Yan Shiyue answered the question: "It's so hot, sir, let's eat ice cream!"
Ever since she got saltpeter to make ice, and after arriving at the palace, she often toyed with various fruits, and then asked people to make ice cream, and ate a small bowl of it when it was hot. It was really delicious.
Three bowls were brought up next, and the three of them sat down to eat.
Qu Sinian raised his head several times and didn't know what to say.
While eating, Yan Shiyue spoke to Xu Wen with a lively expression: "Sir, I'm telling you, I have an epiphany when it comes to writing. Do you understand that... that mysterious feeling of writing like a god?"
"Well," Xu Wenqu said calmly, "Let's see and then talk."
She asked someone to go to the study to get the paper she used to practice calligraphy. Xu Wenqu put down his cup, looked at a few sheets carefully, and said in surprise: "I've really improved a lot."
"Hehehe~" Yan Shiyue said: "You pick out the two best ones for me, and I'll take them to Aye to shock him!"
Xu Wenqu smiled and carefully picked out two pieces for her, saying, "If you have something to write about in the future, I'll write it down and you can copy it over."
She immediately said: "I don't..." After thinking about it, he didn't know anyway, so she nodded: "Oh! OK."
Xu Wenqu smiled at her and said nothing.
The two of them were chatting and joking freely, while Qu Sinian was worried and helpless.
It wasn't until she lowered her head to eat ice that Qu Sinian said softly: "Mr. Prime Minister, have you found any witnesses in the case?"
Yan Shiyue glanced at him: "If you can figure it out, you should know about such a big battle, right?"
Qu Si young coughed: "Mr. Prime Minister, I don't know about this matter. Can Mr. Prime Minister take me to interrogate it together?"
She said, "No."
Qu Sinian said: "Isn't it enough to just watch?"
Yan Shiyue put down the small silver spoon: "Can you give me a reason to have an imperial attendant read the case?"
Before he could answer, she said: "If I use the Imperial Attendant to make records, am I being too generous? Am I afraid that the Imperial Attendant will not interfere with me? Everyone says that I am unscrupulous and unruly in my work, but I have done it.
Is there such a thing?"
She looked at him with a smile and said: "Master Qu, don't you even cover up now? Don't cause trouble for your master..."
Qu Sinian felt ashamed for a while.
Yan Shiyue smiled and said: "Master Qu, if you feel uncomfortable, please leave first. I just want to chat with you for a while."
Qu Sinian stood up without saying a word, bowed deeply, and left.
Xu asked Duan Duan: "What? Why do you want to keep him?"
Yan Shiyue thought for a while and said, "Feel it."
Xu Wenqu stopped asking and said to her: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince summoned me yesterday and said that he would leave for Zouxian County at the end of the month. There would be a cultural gathering and he would also go to the Confucius Temple to worship."
"Ah?" Yan Shiyue put down the bowl and wanted to say something but didn't say anything. After all, Xu Liuyuan was a court official. Dayan's only Liuyuan candidate was the newly elected number one scholar. The prince was going to sacrifice to Confucius, so it was inevitable to take him with him.
After the North-South ranking system came out, it was time to appease the literati, so this time the prince went there in person, right?
Yan Shiyue was unhappy and had no reason to lose her temper, so she said angrily: "Who made today's ice cream! It's not sweet at all!"
A day later, the witness of Lin Fujian's poisoning and murder case was finally obtained.
This case was taken over by Dali Temple, and people from Dali Temple were still responsible for the specific affairs.
Although Yan Shiyue was ordered to investigate and deal with the matter, she did not have to do everything personally. It would have been better for someone else to take charge of the general direction, but she was still present throughout the whole process.
In every era, there are corrupt officials, honest officials, those who play tricks on power, and those who are dedicated to the public good. Anyway, she feels that Dali Zheng Qiao Yue, who is responsible for trying the case, respects her very much.
The man who complained was named Zhao En, and it was said that he was the coachman hired by Lin Dalang.
He confessed that they were asleep that night when they suddenly heard a sound. Then he thought it was a thief and did not dare to go out, so he looked out the window.
Then he saw a group of big men walking into the house with torches. The strange thing was that no one in the house got up. He felt something was wrong at that time and did not dare to run, so he hid in the water tank.
There was still water in the tank, so he squatted in and the water just reached the edge of the tank.
He listened to the sounds outside, and someone said, "Mr. Lin Ge said, whatever you find will be rewarded to us!"
Another person said: "These country bumpkins still want to cling to Mr. Ge Lao!"
"That's right, now my life is gone."
In short, these people were searching and chatting, and mentioned Mr. Lin Ge several times.
Then he kicked open the door of the tea room and took a look. Fortunately, he immediately disappeared into the water tank. The man gave a rough light with a torch and left.
Then he hid until dawn and came out. When he came out, he saw that all these people were dead on the couch, but there were no injuries on their bodies.
He was so frightened that he immediately ran away. Then he was found a few days ago and was called as a witness.
Qiao Yue said: "How many people did you see?"
Zhao Endao: "I only saw three...it should have been four! But when I realized something was wrong, I looked for a place to hide, and then I hid in the water tank. I don't know how many people there were."
"Where do they speak with an accent?"
"Capital accent."
"About what time?"
"It should have been around midnight. After they left, I waited for a long time before coming out!"
Qiao Yue suddenly became stern and said: "In the middle of the night, a group of people broke into a house, lit a torch, and talked unscrupulously. How could no one know? They robbed and killed, how dare they be so unscrupulous!"
"The common people don't know!" Zhao En kowtowed repeatedly: "But they did hold a torch and spoke! The common people don't dare to lie!"
Yan Shiyue listened and looked at the file.
It is recorded in the file that the courtyard they rented was at the end of a bridge, close to the bustling Tongqian Lane, with a bridge on one side and a stone carving shop on the other. There was no one there at night, so no one would hear what they were saying by lighting a torch. Qiao Yue also
Just deceiving him.
Moreover, these people died of being poisoned by poisonous smoke, which is indeed consistent with what he said. No one in the room got up.
Qiao Yue asked again: "How does Lin Dalang treat you?"
"Lin Dalang is generous and treats the common people very well."
Qiao Yue said: "Then why didn't you save me then?"
Zhao Endao: "My lord, please forgive me, little one... there are so many of them! The little one doesn't dare! The little one often helps people drive cars. Even if they encounter bandits on the road, due to the rules of the world, the driver just squats on the ground with his head in his hands.
Don’t dare to meddle in other people’s business.”
Qiao Yue asked: "Where did you escape to? What do you do for a living?"
Zhao Endao: "Actually, I didn't go very far. I just wandered around the capital. My family originally had a big car, but now I don't have a big car, so I just did odd jobs, traveling here and there."
Qiao Yue said: "Do you know what Zhao Dalang usually does? Who does he come in contact with?"
Zhao Endao: "He goes back and forth in Tongqian Alley on weekdays. He doesn't need the people to drive him. The people drive him, mainly because the female family members of the family go out... So the people don't know. They only heard that Zhao Dalang often goes gambling and visits those brothels, so the family