The night rain in Bashan rises in the autumn pool, and the night rain in Shu is endless, and the rain is heavy and dense.

Yang Xiaoyang sat in front of the door and looked at the courtyard, feeling that the courtyard was a little cold.

The nest of ants in the yard had moved at some point, and the hut in the corner had collapsed once in two years. Later, Yang Xiaoyang learned that the house was to be piled, but the newly built hut had no owner, and it was quiet in the wind and rain.

Yang Xiaoyang was a little anxious at this time, because his mother usually came back a long time ago, and even if he went to Uncle Yuantian's house as a guest, he shouldn't sit from noon to night.

Yang Xiaoyang glanced at Xiao Di and saw that she was talking to the rag doll in the house just after she had eaten a full meal, so he told her not to go out.

Putting on his robe and closing the courtyard door, he decided to go to Uncle Motoda's house to have a look.

The road was wet from the rain, and it became a little muddy, and there was a lot of mud on the trouser legs and cloth shoes, and the whole foot and calf were wet from the rain, which was a little uncomfortable.

I don't like rainy days, Yang Xiaoyang thought.

Coming to the south of the city, there are still a lot of wheat in the field singing happily against the rain, Yang Xiaoyang doesn't know if these crops can still hold their heads up after drinking water all night.

Stepping on the black land, he finally arrived at Uncle Yuantian's yard, but Yang Xiaoyang's heart sank, because there was no light in the house from a distance.

When he got closer, Yang Xiaoyang didn't realize that the ground at the door was red, because he saw his mother and Uncle Xu, as well as Uncle Yuantian and Yuanyuan, all lying on the ground, and the wounds on their bodies were also clear at a glance......

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An Yan twenty-three years, spring, the emperor's bedroom.

sent away the imperial doctor, and came up with the news that His Majesty was dying, but this dying for a long time seemed a little weird, and the imperial doctor was helpless.

General Yang took the prince into the house, looked at Zhao Jinsheng who opened his eyes and said: "As soon as Lao Tzu was not in the court, Qi Nian was overwhelmed by some trivial matters, so I said that this prince should be his eldest brother Fengnian." ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked at General Yang who did not shy away from it and lowered his head in shame, who knew that this bowing was also wrong, and he was slapped on the back of the head, and then heard General Yang say: "What are you bowing your head, are you admitting your mistakes? How can there be a reason to be an emperor and admit your mistakes, even if you are wrong, you must say that you are right, do you understand? Don't learn from your father to be a faint king." ”

The faint gentleman lying on the side nodded hurriedly, "Qi Nian is only ten years old, it's normal to not understand, just find someone to assist Qi Nian." ”

"Looking for whom?"

"I think Li Jinglan, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, is good, and he is a learned person. ”

"Okay, I'll take a look later. General Yang said that he would wait for a while, but in fact, he would leave immediately.

The crown prince Zhao Qinian hurriedly asked his father: "Why didn't my father-in-law mention the rebellion of the Eight Kings at all? ”

"I don't know, what's the matter with me?"

Zhao Qinian thought to himself, why did I put up these two old scoundrels?

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The next morning, the regent Yang Qi made an edict in the court, which meant that Li Jinglan, the servant of the original ministry, was promoted to the right prime minister.

As soon as this edict came out, the whole court was shocked, and the hundred officials thought that they were going to say something about the rebellion of the Eight Kings, but who knew that it was such an amazing thing, and the voice of the discussion changed Li Jinglan's voice to receive the order.

The prince sat next to Yang Qi and was not particularly surprised when he heard this: Do I want to recognize a godfather again?

Li Jinglan is neither humble nor arrogant, only thirty years old, with a short beard and a tall body, which makes people feel that this person is upright and ignores the pointing and pointing of hundreds of officials.

Seeing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was also surprised, the officials thought that the Crown Prince did not know.

Someone immediately stood up and said loudly: "I have never set up a left and right prime minister, and I am afraid that it is inappropriate to suddenly add a post today." ”

The regent's face did not change, "You Cheng has no real power, but there is someone to ask when the prince hesitates." ”

The man thought to himself: The rest of the feelings are all people who cannot be asked?

But he didn't dare to say it, and he retreated.

Another person stood up, "Since there is a right man, who is the left man?"

"Since there is no one, then I'll take Zuo Cheng for the time being. Yang Qi sat next to the prince and played with the jade belt.

"My dynasty has always respected the right, doesn't that mean that the regent is inferior to the right?" said someone else sarcastically.

"That's really not right. Yang Qi frowned, "Li Jinglan, now you are Zuo Cheng." ”

The person who had spoken sarcastically before heard that one of them was stumbling and almost fainted.

"How can this matter be such a child's play?" said someone again.

"I heard that someone was talking about the government when I was fighting Xiliang, what should I do about this?" Yang Qi glared at Zhao Qinian on the side.

Suddenly there was silence, and the hundred officials remembered how capable the person sitting in the high position was.

"If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat. ”

No one answered, Yang Qi glanced at Zhao Qinian, Zhao Qinian hurriedly said retreat, and the two walked side by side. Chengen Gong Zhao Fu looked at Yang Qi's back with a complicated face, sadness flashed in his eyes, and he retreated with the hundred officials.

Hundreds of officials congratulated Li Jinglan, who had just been promoted, and none of them went to congratulate him, and they all disagreed with his status as a poor man, and some even snorted coldly when they passed by.

Li Jinglan was silent, recalling the scene when Yang Qi came to his house yesterday, Li Jinglan's back couldn't help but straighten.

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At Yuantian's house, Yang Xiaoyang sat on the ground calmly, his eyebrows were straight, and he couldn't see any expression on his face.

There are four corpses lying beside him, and the expressions of the corpses are still intact, or remorse, or sadness, or anger, or surprise, and the only one who is still happy is probably the old man lying on the bed, and there is no pain when he should leave.

Yang Xiaoyang sat quietly for a while, and only when he felt a hint of coolness did he stand up and decide to do something. Pushing open the door, he trotted towards the City Lord's Mansion.

There is no yamen in Tianping City, and the city lord's mansion is in charge of various important affairs in the city.

Homicides are also counted.

The night was getting a little darker, and the guards at the gate of the city lord's mansion hid under the eaves, looking boredly at the cold street, hoping that the shift changers would come sooner or encounter something interesting.

Just thinking like this, he saw a young man wearing a robe and going straight to the gate of the city lord's mansion, and the guard hurriedly drew his sword and shouted loudly: "This is the city lord's mansion, stop when you come." ”

The guard had been working in the City Lord's Mansion for many years, and he felt that this little kid was probably lost by the family's dog, so he asked the city lord to help find the dog.

"I'm going to file a police report. ”

"What case?"

The boy thought for a moment, "Murder." ”

The guard frowned, "How many people died?"

"Five. ”

The guard took a breath and sheathed his sword, "You wait here, don't run around." He looked at the sky again and thought for a moment, "Well, you come with me." ”

Cao Mu handled the official business all afternoon, and he was busy until just now.

Speaking of official business, it is not a big deal, Shuzhong is peaceful all the year round, and the wind and rain are smooth, so it is all trivial things, but it is enough to give people a headache.

Just as he was about to eat the hot dishes prepared by his subordinates and drink some of the mash brewed by his wife, he heard a report from his subordinates that someone had reported a murder. Cao Mu collected the big belly and ordered someone to bring people up, and saw a young man walk in.

Cao Mu saw that the young man was wearing cloth clothes, but he was an excellent material, and his demeanor was quite calm, without the nervousness of ordinary people entering the city lord's mansion, but his eyebrows were scary.

He then met those eyes, full of dazed and gray silence, Cao Mu thought that the deceased should have a lot to do with this young man.

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Xiao Di and the rag doll talked for a while and felt bored, decided to play with the little sheep, and when they went outside, they remembered that the little sheep had gone out, and they wanted to go to the little sheep and remembered that the little sheep told them not to go out, and they were a little entangled for a while.

Picking up the rag doll in his hand and putting it in front of his face, "Why did you say the little lamb went? I wanted to go to him, but he told me not to go out." Did he go to find his mother? My mother seemed to be eating at Uncle Yuantian's house. Oh, it turns out that the lamb went to Uncle Motota's house to eat delicious, no wonder he ate so little at night. ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Tu couldn't sit still, threw the doll that was still intimate just now on the lamb's bed, and went out with a small umbrella that the lamb had bought for her.

Walking on the road, the wind was a little strong, and the umbrella was staggering with Xiao Di, who had to put the umbrella on his head, and he couldn't see the road clearly and didn't care.

Because she can walk to the south of the city with her eyes closed.

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"Judging from the wounds of the deceased, it should be a murder, except for the traces of a fight in the courtyard, there are no other traces of the murderer, and nothing can be found just by looking at the corpse. Cao Mu got up and sighed, it is estimated that it will become an unsolved case, "Now there are two choices, one is not to move the body, I will report to the King of Shu, and let the King of Shu send someone in charge of murder to investigate, but most of them can't find anything." Second, let the deceased be buried in the ground first, and then I will try our best to investigate. ”

Yang Xiaoyang raised his head, there was no expression on his face, and he didn't choose, he just looked at Cao Mu in a daze, which made Cao Mu feel a kind of powerless sadness.

Cao Mu sighed again, turned his face away, and couldn't bear to look at the child again, "I'll ask someone to prepare a few coffins for you, you can choose a place to bury it." ”

Cao Mu turned around and walked out, and saw a little girl running in with a small umbrella outside the courtyard, and the patterns on the umbrella were shining in the rain.

When the little girl saw him, she asked, "Who are you?"

Cao Mu just wanted to ask who she was, but was robbed of words, but before he could answer, he saw the young man in the house walk out. , hugged the little girl, her eyebrows bent for the first time, she was a little angry for the first time, and she cried for the first time: "Xiaodi, my mother and Uncle Xu are gone." ”

Under the lights, the faint shadows of the two were thickly intertwined......