Marry Changle in Datang

Chapter 689 Find someone!ask!
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Lu Shisan's current official position is not low.

All of this can prove how much Lu Shisan respects and trusts Qin Wenyuan.

Qin Wenyuan smiled, and said, "Lu Shisan is indeed reliable in his work."

As he spoke, he winked at Fatty Zhang.

Fatty Zhang immediately understood what Qin Wenyuan meant, and began to examine the Temple of Heaven carefully, looking for any hidden mechanisms.

Qin Wenyuan, on the other hand, looked at Deshun and said at the beginning, "Eunuch, I want to know, from the beginning of the construction of the Temple of Heaven to the present, did any strange things happen in between?!"

"strange things?!"

Hearing Qin Wenyuan's question, Deshun thought about it carefully, and immediately arrived, "I have been here with Your Majesty many times since I followed His Majesty, and I haven't encountered any strange things."

"However, before the servant followed His Majesty, I heard that something very strange happened during the construction of the Temple of Heaven."

"Strange things?!"

Qin Wenyuan raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's weird?"

Deshun shook his head, "This... I don't know too well. It's been too long, and I didn't take it seriously at the time. After all, any abnormal things that happen in this palace are very normal, so I didn't take it seriously. I think it's a big deal."

"If Lord Qin wants to know, this servant happens to know a few people who built the Temple of Heaven with him at that time. If Lord Qin asks them, it should be clear."

Qin Wenyuan nodded slightly, and said, "Then there is Mr. Lao."

Deshun hurriedly said, "It's not a big deal, Mr. Qin, wait a moment, they will come here soon."

After speaking, Deshun immediately got down from the Temple of Heaven, and said something in the ear of a little eunuch, and the little eunuch left quickly.

Deshun didn't go up to the Temple of Heaven to disturb Qin Wenyuan.

Instead, he was very sensible, standing under the Temple of Heaven, quietly waiting for Qin Wenyuan's dispatch.

Seeing this, Qin Wenyuan couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

No wonder Deshun was able to work beside Li Shimin among such introverted eunuchs.

This kind of vision is not something ordinary people can have.

Qin Wenyuan withdrew his gaze and looked at the Temple of Heaven.

He stepped on the Temple of Heaven, and he could feel the ground paved with white marble under his feet, which was very stable.

Not a single hollow sound.

It seems that either, there is no mechanism under the Temple of Heaven.

Or, in order to hide the eyes and ears, the agency has created a very concealed, and it is difficult to find it by normal means.

Qin Wenyuan stood here, looking into the distance.

Standing on a two-meter-high platform, he could see the scene outside through the courtyard wall.

He could see guards on patrol in the distance.

You can also see some court ladies and eunuchs walking quickly with their heads down.

Although it is impossible to see the entire palace, it can still be seen from a distance of several hundred meters to the southwest.

At this time, he found some people walking towards here quickly.

There are eunuchs and guards.

And they don't seem to be particularly young, at least they are all in their thirties, or even around fifty.

these people……

Qin Wenyuan's eyes flashed.

He knew who these people were.

"Master Qin."

At this time, Deshun's voice sounded, "My lord, everyone you want to see has already arrived."

Sure enough, these people were the ones who participated in the construction of the Temple of Heaven.

The Temple of Heaven was built more than ten years ago, and those who were able to participate in the construction at that time were at least 20 years old.

The older ones may be in their 40s or [-]s.

So more than ten years later, the age of these people is generally not too young.

Qin Wenyuan turned around and saw a dozen people standing behind Deshun.

Qin Wenyuan got down from the Temple of Heaven, and these people hurriedly bowed to Qin Wenyuan, "I have seen Mr. Qin."

Qin Wenyuan nodded slightly and looked at Deshun.

Deshun said, "Master Qin, these people are the ones who participated in the construction back then."

"For more than ten years, the people in the palace have changed one after another, and the rest are only these people."

Qin Wenyuan was not surprised.

The life expectancy of ancient people is generally not long...

Not to mention, in this palace full of crises.

A slight mistake, that is a dead end.

In the deep palace, it is normal for one person to die and each other to have a dog.

Moreover, the people who built the Temple of Heaven back then, in addition to those in the palace, also had outside craftsmen. The total number of people was only a few hundred.

Therefore, it is normal that there are more than a dozen people left in the palace.

Qin Wenyuan swept across their faces. In front of him, there were fifteen people in total, including five eunuchs and ten guards.

Qin Wenyuan said, "Tell me what you were responsible for at that time."

The 50-year-old eunuch on the left was the first to speak, "The slave was in charge of the production at that time, and supervised these people for His Majesty, lest they be lazy and play tricks."

Responsible for the production? !
Supervise for Li Shimin.

It seems that this person's status is not low.

At least ten years ago, he was quite trusted by Li Shimin.

But now, it should have been marginalized.

Maybe it was because he was too old, or maybe because of some things, Li Shimin didn't like it.

Qin Wenyuan nodded slightly, and the files he had read appeared in his mind, and he asked, "Your name is Li De?"

The old eunuch looked up at Qin Wenyuan unexpectedly, "Your Excellency, do you know about this slave?"

Sure enough it was him.

In the dossier, there are records of those who participated in the construction of the Temple of Heaven.

Li De is the inspector.

Qin Wenyuan nodded slightly, but instead of answering Li De, he looked at the second person and asked, "What about you?"

"My lord, the slave is responsible for the purchase of materials, and all the things that are built are purchased by the slave."

Just as Qin Wenyuan was about to nod his head, the eunuch suddenly said, "My lord, a strange thing happened that year, and I don't know whether to say it or not."

Qin Wenyuan's eyes flashed.

He looked deeply at this person and said, "Say!!"

Qin Wenyuan looked at the eunuch in front of him.

The eunuch was about 40 years old. Qin Wenyuan remembered that his name was Zhao Heng in the file.

In the Tang Dynasty, eunuchs could still use their original names.

After the Qing Dynasty, they had no personality at all, and were called Xiaodezi, small stools, small tables and so on.

At this time, Zhao Heng said, "I remember, when the Temple of Heaven was halfway under construction, the officials from the Ministry of Industry found me and said that I needed to buy new building materials."

"The slaves were very strange at the time, because according to the plan handed over by the Ministry of Industry, the building materials that the slaves bought for them would last at least seven days. How could they be gone now?"

"So, my servant went to the warehouse to check, and sure enough... the building materials in the warehouse will be exhausted soon, and they can be used for another two days at most."

"But it shouldn't be at all."

When Zhao Heng talked about the past, he still had doubts on his face. He said, "I can assure you that the building materials I bought will not be deducted a single cent. After all, it was appointed by His Majesty, and no one has the courage to stand in the middle." Skimp."

"So, the slave feels that the Ministry of Industry may have accelerated the construction progress."

"However, the officials of the Ministry of Industry said that they completely followed the construction plan, and the daily workload is very heavy. Even if they want to speed up the progress, they can't do it at all."

"That is to say, they didn't speed up the construction progress at all, but the building materials were at least five days short."

Qin Wenyuan understood what Zhao Heng meant.

He asked: "You mean... there are five days' worth of building materials, and they disappeared?!"

Zhao Heng nodded, "That's right, it disappeared without any reason."

"Officials of the Ministry of Industry can be sure that they did not use more building materials, because all the building materials consumed can be seen from the places they have constructed."

"And after the slaves purchased the building materials, they also asked the people from the Ministry of Industry to count them, and there were no problems at that time."

"That is to say, both of us are fine, but the building materials for five days just disappeared for no reason."

Deshun was listening, and couldn't help frowning at this time, saying, "Although some strange things happened in the palace, it's normal, but this thing is really strange."

Qin Wenyuan pondered for a moment and asked, "Is it possible that it was stolen?"

Zhao Heng shook his head, "This should be impossible. The warehouse has always been guarded by guards, and the building materials are not particularly valuable. It is really not worthwhile to steal this thing in the palace."

"Moreover, the building materials are all stones and the like, which are very bulky. It is even more impossible to steal them from the palace without surprising anyone."

Qin Wenyuan nodded slightly, "So you ruled out the possibility of being stolen, and also ruled out the possibility of embezzlement by yourself, and the possibility of using it by the Ministry of Industry."

Zhao Heng nodded, "That's right, all the possibilities we could think of were ruled out in the end."

"That's why the slave finds this strange."

"When Master Qin asked about the year, the servant thought about it and told Master Qin about it."

In Qin Wenyuan's deep eyes, flashes of brilliance flashed.

interesting.

I didn't expect to encounter such an interesting and weird thing when I first came here.

The building materials for five days are not small.

How could it disappear for no reason?
These are too monitored and not corrupted. The Ministry of Industry has counted them at the beginning, which can rule out the corruption of eunuchs.

And the Ministry of Industry did not use it, there is no doubt about it.

As for stealing...

There was constant guard, and it was impossible for such a heavy stone to be stolen unnoticed.

How did these building materials disappear?
Is this incident the same as the problem Han Qian discovered?
Qin Wenyuan pondered for a moment, then he leaned over to Zhao Heng and asked, "Did you check it out later?"

Zhao Heng shook his head, "Although five days' worth of building materials have been lost, these things are not worth much, and we are also worried that if this weird incident spreads, rumors may spread inside and outside the palace. After all, this is the construction of the Royal Temple of Heaven. Once If it spreads out, it may cause some rumors and influence."

"So we asked Mr. Qin He, the servant of the Ministry of Industry who was in charge of repairing the Temple of Heaven at that time, and Mr. Qin He went to find Master Yuan Tianshi. After they discussed it, they decided to suppress the matter, prohibit anyone from speaking out, and arrange more people to guard it. building materials."

"If the building materials are lost again, there is no other way but to alarm His Majesty."

"But if the building materials are not lost, then it's as if nothing happened, so as not to cause trouble."

"Later, the building materials were no longer lost, and this matter was not spread... It's just that this matter has been lingering in the mind of the slave over the years, so that the slave can't sleep well, and can't eat well. It's hard to sleep and eat."

"If Master Qin can find out about this matter, the slave will be able to completely let go."

Qin Wenyuan understood what Zhao Heng meant.

He looked at Deshun and asked, "Lord Qin He, where are you now?"

He didn't remember that there was still an official named Qin He in the court.

Deshun said, "Ten years ago, I retired and returned to my hometown. Three years ago, the news came that I had passed away."

Retired and returned home ten years ago? !

The year when Han Qian built the Temple of Heaven and was replaced?
After all, the Temple of Heaven was built for Li Shimin.

It is the Temple of Heaven privately used by the royal family.

Therefore, once it is reported that such a weird thing happened during the construction of the Temple of Heaven, there will definitely be a lot of gossip.

For example, it is a bad omen.

For example, committing a taboo.

What's more, maybe they will be used by rebellious officials and thieves to say that the Li family is not the right man and so on.

Once these rumors appear, in this feudal ancient times, the reputation of the royal family will be dealt a big blow.

Li Shimin is bound to be furious.

And those who built the Temple of Heaven will definitely be punished.

So in order to avoid gossip and not to be punished, they suppressed this matter, which is understandable.

And because the lost things are not considered valuable, and there is not much money, even if they are suppressed, they will not be discovered.

Moreover, they also decided that if the same thing happened again later, then they had no choice but to push Li Shimin.

Qin Wenyuan can understand this approach, and it is actually quite pertinent.

If it happens again, there must be a real problem. If it is really a bad omen, it is better to solve it in advance than to make up for it afterwards.

But if it doesn't happen, it must be man-made, but otherwise things won't be lost, so they will be lost, and they will be fed to dogs.

In short, Qin Wenyuan understood Qin He and Yuan Tiangang's handling, and felt that it was relatively appropriate.

The only thing that was inappropriate was that there was no proper investigation at that time.

If Qin Wenyuan encounters such a thing, even if he keeps silent, he has to find out the matter.

Otherwise, this matter is enough to make many people panic, and once it is spread out later, it will still cause some disturbances.

However, fortunately, not many people knew about it back then, and they were all strict-mouthed people, so Qin Wenyuan had never heard of it while living in Chang'an.

I don't know if Li Shimin heard about it later.

Qin Wenyuan asked Deshun, "Dare to ask my father-in-law, what kind of person is this Lord Qin He?"

Deshun didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly said, "Master Qin He is an old minister of the former court. When the Supreme Emperor conquered the world, he abandoned the dark and turned to the bright. Later, he followed the Supreme Emperor to found the Tang Dynasty. The Supreme Emperor thought of his meritorious service, so he reused him."

"However, Master Qin He obviously prefers fighting in the battlefield rather than dealing with these important family and country affairs. But he is old, and the Supreme Emperor can't bear to let him work hard after his age, so let him work hard in the Ministry of Industry."

"The Ministry of Industry is just a construction project. There are not so many calculations, so it is also with Mr. Qin He."

(End of this chapter)