"Didn't you sue the officer?" Qiao Ran looked at the stammering Zhang, and then turned his head to look at Zhang Duo, "It should be easy for you to help in Dali Temple!" ”

"There's not the slightest evidence." Zhang Duo said, "Just relying on the words of my brother, I can't afford to spread rumors!" ”

"So you want people to check it privately?" Qiao Ran said and pondered for a while, and said, "As far as I know, there are not a few masters in the capital who are good at investigating and judging cases, and there are also many credible Qing officials. ”

Zhang Duo was silent when he heard this, looked at him and stammered, and then said: "It's not a secret, when the incident in the three streets and nine lanes was rumored to be swine fever before, my brother felt that the situation was different, so he followed it privately, and after seeing those who were diagnosed with swine fever being locked up, he impulsively stepped forward to inform them that these people might have smallpox, and the result was ......."

When he said this, he couldn't help but take a deep breath, as if he couldn't believe it: "As a result, he was caught and thrown in, and when he woke up, he found that the official messenger was pouring fire oil into the house, preparing to burn him to death with those patients who had smallpox. ”

Because they saw the official do it with their own eyes, he told the truth but was thrown into the house and prepared to be burned together, so they were worried. No wonder she will look for her who just came to the capital.

"Lord Zhen also handed over a note, but I didn't see any reaction from Lord Zhen." Zhang Duo sighed, as if he was also very helpless, "As a last resort, my brother asked me to test Master Qiao." ”

He didn't have any hope for the original temptation, but he didn't expect that Master Qiao really understood the meaning of his words and came over.

It was only at this time that he understood: Lord Zhen brought Master Qiao thousands of miles from Jinling to Chang'an not because he lacked an errand to buy baked cakes, but because he was a pity.

It turned out to be these two people who handed over the note. Zhen Shiyuan's doubts were solved.

Qiao Ran thought for a while and asked Zhang Duo: "Does he still remember the appearance of the Lingnan businessman?" ”

Zhang Duo shook his head: "At that time, it was dark and I couldn't see it really, and my brother rashly bumped into such a thing, and I couldn't remember it in a panic." ”

This is really unsubstantiated, there is no evidence at all, no wonder you can't sue the official.

In addition to knowing about this matter, there is not even the slightest evidence in hand, and there is nothing to dig up from the Zhang brothers. Qiao Ran got up and prepared to leave: "I will talk to Master Zhen about this matter, by the way, there is one more thing." ”

Zhang Duohe stammered and looked at her worriedly: This Master Qiao is leaving, what's the matter?

"Why are you looking for me?" Qiao Ran looked at the two of them, "I don't think I have such a reputation in the capital, and I put such a big thing on a female official who has just entered the capital, you two are crazy to do this!" Who told you two to find me? ”

Zhang Duo turned his head to look at the stammering Zhang, who didn't know about it.

He stammered and hurriedly said, "First ...... Previously at the post station, Joe ...... Mistress Joe is looking for ...... Looking for embroidery pictures, I ...... I think Master Joe is amazing. ”

Did she find the missing embroidery? Zhang Duo looked at Qiao Ran in surprise.

"This matter is only known to me and Lord Zhen." Qiao Ran's expression changed slightly, and she looked at the stammering Zhang, "Although what you said makes some sense, you can't fool me, you are lying." After a pause, the girl's voice was no longer as soft as before, and there was a little more unspeakable shock and warning, "Who told you to come to me?" You still came up with such a way to come to me? ”

Most of this person is an old acquaintance of Jinling.

Who will it be if Zhen Shiyuan is left out?

Seeing Qiao Ran and Zhang Duo looking at him, he stammered and opened his mouth: "I...... I ......"

Before he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door outside.

"Who?" Zhang Duo got up, asked, and prepared to go over and open the door.

"Official." The man outside spoke, "Strictly investigate smallpox patients." ”

Smallpox patients are strictly investigated! This is not surprising either. There are many smallpox patients near the third street and nine lanes, so that now the officials in the city are sprinkling lime every day to check people!

Datong Alley is on the edge of Third Street and Nine Alleys, and it is normal to be found.

Zhang Duo didn't care, anyway, they didn't get smallpox here, so they checked it.

Qiao Ran got up, pointed to the official robe on his body, and said, "I'll hide!" ”

The official robe she was wearing was too conspicuous, and she didn't know that Zhang Duo and Stammering Zhang came to her for such a thing, so they came directly after being on duty. Now that this matter has to be investigated privately, it is better that she, a person who appeared at the Zhang family's brother's house in an official robe, should not be seen.

After thinking about it, he took Qiao Ran to the kitchen, pointed to the rice jar in the corner, and said, "Hide it...... Hide it here. ”

This rice jar is not big, but fortunately, Miss Qiao is slender, and a woman can barely hide.

……

……

The occurrence of smallpox in the third street and ninth lane of Chang'an City is not a secret, although there are officials who help sprinkle lime every day, but every household still has people who have been found to have smallpox arrested.

Smallpox can spread to people, and there is nothing wrong with taking people away. But under such strict checks and precautions, people still have smallpox, and the people are always terrified. Can't you prevent it?

But fortunately, the people who got smallpox were only in the third street and nine lanes, and it did not spread out.

But today, many people saw that someone was taken away from Datong Alley next to the Third Street and Nine Alleys, and it was said that they had smallpox.

The people of the entire alley were in danger and panicked.

"It's the Zhang family brothers in Dongtou, and the eldest is an official in Dali Temple! The second child is the stammering doctor, who swaggers and cheats all day long. The people gathered at the entrance of the alley looked at the Zhang brothers who were covered with sacks, gagged and forcibly dragged away.

An official came over with a pungent oil in his hand.

"This time the smallpox is menacing, and it is inevitable that something will fall and be accidentally infected by a child, so I can only make this decision." The official explained to the onlookers, "In the future, the Zhang brothers will be cured and released, write a list of burned things, and the government will pay for it." ”

The surrounding people couldn't help but applaud.

This is really good, not only so that these neighbors do not have to worry about it, but also do not let the Zhang brothers suffer losses in vain.

……

As it approached, it was dark, and several young officials were walking and chatting in the streets.

"Brother Li, did you say that the surname Yu is crazy?" In the recent corruption case, His Majesty handed it over to the Ministry of Officials for trial, and as a result, the people were all caught, but the whereabouts of the greedy silver were always unwilling to confess.

Whether it is persuasion with good words or punishment and waiting, I have tried, but the predecessor of the household department Shangshu Yuming just refuses to let go.

He refused to let go, and also caused the officials of the Ministry to have a headache over this matter, and it had been several days before they were on duty.

Li Zhao didn't respond, but suddenly raised his finger and pointed to the sky not far ahead: "Is there a fire there?" ”

It is close to the direction of the third street and nine lanes, the place is not big, but the houses are closely connected, and it is a terrible thing to have a fire in one place.

Seeing this, the faces of several young officials of the ministry changed drastically, and they hurried over, but when they arrived, the scene they saw was really a bit unexpected for them.

The people watched from the sidelines, although the buckets were prepared and filled with water, they did not move, and there were even officials on the side to guard and direct people not to approach.

It's a bit of a strange scene.

"What's going on?" Someone stepped forward and asked, "Why don't you put out the fire when the house is on fire?" ”

As soon as the words fell, before the official could reply, some people began to talk nonsense.

"It's not that they don't put out the fire, it's that the two brothers in the family have smallpox, so the heirs have to make this decision!"

It turned out to be to prevent smallpox. Although this method is a bit radical, it is still a solution. A few young officials understood the reason and stopped asking, there was nothing to see about burning the house, and it was not their minister's business, it was time to leave.

"Brother Li, Brother Li."

Hearing someone call himself twice in his ear, Li Zhao came back to his senses: "What's wrong?" ”

"I'll wait to go, there's nothing to see." The colleague said and quipped, "What do you see to ask again?" ”

Brother Li likes to ask some weird questions, everyone is used to it, and whenever he is in a daze, there must be some irrelevant little questions to ask.

"Nope." Li Zhao shook his head, but his eyes still did not take his eyes off the burning house.

Is there really none? Actually, it's not nothing.

He seemed to see a figure rushing into the burning house. It's just that...... Such a big fire? Did people rush in and die? It can't be that he is dazzled!