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  Chen Yuan was also helpless. The next morning, the first thing he did was to clean up the wine shop that had been smashed with Han Qi.

  During this time, his wine shop made some money, but these wine jars and pots were all made by other workshops, and if they were broken, he had to compensate at the original price. Moreover, the seven or eight jars of wine stored in the store were also smashed, which made all his efforts go down the drain.

  The wine shop had just been swept clean, a horse carriage stopped in front of Chen Yuan's gate, the driver jumped down from the carriage shaft and asked Chen Yuan: "Is this Chen Shimei?"

  Chen Yuan stood up and nodded: "That's right."

  That man sized Chen Yuan up and down, then jerked his head back: "Follow me onto the car, someone wants to see you."

  Outside the city, in the summer sun, the skin is sore and painful. At this time, sitting by the river under the drooping willows to fish, is a kind of romance, also a kind of enjoyment.

  Occasionally, a few gusts of breeze blow across the water surface, making you feel cool and refreshing.

  Chen Yuan followed the carriage to a pond and got off, but the driver didn't get down. He pointed at an old man who was fishing: "Go, our master is waiting over there."

  From behind, Chen Yuan couldn't see who the old man was until he walked in and recognized him: "Prime Minister Lü? I don't know if it's a summons from Your Excellency, but I've committed an offense."

  Lü Yi Jian turned around, made a slight hand gesture, and patted an empty stool beside him: "Come, sit down and speak softly, don't scare away my fish."

  Chen Yuan smiled slightly and walked over to sit down beside him.

  The float on the water's surface didn't move, obviously no fish had bitten yet. Lü Yi seemed to be really afraid of scaring away the fish and asked in a very soft voice, "Has Chai Yang come looking for you recently?"

  Chen Yuan was taken aback by the question and didn't know how to respond. He hadn't paid much attention to the struggles in the officialdom and Jianghu recently, nor did he know which side Lv Xiangguo belonged to, whether he was helping Chai Yang or Pang Taishi?

  After a while of silence, Lü Yi Jian chuckled: "I think that Chai Yang is a trustworthy person, he must not come again to bother."

  Chen Yuan then spoke up: "Prime Minister, you have a discerning eye. He indeed has never come again. Not even wine was allowed to be sent."

  Lü Yi Jian gazed at the water's surface, staring at the float, and said something that made Chen Yuan very indignant: "Master Pang said he must take the little girl from the inn back home."

  Chen Yuan's anger suddenly rose, and he said viciously: "This old man is really detestable!"

  Lv Yi nodded slightly: "Hmm, he's being a bit excessive. Today, that Ouyang Xiou guy might go look for him."

  Chen Yuan didn't know what intention Lü Yi Jian had when he said those things, and followed the topic to ask: "What did he come to me for?"

  Lü Yi Jian grabbed a handful of fish food from the side and scattered it in front of him: "Two things, first, they heard yesterday that Bao Zheng caught the official's family of Pang Tai Shi, a group of people wanted to go with Bao Zheng to accuse Pang Tai Shi, who knew that Bao Zheng finally only accused Pang Ji of a crime of being too lenient. These scholars are not reconciled, Pang An has been beheaded by Bao Zheng, and now they want to turn this matter over again, naturally they will come to us as witnesses."

  Chen Yuan slightly shook his head: "What's the use of making a fuss? A crime of forcibly taking a civilian woman, how can it harm the current Grand Preceptor?"

  Lü Yi Jian turned his head for the first time to look at Chen Yuan, with a somewhat approving gaze: "Not bad, it's great that you can see this point clearly. Bao Gong knew this reason, so he didn't touch Pang Taishi. He beheaded Pang An just to make Pang Taishi back down. Unfortunately, people like Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu have read too many books."

  Chen Yuan thought for a moment, then asked: "May I ask, Prime Minister, what is the second thing they want from me?"

  Lü Yī glanced at Chen Yuan with a hint of amusement: "Apart from testifying, it's likely that you'll also have to persuade Ling Hua to agree to marry Pang Taishi."

  Chen Yuan's face had no anger at this time, and under the gaze of Lü Yi Jian, he said: "They, are they thinking of getting something from the Taishi Mansion?"

  Lv Yi Jian smiled again, and Chen Yuan's gaze was different: "That Hu Jing was originally someone invited by Han Qi. They received the news that Pang Taishi privately withheld the treasures offered by the barbarian country, and Hu Jing was sent by Han Qi to investigate the evidence. It just happened halfway through."

  "Is it because I exposed her?"

  Lü Yi Jian shook his head: "If she hadn't been exposed that day, Ye Lü Ne Ru Gu would have killed her."

  "What's wrong with Yelü Nueru?"

  "It was the Ninth Prince, he is the only son of Yelü Chongguang, ranked ninth in the clan, and is a treacherous person. This time he came to contact Pang Taishi, but disguised himself as a carriage driver, not only Hu Jing, but also Ouyang Xiu and others were deceived by him. If it weren't for going to Kaifeng Prefecture and being seen through by Bao Zheng, his identity might still be unknown to this day." Lü Yi Jian spoke in great detail, as if discussing countermeasures with a high-ranking official.

  Chen Yuan did not pretend to be ignorant this time, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "I think Lord Bao also has no confidence in overthrowing Taishi Pang, let alone wanting to easily intensify the conflict between the two countries. That's why he pretended not to know. However, he seems to know Chai Yang."

  Lv Yi nodded slightly: "Maybe, these Jianghu things, I don't know very well either. I heard that Fan Zhongyan and others wanted to get a pair of jade horses, but they only got one, and the other is in the Taishi Mansion. So, they want to find someone to sneak into the Taishi Mansion and steal the other one too."

  Lv Yi Jian told Chen Yuan, those people of Fan Zhongyan want to send someone to infiltrate the Taishi Mansion, the best way now is to pay attention to Lian Hua. Pang Taishi has already spread the word that he must bring Lian Hua back.

  It's not because the lotus flower is beautiful, nor is it to make some eight characters and five elements match. It's just that now everyone in Bianjing knows about Pang An's affair, Bao Gong beheaded Pang An, although he settled the matter, but also lost face for Master Pang. If even a ordinary inn girl can't be brought back, Master Pang feels like he has no face to go out and socialize.

  Lv Yi Jian said, "Actually, I think they're doing all this for nothing. Even if they prove that Pang An was instructed by the Grand Master, even if that little girl uses her own chastity to exchange for another jade horse, can they really bring down Grand Master Pang?"

  He smoothed out the few strands of hair on his forehead, and Lü Yi continued: "We who are subjects, when can we be at peace? When the emperor likes us, we are at peace. Even if we commit a grave offense against the laws of heaven, nothing will happen to us. This is an unspoken rule that has always existed."

  "What is the unspoken rule in officialdom?"

  "Unwritten rules? Haha, this term is used too well. This unwritten rule, Pang Ji understands, Bao Zheng understands, and I understand. It's just those bookworms who have read too many books about worrying about the country and the world, but they don't understand." Lü Yi Jian was clearly very interested in the term "unwritten rules".

  He looked at Chen Yuan and asked, "How's that? Is there anything else you don't understand?"

  Chen Yuan finally clasped his fists and asked: "I'm just a humble person, I don't understand why the Prime Minister would tell me these things?"

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