Forensic lady champion husband

Chapter 75

Under the verandah of the Liao Kingdom's embassy building, the two ministers walked uneasily, looking at the light coming through the panes, the shadows of several imperial physicians were reflected on it, shuttled back and forth, trying their best to treat the seriously injured Xiao Xi .

The two ministers under the verandah are Tong Hui, the principal of the host and guest department, Ke Lai, and Tong Hui, the chief of the hall.Both the Host and Guest Department and the Huitong Hall are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, and they are respectively responsible for communicating with the Liao Kingdom and receiving envoys. Now that the Liao Kingdom envoys are assassinated, the two adults who are most anxious are Ke and Tong.

"What should I do, the assassination in the building is the negligence of my colleagues in the building." Mr. Tong said with a sigh, beating his hands.

Mr. Ke said unhappily: "If there is an emergency, it is not only you, but even I can't escape! We were admitted to the imperial examination in the same year, and we were officials in the same dynasty for 20 years. From the time we met when we were young to the graying of our temples, today we are going to "die in the same year, same month, same day" gone."

Master Tong complained: "Don't say unlucky words! There are people from the Liao Kingdom outside the courtyard. If you want to die, you can directly hit their knife point and don't take me!"

Just as he was talking, a person came from the other end of the verandah. He was tall and handsome, his temples were slightly frosted, and he was wearing a silver-gray crane cloak. He was from Qu Zhang Qu Yuan.He served as a privy envoy in the court, commonly known as "Foreign Minister". He was in charge of military power and often dealt with the Liao Kingdom. Worried that the Liao Kingdom would go to Beijing to take the opportunity to make trouble, it was necessary to ask the palace to personally investigate Xiao Xi's situation.

The three bowed their hands together, and Qu Yuan said, "You two have been waiting here for a long time, what's going on inside?"

Mr. Ke said: "The imperial physician has not come out, and the lower officials don't know the details, but since he has not come out, it proves that the Liao envoy is still alive."

Qu Yuanshi nodded and said, "Is there any news about the assassin?"

Master Tong shook his head and said: "Not yet, the imperial guards guarding the building have searched everywhere."

Qu Yuan said: "The palace also sent people, it is night and the city gate is closed, the assassin can't escape from the city."

At this time, Zishi passed, the moon was quiet and the flowers were sleeping, only the sound of cicadas broke the boundless silence. Fortunately, it was midsummer, and it was not cold, otherwise the three adults were not young, and I am afraid they would have to suffer a lot.

After the silence, Mr. Ke pondered for a long time, and murmured: "Who do you think...the assassin would be?"

Master Tong hastily pinched him, motioning him to keep silent, not to ask such sensitive questions in front of the Shangguan again.You don't need to think about it, it must be done by people who are not used to the Liao Kingdom. The annual currency of 30 taels is a drop in the bucket for the wealthy Song Dynasty, but it can be offered to the "barbarians", which makes many people deeply ashamed. He is a young man with vigorous blood and high aspirations. Among them, he is a good fighter, and it is not impossible to assassinate with martial arts and spirit.

It's just that they didn't expect that such a reckless move would destroy the peace for many years and push the war to the cusp. At that time, if the Liao Kingdom and Xixia invaded the Song Dynasty, with the strength of the Song Dynasty at this time, the consequences would be disastrous.

Quyuan Shi said thoughtfully: "It must not be from the Song Dynasty..."

The door behind him opened, and the imperial doctor came out wiping the sweat dripping from his forehead, half arched, tired and tense, unable to straighten up.

"How is it?" Mr. Ke and Mr. Tong immediately stepped forward, while Qu Zhang was still standing there, just looking up at the imperial physician.

The imperial doctor said: "My life is saved, but the wound is too deep and needs to be recuperated. Three days is a critical period. If you can survive it, everything will be fine."

Master Ke and Master Tong patted their chests and said repeatedly: "God bless, God bless!"

The imperial doctor said: "My lords, please save yourself first. My colleagues are still taking care of Mr. Xiao inside. I will go to the palace and report to the official. Three days later, it is still unknown whether it will be a blessing or a curse." After finishing speaking, he shook his head and sighed, holding the The medicine box left quickly.

"Please stay."

Hearing the sound, the imperial doctor suddenly looked back, but saw that the privy envoy stopped him, cupped his hands and said, "What advice does Master Qu have to offer?"

Qu Yuanshi said: "Sir, you should understand that we don't bring any entourage, just to keep it secret, and we have to say something to the officials, and people outside the officials are not allowed to say it."

The imperial physician was taken aback, who was Qu Zhang referring to?If he had warned himself not to reveal to his family that he had worked in the imperial hospital for half his life and often walked in the palace, he naturally knew the truth of keeping his mouth shut, and Qu Zhang asked him to come back, it would not be for this reason.

Besides officials, who should we beware of?
Queen Mother—this was his first instinct.But isn't Qu Zhang the Queen Mother's henchman? Why hide it from the Queen Mother?Is it to invite credit?Let's think about it this way, he was originally an imperial physician, and he didn't want to be entangled in complicated factional struggles, so he agreed again and again, and left with his head buried.

It was almost four o'clock when Qu Yuanshi left. He went home and changed into court clothes, and hurried into the palace to go to court.

Yan Ziqin also vaguely heard that something happened to the envoy of the Liao Kingdom last night. member.

But the father-in-law knew about it, he summoned himself, and Yan Ziqin understood [-]% in his heart that it was definitely related to the assassination of the envoy last night.

Arriving at the Privy Council, Qu Yuanshi retreated from the others, leaned on the table, slightly tired, and said to Yan Ziqin, "Have you heard about what happened last night?"

Yan Ziqin was always respectful in front of his father-in-law, saying: "I have heard a little bit, but I dare not inquire about it."

Qu Yuan said: "Xiao Xi, the envoy of the Liao Kingdom, was assassinated and his life was saved, but the assailant is still at large. Today, the eight city gates and four water gates in Bianliang are closed all day long, in order to capture this person. This move has advantages and disadvantages. Well, since this person can ignore the numerous guards and assassinate Xiao Xi once, there is no guarantee that he will not fight a trapped beast and make a comeback. You know, Xiao Xi is close to the Song Dynasty, and it is far better to have him as an envoy than others, and his life must be saved."

Yan Ziqin said: "I don't know who the culprit will be. This matter may affect the situation in the Song and Liao Dynasties. My father-in-law also mentioned that he surrendered to the Liao Dynasty. Yeluqing, who used to be surnamed Han, is now participating in the Liao Kingdom as a confidential staff member in Beijing. In matters of state, this person is the main combat faction who proposed to tear up the Chanyuan Alliance, and he has to suspect that his people were also instigating the assassination.

"My son-in-law once reported to my father-in-law that the case of Liang Kuan a few months ago was related to Yu Qing, but my father-in-law prevented me from prosecuting the matter. Wouldn't it be better if we could prevent the inevitability?"

Qu Yuanshi lowered his head and said with complicated eyes, "There are many things that I know I need to say, but I can't. But it won't hurt you after all."

Yan Ziqin thought that there was a more secret inside story than the assassination of the envoy of the Liao Kingdom, he cupped his hands and said, "Thank you father-in-law for teaching, I wonder what I can do?"

Qu Yuan said: "Nowadays in the imperial court, I have many people I can use, but you are the only one I can trust. This case is a big case, directly under the jurisdiction of Dali Temple, and the murderer is Yeluqing. It doesn't matter who else is, it must not be from the Song Dynasty, and it must not be related to officials!"

The Xiao family is a common surname in the Liao Kingdom, and all the empresses of all dynasties came from this family. If the person who assassinated Xiao Xi was from the Song Dynasty, those with a heart in the Liao Kingdom would definitely use this to provoke a war at the border. Now that the Xixia war is still undecided, we must not turn against the Liao Kingdom. .

Yan Ziqin knew that this was a difficult job, he was just a young minister, and he had Dali Temple minister on his head, and in the future there would be pressure from the imperial court and even the Liao Kingdom, but there was absolutely no reason to refuse for public or private reasons. Standing up and bowing, he said, "My son-in-law will definitely do his best."

Qu Yuanshi nodded and said, "How is Ning Ning?"

When he mentioned his daughter, a smile barely appeared on his face.

Although Yan Ziqin knew his wife's nickname, but he didn't often hear it mentioned, he was slightly taken aback, and said with a smile: "I've been lethargic recently, but the doctor said that he is in good health, thank you father-in-law for your concern."

Qu Yuanshi said: "This time is different from the past, don't let her get involved. Speaking of her ability to deal with the dead, the outside world has already spread it like a miracle. I know that my daughter is different from when I was a child, maybe it was six years ago. After falling into the water, walk in the underworld for a while. She likes strange things, and I don’t ask about them. But this time, it must not be done. For the sake of the child, for her, you have to be optimistic about her. If not, I don’t mind. The Qu family has two more sets of bowls and chopsticks, and one family of enemies."

The implication is that Yan Ziqin can't look down on Mingshu, and the Qu family will take him back, including the unborn child in his stomach, so that he can take care of him and say goodbye to Yan forever.

After Yan Ziqin left, he could not help but wipe off his cold sweat, and returned to Dali Temple, where the temple's prime minister, master secretary, and judges were still processing the mountain of official documents in an orderly manner.

In fact, the most people in Dali Temple are civil servants. Their daily work is to sit at the desk to write documents and draw up punishments, which is no different from civil servants elsewhere.

It seems that the imperial edict has not yet come down. Yan Ziqin breathed a sigh of relief, nodded his greetings with his colleagues, sat back at his desk, lit a lamp, dipped his eyes in mint water, and began to read the text sent by the state capital. file.

But at home, after Mingshu sent Yan Ziqin away, she took a walk in the garden with her increasingly round belly, Chunxiu and Nanny Chen carefully supported her on both sides.

She originally wanted to go back to her room to sleep after a short walk, but she heard the comments from the servants, saying that the gate of the city is not open yet, and even the slop collectors cannot enter the city, so she didn't know what to do.

"That's strange, it's grown so big, I've never heard of it not opening the city gate." Ming Shu said.

Mother Chen said: "My lady is young, so she has gone through many things. It was more than forty years ago. I was still a boy with a disheveled hair. In my hometown of Wangdu, brother Yeluxiu, a Liao thief, led an army to besiege the city. The city gate is closed during the day, and it will not be opened for several months!"

Ming Shu said: "But this is the capital city, so it's not the Liao people who hit Bianliang!"

Although she is not proficient in history, she also knows that the destruction of Bianliang City was a matter of Song Huizong's time, which is still far away from now, and it is not a Liao people, but a Jin soldier.

Nanny Chen said: "Locking the city during the day is not a good thing after all."

Ming Shu frowned, thinking that she didn't know how Yan Ziqin was doing in the court, so why not ask the most trustworthy Du He to go over and see the situation, and come back and tell me.

(End of this chapter)