In the early morning, someone reported, "My lord, the official who sent him to the hospital has returned." ”

Jing Wan'er's eyes lit up slightly, and she looked at Pei Tan: "My lord, Wan'er has a way." ”

After a while, Pei Guard opened the door and walked out, and said to the person who returned, "My lord was studying last night, and I accidentally cut my hand, you go buy some hemostatic medicine and come back." ”

The official didn't dare to slack off, "Yes." ”

The official who was sent back is said to be fortunate that the poisoning is still shallow, otherwise it would be worrying.

"Pei County, you guard Lin Jingjing." Pei Tan commanded. Ordinary people don't dare to enter Pei Tan's study casually, even if there is a traitor in Dali Temple, it is unlikely that they will find it here.

Pei Tan motioned for the girl to follow him. When we got to the courtyard, there was a horse-drawn carriage parked there.

Jing Wan'er was surprised, "Where are you going?" ”

Pei Tan looked at her: "Let's go to Wenxi Inn." ”

Could it be that Jing Wan'er's eyes flashed.

Pei Tan didn't even use the coachman of Dali Temple, but hired one from the street in front of him.

He is dressed in regular clothes, plus Jing Wan'er, the two of them are like ordinary Chang'an travelers, it should be said that the current Chang'an City is full of fresh faces from other places, so the two of them will not arouse suspicion.

Half an hour later, the carriage pulled up at the door of an old, dirty inn.

The name of the store written on the signboard, Wenxi Inn.

Jing Wan'er couldn't help but look at Pei Tan.

The light cyan shirt, wrapped around Pei Tan's slightly thin waist, he has the temperament of a humble jade son, which is very inconsistent with the place in Dali Temple. But today, his hair is only half bunched, and the way he falls apart makes him feel casual and lazy.

Pei Tan lifted the curtain of the carriage, turned around for a moment and said to Jing Wan'er: "After getting off the car, don't call me Lord again, call me Childe." ”

Then Pei Tan jumped out of the carriage.

Jing Wan'er looked down at her dress, and reached out to straighten it out a little nervously.

When she and Pei Tan got out of the car together, they saw that the coachman didn't say a word and drove the carriage away. Jing Wan'er turned around and saw that the carriage was not from Dali Temple, and it was the same as the one hired by the street car dealership.

"Childe, please come inside, the small shop has plenty of tea...... "A young man at the door of Wenxi Inn greeted Pei Tan warmly and said.

Pei Tan walked into the inn, the lobby of the inn was full of people, and before the meal, it was overcrowded.

The innkeeper's happy face was red, all thanks to the triennial big exam, the countless inns in Chang'an were not only full of customers, but when the big exam was over and they returned to their hometowns, they would be completely idle.

Because Pei Tan had an outstanding temperament, someone soon stepped forward to greet him: "Childe, may I ask if you want to stay in the hotel?" ”

This Wenxi Inn is a middle-class and lower-class place in Chang'an City, and it brings together some relatively poor candidates, but even so, in the golden time of the big exam, the housing prices here are also outrageously inflated.

Jing Wan'er lowered her head from the moment she entered the door, and tried her best to play a maid. And the guy who asked also looked at Pei Tan and her.

Pei Tan asked for a moment: "Do you still have a vacant room in your store?" ”

Now the lifters from all over the country gather in Chang'an City, and many lifters have to live in the stables because they really have no place to live, especially when the big exam is getting closer, it is almost impossible for all inns to have vacant rooms.

Sure enough, the innkeeper looked embarrassed: "I'm really sorry, the shop was already full half a month ago, why don't you go to another house to have a look?" ”

In fact, I know in my heart that it is impossible to have an empty inn when I run all over Chang'an. This is what the innkeeper says to at least a dozen people every day who are looking for a place to live.

Pei Tan looked at the guy: "Is there really no way to be accommodating?" ”

The guy had already seen that Pei Tan's clothes were made of expensive fabrics, and the fan he was holding in his hand was more different from the paper fan of ordinary lifters, it was of high value, and this should be a rich son.

However, the guy sighed bitterly: "There is really no room left, if only the son could come a month earlier." ”

Usually those who have money will go to Chang'an a few months in advance and charter a half restaurant, which is a common thing, only those who are poor and have no money will be stuck in the time of the big exam, and try to save the entanglement.

Pei Tan's hand was tucked into his sleeve, "We've run a few inns, we're really tired, please make it easier." Even if it's just for one night. ”

With the handover, it is a full ingot...... Gold.

The man's eyes glowed red, and he couldn't move his eyes when he stared at the gold. And if you only stay one night......

The guy suddenly said, "Childe really only stayed for one night and left?" ”

Pei Tan paused, "It's true that you can only stay for one night." ”

The guy seemed to be very hesitant, gritted his teeth after a while, and quietly approached Pei Tan and said: "There is indeed a room, upstairs, son, please go up with the little one, and please don't attract attention." ”

After Pei Tan answered, the guy looked around, beckoned to Pei Tan, and cautiously went upstairs along the steps.

Pei Tan and Jing Wan'er took it as a stroll and followed him upstairs.

After seeing the upstairs, there were still children in the corridor, holding books and shaking their heads and reading. When he saw someone coming up, he squinted his eyes and continued to shake his head.

From time to time, the man looked back to see if Pei Tan had kept up, and then went around to an extremely small, dimly lit corner, where a door was closed.

Just look at the guy with his eyes, look along the crack in the door, and dare to reach out and push the door open.

"Childe, this is it, please."

Pei Tan walked in slowly, and when she stepped into this room, Jing Wan'er had an extremely strange feeling.

This room is not only small and remote, but in this daylight, there is no light inside, and only vague shadows can be seen. And in the house, there is a musty smell.

The guy also seemed a little embarrassed, and said embarrassedly: "Although ...... The room is a little worse, but it is true that there is only a vacant room left in the shop, and I invite the son to go for one night. ”

Pei Tan looked at the room lightly, and obviously saw a burden on the head of the bed.

The man looked along, his face changed, and he hurriedly stepped forward and stuffed the burden into the corner. Hanging his hand embarrassedly, he said: "That's the case, Juzi, who lives in this room, hasn't come back for several days, so the little one dares to let Childe come in, and it will be for one night." ”

Candidates who can live in this room will certainly not be rich, but they have not come back for several days, a poor foreigner, do not live here, is there any other place to go at night?

In the flash of light, Jing Wan'er thought of a possibility, raised her head instantly, and her pretty face turned white involuntarily.

Wenxi Inn, the room is empty, and I never came back to catch the exam......

Pei Tan lifted the ingot of gold: "We want this room, and we have labor arrangements." ”

The guy didn't seem to expect it to be so easy to get, his eyes couldn't help but pass through ecstasy, and after reaching out to take the gold, he said: "Childe has any orders, you can send the small one, although the room is poor, but the small one must try his best to satisfy the childe!" ”

Pei Tan smiled faintly, and the young man lowered his head and closed the door with a smile.

Jing Wan'er dared to look at Pei Tan at this time, and asked incredulously, "Could it be that this room is Fan ......?" ”

Pei Tan closed the fan in his hand and said slowly: "Just take a look and you'll know." ”

He slowly walked to the head of the bed, where the guy hid his baggage, Pei Tan deliberately said something like that to the guy, only stay for one night, and in the face of the temptation of gold, the guy will naturally think of Fan Wenjun, who has not come back for a long time.

Even if the case reported by Lin Jingjing is true, this case cannot be investigated openly. Pei Tan came to the inn for the modification of micro-clothes, and he could take a private look at the place where Fan Wenjun lived before his death.

On the table, there were two books spread out, as if the owner had left in a hurry, and they had not cleaned up.

Jing Wan'er looked at the words on the page, people who read books like to make annotations on books, the small letters written on this book are upright and elegant, she learned calligraphy for a while when she was a child, and she knows that the words she practices are not a day's work, and the readers who live in this room must be worthy of this identity.

A slender finger swiped across the table, Pei Tan looked at the fingertips, and the thick dust accumulated, indicating that since the people in the house left, even the guys at the inn had not cleaned this room.

According to the accumulation of dust, Fan Wenjun has been away for at least twenty days.

Jing Wan'er came to her side, her voice a little hoarse: "Big, Childe, in front of the corridor, there are so many children reading, if Childe wants to know the details of Fan Wenjun's past, they will definitely be able to say it." ”

To confirm Fan Wenjun's identity, those people outside are the best witnesses.

Although Lin Jingjing's drumming alone cannot be used as the basis for filing a case, if there is an outside person to testify, then Pei Tan can use the authority of Dali Temple to investigate in a dignified manner, and this case can be carried out openly.

"It's not that simple." Pei Tan said lightly.

Jing Wan'er couldn't help but be stunned and looked at Pei Tan.

I watched Pei Tan slowly take out the bag from the corner, with a yellowed mark on it, which is very in line with Fan Wenjun's down-and-out identity.

"Do you think those people outside are just candidates?" A faint and somewhat detached voice came out of his mouth.

Jing Wan'er's eyes lowered: "Wan'er is stupid." ”

The bag opened at this point, and a sachet fell from it.

Fan Wenjun is a man, this kind of daughter's thing, of course, is surprising, especially after picking it up and taking a look, he found that the sachet was embroidered with a peony that was shy to be released, and there was a faint fragrance of flowers.

Peony has the meaning of famous flowers pouring into the country, and women in the dust since ancient times have brought a trace of self-pity like this.

Thinking of the relationship between the complaining woman Lin Jingjing and Fan Wenjun, the origin of this sachet seems to be clear.

"These people are all people who are likely to pass the big exam and stand out from the court. Who would want to have a stain on their body. A man who hasn't returned for 20 days, and has an affair with a dusty woman, everyone here will only think that they have never seen such a person. ”

It is easier than anything to get rid of relationships, and those who read hardly see any affection for their colleagues in their eyes except for the fanaticism of fame.