Datang traitor

Tuli Khan was stunned for a moment, then turned to Wen Yanbo, he wanted to know if this was true.

Wen Yanbo nodded: "That's true. Two months ago, Qin Shaoqing was the eighth-rank master book of Yongzhou Mansion."

"Promoted from the eighth rank to the fourth rank in such a short time? How did you get promoted so quickly? Then you must be very good!"

Tuli Khan held his chin and looked at Qin Yuan again.The appearance is too delicate, the figure is so thin, and the whole person has no mighty style, but such a person can be reused by the Emperor of Tang Dynasty. He must be a very talented person.Those whom the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty valued should not be offended.

So, Tuli Khan stared at Qin Yuan with wide eyes, and then gave Qin Yuan a big smile that he thought was the friendliest in his life.

Between Tuli Khan's bushy beard, he suddenly bared his white teeth, and stared at him with wide eyes.

Qin Yuan shuddered in fright, and then realized that he didn't seem to have any malicious intentions, so he gave an embarrassing apology.

Qin Yuan then asked Tuli Khan when, where and how he received the letter.

"As soon as I arrived at Yunzhou on Hedong Road, I stayed at the inn. Someone sent me a letter with a flying arrow, and the letter was wrapped around the tail of the arrow." Tuli Khan stroked his shiny beard, and continued to look at Qin Qin with friendly eyes. Far away, laughing out eight big white teeth.

Qin Yuan thanked Tuli Khan for his answer.

Tuli Khan hurriedly returned the gift, and humbly said to Qin Yuan and Wen Yanbo: "I am young, a careless person, and I don't understand too much reason. Before I came to Datang, I tried my best to understand some rules of your country, but I know It’s still rare, if there is anything wrong with the behavior, please remind me in time, Wen Zhizhong and Qin Shaoqing, just tell me directly, I will correct it.”

"Khan, you're being polite." Wen Yanbo and Qin Yuan withdrew after entertaining Tuli Khan for a rest.

Wen Yanbo reminded Qin Yuan that this letter interfered a lot, and it was best to report back to the saint first.

Qin Yuan nodded seriously.

Wen Yanbo patted Qin Yuan on the shoulder, "Fortunately, when this letter was forged, you had not yet served as the young minister of Dali Temple. This flaw is too obvious to frame you."

After Wen Yanbo finished speaking, he suddenly realized.

"No, two months ago, how did this letter writer know that you could be the young minister of Dali Temple? I remember that it was the eldest grandson who recommended you on a temporary basis..."

"Yes, this is the real trouble." Qin Yuan agreed.

The more Wen Yanbo thought about it, the more his back felt chills. He looked around, grabbed Qin Yuan's sleeve, and asked him in a low voice what was going on.

Qin Yuan rolled his eyes and looked back at Wen Yanbo: "It's not easy to say it casually, and we'll see it later."

Qin Yuan took the letter from Tuli Khan, pointed to the seal on it, and told Wen Yanbo that he should check the authenticity of the seal first.

"That's right, you didn't become the Shaoqing of Dali Temple two months ago, how could you have an official seal?" The more Wen Yanbo thought about it, the more terrifying it became, and he hurriedly told Qin Yuan to be cautious, "You must be careful. careful."

After Qin Yuan and Wen Yanbo parted, they went straight to Dali Temple and compared their official seal with the imprint on the letter.There are still some differences. The characters printed on the real official seal are different from those printed on the letter.In addition, when his seal was printed on paper, there were short marks in three places and it was not coherent.On the other hand, the outline traces of the seal font on the letter are very coherent.

After Changsun Wuji came back from his work, he heard that Qin Yuan was called to see Tuli Khan, so he went directly to Qin Yuan's room to ask about the situation.Qin Yuan told Zhangsun Wuji what had happened, and showed the letter to Zhangsun Wuji.

Changsun Wuji: "Someone expected you to be the Shaoqing of Dali Temple two months ago, and even made an official bank and wrote a letter to Tuli Khan in advance? Who is so bold, so What is the purpose of doing it?"

"Provocation?" Qin Yuan guessed.

provocative?At first Changsun Wuji heard that Qin Yuan's idea was new, but after careful consideration, he found it quite reasonable.If this person wanted to frame Qin Yuan, he wouldn't be so stupid as to deliver the letter when Qin Yuan was not yet the Minister of Dali Temple.This approach is indeed provocative. When he knew that Tuli Khan was going to Tang Dynasty for help, he deliberately sent this letter to indirectly warn and provoke Qin Yuan.

The more you think about it, the more chills you feel down your spine. How did the other party predict that Qin Yuan would become the young minister of Dali Temple?Obviously, I recommended Qin Yuan that day on a whim.

"The Alien League?" Changsun Wuji could only think of the Alien League when such a strange thing happened.Seeing Qin Yuan hesitantly nodding his head, Changsun Wuji frowned angrily and said that he should wipe out the Alien League as soon as possible, and save any chance for these bastards to be arrogant.

First, Zhou Yun, the leader of the Alien League who had been missing for several months, suddenly appeared and instigated the shopkeeper Zhuang on the first floor to murder Qin Yuan; then there was a letter accusing Qin Yuan of treason.

What is the purpose of these people targeting Qin Yuan in this way?

"And no matter what, the matter of the seal must be settled first." Qin Yuan said to Changsun Wuji.

Changsun Wuji nodded, and together with Qin Yuan went to the Shaofu Supervisor who was in charge of casting the official seal to investigate the matter.

"The printing methods are divided into casting, chiseling and welding. The printing made by welding is called pan strip printing. This is a new printing method recently developed by Shaofu supervisor." Ouyang, casting and printing officer of Shaofu supervisor Ming explained to Changsun Wuji and Qin Yuan, "It is to use small copper strips to weld according to the stroke order of the characters."

While introducing, Ou Yangming led the two to the workshop, and asked the guards to show the two senior staff the on-site operation.

Qin Yuan discovered that the frame of the coiled strip printing is made of copper strips with the same thickness as the characters. The thickness of the copper strips is uniform and does not change. look.

Qin Yuan took a piece of official silver that had been made and printed it on rice paper, and found that this official silver was the same as his own, with two or three short traces of peeling off.Qin Yuan immediately asked why.

Ou Yangming explained: "The place where the copper strips meet cannot be completely sealed, so there will be such traces. But if it is cast or carved, there will be no such situation."

"The engraved and cast seals, in terms of stroke thickness, should not be as thick and thin as the coiled seals." Qin Yuan said after comparing.

Ouyang Ming nodded, applauding Qin Yuan for his insight.

"So, the seal on that letter is fake." Changsun Wuji sighed, "It's more reassuring."

"Although it's a fake seal, this person knows the style of the official seal, so he can almost fake it. When Wen Yanbo saw it for the first time, he thought it was real." Qin Yuan sighed, "Actually, I didn't dare to be sure before I compared it. Is it my official seal?"

Changsun Wuji nodded, thinking that there must be people inside the government office involved in this matter.Either it is the personnel related to the seal making in Shaofu prison, or the personnel in Dali Temple who have long known the style of Shaoqing's official seal.

"Just check from these two places." Qin Yuan said.

When Ouyang Ming heard that the Shaofu supervisor was also on the list of supervision, he quickly expressed his willingness to cooperate.Immediately, he remembered something, and replied honestly: "About two and a half months ago, a small official in the Shaofu Supervisor suddenly fell seriously ill and asked to resign due to illness. I once ordered my subordinates to visit him, and he was indeed seriously ill. , lying on the couch withered and emaciated, screaming for pain all over. I heard that he died not long after."

Qin Yuan asked for his name and address, and went to the home of this little official named Dong Le.He knocked on the door, but it wasn't the Dong family.According to the neighbors, after Dong Le's death, the Dong family had already moved out of Chang'an City. The exact whereabouts were unknown, but it was only two months ago.

"Which of you has seen Dong Le's body with your own eyes?" Qin Yuan asked.

The neighbors shook their heads and said they had never seen it.

"I heard that the man died in the morning. His wife cried loudly and took his son to the coffin. When we came, the coffin had already been sealed. The burial was done in the afternoon, and the family turned around and sold the house at a low price. We packed up our things and moved away in three days. We also asked them where the orphans and widows were going. They didn’t answer where we were going, only that we left this sad place and never came back.”

Qin Yuan retrieved the household registration files of Dong Le's wife and children, and spread the news to the various state capitals. If someone showed these names when entering and exiting the city gate, they would be arrested and sent to Chang'an City immediately.

"The world is so big, and it happened two months ago, so it's hard to find." Changsun Wuji hardly expressed his hope.

Qin Yuan agreed: "I know this is the reason, but I can't just do nothing. This Dong Le was probably used by someone with a trick. In order to save his life, he had no choice but to feign death and leave to help the thief get an official seal."

Changsun Wuji nodded, put his hands behind his head, sighed in relief while stretching, and looked Qin Yuan up and down carefully with strange eyes.

Qin Yuan didn't speak at first, but found that Changsun Wuji was still staring at him, so he couldn't help asking him what he was looking at.

"I see what's different about you. It's worth when those weirdos are staring at you and trying to harm you."

"Then do you see anything?" Qin Yuan asked.

Changsun Wuji snorted and said, "No, it's just useless! What good can a person who knows how to flatter all day long and give away cheap cabbage everywhere. It can be seen that those who plot against you are not very good!"

"Don't talk about him like that. Although he has committed a crime, he has at least a good eye. This is much better than the grandson." Qin Yuan corrected.

Changsun Wuji gave Qin Yuan a blank look, and scolded him for being shameless.

Gollum-

Because the two were silent for a while, the voice was particularly obvious.

"What sound?"

"The sound of being hungry, grandson?" After finishing speaking, Qin Yuan calmly took out a carrot half an arm's length from his sleeve, put it to his mouth, and began to gnaw it.

Changsun Wuji looked at Qin Yuan in surprise.

"What's the matter, have you never seen anyone eat carrots?" Qin Yuan ridiculed Changsun Wuji for making a fuss.

"I'm just curious, how can you put such a big carrot in your sleeve." Changsun Wuji raised his arm, looked at his sleeve, always felt that such an operation was impossible.

Qin Yuan handed the radish with two bites to Changsun Wuji, and asked him if he wanted to try it.

"Am I crazy? I hide radishes in my sleeves! Stay away from me!" Changsun Wuji told Qin Yuan to leave quickly, but don't gnaw on radishes in front of him to be annoying.

Qin Yuan sat back to his original position, gnawed on the carrot and didn't leave.

At this time, Sun Fujia brought the list and asked Changsun Wuji to review it. As soon as he entered the door, he heard a "click", and was taken aback for a moment, thinking that the house was infested with rats.Sun Fujia turned his head and saw that Qin Yuan was eating a green radish.

Sun Fujia was stunned for a moment, and then he heard Qin Yuan explain that he was hungry. Sun Fujia hurriedly told Qin Yuan that he had pastries there, and wanted someone to bring them to Qin Yuan.

"No, no, I'll just eat this, remember the bitterness and think sweet." Qin Yuan explained to Sun Fujia that when he used to live in seclusion in the mountains, he couldn't even eat this kind of big radish.

Sun Fujia was very impressed, and said that he should learn from Qin Yuan when he turned around.

"Don't learn, or I'll have another idiot subordinate, and I can't serve you well." Changsun Wuji complained.

Qin Yuan glanced at Changsun Wuji, and silently took a bite of the radish, as if the radish was Changsun Wuji.In fact, today's radish is quite delicious, not spicy at all, crisp and sweet, and the variety should be fruit radish.

Qin Yuan ate and ate, Dai Zhou also came, looking for Changsun Wuji to preside over a case that was being tried by the Ministry of Criminal Justice.He felt that there was a loophole here, so he wanted to ask Changsun Wuji to approve him to supervise.

As soon as Dai Zhou entered the room, he immediately saw the eye-catching Qin Yuan chewing something with puffed cheeks, and he was holding a half-bitten radish in his hand.So it was obvious what Qin Yuan was eating.

While Dai Zhou briefly explained the matter to Changsun Wuji, his eyes uncontrollably wanted to glance at Qin Yuan.This Qin Yuan is really tasty, but it's just a radish, yet he can gnaw on it tirelessly.

"Are you annoying? Keep your voice down." Changsun Wuji scolded Qin Yuan with a frown.

Qin Yuan nodded, and took a sip, still loudly.

Dai Zhou couldn't help asking Changsun Wuji in a low voice: "Since Changsun Gong is annoying, why don't you drive him out?"

"Hurry up, didn't leave." Changsun Wuji raised his eyebrows and looked at Dai Zhou, "Why don't you help me drive him out?"

Dai Zhou thought it would be easy, nodded, and then went to coax Qin Yuan to eat outside, or eat in his room, after all, he shouldn't disturb Dali Siqing's work here.

"After working for a long time, some people still say that I ate a radish. But they said that I interrupted the eldest grandson's work, so why not say that he interrupted me for lunch." Qin Yuan thought about it.

"You really dare to say that it's against you." Changsun Wuji scolded, "Before, I was considerate of your difficulty and let you go. Now you have turned your nose upside down and wanted to eat in your own room. Don't come here to disturb people."

Dai Zhou immediately echoed Changsun Wuji's words.

Qin Yuan blinked, and corrected Changsun Wuji: "This is my house."

Changsun Wuji was stunned for a moment, then turned to scan the things on the table, as if it was indeed not his own.

Dai Zhou suddenly remembered that Changsun Gong's office had just been moved to Qin Yuan's next door, and because the door was open, he saw Changsun Gong in this room, so he thought it was Changsun Wuji's room.And because the furnishings of the two rooms are similar, I didn't notice it after I entered.

As for why Changsun Wuji moved next door to Qin Yuan, it was entirely a temporary decision after Changsun Wuji got angry for a while.Qin Yuan has made several excuses to be respectful, but in reality he is trying to avoid his eldest grandson Wuji.However, every time Qin Yuan gave false reasons, but Changsun Wuji had no evidence to prove it. Changsun Wuji was so angry that he was helpless, and felt rather unwilling, so he had the urge to grab Qin Yuan's little tail.

So after several tosses, Changsun Wuji simply decided to move to Qin Yuan's next door, looked at him fiercely, and wanted to see how he would jump around next time.

"Why didn't you say it just now?" Changsun Wuji felt that Qin Yuan deliberately wanted to see his jokes, so he questioned Qin Yuan.

"My eldest grandson didn't ask me just now, and I don't know that my eldest grandson mistakenly thought this was my house. My eldest grandson is sitting in my room. If I suddenly said 'this is my house', wouldn't I feel like driving away my superiors?" This way...hehe, it doesn't seem too good." Qin Yuan raised his eyebrows triumphantly and said with emotion.

Changsun Wuji had nothing to say, he squinted at Qin Yuan and left.

Dai Zhou sighed and apologized to Qin Yuan, blaming him for a misunderstanding just now.

"fine."

Qin Yuan watched the two leave while gnawing on a carrot, closed the door, and hid in the room by himself, having a good laugh.

After eating, it is natural to get down to business.Qin Yuan stated everything about the seal in the memorial, and ordered people to send it to the palace to present it to Li Shimin.

Before dusk, the eunuch came from the palace and issued an imperial decree, rewarding Qin Yuan with a mansion and a hundred handymen. The mansion is located in Chongrenfang, very "fortunately" located next to Changsun's Mansion.

This mansion can be said to be very famous and has a history, and it can be called the first haunted mansion in Chang'an City.Since the Daye period of the Sui Dynasty, it has been vacant.So far, everyone has mentioned the taboo.

The house used to be the mansion of a former general surnamed Zhao. He was suspected of treason and his whole family was executed on the spot. Nearly a thousand of his family members and servants died here.Since then, ghosts have lingered in the house, often haunted by ghosts, and often accompanied by howling ghosts in the middle of the night.It is said that in the following years, every time it rains, the rainwater will turn pink when it hits the floor tiles in the yard.Later, the general's charges of treason were cleared, but the house was still haunted, and no one dared to live there.

When the Tang Dynasty was established and Wude was three years old, Qin Qiong was given this mansion.Qin Qiong is brave and good at fighting, and he is not afraid of heaven and earth, so naturally he is not afraid of these ghost house legends.But after moving in for a month, Qin Qiong couldn't live anymore, and after pleading with Li Shimin repeatedly, he was able to move to another residence.Legends of the haunted house have only grown stronger since then, and the house remains vacant to this day.

Not long after the imperial decree was issued, Changsun Wuji came to Qin Yuan again with a smile, looking like he was watching the excitement.

"We will be neighbors from now on. At the beginning, it was agreed that you would treat us when you moved to a new house." Changsun Wuji smiled kindly at Qin Yuan. .”

Eating alcohol is not important at all, Changsun Wuji originally wanted to remind Qin Yuan that he got a haunted house, it was very scary, and he wanted to see how he reacted.

Seeing Changsun Wuji's successful face, Qin Yuan knew that he must be involved in the house's affairs.Qin Yuan never cared about ghosts or not, but he did care about Changsun Wuji being so rampant.

"Speaking of which, I have a good relationship with ghost houses. The house I rented in Chang'an City was rumored to be haunted when I first came to Chang'an City. I wanted to catch a ghost to have a look, but I found out that it was just a little girl next door. This time I also saw that the mansion is haunted by ghosts, but don’t let me down, I want to see what the real ghosts are like.”

Qin Yuan smiled and asked Changsun Wuji if he had the interest and courage to go to hell with him.

"Everyone in the DPRK praises Grandpa Changsun for being brave and brave. He scares the enemy on the battlefield and is as fierce as a lion out of the forest. Grandpa Changsun is not afraid of such trivial things as ghosts, right? If Grandson Changsun If you are really afraid of ghosts, how can a petty official like me who can't even hold a knife dare to be more courageous than the grandson. The grandson can only drink in that house during the day, so let's do it during the day, I am naturally the host and the guest convenient."

Changsun Wuji has an arrogant personality, and occasionally likes to care about, Qin Yuan's words firmly grasped his psychological weakness.

Changsun Wuji rolled his eyes and said to Qin Yuan, "You can have a banquet whenever you want. We all came out of bloody battles on the battlefield, and we have seen more dead people than you eat salt. What we are afraid of is worrying. You're scared."

"I'm not afraid." Qin Yuan said immediately.

"Okay, then you can arrange it." Changsun Wuji also said simply.

Qin Yuan suppressed a smile and nodded, "I just got the house, and I have to tidy it up, so how about setting the house in three days?"

"Zi Shi?" Changsun Wuji felt that the time was a bit late.

"That's right, let's see if there are any ghosts in this house together."

"Whatever." Changsun Wuji responded impatiently, and then left.

The next day, Qin Yuan's farm harvested a batch of tamarind, delicious sour, acceptable kind.Qin Yuan thought that Li Shimin must be worried about something, and this incident caused him a little bitter feeling, but compared with those major issues of worrying about the country and the people, this matter is nothing at all.

Qin Yuan received the gift of grace yesterday, and today he will enter the palace to meet Sheng Xie En according to the rules.

Qin Yuan thought that Li Shimin's heart was just a little entangled, and his emotions would be relieved in the afternoon, so Qin Yuan chose to go to the palace to meet Li Shimin in the afternoon.

When Qin Yuan entered the Liangyi Hall, he felt that the atmosphere in the hall was not very good.After he saluted, Fang heard Li Shimin's low voice telling him to flatten him.

As usual, Qin Yuan said everything Xie En said.

After the hall was quiet for a long time, Li Shimin heard a slightly heavier inhalation sound.

"Your Majesty has something on your mind?" Qin Yuan took the opportunity to ask.

"Aren't you worried about your participation in the report yesterday?" Li Shimin focused his eyes on Qin Yuan and asked Qin Yuan, "You and I both know that the appointment of you as the young minister of Dali Temple that day was purely accidental. But before that Someone has expected this. I often hear you explain that the Alien League is an organization where strange people and strange people gather, and there are many capable people here that we have never seen before. Then this time the person we met this time, will he predict the future? "

"I don't know." Qin Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and after thinking about it, it's normal for Li Shimin to be able to think to this extent.

"If there is really someone who can explore the future and know everyone's destination, I would be very curious, what can he foresee?" No one would not be curious about their own future, and Li Shimin was no exception.

"If it can be found out, it would be a miracle. I'm afraid it's just a half-baked fool, doing it for a while and not doing it for a while. Most of the time, it's just speculation for no reason. I thought that he might be right about this one by accident, but not necessarily the next one. Yes. If you decide your future to death just because of one person's words, then don't everyone have to do anything, just lie at home and wait for the result? I have always believed that things are human-made. If people don't do it, then the future minister will also It can be predicted, it is nothing more than falling and waiting to die." Qin Yuan does not believe that someone can predict everything, if this kind of ability to reach the sky really exists, leaking the secret of the sky is a serious crime, and naturally someone in the sky will take care of him.

"Then you don't believe that there are real prophecies?" Li Shimin asked.

"I believe that there were Jiang Ziya and Guiguzi in ancient times. They all had the ability to predict the future. But their predictions cannot determine everything in the world. It is the emperor who really determines the fate of the country. The emperor is enlightened and wise, and the country is prosperous if the emperor is fatuous. Incompetence and loss of morality will lead to the collapse of the country." Qin Yuan advised Li Shimin not to worry about the prophecy, "If this person has achieved supernatural powers only by prophecy, he would not be hiding in the dark and plotting against his ministers."

Li Shiming nodded, feeling that what Qin Yuan said made sense.

"The Alien League must be eradicated! Now it is forging official seals, false letters, and framing important court officials. After that, I don't know what more serious things will happen. Your previous decision to deal with the Alien League secretly can be turned into an open one. If it is allowed to be rampant again, the imperial court and the country and society will be shaken by it." Li Shimin told Qin Yuan that these people are like mice hiding in the dark, if everyone can't shout and beat them, they can't be beaten at all.

"Your Majesty, rats can only be beaten, not resist."

"According to your opinion, it is precisely because they will resist that the widow must be afraid of them?" Li Shimin asked back.

Qin Yuan felt that Li Shimin's mood was wrong today, and it must not be just because of the prophet's letter.

Qin Yuan saluted slightly, responded to Li Shimin silently, and stopped correcting him.

Qin Yuan's silence made Li Shimin calm down a little. Li Shimin took a sip of pear juice, feeling that the taste was not good enough, and suddenly remembered the things that Qin Yuan took painstakingly to offer to him before.In Li Shimin's eyes, he valued Qin Yuan more, and decided to refer to Qin Yuan's opinion again.

"Forget it, let's discuss this matter later, let's see the situation first. But if strange things continue to happen, the imperial court can't spare them. By the way, why are they targeting you?"

"I thought it might be because I broke a few cases of the Alien League before and became enemies with them." Qin Yuan explained.

Li Shimin nodded: "It's hard for you."

Qin Yuan said that this is what he should do as a courtier, even if he sacrificed his life for it, he would be willing.

"As long as you can share your majesty's worries and make my emperor happy, I will die."

Li Shimin was quite upset at first, but he couldn't help laughing again when he heard Qin Yuan's words.

"You are the most loyal, and I am very pleased." Li Shimin remembered that he had an agreement with Qin Yuan before, and Qin Yuan was willing to do anything to solve his problems.

"I learned today that a young imperial physician from the imperial hospital has been walking around frequently with Zhou Cairen recently, and they are too close to each other. They have to ask for pulse almost every three days."

Although Li Shimin didn't tell Qin Yuan directly, Qin Yuan could guess how Li Shimin was feeling now.If there is any adultery in the harem, of course people have to deal with it according to the rules, but with his emperor's dignity, if such a thing happens, he will definitely feel disgusted and uncomfortable in his heart.

"Zhou Cairen is good at poetry and calligraphy, and her handwriting is beautiful. The widow has just favored her not long ago. The imperial doctor has some relationship with Zhou Cairen. He is his distant cousin. He has lived in Zhou Mansion since he was a child and met her."

"Your Majesty, can you ask the Queen if she knows about this?" Qin Yuan felt that in terms of Empress Changsun's ability to manage the harem, nothing should happen to Zhou Cairen.

Li Shimin lowered his eyes and remained silent. He didn't have the nerve to tell Empress Changsun about such things.In fact, he didn't pay attention to it at first, but someone told him today.Li Shimin asked someone to check Zhou Cairen's medical records, and it turned out that she had seen the imperial physician very frequently in recent days.

"That's right, it's just a trivial matter, just let the queen know." Li Shimin reminded Qin Yuan that what he said was just a trivial matter, and there was no need to worry about it.

Of course Qin Yuan understood.These are indeed small things, but sometimes people are easily disturbed by these small things.Especially looking at Qin Yuan from Li Shimin's narration just now, Li Shimin cares a little about this talented Zhou, presumably because he has a lot of affection for her.So even Shengshi Mingjun, when faced with emotional problems, would be upset and hesitant to face them.And Li Shimin can tell him this, it shows that he not only regards him as a courtier, but also half a friend.

Li Shimin would not choose to say these words to Changsun Wuji, after all, Changsun Wuji's own sister is the queen.It would be inappropriate for Li Shimin to express his love for other women in front of his eldest grandson Wuji.

Not long after, Empress Changsun sent palace servants to call Li Shimin back, telling Li Shimin that Zhou Cairen might be pregnant, but she was not sure, so she ordered the imperial physician to check her pulse every three days.

Li Shimin immediately went to ask Empress Changsun why.

"Because she was suffering from a cold syndrome earlier, her body was weak, her menstrual period was coming, and her pulse condition was unstable, so she specially ordered the imperial doctor Zhou to take her pulse and take care of her body. The candidate for this imperial doctor was personally selected by the concubine. When I get this kind of disease again, it is easy to feel at ease when I see acquaintances, and I get better quickly."

Empress Changsun Huizhi Lanxin naturally understood what Li Shimin was worried about, and explained to him specially that she was accompanied by her palace servants at that time, and she would get news every time she took the pulse.Empress Changsun did this because she didn't want to miss the good news of adding a son in the palace.

Li Shimin immediately praised Empress Zhangsun for her virtuousness, having her in charge of the harem really made him not worry at all.

After Changsun Empress asked Li Shimin why, she frowned slightly: "Hu Cairen has been a bit of a gossip lately. I reminded her twice, and she should be fine. I didn't expect that she would not repent and gossip in front of the saint." .”

Li Shimin immediately gave an order to deal with the gossiping Hu Cairen and demote her to the imperial daughter.

Empress Changsun agreed with a light smile, praised Li Shimin for his good handling, turned around and went to read.

The next day, Hu Yunu went to apologize to Zhou Cairen. After drinking a glass of pear juice from Zhou Cairen's place, she was poisoned and died.

Zhou Cairen cried out for injustice, claiming that he did not kill Hu Yunv.Hu Yu's father, Hu Tong, was the supervisor of the censor, and wrote a letter begging Li Shimin to punish the murderer who killed his daughter.

Both Li Shimin and Empress Changsun felt that the matter was strange, and ordered the internal servant supervisor and the female historian to supervise the case, but no results were found. After all, Zhou Cairen was the most suspected.

On the morning of this day, Hu Tong knelt down with tears in his eyes, and once again begged Li Shimin to punish the murderer who killed his daughter.

"There is something strange about this case, and we need to investigate it later." Li Shimin said with a frown.

"Your Majesty, the little girl died in Zhou Cairen's house. She drank the poisonous pear juice given by Zhou Cairen in full view and died. Could it be that the little girl can poison herself to death?" Hu Tong didn't understand, it was so simple Why does a clear case have to be delayed again and again.

"Zhou Cairen is being favored at the right time, and her status has not been compromised. Why can't she think about it? It doesn't make sense to kill Hu Yushi's daughter in full view." Qin Yuan came out to refute.

Li Shimin immediately frowned, sighing that Qin Yuan's words were very true.

"What Qin Shaoqing means is that my daughter of the Hu family has a vicious mind and deliberately committed suicide in front of Zhou Cairen with the intention of framing her?" Hu Tong stared at Qin Yuan with hatred, "How dare you, a newcomer who has just been an official for less than four months, Above the court, in front of all the officials, you talk nonsense. What evidence do you have?"

"Then what evidence does Hu Yushi have to prove that your daughter did not die by taking poison to frame her?" Qin Yuan retorted.

"You——" Hu Tong pointed at Qin Yuan, "You are making unreasonable words! My daughter clearly died in Zhou Cairen's house, and the pear juice was given by Zhou Cairen. If it wasn't her who killed her, who else would it be?"

"Everyone knows such a simple truth. Zhou Cairen has read many poems and books, will he not understand? Who can guarantee that this is not a frame-up? Hu Yushi, I also remind you, I am not making excuses, but analyzing all aspects of the case. Possibly. I haven’t said for sure that Zhou Cairen must not have done it, but it cannot be ruled out that your daughter’s high-mindedness, impulsiveness, and self-sufficiency meant that she wanted to pull people off the horse and burn everything.” Qin Yuan turned to salute Li Shimin and said, "I thought that the case should be thoroughly investigated, so that the good people will not be wronged and the bad people will be spared."

Li Shimin nodded in comfort, he followed what Qin Yuan said, and made a special case, allowing Qin Yuan, accompanied by the palace servants, to go in and out of the harem to investigate the death of Hu Yunu.

Li Shimin was happy, Qin Yuan harvested a large number of sweet lychees the next day.The lychees had just come down from the south, Qin Yuan was not good at presenting them to Li Shimin at this time, he couldn't explain clearly.Qin Yuan simply bought a few large jars and made a reserve of lychee wine.After two months, the wine is ready to drink, and it will be fun to dedicate it to Li Shimin.

Tonight is the day when Qin Yuan entertained his eldest grandson Wuji, Wen Yanbo and Qin Qiong.About half of the new mansion has been cleaned and arranged, and Qin Yuan has no requirements for the other half, just send the servants to tidy it up slowly.

Changsun Wuji, Wen Yanbo and Qin Qiong arrived at Qin Yuan's mansion with a cautious attitude.Qin Yuan was organizing a banquet and asked them to visit the house first.

Although the three of them were reluctant, none of them dared to admit and refuse. As they walked, they found that apart from being a little desolate, there was nothing particularly creepy about the house.Both Changsun Wuji and Wen Yanbo felt at ease. The men gathered together were full of yang, so there should be no problem.

Qin Qiong, however, held the talisman paper hanging around his neck, and glanced around.He had lived in this mansion for a month, so he had to walk between Changsun Wuji and Wen Yanbo to feel safe.

"Let me tell you, whoever has lived in this house is qualified to speak. It is really haunted, especially in the middle of the night, at the end of the east courtyard, ghosts are crying and wolves are howling. But once you leave, there will be ghost noises in the house—”

"Ah! Woohoo! Whoosh!" Qin Qiong suddenly cried out, startling both Changsun Wuji and Wen Yanbo.

"I didn't see the ghost, I was scared to death by you first." Wen Yanbo sighed.

Qin Qiong then asked Changsun Wuji, who lived next door to this mansion, if he had ever heard a ghost call.

"I haven't heard of it, but my servant's room is adjacent to this house, so I heard that someone has heard of it." Changsun Wuji mentioned this matter, and his heart, which was already calm, suddenly became cautious again.

Wen Yanbo was also afraid, and muttered angrily: "I don't know who is so heartless, recommending this house to Qin Yuan with the sage."

Changsun Wuji coughed.

The three of them then returned to the main hall.

The banquet set up by Qin Yuan in the main hall is basically well-prepared. There are meat dishes such as steamed lamb chops, roasted lamb shanks, and bright grilled shrimp. Mixed radish, braised radish and lamb tendon, etc., and two jars of brewed cherry wine.

The color of the cherry wine is as bright red as a gemstone, and the fruity aroma is mellow. When poured into a jade bowl, the color and taste are fascinating.

Qin Yuan suggested that today's weather is good, suitable for sitting in the middle of the courtyard and drinking under the moon, "In this way, we can count as 'before the flowers and under the moon'."

Several people laughed, and then sat down.Qin Yuan smiled and raised the white jade wine bowl to respect them.

Changsun Wuji, Wen Yanbo and Qin Qiong raised their glasses impatiently, and when they were about to say their toasts, the three of them saw behind Qin Yuan——

"Ah!" Qin Qiong called out first.

Changsun Wuji opened his eyes wide.

Wen Yanbo directly spilled the wine glass, his face turned pale.