Since they are dealing with the Lord, they have to find the things they least want people to know, so that their interests will be damaged to the greatest extent. Xu Yuan transferred the genealogies of the founding lords in the household department. "Liu Shangshu, why don't these people have concubines on their genealogy? As far as I know, there shouldn't be a few lords who are a couple for a lifetime, right? ”

"General, your parents in your family are very affectionate, so naturally you don't know: these concubines have existed since ancient times, but their status is low, and they can't go to the family tree." "And what about their children?" "The general laughed, of course, the children are also low-status, and can only be servants and maids, how can they be compared with the sons and ladies who are born out?" "I want a list of the current concubines of the major lord families, remember, the concubines and concubines are written separately, this matter is very important, and please bother."

"Where is the general, as early as when the old man was the president of the Hanlin Academy, this kind of work has been done for many years, so he is naturally familiar with it, and please go back to the house to wait for a while, and the old man will send it to the Yamen of Dali Temple for you after finishing it out." Xu Yuan nodded, and took his junior brother back to Dali Temple with a lot of concern.

"Senior brother, why do you want a list of these people?" "Look, on these genealogies." Xu Yuan pushed the genealogy to him: "You see, in these genealogies, the lord is at most a wife who dies and then renewes the string, and there are at most five or six children who have been recognized by the imperial court. But the existence of concubines, even ordinary lords will marry at least two or three in order to deal with others, so do they have more children than their concubines? ”

"That's right, but these people generally don't have a high status and can't help much." "What if they were given a high status?" Meng Jia looked at Xu Yuan quietly: "Senior brother, your trick is ruthless and desperate enough." "Now it depends on whether the statistics of the household department are enough, if they really have a large number of people, then they can be used."

He stopped thinking and looked at Meng Jia: "Why did you shirk when Your Majesty granted you an official position?" "I'm just not here, senior brother doesn't need to persuade me." "Then what are your plans next?" "I want to go to the place where my deceased brother died in battle, and for so many years, I haven't even seen the last one. I want to see where he was, where he bleeds. ”

sent Meng Jia away, and Xu Yuan was the only one left here. He remembered what Master Shanyuan said: "When you find the last thing in your life, you go to Taihang Mountain to find your junior sister." "What's the last thing in life? Life is so long, where is the end?

The efficiency of the household department was very fast, and a list of 5,000 people was sent the next day, and Xu Yuan carried this list and went directly to face the saint. The horse was galloping on Chang'an Avenue, and when Xu Yuan was only thinking about hurrying to face the saint and closing the coffin, a small cart selling fruit suddenly appeared from the side of the road, ignoring the squire's reprimand and obstruction, and was bent on rampage to the middle of the road.

The car appeared suddenly, Xu Yuan didn't have time to dodge, he directly hit it, and the person turned over on his back, and fainted without reacting. The scene was chaotic, and the attendants only cared about helping Xu Yuan up, but no one noticed that the vendor pushing the fruit had disappeared, and only the fruit scattered on the ground remained......

Although it happened suddenly, fortunately there were no casualties, Xu Yuan was really wrong to ride a horse in the city, but the fruit seller who suddenly appeared and disappeared suddenly was too abnormal. Zhao Qian pondered silently, and he asked Liubu Shangshu: "How to sell fruits in Gyeonggi now?" ”

A few old men stared wide-eyed, not understanding what it meant. "Your Majesty, fruit buying is generally done by subordinates, and when we are old, we generally don't wander the streets, and we don't act as street horses." Zhao Qian could hear that he was secretly competing with Xu Yuan, but he didn't want such an answer.

"What I mean is that it's winter time, the New Year is approaching, and melons, fruits, and vegetables are expensive, so how can someone throw a cart of fruits and run away?" "When he saw that it was a dignitary's house and an attendant, of course he was afraid, and then it was normal to run away." "You see, as the secretary of the Criminal Department, you don't even have this kind of experience."

Shangshu of the Criminal Department glared: "Your Majesty, the old minister doesn't know what Your Majesty means by this." "Your Majesty, you mean, the minister understands." Tobe Shangshu stepped forward, "Since fruits are expensive, how can the people pushing the cart insist on pushing the cart to the middle of the street regardless of the safety of the fruit?" This was obviously a deliberate attempt to assassinate General Xu, but there were too many attendants around him, and the assassination was unsuccessful. ”

Seeing that he seemed to be very smart here, Shangshu of the Criminal Department was a little unhappy: "Liu Shangshu is so insightful, but the old minister didn't find it before. Liu Shangshu also looked indifferent: "I'm afraid it's not that you didn't find out, it's that you don't want to find out, right?" The two men were tense, and the atmosphere was extremely tense.

"I asked you to come because I felt that there was something suspicious in this matter, and I couldn't figure it out. And Xu Yuan is in a high position, is his safety far from everyone's safety? The old men stopped arguing, bowing their heads and drooping their long eyebrows. Zhao Qian continued: "Today is him, tomorrow it may be any of you, you are all the pillars of the country, this matter is undeniable, I don't want Da Zhou to need you the most, you fall one by one, my words are here, a few of you have worked hard, please go back." ”

"Dali Siqing is the favorite of His Majesty the Emperor, and the holy family is strong. A few days ago, he was riding a horse in the street, knocked over a fruit stand, and rolled off his horse. He was still dying, and he fell and injured his arm. Guess what's going on with the emperor? Not only did the emperor not hold him accountable, but he also rewarded him with a carriage to tell him to be careful. ”

"Guess what carriage this is? According to legend, this carriage has four doors, each door is made of the latest Suzhou embroidery as the door curtain, that pomp, ordinary people can not compare. And the cushion, which is goose feather, how soft and soft it is—" A man with a strip of cloth wrapped around his arm and head slowly stood up and whispered to his attendant.

"Let's go, he's blowing too hard here, how can it be so good?" "That's the people envy you!" Xu Yuan pursed his lips, noncommittal. "The person who hit me that day hasn't been found out yet, so haven't I suffered a dumb loss?" "How so, General." The two men walked outside as they talked. "Recently, there has been instability in Gyeonggi, so I told you to rest and rest before coming out, but you have to listen." "Let's go, go to Dali Temple." Xu Yuan got into a carriage, which didn't look like anything special compared to the ordinary landlord's carriage.