Lin Lingsu is not an ordinary Taoist priest, he is an important grandmaster of the Taoist Shenxiao School, and he is very favored by Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, and is given the name Mr. Tongzhen Daling, plus Mr. Yuan Miao, and Jinmen Yuke, but he has returned to the mountain last year, how can there be his case, and it is still a triage of the three divisions.

An intuition told Li Yanqing that this case had been delayed for a year, and there must be something tricky about it.

He opened the file, which was basically full of various records, and Li Yanqing found the case record, which was only a few thousand words, and when he looked at it carefully, the case was very simple.

Probably last summer, the river around Bianjing rose sharply, seriously affecting the lives of residents in the suburbs, Lin Lingsu retreated at the head of the city, but was attacked by more than a dozen soldiers defending the city, resulting in the death of three soldiers guarding Lin Lingsu, Lin Lingsu himself was injured, but luckily escaped.

The Son of Heaven was furious and imprisoned all the attacking soldiers and generals on duty, and ordered the case to be tried by the three divisions.

It was such a simple case that had been tried for a year without results, Li Yanqing thought about it and shouted: "Master Tao!" ”

Tao Ye walked into the room quickly, "What do you have to say?" ”

"You should know about this case!" Li Yanqing pointed to the file on the table.

Tao Ye showed a wry smile on his face, Li Yanqing really looked at this case first, he nodded, "I participated in the whole process of this case, and I know the ins and outs very well." ”

"What's the reason for that, I actually have to check for a year?"

"This case is actually very simple, the key is that it was determined too early at the beginning, so it led to serious differences of opinion between the Yushitai, the Criminal Department, and Dali Temple, and it was difficult to form a consensus, so it dragged it down."

"What qualitative?"

"On the day the case arrived at Yushitai, Wang Zhongcheng at that time, that is, Wang Xiangguo at that time, was characterized as a premeditated assassination case, but the Criminal Department and Dali Temple both objected, thinking that this was just an ordinary attack, just a soldier's personal behavior, and had nothing to do with premeditation, let alone an assassination, and the two sides broke up unhappily after several consultations."

"Wouldn't it be clear to interrogate the soldiers?" Li Yanqing still asked puzzled.

"The problem is here, if the case drags on, the soldier will not die, if the case is closed, the soldier will be sentenced to death, so several hands-on soldiers insisted that it was the commander above who instructed them to do it, and put the blame on the commander, with the confessions of several soldiers, Wang Zhongcheng was even more convinced that his previous characterization was correct, it was a premeditated assassination, and the two sides were deadlocked."

"What about Liu Lin's attitude?"

After a moment of silence, Tao Ye whispered: "Liu Yushi is Wang Zhongcheng's fellow countryman. ”

Li Yanqing understood, and he also knew what the problem was? At that time, Wang Huang characterized the case as a premeditated assassination case, how dare Liu Lin overturn the characterization of his boss.

Li Yanqing pondered for a long time, and then asked, "Who was the commander in charge of the defense of the city wall at that time?" ”

"There are two people who were arrested because of this case, one is the commander Pan Yue, and the other is Yuhou Zhang Xiaowen."

"What is the background of the two of them?"

Wang Hao became the prime minister, and the Criminal Department and Dali Temple had to resist hard, but it just shows that the background of these two people is not simple.

Zhang Xiaowen has no background, but Pan Yue heard that he is the nephew of Pan Xu, the prince of Runan County, and his father Pan Jing was the general of the right guard and the envoy of the loyal army.

It turned out to be a child of the Pan family, Li Yanqing immediately remembered the Pan Xu he met yesterday, the meritorious family is both prosperous and lossy, it must be the meritorious family working together in the back to protect it, so that the Criminal Department and Dali Temple can withstand Wang Huang's strength.

Li Yanqing probably understood the subtlety, but he was still a little puzzled, why Wang Hao was characterized as a premeditated assassination case from the beginning, was Wang Hao currying favor with Lin Lingsu, or was there any other reason?

Sure enough, it was a very tricky case, Li Yanqing nodded, "I understand, you go first!" ”

Tao Ye bowed and retreated, Li Yanqing put the documents back in the file bag, and picked up the other two file bags, these two cases were much simpler, they all happened on the eve of Liu Lin's resignation, so he didn't deal with it and left it to his successor.

.........

At noon, Li Yanqing invited a few of his subordinates to drink tea together at the Qingfeng Teahouse next door to Yushitai, and it was supposed that his subordinates should have pooled money to invite the new boss, but Li Yanqing knew that they were poor, so he didn't let them pay for it, and he came to treat them.

Qingfeng Teahouse ranks third among the major teahouses in Bianjing, there are several branches in Bianjing, this Qingfeng Teahouse located near the imperial city is extremely hot, every day at noon is full of customers, Qingfeng Restaurant and Qingfeng Teahouse are the Cao family's industry, all over the world.

They came a little late, and there was no room left, so they could only sit in the lobby on the second floor, but fortunately, there was a screen separating them, and it was still a single room.

"Do you rarely come here?"

Li Yanqing couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw that several of them were not familiar with this teahouse located next door to Yushitai.

Wang Jiao smiled bitterly and said, "This teahouse costs at least one or two taels of silver per person, how can we afford to drink it?" ”

"I see, it's okay, today I'm a treat and let everyone drink a cup of tea for three taels of silver."

Everyone laughed, "We're all going to get the light of the imperial history." ”

There is a reason for this, that is, the water quality of the capital is too poor, the salinity is extremely high, and it is difficult to drink boiling water, so everyone uses the tea taste to cover up the bitter taste, which makes the teahouse and tea shop all over the city, there are tea sheds and tea shops for the lower classes, which sell all kinds of food, and of course there is herbal tea, a big bowl for a penny.

But when it comes to high-end teahouses, there are more exquisiteness inside, for example, teahouses will hire ox carts to go to other places to pull mountain spring water to sencha, and the popularity of ordering tea and dividing tea makes tea more cultural, and then there are tea prostitutes who are prevalent, and the beauty orders tea and serves tea, and the emphasis on culture needs to be reflected in currency, and high-end teahouses have become a good place for rich people to sell money.

Alum Lou with its unique brand is high, no matter the tea and wine are ranked first in Bianjing, the minimum consumption of ten taels of silver, the second place in the teahouse is the Zhu Skull Teahouse, the minimum consumption of five taels of silver, these two teahouses are expected, as for the third place, there are many versions, Xue Jiafen Tea, Qingfeng Teahouse, Changqing Teahouse, Panjia Teahouse all claim to be the third, the price is about the same, are the minimum consumption of one or two silver.

The so-called minimum consumption, generally in the lobby to drink tea, there is no tea prostitute performance tea, but there are beautiful prostitutes on tea, if you sit in the lobby and need tea prostitutes to perform tea, then use a screen to enclose, just tea prostitutes to share tea will have to pay another five taels of silver.

Li Yanqing was not stingy, although there was no elegant seat, he still asked the guys to surround them with a screen in the corner, and invited a glamorous tea prostitute to perform tea sharing for them.

The tea prostitute looked very beautiful, smiled before speaking, and a small wine vortex appeared on her white porcelain-like cheeks, which was particularly moving, "Ladies and gentlemen, the water in the Qingfeng Teahouse is the same as the water in the Alum Tower, the water from the inner mountain spring of Akakura Mountain, the water quality is clear and sweet, and the water from the decoction is also the best water for tea." ”

Li Yanqing smiled and said nothing, the water source of the alum tower has always been a secret, but Sisi told him that the spring water used in the alum tower is the imperial spring water of Meishan in the Yulu Garden outside the southern city, which is the spring water for the palace, because it was originally the property of the Chai family, so the alum tower can also use this spring water, and other teahouses cannot use it.

Although the mountain spring water in Akakura Mountain is also good, it is eighty miles away, and if you can't come back that day, it will definitely be overnight, and the water quality will be a little worse, not as good as the tea in Alum Tower.

The Zhu Skull Teahouse also uses the spring water of Chicang Mountain, but there is Xiao Jingniang, the first tea prostitute in the capital, and the tea art is unparalleled in the world, and it is said that he also specially entered the palace to teach the Son of Heaven to divide tea.

Li Yanqing's family has a beautiful concubine, and he doesn't care about the beauty of the tea prostitute, but several subordinates are a little intoxicated, completely intoxicated by the tea prostitute's smile and smile, and don't care about what she is saying at all.

At this moment, an extremely sinister voice came from next door, "The latest news, the imperial court has decided to recruit the Liangshan army." ”

There was a buzz in the lobby, and the atmosphere that was still very quiet just now immediately disappeared without a trace, and the surroundings were too noisy for the tea prostitutes to continue their tea distribution.

Li Yanqing smiled and took out five taels of silver to reward the tea prostitute, the tea prostitute got up and gave a gift, gave Li Yanqing an autumn wave, and walked away.

At this time, the guy removed the screen and restored the normal seats, Li Yanqing smiled at the three subordinates: "The lobby is too noisy, it is not suitable for appreciating the tea, next time I invite you to go to the Zhu Skull Teahouse to enjoy the real tea." ”

Although they only spent a quarter of an hour with the tea prostitute, the three of them still enjoyed it greatly and expressed their gratitude to Li Yanqing.

Li Yanqing picked up the teacup and asked the official who was talking next door, "May I ask who went to Liangshan to recruit An?" ”

The official also knew that he had been rude just now, so he hurriedly bowed to Li Yanqing apologetically: "I heard that it is Deputy Prime Minister Zhang Bangchang." ”