The news that Yan Sheng helped find out was quickly sent to the Wucheng Palace, Xiao Yanzhi only came to Pei Ze's side and glanced at the content of the note, and completely pushed the matter to Pei Ze and Xu Lishan to do.

Although he knew in his heart that Xiao Yanzhi was once again giving credit to himself, he still felt unhappy about taking over the work that had been shirked from Xiao Yanzhi.

You said that when Xiao Yanzhi gave favors, he couldn't think of using a more appropriate way to please himself? Obviously, he is helping him every time, but Xiao Yanzhi has the ability to make him remember whether he holds a grudge or not, what is this for?

On the other hand, Pei Ze is much calmer.

If Xiao Yanzhi was not there, these would have been their jobs, but now that there is a Xiao Yanzhi who only contributes to others, there seems to be nothing wrong, not to mention that Xiao Yanzhi will help them finish half of the things, which also saves them a lot of effort. As far as Xiao Yanzhi's character of causing trouble when he goes out, he would rather Xiao Yanzhi stay in the Wucheng Palace.

But this time, the matter was pushed to Pei Ze and Xu Li, but Xiao Yanzhi did not stay in the Wucheng Palace, but looked busier than Pei Ze.

He couldn't see Xiao Yanzhi before dark for several days, and Pei Ze couldn't help but find Li An first after returning home on this day.

"Li An, where did the King of Shu go?"

Li An was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "If you go back to the prince, your subordinates don't know very well. ”

Pei Ze frowned, and asked again: "He didn't come back after the next dynasty?" ”

Li An thought about it carefully, and then replied: "I came back, but I just sat in the courtyard for a while, and then I took He Yan and Zhang Shaosheng out again." ”

"It's been like this all these days?" Where will Xiao Yanzhi go with He Yan and Zhang Shaosheng?

"That's not true," Li An shook his head, "In the past few days, the King of Shu has sometimes gone out after returning from the morning dynasty, and sometimes he has left after taking a nap. ”

"Going out every day?"

Ann nodded.

Raising his hand to signal that Li An could go and get busy, Pei Ze's eyebrows were furrowed, and his heart was full of doubts.

Xiao Yanzhi is not a person who likes to go out and hang out, and he is probably very clear about his love of causing trouble, so he can usually stay quietly in the Wucheng Palace, he will never go to the streets, and he will go out one after another for a few days like this and come back every day with a night curfew, what happened to these eight achievements.

But what could it be? When I saw Xiao Yanzhi these few nights, I didn't see anything wrong with him, and it was rare for Xiao Yanzhi to hide it from him if something happened.

After thinking about it, he couldn't think of a reason, and Pei Ze also took the horse out of the house.

Although I don't know where Xiao Yanzhi went, I might be able to run into it if I walked around, anyway, Chang'an City is so big.

With the idea of trying it out like this, Pei Ze set off from Wucheng Wangfu, walked south unhurriedly, walked around the East Market leisurely, turned to the west of the city, and only after walking a few streets did he meet Xiao Yanzhi at the south entrance of the West Market.

At that time, Xiao Yanzhi was walking side by side with Liu Hanqing, and their relationship was not bad, and He Yan and Zhang Shaosheng were following behind slowly.

Le Ma stopped directly in front of Xiao Yanyi's line, Pei Ze waited for Xiao Yanzhi to find him, Xiao Yanzhi lived up to his expectations, and saw Pei Ze almost immediately.

Hit the horse and quickly ran to Pei Ze's side and stopped, Xiao Yanzhi smiled brightly and said: "This is really fate, in such a big Chang'an City, I can meet you just by taking a walk?" How? Out on errands? ”

"Looking for you." Pei Ze replied without thinking, glanced at Liu Hanqing, who was following behind Xiao Yanzhi, and asked, "Are you a red apricot out of the wall?" ”

Xiao Yan was stunned, and then shuddered with disgust, and said: "Don't laugh, I can't compare to you anywhere, and I'm too much of a loss for him to go out of the wall." ”

Pei Ze raised his eyebrows and asked in a cold voice, "If you are better than me everywhere?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Pei Ze and said with a serious face: "Is there anyone better than you in this world?" There is no such person in my eyes. ”

After Xiao Yan's eyes, Pei Ze asked seriously, "What happened?" I heard from Ann that you've been going out every day lately. ”

"En......" Xiao Yanzhi scratched the corners of his mouth and said, "There is something I want to confirm, but it is not a troublesome matter." ”

"Confirmed?"

Xiao Yanzhi shook his head, suddenly smiled and sighed, and said, "Maybe it's wrong." What's the matter with you coming out to find me? ”

"Worried." Pei Ze said in a deep voice.

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and asked again, "That robber was caught?" ”

"Well," Pei Ze nodded, "I have already asked the Sixteen Guards to fetch people according to the information provided by Young Master Yan, and then I have to thank Young Master Yan well." ”

Xiao Yanzhi said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will take care of it over there." ”

I probably have to brew a few more jars of wine for Yan Sheng. He didn't know whether to say that Yan Sheng was young and old or like a child, obviously he looked like a resolute and decisive person, but he loved to drink Huaguo wine, and he always felt that that person was really not worthy of Huaguo wine at all.

"I'm going with you to thank you this time."

Regardless of whether that Young Master Yan decided to help because of his personal relationship with Xiao Yanzhi, this was a case solved for the imperial court, and he should come forward to thank him solemnly.

Xiao Yanzhi nodded and said, "It's okay." ”

Pei Ze glanced at Liu Hanqing again, and then asked Xiao Yanzhi: "Do you want to continue to go around?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi hesitated for a moment before shaking his head lightly and said, "That's it, don't look for it." ”

Liu Hanqing said at this time: "Don't worry, if you are in Chang'an, you will meet sooner or later." And if the woman you saw that day was really Sister Chunyue, then she was really doing as she said, and you don't need to worry too much. ”

Xiao Yanzhi only sighed and didn't say anything.

Liu Hanqing said again: "I often walk around the city, I will help you keep an eye on it, if you see that woman again, you must find out her residence." ”

"Thank you." Xiao Yanzhi rarely gave Liu Hanqing a smile.

Liu Hanqing said with a smile: "Big brother doesn't have to be polite to me, the eldest brother and Jun Meng's sister is also my sister." ”

Xiao Yanzhi's face turned cold again, and he glared at Liu Hanqing fiercely.

Liu Hanqing smiled disapprehantly.

Xiao Yanzhi glanced at Liu Hanqing, and when he turned his head to remove Liu Hanqing from his sight, he caught a glimpse of Chu Liang running from a distance.

Xiao Yanzhi picked his chin and said to Pei Ze, "Chu Liang is coming to you." ”

Hearing this, Pei Ze turned his head and looked back, just as Chu Liang also ran behind Pei Ze, and stopped his horse.

"The last general has seen the two princes. Lord Qiqi, the robber I just caught is clamoring to see you, you see......"

Pei Ze's eyebrows furrowed, and he said coldly: "What do you see me doing?" ”

Ten out of ten of the prisoners caught in Chang'an City every day □□ shouted that they wanted to see him and ask him to uphold justice, could he still go to see him again? Didn't they just arrest someone and come back without evidence, and what kind of justice did they ask him to administer?

Chu Liang shuddered and said, "The last general will be guilty!" But...... But that person said a lot of things about the time when the prince was fighting, and he seemed to be very familiar with the prince...... The last general will not dare to make his own decisions. ”

"Familiar with me?" Pei Ze's eyebrows frowned even tighter.

Even at the time of the war, there were not many people who knew him very well, and the few people who were the only ones who died on the battlefield were all in Chang'an City, and he didn't remember who would do anything to rob the streets.

Xiao Yanzhi got closer to Pei Ze again, attached it to Pei Ze's ear and asked softly, "The old lover has come to the door?" ”

Pei Ze immediately glared at Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said, "Let's take a look, don't really be an old lover who came to the door." ”

The words fell, and Xiao Yanzhi asked Chu Liang without waiting for Pei Ze to speak, "Where is that person now?" ”

Glancing at Pei Ze, Chu Liangcai replied, "Temporarily pressed in the cell of the Criminal Department." ”

"Then let's go to the cell and have a look," Xiao Yanzhi glanced at Pei Ze with a smile, and then turned his horse's head, "Speaking of which, I've never been to the cell of the Criminal Department, where is it?" ”

Chu Liang replied: "It is the cell where the prisoner is temporarily held, and it is in the Imperial City Criminal Department. ”

"Then let's go check it out." Xiao Yanzhi immediately hit his horse and went in the direction of the palace.

Pei Ze was helpless, nodded at Liu Hanqing, and then hit his horse to catch up with Xiao Yanzhi.

Liu Hanqing gave up his hand, watched the group leave, and then went to Yanfu in a leisurely manner.

Since he doesn't have to hang around with Xiao Yanzhi today, he can just go to Yanfu to see Jun Meng.

After arriving at the Criminal Department, Xiao Yanzhi refused the request of the officials of the Criminal Department to interrogate the prisoner, and wandered to the cell gracefully, and under the guidance of the prison officer, Xiao Yanzhi saw the young man sitting in the cell calmly.

Looking at the fearless young man, Xiao Yanzhi leaned against the iron door of the cell and said with a smile: "Whether you know Pei Ze or not, you committed four robberies, do you think you can get away with it safely?" ”

The young man raised his head when he heard the voice, looked at Xiao Yanzhi coldly and asked, "Who are you?" What about General Pei? ”

"Yo!" Xiao Yanzhi raised his hand and patted the chest of the person behind him, and said with a smile, "It's the first time I've heard someone call you General Pei, this feels so fresh." ”

Pei Ze grabbed Xiao Yanzhi's hand and glared at Xiao Yanyi before looking at the young man: "Who are you?" ”

"General Pei!" Only then did the young man see Pei Ze standing behind Xiao Yanzhi, who jumped three feet high, and looked at Pei Ze excitedly with an iron railing, "General Pei, I'm Qi Cheng!" Gwangju Qicheng, I also accompanied you to fight! ”

Pei Ze looked at this young man who claimed to be named Qi Cheng coldly, although he wanted to recall it carefully, but it was all seven or eight years ago, he couldn't even remember the tragic scenes he had experienced, where could he still remember a teenager he met on the way? And looking at this young man, he only looked like sixteen or seventeen, so he was probably just a little kid back then, right? Fought with him? Does he know what it's like to fight?

Seeing that Pei Ze didn't react for a long time, the excitement on Qi Cheng's face also dissipated slightly: "General Pei, don't you remember me?" ”

Pei Ze looked at the young man again, and then said in a deep voice: "It doesn't matter if I remember you or not, you want to see me, I'm here, what do you have to say?" ”

Qi Cheng's eyes lit up again, and he looked at Pei Ze and shouted, "General Pei, let me out!" I did nothing wrong, let me out! ”

"Didn't do anything wrong?" Xiao Yanzhi chuckled, "You robbed other people's things on the street and sold them in the ghost market, do you think this is right?" ”

"I—I did this to see General Pei!" Qi Cheng stiffened his neck and said, "General Pei, you promised me that when I grow up, I can join the army and fight with you, so now that I am older, I will come!" But those gatekeepers in Wucheng Wangfu won't let me see you! Someone told me that I could see you as long as I did something big in Chang'an City, so I did what he taught me. ”

"Someone taught you?" Hearing this, Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi glanced at each other, "Who taught you?" ”

Qi Cheng shook his head and said, "I don't know, he left after telling me." ”

Xiao Yanzhi originally just wanted to come and see the excitement, but at this time, he also frowned and asked Qi Chengdao: "If you want to join the army, why don't you go to Gwangju to participate in the recruitment?" Are you coming to Chang'an alone? What about your family? ”

"Recruitment in Gwangju?" Qi Cheng sneered and said, "I'm not practicing martial arts hard to be with that group of wine bags and rice bags!" The soldiers in Chang'an City are not as good as me! ”

"You kid!" Chu Liang was so angry that he raised his foot and kicked on the iron fence door, "You kid is not small, why are you better than all of us, why were you caught by us?!" ”

Qi Cheng was so frightened that he took a step back, then looked at Chu Liang and said with a smile: "If you don't find out where I live from the ghost market, can you still catch me?" Why don't you compare it now? ”

Chu Liang gritted his teeth, and then smiled without laughing: "This general does not compete with the prisoners. ”

"Then you let me out, let's go out and compare!" Qi Cheng glared at Chu Liang and shouted.

Chu Liang chuckled lightly and said, "You better stay in it honestly!" Wait for the official documents of Dali Temple and the Criminal Department to come down, and see if they are going to sentence you to whipping or caneing, and maybe they will lock you up for a few years, you have no chance to compare with this general. ”

"I ......" As soon as he heard that he would be sentenced to whipping or caneing, Qi Cheng's face showed a look of fear, and then he asked Pei Ze for help, "General Pei save me!" ”

"What should I do?" Xiao Yanzhi turned his head to look at Pei Ze.

Robbing the court officials on the street, this matter is big and big, small and small, and it is not impossible to make a big thing a small thing, if he says that he wants to save this kid, whether it is the four robbed adults or the emperor, he should be able to sell his face.

As soon as Pei Ze heard Xiao Yanzhi's question, he knew what Xiao Yanzhi meant, and glanced at Qi Cheng, whose eyes were full of trust and dependence on him, Pei Ze pulled Xiao Yanzhi and turned around and left: "Deal with it according to law." ”

"General Pei? General Pei! General Bae and so on! Save me! ”

"Stop shouting!" Chu Liang impatiently kicked on the iron bar door of the cell again, and said, "Qi Cheng from Gwangju, right?" The person who gave you a bad idea, if you see him again, will you recognize him? ”

"Why should I sue you?" Qi Cheng was so angry that he yelled at Chu Liang.

"Hey! Your kid's temper is not small, and General Ben is kind enough to help you get rid of your guilt so that you can go to the prince, since you don't appreciate it, forget it. ”

Saying that, Chu Liang was about to leave.

"Wait!" Qi Cheng immediately stopped Chu Liang, "You said you wanted to help me get rid of my crimes...... It's true? General Pei didn't help me. ”

Chu Liang turned around, looked at Qi Cheng and said with a smile: "If you cooperate a little, maybe you will be able to get away with it." ”

Qi Cheng hesitated again and again before saying to Chu Liang: "Okay then, I believe in you." ”

"That's right," Chu Liang walked back to the cell door, "That person, can you still recognize it?" ”

Qi Cheng shook his head and said, "I can't recognize it, he wore a mask when he came to me, and his voice sounded weird." ”

Chu Liang raised his eyebrows and asked again, "You said he went to find you?" ”

Qi Cheng nodded and said, "Well, I don't have any money on me, and I don't know anyone in Chang'an City, and during the time when I couldn't see General Pei, I lived with beggars, and that person suddenly appeared and asked me if I wanted to see General Pei, and then told me about that method." ”

"Then you don't know that method is illegal?" Chu Liang looked at Qi Cheng with disdain.

Qi Cheng glared and shouted, "Then of course I know!" But...... But the man said that as long as I saw General Pei, I would not be convicted. ”

"Is it illegal to break the law because you won't be convicted? You kid! Chu Liang glared at Qi Cheng fiercely.

"Then, I don't want to see General Pei!" Qi Cheng knew that he was at a loss.

Chu Liang touched his chin and asked again, "Then why do you rob the things of the imperial court officials?" ”

"How do I know who the court officials are! It was all written on the note given by the man, and he said that these people could rob it. Qi Cheng now knows that he was deceived, but how could he believe it at that time?

"I said you don't have a brain, do you?" Chu Liang was angry, "Why do you believe what others say?" You still want to go to war with the prince? How many innocent comrades-in-arms are you trying to kill! ”

"Then, then I didn't mean it," Qi Cheng asked aggrievedly, "Then can I get away with it?" ”

"Fart!" Chu Liang kicked on the iron gate again, "You just stay inside and reflect on it!" ”

When the words fell, Chu Liang also strode away, and when he left, he also instructed the jailer to take a good look at Qi Cheng.

Walking out of the cell of the criminal department, Chu Liang saw Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi waiting at the door of the cell, and immediately trotted forward.

"Lord Wang."

Pei Ze turned to look at Chu Liang and asked in a deep voice, "What's the question?" ”

Chu Liang scratched his head irritably, and said, "If that kid didn't lie, it was someone who deliberately instigated him to rob the imperial court officials, and he said that the reason why he robbed those four adults was because the person who instigated him gave him a small note, but he couldn't identify it." ”

Xiao Yanzhi laughed and said, "I really want to know who is so boring." ”

This young man kept saying that he came to Chang'an City to find Pei Ze, and at first glance he was Pei Ze's loyal admirer, and when he was caught committing a crime, he would definitely ask to see Pei Ze, and after the meeting, if Pei Ze recognized him as an old acquaintance and kept him, it was Pei Ze's favoritism, and if Pei Ze did not protect him, it would be unkind. He can assert that this matter will definitely spread throughout Chang'an City in less than two days, and whether it is favoritism or unkindness, the people's remarks will definitely be unfavorable to Pei Ze.

After two years of calm and calm, was Pei Ze the first to suffer?

"It doesn't matter who it is," Pei Ze said indifferently, "When the time comes, he will show up." ”

"What about that kid in there?" Xiao Yanzhi pointed to the inside of the cell.

Pei Ze said without thinking: "Deal with it according to law." ”

"Are you so ruthless?" Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyebrows.

Chu Liang approached Xiao Yanzhi and explained in a low voice: "The punishment was not too heavy in the first place, and if you don't die, you will be sent out after a beating." ”

Xiao Yanzhi suddenly realized: "I see." I'll just say, look at that kid's sparkling little eyes, how can you not be tempted? ”

"That's not how the word motivation is used." Smiling and glancing at Xiao Yan, Pei Ze raised his feet and walked forward.

"Isn't that how it works?" Xiao Yanzhi smiled and followed, "Don't you think it's appropriate to use it here?" Tut-tut, if he looked at me like that, then I couldn't hold back. ”

Pei Ze turned his head to look at Xiao Yanzhi and said, "You still hold on well." ”

Xiao Yanzhi walked beside Pei Ze with a grin, and after a while, he asked, "You really don't remember him?" ”

"I don't remember," Pei Ze replied without hesitation, "Thanks to someone, there are more things to remember in the past two years, and I don't have the energy to remember those irrelevant people and things." ”

"Am I in such trouble?" Xiao Yanzhi looked at Pei Ze dissatisfied.

"It's more troublesome than I imagined," Pei Ze glanced at Xiao Yan, and after noticing Xiao Yanzhi's staggering little movements, he added, "But I seem to be a person who likes to ask for trouble." ”

Xiao Yanzhi pursed his lips, but he didn't suppress the smile that rose at the corner of his mouth.

As Chu Liang said, two days later, Dali Temple and the Criminal Department quickly convicted Qi Cheng, and the emperor was relieved when he saw that he was just an ordinary thief, and he didn't care whether the sentence was light or heavy, so the Criminal Department beat the person and let him go.

Although it is said that it was the court officials who were robbed, what does this have to do with them? The cells of their penal department still have to be reserved for prisoners who are more responsible, but there is no place to take in these robbers and thieves, and they will have to give them a long memory, and if they survive with serious injuries, most of them will not commit it again.

Chu Liang felt that Qi Cheng's kid was also quite unlucky, and seeing that the Criminal Department was ruthless during the execution as always, he took the person who was seriously injured to the point of dying back to his residence and asked a doctor to treat his injuries.

When Chu Liang was idle, he also babbled a lot of things about Pei Ze with Qi Cheng, saying that Pei Ze in recent years, originally wanted Qi Cheng to give up his plan to join the army and return to his hometown to live a good life, but after hearing this, Qi Cheng was more determined to follow Pei Ze's heart, and the injury was healed Bacheng ran to the gate of Wucheng Wangfu and squatted, like the stone lion at the door, no one can persuade him.

In the end, it was Li An who begged for Qi Cheng, which allowed Pei Ze to take people into the mansion and take them into the nursing home.

But after a while, Li An regretted his meddling and his bowels were blue.