Red makeup Chitose

Chapter 40
After a long time, Xu Qi got up and looked out the window at Biandu, where the sun shines all over the city. The rivers and mountains are beautiful, but there are many evils in the world, and the sky is closed.

He smiled suddenly, the lingering smoke in his eyes dissipated, and condensed into two deep black holes.

He closed the window, pushed open the door of the warm pavilion, swayed a few steps among the piles of books scattered all over the floor, came to a certain figure, and handed the list to him.

"Please tell Master Tao, this is my bargaining chip."

On the list, there are children's names, places of origin, and close relatives.

The figure was slightly startled, and the few remaining hairs of the fruit were blown wildly by the wind: "It's strange, how could the common people have such a list? I didn't even check it! You've already arrived?"

"The Jin family has a good relationship with the Moling Su family. I guess it was obtained by the secret sentry of the Su family. The Moling Su family can't get involved in politics, so they can only ask the Jin family to come forward." Xu Qi waved his hand and answered the second question, " Although I don't have any evidence, I intuitively believe that it was Miss Jin who brought about the reversal of the case. When I was in prison, I heard rumors from the outside, what kind of proclamation, singing, and I felt that Miss Jin was not following the law, but It’s overturning the case based on other principles.”

"What does this have to do with the list?" The figure spread his hands.

"Since she didn't follow the law, it means that she must have hidden some kind of key evidence that can be followed by the law. This is her confidence and a way out. Otherwise, her reversal of the case could easily become so-called inciting people's hearts and framing the court officials. "Xu Qi hooked the corners of his lips, "And this kind of evidence, since the case was successfully reversed, no one will let it stay in their hands and become a hot potato. Miss Jin is a common people, and she is the most suitable person to entrust, isn't it me? Supervisor history?"

The figures clapped their palms and laughed loudly: "Two ghosts, big and small, play games with each other!"

Xu Qi recalled Jin Mingwei's last words and threats, and his expression was complicated: "My game is over, and she still has an unfinished game. She is forced to go to Liangshan, and she becomes... a hero."

The figure hooked his lips: "So you really want to start that plan? Have you really thought about it?"

"Old Yan, if I still stick to black and white things like I did back then, that's not great, that's stupid." Xu Qi said meaningfully, "I've been in prison for the past few days, it's like I've died. I have discarded a lot of things, or maybe I have figured out a lot of things. If Miss Jin hadn’t made a move this time, I, Xu Qi, would have been bitten back by Lu Xingshan, and my life would be stigmatized forever.”

The figure was silent.

Xu Qi grinned self-deprecatingly: "I will never forget that day in my life... When I found out the evidence of Lu Xingshan's crime, I submitted the evidence files with great satisfaction, hoping that the higher authorities would avenge the people and let Lu Xingshan obey the law... As a result, this They should represent judgment and justice. They burned all the files in front of me, one by one... Powerless? Desperate? No, from that day on, I began to understand that if I want to be a clean official, I You can never be a good official."

The figure smiled: "That's a bit of a mouthful."

Xu Qi shook his head, his voice was desolate: "There is a saying in Buddhism, if I don't go to hell, whoever will go to hell."

"Then I'm afraid you will die in the end, leaving a bad reputation forever." The figure said lightly.

"Aren't you too? Old Yan, no, Master Yan." Xu Qi stared at the figure with piercing eyes, "You helped Lu Xingshan do so many crimes, outside, in Miss Jin's heart, I'm afraid you've been scolded a thousand times It's full of holes."

Yan Shenshou laughed loudly, and took the file bag: "If I didn't gain the trust of Lu Xingshan, how could I get the evidence of his crimes and give it to you with both hands? It burned your file, but I didn't expect the whole thing You are not the only one who is investigating."

"With your dossier, I will start planning after I set off to return to Beijing! Although this will be a life-threatening road!" Xu Qi also laughed, took the dossier gratefully, and looked at the list again, "Okay Now that I have this bargaining chip, Lord Tao will help me."

Yan Shen picked up half a bag of leek cake, took one, and handed the other to Xu Qi: "Replace food with wine, I wish you all the best, and I hope there will be no injustice, no hunger, no injustice, and no long-term regrets. And when you are judged in hell, you will be smiling."

Xu Qi put the leek cake into his mouth and chewed vigorously, his eyes sparkling.

"I'll be with you in the future! Old Yan, it's not a loss to be an official!"

……

The capital, the capital of the Wu Kingdom, is prosperous for ten miles.

There is a pavilion in the middle of the lake, with lotus flowers blooming on the lake, connected to the shore by an arch bridge, a bamboo silk curtain is hung in the pavilion, and someone is sitting behind the curtain, with a seat in front of the curtain, a flower cup, an incense burner, and a small jade table.

Zhuge Guan was sitting in front of him. On the desk was a carved willow wood cutting board. On the board was a piece of white paper like a cicada's wings. On the paper was a fish with its lips still opening and closing.

He held the knife in his right hand, and pressed the fish with his left hand, but there was no big movement, the bright blade of the knife shimmered, and a piece of transparent fish fillet was sliced ​​off.

Zhuge Guan put the fish fillets on the agate gold wire plate next to him, and the whole set of movements was smooth and smooth, with dozens of fish fillets under the slices one after another, all of which were of average thickness, and the sunlight penetrated through the fish fillets without any loss.

"Excellent sword skills." A man praised him from behind the bamboo silk curtain, "I heard that Aguan was poor when he was a child, and he helped people kill fish in the market for a living, so he saved enough for the academy's Shuxiu. I didn't expect it to take so many years Ah Guan's sword skills seem to be getting stronger?"

Zhuge Guan took the last piece of fish off the board, and there were intact fish bones left on the board, and the white paper on which it was laid was barely wet.

"I made the master laugh." Zhuge Guan washed his hands with clean water, put his hands on the incense burner, and said with a smile, "The master likes to eat fish sticks, so A Guan often practices, even if he is the prime minister and he is busy with work, A Guan Never dared to slack off.”

After a pause, Zhuge looked at the young man waiting outside the pavilion: "Aquan, my fish fillets are ready, why don't you bring your Bahe Yu to the master soon?"

Ah Quan walked into the pavilion with his head down, raised the jade plate in his hand above his head, came to the bamboo curtain, and put the jade plate down.

"Garlic, ginger, salt, white plum, orange peel, cooked chestnut meat, japonica rice, marinated fish, mash these eight ingredients into powder, and make a paste with good vinegar (Note 2), and you will get eight harmony齑."

The man behind the bamboo curtain cast his eyes, but he didn't look at the jade plate, but fell on A Quan: "Yu is a test of knife skills, and you are a test of your mind. You are not very old. If you can make authentic Bahe scorpions, you will be able to do so." Your skill."

Zhuge Guan stepped forward on his knees, put the agate and gold silk dish containing fish next to Bahe, and said warmly: "Please taste, master."

But the man behind the bamboo curtain changed the subject: "...Everyone said that the prime minister took thirteen adopted sons and called them Thirteen Taibao. Although no one understands, why did you fix the number at thirteen...so he Is it your new son No.13? But I heard that he failed in the mission of the Jin family, so he has a bad start."

The man's tone was not harsh, but Ah Quan's whole body trembled, and his face immediately turned ashen. In a trance, if there was a sword hanging on the top of his forehead, the tip of the sword had already pierced his scalp.

Even in front of Zhuge Guan, he didn't have such a huge sense of fear.He wanted to say a few words of forgiveness, but found that his tongue was froze and he couldn't move.

"Young people, give more opportunities." Suddenly, Zhuge Guan smiled heartily, breaking the dead silence.

"That's right, Ah Guan loves his son's heart, how can I not fulfill it?" A warm answer came from behind the bamboo curtain, "Is it Ah Quan? I asked the small kitchen to cook a few dishes, you go and remind me." .”

A Quan burst out in cold sweat and hot tears. He took a few big gulps of air to confirm that he was still alive, hurriedly pressed his still weak leg, and staggered back.

"You brought him today because you want me to support him?" The eyes behind the bamboo curtain fell on Zhuge Guan.

"Aguan, what virtue and ability, dare to ask master to worry about it. It's just that Aquan is new here, and he brought it to pass in front of master." Zhuge Guan smiled gently.

The man behind the bamboo curtain nodded, and Zhuge Guan caught this movement and added: "Master, I have given Huo Ruyuan the task of the Jin family. Jiulong's secret whistle reported that Liu Shicun has already contacted Huo Ruyuan. These two people are going to cross Aquan and join forces. But when Aquan knew about this trend, he just said to his confidant lightly that a mission must be done by someone, and the credit will be in his pocket in the end. The secret whistle reported this to me , I feel that this kid, Ah Quan, has something to look forward to."

注释
1. He Zeng Baizhi Wet on Luozhen: It comes from Du Fu's "The Home of Jiang Qishao Fu in Yan Township" by Du Fu in the Tang Dynasty.

2. Bahe method: from Jia Sixie's "Qi Min Yao Shu" in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

　The Buddhist system is updated, the Buddhist system is in the pit, life is not a problem~
　　
　
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