Walking across Chang'an Avenue, which is being repaired, both sides of the road have become empty. Chang'an City is undoubtedly crowded and lively, but for most of the people of Chang'an need to work, after noon is the time for the people to work, and there are a lot fewer pedestrians on the street.

Pei Qingqing held two sugar gourds in her hand and ate them while walking, looking unhappy.

Qiao Ran looked at the girl who was shaking her head and was happy to eat, and couldn't help but chuckle: Pei Qingqing's age is the time when she hates reading the most in modern society but has to study, but if this girl is there, I'm afraid she will skip class!

Probably sensing her gaze, Pei Qingqing grimaced at her. Qiao Ran smiled and reached out again to rub the ball on her head.

This time I went to handle the case, but I didn't have the cramped feeling of handling cases in the past, probably because such a case made her a little comfortable. There is nothing that involves human life, and it is always relieving to the bottom of people's hearts.

Shanyuan Village is not far outside Chang'an City, Pei Qingqing, who has accompanied Zhang Xie several times, automatically acted as a guide, and after leaving the city, he walked along the official road for a short time, and then turned two corners and walked to Shanyuan Village.

From a distance, I saw an old man with half-white hair looking around at the entrance of the village, his expression was a little anxious and a little uneasy, Qiao Ran shook his head with a smile, walked over and asked, "Is it the village chief?" ”

The old man was startled by her words, and after looking her up and down, he couldn't help but exclaim, "You...... Are you an adult sent by the government? ”

Even if the visitor was a half-grown girl, he couldn't tell the specific difference between the official robes of each yamen official in the city, but he could still see this yamen official robe, this young girl was afraid that she was not a female official!

Qiao Ran nodded and said, "Yes, a few potholes were smashed on Chang'an Avenue before, and Master He sent me over when he was transferring people to repair the road." ”

The old man let out an "oh", glanced at her suspiciously, and hurriedly raised his hand and pointed to the village when he saw the few files in her hand that had fallen on He Taiping's seal: "This ...... Uh......"

Qiao Ran said: "My surname is Qiao." ”

"Uh-oh." The old man nodded and said, "Lord Qiao, please." ”

The village is well built, but backed by Chang'an, which extends in all directions, no matter how poor it is, it can't be poor. Although the white-walled houses in Daiwa were not as elaborate as those in the city, as far as she could see, they were much better than the small village where she was located in Jinling Bezhuang.

The road in the village was also renovated, and a few children with their heads tied to their heads chattered and shouted "village chief" and looked at them curiously.

"This is Master Qiao from the Yamen." The village chief introduced a few of the children.

The snotty children shouted "Master Qiao" unevenly, and then looked at Pei Qingqing.

Pei Qingqing grimaced at them and snorted, "A group of children......"

You're a kid yourself! Qiao Ran glanced at her, shook her head with a smile, and then said to the village chief, "In this way, we will come one by one." ”

The village chief nodded and was about to leave, but when he raised his feet, he seemed to think of something, and took out a handful of candy from his arms and gave it to the child and Pei Qingqing, who "suddenly" became a child again, and said, "You guys are playing here, I have something to do with Master Qiao." ”

Don't join in the fun, kids.

The children who got the candy quickly dispersed, and Pei Qingqing grabbed the handful of candy from the village chief with his hands behind his back and said to Qiao Ran: "I'll go see the fish." "But the smoke is gone.

With sugar, she can suddenly become a little kid like those runny imps.

Running fast, Qiao Ran laughed for a while, shook his head, and said to the village chief: "Let's go over!" ”

Finding chickens and ducks is a trivial matter, but it also has to be done.

……

After noon, the yamen of Dali Temple was busy again, Zhen Shiyuan couldn't help but stop when he passed by the lobby after finishing the business at hand, and looked at the officials in the hall who either bowed their heads to meditate, or worked hard to read the files, or whispered about the business bills, and nodded with satisfaction.

His subordinates do things well, and he can do it easily as a peak! The atmosphere of Dali Temple is very good, and after his eyes swept the hall, he withdrew his gaze and walked towards his room.

After only taking two steps, he saw Tang Zhongyuan hurriedly walking in from outside, shouting "Sir", and then pointing out the door and saying, "Pei Xiangye's people are outside, saying that they want to ask you to talk about it." ”

Pei Xiangye? Zhen Shiyuan was stunned, turned around and walked out the door.

What else could he be asking him for? If it's not Bai Zhijun, which one else can there be?

The rabbit cubs under his command are obedient, and the ones above have started fighting again.

Zhen Shiyuan shook his head and sighed a few words, "It's not easy", and then stepped into the carriage of Pei Mansion.

Pei's Mansion is not far from the Yamen of Dali Temple, the fact is that the direction of the entire Chang'an City has made the powerful and wealthy gather in the area of Zhuquefang, no matter which one you go to, it will not be too far.

As a left minister, whenever there is something in the court, after the next court, the door of the prime minister's house must be lively, how to say that sentence, fighting with people, the fun is endless, and the battle between the left and right phases has not stopped.

It didn't take half an hour on the road, and when Zhen Shiyuan stepped off the carriage, there were still a few carriages parked in front of Pei's mansion, although I didn't know whose family it was, but I wanted to know that most of them were officials from Pei Xiang's faction.

Xu is a coincidence, he arrived, and several officials walked out of the door, and when they saw him, they immediately stopped, and then smiled at him, and said, "Lord Zhen is here!" ”

Such an easy-to-talk appearance made Zhen Shiyuan not flattered, but startled, and hurriedly responded twice.

Xu saw that he was uncomfortable, and the officials didn't break his embarrassment lightly, smiled and left.

After the officials got into the carriage and left, Zhen Shiyuan looked at the steward on the side, and was relieved to see that he was still polite but detached from the previous appearance. With this gratuitous enthusiasm, those who don't know still think that Pei Xiangye wants to win him over!

One thing to say, he has no ill will towards Pei Xiangye, after all, he has been in Jinling for many years, and under his protection, it would be too unconscionable to say that he is not grateful. But gratitude is just gratitude, he doesn't want to go deep into Pei Xiangye's side to be a partisan figure.

This is not to say that he Zhen Shiyuan boasts very highly, but the position of Dali Siqing, once it is clearly involved in partisan disputes, it will not be far from the downfall. He Zhen Shiyuan has never thought about going further in his life, but he doesn't want to come down from this position, it is best to do it for the rest of his life and do it, this is his ideal Zhen Shiyuan in this life.

The anxiety in his heart, the steward who led the way was as if he hadn't seen it, and led the person to the backyard.

Walking through the corridor connecting the front and back yards, I saw two people sitting at a stone table by the trellises in the backyard.

Although I didn't see the front of these two people, the backs of these two people, Zhen Shiyuan, who stood behind during the daily court meeting, was very familiar, after all, he had seen enough.

Pei Xiangye and his old rival Ran Wen. Of course, it is not necessarily true to say that Ran Wen is an old enemy, after all, he and Ran Wen have no personal evil, and as for the robbery case, it is far from rising to the level of private evil.

As if sensing their voices, Pei Xingting and Ran Wen turned their heads at the same time, with a solemn look on their faces, and after Zhen Shiyuan raised his hand to salute, Pei Xingting said, "Come and sit!" ”

The steward who was leading the way on the side also retreated with interest.

But in the blink of an eye, there were only three of them in this backyard.

Zhen Shiyuan settled down and walked over.

After he sat down, Ran Wen raised his hand and picked up the teapot on the stone table to pour him a cup of tea, and then pushed it in front of him. Zhen Shi thanked him from afar, and then looked at Pei Xiangye in front of him.

The expression on Pei Xiangye's face was a little solemn, and after Ran Wen finished pouring the tea, he spoke: "Zhen Shiyuan, I have something to ask you." ”

Fortunately, it wasn't wooing, but he had something to ask, Zhen Shiyuan breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "Xiangye, please speak." ”

Pei Xiangye snorted, looked at Ran Wen, and said, "Let's talk about what happened outside the palace this morning!" ”

Ran Wen nodded and said, "Before today's court meeting, Fang Xiangye's people were outside the court hall......

After Ran Wen said about the incident, he was surprised to see Zhen Shiyuan's slightly changed face. Zhen Shi is far from being a stupid person, and he knows very well what this matter means.

"So, how could Fang Xiang receive the news in advance?" Pei Xiangye said, "Did you leak it?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhen Shiyuan smiled bitterly: "Bai Zhijun's surrender was not hidden, and it is not strange that the people there can guess it." Speaking of this, he was suddenly stunned, and the appearance of a girl inexplicably appeared in his mind, if it was such a child, he might not be able to guess it.

However, the girl stayed with him almost all night, and more importantly, she was the key to overthrowing Bai Zhijun and surrendering later. If she is the person of the Fang Xiang, she must have been sent to the side of the Fang Xiang, otherwise how could she make the Fang Xiang so ugly?

"It's not that I guessed it, it's the news that we are waiting for," he said, shaking his head, and said with a wry smile, "But I didn't let everyone keep this matter a secret before, because Bai Zhijun surrendered himself, and people are desperate for their lives, so generally speaking, most of the prisoners who surrendered are the real murderers." ”

However, Bai Zhijun's situation this time is a bit complicated, and he is an exception.

"Although there was a turning point because of the later events," Ran Wen glanced at Pei Xiangye and said solemnly, "But you and I both know that if there is no turning point, the entire court is afraid that it will cause countless troubles!" ”

This kind of thing is not a trivial matter, some people want to borrow a case to provoke such a dispute at this time, Pei Xiangye naturally wants to meet Zhen Shiyuan and ask what happened.

Zhen Shiyuan didn't hide it, he repeated the matter carefully, and didn't take credit, and then said: "The whole thing, Lord Qiao's speculation is almost tenten, except for whether Mrs. Cen is sick or not, because Mrs. Cen has no definite answer, the rest has been confirmed. ”

Hearing this, Ran Wen smiled, he looked at Pei Xiangye, and said, "Xiangye, can you believe what I said?" That child can really get the name of the female Di Gong. ”

Di Gong was a god who was good at judging cases in the early days of Great Chu, and was quite famous among the people.

Pei Xiang took a sip of the tea bowl, then put down the tea bowl and said with a smile: "No wonder you asked me for those copper plates to give her!" ”

"Don't bother the two masters," Ran Wen said with a smile, "Besides, wouldn't it be better to find a special person to do a special thing?" ”

What these two people said was like playing a dumb riddle, Zhen Shiyuan frowned slightly, but he didn't interrupt the two of them, and only wrote down in his heart that he must ask her about the copper plate when he turned around.

The dumb riddle was only a few sentences, and the two of them returned to the main topic.

"I don't really care if this matter is done by Fang Xiang," Pei Xiang picked up the tea bowl and took another sip, squinting his eyes, looking comfortable, "His words are nothing more than competing with me." ”

His Majesty set up the left and right phases to protect each other, and this battle is inevitable, and even only such a battle can truly distinguish between right and wrong, not to bewitch the king's heart.

"If it wasn't for him, it would have been terrible." A hint of coldness flashed in Pei Xiangye's narrowed eyes, "If you do such a thing at such a time, what this person is planning must not be a matter of power in front of you." ”

Zhen Shiyuan couldn't help but straighten his back, and he also felt a little dignified from Pei Xiang's few words.

"It's always better to believe what you have than what you don't have." Pei Xiangye put down the tea bowl, looked at Zhen Shiyuan, and said, "So, you have to pay attention." ”

This is also one of the purposes for him to invite Zhen Shiyuan to come, not only to find out the causes and consequences of Bai Zhijun's case, but also to remind Zhen Shiyuan.

It's always good to prepare things early. Don't look at them now, but once the building will fall, the skin will not be attached? In addition to politicians who have changed dynasties like the Shi family, how many old courtiers can have a good end? Whether it is greedy for power or life, it is always right to be careful.

Zhen Shiyuan nodded: Why did you deliberately remind him, in the final analysis, it was the news that this case first came out of Dali Temple, and it was naturally right to trace back to the source and start paying attention from Dali Temple.

After the most important purpose is said, it is natural to be able to say a few words of gossip, after all, if you ask a third-grade master to go on a special trip just for a few words, then both sides are afraid that they will be a little unhappy.

"What about the kid?" Pei Xiangye smiled and asked, "Look at the collected recipes in Dali Temple?" ”

The fact that Lord Qiao, the female official of Dali Temple, likes to read recipes when she is not spare has obviously reached Pei Xiangye's ears.

Zhen Shiyuan shook his head with a smile and said, "No! He Taiping was busy transferring people to repair the road, and my subordinates happened to be idle, so I went to do some small things for He Taiping. ”

The trivial things in the neighborhood of the government office? Pei Xiangye was stunned when he heard it, and then smiled: "It's okay, I've just seen such a foggy murder case, and touching these little things can also make her relax." ”

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Looking at the villagers who were happy to hug the two big white geese in front of him, Qiao Ran rolled up his sleeves, rolled his eyelids, and asked the village chief who was also out of breath beside him, and said, "Is there anything else?" ”

This case in Shanyuan Village rested her brain, but her body was tired.

After looking for the cow to find the water tank, after finding the water tank and starting to pull the rack, after pulling the rack, after pulling the rack and starting to look for the goose, she has never rested since she followed the village chief into the village.

"No, no, no." The village chief, who is nearly half a hundred years old, is about the same as her foot strength, and he is tired at this time, so he sat on the ground, wiped his sweat with his sleeve, and said, "It's gone, thank you, my lord!" ”

"You're welcome." Qiao Ran glanced at the file in his arms, and then secretly said, "It's finally done", then he heard a noise coming from not far away, and as soon as he looked up, several village men were pulling a girl's clothes and driving them here.

Girl, it is really an aggrieved Pei Qingqing, she is carrying two fish in her hands.