Cypress Boat Floating

After leaving Cheng Tianhe's room, Ye Jianqing received Lu Zhixing's order and followed his instructions to find people from the Dali Temple stationed outside the Ministry of War to help investigate Cheng Tianhe.

They then continued walking to the next person's room.

The second room was just opposite Cheng Tianhe's room. It was the room of Lin Xuan, the manager of the Supervision Office.

Lin Xuan seemed to have known they would come. He opened the door and sat quietly inside, even pouring tea. When Lu Zhixing and the others entered, the tea was just the right temperature, neither too hot nor too cold, and very palatable.

"Your humble servant greets the Second Prince, the Eighth Prince, and Lord Qiu." Lin Xuan was neither humble nor arrogant. Upon seeing them approaching from afar, he stood up slowly and walked to the door to greet them.

"It seems that Lord Lin has known that I will be coming soon." Lu Zhixing replied with a smile, but Ye Jianqing noticed that his smile did not reach his eyes.

"It was speculated that the loss of the marching distribution map was a big deal, and the emperor even sent the King of Qin to investigate. According to your experience, if he didn't ask questions yesterday, he should come to question us today. So I prepared early." Lin Xuan welcomed them in and said in a flat and calm tone.

Ye Jianqing still stood at the door and did not go in. Her position was the most suitable for observation.

Lin Xuan was eight feet tall, with a handsome face and a dignified appearance, which was rare in the Ministry of War. From the moment he appeared, Ye Jianqing noticed that Lin Xuan probably had some martial arts skills.

Although he looked a little thin, he walked differently from ordinary people with heavy steps. His steps were light and his feet landed silently. Moreover, he was very careful in every position he stood in, never exposing his back. Every position allowed him to attack or defend.

This is definitely not an awareness that ordinary people would possess. Even Ye Jianqing had to develop it through countless actual combat experiences.

From this, it can be seen that Lin Xuan should have some martial arts skills.

However, his reply surprised Ye Jianqing a little. He spoke out all his speculations about his inner thoughts. People like Lu Zhixing have been in the court for a long time, and they have more thoughts in their hearts than anyone else. What they hate most is others speculating about their psychology. Lin Xuan said it so openly, which might make Lu Zhixing feel uncomfortable.

Unexpectedly, Lu Zhixing burst into laughter after hearing his words: "Master Lin is really smart. He is worthy of being the manager of this supervision office. He even knows the methods of the Ministry of Justice in handling cases very well."

"Your Highness, thank you very much. I don't know the methods of the Ministry of Justice in handling cases, but I just think so. After all, the marching distribution map was lost in the Ministry of War. Your Highness has separated us and controlled us, so I don't think he will leave it alone."

"Since Lord Lin knows that I am coming to question you, I guess Lord Lin has already thought about what to say to me?" Lu Zhixing sat on the chair with a smile on his face, looking at Lin Xuan, his eyes full of scheming that Ye Jianqing could not understand.

"Yes." Lin Xuan paused for a moment and continued, "I went to the study room at noon yesterday and happened to meet Cheng Tianhe coming out of the study room. Tianhe told me that the Minister had not come back yet. In the past, the Minister would have arrived at the Ministry of War at about this time, so I went in and waited inside.

But after waiting for about a quarter of an hour, I still didn't see the Minister, so I left and went back to the supervision office."

"What did you do in the study?" Lu Zhixing asked while playing with the cup in his hand.

"I made a pot of tea, because the Minister loves to drink tea. When I went there in the past, I was the one who made tea for the Minister. So I thought of making tea for the Minister in advance." Lin Xuan did not hesitate at all. As soon as Lu Zhixing finished asking the question, he immediately answered.

"Do you remember what time you arrived at the study?"

"It's probably around 3:45 pm. In the past, I would go to the Shangshu's study just after 1:00 pm to look for the Shangshu-sama."

"It seems that you have a very good relationship with Mr. Qiu."

Lin Xuan and Qiu Xingwei glanced at each other, and Lin Xuan said, "Since I came to Beijing, Master Qiu has taken good care of me and often taught me how to handle affairs. Master Qiu is like my master to me, helping me learn and improve myself."

Lin Xuan's words were so sincere and serious that they made people cry.

"My family is engaged in tea making, so I have quite a bit of experience in the art of tea making. Since I learned that Lord Qiu likes to drink tea, I have often come to the Shangshufang to help Lord Qiu make tea. So every day just after the Mao hour, I will come to the Shangshufang to make tea for Lord Qiu, so that he can drink tea when he comes back from court."

Lu Zhixing listened and picked up the cup of tea that Lin Xuan prepared for them and drank it. He nodded as he drank, "Master Lin's tea art is really good. The tea tastes very good."

"This tea is the latest spring tea from Fengcheng. My father had someone deliver it here some time ago. If Your Majesty likes it, I still have some more here. If Your Majesty doesn't mind, you can take some back to brew." Hearing Lu Zhixing's praise, Lin Xuan rarely smiled, as if he really liked tea.

"No, I won't take someone else's love away." Lu Zhixing refused his tea and turned to ask, "Then do you remember when Lord Lin left the study? Did you see anyone else go to the study?"

"I left in the time it took to drink a cup of tea. My Lord has not returned yet, and I did not dare to stay in the Shangshu study any longer. I extinguished the fire and left after making sure everything was in order. I did not see anyone when I left."

"Lord Lin is quite attentive." Lu Zhixing nodded and said meaningfully.

After asking, he confirmed that there were no more questions to ask, so he stood up and pushed Lu Ci Qiu out of Lin Xuan's room.

Lu Zhixing had no intention of going any further, but instead took Lu Ci Qiu and Ye Jianqing to the Shangshu's study.

"How is it? How do you feel?" Lu Zhixing asked Lu Ci Qiu.

Lu Ci Qiu tapped his chin unconsciously with his fingers. After thinking for a long time, he said, "It seems that all of Lin Xuan's answers were prepared in advance. Did he know what we would ask?"

Lu Ci Qiu was sitting in a wheelchair and couldn't see Lu Zhixing's expression, but he could feel a burst of laughter coming from above his head. He thought that he had said something wrong that made Lu Zhixing laugh, and he felt a little ashamed, and his ears instantly felt better.

"What's wrong? Why are your ears red?" From Lu Zhixing's perspective, he easily noticed that Lu Ci Qiu's ears were red, and asked with a smile.

"Did I say something wrong just now?" Lu Ci Qiu asked embarrassedly.

"No, you are right. I am very pleased. You should have confidence in yourself and think more. Do you feel anything wrong with the conversation between these two people today? How do these two people make you feel?"

Lu Ci Qiu carefully went over what the two people said in his mind. After hearing what they said, he did have a little discovery, but at this moment Qiu Xingwei was also present, he didn't know whether he should say it, so he decided to suppress his doubts for the time being and ask Lu Zhixing when there was no one else around.

Several people came to the Shangshu study from the backyard. Because of the sudden incident yesterday, the study has remained in its original appearance from yesterday to now. Lu Zhixing also had someone watching him and not allowing anyone to approach.

Lu Ci Qiu had difficulty walking, but he didn't want to fall behind. When Lu Zhixing suggested that he wait outside while he went in to take a look, Lu Ci Qiu shook his head and struggled to stand up. Lu Zhixing was worried about his legs, so when he saw that he wanted to stand up, he quickly walked over and held him down.

"What are you going to do?"

"Brother, I'm fine. I can come and help." Lu Ci Qiu looked at his brother innocently, trying to soften Lu Zhixing's heart with this innocent look.

"Nonsense, just stay here, I'm just looking for something, it will be healed soon." Lu Zhixing scolded him in a low voice. The arrow went straight through his calf, he knew how painful it was. In order to prevent Lu Ci Qiu from getting any illness, he had to keep an eye on him and let him rest well.

"I'm really fine. I can do it." Lu Ci Qiu was still struggling desperately.

Ye Jianqing couldn't bear to watch, so he walked over and slapped him on the shoulder, holding him down: "Just stay here honestly, the Second Prince just wants to confirm his guess, you can't help much if you go in, I'll stay here with you."

Lu Zhixing glanced at her and didn't say much. He just lowered his head to confirm with Lu Ciqiu: "I'm just going in to find something. It will be quick. Just wait for me here."

After hearing this, Lu Ci Qiu realized that he seemed to have caused them trouble just now. He nodded obediently, but actually felt a little embarrassed inside.

Lu Zhixing and Qiu Xingwei walked into the Shangshu study, while Ye Jianqing stayed outside the door with Lu Ciqiu.

"Did I cause trouble for my second brother just now?" Lu Ci Qiu looked into the study room but spoke to Ye Jianqing.

Ye Jianqing glanced at him and knew in his heart that Lu Ci Qiu was probably stuck in some dead end.

Once Lu Ci Qiu can't figure out something, he will easily get stuck in a rut and won't let himself go.

Ye Jianqing sighed, rubbed his head with his hand, and said softly: "No, your second brother should be relieved. After all, you have grown up and are seriously thinking about helping him. He should be happy."

"You all know what he is going to do next, but I don't know." Ye Jianqing felt that Lu Ci's eyes seemed to have lost their so-called luster and were blank.

"I think Lord Qiu may not know either. It's just because I've lived longer that I roughly know what he's going to do next."

"At best you have lived one more life, and so have I. In terms of longevity, I should have lived longer than you."

Ye Jianqing nodded and said "You're right", but he was actually very disdainful in his heart, thinking to himself "I've lived more than 20 years longer than you, and I've experienced more than you have."