"I remember that yesterday Pei Qingqing and they said that the people who came to Furong Garden were all women!" Qiao Ran turned her head and whispered to Zhang.

Zhang Xie subconsciously turned his head to look at her, it was said that it was not an elegant thing for them to lie on the roof at this time and eavesdrop, but what he saw was a girl lying on the bluestone bricks and tiles in a water-blue dress, even if she was lying on the dusty bricks, she could not lose half of her beauty.

He was stunned for a moment, and the girl who had been waiting for a moment turned her head to look at him without waiting for his response, and her already beautiful face was even brighter because of the thin powder.

"What's wrong, Zhang Jie?" She asked him in a whisper, her eyebrows furrowing involuntarily.

Zhang Xie shook his head, stretched out his hand and gently stroked the forehead of the girl in front of her: she seemed to frown often, and people said that a wise person must worry more, because he can always see things that others can't see.

Gently tapped her forehead, his eyes darkened, he withdrew his hand, and said: "Yes, Pei Qingqing did say it, and according to what they said, the men who came yesterday were all guards, servants and other people, and the torn robes in the hall were all from several well-known garment shops in the city, so it was impossible for them to be worn by guards and servants." ”

"Is that the man who sneaked in wore it?" Qiao Ran thought about the possible reason, "If the high wall of the Hibiscus Garden is a person with strong martial arts, it can't be overcome!" ”

"Supposedly not, that's not necessary." Zhang Xie turned his gaze away, collected some distractions, and talked about the things in front of him, "Is there anything you have to do in Furong Garden?" He said, "Wouldn't it be better to change to a private place if there is something unseemly?" In the Hibiscus Garden, which is managed by small officials all year round, it will be discovered. ”

"Although the little officials who manage the Hibiscus Garden do not need to be recommended by the assessment, they are not ordinary people." Qiao Ran said, her eyes flashed, thinking of the little official at the door with a proud look and eyes on the top of her head, and said, "It is not difficult for some people to use their connections to arrange their own people here in Furong Garden. ”

Thinking of the previous scene at the door, Zhang Xie blurted out: "Zhaowang Mansion? ”

"Maybe it's not just Zhaowangfu." In this regard, the girl did not deny it, but continued, "After such an operation, the little gardener who seems to be of little use has turned the usual Hibiscus Garden into their private garden?" ”

"It stands to reason that there should be no shortage of private gardens in these clansmen." Zhang Xie was silent for a moment, then spoke again, "What are they going to do to turn the Hibiscus Garden into their private garden?" ”

Qiao Ran shook her head: she is not from those clans, so naturally she doesn't know.

But...... She stretched out her hand and pointed to the ladies pavilion below: "I'm curious about what these clan ladies were doing yesterday. ”

I don't know what I'm doing to tear up so many brocade robes, and I don't know that so many men's brocade robes will appear after the small gathering of the female relatives of the clan who only brought guards and servants.

Zhang Xie looked at the maid who was moving frequently under the roof tiles, and asked Qiao Ran, "Do you want to ......?"

With staggered eyes, Qiao Ran understood what he meant: he could grab a maid and ask.

However, Qiao Ran shook his head after thinking about it, and said, "Forget it, let's not act rashly for the time being." ”

She really didn't know what these people were doing, but there were so many clan ladies involved, and I was afraid that the people who came here for a small gathering yesterday had something to do with it. Breaking through the secrets of so many people, I am afraid that it will lead them to join forces.

She hasn't forgotten the stubble when she entered the garden, and tomorrow she will ask Huang Yushi to set off a storm in the early dynasty, and at this time, she must not startle the snake.

The two of them leaned on the roof and watched for a while, and only after making sure that there were only the torn skirts in the ladies' hall did they leave the ladies' hall.

On the way to Ziyuntai, Qiao Ran and Zhang Xie said as they walked: "Actually, these torn robes reminded me of some bad reputations among the people in the clan before. ”

Compared with many unmarried pure girls in Yunying in this era, she is really a little "pure" enough, after all, modern society has also seen many things about male thieves and prostitutes.

And the Great Chu Dynasty has been established for more than 400 years, even if almost everyone is a dragon and phoenix among people when the dynasty is established, but the nine sons of the dragon are different, and there have been many things in the Great Chu clan before.

Even His Majesty Taizong, who is quite wise, has a concubine who heard that they are all the wives of a certain clan brother who died early, not to mention the unfilial sons of those clans in later generations.

From this point of view, Qiao Ran privately thought that they deliberately went to the royal family's private garden to do some "romantic things" and seek excitement, and they might not be able to do this kind of thing.

"That's what I thought before." Zhang Xie glanced at her and said to her, "But those robes don't look like they were torn by amorous things, the robes are very clean, and they don't seem to have been worn." ”

"It's even more strange, what the hell are they going to do with so many robes?" Qiao Ran sighed secretly.

Of course, she knew that everyone in this world had secrets, let alone a clan that already had a lot of secrets, but today's secret that was unintentionally broken was too confusing.

"What rip off your robe?" Pei Qingqing, who was carrying Xiaobai on her shoulders and had replaced the osmanthus cake in her hand with sugar gourd, walked out of the path with red beans and Old Doctor Feng, she looked Qiao Ran up and down, and after making sure that there was no problem with the dress on her body, she turned to Zhang Xie and said: "Be careful of Miss Qiao's clothes, this is sent from Jinling by her cousin from Jinling, and the gift is light and affectionate." ”

She also understands how to be polite and affectionate! Qiao Ran couldn't help but look at Pei Qingqing, who had a serious face: This little girl has always learned things very quickly, but sometimes some strange thoughts can always pop up in her little brain.

Hearing her mention that Jinling's cousin, Zhang Xie raised his eyebrows and asked Qiao Ran: "I haven't asked before, is that Qiao Gongzi married?" ”

He has not forgotten the eldest son Qiao who treated her very well in Jinling, and he is not young this year, and he is the only son of the eldest master Qiao, so it is said that he should have married a wife at this age. She is so good, he doesn't know the transformation of this big man Qiao, in case there is something that should not be in his life, it is really a trouble, and this trouble should be solved as soon as possible.

"Are you too embarrassed to ask someone?" It's a pity that no one understands his mood, not only that, Pei Qingqing also rolled his eyes and squinted at him, "You are not a small person, you are still the descendants of the Zhang family for several generations, and you are still worried about Gongzi Qiao's affairs, if I didn't help you watch Miss Qiao, Miss Qiao would have run away." ”

An old man with a lot of Zhang Jie: "......"

Seeing this, Old Doctor Feng asked Hongdou in a low voice: "Has this little girl always been like this?" "Miss Qiao, they're fine, Miss Qiao, they're not here, this child is like half a housekeeper, and his jaw can fall off when he says something at a young age, where is this child?

Hongdou nodded, and did not forget to remind Doctor Feng: "Don't look at her small, it is said that she is a martial arts wizard, who provokes her, she can beat several Tang Zhongyuan in one piece!" ”

……

"Ahh

Tang Zhongyuan, who was guarding in front of Zhen Shiyuan's office hall in the yamen of Dali Temple, suddenly sneezed.

"Tang Guard, pay attention to your body!" Xu Hexiu, who came over with the dossier, hurriedly took care of him when he saw this, and did not forget to sigh with emotion, "Don't think that you are young and lively, isn't that Pingzhuang?" Yesterday was fine, but early this morning I took sick leave. ”

"It turns out that this kid is sick, why haven't I seen others!" Zhen Shiyuan, who was sitting in the room, walked out at some point, walked to the two of them and sighed, "Today's yamen is really strangely quiet. ”

Xu He said: "Everyone is here today, only Lord Qiao told me that he wanted to accompany the old doctor Feng from Jinling to visit Chang'an City. ”

Therefore, the Yamen of Dali Temple is quiet because Lord Qiao is not there! I didn't find that she was of such use in the past, and she didn't look like a person who talked much! It's weird.

"Feng Jingshan's stinky old man!" Zhen Shiyuan couldn't help but stretch his face when he heard this, and snorted twice, which was quite unpleasant, "It's all from Jinling, he only knows how to visit the girl surnamed Qiao, but he doesn't know how to come and see the official." ”

"My lord, you are the Yin of Jinling Mansion, he is just an ordinary person, so naturally he doesn't dare to trouble you." Xu Hexiu shook the file in his hand as he spoke, and said to Zhen Shiyuan, "Don't be afraid that there is nothing to do, the groundwater level map of Chang'an City in the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry has been repaired." ”

Originally, I thought that it would take at least ten days and half a month to do things according to the speed of the Ministry of Industry, but now it has been made up so quickly? Zhen Shiyuan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly stretched out his hand to take it, and said while flipping through the file: "How about the vicinity of Yuanheng Qianzhuang?" ”

Xu Hexiu coughed lightly when he heard this, and said, "I have already seen it when I came, my lord, what are you doing?" There is an underground river near this Yuanheng Qianzhuang, according to the direction of the underground river, the cellar of this Yuanheng Qianzhuang will not be large, I made a rough calculation, that is, the cellar is filled, which is not as good as one percent of the silver coins stored in Yuanheng Qianzhuang. ”

So it's just the wrong amount of money! Zhen Shiyuan also turned to that page at this time, and suddenly became excited: "Okay! The difference in the amount of money is so big, it is enough for my Dali Temple to check Yuanheng Qianzhuang. ”

Xu Hexiu also said: "My lord, then we will go now?" "It's still early, if you take people from Dali Temple at this time and arrive at Yuanheng Qianzhuang before noon, it is enough for them to pry open the basement of Yuanheng Qianzhuang today.

Zhen Shiyuan nodded, and reached out to touch the embroidered bag in his sleeve robe: that small seal was lying in his embroidered bag, should you take it out today? Facing Xu Hexiu's excited face, he suddenly hesitated, and after a while, Zhen Shiyuan slowly withdrew his hand from the embroidery bag, and looked at Xu Hexiu expressionlessly: "The official thought about it, I want to check Yuanheng Qianzhuang must always have a clear eye." ”

Xu Hexiu pointed to the file sent by the Ministry of Industry and said, "Isn't this just Mingmu?" ”

"Yes." Zhen Shiyuan replied unequivocally, but still looked at him and said, "There is still one reason why I will think of Zha Yuanheng Qianzhuang." ”

What do you mean? Xu Hexiu was puzzled.

Zhen Shiyuan looked at him and asked, "Your father is cultivating books in Wenyuan Pavilion!" ”

Now supporting the Xu family is the current dynasty Taifu Xu Changshan, this world-famous Confucian previously had the title of the head of the ten Confucians of Wenyuan Pavilion, and he was an out-and-out Confucian. In this way, the Qingshui Yamen, who collates documents like Wenyuan Pavilion, naturally has a few children of the Xu family, and Xu Hexiu's father was arranged to repair books in Wenyuan Pavilion.

"I remember that some time ago, the weather was bad, and in order to prevent the literature from getting wet, Wenyuan Pavilion was closed for several days, and these officials who repaired books have been idle at home because of this."

Zhen Shiyuan was not wrong at all, Xu Hexiu subconsciously hummed and asked him, "What's the matter, Lord Zhen?" ”

"I'd like to visit Lingzun." Zhen Shiyuan grabbed Xu Hexiu's arm as he spoke, squeezed out a smile on his face, and said to him, "Let's do it together!" ”

Looking at Zhen Shiyuan's ugly smile, Xu and Xiu turned their heads away. I don't know why, but he always felt that something was strange about it.

His superiors insisted on pulling him to his house to visit his father: as if he had been punished by the gentleman of the country prison for being naughty when he was young, and then dragged home to complain to his father.

"Don't worry." Without waiting for him to react, Zhen Shiyuan forcibly pulled Xu Hexiu out of the yamen, and faced Tang Zhongyuan, who was going to follow together, Zhen Shiyuan did not forget to turn around and ask him not to follow: "Tang Zhongyuan, you just stay in the yamen, you don't have to follow." ”

After saying this, he couldn't help but pull Xu Hexiu into the carriage, Tang Zhongyuan stood in front of the yamen and watched the carriage go away, and was about to turn back, when he suddenly heard the colleague next to him who didn't know when to follow: "Tang Zhongyuan, I just heard Lord Zhen say that he wanted to visit his father who was repairing in Wenyuan Pavilion with Xu Hexiu, right?" ”

"That's right," Tang Zhongyuan said, looking at the look of his colleague who wanted to speak and stopped, he couldn't help but ask, "But what happened?" ”

The colleague thought about it and seemed a little embarrassed, but in the end, because he trusted Tang Zhongyuan, he whispered to him: "I suspect that our adults have a precursor to dementia." ”

Dementia? Tang Zhongyuan was startled and hurriedly asked him what was wrong.

The official said: "Two days ago, I saw the scribe who went to Baishenglou to book a banquet in the promenade and said to the adults that Baishenglou was decided today, and it was the officials of Wenyuan Pavilion who decided to kill Baishenglou, and today they chartered Baishenglou for a whole day, preparing to have a New Year's dinner!" ”

Approaching the end of the year, no matter which yamen chief will set a New Year's dinner to eat, this meal all year round, naturally can not be stingy, in this case, the banquet of Baishenglou is naturally in short supply.

Obviously, this year's Dali Temple chose Baisheng Tower, and Wenyuan Pavilion is the same. If the officials of Wenyuan Pavilion went to Baishenglou for New Year's dinner today, it was obviously impossible for Xu Hexiu's father to be at home, so Lord Zhen would definitely be in vain if he dragged Xu Hexiu back so strongly.

When the colleague said this, his face couldn't help but feel a little more pity: "It's not easy for us Lord Zhen, how old is this...... Huh! I don't know what the adults are looking for the Lord Xu who repaired the book, I'm afraid I'm going to run for nothing today. ”

……

Dad was not at home today, and halfway through, Xu Hexiu remembered this stubble, but Zhen Shiyuan still squeezed that ugly smiling face and pulled his arm as if he was afraid that he would run away: "It's okay, Ling Zun is not here, it is better if Ling Tang is here." Oh no, it's the same. ”

His father is not in the same place as her mother? Xu and Xiuhu glanced at Zhen Shiyuan suspiciously, and they didn't know why, but they always felt that the "better" he blurted out just now was the original intention in Zhen Shiyuan's heart.

What's better to him?

When he took Zhen Shiyuan to see his mother, Zhen Shiyuan opened his mouth and said, "Mrs. Xu, do you know the seal of Lord Xu's deposit in Yuanheng Qianzhuang?" ”

Xu Hexiu's face changed greatly: How can there be such a pit subordinate peak in this world? As soon as he opened his mouth, he and his father were sold!