Li Qiang raised his polite forehead and shouted, "Senior Brother!"
Qin Hao'ou was stunned for a moment, and after he came to his senses, he pulled Xia Jin to one side and whispered: "I don't think he is qualified to be a cook. Master, are you mistaken?"
Xia Jin raised an eyebrow and said with a smile, "You will know later!"
Xia Jin walked into the private room, Qin Hao'ou was confused, but now is not the time to discuss this.
Zhang Ma and Si Si took Li Qiang to familiarize themselves with the surroundings. There were only Xia Jin and Qin Haoou in the private room.
Xia Jin sat at the low table by the window, and Qin Haoou sat opposite her, pouring tea for Xia Jin and saying:
"Master, I have already investigated the matter you asked me to investigate!"
"Say." Xia Jin took a sip of the tea Qin Haoou poured.
"Let's talk about Beimen Pass first! In fact, this is not a secret. You can get a rough idea with a little inquiry. The master should know that Lin Ziyi's deputy general died in the battle and was framed for poor performance, which delayed the transportation of grain and grass.
Guilty, right?”
Xia Jin nodded and continued!
"In fact, there is no other secret about this matter. It's just a frame-up, and the person who framed him is no one else, but the entire Ministry of War!" Qin Hao'ou spread his hands.
"Isn't Lin Ziyi in charge of the Ministry of War? Why was he framed by the Ministry of War?" Xia Jin asked doubtfully.
"Lin Ziyi is a military general. Most of the time he is either on campaign or training troops. The Ministry of War is nominally under the control of Lin Ziyi, but in fact it has long been occupied by a group of indoor factions on paper! And most of those civil servants are Prime Minister Qu.
People!" Qin Hao'ou looked solemn.
"Therefore, as long as Prime Minister Qu says a word, it is entirely possible for them to do something to delay the food supply! It is not unreasonable for Lin Ziyi to doubt Prime Minister Qu! If it were me, I would also doubt him
!”
Xia Jin put down the tea cup, "No wonder Lin Ziyi collected evidence everywhere but to no avail. It turns out that Prime Minister Qu's hand has reached out to the Ministry of War!"
"Master, the water in the court is very deep, are you sure you want to intervene?" Qin Hao'ou looked at Xia Jin.
"Now it's not whether I want to intervene, but I'm already involved! From the day I agreed to Lin Ziyi's fake pregnancy and refused to be engaged to the Prime Minister's Mansion, I have no choice but to stay out of it!" Xia Jin looked helpless.
"Qu Yunjie wants to kill Dongmen Qian. Where is the best place to die? He has to die in the God of Cookery Hall? It's clear that he wants to frame me! This time I found evidence and got rid of the suspicion, but what about next time? Rather than letting the enemy hide in the dark
, we might as well take the initiative!" Xia Jin said.
"Besides, Qu Linjie has recognized me as Princess Qingxin, so he will definitely try his best to kill me and silence me. Now Lin Ziyi and I are undoubtedly in the same boat!"
"Therefore, I must help Lin Ziyi with this favor, and I must help him to the end!"
Qin Hao'ou realized the seriousness of the situation and did not dare to be careless. He continued: "I went to investigate. When the war at Beimen Pass was tense, it happened to be the day Princess Qingxin disappeared... I sent someone to inquire about the news, and Qu Linjie was not there that day.
In the palace, it’s not at the Prime Minister’s Mansion either, but at Yazhuxuan!”
"Yazhuxuan..."
Xia Jin has an impression of this name. This impression does not come from her, but from the memory in this body.
She had been to that place before. After being placed under house arrest in the cold palace, Qu Rongjie secretly took her out of the palace for a trip, and the place they went to was Yazhuxuan!
Yazhuxuan is a piano room, and that place is a place where some important people talk about things.
In Xia Jin's memory, Qu Linjie took her to Yazhuxuan to negotiate a deal.
Looking back carefully, this incident is actually very strange.
Why did Qu Rongjie bring the original Princess Qingxin to negotiate a business? Could it be that this deal is related to Princess Qingxin?
"I have to go to Yazhuxuan!"
If you find the luthier who played the piano at that time, you should be able to learn something!
In order not to attract attention and be recognized, Xia Jin dressed up as a man and deliberately painted his face yellow and black to look like a dark-skinned teenager.
To enter Yazhuxuan, you need to pay an entrance fee of one hundred taels of silver, and to book a piano room for an hour, it costs one thousand taels of silver, and the piano master will pay extra. These are not what ordinary people can afford!
However, it is still affordable for Qin Haoou who has already paid off his debt.
After paying the entrance fee and booking a piano room, the shopkeeper at the front desk handed them a brochure and said, "Please choose a piano player."
Xia Jin took the booklet, flipped through it, and finally landed on the second page of a piano player named "Green Yi".
"Just choose him!"
"Please go to the piano room and wait for a while!" The maid led them to the second floor.
Not long after, a man in green clothes walked in. He was holding a guqin in his hand, his long hair was disheveled, and there was a gilt pendant between his eyebrows. His face was thin, and the ends of his eyes were dyed with a touch of green powder, which made him look a bit dusty.
The piano masters of Yazhuxuan can serve others, so they all dress up, and men are not included.
Green Yi put down the guqin, sat on the futon, and asked: "Guest, what music do you want to listen to?"
The sound is as soft as spring wind, and like drizzle, tickling people.
"Just play a piece of music that you are good at!" Xia Jin said.
The slender fingers in green flicked the strings, and beautiful music flowed out.
"That day, was this the same piece of music you played, right?" Xia Jin looked at him indifferently.
While playing, Luyi asked, "What day is the guest talking about?"
"Six months ago, the day Qu Rongjie came..."
Green clothes stopped, obviously thinking of something!
Xia Jin stood up and walked to him, "Please, the violinist in green, tell me what they talked about that day!"
The green man nodded slightly, "Don't tell anyone what the guests are talking about. This is the rule!"
"I redeemed my life for you. Now that you are no longer the piano master of Yazhuxuan, can you say that?" Xia Jin said.
Lu Yi laughed, even with a bit of ridicule. "There are many people who want to redeem Lu Yi, but none of them can do it!"
"What if I can!" Xia Jin looked at him.
"Green clothes are very expensive. They all think it's not worthwhile to spend so much money to buy me. It's better for this customer to quit in spite of the difficulties!" Lu Yi smiled, because the ends of his eyes were dyed green, which made his face look special.
Demon.
"Let's negotiate a price!" Xia Jin said.
"Fifty thousand taels."
Xia Jin raised her eyebrows. It had to be said that the price was indeed high, but Xia Jin could still afford it!
"I bought it!"
Green clothes raised his eyes in surprise, his eyes flashing.
"Guest, please make sure...this is fifty thousand taels of silver!"
Xia Jin bowed her waist, raised his chin with her fingers, and said with a smile: "You wait here, I'll pay the money now, and tell me everything you know when you get back!"
Looking at Xia Jin's back as he walked out, Lu Yi was stunned. He thought Xia Jin was just joking, but he didn't expect that Xia Jin really wanted to buy him!
Qin Hao'ou didn't expect the master to be so generous, but if he really knew Qu Rongjie's secret, it wouldn't be a loss to buy it back!