Chapter 628: Old People Chatting
Xu Hexiu, who was glared at, touched his nose: Why do you look at him like this? What he said is right, there are some things that cannot be revealed to the tenth sister, an outsider, so naturally they can only pass by, after all, not everyone can talk about the case as wonderful as Master Qiao.
The two women seemed to be familiar at first sight, but his brother and colleague became outsiders. Xu Hexiu looked at the plate of pine nuts in front of him that had changed its taste, and it was a little unpleasant.
The two women beside him were happy.
"Originally, I wanted to borrow it from Mr. Zuo, but Mr. Zuo didn't have it, Xu He repaired his mouth quickly, and said that the matter of Princess Zhenzhen was related to Zhang Jie, so I brought him to the teahouse." Qiao Ran told the reason for coming to this teahouse.
Xu Heyuan also smiled when she heard this, compared to Miss Qiao, who can investigate and judge cases, she seems to be able to only talk with her friends, which is not very useful, but it is not completely useless, at least about the real princess, her friends know a lot.
"You can rest assured," Xu Heyuan thought for a while and said with a smile, "Zhang Tianshi's character is still good, if it hadn't provoked him, it would have been impossible for this true princess to leave the capital back then." β
Xu Hexiu had already said these before, Qiao Ran smiled, and didn't answer, and I didn't know if this Miss Xu Shi would know a little more than Xu Hexiu.
"There are many princesses in this capital who raise their faces, speaking of which, this real princess is also a good hand in this, and there are many beautiful young people gathered in the backyard, such as Zhang Tianshi and others naturally will not take a fancy to her." Xu Heyuan said.
She only knew that this Miss Qiao was a heroine and was good at investigating and judging cases, but anyone who wanted to come to such things would care, especially when she heard that Miss Qiao and Zhang Tianshi were still together if they were really in love, so she explained again.
The girl in front of her nodded, as if she was a little strange: "Since you are a beautiful young man, Zhang Jie's age...... You're not a teenager, are you? β
Of course, in modern society, Zhang Xie is very young. But here in Da Chu, although the man is twenty weak crowns, it is not too much to say that he is a teenager before the weak crown, but there are still many families who are fifteen or sixteen years old and are urging them to get engaged. This point once made Qiao Ran sigh with emotion: urging marriage has indeed been enjoyed by many parents and elders since ancient times. Of course, this kind of thing will be stopped with emotion, everyone has their own different way of living, but in this big Chu where everyone "marries early", Zhang Xie can really be regarded as an "older youth". It is said that such a Zhang Xie should not be in the goal of the real princess who loves beautiful boys!
Xu Heyuan winked at her when he heard this, and said with a smile: "The three words of beautiful boy are more important than beauty, as long as this word is enough, the latter two are not so important." β
Qiao Ran let out an "oh" to indicate that she understood. So this is really as Pingzhuang said, not only are women born good-looking and go out with the risk of being robbed, but men are the same.
"My good sisters only know that it was Zhang Tianshi who helped many young people in Beijing and the United States to solve the trouble, and I am afraid that only he knows how to solve the trouble." Xu Heyuan rolled his eyes as he spoke, and said to Qiao Ran, "But I think he shouldn't tell you these things, after all, being entangled by Princess Zhenzhen is not something to brag about, so it's better not to mention it as much as possible." β
Qiao Ran said "um" and said to Xu Heyuan: "By the way, Xu Hexiu wants to borrow Xie Chengze's books, can you help?" β
"Yes." Xu Heyuan said and glared at Xu Hexiu, who was still in a daze at the dish of tasty pine nuts, and snorted, "Do some people really think that I am the kind of person who only has Chengze in his heart but no brother of his own?" β
Some of the people who were pointed out - Xu Hexiu coughed awkwardly, don't look over.
Seeing this, Qiao Ran chuckled lightly and reminded Xu Heyuan: "If you don't let Xie Chengze know, you can secretly lend it out." β
"I know." Xu Heyuan said and looked at Qiao Ran, "On that day, I will send someone to find Miss Qiao, and Miss Qiao will go with me to see Chengze." β
She remembered that her confused cousin had said that Miss Qiao had the ability to remember and read the file very quickly, in that case, she would call Cheng Ze away, leaving Miss Qiao there and watching for an hour or two.
I thought it was a troublesome thing, and it was worth worrying about his foolish cousin?
Miss Xu Shi is a cool person, Qiao Ran thought about it, and did not refuse.
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A few days have passed, and these days, with the files at hand, the progress of the case is not great, at most it is just to sort out some specious evidence in the official history that Qiao Ran said.
However, the long-awaited New Year's banquet of the officials of Dali Temple has finally come.
Zhen Shiyuan stood in front of the door of Baisheng Building: When he went home from duty last night, he saw the expressions of those rabbit cubs in the yamen, which made him a little afraid, and he didn't forget to see several young and strong people rubbing their stomachs when they saw it.
What does this do? Do you want to let go of your belly and eat? Zhen Shiyuan's heart was dripping blood: This group of ignorant rabbit cubs don't know how to think about him.
Of course, it is useless to consider, Dali Temple is not as good as other yamen, and the results of the assessment are guessed by individuals, after all, the cases handled can be counted on a broken finger.
So knowing that it's useless to please him, just ignore him? Zhen Shiyuan walked into Baisheng Building with heavy steps, and there was no one else in the past, except for the guys who ran the hall, and the shopkeeper who looked like a fat sheep with a smile on his face...... No, there are still some, who is not the girl surnamed Qiao who is chatting with the abacus in the corner who is chatting happily?
She looks so happy! Zhen Shiyuan walked over with some unpleasant taste.
"This Yum Lou ushered in the delivery of distinguished guests, the owner and the shopkeeper who make money, Xiao Lao'er I am just a part-time worker, and I have little to do with it, but there are indeed many high-rollers who are very generous, even the guys, the running hall including the little old man, I can often receive rewards!" The smiling bookkeeper was chatting happily with the girl.
The girl played with a palm-sized golden peony in her hand and smiled with a smile.
Zhen Shiyuan's eyes instinctively fell on the golden peony in her hand, and she was startled when she saw it: not to mention how much this palm-sized gold is worth, just say that this lifelike craftsmanship can be placed at home for ordinary people.
Is this hers or the old man in the account who said "I received a tip"?
Thinking like this, the girl returned the palm-sized golden peony in her hand to the old man in the bookkeeper, and then said with a smile: "It's really a good thing, I don't know which guest gave it." β
The old man, who is cautious and meticulous on weekdays, doesn't know if he has eaten ecstasy soup today, and he looks familiar with her, and he doesn't even want to think about it when he hears the words, so he blurts out: "It's the real princess who just returned to Beijing, the pomp is quite big, followed by a bunch of beautiful young men, sitting on a red sedan chair, not only the old man and me, everyone here, the guy who ran the hall even received the old man who cleaned the thatched house behind!" What a rare high roller. β
"A rare high roller." The girl muttered a sentence in her mouth and looked at the old man with a smile, "Your old man has been in the capital for many years, and you must know a lot about this real princess." β
"It's not a lot, it's just a male pet or something, and it's no different from other princesses." The old man in the accounting room waved his hand and sighed, "If you really want to say the difference, it is that this real princess is very bold, and even the fiancΓ© of the Yin and Yang Si Tianshi and the noble daughter of the Cui family has already decided to marry, it is simply ...... Huh! Lao Er shook his head and sighed.
The girl's eyes flashed when she heard this, and she said "oh", and said, "I have heard about the Heavenly Master of the Yin and Yang Division, but this is the first time I have heard about the husband of the noble daughter of the Cui family. β
Regarding the matter of the real princess, whether it is Xu Hexiu or Xu Heyuan, who is a good mix in the circle of nobles in the capital, has only mentioned Zhang Xie before, but he has never mentioned the matter of the daughter-in-law of the Cui family, this is the first time he has heard of it, so that Qiao Ran couldn't help but ask a few more words.
The old man in the account room looked around and saw that there was no one around, and the nearest one was the Dali Siqing who seemed to be in a daze standing seven or eight steps away.
However, the Dali Temple Qing Zhen looked at the age is not young, they whispered here and couldn't hear it, but the old man in the account room whispered to the girl after a little hesitation.
"It was rumored in the capital that this true princess fell in love with the Yin and Yang Division Heavenly Master not long ago, and the calculation of the days is about the same as now, just before the New Year's Sacrifice Ceremony." The old man in the account room said, "If it weren't for the friends in Jinling who specially told Miss Qiao that there was something wrong with me, my little old man would try to help as much as possible, and I would not have said anything about it." β
Qiao Ran nodded and thanked him. At that time, when she first came to Chang'an, in addition to Zhen Shiyuan, who brought her, the old doctor Feng Yaoshan here and the old man in the account room of this Baisheng Building had promised to come to find them if she needed help, but until now that the year is approaching, she did not open her mouth to ask, and she did not come over until today to talk to the old man in the account room, no, it is to talk.
Because she believes that it is the same thing, and it will be inextricably different depending on the source channel.
Xu Heyuan and Xu Hexiu may not know about this inconspicuous old man in the Beijing restaurant, but in the same way, what this old man in the account house sees, Xu Heyuan and Xu Hexiu may not know.
"It's almost time for that day, and there are no other diners in the Yum Building, only the real princess's table hasn't left yet." The old man in the bookkeeper said.
Although Chang'an City is known as the city that never sleeps in the prosperous era, and the city will not implement a curfew at any time, but there are only a few people who really don't sleep at night, and even if they are in the Qinglou business, few guests come, let alone restaurants such as Baishenglou.
"The shopkeeper is ready to close the door and clean up," said the old man in the bookkeeper, "so I ordered a fellow and told him to go to the princess Zhenzhen to urge him." β
Although the shopkeeper and his companions have always been smiling and talkative, they will not blindly tolerate diners when they want to make trouble in Yum Lou.
After all, there are also "people" behind Baishenglou, who can gain a firm foothold in places like Huang Tiandao and have the name of the first restaurant in Beijing, and this force is not small.
Therefore, even if the princess doesn't leave when she stays in the restaurant, Baishenglou dares to "drive people".
So the man went, and the old man in the bookkeeper still remembers what happened to this day.
"As soon as I went upstairs and entered the door, I heard a woman's scream," he said, pausing and his expression became strange, "It was very chaotic at the time, and I went up to see what happened at the Yum Tower." β
After all, although Baishenglou, the first restaurant in Chang'an, is very famous, and the forces behind it are also extremely stable, if there is a death in the building, it is still very troublesome, can't it be done without doing business the next day? You must know that Baishenglou was opened in a place like Huangtiandao, and if it is not opened, it will lose a day's flow, which is not a small amount.
Especially at the moment, there is only one box in the Yum Building, and it is the real princess's. Regardless of whether this real princess is favored or not, she is a princess anyway, but nothing can happen here.
A group of people didn't want to think about it and hurriedly ran up to Baisheng Tower, at this time the door had already been pushed open by the guy just now, the house was in a mess, several Lang Jun were lying on the velvet blanket in the room, screaming that it was a woman who covered his body with a velvet blanket, but it was not the real princess.
Of course, at a glance, he dared to be so sure that it was not the true princess because the real princess was sitting on the side at that time, smiling at the woman and those Lang Jun.
This kind of thing until the shopkeeper came to his senses, and immediately drove everyone out, and then a lot of things happened that night, after the princess Zhenzhen took her few unclothed Langjun left, the woman's family also came, took her away, the shopkeeper ordered them not to spread the word to the outside world, in the end it was about the woman's reputation, they naturally didn't say much, after all, in Baishenglou and other places that are used to seeing distinguished guests for a long time, everyone knows that there are some things that can not be said nonsense.
What's more, sympathize with the woman who doesn't sympathize with her and say that the dress of the woman's family is not like ordinary people.
When the account room said this, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and whispered to Qiao Ran: "That woman screamed and cried in the room before she was taken away by her family, and it sounded heart-wrenching, as if the whole person was about to be unable to support it!" β
At a glance, you can see that this situation is a trap under the real princess, how can an ordinary woman stand it?
"Later, the man went into the room to clean up and saw a lot of torn hair, and even blood on it." The bookkeeper couldn't help but feel a little sorry in his voice, "We all remember that there was no one when we went in before, and it should be that the woman couldn't stand it and pulled it off by herself. β
"Originally, this matter was just like this, but I didn't expect that not long after, there was news that a young lady in the Cui family committed suicide with her hair, and later I saw the family who took the woman away that day in the restaurant, and it was really a child of the Cui family, so the woman Bacheng was the young lady of the Cui family." The bookkeeper couldn't help but shake his head again when he said this, "Actually, I didn't see what that woman looked like, after all, she was dressed at the time, but it was a pity to vaguely look at what should have been born." β
I didn't expect that a lady like Cui's would be killed, which really frightened the bookkeeper: it turned out that the nobles who were high above would not be moved, but they couldn't guard against being manipulated in secret.
Villains have been difficult to prevent since ancient times, and this truth can be made for them to experience quite deeply.
Qiao Ran's brows frowned when she heard this: Look at what the real princess did, even the young lady of the Cui family dared to use such a method, and I am afraid that there will be no shortage of means that cannot be put on the table.
It's really troublesome to offend such a person.