Datang traitor

Changsun Wuji looked at the curvy and crooked white radish with a thick forearm in his hand, his face was speechless.

Like Changsun Wuji, Qin Qiong was speechless about the 'new weapon' in his hands.

"Are you teasing us?" Changsun Wuji really wanted to hit Qin Yuan on the head with a carrot.

"You guys are masters, and the emphasis is on the superiority, not the weapon you use. Both of you are court officials, humerus loyal ministers, and right-hand men of the sage. Saints will be sad. You also know how important it is to me that 'My Emperor is happy'." Qin Yuan spread his hands helplessly, and explained to Changsun Wuji and Qin Qiong, asking them to understand why he wants them to take care of their health Feeling.

Qin Qiong is very fond of the phrase "a master's trick" that Qin Yuan said.He is a master, it doesn't matter what he takes, even if he takes a carrot, he can still beat Changsun Wuji to the bum.

Changsun Wuji knows Qin Yuan too well, this guy is just talking nonsense, this guy just wants to wait and watch the fun and enjoy himself.

"If you don't use a knife, you can use a stick instead of a carrot."

At this time, Qin Qiong had already raised the carrot in his hand, and he was amused when he heard Changsun Wuji's words.

"Why, Eldest Grandson thinks carrots are too thick to be handy, so he can't use them? As my brother said, a real master can use any weapon! If you can't do it, you can change it, and I'll let you do it!"

As soon as Changsun Wuji heard Qin Qiong's words, he became angry, but he didn't want to change it. He couldn't swallow this anger.

"Carrots are radishes, come on!"

After Changsun Wuji finished speaking, he tightened his grip on the carrot in his hand.

Qin Qiong asked Changsun Wuji if he was ready, and seeing him nodding, without saying a word, he threw a carrot at Changsun Wuji with a fierce tiger pounce.Changsun Wuji used a radish to block back, and the two radishes suddenly collided with each other, his snow-white body trembled, one swayed from side to side, and the other back and forth.In the blink of an eye, Qin Qiong raised the radish and poked at Changsun Wuji's neck. Changsun Wuji dodged sideways and hit Qin Qiong on the back of the head with the radish.Qin Qiong rolled backwards again, widening the distance between him and Changsun Wuji.

"Okay!" Qin Yuan exclaimed wonderfully, took a bite of the radish, and continued to crunch it.

Changsun Wuji waved the radish to attack again, Qin Qiong met him head-on, and the two radishes collided violently again.The radish's snow-white body trembled violently, and Qin Qiong's radish snapped in two.Qin Qiong had sharp eyes and quick hands, and immediately caught the broken half of the radish with the other hand.Changsun Wuji took the opportunity to change the direction of the radish, so that the head of the radish was directly facing Qin Qiong's chest, and drove straight in.

Qin Qiong immediately clamped Changsun Wuji's radish with the broken radish in his left and right hands.

The two are in a stalemate and compete with each other, and the radish squeezes each other.After a while, the edges of the radishes rubbed against each other to squeeze out a little water.

"My radish is so juicy." Qin Yuan couldn't help sighing with emotion while watching the battle.

Changsun Wuji and Qin Qiong were anxious about the battle, not daring to be distracted, and they both focused on defeating each other without distraction.

The two continued to compete with each other, and the radish was squeezed to get more water.

Qin Yuan held the radish in both hands, held the radish to his mouth and gnawed it slowly, staring at the two without blinking, for fear of missing the most critical moment of victory or defeat.

Changsun Wuji suddenly exerted force to the left, because the front half of the radish was pinched by Qin Qiong, with such a force, Changsun Wuji's radish also broke in two.The moment Qin Qiong focused on the broken radish, Changsun Wuji rushed to Qin Qiong with lightning speed, and put half of the radish on Qin Qiong's neck.Qin Qiong leaned back, swung out half of the radish, and the radish hit Zhangsun Wuji's forehead with a 'boom'.

"You're already dead!" Changsun Wuji clutched his aching forehead in disgust, and scolded Qin Qiong for cheating.

"You're just cheating, you actually maliciously broke a carrot and attacked me!" Qin Qiong retorted.

"This is not malice. Do you understand 'striking from the east to strike the west'? This is one of the 36 tactics in the art of war. Can it be considered cheating? In a contest between two sides, the important thing is never the means, but the result!" Changsun Wuji finished scolding Qin Qiong, Seriously announced, "So I won this competition."

"Nonsense! I threw the 'Broken Knife' before I was about to die, and it happened that you were negligent and hit you, so you died too." Qin Qiong explained, "Although it was one in front and one in back, the two sides They are all dead, so there is no winner or loser in this competition."

Changsun Wuji pointed at Qin Qiong angrily: "Return to the general, I think you are playing tricks."

"You just said that your head was beaten?" Qin Qiong asked unreasonably.

Changsun Wuji snorted coldly, and immediately felt that he was really stupid for a while, that he would compete with such an unethical and untrustworthy person like Qin Qiong.

Qin Qiong also reflected that he was stupid for a while, so he would compete with someone like Changsun Wuji who couldn't afford to lose.

Qin Yuan grabbed the half-gnawed radish in his hand, slapped his legs and laughed.

The two immediately glared at Qin Yuan at the same time.

Changsun Wuji: "I think we have fallen for the trick. Some people enjoy eating and watching here."

Qin Qiong: "Exactly."

The two of them rushed towards Qin Yuan aggressively with the half-broken carrot in their hands.

Qin Yuan hurriedly got up and retreated into the room. He held up the half radish in his hand to be on guard, and discussed with Zhangsun Wuji and Qin Qiong: "The same is half a radish, so why bother to fry each other! Besides, it's up to you to compete. I was kind, and I was afraid that you would hurt each other. Just think about it, if you were really able to hold the knife and hurt each other like that just now, the result would be terrible."

Qin Yuan's words made Changsun Wuji and Qin Qiong hesitate for a while.

Changsun Wuji immediately reacted, "If the knife would not be broken, what happened later, let alone the result just now."

Qin Qiong nodded yes.

But when the two of them hesitated, Qin Yuan quickly climbed out of the back window, climbed over the wall along the ladder, and disappeared without a trace.

After Changsun Wuji and Qin Qiong came to their senses, they chased after him, but it was already too late.

Qin Qiong looked at the ladder on the wall of the backyard, wondering and feeling: "I have nothing to do, what is the ladder on the wall of this yard for? He just climbed the wall like this when he has nothing to do?"

The domestic servant Fang Xi watched silently, held his breath, and tried to lower his sense of existence as much as possible, but then he was still called by Changsun Wuji.

"Have you already had this ladder?" Changsun Wuji asked Fang Xi.

Fang Xi denied, "This is... just... the gentleman ordered to move it."

Changsun Wuji and Qin Qiong glanced at each other clearly, it was obvious that Qin Yuan was just teasing them, otherwise they would have prepared the way to escape.The two immediately called their entourage to the front and ordered them to search the whole Qin Mansion, and they must find Qin Yuan.At this time, the advantage of Qin Yuan's backyard having no female relatives came to the fore. They could search at will without taboo.

However, the two were too happy. After a careful search, Qin Yuan was not found.

……

At the same time, Chang Sun rushed to the study.

Qin Yuanzheng repeatedly praised Changsun Chong's elegantly furnished room, full of book fragrance.

"My nephew will definitely be very successful in the future!"

"Uncle Shi's praise, I've been reprimanded by my father for not doing well in my studies recently. If it weren't for Uncle Shi's encouragement, I would almost feel useless." Chang Sun Chong replied shyly, but his heart was overjoyed by Qin Yuan's praise.

"Your father hopes that you will be better in the future. He is strict with you in front of you. He loves to praise you most behind his back. And if someone says you are not a word, you can see if he is angry. He wants to kill everyone with a knife." Qin Yuan sighed.

Chang Sun Chong couldn't help laughing when he heard Qin Yuan's description.Encouraged by Qin Yuan's words, Chang Sun Chong suddenly felt that his stern and ruthless father was very affectionate and cute.

Chang Sun Chong immediately asked about Qin Yuan's case.

"I heard that the cause of Mei Yushi's death has something to do with the peaceful Taoist nun." Chang Sun Chong couldn't help but sigh, "Now why is there always something going on in this Taoist temple? Concubine Yang fainted in the Taoist temple a few days ago. Listen to the crown prince, the sage I was in a hurry for half a day."

Chang Sun Chong is now studying in the Hongwen Hall, which is located in the Taiji Palace, very close to the Liangyi Hall where Li Shimin works daily. There are famous officials such as Chu Suiliang teaching, and there are princes, royal relatives, and other family members studying there, so The news from various families and places can be summarized in the Hongwen Museum, which is more accurate and richer than outside.

"When did this happen?" Qin Yuan hurriedly asked Chang Sun Chong.

"On the first day of this month, the Wantong Temple in Xingdaofang is very close to the Suzaku Gate in the imperial city. Concubine Yang will go out of the palace to offer incense there once every first day of the month." Chang Sun Chong explained.

"It's not that there are no Taoist temples in the palace, so why go out of the palace to offer incense? I don't know about it." Qin Yuan sighed.

"This is a secret matter in the palace, and it has not been publicized to the outside world. If the crown prince did not say it, I would not know. I don't know the specific reason, but she is the only one in the harem who has this special case." Chang Sun Chong didn't think Qin Yuan was an outsider, so he talked too much Add another sentence, "I think it has something to do with her status as the former princess."

Qin Yuan nodded, "Then I should check this Wantong Temple as well."

Not long after, the servants came to tell Changsun Chong that Changsun Wuji had returned.

"It just so happens that Uncle Shi can ask Aye, he knows a lot." Chang Sun Chong happily suggested to Qin Yuan.

"Not yet, I'd better check it myself first, I won't be bothered to deal with your father's cold face unless it's absolutely necessary!"

Qin Yuan immediately bid farewell to Changsun Chong, and quickly returned to his home over the wall.Before going over the wall, Qin Yuan specifically asked Changsun Chong and the servants of Changsun's mansion to keep it secret from Changsun Wuji.

Chang Sun Chong agreed, and after watching Qin Yuan leave with a smile, he ordered his servants to quickly and quietly remove the ladder and send it back.

Changsun Chong turned around and walked back, but after walking not far, he met Changsun Wuji coming towards him.

"You're not studying in your own room, what are you doing here in the garden?" Changsun Wuji glanced suspiciously at Changsun Chong.

"My son eats too much for dinner, come here for a walk to digest." Chang Sun Chong rubbed his stomach deliberately.

Changsun Wuji's stern gaze wandered from Changsun Chong's face to his abdomen, looked back at Changsun Chong's face again, and finally glanced behind Changsun Chong.

Chang Sun Chong became nervous.

"He came to look for you?" Changsun Wuji asked.

"Ah... yes." Chang Sun Chong wanted to deny it, but under his father's stern gaze, he really couldn't tell a lie.

"Where is he? Just left?" Changsun Wuji asked again.

Chang Sun Chong nodded, "I came over the wall. My son just happened to be walking in the garden, and I met him."

In order to let his son have a good place to study, Changsun Wuji deliberately arranged Changsun Chong's residence to be closer to the garden, where the scenery is beautiful and the quietest.The place Qin Yuan climbed over the wall happened to be very close to Zhang Sun Chong's study, so it was normal to meet him by chance.

Changsun Wuji glared at Changsun Chong, warned him not to be as unruly as Qin Yuan, and immediately sent him back to study.Changsun Wuji ordered the housekeeper to send two people to guard the wall separating Changsun's mansion and Qin's mansion every day, and if something came over from the other side of the wall, they would beat them hard.

"Prepare a basket of radishes here, use the radishes to fight!"

The housekeeper promised again and again, and watched off the angry eldest grandson Wuji.

After Qin Yuan returned to the mansion, he immediately took people out of the mansion and went straight to Wantong Temple.

At night, there was a curfew in Chang'an City, and there was no one on Heng Street and Zhuque Street. Occasionally, a group of city guards patrolled past. These people knew Qin Yuan.When he saw him, he saluted Qin Yuan and nodded, then continued to patrol.

Qin Yuan ordered his subordinates to guard all the exits of Wantong Temple for the time being.On the other hand, he rode a horse and walked around Wantong Temple quietly. The inside of the temple is very quiet now, and some incense candles can be faintly smelled from the outside.Qin Yuan immediately discovered that there was a dog hole in the east wall of the Taoist temple. Although there were some flowers and plants covering the hole, Qin Yuan could tell that the hole was not small, and even a thinner woman could climb through it.

Qin Yuan ordered people to guard the dog hole as well.

Qin Yuan rode back to the main entrance of the Taoist temple, and Wang Zhen, the Sizhi of Dali Temple, came with a team of officials.

Qin Yuan pondered an excuse for a while facing the gate of Wantong Temple, then ordered everyone to line up behind him, and then asked Wang Zhen to knock on the door of Wantong Temple.

The little Taoist nun who was guarding the door opened the door, and saw that it was someone from the government office, she was terrified, one stayed behind to deal with Qin Yuan and the others, and the other rushed to inform the prefect.Not long after, Taoist Master Zixu of Wantong Temple came to welcome Qin Yuan with his disciples.

Taoist Master Zixu is nearly [-] years old this year, with gray hair, square face and smiling eyes, he looks very kind.After solemnly giving Qin Yuan the Taoist gift, and knowing Qin Yuan's identity, she was only a little surprised, then returned to normal, and asked Qin Yuan respectfully why he came here.

"The government handles the case! At dusk today, someone saw that the most wanted criminal, Taoist Miaoshan, seemed to have entered your Taoist temple, and came here to search." Qin Yuan said, and ordered his subordinates to search the Wantong temple immediately.

Taoist Master Zixu heard that it was Taoist Miaoshan who poisoned the censor, and quickly explained to Qin Yuan that there was no Taoist Miaoshan in their view.Of course Qin Yuan didn't listen, he still ordered people to search, and asked Taoist Master Zixu about the origin of this Taoist temple, what famous nobles usually come to this Taoist temple to offer incense.

Taoist Zixu looked at Qin Yuan in puzzlement.

"The Taoist nun I'm talking about is very vicious, and she specializes in murdering court officials. I suspect that she has an accomplice in your Taoist temple. If this accomplice does the same thing as her, not only will I be implicated because of the failure of the investigation, I'm afraid Your Wantong Temple will also be confiscated and cease to exist." Qin Yuan asked Taoist Master Zixu to cooperate with him in investigating the case.

Daoist Zixu: "Qin Siqing said that people who are poor are unheard of. All the nuns in this Taoist temple are safe and secure, and no one dares to do anything too extreme—"

"Report! The subordinates found two Taoist nuns who seemed to have escaped in the dog cave."

Qin Yuan laughed, raised his eyebrows and looked at Taoist Master Zixu.

Daoist Zixu choked on the second half of his words, she looked back at Qin Yuan in embarrassment and surprise, and bowed her head in silence.

Not long after, two handsome Taoist nuns were escorted over.

Both of them lowered their heads vigorously to hide their faces, but they were finally forced to raise their heads by the yamen servant.

"How old are you?" Qin Yuan asked.

Neither of them answered.

"It's actually you two! Going back to Qin Siqing's words, one of these two people is called Ping Yan and the other is Ping Yun. They were here when Wantong Temple was first established, and they followed me to take care of the Taoist temple. So far It's been more than ten years, and I have always been very responsible." Taoist Master Zixu immediately asked the two why they wanted to escape, "If you have any unavoidable difficulties, you can speak up. Don't make a misunderstanding, and be arrested by the government!"

Ping Yan and Ping Yun were silent for a moment.

Ping Yan finally spoke first, "When the two of us went out to buy vegetables today, we saw an old man lying on the ground and couldn't get up. I wanted to help him and send him home, but when the old man opened his eyes, he blamed the two of us. He knocked him down by trickery, and we insisted on paying for it. We were confused about the reasoning, and when we saw that the old man had a helper, we were afraid of causing trouble to the Taoist temple, so we ran away. Just now when we heard that someone came from the yamen, we thought it was an old man The officer came to recognize us, and the two of us felt guilty and wanted to run away."

Ping Yun promised again and again, that's exactly what happened.

"If that's the case, the channel thinks it's justifiable. Please Qin Siqing be magnanimous and let them go." Zixu then apologized to Qin Yuan on behalf of the two, and expressed that she would pay ten times the compensation to the vegetable seller.

Qin Yuan smiled, and asked Taoist Master Zixu what their origins were.

"Wantong Guanshou people don't ask about the past, but only see if they cut off the ties of the world and devote themselves to cultivating the Tao."

Daoist Zixu laments to Qin Yuan that it is very difficult for many daughters.At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Taoist nuns taken in by Guannei were all displaced by the war, lost their husbands and children, and all of them were sad people.

"Why bother to ask, it will be filled with tears and pain."

Qin Yuan immediately went to ask Ping Yun and Ping Yan, "The Daoist is kind and generous, so I don't ask you about the past. But you always know your own background, tell me about it."

"Both of us are from Yangzhou, and we came to Chang'an City by begging because of the war. We happened to meet Taoist Master Zixu kindly took us in, and that's why we are where we are today." Ping Yan said.

"How old were you at that time?" Qin Yuan asked.

Ping Yan: "Eighteen."

Ping Yun: "Seventeen."

"Excellent, then listen to a few words of Yangzhou dialect, and then tell me what customs you have there, what kind of vegetables are grown where you live, and what eating habits do you usually have?" Qin Yuan continued to ask.

Ping Yan and Ping Yun were dumbfounded, they were both stunned and had nothing to say.

Qin Yuan looked at the two quietly, as if willing to choose to believe them, and wanted to wait for their answer.

A moment later, Pingyan Pingyun trembled all over, kneeling on the ground in fear.

Daoist Zixu: "What the hell is going on? What are you two hiding from Qin Siqing and me?"

Ping Yan and Ping Yun started to cry, complaining innocently, and shook their heads to show that they had done nothing.

"If you have a clear conscience, why do you run away? Lies?"

Ping Yan and Ping Yun burst into tears, the tears continued.

Qin Yuan saw that there was nothing left to ask, so he ordered people to take the two of them down, and ordered Xie Gui to interrogate them as soon as possible.Immediately, he asked Taoist Master Zixu to come in and ask about Concubine Yang.

When the Taoist priest heard Qin Yuan ask about this matter, he frowned, as if he was very taboo.

"If something like this happened in the Taoist temple, if the Taoist priest still has something to hide, I'm afraid it's not wise enough. I didn't say anything about my arrest today, but I still can't hide it. Some things may change to the saint. What it will look like. I don't know the specific situation here, and I really have no way to intercede for the Taoist priest and Wantong Temple." Qin Yuan put on a good-hearted look and sighed repeatedly.

"It's not that Pindao doesn't want to talk about it. It's because many things in the previous court have been taboo. Qin Siqing is deeply favored and insists on investigating the case to the bottom. Today, Pindao has to say what shouldn't be said.

The predecessor of the Taoist Temple was originally the residence of Princess Anping in the former dynasty, but it had been turned into ruins by a fire that year.Concubine Yang has been on good terms with Princess Anping since she was a child, so every month Concubine Yang comes here quietly to pay homage, probably because of Princess Anping. "

Taoist Zixu told Qin Yuan that every time Concubine Yang comes, she keeps a low profile and never talks too much. She worships and burns incense in the hall alone, and she will leave after staying for about a stick of incense.Concubine Yang's purpose of coming here is just the speculation of Taoist Master Zixu, Concubine Yang has never told her personally.

"This month, shortly after she entered the palace, people outside heard crying in the palace. The palace man asked her how she was, and said she was fine, and outsiders were not allowed to enter. Afterwards, it gradually became quiet, and the people outside waited for two sticks of incense. I pushed the door open and saw Concubine Yang fainted in the hall. Pindao knew a little bit about medical skills, and he felt the pulse of Concubine Yang at the time, and found that it was caused by being overly frightened." Taoist Zixu told Qin Yuan truthfully, "After the tiger was pinched, the man woke up, his eyes were red, and Zeng cried very sadly, but he was fine."

Qin Yuan thanked Taoist Master Zixu for cooperating with the investigation, "Then before Concubine Yang arrives that day, who is in charge of cleaning and furnishing the hall? Can Ping Yan and Ping Yun take care of these things?"

Daoist Zixu was stunned, looked at Qin Yuan in surprise, and replied unexpectedly: "The two of them are indeed in charge."

Now, as long as Ping Yun and Ping Yan are interrogated clearly, the truth will become clear immediately.

Qin Yuan hurriedly left Wantong Temple, intending to go to Dali Temple to wait for his apology and ask his confession.Suddenly, a Yamen came on horseback, reined in hastily, rolled off the horse and told Qin Yuan that Pingyan Pingyun suddenly vomited blood and died on the way to Dali Temple.

Qin Yuan: "What's going on?"

"They bit their sleeves at the same time, then suddenly fell to the ground and convulsed, and then vomited blood, and soon lost their breath, and committed suicide by taking poison." The Yacha told Qin Yuan that he had asked Wu Zuo to go for an investigation.

Carry poison with you, and the act of taking poison is straightforward.

"Dead man." Qin Yuan sighed.

After Wang Zhen heard the words, he was very surprised: "How could it be a dead man?"

The family that can train dead soldiers is by no means ordinary people, most of them are princes and generals.These two are clearly Taoist nuns, it's too hard to think of.

"These two must have done something, I'm afraid we will ask."

Qin Yuan ordered Wang Zhen to immediately notify the city guards, and then Qin Qiong.From now on, the city of Chang'an must be strictly patrolled to guard against accidents.

……

It was late at night, Qin Yuan hastily knocked on the door of Changsun's mansion, clamoring to see Changsun Wuji.

Changsun Wuji had just fallen asleep, and was very angry when he was heard by the servants.Hearing that it was Qin Yuan, he became even more angry.

"Smash a basket of radishes out and let him go!" Changsun Wuji shouted impatiently.

"People... people have already come in, and the slaves can't stop them. Qin Siqing is standing next to the slaves at this moment." The servant replied awkwardly and stammering.

When Changsun Wuji heard this, he immediately regained his energy. He stood up and opened the door, and sure enough, he saw Qin Yuan standing at the door, and even smiled at himself.

Changsun Wuji turned his head and wanted to entertain Qin Yuan with something.

"Something happened, time is running out, I have to bother you." Qin Yuan just explained, and told Changsun Wuji to go to the side hall and wait for him.

"Come in, this is the study room, there are no female relatives." Changsun Wuji still had anger in his words.

"I know, otherwise I wouldn't dare to follow in." Qin Yuan waited for Changsun Wuji's words, so as soon as the other party's voice fell, he had already rushed into the room.

Changsun Wuji got angry again, and saw the half of a carrot on the table that hadn't been thrown yet.Changsun Wuji wanted to pick it up and hit Qin Yuan, but he didn't expect Qin Yuan to snatch the carrot first.

Click!

Qin Yuan put the radish into his mouth and took a bite.

Changsun Wuji stared: "You—"

"I ran all night, tired and hungry. What's wrong with eating a radish?" Qin Yuan gnawed on the radish, and declared his sovereignty to Changsun Wuji, "This half of the radish is mine in the first place."

"I mean you don't think it's dirty." Changsun Wuji said helplessly.

"If you don't do anything clean, you won't get sick if you eat it."

"Then throw it on the ground and step on it before you eat." Changsun Wuji persuaded him angrily.

Qin Yuan didn't care about it generously, and turned to the main question to ask his eldest grandson Wuji about Concubine Yang and Princess Anping.

Changsun Wuji didn't want to say anything, and asked Qin Yuan to bow and apologize first, admitting that he was a bastard who liked to tease people and shameless, so he told Qin Yuan about it.