When Zhao Yanping was not in the capital, Gillian and Lu Taigong's granddaughter-in-law Mei walked frequently.

My aunt mentioned that Gillian couldn't stay at home all the time and should walk around with Mrs. Guan more. Gillian understood the reason, but although Zhao Yanping was favored by some officials in the officialdom, Gillian's identity was awkward. Without Mrs. Guan, Gillian had no way to make friends. Besides, someone really invited her to visit. Gillian had to ask if the other party is reliable first. If it was the kind of person who just wanted to curry favor with Mrs. Lu or King Xuan through Zhao Yanping, Gillian could not go.

Unexpectedly, Mei took the initiative to hand over a visiting post, hoping to come to Lion Lane to ask Jiao for tips on making soup.

Gillian was of course happy.

Mei brought her three-year-old son Lu Jun. Little Lu Jun was the same year as Meng Zhao. Meng Zhao was quiet and well-behaved. Lu Jun was naughty and found that two hens were buckled in the Zhao family's yard. Lu Jun ran over and lifted the basket. The two hens flapped their wings and ran around. Lu Jun laughed and chased after her, which made Mei frown.

"The grandfather-in-law is busy with business and rarely has time to stay at home. Her husband and father-in-law have both good tempers, so she makes the child like this." Mei shook her head and sighed, envious of Meng Zhao's sensibility.

Gillian also envied Lu Jun's strong courage. She always felt that Meng Zhao was too quiet. Such a child would not make his parents angry, but what should I do if he was bullied by other naughty children when he went out? It was okay for her family to be at home. Meng Zhao would also go to the official school in a few years. Her cousin Xue Yan had fought with others in the official school. Gillian was really worried that Meng Zhao would be bullied.

Mei smiled and said, "Don't be afraid. Brother Jun and Brother Zhao'er were the same year. They went to the official school together. Brother Zhao learned and asked him to help Brother Jun. If anyone dared to bully Brother Zhao, let Brother Jun fight for him."

Gillian looked at Lu Jun's sturdy little arms and thought this was really a good idea.

The children had their own maid watching, and Gillian took Mei to the kitchen.

Mei came for Lu Taigong. Lu Taigong is old and always has some minor problems in his body. He has a cough today and his spleen and stomach are discomfort tomorrow. Lu Taigong has a bad temper. The chef of the Duke's Mansion is so worried that he is so angry that he can't make food that suits Lu Taigong's appetite. Only Mei learned chicken soup from Ajiao to make it so happy that Lu Taigong drank it. Mei wanted to learn more from Ajiao.

Lu Taigong was Zhao Yanping's mentor. Gillian certainly hoped that the old man would be healthy and live a long life, and taught Mei's dishes and soups that he was good at. After Mei left, Gillian continued to think about more food. Sometimes Mei came to find her, and sometimes Gillian took Meng Zhao to visit the Duke Liguo Mansion. If you have something to do, April passed unknowingly.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, Liu looked at the empty chair that belonged to his son and sighed softly: "Yanping is busy with food and doesn't care about eating. Now he is handling a case there, so he has no mind to celebrate the festival."

Gillian also missed Zhao Yanping, but at this time she could not say those depressed words anymore, and said with a smile: "When the official comes back, we will make another rice dumpling and make up for him for Dragon Boat Festival."

Liu still missed his son. The murderer in Jingzhou killed seven people in a row, which was not ordinary ruthless. Liu was worried that his son would be in danger.

Gillian deliberately changed the topic and said, "Sakura should be three months pregnant, and her pregnancy is stable. I wonder if she will be in a hurry to open a shop in Shuozhou. When my mother has time, she will give it to Sakura. No, you can write it directly to the third master and let him keep a close eye on it and don't let Sakura get tired."

Speaking of his pregnant young daughter, Liu really took off his attention and went to write a letter after dinner.

Gillian also wanted to write a letter to Zhao Yanping, but was worried that he had solved the case and was on his way back to Beijing, and his letter could not be delivered to him. If it fell into the hands of outsiders, it would be bad if he read the letter.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, Mei came over again. The two of them were studying the recipe while chatting. As they chatted, they talked about the case in Jingzhou.

Last year, Zuo Shaoqing Cai Qi went to Jingzhou and did not find the murderer after three months of investigation. As for how Cai Qi was investigated, others may not know it. Lu Taigong knew it. When he went to his children and grandsons, Mei heard something from her husband.

Mei told Gillian everything she knew.

Ajiao frowned: "It's so difficult to investigate, it seems that my official will not be able to solve the case in advance."

Mei said: "It's not necessarily true. The old lady said that there are many things to do with solving cases, but sometimes it depends on luck. For example, the key clue is a hair. Sending hundreds of constables to lie on the ground to find them may not be able to see them. Only one is sent. Maybe the constable fell and happened to fall in front of the hair."

A Jiao recalled several cases that Zhao Yanping told her and said, "My official is particularly good at hearing clues from other people's words. His eyes are poisonous and his mind is quick. There was a case of being framed and raped. When my official saw that the man who was framed and the man was stained with the deceased's lipstick on his neck, he guessed that the two were in love, not coerced and raped."

Mei has been observing Gillian for a long time. After Gillian finished speaking, Mei teased: "When you mention Lord Zhao, your eyes are brighter than usual. It turns out that you are a newly married couple."

Gillian blushed. She and Zhao Yanping were newly married. They were together when they were in Wu'an County.

"Actually, you don't need to say it. I also know that Lord Zhao must be a good judge. Otherwise, how could our old lady accept him as his disciple? Since the old lady sent Lord Zhao, it means that the old lady believes that Lord Zhao can solve the case. Don't worry, wait for Lord Zhao to solve the case, and the court will reward him according to the merits." Mei said with a nice voice.

Gillian didn't care whether Zhao Yanping could be rewarded. As long as he could come back safely, it would be better to catch the murderer so that the people of Jingzhou would no longer have to panic.

In mid-May, three fast horses galloped all the way to the gate of the capital. The soldiers guarding the city checked the three men's route and let them go.

Zhao Yanping took Dai Chang and Li Yan to Dali Temple first.

Duke Lu met him with two young masters of Dali Temple.

"Have you caught the murderer?" As soon as Zhao Yanping and the other two came in, Lu Taigong couldn't help asking when he saw Dai Chang's face was happy.

Zhao Yanping nodded and handed over the closing statement that Magistrate Lu had covered the official seal to Lu Taigong.

After reading it, Mr. Lu handed over it to the two young ministers of Dali Temple.

Zuo Shaoqing Cai Qi looked at him from the beginning with a calm face and found that the process of solving the case written above was very simple, but all the key clues to be mentioned were mentioned, and even praised some of his actions last year, but there was no sentence Zhao Yanping boasted either openly or secretly. Cai Qi glanced at Zhao Yanping, continued to look down, and then handed it to You Shaoqing Xu Huo after reading it.

After Xu Huo finished reading, Cai Qi frowned and said, "In other words, you first suspect that the murderer killed Zheng Lu to retaliate against Zheng Yong, and then based on Zheng Yong's abnormal reaction, he suspected that Ni's death had another hidden truth. Then he learned from the neighbors that Ni had had a good relationship with a little beggar. After having the clues of the little beggar, you interrogated other beggars in the city one by one, and found that the little beggar went to the temple to be a monk. You checked all the temples around the city, and finally found Nian En, and found evidence in his room. He also confessed that all of them? Except for the killing of Zheng Lu, the others insulted him when he begged for alms, and he held a grudge and caused the murder."

Zhao Yanping explained: "This is a notice I asked the Jingzhou government to post. In fact, the real clue is that except for Zheng Lu, the other deceased have the bad habit of treating women harshly..."

Zhao Yanping made such arrangements, even the prefect Lu fooled him, in order not to let those women who had already gained peace fall into the quagmire again, and be vented by his husband's family and criticized by the people. Although Nianen killed people for his own selfish desires, he also hoped that those women would live well and would be willing to cooperate with his statement. Zhao Yanping also reminded those women separately not to let their words go.

The people of Jingzhou are only concerned about catching the murderer and solving the case, and will not carefully investigate Nianen's motive for murder.

After hearing about the real process of solving the case, Mr. Lu touched his beard and nodded. This little apprentice is really good. He can solve the case, and he is polite to the people. He has a very thoughtful arrangement.

Cai Qi was very ashamed. When he investigated the case last year, he also heard that Zheng Yong had the bad habit of beating women. However, because the second person who confirmed his identity was a good person praised by his son, daughter-in-law and neighbors, and had no enemies. Zheng Yong's ex-wife died for too long and did not revenge Zheng Yong's suspect for her, Cai Qi ignored this clue.

"I'm so old, not as good as you young people." Cai Qi said with a wry smile.

He was also fifty years old. He had hope of being promoted when he was removed from office as the Minister of Dali Temple. Unexpectedly, the emperor invited Lu Taigong, who had resigned from office and retired.

Zhao Yanping bowed and said, "Your Majesty, you don't have to be humble. The three of you can solve this case. You have to rely on your thorough investigation in Jingzhou last year, so that we can avoid many detours. If you don't have the investigation by your Majesty, you will definitely have to take care of all aspects like you do when you arrive in Jingzhou. Once there are many things and there are many complicated things, you will inevitably be negligent."

Cai Qi felt very comfortable after hearing this. He failed to solve the case last year, but he was not idle for a few months in Jingzhou. He was worthy of his guilt. Lu Taigong did not praise him or blame him, but most officials and people only judge people based on the results. If they cannot solve the case, it is useless and incompetent.

Compared with those people, Zhao Yanping, who was grateful for his efforts, immediately became likable.

You Shaoqing Xu Huo narrowed his eyes.

Xu Huo saw Zhao Yanping's performance after being accepted by Duke Lu's disciples. Seeing that Zhao Yanping never made friends with other officials, Xu Huo thought that like Duke Lu, Zhao Yanping was just like Duke Lu, who only cares about solving the case and not caring about human relationships. Unexpectedly, Zhao Yanping solved the Jingzhou corpse burning case that shocked the dynasty, and was not arrogant or impatient, and even flattered Cai Qi.

Anyone can see that Lu Taigong couldn't stay in Dali Temple for long, and Xu Huo had been secretly competing with Cai Qi for the qualification to succeed the Dali Temple Minister. Zhao Yanping broke the Jingzhou case, which made Cai Qi useless and showed his goodness. However, Zhao Yanping did not forget to mention Cai Qi's goodness in three sentences. The emperor saw it, how could he not be biased towards Cai Qi?

"The closing statement for the prefect Lu can be written like this, but the one who submitted the memorial to the emperor should tell the truth. Why don't I write another statement again?" Xu Huo first praised Cai Qi and Zhao Yanping's respective contributions, and even the flattery of Lu Taigong's keen eyes on people was slapped, and then he took the initiative to propose.

Cai Qi pursed his lips.

Zhao Yanping looked at Lu Taigong.

Mr. Lu just didn't like the intrigues in the officialdom, so he still understood the show. He took back the closing statement written by Zhao Yanping and said, "No need to be so troublesome. I will go to see the emperor now. I will report the details to the emperor one by one. But you have kept your mouth tightly in my mouth. You are not allowed to spread it out in just a few words, so that the peace of the women in Jingzhou will be spared."

Zhao Yanping and others nodded.

Duke Lu put away the case closing statement, leaned on a crutch, and slowly went to the imperial study to find Emperor Chunqing.

Last year, Lu Taigong did not praise Cai Qi because Cai Qi failed to solve the case. He had no reason to praise it. This year, the case was solved. Lu Taigong sat on the chair given by Emperor Chunqing, and the credit given to Cai Qi and Zhao Yanping was not a word. Of course, Zhao Yanping was the last apprentice he received in his old age, and he also gave him such a face. Lu Taigong praised Zhao Yanping the most.

Emperor Chunqing thought to himself, you have never praised your son like this.

However, after reading the closing statement written by Zhao Yanping, Emperor Chunqing also admired Zhao Yanping more and more.

He is talented and virtuous, does not form cliques, but is also well-versed in human relationships and worldly affairs, and knows how to give him the title as decent as he should be. Zhao Yanping is really a good jade.

"You always tell me, what's the point of rewarding him?" Emperor Chunqing asked with a smile.

Mr. Lu touched his beard and said, "The old minister really can't do it anymore. Cai Qi is cautious in his trial of the case. The emperor can rest assured to hand over the Dali Temple to him. Although Xu Huo was a little cautious, he still had some real skills in the trial of the case. Zhao Yanping had only been in Dali Temple for more than two years and his qualifications were not enough. If the emperor wanted to, he would give him the Zuo Temple Chief Dangdang."

Mr. Lu said, "My apprentice can be named a higher official but he is not qualified enough to feel wronged first."

Eunuch Gao, who was standing next to him, couldn't listen anymore. The old lady knew that Zhao Yanping had only been in Beijing for more than two years, and had been promoted from a ninth-rank small official to a seventh-rank official. Now he had to be promoted to a fifth-rank Zuosi Temple Master in one breath. This kind of promotion speed was like firecrackers rushing upwards. Who else in the capital had ever encountered it?

But then again, Lu Taigong resigned first, and Dali Temple will have an official position change. If Lu Taigong did not move, Zhao Yanping would have to wait a little longer if he could be promoted. Lu Taigong used his official position to win an opportunity for his disciples to promote him. When Lu Taigong left Dali Temple, what kind of chance Zhao Yanping would have in Dali Temple will depend on him.
Chapter completed!