Chapter 119: Coming to the door
Pei Tan only brought two servants, and when he arrived at the gate of the courtyard where Jing Wan'er lived, he asked the two servants to stay behind and walked in alone.
Pei Tan stood at the door, and with a slight push, Jing Wan'er's door opened.
Jing Wan'er had just changed her clothes and put them on, when she heard the sound of the door opening, she quickly turned around and faced Pei Tanzheng.
Jing Wan'er's face slowly turned red, and she slowly lowered her head: "My lord." ”
Pei Tan's eyes were deep, he didn't ask much, looked at Jing Wan'er and said, "It's good to come back." “
Jing Wan'er bit her lip, lowered her head and didn't speak.
Pei Tan closed Jing Wan'er's door again and left the courtyard as if nothing had happened, and the two officials at the door looked dazed when they saw the adults coming out so quickly.
After Pei Tan left, Jing Wan'er breathed a sigh of relief. She was a little sore, one because of the stress that had nowhere to release, and the other because... She hadn't knelt down to anyone in a long time.
Jing Wan'er walked to the table, picked up the two letters and looked at them, then put them in the brazier and watched them burn out.
At night, Jing Wan'er was lying in bed, and when she remembered the last words of the carriage, a strange sense of horror crept into her heart.
She didn't know why she felt this way, and until now, she hadn't figured out why "her" found her.
It was this reason that she couldn't figure out that made Jing Wan'er almost sleepless all night.
Even when she saw the white sun and the rising sun, Jing Wan'er's limbs were cold.
Zong Chuke was chanting in the ancestral hall, and he threw a stack of yellow paper into the brazier in front of Zong Huo's tablet.
"Son, over there, don't forget, you are the son of my Zong Chuke." The ancestral hall is gloomy, before his death, Zong Huo lived a very free life because of the identity of this son of the Zong family, bullying men and women, and everyone was afraid of it.
Since he is dead now, he should be a ghost even if he dies
The frightened ghost, this is Zong Chuke's wish to burn paper.
The son of his Zong Chuke can't be bullied anywhere.
There were already staff members waiting in the study and handed over a volume of materials to Zong Chuke. Zong Chuke opened it slowly, and the staff next to him had already begun to introduce it immediately: "The Criminal Department has just received the order from the adult, and it has honestly sorted out the case file for the adult to see. ”
These old cases are not only in Dali Temple, but also in the Criminal Department.
If he can make a stumbling block for Pei Tan in the case of Prince Zhang Huai, of course his family Shangshu will spare no effort.
The staff said: "The lord also ordered to investigate the affairs related to the palace maid surnamed Jing, which are also in this file. When you look down, you find it interesting. ”
Zong Chuke saw the excitement flickering in the eyes of the staff.
Zong Chuke slowly read the case file, the death of a prince, but only recorded this thin few pages, hastily ended, Zong Chuke's eyes were indifferent, and this desolation could not touch his heart in the slightest.
He didn't care what the case was back then, whether it was wronged or not, in which he just wanted to find one thing, let Pei talk with Dali Temple, because this case would get irreparable mistakes and shame.
Zong Chuke read a few pages and threw them on the table, and said lightly: "With such a simple archive, how can Dali Temple come up with convincing evidence to overturn this case." ”
The staff said, "It really can't be. He talked about doing something that no one agreed with. ”
Zong Chuke glanced at an unopened envelope on the table. He also made these people pay extra attention to Jing Wan'er's information.
When he pulled out the paper in the envelope, Zong Chuke had just read a few lines, and his pupils immediately constricted.
The staff knew that the time had come, and said with a sly flash in their eyes: "Lord Shangshu, before and after the case of Prince Zhang Huai, several officials were demoted within a month, and if Pei Tan wants to investigate, he will definitely start with these surviving officials." Look at the names of these officials... Hehe, Jing Zheren, there is one who is the father of that little girl Jing Wan'er..."
Zong Chuke's expression was already very different from when he read Prince Zhang Huai's case file, his eyes were blazing, and there was an irrepressible sneer on his face.
"That Jing Wan'er is fifteen years old, and she looks still beautiful. It seems that in the several cases that Pei Tan has handled so far, there is this girl. “
This is already very strange, when the Qing officials handle the case, why there is always a lowly palace maid involved.
Zong Chuke gradually laughed, and the voice spread in the study, after so long, he finally found Pei Tan's handle, which is real and can't be avoided.
"Pei Tan wants to try the case, of course, it is inevitable, and he also wants to turn over the case for this Jing family."
A misdemeanor flickered in the staff's eyes: "It turns out, so... Seeing that little girl has been following Pei Tan so closely for so long, it turns out that there is a reason for this..."
wanted to use this to let this adult bring operation to his family, he was slightly disdainful, and sure enough, in this world... It's mostly this kind of scheming "fox girl."
“。
Zong Chuke stopped laughing, and tapped his hand on the paper, "This card should be used well." “
An opponent like Dali Temple must be killed with one blow, otherwise, whenever he recovers, he will be eaten in turn.
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Shen Sicheng took a leisurely walk early in the morning and went to the study to find Lord Siqing who had not rested all night.
His temple was temporarily sealed, and when he arrived, Zhongzong didn't even think of giving him an official uniform. But Shen Sicheng doesn't mind these details, these days, he is very comfortable with the new title of "Shen Sicheng" that others call him.
After entering the study, Shen Xingwen said to the official standing there: "You go out first, don't come in without my orders." ”
The official glanced at Pei Tan, and when he saw that he didn't object, he said to Shen Xingwen: "The little one will go out, Lord Sicheng." ”
The corners of Shen Xingwen's lips hooked.
The servant went out and closed the door of the study.
Pei Tan looked at him and saw Shen Xingwen smile lightly: "Maybe one day this title will be gone, Shen Mou really wants to seize the time to feel more." ”
Pei Tan: "..."
Of course, he didn't think Shen Xingwen was really so boring, and asked after a while: "Is there progress in the case?" ”
The question was "today", and he obviously already knew that Shen Xingwen would not go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing.
Shen Xingwen said lightly: "The case files that should be read in the past few days have also been read, and just staring at these records of the year according to the script, you can't solve the case." Shen came to ask the adults today to visit a person in the east of the city. ”
Pei Tan narrowed his eyes: "Who are you going to visit?" ”
Shen Xingwen said: "Adults should know that only back then, the only one who remained in Chang'an. ”
Pei Tan's eyes were heavy, the officials before and after the prince's case were either distributed or killed, and there was really only one person in that record.
To date, he is still living in Chang'an.
Pei Tan said: "Go ahead." ”
Of course, it is not as important to visit the relevant personnel of the case as to visit the case, Shen Xingwen saluted Pei Tan, and then turned around and went out.
The open door happened to waft in with the smell of tea, and Jing Wan'er's hand had just raised when she knocked on the door.
After a while, she said, "I prepared two cups of tea, and I said... Do you want to drink it and leave? ”
Shen Xingwen raised his eyes to look at her, and on the tea set that Jing Wan'er was holding, there were indeed two made porcelain cups.
Shen Xingwen picked up a cup, raised his head and drank it all, put the empty cup back on the plate, and smiled faintly at Jing Wan'er: "Thank you, girl." ”
Looking at Shen Xingwen's back, Jing Wan'er was a little thoughtful.
Then she lowered her head and brought the tea into the study. "Sir, let's have some refreshments."
Pei Tan looked at her, although she told Jing Wan'er that she didn't have to do this, Jing Wan'er replied with a smile: "Wan'er can't do nothing, live."
In Dali Temple, I am afraid that people will gossip. ”
In order not to provoke people to "gossip", Jing Wan'er really became a maid.
Pei Tan didn't ask Jing Wan'er about going out, in his opinion, as long as Jing Wan'er came back safely, there was no need to pursue it.
Jing Wan'er also knew in her heart, looked at Pei Tan, and lowered her gaze again.
Pei Tan stretched out his hand to the teacup, saw Jing Wan'er's different color, and took it back, and he was about to ask for a moment.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door of the study again, this time it was still a little anxious, Pei Tan could only say, "Come in." ”
It was still the official just now, when he saw Pei Tan, he said, "My lord, outside the door... Lord Guanglu Temple, came to the door with a generous gift. ”
Jing Wan'er was so stunned that she forgot to even make tea.
Pei Tan frowned slightly: "Guanglu Temple Qing... Outside the door? ”
The official said: "Yes, he asked the little one to inform the adult, he waited outside the door first, and the little one did not dare to call the shots..."
Let the same three-grade master wait outside the door, if anyone sees it, of course, it will not have a good impact. The official was obviously panicked.
Pei Tan immediately said: "Invite people into the front hall immediately." ”
Obviously, such a thing could not be delayed, and the official received the message, and immediately returned and walked faster than anyone else.
Pei Tan got up from the table, he needed to change his official uniform to greet him, Guanglu Temple and Dali Temple are both one of the three temples, and they are both equal in position, and Li Shouli's own identity is not just Guanglu Temple.
At this moment, Jing Wan'er already knew Pei Tan's thoughts, she immediately walked over and took out the official clothes from the cabinet, Pei Tan had all the important things in the study, he took off the robe he was wearing now, and Jing Wan'er helped put on this crown.
The wide robe, when Jing Wan'er tightened his waist for him, he looked up again, and the tired red cloth set off Pei Tan Baiyu's cheeks.
Jing Wan'er lowered her eyes: "Wan'er will retire first." ”
The cup of tea on the table was already cold, she walked over to clean it up, and left the study with it.
Pei Tan didn't delay much and rushed to the front hall.
It is said that this exiled Emperor Gaozong is the worst one in the Tang royal family, whether it is Prince Zhang Huai or other princes, at least he has been born rich and illustrious, but only this one, as the orphan of Prince Zhang Huai, has hardly lived a day of dignity in the Li Tang royal family, with the down-and-out prince living in a turbulent environment, trembling and trying to survive.
The world knows very little about this imperial grandson, and it should be said that if it weren't for Zhongzong's reinstatement, no one would even remember who Li Shouli was.
was born as a royal bloodline, but this generation lives a really miserable life.