The princess's residence is not grandiose, hidden in the depths of the alley, much smaller than the Zhao family, the advantage is that it is relatively close to the imperial city, and the neighbors on the left and right are either rich or expensive, and the person who comes out of it may be a person in power in a certain yamen.

Wei Ying walked here and even lightened her steps, and whispered: "This is the last time I remind you, as a friend: don't get into trouble." ”

Hu Guiyang smiled: "It's all here, you have to knock on the door and ask." ”

"The princess is a new widow, even if she comes to visit, she should pick a time." Wei Ying looked up at the sky, and there was less than half an hour left before it was completely dark.

"It's okay, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day, start with the most difficult place first, Wei Baihu doesn't have to step forward."

Wei Ying smiled, she really didn't follow.

Hu Guiyang came to the door, saw no sign of the funeral, raised his arm and brewed for a moment, slammed the door, and then waited silently without knocking again.

After a long time, a voice inside finally asked, "Which one?" ”

"Captain Hu Guiyang of Xichang, I have something to see." Hu Guiyang did not mention the word "princess".

"Oh." The man inside answered ambiguously, did not speak again, and did not open the door.

Hu Guiyang waited for a while, then turned back to Wei Ying and smiled: "I guess I'm looking for someone." ”

Wei Ying nodded, indicating that she would not ask again.

After a long time, the courtyard door finally opened, and out came an old woman in palace clothes, with an angry face on her face, looking up and down at the comer.

Hu Guiyang smiled and arched his hand, and was about to speak, when the old woman scolded with a slap in her face: "It's the opposite, it's really the opposite, under the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are no rules anymore?" No matter what, the princess is still His Majesty's sister-in-law......"

"You're mistaken, I'm not ......"

"Phew." The old woman didn't give the comer a chance to speak at all, the spit was splashing, more lethal than the master's weapon, Hu Guiyang had to retreat and avoid, wanting to open her mouth but couldn't wait for the opportunity.

"What is the West Factory? My princess doesn't go out of the door, she doesn't hear anything outside the window, she doesn't know what a rare factory or a thick factory is, and we don't give porridge here. If you want to see the princess, take the edict in the palace, without the edict, even the minister in power will not be able to enter this door. ”

The old woman claimed that she didn't know about Xichang, but she knew Wang Zhi, "Wang Zhi is a little fart child, and he has only been spoiled for a few days, so he dares to send someone to insult the princess, and if he continues like this, does even the prince have to kowtow to him?" Let me tell you, the old woman is forty-seven this year, has no children and no daughters, except for the princess, there is nothing to love, not to mention that you are a school captain, even if your master comes to the door in person, I can afford to pay for my old life! ”

The old woman has high morale, and the more foul language she speaks, and there are all kinds of tricks, and Wang Zhi has to bow down when she comes.

After a full quarter of an hour, the old woman was completely tired, probably bored, and suddenly shut up, turned back, and slammed the door shut.

Hu Guiyang didn't say a complete sentence, raised his hand to wipe his face, turned to Wei Ying and smiled: "The old woman is really spiritual, the princess has such a person to rely on, she must not be bullied." ”

"Hey, it's the people around you who can bully the princess...... Ahem, let's go, this road is not passable, but it will not give up the investigation because of this. ”

"Of course, I'm embarrassed to mention this difficulty to the factory. Let's go, let's come back tomorrow. ”

Wei Ying was stunned for a while, Hu Guiyang walked outside the alley, and he hurriedly caught up, "Still coming?" Are you addicted to scolding? Although the old woman is a shrew, her words are reasonable, if you want to see the princess, you must get an edict from the palace. ”

"Don't decree, that's too formal, it's not good for the princess, it's not good for us."

"The main thing is not good for you." Wei Ying reminded that she didn't want to be tied too tightly with Hu Guiyang.

The others were waiting outside the alley with their horses, and when they heard the old woman's scolding, they laughed secretly in their hearts, and turned their heads one after another, not caring about Hu Guiyang, but about Wei Ying of Baihu.

Hu Guiyang got on the horse and looked into the alley, "Sincerely, the gold and stone are open, the old woman always has a time to scold and be tired, and I will come to visit in the morning." ”

Wei Ying shook her head, no matter how much she persuaded her, the others would not talk much, and they all felt even more ridiculous in their hearts.

"What's next?" Wei Ying asked, curious about how Hu Guiyang could investigate the case.

"The double line goes hand in hand, the road on the side of Lou and Ma is temporarily blocked, let's go to check Tong Feng, do we still have time to go to Wuque Hutong?"

"I have time to get out of the city, I don't have time to go back to the city, I have interrogated all the people on the other side of Wuque Hutong, what do you want to know?"

"Who killed Tong Feng?"

"Hah, I don't know that."

"It is said that after Tong Feng became an alien, he was able to be a maid, is it true?"

"Uh...... Let's go back and talk about it. Wei Ying really didn't want to talk about this kind of thing in front of other people.

"Okay, go back to Zhao's house first, and then go to Wuque Hutong tomorrow."

Hu Guiyang took the lead, Wei Ying shook his head lightly at his subordinates, so far, he has not seen any unique investigation methods of this school captain, but feels that it is a waste of time.

Mrs. Hua prepared dinner, enough for more than a dozen people to enjoy, and even Wei Ying was full of praise.

Wei Ying stayed in the guest room of Zhao's house and said to Hu Guiyang: "Let's be in the same boat now, we have to be honest with each other, Captain Hu can investigate the case as much as he wants, but you must take me with you, even if it is the middle of the night, you can drag me up from the bed." Nothing else, brother thank you here first, don't embarrass me in front of the factory. The situation in Wuque Hutong, let's talk about it tomorrow. ”

"Don't worry, the people with me have made meritorious contributions in the end." Hu Guiyang was ashamed, as if he was a hundred households, and the other party was a famous captain.

Wei Ying didn't care, nodded with a smile, and waited for Hu Guiyang to come out of the house before he understood, "What does he mean by his 'final' meritorious service?" ”

Another lieutenant who was eating with him replied: "I know Yuan Mao, he has been with Captain Hu for a while, and it is true that he did not make meritorious service until the 'end'. However, Yuan Mao was just a commoner at that time, and the Lord of Baihu should be fine. ”

Wei Ying laughed dryly, not thinking that the position of "100 households" would have an impact on Hu Guiyang.

In the bedroom, the hot water has been prepared, Hu Guiyang can still soak his feet after washing his face, and the little brother Hua is very diligent, but he has a broken mouth, is curious by nature, and asks everything, especially paying attention to all aspects of Jinyiwei.

Hu Guiyang replied a few and said with a wry smile: "Let me tell you the truth, I am the captain of Jinyi, but I am not welcomed, I have not been to the yamen a few times in total, I know very few people, I don't know anything about the insider, and I don't even know where to get it." ”

Hu Guiyang was originally leaning back in the chair, but at this time he sat up straight, raised his hand and patted his head, "Yes, why haven't I received Yulu?" Every time, I have to ask for money from the West Factory! ”

Brother Hua laughed and said: "I've never seen an official like you, I don't even care about Yulu, and when I take up my post, the first thing is to find out how much Yulu is and where to get it." ”

Mrs. Hua happened to enter the house and reprimanded: "You are all a servant, what else are you doing?" Only 100 or 1,000 households are called raids, you are a soldier, and you will also be a soldier in the future, either going to the battlefield to work hard, or working as a coolie for the powerful, and you don't make money. Next year, I will spend money to get rid of your nationality, and in the future, farming and business will be better than being a soldier, but it is really not good, so you can be a little girl for the rest of your life. ”

"I'm not a small servant, Captain Hu is a relative, I only came to help, I am not a servant, it will not affect the future son to inherit his father's business, I want to enter the guard to fight and make meritorious contributions, and then become a brocade guard for hundreds of households and thousands of households, and let my son take the post."

The flower lady laughed, and the flower brother was so angry that he slammed the door and left.

"This kid isn't serious in his teens, so he has to be beaten from time to time." The flower lady explained.

Hu Guiyang nodded, he had no opinion on this, he just felt that he shouldn't train his son in front of him.

"I'll tell you something." Mrs. Hua pulled a stool over and sat opposite Hu Guiyang.

Hu Guiyang sat upright, "Everything in the house is up to you, the money is spent casually, it's not enough for me to ask for it from the West Factory, and I shouldn't have given it to me for a year." ”

"Enough money, I mean you're not too young, thirty-nine is already married, when will you marry a wife?"

Hu Guiyang was stunned, he went to knock on the princess's door, others thought it was weird, but now in the face of Mrs. Hua's inquiry, he felt that this was an even more eccentric person, "Uh...... Wait, there's been a lot going on lately, and I don't have any plans to do that yet. ”

Mrs. Hua shook her head, "Others are your age, children can walk, I think I was only a teenager when I got married, we don't know our exact age, your eldest brother Hua is less than twenty years old, he is a short-lived ghost, walking in this world, it seems that it is just to let me give him a son......"

Hu Guiyang took the opportunity to change the topic, "By the way, why did your father-in-law provoke you back then?" I didn't even go back to my mother's house. ”

"Messing with me? He provoked all the righteous women. "The flower lady raised her eyebrows upside down," Zhao Ying ...... Forget it, he raised me and called me a father-in-law. The father-in-law is unfair, he treats your forty boys as his own sons, but treats dozens of us girls as a burden, so he hopes to marry off as soon as possible, and whether we want to or not, appoint a husband today, and let his daughter go out tomorrow, just like selling people. ”

"I heard that the father-in-law gave a lot of dowry to each of his daughters."

"Hey, why don't you mention the bride price he wants? More than the dowry, the Hua family owed a lot of debt in order to marry me, and I had to repay it with the dowry. When the flower lady mentioned the past, she still couldn't let go, "The stepmother is a good person, she cries every time her daughter marries, and wants to stay longer, but the stepfather doesn't agree, in this case, why adopt us in the first place?" Later, my life was better because my stepmother secretly helped her, but unfortunately she died early and did not enjoy the benefits of our daughters. ”

Speaking of the stepmother, Mrs. Hua is sad.

Hu Guiyang regretted bringing up this topic, "the temper of the father-in-law...... It's a bit quirky indeed. ”

"That's why I raised forty weird righteous sons, as soon as he died, there were only two left, and thirty-nine even changed his surname, even if he didn't change, he didn't recognize me as a sister, what about you? To admit it or not to admit it? ”

"Yes." Hu Guiyang immediately responded, vaguely feeling that Second Uncle Sun's recommendation of Mrs. Hua was to teach him a lesson as a junior, "But...... I really have no intention of getting married right now. ”

Mrs. Hua frowned, "Then when do you plan to get married?" Fifty or sixty years old? ”

"Hehe, it's not that late, wait for another half a year, at least let me finish the official business at hand."

"Hey, you don't think of me as a sister at all, just as a maid who cooks for you and cleans up the house."

"Of course not." Hu Guiyang had a whim, "Early tomorrow morning, you and I will go to see the princess." ”