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Miao Fan and Zhou Tao followed Zhan Liantai to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, thinking that they would go to the Prison Department to observe the trial, but they were unexpectedly sent to the Zhaomo Institute.

The so-called light grinding is the meaning of brushing and grinding. The Imperial History Professional Correction of the Hundred Divisions, the Identification of Wrongs, the Commanders of the Provinces, and the Division of Discipline for the Son of Heaven. Every year, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will inspect the achievements of officials, evaluate the merits and disadvantages, organize them into files and keep them in the Terruma Office, and submit them to the Emperor of Heaven when necessary.

"Dali Siqing and Xiangye are both pivotal figures, and the emperor is in a dilemma, so he sent me this errand." Zhan Liantai explained to the two of them, helplessly, "The hot potato must be followed by someone, and now that the civil and military officials are staring at the Metropolitan Procuratorate, we must always do something to block other people's mouths." ”

Zhou Tao was inexplicable: "What can I do in Zhaomo?" ”

Zhan Liantai smiled but did not answer, beckoned the two to follow, and led them into the warehouse where the files were stored. There are no windows in the storeroom, and the shelves are lined with dense dossiers, and a thick layer of dust has accumulated on the surface.

Zhou Tao looked disgusted, covered his mouth and nose and fanned the wind: "Dirty...... Ahem. ”

"These," Zhan Liantai casually pulled out a volume of documents, only to see a note pasted on the scroll, with the name of the person written, "Every three years, the imperial court grinds hundreds of officials, so the examination of political achievements is written in these files, from the founding of the country to the current dynasty, from the first product to the ninth product, up to the old Taishi Pavilion, down to the main book of the county order, all of them are missing." ”

Miao Fan took a closer look at the bookshelves and found that they were arranged in chronological order, and he couldn't help but look ahead, as if he wanted to explore some past history.

Zhan Liantai smiled slightly, and threw the file in his hand over: "Next." ”

His chest hurt a little, Miao Fan raised his arm and held the file, raised his eyes to look at Zhan Liantai, and saw him say: "Kong Xiang of Dali Temple will not impeach Xiangye for no reason, I want you to find out his purpose, or accomplice, or even the mastermind." ”

Zhou Tao was surprised: "Just these things that don't know what to say?" How to find it! ”

In the dusty and dark room, Zhan Liantai was still spotless, and he said with a just right smile: "Don't underestimate this dossier, as long as you don't admit what you said, no one will know if you really said it, but what you have done can never be erased, especially if it is written down and sealed here." Between the lines, there are always clues left. ”

Miao Fan nodded in agreement, and Zhou Tao did not refute.

Zhan Liantai's gaze swept over Miao Fan's face indifferently, and he paced to a row of bookshelves, rummaging through the files as if gossiping: "How old is Tan Gongzi?" ”

Miao Fan said honestly: "Master said that he picked me up in the second year of Yongchang, when I was less than a year old and still in infancy. ”

"The second year of Yongchang......" Zhan Liantai looked casual, as if he really asked casually, "I remember that Kong Xiang seems to be a jinshi in the Yongchang period, so let's start from that time." ”

Miao Fan and Zhou Tao are here to be helpers, and they will do whatever Zhan Liantai says, but Zhou Tao felt strange, Zhan Liantai did not go away after the order, but ordered someone to make tea and accompany them to read the file.

"Sir," Zhou Tao was impatient, and after watching it for a while, he felt bored, and leaned over to Zhan Liantai to speak, "What year are you a Jinshi?" ”

Zhan Liantai didn't answer, opened the tea lid and skimmed the foam, and didn't raise his eyelids: "Have you finished reading?" ”

"I can see it, my eyes are a little ......sour," Zhou Tao rubbed his eyes and continued to ask, "Mr. has taught me for many years, I don't know what year Mr. is a jinshi, you are so knowledgeable, should you be the champion of the year!" ”

When Miao Fan heard Zhou Tao say this, he couldn't help but look up, and he looked a little curious.

Zhan Liantai met his gaze and curled the corners of his lips: "Actually, speaking of which, I also left my hometown in the first year of Yongchang and came to Jingshi. ”

Zhou Tao had never heard Zhan Liantai talk about the previous family affairs, so he hurriedly pulled Miao Fan to surround him, and wanted to listen to the previous story with great interest.

"Where is the hometown of the gentleman? What do you do when you come to Jingshi? Yongchang ...... You were only a teenager at that time, why did you leave home? Zhou Tao crackled like a cannonball, and kept asking.

Zhan Liantai lowered his eyes, rubbed the edge of the teacup with his fingertips, and said unhurriedly: "My hometown is an unknown small place, far away from Beijing, because of an accident, my relatives at home are gone, so I left there with my younger brother." ”

Zhou Tao was surprised: "You still have a brother?" Why haven't you heard of it? ”

"Soon after I left home, I became separated from him." Zhan Liantai paused, raised his eyes and smiled, "Actually, it's not that I'm separated, I was poor at that time, and I really had no other way, so I gave him to a farmer's family for adoption." ”

Zhou Tao thoughtfully: "This is also forced to be helpless...... Did you go back to him later? ”

"I found it."

Miao Fan listened silently, and suddenly noticed a burning gaze falling on him, he followed the look, but saw Zhan Liantai turn his face away, and said to Zhou Tao: "But I didn't find it." It turned out that not long after I left, a plague broke out in that place, and the peasant family unfortunately contracted the disease and died. ”

"It's a shame." Zhou Tao sighed, and felt sorry for Zhan Liantai who was alone.

Zhan Liantai shook his head slightly: "Life and death are up to fate, maybe he won't be better off with me than now." He looked indifferent, "If he is still alive, he will probably be about the same age as Tan Gongzi." ”

Miao Fan heard him mention himself, and folded his hands and made a Buddha salute: "Let my brother get rid of the sea of suffering and ascend to bliss early, and there is no Amitabha Buddha in the south." ”

"It's said that it's better to die than to live, I think it's better to live than to die, hehe." Zhou Tao grinned and scratched his ears, and while Zhan Liantai was willing to speak, he chased after him and asked, "Then after you settled down in Beijing, why didn't you think about starting a family for so many years?" ”

Miao Fan was stunned, he didn't expect Zhou Tao to ask such a rude question, he frowned and was about to speak, but Zhan Liantai had already answered: "It's not appropriate." ”

Zhou Tao felt that Zhan Liantai was particularly cordial today, and said with a hippie smile: "Sir, don't be modest!" Others don't know the way, I don't know the way, the whole Jingshi's beautiful daughters are looking at you, you have a good body, what kind of young man can compare? It's not a question of whether it's appropriate at all, it's that you're too high-minded to look down on those vulgar fans. ”

Zhan Liantai was amused by his "truth" of patting on the back: "Tao'er, you are really the worm in my belly, you are clear." ”

Zhou Tao blinked: "Then do you have someone in mind?" ”

The smile on Zhan Liantai's face gradually faded, he lowered his eyes, and was silent for a moment before he opened his lips: "Once...... There is one. ”

Maybe not in the past, but in this life, in this life, and forever.

"I can enter the eyes of Mr., I don't know what kind of peerless beauty she is." Zhou Tao imagined longingly, "I heard from the older generation that more than ten years ago, there was a famous poppy who was the wife of the imperial historian at that time, I wonder if Mr. Wang's favorite person is better than the poppy beauty?" ”

Back then, he was a lowly shepherd slave, and she was a noble lady of the imperial history, but they were so rebellious that they planned to stay together.

Now he is the imperial history of Zuodu, more prominent than her husband's official position, but she has long since faded away, leaving him only a handful of loess and a blood-stained jade hairpin. They have long since been separated.

When he didn't deserve it, he tried his best to make himself worthy, but when he did, that person would no longer wait for him in the same place.

Zhan Liantai had a cold face, got up and said, "Take a step first." ”

It wasn't until he stepped out of the door that Zhou Tao realized that he realized it and shouted at his back: "Sir, you haven't answered me yet!" How long will it take for us to go back? Mr? Mr! ”

Zhan Liantai turned a deaf ear and hurriedly left the Zhaomo Institute.

"Master, did you say that Mr. is angry?" Zhou Tao asked sullenly.

Miao Fan sighed: "I don't know the way. Maybe Master Zhan has something in the past that he doesn't want to mention, forget it, don't think about it, let's read the file first. ”

"I don't have the heart to look at those impatient things." Zhou Tao cupped his cheeks and slapped his thighs suddenly, "Since Mr. doesn't want to say it, let's just find it ourselves." He said that it was the Jingshi who came to Yongchang in the first year, right? Just check it out there. ”

This Xiang Miao Fan and Zhou Tao were trapped by Zhan Liantai in Zhaomo to consult the files, and Zhan Liantai made an appointment to meet Qianqian again. Afraid that she would not come, he also specially instructed Ruan Qi to take the box as bait, saying that he would return it to her.

At dusk, thousands of people are late.

She yawned, and saw Zhan Liantai with a bad face: "What are you looking for me to do?" Not...... So sleepy. ”

Zhan Liantai looked at the sky: "Is it too early to go to bed now?" ”

"You have to take care of it!" Qianqian glared at him fiercely, stretched out her hands and begged, "Give my things back!" ”

Zhan Liantai pinched the handle of the fan and slapped it into her palm, and said with a smile: "Sooner or later, I will pay you back, what's the hurry, you look like a puppy who can't get anything, ha." ”

"You're the dog! A dog can't spit out ivory in his mouth! Qianqian fought back fiercely and kicked him, "If you don't return me, I'll go, who rarely grinds with you!" ”

Zhan Liantai didn't care about the sore knee, and reached out to hold her: "Don't be busy, I have something to do with you." ”

Qianqian shook his hand impatiently: "If you have something to say, you are not allowed to move your hands and feet." ”

"Then you come with me."

Zhan Liantai pulled Qianqian to a tavern and ordered a pot of ordinary wine.

"I don't drink." Qianqian pushed the cup away, "I want tea." ”

Zhan Liantai had no choice but to pour himself wine, and mocked her a little: "Are you still afraid that I will use wine to commit murder?" ”

Qianqian scoffed: "Who is afraid of you, I am here to ...... I don't want to drink it anyway. ”

"I advise you to drink because it strengthens a man's courage." Zhan Liantai pushed the cup over again.

"Am I like a gutsless person? Hum. ”

"That's good." Zhan Liantai smiled at the corner of his mouth, but his eyes looked solemn, he took a sip from his cup, and spoke slightly drunk, "I'm going to introduce you to Zhou Xiang." ”

The author has something to say: In the past two days, my little cousin came to my house, and Uncle Jiu showed the excellent qualities of a married woman's virtuous and virtuous lady O(∩_∩)O Hahaha~ But what is the weight of this 12-year-old elementary school student made by the little goblins? 160 pounds! Although it's not a bear child paper but a fat child paper, I gave him pig's trotters today...... He can't live without meat!

I seem to have been given a lot of yellow cards in the old article, and I will change it...... Big * Your scale is so small, you must keep it