Hearing this, Lu You thought about it and shook his head, "I don't know."

"I don't know?"

Qin Peng was stunned: "You have been serving me closely for these years..."

"I was a personal servant, but Master Liu and Qin Shuhuai had almost no contact. The only time Master Liu came to visit was when Dong Wanyi died."

"Ah? Why are you fighting?"

Qin Peng was stunned. Dong Wanyi was dead. Why did Liu Shuyan come to his house?

"Well, Lord Liu came to our house, had a fight with Qin Shuhuai, and then left. I don't know why."

Qin Peng: “…”

This Liu Shuyan is really a mysterious man, but this further proves that Liu Shuyan and Qin Shuhuai have some unknown relationship, otherwise Liu Shuyan would not come to the door for no reason.

Qin Peng thought seriously and suddenly remembered something: "After Jiang Yi died, were you the one who collected the body?"

"No, in fact..." Lu You frowned, "After the young lady died, I only had time to see her once in the morgue, and then her body disappeared. Qin Shuhuai ordered people to look for it, but they couldn't find it."

Qin Peng nodded and understood this. After Qin Shuhuai killed Jiang Yi, Bai Zhi stole Jiang Yi's body.

"However," Lu You said carefully, "I still buried the old lady and the major general and his men."

After hearing this, Qin Peng was stunned.

She was forced to marry into Qin Shuhuai's mansion after being in Jiang Yi's body for a short time. She didn't have much contact with the Jiang family, so she didn't have much affection for Jiang Yi and Dong Wanyi's relatives. However, since she borrowed someone's shell, she naturally had to bear the obligations as a daughter. And if she didn't feel anything at all, Lu You would be suspicious.

So she pursed her lips, lowered her head and asked, "Where is he buried?"

"Tingfeng Pavilion on the outskirts of the city is five miles south."

"I see."

Qin Peng nodded, chatted with Lu You for a while, and then let Lu You go.

When she returned, Bai Zhi was looking through the first-hand information sent by Lu You's men. Bai Zhi was a natural strategic machine with strong execution ability. With her around, Qin Peng wanted to live a life of luxury. However, she knew that she could never show such a mentality in front of Bai Zhi, so she said seriously, "I went to get information today."

"I know. I also ate snacks on the street for half an hour."

Qin Peng choked for a moment. Bai Zhi looked at the marks on her mouth and sneered.

Qin Peng cleverly avoided Bai Zhi's question and turned around and said, "I think there are some little secrets between Liu Shuyan and Qin Shuhuai that no one else knows. Today, Lu You told me that after Dong Wanyi died, Liu Shuyan and Qin Shuhuai had a fight. You can ask someone to check it out."

Bai Zhi nodded. Qin Peng flipped through the messages and asked casually, "Who is Zhang Ying going to recommend?"

"Zhao Ying, the attendant reader of the Hanlin Academy." Bai Zhi handed a piece of paper to Qin Peng.

"Zhao Ying?" Qin Peng opened the white paper and quickly browsed the information of this person. Bai Zhi explained: "This person is a doctor of the Five Classics and has excellent knowledge."

"Doctor of the Five Classics, I remember it was Shijin, right?"

"Yes," Bai Zhi nodded, "So this person is someone who has been familiar with the Five Classics since childhood and has a very solid foundation."

"What about your Wang Ke?" Qin Peng was a little worried. Bai Zhi smiled and said, "I have read their articles. Wang Ke's talent is definitely not inferior to Zhao Ying's."

Qin Peng nodded, then thought: "What about Liu Shuyan?"

"This one..." Bai Zhi frowned, "This one is the son of Master Liu, born in a family of scholars. When he was young, he wrote an article called "Ode to Mountains and Rivers" that shocked all the countries. But that was the only article. After that, he gave up writing and joined the army. He gained a foothold in the court as a military general. Apart from that article "Ode to Mountains and Rivers", he has no other works. So, it's hard to say."

"Why is it difficult to say?"

"If 'Shan He Fu' was really written by Liu Shuyan, and his daily level is just like this, I'm afraid it would be hard for anyone to surpass him in poetry and song. But he only wrote this one piece, so it's hard to say whether it was luck or talent."

"I understand." He lay on the ground, one hand supporting his head, the other hand on his leg, tapping it gently as if it were on the table, thinking: "Then how about this competition, a strategy contest?"

"Can."

"But I'm still a little worried," Qin Peng raised his eyes: "What kind of person is Liu Shuyan?"

"I went to see him today," Bai Zhi thought, "He seems to be a man who is very confident in himself. I saw in his profile that he loves drinking."

After hearing this, Qin Peng understood that Bai Zhi was reminding her. The two looked at each other, Qin Peng smiled, nodded and said, "That's it."

The two men discussed it, and when they went to court the next day, Zhang Ying indeed recommended Zhao Ying.

Qin Shuhuai still recommends Liu Shuyan.

Qin Peng, on the other hand, looked hesitant and recommended Wang Ke.

Qin Shuhuai seemed quite surprised to hear Wang Ke's name. He turned around and frowned: "Hanlin Academy Editor... Your Highness, would you like to change to someone with a higher rank?"

Seeing that Qin Shuhuai was uncomfortable, Qin Peng was happy and said happily: "Selecting talents is about talent, not official rank. If the Regent wants to use official rank as the threshold for selecting talents, I am afraid it will hurt the hearts of students all over the world."

After hearing this, Qin Shuhuai bowed his head respectfully: "Princess, you are right."

Qin Peng felt a little strange when he saw Qin Shuhuai like this, and always felt that something was wrong.

After both parties decided on the candidate, they decided on the assessment method, planning to have the candidates write policy essays in public in the main hall tomorrow, and then Qin Shuhuai, Qin Peng, Zhang Ying and ten representative officials would vote anonymously on the spot to decide the candidate.

After deciding on this plan, Qin Peng caught up with Wei Yan who was returning to the Wei family after the court session. Wei Yan now held the honorary title of General Zhennan in the court. He could go to court when he wanted to, and stay at home if he didn't want to. Today, Wei Yan had nothing to do, so he went to the court. After the court session, he walked out of the palace gate.

Qin Peng chased after him and whispered, "Uncle! Uncle!"

Wei Yan paused and watched Qin Peng come to his side in a sedan chair. He walked leisurely and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, will you come back with me?"

"right."

Qin Peng nodded and said anxiously: "But let me ask you something first."

"Um?"

"Are you familiar with Liu Shuyan?"

After hearing this, Wei Yan was a little surprised. He didn't understand why Qin Peng asked him this. Liu Shuyan and he had met on the battlefield before. Nowadays, most of the young generals were frequently transferred to the south and the north, and almost all of them were familiar with each other. So Wei Yan nodded: "Fortunately, why are you asking this, sister-in-law?"

"Does he like drinking?"

"Not bad?" Wei Yan thought about Liu Shuyan's temper. Qin Peng nodded, took out a package from his sleeve and handed it to Wei Yan: "Go drink with him tonight, you can't go with anyone else."

Holding the things in his hand, Wei Yan finally understood Qin Peng's plan. He said with a smile, "Do you really need to do that?"

"This is Zuixian Powder. When added to wine, it can increase the purity and aroma of the wine. Most importantly, after drinking it, the alcoholic strength can be several times greater than usual. Take him to Shilixiang in East Third Lane, and you should drink less."

"Okay, I got it." Wei Yan put the medicine into the bag, and then said to Qin Peng: "Don't worry too much, he probably doesn't want to be the Grand Tutor yet."

"Who knows?" Qin Peng smiled. "Ming'er is still young, and the Grand Tutor is half his relative. How Ming'er thinks about things, how he thinks about me and Qin Shuhuai, the position of Grand Tutor is crucial." Qin Peng's face became colder and colder. "I will never let anyone else take this position."

Qin Peng was not sure that he could restore Zhao Peng's identity.

If Zhao Yu was unwilling to accept her, she was destined to be Qin Peng for the rest of her life. She was not the kind of person who would cut off all her options and leave no room for retreat. She would slowly plot her way forward, and this was Qin Peng's style of doing things.

Thinking about this, Qin Peng turned around and urged Wei Yan: "Hurry up."

"Then I'll go," Wei Yan raised his eyebrows, "What benefits can my sister-in-law give me?"

"What benefit do you want?"

"I haven't eaten the food cooked by my sister-in-law for a long time," Wei Yan sighed, "I miss it so much."

"Alright, hurry up."

Qin Peng pushed him and Wei Yan accepted it with a smile. Qin Peng lowered the curtain, closed his eyes, and began to think about other things.

She went back and prepared a group of assassins, and had them ambush outside Shilixiang, and then prepared all the cheating tools. When they rested, it was almost night. Qin Peng looked at the sky, thought about it, and decided to go see Jiang Yi's family. So she asked someone to prepare a horse and went to the outskirts of the city.

Wei Yan coaxed and deceived Liu Shuyan, and finally dragged him to Shilixiang to drink. Liu Shuyan was a wine-loving playboy. Normal people would not go out to play with friends the day before such an important competition, but Liu Shuyan was different. He not only played, but also had a lot of fun.

But he knew what he was doing. With his many years of experience in drinking, he knew how much he could drink as soon as the wine started coming out. He originally planned to just drink a little and leave, but who knew that the wine tasted so fragrant and pure that he couldn't help but feel reluctant to give it up, so he took small sips and chatted with Wei Yan.

As they chatted until dark, he didn't know why, but he felt a little sleepy. He knew something was wrong, so he looked up and smiled, "This wine is quite strong."

"Is it strong?" Wei Yan sniffed it and said calmly, "Is it okay?"

As soon as Liu Shuyan saw Wei Yan's expression, he had a bad feeling and raised his head and said, "Tell me the truth, did you trick me?"

"You're talking nonsense," Wei Yan said seriously, "How could I cheat you?"

Liu Shuyan didn't believe a word of it. He stood up and walked out. After a few steps, he felt dizzy and fell down with a bang before he reached the door.

Fortunately, the guards held him and carried him to Wei Yan's feet. Wei Yan ignored Liu Shuyan, lowered his head and drank without saying a word.

The guard next to him advised him: "General, stop drinking, you are drunk."

"I'm not drunk." Wei Yan slammed the wine glass on the table and said seriously, "Can a mere cup of peach blossom wine make me drunk? Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Guard: “…”

Okay, I’m really drunk.

Wei Yan was drunk and could not be persuaded. At this time, the guard beside him came in and said to Wei Yan with his head down: "The Prince Regent is on his way to Liu Mansion. I'm afraid he is going to look for General Liu. What do you think..."

Wei Yan was a little confused.

Drunk people usually know what they are doing, they are just a little bit braver. He helped himself to stand up, shook his head and said, "No, hold him, I will go find him."

As he said this, Wei Yan stumbled down, asked someone to look after Liu Shuyan, and then rode to find Qin Shuhuai.

As Qin Shuhuai's carriage was on the way to Liu's mansion, he heard a loud shout from a distance: "Hahahahahaha Qin Shuhuai, I'm here to find you!!"

Qin Shuhuai opened his eyes, and after a while, a man suddenly rushed into the carriage. Qin Shuhuai raised his hand and pressed it on his head, pressing him directly against the wall of the carriage.

"General Wei," Qin Shuhuai said coldly, "Wake up."

The pain made Wei Yan sober up a little, and he clearly understood his mission.

He came to delay Qin Shuhuai, at least until tomorrow morning.

So he pulled Qin Shuhuai over and said, "Hahahahaha Qin Shuhuai, I came here to drink with you!"

"No."

"Qin Shuhuai, let's go to your house to have a drink!"

"No."

"Then come to my house!"

"No."

“No, no…”

"Wei Yan, let me go!"

There was a clanging sound in the carriage. The guards on both sides surrounded the carriage with their swords drawn. Wei Yan's guards lowered their heads, feeling very ashamed.

After a while of fighting in the car, Qin Shuhuai's gritted teeth voice came: "Call Qin Peng over to me and ask her to take the person back!"

"I won't go!" Wei Yan said jokingly, "I want to go to your house. I heard that the palace is big, there are many beauties, and there is money! Take me to your house!"

Qin Shuhuai: "..."

Qin Shuhuai took a deep breath and looked at the fist mark on Wei Yan's face. He felt that he couldn't argue too much with a drunkard, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Go to Wei's house."

"No, I won't go!" Wei Yan continued to beg: "I want to go to Huai'an Palace!"

"Get lost!"

Qin Shuhuai and Wei Yan were arguing with each other, but Wei Yan was too stubborn and kept making trouble. Qin Shuhuai had no choice but to take Wei Yan back to the palace and let Qin Peng pick him up.

Qin Peng had just finished visiting the Jiang family's tomb and was still feeling a little sad. As soon as he arrived at the Wei Mansion, the housekeeper rushed over and said anxiously, "Madam, the general has been detained by the King of Huai'an. Go and pick him up!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Peng's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately thought that Qin Shuhuai had discovered that she had asked Wei Yan to do something to Liu Shuyan.

She felt guilty at first, but then she came to her senses.

Qin Shuhuai actually detained Wei Yan!

She immediately called for someone, took Bai Zhi with her, and without even having time to change her clothes, she mounted her horse and rushed towards the Huai'an Palace in great momentum.

She was a little anxious, wondering how Qin Shuhuai could be so bold as to arrest Wei Yan. Could it be that he didn't care about the Wei Family Army on the border at all? !

The more Qin Peng thought about it, the more confused she became. When she arrived at the Huai'an Palace, she was ready to fight to the death. She said to Bai Zhi, "If the situation doesn't go well today, you and I will just join forces to kill him!"

Bai Zhi nodded, holding the sword and said, "Okay."

The two women rushed to the gate of Huai'an Palace with their guards. Qin Peng said coldly: "To stabilize the country..."

"Your Highness, you are here!"

Before Qin Peng finished speaking, the butler rushed over. The door of the Huai'an Palace had been open, as if they had been waiting for a long time. Qin Peng was a little confused, and the butler immediately said, "Please, please, the prince and General Wei are waiting for you!"

Qin Peng's heart was full of vigilance. She glanced at Bai Zhi, and the dagger slipped into her palm. Bai Zhi nodded, and the two of them followed the housekeeper carefully, ready to rush out at any time.

However, the road to the lobby was smooth and Qin Peng couldn't help feeling a little dazed.

Could it be that the killer is not on the way? Could it be that Qin Shuhuai has other tricks?

However, before she could react, she heard a silly voice: "Hey, sister-in-law, you are here too!"

Qin Peng raised his head and saw Qin Shuhuai sitting in a wheelchair, his face was cold and covered with fist marks, his clothes were torn. Wei Yan was lying on his legs, and Wei Yan was kneeling on the ground, half of his body was holding Qin Shuhuai, and the whole person was leaning on him, his face had been beaten so badly that it was unrecognizable.

He smiled, and the bruises on his face changed shape. Qin Peng and Bai Zhi couldn't help but take a breath of cool air. Qin Peng immediately turned around and whispered to Bai Zhi: "I think that person is definitely not my uncle."

Bai Zhi said sternly: "Be serious with me."

Qin Peng straightened up and looked at Wei Yan who was still waving and greeting her, and Qin Shuhuai who had a cold face. She smiled with difficulty: "Prince, can you tell me what happened..."

"General Wei was drunk and unconscious, and attacked the king on the way."

After hearing this, Qin Peng took a breath of cool air again, and Wei Yan winked at her, completely unaware of what he had done, as if he was waiting for her to compliment him.

"That drunk man..." Qin Peng couldn't continue.

It is illegal to beat someone while drunk, and the person he beat was Qin Shuhuai.

But then I thought, something is not right. Judging from the injuries, it is obvious that Wei Yan was injured more seriously. The shape of his face is unrecognizable.

Qin Peng could not help but feel sad and angry. He raised his finger and pointed at Qin Shuhuai, looking like he was about to cry: "How could the prince be so cruel!"

Qin Shuhuai: "..."

Bai Zhi: "Σ( ° △°|||)︴!"

Wei Yan: “= =!”

Qin Peng was completely immersed in the grief he had created. He quickly stepped forward, held up Wei Yan's face, and looked like he was about to cry: "Uncle! How could he hit you like this, uncle! You have dedicated so many years to the country, you have suffered so much at the border, and my Wei family has made so many sacrifices for the country and the people. How could he treat you like this?! Is it that being the Regent is so great?! Is there no justice and fairness in this world?!"

"No...wait...sister-in-law..."

Wei Yan was awakened from his remaining drunkenness by Qin Peng's superb acting skills, and tried desperately to explain, but Qin Peng pressed his head, stood up suddenly, and said to Qin Shuhuai: "Your Highness, you are in a high position and have great power. I don't want to argue with you. Let's forget about this matter. If there is a next time, I will never give up! Uncle, Bai Zhi, let's go!"

After saying that, Qin Peng dragged Wei Yan up, as if he was extremely angry, and left quickly with everyone.

He came with great momentum like the wind, and left with great momentum like the wind. His coming and going were like lightning and thunder, extremely fast.

After she walked away, everyone reacted. Jiang Chun hesitated for a moment, then slowly said, "Prince, he was the first to attack, wasn't he?"

Qin Shuhuai looked at Jiang Chun as if he was mentally retarded and said, "He was just drunk, not a child. He rammed my carriage, so I hit him. So what?"

Jiang Chun thought, yes, how did he get entangled by Qin Peng?

He immediately admired Qin Shuhuai very much, and then said: "Why didn't the prince fight back just now?!"

"Will I be in time?" Qin Shuhuai asked calmly, frowning, "Besides, I'm thinking about something else."

"Um?"

"Her shoes were stained with red soil, but Xuanjing does not produce red soil. The only place with red soil is..."

Qin Shuhuai's eyes were cold: "There is only that one place."