One touch and one silence

"That's not right, Temple Lord. You are my superior, and I should come to see you."

"From now on, there will only be Nan Shaoqing in the Dali Temple, not the Seventh Prince."

"Please don't treat me specially!"

The Dali Temple Minister was a little confused and didn't understand what this person meant.

But I happily agreed.

"Very good, very good! That..."

"Ok?"

Nanzhi was puzzled. Looking at this adult who was hesitating, she didn't understand for a moment.

"Well, I heard that you are quite experienced in brewing wine. I am also a fan of it. I would like to buy some from you. Is that possible?"

Wow, no wonder you’re so enthusiastic, that’s why!

"It's not difficult, but it may take some time. Once it's done, I'll send some to you."

Nanzhi's respectful and polite attitude made Dali Temple Minister and Yuan Shaoqing more favorable to him.

After the greetings, Nanzhi planned to leave.

Who knew that the boss would speak again.

"Since you are here today, I just received a piece of news that a male corpse appeared in the mountains outside the east of the city. Since Nan Shaoqing is here today, why don't I hand this case over to you two!"

"This is the first case you two young masters have worked together on. How is it?"

"Does Mr. Nan have any objections?"

Nanzhi realized that this gentleman asked Yuan Shaoqing to take her with him to investigate the case, presumably to do her a favor.

"Nanzhi thanks you very much, sir!"

"My subordinate understands!"

The Dali Temple Minister looked at the two of them like this and the smile on his face became even brighter.

Not only did he give the Seventh Prince a chance, but he could also curry favor with the people above him, which would also be beneficial to him. It could be said that he was killing three birds with one stone!

As for Yuan Shaoqing's idea, it was completely out of his consideration.

"Okay! Then you guys go quickly!"

The Dali Temple Minister stroked his beard, stood at the door, and watched his two subordinates leave.

One is capable and competent, and now there is another one who has power. There is no doubt that their future life will be great.

As for whether someone would kill him and take the position of Chief Justice of the Dali Temple, he had no such idea at all.

He didn't think that a future prince would become the Minister of the Dali Temple.

Nanzhi really didn't expect that she would have to work on the first day of reporting.

It's quite sad!

Nanzhi had no choice but to follow Yuan Shaoqing to the eastern outskirts of the city.

Walking to the gate of Dali Temple, Nanzhi looked at the two horses and fell into deep thought.

No!

She hasn't learned to ride a horse yet!

Who is this guy so thoughtful? She really wants to thank him.

Nanzhi walked to the belly of a horse and looked up at the horse, which was the same height as her.

While Nanzhi was struggling, Yuan Shaoqing had already mounted his horse.

Only then did he notice Nanzhi's embarrassment and spoke up to help her out.

"It may be that one of our subordinates was careless for a moment. How about Nan Shaoqing riding on the same horse with me?"

As soon as Yuan Shaoqing finished speaking, Nanzhi found himself on horseback.

"No need! Thank you for your kindness, my Lord. Our Lord Shaoqing can ride with me."

Liu Yue's cold voice came from behind Nanzhi.

Nanzhi smiled politely at Yuan Shaoqing to express his gratitude.

Liu Yue drove the horse skillfully and headed towards the eastern outskirts of the city. It seemed that he was more familiar with this route than Yuan Shaoqing!

Nanzhi sat obediently on the horse's back and experienced the feeling of riding a horse for the first time.

I have to say that the horses of this government office are much stronger than those outside.

Besides the fact that my butt was a bit painful after sitting for a long time, the feeling of the breeze on my face was quite interesting.

"Your Highness, please bear with it for a while. Next time, let Shuhua make a special cushion for you. Then it will be better."

Nanzhi didn't expect that when she moved her buttocks, the person behind her could sense her discomfort.

It's really amazing how careful you are.

With Liuyue leading the way, Nanzhi was even faster than Yuan Shaoqing on horseback.

When the three of them arrived, there were already quite a few people gathered there, including many runners from the Dali Temple.

They have surrounded the victim's body and the coroner is examining it.

Seeing Yuan Shaoqing coming, he hurried over to salute him.

"Meet Yuan Shaoqing!"

"This is the new Shaoqing, you can just call her Shaoqing Nan." Yuan Wuqing introduced who Nanzhi was to the other yamen runners.

"Meet Nan Shaoqing!"

"Hmm! Have you found out who the deceased is?"

"How did you die?"

Nanzhi spoke so skillfully that everyone around him was stunned.

It’s okay for such a young child to grow up, but why is his way of speaking so old-fashioned?

Nanzhi was annoyed when he saw this, and almost forgot, "Ahem! Before I came here, I read a lot of files about the Dali Temple, so..."

Only then did Yuan Shaoqing understand what was going on.

Liu Yue: ...

When did it happen? Why didn't she see it?

"Let's go! Let's go check it out!"

After saying this, Nanzhi walked to the side of the corpse and squatted down.

She watched the coroner carefully examining the dead man's hands.

Nanzhi looked at the corpse and found it was a young man in his twenties. Judging from his clothes, he looked like a son of a wealthy family.

But how could this person die in this desolate mountain?

"When did this person die? Has the body been found? Who was the first to discover the body?"

Yuan Wuqing: ...

Good man, you have asked all my questions and I don’t even know what to ask?

"To answer your question, it was only seen by a servant who was collecting herbs."

"Where are the people?" Yuan Wuqing asked.

Finally I got to say something, but I almost became a bystander.

"Zhao Si! Come here, the master has something to ask you!" The bailiff shouted to Zhao Si who was being questioned.

Zhao Si walked over trembling and very scared. Nanzhi and Yuan Shaoqing looked at this man.

"Sir, what do you want to ask?"

Nanzhi smiled and spoke in a much lighter tone, "Zhao Si, right? Don't be nervous. I'm just asking you casually, how did you find it? When did you find it? Was the person lying here like this when you found him? Was there anything else unusual at the time?"

As soon as Nanzhi said this, Yuan Wuqing felt that he had met an expert!

Isn't it said that this prince is only ten years old? How could he be so proficient in this process?

"To answer your question, my master told me to go out and dig some Panax notoginseng this morning. I didn't plan to come here because there are more Panax notoginseng here and the mountain is deep. Generally, herbalists rarely come so far!"

"Panax notoginseng is hard to find in other places, so I thought I might as well come here and dig more. I can then secretly sell some to supplement the family income." After saying this, the servant smiled silly at Nanzhi a little embarrassedly.

"Please don't tell my master about this! Otherwise..."

Nanzhi understood his embarrassment and immediately replied, "Don't worry, I won't say anything about anything that is not related to this case."

"They too!" Nanzhi said, pointing at the others and added.

"That's good. It was already noon when I got here. I dug a lot along the way, so I thought I'd dig a little more. I didn't expect to find a small piece right there. I was so happy at the time. Who knew there was a person behind it? I was almost scared to death at the time."

Zhao Si pointed as he spoke. Nanzhi looked in the direction of his finger and saw that there was indeed a small patch of plants, and there were some traces of having been dug.