all this from the sidelines, he returned to his carriage thoughtfully.According to Changsun Wuji's temper, if someone else did something like this, he would have been furious, but he seemed to be very tolerant towards Qin Yuan.Moreover, the reason why Qin Yuan was able to sit on the position of Shaoqing in Dali Temple was inseparable from the eldest grandson's strong recommendation at the beginning.

Dai Zhou felt that he had a clear position now, and the eldest grandson was actually on Qin Yuan's side.But the two of them are having conflicts, he can take advantage of this to win Changsun Wuji to his side, and then find out Qin Yuan's faults together.

This plan is perfect!

After everyone finished their rest, they continued to drive for an hour before arriving at Shangluo County, the seat of Shangzhou.

Ye Qian, the governor of Shangzhou, led a group of officials from Shangzhou to greet him.

The news that Ye Qian received before was that two young ministers of Dali Temple were coming here to investigate the case, but now he suddenly saw the eldest grandson Wuji approaching, he was shocked and flustered.Ye Qian hurriedly ordered his subordinates to increase the regulations for welcoming the banquet.

Changsun Wuji immediately refused, and let Ye Qian and others do their jobs as usual, "If some people hand over the case, don't pay special attention to us, and the banquet is also skipped. The people are panicking, and we, an official, raise a glass for entertainment. It's really inappropriate. .”

Ye Qian repeatedly said yes, everything was done according to Changsun Wuji's orders.After ordering people to properly prepare the residence, he sent Fa Cao to hand over all the existing cases of flower picking robbers.Afterwards, he quietly withdrew, obeying Changsun Wuji's instructions, and went to attend to his official duties.

Qin Yuan took part of the files back to the room to read, Zhou Xiaolu was sitting in Qin Yuan's room with nothing to do.The housekeeper Qin Yuan took the case file, and she followed suit, scolding the flower picker for being unscrupulous, and actually defiled no less than a hundred good women back and forth.

"It may be more than that. This kind of thing is a great humiliation to women. There must be many people who are silent and unwilling to publicize. So I think the number of real victims is at least three times more than this."

Zhou Xiaolu suddenly put down the case file in his hand, with a flat expression and flat eyes, staring blankly at Qin Yuan.

Qin Yuan was confused by Zhou Xiaolu's appearance, and asked her what she meant.

"I'm surprised." Zhou Xiaolu explained.

"Ah, I almost forgot, you are always shocked." Qin Yuan lowered his head and continued to browse the case.

After Zhou Xiaolu was silent for a long time, she continued to say to Qin Yuan in a flat tone: "This shameful flower picker must be caught. Although he didn't kill people, what he did was more ferocious than killing people. Be good to my innocent daughter. Defiled by this kind of people, ten people committed suicide.”

Qin Yuan nodded.

After Zhou Xiaolu hesitated, she said again: "My aunt's case can be investigated later, this should be investigated first."

For Zhou Xiaolu, finding out the cause of her mother's death and avenging her mother are more important than her life.Before, she had been urging Qin Yuan to hurry up, but now because of the case of the flower picker, she was willing to back down.

"He is a kind and good boy." Qin Yuan sighed with relief.

Zhou Xiaolu buried her head in the case file, carefully reading every page.

Qin Yuan went to wash some apricots and dried dates, intending to reward Zhou Xiaolu, but when he came back, he ran into Changsun Wuji.

Changsun Wuji sneered when he saw Qin Yuan holding these two things, "You want to bribe me with these cheap things again?"

Before Qin Yuan could speak, Changsun Wuji stuffed a sweet apricot into his mouth.

"See, I'm here, and Dai Zhou doesn't dare to find fault with you." Changsun Wuji glanced at Qin Yuan triumphantly, and scolded him that he should kneel down and thank him instead of sneaking away with his tail between his legs when he heard that he was coming. "Tell me, what does that little girl in your room mean?"

"What... what little girl." Qin Yuan said awkwardly.

"From the moment I saw you two, I recognized her as a woman." Changsun Wuji scolded Qin Yuan so boldly, "You are young, so it's normal to like women, but you shouldn't be busy with business. At that time, there was a woman with me."

"I'm wronged! I have nothing to do with her. At most, I helped her find out the cause of her mother's death." Qin Yuan simply explained Zhou Xiaolu's situation to his eldest grandson Wuji, "She is my neighbor, begging me crying, I think she is lonely and pitiful, and I can't bear to do it. Besides, if her mother dies unjustly, I will help her find the murderer, which is considered to be my business."

"Nonsense, you are the majestic young minister of Dali Temple. You are not an arrester investigating a small case for some girl. Send her away! If I see her again tomorrow, I will personally ask someone to beat her out. My You know the skills of your subordinates best, and then don't blame me for the little girl's arms and legs." After Changsun Wuji said, he turned and left.

Changsun Wuji's entourage rushed over to reach out, took away the apricots and dates from Qin Yuan's hand, and then followed Changsun Wuji swayingly.

Qin Yuan looked at his empty hands, and rolled his eyes at the domineering master and servant.

Qin Yuan went to wash the jujubes and apricots again. He had just brought them halfway when he met someone again.

This time it was a petty official who ran out of breath, looked around, finally settled down the moment he saw him, and hurried over to salute him.

"There was a woman outside with four children, who cried and said that they were Qin Shaoqing's relatives, and wanted to see Qin Shaoqing."