Tang Zhongyuan felt that the people in the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry were a little strange, thinking that although he was not very old, there was more than one Yamen who had stayed in Tang Zhongyuan. Well, of course, the fact that the upper peaks are all Lord Zhen can be ignored. But I have never seen such a yamen, but it is also a dignified six-part yamen, not to mention how majestic it is, as soon as Miss Qiao came, they all gathered around and stared at Miss Qiao to see what to do?

Also, those officials below are just ignorant, why is that Lord Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry staring at Miss Qiao like those people?

Is this the case from top to bottom of the Ministry of Works?

However, this warehouse is built impermeable, and if you stay inside, you will have to suffocate people if you don't open the window, he stood outside and coughed, reminding the Ministry of Industry and Yamen to pay attention to the impact.

Those people from the Ministry of Industry and the Yamen were unaware of his euphemistic reminder, but after he coughed, the Ministry of Industry, who had been watching from the outside with the group of officials of the Ministry of Industry, actually threw off his official robe, walked over by himself, and then went straight into the warehouse.

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu wants to enter the treasury of the Ministry of Industry's yamen, who dares to stop his own territory?

Tang Zhongyuan finally couldn't help it, and stood outside the window and shouted "Miss Qiao" as a reminder.

A girl's soft response came from inside, and Qiao Ran looked up at the official who walked in from outside the door.

Although he had never seen Lord Yan of the Ministry of Industry Yamen before, he could guess the identity of the person from the official robe that belonged to the six Shangshu alone.

Qiao Ran looked curiously at Lord Yan who walked in: lean, with a little dark skin, not like ordinary scribes with beards, but not as strong as a martial artist, on the contrary, he looked a little thin.

When Yan Liqin approached, the girl got up from the chair and leaned over to give a salute: "Lord Yan." ”

"No need to be polite." Yan Liqin said, his gaze shifted from her to the table in front of her, and in addition to the stacked files, a pure gold waist card was placed aside.

If I am here, this is the brand.

Yan Liqin's gaze fell on the sign and he didn't look away again, and after a pause, he spoke, "Can this official take a look at your brand?" ”

Qiao Ran said: "Lord Yan wants to see it, naturally it is not necessary. ”

Yan Liqin picked up the sign that I had come to and looked at it seriously, Qiao Ran also closed the file at this time, she read it quickly, and she had finished reading it in the noisy voices outside.

Originally, she was about to get up and leave, but Yan Liqin's appearance stopped her steps, and Qiao Ran's eyes fell on Yan Liqin again. Only this time, it's not the face that's looking, it's the hands.

This Lord Yan's hand holding the brand seemed to tremble a little: I have never seen such a waist card so I am excited? Thinking of Zhen Shiyuan's situation when he saw this brand, this Lord Yan seemed to be a little too excited!

The official is a book, and Lord Yan, who can see the face of the sky every day, will be excited like this because of a waist card? Qiao Ran frowned, feeling a little strange.

However, because of Yan Liqin's identity, she didn't ask much.

After looking at it for a long time, Yan Liqin handed back the brand in his hand to her, and said seriously: "Your Majesty gave you this thing, which shows that Your Majesty values you, and you must take good care of it, so as not to live up to Your Majesty's trust!" ”

Qiao Ran hurriedly said: "This is nature. ”

……

When I returned to Dali Temple from the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, as soon as I entered the door, I bumped into Pingzhuang, who was jumping in a hurry.

He looked at Qiao Ran and Tang Zhongyuan, who had just come back, and said angrily: "Where did you two go, do you know how I felt when I finally ran out of that woman's hands but couldn't find you?" ”

Couldn't find anyone and hurried back to Dali Temple, and the clinker was empty again, and he didn't even know where these two people went, so he really had no choice but to find Zhen Shiyuan.

As a result, Zhen Shiyuan listened, only stared at him for a while, and said, "She also invited you to eat roast chicken!" Treat me to eat only flatbread, be content! ”

Is that the point? Pingzhuang jumped like thunder, if it weren't for the dignified Dali Siqing standing opposite, I am afraid that I would have to lose face on the spot.

Fortunately, Zhen Shiyuan said that these two people went out to run errands, and they would definitely come back before they went off duty, because as long as she didn't encounter any emergency, the daily yamen report and the next duty were always the most positive.

The reason is so good that people can't refute it, Pingzhuang looked up at the sky: At three o'clock in the Shen hour, it is indeed time to enter the yamen to clean up and clean up. These two people didn't mean it! Deliberately stepping on the point back?

The two faces in front of them, one is "weak and innocent", and the other is "loyal and honest", and it really makes people can't see that they are such people!

"Coming back?" In this regard, Qiao Ran only glanced at Pingzhuang, and did not see his violent jump, but stared at the oil flower on his face that had not been wiped clean, "The roast chicken you eat!" ”

Pingzhuang was choked by her words, and was about to get angry, when he heard the girl speak again: "Don't say anything at the door of the yamen, go in and say!" ”

This sentence made Ping Zhuang, who originally wanted to be angry, immediately suppressed the anger in his heart. That's right, the case is naturally a private matter, and you can't shout about it here.

When he returned to the office room, Zhen Shiyuan was not in the house, so Qiao Ran picked a chair in the room and sat down, and then asked him, "What did you ask?" ”

Probably thinking of something, Pingzhuang's face was delicate for a moment, but after a while, he still coughed dryly and said, "That woman's name is Xiaohua." ”

Qiao Ran said: "It's the same name as Lord Zhen's cat." ”

What's the matter with this man? Always talking about little things that don't matter? Pingzhuang glared at her for a moment and then said: "She is fourteen years old this year, her family lives in Apricot Lane, she is the niece of the two heads of the Nanji shop, her parents died when she was a child, she has a house at home, and she grew up eating the help of the neighbors, and her uncle and aunt returned to Beijing three months ago to open a shop here, and she helped in the shop." She also said that she is saving money now, and when she has saved enough, she will repair the old house of the family, which must be good, and invite me to her house to play or something," Pingzhuang said this, and couldn't help but be a little afraid, "This little flower is really a little too enthusiastic, more enthusiastic than those chivalrous women on our rivers and lakes, it is simply irresistible." ”

Qiao Ran glanced at Pingzhuang's face and said with a smile: "Do you know what is the use of Xiaohua telling you this?" ”

Pingzhuang was stunned and shook his head.

Qiao Ran said: "She's telling you that she has no father or mother, and she makes her own decisions about marriage." There is a house, although it is an old house, but it is ready to be renovated, and it is also remarkable in a place like Chang'an City. In light of these two points, I think she obviously took a fancy to you by letting you go to her house to play. ”

Pingzhuang's face couldn't help but stiffen when he heard this: "What? ”

The girl smiled and continued: "You speak official dialect with a foreign accent, and you are wearing the robe of an official of Dali Temple, and on the surface, you are a foreigner who came to Chang'an to beg for a living. Although the official of Dali Temple can support himself and occasionally treat himself with a good meal, it is still a little difficult to buy such a big house in Chang'an. Therefore, being a foreigner, good-looking, and diligent is naturally a good husband candidate for Xiaohua. ”

When Pingzhuang heard this, his face became more and more ugly, and he patted the table and said hatefully: "It's not that you let me go to the trouble caused by the words?" ”

Thinking that he was actually coveted, he said solemnly: Which serious man can bear it?

The woman on the other side who was not very serious had no shame on her face, smiled, and continued to ask him: "What else did you ask?" ”

"You didn't say what you wanted to ask, so naturally it's gone." Pingzhuang replied angrily, paused, and seemed a little embarrassed in the face of the girl, so he explained to himself, "I'm afraid that it will be too obvious to attract suspicion, so I don't dare to ask more." ”

Qiao Ran looked at him and sighed, rubbed her eyebrows, and said, "Aren't you eating roast chicken, walnut crisp or something?" It can be said that walnut crisp is delicious, who made it? She'll say it's her aunt who did it, and you can take the opportunity to bring the conversation to her aunt. ”

Pingzhuang looked at her in a daze, and forgot to speak for a while.

The girl said, "Then you can tell her uncle and aunt where she learned such delicious walnut crisps, and if she reports the name of a foreigner, you can ask about the foreigner." You say that you are in the rivers and lakes to go south and north, compared to Chang'an, the rest of the customs are more familiar with it, you are familiar with the place, is there a problem in their reply, but there is a lie or something can be slowly set out? ”

"Awesome!" Hearing this, Pingzhuang couldn't help but slap his palms and exclaimed, his eyes shining when he looked at her, "No wonder Uncle Nine and the Great Guardian say that you are powerful." Why didn't I think of that? ”

Qiao Ran said: "I gave you the silver to buy things to remind you to ask by eating, that Xiaohua has been looking at a young man like you recently, and he is definitely not defensive against you like you, and he is willing to talk to you very much, and the rest of the things will naturally fall into place." ”

Hearing this, Ping Zhuang explained with a dry smile: "I thought you were just giving me silver to buy food." ”

Qiao Ran rolled her eyelids: "Do you think I look like a person who has so much money that you can go and buy something to eat?" ”

Pingzhuang Moran: It's not like that.

However, he didn't understand what she meant, and wasted this opportunity.

When I think about it like this, I can't help but feel a little ashamed.

This thing is a mess! Just thinking like this, the girl got up at this time and walked towards him, and when she walked to him, she didn't stop, Pingzhuang was startled, and hurriedly said, "You...... What are you doing? ”

The girl rubbed her nose and said, "I smell a strange smell on you." ”

"Is there one?" Pingzhuang was stunned, and hurriedly lowered his head and raised his sleeve to sniff left and right, and after a while, Qi said: "What else is there besides the taste of roast chicken and walnut crisp?" ”

"A very strange scent." Qiao Ran sniffed beside him again as she spoke, and said strangely: "It's gone, why is it suddenly gone?" ”

What does it mean to be gone all of a sudden? And is it again? Pingzhuang was still puzzled, so the girl in front of him suddenly smiled on her face, and said, "Have you seen anyone since you left with us?" ”

What do you mean to see someone? Pingzhuang frowned and said while thinking, "Who else is there besides that little flower?" She stared at me tightly, and looked at me so strangely, who can stand this? So as soon as I went out and saw that there was only a pile of chicken bones in the place where you were staying, I rushed back to Dali Temple. Then I looked for a circle of people who didn't see you, so I went to find Lord Zhen, Lord Zhen said let me wait for you here, and I stayed in Dali Temple, and then I saw you. ”

Qiao Ran didn't interrupt him, and listened to him finish his words like a running account, before he spoke again: "In this case, except for the one in Dali Temple, you have only seen Xiaohua and have not seen others?" ”

Pingzhuang thought about it seriously, and then shook his head and said: "I haven't seen anyone on the road since I came out of Nanji Shop, and even if there is, it's far away." ”

"What's so far away?" At this moment, Zhen Shiyuan walked in from outside, and when he saw Qiao Ran, he pointed to Pingzhuang and said, "Isn't Master Qiao back?" ”

Is this kid surnamed Ping just looking good and not having a brain, and he can't be a fool?

Pingzhuang responded, and then listened to Qiao Ran on the side and said, "It's time for you, you can go down." ”

Pingzhuang: "Huh? With a bang, he stood still and did not move.

Seeing this, Zhen Shi couldn't help but help his forehead, and then said bluntly: "Master Qiao has something to say to this official, you can avoid it!" ”

This kid is really smart for nothing.

After being reminded so "bluntly", Pingzhuang realized this and hurriedly withdrew from the house.

"This silly boy!" Seeing him retreat on a rampage, Zhen Shiyuan couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and turned to Qiao Ran, "How is it?" The Ministry of Industry found that Hu ...... in the yamen What is the background? ”

Qiao Ran nodded and said, "This Hu Yuanzi is not from the Central Plains. ”

"I'll just say that this name is weird," Zhen Shiyuan said, although it was an afterthought at this time, but in the face of this familiar subordinate who could no longer be familiar, he still said, "I still have a beard with half of my face, unless I have a pair of blue eyes that are different from those of the Central Plains, otherwise I really can't see anything at first glance, not to mention that what we see is still a dead person." ”

"In the information left by the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, he took the official record of Tubo," Qiao Ran said, "He is from Tubo." ”

Nowadays, Chang'an comes from all directions, and there are many traders from the Western Regions in the city, and the three-year-old children in the city know that it is good to see the blue-eyed and high-nosed people from the Western Regions go to the mule and horse market.

Except for the Xiongnu, who repeatedly violated the border passes, and Dawan, who was married to the Xiongnu, the rest of the countries in the Western Regions did not have much conflict with Dachu, and many even made friends, and Tubo was one of them.

Therefore, it is not surprising that a Tibetan appeared in Chang'an City.

Qiao Ran looked at Zhen Shiyuan and said: "This Hu Yuanzi is not an ordinary Tibetan citizen, the file of the Yamen Treasury of the Ministry of Industry records that he was one of the members of the delegation who came to Chang'an five years ago. The dossier said that the Tibetan envoys were attacked by a group of people shortly after leaving Chang'an, and none of them survived except Hu Yuanzi, who was afraid that he would be blamed and held accountable when he went back, so he did not return to Tubo again, but returned to Chang'an, and became a chef in Que Lou with his skills. ”

"I've heard a little about this," Zhen Shiyuan said, "You were still locked up in Zhuangzi at the time, so you shouldn't have known about it." After the incident, His Majesty was furious and was about to order a thorough investigation of the matter, when the Tubo took the initiative to write that the matter had nothing to do with Dachu, and that the Huns were obstructing it, and the matter was not traced again. "After all, it's Tubo's own business, and Da Chu can't interfere at will.

Qiao Ran frowned and said, "It was his second son who had an accident, it is rare that His Majesty Shengming wants to investigate, but Tubo actually refused?" ”

The girl's puzzled Zhen Shiyuan saw it in her eyes, and couldn't help coughing when she saw this, and said: "The Tubo envoys are in a hurry to leave because the Tubo King is critically ill, and after the accident of the second son of the Tubo King, the Tubo King also died a few days later, and then the eldest son of the Tubo King succeeded by the Tubo King. Zhen Shiyuan gave Qiao Ran a "you know" look, "Without the second prince, it is a good thing for the eldest prince, and the matter will be over." As for the fact that Hu Yuanzi didn't dare to go back, it was natural for him to be the second prince, and now that the second prince is dead, even if he goes back, he will be sent to death, as for the crime, it is not good to escort the second prince, so it is not surprising that he will stay. ”

The key to the matter Zhen Shiyuan has already made it clear, Qiao Ran thought about it, looked at Zhen Shiyuan and said: "I have been in the tower for five years without making a sound, why did you suddenly make trouble at this time?" Is something wrong with Tibet? ”

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