Hu Guiyang still didn't see the princess, and the old woman didn't open the door, as soon as she heard the knock on the door, she scolded inside, but she was more cautious than before, and didn't mention Xichang and Wang Zhi, and only scolded one person by name.

Until there was no sound inside, Hu Guiyang said politely: "I'll come back tomorrow!" "It was as if he had just been enthusiastically sent out of the yard.

Since following Hu Guiyang to investigate the case, Wei Ying has developed the habit of shaking her head from time to time, and this time it is the same, "Why bother to seek humiliation? Knock on the door a few times, do you have to stand and listen to her scolding? ”

"I have to make her understand that scolding is useless, maybe she will let me see the princess." Hu Guiyang said with a smile, he has no father, no mother, no wife and no children, so he can deal with all insults calmly, and he doesn't feel humiliated at all.

"When the old woman understands that scolding is useless, you may be really unlucky."

"I'm here to investigate the case, and I'm not harassing for no reason, even if the emperor has nothing to say, right?"

"Hehe, there are no such rules in the court, saying that you can do whatever you want when you investigate a case, usually the boss gives a case and a deadline, and then go to investigate it below, this family can't ask, that family can't touch, it's your duty to find out, and you can't find out and be punished."

"According to you, there is no way to investigate the crimes committed by powerful people?"

"Hehe, there is also a way, the powerful can't check, and the people in the powerful family, cronies, retinues, slaves, relatives, as long as they walk out of the powerful family, they will not be protected. The first thing to do in the investigation is to find the right person, and then it is to wait, wait, until he goes out, take it in one fell swoop, and record a confession by torture, and the rest of the things are much easier, Jin Yiwei comes forward, and anyone can get it. ”

Hu Guiyang turned around and glanced at the gate of the princess's house, "The old woman will have to go out sooner or later." ”

Wei Ying hurriedly said: "It's not the same thing, the princess didn't commit a crime, why did she arrest the people in her family?" ”

"Alas, in short, it is really difficult to investigate the case, and it is even more difficult to involve the families of the powerful."

"Of course, that's why I volunteered to join the West Factory, and I worked hard for the factory, not for anything else, but for the factory to investigate the case without informality, and dare to do it." Wei Ying looked back and forth, saw no outsiders, and whispered: "The factory dare to arrest the owner, we arrested a few years ago, all of them are in-service officials, and the evidence is ironclad. ”

Hu Guiyang turned around and glanced at the princess's house again, "It turns out that Xichang likes to arrest people at night, no wonder the old woman is not afraid of me." ”

Wei Ying regretted that she was talking too much, and hurriedly persuaded: "It's still the same sentence, it's not the same thing, the princess is the bitter master, not the perpetrator, even the factory father himself, and he doesn't dare to ask the princess to be questioned directly, it's enough for you to harass once a day, don't make trouble again." ”

Their horses were tied to the outside of the alley, which was so close to the Imperial City that it didn't need to be guarded.

Hu Guiyang untied the reins, "Where should I go next?" ”

"Listen to you." Wei Ying understands that the investigation has reached this point, which is almost the end of a dead end, and he is not willing to talk too much at this time and trap himself in it.

His task is simple, follow Hu Guiyang, monitor every move, and don't have to do anything else.

Hu Guiyang thought for a while, "I got up late today, it's too late to do anything, what time is the beginning of today?" ”

"The ninth day of the first month."

"Tomorrow I will go to Puen Temple to see the eunuch take a bath, and today ...... Let's find a place to drink bar, Mrs. Hua has good skills, but when you eat her food, you have to listen to her nagging, and it's not worth listening too much. ”

Of course, Wei Ying had no opinion, and said with a smile: "I just don't know which one will open." ”

"Trust the horse, walk slowly, it's too late to investigate the case at this time, it's more than enough to find a restaurant."

Things did not go as smoothly as Hu Guiyang expected, there were almost no shops around the imperial city, the two rode east, passing by several restaurants did not open, one of them just resumed business today, but Hu Guiyang did not want to enter, "The bigger the pomp, the more unpalatable the food, this is my experience, it must be a small restaurant to have good things." ”

Wei Ying laughed, wanting to ask Hu Guiyang how many times he had the experience of eating in a well-known restaurant, but he immediately held back, unwilling to be taken to the crooked road.

Looking around, he came to Shijia Hutong, Hu Guiyang cheered, "I'm home, there is a noodle restaurant here, and the taste is quite good." ”

The noodle restaurant has opened, and when the shopkeeper and the guy saw Hu Guiyang, they all bowed their hands to greet the New Year, and the noodles and wine were served without ordering, and then a few side dishes were ordered, and it was considered a feast.

The two of them ate until it was about to night, Hu Guiyang got up and said, "I'll go home and take a look, and we'll go to Zhao's house." ”

Wei Ying also stood up, "I'll go with you." ”

"I don't need to." Hu Guiyang pressed him down and said with a smile: "My house is diagonally opposite, you can see it when you sit here, are you afraid that I won't be able to run away?" ”

The dishes were simple, but the wine was strong, Wei Ying was already half drunk, and she really didn't want to go into the cold wind, so she said with a smile: "Then I'll go to the house for an official visit another day, and I didn't even bring a thin gift today, so it's really not suitable for visiting." ”

"There's no need to be polite, you can treat you today." Hu Guiyang walked out of the noodle shop crookedly.

The shopkeeper has a bit of knowledge, and he recognizes Wei Ying's brocade clothes and hundreds of official uniforms, how dare he ask for his money, and he shirks it vigorously, "The New Year is open, and Captain Hu is a regular customer again, count me in, count me in." ”

The courtyard door of the Hu family was still unlocked, and Hu Guiyang muttered in a low voice: "These two guys are lazier than me." ”

No one had touched the things in the house, and there were really no valuables worth touching, Hu Guiyang glanced at each of the several rooms, sighed lightly, walked out of the yard, closed the door, and decided to let Jiang Erpi lock this place tomorrow no matter what.

There was snow on the street, Hu Guiyang walked towards the noodle shop with one shallow foot, and suddenly a person ran from the spur and hugged him, "My lord, I finally found you." ”

"Don't make trouble, don't make trouble, if you have something to say, speak slowly." Hu Guiyang recognized Fan Dajian.

Fan Dajian let go of his arms, still holding on to one of Hu Guiyang's arms, and said eagerly, "Come with me." ”

"Where are you going?"

"On the way, I said that it would be too late to get out of the city."

"Out of town?" Hu Guiyang became more and more inexplicable, "Wait a minute, there are still people in the noodle restaurant ......"

Fan Dajian beckoned, and a mule cart quickly came over, "I'm only looking for you, not others, get on the car quickly." ”

Fan Dajian pushed Hu Guiyang into the carriage and said to the driver in front of him: "Hurry up, you must go out of the city." ”

"Okay, don't be too bumpy."

As soon as Fan Dajian got into the car, the coachman shook the whip, with a crisp sound, the car moved forward quickly, indeed some ups and downs, and the two of them in the car had to hold on to something.

"I have horses, faster than mule carts." Hu Guiyang reminded.

"It's better to hide the car."

"What the hell is going on?"

"It's not your trouble?"

"I provoked it?" Except for visiting the princess, Hu Guiyang couldn't think of anything else out of the ordinary he had done today.

"You introduced a bunch of poor ghosts to me, remember?"

"Oh, you're going to exorcise ghosts?"

"One is to see your face, and the other is to see their pity, I went to visit. They were in a hurry, so I went last night. ”

"With your skills, it should be easy to drive away imps."

"Hehe, I know you don't believe in ghosts and gods, but I will really obey you when you say you don't believe it later."

"What the hell are you?"

"I've seen the gods. I'm looking for you for a day, just to take you to see it, and after tonight, I'm afraid I won't have a chance again. ”

"What, are the immortals going to ascend?"

"It's hard to say, when I look at the appearance of the immortals, they are either ascending or dismembering, and they are going to leave anyway."

"What is a necropsy?"

"The corpse stays in place, and the real body goes to other places, which is the first step to becoming an immortal."

"You've been practicing for so many years, how far are you from autopsy?"

"No kidding." Fan Dajian held Hu Guiyang's arm and looked extremely serious, "I owe you a favor again, without your recommendation, how can I have a chance to meet the true immortal?" ”

Hu Guiyang sobered up for seven or eight minutes, "Oops, Wei Baihu must think that I deliberately left him, and I have to hate me to death." ”

"There are people who hate you everywhere, and they don't care about one more."

"Wei Baihu is good."

Fan Dajian's hand was forced, "Have you made new friends?" ”

"Not really."

"Let me tell you, you, me, and Yuan Mao are friends of life and death, and we have accompanied you to the north and south, entered Longtan, and entered the tiger's den, and others can't compare. You can't make new and powerful friends and leave old friends who share the joys and sorrows of old friends aside. ”

"What nonsense are you talking about? Wei Ying is one of the hundred households sent by Xichang to monitor me, and even his friends in wine and meat are fake. ”

Fan Dajian let go of his hand and said with a smile: "I don't think you are this kind of person." ”

"What if you make new friends? I didn't say I would just make you two friends. ”

Fan Dajian's expression changed, "Okay, I knew there was something, Yuan Mao still said no, your words are clearly foreshadowing, saying, who is the new friend?" When will you bring it out for the two of us to meet? Let me tell you, I usually have a deep friendship, and I fly separately in times of trouble, you can see it. ”

The more Hu Guiyang listened, the more ridiculous he became, "No, not one." Let's talk about the real immortal, is it the dead Huang Erxian? ”

"Yes, that's him. Unexpectedly, the valley is full of strange fragrance, and a saint comes out of the poor alley, and a true immortal emerges in such a dilapidated place. ”

"What kind of true immortal method? Did he come back from the dead? ”

"It's coming."

"Huh?"

"Huang Erxian was killed on the twenty-eighth day of the month, and now that I think about it, it should have been arranged by himself. He has no family, the body is parked in the house, and the local messenger has taken a look, saying that no one wants to move the body during the New Year's Festival, anyway, it is cold, so let it be left like this. And guess what? ”

"What's wrong?" Hu Guiyang asked helplessly.

"After other people's deaths, their bodies stiffened, but Huang Erxian hardened for two days, and gradually softened, not only that, but at night, there was a sound in his stomach. Those vegetable farmers only discovered the abnormality a few days ago, and they were all frightened, and asked people everywhere to exorcise ghosts, but what they found was a liar, and they were frightened when they heard the sound at night. ”

"You're not afraid?"

"I've seen the formation of Yunyang Mansion, I'm still afraid of this little thing? I chatted with the vegetable farmers for a while last night, and I realized that it was not a ghost, but a real immortal. ”

"Why?" Hu Guiyang felt more and more that this was like a demon case that his stepfather Zhao Ying would be interested in.

"The vegetable farmers said that Huang Erxian had been to Yunyang."

Hu Guiyang was shocked, "Is Huang Erxian's wound in his throat?" ”

"Hehe, you're still you, always guess this kind of strange thing."

The wheels clattered, and the mule carts drove out of the city gates.