Du Qingyun is Du Shiqi's father, a dignified servant of the Criminal Department, although his name is Qingyun, he is actually a corrupt dog official.

Half a year ago, there was a fatal case in Yingzhou, the iron mine in the mountain suddenly collapsed, resulting in the death of more than a dozen miners, and the local county officials investigated and learned that the collapse of the iron mine was caused by the mine owner's carelessness, so he sorted out the documents and reported the case to the criminal department.

But unexpectedly, because the previous Shangshu Liu of the Criminal Department was pulled down by Su Qinglang from the position of Zheng Erpin, Du Qingyun, as a waiter of the Criminal Department, temporarily managed the affairs of the Criminal Department before the court determined the new Shangshu.

After receiving the case, instead of reporting it to the court, Lord Du tried to secretly suppress the matter, using his power to suppress the victims' families, so that they had no way to ask for help, and also sent assassins to kill the county official in charge of handling the case.

However, the sky net was restored, and the son of the county official was angry, so he brought a petition from all over the people, came to the imperial city several times, and sued the emperor.

The emperor was very angry when he heard this, and not only detained the mine owner who had taken people's lives, but also put Du Qingyun in prison.

Anyone who has been in the court for a few years knows that the case about minerals cannot be touched, and it cannot be touched, and since the former emperor, it has been a mess of bad debts.

And there are all kinds of powerful people involved, if you accidentally make a mistake in your brain, you will offend people who should not be offended, and you don't know how to die when the time comes.

Although Du Qingyun was hateful, he didn't dare to commit such a wrong thing, obviously he was used as a pawn before, and now he was just a scapegoat.

is because of Lord Du, who once made people have no way to ask for help, retribution finally came to him, and the Du family took money and interceded, looking for relationships from door to door, running countless times, but no one dared to care.

In desperation, he had no choice but to take Su Qinglang's path, hoping to marry Lord Shangshu, at least to save Du Qingyun's life.

Unexpectedly, Miss Du has a strong temperament and strong self-esteem, not only failed to please Su Qinglang, but also slapped the noble person who could save her father.

Unexpectedly, the emperor would let Cai Jun and Mei Liusheng review the case.

Cai Jun is okay, Mei Liusheng, a fledgling rookie, has no experience at all, how can he be in charge of such a big case just after taking office, even if he wants to train people, he is not so exercised, even Su Qinglang can't understand what he means.

In the courtyard of the Ministry of Rites, Su Qinglang sat in the hall, and there were three people standing below-

Mei Liusheng, the champion of the new department, Jia Siqi, and Lu Xun, the nephew of Tanhua on the left.

According to the practice of the imperial court, after the new tribute students were enthroned, they had to meet some highly respected ministers in the court and receive their education and encouragement.

First, it is easy to do things well, and secondly, to show respect for the superiors of the predecessors, and some tribute students, taking advantage of this opportunity, in the process of meeting the seniors, work hard to perform, and strive for their promotion and protection, so that they can rise to the top in the future, and become rich and promoted.

It is this etiquette, in front of the unintentional, it is just a formality, but for the attentive, it is a good time to stand in the camp.

Although Su Qinglang is young and not highly respected, he is also in the ranks this time because of his high official rank and the favor of the emperor.

He sat in the hall, waved his folding fan, posed as a person who had come over, and said to the people below: "You have already entered the court as an official, and what you will go out to represent in the future is the face of the court. ”

The three of them bowed their heads slightly, and replied in unison: "Yes." ”

I heard Su Qinglang say again: "I'm no better than other adults, I'm not a few years different from you, in front of me, you don't have to be so restrained, just get along as friends." ”

After a pause, he said: "Although I am not talented, I have also spent a few years in the officialdom, and I have more experience than you, so you don't have to be polite if you have any questions you want to ask." ”

Normal people can hear that when he says this, on the surface, he is not polite, but in fact it is just his own politeness.

The secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the second-rank member of the court, the boss of their top boss, no matter how young they are, they can't give them a few friends.

But Brother Lu Xun is Brother Lu Xun after all, and his brain structure is not the same as that of a normal person, and when he heard Su Qinglang say this, he suddenly relaxed a lot.

I still thought in my heart that others said that Su Qinglang was a villain who brought disaster to the country and a traitorous minister, but he felt that Su Qinglang was very amiable and had no official pretensions.

Compared to the right minister who closed the door and avoided them, and Lord Xu Jin, who knew that he was scolding with a black face all day long, I don't know how many times more cordial.

Listening to Su Qinglang say that when he gets along with them as friends in the future, he really regards Su Qinglang as his friend.

So he lowered his shoulders and asked Su Qinglang: "My lord, there is actually a question, I wanted to ask you since I came in just now." ”

Su Qinglang nodded and said, "Please speak." ”

I only heard Lu Xun ask: "It's only the beginning of April, and the weather is still a little cold, isn't it too cold for you to fan your fan?" ”

Su Qinglang retracted his hand holding the folding fan, his fingers trembled slightly, and he almost broke the handle of the fine sandalwood fan in half.

Quietly, he gritted his teeth and looked at him, thinking: Was this guy deliberately sent by Pei Yan to kill himself?

Seeing that Brother Lu Xun was serious and earnestly seeking knowledge, he sighed slightly, with Pei Yan's shrewdness, he should not be stupid enough to send his own stupid nephew to death.

I could only face black, hold my look, and replied coldly: "Oh, I've been on fire these days, and my heart is so dry that I feel very hot without fanning." ”

Brother Lu Xun sighed when he heard this, scratched his head, and said, "My uncle has planted some chrysanthemums in his garden, go back and send some to the adults, and drink a few sencha." ”

Hearing this, Su Qinglang wanted to vomit blood, looked at Lu Xun with complicated eyes, and thought to himself, this child has not lost arms or legs until now, which shows that God treats people unfairly.

The other adults in the room all covered their mouths and snickered when they heard this, but because of the majesty of Lord Shangshu, their shoulders on both sides trembled, and they endured it very hard.

Even Mei Liusheng, who was so calm, couldn't help but show a faint smile, raised his eyes to look at Su Qinglang, and was quite teasing.

Jia Siqi was already dissatisfied with Su Qinglang, coupled with the matter of the palace test, he had a deep grudge against him, and now he was naturally happy to see him make a fool of himself in public.

Just wanted to gloat, but Su Qinglang glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally, and quickly restrained his expression, like a thief who had fallen over the wall, and tentatively looked at Su Qinglang's face.

Su Qinglang snorted and replied, "No need, it's your uncle, these days must be a serious fire, you have this filial piety, it is better to use it on him." ”

Lu Xun was very surprised, and asked: "My lord, how do you know that my uncle is seriously on fire, these days, especially after the palace test that day, my uncle is sick, and the doctor in the house said that his liver is vigorous, depressed, and needs to be well regulated, so my uncle is in the backyard these days, so don't go to him if I'm fine."

Su Qinglang is a person, his heart and eyes are as small as the tip of a needle, there is revenge, there is revenge, there is revenge, if anyone touches one of his hairs, he can break ten fingers of others.

Hearing this, he smiled evilly and said to Lu Xun: "Your uncle sees that you are working hard as an official and doesn't want to trouble you, but in fact, I want to see you tightly, since you accept your uncle's help and stay in the city to join the ranks, you should be filial to him, just walk in front of him if you have nothing to do, and ensure that your uncle is in a cheerful mood and prolongs his life." ”

Lu Xun was very moved, and said sincerely: "Master Su, I didn't expect you to care so much about my uncle......

Su Qinglang was very modest, waved his hand, and said lightly: "As officials in the same dynasty, they are all friends, and they should be." ”

Lu Xun was even more moved, thinking that before he came to the imperial city, someone told him that officialdom is deep, many officials are not easy to get along with, and there are many people vying for power and profit.

But I didn't expect that there was still a trace of truth in this troubled water, and the famous traitor Su Qinglang and his uncle were so in love with each other.

After talking in the hall for a while, the time was almost noon, and Su Qinglang couldn't help but be angry with Lu Xun, so he spoke tactfully and motioned for them to leave.

After the three of them left, Su Qinglang thought that he would not come to the Ministry of Rites for a long time, and it would be inevitable that he would be separated from other colleagues, so he stayed to contact them again.

When he came out, he saw Mei Liusheng waiting outside, he paused, and for a while, he didn't know if he should go to say hello again.

First, according to what Qin Huan said, this Mei Liusheng is a person with a not simple background, the kind who wants to kill people at every turn.

He Su Qinglang is just a weak chicken scholar, let him play tricks, dance knives and guns, and lick blood from the edge of the knife, which is really not what he is good at.

Second, according to the previous news, Zuo Xiang Pei Yan has found Mei Liusheng, and he doesn't have to think about it to know what happened, he doesn't know what Mei Liusheng's reaction is to Pei Yan.

If they have already taken refuge in Pei Yan's side, the two of them are different camps, the Tao is different, each is its master, and it is obviously not possible to communicate like this.

These three, just like Ruyi said before, he Su Qinglang is a heinous villain, Mei Liusheng has just entered the officialdom, and there is still room for choice and a good future.

It doesn't matter whether this person is good or bad, but he has never done anything against morality to him, and people regard him as a confidant and friend, how can he push others into the fire pit?

When he was struggling, Mei Liusheng found him and bowed his hand to him: "Brother Su." ”

Su Qinglang smiled, approached him, and said, "I just talked to my colleagues in the Ministry of Rites, and it was rude to think that Brother Mei was waiting here." ”

Mei Liusheng said: "I have something I want to tell Brother Su, and seeing that Brother Su is busy with official business, I didn't bother anymore." ”

After a pause, he said: "The night before yesterday, I made an appointment with Brother Su, and I didn't want to delay because of something and missed the agreement with Brother Su, so I should apologize to Brother Su." ”

Su Qinglang said indifferently: "Lord Zuo Xiang is invited, even if I have to give a few thin noodles, not to mention you, since it is excusable, why should Brother Mei apologize?" ”

He knocked on the folding fan in his hand, and just wanted to unfold it, but suddenly remembered Lu Xun's words, his hand stiffened, and finally held the fan in his hand.

continued: "I also have something I want to ask Brother Mei, and I just take this opportunity to explain it." ”

Mei Liusheng smiled gently and said, "Brother Su, please speak." ”

I saw Su Qinglang with a smile between his eyebrows, with a sense of prudence: "Brother Mei's talent, one in a million, it is really a blessing for us to be able to enter the court to do things, but what I want to ask is, Mei Liusheng, Brother Mei, who are you......"