Datang traitor

When Li Shimin heard that Wei Zheng mentioned the promotion of Qin Yuan himself, he couldn't believe it, so he deliberately smiled and asked Wei Zheng to say it again.

Sure enough, Wei Zheng said it again, the words were more certain and stronger than before.

Li Shimin laughed, "It seems that you have greatly changed Qin Yuan's opinion because of the case of losing official rations."

"Actually, I was very optimistic about him before, but because I was concerned about his young age and lack of experience in officialdom, I was worried about being blocked."

Wei Zheng told Li Shimin that after his observation during this period of time, he had a deeper understanding of Qin Yuan's character.Qin Yuan is indeed a talented person, worthy of being reused.

"As for talented people, you should know how to use them well. Even if this person has a little temper, don't be afraid. As long as it's not a big deal, you can tolerate it. Besides, now that there is a wise king at the top and many virtuous ministers at the bottom, why should you be afraid to promote a person? A talented minister. Give him a position first, let him show his strengths, serve the country, and check him again if something goes wrong. No one can guarantee that those veteran ministers with rich experience and many years in the official position will be honest and never have problems. "

Li Shimin changed his sitting position, looked at Wei Zheng sideways, and wondered, "Why did you say something so reasonable."

Wei Zheng hurriedly saluted and dared not, "Besides, there are many lazy officials in our court who do nothing and make mistakes. It would be a good thing to have Qin Yuan, who is lively and can make trouble, to stimulate them a little."

"Ah."

Li Shimin put down Wei Zheng's note, feeling that Qin Yuan's promotion was too fast recently, although he has Wei Zheng's support, he should still consider it carefully.

"Didn't Your Majesty always like him?" Wei Zheng wondered.

"It's because I like it that I think about it for him," Li Shimin patted the memorial, and suddenly looked at Wei Zheng sharply with his eyes, "The tree attracts the wind."

Wei Zheng understood, and immediately disagreed, "I feel that this is just a test for him. He should be worthy of a high position if he is in a high position. If he can't even handle the wind, then he is not worthy of that position."

Li Shimin felt that Wei Zheng's words made sense, but when he thought of testing Qin Yuan, Li Shimin felt somewhat reluctant.He was afraid that if something happened to him, he would be dealt with according to the rules, and the court would not find anyone more interesting than him.Thinking that he would not be able to eat apricots, cherries, and cabbage next year... Li Shimin felt even more uncomfortable.

In fact, he didn't need to force Qin Yuan to be promising at all. Qin Yuan could be like this now, with some merits and grades, and it would be nice to be with him.

"Could it be that His Majesty doesn't believe in his ability? Do you think he is only worthy of his current position?"

Wei Zheng's two rhetorical questions stabbed Li Shimin's mind firmly.

In the final analysis, the reason why Li Shimin had the previous thoughts was that he did not believe enough in Qin Yuan's ability to take on the big responsibility.

Li Shimin was in a bad mood, his face was expressionless, he just sent Wei Zheng away, the matter will be discussed later.

Wei Zheng agreed to step down.

After leaving the palace, Wei Zheng went straight to Qin Yuan's residence and told Qin Yuan that he had been recommended.

"Thank you, Duke Wei, for your promotion." Qin Yuan ordered someone to bring freshly brewed lychee wine, accompanied by a plate of dried plums and fried peanuts, for Wei Zheng to taste.

Wei Zheng raised his glass to thank him. After drinking the wine, his brows relaxed, the corners of his mouth were happy, and he sighed that the fruit wine tasted good.

"But for a drunkard like me, it's not strong enough. It's good to accompany meals and entertain guests. I think women's families will like this kind of wine very much."

"Wei Gong is an expert in brewing wine. To be praised by Wei Gong means that the wine is not bad. I am satisfied."

Qin Yuan smiled and explained to Wei Zheng that he had specially ordered people to go to the south to make wine from the lychees he had just picked, and then shipped them over.

"This method of brewing wine was taught by Duke Wei."

Wei Zhengfang remembered that Qin Yuan had indeed asked him how to make wine earlier, because he forgot about it after a long time.

"Since that's the case, then you have to thank me. You should give me three jars of lychee wine like this." Wei Zheng raised three fingers.

"Six altars." Qin Yuan said bluntly.

"Excellent! Since you are willing, I will definitely accept it. Go back and bribe my wife with this wine, she will definitely like it very much." Wei Zheng sighed happily, and suddenly remembered the business, his face became a little serious, "This time The saint seems to be hesitant to recommend you."

"It's really not good for me to be promoted too fast." Qin Yuan expressed his understanding.

"It's not for other reasons. The sage is worried that you are in a high position, and the tree is so big that you can't stand it! I remember that you refused to marry Yuchi's house a while ago, and there was a lot of trouble. He may also be worried about this."

Wei Zheng observed Qin Yuan's face while talking, and reminded Qin Yuan to be careful in a low voice.

"Mr. Yuchi used to have a bad temper and love to get angry. After the sage came to the throne, he became even more domineering. I told him twice, but he listened to me and didn't take me seriously. He treats me like this, right You, a new official who has just entered the court and offended him, can imagine what will happen. You should be on guard, but don't go the wrong way."

Qin Yuan agreed.

"Then are you happy or unhappy with this recommendation? If not, I will go to the saint tomorrow and ask for the paper to be withdrawn." Wei Zheng said.

"I am naturally happy to be recommended by Duke Wei. Please rest assured, Duke Wei. Since I have entered the officialdom, I am prepared to deal with it. How can everything be smooth sailing." Qin Yuan cupped his hands and thanked Wei Zheng for his reminder.

Wei Zheng became more and more satisfied with Qin Yuan.I usually see him laughing and laughing every day, sometimes serious, sometimes not serious, those who don't know think he is superficial, short-sighted, like a child, but in fact he knows better than anyone else when he is an official.The so-called not to be surprised by favor or humiliation is exactly what Qin Yuan said.No matter what happens, Qin Yuan still maintains his original temperament and attitude.

The sage is still worried that Qin Yuan will not be able to take the big job, he is definitely worrying too much.

After Wei Zheng left, Black and White Flower jumped onto the table, brought Wei Zheng's nose to the glass of wine he had drunk, and sniffed it, then tried to stick out his tongue and licked it, and then took a second sip.

Qin Yuan held the black-and-white cat in his arms and taught it not to drink.

Qin Qiong came at this time, smiled and brought a bag of snacks to Qin Yuan, told Qin Yuan that it was made by his sister-in-law, and specially asked to bring it to him.

Qin Yuan accepted the snack and thanked Qin Qiong with a smile.

Qin Qiong noticed that there was a flagon on the table when he entered the door just now, so he deliberately chose to sit by the flagon.Qin Qiong secretly sniffed and smelled the aroma of the wine, then quickly poured the wine into the glass and took a sip.

"It's delicious! When did you make wine again?" Qin Qiong asked.

Qin Yuan stared at Qin Qiong: "You—"

"What's the matter, brother, you still don't want to take a sip of your wine?" Qin Qiong said, poured another glass of wine on purpose, and drank it in front of Qin Yuan, then raised his eyebrows provocatively and looked at Qin Yuan .

At this time, Fang Xi and the others who were standing by and waiting could not hold back any longer, they pursed their lips and lowered their heads, trying their best to hide their smiles.

Qin Qiong noticed the small movements of these people and asked what was going on.

Qin Yuan: "It's your wine glass——"

"Ah, I see. Are you trying to say that this wine glass has been used by someone? I have already seen it." Qin Qiong remembered that when he rode over, he saw Wei Zheng's carriage leaving, so he knew that the wine glass must be used by Wei Zheng. However, "A man cares about what to do with these things. I don't know how many times there were times when a dozen of us men only drank from one bowl during the war."

Qin Yuan suddenly nodded, "It's fine if you don't care about it, you can drink whatever you want."

"Compared with green plum wine, this lychee wine has a different taste. If you open a tavern later, I will definitely buy up all the wine in your house and drink it up!" Qin Qiong said bluntly, and soon poured out a pot The wine has bottomed out.

Qin Yuan smiled, lowered his head and stroked the black and white cat in his arms.

Qin Qiong felt uncomfortable when he saw the cat, and told Qin Yuan to let the cat go quickly, so as not to be an eyesore in front of him.

"I didn't dislike it just now, why do I dislike it now?" Qin Yuan sighed inexplicably.

"When did I stop hating him? I always hated him!" Qin Qiong corrected Qin Yuan's words righteously.

Qin Yuan suppressed a smile: "But you just said that you don't care about the wine glass it has licked."

Qin Qiong: "..."

Qin Qiong silently looked at Qin Yuan for a long while, his whole body was as stiff as a wooden stake, without even blinking his eyelids.

Suddenly, Qin Qiong's face was ferocious, and he got up and rushed towards Qin Yuan.

The black-and-white cat jumped down from Qin Yuan's embrace, avoiding Qin Qiong's 'attack'.

"Little brat, where are you going!" Qin Qiong rushed to a foot away from Qin Yuan and stopped abruptly, rolled up his sleeves, turned around and continued chasing the black and white cat.Black and white flowers ran under the high table, then ran to the door, and disappeared in a flash.

Qin Qiong chased after him, and after a while, he came back panting with a dark face.Qin Qiong glanced at Qin Yuan angrily, snorted a few times before sitting down.

Qin Yuan saw that Qin Qiong was silent, so he didn't speak either, and continued to read.

"Why didn't you remind me?" Qin Qiong couldn't wait to apologize, and finally couldn't help asking Qin Yuan.

"Is it too late, you drink first and then cut off the conversation, and then you say that a man doesn't care about trifles, what else can I say." Qin Yuan expressed his innocence.

"I thought this wine glass was used by you or Wei Gong!" Qin Qiong said angrily, "You are also strange, how can you let the cat lick the wine glass on the table? You are too used to it! Fortunately, you are not married, you said If you have children like you, you have to teach them what to do!"

"You said you drank my wine, didn't thank you, and chased my cat away, and taught me a lesson instead." Qin Yuan asked Qin Qiong why he came here, if it was just to give snacks, then the matter is over , it is better to leave happily.

Qin Qiong snorted a few times and rolled Qin Yuan's eyes, but she just sat there without moving.

"Look at your attitude towards your elder brother?"

"It depends on the big brother. I saved your life, but I still have to be your little brother to be bullied. After much deliberation, it's not worthwhile." Qin Yuan said lightly, "And there are more people, who want to give wine."

Originally, Qin Qiong could still refute a few words, but when Qin Yuan mentioned wine, Qin Qiong immediately lost his temper.

"That's all, I won't talk about it, but I swear against that black and white flower of yours!" Qin Qiong insisted.

"Humans and cats have different paths, don't think too much." Qin Yuan put down such a sentence in a leisurely tone, as if Qin Qiong had some affair with Black and White Flowers and was being advised.

Qin Qiong felt uncomfortable and asked Qin Yuan to talk.

"Did Wei Gong come to see you just now?" Seeing Qin Yuan nodding, Qin Qiong said happily for him, "I just heard the news that he recommended you in front of the saint? All right, you are getting better and better now! "

"I'm afraid it's impossible. I've only been promoted for a long time." Qin Yuan was cautious.

"Then I'll make up a memorial later and recommend you later." Qin Qiong quickly suggested, "It's not just me, Wen Zhizhong and Fang Gong should be fine too, as long as you go and talk to them."

"It's not good, we should talk less at this time. Although a saint is a wise king, we also need to be taboo. In all dynasties, emperors have always tabooed ministers from forming cliques." Qin Yuan didn't want to be too ostentatious, and the joint recommendation might be able to satisfy him for a while. The wish of being promoted, but endless troubles.

Qin Qiong was stunned for a moment, carefully thinking about what Qin Yuan said was reasonable, but he never thought about it.

"Good brother, although I have been an official longer than you, I am far less wise than you. In the future, if you do something wrong, you should remember to mention a few words to your brother."

Qin Yuan: "You have a good temper, and you have lived and died with a saint. The saint knows what kind of person you are. Just keep your own nature and live a good life, don't let your mind wander, nothing will happen, and you will be protected for life. It went well. But you should pay more attention to your body, don't take care of yourself because you are young, and drinking too much alcohol is not good."

Qin Qiong was overjoyed. He felt that Qin Yuan's words about himself would be the same as what God Da Luo said about his fate, and it must be true.

"That's all right, big brother will listen to you."

After Qin Yuan sent Qin Qiong away, he turned around and found that there were four or five places where the gate of his house had been chopped.

Fang Xi hurriedly said: "Two days ago, after Mr. Lang left, someone threw axes at the door at night. There were two on the first night, and three on the second day. It stopped last night. Because after seeing Mr. I'm tired, so I haven't had time to talk about it."

Fang Xi then told Qin Yuan that the person who threw the ax was secretly seen by them. He was a man wearing a black mask on a horse, and he ran away after throwing the axe, and it was too late when he chased him out.

When Fang Ding came to visit Qin Yuan, he noticed that the door of the Qin Mansion was not right, and then he was very angry when he learned about the ax from Fang Xi.

"Who dares to threaten Qin Shaoqing like this?"

"Who else could it be? After thinking about it, there is only that one. My husband only offended him." Fang Xi replied.

When Fang Ding wanted to ask who it was, Qin Yuan raised his hand to stop Fang Xi from answering.

"If there is no evidence, don't jump to conclusions." Qin Yuan said.

Fang Xi agreed and withdrew.

Fang Ding immediately reported to Qin Yuan that he was brave, saying that he was willing to live in the Qin Mansion at night, wait for that person to appear, and then follow him to find out the identity of this person thoroughly.

"You don't need it, it's easy to catch him."

Qin Yuan called Qin Qiong to give him sixteen master guards, and asked them to figure out a way to catch the person who threw the ax at the door.

It was night, and suddenly there was a thud outside the mansion gate.

The guards lying in ambush on the walls on both sides of the road immediately appeared and ordered the people to stay still, otherwise they would shoot arrows.

The masked man in black is trying to escape on horseback.

The guards immediately released arrows and beat the gong at the same time, notifying the people at both ends of the street to surround them.

The masked man in black was forced to retreat and had to be captured.

Then the masked man in black was escorted to Qin Yuan.

The guards were well behaved and did not tear off the masked man's veil.

Qin Qiong was wearing an ivory white uniform, reading a book by the candlelight.Seeing that the person was brought up, Qin Yuan slowly put down the book, and calmly shifted his eyes from the book to the kneeling person on the ground.

The man in black was slender, not too tall, and was kneeling on the ground without making a sound.

Qin Yuan felt that he was quite calm.Qin Yuan ordered someone to tear off the scarf, and then saw a strange and young face.

The man in black was a boy, about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a high nose bridge, thick eyebrows and small eyes. Although he didn't look at Qin Yuan at the moment, he showed an unyielding stubbornness.

"Who are you?" Qin Yuan asked.

"I'm Yuchi Jingde's subordinate, how about it?" The boy replied straightforwardly, then raised his eyes, staring at Qin Yuan full of hatred.

The boy's face was full of viciousness, wishing he could eat Qin Yuan.

Qin Yuan felt that there were many words hidden in the boy's eyes.

Qin Yuan pretended to be contemptuous, and laughed softly, "Are you really Yuchi Jingde's subordinate?"

"Yes." The boy affirmed.

"Then take him to Yuchi Jingde's residence to inquire."

The guards took the order and wanted to take this person away. Qin Yuan noticed that there was no fear or panic on the boy's face, and vaguely felt that something seemed wrong.

"Don't take him, just ask him."

A look of disappointment flashed across the boy's face.

Not long after, the guards came back and told Qin Yuan that Yuchi's mansion never admitted sending anyone to Qin's mansion.This incident also alarmed Yuchi Jingde.He got up in the middle of the night, personally called the officers into the mansion, and scolded them on the spot.

The guards felt quite aggrieved at this moment.

"Don't worry about it, I've wronged you, I'll give you a drink and relax." Qin Yuan ordered, Fang Xi came over and asked Qin Yuan what to do with that boy.

"Can you tell me your name?"

"No, I refuse to say."

"interesting."

Qin Yuan ordered everyone to rest first, and wait until tomorrow if there is anything to do.

The next day.

Qin Yuan checked the harvest of the farm and got red bayberry.The bayberry is sour and a little sweet, which is not very delicious.Qin Yuan asked someone to bring jars, sugar, and salt, put the bayberry in the jar to pickle, and then take it to Dali Temple to eat, so the taste will be better.

Qin Yuan also brought the boy who threw the ax last night to Dali Temple.

Dai Zhou arrived first, saw Qin Yuan leading a boy in, and curiously asked who it was.

"In the past two days, someone has always thrown an ax at my door." Qin Yuan explained to Dai Zhou that the murderer was this boy.

"You are quite courageous at such a young age, what is your purpose?" Dai Zhou asked.

"I don't know." Qin Yuan said.

The ax boy heard the conversation between the two, and hurriedly shouted to Dai Zhou: "Mr. Yuchi ordered me to throw the ax! It has nothing to do with me, I am wronged!"

When Dai Zhou heard this, he was so shocked that he hurriedly pulled Qin Yuan to the side to talk, "This is a big deal! Mr. Yuchi secretly sent someone to deal with you like this. You have to state the situation and report it to the saint. You can't let it go." He bullies people like this! Now is the peaceful and prosperous world, and he, Yuchi Jingde, still thinks that he is fighting around in troubled times, to see who doesn't like it, and just smash the door of others with an axe?"

Dai Zhou lamented that Yuchi Jingde's actions this time were too much.

Afterwards, Sun Fujia and Changsun Wuji arrived at Dali Temple one after another. After learning about the situation from Dai Zhou, they were very angry and lamented that Yuchi Jingde was too rampant.

"I ordered someone to ask the Yuchi Mansion last night, and they have already denied it." Qin Yuan explained.

"It's strange for them to admit this kind of thing, abandoning the car to save the handsome man, understand?" Changsun Wuji scolded Qin Yuan for being stupid.

Both Sun Fujia and Dai Zhou nodded in agreement.

"I think he confessed too quickly. We should interrogate this person's identity first."

Qin Yuan felt that this matter was strange, the ax boy refused to reveal his identity, but admitted very readily that it was Yuchi Jingde who instructed him to do things, which was not in line with common sense.

Qin Yuan asked Changsun Wuji to interrogate the ax boy, and he was listening.

Changsun Wuji lamented that Qin Yuan was too cautious, there was no need for interrogation in such a simple case, he just went to Li Shimin to ask for disposal.But Changsun Wuji still did as he said, and began to interrogate the boy with the axe.

The ax boy still claimed that he was the one sent by Yuchi Jingde to throw an ax at Qin Yuan's gate.When Changsun Wuji asked about his identity, the ax boy faltered and didn't answer.Changsun Wuji also felt that the boy was a bit strange, so he slapped the table and scolded him to confess. The boy with the ax hesitated for a long time, then turned to look at Qin Yuan.

Qin Yuan sat on the sidelines with his chin in his hands and listened.Seeing him looking at himself, Qin Yuan vaguely felt that something was coming.

The ax boy seemed to be intimidated by Changsun Wuji's aura. He kowtowed to Changsun Wuji in fear, admitting that Yuchi Jingde sent him to do these things, and if he didn't believe it, he could confront Yuchi Jingde.

Changsun Wuji really called Yuchi Jingde to confront him.

Yuchi Jingde, with a large body, rushed into the courtroom of Dali Temple with hurried steps, bringing a gust of cold wind with him.All the people present held their breath immediately, one was because of Yuchi Jingde's aura; the other was because Yuchi Jingde was the key to the case, and everyone was looking forward to how Yuchi Jingde would respond when he saw the ax boy.

Yuchi Jingde took a look at the boy with the axe, he knew last night that someone threw an axe at the Qin family, and today he received a summons because of this incident, he was even more angry and scolded the people present for being incompetent in handling the case. "This man has nothing to do with our Yuchi Mansion, I have never seen him, let alone send him to do something stupid like throwing an axe."

After Yuchi Jingde shouted, he saw everyone's disbelief.

"I, Yuchi Jingde, have always done things in an upright manner. When did I dare to do such things?" Yuchi Jingde shouted angrily, and stared at the ax boy with his fierce and fierce eyes, asking him why on earth To wrong yourself.

The boy with the ax was so frightened that he shrank into a ball, not daring to see Yuchi Jingde.

"Speak clearly to me!" Yuchi Jingde yelled at him.

The ax boy held back for a long time, then suddenly burst into tears, then looked in the direction of Qin Yuan, and shouted: "I, I just obey orders..."

Yuchi Jingde saw the clue, narrowed his eyes, and asked the ax boy even more sternly whose orders he was obeying.

The ax boy looked at Qin Yuan again.

Qin Yuan got up, moved his position, walked to Fusun Fujia's side, and then returned to his seat.The ax boy's gaze followed Qin Yuan.

Yuchi Jingde became more and more sure of his guess.He then lowered his voice and coaxed the boy with the axe: "I know you are just cowardly, you were threatened and had to obey orders. You don't have to be afraid, just tell the truth, who ordered you to do these things ? I, Yuchi Jingde, will keep you safe!"

"It's him!" The ax boy pointed at Qin Yuan, "He ordered me to pretend to ride a horse every night and throw an ax on the gate of the mansion, spilling blood, and let me pretend to be arrested, and then identify Duke Yuchi."

After the ax boy finished speaking, he kowtowed to Qin Yuan to apologize.

"Lang Jun, I'm sorry. I'm too timid. I didn't hold on. I'm too scared."

"Qin Yuan, you are so vicious! You just took the opportunity to humiliate me because of your refusal to marry, but now you are using such means to frame and plot against me." Yuchi Jingde was furious, and shouted at Qin Yuan with red eyes, "What happened today We're not done! Let's go to the palace and ask the saint to judge!"

The sudden turn of the situation made Changsun Wuji and others unexpected.

Changsun Wuji, Dai Zhou and Sun Fujia looked at Qin Yuan at the same time.

Qin Yuan was taking a deep red bayberry from the white porcelain dish with a calm expression, and stuffed it into his mouth.

"When is it, are you still in the mood to eat?" Changsun Wuji asked Qin Yuan helplessly in a low voice.

"This person is contradicting what he says, and he is not accurate. Please apologize." After Qin Yuan spat out his core, he glanced at the boy with the ax kneeling on the ground who was still sneaking at him.

Changsun Wuji nodded suddenly, that's right, Dali Temple has an apology where the most accurate evidence can be inquired, so why listen to this boy talking nonsense here.