Feng Qing Shaoyi

Chapter 97
In the Fusheng Pavilion, a woman in a concubine red long dress was standing under the charmingly blooming crabapple tree, picking off a beautiful red begonia with her jade fingers. The woman under the moonlight seemed to think of something, and the corners of her lips curved Get up and smile.

The night was deep, the moonlight was dim, the stars were sparse, and the earth was covered with a layer of black veil, but the woman's bright smile was extremely bright, as if it wanted to illuminate the entire sky.

"Zhan Shi, are you still resting?" A cool voice came from behind.

The woman turned around and saluted, "My lord." Zhan Shi looked at the crabapple flowers in his hands, "This year's crabapple flowers are blooming very well, if you don't appreciate them carefully, you will be at a loss for such a beautiful scenery."

Qi Ze walked to Zhan Shi's side, "This year's crabapple blossoms are indeed blooming well, especially after you came. You have been busy with housework these past few months, it's really hard work for you."

"If the young master hadn't saved me back then, I wouldn't have been able to see this beautiful crabapple flower. Besides, the housework is done by women, so I feel very happy to be able to do something for the young master, and talk about hard work or not."

The woman looked up and saw a beautiful crabapple blooming on a distant branch, so she couldn't help but reached out to take it down, but because she was a little short, she could only touch the green leaves under the flower with her hands.When the woman wanted to lift her toes, the crabapple on the branch was picked off by the man next to her.

"Give."

"Thank you, my lord." The woman took Haitang and said with a smile.

"Actually, you don't need to pick it off for me. It's better to leave it on the tree, so that it won't wither easily." The woman said, looking up at the flowers on the branches.

"Actually, there are many ways to prevent it from withering." The man smiled and covered the flower on the woman's fingertips with his hand, and took the woman's slender wrist with the other hand, "Follow me."

Qi Ze took Zhan Shi's hand and walked into the room, brought Zhan Shi to a bronze mirror, and said in a soft and steady voice, "Close your eyes."

Hearing the warm and cool voice in her ear, the tip of her nose was filled with the clear and cold fragrance of the man's body, the woman nodded her head and slowly closed her eyes.

Qi Ze took out the crabapple flower hairpin from his sleeve and inserted it gently in the woman's hair. Looking at the charming woman in the bronze mirror, he said in a soft and steady voice, "This way the crabapple flowers will never wither."

Zhan Shi slowly opened her eyes, and saw the crabapple flower hairpin in her hair, and under the candlelight, the crabapple flower was even more beautiful and beautiful.

"Young master, this is..."

"This is for you." Qi Ze sat on the chair behind him and poured himself a cup of tea, "Thank you for accompanying me to Yijun Tower last time, you deserve it."

"Young master, what did you say? Doing things for you is Zhan Shi's duty, but I'm afraid Zhan Shi is not worthy of this crabapple flower." The woman said with her head bowed.

"If Zhan Shi is not worthy, then no one in the world is worthy of this crabapple. Zhan Shi is so beautiful, so she should dress up well."

"Thank you for your compliment, Young Master." The woman smiled knowingly, "The crabapple flowers are very beautiful, and Zhan Shi likes them very much."

Qi Ze chuckled, "As long as you like it." The man stood up, "It's late at night, Zhan Shi should take a good rest."

"Yes."

After Qi Ze left, Zhan Shi touched the hairpin in her hair, looked at the crabapple flowers standing gracefully in the wind outside the window, smiled, and murmured: "Are the crabapple flowers that never wither? Young master, Zhan Shi likes this very much." Hairpin, I like it very much."

Qi Ze was busy going to the military department every day as usual, but this day when Qi Ze went out, he saw Chu Kainan who was smiling so slyly, she turned around and left without saying a word.

"Hey, Shao Yi, why did you see that I'm leaving again?" Chu Kainan hurriedly shouted behind Qi Ze.

Seeing that you are not leaving, do you want to hear some irrelevant nonsense from you here?

But she saw that there was no woman around Chu Kainan, and this was the entrance of the military department, no matter how flamboyant Chu Kainan was, he would not dare to be presumptuous at the entrance of the sixth department.That is to say, Chu Kainan came to the Ministry of War this time because of business.

"What's the matter with you coming to the Ministry of War?" Qi Ze turned around and asked.

"Shao Yi, do we need to be so cold when talking between our friends? We finally met each other once." Chu Kainan said with his arms across his chest.

"...We just met a few days ago." Qi Ze looked at Chu Kainan and said expressionlessly.

Chu Kainan didn't feel the slightest embarrassment of being exposed, and still smiled foolishly, "Shao Yi, you don't understand this. The so-called not seeing each other every day is like three autumns."

Qi Ze: "..." She'd better go.

"Hey, okay, I'm not joking with you. This time I'm here for court business, and the criminal department has received a new case for investigation these days." Seeing that Qi Ze was about to leave again, Chu Kainan quickly opened his mouth and said.

"New case? What case?" Seeing that it was serious business, Qi Ze stopped and turned to look at Chu Kainan.

"Oh, are you finally willing to stop?" After Chu Kainan teased, he put away the smile on his face, fearing that Qi Ze would turn around and leave again, and said seriously: "Shao Yi, you should have heard of it too. , the news that Chen Shu, the eldest wife of the Cao family, died on the bed of the Cao mansion some time ago."

Qi Ze nodded when he heard the words. Of course she knew the news that the eldest wife of the Cao family, Chen Shu, had passed away in Cao's residence.The eldest wife of the Cao family, Chen Shu, should also be in her 40s. Although she is a woman, she is exceptionally shrewd and capable.With her strength and determination, the entire backyard of the Cao Mansion is in her hands.Because the old lady of the Cao family passed away earlier, Chen Shu married the grand lord of the Cao family's eldest son, and once she entered the door, she controlled the backyard of the Cao family, and no one dared to resist.

It's quite funny to say, Chen Shu has a strong personality, but Cao Wanzu, the elder of the Cao family, is notoriously muddy and can't support the wall.Although he is a doctor of the Ministry of Industry, he still needs to ask Chen Shu for advice on many things, and he has said nothing to Chen Shu, so far he still dare not take concubines.But it was also because of Chen Shu's method that Cao Wanzu was able to keep his position as a doctor in the Ministry of Industry, otherwise he would have been killed by the battle in the court with his ability.

And Cao Wanzu is the only son of the Cao family, and the rest are only some concubine sons who can't stand on the stage, so Chen Shu can control the backyard of the Cao family as soon as he enters the door.Because of Cao Wanzu's weakness and incompetence, Chen Shu continued to give him advice, so the entire Cao family was equivalent to being controlled by Chen Shu.

Therefore, for Chen Shu's inexplicable death, everyone would think that it was caused by the power struggle within the Cao family, including her.After all, every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, and no one's backyard is as calm as it seems on the surface, and the dirty things in it are buried deep in the ground.She can see this from Li Shi and Zhao Shi's struggle with those concubines.

But if it was really an ordinary dispute about not being in the backyard, the Ministry of Criminal Justice would not be alerted to investigate.On the one hand, it was because of Chen Shu's status in the Cao family. Once Chen Shu died, the Cao family lost their mainstay.Cao Wanzu will definitely not be reconciled. Years of dependence has become a habit. Now that he has lost his backbone, he will definitely report to the Ministry of Punishment to investigate the matter.

But on the other hand, if it was really a matter in the backyard, the Ministry of Criminal Justice would not pay so much attention to it, and even sent Chu Kainan to investigate.It can be seen that there must be something wrong with Chen Shu's death.

"I know this, but how did Chen Shu die?" Qi Ze asked.

The person who knew the most about Chen Shu's death was probably the servant of the Ministry of Justice in front of her. Although Chu Kainan was in need of a beating, his ability to detect cases was unquestionable.After all, the Chu family is a genius who specializes in investigating cases. The master of the Chu family is the Minister of the Criminal Ministry, and the truth of many cases has been revealed in his hands.As the Chu family, Chu Kainan's ability to detect cases is even better than blue, not inferior to the master of the Chu family.If it wasn't for Chu Kainan's young age and relatively low qualifications, then the current minister of punishment would be Chu Kainan.

Chu Kainan also smiled when he heard Qi Ze's question.Qi Ze has always been very smart. He knew that there was a problem when he saw this situation, and he would not think it was just an ordinary internal dispute.

"It's cinnabar. Chen Shu died because of an overdose of cinnabar, and she has been taking it for half a year."

"Cinnabar?"

Qi Ze couldn't be more familiar with cinnabar.Because every time the book was presented to Emperor Zhaozheng, it was corrected with cinnabar.

Cinnabar is an important drug for calming the mind, calming the mind, calming the nerves and detoxifying, and is indispensable in medicine.But at the same time, cinnabar is also a kind of poison, which can cure diseases if taken in an appropriate amount, but if taken for a long time and taken too much, it will kill people.Therefore, many doctors will use it with caution, strictly control the dosage of this medicine or will not use it at all.

Therefore, Chen Shu's death could only be framed by others. After all, people would know about this medicine like cinnabar, and would take the initiative to reduce the dose.What's more, a family leader like Chen Shu has a deep understanding of this medicine, and even has some taboos.Then this cinnabar can only be put in secretly by others to avoid Chen Shu.

"Chen Shu is sick?"

"Well, I got a cold. The cinnabar was found in the medicine bowl where she drank the medicine."

"Does cinnabar need to be used to cure the wind and cold? And how can it take half a year to cure the wind and cold?" Qi Ze couldn't help but lowered his head and muttered, "Is there anyone else in Cao's mansion who is sick?"

"No. Chen Shu seems to be worried too much because she has to manage the backyard, and she caught a cold in the middle of the night. It's just that the medicine doesn't work, and her body is getting weaker and weaker, so she has been drinking tonics to take care of her body."

No one in Cao's mansion got sick, so the cinnabar came from the outside world?And Chen Shu didn't die because of something in the backyard, so this person wouldn't be from the Cao family's backyard, so who would it be?
"Then the person who stole the cinnabar, have you found it?"

"No." Chu Kainan replied, "But I asked Chen Shu's personal maid according to the time of the cinnabar poisoning, and the maid said that Chen Shu had visited Fang's house half a year ago. The reason why she remembered it so clearly was because Chen Shu made a big fuss at Fang's house that day, and then her body became weaker and weaker, and the wind and cold have not been cured for a long time."

There was a big fuss in Fang's house, and the wind and cold were not cured afterwards. Doesn't that mean that the problem is in Fang's house?Then why did Chu Kainan come to the Ministry of War instead of going to Fang's house to investigate?

"Then what are you doing in the Ministry of War?"

"You forgot." Chu Kainan explained, "The current head of the Fang family, Fang Jingzi, is the escort officer who transports food and grass in the Ministry of War. I came this time to obtain information about Fang Jingzi's Ministry of War, so as to understand the situation of the Fang family."

Chu Kainan mentioned that Fang Jingzi was the food escort officer, Qi Ze also remembered it.In fact, I can't blame her for being unclear, mainly because although Fang Jingzi is an official of the Ministry of War, he spends most of his time transporting food and grass to the border, and he has not seen him a few times in the Ministry of War.

Moreover, there are so many officials in the Ministry of War that she can't remember them all.In addition, she has not been in the Ministry of War for a long time, and she has not seen Fang Jingzi a few times, but she vaguely remembers that he is also a handsome young man who is about to reach his thirties and is still young.

Although the grain and grass escort officer sounds bad, it is very important for a country's frontier war.The so-called "the way of food and pay is a matter of victory or defeat.", "Using troops to win, food first." It can be seen how important transportation of food and grass is on the battlefield, which is related to the victory or defeat of a war, and can even be related to a war. The country rises and falls.

Therefore, in the Ministry of War, the status of the food escort officer is quite high.Moreover, the Fang family and the Cao family can be regarded as a famous family in Ding capital, and many members of the family are serving in the court, but the difference is in the level of official positions.Otherwise, the Ministry of Criminal Justice would not have taken this matter so seriously.

Although the four countries are peaceful now, the soldiers guarding the border still need to eat, so the food escort has not stopped.Not surprisingly, Fang Jingzi should still be on the way to deliver food and grass, not in the capital.

"Okay then, go get the information, I'll go first." After speaking, Qi Ze was about to turn around and leave.

"Hey, Shaoyi, let's be friends anyway. It's my first time to come to the Ministry of War, and you are the only person I know in the entire Ministry of War. Can't you take me to fetch it?" Chu Kainan said helplessly.

Qi Ze looked at Chu Kainan, then walked to a small official, and ordered him to take Chu Kainan to obtain information.

"You don't know me alone in the Ministry of War this time, I have something to do so I'll leave first." Qi Ze said to Chu Kainan.

Chu Kainan: "... Shaoyi, can't you take me there yourself?" Shaoyi also casually treated him to a small official, is he so annoying?
"I can't." Qi Ze said calmly, and then he was about to move forward.She still hasn't come out from the shadow of Chu Kainan with all kinds of women around her. It's a lie for a vagabond like Chu Kainan to say that she doesn't dislike her.

Chu Kainan walked up to Qi Ze, and said, "Shaoyi, I heard that you apologized to that girl from the Xu family a few days ago." Chu Kainan smiled, "I'm really curious. Shao Yi, what do you look like when you give gifts to women, do you blush like ordinary men? What does a blushing Shao Yi look like?"

Qi Ze watched Chu Kainan tease him and stared at him coldly. After a long time, she turned around and walked forward.

Chu Kainan looked at Qi Ze like this and was still a little dazed, did he agree or did he not?

"Let's go, Han Fei, I'll take you there myself." Qi Ze smiled gently in front of him, but the look in his eyes looked like he wanted to eat Chu Kainan alive.

Chu Kainan shivered abruptly, it's over, this was recorded by Shaoyi again.But today it is worthwhile to be able to tease Shao Yi like this, seeing Shao Yi like this.Thinking, he followed with a smile.

After the two retrieved the information from the Ministry of War information, they also learned about the general situation of the Fang family.

Fang Jingzi's father died shortly after he married his wife. Fang's father was an upright gentleman.But he still died young, leaving only a son and a daughter. To a certain extent, God treated him kindly and gave him a pair of children.

And Fang Jingzi also had a son Fang Shuoming after marrying his wife, who is also four years old this year.

So now the entire Fang family only has Fang Jingzi, his wife Su Wanqing, his son Fang Shuoming, his mother Pan, and a younger sister named Fang Yunni.Fang Yunni was also married some time ago, and she seems to have a very good relationship with her sister-in-law Su Wanqing, and she is often referred to as a sister.

I didn't expect the Fang family's population to be so simple.

Chu Kainan flipped through Fang Jingzi's information, then turned his head to look at Qi Ze with a smile and said, "Shaoyi, Fang Jingzi is from your Ministry of War. It stands to reason that the Ministry of War should send someone to the Ministry of Punishment to cooperate with the investigation. Then you... ...Is there anything else to do next?"

Qi Ze raised his head and looked at Chu Kainan. It is true that an official from the Ministry of War needs to send someone to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to cooperate with the investigation, but this only requires an ordinary official, and it is not necessary for her, the Minister of the Ministry of War, to go in person.Chu Kainan asked her this way only because her skin was itchy.

"I need to ask Lord Shangshu for instructions, it's not for me to decide." Qi Ze said lightly.

"It's easy, let's go to Mr. Zheng for instructions now." Chu Kainan smiled flamboyantly, and strode forward.After walking for a while, she turned her head and looked at Qi Ze, "Shao Yi, lead the way ahead, I forgot that I don't know the way."

Qi Ze: "..." So you still have to ask Zheng Shen for instructions to let me go, right?

But because this is a major case of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, the Ministry of War really needs to send someone, if it is ignored, it will delay the court's official business.Therefore, Chu Kainan must be taken, and Zheng Shen may not necessarily let her go.After thinking about it, Qi Ze walked ahead and led the way.

When they arrived at Zheng Shen's room, Chu Kainan walked forward, put away the smile on his face, bowed his hands solemnly and said, "Master Zheng."

Although Chu Kainan is a member of the Ministry of Punishment, he has no direct relationship with Zheng Shen.But Zheng Shen is the minister of the Ministry of War, and Chu Kainan is just a servant, one level lower than Zheng Shen, so he still needs to salute Zheng Shen.

"Chu Shilang, I don't know what Chu Shilang is talking about when he came to the Ministry of War?" Zheng Shen raised his head and asked, and also looked at Qi Ze who was beside Chu Kainan.

Zheng Shen had heard about Chu Kainan's reputation in the Ministry of Punishment, and had seen it several times during the court.So I still know Chu Kainan.

"The lower official came here because the Ministry of Punishment recently accepted a new case, and the Ministry of War needs to send someone to cooperate with the investigation."

"Oh, what case?" Zheng Shen asked.

Chu Kainan told Zheng Shen about the matter between Cao's family and Fang's family, and also told Zheng Shen that Fang Jingzi's military information was retrieved without any concealment.

"So that's the case, who does Minister Chu want the Ministry of War to send?" Zheng Shen looked down at Fang Jingzi's message and asked with a chuckle.

Chu Kainan just smiled, turned his head to look at Qi Ze, and said, "This case involves two great families, the Cao family and the Fang family, and their influence is not trivial. Mr. Qi is smart and capable, and I think that Mr. Qi will be sent to follow you." It is most appropriate to go."

Zheng Shen glanced at Qi Ze, and said: "This case is really not trivial. Since Minister Chu values ​​Qi Minister so much, then send him to cooperate with the Ministry of Criminal Investigation."

Qi Ze looked at Zheng Shen in surprise, how could Zheng Shen agree to send her there?Although this case is indeed related to the two families, the Ministry of War is only assisting in the investigation, and there is no need for a third-rank servant to go in person, which seems a bit overkill.

After Chu Kainan saluted, he turned around and looked at Qi Ze proudly, and said, "Master Qi, I'll be waiting for you at the Ministry of Punishment." After speaking, he left happily.

Qi Ze: "..."

Zheng Shen put down Fang Jingzi's military documents in his hand, and said, "I know that you are surprised that I sent you to cooperate with the investigation, but this time I can only feel at ease if I send you."

Send her to be at ease?What's the meaning?
Qi Ze picked up the information on the table and looked at it, and at the same time he understood something in his heart, so he looked up at Zheng Shen.Zheng Shen's sighing voice sounded in his ears.

"Fang Jingzi has a good character, abides by etiquette, and travels around the border all day long. He is an important grain and grass escort officer in Southern Chu. Now that Fang Jingzi is at the border, there are only a few weak women and children left in the Fang family, and there are no men who can take charge. You go and help the Fang family to tide over the difficulties. If the problem is really caused by the Fang family, I naturally have nothing to say. But if it is not, at least you cannot be bullied by the Cao family."

Although the population of the Fang family is simple, it is because of this that it is a little scary.

Although Chen Shu is dead, there are still men like Cao Wanzu in the Cao family, and they can still hold on.But the Fang family is different, there are only three women and a four-year-old child, and they can't stand any disturbance.

If Chen Shu is really the cinnabar poison in Fang's family, then Fang's family may not be able to escape the blame.Now Fang's family does not have a man who can withstand the situation, only a few weak women and children are left.It is impossible for the Cao family to let the Fang family go because of this, and they don't know if the Fang family can survive this time safely.

Fang Jingzi is constantly running around to guard the southern Chu border, so his Fang family should be guarded by the Ministry of War.Although it is not easy for the Ministry of War to intervene too much, it can at least minimize the Fang family's damage.

"Yes, I understand. I will do my best to protect the Fang family." Qi Ze looked at Zheng Shen and said firmly.

　Su Wan (wan) the third tone of green

　　Fang Jingzi (zi) third tone
　　Fang Yunni (ni) second sound
　　For the setting of cinnabar poison, Momo carefully consulted the information.Cinnabar is indeed toxic at high temperatures, and the human body will accumulate toxins after taking a large amount.

　　After all, this is just a cool article, and I hope you will forgive some of the illogical parts, as long as everyone enjoys reading it. (*^__^*) What?

　　
　
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