In the fifth year of Taihe, October was not the beginning.

Chang'an, Wannian County, Jinchangfang.

Knowing that he was going to meet the chief examiner of the scientific examination, Li Shangyin was originally a little excited, thinking that after coming to Chang'an for so long, his poems could finally be handed over to famous artists for tasting. But on the way to Yang Yuqing's mansion with Zhang Yijun, Li Shangyin was told the real purpose of their visit to Yang Yuqing: to investigate the case and explore the situation.

This made Li Shangyin's previous excitement disappear without a trace in an instant, and was replaced by an unconcealable nervousness, so that he stumbled when he spoke: "Brother Yijun, you, why do you suspect Yang Zhiyi?" ”

"What does Yishan know about Yang?" Zhang Yijun didn't take his eyes off the bustling streets and alleys, but asked rhetorically.

"Uh......" Li Shangyin pinched his chin and thought about it, "Yang advises, the head of the 'Three Yangs', the fifth year of Yuanhe Jinshi and the first, the current court counselor, Hongwenguan bachelor, judge the ...... of the court"

"This is one of them," Zhang Yijun glanced at Li Shangyin, and then added slowly: "Yang Yuqing can occupy his position, because of the help of his friends, do you know?" ”

"This, this Yishan has heard from his teacher......" Li Shangyin looked around with some concern, and said softly: "Yang Yiyi seems to be a person who is close to Qizhang, is this what Brother Yi Jun said?" ”

Zhang Yijun nodded silently, and after they crossed a lively cross street in front of them, Zhang Yijun then added: "Yang Yuqing is even more close to Li Xiang's personal relationship, and he is called 'party leader' for officialdom. Have you heard about this? ”

"This ...... The teacher didn't mention it......" Li Shangyin snorted.

"This person is far from being that simple," Zhang Yijun said carefully, as if deepening his judgment between words, "If what Xuanji said at that time is true, then this person must be inseparable from the current investigation of the case." ”

Li Shangyin was silent for a long time, when he first arrived in Chang'an, he thought that he would be able to know the longitude and latitude and help the people well, thinking that the world was as clear as water. But after these few days, his self-confidence has long been full of holes, and he gradually feels that this world may be far from being as simple as he thinks.

"Then how is Brother Yijun going to enter Yang Zhiyi?" Li Shangyin was even more confused, they were just changing into brocade robes, but he was an important member of the court, and he was an old friend of Li Xiang, and he could shake the court by stomping his feet. And the two of them are white in the end, how can they see the four products when they see them?

"Yang Yuqing has nothing else to do, only good poetry and songs," Zhang Yijun said, his steps turned eastward, "This year's scientific examination is the chief examiner, and the candidates who line up in front of his house every day can be lined up at the entrance of the alley......"

"Well, then, what does Brother Yi Jun mean that we are going to pay homage as a lifter?"

"No, it's you who pay respects, and a certain ...... to accompany the detective," Zhang Yijun corrected, and his voice slightly emphasized the word "you": "Otherwise, why would a certain person ask, can you bring your anthology?" ”

Li Shangyin had an epiphany when he first heard it, but after thinking about it a little more and being inexplicably lost, it turned out that Brother Yijun's question was not an affirmation of his work, he was secretly sighing in his heart, Zhang Yijun had raised his hand and pointed to the intersection not far away: "The front is Yang Yiyi's mansion." ”

Li Shangyin looked over and found that there was indeed a long queue of no less than twenty or thirty people on the south side of the busy Cross Street in front of him, each wearing a scarf of various colors on his head and holding a book in his hand, waiting for the red door of the mansion in front of the line to open.

The mansion has high walls and tiles, two valves and columns on the left and right in front of the door, and a pair of stone lions lying quietly in front. It was the first time for Li Shangyin to see a mansion with such a magnanimity, and he turned out the memorized "Tang Liudian" in his mind, and then compared it with the door of the mansion in front of him, and was surprised to find that this Yang Mansion was almost designed against the edge of the arrogance. If the courtyard wall column is a few inches higher, or the red door is a little wider, it will be suspected of exceeding the rules.

Zhang Yijun and Li Shangyin followed to the end of the line, and after waiting for a short time, Li Shangyin found that the line in front of them was not shortened, but the line behind them was getting longer and longer, and there was a great posture of lining up in the middle of the wide street.

Li Shangyin poked his head forward, pouted and said: "Brother Yijun, isn't this going to be ...... to Shen Shi" Before Li Shangyin finished speaking, his body was suddenly pushed forward, making him almost pounce on the back of the person in front of him, and he heard a voice: "Get out of the way!" A little bit later! ”

After Li Shangyin stood firm, he subconsciously looked back, and was about to argue, but saw that a small group of black-clad and soft-armored soldiers drilled past behind them, Li Shangyin calmed down, these soldiers were different from the patrol Jin Wuwei he saw at night, and his posture even looked a little ruffian.

Li Shangyin asked Zhang Yijun: "Who are those people?" ”

Zhang Yijun looked over, and the team of five people was all in a hurry. In addition to the black clothes and soft armor, there are also refined obstacle knives, cow tendon binding ropes and other things tied to the belly, and the belt behind the back is also pinned with an inch crossbow, and the trousers are tightened with two pieces of hemp rope on each foot, and the group goes straight to the north.

Zhang Yijun explained: "That's a bad person......

"Bad people?" Li Shangyin has heard of the bad people in Chang'an, who are small officials who specialize in investigating and arresting thieves, and unlike ordinary arresters, they are often filled by those who have evil deeds, "Is something wrong with Beiqu?" ”

Zhang Yi did not say that today's Jinchangfang does seem to be different from the past, there are more and more pedestrians in the streets and alleys, most of them are going to Beiqu, so look at it, maybe there are some small cases in the direction of Beiqu.

But Zhang Yijun looked up at the towering big wild goose pagoda in the northeast corner of the fang, and contacted the monk who had previously distributed oil to the people at the gate of the fang, and guessed: "It is the middle of the month, and there may be a Dharma in the Daci'en Temple today, and these bad people are afraid that they are the ...... of maintaining order in the past."

After another half of the tea, there was a small commotion in front of the procession, and the people behind them all poked their heads and looked forward in unison.

"Hey, the door is open, the door is open!" Li Shangyin touched Zhang Yijun's shoulder, and when he said this, his tone was mixed with uneasiness about the investigation and the excitement of visiting the examiner, and he himself couldn't tell which feeling was more profound.

Zhang Yijun looked towards the door of the mansion, but saw a few people slowly walking out of the red door, and the one who followed behind him slightly was probably a servant or a relative in the mansion. There was a person in front of the servant, with a black veil on his head, a mottled beard, a furrow on his face, a scarlet robe, and a silver fish hanging from his waist, Zhang Yijun was almost certain that this person was Yang Yuqing.

But what made Zhang Yijun suspicious was that there were two other people in front of Yang Yuqing, but from Zhang Yijun's position, the clothes of these two people happened to be covered by the crowd, one of them wore a hibiscus crown on his head, and the other was covered with a scarf and a brocade lapel around his neck. Zhang Yijun guessed that these two people were definitely not the ones who came to pay their respects.

Yang Yuqing bowed to the two as if he had come to congratulate the distinguished guests, and Zhang Yi saw it from a distance, and the hibiscus crown and the head also leaned forward a little bit.

The two men probably came here on foot, and did not get into the carriage, but walked along the broad street in the direction of the north curve.

When the two of them were far away from the crowd, Zhang Yijun followed his gaze, and the person with the hibiscus crown on his head was dressed in a beige brocade robe, and his waist seemed to be undecorated. But the other man in the brown robe with the lapels had a somewhat familiar gait......

But who will it be?

Zhang Yijun was trying to search for his memory, and the brown robe seemed to notice that there were other people's eyes staring at him, and he looked back at Ohqing with a slight stance.

Seeing the person's appearance from a distance, Zhang Yijun's pupils shrank suddenly, and his face changed "awkward", and he hurriedly turned his face sideways, for fear of being swept by the person's gaze.

The lower part of this person's right ear is mutilated, and it is the man in the Xuandu shirt who is the Xuandu Temple!

But...... Zhang Yijun thought about it for a while, and suddenly felt strange, who is this person's companion? What are they doing here? And it stands to reason that Yang Yuqing's mansion is full of people during the day, and there are a lot of idle and unscrupulous people, if they really have a plan, why did they appear in Yang Yuqing's mansion so grandly at this time?

Zhang Yijun secretly worked hard and quietly squinted in the direction of the two people. The brown-robed man had already withdrawn his gaze and walked dozens of steps north with his companion with the hibiscus crown on his head.

Zhang Yijun looked at the slowly closing red door of Yang Yuqing's mansion without moving, and another lifter followed him into the mansion.

Seeing that the two were about to disappear into the crowd in the distance, Zhang Yijun knew that he urgently needed to make a choice now, whether to chase the two who were drifting apart, or continue to wait here for this long and endless procession?

"Keep up!" Zhang Yijun patted Li Shangyin on the shoulder, which made Li Shangyin, who was making a draft for the opening remarks of the next visit, tremble. When Li Shangyin looked back, he saw that Zhang Yijun had already trotted along the street to the north.