Datang traitor

"As a supervisory censor, you have the responsibility to picket all officials. I suspect that when you investigated the case of No. [-] Restaurant Sui Fengyun, you bent the law for personal gain and favored Zhou Xiaolu." Mei Ziyan retorted, "Qin Siqing, why don't you make it clear, What is the relationship between you and Zhou Xiaolu? Why did Qin Siqing chase her after I ordered someone to arrest her just now? Presumably Qin Siqing himself is also suspicious of Zhou Xiaolu. Doubt her and hate her, so you spy on her?"

"I have already reported to His Majesty the circumstances of Zhou Xiaolu's involvement in the case. Mei Yushi doesn't know the facts of the case, so don't make rash judgments. The case was thoroughly investigated at the beginning. They all knew about it, and they agreed with my proposal. It would be ridiculous for Mei Yushi to doubt this or that without knowing the circumstances of the case."

Qin Yuan immediately put away the token and ordered his subordinates to report to the palace immediately.

"Let's say that Meizi used his power to exercise power, refused to obey the law, and even resisted the order."

After Qin Yuan finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and turned around, intending to leave.

Mei Ziyan hesitated, but had no choice but to order someone to release Zhou Xiaolu.

"People can leave it to you, but if you lose Zhou Xiaolu to me, I will settle the score with you. I will go to the palace and ask the saint for orders!"

Seeing that Mei Ziyan spoke with confidence, Qin Yuan seemed to have some confidence.Qin Yuan did not show favoritism in this case, and everything that should be explained has already been explained.He walks upright and sits upright, so he is not afraid of these things.

When Zhou Xiaolu was escorted over, her face remained calm as usual, but when she saw Qin Yuan, she immediately broke free and rushed to Qin Yuan's side.Qin Yuan immediately asked Zhou Xiaolu if he had been interrogated by torture.

Zhou Xiaolu shook her head, "They were trying to scare me, but I didn't say anything."

"Have you ever forced you to eat something? Or touched you?" Qin Yuan asked again.

Zhou Xiaolu said no.

Mei Ziyan was listening to Qin Yuan's questioning, and stared at Qin Yuan angrily.

"Who do you take me for?"

"What do you think?" Qin Yuan asked back.

Mei Zi became even angrier, "Qin Siqing, you have to make it clear that I just asked her to assist in the interrogation, and I didn't rough her up."

"But I have some witnesses, saying that your people forced her into the carriage." Qin Yuan asked Mei Ziyan not to explain, and she will say anything when she argues in front of the saint.

Mei Ziyan snorted coldly, and walked away first.

Zhou Xiaolu saluted Qin Yuan with a deep apologetic voice: "Brother Qin, I—"

"Go to Dali Temple first." Qin Yuan ordered her to get on the carriage.

When Zhou Xiaolu heard that she was going to Dali Temple, she was taken aback.

Qin Yuan felt that Zhou Xiaolu was a little strange, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.When they arrived at Dali Temple, Qin Yuan took Zhou Xiaolu to the side hall, and ordered the secretary to record the confession beside him.

"Because of your special status, you have been targeted by Doctor Yushi again. This interview must be recorded as a statement. I hope you can understand. Why did you come back suddenly?" Qin Yuan asked.

Zhou Xiaolu hesitated for a while, "Because of a personal matter."

Zhou Xiaolu raised her head in embarrassment, and said to Qin Yuan: "I heard some news and changed my mind temporarily, so I want to come back and have a look."

"Look at what?" Qin Yuan asked to the end.

After holding back for a while, Zhou Xiaolu realized that Qin Yuan must know the answer, and explained in cryptic terms: "See if anyone waters the cherries I planted, and see if they have sprouted."

Qin Yuan was stunned.

"Brother Qin doesn't need to think too much, I won't cause trouble for Brother Qin." Zhou Xiaolu explained plainly, and then she asked how Qin Yuan found out that she was back, and also sent someone to monitor her.

Qin Yuan: "It's precisely because the cherries you planted are all freshly watered, Gu Qingqing is almost overwhelmed with the pastry shop every day, so why would she care about these things. She herself said that she never cared about it."

Zhou Xiaolu smiled helplessly, "Brother Qin discovered it at a glance. If I had known it earlier, I wouldn't have hidden it."

Qin Yuan tentatively asked Zhou Xiaolu if there was really nothing else.

"But you clearly figured it out before, so you followed your uncles and aunts."

"When I left, I thought I had figured it out, but after I left, the farther I walked, the more I understood what was important. Should I give up and keep going, or go back and fight hard? I struggled secretly for a long time. In the end, Think, keep the heart alive."

Zhou Xiaolu slowly raised her eyes to look at Qin Yuan, her face was indifferent, her tone was calm, it sounded like she was stating a very common thing monotonously.

The clerk sitting on the left side of Qin Yuan's head was holding a brush in a daze, not daring to glance at it with lowered eyes, awkwardly wondering whether to write down the conversation between the two.This is not a record of evidence, it is clearly a record of the girl's words of love.

After a moment of silence, Qin Yuan asked Zhou Xiaolu: "If that's the case, why didn't you come to me directly, but Gu Qingqing instead?"

"Is it useful to find Big Brother Qin?" Zhou Xiaolu asked Qin Yuan back, there was an unknown light flickering in his eyes.

Qin Yuan froze again, frowning slightly.

"I know Brother Qin's temperament. Going to see Brother Qin is just adding trouble to Brother Qin. I just let my heart live, and I don't want to force Brother Qin to do anything. It's enough to stay in Chang'an City and watch from afar. I didn't ask for much, and I never thought about making Brother Qin know of my existence."

Zhou Xiaolu's tone was still calm and her face was indifferent, but she didn't know that her heart was already overwhelmed at this moment, and she was almost suffocated with nervousness and fear.

"I really don't want to cause trouble to Brother Qin anymore, but now I still cause trouble to Brother Qin."

Qin Yuan summed up the suspiciousness from Zhou Xiaolu's statement.

"You just said that you heard some news and changed your mind temporarily. What news and where did you hear it?" Qin Yuan asked Zhou Xiaolu to speak as carefully as possible.

"About twelve or three days ago, when we left the customs, we were resting on the side of the road, and we heard another group of people also resting on the side of the road, discussing that Chang'an City is now lively, and there are many beauties chasing Brother Qin to meet each other. look.

Later, when we were on our way, we heard discussions from different people in inns and taverns.I was going to stop thinking about it, but I couldn't bear to listen to it again and again. The aunt and uncles all saw my thoughts and came to persuade me again.I struggled for a long time before finally deciding to come back. "

Zhou Xiaolu is very thankful that she has the ability to be invariable, otherwise she must be stuttering at this moment, blushing like a red butt, ashamed.

Sixteen days ago, Qin Yuan's refusal to marry Yuchi Jingde in court had just happened.At that time, Zhou Xiaolu had been away for several days and had left the customs.The time difference is only three days, riding the best fast horse from Chang'an City to the outside of the pass, and traveling day and night, barely manages this time.

Obviously, the news that Zhou Xiaolu heard at that time was deliberately rushed to spread the news.After that, the 'discussions' she encountered must not be accidental, they were all intentional.

Why would anyone want Zhou Xiaolu back?

Qin Yuanzai looked Zhou Xiaolu up and down carefully, but Zhou Xiaolu was taken aback.

"What happened?" Zhou Xiaolu knew Qin Yuan very well. Looking at Qin Yuan's current posture, he knew that there must be something wrong here. "Could it be that I was plotted by someone? Are those news sent to me on purpose?"

Qin Yuan nodded, and ordered someone to call for the imperial doctor immediately.

Half an hour later, Imperial Physician Sun arrived at Dali Temple.After examining Zhou Xiaolu's pulse for a long time, Imperial Physician Sun remained silent for a long time.

"How?" Qin Yuan

"The pulse condition is faintly strange. At first, the pulse condition seemed normal, but after a period of time, it became slightly sluggish, and then returned to normal, but no reason can be found." Sun Yuyi and Qin Yuan said that this pulse condition probably also Only he can diagnose it. If it is another doctor, it will be difficult to find out.

Sun Yuyi knew that Qin Yuan had been exposed to strange methods such as qi surgery before, so he asked Qin Yuan, could this be the pulse that only appeared after being hit by something.

Qin Yuan didn't understand these things either, so he shook his head.Suddenly he thought of Lu Qiaoer, and ordered someone to invite her.

Lu Qiaoer carefully inspected Zhou Xiaolu, first at the tongue, then at the fundus of the eyes and the blood vessels on the arm, and drained some blood, but nothing was found.

Lu Qiaoer shook her head.

"I can't see anything now, but there are many people who can't see any symptoms when they get some Gu. The Gu worms didn't enter the blood and skin, but just started to breed in the abdomen. At this time Apart from disembowelling him, nothing can be found.”

"What about your aunt? Since your mother is from Miaojiang, so must your aunt, she should know something?" Qin Yuan asked.

Lu Qiaoer promised: "Yes, if you don't tell me, I will almost forget it. My aunt never wants me to talk about these things. She said that Gu is a sorcery, she will not use it again, let alone mention it again, and hope I will not mention it, so I dare not talk about this in front of my aunt. But this time it's Big Brother Qin's request, maybe she will save face, so I'll invite her here!"

Qin Yuan promised that Lu Qiaoer must bring Mrs. Ma.

Not long after, Mrs. Ma was brought over by Lu Qiaoer. After she glanced at Zhou Xiaolu for a while, she gave Zhou Xiaolu his pulse, and then shook her head at Qin Yuan.

"I'm sorry I didn't help Qin Shaoqing, and I can't see anything." Ma said to Qin Yuan with apology.

Qin Yuan hurriedly asked Ma Shi, after being hit by any Gu, he couldn't see the clue, "How long does it usually take to find out?"

Mrs. Ma glanced at Lu Qiaoer, and said to Qin Yuan indifferently: "This is not good."

Lu Qiaoer agreed: "There are too many kinds of Gu, and even if the same kind of Gu is on a person, the onset time varies from person to person."

Qin Yuan asked Ma Shi what kind of Gu he knows.

Ma shook his head, "Gu is a sorcery, the most harmful thing, I have never used it. And since I got the source of life, I only want to teach him well, I have long forgotten that I am from Miaojiang, I've forgotten everything now, it won't happen."

Qin Yuan praised Ma Shi for his kind heart and being a good mother, and then asked someone to send Ma Shi back.

"Although I don't know if you've been hit by a Gu, but it's always right to be on guard in advance, so how about using the poison-removing prescription that Lu Qiaoer knows on your body first?" Qin Yuan asked Zhou Xiaolu.

Zhou Xiaolu nodded, thanking Qin Yuan for helping her so much.

Then Lu Qiaoer gave the boiled medicine to Zhou Xiaolu, and Zhou Xiaolu drank it all.After that, Qin Yuan and Lu Qiaoer observed Zhou Xiaolu's reaction, but there was no reaction at all.

"That may not be a Gu." Lu Qiaoer sighed.

Zhou Xiaolu sat there with a flat face, her gaze was calm, as if she was not worried about her physical problems.

"Aren't you worried about yourself?" Seeing that Zhou Xiaolu was always so calm, Lu Qiaoer couldn't help asking Zhou Xiaolu.

"Life is a matter of life and death, and it's useless for me to be worried at this moment." Zhou Xiaolu still responded lightly.

Lu Qiaoer admired it.

Qin Yuan asked Zhou Xiaolu, "Is there something you are hiding from me?"

"No, if Brother Qin is worried, you can continue to send someone to follow me."

Zhou Xiaolu asked Qin Yuan if she had anything to ask herself, if not, she would go to Gu Qingqing's dim sum shop to help.

Qin Yuan let Zhou Xiaolu leave, and ordered the guards to monitor Zhou Xiaolu as usual.

At dusk, Qin Yuan was called into the palace.

Mei Ziyan was also in Liangyi Hall, and when he saw Qin Yuan, he deliberately gave him a provocative look.

Li Shimin reprimanded Mei Ziyan for meddling in front of Qin Yuan.

"He has reported all the facts in this case, you just don't know."

"Your Majesty, Zhou Xiaolu is clearly a demon girl. According to my investigation, there are many strange people and strange men in the Alien League. They each have special abilities. As long as they plan with heart, they can destroy the foundation of our Great Tang. And Zhou The seal of the leader of the alliance mastered by Xiaolu can command all the strange people to use for her. After Qin Yuan knew that Zhou Xiaolu was the daughter of the leader of the alien alliance, he ignored the danger and sent the leader of the alien alliance The seal was handed over to Zhou Xiaolu for safekeeping. This is tantamount to handing over the sharp blade to the enemy, putting us in danger." Mei Ziyan begged Li Shimin to think twice, and reprimanded Qin Yuan for obviously having a conspiracy.

"Your Majesty Qin Siqing has lived in seclusion in the mountains for many years. How could it be so coincidental that Fang Fushe heard his prayers when Fang Fushe went to Anding Village? Think again, Your Majesty, how could Qin Yuan be there by such a coincidence after that?" When something happened in Xingyang, he met the King of Zhao again, so he was appreciated by both the King of Zhao and Fang Fushe. It would be fine if the matter ended here, but suddenly he stopped living in seclusion and came to Chang'an City on his own initiative."

Mei Ziyan asked Li Shimin if he had thought about the reason.

Li Shimin frowned. He didn't pay much attention to it before, but now he heard Mei Ziyan say this, and he really felt that there were many coincidences and inconsistencies.

Li Shimin asked Qin Yuan: "Yes, why did you suddenly come to Chang'an City after ten years of seclusion?"

"Your Majesty, these are not coincidences at all. Qin Yuan had intentions in coming to Chang'an City from the very beginning!" Mei Ziyan took the opportunity to interject, his tone sonorous and forceful.

Li Shimin looked at Qin Yuan with deeper eyes.

"I echo what Mei Yushi said!" Qin Yuan admitted frankly, "I do have intentions in coming to Chang'an City, and the intentions have always been obvious."

Mei Ziyan didn't expect Qin Yuan to admit it so readily, and stared at him sharply, telling him to tell the truth quickly.

"My minister's intention is to make my emperor happy!" After Qin Yuan finished speaking, he saluted Li Shimin solemnly and respectfully.

Li Shimin was very serious and thoughtful at the first moment, but at the next moment he was amused by Qin Yuan's words and the way he flattered him in a serious manner.

Mei Ziyan was stunned, he never expected that Qin Yuan would not forget to flatter him at this time!

"You—" Mei Ziyan was almost at a loss for words in anger, "Qin Siqing, what we are talking about is a serious matter, but you use these false praises to fool His Majesty, you are not taking His Majesty and this solemn court seriously gone."

"Forgive me for not being able to agree with Mei Yushi's words. In Mei Yushi's eyes, the words 'my emperor is happy' may be false praise, but to me it is not false, let alone praise. It is what I want to pursue all my life."

Qin Yuan held each other's hands gracefully, put them in front of him, and hid them in his sleeves. He had a leisurely and elegant posture, his back was straight, and his voice was like flowing water hitting a stone, soothing to the heart.

Li Shimin felt very relieved when he heard Qin Yuan's words.He couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth happily, and looked at Qin Yuan with appreciation in his eyes.Because appreciating Qin Yuan is equivalent to appreciating himself.Qin Yuan is too discerning and pursuing!

"People who don't know me think that I said these four words to flatter His Majesty. But during my time as an official, which case has I not worked hard and found out the truth? Can I seek money and name?

Mei Yushi said that I gave the leader seal to Zhou Xiaolu in an attempt to do something wrong.But has Mei Yushi ever thought about it, if I really planned to do something wrong, why did I stop those strange people from the Yiren League from doing evil?Since Mei Yushi has already investigated Zhou Xiaolu and me, he must know something about the cases I solved.If these cases hadn't been stopped by me, what would Mei Yushi have thought about what would happen in the end? "

Qin Yuan immediately bowed to Li Shimin, feeling that his sincerity of loyalty to the emperor can be learned from heaven and earth.Now, some people questioned him indiscriminately, which really chilled him.

"Qin Shaoqing has said so much, but he still hasn't explained clearly the purpose of your coming to Chang'an City. It would be too mysterious to say that it is for my emperor's happiness. You have never met His Majesty before, how do you know that His Majesty was unhappy before you came? ?" Mei Ziyan's momentum weakened by half, but she insisted not to admit that she was wrong, and continued to investigate Qin Yuan's original purpose of coming to Beijing.

"In ancient times, there was astronomy and divination to predict the future. Why can't I predict the good or bad of things through calculations? To tell you the truth, Mei Yushi, at the beginning I calculated that Anding Village would be the place where I would rise, so I stayed there and lived in seclusion. I have been waiting for the opportunity." Qin Yuan stretched his neck, raised his chin, and told Mei Ziyan frankly, "I don't deny that I have the 'ambition' to be an official and share the worries of His Majesty. Didn't Mei Yushi have any plans to be an official? With such a harsh investigation by the censor, everyone standing in the court has plans, but the plans are good or bad, whether they are for the country and the people, or for themselves."

Mei Ziyan has been a censor for so many years, and he has already trained a pair of iron teeth and bronze teeth.It never occurred to him that at this very moment, he, who had always been very talkative, was speechless.

"As the censor, you do have the duty to correct the mistakes of all officials, but you shouldn't overcorrect and force blame by making something out of nothing." Li Shimin asked Mei Ziyan disappointedly, "I think you seem to be very displeased with Qin Yuan, very displeased. Want to pull him off the horse?"

Mei Ziyan was so frightened that she immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying in panic, "I dare not, I absolutely dare not."

Mei Ziyan made a mistake. He originally thought that as long as he seized the evidence that Qin Yuan was protecting Zhou Xiaolu, and then uncovered Qin Yuan's "scheming" when he became an official in the court, he would be able to instigate the relationship between the sage and Qin Yuan's former monarch and minister.Even if Qin Yuan can't be cured this time, he can always shake some gaps, and he will dig the gaps bigger next time.

In the end, he didn't shake others at all, but his face was swollen from the beating.

Mei Ziyan hastily explained to Li Shimin: "I am eager to investigate, I am too worried that the alien alliance will harm the imperial court, and I failed to think comprehensively. I wrongly blamed Qin Siqing. This is my mistake. I apologize to Qin Siqing."

Li Shimin nodded his head slightly, and was about to say that the matter was over, when Qin Yuan suddenly spoke.

"I heard that the best official in this court is Yushi, and I have a lot of insights today." Qin Yuan didn't want to let things go like this, Mei Ziyan said that since he dared to join him, he should bear the consequences.

"Oh? Why?" Li Shimin asked.

"Other officials have their own consequences when they do something good or bad, and they bear their own responsibility. Yushi is not. If it is found out that other officials have misbehaved, then it is a credit. If they don't investigate, no one will hold them accountable. If they make mistakes Then a simple apology would be enough to settle the matter, so there is no need to bear any responsibility? Wouldn't it be easy for them to be officials?" Qin Yuan spread his hands and sighed.

Li Shimin frowned for a moment and thought for a moment, then immediately passed the decree to demote Mei Ziyan from the imperial censor to the supervisory censor on the grounds of forcibly adding crimes without a certificate and framing important officials of the court.

After Mei Ziyan gritted her teeth and thanked her, she angrily withdrew from the Hall of Liangyi with regret and remorse.

Li Shimin left Qin Yuan alone for questioning, naturally it was about Zhou Xiaolu's sudden return to Chang'an.

Qin Yuan said concisely: "According to what Zhou Xiaolu said, she came back this time for me."

Li Shimin laughed, "This friendship is touching. If you want, why don't you keep her by your side?"

"I feel that this matter is strange. Someone deliberately sent her a message to make her change her mind and return to Chang'an. I am afraid that she has other purposes. After Sun Yuyi took the pulse, she suspected that Zhou Xiaolu was not healthy, but now she is in good health. It's not clear what the problem is."

Li Shimin's face turned serious, he didn't expect that there was something else going on here.

Li Shimin asked Qin Yuan: "Since the Alien League has been disbanded, why are there still people targeting Zhou Xiaolu?"

"Just now, Mei Yushi mentioned the seal of the leader of the Alien League, which made me suddenly have an idea. Could it be that someone has evil intentions and wants to regain control of the Alien League?" Qin Yuan asked.

Li Shimin ordered Qin Yuan to take back the leader's seal, pay close attention to this matter, and must not let the wicked succeed.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely follow up on this matter." After Qin Yuan finished speaking, he chatted a few jokes with Li Shimin, then smiled and prepared to leave.

At this time, the palace servants came in a hurry to report that Mei Yushi was dead.

Li Shimin and Qin Yuan looked at each other, and they both looked at the palace man who sent the message very suspiciously.

Palace man: "After Mei Yushi left the Liangyi Hall, he was about to leave the palace, but before he reached the gate of the palace, he suddenly clutched his chest, his body twitched, and then fell to the ground. He wanted to call for the imperial physician, but found that Mei Yushi had died on the ground."

Qin Yuan immediately asked Li Shimin for an order, and then went to the scene to check on Mei Yushi.As the palace people said, Mei Ziyan was lying only three or four feet away from Chengtian Gate, his body curled up like a shrimp.

Qin Yuan ordered his assistant to investigate Mei Ziyan's death, and was told that he was poisoned, but the exact type of poison still needs to be further checked, but it is very likely that he will not be able to find out, because there are many poisons with similar symptoms.Wu Zuo has limited means of drug testing, and there is no way to specifically distinguish which kind of poison Mei Ziyan has in his body.

Why did Mei Ziyan die?

This is the thing that puzzles Qin Yuan the most, he can't figure it out.

Qin Yuan then went to harass Changsun Wuji, after all, Changsun Wuji was next door to his house, and he could reach it by climbing a ladder over the wall.

"Why did Mei Ziyan die?"

Changsun Wuji put down his chopsticks in dissatisfaction, and shouted at Qin Yuan: "You have said it 78 times, can you let me have a good dinner!"

"You like to hate fun, why do you want to count the number of times I speak?" Qin Yuan asked back.

Changsun Wuji grabbed the chopsticks and threw them at the hateful Qin Yuan, "You deserve to want to break your head, I wish you a lifetime of not being able to figure it out!"