Twelve motions

Ding Si and Hu Runze returned to their residence, the night had covered the earth, and the stars in the sky hung on the sky like jewels, shining brightly. As soon as Ding Si and Hu Runze arrived in the courtyard, they saw Wu Hai standing under the tree, looking at the stars in the sky, looking thoughtful, Ding Si hurriedly stepped forward and called softly: "Lord Wu." Hu Runze knew that the two had something to discuss, so he hurriedly and quietly withdrew, leaving the two to be alone.

Wu Hai saw that it was Ding Si, so he hurriedly walked over, pointed to the stone bench under the tree and said, "Ding Zhu, sit down, I have something to discuss with you." ”

Both of them went to sit down on the stone bench, and Wu Hai couldn't wait to ask, "When you went outside today, did you hear anything strange in Quanzhou?" ”

Ding Si didn't know what Wu Hai wanted to do, so he thought about it and said calmly: "I wanted to find a local friend to find out today, but I didn't expect that it was really unfortunate that that friend went out to play, and it was in vain, and he ran away in vain." ”

When Wu Hai heard him say this, he was a little disappointed in his heart, and couldn't help but think: This golden knife of the imperial seal is too out of tune, and it wasted a day's time in vain. But after thinking about it, the fast arrest is all about catching the murderer and taking the thief, and as for the judgment of the case, I really can't count on it. I also thought that the current emperor and this golden knife catcher are a young man's friendship, and I also looked forward to Ding Si being able to say a lot of good things in front of the emperor, so he was busy with a smile on his face: "Then this day has been going back and forth, and Ding Catcher is also hard." As he spoke, he approached Ding Si and whispered, "I have gained a lot today." ”

When Ding Si heard this, he couldn't help but concentrate and waited for Wu Hai to continue.

Wu Hai saw that Ding Si was engrossed in listening to his speech, and couldn't help but feel a little proud, and said in a lower voice: "Today I have been with Zhang Hansheng without leaving an inch, this person has some means, first let people take the notice of yesterday's seal, and find experts to identify it for a long time, everyone said that this big seal is real, and it is confirmed that yesterday's big seal is still in the yamen." Then he asked Si Yin Ruan Feng to write down his whereabouts yesterday clearly, and sent people to verify them one by one, and the result ruled out the suspicion of Ruan Feng's self-theft, and then interrogated the officials on duty at night separately, and several officials answered no difference, last night, there was indeed a phoenix flying over, the feathers were gorgeous, and the cry was crisp, although these people were greedy for this strange bird, but they did not relax their vigilance, and there was no sound in the yamen. The phoenix also stayed for a tea time, and then flew away in a circle. There was nothing to do that night, until today we were going to take the big seal, only to find out that the big seal was stolen, I and Lord Zhang saw the same, and we both thought that the phoenix was a little weird. He paused for a moment, and then rushed down and said: "Lord Zhang has given an order, but if you can't sleep well last night and hear the bird call or see this big bird, hurry up to the yamen to explain the truth, if you say it well, Lord Zhang will be rewarded." On this day, the yamen was also lively, there were four or five waves of people coming and going, many people saw this phoenix, some people said that they saw a child riding on it, and some people said that it was a fairy, but ......" He lowered his voice again, but still couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart: "Some people also said that there was a Taoist priest on it." By the end of the day, his voice was already a little shaky.

When Ding Si first heard him say, he couldn't help but feel that Zhang Hansheng was shrewd, first looking for someone to identify the authenticity of the big seal on yesterday's documents, but in fact, it was to prove to Wu Hai that the big seal was obviously still there yesterday, and then cleared Ruan Feng's suspicions, and confirmed that the yamen would not guard and steal, and then confirmed that the errand on duty had encountered something unusual, and there were irrelevant people to testify, so it was confirmed that the big seal was lost last night, so that even if the court wanted to investigate the responsibility, it also reduced the responsibility to the lowest point, and in the end, The worst result was that Si Yin Ruan Feng came out to top the bag and was held accountable for the crime of "poor storage". He listened to Wu Hai while thinking in his heart, and in the end, when he heard him pull the suspicion on the Taoist priest again, he couldn't help but wonder: Why did Wu Hai get along with the Taoist priest like this?

In fact, Ding Si blamed Wu Hai by mistake, not that Wu Hai couldn't get along with the Taoist, but because Zhu Youzhu emphasized the purpose of this visit to the Demon Dao when he secretly gave orders to Wu Hai, so Wu Hai firmly remembered the word Taoist, for fear of missing the emperor's errand. In other words, in Wu Hai's heart, it doesn't matter how the big seal is lost, it doesn't matter if he gets it back or not, as long as this matter is not related to the Taoist, everything is easy to say, if it has something to do with the Taoist priest and he can't find it clearly, then he doesn't do his errand well.

Ding Si saw Wu Hai's excited appearance, and couldn't help but remind him: "Lord Wu, look at this night, the sky is full of stars, if you can vaguely see that it is a phoenix, you can still believe it, if you can see that this phoenix is carrying a person, this is really not visible, right?" ”

Wu Hai couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and said in his mouth: "Yes, you are right. Then he said: "But there are thousands of strangers in this world, and there may be those who have good eyesight." ”

Ding Si saw that Wu Hai couldn't listen, so he no longer insisted, but just asked: "My lord is listening to the case next to me today, is the big seal here or not yesterday?" ”

Wu Hai said seriously: "Today we will take a closer look at the notice, the big seal on it is clear and clean, it really doesn't look like a forgery, I have been in the Ministry of Rites for a period of time before, and it happens to be in the Casting and Printing Bureau, which is a little bit of debate, exchange, and inspection, in my opinion, this big seal should have been lost last night." ”

Ding Si didn't expect Wu Hai to have such a ability, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised for a while, Wu Hai didn't pay attention to Ding Si's reaction, and went on to say: "Today I found an opportunity to secretly write a secret fold, so that someone sent it to the capital, and told the emperor what happened in the past two days, and it is estimated that the emperor's instructions will come down in two days." He looked at Ding Si, as if he wanted to stop talking, and finally said: "Ding Zhukuai, I have one thing, I guess I have to ask you for help." ”

Ding Si hurriedly said politely: "Lord Wu, please command." ”

Wu Hai said: "Today's Yamen is almost the same as what I asked, I think, alone in the Yamen, I will find nothing, so tomorrow I want to go to the streets of Quanzhou to make an unannounced visit, Ding Zhukuai is the leader in the fast arrest, I want to ask Ding Zhukuai to go out with me to investigate the case, if you really meet the suspect, you have to trouble Ding Zhuai to arrest him." ”

Seeing that he was polite, Ding Si hurriedly agreed, and couldn't help asking: "Lord Wu, I just came back from Mobei, and I don't know much about the recent affairs in the capital. ”

Wu Hai also showed a confused expression on his face: "Although I have been in the capital for this period, I haven't heard such news, I don't know where the emperor heard it?" After thinking about it, he said: "Providence has never been difficult to ask, the emperor is the true son of heaven, there will be some masters around him, or there are masters outside the world who got the news, so they came up with a secret way to inform the emperor, the emperor is the emperor after all." Ding Si heard that he was talking about old monks again, so he quickly closed his mouth and stopped talking.

The two of them were thinking about things here, but they didn't know that in the study of the prefect's yamen, the doors and windows were closed, the candle shadows were deep, and some people were talking seriously, only to see two figures reflected on the window, cutting out the sides of Zhang Hansheng and Zhu Keyong.

Zhang Hansheng was a little tired, and said in a dumb voice: "This Wu Hai is very close, and now he can finally be quiet, but is there something else in his heart that can't be done?" ”

Zhu Keyong frowned, but he didn't panic at all: "A few days ago, there was a sudden news that an inspector came to Quanzhou, and I felt strange. Therefore, on the day I got the news, I sent people to Beijing and Fuzhou to inquire about the news, and saw what was famous here. ”

Zhang Hansheng showed a puzzled expression again: "If you say that the imperial court has any reputation, how can you send Wu Hairen as a patrol, as far as I know, although this person is serious, but his talent is really not a little, and the biggest characteristic is just obedience." And what puzzled me was, why did he ask me to invite the prefect to the Great Seal as soon as he came to Quanzhou? Why did this great seal disappear at this time? And today, Wu Hai actually said that I have any dealings with any Taoist priests? He was puzzled and troubled.

Zhu Keyong said in a low voice: "My lord, now is a special moment, let's be careful." ”

Zhang Hansheng nodded: "It is estimated that the person who inquired about the news will come back soon, and when the time comes, we will see if there is anything hidden." He glanced at Zhu Keyong again, and said in a deep voice: "Tell that over there, don't be in a hurry during this time, and when the trouble passes, let's arrange it well." He had a headache and said, "Who stole this big seal?" ”

Zhu Keyong also looked puzzled, and after a while, he looked at Zhang Hansheng's face, and asked in a low voice: "My lord, is there still no news from Miss?" ”

Zhang Hansheng's eyebrows couldn't help but raise when he heard this: "This evil obstacle, I have been holding it in the palm of my hand for more than ten years, I didn't expect to act so wantonly, it is really in vain my usual hard work, if I find her, I will break her leg and lock her up." ”

Zhu Keyong paused, and there was a hint of anxiety in his slight voice: "General Zhou is bent on marrying Miss, if he knows about Miss, or if he can't marry Miss, this matter will be tricky." ”

Zhang Hansheng sighed and stopped talking, there was a dead silence in the study, and it was also quiet outside the study, and the night was as quiet as if he was asleep.