Early the next morning, Cui Wenqing and the two set off from Dakui Mountain and returned to Luoyang on horseback.

Traveling all the way non-stop, when the thick and simple city tower of Luoyang appeared in front of him, it was a full three days.

After a long journey, Cui Wenqing and his wife were not tired, and they did not rest when they returned to Yang's mansion, so they told Yang Wenguang what happened along the way.

Yang Wenguang was silent for a while, and then he asked: "Ah Zhao, you said that those Mingjiao demons are all numbered military bows and crossbows, I don't know if there is any evidence?" ”

Zhi Zhao sighed lightly: "At that time, I just put the bow and crossbow in my hand and looked at it for a while, because I remembered the safety of my husband, so I left, and did not leave any evidence, and then returned to the attacked forest to see, the bow and crossbow have all disappeared, and it should have been taken away by the Mingjiao demon who went and returned." ”

Yang Wenguang bowed slightly, and said: "The old man is in charge of the Privy Council, and the control of the bow and crossbow could not be clearer, especially this standard arm crossbow, which is the top priority of control, and it is absolutely not allowed to be privately possessed by the people, where did the Mingjiao demon get the arm crossbow?" It's hard to fathom. After speaking, he shook his head, looking quite puzzled.

Zhi Zhao also understands that this is not a trivial matter, to put it mildly, if Wang Daoping is really a demon of Mingjiao, it means that there are Mingjiao spies hidden in the court, so that the crossbow is leaked.

However, if Wang Daoping is not a person of the Ming Sect, things will become tricky and troublesome.

Zhi Zhao had even more doubts in his heart, and he couldn't talk about it to Yang Wenguang.

That is, is the court going to do something to her? Maybe Wang Daoping is just a pawn who lost his car to protect the handsome after the conspiracy failed, and even Wang Daoping's admitting that he was a member of the Ming Sect before he died may not be true.

If it was really the imperial court that was secretly dealing with itself and wanted to cut down the feudal domain and disintegrate the Zhenwu army......

Thinking of this, Zhi Zhao's back gradually became cold, and his expression became cold and solemn, but it was a pity that he couldn't tell Yang Wenguang, so he could only hide this doubt deep in his heart.

Seeing that the atmosphere suddenly became a little silent, Cui Wenqing smiled and said, "Actually, lady, we can also think about this matter in a different way." ”

Hearing this, Zhi Zhao smiled, and pretended to smile lightly: "Is there any good way for the husband to fail?" ”

Cui Wenqing nodded and said, "First of all, you can be sure of two points, first, it is true that Ning Zhen wants to seize the remnant picture in your hand; Second, she didn't conspire with Wang Daoping, she was saving me from beginning to end. And she is a confidant of the official family, which means that this matter cannot be done by the imperial court. ”

Zhi Zhao pondered it carefully, felt that there was still some truth, and nodded: "You go on." ”

Cui Wenqing said in a deep voice: "Whether Wang Daoping's identity is a member of the Ming Sect or not, in fact, it is not difficult to determine, the source of the arm crossbow must be the imperial court armory, such an obvious fact, everyone understands, and Wang Daoping knows that besieging you will definitely be damaged, so why did he choose to use the arm crossbow as a weapon to leave such an obvious and important clue to you?" Obviously, this is a false accusation, the purpose is to provoke the contradiction between the imperial court and the Zhenwu army, and when the time comes, the world will be in chaos, and the party that made the conspiracy can fish in troubled waters and achieve its insidious purpose. ”

At the end of the sentence, Yang Wenguang nodded and said: "Listening to Wen Qing say this, the logic is very accessible, and the only forces in the whole world that dare to go against the imperial court are Mingjiao, which cannot be doubted." ”

After listening to this analysis, Zhi Zhao was suspicious, nodded and said: "If this is the case, then the problem has become easier to handle, and the most important thing at present is to use the arm crossbow held by Mingjiao as the source to investigate the truth and find out the spy hidden in the army." ”

Yang Wenguang nodded and said with a smile: "Just leave this matter to the old man, by the way, Ah Zhao, how long are you going to return to Fuzhou?" ”

Zhi Zhaomei's eyes quickly glanced at Cui Wenqing, and said with a smile: "After the year, I will go back in the spring." ”

Bidding farewell to Yang Wenguang and leaving the main hall, Cui Wenqing and Zhi Zhao returned to the small courtyard where they lived on the same road.

Lotus Leaf was drying clothes in the courtyard, and she was naturally full of joy to see them come back.

Walking into the room to rest for a while, Lotus Ye had already made a pot of steaming tea for the two of them.

Zhe Zhao personally poured a cup for Cui Wenqing and handed it to him.

Cui Wenqing naturally wouldn't be polite to Zhe Zhao, picked up the teacup and took a sip, smacking his lips and suddenly feeling that his mouth was fragrant.

Putting down the teacup and seeing the lotus leaf standing in front of him with a smile, Cui Wenqing asked with a smile: "By the way, Lotus Ye, the son has been gone for the past few days, what is the matter?" ”

Lotus Ye replied with a chuckle: "There is no matter, but Su Gongzi has come to the mansion to find Gongzi several times, and he is very concerned about how long you will come back." ”

As soon as Cui Wenqing heard this, he knew that Su Shi must have something to do with him, but Lotus Ye had already taken out a piece of paper from the house, handed it to him and said: "When I left the day before yesterday, Su Gongzi left a letter, saying that I would give it to you after Gongzi came back. ”

Cui Wenqing nodded and took it, and quickly browsed the contents of the letter, but her brows furrowed slightly.

"What? What does the letter say? Zhi Zhao asked curiously.

Cui Wenqing said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, just say that Xie Junhao will accept a beautiful concubine at the beginning of next month, and many dignitaries and nobles in the dynasty will go to congratulate, and that day Xie Junhao will also hold a poetry collection. ”

Zhi Zhao suddenly smiled and said: "I see, Brother Su's suggestion is not bad, it has a very great benefit to your reputation, husband, if you can get the favor of the imperial examination and the examiners, it is even easier to get a good ranking." ”

Cui Wenqing also understood that before the ancient imperial examination, many people came to the capital to visit powerful officials and make well-known friends, so as to enhance their reputation.

However, many of them have a low status, and it is too difficult to make friends with powerful celebrities, and they often send their proud articles or poems to the mansions of the powerful, hoping that the powerful can take a look at them, so as to give birth to an interest in making friends.

It is not surprising that this matter has become a common practice since the Tang Dynasty.

And the poetry collection held by Xie Junhao was just before the scientific examination, and many powerful people would attend, which was a rare opportunity to show their talents, so Su Shi asked Cui Wenqing to go.

Cui Wenqing said with a smile: "In this case, then only Brother Yisu's words, by the way, Xie Junhao concubine, are you going to attend?" ”

Zhi Zhao thought for a while, and said: "This person is also the prime minister of the dynasty, I am in Luoyang, it is inappropriate not to go, and I should come to congratulate him." ”

Cui Wenqing nodded and said, "Okay, let's go together when the time comes." ”

(End of chapter)