The two finally met under the backyard wall of Jingzhao Mansion. Yan Tian looked at Qin Zhuen's face with the dark clouds over the city, and was quite worried that the city was about to be destroyed.
She smiled guiltily at him: "My father is the most hard-spoken and soft-hearted, especially to outsiders. With Brother Qin there to control him, I don't think my father can do anything. What are you... Are you angry? Don't, don't look at me like that! Why do I feel like I'm being possessed by black and white impermanence..."
"How dare I accept your old soul?!" Qin Zhuen said with a smile as he tore off his official uniform, "As a kid, I almost expected you to come and give me a grand burial!"
"Bah, bah, bah... it's really unlucky!" Yan Tian hurriedly spat on the ground seriously, "Brother Qin is blessed with good fortune and a long life, lasting for eternity..."
"Yes! I'm hungry!" Qin Zhuen raised his hand to stop Yan Tian's flattery, turned around and left, "If you really have a conscience, treat me to a bowl of noodles."
"How can we only have a bowl of noodles?" Yan Tian hurriedly followed, "I haven't visited any of the good restaurants in the capital yet. Brother Qin thinks there is nothing that suits your taste, so today I will sit in the east."
Aunt Hu originally said that she would stew Buddha and jump over the wall for her at noon today. Alas, it seems that she can only wait until night to spend time with the Buddha who jumps over the wall. Now she wants to send this black-faced evil god away first.
Yan Tian murmured in her heart, mourning the delicacy she longed for but couldn't eat. She didn't see Qin Zhu'en, who was walking in front, raising the corners of his mouth with a look of success.
This girl is used to tearing down grinding mills and killing donkeys, no, crossing rivers and burning bridges! If she hadn't felt uneasy about leaving him behind, she would have given up and left him at this moment, waving her hand and throwing him away like a rag.
In that scene just now, I got a beautiful woman to accompany me, so it’s not a loss!
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When Yan Tian saw the delicacies served by the waiters at Tong Cui Lou one after another, she felt that this was a good deal!
"Master, the dishes are all here. You and this young man take it easy. The young man is guarding the door. If you need anything, you can call me." The chief man of Tongcui Building finished serving the dishes, his face full of joy. He smiled and bowed out respectfully.
Yan Tian couldn't help but raise his eyebrows while biting into the charcoal-grilled lamb chops. Sure enough, he is a relative of the emperor and has a high status. Qin Zhuen seems to be able to enjoy himself wherever he goes.
As soon as we entered Tongcui Building, the big guys here immediately put down all their work and ran over to say hello like a gust of wind. Then he led them all the way upstairs to this private room that seemed to have been specially prepared for Qin Zhuen. The dishes that arrived were really...tsk tsk tsk tsk...
While Yan Tian was eating happily, he secretly pinched his purse. There is no need to worry too much about food money. Her biological father will bring money to ransom her no matter what. She just hopes that with her strong character, she can withstand the beatings of her father during her old and new grudges when she returns home...
Hey, now that we have delicious food, we don’t want to think about anything else.
Yan Tian put everything aside and focused on cooking. He ate with a smile on his face and bulging cheeks, just like a satiated greedy cat.
Qin Zhuen hardly moved his chopsticks, but took a cup of tea and looked at Yan Tian who was eating with gusto with a smile.
Compared with those ladies in the capital who smile, don't speak, don't lift their lips, move, sit and lie according to the rules and put on airs, girls like Yan Tian are really lively, interesting and valuable.
"You tell me, I really don't understand." Yan Tian was eating so selflessly that Master Qin's smiling voice came over Leng Buding's head. Uncle’s tiger whiskers, but I really don’t see any impact on Fang Yuting’s case.”
Speaking of this, Qin Zhuen couldn't help but sigh: "Fang Yuting's matter is very clear. The servants of Manfu saw it with their own eyes, and he himself admitted it. Although the government didn't catch him on the spot, it was almost the same. . No matter what people outside say, "If the father is not punished, he will be punished, but the son can take revenge." Even the "Da Qi Law" stipulates that avenging the father and killing someone will not be held accountable. But after all, the person he killed was not an irrelevant bystander. It's his mother. 'It's okay for a son to take revenge', but he cannot escape the crime of killing his mother! He... will not escape death in the end..."
Speaking of this, Qin Zhuen lowered his eyes. Although the two have never gotten along well, they have been playmates since childhood. They don't have much of a relationship, but they should be acquaintances.
"My troubles are of course useful." Yan Tian put down his chopsticks and spoke with a bit of solemnity, "My little sister has been naughty since she was a child. She has only found it boring to embroider female workers. She always likes to study the law. I have looked at ancient and modern times. Strange cases, documents and biographies, it turns out that no matter ancient or modern, there is a big shortcoming in the investigators."
"Oh? What's the disadvantage?" Qin Zhuen couldn't help but become serious.
"That is, no matter how big or small the case is, the chief judge of the case only pays attention to the result but not the process, and only looks at the facts but does not care how the facts were obtained. This has resulted in a large number of unjust sentences.
"In order to get the facts, the police officers and even the chief officer himself used all kinds of torture methods to make the suspects unable to survive or die. In the end, there may be true confessions, but there are also cases where the suspects can only surrender after being tortured.
"Every time my little sister sees such records, she gets obsessed with it. The so-called justice in the world should not only be aimed at the victims of the crime, but also the suspects who are not yet known whether they are innocent or not should also be treated fairly.
"Our court's requirement for criminal cases is to 'prevent things and control them', which is consistent with my little sister's obsession. Before the case is settled, everything that should be done must be done in accordance with the rules, and we must serve as inquests and witnesses. Testimony, careful reading of files, detailed interrogation of suspects...exhaustive detail, and finally deducing the facts instead of torture to extract confessions. This is fairness to the suspects and justice to the world.
"This makes Brother Qin laugh. My younger sister is a woman with little strength, but she is always so whimsical. Even though she knows she can't change anything, she can't suppress some wishful thinking. She always wants to make everything in this world better. The sky is clear and blue, and there is no way to complain and keep your grievances in vain!"
"Okay!" Before Yan Tian finished speaking, Qin Zhuen suddenly stood up and praised him. Then he suddenly realized that he had lost his composure and sat down again, with excitement on his face, "Although Yan Tian was born a woman, Yan Tian is not inferior to Man! No! He is more ambitious, more far-sighted, and more clear-headed than most men in this world!" Looking at such high-spirited Yan Tian, his heart suddenly beat wildly uncontrollably.
Yan Tian suddenly felt embarrassed when he saw such an excited Qin Zhuen. She has never said these shocking words to others, because no one will understand, and most of them will regard her as a crazy person who does not keep her duty. Even if her father knew it, she wouldn't fully agree.
But today, he revealed his true feelings to Qin Zhuen without any defense, and expressed his ambitions and obsessions. Could it be that getting along with Luozhou made her let go of her guard against him? Or did she know from the beginning that he and she were actually the same person? The same upright and unruly attitude, the same contempt for the world, the same kind of infatuation...
The two were silent for a moment, and a strange atmosphere spread unconsciously. Yan Tian's cheeks were burning for some reason, as if they were being roasted by fire.
But Qin Zhuen felt that a big drum was beating in his heart, shaking the whole building with diners. He couldn't help but cough dryly to cover up:
"Ahem... Well, you, you did a good job..." As soon as the words came out, the 250-year-old man immediately slapped himself in the heart, and then hurriedly ran out of words to say, "Although the case committed by Fang Yuting was against the law, Human relations are unforgivable, and he has a stern face all the time, which is really annoying. But...he is a person...well, it is a pity..."
"What a pity? Why?" Yan Tian looked at Qin Zhuen.
"You haven't grown up in the capital since you were a child, so you don't know the secrets of the various palaces in the capital." Qin Zhuen shook his head and took the opportunity to throw away the messy thoughts in his mind to Java, "Although the Pingguo Duke's Palace The population is simple, with no demonic concubines or concubines, just two legitimate sons, one older and one younger. But their family affairs are not clear.
"Ping Guo Gong Fang Yong, who was stabbed to death by Lu, although he was partial to his youngest son, he also really loved his eldest son. But the Ping Guo Duke's wife, Lu, was different. She was very partial to the eldest son. Everyone in the capital knew that People with intimate knowledge say that Mr. Lu's heart was born under his right armpit, and it has become extremely biased.
"Take the fact that Fang Yuting went to serve in the army as an example. In these peaceful years, apart from occasionally using soldiers to prevent the Uighurs from invading the northwest, who doesn't know that the imperial court values civility over military affairs? Whether the children of the aristocratic families in Beijing are motivated or not, are they always ruthless at home? Are you trying hard enough to let him take the road of studying and taking exams?
"Every family in Gein knows a truth. Although they learn literary and martial arts and sell their goods to the emperor's family, as long as the children make a little progress, it will be easier to get ahead in the future and their career will be a hundred times smoother. Coupled with the support of the family, then this A bright future is within your grasp.
"But if a good boy goes to practice martial arts, let's not talk about whether the pampered young masters can endure the hardships of being exposed to the wind and sun, straining their legs to draw a bow, and climbing up at midnight to practice martial arts. Just talk about this future. If you want to get ahead, you can only go to the border to guard the border, especially in the northwest.
"But there are poor mountains and rivers, and the wind and sand are raging. How can there be the wealth and prosperity in the capital? Moreover, there is no eye for swords and guns, and there is a narrow escape from death. Among the big families, unless it is a bastard who is extremely unpopular and wants to get ahead, who would be willing to let his son endure that hardship? , take that risk?! Especially the legitimate son who is extremely rich!
"But Fang Yuting, as the youngest son who should have been more pampered, actually gave up writing and practicing martial arts at the age of twelve, and even entered the military camp at the age of fifteen... Joining the army as a young man, leaving home to join the army... The suffering is by no means ordinary. A half-grown boy could resist it. But he resisted.
"It would make sense to say that he had many shortcomings in his studies and lack of talent, so he turned to literature and martial arts. But I went to the imperial study room with him when I was a child, and His Majesty's examinations have never troubled him. Not only He answered questions fluently, drew inferences from one case to another, and was extremely intelligent. Even the emperor praised him for his excellent academic performance and being the top among his peers, and he was highly valued.
"However, such a promising young man suddenly and inexplicably gave up on studying martial arts and took the path of martial arts..."
"If there isn't some big change, one night of insight and a drastic change in temperament. Then it must be that he is full of grievances and has to do something, such as giving up a good future to his brother..." Yan Tian continued.
Then she narrowed her eyes and touched her chin in thought. However, she completely failed to notice that the face of the person opposite her suddenly changed when she heard her words, "One night of insight, one's temperament changes drastically."
Qin Zhuen lowered his eyes and took a covert sip of tea. To put it bluntly, he could be regarded as abandoning literature and embracing martial arts, but he couldn't even learn martial arts very well...
"What did the Empress Dowager and the Emperor say about Fang Yuting who gave up his studies and became a martial artist?" Yan Tian asked.
"Not a word said."
"How is it possible?" Yan Tian was very surprised. "As the nephew of the Queen Mother, and also valued by the Emperor, I think you two must train him as someone who can be used by the imperial court in the future. How could such a big change happen? Your Majesty did not say a word?"
"Ha!" Qin Zhuen smiled sarcastically, "There are many things in Fang Yuting's scripture that cannot be explained.
"I heard that when he was two years old, his wet nurse was not attentive enough. She didn't know what to feed him, which caused him to have vomiting and diarrhea, and he died. Fortunately, the Queen Mother knew it in time, killed the wet nurse with a cane, and took him back to the palace to raise him. Only by staying alive could I save my life.
"Uh... these... are all things I learned after I grew up, in order to... ahem... to find out the shortcomings of that boy..."
Yan Tian: "..."
"It is said that there was a huge commotion in Duke Ping's palace and many servants were betrayed, but it eventually calmed down.
"When I think about it now, I always feel that things are not that simple. For example, when Fang Yuting fell ill, how did the Queen Mother lead people to the Fang family to save her? This shows that the Fang family must have the Queen Mother's eyewitness, and this eyewitness Just to keep an eye on Fang Yuting. Then why did the Queen Mother do this..."
"Because... the Queen Mother knows that someone wants to harm the young Fang Yuting, but she cannot touch this person without permission." Yan Tian looked at Qin Zhuen.
Their eyes met, Qin Zhuen raised his lips slightly, and they understood each other.
