"Confront the Holy One...... Scold. Qi Yuanzhi's face really darkened now, "Are you threatening this official?" ”

has been working by He Zhe's side for more than ten years, and as the emperor's confidant official, Qi Yuanzhi thinks he knows him well.

The emperor was still a minor when he ascended the throne, and the way he ascended the throne was not a normal way, so no matter what he did, he had the purpose of "Lao Tzu must prove it to you", and it was his lifelong dream to be an emperor who would have been famous for a long time.

Because the goal of life is to become "the first emperor of the ages", He Zhe attaches great importance to the construction of his mausoleum, and since the day he ascended the throne, he has forced the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household to seriously supervise it, and for this reason, seven new official positions have been added in these two ministries, a total of 19 officials are full-time in this matter, if Chi Si really consulted He Zhe on the solution to the problem of insufficient hard labor, he would agree with Chi Si's approach is really not small.

But this does not mean that after the matter is big, He Zhe will take the blame for Chi Si.

As an emperor who demanded very high prestige among the people, would he leave a stain on his reputation? He didn't even dare to make a clear decree for this kind of thing, so how could he take the initiative to take it after the incident?

Now that the people of Liuzhou have begun to gather, if Chi Si does not deal with it in time to expand the situation, not to mention that he only has a cousin of a noble concubine, even if the noble concubine is his own sister, He Zhe will not be able to protect him against the people's grievances, and the death penalty may not be enough, but the disaster of imprisonment is definitely indispensable.

However, to Qi Yuanzhi's surprise, Chi Si's appearance did not look like a bluff, I saw that he very deliberately glanced at the bright yellow seal hanging on Qi Yuanzhi's waist, and his voice seemed to be squeezed out of his nasal cavity: "How dare Xia Guan threaten your lord?" It's just that adults must not think that there is no guarantee for what the lower officials do, dozens of young and strong vacancies, no matter how bold the lower officials are, they will not dare to act arbitrarily, and the matter of hard labor will not bother the adults. As for the so-called home guard, it is just a pre-recorded Qingtianwei, and when adults come to see it again after half a year, they will not be wrong again. ”

As he spoke, Chi Si lifted the hem of his robe seemingly unintentionally and patted the ash on his knees.

Qi Yuanzhi's pupils shrank uncontrollably.

Chiji had a bright yellow seal around his waist that was almost identical to the one on his body, but was obviously one size smaller.

The golden seal of the four directions, the symbol of imperial power, is like seeing a person.

Qi Yuanzhi did not doubt the authenticity of the seal.

This kind of seal of special color and special texture can only be made by the royal craftsman, and the master craftsman is not allowed to leave the palace for the rest of his life to ensure that the special skill is not passed on, so far, there are only four similar seals that he knows, and the size and weight are the same, and the one on Ikeji is the fifth.

The four seals he knew were all cast and given during the Tai/Zu Heluo period and then transferred and handed over, with the character of Ho Luo, after the gold seal was cast, the craftsman in charge of casting ascended to heaven, and this new fifth one could only be newly cast by He Zhe.

In other words, in addition to being the deacon of Liuzhou Qingtian Mansion on the surface, Chi Si probably has a secret identity that even he doesn't know in private.

When did the Chi family become so valued by He Zhe? Is it because of the concubine?

The concubine is the mother concubine of the four princes, and the four princes have indeed been more eye-catching recently......

Qi Yuanzhi lowered his eyelids, took all the qiē feelings in his eyes and did not show them at all, and constantly weighed in his heart between continuing to stay here and entangled with Chi Si or temporarily relenting and rushing back to Shengjing to meet He Zhe in person.

To be honest, he didn't want to continue to entangle with this six-rank official whose nostrils were about to turn up, nor did he want to give in in front of him, he knew that this was the case, he should have changed horses and left quickly, why did he have to get involved......

The old woman's face flashed through his mind.

Almost instantly, he reacted that this was probably a trap, that is, he didn't know which side of the old woman was, and they didn't know that Chiji had another identity.

But that's not the point, the point is, what are they trying to get him in?

Do you really want to solve this case and give the people justice, or do you want to delay his return to Beijing?

It is unlikely that justice will be given to the people, as for delaying time...... Even if they didn't delay waiting for him to return to Beijing, it would be a few days later, and if he really didn't care about the hurry, this way would not last long.

Thinking of that small seal, Qi Yuanzhi had a new idea in his heart-

Their purpose was to let him know that Ikeji had a secret in his body.

In other words, it is very likely that the secret will be detrimental to him personally, when he knows that he can later establish a common point of interest between him and them, and thus achieve the purpose of the alliance.

Since it is an alliance, it means that those people will not only contact him once, maybe when he walks out of this subordinate office, someone will take the initiative to find him.

Picking up the teacup and taking a sip, Qi Yuanzhi borrowed the teacup to cover his face, lest Chi Si, who was close at hand, see any clues.

After waiting for a long time and not waiting for his next words, Chiji couldn't help but urge: "My lord? ”

Qi Yuanzhi glanced at the sky outside the window, put the teacup back on the table and stood up: "You and I are officials in the same dynasty, and we are all serving the saints, so I came to remind you out of good intentions, since the deacon has the bottom in his heart, I won't delay you any longer, I don't know if the dry food for the horses has been prepared, and the three of us are still in a hurry." ”

The dignified mansion chose to back down in front of himself, a six-rank official, which greatly satisfied Chi Si's self-esteem, and the smile in his eyes couldn't be concealed at all, and his cheeks tightened, as if he would laugh out loud as soon as he relaxed.

"It's easy to say, the horses' dry food and water bladders have been prepared, and the three adults can go on the road at any time!"

Such a clown appearance made Qi Yuanzhi feel really disgusting, and he didn't want to stay with him for a moment, so he nodded and walked out.

Coming out of the back door of the subordinate ya, Qi Yuanzhi did not leave Liuzhou immediately, but rode a horse around the nearby street several times, and then slowly moved in the direction of leaving the city, looking like he was in a hurry at all.

Without waiting to get out of the city gate, the two deputies couldn't help it.

"My lord, at this rate, we ...... tonight I'm afraid I can't get out of the boundary of Liuzhou. ”

"It doesn't matter." Qi Yuanzhi raised his hand and waved back, "It's almost dark, if no one comes to provide us with accommodation before dark, then we will rush to the night." ”

…… What??

Obviously, he said human words, but the two deputies were confused, if he hadn't drunk a drop of alcohol along the way, they would have thought he was drunk.

Just when the two deputies were confused and ready to ask, a woman in red with a veil stood by the city gate not far away, and waved at them after seeing the three people, and then bowed from afar, and the movements looked quite elegant, as if a lady was somebody.

The corners of Qi Yuanzhi's mouth hooked: "The person who provided the accommodation is here." ”

The two deputies glanced at each other, and saw the same bewilderment on each other's faces, and both sighed in their hearts: Adults are adults, and the way of thinking is not something we can figure out.

After the veiled woman had finished her salute, she turned and got into the carriage parked behind her, and then the coachman, wearing a straw hat and bowing his head and not showing his face, did not look at them, raised his horsewhip, and drove the carriage away.

Qi Yuanzhi kicked the horse's belly, and made a light move with his right hand: "Go, follow." ”

The three of them followed the carriage more and more deviated, although they did not go out of the scope of Liuzhou City, but looking at the surrounding buildings, it was obvious that they had entered the relatively poor residential area, if it weren't for Qi Yuanzhi's face as usual, the two deputies would not have wanted to follow for a long time.

Finally, when the sun turned west and the whole sky took on an orange-yellow color, the carriage stopped in front of a dilapidated temple.

The gate of the temple is crumbling, there are countless red ropes hanging on the two crooked neck trees outside the door, the two incense burners under the tree are full of burned incense stalks, the scattered two incense sticks that have not been burned out are emitting white smoke repeatedly, and the incense burner is piled up with a thick layer of incense ash, which looks like the incense is very prosperous.

The woman in red stepped out of the carriage, but she was not veiled on her face, revealing a young face of about twenty-five years of age.

"Please come with me, Lord Pray."

Qi Yuanzhi turned over and dismounted, leaving a deputy to watch the three horses outside the door, and followed the woman with another deputy into the temple.

Seeing that the adults and their colleagues followed the stranger so defenselessly into a temple where something looked wrong, the deputy who stayed there to watch the horse scratched the back of his neck, found a big stone to rest, and when he sat down and looked up, he saw that the coachman who was driving just now was still standing outside the gate and did not enter, half-raised his head to face him, revealing a dark and thin face under a straw hat, and two big eyes that looked so abrupt that they were staring at him with a round stare without even blinking their eyelids.

A chill slowly rose from behind, and the deputy felt that he had goosebumps on the ground, and he couldn't help but fold his arms and move his buttocks uncomfortably.

What a wicked sect!

However, as Qing Tianwei, who specializes in investigating cases, and is the deputy of Lord Fuqing, how can he be bold? Immediately glared back with angry eyes.

One second, two seconds......

One minute, two minutes......

Half a quarter of an hour later, the deputy's eyes were teary and his eyelids were trembling, but he was still holding on, but the coachman was still staring at him in that posture and expression, motionless like a dummy.

After a while, the deputy really couldn't hold it and closed his eyes, and the moment his eyelids closed, tears immediately surged, and his eyes were sore and swollen, and he hurriedly raised his hand to wipe them.

Before he could wipe it twice, there was a sound of footsteps in the temple, and he quickly squinted at the temple gate, trying to distinguish the owner of the footsteps.

"Your lord told you to bring your horse in, and we will stay here tonight...... Why are you crying like this, who are you thinking? ”

was seen by his colleagues on the embarrassing side, he almost wanted to dig a pit in the ground and jump in, and hurriedly explained: "I didn't think about anyone, it was blown by the wind and there was sand." ”

The deputy, who had already walked outside the gate, looked up at the crooked neck tree, and the red ropes all over the tree were quietly staying there, where was the wind?

"Huh."

"Laughing ghost, come and help lead the horse!"

"Oh."