But when Cui Shi unfolded the "secret decree", he only saw four words written on it: Expediency.

Under these four words, a large seal of jade seal is stamped.

Cui Shi couldn't help but be surprised, looked at Pei Tan and said, "Lord Siqing, is this what you want?" ”

Pei Tan had already withdrawn the secret decree, and looked at Cui Shi with a faint smile: "This is a will given to Pei by His Majesty, warning Pei that everything is expedient." ”

is to let Pei Tan, as long as he can find out the things assigned by Zhongzong, he can use this secret decree that says that things are expedient to do anything, and all officials in Chang'an City need to cooperate.

This four-character decree is more powerful than any holy decree that is usually filled with requirements.

Cui Shi, as a member of the Cui family, didn't know, and after hesitating for a while, he began to ask Pei Tan: "Then I don't know Master Pei, I need my Qianniu Guard, how to cooperate?" ”

He couldn't even ask Pei Tan what case he was investigating, and if he did, he was disobeying Zhongzong's secret decree.

Pei Tan sat on the edge of the table, his fingers lightly tapping on the sandalwood table next to him.

"Originally, the four major city gates have been under martial law, but those who hold customs clearance documents of the second grade or more can be exempted from checking the road. Pei hopes to ...... This part of the Hu businessmen, Master Cui has to register separately. ”

Cui Shi was taken aback, "Master Pei is requesting, no matter how many documents are presented, they will be checked equally?" ”

Pei Tan immediately shook his head and said: "You must not be interrogated, Master Cui only needs to report the identity and list of the people who left the city to my Dali Temple at the first time." ”

Cui Shi looked uncertain for a moment, and asked, "Does the lower official know the reason for this?" ”

Everything that has to do with Dali Temple makes people not so down-to-earth.

I heard Pei Tan move his fingers slightly and said: "Master Cui thinks that if someone wants to get out of the city among the Hu merchants, what is the most hidden method?" ”

This......

Cui Shi seemed to react: "There are felons who want to escape from the city?" ”

Pei Tan had no words.

Cui Shidao: "In that case, why doesn't Master Pei allow the officials to investigate?" ”

If someone really has the audacity to escape from the Hu merchants, then strengthening the guards of the four major city gates will obviously catch this person.

Pei Tan did not allow him to be checked.

Pei Tan looked at Cui Shi quietly: "Please be sure to follow Pei's words and beware of people who hold customs clearance documents above the second grade." ”

Cui Shi quickly went through it in his mind, who has the ability to blend into Hu Shang and disappear from the felons in Chang'an City recently?

This makes this secret even more bizarre.

But at the moment of the holy decree, Cui Shi hesitated for a moment and could only say: "Minister...... Pick up the order. ”

Leaving the Qianniu Wei Camp, Pei Xian immediately watched left and right to see if anyone was outside to watch, if anyone dared to follow his family all the time, he would definitely not be able to give her the opportunity to escape again like the woman before.

Pei Tan seemed to have put it down, and got into the carriage without even looking back, and ordered to rush back to Dali Temple immediately.

After returning to Dali Temple, Pei Tan immediately called the main bookkeeper Xing Zuo.

"Master Xing, please find all the case files related to female prisoners in Dali Temple in the past five years and give them to Pei."

Xing Zuo has been the chief bookkeeper of Dali Temple for nearly 20 years, and he has a deep understanding of all aspects of Dali Temple.

Hearing that Pei Tan wanted to check the information, and also specified that he wanted a female prisoner, he couldn't help but be surprised in his heart.

In fact, the attendant Pei Xian was also puzzled, although he followed his son-in-law every step of the way, but Pei Tan's thoughts, he couldn't peep at the slightest.

Xing Zuo, who was familiar with Dali Temple, came forward, and Pei Tan asked for the dossier, and he quickly brought it.

is also because Pei Tan is asking for a strange thing, it must be a female prisoner, you must know that there are few female crimes, not to mention that there are only five years of span, and a total of less than ten cases have been found.

Pei Tan rummaged through the table, and quickly eliminated three of the cases in which the death penalty and the monk were locked in prison, and only looked at the remaining six cases intently.

After watching like this for an hour, at the table, a smile appeared on the corner of Pei Tan's mouth.

He picked out a case file and threw it to Master Xing in front of him, and said: "Check whether the people in this case are still in Chang'an, if they are, where are they." ”

Obviously investigating Zonghuo's case, Pei Tan suddenly turned over the case from a few years ago, and wanted to find the people in the case.

But who made him Dali Siqing, how could he not give what he wanted.

Xing Zuo opened the case file from the beginning to the end, this is a very ordinary theft case, the defendant is a young woman, the plaintiff is the woman's neighbor, the neighbor went to the yamen to accuse the woman of stealing his property, and later after investigation, it was found that the plaintiff coveted the woman's appearance, and repeatedly wanted to harass him, so he simply falsely accused the woman of stealing, and wanted to take advantage of the woman.

But this woman is very smart and left evidence early, so the case was only passed around in Dali Temple, and the woman was released.

is such an ordinary case, and there is not even a fatal case, but Pei Tan now wants Master Xing to find this woman.

I really don't know why.

Waiting for Master Xing to leave, Pei Xian couldn't help but ask his master: "Why did your lord suddenly want to investigate the theft case from several years ago?" ”

Pei Tan said leisurely: "It doesn't matter what the case is, the key is that the person involved in this case was still a girl at the time." ”

It is precisely because of her beauty and youth that she will be remembered by the disciples.

Pei Xian still didn't understand: "So what? Didn't you find out that this woman was falsely accused by the plaintiff? ”

But the false accusation had already been found out at that time, what is Pei Tan looking for this woman to do now?

Pei Tan's gaze seemed to look out of the window of Dali Temple: "Remember the carrier pigeon." The carrier pigeon in the palace, why can you find the way to Dali Temple. ”

The attendant was stunned, and then his eyes darkened slightly.

"The carrier pigeon can be familiar with the Dali Temple, indicating that the people who raise the carrier pigeon at least know the Dali Temple well. However, in such a strict place as Dali Temple, who would be so familiar. Unless it is the people in Dali Temple, whether it is you and me, or the officials in Dali Temple, no one will do such a thing. ”

Pei Xian listened to his son-in-law's analysis, but became more and more suspicious.

Pei Tan said quietly: "Then there is only one kind of person who will have the opportunity to learn about the terrain and situation of Dali Temple, that is, the prisoners who have come to Dali Temple - and the plaintiffs." ”

Ordinary people, with only these two identities, will come to a place like Dali Temple.

Since the officials and officials in Dali Temple are not suspected, then they are naturally one of the prisoners or plaintiffs who have come to Dali Temple.

"But...... Plaintiffs generally do not have the opportunity to stay in Dali Temple, and only defendants who can be detained in Dali Temple have the time or opportunity to depict a topographical map of Dali Temple. Pei Tan tapped his hand on the table and paused slightly.

Pei County, who was suspicious, suddenly opened up at this time.

Therefore, his son-in-law wants to check the female prisoners who have come to Dali Temple, but why are they female prisoners, and the time is ...... And why five years?

Before he could ask this question, someone outside the door had already come to report: "My lord, the person who was investigated has been found, and he is in Chang'an, and he has been brought back by Master Xing." ”

Xing Zuo can be the master of Dali Temple for 20 years, it is not unreasonable, he knows that the person Pei Tan asked him to check will not be for no reason, so since he found it for the first time, and the person is still in Chang'an, it is natural to bring it back to Dali Temple immediately.

Pei Tan stood up from the table, walked to the door and said, "Take me there immediately." ”

The woman who was brought with her is now married to a woman, and she still sees beauty in her head.

The woman didn't seem to be panicked when she was brought to Dali Temple, and she still had a gentle smile on her face.

Such a beautiful woman, the servants of Dali Temple, naturally will not make a mistake.

When Pei Tan appeared in the hall, the woman's gaze naturally met Pei Tan.

The woman bowed down: "Zichan'er, a folk woman, meet Lord Dali Temple." ”

Pei Tan motioned for her to get up, and instructed Master Xing and the messenger next to her: "You go down first, the official has something to say to her." ”

So except for Pei County, all the subordinates left the hall for the time being.

The woman named Zichan'er still looked at Pei Tan in a panic, and her bearing was quite surprising.

Before Pei Tan came, he had already heard the messenger say that the woman's current identity was that she was the wife of a restaurant owner, and she usually ran a restaurant with her husband's family, and her business was also very prosperous.

Seeing that the woman was dressed, it was obvious that she was doing well.

After Pei Tan glanced at it, he said: "This official has something that needs the cooperation of his wife, so he brought his wife here, and I hope that his wife will forgive me." ”

The woman was graceful, and said with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "It is an honor for a woman to be able to share your worries for adults, not to mention Lord Pei...... It's still this Chang'an City, the blue sky that everyone praises. ”

The so-called Qingtian name is that when Pei Tan took office, he took on the task of cracking the Zonghuodang Street murder case and successfully sending it to the guillotine, although there were many involved. But in the simple eyes of the people, it was Pei Tan who was the master of the people, and he had just taken office, this case naturally made Pei Tan famous.

Pei Tan looked at the woman: "Five years ago, was Mrs. sued by the neighbors for theft, and then Mrs. successfully cleared her grievances and was released after being detained in Dali Temple for two days. ”

The woman's eyes moved faintly, and she still smiled lightly and said, "This is indeed the case." ”

Pei Tan nodded, his gaze fixed on the woman's charming face, and then said after a while: "Zichan'er, it's not Madame's real name, right?" ”

Pei Tan used declarative sentences, and the woman was not stupid, and her eyes suddenly moved.

After a moment, the woman smiled slightly, "Does this have anything to do with what the adults asked?" ”

Pei Tan looked at the woman: "Naturally, there is a relationship, the information of the lady recorded in the file five years ago shows that the lady is from Lingnan." ”

The woman's eyes deepened: "So what? ”

Pei Tan paused and said: "It is written in the dossier that Mrs. is the daughter of a Lingnan Hu merchant and a Han person, so she came to the Central Plains since she was a child, and after her father and mother passed away one after another, she went to Chang'an to survive. ”

The hands in the woman's sleeves were gently clasped together, and her face was still peaceful: "The old things, the women don't want to mention them again." ”