Datang traitor

Li Shimin: "..."

Changsun Wuji: "..."

Fang Xuanling: "..."

Wei Zheng: "..."

After a while, Li Shimin's puzzled response sounded in the hall.

"Oh?"

Li Shimin's eyes were focused on Qin Yuan, and he was more focused than ever before. He wanted to see how Qin Yuan would explain it.

Wei Zheng's face was already blackened at this moment, and his stomach was full of enlightening words to blame Qin Yuan in an instant.He endured it for the time being and looked at Qin Yuan's statement, it is best to have a reasonable explanation, otherwise today he will definitely set back Qin Yuan's spirit, so that he can easily understand the truth that an official should know how to be cautious and independent.

Changsun Wuji was waiting to watch the play with an indifferent face.This can't be blamed on him being ruthless, he had already reminded Qin Yuan to pay attention, but this guy was so bold that he dared to bring this kind of book into the palace with him.Since it was his own choice, he deserved to be taught a lesson.

Fang Xuanling firmly believed in Qin Yuan's statement, he was as curious as Li Shimin, what kind of secrets could be hidden in this kind of book.

After Li Shimin brought the book, he casually flipped through two pages, his eyes slightly raised.He paused his hand flipping the book, then closed the book and threw it on the table.

"What's the difference?" Li Shimin asked Qin Yuan.

Qin Yuan opened his mouth to explain, but found that he couldn't explain it with his mouth alone, so he bowed to Li Shimin with a smile, and asked if he could come to Li Shimin's side to take the book and explain it in person.

After Changsun Wuji heard Qin Yuan's serious request, he couldn't help laughing twice.This guy is really getting more and more courageous, and dare to be so arrogant in front of the saint.

Li Shimin nodded patiently, he wanted to see how Qin Yuan explained.

Qin Yuan went up and down, opened the book, pointed to the part of the two people's "coitus" drawn on the first page, and pointed it out to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin looked at Qin Yuan, held back the smile on his lips, and pretended to frown at him, expressing that he still didn't understand.

Qin Yuan then turned to the second page and the third page. The scene in the picture changed. The background of a man and a woman in the picture and the specific position in the page were different for each page. Qin Yuan still pointed at the same The part of the picture where two people 'coincidence'.After flipping through several pages in succession, Qin Yuan's fingers kept moving back and forth on the pages, but the content they pointed to remained the same, it was still the special place where the two of them 'intersected'.

No matter how patient Li Shimin was, he couldn't resist Qin Yuan pointing at 'that kind of place' page by page in front of the three important ministers in the Hall of Liangyi.If it is an ordinary exchange of ideas between men, he can not be harsh on places that are not serious.But right now, it's clearly very, very inappropriate.

"Qin Yuan!" Li Shimin pointed at Qin Yuan's name and asked him seriously what he wanted to say.

"Has your Majesty noticed that the positions I just pointed to are different?" Qin Yuan explained, "And the paper used in this book is very thin and transparent, which is different from ordinary paper."

Qin Yuan stood up a page and held it up to show Li Shimin the thickness of the page.

Standing in the center of the hall, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and Changsun Wuji all clearly saw the explosive content drawn on the paper that Qin Yuan held up high.

In the solemn and solemn office of the emperor, there are actually some courtiers who can hang out this kind of book generously, and even unfold it for the courtiers to read.It's just that there is no one before and no one to come after, and this is the only one.

Li Shimin frowned: "What do you mean?"

Qin Yuan asked someone to fetch a long needle, put a piece of cork under the book, and then started from the first page, pricked it with the long needle at the position he pointed before, piercing through the book and onto the cork board.Every subsequent page is like this, with countless needle holes arranged on the cork board.The distribution of needle holes is not repeated, and the distance distribution is uniform,

Qin Yuan used a pen to connect the outer circle of needle holes, which was an irregular area.Then connect the needle holes in this area, there are high and low, it looks like a mountain range.

After Qin Yuan finished drawing, he looked at the picture outlined on the cork, and it looked like a map.

Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and Changsun Wuji all came forward to watch.

"This seems to be the area of ​​Pingyang County?" Fang Xuanling was the first to recognize it.

Changsun Wuji nodded uncertainly, and he thought so too.

Li Shimin then ordered someone to fetch a map for comparison, and it turned out to be Pingyang County.The mountains on the map also correspond to Xiantan Mountain, Siluo Mountain and the southern foot of Mingshan Mountain in Pingyang County.

"There is really a mystery in this book." Changsun Wuji exclaimed.

After confirming that he had read the map twice, Fang Xuanling nodded approvingly, cupped his hands and said to Qin Yuan: "Everyone in the world says don't look at injustice, don't listen to injustice. When Qin Shaoqing is investigating the case, no matter what the situation is, he can do it." It’s really admirable to have no other distractions and concentrate on it.”

Fang Xuanling meant that when ordinary officials read this kind of book, they would definitely shy away from it and would not delve into it, but Qin Yuan did not.It is precisely because of his righteous heart that he is not afraid of evil that he has not overlooked the important clues in a book of erotic pictures.

Wei Zheng nodded, "I'm not as good as Qin Shaoqing in this regard, so keep this in mind."

Changsun Wuji didn't speak anymore, he wanted to lament that Qin Yuan was blind, but obviously he was not just relying on luck.Qin Yuan's ability to find out the key to the case time after time is enough to prove his strength.But Changsun Wuji had selfish intentions, he just didn't want to admit Qin Yuan's strength.

Li Shimin nodded, and also praised Qin Yuan for being great.It is really too difficult for him to be able to accurately observe the clues from such an indecent or even crazy secret play picture without being affected by the content of the picture.Anyway, he can't do it, although everyone calls him a saint, but he is a man after all, with a mortal heart.

"Your Majesty, I thought that shopkeeper Zhuang secretly hid this picture, there must be a conspiracy, but after I finally vaguely realized the mystery in this album, it was too late to ask shopkeeper Zhuang." Qin Yuan regretted.

"Given the status of shopkeeper Zhuang in the Alien League, he should not be able to grasp important secrets. I think he probably doesn't know the use of this picture, but he knows the importance of this book, so he carefully hides this picture In the secret compartment of the closet." Changsun Wuji said his deduction.

Fang Xuanling echoed: "It's very possible."

"In other words, shopkeeper Zhuang probably got this album from other places." Qin Yuan almost agrees with Changsun Wuji's statement.

Li Shimin sneered, "It seems that this Alien League has hidden a lot of secrets."

"But the picture doesn't mark the location, it just shows Pingyang County and the three mountains." Wei Zheng sighed, "What does this picture mean?"

Li Shimin asked Qin Yuan again what he thought the image was for.

"I think that if it has anything to do with the map, most likely it has something to do with 'treasure'. Either it's an artifact from a holy tradition, or it's something like gold, silver and jewelry." Qin Yuan guessed.

Li Shimin felt that no matter what Qin Yuan said, this thing must be very important to the people of the Alien League, otherwise they would not have kept it so secret.The Alien League itself is a dangerous organization, and the secrets hidden inside them will definitely not be simple.

"Find it out!" Li Shimin ordered Qin Yuan to figure out the secret behind the map before the rebels from the Alien League.

Qin Yuan took the order.

Wei Zheng reminded: "Qin Shaoqing hasn't expressed his opinion on how to deal with the Alien League."

Qin Yuan: "I have suggested the method of shooting by the house servant. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win a hundred battles. Now we don't know the specific situation of the Alien League. It is better to investigate it in secret before making a decision. The minister thinks that the court has already taken precautions. , it will not make them wanton and rampant. Moreover, strange people and strangers have special methods of committing crimes. If they are demonized and spread, it may cause panic among the people. The severe drought in the pass has just been appeased. What the people need most now is to recuperate. Live in peace."

Li Shimin: "Forget it, just listen to what the three of you have to say."

Changsun Wuji pouted secretly in his heart.He blamed himself for supporting the wrong person, and actually supported His Majesty. He didn't expect His Majesty to be so unsteady.

After leaving Liangyi Hall, Changsun Wuji patted Qin Yuan on the shoulder and said with emotion: "You are getting better and better now."

"Trust grandson Gong Hongfu." Qin Yuan smiled.

"It's really thanks to my great blessings. If I hadn't strongly recommended you back then, which made you jump from a mere eighth rank to a fourth rank, you wouldn't have the opportunity to make meritorious service as a consul today." Changsun Wuji lamented that Qin Yuan should hold a banquet to reward him.

"Didn't you give Changsun Gong a cabbage?" Qin Yuan asked suspiciously.

"You guys, two cabbage plants just want to buy me, it's too cheap." Changsun Wuji asked Qin Yuan to prepare a big banquet, and then called Qin Qiong and Wen Yanbo to have fun together.

"I'm afraid that my shabby residence will make you uncomfortable, and now I don't know if the poison has been eradicated." Qin Yuan sighed.

"It's all right, just wait until the day you move to a new house, and there just happens to be a reason." Changsun Wuji told Qin Yuan that His Majesty is already working on arranging a residence for him.He asked him to prepare well, but he was not allowed to neglect them, "This is called showing gratitude, if you dare to be wolf-hearted, I will make trouble for you for the rest of your life."

"I admire the eldest grandson." Qin Yuan did not retort when he heard the 'threat' from the eldest grandson Wuji, but saluted respectfully.

Changsun Wuji was puzzled: "What do you admire about me?"

"I admire Eldest Sun Wuji for his self-knowledge. He really knows that he is a villain." After sighing, Qin Yuan hurriedly bid farewell to Eldest Sun Wuji and ran away.

Changsun Wuji was so angry that he pointed at Qin Yuan and scolded him so that he stopped, Qin Yuan would not listen, he ran faster on two legs than a rabbit stalking an eagle.

Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng came later.Seeing that Qin Yuan had run off his horse and disappeared, Wei Zheng frowned and sighed: "Cheng Hede, although he left the palace, he is still in the imperial city now, it seems that he can't change his frizzy problem."

"Wei Pushe is wrong, he has never had any rules. Why, you still want to join him for this matter? Is it useful? The saint will not listen. He is now a newcomer in the court, a big celebrity in front of the saint, Even the hair is red, how can you get him." Changsun Wuji 'provoked' said.

Wei Zheng looked back at Changsun Wuji with a serious face: "Really?"

Fang Xuanling laughed, "Where does the sour smell come from?"

Fang Xuanling said goodbye to the two of them with a smile.

Wei Zheng realized that this was Changsun Wuji's taste.Qin Yuan probably ran so fast just now because Changsun Wuji bullied Qin Yuan.Wei Zheng now felt that he had wrongly blamed Qin Yuan, and he couldn't help himself.

Wei Zheng hurriedly bid farewell to Changsun Wuji.

"Eh?" Changsun Wuji came to his senses and explained to Wei Zheng, "I didn't bully him just now, so don't misunderstand Wei Pushe."

Wei Zheng hurriedly got into the carriage, and the carriage was already moving forward.The clatter of hooves seemed to cover Changsun Wuji's explanation, and he didn't hear it at all.

Changsun Wuji took a deep breath on the spot.Qin Yuanba was sent by God to restrain him, that's all, he would be stupid if he really cares about this guy.

……

In the evening, as soon as Qin Yuan came out of Dali Temple, he saw Qin Qiong's carriage parked at the door.

Qin Qiong was sitting in front of the carriage, nibbling apricots, and when he saw Qin Yuan coming out, he hurriedly threw the unfinished food to his followers, smiled, jumped off the horse, and went straight to Qin Yuan.

"What for?" Qin Yuan looked at Qin Qiong in doubt.

"Come on, come home with me, your sister-in-law has prepared a good meal for you to eat." Qin Qiong said and took Qin Yuan's arm.

Qin Yuan couldn't help laughing: "Are you reconciled?"

"No, it took me a long time to reassure you, and it took me a long time to reconcile." Qin Qiong sighed, "Speaking of which, you are the cause of this incident, so you must go to this meal, and we will apologize to you."

"Don't go." Qin Yuan couldn't eat, so he deliberately excused, "Look at you, you don't have a good heart. Since you just reconciled, why don't you stay with my sister-in-law for a while and tell me what to do. I haven't finished my case. I will interview you today. I got another difficult errand, so I have to treat it with more caution."

"It's so difficult, it's because you run around every day, and no one at home takes care of you." Qin Qiong still forced Qin Yuan away, "If you don't want to drink, because you are afraid of delaying your work, then you don't drink, and we just chat. You Is there always time to rest?"

Qin Yuan couldn't resist Qin Qiong's enthusiasm, so he left.After arriving at the Qin residence and meeting Mrs. Zhang, she saw another graceful woman about 20 years old standing beside Mrs. Zhang, wearing a light green shirt, with a graceful and slender figure and a bright face. .

"This is my natal younger sister, the ninth oldest." Mrs. Zhang introduced Qin Yuan with a smile, and introduced Qin Yuan to Zhang Yusu.

After seeing the salute, Zhang Yusu still stood behind Mrs. Zhang, although her eyes were half downcast, she showed no sign of shyness.

"My girl is a bit dull and doesn't know how to speak. Brother Qin, don't take offense." Mrs. Zhang took Zhang Yusu's hand, smiled and continued to Qin Yuan, "It's embarrassing to say it, to have such a misunderstanding. The general explained it to me today, and I realized that Brother Qin was involved, and I feel really sorry."

"No problem." Qin Yuan said lightly.

Mrs. Zhang nodded with a smile, and ordered someone to prepare food and wine to apologize to Qin Yuan.

Qin Qiong hurriedly explained: "He still has to deal with the case, he can't drink, just let him go to the east courtyard to rest."

Mrs. Zhang agreed and arranged for it immediately.

Qin Yuan left politely, with a serious face, without saying a word.

Qin Qiong and Zhang's husband and wife know what Qin Yuan is usually like.

Mrs. Zhang pulled Qin Qiong's skirt, and sighed to him: "Is it because we make decisions without authorization, and he is not happy?"

"It's just that I'm not happy. People don't want it. You are still wishful thinking, and you are meddling in your own business." Zhang Yusu breathed a sigh of relief, found a place to sit down, and asked the maid for a glass of water.

"You—how can you be so ignorant? Look at how old you are, and you are still at home, and you don't know how to panic." Mrs. Zhang taught her sister to speak improperly.

"I don't want to be here." Zhang Yusu calmly held a water glass to his lips, rolled his eyes, and then looked at Qin Qiong, "I can also see that my brother-in-law, brother Qin, also has no ambitions. Don't worry about it." , but attracted suspicion."

"Your sister is still as powerful as ever." Qin Qiong sighed softly to Zhang Shi, and then said to Zhang Yusu with a smile, "I care about my brothers, so I don't care about you, just like your fifth sister cares about you."

"Fifth brother-in-law, don't do bad things with good intentions. He is such an old man, why don't he understand? No matter what he likes, if he insists on caring about him, he is disgusting." Zhang Yusu explained, "I said that I was devoted to the Tao, and my heart was not on the sex of men and women. , you don’t believe it either.”

"Okay, go and have a rest." Mrs. Zhang sent off.

Zhang Yusu was still a little uneasy, and before leaving, he deliberately said a word: "If I had known that Fifth Sister called me here for this, I would definitely not come."

"She—" Qin Qiong's heart was full of old blood, and then she sighed dissatisfiedly with Zhang, "What are we trying to do? Look at them, they don't appreciate it, but we are thankless!"

"Not to mention, these two people have the same temper, they really look alike." Mrs. Zhang wasn't really angry, she was still laughing now.

Qin Qiong asked her what she meant.

"Take a dead horse as a live horse doctor." Mrs. Zhang picked up the frame to embroider, "I also noticed that brother of yours. When you proposed marriage, his face didn't change at all, and he was a little bored. My ninth sister also has the same virtue. It's probably not enough to find ordinary people for them, it might be better to let the two of them meet, maybe it will be different."

"Brother Qin is like that, I can understand. After all, he has lived in seclusion in the mountains for ten years. I can't understand your ninth sister. How can you be so stubborn and unwilling to marry?" Qin Qiong asked puzzled.

"This has something to do with her experience when she was young." When Zhang mentioned this, she sighed.

Qin Qiong asked her what was the matter, but Zhang didn't want to say it. After all, it was a family scandal, and she couldn't say it.

"We've been married for so long, and you still don't believe me?" Qin Qiong asked.

Mrs. Zhang said helplessly: "You have heard this, but act as if you have never heard of it."

After all, Mrs. Zhang whispered into Qin Qiong's ear. Qin Qiong was so surprised that she couldn't help sighing that Mrs. Zhang's ninth sister was pitiful.

"After that, she grew into such a temperament, and the family didn't dare to push her too much. My mother and father have said that if she still thinks that way when she is in her 20s, she will fulfill her wish and send her to a Taoist temple to be a nun. But I feel reluctant. She has been pampered and spoiled since she was a child, and she needs to be served everywhere. When she goes to a Taoist temple to suffer a hard life, she will be helpless when she gets old. I don't feel at ease when I take care of the funeral." Mrs. Zhang sighed.

Qin Qiong hurriedly coaxed her not to worry too much, there was always a way.

The night was dark.

Qin Yuan sat by the window, looking at the moon in the sky, he was as quiet as a lake, unmoving.When he heard the announcement of Qin Qiong's arrival, Qin Yuan immediately grabbed the apricot cores that had been piled up on the window sill and hit Qin Qiong in the direction.

Qin Qiong yelled twice, and then deftly dodged Qin Yuan's second attack.

Qin Qiong walked up to Qin Yuan, and smiled apologetically: "Are you angry?"

"Don't ask me to come next time, I won't come again." Qin Yuan said coldly, "Is there nothing else to do?"

Qin Qiong was taken aback, and said with emotion: "I just heard what you said, and your sister-in-law is really right, you two really look alike."

Qin Yuan grabbed another handful of apricot cores and threw them on Qin Qiong, before he raised his eyebrows lazily: "What does it look like?"

"Of course it's you and Zhang Jiuniang. She is also like you. She was upset and scolded us. I really worry about it. I'm not human!" Qin Qiong couldn't help feeling.

"Yes, remember it in the future." Qin Yuan warned Qin Qiong.

"Aren't you curious that there is a woman who is not moved by your celestial appearance and refuses?" Qin Qiong still wanted to make a move, although he also felt that he was a little too idle.

Qin Qiong raised her eyes indifferently, "Say one more word, and I'll leave right away."

"Okay, okay, I won't say it, I was wrong. I promise, I will never worry about this kind of thing for you in the future." Qin Qiong patted her chest and said.

Qin Qiong is now very sure that Qin Yuan is really indifferent to such things as men and women, not ignorant.

The next day, Qin Qiong went to talk to Wen Yanbo again, seeking relief.

"Are you saying that there are really people who are not interested in this kind of thing? It's as if they have become immortals, and they don't have a heart?"

"Yes, I've heard that they are naturally cold and not emotional." Wen Yanbo told Qin Qiong that his wife's distant cousin was like this. In fact, many ascetics are like this. Different, "I think my brother may also be like this. Although he has not practiced Taoism, but he can live in seclusion for ten years without desire and desire, which is enough to show that he is different from ordinary people."

Qin Qiong nodded, feeling that he had to go back and write a confession, so as to make amends to Qin Yuan.

"Go ahead, I just have something important to do later, so I can't chat with you anymore."

Qin Qiong hurriedly asked what was the matter.

"Tuli Khan is here as an envoy."

……

In the afternoon, Tuli Khan arrived in Chang'an City with his envoys and his entourage.Fang Xuanling and Wen Yanbo received Tuli Khan, led him to the temporary residence, and made arrangements.

Tuli Khan is brave and good at fighting. He is tall and mighty, with a strong figure, half of his face is covered by a shiny black beard, and his thick eyebrows and big eyes are very energetic.Tuli Khan smiled heartily, and treated the Tang Dynasty officials who greeted him very politely. Although the etiquette was a bit rough, it was enough to see that he came to Chang'an this time to pay a sincere visit to Li Shimin.

After Fang Xuanling and Tuli Khan met face to face, they talked a little about the purpose of his mission to the Tang Dynasty, and then he said goodbye first, and went to report to Li Shimin.

After Wen Yanbo settled everything properly, he would also bid farewell to Tuli Khan.

Tuli Khan hesitated for a moment, and suddenly stopped Wen Yanbo. He tentatively asked Wen Yanbo with a rather substandard pronunciation: "Is there anyone named Qin Yuan among your Tang officials?"

Wen Yanbo nodded in surprise, and hurriedly asked why Tuli Khan knew Qin Yuan.

"I don't know him, but he wrote me a letter. But I'm not sure whether the letter really belongs to him, please ask Wen Zhizhong to check it for me."

Out of caution, Tuli Khan handed the letter to Wen Yanbo first, asking him to identify the authenticity of the letter.

Wen Yanbo took the letter, glanced at the contents of the letter, and turned pale with shock.Looking at the inscription, it is indeed from Qin Yuan's official seal.

"It's probably framed." Wen Yanbo immediately ordered someone to call Qin Yuan to confront him.

The content of the letter is to lobby Tuli Khan to cooperate together and conspire against Datang from inside and outside.After Qin Yuan read the content, and then looked at the signature, it was indeed from his own official seal.

Qin Yuan hurriedly asked Tuli Khan when he received the letter.

"About two months ago." Tuli Khan replied.

Qin Yuan: "This is impossible, I was not the young minister of Dali Temple two months ago."