On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the weather was sunny, with high clouds and gentle wind.
The old almanac shows: various matters.
At dawn, a long procession led by the emperor set off from the main entrance of the palace. Qi Yu, on the other hand, reported illness at home and fried vegetable balls according to his original plan.
Qi Dalang greedily smelled the fragrance of the oil, and his heart was filled with happiness.
Over the years, Mrs. Zhou and Liu Quan have long been accustomed to his cooking, and they no longer have any worries about being a gentleman and staying away from the chef.
While frying meatballs, Qi Yu shared his thoughts after watching the sunset that day: As I said before, home is not a cold house, but a sincere emotion. Wherever your family is, that is your home.
In fact, Qi Dalang realized this many years ago, but these years of wandering north and south and leaving his hometown gave him a sense of confusion like a rootless duckweed.
Every time I think about this, I can't help but feel ripples of sadness.
Confucius said, "You stand tall at thirty, and you don't get confused at forty."
He is now somewhere between the two. Isn't he in this confused year?
Seeing that her son's tone was a bit bitter, Mrs. Zhou quickly picked up a fragrant vegetable ball and stuffed it into his mouth, and persuaded him as she did to him when he was a child: "Ah Ma, stop thinking about it, eat something delicious."
Just open your mouth..."
ah!
I was just sighing about life, why did it become sad?
Qi Yu smiled and was about to explain to his mother when he suddenly heard someone calling from the front yard.
who?
Qi Dalang took off his apron and walked to the gate. He looked up and saw a familiar-looking boy waiting to see him.
Oh...I remember.
Isn't he the boy from the wine shop?
Not long ago, when I invited Yin Jun to have a private gathering, he even did some errands for me, which was quite impressive.
"I have met Mr. Qi."
"What do you want from me?"
"It's like this. Mr. Yin from the Metropolitan Procuratorate would like to invite you to our store for a chat. I hope you will come to our shop." After seeing the ceremony, the young man directly stated his intention.
"Eh? Didn't he go to worship heaven today?" Qi Yu immediately noticed something was wrong when he heard this.
Could it be that there is something important to discuss?
Then you have to go.
Qi Yu thought for a while, nodded and said: "You go first, I will be there soon."
"yes!"
After the boy left, Qi Yu immediately informed his family and told them that he was going out to meet guests.
Both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are now senior women in the officialdom, so they naturally know the importance of social interactions in officialdom, so they don't have any trouble with his half-measures.
A farmer has his own wine shop, let alone a feudal official?
"You have to remember, eat more vegetables and drink less!"
"I understand, thank you madam for reminding me."
…
Speaking of Qi Yu, he moved quickly and quickly arrived at the wine shop he was invited to.
As soon as they met, he couldn't help but asked Yin Jun: "I said, as the Zuodu censor of the Duchayuan, how can you not attend the ceremony to worship the heaven? Could it be that you also took sick leave like me?
?”
"I'm not sick."
"Then why?"
"Sit down first and let me explain in detail slowly."
Yin Jun closed the door, and then said: "To tell you the truth, His Majesty specially asked me to stay here. He asked me to watch and think more, and to handle an emergency in a flexible way."
"Sudden?...What happened?" Qi Yu asked curiously.
"Perhaps you don't know that something big has happened to the old man Yue Sixian's family!" Yin Jun said gloatingly while pouring wine.
"His house? What's going on? Come on, tell me." Qi Yu was stunned at first, then said happily.
"It's like this. Early this morning, the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture received a report from the inspector, saying that Yue Sixian's mansion had been robbed. When the police arrived, they found that the Yue Mansion was already empty and only the remaining
The scene was in a mess. After investigation, all the belongings in his home were not found, so it was determined to be a possible robbery. However, what is strange is that there were neither signs of fighting nor any casualties at the scene.
It's really strange that not even a drop of blood was found." Yin Jun cut out the complicated and simplified the case, concisely explaining the case.
"Claim it as robbery?" Qi Yu thought as he listened, seemingly muttering to himself.
"Yes, your Majesty thought this case was relatively important, so he kept me here for detailed investigation," Yin Jun replied.
"Then... where is Mr. Yue Si now?"
"Currently, he and his family are missing, and despite repeated inquiries, there is still no news."
this……
Something seems not quite right.
Qi Yu nodded and said, "There must be something weird hidden in this."
"Not only is it weird, I even feel that even His Majesty is trying to sell things off with me." Yin Jun said with a bitter smile.
"How do you say this?"
Yin Jun put down his wine glass and analyzed: "Normally speaking, any case involving the royal family will usually be supervised by Shuntian Mansion or Dali Temple, but this time, His Majesty chose me. Isn't it strange?
You see, he told me to watch more and think more, and to deal with things flexibly, don’t you think there’s something in this?”
Not only is there, it's also very obvious.
Qi Yu nodded and said, "Are you sure?"
"Nonsense, if I could figure out the holy intention, why would I ask you out?" Yin Jun said angrily.
"..."
Then, the two of them frowned and thought carefully.
After a while, Qi Yu smiled, as if he had thought of something.
Yin Jun was overjoyed when he saw this and asked: "Why, did you smooth it out?"
Qi Yu said with a smile: "That's about right, then I'll tell you a little bit about it. In terms of its nature, this case is an unsolved case. What it really is cannot be judged from the appearance alone. I think it needs to be combined with
Make logical deductions based on the current environment. Only in this way can we detect the real clues."
Yin Jun nodded and motioned for him to continue...
According to Qi Dalang's analysis, there are two major doubts in this case.
The first is about the feasibility of robbery.
Everyone knows that the capital is the best place under the emperor's feet. It is as heavily guarded as the military camp. As long as a thief with a brain will basically not plot anything here. Even if he has the thief's heart, he does not have the courage.
Moreover, now is the festival period, and the intensity of patrols is higher than usual. It is tantamount to wishful thinking to carry out a robbery in this environment. Even if they are lucky enough to succeed, how can they leave afterwards? Really, the defense of the nine gate admirals is
Can’t decorate?
Therefore, the feasibility aspect is basically unreasonable.
There is also the matter of logic.
Why do you think this is a robbery?
Just because Yue Mansion’s belongings were missing, his family members disappeared? What if they took Xinruan out to ‘avoid misfortune’?
As the saying goes, it is better to catch a thief and catch the stolen goods. Nowadays, there are no thieves in the net and there is no stolen money in the world. Would it be too arbitrary to characterize it as robbery?
Qi Yu believed that this was most likely a farce directed and performed by Yue Sixian. As for its motive, it was most likely related to the impeachment of Queen Su.
"You mean to say that this old man is afraid of being retaliated against, so he runs away secretly?" Yin Jun asked.
"It is indeed possible. You have to know that Queen Su is not a religious man. If she waits for her to recover, it will be too late for him to leave."
Qi Yu smiled and said: "You also know that the Yue Sixian family is inherently guilty. If His Majesty hadn't been forgiving, how could he have survived to this day? In other words, even if he had some shortcomings, he deserved what he deserved. How could the Emperor do it?
Will we look into it further?"
Yin Jun was suddenly enlightened when he heard this, nodded and said: "I understand, this old thief Yue Sixian wanted to deliberately create an illusion that he was kidnapped, but let the investigators find nothing to investigate, so that he could keep his title.
, and avoided retaliation, it was really a clever move to survive by cutting off the tail. I guess His Majesty saw through the motive of his move, so he asked me to deal with it flexibly."
"Smart man!" Qi Yu gave him a thumbs up, and then said: "Do you still remember that on the day of watching the moon, Yue Sixian was sick at home and did not come out. I guess,
It is very likely that he chose to dock his tail in order to survive at that time.”
"Did he get some news at that time? Or heard some rumors?" Yin Jun continued to speculate.
"I do not know then."
"Well, I know what to do. Come on, let's have a drink and one of us can go!"