Chapter 690 Unbearable Love

Xinbao stood up in shock: "Hey!!"

Brother Xiaowu asked through the door: "Xinbao, do you have any melon seeds?"

Tuanzi nodded: "Yes, there are many more."

She took out two bags from the space and asked, "Do you want to eat?"

"I'm not the one eating them," Xiao Wu Ge poked his head in from behind the screen and looked over. "We're going to go find Master Wei to listen to his stories. He likes to eat melon seeds. Do you want to go?"

Xinbao nodded vigorously: "Yes, wait for me!!"

At this moment, her hair was not completely dry yet, but Mrs. Lin braided two braids for her, put on a small beard hat, and patted her: "Go!!"

Xinbao followed the twins.

The little girl was being pulled by two little boys. She was wearing a red coat with a red beard. Two thin braids appeared from inside the hat, with two pairs of small pearls tied on the ends of the braids. She had big black eyes and a rosy face. She was as adorable as could be.

Wei Gui ran over quickly, "Your Highness! You're here!!"

He grabbed Tuanzi's hand with both of his own: "You also come to listen to my dad's storytelling? What story do you want to hear? I'll ask my dad to tell you!"

Brother Xiaowu refused to let go, and he insisted on holding on. Tuanzi couldn't retreat, and both of his hands were busy. He could only shake his head vigorously: "Don't ask Xinbao, don't ask! Xinbao just came to join in the fun."

Wei Gui bent over and said attentively: "Whatever kind of excitement you want, I will help you create it!!"

Xinbao: “…”

Brother Xiaowu pushed him away calmly: "Agui, don't scare my sister, go away, where is Lord Wei?"

Wei Gui was pushed away with regret, "I, I'll go and call."

He glanced at Tuanzi and ran away.

Tuanzi breathed a sigh of relief.

The imperial farm was not big and people lived very densely together. With so many children and the eunuchs and palace maids around them, there was no room for Wei Xuanxiao to sit. He could not say, "Your Highness, why don't you summon me over and tell them that there is more space there..." So he could only come out and ask everyone to sit in the hall.

There were many officials sitting in the hall drinking tea. One reason was that they couldn't avoid it, and the other was that they didn't want to avoid it. They were all looking for an opportunity to interject a few words.

Wei Xuanxiao originally only talked about it occasionally at home, but he didn't expect that his son would find him such a job. When the twins were on day off, they would go to his house from time to time to listen to his stories... After a while, he got used to it.

The twins were also very respectful to him. As soon as they came in, they gave him the melon seeds: "Master Wei, we brought you your favorite melon seeds!"

Wei Xuanxiao quickly said: "Thank you, thank you!"

He handed it to the servant and said, "Send it to the Madam."

"Eh?" Brother Xiaowu said, "Let's eat and talk at the same time. You don't have to be embarrassed. Ah Gui told us that you like to eat melon seeds the most. You can eat two taels of them by yourself in one night."

Wei Xuanxiao: “…”

Then Xiaoliu greeted him like a little adult: "Master Wei, is your foot healed?"

Wei Xuanxiao: “……???”

The handsome Lord Wei blushed and nodded reluctantly: "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I am much better now."

While secretly staring at his son, Wei Gui was startled: "Why are you looking at me? Who told you to shout so loudly? A grown man is yelling over a blister on his foot. It's not my fault."

Wei Xuanxiao: “…”

Several officials nearby almost died of laughter.

What an unlucky son! He even told such things to others.

Wei Xuanxiao could only say: "I am a poor parent and I even told Your Highness such a thing, polluting Your Highness's ears."

"What's the big deal?" said Little Brother Wu. "We admire Lord Wei, so we are happy to hear about Lord Wei's affairs, big or small."

Wei Xuanxiao: “…”

He never expected that the person who loved him most in the world was his son's classmate.

This is truly an unbearable love.

He coughed and quickly changed the subject: "I encountered a case a few days ago, and I just wanted to discuss it with Your Highness."

As soon as these words were spoken, just like a storyteller's opening, the crowd fell silent instantly and listened quietly.

In fact, Lord Wei is also in a difficult situation.

Most of the cases that make it to the Dali Temple are homicide cases.

Common homicide cases are nothing more than revenge killings, love killings, money killings, rape killings and the like. The twins are young, so we cannot talk about love killings, rape killings, overly bloody and vicious cases, and we cannot talk about those boring cases.

Over the past six months, he has read through the files of the Dali Temple several times, looking for inspiration while making up stories.

Wei Xuanxiao told a strange case.

It is said that there was a man named Fang who had a family recipe for braised pork. His business was very good and he passed it on to his son.

But he only had two daughters, and as they were getting older, he gave up and thought of passing the family business to a son-in-law. Then, when they gave birth to a second son in the future, he would give him the surname Fang so that he could inherit the family business.

So both families were very attentive to him.

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Who would have thought that Old Man Fang would suddenly die the next day on his 60th birthday. In the morning, his servants reported the matter to the authorities, saying that he had died of poisoning, which had been put in his wine.

The two daughters in the family often come and go, and either of them has the opportunity to poison, but now the braised pork recipe has not been obtained, there is no reason! ! This is the case, but Wei Xuanxiao spoke slowly and leisurely, which made people feel involved.

When he paused, several people started thinking.

Brother Xiaowu said, "I think it was that fellow. He works with me every day, so he must know how to do it. He was afraid that someone else would learn it, so he secretly killed him?"

Wei Xuanxiao shook his head: "No, I also suspected it was the clerk, but after checking, I found that the clerk had never left the shop. In addition, the monthly salary he just received had already been sent home, and the monthly salary for that month had not been paid yet, so he had no money to buy arsenic!"

Brother Xiaoliu asked, "Could it be that he had already taught the recipe to someone? And then the other person was jealous and killed him?"

Wei Xuanxiao said: "I have thought about this before. This is the most likely possibility, but these two people said that they didn't get the braised pork recipe."

"Could it be that because of something, you suspect that the other party has obtained it?"

"Both said no."

"What about arsenic?"

“It is impossible to find out where the arsenic was purchased.”

Several people were talking at once.

It was Tuanzi's first time to attend such a story time session. She was very well behaved and raised one hand waiting for her to be called.

Later, even Luo Jue and Sheng Chaohua joined the discussion, but no one paid attention to her. Tuanzi suddenly realized that they were not allowed to raise their hands, so she said, "I think..."

The little soft voice was quickly drowned out by the chatter of several half-grown children, and no one could hear it at all.

Gan Baibi sat far away, but she was always paying attention to Little Red Riding Hood. She couldn't help but stand up and walk over: "Your Highness, what do you want to say?"

Wei Xuanxiao was stunned for a moment, then quickly understood, turned his head and looked at her, and said, "I am rude, Your Highness, what do you want to say?"

Xinbao said: "I just want to ask, is what you said true or just a story?"

Wei Xuanxiao couldn't help but puff out his chest: "This is true, it happened in the capital! It happened a while ago!!"

Tuanzi said: "Then, don't cases like this need to be kept confidential?"

Wei Xuanxiao was stunned.

Then he said solemnly, "According to the Dali Temple Law, before a civil case is decided, everyone must keep their mouths shut to outsiders. There is no explicit stipulation after the verdict. Cases involving officials must not be disclosed to non-involved people before and after. However, if the emperor, or several princes, or the superiors of the Dali Temple ask questions, it is not confidential."

He paused and said, "Besides, this case is temporarily unresolved because there is no confession and no evidence, so it is okay to talk about it. I am honored to be the Junior Secretary of the Dali Temple, and I dare not do something that I know is impossible. I hope Your Highness will understand."

He bowed.

Tuanzi nodded suddenly.

(End of this chapter)