Hearing this, Qi Yun immediately stood up from the chair, but sat down again quickly.
But even so, Tie Zi could see Qi Yun's shock at that moment.
It's just the reason, Qi Yun didn't tell anyone, even Tie Zi didn't know, what Qi Ming lost this time was not just an inkstone and a copybook, but a gift from the royal family...
Even if Chu Chengyun gave it as a gift, as long as it passes through his hands, it is a gift from the heavenly family, and of course it cannot be thrown away.
Qi Ming asked Liusi to come to him, thinking that it was because he cherished the brotherhood between him and Chu Chengyun, and kept all the things sent by his righteous brother, and naturally didn't want to lose it, so he came to Qi Yun for help.
But for Qi Yun, this is not just a matter of love, and if it is not good, it is a prison sentence.
Ordinary people get a gift from the imperial family, and they have to put incense on the table, put it in the ancestral hall, and offer it well, and pass it on to future generations.
The Qi family looked a little different, and Chu Chengyun didn't take it so seriously when he sent it off.
Even for Qi Yun, the new emperor is far less mysterious, and the longevity lock he gave Qi Yun is still together with the silver lock, but it doesn't mean that he can be snatched away casually.
But Qi Yun quickly figured it out. If you lose it, you will lose it. If they don't say it, who knows who gave it
However, it is hard to say whether Qi Ming was unlucky to meet the bandits, or whether someone targeted him.
Qi Yun sat on the chair and closed his eyes slightly.
Tie Zi knew that his young master woke up early in the morning and hadn't had breakfast yet. Although Qi Yun's body was not as papery as before, he was also weaker than ordinary people, so Tie Zi went to serve a bowl originally for Ye Jiao. The prepared astragalus sea bass soup was handed to Qi Yun to drink.
After drinking a bowl, Qi Yun's spirit improved, and then he looked at Liu Si: "What happened to Saburo, you have to explain it to me in detail."
Liusi is young, and his mouth is not neat enough. If he speaks with his mouth alone, he may not be able to speak clearly.
Fortunately, Qi Ming thought of this long ago, so he wrote a letter to Liu Si and brought it over.
Qi Yun took the letter, unfolded it, looked at the letter at a glance, and quickly understood the whole story.
The letter said that Qi Ming had been studying hard in the academy, and finally had some free time to go out. He originally wanted to go to the bookstore in the city to buy some books with a box on his back. He made a fuss and said that he was being chased and killed Yunyun, and looked very pitiful.
It's just that even though Qi Ming is young, his brain is not stupid. He doesn't believe that someone dares to chase and kill a girl from a good family in the street, and he wants to leave without her.
Who would have known that the singing woman seemed to faint from fright, so she was paralyzed on Qi Ming's body, but she held onto him and Liu Si tightly with both hands.
At this time, a group of men dressed in short brown rushed out and stole Qi Ming's box. However, Qi Ming and Liu Si were entangled by the singing girl and couldn't get out. There are traces of people.
If it is just ordinary gold and silver, if you lose it, you will lose it. After all, he is a person who wants to take scientific examinations, and reading is the most important thing. He really has no time to report to the official, and he has no time to deal with the lawsuit, but there are things sent by his righteous brother. I just came to find Qi Yun.
After reading it, Qi Yun knew that his younger brother had been touched.
The tricks used are not very clever, but people are staring at his cage, no matter what they think, no matter how strange.
But after all, it was Qi Ming who lost something and was deceived. Qi Yun was afraid that his younger brother would not clarify the matter because of his affection, so he put the letter aside, looked at Liu Si and said, "If I ask you, you only need to say Yes and no will do, if you want me to help the third brother, just tell the truth."
Liu Si stood there obediently, and nodded when he heard the words.
Qi Yun drank another bowl of fish soup, and then said solemnly: "Is the singing girl he said really ignorant, or did he cause some romantic debt to let other girls come to her door?"
Liu Si was stunned for a moment, then his face flushed, he shook his head again and again, and said in his mouth: "No no no no no no..."
"Okay, then tell me again, has the third brother had a grudge with someone recently?"
Liusi thought for a while, then shook his head: "No."
The three young masters stay in the academy every day, and there is no chance to have a grudge.
Qi Yun said again: "Think about it again, when those people rushed out to grab the cage, were they just staring at Saburo, or were they still staring at others?"
Liusi immediately said: "Only, only the third young master." His voice paused, "Actually, those people wanted to hurt the third, the third young master, but... I pulled the woman away, and when I ran away in a panic, I lost it. Lost the cage."
If Liusi was not involved, he could see it clearly, but Qi Ming was stunned in the panic. He couldn't remember things clearly, and many details could be obtained by asking Liusi.
And about this matter, Liu Si kept it from Qi Ming, and only told him that those people were just trying to rob things.
Liusi is afraid that telling the truth will scare the third young master, and now the township exam is about to be taken. If the restlessness affects the scientific exam, it will be really troublesome.
When Qi Yun heard the words, he knew Liusi's worries, and he was glad that his silly brother had a reliable companion, so he asked Tie Zi to move a seat for Liusi and served him a bowl of fish soup.
But after Qi Yun thought about it, there was no doubt on his face, and he only said softly: "Sure enough, it was specifically for Saburo."
Selling singers or robbing them in the street is just someone's plan, and what they are doing in the end is only Qi Saburo.
As for whether it is still aimed at the Qi family, Qi Yun is not sure, but most of it is related.
If it was said that Qi Ming was pushed off the cliff by the Cai family last time in order to snatch the places in the county examination, today's matter seems a little out of nowhere.
Those who dare to do such a thing are not ordinary people. There are many yamen in the city, and the yamen in Zhizhou is there. These people dare to make trouble in the city during the day, unless they are blinded by lard, otherwise There is someone behind it.
If it is the latter, then it is more and more difficult to let it go. You must know who did it to prevent it. Otherwise, if you admit it this time, there will always be a second or third time.
Saburo is young, and he is about to take the local exam, and it is impossible to break a finger.
So, Qi Yun immediately said to Tie Zi: "You bring Liu Si down the mountain, and now go to the magistrate's yamen to find Shi Zhixian, tell him about this, and ask him to help find out who is behind the scenes."
Tie Zi hesitated for a moment and said, "Second Young Master, will the magistrate ignore it?"
Even if Qi Yun didn't explain it, Tie Zi could hear that this was not an ordinary thing.
Even though Shi Tianrui was the magistrate, he was only a rank seven sesame petty official, I'm afraid he wouldn't dare to accept it.
Qi Yun said, "Don't worry, he will definitely help."
Looking at the golden plaque, Qi Yun didn't believe that Shi Tianrui would ignore it.
But the reason why Shi Tianrui really took over the case was not because of the imperial plaque, but because Ye Jiao saved his daughter's life.
Zheng Shi told Shi Tianrui exactly what happened about Folan, and named him to be related to a certain adult in the capital.
As for the concubine, she died suddenly because of accidentally eating Fran, and it was cold when she found it.
Shi Tianrui had already experienced the stupidity and viciousness of this cousin's concubine. She was able to get married by sticking her wrists. Shi Tianrui just kept it in the house and never touched it. She died, and Shi Tianrui didn't think about it after two days of sadness, but he cherished his daughter very much.
Ye Jiao's ability to recognize Folan means saving his daughter's life, and Shi Tianrui should repay it.
When Tiezi found him, Shi Tianrui agreed and dispatched a competent officer to investigate, and the result was available within two days.
Because of Ye Jiao's kindness, Shi Tianrui went there in person.
When he went up the mountain to find Qi Yun, Qi Yun was coaxing Xu Bao with Ye Jiao.
Although Xu Bao loves to laugh and has a good temper, he is very lazy.
If you can sit without standing, if you really can't, just lie down and stay motionless for a long time.
If he was a child, he was still cute, but when he grew up, Qi Yun was afraid that he would always be so lazy and would affect his long stature, so he often tried to make his little chubby move and walk around.
Feed it with a milk cake today, and coax it with a cloth ball tomorrow.
It's just that these methods are very effective for cats and dogs, but they often fail for Xubao.
Xiao Xubao made up his mind that his parents were partial to him, even if he didn't move, he wouldn't starve him, so the young couple always thought of other ways to coax him.
So far, the best use is actually reading.
So, when Shi Tianrui entered the door, what he saw was Ye Jiao and Qi Yun sitting on both sides of the soft couch, Xu Bao giggling and walking back and forth with his short legs in the middle.
Walking to Qi Yun's side, Qi Yun said, "If you don't teach, your sex will change."
Going to Ye Jiao's side again, the little ginseng turned her head and stared at the book, and recited: "The way of teaching is precious."
When Shi Tianrui saw it, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Young Master Qi and his wife teach their children well, which is admirable."
Ye Jiao saw someone coming in, she reached out and took Xu Bao into her arms, patted the little guy on the back, and said, "Xiao Su, serve tea to Shizhi County."
Shi Tianrui smiled and met Ye Jiao with a smile, while his eyes looked at Qi Yun.
Qi Erlang stood up, touched the top of Xubao's hair, and then went to the main hall with Shi Tianrui to sit down.
Even though he lost his gift, Qi Yun didn't get restless every day, and he told Qi Ming to calm down and study hard, not to think about other things.
You can't find anything in a hurry, so it's better to live your own life and wait for the result.
At this moment Shi Tianrui came, Qi Yun had tea with him, and said some polite words, and then he asked: "I don't know what happened to Shi Zhixian last time, but what happened?"
Shi Tianrui put down the tea cup and said to Qi Yun, "Yes, I sent someone to investigate the singing girl. She has been redeemed by the Shao family, bought the deed, and became the concubine of Wulang of the Shao family."
Shao family
As soon as Qi Yun heard the surname, he raised his eyebrows slightly: "Come on, my third brother's cage can be found."
"I'm afraid it won't work." Shi Tianrui whispered, "Someone saw that Shao Wulang went to Shao Zhizhou's government office earlier and took a box wrapped in red cloth, thinking that he was here to give a gift."
If it's normal, it's normal to walk around among relatives, and it's nothing.
But the front foot got a high-quality inkstone from Qi Saburo, and a purple pen, which are all excellent things, and the back foot carried the box to the yamen, it is difficult for people not to think of it together.
As for the copybook Qi Yun said, Shi Tianrui didn't take it seriously.
In his opinion, compared with Duan Yan and Zihao Pen, that copybook was not worth much, nor was it worth being nervous.
Who knew that Qi Yun's expression suddenly loosened, and his eyebrows stretched out.
From the very beginning, he never thought of taking the things back, all Qi Yun wanted to know was who was eyeing Qi Ming.
Now that it is enough to know that it is the Shao family, this person who hides in the dark and causes evil will come to the light, so there will naturally be a solution.
It is not easy to push up a family, but you can still try to push a family away.
Qi Yun had quietly unplugged several things that hindered him before. This time, he planned a little more, and there would always be a way.
However, Qi Yun thought about it again, his fingertips slipped on the edge of the tea cup, and the corners of his mouth suddenly turned up: "I originally thought that if something is lost, it will be lost, but now it seems that there is still hope for it to be recovered."
Shi Tianrui was a little puzzled and couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean?"
Qi Yun didn't say it clearly, just smiled, but thought in his heart that the royal gift plaque was kept in the prefecture for two months, and that Mr. Shao must have read it many times.
Now, it depends on whether Shao Wulang will faithfully send the hyphenated copybook to Lord Zhizhou.
If he didn't give it back, that's all, he just thought it was a good thing to feed the dog, and he would think of a way in the future, but if he gave it back, his Saburo's things would definitely be lost and found.
And Shao Wulang is indeed loyal, but he is not loyal to Shao Zhizhou, but to the money.
The reason why their Shao family can walk sideways in the city, Shao Wulang is very self-aware.
It's not how superb their business methods are, nor how much merit the ancestors of the Shao family have, it's just because they have relatives who should know the state.
This one is enough.
And this Lord Zhizhou is not the kind of honest official who can't pour water into the needle and can't insert it. He rarely accepts anything from the Shao family. When Shao Wulang gets a good thing, he will give it to him, and he will give it to his family when it is cooked. Get some good.
This time, Shao Wulang got the good things in Qi Ming's box, and the first thing that came to his mind was to send it to the prefectural government.
But when Shao Wulang went there, from dawn to dark, there was no sign of Zhizhou, and the tea in the cup was changed over and over again, and it was all tasteless. Only then did he finally see Shao Zhizhou.
This Shao Zhizhou was thin, with bright eyes and a goatee, and just by looking at him, he felt that he was a stern person.
As soon as he came out, he stared at Shao Wulang coldly, and his voice lowered an octave: "You have done a good deed!"
Shao Wulang was startled, he immediately bounced off the chair, and then fell to the ground with a plop.
Shao Zhizhou didn't seem to be in the slightest to please him, he snorted coldly, sat down and said in a deep voice, "Don't be an official and don't know what happened on the street two days ago, you're really bold, you can do it perfectly yourself?"
Shao Wulang was stunned for a moment, and soon realized that Shao Zhizhou blamed them not for the murder in the street, but for not wiping their tails cleanly, he hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Sir, this... I don't know where I went wrong. "
Shao Zhizhou snorted again: "People from Shizhi County have found you, even though your subordinates never talked about it everywhere, but there are so many pedestrians on the road, you even found a well-known celebrity for the singing girl. How can you stop someone's mouth?"
Shao Wulang sweated on his head and immediately fell to the ground.
After a while, I heard Shao Zhizhou say: "Fortunately, there is no publicity in Shizhi County, and the Qi family is quiet. I think it is because the official's face is different from you, but there is no second time for this kind of thing. It's better to have a clear head, remember!"
"Remember, remember." Shao Wulang knew that nothing was wrong, so he hurriedly smiled, then got up again, and put the box he brought in front of Shao Zhizhou, "Sir, it's really my fault this time, let me You are frightened, this is my apology, and I hope you will accept it with a smile."
Shao Zhizhou naturally heard that Shao Wulang came with a gift, and he could guess that the objects inside were probably from Qi Saburo.
He didn't want to take it at first, but looking at Shao Wulang's diligent appearance, he felt that it should be a rare item, so he nodded lightly, and the red cloth was removed.
Opening the box, Shao Zhizhou stared at Fang Duanyan at first sight.
This Duan Inkstone is the best inkstone in Taichung, and this side is the best of the best, otherwise Chu Chengyun would not have given it to Qi Yun seriously.
As long as you are a reader, you can't walk at a glance.
Shao Zhizhou's eyes lit up and he stretched out his hand to pick it up and examine it.
But soon he saw the Zihao pen next to the inkstone platform.
This purple-haired pen is also excellent. It is made from the hairs on the back of the wild mountain rabbit's neck. The color is purple and black. The brushes made of rabbit hairs taken from the northern border are the most soft and precious.
And this one was brought by the caravan from outside the customs. Since Qi Yun can take it out and give it away, of course it is best to use vellus hair.
Even if you just put it there, looking at this one, you know the quality is excellent.
Shao Zhizhou's eyes went straight, even though he knew in his heart that he couldn't ask for these things, he couldn't restrain his hand from reaching there.
But before he could touch the purple pen, he saw another cloth bag.
This cloth bag is navy blue and looks unremarkable, except that there is a tassel under the rope used to seal the bag.
The color of red and green was given to Qi Ming by Ye Jiao before.
Since it was given by his sister-in-law, Qi Ming cherished it very much, not only to use it well, but also to carry it with him. In the end, he chose to put it on his own cloth bag, which could not only fulfill his respect for Ye Jiao, but also take good care of him. Put it in the box so that no one can see it.
And the tassels were really dazzling and eye-catching, so Shao Zhizhou unconsciously lifted the bag: "What is this?"
Shao Wulang hurriedly said: "This is a copybook, and I can't tell the difference between the good and the bad. I just used it to let the adults distinguish it."
Shao Zhizhou nodded in a pretentious manner, then opened the bag and took out the copybook inside.
After flipping through it a bit, I found it to be nothing unusual.
But at this moment, he turned to the title page.
As soon as the eight characters on it came into view, Shao Zhizhou's hand stopped.
He stared at those words and read them over and over again, and then suddenly he started shaking.
First the fingertips trembled, then the arm trembled, and finally, the whole person froze.
Shao Wulang was taken aback and thought that Shao Zhizhou had suffered a stroke.
But before he could shout, Shao Zhizhou held the copybook and staggered to the backyard.
Shao Wulang hurriedly followed, and then saw Shao Zhizhou enter a room, and when he lit the candle and followed, he saw some sundries placed in the room, nothing unusual, the most conspicuous one was placed in the middle of the room A plaque covered with a red cloth.
"Sir, you are... oops!" Shao Wulang stepped forward to say something, but was kicked away by Shao Zhizhou.
Shao Zhizhou cautiously held the copybook, freeing one hand, and shakily lifted the red cloth covering the plaque.
The letter is written in four big characters - Zhigao Xingjie.
This plaque was to be given to the Qi family. Shao Zhizhou stayed in the government office for two months in order to ask for benefits. He thought that the Qi family was just a merchant family, and even if the emperor gave the plaque, it would not count. what.
But now that I think about it, these four words were not originally to describe merchants, but to describe noble people. The emperor bestowed these four words, but didn't they just force the Qi family's so-called merchant's temperament to be clear
The key is not the meaning, but the word.
Shao Zhizhou held up the copybook tremblingly and looked at the eight characters on it.
Evening attacking hardships, perseverance and perseverance.
Looking at the plaque and the copybook, and going back and forth several times, Shao Zhizhou finally saw clearly—
The word 'zhi' is actually exactly the same...
Exactly the same!
Shao Zhizhou's eyes were dark, his feet were soft, and he was directly paralyzed on the ground, fainting.