After Fang Li carefully questioned Song Yimin, he wanted to invite him into the mansion, but he thought that the master should go to court immediately, so he broke off his thoughts and said: "Son, go back to Chongrenfang first, if you leave Chongrenfang in the future and settle in other villages, it is best to come and explain, in case my master has something to find and find no one!" ”

When Song Yimin heard this, he was unwilling, but he was helpless, looking at the gatehouse of Fangfu, he had no choice but to turn around and leave.

The sound of the dawn drum starts from the palace every day, and the sound of each square follows closely, and it will stop when it resounds. As soon as the bell rang, Fang Xuanling slowly went out, ready to go to court.

Fang Li greeted him with a smile and said, "Master, the person who sent the letter just now came, and the villain was afraid of delaying the master's court, so he sent it away!" Seeing Fang Xuanling frowning slightly, he hurriedly said, "However, the villain has already inquired clearly." The old man will come to Beijing in a few days! And your deceased was taken captive by gangsters, tortured, and even the hair on his skull was cut off alive, but Qi Er! ”

When Fang Xuanling heard this, he stopped and meditated: I never thought that this person would be humiliated like this, no wonder the words were so intense! After chatting with Fang Li for a while, he took a sedan chair and went straight to the palace.

At the end of the court meeting, Fang Xuanling came to the imperial study with Taizong. "Your Majesty, when the minister left the house today, the person who sent the letter went to the minister's house and learned that the person who wrote the letter was surnamed Qin Mingxuan, who was twenty years old, and had been taken captive by gangsters and humiliated, and now his hair is no more than ear-length! I'm afraid that what he wrote in his letter is somewhat cynical and exaggerated! ”

Taizong sat on the dragon chair and thought for a while: "Being humiliated doesn't necessarily mean that you will talk nonsense!" Fang Qing, above the Guanchao Hall, there are no young and handsome people who can contribute to the country, except for a few of you old ministers. It must be known that I urgently need to reserve talents for Datang at this moment, and it is naturally best to be young and promising! ”

When Fang Xuanling heard this, he knew that Taizong had made up his mind, but after thinking about it for a while, he blurted out: "Your Majesty, if you want to see this person as soon as possible, there are some ways for the minister!" ”

Taizong looked sideways. "Tell me about it!"

Fang Xuanling opened his mouth and said: "Method one, you can order the twelve gates of the city gate, from now on, you can check the people who enter Beijing in detail, focus on finding people with hair and ears, determine the name, age, and you can know as soon as this person enters Kyoto!" Seeing that Taizong seemed to be thinking, he paused for a moment, and then said: "Method 2, you can make the managers of all squares in the capital register the people who enter the workshop in detail......"

Before Fang Xuanling could say anything, Taizong interrupted: "Needless to say, let's use the city gate order to investigate in detail, and Fang Qing will do it!" However, it is better not to let him know that I am looking for him! ”

When it came to the wax moon, the cold wind was cold, and Qin Xuan and the others finally rushed to the Chunming Gate. At this moment, there was an endless queue in front of the Chunming Gate, and when Qin Xuan saw this, he said in his heart: Chang'an is worthy of being the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and the security check is so strict.

Stepping out of the carriage, Qin Xuan chatted with the person who was trembling on the side. "Brother Tai, does Chang'an City have to be so carefully inspected every day?"

The passer-by stomped his feet lightly, crossed his hands on the cotton rust, and said tremblingly: "It was only half a month ago that I started such a detailed investigation!" ”

Qin Xuan asked again puzzledly: "Why did you investigate in detail recently?" ”

Passers-by casually said, "Why?" According to the government, it seems that the New Year is approaching, so the vigilance of Chang'an is strengthened! ”

Qin Xuan saw that the passer-by turned his head and didn't care about himself, so he had no choice but to chat and line up with Zhang Lao and the others.

Finally, it was Qin Xuan's turn to wait for the others, and a city gate guard shouted at Qin Xuan: "Take off your fur hat!" ”

When Qin Xuan heard this, he was puzzled: What's wrong with me wearing a hat in the winter? Seeing that Qin Xuan had not moved for a long time, the city gate guard scolded: "What about you, hurry up!" ”

Qin Xuan had no choice but to take off his fur hat.

As soon as Qin Xuanfang took off his hat, the city gate guard was stunned for a moment, and then asked in surprise: "Your name is Qin Xuan?" ”

Qin Xuan was puzzled: What's the situation? How can anyone know about me, could it be that the Zhu family's father and son have someone in the capital? Nodding subconsciously. "Well, under the surname Qin Mingxuan, the word Hao!"

The city gate guard was pleasantly surprised: "I can be regarded as finding you, drive the carriage with me!" ”

Although Qin Xuan and the others were puzzled, they had no choice but to follow the city gate. The people behind him were even more puzzled, and they talked about it in private.

What made Qin Xuan even more puzzled was that after he and the others left with the city gate, the inspection at the door began to relax.

Qin Xuan and the others were inexplicably taken to the Chongrenfang family's mansion. Qin Xuan couldn't help but ask, "Brother Bing, why did you bring us here?" ”

The city gate guard looked at Qin Xuan from the side and said coldly: "Stay in peace, someone will come to look for you in the near future!" ”

When the gatekeepers had gone, the crowd gathered around the fire. Zhang Lao took the lead in asking: "Zhihao, why is this, you once said that you have an old relationship with Fang Xiang, didn't you have offended Fang Xiang before?" ”

Qin Xuan touched the back of his head, and scolded in his heart: Could it be the letter? According to Fang Xuanling's record of distinguishing right from wrong and measuring Hong Kuan, even if he didn't ask me about the situation, he wouldn't make such a big move for me! Shaking his head and said: "I don't know the specific situation, I don't know the specific situation, after such a long time, let's rest early, didn't the city gate guard say that someone will come to look for it!" ”

After eating something simply, everyone went to the kang to rest, and Qin Xuan was worried about the letter, and sat by the fire to ponder.

Song Yimin had already bought a house in Anshanfang, southeast of the capital, at this time. got the news of Qin Xuan from the Fang Mansion, so he went straight to Chongrenfang.

Seeing Qin Xuan, Song Yimin was excited. "Qin Gongzi, you finally entered Beijing, how could you be more than half a month late?"

Qin Xuan smiled slightly and said, "On the way, I met my uncle's old man, so I went to Pingyang for a turn!" ”

"Qin Gongzi, I have to thank you for this matter. If you hadn't persuaded me to leave Guangling and come to Chang'an, I wouldn't have known the merchants who went to the Western Regions. At the beginning of spring next year, I will go to the Western Regions with them, don't you know that the profits in this are much more than carriages and horses! Moreover, the prime minister has promised that after seeing you, he will discuss with you the matter of punishing the Zhu family's father and son! ”

When Qin Xuan heard this, he said in his heart: Fang Xuanling promised to help deal with the Song family's drug case? Isn't that there is nothing wrong with the letter, it really scared me out of a cold sweat just now! Pulling Song Yimin to sit on the Hu chair, he said: "Brother Song, I think I have settled in Chang'an, and it is indeed a good way out to do business in the Western Regions. ”

"Let's go, I also lived in Chongrenfang for a few days, and I'm still familiar with it, find a tavern, let's talk while drinking!" Song Yimin took Qin Xuan's arm and walked out.

Qin Xuan grabbed Song Yimin, shook his head and smiled: "Brother Song, I've been on the road for half a month, I'm a little tired, let's change the day!" ”

Seeing this, Song Yimin got up and replied: "Then another day, I won't bother anymore today, Qin Gongzi hurry up and rest, I'll come back another day!" ”

The next day, after noon, Qin Xuan went out alone. When everyone asked, they didn't say anything, they just said that they were going out for a walk.

Qin Xuan walked for an hour and finally came to the East City, which was more lively than the West City because of the majority of officials in the eastern part of Chang'an City.

Walking on the main street of Dongshi, Qin Xuan was attracted by a five-storey shop, a prosperous location and luxurious decoration, and looked up to see the huge plaque "Fuyuan Pawnshop". Qin Xuan said in his heart: I was looking for a pawnshop to lose RMB, but I didn't expect to walk so casually, and I saw a large pawnshop, I really couldn't stop it when luck came!

Walking in, a guy greeted him with a smile. "Childe, are you a pawn or a ransom?" As he spoke, he led Qin Xuan to the Hu chair on the side.

Qin Xuan sat on the chair and said gently: "Call your shopkeeper, I have a family heirloom that I want to pawn!" ”

When the guy heard this, he looked Qin Xuan up and down, dressed ordinarily, except for the fur hat on his head, there was nothing that could be eye-catching. "Childe, the connoisseur in our store is the best in Kyoto. What treasure do you really have, it's better to let the master show you first, if the master can't be the master, then call me the shopkeeper! ”

The meaning of the man, Qin Xuan understood it, but thinking of such a strange thing as RMB, it is impossible for a connoisseur to be the master, and immediately replied: "No, let's call your shopkeeper, the things that deserve to be under are very valuable, I'm afraid that the connoisseur can't be the master!" ”

When the guy heard this, when Qin Xuan came to make trouble, he said in a deep voice: "If the son is willing, just wait a while, I will ask the master to come out, if you don't want to be, please go back!" He pointed to the door.

Qin Xuan was helpless, got up and wanted to leave, and an old man dressed in a gorgeous cotton robe and ruddy complexion came out from the back hall. When the man saw this person, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Shopkeeper, this son ......"

The old man stretched out his hand to stop the guy who was still about to speak and said, "Liu Ming, you stand down, the old man just heard about this son, let the old man talk to him!" ”

Qin Xuan saw his father-in-law and said in his heart: Looking at this appearance, there is still some aura, but I don't know what it will be like when I see the RMB later!

After the man raised his hand to the old man and saluted, he turned and left. The old man turned his head to look at Qin Xuan and said with a smile: "Son, the old man is Liu Fuyuan, the shopkeeper of Fuyuan Pawnshop, I don't know what the son wants to be?" ”

Qin Xuan took out two 100 yuan from his sleeve pocket, handed them to Liu Fuyuan, smiled slightly, and said: "Shopkeeper Liu, these two paintings are what you want to do, bother Shopkeeper Liu to take a look!" ”

Liu Fuyuan casually took the RMB from Qin Xuan's hand, fixed his eyes, stared at him in astonishment, and muttered: "This painting is delicate, the characters are lifelike, the scenery is beautiful, the most rare, the two paintings are exactly the same!" Looking up at Qin Xuan, he said slightly: "Childe, this painting - do you really want to be?" ”

Qin Xuan blurted out: "I am in urgent need of money in the next few days, so I have no choice but to pawn the family heirloom to your store temporarily!" ”

Liu Fuyuan thought in his heart: This painting is really the best in the world, if you can buy this thing, how good it would be! After a moment, he smiled and proposed to Qin Xuan: "Childe, the old man loves this painting very much, it is better to cut his love and sell it to the shop, of course, the shop will naturally not let the son suffer, how about giving you 100,000 taels of silver together with the two paintings?" ”

Qin Xuan's heart was excited, he wanted to agree immediately, but then he wanted to miss the future in the future, and he could still think about it after redeeming. Waved his hand and shook his head: "No, I just want to pawn it, and I will redeem it in the near future!" ”

A wicked smile flashed at the corner of Liu Fuyuan's mouth. "Then son, please go back!"

When Qin Xuan heard this, he didn't know why Shopkeeper Liu suddenly turned his face, stretched out his hand and said, "Since Shopkeeper Liu is unwilling to accept it, then please return the painting below!" ”

Liu Fuyuan looked stunned and asked, "What painting?" The old man has never seen it! ”

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