The city guard lowered his head and sighed, he said:

"Master Hou, don't you know, there are really too many things happening tonight, and seeing that it's all four watches now, we just have a clue."

Then Taichengwei raised his head and asked Lan Ziyi:

"Didn't Master Hou see the fire on the river just now, and the fire in the north? Even if you don't see Hou Ye, you should have heard it. ”

Lan Ziyi said:

"I thought it was a custom in the capital, and a bonfire was set up to light fireworks on the Winter Clothes Festival."

Hearing this, Taichengwei patted his thigh and sighed:

"How can there be such a custom in the world? Is there a bonfire to burn? ”

The officer of the same team saw that Wei Jun and Lan Ziyi were chatting happily and forgot about business, so he interjected and asked:

"Wei Hou is not in the mansion, why did the third watch come to this place in the middle of the night?"

Lan Ziyi thought about it, rolled his eyes and said:

"My father ordered me to go to the Wumiao tonight to guard my grandfather's spirit, I thought it was not interesting to be cold in that place, so I ran here halfway."

The official asked:

"But what are Wei Hou doing here?"

"This ....." Lan Ziyi couldn't speak, so he had to delay, and at the same time he turned to look at Qiu Xiaozhi behind him. Qiu Xiaozhi walked out of the other room in the courtyard with a smile at this time, he bowed his hand to the officials outside the door from a distance, and then he said:

"A few messengers, Wei Hou has his own reason for being here, I also ask you to raise your noble hands, don't ask any more questions, and save some face for Wei Hou, after all, it is very unfilial piety to escape the ministry of guarding the spirit."

Taicheng was like leaving when he heard this, but how could the official let go of this opportunity, what he wanted was to seize Lan Ziyi's handle, so he said:

"This has nothing to do with face, no matter how big Wei Hou's face is, it can't be as big as the safety of the capital. The capital was raided by thieves tonight, and the losses were heavy, if Wei Hou couldn't say why, no one could guarantee that Wei Hou had nothing to do with the thieves. ”

Tao Zhutu, who was standing next to Lan Ziyi, shouted angrily when he heard this:

"Who are you calling a thief? Believe it or not, Lao Tzu cut out your tongue! ”

Taicheng Wei of the same team next to him also said:

"You're so uninteresting! What kind of noble man is Wei Hou? What can he have to do with thieves? I waited to come out with you because you didn't have enough manpower, and we came to help patrol the streets, but I didn't say that you were a soap boy who had the ability to command us. I'm telling you, Weihou's business is not something you should investigate, go away! ”

The poor man was scolded by Tao Zhutu, and was forced by his peers Taicheng Wei, the pressure on both sides of his shoulders pressed him sweating profusely, and he couldn't breathe, but even so he didn't back down, and after taking a few deep breaths, the poor man still mustered up the courage to say to Lan Ziyi:

"Wei Hou, I was ordered to patrol the streets to arrest thieves and catch traitors, how can I not investigate if you have any suspicions here? If a few military masters of Taicheng Guard are unwilling to help me, I will go in and see it myself! The prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and he asks Wei Hou to make it clear! ”

Peach Rabbit was furious when he heard this, and he roared:

"Who do you say is guilty? You have the proof! ”

Lan Ziyi stared at the poor man with a full face of anger, but Lan Ziyi's anger was pretended to be shown to others, and in his heart he actually admired this little official very much. At this time, the little official was already trembling nervously, and sweat was dripping down his chin and the corners of his clothes. But even if the pressure is so high, the little official still doesn't want to let go, he stares at Lan Ziyi angrily, he won't give in because of the powerful. Lan Ziyi asked himself if he exchanged identities with the little official, now he must have backed down, just with the insistence of the little official, Lan Ziyi should give him face, and Lan Ziyi is not afraid to check, Qiu Xiaozhi must be ready.

So Lan Ziyi let go of the door and said:

"Then come in and check, Mr. Xiaozhi will explain to you what I am doing here."

Qiu Xiaozhi smiled and invited everyone outside the door to enter the courtyard, and the leading Taicheng Wei pointed to the messenger and scolded:

"I can tell you, the one in front of me is the only son of the prince of the dynasty, the marquis of Guan Nei, who was sealed by the imperial court, and you insisted on going in today, but I didn't do anything, if you can't find a reason inside, you can eat all the fruits yourself!"

The poor man didn't dare to reply when he was scolded, he just gasped and squeezed the words out of his throat with difficulty and said to Qiu Xiaozhi:

"Please lead the way!"

Qiu Xiaozhi led the messenger to the inner room, and the guards of Taicheng stood still consciously, only the leader of the flag always came to Lan Ziyi's side, Lan Ziyi stretched out his hand to make a petition, and the flag always smiled and nodded and followed Lan Ziyi in.

Qiu Xiao led everyone into the hut next to the hall, Lan Ziyi didn't pay attention to the room here, and when he entered the house, he found that the house was brightly lit, and there were stones all over the ground, and there were some clay sculptures on the table.

After Qiu Xiaozhi introduced everyone into the house, he pointed to the ornaments in the house one by one and said to the visitors:

"Here are a few big ones that are the stone scriptures of the Han Dynasty, this is the fragments that have just been collected from the river **, and the stone tablets over there are a few ancient chronicles, and they have not been carefully rubbed to identify, and there are a few terracotta figurines on the table here, and the age has not been identified. These are all collected by our father and son, Wei Hou is good, and these things will be transported into the capital to be presented to Wei Hou. So, can you help us distinguish which of these artifacts are genuine and which are fakes? ”

When the official heard this, it was like ashes, and the person was already frightened out of the body, and the six spirits ascended to heaven, Lan Ziyi added at this time:

"Does this messenger still need to find out where things come from? See if it's the right way? ”

The messenger shook his head in a hurry, he wanted to speak but his tongue was knotted but he couldn't speak. Seeing this, Taicheng Weiqi was furious and said:

"You soapman, you didn't listen to you when I said good things, and now you see it, right? Hou Ye came out to play with gold and stone at night, how could there be anything unusual? ”

After saying that, Mr. Qi brushed his sleeves away, and Lan Ziyi also snorted coldly and led the others out of the room, leaving only the little official to slowly sit on the ground holding on to the door frame.

Lan Ziyi went out of the house to send Taicheng Weiqi to the gate of the courtyard, and the flag always apologized vigorously and said:

"I'm really sorry for Wei Hou, I said that he was going to break in, disturbed Wei Hou's good deeds, and asked Wei Hou to atone for his sins."

Lan Ziyi said with a smile;

"Wherever your lordship goes, you should also watch the night."

At this time, Mr. Qi lowered his voice and looked at the official messenger and asked Lan Ziyidao;

"Master Hou, do you want me to handle it for you?"

Lan Ziyi shook his head and said:

"No, how can the giant tree be shaken by ants? Killing him will only dirty your hands. ”

Mr. Qi smiled:

"Hou Ye is benevolent."

Then Mr. Qi said to Lan Ziyi:

"Master Hou, the justice is looking for you, do you think I want to send you over?"

兰子义 says:

"Of course, but I'll have to talk to my people first, and I'll be with you when they get them to stop."

When the flag always heard this, he hugged his fists and went out, and Lan Ziyi pulled Qiu Xiaozhi and Tao Zhutu to walk inside, and he first instructed Qiu Xiaozhi to say:

"Mr. Xiaozhi, that poor man is very loyal, don't embarrass him, I'll leave now, you pour him some wine and let him drink to suppress the shock, just comfort the person and let him go."

Qiu Xiaozhi nodded to show that he understood, and then Lan Ziyi said to Tao Zhutu:

"Third brother, don't embarrass others."

Tao Zhutu glared at the official over there, and then said angrily:

"Okay, I'll let him go."