On the second day after the eldest princess's trial ride, Wang Shangshu gave Liu Xinyan three days off on the grounds that Liu Xinyan had just completed the transformation of the dragon chariot and it was very hard during the period.
Liu Xinyan, who had known that this would happen, had no emotion at all, packed up his things and returned home.
Pushing open the courtyard door, the small courtyard was deserted. There were no servants or female relatives in the courtyard.
There were no servants because Liu Xinyan had been an official for several years, but he was an honest and upright official. Therefore, even in the key position of Yuan Wai Lang, who controlled the imperial examination, he did not make any profit. Therefore, Liu Xinyan did not have spare money to hire servants.
There is no female dependents because Liu Xinyan is infatuated with Yun Ling, so he has not married yet.
Liu Xinyan looked around and laughed sadly. He probably wouldn't be able to live in this small courtyard in a few days.
After all, although this small courtyard looks shabby, this is indeed the imperial capital. Every inch of land is expensive. It is impossible for Liu Xinyan to continue renting such a courtyard in the imperial capital without an official or a position.
In fact, Liu Xinyan is self-aware that he is out of place in the officialdom.
Therefore, on countless nights, Liu Xinyan sat in the cold courtyard and had countless heart-searching sessions.
"A gentleman should keep his body pure and keep the Tao, and not let the world fall into evil!"
This is the answer that Liu Xinyan came up with after questioning his heart. What is admirable is that he always kept the truth in his heart.
Although Changsun believed that Liu Xinyan was too pedantic in his thinking and usually regarded himself as aloof, Liu Xinyan was indeed impeccable in being an honest official and sincere in his duties.
However, the officialdom is so complicated. How can a person with such a pure heart and strong personality like Liu Xinyan stay in it for a long time?
It wouldn't necessarily be bad for him to quit now.
The eldest grandson thought in his heart, and he didn't know if the thought of eldest grandson affected Liu Xinyan. Liu Xinyan suddenly looked away, and the depression in his heart also dissipated a lot.
In the next two days, Liu Xinyan seemed as if nothing happened. It was as if he really took a short vacation. He read books and played with flowers and plants at home. For a moment, he had the idea of setting his sights on mountains and rivers after suing. .
It wasn't until the third day that Liu Xinyan's peaceful life was broken.
"Dong dong dong..."
Liu Xinyan was a little surprised that his courtyard door rarely rang.
When he opened the door, the people who came were his two friends, Li Dong and Zhou Mi.
Even these two close friends rarely visit at home.
"Why are you here?"
Liu Xinyan asked in surprise.
Seeing that Liu Xinyan was fine, Li Dong felt relieved and said angrily: "What else can I do here? Let's see if you are dead."
Liu Xinyan welcomed the two into the courtyard and closed the door, not paying attention to Li Dong's teasing.
"If you can't be an official, you won't live. How many people will die in the court every year?"
"Besides, I'm going to die, and there will be another murder case in this imperial city. Then we will have to work hard and investigate the case carefully."
Hearing that Liu Xinyan was still joking in a leisurely and elegant manner, the two of them felt relieved.
"Hey, you're overthinking this. I can't even establish a case for committing suicide like you. I'll just give you a mat and send you away."
A few jokes made the three best friends forget about the troubles that happened these days.
The three of them sat around the stone table in the yard, prepared a few side dishes, and started drinking happily.
After three rounds of drinking, he was slightly tipsy, and the previously forgotten worries came to mind again through the drunkenness.
The expressions of Zhou Mi and Li Dong were a little complicated. The three of them had been sworn friends since the scientific examination, vowing to share the same joys and sorrows, advance and retreat together, and share blessings and hardships.
However, after entering the officialdom, the three of them understood what it meant to be involuntarily.
It is not easy for the three people who entered different camps to maintain a pure friendship even now, not to mention supporting each other in the court.
Zhou Mi looked at Liu Xinyan with a trace of guilt in his eyes.
Among the three, Zhou Mi got along the best, but because the three were in different camps, Zhou Mi did not help them very much.
few.
On the contrary, Li Dong, although he was only a member of the Communist Party of China, took good care of Liu Xinyan on weekdays, but the current situation was indeed beyond what Li Dong could solve.
Zhou Mi raised the wine glass and said, "Xinyan, I..."
Zhou Mi was about to say something, but was interrupted by Liu Xinyan.
I saw Liu Xinyan holding down the wine glass raised by Zhou Mi, then took the initiative to raise a glass and said, "I have something to say to you two."
"The three of us brothers took the scientific examination together and aspired to be at the top of the high school list. So many years have passed. How much enthusiasm does the book business have now?"
The two of them felt a little ashamed after hearing this. Among the three, Zhou Mi considered himself mature, stable and thoughtful, while Li Dong was the most clever and clever. Only Liu Xinyan was the most scholar-like. Although he believed himself to be noble, he was also arrogant.
After so many years of hard work in officialdom, they have long since changed their previous appearance. Only Liu Xinyan is still the arrogant scholar who dares to shout, "Although there are thousands of people, I will go alone."
Perhaps it is for this reason that the two of them have always been willing to come to this small courtyard to get together with Liu Xinyan after so many years, because he still has the shadow of his past in him.
Liu Xinyan did not mean to ridicule the two of them when he said this. He looked at the two close friends for many years with sincere eyes and said: "In the past two days, I have been reading and asking my thoughts, and I have gradually understood some truths. In the past, I always thought that if you learn literature and martial arts, you are useless. "Being at home with the emperor" is the lifelong wish of a scholar. In the past few days, I asked myself and I realized that I have read many books of saints and sages in order to "establish a heart for heaven and earth, and to establish a destiny for the people." Serving as an official in the court is nothing more than To complete this avenue. Even though I am about to take off this official uniform today, there are still thousands of ways for me to fulfill this long-cherished wish! "
Liu Xinyan's words actually made the two drunk people wake up from a dream.
"The three of us brothers are all traveling together on the same road, but we are on different paths. I am here to thank my two brothers for their care over the years. I also want to tell you that we should take care of ourselves in the future."
"Finally, I would like to remind you that you must never defend me in court."
After finishing speaking, Liu Xinyan drank all the wine in one gulp. The two of them opened their mouths to say something, but they couldn't. In the end, they could only drown their indignation with wine.
Liu Xinyan smiled and joked: "Why are you two looking uglier than me who is about to retire?"
The two laughed bitterly, shook their heads and just drank.
Seeing this, Liu Xinyan hugged the wine bottle and said, "It's just so much wine. If you two drink like this, I'm not drunk yet. You two lie down. Who can talk to me?"
Only then did the two of them stop what they were doing.
"Tell me, what interesting things happened in the court these two days."
Li Dong put down his chopsticks and complained: "I didn't say that I wanted to become an official, but now I care about the court again."
Liu Xinyan said angrily: "I have been an official in the court for so many years, but I have to start well and end well. I will still be an official of the court before I take off my official uniform! Besides, besides chatting about the court, what else can we talk about while drinking with you? ?」
Zhou Mi interrupted the useless bickering between the two and said, "A lot of things have indeed happened in the court in the past two days. Among them, the most discussed case is the murder of Tang Huai'an, the concubine of King Huai, which we discussed some time ago."
Hearing this, Liu Xinyan's hands trembled unconsciously, and it was the grandson in his body who suddenly woke up.
Li Dong also became interested. He was most interested in these court matters, but during this period due to the renovation of the dragon chariot, he did not take the time to inquire.
"The case came to an end yesterday."
Li Dong immediately rushed to say: "Is there any result? Who is the number one scholar? What is his name? Yes, Yun Xuezhi, has the case been solved?"
Zhou Mi glanced at Li Dong. She was about to say something, but he insisted on interrupting.
"Your Majesty set a seven-day deadline for Yun Xuezhi, and yesterday was the deadline. Yun Xuezhi made a statement to His Majesty about the trial process of the case at the court. His Majesty was furious and imprisoned Yun Xuezhi in the Ministry of Punishment to await his fate."
Liu Xinyan was stunned. Yun Xuezhi was detained?
"What's going on? The case hasn't been solved?"
Zhou Mi took a sip of wine and moistened his throat. It seemed that there was a long
process.
"Yesterday at the court meeting, Yun Xuezhi was summoned. This Yun Xuezhi is a talented person with extraordinary abilities. He was not timid at all when meeting the Holy Emperor for the first time."
Zhou Mi briefly described Yun Xuezhi's appearance and temperament. Li Dong on the side was a little impatient and said, "What are you talking about? Who cares about his appearance? He is not a yellow flower girl."
Unexpectedly, Zhou Mi actually said with a strange expression: "He is really more handsome than the older girl..."
Liu Xinyan and Li Dong looked at Zhou Mi strangely, and intentionally or unintentionally distanced themselves from him.
"I didn't expect Zhou Mi to be such a person..."
"You're so good at it..."
Zhou Mi was stunned for a moment before realizing what the two of them were talking about.
"What are you talking about? I just said that he looks really handsome..."
The two of them still looked at each other.
Zhou Mi was too lazy to explain, so he continued: "This Yun Xuezhi is quite courageous. He directly informed His Majesty that the murderer was not caught."
"Your Majesty's face is calm, but all the ministers below him have given up. They want to impeach Yun Xuezhi before he has finished speaking. But Yun Xuezhi has the style of a general, and he doesn't do anything in the face of slander. Impressed, he didn't continue to speak until the hall became calm, and once he did, he shocked everyone."
"He said those who killed Tang Huaian were the survivors!"
"What?"
"The survivors!"
Li Dong and Liu Xinyan stood up in shock.
Changsun was also a little surprised that he was a survivor, but he was even more surprised at the reaction of the two after hearing the word "survivor".
This reminded Changsun of the reaction of everyone in the Youth Faction after hearing about the bereaved family in Mine No. 1.
The reactions of the two were exactly the same, and from people's behavior after hearing about the survivors, it can be seen how afraid the people of the mainland are of the survivors.
"The hall was completely silent at that time. A moment later, Yun Xuezhi was impeached like a storm. Some ministers even shouted for Your Majesty to behead Yun Xuezhi on the spot."
Liu Xinyan and Li Dong could imagine the chaos in the hall at that time. After all, those he was talking about were the remnants of the remnants of the clan who had broken the peaceful age and triggered the apocalyptic war.
In the minds of the ministers of the Tang Dynasty, these survivors had long been driven to the edge of the mainland, but Yun Xuezhi actually said that they appeared in the imperial capital openly and killed a royal family member! How appalling this is!
"This time, Yun Xuezhi did not allow these ministers to impeach him, but instead shouted, "Your Majesty, please give me a clear warning." With His Majesty's permission, Yun Xuezhi also gave his analysis of the case. But in the end, His Majesty was furious and believed that Yun Xuezhi was deceiving the public with his evil words, so he ordered him to be imprisoned until he was punished. "
After that, Zhou Mi recounted Yun Xuezhi's trial process to the two of them, but his words were quite disdainful.
Li Dong and Liu Xinyan are used to it. If Zhou Mi gives people a mature and steady feeling on weekdays, when it comes to solving cases, Zhou Mi is sharp and unyielding.
After listening to this, Changsun roughly concluded in his mind that Yun Xuezhi first identified the suspects in Tang Huaian's murder based on the files obtained from Dali Temple. These people were all people who had been in contact with Tang Huaian before and after his murder.
After some interrogation, Yun Xuezhi found nothing. Afterwards, Yun Xuezhi inspected the scene and finally found a spiritual weapon at the scene.
After repeated confirmations, Yun Xuezhi concluded that this spiritual weapon could only be used by the bereaved family, and finally concluded that Tang Huaian was killed by the bereaved family.
It's no wonder that Zhou Mihui was quite disdainful of the trial process of this case. In Changsun's view, even a layman like him felt there were many loopholes.
Li Dong's focus was on the spiritual weapon of the deceased clan.
"At that time, your Dali Temple sealed off the scene immediately, right? You didn't discover such a spiritual weapon of the deceased?"
Li Dong asked this, making Zhou Mi's expression a little unnatural.
"Ahem, well, this remnant's spiritual weapon is quite cleverly made. To identify it, you need to leave it to the Ministry of Industry. There was no one on duty at the time who was familiar with weapon refining, so they didn't find it."
"What about this Yun Xuezhi?
What was discovered? Is it possible that he brought a weapon refiner from the Ministry of Industry? "
"Forehead……"
Li Dongyou asked Zhou deliberately to make Zhou Zhou feel uncomfortable.
However, Liu Xinyan had no intention of teasing Zhou Mi with Li Dong at this time, but asked seriously: "What do you think of Zhou Mi?"
Zhou Mi was stunned for a moment, and then said nonchalantly: "This Yun Xuezhi has some strength, but not much. As for the theory of surviving family members... it's nonsense."
Liu Xinyan did not ask Zhou Mi why he thought so, but instead fell into deep thought and said, "I also feel that Yun Xuezhi did not conduct an autopsy from beginning to end, and shouldn't he have inspected the crime scene first?"
Zhou Mi was a little surprised. He didn't expect Liu Xinyan to have such knowledge about solving crimes.
"Indeed, we should check the crime scene first. Yun Xuezhi was also eager for success, so he interrogated the suspect as soon as he read the file, but found nothing. As for why there was no autopsy, it's not that he didn't want to, it's just that He can't do it," Zhou Mi explained.
"Why?"
"Tang Huaian is a member of the royal family after all..."
"But human life is at stake, why are you talking about the specialness of clans at this time?"
"Alas, the reason for this is rather complicated. After all, the big shots didn't really want Yun Xuezhi to find out the case. And Prince Huai, who wanted to find out the case the most, didn't really want Yun Xuezhi to find out the case because of the dignity of the royal family. Xuezhi will conduct an autopsy. As a result, Yun Xuezhi will be in a difficult position even with His Majesty’s appointment.”
Liu Xinyan nodded, probably understanding the complicated relationship.
Zhou Mi didn't seem to want to talk too deeply about the case, so he changed the subject and said, "Do you know who had the biggest reaction when Yun Xuezhi brought up that Tang Huaian was killed by the bereaved family?"
Li Dong fell into thinking, searching in his mind for the person who usually had the least dealings with King Huai.
Liu Xinyan on the other side said without thinking: "Who else can there be, it must be King Huai."
"King Huai?"
Li Dong was still a little confused, while Zhou Mi on the other side was a little shocked.
"How did you know it was King Huai?"
"It's really King Huai!"
Liu Xinyan glanced at Zhou Mi and explained: "The biggest problem so far in the case of Tang Huaian's murder is that we don't know who the murderer is. In other words, no one can guess who has the motive for committing the crime."
"Previously, King Huai was always troubled by the Ministry of Rites. Tang Huai'an stole the job of Qiu Shou of the Ministry of Rites, so King Huai suspected that the Minister of Rites had a grudge, so he killed Tang Huai'an."
"But this conjecture is so stupid. Even the civil and military officials of the dynasty don't believe it. No one with any brains would believe it. Just a job could make the Minister of Rites go crazy and kill a clan relative? Who would believe it?"
"As for Tang Huaian's enemies, I believe your Dali Temple has also investigated them. I guess this little clan member doesn't have any big enemies. Otherwise, you would have already identified the suspect and arrested him."
When Liu Xinyan analyzed this, Zhou Mi looked a little serious.
"So, if Yun Xuezhi said that Tang Huaian was killed by the bereaved family, what was the motive?"
When Liu Xinyan said this, he deliberately paused for a moment.
Li Dong on the side followed Liu Xinyan's idea and boldly guessed: "Maybe Tang Huaian had an affair with the surviving family members, and ended up seeking skin from a tiger, and suffered the consequences instead?"
"This is what Prince Huai is afraid of. Regardless of whether Tang Huai'an has an affair with the survivors or discovers some conspiracy of the survivors, as long as he has the slightest connection with the survivors, it will be a disaster for Prince Huai!"
After hearing this, Li Dong thought for a moment and understood the stakes, so he nodded in agreement.
Zhou Mi looked at Liu Xinyan with some admiration and praised, "I didn't expect you, Xinyan, to hide so deeply and be so thoughtful. If you can be less strong-willed, why worry about not being able to flourish in the officialdom?"
Liu Xinyan smiled and shook his head.
Because Zhou Mi finally brought the topic to this aspect, the two of them gave Liu Xinyan some advice, persuading him to restrain his temper no matter where he went in the future. As they talked, the three of them got drunk.
I don’t know why, Liu Xinyan
The eldest grandson in his body was also drunk. When the eldest grandson woke up again, it was already the morning meeting in front of the sun.
Sure enough, the ministers of the princess's party at the court criticized Liu Xinyan for accepting bribes and facilitating the scientific examination on the grounds that Yun Xuezhi had falsified the scientific examination.
The biggest clue is that Liu Xinyan once recommended Yun Xuezhi's scientific research article to the Hanlin Academy, which is why Yun Xuezhi's scientific research article was also made public by the ministers in the main hall.
For a moment, the hall was in an uproar again. Yun Xuezhi dared to say that evil thoughts are a type of spiritual energy, and also proposed to improve the evil thoughts cultivation system. Isn't this the bereaved family!
Since then, the ministers have become even more convinced that Yun Xuezhi is the surviving member of the family. He should be sentenced to death for trying to disrupt the imperial court with his lies!
The emperor agreed!
Liu Xinyan was also implicated. He could avoid the death penalty but could not escape the punishment of living. He was deprived of his official position on the spot and was exiled!
This was the last scene of Changsun's dream.
Since then, the first dream has ended, and the eldest grandson has fallen into the reincarnation of dreams.
