Chapter 3 Keqingyang (I)

Out of the firewood room, the freshness of the outdoors quickly drove away the stench, and Wei Heng finally felt better. saw that Ji Ying was at a loss, "Mr. Ji, ...... they?" ”

Ji Ying hurriedly dispelled those fantasies and hesitated: "It's hard to say everything now. He added: "This should be set aside in advance, and it is enough to teach people to place the body, and do not publicize it and stir up chaos." ”

"Ah, there is something that needs to be reported to the county." He took out a mass of cloth and opened it to see that there was a piece of silk with words written on it. Although it was stained with blood, the handwriting on it was still legible.

"What is this?" Wei Heng said.

He read it carefully, "Yuan Xi, Changyun: Shangyuan Festival, congratulations." At the turn of a few years, the grace is deep and righteous. Yu thanked Yuanyuan's righteous act, and Gu gave ten pieces of silk and satin, along with the letter. The rest of the place is all a pile of rhetoric and empty nonsense. What do you say about Longzhang Fengzi, only Gao Zhiyuan. I don't see a few people who can be ranked as ministers and can be zaifu. ”

The content is a letter, and the person who wrote it should be named "Chang", and "Yuan" is a friend of "Chang". These two words should be their names or words in the table. Because these two words are too common, and there is no hint in the letter, it is impossible to find out who wrote the letter and who it was addressed to.

The letter was written with some inconsequential intimate words, a congratulatory message written on the Shangyuan Festival of a certain year.

Wei Heng also said even more disdainfully: "This kind of contrived words are rarely used in the Liang room in the previous dynasty, and now these don't learn countless things." ”

"If that's all I do, it's useless for me to save it?" Ji Ying sneered.

Wei Heng asked about the origin of the letter, but was ignored. "It's almost ugly, yawn, I'll stay here for the night." Ji Ying's eyes were already hazy, and she said lazily: "Let me leave this letter here as usual." ”

He hurriedly said, "How can this work? Please stay in the wing room in the courtyard. The county magistrates of Qingyang County live in their own houses, and most of the officials and dependents of the yamen are locals. Only Wei and a few errand officers live here, so the house behind is quite clean. I beg the gentleman to deign to stay in the county office temporarily. ”

Ji Ying saw his sincerity and said, "Thank you for your kindness." ”

He stayed for one night and woke up in the morning when it was already raining heavily. In the pouring rain, the courtyard was empty. He laughed and stood under the eaves, quietly watching the rain. The sky is rustling, the ground is uproaring, and the top and bottom are sparse.

A white figure appeared in the rain, and it was actually the moon pool.

"Ji Gong is so interested, it's best to watch the rain at this time." She couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"The girl of the moon pool is becoming more and more flattering, this sounds really useful." Ji Ying followed her words.

Yuechi tsk, "If you catch the carriage and horse of the county, it will be much faster to get to Chizhou." ”

He smiled mysteriously, "That's a good point, but I've changed my mind." ”

"You're going to stay here?" Yuechi was secretly happy in his heart, he could finally get rid of him.

Ji Ying guessed what she was thinking, "I want to buy a house here, as for you, you have no money and nowhere to go, just live with me." ”

Yuechi screamed: "What? ”

"I didn't say I would buy just one room." He said. "If you want to buy it, you have to see it."

Wei Heng asked loudly: "Why are you two talking so much?" ”

Ji Ying said politely: "It's early in the county, I'm discussing with the girl to buy a house." In this way, don't stand still, put your umbrella in and sit down. ”

The people below poured tea and carried it to the stool, and Ji Yingcai said, "I am going to find a house here and settle down on the spot." ”

Wei Heng showed favor and said, "Then I'll find a few good houses for my husband." ”

"Don't bother Wei County, you can't live in the house, you have to pick it yourself, and besides, I'm not short of those spare money." Ji Ying begged: "Lao Fu County Cheng is looking for a tooth to come over." ”

Wei Heng didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent someone to invite a few tooth people.

Those people were eager, "I don't know what kind of house you want?" ”

Ji Ying thought for a while, "Feng Shui is good, and the layout of the house is good." Even if it is not a carved building, there must be pond and marsh flying beams, rockeries and flowing water. Of course, the place should be clean,"

Wei Heng sweated on his forehead when he heard this, he thought that he would just pay a little money to buy a small courtyard, but he didn't expect the lion to open his mouth, which scared him for a while. Such a high demand cannot be achieved with his little ability. "How big is that?"

"Just look at the spacious, in terms of size, I don't have a quantitative."

The teeth were stunned for a while, and then said in unison: "This, there is, there is." ”

"Without further ado, I'm going to see." Ji Ying suddenly said, "You must clean the house." ”

The tooth people looked at him so tricky, and looked at each other, but they didn't dare to say a word to refuse. They all recognized him as wearing a Luo silk robe, with clouds and ripples on his head, which was really extravagant. So he tightened his words and deeds, and did not dare to indulge a little.

An old tooth presented a scroll of drawings and said with a smile: "Please read it." It was the courtyard of Cao Pu, the great squire of Liuzhou, and later Cao Pu's son was in a hurry to sell it in order to get some cash, but no one came after a long delay. ”

The painting shows the main house in the middle, the east and west wings, the ear room, and the rest of the lower rooms, the rooms, the firewood rooms, the garden, etc. are not mentioned. Ji Ying read the picture scroll, fell into this mansion, and asked Lao Yazi to lead the way.

This torrential rain came down in a hurry, and water accumulated on the road, and it was easy to get your shoes wet if you were not careful.

Cao's house was on the street of Yabian in Qingyang County, and the old man went to knock on the door, and he came out as a handyman. After a few sounds, he led the way for them, and just walked around inside. When you open the door, you will see the main hall, and after passing it, you will see a garden pond. The moon pond looked at the backyard, the weak willows curled in the rain, the green waves of the pool rippled, and the fragrance of flowers came to the face, and the heart was straight to the garden magnificent.

The old tooth said with a smile: "This yard, is it okay to look at it?" ”

Ji Ying stopped at the edge of the pond and sighed: "No, this house is very rigid, and the garden behind it is nondescript, less elegant and more vulgar." There are few flowers and trees, and there is a lack of natural scenes. The traces of manpower carving are too much, and the grand view of the house is damaged. ”

Wei Heng's back was cold, and cold sweat came out.

The rest of the teeth secretly screamed that they had met a powerful master, but the old tooth's face was as usual. He said: "When you see the appearance of the honorable driver, you know that you are either rich or expensive. I still have a seat here, but I'm just going to run into the mountains. There may be some name in the world, well, it was a hermit's place, but it didn't take three or five years to be abandoned. The hermit asked me to take care of his villa on his deathbed, and I couldn't bear to sell it, so I dragged it out for many years. Now that you can hold up that house, it is better to sell it to you and live up to the hermit's kindness. ”

Ji Yinglai was interested and asked, "Dare to ask who the hermit is?" ”

"Yang Zhai Gongsun Qi."

Yuechi didn't know who it was, so he asked Wei Heng privately. He replied: "Gongsun is a famous scholar in Yingchuan, and he was once invited by the great Sima Deng Zhen of the late Liang Dynasty to give a lecture on the scriptures. ”

He smiled lightly: "It turned out to be an old man, I won't hide it from you, Mr. Gongsun and I are old friends, and we have traveled to Jiangling together." ”

"How many years of the house, much simpler than this, there are many places that are not as good as this, please don't be surprised. There is only one thing, I want to discuss it with you first. "Because he is old, and his speech is intermittent, the speaker is uncomfortable, and the listener is uncomfortable.

The old man hesitated: "If it's just an ordinary price, this, my husband and I can't speak." But Mr. Gongsun left a message, he said, he said, only for 100,000 yuan will he be willing to sell. There's also a note he wrote. ”

Keqingyang (middle)

100,000 dollars! Yuechi couldn't wait to shout out, and said in his heart: This hermit's head has been eaten by insects. Not only was she stunned, but when she arrived at Wei Heng and Zhong Yazi, she became shocked. Not to mention Chizhou, even Chang'an, a house worth 100,000 yuan is rare.

Wei Heng was going to give him some money to get a small courtyard, but this time no matter how much he wanted to tie up others, he couldn't get together the 100,000 yuan he used to tie up.

The people were worried about him, but those who were worried were not worried. He also said briskly: "Ten taels of gold, counting the repair money, it's not a big deal of fifteen taels of gold." Husband, take us to have a look. ”

"Lang, not today. If you have to go to the villa for an hour, you won't be able to come back if you go shopping again. ”

The rain happened to be almost falling, and Ji Ying said, "Let's stop here today, let's disperse." ”

"Scattered, scattered."

Out of Cao's house, Ji Ying pulled Yuechi and separated from Wei Heng and the others.

"Where are you taking me?"

"Naturally, it's going to eat. I went out in a hurry, and I didn't bother to take a sip of tea to moisten my throat. He said.

Ji Ying picked a stall nearby and asked for two bowls of wontons.

Yuechi had a boil in his mouth, so he ate very slowly. She looked at Ji Ying and was frightened by the black soup in his bowl. blurted out: "Are you going to sell vinegar to death?" ”

Ji Ying said: "I'm just so sour, I naturally love to eat sour." ”

"I don't believe it, give you a sour fruit from the tree, see if you can stand it." Yuechi took out a green fruit and gave it to him, and joked to him: "If you can eat this, I will believe it." ”

Ji Ying examined it carefully and tried to take a bite. "Poof, ahem." Suddenly, he spit out a small piece he had just bitten. Originally, he had been wearing a faint smile, but his whole face stiffened when he was teased by Yuechiyi.

He said shyly: "Gaffe, gaffe." ”

Yuechi immediately smiled from ear to ear, and his face was much more ruddy, like a spring breeze.

"It's so sour and astringent, I can't eat a bite." Ji Ying poured a few glasses of water, and her mouth was still sour and numb.

Yuechi laughed and said, "You don't look like you've ever eaten the fruit of a tree." ”

Ji Ying hurriedly said: "Han admits defeat and admits defeat." ”

"Then you're going to tell you the truth, what are you doing here?" Tsukichi inquired.

"Come here to watch the scenery of Jiuhua Mountain, do some personal affairs by the way, and be sent to deal with official affairs, just go through the motions and pretend." Ji Ying said with a smile.

Yuechi chased after him and said, "Then why do you have fish?" Don't think I don't know the allusion to the unity of Pisces. ”

Ji Yingning smiled and said softly: "The girl is really smart. When you meet in Pingshui, it is fate to get acquainted. What's more, the first time I saw you, it was like meeting an old friend who had been reunited for a long time, and I felt very close. "His eyes are like deep pools, and they are very unfathomable." Don't look at me now that I'm visiting alone under a pseudonym, there are still countless pairs of eyes staring at me, maybe my identity can keep me safe, but that's only for a while. I'm alone here, I wonder if the girl of the moon pool can help me? ”

He laughed and said, "I'm not messing around, I've seen your courage with my own eyes." I have heard a lot of what you and Wei Xiancheng said, there are very few girls in ordinary people's homes who can answer each other, and there are very few women in the family who can have this talent. He added: "And the talisman bag is not known to ordinary people, which shows that you are extraordinary." ”

Yuechi said: "It seems that you are sure that I will help you, and if you want me to help, you have to give money." I don't want you much, just give 100 wen a month. ”

"The girl is really happy." He arched his hand. "Now there is a Qiao Sect that has not yet been solved."

Yuechi asked, "Could it be that you found something from him?" ”

"Look at this silk book."

She read the book, "It's all praise, not useful." She looked at both sides of it, "If it's silk, it's too thick." ”

He "shh ”

Tsukichi stopped playfully and continued to eat slowly.

"When you come to Qingyang, you should taste this tea." Ji Ying said.

Yuechi swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "It's bitter and astringent, so I won't drink it." ”

"You entered the mountain tomorrow, but you don't want to drink, you have to drink." Ji Ying smiled unabashedly.

Yuechi pursed his lips and didn't say anything.

"I'll go find a tailor and change your clothes that have been rolled in the rain."

She put down her chopsticks, "You have to pay, I don't have any." ”

Ji Ying knew that she would say this, and smiled, "Didn't I give you a lot of money last night?" The copper coins worn on it are estimated to be able to cut a few clothes. ”

"You only gave forty-five wen yesterday, and you can buy a liter of wine in the market, and it costs sixty to choose materials for a good dress and send a tailor, where can you let me find the money I am short of?" Yuechi sank his face.

"It's going to be difficult, you can't be rewarded with dirty clothes all the time. You write a note, and I'll lend you money. Ji Ying sneered.

Yuechi snorted fiercely, "Whoever wants to borrow your stinky money, if you don't want to pay for it, just say it." ”

"Stinky girl, just joke with you, and take it seriously." He laughed.

Yuechi glared at him angrily, but Ji Ying didn't pay attention to it, and said, "Sit for almost half an hour, sit down again, and be careful that the store kicks you out." ”

After paying the money, the two asked for directions and went to the Yujin Cloth Village in Qingyang.

After entering the gate, without waiting for the slave who greeted the guests to come over, Ji Ying said, "I want to find a tailor for this girl." ”

The person in charge is a middle-aged embroidery girl, and the gilded hairpin on her head is quite conspicuous. Glancing at Yuechi, I thought it was just an ordinary girl, and she was very poor and sour, so I didn't pay attention to it. She then looked Ji Ying's clothes up and down, and was surprised for a while, and couldn't help but praise the stitches and materials of his clothes.

hurriedly stepped forward to greet the guests with a smile, "Are you two here to find materials or make clothes?" ”

"Get some tailors to make some clothes for this girl." Ji Ying said.

The embroidered girl was stunned for a moment, thinking that he was just getting a few sets of clothes for the maid on a whim. He said, "Then please come and pick up the materials and patterns." ”

After turning around in the back, Ji Ying said: "These are ordinary materials, although they are strong and durable, they can't be put on the table after all." ”

The embroidery girl was frightened, and hurriedly said: "There are still good materials here, and what are the canopy Pu Aya, water wave Aya, peacock Luo, mirror flower Aya, and red line carpet." I'll take you all if you want. ”

Ji Ying said to Yuechi: "I'm a man, I don't know anything about choosing tricks or anything, which one you fancy is which." ”

"You just have to pay." She leaned over and whispered. Then he raised his voice and said, "Just choose those beautiful patterns." ”

Ji Ying added: "Let's make twenty pieces of clothes, one piece of clothing with one material and one type of flower, or it will be the same." ”

The embroidery girl was shocked and said, "Then the girl will go with me to measure the size." ”

She called a groveling girl to greet the guests, "Qing'er, just serve tea and water." ”

"Hey, I know Aunt Zhou." Qing'er should say.

In an instant, she brought a bowl of weak tea, "Please." Qing'er just saw Aunt Zhou's stunned expression, and she didn't dare to perfunctory with tea leaves like usual.

Ji Ying ate two or three bites, and tasted: "The clouds and mist on the rooftop, even if it is not of the highest quality, it is really rare to be able to eat it in this place." ”

"After only a few sips, you can taste something, it seems that you are a master of the tea ceremony." Qing'er sincerely admires. I was also afraid that if she really brought the broken leaves, it is estimated that the name of this cloth village will not be saved.

Ji Ying sipped tea, "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." A few years ago, someone gave me a few catties of cloud tea, so I know what it tastes like. However, the family doesn't know how to do it, and several methods have been used, and the taste is not right. He suddenly remembered that he still had something to explain, "Bother the little lady, choose thirty satins." ”

"Lang wants to make clothes, and there are tailors." Qing'er said with a smile.

Ji Ying said politely: "Don't bother you. Most of my clothes are made by the maids around me, and if they know that they have changed people, they will be talked about for a few more days. In addition, it is also appropriate to give the material as a gift, so as long as it looks good. ”

"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to send it to the house." Qing'er said.

"No need, I'll send someone to pick it up in a few days."

Yuechi and Aunt Zhou came out, and Ji Ying said, "Rush out two pieces first, and I'll send someone to pick them up in three days." Thirty satins were also brought to them. ”

Aunt Zhou hesitated and said: "These add up to ten dollars, so ...... this"

"Give." He took out the silver collar.

She cried out in fright, "Ah, that's enough, that's enough." Aunt Zhou hurriedly said: "I will personally send the clothes, don't bother your family." If the girl is in a hurry, I have in my hand new clothes that fit the girl's body. It's just that the material is not good. ”

"Then pick a few." Ji Ying said.

Keqingyang (below)

Yuechi picked out a lotus-colored dress and dress, which was not very luxurious, but it showed the beauty and pity of a civilian woman, and she was very moving.

Ji Ying smiled and nodded, she was satisfied.

"Come with me to the county office."

didn't procrastinate, and walked to the county office within a moment. The officer at the door recognized Ji Ying and let him in without hindrance.

Seeing Wei Heng, he asked at the first time: "You are in charge of things alone." Why haven't you seen the prefectural order yet? ”

"He came in the morning for a while, didn't do anything, gave me a lecture and left. said that the Chizhou assassin Shi asked him about it, oops, he would inevitably come back and make a big fuss. Wei Heng complained a few words.

Yuechi frowned and said, "Let's go to the back and talk about it." ”

"I think the silk is a little thicker than usual, maybe mixed with cotton or something. Indescribable. ”

Wei Heng guessed: "Could it be that this thing has been tampered with." ”

"I think it's second to check this thing, first to find out where those three people died." Ji Ying said. "It's better for the county to start with the official road."

Wei Heng nodded, but said something else. "Don't hide it from Mr. Ji, the current Qingyang County is not peaceful. Finally, the war was chaotic, and a group of oppressive and good officials came. There have always been thieves who rob houses and houses in this county, and now there is a self-proclaimed thief of Helan, who will get his shot, and no one will see how he stole it. ”

Ji Ying said: "Helan, I have also heard his name in Gyeonggi. It is said that he also stole Princess Yongchang's jade arm and left Helan in several cases. It was later revealed that the princess's maid had stolen something and found stolen goods in her house, and the matter was closed. Then he laughed for some reason, "Later, when I checked the handwriting, the maid couldn't write at all, and even the letters were ghostwritten." And the words on the case can clearly be seen to imitate the words of Zhong and Wang, and the maid is just a scapegoat to calm the panic. ”

"Scapegoat, isn't the framed maid locked up?" Wei Heng was skeptical.

"She was killed by the princess's guards, and then her bones were scattered." Ji Ying said expressionlessly. "Speaking of which, there are really many suspicions, the Zhaoyang Pavilion where Princess Yongchang is staying is heavily guarded, and the guests invited are all close friends or something, there should be no outsiders sneaking in." He smiled mysteriously.

Yuechi said: "So, do you know his details? ”

"I don't just know who he is, what he does at home, what he eats, what he wears, and what he uses. And he knows what he wants to do now. He laughs.

She shuddered, "You know the people around you so well." ”

"I heard that he wrote Helan on the wall of Chen Guo's hometown, but I don't know what he wants to steal." Wei Heng said.

"I think this time I will give enough face and let him steal it. Maybe the people of Qingyang County will remember you and his great achievements. Ji Ying patted Wei Heng's shoulder. Wei Heng was sweating, seeing that he was relaxed, he didn't want him to clean up the mess by himself.

Yuechi said: "He definitely didn't come here specifically to steal him, it is estimated that it is also for the sake of the dead family." ”

"Perhaps, it's not that complicated." He handed the letter to Wei Heng, "Please also ask Wei Xiancheng to take good care of it, don't let someone take it away." "Ji Ying is leaving.

"Wait, you just said, do you know who Helan is?" Tsukichi stopped him.

"For some people, the secret is more important than life, because the moment the secret is revealed, it is the time of his death." He sneered and walked away.

Yuechi shouted, "Where are you going?" ”

"Let's go to the official road."

Wei Heng still had a series of troubles to deal with, so he entrusted Yuechi to accompany him.

Yuechi followed him in broken steps, "Han Xuan, Helan is really going to steal Chen Guolao?" ”

"Shhh, my surname here is Ji Mingying. Whether he will steal or not, how will I know. Ji Ying smiled as if concealedly.

"You're not saying you know what he's going to do."

"Yes," he said, "but this is not what I expected. ”

Yuechi rolled his eyes, causing him to taunt: "I changed into a good dress, but I'm still a hillbilly inside." ”

She also sarcastically said: "If you have ink in your belly, you will pretend to be a gentleman." is also a rich man, so he is not ashamed. ”

"Stinky girl, you still owe me a lot of money, and if you don't want to pay it back, just be obedient."

"The old fox who is rampant when he gains power." She chirped.

"Well said, that's the kind of person I am." He smiled softly, looking very sly. Ji Ying said again: "If you don't want to pay back, you have to be obedient and do things for me." Even if you sneak away, I'll be able to figure out a way to get you out of the middle of nowhere. ”

Yuechi consciously closed his mouth, he was forced to owe him a bunch of money, and agreed to his request, so he was naturally bolted to death.

Ji Ying said: "Now it's time to sort out the whole thing. ”

"This case is full of suspicions, and the most important thing is the anointed child who died mysteriously. Breaking your neck and dying, this way of dying is really special. ”

"Maybe the murderer didn't want to know the answer, but came to kill him," she said. ”

He shook his head, "It only takes a sword to kill the mouth, but the truth is that it took a few turns to kill him." ”

Ji Ying recalled the scars on the back of the two guards, almost the same, he shot quickly, and it seemed to be done in an instant. "Suppose the guard has been seriously injured in the previous attack, and one of them is dying of breath, and the blood is flowing out and staining the sleeve of the anointed man. This doesn't make sense, if one falls to the ground before, then it greatly restricts the speed of the murderer. ”

Yuechi said his conjecture: "Maybe when the entourage was slowly walking to see the family, the murderer appeared behind and killed them." ”

"Roughly yes. Or maybe these four people knew each other in the past, and I saw that the bodies of the two guards were all powerful and powerful, and they seemed to have received a certain amount of training, and if the murderer approached, it was impossible for them not to find out. ”

Tsukichi agreed, "Now let's go find the real scene." ”

Ji Ying said: "It's better to find a needle in a haystack like this," he suddenly sneered: "It's better for us to go to Chen Guolao and beg him to help us, no matter how you say that his family's manpower is more than enough to find the entire official road." And didn't his family provoke Helan's disaster star? We might as well help him keep his things. ”

Yuechi kept trembling, "I don't want to see that dead old man. ”

"Even if you don't want to see you this time, you can't do it." Ji Ying raised her eyebrows and said as if she had fallen into a well.

"The old man's temper is not good, you will definitely blow you out if you come to the door like this." Yuechi said angrily.

Ji Ying sneered: "No, he doesn't have the brain to away." We'll see. ”

Chapter 4: Fog and Water (I)

Just arrived at the first moment of Youchu, the sun was fine outside, Ji Ying did not waste time, and trotted all the way to Chen Guolao's house in Qingyang.

Yuechi tiptoed, but he didn't expect him to walk so fast, and shouted: "Hey, no one is chasing you, why are you running so fast?" ”

"To find out the truth, of course." He said confidently.

He stopped abruptly, and his face changed for a moment. "It's really like a dock, it's haunting." He couldn't help but sigh, "It is the beginning of Han's glory and the harbinger of its fall." ”

The moon pool looks at it, from here, the other industry is grandiose, magnificent and majestic, and the pavilions and water pavilions inside are self-contained. "It's like walking in the Heavenly Immortal Treasure Realm."

"Huanwu has only been made of soil for decades, so what about this, it can survive for a few years. Even if it has survived for thousands of years, there are only a few broken wells left. He said with a smile. The human world is the same, there is no long-term reason. The feast will be dispersed, and in the end they will be alone. And the things outside the body, if you don't bring them in life or die, they will all be in vain in the end. Even if one day ascends to the immortal sky, it will not continue to live for a few more years, and take a look at the hot and cold world. Good morning, good morning, good morning. If you want it, you need it, and if you want it, you need it. ”

Yuechi looked at his stupid appearance, and laughed: "What's the matter, okay, people live a life to live a life clearly, they don't care if they come and go, live a good moment, don't think about anything to cut off the vicissitudes of the world." Human life is inseparable from the impermanence of the world, even if you step into the threshold of Buddhism, you still can't avoid secular etiquette. See through the human feelings, for a moment of unsatisfactory circle in place. But those who follow the flow of the world can go a long way, so it can be seen that your consciousness is not deep. ”

Ji Ying smiled, "Linggu Sangtian, the sun and the moon are in the sky; The East China Sea is dusty, and the rivers are endless. Change and change, there is never a fixed number. ”

"Phew, thinking about these imaginary and illusory things all day long, no wonder I ended up here." She pulled him hard, "You are not confident that you can subdue that Chen Guolao, go quickly." ”

He was like a stake and stupidly did not move, and Yuechi pushed it several times before he moved perfunctorily.

It wasn't until she entered the road leading to the house that Ji Ying came back to her senses. Xindao: This place is also sparse, I'm afraid it's not as prosperous as they said.

Knocking on the door to ask for a meeting, the family inside came out and scolded: "Who is it so late?" ”

Ji Ying replied: "Chang'an Ji Ying, ask to see Chen Guolao." He pulled out his money bag and grabbed a few handfuls and sent him away.

"What a coincidence that you're here, he's in the house."

After the report, the family diligently led the way for them, and seeing their magnificence, he whispered: "The old man has a bad temper recently, you should be careful." ”

"Thank you."

"The elder is in the study, please come in."

When Ji Ying crossed the threshold, she saw dozens of books stacked on the carved shelves, and the outer curtains were yellowed but still intact. Chen Guolao asked: "You are Ji Ying?" ”

"Exactly."

"Why are you here?"

"For the sake of Chen Gong's worries. You know that's good, that's good. If you want to get rid of Helan, you need to start with the word '了'. Yuechi almost laughed when he heard him, and his crooked eyes were full of smiles.

Chen Guo's old eyebrows were raised, "What do you say?" ”

Ji Ying saw that he was full of officialdom, and she was really unhappy. Still said kindly: "Does Gong Chen know that there is Helan alone? ”

Chen Guolao's face was displeased, "This person left a note a few days ago, saying that he was going to steal the Yue Kiln Azure Plate in my house. ”

"What kind of plate actually makes the 'thief saint' remember?"

He opened the box on the desk and carefully removed the plate. Ji Ying took a closer look, "Delicate and smooth, thin ice like jade." Like the autumn frost melting green, and just like a clear mirror, plus the lotus pattern is exquisite and dazzling, it is the water hibiscus. With such a good plate, there are few pieces in the tribute that can match it. Ji opened his eyes. ”

Yuechi despised his flattery from the bottom of her heart, and wanted to brush her sleeves away, but she was afraid that Chen Guolao would find out that she was a former servant, so she didn't dare to make a move.

But this sentence is very useful to Chen Guolao, "It seems that Mr. Ji is a person who has seen the world." To tell you the truth, this thing was given by a nobleman. ”

Ji Ying felt funny, who had been a magistrate, how could he go to Beijing to meet the real nobles. Tentatively asked, "Could it be a gift from a saint?" ”

Chen Guolao shook his head and said nothing, the corners of his mouth were very strict.

Yuechi had never heard anyone mention the origin of that plate, and there was no news story about it at the beginning, and even Chen Guolao's wife, Sun, had never mentioned it, could this thing really be worth a thousand gold?

The plate was either a tribute or a gift. According to that condition, as expected, it is used in the palace. He guessed that it might have been sent by the prince and grandson whom Chen Guolao knew, but who had the kung fu to please a parent official who was thousands of miles away? Ji Ying was puzzled and suspicious.

"I wonder if Mr. can help me, but I am worried?" Although Chen Guolao still did not change his arrogance, his tone had softened a lot.

Ji Ying laughed, "Why is Gong Chen so short-sighted, a Helan can't stir up a thousand waves." If I want to arrest him, I will ensure that one person will be able to do it within ten years. There was a lot of contempt in his words, and he despised this Chen Guolao more and more in his heart.

"Who is it?" Chen Guolao immediately asked.

"A friend of the younger generation, call Xie Zheng. It's just a nameless person, and he doesn't dare to defile his ears. Ji Ying leaned over and bowed.

Chen Guolao had never heard of this person, and he only treated him as an ordinary offspring. "I beg for an introduction, sir."

"I will naturally bring people, but the old people should also be solved from the root. Let's not talk about cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, at least we have to take a salary to stop the boiling. Ji Ying saw that he didn't understand, so he explained bitterly: "In ancient times, officials and slaughterers loved to accumulate virtue and goodness, and I can't wait to set up a shrine for myself, so that I can live for generations." But I see that there is little charity in the house, so it is better to take advantage of this to cultivate goodness, and there is no loss of virtue. ”

Yuechi sounded funny, clearly saying that Chen Guolao was lacking in virtue, but he spoke upside down, which was much smoother than hard Bangbang's direct speech.

"Naturally, follow the proverbs." Chen Guo is old. "Sir, you might as well stay for dinner."

"The old man of the country gives food, and he doesn't dare to quit in his later life, but recently he has been riddled with trivial matters, and it is difficult to obey his fate."

Chen Guo ordered someone to take a box of beads, "A box of pearls, please accept it." ”

After some prevarication, he asked Yuechi to accept it.

The two hurriedly left Chen's house, and Yuechi relaxed a lot, "I really don't want to go to that ghost place for a second time." ”

"Oh, that's unfortunate, you'll have to go with me a few times." Ji Ying splashed her with cold water.

Yuechi opened the box and sighed: "It's so generous, such a beautiful bead actually makes your shabby settlement cheap." ”

Ji Ying took one, weighed, weighed. "It's really generous, and I gave Dongzhu casually. After collecting the things, we have to do things for the old thing. Now I have to add a few more to your account. ”

Yuechi said: "I'm not afraid of you adding, I'm still worried that I have nothing to do." ”

"Otherwise, you go back first. I still have some personal matters that I haven't resolved. He didn't bother to continue the verbal fight, so he threw down a sentence and ran away.

Fog Water (Medium)

According to the previous letter, Ji Ying went to the tea shop to see Qin Hai. Seeing that Qin Hai only brought two house slaves, he was much more relieved. smiled casually: "All sit, all sit." ”

"Childe, we found ...... outside the city," Qin Hai whispered.

Ji Ying smiled: "What you said, someone told me this morning." However, there are slight differences. He pondered for a moment, "Have the fourteen people who died outside the temple been identified?" ”

More than 20 days ago, he went to Wenqing Temple to make a vow. Accompanying Huixiu's visitors encountered more than a dozen corpses on the way, and later concluded that they belonged to the forbidden army.

"It's all clear, they are the sergeants of the right guard, and one of them is still the deputy of the team."

"Each team has a team leader, a team deputy, and a commander of fifty people. Who brought them to come here? He was speechless for a while, and only when he came back to his senses did he say, "Continue to search for other people, and be sure to find the team leader of this team and ask them why they are here." He frowned, feeling even more twitchy.

Qin Hai continued: "There is another thing, last night we intercepted a suspicious document from the Eastern Capital, which was an official document sent by Quan Duoxun, a staff member of Wan Junze, the Duke of Wu, to the Chizhou Assassin Shi, but what makes me suspect is that they actually sent people to escort the official document in plainclothes, so we captured all the escorts alive and waited for the prince to interrogate. ”

"There is something strange, but when the point is over, write down the contents, and send someone to send the documents to the assassin. Now is not the time to startle the snake. Ji Ying said.

"In the twenty days that Childe has been out alone, the officials have been urging him tightly, and we have all refused because you are not happy, so it is better to leave in the next few days." Qin Hai persuaded bitterly.

Unexpectedly, Ji Ying said: "Don't worry, now that the wind is calm, I'm afraid that such a good place will be confused." Besides, don't those old guys in the court believe me, can I fix this place? Let them be proud for a while, and when I go back, I will clean them up and see if they dare to chew their tongues. ”

Qin Hai persuaded bitterly: "Oh, my county lord, your temperament is too great. It is said that you are like Jin Gong, but now that you have such a big temper, is there anything like it? Calm mind and solemn are the way to seek the long-term. ”

"Just say a few words, my ears are calloused." Ji Ying hurriedly gagged him.

Qin Hai sighed helplessly as before, "Even if you don't have to do everything, you must at least do something practical." It's been a long time since I took office, and if you push me again, I guess your position should be lost again. ”

"I won't lose my seat, I came here to be our master's will. Besides, it is better to rise and fall secretly than to be demoted all the way. Even if he is demoted, isn't there still a second brother to cover? ”

Qin Hai couldn't help but worry, and sighed secretly: The ancestral foundation is not guaranteed. If it were usual, I would have been in tears and spittle.

Ji Ying had already seen what was on his mind: "You just put a hundred hearts, it's okay for the ancestors' family business to come to me." ”

Suddenly hearing Huan Pei Xuanran, Ji Ying smiled and said, "I think that's all for today." ”

"Childe might as well live in the old house, the inside and outside have already been cleaned."

"I'll go get that girl and go."

Ji Ying got up and looked back at the young man sitting at the table next to him, he was also staring at him, the two looked at each other for a moment, Ji Ying pursed his lips and smiled and walked away.

He went to visit Zhou Tao, but heard that Yuechi had already lived in Siluo's house. asked Zhou Tao to lead the way to visit Siluo, but it was still unsuccessful. I went to ask the villagers next to me, and heard that both of them were arrested by the county order.

"What did they arrest for?"

The villager said: "I didn't pay the tax money on time, and I was caught by the county order." ”

"Why should the county order make it difficult for a poor family?"

"Well, we don't know."

Ji Ying said helplessly: "What about the local county lieutenant? ”

"There is only one county lieutenant in this county, and he is the son-in-law of the county commander, and he spent money to buy an official." He shushed, "Don't say this to anyone, it's not good for people to hear." ”

Lamp pen