Legend of the Tang Dynasty

Chen Yuming's heart has always been about the righteousness of the family and the country, and this is the first time he has defended his shortcomings like this. After hearing this, Su Qing couldn't help teasing: "Oh, what the young master said, how can I hear the vigor of women singing and husbands following suit?"

Mo Buwan subconsciously became nervous again, and said, "Okay, stop joking."

But Su Qing's words touched the key point. Chen Yuming really felt compassion after hearing Mo Buwan's unintentional complaint. He looked at the night and said: "Everyone is tired all day, go back and rest first. I'm afraid I have to rush to Luoyang in a few days."

In the early morning of the next day, Chen Wankuo had already come to the Demon Demon Division to discuss matters with Chen Yuming. After hearing what Chen Yuming had said, he pondered for a moment and said, "Do you want to find out who is behind this incident?"

"Father, this is natural." Chen Yuming said

"The supervisor Xu back then is now Xu Qing, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, do you still think so?" Chen Wankuo deliberately tried

Chen Yuming said without hesitation: "So what about the Minister of the Ministry of Industry? After stepping on so many innocent lives, and even at the expense of trapping His Majesty in the clutches of his official position, should he be safe and sound for the rest of his life?"

Seeing that Chen Wankuo was silent, Chen Yuming paused, and said calmly: "My son was in a hurry just now, and he lost his sense."

Chen Wankuo shook his head and said: "No, you are not afraid of the powerful, and I am very pleased for my father, but if this matter is to be successful, it needs to be hit with one blow, and this traitor cannot be given the slightest room to breathe."

"What is father going to do?"

After Chen Wankuo finished explaining to Chen Yuming, Chen Yuming nodded and said, "I know my father."

After Chen Wankuo said "um", he looked outside the door and said, "It's not too late? Why haven't I seen him?"

Chen Yuming paused and said, "He's still sleeping."

"Not up yet?" Chen Wankuo asked

Chen Yuming bowed his head slightly and nodded, Chen Wankuo sighed softly and asked in a low voice, "You didn't call him?"

These words seemed to be blaming a son who spoiled his wife. After hearing this, Chen Yuming was even more at a loss for words. Seeing that his son who was usually calm and calm at all times, he always had this hasty appearance when he heard about Mobuwan. Chen Wankuo didn't know whether it was joy or worry, he shook his head and said, "Okay, I'll go first, remember my words, there is no need to worry about this matter."

"Yes, father, go slowly." Chen Yuming said

Seeing him seeing off the guests so neatly, Chen Wankuo was stunned for a moment and then shook his head.

Seeing the end of the time, Mo Buwan finally woke up last, walked out of the room unsteadily, straightened the belt that was tied just now, tightened the tied hair tightly, and just straightened the bangs that were raised on one side Afterwards, Chen Yuming walked over from the other courtyard and said, "Wake up."

"Ah, it's past time, why didn't you call me?" Mo Buwan smiled

"Why are you asking that?" Chen Yuming said indifferently

"Huh? Who else asked?"

Chen Ximing looked at him and said, "Forget it, let's go eat, we'll go to a place after eating."

Could it be that he went to have lunch with Chen Yuming later, and when he saw that Su Qing was not there, he asked, "Where is Lao Su?"

"I told him to go to the Hall of Eternal Life to get the glazed cup." Chen Yuming sat down and said

"What do you need that lamp for?" Mo Buwan asked casually

"Now the whole thing seems like a cloud of smoke, but only the glazed lamp is the ironclad evidence of the trapped demon, so we have to start with that lamp." Chen Yuming explained

"But isn't there only some monster energy left in the glazed cup? Ordinary people can't see the monster energy, so I'm afraid it can't explain anything." Mo Wuwan said

"We want to bring the river monster to face the saint, isn't it just to obtain a personal certificate. Since it is a personal certificate, then the person who made the lamp at the beginning is also a personal certificate." Chen Yuming said

Mo Buwan suddenly realized: "That's right, didn't he know what it was for when he made such a magic weapon? This person must be an accomplice of Governor Xu. If he can testify in court, then It’s much better than throwing a monster into the hall.”

"In fact, if you bring a monster to face the saint, it will inevitably be wrong. If there is any mistake that hurts His Majesty, it will be even worse. So from this point of view, this method is indeed better." Bian Zechuan agreed. road

Chen Yuming nodded and said, "This method was proposed by my father when he discussed with me earlier."

"Has Zhang Si come?" Mo Buwan stopped his chopsticks, thought for a while and said, "Oh, the other person who asked why you didn't wake me up is Zhang Si?"

Chen Yuming said in a low voice, "Yes."

Mo Buwan curled his lips and said: "It's over now, the director must think I'm being lazy."

"No, I told him, we were in Taiye Pool last night, and we didn't come back until midnight." Chen Yuming hurriedly said

Mo Buwan smiled and said, "Why are you so nervous? I just said it casually."

Shen Yin smiled secretly and said: "It's not too late, compared to you worrying that Director Chen doesn't like you, Qi Ming is more worried that his father doesn't like you."

"Why?" Mo Wuwan didn't turn around the corner

"Okay." Chen Yuming interrupted: "Let's think about it first, how to check?"

After lunch, Su Qing also came back from the palace, put down the package containing the glazed cup and said: "Young Master, I brought it back."

"Thanks for your hard work." Chen Yuming unpacked the burden and said

Looking at the exquisitely crafted spirit cup in his hand, Chen Ximing turned around several times and said, "This glazed cup is inlaid with precious stones and jasper. It doesn't look like it was specially made to seal the river demon. It should be just a decoration at first, and then injected into it. spiritual power."

Bian Zechuan nodded and said, "Yes, ordinary people would not build such a luxurious lamp just to imprison monsters."

"Then we only need to find out where this glazed cup came from, then we can find the person who made it back then." Mo Wuwan said

Chen Yuming looked at the gemstone on the lamp, thought for a moment and said, "This jade-shaped gemstone seems to come from the land of Ruying."

"It's not very far from us, why don't you go check it out?" Bian Zechuan said

"Yeah." Chen Yanming got up and said

In this way, the five people left for Ruying in a blink of an eye. Although this place is not far away, it will take two days to catch up with the journey. During these two days, Chen Yuming also has a clear plan for his actions. One night, he will see dinner later Chen Ximing didn't even come down to eat, so he brought the food to Chen Ximing's room himself.

After knocking on the door three times, Chen Yuming's absent-minded "Come in" came from the room.

Not later, he opened the door and walked in, put the tray on the table in front of him and said, "Aren't you hungry? Don't go down to eat either."

Chen Yuming put down the glazed cup in his hand and said, "I forgot, thank you."

Mo Buwan sat down and said, "You eat first, I'll take a look."

As he said, he picked up the lamp later, looked left and right for a while and said, "Did you find anything?"

Chen Yuming shook his head, and thought about it later: "We can screen it out. People who can use this kind of decoration must have rich or expensive families. And looking at the pattern of this lamp, can we deduce that it is probably How many official ranks can be used?"

Chen Yuming felt that what he said was reasonable, and then asked: "How can you be sure it must be an official family?"

"Think about it, if you can join hands with Xu Qing, then you must be an accomplice in the court." Mo Buwan said casually

"Well, even if they're not from the same party, they must have the same purpose." Chen Yuming's thoughts opened up a little.

"So let's investigate this idea first. If there are no clues among the officials, then start from other places. Anyway, this matter is not urgent." Mo Buwan comforted him.

Chen Yuming nodded and continued to eat. Mo Buwan couldn't help but stare at his excellent eating for a long time, and after recovering, he said: "Eat slowly, I'll go back to the room first."

Seeing that he left without saying a word, Chen Yuming raised his head and called him, "Wait a minute."

Mo Buwan stopped and turned around and said, "Huh? What's the matter?"

Chen Yuming picked up the handkerchief in his hand and wiped his lips lightly, saying: "Su Qing and the others like to make fun of you and me more and more recently. If you feel uncomfortable, don't take it to heart."

The meaning of these words was to hope that Mo Buwan would not feel any pressure because of these jokes, thus alienating him, but Mo Buwan thought: "He is afraid that I will take these jokes seriously..."

Mo Buwan looked at him and smiled, "Of course I won't take it seriously, don't worry."

"I..."

Could it be that he left after finishing speaking later, leaving Chen Yuming alone thinking in a daze: "Is this still reassuring me?"

Early the next morning, after everyone had assembled, Bian Zechuan said: "Last night, I discussed with Shen Yin, why don't we investigate in two or three ways, so that at least not all of them will be missed."

"Well, I thought so too. It was not too late last night, which means that the source of the glass lamp should come from the government, but other possibilities are not ruled out. Let's divide into three groups. Ze Chuan and Shen Yin will go to check all the merchants in Ruying. Qing is going to check the private houses, and I will go to check the official's house soon." Chen Yuming said

"Okay." Several people responded

After arriving at Ruying, everyone split up. The methods of several people's investigations were similar at first, and they all asked with the blueprint of the glass cup. Suqing had to worry more, as ordinary people would not even see such a precious thing. However, Bian Zechuan and Shen Yin even checked two well-known merchants. Although both said that they were not their own, they were willing to assist them in their investigation.

Chen Yuming and Mo Buwan had to hold back a little bit. Although Ruying was said to be a place of aristocratic family, after all, the family was defeated.

In the end, Chen Yuming had no choice but to use his identity as the young master of the Chen family to suppress the servants of this family, and reluctantly let him ask his master to come out and answer.

The two sat in the main hall and waited. Chen Yuming habitually opened his yin and yang eyes and looked around, and asked in a low voice, "Is there anything unusual?"

Chen Yuming shook his head and said, "There is no evil spirit."

Could it be too late to look around and said: "You said that the few houses we looked at are obviously descendants of officials, but each family is more shabby than the other. This house is so dilapidated that it hasn't been repaired in ten years, right?"

"This family is a descendant of the Liu family in the east of the river. After Liu Shi, the head of the previous generation, was executed, the Liu family fell into ruin." Chen Yuming explained

Could it be that he didn't know much about the affairs in the court, and nodded after listening, "That's it..."

At this time, Liu Chengyi, the Patriarch of the Liu family, was supported by his servants and walked over. He was emaciated, pale, with a hunched back, coughing uncontrollably from time to time. After he walked into the main hall, he raised his trembling hand and said politely: "I met Young Master Chen, ahem..."

Chen Qiming returned a salute and said, "You are welcome, sir."

After Liu Chengyi took his seat, Chen Yuming said, "I have something important to bother you about, so I must ask you about it."

"Young Master Chen, please speak." Liu Chengyi said in a weak voice

Chen Yuming took out the glazed cup he brought and said, "Please take a look, sir. Have you seen this glazed cup?"

After Liu Chengyi sent someone to take the glazed cup into his hands, he squinted his eyes carefully and said: "I'm afraid the young master will be disappointed, I have never seen this thing before."

"Sir, don't you need to take a closer look?" Mo Buwan asked

Liu Chengyi had no choice but to pick up the lamp again, looked left and right, still shook his head and said: "It's true that I haven't seen it before."

As he said that, Liu Chengyi coughed again and again and said, "My lords, may I ask...why do you want to track down this thing?"

Mo Buwan just wanted to answer, but Chen Yuming deliberately snatched his words and said: "Oh, this object has been kept in the palace, and the current emperor likes it very much, so he sent me here to find another one."

"So that's how it is... But Ruying is no longer a place of wealth and honor, the two adults may have come to the wrong place." Liu Chengyi said

Seeing that he was too weak to bother him, Chen Yuming stood up and said, "In that case, I will take my leave later, thank you sir."

"The young master is too polite."

After the two left the Liu residence, they asked later, "Qi Ming, why did you stop me just now? Is there something wrong?"

Chen Yuming turned his head sideways, and seeing no one following, he said, "I think he's wrong, very wrong."

"why?"

"There is a mechanism on the glazed cup, which is used to open and close. The mechanism is hidden in the sapphire. Ordinary people who don't know about it will trigger it inadvertently. But just now Liu Chengyi naturally avoided it after taking the glazed cup. I haven’t touched it after watching it for so long, if I didn’t know its secret at all, how could it be such a coincidence that I didn’t touch the mechanism once?”