Today's morning class was canceled, and it is said that Taichangqing Cui Huan went to the north for the emperor because of the incident of the six towns. The crown prince and the third prince didn't come at all due to injury, and a few little princes ran crazy between the seats, Cao Hong smiled when he saw it, since he couldn't read the book, then just go out of the palace and go to his grandfather's place. Although the palace is good, the time outside the palace is Cao Hong's happiest time.

As soon as Cao Hong arrived in the Han Mansion, Menzi came to report: "Someone just came to look for His Royal Highness, and he left this purse." ”

Cao Hong saw that it was the object he left for the two "captains" in Yulindu. So he asked Menzi, "What about people?" ”

"I left, I said that I was the head catcher of Shuntianfu, surnamed Liu, and he said that when you came back, he would call him and say that there was an urgent report." Menzi Road.

After hearing this, Cao Hong saw that his grandfather and uncle were not in the house, so he turned his head and went out to find the head catcher Liu Shaoqi.

As soon as I arrived at the Shuntian Mansion, I saw a big man coming out of the ya, and the big man had a black beard, who else could it be if it wasn't Liu Shaoqi. Liu Shaoqi went out and bumped into Cao Hong, and hurriedly saluted: "I didn't know if it was His Highness a few days ago, Lao Liu was rude." ”

Cao Hong hurriedly helped him up and asked, "How do you know that I am the prince?" ”

"Hey! On that day, His Royal Highness said that your name is Cao Hong, and asked us to go to the Han Mansion on South Street to look for you. My old Liu can't do anything else, the things on the street are clear, and there is only one family surnamed Han on Nanjie, and I heard that General Han is the father of the nobles in the palace, so I naturally know. Liu Shaoqi saw that Cao Hong was puzzled, and hurriedly explained.

I wanted to have a private interview with Weifu, but I didn't expect people to know their identity when they turned their faces, Cao Hong listened to it, and said with a wry smile: "You guys are well-informed, what's the matter?" ”

Liu Shaoqi said: "I don't know, Chen Xian and Li Fatzi are looking for you, saying that there is an emergency."

Cao Hong saw that there was no place to talk in front of the yamen, so he asked Liu Shaoqi to find Chen and Li, and he waited for them in Guangjuxuan, a restaurant not far from the yamen. Entering Guangjuxuan, there are not many people at this point, Xiao Er saw a guest, and hurriedly ran over: "Old guest, what do you use?" ”

Cao Hong said: "Find a quiet room, I will have three friends come over in a while." Pick up a few vegetarian dishes first, and don't use them to serve if you have nothing to do. ”

"Gotcha! Old guests, please go upstairs to the private room. Xiao Er dragged Cao Hong upstairs.

Not long after Cao Hong sat down, he heard the sound of the stairs "knock knock", and after a while, Liu Shaoqi, Chen Xian and the fat man Li Zhen pushed the door in.

As soon as he came in, Li Zhen knelt down with a "poof", and said with five bodies: "Master, I really didn't know it was you that day, our fat man ate and covered his eyes, I didn't know that it was you old." You're not going to be angry, are you? After speaking, he secretly tilted his face and looked at Cao Hong.

Chen Xian and Liu Shaoqi didn't expect this living treasure to come to this show, and they were stunned for a while, and Cao Hong was also made to cry and laugh by the fat man and said: "Get up, fat man, those who don't know are not guilty." ”

At this time, Chen Xiancai and Cao Hong greeted each other, and after the four of them sat down, Xiao Er came up to cloth vegetables, and the fat man saw that they were all vegetarian, so he turned his head and glared at Xiao Eryi and said: "Blind your eyes, the fat man has a treat today, didn't you see that Liu Zhutou from Shuntian Mansion is also there?" Get a few of your specialties. ”

Xiao Er looked at Cao Hong, saw Cao Hong nodded, and hurriedly said: "Good old guest, the little lamb soup and stewed elbow will be served to you!" ”

Chen Xian looked at Cao Hong embarrassedly, glared at the fat man again, and said, "Just know how to eat, Brother Li, let's get down to business." ”

I saw that the fat man nodded yes, and quickly put the dishes in his mouth, only to see that the speed of those dishes visible to the naked eye slowly disappeared, Cao Hong was stunned, all he saw in the palace since he was a child chewed slowly, and he had never seen anyone chew according to the case. He didn't think the fat man was rude, he just thought he was simple and interesting.

But when Chen Xian and Liu Shaoqi saw his virtue, they couldn't wait to dig a hole and get into it, it was too embarrassing. Chen Xian saw that the fat man would have no time to talk for a while, so he said, "Your Highness, do you know about the case of Shen Liangyu's assassination?" ”

Cao Hong nodded.

Chen Xian saw that Cao Hong understood, so he said to Cao Hong: "We Yulin are all responsible for this case. Brother Li and I went to Longchiyi that day, and there were few traces of the fire at the scene, but Brother Li still found some clues. ”

"That's, what is the wisdom of the torch, it's the fat man and me!" Fat Li raised his head and straightened his chest proudly.

"You want to make a fortune from the dead, right? Otherwise, the looting is so careful," Liu Shaoqi said with a smile. Whenever there is a case of death, they will all loot the money and property of the deceased, and generally the officials will turn a blind eye, as long as it is not too excessive, no one cares, this is already an open secret in this industry. But if there is any important physical evidence, it must be handed over, and no matter how valuable the object is, it cannot be greedily removed. It's just that if you don't find everything, once you find out, in this industry, there is basically nothing to eat.

Cao Hong didn't understand the doorways inside, but he was very curious about what the fat man had discovered, in the palace, he was just an empty prince, no one would tell him this, if it weren't for the fact that the matter of Long Chiyi was too big and spread all over the harem, it is estimated that Cao Jue would not have been able to touch these.

"Brother Li found Yanfu's waist card on the post guard. According to the autopsy, the two were stabbed to death with a sword, and the thieves at the scene were all knife-wielding, and it is said that Shen Hou was carrying a sword with him. Chen Xian said in a low voice.

Cao Hong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he looked at the three of them: "You mean... Yanjia? ”

Liu Shaoqi shook his head and said: "It's strange here, how can there be a stab with a waist card, isn't this afraid that others won't know who sent you?" ”

Cao Hong was right when he heard it, and was pondering silently, when the fat man suddenly said after eating: "The flower intestines in this, the fat man knows what's going on at a glance." Seeing that everyone didn't believe it, he felt insulted, and said with a white face: "What's so difficult about this, let me make an analogy, I owe the casino twenty taels of silver and can't afford to pay it back, I asked someone to beat myself up, and called the brothers to go to the casino to make trouble, saying that the casino beat me, and I won't have the notoriety of not paying off the debt in the future, and other casinos can still let me owe it." ”

At this time, several people looked at the fat man with strange faces, and the fat man saw that everyone's eyes were different, and he was rarely shy: "For example, do you understand the example?" Not me. ”

Liu Shaoqi shook his head and said, "I said, what did you sneakily call my brothers out that day!" ”

The fat man wailed: "It's not me." ”

Everyone: "····"

Cao Hong thought for a while and said: "Brother Li, you mean that this thing was indeed done by Yanfu, and the waist card was also deliberately placed on the dead by Yanfu, and others thought that this thing was a false accusation, but in fact, they did it." ”

"Xiao Cao, you're pretty smart!" The fat man straightened his chest again and said proudly. suddenly remembered that this Xiao Cao was the son of today, and suddenly his face was as pale as paper, and he bounced up from the table, seeing that he was about to stage a five-body throw.

Cao Hong hurriedly pulled him up and said to the fat man: "Brother Li, this is outside the palace, you treat me as Xiao Cao, and we are also brothers." Don't be so polite, it's annoying. ”

The fat man is a bastard, seeing Cao Hong so easy to get along with, he was also happy, and patted him on the shoulder: "I just said that Xiao Cao is affectionate and righteous, and we will be buddies in the future, do you say..."

I saw that Chen and Liu each gave him a pair of white eyes.

Everyone laughed, and Cao Hong said with a straight face: "I have too little information about this matter in the palace, and I don't dare to draw conclusions, it is about the mother and uncle of the prince and the third brother, so I will ask a few people to help me pay attention." ”

Everyone nodded yes, at this time, Xiao Er pushed the door in, and served four or five meat dishes, only to see that they were all some, sauce elbows, tender steamed mutton, etc., Cao Hong Suri and his mother ate lightly, and they didn't like these, just greeted the three of them, and moved a few chopsticks casually.

After eating, Chen Xian said: "Your Highness, in fact, we came to you today, not just for the case of Long Chiyi. ”

"Oh?"

"Does Your Highness remember the last time you got together at the old shop?" Chen Xian asked.

Thinking of the time he met the three of them, Cao Hong couldn't help but smile and nodded.

"That day, I found a man in the crowd of residents, and the road guide said that his name was Xu Yan. Based on my experience, I felt that the person was not an ordinary person, so I asked Lao Liu to find someone to go to Yanshi Sijiaolou Village, and there was no one named Xu Yan after the visit, so Brother Li and I stared at the old store of Jupeng for a few days, and we found that person... Chen Xian stopped here and looked up at Cao Hong.

Cao Hong couldn't help but wonder and asked, "Is it related to me?" ”

Chen Xian nodded and said, "The man left the guest room and moved in..." Hanfu. ”

Coming out of Guangjuxuan, Cao Hong was full of doubts, Shen Liangyu and Yan Yong were the uncles of the prince and Cao Fan, and the matter of Long Chiyi was narrated by the three of them, which really made people suspicious. and who is that Xu Yan, and how did he live in his grandfather's mansion.

Back at Hanfu, Menzi reported that Han Shineng had returned. Cao Hong walked into the courtyard and heard Han Shineng talking and laughing with people, looking very lively.

When I walked into the house, I saw Han Shineng talking happily with a middle-aged scribe. Seeing Cao Hong coming in, Han Shineng hurriedly said, "Come on, Hong'er, I've seen Mr. Xu." ”

When Cao Hong saw the middle-aged man, his face was strange, and he saw that Mr. Xu in his grandfather's mouth was not the same guest of the old store that day! Why, my grandfather actually knew this Mr. Xu?

"Mr. Xu!" Cao Hong was full of doubts, but he still fell to the ground.

Mr. Xu smiled slightly: "This must be His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince." The first time we met, I was Xu Yan. ”

Cao Hong saw that he spoke without speed and behaved gracefully, which made people feel good. So he quipped: "Mr. Xu, this is not the first time we have met!" You are a native of Yanshi Sijiaolou Village, and you went to the capital to teach and write letters for others. ”

Xu Yan was stunned and said, "You were there that day?" ”

Han Shi could see that the two of them were like playing dumb riddles, and he was also confused, and asked, "What?" Have you seen it? ”

Cao Hong and Xu Yan looked at each other and smiled, and Cao Hong told the two of them about that day.

After hearing this, Xu Yan said: "I didn't expect that there are also capable people in the market, and those three people are smart and not reckless, respecting the old and protecting the weak, and they are really righteous people." ”

Han Shineng stroked his palm and smiled: "Hahaha, I didn't expect that your dignified Qin State servant was almost planted in the hands of a few young people. ”

Cao Hong heard that Xu Yan, who was a famous man in front of him, turned out to be the great enemy of Great Wei and Fu Qin's servant. I couldn't help but be surprised. The position of servant has existed in the Qin period, but since the former Han Dynasty, the servant has gradually become noble, and he is generally a close minister of the emperor and a general figure of a think tank. Unexpectedly, Chen Xian and Liu Zhen caught the spy, but the Southern Dynasty didn't catch it, but they really caught a "spy" of Fu Qin.

And. This spy... It's huge