There are also old people telling the story of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl by the Wuque Bridge, and the children around them are reluctant to go home, so they sit there and listen over and over again.

Qi Xiangsi listened to the whole story outside the crowd, and met on the Qixi Magpie Bridge, once a year.

Suddenly, she turned her head to look at the sky, the stars were dotted on the clear night, and the crescent moon hanging in the sky was bright and peaceful, Qi Xiangsi pointed to the place that was already invisible to the naked eye: "One year on earth, one day in the sky, what time does this Cowherd and Weaver Girl meet?" ”

"Of course, it's according to the world." A child in front of her turned around and replied to her, expressing disdain for her that she didn't even understand this, Qi Xiangsi grinned, "In that case, wouldn't the Weaver Girl be able to see the Cowherd every day?" That's not unusual. ”

The child choked and couldn't answer her question, Qi Xiangsi stuffed the Qiaoguo in his arms into him and coaxed, "I said nonsense." ”

A few children coaxed to divide the coincidence, Qi Xiangsi had no intention of listening to it a second time, crossed the Wuque Bridge to return to Jinyang Street, walked all the way, and passed halfway in a blink of an eye.

"You're not going back?" Qi Xiangsi looked at the various masks placed in front of the stall, turned his head to look at him seriously, and then picked up the black charcoal mask on the shelf and put it in front of him to cover it.

Seeing his eyes through the eyes of the mask, Qi Xiangsi casually picked up a Zhu Bajie mask and put it on her face, blinked, miraculously, she actually saw a smile from the bottom of his eyes.

Qi Xiangsi was stunned, the smile flashed, and when she removed the mask, he was that indifferent.

Qi Xiangsi shook his head slightly, it must be an illusion.

After putting down the mask, Qi Acacia walked back, and there were some times when this half of the road was gone, the bustling crowd, the lively hustle and bustle, and the air was filled with a sweetness, like the smell of various sweets permeating the stall.

When they were about to arrive at the entrance of Jinyang Street, the vendor on the side stopped them: "Girl, buy a purse and give it to your sweetheart." ”

It was an old woman who stopped them, looking at them with a smile, and her kind appearance made people embarrassed to refuse her to go away, so Qi Xiangsi waved her hand: "Mother-in-law, I don't have a sweetheart." ”

"Today is Tanabata, buy a purse and give it to your sweetheart to achieve what you want." As if she hadn't heard her words, the old woman took a purse embroidered with mandarin ducks from the shelf and handed it to her, "Come, take it." ”

She didn't have the money to buy it, Qi Xiangsi felt extremely hot when she held this thing: "Old woman, I really don't have a sweetheart." ”

"The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl come to meet, and there is a lover, and they will eventually become married." The old woman patted her hand lightly and turned her head to look at Yan Congyu, "Young man, do you have a sweetheart?" ”

Yan Congyu glanced at the purse in Qi Xiangsi's hand, and rarely spoke: "No." ”

"That's right, girl, you give him the purse, isn't that fine." The old woman said with a smile, the warm smile on her face made Qi Xiangsi feel that she was a little guilty when she pulled her hand out.

But that's not what he said: "Old woman." ”

"Take it." The old woman smiled and waved her hand, "Give it to you." ”

Qi Xiangsi was stunned for a moment, and couldn't bear to say no, but the next moment, the old woman took her hand and handed it in the direction of Yan Congyu: "Come on, that's right." ”

After Yan Congyu took the purse, Qi Xiangsi's whole face turned red, and when he looked up at him, Yan Congyu calmly took the purse, and under the old man's kind look, his eyes signaled Qi Xiangsi to leave.

When he walked away, Qi Xiangsi felt that his back was a little hot.

Not far in front is the carriage of the Qi family, Jade has been waiting there for a long time, and when she saw the girl and the little prince coming together from a distance, Jade pressed down to meet the footsteps.

Qi Xiangsi stopped and took a deep breath: "Little prince, that purse"

"Can you go back?"

Qi Xiangsi sighed in her heart, forget it, just give it, she didn't twist it so much.

Then she changed her expression and looked at him with a smile: "Today's matter should be regarded as an exchange for your investigation of the Qi family's case, and I have thanked you here first." ”

Yan Congyu's expression moved slightly, and he said a good word lightly

Not long after Qi Xiangsi left, Lu Qin appeared behind Yan Congyu, and he followed him here from the time they left Xiaoyao Tower.

"Master."

Yan Congyu handed him the silk handkerchief: "Send it to Zhao Wangfu." ”

"Yes."

"And." Yan Congyu turned around and looked at the old woman who was about to close the stall behind her, "Go and buy all those things." ”

Qi Xiangsi on the carriage here thought about it and began to feel that something was wrong, she had done the little prince a favor, so that he would not be indebted to the Qi family if he checked the affairs of the Qi family, but why did he sue her so much.

How serious the crime of smuggling salt is, if it is investigated, it will be beheaded, and it will be brought to the northern Xinjiang, if it is involved with foreign tribes, it will not be charged with collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country.

She wanted to know so much.

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After the Qiqiao Festival, Qi Xiangsi stayed in Qi's house for two days and soon returned to the hospital, and she began to be so busy preparing for the November assessment that she almost had no time to take care of anything else.

Two months later, in early autumn and September, a major event occurred in the city of Kyoto, the involvement of the Maoguo government in the sale of private salt was exposed, and many of them were implicated, and many officials from the provincial salt transportation department were involved, and all provinces had strongholds, from Tongzhou to Zhuzhou, Yongzhou to the south and the Nanhuai area, and Shangbei to the north to the northern Xinjiang.

And the mastermind of the illegal salt matter pointed directly at the crown prince of the dynasty.

The prince was established at the age of ten, although there was no big director for more than 20 years, but there was no fault, although it was not an orthodox heir, but the two queens before and after did not give birth to a son-in-law, so the prince was also highly supported in the court.

As soon as this incident broke out, the first reaction of several important ministers in the court was that the prince was wronged, and in recent years, several princes have been very active, and it is difficult to keep different hearts, but the evidence presented by Prince Zhao is too hard, and it also implicates King Cheng, who only knows how to spend all day drinking, when His Royal Highness King Cheng cried and said that he was innocent, the series of people behind the prince seemed that this matter was not wronged.

In ten years, the prince took all the trade of this private salt to foreign tribes.

The Salt Transportation Division was originally a fat poor, and these officials were even more round because they were selling illegal salt for the prince, and the Mao family, as the prince's mother, was even more unexpected in terms of the power of money after finding out.

It was only half a month, and the evidence presented to the emperor one after another was shocking.

Ten years ago, the current Junbei Salt Transportation Department made Master Luo serve as the Zhuzhou Salt Transportation Division and began to work for the prince.

Within ten years, he was promoted to the envoy, transferred from Zhuzhou to Qi County, Yongzhou, and then transferred to Tongzhou, and then served in Sanshui, the north of the county.

But wherever he served was a private salt stronghold, and the reason why he was not suspected by the imperial court was that the prince was in the court, and second, he had done a good job in the place where he was in office.

This person is good at using money to cover up things, and he is not stingy to spend a lot of money to make face for himself, and the local government reports to the court how good-looking and good-looking, and those local officials, who can be bought with money, can only become grasshoppers on a rope when they are pulled into the gang, and no one can slip away if something happens, so they naturally do their best.

If it weren't for the fact that Prince Zhao had been tracking for many years, looking for clues and prying Tongzhou Zong'an, and then found some clues when the Zhuzhou River was flooded, so that the prince and the Mao family first messed up and exposed the flaws, and the matter would not have been found out so quickly.

At the same time, there is another thing presented, three years ago, the prince began to recruit troops to buy horse tun grain.

The area around Yongzhou and Nanhuai, where Emperor Tiangao was far away, became the best hiding stronghold, and what happened in the two places over the years rarely reached the imperial court, and even the officials who patrolled the road were arranged in advance.

In the end, Prince Zhao collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country with one blow, and directly put the prince into a situation where he had no power to turn around

When this incident was in an uproar, Qi Xiangsi was still practicing hard in the Tai Hospital, and the fall of the prince and his henchmen had nothing to do with her, and the victory of Prince Zhao had nothing to do with her.

The emperor's harem has not been affected, and there is no movement in the Tai Hospital in Jiusi Lane, and occasionally Lai Xi Hui comes to the Tai Hospital to find her and tell her what happened outside recently, and the rest of the time, Qi Xiangsi is busy.

"This time, not only Zhao Wangye has made great contributions, but also Yu Wangye has made great contributions." Lai Xi chewed the medicine strip handed to him by Qi Xiangsi, and frowned, "Why is it a little bitter this time." ”

Qi Xiangsi, who was busy pounding medicine, turned his head, picked up a piece from the drying sieve, took a bite, and smiled: "It's true, it should have added more yellow lotus." ”

Lai Xi glared at her: "I said Miss, you can add more as you like, you want my life." ”

"Huang Lian can clear fire and detoxify, you haven't been on fire lately, and you still have a toothache." Qi Xiangsi took a handful and put it in front of him, "Eat more." ”

Lai hated and hated and bitten: "I didn't let the inner treasury make trouble when I was so angry." ”

Qi Xiangsi glanced at the prescription on the paper on the side, and added medicine to the medicine chisel: "What's wrong?" ”

"It's not a matter of weaving and dyeing new cloth in autumn, all palaces have to add new clothes, how can we get it." Laixi pouted, he had been upset for several days, and his teeth were swollen.

"Why don't I ask Imperial Doctor Chen to prescribe medicine for you?"

"Tell me, I'll just ask for it myself." Laixi wrapped the medicine strips given by Qi Xiangsi, "You are so easy to use, they also asked me to ask for it, and after eating it, I got up early in the morning and didn't dry my mouth." ”

Qi Xiangsi smiled: "Then you take more." ”

"I'm waiting for the reward, look at it, Lord Yu will be rewarded this time, Shen Guifei is happy, as soon as she is happy, everyone below will be rewarded." Thinking of this, I feel that no matter how painful my teeth are, it is worth it.

"This time, Lord Zhao didn't take credit."

"I can't hold it this time." Lai Xi lowered his voice, "I heard that Prince Zhao also pleaded for His Royal Highness King Cheng, who was implicated. ”

Qi Xiangsi asked him to hand the bowl over there to herself, speaking of Zhao Wangye, she felt that if she could take all the credits, he would definitely not give it to the little prince.

It's just that this time it's too big, if he takes it alone, wouldn't it mean that he himself also has the power of a tiger and a wolf, which will inevitably cause jealousy, so he has to bring the little prince to share the credit.

"By the way, there's one more thing." When Laixi got up, he suddenly asked her, "Didn't you live in Huizhou for more than ten years before, and you have been to Yongzhou." ”

Qi Xiangsi nodded: "Yes." ”

"Then do you know that there was a big case in Yongzhou six years ago, more than 30 people were killed overnight, it was so miserable, a fire even burned the house."

"Let's click" The chisel in Qi Xiangsi's hand fell into the groove and snorted.

Then Qi Xiangsi picked it up casually: "The case from six years ago? ”

"Yes, six years ago, it was the official in Yongzhou who confessed after the law, not only this one, but this is the most appalling, such a big case has not been reported here." Lai Xi sighed, "It's not just a hand to cover the sky. ”

Qi Xiangsi put down the chisel and gently dialed the medicinal powder in the trough into the bowl: "Then this case has been investigated?" ”

Lai Xi shook his head, although he didn't understand these things, but he also knew some ways after staying in the palace for all these years, this kind of case from six years ago was just a trivial matter to the imperial court, and before the prince's matter was resolved, there was no need to mention anything else.

After staying for a while, Qi Xiangsi slowly filled a whole bowl of medicinal powder, carried it to the water room, poured the medicinal powder into the cleaned pot, added a few spoonfuls of fine flour to it, added some water, Qi Xiangsi took the spoon and stirred gently.

The medicinal powder mixed with the fine noodles gradually turned black and brown, Qi Xiangsi reached out to press it, half a sound, the spoon in her hand paused, and finally she let go of her hand, the spoon fell into the medicine mud, she held the board with both hands, and slowly squatted down.

The case of the Qi family has reached Kyoto.

If it is not investigated, the prince's turmoil may be left in the criminal department after it passes; If you check down, Qi Henian will definitely find a way to stop it.

The county lord hastily ended the case, but if the criminal department sent someone to investigate, they would definitely find out if the little prince knew, and her identity would not be hidden sooner or later.

She had to see the little prince first.