Between the vast sea of ​​clouds

The carrier pigeon flew into the government office of Qiannan County, and the policeman quickly grabbed the pigeon's foot and took down a small cylinder, then quickly walked through the courtyard and sent it to the original case who was reading the file in the house.

The policeman whispered: "My lord, it's news from Beijing."

Yuan Sui crushed the wax shell, took out a piece of paper, and after reading it, he murmured: "If so, this is really..."

The catcher didn't dare to speak, only heard her sigh very lightly, but she didn't speak anymore.

Perhaps the heavy rain has passed, and it has been rare to see sunshine in the past few days. Qingping and Jinhuan sat in the government office during the day, and returned to the hotel to rest under the protection of the guards at night. Around Qiannan County, there are rumors everywhere, and there is no peace everywhere.The government office has high walls and heavy gates, but it still has some deterrent power, and the right is temporarily used as a shelter to prevent the past events in the hotel from repeating itself.

Today, Jin Huan was reading official documents in the back room of the government office, while Qingping was reading Qiannan county annals in the room next to her. Every county magistrate would slightly revise the county annals. Increases and decreases are all important tasks that officials must do when they are in office.

Qingping flipped through the county annals newly compiled in recent years, and subdivided the Qingjia years. He really found that this volume is the thinnest, and many things are almost mentioned in one stroke, which is vague.

She understood a little bit, it seems that the Hongbo Rebellion was indeed a matter that hurt the court's face, and the previous county chiefs seemed to avoid talking about it, what's more, they didn't add a word, but even cut a lot, so that future generations will be more serious. It's like looking at flowers through a fog.

As usual, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry need to write notes and present them to the imperial court. When Huan came to inquire with the notes, it happened that Qingping was invited by the government officials to see Yuan Sui. Because Li Yan was still sick in the hotel, there was only one person in the room. The entourage saw Jin Huan and said: "It's not a coincidence that my lord came here. Just now our lord was invited by Master Yuan to talk, but she had already ordered the younger one before she left. If Master Jin comes to visit, we will say that the booklet is on the table." , please feel free to read it.”

Jin Huan stepped into the house, and she saw a memorial on the table. She opened it and read it carefully. Seeing that everything was correct and the red seal of the Ministry of Rites had been stamped, she simply put it away and took it away, preparing to hand it over to the official. Sent to Chang'an.It's just that there were too many files on the table, and when she walked around, her sleeves scattered all over the floor.Hearing the sound, the entourage rushed in to pick it up, and said, "Your Excellency, just do your work, and the little ones here will take care of themselves."

Jin Huan squatted down to pick up the file with her, but saw a red corner of the yellow file. She reached out to take it, and the red silk seal was bright and eye-catching. When she opened it, it turned out to be a marriage letter.The entourage smiled and said, "This is our lord's marriage letter, it is placed here for some reason."

The marriages of officials of the fourth rank and above in the court must be reported to the court, especially for such important positions as servants in the Ministry of Rites. The marriage certificate must be submitted to the Ministry of Officials, and then sent to the imperial court for review.Today, Huan has already married, seeing this marriage letter, she suddenly thinks of her husband and daughter at home, and while she misses her, she can't help feeling that time flies.Then I thought about the thin face of young people in Qingping, he must be embarrassed to submit the marriage certificate, not to mention the Shao family in Fujian Province is famous, and it is indeed suspected of clinging to it.

Jin Huan got along with Qingping for some time, and knew that she was not a person who pursued fame and fortune.And he doesn't have the style of a confidant of the imperial party at all. He does everything by himself. After all, he is a person who does things with sincerity. It's just that there is still a lack of a caring person in the backyard house.Seeing that the signatures above were all there, she immediately thought, put the marriage letter into her arms, and said to the entourage: "In this case, then the headquarters will also send the marriage letter up together, so that Mr. Li will have to run again when he returns to Beijing." A trip to the official department."

The servant of the Ministry of Industry inspected the Chenzhou river on behalf of the sage, and his memorial went directly to the imperial front, without going through the hands of the six departments, and also avoided many tedious procedures.She had good intentions and wanted to facilitate this beautiful event.How did the attendant know that Qing Ping and Shao Ming were just phony phoenixes, pretending to be fake phoenixes, they kowtowed and thanked: "The young one thanked the lord first on behalf of our lord."

Jin Huan smiled slightly. She felt the beauty of being an adult, and couldn't help feeling physically and mentally comfortable. She took the booklet and went out to find the book order, and asked her to prepare a few more batches of fast horses so that they could be sent to Chang'an as soon as possible.

Yuan Sui paced back and forth in the room, Qing Ping tapped on the table and said: "I don't know what the Master Yuan invited me over for?"

Yuan Sui stopped, stood in the hall, looked back at Liang Fang and said, "Master Li, do you know who Yue Jin is?"

Qing Ping said: "I don't know."

Yuan Sui sat back on his chair and said, "It has been verified that the book "Qing Jia Yi Zhi" was written by Wu Yi, a native of Hezhou, and Yue Jin is her best friend. A close friend of life and death. Yue Jin is very good at calligraphy and painting, especially good at portraits, and has dabbled in gold and stone. People at the time praised that one person can blend the appearances of thousands of people, and the beauty of his portraits is that he can find people by painting. It seems that everyone has a similarity with the person in the painting, and his technique is so superb and exquisite that even if there are imitators in later generations, it will be difficult to replicate his appearance."

Qing Ping smiled: "So that's the case, I really got taught, it seems that Mr. Yuan has almost investigated the case of Hezhou."

Yuan Sui said steadily, "It's already clear after the clouds are cleared."

Qing Ping asked: "Since everything that needs to be investigated has been found out, what else is there for Mr. Yuan?"

Yuan Suidao: "A few days ago when the weather cleared, the guards were patrolling around Qinglu Mountain. They saw a man walking stealthily with a stick and carrying a bag and headed for the mountain, so they tied him up and escorted him back to the government office. I heard that Qinglu Mountain was originally designated by the Taimiao. , Yuan asked the adults to come and interrogate together."

During the conversation, the yamen guard had already escorted a person into the room, and the person knelt down and immediately cried out for injustice: "Darling... Your Excellency is very aware, I am wronged!"

Yuan Sui said slowly: "You have been wandering around Qinglu Mountain for several days, hiding in Tibet, obviously avoiding the inspection of the guards, what is your intention?"

The yamen servant took out a bag and opened it, took out the contents and placed them on the table one by one - a rain poncho, a bundle of candles, a tattered book with yellowed paper, a dagger for self-defense, and a few unknown bottles. A porcelain vase containing something.

The policeman took a step forward and said: "Sir, my subordinates have inspected these items. They are non-toxic and are normal items. This person's identity document has also been verified. His surname is Zhao Mingyuan, and he is from Yunzhou."

Qing Ping frowned, no wonder she felt that this person's official speech was a bit awkward just now, with a heavy accent, it was actually that Zhao Yuan.But, didn't Zhao Yuan go to look for relatives? How could he appear in Qiannan County, and it happened to be near Qinglu Mountain?

One wave after another, even though Qingping had a thousand doubts in his heart, he had to listen to Yuan Sui's continued interrogation: "People from Yunzhou, how did you come to Chenzhou from thousands of miles? Your way is to visit relatives, and there are many people around Qinglu Mountain. Tiandi, is it possible that there are relatives of yours in the mountains?"

Zhao Yuan tremblingly said: "If you go back to your lord, I am indeed here to visit relatives in Chenzhou..."

Yuan Sui said coldly: "Nowadays there are many murders in southern Guizhou, and no one in this county dares to set foot in the deep mountains at will. How can you, a mere outlander, act so boldly? Could it be that you colluded with murderers and hid in the deep mountains after killing people? Wait for the wind to pass, and then continue to get away with it?"

Zhao Yuan raised his head suddenly, with tears on his face, and said in horror: "My lord! You can go and investigate yourself! My ancestors have been good people for generations, how could they do such unreasonable things? I was wandering around Qinglu Mountain, but I only saw it when it was sunny. At noon, there is a purple air covering the mountain, which is a rare geomantic treasure! In addition, the mountain is tall and steep, surrounded by clouds and fog, and occasionally there are ancient caves with hanging coffins on the cliff. It is guessed that this place used to be a place where earth immortals practiced, so there are monks They all buried themselves in the Xuanbi Cave Mansion, and this gave birth to the idea of ​​searching..."

Yuan Suihe said: "You are from Yunzhou, and there is no such thing as pure cultivation and Taoism in this state; as for the immortals of Chenzhou, people in this state know very little about it, so where did you get it? This is really nonsense!" She said to Qingping in a righteous and awe-inspiring way: "Master Li was an official in Yunzhou, so I don't know what you have to say about this case, please let me know."

Qing Ping smiled slightly, and it turned out that Yuan Sui was playing with Zhao Yuan just now, just to kick the ball into her arms.Although she didn't understand the meaning, she still followed the trend and said slowly: "It's just my humble opinion, I dare not speak out in front of Mr. Yuan. I also know a little about the customs of Yunzhou. Just talking about the burial methods, there are three kinds: burial, cremation, and water burial. According to different local conditions, the direction of choice is also different. Cremation and water burial are the old customs in the early uncivilized. The air is stored in the place where the wind is, so there has never been any talk about visiting immortals..."

While Qingping was speaking, Zhao Yuan raised his head. After she was arrested by the people in the yamen, she was only interrogated by Yuan Sui, and she also heard that Yuan Sui took all the county officials and put them in prison. Naturally, she thought that Yuan Sui was in charge of this land, so she did not I didn't notice that there was an adult sitting in the hall, but when I glanced at it at this moment, I felt that this adult in the sapphire official robe looked familiar, and when I took a closer look, it turned out to be the owner of the bookstore I met when I first entered Chenzhou!Thinking of the conversation between the two of them all the way, Zhao Yuan couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat, opening and closing his mouth full of doubts, the more he thought about it, the more afraid he became.

Yuan Sui didn't seem to see Zhao Yuan's suspicious expression, he just waved his hand to signal the arresters to back off, and then said: "Thank you, Mr. Li, I think if this murder case is to be solved, we may have to re-investigate the outsiders who entered and exited Qiannan County." , the murderer must be among them! Take this person into prison first, and release him after the case is solved..."

Qing Ping agreed with a chuckle, and seeing Zhao Yuan's face getting more and more ugly, he pretended to follow Yuan and said, "Master Yuan, this person seems to have something to say, is it because there are so many eyes and ears here, and she has some hidden secrets to speak?"

Yuan Sui hummed: "Master Li's words are very reasonable, since that's the case, let's take him to the execution room and wait."

After Zhao Yuan was taken down, Qingping asked: "Master Yuan, is this trying to scare this person? When I first arrived in Chenzhou, I had contact with her for a while, and this person's words and deeds are very different from those of murderers." Yuan, does this person have something to do with the Yue Jin that your lord just mentioned?"

Yuan Sui took a deep look at her and said: "Lord Li guessed right, Yue Jin was an official in Chenzhou for several years, and was dismissed due to the Hongbo Rebellion, so he changed his surname to Zhao Jing and moved to Yunzhou. It is the descendant."

The eyes of the two met, they were both smart people, needless to say, after a little thought, Qing Ping had figured out most of the key points, nodded and said: "I know what to do, Master Yuan, don't worry."

Zhao Yuan was taken to the torture room for interrogation, and the adult she had just seen was sitting on the main seat. She tentatively said, "I didn't know the identity of the adult before, how offensive..."

Qingping said gently: "It's okay, at that time, the headquarters had to hide something from you due to official business."

Zhao Yuan saw that Qingping didn't rush to get rid of the truth, and he was willing to admit what happened at the beginning, tears filled his eyes, he wiped his sleeve lightly, choked up and said, "My lord, I was really wronged, the murders in Qiannan County happened so frequently that I I've heard that too, but it really has nothing to do with me!"

Qingping comforted her, and after Zhao Yuan calmed down, he said, "Master Yuan's name must have been heard by you. You can rest assured that there are no unjust, false or wrong cases in her hands. There is only one thing I want to ask you." , you have to tell the truth, and don’t hide anything.”

Zhao Yuan immediately kowtowed and said, "Yes! I must say everything, I dare not deceive anyone!"

Qingping stared at her and said: "What did you go to Qinglu Mountain to find?"

Zhao Yuan's whole body was shocked, and when he met her cold gaze, he bent down and bowed, and said in a low voice: "My lord, it is clear that I did not enter this mountain to visit a paradise for cultivating immortals, but to find "Qing Jia Yi Zhi" "The Biluo City recorded in the book!"

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