Li Chaoge took something with him, and went to Dali Temple with ease. When the people from Dali Temple saw Li Chaoge, they didn't even ask any questions, they just said: "Gu Siqing is reading the files in the main hall."
Li Chaoge nodded. She felt a little embarrassed when she noticed that many people were looking at her. She shook the scroll in her hand and said, "I'll deliver materials to Siqing Gu."
People around nodded, with expressions we all understand. Li Chaoge was depressed, she really came to see Gu Mingke because of business, what kind of eyes do they have
Li Chaoge bit the bullet and walked towards the main hall. She didn't need to report, she opened the door by herself. Gu Mingke was looking inside? He heard a voice and raised his head. Seeing it was her? He slowly put away the scroll in his hand: "You are here."
Seeing his movements, Li Chaoge narrowed his eyes, and approached calmly: "I heard someone say? You want a volume of records, I'll bring them to you."
As she spoke, she suddenly reached out to snatch the painting from Gu Mingke's hand. Gu Mingke seemed to have been prepared, and gently raised his hand to take it away: "Don't make trouble."
Li Chaoge was in vain, more and more convinced that he had something to hide from her? Li Chaoge raised his eyebrows, and asked with a half-smile, "What are you looking at, why did you put it away as soon as you saw me?"
"It's nothing." Gu Mingke's black eyes were like a lake, looking at her calmly, "It's just a map."
Who are you kidding? Li Chaoge stood on tiptoe to snatch it, Gu Mingke blocked her hand, and gently pressed to her side. Singer Li turned his wrist suddenly, held Gu Mingke's arm, and threw himself directly on Gu Mingke's body.
Gu Mingke had never experienced this kind of play, and was afraid of falling into her body, so she had no choice but to be caught by her body. Li Chaoge hung on Gu Mingke's body? One arm hugged his shoulder, and the other arm stretched out, reaching toward the scroll with all his strength.
Gu Mingke was helpless, and was quickly grabbed by her and snatched away the things. Li Chaoge grabbed the scroll and immediately jumped away from Gu Mingke. She opened the scroll and found that it was really a picture of mountains and rivers.
Li Chaoge clicked his tongue in disgust: "I thought Gu Siqing was secretly looking at some beauty, so it's really a map?"
"It's nothing to say, you don't believe me." Gu Mingke pulled the sleeves that were messed up by her, and asked, "Where did you learn this trick?"
Li Chaoge's eyes are all on the map, she vaguely heard Gu Mingke's words, she was stunned for a moment, and then said casually: "Do you still need to learn, it will be natural to deal with you. You see What does the map do?"
Not just maps, Li Chaoge looked around, and found that there were piles of geographical records on the bookshelves, and on the desk case, there were half-read notes on mountains and rivers. These places span the north and south of the river, even if Gu Mingke investigates the geography for the case, there is no need to pay attention to such a vast territory.
What is he doing looking at these
Gu Mingke said lightly: "Just take a look."
Li Chaoge didn't believe it. Gu Mingke never knew how to do things? There was no purpose. But Gu Mingke didn't say anything, and Li Chaoge didn't ask, she believed that he would tell her when the time came.
After Li Chaoge delivered the things, Xia Ya's drums also sounded. Li Chaoge asked, "Go home?"
Gu Mingke nodded, put away the book that he hadn't finished reading, and said: "Okay, go home and read the rest. But I'm going to the book market, and there is one volume missing from the Dali Temple's Sutra Notes."
Li Chaoge has no objection. Anyway, after get off work, she has nothing to do. It's okay to drop by the book market. Li Chaoge said: "There are too many people now, wait a little longer, wait a while? The road? It's quiet before going."
As the sun was setting and the drums were beating loudly, many officials bid farewell to each other and walked out of the imperial city together. From a distance, it looks like a crimson torrent.
Li Chaoge sat in Gu Mingke's palace and waited, thinking that the people outside had almost left before... Gu Mingke went out together. Gu Mingke stayed behind and locked the door, while Li Chaoge stood behind the fence and waited. The people outside probably thought that there was no one else, so they whispered: "Have you heard that the Empress restored the title of King Zhao, and asked King Zhao? Concubine Zhao to move to the East Palace."
Another person was surprised when he heard it: "Since the Crown Prince was renamed King Zhao, why did the Crown Prince move to the East Palace?"
The other party didn't say anything. Obviously, none of them knew what the empress was thinking.
When the yamen were scattered, the news spread quickly, and the news of the deep palace quickly spread outside. The empress never did useless things, Wu Yuanxiao asked the people to petition to make him the crown prince, the empress changed hands and let Li Huai move into the East Palace, it can be seen that she was beating the Wu family and did not agree to make Wu Yuanxiao the crown prince. But the empress let Li Huai live in the East Palace, but she didn't give him a title. Instead, she restored Li Huai's title of King Zhao. This confuses the courtiers and officials as to what the Empress means.
It is said that the emperor's heart is unpredictable, and their empress's mind is especially unpredictable.
The person who spoke first suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Do you know that the Empress agrees to move King Zhao out because she listened to brother Zhang Yanzhi's persuasion?"
"What?" The other person was so surprised that he couldn't even control his voice, "Their brothers can control the candidate for the crown prince?"
"Yes." The other party sighed and said with great emotion, "The brothers of the Zhang family are so favored. In the future, no one dares? They are against each other."
Li Chaoge stood behind the wall without moving. They didn't know there was someone behind them, so they talked to themselves. Gu Mingke locked the door and walked towards here. The other party heard the movement and left in a hurry.
Gu Mingke came over, glanced back, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Li Chaoge shook his head: "It's nothing. Let's go to the book market first."
All the businesses in Luoyang are concentrated in Nanshi and Beishi. The Nanshi is one of the most prosperous areas in Luoyang. Li Chaoge? Gu Mingke went to the largest bookstore in Nanshi. The book that Gu Mingke wanted was very rare. The owner of the bookstore paused when he heard it, and said: "This book is a bit biased. I remember where I read it before, but I'm not sure if it's still there. Not here. Please wait here for Mrs. Lang, the younger one will go to the storeroom to look for it."
Gu Mingke had no objection and nodded in response. Anyway, he had to wait. Seeing that the bookstall outside was colorfully arranged, Li Chaoge went outside to flip through the books.
Li Chaoge flipped through a few books and couldn't stop laughing. Gu Mingke followed slowly and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Li Chaoge concentrated on looking at the illustrations inside, but ignored Gu Mingke. Gu Mingke is on the bookstall? After a cursory scan, the rich lady and the down-and-out scholar, the glamorous vixen and the little book boy sheltering from the rain, and the love between ghosts and ghosts... Gu Mingke was helpless and asked, "Do you like to read these?"
Li Chaoge casually? Perfunctory: "It's just to pass the time."
As soon as the stall owner saw a customer, he immediately tried his best to sell: "Lady, you have found the right place when you come to our house. Our book here is the most complete. Recently, a batch of new goods has just arrived. It is about a scholar's personal experience. Story. Ladies, would you like to see it?"
Li Chaoge nodded: "Bring it."
Most of the people who come to the bookstore are officials and literati, and the stall owner is used to receiving guests in official uniforms in front of the bookstore. The stall owner didn't care about the clothes on these two people, and enthusiastically handed a booklet to Li Chaoge, and said mysteriously: "Lady, don't worry, this book must be the latest one. Ladies and daughters love it."
Li Chaoge opened it curiously, and Gu Mingke could see the pages when he lowered his eyes. He patiently read two pages, and when he saw the progress of the scholar? female? ghost falling in love at first sight, falling in love at second sight and falling in love at third sight, he silently turned his eyes away.
He knows that the people of the Tang Dynasty are open and open, and the times of the countries are different. But isn't that too open
In particular, Gu Mingke discovered that Li Chaoge specially picked places with pictures to read, and the illustrations in this kind of book could never be landscape paintings. Seeing Li Chaoge's strenuous posture, he couldn't help but ask, "Can this kind of book be openly sold on the street?"
The stall owner was trying to sell, when he heard Gu Mingke's words, he couldn't help but glance at Gu Mingke. The stall owner complained in his heart, this gentleman looked handsome, said? Why is it so disappointing. It's okay if you don't look at it. After looking at it, the stall owner found that the clothes on Gu Mingke looked familiar.
This seems to be... the official uniform of Dali Temple.
The stall owner was alert and sober. Ordinary people may not be able to tell the difference between Zhongshu and sectarians, and they may not know Shangshu and Shilang, but they must know Dali Temple. The highest institution of the Three Law Departments is in charge of all kinds of criminal and civil cases inside and outside the capital. He is pulling the tail of a tiger and calling for help-looking for death.
The stall owner stood up straight in fright, he stopped doing business immediately, pulled up the stall and ran away. Li Chaoge was bumped, and the book in his hand fell on the stall? He ran away with the stall owner.
Li Chaoge clapped his hands regretfully: "I haven't finished watching it yet."
"Don't look at these things?" Gu Mingke said solemnly, "It's all mortals' imaginations. When encountering a ghost, it is the right thing to persuade the other party to reincarnate early. Yin and Yang have different paths, and people and ghosts will only harm others and themselves when they are together."
"I know." Li Chaoge stared back, "I'm not married? Ghost, what are you scolding me for?"
Gu Mingke was choked and had nothing to say? At this time, the owner of the bookstore came out and said, "I found the book, but there are several editions, and I don't know which one Gu Mingke wants. Gu Mingke went in to pick up books with the owner of the bookstore, but Li Chaoge was too lazy to leave, so he stood outside and waited for him.
There was noise at the gate of Nanshi, and it seemed to be very lively. The people on the street stretched their necks to look. Li Chaoge glanced casually, and found that some family member was traveling, so he retracted his eyes as usual.
Li Chaoge is used to all kinds of pomp and circumstance, but the people on both sides are different. A group of people gathered together and chirped: "Who is outside?"
"It seems that people from the Zhang family are going out, and the ostentation is so big that the whole street is cleared."
"The Zhang family?" The one who spoke was a somewhat fat woman. She spat and scolded, "You have a terrible family. You don't even look at your own family's virtues and what you pretend to be."
"Sister-in-law Zhao, they have taken over your ancestral house, have you given the money?"
"No way. Our family has lived in the house for three generations. They said? Occupy it. My mother-in-law went to Jingzhao Mansion to appeal for grievances. When the Yamen heard that it was the Zhang family, they said? They wouldn't let me know?, and they drove us away. "I heard? The Zhang family is going to build a new house again. This time, they have taken a fancy to the land in Luobinfang, and now they are forcing the people in Luobinfang to sign and pledge."
"Where did their family get so much money?"
"Where did it come from? Didn't it come from our common people? It was searched!" Sister-in-law Zhao scolded, "My aunt's family has a hundred acres of fertile land outside the city, and the whole family uses this to eat. I went there to earn money, so I robbed it. The Zhang family said it nicely, saying that it was following the Queen's order to build a Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing to welcome the royal family. If my aunt's family doesn't give it, it would be disrespectful. Tian Yan, intending to rebel. How did the investigation of the rebellion last year look like, we ordinary people dare not be involved in these charges, so we can only resell it with hatred. How much do you think they paid for the good paddy fields?"
"How many?"
"One mu is only five pennies!"
"What?" Everyone was shocked. There are almost fifty guan in one mu of dry land, and the Zhang family only gives? Five guan. What's the difference
"Not only my aunt's house, but the farmland in their neighborhood was taken away by Zhang's family. An old woman was not convinced and went to Lizheng's house to seek justice, but was pushed down by Zhang's henchmen, broke her leg on the spot, and died within a few days Just like that, the village officials didn’t dare to fart, and even came over as a lobbyist for the Zhang family, and gave them 300 yuan to move away far away.”
Taking people's money is like killing their parents. Mrs. Zhao gritted her teeth angrily when she talked about the Zhang family, she didn't care that this was outside, she dared to scold the Queen's new favorite with her mouth.
The group gathered on the other side and said, Li Chaoge has a good ear and heard everything. She sighed secretly in her heart, the two brothers were so favored, no matter where? The rest of the Zhang family followed the chickens and dogs to heaven. During this period of time, they wantonly amassed money, annexed land, searched for people's fat, and even dared to accept tribute money from officials from other places. Everyone can only see the scenery of Erzhang, but they don't know how many people are suffering under the feet of Erzhang.
Gu Mingke came out of the bookstore, saw Li Chaoge standing in a daze, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Li Chaoge shook his head and said, "It's nothing. Have you got it?"
"En." Gu Mingke said, "Let's go back home."
Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke went out from Nanshi just in time to pass by the team outside. Is Zhang Yanzhi riding on the horse? Out of the corner of his eye, he vaguely caught sight of a figure from behind. He was startled, and immediately turned around in surprise.
In front of him was the woman he had been dreaming about and never forgetting, but soon, she was followed by another man.
They held things in their hands and talked while walking. The two of them didn't bring any attendants, just like an ordinary couple, they went to the market to buy things after they left the Yamen, and went home together when they bought something.
Plain, ordinary, not romantic at all, but extremely real.
Seeing Zhang Yanzhi turning his back, the people around gathered around him to flatter him: "Wulang, what did you fancy? I'll give you the small one. You buy it here."
Zhang Yanzhi stared at that figure for a long time, then slowly shook his head: "It's nothing, I was wrong."
The cousins of the two brothers, Zhang Yanzhi and Zhang Yanchang, moved to the house and celebrated with great fanfare. Later, because Zhang Yanzhi and Zhang Yanchang came in person, many people rushed to hear the news. This is a very common thing. In Dongdu, if someone is frustrated, there is someone who is famous. Every year, there are new favorites who spend a lot of money. The two brothers are not the first, nor will they be the last. Li Chaoge didn't take it to heart at all. After returning home, she read the book for a while, then washed up and went to bed.
But the next day, when Li Chaoge went to the yamen, he learned that there was some minor unhappiness at the Zhang Mansion banquet yesterday.
It was a good night, the host and guest had a good time, and everyone had a good time. But early in the morning, just after the sound of the drum to lift the curfew, when the servants of the Zhang family opened the door, they found that the door of their house had been splashed with paint and written in big characters.
"One day of thread, how many days can we make a thread?"
This sentence is fine at first glance, but when you look closely, you find that it is very sinister. The silk sound is similar to death, and the Luo sound is similar to music. When read together, it means that you will die one day, how many days can you still have fun now
When Zhang Yanzhi's cousin was repairing the house, for the sake of face, he occupied half of the square, opened the outer wall of the square, and swaggered open the front door of his house on the street? Words were written on the gate of the Zhang Mansion, and the pedestrians coming and going saw it clearly, and many of them were laughing behind their backs. The Zhang family was so angry that they stood at the door cursing all morning, berating the person who secretly wrote the letter to come out and apologize.
Naturally, no one came out. The Zhang family knew it was useless to be angry. After they had scolded enough, they wiped off the writing on the door and repainted it. As a result, early the next morning, the door of their house was written? again.
It's still the original sentence, one thread can be networked for several days, and the location and content remain unchanged. The cousin of the Zhang family was so angry that he jumped up. He immediately asked someone to clean it up. At night, he sent his servants to keep a close eye on him to see who dared to do so. He was against it. But the third day, the fourth day... lasted for six or seven days. No matter how Zhang's cousin guarded against him at night and how he threatened him during the day, the wiped clean gate would definitely be scribbled on the next morning. The number of servants who followed increased from one to ten, but no one could tell how that line was written.
The story of Zhang's mansion being scribbled spread all over the place in no time, and Li Chaoge just took it as a joke, but he never expected that one day when he was in court, Li Chaoge would be called to Daye Hall by the empress.
The two Zhang brothers were allowed by the empress to go to court, and they are also accompanying the empress at this moment. Zhang Yanzhi was sitting on the side writing? Zhang Yanchang leaned against the empress, and lightly beat the empress's leg. After Li Chaoge entered, he didn't even look to the side. He bowed to the empress: "See Your Majesty."
Li Chaoge was calm and calm, as if the two brothers did not exist. Before Li Chaoge came in, Zhang Yanzhi was secretly worried for a long time. He was worried that Li Chaoge would look down on his identity, worried that she would show disgust towards him, but when she really came in, and did not show any fluctuations on her face as he wished. Afterwards, Zhang Yanzhi felt uncomfortable instead.
The displeasure on her face at least shows that she's not used to it, but she's expressionless, as if she doesn't care what Zhang Yanzhi is doing at all.
Zhang Yanchang sat next to the queen's lap, the queen didn't care, just like a kitten or dog nestled by her feet, with a normal demeanor? Li Chaoge said: "Chaoge, listen to what happened in Zhang's house recently. Did you say it?"
Li Chaoge's eyes moved, and he asked, "Is it at the gate of Zhang's residence? Is it the matter of being splashed with ink?"
The empress nodded: "Yes."
Li Chaoge thought of the two Zhang brothers in the palace, and knew in his heart that it must be Zhang Yanzhi and Zhang Yanchang who complained to Zhang Yanzhi and Zhang Yanchang, and Zhang Yanchang made trouble to the empress. Li Chaoge felt speechless, and said cryptically: "Potting ink is a civil dispute, and Jing Zhaoyin should be allowed to take over. Your Majesty? Why did you call my son here?"
The empress said: "Jing Zhaoyin asked all the people around Zhang's mansion, but no one saw who did it. He wrote curse words for six or seven days, and still escaped everyone's eyes. There may be something else wrong with it.”
Li Chaoge scoffed in his heart, and asked the people around Zhang's mansion, of course they got nothing. They wished for Zhang's family to be unlucky, even if they knew who it was, they wouldn't? Say? Li Chaoge said: "Maybe it is the enemy that the Zhang family offended before?"
The empress shook her head: "The people of Luoyang live and work in peace and contentment, and the Zhang family is also kind to others. Who will they offend? Even if someone really doesn't like the Zhang family, they can't get around the heavy surveillance. They scribbled on the gate of the Zhang family for seven days in a row. It is very likely that this is the work of a demon."
Li Chaoge had an ominous premonition when he heard it, and sure enough, the empress then said: "The Zhang family abides by the law and must not be insulted like this. Chaoge, you should thoroughly investigate the matter of Zhang's splashing ink." Li Chaoge was extremely reluctant, didn't he know what the Zhang family did, and he was ashamed to sue him? Li Chaoge didn't want to take this case at all, but the empress insisted and asked Li Chaoge to go out to investigate the case after a few words.
The empress also specifically confessed that the person behind the scenes must be found out. If you dare not give face to the two brothers, then you will not give face to the empress, and the empress will never spare them.
Li Chaoge reluctantly accepted the order. She walked out of the Hall of Great Achievements, and within a few steps, someone called her
"Princess Sheng Yuan, please stay."
Li Chaoge turned around, saw Zhang Yanzhi, and asked distantly, "What's the matter?"
Zhang Yanzhi caught up with him and saluted Li Chaoge. He stared at Li Chaoge with his eyes and said, "Thank you Princess Sheng Yuan for your help. For the affairs of my cousin's family, there is Princess Lao."
Li Chaoge sneered in his heart, if it was possible, she didn't want to take this kind of thing. She? Even if she went to investigate the case, it was better than investigating the case in Zhang's house.
Li Chaoge responded perfunctorily, and said, "You don't need to thank me. The emperor ordered me to do something. I just follow orders."
Zhang Yanzhi smiled wryly, of course he could see her? He didn't want to pick it up. But he had selfish intentions and took the opportunity to induce the empress to hand over the case to Li Chaoge. Otherwise, apart from this time, Zhang Yanzhi doesn't know what chance he has... Li Chaoge said
Zhang Yanzhi said: "Princess Sheng Yuan handled the case impartially, and I admire it. This is the second time the princess has been kind to me. I don't even know how to thank the princess."
"No need." Li Chaoge took a step back, and said indifferently, "I have obeyed the emperor's order, no matter who the target is, I will investigate. If Zhang Fengchen really wants to thank you, it is better to thank the empress."
The smile on Zhang Yanzhi's face stopped, he stiffened for a moment, and said: "The princess still called me by my name when I was in the palace, why is it so unfamiliar now? The princess can just call me Goro."
"I'm not familiar with Zhang Fengchen Ling, so it's better to call each other officials." Li Chaoge stood far away and said, "I still have to do the empress's errand, and I don't have time to delay in the palace. I will not accompany you, Zhang Fengchen Ling Take it easy."
Li Chaoge said? Then leave. She didn't believe Gu Mingke when she said it, but now it seems that Zhang Yanzhi is really too enthusiastic.
It was still outside the empress's palace, so Zhang Yanzhi chased it out, and he went around without finding any useful clues. Li Chaoge simply suspected that Zhang Yanzhi had lost his mind.
Li Chaoge wasn't stupid, so he pulled Zhang Yanzhi away immediately, and then led people out of the palace, almost writing the word "avoid suspicion" on his face. After Li Chaoge came out, he went back to the town monster to check the daily tasks, and did not take people to Zhang's mansion until it was unavoidable.
She? No matter how reluctant she is, she still has to complete the task well. Li Chaoge went to Zhang's mansion for questioning as usual. After she went in, she found that Zhang Yanzhi was also there.
Li Chaoge couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "Zhang Fengchen order?"
"It's me." Zhang Yanzhi smiled lightly at Li Chaoge, "I forgot to say that in the Daye Hall? I want to come to my cousin's house to discuss the matter of worshiping the ancestors. Princess Sheng Yuan is a guest, and she is here to help our family investigate the case. , I can’t be negligent. Where is the princess going to ask questions, I will go with the princess.”
In Dali Temple, the officials in Tsing Yi walked up and down holding the files, busy and solemn as usual. It's almost time for lunch, everyone is packing their things and preparing to go to the porch for dinner. Seeing Gu Mingke coming out, a subordinate asked casually, "Gu Siqing, the commander is going to investigate the case today, won't you follow?"
The relationship between Gu Mingke and Li Chaoge is well known, and it is rare to be teased by idlers on weekdays. Gu Mingke said without any disturbance, "She? She's not a child, can't she handle a case? Why do you need someone to accompany you?"
When a subordinate flattered the horse's leg, he touched his nose and said, "That's right, Gu Siqing is fair and strict, and he doesn't show favoritism, so naturally he won't care about such things."
Gu Mingke felt that his tone was a bit strange, but he didn't want to understand it for a while. An official next to him complained: "It's clear? Well, all civil affairs are under the jurisdiction of Dali Temple, but the town demon division took over the Zhang family's case, and they crossed the line again."
"Let's do it soon." Another official replied, "It's better to keep the Zhang family's affairs to a minimum. Didn't you hear that? Zhang Fengchen ordered everyone to take a special leave and go to Zhang's mansion to watch and investigate the case. This kind of thing is thankless It would be great if Zhenyaosi is willing to take over, otherwise it should be under the management of Dali Temple."
The colleague thought about it, nodded and said: "That's true."
"Wait." Gu Mingke interrupted them with a cold face, "You just said? Where did Li Chaoge go?"