After the death of the previous emperor, the Empress Dowager became arrogant

Chapter 186 The surname "Yuan" is derived from "Ruan"

Yuan Bo nodded and said, "It is indeed the surname Ruan, but the Ruan family has a rule that one cannot rely on the family when entering the secular world, and everything one gets is created by oneself. So when your great-grandfather left home, he changed his surname to Yuan, which means growing freely but not cutting off roots, so that the descendants will remember where they will eventually belong to from generation to generation."

He placed his hand on the book, looked at her and said, "Since you live in that house, you are aware of the rumors about it, right?"

Yuan Qing nodded, "Yes, I know. It was given to scholars by an emperor of the previous dynasty. I heard that he also cast some kind of curse on the house."

She didn't quite believe this statement. She would rather think that the emperor was plotting something.

"This is true," Yuan Bo explained, "In fact, the former imperial tutor was your great-grandfather. He hid his identity and supported the country, wholeheartedly supporting the prince, but because of this, he was suspected by the emperor. The house that was granted was not as simple as suppression. The emperor found a hermit master to set up a formation for the house. No matter who lives in it, there will be no good results. Your great-grandfather moved in just to break the formation himself to prevent innocent people from being harmed."

"Did he succeed or..."

Yuan Bo sighed, "He failed and was injured. He calculated his lifespan and helped the prince to secure the throne in the few days left. Then he retired to his family and warned his three children to remember their ancestors' teachings and not forget their original intentions before he passed away. More than ten years later, the three children gradually grew up. At that time, the outside world was in chaos, with wars everywhere and people living in misery.

Your great-grandfather was the eldest of three siblings. He traveled with his father from a young age and witnessed the sufferings of the people. For the sake of peace in the world, he passed the position of head of the family to his second brother, changed his name and went down the mountain to follow the father of Emperor Taizu and give him advice. "

Yuan Bo led her out of the yard and said to the back street, "The formation is only set up in the main courtyard. As long as you don't live in the main courtyard, you will be fine. I came to find you today because I was afraid that you might accidentally enter the formation. Now it seems that you are fine."

Yuan Qing moved his hands and feet, and everything seemed normal, and he indeed didn't feel any discomfort.

"After this is over, I will find a way to get the west yard under your name." Yuan Bo pretended to be serious and said, "Don't do anything like this again in the future, otherwise I won't be able to explain to your mother."

"You can't explain anything to me?" Lou Yin said coldly, standing behind the father and daughter. "What are you trying to hide from me?"

The father and daughter who were caught shrugged their shoulders at the same time, and no one dared to make a sound.

Yuan Qing glanced at him and asked: What should we do?

Yuan Bo moved his chin: Why don’t you act like a spoiled child and divert your mother’s attention?

Yuan Qing shook his head: I don’t know how, how about you go, Dad?

Yuan Bo opened his eyes slightly: Who am I trying to fool? I was quite good at it when Lu Zhao hugged my legs.

Both father and daughter were acting sneaky, and Lou Yin slowly approached, wanting to see what they were doing.

Yuan Qing turned around and hugged his mother behind him.

Lou Yin was startled, "Bao, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay," Yuan Qing put his head on the crook of his mother's neck and rubbed it gently, "I just missed you a little after not seeing you for a few days."

"Mom misses you, too." Lou Yin touched her daughter's hair and suddenly came to her senses. She grabbed her clothes and pulled her back. "Tell me what you are hiding from me. Don't think you can trick me with sweet words."

Yuan Qing pouted and looked back.

Yuan Bo had already slipped into the study and hid.

Yuan Qing: "..."

This old man seems a little unreliable.

She pointed in the direction of the study and whispered, "I don't know either. Why don't you go to the study and ask Dad?"

Lou Yin stormed into the study room, and Yuan Qing, seeing this, quickly ran away.

It would be better for her to hide away for a few days, and then come back when her anger has been exhausted by her father.

Wei Lin has been in Beijing for five or six days. He has been staying in the courtyard all day, feeling restless. There has been no progress in the case, and he is almost going crazy.

The court handed over the cases of poisonous sores that broke out in various places and the salt permit cases that came out of the Lou family's account books to the Dali Temple for investigation. Tang He urged his officials to get busy every day.

The Dali Temple specially cleared out several courtyards for the senior officials from various departments to rest and discuss official business. They ate and slept together these days, and sometimes they were so busy that they didn't even have time to eat.

Yuan Qing followed Lu Zhao and helped him run errands to retrieve case files.

The carbuncle case and the salt permit case were related and could not be investigated separately, so Lu Zhao also took over the salt permit case from nineteen years ago.

However, nineteen years had passed since the case was discovered, and most of the people whose names were on the case file had stopped doing the crime. They were very cunning and had kept their dirty deeds of the past under wraps, making it impossible for the court to easily find any evidence against them.

When officials went down to the local level to investigate, they found that they were all covering up for each other and evading the issue.

The officials in the capital are no match for the cunning local tyrants, and this is what gives Lu Zhao the biggest headache.

Unless he goes there in person, the matters in Beijing will have to be put on hold for the time being, and the investigation process will be delayed again and again, which will lead to unpredictable changes.