"County Lord." Just as several people looked out of the house and were about to get into the carriage, a familiar voice came again.

A few people followed the sound and saw that it was Zhong Xinyi who was rushing towards them with a light raindrop.

"What day is it? Why are they all all in one place? Luo Ming said curiously.

"What do you mean, fat man?" Xia Haibo was not happy when he heard this, and then said to Xiang Yixin: "County Lord, Luo Fatzi pointed to Sang and scolded Huai." ”

Xiang Yixin glared at the two of them: "Shut up." ”

As soon as Zhong Xinyi came over, she spoke in a hurry before she came.

I heard it, Xiaoyudian said with a little resentment: "Master Cao, didn't you say last time that you went out shopping and called us?" ”

Cao Yan looked around, except for Xiang Yixin with a little female guard, the others were all big men, and when he first came out, it wasn't for the purpose of shopping!

Of course, for this little girl, Cao Yan could only compromise: "I'm sorry, I forgot, next time, next time." ”

"Smack," Xiaoyu's head was knocked on by Zhong Xinyi, "Shut up, they have something to do, it's out to go shopping, Gongzi Cao, don't care." ”

"It's fine." Cao Yan smiled, what could she care about a fourteen or five-year-old girl?

"By the way, is there something wrong with Xinyi?" Xiang Yixin looked at Zhong Xinyi as if she had something on her mind and asked.

"It's a little bit of a thing, and I feel quite embarrassed." Zhong Xinyi did not hesitate, and said directly.

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"That's the case, this time some female classmates came a little late, I didn't find a place to live in the city, and now I live outside the city, I'm afraid it's inconvenient when I take the exam, so I want to help, but my house in the capital is not big, and there are already several people living in it, so I can't live there."

"That's it." Xiang Yixin was also a little embarrassed when she heard it, she came to the capital to live in the clan compound, which is where all the outsiders come to live in the capital, although each person is a separate courtyard, but it is really not good to bring so many outsiders in to stay.

She looked at Cao Yan and the others.

However, this woman lived in the house of a strange man of the same age, and although the atmosphere was open at this time, it was not open to this point for the time being, and it was not appropriate for this to spread out.

Because Cao Yan is a modern person, he didn't think of this aspect.

But Luo Ming saw Xiang Yixin's embarrassment: "Otherwise, let all the men in Master's family live in my house, and those female classmates will live in Master's house, do you think this will work?" ”

"It's a good idea, but I don't know if Gongzi Cao agrees?" Zhong Xinyi agreed in her heart when she heard this, but she looked at Cao Yan, after all, it was a bit rude to drive the master to rest somewhere else like this.

"It's okay, so be it." Cao Yan also knows that in this era, the so-called township party, classmates, and people of the same clan come to the door, and they must help one or two if they can help each other.

Especially such a serious matter, if it is not helped to be spread, it will cause great damage to the reputation.

"Then I'll thank Brother Cao on their behalf." Zhong Xinyi has been to Cao Yan's house, and knows how big his house is, as long as he agrees, then he will definitely be able to live in these people who ask for it.

"Miss Zhong is polite."

"By the way, there's something else, I don't know how to speak." Seeing that this matter was resolved, Zhong Xinyi gritted her teeth, looked like she was begging for the end, and continued to speak.

"What's the matter?"

"That's it, that night we wanted to find a few people with strong martial arts skills and send us to the examination room." Zhong Xinyi looked at Cao Yan again.

"Why is that?" Cao Yan asked, I also went to the exam that day, and I didn't feel the need for someone to escort me.

"This ......" Zhong Xinyi didn't seem to know how to talk about it.

"Master, it's Ghost Fan Tower."

"Ghost Fan Tower?" Cao Yan looked confused, Fan Lou himself had been there and eaten, but what does this ghost Fan Lou mean? Could it be that there are two worlds of yin and yang in this building?

"Here's the thing...... Luo Ming knew that Cao Yan was very smart about some things, but he didn't understand some common sense or special things in the local area, so he explained to him on the side.

While others added on the sidelines.

It turns out that the Fan Tower on the ground at this time is the landmark building of the Beijing Division, and the Ghost Fan Tower under the ground is a place to hide dirt and dirt, which is the dark side of the prosperous Beijing Division, which is actually the drainage channel under the Beijing Division.

Ordinary people in Dachu have two fears, one is afraid of the government, and the other is afraid of the ghost Fan Tower.

There are many vicious people who use the Ghost Fan Building as a base and specialize in lawlessness.

Taking advantage of the absence of various adults, abducting children in the streets and alleys, commonly known as "shooting flowers", the family naturally has to look for it in a hurry, but as long as they escape with the child into the underground channel, the child is gone.

How vast the Jingshi is, how big this ghost fan tower is, and it extends in all directions, like an underground city.

Even if the parents went to the government to report the crime, the officials could not find their den.

The child grows up in it, accepts the teaching of the "predecessors", the three views are distorted, the boy becomes a beggar or pickpocket, and when he grows up, he is a new batch of cadres in the ghost fan building; The girl's fate is even more miserable, the obedient ones are sold to the green buildings above, and the disobedient ones are left underground, and they are also engaged in fireworks trading, but this is much more miserable.

And every time it comes to the imperial examination, it is the time when Guifan Lou is most active.

Some rich landlords will find some ways to pay a certain amount of money, and let these people help them catch some beautiful female students.

The purpose is also very simple, that is, to reproduce the next generation, so that the next generation born to these women can be as smart as these women, and they can be honored for their ancestors by being admitted to fame.

And the candidates from other places, who are not familiar with this place, even if some are arrested, the official does not know.

Originally, this thing was done quite secretively, because in ancient times, it was normal to die a few people on the road, after all, the mountains are high and the road is far away, and there are many robbers, bandits, beasts, and poisonous insects.

But a few decades ago, there was a scholar's daughter who also lost it, but later let him be admitted to the Jinshi, on the way to become an official in other places, when he passed by the house of a rich man, it happened to rain heavily, and the official knocked on the door to go in to hide from the rain.

But it happened that when I was chatting with the host's house.

Unintentionally, the daughter who was kidnapped by the ghost fan building heard the voice, and hurriedly rushed out, and the two recognized each other before they knew the reason for the incident.

So, the official reported it to the imperial court, and the imperial court paid attention to it and counted the women who had disappeared inexplicably over the years.

Found a lot of clues, after investigating a lot of fellow villagers who came to the exam in the early days, it turned out that many of the missing people, many of them had come to Beijing and disappeared in Beijing.

This time the imperial court was completely furious, after all, this is considered to be digging the roots of the imperial court, and these students can be said to be the future pillars of the country.

For this reason, the imperial court also made great efforts to clean up the underground drainage channel, but the effect was not very good.

The reason is very simple, the Ghost Fan Tower is a sewer covering the entire Jingshi, and any one of them, a hole, is the entrance and exit, and it is impossible to prevent it at all.

There is no way, and the court can only work hard from this exam.

First of all, as soon as female candidates come, they must first go to Tai College to register, and they must go to the roll call every three days.

This is the reason why everyone met Zhong Xinyi in Taixue today.

The second is to increase patrols during this time.

Think about the places that so many Tianyan cameras can't cover in later generations, and there are also cases of missing women, not to mention the patrol team composed of ancient manpower, there is no way to protect everyone.

In the end, the imperial court also changed the time for women's examinations from five o'clock, which was the same as for men, to seven o'clock.

But after this set, what should not be seen should still be missing.

This is a slap in the face of the imperial court, for which the imperial court has also made great efforts to strike a few times, but every time it is like that, the years of the blow have been better for a while, but after a few years, it will be like this again.

In the end, the imperial court could only be over, so various safety education was carried out for every female candidate who came to Beijing.

Later, some officials of the Beijing Division also carefully summarized the difficulty of the imperial court's encirclement and suppression of the Ghost Fan Tower.

The first difficulty, the suspect has lived here for a long time, is very familiar with the terrain inside, and is well versed in the set of "I run when the enemy comes, and I will return when the enemy retreats", just like the tunnel warfare during the anti-Japanese period, law enforcement officers who are not familiar with the terrain are not to mention arresting, just looking for them! I couldn't find them at all.

The second difficulty, the top is the Jingshi, which means that it is impossible to use heavy weapons underground, like what explosives or the like, just think about it yourself, dare to put it somewhere, in case one accidentally blows up the key point support point, the whole city is ruined, then it is funny.

The third difficulty, in addition to the channels under Kaifeng Mansion, there is also the ancient city of the Warring States Period, the folk song says "Kaifeng City, the city stacks the city, there are several cities buried underground", it is unexpected, there is no so-called architectural drawings, and it is all up to the blind to go in, which also increases the difficulty of cleaning up.

The fourth difficulty is that although there are many criminals in the Ghost Fan Building, there are more homeless poor people. To a certain extent, they are the hostages of the suspects, and the law enforcement officers do not dare to push too hard;

The fifth difficulty, if the clean-up is successful, then how will the people inside deal with it? With so many people suddenly appearing, the imperial court is unable or unwilling to take care of their food, clothing, housing and transportation, which will cause an even greater security crisis.

Combining these five points, in the end, the imperial court could only let it go.

After saying this, Xiang Yixin also looked powerless: "My aunt used to test us on this matter, but none of us could come up with a good idea, except for sending troops to exterminate it, it was to blockade and impose martial law, alas! ”

"Now Brother Cao knows, why do we want to find someone to protect us?" Zhong Xinyi asked helplessly.

"Understood." Cao Yan nodded.

"I wonder if Brother Cao had time that night?"

"Yes, I'll see them off that night." Cao Yan did not postpone.

"Then thank you Gongzi Cao." ()