Yan Zhenqing picked up a verdict document with both hands and handed it to Fang Guan's desk.

"What is it?" Fang Guan asked calmly without looking.

"There is a death in Gongyuan, and this is my verdict. The county magistrate refused to accept it, and the capital Yin also refused to accept it, so I had to send it to Menxia Province for Fang Gong to see."

"Because the Chang'an County government can't control Gongyuan! Yan Qingchen, it's enough for you to do your job well."

"In the past, I could tolerate it." Yan Zhenqing said: "There are many things that the East Palace should not come forward for, but this time Ge Nu has gone too far. Recruiting materials is the foundation of the country. Emperor Taizong once said, 'The heroes of the world are in my heart.' The emperor does not

Visiting the scientific examination in person has never happened since the founding of the country! Now that Genu is in control of the examination hall, if he criticizes the ministers and talks loudly, if the remonstrance drums are hung high, and the whole court is as purple as if the horses were standing on the battlefield without saying a word, the foundation of the country will be completely destroyed!"

"Qingchen..."

"Fang Gong, this matter is far more terrible than you expected! Everything is tolerable, but this matter cannot be tolerated. The talented people in the dynasty were all squeezed out and suppressed, and all the people were in the corpse position. The talented people could not enter the officialdom, just like the big trees.

Without roots, rivers without sources, the heroes of the world will only flow to other places, and the overthrow of the country is just around the corner!"

"Bang!"

Fang Guan was furious, slapped the table and yelled: "Yan Zhenqing! Don't be alarmist!"

"At this time, no one except Dong Palace can take action to protect these moves..."

"If Donggong doesn't take action, it's the best way to protect them!"

"But who protects their hearts? If no one of the Gong Gong princes comes forward, who can make up for the disappointment of these talents to the court? If the prince of the country does not stand up at this time, how can the prestige of the clan be sustained?"

Fang Guan raised his hand and wanted to take another shot.

In the end, his hand gently placed on Yan Zhenqing's verdict and put it away.

"Did you know that once the East Palace interferes, all of us will be demoted."

"Sit back and wait for death, and the result will be the same."

"You are not suitable to be appointed as Chang'an County Lieutenant. I plan to seek promotion for you again. This time it will be a post outside."

Yan Zhenqing was stunned, raised his head, and his lips trembled.

He was not convinced.

There are a lot of things I want to say, but I can't say them out.

He wanted to ask Fang Guan whether there was something wrong with him and he was not suitable to be the county captain of Chang'an, or was there something wrong with the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty?!

…

Yanzhai.

There are not many candlesticks in the hall, only six, and the positions are carefully arranged, making it look quite warm.

Wei Yunzheng and Yan Yan were chatting and laughing under the candlelight, while their young second son had fallen asleep.

"Grandpa is back."

Yan Yan's complexion improved a lot. She stood up and bowed Yingying, looking particularly well-behaved.

"The master came here today and gave my daughter a Ganoderma lucidum pill. Can I give her a pair of pills with my grandfather's name next time?"

Yan Zhenqing couldn't help but smile while stroking his beard, feeling much better.

He sat down in the hall, chatted with his family, and asked Yan Yan to go to bed early.

Only the husband and wife were left and turned back to the main room. Wei Yun whispered: "Lang Jun, Madam Liu came here today. After the results were released, Xue Bai disappeared."

Yan Zhenqing had expected it and sighed: "Li Shizhi has been investigated."

"What? If we didn't investigate the Chunwei case, how could we investigate the left prime minister again?"

"He has been out of office for more than half a year, and you are still calling him 'left prime minister'. This is a crime."

Wei Yun muttered in a low voice: "I don't even know who the current left prime minister is..."

Yan Zhenqing's eyes became more and more worried, knowing that Xue Bai must have been implicated by Li Shizhi.

This shameless boy just saved his daughter and stood idly by while it was unreasonable. But what can a mere county lieutenant do about this kind of thing?

"Mother Xian, please go to Xue's house in person tomorrow and remind Lady Liu to ask Mrs. Guo Guo to save her son as soon as possible."

Yan Zhenqing is not a pedantic person. After all, he was forced to give the Xue family an idea...

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Mrs. Guo's Mansion.

Mingzhu walked around the screen, walked to the lobby, and glanced at Yang Zhao lightly.

"Girl, this is specially found for you."

Yang Zhao quickly bent down, smiled apologetically and handed over an extremely delicate gold hairpin.

"Look at the craftsmanship of this golden butterfly. The wings are thinner than paper. The leaves are carved from a single piece of turquoise... They are priceless!"

"I don't know which poor woman you got it from, but my life is thinner than paper and I can't bear it."

When Yang Zhao heard these words, his heart trembled, he bent down even lower, raised his hand and slapped himself, crying: "I'm sorry for you, I fell in love as soon as I saw you, I...

"

"Stop talking." Mingzhu couldn't see how he looked like that, and said: "You were promoted to the imperial censor at the beginning of the year, and now you want an official position. Mrs. Guo Guo can't help you. Go back."

"Yes, yes, I'm not here to seek an official position this time, I'm here to give you a gift... and I'd like to ask the girl to take a look."

Yang Zhao turned sideways, revealing a row of beautiful young people.

They all have beautiful faces and handsome faces. What's rare is that they have different temperaments. Some are elegant, some are handsome, and some are delicate.

"I spent a lot of effort to find it. Why don't you ask Mrs. Guo Guo to come out and take a look?"

"Wait."

Mingzhu didn't dare to make the decision without permission, so she finally returned to the back hall.

After a while, Yang Yuyao came over, looked around at the row of beautiful young people, and said leisurely: "They are really pretty and delicious. Please sign up."

Yang Zhao turned around and reminded: "Sign up."

"I have met... I have met Mrs. Guo Guo. My slave is Xiao Chenghuan from Yangzhou. She is good at playing chess, calligraphy and painting."

"I am Xue...Xue Xue Taibai?"

"Pfft."

Yang Yuyao suddenly laughed, covered her mouth with a round fan and asked, "Who taught you this name?"

Xue Taibai was so frightened that he knelt down and responded: "Yes...yes...my name is Xu Taibai..."

"Okay, okay." Yang Yuyao waved her fan, "It seems that my cousin heard that Xue Bai was imprisoned in Dali Temple, so he specially found these handsome men to make me happy."

Yang Zhao smiled and said: "Yes, Xue Bai is involved in a relatively big case this time, and I can't do anything about it, so I have to make this move..."

"Well, it's really a big case." Yang Yuyao was still laughing, "By the way, you heard that he wrote a poem the day before yesterday."

"When it comes to poetry, these young people know it too..." Yang Zhao was halfway through his words when he saw that Yang Yuyao wanted to read Xue Bai's poem first, so he had to pretend to be attentive.

It is rare that Yang Yuyao can recite a poem this time and sing it softly.

"Thousands of houses are like a chess game, and twelve streets are like vegetable beds."

"Looking far away and slightly entering the morning fire, there is a star constellating five doors to the west."

Yang Zhao was stunned when he heard this.

He originally thought it was amazing, but now he listened and couldn't understand whether the poem was good or bad, but he could tell that it was just a poem about Chang'an City.

“I wonder what’s so special about this poem?”

"It's nothing special." Yang Yuyao smiled more and more, and said leisurely: "It's just that Xue Bai saw Chang'an on the Danfeng Gate Tower and was inspired by it. By the way, do you know the name of this poem?"

"I don't know..."

"The title of this poem is not easy to remember." Yang Yuyao thought for a while and said, "It seems to be "Fenghe Shengzhi Forbidden Garden served the saint all night long playing dominoes and then the Daming Palace tower watched the lanterns and responded to the song", right?"

Yang Zhao didn't hear it clearly at first, and it took him a while to figure it out.

"Bone... domino?"

When he realized what he was doing, he was stunned.

"My cousin's gift is too heavy, take it back."

Yang Yuyao waved her hand proudly and took the pearl back to the backyard.

The more she thought about her performance just now, the more satisfied she felt, and she couldn't help but say: "My pearl, I recently discovered that only that kind of... that kind of, um, very smart man can catch my eye..."
Chapter completed!