Cheng Chuyang picked up the white horse tied in front of the drunken incense building, jumped and whipped the horse and galloped in the direction of Jingzhao Yamen.

When he rushed to Cheng Changan's study, Yan Mochen was already inside to report the case.

"So, as long as you find out who Gu Da saw when he went out of the city, maybe you can know where the worries came from?"

Cheng Changan listened to Mo Chen's report, stroked his beard and pointed out the problem.

Yan Mochen nodded at the bottom, "If Gu Da doesn't have relatives and friends like the royal family and nobles in the capital, then forgetting worries may be given by the people he saw when he went out of the city." ”

Cheng Chuyang walked to the study, heard the sound of conversation inside, and knocked lightly on the door, "Father." ”

"Well, come in!"

After Cheng Chuyang sat down, Cheng Changan asked, "Did you find anything here?" ”

Cheng Chuyang bowed his head and handed over the letter from Gu Da in his sleeve.

Cheng Changan glanced at it hastily, and his tone was inexplicable, "That's it?" ”

Cheng Chuyang continued: "I have just investigated, and for the time being, I have not found any people in the city who are related to Gu Da. And according to people who know him well, Gu Da usually cooks in the kitchen of Zuixianglou all day long, and he will only return to his residence when it closes at night. I have been living like this for nearly ten years. And the life is very regular, the only preference is to drink a few sips occasionally, but it is very cheap cloudy wine. And there doesn't seem to be a woman with whom he was friendly in the capital. On weekdays, he is alone, and he only walks closer to the shopkeeper of Zuixiang Building and his buddy Aji. Cheng Chuyang informed the two of the results of the investigation.

In this way, the well-wrapped fabrics and food at the scene of the murder should have been bought for his wife and children. He really planned to return to his hometown, but for some reason he postponed his return. Yan Mochen reasoned.

Cheng Changan bowed his head and agreed with him. "Tomorrow, I will send someone to take Gu Da's portrait and go out all the way along the West City Gate to find out if anyone has seen him. Try to find out what the person he met was wearing. ”

Yan Mochen nodded hesitantly when he heard this, "Yes." When the words fell, he glanced at Cheng Chuyang with hesitation.

Cheng Chuyang instantly understood, but he was a little dissatisfied in his heart.

This young Yin, as long as there is an errand to be scolded, he will look at him with this kind of eyes. Every time it happens, I don't know how to do it.

It's old-fashioned!

Dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, but I can't care about it for the sake of the case.

"Father, what should I do over there in Changyang Palace? After all, that forgetting worries is likely to come out of the Changyang Palace. Aren't we going to send someone to check it out? ”

After drinking the last sip of tea, Lord Fu Yin, who wanted to leave quickly and go back to enjoy dinner, heard this, and his old face instantly pulled down.

"What? Go to check the Changyang Palace? Who gave you the guts? Yes? The little thing that hasn't grown all the hair, I don't know how thick the sky is! ”

"But ......"

Cheng Chuyang wanted to defend himself, but was forcibly interrupted by Cheng Changan, "But what?" Not to mention that you don't have direct evidence to prove that the forgetfulness came out of the palace for the time being, even if you find out that the forgetfulness is really from the palace, and the murderer is from the palace, do you think you can go in and investigate the case in a grand manner? Do you really think that the gate of the prince's mansion and the queen's concubine is something you can enter and check whenever you want? You take this for granted! ”

Cheng Chuyang had long expected this scolding, and there were not many waves in his heart. After Lord Yin finished spitting and finishing a paragraph, he said without knowing whether he was alive or dead: "But the country has national laws, the family has family rules, and the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, not to mention that it is related to the murder!" The son thinks that no matter what, human life is the greatest! Since the father is in his position, he should be upright and selfless, and he should serve the people wholeheartedly, and he should not be ignored because he is timid or afraid of the powerful. In that case, it is the hearts of the people that will be cold! ”

The more Lord Fu Yin listened, the more he felt that something was wrong, so he picked up the teacup and threw it at Cheng Chuyang. "Little cub, dare to teach you a lesson! Lao Tzu has been the prefect of a state like you so early, and you are used to teach Lao Tzu how to be an official? Get out of here, get out, don't eat dinner, go back to the room and reflect! ”

Cheng Chuyang saw the teacup flying over, and hurriedly dodged, but fortunately, the teacup was empty, and only a few fragments splashed on his calf. Seeing that Lao Tzu was angry, he hurriedly and obediently jumped out of the study.

"The father is angry, and the son will go back and reflect!"

Yan Mochen saw that the situation was wrong, and he followed closely.

Cheng Changan was cocked by his angry beard, and he was still angry after dropping a teacup again, and shouted loudly at the figure in the courtyard who had fled in the desert: "The two of you will go out of the city together tomorrow to investigate!" I can't find the result, Hugh wants to come back to see me! ”

"Yes!"

The two of them ran away without a trace, and after walking far away, they seemed to be able to hear the shouting and scolding coming from the study.

On the second day, Cheng Chuyang got up early in the morning, took a few pieces of dry food from the kitchen and hurried out of the house. I made my father unhappy yesterday, and today I have to find out the result no matter what!

Changyang Palace, he has checked!

It is said that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and Cheng Chuyang seems to be like this. I have been inquiring since I took people out of the city in the early morning until it was dark, and sure enough, the hard work paid off, and I finally found out some eyebrows.

Yan Mochen ordered people to draw the facial features of the person who met Gu Da according to the description of the eyewitness. Although the testimony of several witnesses is not entirely consistent, the basic characteristics of that person have several things in common.

Young, in his twenties. Small eyes, buck teeth, figure-eight eyebrows. Dressed in ordinary earthy brown clothes and trousers, he is dressed as a subordinate. He is about five feet tall, short and strong.

According to the clues provided by the witnesses, this person and Gu Da met on the grassy slope near the Shili Pavilion, and no one else was present.

Cheng Chuyang and Yan Mochen rushed back to the yamen with the news that had just come out.

Cheng Changan did not rush to the study when he heard that the two came back, but had dinner with his wife quietly. I was so angry last night that I didn't eat a few bites of dinner. Thinking about it now, I still have a faint stomach ache. Today, Lord Yin has a long memory, in order to avoid the situation of being hungry last night, first dry the two stinky boys, eat their stomachs and then say, the stupid child who is not worried about the province will say something rebellious to affect his appetite.

At this time, the two people in the study stood in front of the window, and the other stood at the door, waiting for a long time. In order to find clues, these two people went out early in the morning and ran non-stop for a day, at this time they were already dizzy and dizzy from hunger, and their chests were attached to their backs!

Yan Mochen stood silently by the window, looking at the lamps held in various parts of the yamen compound, sweating faintly from hunger. The heart said, at this hour, the lady in the family should be waiting for him to come home for dinner! The more I thought about it, the more anxious I became. It seems that yesterday really offended Lord Fu Yin, and today this is a punishment for the two of them.

Yan Mochen thought silently, and unconsciously licked his chapped mouth!

Cheng Chuyang is not as calm as Yan Mochen! He first waited on the low couch in the study, and then he didn't see anyone coming for a long time, and then ordered his subordinates outside the door to inform him, but the subordinates came back and told him that Lord Fu Yin was having dinner with his wife, and he would come over later!

It made him depressed!

Father is also stingy! Just because he was so unhappy yesterday, he will be hung up today! What's even more excessive is that there was tea and snacks in the study in the past, but today they are all gone!

But now it's not a person, and Yan Shaoyin is here, if he is cheeky enough to go over to eat, then what should Yan Shaoyin do? You can't let people wait here on their own, right?

Cheng Chuyang walked back and forth with his hands on his stomach, he was so hungry that he couldn't stand it! Looking at Yan Shaoyin's complexion, it doesn't seem to be very good! What can I do?

Suddenly, his eyes rolled, should he take Yan Shaoyin over to eat together?

In the territory of the dignified Yin, it is normal to invite people to a meal!

But listening to the shouts of the Five Organs Temple, he still couldn't take this step! He didn't dare!

How scary it would be if his father got angry and threw a plate at him! Anyway, he is also the son of Lord Yin's family, so there is no need to mix it up!

It's just that after all, it's my own father, and I can't bear to starve to death! Wait!

The two of them resigned themselves to their fate and waited in the study, just when they thought that Master Fu Yin would not come over again, there was finally a sound of footsteps in the courtyard.

Seeing the two of them showing their faces one by one, I inexplicably felt a lot more comfortable!

Yan Mochen saw Fu Yin sitting down, and spoke first, "My lord, after the investigation of his subordinates, the person who met with Gu Da that day has eyebrows, this is the portrait of that person, please take a look!" ”

Lord Fu Yin was full of food and drink, and he was in a very good mood at this time. He took the portrait of the man and looked at it carefully for a moment, "This person looks quite distinctive!" After a brief comment, the study fell silent.