Pei Tan is the Minister of the Dali Temple, he wouldn't go to see a case without reason, it shouldn't be that he suddenly wanted to take a look at his future daughter-in-law's past.

  Just as Jing Wanyi was thinking, Pei Tan said: "Your Majesty told me last night that he wanted to plead for... Crown Prince Zhang Huai."

  Jing Wan'er didn't speak until half a day later: "To plead for Crown Prince Zhang Hua?" This was somewhat astonishing.

  First, she was married off to Pei Tan, and then she helped Prince Zhang Huai reverse his case. What kind of operation is this? It seems like every step has been premeditated.

  "Especially when I observe Your Majesty, it seems like you already have a plan."

  If Zhong Zong could say these words to Pei Tan, perhaps it wouldn't be just empty talk. The monarch and his subject do have a good understanding of each other.

  Jing Wan'er swept a glance over Pei Tan's face, and there was no longer any reaction on that face about the matter of the imperial marriage. As soon as he entered the case, Pei Tan would concentrate his mind, and the Crown Prince Zhang Huai's case was not a small matter, really letting

  The temple was inserted into the hands, and Pei Tan's offense was no longer against the powerful, but against the imperial family.

  The previous Daligong Temple Master's term was two years, but he didn't even handle one case. As soon as his term was up, he immediately resigned and returned to his hometown, what a clever person.

  Since the case of Qinglong Temple, Pei Tan has been resting at home, and the personnel of Dalisi Temple have been idle.

  "The bailiff said that you have not been to the Temple of Justice for many days." Pei Tan stared at the young man in a long shirt standing in front of him.

  After the Qinglong Temple incident, the one who was most deeply affected could only be Shen Xingwen.

  "However, I have never received your leave application."

  An official who takes a private holiday without reporting to his superiors can be said to have committed a very serious dereliction of duty.

  Shen Xingwen raised his hand and slowly saluted Pei Tan: "These past few days, I, Shen, have not been feeling well. Moreover, since I didn't see you at the temple, I haven't had a chance to report my absence to you."

  Pai Tan looked at him, this "unwell" person, whose face was now rosy and breathing strong, the reason he had come up with didn't hold water.

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  "I'm not in the temple, you can also write a sick leave note." Not a word was said, and he didn't dare to come. Pei Tan didn't even have the guts.

  Shen Xingwen slowly lowered his hands and looked at Pei Tan.

  He suddenly smiled: "I was just waiting for you to make a decision."

  Pei's eyes were deep and mysterious: "Waiting for me?"

  Shen Xingwen straightened his body, his eyes dim: "Naturally, it's waiting for the adults to report to the Ministry of Punishment. Shen Mou was dispatched by the Ministry of Punishment to the Temple of Great Rites, even if it's just a formality, the adults should first report to the Ministry of Punishment before dealing with Shen Mou."

  Pei Tan looked at him with a faint smile: "Why should I deal with you?"

  Shen Xingwen's eyebrows slightly raised upon hearing this.

  "This should be a mutual understanding, 'Is the adult indulging Shen Mou? But Shen Mou doesn't have any value to indulge.'"

  Pei Tan looked at Shen Xingwen lightly, "The position of Yu Zuo is just a nominal one and has no real official status. You are so young, don't you plan to spend your whole life in this position?"

  Shen Xing's eyebrows slightly raised, a hint of cold smile gradually appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said lightly.

  "Shen Mouyi wore a white robe and was able to serve in the third-grade yamen, which was already a blessing he had cultivated, so naturally he did not dare to have any more extravagant hopes."

  Pei Tan looked at him and had already investigated Shen Xingwen's background, this person now has a hypocritical appearance, what he said naturally wouldn't be sincere.

  Pei Tan said casually: "Your Majesty has arranged a new case for the Temple of Great Wisdom, which is more difficult than before."

  To know that Pei Tan, this Da Li Temple's chief, has never had an easy case since taking office, but this time it was even more so than before.

  Pei Tan raised his eyes and stared at Shen Xingwen's face: "If I want to handle this case, I alone can't do it."

  Shen Xingwen's eyes seemed to narrow: "Can't the master mobilize the entire Dali Temple, and isn't that power enough?"

  "Power can make the weak surrender, but it cannot reveal the truth to people." Sometimes, the smoke screen of power is too thick, covering up the truth. Like this case in front of us.

  Shen Xingwen was speechless for a moment.

  "So that's why I"

  "Ask him, is Shen Zhen willing to lend a helping hand?"

  "What?" Shen Xingwen couldn't help but laugh, "I don't understand what you mean, sir."

  Pei Tan's eyes seemed to be deep and distant, "Although the Dali Temple has twenty-eight officials, fifty-six historians, and one hundred interrogators, they are all in charge of their own affairs. The ones who really handle cases and make judgments have little to do with them. They also don't have the ability to investigate cases. From the three cases handled by the Dali Temple this year, it's clear that when something big happens, the officials lack someone who can assist them."

  Shen Xingwen heard this and couldn't help but laugh. He looked at Pei Tan and said, "Isn't the one who is usually by your side that Miss Jing?"

  Jing Wan'er's frequent appearances at the Temple of Justice made people quickly forget that she was a palace maid, and this palace maid solved cases more skillfully than Pei Tan, the formal head of the Temple of Justice.

  He mentioned Jing Wan'er and Pei Tan paused before continuing: "After all, she's just a girl. Sometimes it's not suitable for her to take too many risks."

  The Da Li Temple is just the Da Li Temple, and the yamen that deals with the dead can't always be warm and gentle.

  Shen Xingwen's expression was gloomy, "In Shen's opinion, Jing young lady is not afraid of death at all."

  "She's not afraid," said Pei Tan slowly, "but as the head of the Dalisi Temple, our duty is to apprehend criminals and solve cases, not to let a young girl take risks ahead."

  Shen Xingwen did not speak, Pei Tan said very reasonably, the majestic Temple of Great Justice had hundreds of elite soldiers, controlled the three departments of punishment and imprisonment, but in the end, they all relied on a 16-year-old girl from the palace to crack the case.

  The study was quiet and still. Shen Xingwen became somewhat cold, he observed Pei Tan wanting to know his meaning.

  "His Majesty has only appointed me as the Duke of Dalish Temple, and hasn't had time to appoint other officials yet. Firstly, His Majesty is busy, and secondly, there's a big gap between the Dalish Temple and other administrative positions. Now that His Majesty has ascended to the throne, the top priority is naturally to stabilize the national situation."

  "Sir, why are you telling me all this?"

  Even the sensitive matter of Your Majesty's restoration.

  Today's Pei Tan is very different.

  Pei Tan said, "I can recommend you as a sixth-grade Da Li Temple assistant, although the position is only sixth-grade, but in the Da Li Temple, the assistant can openly and fairly handle temple affairs and mete out light or heavy punishments. The things you can do far exceed your current status as a minor official."

  After Pei finished speaking, the silent time in the study was much longer than before. Pei picked up the tea that Jing Wanyan had brewed earlier and took a sip, which had already gone cold.

  Shen Xingwen's expression turned solemn, and he stared at Pei Tan: "Sir, why did you recommend Shen Mou?"

  "Looking at him now, among the candidates for the Imperial Academy, your talent is the highest, and your family background fully meets the requirements for entering officialdom. Recommending you... isn't that strange?"

  Although those officials now in power may not all be capable individuals, since Pei Tan was making a recommendation, he naturally had to recommend the best.

  Shen Xingwen thought otherwise, he stared at Pei Tan: "Your Excellency should understand that Shen Mou asked is not this meaning."

  Qinglong Temple Bai Tan has exposed all his old tricks, but now he suddenly puts on a harmonious face. Is there such a thing in the world? The abnormal is precisely what's weird.

  Pei Tan looked at Shen Xingwen, probably because he knew that there was no need to pretend anymore, the young man's eyes had already become sharp.

  "I can tell you the reason." Pei Tan's eyes narrowed slightly.

  There must be a reason for dispelling people's doubts. People like Shen Xingwen no longer believe in the existence of free lunches.

  "Your Majesty, the case that you have personally assigned to the Grand Court this time is an old case from the year when Empress Tian Hou was in power. It was the case of Crown Prince Zhang Huai who was convicted of treason and exiled."

  Unexpectedly, Pei Tan was indeed straightforward and went straight to the point without any detours.

  Shen Xingwen's face turned dull. Who wouldn't be stunned upon hearing the Empress Dowager mention the past rebellion against the Crown Prince?

  Pei stood up, took a light step in the study, and stopped at the window: "When Your Majesty was restored to power last year, he had already summoned back the son of Zhang Huai Taizi to Chang'an and personally appointed him as the third-grade Guanglu Temple Minister, so Your Majesty has already decided to rehabilitate Zhang Huai Taizi."

  Shen Xingwen's voice was a bit ethereal: "Your Majesty has instructed the Grand Temple to rehabilitate Crown Prince Zhang Huai?"

  "Pretty good."

  Shen Xingwen paused for a long time before speaking: "What does this have to do with the adults wanting to promote me as Deputy of the Grand Court?"

  "This case involves the imperial family, and previously, the most difficult ones only reached the level of aristocratic families, which already brought great difficulties to the case. This time, it will be a million times more difficult than before."

  Shen Xingwen was speechless and waited for Pei Tan to explain.

  "Among the sharp blades of power, many people are forced to investigate this case. Someone must not fear the powerful. That's why I chose you."

  Pei Tan had never been in the habit of prying into others' privacy, and he thoroughly investigated Shen Xingwen, simply wanting to know if this person was useful.

  But Shen Xingwen still has those proud bones from his past experiences in his body.

  Shen Xingwen apparently took a long time to come back to his senses, but in this instant, the shock at the corner of his eyes had dissipated. Looking at Pei Tan, he suddenly curled up the corners of his mouth and smiled coldly.

  "What an adult says sounds so good, Shen Mou really can't live up to it."

  What is not afraid of power and wealth, Shen Xingwen was abandoned by his own family

  He was such a person, with nothing, and when he became the vice president of the Imperial Court, he was also controlled by Pei Tan.

  "Whatever you want to say, just go ahead and say it."

  If Pei Tan says some hypocritical words of persuasion, then Shen Xingwen probably won't believe a single word.

  Since we're all intelligent people, let's open the window and speak frankly.

  "The noble was once assassinated at the Qinglong Temple. With his noble birth and the emperor's gift of a golden seal, the Pei family dominated the court, and there were those who would stop at nothing to kill him for their own purposes. If Shen had gotten involved in the case of this Crown Prince Zhang Hua, he would probably have been dead by the next day, killed in some unknown alleyway. Would he even have lived long enough for the noble to recommend him as the vice of the Dalin Temple?"

  Shen Xingwen was indeed cunning. Although Pei Tan's words shocked him greatly, he immediately grasped the most crucial point in between.