As soon as Li Zhen turned around, there was Lai Junchen behind him, only to see him dressed in official uniforms, wearing a black gauze hat, holding a long sword, and several subordinates patrolling in the distance, he was obviously on official duty.

Li Zhen also arched his hand and smiled: "It turned out that we came to Zhongcheng, we haven't seen each other for a long time, are we handling a case in Zhongcheng?"

Lai Junchen failed to catch Lan Zhenyu in the end, he had to write an imperfect report, which was angrily reprimanded by Wu Zetian, but he also gained something, got a manor, and included Wu Chenghe's favorite concubine in the mansion, which can be regarded as a loss and a gain.

He also knew that in the end it was Li Zhen who got Lan Zhenyu's level, although he was quite annoyed with Li Zhen, but he was afraid of Gao Yanfu behind Li Zhen, so he had to endure this tone.

More than a month has passed, and he almost forgot about Li Zhen, but he didn't expect to meet him in a wine shop today.

Lai Junchen laughed dryly and said: "I am here to inspect the people's customs, recently scholars from all over the country have gathered in Luoyang, and some people have deliberately slandered the saint among the scholars, and the evil words confuse the public, which makes the saint very angry, so let us Yushitai also come out to visit, I hope that Li Gongzi will be cautious and cautious, and don't get into trouble from his mouth." ”

Li Zhen smiled, "Thank you for coming to Zhongcheng to remind me, Li Zhen will remember." ”

At this time, there was a shouting and scolding in the distance, one of Lai Junchen's subordinates had a conflict with the drinker, Lai Junchen nodded to him, "Li Gongzi is busy first, let's talk next time!"

Lai Junchen walked over quickly, and without asking any questions, he ordered his subordinates, "Arrest him!"

Several of his men immediately pushed the drinker to the ground, Li Zhen shook his head, and walked back to his private room, where he heard the group of scholars next door still talking excitedly about the government, so he knocked on their door, "Don't say a few words! ”

The room was immediately silent, Li Zhen smiled, and returned to his room, the wine and food had already come up, but he saw that the eldest sister was drinking a glass of wine with her brother-in-law, and when she saw Li Zhen coming in, the two were so frightened that they hurriedly sat down, Li Quan's face was flushed, and he glared at him angrily.

Li Zhen looked at the roof, and couldn't help laughing: "Sister, don't stare at me like this, I didn't see anything!"

Cao Wen drank two glasses of wine, and talked more, he pulled Li Zhen to sit down, poured him a glass and said with a smile: "I discussed with your eldest sister and decided to buy a house in Luoyang, even if I can't pass the exam, I don't want to go back to Dunhuang." ”

Li Zhen also said happily: "Sister finally made a wise decision, I don't have to sleep in the attic anymore." ”

"Go! ”

Li Quan knocked him and scolded with a smile: "Even if you buy a house, you still have to let your stinky boy continue to sleep in the attic!"

Li Quan has recently made a lot of money selling alcohol, and she can be regarded as a rich woman with a lot of money, of course she decided to buy her own house, no longer rent other people's houses, and buy a few slaves and maids, so that the family can live a slightly more comfortable life.

At this time, someone knocked on the door, Li Zhen was close to the door, he opened the door, but there was a scholar standing outside, about thirty years old, tall and thin, with an angular face.

"Who are you looking for?" asked Li Zhen with a smile.

Shizi glanced back at Lai Junchen, who was patrolling in the distance, and saluted to Li Zhen, "Thank you Gongzi for reminding us just now, so that we can avoid a big disaster!"

Li Zhen smiled and said, "It's nothing, this benevolent brother, please come in and sit!"

The scholar hesitated, but Cao Wen invited him in very warmly, he had just heard them talk about the current situation, and some of the remarks were quite subtle, so he couldn't wait to participate in them.

He smiled and introduced to the scholar: "In Cao Wen, Xiasha Prefecture, this clumsy Jing Li family, that is my brother-in-law Li Zhen, I am also a scholar who will participate in next year's Spring Festival, and everyone is a fellow practitioner. ”

The scholar was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly replied: "In Xiayue Prefecture, He Zhizhang, I don't know which subject Brother Cao Xian wants to apply for." ”

Li Zhen's eyelids jumped, he glanced at him quickly, and thought in his heart: "It turns out that this is the famous scholar He Zhizhang, it seems that he is in his thirties, why is he only participating in the imperial examination now?"

In fact, at this time, He Zhizhang was already very famous in Wuzhong, known as the Four Ming Talents, and Luoyang and Chang'an also became a little famous.

However, Cao Wen came from the relatively remote Shazhou, and he had never heard of He Zhizhang's name, only that he was an ordinary scholar like himself.

Cao Wen was also struggling with which subject to apply for, and he hesitated and said, "I'm good at scripture and want to apply for the Ming scripture subject." ”

He Zhizhang laughed, "Thirty old Ming Jing, fifty young jinshi, it is indeed a wise move to apply for the Ming Jing subject. ”

The meaning of this sentence is that the Ming Jing is relatively easy to pass the examination, and the age of thirty is already old when he is still taking the Ming Jing, and the Jinshi subject is extremely difficult to take, and there are many people who are still taking the Jinshi examination at the age of fifty or sixty, and fifty years old is considered young.

Although it is easier to take the Ming Jing Ke than the Jinshi Ke, the Ming Jing is not as famous as the Jinshi, and it is not as fast as the Jinshi to climb, and it is even more difficult to think of high-ranking officials above the fifth grade, so many people would rather be admitted to the Jinshi than the Ming Jing.

At this time, Li Quan said on the side: "Husband, you might as well go and chat with them!"

He Zhizhang immediately warmly invited: "Welcome! Brother Cao Xian, please come and talk to us." ”

Cao Wen got his wife's consent and readily agreed, and He Zhizhang thanked Li Zhen for the reminder, so he took Cao Wen to the next room together.

Li Zhen smiled and asked, "Why did my sister figure it out and start allowing my brother-in-law to go out to make friends?"

Li Quan smiled but did not speak, she is an extremely shrewd person, especially good at recognizing people, she is deeply disgusted that her husband is mixed with those fellow villagers, drinking flowers and wine all day long, talking about women, and never talking about learning.

And the group of scholars next door talk elegantly, worry about the country and the people, there is no wind and moon in their words at all, of course she hopes that her husband will make friends with such a person, and stay away from the gang of fox friends and dog friends in Shazhou.

At this time, the bartender brought a few more big dishes, and Li Quan hurriedly ordered: "Send the dishes to the next door!"

Li Quan smiled and comforted Li Zhen and said, "Let your brother-in-law eat more today, and another day my sister will make your favorite scallion oil patty to compensate you." ”

Li Zhen couldn't cry or laugh a little, and the eldest sister still regarded him as a child

As soon as Li Zhen returned to the wine shop, his buddy Ah Cai ran up and said with a smile: "Childe, just now Master Zhang came to look for you, and brought someone with him, as if there was something important, let you go to the tea house after you return." ”

"Who did Zhang Ye bring?"

"A tall and thin man, about the same age as Zhang Ye, by the way, he is wearing an official uniform!"

Li Zhen groaned slightly, then nodded, "I know, thank you Ah Cai." ”

The guy went back to the store, Li Zhen turned around and walked directly to Wangchun Tea House, he had already guessed who Zhang Xi brought, it should be Sun Li.

In the inner hall of Wangchun Tea House, Zhang Xi was chatting with Sun Li about interesting things in the palace, when a guy said at the door: "The proprietor, Li Gongzi is here." ”

Sun Li hurriedly got up, "Let me talk to him!"

Zhang Xi nodded, turned around and entered the backyard, and after a while, Li Zhen walked into the inner hall, saw that Sun Li was the only one, and asked with a smile, "Where is Brother Zhang?"

Sun Li stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Dali Temple has rules, he has to avoid it." ”

Li Zhen was slightly stunned, "Brother Sun has something to do with me?"

Sun Li nodded, "I have a case I want to ask you for help." ”

He gestured to the seat, "Let's sit down and talk." ”

Li Zhen sat down, he had a little apology for Sun Li, the last Dali Temple assassination case, many officials were dealt with, and Sun Li was also demoted by one level, from Dali Temple to Dali Temple.

Although it is only a downgrade, but the power of the two is very different, Dali Temple is the manager, issuing various instructions, great power, and Dali Sizhi is the executor of the order.

So when Sun Li asked him for help, Li Zhen sat down without hesitation.

Sun Li poured him a cup of tea and said, "I recently received a troublesome case, which may have something to do with you. ”

"Something to do with me?" Li Zhen was really confused, could it be that he was involved in some case again?

Seeing Li Zhen's stunned expression, Sun Li hurriedly waved his hand and smiled: "Don't worry, the case has nothing to do with you directly, but you may be the one in the know." ”

Li Zhen smiled, "Please speak up with Brother Sun, and listen to your little brother!"

Sun Li pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "The case of the female corpse of the Broken Pool, you should know!"

Li Zhen nodded, about six or seven days ago, four female corpses were fished out in the broken pool of Lide Fang, which caused a sensation in the whole city, and Ah Cai and Ah Fu from the wine shop also ran to see the excitement, and came back to tell him that it was four young women wearing palace clothes, and he thought it was a palace maid at that time.

But what does this matter have to do with himself? Li Zhen really couldn't figure it out, and he asked, "Shouldn't this matter be under the jurisdiction of the Luoyang government? Why did it give it to Brother Sun?"

"This case originally had nothing to do with Dali Temple, but after negotiation above, it was said that Dali Temple had rich experience in solving cases, so the case was transferred to Dali Temple, and this level was pressed down, and finally it was pressed on my head, who can I give it to?"

Sun Li smiled bitterly angrily, "How can I have any experience in solving cases, isn't this nonsense?"

"Brother Sun said just now that this case is indirectly related to me, I don't quite understand, can Brother Sun explain it clearly. ”

"I really don't understand this matter, but if you go to Dali Temple with me, I'll show you something, maybe you'll understand. ”

Li Zhen's curiosity was aroused, what could it be? He saw that it was still early, so he immediately said, "I'll go to Dali Temple with Brother Sun." ”

Li Zhen got into Sun Li's carriage, and after a while, the carriage entered the imperial city and came to the yamen of Dali Temple, Sun Li said in a low voice: "This case is very big, and the above requires secrecy, so don't go out and talk nonsense." ”

"Brother Sun, don't worry! Younger brother is not a loose-mouthed person. ”

The two entered the warehouse compound of Dali Temple, and came to a room guarded by soldiers, Sun Li showed the silver medal, and walked in with Li Zhen.

The room is quite large, with five rows of iron shelves, on which various items are slowed down, all of which are evidence of various cases, and there are signs on the iron shelves, some of which are very old, even more than ten years ago.

"These are all evidence items in various major cases, and before the case is solved, the evidence will be accumulated here, and if it is not solved in 20 years, it will be transferred to the big warehouse. ”

Li Zhen finally couldn't help his curiosity and asked in a low voice, "Brother Sun, who are the people who died, I heard that it was four young palace women?"

Sun Li sighed, "It's the princess of Li Yuqi, the heir of King Teng, and the other three are her personal maids, she disappeared half a month ago, and finally her body was actually fished out of the broken pool." ”

Li Zhen couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't expect that the deceased was actually the princess of the royal family, no wonder the above attached so much importance to it, but what does this have to do with himself?

At this time, they walked to the innermost row of iron frames, and Sun Li pointed to an item in the iron frame and said, "You should know this thing!"

Li Zhen looked at it closely, and suddenly he screamed 'Ah!'

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